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Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21
THE ToRRENs SYSTEM.

st. Louis G]obe-Democrat: At
the recent election, Cook county,
H., adopted the Torrens system
of registration Of land titles, un-
der an act Of the last State Legis-
lature authorizing counties to
make such change. This sys-
tenn was originated in Australia,
where it has been in practical
operation for many years; and it
has also been adopted, with GER
tain notifications caused by local
conditions, in England and Prus-
sia. It is designed to simplify
conveyances of real estate, to re-
duce litigation over land titles,
and to substitute security for in
security in the ownership of such
property. The Illinois law is
little more complicated than that
of Australia, but practically like
it in all essential particulars.
Provision is made for registrar
who shall keep record of all land
titles in the county, and make
transfers thereof on his books
giving certificates to the owners,
which will will be as readily con-
vertible as registered bond. The
grantor is required to execute a
deed as heretofore---which is not
the case in Prussia, for instance,
where the buyer and seller may
appear before the registrar and
make the change Of ownership
without any writing betw ee n
them, simply by word of mouth
---but the deed counts only as an
incident; it is the record of the
registrar that acconplishes the
transference of title.
y
/ Under this method, the books
of the registrar show at glance
in whom the title to given tract
of land is vested and to what in
cumbrances and charges it is sub
A iect. Each certificate issued to a
purchaser becomes a new title,
!. and there is no need to look be-
hind it for possible defects. Al
the end of five years after the first
J, certificate is issued, the statue o1
}, limitations shuts OUT all adverse
claimants, and the title is held t.
! be perfect. In cases of transmits
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

might have been obtained. 1t
will be remembered that Chill"
Gay, now on trial for murder at
Helena, Montana, claims that he
will be able, if liberated, to find
the spot. However this may be,
there are a few Indians on the
reservation who know the spot,
and who heretofore have kept the
secret with more than Masonic
secrecy, but it gradually is leak
ing out, and will before another
season passes be disclosed. In
September last an old and incre-
pid Indian and his wife so warm
ed toward certain federal officer
residing at Rushville, Neb., for
favors shown them by him, that
they promised to guide him to
the sacred spot. A party was
made up, consisting of five white
men, the two old guides, and a
trailing band of about thirty In
dians. Everything was harmoni-
Gus until Grand river was reach
ed, and the supposed vicinity of
the gold region app 70 a C h ed.
Camp was made as usual one
evening, the whites retiring at
the usual hour, but the reds sat
in solemn council the entire night
through, and in the morning
coolly packed up and silently and
without explanation pulled for
home. Big Rat, the f a m u S
scout, was sent on their trail for
an explanation, but he received
little encouragement; they simply
saying, in the dead hours of the
past night the spirits of their
dead friends and relatives had
taken part in their council and
bade them return. And return
they would and did,
The whites could do no more,
and they returned, but not te
give up the quest and with the
advent of fair weather next season
the party will be made up and an.
other attempt made to find the
spot. .---Deadwood Times.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

q. S. supreme court is that saving
President Cleveland proposes giving
the place to Secretary Carlisle. There
are several reasons why this rumor is
the most probable of its kind, but the
legal eminence of Mr.. Carlisle isn't one
of them. Although he has been law
yer for nearly forty years, office-hold-
ing has been his real occupation. But
not one denies that lie is a much ADLER
man than some of those who have held
seats upon the supreme court bench.
President Cleveland ought to give Mr..
Carlisle something in return for the
sacrifices he has made for him. Ac-
cording to those who ought to know,
Secretary Carlisle's substitution of Mr..
Cleveland's financial ideas for his own
has made it certain that his politi-
cal career is closed, as it has alienated
the support of many of the very men
who had previously stood by him.
That he is poor man is we'll known,
and creditable to him, too; therefore.
it is altogether probable that Mr..
Cleveland should think of repaying his
devotion by anchoring him in life
time position.
Unless Senator Cullom is mistaken
there has been some very wild talking
on the part OF some of his col
leagues concerning the existence of an
agreement between democrats and re-
publicans as to the organization OF the
senate. He states very positively tina,
no such agreement exists, and adds: 81
don't think individual expressions just
now amount to a great deal. We shall
certainly hold caucus, either just be-
fore or just after congress meets. ir
order to decide what is the best thing
to dc. Until then no man will know.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

