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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-30
A VOTERS QUOTATIONS.

In ninety-two the country through our fac
tories doomed amain,
Our farmers vied with swelling pride in
The merchants grace. a smiling face, was
part OF his attraction;
The blacksmith whlstled at his work song
OF satisfactlOn;
The brightest ken for laboring mea of all
the golden ages,
For those who sought for manly work at
honest living wages:
Our children, too. In garments new. went
tripping on to school.
Ana oh, twas grand throughout this land.
Contentment was the rule.
And then to think-our senses slnk-it seems
so monstr0us strange
The demagogues persuaded us twas best to
They said the tariff was tax, burden sore
1t only helped the rich, they said. and that
And thus throughout the long campaign
About |, the awful W. tarir laid on 'poor mans
We'd all be bankrupt, so they said, in ac-
cents of alarm,
Unless S. the ,ei tariff was repealed. unless we
The work yy was was done; done: The false plea won.
long years in clover,"'
When scarce the shout had echoed OUT that
CIcvelnnd was the master,
Till fell a fear Of danger near, and horrible
disaster.
First black despair was labors share, born
of this new condition,
Employment priced was paraIyZcd by for
eign competition.
From besy ay t. Sags aay NO wSrk ,s no pay while
Protection's shield was made to yield, to
build up English trade;
The merchant noma nat took down his sgn he
Because this monkeying with "reform" had
ruined his assets
Our fasmess farmer :. too the country through loud
Thus one and all in common thrall faced uni
The cruel hand Of foreign land was over US
Not war and pestilence combined could
bring such dire disaster.
Thank God, at last the terror's past, Of
n struggles and Of losses.
We ne'er again will trust the men who
forged these free-trade collars.
Nor Will we have our wages paid in 6S-cent
'Tis constant brawny. work we want with
honest compensation,
Ano ts sn mighty sss nation prosperity
Open the factories. not the mints. we've
money now in billions.
but luie store can hcip no more the half-clad
starving millions.
'Tls not more dollars that we need, but want
q way to turn 'em;
ehanee 1ne em may first have
Remove again this CALLING chain Of "pauper
competition"
'Tis this we need. not ''cheating greed" to
better our conditions:
No story told of ''cross of gold" will lead US
now astray.
No Bryan can, with untried plan, e'er wja
And labor stss scorns ii his "crown of thorns,"
that stage.play of despair;
His silver cry Is all a lie, twas free trade
placed 1t there,
Then haste the day when vote we may, and
speak our indignation
Against the man with mOnstrOus plan of fiat
repuliation:
With might and vim we'll bury him SO he'll
not peep again,
With protection for our cry and Mckinley
for our man.
II. s. Weeden in Chlcago Inter Ocean.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-30

Bishop Henry 7. Baeaam. wen-
known Mornvian preacher. ia dead In
Grace Hill. Iowa.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-10-30
Wheat and Its Consumers,

We have $21 per capita circulation.
Suppose one-half of our population
should die on account of the silver
craze, we would then have $42 per capt.
ta, but with one-half of our consumers
gone what do you suppose would be
the effect upon the price of wheat?
Again, let us imagine that our popu-
lation should be doubled, then we
would have only $1O.5O per capita,
based upon our present supply of mon
cy. With twice as many consumers,
what do you suppose would be the eff.
feet upon the price Of wheat?
When we talk about values the old
law Of supply and demand and the de-
STABILITY of the goods or money offered
always cOnfrontS us.
If so Pounds of Wheat Made a Rushcl,
would YOU have any more wheat. or
could you buy any more food, clothes
or implements with the proceeds of
your crop than you do now?
If 80 cents were a dollar, would your
crops bring you any more of the things
that you need than you get now?
I'VE must do something for silven''
say the cheap dollarites. Why? The
value of the annual production Of eggs
in the United States u twice as large
as that Of our silver bullion. Yet no
body claims that esss should be mad,
. legal tender for debts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
HINT FROM MARYLAND.

