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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
The Glorious FOURTH!

invite everybody participate
OFFICERS OF THE DAY
s' g. 'N"uienl
- ~ Vice President
MI. f. V. Miles, ,,,,
committee grounds:B w Moore and Vert Burger r. w
krede II Harry Gunderson Satire PAT Mc,o,a
Nnpoe Bert tiouseman Glen Hawthorne Brodkob
The procession headed by will form on Main -
a. NJ then will advance town. where there
plenty of water and refreshing
PROGRAM
Opening exercises Prayer, by Pow T No.u,,
Music-America. by choir
Reading Declaration Independence Mice No++;o ,,
ADDRESS BY COL NJ NJ p;ce - +,o.
NOON
Music, !,
1880 to 2:3o speaking by children townships
10 minute speeches by Revs seer X Freeand
Nocvel and G. v Martin c,
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
Great Black CockatoO,

In the islands of the Malay Archi- pelago is found the great black cocka- too, whose special food is tho kernel of the kanari nut, and the shell of which is said to be harder than that of any other nut. and to protect kernel of most delicate flavor. The kanari tree grows to great height and bears a teshy fruit which incloses an extreme ly hard shell of glass-like smoothness of surface. Within this shell are from one to three kernels covered with . thin skin; when this is removed the uut falls into number of irregular flakes of snowy whiteness and delicious taste.
 The Aeshy part of the kanari fruit is .ateu by many birds, particularly by the large wood-pigeons. but only the black cockatoo is able to get at the nut which it does by the great strength of it's immense, sharply pointed and hooked beak. Taking a nut end-wise in its bill and keeping it firm by a pressure of the horny end of its tongue. the cockatoo cuts notch across the shell by . saving motion of the sharp edge of the lower part of the beak. This done. the bird takes hold of the nut with one foot while biting off . piece of a thick leaf. This it wraps around the nut to prevent the glassy shell from slipping. while it uses the upper part of its beak to hold lta nut aud the under part to insert i'll the notch already made and wrench off Il piece of the shell by n powerful nip. Again taking the nut in its claw the bird inserts the very long and sharp point of its bill into the hole just made and picks out the kernel. which is seized flake by flake by the horny end of the long and flexible tongue. More time is required to tell about this nut cracking than the bird takes to per form the operation. for the cockatoo is very rapid feeder and will consume . great many nuts in an hour.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
Onion Culture in En gland.

The following culture directions for raising a prize crop of onions are given in Garden and Forest by it's English cor respondent: ''rhe soil is heavy blackish loam. resting on red clay and it receives tremendous dressing of stable manure in the month of October, and, if the weather is dry, good coat of salt; the ground Is then treuched two feet deep. and left until the spring, when a top-dressing of soot is applied. In March or April the ground is raked and made ready to receive the onions, the seed of which was sown the last week in February, in boxes, then hardened off. and planted the first week in May, iu drills eighteen inches apart. seven inches being allowed from plant to plant. There arc two rows of onions, then path two feet wide and two rows of onions again, and so on. The beds are top-dressed with we'll spent manure, and several doses of soet arc sown broadcast during the season; the beds being well watered in dry weather thoroughly soaked between the IpNss tilo thu-luot natn between each two drills being very convenient for the purpose. This method of culti- vation produced the finest bed of onions ever grown in the United Kingdom Hundreds of bulbs could be picked weighing from pound to a pound and a half each, and scores from two pounds to 2i pounds dozen bulbs scaled 2s! pounds and six bulbs l5} pounds. Am Agriculturist.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
The waiter Girl.

0hs ccmee. she cones upon my ysarniue Lsks friendly beacon shining thro' the night What tho thy hands and feet be large-thy Ana csuntensncc aiihe be fiery rcd; Thou token of plenty 10 my famished souii ohc comes to learn my lightest whim or wish,
 And murmurs-
 "Soupornsh7' Daughter Of Erin, skittish arc thy ways. Psrchapcc my meal you'll bring some of these 0. why precrastinatei Why, why 20 slowf Art waiting for the ham-and-cGgs 10 growf At longth che comes again upob the eceno And beams upon me with q systle terene; Like champagne bottle pcppiug out ito cork
 She shoots out
 'BeeforporkT 0. fair ono. tho no drinking man am r. ] fain come mild, light beverage would try. Not only hungry am l, but sthirst; And I could drink until my hide would buree o. for icc-water, milk or lemonade. Some cool drink bring me, ob. thou lovely mnidi At last she sees my signal and far on
 Shouts at mr-
 '.Teaorcoffy' Come. come. thou shy, coy maid, hear my appeal Have | come to the end of this my mealf Js this sIpal! ration all am to draw7 Must faInines tooth forever at me guaw? You think I've had enough-not so-not sol Alb, little of hoarders wants you kuowl If you'd but listen-if you only woudl
 She answers
 "Pieotpudg
 -Boston Beacon.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
The Education of Children.

