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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1898-09-02

June, 1897. SIZE, 1885, so
1856, 0a2. 80.
August 23S. S97.51i
September. 100, 0S1.62
October. Observation-Disclosures. 1877. 137. go
November. 1875. 545.26
Dec 233. 1919. IL.
January, 1895. q 0,2O9.38
February 1876. a35.77
211, 5O1.s4
April 19S;N57.37
264, 1884, 80.
The total earnings for the year were ST.
49i, 1874. SO, the product of 1888 Q tons of
ore. The total dividends paid by the prop
erty up to date is s., 7s7. 500, and tie report.
is concluded with the statement that tive
have twenty years. ore in sight," The
report further states that ion the LIST of
May last the mine began furnishing ore to
40 additional stamps, making $40 in all
now dropping OF Homestake ore. No
greater depth has been attained in the last
four years. The older workings continue
to furnish the majority OF the ore, while a
goodly share is being drawn from the
newer openings at greater Depth"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

The use of salt as an lnsecticide, or
yermln destroyer, is not sufficiently
known among the farming community.
Many farmer has lost dollars and dol
lars, simply because he did Eot know
what virtue there is in salt How many
times has II farmer ploughed up acres
of crop attacked by some worm or
caterpillar, re-sown the land, and all
because he did not know that salt
would have killed the worm and i'm
proved his crop. Last year case was
reported through the press, and youch-
ed for as correct. A farmer had a ten
acre field of oats attacked by the army
worm The whole ten acres was in
such condition he decided to plow
them all up and re-sow. As an expert
ment he left an acre, to which he gave
dressing of 300 pounds of refuse salt
Three days afterward he gave the
same acre another 800 pounds of refuse
salt. The result was that on that acre
he had "A good yield of oats. and had he
only known he might have saved the
whole ten acres. Salt for such pur-
poses is simply invaluable.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
htrnnger than FICTION.

The Gentleman gives currency 10 n
but well-authentlcated
story which shows-what most people
are supposed to know already-that
truth is stranger than fiction.
Some years ago the cashier of Ilv-
erpool merchant received Bank Of
England note, which he held up to the
light 70 make sure 1t was genuine. In
so doing he noticed some very indistlnct
red marks, as II words had been traced
on the front of the note and on the
margin. and out of curiosity he tried to
decipher them. At length he made out
the following sentence:
IF this note should fall into the hands
of John Dean of Longhihmar. he will
learn thereby that his brother Is Ian
guish a prisoner IN Algicrs.'
Mr.. Dean, on being shown the note,
lest no time In asking the Government
for assistance, and finally secured the
freedom of his brother, on payment of
a ransom to the Bey. The unfortunate
man had been n prisoner for eleven
years. and had traced, with piece OF
wood for pen and his own blood for ink,
the message on the banknote, in the
hope of Its being seen sooner or later.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Growing Beet Seed.

Beet seed is so easily grown that 1t
Is always very cheap. Yet we believe
In farmers growing their own beet
seed, provided they will grow the best.
1t Is not the beet that produces the
most seed that is best for planting. If
beets, or any other root for that matter,
are planted so early in spring that they
grow tough and stringy roots, such
roots will produce a great amount of
seed but it will produce If sown at any
time plants that are like Its parent. 1t
is thus that roots degenerate into some
thing like their original wild condition.
a moderate-siZed root grown quickly
after midsummer, and In very rich
ground. will be tender and good until
late in the spring. Such root will not
produce as much seed as tough.
stringy one, but its seed will bring
much more satisfactory crops.-Amer-
lean Cultiyator.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Pure Water for Milch Cows.

Experience has shown that water
which looks pure and clear may have
in it the germs of the worst diseases,
aud If 50 there Is possibility that these
may 90 into the milk. On the other
hand. water that looks muddy from
contact with soil may be entirely free
from any germs that are injurious.
The danger from germs in milk, we
believe. has been much exaggerated.
The safe way is TO keep cows from
drinking any water where there is "A
possibility that it has been infected
with germs of typhoid fever or diph-
iberia 1t is the milk producers inter
est 10 strictly guard against any
chance of infection, ms wherever such
II case occurs 1t is sure TO spread UNI
reasonable fears and injure his bust
uess.-Exchange.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Tnhercnlnns AnimaIs.


