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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
Personal Mention.

Mrs Steele, who weighed 6T5 pounds,
was buried at M~illersburg, Ohio.
Capt. william T. Scoyille, n of the
pioneer lower Mississippi steamboat
men. died at Jacksonville. Ind.
Joseph z. Kelly, the writer Of pop
ular songs sung on the variety and
minstrel stage is dead In New York.
James r. Garfield, son OF the mar
tyred president was nominated for the
state senate In Ohio.
Woodward, the st. Paul newspaper
man who was imprisoned in Cuba and
thought TO be dead, is not only alive
but on his way home.
New York letter carriers viii deai-
cate a monument TO sunset" Cox,
who hbOred so faithfully in their be-
half when he was In congress.
Ex-President Harrison went hunt
ing with ex-United States Marshal
Ransdell. They took a train for Dana,
yermillion county, Ind.
Edward Bascomb Harper. president
OF the Mutual Reserve Fund Life as
ISOLATION and one OF the best known
life insurance men In the country, died
Ia New York city.
James III. Widber, treasurer Of the
city and county OF San Francisco, died
at midnight last night OF pneumonia.
He was born In Portland, Me, in 1878,
and went to California in 1S49.
George william Smith, professor OF
history in Colgate university at Ham
ilton. N. Y, was elected its president
by the trustees. He is only t~hirty-two
years old.
DIR. A. r. Talbot of Philadelphia,
thirty-three years old. has married
Mrs. Calista Maria Phelps, Of Buffalo.
who is se~venty-eight years old and
@ha Il worth 81 .an0. coo.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
Old salt Factory.

Salt is one of the most ancient arti-
cles Of diet and its In3 nufacture has
at all times been extremely interest
ing. A factory of very old date ex-
lists in a Mexican town in the state OF
Michoacan. The works are more than
1900 fet above the sea level. They
are situated in a volcanic region, and
salt water drips out through various
crevices in the rock. The most primi-
tive methods are employed for making
the salt There are little terraces built
on the hillsides. and these are covered
with ~fat-topped stores. Over these
clay is placed and formed in basin
shape. In these hollows on the ter
race the brine is put and is evaporat.
ed by the atmosphere. 1t takes about
four days 10 clear the water out OF
n of these vessels. The salt is dirty
and coarse. as might be supposed,
but is really remarkable quantity is
prepared in this fashion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
an ! regnlt of ! ial de,lrerr M nrla

AS a result Of a Jail delivery at Okla
homa City, %. r.. n desperate and
oae policeman are deed
Fob ritzsimmous has been ceguittel
Of the charge Of killing Con Rior.laa
n a spagring match.
Capt HOwgate. formerly OF the sig
nal service. is sentenced 10 impris0n-
e for eight years for forgery.
During a fight between drunken ItaI-
ians AT Pecksyills. Ia. one man was
killed and two others fatally wounded.
Count Shinburn, the famous burglar,
has been captured by the Pinkertons
in Nsw York.
Blanche Newberger. aged fifteen,
committed suicide in Denver because
she was scoIded for quarreling with
her sister.
Ell Paso, Tex. Is making a deter
mined var on gamblers. ~Forty-eight
were placed under 500 bonds in one
day.
Jockey Henry Weber was fatally
stabbed by a colored stable boy known
as Glib"
William III. Thatcher Of Benzie coun-
ty, convicted OF poisoning hi5 wife and
sentenced TO prison for life, was grant
ed a new trial by the Michigan su-
preme court.
Sheriff Hughes. Of Denison, Texas.
has under arrest John II Thompson.
believed IN be the notorious Joab
Stevens, whose bloody exploits in Tex
as and other cities are still fresh in
the minds OF citizens.
Mrs Kate Morrow OF Utica. Ind.
committed suicide by taking moFphiue.
She was the wife of Sherman Morrow.
a prominent farmer, but for two years
had been living apart from her hus-
band.
Miss Minnie Wilkinson. a young
woman Of high standing in social and
religious circles, committed suicide by
shooting, in the vestry of the Second
Presbyterian church al Richmond, Va,
while services were in progress. A
love affair was the ause.
Rabbi Canter, I'm charge Of the Jew
ish congregation Sharra Solom at s..
Joseph. Mo-, is charged by his wife
with attempting TO murder her. and
tac idooA Sih4Alo hiat HIS WIG anu ANA
brother, Jacob Ladisky, were in a plot
TO take his life.
Two years ago August Dahner was
sent to the fonia, Mich. prison for two
years for whipping a man who refused
20 pay him his wages. When he was
released from prison he was met at
the door by attorneys who informed
him that a fortune Of $4,000 was his
when he chose to claim il.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