sion by will or descent, the title
goes not directly to the heirs, but
to the executor or administrator,
the same as personality; and proof
of heirship is made before the
court, which orders the title to be
transferred accordingly, on the
surrender and cancellation of the
outstanding certificate. The adj
vantages of such a system are
manifest, and the only objection
to be urged against it is that of
precedent, or prejudice in favor of
the present cumbersome, expen-
sive and more or less uncertain
methods of conveyance. 1t will
take some time for the people of
Illinois to become accustomed to
it and willing to extend its oper-
alton throughout its various coun-
ties; but it is such decided inn
provement in every respect that
there can be no doubt about its
ultimate acceptance by the whole
state. The same reasons recon-
mend it for adoption in other
states, at least so far as its gen.
eral features of simplicity and Sc
curity are concerned, and they
should not delay a change which
is so clearly in the interest of the
owners of all kinds of real estate.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

Henry Watterson is now doubt
less poudering over his anti-con-
vention statement that if Cleve-
land was nominated the demo
cratic party would "m al c h
through a slaughter-house into
an open grave" The slaughter
ing appears to have commenced.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

Geo. P. Rowell & Co., advertis
ing agents, whose place Of busl-
ness is in N. Y, seem to have
got themselves into predica-
ment, from which they call upon
the editors of South Dakota to
furnish the relief. The firm is
sues annually a newspaper direc-
tory in which they give the circu-
1ation(?) of every paper in the
United States. Hoping to secure
a more correct statement from
publishers they ask for sworn
statements and then offer 500 to
any person who will prove that
the publisher making the state
ment is a liar. A case of this
kind has recently appeared from
Alexandria. and both parties are
good swearers. The Herald firm
ly believes that a half-sheet, with
all the home news is a "con1-
plete" newspaper when sent to
exchanges or to advertisers who
desire the paper to check adver-
tisements therein; but it does not
propose to assist N. Y. adver-
tising agency in proving any
South Dakota newspaper publish
er liar.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

Nearly every newspaper one
picks up now days contains an
account of some returning pilgrim
who foolishly thought his condi-
ton wor d be bettered by aremo.
val to some warm southern state.
The pecuniary loss which they
have sustained, oftitnes makes
the experience an expensive one
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

Editor F. j. Cory, of the Water
town Public Opinion, was on last
Friday married to Miss Agnes
Dilts of that city. The fraternity
throughout the state unite in
wishing them much Joy.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21
The Turks have burned several
American Mission houses, and
the question now is, what will
Uncle Sam do about it?

DR.. Samuel F. Smith, author
of "America," died suddenly of
heart disease, in Boston, last Sat
urday. ! He was 81 years old
October 81.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1895-11-21

Having purchased the stock of f. M. Slagle
& Co., we are now better prepared than ever
to furnish everything required in the Lumber
line. Also, Lath Lime, Sash, Doors and
Blinds.
We also handle all kinds of COAL, both
Hard and Soft.
We invite every one to examine our stock
and get prices.
We have the larsest and best stock of lum-
Der in Turner County.
Office near the depot. Come Every body
j. II. QUEAL g. co,
Hu.ley. South Dakota.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
HINTS TO FARMERS.

On an acre OF rich, wellcultivated
land, there may be grown five hundred
dollars worth of berries.
UNLESS we have ensilage or roots to
be fed to the eve and lamb earlylambs
cannot be made profitable.
PRESERVE only strong, vigorous
plants; give each room to develop and
perfect its fruit. Prune severely.
i WHEN women make a business OF
the dairy they make a success of it.
The very best Of dairy achievements
have been made by women.
DAMAGE by ordinary droughts may
be prevented by summer mulch and
frequent cultivation. Severe drought
requires almost constant cultivation
and heavy ,nulching.
I The point is made by writer that
fee ding stock in the dark night and
morning is not a good plan, for the
feeder cannot see whether OF not the
stock is at its feed or off its feed.
PETER TUMBLEDowN had better lei
the fowls into his garden to eat up the
weed seed there. Come to think of it,
the garden fence is down and the
chickens ate everything but the weeds
early in the season.
81 The waste of the dairy although
employed probably when fed to al
most all stock is especially satisfac,
tory as a part diet for fowls. Nothing
will take the place of meat more sure
~. The use Of sour milk must be be,
gun gradually to prevent diarrhea.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
AMONG THE POULTRY.

