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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-27
mcKinrax,a weak Point.

The opponents of Mckinley have one
advantage, Notwithstanding the majors
great lead. They have him exposed at
his weakest point with full month in
which to exploit and hammer it. Let.
the ha1nmering be maintained with tire
less vigor, and great things may yet be
done. Just as the constant dripping Of
the water wears away the stone, so mag
relentless and incessant attack upoE
McKinley's financial views wear away
his cohorts of votes. His present posi-
ton of silence upon the silver question
is SO cowardly that to hold it for four
long weeks must weaken his strength
in the east TT he declares for gold, he
throws away the silver support he now
receives in the west; and if he declares
for silver, he ruins himself at stroke.
Meanwhile the panicky feeling grows
as to where he is at. The position is
awkward, and cannot long be main
tained.-Springfeld tMass.) Repub
1ican.
The clamor in the republican
party for, Mckinley is based on the.
dangerous hypothesis that Mckinley
means prosperity. The candidate whose
nomination seems inevitable to-day de-
clines to state his position on the only
important problem before the country.
and this is moi encouraging to repub-
liean business men who know that Il
is necessary for the national finances
to be directed by man whose convic-
.ions are sound and who is sure not to
fail in courage when it becomes neces-
sary to stand by them.--Indianapolis
News (Ind.l
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-27

% II e spotted
hound dog with.
u comm appetite
for eggs two
plain old female
women who talk
a whole passle
because t h e Y
have got some
thR to talk with
two caItanl5-
erous old Tn1en,
s 0 cr o ssways
q n d contrary
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-27

till Il they was to fall in the creek and
git drownded they would float upa
stream for pure eussedness-a general
nixtry of pizen human nature and
variegated meanness and there you
are, as the man says in the play. "
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-27
A Distinct AdEance

S IA DEstIncL AuFaHco. g p
aJimmy, do. you get along well at
school now %
eyes; I've got big 'nufT to write my
own excuses Chicago Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-06-27
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Sage Of Rocky Creek Reports
a Family Rucus."
An Old speckIed Hen, Spotted Hound
Dog and Two Plain, Old Female
Womcn-Story OF a Load
ed Musket

y One old speckled hen settin under a
brush heap down by the cow pen gate
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
TOOK MANY LIVES
WHOLESALE MURDERER AND A SUI
eide In A MICHIGAN T0WN.
A Man Unfortunate i'm business At
Man, Then Murders His own Wife
and Their Three Children and
Completes His Bloody Work by
Committing Suicide.

Pentwater, Mich. April l.. - Last
night some unknown man attempted
TO Kill William II. O. Sands. president
Of the Sands X Maxwell Lumber COM
pany. Mr.. Sands had been AT the Of
flee Of the company engaged III work
and left for his home shortly after .
O'Clock. When within a few yards OF
his home Il man jumped from behind
a corne of n street ana commenced
firing at him with a gun. Mr..
ran across the street to his home, the
would-be assassin following and keep
ing up a fire. Five shots were fired in
all, three finding resting places in his
right arm and one in the leg. Sus-
piciOn pointed to III. Il. Minchall, n
local Insurance agent and attorney. as
the perpetrator Of the deed, and it
was decided to place him under ar
rest. The officers found his residence
locked and broke in the door. A hor-
riblc sight was presented. Mrs. Minch-
all was lying upon the floor of the
sitting room with a bullet hole in her
temple. Near her was the dead body
of her daughter, Ruby. about sixteen
years of age. In the corner of the
same o lay Minchall, with an
empty revolver clutched in his hand.
He. too, was dead. In an adjoining
bed was found the bodies of
George. aged four, and his infant
brother. They We're in bed together
and death had evidently come upon
them while they slept. From n let
ter written by the murderer, found on
his premises, it appears that he con-
templated killing his family two
months ago. Fear of poverty is the
Reuse offered. and the writer asks a
Chicago friend to look after the muir
derer's family in case they survived
him. At the time he seems to have
been undecided whether to commit
the crime. Minchall. left another long
letter, the gist of which is hat Mr..
Sands had promised him all his com
pany's business. and now demanded
One-thirG of the commission, and
Minchall was badly involved. and OK
IRENE love for his family prompted
him 10 Kill them rather than see them
suffer.
Minchall was n former resident of
Chicago. For several years he prac-
tees law there and was at one time q
partner of X. S. lies.
Mr.. sands died later. IL had been
found necessary to amputate his arm
on o of it's wounded condition,
and lie was unable to survive the
shock. The coroner's inquest. after
meeting to-day was adjourned. Mr..
Sands was fifty-tive years of age and
was II of the most prominent lumber.
men in Michigan. 1t was expected that
he would have been chosen n delegate
TO the Republican national convention
had he lived.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
The Chnrn to Use.

