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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
isas.-B.,l covers.

There are two factories in |ff1fla1.
delphia that use up in the season 100
horse hides O. week each to cover base
balls. They are alum-tanned. One
hide will furnish covers for ten dozen
No. l balls and five to eight dozen in
ferior ones. Horse hides for this pur-
pose sell from 50. so to 81 each, as to
size. Kips are also used. They sell
at IA Genus a foot and shecpskins
%. so to SO a dozen. The best regu-
lation balls sell at S1.25 to $l.5G
each. A piece of rubber forms tho
center, around which yarn is wound
by hand. Then they are covered.
They are s'dead balls and won't
bounce"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15

{. To ACQUIRE the art of tobogganing
it will be necessary to teach the young
idea how to shutc.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15

A SUMMERS EvEN1Na-Striking q
balance.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-06-25
unutterable horrors. The CONNER

unutterable horrors. The CONNER
cial says:
"The crocodile tears which are she'd
by men whose wives and daughters
are far removed from the danger of his
presence. A Northern minister and
his family a few years ago removed to
this State, where he WAS pastor OF Il
church in one of the best cOmmuui-
ties in the State. He was a man uni
versally loved for his piety and Chris
tan character, though he was not free
frem some of the prejudices of his Sec
ton especially with regard to the n
gro question. His daughter, a sweet
and lovely young woman, was forced
by il negro brute. He stood b. while
the mob of infuria.el citizens hanged
the ~scoundrel from the courthouse
window and afterwa.d wrote a card in
the local paper thanking the people for
their act, expressing his generous APP
probation Of all the kindnesses bestow-
ed upon him and his family-and bid
ding them good bye. He was going
back North where there We're no ne
groes. The negro question in its nost
hor! ible phaze had been brought home
to him. We hope that no slanJere.
OF the South may ever have his eyes
opened in the same way."-Shreveport
Times.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-06-25
JUDGE LYNCH.

A few days since the Memphis Com
merclal had a most excellent article
upon The South and it's Slanderers.n
III Which II showed up in it's true light
the hypociIcy OF those who, standing
aiar, raise such Il clamor when the
negro rape flend receives his prompt
Gnu just deserts at the hands of judge
Lynch. The Commercial calls atten-
tou to Bishop Fltzgerald's statement
that Tie Northern Methodists have
never shown tile slightest sympathy or
coneeIn Tor tile victims of these ecr
brntes over whom they spill SO many
crocollle tears" and winds up its well
wrltten e~eniiaents upon the subject.
Dy giving Tie following illustration OF
now peoples Ideas quickly change
Wne they are brought face to face
With the ioatilsome crime in all of its
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-06-25
A RARE CASE.
a Louisville Girl Gradually Be-
coming Ossifed

Special to the Times Democrat.
Louisville, KY, June l8.-Physicians
of this city are discussing a remark
able case of what is called myositis os-
sificanus, or turning of the flesh and
muscles into bone. The victim, OF
patient, is Miss Emma Schamback, q
young girl who has been under the
care of Or. A. p. Morgan Vance for
soule time. Cases of the disease are
extremely rare, that of the museum
osslfied man who recently died being
about the only one of the present
century. From observation of the few
cases known To the world iJ ikls been
found thar all muscles grad 1alIy harden
into b NE save those Immediately con-
cerned III digestion and respiration.
The organs Of sight and speech are al
so exempt iron The seneial ossitica-
ton. HE process is very slow and ir-
regular, and the patient may live for
years, gradually growing more helpless
and eventually dying OF exhaustion
and confinement d.. N..nc. SAYS
there is no hope for Mis- Sohamb.ck.
She VIII slowly turn to boae, uutil e.
lleved by death. The muscles of her
back are so haidened that she cannot
bend ever, and tho 80 about the chest
are also ossitied. In the riy &c arm
both biceps aud triceps are affected
aud the muscles of the right thigh are
1nmorable. Her right arm she keeps
IN one position altogether, and her Left
she has but partial control over. The
hardening of the muscles Of the thigh
reIders 1t impossible for her to bend
her left limb. The muscles Of the ace
are gradually suffering and are begin
mug TO stand cut prominently us do
those OF the neck. The hardening of
the facial muscles limits to some ex-
tent tile motion Of the jaw, bat Not
W~lflstandiGe this fact her appetite is
Sood and She eats HIS hearth, and with
us much RELISH as an entirely healthy
person. Miss Schaunbac&'s mother
stated that tie girl had been subject
TO acute muscular pans since she was
about seven years old. The mother
believes that the disease mas been
coming OH the girl daring ten years.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-06-25
TIIORT HISTORY OF POLK.

