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The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
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st. Paul firm has secured the electric
light franchise OF Sheldon, and the work of
putting in the plant will begin at once.
A Holstein man has invited o corn planter
attachment which makes the check rover in
connection with that machine unnecessary.
A member OF the school board, council.
man and an ex-church janitor are among the
dispensers of original packages at Cedar
Rapids, says the Gazette.
Herman Iblings, 6-year.old boy living
near Parkersburg, appeared ut school the
other day with five young wolves in his
lunch basket. He had dug them out of o
hole on his way to town.
The old settlers of Humbol county have
decided to erect and old -fashined log cabin
in which the pioneers Gun meet annually and
talk over old times amid appropriate SUI.
roundings.
At Dyersville City Marshal Myer, attempt.
ed to arrest three tramps. They started to
run when the marshal fired, hitting one of
them in the head and producing O wound
which it is thought will prove fatal.
The Sheldon Mail tells of Boyden man
who came to that town to buy coffin, and
when he got back home again found the ex.
pected corpse In o fair way to recovery and
very indignant at the undue haste that had
been taken to plant him.
Zeke Clarke, ofCoralville, took pity on a
boy tramp recently and offered him home
The youthful tourist repaid his Kindness by
stealing gold watch valued ut $125 and
several other articles The booty was re.
covered and the youth allowed to resume
his journey.
William Peters, q farmer living near Coun.
ell Bluffs, has gone on visit to his sister in
Colorado. He has resided on his farm for
more than forty.Hve years, and during all
that time he has never been further avav
rom home than Council Bluffs, and never ct
foot IN railway car betors.
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A Curious Formula.

Here is curious way to tell the day
OF the week of any date given: Take
the last two figures OF the year, add a
quarter of this, disregarding the
fraction; add the date of the month
and to this add the figure in the
following list. one figure standing for
each month, 3-6-6-2-4-O-2-5-1-3-6-1.
Divide the sum by seven and the re-
mainder will give the number Of the
day in the week. and when there is no
remainder the day will be Saturday.
AS an example take the day, March
10, 1890. Take 80, add %, add 10, add
6. This gives 1877, which divided by
z leaves a remainder of 4, which is
the number of the day, OR Wednesday.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
Potatoes Under Straw

There are two or three advantages
in growing potatoes in this way. One
Is that no cultivation being necessary
the hills can be planted closer together
each way, giving larger yield The
mulch aids materially to retain moist
ure in the soil, and this in dry season
especially is quite an item. No cultiva-
ton is necessary, and in a busy season
often this will be an item.
The plan is much better for late
than for early varieties, as the mulch
rather retards the growth, at least at
first. In many localities there is more
or less drouth nearly every summer,
during the latter part of july and
August, usually at q time when late
potatoes need moisture; and a good
mulch at this time will aid in securing
this by retaining moisture in the soil.
Were it not for interfering too much
with other work, the best plan of ap-
plying mulch is TO prepare the soil in
a good tilth, mark out the rows and
plant the seed, covering with soil, but
taking pains not to cover too deep.
Then after the plants have started,
just showing above ground, apply the
straw. But care must be taken not to
Wait too long. The only objection to
covering with straw as soon as plant
ed is that it the weather should be cold
and wet there is considerable risk of
the seeds rotting, and especially in
low, wet land. On higher or we'll
drained land the danger is much less.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
A Famous Southern Town

The fame of the old east Tennessee
town of Rogersville is spreading. Here
are some of its advantages as enumer-
ated in a paragraph just now making
the rounds:
The town itself is just one hundred
years old. 1t has the oldest masonic
lodge in the state. and the house which
sheltered General jackson for months
still stands in state of almost perfect
preservation. A huge hearth in .
front room, which he laid with his own
hands, shows scarcely trace of wear.
The first newspaper published in the
state was issued from Rogersville.
Within the corporate limits of the town
are the graves of the parents of Davy
Crockett. The only ebbing spring in
the United States is but y short distance
from the public square. 1t has regu-
lar tides and GIBBS and flows every two
hours with unvaring uniformity. Tho
water is always intensely cold. but
never freezes. s.-Nashuille american.
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Hints to Housekeeners.

