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The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Odds and Ends.

Powdered alum applied to fever sore will prevent it from becoming un slightly or noticeable.
 When having occasion to hang out clothes in winter where a frost is likely to stiffen them aud iujure the fabric this can be obviated by putting hand full of coarse salt in the last rinsing water ana letting it dissolve before put ting in the articles under treatment.
 4 thermometer to be fastened upon the oven door is one of the most useful of articles to the cook. With this the heat of the oven can be determined without opening he door, and the bak- ing of Cakes puddings and sOutties can be accomplished much more success fully.
 To make coddsh balls, simmer to- gether equal quantities of raw fish and pOtatOes-cut iu small pieces-until the potatoes are thoroughly cooked. When done drain and mash; add a dash of white pepper. q little sweet milk and butter and the beaten white of one egg for every cupful o- he mixture. Fry in hot pan. drain and serve at once.
 For the sewing room piece boxes in- stead of piece bags are much to be pre- ferred. These may be built along the wall. forming P geonholes about eigh- teen incha- square, duly labeled for each member ot the family, and for linings and patterns A chintz curtain falls to the floor in front of such cab inet. who's convenience has only to be tried to be amply demonstrated.
 To make linen beautifully white, use refined borax in the water instead of soda or washing powder. 4 large handful ot powdered horax to ten gal Ions of boiling water is tue proportion and yOu will save one-half in soap by this method. BoraX being a natural salt, does not iajure in the slightest degree the texture Of the linen, and will soften the hardest water.
 Both dishcloths and dlsting cloths should be put through the wash regu- larly and a fresh supply gwen out each week. This is done in 0rIer that they may pass inspection regularly. They should be washed out carefully every day they are used. and dried at least once in the LWenU-four hours in the open air. This will prevent any dan ger of death in the dishcloth" in the shape of mold and the germs of disease so often bred in Uutrid and offensive cloths
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
New Uses for Greenhnna.s

The decreased cost of constructing and managing greenhouses is leading to a great multiplication of their num- Der. and as another result of the uses to which they are put. 4 Philadelphia owner of numerous greenhouses. for which he could not find profitable use, devoted several to the growing of pota- toes. Of course in rich soil and with abundant warmth and moisture. the crop was very large. He had home grown potatoes as early as they could be brought from the South, and made fair profit by selling at the same price per peck as new potatoes brought per buShel few weeks later.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Lions Disappearing.

Just as the buffalo has been exter- minated from our great Western plains, so lions are disappearing from India before the rife of the hunter and the ax and blow of the farmer. In Kathia- war, whose forests have furnished one of the last retreats of the retiring king of beasts, an attempt is being made to save the animals from complete eXtinc- ton by prohibiting lion-hunting during a period of six years. It is said, how ever, that the gradual clearing away of the forests will in itself result in the extermina ton of the lions.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

under our treatment. s3e can be milked tie year round. Two E-rs ago we. bought COW that }iefe3 nut fer s persistent miIker. bu she rad t.e9n carelessly handled all poorly fed, aAd was dry three or for months. This fall We wanted fo f. her in time t0 give her sixty days l%at, but found !,sl still giving four or re quarts oaii! Much is said nowad. about milking continuously. if co will do so, have had number q cows that couiu be milked without ., aculty. and oc- :asionally have done so. but have ai- ways found 1t resulte> in loss. me cow needs at least esht weeks rest and will do enough 0e5ter when she comes in to pay for ij.-Hoard's Dairy man.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
A Shower of Ants.

A correspondent of Cosmos describes a remarkable phenomenon witnessed in Jerusalem at the beginning of July A swarm of flying ants settled upon the city and filled the air from sunrise uE til 9 o'clock. Visitors to the Holy Sep ulchre were obliged to use their hand kerchiefs constantly in order to keeI the insects out of their eyes and nos trils. The natives asserted that this extraordinary flight of ants was the precursor of an earthquake. Whether there was an real connection between the two phenomena or not, as matter of fact two slight shocks of earthquake were felt in Jerusalem on the evening of the same day.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

It Is the health rather han the strength that is the great requirement. of modern men at modern occupations. It Is not the power to trav-l great dis. tSnceS. carry great burdens. lift great weights. or overcome great material oh structlOns; it is simply that condition of body and that amount of vital ca pacity which shall enable each man. in his place, to pursue his calling and work on in his working life with the greatest amount of comfort to himself and usefulness to his fellow-men
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
 FARM AND HOME.
Fuel Value of Corn as Compared with Coa1-Experiments as to the Cost of Butter in Eastern Canada-How to Feed for Strength.
Fuel Value of Corn.

