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Destroying cocklebur or clotbur.

Description-The cocklebur is q rap
idly-growing, coarse weed with an IT.
regularly branching stem that grows
to height of from one to two feet. The
leaves, which are borne on long leaf
stalks, are broadly triangular in gem
eral outline, and more or less tOOthed
and lobed on the borcers. There are
two kinds of flowers borne on separate
heads or clusters on the same plant.
Tho male or staminate flowers are pro-
duced in roundish heads at the top of
the stem. After shedding their pollen
these drop off, and the female or pis-
tillate flowers, which are in clusters of
two or three at the base of the male
spike, enlarge and form thick, hard,
oblong burs beset with stiff. hooked
prickles, and bearing two strong
beaks at the upper end. These burs,
like those Of the burdock, adhere to
clothing and to the coats of animals.
The upper portion of a plant Of cock
lebur is shown in Figure 5. At the top
of the stem the heads of male, or
staminate flowers are seen, and at the
base of the leaves those Of the female
or pistillate flowers.
At the right, near the top of the fig.
ure, is staminate flower enlarged: at
the left of the base of the main stem
is a head of pistillate flowers, showing
the bur-like covering with its hooked
prickles, and at the top the protruding
STYLES; at the left is shown the same
when older, and at the right the same
when cut through length wise. Each
bur, when mature, incloses two seeds,
one of which may gerninate the first
ya1r and the other NAV lie lOrml ut
until later time.
1t has been said that the plant is
poisonous to cattle. but this is prob
ably a mistake. 1t is at least known
that cattle sometimes EFT sparinsly Of
it without serious results.
The cocklcbur is common in barn
yards, also, along roadsides, in waste
places and cultivated grounds. There
are several other species. all of which
are less troublesome to the farmer
than the X. strumariuln.
How Best Destroyed-As the root Of
the cocklebur is not creeping, and does
| not 1.-Two In tho pr0und Ovop winter
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gave birth to daughter to whom the
n0mA nf 010o x,,0u utvou s

gave birth to q daughter to whom the
name of Olga was given.
Nov. 16. The breaking of viaduct
over the Cuyahoga river at Cleveland
caused the death of nineteen people.
Nov. %. Manhattan day was cele-
brated Mt the Atlanta exposition.
Nov. q. Alexander Dumas, fills, died
at Paris.
Dec. 2. The bronze group, "Wash-
ington and Lafayette" by Bartholdi,
presented to the city Of Paris by .Jo-
seph Pulitzer, was unveiled In the Rue
des Etats Unis with appropriate cere-
monies.
Dec. IL. Ex-senator Thurman died
at Columbus, Ohio.
Dec. II. A second son was born to
the duke of York.
Dec. Is. The Pacific Mail and Pan
anna company close contract for CO.
operation. Call issued for Republican
national convention.
Dec. IL. Ten thousand tailors strike
In New York.
Dec. II. Fire and loss of life at
Winnipeg. An attempt made to kill
George NJ. Pullman and Phil Armour.
Dec. 49, President Cleveland issued
his Venezuelan message. Fourteen
men killed In German ship.
Dec. -. Street car riots at Phtla-
delphia.
Dec. 20. Erastus Win,an liberated.
An incipient revolution squelched In
Hawaii.
Dec. 81. Thirty men killed in Il Ten
nessee mine.
Dec. 90. DR.. Hearne acquitted in
Missouri OF the murder of Millionaire
Stillwcll.
Dec. 23. Premier Greenway of Man.
itoba dissolves parliament, refusing to
re-establish parochial schools.
Dec. ~. Philadelphia street car
strike ended. Stepniak. the Russian
patriot, killed.
Dec. %. Twelve thousand rebels
march on Havana.
Dec. &c. Twelve thousand Druses
killed by Turks.
Dec. q. The emergency tariff bill
passed by the house.
Dec. %. I'wentyfour people killed
and many injured in theater panic
at Baltimore.
Dec. 90. The bond bill passes the
house.
Dec. so. Lynchers burn an erring
woman in Kentucky.
Dec. 81. Republicans organize the
senate.
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nrou.ea m the Rixer

Keokuk, Iowa, Jan. 0.-Mr. Jacob s.
Christ, mail carrier between Montrose
Iowa, and Nuevo. ILL.,, was drowned in
the Mississippi river today. Accom-
panied by Miss Carrie Hoots, he was
crossing the river from Nuevo on a
sledge pushed by friends. when the ice
broke, and the sledge with its human
freight. disappeared. Neither bodies
nor the man sack have been recovered.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-11
In the Arctic seixe.

