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The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08
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oeo what wonderful garden 10 here,
Planted and trimmed for my Little Oh DearI
Puaies so gaudy and grass Of such brown
Search ye the country and hunt We tho town,
And never yell meet with garden 80 queer
Al this one I've made for my Little-Oh- Dearl
MArigolds red, and buttercups blue,
Lilies ell dabbled In honey and dew.
Tho cactus that trails over trellls and wall,
&osies and pansies and violets--all
Make proper obeisnnce and reverent cheer
Whom into her garden steps Littie-Oh- Dearl
And up 1T the top Of that lavender tree
A silver bird singeth as only can she
For. ever and only, she singeth the song:
81 love you'll love you!'' the happy day long.
Fhen the echo-the echo that smiteth me here;
| love you'll love you, my Little-Oh- Dear
The garden may wither, the silver bird fiy-
But what careth my little precious. or II
From her pathway Of flowers that In spring.
time upstart.z
She walketh the tendercr way In my heartl
And. OH 1t is always the summertime here,
With that song Of Il love you" my Littie-Oh-
Dear! -Chicngo Record
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08
Rules for Rotation.

Enough has been stated to show the
necessity Of change of crops, and the
following are found to be the best rules
to observe in practice:
l. Crops of the same species, and even
OF the same natural order. should not
succeed each other.
2. Plants with perpendicular roots
should succeed those with spreading
and superficial roots, and vice versa.
8. Crops which occupy the soil for
several years Qilke asparagus, rhubarb,
etc. should be followed by those Of
short duration.
4. Two crops alike favorable to the
growth of weeds should not OCCUPY the
soil in succession.
5. Crops abstracting largely from
the soil the sulphates, phosphates and
heterogeneous principles should not fol-
low each other Immediately, but be
succeeded by those which draw less
from soil and more from the atmos-
phere. These exhausting crops should
follow and be followed by those which
bear and will profit by Leavy manur-
ing.
8. Plants grown for their roots or
bulbs should not follow those grown
for the same purpose; and still less
should plants grown for their seeds
follow each other directly in success
sion.-Florida Times U MON.
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08
HERE AND THERE.

Whatever you do do not let your
hogs sleep in dusty place. So sure
as you do disease is almost certain to
result.
1T is much easier to keep hogs,
poultry and other animals IN state OF
health than it is to cure them after
once they are afflicted with disease.
Improve the mind and the soil, "
should be the motto of every farmer
in the land. Let him read good papers
and books, and thus become we'll in.
formed and prosperous.
Gather together and put under
shelter all tools not now needed. In
the cold, rainy days, when outside work
is not going on, these can be repaired
and made ready for use in another
crop.
Farmers are apt to put off too
many things to be done in the spring.
Necessary work at that period is SO
varied and pressing, that nothing
should be left to be done then which
can be done as we'll in the fall and
winter.
Keep the stable well supplied with
bedding, which should be removed as
often as needed and stored under shell
ter if possible, or in well-built compost
heaps; lacking these, it is we'll to haul
and spread on the land at once.
Employ every opportunity now to
gather up material for the compost
heap. Leaves-oak and pine-should
be placed in pens with ashes or
lime, or a combination of the two, to
rot them, preparatory to their being
used in the general compost.
The longer the fatteninc hogs are
kept after they are in condition for
pork. the greater the loss. The plan
is to push them now to be ready for
the first cold spell in this month or De.
cember, which is considered the best
time for killing and curing.
On most lands there is an abundant
growth of vegetation. Don't wait for
the frosts to destroy its most valuable
constituents, but turn it under Treat
ed thus it will not only decompose, but
will prevent washing by keeping the
soil open and porous to stir up mois-
ture.
The south has always had advan-
tages over all other sections, but Just
at this time they begin to attract
greater attention. Floods, destructive
forest fires, strikes and bloodshcd. epi.
denies and woeful want in other sec-
tions have served to emphasize the adj
vantages of the south in climate. citi-
zenship and capacitiea
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08
ELOPED ON A STEER.
Two West Virginia Lovers Evade an OBJ
durate Parent,

