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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29

this method for the old-time practice
OF propagating annually by cuttings.
Theorists argue well for the new way,
but its actual value can be determined
only by two or three years of trial.
Pruning is necessary for bush roses
in the garden, but II not done judi
ciously is more apt to be hurtful than
helpful. The best season for pruning
is in the spring, before the sap rises,
but 1t may be done in autumn and the
rcmontants generally have better
chances for good autumnal yield OF
flowers If cut back after their spring
crop of bloom. For this 1t will be
sufficient, as a rule. il care is taken in
clipping the flowers, to cut so as to
leave stem of only two, or at most
three. eyes on the branch. Garden
roses should not be allowed to mature.
Tie climbers do not need pruning
are indeed harmed by il.
All garden roses in the north are
better for protection in winter The
tender teas should be taken up and
kept dormant in the cellar until spring,
but even those nardy enough to do
without such coddling are liable to be
harmed IL fully exposed, not SO much
by cold rs by sudden changes of tenn
perature, One hour of winter sunshine
may do more harm than night below
zero, Nothing is better tnan a light
locse piling of forest leaves or stable
litter about and over them, in an in
closing frame or barrel open enough
for free ventilation. 1t must not be
Packed close or allowed TO hold moist
nre. And haste should not be made to
remove 1t In the spring.
There are SO many desirable roses in
each class that Ii is embarrassing to
select the limited number for which
space can be afforded in an ordinary
garden, II is to be assumed That such
are wanted as viii have fine form,
brilliant color good size, fragrance.
fair keeping quality, handsome foliage,
vigorous habit of growth liberal
bloom, and of which more may be had
than the one epring crop common to
all Monthly" roses should bloom
pretty continuously or. at least with
| frequency through the summer. but
few varieties do. under tho careless
treatment ordinarily accorded to them.
I hey should be cut back as already di-
rected, watered literally, showored fire.
qLently, have liquid fertilizers, not too
strong, given To them from time to
time, be kept clear Of insects, weeds
and grass, and with such care most of
| them Will yield satisfactorily, though
nothing will prevent some proving shy
| boomers in autumn The hybrid re-
montants Will also give some summer
! flowers, and fairly good autumn crop
may reasonably be expected from
nearly all Of them. The garden should
1 contain both kinds, for, though the
monthly plants win give more bloom,
! the remontants afford the largest
! flowers, nearly al rich in perfume, and
/ Lave the special advantage already
mentioned
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29
TIE CULTIVATION or ROSES.
Some Of the Conditions That Lead to
Success.

Success in the outdoor cultivation Of
roses, says tho New York Tribune, is
rot hard to attain, If one only has re-
gard for the absolute ''musts' it in
wolves. They must have rich, mellow,
Well-drained soil, plenty of Iure air,
hut with shelter from violent winds,
abundant sunshine. but If possible
scme protection from fierce afternoon
heat They must never be allowed to
suffer from drouth. and viii be all the
letter for copious daily showering,
" hen the sun is off them, in hot
weather. They must not be crowded
and they must be kept free from the
insect enemies that in countless leglons
assail them from the time the first tiny
leahet shows in spring until snow man
ties their bare branches That last Is
the hardest task OF them all. The rose
is the prey Of aphides, worms, cater
pillars slugs, spiders, bugs and beetles
Of infinite variety and yoracity quite
dispropG to their size. II is
not difficult to hold them in check If
ilfI nlf ilOi dllDNtI w XVI Apt lbi4Al
start. 'lentv OF clear, cold water viii
discourage many Of them, others sue
cumb 10 an infusion of tobacco stems
or lpho-tObacco soap, or hellebore
dust, or kerosene emulsion. or various
other insecticides, but care should be
taken not 10 use such things in suni-
Gent strength 10 ibjUre The foliage
and to wash the plants tlean shortly
after treatment II one thing does not
XIII another Will, ard a little exper-
fence viii soon teach what Is best in
each new emergency.
Nearly all the hybrid remontants.
and other hardy kinds OF roses do
best when set out In autumn, late. but
not after frost. The tenderer varieties
should be planted in spring, as soon
as the frost Is out Of the ground, uu-
less potgrown, in which csse, II the
earth about their roots is not dis
turbed, they may be, with proper care
beddcd at any time, spring or summer,
The amateur rose cultur'9t. until he
has learned 70 distinguish varieties by
their foliage, thorns and color Of stems,
will do yell 10 grow only plants on
u cir own roots Budded plants, It IS
held are harder, stronger, grow large
more quickly and bloom sooner, per-
hape too, more prOfugely but are liable
TO send up smokers from their vigorous
Inferior stocks generally mannetta, or
dog rose" and these speedily sap
vitality from the budded PORTIONS Of
the plant If allowed to grow a few
choice varieties are exceptionally difl-
cult, II not impossible. Of propagation
except by budding or grating. but It IS
rot absolutely necessary 70 have them
Budding is r1uch more common In Eg-
rope than here. but some prominent
market growers are now experimenting
extensively upon the substitution OF
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29

