Cheyenne Transporter. (Darlington, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1, Sunday, October 28, 1883 Page: 2 of 10
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THE CHEYENNE TRANSPORTER
Is tho only Paper published within a
radius of a hundrod miles.
SalisGTiiitloii. $1.00Fer Year. In AJlTBnce.
Brand Advertisoments $5 Per Year.
K&'-Rntea for Display Advertisements
rmulo known on application.
MIUTION'AKY .MAKING.
Letter of Notable Mnn-Somo Valuable
Autocrunliti.
The work of compiling tho editions
of "Webster's Unabridged Dictionary"
tuoa un quiou irum juoi t jvi
it has gone on for vears before says
Tho Springfield Union. Tho last
odition of this work was brought out
in 1879 and as in tho past editions
have been brought out only once in
twenty years it will be a number of
years yet before another edition of
this voluminous work will bo given to
tho public. Aud thus our city rules
tho world in one respect for from her
as a center emanates in every direction
tho decrees which govern good English
tho world over. .We who live in the
city never stop to think what a notable
interest wo foster till some stranger
comes to town who instead of asking
us to direct him to tho United States
armory or somo other well-known
point of interest asks first:
'Where do thoy make dictionaries?1'
Ono of tho mombers of tho (inn which
has tho work in hand wont through tho
lottor-book of prominent men aud
showed tho reporter at somo length tho
autograph lottors of many notable
persons some of whom have already
passed into history. Probably mo
business firm in tho "country possosses
au equally valuable and choice col lec-
tion aud to a person interested in
such matters and in studying tho
characters of somo of tho men who
penned them they form a most in-
teresting subject and study. Letters
from governors collego presidents and
that ilk are common enough. A
letter and envelope each bordered
with tho deepest of mourniug from the
president's office signities tho time
when it was sent and tho deep
mourning into which tho nation was
thrown two years ago at this time. A
letter from tho young king of Siam
Chulaloukom dated "Tit tho grand pal-
ace Bangkok and written!))' his pri-
vate secretary states that ho shall
always keep tho invaluable book upon
his desk. Tho secretary has a sweet
littlo name by the way. It is
Dwanudaywongso and ho omitted to
stato what the king called him for
short. Tho letter was quito finely
worded and penned. Tho olophantino
proportions of David Davis would not
for a moment be suspected from his
lottor while Ralph Waldo Emerson
wrote a charming lKtlo letter so neat
and modest on note paper of dolicato
size the whole so characteristic of tho
mau. Letters from Longfellow and
Whittier Holmes Howells James T.
Fields Bancroft the historian
Rutherford 13. Hayes Evarts and
Viceroy Said of Egypt are only a few
of tho more notabld ones. Tho" firm is
also in receipt of a largo number of
curious and amusing and in some
oases cranky lotlers from individuals
all over tho world. A Burlington N.
J. Quaker has a verj characteristic
way of writing his postal-cards. Be-
fore and after the date ho places
scripture references and follows with
a short sermon and tho hopo that "wo
may be kept from rum tobacco
opium tea coffee drugs salt pepper
lard and all condiments and swine's
moat theaters ote. He then proceeds
to drivo as sharp a bargain as his con-
science will allow. A western editor
lat is really childlike and ono of
lem writes: "Will you please send
io your holiday gift Webster's
'na' ridged Dictionary for my birth-
wrote that "he might just as well try
to keep house without a wifo as to run
a newspaper without a Webster's
dictionary.11 Another South African
trader wanted to trade monkoy skins
and oil for Webster's Unabridged and
thought he could do quite a business.
The "ulvertisement during tho winter
of Webster's Lnabridgod as a holiday
gift seems to havo sauly missed somo
unsophisticated mortals with a faith
that is really childlike and ono of
them writes:
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linn' rirlo-pfl IJiotlonarr. for 1UV
j a a v i m - - - . - . .17 .. -
dnv." Another ono wroto that ho
'hail seen their advertisement of a
holiday gift of Websters Unabridged
and if "thoy sent it to any one ho hoped
they would remember him." In a
littlo cabinet is tho original man-
uscript tho copy sheets returned from
the hands of tho printers with the
handwriting of the various scholars
who havo contributed to tho perfection
of the work: Dr. Malm of Berlin the
author of t etymoloo-ies of.spocialists
who have suggesieu mo ueiuuiuujis ui
technical words and of tho editor
who havo revised and boiled down
both. Tho dictionary wax first pilll-
lished bv Dr. Noah Webster in 1828.
Wooh of an Inventor's Wifo.
Ha'.t'more American.
4-lt is all very well to talk about
wui xiug fui tiJ LonHmn " said one
as i ho ladies put up their sowing
'but I'd like to havo somo ono toll mo
what I am to do with my husband?"
