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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04
hWine Ire ding.

When several sows are kept, so far
as 1t. can be done, it will be best to
breed them as nearly at the same
time as possible, as in this way a
more even and valuable lot Of pigs
can be secured.
lt Is best to give the sows the run
or small pasture The exercise they
VIII take will help in maintaining
good health.
1t Is of no advantage to keep the
brood sows fat. In fact, fat con
dition is more detrimental than other
wise. Good thrift is In every way
much better.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04
Peach ana AprIont.

With a better knowledge of the
wants Of the peach and apricot as re-
CARDS soil and location and the deyel.
opment of varieties the fruit buds Of
which are specially fitted to withstand
the extremes Of our climate, the cult.
walton of these fruits is considerably
on the increase.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04
Barbed. Wire Fence Braces.

The accompanying illustration shows
the kind of braces used on barbed. wire
fences In many parts Of Missouri
have built much wire fence, and never
have any slack wires when the end
posts are properly braced-as shown.
A is the end post; 1t is set in the
ground 3 feet deep, and is about 10
Inches In diameter. trimmed Off fiat
where the braces are attached by nails
The braces on either side off'B are
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04
Pos
Hsf
A CONVENIENT HOG HOUSE.

Provide plenty of bedding. The pass
ageway between the pen for the pigs
and those Of the older animals Is IT
wide. The house should he high
enough to furnish room above the hogs
for storing corn and other grain feeds.
This can be spouted down into n pass.
ageway convenient for feeding TrOughs
are at A
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04
To Prevent RABBIT. BayL,ns r,,,,,

Get blood and a mop Ia rag tied to a
stickl and daub each tree with the
blood where the rabbit can reach. !
catch hog blood in the fall about Nov.
and the first idle day after go around
and daub ca 'h young tree and they arc
safe for that winter. have been doine
1t Tor thirty years or more.--L. M,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04

In '6l the area under the pIow in
Australasia was 1,33S.000 acres, this
Increasing to over 100000 acres in
~. The principal crop is wheat. the
past years acreage comprising 4.675.
700 acres, compared with the u s. as
100000 acres. The seven colonies of
Australasia comprise 1870 million ac.
res
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04
A Convenient Hog House.

A hog house 15x3S TT for boar, four
sows and their offspring may be ar
"anged as shown herewith. The house
must be adjacent to lots on either side
so as to give the animals exercise and
sunshine. 1t sh2uld be floored With
hard wood and must be kept clean.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04
Making n Roaa

In making road through marsh.
don't put In brush, etc. Haul In dirt, II
will pay to make a road with a good
solid roadbed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04

Tue University of Cairo.
:, a adn university In Cairo is said to have
li,ooo students, more than attend anv
o'her TWO universities in the world
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-05-04

The Hen as a Money Making Institution I.
Worthy of Great Consideration-yalu
able Hints as to Their Proper Treatment
Food and the Profit to be Secured-HeI
Days of Usefulness.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02

that was currently written about then
little known Siberia. His mother was
writer as well, being the author of ''Tar-
tar Tents and Their Inhabitants" a
charmingly-written account of the do
nestle and family life of that strange
people. Alatau T.. Atkinson was edu-
Gated at Rugby when DR.. Temple, now
archbishop of Canterbury, was the prin-
cipal. He married, when not yet 21, the
daughter of Stephen Humble, we'll
known English portrait painter of his
day. He went to Hawaii in 1869, and
was principal of ST.. Adams college, and
later of the leading government school
in the islands. From 1880 to 1887 he
was editor of the Hawaiian Gazette,
which made the newspaper fight against
the reactionary and extravagant ten
denotes of Kalakaua's government. The
victory in this fight was the so-called
revolution of 1887, and the new consti-
tuition of that year, by which the pow
ers of the king were limited and those
of the people increased. He was inspect
or general of schools from 1887 to 1896,
and secured the substition of English
for Hawaiian as the medium of instruc-
tion in all the government schools. The
Americanizing tendency of this meas
ure can scarcely be overestimated. In
1896 he was superintendent of the CEN
sus, and the census taken that year was
the most complete ever taken in the is
lands. He was an influential member
of the legislature of 1898.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02