"This," shuddcred the whale, as he
was hoisted alongside, lis likely to
prove the most trying emergency Of
my life...'
And afterwards, when they put
knives into him, he blubbered right
out.--Ncw York Recorder.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-11
COckelbur.

clean culture with some hoed crop, or
seeding to clover or meadow grass,
with frequent moving, will keep it
under subsection. 1t should be care
fully prevented from seeding, not only
in cultivated grounds. but in waste
places as well, and this Ia the only
means that will prevent 1t from be-
coming Troublesome. 1t is often nee.
essary to 60 through corn and stubble
fields In August or September for that
purpose. Fortunately, nature helps us
to curb this noXiOus weed by making
1t the host plant for several parasitic
fungi.-From Wisconsin Experinen!
Station Bulletin No. 80.
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Cau.a and Eject,

Customer-Your milk isn't 60 rich
now as 1t used to be.
Milkman-Is that so? I'm sorry to
hear you say SO. By the way, Mr..
sloper, here is statement of your ac-
count with me for the last eight
months-Someryille Journal.
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made of q stuff little heavier than
lath, and the points should not be very
sharp, or they will sink into soft
ground, and the distance will not be
accurate. Make the hub of two cir
to face together, holding the spokes
firmly in the grooves previously cut.
There should be eight spokes, and at
the ends they should be just 24N
inches apart, from center to center.
Tie white string to one Of the spokes
and count it hs it comes around
Practical Farmer
Farm Notes ..
The spring plans should be laid dur
ing the long winter nights.
Every farmer should have the bulle-
tins of the experiment stations.
See that the barn and barn lot is
well drained, and that there is good
walk from house to barn.
There need not be such a thing as a
rundown farm If a proper rotation is
followed. with clover as one of the
crops.
Increase the farm In depth instead
Of buying more acres. subsoiling with
out turning out the clay would be q
great benefit to some soils.
Reports from Texas state that this
years crop of sugar cane will be short.
The freezes of last winter seriously
damaged the cane stubble, causing it
to mature dry and hard.
According to department agricultural
statistics for 1890 the value of the corn
crop, in round numbers, was $592, ,OOO,-
600; hay crop, $571 900, 900, and cotton
crop, $2S5, 100000.
The farm boys should be allowed to
see as much of the bright side Of life
as possible. There is no better place
than the farm for those who like farm
ing; but tie farmer, like all others,
should avoid going in debt.
Barn manures are generally more
economically used when applied to
farm crops than when exclangedy p
farm crops than when applied to or.
chards, says an exchange, yet they can
be used with good results, particularly
when rejuvenating old orchards.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-11
Rapid Field Mea.urins.

The simple machine here Illustrated
is used for rapidly and accurately
measuring fields. 1t can be used by
one person; therefore. it is more con-
venient than tape line or surveyors
chain. Make the wheel of such size
that one revolution measures exactly
1917 feet or one rod. Have each spoke
321a inches in length. They should be
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-11

A Neat, Permanent Ice-House.
boards across the door spaces to pre-
vent too heavy pressure on the DOORS
When the house is full, put layer Of
sawdust or straw, eight or ten inches
thick, over tine top. The triangular
windows ut the ends provide thorough
ventilation, which is an essential mat
ter in keeping ice. Much cheaper tenn
porary ice-houses can be constructed,
or stack of ice buried with sawdust
or straw, will keep ice far into the
summer.-Farm and Home.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-11

seeding better, but there Is sure to be
q falling down Of the furrow MS turned
in the fall when the sod begins to rot
the following spring.-American Cul-
tiv0tOr.
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-11

Fire this morning destroyed most or
the business part and several resi-
dences at Ryan. /. T. No estimate OF
the damage can be learned. a.
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THE RECORD OF 1895
MEM JRABIE EVENTS OF THE YEAR
JUST ENDED.

