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The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-03-20

Indian Agent Carter in Attorney
General Hashell's Office. Both the
Indians were very grave and di%niicd
in bearing. Neither could speak
English they had to do their
talking through an Interpreter, Alex
Matte. Tile Indians spoke easily
and impressively, using natural Ecst-
1lrrS
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-03-20
wax 10 tO.I Cough?

10 E0N not know i hat Parks CHu III
r:up viii cure it, We guarantee
every butt!r There are many cough
svrllp;. bat we believe Parks, is the
best and liv,t reliable. |Alll by ],
y. MiScr. ;iteNciiSTillc.
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1895-03-20

more conservative in their express
sions and their views than the rad
icals. who advocate a different pol
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
Topping Corn.

The practice of topping corn is quite
common in all parts of the country,
but a series of tests made at the differ
ent experiment stations show that the
work is seldom profitable, and that the
loss to the corn is not made up by the
fodder secured. At the Mississippi
station the plan has been followed dur
ing three years, the tops being re-
moved after the corn had become well
glazed, and in every case the yield of
corn has shown a marked decrease.
for which the value of the tops did not
compensate. The average loss in the
total feeding value has been more than
20 per cent, which is somewhat larger
than the usual loss from such work in
the north, as the tops are worth less
here than there. The records of seven
other stations where similar work has
been done show the average yield of
the fields which were topped 20 have
been 6S.3 bushels per acre, while the
untouched check plots averaged S1.3
bushels, a loss Of 16 per cent from top
ping. At only one station of the seven
did the topped plots give the larger
yield, and the average difference of
thirteen bushels per acre in favor of
he corn which was not topped was
more than the feeding valr, of the
fodder secured.
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DESERVING THE SOIL.

AstonishinK Growth Of City PopuIn-
tfon Both in This Country and
Europe-somc Recent stntistIc..
The flocking Of the rural population
to the cities, it's results and how to
counteract them are problems that
yearly become more serious. In the
United States there has been n steady
growth of the urban population dur
Ing the last hundred years. In 1870
the percentage of the local population
which lived in cities was 3.35. In 1880
1t had increased to 29.12. 1t has
grown more than per cent in the last
decade.
England's percentage of urban popu-
lation Is the highest in Europe-4S per
cent. Thrifty Holland is next in the
list, for 3S out of every hundred live
outside Of the towns. Norway, Greece,
Switzerland and Germany, in the order
named, have the next largest percent
age of urban dwellers.
These figures are from recent es-
say read before the Societe des Sci
ences de Hainaut by NJ. Emile Jott-
rand. one Of the most eminent of Eu-
ropean authorities, but he confines
himself solely to his figures, and does
not attempt solution Of the ques-
tions involved.
Every schoolboy knows that one of
the signs which foretold the crumbling
and downfall of the Roman empire
was the gathering of the country peo-
pie In the towns. At Pome there were
100000 poor who lived on aims. The
fields were deserted and agriculture
fell into such a deplorable state that
In 1893 A. D.. the exemption from tax
es for ten years was decreed for every
person who should till the uncultivat-
ed fields of the empire.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
First Thimble Made 200 Years Ago.

Flrst Ihl"Dle MaOe <UU fearH ago.
thimble was originally a thumb
bell, because 1t was worn on the thumb,
as sailors still wear their thimbles. II
is a Dutch invention, and in 1884 in
Amsterdam the bi-centennial of the
thimble was celebrated with a great
deal of formality. This very valuable
addition to my lady's workbasket was
first made by a goldsmith named Mich
o'as van Benschoten. the ancestor OF
the American family Of Van Bensco-
tens. And 1t may further interest
colonial DANES to know that the first
thimble made was presented in 1854
to Anna van Wedy, the second wife Of
Kiliaen van Rensselaer,, the purchaser
OF Rensselaerwyck and the first pa
troon. Nine. van Rensselaer's men,
ory was duly honored in Holland on
tie occasion of the thimble bicenten-
nial. In presenting his useful gift Van
Benschoten begged Nine. van Rensse-
laer ito accept this new covering for
the protection of her diligent fingers
as a token of his esteem" 1t was not
until 1895, just 200 years ago, that the
tLimble was introduced into England
b. a Hollander named John Lofting,
who opened thimble mandatory at
Islington.-Harper's Bazaar.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

