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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25
After Iwantx.Ona Years.

Sioux FALLS, 5. b., Feb. is. DIR. q.
ii. Fulford and his mother have just
received word from Washington that
an appropriation of $4,000 has been
made 10 indemnify them for the loss Of
United States bonds twenty-one years
ago. The bonds were destroyed by fire
in Delalb, n. Y., in 1872. and they
were worth at the time S720. Since
that time interest has accumulated TO
the amount of 1880. What made the
recovery SO difficult n matter was the
passage of law soon after the Chi
caRo fire in 1871 under which the
holder of bonds couldn't recover unless
he could prove the denomination and
give the numbers on all the bonds
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

One OF the curiosities Of the recent
cold weather in Allentown, Pa. was
the freezing fast ~ the wct rails Of
three long and heavy coal trains. One
of them suffered an accident. compell-
ing 1t to stop, and when il was ready
to move its 125 cars were frozen fast
and could not be moved. One train
after another came along on the same
track and, stopping for those in front
TO move, suffered the same fate. It
was several hours before tlia blockade
was raised.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

The Witnesses Protection society
which was formed in London some time
ago Ito protect witnesses from insul t
by counsel in courts of law" has ex-
tended its scope. 1t has added to its
title land General Reform union" and
proposes to endeavor TO reduce the
costs of litigation, to draw public at
tention to the inequality Of sentences
and to other anomalies of the present
legal system and TO agitate for a uni
form code.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25
The Militia Called Out,
eA ~uuartf an0

yuaru was pfocctt ut fffs uDcr dnd
only faithful populists were permitted
to enter. lie issued call for three
companies of militia Immediately after
the rush in the representative hail.
and will, when the force arrives, order
them to storm the hall and take posses
sion of it.
Many of the militia men openly de-
clare that they will under no circum.
stances respond TO the call OF the gov
ernor and that they will not be party
20 an assault on the republican house.
The governor made demand of the
sheriff to swear in deputies ard assist
him in preserving the peace, but the
sheriff declined. saying that he did not
propose to be Judge as to which of the
claimants was the legal house of repre-
sentatives.
In letter TO the governor he said
that il the governor proposed to pro
tect the Dunsmore house that house il.
self had full authority to enlist all the
officers that it required to protect itself
without any assistance from him.
The captain of one of the militia com.
panies stated to the United Press rep,
resentative this morning that IL his
command came out at all il
would be to defend the repub.
lican house of representatives. lie
said he would not obey any of the gov.
ernor's orders, which were in violation
of law and order.
At IL o'clock the governor sent ar
order by telegraph to Captain Willis OF
the light artillery, ct Wichita,
commanding him to bring his company
with gatling guns to Topeka by first
train assemble it the state house and
await further orders.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

"A jelly Ash Of ten pounds when dried
weighs about ten grains.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25
writing table

Snakes do not bite" says a New
O.leans physician who has studied
snakes considerably. They cant, he
says, because their jaws are connected
only by II cartilage, are not hinged and
cannot be brought. together with any
force. The snake simply hooks the
fangs in its upper jaw into the object
aimed at, the lower jaw not figuring in
the act at all. The act is very similar
to that of man striking n cottonhool,
into bale Of cotton or boathook into
a pier.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

While digging sewer bitches in AL
bany, Ga, recently, il is reported that
workmen unearthed curious rock form
ations, which go to prove the asser-
tions of geologists ''that many years
ago that part of Georgia was part of
the sea and was built up by gradual
deposits of s,diment from rivers and
other sources The rocks found are
said TO be limestone and contain fossil
sea shells and impressions of shells
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

4 New York woman wears a ring ia
which is set in circle of diamonds her
first baby's first tooth a London lady
of high degree wears set in the jewels
of her bracelet q tooth extracted from
the mouth of her pet poodle. Another
affectionate creature uses the skin of
once favorite horse as hearth rug for
boudoir, and has a defunct pet pug
mounted in lifelilSe attitude by the
taxidermist for an ornament on her
writing table.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

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troR al alieus.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

Greek helmets cover the head, bacl
Of neck. ears and eyes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-02-25

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
STAY on the Farm.

