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The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
HOG CHOLERA.
A Costly Error to Swine Raisers OF the
Country.


At first thought it would seem a mat
ter of but little Importance whether
log cholera is contagious or infectious,
but a very common error on this very
point costs the swine raisers of this
country many millions of dollars an
nually. Hog cholera is not conta-
gious disease. There is not particle
of danger that hogs will contract the
disease from hogs that have it, or die
with it. The disease is infectious, the
germs surviving in filth. or in the soil
where cholera-infected hogs have run.
These germs are taken into the system
by way of the mouth, and by that way
only, with the exception that an ami
NAL having a cut or abrasion of the
skin may get the germs by incubation.
Therefore it is obvious that the com
mon practice of removing the sick hogs
from the herd does no good whatever,
while the well ones are permitted TO re-
main on the infected ground. The
proper course is obviously to remove
the well hogs to an uninfected locality
and then to thoroughly disinfect the
infected place or places. 1t is believed
that blowing the ground once or twice
during the winter will destroy the
germs by freezing them out. Pasteur's
great disinfectant for both hog and
chicken cholera is TO sprinkle thor
oughly with diluted sulphuric acid
one pound to twenty gallons of water.
There is no known remedy for this dis
ease. A few hogs recover, but it has
not been demonstrated that such re
coveries are in response to any medical
treatment. Preventive measures only
are worthy of consideration, and Sc
far as at present known these consist
of judicious quarantine, prompt remov
al of hogs from an infected locality
and incubation with an appropriate
virus. Distinction by the sulphuri'
acid process should always be resorteC
| to.-Farm and Ranch.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22

his eotsea cop for his maintenance
and success IS farmer. lie Is now
facing the grim necessity of selling his
cotton for less than Il cost him 10 raise
il and Secretary Wilson's arguments
in behalf of certain other products
that might be adyantageousiy
cultivated in the south, with
a reduction of the acreage heretofore
given up exclusively to cotton, should
have fallen upon attentive and heedful
ears. Experience is the best of teach
ers, and the south's experience with
cotton Of late years has certainly been
of q nature warranting at least an ex-
perimental change TO other crops.
1t is more than likely that this pres
ent climaxing season of "tve-cent cot
ton" will indeed lead many farmers in
southern states to experiment in other
directions, while still planting a fairly
large crop of cotton. If such should
be the result of the most unsatisfac-
tory year the south has ever known,
in so far as its chief staple is con-
cerned, the slump in cotton will prove
TO have been something of blessing
in disguise, pointing the way to sure
prosperity in the near future. And
that the south is in position to
take advantage of the lesson is shown
by figures also found in secretary Will
sons address, revealing the fact that
despite the low prices realized for its
cotton crop, that rich section is never
theless in better condition than at
the same time last year, and is rapidly
advancing in manufacturing and mer-
camille Importance.
A country SO generously blessed by
nature should profit to the utmost by
its natural advantages. 1t might be
well for the southern farmers to some
what decrease their cotton acreage and
see what the fertile soil of their plan
tations will do in the way of enriching
them with other and more profitable
crops-St Louis Republic.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
HOW BAILEY BEAT BARNUM.
And That at the Veteran Showmnn's
own Game, Adyertistpg.

