Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 15, 1896, Page 3

— about § MINNESOTA NEWS. | Interesting Happenings in the North Star State, Henry Rogge was drowned in the river at St. Paul while swimming. sustav Von Goetzen, the well known - oon fal musician, drowned at Waconia } lake. Goy. Clough and the National Guard | will attend the state fair Tuesday, | Sept. 3. State Auditor Dunn has served notice on the managers of state institutions that they must reduce expenses. Elmer Hoyt, a clerk in the Faribault Posioflice, has been arrested of irregu- larity in his accounts. ‘ Rey. J. C. Hull, formerly pastor of the Clinton Avenue M. E. church of St. Paul, is accused of poisoning his wife with arsenic, Jerry Fricke, a farm hand near Hay Creek, near Red Wing, died of sun stroke. He was eighteen years old and has relatives near Menomonie, Wis. The railroad exhibits of products grown along their lines will be very comprehensive at the Minnesota state fair this year. Mrs. Martha Holzimer of Hampton, died, aged ninety-one years. She was a pioneer resident of that town, set- tling there in 1863. ph Gall, while attempting ta 1a Great Northern freight train at <a, made a misstep, losing one leg. ther lives at Phillips, Wis. Eckman shot and killed Daniel ugh at Randall. The erime is said to be the result of a dispute about a contract for clearing land. Lightning struck the barn of Warren | & Co. at Grand Rapids, causing re, which destroyed the barn and log- ging outiits. Harness and cattle were y removed. Loss, $1,500; insured. During a heayy storm the barn of tey. Braedesen at Thief River Falls was struck by lightning and entirely consumed, together with all its con- tents, including a cow and two pigs. The house of ‘Thomas Brown at Montgomery was entered through the F » the family were all asleep and ran ked from cellar to garret. Little was taken, however. William Hiederbrandt, a farmer liv- ing a few miles from Northfield, lost a large barn by fire; together with two cows and farming implements. Loss 00. Insured. Prof. N. J. McArthur of Minneapolis has been elected superintendent of the Le Sueur high school for the coming year. Prof. McArthur has been assist- ant in the Albert Lea schools for the past year. mp helped himself to three in T. W. Sheeley’s store at Mont- gomery and made a rush to get away. He was captured and the goods recov- ered. He was sent to the county jail for twenty days. Frank Savalding, a cook at the Coun- ty Seat hotel at Bagley’s dam, in Bel- trami county, was held up by a foot- pad to the tune of $34. The footpad had two comrades, who joined him shortly afterward on the road to Foss- ton. The death of another old settler oc- curred at Litchfield. George S. Sholes, Jr., who settled in Meeker county in 1857, died of consumption. He had held the office of sheriff and other po- sitions of trust. His wife and three married daughters survive him. Thaddeus Shrader of Decatur, IIL, who went to Madison two weeks ago in hope of benefiting his health, is dead. He was twenty-four years old. His father and_ sister, who have been traveling with him from Texas to Cali- fornia for some years, were with him. The boilers in James Quirk & Co.’s flour mills at Montgomery exploded, killing Engineer John Boodash and wrecking the mill. The excitement caused William R. Miller, who has been insane, to become violent, and he attempted to take his own life by cut- ting an artery in his arm. At Willmar recently two strangers were held up by tramps, one in the Great Northern yards was struck on the head with a revolver and deprived of a few dollars. The other in the west part of the city was knocked uncon- scious and deprived of a watch and a sum of money. Joseph Fell, an aged Bohemian of ward towmship, near Albert Lea, arose the other morning and com- plained of not feeling well. His wife went into the field to tell a son, and when she returned the old man had expired, heart disease, no doubt, being the cause. A tramp giving his name as John White was arrested at Glenwood on the charge of attempt to criminally as- sault the seven-year-old daughter of Charles Herron. He was tried before Justice Thorson and bound over to await the action of the grand jury, which does not convene until Decem- ber. John Stieve, a milkman of Appleton, suffered serious injuries in a peculiar way. He was leading a cow by a rope when the animal gave a lunge, jerking him to the ground and dragging him a short distance, breaking his collar bone and his arm. As Mr. Stieve