The present abundance and low price of corn throughout the Northwest has caused it to be used as fuel by hun dreds of farmers and by some dwell CTS in the towns. To test the economy of this practice, the station burned 5,232 pounds of corn in a furnace un- der boiler, and a careful account was kept of the quantity of water evapor- ated by the heat. The next day like quantity of coal was used, and a care full account kept of the quantity of wa ter evaporated (cOnverted into steam).
 The experiment proved that one pound of coal will evaporate nearly twice as much water as one pound or corn-the exact figures being one and nine-tenths times as much. The coal used cost $6.65 per ton in Lincoln, ana according to that price the corn was worth, for burning, S3.50 per ton, or 121a cents per bushel. When coal is worth S4.S7 per ton, corn is worth, for burning, cents per bushel; when coal is worth S5.41 per ton, corn is worth 10 cents; coal $5.S5, corn Il cents; coal $6.49, corn 12 cents; coal S1.11, corn 13 cents; coal, S7.57, corn 14 cents; coal SSH, corn 15 cents. But, by burning corn, the farmer saves hauling the corn to town and hauling the coal home. An other consideration, however, Is this: May it not pay better to hold the corn till next year than to burn 1t? Two years ago wheat was so cheap that farmers were feeding 1t to hogs; now 1t is we'll up in price. It is not unlike ly that corn may go the same road Bulletin of Nebraska Experiment Sta tiOn
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Phos nbate fo- Limothy.

The wheat plant belongs 10 the talli' fly Of grasses. and all these need phC"- phate TO perfect their seeds, as well aS for the general welfare of the plant Whenever timothy k s0wn with any grain, especially in ne fall no small part of the phosphate used for the gram crop goes into the subsequent crop or grass. The grain nay retard the nm othy grown rhe drst year, but the phosphate viii shev in the growth oi grass for several reasons. Timothy roots do not run far. When the phos- phate is applied wi,h the drill, as it al- ways should D.. the grass growth will show the driu mark as long as the land remains saeded.-American CultivatOr.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
The Moon and the Earth.

The strangeness of the scenery of the moon, and the enormous size of its era ter-shaped mountains, have led some astronomers to think that its past his tory must have been quite different from that of the earth. This, however, 1t not the opinion of Messeurs. Loewy and Puiseux, who, in recent com munication to the Academy of Sciences in Paris, say that a study of the latest lunar photographs tends to show thai the condition of the moons surface has been produced by the action of the same natural forces now at work ou the earth.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
croppinc Bearing Orchards.

It requires some extra profitable crop, and one that will itself pay for good deal of manure, Uc make the cropping of bearing orchard pay. We have seen it done With both blackberries and raspberries. both of which do well when partially shaded, and which will not suffer from drought, as do most Of the crops grown ill orchards. On no ac- count should grain crops be grown in the orchard unless it be where young trees have grown to bearing size, but without producing a crop. Even thsn the result is better accomplished by sowing clover, 10 be grown for year or twO.-EXchange
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
rorn-aes5ra poo-Knorrs-

Il is often hard work to get a clover seeding on the dry, elevated knolls in grain fields. Lack of moisture is usual ly the cause. But the evil may be reme- died by drawing a few loads of stable manure and spreading over these knolls. The manure not only protects the young clover plants, but it also holds the moisture in the soil by check ing evaporation. A few times seeding the knolls thus will make them as rich as any part of the field. It is usually the lack of clover seeding on such places that has kept them poor.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Team Horses s.

1 think if We could have larger breed Of horses starred Jhere would De money in raising ceIts for team pur- poses, as l think native colt at Tour years of age weighing twelve hundred pounds would bring from S12o to sloo' and it seems as though 1t might De made to pay to raise colts for these prices, and I would much rather have a pair Of such horses than those brought from the West and Canada.
 It will pay you to breed your farm mares this year, if they are good ones. If they are not good, keep selling anu trading until you get good ones. A good team tells a good farmer.-Farm News.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
PerCherOnS.

