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Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
When Men Cross Their Legs.

Men generally cross their legs when there
is least pressure on their minds. You will
never find a man actively engaged in bust
ness with his legs crossed. The lower limbs
at that time are s%traighter than at any
Other because the mind and body work to.
gether. A man engaged in auditing &C.
counts will never cross his legs; neither will
a man who is writing an article or who is
employed in any manne where his brain is
actually engaged. When at work, in a sit
ting posture, the limbs naturally extend to
the floor in a perfectly straight line. A
man may cross his legs if he is sitting in an
office chair discussing some proposition
with another, but the instant he becomes
really in earnest and perceives something
to be gained his limbs uncross quick as q
flash, he bends forward toward his neighbo1
and begins to use his hands. That is a
phase that l believe you will always or
serve.-St. Louis Republic.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Points of

In the poultry market through the
summer frozen turkeys retailed at 20 to
81 cents a pound.
Two-year-old fine bred merino rams
sold this season in Colorado for as high as
$12 apiece.
The supply Of geese and ducks for the
Boston market comes mostly from that
little duck of a state, Rhode Island.
Saranac, Mich, has a horse racing
Methodist preacher, Rev. j.. W. Arney.
The parsons mare Amy won in the three
minute race organized and bossed by the
parson, and the parson himself held the
ribbons. In the race of 3-year-olds again
the preachers young horse Dodge won.
Rev. Mr. Arney showed all the members
Of that community that they were as
babies compared with him in the matter
Of driving. There was, however, no
betting-at least if there was the preach
or didn't know it. Mr.. Arney says he
wishes to encourage the industry of
raising good horses, and this is the occa-
sion of the races. All the same we are
not to infer that the preacher regards
participating IN them as a disagreeable
duty. @ +. . i
The autumn and winter city poultry
markets begin to be active about Oct.
!. During the summer farmers and
incubator operators sell their stock more
p%roftably at the hotels in the country
and at the seashore.
Well matched and handsome thor
oughly broken carriage horses bring in
the New York city market from $500 to
$1,000 the pair. Teams of horses for
trucks, express wagons and heavy haul
ing bring from $3.50 to $3.50, while a good
riding horse can be sold for anywhere
from $3.50 to $1,000. The market for
heavy hauling horses keeps up well all
the year.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
LIVE STOCK COLUMN.
REMARKABLE, YET scARcELYAFREAK
OF NATURE.

Picture of II Wyoming Female Mule and
Her Offspring-A Colt That Is Half
Mule and Half Horse-Henry Clay's
Comparison No Good Here.
Doubtless many of our readers have
read Of the strange freak of nature in
Wyoming. in which female mule some
thing over a year ago gave birth to a
colt. also a female. We copy from The
Rural New Yorker a picture of this
unique mother and daughter. Henry
Clay, from the mule raising state of
Kentucky, once found an'apt comparison
for a bachelor opponent in congress
when he said his enemy wa like a
mule, having neither pride of ancestry
nor hope of posterity."
Butthere are several well authenticated
instances on record in which female
mules, at any rate, have had posterity.
At the Paris Geological Garden there
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
To Cook n

One who is accustomed to English cook
ing says if Americans understood how to
properly prepare Kidneys for the table that
dish would not be regarded as unfit for
food. Instead Of being hard and leathery
as it often is. an English cook makes of it
a most delicious dish. This is the way
they do it: Take the kidneys, remove the
skin, cut out the core, split them down
lengthwise the side opposite the core,
through the center, SO that they will lie
open. Season freely with pepper and salt.
steep In warm butter and while the butter
is hot sprinkle the kidneys with freshly
made white bread crumbs, and then place
them on a skewer, SO that the kidneys still
remain open, and broil them for eight or
ten minutes ut a moderate fire. The crumbs
should be a nice golden color when the
kidneys are sufficiently cooked.-Lewiston
journal. i s@
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
An English Opinion of Lincoln.

