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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-19
Charming weather.
Melvin Gordon has the mumps.

MELVIN Gordon mas u mumpS.
DIR. Hargens is having the roof of the
Harlou block repaired.
Miss Dewey's mother and brother ar
rived from Illinois last Sunday for a
visit.
r. A. Fassett was quite sick a few
days the fore part of the week, but is
now about recovered.
Mrs. Thos. Frawley was in the city
Wednesday arranging to make final
proof on their homestead,
Archie Riordan's household goods
arrived Thursday and he moved into
his Happy Hollow home.
Jay Dudley expects to have his ice
cream and confectionery parlors
opened about June l, and will have it
fixed up nicely.
Mrs. A. Q. Cleveland gave a card
party Wednesday night in celebration
of her husbands --th birthday. The
major is still young, even though the
years are crowding each other along.
The subject of the morning sermon
at the Baptist church next Sunday
will be "The Source of our Supplies.'
Rev. w. W. Ravens, of Mitchell, will
deliver a temperance address in the
evening.
DIR. A. j. Hoenes is spending the
week at Denver and other Colorado
points. His brother has practically
assumed his entire practice here and
DIR. A. j. will arrange to soon leave fol
Germany.
Mesdames Linn and Cleveland enter.
tanned the Travellers and Shakespeare
clubs Wednesday afternoon at the
Home in a delightful manner A
strawberry feast was one of the enjoy.
able features of the occasion.
In biliopsness, Herbine, by expelline
from the body the excess of bile and
acids, improves the assimilative pro.
cesses, purifies the blood, and tones UP
and strengthens the entire system,
Price so cts. Emil Hargens.
D. G. Taylor and wife returned
Thursday from their journey to War
rem, Pa, where Mr.. Taylor was called
to perform one of the saddest
missions of life-burying his mother
He resumed his Burlington u be
tween here and Minnekahta Thursday
night.
By. allowing the accommodations in
bowels to remain, the entire system II
poisoned. DeWitt's Little Early Ris.
ers regulate the bowels. Try them and
you will always use them. E. B. Cool
& Co, Emil Hargens.
Rev. W. w. Ravens, of Mitchell, s
D., q representative of 1.-THE Anti-Sa.
loon League Of South Dakota" will
speak in the Congregational church
next Sunday at II a. M, and in the
Baptist church at 8 p. m. All are in.
vited ia hear this able advocate of the
temperance cause.
Have you q cold? A dose of Billiards.
aorehound Syrup at bedtime will re.
move it. Price Is cts. and so eta
Emil Hargens.
Henry Marty returned Thursday
from Missouri, after an absence Of
about two years. He has sold out his
mercantile stock at J~amesport, Mo.
and has not yet concluded what he will
do. His family is still there. Il is
possible he may conclude to return "a
the Springs, where he will find many
friends to welcome him. He has Just
been down to lola, Kan, where the
natural gas is creating such q boom,
and he looks for great times down
/ khoNo
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-19
Mobiles of the Mystic shrine.

Excursion Chicago to Buffalo via the
Nickle Plate road, on occasion of the
annual meeting of above order, June
IA and 10.
Tickets on sale June IL and ID, at
one first class limited fare for the
round trip. Tickets will be available
leaving Buffalo, to and including June
II, 1899. Passengers may, if desired,
have the pleasure of either rail or
water trip between Cleveland and Buff.
faly. The MCKEE Plate road has three
first class trains daily from Chicago to
Buffalo, New York and Boston.
For sleeping car reservation address
General Agent, Ill Adams ST., Chicago
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-19
Exeursiont 10 Bum.le

Leaving Chicago via Nickle Plate
road June u and ID. Tickets good 10
return to and including juno II, 1893.
ct one fare for the round trip. The
dining car service is unsurpassed.
City ticket Office, Ill Adams st. Chica-
60. 6
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-19

GODS sarsaparilla is the On.
- True Blood Purifier, Great Nerve
Tonic, Stomach Regulator. To thou
sands its great merit 10 KNOWN.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-19
For state C-srtiasasss.
State Superintendent Collins Vim
hold teachers examination for state
certificates at Deadwood, June q and 8.
Teacher's Discrimination.

