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The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-27
THE CONVENTION.

1t is the custom for Republicans in
this county to be in attendance on their
county conventions and take an active
part in the selection Of the candidates
who are to make up the ticket, but ex-
cellent as has beer their work in this
respect in times past. il was surpassed
yesterday when 10 a total Of "a dele.
gates "a were present in person, Is were
represented by proxies Of these be-
ing held by residents Of the precincts
represented-and only precincts not
represented. Considering the distance
that the majority Of delegates had to
travel. mostly by wagon. the showing
was most gratifying and demonstrated
quite as much as anything else. that
this is Republican year.
The convention was called for . 2o'clock
and at 80 Chairman Moran. Of the
County Central Committee. raped to
order and made brief address, con
graduating the convention on the large
attendance. and urging the exercise of
good judgment in the selection Of can
didates. to the end that the ticket when
made up would be winning one from
top to bottom.
Judge Streyell then nominated c. III.
Loud as temporary chairman. which
nomination was unanimously confirmed,
and Mr.. Loud was conducted to the
chair by Messrs. Strevell and Harnan.
On assuming control Of the convention
Chairman Loud addressed the body
briefly on the subject OF the business
before il.
Gr. j. e. Lynds Of Hutton was nomi-
mated and elected temporary secretary,
and the convention was ready for buni-
ness.
Capt. Harmon moved for the appoint
ment Of committee Of seven on ere
dentials. and the motion prevailing the
chairman appointed Msssrs. Harmon.
Barringer. Crimmons, Cree, lsaacs, No
ran and Lovett 40 such committss. and
the committee then retired to its labors.
A half hour having elapsed, and an
inquiry resulting in the information that
the committee on crsdentials would not
Be able to report for some time, judge
being averss to3 the wasting oe
time by the convention, called upon Col.
Malone for . speech. The colonel vas
refractory at first but yielded to the
loud callsof the delegates and mount
ing the platform gave one Of bis char
actsristic speechss, in which he roasted
our Democratic friends to q turn and
wound up BY administering q similar
doos to Marcus DAILY for his outrageous
grab for the capitol. in the pursuit Of
which he was using his immense wealth
10 debauch and corrupt the voters Of
the state. The speaker was frequently
applauded, and the ringing responss
that followed the deauncistion Of DAILY.
|eft no doubt in the minds Of those
present as to where the majority Of the
delegates stood on the capital question.
Il was Helena by four TO ono vote.
Col: Malone was followed BY Judge Sire
vsll and J. T. Light, each Il whom
poke Of the failures and follies oe De-
and gave logical and cogent
ressons for republicanism. Mr.. Light
vas just closing whom tho COMMITTEES
IN credentials fled into the room and
presented their report. seating the fol-
owing
DELEGATEs:
Miles City-C. II. Loud. W.. p. Waters,
:. Bach. Joseph Eichorn. J. Il. Light.
I'd. Arnold. w. j. Zimmerman. s. Cor
lon. Leo Harmon. VIM. Dominy. IA. n.
|l0rsn, Phil Yorth, s. H. LOvett. Allan
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-27

The figures in the right hand column
denote the average thermometer reading
for the day. The highest temperature
during the month was 80 on the 7th.
The amount Of rainfall during the
month was 1.89 Of an inch.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-27