The horse is d noble animal, but l think the time may come when cleo tricity will crowd him out. Our mOw- ing machines, horse rakes and wagons of all kinds will be shooting around. and not a horse to be seen. But for the present for farm wear. would have Percheron horses weighing from ten to twelve hundred. and the feed should be cracked corn and oats, equal parts every time-F5Iau News.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
The Origin of Yankee Doodle,

lhO OEISAAA ys aAtACC DOOuIes'
 Yankee Doodle" $ claimed by many nations. It Ws.s known in England as Yankee Doodle" ia the time of Charles I. The Hollanders had an old song to this air called Tanker Dudel." It is said to be also al old French vintage song, a native Hungarian air, and the ancient music of 1he sword dance of the BiscayanS. h June. 1755, Dr. Richard Schuckburg, regimental sur geon under General Braddock, thought to play a joke on the ragged. tattered Continentals hJ paiming off the Nan kee Dodle' Of the time of Cromwell upon the colonial soldiers IS the latest martial music II at once became pop ular, but q quarter of q century later the joke seemed turned when the Con- tinental bands played this same "Yan- kee Doodle as Lord Cornwallis march ed out after surrendering his army. his sword and the English colonies in America to the YankeAs.-Ladies. Home Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

What can We do, each of us, to help others to bear their burden of sadness !? This-if we are merry, our mirth will not be lessened by trying to bring good cheer to others less fortunate than our selves; if We, too, are sad, our sadness will be made lighter by forgetting our selves in thinking for others.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

l. has been said that people some times give to charity, not according to their means, but to their meanness.
 This may be true, but there Is a para dox here, as well as to some of the ac- cepted hypOtheses of the laws of life. and that is that winter meanness. frigid as it is, is sometimes warmed in- to glowing generosity by the freezing temperature of poor mans house.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

The Postal Telegraph Company is now paying dividends at the rate of 4 per cent. annually. This is the first time on record that an opposition telegraph company to the Western Union ever pahd dividend. The postars stock is Slo.ooO,oo0 and no bonds. This lattar is also a rare feature with a big cornor,. ton. The company has 4lOOO0 miles or Wire and over 3,o00 offices. Million alre John w. Mackay is the principal owner
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

In life things are important not ac- cording to their individual measure ment or emphasis, but according to their report to the eye or to the ear. Singly they are like grains of sand, but united they are vast as the shore. The shore cannot spare its sand. Hu- man life makes itself by its little deeds, and becomes great by the sum of all its minute things.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Expenses of the White House.

Congress appropriates between $40,- 900 and $50,000 annually for the cur rent expenses of the Executive Man. sion to meet clerk hire. including that of the Presidents private secretary. which is 5000 year; stenographer. typewriters, telegraph operators. mes sengers, doorkeepers, a steward. and housekeeper, and light and heat
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Among the thousands of photo graphs brought back by Nansen Is one of an attacking Polar bear, of which the explorer took three snap shots with his camera before he shot him with his oi1n
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Shade Of Walter Scott!" eXclaimS the London Chronicle. "Cluny Mae pherson, of Cluny, as chief of the Clan Chattan, presided at the inaugural gathering of the clan in Glasgow this week, but apOlogized for not appearing in the kilt, as he was afraid of catching cOIdp
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Having tried to make it illegal to wear hats at the theater, or for a wom- an to wear boomers, the Alabama Leg islature is proceeding with its work of reforming the world and will pass bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Photographs of flying bullets recent ly made in Italy show dark streaks and blurs just in front of the projectiles, and it is thought that these are tine inn ages of little clouds formed by the sud- den condensation of moisture as the advancing bullet congresses the air ahead of it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

In collection of rare and curious books soon to be sold in Boston is a copy of the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England abridged and edited by Benjamin Franklin, and, so far as can be ascertained, it is the only one Of its kind in existence.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

exit Bre'r Rabbit will use 1t in making his escape. The trick worked we'll on four rabbits. but the fifth hole, unfor- tunateIy, contained skunkus Ameri- canis. who was undoubtedly scared. but. Tbe new device has been dis o, ydod
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Minneapolis Journal: Some sports men of neighboring county learned from q small boy that if you take piece of rubber hose, thrust 1t down the rabbit burrOw and blow through 1t loudly, if there be rabbit anywhere within the burrow IL will rearly scare him 10 death, and If there is another
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Fire Without Matches.