The next regular teachers examine
ton Tor county certificates will be held
Friday and Saturday, June 2, and 3, In
the office of the county superintend-
emit. BERTHA Y. TRoRNBY, Co. supt.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-19

Buffalo and Return at One Fare for the
Round Trip
Via the Nickle Plate Road, June IL
and ID. Tickets good to return to and
including June II, 1899. City ticket
office, Ill Adams ST., Chicago. Depot
ION the Loop Van Buren, st. and Paci-
fic avenue, near Clark st. 6
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-05-19

ming spring of fine water on place;good
buildings and small orchard. Cheap.
Write or call at STAR office.
Next Monday a large number of Bur.
lington freight officials will leave Oma-
ha for a trip over their western lines,
coming to the Black Hills in five spe.
cial cars. They expect to be out about
two weeks to better inform themselves
as to the resources and needs Of the
country traversed by their road. It is
not yet known whether they will come
to the Springs OF not, but probably
will.
The disposition of children largely
depends upon health. II they are
troubled with worms, they will be irri-
table, cross, feverish and perhaps seri-
ously sick. Whites Cream VermifuQe
is a worm expeller and tonic to make
them healthy and cheerful. Price 25
cents. Emil Hargens.
Mayor Hsrgens has the city marshal.
men and teams at work on the little
tract of land near the Kidney spring.
opposite the Gillespie, grading it down
nice and level. Trees have recently
been planted there aud a place is being
excavated which will be kept filed.
with water, making it q pretty little
pool, and Mayor Hargens says a mum.
Der OF Aquatic plants will ke set out
in 1t. That has always been an attrac.
tive place but with these additional at.
fractions il. will be lovely indeed.
Little, neglected scratches and
wounds frequently result in blood
poisoning. Better heal them quickly
with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. =
thoroughly anti-septic application
With 9 record of always curing piles.
ole ulcers, sores, cuts, wounds and
skin diseases. E.. B. Cook & Co., Emil
Hsrgens.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

According to DR.. 8 a. Knapp. for
eign explorer for the department of
agriculture, all fear of competition
from Japan along agricultural lines
may be dismissed. On the contrary, it
must be a large consumer cf farm
products drawn from the United States.
1t is told that an agent of the depart
ment of agriculture is experimenting
with the date palm in Algiers on the
shores of the Mediterranean, and when
the Young trees are ready to be re-
moved he viii take them up and carry
them to Arizona. and we will produce
our own dates.
An increasing interest in the sheep
industry is manifested in many sections
of the country
Avoid light, shrunken grain seed. 1t
is claimed that tests have shown an in
crease of about 20 per cent by measure
of grain from selected plump wheat
over that from shrunken seed,
One great source of damage from
weeds is the amount of moisture and
plant food which they consume to the
loss of the growing CROP
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

Smut annually causes much loss in
wheat. This loss is now recognized as
preventable by seed treatment, for
which the Ohio station presents the
following simple directions;
For Loose Smut of Wheat - Modified
hot water treatment is to soak the seed
grain for four hours in cold water, let
stand four hours more in the wet sacks,
then immerse for five minutes in water
at temperature of 1873 degrees F.
Spread at once on a smut free surface
10 dry and SOW Use one-half more seet,
to replace that injured by the treat
ment.
For Sinking Smut of Wheat. In all
the methods employed for stinking
smut it is probably advisable to i'm
merse grain first in cold water with
stirring and to skim off the smut balls
which will in this manner rise to the
top of the water. After this is com
pleted the following treatment may be
employed
Immense this SKINNED seed contained
in gunny bag or suitable wire mesh
vessel for ten minutes in hot wa ter at a
temperature of 1873 degrees F. then dry
on smut free surface, cooling quickly
by thoroughly stirring, or cold water
may be employed to cool the grain. Re-
member these temperatures are to be
determined by thermometer. Longer
immersion than ten minutes at that
temperature may iniure the grain.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15
Feeding Poultry.