An Englishman tells this story of wal
times: when I saw Mr.. Lincoln and heard
him talk I realized that he was a man Pc
culiar in his greatness. believe he was
the only man who could have met the
troubles of your country as they were met.
The first time I ever saw Mr.. Lincoln waa
on the occasion of his journey to Washing.
ton to take the oath as president of the
United States. That was when he wore
the Scotch cloak and cap of which so much
has been said and written. l knew the man
who furnished those articles. He was a
Scot, and had been imported to this coun-
try by Mr.. Cameron and given a job on the
towpath. He stuck to his job, fed with
his mules, and in the course of time be.
came wealthy. He was more than that
he was a millionaire. l think Mr.. Cameron
told him to give Mr.. Lincoln the cloak and
cap."
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Natural EIoouence.n

Though natural eloquence is supposed to
be a thing of the heart. and of the inspira,
ton of the moment, great orators very
often have to depend for their eloquence
upon something quite other than inspira.
ton. 1t is impossible for themlto speak
from a full heart on every occasion, and
natural eloquehce must be replaced by
carefully elaborated eloquence. s
Z Edward Everett, the "silver tongued
orator" used to write his addresses and
commit them to memory. This method
has been followed by many other public
men whose '~impromptu" e%loquence has
been a matter for great admiration to their
hearers. Indeed, it may be laid down as
an accepted rule that great speeches are pre-
pared beforehand.-Youth's Companion.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
FEMALE MULE AND HER FOAL.

is and has been tor some years a she mule
that has had her third foal, thus break
ing all records. A a S of the kind oc.
CURED in Tennessee. in jackson county.
about forty years ago. also one in Penn
sylvania, heal the same time. Our
Wyoming mules colt was sired by a
gray stallion 8 years old. The little
creature resembles a horse more than a
mule, but an odd feature in the case is
its spotted or pied color. It is hybrid in
color as well as in ancestry. The moth
er is a dark dun. The mule is the
property of Mr.. T. Dyer. of Laramie
county, twenty miles from Cheyenne.
The colt, through it's peculiar parentage.
Is half mule and half horse.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Automatic Elevator Door Closer.

A simple and inexpensive construction
has been devised for automatically operat-
ing the sliding doors guarding the ex-
posed landings Of passenger elevators, and
by means of which all the doors in the
elevator shaft are held positively closed,
except the door at. the particular landing
where the car is stopped. The car can
thus be moved from a remote landing and
brought to any other, above or below,
closing the door Of the landing it leaves,
without requiring the services Of an at
tendant on the car. The apparatus may
be readily applied to all elevators, old or
new, where the doors slide on rollers, and
can be easily manufactured and put in
place by any good mechanic New York
Telegram.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
The Texas Screw Worm,

Mr.. John D. Morris writes that he
finds them half an inch or more in
length, and the largest about as large as
a medium goose quill, being largest in
the middle and tapering to each end, a
great deal more to the head. They are
yellow, have a sharp, black head and
blunt tail, with two small black stripes
running from near the center Of the
back to the root of the tail. The ridges
are very rough and feel like small fish
teeth. They are very strong and go
through the thumb and finger with a
good pressure on them. The smaller
ones are more active and of a whittier
color; the older they get the deeper yell
low they become and their heads be-
come very black. The younger ones
have but very little black about them.
The flies are very large and green, have
brown eyes, nearly white faces, with
black and green stripes from the yes to
the wings.
II had about forty head of stock with
worms in them. Some had them in five
or six different places. They seem to
prefer no particular place, some cattle
having them on the back, others on their
sides, ears, legs or belly. have worked
on them some FIVE different times. Can
always tell their presence by the bloody
water running from the place. They
stick very tight and it takes a strong
stick to get them out, unless something
is put on them to kill them. | put tur-
pentine and calomel in the hole first and
that kills them, then | pack the hole
with axle grease and put around tar to
keep off flies. It takes turpentine and
calomel between ten and twenty min
utes to kill them in the sun. probably
longer in the shade"
Mr.. F. T. Stuart informs me that he
has used air slaked lime with unvarying
success to destroy the worms. He first
applies turpentine to the wound and
then packs with lime. He says he has
never had to repeat this treatment. !
find it most important to use pine tar
after the destruction of the worms to
prevent a return of the fly. Mr.. Stuart
says this is unnecessary in the lime treat
ment.
An M. D. Of the county has found
them in the nostrils Of a woman, in a
slight wound in the armpit of a man and
in the urethra of a horse. u. Stewart
McGehee in Southern Live Stock Jour
nal.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Corn and Oats for Feed,

