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The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-11-25

There were TWO crlcQ Oi 10y ycSJcr-
day, ono in Helena and another ut 4
point far away, when the clad ling.
flashed from William Mutll, 1t Lead
byro, to K. \. Harlow, il Helena,
THAT the las, spike in the n;lin line
ut the Montana railroad had bCcU
driven.
Mic!tael lIyun drove tnc spike,
which WAS al ordinary !rUn affair.
There wa. 4 quiet ceremony, il the
presence Of only Il few trignd; Ni Tie
contrHrtillg parties. ". Harlow,
who tuit lie line, wa, ll"t Ill favor
ul an expensive blowout, and 50 iuI,o
was had.
1--WE VIII celebrate, i.e said.
..Wltcu TIC uivili@u(; boss!s To come
in. We Yiil nHvc more 9 celebrate
hen"
On tic de*i: Of tic secretary Of tile
company in Helena there laid Ivr q
ion. tilnc Z silver piatei spike 'i:lt
W;t5 being 1ta>a "S Z paper weight,
Il WAS Intended al one time IL nor it
III lieu u lie tralitloIHi spike oi
gold i'll celebrating tht completion Of
the track. Secretary !,,ilcit5 iH!9!aid
it ;it Tile last moment and 50 even
that WIS omitted.
lie first t.ajnlo;id 'hHi will h>
! transported over the res track VIII
! DO 20 cars III ore IYr llc East iiC!-
ora >:uc!tur, 800 IONS altogether,
/ from the sc4Gin4 rn:l@i II tl',: vicj!l-
ity OF Castle. 'ihcrc VIII DC wheat
for shipment before he suasor il
over. JGlt isouc i, HOW .tored near
! the tcriGliIlS.
Men vii! lyc l;@py At sTonl< sltit@c;u@
. for >ujue time yel. II Is intended &,
| put The roadb.d III q: good condition
j u; the weather Mi!I permits. ':'l@
officials oi Tie engineering depart
lnca1 believe lat the road will Il,
open al. winter without great jncGn.
y@!li"Ecc. 4 passenger ANA naM@A@l
car combined VIII be III i!tc A@run!.
lA0daii ioH, !0r TIC pl;i it tGr y tim"
;!nd i Mii! l9!n Oh the regular miArc
train r1Ht i, expected 10 max" liHiIN
rHjlfi! triN% from! tN" i}.Mrt!uN Wltl
/ Tic NvriHGrn p,>ii; BEGINNING al Il,
early date
III. Harlow said last c'cnlIg llt,
Tie details Of ;hc operation t.f tlc
l,oH railroad would ur' be fixed nN1i
the read had been l1iuerly 1nnc.
oyci by the constructor department
to lie operating department.
Ii;~lr Wiil bH L uccti;l4 uI tin
officers ot the company rs soon q
thaj i1;s, bccu dulc, and j r~Ur2Hi.
iI2t;Jn win be 3crDiitrij shed.
l'hc construction II she line, "iiicl
is 60 i&j",7 long, h;'~ been acCun,Viis!!
Cd under iMnDy difficulties, lhc Dc
J&jt5 Ui W}}.ch WUuIi make "u inter
e*Ling vWillnsG .;'u" projectors nav
t;!lf!! il ilp country tlot i, TO j
t,pcuca ~ ~ yin r"1Gi ana cXprc
iiiat II ,yit develop @'itsiejen;?T IN
-iiuft 4 itu3 H. make hem rcajj@"
, h;tIG@nuAv!N pr"iilG0iy business ~
;!t"i} ENLISTMENT. !2.a;vIeuljetl;, =:
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-11-25
I.AST Spiki: DRIVEN.
Tic Montana Railroad AZ Las, Complete
10 !.1aIbGiG.
There were two cried .