How the Residents of the Town of DIR
lingtOn Secured Good Roads.
Among the numerous small towns in
Hartford county, Nd, is the village of
Darlington, place of about 200 peo-
pie, located in the northeastern part of
the county. The roads in the imme,
date vicinity of Darlington were prob
ably the worst in the county. It's near
est railroad station is four miles away,
and this made its citizens feel all the
more keenly the need of better roads.
Urged on by this constant and growing
evil, a few of the leading citizens issued
public call for a meeting. This was in
the fall of 1887. About so men re-
sponded. After some discussion the
following resolution was adopted at
the meeting:
eve, the undersigned citizens of Har-
ford county. Md, realizing the impor-
tance of taking some more active meas
ures looking to the improvement of our
public highways in and around the
town of Darlington, call upon our fell
low citizens to join us in forming an
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
fHEnAH1 DAIRY:
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KINDNESS 10 COWS.
without 1t Success in the Dairy Is Almos
Impossible.


without 1t Success in the Dairy Is Almost
Impossible.
The long domestication of the cow
and the large demand made upon her
have in some cases directed almost her
entire vitality into the production of
milk as if for her progeny. Cows Sc
lected especially for the dairy are of
this kind, and they must have Gull
tivated along with this unselfish CIV
ing of themselves for others habit Of
Kindness amounting almost to love for
those for whom they live. This would
be directly expressed to their own off
spring and would be reciprocated were
not the kindness of the cow by artificial
means directed into the channel of sup
porting the human mixer, instead of
her own progeny; hence, the best dairy
cows are of a kindly disposition and ex-
press their kindness in their constant
effort to supply the demand made upon
them. This naturally expects and de-
serves recipocation on the part of those
who are benefited by her unselfish life.
The dairyman who has this proper
love for his cows will think nothing too
much trouble that he can co for the
comfort of his cows. And happily in
this case, as in all others, it pays to be
kind, for cows have brains and kindly
emotions, if properly cultivated.
Herein may be found the apparent
hidden cause why one mixer can get
more milk and butter from the same
COW than others can, and that the one
who gets the most milk and butter is
not always the best mixer when judged
by his skill, but he is nevertheless the
best mixer for that COW, because she
likes him the best; his touch and man
ner have in them kindness which puts
her in a humor to give him all her milk
and to give it in the best possible con-
dition-Farm News
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

to the end of it. When the steers heaC!
is in place, the stanchion closed by
means of the rope, ID, and fastened by
the pin at X, put the rope, e, over his
neck back of the ears, bringing the ring
down under his chin. Then take Il
blight of rope, poke it through the ring
and bring the loop up over the nose.
Let man pull on the other end of the
rope, and the steers head comes down
in the notch. c, SO tight that he can
neither move nor bawl. B is a small
block fastened to the bottom part OF
the stanchion by staple; P is tenn
porary bar set up while the steer is
being put in the stanchion. When the
horns are off, take the bar, p, down,
and dishorned steers pass out into
another pen, and are thus kept sepa-
Iated.-Rural New Yorker.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

Coal ashes are beneficial to clay soil
Testing seeds will save much time
and vexation.
Currant and gooseberry bushes should
be pruned every year.
Be ready at the first opening in the
spring to set out trees.
" All trees should be transplanted be-
fore the leaves start out.
~ It is best to cover all wounds made in
pruning with paint or oil.
Bone dust and wood ashes are good
fertilizer for Strawberries.
A little salt sprinllled around ounce
trees Will be beneficial to them.
All imperfect and diseased branches,
vines and trees should be burned.
Equal parts of rosin and taIlow make
a good covering for wounds on trees.
Too large and too thick heads on the
fruit trees should always be avoided.
Too much pruning is as bad as too
little. Both extremes should be avoided.
While salt is beneficial to trees, a lit
tie too much will kill them. 1t helps to
make plant food available.
Prune from the start. Trees that are
allowed to make a haphazard growth
are rarely satisfactory in any way.
For grapes, treiiises are always pref
cradle to states, and then the vines
should be allowed to grow naturally.
When large branches are broken off
by windstorms, cut off the stub smooth
with saw or knife and cover the wound
with paint.
BY painting over the wounds made in
pruning the bark covers over the
wounds little by little, and no rotting
Of the inner wood takes place.
All fruit trees will send up many
shoots which will need trimming off
This should be done as soon as tho
shoots make their appearance.
In setting out tree the bruised or
mangled roots should be cut off smooth
with sharp knife, and fine, moist sol!
packet about them.-St. Louis Repub-
lie
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
KEEPING ROADS GOOD.
seventeen Rules Recommended by an
English Association.