Ireland, Chance Weaver, Leo Orshel, II.
c. Thompson, j. Kinney. John Gibb, j.
b. Williams, G. E. Newman. and W. s.
Gilmore. proxy for James Sipes-2.
Forsyth-J. f, Kennealy, j. +. Grim.
mons, 7. E. Hammond, c. b. Tabor, q.
L. Peavey, and I. Ellis-6.
Ramsey and Beemans-J. c, Lynds
proxy for J. w. Hutton. C. E. Smith. T.
A. Shields and j. A. Beatty.
Ekalska - William Harmon. James
Walker and Jay f.. Wilson's.
Terry. w. Montague, d. Mcdonald
and Henry Nave. proxy fer J. w. Stith
3.
Rancher Isaacs, II. Stedman
and j. L. Jooston-3.
Rosebud-Wm. Bray, I. j. Vance and
w. Choisser-2
Cutler-J. r. Mckay and r. Alitchi.
som.
Alzada-John Johnston. sr.. and John
Johnston, jr.-2.
Smiths Ranch-H. M. Moran. proxy
for +. w. Smith. and John Douthut-2.
Lees Ranch F. Donahour and II. NJ
Moran. proxy for Z. Huntington
Hathaway-W. S. Smell and Aug.
Theade .
Powderville WIN. r'erdon and Frank
Crosby.
Hoctetts-N. Hockett, for himself and
proxy for c. s. Hockett-2.
Barringer Barringer, for him
self and proxy for c. c. Wakefield 2.
Sadie-Robert Doyle and James Dun
lap.
T. ID. Rsnch-D. F. Mckay.
Webb's School House--Charles DAILY,
proxy for S. c. Daly-l.
Pagets-J. W. Strevell, proxy for T. J.
Bryant.
Government Sawmill-Ewald Math-
wig
Laney's-Frank Cox-1.
Zook's-G. W. Brewster-l.
School District No. l4-H. Bicker-
dyke-1.
Aliens Horse Ranch-J. p. Hedges.
proxy II. w. A. Armstrong;.
Albright-A. NJ. Cree. proxy for NJ.
Schiltz 1.
Howard-George Mace. proxy for p.
Anderson.
Muddy. c. Lynds l.
Fa'' ,n-Charles Watkins.
Kimes-E. c. Howard.
Ashland. McClimond-l
'Blatchford- George Kalbfell-l.
Stsfford-E. J, lamb.
Butte School House--H. Il. Wiley.
proxy for r. c. Rober .son--1
After the reading Of the report the
accredited delegates we're invited to seats
within the rail. and though what WAS
thought TO be ample accommodation had
the demands made upon it. So soon as
the delegates were provided with seats.
business WAS resumed by motions for
and appointment Of committees on order
of business and resolutions. the tempo
rary organization having been previously
made the permanent one on motion Of
Judge Strevell. The chair appointed !,
the committees named. as follows:
Oruer Vi business w. StreVeh' Z.
c. Howard and James Walker.
Resolutions-S. Gordon, Charles DAILY |
and n. Hockett.
After brief recess the committee re-
ported as follows:
oenvp mr. prs,xrss
-
The committee on order of business
report - follows:
On oil nominaflons IN informal ballot
shall bc taken before formal ballot.
Ih0 nOniDatiO0a ahal1 h. mada in thu
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-27

Miles City, Sept. 4th. 1894.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-09-27

Miles City-C. II. Loud. W.P. Waters,
L. Bach. Joseph Eichorn, J. Il. Light.
Ed. Arnold. w, J.. Zimmerman. s. Cor
don. Leo Harmon. VIM. Dominy. II. n.
1iorsn, Phil Yorth, s. H. LOvett. Allan
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". ANDRUS, N. H., &. NJ
W, PnfC1As. SURGEON AND AoooUcHEuR.
81oms, - and "a Stock Growers Bank block
Oolce hours-s TO 10 .. m, to p. m, and
toep. m.
Residencc, formerly occupius by DIR. Fish
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HERE AND THERE.

Raising our own dogs and buying
our hogs, is custom more honored in
the breach than the observance.
Boiled pine tops and put in slop
will cure thumps in hogs. Turpentine
is also good.
The first oil we'll in America was on
small farm in the mountains of Wayne
county, Ky. 1t was discovered in 1929.
Keeping lot of idle cockerels is
waste of feed, and general nuisance.
Sell them or eat them to get them ont
of the way.
One acre of good stock hens will
prove more profitable in twelve months
than four acres of wheat or corn, and
instead of exhausting the land they inn
prove it. But they must be properly
divided and housed.
Recent and numerous tests show
that mixture of corn and wheat fed
to hogs of the right sort will net the
feeder from seventy to eighty cents
per b-shel. This beats the market
price of either of these grains.
"A sleek, well-rounded COW is very
handsome and might be cut up into ex-
cellent roasts and steaks, but she is not
handsome in the eyes of practical
dairymen. She puts her fat upon her
person, and not in the pail.
1t is barbarous, as well as expen-
sive, to confine or ship fowls in coops
so low they can not stand up straight.
The punishment causes them to loose
condition, and become in consequence
a slow sale.
1t is beginning to dawn upon those
who eat beef for the purpose of sustain
ing bodily vigor and health rather than
for the pleasures of the palate, that our
beef is made too fat. There is more
nutriment in given weight of grass
fattened beef than that fed largely on
corn.
The policy that permits the ground
to be bare all winter to have its fer
tility leached out by rains is disastrous
Sow it down in rye or barley, pasture
and pillow under in spring, if the ground
is needed for other crops. A pound of
fertility saved is as good as pound ap
piled, and costs less.
Chickens to eat are well enough,
but eggs we must have. Eggs come
nearer being current cash than any
other product of the farm or door-yard.
Twelve eggs are good for twelve cents,
and the more egg-producers we have
the more cents will follow as natural
consequence.
"A silo twenty-five feet deep and
twelve feet square viii hold feed sufii-
Gent to last twelve cows six months
Each will consume about sixty pounds
daily. The corn should not be har-
vested while too green and succulent,
lest much of the FEEDING valve be lost
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Canned Fodder.