National bank circulation shows a
large increase.
The deficit Of the federal treasury
for the fiscal year ended Is over 49,
OD0Dss0.
Thirty-six domestic and eighteen
limited money order p~ostotices have
been established.
Chief Harrington OF the weather bu-
reau has a disagreement with Secre-
tary Morton and is removed.
Consul ]. Lamb Doty. stationed at
Tahita, on the Society islands. will be
reprimanded by the state department
for marrying q Tahita girl by native
rites.
The treasury department drew a wsr-
rant for / cent in favor OF Grover
Cleveland. In calculating the presi-
dents salary an error Of / cent had
been made and the drawing OF a war
rant was the only way the account
could be balanced.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
ro.sa, Car. ON CITY Electric Roaa,.

A. I. Sullivan, postmaster Of Brook.
Ign, n. Y, who took a prominent par,
in organizing and introducing the pos
tai car system on city electric rail-
roads. has made public the results Of
the working service in BROOKLYN, for
the benefit Of such cities as have not
yet adopted il The postal car. as used
In Brooklyn, is of the size OF the or
binary street car usually found in
large cities. IL has eight windows on
each side, and is divided by a wooden
partition in the enter. As the postal
service requires only half the car. the
front portion, which has seating and
standing accommodations for about
twenty passengers, is used by the pub
Lie as a smoking compartment. The
railroad company is thus able 10 de-
rive from the passenger portion OF the
sufficient income TO more than paw
the running expenses 81 the entire
car. A sliding door opens into each
end Of the ar. In the part used for
postal purposes a shelf runs along one
side under four Of the windows. On
the opposite side an iron rack
the mail bags. At the front end Of the
compartment large ornamental gates
prevent any one, except the motor
man. from going on the platform. Be-
meath the windows on the side, print
ed in gold letters, are the words,
United States Mail-Smoking Car
The cost Of such a a Is $500. Ii is
warmed in winter by an electric heat
er. and at night II is lighted by cleo
tricity. One postal clerk rides in each
car. IT is his duty 10 face, separate
and distribute the mail in pigeon holes
furnished for the purpose. While the
car is in transit he drops into mail
bags the matter assigned to the differ
ent stations. On his return trip to the
central Office he has all the letters
sorted in different bags ready t. be
sent ont Of the city. During the jour-
ney Of the "a the bags are received
through an open window on either
side, and deposited in he same a
ner. In his compartment the mailing
clerk is isolated and free from inter-
ruption as is the postal clerk on the
large postal cars that run across the
country. Three trips are made daily.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
General.

Yale excerpts the Oxford Cambridge
challenge.
The Ohio river is so low rs 10 great
ly impede the running of boats.
Lessees OF Indian lands in Nebraska
threaten 20 resist the Indian police.
BIoodshed IL feared.
Northern Pacific earnings K is esti-
mated will show an increase of over
S1.OO0.O10 for the current fiscal pear.
Montana gamblers close up their es-
adjustments, the new anti-gambling
law going into effect.
The S2,o00,oo0 bridge between Jefrer-
sonville, Ind, and Louisville, KY, has
been completed.
Electricity viii be used as motive
power on the Chicago suburban lines
of the Chicago IL Northern Pacific
railway.
DR.. Glowing Of Aledo. ILL.,, was shot
by Dick Baugus. There had been bad
feeling between the two for over n
year.
Surrogate Fitzgerald has denied Mrs.
Hetty Green's application for 'he re-
moval Of Henry A. Barding, the exc
cutor of the will of her father, Ed
ward NJ. Robinson.
The state supreme court OF Colorado
handed down an opinion that the levy
ing OF a license by the Denver city
council on all occasions is entirely le-
gal.
Joseph Lee, a colored plasterer OF
Champaign ILL.,, has sued Richard Bal
lenger a colored barber. asking So
OO0 damages because the latter re-
fused to shave him on account of col
or.
John s. Johnson in a race with Saw
yer and Tyler, defeats them and bikes
a mile In 1:5S 5-S the fastest on record.
Harvey George, aged 81 dropped
dead while pitching In a game OF ball
at Decatur, Ind.
w. FL. Denton of Markham, I. T.,
has leased the Petaca grant in New
Mexico for ten years and will imme-
10 Las Vegas and from there he will
drive them to the grant.
The Tacoma Land Company has
fioated 100000 of bonds in Phila-
delpbia with which to purchase from
the state and ill In for shipping, man.
u%facturing and railroad purposes the
most important part OF Tacoma tide
flats.
At the request Of County Treasurer
Reed, the sheriff seized the new bridge
over the. Missouri river at Council
Bluffs, Ia, belonging to the Omaha
Bridge and Terminal company, for
5000 back taxes. Trains over the
line were stopped.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
Diamond Setting for Tools.

