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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10
SONS OF ST. GEORGE.

The feature with them the past week
was the public entertainment given on
Wednesday evening, at which the minstrel
troupe from Fort Douglas gave their SER
vices gratuitously.
The Temple of Honor hall was filled to
its utmost capacity, and al present were
highly pleased with the entertainment.
The lodge wishes to tender their thanks to
the minstrel boys. A full report of the
proceedings has already been published in
| The HERALD.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10
ANCIENT ORDER OF FoREsTERs.

At regular meeting of the Court Pride
of Utah, lodge n. 1887, held on Wednesday
evening last, at the A, o. U. W. hall, the
following were installed as officers Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The arrangements for the entertainment
of the Press club at the Knutsford on the
same evening, will be informal but most
delightful gathering of intellectual culture.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The Saturday night Card club met at
Miss Kate Lawrence's home on Main
street, and very pleasant time was spent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The ladies in charge of the musical re-
ception on Thursday afternoon. acquitted
themselves with much distinction, and
financial as well as social success was
achieved through their efforts. The singing
was excellent and the surroundings in per-
feet harmony with the occasion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The card and dancing party to be given
by the Southern club promises to be one of
the charming events of the coming week
The spacious parlors of the Walker house
will be given up to cards from to 10 and
to dancing until u, after which supper
will be served in the dining room.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The Phoenix club gave very pleasant
reception at its rooms on Thursday even
ing. About forty persons were present,
they being the relatives and friends, OF
both sexes, of the members. An elegant
supper was spread, and dancing was in
dulged in. A general good time was had
that will be remembered fer some time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The southern society was present at the
Walker house en- masse, to attend the reg
ular monthly meeting of the club.
Wednesday evening several new members
were admitted and arrangements were
made for a party to be given Thursday
night 1t was very pleasant gathering.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The leap year ball given under the au-
spices of the young ladies of the Eighteenth
ward was a highly successful affair and
contributed TO the pleasure of a very large
circle of congehial young folks who were
chaperoned bya number of the married
ladies, proving additional advantages.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-10

The inaugural ball and banquet given at
the Templeton on Monday night will be
surprisingly elegant.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25

The best and only thing to do when
your horse is excited is to call him
down. This Is best done by getting
to the horses head and talking to him
and gently rubbing his face aud other
wise divcrting his attention from tho
cause of his fright. Ii the horse 10
sullen or angry the same treatment
will be found beneficial. In high
state of excitement the horse does not
comprehend what you want and IL is
useless, worse than folly, to attempt
to beat the fright out of horse.
All men are excitablc more or less;
some more, and very many unreason-
ably so. What would be the effect of
trying to abuse ono of these red
headed, cxcitablc men into being calm
and considcratc when under the in-
nucncc of passion? 1t would certain
ly end in disaster to somebody and
this may explain the consistency In
some horses kicking the cnd-gate out
of the wagon and otherwise dcmolisll-
ing things when the whip is laid on
hi, back because lie got scared aud
excited about something.
The best thing for the driver to do
is TO keep calm and use common sense
at all times in handling tho team.
When horse understands that he is
not to he hurt he will not be excited
or unreasonable. unless of devilish
disposition, Such cases require speciai
treatment, and the Judgment of the
driver will determine tho success of
his work iu handling the horse. Al
ways take time to quiet an excited
horse
Whom you get young animal TO
understand your commands there is
not much difficulty in directing its
course. Avoid, if possible. bringing
the exctable horse in contact with
that which unnerves him.-[Southern
Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC

For Thousands of years it has been
a custom with soldiers in the field to
form comradcships, one with another,
two men agreeing to stand by each
other in life and in death, in sickness
and in wounds, end after death to ex-
ecutc each others known desires.
There are traces ofthis relation in
the Greek historians. The Roman SOL
der under julius Caesar called his
comrade "commilito"," which simply
meant fellow.soldier. 1t is such an es'
tablished custom IN the French army
to form comradeships that we find
Napoleon, on meeting wounded sol,
dier in fnrlorn condition. asking him,
"Whore, then, is your contradict" as if
the relation were recognized in mill
tary law.
Inan army this strong feeling of
com,adeship is not confined to the
single chosen friend. 1t includes the
company, the regiment, the brigade,
the division, the corps, and even the
entire army, binding million men
into such coherency that they can move
and feel and act rs one man.
1t was wonderful to notice, in our
late war, how strong and how univer-
sal this army feeling was, The common
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25

object, common perils, common suffer-
ings, common triumphs. knitted close
together the hearts and minds Of that
vast multitude Of diverse men.
Finally, when victory crowned the
four years struggle, there was COM
mon feeling Of pride in the glorious
result, which at once exalted and deep
ened the soldierly fellowship.
After two thousand actions in the
field, small and great, after the enroll
ment Of nearly three millions of men,
and the death of three hundred and
sixty thousand of them, the army was
disbanded at Washington in 1868, and
the soldiers rejoined their fellow citi-
zens In the peaceful pursuits of indus
try.
At that final review in Washington
there was very little left of the "pomp
and circumstance of glorious war;"but
every soldiers face shone with the
light of victory, and every citizen who
had within him the soul of patriot
felt the truth of the motto that flutter,
ed along tho Capitol: "The ony nat
ional debt we can never pay is the
debt we owe to the victorious sol
diers."
Already the desire was strong
throughout the army not to let die the
fellowships and friendships of the war.
Clubs, circles, societies bad already
been formed, some composed wholly OF
officers, some wholly Of privates, and
some Of both. The object Of all was
the same ITO preserve the cordialities
Of the camp, to secure the fame of men,
bers by ouitable memorials and records,
and to give friendly succor to INDECENT
comrades and their dependents.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
FARM MACHINERY.

Ono great advantage which the in
creased use of the best machinery is to
the farmer is seldom spoken of by the
manufacturers, or by the farmers
themselves, Perhaps the farmers do
not realize it, while the makers might
think it would hinder, instead of help
Ing. the sale of their machines If it
were known. 1t is fact that the use
of the machine soon makes more care
full farming necessity. The hand
scythe could be worked among rocks
and stumps, and along hedge-rows and
bitches, and ear. led through the bogs,
but one who wants to profitably use
the moving machine must remove the
distractions and fill up or drain the
places where the horses would mire or
the machine plow up the ground. The
seed drill is of but little use unless a
perfect seed bed is made to work it
in.
The corn planters and potato plant
ers that work by horse power, very
quickly suggest that they do the best
work when the land is we'll plowed,
and well pulverized by narrowing,
and the potato diggers and bean-pull-
ing machines will not work well if
the land is allowed to become foul
with weeds that will choke up the
machines. Much the same thing might
bo said of many Of the machines used
in the Southern States, and others
used in the Northern States, but
enough has been said to show that the
farmer who has frst-class machine
has got to ''live up to it, in the other
branches Of his farming.- Boston
Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
EGGS LARGE AND SMALL.

Unless you want "A large proportion
of cockercls do not sell all the largest
eggs you can pick out. There is no
means known by which tho sex of eggs
can with certainty be determined. Al
though many have thought some signs
have indicated sex, yet after repeated
fair trials all these indications have
failed, and failed entirely and cX-
aspcratingly with the writer, except
one, which | give rs follows: With
regard to the eggs of most of the
feathered kingdom, if you pick the
largest out of the nest they are gem
orally the ones that produce males
especially if they happen to be laid
first. Even in canary's nest it is
noticeable that the first egg laid is
very often the largest, the young from
1.-THE first out, keeps ahead of its
comrades, is the first to quit the nest,
and the first to sing.-[Detroit Free
Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25