The cost Of getting 30 head of cattle
from chchalls. Wash, to Circle City.
Alaska, will be about 5000, and yet
the shipper expects 10 make money on
the venture. as beef sells for half a
dollar a pound in Alaska, and the
steers sent average / 800 pounds each
4 woman having passed an examin-
aticn In veterinary surgery In England
the royal college Of veterinary surgeons
refuses to gre M her a certificate until
the courts have decided that It if legal
Tor women 70 be horse doctors, She ~
a Scotch woman and a graduate OF
Scotch college
A German statistician has calculated
that Of every / 900 persons l1C reach
The age Of seyentvhye, thirty-eight tho
aga Of cighiy-fiye and only two reach
ninety-fiye. In the seventeenth cen
tuy tho average duration OF life was
only thirteen years in the eighteenth,
twenty. in this century il IL thrty-six.
According 20 the postofIice lepart.
mert estimates this country viii asc
next year OF Ordinary stamps 2.tit..
lf7 600, Of newRpapef and periodical
stamps G4G2 600 and Of postage due
stamps 2l16s, 900 or tho ordinary
stamps two and one-half billics arc
" the 2-cent denomination and .00e.-
900 are OF the Decent special delivery
Sc ries
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29
AMERICAN BOXES IN BRAZIL.

Rio Janerio reports lay much stress
upon the advantage OF the United
States mode Of packing many articles
In small paper boxes, which make
much heater and more convenient shelf
packages than the brown paper parcels
affected by Europeans, and the ex-
cellence Of these MANILA and cardboard
boxes Is said TO have been a consider
able factor in advancing the American
export trade in Brazil
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29
HE IS A PRINCE CONSORT.
American Who Was Married TO a De-
scendant OF Scottish Royal House.

scenuaht or scottish Royal House.
Next TO Mr.. Perkins Of Syracuse, who
married Spanish infanta. August Jes-
sup of Philadelphia has come nearer
to rubbing shoulders with royalty than
any other American Of the male per-
suasion. His wife, who has just died
in France, to whom he was married in
1890, was a daughter of the earl of
Strathmore, Of one Of the oldest and
noblest houses of Europe, the peerage
dating from 1906. It's great ancestor,
Sir John Lyon, feudal baron OF Fort
eviot, was son-in-law OF Robert III. OF
Scotland. When Sir John married the
Lady Jane Stuart the kings second
daughter, he obtained by royal grant
the thanedom or lordshlp OF Glannis.
The family history is closely connected
with the vicissitudes OF the royal
Stuarts and the house of Albany, but
In spite OF the extingulshment OF 80
many historical Scottish families, that
OF Strathmore "has stood against the
waves and weathers Of time Wash
ington Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-29

A young woman has received the un-
usual honor of the freedom Of Z Lon
don guild She is a daughter Of Lord
Amherst Of Hackney and having writ
ten a history of gardening in England,
has just been thus honcred by the
Worshipful Company OF Gardners
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
ACTIVITY AT BROOKLYN YARD
York Being Pushed with Eigor on
Several Big Battleship

That there is any special significance in
the fact is not admitted, but work is being
pushed at the Brooklyn navy yard i'll q
strikingly vigorous manner. All the de-
paTtrnents are going ahead at full speed on
The ships which are undergoing repairs.
The battleship Texas is scheduled to
leave the yard this week and catch up
with the feet as soon as possible, but she
will return to tha yard later in the month
for visit TO the dry dock.
On the Cincinnati, which is in the dry
dock, changes are being made which will
require at least three weeks more time.
The Annapolis is being fitted for sea.
but will not be ready for couple of
weeks.
On the Detroit there are to be several
changes in battery arrangements, and the
S-inch guns she now carries will I've re-
moved. Her original designs called for a
battery Of ten 5-inch guns. but when she
went into commission only eight of that
caliber were available, and two Of an inch
greater diameter were used.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
MUST BEGIN ALL OVER AGAIN
South Dakota Railroad Commission,s
Schedules Illegal