The horse eating corn in sufficient
amount to sustain him at daily labor
will be observed to pass offensive gases,
sweat freely in warm weather and show
distress upon any considerable exertion.
especially if driven at a free. gait upon
the road.
In the day Of travel by stage coach
and canal packet no manager thought
of feeding corn to horses except to make
time upon the tow path or public road.
The common rule was half a bushel of
oats daily, with a light ration of clean,
well cured timothy hay to each horse.
On this feed muscular endurance and
what is commonly called wind" were
maintained at the highest attainable
point for hard service. and that too with
the least possible risk to health and
limb.-Cor. Prairie Farmer.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Eastern Horses.

Nh. A. N. Lagrange, of Albany county,
N. Y, believes that there will always be
a good demand for horses raised on
farms at the east. He says: II can
raise a young horse for $75 to the age of
three years; but the mar and stallion
must be first class, and l would work
both, as l find that if the mare is worked
moderately and fed good oats and hay,
the colt is always strong and healthy.
also obtain the best colts from young
mares that dropped their first colt when
they where three years old. Such mares
breed almost every year. It is a mis-.
taken idea that farmers al make money
by raising trotters. They should raise
general purpose horses of compact form,
weighing 1000 to 1,40O pounds, with
good, sound hoofs.
"These are the foundation of every
horse; without them he is not worth
much. My experience is that a Nor
man stallion crossed OF the Hambleton-
ian mare produces a good roadster and a
grand farm horse, which is just what
the farmer wants, and it does not take
all the farmer raises to keep such an ami
ma in fine condition. I think it q great
pleasure to raise and work fine young
horses, and there is always q ready sale
for them at the highest market prices.
l also claim that the horse raised on an
eastern farm is worth more than the
western horse, as he is trained, worked
and well cared for, and is more gentle
in every way. The fast walker is the
horse for the farmer. With such an ami
NAL he can make time on the road,
as well as before the pillow and in now
ing, and any other work on the FARM
Rural New Yorker.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
"SnOwdake."

It will interest our readers to see a
picture of the British prize Jersey COW
of 1889, reproduced below. The familiar
characteristics are all here, the deerlike
legs, the delicate muzzle and neck and
the immense udder. The most fashion
able Jersey at present is the one having
all one color, solid colored, as it is called,
and that color somewhat dark.
Some years ago the fashionable Jersey
COW was the fawn colored or fawn and
white spotted. The fact is, however,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Heart ~Palpitation.

1t is not generally known that excessive
palpitation of the heart can be promptly
stopped by bending double, with the head
downward and the arms pendent. 50 that
a temporary congestion of the upper part
ofithetbodyis produced. II the breath is
held at the same time the effect Of this 90
tlon is fastened New York Commercial
Advertiser,
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Well Preserved Wood.

B. Dean, of Jonesboro, Ga, has a block
from a garden gate post that was hewnout
and placed in the ground in 1904. He made
q visit to his sister in Baldwin county, and
it was at her home that he secured the
block from the aged yet seryiceable post,
The post was hewn out Of a light wood tree,
and is perfectly sound today. Mr.. Dean.
says it is good for another eighty-six years
and perhaps much longer. = Chicago
Herald.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26

BY her will the late Mrs. Emily Pfeiffer,
the well known English poetess, b%equeaths.
with the exception of a few legacies, the
whole of her PERSONA estate of EOS, 900 to
the charitable and educational establish.
ments for
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Ringing Hogs.