AAnss 70 nOuNeR0epof8,
In doing up sateens do not usc any
starch.
Gut cucumber into strips and put
into all places where ants are found
and it will surely drive them away.
10 polish copper kettle rub with
lemon and salt Cut lemon dip ia
salt, and rub over the copper surface.
A little borax put in the water be-
lore washing red or red-bordered ta-
blecloths and napkins, will prevent
their fading.
1t is just as necessary to keep salt
from absorbing bad odors as cream.
A sack of best salt standing where
there is a smell of fish or any obiec ction-
able odor will absorb the flavor.
10 clarity molasses, heat over the
fire. pour in one pint of sweet milk to
each gallon of molasses. The impuri-
ties will rise In scum, which must be
taken OF before broken by boiling.
Many housekeepers need warning
against the frequent use of feather
busters. These busters simply chase
the particles from the furniture into
the air, where they are inhaled. A
solt cloth is good and a chamois skin
is sometimes better, for duster.
Unless rooms are very much used,
carpets need not be taken up oftener
than once year. A thorough sweep
ing, followed by wiping them with a
cloth wrung from clear water, will re-
move the dust quite thoroughly. Am
monia and water brighten the colors
and take out spots Moist sawdust or
pieces of wet newspaper scattered
over the carpet will gather the dust.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05

The nrst annual session Of tks North Dako.
to State Sunday School assoda dation conyened
at Grand Forks, with 100 delegates in ii.
tandance from all sections Of the state. Hon.
N. N. johnson Of Lakota was elected nre.i.
dent and =. E. Saunders of jamestown sec.
rstary. Hon. W. G. Reynolds. president Of
the International Sunday School association:
ana aov. Miller are among the speakers.
The North Dakota Medical association mat
as the Assembly hall Of the insane asylum at
jamestown. Forty physicians were there.
Papers were read BY Dr.. Fulton. fst paul
on progressive medicine; by Dr.. Archibald OF
jamestown; President MilIspaugh, of PARK
river; DR.. Coe. Of Mandan; Dr.. Moore. OF
Jamestown, Geo. Mcintyre and Geo. E.
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NORTH DAKOTA.

The wild plum crop promises to be enor.
NOUS this season, notwithstanding the re.
cent cold snap.
One-third more fax will be sown this year
in the two Dakotas than last, while wheat
shows a slight falling of.
The North Dakota state republican com.
mittee will meet at Fargo June 1S to decide
upon the date and place OF holding the state
convention.
While using vitriol with syringe DR.. R.
G. Montgomery, of Forest River, got some
ofthe poison in his eyes, and it is feared his
sight will be hopelessly destroyed. He was
taken to Grand Forks for treatment.
The North Dakota Democratic state cen.
trail committee met at Fargo and decided to
hold the Democratic state convention at
Grand Forks July 16. The apportionment
will bc about the same Us last year.
At Bismarck County Commissioner Healy
pleaded mot guilty" to the charge of mu-
tilating county. records. This is the same
charge of which Healy was acquitted by the
district judge on habens corpus proceedings.
Judge Morgan, of the Devils Lake district,
10 holding court at Forman to dispose oflarge
number OF cases Judge Lander was attorney
i'll UoiOEe HIS eseCtlOU. ne Will ui6O Try mOSt
ofthe liquor cases, several criminal cases and
some other civil cases.
Strenuous efforts will be made at Form an
to get Allen new trial. He is convicted OF
shooting George W. Holcomb with intent to
kill. One bullet hit Holcomb in the face and
another in the shoulder, making fearful
wounds.
Michael Allen was bound over ut Moor.
head to await the action of the grnnd jury by
Judge Titus for stealing q horse and buggy
from Doyle's livery stable in Fargo. He
took the rig to Hawley and tried to sell it.
Allen claims he was drunk.
Capt. F. 8. Demers, receiver in the United
States land Office at Fargo, has been taken
to tho jamestown insane asylum for treat
ment. The strange actions Of Mr.. Demors
were first noticed while attending the theater
at Fargo the. other night and was taken
homo by his friends.
The secretary of the interior, upon tho ad.
Sice and accommodation OF tho commission.
or fIndiau affairs. hos finally concluded to
establish an extensive Indian Industrial
4 school ct Fort Totten near Devils Lake. The
{ government has a fins school building at the
{ Tort which cost 940,0 900.
VI r-.
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Study tho Demand.

