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The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Treatment of Badness.

A few words anent one of the most
common forms ofskin diseases among
us. Badness is SO widely spread,
and so universal among us, that it
is quite fashionable. Nevertheless,
I shall give q couple of recipes for
that form that is accompanied by
falling of dandruff, what is technic-
ally know as dry seborrhea of the
scalp. In nine-tenths of these cases;
a cure is possible, that is, hair may
be restored if sufficient patience is al
lotted with other treatment. Owing
to BARRIERS failure to give back to a
man his hair, q general impression
exists that it is no use to try; once
bald, always bald.
This is scarcely ever true of seborr-
hea, not in fifty per cent. of cases
from other causes, and whosoever
will try these recipes will be convinced
of their efficacy.
For q week, at the outset of treat
ment, the scalp is to be thoroughly
washed with q reliable tar soap, such
as any apothecary sells. drying the
hair thoroughly, but not rinsing out
the tar. If hair has vanished let the
lather dry upon bare spots. Then
begin with a wash composed OF resor-
Gin pure, one dram; castor oil, one
half ounce; bay rum, * ounces. Mix.
This is to be applied morning and
night, and we'll rubbed in. After two
weeks of lotion, have the following
pomade prepared, and rub into the
scalp and hair q portion the size of a
hazel nut every morning: Salicylic
acid, ten grains; ammonated mercu-
ry, five grains; cold cream, one ounce.
Mix.
After one weeks careful attention
to this treatment, the bald spots will
be covered with a fine, thick, silky
growth, that is forerunner to u crop
worth having.
Try it.-Dr. Hutchinson, in Amer.
lean Magazine.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Bloody Battle Ak.

]. W. Steele, an old pioneer Of
Mojave, is in the city, and has pre-.
sented to William Montgomery, Of
the American exchange, q noted In.
dian weapon that has caused the
death Of twelve men. It is q stone
battle AK about five inches long by
three wide at the thickest part. and
tapers both ways to almost q sharp
edge. This ak has twelve deeply cut
lines in it, indicating the number of
men who have fallen by it.
Old Chief Lingona, of the Mojaves,
was once the owner of this weapon,
and it was he who welded it with
such destruction. He first, while en-
gagged in battle with some emigrants,
killed Tom Jarvis, the leader. This
was in 1864. In like manner two
years later he killed Henry Koch and
William Thomson near Fort Yuma,
being himself at the time perforated
with two pistol balls. Then old Lin
gona slugged two of his braves who
displeased him, and with the excep-
ton of John Kincaid, who fell by his
hand in 1866, it is not known who
the other marks are intended for.
Lingona died two years ago, and
Mr.. Steele secured the weapon from
the tribe. He said:.
"This old chief was q thoroughly
bad Indian. He was in his day on
the Mojave desert what Slade was
along the line of the Union Pacific,
and what Billy the Kid and Wild Bill
were. He only made marks on his
battle ax for the men he actually
killed with it. Those he stabbed or
shot he had another way of reckon
ing. He indicated them by the griz-
ely bear claws he had strung about
his neck.
"This string of bear claws is now
kept by his squaw at Mojave, who
survives him. 1t makes me almost
shrink back when Isee that big string
of claws. There must be thirty on it,
and if the chief had brought all his
dead together there would have been
enough for a big graveyard San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Feels,,,l,iI..'