'What is tho matter with him?" askod
a sympathetic old lady. "William is a
good mau" continued tho first waving
her glasses in an argumentative way
"but William will invent. Ho goes in-
venting around from morning till night
and I havo no peace or comfort. I
didn't object when ho invented a fire-
escape but I did remonstrate when he
wautod me to crawl out of tho window
ono night last winter to see how it
worked. Then ho originated a lock
for tho door that wouldn't open from
midnight until morning so a5 to keep
burglars out. Tho first time he triod it
ho caught his coat-tail in it. and I had
to walk around him with a pan of hot
coals all night to keep him from freez-
iur." "Why didn't he tako his coat
off?'' "I wanted him to but ho stood
around till tho thing opened itself try-
ing no invent some way of unfastening
it. That's William's trouble. Ho will
invent. A littlo while ago he got up a
cabinet bedstead that would shut and
open without handling. It went by
clockwork. William got into it aud up
it wont. Bless your heart ho stayed
in there from Saturday aftornoon till
Sunday night when it Hew open and
disclosed William with the plans and
specifications of a patent wash-bowl
that would tip over just when it got so
full. The result was that 1 lost all my
rings and a breastpin down the waste-
pipe. Then he got up a crutch for a
man that could bo used as an opera
glass. Whenever the man leaned on it
up it went and when ho put it to his eye
to find William it flow out into a crutch
and almost broke the top of his head
off. Tho other day I saw him going
up tho streot with a model of a grain
elevator sticking out of his hip pocket
and he is fixing up an improved shot
tower in our bedroom."
A Mountain Craze.
Atlanta Const tutlon.
The practice of illict distillation
with tho quaint and simple mountain
folks who are addicted to it is like
tho era. 3 for the cards and dice with
the inveterate gamester. Whilo suc-
cessful its profits aro largo and the
love of excitement is a strong motive
with the moonshiner. Tho pooplo of
the moonshining country havo many
of tho adventurous characteristic? of
tho frontiersman. One may stand in
tho capitol at Washington and in the
famous fresco fronting tho stairway to
the western gallery of tho houso of
representatives a panorama of tho
westward march of tho back woods-
man in every striking male and fo-
malo figure ho may see a typo easily
to bo modeled in tho land of the moon-
shiner. Tho nigged scenery too
might havo boon copied from nature
in tho mountains of Georgia and tho
Carolinas.
A real estate dealer in Spirit Lake la has
given up the baslness saying that a man can
not he a successful land speculator and a
Christian at the same time.
Harvesting rotfttooH.
r;liicaRO T iocs.
While great improvements havo been
made iu harvesting almost all other
crops raised on tho farm most persons
continue to dig gathor and store pota-
toes in tho manner practiced by their
ancestors. Labor-saving machinery
hasdono but littlo in tho matter of har-
vesting potatoes. Several diggers have
been introduced that do good work but
many circumstances prevent thoir gen-
eral introduction. All of them are quite
expensive aud farmers who raise but
small patches of potatoes can not afford
to purchaso thorn. It is difficult to con-
struct a potato-diggor that will bo
adapted to" all kinds of soil. One that
is a great success in soil that is chiefly
composed of sand may prove to bo a
complete failure in soil that contains
much clav. No potato-digger works
well in ground that is quito moist. It
is hard to construct one that will dig
all kinds of potatoes equally well. The
tubers of some varieties aro close to-
gether in tho hill whilo thoso of others
aro wii inly scattered. Some aro attached
to tho stalks so strongly that ihey are
gonorally drawn up by them when they
aro pulled whilo others romain in tho
ground. Several implements havo
been introduced during tho past fow
years that render tho labor performed
more easy than when it was all done
with tho common hoo. Among these
implements aro the plow having rods
attached to tho sides tho pronged hoo
ana iiiu digging fork. Even w'th tho
aid of these a largo amount of hard
manual labor is required to harvest a
crop of potatoos. (J.eau culture during
the growing season will always result
in greatly reducing the amount of
work required to harvest a crop of pota-
toes. The greater the amount of weeds
and grass in a field of potatoes tho
greater will bo tho labor required to
harvest tho crop.
It is not best to allow potatoos to re-
main long in tho ground after thoy are
ripe. They should bo dug before the
heavy fall rains occur. If tho ground
in which potatoes grew becomes thor-
oughly soaked with water it is difficult
to dig and store the tubers so that they
will bo in a presentable condition. Con-
siderable soil will remain on them and
will injure thoir looks. It will also be
likely to cause them to decay. The
tubers should bo exposed to the sun
as short a time as possible. If thoy aro
quito damp when they aro taken from
tho ground they should romain in tho
sun long enough to become dry. Long
exposure to tho light and heat of the
sun injures the potatoos very greatly.
If exposed sufficiently long a chemical
chango is produced that renders
them unfit lor use. Thoir color
becomes changed to green tho starch
undergoes a transformation and tho
flesh loses its crispnoss and lino llayor.
All tho fine qualities of potatoes aro
best preserved by placing the tubers in
a place that is entirely dark as soon as
they are taken from the soil. If ar-
raugoments aro made to preserve tho
same amount of moisture thoy had
whon thoy wore in tho place where thoy
grow they may bo kept for months
and still possess all the excellent quali
ties they had whon they were first dug.