The Road improvement association,
of London, England, recently issued &
circular containing II rules for the guild
ance of roadmasters in keeping mac
adam and telford roads in proper re-
pair, as follows:
1. Never allow hollow, a rut or a
puddle to remain on a road, but fill it up
! at once with chips from the stone heap.
2. Always use chips for patching and
for all repairs during the summer sea-
son.
3. Never put fresh stones on the road
if, by cross-picking and a thorough use
of the rake, the surface can be made
smooth, and kept at the proper strength
and section.
4. Remember that the rake is the most
useful tool in your collection, and it
should be kept at hand the whole year
round.
8. Do not spread large patches Of
stone over the whole width of the road,
! but coat the middle or horse track first,
and when this has worn in coat each of
the sides in turn.
6. In moderately dry weather and on
hard roads always pick up the old sur
face into ridges six inches apart, and
remove all large and projecting stones
before applying new coating.
Z. Never spread stones more than one
stone deep, but add "a second layer when
the first has worn in. il one coat be not
enough.
s. Never shoot stones upon the road
and crack them where they lie or ii
smooth surface will be out of the qnes-
ton.
9. Never put stone upon the roa,.
for repairing purposes that wllnot free
ly pass in every direction through a two
inch ring. and remember that snallt Z
stones should be used for patching and
for all slight repairs.
10. Recollect that hard stones should
be broken to finer gauge than soft, but
that the two-inch gauge is the lai gest
that should be used under any circus
stances where no steam roller is EN-.
ployed.
IL. Never be without yourring gaug /;
remember Macadam's advice, that any
stone you can not easily put into your
mouth should be broken smaller.
~. Use chips, if possible, for bind
ing newly-laid stones together, and re-
member that road sweepings. horse
droppings, soda or grass and other rub
bish. when used for this purpose, will
ruin the best road ever constructed.
10. Remember that water-worn or
rounded stones should never be used
upon steep gradients. or they will fail
to bind together.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

IA. Never allow dust or mud to lie on
the surface of the roads, for either of
these will double the cost of main
tenance.
IS. Recollect that dust becomes mud
at the first shower. and that mud forms
wet blanket which will keep the road
in a filthy condition for weeks at a timc.
instead of allowing it to dry in a few
hours.
Is. Remember that the middle of
the road should always be little high
er than the sides, SO that rain may run
into the side cutters at once.
II. Never allow the water tables, gut
ters and bitches to clog up. but keep
them clear the whole year through.
Every roadmaster and supervisor
should cut these rules out and paste
them in his everyday hat. To make Il
good road is one thing and to keep it in
good repair is quite another thing.
The finest roads in Europe are the re
suit of splendid repair system where
every defect is promptly corrected be-
fore it has time to cause serious damage
to the highway.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

wheel, and make frame so it will fit
inside of your bed proper four or five
inches high. Nail the wire screen to
the bottom, and along the sides upon
the wire nail pieces one-inch square.
This keeps and holds the wire from
tearing loose, and allows the sieve to
run freely upon the rollers. The screen
is of about three-eighthsi inch size. Nail
q cross-piece on top of the frame of the
sieve, and through the center put an
Iron pin. Have a hole through the pit
man to slip. on the pin, making it easy
to detach when the sieve needs to be
cleaned. Underneath the sieve is an
elevator or carrier made to run on the
same principle as straw carrier, eX
cept that the carrier is made of q solid
piece of Cloth, heavy muslin or ticking,
with stick every IL or Is inches tackled
upon to assist the sifted soil up the in
cline. This is run by belt similar to
a sewing machine belt. 1t elevates the
sifted soil from under the. sieve into a
bushel basket, and when this is taken
away, another basket is put in it's place.
At the lower end of the sieve is left an
opening about third of the wild Oh of
the sieve, which enables one to clean
out the coarser refuse without remov-
adjusted by the length of the pitman.
so the end will project six or eight
inches over and beyond the carrier.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
BUTTER INVITATIONS.
Seventy Million Pounds of the STUFF Sol
In Ono Year.