Feed early as soon after daylight as
possible, as fowls are the earliest Of risers,
Give milk in any form to old hens and
good milk to chicks will show an increase
Cd their part.
DO not overfeed in the morning, rather
let them go little hungry. 1t makes
them more energetic. Like hungry man
they hustle.
A good cake for feeding small chicks is
make of two parts corn meal, one part
brand, one part ground oats, half pint Of
bone meal, and couple of spoonsful OF
soda mixed with water and bake well and
feed in a crumbled state. have fed
wheat and had grand results therefrom.
have had the little fellows bulging out
with it at 48 hours old and do well. Feed
variety to chicks also, and get them on
grass run as soon as possible. Keep
lots of fresh water before them and you
can do we'll, if you Keep your eyes open.
Now is good time to start your crus-
AIDE against lice. Do your spring house
cleaning now Don't put it off until il
gets warmer and the lice start life anew.
Use carbolic acid in your whitewash, they
can't stand it and it purifes besides J
Il. " fitch in P,acflcai PoHltrymdn.
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prices and the entire product is from
the south. Without any sweet corn on
the market, therefore. before July, we
have a rather long period even in spring
when this vegeta BILE has no competition.
While it has no established market
price at present in our cities like other
forced greenhouse crops the returns
should be at least in proportion to its
cost and doubtless until commonly
grown would be much more profitable.
Sweet corn when first In season is
doubtless as highly priced as any of the
green vegetables. and we believe that
when offered out of season it will be in
great demand.
The varieties tested and shown in cut
have been Early Minnesota G0), Cros-
by's Early (13) White Cob G4). First
of All Q5), Early Fordhook (26). Ad-
ans Extra Early (3D. All Of these are
grown to some extent in New England
and are popular generally. The stalks
grew taller if anything than they do
in the garden in every case
The Adams Extra Early is not true
sweet corn, but its merits are earlness
and productiveness. Crosby Early,
standard early white variety. yielded
at the rate Of one ear to the stalk. with
a small cob. White Cob was the same
when grown in and ont of doors-one
of the earliest, good quality, many ears
under size. First of All is new early
to second early variety; ears good size
and long, quality fair. While one of the
heaviest yielders out of doors it fell be-
hind in the greenhouse. Early Fordhook
was not given fair trial Early Min
nesota was not as early as most of the
others.
If proper heat, moisture and rich
soil be given, a crop will mature in the
greenhouse in shorter time than in the
garden
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Irrigating Strawberries.

The strawberry makes all its growth
from blossom to fully developed luscious
berry in less time than any other fruit. 1t
has many seeds which are all on the out
side, and these need great amount Of
available mineral plant food, chit fly potash.
If the plant cannot have these its fruit
suffers. Most strawberry growers know
this fact so we'll that they dress their
strawberry plantations literally with mine
raj fertilizers. But unless these are kept
moist they revert and become insouble.
1t is plenty of water, then, all through the
growing and ripening season that the
strawberry plant most needs. 1t will be
all the better then if the weather is dry
and sunshiny. provided the strawberry
plant roots are kept we'll supplied with
water The sun shining on the leaves
and the roots sending up supplies of pot
ash from the soils make the ideal condi
tons for growing the finest berries. If
the watering comes with rain, the clouds
shut out the sunlight. This makes the
strawberries sour and tasteless. 1t is sun
light and warmth that colors and sweetens
them. But in watering the strawberry
plantation the irrigation should always be
done early in the evening.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15
Not Genius. but Hard work

What is your secret of SUGGEST" as
ked lady of Turner, the distinguished
painter. He replied, al have no secret,
madam, but hard work" DR.. Arnold
says THE difference between one man
and another (that is, between man who
makes a fortune, and the man who does
not) is not so much in talent as in en-
ergy." Nothing" says Reynolds, "is
denied well-directed labor, and nothing is
to be obtained without it Excellence
in any department" says DR.. Johnson.
"can now be obtained by the labor of a
lifetime, but is not to be purchased at a
lesser price" "There is but one method, y"
says Sydney Smith land that is hard
labor; and the man who will not pay the
price for distinction had better at once de-
dictate himself to the pursuit of the fox"
Nothing" says Mirabeau. sis impossible
to the man who will" Sir Isaac Newton,
one of the greatest men the word ever
saw, when asked by what means he had
worked out his extraordinary discovery,
modestly replied: "By always thinking
of it, To DIR. Bentley he said: "lf |
have done the public any service, it is due
to nothing but patient industry and
thought" Nelson once said: 81 owe all
my success in life to having been always
quarter of an hour before my time"
kepler, the great philosopher, when
speaking of his studies and his progress,
said "Diligent thought on these things
was the occasion of still further thinking
until at last brooded with the whole
energy of my mind upon this subject. y
L'trhnnOf
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

