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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.

TnE Pfohibiiionists Of this country
entertain the notion that tAe cure Of
drunkenness lies IN the suppression Of
the LIQUOR traffic by law; IN other
word, that the great vice Of the world
eau be removed by legislation. ENpe.
Renee has not been favorable 90 this
theory. The appetite Tor -tro ug drink
Ia not affected by statutes, and while
there Ia demand for liquor the supply
Will come In spite OF laws and orlinan'
ccs and regulations. Tho traffic In
lntoxicanls may be restricted by legis'
laiion, but II does not appear that by
such means II can bc suppressed.
At the state CoA7ontion Of the
Young womans Temperance Union
In Pennsylvania, recently, the super.
intendcnt Of the young womcn's work
made this declaration;
1--WE have given up tho idea Of ever
gaining anything by politics, aud are
now oonhnlng ourselves Ia individual
work. We expect nothing or very little
from legislation. II ha. boon shown that
the law cannot make sober man Of n
drunknrd"
These are wise words. They should
be taken To heart by temperance work.
ets everywhere. n they will labor In
their own sphere, which Ia that Of
moral influences, and spend the time
wasted on cnicayon 10 fctter appetite
with statutes, In the disscm.
nation OF knowledge aud the
exercise OF that power which
strong aud pure minds can bring to
bear upon the weak, In training the
young, In reclai ming the fallen and In
finding aud using means to cure the
disease OF dipsomania, they will ao-
complish far more than by punitive
and suppressiye measures that trench
on human liberty.
This is not Intended to signify dis
approval Of laws aui ordinances TO
regulate aud restrain the liquor traffic.
The arguments and evidences In favor
OF high llccn.e VIZ think are such rs to
convince unparalleled minds that Ia.
vertigate the subject. But the root Of
the evil Ia not In the trade which
furnishes the supply, 1t Is In the
demand, which springs from sources
beyond the reach Of legislation.
The liquor appetite has come
down to tho present genera.
ton through line OF ancestry reach.
ing back almost To the beginning Of
the world. The use Of stimulants il not
confined to any ngo or any race, aud
the craving for them Is hereditary. IL
cannot be eraiieaied In one generation
nor extinguished by statutes and pen.
Alties.
II Is n Wise provision In the Utah
school law which requires special IN.
struction In the public sc hools econ.
corning the nature Of aud effects pro.
duced by the use Of alcoholic drinks,
slimulants AMI narcotics" II ought to
be- enforced, and information Of this
character should form part Of the
tuition In all the schools In the coun.
try.
The custom Of presenting stlmulants
to visitors Ia society, the practice Of
"trratlng," 20 common among men,
the haoit OF indulgence In drains,
40 frequent with persons who
could Just as well ~ not d..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

A Springfield lMo.l man raised II
pear that weighed % ounces. It grow
on a tree Is years old. He sent It to
the department u agriculture at Wash.
ing,on. There n pomologist molicd
one exactly similar out OF plaster u
paris to keep on exhibition Us the lars.
est ever reported.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

George W. Frost Of Ghdwin, Mich,
reports having seen wild man near
river In Gladwlu County. He was
covered with hair, was seven feet tall,
and had arms reaching below his
his knees. He killed II dog with one
blow OF his hand.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

William Matson, who stole gold
brick from Wells Fargo 4 Co., at Plu.
mas County, Cal, last August, and
sold II In Denver for $1,000, Is under
arrest at Newcastle, Pa. Matson was
married few weeks ago, aud was
found living with his WIFE.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28
NEWS ~ NUTSHELL.


Mansfield, o., has 100 cases Of dirh.
iberia.
Only per cent Of nll ampulaiion
casc- prove fatal.
A potriii,d hog has been found near
Clarksvillc, Tenn.
Nebraska Is sending an exhibition
car through the county.
a large deposit Of asphalt has been
discovered In West Virglnin.
British steamers aud sailing ships
lost Mt sen, average 400 yearly.
Egypt Il said to be- bankrupt, vet her
revenue last year was s5O.0l1,OOO.
American writer. occasionally call
English, the American language.
In England the deaths from de.
llrlum trcmens average four a day.
At tho time Of birth, the octopus, or
devllflsh, l. no larger than a common
tica.
Steel rails were first made In the
United States at Chicago, May -,
1865.
Kerosene oil Is the only article inn
ported direct from the United States to
Siam.
The Pullman company viii exhibit
at the World. Fair tho lint sleeper
built IN this country.
II il reported that Calvin =. BAco,
chairman Of the National Democratic
committee IL about 10 resign.
The histofyoi Iceland as a nation
extends hack 1000 year. Only two
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

The histofyoi Iceland as a nation
extends hack 1000 year.. only two
theft. are recorlel In that time.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

Mansfield, o., hn, 100 cases Of dlrh.
liberia.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