A ChrouloRlcal Record Of the Most
Important Happenings of the Past
Year-The History of the Year, at
Home and Abroad ln ~ Concise
Year
The Dickinson press., 1896-01-11
WORK OF CONGRESS
Proceedings In the Senate and House
Of Representatives.

Proceedings In the Senate and House
Of Representatives.
Washington, Jan. 3.--Thc senate
held two hours session, In which q
speech by Mr.. Mitchell Oh the restora-
tiOn Of the Mckinley duties on wool
was listened to and a resolution was
passed for the investigation by the
committee on naval affairs OF the
prices paid by the government for
ship arnor. The resolution contained
q broad intimation that officers OF the
government were interested in armor
plate processes.anl Senator Chandler.
the author of the resolution. said the
facts that had come to his knowledge
warranted him in assuming the re-
sponsibility for inaugurating the in
quiry. The most important feature Of
the session, perhaps, was a resolution
offered by Mr.. Sherman for the resto-
ration of the gold reserve, which there
after should be held sacred for the re-
demption of greenbacks and treasury
notes, the former to be reissued only
In exchange for gold coin and bullion.
Mr.. Elkins asked for the immediate
consideration of a resolution apropos
of the anticipated bond issue, declar-
ing it to be the sense Of the senate
that no bonds of the United States
should be sold at private sale or by
private contract, but should be dis
posed Of by advertising to the highest
bidder. Mr.. Hill of New York object
ed. Mr. Nelson (Rep., Minn.) made
his first speech in the senate, advo-
eating higher duties for present tinan-
cial troubles.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-02-01
NOTICE.

BY order of the Board OF County
Commission ers of Elko County, State
OF NG,ada, made tEis 4th day of
March, 1896, notice Is hereby given
that all pers ons who are charges upon
the unity must come to the County
lCtl ilal, or oil claims for their sup
IoIt IL be diealJowt d by said Board
except i'll cases OF extrt me tmergen.
cy.
Attest:
Webster PATTERSON,
Deputy ounty Clerk
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-02-01
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

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These are all caused by sluggish Liver.
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-02-01

We wish to notify the Justices of
the Peace that they can procure at
this Office, blank Summons, Affida.
wits and Undertakings on Attach.
ments, Writ Of Attacl m, nts, Criminal
CONF rlaints, Warrants, commitments
on Sentence anu CommiimC nts to ap.
pear before the Grand Jury, good for
any county in the State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-02-01
THE COWBOYS DAVIS OVER.

He Is No Longer In Evidence Out In the
Far West.
The cowboy, like the buffalo, is fast
becoming extinct, says Lippincott's
Magazine. In the dawn of the new CEN
tury now approaching he will be re-
garded as a curiosity. Then years
hence he will have attained the dignity
of tradition. History, which embalms
the man in armor and exalts the pio-
neer, holds place for him. The niche
may be a modest one, but he has his
part in conquering new country and
no impartial record of western evolu-
tion can omit his picturesque figure
Before civilization devours his dignity,
let us try to detain it a moment in it's
real likeness and garb.
Dwellers in the long-settled commu-
mites scarcely realize how great q
change has come over the far west
during the last decade. Ranches there
will always be-ranches for grain, hay,
fruit and blooded live stock but not
for the rearing of range cattle. Yet
the time is in easy memory when there
was a craze over the cattle business;
when the cowboy was king at Dodge
City; when hundreds of educated young
men went west to share the hardships
of herders. To-day the cattle ranches
are deserted or mortgaged or turned
into farms. A more advanced intelli-
gence has penetrated the possibilities
of irrigation and water is reclaiming
the wilderness once given over to the
long-horn steer. ....
The decline of the range cattle indus
try has been as amazing and rapid as
was its rise. The business is not simply
suffering from stagnation; it has almost
ceased to exist. Early in the 'sOs a
beef steer running on the range repre-
sented forty dollars; one-fourth that
sum would pay for him now. Thirty
dollars was the average for COW with
calf at her side; now whole herds are
disposed of for six dollars head.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-02-01

