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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-03-30
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The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
A Modest Office Seeker.

In the district which Congressman
ellis of Oregon represents are two pres
idential postoffices, Astoria and Port
land Only two, remember, for that is
the point of this story.
The other day, while Mr. Ellis was
seated at his desk in the House, card
was handed to him. He went into the
lobby and found young man. Forth
with the said young man proceeded to
address Mr.. Ellis in this wise:
Mr.. Ellis, l have come to the conclu-
sion that | want to go West. l think
that the climate will agree with me and
that there is a chance out there for me
to make living l have saved little
money, but do not want to take any
risk of not finding employment. l have
como to you, therefore, with sugges-
ton. Mr.. Mckinley knows my father
very WE'LL and / think that he also re-
members me. Now, If could go out to
Oregon as postmaster OF Astoria
would settle there, and | am sure Mr..
Mckinley would appoint me if you Will
only recommend me"
The young man got no further IN MS
speech. Mr.. Ellis. who is very tall, look
ed down upon his visitor with paralyz-
ed stare, and then. turning on his heel,
walked back into the House without
SAYING a word.-Wash ashington Post
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
Feeding Corn Fodder.

Instead of getting a hay-cutter for
cutting all the corn fodder, l would
advise feeding it long, and letting the
animals eat what they will. If it were
fairly we'll cured, large part will be
eaten, if not fed too freely. Then
would gather the stalks that are left
and chop them fine enough to handle
we'll, say three or four inches long, and
put them in large box or half-hogs-
head. Then pour boiling water over
the mess, and sprinkle a quantity of
meal and shorts over it, and cover it
tightly, and let it remain over night.
Feed in the morning, and, if the stalks
are eaten with a relish. / would con-
tinue the practice as long as found it
satisfactory. A trial lot can be cut
with an Ak and block. Of course, moth
ing has been added to the nutritive val
ue Of the stalks, but the hot water will
soften them, and. perhaps, make them
pala table, so that more will be eaten
North East Farmer.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29

st. I ouis POst-Dispatch: tie Meth
idist ministers and other ministers
were on the point of agreeing as to the
fallibility of the st. James translation
when Col. Ingersoll came to the front
and proposed TO agree with them.
There are a great many orthodox min
listers and laymen who cannot reconcile
it to their conscience to agree with
Col. Ingersoll about anything. But
these should rem ember that it is i'm
possible for anybody to agree with In
gersoll for the res son that he has never
made definite proposition. In all the
years of his lectuling about the Bible
h has never gone farther than to say
he knows nothing more than anybody
else-an admission totally uncailed for.
1t is possible, in such matters, for In
gersoll TO agree with the preachers,
hut absolutely impossible for the
prea chers to agree with Ingersoll. But
If the preachers agree among them
selves, Ingersolrs occupation will be
gone, and it may be to prevent their
agreement that Ingersoll offers to agree
with them.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29

The novelist who signs herself
"Ouida" has written letter In which
she takes our legislators to task for ell
couraging the immigration of foreign
ers who can read and write and keep
ing out illiterates. She practically re-
iterates the old sa W that a little learn
ing Is a dangerous thing" and would
much prefer immigrants who knew
nothing Of the alphabet to those who
had imbibed the limited and mis-
chievous" education of the public
school system. Ouida is novelist
whose faculty lay in giving the last
glorifying touches to the decaying in
stitutions of mediaevalism Her ideal
of life Is a country in which turreted
chateaus or mOated schlosses, with a
monastic institution here and there, are
the only centers Of enlightenment.
These happy spots should be surround
ed with well-kept estates, inha bited by
a cOntented but ignorant peasantry, to
whom the lords, ladies and friars min
lister from time to time, as their high
social or religious duties may allow
This ideal is to be found in most of
Ouida's novels. 1t is pretty enough in a
book, but the day has gone by when it
is possible in real life, except in a few
out of the way parts of the world that
have not felt the touch of modern ad-
vancement Its cOntented, ignorant
peasantry, Ouida's special delight, are
rapidly giving place to the restless, in
dependent, ambitious and more en-
lightened men and women of to-day
Ouida will be sorry to hear that we
have no ''peasantry" in the United
States. We have farmers-American
farmers and voters. If there are any
who answer to her notion of peasants,
they have but recently arrived. They
will not continue to be peasants they
will rapidly become American citizens
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29

The statement going the rounds of
the press TO the effect that Mr.. Moody
said that the Prince of Wales had re-
pudiated Masonry because Masons do
not believe in the Bible, turns out TO
be different matter when 1t is learn
ed just what Mr.. Moody did say. or
course every Mason in the country saw
the absurdity of the statement at once,
but coming from as eminent source as
Mr.. Moody, no doubt many people be-
lieved it. This is what the distinguish
ed divine says about 1t: ''In meeting
in Boston some time ago said the Roy
al Lodge of Masonry in England, of
which the Prince of Wales is men,
Der, had withdrawn from what Is
known as French Masonry, because the
French Masonry's ritual has eliminat-
ed the name of God" Mr.. Moody not
being a member Of the order got things
a little mixed in the foregoing state
ment. What he meant to say or should
have said Is that the Grand Lodge Of
England declines to hold Masonic rela-
tions with the grand body Of France
because of its refusal to recognize
deity. A belief in God is the chief cor
ner-stone of the Masonic editice, and
the Grand Lodge Of England could not
do otherwise.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
HUNTING THE OSTRICH.
Birds Are Being Kil1e1 Off and Will
Soon BE Very Scarce.

