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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

Governor Nichols, Of Louisiana, AZ
most people know. has lot an arm aud
leg. bat 10 deity have the Artificial
mcmbprs been fitted to Tie stunps TINT
but few people nrr Ia the secret Of liis
los. His color'd body servant was
left behind ON the occasion of u vislt
In vicksbnrg, and they put at his dis.
posal during his stay there a likely
Young lad. who was told Ia try and
take the old body servants place. That
night whcn Governor Nichols was
ready To retire, he stretched out one
Of his leg. TO Ned, the servant, and
said. "Ncd, unscrrw that leg" Ncd's
eycs began 10 open with horror, but
be obcycd. and took the leg Oh.
Governor Nichols then said. calmly
stretching out nm arm, med. unscrcw
TINT ARM The boy rolled up his eyes
until nothing but tho whites could be
seen, but he obcycd and unscrcwed tho
arm. Tho governor who now realized
his condition Of mind. determined 10
have a little fun with him. 70, reaching
out his neck, he said. "Ncd, unscrcw
that head" But tho boy never waited
to sec whether hls head would come OH
or not, and no one ever succeeded In
getting him 20 go near Governor Nlch.
oils again. IIc said lac was the worst
"hoodoo' that no ever saw. --Cincin.
natl Enquirer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

The listener observed very curious
.snd interesting thing the other night.
lie had occasion TO walt for nm evening
train In Columbus avenue station. As
he entered and sat down there were al
ready eight men and two women slt-
ting on the benches, and having moth.
Ing better to do the listener noticed
TINT every ono Of the men had his left
leg crossed over his right knee, while Il
was sufficiently apparent that In tho
ease OF tho two ladies' this state Of
things was exactly reversed. As tho
listener was mcditating upon the reason
for this curious circumstance n Indy
md gentleman entered and sat down,
and Immediately the gentleman put
his left leg over his right knee, whilo
the lady Joined her sisters In tho room
In exactly their attitude.
by and by more men came and
more, and every one Of them put his
left leg over his right knee, until there
were actually seventeen men sitting In
that position In the little waiting room.
Only ono moro lady came, but she, too.
followed exactly the example Of tho
other women. Seventeen men and
four women In ono room, all with one
knee over tho other. but the womcns
and the mems crossed In reversed di.
rcctlon-. l. there any Psychologist
who can explain why this should be sol
boston Transcript.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

A couple Of gentlemen driving In
bloomfield had their attention at.
tracted TO n Held near tho roadside.
whrw q couple Of crows were engaged
In what looked like a deadly conflict.
The birds flew at each other terriilcally,
coming together with u sound that
could DO heard for rods away, tho
feathers the while flying through the
air and over the snow. Finally they
clinched, seemingly by tho bcaks or
upon each others neck. and they hung
OH like u couple Of bulldogs, turning
over and over Ms they noundercd about.
Their angry screcchcs finally attracted
flock OF crows which were lettering In
the nearby wood, and these fellows
took hand, some fighting ono and
some the other, until tho combatants
separated. ono Of tho birds was COM
pletely winded aud might easily have
been caught, but he must have rallied,
as when the party returned cltyward
only tho feathers were left TO mark
tho scene OF the struggle.
Courant.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

In 1893 an earthquake overturned
nny-four cities md towns; Catania
and It's $1,000 inhabitants were wiped
ont II existence, aud moro than 100,
900 lives were lost altogether. In 1902
Ycddo. Japan, was ruined, and 200, 900
people killed. In 1891 pckin, China,
lost 100000 by an earthquake. In
1854 100, 900 were cngulfcd at Grand
Cairo. Tho following year Lisbon was
wrecked the second time. losing GO, 900
people. Tho saine year kaschan. Per
sin, with 40, 900 people, was totally de-
stroycd. IN 1863 BaElbcc, Syria, was
destroyed, 1000 persons being killed.
The sanp number persisted at Allcpo
In 1899. In 1851 Moln. Italy, WIS laid
In ruins aud 1900 lives lost. In 1857
In Cnlnbria and elsewhere not los than
10000 persisted by earthquake shocks
ono authority on the subject estimates
that Ia the years between 1865 and
1857 tho kingdom OF Naples lost not
les than III, 900 II Is people by earth
quakes.-S Louis Republic.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

