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Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14
Emit ON the Enrm.

While growing fruit for family use,
1t will pay. on many farms, TO extend
this special line OF work, and raise a
quantity for market. BY some own
ers an excuse for not doing this will
be made. They will be put in the
stereotyped phrase, lit don't pay"
The same phrase has been used In re-
gard to corn. and wheat and pota-
toes; and n few farmers have really
believed IL, and have dropped these
crops, and gone 10 raising tobacco, or
hops, or some other crop. which some
times pays very well and at other
times pays very little. But the great
majority have gone on raising corn,
or wheat, or potatoes, and they are
still good distance from the aims
houSa Farmers have been known to
cut down good trees because apples
were so low in price that the owners
thought they would be better of with
out the trees than they were with
them. These farmers did not have to
live many years to find that they had
made great mistake. They also
learned that the mistake belonged to
that numerous class which Is much
more easily made than rectified. One
OF the great troubles about fruit-grow-
ing on the farm Is the common, and.
with many people very strong, ten
dency to go TO extremes. They either
do not want 20 set any trees, or else
they want TO put out great number.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14

Some of these toys. however. rise TO
the dignity of dime or quarter.
These are only Intended for those who
dIsdain the cheap attractions of the
nickel fake. But with subtle gradations
OF elequence that define the social stand.
Ing OF the members Of fakedom, there is
little difference between them. And
they are here to stick. They have had
many notorious historical compeers who
have startled the world with their elixirs
of life and their philosophers siones.
The Indian fakirs. who stand near the
throne of the king of fakirs. can trace
their descent to the birth OF the human
race when the serpent 'faked' a story
that caused the downfall of our first
parents. A long line Of ancestors whose
names stand out prominently In the his
tory of the world as fakirs Of a high
order these men have who now stoop to
vend nickel articles. They have always
them, nor custom stale their infinite
verbosity."
Between 4 and O In the afternoon
train of wage -earners wend their way
from downtown to their homes. Work
is over for the week. That can casily
be seen by the CHEEKY look on their
faces and the merry jokes that pass be-
tween the groups which crowd the side
walks. Stale Jokes. perhaps, bat they
receive zest because the jokers carry
their weekly wages In their pockets and
a whole day is before them for rest and
enjoyment Soon they are drawn to
stand and listen to the melodious &C.
cents of seedy looking man who is
holding forth on the superlative merits
Of the blacking. the polish of which
rivals the shiny surface of the River
6tyx in hades.
,hzzz hzaazll, 23GllcSe5ltazzlRn,
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14
How to Measure wheat.

About the time that Daniel Drew be.
gan his Wall street career he was up in
the country one time to visit some
friends, aud two farmers called upon
him TO decide case. One had sold the
other five bushels OF wheat and proposed
to measure 1t In half bushel and sweep
the top OF the measure with stick. The
other objected. and Uncle Daniel was
asked to decide.
well, legally speaking. bushel Is
only bushel, he answered.
"And can the measure be swept Off"
81 think IL can
what with"
"Well, IL was selling wheat l should
probably use half the head for -four
barrel"
(Which edge of itf''
Gentlemen. that is point l cannot
now decide on" sighed the old man.
"If ! was selling to widow or a
preacher am certain that / should
sweep the measure with the straight
edge, but II was selling to man who
pastures his cows In the road and his
pigs in his neighbours corn I'm afraid l
should use the circular side and scoop .
little too boot. Wall Street Nebs.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14
FACTS FOR Il ARMERS.
GREAT IMPORTANCE OF TEST.
ING SEEDS.
rhsJ are OFTEN yery Faulty Every Farm should
Have Fruit-More About sheep-Farm
and Stock Notes-Hints for
q the Household.



