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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-02
POISONOUS FLOWERS.
a Beautiful Grccnhouse Plant Which ID
Possessed of ToxlcaI NuaIltics.

n Denutlful Grccnhousc Plant Which 10
Possessed of Toxical Qualities.
The poisoning of several greenhouse
worllmcu by contact with some green
house plant was noticed in our columns
the other day, says the New York Sun.
The EaIac of the plant was not men,
toned. but we suppose it must have
Lecn the Chinese primrose st is tech
nically known rs primula oLconica.
This primrose is one of the most beau
tiful of the genus, and it is now in full
bloom IL our conScrvatories and if1rcd
for sa!~ in the florists shops. Its poison
ors character is we'll known to expert
cnccd florists. After handling it they
are apt to be affected with an inilam-
nation CT tho skin of the hands and
arms, and often of the face, of an cczc-
matous type.
This lovely little plant is u native of
central China, where it was first dis
covered by Mr.. Marlcs, Il botanical col
lcctor, who sent seeds of it to England
Plants raised from these seeds bloC1ncd
for the first time in Europe IN Septem-
Der, 1889. In the following year it was
figured and described in the Botanical
Magazine, and three years later Il col
orcd plate of it appeared in the Garden
newspaper. 1t created n sensation in
European gardening circles, and on ac-
count of its easy growth, neat habits
ard wintcr-blooming nature, and the
great profusion and beauty OF its bios
SCIH3, it has found much favor with En-
gliSh and continental florists.
AS it seeded and multiplied freely, it
soon found it's way to this country,
where, till two years ago, it was the
rcigning favoritc both in private and
commercial gardens. When its poison
OTIS nature, however, became generally
known its popularity received de-
cidcd check; but it is such beautiful
little plant that even now cultivators
dislike to give it up altogether.
The whole plant-lcavcs. pctiOlcs and
flower stcms-is covered more or less
thiclSly with j0intcd hairs, and it is
supposed that these hairs cause the
poisonous irritation by breaking off
and entering the skin of the hand. But
all who touch the plant arc not poisoned
by it. We know Of worllmcn who can
handle it with absolute iinounity ut
any time. while others are always sus-
ceptiblc to its evil influence. Fhc back
OF the hands, between the fingers and
the bare arms arc the parts affected:
the hard palm of the hand escapes I'M
injured. The face and 2Tcs of some
worlimcn arc also poisoned by il, al
though these parts nev"r touch the
plants. One person whcla we know of
can handle the leaves without any
smarting pain, such rs the singing CT
ncttlc, and no prielliny as if cactus
hair had entered the skin: but after IN
hour or two the itching begins, and
lasts moro or less for several days. In
fact, the effect upon the skin presents
GOOD deal the appearance of parsnip
r poisoning, but it is never so virulcnt CT
so lasting as that caused by poison ivy
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-02
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE At EUREKA, SEVASA,i
JHnI;aay % 1891.

LAND OFFICE At EUREKA, SEVAeA,l
JHnraay - 1891.
NJ Office Is HEREBY GIVEN TILT TIE
Nv following named settler has iilrd notice
of his Intention to- nuke final proof i'm sup.
port Of his claim, and That said proof will bc
mndeleforc the District Court of tircbtntc
oG Nevada, in ni"t Tor Ii 20 County, Nevada.
Mt Elko, Nevada, on Wednesday, APRIL 1921.
VIZ. Charles To9n, RI. e. No. 81 for Lot OF
Sec q LIT = of See Tips N. K &c r. and + u
of sri *. Sec rs, TIP ~ n, K &c T., NJ DIN.
lie names the following witnesses 10 pTore
his continuous residence upon, ard GuliivG.
tim Of, said land, viz:
4. q. Dawlcy, nf END y lynda. o.. D.. Cd
y. w. brown, Of Elic, nevada,
r. GuidagSr, 81 Ek,, N WHdL
J.J... HyItvn, OF. idhu,I Nevada.
J. P.IUVELE.
Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-04-02

