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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Cream DimcuIt to Churn.

What is the matter with ny 1c&m:
| milk one fresh COW and two strip
perS, all cra le Jerseys. During Novem-
Der the cream began I chuIn lard
and grew worse until for the past two
weeks / have been unable to get &2y
butter from it. After churning Cnc TO
two hours the cream frOtlIs and fVlmS,
but 10 butter forms. The cream from
that given by the shippers churnci
easily, but l cannot get butter from
the fresh cow, when kept separate fl q
the stripper rca / feed prairie hay,
corn fodder, bran, meal and hole
corn. The shippers are three years
old. 1t is the first season for the fresh
cow. 1 never had this trouble before.
j. W. burlington.
In replying to the above +. c. Ben
nett says in the Orange Judd Farmer:
The milk from the shippers has be
come viscid and the butter fats nave
grown hard and tallowy. Thick mo
laSSeS must be warmed to make IL
fluid and the thicker the mOlaSSes me
warmer it must be. The same prime pie
holds true with yiscid milk. Treat as
follows: Set tn" StrlppcTS mix on
the stove as soon as + a Wn and scald
it. Heat il until the surface "crinkl"S.
Warm the cream more when set To
ripCn. Sour it until it is some what
thick, somewhat ike pancake batter.
Put it into the churn il few degrees
warmer than usual. If it foams, take
the churn and warm it 10y setting it IN
a vessel of VAIN water, Keeping II
stirred while warming. Try it again.
1t must not foam and warmth is the
only known preventive. Test with a
thermometer and you will soon learn
the temperature at which it will churn
without foaming l have handled pre-
cisely such milk lately and made lots
Of butter from it, but the flavor Will
not be strictly prime AS soon as the
butter breaks" pour cold water INTO
the churn to firm it.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
A Good Winter job.

TrOughs can be made in the winter
as well as at another season, and it Is
a good rule that as little work Of this
hind as possible should be left for the
summer. An excellent trough may be
made from a log. If for feed, n large
log may be selected. and be SD split
as to give about three-ffths of it for the
trough. For a feed trough II can
make the shell thinner han For a
watering trough, and for the latter one
must be more careful 10 select n sound
piece Of timber. AS younger tees ARE
more likely to be sound and more DIR
able than old ones, it is best to select
them for watering troughS. Tile sides
may be cut down to a thickness or only
two inches. after the bark and a little
Of the wood Immediately under it Is
removed, but the ends should be a foot
thick, and should be treated promptly
with hot oil, to prevent their cracking.
1t will pay TO paint the trough inside
and out. Brown mineral paint is the
cheapest and best for the purpose.
For following out these troughs an
adZe Is almost essential. Don't at
tempt to make a watering trough or
planks unless you are at least handy
with tools" 1t is better to bolt than
to nail the planks together, using rods
reaching across the trough.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
To Make Good Butter.

/ wish to say a few words to those
who keep three or four COWS and make
butter Oh a small scale. Many of these
still use the old fashioned milk crooks.
There is no Isl Of trying to make
good butter unless the crooks are
}hel clean and scalded every time
are used. Put no soap about
...tm to wash as soap has a tendency
to make them smell. If a woman can
not wash a crock clean without soap
she can't with ii.
The main point is to skim the milk
as regularly every day as it is MIXED.
Some think it is so little that if they
skim it two or three times a week
that is all hat is needed, but the less
you have the more careful you should
be. Don't let it stand around until it
smells strong and the cream gets
spotted with age and so thick that n
cat could walk over it, n so sour
that it would take the edge off a knife.
If you make butter of that kind Of
stuff you will have butter strong
enough to walk as soon as it is churned.
When milk is sour you have I'll the
cream that will rise, SO there is no use
to let it stand.
When your cream is gathered, churn
as soon as possible. The next IS dress
ing the butter. Any person will know
when the water Is worked out or should
L..oW. Some will work it into grease
U.iOre they quit. When the water Is
all worked the butter should be saJted
and the salt well worked I'D OF your
butter will be streaked. A paddle is
the proper thing with which to work
butter. Mary iilSS Us
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

in corr and oats for stock food when
One-ffth the corn area devoted to wheat
may furnish a good amount Of wheat
and straw for feeding purposes, where
as the corn and oat crops may be short
by reason VI unfavorable weather. rs
pccially is it rash to limit the varieties
of grain grown, when one has climate
suitable for winter wheat and rye,
valuable for winter pasture, and the
failure of which can still be supple
mented by spring crops. Wheat as n
stock food can truly be studied with
interest.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
wheat Makes Better Pork.

