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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08
THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE
Looking After the Alum and Ammonia
Baking Powders.
IL -

BAKING fOWders.
[St. Paul Pioneer Press
A bill for an act in relation to the
manufacture and sale of baking powders,
to prevent fraud and preserve the pub
lie health has been introduced in the
legislature at st. Paul. The bill is in
tended TO prevent the adulteration Of
baking powders with Alum or Ammonia,
imposing proper penalties to enforce the
law, etc.
This shows an earnest desire on the
part Of our State representatives to pro-
tect their constituents.
The Chicago Tribune, referring to the
question of legislation on Alum and Am
monia baking powders, says; at deals
in direct manner with an evil that
must be cut down. .e
Or. Chas. w. Drew, chemist for the
Minnesota State Dairy and Fooi Com
mission, in his elaborate report of 1892,
gives list of one hundred and seventy
three different brands Of Alum baking
powders alone-sold in Minnesota.
Following is list of the more widely
known brands that DR.. Drew, as well as
other chemists Of high standing, have
examined and found to contain both
Alum and Ammonia. Many of the
Alum and Ammonia powders are label
ed and advertised as absolutely pure"
to mislead the public
Calumet" Forrest City" "Grsnt's
Bon Bon," "Hotel," "Globe," Puritan"
Snow Ball." Government" Palace"
Loyal" Columbia" Home" "Mon-
arch" "Unrivaled," Chicago Yeast"
~ cho," "Zipp's Crystal" Perfection"
"White Rose" "Hatchet," Grown"
In addition to above list, there is
multitude Of brands sold with prize.
IL is safe TO reject all baking powders
sold with prize as the tests show they
are composed largely of Alum and cost
but few cents a pound. Also refuse
any baking powder sold for twenty five
cents pound, or less; It is sure to con
tain Alum.
Surely nothing but their cheapness
could induce the public to experiment
with these impure powders at the risk
of health. Aside from the question of
the health or wholesomeness of the con-
demned powders, and viewed from this
standpoint of economy alone. n pure
cream of tartar baking powder like Dr.
Prices from its greater known
strength aid unquestioned purity will
prove more economical to the user in
every way.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08

Less than one hundred rsprsssnta-
tives Of the peoples' party Of South Da-
kota, met In state convention 1t Huron.
last week. and for supreme court justic-
e. nominated Maj J. b. Fairbanks, Of
Deadwood; IL. H. Potter, Of Aberdeen;
and G. B. Kennedy. Of Canton. Free
man Knowles. OF Deadwood, was chair
man Of the convention.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08

The Hot Springs Weekly Herald was
issued last week under new manage
ment, ]. w. Jones having disposed Of
his interest In the paper and removed
TO Wyoming. The new Herald comes
out in the form Of six column quarto,
and its first issue fairly teemsd with in
terssting and well written matter. Its
editor 10 evidently on the right track,
and his paper promises to be success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08

A party Of eight or ten Oelrichs peo-
pie camped 1t Sylvan lake last week
and part Of this one. They drove into
town Tuesday afternoon. and before
leaving for homo visited day or two
with the families Of Q. H. and J. w.
McKee,. N
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08

Brown county. this state, has three
candidates for the Offices Of suprsms
court justices. Senator I. A. Kennedy,
Of Aberdeen, Il ons OF them, Attorney
+. A. Luse, Of the same city, In another,
and Judge Campbell, Of that judicial cir
cult, IL the third.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08
Mining Items.

n LAhhE bODn VI OhE.
From George Slick, who came down
- Sheridan last evening. a reporter
sthat Harry Francis has force OF
constantly at work on the Schenk
es near that town. They have now
a rich vein Of ore sixty feet wide similar
to that found in the Keystone mine and
in Mr.. Sticks opinion Mr.. Francis will
in few months have mine that will
be second to none in the Black Hills
The steam drill is kept constantly at
work on the property, and the men are
making good headway in running the
tunnel.-Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-07-08