One of the elephants with the bur
num-Bailey circus was the means of
making the fortune that Mr.. Bailey is
credited with possessing. 1t was as a
q baby phenomenon that that pachy-
derm did the good turn for the success
or of "the great and only Barnum.'
Columbia is the name of the creature,
and of the hundreds of rare animals in
the aggregation, none is treasured more
highly than she, now huge ungainly
and oyergrown creature, with not half
the wit possessed by the smallest ele-
phant connected with the circus.
1t was away back in 1880, when the
news got around that the first elephant
born in captivity was living and travel
ing with the Barnum show. Mr.. Bailey
was a struggling young circus owner
then, and battling against fearful odds
Barnum was at the height of his re-
markable career, at the very topmost
notch of circus fame.
Mr.. Barnum, quick to see the advan.
tage of having so important an attrac-
ton as Il real American baby elephant,
telegraphed to Mr.. Bailey as follows:
"Will give you 100000 for your baby
elephant. Must have it."
Mr.. Bailey wired in answer: "Will
not sell at any price"
This seemed a daring thing for Mr..
Bailey to do, for 100000 would almost
have purchased the entire show. Even
Mr.. Bailey's best friends, whom he con-
suited in the matter, advised him to ac-
cept the offer. Instead of doing that
he refused it, and hustled east to meet
Barnum on his own ground.
BY the time that the Bailey circus
reached the east the whole country was
billed with posters on which was print
ed: "What Barnum Thinks of the Baby
Elephant" Underneath that heading
was printed Barnums telegram to Mr.
Bailey. AS the Bailey show followed
in the wake of the Barnum circus, each
| town in which the Barnum aggregation
appeared was billed with the Bailey
posters.
Probably the Bailey advertising did
| not affect the attendance at the Barnum
circus. Mr. Bailey has since said that
he thought it did not. But the advertise
ments staring the veteran Snowman in
the face everywhere he went worried
him, and finally, to dodge the huge
posters, he changed the route of his cir
Gus, although that route had been de
termined upon nearly ~ months in adj
vance. He jumped from New York
to Kansas City and surrendered the
whole eastern field to the Bailey show
The next year the two shows were con
solidated and have been one show even
since. Mr. Barnum's one joke with Mr.
Bailey as long as the shrewd old circus
manager was alive, was: "Well, have
you any more baby elephants that you
do not want to sell?"-N. Y. Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
Winter Care OF Horses.

There is "a golden mean in feeding
animals that should be observed.
There is u tendency where one takes
pride in horses TO feed too much. The
liberal feeder should take especial
pains to provide abundant exercise.
In the case of team reduced in flesh
by hard labor during the summer and
autumn, feeding up to recruit in VIM
ter is essential. Feeding alone, how
ever, without moderate work, leaves
the creatures in softened flesh, which
vanishes before the heavy work of
spring.
If it is the intention to sell horses
in early spring, they should, by all
means, be fed up TO Il plump condition,
and the muscles should be hardened
by moderate work. The careful buyer
inspects more than the outside appear
ance. lie expects constitution and en-
durance as well as clear sight and
sound limbs. Too often the gait of the
colt is neglected to the detriment of its
sale. Too often striking, interfering
and forging will permanently impair
the limbs or feet, when by attention in
time these defects might have been
permanently cured by use of proper de-
vices. The expense of shoeing in the
course of years might also be much re-
duced where the policy of prevention
is adopted in the early stages. Colts
as well as children may be corrected in
faults of carriage and gait. as we'll as
other habits, and such training adds
largely to their value.
The teams intended for the regular
work of the coming season, if in fair
condition at this time, may be fed mod
erately in proportion to the exercise OF
work performed in winter. and will be
in better condition for spring labor
than if overwhelmed. Winter grazing
or, in lieu of this, ensilage, roots, vege
tables, bran and other cooling rations
should be afforded every alternate day
at least it is desirable to prevent any
feverish condition of the organs Of di
gestion. The occasional irritation
found in the disposition of the Older
horses arise from neglect of proper
cooling diet in winter.-Farm and
| Eireaide
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The highest price per word ever
paid to an author is said TO be the ST.
500 paid TO kipling for his magazine
story, ..O07''-about 20 cents per WORD.
The usual order of dramatic ability
existing in the children OF literary pa
rents is reversed in the case of Henry
Ir-yinp,s two sons, who have both gained
reputation as clever writers-one as an
essavist, the other as a playwright
-Carlvle is said to have remarked, on
first meeting Daniel Webster inG1ng-
land. that he had often heard of Ameri-
can physical degeneraey, but had never
before seen such a magnificent speci-
men of it.
.Jokai, the Hungarian novelist, VINO
has written more than 200 volumes in
his life of II years, is described by John
Foster Fraser as being very untidy IN
his dress aud in the appointments OF his
writing desk.
"A special edition of Browning's
poem, .'The Ring and the Book has
been prepared. Charlotte Porter and
Helen A. Clarke, editors of Poet=Lore,
have furnished an introduction anu
notes, and the illustrations comprise
16 full-page drawings and photograY-
ure portrait.
Robert Louis Stevenson's home IN
Samoa is deserted and locked, though
the plantation is being worked. HIS
widow and stepdaughter-who was his
amanuensis-are now in this country;
and Mrs. Stevenson says it is doubtful
whether she will ever return to Samoa
though at the time of her husbands
death she declared that she would al
ways live there.
Richard Wagner, at one time in his
musical career, appeared as doggere
poet. The verse was afterwards en-
grayed on the pewter covers of beer
mugs by Bayreuth firm, and said mugs
were eagerly sought after as souvenirs
by visitors to the Wagnerian town. A
rival firm reproduced the verse, and the
matter is now in the courts, as an in
fringement of copyright. So, one mar
in his time truly plays many parts.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
WIT AND U1aDoM.

