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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
Fertilization Of Corn.
Elmira Husbandman.

At late meeting of the Elmira, On.
W Farmers club the following ques-
ton was asked: VIII kernel of corn
planted by itself, in a place remote from
other corn produce perfect ears? And
the answer was: "No; at least it is not
likely to produce perfect ears. because
it cannot have perfect fertilization.
President Mccain queried: would it
not be well to plant in the cornfield &C.
casional hills later than the first plant
ing, in order to effect greater fertiliza-
ton of ears with the later pollen falling
upon the silks of ears after formed after
the pollen had ceased to drop from the
earlier tassels in such profusion as to
provide certain fertilization?' Mr..
Hoffman thought it was not necessary,
inasmuch as the pollen would continue
to fall so long as the necessity
methed, and he explained the
method of fertilization as OBJ
served in his long experience. While
single plant might effect perfect fertili-
cation the chances were not favorable
because pollen, light as it is, floats off
with the wind laterally, and would be
carried away from the ears beneath,
whereas in the field the pollen from one
row may be carried across many others,
and at last reach the silks upon distant
rows. He was very sure that his corn
had been mixed with other varieties,
when the mixture had come through
pollen from fields many rods distant,
thus showing the tendency to distribu-
ton within the field where single va
riety prevailed, and the tendency to
mix also when another variety was
within such distance that wind might
carry the pollen to the fields awaiting
fertilization. AS to the fact that the
best cars are usually the upper ones
when two or more are borne by
stalk, he regarded it as in accord with
a provision of nature, the best fruit be-
ing found usually on the upper limbs
of the trees, and the best grapes on the
higher branches
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
Shape Of the Horses Back.

The London Live Stock Journal, in
an article relating to the selection of q
horse for the work he is expected to
perform, after stating the result OF
many observations on horses, remarks
that it is the arch of bridge which,
from its structure, can bear weight
placed upon it, whereas an inverted
arch would fall to pieces or would with
stand a far less pressure. 1t has been
observed that low-backed, or rather
hollow-b backed horses, working in har-
ness, kept their condition, while those
with high backs lost flesh. Persons of
not very inquiring or observant DISPOSE
tions would probably attribute this to
the fact that the former were of a more
hardy constitution than the latter, but
this would be false conclusion. 1t is
owing entirely to the curvature of the
back, for horse which can draw a
weight was less able to bear a weight
upon its back, while the horse unable
to stand the bear the strain of draft
could beat the other any day in carry
ing a weight. The line of the vertebre
indicates the sort of work for which the
horse is fitted. If it is high the weight
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
kiss me again"

MISS me again.
Tender and true were the great
brown eyes that looked so trustfully
into those of Richard Irwin as these
words were spoken, and as he gazed
long and lovingly into their liquid
depths there came to him with terrible
force the realization how much this girl
had suffered, how much she had given
up. and how much she was yet to I'M
dergo for his sake.
They had been married but three
days, these two, and their story was the
old. old one of that most priceless treas
ure-the pure and passionless love of
pure and noble woman-being bestow-
ed upon one whose social status was be-
meath that of her whom many mysteries
and potent influence of an unchanging
affection had drawn to his side. Gladys
Hathaway was girl fair of feature and
beautiful form, and since the day when
her mother-dying almost at the mo-
ment of her greatest joy-had placed
in her husbands arms the tiny waif of
humanity whose entrance into the world
had been the cause of so much sorrow
and told him to guard and cherish it for
her sake, she had been alike the Joy
and idol of her father. All that pa
rental love could suggest and wealth
procure had been lavished upon her,
and when, like some fair flower of the
Orient, she had grown almost uncon-
sciously from tall, shy girl into wo-
man whose statuesque beauty was not
more attractive than the queenly poise
of her regal head and the soft, winning
tones of her voice, there had come to
Brierton Villa suitors by the score. But
none had won her heart. Kind alike
to all, she gave each one plainly to I'M
derstand that friendship was not love,
esteem not affection.
And so the years went on with silent
tread until one evening at the fete
champetre given at her fathers house
Gladys had met Roscoe Nutwood. She
was girl of strong perceptive facul-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
THE FULLERTON TRAGEDY.
Startling Disclosures Made Concerning
the object OF the Murderer.

