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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
Early Chickens.

With a setting of eggs from the fowls
selected as parents and a real determined
sitting hen one is ready to begin business.
If the weather is cold it is better not to
adhere to the stipulated thirteen eggs for
a setting. Ten will do better, or even
eight or nine if very large. If the sitter
has made a wise choice for a nest let her
have her way in this respect, remember
ing that the position must be a warm n
and free from draughts. 1t must also be
secured against intrusion of other fowls
and all disturbing causes.
Nests should not be too concave, but
quite fiat, SO that the eggs will not lie on
each other. If one gets broken the others
should be washed in warm, not hot,
water, to keep the pores open. See that
the hen is fed and watered each day at a
regular time, and guard against letting
her stay off the nest too long, as she may
If compelled to find her W living.
Now, while the hen is sitting let prepare
tfon be made for the comfort and well
fare of the chicks after they are Matched.
We may still observe the old proverbial
edmonton in regard to "counting the
chickens" but if the first trial fails there
will be no time wasted if the coop has
been prepared in advance, for there will
be plenty of time left to "try again" and
just here is another advantage gained by
beginning early.-American Cultivator.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

I have often had Berkshire hogs weigh,
when dressed, $50 pounds at 8 months
old. Their hams and shoulders, when
properly cured, find a ready market in
all large cities, and are of such superior
quality that private purchasers often
order them from our farms six months
in advance.
In 1869 1 imported fourteen Berkshire
hogs, a few of which I sold, to go tx Mis-
souri,, at 5000 each. They were exhibited
at the great pork packers exhibition at st.
Louis, in 1872, think it was, where there
were some 1000 entries of all breeds
from Europe, Canada and the United
States, and these, with their progeny,
took first prize on boar and SOW, first and
second prizes on SOW and litter of pigs,
first prize on hogs under a year old, and
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
Comb,

When the comb of a fowl is large and
bright colored, showing it to be full of
blood, and shaking with every activity of
the bird, she is in a healthy, laying con-
dition. With this condition of the comb
you will discover the utmost activity in
your fowls, starting at every sound or
motion; the movements are not like a
nervous jump, but with an elastic spring,
showing a condition of vigorous health.
On the contrary, if the edges of the comb
and wattles are a purplish red and the
movements sluggish, there is disease and
danger.-American Poultry Yard.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
STOCK INTERESTS.
THE ANIMALS THAT 1T PAYS THE
FARMER BEST TO KEEP.

The Proclamation of Secretary of Agricul-
portation of Southwestern Cattle Eff
forts to Stamp Out Texas Cattle Fever.
The government regulations taking pre-
cautions against the infection Of Texas
cattle fever went into effect March IL
and continue until Dec. /. The terri
tory q%uarantined by Secretary Rusk is
as follows:
All that country lying south and east of a line
commencing on the Mississippi river at lati-
tude SO dogs. 80 min. north, thence running west
ward on that parallel Of latitude, being the south
ern boundary Of Missouri, to the eastern bound
airy Of Indian territory, thence running north
ward to the southern boundary Of Kansas, thence
westward along said boundary of Kansas to the
Tooth meridian Of longitude, thence southwark
along said Tooth meridian Of longitude to the
southern boundary Of Childress county, in Texas,
thence westward along the southern boundary Of
the counties of Childress, Hall, Briscoe, Swisher,
Castro and Farmer to the eastern boundary of
New Mexico.
No cattle are to be transported from
the region within the above boundary
except under the special regulations laid
down by the bureau of animal industry.
These rules are for the guidance of rail-
road companies, and refer particularly to
the cleansing and disinfecting of cars
and the keeping of the southern beeves in
transportation away from contact with
other cattle. The regulations do not ap-
ply to animals taken into or through
Colorado for feeding purposes under the
laws of that state.
Secretary Rusk remarks that the losses
among northern cattle from contact with
infected southern animals, or from in
fected cars or manure, has become a
matter of serious concern to the cattle in
dustry Of the United States.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

The new star upon whose renditions Of
half a dozen characters Paris has set the
seal Of high approval is from a for country.
Nine. Melba is her stage name, and she
has many claims to distinction. She is IN
questionably a great artist. She is Aus
tralia's first native singer; she has scored
a brilliant success, and she is young, beau
tiful and intelligent.
Nellie Mitchell-her first name-was
born in Melbourne, Australia, May 10,
1864 date sufficiently recent to be named
without ungallantry. She early developed
a rare capacity for music, but Papa Mitch
ell was not pleased, as one would have ex-
pected; he was unkind enough to say that
a musical career for a oma is usually
associated with some uncertainties of tenn
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
Grade Up.