showed a remarkable thrifty growth.
We remarked. You must have had lots
of rain here. Oh no, says the pro-
prietor, not until quite recently. but
have spent the most of my time culti-
waiting and hoeing this patch, and have
sold to date June 10TH $50 worth. and
his harvest had just begun. Two days
later, not far from this place, we heard
of a man that was running twenty
acre garden. We were anxious to see
1t, and short drive brought us to the
spot 1t YVES a big spot. too. Weeds
were numerous all over it. The man
ager seemed to be in no particular
hurry. His entire crop had a backward
appearance, and we predict failure
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
THE GREATEST KILLING.
Nine Men Shot to Death in One
Might by . Gambler.

Night by Q Gamb bier.
In the way Of prompt and deadly
shooting nothing in all the red calcn
dar of homicide in the far West beats
the record of the gambler. Riley, at
Newton, Kan, made one night in 1871.
Tho Santa Fe railroad had been built
to that point during the year, and Il
hourishing town had grown up around
the terminus to which the Texas cattle
were turned. One night the Texas cat
tie drives were in for shipment, and
tho cowboys were celebrating. Some
of the Texans had a grudge against
came in prepared for trouble and they
set about making it straightway. They
killed the city marshal, the deputy
marshal and another man early in tln
evening. Later they poured into Pink
hams dance hall to the number of
twenty-five or thirty.
Their first break was to assassinatc
a harmless citizen. Riley was in the
dance hall and the man just killed
out a word Riley stepped back to til.
big double doors In front of the saloon
and closed them. Placing his back
against the doors he drew a pair of re
volvers and fell to shooting, one man
against the crowd. Men tumbled left
and right, and shots rang out all over
the room In response to the cracking
Of Riley's pistols. Shots perfora ted
and splintered the door all about him,
but he stood there firing until his pis-
tolls were emptied. Then leaping over
the counter he caught up u revolver
that lay on a shelf beneath and kept
on with the firing. Before he had
emptied the pistol that he found be-
hind the bar the men inside had forced
the front doors open. Those that could
rushed out and Riley shot his last man
in the middle of the street.
When it came to counting up losses
1t was discovered that there were thir-
teen dead men in the town. due to that
nights shooting, of whom nine cow
boys had fallen by Riley's hand. A
doctor hastily summoned to the scene
came to the side of cowboy who was
dying. How Is 1t, Doc?' asked the
wounded man. Am l going to pull
throughT The doctor shook his head
and said, "1'm sorry, my poor fellow.
but l cannot give you any hope"
How about the man who shot me-
said tho cowboy, ''is he dead" NO."
answered the doctor, "he was not even
wounded" 81 know better than that"
said the cowboy. II know he was hit.
/ was right by the side of him when
he shot me, and before ] fell I fred
and hit him under the arm. You ex-
anime him. and you'll find that he's
wounded there" When the doctor got
round to Riley he examined him and
found that he had received a flesh
wound under his arm which in the ex-
element of fighting he had not no.
ticed. Riley left the town after the
inquest and didn't appear there again
Denver Field and Farm.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
LIVES ON ELM TREES.
Ravagcs of arBeetIe That Is Destroying
tho Elms Of New England.

