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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11
No Chinese for Canada.

LONDON. Ontario, March ia circular
has been issued by the superintendent of the
southern division of the Grand Trunk Rail
way, ordering that hereafter all Chinese
going over the road will be passed through
in bond, and that the conductors will be
held responsible to see that none of the
Monogolians are allowed to stop in Canada.
Kentuckians Buy California Horses
Los ANGELES, March 1.-THE stallion Sui
tan with record of 2:24, sold yesterday by
Kentucky, and P. S. Lambert, of Licking
ton, for $4,000. There were also sold by
Mr.. Rose thirteen other horses by Sultan.
The total amount realized was $4,000.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11
DIR. E. Ii. FOote, Senior,

OF New York, publishes his announce
ment in the daily DEMOCRAT every Satur-
day.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11
White House.

For the best meals and rooms 90 to the
White house. Everything first-class and
low rates.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11
SPRING STYLES.

YoHman's Celebrated Hats!
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11

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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-11
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES OF MAILS
at the Salt Lake City Postoflce.

The above is standard mountain time.
JOHN T. LYNCH, Postmaster.
Salt Lake City, Utah. March %. 1885.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22

fectly clean. And by the way,is not a dainty
cleanliness of person and apparel lady's
greatest charm? Certainly, nothing can
take the place of it or make up for lack
of it, woman may be intellectual and
WeI-read; but these high qualities seem
only to throw the sloveliness of an I'M
tidy woman into higher relief. Young
girls should be instructed that personal
neatness and order are woman's most
potent charms; they should also learn to
keep their wardrobes in good repair, and
to do up ther own collars, cuffs, and
laces, that they may have plenty without
making it hard for mother, and never
wear a soiled one.
A mothers appearance has great in
fuence on the social and domestic educa-
ton of her children; no woman, if she
stops to think about it, can afford to be
untidy before them. If the queen of the
house sets the right example, the rest
will not be far behind. And one more
suggestion before closing, if you would
keep your men folks from coming to the
table in their shirt sleeves in warm
weather-such an unbecoming, undigni-
fed and slOvenly thing for the lords of
creation to do-just have ready at hand
a light, cool coat of alapaca or dark
linen, which you can buy ready-made or
make yourself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
FARM NOTES.

Don't try to make a farmer of a boy
who has no fitness for 1T.
An excellent axle grease is made of
parts castor oil, mixed by melting, and
one part of black lead puIVerized.
The man who takes up farming just
because he has failed at everything else
has not pleasant prospect before him
He is likely to add another failure to his
list.
Pour a pint of kerosene upon barrel
of coal ashes, mix and use it the same as
you would lime or plaster. The smell of
kerosene keeps all insects away from the
squashes, melons, etc.
A little poultry manure around the
pickle cucumbers will be appreciated by
them. A very small quantity of salt and
lime will keep the insects and borers
from working on the roots Of these
plants.
Experiments made by Prof. Brown, of
the Ontario Agricultural College, indi-
Gates that the best results are obtained
from superphosphates when they are US
ed in connection with barnyard manure.
IU 10 h1OWlA uildU PAL uS
growing here and there in the sward al
ways produces first class shoots, large
and tender. Give them plenty of room
in cultivation and they will be still larg-
Gr.
The scotsman who will adopt the plan
of selling his seeds in packages on which
is printed the year the seeds were grown,
also state 'good for" one, two, five or ten
years, will be public benefactor.
Fresh hardwood ashes are worth for
the orchard fully as mnch as six times
their weight in horse manure, and other
ashes have corresponding value. The
addition of salt to ashes is said to still
further increase their fertilizing proper
ties.
Washington was never so happy as
when, on his farm, he could boast, as he
did, that the plOws ran every day there;
and Jefferson never felt such a pride in
having penned the Declaration of indie
pendepce as in having invented an i'm
proved pillow,
An experienced horticulturist thus
describes his mode of planting fruit trees:
He makes holes eighteen inches deep and
three feet in diameter, fills in four inches
of strong, short manure, then two or
three inches of street dirt, sets the trees
and fills in with earth.
Everything, with possible exception of
onions and few other plants that are
grown close together, should be planted
in long rows to admit of cultivation by
horsepower. Try this once and you will
not again to back to the old method of
hoeing everything in the garden.
The Iowa Blade calls attention to a
swindle being worked on the farmers
there. A man goes around through the
country buying up strawstacks for paper
mills. He gives his note for the sum,
takes receipt and departs. It is merely
dodge to get the farmers signature to
paper which afterward turns up to be a
promissory note at the blank, left for
collection.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN,
AN OLD STORY.
TEMPLE BAR.

