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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
INTO THE COMBINE.
Ii SHELTERS SAID To BE WELL,
ORGANIZED.

The Stock Subscribed and tho Pool an As
sured Tact-Ne.s from Other Points of
all Varieties.
"A Chicago paper asserts that the big
smelling organizations of the United
States have formed q trust with a CAPITAL
of $25, 900, 600. 1t includes all but five Of
the large organizations of the
country. Among the companies
IN 1t are the Omaha & Grant Smelling
and Refining company of, Omaha and
Denver, the Kansas City Smelling and
refining company of Kansas City. the
Pennsylvania Lead company of Mansfield,
Pa, the Chicago Smelling and Refining
company, the Aurora Smelling and REIN
ing company of Aurora, ILL.,, the Globe
Smelling and Refining company of Den
yer, d. Balbach & Co., Newark, N. j.,
Pueblo, COL, Smelling and Refining cola
pany, the Colorado Smelling company of
Pueblo, Col, the Philadelphia Smelling
and Refining company of Pueblo,
Col, the Arkansas Valley Smelling, COM
pany, of Leadville, Col, the American
Smelling and Mining company, of Lead
vile; the Manville company. of Leadville;
the San Juan Smelling company, of Dur
ango,. Col; the Hanover smelter, Of Salt
Lake; the Mingo Furnace company, of
Salt Lake; the Helena & Livingston Smelt-
ing and Refining company, of Helena.
Mont; the Montana Smelling company, of
Great Falls, Mont, and the Ell Paso
smelter, of Ell Paso, Tex.
TIL first conference between the heads.
OF the companies was held in Omaha last
November. The object of the meeting was
stated to be to devise a way foz protecting
the smelters from the lead trust. Various
ways of organization were discussed, but
nothing definite was determined on at that
meeting. Guy Barton, of Omaha, was
elected president and NJ. Geist, of Pueblo,
secretary. 1t was shown that the trust
would make a profit annually of about
S4,O0O,O0O AS only six companies were
represented at this meeting, it was deter
mined to confer with the other manufact-
urers and have another meeting later.
This was held in Chicago, Feb. 13, and
Their 1t vas determined to organize a COM
pany known as the United States Smelling
and Refining company. OF she capital
stock $15, 1000 will be lcommon, to be
used fo. the payment of the fixed proper
ties that go into the new organization, and
$4,000, 900 Of preferred stock for the
purchase of ore and such personal
property as it may be necessary to
have. To form a sinking fund $3.50, 600 of
the profits will DO laid aside annually for
two years, and each year thereafter $780,
00O will be added to the fund. 1t is as
serted that the necessary stock has been
subscribed and the final articles of incor-
poration will soon be fled in the different
states and territorities. The chief object
of the smelters, it is said, is to place their
interests beyond the control of the lead
frnet
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
A BIG ENTERPRISE.

Northern Capitalists Going Into the Lum-
Der Business in the South on a Large
Scale.
Howell, Jewett & Co., of Atchison and
Omaha, have organized a gigantic milling
and lumber enterprise on the Sabine river,
in Louisiana and Texas. George w.
Howell and w. R. Smith, the attorney of
the firm, have returned from the south,
where MI. Howell concluded the purchase
of 100, 900 acres of fine land in the two
states. The land is on both sides of the
river, and gives the firm control of the
stream a distance OF over 1OO miles. The
land is in a state of wild nature, and an
axe has never been put in it. 1t abounds
in pine and cypress and extends back of
the river on both sides from three to
five miles. At ~Logansport; on the Louisi-
n side of the river, Mr.. Howell has
bought o small mill, which is now in oper-
alton getting out lumber to build q man.
moth mill, and men are also burning brick
to build the engine houses, smoke. stacks,
drying kilns and other buildings that will
be of brick. The proposed mil will cut
300, 900 feet of lumber in twelve hours, and
IN electric light plant will afford light to
work by at night. From 500 to 1000 men
will be employed. The enterprise also in
Guides the building Of a city at Logans-
port, which is now a struggling hamlet,
and the reconstruction of a narrow gauge
railroad into a standard gauge from Lo-
gansport to Shreveport. The investment
of capital will run into many thousand
dollars, the purchase of land alone requir.
ing an outlay OF over 800, 900.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
THE KITCHEN.
Tested Recipes.