Two West Virginia Lovers Evade an OBJ
darate Parent.
One morning recently a young couple
appeared in Welch, Mcdowell county,
w. Va. They were Miss Carrie Coats, a
pretty, peachy-cheeked country dam
sci of seventeen, and Sandy johnson,
tall, stalwart. good-looking noun
taineer of twenty-five years. They
had travelled all night from the BRIDES
home on Ground Hog creek In order to
elude the obdurate father of the girl.
The girl was riding on the back of
dignified spotted steer, and Sandy was
walking by her side. The unusual
sight soon drew crowd of people, and,
rs everybody loves lover, half dozen
hurried off after magistrate or q
preacher. Unluckily for the lovers,
no official could be found who would
marry them, on account of the girls
age. When the couple heard of this
they both broke down and cried, the
girl sobbing as If nearly heart-broken.
The tears of the pretty young girl
brought about determination on the
part Of the spectators to see them
through in some way, and one sug-
gested that they take the train, then
nearly due, for Bristol, Tenn, where
they would find no difficulty in getting
marriel. This proposition changed
the tears OF the bride into smiles of
joy and Sandy's less apparent grief
into open-mouth delight for moment,
until he thought Of the expense Some
one in the crowd, however, anticipated
the young man and proposed that the
crowd pay all expenses, and in less
time than it takes to write it pocket
books were out and enough money was
contributed to carry the couple
through, with q souvenir left over for
the bride.
The spotted steer was stalled in
front of pile of oats and corn to
ruminate in peace and plenty until
the return Of the couple, and the pro-
cession headed for the platform
Neither of the couple had ever seen a.
train before, and whea it pulled in
they got on the platfcrx between the
engine and the baggage car. Their
sponsors soon remedied this mistake
and had them conducted into ladies'
car. where the conductor was express
ly charged to see them safely through.
The last seen of Carrie and Sandy as
the train was whirling out of sight
they were folded in each others arms,
and straining their eyes as
they looked out of the window.-Chi-
cago Times.
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08

further that fragments of rowing
boat similar to the one hired had been
picked up outside Portsmouth harbor.
On showing to the owner of the miss
ing boat the photographs Of Miasme
and Lerat, that person, after some hes
itation, identified Miasme as the for
eigner who hired the boat. From
these facts Mulligan drew the conclu-
sion that Miasme had made an attempt
to blow up the dockyard or the shipping
in Portsmouth harbor, and had per-
ished by the premature explosion of
the bomb. And this conclusion was
shortly afterwards confirmed by ad-
vices from the French police. These
were to the effect that among Paris
anarchists it was stated that the dock
yard was the object of attack, and
that since the attempt was made Mi
asme had been missing. 1t was added
that much dissatisfaction existed re-
garding La Revanche and his skill as
bomb maker, but that, as he alone
among London anarchists possessed
funds he still contrived, in spite Of his
successive failures, to maintain his po-
siton.
And long may he," was Inspector
Murphy's comment on reading this
communication. "He's doing more to
suppress both anarchism and the
anarchists than all the police in Europe
Put together. The best thing that
could happen would be for him TO go
on blowing up his friends until they're
all in fragments, and then for him to
blow up himself"
Inspector Murphy had not long to
wait. Some three weeks after this con-
versation he received word of an at
tempted outrage at Hampton court.
The inhabitants of the palace were
awakened about midnight by tre-
mendons explosion The guard turned
out, and. after considerable trouble,
discovered the dead body of a man in
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08