making good headway in running the
tunnel.-Journal.
KEYSTONE.
John Christensen went down to Key
stone last Sunday and has tins week
been drawing plans and doing other
preliminary work preparatory to build
ing an addition to the Keystone Mining
company's mill. Twenty stamps and
sufficient number Of concentrators to
handle the pulp will be added to the
plant at present. This is all the present
power will stand. There is no doubt,
however, that the works will be further
increased as the mine is more fully
developed The station at the 500 foot
level is finished and the drift run about
% feet. No time is being lost in any Of
the workings.-Tin Miner.
CASTLE CREEK PLACERs.
Our reporter had the chance this week
to visit the placers. now worked by
Brookett Brothers, Will Baken and Sam
Coburn, on Castle creek. These placers
are located on what is known as Cheese
Hill, two miles below the old town of
Castleton, and have been worked in
former years. They are situated on top
of the hill, and to wash the dirt the
same has to be brought to the creek.
To facilitate matters the former owners
Of the ground constructed q chute from
the top Of the mountain to the creek by
which they conveyed their dirt TO the
sluice-box, but the trouble was the chute
did not bring all the grave. to the sluicer
boxes. and as not enough dirt could be
sluiced. the placers failed to be remune-
rAtive to the owners. Mr.. Brockett
visited the Cheese Hill placers for the
first time this Spring. and after looking
over them and studying the situation,
he came TO the conclusion that if all the
gravel which four men can take out
could be brought to the sluices below
without any loss, and the dirt would
average seventy-five cents per car, en-
ough pay dirt could be washed to make
Il ray Se... A:ssr doing considerable
prospecting. Mr.. Brockett with others.
bought the ground and made the nec-
essary improvements TO work IT as cheap
a. possible. He tore the old chute down
and built tramwsy $50 feet in its stead,
on which he runs two skips, carried by
their own weight by wire-rope seven
hundred feet long, which carry the dirt
down from the top Of the mountain and
dump II In the puddle box. The dirt is
taken from the grsss-roots down and in
the ten hours nom forty TO fifty cars are
washed. The boys are feeling very good
and are satisfied they have bonanza.
H. s. Pitts is working just the other
eide Of Castlcton, up the creek, and has
had very good luck this year placer min
iug. he commenced working some new
GrS,und on har right close TO the road
and took out several hundred dollars
thia spring. Below Castleton, near old
Sitting Ball, there are quite . number oil
miners taking out good pay. while on
the creek we were informed there Mr
Dennis, an Englishman, interested In
the Rapid chlorination plant. had bought
several placer claims and had secured
options ON others. and had gone back 10
England y farm > company r. raise
means % work CAaklo cr<ek. He II ~.
| peclod back by ths hrut Of August 10
oommenee work. Mining News.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

One year ago the Reading outfit was q
deceiver, apparently bright with promise
snd glittering with hope. The stock at 65
locked as If it might easily go to 100. In
deed, those who were short Of it were
afraid 1t would. Dividends were in sight,
or at least just around the corner. 1t was
figured out that the earnings of the coal
combine would make all concerned in it
rich Yesterday the stock at % looked as
If 1t would go to nothing and three receiv-
ers were appointed. The concern had no
friends, or If it had they were busy fgur-
ing out what it had cost them to be friend
ly, and they were not conspicuous.
The stock exchange part of the game
had been startling and impressive enough
on Friday and Saturday, but it was still
more SO yesterday. Great blocks of stock
were thrown around as if money were no
objsct, and as If the only idea was to make
the trade. Never was 80 much stock of
one road dealt in on single day. and the
fall in prices was enough and rapid
enough to satisfy even a chronic bear
The number of the dead and wounded in
yesterdays battle will never be known,
but 1t must have been large.
What will happen nexts Who knowsa
Reading looks as If it we're in about the
tightest of all the tight places it has been in,
and 1t has been in many. 1t is weighed
down with all the kinds of bonds it has been
ahla fo mt ont its cradit ia oppo vanity Ia
stroyed, and it ia in need of money. It
will take soma wonderful fnanoiering to
make it respectable again, but after what
has been done by the wizards of Wall street
1t isn't safe to say what can or cannot be
done. The antics of Reading stock have
been surprising. August 4, 1891, it sold at
265 February II, 1892, it sold at 65. Yes
terday 1t sold at 2s. To day it will sell
at?
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21
9nmr1a1 aud Courier.
The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
lished in Connecticut.
JOHNSON,S CASE.