Judge Garland of Sioux Falls has handat
down his decision in the state railroad
commissioners case. While DENYING ,he
demand for temporary injunction he
decision declares that all work done by tha
railway commission prior to july is void.
that's to say that the hearings held in June
are illegal, and that the schedules agreed
upon by commissioners cannot be enforced
since the commissioners did not Law
the necessary foundation required by law,
Under the decision it will be necessary for
the commissioners to begin all over again
to give new notice, hold new hearings
promulgate rates and then give ample no.
tice to the railway companies before put.
ting them in force. Thus the companies
will have time to analyze the rates before
they go into effect, and, if they think best.
to begin injunction proceedings.
The decision is a particularly severe de-,
feat for Judge Palmer. At the meeting of
the commissioners two months ago At
torney Null took the same position as laid;
down by Judge Garland. He insisted that
the Palmer plan was illegal and would
certainly bring defeat. He argued the casel
elaborately, bu. Palmer was sure his way
was right and declared it was his full in-
tention at Pierre to deprive the railroads
OF any opportunity to review the new rates
before they went into operation He car.
ried the commission with him, and the re-
suit is delay of two or three months in,
establishing the rates.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
This years Land yalnotions.

In the valuation of lands the state board
OF equalization has made but little change.
from the valuations of last year, and
thirty-three counties are left Just as re-i
turned by the assessors. The greatest re-
duction made from the returns was in
Stanley, which was reduced 40 per cent
from return of S4.25 per acre; while the
greatest raise was made in Grant, which
was raised 35 per cent. from the return Of
sS25 per acre. The highest assessment pei
acre for any county is in Lawrence, which
is placed at sl3.47 per acre, which
is on account of the mining claims
which come in under the head
ing of real estate. The lowest price placed
on any lands assessed is S1.Ss per acre in
Nowlin. East of the river the highest
price is ST. 81 in Clay, and the lowest s22.4s
in Hyde. The lands in counties in tbs
southern part of the state range from s7.Sl
in Clay to S7.19 in Bon Homme. In the
Missouri valley the range is from s2.43 ID
Hyde to 1885 in Campbell and Brule In
the James valley the range is from 1881 in
Beadle to 81 lb in Brown. In the north
eastern portion of the state the range runs
from 81 to So, and in the Black Hills coun-
ties outside of Lawrence the range is from
S3.i2 to 1921,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
SOUTH DAKOTA HAPPENINGS IN
CONDENSED FORM.
CIoudburst Causes a Disastrous
Flood at Hot Springs-Severai
Houses Swept Away. the Occu'
pants Barely Escaping Alive.
Black Hills Flood.

Hot Springs was visited by terrific
food on August g. About l0:3o a
solid bank Of water fully fifteen feet deep
came rushing down the canyon. sweeping
everything before it. Several cottages in
the suburb of Cold Brook were swept away
with all personal and household effects,
the families barely escaping with their
lives. The Burlington railway tracks were
washed away to within a mile OF the city.
The Elkhorn railroad had several bridges
washed out.
The famous plunge bath was badly
wrecked, both ends being washed out and
the pool filled with debris. K. c. More
house, general freight agent oil
the Elkhorn, and a party OF
friends were sleeping in his private car
on switch near the creek. The car came
near washing away, the occupants escap-
ing in their night clothes. A party of
campers was washed down the creek. All
escaped but the l6-year-o son of Prof
Williams, teacher at Pine Ridge Agency
The body of the boy was found four miles
below the city. The whole camping out
fit, including clothing, money, tents, horses
and wagons, were washed down the stream
and lost. The Buffalo Gap Lumber Com
pany's yards were entirely washed away,
with loss of about $4,000.
The entire damage will run far into the
thousands. The oldest residents never
witnessed such flood. though it lasted
but little over an hour
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
BAN ON AN IRISH PICNIC.
Bishop Fink Forbids Catholics to
Attend Gathering.

