davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
piscovery of Natural Gas.

The first that was heard of natural gas
i'll the states was in the year 1915, when
it was found in Charlestown. Some six
years later, astory is told of a woman
going out one dark night to draw water
at place called Fredonia, in New York
state-when she put down her lantern,
much to her CONSERVATION u spring Of
gas by the well took fire. In 1924, when
Lafayette passed through the same neigh
borhood, in honor of the occasion, Taylor
house, where he staid, was illuminated
with tho gas laid on by pipes direct from
tho earth.
The great reservoirs of natural gas
were first tapped in the process of boring
artesian wells. AS soon as one of the
drills reached certain depth the whole
apparatus was blown high up into the
air, and the gas escaped by the vent with
roar that could be heard from afar.
One American gentleman boring for
water met with this experience, and, hav-
ing no other use for the gas, etuck q tall
pipe into tho hole. applied a ligAt To- the
top, when the fame ihok upward, and
thus created a beacon ATe whieh.iEulnN
mated the country round Tor miles. Years
afterward this light was still burning,
and probably may be seen to this day
Chambers Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
Why Soldier. Break Ranks.

There are very few bridges in the
world over which troops are allowed te
march in regular step. In general. when
coming to bridge, particularly sus-
pension bridge the drums or bands are
stopped, the array is broken and thesol-
diers pass over without keeping step, OF
rather taking pains not to keep step.
The reason is found in tho fact that a
very slight initial vibration, if continued,
is impaired to the whole structure, and
in short time becomes SO strong down
ward strain at every recurrence rs speed
lily to endanger the safety of the strong
est bridge.
The same principle is illustrated in
some houses, which can be made to
trc1nble from roof to foundation by per-
sistently and regularly pressing with the
foot on a loose board in one of the floors.
A similar curious circumstance is seen
in the case of certain churches in which
it is dangerous to play the heavy pedal
pipes of a grand organ, for the reason
that the vibration becomes so great as to
shatter the panes of glass in the win
dows, and even to imperil the safety of
the roof.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04

Narcissls was u psychological young
person who had SO much beauty that it
was in the way. He was interrupted
during office hours by people who want
ed to admire him, and case went on
record of a woman's thinking so much
of him that she would always keep still
until he got clear through talking. AT
last he got good look at himself in a
mirror, and he said he couldn't blame
them. He felt that he was q menace to
society, and history says that he drowned
himself. But he didn't.
He went and got pair of voluninous
trousers, decorated his eye with large
piece of glass, took tho fit out of the
back of his coat, showed his chin out of
place with his collar, and went about
his business satisfied that he had restored
their peaces of mind to tho feminine
members of his acquaintance. But il
was in vain. And he is obliged to de-
vote large portions of his time-in fact,
nearly all of ito the search for i'm.
provelnents that will make his garments
effective for their true purpose. In the
meantime he is obliged to 60 on bother-
so1nely Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04

succession of three pens, each smaller
than the last, will facilitate matters If
the flock is q large one the pens may be
double, as in the illustration, so that tho
dipping vat may be operated from each
side. Have the pens built near stream
of water, so that the water may be re-
plenished frequently. Have the heating
boiler close to the vat, so that tho liquid
can be run along Il trough or pipe easily
into the storage or dipping vat.
The illustration shows the kind of vat
recommended by Crozier, and is adapted
from his book. The three double yards
are shown, beginning at the bottom.
From the lane the animals are driven
into the larger yard, then into the smaller
ones as they are wanted. AT tho far end
OF the last pen is stage, sloping upward.
In pens just at each end of the farther
side of the stage are four sheep in decoy
pens, prevented from getting ont by
wire netting, which, being as silly as
sheep, the victims that are to be dipped
do not see. They ascend the inclined
stage and go toward their companions in
the pens. Here, however, vile piece
of deceit has been practiced on them.
The treacherous stage is {. tilting plat.
form, which Immediately turns with
their weight and precipitates them into
the tobacco water vat, where they are
instantly immersed all over by the fall.
1t is here that the attendant must seize
each sleeps hea4 and hold it above
water, SO that the animal may not swal-
low the liquid
For large focks a vat twenty feet long
is needed. The vat is long and narrow,
so that the attendants may easily reach
across and into it. If the sleeps legs
were tied it could be dipped into the
liquid by means of belt around it's
body. AS each animal finishes its hath
it is permitted to walk up cheated floor:
ing to the drying yard. Here it is kept
till nearly or quite dry. This is especial
ly necessary with ewes having young
lambs, which should not be allowed ac-
cess to the mothers until the tobacco
juice has dried.
A large quantity of water is needed
for focks of sheep running up into the
thousands in number. Two boilers
holding 100 gallons of water each
should be ready near the tank at the
stream. In these the water is boiled
and the infusion is made. Do not let
the tobacco stems boil. The hot liquid
may be run off into the dipping vat and
cooled. For large flock, however,
preparations must be made q day or two
beforehand, and storage vats containing
altogether 800 to 1000 gallons must be
ready to hold the infusion. Then there
will be enough for the flock.
The formula for the dip is this: For
few sheep steep four onnceg OF coarse
tobacco and ono OF sulphur in i gallon
of boiling water. When the focks are
large take one pound of tobacco and
cne-fourth pound of sulphur to four gal
lons of water
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
Clothing of tho Esuuimau,.

