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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-05-02

The department of agriculture es-
Inmates of farm animals for January,
1895 show a decrease in the number
Of horses. as compared with January
1894 of Isl 1921, or liz per cent: a de-
crease in mules of 1928. or 81 ner
cent; an increase in milch cows of L..
l29. or 10 per cent: a decrease in oxen
and other cattle of 2.24S.952. or els
per cent, a decreasS4n the number of
sheep of 2753. 963. or GIL per cent. a
decrease in the number of swine OF
i.04o7Sa. or go per cent Iii value
horses have declined PAL per cent.
mules 22.5; mllch cows have Increased
about l per cent: oxen and other cattle
have lost in value Al per cent. sheen
have declined 20.2 per cent and swine
yer cent The decline lit the farm
prices C horses IS general throughou,
the country The exceptions are 10 BE-
found IN the mountain and paeihe
states aud Massachusetts. Tine range
Of horses is from Sl6,lS per head ii
Utah 90 $T4 Is IN Massachusetts. The
average value of mich COWS has in
creased from s21.77 in 1894 to SCI 81 ~
this year
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-05-02

Potato Scab We believe potato scab
can be almost wholly eradicated by
going at it in scientific and business
like way. says Field and Farm of Den
yer, which add; I'm Weld county sew
eral years ago the disease was largely
prevented by treating the seed to be
planted for three hours in a solution of
two ounces of corrosive sublimate in
sixteen gallons OF water. Where un-
treated seed was planted so TO GO per
cent of the crop was seabby, while
treated seed had but 8 to ). rs per
cent scab. On high ground the scab
was reduced TO per cent. Since that
time the best potato growers in the
Greeley district have used this remedy
with greater or less success and we be-
lieve the remedy is generally consid-
cred the best that has Yet been put
into practice FIX
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

rier chargeu Il OF the Other noiises
WIN MS squad of men before I could
get my crowd in position, but was dis
covered in time for the m~oonshiner to
run out OF the house. He was fired up-
on by three or four of Spurrier's men.
Dut got away. This directed the atten-
ZION OF the man that l was going to
surround, and | was able to place nv
men In a safe position before they were
discovered. AS J. walked to the front
gate apparently unarmed, Shaw's wife.
a beautiful little woman, with a baby
IN her arms and a little girl by her
SIDE, came out of the building. She
went to the kitchen door and fastened
II just as stepped up on the porch. l
asked her If her husband was in. She
said to me in low tone: "For Gods sake
DO not attempt to go into that house"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
Kissed by Henry Clay.

There Is left the little girl-nOw no
longer a little sirl-the proudest recol-
lection of whose life is of the kisses
Mr.. Clay used to give her, and for
which, with commendable business ex-
actness, he always paid her with a
ten-cent piece deposited in her sunbon-
net. She now c~onfesses that when she
saw the statesman approaching she
learned to lay this bonnet on the table
of her fathers shop, that it might be
well in evidence. and the impressive
ceremony Of the dime and the saluta-
ton might not be omitted before the
Wing leader, her father, and several
other old cronies settled down for their
regular afternoon discussion Of nation
al affairs-for all K~entuckians are pol.
misunderstanding.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

headed me off, and said that I should
not go In there.
"'If you don't open that door / will
beat it in with an AK | said. When
she saw that | was determined she got
the key and unlocked the door. The
place was filled with boxes and bar.
rels. and nothing was in sight that
would indicate a distillery. We moved
the boxes about. and presently found a
trap door in the floor, but so small that
| could not get through. So | sent one
Of my men. who was a thin fellow,
down.
In a few minutes lie called up that
there was nothing that he could find.
and that il was SO dark ,nat he could
not see. So | passed him down some
matches and directed him to make a
thorough search. He WAS about 10
give up the search when I noticed tina
the earth floor in one spot was softer
h in other places. He Sc, to scrap
ing the dirt away. and came upon IN
other trap door that opened into a sub
cellar. He era wled down. and called
to me that he had found the still. and
thar 1t was in full operation, fire going
and spirits ~condenSing.
"He found another hidden door in
the side of the cellar. out over the "a
vine. and kicked it open. Through this
l was able to climb. 1t was the most
perfect moonshine still that l ever saw,
about a hundred-gallon capacity, and
worth over $500. The smokehouse
was located over the ~ravine, at the bot
tom of which a stream flowed. The re-
fuse was run into this and carried off.
The smoke from the furnace was car
ried under ground and up into the
kitchen chimney. When the still was
going the wife was apparently doing
the household cooking. There, within
thirty feet Of the road, Hall had been
carrying on his illicit distillery.
while / was taking Hall into town
l questioned him, for he seemed to be
a decent sort of fellow. He told me,
and I later found out that he told the
truth, that he started in life as a Bap-
tist minister. but that he could not
make a living at preaching. and had
been drawn into m~OonShining. The
court sent him to prison for two years"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