What the farmer most needs after
thoroughly acquainting himself with
the science of agriculture-not agri-
culture as his father and grandfather
and great-grandfather understood it
is to study the public demand and in
the cultivation Of his soil cater to that
demand. If there is better market
in his vicinity for potatoes than for
corn or wheat why raise potatoes? If
onions, all he can raise of them, COM
mand better price than anything
else. onions are the vegetable he
should raise. He should study and
work for the best results. At the Ohio
agricultural experiment station the
yield of potatoes had been increased
eighty per cent by the use of phos-
phoric acid. Our grandfathers scarce
ly. if ever, heard of phosphoric acid.
That is one of the experimental dis
coveries. 1t ought to be received by
the farmer as suggestion of possible
success in many other agricultural
lines. The farmer should be ready
and eager to avail himself of every
new improvement just as merchants
and manufacturers are.
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A Hint to Landlords,

Departing guest: ':Mr. Landlord,
my expenses at your hotel have been
greater than anticipated, and as l am
little short of money, you will have
to wait until return before I can
liquidate your bill" Landlord: "Don't
bother yourself about such trife.
I'll just make q memorandum of it on
the door here until you return" '.But
everybody will read my name there.
and shall be scandalized." ..Yes,
that's a fact, but I can remedy that
just leave your fur.trimmed overcoat
with me and I'll hang it on the door
over your bill, and nobody will ever
zee It"
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WORK on T'nE FARM.
Useful Hints and Suggestions TO the Bu,y
Agrioulturist
Care Needed in Nanuring Laud-Nsesssity
Of Changing Chicken Ground 1aisinx
Potatoes Under Strsv-arowing Crops
ohsaply-Housshold Notss and Hinta
An Import.n. srh,...

An Important Subject.
A correspondent of the Orange Judd
Farmer complains that on his farm
manure has been detriment rather
than help to his crops. He asks the
reason why and is given this answer:
The writer recollects that the poorest
corn raised under his supervision in
1887 In Illinois was on ] acre which
mad had liberal application of stable
manure that spring, and had also had
SIMILAR application for eleven years
previously. The rainfall for May,
June. July and August in 1887 was
9.67 inches, and for June and july 1t
was ~ inches, while the normal rain.
fall In the locality for these periods is
l6.lS and 500 inches respectively.
The manure had only aggravated the
effects of the drought. Prof. Shelton.
writing from Manhattan, Kan, and
referring to wheat, says: "The barn
yard manure had a most unfortunate
effect; it loosened the upper soil, thus
permitting it to dry out to such an ex-
tent that a large proportion of the
wheat never germinated."
The cause of the trouble, as indeed
is intimated by the correspondent, is
not far to seek: ''Our main and almost
only trouble here in raising crops is
lack OF moisture. doubtless contains
the gist of the whole matter. The
plowing under of stable manure causes
the soil to dry out too rapidly. seri-
Gus evil In any locality of scanty rain
fall. The application of we'll rotted
stable manure to land after it is plow-
ed-the manure being worked into the
surface with disc harrow or other
instrument before seeding, has been
practiced by wheat farmers in many
localities with good results. This
method largely obviates the difficulty
OF causing the soil to dry out. The
stable manure which was applied to
the potatoes was put on too late to
supply any substantial benefit as fer
tilizer, while as found by our corres-
pondent, straw or prairie hay would
be more effective as a mulch. We
would suggest to our correspondent to
apply his manure we'll rotted to land
intended for wheat or corn after it is
plowed, working it into the surface be-
fore seeding. If he gets no benefit
with this method his land must either
be fertile or his manure very poor.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
WISCONCIN.