A fine old ''chestnuC-a "most re-
narkably long-headcd, flowing
bearded, and patriarchal" story, as
Dick Swlvellcr would put it-may be
'ccallcd with profit, now that all our
raiders are stricken with the "tastc-
ind-try" fever. Tho anccdotc is, in
orief, that an ingenious old lady sent
"ound to number Of shops for
samples Of tea, and in this way OBJ
l twelve-month.
The same dodge is frequently prac-
tiscd on diapers. Ladies OF other
wise irreproachablc character, when
preparing for bazaar on behalf Of
some poor, untutored savages, send
to drapers for patterns OF silk, dress
goods, etc, and appropriateness,
appropriate" is the Understanding
wOrd-thc pieces for the making Of
quilts, cushions, and other articles.
BY some mysterious process OF reason
ing, they take credit to themselves
for their smartness, too.
Taking, then, the facility tor fraud
intoconsidcration is the sample game
worth the candle? Hardly, one would
think. The house toulouse system Is
certainly not open to abuses Of the
kind given. Still, there Is plenty Of
trickery about even that. Distrib-
utors, anxious to get rid OF their load,
stuff about Il dozen samples in some
letter boxes, and often give ac least
as many to some woman With keen
regard for economy. In known
case, lad left fifteen or sixteen
small packets of cocoa at one house
in return for bribe of a penny; and
in another man parted with sutfi-
cient soap to do few weeks wash
Tor u pint of beer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
LEAKING COVERS TO HIVES.

Above all things, keep your bee
colonies dry. Thousands of colonies
perish every year by leaking covers.
Whenever moisture from without is
added to the generated moisture or
evaporation from the bees within, a
damp chilly atmosphere is the result,
which generally proves fatal in frosty
weather to the bees.
Tin roofs, with ventilated holes in
the gable ends are sure preventive.
A cushion made of coffee sacks, tho
size of the top of tho hive, and filed
with wheat chaif, ia an excellent ABB
sorbent of moisture.
Such hives as will not admit a
cushion within, can be aided by hav-
ing Il vcntilating aperture on top, two
inches square, covered with wire-
cloth, and n cushion without. Such Il
cushion must he made of "duck," i'm
as to go over the outside Of the hive,
and with drawing string Of twinc
run through the edge of the cloth, so
that it can be fastened tight to tho
hive. ChaH ia put into it, and then
drawn over the hive and tied. Farm
journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
OUR BURIED BRAVES.

For the dead our heart has cherished
Love her tribute tear must render
For the friends in peace that persisted q
There is sorrow true and tender,
And silence on our life
Shuts the door,
But the hearts of millions trcmble
With the mighty tribulation,
And the sad in troops assemble
When the champions of nation
Back from honor's fields OF strife
Come no more.
Farm nnd village, town and city
Hail them martyrs, name them sigbing;
Noblcr pfiCl than sorrowing pity
Freedoms heroes earned in dying,
And the flower of praise is sweet
On their graves
Some asleep beneath the willows,
Some asleep where valor slew them
Soft from lips that kissed their pillows,
Soft from eyes that never knew tiem
Drop the bcnisons that greet
Fallen braves.
Far from dear domestic pleasure
Firoside scenes and chilircA's pra't!e,
Free they spent their vital treasure
In the wasting march and battle,
Following their flag Of fame
Where II flew,
Till now hopes in moonlight beauty
Smiled thro' terror's lifting shadows,
Till the harvest after duty
Ripencd pcac. on blood-stained meadows,
And their dream of triumph came
Grandly true.
Lives like fallen foliage sirewing
Holy ground They fell not vainly.
Freedom s tees are grcener growing
For Their fading, and more plainly
Nernal promise lights the land
Where they lie;
For their rel cs left TO mouldcr
Richer made the soil that bore them,
And their memory old and older
Tells the living who dcplore them
There are deeds whose virtue grand
Cannot die.
Bring your blessings, gray-haired fathers,
Childhood with your sweet sedateness.--
While grateful country gathers
Round the saviors of her greatness,
And her thronqs, in mourning met,
Scatter bloom.
Come with tribute true and tender,
Laurel wrcaths and lyric numbers,
And above each dead defender
Let the love that never slumbcr5
own its cndl,ss patriot debt
At the tomb.
THERON DRowN.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25