Ensilage is nothing in the world but
canned fodder. You take fruit and can
it and use it upon your tables, and if it
is properly canned it is nearly as pala-
table as fresh fruits, as near as it can
be. Now, we take fodder and by
means of a silo we can it. A good silo
is an air-tight building, or as near as
it is possible to make it, and in
it is placed the food in a compara-
lively green state; the enormous
weight of the green food causes it to
settle. The weight of ensilage in
silo when settled is from forty to fifty
pounds per cubic foot, and the result
is that it settles so compactly as to
drive the air out, and the ensilage
keeps so long as the air is not allowed
to come in contact with it.-Farmers
Home Journal.
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The Color of MILK.

We often hear, says one of our for
eign exchanges, dairyman boast of
the fact that his cows give a ''rich
looking" milk. Hence arises the ques-
ton; docs light color always indi-
cate a poor milk, and does a yellow
color always indicate rich milk?" As
a matter of fact, color of milk is no
safe guide to its richness in fat con-
tents. The color of the strippings and
the first milk will answer this ques-
ton. The strippings are usually six or
eight times richer in fat than the cor
responding first milkings, and yet both
are of the same color. One authority
states that the coloring matter in milk
is heterogeneous chemical compound,
and he calls it lactochrome, and says it
is this compound that gives milk, but
ter and whey its yellow tint. The
amount of this coloring matter in the
milk is influenced by the food of the
animal as well as by its individuality.
That the color of milk is not certain
index of its fat contents is borne out by
the white butter usually produced on
winter food, and the golden-hued June
product, though June grass milk is not
phenomenaliy rich in fat--though the
fat is highly colored. Dairy
man,
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A Japanese Clock.

q The real Japanese clock, one of the
kind in use among that brown-skinned
Acknowledged race of Orientals Before
they came in contact with time-keepers
of European pattern, is the oldest horo-
logical instrument imaginable. They
are of many kinds and patterns, of
course, but are ali alike in one respect,
viz. in recording the flight of time
without that seeming Indispensable ad-
junct--the pointer rotating on an axis
In these queer Jap ti1ne-keepers The
scale and figures tcharacters) are ar
ranged in fashion more resembling "a
Fahrenheit thermometer than anything
else. the pointer or hand" being at
cached to rod, which is continually
sliding downward in the thine tute, =
thus pointing to the hour and minute
as it slowly but imperceptibly falls
toward the bulb" or ''weighthouse.'
A square-linlSed chain is attached 10
the upper end of the rod, to which the
time pointer is affixed, and when the
clock is wound up it is done by SIM
ply coiling the chain around the toothed
wheel. A heavy weight fastened at q z
other end of the rod continually pals
rod and pointer downward, thus plainly
and simply recording the fight of time
--St. Louis Republic
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SHE DID NOT LIKE THE BED.
Sarah's Sister Offers q Conclusive Reason
for Not Buying the Furniture.

Sarah's Sister Offers q Conclusive Reason
for Not Buying the Furniture.
Two maiden ladies walked into a
Broadway furniture store the other
day and asked to be shown some cham
Der suits of reasonable price.
They were tall, thin, prim and sisters.
The salesman showed them an extern
sive line of bedroom furniture.
At last suit was reached that
pleased one of the women.
What's the price of this?r she asked.
''Twenty-eight dollars" replied the
salesman Seven pieces in the set.
Made of thoroughly seasoned wood.
Everything is first-class about it. You
couldn't buy one like it anywhere else
in the city for less than thirty-five dol
lars. It's a bargain"
st does seem reasonable, Sarah, 4"
said the woman who had asked the
price of the set.
Sarah walked around the bedstead,
scrutinized it carefully from several
points of view, and finally shook her
head.
1T don't quite suit me-" she said.
They left the store.
When they had reached the sidewalk
Mary said:
Sarah, think we made mistake
in not taking that suit"
do you really believe that?" asked
Sarah.
Eyes. it was n bargain"
but that bedstead, Mary?"
''Well, what about it? / didn't see
anything the matter with the bedstead.
1t was stylish looking and well made
as far as | could see."
Yes, yes; but it was SO low"
swell, what of that? For my part i
like low bed"
But, my dear sister" said Sarah re-
proachfully, that bedstead was alto
gether too low. 1t would be utterly
impossible for man to crawl under
tn. Y. Herald
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FEEDING WHEAT.
A Kentuckian's Experience that Showed
Profitable Results.

