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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
~RlZE IRRIGATION PAPERS
Two Kansas Men secure Honors-E.,sy,
are too Many.

Two Kansas Men secure Uonors-Es.sy,
are too Many.
LINCOLN, Neb, Sept. 80 Last spring
i. X Moses, chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the national irriga.
ton congress, offered for the best
paper on irrigation 500, for the next
best SIS and for the third $50. The
competition was open to farmers. In.
rigators or persons interested in irri.
CATION, and, I'm, fact to nearly oil who
were competent TO write upon this
subject, A number of topics were
suggested, but the competition was
net limited to these. The conditions
were that the papers should be based
as far as possible upon the experiences
and observations Of the writer's and
should contain new facts of general
value. The length of the papers was
specified not to be less than 10, 900
words, or over 20, 900, and each dis
cussion would be accompanied by
suitable illustrations, photographs,
maps or draftings.
As n result OF this offer, which wa.
"'oSiy Biihttu, titTt was NcuI 10 MT.
Moses a number of manuscripts and
these In turn were submitted to ex.
perts for examination. On the whole
the results were somcw hat disap-
pointing, both as regards the scope
and character of the material. As
was anticipated. theoretical papers.
bordering even on '~crankiness'' were
in thn mn ipritNs n,t t,..,
few well written, clear discussions:
some OF them Of considerable value.
Others discussed would be greatly i'm
proved by the authors at a second
trial.
After comparison of the marks OF
the committee, the first award was
made to j. +. Lawson Of Hutchinson.
Kan. for the paper entitled IAN Irri.
CATION Experiment in the Sub-humid
Region;" the second TO w. NJ. Bristol
OF East Highlands, Cal, for a paper
on Irrigation in the Orchard;' the
third to Judge j. S. Emery of Law
renee, Kan, for n discussion of Our
Overflow Waters"
The feature of the proceedings OF
the irrigation congress yesterday was
the appeal of +. II. Moses of Great
Bend for the passage of the so-called
land commission bill.
A short session of the state irripa.
ton convention preceded the regular
meeting of the national in
the state university chapel this morn
Ing. The committee on credentials
made a report, after which the follow
Ing officers were elected by acclama-
lion: President, ex-senator Joseph
NJ. Carey of Cheyenne, Wyo.; vice
presidents s. A. Cochran of South
Dakota, L. W. Shurtliffe of Ogden.
Utah. and :. NJ. Knox of Princeton.
H.; secretary, Thomas f. Frost OF
Minneapolis, Mimi; reading clerk.
Colonel II. d. Maxson of Reno, New;
file clerk, p. c. Erickson of Nebraska:
press reporter, r. j. Colver Of Los An.
geles, Cal. The selection of treasurer
will be left to the executive commit.
tee.
+. II. Newell Of the United States
geological survey read a paper on the
Progress of Irrigation"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
Succeeds Judge DOauc.

DIR. A. II. Nipple of Omaha has been
appointed by Governor Iiolcomb To fill
IA vacancy in the board of trustees.
which has auditing powers over the in
stitute for the blind and the institute
for the deaf and dumb. The vacancy
was caused by the resignation of Judge
Doane OF Omaha, who did not agree
with the governors action in removing
Prof. Gillespie from the institute for
deaf and dumb, DIR. Nipple is u demo.
rrat
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
state HOard Eninincd.

In the suit brought by the Nebraska
Telephone company against the board
of transportation enjoining the board
from lowering the rates for telephone
service, the board filed II demurrer to
the petition stating that the petition
does not state facts sufficient IL show
that the plaintiff has no adequate
remedy at law and that n also fails TO
state facts sufficient for a cause OF ac'
tion,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
Diphtheria Causes school Closing

There are three cases of diphtheria
in the family Of Richard Ives, living
Of Columbus, and school in
that district has been closed. There
was quite u siege of this malady in
this same district a year ago. II is be.
lieved that with proper p%rccautiop a
%contagion can be prevented.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
hoy shoots Himself.