In tho problems to which tho hnnd.
kcrchicf has given rise man has but in.
directly shared. There have been
epochs when Il has been n conspicuous
part OF his attire and one OF his pct
vanities, and even now Il has some
slight pretensc 10 ornament In the form
of embroidered initial, fancy hem or
foreign color. but with the male being
the nose wiper has adhered moro or
less closely to It's trslitlonal use. II II
Is allowed to Peep In a suggestive way
from the side pocket of his coat Il Is,
Theoretically, OF course, that he may
not be Obliged 10 tumble about In all
his pockets but may DO able easily to
grasp and apply 1t In ease Of a sudden
sneczc or any unexpected emanatlon
caused 10y the influenza. The vanity Is
consequently harmless. San Francisco
ChroISclc.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

There has been discovered about half
mile west Of the Bargytown hedges n
twirlisg stone OF about five tons weight.
II has always been regarded us bowl.
der. and from the way II Is poised on
the rock beneath Il no one could see
why II should not rock. Hundreds
have tried TO rock II In vain, and tho
surprise OF the man who first felt Il
move under pressure may DO better
imagined than described. II moves
hard. OF course, but II moves, the finder
informs US, round rs II Il was placed
upon a pivot. II has been carefully
examined, and while II looks like a
bowlder, several allege that II must be
ceremonial stone set there by some
prehistoric race. Norwich Bulletin.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

A gentleman whose lungs arc not
strong enough for him TO enjoy the
fumes Of tobacco after dinner party
took with him 10 friends house a
little lamp. which lie sct down On a
table when tho cigars werc lighted
Over tho fame Of this little lamp was a
ring Of platinum, which became red
hot In a very few seconds, and which
consumed the smoke Of dozen cigars
ns fast NJ II was made, 50 that the at
mosphcrc Of the room was rs clear rs
Il would have been had ihere been no
smoking going on at ALL -Poughlsecpsie
I'll.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

Have any of our modern engineers
pondorcd the contemporary doscrip-
ilons Of AlcxAndor's dubar tent before
Babylonl That appears TO have had
no central support. II was upheld, says
Phylarcus, by eight pillars OF solid gold.
or tho glorious plcnlshlng within We
have not to speak, since our theme Is
mechanics, Around the throne and tho
great courtlers stood 800 Macedonian
guards; IN n circle beyond them 800
Persian guards; beyond these again
1000 archer. To fix a tent which held
1000 soldiers on duty, with arms and
accoutermenis, surrounding In SUCCESS
I've circles the most gorgeous oriental
court that ever was, with hundreds OF
satraps' councillors, generals, cunuchs
and slaves would perplex mochan.
iclan Of the Nineteenth century. llo
will rcply that the story Is false-must
be because lac cannot match II. Hap.
PLY the awning Of the Colosseum stands
beyond dispute, aud AlcHander's tent
Is a small matter compared with that.
st. James Gazette.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

Robert Morris, n man celebrated for
the part ho took In tho American
Revolution, was once asked by DIR.
Rush; "Well, Mr.. Morris, how did you
like the sermoni / have heard It
highly eltollod." "Why, doctor"
said he, 81 did not like II at all II Is
too smooth and tame for me. Mr..
Morris, replied the doctor what sort
OF a sermon do you likor II like,
SIR" replied Mr, Morris, that preach.
Ing which drives man up into n
corner OF his pew and makes him think
the devil is after him. n--san Francisco
Argonant.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

It Is stated that the muslrat Is en-.
abled to travel under the Ice OF a frozen
river or lake for considerable distance
by resplring against tho leo roof, whcrr
tho hnbbles Of gas collect, and getting
fresh supply Of oxygen.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

Editor (meditatively)-How seldom
we know what Is best for us, Hero I've
been pitching into the interstate com.
morce law for sixteen months. Heaven
forgive mol
Assistant.-Ehl
~ should hive been on that train
which plunged into that open switch
last night II kind Providence In his In
scrutablc wisdom had not saved me.
could not get u pass. flood News.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27
Assistant hl