There were two cried Or Joy yestcr-
day, one in Helena aud another ut 4
point far away, when the Clad tidin4s
flashed from William Mulll, at Lead
bUro, to r. \. Harlow, ii Helena,
THAT the las, spjl" in the main line
III the Montana railroad had been
The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1896-11-25

'ae D'ico Of grain i Gnin@@i:p il
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-12-05
Letters From The People.

st. Martinville. Dec. End 1896.
Editor OF the Weekly Messenger:
Dear Sir,
In your issue Of 1.-The 2Slh uIt.. in an
editorial headed THE Gazette" l have
notice the Acknowledgements Nichols
and Foster can't surprise us, We know
their calibers. we have tried them poll.
tically and found them no good" and
alluding to the Editor of the Gazette,
who is my son, you say that n may not
be aware of the political record of Nj
choils and Foster. in the parish of St.
Martiu. but if he had enquired from me,
he might be Informed of the honesty of
their promises and the betrayal Of their
friends. By this remark you seem to
rely on me to eubstantiate the insinua-
ton OF dishonesty in their promises and
betrayal of their friends by Governors
Nichols and Foster. We're il not that
fear that silence on my part. would be
construed by you, as an admission that
1t ia to my knowledge that Governors
Nichols and Foster have broken promi.
ses made by them, and have betrayed
their friends. l would not have noted
your allusiOn to me. have always ell
tertained and l do now entertain the
highest regard, esteem and respect for
Governor Nichols, l believe him inca
pable of breaking promise and betray-
ing friends or foes.
My relations with Governor Foster, are
not friendly; but in justice to him,
must say that l am not aware that be
has made promises to any one, that he
has not kept, nor can l say that he has
betrayed his friends. as l am not one of
them. Respectfully,
c. H. MOUTON.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-12-05

will bring girls safely through the crisis.
Taken az the first indication of weak
ness, it never fails. 1t regulates the
monthly periods with perfect precision.
lis action is direct upon the feminine
organs that above all others, ought to
be strong and well.
Start the girl right. Don't expose her
to the dangers and fortunes of dragging
weakness, bearing down pains, nervous
prostration and the facilitating drains
SO common to women.
McElree's Wine of Cardui, is home
treatment. 1t does away entirely with
,bhorrent '1ocal examinations"
Sold nj Si.00 Bottle b. Dealers In medlelee.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-12-05
The cold wave that caused g.,

The cold wave that caused ST..
much hardship and damage in the
northern states, struck us Sunday.
Monday morning the thermome-
ter reached the freezing point,
and at this time a drizzling rain
was falling, freezing as it fell.
The dripping water froze and icy
candles could be seen hanging
everywhere. 1t sleeted oc casion-
ally, with the cutting northwind
that blew all the time, the wealth
er was altogether disagreeable.
Santa Claus has removed his
headquarters to L. C. Duchamp.
Mr.. W. R. Taylor, a foundry
man from New Orleans was in
town this week, talking refinery.
Mr.. Taylor, will send, plans and
specifications for three hundred
ton refinery, which, we understand,
will be within the reach and
means of our people. AS soon as
the plan and specifications come,
it will be in order for our people
to decide whether they will encou-
rage this enterprise or not. 1t is
a matter of great importance to
the planting industry, as well as
for the commerce of this town,
therefore, if we want prosperity
for the town and country, we must
come together, helf and promote
industries that will develop the
resources Of our surrounding.
We said some time ago, and
we repeat again, that the time to
take action for our Mardi Gras
celebration is getting near. If
the Board of Trade propose to
continue these celebrations, and
We believe it should be continued,
it is time to take immediate ac-
ton in the matter. We believe
that these celebrations have been
of immense good to the town, by
keeping most of our people at
home, who generally go to the
city and elsewhere during the
Mardi Gras time, to have q little
pleasure and recreation, and this
is at a time when every body has
money, and are bent on spending
freely. If they go to New Or
leans or elsewhere they do bust
ness there; and leave large sums
of money behind. If we create
amusements for these people at
home, they remain here, and the
money that would be spent else
where is spent right here, with
our home merchants, and in this
way we keep our money at home.
IL We think seriously of the re-
suit, We will certainly go to work
at once, to make the next celebra-
ton grander ard more brilliant
than in past years which were
very successful. Let us 60 to
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-12-05
LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. L. j. Gardemal made a trip
to the city this week.
The roads are now in bad con-
'dition, and should need some at
tentiop, to keep them from going
worse.
MIR. A. B. Hall, of Olive, Tex
as, a member of the lumber firm
of Hall g. Burdin, spent several
days in town this week.
Buy your Macintosh at Ed. E.
Soulier.
"A negro died suddenly in the
field OH the st. John plantation
Monday. 1t is presumed that he
died of heart disease.
The weather we have exper-
fenced this week is having terri
BILE effect ON the stock that is left
out uncared for and unprotected.
Salt to merchants, at IS cents
per sack, at L. c. Duchamp.
There will be a regular meet
igg of the X. of H. Lodge Mon
day next, the 7th inst. AT this
meeting an election will be held
to select the officers for the CON-
ing year.
-Capes at reduced price at Ed.
Il. Souiier.
1T is expected that Governor
Foster will appoint the Assessors
in short time, and those interes-
ted will be sure to buy the daily
papers to see if the Governor
thought about them when making
the appointments.
-Oanta Claus has removed his
headquarters to l.. Z. Duchamp.
There is at this time little
cane standing in this parish, not
enough to fear any loss. Nearly
all the small planters are through
with their crops, and the larger
ones have windrowed part of their
cane.
Best shoes in town at Ed. h.
Soulier.
The st. Martinville Building
and Loan Association sold eight
hundred dollars, Tuesday, which
was bid in by Mr.. CASTOR Geof-
troy, at a premium of forty five
per cent, the bidding at this sale,
was pretty lively.
Salt to merchants, at 81 cents
per sack, at L. G. Duchamp.
The dredging which is being
done on the south side of the
bridge at this place, according to
our estimation is not as good as
that done above. While deepen
ing the channel, the mud is depo-
sited in the water on the edge OF
the bayou, narrowing the bayou
some fifteen feet, and by deposit
\
ting the mud in the water a good
deal of it runs right back in the
bayou. We believe our people
ought to look into this matter
and apply to the officers OF the
boat or to the head quarters to
have the bayou remain as wide as
possible. The bayou will certain
ly be fifteen narrower south OF the
bridge when the dredging is
finished.
X. Schwartz has an elegant
line of MeIntoehes.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-12-05
work, at once.