K1NG MENELrK Of AbyssinlG. accord
ing to Mr.. Flad, a German missionary,
is surrounded by French and Iia ian
agents. He asserts that he will whip
the Italians, and then, crossing the
Red sea, will free Jcrusalcm, as the
direct descendant of David and of Solo,
mon.
JOHN DUNN is dead again. He was
the white man who had lived for twenty
years among the Zulus when the
British attacked Cetewayo, and who
was made governor of Iululnnd by Sir
Garnet Wolseley after the war was
over. His death has been reported q
number of times.
The evening times., 1896-11-27

ter here, and she and her husband insisted
That the property should be turned over to
Pfor- Amateis, as agent. She did not com
ply, and returned to New York city. They
then sent to Halcyon Close, a notary in
New York, paper which they wished her
to sign.
She declined to do so till finally her laugh
Ter wrote that she must consider herself
daughterless" unless she signed this paper.
which the daughter alleged was oniv n
power of attorney, giving Prof Amateis
rights as an agent to manage the proper-
ty, but not to take it out of her CON
troll She afterward learned that it was
deed of trust transferring the property to
his control.
He had collected the 81 900 and was
holding it. Part, she says, has been used
to make payments on Prof. Anateis' home
here.
When she asked for the return of her
money and cancellation of the deed OF trust
thus unfairly obtained, Prof. Amateis' an
swcred impertincntly that he would not
return the money and thus jeopa rtliZc the
inheritance of his children. He would
spend all the money at law before he would
give 1t up.
The evening times., 1896-11-27
MOTHER sues SON-M-LAW
Prof. AmateiS. of Columbian Uni
versity. and Wife Defendants.
Got Property Through Her Daugh-
ter's misrepresentation

Prof. Louis Amatcis OF Columbian Uni
rersity and wife are made defendants
In n suit filed this morning asking that o
trust lodged in his hands he cancelled.
The bill was filed by Messrs. w. V. Il.
Berry, X. h. Lewis and b. $. Miner rs at
torneys for Mrs. Pauline Bollin OF Pearl
River n. Y, who is the mother of Mrs.
Amateis.
Mrs Bollin alleges that she put her estate
in Prof. Amatcis' control by reason OF
opportunities and misrepresentation on
the part other daughter.
She says she understands English Very
fmperfectly.
She had $4,000 in cash and life in
surance. she loaned her son, Albert v.
Bollin $4,000 with which to purchase u
farm near Pearl River. Her daughter and
son-in-law became furionsly indignant
at her doing this. They said she was
weakly acquiescing in plan of Ter son
10 deprive them and their children of
their Just inheritance.
In the fall Of 1895 she visited her daugh-
The evening times., 1896-11-27
x. of L. Renort Corrected.

IN the report of the proceedings OF the
District Assembly as published in this
mornings edition under the caption of
ID. A, sc, will not obey it," the statement
read that motion was made to lay the
report of the delegate to the Rochester con-
vention on the table. This was incorrect as
the delegate only gave verbal synopsis of
his report, after which the resolutions
noted was presented. The motion "to
table" referred to the resolutions and not to
the reportas made by ythedelegate. The mo
ticD Ito table" was overwhelmingly de-
feated and after lengthy disc ussion 1t was
decided to refer the resolution to the local
for consideration. 1t was stated by one
of the general officers that by the adoption
of the resolution the District Assembly
would stand suspended, and it was
decided that the local assemblies should
have a voice, since they would be directly
affected.
The evening times., 1896-11-27
Got SIS Each,