The seed question is one that recurs
to the farmer every year, and whether
he grows all OF his own seeds, or pur-
chases them from the scotsman, the
Importance OF possessing and planting
only the very best is just the same In
either case. Agricultural stations try
to help the farmers IN the practical
work Ut testing seeds, and giving the
results OF their Investigations TO the
public. Farmers who grow their own
seeds. says the Practical Farmer, rare
ly succeed in gathering only the purest
and best, for there are many things
operating against them. such as the
lack OF proper facilities OF soil, posi-
ton and cultivation which the seeds
man can possess. IL is very seldom
that the farmer Gun grow as good
seeds as those who make specially OF
1T, for the crops are TO him the main
object Of planting the seeds, and the
seed harvest only an incident. The
reverse is true OF the scotsman.
In handling his own seeds the
farmer should, therefore, be careful
to test them before planting. After
they have been gathered and packed
away during the early winter many
will die. lose their terminating
powers, or become injured by excess
sive heat or cold Worms will eat in
to others and ruin them so far as
growth is concerned. lnnumerable
other accidents may be all them,
which must be discovered before they
are used for planting. Another thing
In gathering seeds, spurious seeds OF
plants and weeds will sometimes get
mixed with them, and the percentage
OF good ones will be very small. Trial Is
or tests Of seeds should, therefore, al
ways be made. and the relative per-
centage OF good ones ascertained. This
should be done especially with pur-
chased seeds. The agricultural
stations do this for the farmers to a
certain extent but cultivators them
selves should conduct "a private test in
their own homes.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14
sheep.

In these years OF drouth and agri-
cultural depression. with our land
steadily diminishing In productIveness,
we begin TO look around us for some
Thing to fill up the money purse when
our two main grain staples fail Add
sheep seem TO fill the bill, or we might
call them the debt paying aud land
improving machine OF these u. S.
This Is why we put them ut the head
OF the list OF stock. No stock pays
larger per cent on the amount OF
money invested than sheep do. A eve
that raises two lambs and the wool
that Is clipped from her will pay two
hundred per cent on the money invest
ed IN her. and they bring money in
from April to August. just at a time
when the farmer has nothing else TO
sell, and Is at his greatest strait to
meet his debts, and is yearly income.
Our wheat and corn may fail, but the
wool and increase do not IL takes
hut small amount OF money TO start
with flock Of sheep. II We are moi
able to buy hundred, fifty or twenty
five. buy five, and in few years you
will have all you can manage. And
as we said before, as our land becomes
more worn from a constant rotation OF
crops, We must begin to look out for
the future, or it will be the general
cry as 1t Is now in some OF our Eastern
states. about worn out land and aban-
doned farms. 10 buy commercial fer
tilizers in these times of agricultural
depression. when IL Is as much as the
farmer can do to meet his incidental
expenses, is an up hill business. 1t is
cheaper and better 10 make our own
manure and sheep grazing over our
pastures will distribute their drop
pings evenly over the land. and we do
not have the expense of hauling it out.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14

II Is very seldom that a request fJE a
patent is refused to a Scottish G,bpli-
cant. and when 1t is the reason almost
invariably is that the idea has already
been patented. One of the earliest
Scotch inventors Ia this country was
old Hugh Orr, Lochwinnoch man.
who had foundry at Bridgewater.
Mass, during the revolutionary times.
He was we'll known in his lifetime to
Washington and the other American
leaders, as from his foundry came most
of their iron and brass cannon. Orr
invented many agricultural impie-
ments.
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14
suffolk Hogs.

This country is not naturally adapt
ed TO the Suffolk breed OF pigs, fine
boned animal, but not carrying hair
enough to protect 1t from inclemencies
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14

"In other words" shouts the classical
Fakir, ''you may tramp through oceans
Of mud all day and with the application
OF a wet rag your boots will shine aud
g1isten like the bran new silk hat you
keep in box for Sunday. This black
ing Is not like other blacking. / have
ssld bexss Lk 4e aastreds to all the
Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-02-14

,k4n il3gzn 7TyceslkNxdsn,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15