Although the ancients had no knowl- edge of the friction matches of these times, still they had quite a number of ways of obtaining fire. The igniara were contriyances similar to those in use to-day by savage tribes, and the fire was produced by the friction of pointed stick of wood in the hollow of another piece.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
Pers:stent Mixers.

Each year in keeping cows confirms me more and more in the belief that the matter of having persistent milkers is largely under our control. AS illustra- tive of this. a certain COW in our herd. owing to lack of grain feed at milking time, was dry for six months. and yet.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Hubert Crackenthorpe, one of the best-known contributors to the Yellow Book and other examples of decadent literature, has killed himself in Paris under circumstances which show that he lived as he wrote.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

A movement is on foot among the bicyclists," says q contemporary, ito stop fake contests" This is palpably false Bicyclfsts would spurn any move ment on foot
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Alfred Austin, the poet laureate, fell Into the Tweed the other day and had a narrow escape from drowning. Verify the ways of Providence are past find- ing ont
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Professor James, of Harvard, denies that genius is q disease. Probably those who hold otherwise would be willing to admit that the disease is not vet epidemic.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Some genius claims to have inventrd a pneumatic boxing glove" This may be something new, but the pneumatic prize fight has become a fixed institu- ton in sporting circles in this country
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

The Nebraska girl who sent her lover a rattlesnake skin necktie as a present evidently had an eye to the avoidance Of any cause of jealousy.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Cincinnati clergyman has dropped l19 members from the rolls or hls church for too much wOrldliness. All the other members perhaps are dead
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

The Prince of Wales will continue on friendly terms with the Marlboroughs 1ust as long as the Vanderbilt nurse holds oaG--Leaye- Albert EdWaru
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01

Whenever two women get together, and there Is a man in an adjoining voom, they soon begin to whisper.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-01
pURLIsHED EVERY SATURDAY
Cuba Is now suffering with yeiio" fever and yellow generalship.

"The Boy; Shall We Whip Him?" as 2 subject of debate may give place 10 "rhe Boy: Can We Whip iIimE
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-11
Nnr1rrn or noRraAes SALE.

1CT Fyr4a tNb AA~*N
Dafaylt Irving petsn made 80 f3se Sosn
&c . ca,suin mortgage mace, ezscufe9 AAa "a
liverad hy Lizzie fnnning lsihEleh hn9rask
~ ~ 4 bowdon, mnrtgacee. oates owNth
MI gsqs. snd auiy recorded IN the et1ioe
,a,iute ar ~ JaaedS ia and for DaH Goanty SOL
nslofa. on December 18th, 1898, att cl"SN =
-, in hook 3a OF mortgages on page @a osnh.s
,ng and mnrtuar,nA the f~oatoulnG oes6fto
lsnss situated lying and betng 10 tue eo@nt
~ I1ay and state Of South Bsk@Ah toN
northwest Quarter tnwA @ seet39h -
ISL ia township one hundred aaG
fl2sl0f range flfty-cight tas3 West'
80 where's there is claimed g 70 noe -
.ha aate az this NOTICE the sum q e4sht9-.
sna 1a1Do fSSq. Ig-i09} dollars aba 70 aet-
bse haen instituted 10 collect ta@ s&la aeoe -
any portion thereoi .yaa tIat
t,v whine az the power Of saie ~ sS9a fhofss
so,tsi,asa and of the statute ~ sneh case NAV
| and nvaviaed, said mortgage wAa &c a~tss'"s
| aud me above aescgieea prenltses VI
A. uuhlic auction ny the sher1a al ga9 oD-hts
Eonfh Dakota. at the front aeor - -
| bonse in the city OF Aebster- ID SAFE o91sts -
! Dav an tie 9TH day 81 March. AID. tas@ atRMs
! plriank n. ma. 10 par SAID nortgsgea 1@6A All
J interest and taxes. ~ any. with ten is3s3 oo4lst'
a. ATTORNEYS fees and disbursement aaa"~S'
Dated at wetsier. South Dakota tAis su
day Of FehvuarS- 1855. ,nu-ppN
r w. PAgLINAN, MoTtsssvc
Avtarnsy ter fnDrtgneee.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-11
SAFE