is seventy years of age the injuries may prove fatal. John Kuisle, residing eight miles north of Chatfield, was babbitting a box on a piece of farm machinery yes- terday afternoon, when the metal ex- ploded. The burning stuff struck him squarely in the face and destroyed his right eye completely and he may lose the other one also. It is supposed that the box contained water and that the explosion resulted thereby. Deputy Game Warden Hewitt of Co- Inmbia Heights, Anoka county, as- Ssted by several deputies, determined to stop the unlawful shooting of game in that district. As the result of his labors he captured three Minneapo- lis hunters, together with several chick- ens. They gave their names as James Treat, John Lingren, Joe Prince and are supposed to be running a black- smith shop at New Brighton. A sad drowning accident occurred at Alexander, a summer resort about twenty miles northwest of Little Falls. The victim was Ralph Pond, aged thir- teen years, who was in bathing with one companion. The boy could not swim and got into deep water and sank before his companion could reach him. The unfortunate boy’s parents live at Appleton, Wis., and he was spending the summer with his sister, Mrs. J. M. Tuttle. ce ay CROP CONDITIONS. Weekly Crop Report of the Weath- er Bureau. According to the weekly crop bullet- in of the weather bureau, “the week has been warm and showery, and, on the whole, favorable for all crops ex- ecpt that more rain is needed over lim- ited area for corn, potatoes and past- ures. Corn, however, continues mak- ing excellent progress and is earing well. Wheat has deteriorated some- what, owing entirely to insect ravages, that are now beginning to show a de- crease. They have been most injurious in the west central counties and in the southeast corner of the state. In the latter district army worms and chinch bugs have caused the most damage, while in the west central counties it is the Hessian fly, weevil and a maggot not named. The wheat and oat har- vest is well advanced, and cutting has begun as far noth as Norman county, while in the south stacking is under way. But few -counties report pros- pects of average yields, and most of them do not expect more than half a crop. Oats are more promising, and it is expected will yield nearly the usual amount. Barley yields are considera- bly less than last year, but the quality of the berry is a good deal better. F is turning brown, aud some of the arliest is being cut. is crop is quite uneven, but has greatly improved dur- ing the past few weeks. Army worms injured some flax fields in Winona county, which is a crop they seldom touch. Late potatoes must have more rain to maintain their growth, and their condition is already becoming spotted, being best where rains are most frequent. Haying continues, and Later—Prof. Otto Lugger, state en- tomologist, states that the insects now so damaging in the t central coun- ties are frit flies, which are related to the Hessian fly, but do not cause so much damage. He is tow and experimeviing with this later, will give out more information about it. The best-known remedy is to plow immediately after harvesting, in order to plow the insects under. TOTAL WRECK, The Pacific Coast Steamer St. Paul Goes Ashore. Monterey, Cal., Aug. 11. — The Pa- cific Coast Steamship company’s steamer St. Paul went ashore at Point Pinos early this morning and will probably be a total wreck. ‘rhere were about fi passengers on bodrd, but all were ianded safely and no lives were lost. bere was a dense fog at the time, and it is supposed the captain lost his bearings. The St. Paul ran between San Francisco and San Pedro, carrying freight and pas- sengers, and was on ‘her way up from San Pedro at the time of the wreck. The passengers will be sent to San Francisco by train. Annexation Dispute. St. Paul, Aug. il. — A writ o quo warranto was issued to-day by Justice Mitchell, of the supreme court, citing the members of the board of county commissioners of Crow Wing county to appear before the court Oct. 6 to show by what warrant they had annexed thirteen townships of Cass county. The members of the boa Farrar, Joel Smith, ry Mahle and Har action is taken for th ly disposing of the a the authorities of Crow counties relative to th “ite between g and Cass Mrs, Arne Gets Her Boy. St. Paul, Aug. 11.