Hog rings a be put in so they are no
annoyance to, 1.-The hog and do not give
pain. v in the operation Of putting
them in. A single round ring is all that
is necessary. This should be put through
the middle of the ''rooter +" deep enough
to have a good, strong hold-but not so
deep Is to interfere with the muscles
which work the rooter. The ring must
in all cases be closed outside the nose.
On all good ringers there is a small
knob inside the handles which answer
as pinchers for catching the ring and
pulling it through till the points are on
the outside. The ring should be squeezed
together till the points overlap Every
hog grazing on alfalfa ought to be ringed.
It will greatly protect the stand.-Field
and Farm.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26

Justice Bradley, Of the national supreme
court, is an expert mathematician. He
has been known to make aimanacs axds cal
endars just to keep his mindi in good cork
ing order. IA
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
No Physic Like 1t.

"Why, how did you cure that game legi
| thought you would be lame for life.
So did I before l got a verdict for 5000
against the railroad company, but that
Strengthened it out in no time.''-Epoch.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY,
AMERICAN JACK AND JENNET BREED
ERs' ASSOCIATION.

Vol. l of the Associations Stud Book
opeA for Registration Till Dec. What
the Book Will Contain-It Will Be a
Valuable Publication.
The time for registration in the first
volume of the American Breeders Asso-
citation Of Jacks and Jennets has been ex-
tended to Dec. 1, 1890. Pedigrees will be
received for registration up to that time.
Jacks and jennets are to be numbered as
they alphabetically appear in the stud
book. The contents of the stud book
will be as follows:
Constitution and bylaws.
Rules of entry.
History of the organization.
Extracts from minutes.
Publication of articles, selected or
otherwise, that were thought to be Of
interest to breeders.
Chapter on the different breeds of
jacks in this country.
An essay on our old original jack stock
and our pioneer breeders. to be prepared
by DR.. L. w. Knight.
Index of owners and breeders and
their p~ostofice address.
List of members and postoffce ad-
dress.
Jacks and jennets shall be arranged
and numbered in the same way, che
jacks coming first, the jennet number
beginning where the jack number ended.
I%nitiatory animals shall be arranged,
male and female, together and alpha
betically, but not numerically. In posi-
ton they shall Immediately follaWw7 the
j%ennets. W|
Illustrations will be permitted upon
the applicant furnishing cut and paying
the sum of S25. But no inferior jack
shall be illustrated, and each cut shall
be submitted for approval to the local
committee at Observation-Disclosures. Fulton,
Knight and Goodpasture.
No other advertisement shall be re-
ceived.
By order of the committee, "Great
Easte4n" shall be inserted as an illustra-
ton of the highest type of a Catalonian
jack.
The committee above referred to shall
also determine upon the price of the stud
book, both to members and non-mem-
beers. The constitution provides that it
shall not be above cost to the former.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-19
The Tyranny Of Monopolv.

The methods by which the Stand
ard Oil company has absolutely mon
opolized the entire oil product of the
country, are being rapidly applied to
every other American industry
These methods consist of a system Of
freight rebates and the destruction
OF competition by placing Standard
oil in every local market where com
petition exists, at prices below the
cost of production until competitors
are forced from the field. The milling
interest is now being monopolized hvv
this method. We know OF a miller
near this place who is not in the com
bination that has received telegram
within a week past that he must.
unite with it or that his business will
be ruined. What he will do we are
not at this date informed. but It.
would be q very proper thing for the
people OF Kansas to do to hold that
man up if he chooses to keen ont Of
the combination, even if thew can hnv
combination flour for one-half The
price they can buy his. If he chooses
to remain independent we will Give
his name to the public and give him
the best gratuitous advertisement
that ne can get in hestate.-Kansas
Exchange.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-19
BLUE EARTH COUNTY.