The following views are from a Pennsyl~
vania paper and are worthy of consideration
by all.
The farmers life is one mixed with toll
and pleasure. There is always work to be
done on the farm-a gate 30 mend, fence
to reset, an OK in the ditch, a broken door
to repair, a garden to plow, tank TO build,
a crop to plant, a crop to cultivate, crop
to gather, and Thousand things to keep the
active brain aud willing hands and feet en-
ployed; yet if the farmer wishes little rec
reation he can leave his tools and labor and
spead day or two in the woods with his
gun, or day with fishing rod on the lakes
and streams. 1t Is not 80 with the business
man in the city. His business must 60 on.
He cannot shut his door and walk
out. II he takes day off he necessarily
has to put some one in his place. Farm
life is a real enjoyable life If well planned,
but it may be full Of misery if not managed
with view of making aud mixing pleasure
with business. Farmers do more hard
work than business men, and usually live
longer and harder. Farm life is made
more tolersble by the joy aud happiness
we get out of it. The business man has his
bills to meet every month and is often puz-
zled to know how to make ends meet. He
loses hours of precious, sweet sleep over en-
barrassments that stalk in his pathway,
while the contented former, without the fear
of being closed up by the sheriff, takes his
rest. Farmers have bills to meet, it
is true. but they do not come like
rife balls from a gun, every week or
two. The writer has also tried farm life
and loves it. He has also tried business in
the commercial world, whore no allowances
made for dry weather, wet weather,
short crops or low prices. The commercial
world has no sympathy with business
man. The dav his bills fail due he is ex-
pected to meet them; il he is unable his
paper is liable to go TO protest, aud his BUSH
ness to pieces. Those who are doing well in
agricultural pursuits should let we'll enough
alone. The cities are overcrowded with
population and poverty. The most indie
pendent class of people in the world is that
class that have a good home on good farm,
and make their own living.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
TILE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 80. 1gss.

have tap roots. as the pecan has, requires
the soil TO be prepared by digging to a depth
of three feet and corresponding with Be-
low that most soils have a subsail or hard
pan through which the tap root must force
its way. To obtain the power 10 do this
requires two or three years growth. When
the young pecan is eight inches above the
ground the tap root has gone down 2t5 feet.
Such is the time required for the necessary
power OF forcing that any artificial help is
OF very great advantage.
We now obtain this by using pinch auger
or drill. as preferred, and bore down 70 the
depth of eight feet where the tree is to
stand. Attach fuse to a stick of dyna-
mite, which is placed at the bottom, the
fuse reaching to the surface Soon after
lighting you will see slight shifting OF the
earth. which falls back, and you have thor
oughly pulveriEed the ground 20 the depth
of eight feet with q circumference from
four to six feet for the entire depth. There
is no danger in using the dynamite using
the same care you would In handing pow
der). You can stand within ten feet OF the
explosion and only feel slight tremcr.
Now for results With this mechanical
loosening OF the soil we remove the hard Pan
or subsoil which underlies all soils and the
tap root meeting no obstruction goes rapidly
down. Instead OF only eight inches
growth the first year in ordinary
planting, we now have growth
the first year above the ground of four or
five feet, so we bring the pecan tree into
profitable bearing in six years, getting as
good results as in ordinary planting in ten
years. The cost of using dynamite will not
exceed Is cents for each bill and is easily
obtained l. Herbert Post
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
Farm EXCERPTS,

Many people buy the Concord grape be-
cause they do not know OF better kinds
and perhaps there is none that ripens as
fully n the stem as the Concord, or its
seeding, Moore's Early, but ripe Agawam
or Wilder is a better grape.
A correspondent OF the Transcript says
he killed the plant lice upon his house plants
by making a stiff lather with good flea
soap, and with a fine brush coating the
whole branch with the lather. When the
lather dried off all the insects were dead.
The value Of green houses as source of
health giving pleasure, can hardly be over
estimated. 1t is doubtful whether they are
not in this respect one of the best invest
ments possible. In no other pursuit can a
more complete relaxation from the cares Of
business be secured. Build a green house
and add years to your lfe.-Monda.
A. Florida correspondent states that at
the age of 40 he planted the nuts of a few
pecan trees, and that in his 69th year he
sold 300 worth of nuts from the trees
which he had planted. He states that trees
will commence to bear from eight to nine
years after planting and that paying crops
will result in from ten to fifteen years.
Scotch Marigolds-Strains Of the we'll
KIN own French marigold have been brought
to an extraordinary degree of perfection,
and have become quite distinct from the
type. The old imperfect markings have
disappeared, and the bloom now presents
much the appearance Of a striped carnatiou
being evenly striped dark brown over gold
from the center to the edge OF the bloom.
A farmer 10 Hebron, Me-. who has $500
apple trees set, and $50 in bearing, says he
sprayed his trees at a cost Of 2 cents each
last spring, and has scarcely a
second quality apple in his orchard, al
though 40 trees Of Russets bear so
heavy crop that tho lImbs had to be
propped up, besides Northern Spies and
Others that yield nearly as well. Another
farmer near bin had equally goods results
from spraying.
IL only needs wet season, as the early
part OF the present year was, to enormously
increase the mice pest, and make every
farmer, especially one who is fruit grower,
appreciate the value Of good mouser. The
story OF Wilmington and mis- cat might be
repeated on many modern farm II cats
we're not thought 80 common a. 10 have no
Appreciable value. Tho most ordinary dog
70 valueq highly by bis owner, but there are
few Who vii. say good word for the cat,
whose service 20 man 10 fully a valuable.
Mushrooms prefer 10 grow In the dark.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30