John Stewart, jr., the iiftccn-year'
old son Of j. NJ. Stewart, the populist
candidate for sheriff in Holt county,
accidentally shot himself this morning
through the calf of the leg while hand
ling "a thirty-two caliber revolver. The
ball made n serious wound about eight
or ten inches in length.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08

l.. W. Felter of Central City, a brake.
mar on the Union Pacific, was killed
by the ears in the switch yard there
Tuesday morning. He came in with
the Portland special" which stopped
for water. II is not known how the
accident happened, but It Is supposed
that in attempting to get on the train
as it was pulling out he slipped under
the wheels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
working Havoc Among Hogs.

some strange disease is working
havoc among hogs on Looking Glass
creek in Platte county Opinion Is di-
vided as to whether it is the old time
hog cholera or not, but whatever it
may be over 800 hogs have died with
in the past forty days, Remedies that
have heretofore checked cholera to
some extent have proven Of but little
value In these cases.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
'Csmfornis's win. prcm,.. Great.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct %.-The vintage
OF California this year promises to
reach 20. 00o, 900 gallons, or ss per cent
more than last season. About one.
half OF tho grape crop has already
been converted into wine. The grow
ers are now receiving an advance OF
from 81 to $40 "a ton for their cranes
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
Strike Riot IL Poland.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct AT Dam.
brows, Poland, 1000 iron workers
went out on . strike and stoned the
soldiers sent to quell the disturbance.
During the disorder the soldiers fred
ON the strikers, killing three out.
right and seriously wounding four.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
STAFFELBACKS SENT UP.

George Sentenced for Jife ana tn, Old
Woman for Twenty-Ons Year,.
COLUMBUS. Kan, Oct. 4.-Judpe
Skidmore sentenced two of the Staffel-
backs George and his mother, for the
Galena %butcheries George was sen.
fenced to the penitentiary for one
year and then to be hanged. which in
Kansas means imprisonment for life,
and TIE old woman was given twenty.
one years.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
Pleads Guilty to Theft.

Temp Finley of Dakota City, who
spent several days in the county Jail
the fore part of this year, charged
with intent to kill, is again in limbo.
he having plead guilty to stealing
some sweet potatoes from A. C. Austin
of Walkers Island, on the night of
August %. for which crime Judge
Ryan gave him eight days in the coun.
ty iail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
Freight Trains CoIIida

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. AIN a
..eight collision on the Nickel Plate
railroad at W~illoughby, Ohio, Engi-
aeer Charles Brown of Bellevue was
killed and seven cars loaded with grain
and stock MARA damolishsd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
for INSTRUMENTATION.

WASHINGTON, Oct Assistant Post.
master General Heath to-day directed
Postmaster Gordon to remove Charles
". Carr, superintendent Of Station o
Of the Chicago ~postofass. for general
l.subordiuation and incompetsncy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
4 Peanut Trust,

CHICAGO, Oct "a penut pool ha.
been formed In Virginia, and the va.
rety OF nuts known as Spanish
sheiied' has been cornered. The new
crop now being picked is reported to
be quite inferior on ccount OF the
long drouth OF the summer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
SWEPT BY FLAMES,
Drouth Results in Prairie Fires In Ne.
braska and Dakota Counties.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct 4.-Disastrous
prairie fires are raging in Nebraska
and South Dakota, as a result OF the
protracted drouth. From Rapid City,
Chamberlain, Huron, Howard and
other points in South Dakota come re-
ports of the flames sweeping over
whole counties, destroying whole
crops in their path. From Dakota
City, Chadron and other towns in Ne
braska large prairie fires are reported
to be sweeping over the state. Many
OF the districts are isolated, and it is
feared that lives have been lost. Much
stock has persisted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
A Negro Tlote. In ohio.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. The Negro
protective party, by petition. to-day
was placed on the Ohio ballot sheet.
This makes Ave state tickets, with the
gold Democrats to come.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
A IBoy aud $1,000 Missing.

New YORK, Oct. A messenger
boy employed by Douglas & Jones is
missing with u check for $40, 900 and
$500 In money which he had In his
possession,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
The Home Commended.