The medical name iOf this I afq
is whitlows. Every one who has been
attacked bya klon viii admit thatl
itrichly deserves its name. The;
Saxon name whitlow-a white flameI
refers to the intense burning pain
which attends it, and the whitened
skin over the matured abscess.
! There are four forms, though II
neglected, the first may run into the
second, and the second into the third.
The first is superficial, and originates
at the side of the nail in the true skin
under the scarf-skin, or cuticle. The
pain is not at first severe; but if the
cuticle is not opened and cut away
with scissors, the skin may ulcerate,
and the pus work it's way beneath
the nail.
In the second form, the flesh of the
first joint (phalanx) is inflamed, in
consequence Of some injury, or per-
haps from the extension to it of the
first form. The tip of the finger
swells, and throbs with burning pain
and pus is soon formed. Unless the
abscess is opened early, the pus may
burrow into the tendon sheath, thus
giving rise to the third form, or even
into the substance of the bone, as in
the fourth form.
In the third form, the infamma-
tion begins in the sheath that en-
closes the fexor tendons-those
which bend the finger. Unless the
pus is evacuated quite early, it de-
stroys the tendon, burrows into the
other joints (phalanges), and de-
stroys the finger. 1t may even ex-
tend to and destroy the entire hand.
In some cases it has proved fatal.
In the fourth kind,-and this is the
kind that is more comsaonly called q
felon,-the inflammation is in the
membrane (periosteum) that invests
the bone of the first phalanx. 1t is
this periosteum on which the life of
the bone depends, and heals it when
broken. 1t can even replace with rev
bone large portions which may have
been removed.
Ifleft to itself, the pus has to work
it's way to the surface from the very
bone itself, the patient suffering un-
bearable agony for several days and
as many sleepless nights. An incis-
ion to the bone alone gives relief.
In each form of the whitlow hot
applications are helpful. The in
cision should beperformed by q skill
full physician, who will avoid arteries
and be sure of the location of the
pus, for it often seems to be in front.
when it is on the back of the bone.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
'T:HlE',. FARIM.
shsrt Estes.

O0VGt N0t08s
A late estimate places the average
yield of wheat per acre in France the
past year at Ia bushels, against an
average of 16x bushels for ten years.
Last year 1O,O00,OOO bushels Of
peanuts were imported into Mar
settles, France, to be pressed for oil.
very little ofwhich was sold under
it's proper name, most of it being put
on the market as olive oil. The re-
sidual pomace is employed in adul-
terating chocolate.
Indian corn, says Professor Hunt,
of the Illinois College Farm, is the
most economical pork-producing ma
terial during the Winter months in
regions where it is extensively grown.
Undoubtedly, but better pork is
made with at least an admixture of
other grains. The taste for solid fat
is passing away.
Good butter cows will make a
pound of butter to every Il or 18
pounds Of milk. General purpose
COWS" want from % to 81 pounds,
and some cows would require so
pounds of milk to make pound of
butter. Average dairies require
somewhere about 25 pounds of milk
to make a pound of butter.-Mirror
and Farmer.
Subsoiling should be done in a
manner so as not to turn under the
top soil. 1t is simply to follow the
plow and loosen the hard pan, in Or
der to permit the roots to extend
lower. Subsoiling should be accom-
panied with thorough draining, which
permits the air to enter, thereby hast-
ening chemical action, as we'll as to
carry off excessive moisture and in
crease warmth of soil.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentlemen says as weed-killer no
crop surpasses Hungarian grass or
inlet, and that no crop except lu-
cerne will surpass it for soiling or hay.
But it must be cut for hay while the
heads are green. just before the seeds
forms; q crop of both hay and seed
cannot be secured from the same
straw. Grown for one purpose, on
proper soil in q dry season, Hunga-
rian grass is profitable.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
A War Ship Sent for a Trunk.
From the London Truth.

III,
When the Duke and Duchess OF
Edinburg went recently to Greece it
was discovered, on arriving at Athens,
that a trunk, containing certain in
dispensable articles ofattire belonging
to the Duchess, had been left behind
at Malta. A telegram ordering the
said trunk to be sent by the next
days steamer would have been the
cheapest and readiest way of obtain
ing it, but the Duke of Edinburg act
ually dispatched one of the vessels of
squadron all the way to Malta to
bring back the trunk and it's con-
tents, thereby saving him about a
sovereign for telegrams and carriage
by steamer. The trip of her Majes-
ty's ship must have involved cost
to the taxpayers of some hundreds
ofpounds. The transaction is alto
gether scandelous one. What is
the use, should like to know, of the
pudding economies in the dock yards,
when a royal admiral is suffered
wantonly to waste a large sum of
money in this idiotic fashion?
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Frosted Bits,

No horseman who regards kind
ness to his charge as a virtue will
use bare iron bits in cold weather.
1t is very easy to cover them with
leather, thus preventing liberated
mouths and sore tongues from con-
tact with frosted iron. 1t is always
a protection to warm the bit before
putting the iron into the mouth. In
driving during the severest weather
the iron becomes chilled outside the
mouth, and sometimes will make
sore the flesh which it touches where
the breath does not warm it.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Snrprise.Party.

