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Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
Tllrashing Corn.

A Missouri correspondent of The
Farm, Field and Fireside tells about
thrashing corn with a thrashing ma
chine and engine. He was well pleased
with the result. The corn was run
through the same as any other grain
and the corn shelled. Where there is a
considerable amount of fodder to han
die, and especially where the farmer is
situated SO that the shelled grain can
be ground in q feed grinder before feed
ing, the plan is a good one, saving o II
siderable work in handling the fodder
and putting the slower in a better condi-
ton to be eaten up clean by the stock.
The work should be done reasonably
early in the fall-as soon, in fact, as the
cor is sufficiently dry to shell well and
admit of storing away in considerable
quantity.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
THE JURY L

1t Needs Reformation-In Many Sections
Little Better Than a Farce.
Judge Speer of the district court of
Silver Bow county thought it proper a
few days ago in discharging a special
jury to compliment the members upon
the fact that In the trial of causes they
had returned verdicts in accordance
with the law and the facts. Only a short
time previous the same judge summa
rily discharged the regular panel because
it had pursued an opposite course and
released criminals who should have been
convicted. If the administration of JUS
tice in Silver Bow county had been con-
Quoted upon proper lines the court
would not have found it necessary to
either approve or condemn the conduct
of jurors. But it has not been. On the
contrary for months it has been impossi-
BILE to secure a conviction in that county
of anyone accused of a henious crime.
The records of the county are blotted
with a series of wanton murders, yet in
each case the perpetrator has been al
lowed to go free or has escaped with but
slight punishment. For this condition
of affairs the citizens, not the court, are
responsible. Under our system in re-
turn for the protection which it affords
the law demands certain service of all
good citizens, and among the most i'm
portant of these is jury duty. That it is
shamefully shirked is known to all. When
called upon to act as a juror the men
who pride themselves as being taxpayers,
and the best citizens invent himsy ex-
cuses to evade the responsibility, and as
a result the panel is filled with profes.
SIGNALS to whom the only object is the
per diem and what there may be on the
side. This Is rather a sad commentary
upon justice, but it is none the less true
The remedy is an easy one and SHOULD
. be applied. Hold all men to the lette
of their contract with the state. Com
pei those who appreciate what a mors
: obligation is to make a eight sacrifice {
\ personal or business conveniences an
act as jurors when called upon. In thi
7 way, and only in this way, can the jur
o system be reformed, and it needs r.
e formation, for at present in many SO,
tons outside of Silver Bow it is lit
10 better than a farce.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
SUBSOlLING AND IRRIGATION.
ut Deep Subsoiling Precede Irrigation
Wherever the Subsoil Is Hard.


Wherever the Subsoil Is Hard.
One Of the great questions Of the day,
md Il which is enlisting the thoughts
IF many of our wise philosophers, is the
question, "How shall we avoid the dam
aging effects Of a drought, .uch as this
otherwise favored country of ours pass
ed through last summer" While facts
and figures apparently prove that irri-
CATION must play an important part in
the solution of this question in many
sections, Kansas Farmer thinks it will
be wise not to ignore the fact that deep
subsoiling should precede irrigation
wherever the subsoil is hard. Then the
facts and figures would be simply as
founding for the satisfactory settlement
Of this question.
AS a rule, says the authority referred
to, the subsoil Immediately underlying
the cultivated top soil has become ex-
ceedingly hard, rendered thus by action
Of rain carrying fine sediment into it,
and being so short a distance from the
surface the moisture has all been evap-
GRATED from it time and again, so that
finally 1T las become cemented together,
every pore effectually stopped and rem
dered practically waterproof, except
where cracked open by shrinkage. This
is largely the condition of the subsoil
everywhere, and to irrigate such ground
without first subsoiling would be a fail
ure, and worse than a failure if done in
a hot, dry spell, with no clouds to pro-
tect from the blazing sunshine. 1t would
evaporate so quickly that the top soil
would be baked so hard that cultivation
would be a most difficult operation, and
the soil would be left in o worse condi-
ton than before.
But how reasonable and evident is
the fact, to every one who will take the
time to consider the question to any ex-
tent, that deep subsoiling would furnish
a storehouse for water, by irrigation Or
rainfall, in the right place to protect
the crops from all damage by drought.
The advice is therefore given to buy a
good subsoil pillow which will tickle
old Mother Earth so deeply that she will
respond with a bountiful harvest wher
irrigation follows.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
IN FAVOR Of SUBURBAN PARKS
Paris Gibson Defends the Purchase
Of Parks-The Poor Mans
Pleasure Ground.
The Purchase Price Is a Trife Com.
pared with the Value Of the
Parks Secured.