In working hard materials with dia-
monds set in metal there has always
been a difficulty in preventing the
stone from being ripped out by the
strain. An effective method of doing
this has been devised. A little block
Of steel, suitably notched to receive
the diamond. Is brought 10 n red heat,
the diamond inserted. and the block
Is passed through 9 small roll. The
diamond Is thus firmly imbedded In
the block. though projecting slightly
beyond its surface, and defies the
strain Of the most exacting work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
sacaline.

There has been considerable agitation
recently in regard to this alleged new
forage plant. A great deal has been
said about it through the newspapers
and some seedsmen have been advertis-
ing it extensively. There has been, so
to speak, a sort Of boom for sacaline.
and farmers have been impressed with
the idea that something new had been
discovered hat would take the place
of everything else as a forage crop,
says National Stcckman and Farmer.
Thinking that a little caution might
be advisable in regard to the introdnc-
ton of this plant, and knowing that the
Iowa Experiment Station had made
some Investigations in regard to it, we
wrote Director Wilson for information.
His reply was as follows:
THE ~sacaline p~laatdoes grow on our
campus. 1t grows 5 or 10 to IL feet
high in a year but il has never been
experimental with as a fodder plant,
nor do 1 believe il ever will be success
ful N that direction. Prof. Hansen of
this college, VINO Travelled in Russia
last summer, consulted Prof. Williams
of the Agricultural College Of Moscow
concerning it. They had grown it
there and tried to feed it, but the prin-
cipal difficulty was the cattle wouldn't
eat it. There is so much talk about it
that we will do some experimenting
with IL this summer. But | have no
hope whatever OF being able to add il
to our list of forage plants"
Sacaline may be all right for certain
and for certain purposes. but
q word of caution seems necessary 10
those who think Ct Introducing this
new plant.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

ssim milk and bran, and no co.,
When the bodies or frames are &, NV 1
give them oatmeal and rye. groand
entire. mixed with bran. putting in
twice as much bran as rye Keep up u
vegetable and apple diet If possible,
and allow them to eat all the grass they
viii. A little corn may be fed toward
the end. Pork made in this way viii
be tender and juicy. The fat is some
thing move than lard; it is meat, with
the grain and substance of meat.
There are very few farmers who can
not raise a few hogs with profit. 1t
must be remembered hat good pastur-
age is the secret or success with them.
With the average farmer spring pigs
are the most profitable, for the reason
that if they are given good pasturage
they need less food and less looking
after than during winter, but if they
are TO be made most profitable it is
tally as necessary that they be kept
growing through the spring and sum
mer as in fall and winter. More than
with any other class of stock grown on
the farm. it is very important that a
rapid growth from birth 10 maturity be
procured. At the start this of course
must be done by a liberal feeding of
the sows. bat as soon as the pigs show
. disposition TO eat they must be fed
by themselves. One of the best ways
of doing this is to arrange a pen where
they can go in and put as they please
and yet the larger hogs be kept out.
A shallow trough makes a good arrange
ment for feeding them. and oats soaked
in milk. OF ship stuff wet up with sweet
skim milk, makes a good feed. Give
them a small ration at the start, and
then gradually increase as they become
accustomed TO eating.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