A Kentuckian's Experience that Showed
Profitable Results.
To comply with my promise I now
give you some figures on feeding wheat
to hogs. On the 18th of August l
weighed IL hogs of Poland-China stock
that weighed 1,190 pounds. soaked
the wheat from "a to 36 hours; / fed
them 43 bushels in % days, and then
weighed and they held the beam at
2,0s4 pounds, gain of 81 3-11 pounds
to the hog, total gain of 1914 pounds. l
weighed them on the 18th. That day
such hogs sold in Louisville for 1926,
about equal to 9 cents, weighed at
home, which would give me S53.6s for
43 bushels of wheat or s1.24 per bushel.
! was very careful in weighing my
hogs and wheat, also in feeding them.
feed them from three to four times a
day and from three to four common
water buckets of wheat each time. /
fed them near pond of fresh water in
a lot of 10 acres set in bluegrass. When
l weighed them on the 18th / began to
feed them on cooked wheat, which I
expect to report about the 18th of Oc-
tober.-W. L. Clore, in Farmers Home
Journal
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FIRESIDE FRAGMENTS.

Grape Water Ice.-Take a pint OF
grape juice, an equal measure of sugar
and quart of water. Make sirup OF
the sugar and water; when it is cold
add the grape juice and freeze as for
other fruit ices
Cranberry Pudding.-One and a
half cups of sour milk; one teaspoon of
soda; three-quarters cup of molasses;
saltspoon of salt; three cups of -four.
When mixed, stir in two cups of raw
cranberries. Pour into a buttered
mould and steam ninety minutes.
Serve with a hard sauce.
breakfast Puffs.-To one coffee
cupful of sifted flour add level tea
spoonful of salt and the same of sugar.
Pour in cupful of rich milk; mix
lightly, but thoroughly, adding at the
last moment one well beaten egg. But
ter the baking pan, and a dozen muffin
rings. Pour two large tablespoonfuls
of the batter into each ring. Bake rap
idly in hot oven and serve Immediately.
To cure a sly take the white of an
egg on a saucer and rub into it a small
pinch of powdered alum. 1t will be-
come curd. Put it between two fine
pieces of muslin lawn and bind it over
the eye before retiring for the night.
In the morning the sly will be gone or
much better. One more application
will be sufficient, and it is said that no
more sites will come.
Steamed Apples.-Pare and core
sweet apples. Cover the parings and
cores with cold water and stew twenty
minutes. Strain off the liquid add
sugar and little butter, and boil ten
minutes. Steam the apples until ten
der, then carefully place in the serving
dish. When the strip is cold, flavor
with lemon, vanilla or spice, dip it over
the prepared apples and serve cold. A
thin custard poured around the apples
is a delightful addition.
small, thin bits. Make a batter of a
pint of milk, a spoonful of -four rubbed
smooth in a little of the milk, five or
six beaten eggs and a small teaspoonful
of salt. Have ready a frying pan, not
very hot. Drop into it heaping tea
spoonful of butter. When melted pour
in half the batter and stew over this
the bits of ham; then pour over the
rest of the batter. Let it cook moder-
ately, and as the batter thickens turn
over one half like an omelet and serve
very hot.
-Spiced Tomatoes.-One peck ripe
tomatoes, one pound sugar, half pint
of vinegar, one tablespoonful each of
salt, cloves, cinnamon and allspice, and
half a teaspoonful of pepper. Scald
the tomatoes, remove the skins, cut
them in halves, and stew until reduced
nearly one-half, Swimming occasionally.
Tomatoes are about 80 per cent. water,
and large part of this should be driven
off in cooking. When they are of even
consistency and no longer look watery,
add the other ingredients. mix, and
boil ten minutes longer Seal while hot
in pint jars. This is to be served with
the meat course, or for luncheon, and
is not SO uncertain about keeping" a,
canned tomatoes.
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A NOxIOUS WEED.
Another Weed Pest That is Gaining a Firm
FOOthoId.