One EGG CAKE.-One and one-half
cups of sugar, one cup of milk, me
half cup of butter, two and one-half
ups of flour. two and one-half tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and one
egg.
CooE1Es.-Cream two ups of sugar
with one of butter; and four beaten egg
and one ~teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in a gill OF milk; flavor with cinnamon.
and work i'll four teacupfuls of sifted
flour. Roll and cut out.
SOFT GlNGERBKEAD.- One cup of mo-
%lasses, one teaspoonful of saleratus, one
tablespoonful of lard, two-thirds tea
spoonful each of salt and ginger, and
one cup of sour milk. Mix them in the
order III which they are given.
OYSTER SoUP.-Allow one quart Of
boiling water and one quart of sweet
milk; stir in two-thirds cupful of fine
cracker crumbs; season with salt. When
it boils add one quart of .oysters, which
you nave carefully looked over; let it
come to a boil for one minute, and add
half a cupful of cream and almost a cup
full of butter.
FROSTED LEMON PIE The grated rind
and Juice of one lemon, one cup of
brown sugar, the yolks of two eggs, one
half cup of cold water and two table,
spoonfuls of -four or cornstarch. Line
the plate with paste and fill. When
baked frost with the whites OF the eggs
beaten to q stiff froth with three table,
spoonfuls of sugar, and brown lightly
in the oven.
DRIED APPLE DUMPLINGs.-One pint
of dried apples, cut, one-balf pint Of
sweet milk, two tablespoonfuls of bak-
ing powder and one tablespoonful of
butter or lard. Use flour sufficient to
boiling water and boil quickly till the
apples are done. Cut the apples into
small bits with scissors, and soak in
warm water before making. Eat with
cream sauce favored with nutmeg.
CHICKEN PIE.-Singe and parboil a
pair of chickens, cut them up and cook
till quite tender. Uncover when nearly
done and let the water boil away till re-
duced one-half. Line a large, deep pan
with biscuit dough made very short and
rolled about an inch thick, and put in
the chicken cut into finer pieces, with
butter, salt, pepper, a dredging of flour,
and their own gravy. Cover and bake
till the upper crust is brown. Serve with
potatoes and cranberry sauce.
IRISH SgEw.-Cut two pounds of the
neck of mutton into small pieces, put it
into a kettle with one onion sliced and
G bunch of pot herbs nicely dressed.
Simmer gently for n hour, then add
two tablespoonfuls Of rice, simmer ten
minutes, add two potatoes cut into dice,
and while they are cooking ten minutes
make your dumplings. Put a
pint Of -four into abowl, add a teaspoon
of salt and a heaping teaspoonful of
powder, moisten this with about
a gill of milk; the dough must be soft.
Form it lightly into balls, drop them on
top of the stew, cover the kettle, boil
ten minutes, season and serve.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
Hints to Housckeepers.

DooRPLATEs should be cleaned by
rubbing with q cloth wet in ammonia
and water.
~ Observation-Disclosures says celery
wants to lie in cold water an hour be-
1ore 1t is chewed.
IF the color has been taken out of
silks by fruit stains, ammonia will usu-
ally restore the color.
10 BRIGHTEN carpets wipe them with
warm water in which has been poured a
few drops of ammonia.
" rooms are soaked in strong. hot
salt ard water before using the splints
VIII not break in sweeping.
GREASE spots may be taken out with
weak ammonia in water; lay soft white
paper over, and iron with a hot iron.
IF you dip the wicks of lamps in
strong, hot vinegar, and then dry them,
it will do away with most of the dis
agreeable smell.
The pie crust of meat or chicken pie
should always be perforated before bak-
ing, to allow the escape of noxious gases
generated within.
1T has been asserted that chewing
wooden toothpicks sometimes produces
small ulcers in the mouth, and that even
the stomach has been similarly affected
by the action of the small PARTICLES of
wood detached by chewing.
ALMONDS are blanched bv pouring
water over them after they are shelled;
when they have remained a few moments
in the water they can be rubbed in a soft,
dry towel. and the skin will slip off the
kernels, leaving them white and entire.
AN easy method of restoring bits of
foreign bodies from the eye is to place
a grain of tlaxseed under the lower lid,
and close the lids. The seed becomes
surrounded by a thick, adherent muci-
lage, which entraps the foreign body,
and socn carries it out from the angle
of the aye.
To CURE ~hiccoughs, sit erect and in
fate the lungs fully. Then, retaining
the breath, bend forward slowly until
the chest meets the knees. After slowly
rising again to the erect position, slowly
exhale the breath. Repeat this process
a second time, and the nerves will be
found to nave received an excess of
energy that will enable them to perform
their natural functions.
A RETIRED plumber thus gives q point
for the gratuitous relief of household
ers: Just before retiring at night pour
into the clogged pipe enough liquid
soda I've to fill the trap or bent part of
the pipe. Be sure that no water runs in
it until the next morning. During the
night the lye will convert all into soft
soap, and the first current of water in
the morning will wash it away and clear
the pipe clean as new"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
How They Met. Loved and Welded.