When the spring was beginning and May-day was
nigh,
On country girl spinning the King cast his
eye;
Fair flourish the roses near the court wall,
But the rose of the hedges is fairest of all.
Let me hide my fools face meath lying tomb
stone,
For the world s going a-Maying, I NOPE here
alone"
So said the jester, who sat on the steps of the
throne.
But the blossoms viii fade which The thoughtless
have torn,
And the cheeks of a maid will grow withered and
worn,
Why should there for suck small matter be
Since each hedge ard village, such roses will
King go to your wine; pretty maidensl go
moan;
When its meat hath been mumbed we leave the
picked bone
So said the Jester, who sat on the steps of the
throne
Yet peasant is grinding his knife, sharp and
strong,
And silently vending his way through the
thrnng-
Then the dogs must be driven from licking the
gore
Of monarch struck down at his own palace
door.
Though her name be jibe, and her affairs DER
thrown.
In the end, gossip Justice will seize on her
OVID"
SO said the jester, who sat on the steps of the
throne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
Drainage for Profit.

Upon this question, which has been
much hackneyed, and upon which we have
time and again shown the practical out
come-in situations where arabic land is
worth $50 an acre-to be one of the best
investments that can be made, says cor
respondent Of the Farmer and Dairyman,
Portland, Oregon, has an excellent ar
ticle, from which we extract the follow
ing:
The grade should never be less than
two inches to the 100 feet, while from
five to seven will give the best results
On ordinary level land the same grade
can be observed all the way through, but
if there is a rise that it is necessary to
cross, two grades can often be made, one
to the rise and another to the outlet; this
will often save considerable digging in
the rise to obtain the necessary fall. A
straight main drain through the center,
with lateral drains running off at right
angles at equal distances apart, alternate
on each side, is the simplest, and often
the most convenient, to make. Of course,
if there is considerable water to carry off,
the drain must be made large enough to
be sure to carry off all the water without
ever crowding too heavily. In other plac-
es main drain can be built and sub
mains run into this at different points,
and from these small drains can run out
Sharp angles should always be avoided
when possible; if obliged to be used
make the fall somewhat sleeper at the
place where the drains join so as to Sc
cure good flow. On what is usually
termed level fields, where the fall in eth
er direction is very light, considerable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
Recipes for Paste.
National Harness Review.

Place five pounds of potato starch in
six pounds of water, add add One-quarter
pound of pure nitric acid. Keep it in
warm place, stirring frequently for forty
eight hours. Then boil the mixture until
it forms a thick and translucent sub
stance. Dilute with water, if necessary,
and filter through a thick cloth. At the
same time another gum is made from
sugar and gum arabic. Dissolve five
pounds of gum arabic and one pound of
sugar in five pounds of water, and add
one ounce of nitric acid and heat to boil
ing. Then mix the above with the starch
paste. The resultant paste is liquid, does
not mould, and dries on paper with a
gloss. 1t is useful for labels, wrappers,
and fine back binders use. Dry pocket
glue is made from twelve parts of glue
and parts of sugar, The glue is boiled
until entirely dissolved, the sugar dis
solved in the hot glue, and the mass evap-
GRATED until it hardens on cooling. The
hard substanbe dissolves rapidly in luke
warm water, and is an excellent glue for
use on paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
WILLIEAND HIS QUESTIONS.
A Small Boy Troubles His Aunt.
Binghamton Republican.