A strong earthquake shock was ex-
perienced at La Bache, Austria.
The Valkyrie was beaten by both
the Britannia and the Ailsa.
Cambridge defeated oxford at ath-
letic games and will try TO arrange
a contest with Yale.
A military balloon exploded in the
shed of the barracks at Berlin. Three
soldiers were injured eEd one of them
has died.
A Chinese loan is about 10 be issued
in London. II is not for a large
anannnt and independent of the neg0-
tiatiOns for a Chinese loan made from
st. Petersburg and elsewhere.
The japanese have not advanced
OF Tai Wan Flu, Hand Of ForInosa.
The withdrawal of the British ma
rines from the island has caused much
surprise among foreigners who re-
main ashore.
The Macedonian question Is eaus-
ing much excitement at Philipopolis,
Bulgaria. The town was placarded
with posters reading: 1.-THE hour for
revolt has struck. The voice of long
suffering Macedonia calls for help"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
A Creamery Letter.
'y BAY BARkrR In Dakota Farmer.

BY BAY BARkEE In Dakota Farmer.
From private correspondence in re
gard to starting a creamery | CLEAN the
following which may be of interest to
your readers. 1t may set farmers to
act as well as think:
I'VE formed a cooperative company
of farmers in January, 1854. Went out
and solicited cows, and under agree
ment was 10 start with $50 cows, which
we soon got. Then the cooperation
was formed and officers selected, con-
sisting of president, secretary, treas
urer, and a board of five directors. We
had to hire every dollar, which was
done through the officers. We have
paid $500 on the creamery indebtedness
already and viii Je able to pay $500
by the tims the year is up, which
will be May eth. '95, a. we started run
ming May eth, "a.
We market all our butter in New
York which is the best standard mar
ket. Chicago offers inducements but
their market is not reliable twenty-four
hours. We AVE two Alpha separatOrs
in our factory. and receive from five
TO ten thousands pounds Of milk now,
january and run four days in the
week. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday.
We have eighty share holders, or
patrons. who joined with US, and eleven
more who furnish milk. We figure
price to orr patrons by butter fat as
determined by the test. For Nav we
paid 1917 cents, June 1914 cents. July
IL cents. august @j54 cents, September
% cents, October 81 cents. November
p cents. Now these prices are paid
after takin>; cut expenses. such as hired
help, fuel, "a. tubs. and thirty dollars
interest. This next year we expect to
double our milk, as We are all getting
in better shape TO handle cattle. I'm
til the last year cattle have been no
to a great many farmers than
n makers. and they have not had
care or feed. therefore we were in poor
shape to get profit out of them the
first year.
Up to the present time there have
been no complaints. Every patron is
satisfied that the creamery is the thing.
and the farmers think more now of
converting their wheat fields into tame
pastures and making their wheat mon
ey off their cows.
In September / milked four cows and
the pastures were almost bare: my cows
broughtme Sl3.l7. and others the same
in comparison. The New York market
at the present time is 81 cents. The
cost of shipping is about 2 cents per
pound. Our tubs weigh so pounds.
l cannot give number of COWS at pres
ent, but on Monday this week we had
ten thousand pounds of milk which is
the most we have received at any one
time"
The above is from the secretary of
the Dunber Creamery Association If
Wells, Mimi where the conditions do
not vary greatly from those of South
Dakota Please make a few computa-
tons at your leisure, and decide which
is the more profitable, the cow or wheat
raising.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
An Effective Freight Carrier.

A conveyor erected at Bridgeport,
Ala, illustrates the facility which has
been attained in the handling OF
freight by mechanical means. The
conyeyor is about 1T5 feet in length,
and is designed to carry sacks OF
grain, boxes, packages, bales. etc, to
and from the boat at the river land
Ing and the warehouse On the top OF
an adjacent hill 1t is constructed OF
two strands OF roller chain, each link
having an attachment TO which wood
en- Stats are bolted, forming an end
less apron. The roller chain used in
the conyeyor makes IL run very
smoothly, and with the minimum
amount OF power. The carrier houses
a large cargo in short order, and fire.
quently handles 1900 sacks In an
hour.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
Criminal Dofnrs.