For family uso it is recommended to
place them in barrels and cover the top
with a thick turf of grass that will lit
tightly. Tho barrels should bo put in
a cool collar and raised a few inches
from tho ground. This arrangement
will koop the tubers cool moist and in
darkness and allow a sufficient circu-
lation of air among them. It also pre-
vents tho tubors from sprouting. It is
well to presorvo not only eating but
seed potatoos in this way. If so kept
tho eyes will bo strong at planting lime
in the spring.
It is not practical to presorvo large
quantities of potatoos in thi3 way. An
attempt should bo mado howover to
secure about tho same conditions in a
simpler manner. A good cellar is the
best place for storing potatoos. It
should be rendered dark for the reasons
before given. Its temperature should
bo kept but little. above the freez-
ing point. A low temperature will
cause the tubers to freeze when they
are ruined. A temperature above 50
dogroos will cause them to sprout and
induce rotting. An average degree of
moisturo is beneficial for keeping pota-
toos. Tho air should not be so moist
that tho water will collect on the sur-
face of tho tubers. If it is very dry
tho tubors will become wilted or nhriv-
olod will t loose thoir crispnoss and
shrink in weight. The loss in weight
is often 25 per cent between tho timo
of digging in tho fall and tho timo of
sellinjfin tho spring. As potatoes aro
generally sold by weight this loss is a
heavy ono for farmers. If tho bottom
of tho collar is composed of sand or is
covered with cement tho potatoes may
be placod directly on it. If however
there is any danger of water standing
on it even for a short time it is advisa-
blo to put tho potatoes in bins slightly
elevated from tho ground. Properly-
constructed bins will keep tho potatoes
from coming in contact with water and
allow a circulation of air through
them. Board petitions should no
used to separate difteront varieties. It
is not advisablo to put very small
scabby deformed cut bruised or dis-
eased potatoes in a cellar unless with
a view of keeping them to feed to stock
during tho winter. Thoy should be
sorted from the good tubers at digging-
time and fed to animals. Thoir pres-
ence with tho marketable tubers will in-
jure their appearance diminish their
value and render them liable to decay.
The Wool Market.
W. C. Houston Jr. & Go's circular
dated Philadelphia September 25 iays:
"Siuco our circular of tho 5th tho
market has continued active prices
havo ruled strong with an upward
tendency and during tho past week
there has boon an increase in sales
and an advance has been obtained for
the "Kidi-a iu moat roquoot. Tho steady
demand from manufacturers has pre-
vented any accumulation of stock and
many grades of good wool are notably
scai co for this season aud are firmly
held. It id a noticeable fact that whilo
sales aro large visiblo supplies or
graded lots ready for sale are com-
paratively quito small; that is few of
tho largo and prominent eastern dealers
or commission houses cau show any
great quantity of wool such as XX
tino delaine combing and delaine gen-
erally medium unwashed etc. graded
and in pilos ready for sale. In pre-
vious seasons a buyer going through
the market was shown in various
houses piles of 10000 20000 30000
pounds of XX medium unwashed
quarter combing low combing etc.
under one roof and could make his
selections accordiugl'. For some time
past however nearly all desirablo
grades havo been kept so closely sold
up that a manufacturer desiring to
buy largely of his especial gi ado has
had to make up tho amount of his pur
chaso at several instead of only one or
two houses and in many cases is shown
a pile of from 4000 to 5000 pounds of
tho grade ho is after with tho offer to
make up 15000 or 20000 pounds of
tho description ho wants as tho wools
can bo opened and his grade taken out.
"Wo don't think tho clip of tho
United States has fallen off or that
there will be any roal scarcity of wool;
but tho supply in sight certainly is not
large aud it will all bo wanted" before
next clip at quito as good if not bet-
tor prices than now rule. In addition
to tho largo transactions east man'
manufacturers aro liberal purchasers
in tho west so that supplies aro being
rapidly reduced as tho candle is being
burned at both onds."
Philadelphia prices for Kansas and
Nobraska wools light free from sand
and bright in color: Fiue 21a28c. ;
medium clothing 25a27c. ; quarter blood
clothing 2la22c; common and clotted
clothing (run out Cots wold) 17al8c. ;
black and hurry Sa2Ce.; medium
combing 30a35o. ; quarter blood comb-
ing 25a26c. ; common combing (long
coarse liaired Cotswold) 20a21c.
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Colored l'rovlnlonrt.
Wliltulinll Tliuuji.
Eyery man has his favorite stoiy
and the Hon. lloswoli P. Flower tells
the following:
"Ono day an old negro clad in rags
and carrying a burden on his heail
ambled into tho executive chamber and
dropped his load on the floor. Stop-
ping toward tho govonor ho said:
"Am you tie gubner sah?"
Hoing answered in tho affirmative
he said:
"If dat am a fac' l'se glatl tor meet
yer. Ver see 1 libs way up dar in do
back of de country and is a poor man
sah. I h'ar dar is some porvishuns in
do con'stution for do culled man aud I
am har to got somo ob om sah."
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An exhibition of horticulture and forestry
Is announced for next year In England.
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Maffet, Geo. W. Cheyenne Transporter. (Darlington, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1, Sunday, October 28, 1883, newspaper, October 28, 1883; Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Darlington, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc70570/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.