The Sioux County Journal
VOLUME VI.
IIAKKISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1894.
NU3IBEK 47.
THE
COMMERCIAL BANK.
ESTABLISHED 1888.
Harrison,
PresliUiit.
D. H. ORISWOLD, Chl.r.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $50000.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
CORRESPONDENTS!
Bxoiun National Bam, Nw York,
U.vn Statb National Bank. Omaha,
Fimt National Bank, Cludr
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
WDKAFTS SOLD ON ALL PARTS OF EUBOPJL
THE PIONEER
Pharmacy,
J. E. PHINNEY, Proprietor.
Pure Drugs, Medicines, Paints,
Oils and Varnishes.
crARTarrar material.
School Supplies.
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
Day or Night.
SIMMONS & SMILEY,
Harrison, Nebraska,
Real Estate Agents,
Have a number of bargaina in
choice land in Sioux county.
Parties desiring to
estate should
call on
School Lands
leased, taxes paid for
non-residents; farms rented, eta.
CORRESPONDENTS SOLICITED.
Nebraska.
a r. Coma,
VM
gtouues
buy or sail real
not fail to
them.
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOB
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
The Cultivation of Broom Com EKtnstvc
Irrigation Plant in Kuul-How to Make
Swim Cream A Nail in ta.
Horae'i Foot.
Rrooiu Corn.
Forty years ago broom corn was
frrown to quite an extent In the Con
necticut Valley, and the lladler
broom was a well-known article of
commerce In the New England States.
With the opening of rich land In the
more recently settled portion of the
country the center of production of
this plant moved rapidly to the West
It has disappeared from the seaboard,
but is a profitable crop in souieot the
central Western States.
If it receives suitable attention at
the right time broom corn is not a
ditlicuit crop to produce. While late
planting is to be avoided, it it not
well to go to the other extreme and
do this work while the ground is
cold. A well-prepared seed bed is of
great Importance and it is a good
plan to plow the ground some time
lie fore the planting is to be dona
This will cause the seeds of weeds
and grass which may be in the
land to germinate before the prepar
ation oi the surface soil Is made. A
thorough pulveri ation of the sur
face Just before p anting will destroy
thee Intruding plants, and will
thereby greatly aid in keeping the
crop clear. As the plants of brcom
corn are rather weak and make only
a slow growth during the llrst few
weeks after they appear, the provid
ing of a clean and mellow seed bed Is
a matter of considerable consequence.
1'lantlng In hills, which was atone
time almost universal, has largely
been superseded by drill culture. The
old custom was to make the hills
from two to two and one-half feet
apart, In rows from three to four
feet from each other. A liberal
quantity of seed was we I. This
made It necessary to thin the plants
at the second hoeing and Involved a
great leal of very hard work. If
good machines are used aud properly
gauged Just the right quantity Of
seed can be planted When care Is
used In selecting seed this is by far
the best way as thinning the plants
Is both expensive and tiresome. On
ordinary soil the stalks may . stand
three 'Inches apart in the drill, or
two stalks together every six or seven
inches. Either very thick or very
thin planting w 11 seriously injure
the quality of the brush, in case a
dwarf variety Is grown the planting
can be much closer thin the distances (
above named.
Cultivation should lf commenced
as soon as the plants art well above
the ground. It chould be shallow
and be repeated frequently. If weeds
appear between the plants in the
drills they must be removed. If al
lowed to remain t ey will retard the
growth of the cron and greatly in
crease the labor of harvesting, as
well as provide for a succession of
their kind in future years. Chicago
Inter (Jean.
Nail fu Home's Knot.
Any kind of punctured wound re
quires special treatment, because
healing of any wound must begin at
the bottom of it. and if otherwis
the diseased matter in the wound
will become inclosed in it,-and must
break out in time in some way or an
other, says the ".Stockman and
Farmer." Thus, an incompletely
healed wound will in time become an
abscess that may give much trouble,
especially in the foct, which, being
enclose I in its horny covenng.affonls
no escape for the pus formed, and
this bur rows among the tissues, form
ing a fistula, or spreading so thatthe
bones of the foot become diseased and
the horse Is ruined. The llrst thing
to l e done is to remove the rial, itll
or a part of It rciua ns In the font,
th' n to enlarge the openlngand reach
the bottom, injecting some active
liniment or other stimulant, and
keeping the opening f re for the
escape of pus until the healing ad
vanc s to the surface, when a simple
protection to the sore will be sulll
cicnt until the healing Is completed.
Care to be exercised to k'ep the
wound clean by frequent Injections
of warm water with a few drops of
carbolic acid in It, and If the foot Is
Inllamerl, poultices are to be used.
Tho entrance of sand or grit into the
wound Is to be strictly avoided.
NwIhh Cream Chuene.