An Ohio woman is credited with
seven husbands.
A man accused Of selling army posi-
tiOn is arrested in Chicago.
Adolph Picker imprisoned for life in
Pratt Mines prison, Birmingham, Ala,
broke Jail and escaped.
Henry Wolf, proprietor OF a restau-
rant at Parsons Kan, shot and killed
himself because of financial troubles.
Cny Pugh vas hanged at Boulder,
thirty miles from Helena, Mont, for
the murder of Chauncey w. West
On the fifth trial Of the George
Lewis murder case at Mexico, No.,
the defendant was found not guilty.
Mrs. NJ. L. Pinkley, who attempted
to Kill her husband with a hammer at
Rockford. I'LL, wa adjudged insane.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

With hogs, in nearly all cases, 1t will
be best to select ont the animals in
tended to be kept for breeding, and
then feed them especially for this pur-
pose. 1t is very important to select
animals having a good developement of
bone and mucle. Vigor and thrift are
important with breeding animals if the
offspring is to possess those qualities.
Many of our best breeders claim that
with tine majority of stock tine first
breeding affects to a greater or less ex-
tent all the future offspring Of the dam;
that is, if full blood young sow is
bred for her first litter of pigs to a
scrub boar, the impression made will
affect to some extent all future litters-
For this reason it is important to mate
properly the first time.
The desire for good, lean pork. in
stead of so much fat, has put many
people to considering how the supply
may be increased. Keep the young
pigs as long as possible on grass, feed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

The English parliament, before the
recent ministerial changes, passed a
Measure which, III carried out, means
another step II the Development of
Africa. This was TO authorize the con
struction of a railroad. either with
public funds or by government sub
sidy, from Mombasa, the east coast of
Africa, to Victoria Nyanza In the in
terror. Mr.. Stanley's report OF the
progress made by some of the inhab-
itanfs OF Central Africa within recent
years makes this statement the more
interesting. BY the time the world
has become blase with regard to Japan
the people of Uganda may be ready to
give 1t q sensation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

Canada, as well as Mexico, will have
nm international exhibition next year.
1t will be held at Montreal from May
to October and will occupy 40 acres
OF ground. The northern and south
ern races of North America are strong
ly c~ontrasted. but they intend to give
shows that will be pronounced the
biggest on earth for the year 1896.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

Chicago BARRIERS are said 10 contem-
plate asking for the passage of an or
dinance abolishing woman barber
shops and schools In which neophytes
are trained in the tonsorial art. But
II they asked for and secured this re
s~rriction upon competition in their
ancient and useful trade, would they
be satisfied? Why should they not 20
further, and demand an ordinance for
bidding any man to shave himself?
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11
The late Prof. Huxley was the origin.

The late Prof. Huxley was the origin.
ator Of the term ''~agnostic," which he
used to define his position with regard
TO the Christian religion. at came
into my head" he wrote, 'as sugges-
lively antithetic to the 'gnostic' OF
church history, who protested to know
so much about the very things of
which l was ignorant" The word
took and has since been incorporated
In the standard English dictionaries.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

The people OF DanieIsonville, Conn.,
by permission OF the legislature, have
dropped the willie" from the name OF
their town, but while they were about
1t it would have been far nearer u1 to
date to drop II all except the first syl-
liable. That would be crisp and classic
and would make Danbury feel enyious.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

When Shakespeare wrote his plays
the English language was spoken by
only 100000 people. The number
now who use English is 115,0Oo,oO0
and more than half OF them are in the
United States. Shakespeare seemed
10 feel that he was addressing all man
kind, and he has had his share In Civ
ing to English Its assured a~scendency.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

II is reported that Japan vans 10
fight. and that Russia wants TO fight
90 bad that she is concentrating a big
army and feet ~ ~Sladiyos'ock. such
being the case, the two nations ought
10 have no difficulty in getting to-
gefler."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

! The five c.-.s=ca Indian tribes are
resisting the changes proposed by the
Dawes Commission. but they will
have 10 surrender in the end, and
there il nothing for them to gain by
Fighting against the inevitable.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

The charge that the Kaiser's recent
speeches consist mainly Of platitudes
is calculated 10 cause much rejoicing
throughout Germany. In the Kaisers
case the exclusive use Of the oldest
and toughest platitudes viii be al
most as golden as silence.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-11

Irish home rule win take a back
seat for a few years For this state of
things the Home guIers themselves
are chiefly responsible. A faction d.
vided against itself can not sccom.
plish anything.