think that all mothers must con. sole themselves with the fact that nc system of education can be absolutely perfect Neither are we nor our child. ren perfect. One thing should never be lost sight of; that we are educating children to be men and women. ot to be children.
 We can do no better than to develop them into what nature has intended them to be; we cannot successfully make them what we should prefer. Let us accept our children as the kind of people they are by nature. Do no, let them feel that their faults arc up- permost in our minds when we :hink of them. The person who is happy surely faces the world at a great ad. vantage; the person who is unhappy often has doubts and suspicious and bitternesses. Let us try to give our children tho advantage of happiness. and. though we have no personal motive. we shall surely not ao unre. uaEded d-Aarp0's 1lgae
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
HOW JAPANESE BOOKS ARE MADE.
An Interesting Process, Very Dt6srenl
 from Authorship Hereabouts.

The Japanese author does not write
 books. He paints them. As soon au
 he reaches the indispensable minimum
 of ideas he shuts himself in his study. frightened slightly by soft light from
 q four-eornered white paper lantern. 1 He has before him polished table,
 one foot high, on which lie his idyllic ! writing materials. The paper is of an | agreeable yellow and is marked with 1 perpendicular and horizontal blue lines. His ink is held in rich ebony plate. elaborately carved and with . ! depression in which the black tablets
 are rubbed to nothing. The plate also
 carries five bamboo brushes which serve
 as pens.
 As the spirit moves the author be. l gins painting at the back end of all the pages that are to swing Japanese hearts and heads. From the left to the right of each page his brown hands
 sweep the brush up and down the per- pendicular blue lines. With incon- | ceivable rapidity the pages are covered with delicate and varied marks from the brush. To a foreigner a volume ! just fresh from such hand is one oi the prettiest things in the world and exactly the article to be presented to . friend or patron as an edition de luxe. But the first success of work in Japan depends so extensively on the artistic execution of the brush that no author would think of letting an autograph l work leave his hands. When finished the painted history, poem, or novel is intrusted to professional copyist. who knows above all others how to paint words with skill. Besides the expert. 1 ness of such a book painter the scratch ing of a European pen or the click of typewriter seems as indelicate as split l ting wood.
 The next step of the author with the Indispensable minimum of ideas is to | send the artistic reproduction of his painting to the engraver, who prepares | the blocks, vets them with ink, lays on the paper sheet by sheet and finally presses it down. so that it may take the figures, with great palm leaf pen. The leaves are fastened together and l bound in simple paper covers. Unlike the Western book fancier, the Japan | csc book fancier cares little for the ex- l terior of his volumes He wishes no ornament on the binding, aside from | the marks of the title in the upper left hand corner.
 The arrangement of a Japanese
 author with his publisher is astonish- ingly simple. One recently answered
 the question of European on the sub ject thus: Il myself pay my publisher take all the risk of losses from my | works. could not allow, on the other
 hand, that any one should profit from
 my labor. .n-N !. Sun.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
Senator Vance.

Senator Vance of North Carolina unquestionably the champion story teller of the senate. has broad stripe of Calvinism down his back. though he Is not communieant in the church, says a Washington letter to the N. Y. Tribune. It is told of him that riding along in Buncombe county one day he overlook venerable darky, with whom he thought to have "a little fun.n Uncle" said the governor, "are you going to churchp'
 No, sah, not edzactsly; I'm gwine back from church" You're a Baptist, reckon-now, ant youp" No, sah ant no Baptist do most of the brederen and sisters about here has been under de water" Methodist, thenp" No. sah. ant no Mefodis nudder." 'Campbellitep" No. sab, can't errogate to myself de Camelite way of thinkin'." Well, what in the name of good. ness are you thenp" rcjoined the gov ernor. remembering the narrow range of choice in religions among North | CarONna negroes. Well. de fac is. sah, my old mar ster was a herruld of de cross In dc l Presbyterian church. and was fotch l up in dat faith" | What! You don't mean it! Why, that is my church" | The negro making no commen nt on this announcement, Gov. Vance went at him again:
 And do you believe in all of tn e Presbyterian creed?'
 Yes, sah, dat I does."
 Do you believe in the doctrine oi predestinationp"
 Il dunno dat I recognize dc name. sah."
 ''Why. do you believe that if a man is elected to be saveH he will be saved, and that if he is elected to be damned he will be damned?"
 ''Oh, yes, boss. believe dat. It's gospel talk, dat is."
 Well, now, take my case. Do you believe that am elected to be savedp'
 The old man struggled for moment with his desire to be respectful and polite. and then shook his head du. biously.
 Come, now, answer my quest ion, n pressed the governor. What do you sayP"
 We'll tell you what 'tis. Marss Feb: Ise been libin' in dis hyah world nigh on sixty years, and I ncbbe yii hyard of any man bein' 'lected 'dout
 he was candidate"
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
7--sa--4-1a-s7 One Way of Doing It,