But the man is no relative of his VIC
tim, and is an American. He lives
in Oakland, Cal, and his address is 1925
East Twelfth street.
But this is how it happened:
"Itwas when we were both boys" said
Mr.. Miller, the other day, "that the
prince and myself fell to blows. Every
thing runs to knock-outs these days,
and we were then in advance of our
tiroes, so when the smoke of the battle
cleared away there was no question as
to who had won. ,.*-
''He was out of it and I had done for
a member of the royal family, and a
future king of England.
AT the time was visiting my uncle,
who then lived in old Porto Bolo, the
famous little Scottish pottery town on
the south coast of the Firth of the
Forth.
"One day was riding out on dom
key, and the young prince was walking
by on foot when we chanced to meet,
and trouble followed. The prince, like
any other boy of pugnacious qualities,
approached me, and, catching me by the
leg, pulled me from the saddle. p
I'm those days I was fighter, and
before the youngster knew just what
struck him I had landed some good left
swings and he was all but out when
his tutor, who accompanied him, came
up from the rear to his rescue.
II must say that the prince showed
pluck and good fighting qualities. He
fought well and got the first fall in his
favor by pulling me off the donkey,
which landed me on my back in the
dust of the middle of the road. -
''But was stronger, bigger, older
and more experienced, too, no doubt,
and for the rest Of the time all the
honors were safely mine. "a
1T is not on record just what hap
pened to me after it was all over, but I
have just hazy recollection of a meet
ing with my aged uncle that ended in
disaster for me. 80. .>...-. ..-
''That fight, none the less, made the
prince of Wales my friend for life. He
never forgot it, and often tells the story
and laughs over it now.
"Long after that meeting in boyhood
he happened to learn that I was in need
of financial aid, and he lost no time in
sending me check for a princely sum.
I have his kind letter to this day, and
am not likely to part with it. Itrefers
jokingly to our little mix-up.' We have
met several times since then, and the
prince always buys the wine, after Sc
curing from me a solemn promise to
fight fair.'" .s... g.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
fHE PRECIOUS METALS.
Extracts from the Renort nj Dtrector
of the Mint on Production of
Gold and silver.

Washington, Oct. 26.-Mr. Roberts,
the director of the mint, has made the
following report upon the production
OF gold and silver during the calendar
year 1898. He says:
The production of gold in the United
states ST. IN the calendar year 1898 was 3,11S,-
S9S ounces, fine, of the value of s64 463, ,000
The amount of gold produced from quartz
mines M in 1898 was, in round numbers, $780,
wv me ounces, and from placer mines, 318,-
OOO nne ounces. The South African repub-
lie produced 1881 ,975 ounces, fine, of the
value Of SIS, ,213,95S; Australia produced
s,i57, ,644 ounces, fine, of the value of $64,-
500, 800. These three countries are the great
gold producers of the world-their output
aggregating 10,9SS,O17 ounces, fine, of the
value of $2OS537 ,753 or 73 per cent. Of the
product of the world.
The United States still occupies the sec
ond place as silver producer, to which it
was relegated by Mexico, in 1897, with a
commercial value of 1872 lis, 400, against the
mexican production of Sc, 735, 600 fine
ounces, with commercial value Of $33-
475,4OO. Together, they produce 67 per cent.
OF the worlds product. No other country
tralasia, Bolivia and Peru. The product
OF the last two is uncertain, but none of the
three exceeds 12,O0O,0O0 ounces fine. The
amount of silver produced in the United
States during the year from quartz mines
was, IN round numbers, 13, 100000 fine
ounces; and from lead ores, 31,00OO0O fine
ounces, and from copper ores 100000 fine
ounces. s4srsf
The worlds gold production in 1898 was
1890, 1863 ounces, fine, of the value of $751;
42S,6o0 an increase over the product of 1897
OF 2,3ol S31 ounces, valued at s4S,616 800.
Since 1887, when about s1O6, ,OO0, 900 were pro-
duced, each year has shown an increase
over the preceding one.
THE worlds production Of silver In 1898
was 1652e5.572 ounces, fine, showing an in
crease over 1897 of 1.222, 400 ounces, fine.
The worlds consumption Of the precious
metals in the arts and manufa ctures dur
ing the year was, in new gold, 97,SO4 kilo-
grams, of value of s65, 100000; and in new
silveg 1,O65,2S9 Kilograms, of a coming value
OF ''273,o0O and commercial value of $2O,-
200 600 -. -
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
KIN OF SIY All AND.
His Ignorance 1s Surpassed Only by
His Cupidity.
Black Tyrnnt Issof Conaid erable Im-
portnnce Just Now. Because
Both Boer and EnElishmnn
Want His Help.