.' Swiss creuiu cheese Is made as fob
lows: itrlng one gallon of sweet
cream to a temperature of 45 degrees,
and put In enough rennet to thicken
It In twenty-four hours. Let tho
rennet bo carefully tested before
hand, and tho right quantity diluted
In bdlf a small glass of water before
It ; added to tho cream. Tho cream
must I e st.rred a few minutes to
have it all mixed In well, and then
kccj It about (15 degrees. After
twenty-four hours It should be like
clottctl cream Id consistency. Now
hang It up In a cloth bag to drain for
twenty four hours, breaking It apart
gently occasionally, that the whey
may escape welL Next the bag is
placed tie t ween two boards under
light coin press, when the cheese is tit
to be moulded and told or used. Ad
excellent article may be made of
whole milk, on the plan of the fore
going receipt for Swiss cream cheese,
or one-third cream may be added to
the milk. All must be perfectly
tweet and free from taint, and lie put
on the market in the most delicate
condition and packing to get the
prices it deserves.
A l-aree Irrigation Plant.
Among the Irrigation plants Id
course of construction Id Kansas
probably the most extensive is that
of Mr. G. M. MuDger of Eureka,
, Greenwood County. He is construct
ing a reservoir which will cover about
i W acres with water. This Is done
! by building a dam 2.H00 feet long
and thirty eight feet high at Its great
est height This, as described by
"The Irrigation Farmer" will catch
1 the storm waters from a large area
' and will be used prima ily for the
Irrigation of a fi00 acre orchard now
i Just beginning tc bear. The water
will lie ra sed by two compound du
plex steam pumps, the watercylinders
of which are 12 by 1.5 inches. Each
pump has ten Inch suction and 8 Inch
discharge. These pumps will elevate
the water to a he ght of 5 feet, de-
livcrlng It on the highest part of Mr.
j Munger's farm. The estimated cost
Of the plant complete, Including
ditches for distribution of the water,
Is 15,000.
When to Cut Hay.
I The old question of when to cut
! bay for the most profit is now In or
! der. shall it tie cut parly or lata
j lhcre has always been a lot of evi
; dence on both sides of this subject,
, and it begins to look now as though
: the professors had at last found out
the trouble. It seems that from pa
tient invest gation it Is actually
proven that while cows give the
most milk from early cutting, steers
fatten best on late cut hay. Ergo
cut to suit the purpose to which you
propose putting the hay. If you are
a dairyman then cut clover when the
first brown blossoms make their ap
pearance, and timothy and other
light grasses liefore they get too yel
low. For beef-making all the grasses
should be as ripe as possible, not to
shell the seeds when being cut
Always remember that clover hay,
the cow's favorite, loses a great deal
of Its value from being handled.
Home and Farm.
Lmp Wick..
Lamp wicks are as contrary as hu
t.an mature, and the one that
"sticks" is a nuisance calculated to
make a man sweat or a woman cry.
It you take a "sticking" w.ck out
and pull a thread out next the sel
vage It will make ,t work beautifully.
It usually sticks because it is a thread
or two too wide.
'arm Nofen.
1'itoK IlENitv Hays steers can be
fattened on corn al ne with profit.
for the concentrated grain soon burns
out the digestive tract, and the steer
comes to make poor use of his food.
Oil meal or bran should be fed to
lighten the ration, i.ran is cooling
and lighteris the heavy co. n meal
mate, ially.
A hen that is two years old will
fatten more readily than a i ullet,
hem e caution should be exercised in
feeding corn to hens. The pullets
will continue to grow until they are
l.i months old, but they begin to lay
before maturity. A Plymouth Rock
or lirahma I'uliet should lay when
o months old, and a Leghorn pullet
at n months. Much depends on how
thev are fed Do uot make them too
rat.
Colts a e generally fed too much
hay and not enough of other t hings.
As a writer says, they eat enough,
but the feed is not of the right qual
ity; It fevers instead or nourishes; It
stunts them instead of giving
growth. Th! remedy is corn and
mo e iiran. oats, roots, on cake, Un
seed meal, ensilage, clover, hay and
a chance at a reserved blue grass pas
ture or In a Held of g een wheat or
rye.
Tiik loss from smut In corn is not
usually regarded as a serious matter,
or as much alTecting the prollts of
the crop, yet it is one of those little
leaks we should make every possible
effort to stop. The only certain wav
to be rid of it is to cut and burn
every affected plant as soon as dis
covered. I)o not cure nor lecd smutty
stalks, and avoid fol'owlng corn
with corn where the disease has been
at all bad.
lt'lieiirnel Ilia Own Funeral.
For novelty in the funeral line a
certain Frenchman, who is a nonoge
nailan, takes the palm. For the
past year he has had a workman en
gaged prepailng his tomb, f.nd has
su veyed the wi.rk with loving care.