—Jo d at the Colonnade hotel las turn of little Ray Arne, who was again in his mother’s arms. Ray was found yesterday afternoon, nearly a week since he is said to have been abducted by his father, Frank M. Arne, now boarding at the Utopia, and who is being sued for divorce by his wife on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The child was found on a farm, four miles from Prescott, on the Burlington railread. Bryan as an Attraction. Winona, Minn., Aug. 11.—The man- agement of the Galesville fair wrote recently to Democratic Nominee Bry- an to see if they could secure him to speak at their fair, which opeis the 18th of this month. He has replied that he is entirely in the hands of the national committee, but if arrange- ments can be made with them he will come as desired. Donnelly has also been asked to speak. Worse Than Slavery. Monroe, La., Aug. 11. — Letters re- ceived in this city tell harrowing tales of suffering experienced by a colony of Louisiana negroes in Guatemala, who were induced to go there last May to work on railroads. The letters say that four of their number have been killed and that those still alive are in a conditicn worse than slavery and they are anxious to return to their Louisiana homes. Cyclone in Milweokee., Milwaukee, Aug. 11.—A wind storm of cyclonic nature struck Milwaukee at midnight last night. Several build- ings were unroofed, small structures demolished, signs blown down and swept through the streets, shade trees thrown down and other damage done. 'The storm came from the west, and from its violence is believed to have caused heavy damage in the rural dis- tricts. A number of small boats were on the bay, but it cannot be learned that there has been any loss of life. Lumberman Killed. Brainerd, Minn., Aug. 10. — Jaines Thompson, a lumberman, was instant- ly killed at the landing of the Brain- erd & North Minnesota railway while unloading logs. He was fifty years of age and unmarried. Musgrove Is I). St. Paul, Aug. 11. — Dorman Mus- grove, one of the alleged Glencoe mur- derers confined in the Ramsey county jail, is ill with plurisy. Saturday he called one of the deputy sheriffs to his cell and said he wanted to see a min- ister, but this request was refused. Yesterday he seemed .depressed and ! refused to eat. Dr. Mead was sent for and after making an examination de- clared Musgrove was suffering from a light attack of plurisy. A rumor was about the streets to-day that Musgrove was ill and was dying of consumption. HOW TO SALT BUTTER. Some Practical Suggestions About This Imporiant Point in Butter Making. Perhaps everyone who has ever made butter has been troubled with this at some time. The cause of the mottled condition which is frequently seen in butter is a disputed one, yet it is sim- ple enough after all. As we all know, salt affects the color of butter. All butter takes on a deeper hue when it has been salted a few hours. Take a lot of butter from the churn in a mass, salt it in streaks by cutting down through it with the ladle and scatter- ing salt freely where the ladle went, let it stand half a day before working, and you will see a good illustration of mottled butter. In a few words the explanation is this: Mottled but- ter is caused by uneven distribution of salt, nothing more or less. To avoid this the following plan is an excellent one, and one which is followed by many of our best butter makers to- day: Leave the butter in granules, wash with water cold enough to pre- vent adhesion, drain and salt while still in the churn, then revolve the churn or tip from side to side until the butter globules mass somewhat and the salt is evenly distributed. By tipping the churn one way then the other, the salt may be very evenly sprinkled on, or a wooden fork of suit- able size may be used to stir it up, adding only a portion of the salt at a time. The salt melts or dissolves the moment it touches the grains of but- ter, and each grain is instantly coated with brine. Then when the butter has drained a few minutes remove it to the worker, press until moderately dry and pack away. No further work- ing is necessary and there will be no trace of streaks or a mottled condition to be found. Salting in the churn is sure to be a favorite method with those who try it. The amount of but- ter can be very closely estimated, as the amount from a given quantity of cream does not vary very materially from time to time. Nor is it essential to weigh out the salt each time. Meas- ure out a pound of salt—usually a full pint of salt will weigh a pound, and it is more quickly measured than weighed each time. Some adhere very tenaciously to the old way of twice working their butter, but once is a great plenty. If the salt is evenly distributed and the excess of moisture pressed out, that is sufficient and it can as well be done at one operation as at two.