growing market for our peas. ~ they
will not mature seed there The great
drawback III the raising of peas
for seed is the great cost of harvesting
and beating them out At the north
where beans are largely raised they
have satisfactory bean harvesters and
threshers. Southern inventive genius
has always been equal to the demands
upon It. II someone will invent sat.
isfactory pea harvester and good pea
thresher he will not only make q for
tune for himself, but he will bring back
fertility to the south. It will increase
tenfold the growing Of field peas, be.
sides making a new crop for us to ship
to the north. These inventions will
stimulate the growing of field peas,
just as the invention of the cotton gin
stimulated the increased crop of cotton.
Then, too, a good peanut thresher Ii
badly needed for the peanutcrop Pick.
ing off by hand is slow and expensive,
and none of the peanut threshers in.
vented SO far are satisfactory. They
break and shatter too many peanuts.
The price of cotton does not bid fair
to go up. The new area added every
year in Texas will continually overbal-
ance the worlds increased consump-
tion. Then there is the steadily in
creasing production in India, Egypt
and Brazil. In Mexico the cotton
plant lives eight years and produces
two crops year. Production there
has heretofore been small, owing to
lack of railroads and reliable
labor. This is being renedied.
To compete with country which can
produce sixteen crops of cotton from
one planting is like using a muzzle
loader against q sixteen shooter. Be-
sides, all countries south of us, irre-
spective of fertility, and no matter
how rich we shall make our lands,
have the advantage of us in the length
of the season. We can not overcome
the disadvantage OF our short seasons
for cotton. In North Carolina it Is
doomed, sooner or later, to disappear
as market crop. We can substi-
tute many things. Grass is very
profitable If the land is made rich
enough, because it takes so little la
Dor. Two weeks out of the fifty.
two-one week in June to NOW and one
week later to bale up, is enough
while cotton or tobacco require the
year round. The field pea offers the
advantage Of abundant forage, steady
improver of our lands, good fattener
for cattle and hogs, and crop to ship
north. The draw back in the great ex-
pense of harvesting and preparing for
market should be overcome. The south
will reward with wealth and honor the
man who will furnish the harvester
and thresher that will enable us to in.
crease ten-fold this crop. = Walter
Clark, in Southern Cultiyator,
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08
seasonable Duties,

Give attention to all barns, stables
and sheds, and have them thoroughly
cleaned and repaired and given coat
of lime-inside wash and out. The
nights will soon be cold enough to call
for the housing of milch cows and
feeding stock, and the buildings ought
to be waiting for them rather than the
stock waiting for the buildings.
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08

The great emp eror, Henry w. of
Germany, was deposed and imprisoned
by his son. Knowing that he was to
be put to death, he managed to escape
and fed into exile Aged, infirm and
utterly destitute. he applied to the
bishop of Spires for place in a mon
astery. He said in his application: II
have studied and have learned to sing,
and may be of some service to you"
The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08
INVENTIONS NEEDED
To Bring About the Best Results of Some
Southern Products.

10 nrihE About the BEST Results OF Some
Southern Products.
The common field pea, whether the
COW pea, clay pea, the Unknown pea,
or other variety, is the clover of the
south. 1t will grow when clover will
not. 1t Will furnish more forage than
clover and will improve land more
rapidly. 1t can be sown, when de-
sired, in crop of corn, and thus i'm
prove land without losing years
use of it for cultivation. At the
north the pea is coming into wider
use in lieu of clover for forage and as a
land improver. This will fsrnish q
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-27

1 crossed the next day on tho ice; 20 you
/ can la Ice IL was not very warm.
| A few days after we arrived IN ILL
| nois one OF my sisters died from cold
aud exposure. Myself and brother
Joshua Terry mot having been bap-
! tzei at the time the Others Of ouf
nmily werel were baptized In june,
1910. I assisted 20 haul rock Tor tn
NauvOo Temple. was pfcsont wheg
the CRIME fell over hat kwsri with, !
think, the last stone for the building. B
was ct the meeting IN the Temple when
the floor fettitu aud caused the stan.
pede aud big excitement, tut upon
explanation by President Brigham,
Young quiet was fo1n restored, not,
however, uutll several had been more
or less seriously hurt. 10 February /,
isi6, / crossed the river on the Ice 10
visit the camp OF Sugar cfeef, wnen
the road was u led with thHso iicein 2
Tor their lives from oiviIzltipn Nl /
remember Preside 4 Guung c0unsaiin{
the Saints TO parch cor 10 take aluu
10 eat, which many dij. I also feco..
lect c IN being ground 1910 mtal,
some Of which became 90 strong anu
bitter that II could hardly be- uaien.
IL IA hardly necessary 90 relate much
Of incidents of travel from Nauv10 TO
Great Salt Laku valley,whcfc hundreds
anu thoutands have had similar trying
EXPERIENCES OF cf1ssin, tins Plaius. |
will sny, however, that | came out
with Others In the tall oi 1873, 70 assist
thosu who were moving 20 the valley.
| came ~ for ne the Pacific Spting-,
sO.i miles from Winter Quarter. where
we met relief teams from the valley.
There was only Que other, l think 70
was Oscar Sperfy, who came this fari
President Young icing cumpcd nu the
upper crossing Of 5weetwaitI ~ miles
east Of here. From here W. returned
10 Wiutor Quarters on the Missouri
river.
mise came on 20 the valley with
my father aud mother ami one Of my
uephews that was living with them.
One day while travelling up the Platte
a stampede occurred In our tfalui aud
Que woman tiialef Hawksl was killed.
aud young woman aamoi Finley
badly hurt. had tho early expert
ence In the valley with the cfickes
aud gfaishOppern. | hed my crop All
destroyed bytho grasshoppofs one sum.
mer, which saved mo tue trouble Of
harvesting II. have seen the grass.
hoppeis flying 40 thick ON a clear day
that a person could not see the sun.
sec this " longthening Out, but there
Ia one more incident 1 would like 10
refer 20. IL was at celebration " the
Fourth OF July, 1850, In salt Lake
city. 10 was hnr, clear day, hut
there was gust OF wind came up In
the afternoon which snapped the Thor.
H. pole Oh low feet below the dag
Anl II fell 10 theground, after which II
was ~ calm and A. hne ~ II hal been.
OF course this was Just n "happen.sc!"
JANIS T.. TERRY.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-27