One day sat on a car-seat on the Sau-
gus branch of the eastern road behind a
pale care-worn lady who was taking a
little boy from Boston to Maiden. As the
little boy was of an inquiring turn of
mind and everything seemed to attract
his attention, could not help listening to
his questions.
what is that auntie?' the little boy
commenced, pointing to stack of hay in
the marsh.
''Oh, that is hay, my DEAR" answered
the care-worn lady.
what is hay, auntie?"
"Why, hay is hay, dear"
But what is hay made Off"
"Why, hay is made of dirt, water and
air"
''Who makes it?
God makes it, dear"
"Does he make it in the day, or in the
night?"
in both dear"
"And Sundays?"
Eyes, all the time"
day, auntie?"
"Oh, don't know. I'd keep still Willie;
that's dear. Arntie's tired
TAO0A IeLIdIu1llS quleG uOneuG WulIS
broke out:
''Where do the stars come from aun-
tie?"
Il don't know, nobody knows"
did the moon lay 'em?"
Eyes. guess so,'' replied the wicked
lady.
Can the moon lay eggs too?"
Il suppose so. Don't bother me-"
Another short silence when Willie broke
out:
'Benney said that oxins is an owl, aunt
lie; is they?"
"Oh, perhaps so.'
Il think whale could lay eggs-don't
you auntie?"
80 yes guess So" said the shameless
woman.
Did you ever see whale on its nest,
auntie?"
ooh, I guess So"
"Where?"
Il mean no. Willie you must be quiet;
I'm getting crazy
''What makes you crazy?"
ooh dear you ask too many ques-
tions"
Did you ever see a fly eat sugar."
eyes, dear"
"Where?"
"Willie, sit down on the seat, and be
still, or I'll shake you. Now not another
word"
And the lady pointed the finger sharply
at the little boy, as if she were going to
strike it through him. If she had not
been woman she would have sworn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
Can Sheep Be Made Profitable.
Phiadelphia Record.

Sheep being excellent foragers, and
capable of picking up portion of their
subsistence, have been made to adapt
themselves to those sections where the
land can not be proitably cultivated and
where they are supposed to cost but little
in proportion to that which may be de-
rived from them, For that reason the
American farmers have given their at
tentiOn to the small, active breeds, such
as the merinO and native, which exist in
large dOcIls more successfully than do
these of larger size.
The objections to the large mutton
breeds of sheep are that they require too
much attention, and must have good
pasture; that they can not well exist to-
gether in large numbers, and must be
protected from the heat and cold It is
no doubt true that tee merino is hardy
and requires less care than the large
breeds, but the question to be considered
is, whether it will pay to give the large
mutton breeds that attention which many
are not willing to bestow. We have the
difference in methods as practiced in
England and America. The Englishman
does not attempt to produce wool, esti-
mating the wool product as something
that simply attends the production of
mutton as secondary adjunct, and aims
to secure as large carcass as possible.
So great has been the progress attained
by the English in the improvement of
the mutton breeds that it is not uncom-
mon to secure lambs weighing 100 pounds
when they are only three months old,
while $50 pounds is often reached by g.
mOnths-Old lambs. These weights are
greater than those of our mature native
Shpay1 hot hn -
use of the improved breeds of mutton
sheep, can derive a large profit with
out looking to the receipts from wool at
all.
If the English farmer can pay heavy
rents and depend upon his sheep as the
principal source of revenue there is moth
ing to prevent the American farmer from
doing the same; but the English grow
special crops for sheep, shelter them, hur-
die them, keep them growing from birth,
and breed only from choice sires. A g.
year-Old ram has been made to weigh 425
pounds Give weight, and ewes often at
tain over $50 pounds each, 1t is however
due to the careful feeding as well as breed
ing that success is met with, for DO Eng
lish farmer would turn out flock of sheep
to find their food or trample desirable
heritage. 1t has been shown that sheep
can be confined with hurdles and made
profitable, and that the system of giving
them large ranges will not answer for the
mutton breeds; yet the fact thrt the Eng
llsh, with the experience of centuries,
have discarded wool and give their whole
attention to mutton, is a lesson to us
that should not be overlooked or disre-
garded, especially as there is great de-
mand for choice mutton which is seldom
supplied
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
Home Comforts on the Farm.
Farm Field and Sfnckman-