him. The truth was, I had none, the
marshal being probably a half mile
from his house. 1 laid my left hand on
my revolver that I held in my right,
and told him that he would have to be
satisfied with that until Mr.. Brown,
the marshal, came up. He then asked
me where my men were. l blew my
whistle and they left their places Of
%concealment and surrounded him.
Clcrgymen and Moonshiner.
II have had my share of mOOnshin-
ing," said Captain Cromwell, of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, as he paused in his labor Of
packing up a raft of traps and papers
in preparation for his immediate de-
parture for his new post on the Pa
cifc slope. II have tackled some pret-
ty nasty customers and been in some
pretty rough parts of the country, and
yet [ have u friendly feeling for these
people, who are honest in all other
things, and who really believe that a
%tyrannous government is trying to de-
prive them of an inalienable right.
About the last still that I seized was
we'll nigh undiscoverable. and had I
not had positive information that the
still was there. / would have passed it
by. 1t was this way. Last year l was
notified that a certain Tom Hall was
operating a still somewhere in North
ern Mississippi. He was even then out
on bail. two good lawyers being on his
hnn6 f0. xSn0 Tho.o al -1A
believe that Hall was a moonshiner
for he was a plausible sort of a fellow
and had put up a good story. l knew
that he would not be hard to locate, so
l got a man who was familiar with the
ground to do some detective work for
This man went out into the coun-
try and in the course of a short time
wOrmed himself into the confidence of
the mOOnshiner.
Hall had a house on the side of a
mountain. alongside the road. and en-
tertained neighbOrs somewhat in the
manner of an innkecper. My man went
to Halls place and bought whisky. and
drank and played cards until 4 o'clock
in the morning. After he had gone 10
bed he got up and prowled around
and after a long search found where
the still was hidden. He even went so
far as to take a diagram of the place.
He came into town. whore | was wait
Ing for him. and gave me the intelli-
gence that l wanted.
II got the posse together and set out
at nee. arriving at the spot in the ear
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
Physical Training of Indian Hunters

The physical training Of a hunter
was a part Of the education of every
Indian boy, and different tribes had
different modes of developing the pow
ers Of endurance. Among the Omahas
the youth were taught to run-not so
much to run rapidly for a short dis
lance, as to keep up an even pace for
many miles; and the habit of careful
observation was also i~nculcated. The
runners services on the tribal hunt
were important; it was necessary for
them to be able to travel far in search
of the buffalo and to return quickly,
sc that the tribe could go forward, and
the hunters encompass the herd before
1t could to any great distance.
They must also closely note the tOpog-
raphy of the country as they ran here
and there in search Of the game, so as
to be able to direct the tribe to the herd
Over the shortest route which they
might not themselves have travelled.
They must also be constantly on the
watch for tracks or signs Of an enemy,
lest they should bring the tribe into
danger. 1t was not uncommon for
these young men to run from seventy to
100 miles within twenty-four hours,
taking very little rest and food.-Cen
+r~y
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