Clothing for men consists of knee
breeches, belted at the lcins, loose
fitting cloak trimmed around the bot
tom, and tho hood with wolf or wolverine,
or u blending of both, q pair of stockings
and u short legged pair of boots with
sealskin sol"s. In winter two suits arc
worn, the inner suit with the hair next
the body and the outer with tho hair
turned out.
The difference between tho dress of
men and women is that the latter have
their boots, stockings and pantaloons all
in-one garment. The cloaks of all fe-
males have at the back Of the neck a
fullness for carrying infants.
These cloaks come down below the
knees and are gored out at tho sides up
to the hips, making the front look like
an apron.-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
Home Bred Stock Horses.

The Percheron horse of years ago was
draught horse in fact as we'll us name,
and his splendid development of bone.
muscle and endurance came of years of
hard work; but when the demand for
export increased, as also the call for
greater size, the colts were grown in idle
ness, as big and fast as they could make
them, and after importation the fatten-
ing process was continued, and too often
they come into the buyers hands great,
soft, worthless things; and when they
are reduced enough to fit them for stud
service hesees that their fat was "cloak
that covered a multitude of sins," and
that he has quite q different looking
horse from what he supposed. Besides,
until acclimated and fully recovered
from the effects of importation, sterilty
or even death is not very uncommon.
These and other considerations would
incline to the belief that American bred
horses are better and safer to buy, and
that from some of the farmers or small
breeding establishments of tho country
may be had home bred stations that are
often as we'll or better bred, and of as
good quality, that have escaped the
pampering process, and would do the
buyer much more good. Then the home
breeder does not have to charge up to his
customers the expense and risk of i'm
poftation on top OF large purchase price
IN order to- make q reasonable profit
Breeders Gazette.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
Honey Crop.

Among the minor industries which NAV
be successfully prosecuted upon many
farms, without hindrance to the work of
the main crops we have before suggested
that of bee keeping. The importance of
this industry, as a whole, we think is
not sufficiently Appreciated. In the col
lection of agricultural statistics by tho
department of agriculture every state
reports more or less honey, but usually
less than more, yet tho whole production
is placed at 25,000,000 pounds of honey
and more than 1000, 900 pounds of wax,
with an aggregate value of more than
8,O00,000. This is brought from vast
number of farms which each have few
hives or colonies, large apiaries being
tho exception.
There are II few districts, as in por-
tions of New York, Ohio, Tennessee and
California, where agriculture is promi-
nent feature and considered very profit
able. The owner of u we'll titled farm
OF sixty acres in northern Ohio onco said
to the writer that his 100 colonies of bees,
occupying not moro than half an acre of
space in tho orchard, gave more net
profit than all the rest of the farm.
knowledge of their habits, which can
only be gained by experience and close
attention to tho needs of the bees, are
more demanded in the business than
capital or hard work. Where a largo
apiary is carried on there should be
especial crops planted for pasturage, SO
that bees will not wander far from home
i'll search of food.-Dakot;. Farmer,
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04