If there are but twelve to twenty
pounds to churn at once, a barrel
churn will be found satisfactory. In
der TO circumstances use the old dash
churn. The barrel churn, of not less
than thirty gallons capacity, will gen.
orally bring the butter in some thirty
minutes. Be careful not to buy too
small Il size, for the churning is done
by conclusion and the small churn
does not give the q enough fall.
If ovcr twenty pounds of butter are
To be churned at once we prefer a
box churn. The barrel churn gives
two "thuds' TO the cream ut each reyO-
luton. and the box churn gives four.
If Will be eCD ;:fl. the box churn, there.
fore does much faster work. But lie
barrel churn is no longer in n direc-
ton than in the other and will furn-
ish Il sufficient fall to churn the cream
with Il chuTn Of smaller capacity than
is needed to make sufficient fall with
Il box Chu"n. But a box churn Of sixty
gallons; or greater. capacity can be
run 10y Il Onp-h0rSc tread power and
Will do az excellent job. After the
butter COmeS in grains like kernels
&c wheat. pour i'll some cold water to
firm the batter. then draw off the
buttermilk. then after that add nor
water and draw again, and repeat if
necessary. Then add as much salt as
is needed and revolve the churn to mix
it wen. and take out and work. A
roller worker is preferred. as it will
not hurt the grain by rubbing or grind
iu-.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16

better or the argument Theoretically,
IT is q fact that the butter worker is in
almost universal use i'm our best fac
tories. not only to free the butter from
water II also to incorporate the salt.
Al the same time 1t is significant that
all advice concerning this process is
TO work lightly" 1t is generally adj
United, we believe, that butter would
be better If ii did not receive any
working ut all. but the process is used
Tor the two reasons stated.
y new Invention now threatens 10
supptant the butter-worker-the but
ter drier, which rids the %granules OF
water without rolling or bruising them.
In a recent issue Of "A London paper
lrof Sheldon goes Oh record quite
stoutly against the practice of work
Ing butter and commends warmly the
work Of the Bradford drier and mold
or. In the use Of this invention the
butter is churned az usual. washed in
the granular state and then 'brinrd.''
After remaining in the brine half an
hour the granular butter .. AT ga Ont
and put in muslin lined tin mods OF
any desired size-for pound. half
pound or other weight packages. The
filled molds are then placed around
the inner periphery Of n wheel that is
revolyed at a high speed and the cen
trifugal motion drives out the water
in the form of spray and also packs
the butter in the moldS without injury
10 the grain. Sc that in two minutes
time the dried and nodded butter is
ready for the wrapper or package. The
butter is perfectly granular and breaks
freely on slight pressure. being some
what crumbly and on that account pos
scSsing. SO it is claimed. an aroma and
flavor that cannot be retained under
the crushing Of the rollers of the but.
! ter Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Hairy Notes