It remains to be seen whether the
Beers in the war now declared in the
Transvaal are to have the help of the
Kaffrs of Swaziland, one of the i'm.
portant colonies Of South Africa, and
until very recently in close touch with
the English, who in 1884 guaranteed
the people their independence under
the control of their own chief or king
by treaty with the Transvaal repub-
lie. The Swazis have been allies of Eng
land for many years, even to the extent
in times of war Of fighting opposing
factions of their own people. Their
king, whose portrait accompanies this
paper, is a savage, incapable Of gov
ernment in times of peace, but ready
and willing to fight enemies with the
cruelty and relentlessness Of his fierce
and warlike race. No more savage peo-
pie exist than these Swazis, who are
akin to the Zulus, but natural enemies
of that race,
Swaziland incloses large triangular
tract of low land lying between the
mouth of the Cunene river on the west
estimated area of 100000 square
miles of the territory, and is at present
under the protection of the Transvaal
republic. King Buno, their head chief,
gave out so many concessions to Euro
peans and. Boer adventurers that much
OF the valuable mineral land of the
.olony has been taken up by those peo-
pie, who work only for personal inter
ests and not at all for the good of the
country. - --lt
Bremersdorp, in Swaziland, has a
population of 500 white people, and en-
joys the distinction of gentleman's
club, good hotel and many American
visitors, some Of them transient resi-
dents, who, in the course of a few years,
make fortunes. business opportunities
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
MISS DAISY LETTER.
Pretty American Girl Engaged to
Maj. Colin Campbell.
Ardently Wooed by Many ArIsto-
cratic EnS1ishmen Who Consti-
tute the Suite Of the Governor
General of India.

The engagement is reported of Miss
Daisy Letter to Maj. Conlin Powys
Campbell, British officer of illustrious
ancestry and distinguished achieve
ments. Miss Letter is a beautiful and
charming member Of an American fam
lily which is playing great part in the
affairs of the British empire. .s#
Maj. Campbell is one of the heroes
of the Anglo-Indian army. He is at
present an officer of the Second Central
India horse, and it is believed that he
has brilliant career before him.
Miss Daisy Letter is the youngest of
the three beautiful daughters of Mr..
and Mrs. Levi z. Letter, of the United
States and the world at large. Although
young, Miss Daisy has had an interest
ing social history. -. r... .,..-..
Her oldest sister, it may be recalled,
is the wife of Lord Curzon, of India.
Lady Curzon was formerly Miss Mary
Victoria Letter. When she married her
husband he was plain Mr.. Curzon, and
although he was the oldest son of
nobleman, Lord Scarsdale, his place in
British politics was distinctly minor
one.
His beautiful and clever wife quickly
assumed a very prominent place in the
highest English society. It was large
ly owing to her assistance that Mr..
Curzon secured political advancement
with rapidity unheard of since the
days of Pitt. Society and politics are
inextricably mixed up in England.
Mr.. CurZon became under secretary
of state for foreign affairs, in which
capacity he was responsible for Eng
lands foreign policy to the house of
commons. Then he was suddenly ap-
pointed to the office of governor gen
eral of India, without question the
greatest office under the British crown.
The viceroy is the absolute ruler of
30O,G00,O00 of human beings, and re-
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02

| George H. Hayes, chief clerk of the
state reformatory since it was estab-
lished, was succeeded by Thomas HELLER,
for some time teacher in the institu-
ton. E ..s ..-,. .,s.... ....t, ..-,s,.r
The store of March & Co., at Luverne,
was burglarized of considerable cloth
ing. 133Ht5
The 18th annual convention of the Min
nesota Christian Endeavor Society was
held at St. Cloud. A chorus of 200 voices
furnished the music. t..~-s.. .-
Final settlement has been made for the
transportation of the 18th Minnesota from
San Francisco to st. Paul. The number
of men and officers transported was 1,Os7,
at an aggregate cost Of s21, ,11O OF this
number the Great Northern brought
about one-third, the Northern Pacific
bringing the balance.
Anna Berndgen, employed at the North
Star Boot & Shoe factory, Minneapolis,
met terrible death by falling four
| floors down an elevator shaft in the fac
tory
Mrs. Julian Schwartz, st. Paul, has re-
ceived a letter from Edgar F'rolich, the
court commissioner of Ottensheim, Ba-
varia, which would indicate that she has
fallen heir to money or property.
Rev. A. Oster was invested with the
purple robes Of nonseignor in the
presence of the archbishop Of the diocese
Of st. Paul and many distinguished
clergy.
Two Moorhead brothers, Johnny and
Ermil Erdel, went hunting, carrying their
guns on their bicycles, and in dismount-
ing, Johnny succeeded in discharging his
weapon, the bullet striking Ermil in the
right side just above the hip.
Contract was let for building new
Presbyterian church at Pipestone
The Dayton Avenue Presbyterian
church, Of st. Paul, celebrated a silver
jubilee.
Alphonse Keeley, who escaped from the
st. Cloud reformatory Aug. 10, 1898, was
captured at Fergus Falls He had worked
as fireman on the railroad every day
since his escape.
Private William A. Jones has filed an
application for an invalid's pension with
the adjutant general. Jones was of Com
pany G, 18th regiment. Relief is asked
on account of rheumatism and other dis
abilities resulting from service in the
Philippines.
Mayor Kefer, Of st. Paul, received a
communication from ]. II. McHair, Of
st. Louis, offering to sell the city herd
Of eight buffaloes.
Emmett Rowland was killed while
walking On the railway track near Man
! kato.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02