The following letter from Paris Glib
son in which he advocates strongly the
policy of buying suburban tracts for
park purposes while the land can be OBJ
tanned cheaply has been received with a
request for its publication:
Editor of the Tribune:
In reading the Leader comments on
the proceedings in the city council
rooms last evening relating to city parks,
one would infer that l considered the
sum of 54O,000a mere bagatelle. l GER
tainly only intended to convey the idea
that | considered this sum small as COM
pared with the value of the park lands
recently acquired. Forty Thousand
dollars is a large sum of money, but l
believe the city council made an excellent
bargain when they purchased the three
tracts, embracing about four hundred
acres. for this sum. 1t should also be
borne in mind that the lots donated in
connection with The recent purchase will
soon yield to the city a large sum of
money, and greatly reduce this invest
ment of $4,000.
The principal objection to the park
purchase is confined to the tract of 278
acres, having a frontage of one and a
half miles on Sun river. This much
abused tract Of land is but a mile west
of the city limits, and is very suitable
for a suburban park. In my opinion it
will be connected with the city by cleo
trio street railway within five years at
most. When this is done, its value will
be at least ten times greater than the
amount paid for it, and it will her be
appreciated by the people Of our city
and especially by those who do not owr
conveyances. Go to almost any city ir
the union and you will find the families
of the laboring classes frequenting thu
suburban parks by thousands every day
from spring until winter. The wealth,
man has ear Of his own and can q
where he pleases, but the poor maj
who does not have these advantages
can for 10 or Is cents go from his HON
in the city to the suburban park an,
return.
To those who think these parks ar
too far distant from the city | would say
The same rapid growth that you hav
WlluCcoCu / culula, IAduSdo WY, Nlll
neapolis, and Denver you will see her
although there are greater resources {
the command of this city than either
? the cities mentioned ever possesse,
, When we located the North sic
school house everybody said, "Why {
away into the country to build it?' III
trouble is our people have not faith
! the great future of this city. II tn
i were not so they would Lot say, Why
L cate your parks SO far away?
] am a stroug advocate of public par
: within and without the city limits.
@ was this belief in the advantage of par
j. to our city that led me to exert my
fiuence with Mr.. Hill to donate
C beautiful and very valuable tract
~ land and the river frontage known
- Cascade park and Riverside park.
q am willing to abide by the verdict
IS time as to my position on the question
le public parks. PARIS GIBSON
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
The Farm Pond.

Farm, Field and Fireside says that
every farmer ought to make a pond for
keeping fish and for irrigating purposes.
1t will help TO hold the dam in place,
will furnish shade and serve other use
full ends if the lower side Of the pond
is planted with willows and similar
trees. For places Of this sort Professor
f. A. Waugh of the Oklahoma expert
ment station especially recommends
the B~abylonian willow which grows
more rank and vigorous than any of the
native species. All the willows grow
easily from cuttings, and a few stuck
into tho bank in the spring will o TO-
make q fine showing.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28

High roosts--bumble foot.
Filthy h~ouses--lice.
Drafts in the hennery-roup.
Impure water-cholera.
Damp quarters-diarrhea.
Musty food-canker.
Breeding in and in-consumption.
Overfoeding-apoplexy.
Unwholesome diet-indigestion.
Wet weather-pip.
Close confinement-debility.
Want of exercise-black rot.
Exposure to cold-rheumatism.
High feeding-leg weakness.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28

eh. The best polo ponies in this
hntry at present are of the stock of
mustang. Many of the tough
tie creatures used by Indians and
Eboys are taken east every year for
b games. If the blood Of the Indian
nv could be crossed with Arabian, it
build apparently make the ideal polo
ast. For this game a horse must be
by IA hands high or under.
The first illustration shows a we'll
own English polo pony sire of thor
ghbred origin. 1t is unusual, howev-
to find a thoroughbred sire that is
hall enough for this purpose. Where
e is sufficiently diminutive re is apt
be runty and worthless in other re-
ects.
lThe Arabian makes the best polo po-
! sire because Of his good feet and ex-
hordinary intelligence. The polo pony
Enot altogether worthless for other pur-
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
Sugar Cured Hams.