| asked her to go in herself and tell her
husband to come out. She said she
could not do it. neither was it neces-
sary, for he intended to die before he
would be taken. and noticed the tears
running down her cheeks. Thereupon
she left with the children.
l went to the door and found it fast
stairs asking who l was and what I
wanted. l looked up over my head and
l could see a mans hand and the barrel
of a pistol on the top sill, but l was so
close to the house; in fact. inside of the
door facing, he could not shoot with
any degree of accuracy. l told him
who 1 was and that we had a capias for
him, intended to take him and that he
would do we'll to come down and SUR
render and not force us to resort to des-
perate ean He told me that he did
not intend to surrender, and that if I
forced the door and entered the house
he would kill me. He said that he had
been forced to kill one revenue officer,
and had had a difficulty with two or
three others, and didn't want any more
trouble on his hands. I told him that
had the house surrounded and that the
firing of one shot by him would be the
signal Of his death. He replied that he
could whip a whole regiment where he
was. l finally told him that If he did
not come down l would burn the house.
He told me to burn and be id.
I went into the kitchen-it was Just
after dinner-and, getting q frying pan
full hot Goals and 4 few green chips, I
went back to the door. l set the fry
ing pan upon the door sill, and, lying
down close to the wall, where Shaw
couldnotshootme, Icommenced Blowing
the smoke under the door, occasionally
telling that l hated to burn the house on
account of his wife and children. The
stairs were just to the right of the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
Reason for BOlivia's War.

The exact ground for BOlivia's claim
that Peruvians should salute her flag
is not clear. The two governments,
however, have been clashing for some
time. It wa stated about a year ago
that Chile had decided to restore to
Peru the towns Of Tacna and africa.
having no further Use for them, and
finding them an expensive luxury. At
that time 1t was said that Bolivia and
Ecuador would declare war on Peru,
claiming a natural right to the receded
ports as outlets to the Pacific. At that
time it was known that Bolivia was
purchasing horses and rifles, while
Ecuador was doing likewise.
Last October cable dispatches con-
tanned news from La Paz to the effect
that the Bolivian government intend
ed to vigorously protest against Peru'S
action in stopping traffic on Lake Tita-
aca which it had done for some time,
contrary to the terms of the treaty be.
tween the two countries.
These disputes were finally settled,
1t Is believed, through the intervention
Of Nicholas de Pierola, who has just
been elected President Of Peru, and IL
is thought probable that one Of the
conditions of the settlement was that
Peru should salute the Bolivian flag.
This agreement was not kept, where
upon Bolivia felt called upon to de-
mand that the salute be given.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
Divorce.

CuriositieS in divorce are always in
teresting and sometimes instructive,
illustrating as they do the manne and
failings of the times. In ancient Rome,
among the not uncommon reasons"
given by the husband for divorce We're
those Of a wife having skeleton keys
made to tit his private drawers and
drinking his wine-twO statements
which show that the honesty of a RO-
man matrOn was not cultivated to IL
great extent. However, it may be
there was u skeleton in the cupboard,
and so the natural ShrewdneSs Of Il
woman's mind suggested the use of q
key to match.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

ly morning. My Information was so
positive that I arrested Hall at once.
AS we entered the house he edged
around behind his wife, who grabbed
her husbands pistol from his pocket
and faced us. l saw that l had a de-
termined woman to deal with, and
knew I would have to treat her like I
would 4 man.
"'Put that pistol down. I command
ed.
81 won't do it, she said, looking
at me in a logged fashion.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