There are now living in Washington a
married couple, Paul and Albina Hellmuth,
who were born at Baden, Germany, Feb. l,
1847, within four miles of each other.
Even through their childhood, playing in
the streets of the same town, they were
strangers to each other. In the course Of
events they came across the ocean to the
land of promise, and at different times and
by different paths they drifted to Wash
ington, where they met, and loved and
welded. Upon comparing notes to take
out their marriage license they discovered,
to their mutual surprise and qualification,
that they were not only natives of the same
place but reioiced in exactly the same ages
to q day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
Activity in railroad Building.

The Engineering Meas this week will
say the work of railway extension the COM
ing season promises more activity than
any season since 1887. In the United
States there are 5000 miles in process of
construction; 7,O4l miles surveyed, and
1881 miles projected--making a total of
1870 miles. In Canada the figures are:
Construction, 914; surveys, 43s; projected,
on the coal roads of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and in Montana and Washington.
Almost all the lines in prospect are rather
short and generally to further develop
comparatively local interests. There are
practically no paralieling schemes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
A French Victory in Africa.

A report has been received fromthe gov
ernor of Senegal stating that 800 of the
king of Dahomey's troops attacked the
French force under Co~mmandant Terr;lon
at AtezDo. After a severe fight the French
repulsed the natives, killing and woundine
100 of them. 1t is reported That the gov
eminent intends to annex the kingdom of
Dahomey to the French possessions in At
RIGA, and that q large expedition will b
sent to the west coast.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
The Russell anuic.

There are two or three varieties of
russet, varying considerable in quality.
The kind most commonly grown IS the
English russell, of not very high quality.
but valuable for productiveness and as
a late keeper. The golden russell of
Western New York is a better apple,
equally productive, and is of better
quality later in the season than any
other apple. All the russets have rich
flesh, and are not very juicy. Cider
made from them commands q higher
price than from other apples, though
onlythose too small for market or other
wise unsaleable are used. The russell
tree early into bearing, as it never
makes IN ~immoderate growth Of wood.
Its spreading habit of growth checks
the leading shoots and induces fruitful
ness. After it gets to bearing. it needs
very high m%anuring. 1t would often be
better if the fruit were thinned, as the
fruit sets ~abundantly, and in its early
stages its thicker skin and sourness
make it less likely than some ether
varieties to be thinned by the codlmg
moth.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

ever mad. This is no business -
n nes ~ principles. The same nav W Ne o sa;a
u NJ t ns gathered cream business ' wS sa,a
mother source of profit to soma ;s;u
VIII ny now to feed the b%utterm;ill
s M'.n me greatest profit. Exner;mnn4a
~ 10 be worth from 90 to- a mems nents
per one hundred pounds, .wlile tents eems
h hneiies sell 1T for 25 to 50 cents o mn,
"a which four hundred 1 ponn per
or at less one half it's ynlnour1as
Creamery Journal. ""toe'-Cor
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