Mlss Gaswcll-pop, did you SEQ the
Prince o. Wales while you was In En.
rope, an did go talk with hint
Pop-I saw I'm, but tho crowd was
30 biz no didn't sec me. -Domarost's.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

The considerable series OF clipped stone
nhp'emsnts from the gravel beds In New
Jersey Delaware, Ohio and Indiana and
ron certain deposit In Minnesota give
eoncinAive evidence that uan existed prc.
"sss w tho depositl0a VI tk~se bedA
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-27

Rose-I intend 10 take the concolt
out OF Sidney Miller before let him
fall
Pearl-you'd better not.
Rose-Whyl
Pcarl-Becausc II you did he would
b. TOO llsht to iall. West Shoro.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
SAMDUST AS BEDDING.

Sawdust or fine shavings from the
planing-mil make good bedding for
cattle and horses in the sense of being
clearly, but there are some objections to
it's use. 1t decomposes very slowly in
the manure or in the ground after ap-
plication. If used in large quantities, an
acid develops in it when wet that is in
furious to vegetation, and manure IN
which it is used will do better upon dry
land than in wet land. It certainly
should not be used where the land is
liable to be wet most of the season, as it
does not decompose at all under water.
When it does decompose it furnishes
certain amount of potash and some
nitrogen, and certainly the potash, and
possibly other elements, would exist in
larger proportions in the sawdust and
shavings from hard wood, Or non-resin-
Gus soft woods than IN hemlock, spruce
or pine. In stiff clay, or clayey loan,
it would serve to Tighten up the soil and
if not too wet would decompose after a
while. In light, sandy loan it would
be too drying. 1t would be better that
the manure in which it is used should be
piled up to heat and ferment before ap-
plying to any kind of soil. Dry leaves
from any trees except those of the pine
or resinous woods would be more
valuable as bedding, and are better alb
sorbents of the liquids of the stable than
sawdust, and sawdust is better than
shavings, and soon leaves can be
gathered about as cheaply as sawdust can
be got Ground tanbark is similar to
the sawdust in its effects on the soil, but
not as good, and should only be used
very STANDARDIZATION CuZti0Gt0r.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
VARY A HORSE S FEED.

A short time ago valuable horse, an
imported draft stallion, was fed all the
hay he would eat, with dire result. 1t
took an experienced horseman months to
correct the mischief done by a seasons
stufing with hay. Since that severe
lesson we have had constantly the care
of work.. orses, and have found that fully
as good results in feeding were had
where good bright straw, of which the
animals ate little, was used for roughness
and variety, but no greater quantity of
grain was fed them when hay was large
and constant part of the diet. An oppor-
tunity to inspect the feeding of horses in
a large stable belonging to a street car
company revealed the fact that the horses
required to make twenty-four miles per
day at a jog-trot, in heats of six miles
each, were fed almost entirely grain
diet, being given only enough hay to
secure good digestion. The common
ration was crushed corn and wheat bran
mixed by weight, and the whole mixed
with coarse cut hay. Of this about half
a bushel was fed dry at one mess
Omaha St0cknaan.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
Washington.

THERE were received at the Dead Letter
Office during the past fiscal year 6,o=9 4oO
pieces of original dead mail matter, al In
crease of 81, 1914 pieces over the previous
year.
THE Civil Service Commissioners have
sent in their annual report. The Secretary
of the Navy also made his annual report to
the President.
THE Republican United States Senators
met in caucus at Washington and elected
Senator Sherman Chairman to succeed ex-
Senator Edmunds.
SECRETARY PROCTOR severed his connec-
ton with the War Department in Wash
ington and took official leave OF all the OIL
GERS of that Department.
ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR GRANT has
directed an examination of the accounts or
Major Overman, EngIneer-in-Chief OF Pub
lie Works at Cleveland, Ashtabula and
other points along Lake Erie.
AN order was issued from the Navy De-
partment at Washington relieving Captain
J. W. Philip from command OF the United
States steamship Atlanta, and ordering
Captain J. F. Higginson to that duty.
A MEETING of the Executive Committee of
the Democratic National Committee was
held at Washington. January Il was fixed
as the time and Washington as the place
for the meeting of the full Democratic Ma
tional Committee, which will determine the
time and place tor holding the National
Democratic Convention OF 1892.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
TRAINING TOMATOES.