Bishop Fink of the Catholic diocese of
Leavenworth and Kansas City, Kan, had
read in all the parishes in his diocese Sun
day letter forbidding members of the
Catholic church from attending the Irish
American picnic to be held in Kansas
City, Kan, next Sunday. Bishop Fink
gave as his reasons for putting a ban on
the picnic that Sunday was holy day on
which all Catholics were obliged to do
duty toward the church and God, and that
public picnic was not fit observance of
the day. He said also that the holding of a
picnic On the Sabbath was in direct viola
ton OF the laws of the Catholic church, and
that anyone taking part in such ceIeb1r-
ton would be guilty of offense in the sight
Of God.
Edmond Lynch. president of the United
Irish societies, states that the picnic will
be held, notwithstanding Bishop Fink's
letter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13

GREAT RUSH FOR YUKON.
'Twentysix Vessels VIII Sail During
the Rest of August

SEATTLE, Wash: Twenty -one steam
ers. three sailing vessels and two scows
will be plowing the waters of the North
Pacific Ocean bound for Alaskan points
from Puget Sound between this date and
September !. The list of steamers includes
the regular Alaska boats Of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company. New charters
are made almost daily, and new vessels are
being constantly pressed into the service of
transporting gold hunters TO the Fl Dorado
'of the north, whittier they are lured by the
wonderful discovery Of gold in the
Klondike placers. The city is filled with
hundreds Of gold hunters. Every hotel in
town is check block, and the lodging
house keepers have not done such bust
ness since the halcyon days of the boom.
Restaurants are overtaxed, while In every
line OF commercial pursuits the merchants
are rushed almost to standstill with or
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
AFTER 26 LONG YEARS
BROTHER AND SISTER TO RE
REUNITED.
The President Plays an Important
Part in Bringing the Two To-
gether-Became Separated During
the Gold Fever of'71.
Thought the other Dead.


CHICAGO: Brother and sister separated
for twenty six years, are iourneying re-
spectiVely from the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts to Chicago, where a happy reunion
is expected.
1t is through her friends, President Nc
Kinley and Dr.. Mansfield, the latter's
former pastor of Canton, Ohio, that Miss
Jennie Smith OF Baltimore wlil be reunited
to her brother, Dickinson B. Smith. Thirty
seven years ago little Jennie Smith was
living in an Ohio town with her parents.
In lsll young Smith, who was not then
Of age, caught the gold fever and went
west. Letters between sister and brother
missed their destination, and in a short
time they were completely lost to each
other Later Miss Smith heard her brother
had died, ard she grieved deeply over his
aess. He, too, was informed in some way
that his sister was dead.
On the occasion of the last meeting, held
at DR.. Mansfeld's church, before the de-
parture If President Mckinley for Wash
Ington, Miss Smith, as a special friend Of
the new chief magistrate, was present DR..
Mansfield prevailed upon her to tell her
strange story. The president was deeply
touched, and all present were so moved
that be and DR.. Mansfield determined to
have the story of her experience published.
Three weeks later DR.. Mansfield and
President Mckinley received letters from
Dickinson B. Smith, residing near San
Francisco, in which he declared that he
believed he had found his long lost sister.
Correspondence was opened, and Miss
Smith announced that she was convinced
her brother had been found and the trip
To Chicago was speedily arranged for.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
FLORIDA'S ORANGE CROP.
Seasons Yield Will Be Between
100000 and 100000 Boxes.

Officers Of the Florida Fruit Exchange
in jacksonville, who keep themselves
posted on the condition of the orange crop
throughout the state, now estimate that
the crop this fall will amount to between
10000 and 2O0, 900 boxes. The bulk of the
oranges will come from the counties of
Manatee and Lee. Volusia County will
come next with from 5000 to 10000 boxes.
The crop would probably have reached
250,000 boxes had it not been for the drouthl
in the spring and early summer. This.
caused quantities of small oranges to drop
from the trees, especially in the middle
orange growing section of the state. In
1898 the probabilities are, freezes and
drouths barred, the crop will reach as high
as 100000 boxes. All of the orange growers
are sanguine of success. They have now
tided over the worst period, that following
the disaster of the freeze, and have re-
stored their groves to something like their
old time beauty.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
Lottic Temple Not Slain.

Definite trace has at last been secured of
Lottie Temple. the Rapids City, Mich,
girl who ,nysteriously disappeared in Chi
cago month ago and was supposed to
have been murdered. She had come to
Chicago to earn living and became ac-
quanted with railroad brakeman named
William Garrison. Detectives Corbus and
Cudmore have learned of her movements
for several days after she had separated
from Garrison, and now believe she has
gone to western city with former engi-
neer of the BURLINGTON road
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
CHAMPION BIGAMIST
CALLS A CONVENTION OF ALL
HIS SPOUSES.
Two Alabama Outlaws Have a Fight
with Five Deputy Sheriffs-Oh
GERS Emerge from the Melee with
Barely a Scratch-Ban ON a Picnic
A Champion BiRamist.