THE DAIRY.
CrcainrrY pen


times Of close competition and
fA'Toduction of cooperative cream
as well as the low price of lutter
made 1t necessary forthe creamery
% reduce his expense to the mini
IN order that he may survive. 1t
poiicy to hire cheap workmen,
! is policy to do away with them.
val De done Very readily ii the
f'tfy is conveniently arranged. One
man should be able to handle TO-
,V1las of milk per day, with Il
.'of' No one will doubt this when
mat his principal work will be
,elsAlns' keeping up steam and
!; H. sle butter, say 500 pounds per
~ '0ea OF a creamery is easily
! ..sllsutlon should be provided
Sstl o. scales and two weigh cans.
~ milk platform should come up
tl'h elSlt inches of the weigh can.
i4s NE Workman to stand in the
IL; mere he could weigh and inspect
NJ, M, 'leh their should be a gradual
~ 10 the milk to flow into the re-
'a'' from there it should be con-
sue heating vat, from which it
Fst I"a 10 the separator, from the
I .ie cream should be handily
n 10 NE cream vat and then to
Mi' lhls would n~ecessitate a
[,o tpfge ieet from the milk plat
'.e bottom of the weighing nit.
s@.. TO the milk vat. two and one
(na Nso .le cream vat floor, and two
@ail 1eet more to the churn
NV, Qua OF twelve and oue-half
" .ne milk platform to the churn
|, on en Two churns and Il power
Is Of man can easily handle 10, 900
s, 'seameries the power should be
|1.e, VI!'lnthe machinery with a low
koyl "lteh a boiler and engine
e]co"ns ~ then full capacity. there
be cr.o nv. Another source Of profit
|iaa ,j Il" over another is in
!. ON ' ~ ne Is getting all Of the
Fus .5a ~ me milk, and that his
Asil. 4o' Summing or Watering
[ass IS rule there are less
lesr S'''e'ples applied to the
aM y, atgSS Than any branch
|&!ol g Ss'i'ts: Does a grain buyer
eraoas rem at one price? No.
|.ics ON .iiSohe buy or sell COM
is haHGl.a1 '4o slip-shod plan that
Iro, Seen nndulterated milk that
Ole y, two pounds of butter
min. .n'Fd pounds of milk. and
F. % an That produced five bounds of
|ps IL! go INTO the same Vat puun at the be-
' 'a,Sg r., = creamery should test St the
tie ay., all that goes under less
from the separator.
! day ,5 s@'m milk from the separator
( the s sn. sreamcryman would soon
team 'tee of some of his losses,
: crazys i !, would think a butter
Fatle9 m ~ he came every year and
poklno market y, price for butter with
ElyAt oy yI!S Still he will buy milk
|''oa IL rns, when he has a greater
value than his butter
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
ORCHARD.
Grape Vines on Heavy Soils.

The old idea that grapes thrive best
on light land is mainly due to the fact
that such soils are naturally dry. While
a heavy clay is not best for the grape,
IT is no insuperable obstacle to success
i'll vineyarding. provided it is thoroughly
under-drained. In fact, grape-growing
is possible under IL wider range of con-
ditlons and soil that is the case with
any other crop. The one thing that
grape roots cannot abide in %sta4nant
water. No matter if this dries out in
midsummer it is then past the power of
the vine to regain lost time. Land thor
oushly drained to the depth OF three
feet warns more quickly in spring. and
makes Il difference in temperature of
five to ten degrees or more ut the time
when the vine most needs warmth.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

Mrs. LoNGMAN, widow of the late
Thomas Longman, died in Tendon, re-
Gently in her 18th year. She was
the last of the generation Of the house that
published for Scott, Southey, Coleridge,
zie and Macauley. She took q keen inter-
est in NIL the great literary projects with
which her husband was connected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

FATHER K1NsELLA and the fifteen
Clonearry Qreland) prisoners have been
release from Jail. There is great fejoic-
ing in Kilkenny.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

The rubber trust organized in New York
has decided to advance prices on rubber
goods 10 per cent.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14

THE art gallery at Sacramento has many
Chinese visitors.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
c,, Information Relating
s"' ., orchard, stable p"rloF' and
THE FARM
ua- around Trccs.