Colonel Polk = as Il relative OF Presi-
dent Polk. He WAS IA native of North
Carolina where he WAS born about
tifty-tive years age. His education
was received in the common schools.
During the war he served for a time in
the Confederate army, and resigned
to go to the legislature, to which body
he had been elected.
Later, Ae filed for several years the
office of commissioner of agriculture
for North Carolina, aud later still he
began the publication OF the Progress
sire Fdrmer.
A. the time of his death he was serv-
ing his third term as president of the
Farmers Alliance, to which he has
given SO much of his time aud atten-
ton. Colohel Folks home was at
Raleigh, N. c. He lea YES il wife and
three children.
The IL o'clock train over tie Rich
mend d Danville railroad Saturday
night carrie. the remains OF Colonel
Polk from Washington To Raleigh, N.
c., for interment. The remains were
accompanied by II party OF about
twenty-five of Colonel Polk's friends,
among whom were Congressman Otis,
Of Kansas Moses, of Georgia !; KEN,
of Minnesota /; Mckeiglllan. of Ne
braska /; Stackhouse, of South Carolina,
and Simpson of Kansas, tue latter ac-
companird Ivy Mrs. Siu pson.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-06-25
l.. L. POLK DEAD.

L. L.. Polk, president of the Far
mers' Alliance, died at the Garfield
house, il Washington City, Saturday
morning at Ills.
The death of Colonel Polk is an IT.
The Progress., 1892-06-25
live stock Points.

Never despair. Never give up, no
matter what happens. Thee Is always
success for You somewhere. Find it.
The more CHEEKY and hopoful You can
force yourself TO be, tie more surely
success will come.
When you intend - raise calf, let it
run with the mother COW till her milk
gets good, then take it away and begin
to feed it.
In feeding Young calf it is better af-
ter you have taken it away from the
COW to let it have a part Of her mill; for
q few days. Then if You cannot afford
that longer, mix linsced meal cooked TO
a Jelly with sweet skimmilk az the
rate OF q pound Of the jelly to fifty
pounds OF tho milk and feed this to the
calf. Il makes fairly good substitute
for unskilrmed cows milk in calf feed
ing. Later you may add to the linseed
some oatmeal with the hulls carefully
sifIed out.
Let us have a grca..big chicken show
at the Worlds fair. Begin to prepare
now for il.
4 calf Is old enough to begin to take
solid food with its liquid nourishment
when ii begins to chew the cud. a
The life of working bee is only foIsI
or five weeks in the flower season. Six
weeks, therefore, Will serve to change
the breed of the whole hiyeful il an
Italian queen IL introduced at this time.
She lays from l eco to 2,C00 eggs day.
Handle the uG Ter ard teats of heifer
that IS intended for milking from the
time she is calf. Pet and tame he-
from the beginning.
The farmer who turned his attention
some years ago TO the breeding Of large,
high stepping carriage horses. is row
reaping lis reward. City people are
calling for them In constantly incrcas-
ing number. The first thing an Ameri-
can city man does when he gets rich i
not to go b:.ck and buy tie Old farm, as
he dreamed he would il youth, but to
get handsome city house on fashion.
able ave1.ue and set UP his carriage.
The Progress., 1892-06-25

We have had much to say about the
value Of good coach horses. but we have
never sand all that the facts would in IL
fy. There are today hundreds Of people
in any Of or large cities searching for
safe and stylish carriage horses. 5CcE
animals are as hard to get. for anything
like a fair price, as good Shetland ponies.
In fact these tTrO classes of horses jus
now seem worth more per pound than
any others. The cost Of raisinga pOunI
uf horse is not much more than that
OF raising pound Of seer, and there i
little difference between the cost of 4
pound Of car horse and a pound Of ca:-
riage horse. One may sell at fourteen
cents Il pound and the other ut thirty
five cents. \ difference Of twcnty-Ouc
cents a pound is worth considering.
We understand that some parties are
irving to sell grade horses with more
or less PcrchcrOn blood in them FOR full
blood French coachers. Don't pa,ronize
such house IL you can help il. The
mares found in any ordinary ncigho0r-
hood are Of al "sorts and colors." To
have any approach tO uniformity il
colts the stallion must he as well bred
as ossiblc.-Rural New Yorker.
The Progress., 1892-06-25
The Oxford Singer