The Pullman company viii exhibit
ht the World's Fair the lint sleeper
built IN this country.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

American writer. occasionally call
English, the American language.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

Only per cent. Of oil ampuIatior
Cascs prove fatal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

Egypt IL said to be- bankrupt, vet her
revenue last year was s51.011, 200.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

Steel rails were first made In the
United States at Chicago, May -,
1865.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

Kerosene oil is the only article im.
ported direct from the United States to
siam.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

At the time Of birth, the octopus, OF
devllflsh, l. no larger than a common
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

In England the deaths from de-.
llrlum tromens average four day.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

British steamers aud sailing shirs
Lost nj sea, average 400 yearly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-28

Nebraska ia sending an exhibition
car through the county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Curing Side Bacon.

Hogs should always be butchered on
cool frosty days, and the carcasses hung
where they will cool through before being
cut up. in very cold weather it is posi-
BILE for heavy pork to freeze on the out
side before all the animal heat has been
expelled, and meat is sometimes lost by
being sailed in u frozen condition The
best way to cure side meat is to pack it
on platform made for the purpose or a
section of the meat house floor First
spread a layer of dry salt an inch or more
deep, then rub each piece of meat thor
oughly on the sides and edges with salt
and lay the skin side down on the salt.
When the first layers completed sprinkle
salt over it plentifully, and so continue
until you have all stacked up in this
manner, and finish with good coating
Of salt on top. The meat must be over
hauled, rubbed and repacked as before
three Or four times before it is we'll cured,
which will require from five to eight
weeks, according to the thickness of the
sides and the temperature of the weather.
If possible, pack in a room where the
temperature will be above freezing, as
extreme cold greatly hinders the meat
from taking salt. The smoking is best
done with hickory wood and should oc-
cupy about ten days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Sheep on Small Areas.

That the sheep can be made to pay a
fair profit when the area is restricted to
a flock has been demonstrated in Eng
land for a century, and on lands that
are in many respects no better than lands
devoted to sheep raising in this country,
and for which high rents are paid annu-
ally, the sheep being daily hurdled and
the hurdles changed, SO as to give fresh
grazing daily. In other words, the En-
glish sheep are allowed only as much
space in grass as they can eat off clean.
being given a new patch by advancing
the hurdles daily. In this manner the
land behind them is MANFRED, and moth
ing is wasted. The breeds used are
those that produce large carcasses, whole
focks averaging 300 pounds each live
weight, and superior quality of NUT
ton is thus produced. The Philadelphia
Record. commenting On the above, says:
In this country the sheep have unlimited
area, the amount of land occupied being
much greater than is necessary, while
the amount of mutton produced is not
one-third the proportion that it should
be, even the wool when washed being
below the amount required to give a
profit in proportion to the capital invest
ed in the land and stock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Do Fertilizers Leach

The complaint is often heard that
the phosphates do not produce the effects
upon crops that were realized from their
early use, and the conclusion that the
phosphate manures have degenerated
in quality is drawn from this assump-
ton of facts. The facts as laid down
in The Florida Dispatch are: 1. That the
phosphate compounds are of higher
grade than those sold fifteen years ago.
2. That their effect is equally marked
upon lands to which none has been pre-
viously applied. 3. Lands to which re-
peated liberal applications have been
made contain enough of the unappropri-
ated previous applications to supply the
needs of the crops.
This last is true of soils which contain
enough clay to prevent injurious leach
ing. We infer, then, that phosphates
applied to clay soils, or sandy soils with
good clay subsoils, are held until used by
plants, or at least the larger part OF
them. On such soils, therefore, heavy
annual applications are not wasteful.
On sandy soils, without clay foundation,
however, heavy applications are not ad-
vlsable, since that not appropriated by
the crops to which it is applied may
leach beyond the reach of the roots of
cultivated plants
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Her Imagination Was Fatal.

During the summer of 1888 an inquest
was held on a young English woman
who, it was supposed, had poisoned her
self. The examination showed no poison,
but the stomach contained powder,
the general character of which CORE
sponded with a certain insect powder.
The manufacturers claim that this is
non-poisonous, and the chemist, who an
alyzed the contents of the girls stomach,
concurred in the same opinion. 1t was
tried on cats, rabbits and sheep, neither of
which were affected byit. In the absence
Of evidence of other causes to account
for death the only assumption was that
the young woman had taken the insect
powder believing it to be poisonous, and
that her imagination had been wrought
up to the point where death was the
natural result.-St. Louis Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
misunderstood.