Serious attempts have been made IN
certain parts of the country to eradl-
cate the disease by destroying all re
acting animals. Such course Is I'M
doubtedly too drastic, and 1t has met
with persistent opposition. Its ques-
ton whether such methods are war
ranted or not. Certainly, such course
is sure TO defeat the very end desired
|. e., the cooperation of all in eradl-
eating the disease. There Is nothing
that would be more beneficial TO the
stock interests of the country than the
widespread application of the test, out
II is hardly possible TO hope for such an
extension where such severe measures
are applied.
From experiments already made UNI
der different auspices IL is evident that
the progress of the disease can be
stopped by the isolation of all reacting
animals. The least affected animals
can. win care, be used for breeding
purposes. and il the calves are sep
arated at birth and fed on boiled or pas
teurized milk, il is possible. within
relatively short time, TO build up
strictly healthy herd from affected par
ents.-Wisconsin Agriculturist,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
what She Was Good For.

A dreadful story comes from the
north of England by way of London
Answers.
An old Yorkshire collier, well known
for his success in the coursing field, re-
Gently surprised his mates by marry
ing an unprepossesslng pauper wom-
an. He had been reckoned a confirm
ed hater of the other sex.
"Why has ia gone and got spllced, lad,
at thy age?' one of his friends asked
him.
"Oh. that's not much of tale" an
swered the old man, stolidly. Il agree
wi We at Betsy yonder Is no beauty
If she had been | shouldn't have wed
her. But that there dog O. mine, he
was simply pinin' for somebody TO look
after him while was away at T. pit. I
couldn't bear to leave him in the house
by hissen, so hit on the idea o. marry
In Betsy. Shes not handsome, but
she's mighty good company for the
dopw
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

This clover resembles the large red
clover. except the stem Is much finer.
though it grows to about the same
height. 1t makes an excellent hay,
which Is much relished by all kinds of
stock We were led TO try alsike or
Swedish clover by Allen, the author OF
the American Farm Book, and, after
trial of it for some years, would strong
~ advise anyone wanting good feed
ing clover to try it. 1t should be sown
on high, dry, well-drained sod. II re-
quires the same care and cultivation as
red clover. II may he sown either with
timothy or with red clover. \ good
mixture for one acre is three quarts of
alsike clover seed; four quarts of red
clover seed, and six quarts of timothy
clover seed. Sow the timothy In the
fall and the elovers the lat of Febru-
AIRY. The seed Is made in the first crop;
the second crop may be pastured. 1t Is
a very fragrant clover, the heads being
full of sweet juice. 1t makes fine bee
God The American
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

The unsightly banks of horse manure
piled against the basement walls Of
farm houses are not needed to keep out
frost. They are worse than unsightly.
for the odor from decaying manure
affects n sense more sensitive than
sight If a second wall Of brick or
stone is laid two inches from the cellar
wall, and its top tightly Joined TO the
building above, this dead air space will
keep out frost better than will three
foot bank of horse manure. Some
householders make the protection in
side with a dead air space enclosed
with matched boards, or, better still,
covered with paper siding, which is
better than boards for securing
warmth to any building.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
MONTHS ON A coRnL ISLAND.
Adventures of the Crew of the Norwe-
giau Bark Se1adon.