On his ninety-fifth birthday, which
occurred not long ago, ho assembled
all his friends to the rehearsal of his
funeral. A burial service was held
at the church, the priest blessed his
empty collln, and tho whole ceremony
was carried out just tlio same asir he
were dead. After the service was
over he assembled all his friends that
ho cared to have at his funeral, at
his home, and over a bumper of
champaign mado each promise that,
if alive, be would not fall to see (hat
all the arrangement were carried out
the same as at the rehearsal.
Somk girls begin to fall before mar
riage: m soon as they are engaged.
CHINA'S EQUPIMENT FOR WAR.
f lcory Ll'B Development of the Navy and
the AroenalH.
.Shanghai letter in the New York
Sun: Letters from Weihaiwei say
that the old vi eroy, f.l Hung Chang,
Is carrying out the triennial insi ec
tion of the gulf ports in a way which
excites the wonder even of foreigners.
This inspection, it was found, was
vital in order to keep up the standa d
of the Chinese soldiers and ma ines.
The Chinese do not take kindly to
the profession of arms, and t requires
long training to produce etciency.
The Viceroy, however, determined
ten years ago to make the Chinese
fleet respectable, even it not formid
able, and be also decided to put an
end to the fa'reical gun ractice and
drill which was carried on at the dif
ferent Torts and ars uals. He secured
the bent foreign drillmasters to be
procured, choosing them Impartially
from i.nglish and lie man officers, and
the result has been a very great im
provement on the whole service.
The Chinese navy is now respecta
bla The large vessels are the best
which money could buy in Europe,
while the smaller vessels, like gun
boats, torpedo cruisers, and dispatch
boats, have been made at the Foo
chow arsenal, largely by Chinese who
received their training from Hrltish
and German experts. The moment
the native workmen could be trusted
to work under ChiLese overseers the
the foreigners were discharged, for
the Chinese are extremely sensitive
and they disliKed to have anyone who
would report the progress they were
making.
Under careful training the Chinese
have proved far better sailors than
any foreigner ever imagined would
be possible They have alsodeveloped
unexpecte I skill In the handling of
guns. The maneuvers this year at
Tallenwan were said to be very satis
factory. The old V iceroy is a harsh
critic, as he has paid great attention
to the work done on the best loreign
ships, aud Is, therefore, exacting in
his demands. He wasgr atly pleased
with the skill wlthwhicb the shis
were handled and at the efliciency of
the gunners. The artillery pra -tice
at Werhal was especially commended
lor its accuracy, and foreign experts
who also witnessed it declared that
t he next European nation which gets
into a war with China will not iind
the Celestial gunners shooting wild.
The men handle l their pieces like
veterans and the ranging and sight
ing were done as well as the average
practice of this Kind in European
batteries. The battalion drill of the
blue jackets was also highly praised.
The torpedo establishment here and
at Port Arthur were inspected with
great care and were found to be in
gooj condition.
Under the old regime an inspection
oi this kind was a mere farce which
was regarded by the high o.licial as
signed to it as a pretext for a tine
junket. Every petty official was
bound to serve the best food and wine
that he could secure, and the inspec
tion thus degenerated into a round of
festivities. Unless some flagrant ac
cident occurred the reports were al
ways complimentary, tnough foreign
experts who witnessed the maneuvers
told stor.es of the utter lack of skill
and discipline shown by the Chinese
crews of gunboats , and the native
marines who were supposed to guard
the forts and arsenals. The war
with France over Tonquin, however,
was an eye-opener for the Viceroy Li,
and ever since he has been unsparing
In pains and expense to make the
Chinese navy effective and to build
up the army. It has been up-hill
work, because the discipline and
efliciency are not natural to the
Celestial. Only a man of Viceroy
Li's great energy and Indom, table
will could have made headway against
the apathy aud corruption which ex
isted on every hand. With his un
limited power for he is the real
govorning head of China ho soon
made the lay and conscienceless man
darins understand that they must !
turnover anew leaf. The first of
his triennial inspections of the posts
of the Gulf of I'ee-chee lee was a
farce, but each succeeding inspection
has shown a marked improvement
that promises well for the future of
China's defenses.
SCENES AT WATERLOO.
Incident or the 1-miionn llatlle Knowing
llrnvery anil Charity.
At tho battle of Waterloo a Scotch
color sergeant, who had oeen mor
tally wounded, fell Into a ditch, and
one of his comrades, missing the Hag,
went straight to the ditch where he had
seen the Highlander fall. Meantime
the enemy were harglng vigorously.
His com ra I e tried to disengage the
Hag from the hands of the wounded
Highlander, but as he could not suc
ceed he hoisted the wounded man on
his shoulder, thus carrying hotn ser
geant and Hag The enemy, wbn
were charging, seeing this good deed,
stopped suddenly, crying 'Ilravo!
bravo, l'Kcossals:" They did not
charge again till the brave man had
rejoined his co.upanv.