THE snow may break down you,
roof. Better shovel some of it of.
To DIVIDE the labor and income OF
the poultry yard with the children will
teach them valuable lessons in bust.
ness.
Fowls should have something to picb
at and scratch over as soon as they
come off the roost in the morning.
The exercise will sharpen their appe
tites for the full morning meal.
STAND a few armfuls of corn stalks
in one corner of the open poultry shed
and hang sheaves of unthreshed oats
or wheat along the real wall to give
the fowls a homo feeding and keer
them busy.
How DC you like to have the melting
snow dripping down in front of the
chicken house in the yard? We al
ways build houses that pitch to the
rear and carry off all drainage that
way. Are we right?
PORK and beef scraps are often
wasted by being fed too literally to
the poultry; thus fed they are an in.
jury rather than a benefit. Boiled
and made into a mush with vegetables
and meal they Ire very useful to in.
duce early laying when judiciously
fed.-Farm Journal. :.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
. EXPERIMENT.
Yeao Mixed with Bran IL the Most PRO
T liable Feed for Hogs.

YeaD Mixed with Bran IL the Most Prof:
liable Feed for Hogs.
Bulletin No. "a of the Utah Expert
ment station renders the relative value
of wheat, peas. corn and barley in the
production of pork. 1t is a record Of a
feeding experiment with Berkshire
hogs during the winter OF 1888.
There were four sets of hogs fed; n
was fed wheat and bran in equal pro-
portions by weight: one peas end brani
another corn and bran, and a fourth
barley and bran. lnsbther respects
the conditions were equal. The expert
ment extended from December 5, 1898,
to May Is. 1894.
Peas mixed with bran, half and
half by weight, proved to be far
superior to either wheat, corn Or bar
ley mixed and fed in the same manner
both as to rapid gain and to the
amount required for one pound OF
gain.
The wheat mixture m second,
with corn and barley following in the
order named.
1Io ped lIllACutc gave gam
ly 200 pounds more than the wheat
mixture; 225 pounds more than the
corn mixture, and $50 pounds more
than the barley mixture.
While the pigs averaged the same
weight, it required so OF a pound
more of the wheat mixture, Ill pounds
more of the corn mixture, and l.53
pounds more of the barley mixture to
produce one pound of gain than of the
pea mixture.
Peas and wheat proved to be excel
lent feed, fed mixed with bran in the
manner described.
Reckoning pork at four cents per
pound, live weight. after deducting
the cost Of the bran at $40 per ton,
wheat fed in this experiment brought
So cents per bushel, or S1.49 per hun
dredweight; peas, Sl.O per hundred
weight; corn, ST. 2 per hundredweight,
and barley, $1.2$ per hundredweight.
On the above basis peas should be
worth 13 per cent. more than wheat,
while corn should be Is per cent. less,
and barley II per cent. less.
The pigs were pure bred Berkshires;
the gains were only moderately good
and not excessive.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
Future of Horse Breeding.


This is the way the veteran John n.
Wallace puts things in the Horse Re.
view: There now seems to be but one
course open to the breeders of this
country, and that is to form district
organizations or combine with organ
izations already in existence and take
a open, unnsistakable and unequiv-
ocal stand against all forms of gam
bling at their meetings, open stakes
for young things and offer purses for
classified horses. At the annual meet
ings employ a capable and expert.
enced judge who knows the rules and
will enforce them, and, above all. keep
clear of the mar who may have IAN
ak to grind Incompetent or dishon-
est judging is generally the initial OF
disaster to the association. and the oae
ID just AZ fa1al an toe ethsg,'
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
Q ROYALTY.