could meet his old comrades in social
intercourse.
Each Post, moreover, being connect
ed with the county organization, and
that with the State and the national
body, membership invites a man once
again to great national army, not
inaptly styled the Grand Army Of the
Republic.
1t must not be supposed that the
founders of this powerful organization
were actuated by sentiment alone. It
was thing of necessity that they
should look for steady and systematic
aid to the country which they had as
sisted to save.
Hence, the Order has taken the lead
in stimulating and guiding legislation
in behalf of the soldiers and their de.
peadents, and Congress has shown
itself attentive to its suggestions.
A vast amount Of good, however,
has been done by the local posts alone.
To the Grand Army of the Republic
we are indebted for one of the most
interesting and impressive of our cere-
of the soldiers are decorated. The idea
originated in the mind of a German
who had served as private in tho
Union army, whose name has not been
preserved.
Early in May, 1868, he wrote to the
Adjutant General Of the Grand Army,
saying that in his native country it
was the custom of the people in the
spring to visit the burying grounds,and
place flowers upon the graves of their
friends and relatives. He suggested
that the Grand Army should designate
II day for the decoration OF the graves
of the soldiers.
The idea met with favor, and Gen.
John A. Logan, then Commander in
Chief of the Grand Army, promptly
promulgated an order setting apart the
Thirtieth of May for the purpose.
General Logan expressed the hope
that the observance would be kept up
from year to year so long as one sur
vivor of the war remained to honor the
memory of his departed comrades.
Memorial Day has been observed
| Win INCREASING inpreSslVtnesS ever
since,and the day is now legal holi'
day in most of the Northern States east
Of the Mississippi river.
In 1871 the Grand Army could claim
but thirty thousand members. In 1879
a great increase began,until the whole
number Of members approached four
hundred thousand.
While the great object of this army
of men has been to promote the meas
ures looking to the reliefand advant-
age of the soldiers and those dependent
upon them, they have taken leading
part also in the erection of the innum'
cradle monuments to the memory o.
fallen comrades which adorn our pub
lic'grounds and cemeteries.
Other nations have heaped tho most
bountiful rewards upon the successful
generals ofa great war. We have
perhaps, not been sufficiently generous
to the leaders in the war; but it wal
natural, in Republic, that the rank
and file Of the army should be the che
recipients OF. Irrational bsnefaction.
One Of the means employed BY tn,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
TREES FOR PLANTING.

Do not make the mistake of buying
large, overgrown trees for your plant
ing, says Seed Time aud Harvest.
Those which are 3-i to rs inch in
diameter are quite large enough. but
they should have smooth, straight
trunks aud good roots. Older trees
are more apt than young ones to have
lost their best roots in removal; and
1t is best to buy of nurscrymen in-
stead of pcddIers, and to save money
and receive just what you purchase.
Ten dollars per 100 will buy the best
of apple trees at the nursery, and other
stock in proportion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25

Eleven months after the close of the
war, at Springfield, Illinois, a scheme
was conceived Of uniting all who had
served in the army or the navy, and
had received an honorable dismission,
into national society or order, the
name of which, it was finally dec ided, q,
should be the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
The idea originated in the m ind of
an officer of the Fourteenth Illinois
Infantry, Major Benjamin Franklin
Stephenson. He thought Of it before
the war ended, while serving under
General Sherman in one of his rapid
expeditions.
Major Stephcnson's comrade or tent
mate was the chaplain of the regiment,
Rev. William J. Rutledge. Often these
two gentlemen, as they rode side by
side in the long marches, talked to-
gether of what would probably be-
come, after the war, of the enormous
numbers of men they saw tramping on,
before, behind and around them-Sol
dicrs, wagon men, camp followers
tramping, tramping in numbers that
seemed unlimited.
They agreed that men so closely
allied, and united by so many ties, SO
bound together by common purpose,
and by so many vicissitudes shared in
common, would not willingly consent
to total severance of connection so
dear tn their affections and their pride.
The two friends agreed that, if they
came out Of the struggle alive, they
would endeavor to work out in concert
some kind of organization for such an
object.
This agreement they kept. After the
war they planned great society to be
formed somewhat on the basis of the
several social orders, such as the Free
masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pyth-
las and Sons of Temperance.
To impart military character to the
new organization the local branches
were named Posts, and all the officers
received military titles, such as Post.
Commander, Adjutant, Quartermaster,
Officer of the Day, Post Surgeon, Post
Chaplain, Officer of the Guard and
others.
The rooms for the weekly meetings
of the posts are arranged like the lodge
rooms Of the other benevolent orders
In few instances the local Post be-
came the owner of its own quarters
and fitted them up with some approach
to luxuious accommodations, with Ii
brsry, billiard room, dining room
kitchen, sustained by the rents deriv
ed from other portions of the edifice.
Some Posts have gathered highly
interesting collection of warlike curl
osities, such as banners, flags, ield
glasses and captured weapons. Occa
sionally, piece Of field artillery, ,ident
flied with the history of Post, grace
can alove of its apartment.
The greater number of the Post
: assemble weekly in hired room, plain
ly furnished, and often used for othe
purposes OH other evenings.
But not the loss has the Post been Il
the retired soldier like another home
where he was sure of finding aid AM
sympathy, where the recocd of his ser
vices was deposited, and where h
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Grand Army to attract public atten'
tion and nourish their own devotion
to the cause, has been the annual con.
vention, or National encampment,
which has always been an occasion of
widespread interest, both to the order
and to the people.
Some of the annual encampments
have been held in places remote from
the center of the country, but the local
welcome has always been general and
enthusiastic. The farther the soldiers
have had to travel the warmer has been
the welcome they have received
JAMES PARTON in youths Compan-
i,,,
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