In Ono Year.
In 1894, in the United States, there
were manufactured 7O,OO0,0OO pounds
oleomargarine, equal to the product of
100000 cows, of which in Illinois there
were made about 6O,O00,00O pounds,
equal to the product of 450,0 900 COWS.
During the above period the agricul-
tural producer for the raw material en-
tering into pound of butter received
Is cents, while under the same condi-
ton for the raw material entering into
a pound of oleomargarine he received
three cents. This difference represents
a loss of 10 cents on every pound of cleo
sold and consumed as butter-Over S.
100000 in the United States.
1t is a conservative estimate that 80
to 95 per cent. of the oleo consumed is
consumed as and for butter at the price
of butter
Every pound of oleo thus consumed
takes the place of and destroys the sale
of pound of butter.
1t is further true that it is the yellow
color or the shade of color artificiaily
given to oleo enables it to be sold and
consumed as butter at the price of but
ter.
In other words it is the means where
by the fraud is committed and the pub
lie deceived.
The consumer is thus defrauded and
cheated-but everybody is consumer,
therefore in this connection the terms
consumer and the public are one and the
same thing.-Elgin Dairy Report.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
BERRIES FoR MARkE1.
Ordinary Farm Methods Are Insumcien,
for Fruit Growers.


for Fruit Growers.
Berries cannot be grown and mar
lketed as easily as wheat. corn and POI
'tatoes. Berry growing, like market
gardening, requires the greatest con-
lcentration of good soil. labor and
thought. Too much land is the bane of
most fruit growing as well as farm
ing. Success would be more certain
Il acreage were divided and fertility,
preparation and cultivation increased.
Intensified farming and concentration
OF energy are the diamond drills that
bore out success. Take counsel from
books, papers and practical growers,
but let it be tempered with your own
best Judgment and experience. Actual
knowledge and practical experience
should go hand in hand. Let the be-
ginner commence moderately and 90
slow. Do only what can be well done.
Nothing but the best product will pay.
Use a limited variety of best plants,
producing large, firm, attractive fruit.
Have note book ready and make com
plete record of all factsand dates for flu
lure reference. When one acre has been
mastered, producing 100 or 200 bushels
OF best fruit, then acreage may be in
creased Few realize the actual cost of
bringing an acre of bush berries to a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
Blue Blood in Philadelphia.

A well-known Philadelphia physician,
whose name need oct be mentioned for
Obvious reasons, is in a fair way to
greatly increase his already large in
come through discovery which he
claims to have recently made. The doc
tor comes of good old stock, and is
quite figure in Philadelphia most
exclusive society. His discovery.
brought about by experiments made
upon his own person, is nothing less
than the existence of a distinct and
separate corpuscle of blue blood. When
the result OF his researches gets noised
about the doctor Will doubtless be over
run by Sons-of the Revolution. Colonial
DANES and members of other similar
patriotic organizations in which an
cestry is necessary. In the near future
we may expect 70 hear: II say. old
chap come take peep through my
microscope and see my blue blood cor.
pn sale :
In breeding and raising poultry, cs
pecially for market, size she uld always
be considered Fowls are usually sold
~ weight.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
The Dairymen Who Succeed.

Do you ever find a herd of COWS
yielding 300 pounds of butter apiece
in the hands of one of these farmers
who sheer at the experiment stations.
farmers Institutes, dairy schools, dairy
conventions, and dairy papers and
books? Of course not. AS the man
thinketh so is he. 1t takes faith in
better things to do better than we are
doing. We must have faith. These
skeptical, disbelieving farmers, who
sheer at every element of progress, are
the men who make no progress. They
are the "hand to mouth men, oard's
Dairyman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
SITTING GARDEN SOIL.
Description of an Implement Which Doe
the Work Well.