David E. Bates. who is under arrest in
Chicago for having five wives, three of
whom he had established in separate
households in that city, has called con-
vention of his various spouses, whose num-
Der, it is thought, may reach a dozen. He
caused the following advertisement to be
inserted in a local paper:
NoTIcE-All wives. or women who
claim to be wives, of David E. Bates, OF
Gates, are requested to meet at the stock
yards police station, South Ralstead and
Mattson Streets, Wednesday morning, Au-
gust II, at a. m, for the purpose of inter-
viewing him in body.
Bates wants Marquette, Kalamazoo and
Galena papers to take notice of the re-
uuest
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
A Uniaue Entertainment.

Rapid City is considered one of the nest
towns socially in the Hills. There is no
end of the variety of amusements. Last
week society lady invited a select num-
Der of her friends out to her country home
a few miles west of the city. After par
taking of the usual refreshments for such
an occasion, the hostess produced gold
pan for each of the guests and all pro-
ceeded, not to the tennis court, but to the
creek near by. The pans were filled with
dirt, held in the cool running water of the
creek, the dirt washed out and each lady
counts her gold. One lady panned OUT
sl.45 of the precious metal, while another
got eight colors in three pans of dirt. Not
exactly a Klondike, but yet proftaDio
naStime
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
HAS TURNED OVER AL poe.
Old Board of Regents Asks tor
Its Accounts Se,,,oa nave

y<. ~ Hava
It's Accounts Settled we
In reply to the demand of NJ Ir.,,
attorney on Mr.. Blair of Elk Poin. . tlialns'
tlement Mr.. Blair writes .J,,dos ca i9f SET
OF ankton that the board Of repentg npotll ,';li
De ready to make settlement Win WIZ VIII
Williams whenever the books and ,a rao VT.
belonging to the regents are delivassso0f ssofds
this board. Mr.. Blair makes No 's,ea das to
for any money. 'e'iiahd
To this letter Mr.. Williams ra,,;..
follows: 'ep'ies as
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor =.
24th inst. addressed to my attorne,, VI :, me
Hugh j. Campbell of Yankton wo,,a non
When appeared before Your bono.sayy 'u say:
board at Vermillion informed vow ,,''apIs a..
the treasurer's books. together With .,a' .hA
money, had been sent to State T,aa.n 'ne
Phillips at Pierre on July Is. accordinn ,alel 81
a telegram sent you on that date ,5 49,, " y
exhibited to you at Vermillion the raSai,. anu
for the same. Your secretary said ps .R.s
would order the books forwarde5 !.
Brookings from Pierre and there cow ra u
the itemized accounts, submitted hv n,a y.
Vermillion, with the books. '''e d
All books which were in my possess;o,
are in the hands of your treasurer snLiaa, T,oa
to your inspection. There are no otbo'
books or papers or documents in nv nns
session pertaining to the regents of edros,
ton. except the vouchers exhibited nv nao
at VermilliOn with my itemized acconn," 'n'
which am ready to turn over to Won nnor ,sS,
final and complete settlement. Resnao,'
fully yours, DAVID W1I11,Ms
The above correspondence was lately
received by Mr.. Campbell and shows mors
fully the true facts of the matter as it NOV, NOW
exists
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
Pointer and Patchen to Race.

Star Pointer and Joe Patchen will meet
again iH Chicago on August q, 70 fight for
the pacing supremacy of the country. The
race will be for purse of 5000, the win
ncr to take all. The club has prescribed
the rule that the horses shall take the poll
in alternate heats. At the recent meeting
at Washington Park Pointer had the pole
III each heat and won in straight heats,
while at Columbus, where Patchen made
his recOrdof 2:0lM last week, that horse
had the advantage of position and won all
three beats.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-08-13
Defines an Original Package.

Judge Simonton of the United States
court at Charleston, S. c., has filed his de-
cision defining an original package and
thereby settling a disputed feature in the
dispensary law. The court holds that the
original package is the form in which the
liquor is delivered to the initial carrier at
the point of shipment. If box of liquor
is imported the whole box must be sold
and not single bottleful out of the box.
The decision will require all dealers to
import liquor in single packages.