Second Mate Oeson, of the Norwe-
gian bark Seladon. Capt. jaeger, from
New Castle, y. ). w, on July II. 1876.
for Honolulu, which WIS wrecked IN
the South Seas in August, 1896, has ar
rived in London with Il dozen OF the
survivors, and tells terrible story of
their experience.
The Seladon struck the reefs off Star
buck Island Aug I. The crew was
obliged to take to the boats, and the
vessel filled so rapidly that there was
no time TO save clothing. They barely
got few provisions. the ships com
pass. and chart. and forgot the sextant.
Eight men manned each of the two
boats and made for Maiden Island, rs
there was no refuge at Starbuck ISL
and. Failing to find Maiden Island,
they tried to find Christmas Island.
After eleven days the first mates boat
WAS capsized and the mate drowned.
The survivors entered the other boat,
which was already disabled, and drift
ed. dangerously overloaded. The heat
of the sun peeled their faces and bod
les; their lips blackened and swelled
from want of food and water. The
only food they had. in addition 10 the
small quantity Of provisions which
carried from the vessel. was few
small flying fish.
Finally the captain and the carpenter
beca me sick Still there was no glimpse
of Christmas Island. Then they tried
course they thought perhaps would
bring them TO Samoa or the FIJI Isl
ands. Finally Capt. Jaeger died After
twentY-three days. when food and wa
ter Were exhausted. they caught little
rain.
The party drlfted without food for
six days and finally on Sept. &, they
were cast on "A coral island aud Their
boat was smashed by big wave. Tie
island upon which they We're thrown
proved TO be Sofia Island. inhabited by
ten people and belonging to an Ainerl-
can subject living In Samoa. They
lived there for ten months on turtles,
birds and bananas. The carpenter died
soon after they landed
\ few steamers passed the island.
and they tried TO attract their atten-
ton by the waving Of signals, but fail
ed. Finally they put Off in small boat
and hailed steamer which took ihem
to Sava, and from that place they tray
eled 10 Sydney.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Shredded Ensilage.

After shredding our ensllage for sew
eral years, we filled the silo one year
with cut ensilage and found it neces-
sary at once to brace all sides to keep
1t from bullying out-thus iroving that
ensilage shredded exerts much less lat
eral space than that which is cut. This
feature would probably not be consld-
cred of so much Importance by those
whose silos are already constructed
with reference to the use of cut en-
silage, but in case new silo is to he
put up it can undoubtedly be built Tor
much less money by the shredder
Country Gentleman.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

There is no bedding so suitable for
hogs as leaves, and for sows having
broods leaves cannot be surpassed.
They retain warmth, can easily be re-
moved, and cost only the labor of col
lecting and storage.
The garden plot should be plowed in
the fall and then covered three or four
inches with manure free from litter,
worked in with IA cultivator In the
spring the plot will be ready for seed
early and the manure will quickly de
compose.
When farmer becomes so busy as to
be unable to work every portion of his
farm II is the best evidence that he has
| too much land. The successful farm
ers are those who seek to bestow thor
Ough cultivation to every acre and
small farms give a larger profit proper
! tionately than farms where crops can
be grown on only portion every year
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

winter when the ground Is frozen as
hard ms iron, and the pits cannot be
opened except with some risk. Tur-
nips can be grown Mt small cost, but
a bulky crop is difficult to store in
manner TO have the roots always avail
able. Farmers who have discarded all
bruised or injured specimens have been
successful in storing carrots, parsnlps,
turnips and beets i'm bins. using layers
of clean. dry sand. followed by layers
of the roots. the bins being in cellars or
barns. by which arrangement they can
use them at any time, but the method
will not answer where large fields of
such crops are grown.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Preparinu the Colts, Food.

1t is well to prepare the colts food
so that il shall be palatable, nutritious
and easily digested. A good means Of
doing this is to mix fine-cut clover hay
along with oat chop, bran and oil cake;
moisten this with hot water. covering
up with a non-conductlng material, and
allow it to remain In this state for
twelve hours. when 1t will he In a suita-
BILE condition to feed. \ small proper
tlon of wheat middlings will not be
amlss in this mixture, not even few
boiled tnrnips or carrots. providing
they are found TO give appealing prop
critics, Green corn and green clover
prove very suitable fodder.-Prairie
Farmer
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
overdriving Heavy Horses.