The Legislative investigating com.
mittee received n report yesterday
from Mrs. Myra L. Olmstead who was
employed to investigate accounts of
the Milford home for pcnitcnt women.
The accountant not only did not
report n shortage but IN the contrary
commended the work Of ladies who
have had charge of the institution
since its organization. The only dis
crepcncy was the payment ofa voucher
twice. A voucher for Sll0.T5 issued
in March, 1891, was paid twice, and
this is accounted for by an error or
mistake, \. duplicate of each voucher
is always made out, and in this case
the original and duplicate became sep
grated and were both paid by mistake.
The voucher covered the engineers
salary and other salary claims.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08
FOUR GIRLS DROWNED.

a Man 'nps'sed the Boat by Kicking
1t FOR Fun"
BIRMINGHAM Ala, Oct, 1.-Two
young men, Robert and John Wright,
brothers, and four girls, Belle Kew.
Lizzie Smith, Mary Swearingcn and
Ella Phillips, were crossing the But.
tahatchie river near Hamilton, Marion
county on their way home from a
candy pulling, when one Of the men
rocked the skill "for fun" causing it
TO capsiac. The men saved themselves.
but the women were drowned Tn,
bodies have been recovered.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08

Mrs. j. 4. Patterson, widow of J. A.
Patterson, who died from the effects
Of poison near Raymond recently, was
at the court house in Lincoln the other
day to request the appointment of her
son-in-law, u. W. Garloch of Omaha us
administrato of her husbands estate.
Mrs. Patterson is an aged lady, snort
in stature and very feeble. She could
scarcely walk without support. In the
petition for the appointment of Nr.
Garloch the estate is valued at 81, 100.
of which the rcal estate is figured at
81 900 and the personal property at
$500.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08

The gold democrats last Friday filed
certificate Of the nominations made re-
Gently in Omaha. James c. Dahlman,
chairman of the silver democratic state
central committee will protest on the
ground that national democrat" is an
infringement on the rights Of the party
he represents, which is known as the
democratic party. He will further
claim that there has been no national
democratic party in this state hereto.
fore and that the national democrat
ic party must therefore he considered
a new party, but that the convention
did not contain the 200 delegates
necessary to organize . new party.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-08

A strange woman has been visiting
the court house and state house in
Lincoln of late, telling a story which
Is unintelligible to the clerks whom
she addresses. She appears To be ex-
pecting money from somewhere, but
she will not tell her name or her story
SO that anything can be learned as Il
her identity.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16
A Cheap Hair Cut.

There is in New York city little
German barber shop the proprietor of
which has a grievance against the Irish
race that will not be wiped out for
Iome time. One evening in his hearty
German way he welcomed a customer,
burly son of Ireland, with an enor-
nous shock of hair, who roughly cried:
"Oi want hair cut. Do yez moind?"
"Yah, Won hair cut NIT der head?'
"Yis, that's it, wan hair CUT" AM.
with yawn the Celtic gentleman threw
himself in the chair.
While the barber was preparing his
scissors the Irishman nodded few
times and in a short while had appar-
emily dropped into doze. The barber
went industriously to work, and the
locks fell with every clip of the scissors.
Meanwhile the Irishman slept on. At
last the hair was cut and brushed, and
the barber exclaimed:
Zach, dat is goot. You looks joost
like Won gentleman.
With start the man of Ireland awoke
and gave glance in the mirror.
say, oClAudAy, OAu VA ASA yCA W
cut my hair:"
"Yah, dots vot do"
whats that? Did Oh say Oh wanted
my hair cut? Did Oi?'
"Yah, yah Dots right.
With rush the Irishman grabbed him
by the collar.
Look here, Germany. Oh said Or
wanted hair cut. That's one hair-do
yez hear?-the long wan that was hang
in in front. For what do yez want to
be cuttin all of thin? DIN have the
law on yez at once fer that" And with
wrathful countenance he slapped on
his hat and left the place before the as
tonished barber could recover from his
fright
When the rollicking Irish wit turned
the corner, he was heard to remark,
Faith, that's chape way to git a
hair cut. "-Harper's Round Table.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16
Welsh Rabbit.