The third week is critical pc 'iod
in the life of chick.
The game is valuable rs cross on
the Cochin or Brahma
Sow selery seed in the hot bed after
tho earlier plants have been taken out
and transplanted.
In spraying care must be taken not
to have the mixture too strong, or tho
foliage will be injured
One of the most important items in
making crisp, tender vegetables is
quick, vigorous growth.
The Canadian Bee Journai says that
for years general farming has not
paid so well as bee raising.
In sowing the seed for all root crops
it is best to use plenty, and then thin
out after the plants come up well
There is no advantage in crowding
the plants either in the garden or
orchard. Plants must have plonty of
room.
To cultivate potatoes to perfection,
they should be planted in q deep,
rich, black, sandy loan, with natural
drainage.
Generally the covering given to tho
seed can be determined by its size and
weight. Light, tender seeds arc often
covered too deep
Good training will develop many
good qualities in the horse that would
otherwise be dormant, but the train
ing must be judicious.
With nearly or quite all field crops
the best and most economical imple-
inent with which to commence The
cultivation is a good harrow.
Scatter powdered charcoal about
the illy-smelling pool in tho stable
yard, and in the stables also. This
will be found to be a canital deodor-
izer.
When plants are transplanted from
a hoi-bed or seed-bed in many cases it
will pay 10 thoroughly wet the soil
two or three hours before taking the
plants up.
Oats contain greater proportion
of hesh-forming elements and corn a
greater proportion of fat forming
elements. This is why oats are SO
much better feed for horses.
When the mare is worked while
sucking her foal, care should be
taken to let her cool of before tho
colt is allowed TO suck. Falling to
do this is often the cause Of sickness.
Bee-keepers differ as to whether
cement, sand, or natural earth is the
best flooring for cellar in which bees
are wintered. All agree that bushel
of lime is an excellent thing in the
cellar.
During the breeding season the stall
lion should not be allowed to get too
fat; fat stations are not sure foal-
getters and do not generally got
vigorous, healthy offspring. At this
time care in feeding is an important
item.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
The Dainty Japs.

Among the people of the globe the
japanese, in their use of tobacco, as
in many other things, would seem to
be the most temperate as we'll as the
most refined. Tho rudest coolie or
the coarsest farm laborcr equally
with the lady of rank (the pretty
geisha) and the minister of state IS
content with the kiseru, tiny pipe
which does not hold enough to make
oven Queen Nab sneeZc.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-05-25
The Ali-Pervading Vice.

A Virginia City (Nev.) youth was
recently detected In the act of shoot
ing an arrow, with cigarette at
tached, through a broken window In
the rear Of the Jail to some boys who
were imprisoned within.