The accounts given in rural papers
of village and country merrymakers
carry many a city man back to the
days of his own youth on the farm,
with its freedom from many ofthe
things that vex and fret him now. A
correspondent of q rural paper says
ofone of these merrymakings:
A surprise-party at Uncle Peter
Pilgrims was the social event of the
week in the heneighborhood. Atabout
8 O'Clock in the evening some thirty
five or forty of the friends and neigh
bors of Uncle Peter and Aunt Can
dace slyly drew near the house, and
when the door was opened, in re-
sponse to a laundering knock, pour
ed into the house.
The affair had been so carefully
planned that it was a complete sur
prise to Uncle Peter and his good
wife, who soon recovered themselves
sufficiently to play the part of host
and hostess in their usual hospitabl
style.
After a couple of hours spent by
the young people in playing games,
such as 1.-THE Weevily Wheat" "Old
Quebec" and ''Sister Phebe," and
by the older ones chatting in cosey
corners, Uncle Peter set q bushel
basket of his famous Bellefower ap-
pies in the center of the room, with
an invitation to all to help them
selves. Aunt Candance put pot of
molasses on to boil for taffy, while
the young people were set to work
popping corn.
This was followed by q sing, liz
which all Joined, after which Miss
Betty Blennis favored the company
with q solo, ''The Old Elm Tree, ''and
Mrs. Nancy Parky sang "Young
Charlotte" Henry Pilgrim then ia
vored the company with some violin
music, accompanied by his sister
Harriet on the accordion, which was
highly enjoyed by all.
All went home at the reasonable
hour of halt-past ten, with a cordial
invitation from Uncle Peter to "sur-
prise him again" The affair was @
genuine success in every particular
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24

work for all concerned, and should.
be entered upon without fail. When
fully occupied with the active duties
of the busy season on the f,lrm, the.
family was more or less neglected,
but from now until spring, around
the cheerful fire, orcomfo Portable stove,
the family circle should nightly gath
or, and an hour or two be profitably
spent in social conversation, study
and reading. There is something
very attractive about winter even
ings thus spent, and every farmer
should look forward to the coming
OF such occasions with pleasure, and
q determination that they shall be
made profitable to himself and each
member of his family circle.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Lime In Cellars.

Lime is good disinfectant. It is
especially valuable to place in cellar 8
where vegetables have been stored. es-
pecially such as have been put in wet
or showed signs of decay. The past
Fall has been so wet that more than
usual attention must be given to eel
lars to preventlosses. By absorbing
superduous moisture the lime pre-
vents the rising of foul odors that
dampness with warmth is sure to
generate. Most vegetables in cellars
are better if covered with earth and
the lime sprinkled over the top of the
heap.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Pare Bred Cattle.

There are 5O,OOO,OOO cattle of all
Kinds in this country, and but 2O0,-
900 of the pure breeds. The latter
have done good service in not inn
proving the common stock by the in
fusion of pure blood; but as the
Weekly Times suggests, it should not
be thought waste OF time and la
Dor to improve the common stock
within itself as far as possible, be-
cause the better this can be made,
the more valuable it becomes as a
foundation for improvement by pure
breeds. 1t has been clearly demon
strated that the same care which is
given to valuable pure breeds will
very greatly improve the quality of
the native cattle, both the yield and
richness of the milk being largely in
creased.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
surolk Breed Of Pigs.

The breed had great popularity
thirty or more years ago. 1t vases
pecially a favorite in England where
Prince Albert introduced it, which
was a sufficient recommendation to
loyal subjects of the queen. The
breed is to some extent still popular
in England, whose climate favors it
The Suffolk pig has short, thin hair,
as far removed as possible from the
bristles of the wild type of hog. But
the pigs scald in our hot Summer
suns, and freeze unless give especial
care in Winter. Hogs for American
use must have more hair than the
Suffolk.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
She Pays the Conductor. J.

There is a lady in Atlanta who re-
fuses to put her fare in the boxes Of
the bobtailed cars, but compels the
driver to take the money and put it
in himself. He has refused, expostu-
lated and argued with her, and
showed her the printed rules, but all
to no purpose. She continues to-
walk to the front door, place tha;
money in his hand and request hin
to put it in the box, He doea,6
know whether the lady is ecceu( l11r
wishes to test his honesty, or 30
proud to wait on herself. --Nev ~
Telegram. .ssss
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
How Not to Have ..chol.ra."