SOAAfNSVIN>S OASHs
The case of young johnson, who was so
badly beaten by ''the horses" that he has
left New Haven in disgrace and his numer-
GUS creditors here in what is known as
''the luroh," has excited much interest. It
has been intimated that though he stopped
pretending to study last October he re-
mained member of his class, and this
intimation caused the inquiry if such
things as that could be done at Yale. We
are told by member of the faculty that
they cannot; that no student can devote
all his time to picking the winners" and
continue in coed Tor any standing in his
clase; that johnson was "fred out" last
fall, Rr has had no connection with Yale
since, except the melancholy and tenuous
connection which may exist between him
and some student who has lent him
money.
We are further told that the members
of the Yale faculty realize the dangerous
and vicious character of the pool room,
and that they are anxious to see 1t abol-
ished. We hope they will show the anxi-
ETY. they feel by earnest work. 1t will take
earnest work to accomplish the desired
end. The pool room proprietors have ga
fat thing" and they are not going to give
1t up without struggle. The judiciary
committee and the members of the legis-
lature should be given an opportunity to
see that Yale is in earnest in this matter,
which is of such Importance to the welfare
of some of her students.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21
BARGAINS IN
new Spring GOODS.

So pieces, handsome
styles, in Printed China
Silks at 35c per yard.
6 pieces all wool Black
Whip Cords at 500 yard
regular 75c quality.
20 pieces best quality
pure Mohairs, As inches
wide, in all the! mixtures,
at SOC per yard ; actually
worth $1.OO.
40 pieces Bourette
Stripes and illumina
Serges at 25c per yard.
20 pieces all wool Wig
erous at SOC per yard,
worth 65c.
Our Gents White Un-
laundered Shirts at 35
and SOC each cannot be
matched
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21
CONNECTICU UT,S HIGHWAYS,

We notice with pleased interest the at
tention bestowed on the highways of Con- |
necticut this winter. They were talked
about in the Farmers convention held in
this city, aud the advocates of good roads
have been busy in public and in private.
The outlook for much and long nee led
improvement Is good, and sc hops nothing
will ariee to interfere with il.
But the most pleasing and promising
feature of the movement is that which has
cropped out in Hartford. 1t has been
made apparent that those who represent
at the Capitol the powerful and uusel6sh
railroad company by whose kindness Con-
necticut continues to do business are
deeply interested in the condition and
care Of tbs highways Of the state.
It will rot be their fault if wicked
syndicates which use electricity instead of
steam succeed in defacing and cluttering
up the highways of Connecticut with cleo
trio railroads. 1t will not be their fault
If the timid horse of the Weatogue or Pc
quabuck farmer is scared by the swift
fault if the csrting of hay and manure is
made somewhat uncertain and dangerous
by the electric roads 1t will not be their
fault if the children of the sgriculturist
cannot make mud pies in the road with the
same quiet confidence and safety that have
hitherto been such blessings to them and
to their parents.
Aud this is not ALL Other gentlemen
who are careful to make 1t plain at the
start that they do not represent anything
or anybody have been seized with a great
love of the old highways along which their
fathers urged the unwilling OK or their
mothers tried to worry the unmindful
family horse. The man who wanted the
woodman to "spsre that tree" was not more
deeply and touchingly in earnest than they
are. They cannot bear to see the old
familiar ways chan ged, as they would be
by the sinful electric syndicstes. They
| don't want the old landmarks removed.
And they want the farmer protected,
almost as much as the Democratic State
convention did.
| It could hardly have been expected that
the movement for good roads would meet
with such powerful support SO soon. II
Ia to be hoped that the farmers will sp.
preciate the efforts of their friends They
ought to- We have never seen more dis.
interested and benevolent work than II
being done for them in this matter.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21

forced to yield to lighter devices, while
the light creations of jets mounted on fine
wire, jet aigrettes, and all delicate devices
in jet will have place in the spring millin-
cry. The ornaments specially devised for
the spring millinery are of barbsric rich
ness in design and sglow with colors- Va
rying jets-we shall have bands, buckles,
brooches, etc., in mock fligree gold, oxi-
dized and bright silver, set with mock en-
eralds, rubies. amethysts, and other pre-
cious and semi-precious stones, picked out
with Rhine crystals or paste diamonds;
great brooches of mock stones. surrounded
by diamonds and all imaginable fancies of
the kind Pins with cherry sized heads of
smoke pearl, amethyst, garnet, etc., ringed
with diamonds, confne the great ribbon
bows on hats, and fasten the drapery on
| hats and bonnets The laine or psrd col
ored tinsel ribbons, set with mock stones.
of which we bad premonitions in few
| pieces that came out in the winter. will be
out in full force this spring; and from
this glittering material there have been
made Alsace bows, leaves, wings and other
devices In millinery trimming The hat
| in the illustration is of green felt, trimmed
| with one of these Alsstian bows Of green
velvet, green shaded feather, strings Of
green velvet, and large paste buckle ID
fastened into the center of the bow.
| FLoRErTE.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21