IN" thoroughly occupied man, savs
Great writer, was cvor yctluiscraLlc."
HnfosS n" was Hying ~ atnuse A two-
SS@H-old child while its mother won't
~&S calling ~~PtttshtUgh Chronielo Tele,
groph '0'N
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12

the ground shall lie in its natural condi- |
ton or be cultivated or may it be pastured. |
There are few or no cases where an orch
ard can be planted and left without care of
any kind In which it will amount to any
thing. Grass and weeds growing uncheck-
ed In an orchard are not only unsightly in
appearance but will be detrimental to the
growth of the young trees. Wherever the
lay of the ground will admit of it | would
always cultivate the soil of young orch
ard TOR several years, as not only making
profitable use of it while it was in an
otherwise unpro1uctive sale, but as actual
ly beneficial to the trees. Enough manure
should be applied each year to make good
the loss caused by taking off a crop. Pas
turing an orchard cannot be done at will,
except with animals whose habits do not
lead them to injure the trees. This rules
out horses entirely, for most horses when
turned loose will injure apple trees of any
size by barking them, and both horses and
cattle would destroy young trees by con-
tinually browsing them. The same objec-
ton applies to sheep where they can reach
the ends of the limbs, and where the pas
ture is scant they are liable to gnaw the
bark of young trees. On ground so rough
that it cannot be both cultivated
and fertilized, if set out with apple trees,
| would pasture it with hogs as the best
thing that can be done with it while the
| trees are growing. In this country
| would plant in the spring, and the sooner
| they are transplanted after being taken
from the nursery the better. | never
could see how anything was to be gained
| by lifting young trees in the fall and
heeling them in. as it is called, either in "a
cellar or elsewhere during the winter, be-
| fore planting them-M. B. A.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12

sons when it seems the fowls are bound to
be sick. There will be times when the
eggs become plentiful. and times when
they are scarce. And there will be seasons
when everything goes smoothly and work
seems easy, and seasons when labor be-
comes all the more laborious and every
thing seems to hang on the ragged edge.
But don't desert the sinking ship. The
writer has met all these, and every year he
learns something new. Every year ne sees
the mistakes he has made, and every year
the fact becomes all the more true that to
win one must put his shoulders to the
wheel and push with all his might and
main. If beginners would only start small
and climb up by degrees. Experience is
dear teacher, and consequently should
only be sought with limited expense.
Twenty-Five hens will teach man how he
must care for one hundred. 1t is better to
begin in that way than to have one hun
dred acquaint him Of the fact that he does
not know how to take care of twenty-five.
Meet experience half way; that is, 60 out
to meet it as far as your purse
and your ability will allow. Do not ex-
pect to get dollars worth of practical
knowledge for only twenty-five cents.
There are great many people ''built
that way" but they never reach the desir-
ed effect
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
Buckwheat in Orchards.

Notwithstanding the fact that the sum
mer has been cool and moist, many report
that blight has been severe on the apple.
We have received favorable report of
buckwheat sas preventive. A farmer
having young orchard near his hou e
that had been given good culture and was
in a hourishing condition up to this
spring, planted the end next to the house
in garden truck for family use The eEd
farthest away he sowed in buckwheat. The
same varieties extended in both pIats. The
hardy SORTS blighted some in the garden
portion. and the bad blighters we're con-
siderably damaged, while in the buck
wheat portion there was no blight on the
hardy sorts and the varieties subject to
blight were affected scarcely at all. This
shows that the best of culture will not al
ways prevent blight, and that during the
time of its ravages, there should be some
soil covering to keep the ground cool.
Buckwheat stands first as crop for this
purpose, and clover second. This has been
determined by experiment by Captain
SDeer, the former director of the agricul-
tural experiment station at Ames. Any
one can test the matter by the use of
thermometer in different growing field
crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
Winter Protection.