Will be found the I.cr-
lection OF MECHANISM ,
I""'r'i>, Simplicity, dug
ability, etc.
The Progress., 1892-06-25
roULTRY HOUSE.

rxSe OF the windows with wire S-inch
screws. The roof is of planned boards,
with a groove worked on both sides of
the joint and strip nailed on the top Of
the joint. also grooved, which makes it
perfectly cry.
The door is in the front between the
windows. The outlets for the chickens
are in the ends and have a slide door to
close them up. / have my henhouse
divided into two parts by a lath parti-
ton. The door works from right to left,
so that when go into one part the door
closes up the other half. The strips over
the joints on the outside are two inches
wide and beyeled off on the edges, and
The Progress., 1892-06-25
POULTRY WEIGHTS.
American Poultry Associations standard
of NciSilts for zach Freed.

of Weights for Zach Breed.
The American Poultry association,
which is composed OF breeders from
nearly every state in the Union, and
which in its annual conventions lcSis-
lates for the interests Of Its members.
has not only. fixed scale Ct point
which Gcrc.Incs al the breeds, but also
attaches to each breed Il certain mini
mum weight. This weigh: may be OK
ceo.lcd. but any bird not reaching the
weight fixed for the breed is severely
cut of for the defect. 1t may he inter
esting TO come of our readers To know
how much each cock, hon, cockerrl and
pullct should weigh. \ cock and hen
arc birds over Cle year old. 4 cockcrcl
and pallet arc birds under that age.
Bronze and N2rraSanaett turkeys
should weigh as follows: Cock. 81
pounds: hen, 90 pounds; cockerel. -
pounds; pJllct, II pounds. BrGf. slate
and black tnrkeys-cocil, - pounds;
coclsercl, Is; hen, IS; pullet, II. White
turkeys-cocl., 20 pounds; hen, 10; COCK
ercl, 10; puliet, 10.
Of rccse there are seven varieties.
The Toulouse and Embden weigh rs
follows: Gandcr, 25 pounds; goose, -;
young .gander. 90; young goose, is. Tho
African g..lder weighs - pounds: tho
goose, IS; young gander. 1G, and young
goose. II. The brown and white Cla:na
and the Canada goose are about four
pounds less than tho African, and the
Egyptian about four pounds less than
the Canada.
The largest ducks are the colored and
white Muscovys. The drake weighs 10
pounds, the duck 8, young drake and
young duck Z. Next come the Rouc1
and AylesLJry ducks, tho drake weigh
ing Q pounds. the duck s, the young
drake and young duck Z. The Pellin
and Cayuga breeds are q pound less,
and thc.vhito crested ducks are pound
less than the Pellins.
Among chickens the Lic.ht Brahma
comes fret, the cock weighing 10 pounds;
ben, 90: cockerel, 10, and pullet. 6. Al
the Cochins and the dark Drahinas
weigh alike. the cock being II pounds;
hen, So; cocllerel, 0. and pullet, {. TIE
Plymouth Rock cock weighs 0l5 pounds;
oockerel, s; hen, rs, and Pallet, GlZ.
Wyandotte cocks weigh St3 POUNDS;
cockerel, ~; hens, Gl5, and puilet.
5I$. Niinorca cocks weigh pounds;
cockerel, Gl5; hens, 619, and pull,ts,
81. Java cocks weigh 10 pounds;
oockcrels, 81; hens, s, and pallets. GlG.
Langshan cocks weigh 9I% pounds;
cockerels. s: liens, {. and pullcts, c. y
colored Do-king cock weighs 81 pounds;
cockerel, s: hen, ~, and Eullet, G. The
silver gray Dorhing il about a pound
less, and the white Dorking about hall
q pound less than the silver gray.
Loghorns, Hamburgs. Black Spanish
and the ornamental breeds have no
weight fixed. a Red Cap cock weighs
rs pounds and hen pound less The
French breeds weigh as follows: La
Fleche cock, Sl5 pounds; CreYecpur
cock, pounds; Houdan cock, pounds,
the hens weighing about q pound less.
Bantams are the opposite in weights,
the smaller the bird the more valuable.
There are also disqralifying weights,
which are much lower for all the breeds.
and which are intended to prevent very
small specimens from being exhibited
at the shows at any time.-New Hump
shire Mirror.
The Progress., 1892-06-25
W