| A Fullerton fNeb.) dispatch to the Omaha
Herald says: The finding Of some letters
among the effects of Furnival show that the
theories heretofore advanced are all wrong.
After committing the five murders Furnival.
as he then thought, burned all of his clothing
and letters. A close hunt by the coroner
brought to light number of letters written
to Furnival by a certain scion of nobility In
England, which prove that Furnival came to
murder Peroival. The latter was heir to
large estate in England, and Furnivaps CORE
spondent was the next of kin. Percival, be-
Ing of naturally adventurous disposition,
came to America about three years ago. He
went to Minnesota, where he married the
daughter of a clergyman, and then came to
Nebraska and settled in Nance county. He
had plenty of money and expected to run a
cattle ranch on large scale. About year or
30 ago Furnival made his appearance at
Fullerton, coming here direct from England.
Furnival was warmly welcomed by Percival.
and given lift financially. Watching his OPP
portunity the fiend killed Percfval and hts
wife and child, aud then knowing that Mair
and Baird would discover the crime and
assist in hunting him down, murdered them
as described in the dispatches. The Nance
county authorities are keeping the letters
closely to themselves, for obvious reasons,
chief among which is said to be a desire to
communicate with detectives In England be-
fore the writer of the tell-tale missives be-
comes alarmed and skips out. Enough Ia
known, however, to make 1t reasonably GER
tain that Furnival was hired by Percival's
kinsman to put the family out of the way, SO
that he could inherit the estate, which Is ono
of the richest In England. If Furnival had
been sharp enough to have destroyed these
letters, 1t Is not probable that the real object
of the terrible crime would ever have come to
light. The chances are that Furnival is many
miles from Nebraska by this time, but Sheriff
in western Iowa, and that he will be captured
before many days have passed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31

| Prairie Farmer.
There are several ways buckwheat
can be threshed. Where it is a special
crop and is grown for making flour,
farmers make threshing floor in the
field by scraping and sweeping smooth
piece of ground 20 to 80 feet in diam
eter. The straw is spread here as it is
drawn from the field and threshed by
the tramping of horses or cattle in the
old-fashioned way. This rough and
ready method has some advantages and
some obvious drawbacks. A slow but
common method is to thresh with fails
on barn floor. This may do when the
farm is not provided with threshing
machine, but the machine does the
work very quickly and very well when
a necessary precaution is taken. This
is to take out the concave, or upper
covering of the cylinder, and put in its
place suitable piece of smooth, hard
plank. The grain is quite soft and brit
tie, and close contact of the spikes of
the machine will break much of it, but
this change removes this danger. In
feeding the machine it is well to crowd
it rather hard, so as to save the grain
from injury as much as possible; the
straw then forms soft cushion, against
which the spikes will beat and knock
out the grain without damaging it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
AUTUMN Care of Meddo,c Land.
American Agriculturist.

Meadows should not be closely
grazed at any time, and especially not in
the fall. They need to have fertilizing
materials added to instead of taken
from the soil. Young animals are
much more injurious than mature ones,
while full-grown stock that are being
fattened and are fed rich grain rations
may, by their droppings, add material
ly to.the fertility of the soil. Young
growing stock withhold large share
of the potash, phosphoric acid and
nitrogen of the food to build up their
bodies, leaving the manure compare
lively poor. On the other hand, mature
fattening animals need very little of
these three chief elements of soil fer
tility. Aside from the loss of plant
food. the close feeding of stock on
meadow land does mechanical damage.
If the soil is soft the feet of the ami
mails lniure it, and the close grazing
pulls much of the grass up by the
roots. Meadows, like winter grains,
are injured by freezing and thawing,
and the plants need to be in vigorous
condition in late fall, with good
growth of aftermath for protection
from the frosts, winds, etc. Well
rotted manure applied to the meadows
as top-dressing, will strengthen the
plants and insure fine crop the next
season. This application is best when
made soon after the hay is removed.
Later in the season much of the soluble
material is washed out of the soil by
the fall rains. Quick-acting manures
should be used in the growing season,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
FIRM NOTES.