We anchor in limpid blue water; the
cannOn-shot is answered by a pro-
longed thunder-clapping of mountain
echoes.
Then from the shore a strange flo
tilla bears down upon us. There is
one boat, two or three canoes; but the
bulk Of the craft are simply white
wooden es-fat-bottomed struc-
lures made from sIlipping-cases or
Iard-boxes. with triangular ends. in
all of these sit naked boys-boys be-
tween ten and fourteen years Of age
varying in color from fine clear yell
low to a deep reddish-brown or choco-
late tint. They row with two little
square fiat pieces of wood for paddles,
clutched in each hand, and these lid
shaped things are dipped into the wat
er on either side with absolute precision
in perfect time, all the pairs of little
naked arms seeming moved bya single
impulse. There is much unconscious
grace in this padding, as well as con-
sunmate skill. Then all about the
ships these ridiculous little boats be-
gin to describe circles, crossing and in
tercrOssing so closely as almost to
bring them into collision, yet never
touching. The boys have simply come
out to dive for coins they expect pas
senger5 to fling to them. All are chat
tering creole, laughing, and screaming
shriliy; every eye, quick and bright as
a birds, watches the faces of the pas
sengers on deck. " 'Tention-laI' shrek
a dozen soprani: some passengers s
hand has descended into Il money
pocket, and all are on the alert.
Through the air, twirIing and glitter
ing, tumbles an English shilling, and
Drops into the deep water beyond the
little fleet. Instantly all the lads leap,
scramble, topple head-foremost, out of
their little tubs. and dive in pursuit.
In the blue water their 1.-THE figures
look perfectly red, all but the sOles of
their, unturned feet, which show cutie
white. Almost Immediately they all
rise again; one holds up at arms length
above the water the recovered coin,
and then puts it into. his mouth for
safe keeping. Coin after coin is thrown
in, and as speedily brought up; show
er of small silver follows, and not q
piece is lost. These lads move through
the water without apparent effort,
with the suppleness of fishes. Most
are decidedly fine-looking boys, with
admirably rounded limbs, delicately
formed extremities. The best diver
and swiftest swimmer, however, is a
lemon-colored lad; his face is rather
commonplace, but his slim figure has
the fluent grace of an antique bronze.
-LatcGQio HeoTn, an Harper's MagG-
zi72p
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15
Consumption Gu d.

An old physician. retiIed from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and per
manent cure of consumption, bronchitis,
catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung af
fections, also positive and radical cure for
nervous debility and all nervous complaints.
after having tested its wonderful curative
powers i'll thousands of cases. has felt 1T his
duty to make it known to his suffering fell
lows. Actnated by tins motive aud a desire
to relieve human suffering. ] wilt send free
of charge. to all who desire it. this recipe.
in German, French. or English, with full
directions for preparing and ssing. Sent
by mail by addressing with stamp, naming
this paper W. A. NoYEs, $50 Powers
Block. Rochester, n. Z.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15

me for loan of a hundred this morn
ing without the quiyer OF an eyelld. "
Life.
.Aw, Cholly, have you seen Awlger-
non this morning?' Cholly (in husky
whsper) The pooah boy is dead. .
Dead! Why, Old chappy, what killed
him. aw?" Nervous shock. Don
We know. he bought suit OF clothes,
and the coat didn't iit.''-Lt0c0L"
Journal.
Wife Ito husband, who has been
ostensibly to church u was SO sorry
not to 90 with you this morning, John,
but l really didn't feel able. We're
there many there? Hus. and-No, the
grandstand was only about half-er-
o, yes, a fair congregation tor hot
weather.-NeU IOrG Sur.
Mr.. McDude-What a wonderful
thing is space, Miss Ethel! The I'M
mensity of it quite fills my brain. Miss
Ethel (sarcast: 'aliy)-So l should I'm.
agine, Mr.. McJude, from the nature OF
your conversation. And a blizzard
stood between them during the re-
mainder of the voyage.-Ocean.
..J-John, d-dear,n she sobbed, ''d-did
you ever think how near death is to all?
Wh-what would you ever DIDO, J-J ohm,
if should d-die?' .'Weil," said John,
musingly, Il don't know as | had ever
thought of it before, my dear, but now
YOU speak of it my first impression is
that l should bury you "-S0neTUttte
Journal.
A man out West fell in a dead faint
4 ,rbf
at first that it was art disease.
Afterward the man recovered, and ii
was found that he had sent for IA
plumber the day before to do a little
work. and the plumber had come
punctually at the time he said he would.
-S0nlcrUiite JOUri1Gt.
A great many men living in the
country have whitewashed stones on
the sides of their roads that they may
know Just where the roads are in the
dark. Some OF them who come home
late from city clubs would add to theil
general safety and comfort if they
would have the entire road white
Washed.-Puc&.
What a floral Offering that was of
DR.. Budd'sn' said Old Mrs. wilkins as
she was returning from church. Yes:
DR.. Budd uses the cut flowers OF
speech to good purpose" replied the
deacon. "Cut flowers, deacon?'
queried the old lady. Eyes. They
have so little connection with the stem
OF the discourse. '-IfurDer'S EQ3Gr.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15
A Dressmaker'S Tuck.