An elderly lady and her daughter
stood on the elevated station at Twenty
third street awaiting an oncoming train,
upward bound. Don't try to take this
one" the daughter urged, ''it's damned
full" The old lady cast a reproachful
look upon her younger companion and
mournfully remarked: "There isn't a
doubt about it's being full, but all the
same don't see any necessity of swear
ing about it. New York Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05

one ana half inches for brood ana sur
plus combs when taken together, His
observation was that naturally built
combs are spaced all the way from one
and three-eighths to two and half
inches, but he believed that bees in a
natural state preferred one and half
inches. He also believed the bees would
put more brood and less honey in the
brood nest if they were only one and
three-eighths inches apart.
William Lyon, of Burlington, Ia, had
found, as the result of considerable ex-
perimenting in the matter, that it is a
good plan at the opening of the season
to move the frames closer together, as
near as one and hve-sixteenths from GEN.
ter to center, to prevent the storing of
too much honey in the brood chamber.
He found that this narrowing up of the
space would drive the bees into the sec.
tions better than anything he had ever
tried. He moves his frames together
every spring, and moves them apart
again in the fall, so that the combs get
sufficient honey for winter stores. and
the bees get more room between the
brood combs to cluster. He attributes
his success in getting bees into the sec
lions to this method.
A. n. Draper and DR.. Mason reported
success with spacing the comb one and
one-fourth inches from center to center.
This was generally considered as being
too close. Mr.. l.. @. Axtell favored one
and three-eighths, as did also B. TAYLOR
and some others.
A. |. Root expressed the opinion that
one and one-fourth inches apart does
not give sufficient room He did not
believe the bees were at ease in so short
space.
J. NJ. Hamburg said that what the
beekeeper wants to know is how to pro-
duce the most honey. AS one and half
inches gives better space for winter,
owing to its affording more room for the
bees to place their honey and to cluster,
he considered that space the best for
practical beel1eepers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05

HpIe to escape this loss by carrying cop
per cash with one, for, putting aside
their excessive weight, there is not even
a standard cash in China. Those used
at Tien-tsin are not used at Peking;
those at Peking are not current, except
at a discount, at T'ai-yuan. Here /
bought very debased kind of cash, Civ
ing one ''large cash" for four of them.
A hundred miles farther south these
small cash were at par, and even, in a
few cases, at slight premium over the
intrinsically more valuable large one.
The Mongols, Thibetans and Turke-
stanese have never consented to use the
Chinese copper cash, although it is the
standard money of the realm The first
named people use silver ingots or brick
tea; the others have silver currency
of their own.-Cor. Century.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Horse Notes.

When it can be done it is better to
water horse half an hour before feed
ing, rather than after.
Too much feed is as bad for the health
and thrift Of horses as too little.
Horses should be turned out into the
lots for exercise every pleasant day.
One-third each of corn. oats and barley
ground together makes good winter
ration.
Careful grooming is as necessary dur
ing the winter as in the summer.
Keeping the horses heels and legs
clean in winter is the best preventive for
scratches.
Standing in wet manure tends to make
the feet of the horses tender, and should
always be avoided.
Change the feed often enough to keep
the horses with good appetite; they
will thrive better on less feed.
Ii you raise the right kind of horses
the buyer will come after them; if the
wrong kind you will have to hunt up
buyer.
A small quantity of oilmeal added to
the horses meal during the winter will
aid materially to keep them in good
healthy condition. The best plan is to
mix it with little wheat bran.
Colts will make better growth and
development if they are given light
feed of ground oats every day. Oats
are one Of the best foods for the devel-
opment of bone and muscle.
Brood mares can do enough work to
pay for their keep, and by mating to a
good sire will bring good colts, which
will be clear proft.-Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Killed at Last.

S. G. Bowen, of Nashville, Tenn, says;
The true story of the death of Gen.
Ewell is known only to few. AS a
young man he was quite dandy, and
continued to pay great deal Of atten-
ton to his dress until August, 1862,
when he lost leg at the battle of Grove
ton. He recovered in few months and
led his troops until the close Of the war,
but with the loss Of his leg he also seemed
to lose all interest in his personal ap-
pearance, and after he went back to his
farm in Tennessee was in the habit of
wearing the most dreadful old garments
imaginable, saying that it made no diff
ference how one-legged man looked.
A year or two after the close of the war
there was a sale Of quartermaster's
stores, and Gen. Ewel bought guam
tity Of military trousers for which there
was no longer any use.
He issued them to his workinen, and
at last took up the habit of wearing a
pair about his farm. They were shoddy
goods, very thin and fimsy, and on a
damp day in the winter Ewell took a
cold, which developed into pneumonia,
and from which he never recovered. A
day or two before his death, when he
knew there was no hope, he said to a
friend: "The enemy has killed me at
last. | was in many battles, was severe
ly hit more than once, and on more than
one occasion thought | was as good as
dead When the war closed it seemed
to me that had nothing more to fear,
but | was mistaken, for here | am at last
dying of a pair of Yankee breeches. y
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Preferred to Re with Pana

One of the best children's bon mots is
told by a well known book1naker in
town His little daughter was happy
amid ? parlorful of company, when
bed time came and she rebelled against
having to leave. She threw herself on
the floor, face down, and kicked and
screamed. Come" said her mother,
'be a good little girl, now, and go to
bed Don't you know what mamma
has always told you'll you aren't a
good little girl you can't go to heaven?''
81 don't want to go to heaven" said the
child; u want to so where papa goes. "
New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
FARM, FIELD, GARDEN.
SUBJECTS OF WIDESPREAD lMpOR-
TANCE TO AGRiCULTURlSTS.