Little Marshall p. Wilder, the famous
merrymakcr, is perennial, and has a hu-
morous skit for every hour of the day.
This is one of his latest, illustrative Of
an Englishman's appreciation of h,mor;
have been in England, and 1 have
studied English humor. Its fundamen.
tai principles are not related to the
American article that raises cyclone of
laughter. An Englishman was dining
at Il swell hotel out west, and after he
finished his regular dinner he asked for
sweets. A waiter from the Bowery had
gone west for employment, and was
waiting OH the particular table at which
the Englishman sat.
"And phwat is sweets, sur?" asked the
waiter.
The Englishnan finally explained that
he meant dessert, pudding, etc.
eve ave apple and mince pic" said
the Bowery man.
'Give me mince pie"
'What's der matter wild der apple
pie??" asked the waiter in II hard, I-don't-
care-a-continental tone of voice. Many
heard the remark and laughed. An hour
later I happened to meet the English
man, and he asked me if l heard the
waiter ask him what was the matter
with the apple pie. said Yes Then
the Englishman naively asked me:
"Well, what was the matter with the
apple pie?"-New York World.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04

sum on trio of fine chickens, some
common hens and a rough little house,
her maintenance in the family house un-
til her flock had increased to large pro-
portions, and the rent of the farm over
which her chickens had free range, cor
responded to capital of $500. And
that is one of the best points about
raising chickens; one can be breaking
ground for a profitable crop of them
while earning living in some other
way, cultivating strawberries or choice
vegetables. The farmers thrifty daugh-
ter, or the schoolmistress who wants out
door work, may buy u few eggs and a
"broody" hen to cover them, and three
years afterward sell hundreds of dollars
worth of thoroughbred stock, but she
should remember that her opportunity
was capital to her.
When one must, in the beginning, hirc
or buy land and build all kinds of
houses, he should look at tho matter in
businesslike way, and count on getting
simply a reasonable per cent. on his in
vestment. "How many hens must l
keep in order to support family of six
persons:' was question asked recently
by q reader, as if it We're a settled fact
that hen could support given number
OF persons or fractions thereof. Seven
Thousand hens smight-probahly would
bankrupt a farmer, while with two hun
dred he could earn his living. One dol
lar year is supposed-to be the average
profit from an average hen. If the hen
is young, smart and pure bred she
should bring her owner moro money
than that.
As a general average there are one
third as many eggs each day as there are
hens if in hocks Of over twenty Of
course there are fewer eggs in early Win
ter and more in early spring. Hens kept
i'll groups of six or seven lay far better,
on many days every hen furnishing her
''reasr'/ being" So that if one had
300-. Il tlocks of fifty one probably
would ..tve 100 eggs day. If kept in
f1oclls of fifteen there would often be
200. AS u rule that increase repays one
for the cost of extra buildings. Twenty
five 'biddies" make q good, manageable
family.
Before one can see clearly how much
money he will need he must decide upon
the path he is going to follow: whether
he will raise pure stock or market poul-
try, or turn his attention to "now laid
eggs" Probably he will branch off in
some way he did not expect, but we'll
considered plan will keep him from wan
dering about bewildercd whether to sell
his eggs at fifty cents I, dozen or keep
them to hatch into chickens worth fifty
cents apound.-Amcrican Agriculturist.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
CATTLE INSPECTION.