.,,s Around Trees.
rf'' l,,o times a convenient place
En9 S'n'1 ont of the way. to pile
st9ays tree where the pillow can
|rol'41 mere is no surer way to
fle' .ree. The reason seems to
\ ipe one act as a mulch, keep
ti' %noist to the very surface.
' aas the root to grow up
TOP of the ground, and as
|eaE -. In docs not prevent frost,
|nf i. frozen in and cannot fur
ft' u +,ne heaps should especially
e. aeonnd apple and other fruit
lN,.' - bnrbor mice. which eat the
'', ling and killing the tree.
Phosphate for Poultry.
,,to give bones to hens to
.2o w IaT nas been improved by q
|As ~ A. accidentally learned that
u,;aj phosphate answers the same
ls''''i A. spilled some with seed
f. ,+ scptember. and gathering 1t
l'It ,,,itn soil gave thist to his hens:
e., his surprise the pieces of
~ ave eaten as readily as the
l .nI about the same time his hens
aag as they had not done be-
y: sil of the commercial phos-
w. NOW is made from bones.
s SON. . which a Tribune cores
!. sn-nishes, indicates that the
hlosnbote may serve a good pur-
'n .5an feed, as we know it does
Up TODD -
v,r,ing VS.. Cooking Food.
."a,,v so much is said as formerly
~! I'"~ necessity of cooking food for
n is undoubtedly the fact that
10 food to near the animal heat
ny ~ thine in cold weather. and i'll
' 'vS the cooked food is fed while
Which may account for its sup
odyautages. There is certainly
in living wet food at q tempera-
.l the freezing point in winter.
/ ant to be. even in moderate
a. The constant evaporation
h. surface rapidly cools anything
wet, and the introduction of food
tsmneratu1e of 40 degrees into n
cS where the natural warmth is IS
ss, PRODUCES q chill that requires a
OF the foodconsumed to over
The cooked food that has become
IL cold is no better than that not
4 for most kinds of stock.
The Farmstead Lawn.
ilv games, the outdoor games Of
must be provided for. Every
almost. plays croquet, and lawn
lis rapidly becoming an equally
pular game. The boys also want a
TO play ball, and at least the small
IAN be allowed q chance upon the
area reserved for the two home
referred to. These ought, of
9. to have as level a spot as posi-
it'll trees around it for shade, but
% near. Seats may be provided
.th these trees for weary particle
0. elderly on-!ookers. 1t is we'll
while to take considerable pains
ibis playground, so that the games
,e PLAYED in a satisfactory manner,
PLAYERS satisfied with the
ties Tor displaying their accom-
ments, The levelinp ought to be
with care. and a fine, thick June
sod secured by good preparation
ground. liberal seeding, and q
pr but moderate use of the lawn
\. These things take time; but
aborT We delight i'll physics pain"
the poet, and both the boys and
|irsof the family will willingly
ptepair the ground devoted to
! recreatlon and the entertainment
'ltlpg friends and kindafolk. All
have indicated can be carried out
on the space Of q single acre
; .HJgr>igC.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
r~gIC ECONOMY.

AND AGRICULTURAL
;No1 1,r1ss DISCUSSED.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-14
Poultry Notes.

1OuAShN &NOltS.
A I fowl always has, aud will find
buyers at good prices.
TURKEYS are almost due in markets.
"A hock or good mes will pay we'll; have
you any?
The people whom we would advise to
BUY lncubators are those who raise
chickens and know how.
FLOCK of 100 hens should enable n
FARMER TO secure eggs enough in Jan
uary, February, and March to hatch by
means of an incubator 1000 chickens.
The chicks will be marketable in MAY
and june and bring from Is to 25 cents
per pound. With all allowances made
for losses, it is easy to realize a hand
some profit from o flock of 100 hens and
have enough eggs for home use be-
sides.
SPEAKING of roosts in q poultry
house, the Farmers Magazine saws the
best ones are strips four inches wide
and one inch thick. The fowls can
roost on these with comfort to the feet.
They should have a clear space of one
foot between them, and should all be on
one level and not more than one foot
from the floor. When they are made
like a ladder the fowls light to crowd to
the top, and when they are high the hens
are sometimes hurt by coming heavily
on the floor when flying down. Young
fowls should not roost until they are
fully grown. 1t is best to leave those
to stay in the coop when the hen leaves
them. and they will stay there comfort
ably until the weather gets too cold or
are ready for sale. 1t is best to have q
yard for chicks and the hens which are
in the coops, SO that they can be fed
without trouble from the other fowls.