Good brood mares are a fortune on the
farm. Keep all the good mares and con-
tinue to grade up, that each succeeding
generation will be better bred and raise
better colts. The mares can do the farm
work and raise valuable colts, while a
gelding or a male is a useless expense on
the farm. When all our farms are
stocked with brood mares and greater
care given to breeding the better class of
horses farming will be more profitable,
for there is no product of the farm that
sells for better money than good horses,
and the brood mares work for their keep
besides:-Western Agriculturist.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

found. To be sure, it had 1--WE years pre-
viously said the same thing of Sontag, but
that, of course, didn't count. Her voice
was a pure silvery soprano, and with it she
held audiences enraptured at nearly all the
capitals Of the civilized world. The verdict
of New York was also the verdict of Paris
and London, and at st. Petersburg, where
she died, she occupied the position of pre-
miere cantatrice, to which she had been
nominated by the car himself. She passed
away at the age of IS, having tasted all the
sweet of triumph and non of the bitter Of
disappointment.
while she was yet young, successful and
beloved was Fanny Hensel. She never felt
the Intoxicating thrill Of a stage triumph,
for her life current flowed between kindred
but more peaceful banks than those of the
singer. She was the sister of Mendelssohn,
the composer of many of the "Lieder ohne
Worte" usually attributed to him, and the
wife of William Hensel, the distinguished
painter. Her father, a wealthy banker Of
Berlin, objected to the world at large know
ing that his daughter was a musical blue
stocking" She overcame his scruples, re-
ceived honors almost equal to those accord
ed her brother Felix, and then gently faded
away, retaining, even to the last, the deli
cate beauty for which she was celebrated
throughout the Prussian capital.
1t was different with Sontag. When she
retired from the stage in 1928, at the early
age Of %, after becoming the wife of Count
Rossi, mankind looked upon her titled hus-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

N W Hampshire
volunteers, as a
boy,
jan. 5, 1864. He
was still a baby
when his parents
g moved from
Quebec to North
B a g T, N. Y.
They afterwards
took up their resi-
dence in Concord,
N. H., and it was
from there that
the boy went to
the war His com-
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

pany saw lively service, for he carried his
drum through five battles-Cold Harbor,
Drury's Bluff, Petersburg, Seven Pines
and Sandy Bottom-and half a dozen en-
gagements of less Importance, before he
was mustered out, Dec. 10, 1864. He is not
likely to forget the year he spent as a
drummer boy for Uncle Sam, as one of his
knees was permanently injured in battle.
Mr.. White was married when he was but
10 years old, and has one daughter and
three sons. He is a carpenter by trade.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
He Refuses His Liberty.

The Duke of Orleans, who is imprisoned at
Clairvaux for returning to France in vio-
latlon OF the law banishing from the coun-
try all pretenders to the throne and their
heirs, has refused to accept conditional free
dom at the hands of the government. The
duke will add another chapter to his ro-
nance soon by being married in prison.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
A WELCOME MBo

farms, and carries to refugees the neces-
saries of life and the means of escape.
Meanwhile engineers and inventors are
racking their brains to puzzle out some
way for claiming the Father of Waters and
other o"bstreperous American streams.
When they solve the problem they will be
more deserving of honor than if they had
given the world a new explosive, or a meth
cd OF rapid transit by balloon.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

The Athenians of old cried constantly
for something new" and the desire that
obtained so strongly for freshness and "a
riety 1900 years ago is still a living and
persistent element of the human mind.
Nowhere is this disposition SO sharply
brought out as in connection with the op-
cratic stage. For a time audiences applaud
a diva, shower her with floral offerings
and elevate her to the pinnacle of popular
favor. Then they transfer their allegiance
to some fresher face and fairer presence,
although the singer they abandon may DO
in the prime of her artistic powers. Even
Patti hears the murmur of the approaching
farewell. Paris has crowned another her
successor, and contemporary criticism in
the United States assails the queen of song
with most uncomplimentary remarks.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
She Spent Too mpch Monav.