One Of the regulations Of the Illinois
State Board of Health is that dairy
cows shall be cleaned every day.
The best farm institutes are held in
the dairy sections. That speaks well
for the Intelligence Of the dairymen.
Pedigree will not make a good mich
cow: she should be selected with ref
crencc to her individual merit.
Dairymen may control to a certain
extent the richness of the milk and
the color and quantity of the butter.
In making the most out Of the diary
care must be taken TO utilize the by
products TO the best advantage.
If you have 1 dairy, dom fail TO
start a few acres of some sort of for
age crop TO help out in case there is a
summer drouth.
twenty-five states in the Union now
have laws prohibiting the sale of cleo
margarine when colored in imitation
of butter.
New York consumes over three
fourths of a million quarts OF milk
per day. Last year the daily average
was 76S,560 quarts.
Coed feeding should not be governed
by the price Of dairy products. Neither
should the enthusiasm of the dairy
men huctuate With tae market. o
stancy is needed in both cases.
The makers of oleomargarine claim
thai they have as much right to color
their product as have butter-makers.
This is a fallacy, for butter is not
colored in imitation Of any product.
A cow that Is about 10 calve should
be fed very sparingly for ten days pre-
yious, moderately for ten days after
the calf is dropped. and then be fed
heavily for ten months.
An extra yield Of butter will natur-
alIy follow the use OF a richer feed, II
the COW has been well selected, but
such & result may not follow in the
case Of an ordinary COW.
Coed ~succulent food produces the
largest quantity Of fat in the milk and
has the effect to cause the cream to
se,nrate more readily from the milk
and the butter globules from the
cream.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Thc Art of Milking Cows.

Nilling cows should he practiced
according to the following preScrlp-
tiOn&:
l.. Work rapidly; slOwIeSs causes the
loss of cTcam.
>. Milk thoroughly. to the last drop,
because the last milk is the best.
3. Milk at the same time every day.
1. Milk croSSwiSe-that is to say, one
fore teat on the right and a hind teat
on the left. and vice versa; the milk
thrs flows more c~0piously than by par
alel milking.
). MIX with five fingers and not with
index ard thumb, a fault too common
with mixers.
u. Do not employ any kind of milk
ing machines.
Z. TO milk young FESTIVE cows, raise
enc Of the fore feet. Never strike
them.
s. Always keep the hands clean, and
also the cows udder and dairy uten-
sils.
9. During milking avoid ~distracting
or disturbing the COW.
Those who neglect any of these pre-
scriptions infallibly lose milk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Uow's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure!
F. j. CHENEY & CO. Props, Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F.. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALDISG. KINSAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 15c per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills. 25c.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
THE A DAIRY.
me Difficulty In Disposing of the
Ordinary Farm Butter.

me Difficulty In DispOsing of the
Ordinary Farm Butter.
The country merchant often has a
hard time of it in buying the butter
brought in by his customers. Some of
1t is poor, very poor, and he has TO
mix it all together and sell the whole
as grease, and if he has taken in
enough to pay to sort and keep each
grade separate he can get rid of some
OF 1t to better advantage, but the ex-
pense of preparing it for market in
this way eats up the profits. The
writer was two weeks in succession in
two Iowa farmers institutes that Illus
trated the difference in the ways but
ter is handled, very StFikingly. In
one the butter sold at a net price of
ID cents per pound, and the farmer
did nothing but take his milk to the
creamery. The separator took out the
butter fat and the farmer went home
with the skim milk. One separator
will skim 300 pounds 600 g~allons)
per hour, and the creameries have
from W. to four, according TO the
quantity Of milk handled. The cream
stays i'll the creamery, and is churncd
and packed and shipped to New York,
n after all expenses were paid the
patron netted 10 cents per pound. In
the other county separator creamerieS
are unknown and the cream is gath
cred from the farms, and II cents paid
for enough to make a pound of butter.
But many of the farmers make their
butter at home and take il to the store
cents a pouuC for it, and Il is sold as
grease at about 6 cents a pound in
Chicago. Now and then n farmer gets
a special price for his butter, but I'M
der the strict promise not TO tell, and
this Is sold out in q retail way 10 the
citizens of the town who will pay Il
special price for select butter. From
10 to IS cents are received by these
farmers, but the amount of butter is
limited TO the needs Of the town. In
other counties not a pound of farm
butter is yer shipped out and the
price is kept up to correspond to the
price in the great markets. Farmers
get from 10 to - cents in these cOun-
ties for what is needed in the home
trade, and no surplus is allowed to
accumulate, as the surplus can be ship
ped by the manufactures and sells AT
the top price in market. The secret
Of this is that the butter is made by
the modern method in these counties.
and all sells as prime butter. whcTcNc:
sold.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
| mr.. ]. G. GRANT, Specialist.
I've Far. Nose and Throat
syndicate Block, Minneapolis.
(Spectacles fitted.D
A Nice Name TO Spell.