Any grain food given to a young cal
should be thoroughly boiled and giver
as cruel, with little salt
The production of early lambs is very
profitable, despite the depression il
wool, provided fine animal is grown
Hogs are very fond of beets, and they
are good feed for swine. and it is good
plan to raise patch of this vegetable
from which to supply them.
The Guernsey and Jersey Islands
contrive to preserve the purity of their
breed of cattle by absolutely prohibit
ing the importation of any other kind
of cattle.
The board bill for grasshoppers cost
Missouri in 1874 S15, 000,0 900, and in the
same year impoverished and drove 1000
settlers out of Kansas.
Horace Boutelle, of Amherst, N. H.,
planted the eyes from single potato
last spring, and this fall harvested two
bushel baskets full of potatoes from the
single one.
A poor, Indifferent steer is usually a
dainty eater His consumptive capa-
city is small. and hence it is more diff
zulu w ClCOui It'll w tsll DOOl lOOuS
than the well bred steer.
In England under free-trade there is
less land cultivated than formerly by a
million acres, and in Ireland less by a
million and a third acres. 1t is in
Great Britain that farming is truly an
unprotected industry
In England it is not uncommon to
raise more lambs of the mutton breeds
than there are mothers. Sometimes as
high as 20 per cent more are raised
that is, 120 lambs to 100 ewes. The
Hampshire down ewes are remarkable
for bringing twins.
There is way by which the wool
growers can protect themselves without
congressional interference. 1t is sim
ply by killing the dogs. They can grow
wool at a profit without protection.
One dog in hundred may be of some
use, but the danger outweighs that
MANIFOLD, therefore-kill the dogs.
Brazil claims to possess SO0,OOO,OO
coffee trees, covering over 100000
acres of land, about 400 trees being
planted to each acre. Each tree aver
ages about one pound OF, marketable
coffee per annum. The coffee industry
of the empire gives employment to S00,-
900 persons, mostly slaves.
Wheat is exceptionally low, mainly
owing to the large supply. Corn is Just
now exceptionally high, owing to spec
ulators. The crop is large, and the
price must come down. Beef is higher
than it ought TO be, and western farm
ers ought to turn grain into meat, for
the benefit of all concerned.
The Canadian horse, for his style, is
a very perfect animal. No one point |
prcdominates, but general
harmony exists throughout his con-
frmat;on, and this is the reason he is
so powerful for his size, sure-footed,
well gated, hardy, gentle and docilc.
One fourteen to fourteen and
and half hands high is often as strong
will do as much work as can be ac-
by Il higher horse standing
to full hand taller. As
a pony it is difficult to find any animal
superior to choice French Canadian
for good action. strength and hardi-
moss
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ties, being frequently able to find pie in
the pantry when the hired girl had said
there was none there, and an instant
after she had been introduced to Ros-
coe she knew that her future life was
linked with his, and that some day she
would be his wife. And the oracle of
her soul had spoken truly Loving
him with a passionate alteration that
knew no bounds, and approaching in
all its horrible intensity the fact that
her father, strong in the pride of ances-
try, would never consent to their union,
she had boldly leaped the barriers of
social prejudice and fled from home and
friends and kindred with the man with
out whose loving words and clinging
kisses her life held naught but desola-
ton and Sorrow
Here is the paper, sweetheart said
Roscoe.
She glanced down the columns care
lessly, when suddenly her eye fell upon
something of absorbing interest. 1t
was an article concerning her elope-
ment-the sensation of the day. On
and on she read, until suddenly the
peachy cheeks grew white with
CHASTITY palor, the luminous eyes were
dim with the mists of sorrow, and the
lines of her beautiful face were terse
with agony.
MY Godr' exclaimed Roscoe, taking
her in his arms, ''what has happenedP"
Papa has been interviewed, she
gasped between the convulsive sobs
that almost choked her utterance, ''and
he has taken an awful revenge"
'What has he done?" asks the hus-
band.
HE has," exclaims the girl, "given
my exact age"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
AGRICULTURAL.