tt is generally admitted that wheat
when fed to hogs improves tue quality
of pork. More lean is the usual result,
or rather the lean is in layers in midst
of the fat, when wheat and corn mixed
form a diet of a fattening porker. The
addition Of oats, rye, barley, cotton
seed meal, etc, gives still greater
variety, and in equal parts mixture of
four or five kinds of grain, 1t :nay be
expected that the quality Of the meat
will maintain the highest standard.
Eeven when worth 81 a bIShel 1t
Usually pays to feed a fatte1tng hog
three bushels or more in producing the
last 100 pounds Of growth and fat. 1he
framework of tho animal Is made
stronger by the flint-like material OF
the wheat, particularly the muscles ana
sinews, than in the case Of corn feeding
exclusively. The composition OF the
meat is accordingly better adapted TO
the wants of man for n~ourishing n
restoring d~ccayinG and broken muscles
of the human frame.
Skeptical people are ready to object
to feeding wheat worth 81 per bushel
to hogs worth 1 cents per pound gross,
but it is realized that people will use
onc-third more pork because of thei m
proved quality obtained by mixing
wheat in the food we have practically
the worth Of the wheat in the increased
price. The greater the demand for
any article of food the greater the price
is the almost u~ncXceptiOnal rule. There
IS the advantages, too, of retaining on
the farm the m~anurC-grOSS products
Of the wheat, sending away not to eX-
coed % per cent, of the bushel of wheat
when converted into mcat-then net sell
ing product.
with a regular use OF wheat for feed
ing the farmer will plan his crop ac-
cOrdingly. 1t can always with adj
vantage be mixed with oats in sowing,
and will usual Y be the Saving quality"
In preventing the winds from leyeling
the grain in the field before it is
harvested. The mixture Is ready for
feeding In n form that is to the desire
Of most practical stockmen.
1t Ia unwise to plant all Of ones acreC
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
A DOUBLE BACK-sOMERSAULT.
A baking Powde Company Was Too
Hasty In itsClatms.

A Chicago baking powder concern,
advertising far and near that its
product received the highest award for
strength, purity and excellence at the
Chicago Worlds Fair, has been obliged
to take Il double som2rSault back ward.
Mr.. John Boyd Thatcher, chairman of
tho Agricultural Awards. has written
a letter TO the said Chicago concern
showing ii that its advertising state
mcnts. speaking mildly, are Incorrect,
while the Judge of Awards on Baking
Powders sends another in which he
brands the claim of the pretenders as
false III the most unmistaklble Ian
guage. Since. comeS the second ex-
posurc 20 the effect that this baking
powder. for which these spurious
claims have been made, was actually
found by the Exposition chemists who
analysed it, to contain ammonia! Is
this the reason that the commissioners
declined to give it an award for purity
and WhClesOmeneSs?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Bank Up the Silis.

BY banking the earth around the
poultry houses, the frost will seal up
the cracks at the bottom and shut off
the draughts along the floor. A drain
should also be dug around the houses
to permit the water from the melting
SHOWS to pass away. Avoid dampness
and draughts at all seasons, as it
causes much sickness among the flock.
and causes the loss Of many fowls.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
On Ia Him.