Hans c. johnson. machinist and wagon
maker, hos assigned at Rhinelander. His
assets and liabilities are about even ut
$4,000
In Il suit ut Seymour, over so cents, Louis
Fuchsgruber got verdict against Rudolph
Nogelefsky, who also paid costs amounting
to about $50.
The body OF q man, supposed to be Alex.
Chisholm, the teamster who disappeared two
weeks ago, has been found in the Chippewa
near Badger Mills.
N. N. Lewis went to jail at Columbus for
twenty-five days, for neglecting to settle a
hotel bill. He was fined $5 and costs, but
failed to pay his fine.
Two Florence merchants were fined Sc and
costs each sor selling elomargarine in man.
ner contrary to law. The complaint was
m ade by Commissioner Thorn.
August Schwahn, aged sixteen were drown
ed in the Eau Claire river. He was playing
on raft and stepped from the raft to log,
which turned round and throw him in.
One night recently. masked burglar
raped ut the door OF Mrs. Ludkie, widow,
residing two miles from New Lisbon. and with
revolver in hand demanded her money.
Eighty-one thousand tons of iron ore were
shipped during the past week from the Cen.
trail and Lake Shore Railway docks, Mt Ash.
land, making total, thus far this season,
OF $50, 900 tons.
A. c. Buttrick, Of Oshkosh, left home q
month ago on a hunting trip to Northe rn
Wisconsin. Nothing has been heard from
him, and it is feared that he has lost his life
in the woods.
A Rock County farmer was called to the
door, one evening recently, by unknown
parties, who threw oil Of vitriol at him. A
newspaper, which he had in his hand, saved
his face, but his clothing was burned.
The old saw-mill ut MenomoneeF F. alls, Wau.
kesha county, built in 1885 OF 1886. was
sold. The transfer includes six acres of lime.
stone property. 1t is the intention of the
parties to put up q first class lime plant.
A. B. Buttrick, OF Oshkosh, left home q
month ago on a hunting trip to Northern
Wisconsin. Nothing has been heard from
him, and it ia feared he has lost his life in the
woods.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
SOUTH DAKorA.


The southeastern counties of South Dat
have planted largely increased acreage OF
corn this season.
A Sioux Squaw was granted divorce at
f'erre the other day. She charged her hus.
band with desertion.
A Deadwood man enjoyed the luxury OF
having his toe smashed by heavy bar of
gold falling on It the other day.
The Deadwood Times chronicles the arrival
in that city of carload of o. D. p,nts and
halfpnts.
Hanson county sheep breeders pay 81 each
for wolf scalps in addition to the regular
bounty.
A Bridgewater boy named Langley swal.
lowed an open penknife a few days ago, and
| US yet no serious consequences have resulted
The postoffice department. refuses to place
Cheyenne, Sterling county. on the postofice
list because there is another town of that
name in South Dakota.
Washington Hughes. of Spearfish, is held
in 5000 bonds to appear for trial at Dead.
wood on charge Of killing a horse by beat.
ing 1t with club.
j. D. O'Donnell, the convict who took
French leave from the Sioux Falls peniten.
tiary was captured atInwood, To-, and TAX.
en- back to Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Olang Aasen, the woman accused of
killing an old man named Lomen during a
raid on saloons at Hatton last fall, was
| tried at Caledonia the other day and acouit.
| ted.
| So far this season the auditor of Dickey
| county has paid bounty on 59,7l1 gopher
scalps, 1t is estimated that nearly $4,000
will be paid out as the result of one months
| hunt.
The artessian well at Doland is $40 feet
deep, and, together with water mans and
400 feet of fire hose, only cost the city 81, 26O.
with 20 years in which to pay the sum.
The Olivet Herald says q party of Iowa
hunters are making trip through that part
| OF the state after wolf scalps. which they in
tend to place on the Iowa market, where the
bounty is much larger than it is in Dakota
Spotted Crow, tho bad Indian from Bad
river appeared before the United States
court ut Pierre the other day and was bound
over for trial in the sum of $500. s. C. is
charged with hitting Old Sally, his mother.
in law, on the head with hatchet.
The artesian well at Groton, which has been
sort of white elephant to the city, has
broken out anew and threatens to swallow
the town financially and bodily. Ithas cav.
ed in around the tubing, leaving hole
twenty feet wide and ninety feet deop, which
has filled up with water. 1t is still throwing
out sand and the council is devising means
by which it con stop the flow.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
Moss ON Electric Lights.

A florist in London, England, has
had the happy thought of hanging trails
of moss over and around the electric
lights in his window. The green and
yellow tints of the delicate leaves form
a lovely we'll for the light. which glim-
mers through them without being
diminished -.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
Growing Crops Cheaply.

The price of the farmers commodi-
ties is mainly determined by causes
that he cannot control. But the cost
OF producing them depends very large
ly on himself. If there be anything
in soil or location that makes the pro-
dpction of any crop necessarily more
oxpensive for one farmer than for
Others, he should change to something
n which competition Il not 90 active.
Eery locality has advantages for
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
Better to Strive.
Give me q man whose heart
Is filled with ambition's fire:

Who sets his mark in the start,
And keeps moving it higher and higher
Better to die in the strife,
The hands with labor rife,
Than to glide with the stream in an idle
dream,
And lead a purposeless life.
Better to strive and climb
And never reach the goal,
Than TO drift along with time
An aimless, worthless soul.
Ay, better to climb and fall,
Or sow, though the yield be small,
Than to throw away day after day,
And never to strive at ali.
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~ TT I ~ = ,|IIi GIs sS1I } =
ing tor some prulack u . = apa1S os
the farmer baslness 70 study the O.;
pacittes Of his farm, and then learn
everything possible about the methods
OF producing most cheaply what his
farm is adapted to. The farmer who
does this need not complain that farm
ing does not pay.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
The Swiss Army.