marshal had capiaSes for the three men
VINO occupied them. l belonged to the
revenue department. and had no au-
thority to arrest. There was but one
ofncer present who had the capiases,
out upon an occasion of this kind men
40 not stand much on the strict letter
Of the law. Our force was divided into
three parties, and each one repaired to
i house for the purpose Of making an
arrest. 1t fell to my party's lot to arrest
bod Shaw, who was charged with be-
lnS an accessory before the fact to the
NlllinS Of a revenue officer. had been
arrested, indicted and had given bond
Tor his appearance and forfeited it.
Now Bob was Il character in that sec
non or the country. He weighed about
=" pounds, was 4 perfect specimen of
PHYSICAL manhood. and had the reputa-
uoh of being rccklessly brave and
s~crupulOusly honorable. He lived in
the center of the enemy's country, and
III order to make an arrest it was neceS-
sdry to have a good force. Just before
court a raid was organized and all the
caplases were placed in the hands of a
marshal, who accompanied the party,
ule revenue department assisting the
judiciary and vice versa.
ApprlSed of the dangerous character
VI my man our party carefully sur
t'uhded the house, a stOry-and-a-half
''s affair, with a log kitchen at n
angle and a rough porch in front of the
uoor of the dwelling extending around
III 'front.' of the kitchen door. There
was but one window below and two
Sha'l windows aboye in the dwelling.
ne'Ween the eavesgand the walls of
oie house was an open space all around
VI about four inches. A person up
S'difs could pasf around the wall and
cover any objeJ with a gun or pistol
Tor a distancIfof ten or twenty feet
rom the hou( Beyond that distance
que could NOD BE- seen except from the
two end windows.
At was KIN SWn all over the country
ar"' We we1f somewhere on the ridge
ana eVeryhp'y was on the lookout for
Nc as iucf would have it, MIR. Spur
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
ELK ARE GREAT FIoHTERsav
They Are the HandsomeSt Members
of the Entire Deer Family. -

of the Entire Deer Family. -
The moose may be the largest menu
Der Of the deer family, but our elk, or,
wapiti, is certainly the handsomest,l
and it also stands leXt to the first in
size. Take an eight-year-old male elk
in November, when his sides and quar-
terS are plumply rounded, the long
black hair On his neck like d grizzly's
Writer o%vercoat, his nostrils ~distended,
eyes flashing, neck swelled with vigOr,
and his fine new antlers fairly spelling
for Il highland then match him if
you AN! It is then that he goes about
with a chip on his shoulder, feeling
not only willing, but eager, to whip all
creation. He Is then at his finest. His
coat Is new and bright, he Is the finest
deer that ever stepped and he knows
it. If you have any old score to settle
with him. better postpone it until Feb
ruary or March, when his antlers fall
off and leave him meek and inOffensive.
1t is by no uncommon for cap.
tive elk to commit murder. and to be.
come so dangerous as to require sum.
mary execution. Not long ago a keepet
in the Philadelphia Geological Gardens
was gored to death by one. OF all the
difficult problems that perplex the SUI
perintendent of a ZOO, the worst is that
of keeping the elk herd so that nOn Of
its weaker members shall be murdered.
AS to their food supply, they are easily
kept. for they will eat almost anything
that is fit for them; but between Oct. 1
and Feb. 1 l would rather keep a lion
or tiger in my back yard than a full
grown elk in good condition.
In appearance the adult male elk Is
magnificent. There is something about
him that is out OF dra wing" as the ar
fists say. His legs are small and shape
ly; his form is beautifully modelled: his
head is far more finely modelled than
the heads OF our smaller deer; his eye
is big and bright: his hair is luXuri-
ant: and his color scheme" IS pleasing.
He is built for strength. speed and
beauty combined. and he looks it.
But bis anslers! They are his crown
ing glory. Even when you find a sim
gle one. where il has been dropped on
q OIPHk HiIIhIUe ANU lIcS dli dloAcs SOu
i~nstinctively halc to admire 1t. for You
know that II came from a grand AMI
NAL. But let the king of the Cervidae
himself stand before you. with two
big brown trees Of solid bone rising
from his forehead. thrusting two
branches forward. then sweeping back
ward and upward. branching grandly
as they 60. until the topmOst prongs
rise in the air above the wearer's loins,
and if you have within you n spark
of admiration for grand things in ma
ture you will surely exclaim with me.
what a magnificent animal!" Put him
in a grassy mountain park, surrounded
by his wives and children, with a back
ground Of pine timber and snowy
peaks. and his majesty Is undeniable.-
st. Nicholas.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

while the department OF justice is repre-
sented by the United States deputy
marshal and occasionally a United
States commissioner. The latter or
responds with the office Of magistrate
in the State and accompanies the raid
for the purpose of issuing warrants
when an arrest is to be made; the
marshal's office corresponds
with that of the sheriff, and his duty is
TO make the arrest.
A raid was being made by a large
party of g officers and deputy
marshals in the Pea Ridge country, on
the Tennessee and Kentucky line. We
came into a neighborhood where were
three houses. about one-half mile apart,
and forming almost a triangle. The
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