So great is the COZ Il =
dcnce f the manlf e.
lurers in the ONt-r,l
singer thattllcy not only
furnish u isterr.i
Cert;ft ate Of Warranty
wi h each VI. chine. in
which they a.,cc To- du-
plicaic any pant If the
NJ chine that p"ovc, de-
fccuvc within Fl g years
rom date of sale, but
alsn ship every Mnrhiup
subject 10 approval pan
inspection and trill 10y
the purchaser. Any Ma.
chine not SPtisf ct,ry
can he returned and the
Money Will be re unded.
The Progress., 1892-06-25
Fowls in and Thieves Out.

This little building was made strong
and fitted to keep fowls in and thieves
or marauders out. 1t is l. feet long, G
feet wide. feet high on the front md
51s ON the rear. 1t has two sashes swung
on the inside and five iron rods sunk two
inches in oak and fastened on the out
The Progress., 1892-06-25

1T into the piece at the top Of Inc copi'
and the bottom. forming panels.-H. Z.
schenck In Poultry World.
The Progress., 1892-06-25
Every Machine IS
Nicely Adjusted

And thoroughly tested
hv II c"mrrtcut Inspect.
or before il l. allowed -
IcdEC the I@CtUry.
The Progress., 1892-06-25
Extra Set e2 At
tacSm ents,

Also free with each Ma
chine. consisting or the
following: One Tucker.
one Foot BUTLER me sat
Plate licmmvrS four diff
frrcnt widths Up tu -
, an inch. one BiuGp. ,
one Thread Gutter.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
the SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

COLUMBIA, S. c., special: Newberrv
County was struck by twin cyclones
runuiag thirty miles apart Nothing
approaching them in terror or devas-
tation has ever occurred before IN that
section OF the state. Oak, hickory and
pine trees were spun in the air and for
ten miles a destructive furrow 800
yards wide was plowed In this strip
the wreck is complete. Corn and cot
ton crops are completely ruined. Horses
and mules are injured and scores of
dwells are demolished, A six by two
foot excavation has been made in .
rock quarry by the force OF the wind.
Locust Grove Academy at Prosperity Is
q wreck and the buildings around it arc
completely demolished, some OF them
being carried away q distance Of fifteen
feet The dwelling uf John A. Sheely
was wrecked and Mrs. Sheely thrown
on the telegraph wires. She Is In Q
critical condition. One Of Sheely's
mules was blown 120 yards. About .
dozen cases of arms and legs being
broken arc reported.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, special: Advices
from Calhoun County tell Of serious
trouble with the negroes In Canpag-
nolles Township, many of them being
dissatisfied with the new election law,
aud are alleged to have threatened the
whites. Capt James, an old white cit
izen. went to negro meeting and tried
to pacify them. A fight ensued in
which he was painfully wounded. Four
negroes were killed and several INJURED.
A dispatch from Pine Bluff SAYS that q
conductor on the Cotton Belt Road,
ApSiv hrin
Thornton, near the scene of the
trouble, that nine negroes and two
white men were killed and several
wounded. Further particulars are not
obtainaoc, as there is no telegraphic
connection with the seat Of war.
KINGMAN, Arizona Territory, special:
Representatives from five tribes met At
Pine Springs to protest against the
Government forcibly taking Indian
children from their parents and send
ing them to Eastern schools. Many
chiefs want to &C on the warpath. Over
forty Waiphia fam lies have gone into
the mountains hundreds Of miles from
their old homes. They will resist oil
attempts 10 take their children to
school.
NEW ORLEANS, La, special: Tho
steamer Soteri arrived from Ceybel,
Honduras, via Truxilio. She reports
that Gen. l.. Nuilla, late in command
OF the revolntionists in Spanish Hon
duras. and who was recently captured,
was shot at Truxillo ut o a. III. on Sun
day, Sept II. after having been tried
and found guilty OF treason by a court
martial, President Levia Of Honduras
having approved the finding and sen.
tence OF the court.
SoMEEstr, Ky, special: Joseph B.
Rucker, editor aad proprietor Of the
Rep",ter. was shot and killed by an un.
known assassin while on the way to
his Office.
) LOUIS special; Bud Blunt, the
desperate who was to have been
hanged at Pinvillc, has had his sen.
tence commutod to life imprisonment.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
FOREIGN JorriNOs.