Pelatiah Ely, of Long Meadow, Mass,
has found that marriage at SO is not a sue
cess. He welded Mrs. Lucy A. Morse, aged
~, about a year ago. Now he has aban-
doned his home and sought refuge with his
relatives. He complains that Mrs. Ely
spent too much money! Sticking up the
house.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

herself afterward by making buttonholes,
or did she marry a lord? Who can tell?
In a lesser degree the story of Frezzolini
is the story of Therese Malten. Never heard
of out of Dresden until 1851, she secured
her chief artistic triumph at Bayreuth in
the summer Of 1882. "Parsifal' was the
opera, and her part was that of Kundry,
first the sorceress, then the %repentant wo-
man, who finally sinks at the altar in
peaceful death on the unwilling of the
Holy Grail. She, too, like Nine. Melba,
was to wrest the crow from Patti. But
she didn't, and of late the trumpet of fame
has blown abroad no great and signal tri-
umph with which her name is connected.
What is the conclusion to be drawn
Possibly the trite one that there is an end
to all things-to beauty, to renown, to SUI
premacy, to favor. And then the question
arises for the singer, Is she more fortunate
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
HENRIETTA SONTAG,

band as q public enemy. Twenty years
afterward necessity compelled her to re-
turn to the footlights. She had to struggle
almost like u novice for recognition, but at
last she compelled applause and 20 her
old time laurels. Victory came too late,
however, for exhausted by her efforts she
fell an easy victim to the cholera and ex-
pired at the city of Mexico in the summer
of 1854. After her death the world that
gave her when alive but tardy need of
praise mourned and honored her, and re-
called the fact that the fair faced Henrietta
Sontag, with her large blue eyes and wealth
of light auburn hair, had been not only a
great singer, but a beautiful woman.
Thirty-five years ago the critics said Of
Frezzolini, as they say of Melba today, that
she was the future empress Of opera. One
of her admirers descanted on her '~'stately
elegance" and asserted that she was 'the
ideal of a beautiful great lady Of the olden
time" Her elevation was but for the mo-
ment. Today who knows where she was
born, where she died or any other facts in
her history, save that for one brief moment
she fascinated the tickle throng, smiled,
bowed and d~isappeared9 Did she support
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
The jersey Cow,

The illustration is a picture Of the IA
nous old Jersey COW, Ida of St. Lam
bert's, the most noted COW ever in Amer
lea. Ida made a butter record of thirty
pounds two and a half ounces in seven
days.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
A Female Tiger Hunter.

The latest field in which a woman has
distinguished herself is as a tiger hunter.
Mrs. Evans Gordon, the wife Of an Anglo
Indian officer, has recently made a SPLEEN
y record in that line in the jungles Of
sCooch Behar.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
ANIMALS OF THE FARM,
KNOWLEDGE USEFUL TO STOCK
BREEDERS AND FEEDERS.

The Sheep Industry in Baldwin County.
Ala.--Stock Still Grazing at Large on
Unfenced Pasture Misunderstanding Tracts
AT One Dollar an Acre.
The sheep industry is growing in its
proportions away down here in Alabama
Tor several reasons. There is a large ter
r1tory for sheep to feed on; large tracts
Of land unfenced and unused by the
owners, as pasture grounds are free to
stockmen. Second, the native grasses
on these pine lands are green and plenti-
full nearly all the year round. Third, the
price of southern wool, the best clip,
brought twenty-six cents per pound, and
the wool on these unimproved sheep
averaged one dollar per head. These
sheep are good breeders and the lambs
are worth n dollar per head. Fourth,
stockmen tell me they do not feed
their sheep at all, and one OBJ
served that, as to salt, the sheep
did not know what it was. Fifth,
the water is pure and plentiful--the
county being well watered with springs,
creeks and rivers, which are clear as
crystal. Sixth, here sheep bring a fair
price for mutton. Only a week ago a
sheep man shipped seventeen head to
Mobile and he received 50. % per head.
They had been sheared and the owner
declared they had not been fed a single
mouthful Of anything. Without n
ownership in the land to speak of, there
are several sheep men who own from
two to five and six thousand sheep at a
mere nominal cost.
The county is n hundred miles long
by forty wide, and will support an i'm
mense number of sheep. The lands are
very cheap to all who wish to engage in
the sheep business. There are 5000
acres subject to homestead entry, and
nearly all the large tracts can be bought
for less than one dollar per acre.-Cor.
Southern Live Stock Journal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

The vast ~outpouring Of the swollen river
dominates the scene from bluff to bluff.
Houses on the lowlands struggle discon-
s~olately to keep their footing and then go
down the stream, while the inmates hurry
with their families, live stock and port
ables to the highlands.
1t is at a time like this that the busy,
putting steamboat is more welcome than
ever. 1t pushes it's way out of the main
current, finds a route across submerged
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
The Youngest Veteran of the Civil War,

Inc Youngest veteran of the Civil War.
Joseph H. White was a soldier boy before
he had celebrated his eleventh birthday.
He now lives at New Britain, Conn.,, and is
said to be the youngest veteran of the civil
wa living. He was born in the fine old
Canadian city of Quebec June Is, 1853, and
enlisted in Company A, Second regiment
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
FLOODED VILLAGE.