door, and. the smoke ascending, soon
filed the upper part of the house. Shaw
concluded that / was burning him out,
and finally said that if l would ex-
tinguish the fire lie would come down
and surrender. l answered"All right
and then went to the kitchen. apparent
ly to get a bucket of water. When l
returned 1 removed the fire, told him
to leave his weapons upstairs, aud come
ahead.
When he stepped down he asked me
where my authority las for %araestinS
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
A German Gus tom.

The custom of celebrating gold aId
silver weddings belongs TO Germany.
The silver wedding occurred only on
the twenty-fifth anniversary, and most
people could celebrate that, but to be-
fifty years married was a sort of an
event in Il family. The house was quite
covered with gariands, all the neigh
bors from far and near were assem-
bled.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

to be bluffed by a woman, there is small
satisfaction in fighting one, and there
is no knowing what one will do once
she is reused to desperation.
II searched the house, but could not
locate anything suspicious, and went
over to the smOkehouse. Mrs. Hall
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

"She stood her ground for a full min
ute, but saw that we could not be tri-
hed with, and did not dare raise the
gun.
Put that pistol down. I again or
dered. Put it on the table!
"She laid the weapon down, but stood
close to it.
"'Now go over to the other side Of
the room,' l ordered. She moved away
slowly, and one of my men grabbed
the revolver. Then l breathed easier,
for while l was fully determined not
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
Drove Him Out by Strategy.

When a "m~oonshine" raid is made
,here are always two departments of
rho government representative in
formal revenue and the department of
iustice. The revenue officers locate the
Illicit distilleries and destroy them,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

make alright
crevices that
IN funnel and
and bottle.
th water and
at are used to
aric acid and
hich may be
|eady for use.
'e take place,
cid gas, and
he funnel.
II within the
title balls of
the gas can
rivals. for As
be orifce an
close II. By
ferent colors
Y effect.
more eauti
F in the form
gluing them
lie balls will
e funnel and
Ill futter as
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19
urUNSHTNE STILLS.
THEY ARE RAlDED BY
REVENUE OFFICERS.

Quietly Made Within Thirty
Feet of the Travelled Public High
w,y-Mr. Hall Found Preaching
Didn't Pay, So He Took to the Jug.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

A MISSISSIPPI COFFEE POT STILL.
lA-The boiler in which the mash ii is stewed.
6-Ihe pipe and worm passing through cold
water cylinder c. Water is introduced at + and
ascapes as whisky at II. j is the cover which
swings open.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-09-19

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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-06-18

yeafs ago. Every civilized government
Christendom has adopted tNie gold
s.e-iard. OF the South American repuD-
lics, not only Chile, but Brazil. Uruguay
aai Venezuela nave the gold Standard
In all the other South American and Gem
traiArnsrican states either silver or depre-
csaJsed paper currency is the money of the
country. The free coinage of silver or
the unlimited use of silver is confin.d
wlro.iy to semi-barbarous countries or to
Countries In a low stage of civilization.
II Is everywhere assiJclated with popular
Ignorance; with a very low dsgPee of
inauanal and commercial development;
VITA extreme poverty of the working
cla.s.p, with Standing of Ewing and
wagss 90 low as to make life possible
Oily to ml.11arbarous peoples. And
whIe other rnuons are getting rid Of this
silver incubus as fast as they can, the
people of these United States, the rich
en., the most intelligent, the most eff
Gent in working energy OF all the nations
of the earth, are asked to turn their
backs upon all the progressive civilization
OF tiIs world, and lock hands with the
dead past of the anltiquaIted and decrepit
Monaghan or Indo barbarism of Asia and
the fIalf-Indlan races Of Spanish Ameri-
ca In the adoption of the silver standard.
And nobody has yet told us why this
country should degrade Itself 10 their
level; or what is to be gained by the
tremendous sacrifices which 1t would cost
na