1 hughable circumstance once took
Il,e mon a trial in Lancashire, Eng,
sbere the head of the family, Mr..
Mood. Sr.. was examining a witness.
Fmn giving his name, "Ottiwell
Mood" the Judge, addressing the rev.
krend person, said: -.
pray. Mr.. Wood, how do you spell
kOur nameT'
! The old gentleman replied:
20 double T, | double u, T. double
/ double u, double . D."
Upon which the astonished law-giver
bid Down his pen. saying it was the
host extraordinary name he had ever
ket with in his life, and after two or
(hpe attempts declared he was unable
u record ii.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Mrs. Smith Sentenced.

Duluth. April II. Mrs. Samuel ID.
Smith of Detroit. Mich, was sentenced
to thirteen months at hard labor in
the penitentiary at saltwater for utter
ing n forged instrument. Mrs. Smith
and her husband succeeded in swim
ding Mrs. Mac Cameron, also of De-
troit, out of $500 about a year ago.
Mrs. Smith confessed to having col
lected the money on a certificate of de-
post, to which her husband forged
Mrs. Camerqn's name. Smith is still
at large.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
No Liquor for Indians.

Washington, April 12.-Representa-
tive Miklejohn to-day reported from
the committee on Indian affairs his bill
to prohibit the sale of intoxicating
liquors to Indians holding land by al
lOtments. Its passage is recommended
by the secretary of the interior, who
says that it is made necessary by the
decision of Judge Bellinger, of the
United States district court for Oregon.
which. he says. in effect permits the
sale of liquors to Indian allottees with
out limitation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
+. ID. PhilIeo Arrested.

Minneapolis. April 12.-F. ID. Philleo.
for whose arrest on a charge of embez-
element ii warrant was issued some
weeks ago, was arrested to-day. He
is a resident of st. Louis Park, where
he was employed by the Monitor Man.
ufacturing company as a travelling col
iector. While he was on a trip through
North Dakota the company became
suspicious of him and sent an agent
to intercept him ut Morris. n. ID. The
result was the discovery of an alleged
shortage in his accounts.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
An Officer Assn ulted,

st. Paul, April r. Officer Ed Allen,
of the Rondo police station, was as
saulted last night while attempting to
arrest George Murphy. Allen received
one serious cut on the face. The flesh
over the right cheek bone was laid
open for two and n half inches. He
was also kicked about the head and
body. 1t is the second time within a
year that Allen has been assaulted in
making an arrest.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
When Travelling.

on pleasure bent, or business.
ike on every trip a bottle Of Syrup Of
lgs, as ii acts most pleasantly and
f~eCtually on the kidneys, liver. and
ewels, preventing fevers, headaches,
nd other forms Of sickness. For sale
b 20 cent and 81 bottles by all leading
Manufactured by the Cali,
ornia Fig Syrup Company only.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Reversing the Process.

Dick Tait-My wife m down to
the office every day. She got so jeal'
Dus of that pretty typewriter had that
j had TO discharge her and get a male
stenographer.
Towna-Well, everything is all right
Eow. is il not?
Dick Tait-No. Now | am jealous
myself.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Great

"Ah. you have changed much since
last l saw YOU exclaimed te old man
OF the play.
Yes rejoined the ingenue, -four
teen dresses"
Thereupon they came forward to the
footlights and sang with much feeling
a song entitled And Her Husband
Went Insane with Patent Buttons" -
Detroit Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
The Rack, the Thumbscrew and the
Itnnf

Were ole -fashioned instruments OF torture
iong since abandoned, but there is a tor
mentor who stiii continues 10 agonize the
Joints, muscles and nerves of many of us.
The rheumatism, that inyeterate foe 10
daily and nightly comfort, may be con-
quered by the timely and steady use OF
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which like.
wise eradicates neuralgia, bilious, malarial,
bowel, stomach and nerve complaints.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
An EngIishman Suicides.