All Praise Du. Our Government for Ex-
terminating Pleuro-Pneumonia.
20 strict is the quarantine in the dis
trict where the disease last appeared that
1t is impossible for any animal to
carry the infection to other locali-
ties. The quarantmed district COM
prises Kings and Queens counties, L. I.
No bovine which once enters the district
is permitted to leave it again alive, and
as there is no method of leaving except
by ferry or Brooklyn bridge it is easy to
enforce the ironclad regulation.
A largo force of inspectors under the
auspices Of both the national and state
governments is engaged in the worl, of
stamping out the disease.
The moment case of pleuro-pneu-
monia is discovered by an inspector the
measures resorted to are prompt and ef-
fective. The disease manifests itself by
a cough and difficulty in breathing. It
is not, however, of the nature of pneu-
monia in man, though the lungs are the
organs affected. The disease is as i'll
fictitious as smallpox and as distinctly
specific and poisonous. Among cattle in
districts where the disease has been more
or less prevalent it is not so fatal as in
newly infected districts. The mortality
ranges from 40 to per cent. When an
inspector detects a case another expert
is sent at once to confirm the diagnosis,
and within twelve hours of its discovery
the victim is bought by the government
and killed. The same day the entire
herd of which the animal was a member
is appraised at full market value, paid
for by Uncle Sam and promptly slaugh-
tered. Not more than twenty-four
hours are allowed to elapse before every
animal known to have been exposed to
the disease is dead. The stable in which
they were quartered is then thoroughly
disinfected, and the further spread of
the disease is rendered almost i1npossi-
BILE. In case the disease appears two or
three times in the same stable, the gov
ernment resorts to still more radical
measures. II buys the stable, RACES the
building, thoroughly disinfects the soil
on which it stood and then buries it be-
meath four feet or moro of earth.
The infected district on Long Island is
really limited to a portion Of Kings and
very small part of Queens counties. 1t
includes much of East New York, and a
narrow belt from Newtown creek along
the county line almost to Greenpoint.
In this district the government has
bought and killed thousands of cattle
since the quarantine was established in
December, 1887. Since early last fall
To- disease hss rapidly disappeare'
oh's Vitarlzcr is in Novemhe.
10 Men he .lsacciDonald.
SlllLOH'S CATARRH REMEDY
positive cure for Catalrh, Dipntherla
md Canker Mouth.
II Merry a Mcdonald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
AMONG THE LIVE STOCK.
PRIZE sHoRTHoRN STEER AT THE
FAT STOCK SHOW.

Fashion in the Color of Cattle-Some-
thing in tho Color, but Nothing to
Justify the Crazes About Tired and
Roam shortiorns Respectively.
Some time since noted Shorthorn
rearer declared emphatically that he
would have none but roam animals to
breed from if he could get them. He did
not draw the line strictly against red
Shorthorns, but preferred the roam al
ways. A few years ago, however, there
was such a craze for reds that the 4oan
would have been nowllre in a breeders
sale.
There is much nonsense in the fashions
of color in dairy and beef cattle. In gen.
eral, if certain colored animal has
proved its capabilities for generations in
certain directions it is fair to reason, in
a ageneral way, that other cattle of the
same color and breed would be also well
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04

Speaking of superstitions among sick
people a hospital physician said: "Upon
one occasion one of the .convalescents
was sitting near the window when he
observed a small dog barking furiously
while running along the ground direct
ly underneath. Suddenly the animal
stopped, and looking upward began to
sniff the air and then commenced dig
'.'i.c9g in the earth at furious, rate and
fsqnifs%sf.,, Up an ineasssr. viii iifea2sg iaftea2g. The
Now. rhefel!na, l, \. l.. Carey, Commit ss.obSer
OF Insurance of the State of North Dakota, pur-
slant TO the provisions of s.id laws, do hereby
certify that the above named company is fully
!krogshits authorized agents, to tran
sSci i,s appropriate business Of Fire insurance
To This State, according to the laws thereof, un-
Ill the 3lst day of December a. y. 1891.
In testimony where Io.s..,lercuuto .
set my hand a"-ChicagONarck, |
this alst day of + S0l.
A l..
lSeai - Conn france
ByLi H. CoMEEroup
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
Age OF Eggs.

When we gather the eggs we at once
write on them with a lead pencil Tho
breed and date; for instance, 'P. r.,
10-1,' meaning Plymouth Rock, Oct. /.
In this way we have no trouble in know
ing the age of the eggs, and as we mark
them in the pens while we are gathering
them there is no possibility of sending
out the wrong eggs Dating the eggs in
the manner wo have shown is the only
safe way, and will cause considerable
satisfaction both to buyer and seller, ex-
cepting in case the fancier wishes to
palm off a lot Of stale eggs.
Last winter we bought up a large lot
of eggs, and after they were in the incu-
bators several days we learned that al
most two-thirds of them were stale. No
man wishes to buy stale eggs, and if a
rule is made to date them and then only
send out those not over week or SO old
the customer will be much better pleased:
Western Farmer and Stocknan.
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CATTLE
AND HOG MARKET.