ZONES says he thought his gas
meter had gas-triek fever, but now be-.
lieves it 10 be affected with galloping
consumption.-obseryer
A Juvenile Logician.-"Ma, 10 there
apv pie left in the pantry?' There ia
one piece, but you can't have it" You
are mistaken, ma, I've had it."-Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
-Prisoner-"It's hard to charge me
with forgery, for you see l can't even
sign nv own name" Judge-"That
noint is immateria1; it's another mans
name you're accused of signing,"-Tit-
Bits.
Not Spoiled by Fortune.-Anna-
"And her uncle left her all that money!
Has it changed her at all?" Belle-'No.
indeed! She is just as enthusiastic as
ever over s9-cent silk marked down from
s1.60."-Puck.
-"I asked Miss Golightly if she be-
lieved In Cuban autonomy What did
she saw" "She said she did, and thatit
was easier for her to believe in it than
to try TO undefstdhu "ha0 IL vas :
Chicago Record.
Testing Him.-Bagley-"Do you
recollect that five dollars | let you have
about year ago." Braee-"Perfect-
ly." Bagley-"That's good; l see your
memory is all right; how's your eye
sight. Harlem Life.
ered.-Dawyer- too
bad the way old squirt's fortune has
been squandered in litigation" Lay
man-"It is, indeed" Lawyer-"Why,
fully nine-tenths of it has gone to his
heirs in witness fees" Truth.
old Gentleman (dictating indig-
nant letter)-"Sir: My stenograpber,
being a lady, cannot take down what I
think of you. I, being gentleman,
cannot think 1t; but you, being neither,
can easily guess my thoughts. Brook
lyn Life.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
Dromednries That Smoke.

Dromedaries are said to be particu-
larly fond of tobacco smoke, and can
be made to do almost anything under
its influence. Travellers in Egypt, it is
asserted, rely more on tobacco smoke
for their control over these huge
beasts than anything else. When trav-
cling on long journeys the dromedaries
are in many cases required to travel
night and day without rest, and the
beasts are kept up to their tasks by
smoking cigars. The driver carries a
triangular piece Of wood, which is
pierced at one point like a cigar hold
er. This is inserted in the mouth of
the beast, the cigar being lit and
pressed into the hole in the same fash
ion followed by man. The dromedary
Immediately closes its eyes and puffs
away through its nostrils until the
cigar is burned away. The indulgence
appears to refresh it, and the keeper
has no difficulty in persuading the ami
NAL to plod on without further rest
Philadelphia Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
BACK HOME

The roar and hurry. the hum and blare
That fill my ears IN the noisy town
6ometimes give place 70 the tinkling air
The cow-bells make when the kline come
down
From upland pasture and hillside. sweet.
Crossing the brook on the timbers frail
And striking with slow. dust-muffied feet
The time that the boy beats on his pail
! wanted to slip away to sleep.
To tn sound on the roof of summer rain
To hear the birds first waking peep.
And feel myself but q boy again.
1 thought Of the old house as II stood
Painted alone by the sun and snow.
As it faced the path from the maple wood,
And the sugar bush OF so long ago.
SO 1 went away fas. no doubt you vilD
To see the place that my boyhood knew;
To Ioiter long. with my heart athriii,
By lltchened gate thro' the dust and dew.
To dream on IN porch while through
purpllng skies
The full moon signaled with silver light
That all was well. and days bridge Of
sighs
Was safely passed and had sunk from
sight.
But down the road. from across the dell.
The cows ran out on double quick.
With never a sound OF foot or bell
On the modern bridge that spans the
creek,
And stead Of the barefoot. sunburned lad
Driving them home as there used 10 be.
A boy on a bike-and II made me sad
Went scorehing along with a laugh at me.
] turned 10 the house. Twas moderHized
The forest. green. had been cleared away.
Nothing remained that remen anee
priced.
Nothing was left OF youths yesterday.
] hoped. yet feared. as | weary sank
Down on the step IN the twilight gloom;
.But-yes, It was there! From nights pur-
pie bank
Frolicked the same old chummy moon.
Grace Duffie Boylan, in Chicago Jour
nal
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
Proved True.