who cannot be approached By the myrisds
of the working ants. The laborers are
outside all day long. returning only at
night, but the soldiers have q duty, so
they must remain at home and protect her
majesty. The nests vary from eighteen
inches to five feet in length and have sn
average circumference of two feet six
inches.
"When cut In halves with fine saw the
sections present a marvellous series of
chambers and passages, divided by deli
cate walls of terracotts, one outside the
other in concentric rings.
Architects have discovered that Ore
gon pine Is the only wood that these ants
will not destroy. The ants are one of the
three pests of Australia, rabbits and
snakes being the other two. In a paper
read before the Institute of Architects at
sydney IL was stated that the white ant
went through corrugated iron, ana this
has been proved inoontestsbly. Sheet
lead they can go through with compare.
tiSe ease. Nature evidently intended
them for mischief, for 1 cannot zee wha.
use on earth they are. They win attack a
new house and ruin 1t In a few months.
have seen them under the microscope
and can understand how they manage to
destroy furniture and timber.
The ant is about three -eighths of an
inch In length and built for business. He
bores into the wsinscoting near the aoor
and works upward, aud you know nothing
about his presence until you see wood
dust tricklipg down from minute holes to
the carpet. 1t is difficult to detect him,
as his color is usually like that Of the
wood in which he works.
"Just to illustrate how mischievous
they are 1 will tell you of an incident that
occurred to Arthur Blscket, an eminent
Australian architect. Mr.. Blscket fur
nished q new house and the ants found Ii.
About four months later he took up q
chair intending to carry 1t to another
room. 1t fell to pieces In his hands The
ants had riddled every part of it, leaving
nothing but the vsrnish. 1t is quite a re-
msrksble fact that Oregon pine lie not only
never attacked by them, but 1t will keep
them out of a house"
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21
FASHION NOTES.
Highly Einted MilIfuer

We have learned to expect expenditure
In color, and certain amount Of tinselry
and jewelry of it's kind, in the millinery
provided for autumn and winter, but We
looking for color and gloss as distinctive
of spring millinery. However, the time
may come when my readers may prepare
themselves to see nature outdone in the
hues and tints which are to appear in the
headgear of the gentle season. Jets seem
complimented by perennial favor, holding
their own despite all the mutations of the
mode. They have come out again in
buckles and other jewelry devices, but the
heavier jet ornaments will doubtless be
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21
NEW HAVEN CONN, TUESDAY MORNING,
SWEET.
He-You look sweet enough to eat. She
Il do eat -NAW York Trnfh