Ravagcs of y beetle That Is Destroying
tho Elms of New England.
The advance of elm-leaf beetles into
New England has been extremely rapid
says the Springfield Republican. About
a fortnight ago they were reported in
full force in several towns in Connecti-
cut and western Massachusetts. Stam-
ford, Milford, Bridgeport and other
towns along Long Island sound have
been ravaged, and from New Haven
they have come up the valley and are
in Hartford as well as in this city.
The damage done in the famous elms
Of New Haven, the elm city, is melan-
choly to contemplate. The trees are
as brown as in the last of fall and no
work has yet been done to stop the
despoilmept. Last week the city coun-
Gil determined to take measures against
the pest Most of the mischief for this
year had been done and that will be
the case almost everywhere. A few
weeks ago the state agricultural school
at Mansfield, Conn.,, published full di-
rections for the meeting Of the elm
leaf beetle at the outset. Professor C.
d. Woods said:
ties and prevent to a considerable ex-
tent their ravages another season is to
treat the ground around the base of the
trees for a distance of several yards
with strong kerosene emulsion. This
will not help the trees this season, but
II all the pupae at the surface of the
ground are destroyed, and II this Is
done under all the trees in a given
town, there will be no beetles to lay
eggs next season. The kerosene emul-
sion is best prepared in this way: Sof,
soap, one quart; kerosene, one pint;
water, six quarts. Warm the soap
until it becomes liqueiied. Remove
from near fire. add the kerosene and
agitate rapidly with force pump for
five or ten minutes until it becomes
homogeneous creamy mass from which
the kerosene will not separate IN stand
ing. Add the water and thoroughly
mix, when the emulsion will have the
appearance of milk. This should be ap
piled near the trees at two or three
different tirles in sufficient quantities
/, to thoroughly saurate the surface of the
ground. A force pump with spraying
nozzle, or watering pot with nose can
be used to apply the emulsion"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
PILLSBURY A WONDER.
Remarkable Work of the Young Spring
6eId Chesi hampion.

Very little has been said or heard about
young Pillsbury. the winner Of the interna-
tlOnal chess tournament In which he defeat
ed the greatest aggregation of chess players
that has ever come together In a single tour
ney, not the least of whom was Steinitz.
The reason is that little or nothing has been
known about him. Harry Nelson Pillsbury
is not yet 23 years DID, as he was born in
Somerville, Mass, December s, 1872. He
studied in the grammar school Of Somerville
and prepared himself for Harvard college.
but for some unknown reason he never en-
tered. He learned to play chess when he
was 49, and showed such insight in the game
that he was taken up, by Addison Smith Of
he organized the Somerville Chess club. and
also the Somerville Checker club.
In 1889, while clerking In Boston business
house, he entered the American Chess con-
gress, the sixth annual meeting of which was
held In Boston, and met all of the New Eng.
land cracks. They all gave him the odds OF
a knight until 1880, when he defeated the
veteran, II. N. Stone, playing even. The fol
lowing year he defeated John Il. Barry. to
4, Barry being the strongest resident player
In New England. The same year Steinitz
endeavored to give him the advantage OF
pawn and move, but could not defeat him.
In 1898 he defeated SchOtlander and Wal.
brodt, and then, learning to play blindfold
chess up to eight simultaneous games. he de-
feated the Franklin club team of Philadel,
phia. winning six games, losing one and
drawing two.
While not as brilliant as Morphy. he eIcels
all in his analysis. even SteinitZ admitting
his superiority, and In his knowledge of open
ings and principles he Is second only to Las
ker
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
A ParalytiC Cured.
His Grandfather. = Revolutionary Sol
dIer. and His Father, Both Died of
Paralysis, Yet the Third Gener-
alton L. Cured THE Method.
tFrom the Herald. Boston. Mass.