Gardeners and fruit growers of half a
century ago showed much less intelligent
attention to the question of winter protec-
ton than they do today. Half hardy
shrubs and trees were tied up with straw
and made to appear tidy, without consult
ing the question of the smoldering effects
of this treatment. This applies not only
to fruits, but to shrubs and flow ars. We
understand now that the plants and vines
and bushes are injured as much from too
much protection as they are from too little.
A few bows OF spruce or other conifers
loosely tied around the shrubs that are half
tender will do more good than the smoth-
ering bands of straw.
Beds of perpetual plants often need COW
erings to keep the frost from throwing
them out by the alternate freezing and
thawing of the ground Leaves are the
best coverings for such a bed, and they
may be kept down by sprinkling a little
loose dirt or sand over them. Sometimes
the very tender plants will suffer fron
this weight, aud light sticks will be all
that is necessary to keep the leaves in
place.
Protection in winter is often needed
more to keep off the sun than to keep the
cold out, for the most injurious thing tc
the plants is the lowering and raising Of
the temperature. Often tree, fence, OF
any similar thing placed so as to shadow
the plants in the winter time will be the
best protection they can have. If any.
thing is tied around them see that is is
loose and free so that the air can circulate
freely through the plants.-S. w.
Chambers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
Washing Roots Before Setting a tree.

A member of the Missouri horticultural
society says: For number of years [
have practised washing the roots Of trees
before setting them. Sometimes the
ground in the nursery is muddy, sticks to
or among the roots, and if set out in this
condition it will get hard and bake almost
like brick when the weather becomes
dry This will always almost kill the tree.
Another is, sometimes we find root lice
bluish-looking mott at first sight, but on
closerao one finds them resem-
bling hen lice. When they have been on
long the roots become very knotty and full
of little fbres grown tight together like
a sponge. This kindsof tree is not SO good
and should not be planted. l put
IN a half a barrel of water, which
we set in some convenient place,
about a half box of concentrated
I've and two ounces crude carbolic acid.
In this we dip each tree till washed clean.
have not yet seen any injurious result
from this treatment, and the trees treated
this way have always made a splendid
growth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
FARM NOTES.

Keep the seed potatoes at as low tenn
perature as possible without freezing
them.
Hens, hogs and sheep that eat up wind
falls help to save the succeeding crop.
To cause fruitage prune just as the
buds are opening; for growth prune in the
fall.
An Indiana farmer says that be has
cured heaves in his horses by withholding
hay from them and substituting green food
in its place.
The profit in hogs does not always con-
sist in making them hog fat. The heav-
Ter they get the more feed it will re-
quire to produce each additional pound Of
flesh.
Study your business for the next five
months and make wise use of the
farmer club, institute meetings and your
agricultural paper as you have oppor-
tunity.
To keep boys on the farm keep some
body's girls with them for company. And
to keep oieo out of the butter market keep
none but good butter in it. Oieo is far
preferable to the average grocery but
er."-Arbas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
DESERVING THE SHIP.

There is an old saying that rats desert
a sinking ship and this saying is akin
to the darkey who thus solioquized:
"De cotton crop am CROWN less, de
weeds am CROWN more. De sunshine am
gittin' so hot-an' dis niggar b'lieves he
has a call to go to preachin'."
So it is with many of the amateurs that
embark in the poultry business. As long
as the fowls remain in good health and the
egg product is large there is happiness,
but when the crop grows less, and work
and expense increases, and de sunshine
am gittin' hot, these enthusiasts quietly
fold their tents and steal away. There is
where their heads are not level. To learn
the business one must expect trials and
tribulations. 1t is impossible to jump
light IN and learn it all without encounter
ing stumbling blocks. Even veterans at
the business have their ups and downs
There will he seasons when the best of
health will prevail, and there will be sea-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
l s. ST. P. &U.P
These Letters are the initials of the
New Line through Wyoming and
Idaho to the Pacific Northwest

This line is composed Of the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis q
Omaha and Union Pacific Rail
ways, and reaches more faf
Western Cities than any other line
as follows:
Haley, Boise City, Lewiston,
Moscow and principal Idaho
points.
Walla Walla, Colfax, Farming
ton, Rockford, Spokane Falls and
numerous Washington points.
Baker City, Pendleton, Portland
and principal Oregon points.
Ogden and Salt Lake City, the
largest points in Utah.
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
all California points from NIT.
Shasta to San Diego.
And this line also reaches Butte,
Anaconda and many other points
in Montana.
Also note that by this line
accommodations are furnished IN
Pullman Family Sleeping Cars
very low rates to holders
econd-class tickets going to
Washington, Oregon and Calltor-
MIA.
When you get ready to go
West, before deciding upon your
route, call on agents of c., St: T.
M. & O. Ry., who will cheerfully
furnish rates and information
about through car service over
the "Lake Superior, St. Paul &
Union Pacific Line" and connec-
tons, or for pamphlets and map
address
T. w. TEASDALE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
The Best Friend