\ lawyer whose Office was On cne Of
the upper floors Of tall building was
about TO enter the elevator one morn
ing, but stepped back in order to let
a lady who seemed TO be in n hurry
precede him. The conductor" it ap-
peared, had been waiting for just one
more passenger to complete his load.
and when the lady stepped inside he
shut the door and the elevator shot
upward "Politeness," muttered the
lawyer. sis not always its own reward" Z"
4 few minutes later, however, ascend
ing by another lift" he passed that
load of passengers. stuck halfway be-
tween floors-where they remained half
an hourly some accident Of the ma
chiuery Il take it back" he muttered,
IN the same tone as before. "Politeness
is its own reward" Yonth's Compan-
ION
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
Human Thermomef

There are men," said Mr.. Bitterly,
who seem to have faculty for telling
the time of day without looking at the
clock; they get within IS minutes Of
right every time. Do you know that
there are men who guess at the tem-
perature with equal accuracy? They
are a sort of human thermometer, carr
rying a scale in their mind. | don't
think they are marked so accurately for
cold, but warmth, the temperature of a
warm room, for instance, they can get
within one or two degrees of right with-
out fail. IN. V. Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22

Col. Robert Warburton, who accom-.
panies Sir William Lockhart in his ex.
pedltion against the Afridis as political
Cihcer, is an expert in oriental affairs.
ms mother was an Afghan princess of
high rank, who married an officer IN
the East India company's service. and
the present colonel has always been in
close touch with the native chiefs
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
A COSTLY KING.
Experience is Proving the Reign of King
Cotton "A Kul Gus One.

Cotton a hul Gus Ohe.
In his recent Tuskogec address on
agricultural advancement in the SOUTH
ern states, Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson urged upon the farmers of that
section the advsability of turning their
attention to the growing of other prod
uets than cotton.
The present is "a time when the south
ern farmer should be peculiarly open TO
conviction Of the fact that it is ex-
tremely unsafe for him to depend en-
lirely upon the profits arising from
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
Government Formula for Hog Cholera.

The government formula for hog
cholera is as follows: Bicarbonate of
soda, two pounds; hypo-sulphatc of
soda, two pounds; sodium sulphate,
one pound; sodium chloride, two
pounds; sulphur, one pound; charcoal,
two pounds; block antimony, one
pound. The best way to give it is in
the slops, twice day, estimating one
tablespoonful for every 30 pounds Of
atocL
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
spring stirrup Tor Eaues,rlaps.

\ West NirginIun has invented a
spring stirrup for horseback riding
which will remove the jar as tine animal
strikes the ground, a coiled spring be-
ing used 20 attach the stirrup 20 the
saddle. with a leather easing to keep the
spring from chafing.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22

Stiles McMellan, of St. Albans. VT.
Is lOl years old, and has never been
SICK day in his life. He began to
smoke In his forty-frst year. and has
continued tie habit ever since. He is
now cutting his third set of teeth.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
Max O'Rell has been invited N lec,ur

Max 0'Rell has been invited to lecture
In The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam
and few other towns in Holland dur
Ing the third week of December. The
lectures will be given in English. The
queen regent and the young Queen Will
helmina have signifed their intention
81 being present at the lecture 10 be
delivered in The Hague.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22

The postal savings bank of Great Brit.
ain had on deposit, at the close of last
year, { ios,O49,642. The depositors
6ered 6,s62,055, and over one-half of
them were maids, married women, Wild
ows and children
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
scotch Have the Heaviest Brains.

The average weight of the brain OF
the Chinamau IS greater than that OF
any other race on the globe except the
Scotch Chicago Times-Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1898-01-22
safe Dcposit for vnIunhICs

Some london jewellers have Eie0to00
worth Of ssluablos in their pludcss.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-26
MASONIC AID IN
SESSION AT yAHKTON
A Large Number of Prominent Men
Present at the Annua!
Meeting.
ANARRoW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING
Examiner Taylor Ealks on tho Lee'
Kipp Affair 80 Congressman
Knowles ut Home.--TaIk
OF Legislation.