In the absence of commercial packers
recipes we give several formulas that
have been made public by The Country
Gentleman. AS there is more or less
variation in the proportion of tho ingre-
dents, the taste of the user must decide
which is the best for him:
One ounce salt to every pound OF
meat, III ounce saltpeter to 20 pounds
meat, 5 pounds sugar to 100 pounds
meat, water to cover.
For 100 pounds meat, 8 pounds salt,
5 ounces saltpeter, 3 pounds molassoS
sugar, an ounce bi~carbonate soda, 6
gallons water. Leave in pickle six weeks
and smoke to taste, using fragrant woods.
For 100 pounds meat, 8 pounds salt,
4 ounces saltpeter, 3 pounds brown sug-
ar.
Dry Curing.--Mix q pint fine salt
with a pint coffee sugar and rub every
part of hams for three days. AS mois-
ture oozes from meat lay in pans and
dip over meat as you rub on the salt
and sugar. In three or four weeks
smoke, rub a little black pepper on sur
face, put in cloth bags and whitewash.
Hampshire Bacon. In a shallow,
wide tub put brine strong enough to
float an egg. To each peck of salt add 2
ounces refined saltpeter and 1 to 2
pounds brown sugar or good molasses.
After being six weeks in the pickle take
out meat and smoke it, or when dry
rub with wheat flour, wrap in newspa-
per and put in dry place.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
Windmill Power.

DR.. de Foulk has on his Pennsylvania
farm a windmill which operates a
pump forcing water to the hogpens,
sheepfold, barnyard and the residence.
It also grinds all his feed and cuts all
his fodder. American Agriculturist tells
that the whole apparatus, mills, etc.,
cost less than $500. He finds it a very
profitable investment, with 200 O. 300
hogs, as many sheep. with cattle and
horses. Windmill power is being ap-
piled proftsbly for irrigation, and its
use 10 destined to bring the great bene.
fits Of irrigation within reach Of many
who now consider irrigation impractd.
cable
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
Gelding Hogs.

Except with those selected out either
keep for breeders or to sell to others
4 b this purpose, there is no possible adj
kntago in allowing this operation to be
, blayed at the outside more than two
Months after narrowing, while in many
= hses one month old would be better.
The younger the pigs are when the OPP
Bs6ation is performed the less the liabili-
M to loss and really the less suffering
s0Ccasioned. Then if the mark is delay
"a there is the other risk of pernicious
nj eeding. Young, vigorous thrifty, we'll
nd pigs often do service when very
sypung, and this is another reason for
sp~erformiug the operation early.
&S& Moderate weather is rather the more
evorable, Mother too hot nor too cold.
Met if care is taken the operation can
3 done at any time without loss. If the
"a Feather is cold, a warm, dry bed must
b provided, with good feeding. If the
igs are inclined to bury themselves in
heir bed and not cone out when fed,
pare should be taken to start them out.
Many a stunted rum gets the start from
XYSiNN "i!oF'pu " Dtiy ItGGll Ill " pllS VI
BEDDING and to miss its meals for a
%ime or two Tho longer it lays the
tess inclined it will be to get out, and
y pig will starve itself to death rather
&than turn out of a warm bed on q cold
z4ay. But il made to get out and cat
&whenever it shows an inclination to re-
main in bed it can readily be kept
n In performing the operation make
she cuts sufficiently low to admit of
Thorough drainage, and in cutting the
cords make a ragged cut rather than a
Semooth one, as this lessons very mate
S8ially the bleeding. Vaseline is one Of
The best ointments that can be used.
IA Ordinarily one application will be all
shat is necessary, and this can be given
when the operation is performed. All
sfhlhgs considered, the best time is when
The pigs are about a month old. There
rs less risk, and the pigs will mind it
less than at any time later. Southern
Live Stock Journal.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28

bses, since it can be used to draw phae-
his and light carriages. There is GER
Emily money in the polo pony. There
money in anything that ministers to
le amusements of the rich and idle.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
The Siberian RAILWAY

VLADIvosToCK, Dec. 21.-A section Of
the new Siberian railroad, 235 miles
long, was opened for traffic yesterday.
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
POLO PONIES.