William c. Cooper and Charles s.; Jack
son, well dressed mulattoes, who assaulted
Special Officer James w. Wanzer, colored,
at Green's Hall. last night, as told in The
Morning Times, were arraigned before
Judge Miller today on two charges-ls.
sault and lisorderiy conduct. Policeman
Redgrave and other witnesses related the
circumstances, and fine of SIS each was
entered against the prisoners.
The evening times., 1896-11-27
LIGHT DAY N THE COURT
Thanksgiving Was Followed by
a Small Number Of Cases.
ANNIE FOLEY'S LECTURE

1t Was on Temperance, and Her Re-
marks We're Directed at Harry
Taylor, Who Received Them With
1n-Grace- Mathematical
PrOffer Refused by Sheedy.
The evening times., 1896-11-27
SYNDICATE PURCHASING CO., +,
All 7th st. n. W.

All previous attempts eclipsed by
our Bargain Sale, tObeheld tomorrow:
Do not delay your purchases. Call
early, as everything must be sold.
All goods tnothing reServed) at eX-
actly one-half off marked prices.
The evening times., 1896-11-27
Treasury Receipts

The receipts from internal revenue today
were Ss66, ,962; from customs, $4O7, ,117;
and miscellaneous, $50. .S93.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-02-27
An Island disappearing.

Little Hammock island, one OF
group of many lying Off South Norwalk,
Conn.,. is gradually disappearing be-
meath the waters of Long Island sound,
and In few years more. scientific men
agree, the famous island will. like it's
sister island. Big Hammock, be but a
memory. The Norwalk group has long
been a popular summer resort for veal
thy New Workers, and was a famous
picnic ground thirty years ago. Big
Hammock, with it's shade trees, broad
acres and many romantic hooks, was
crowded from early summer until fall
with people who pitched their tents
there and spent their time hunting. fish
ing and lounging about the shady
beach. Finally it began to fade away,
and eventually disappeared altogether
Where the island was the water Is now
several feet deep at low tide, and forms
part Of an immense oyster tract. Oys-
termen first noticed that Little Liam
mock was growing smaller about FIVE
years ago, and during last summer it
was plain that the land was surely set
Ting
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-02-27
WILLIAM w. ASTOR

ed Lansdowne House A. q residence.
paying $4,000 annually. He then
bought a London residence and gubsc-
qucntly purchased Cliveden, IN estate
on the Thames. from the Duke Of West
minister. Here 1t was that Mrs. Ast0r
died. Shortly after her death her hus-
band discontinued the printing Of tho
Pail Mall Budget. an illustrated week-
ly belonging to him. He assigned tho
somewhat strange reason for permit
ting the periodical to die that his wife
had taken an active personal interest
in the journal. and he sought to honor
hcr memory by stopping the publtca-
ton. Enterprising Englishmen are
now issuing paper called tine New
Budget, which in dress, style and scope
Of subject IL a reproduction OF the A.
tor weekly. Mr.. Astor's income IN rated
as high as $4,000. 900 per year and his
r"operty Is valued all the way UP 70
$150,000. 900. He has three children.
Waldorf. boy of 16; Pauline. IL years
CD, and the fourth, John Jacob. . years
old. He recently said that he would
never live in America again.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-02-27
Japanese Want Domestic Work.

japanese, almost tor the first time,
ere advertising in New York for places
as house servants. The Japanese pop
ulation in New York is extremely small
and it is composed in considerable part
of well-to-do young men, students and
others. Japanese lads have for many
years been employed as wardroom
servants on board some United States
men Of war. There is a tradition in
the navy that the only way to obtain a
Jap servant is through some other Jap
servant. Japs are strongly attracted
to this country. and 1t is said that some
who come out here as servants belong
to families of good position at home
Naval officers never tire of praising
Japanese servants as seen aboard ship
and in their native Japan. One officer
who kept house for a time in Japan
declares that his japanese major domo
could accomplish anything on amaz-
ingly short notice, and whatever he un.
dertook he did we'll.