A''H "" a'''."' .rH'H
J. broad Jump, Standing.
First prize, russell shoes, Mrs. Duniord
Second prize, aihloio's belt, l6th In
mutry, 4. O..
m Br0ud Jump. EusuHg.
First prIlo,tourlst cup, Loyson Jowclfy
Go.
second price knife, Browning Bros.
iiL Higi Jump, Running.
First prize, toilet case, George Mullot
& Co.
second prize, gold load pencil, 10Th
Infantry, A. O..
~ hop, step ant Jump, Running.
First prize, season ticko', sanilatium.
Second ize silver mach case, 10Th
Inmntry, A. G.
y. one Hundred Yards Dash.
First prize, silver trophy cup, Jo'lln q
second prizo. 80 ride tIckoi. S. l.. q.
X. II. Co.
w. Rr,tIay he Shot, Siic8 BlHd,.
First prLo. athloto's uniform bag, i6'h
ln'anr y, A. G.
SEQ md prize, box Of "Famous" cigars,
Sam Lovy
liL IAr0riug ne Hammer, " iJs.
First prize, sweater, s. l.. CYCLIC Co.
Second prize, scarf aud handkerchief
Walker Bros. a Fylor Go.
VIM Hlrdis Race, 22O yi', Ten Hur.
dir4
Fir,, prize, go ride ticket, Rapid Tran.
sit Co.
second prize. silver cigar case, 10th
inity. 4. q.
~. Fyy Yards Suck Race.
First prize, running shoes, Spencer &
Second prize, ono ham, Palace Meat
Market.
\. Three Leggei Race, 80 yds a,d re.
turn.
First prize, two boxes cigars, II. sadlei
& q. A. Maryou.
second prize, two bicycle caps, 10th
Unity. A. q.
VI one Mte Race. heavy marching
order.
Flr', prize, Colts revolver and holster
L.. Johnston.
second prize, meorsohaum pipe, lG,h
| Unity A, e..
Third prize. shaving set, NJ. II. Evans
Fourth prize, box uf candy, ArbogAst
WI. Potato Race, 100 Jcst, % potatoes.
First prize, season ticket Wonderland.
Second prize, box OF cigars, Fulop 4
Co.
A. far as practicable, the rules OF tn,
Amateur Athletic union Will DO OBJ
served. Thu first competitor only oil
each trial heat will be entered for ma
heat Final heats will be run after IA,
next event Ia had, that all candidates
may have time 10 tost. Final heal
for mile race will consist OF only one
lap, OF 400 yards. Prizes arc now tx
hibilud At tue Post exchange. They
Will be presented by Colonel Blunt
Immediately alter the last event
Messrs. II. DenhAltor 4 Sons hay,
Kindly donated soda and other refresh,
ments ioT all contestants.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-27

Bond, Fret Sergt J. II. JOYCE, CON-
pauy ID; Sefgt. Thomas Ahern, com.
pany a; Sergt Joseph Russell, COM
pany T.; Cotpl r. J. Morrow ,c1mpany
q; Cofpi. +. W. King, company IL.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-27
ANNUAL SPRING GAMES.
The sixteenth Infantry Athletic club
Iegin Them Tomorrow.