The all-around reliable people make the
best friends; those who have pleasant
countence when others are ''glum;" those
who are tender and sympathetic when
trouble comes; those who have quick wits
and steady nerves in an emergency; those
who can forgive mistakes in others and
encourage the new trials those who give
advice delicately and receive it thankfully;
those who by their courtesy and thought
fulness of others make you proud to IN
troduce them as your friends; those whose
language is always chaste; and above all
who respect religion and practice its
precepts. a man of the world may have
the semblance of all but the last. But all
the rest will be as plated brass compared
with solid silver. A little rubbing
against the rough places IN other men s
characters will disclose the real stuff a
man is made of. If he is a christian
through and through" he may berubbed
away and yet no alloy will appear. If he
has no deeper affections than those of
earth, the agitation of business and
society will disclose the fact. The Christ,
ian is the best friend!-Young Mems Era.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12

He might have learned, as days went BY,
While boxing, boats and base ball made hir
strong,
But he neglected study. Why's
Enough of playi He must to business young,
Make money fast. All else was ''rot."
Perhaps he might have learnt his mother tongu
At least, by night but he did not.
He might have sought the living, aye, the dea
And in their work have found a lash
To higher things. Alas he never read,
Except the papers daily trash.
He might have been merchant wise, sedate,
And eaten lunch IN pleasant mood;
But no, he must go faster, speculate,
And ever anxious bolt his food.
He might have been content with honest pay,
And saving for his after years.
But works too slow. He must be rich today;
The world with him was in arrears.
He could have been companion to his wife,
Neglect has caused so many wrecks!
But scheming took every minute of his life.
And he could give her naught but checks.
He should have sought to play a fathers part
But he could never stop to think
"I'll teach my girl simplicity of heart
And keep my boy from senSeless drink"
He might have lent to some d halpinc hand.
Or fostered thoughts of others righJs,
But if he look around on sea or land,
He dreamt alone of gold-that blIghts.
And death to him was not light that beams,
But darkness. hunger, thirst and frost.
He sped not on to realize his dreams,
He only felt his gold was lost.
Why spent he thus his life one long mistake,
Ignoring everything sublime?
For Lack of what we first of all should make;
He did not find or take the time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
NOVEMBER.
LEE G. HAIRY.

Like some fair woman who hath lost youths
charm,
Yet holds within her heart all goodly gifts,
November comes-worn pale by storms alarm,
Borne down by clouds, yet showing thro' their
riffs
Some hint of heavens blue and sunshine's glow
Ere falls to earth her mantle soft of snow.
What matters then tho hill and vale are bare?
She clothes them in dainty garb of white;
Hangs every shr ID with ICY jewels rare,
And fills the land with echoes of delight
From merry sleigh bells, and the rythmic beat,
Upon the frozen road, of flying feet.
So comes Thanksgiving day-as it should come
With cheerfuIness and JOY, and ringing bells;
With dear gathered round the hearth Of
home,
While thro' the land happy chorus swells
Which speaks q nations praise to God above.
In thankfuness for His protecting love!
Ladies' Home Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
The Brood Sow.

A brood SOW must be furnished with
food that is rich in the carbohydrates
rather than in fat. Thus starchy food is
more suitable than that which contains
oil in abundance. The sow's milk has
less than 2 per cent. of fat in it, and if the
food consists largely of cornmeal the fat
in it will add rather to the sow's growth
than to that Of the pigs. Hence, buck
wheat is better food than cornmeal, and
in practice it has been found to enable the
SOW to raise he finest pigs Buckwheat
and rye in equal parts, finely ground, and
given in the form Of a rather thick slop,
has been found an .excellent.apd cheap food
for this purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
Smut of Grain.