A Kansas Stock Growers Views on the I'm
in Naming AnimaIs-Obje ctions to Nam
ing the Brutes After Persons of Fame.
sheep, cattle or hogs, but on subject
that, judging from my own observation,
writes correspondent in The Western
Swineherd, causes almost as much study.
Many, many years ago Shakespeare
wrote, What's in name?" 1t may be
that some of my brother swine breeders
will differ with me on this subject, but
here goes. Next to ''naming our babies"
naming our stock seems to be of inn
portance. Especially is this of much
importanceif the animal happens to have
been purchased from a prominent breeder
at fancy price. In this case his name
certainly must, in some degree, partake
of his aristocratic birth and position.
Look at any of our stock records and be
hold the Kings" Queens, Dukes"
s'Duchesses, - Lords" Gladys" .'Sirs"
and ''Madames." Still we do not object
to that; it is merely matter of taste.
to indulge in titles of nobility, yet lays
no embargo upon their use in naming
our swine.
What we do oppose is the naming of
boars, bulls, stations, ETC., after persons
of fame and worth, and for whom we all
have the highest degree Of respect. To
be sure, it is intended as a compliment
and to show our appreciation of the
original. Like every other question, it
has two sides. Not many of our great
men ''were born great" or chad great
ness thrust upon them" but rather
achieved it by years of hard work and
study. What Il beautiful compliment it
is to them to have their names consider
ed worth bestowing upon some boar, bull
or stallion! While the persons thus hon
ored live it may not seem so very OBJ
jectionable, but when they have laid off
this mortal coil, and we speak of them
with reverential sadness, does it not
seem rather burlesque to have great,
grunting boar or believing bull called
familiarly by the same name?
There is still another view of this cues
ton which appeals directly to our pockets,
and, like good Americans, who worship
the almighty dollar, which we cannot
afford to overlook. Favorite politicians
and statesmen have in the last few years
been the bank from which hog men have
drawn largely for names. Fortunately,
our country, though united in name is
not in politics, and while pig with
''Roscoe Conklin" for sire would suit
you, your neighbor would swear up and
down that anything connected with that
name could not come on his farm. So
with bull named "Grover Cleveland"
"John Ingalls, James G. Blaine"
"Benj. Harrison" etc. | know whereof
l speak when say many sales are lost
by giving partisan names to the head of
herds. There arc multitudes of names
that 90 not mean any one in particular
that can be used without hurting the
feelings of anybody or causing loss to
their pockets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
A TelOn Cure.

An old sufferer from felons thus tells
how to get rid of them: Il was engaged
in marking iron with white lead and
turpentine, and having felon coming
on my finger dipped it frequently into
the mixture. AS the iron was quite
warm which I was marking at the time,
found the next morning that there was
small yellow spot where l felt the
felon. opened this, and had no more
trouble from it. The next time felt
one coming l procured some turpentine
and bathed the part affected frequently
and held it near a warm surface to dry,
with the same result as at first. Since
then have used it several times, always
with the same result. New York Jour
nal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
Chinese Money.

One Of the most troublesome questions
to contend with in travelling in China is
that of money. AS is well known the
Chinese have no other currency than the
copper cash, about fifteen hundred of
which are worth at Peking a Chinese
ounce of pure silver, called by foreigners
''tael of sycee." Silver is naturally
used in commercial transactions, but as
bullion only, and by weight, so every
one has to have a set of small scales
The inconvenience that this weighing
entails would be comparatively small
were all the scales throughout the en-
pire uniform: but such is not the case.
They differ considerably from one town
to another, and even in the same local
ity. Thus at Picking there is a govern
ment standard, a maritime customs
standard and a commercial standard.
The same diversity is found over all
the empire, and the consequent compl-
cations and even serious loss in exchange
are continual vexation. Nor is it DOS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
An Unusual War Relic,

DR.. Hall. the popular druggist, has
quite a curiosity in the shape of an old,
rusty relic of the late war. 1t is one of
the old pixies known as the Joe Brown
pike, which were used by the Confed-
crates at the beginning and by some of
the troops al through the war. DR.. Hall
was living near Griswoldville, and after
the engagement there he found the one
he has. 1t consists of an iron shaft about
a foot long and head shaped like a
spear. To the shaft was fastened long
wooden handle, but this part of it was
lost.-Americus (Ga.) Recorder