Mrs. Stryver-We had Il most enjoy
able time at Mrs. Hunters pink tea.
Count TedOut waS there and kept us
with the cards.
Mr.. Stryver (dryly)-He kept MS mys-
titled with EN- for three months at the
club. but were on to him now.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
How the Wind HnnrSt

How the vessel losses at sea! Reader.
did you ever cross the "briny?' If SO, we
will bet a good cigar you were sea sick.
Don't deny the soft Impeachment. If you
had Hostetter'S Stomach Bittcrs with Won.
you were all right, otherwise not. This
medicinal cordial relieves every disturbance
of the stomach. liver and bowels, malaria,
rheumatism and kidney trouble, ana is
highly commended by tourists and CONNER
ciai travellers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

so many women owe their beauty 10 DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription? Because
beauty of form and face radiate from the
common ~center-health. The best bodily
condition results from good food, fresh air
and exercise coupled with the judicious use
of the Prescription"
If there be headache, pain i'll the back,
bearing down sensations, or general de-
bility, or if there be nervous disturbance,
nervous prostration, and sleeplessness, the
Prescription" reaches the origin of the
trouble and corrects it. 1t dispels aches
and pains, corrects displacements and cures
catarrhal inflammation of the lining men,
branes, falling of the womb, liberation, ir-
regularities and kindred maladies.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
No Use for Them.

Col. Julep-There were two dishes on
the table / didn't touch.
Col. Nipper-Which were those?
Col. Julip-Thc olives and water; I've
no use for such things that call for ap
acquired taste.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
Very Naturally.

Miss Perique-In New York 10 the
prominent social lights smoke?
Miss CauStiQue-Yes. particularly
after they have been turned down.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

Jack-I don't think l care for the
New Woman.
Jess-Why not?
Jack-She is usually too old.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
ON THE ROAD

TO recovery, the
young woman
who is taking
Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
~sCription. In
inaidenhood, wo-
manhood, wife
hood and moth
erhood the g Pre-
%scription is a
supporting tonic
a n d nervine
that's peculiarly
adapted to her
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
1000 BUS. POTATOES PER ACRE.

Wonderful yields in potatoes, oats,
corn, farm and vegetable seeds. Cut
this out and send sc postage to tho
John A.. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, for their great seed book and
sample Of Giant Spurry. wnu
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

The product Of the wax tree of the Andes
cannot be distinguished from beeswsx.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

The average Europena woman's life is
shorter thar the mans, but over two-thirsS
of the ceRtenarians are women.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

Not more than 100, M Mexican cattle can
be sent to the United States this year in
consequence of he drought.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

| cannot speak too highly Of Piso's Cure
for CoRsunption.-Mrs. Frank Nobbs, 215
w 22d St, New York, Oct. 20, 1884.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
OF WOMB"

MRS. FRANK CAM
FIELD, of East Dfcktn-
son, Franklin Co., ".
T., writes : deem it
my duty to express my
deep, heartfelt graft
tude to you for having
been the means, under
Providence, of restor-
ing me TO health, for
have been by spells UNI
able to walk. My
troubles were of the
womb - i~nhammatory
and bearing down SEN
sations and the doctors
all said, they could not
cure me.
Twelve bottles of DR..
Pierce's wonderful f
has cured me-"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

Hegeman's Camphor Ice with GIycerine.
The original and only genuine. Cures Chapped Hands
and Face, Gold Sores, &C. {. q. Clark Co, n. Haven, CT.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

The Onchidium, a species of shelless snail
(slug), has innumerable eyes on its back.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07
III the Baby Is Cutting Teeth.

Re sure and use that old and we'll tried remedy, Mrs
VERSIONS SOOTHING SYRUr fAE CAp4-sa Teething.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

needs, TeRuIat1ng,
strengthening and cur
ing the arrangements
of the sex. Why is IL
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-02-07