aud other places all through the winter, by
boats and cars. The soil is we'll adapted to
their growth, and their progressive methods
have added 10 natures muniicent gifts
Then their methods of storing cabbages to
keep them fresh all through the winter are
worth considering. for probably they send
as fresh-lOoktng cabbages to market in the
middle OF winter as they do in November.
Late in the fall, before the garden is hard
frozen, the location that is well drained
should be selected and in the land thus
marked out the cabbages are stored. Some
times the storage pit is made carefully, and
used only for this purpose every season. IL
naturally drained, artificial methods are
employed to keep the water from collec ling
In the soil. This is very important point,
for nothing causes cabbages to rot quicker
than damp. wet soil.
Burrows are then thrown open with a
deep plow, although on small scale the
spade is sometimes used for this work. Make
the burrows deep and SCOOP out the loose
earth in the middle. The eabbages are
placed in the burrows with the head down,
although this is contrary to methods Of
many farmers in other parts OF the country
who place the feet downward The stems
are PLACED at an angle OF AS, which almost
brings the cabbages on their sides instead
of directly perpendicular. The leaves are
kept close to the heads, and then the earth
Is packed closely around them. The
plow and spade can be used for packing
the earth around aud over the cab
bages, Beware Of two deep covering. for
this is worse than too shallow. Two fur>
rows with the pillow are considered suffi-
cient. These large gardeners never use
straw or leaves on the cabbage for protec-
ton. They consider dirt sufficient. and
surely their results are enough to prove the
wisdom of their simple methods. Gener-
ally for the winter store cabbages that are
not fully ripe are selected, as they keep bet
ter. and the dead ripe ones are marketed at
once. In this way fresh cabhages are had
the year round, aud as the market demsuds
they are dug up for use.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30

Even those that are produced out of doors
spring up over light. and II tue sun is hot
they wither and become worm eaten before
night They need shade when grown in
lighthouses. Provided enough warmth is
given tie soil they can be grown better in a
barn cellar than anywhere else. The de-
composition under them keeps the heap
warm, and will prevent the cellar from
freezing IL properly protected otherwise.
Growing mushrooms In winter is q paying
business, as the price is then high. In
spring the decomposed manure is as good as
ever. or better, for applying to summer
crops. ....
1t is sometimes said that ordinary hen
manure is worth as much as the best
guano." This is not the fact, and those who
use hen manure with this idea are sure to be
disappointed. The grain food of domestic
fowls has not the phosphate in it that the
birds OF the South American Pa
cihc coast find in the small fish
on whicn they mainly feed. Then,
too, the heaps OK guauo are deposits
OF bird dung that has lain for centuries
without rain, and IN that time has enor-
mously corcentra ed Its valuable proper
ties Composing hen manure, with enough
phosphate to supply this deficiency, would
make &c more like guano in supplying
quickly available fertility ..- -
Something depends, OF course, on skill in
making good butter to make better dairy
ing pay. but more depends on having good
cows. The farmer Who has cows that will
make 500 pounds OF butter year can afford
to apply the skill and labor necessary to
make hrst-class article of butter. He
who keeps cows that do not yield more
than $50 pounds year cannot make as
good butter. because he presumptively has
not much intelligence and cannot afford
with such small product to hire it. The old
maxim holds good: "Out of nothing, moth
ing comes" Get good COWS for milk and
butter. That is always the first and most
important step toward good dairying. That
taken, all the rest naturally follows
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
Fresh Cabbage the Year Round.

Those who study the market reports will
always notice that Long Island cabbages
are always quoted as the highest, and at
the present writing the best heads from
this place are selling for 81 and s. per 100 in
the wholesale markets. says A. b. Barrett
In the American Cultiuator. Where they
are grown by the thousands, as the case on
Long Island, this is very remunerative pro-
as Az the fea.on advanced however. the
prices even advanced higher than those
quoted to-day, and IL is not uncommon Ia
the middle OF winter 10 SOC the finest Long
Isiapd cabbages bring as high as lOper 100.
Then the market gardeners have private GUS
TONERS who pay from ~ - 70 cents S9 I'm
~ their customers at these prices they send
he remainder 20 the general markets.
The gardeners Of Long Island have made
n speciality OF cabb=ges, and HUNDREDS q
tons are shipped 70 Brooklyn' Ne" fofh
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
,RY. 1893.