Crossing on Merinos for Woot and Mutton
Cor. Breeders Gazette.
Following the lead of Mr.. G. Hills.
venture to offer a few remarks as to the
best mode of crossing on merinos fol-
mutton sheep. Il scarcely think the
Downs, any of them, would answer
well, as they are not very large, and
they approach too near the merino in
denseness and fineness of fleece. |
have used the Downs on LiecesterS and
their grades with advantage in produc-
ing finer wool for family use and also
superior mutton; but the sheep that
pleased me most of all for general use
was obtained by using pure Cotswold
ram on pure Southdown ewes. The re-
suit was fnely-formed sheep of excel
lent quality ofmutton, with dense. mod
,erately long, crinkled wool, of great
tustre and fineness. The fleece of a
lamb accidentally killed by dogs in the
falD weighed, when well washed in
warm water, III pounds. Now
feel confident that the Cotswold
would cross equally well on
the merino, giving the produce the size
and aptitude to fatten desired for a
MUTTON sHeeP, anu PlouuclnS II Heece
of good, serviceable and lustrous wool,
which, if produced in sufficient guam
tity, would surely find a market for the
manufacture of certain classes of goods.
The whole region interested should
adopt one standard of crossing, so as to
make the produce of wool uniform. 1t
won't do for one country to use Down
rams, another Cotswolds, and still an
other Lincolns or Leicesters, as nom
descript clip will result that buyers will
not care to handle. Mr.. j. Harris, of
Rochester, used Cotswold on merinos
with the very satisfactory results men,
toned by Mr.. Hills. If in few gener-
ations the sheep get to coarse to suit
the market, cross back on merino or
Southdown cross would do the work
and add to the quality of the mutton.
L write from personal experience, hay
ing handled cross-bred sheep for twenty
five years, bred simply for good mutton
and wool for family use. But mind
one rule, never use grade rams. If you
do you will not be able to name the
progeny, they will be so various.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31
ANGELS EVERYWHERE.

Mother, with your children straying
Into danger everywhere,
How, amid your household
Can you keep so free from care?
ron" she said, with pleasant smiling,
4 There are angels everywhere.
Angels guard the little children;
All their willful fancies rule:
Watch them in the summer playing
by the deep and reedy pool;
Keep their little feet from straying
Going to and from the school.
-'On the winters frozen river,
In the summers fever heat,
IN the woods or on the mountain,
In the danger-haunted street.
What could mothers do if angels
Did not guard the little feet?"
And we are but larger children,
Needing also angel care;
They give courage when we're weary.
Hope and help when in despair, ~
Whisper many word of caution, q
Keep our feet from many snare.
In and out across our thresholds,
They go with us every day;
Oh, how often have they turned us.
When we should have gone astray;
Oh, how often death had met US,
If they had not barred the wayl
And we dimly feel their presence,
Feel their love, and strength, and care
And amid thousand dangers,
In life's battle take our share,
Fearless, knowing like the mother,
There are angels everywhere"
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A So. Bernard's Long S,cini.