In my experiments in pruning and
training tomatoes have noticed that the
fruit colors better on the vines which
have not been pruned; also that the di-
rect rays of the sun tougher the skin and
cause discoloration Of the fruit; a fact
which demonstrates Dame Natures su-
perior knowledge of the amount OF
foliage required to nourish and mature
her fruit. Many of the rocks and trel-
Uses designed for the support of tomato
vines doubtless have good points, but as
am somewhat sceptical on this subject
I never provide chairs or settees for my
tomato plants, but train them vigorously
to the perpendicular; hence my vines are
supplied with ivefoot stakes, two to
each plant, split from ash logs, and
fastened with basket stuff, so there can
be little slipping or stretching.-Amer-
ican AgricuIturiSt.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
south and West.

THE United States 1000 ton steel cruiser
Montgomery was launched successfully at
the Columbia Iron Works, Baltimore, Nd.
JUDGE RUFUS P RANNEY, the leader OF
the Ohio bar, died in Cleveland at the age
of seventY-eight years.
THREE Italians were killed and twenty
five injured in railroad accident at Ottawa,
Ohio. William Meadows and Harry knipe
were inst antly killed at railroad crossing
near Lima, Ohio.
PROFESSOR W. II. MCCUBBINs, a promi-
nent citizen of MaysvilIe, Ark, shot and
killed his wife and afterward himself The
crime was caused by jealousy.
AN explosion of gas in mandatory at
Sparrow's Point Nd, killed three men and
seriously injured five others.
FIVE men were killed, six were mortally
injured, and nearly twenty Others were
seriously hurt in a railroad collision at West
Plains, Mo.
JOSEPH MCKAY, who is in Jail at Ukiah.
Cal, charged with stage robbery. has been
found to be the son of Joaquin Miller, the
''Poet of the Sierras.n The real name OF the
young man is Harry Miller. He is twenty
two years Of age.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25

THE Duke of Clarence and Avondale, VINO
will be the King of England it he survives
his father, the Prince OF Wales, is betrOthed
to his cousin. the Princess Victoria of Teck,
to whom he has long been deeply attached
BY an explosion of firedamp seventy-three
miners were killed in coal mine at ST.
Etienne, France.
Two secret societies, composed OF lmmi-
grants from China proper, proceeded to
Mongolia aud inau gurated a revolt against
the foreigners and Christians. From 300 to
500 Christians, several native prlests,a Mon
goIian prince and some unconvertad natives
were massacred. Forty-five hundred Impe-
rial Chinese troops met force Of 1000 rebels
at point fifteen miles from Chaoyang.
Eleven hundred rebels were slaughtered on
the field and those captured were lmnedi-
ately executed.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY lives were re-
ported lost by an accident in a coal mine III
Russian Poland.
A HEAVY storm ragged in the English
Channel; twenty-four persons were drowned
by the laundering Of a fishing smack.
THE President of France promulgated the
law fixing the duty on pork, and decree
repeating the prohibition on American pork
which has existed in France since February
IS, 1881.
IMPERIAL troops have crushed the rebel
lion IN Manchoria, China
DR. WELTI President of Switzerland, has
resigned, owing to ajority of the electors
voting against the Governments purchase
of the Swiss Central Railway.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.