When the girl comes to be q woman
look out. If she starts out in vigorous,
wornanly health tken it is pretty safe to
say she Will be healthy, attractive,
beautiful woman.
The beginning of womanhood is the
real crisis in q wonan's life. Nearly
always something is wrong then in the
distinctly feminine organs. Maybe it
isn't very serious-no niatter-the time
to stop disease is when it Starts.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-12-05

"Merit talks" the m
Intrinsic value of ~
Hood sSarsaparilla. j CT ~

Merit IN medicine means the power to
care. Hoods sarsaparilla possesses actual
end unequalled curative power and there
tore It has true merit. When you buv
Hoods sarsaparilla, and take it according
- directions, to purify your blood, or
Isufe any Of the many blood diseases, Won
afs morally certain to receive benefit.
The power to cure is there. You are not
trying an experiment. 1t will make your
blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus
drive out the germs Of disease, strengthen
the nerves and build up the whole system.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1896-12-05
La Vogue

Des magasins de j. B. FERRAN
don't certaines gems s'etonnent
s'explique pourtant facilement-
il ne tient que DIES marchandises
de bonnie qualit6 quill vend de
confiance a DIES prix incroyables
de bon marche.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03
LIVESTOCK INTERESTS
Milk Cows and Cattle Have In
creased in Value.
POINTS ON SWINE RAISING.
The Low Value OF Horseshoe Mohalr
Industry Care OF Mileh
Cows.

According to statistics published
by the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, says the Iron Age, the
aggregate value of farm animals in
the United States has declined very
materially in recent years. At the
present time the value of these ami
mails is S755, $50, 597 less than it was
in 1898. Mich COWS have increased
in numbers, while the average value
of these animals has advanced steadily
within the past few years. The in
crease in value of milch COWS last year,
as compared with 1894, is 81, 800, 900.
Oxen and other cattle decreased in
numbers more than 1900, 900 in 1895,
while their value increased ON an aver
age of $3.50 head in the same period.
A decline is noted in the numbers
and value of sheep in the last three
years, the decrease in value aggregat-
ing about $50, 900, 900 and the falling
off in numbers of these animals last
year being nearly 100000. Swine,
i'll 1895, declined 3 per cent in number
and 10 per cent in aggregate value,
the total decrease in the value of swine
in 1895 being nearly $33,000,000. 1t
is expected, however, that the enor-
nous corn crop of last year will have
a favorable effect upon the next state
ment of farm animals, the tendency to
an increase in numbers and value being
already observable.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03
Care of the Cow.