A smart dressmaker not only learns
to round bust. but she can so deftly
pad the sleeves that when the wrist is
seen it seems only the slender termina-
tion of a plump arm. The gown OF Il
thin girl in New York, one who has the
reputation of being a singularly good
figure, suggests quilt heavily wadded
more than anything else. Back, hips,
sleeves, and bust are all the result of
clever Workmanship. And it isso clever
that taior-made gowns are deiiantly
worn by this girl. and the most critical
clubmen find no flaw in the outlines of
her figure. PsilGdetl1hta Times.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15
Ssh lED doom F:AoToRY:
w. p. FgARTYN, Proprietor.

Doors and Sash kept in stock or made to
ORDER Mouldings of all kinds in pine or
cedar All orders will receive prompt at
tention. [ guarantee all my work to be
first-class West of s. Z. depot, Corvallis,
Oregon. o-tt.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15

A strictly tirst-class machine, Fully
warranted. Made from the very best ma
teriaI by skilled worknien, and with the
best tools that have ever been devised for
the purpose Warranted to do all that Gun
he reasonably expected Of the very hest
typewriter extant Capable OF writing $50
words per minute-or more-accor,ling to
the ability of the operator. A machine
that will manifold more than double the
number of sheets than any other typewriter
without affecting the alignment in any
spect, as this machine tue alignment is
indestractibe.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15

Miss Leoline Daniels, Of Athens, La,
while preparing for her wedding, be-
came suddenly i'll and died about the
hour she was to have been married.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1891-05-15

me for a loan Of hundred this morn
ing without the quiver OF an eyelid.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-28
CLEVELAND, HARRISON AND SILVER.
Frnm the Rrookln ciflzen.

From fhe Brooklyn Citizen.
Mr.. Harrison has informed his Eastern
constituents that 1t is very necessary to
have all the dollars issued by our Govern
ment of equal value, and that he will con-
slider it his duty to veto any measure that
would tend to make them unequal This
Is all very well so tar as it goes, but it is
not a firm opposition to the free silver ele-
ment of his party. Senator Stewart and
the other free silver RepG olicans viii ex-
plain away this speech in innumerable
ways, so that while Mr.. Ia rrison's posi-
tion will not encourage. it will not dis
courage the free silver movement. III the
President opposes free coinage and in
tends to veto any free coinage bill, let
hin: say so in SO many words as Mr..
Cleveland did, and not leave any eppor-
tunity for misundersta tanding. Such a
course would do him little or no harm.
But II he waits until free silver bill 10
presented to him before taking tirm
stand, mis- veto of the measure will injure
both himself and his party.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-28
ADJUSTMENTS.
The s.Pay Train at the Hoboken
Theatre.