Switzerland has called out all her
armed force for campaign exercise this
year. Some of the troops will Be %
much as two months in the field. Tbs
little country does not propose to -.
caught mapping by Germany.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05
Farm Notes,

Clover chopped fine and sprinkled
with bran and meal, IL q cheap and
excellent food for hens AMI ducks.
Sunfowers will grow wherever corr
WILL thrive. They produce . large
amount of seed, but need plenty ol
manure.
For feeding purposes IL is estimated
that 100 pounds Of beets are worth 19c;
100 pounds Of ruta-bagas, 15c, and loo
pounds OF the fiat turnip. lie.
The cheapest way to kill very young
weeds is to harrow the ground. AZ q
large space of ground can be narrowed
IN a'day 1t will require but little Ia
Dor and saves arduous work later on.
An emulsion of one quart Of kero-
sene IN i've gallons Of strong soapsuds
Is an excellent remedy for the cater
pillars that infest apple trees, but
Kerosene is fatal to peach trees. The
proper way, however, is to tear out all
the nests that appear In the trees and
Durn them. which work should be done
late in the afternoon.
Every weed that is allowed to secure
q stand will deprive the crop of o GER
tain proportion OF plant food and
moisture. Every weed that is allowed
to go to seed increases the work of
eradication q hundred fold.
Much time can be saved by keeping
up what might be termed small repairs.
"A little item that few minutes work
would have repaired, If done at once,
II let 60 is often the cause of a half
days delay at some future time.
In the desire to secure size in the
strawberry the more desirable quali-
ties OF hardness of vine and flavor of
the fruit are being overlooked. A we'll
favored, solid berry, even II small, is
better than some Of the large, hollow,
insipid berries that are more attrac.
tive in appearance than in nualitv.
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05

A young lady at Dayton. Tenn.,Sl e
died Of hydrophobia canssd 81 ~ s
Of cat
The Wahpeton times., 1890-06-05


than Nebuchadnezzar on his throne. And
when life is closing brilliancy of worldly sur.
roundings will be no solace. Death is blind
and sees no difference between q king and his
clown, between the Nazarene and the Athen-
ian, between a bookless and national libra.
ry. The frivolities OF life cannot, with their
giddy laugh, echoing from heart to heart,
entirely drown the voice ofa tremendous con-
science which says. II am immortal. The
stars shall die, but am immortal One
wave to eternity shall down time in its depths,
but nm immortal. The earth shall have
shrowd of fame and the heavens flee ut
the glance of the Lord, but am immortal.
From all the nights and depths OF my nature
world immortal good conscience and
assurance of life eternal through the Lord
Jesus Christ are the only securities.
Mordecai will only have to wait for his day
OF triumph. 1t took oil the preceding trials
to make proper background for his after
successes. The scaffold built for him makes
all the more imposing and picturesque the
horse into whose long white mans he twisted
his fingers at the mounting. You want at
least two msfortunes, hard IA flint, to strike
fire. Heavy and long continued SHOWS in
winter are signs of good crops next summer.
So many have yielded wonderful harvests OF
benevolence and energy because they were q
long while showed under. We must have q
good many falls before We learn to walk
straight. 1t 10 on the black anvil of trouble
that men hammer out their fortunes. Sor.
rows take up men on their shoulders and en-
throne them. Tonics are nearly always
bitter: Men, like fruit trees, are barren, un.
less trimmed with sharp knives They are
like whent-all the better for the failing 1t
required the prison darkness and chill to
make John Bunyan dream. 1t took Della.
ware ice and cold feet ut Valley Forge. and
the whis OF bullets. to make Washington.
Malta, shivering in his vet clothes, was more
Of Christian than he could ever have seen
with them. Nordscai, |, dsspIssd at the gate d
only predecessor Of 1ordscai, grsndly mount