Welsh rabbit is not corruption of
any rare-bit. 1t is simply colloquial
name for dish and has numerous kim
dred names. Here is tolerably COM
plete list, the first four being Of Amer
lean, the others of British origin: "Jer-
sey lightning, meaning whisky; "Cape
Cod turkeys" meaning Goldfish; cal
bany beef" meaning sturgeon; "Mary-
land chicken. meaning lobster; "New-
haven BROTH, meaning boiled mussels
"Digby Chickens" Glasgow magis-
trates,'' ''Gourock HAMS Dunbar
wethers, " Norfolk capons, all mean
ing red herrings; Field Lane ducks, :"
meaning boiled sheepshead and onions;
Bombay ducks, meaning dried fish !;
Bristol milk, meaning sherry Irish
apricots, Irish fruit" Munster
plums," meaning potatoes. Then an
Essex stile" is ditch; an Essex
lion, calf; a Jerusalem pony" a
donkey. So Welsh rabbit is one of many
territorial slang names Of articles Of
food. New York Sun.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16

yet not till the sixteenth century were
cups imported from China in any great
quantities, and even then it was as ar
ticles of vertu. Most of these found
their way back to China again, as col
Letting porcelain is a lasting fad there,
and high prices are paid for good spec
linens. The collection of Chinese porce-
lain, if only the genuine specimens are
desired, requires immense study and
knowledge, as the Chinese are skillful
imitators and put numerous falsifica-
tions on the market. Jewellers Circu-
lar
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16
Varied Matrinlony.

1t was the boast of Levi Rogers, who
died at Perry, o. T.. the other day, that
he had been married seven times and
that eachswife had been of different
nationality. Rogers was born in Geor-
gia, and when a young man married an
American girl, who died within six
months. After that he married six
times, his successive wives being Mex
lean, Bohemian, Indian, German, Gre
ole and finally very black negress.
The latter survives him, and Rogers al
ways claimed that she was the best wife
of the Whole collection.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16

tied review of those events, rising to
give emphasis to his words, and stand
ing fully erect, supported by his crutches.
"Why, Maryland was Union state,
and l subsequently had four regiments
of her troops in my division, and they
were among the best of my fighting
men. That sudden turn of sentiment at
the time of the riot excitement was but
temporary. There was nothing behind
it, and did the very best possible thing
to treat it as it deserved, with threats
OF vengeance. The tide then turned of
itself. In few days after the riot pass
ing vessels hailing from that port began
to salute my colors on the fort. Union
volunteers in the city formed companies
and paraded the streets and loyal demon
strations became as bold as those of the
secessionists had been for the couple of
days succeeding the riot.
I'm plain truth, after May l, 1851,
Baltimore was safe haven for any I'm
ion soldier, and continued so until the
end of the war;
GEORGE l.. KILMER.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16
The First Teacups.

Even after tea was introduced into
Europe and had come into general use
teacups were scarce. AT the same time
coffee was introduced, but apart from
Constantinople the first coffee cups in
Europe date back only as far as l645 in
Venice, 1863 in Paris, 1862 in London
and 1894 in Leipsic. From the first,
however, the conventional oriental cof-
fee cup, without stem or handle, was
little used, and in Germany not at all.
The Chinese teacup was used for tea,
coffee and chocolate as well. Specimens
Of porcelain were undoubtedly intro
duced into Europe in the middle ages.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16
Argentina's Queer Marriage Laws,

The government of Argentina has re-
Gently passed an extraordinary law tc
make marriages compulsory for all eli.
gible persons. Every unmarried male
between 20 and 80 years of age is
obliged to pay monthly tax to the
state. The law also provides that should
any celibates Of either sex refuse an Of
fer of marriage without good reason
they must pay $500 to the person re-
fused.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16

The municipal asst n.bly Of st. Louis
ended its career recently III a spectacu-
lar way. The house bad a water cooler
full of wine and cigars to burn. A box
of cigars was also passed around in the
council, and the wine flowed like water
in truly literal sense.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16

ENERAL JOHN
@. ROBINSON,
who at ripe four
score passed away
at the old home
stead in Bing-
hamton on the
goth ult., was
K II wn as the
"hero Of Fort Nc
Henry" While
the general was
always ready to
swap stori 9 s
around the q. A.
R. C a m p fire s
with old COM
rades, he left to
others to fight the
battles over in
print. One day l
found him in a
mood for reni.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-05-16
HERO OF FIT. M'HENRY
GENERAL JOHN c. ROBINSON'S STORY
OF BALTIMORE IN 1861.