A man who is willing to listen to the truth and to acknowledge the superb ority of one horse over another is not hard to convince that it pays to raise better horses. The trouble connected with getting breeders out of the old ruts in breeding is generally found in the fact that they will not listen to argument. A word on the topic of improvement will bring the idea to them at once that the man introducing such a thought has an axe to grind or something in his own interest to pro- pose.
 Probably the best argument with men who are unwilling to heed any thing else is to give them few object lessons. This can be done by raising horses that will sell for two or three times as much money us scrubs. Moth ing will open a mans eyes so quick as to touch his pocketbook. This would not be touching the pocketbooks of the breeders of inferior horses, but it would be letting them so severely alone that 1t would certainly be effcc- 1ve.-National Stockman.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
A Little Mixed.

At certain seminary for young ladies in the East the students of Ger. man are not allowed to speak in any other language at the table. but one young lady. more daring than tho others, broke the rule and announced in English to her companions that she was ''mashcd' on u certain young man.
 "MashedP' said the young fraulein who presided over the students and who is but imperfectly acquainted with English; mash what does that meanps
 .'Oh." spoke up one of the young ladies. wishing to save her blnshing and confused companion. "when per- son is very much in love with anybody she says she is mashed on him."
 The girls thought that ended Tho matter, but what was their surprise when the next night in prayer-meeting the teacher rose with beaming face and dcclared: II wish to testify, youn4 ladies. that am mashed on the Lord. -ClereiGnN kiaindealer.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
black hornets that hunter. generally

black hornets that hunters generally steer clear of. The old fellow lay in n spiders web, buzzing away. We saw at a second glance, however. that ho was not entangled in the meshes at all. He would keep quiet moment and then buzz again. He continued to act in this manner for about minute, and we were unable to account for his strange conduct Pretty soon, up from its den among the rails came a good-sized spider, which bravely grap- pied with the huge intruder. It then became clear that the action of the hornet had been only willy ruse to attract the spider, for he at once stung the plucky little defender to death and flew away with it to his big nest in a thicket of blue beeches on neighbor- ing hill.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
FOX THE FARM AND HOME
A HALF-HOUR STUDY OF PRAC-
 TICAL MATTERS.
How to Judge Wool on Live Sheep-Onions May be Made a Profitable Crop The Poultry Yard-House-
 hold Hints, etc,
How to Judge Wool.

The following, on 'how to judge wool on live sheep,n is from Town and Country Journal of Australia: The shoulders of the sheep. An expert in judging sheep always looks on the shoulders first. A writer of experience in rearing fne-wooed sheep and in handling wool communicates the fol- lowing suggestions for selecting a good wooded sheep. Always assuming that the wool to be inspected is really fine, we first examine the shoulders as part where the finest wool is to be found
 This we take as a standard and con- pare 1t with the wool from the ribs, the thigh, the rumps and the shoulder parts, and the nearer the wool from the vari- ous portions of the animal approaches the standard the better. First we scru- tinize the fineness and if the result is satisfactory we pronounce the fleece, in respect to tineness. very ''even." Next, we scrutinize the length of the staple, and if we find that the wool on the ribs, thigh and back approximate reasona- bly, in length to that of our standard. we again declare the fleece, as regards length of staple. true and even.n We next satisfy ourselves as to the density of the fleece, and we do this by closing the hand upon portion of the trump and loin wool, these points being usually the thinnest and moro faulty. If this again gives satisfaction we designate all the wool "even to density" Now, to summarize these separate examina- tions: If the fleece is nearly all of equal length on shoulder and across the Joins, we conclude that we have . perfect ] 'heep for producing valuable wool.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
Rails That Travel.

A St. Louis civi! engineer. says tho Globe-Democrat. says the rails of the St. Louis bridge were never stationary, but constantly crept to the east--that is, in the direction of the heaviest travel. The rate of progress, he said was about 360 feet in the year, or would be if the rails were permitted to creep as they pleased which, of course, they arc not permitted to do.
 It reminded him of hill in south west Missohri. over which 2 turnpike road was constructed. and. do what they would. the people co pld not keep tho road up and down the sidss of that hill in good condition. Tle snrea would creep to tue bottom. and in six months the road would be as bad n ever. They finally had to take up the gravel and macadan and seplaeo thoin VIII Gns1 aine1 hleGhn 3r r1H~k n0onoI
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
Captured by . Hornet.

You may talk about the cunning of the fox. but you should have seen how wasp turned the tables on spider last summer" said . man the other evening to N. Y. Tribune reporter when they were telling hunting stor- iss. One day q fellow sportsman and were returning from successful tramp for 'grays' on the Ticonderoga flats. up in Essex county. We were resting on the top rail of m old fence whom our attention was attracted by ! buxsing sound nsar by. which we soon 1naa1 to eeme fxpm ane q hAeae hie
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
The Dress or Drldemaids in Chtli.