Another Weed Pest That Is Gaining a Firm
FoothoId.
A weed has found its way into sew
eral places in southern Kentucky that
l fear will soon become so abundant
that it will not be easily held in check
This is a near relative of the common
cockle-bur, or ''cuckle-bur" as it is To-
cally called-the Xanthium spinuosum
L., spiny cockle-bur. This plant makes
its best growth during August and
September, when other weeds are less
aggressive, and is a low, branching
weed, about a foot high and spread
ing to a diameter of from one
to three feet. 1t is armed at
the base of each leaf with a clus-
ter of three sharp straw-colored spines
one inch long. These thorns, together
with the bur, make it a formida BILE
weed to encounter. The leaf is deep,
glossy green, veined with white; the
contrast with the bright golden spines
make it a rather pretty foliage plant,
but for its habit of spreading and be-
coming nuisance.
l noticed in 1890 while in Franklin
that this was a common street weed,
bordering the streets for the width of
from three to six feet on either side,
forming an impenetrable mass, and ex-
tending for blocks, and also along
the several roads into the coun-
try. i was told by prominent citizen
there that the authorities were hiring
men at a dollar day to dig it up, as
it had become such pest. There it is
enormously called the Canada thistle.
The true Canada thistle has not made
its appearance here, though I have a
specimen gathered at Lexington.
A word of warning should be uttered
against this spiny or thorny cookie
bur, as it is disagreeable weed to
handle in gardens, and also for the
border of streets and roadsides Its
weapons of defense are such that it
forms an impenetrable barrier to man
or to stock, and unless weeded out ere
the burs ripen is easily carried from
place to place, thus spreading over
wider area the coming season.
Four years ago there was not a sin
gle plant in Bowling Green. A year
later one plant was obse. wed near
sales stable, near Eleventh street Last
year it was noticed on some three or
four streets, and dense clumps of it
along the roadside OF one Of tho turn
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INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS.

A CARLOAD of matches was ignited
by friction In transportation and
burned the other day at Burgin, Ky.
THE consumption Of wine in Mines,
France, averages bottle day for
every man, woman and child In the
city.
THE tensile strength Of wrought iron
rods varies as the square of the diam
eter A l-inch rod will support 1000
pounds and 2-inch rod $4,000 pounds.
THE leaf of the cocoanut tree Is
nearly thirty feet long. A single leaf
of the parasol magnolia of Ceylon af-
fords shade for fifteen or twenty per-
sons.
TRoMsoE, in Norway, has just eeie-
brated it's l,Oo0th anniversary. In that
time it has grown from sixty people to
5000. The inhabitants are chiefly de-
voted to fishing.
THE alligator does not attain his full
length until he is fifty years of age.
When one year old his length is about
twelve inches; at the age of fifteen he
has grown to two feet.
THE cold is SO intense in northern
Siberia that the earth never thaws to q
greater depth than five or six feet.
Bodies buried at greater depth re-
main perpetually frozen.
A RAILROAD between Coalzacoalcos
and Salina Cruz, Mexico. which opens a
new means of transportation between
the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific
coast, has been completed recently.
THE pin machines OF England, Hol-
land ami Germany turn out an average
of $1,000, 600 pins for every work day Of
the year. At Birmingham one factory
makes 100000 pins per day.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by moro promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due tc It's presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free frorn
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.
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ART AND ARTISTS.

FRA BARToLoMEo was the intimate
friend of Raphael, and is believed to
have finished many pictures planned or
slsetched by the latter.
GAINsBoRoUen has rarely been sur
passed in the technique of his art. It
is rare to find one of his pictures cracked
or impaired.
ZAMFIERr was the son of shoemaker
and himself followed that calling. He
was the ugliest man Of his time and
badly deformed.
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An Architectural Defect.

Mrs. Goandsee-What lovely new
home you have. 1t appears to be per-
feet in every detail.
Mrs. HowlingswelIe-Yes, it is in
deed very nice, and we enjoy its COM
forts, but the architect made one serious
blunder.
'Indeed. What is ito"
"Why, it is not arranged SO the
neighbors can see my elegant new side
board from the street."-Chicago Rec
ord.
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pixies a mile from town. This year
there is still more of it and it has
reached Reservoir hill. In fact it has
come to stay unless vigorous efforts
are made by all, whether they own the
property near or not, to exterminate
it.-Cor. Farmers Home Journal.