He Was Captain In the Regular Army.
The Star Spangled Banner Kept Wsv-
ing In Spite of the MOb-SOme Unwrit-
ten History.
Copyright. 1897, by American Press Associa-
ton. Book rights reserved.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-09

1ng the wagon box, making it stronger
than end rods, hence these need not be
used. Holes in scoop board should be
bored with a 1h-inch auger and iron
plate or large washers put on. Make
scoop board three feet long and wide
enough so the sides will come close
outside of wagon box. Sides of board
should be six inches or eight inches
high. Crosspieces should be of elm or
other tough hardwood. My husband
made. the two long hooks OBJ out of
rake teeth. The hooks on these rods
must be so narrow that they will readi-
ly pass through the holes in the scoop
board, but the loops on the other ends
must not pass through. Pieces of strap
iron Co can be bent L-shape and bolted
to the sides of the bottom to hold them
rigidly together. A piece of strap-iron
(D) is attached to the center of the
lower crosspiece so the rods can fall
in behind it, and should be- so formed
that they will not work loose and let
the scoop board fall down. The iron
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-09
ALL AROUND THE DAIRY.

Own the best dairy implements.
Sell your dairy products in the best
market.
A dirty mixer will injrre the flavor
of the butter.
Milk that is drawn in an unyentilated
stable cannot escape faint.
Let plenty of fresh air into the churn
after it is used and cleaned.
Boiling, and not warm, water should
be used in cleaning the churn.
Bran and shorts should be bought at
once. They will not be lower.
The patron should do his full part
to make the creamery success.
Whistle when you milk, if you can
whistle well. The cow likes music.
If your butter is only fit for the coun-
try store barrel, don't make butter to
sell.
The dairy barn ought to be con-
venient structure. built so as to save
steps and labor.
The COW that eats a good deal gives
q good deal of milk, as a rule. Feed
her all she will eat.
Be sure you are not being asked two
prices for building creamery before
contracting to build one.
The little things, such as brushing
off the COW before milking and maxi
ing her contented, are what pays in the
lairy.-Western Plowman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-09
PERSONAL NOTES.

DR.. Susan E. Edison, the well-known
woman physician, who died in Washing
ton not long ago, was personal friend of
James G. Blaine, who declared that she
was the only woman be knew who never
talked about herself.
Miss Mary McCulloch, supervisor Of the
public school kindergarten, of st. Louis,
and one of the best known kindergartners
of the country, is going to Arkansas to as
sist in establishing system Of child train
ing in that State.
Anthony Hope said recently in regard
to the rumor that he was engaged to be
married: "That was entirely newspaper
story. 1t was very annoying at the time
to all concerned, and I couldn't possibly
say anything about it."
Miss Bradley, who will probably
christen the battleship Kentucky, is not
YET Is years of age. She is an excellent
musician and cousin of Lieutenant Nc
Kee, who was the first man in the Corcan
citadel at Seoul and fell leading the charge.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-09

fastened to the legs or the body of the
cart.
The picture is one made from photo
graph taken in Brussels, Belgium. The
milk is usually retailed by women. 1t
is surprising to see some of the large
loads the dogs draw. 1t is q common
thing to see two men or women sitting
upon the cart with a half-dozen cans
in the back of the bed, and going along
the street.
They have another very common
method of doing wogk on their farms
that we rarely see in the states-that
is, with cattle. 1t is common thing
10 see a man plow his beets or other
crops with one OK or with a cow
hitched to a shovel-plow. When they
work an animal single they have
collar and harness, and bride with
a bit that goes in the mouth, the same
as we work a horse. Sometimes you
see two animals hitched together-a
COW and a bull, or two COWS. To me
it looks very much out of place to see
two old mich COWS hitched to big
load of wheat, but it is common here.
These people here know what it
is 10 work. They cut every bit of their
grain with the hand sickle. They raise
magnificent crops of everything. Every
thing depends on manure, and nothing
goes to waste. They are doing here
what we in the states call intensive
farming, but I don't think that there
is anything in the states like this. A
man can't come over here and not learn
some valuable lessons. We have seen
nothing like it in England or any place
we have been. The tillage is better and
the crops are better and 1 feel quite
safe in saying that they are better farm
ers than the English farmers. But these
men are very poor breeders. Their
horses and cattle are bad. The Belgium
cattle are very much like the Holstein
cattle, but instead of being black and
white, many are red and white. Some
are just like the Holstein cattle. Ihave
got some interesting lessons from the
dairy industry of this country, but shall
do a good bit more in the next few
weeks in that line.-P. F. Pfarr, in Ohio
Farmer.