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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Coal 10 Do higher xnl. Ye.r

coal 80 30 HI8nsFA0U A0s1
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-The price Of an
thracite coal will be higher in Chi
cago the coming winter than in .
number OF years before, according 70
local deAlerA
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Help Nature Help You!

Vitality cannot cure disease. unless your body's
Kept clean Inside and out. Cascarets Candy Cathar-
Vic keep It clean inside. All druggists, l0c, 25c, SOC.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

1t isn't difficult to see the point of q
carefully rounded sentence.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

Don't 20 to extremes-especially in
YOUR dealings with bees and wasps.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

hctjng Secretary ri Var Meiklejohn
.-eceiyed q dispatch from d. L. Thonp-
son of Lincoln. sch, directing Mr..
Sejklsgohu ~ draw on him for 800
for the Porto kicaD destitute.
Many III the sick and wounded in
the hospital AT tbe prrsidio have heard
good news. General shafter has ob-
tanned permission from Washington u
muster out those sDlcisrs in the gen
eral hospital who are able t be mus
tired out who do not Wish ~ yait for
the regiments " return from the Phil
ippinss. Ibis work has already com
ineneed.
Notwithstanding the repeated ar
hirancsss that have been given U the
press 70 the effect that the president
il entirely Satisfied With the course of
General Otis. it is known that Sec-e-
tary Root iH not no certain that an
other officer could not do better work
than that gentleman hab accomplished
in the past three months. In fact
Secretary Root has expressed himself
u friends AZ firmly Of the conviction
that Miles ~ the proper nan to be
f:pt W the Philippines.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
origin OF the Merlno.,

The real origin of the Spani,h Mer1-
nos is lost in the dim past. For more
than 1000 years the Spanish shepherds
have been raising this kind of sheep,
and without doubt have, in the lapse
Of centuries, greatly modified them, as
the imaginary standard of each CEN
tury might seem to demand. Certain
1t is that the Spanish succeeded in pro-
ducing fine type of wool-producing
sheep. So much was this the case that
the fame of these sheep spread all over
the world and led other nations to
desire to introduce them into their own
pastures. About 1865 about 300 of
these sheep were introduced into Sax
ony. There, under royal protection,
they were cared for and developed
along the lines of fine-wooled sheep.
Since that time these Saxon Merinos
have undergone considerable change,
so much so that now they produce
fleece finer than did the original i'm
portations, and the sheep themselves
have been rendered too tender to do
we'll in the colder portions Of the
United States. In 1886 about 300 Meri
nos were imported into France from
Spain. There, too, they received royal
protection and good care, and their
original characteristics were soon
changed. They are the originals of
what are now called the French Meri-
nos.
The importation of Spanish Merinos
into the United States began in the
early part of the present century.
During the first twelve years more
than 10000 of them were brought into
this country and distributed mostly
throughout the New England states,
but also to some extent among the
more southerly seaboard states. Con-
corning them F. D. Coburn says:
"A large proportion of the Merino
focks of the United States, descend
ants from the importations from
Spain, were subsequently inbred with
the Saxon and French varieties, until
many Of the characteristics of these
were engrafted upon the American
f1ocks. Through the exceptions to this
rule, however, sufficient number of
reasonable proof of purity direct to
their Spanish ancestry to warrant the
claim that the present highest type of
American Merino is the direct de-
soendant, without admixture of other
blood, of animals included in some of
the several importations from Spain
before the year 1912. The French
Merinos have perhaps larger carcass
than the average American, and the
French breeders were the first to pro-
duce Merino combing WOOL The
Saxon Merinos have been but sparingly
introduced into this country, the
course of breeding in Saxony (fine-
ness of fleece being the one object
soughD having rendered them too ten
der for our methods of sheep hus-
bandry."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
DIR. KEELEY,s FAvoR1Tr,.
minneapolis Institute Looked Upon
With Favor by tn Old Man.

Minnesota can be proud of her rec
ord in many things. One thing in par
tlcular has interested medical science
OF late years in relation to the climate
of Minnesota. 1t is said by Statisti-
clans that the best results have been
obtained from the Kelley Cure in Min
nesora, as compared with other states.
Whether it is entirely the climatic con-
ditions or the discipline. or whatever it
is, the result is there to show for it
self.
The Minneapolis Kelley Institute is
located at the corner of Tenth street
and Park avenue, a beautiful location,
with an immense green lawn and beau
tiful shade trees. The Institute was
formerly young ladies' seminary. The
discipline is not too rigid, although it
is not at all loose. The patients are
controlled by the management from
the time they enter, and, although ev-
erything is Gone for their comfort and
pleasure, they are protected so that
they derive the full benefits of the
treatment. The Institute is not
prison. Every man who takes treat
men there goes with the intention of
observing the few, necessary, simple
rules. If he does not observe the
rules. or shows an unpleasant DISPOSE
ton, he is discharged promptly.
AS soon as a man has become famil-
lar with his surroundings he decides
that he will enter heartily into the
spirit of the thing There are no buns
or loafers found in the Minneapolis In
stitute. They are not desired. The av-
erage run Of patients at the Minneapo-
lis Institute consists of doctors, law
yers, merchants. business men and
some farmers. They form a pleasant,
happy convention of good fellows. and
thoroughly appreciate the benefits they
derive from the Kelley Cure. Very,
very few ever drink again. If they do
drink, they do it wilfully.
Imitators of the Kelley Cure prom
Use impossible things to lure the I'M
wary. There is no cure but the Kelley
Cure. Explanatory literature will be
sent to any who will send name and
address to the Kelley Institute corner
Tenth street south and Park avenue,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
The King Bird and the Poultryma