THE emperor Of Germany Is a pro-
fcient drummer and can give lessons
to the best army drummers IN the art
of beating the tattoo.
SOMEBODY in Germany started h
ru,nor that Prince and Princess BIS
marck were in the hands of their doc
tors again. The old ex-iron chancellor
declares that he and his wife ore in OK
cellent health.
TIE empress of Germany is very pop
ular with her husbands subjects. She
is not only a womanly woman in every
way, but she is in addition n model
'hausfrau," which the German admircs
more than he does beauty.
NINE. DE BILL, wife OF the Danish
ambassador to the coIrt of st. james,
is an American by birth. Her father
was Chancellor Zabriski, Of New DER
sew, and she is about to visit her many
kinsfolk in the United States.
Crown PE1ScE FERDINAND Of Rou-
mania's little daughter, born recently,
makes Queen Victoria's nineteenth
great,grandehild: as The crown princess
is thu TTz7 81 T71HHce Albert, duke
Of Edinburgh, the reigning duke OF
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
TIE princess of Wales Is fond OF
.angling. She has q gold-mounted rod
that cost two hundred dollars, but
many an American boy has had moro
fun and caught more fish with acroolSed
stick, a bent pin and an everyday
worm taken from under a log in the
barnyard.
ARcuDUKE FRAsc1s FERDINAND, heir
presumptivc to the crown Of Austria
Hungary, has placed the articles and
curios which he gathered on his re-
cent world tour IN exhibition in Vi
emma. Hundreds of people have Wis
tied the exhibition, paying OH admis-
sion fee.
PRINCE ASDREAs PoN1ATowsKI, who
was married three times in Paris to
Miss Sperry, of San Francisco-irst by
the mayor and then alternately In
Roman Catholic and Protestant Epis-
copal churchcs-has an elder brother,
Prince Carlos, who also found an Amer
lean wife some years ago in the person
of Miss Goddard.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
What to DO with Chat.

NIX ~ FZ-EH - 70
Chat is a refuse, and on large wheat
farms it is used in h~orse-stalls, or dis
posed of in any possible manner.
There is nothing that will equal it on
the floor Of the poultry-house, as il
absorbs moisture from the droppings,
keeps the floor clean. and. facilitates
the work of sweeping out the house.
It should be used literally, however,
two or three inches deep being prefer
able to light supply. It is better
than sawdust. as the hens do not in
3ure themselves with it, as is often the
ease with sawdust when they fill their
crops with it. Cut straw or leaves
NAV also be used with the chaff, the
combination Of the several materials
being better than any M of them
alone; but the chat IS better than any
other material, if itean be had, should
it be necessary to use only n sub.
stance. A handful of nillet seed, scat.
tered ia the chat, will induce the hens
to begin work, and they will not care
to 60 outsidsis the floor Ia kept con.
ttantlg H.teEsd,~ Farm and Ftsestas
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
RULED BY TWO QUEENS.
A Recent Discovery Which Upsets Former
Ideas About Bees.

Ideas About Bees.
1t has hitherto been regarded as an
established fact which could not be
called in question by the most skeptic-
al that each community of bees was
distinguished by it's loyalty to one
queen, and that the latter would brook
no rival, the appearance Of another
queen being the signal for a battle
royal which only ended in the death
Of one or both. These beliefs are
now o~verthrown by an Austrian SCI
enlist, Prof. Cater, of Simmering,
who has just exhibited a thriving hive
the members of which are governed
conformity by two queens, and the
bees apparently approve of the inno-
vation. Nay, what Is still more re-
markable the two monarchs get along
most satisfactorily and without the
slightest friction.
One of the greatest authorities on
agriculture sat for hours at a stretch
observing tho conduct of the two
queens. They approached each other
from time to time without the slight.
est antipathy, and on two or three
occasions actually caressed each 9TH
er most tenderly, and then separated
quietly and peacefully, followed by
their devoted suites. Prot. Cater has
just received the first prize for his sen.
sational exhibit, which is attracting
crowds to the bee show. and the mem.
bers of the agricultural and horticultur.
al societies of Vienna are proud to thinls
that no such extraordinary spectacle
as this was ever witnessed or recorded
in the history of bees. The documen.
drawn up, signed and duly attested
will be preserved in one Of the mu.
seums of Vienna, and copies Of it will,
be sent to apicultural societies
throughout the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02

Cleats, not shown in the illustration.
should be nailed to the cover to shut
down over the trough proper. SO that
no air can enter where the cover joins
the trough. This will retain the tenn
perature of the spring in the water
trough. While the trough cannot pre-
vent water from freezing in severely
cold weather. yet in fall and spring it
will materially assist in keeping the
water clean. warm and free from sur
face ice.-Webb. Donnell, in Farm and
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
The Son-pro.es.,ona, Profile Head.