Heavy draught horses were not made
for fast road travel. and though they
often have the muscle 10 trot qnite
fast it is always injurious to them TO
do 50. There ought really 10 be ON
every farm teams for doing the heavy
work and teams for doing the market
ing and for pleasure driving. II makes
great difference when a heavy horse.
weighing 1850 pounds or more. goes
over a hard roadbed, as compared with
a light road horse doing the same thing.
No bone or muscle can be strong
enough to endure the hard pounding
which heavy draught horse makes in
trotting. His feet will go wrong as
horsemen say, and horse with poor
feet is not much good anywhere.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

cts, and thought It a good opportunity
for a Joke Having helped the stran-
ger on with his coat, therefore, he pull
ed out the flask and said;
'Will you take a drink
The old man did not recognize the
bottle, and drawing himself up, re
marked rather severely:
NO. sir: | never drink"
1T won't hurt you" insisted the wag'
its the best
Young man." said the old gentle
man. speaking loud enough for all IN
the carriage to hear. IF you persist in
drinking whisky you will be ruined
man at 40. 1t is the curse of the land.
When | was a boy my mother died,
and the last thing she did was TO call
me to her bedside. and say, john
promise me that you will never touch
a drop of liquor.
"Oh, well, in that case" said the
joker Il must drink 1t myself where
upon. suting the action to the words,
he pulled out the cork and took a good
drink. moment later he dropped the
bottle with an exclamation which GER
toinly didn't sound like blessing. and
yelled, Ugh. ugh. My mouths all
raw"
Then 1t was that the old gentleman
discovered his loss, and 10 the amuSe-
ment of the other passengers said:
"Ah. young man. you Will be careful
before you take another mans property
again. am Doctor -, and that bot
tie contained some quinine and iron
for one of my patients
The young man got out at the next
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Stabling Cows in Bad Weather.

So soon as fall rains begin. cows.
especially those giving milk. should be
stabbed. The effect of rain on the hair
of an animal is to induce heavy evap-
Grafton, which. of course, chills the
animal, much ms would the wearing of
a heavy WOODEN coat, saturated with
rain during the entire night. There Is
no way to keep up milk supply after
wet weather begins except by stabling
the cows. The wet weather is really
much more Injurious 10 the anima
than dry. cold weather could be.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Not So Funny.

In Pullman ear on an English rail-
way recently, says an exchange, wag-
gish young man, noticing an elderly
gentleman trying to put on a light dust
coat, went to his assistance. While
thus engaged, the young man observed
a goodslzed whisky flask protrudlng
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Phosphntes and Ashes.

You ask for experience of anyone
that has tried phosphate and ashes. |
found that my land was more deficient
In potash than other elements of plant
food. | mixed equal parts of phos-
phate and ashes, and used 200 pounds
TO the acre for corn with good results.
have used It two years with good sue
cess. One year was very dry, and this
year uncommonly wet. - Baltimore
Amprican
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Athletics In Japanese Schools.

Athletics hold an important position
in the schools of Japan. Once year
there is "A gathering OF all the students
in n district to engage In athletic con
tests. At one of these festivals 5000
boys and girls from all the schools
within a distance OF twenty-five miles
were entered to take part. A circular
race track. roomy enough for any army,
allowed four different kinds of games
to be performed at the same time.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Storing Root crops.

The most serious obstacle in the way
of growing root crops-turnips, beets,
carrots and parsnips-is the storage for
winter. Potatoes must not be exposed
to the light, and severe cold, with alter
nate freezing and thawing. forces the
farmer to provide the best storage facil-
tiles in order to avoid loss. The old
method of storing in pits is still fol-
lowed, but there are periods during the
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

To test the purity Of water there has
been found no better or simpler way
than to fill a clean bottle three-fourths
full of the water to he tested and dis
solve in 1t half teaspoonful of the
purest sugar-loaf or granulated will
answer; cork the bottle and place 1t in
a warm position for two days. II in
twenty-four or forty-eight hours the
water becomes cloudy or milky, It is
unfit for domestic use.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Wheat or Corn for Fattening.