A LUUD VILLAGE.
water, and the losses sustained by the
sugar planters of Louisiana and cotton
planters of Mississippi are extremely Sc
we're.
The appearance of the country at flood
time is remarkable as illustrating the de-
fenselessness of man against the onsets of
nature. Before the mighty volume of
water the strongest bikes give way, and
the work of years disappears in a night.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23

THEtESE MALTEN. N4I
If she ~outlives good looks and great
achievement, or if she dies ere the cheek;
has lost its roses, the eye its luster and the
voice its charm?
ITO be or not to be'' is older than Shake
speare-it is old as the world.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-05-23
THE FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

How Can Their Annual Recurrence Be
). Prevented? -
The Mississippi river floods the present
year have more than equaled their prede-
cessors as damage doors. A much larger
area than usual has been covered with
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-30

shought ~ soa1d speak 70 his vie. whose
white dress be saw On The piazza
He walked night up 70 her and she did
not more. - So sat there N big rocking
chair.
Whist did her silence nsean7
Ransom sav dark stain On the white
dress. and seix>d his wife BY the arm
She vss ,dead--sbos through The breast
and in ons band she still held the pistol
With which she had taken her young iifss
The wresched man foand that the house
bad been robbed, and the footprints near 10
showed that strong gang OF negroes bad
visited IL during his absence IL needed no
one TO tel him Why bis wife had killed her
self. II vas her only escape from worse
fate.
.Yas." drswssd sheriff Jack. after telling
this part OF the story III stirred up the
county. Everybody Wa sorry for the poor
Teller. but be might er knowed jest how it
would turn out All the nigzers turned up
but six. an in course We suspicionsd en-
We tried hloodhounds an done our level
best. but nobody hsd any iack bat Ran
som. Fuss an last he got erway with six
Of the devils. an made no bones about IL
either"
Did he tell tsf' l asked
.'sartsnly he did. Many an many
night he's come back from his hunt an
told me about another niger bed fixed
that day"
1T il awful. was my comment
.'Thet's no name for it, said the sheriff,
"but Ransom was nos ter blame he vas
only youngsser full OF New England crank
ideas. and he thought black human nasu-
was the same as white human natur. After
his trouble he acted ike q ssan-hunied
the beasts down. He made some OF them
confess an then shot 'em. Others had
some Of his wife's tFinkets, an others jest
acted snspicious-like. yer know. lie made
clean sweep Of the gang. an. stranger.
you're the fust man thet's talked about
srresting and trying him."
II didn't understand the case, I" was my
reply.
well. yer understood it now said
Sheriff Jack I'VE don Z stand no foolin'
down here in Buckshot county. We go in
fur straight justice. II yer got on the jury
would yer 20 agin Bob Ransom?"
mo. would not, was my emphatic re-
sponse-
Good fur your shouted the sheriff.
"Thet's the way we feel. Bob Ransom
viii never be bothered in this county"
Just then ! heard the whistle OF my
train. and with hurried shake of the hand
! left Sheriff Jack. IL any of my readers
ever visit Buckshot county il will pay them
TO hunt up this model officer. Some OF his
methods may be little irregular. but he is
the right man IN the right place.
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ANAcoaTRs,

Ten acres koaufiful land adjoining FidAlgo
City; cleared ready for plating; $3.50 Per acre:
Is acres Near the above. 800 per sore.
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One hundred and fifty acres near Jnanita.
Lake Washington. IL miles west OF g.. l. s. d
4 r r.; partly cleared. good Improvements.
fraii trees. straw berries etc: SIS per acre: viii
eel le-acre lots for so per acre.
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One hundred and sixty acres. IA miles water
'front.' on soaamish harbor, opposite Port Gam
pie; beautiful location; good for plating; nics
beach: IS per acre
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Paul Henderson,
Room Ii, Korn Block,
NEAR YESLER TURNTABLE.
Warrington Immigrssion aaA Hsnsssse1
Association.

Three hundred sores. es< &C 1. tp q n. r2w:
al good land: 80 acres Sown In gra0, - per
acres; Ito acres In sc H. tp "a n, ~; good clay
upland. heavily timbered, so per acre.