An article appears in the London
Live Stock Journal, detailing the
method of keeping and feeding the
cows on the Lybum farm of the Biz
mingham Sewage company, which
should be in the hands of every dairy
man i'll America. On this farm, in
one stable, eighty-six cows are kept,
and are never allowed to so out of the
stables in summer or winter. They
are soiled in summer and have succu-
lent food in winter, beside which they
get about eight pounds of grain per
day. These COWS are Shorthorns and
Shorthorn grades, and still they are
wonderfully productive of milk, and
the flow is well maintained, Some of
the COWS give as much as 16, 500
pounds in q year. Others which
started in after calving with yield of
fifty nine pounds per day, have kept it
upsto forty pounds at the end of ten
months. Not COW is ever sick or off
her feed.
This shows how profitable COWS can
be made by constant stabling, but the
reader should not fail to note all the
conditions required to obtain such sur
prising results. The stable is large,
with an abundance of air space for the
COWS they are made very warm, are
well lighted and have ample ventila
/ ton. Tho COWS are not in stanchions,
or even tied, but kept in little box
stalls with a separate Manager in each
one. The COWS are well bedded and
have water constantly accessible. Per.
feet hygienic surroundings and plenty
of properly compounded food and an
ample water supply are more in com.
pliance with the needs of the cows
health than exposure to cold to get q
breath of fresh air and bit of sun.
shine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03

A. H. Garland, high authority on
the wool industry, contributes to the
Breeders Gazette some interesting
views on the sheep industry. He makes
the same prediction that is made for
the fruit men and other farmers that
only, those who produce the best article
at the least cost can in the future hope
to succeed. just as the dairyman
must know how much butter will pay
for the cows keep, and get rid of all
that do not show an excess, so must the
fockmester know how much wool will
pay for the sleeps keep and get rid
of every animal that yields no profit.
He also says that it is folly to continue
to ship long distances wool that
shrinks 70 per cent in securing. The
trade will not stand the extra expense
of transportation and selling. He says
that Canada is selling us mutton and
sheep on which duty is paid, by reason
of more intelligent breeding, and that
even England has raised wool on much
higher priced land than we have and
shipped it into this country under a
ten-cent tariff. He says the thing that
is wrong is our intelligent methods.
1t may be so.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03

The San Francisco Chronicle has the
following to say of Prof A. A. Mills's
bulletin No. 40 on pork production:
Believing, as we do, that the produc-
ton of hog products of quality and
at a cost which will insure a large
export trade is of great importance to
US, we are much interested in aiding
our farmers to acquire all the knowl-
edge possible on this subject. Many of
the stations have conducted careful
experiments on this subject, and
farmers should send for them all
as fast as they appear. 1t is not us
ually possible for journal like the
Chronicle to go into the details of these
experiments, nor can any possible con-
densation have the effect of the study
of the bulletins. California produces
q great deal of pork. but it does not
supply. the tables of its own good livers
with ham or bacon. Much less do we
export to the markets of the world.
If we are to stop shipping raw grain
and concentrate our products into
forms involving less freight and more
wage money expended here, we must
first find out what the market wants
and next learn how to produce it.
This bulletin is devoted to the relation
of grass and exercise to profitable pro-
duction. The photographs of animals
under different feeds are very instruc.
tive.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03

ton Company. The tariff contains i'm
portant changes which will induce
vessels to come here in search of
charters. The changes include greatly
reduced towsge charges. the incorpora-
ton Of free lighterage or outward
bound cargoes Of grain, and a reduc-
ton Of so per cent in charges for all
necessary lighterago TO Portland.
Hiram d. Carter was struck by light
ming, at Pomona, few days ago and
killed. His body was blackened and
burned. and his eyes were deep-sunken
in their sockets when he as picked
up. As the weather had been very
oppressive Carter removed his coat and
sat in the shade of fig tree in mis-
front yard. About O'Clock a storm
gathered and rain began TO fall, accom-
panied by thunder and lightning. A
bolt of lightning struck Carter in the
chest, causing his death in sight of his
family, who were on the porch.
The police and constable made raid
ON trampss in Fresno recently between
8 O'Clock and daylight and gathered in
sixty-six Of the tribe. They locked
the prisoners in Jail. and that institu-
ton was very much crowded. Twenty
eight of the tramps had to be put into
the women's ward, there being no
female prisoners in the Jail at the time.
Along with the laboriDg people who
come to Fresno annually during the
fruit season there is always an influx
of worthless characters. These have
become very bold of late, and it was
therefore determined to gather them in.
Reports show that the storm in San
Bernardino county was of great extent
and violence. At Victor two houses
were washed away, but no lives were
lost. The roadbed Of the Southern
California Railway was washed out
for considerable distance and hun
dreds of feet of the track were covered
with mud and sand. At Redlands the
cemented storm bitches were damaged
to the extent of several thousand dol
lars. Water flowed through some of
the streets to the depth of nearly two
feet.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03
Shrinkage in Cattle.