ONLY three men instead OF twenty as at
first reportei lost their lives in the storm in
Haverstraw On. " Bay.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY wOrkmen en-
plcyed in the construction Of the Maine,
Boston. Cruiser No. Z. the Miantonomoh. and
two new warships. were discharged from
the Brooklyn N. " Navy Yard.
The Connecticut Senate met in Hartford
and adjourned TO December %.
ISAAC B. SAwTELLE confessed before the
Supreme Court at Concord, =. H, that on
February 5th, 1890 he murdered his brother
Hiram in the woods near Rochester, \. d
He shot him down and then hre1 >Hre9 ou.-
lets into him as he Law dead on the ground.
He dug the grave too short and cut OF me
head to make the body fit 1t.
N. L. SrEARNs, Ex-Governor OF Florida
dropped dead OF heart failure at Palatlne
Bridge, n. Y. He was born in Lowell, Ne,
fifty-two years ago.
A sCAFFOLDING broke in Lehighton, Penn,
and several workmen were thrown 10 the
ground, forty feet below. Two were killed
and two were severely injured.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Plain whitewash is said to be remedy
for the woody apis.
Feeding the young chickens on clear
surface is good preventive of gapes.
Langshans, brahmas and cochins
fatten very readily and should not be
fed exclusively upon corn.
If the geese are we'll provided with
warm quarters and are we'll fed, they
can be picked regularly all winter.
A hen will eat anything that hog
will, and if we'll managed will return a
much better per cent. of profit on the
capital invested.
Select a good, heavy rooster CT your
favorlte breed; let him be broad across
the back, full breasted and active, and
use him for breeding this winter.
The safest plan is never to inbreed the
fowls; change the ROSTERS every year and
better results will be secured, especially
when it is desired to improve the flock
Wire netting is an excellent material
to use for making temporary yards for
the fowls. It is easily to put up and
can be readily taken down and moved
when necessary.
The trouble with those who fail IN feed
ing bran is-they feed too little meal with
it. When they feed we'll balanced ra-
ton, of which bran is part, they will
find the milk all right.
Very fat pullets not only wean few
eggs, but if the eggs are used for hatch
ing the chickens will be weak and sick
IL. A thrifty condition of the hens is
necessary to thrifty chickens.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
A BUILDING FALLS.
Many Workmen Killed or Injured
by Falling Walls.

The most horrible accident that ever oc
Cured in st. Paul, Mimi, took place
shortly after 10 O'CLOCK the other morning,
when the central wall of the west section Of
the burned Shepard building, fell in, bury
ing the wOrkmen beneath the ruins. There
were a number Of workmen beneath the wall
when it fell, and the majority OF them were
killed or received mortal in INJURIES.
The patrol wagons in the city were sum-
moned at once, and the laborers who were
not under the wall were set to work exca-
waiting the ruins. In less than half
an hour they had taken out ten men,
five OF whom were dead, and five
injured, one so severely that the ply
sicians at the scene stated that he could not
live until he reached the hospital. Later
the contractor, Wilcox, was taken out dead,
his body being mangled beyond recognition.
The cause of the accident was that the
wall, which was much weakened by the fire.
became top heavy from the large amount
of debris removed from the bottom
and fell under its own weight. For
some time 1t has been considered
dangerous by people who frequented the
place, but the contractors vino examined 1t
pronounced it sound, and the men continued
TO work without fear of accident.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25
DOCKING HORSES TAILS.

Fashion seems to have performed
complete revolution in its orbit and has
brought in once more in full force the
cruel and absurd practice of docking
horses tails. Just at present the Gus
tom is in full force, and the unfortunate
animals appear with the shortest pos
sible tails. AS question of beauty, it
must be conceded that there is a loss
instead of a gain. The horses glory,
like that of a woman, is in his hair. The
abbreviated representatives of the flow
ing tails are poor apology for the
sweeping locks that should grace the
animal. The proportions of the mem
bers are destroyed by removing the tail.
It throws the horse out of balance so
that his long neck and heavy head seem
out of proportion. 1t produces the effect
of the horse pitching forward on his
nose. The animal when locked looks
harmonious from no point of view.
The loss of the tail as weapon against
flies and other insects that so torment the
horse, peculiarly sensitive in his skin, is
one of the great injuries done him in the
docking process. Again, however hu-
maueIy Iue PROCESS Oh aLnpuCaLlOn can Dc
conducted, it is certain that it is gener-
ally on occasion of great cruelt,, and
that ignorance is the cause of the infic;-
ing of great suffering.
One consolation underlies the natter
It is that fashion is perpetually cL angling
and that new generation of hors es may
be spared the inf1iction. The horse with
docked tail, as he grows old, will de-
scend to lgncble uses, aud when the
once fashionably mutilated Great IRE ap-
pears in the lower roles of conn 1ercial
work, the cultured rider may be 5illing
to accept nature as the exponent Of
beauty uladorned. - Scientific Anerican.
HARVESTING FIELD CORN.
The host tlroa IN hapip hon .asti n q
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-12-25

HARVESTING FIELD CORN.
The best time to begin han resting