for acquiring wealth being at maxi
mum and living expenses at minimum.
The people there are jolly good fellows,
and the law is respected better than in
any other section of South Africa. This
fact is partly owing to the salutary
presence of Charles E.. Meintjes, the
states attorney, the man whom the
Swazis fear more than Dom Paul, and
who is leading factor in all political
movements, and greatly respected by
King Buno, the head chief of the
SwaZis. -- -.
This Kaffir savage is always to be pro
Pitiated into granting a concession by a
basket of champagne or cask Of rum.
Although in receipt of s. 1000 monthly
during his life, the liking" pays out no
money if a concession will be received
as equivalent, and as these concessions
are valuable they are often preferred.
When an American fire insurance com
pany sent an agent to insure the kings
life the poor agent was much embar-
rassed by the offer of 16 of his wives
instead of cash for payment of the first
premium. AS each wife is valued at the
price of ten bullocks, it will be seen that
the aggregation would have been neat
concession from the royal ruler Of
Swaziland. The most valuable of these
kingly concessions is held by the Mer-
camille Association of Swaziland, which
has free import right. A concession
for collecting the entire revenue of the
country was held by an Englishman,
who sold it to the Transvaal govern
ment for 100000, and during the four
years he held the concession he levied
taxes to the utmost on those who had
means to pay.
The Swazis, says the Chicago Times
Herald, being tribe of Kaffrs, also re-
lated to the Zulus, like them, fight with
the spear and assegai, which two war
implements they are early taught to
use with cruel accuracy. When Kaffir
or Zulu returns from war he is expected
to bring his assegai with him and lay
it before his dwelling to show his peo-
pie that the enemy could not take it
from him. It will be recalled that the
last prince imperial Of France, Eu-
genie's fatherless boy, was killed by the
assegai Of q Zulu in the English and
Zulu war, to which the young prince
gallantly volunteered to go with his
English friends. d It is more thansprob-
able that in a hand to hand encounter
the Swazis will discard army rifles for
their beloved assegais.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02

Democratic Candidate. for Governor OF
5ssa} Massachusetts,
pendence of character. At dinner
early last year Of the Massachusetts
Reform club, an organization of many
Of the most distinguished men Of the
state, he startled the conservative op.
ponents Of war with Spain for Cuba's $
freedom by speaking in favor of war,
standing alone in his attitude among
all the other members. He went further
than the speech, however, for when war
was declared he raised a military COM
pany and offered it to the governor, who
declined its services. Thereupons Paine
Immediately enlisted as private in the
Massachusetts, artillery and served in
that capacity throughout the Spanish
war. Nevertheless, he was one Of the
first to come out against the policy Of
the republican administration in the
Philippine islands.
Robert Treat Paine, Jr., has followed
the example of his father in travelling
extensively.
The city house Of the Paines is on the
crest OF Beacon Hill, Boston. in what
has long been the artist tocratic section
OF the city.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02