the general suppOsitiOn is that those
who live in the country enjoy luxurles be-
yOnd the province of those who live in the
cities. True, the farmer has an advan-
tage in many respects, such as the ability
to secure that which is fresh and palatable
as compared with his city brothers. His
milk is unadulterated, his butter sweet
and pure, the eggs are new, and the
vegetables are daily gathered as requir-
ed.
But we allude to the comforts and en-
ioyments that the farmer should possess.
What are the facts? Do farmers really
enjoy the luxuries to be obtained on the
farm? Do farmers wives enjoy life
equally as we'll as those ladies who live in
the cities. We fear not; how many far
mers know the Importance of a garden?
But very small proportion, we may claim.
They deny themselves many luXuries
that they could easily have if they would.
Hundreds Of them live on a sameness of
food that would be rejected by persons
living in cities, and yet it is the farmer to
whom they are indebted for many of the
comforts they are enjoying. With the
farmer it is work from early dawn till
sunset, and every member of his family
must share some portion Of the tedious
labor. The farmers wives grow prema-
turely old, and the younger generations
have a dislike to the occupation which
is, above all, the best that could be fol-
lowed.
Can we suggest remedy for the amel-
lOratiOn of the condition of the farmers
families? We do not lay claim to that
honor, but we can suggest better method
of conducting farm operations so as to
render farm life more enjoyable. In the
first place, give the wife choice location
for a garden, and work it under her direc-
ton. Let it be well stocked with all the
choicest varieties of small fruits and vege-
tables. Give her something to anticipate,
to hope for, to realize and to enjoy. Let
her be interested in q manner that the
care and attention she bestows will be
source of pleasure. Give'the young mem
bers an interest in some Department.
from which they may expect to derive
pecuniary benefit, and in which the labor
required will be performed with pleasure.
Let the farmer resolve to first produce
all these thing that will add to his own
comfort before he sells 81 worth of pro-
duce. The choicest beef, the best butter,
the freshest eggs, should be used at
home. Variety is the spice of life, even
on the farm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
A Good Habit.
The HouseSeeper.

1t is good plan to keep in the habit
OF dressing up" in the afternoon, even
II the process consists only in putting
on clean calico dress, smoothing the
hair, and donning fresh white apron,
collar and cuffs-and that whether COM
pany IS expected or not. 1t is the Gus
tom OF some to sneer and say, 'Oh,
clothes don't make the man." No. they
don't-alone; but they help make every
man, woman and child. If the human
being IS the gem, clothes are at least the
setting-and we all know what a differ
ence that makes. It is not sufficiently
recognized that clothes have moral in
fuence in addition to their effect unon
The woman or child who is well dressed
experiences sense of moral elevation,
and added self respect, besides the pleas
ure of appearing becomingly arrayed.
In connection with this idea, the young
should be instructed that lavish expendi-
ture is not necessary for tasteful apparel
One can be just as ladylike in ging-
ham dress as in a silk one, if it only fits
well, is of a becoming color, and is per
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
Dairy Cows on Limestone Soils.
Field and StOrkrnsn.

1t has been demonstration by expert
ment that when herds of dairy COWS were
kept on soil that affords only soft water,
diseases of the bone are the result unless
the lack of lime is supplied through the
mediumship of the food. As we stated
in a previous number, this may have
something to do with the matter of
abortion, and, though we may be in error
in our theory, yet we believe it is worthy
of consideration on the part of those
who have suffered loss through such
difficulty. Nor is the question of lime
alone to be considered, for there should
be proportion of phosphoric acid to
assist the lime in forming bone. The
acid in bone is nearly as large in quantity
as the lime, and while the matured dairy
COW may not for herself demand an extra
supply, yet when she is converting a
large proportion of her food into milk.
she will only direct that portion to the
support of the embryo that may be left
over from thatrequired for supplying her
own necessities. Nearly all kinds of hay
are rich in lime but not in the phosphates,
while quite large quantity of corn meal
and root crops must be eaten in order to
secure the phosphates necessary for re-
pairing waste, providing an essential
element in milk, and supporting the calf
While abortion may not really begin
from such cause, yet the feeding OF bone
meal may be preventive of the difficulty
Cows on limestone soil are usually freer
from bone diseases than those on sandy
soils, and are also of heavier bone. There
are certain conditions that promote this
great scourge of the dairy cows, and too
much attention can not be directed to
tbn iS
damage to dairying than anything else.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22