New YORK sun.
Leo is st. Bernard dog. He stands
three feet high and weighs 1876 pounds.
He is black and white, and handsome,
and is years old. Commodore John
w. Thorp, of the Harlem Yacht Club,
who owns him, brags that he is the fin
est dog of his kind in New York.
Last week Mr.. Thorp was getting
ready to move his family from the hotel
at Oak Point, where they have been
spending the summer, back to his resi-
dence in east One Hundred and Six
teenth streets. On Friday night his
son Frank took Leo from Oak Point on
the boat to his own home in Harlem.
The dog had made his trip several times
by water, but had never gone by the
road. Frank locked Leo up in the house
and returned to the Point. The next
morning, when Mr. Thorp visited his
house, Leo was gone. He had torn
away with his paws the shutters on a
window of the basement, but had found
that iron bars prevented him from get
ting out that way, and had gone up
stairs to the front parlor, and jumped
through the thick glass into the front
pard, distance of eighteen feet
Some boys on the Harlem river, at
One Hundred and Twenty-second
street, where the Oak Point boat lands,
told Mr.. Thorp that they had seen the
dog there early that morning. Late
the same morning Mr.. Maggie, who was
on his grounds at Old Point, saw dog
swimming in-shore. He watched him,
and saw him come up dripping on the
beach and fall over on the sand. He
ran down to the water, and found the
dog was Leo. The animal was nearly
dead from exhaustion, and had to be
carried to the boat house. When Mr..
Thorp arrived from Harlem, he found
Leo so weak that he could hardly lift
up his head.
Two young men who had been out
rowing said they had seen the dog
swimming out from the Bronx kilns into
the sand. Leo was covered with mud
that he had got in climbing over the
marshes on the sunken meadows OPP
posite Port Morris. The distance Leo
swan is over three miles. He has re-
covered his strength again, and is now
in the water most of the time.
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pirant, unless he be the favorite of some
senator, present or prospective, for
these places are only for personal pro
teges, and not open for general public
competition. OF course, there may be
now and then sporadic case of APP
pointment for shorthand ability, but, as
the saying goes, the exception only
proves the rule.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31

Boston Budget.


Mr.. Lincoln was terribly bored by
men who fancied that they had some
patent plan for conquering the rebels.
Among them was western farmer,
who was patiently listened to, and who,
when he had concluded, asked the
opinion of the president upon his plan.
"Well," said Mr.. Lincoln, "Tll answer
by telling you story. You have heard
of Mr.. Blank, of Chicago? He was an
immense loafer in his way, in fact,
never did anything in his life. One day
he got crazy over a great rise in the
price of wheat upon which many wheat
spectators gained large fortunes.
Blank started off one morning to one of
the most successful of the wheat spec
ulators, and with much enthusiasm
laid before him a plan by which he,
the said Blank, was certain of becom-
ing Independently rich. When he had
finished he asked the opinion of his
nearer upon his plan of operations.
The reply came as follows: My advice
is that you stick to your businessr
But asked Blank, what is my bus
inessp' Il don't know, I'm sure, what
it is, says the merchant, but whatever
it is | advise you to stick to it, And
now said Mr.. Lincoln, II mean moth
ing offensive, for know you mean
well, but think you had better stick
to your business and leave the war to
those who have responsibility of man
aging it,"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-31

They have discovered a young woman
somewhere in New York state who can
sing baritone, tenor, contralto and
soprano, and whose voice ranges
thro lgh three octaves and a half. The
public is threatened with her. If she
should sing half so badly as do the
average stage prodigies it is terrible to
reflect upon the quadruple agony she
is capable of originating.
A seat in the New York stock ex-
change recently sold for $21, 900, which
is the lowest price foN five years, the
highest price ever paid being $S5, 900.
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Senator's Secretaries.


f. ID. York in Photographic Monthly.
There seems to be some misapprehen.
sion rs to the character of these APP
pointmcnts. They are not always stem
ographers, nor even generally so.
Many senators have appointed their
sons. their nephews, or other relatives.
In almost every case it has been some
person from the senator's home, or some
one near him whom he judged suitable
for such confidential relation. Very
few of them know more than the short
hand alphabet. They are not appointed
for that, but because they can be useful
in many other ways, looking after the
senator's papers and running his
numerous errands about the city, and
tn the departments.
This it will be seen could have, and
in fact has had little or no effect upon
the stenographic profession at the cap
itol. Naturally also the suggestion as
to any test" when the character of
the employment is considered, will be
manifestly impracticable. Quite large
number of shorthand amanuenses
find more or less steady employment
taking letters during the sessions of
congress, but do not think their field
has been seriously encroached on by
this resolution, as many who have made
appointments under it never would
have employed any one if they had to
pay for it out of their own funds, and
others who are rich employ a shorthand
writer just the same, and appoint some
friend to virtual sinecure under this
This explanation will relieve the
minds of any hopeful stenographic as