Birds Are Being KiI1e1 Off and Will
Soon BE Very Scarce.
An ostrich race is very attractive
sport; or, rather, the sale of booty Is
so great as to attract hunters. The
Arabs give themselves to it with a real
passion. Mounted on their fine little
horses, they try as much as possible
to fatigue the ostrich, for as it Is eight
feet high and has very strong legs it
possesses a QuickneSs of movement
which the best horse cannot attain. 1t
has great endurance. Overtaken by the
hunter, it seeks to defend itself with
its feet and wings, but more often 1t
still strives to escape by flight, utter
ing a plaintive cry. In fact, the os-
trich is deprived Of the power of flight
by reason of its great size. The mus
cular force with which nature has en-
dOwed it is not equal to lifting such Il
weight. Its peculiar organization has
made it the courier of the desert, where
it is able to quickly traverse the almost
limitless expanse. The Arab knows
very well that it is the habit of the os-
trich to make great detours about its
nest in a circle. He chases it then with
out ceasing until it is almost there,
when, worn out, it succumbS, conceal
ing its head in the sand in order not TO
see its enemy, or instinctively hoping to
escape Il danger which it cannot see
any more. This chase requires eight
or ten hours. but it offers large re-
wards. The plumes are worth consid
cradle sum, the skin makes good leath-
er and the Arabs are very fond of the
flesh. Besides, in spite of the fact that
1t reproduces its species rapidly, the
ostrich is all the time becoming rarer,
and it Is hunted for export and domes-
tication in other countries. 1t is one
of Africa's great resources, and may
become d new source of prosperity to
Algerians if they are willing to make
the effort The truth of the popular
saying, "the stomach of an ostrich"
has been confirmed recently by an au-
topsy on one, doubtless for a time cap
tive, when the following was found in
its stomach: A parasol handle, two
keys, two great pieces Of coal, a glove.
a handkerchief, pair of eyeglasses,
ring, a comb, three large rocks, the
necks of two beer bottles, the sole of
shoe, bell and a little harmonica.-
Paris Univers Illustre.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
Mosquitoes.

In regions where these little torments
become burden, as they do In some lo-
calities which might be named, not
thousand miles away, it might be in
teresting to try remedy which the
Philadelphia Record publishes, its
worth to be proved By experience: "The
inhabitants of this down-the-river boat
house were nearly torn to pieces by
mosquitoes every time they attempted
to sleep In the house at night. Screens
seemed to be Of no avail, and it looked
at one time as if the house would have
to be abandoned. Finally, an old lady,
who lived in the neighborhood, told
them that she had not been troubled by
MOSQUITOES for several years. Her rem
edy was astonishingly simple. She dis
carded all screens, and threw the win
dows wide open at night. Across the
open space Of the window she stretched
a piece of red ribbon about two inches
wide. a mosquito said she, cannot
be induced to pass that ribbon. Why it
is so do not know, but l know the ma
tives of India take this means Of baf-
fling the vicious mosquitoes. 1t works
to perfection here also.' The man fol-
lowed instructions, and now declares
that there has not been a mosquito In
the boathouse since the ribbon was
stretched across the doors and win
doxCS"
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
Walking on Cracks.

Laurence Hutton, In st. Nicholas, Is
telling what boys did in old New York,
under, the title of "a Boy 1 Knew"
He says: Johnny Robertson and The
Boy had one great superstition--to wit,
Cracks! For some now inexplicable
reason they thought it unlucky to step
on cracks; and they made daily and
hourly spectacles of themselves In the
streets by the eccentric irregularity Of
their gait. Now they would take long
strides, like pair of ostriches, and
now short, quick steps, like a couple
Of robins; now they would hop on both
feet, like brace Of sparrows; now they
would walk ON their heels, now on their
toes; now with their toes turned in,
now with their toes turned out-at
right angles, in a splay-footed way;
now they would walk with their feet
crossed, after the manner of the hands
Of very fancy, old-fashioned piano
players, skipping from base to treble
over cracks. The whole perform
ance would have driven a sensitive
drill-sergeant or ballet-master to dis
traction. And when they came to a
brick sidewalk they would go all
around the block to avoid it. They
could cross Hudson street on the cob
blestones with great effort, and In
great danger Of being run over; but
they could not possibly travel upon a
brick pavement and avoid the cracks
What would have happened to them if
they did step on a crack they did not
exactly know. But, for all that, they
never stepped on cracks-of their own
fraa will
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
Eggs for Hatching.