1898, 2G.5
1856, 2O2.
:. me snow and sleet precipitation on Jan.
tto-I9' 1898, amounted 10 ~ inches, which
nas not been equaled 10 many years, but
we nave had much colder weather in
previous years. ). A. g.
Ailledgeviile. Ga. Jan. 25. 1898.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
Middle Georgia Wea.her.

Here is a detailed statement of the
weather that prevailed in Middle Georgia
during The third week in January. 1898, and
compared with a like period in January
1886.
The following comparative statement of
TWO periods of winter weather is given in
response TO inquiries regarding the subject.
January, 1886. furnishes the coolest week
known in recent sou bern meteorology:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
come Questions Relative TO Kainit,
Beeta aud Pecans

agricultural Editor Morning Neios; /
ulahared lot OF pear trees two years ago
"''l pound Of keinit 30 the tree / hnd a
wy marked Improvement. ! desire 70
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30

Questions and communications relative TO
agricultural and horticultural subjects If ad-
dressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer N. Mill
edgeville, Ga, viii receive immediate atten
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30
PROPOSALS WANTED.

TINTED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE,
" SAVANNAH, Ca. January ~. 1898. Sealed
propo ais for dredging 10 brunswick Haroor,
Georgia, will be- received a. this Office until X
y, city time, on the 18th day OF February. 1898
and then publicly opsnsd, Specifications,
blank forms, and al available information will
b. furnished on application 10 this once D. n.
CARTER, Capt, Corps Of kngrh, Y. y. A.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30

manure next week again with pounds OF
kainit to the tree, Is this too much or notl
Would 5 pounds OF kainit to each
tree bs too muchs Is il best TO transplant
beets or noti IL 80, state varieties TO trans
plsnt and those not intend Co plant
every sixty feet through the pear orchard
with pecan nuts. Would you advise doing
so or notl l intend to have my holes feet
wide and 8 dsep-place nuts in positiou-as
transplsnted. Answer at once, as | shall
manure my pear trees next week, and oblige,
cambridge. Ga s. Kinds.
a. Mol two pounds Of kainit will not
harm your pear trees. In fact, you might,
with profit, apply six pounds, if you spread
it evenly In every direction to distance Of
four to eight feet, doing this in the fall or
winter.
% Beets can be grown earlier generally
by sowing seed in frames IN November or
December and having good sized plants TO
put out In January or early February.
There cannot be much gain from doing this
now, however, for the beets can be sown in
the open ground with perfect safety
Another year you could observe the plan of
transplanting with decided gain. Dewing's
Early and Egyptian are good kinds.
~ Yes, this would be a good plan to pur-
sue with the pecans. Fifty feet is ample
distance for pecan trees. You can plant
them In peach or pear orchard, putin &
stakes about the young trees to protect
them.
BY all means plant the pecan seed where
the tree is to grow. Soak the seeds ten or
twelve days before planting them in the
ground. Be sure and plant the Texas thin
she'll, three or four to the hill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30

We solicit articles for this DEPARTMENT
The name of the writer should accompany
theletter or article. not necessarily for pub
cation. but as an evidence of good faith
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30

The new process We recommend for plants
ing pecans by using dynamite Is Invaluable.
The ordinary way u planting trees which
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-30

Preparing Soil for Pscans With
Dynamite.
The morning call., 1893-09-09
FRUIT PROTECTION.
Suggested Commission to the Ways
and Means Committee.

and Means Committee.
W. H. Mills. in letter to Z. w. Maslin,
general manager of the State Board of
Trade. calls that body's attention to the
fact that the Ways and Means Committee
OF the House Of Representatives win listen
to argument and testimony in relation to
protected industries, preliminary to modi-
flying the Mckinley tariff. He points out
the necessity for proper representation to
defend the raisin, fruit and other INDUS
tries of California.
He states that no matter whatm be
ones opinion on protection in general in
this case there can be no hesitation as the
issue involved is: tShall the objects of
cultivation in California be denied the pro-
lection which inevitably will be afforded
to other Industrial pursuits of the cOun-
try?"
He suggests that. as the committee closes
its hearing on the 20th of this month, a
commission as large as needed be sent to
Washington, consisting of the foremost
producer in each branch of the various
industries, instancing as such A. b. Butler
tn represent the raisin industry, General
n. L. Chapman to represent general horti-
cultural interests and A. T. Hatch the
fruit industry.
He further suggests that the Governor
be requested to ask the Committee Of
Ways and Means TO give a hearing to the
commission, and that the Board of Trade
telegraph to the Congressional delega ton
to secure continuation of the hearing
until such time as California can be heard
through special re presen tatlyes.