The King Bird and the Poultryman
Don't allow the small boy with the
squirrel rifle to 60 into your groves
and practice his craftsmanship on the
King birds, says Wallace's Farmer.
The question is often asked what Is
the best method of destroying the
hawks which prove such a hindrance
to the poultry raiser. The success
which you meet with in destroying the
hawks will be nothing to brag about,
it matters not what plan you may
adopt to that end. The hawk is an
exceedingly wary bird, and you will
spend many weary hours trying to trap
him, without success. But you can
enter into an alliance with the King
birds, and when the hawk comes stroll
ing your way in search Of dinner
they will furnish him so much enter
tainment that he will forget what he
came for. He will soon learn where a
pair of these audacious little fighters
are on guard, and will avoid the local
ity in his fights. The King bird kills
some bees, and for that reason every
body so minded think they have a
license to STAY them without mercy;
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
DAIRY AND POULTRY i u:
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm-A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Milk Dilution separators.

Newspaper Bulletin No. n, Indiana
Experiment Station: Within the past
lew months there has been introduced
to the farmers of Indiana what is
termed dilution cream separator.
Ih1s is not a separator as commonly
understood by dairymen, where cream
Is separated from milk by centrifugal
force, but is a specially constructed
can, usually of large size, in which
cream separates from milk by rising
70 the surface, by the common gravity
process The principle of Dreaming in
THIS can, however, differs from that
usually performed in the dairy,
through the mixing of water with the
milk to assist the cream to rise. These
specially made cans have certain pc
cullarities Of construction and are adj
vertised by the makers as Cream
separators::" The cans of different
manufacturers differ in form and style,
but the principal feature with all is
to I'LL the can partly full of new warm
milk and then at once add a large
quantity of cold water. This of course
oilutes the milk, perhaps 100 per cent.
IN this diluted condition, the claim of
the manufacturers is, that the cream
vii rise more completely and rapidly
than If not diluted; that in 20 to 30
minutes it will all rest on the surface
OF the skinned milk, which may be
drawn of from below.
In 1898 the Indiana Experiment Sta
ton for two weeks carried on an ex-
pertinent On the influence of dilution
OF milk on efficiency of Dreaming. The
results of this work, as published in
bulletin A of the station, were that
a greater loss of fat occurs in skim
milk when dilution is practiced than
with undiluted milk, that the loss is
greater with cold than with warm
water, and that by diluting the milk
poorer quality of skim milk for feed
ing is thereby produced. These results
were in accordance with conclusions
arrived at through similar experiments
at the Vermont. Cornell, Illinois and
Ontario college stations. The process
of dilution was not to be recommended
as a general practice.
These so-called ,separators are pat
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
Two Theorists.

"It vas a very unfriendly thing for
the professor to do" said the man with
white hair and gold glasses. He got
his book on the market at the same
time l published mine But my pub
Usher says we control the trade and
can come pretty near squelching his
work. That's some comfort"
"What We're your books about?'
Economics. Of course. We both
wrote on the terrible evil and injustice
resulting from the modern tendency to
artifically restrict competition -
Washington Star.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

The Old Sitter.-In the meantime
the good wife had procured a few
cid biddies from a neighbor and set
them in old barrels We passed by
them several times each day for all
the long twenty-one days. We never
looked about the temperature, the
moisture or the ventilation. The Old
biddies didn't, either. They just set
there and slept The stupid things.
How do they know what the tempera-
ture is? One Of them is blind in one
eye and has her tail feather pulled
out. Four of them had sixty eggs.
When they began to pip the ola D.u-
dies woke up and said, "Chirr, chirr,"
with an occasional cluck. Fifty-seven
chicks crawled out of those sixty eggs
The old blind hen Matched every egg
and has not "crowed" about it, either.
She did it with her little 'hatcnlt."-
Elk
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.