s. ID. n. U.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-25

thing which might give him clew as
to the style of man the marauder was.
mot professional hand" he soon
decided. IAN amateur of the worst
kind, and, therefcre, my job is all the
more difficult.
Goringe could scarcely control his
rage-rage directed wholly against him
self. At the bottom he was a man Of
violent temperament, but he had amaz-
ing powers of self control For dozen
years he had not felt so angry; he would
be the laughing stock of the Yard Here
was a house broken into while he was
practically in charge of it. The whole
blame, and worse than the blame, the
jeers, would all be for him.
mot a clew to the. intruder" he
groaned, rising to his feet. "That &C.
mented path outside the kitchen win
dow will hold no footsteps, and it leads
right down to the front gate. The devil
and the jerry builder as usual in league
with one another. And all the graveled
paths surrounding the house-the gar
den at the back and the bit of fore
court in front-are as hard as brass. A
daring scoundrel, whoever he was, al
most deserving of a reward"
Goringe now fell to wondering if he
had been forestalled in the finding of
the notes.-the notes which he was NOR
ally bound to discover. But a grim
smile lit up his face as he pondered
over this problem. "This is the only
room that has been entered" he reflect
ed, glancing round the apartment. ''f
the intruder was only an outsider, fired
by Vickery's confession, he would have
made straight for that worthy inventors
room. Or perhaps he was disturbed by
my arrival and had simply commenced
an exhaustive search of the premises.
Confound him, whoever he isp groaned
Goringe fiercely.
Then the detective strobe out of the
room, and mounted to the first floor
landing. He passed into Steinworth's
bedroom, completed his toilet, and tax
ing the keys of the house from his peck
ct he opened the door of Vickery S room.
Nothing was disturbed here. The win
dow was securely hasped.
Goringe paused for awhile, glancing
round the room, taking in every object
in it.
NO." he said at length, there has
been no one here since 1 saw the inside
of these four walls last"
Again he descended the stairs and en-
tered Mrs. Davorn's room. He kicked
some of the boxes out of his way as he
stepped across the floor, and then he
proceeded to pile of torn linen which
had evidently been taken from the bed.
"Hello!" he cried as he picked out
from the litter piece of rumpled cam
brio. He opened it ont, and fixing his
eyes on one corner he saw two letters
neatly embroidered.
an L." he read, puzzled express
sion stealing into his ordinarily passive
face.
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can excellent place TO plant an easily
opened window surelyP' unused the de-
tective.
Closing the window he proceeded lei
surely to the two sitting rooms on the
ground floor. There was no sign of a
disturbance Of any kind in either of the
rooms. Then he walked up stairs, and
entered the room which Mrs. Davorn
used to occupy. Here there were unmis-
taxable traces of a recent disturbance.
Goringe could easily remember how the
room had been arranged after its last
tenant had been taken from it. Every
thing was now pulled about; the floor
of the room was Uttered with portions
OF the bedding (some of which had been
ripped and torn), broken boxes and rum
pied linen.
'This comes Of Briggs taking his
men off. l suppose 1 may hazard an
opinion when am all by myself. No
doubt this is either the work of some
one who heard Vickery's evidence and
thought he would have a try for the
notes-perhaps l disturbed his opera
lions at midnight-while the house was
deserted, or perhaps it is blind Any
how I'm in a nice hole. This is what
comes of sentimentalizing when there's
work to be done"
Going down on his knees the detect
i've tried to sort out the litter ON the
floor in the hope Of picking up some
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Detective GOrtnge rose and lit his pipe.
this stage report any progress which
would satisfy so exacting person as
you, inspector, know I am neither los
ing time nor making any steps back
ward"
"Then you have some definite theory
about the theft?"
81 have. But it is not in form yet
which will bear discussion. If / put
you in possession of my theory
IT thought you didn't deal in such
things" interrupted Inspector Briggs,
smiling.
I don't put my theories into shape
until l am certain they are capable of
demonstration. As / was saying, if l
laid my mind open to you now it might
possibly hamper you in your search for
the murderer.
"Anyhow you will pardon me for cor
recting you. There has been no murder,
and therefore there is no murderer to
unearth. ,"
"You need not be so precise about
your terms with a pal, said Goringe,
a little nettled at Briggs interruption.
A"I should, of course, have said your
search for the man who attempted to
murder Mrs. Davorn.
"But there is neither a murder nor