= Popular English Sires, One a Thor
oughbred, the Other Arabian.
Polo ponies are not bred to a great
lent in America, but there is no rea-
! why they should not be now that the
ktom seems to have fallen out OF
Ices for most other kinds of horse
Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-28
A Vacancy reste

CALCUTTA, Dec. 21.-Col. Money Of the
Ninth lanciers, was shot dead by q men,
Der Of his own regiment.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
Az EoneSt BOniface.

A college graduate is now telling en-.
Enthusiastically a story about the honesty
Of tavern keeper in the old college
town. The graduate had not visited the
place since his college life ended until
the other day, when convention of his
secret society was held there. He went
around to the old tavern where he had
had many late suppers, to- see if the pro-
prietOr was still alive and to take look
at the room where he had toasted every
one and everything connected with his
college and his class.
''Ralloa, Mr.. x" said the old inn
keeper, I'm glad to see you, for | owe
you six dollars" cove me six dollars?'
said the graduate in astonishment. Il
shouldn't have been surprised il I had
owed you, but | don't see how you can
owe me. Certainly such a condition of
affairs never existed when 1 was in col
lege." The old man took out his ledger.
There you are" he said triumphantly.
Just before you went away you settled
your account, and you overpaid me six
dollars. There it is to your credit"
There was only one thing for a college
man to do in his old meeting place, and
this was promptly done-a debt washed
out just as others had been washed in, if
one may say lt.-New York Tribune.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
We Cling to Early Ideas.

Naturalists are now telling US that the
opossum does not play 'possum, but is
merely paralyzed with fear for the time
being. Articles are published every day
in our archaeological papers and maya
zines which go to prove that owls can
see equally as we'll by day as by night.
1t is still an undecided question whether
snakes charm" their prey or not In the
western backwoods these old stories are
still believed in, the ignorant classes
cling with fondness to them and will
not learn anything different, and down
in our Own hearts do we not cling to
them, more or less?
Do we not hate to give them up, and
is 1t not with little regret that we are
forced to acknowledge that the porcu-
pine does not shoot his quilts, that the
bird of paradise really has feet and legs,
and that our national bird, the white
headed eagle, is far from the noble bird
We once thought him to be?-Forest and
Sr1-aarl
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
Cash Girls.

While talking with James Miller, who
has been floor walker in one of New
York's big emporiums, but has set up a
store in a neighboring town for himself,
he said to me: THE newspaper which
will take up the cause of the immature
children who are engaged as cash girls
in the large stores Of New York will be
doing a great work for humanity. have
no means of knowing how many cash
girls there are in New York, but should
say about 20, 600. Fully one-half of them
are under fourteen years Of age, and
many even under twelve. They are not
governed by the factory laws of the
states which prohibit the employment of
children below certain ages in factory
work, and they are subjected to drudgery
that is sometimes terrible.
IF was obliged to make a choice for
my own children OF such ages, between
q factory and one of the big stores, I
should choose the factory, where their
labor would be of sucn character as to
keep them busy all the time In the
stores they have idle moments, when
they learn all sorts Of wickedness.-Ne
York Press.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
Story of a Now York Bank.

Mrs. Jones death suggests the story Of
the founding of the Chemical bank.
This institution is IN some respects the
most famous of American banking
houses. A good many years ago certain
shrewd and wealthy Welshmen under
took to start a factory for the manufac-
ture Of chemicals, and as a branch of
this undertaking they proposed to have
q little bank, more for convenience than
for money making. The chemical fac
tory was started, and the little bank got
agOing at the same time, and one man
was able to act as president, cashier and
teller. By and by it began to dawn
upon the stockholders that the little bank
was the most profitable branch of their
undertaking.
Jones, who had married the daughter of
Mr.. Mason, the founder of the chemical
factory and bank, began to teach the old
New Workers what banking was. The
capital was small, and the profits were
constantly charged to the surplus &C
count, until by and by the stockholders
found that they had a bigger surplus
than they had capital. The business in
creased, and so did the surplus, and the
directors kept on adding the profits to
the surplus, satisfied to see that pile
grow rather than to take the dividends
IN cash.
Out of this kind Of banking has grown
the modern Chemical bank, on capital
of @300,OO0 1t has made a surplus of
many millions Of dollars, it pays fire.
quently semi-monthly dividends of or 5
per cent, its stock is quoted away up in
the thousands and is only obtainable
through the death Of some stakeholder
and the subsequent closing out of his
estate.-New York Cor. Chicago Herald.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
The Test of Greatness