A Nevada stockman who has been ex-
perimenting and taking notes says beef
cattle driven twenty five miles without
water will shrink fifty pounds per
bullock, allowing feed and drink at
the end of the journey before weigh
ing. A bullock driven five miles and
allowed to stand two hours without
feed or water will not shrink any. A
bullock driven fifty miles and allowed
to drink frequently during the drive
will not show shrlnkage, if allowed
to eat and drink for three hours at the
end of the drive. A bunch of GOO
pound bullocks driven fifty miles with
care and allowed to drink frequently
on the drive, and at the end allowed to
eat and drink for six hours, showed
fifteen pounds shrinkage to the animal.
This, however, was the result of care
ful handling. The foregoing figures
were obtained by actual experiment
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03
whey-Fed Pigs.

"Phere is money in whey" says a
correspondent in Hoard's Dairyman.
Last year kept ~ early pigs after
they were weeks old wholly on whey
till September /, when they weighed
no less than 1875 pounds each. Before
that time they were with the mother
and were given besides her nurse a
little grain each day. When l took
them away from her and began giving
them nothing but whey, they did not
weigh much above 30 pounds each, but
suppose call it 40 pounds. This
would give a gain of So pounds, which,
at So per 500, the price l get for
them, would leave gain of $5.l0 per
pig, or total of $62.20, which is
$2.20 more than claim credit for.
You see, there is money in whey SO
fed. can show you now eight pigs
that until four weeks ago have had
nothing but whey since they were a
month old, and they are fully as good
as those had last year at this time.
| don't propose to leave my whey in
the factory vat for Others to draw
away just so long as | can get such q
value from it when fed to pigs
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03

A writer in Coleman's Rural World
shows by figures that the number of
horses and mules in the country in
creased from 1850 to 1898 very much
faster than population increased dur
ing that time. From 1869 the prices
decreased with the increase of currency
value, until the gold basis was reached,
after which there was tendency up
ward until 1887, since which prices
have decreased. The increase i'll num-
bers is easily enough accounted for by
the rapid extension of street car sys-
TENS and the use of farm machinery re-
quiring many horses for small num-
Der of men. The productive power,
per man, in farming operations has
enormously increased during the last
twenty years, and the increase has
been largely by the aid of horses.
Electricity is now largely supplanting
horse power in cities, and the advent
of good roads tends to reduce the num-
Der required in country teaming, but
otherwise the demand is the same as
ever, except that better class of ami
mails is required. The day of 1.-THE
scrub is gone.
1t is important to note that while at
the present time the average value of
the horses of the United States is esti.
mated at only 1913, the average value
of the horses exported is over $3.50,
which shows the grade of animals that
there is demand for. There is little
doubt that the breeding of thoroughly
good draft horses and roadsters is as
profitable farming industry as we are
likely to have. The low prices of
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03
horses is believed to be mainly due to
tn low quality OF our stock.


The growing favor for mohair fab
RIGS of late years has attracted atten-
ton and the breeding of AngOra goats
has already attained some importance
in California. In noting this industry
the San Jose Tree and Vine furnishes a
few points of interest TO the general
reader. 1t says:
"Angora skins are in demand for
robes and other purposes, and are val
liable according to size, quality of pelt,
and quality and thickness of the mo-
hair. The best are worth S2.5 per
skin, and from this down, in all
grades, TO 10 cents or thereabOuts for
very common quality. The skins are
also tanned for glove leather, and the
glove industry Is large and profitable
business.
Mohair III the past has greatly fiuc-
tuated in price, as the supply has been
limited, and the demands of fashion
somewhat capricious. 1t has been as
low as 20 to % cents per pound, and
high as 81, this some time about the
year 1870. As a whole, the business
of raising mohair has been much better
than raising wool, and the demand is
now on so broad basis that it is like
ly to be very permanent. There is also
great advantage in the fact that goats
will eat and thrive upon a much coarser
fodder than sheep. If field of brush
needs clearing band of Angoras will
do the work in two or three years.