—Hoard’s Dairyman. Keep Up the Milk Flow. The period when the milk yield com- monly shrinks is upon us, and its two principal causes are scant pastures and flies. The first of these causes is as yet less effective this season than it has been for several years past because this has been an exceptionally good grass year in the West. Still the grasses upon which we largely depend, and particularly blue grass, take their summer vacation as regularly as does ‘the fashionable lady, and even in the most favorable grass seasons it will continue to do it. While, therefore, the pastures are this year better than they have been in recent ones, the im- portance of supplementary feeding still continues, both for the sake of the pasture and that of the animal. The fact has gradually impressed itself upon those engaged in dairying until now a large proportion of dairymen make as regular provision for sup- plementing their pastures as they do for winter feeding. They know that it is very essential to keep up the milk flow, for should it be permitted to fall off it can never be restored by even the best of feeding to what it was before. The planting of special crops to be fed as green forage, in the nature of par- tial soiling, has therefore become very common and should grow to be univer- sal. Those dairymen who have made provision for bridging over the scant pastures of midsummer know how ad- vantageous this course is to them. They are not likely to abandon it. ‘Those who have not acquired the habit are receiving or will receive, an addi- tional lesson on the subject. Let us hope that with a clearer insight into their own interests they will not per- mit another season to pass without making systematic provision for mid- summer. In the meantime they should do the best they can with the means at their disposal. Green feed should be found if possible, and the milk flow kept up. Slopping with suitable grains will also be advantageous and contrib- ute to sustaining the milk flow. The fly, too, is another obstacle to sustaining yield during fly time. Any- thing that causes annoyance to a milk cow is quite certain to furnish a meas- ure of the amount of the annoyance in the reduction of the yield. That which arises from the persistent attacks of flies is a very severe annoyance and its effects are therefore large. There are a good many different fly repel- lants, some of which are effective and some are considerably less so. Good summer protection and shade in parts of the pasture open to every breeze that blows, afford one of the best means of protecting the cow against serious fly annoyances. The evil as it effects dairying has become more se- rious since the advent of the horn fly, When it appears in a herd it is such a persistent pest that a repellant of some kind is necessary, otherwise the irritation it causes will be productive of very serious loss. Among the best repellants is fish oil in which crude carbolic acid at the rate of about two tablespoonfuls to the quart has been mixed. It requires frequent renewal— every three or four days—any may be applied with a broad paint brush. It is no yery great trouble to make the ,_ application, and it is vastly better than to permit the flies to annoy the cows which is neither human nor profitable. ~—The Homestead. The Secret of Keeping Butter. First of all, get good “butter, and buy it at the proper season. Butter made too early in the spring will not -~ ee | ee keep sweet. Midsummer and late sum- | mer butter keep much better. Butter made from autumn or late summer grass may be kept perfectly sweet t through the winter if proper care is ob- served in its putting up. Have a new, clean butter bowl and ladle, and put into the bowl just as much butter as can be easily handled. Work it until the water is well out of it, then divide it into little pats of about half a pound each. These may be blocked into a mold or made up with the ladle into suitable shape. It is really worth while, though, to nave a mold, as one can work so much more rapidly. Have ready some cotton cloth cut into pieces amout twelve inches square. These should have been boiled in soda, rinsed in several waters and dried in the sun, in a clear, uncontaminated atmosphere. Wrap each one of the butter blocks into a piece of cloth, wet in clean water, folding it closely over at the | ends, then