When Elliston came down from Lon
don TO his own theater at Birmingham
be was known to scarcely a member of
his own company. On reprimanding
one of them sharply the irate actor
threatened to kick him off the stage.
He rushed to the stage manager and
asked who that man was. Mr. A."
"A great mana very great man." said
Eliston; ''he threatened to kick me, the
lessee Of Drury Lane. Such a man as
that must go 70 London: he mustn't
waste his energies here" And he en-
gagged the actor on the spot for Drury
Lane San Francisco Argonaut.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
The NilGaS.

Oscar Wilde, since he is a pere de
famille, is no doubt wiser and a sadder
man; he has cut his hair, and no longer
wears garments a la Disraei; he has left
off turn down collars and short wasted
coats and fobs, etc. Oscar has grown
very stout. His conversation is stin
brilliant-rather too epigrammatic and
wanting in simplicity.
Mrs. Wilde is young and pretty; very
quiet, almost demure. She is as silent
as Oscar is loquacious. Lady Wilde
Oscars mother) is a striking old lady,
very accomplished. She can speak seven
languages, and though she has suffered
terribly from the state Of Irish affairs,
she bears her many troubles bravely.
Her nom de plume is STANDARDIZATION
Star
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
LEO WHEAT.
The Richmond Pianist and the Tuxedo
Mandolin Club Give a Gsod
Concert.

A small hnt appreciative audience
heard Leo Wheat and the Tuxeodo man
dolin club at Stokes Hall last ni.ht
The performance was unusually good
NJ WHeat Is a real arts, and the club
play well
The following is tie programmes:
Piano Solo. Selections from Faus-. Ir Wheat
overture. Selections rom Trovatore. Tuxedo
Aandolin ans Guitar Club
Piano SOLO, (a) Impromptu. TO wa.tz. 81.
Wheat.
Medley. said Pasha," Tuxedo ndolin and
Guitar Club.
Piano Solo, ur .e'cct'onS W whaa+
Violin Ob.igato. $50 CT Kisses" Mr. Arthur
E. Yundt
Plan" Solo. (l} Iris Of tine South Values
@ 'Hieh La1y's Sc-ot;isc e. MIR WLeAt
FAINT asia. Pa sion OF Love-" Tuxedo Mandolin
ana Guitar Club.
Fina'e. Medley OF Southern Airs Nr Wheat
and Tuxedo Mandolin and Guitar Club.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-05
Look Ont for Her.

Maude went shopping recently, and
although Maude knows the interiors of
the big mercantile emporiums almost as
well as that Of her own home, she met
with a brand new experience. Said she:
Il had made all Of my purchases ex-
cept one. 1t was neglige gown, which
the shop girl vulgarIy called a wrapper.
There was dainty pink garment and
one in pale blue. | couldn't decide
which one would best suit my style of
beauty, so | just sat there thinking it
over. Before | could make up my mind
a well dressed woman rushed up and
saluted the girl behind the counter with:
Don't you remember me? I've bought
several of these wrappers, and lot of
my friends have them too. We are all
delighted with them. The pink ones
are SO becoming, and can't see how the
firm sells them SO low. Do you know l
put little extra trimming on one and
use it as a tea gown. Oh, they are a
bargain Then she moved on.
by this time had decided to take
the pink one and ordered it sent home.
AS was leaving the store | heard IA
miliar voice, and there in the glove de-
partment was the same woman declaring
that those suede gloves We're ridiculously
cheap, and d customer who was hesitat-
ing bought two pairs at once. l played
detective after that and saw the woman
help other doubtful customers to make
up their minds until | was convinced
that she was a fixture in the establish
ment.
"Now lm sorry didn't take the blue
wrapper New York Recorder