@AVW NVS ~ M8v0 NAVA0k0s
In his report on the swine plague,
Frank s. Billings lays down these
rules:
l. Don't leave a well hog in a
place where ~ sick one is or has been
a moment longer than can be helped.
2. Don't fail to examine such sep
arated well hogs twice a day, and to
remove any that may become i'll.
3. Don't allow the same person to
take care OF the affected and we'll
hogs.
4. Don't allow any intercourse of
men, dogs, or hens between the pens
of either lot of hogs.
S. Don't put anew lot of healthy
hogs in a pen or upon land where
swine plauge has been for less than
three years, unless the same has been
thoroughly cleansed of all refuse,
plowed or dug up several times, and
exposed to the air for an entire sum-
mer season.
6. Don't forget that closed pens,
sheds, straw stacks, and accnmu-
lated litter are more dangerous than
open country, when swine plague has
prevailed in such places.
z. Don't water hogs from running
streams.
8. Don't place your hog pens, or
runs, so that they can drain into
running streams.
8. Don't forget that all such
places should be we'll drained and
kept as dry as possible.
10. Don't bury dead hogs when
you can burn them up.
II. Don't buy or sell sick hogs.
IL: Don't visit your neighbor's
hogs when sick or allow him to visit
yours if well.
13. Don't forget that watchful-
ness, caretulness, and diligence will
do more to prevent swine plague
than all medicines.
ID. Don't forget that without
these things being adhered to the
most practical vaccine will ever
prove next to useless.
Is. Don't forget to keep to these
rules.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
An Absurd Theory.

The idea OF the Chicago police that
theexplosion at the Shufeldt distillery
was the work of anarchists is absurd.
Nobody else would suspect anarch-
lists of try ing to blow up anything to
drink.-Milwaukee journal.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Good Advice.

The Farm, Field and Stockman
says: Now that the f'long days" of
work are about over for season,
the farmer besides reading for his
own benefit, and planning for his next
year's work in the field, should give
his attention to the teaching of his
boya This is the most important
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24
Care Of Seed Potatoes.

Ifseedpotatoes are in the cellar, or
where they can be readily seen, twill
pay to watch them closely to prevent
sprouting. Ifposs;ble, they should
be spread thinly, and exposed to
light and air at u temperature only
q little above freezing. fput iuto a
tight barrel the potatoes will almost
certainly be TOO warm. Empty them
upon the floor. The more they dry
out in alight, cool place, the more
vigorously the eyes will push when
the seed is placed in right condition
for growing.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24

PROFOUND the question els mar
rage q failure?" und the youth of
twenty will argue for hours on the
negitive side of the question. But
the bald-headed old married man
sits gravely by and says nothing.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24

eG III SOcleGy i'll western country
town like this"
The county commissioners of Law
renee county adSpted q resolution
fixing the license for liquor dealers at
$500 a year. In Dcadwood twenty
licenses were granted; in Lead City,
eleven; Central, four; Galena, one;
Whitewood, one; Brownsville, one;
Terraville, one.
The district court opened at Graf
ton, Judge Templeton presiding.
James Collins was brought before the
grand jury and indicted for the mur-
der of Moore, which was committed
at Minto on last Fourth of July
morning. His trial will take place
next week, Attorneys C. D. O 'Brien of
St. Paul and WI. Hughes defending;
Prosecuting Attorney Spencer and
Gen. A. B. Ward of Grand Forks for
the territory.
Several prominent Dakota Demo-
Gratis will leave for Washington from
Huron in the interest of the imme-
diate admission OF South Dakota.
Among them are Judge Spencer,
Judge Bartlett Tripp, Gov. F. NJ. lie
bach, Hon. E. W. Miller and Gen.
Morris Taylor. Besides these. j. w.
Shannon, editor Of the Huronite, and
L. H. Hole will go to Washington on
the same errand soon. 1t is thought
that the presence OF these gentlemen
with other representatives of both
political parties, will have a good
effect and hasten the disposition of
the Dakota question.
The Wahpeton times., 1889-01-24