List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
John B. Beavis, Minneapolis. Mimi,
manifolding account book; Harley g.
Bushnell, Minneapolis, Mimi, folding
table; Francis A. Clarkson, Duluth,
Mimi, railway tie; William j. Holman,
Jr., Minneapolis, Mimi, system of edu-
cational playing cards; Knud X. Lerol,
Jr., Newburg. Mimi, automatic regu-
lator for wind-wheels; Ole Ringheim.
Watonwan county. Mimi, traction en-
CINE; Hans A. Skreberg, Big Bend,
Mimi, letter file, etc.; William Heff-
ner, Minneapolis. Mimi. frecracker
holder design; Charles e. Ovenshire,
Minneapolis, Mimi, child's waist (de-
sign)
Merwin. Lothrop &1Johnson Patent At.
torneys. 90 Pioneer: Press Bldg. St. Paul
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
About the Poultry Yard.

The element Of beauty should not
be lost sight of in the breeding of
poultry. Certainly the good-looking
hen is not likely to lay any more eggs
than the unsightly one. Nevertheless,
there is real value in having flock
uniform in color and markings, and
withal beautiful. The young especially
are stimulated by the beauty Of the
fowls to take an interest in them. This
interest may develop into something
of varue to the ones that are moved
by 1t.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
Want your moustache or beard beautiful
brown or rich black? Then use
BUcKIhGHAm'S Dye % Ter tke
80 crs OF psuee,srs. or r. p. Hal. Co. NASHUA n H.
Vic Commodore,. sent,m.nt,.

1t was "ladies' day. at the yacht
club, and crusty old member, who
hates crowd and fuss, was. watch
ing one of the club servants paint the
"welcome board" He painted a pic
ture of a yacht clubman, with broad,
happy grin dividing his face from ear
to ear. Then he put these words be-
Meath: '"This is a pretty big board
but if we were to tell you how glad we
are that ladies's day has come again,
we would need board three times as
big as this One''
"HuhH' grunted the crusty member,
as the man put the last curleycue to
the last letter; "what makes you say
that?'
well, sir, the commodore said we
might as well tell good one while we
were about it." said the man, touching
his cap.--New York Daily News.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
Preserving Eggs.

Prof. Ladd, of North Dakota College
OF Agriculture, in bulletin No. IS, gives
the following directions for the use OF
water glass in keeping eggs. Water
glass is silicate of soda or silicate OF
potash, the former being cheaper. II
is not expensive.
If wooden kegs or barrels are to be
used In which to pack the eggs, they
should first be thoroughly scalded with
boiling water to sweeten and purify
them.
10 each ten quarts of water, which
should first be boiled and then cooled
add one quart of water glass. Pack
the eggs in the vessel and pour solu-
ton over them, covering we'll.
Keep the eggs in cool, dark place
A dry, cool cellar is a good place.
II the eggs are kept in too warm a
place the silicate is deposited and the
eggs are not properly protected. Dc
not wash the eggs before packing, for
by SO doing you injure their keeping
quality
For packing use only perfectly fresh
eggs, for stale eggs will not be saved
and may prove harmful to others.
All packed eggs contain little gas,
and in boiling such eggs they will
crack. This may be prevented by
making pin hole in the blunt end of
the egg. To do this hold the egg in
the hand, place the point of a pin
against the shell of the egg at the blunt
end. and give the pin quick, sharp
blow. just enough to drive the pin
through the shell without further in
jury to the egg.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

Dakota Chickens.-More chickens
than usual have been Matched out the
present spring, and we are glad to note
the fact 1t means lots of tender
ROSTERS on the table this fall-cheap,
healthy meat-and if properly cared
for, lots of fresh eggs there, too, and
many more on the counter in the store.
How it does save the pocket book to
take in good crate of eggs every tim,
one runs in after groceries! If you
never tried it, fix things SO you can
take one along and see.-Dakota
Farmer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

Flowing Under Legumes.-It is un-
doubtedly a fact that more manurial
benefit is obtained on the farm in feed
ing leguminous crops, such as clover
and cow-peas, rather than blowing
them under, but the cost of hauling
them both ways, to and from the barn,
must be considered. When plowed
under green they are already evenly
spread" over the land. This does not
take into consideration the dairy ques-
ton or stock feeding. That is another
story.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
He Preferred the. Ants.