The annual spring games and
athletic feats by the Six,osnth United
States Infantry stationed at Fort
Douglas will begin ON the military
reservation tomorrow afternoon at .
O'Clock. Excellent programs have been
prepared, aud are beiug distributed
under the direction Of Lieutenant W..
II. johnson who l. taking =. ptomi neut
part In the movement.
The gentlemen In charge arc as fol-
lowe.
Judgs,-CaptAin Richards, Allen
ami Mcfarland.
Stauet-Mr. Mckay, Of Salt Lake
CITY.
Clerk OF Courso-L Lieutenant Erwin.
Bcoier-Fifst Sorgt. James Me.
Ansy, company q.
MaTshal-Corpl. John HarrigAn,
company q.
Reieree--Lieutenant JohnstoD.
in,pootop-5ergi. MG1r Loring A.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-27
JOHN c. CUTLER, Merchant Tailors,

agents clothes the cloth
from the Provo Wooden Mills celebrated Cassmcre
making the cloth Tor the National Guard suits.
so MAIN ST, SALT LAKE CITY.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-27

Having ongavod export Wlgmaker now ready
retail for swtohors curly
bobs Of all descrip Ions worked up and
bought; wg8 boards etc. Kept stock for remit
thea costumes specially Salt Lake
Costuming House LIST South, door to Thoator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
TRAPPING MUSKRATS.
A Thriving Industry in Some Parts of New
Jersey,

A Thriving Industry in Some Parts of New
Jersey.
There are number of men in Cape
May county who can earn a livelihood
at peculiar business. These men are
known throughout South Jersey as
"ratters." They don't catch the com
mon house rodents, but all through the
long winter months they are busily
engaged in trapping and spearing
muskrats.
Last winter over five thousand musk
rats were caught by ''ratters' in and
around Dennisville. Dennisville is
little town right in the heart of the
cedar swamps, a few miles from Della
ware bay. Rat catching is one of the
principal industries of the village, and
the men who earn their living at it are
a nondescript, happy, easy-going lot of
fellows.
In the marshy meadow land adjacent
to the town large numbers of musllrats
make their homes In winter their
skins are highly priced for their fur.
The methods of catching the rats are
numerous, but the most common is by
the use of the spear, and to make sue
cess at rafting one must throw with
true aim. Spearing rats can only be
carried on when the wind is blowing u
gale. 1t is then that the ''ratter, with
his five-pronged spear over his shoulder
and bag under his arm, starts out for
the meadows.
The muskrat builds house of con-
siderable size, of sedge grass, near
stream or pond. Getting to the lea
ward of the houses. the sportsman qui-
etlv approaches. and when alongside of
the grass domes, inside of which the
rats lie huddled together like filters of
young puppies, he raises his spear, and.
bringing it through the roof of grass,
impalcs from four to six muskrats on
the prongs.
Hickman is the acknowledged cham
pion "'ratter' of South Jersey, and
when rafting is good he has been
known to kill as many as three thou
sand rats in Il winter. He has had the
good fortune to kill several Albinos in
his years of rafting, and he always re-
ceived big price for them. Muskrat
skins are worth from fifteen to twenty
dollars per hundred, but during the
war the furs were worth twenty-five
and thirty dollars per hundred. Some
of the ratters make five hundred and
six hundred dollars in a winters work.
philadelphia Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-10-25
THE SAME OLD THING.

Twas just little while ago we heard robin
sing
The very first that came you know, TO tell us
of the spring;
twas only just the other day we watched the
budding rose,
But now the fields are sere and gray ana cold
the wind that blows.
Yes, winters coming on again in just the same
old way.
And water pipes will freeze and burst and
plumbers viii be gay;
And furnaces will give us smoke while heat
goes up the fiue
And otherwise conduct themselves the way
they always do.
The snow from here and everywhere again will
gayly sweep
Upon our walks and pile itself in mountains
wide and deep;
And men who tightly close the door of office
and of car,
In summer time will shortly strive to leave
them ali ajar.
The very same old couples in the parIors pretty
soon.
In just the very same old way will bill and coo
and spoon,
And pa, who pays for gas and coal, will make
the air turn blue
In just the very snme old way th;,t fathers al
ways do
Once more upon the icy street we'll slip and
slide and fall,
And use the very same remarks such incidents
recall;
And we. who howled in summer during every
Sultry day,
viii lie and say we liked it. in the very same
old way.
Nixon Waterman, in Chicago Journal