Sparta. Ohio. April II. Excitement
prevails over the suicide of DR.. f. Il.
Bletcher. NJ. X. c., of England. He
was found dead in his Office with a re-
volver at his side and a bullet wound
back Of the ear. He came from a
good family in England and is said TO
be an heir to a big estate there.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Following Instructions.
Nuwed- lis all the ice gone?

Mr.. Nuwed- is all the ice gone?
Mrs. N~uwed-Yes. The COOK book
said to boil the potatoes in cold water,
and / used it all in keeping the water
cold while they were boiling, n the
horrid things are not soft yet.-Wash-
ington Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Tnn Visible.

4,rrrsted for having visible means
h support?' they repeated after her
Tine prisoner at the bar stood with
bowed head.
ava not quite as full as the law con
D~mnlates / g~uess."-Detroit Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Another Penalty of Gr~atne..

The gifted but impecunious literary
genius wrote an impassioned letter to
a personal friend. asking him in the
name of sweet charity to lend him
so to keep him from starving.
Il may not get the $40" he Soliio-
quiZed bitterly, as he sealed 1t, "but
some day a mercenary grandchild OF
his will get 500 for this letter Chi
cago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Errors I'm Dutter-NIaLing.

TO make g~ilt-edged butter il is ALSO
iutely necessary to watch the sOuring
of the cream, and churn as soon as
possible after the cream thickenS and
becomes distinctly sour, says Waiter
Thorp, in the Irish Farming World.
1t is better TO err Ou the sweet side, j.
in doubt. for although good butter may
frequently he made from over-rip2
cream if il he churnCd slowly at Il tow
temperature ANA very thoroughly
washed while IN 4 fine granular con
dition, il is not always possible 10
cnurn at q low temperature. and to
| Oyer-churu cream which is too sour
! means either to lose money on the but
ter or to diSappoint the customer who
buys it. The loss in c]hurning sweet
| cream depends upon the thickness Of
The cream. and decreases as the thick
ness of the cream increases. II is
| DoSsihle TO avoid loss almost entirely
! in churning sweet cream by skimming
| the cream as thick as possible.
There is a good deal to be learned
| vet about the preparation of cream for
churning, and the subject needs study
careful. systematic study, under con
ditions similar to those which hold IL
rreameries. Indeed. there arc many
uuaStions connected with creamelIcS
| which need thorough investigation,
and in some cases the investigation
will have to be carried out at the fact
cries and not in the laboratory cf Il
chemist or in the trial churn OF Il
! dairy school.
Errors in sailing and working butter
are not so common as they USED 10 ne,
! though one occasionally finds IN n
| creamery q butter-worker which can
not be instantly thrown out OF gear.
Straakiness in butter is becoming al
most uncommon, but II frequently
meets with buffers which have been
| overworked in the endeayor To press
| out water and properly incorporate the
salt. 1t is not possible to add water
TO butter unless the water be AT Il
| temperature considerably above az de-
grees f., but by careless working the
butter may be made so soft that the
! worker cannot press the water out OF
II A little care and foresight VIII OBJ
yiate this.
When butter is taken from the churn
in granular condition it shouid De
spread evenly on the butter-Wofkef
and carefully sailed, turning over the
butter with a pair of Scotch hands'
| hen set the worker in motion, give
two or three turns, and remove the
butter TO a slate slab, where 1t houid
| he allowed to stand and drain for TWO
hours mt least, after which IT can De re-
worked. BY this method OF sailing
butter in the grain it will require Tess
working and will be tirmer and III PEI,
| fer condition when finished thar would
be the case if the salt were ground III
| Immediately after taking he butter
| from the churn.-American Dairyihan'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
Obviously the proper Head.

Copy Reader-Here's n despatch
foout a two-headed girl born in Ala
Pama. What shall | do with it,"
Night EditOr-put a double head
Fver II, of course. and mark it small
Faps- Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-04-16
A Coming

Mrs. Wabash shall not be in the
least astonished if Johnny develops
clairvoyant powers.
Mrs. Jackson Parke-Indeed?
Eyes. He is the son of a seventh
husband. you Observation-Disclosures
Journal.