ceives the honors due to an emperor.
In order to give him added dignity Mr.
Curzon was raised to the peerage under
the title of Lord Curzon of Kedleston.
Lord Curzon's American wife had to
share to great extent in her hus-
bands responsibilities, and bore them
with success and dignity. The vice
regal court at Calcutta and Simla un-
der her sway has been more brilliant
than ever before.
AS additional ornaments to her court
Lady CurZon had her two sisters, Miss
Nancy and Miss Daisy Letter, with her.
They have spent the whole summer
in India, and have been the most popu-
qar bellies of the mountain settlement
at Simla, where the Anglo-Indian court
and society establish themselves in the
summer.
Many absurd and extraordinary
stories, says the New York Sunday Jour
nal, were published concerning the over
bearing manners of the Letter family
They originated doubtless with per-
sons of spiteful disposition and in
ferior position in Indian society. r. b..
One alleged dispatch from Calcutta
stated that Mrs. Letter, as mother of
Lady Curzon, expected the honors that
are given to queen dowager in Europe.
Mrs. Letter was not even in India at the
time this statement was made. -
But, most wonderful of all, it was al
. legged that Anglo-Indian society re-
belled because the Letter girls claimed
precedence as relatives of the viceroy.
The aides-de-camp of the viceroy were
= reported to be furious because they
were required to ride in attendance
upon the Misses Letter, as if they were
princesses of the blood royal.
One would like to see an Anglo-In-
dian officer and gentleman who would
refuse to give precedence to a pretty
girl and ride or dance attendance upon
her, just as if she were princess.
AS matter of fact the Misses Letter
were extremely popular among the
suite Of the viceroy, and practically all
the unmarried young men in the suite
threw their hearts and fortunes at the
feet of the American beauties. The
aides of the yiceroy are young officers
of noble family, who are chosen to i'm
press the natives by their handsome
uniforms, their fine appearance and the
antiquity Of their lineage.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
FAVORED BY LONG,
Secretary of the Navy Is Anxious to
See the Merchant Marine Of
- Country Built Up.

Cleveland, O., Oct. s.-Secretary of
the Navy Long, in letter to local
paper, says he is heartily in favor of
the upbullding of the merchant marine
and presents three reasons for favoring
the same. as follows:
First-By reason of the financial return
which would follow from carrying our
constantly increasing exports
Second-From the Increased business II
would give our shipyards, and
Third-Because it would furnish a re-
serve of seamen upon which the navy
could draw in case Of war.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
BRIG. GEN. GUY v. HENRY.

was summoned at once, but the doctors
were unable to check the ailment. Gen.
Henry was to have left for his new sta
ton, headquarters department of the
Missouri, at Omaha, this week, but his
illness prevented him.
New York, Oct 80. = The largest and
most impressive military funeral pa
rade since the death of Gen. William T.
Sherman took place yesterday morn
ing when the body of Gen. Guy v.
Henry was removed from his residence
to the Pennsylvania train that con.
veyed it to Washington, where inter
ment will be made in Arlington GENE
terry.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
he WHIPPED WALES.
a Californian Is Probably the Only
Man who Ever Met H n. II. In
Open Fight.

There is probably only one man in the
world who can boast Of having whipped
the prince Of Wales with any degree
of honesty. This is not because his roy
al highness would be very hard to whip,
but it is a fact that but one man, and
one woman have ever accomplished the
feat, which is impossible even for Jim
Jeffries, the worlds champion.
The woman is Queen Victoria and the
man, says the Philadelphia Press, is Mr..
James Miller.
With the woman we are not, in the
nature of things, so much interested.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
CENSUS OF b avail.


Alatau 4. Atkinson, who has recently
been appointed special agent Of the CEN
sus bureau for Hawaii, is one Of the
most I1'' thoroughly y American men Of the
Hawaiian lali islands, notwithstanding he
is OF Siberian birth and English parent
age. He was born in Kopal, western ST.
IBERIA, November 16, 1s4s. His father,
says Leslie'sSsWeekly, was an artist and
traveller, 7. W. Atkinson, the author OF
Oriental and Western Siberia" and the
Upper and Lower Amoor,''' 2 books that
were for many years the source of most
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
A GENEROUS GIFT.

Through the efforts of the Evening
Herald, Andrew Carnegie has offered to
donate $4,000 to the city Of Duluth to
erect building for a free public library,
conditioned upon satisfactory site being
provided by the city. The offer is the re-
suit of a communication sent to Mr.. Car
negie several months ago, drawing Mr..
Carnegie's attention to what Duluth has
done and is doing for its free public Ii
brary, and the need of library building
in this citv -.
Warren sheaf., 1899-11-02
Alcohol for Automobiles.

The majority Of motor cars are now
driven BY petroleum, butsa French en-
gineer recommends the use of alcohol
instead, and motors are being altered
so as to consume it. There is no fear
of explosion with alcohol, and it is said
to be less costly than petroleum.