Ian attempt to murder. 1t is a relief to
find you tripping" observed Briggs
with laugh.
"You mustn't let the absence of a
murder discourage you, said Goringe.
TT know it is an unpleasant thing to
Hind out that murderer has been rude
LIZ snatched from your grasp just as you
4felt You had the barnacles on him, but
i -. l.,~n<l 14DRusR. thief i'm
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his light overcoat. 81 shall see You to-
morrow night, then, in Felspar road.
Let nobody be aware l am in the house
or in the neighborhood-or that any
body is in the house. Come about IL,
quietly, Perhaps before we part ON the
Monday morning 1 shall have a round
unvarnished tale to deliver"
''That's your present opinion evil
IDENTIFY" said the inspector, smiling.
and that's your joke, Briggs" said
Detective Goringe, putting ON his pot
hat GOOD night "
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Thanks Well, then, here are three
men in desperate need of money
"No uncommon want" interrupted
the detective but you will pardon me
for saying that you are not quite correct.
Steinworth probably wanted money.
Vickery, with some insane project in
his head, thought he did. Leclerc doesn' t
know what he wants. He belongs to
that order of young man who, if you
fetched the moon for him at his own
request, would tell you the planet was
worn out and of no use, and that the
farthest fixed star was really the thing
which he thought would suit his require
ments- But 1 interrupted you.
ga useful interruption, perhaps, but,
as usual, sort of damper. Well,
whatever you may think, or say, or ad-
wise, will confess that I have not been
able to shift my first impression out of
my head. "
"Your first suspicion was Stein
worth"
"Yes. And his behavior in court to-
day, Notwithstanding Vickery's candid
confession and the doctors evidence,
has confirmed me in my impression that
he knows something"
Possibly he may. But it is also pos
sible that he is subject to fainting fits,
and the fit he had in court this after
noon may have been absolutely umcon-
nected with anything that ever hap
pened at Is Felspar road
"The damper again.
"No-the brake, or the caution sig
nal, if you like. People of our cloth
must learn to work ON the block system
with a continuous brake.
81 think you puzzle me quite as
much as the case itself But let me re-
sumo. Steinworth was certainly locked
into his room at o'clock in the morn
ing, and did not get in or out of his bed
room window. Vickery was also locked
into his room at 6 O'Clock in the morn
ing. Yet his statement-which was a
most clear and straightforward and con-
vincing statements that he attempted
to chloroform Mrs. d. and that he stole
the 81, 800. He did not get in or out Of
his bedroom that night. "
"On that point I admit I now have a
conviction. Vickery did not get in or
out through his window.
"Then you think it possible that
Vickery, for some reason which we
can't fathom, has falsely accused him
lself There is conclusive evidence that
his sponge-he identifies twas dis
covered in the dead woman's room.
am forced to admit that fact is very
strong confederation Oh hiA confession,
and yet I am still of opinion that if
lSteinworth didn't do the job he knows
who did. "
81 was about to give you my views
definitely ON that point when we start
ed, but I now think 1 shall wait. 1t
will be better for both of us. :"
81 am afraid we are waiting rather
long as it is. Losing valuable time. -
81 am not losing any time. l have
concentrated my whole attention on the
discovery of the thief and the recovery
of the money, and though cannot at
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To be ContinuedNext Sunday.
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CHAPTER Xxx.


Shortly before IL O'Clock y
night Inspector Briggs, attire1
clothes, set out from the I
wendell his way toward IA
Very few houses in the 4
any lights as the inspect
corner, and the pathway
pedestrians, partly own
cling rain and partly 4
that Felspar road was
early to bed road on So
A subdued ring Of ~
brought Goringe to tht
Briggs, notwithstanding
almost slid through tn
like a shadow.
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worth, after all hlS
could the other fel
meant? To accuse
which, at the time j
fession, he must hl
hanging job, could J
done for the purpose
about the minor offer
Jared the notes, VIII;
them? Goringe, of
that it was Steinwo
money, but CORN
Awfull7 good that
of his profession ain
proceed to work I'M
What cOuld he lave
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in plain BILE space of time, during which Briggs
aud felt as if some strange terror, the like
of which he had never experienced be-
>Ege, held him in thrall-and then Cor
& still without making a sound,
sigh, which seemed to escape
kpvoluntarily, and approached
- room where the money
81 N placed. Here he re-
moments, and then,
~ word or making a
from the room,
pen as he passed
ktainly," said
# +. low tone in