Yankton, Feb. 10.-The Masonic Aid
Association of Dakota is holding its
twelfth annual meeting in this city,
beginning Wednesday,. A number OF
prominent men of the order are pres
ent, consisting of officers and direc-
tors, and are as follows: l.. Ii. French,
president, Yankton; PANEL III. Wheel
er, vice president, Omaha; w. H.. Nc
Way, treasurer, Yankton; Gilbert +.
Stevenson, secretary, Iankton; j. I.
Woolley, general agent, Minneapolis;
+. j. Thompson, Fargo, n. d.; B. ID.
Slaughter, Lincoln, Neb.; G.. w. Kings
bury, Yankton; Harvey j. Rice, Huron,
S. D.; w. Il. Boardman, Butte, Mont;
q. w. Scott, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and
G. A. Johnston, Mitchell, s. ID.
The association, under the manage
ment of Gilbert +. Stevenson since
1889, is in a flourishing condition, be-
ing one of the strongest fraternal or
CARNATIONS in existence, having n
large membership in the following
states: North and South Dakota, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Montana,
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Col
orado, Nevada and California, n
which is yearly increasing. a general
review of the business done the past
year will be made and new officers and
directors elected.
A committee Of five leading business
men of Yankton has been appointed
by the fire department to solicit sub
scriptions for the tiremen's tourna-
ment fund. The department heads the
list with $500. The secretary has been
instructed to write Senators Kyle and
Pettigrew, urging them TO work
against the passage of the Plat bill,
as this bill is designated to cease the
taxing of insurance companies for the
support of volunteer fire departments.
This move was decided by the state
board of firemen at the last meeting
held here.
Wednesday, while crossing the Mis-
souri, river at this point with a heavy
load Of wheat, n farmer named Eick-
hoff of Cedar county, Nebraska, went
through the ice. Eickhoff barely es-
capped drowning, while the team and
load were lost.
The full list Of petit jurors has been
drawn and summoned for the spring
term Of circuit court, which convenes
here March s. The criminal calendar
for the term is very light.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-26
THE M'KINLEYS AFTER OFFICE
"A Cousin OF the President w ould
BE Postmaster ut King
6Ghap

Guthrie, Ok, Feb. 1.-THE McKin.
ley family is well represented in Okla
homa. Those who are not holding of.
flee are working to that end. William
Mckinley of Kingfsher was here to-.
day to present his claims for the post
mastership at that place. He resem-
bles his cousin, President Mckinley,
possibly than does f. e. McKin-
ley, receiver of the Guthrie land Office,
who is IA cousin Of both William Nc
Kinley and the president. Mr.. McKin.
ley of Kingfisher believes that he will
be made postmaster of his town. The
position is worth about 81, 800 a year
There are four or five applicants for
the place.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-26

Johnnie b. Edmunds of Kansas City,
the office boy of DR.. w. G.. Fraker of
insurance money fame. Edmunds had
disappeared a few days previous to the
murder and was arrested at his home
in Kansas City. Governor Stephens re-
fused to honor a requisition for the
boy, but he finally came to Colorado
Springs Of his own accord and proved
an alibi. Chamberlain was then ar
rested and convicted on circumstantial
evidence. The jury was out only an
hour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-26
People Enragcd.

London, Feb. 15.-Madrid special:
The populace of the city are much en-.
aged owing to the belief that the cab
net has a~pologized to the United
'tates. The people are greatly OPP
,osed to such a course, and as they are
N~ceedingly hostile to the government
hey may make a demonstration. The
'ispatch concludes: "The people pre-.
er war to an apology, thinking that
pain will suffer the least thereby, as
ar would be exceedingly disastrous
o the large commerce of the United
States"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-26
FOR THE PIXIES PEAK MURDER.
Chamberlin Convicted OF the Crime
That Johnny Edmunds Was
Charged With.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Feb. H.
Shirley ID. Chamberlain was found
suilty last night of murder in the first
legree for the killing of Herbert II.
say, who was found dead last August
ear the summit Of Pixies Peak. Key
lad started to climb the peak at night,
md the body was found crowded into
/ culvert under the cog railway. The
ium OF $500, which he was known to
nave had with him, was missing.
Suspicion at once fastened upon
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-26

A. Godsend Lufkin has the distinc-
ton Of owning the queerest name in
Maine. Owing to the terms OF his
grandfather's will he was to inherit
$1,000 being the first grandson in the
family. When the clergyman asked
what name he should bestow the
child's father said: II think you'd bet
ter call him n godsend, because he has
proved that TO my family" The words
spoken in jest were taken in earnest
by the clergyman, who proceeded to
formally christen the boy az A. God
send Lufkin," a name which he bears
today. As he got nearly 500, 900 worth
OF properly along with his name. he
Is trying to stand IL.