tie a strip of muslin so that | the last folds of the cloth are entirely confined. Pack these blocks into a stone pot and pour over them a brine made from clean rock salt. To prepare the brine make a solution of salt and | water which will bear up an egg. Toa : gallon of this brine add a heaping tablespoonful of granulated sugar and a crystal of saltpeter about twice the size of a cherry pit. Boil this and skim it thoroughly, then strain it through several folds of clean cloth. When perfectly cold pour it over the butter, lay a plate that fits the inside of the pot over the butter, and place a clean stone on the plate, so that the whole shall be submerged. If butter is put up in this way it will keep for a year ; with scarcely a change in the flavor. During the late summer and early | autumn butter is plenty, and usually can be had of excellent quality. It may be bought for probably two-thirds of the price asked for it in winter weather. Of course, it is a good deal of work to put it up, but, if economy is an object, the housewife takes a little pains to provide against the ex- | pensive day that is quite sure to come some time during the cold weather. | Natural Color of Buiter a Mystery. Prof. Van Slyke, chemist for the New York agricultural experiment station, is authority for the statement that we know nothing whatever of the composition of the natural coloring matters in butter. Whatever they may be, they are mixed or united with the fats so as to defy detection. So far as chemists have been able to find out, | none of the several compounds of which either milk or butter is com- posed is of any hue except pure white, so that the coloring cannot be a natural part of the fat. Sume have suggested , that color in butter is due to the shape and size of the fat globules; in o-her words, that light is the main factor in color development. Dairy Notes. Don’t cry over spilt milk, but try an- other cow, and one that doesn’t kick. Strainers of cotton cloth are better than wire. Several thicknesses should be used. To get all of the butter out of the cream, churn at a low temperature and in a cool room. Fat, blocky cows are fine-looking an- imals, but the lank and wedge-like ones are the best milk machines. H One of the regulations of the Illinois — state hoard of health is that dairy cows shall be cleaned every day. Thirty-two states in the Union now | haye laws prohibiting the sale of oleo- margarine when colored in imitation of butter. Have ready a good supply of green | corn, fodder, green oats, rye or peas for the cows when the pastures begin to dry up. Oleo dealers in Ohio are excited over the enforcement of the new laws in that state. They have been arrested and fined, but many of them have kept on selling. The largest proportion of milk is made up of water, and this, too, from the water that is daily given the cow to drink; hence, the importance of sup- plying pure’ water for the cows to drink. | Never let the sun shine in milk. Nev- er put it away without aerating it. Never let it stand open in the air after it has been aerated. Nothing is as | susceptible to evil germs in the air as milk. | Lots of people will tell you that they can do just as well without a thermometer, and that they can tell the exact temperature of water with their hand. They can’t do it at all times, or with any degree of certainty at all. It is nearly impossible to get things sweet and clean if they are left for hours, or, perhaps, all night, with sour cream or buttermilk or melting butter on them, to be absorbed by the wood, so it will ever seem the same again. A heifer that is to be raised for the dairy should be handled and made ac- customed to all neceggary manipula- tions from the time she is a calf until maturity. If this is done she will, in all cases, prove to be the better cow. Care for the cow at calving time, or she will be profitless the rest of the season; also, put a little oil meal or oat meal .n the milk for the calves; to keep them plump, and see that they do not gorge themselves; and remember that the calf makes the cow. In addition to corn meal, the cow needs some of the nitrogenous sub- stances in her food. A combination of corn meal, gluten and cotton seed meal gives much better results than the former only. By experiment, it will make one-third more milk in quantity and much in richness. Some people boast that they can keep the cow’s udder clean, and per- haps they do, but all the rest of: the animal is left in a filthy condttion. The dirt dries