care must, of course, be taken to secure
as even a fall as possible. A compare
lively level field with poor outlet is
often more difficult to drain well than
more broken field with more rise and
a good outlet. It is principally on this
account that careful survey of the fields
should be made, and the different drains
carefully planned out before commencing
the work; no rule can be given that will
suit all conditions. As nearly as possible
the drain should follow the way the land
slopes, as more complete and thorough
work can be secured than when run in
any other direction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22

From this table 1T appears that nitro
glycerine is by far the most powerful
of known explosives. Papillon french
writer on explosives speaking of it, ''the
ideal of portable eorce." Berthelot says
of it; at burns completely, without resi-
due-in fact. gives an excess of of oxy-
gen; it develops twice as much heat as
gunpowder, three and half times more
gas, and has seven times the explosive
force, weight for weight; and, taken vol
ume for volume, possesses twelve times
more explosive energy" He adds: Chico
retlcally, there is but one substance that
can surpass 1T. e., Iiquefed protoxide
of azote (niteous oxide), mixed with eth
er or other liquefed carburets. These
mixtures range up to 1,4O0 degrees of
heat and their energy is expressed by the
number 1000. But it is commercially
impossible to obtain the explosion of
such mixtures formed with Hquifed gases
because 1t would be necessary to COM
press these gases into liquid form and
preserve them in vessels Theoretically
sealed, in which form they must be mix
ed and fired"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
A Heavy Storm Visits Detroit.

DETROIT, July 7.-Yesterday's storm in
this ne1ghborhood was very severe. Large
hallstones knocked down corn and other
vegetation, while leaves and branches were
torn from trees. In SpringWells the
damage is especially great. Several hous-
es and barns were struck by lightning,
and two barns burned to the ground. The
florists also reported heavy losses. The
rain was badly needed, but the storm did
several thousand dollars damage in the
suburbs of this city. The storm was gen.
eral throughout the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
Storms dc Great Damage About Pittsburg.

PITTsBURG, July ia severe electrical
ami wind storm accompanied by rain and
hail visited this section early this morn
ing, doing great damage to fruits and
cereals. The storm broke over the city
about two o'clock and continued without
abatement for three hours, and during
that time the rain fall was IL inches.
Along the Ohio river between Stuben-
vile and this city the storm
was particularly severe and the effects of
1t are shown in ruined fields of wheat,
oats, corn, grass and fruits. Small houses
were lifted from their foundations,
buildings unroofed. trees blown down
and out houses torn to pieces. In the
city cellars and Easements were inundat-
ed but no serious damage resulted. No
casualties were reported.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-07-22
Great Damage Done to Crops lin Parts of
Illinois.

KANKAKEE, ILL.,, July 16.-Ruin and de-
struction mark the course of Fridays
storm through section of country ten
miles southwest of here, commencing at
point one mile west of Chibanse and
extending two Or three miles northwest,
thence almost retracing its course tow
ards the southeast to point between
Clifton and Ashkum. The storm moved
a swathe three to five miles wide, destroy.
ing every kind of vegetation in its path.
Cereals were cut down as though done
with sickle and in many instances
driven into the earth by the hail. Every
window in the north side of the buildings
in the track of the storm were riddled
barns and houses unroofed and stock
killed. Adam Fritz, in Pilot township,
was struck by lightning and killed, and
Miss Kate Shannon, in Essex township
was seriously Frustrated by lightning.