II don't know how many times !
have seen people, don't mean artists,
but all sorts of people, including chil-
dren-draw. profile heads. It is COM
mon enoughfur-a nEbodyto draw them
on a slate, asscrap Of paper. anywhere
said Mr.. Billfops, but don't remem-
Der ever to have seen any OF them
draw. q right-handed profle-I mean
one facing to the right suppose
there is some very simple reason for
this. but I am acquainted only with
the faet,pz 8a0 49, d;
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02

" -
woods. and that ats this time aheffpan-
Their, by treason Aof thefssupply. got q
taste forshunIan flesh. Like a tiger OF
India he grew bold, and many disap-
pearances of children and old people,
and even me in the prime of life.
were traced to this vicious pr,owler.
His time was short, however. When
the country became more thickly set
tied Re was vigorously hunted, and
many a panther bit the dust OF sum
mer or the snow of winter for his mis-
deeds. Now, in this period of peace
and enlightenment, and, incidentally,
of Winchester rifles, the catamounts are
cowed and have, forgotten their old
man-eating habits. Still, old Mart has
an uncanny dread Of them, and there
are few people whose nerves can stand
their scream after dark.-N. Y. Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02

neat model of which was sent us by d
Chester county pa su bscriber. is IN.
tended for a cabbage holder, but may
be used for holding any vegetable OF
article that the poultry keeper wishes
to keep off Of the floor and give the
birds a good opportunity to peck at. In
houses where the studs are not boarded
or plastered the two jaws Of the holder
may be fastened to them, but where
the walls are smooth, blocks must first
be nailed to the walls in order to give
a few inches of space back of the jaws
OR Clamp.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
Too. Literal.

Harpers Bazaar has q story OF q man
who believed in getting his moneys
worth. .4
This amt what ] ordered said q
countrymanata mountain hotel, point
ing to two slices of venison on his
plate.
.You ordered venison,' said the wal
ter.
ssYcs, + did; but / ordered haunch Of
venison. just as the bill o. fare card has
it. Them amt no haunch. Thcm's
Slices
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
WATERING THE o G
Device for Keeping Water from Chiilil
In Cold Weather.

Device for Keeping Water from CHILLING
in Cold Weather.
On many farms the stock is watered
with water brought from a spring by
a pipe. at a comparatively moderate
temperature. which is soon lowered
by standing in an open trough on a
winters day, even though the water
gradually passes through the trough
by an outlet and is renewed with the
warmer water of the spring. This
trouble is avoided by mahIng such a
trough as is figured in the cut-a
trough that is entirely inelosed by a
still-air space when the cover is shut.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02

MOODY.
o + T u p p e r
Lake, in the
Adir ondacks,
describes him.
S e If as part
n un t . r, part
farmer and the
e $ t general
G o 0 d-f o r.
n t h ing and
scamp" He is
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
WINTER CoNvENlENcEs.

Homemade Heater and Cabbage Holde
for the Poultry House.
The cut shown herewith we copy
from the Farm and Fireside. 1t repre-
sents a homemade heater for use Ill a
poultrv house In extremely cold
weather. Such a heater will keep the
temperature Of a well made house o,
moderate size above the frost line, and
this is all that is required OF 1t. 1t may
be made of two joints Of stove pipe
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-02
FOR SALE.

T WILL sell for cash or on easy terms the fol
i lowing described property, viz: l..
/. A plantation in Bellevue containing about
sixty-six arpents, all thoroughly fenced and
drained, with tenant house and outbufldings,
known as the Narcisse Richard place.
2. A plantation situated on the Courtableau,
containing four hundred and forty-two and
IL. 100 aTp1nts. about sixty aTpents under pieux
and wire fence and in cultivation, with two good
tenant houses and ontbuIIdings. The rear of
this tract consists of cypress swamp.
8. Several tracts of wood land on the bayou
Teche. situated between Coulou's bridge and
Earry's Landing.
The first and second tracts are rented advan-
tageous}y for the year 1894. and ii sold I will
tTansierTent notes to purchasers.
w. c. PERRACLT.