Blue Earth County held their
County Alliance Convention on Fri
day, Sept. 5th, at Good Thunder.
Lysander Cook was Chairman, and
the credentials committee consisted
of John Diamond, w. G.. Daley, w.
D. Jenkins, p. Perkins, D. Murphy.
1t was decided to put a full ticket
in the field, and the convention pro-
ceeded to nominate candidates.
The contest for the state senate
lay between Gen. Pope and Mr..
Pau, OF Lake Crystal. The latter
was nominated.
D. w. Burlison made strong ad-
dress on nominating a full ticket and
standing by it.
The following we're named for a
Central Committee: A. NJ. Morrison,
w. S. Hughes, Walter Scott and
Englebert Sontag.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-19
The Business Department.

Mr.. EDITOR:
am glad to see that you are push
ing the Business Department of the
Alliance. The work you are doing,
Hall should have done-but he is too
full of politics, and jaunts to the east
paid for out Of the peoples profits.
Push the good work. We must now
reorganize the Alliance next winter, or
organize it on new lines; and then
lend all our energies to securing the
farmers cheap goods, machinery,
money, insurance, etc. There will be
no election next year, and the tools
OF Scheffer will probably let us alone,
having nothing to gain by dividing
and destroying us. Every dollar
saved to the farmers will justify the
existence OF the Alliance.
FARMER.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-19
aE8gzz9 q
HoUsroN, Mimi, Sept 9th, 1890

HoUsroN, Mimi, Sept 9th, 1890.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
As I see no correspondence from
this part OF the country l thought l
would write a few lines. The point l
want to get at is, the believing OF
the Minnesota newspaper steers
They are afraid that DIR. Fish is go
ing to get the biggest piece OF pie
from the farmers, because he is trying
to overthrow the government into
the ranks of the so-called hayseeds.
Oh no, my fellow brass cheeks, he is
not trying to overthrow the govern
ment into the hands of dangerous
havseeds, but he is trying to teach
them the rights that belong to them
and therefore the farmers OF Minneso-
TIA should stand by him. And for an
other reason: Where would the al
lance of Minnesota have been today
if it was not for the good and Hon.
Ignatius Donnelly? He has stood
by the farmers for the last % years.
TO him and the GREAT WEST the al
lance owes their success to day, and
therefore l say, fellow farmers, stand
by the men who have stood by you.
We are going to have our county
convention OF the Houston county
farmers alliance, to be held at Gale
donia, the county-seat, the Goth day
of Sept. 1890, to nominate county Of
ficers. We are going to get there
with both feet. Pretty soon the So
called cross-road politician will make
his appearance, to get the farmers to
vote for the G. O. P All the farmer
has got to say this year is to say. g!
have got one party to support ano
that is the alliance party
A. A. ODEGAARD,
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-19

believes alliance other
shall the Purchasing
Company build that which
line of work call attention to the windmill which
has for and by constant improve
the practical machine the market is
Mich The represents farm
mill complete
extremely simple There but joints
All the gearing working parts protected from
brake which off the
the mill The wood
Whitehead other color
painting
that it has repairs
the pamphlets full of concentrations
Purchasing Agency will send this Mill ten foot for the
aordnary $35 With 81 foot including platform
$50 shipped for $42 with
the remarkable
mill standard wknown thoroughly reliable
chine.
this Windmill which has been the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-19
TWENTY YEARS MORE.
EDITOR GREAT West:

GOIIOh OREAI w EST.
I like your editorial entitled "The
Past and the Future" You showed
very plainly how the Rings broke up
the old Grange of Patrons of Hus-
bandry, by buying up the leaders,
and that they had delayed reform in
Minnesota for twenty years. But
you did not make the moral clear
enough. It is this; that if the Rings
can play the same game over again
now, it will postpone reform for
twenty years more, and that means