According to German publications, DR..
Oslfar Brefeld Of Berlin, and professor Of
botany at Munster, has observed that the
minute plants constituting the fungus dis
ease of smut in grain send their fugitive
filaments into the substance of the host
supporting them. Therefore the smut
fungus, he ext lains, consists of two por-
tions, viz: the threads usually colorless
and consequently not easily SEEM and the
bodies known as spores, which are minute
and spherical and in mass constitute the
smut, as seen by the naked eye. These
spores, when free from the grain or any
other plant, are able to terminate and pro
duce multitudes of sprout spores, which in
time may reproduce themselves. This dis
covery was made by growing smut spores
artifcially in nutrient solutions, and, it is
said, upsets the theory that smuts eau live
and grow only On plants known to be in
tested by them.
DIR. Brefeld found that the form of the
smut fungus so grown cor1esponded with
the fungi found in fresh lung. This ex-
plains why fields spread with fresh dung
were especially liable to attract smut The
spread of the smut was greatly increased
by spreading the fresh dung on the earth
This influence of the dung was lost with
age. Old rotted manure was not injurious.
The inference drawn is that fresh dung
should not be used ON grain fields.
The above, should it be found true Oh
American fields, would constitute good
reason why manure should be left in heaps
to rot, instead of being hauled out aud
spread as soon as made, as is now the
practice of many farmers. It is, however.
worthy of inquiry, whether danger does
not arise more from smut-infected pro-
vender consumed than from greennesS of
the manure.
An American authority quotes Dr.
Brefeld as saying that in nature the vital,
ty of corn smut may be preserved indefn-
itely in the dung of animals that have
eaten smutty corn; and it is ready to form
mycelial tubes and enter the corn when the
latter is planted in ground fertilized with
such manure. According to the botanist
of the Nebraska experimental station,
smut spores may grow in manure and
liquids in the barn yard for an indefinite
period.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12
Iiaziness is a good robber

Laziness is good robber.
1t always makes loafer tired to watch
an earnest man work
The man who loves his neighbor as him
self never keeps bulldog.
1t is greater to be faithful than to be ia
mous.-Dr. W. J. Darby.
He most lives who thinks most, feels the
noblest, acts the best.--Bailey.
1t is net SO important for one to know
when Christ will cone again, as to
know that he is ready for his coming at
any moment.
Those who are anxious" about to-mor-
row cannot enjoy the pleasures of to-day.
Anxiety is fatal to happiness. The only
way to Danish anxiety is to believe in the
unchanging love and the unceasing care Of
the Heavenly Father
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-12

Devices Which Have Proved of Actual
Benefit to Mankind

bcneHU TO hdnklnu.
A California woman has invented a
baby carriage which Melted her $4,000,
while to Mrs. Catherine Green, the wife
and widow or Washington s ablest officer,
is due some of the honor of inyenting the
gin, one of those distinctly American in
ventions, the value and importance of
which have been recognized by the whole
industrial world. A horseshoe machine,
which turns out completed shoes, was the
invention of woman; also the reaper and
mower, the idea Of Mrs. J. Manning, of
New jersey. Mrs. Manning seems to have
stimulated the inventive genius of her
nelghbors, for a few years after her reaper
and mower was patented, Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith, of the Same state, took out pat
ent for an improvement on this machine,
being a device for changing the knives
without stopping the wheels.
One Of the most complicated machines
ever made is that for the manufacture Of
reinforced bottom paper bags. 1t was the
invention of Miss Maggie Knight, who,
from it and other inventions in the same
line, realized a large fortune. A street
sweeper Of great merit was devised and
patented by New York woman, who had
a costly dress ruined by the mud splashing
on it from defective machine. Most re-
rlarkable of all is the invention of Mrs.
Mary B. Walton, for deadening the sound
of the car wheels. She lived near the ele-
vated railroad, in New York, and was
greatly annoyed by the sound of the roar
ing trains passing her house. The most
noted machinists and inventors of the
country had given their attention to the
subject without being ahle to furnish the
solution. A woman's brain did the work.
and her appliance proving perfectly sue
cessfuI, was adopted by the elevated roads,
and she is is now reaping the rewards of
happy thought.