HALIFAX. N. s., special: Theschooner
Amelia which arrived here from the
Grand Banks, has aboard three men,
Hope. The Hope sailed from Nash
Waies. On Aug. 81, when within
thirty or forty leagues of Cape Race,
shO encountered . heavy gale, during
which she commenced to take water,
which getting down on her lee side, to-
gether with her heavy deck load, threw
her on her beam ends. An effort was
made to cut the deck load adriit in
order to right her, but while the mate
was cutting away the lashing, the bark
suddenly turned mpletely over. The
crew all managed to get on the keel,
but were only there few minutes when
heavy sea dashed over the upturned
vessel, carrying them all into the ocean.
A large number of deals from the deck
load were floating about and onto them
the men scrambled. Three OF the men
managed to construct raft, but the
others were not SO successful and oil
finall snccumbed. The three men
drifteg Yuout the sea for four days, dur.
ing which time they sighted vessels sew.
eral times and MI ade signals, but it was
not until the 25th that the schooner
Amelia saw and rescued them. During
the time they were on the raft they suf-
fered intensely both from hunger and
thirst and in order to keep their
tongues moist Joliffe cut some straps
from his sea boots into pieces and these
straps they chewed.
TRIESTE special Miss Jane Arm
strong, an aged woman from New
York, has killed herself In o villa in
this city. She is said to have lost
heavily at gambling in Monte Carlo re-
Gently. Miss Armstrong had been stop.
ping at the Hotel de la Paix, about .
mile from the Casino, for about two
weeks. She had been ut the Casino
regularly, with varying success, for
the. first eight days and then lost
steadily until she was almost penniless.
After her arrival In this city she told
several acquaintances that she had lost
l,250,0 francs, practically all that
she had In the world. She was greatly
depressed, wept frequently and would
not go to her meals. About two hours
after she had retired to her room the
report Of revolver was heard. Her
door was locked. Servants forced 1t
open and found her lying half OF the
floor and half on the couch. There was
large wound in her head just behind
the left temple. Apparently she had
died instantly. On the floor lay the re.
volyer. She left . letter which tho
people at the villa withheld.
HONOLULU special: The Louisiana
lottery has perfected itself in public
favor, and bill has been read In the
legislature granting an exclusive fran
chise to Americans, headed by ID. II.
Cross of Chicago. to establish a lottery
Tor twenty-five years. The company 10
to pay $500, 900 yearly. This money Is
to be expended In the construction of .
cable to North America, railroads,
bridges, wharves, and for other public
purposes
ROME special: Satolli will start for
Chicago to organize schools. He will
visit New York, Washington and other
cities and will remain in America about
two years.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-23
lved In circumstances that would indi.

lived In circumstances that would indi.
cate poverty. He owns the Biddle
House, . mammoth 1,OOO-room hotel
here, but 1t has been vacant now for
five years, owing to his inability to Sc
cure landlord with whom he could
agree. He has spent thousands of dol
lars on plans for building tunnels under
the river here, mammoth public parks,
and other Improvements, but none Of
them has come to aught. He has fought
oil efforts to improve property that sur
rounded his own great interests, but
was always ready to contribute liber-
ally to schemes from which he could be
pecuniarily benefited.
WASHINGTON special: 1t Is stated
upon good authority that ex-Congress-
man Dorsey, Of Nebraska, has been
offered the position OF assistant secre-
tary Of the treasury. to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation OF Judge
Crounse, who is candidate for COVER
nor Of Nebraska on the Republican
ticket Mr.. Dorsey Is in the city and
it is understood Is making up his mind
whether or not to take the position.
He has good many business matters
OF importance In hand, and he IL re-.
ported rs being reluctant to drop them.
SAULrE STE. MARIE. Mich, special
The bodies of Captain Albert Myers Of
the Western Reserve, a little son OF
CAPTAIN Lynch and four unknown men
were found on the beach twelve miles
west Of life saving station No. II. The
bodies were In bad condition, and were
buried by the crew.
WASHINGTON special: Acting Secre-
tary Chandler has ordered the payment
Of the $500, 600 authorized by Congress
as an indemnity to the Sioux Indians
for 5000 ponies taken by the govern
ment some years ago, during one of the
Indian outbreaks in the Northwest.