alton L. Cured The Method
(From the Herald. Boston. Mass)
Like a thunderbolt from a clear sky,
a stroke Of paralysis came to Mr.. Frank
T. Ware, the well known Boston auc-
tioneer and appraiser, at 235 Washing
ton street. He went to bed one night
about six years ago seemingly In robust
health. When he awoke his lett SIDE
was stiffened by the deadening OF the
nerves. The interviewer sought out Mr..
Ware to get the facts. He gave the in
teresting particulars in his own way:
THE first shock came very suddenly
while was asleep. but it was not last
ing in its effects. and in few weeks
was able to be about. A few months
after. when exhausted by work and
drenched with rain l went home in II
very nervous state. The result was
second and more severe shock. after
which my left arm and leg were prac-
tlcally helpless.
MY grandfather. who was soldier
in the Revolutionary War. and lost an
arm in the struggle for American inde-
pendence. died finally Of paralysis. My
father also died OF paralysis. although
1t was complicated with other troubles,
and so had some knowledge of the IA
tai character of the disease which Is he
reditary in our family. After the sec.
ond shock | took warning, for. In all
probability, a third would carry me off.
Almost everything under the sun was
recommended to me and I tried all the
remedies that seemed likely to do any
good, electricity, massage and Special
lists. but to no effect.
THE only thing / found that helped
me was DIR. Williams Pink Pills. and l
verify believe that If it hadn't been for
those pills l would have been dead
years ago.
Yes. 1 still have slight reminder OF
the last attack six years ago. My left
arm is not as strong as the other and my
left foot drags a little, as the paralysis
had the effect of deadening the nerves.
But l can still walk a good distance.
talk as easily as ever. and my general
health is splendid. I am really over sew
enty years old, although I am generally
taken to be twenty years younger.
1.-THE Pink Pills keep my blood In good
condition, and 1 believe that is why l
am so well.
Mr.. Ware has every appearance of a
perfectly healthy man, and arrives at
his office promptly at eight o'clock ev-
cry morning. although he has reached
an age when many men retire from
active life. He says that in his
opinion both his father and grandfather
could have been saved II Pink Pills had
been obtainable al that time.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie contain all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They may
be had of all druggists or direct by mail
from the DR.. Williams Medicine Co..
Schenectady, N. Y, at so cents per box,
or six boxes for 81. So
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
CompIime n ting the Marines.

William ". once extricated himself
from difficulty after bad break.
Take away that marine" said his
majesty to waiter, pointing to an
empty bottle which stood upon the
table. THAT marine"' said colonel
If the marines who was present.
Docs your majesty compare an empty
battie to a mariner" Yes" replied
the king, pulling himself together. ~
itean to say it has done its duty once
erd is ready to do 1t again."-From
Aifred Miles -Thousa nd -and-One An.
cdotes.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

for him. Now the one-acre man will
have much to say about the remarkable
productiveness and great value of Da-
kota soil, while the twenty-acre man
will curse the soil, climate. railroads
and everything else but himself In
Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado we
have seen the same clearly demon
strated. These facts, coupled with
what we have seen in the older eastern
states, prompts us to repeat that there
is no section of this great country
where the intelligent, pushing. enter
prising young man with little money
can get as much and as sure an in
come from his labor and money as in
those states, If he will keep in mind the
story of the little farm we'll titled
Dakota Farmer.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

where much hoeing is done 1t is not
usually seen. and this fact suggests a
means of practically exterminating 1t.
1t is low-growing. branching plant Of
rapid growth. During late summer 1t
bears a profusion Of black berries,
which are likely to attract the atten-
tion of children, and very often we hear
of death from their having eaten them.
The stramonium is weed found grow
ing almost everywhere at the north.
and presume at the south as well. 1t
Is plant having coarse, ovate leaves,
thick stalks. and large. tubular white
flowers borne on short peduncles in the
forks of the branches. These flowers
are produced throughout the season. 1t
is popularity known as "jimson weed"
probably corruption Of jamestown
weed, as there is story extant in old
chronicles that several soldiers who had
been sent to help quell the Baker rebel
lion at jamestown were poisoned by
eating a salad made from young shoots
Of this plant. which they found grow
ing plentifully in the vicinity of the
town. We do not hear of much injury
from 1t because its foliage has such a
disagreeable odor when disturbed that
children are repelled by it, but because
Of the poisonous qualities which 1t is
known to possess it should be promptly
destroyed wherever found. 1t is a near
relative Of the tobacco plant, which is
not very favorable recommendation
for the latter. Indeed, the narcotic
principles of tobacco is simply varia-
tion or modification of the poisonous
principle Of the stramonium.-The La
dies Home journal.
Long Root. A. Clapp. of Cen
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
NIenIer'S Purchase.