Bad management keeps more people
in poor circumstances than any other
one cause. TO be successful one must
look ahead and plan ahead so that when
a favorable opportunity presents itself
he is ready to take advantage of it. A
little torethought will also save much
expense and valuable time. A prudent
and careful man will keep bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and niar-
rhoea Remedy in the house, the shiftless
fellow will wait until necessity compels
1t and then ruin his best horse going for
a doctor and have big doctor bill to
pay, besides; one pays out % cents, the
other is out II hundred dollars and then
wonders why his neighbor Is getting
richer while he is getting poorer. For
sale by Horatio W. Gushing, Skowhegan,
Sullivan Newton, Jackman.
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GREEN CORN UNDER GLASS.
A New Idea In Gardening For Profit.
Green Corn Out of season.

A New Idea In Gardening For PROFIT.
Green Corn Out of Season.
The forcing of sweet corn is practi-
cally unknown. That this crop can be
grown under glass, and, if properly
handled, be profitable. Professor F. w.
Rane of New Hampshire undertake to
demonstrate in a recent inter esting
bulletin, He says: The idea that il was
possibly adapted for forcing occurred to
the writer when studying the root de-
velopment of corn under glass. During
the season Of 1867 the only house
available for the experiment was a
large vegetable house. % by 90 feet,
and as lettuce, caulifiOwer, etc. which
demand a low temperature, are grown
in this house during the fore part Of
the season the sweet corn was not plant
ed until April, when these crops were
marketed. The nature of the green
house is very important, as it is neces
sary that the plants have sufficient room
for development. The house ordinarily
used for lettuce and cucumbers in New
England answers very well, while those
filled with benches would not do. The
plants vary, according to the variety,
from four to eight feet in height.
The corn was planted April 10 and
matured July 8. While we have not
grown an extensive crop in midwinter,
our results from the corn fruited in ex-
perimental boxes lead us to believe that
with proper culture an entire house de-
voted to this crop would be highly sue
cessful.
Sweet corn does not appear in the
Boston market until about the middle
of July. AT that time it brings good
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

A way i'll which fruit trees have been
injured by the severe winter has been
called to the attention of The American
Cultivator. In some cases the bark, and
perhaps the wood also, has been cracked
by the frost: "In such cases we should
cut away all the bark that appears to
be loosened from the wood around the
crack and cover the wound with graft
ing wax, or, if that was not at hand,
with a plaster of clay, around which
we would put cloth to try to hold it
in place until it had opportunity to
heal over. We have with such plaster
covered space where some one had
wantonly or maliciously girdled the
limb of a tree, and it not only lived, but
eventually new bark grew to fill the
space
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

The sense in which "sticllit" is APP
piled to Dominic Sampson. whore he is
called in Guy Mannering" chapter
3. a "stickit stibbler,' is entirely
distinct from that of sticking or stab
hing, with which it could never posi-
bly, be COMPOUNDED 10y one familiar with
the Scottish tongue. A "stibbler" was
a harvester whose duty it was to keep
In the wake Of the reapers lin the days
of the sicklel and cut or pluck and
gather from the stubble what one and
another had left untouched. SO pro.
bationer, or preacher without
charge. preached yariously as he could
find opportunity. and If he never re-
ceived a permanent appointment in the
church, but lapsed into the melancholy
monotony of a dominies tyranny, he
was rs one that had failed or stuck
"a stickit stihbler' or "a stickit minis
ter" Notes and Queries.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