Many Of the experiment stations
have been testing the value of wheat
as compared with corn for fattenins
cattle. and give the preference to corn
as better food for the purpose as well
as the cheaper of the two. When ground
and mixed with corn, oats and oatmeal.
wheat has value in giving a needed
Yarin ton of diet.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

Assistant Secretary yanderlip has
signed what is known as a pay war
rant, directing the Treasurer Of the
United States to deposit in the Treas
ury sis. 194, o IS. representing the pro-
ceeds of the sale Of the Union Pacific.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

Whats Mrs Breczely In such a stew
aboutT'
"She asked the pleasure of Lieut..
Sticks company to tea, and he appeared
on the scene with forty of his men,
Detroit Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Gentle Hint.

Mrs. tybred-Mercy. You don't
mean TO say you stay here all winteri
| should think you'd die.
Mrs. Countryeousin-oh 1t isn't so
bad. We are not at all troubled by
visitors from town.-Boston Transcript.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Mystery of Rainfall.

At Greytown. on the eastern coast of
Nlcarauga, the annual rainfall Is 297
inches. while on the Pacific coast the
average precipitation is but slxty-nve
inches
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO The
FARM AND HOME.

To Eradicate Tuberculosis from the
Herd-A Trial of Alsike Glover Is
Urged-Pure Water for Mich Cows -
How TO Keep Frost from Cellars.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

on the Yukon, at a distance of from
700 TO 800 miles from the sea, there are
many points where the river Is twenty
miles wide,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

The farm is the place on which to en-
gage in poultry for market, and not the
small lots or plots. Ii is also proper
TO keep all kinds of poultry, and not
hens only As long as the farmer CON
tinues to rely on grain he will feed his
fowls nj cost much greater than Is
necessary and by varying the food
from grain to more bulky substances he
can grow large share of the feeding
materials on the farm and have his
customers, therefore, right at his door
In the form of the fowls. If flock of
hens will thrive on grass during the
summer season. and will keep in better
condition thereon us well as produce
more eggs than on more expensive
foods, why should he buy foods and
feed his poultry until he destroys the
very condition he desires?-Mirror ana
Farmer
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

The use Of mourning envelopes does
not render person liable to arrest for
blackmail.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

Some people go without what they
want in order to get something they
don't want.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

Firelighters are made in Germany
by twisting wood into rope. cutting
It into short lengths, and dipping the
ands of the pieces into melted resin.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
pIowinp ouach Grass Too Deeply.

1t is possible TO kill quack grass by
what is known by double blowing the
land. This is accomplished by running
the plow in the furrow already made,
and thus making trench twelve or
fourteen inches deep. This is repeated
after each furrow is turned, so that
the surface soil is entirely reversed and
the subsoil takes its place. The top
furrow should go deeply enough to 20
below all the quack roots and turn
them under the second furrOw, which
will require both a strong pillow and an
extra heavy team TO turn on top of the
other. But though quack grass may he
killed by this heroic method, II will
take several years of good cultivation
To fit the subsoi thus turned up for
growing good crops.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05

Fine clothes do not make the woman.
but they sometimes break the husband,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-05
Not lrreverentIy.

In Holland men frequently wear their
hats in church.
The leader., 1898-10-05

Laurel has a curfew ordinance.
The leader., 1898-10-05
FEVER SITUATION.

The yellow fever situation in
Mississippi is far more serious than
it was a week ago. 1t is not only
spreading gradually at Jackson,
Oxford, Water Valley and other
places where it first appeared, but
new foci are being reported nearly
every day. At Harriston, Jeffer-
son cornty, the nearest point to
Brookhaven infected thus far, 20
cases were reported last Saturday,
and the situation there is very Sc
rious. Warden McNair received
a telegram this morning stating
that his brother Steve has the fe-
Yer in the country near HarristOn.
A great many people have been
exposed in jefferson. Rolling Fork,
Port Gibson, Clinton, Madison Sta
ton, Lumberton and the A. & NJ.
College are infected.