He-You look sweet enough to eat. She
Il do eat.-New York Truth.
There will be race troubles in this coun-
try just as long as man bets on the wrong
horse.-Galveston News.
No table of liquid measure in the books
states the fact, but person If he tries can
get peck of trouble out of pint of whis-
ky.-Philadelphia Times.
Father-A hundred dollars for q suit of
clothes! never paid that for q suit In
my life. Son-Well, you'll have to begin
now, father; here's the bill.-Brooklyn
Life.
Trotter-I hear that Grace Willoughby
is engaged to real live lord. Barlow
Well, they claim he's alive, but I've seen
him several times and I'm rather skeptical
Vogue.
Judge-You are here ON a charge of
stealing wood and are liable to pay Q fine
Do you plead guilty or not guilty, Pris-
oner-That depends, your honor, whether
the fine is big one or not.-La Famille.
At the Chemistry Exam.-"Which is the
best known insulatori The candidate (s
young student, pale and thin, with q bill
ious complexion and a savage look about
him)-Poverty, sir.-Ls Monde nlustre.
Force Msieure.-Florence- Mabel,
thought you said you would never accept
Arthur Mabel-So I did, dear; but he
just put his arm around my waist when he
proposed, and-well, I yielded to pressure.
Judy.
The Tailor-Was IL such a very bad fit
The Customer-Well, you can judge. for
yourself, when tell you that a perfect
stranger stepped up to me on Fifth avenue
and asked me how all the folks were in
Philadelphia.-Life.
Crusader-Say, Gully, have yer got eight
cents to send out for pint of beeri Ceur
de Lion-Dost thou not remember, csitiff,
that in the next act I'll have to pay a mil
lion piasters ransom to the eccursed Sara
csnsl-Texss Siftings.
"Yes." replied Mamie. "He's very
learned, isn't hep
"What makes you think sol''
che can talk go long on such uninterest-
ing things."-Washington Star.
She-Desrest, do you believe there Is
luck in odd numbersa Helm sure I
don't know. Why, deari She-Well, this
is the third time we have been engaged to
sibly we might marry this time.-Te1as
Siftings.
"Don't you think it is wrong to marry
again 80 soon after the death of your first
husbands" said one PIttsburg woman to
another who was contemplating matri-
mony.
"Oh, no." was the reply. "I'm sure my
dear dead husband would rather had
married. He never thought looked well
in black. ."-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
"You are always complaining" said the
King of the Cannibsl Islands to his wife,
but 1 don't see but what, after all, you
have as much as If you were civilized"
"Whst makes you think thati" asked his
wife.
"Well, have just been reading lot of
stories about American women, and there
wasn't one of them who had a thing to
"-Brooklyn Life.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21
The Wonderful Australian Whit,
Ant.

from the San Francisco Examinerl
81 happened to be sitting near a nest of
Australian white ants one afternoon In
New South Wales. I dropped a lighted
wax match on their nest, and 10, numbers
of the little fellows dashed at the fame
and friz1led to death"
J. Fletcher Watson, the distinguished
English wster-color srtist, at present In
San Francisco, was telling how he began
his study Of these insects.
"These queer chaps" he went on, 'live
in we'll regulated communities, with nests
of terracntta made by themselves 1t is q
masterpiece, this rest-pale chocolate in
coI1r and perfect maze of passages and
cells. Tha ants masticste a certain clay
into a fine paste aud then beat the mouth
ful to the walls OF the nest, repeating the
operation with characteristics industry un-
til the work is fnished. Then you have q
piece of soft hued pottery that no potter
could rrprejGc-- Now 'asP look inside
this C, n-sbspc? ths:g. II all centers
roand the royal chamber, gallery after gal
hrs, hsll after hall; for it is in reality a
palaca for thsir queen. In the very CEN
ter il tue q1een's chamber the size of a
duck egg, bnilt for her majesty, who is
carefully enclosed on all sides. with only
minute psrforations through the shen to
admit air, f"oi and communication from
without
when the community Ia settled in Its
fantastic village q certain number of sol
dier snts s-e sssigned to the office of cour-
iers and offenders of the queen The de
votiun of H. So soldier ants 10 their queen
! is sstcnishil 2. The least n"iss will put
them on their gusId. SD they all gather
round the royal chamber With a determi-
| nation to die or save h-r. They sesm to
have an instructive sntipstby to fire.
"When I dropped the match on q nest
of these snts there wss great commotion
| within. Some communication among
| them mus. have bren held, or an alarm
| that they knew meant danger TO their
queen was given, for Instantly the brave
| little soldiers made q charge upon the
match, dazzling themselves TO death.
Their bravery had qualities of ferceness
and pictures qu-uess 10 it Fear was not
| known, for II any one soldier deserted or
acted cowardly the Others would hold a
court martial and kill him. They tugged
and bit at that match, rushed into the
flame and fought IL while they actually
were being frizzled alive. Several oi
| them were burned to death In their gal
liant effort to remove the apparent danger.
It all took place in a twinkliug and the
survivors were gone sgain to the roya
chamber
millions of there ants live within a sin
gle nest, but they have only one queen
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-02-21

Not the Only One.-Mrs. Lafferty-ol
was big fool to marry yez, 30 o. was. If
1t wasn't for me ye'd shtarve to death.
Mr.. Lafferty (haughtily)-Don't be 80 stuck
mp, Mrs. Lafferty.a-eY Yez needn't rink
dthere air no other fools In dthis wor-r-rld
beside yersilf.-Puok.