pleased, dear, if you could have heard
the way the people spoke ofyou when
coming out OF church this morning.
The Grundys had some friends with
them, and they said they had never
heard q better Sermon"
"And you, my dear-what did you
think of it,"
81 think it was the most beautiful
sermon you ever preached" replied
theladyenthusiastically, Though all
your sermons have been splendid of
late. Some months ago, you remem-
Der, you complained of feeling ex-
hausted, and insisted that the foun-
tain of your ideas was drying up.
But it seems to me that ever since
your ideas have been brighter and
more original than formerly; they
have bubbled and sparkled as though
to match your name,"
"I feel exhausted and utterly dried
up tonight, anyhow. Pm fit for
nothing"
"Youhave studied too hard, Lethe,
dear. Your brain has been over
wrought" said Mrs. Sparkle, affec-
tionately "We must go for nice
long holiday when the new curate
comes. Only last week DR.. Briggs
said that if ever Il man had earned a
holiday you had"
On Monday morning the vicar was
so far recovered that he was able to
receive Mr.. Grundy in his study.
The worthy churchwarden was evil
dently i'll at ease. His inquiries as
to the pastors health were profused
and long-drawn out; his observations
on the weather diffnsive and incon-
sistent. At length DR.. Sparkle found
it necessary to bring him to the point.
"Well, Mr.. Grundy ] am waiting
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-03
Il. II. Gable Attacked.

Railroad capitalists in New York
and Boston are making fierce on
slaught on the c., r. l. s. P.-directing
the force Of it against President r. r e.
Cable, and blaming him for the decrease of
dividends and decline in stocks. Gould
and his friends want to get him out of the
way because he will not fall in with their
schemes. His aid is more necessary 10 the
contamination of Gould's projects than
that of the other western presidents. Hi
road traverses the same territory as the
Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe west OF
the Missouri river. and the co-opera-
ton of the c., r. l. & P. is absolutely
necessary to help to create a fictitious
boom for the Gould and Atcbisop
properties in the southwest. The cons
spirators having depressed c., R. L & P.
stocks far below their real value with.
out making the least impression upon
the management or owners of the prop
erty, who know full well that they are
in different boat than that of the Gould
system and the Atchison, and are per
fectly able to weather the storm. Gould
and bis conferers are now directing
their personal attention to President
Cable. The Wall Street Neos is their
organ of insinuation and abuse
But the New York Post says that there
is not the least danger of Mr.. Cable get
ting "a holiday" His refusal to allow
the great property intrusted to his care
to be manipulated in the interest of jaw
Gould and other maonates will
raise him still higher in the es
timation of the owners OF the prop
erty. In 1884 similar attempt was
made to Dust Mr.. Gable from his position
because he would not conset to run his
road in the interests of the Vapderbits.
Mr.. Gable came out of the conflict with
flying colors, and the result has since
proven the wisdom of the position he
took at that time. If the Gould conspir-
stors are really trying to secure a change
In the management of the c., R. l. & P,
their disappointment will be as great as
was that of Mr. Vanderbilt in 1884, when
Mr.. Cable was reelected by practically q
unanimous vote. Among all who know
him. Mr.. Cable enjoys the reputation of
being one of the ablest railroad men in
the country. and thoroughly honest
and straightforward gentleman. To dis
pense with his services would be serious
calamity to the owners of the c., R. I. &
P, and they are not likely to injure
themselves simply to please Jay Gould
and his friends.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-03
Dancing Lessons.

Mrs. Jay Travis, of Kalamazoo, Mich
will open dancing school for adults al
Armory hall. OF Thursday evening, Jan.
10. The lesson from to 8 o'clock will
be for beginners exclusively, from 8 to
~ will occur the general reception OF
hop. By her method Mrs. Travis guar
antees to impart more information 20
the pupil in one term than any other
teacher employing different method
can do in two terms. The new dances
are the Hork. Duchess. Detroit, Mill,
taire, Comus, Germania, Polka Dot
waltz and the celebrated Jersey, while
special attention will be paid to fine
waltzng. Terms, So. per term of IL
lessons. Payable on entering.
References: Hon. Jos. B. Golf. Kala
mazoo. Mich; Hon. Alexander Cameron,
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Mrs. Travis dancing school wss
more largely attended this week than
before and al speak in the highest
terms of the school. Journal
Mrs. Travis is meeting with marked
success in her dancing school in this
town. - Charlotte Republican.
Mrs Travis always has the very lat>
est dances, AMI conducts her schools in
a thoroughly first class manner "-Haia
mazO0 Telegraph