Chilian young ladies have been It. erally plunged into mourning by tho archbishop of Santiago. who has issued decree that no bridcmaid in bis dio- cese shall appear in any color but black, which sombcr attire. however. they will be permitted to relieve win white veiIs and gloves.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
Baked India . Pudding.

A baked Indian pudding is dessert in which the old time New England housekeeper took special pride, says the New Youk II fbune. It is doubt ful if it ever can e served in perfec- Gon without ek oven. It should be dark. rich iavor, with jelly like substance 1isfed through 1t, the rssuh of . long. slow baking at .
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27

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The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27

steady heat and successive additions of milk during the baking. Eaten with g rich cream-or with maple sugar, if you wish, melted in cream-or with simply sweet butter, this pudding |. a culinary triumph. It is a failure if any maSeshift process is resorted to in order to shorten the time of it's preparation. It should be baked at least six hours, if steady, slow heat can be maintained in the stove. If possible use the "old process" not the kiln-dried meal usually sold in city groceries. The "old processn meal can be obtained at mills and is often sold by country grocery stores. To make the pudding, stir into pint of cold milk seven even teaspoonfuls of Indian meal. Add teacup of molasses, a half teaspoonful of salt and large tablespoonful of butter. Pour another pint of milk scalding hot over the other ingredients and stir it well. Put the pudding into q thick earthen pudding dish. for the old-fashioned yellow ware seems the most appropriate to serve it in, It should be begun early Thanks giving morning in order to be served at a 3 o'clock dinner as it should be nearly done before it is time to prepare the main part of the dinner. When you are ready to make up hot fire for roasting the turkey and other cooking. it can be put, covered with hot plate,
 in the heating closet of the range, where it will keep at a uniform tenn perature and continue to work out it's perfection. If the dinner is to be served at 3 o'clock the pudding should be put in the oven us early as in the morning and the oven maintained at n steady heat till i o'clock. when the fire can be kindled over to furnish the in- tense heat required for roasting Then the pudding may be put in the heating closet. We may add this pudding tastes quite as good any other day.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
Market Tor Evapera,cd Apples.

It is scarcely possible to glut the market for evaporated fruit so as to bring it below cost of production. It has market all over the world. being cheap, easily carried. without waste. One of the best markets for low grade evaporated apples is in France, where failure of the grape crop has made u demand for cider as a substitute. Our cheapest evaporated apples compare favorably in cider rlaking with the fruit from French or hards, very little of which is from graited trees, and so poor and sour that lere it would be scarcely thought fit fer cider. Possibly failure of their vineyards may induce the French fruit growers to take better care of their orchards; but . good market for evaporated apples seem to be assured for some years to come.
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
sgi777s=7# Among the Poultry.

Feed wheat to the poultry if con- fined.
 Do no. feed whole threshed oats ex- clusivay.
 If eggs are kept for matching, they must be turned regularly.
 Eggs intended for matching should not be allowed to get chilled.
 Mixing pod of red pepper in with the food occasionally will be found beneficial.
 It takes time for the hens to get too fat to lay, and requires time to get them in good condition again.
 Fifty-two eggs in a year ought to pay for the keep of 8 hen, and all that she lay over this should be profit.
 Poultry running at large in an orchard do a large amount of good in destroying insect pests and vermin.
 Sorghum seed makes one of the best feeds for growing fowls. especially when they are designed for early mar ket.
 A cheap remedy for lice and foul air in the poultry house is to mix quart of coal tar to 10 gallons of water and sprinkle over everything.
 Clover is one of the very best foods for laying hens. Feed clover hay cut into small pieces and soaked during the winter, and on green clover during tho summer with their grain.
 Millet seed is q good feed for young poultry as soon as they begin to learn to pick up little bits of something to eat and ordinarily it is q cheap feed.
 Many good breeders believe that roup can be inherited; that hen once covers from the disease and will trans init it to her offspring
The Forrest City times., 1891-02-27
7~7-la7-7-aa How to Use the Whlp.

With very free horse it is desirable to cautiously accustom him to the sound and feel of the whip lightly drawn across him so as not to hurt him at all, says an experienced horsoman. This will prevent him from running whenever you take the whip in hand and make it possible to touch up slug by his side. X slow, easy going horse on tho other hand. should never feel the whip unless to hurt him. Ladies and tender-hearted drivers often do great mischief to such horses by con stantly flicking at them until the horse cares no moro for the whip than he does for his tail. With such horses d pretty heavy whip should be used, and often used. but so that they feel ii and know what it mems. A horse That will not move end r,ove quickly to the whip is neither pleasant nor safe.