into the hair, and then the act of milking shakes it down, like dust, into the pail, rendering the milk unfit for human food. Nine times out of ten, when the milk is not good, the trouble is a local mat- ; ter, traceable to the care of the cow or the milk. Ropy, blue or stringy milk is due to atmospheric causes, where the air has become infected with the | invisible horde of spores, gue to un- ' clean or untidy stablgs, and can be remedied promptly <ud wholly. { ‘as a local agent. Awarded Wighest Honors—World’s Fair, ‘DR: paices BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any ot‘er adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. Rural Sophistication. “Ellen,” said old Borderkeep, “here tomes them York folks, give the chil- dren a little more snuff, an’ get ’em ter Bneezin’. We've got ter make ’em think it's cool here somehow.”—Judge. A Boon to Art. “They say c-ude oil ix bee ming ex- hausted.” “Good! Now we shall be spared the infliction of so many crude oil paint- ings.”—Chicago Record. Agents Wanted. The Home Life Insurance company of New York issues the most attractive poll- cies of any old line company. ‘he cash value and loaning privileges each year are plainly guaranteed in the policy. An ener- Getic, live man, well acquainted, is desired Special territory and References n Fred F. 306-9 Pioneer liberal contract will be given. required. Address or call Loomis, general manager, Press building, St. Paul. Friendship Shattered. “I supp- e you are fond «f Sheke- speare?” said one legitimate actor to another. “Of course I am.” “Then, why in the name of human- ity do you insist on acting his plays?” Washington Star. How to Grow 40c Wheat. Salzer’s Fall Seed Catalogue tells you. It’s worth thousands to the wide- awake farmer. Send 4-cent stamp for catalogue and free samples of grains and grasses for fall sowing. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. Weary of the Plea. “What's that girl singing?’ said Mr. Topfloor to the bellboy. “‘O, Promise Me,’” replied the boy. “Well, for goodness sakes, go down and promise whatever she wants, and charge it to my account.”—Up-to-Date. Making His Mark, She—Have you heard that our min- {ster is to be tried for heresy? He—Yes. It is quite a distinction for so young a man.”—Brooklyn Life. Patents Issued. List of patents issued last week to Northwestern inventors: Bryant W. Annin, Minneapolis, Minn., mechanical toy; Clarence D. Chatterton, St. Paul, Minn., runner for bicycle wheels; Levi A. Disbrow, Owa- tonna, Minn., combired churn and but- ter-worker; John Lucas, Hastings, Minn., feed-distributor; Michael J. Ly- ons and L. Beemer, Duluth, Minn., bath apparatus; John Muir, Hunter, N. D., wagon body; Benjamin Porter, El- lendale, N. D., buggy-jack; Joseph G. Romeneske, Rochester, Minn. wagon- seat lock; Henry Seidler, Fort Benton, Mont., attachment for tobacco pipes. T. D. Merwin, Patent Lawyer, 910, 911, 912, Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul Minn. Apple Parties, A late fad introduced by a woman in Cincinnati is the “apple feast,” to re place the afternoon tea drinking. The guests assemble around the table and choose their favorite pippin from the dishes of apples of colors and kinds. The fruit is supposed to give both beauty and color to women, and it is surprising with what renewed energy 2 round of social calls can be resumed under the tonic and health-giving “ine fluence of the wholesome fruit. A Victim of Science. “Your photograph looks like you, but your nose is disgracefully red.” “Yes; I made a mistake and got into one of those places where they phote- graph in colors.”—Chicago News. Hall's Catarrh Care. Is a constitutional cure. Price, T5c. The use of serum in diphtheria has re- duced the deaths 50 per cent in German hospitals. Coe’s Cough Balsam Is the oldest and best. It will break up a Cold quicker than anything else. Itis always reliable. Try it. China’s national debt 1s a mere trifle— something like $200,000,009. Beauty’s bane is the fading or falling of the hair. Luxuriant tresses are far more to the matron than to the maid whose casket of charms is yet unrifled by time. Beautiful women will be glad to be reminded that falling or fading hair is unknown to those who use Ayer’s Hair Vigor. ec FOR ALL PAIN. il Five cents’ worth of “BATTLE AX” will serve two chewers just about as long as 5 cents’ worth of other brands will serve one man. This is because a 5 cent piece of “BATTLE AX” is large as the 10 cent piece of other high grade brands. almost as