A soldier of the Twentieth Kansas
tells this story at. the expense Of fell
low soldier: -
"When we were sent out on the
firing line, Peter Began was lying be-
hind a tree, out Of the way of bullets.
All at once, he yelled out like a wild
man: Captain, 1 can't stand these
darned ants biting me all this timer
Zip! A bullet passed close to his body.
:On second thought, captain he yelled,
4 can stand the1n!'"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

The Bite Of Pigs.-It is rather
remarkable fact that the bite of the
pig Is more dangerous than that of any
of our farm animals. Why this is so
is not easily accounted for; but the
fact remains that injuries inflicted by
pigs usually take much longer time
to heal than those inflicted by, say,
horses or dogs. However, wounds In
ficted by swine are OF rather rare oc-
currence.-Ex.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

but bees constitute but small por-
ton of their subsistence, and nobody
ever had a colony of bees seriously
weakened by the contributions which
they have levied upon it. They beat
everything against hawks, and If a
few families of them can be induced
to make their homes in the premises
no other protection is needed. The
poultry raiser who sanctions the kill
ing of the King birds on his place is
depriving himself of the services of
some mighty good friends.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
Rend the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better if you will get into the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford most amusing study, and will
you you in the way Of getting some eX-
cellent bargains. Our advertisers are
reliable; they send what they adver
tSe
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
No Wonder He Cult.


sWhy is Wibbleson suing for d.
vorce?"
Gle claims that his wife deliberate
ly tried to belittle him in the estima.
ton of the public"
GLOW was that?'
"She fixed up a croquet set i'll their
side yard, and then got out and played
where people could see her. using his
golf clubs for mallets. Chicago
Times Herald
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c.
His Little Joke.

1--WE desire to present to you 4 round
robin said the chairman of the Phil
ippine correspondents.
Really. now. I'm sorry. gentlemen"
replied Otis. balancing his blue pencil
on his finger But I'm not a bird-tan-
cier. you know '-Philadelphia North
American
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

Dyspeptic Fowls. troubled
with dyspepsia can be cured generally.
Provide ample room for each bird.
with pure water, feeding regularly a
well-balanced ration, with generous
exercise in obtaining food, and this
will restore these cases to health as q
rule.-Ex.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07
Feed up the poultry for moulting

Feed up the poultry for moulting
time. A well-fed flock will sometimes
mott SO easily that the process WITH be
hardly noticed. and will even continue
to drop few eggs every day. It is
often easy to get meat from the
slaughter houses. When pigs or hogs
are killed there are waste portions that
may be cooked and kept for few days.
This will greatly stimulate the pro-
duction of new feathers and will cor
respondingly relieve the strain on the
system.
We notice in poultry paper the ex-
preston of the editor, "Never, never,
never, feed soft messes of any kind"
To us this appears rather queer sug-
gestion. It is queer in the light OF
modern experience, which seems to
have demonstrated that the soft mess
is great boon to the poultry, espe-
cially if they have been for months
confined to a grain ration. Many OF
our most successful poultrymen feed
soft food once a day the year round,
and find it of great advantage. The
writer of this always had trouble with
Indigestion in his fowls before he
adopted the plan of giving the fowls
breakfast of cooked or scalded
ground food. Since that time, period
of five years, no indigestion has ap-
peared, and he attributes that fact en-
tirely to the fact that the whole-graln
ration was in part supplanted by
food that required less work by the
digestive organs of fowls.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

Manly Miles: These are the two
largest geese known; they are very
compact in body, dignified in carriage,
quiet and gentle in disposition. When
3 years old and well fattened they will
frequently weigh forty-five to fifty
pounds per pair, sometimes reaching
as high as sixty pounds per pair. They
will lay from thirty to forty eggs in a
season and seldom sit. Their feathers
are valuable, of which they yield about
half pound at picking. The Cos
lings are more hardy than the common
variety and grow very rapidly, fire.
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ented, and the Cornell Experiment
Station at Ithaca, N. Y, has recently
published bulletin describing and IL
Illustrating eight forms Of them, as de-
scribed in the Patent Office Gazette.
Persons interested may perhaps Sc
cure copy of this bulletin on appll-
cation. The farmers and dairymen OF
Indiana are advised not to purchase
these cans. The price as rule is ex-
orbitant and the practice of dilution
is undesirable. But If the farmer
wishes to secure the same results ad-
vertised by the makers Of these cans,
he may obtain them by diluting his
milk in comparatively inexpensive,
round can, such as may be secured OF
any reputable dairy supply house, or
can be made by any good tinsmith.
Such a can, however. should have
faucet in the bottom, through which
the skinned milk may be drawn. In
fact, if our farmers will set their milk
undiluted in deep cans-say eighteen
to twenty inches deep and eight in
diameter-set in cold. water or cold
room, they will get more satisfac-
tory returns than when set in shall
low pans or crocks.-C. S. Plumb, Di-
rector.
81 -.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-07

quently weighing, when or weeks
old, from six to. eight pounds each,
and at months from fifteen to eight
cen pounds. They require no food but
pasturage, except in winter. In color
the geese and gander are alike. but
can be distinguished by the form and
voice, the gander being taller and more
upright than the goose, while they
have larger necks and a higher-keyed
voice than the goose. The quality of
the flesh is good. On this page we
show pair of gray geese of this va
riety.