The s.Pay Train at the Hoboken
Theatre.
The Hoboken Theatre opened for the
season under its new management last
night with a local production. The play,
"The Pay Train" was written by Mr..
CharlesF. Dittmar of shis city. 1t deals
with yeung girl, Bessie Burton. con-
siderable OF tomboy. who. dis Zuised as
a boy, starts out TO find her father who
has been unjustly convicted of forgery
and escaped from prison. The father is
pursued by villain, who uses his knowl-
edge of the crime to eXtort money from
Bessie's father and grandfather. The
grandfather is murdered in the first act,
aud Bessie learning OF her fathers con-
viction and believing him innocent un-
aertakes the task of clearing his good
name, which she accomplshes in three
acts and seven tableaux.
The play has some wonderful mechani-
cal effects A full train of cars dashes
over the stage, while Bessie who, at this
stage of the proceedings masquerades as
Foxy, a cigarette smoking terror, jumps
on the platform and uncouples the cars
In PLAIN sight of the audience, capturing
the william who is trying 10 escape with
the proceeds OF a ROBBERY.
Then there is thrilling incline wreck
scene
hosting coal trucks up an incline TO the
coal mine, suddenly exDlodes as coal
ear with the william escaping from his
pursuers is going up, sending the whole
thing crashing TO the bottom in such a
realistic manner that y physician in the
audience jumped from his seat with the
intention of going to the villains aid.
The play has many strong features and
after the rough edges have been worn
away by more performances 1t viii un-
doubtedly prove a success through the
country.
For a first nights representation last
nights performance passed of admir-
ably. Miss Florence Bindley. a young
and ambitious soubrette with pleasant
face and attractive figure, as Bessie anC
Foxy, won much applause by her clever
| acting, sweet singing and graceful
dancing.
have made a hit as Jack Breet, thu
villain, inasmuch as he moved the CALLER
| les to unmistakable manifestations Of
| their disapproval of his ways. The com
/ pany WIS a good one, and each part wa
acceptabIy sustained. This was the re
| mainder of the caste:-
Ruben Cole, well to do farmer. Harr,
| Fields; Charles Burton. alias Barnes
! under n cloud, ii. II. Horton; Frank Hale
| who has seen better days, w. II. Pender
| gast: Jeremiah Judge, sheriff and bag
| gagemaster, John Sheehan; Bridget Nc
/ GonigaI, of the miners laundry. Ton
| Flynn; Duke smith, pale of Breers
| Edgar Morrison; Robert Glare, the X. II
| Paymaster, 5. n Harriet; Plug Ugly,
| tough from tougbviile. John l.. Calt
| we'll; Wilhelm, from over the Pond
! George +. Heck; SHORTY. switchmar
| Frank Bryant; jennings. conductor c
| '.The Pay Train" Wnl Flemont; Farley
train baggageman. Horace Wlliiaml
Bob. an engineer, Fred CoSgrove; John.
farm haud, Jack Farley; Rosann
| stevens, housekeeper for Cole, Mis-
| Nettie Franklyn: Neitie Dnrant, tn
telegraph operator. Nj IS Dora Norman.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-28

secret conference. presided over by
another revolutionist, named Emily
Huntington Miller, and from which
every man was excluded. Mrs. Parker
took the floor and exhibited an array
of dresses. skirts, tights, undercloth-
ing, etc, both on and off her splendid
figure, in q way that captivated every
woman present. and there were a
great many of us. assure you. All
the time she was showing her wonder
full clothing, she was carrying on a
harangue against the present mode
OF dressing that made every corset,
every waistband, every garter, and
every clumsy petticoat in the room
ache. As she proceeded she warmed
up to the subject, and became so en-
thusiastic that she got both feet in
one leg of divided skirt and then
we all laughed.
The Jersey City news., 1891-08-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


The grave problems in education,
the problems that remain grave, how
ever great our educational advance
ment, because they are fundamental,
are:-(D What Preparatory School
for Boys should teach: for example
how far moral instruction should be
matter of direct or routine work, an d
how far a matter of general influence
only; how far work should be done for
mental drill and how far for the acquis-
ition OF facts. (2) The corresponding
problem of the proper education of
girls; whether the schools for their
higher education, and the colleges
that admit both sexes, and the AN
nexes" to universities have been sue
cessful Here, too, comes in the old
contention that women are not
physically equipped for severe train
ing. (3) Are our universities properly
related to present American
life and conditions, or are they to too
great q degree survivals from obsolete
conditions AS part of this same
problem the work of the schools of
technology and of industrial schools
comes up for consideration:-Do they
do the work of a real education7
These fundamental problems are all
discussed in the September number of
The Forum,-'"The Ideal Ameri-
can School for Boys" by the Rev. Dir.
Colt. the venerable headmaster of the
famous st. Paul's School for Boys, at
Concord, N. H.; The Value of Tech
nological Education, by Prof. ii. w.
Tyler, of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; and 'The Opportunity
of Making a New University I'm
hampered by Traditions" by Presi-
dent Jordan OF the New Leland Stan
ford. Jr.. University, Cal Mrs. Alice
Freeman Palmer, formerly President
of Wellesley College, herself q gradu-
ale of the University of Michigan, re-
views the experiments that have been
made in ''co-education" institutions,
in the higher colleges for women,
and in the wonen's annexes to
universities; and Miss Porter, Princi-
pal of famous ''The Elms" School
for Girls, at Springfield, Mass, writes
of the physical Hindrances to Teach
ing Rich Girls" This group of Forum
articles is the result of an inquiry
made some time ago by the editor OF
The Forum of large number of our
leading teachers as to what the real
problems of education are, and as to
who could best throw light on them.