What Observations from the Chicago
Headquarters of the Hog and Cattle
Market IDdicatc-Some breeders May
lie sorry They Sold Their Stock.
If prices for cattle and hogs do not ap-
preciate materially within the next four
or five months a number of men-lnen
who back their judgment with their
money-will be badly fooled. AT the
meeting of the Indiana Swine Breeders
association an extensive feeder and ship
per of swine stated that he had contracted
hogs for the August market at five cents,
and last week it was related in our mar
lset report that cattle had been contracted
for June delivery at six cents, and as it
is figured that this last shipper must sell
at $685. to realize On the venture it will
be seen what some 'men in the business
think of the future of the market. These
are what are termed in political parlance
''straws,' and are popularly supposed to
show from what quarter and to which
quarter the wind is blowing.
The Gazette has been among the con-
servatives so far as prognostoations rs
to the course of the market in the i'm
mediate future are concerned, although
never for q moment doubting that cattle
would yet be cattle and hogs yet be hogs.
-ever been admitted by this jour
a',cet anchor of all success
--latest v. ). Gov.aen even so much
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
POULTRY FARMING.
Another Expert Has Views" on How to
Start Right.

Another Expert Has "yiews" on How to
Start Right.
In poultry farming as in other farm
ing signal success comes through the
combination Of Cuisines head" in
vested capital, and fair run of some
thing which, if we do not call it luck,
means nearly the same thing. 1t is bet
ter to expect only a moderate income
and fair returns on ones capital than to
dream of keeping five thousand hens
and gathering in five Thousand eggs
every day.
How much money is absolutely neces-
sary in making start is difficult ques-
ton to answer, for fifty dollars in some
hands and in some neighborhoods is
worth two hundred in other cases. and
pluck which bears the hardships Of b.
ginning, patience which doc
up the strussi''anYlin 'anY Leavening powe
The Dickinson press., 1891-04-04
FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH.

Young Society Woman's Remarkable
Experience Before a Mirror.
cat the ball last night" said man
talking to companion at his club din
ner, ga girl with whom sat out one of
the dances told me of rather curious
experience she had earlier in the evening,
She said she was in the hands Of ner
maid for the ball, was seated before her
dressing table having her hair done; the
room was warm and flooded with light;
her ball gown was in Iier sight. She
was reading during tho process some
light society novel, and, as she rather
shanefacedly confessed, munching bon
bons between times.
Gail at once she grew tired of candies
anu ticti:m, and, putting both aside, sat
looking in She glass while uIu lnald
worked. She was thinking of the ball
and various anticipations she had con-
cerning it, when, suddenly, without
warning, and from no apparent cause,
She found herself face to face With her
own death.
''She put it very graphically: 1T was
personal death was struggling WITH
she said, mot the abstract death that we
read OF in the newspapers nor the future
long -be-postponed mortality which we
more or less indifferently accept as one
common destiny. 1t was the actual end
Of my life, the fms of everything for
ME, and tho going out from my home
and friends to the dafkness and horror
'f the unknoaneshesssspd What rehgi-
Gus faith had fonooln me ooMplct ''-'1
"I tre1nblea and aa cold da
gathered on my forehead, l chol
started to my feet. My maid, a,
asked if I were i'll. I said yes
was-ill with dread, but nothin,
for was conscious of feeling
well. She went to fetch a glass 0.
and before she returned the VI
whatever it was, had gone as qS
it had come. The hairdressing W.
sumed, and could detect no phys
results of the visitation, which was teri
bly, real and awful while it lasted, an6 -.
shall not soon forget it.
81 reminded her of some verses of
Aldrich on a similar subject, where,
while the carriage waits at the door for
milady's forgotten fan, the husband or
lover is confronted in the same dismal
way, but she had never seen o. heard Of
them. Her experience was evidently
very genuine and had made n consider
able impression upon her"-New York
Times,