Prot. w. M. Munson of the University
of Maine cautions people who are using
bands of cloth saturated with lard and sui
phur about fruit and ornamental trees to
prevent the ascent of the forest tree cater
pillar He says that strip Of tarred paper
should be placed upon the tree over which
the band of cloth may be placed. When
out directly upon the tree the lard is very
injurious to the bark. The strip need moi
be more than two inches wide, as a strip
of that width is as effectua as that usually
applied, which is often four or five inches
wide. The cloth should be saturated with
a preparation of lard and sulphur, equal
parts. He says it will be necessary to
continue this treatment about ten days
longer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15


and extracted is paid for the nicer looks
of the former, and if you pack your
comb honey in any sort of box that
happens to be at hand it may make
difference of 2, 8 and cents pound.
With this advice DR.. Miller presents
the following information in The Ma
tional Stockman about cases:
Shipping cases for honey are made
that are especially adapted to the pur-
pose Not only are they convenient in
shape and size for packing and ship
ping. but they show off the honey to
good advantage when placed on the
counter of the grocer by means of the
glass ON one side that allows the snow
white comb to be seen without allowing
the flies to light upon it or the fingers
of meddlesome urchins to be punched
into it.
Two kinds of shipping cases are shown
in the illustration. The upper one holds
IL of thR so called one pound sections,
two sections being seen through the
glass The lower case contains "a sec
tions, four of them being in sight. Cases
for 48 sections have also been made, but
these are little used The tendency
seems to be rather toward the IL section
case. A II section case that is a com
promise in appearance between the two
cases in the picture is very popular. In
it three sections are in sight, there be-
ing four rows of three sections each
This last style of case will cost you
somewhere from y to 10 cents each, de-
pending on the number bought. At this
price you get material ready to nail to-
gether, everything complete, including
nails and glass
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15
Uninue Celery Culture.

In a talk at the Cornell Lazy club, "
reported by American Gardening, r.
A Emmerson told of novel celery cul-
ture in Nebraska: The celery industry
along the Platte is unique. In some
places the river channel is seven eighths
of a mile wide and is full of little sandy
islands where the water table rises to
within foot of the surface. Celery
just jumps on those islands. This illus
trates two essentials to successful eel
cry culture; the roots must he kept cool,
and the water supply should be un-
stinted
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15
A STRONG wHIFFLETREE.

which is bent to ring in the middle
Of its length may be brought over them
and there fastened with large staples,
work which any blacksmith can do, and
the ends of the rod then bent to hooks.
In this way the strongest kind of a
whiffletree is obtainable, the wood hold
ing the iron in proper form. Best of all,
doubletrees or eveners can thus be
made The figure shows the construc
ton
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

A handy thing about the farm is bar
rel of charcoal. II there is danger of the
frost penetrating into the cellar during a
cold snap, a small quantity of charcoal
ignited in the coal-scuttle or an iron pot
and placed in the cellar will soon raise the
temperature and keep the frost from injur-
ing the contents. A pot of burning char
coal placed in the poultry house during
extreme cold weather will warm things VI,
and make the fowl comfortable. A few
pieces of charcoal given to the pigs once a
week will keep them healthy and in good
heart Also lump or two in the poultry
water trough will keep off roup and other
diseases.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15

"Do you believe in the value of fresh air?"
~ do, indeed. spent week in the noun
tains and it cost me 5000
blessing alike to young and old; DR.. Fowl
er's Extract of Wild strawberry; natures spe-
cifc for dysentery, diarrhpa and summer com
plant.
How did you succeed in your speech?'
"When sat down they said it WAS the best
thing ever did
Drying preparations simply develop dry ca
tarrh they dry up the secretions which adhere
to the membrane and decompose, causing far
more serious trouble than the ordinary catarrh.
Avoid all drying inhalants and use that which
cleanses, soothes and heals. Ely's Cream Balm
ls such a remedy and will cure catarrh or cold in
the head easily and pleasantly. trial size will
be mailed for 10 cents, large for so cents. All
druggists heep it. Ely Brothers, So Warren
street New York.
Amy: "How did you come to marry your
second husband?' Sallie: MY first one
died II"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-06-15
For Over Fifty Years,

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over fifty years by millions of moth
ers for their children while teething, with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, ssftens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. 1t will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately.
sold by Druggists in every part OF the world
Twenty five cents q bottle. Be sure and ask
for "Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup" and
take no other kind. ly3S
81 will now" said Weary watkins as he
crawled out OF the loft and seized his trusty
can, II will now indulge in the pleasure of the
chase"