t<{ pun JHH. Erh. Nv.
notice q hsreby given thar dpfault has heeu
mace ~ TIE terms ~ q ccrtain porty;tgp pxe.
cufed atsa delivered By CHARMS J Crntinr and
gert2s tTsutJnE, his wife. to A. AL Epirh~
Getea fthrpary 18th 1894. recorded February
Z5th 1888 az IL O'Clock a. IN Ia hook a *
hioItEsses page S2 IL the office of thr Rcris,or
OF Dreds 81 Day county. SUuth Dakota.
oaAa dctaatf CONSISTS IN the failure ;,s said
Ihortraggr - pay the PRINCIPAL. interest and
thkes wren the same hecame doe. whereby
Ibe fnorfgaEee elects that the whole az Tho
pftftcfpA4 interest ard taxes are .iue ana
payhDle- That said roortrage will bo forerIossd
oy shle OF the Tor two f23 and spufh.east nrar.
Yer ~ 81 north west quarter az section nine.
tesn kis1 township enc hundred and f,yertt
,ASol ~ range hftyeiyht 1851 and the sont6
haii OF tite northeast quarter az sectiun fv,nn.
" Tour "a township one hundred and fvyanty
80 z, range hfty-nine $50 in Day cornty.
oouth Dskota 1T public auction by the ShpriH
On SATURDAY, February 9th 1887, AZ z oic,ock
Y M ~ the front door of the Court Hopse ~
we CITY OF webster, South Dakota IA satisf,
5hs SUN OF three hundred hfrysevefl and rs-fon
oofiars principal ard interest nud tba sn-,hay
sun 81 twenty-three aud g.-ipD dollar NV 4
necrssnr1y paid by tne rnortracee. matiug 4,
Al tne sam 81 S3sl Is claimed Ia b. due on "a n
by Law. os's hhoWed
Dated January 18th 1897.
y M KNIGHT, Mortgages.
NV PsnLlMAN.
Attorney Tor Merfcappa.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-02-11
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE,

1sf pub Jan 2~-~W
Default exists IN payment 81 the SUM ni nnss
hundred twcnty-fhree dollars 8ad nfSy-aif
cents on account Of principal and interest an,
81 the further sum of eights-three dollars 10,
rem cents paid by undersigned assignee =
mortgage upon the hereinafter descroea na'
premises Tor ~dsiinquent taxes thereon ane ~
teresf on same both OF which SAID sums sfsh
tile date Of this notice claimed 70 se dne upN
the debt secured by a certain morfgaze nasN
the twenty-second day 81 September. a b.fm
duly made, execnted aud delivered by wlias1
d EvHns and Catherine Evans. bis wife, raav
gac0rs, 10 the Keystone Martgage Oompah'
r~iortgagee, ~ and nrOu tte following arxlg
cd rial Tfemfscs IN Day County. Dakota TIT
ttsry. nov state OF South Dakota, rawlt rs
one and two and tire east halt OF the norih-Sr
quarter Of section numbered seven an tonhsms
numbered one hundred TWENTY-FIVE npras y
range numbered fifty-ninc west 81 We by
principal meridian. containing one hanas.
und sixty acres. morcrr Tees. accnratrg 70 ~
gOvcrnnent survey thereof. sud wii,n ~
mortgage has been duiy assigned 70 Ltne":
University. a charitable corporation cns'
for religious and charitable purposes onn.
Notice Is hereby given that sAld nois-.
Will be forrclosed hy public sa'en ~ se1a :, ~
ises or some sufficient part thereoi 4. Z <
front door az the court house ~ tht So u
Webster, Day Connty. South Dakota. ., Z. y.
~ said county or his deputy, on Sstn'ass' IN
Thirteenth day az March, A. y. 1871 ~ M
O'Clock in the afternoon OF that day, tvpa' !.
arount then due q said msrfEdge hrs-
eether with all costs and the further ssm \
fifty dollars rs attorneys fee agrfeh 70 - a
In said mortgage IN case of each fofeci0~"
commencement OF foreclosure thereof
Dated January twentieth. Z, l,s.sprrTy
LINCOLN ~
Att'y aher,3ren ! n. morreaat