Menler. the celebrated French chocolate
manufacturer, has, they say, bought the
renee, and proposes to stock It with game,
fur-bearing animals and fish. The purchase
price is s., GOO, 600, which the people OF Que
bee say he can take out in mosquitoes during
the first season. 1t is said to be difficult to
live on the island in summer. they are so
venomous And they tell story that the
Bishop of Chicoutimi recently visited the
Island, and. having to walk fifteen miles from
one settlement to another. was so bitten op
his journey that, though he Is strong man,
he tainted three times before he reached his
destinatlon.-Buffalo Courier.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

The cut on this page shows a speci-
men of silvery wormwood 1t will be
noticed that the sketch has been made
with the main stem cut off SO as to con-
dense the illustration. To have the
plant as it actually looks, imagine the
stem filled with flowers put back on the
cane from which it has been cut.
The stem is slightly woody at the
base and is white-silky. The leaves
are pinnately parted and 3-5 cleft, the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
BITS OF MUSING THOUGHT.

Society is continually surging with
the conflict of dollars and sense
Fishermen will dream of fish lying
about them, but in reality It's the other
way.
The more man looks at the purchase
of lawn mower the less the mower
seems to be.
No man can learn to play a cornet
and teach Christianity in the same
neighborhood.
There is one consolation with the new
woman craze-the coming chaperon
will be a man.
The fisherman who lies in wait for
a trout and finally gets it. is apt to lie
in weight for many moons.
The corn crop is very successful in
the west, nevertheless chiropodists
make no complaint about the east.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS Or INTEREST TO
AGRIcULTURISTS
Some Up-to-D Date Hints About CnitIva-
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulture, viticulture and Fiori-
culture

N the suburbs Of a
nice town we found
an e n t e rprising
young man work
ing a one-acre mar
ket garden where
all kinds of garden
truck was being
nicely and thor
oughly cared for.
Not a weed was TO
he seen Eyery plant
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
The Deadly Nigiit.iadr.

The nightshade Hyoscyamus niger
is frequently found growing in great
profuslon about old gardens and in
plowed fields which are not cultivated
to any great extent after the early part
Of the season. In gardens and fields
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
B,eause He stared At Her.

Lady Frances Wilson, daughter of Lord
Aylesbury, was one day informed that a
man who had recently died In Pimlico
Hants. Incredulous. she went up to town
and recognized there the remains Of man
who had very frequently annoyed her Dy
had also bequeathed f4OOO to the speaker Of
the House of Commons and f1,OOO to the
chancellor of the exchequer, neither of
whom had been aware of his existence
Temple Bar.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

divisions narrow linear. The flower
heads are globose, racemose.
The plant grows to height of six
feet, and is found on dry hills and
among the rocks. Gray, botanist, de-
scribes its native habitat as st. An
thongs Falls. Wisconsin, Lake Su-
perior, ard northwestward.
Its nearest relative among the plants
is common wormwood (artemesia alb
sinthium).
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

be traced by the lines in the woman's face.
Dull eyes, the sallow or wrinkled face and
those feelings of weakness" have their
rise in the arrangements and Irregularities
peculiar to women. The functional de-
rangements, painful disorders, and chronic
weaknesses of women, can be cured with
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the
young girl just entering womanhood, for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in "the change of life,"
the Prescription " is just what they need !;
it aids nature in preparing the system for
these events. It's a medicine prescribed
for thirty years, by Dr. R. v. Pierce, chief
consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty Of exercise in the open air. Her
form CLOVIS with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. II her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy. she uses the gentle and pleas
ant liquid laxative. Syrup of Figs.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
In Thl. Work..-Day World

under the pressure and anxieties of business.
Paresis, wasting of the nervous tissues, n
sudden and unforewarned collapse Of the
mental and physical faculties are daily oc-
currences, as the columns of the daily press
show. Fortify the system when exhausted
against such untoward events with Hostel:
ter's Stomach Bitters, that most helpful
medicine Of the weak, worn out and intrm.
Use 1t in rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipa-
ton and malaria.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19

Barley in a Lake Bed.-The subsi-
dence of the water of Devils lake has
left what was known as the bay, In
the eastern end. dry land. In this bay
1900 acres of barley have been sown
this season, and the prospects are for a
crop that will break the record The
bay has been the feeding ground Of
water fowl for ages, and is wonderfully
fertile.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-09-19
1OMEN'SFACES

like flowers, fade
and wither with time;
the bloom of the rose
is only known to the
h e alt by woman's
cheeks. The nerv-
Gus strain caused by
the ailments and
pains peculiar to the
sex, and the labor
and worry of rearing