Description of an Implement Which Does
the Work Well.
We don't sift the bulk of the soil
used on the benches, in fats and in
frames; but we want an inch or two
of the surface fine and nice, and always
run what is wanted for this covering
through a somewhat coarse sieve or
sitter. An ordinary coal ash sitter,
such as one can buy at the nearest hard
ware store, will do well enough where
only small quantities of soil are to be
sifted. For larger quantities we may
arrange a larger box, with wire mesh
bottom, sliding over a wheelbarrow or.
still better, make sieve or sitter such
as is shown in accompanying illustra-
ton. The idea was furnished to Market
Gardening by an Ohio man, who de-
scribes the implement as follows:
Take four pieces 2x2X24 inches long
for legs, nail to these at the top six-inch
boards of hard wood, drop the lower
end board so it will let the sieve play
over the top of it, put in rollers at the
lower side of the side pieces for the
sieve to vibrate upon, gear the machine
SO that the sieve will shake about five
times to one revolution of the drive
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

ROAD LEADING OUT OF DARLINGTON, MD.
organization to be known as the Road
league, which shall have for it's object
the maintenance and improvement of
the roads in Darlington and vicinity.
eve expect to render aid to our coun-
ty commissioners and road supervis-
ors, recognizing, as we do, their eff
cheney and liberality in the past. We
believe that by a united effort on the
part of our citizens, acting in concert
and setting aside all selfish interests
and all political conditions. we can thus
secure the greatest good to the greatest
number.
with the most improved implements
and machinery always at our command
and a competent and sllillful overseer
to direct the work at seasonable time
and in systematic manner, we feel
sure of having better results than ever
before.
1.-THE business of this road league
and the direction of it's affairs should
be intrusted to a council of IL of our
tried and trusted citizens, who shall
hold Office for one year. or until their
successors are elected, on the second
Wednesday in October of each year.
Their first duties shall be to elect Off
GERS of the association and formulate
a plan for actual work.
ANY person may become a member
by paying the sum of one dollar an
nually. and we earnestly hope for a
widely-eXtended membership, so that
our hands may be strengthened and a
healthy public spirit may be fostered
and encouraged in our midst"
This resolution was signed by As
citizens, and out of it sprang the Dar-
lington Road League. A constitution
and bylaws were adopted which pro-
vided for the management of the af-
fairs of the league by council of H.
This council of IL was the working
force of the organization. They held
many meetings. at which they received
full reports of the work of the over
seer and members of the league. They
proceeded upon the theory that in or
der to insure success in road improve
ment the work must begin at home
among the people.
To this end they called upon the
county commissioners, requesting them
to intrust the repair of the roads in
Darlington, about two miles in extent,
TO the care of the Road league. This
the commissioners did. granting at the
same time that portion of the road
fund set aside for the use of Darling
tons roads. The league went to work
in earnest. and in less than 30 days
they had constructed two miles of good
shell road. running the entire length of
the tovn
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

the chain ring, which allows the chain
to rise and fall with the movement of
the animal. Made in this way, the side
pieces keep the hay from coming out
under the cows feet. The opening at
the bottom can be narrower if desired
Anyone handy with tools can construct
such crib.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

In favored localities something may
be saved on cost of manure, labor. omit
ting winter protection, etc. But any
attempt to reduce the amount of labor,
fertilizer, mulchipg, ETC., will certainly
result in reduction of both quality and
quantity of fruit.-M. A. Thayer. in
Prairie Farmer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
A CONVENIENT CRIB.
low to Remodel Old Fashioned Stanohions

HOW Co hoNOdoI UId-FashlOnod St0nChIOng
to Advantage.
Our illustration shows how some old
fashioned cattle stanchions were re-
modelled with view of greater comfort
to the animals. The old sill was left
in place, and on it were placed the
triangular pieces of plank that arc
shown in the engraving. One side has
9 hardwood strip as a facing to hold
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21
HOMEMADE SIEvES.

A Set of Them Is Needed by Every Farmer
and Gardener.
A set of sleeves of varied degrees OF
fineness is needed on every farm. Get
a stout grocery or dry goods box of
suitable size and saw it in sections, as
shown in the sketch. Get small pieces
of wire cloth and wire netting of va
rious numbers and tack them upon one
side of these sections, covering the
edges with thin strips of wood. After
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-02-21

experiencing the advantages of having
such set of sleeves one could not get
seves like these, graduated from fine
to very coarse, infer ior beans and peas
can easily be removed from these crops
"a single item that shows one of the
many uses to which they may be put.
Orange Judd Farmer