During tho retreat which followed
this battle two companies of field
artillery stopped under orders near
Lolssons, at a village a little dis
tance from the main road. The
Mayor was sent for to make the cus
toma y distribution of food, etc.,
which was requisitioned, that it
might be done without confusion,
j It seemed only a moment before all
j the bread was collected, each inhabit
ant willingly giving his own part,
and the Mayor ordered that lota
Ehould be drawn who should give a
: cow to furnish meat or the soldiers,
i The lot fell on a pour. old. infirm wo
I man, who with some a n culty
i dragged herelf forward, lean ng on
her stick, to speak to the Mayor.
"Th s cow," she said, "which you
wish to take from me is ail I have;
she is" both my means of living and
my companion, and if you kill her
there is nothing left for me but to
die, too." The Mayor was nflVxible,
an I the ax was raised to kill the cow
when the artillery men cried with
one voice: "What iloes it signify?
We will fancy this is Friday and fast
most willingly." They returned the
cow to the old woman, an 1 she led it
away with tears of joy and gratitude.
Mad Hlephanta.
When we present the elephant in
possession of such intellectual gifts
as may be his, there has to be con
sidered the case of the elephant that,
being "must," is for a time bereft of
its senses. it is only the male that
suffers from this affliction of insan
ity, but every male Is liable to it
some time or other, and, unfortun
ately, may be attacked by it without
warning of any kind.
Some men of long experience of
elephant keeping say that the
"must" condition is preceded by pre
monitory symptoms, ana If taken in
time may, by diet and treatment, be
averted, but, without presuming to
contradict the.e better in ormed peo
ple, I can aver that i have known
some of them to be taken by surprise
by the sudden "musting" of
elephants under their own immediate
supervision.
home elephants become demons of
cruelly when "must," as for exam
ple, a commissariat elephant that,
during my time In Oudh, broke away
from the Lucknow lines and went
over a considerable tract of country,
killing men, women, and children
wherever it found an opportunity of
doing so.
I do not know the total number
killed by that beast, but it was sadly
large, and, valuable as the animal
was to the Government, only one
course could be pursued in regard to
it. The sentence passed upon it was
that of death, and the execution was
fin n.lnl n.. a.. i rl ...!
wiiicu uut) uuu wifauuau uiuicjibj.
and danger to the e ecitionew, by
several, u opeans, who followed and '
shot it down.
Child Labor.
Child-labor has rapidly grown to
monstrous proportions within the
last twenty years, but the more en
lightened i orDion of the nation is
waking to the folly and wrong or it.
This is shown by the fact that legis
lation on this subject exists In many
States, though often evaded, and
that factory inspectors have been ap
pointed though their number is in
adequate, home working people will
not let their children go into the
mills, i-aying "they learn too much
badness." others say it is better for
them than to be on the street. Mr
W. F. WlUoughby has shown that
the rate of wages is lowered by child
labor, since tho rate of wagesdepends
on "the standard of couiiort," which
standard is lowered by the employ
ment of the young children of a fam
ily. The effect of the prohibition of
child-labor would be a permanent
rise of wages, owing to the lessened
competition, and also an improved
condition of the laborer, rendering
him more valuable as a consumer,
which would lead to a better condi
tion of the market. From the h s
tory of child-labor in England we
may learn an instructive lesson for
our own country. In the last quarter
of tho eighteenth century, it existed
there to a horrible exient. Re
strictive laws have been passed from
time to time, with good results, and
the conditio or the Hritsli work
man is now improving rapidly. Lip
pjucott's. A lleteKtalile Fashion.
Many Iirooklyn residents have their
summer homes on Long Islands. How
much of the charm of these cool re
treats dep 'lids on the music of the
birds, and yet statistics show that
during a period of four months 70, out)
were supplied to the New York deal
ers from a single village. The deli
cate, airy plumes, called aigrettes,
which have ben so fashionable all
winter, are obtained from the white
herons, which' are killed in great
numbers, at a time when they are
forgetful of their own danger in their
solicitude for their young, which are.
lei t to starve in their nests wh lo the
mother birds are heaped in piles, the
few baudfuls of coveted feathers hav
ing been plucked out.
And, after ah this cruel slaughter,
Is there any beauty In a dead bird?
Celia Thaxter says, 'The bl ds lost
their beauty with their lives," and
adds; "How refreshing is the sight
of a birdless bonnet! She might
have had birds, this woman, for they
are cheap enough and plentiful
enough, Heaven knows, but she had
thorn not, therefore she must wear
within things infinitely precious
namely, good sense good taste, good
feeling. "Iirooklyn Eagle.
If you don't believe everybody
lives In a glass house, Just throw a
stone.