Eggs for Matching should be very
carefully gathered in the afternoon of
each day and placed in basket lined
with soft paper. Keep the sitting eggs
in the sitting room; the temperature of
the room should be about fifty degrees.
1t is a good plan to mark the date of
the month on each egg as it is brought
in. To have fertile eggs the hens must
be given good range, and be fed va
riety Of food, such as wheat screenings,
cracked corn, boiled vegetables meat
scraps and above all have a grass plot
of small patch Of green rye 10 run
over. Set the hens early, make the nest
In square box that can be pushed from
the laying room into the sitting room.
BY this arrangement the hens will not
be disturbed. A little daily looking af-
ter-to supply them with water and food
is all that will be needed. l would not
advise any one to buy an incubator un-
less he is going into the chicken busi-
ness in earnest. You cannot make mon
ey in chickens taking it as side issue
+ If you are after eggs and poultry for
home consumption, and do not want
much bother, leave the incubator alone
The American.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29

That the best attainments are not the
result of chance was exemplified in the
discovery of the planet Neptune. the
fiftieth anniversary of which event was
recently celebrated in France. Tele.
scopes had long swept the sky without
discovering this shy outer planet; but
when astronomers noticed how Uranus
fastened in one part of his orbit and
moved with less rapidity in another,
they knew there must be an attracting
body that he'd him in check. Lever.
rier, therefore, after minute calcula.
tiOns, wrote To the astronomer of the
Berlin Observatory, requesting him ia
point his telescope to particular spo,
in the sky on an evening indicated. and
said: You will see planet which
have not seen, and which no human
eye has ever seen, but which neverthe
less must be on the spot" No one
would venture TO call its discovery tina
night an act of chance.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
Farm Notes.

| The Canadian Experiment Station
| puts rape at the head of all green feed.
| for the growth of lambs in both car
cass and fleece.
A reputation cannot be made In g
day, but when the fruit grower makes
a reputation it adds to his capital, as
he will secure better prices and will
always have a demand for his produce.
All fruit marketed should be labeled
with the name of the grower.
Grapes should be trimmed while the
weather is cold. If they are trimmed
in the spring they will bleed; that is,
sap will run from the ends of the
shoots that have been cut and the
vines will be weakened. If cut now
these ends will be healed by the time
sap begins to flow and the liability OF
damage will be reduced
That such plants as "Venus' fly-trap'
actually catch and squeeze to death
flies and other insects alighting on theil
leaves has long been known, but the
discovery Is comparatively recent thai
the plants digest the softer parts OF
their prey by means of peptic fer
ment secreted by the leaves. These
then, are real instances Of plants feed
ing upon animals.
Professor Plumb. of Purdue Univer
sity, in his work on corn culture, says
he finds it satisfactory to PVT seed corn
on the ear in common brown coffee
sacks, which are hung from the rafters
to cure, away from rats and mice. The
essentials In preserving seed corn are
to dry it thoroughly before hard freez-
ing wea ther and to keep 1t secure from
rats and mice. Any plan that secures
this will be satisfactory.
A correspondent of an exchange says
the best method Of killing Canada this
ties is to cut the thistle when 1t is in
blossom, one foot or more from the
ground take one-third salt and two
thirds saltpeter, grind fine, take q
pinch with finger and thumb and place
on top of each thistle stalk. After they
are we'll withered set fire to the patch.
The fire will go as far as the saltpetre
has gone, which is known to be ten to
twelve feet deep.
A combination Of vegetables and fruit
enables the farmer to have something
to sell every month in the year from
early spring to the approach of winter,
and especially if he used hotbeds.
When the farmer depends on staple
grain crops he must wait for harvest
before he has anything to SELL A va
riety Of crops which include vegetables
and fruits are also securities against
total loss from drought.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29

Queen Victoria has been saved again
from possibly an untimely death by an
other of those rare exhibitions of pres
ence of mind which must be regarded
rs miraculous. Her coachman moved
her carriage, when IL he had permitted
it TO remain where it was a horse might
have come close to the spot and got its
hoofs tangled UP with the spokes Of the
wheel, or some other similar disaster
might have ensued. For horse did
fall, ii appears, and was striking its
hoofs about in an effort to rise, and 1t
was al this moment that the coachman
thought he would move farther away
from the scene. If the horse had been
close To the carriage and if the coach
man had not thought to move away and
II the Queen had remained passive
while the process was going on, and If
at this awful moment the horse had
fallen and kicked out its heels, 1t is i'm
possible to fancy even what calamity
might have happened. This coachman
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
How to Move Large Hogs.

Make a cage or box large enough to
hold the hog, but without any bottom.
To get the hog In, throw down an ear
Of corn, and while she is eating it let
two men lift the cage and put it over
her. One can do it by tipping it just
right. Have a loose bottom Can old
door will do very welD a little wider
and longer than the cage; place this
from the ground to the wagon or sleigh.
Carry or drag the cage along the
ground and up the slantlng floor, and
the hog will walk right on the sleigh
or wagon herself, and there will be no
lifting excepting the cage. Throw the
bottom on top of cage, put chain
over and fasten to wagon. When un-
loading, just reverse the opera tion.-
Massa chusetts Ploughman.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29

Memphis Commercial Appeal: Sev-
eral Chicago Aldermen have taken to
preaching on Sundays from the pulpits
of various churches. 1t is claimed that
the lay preacher can discuss many sub
5ects in the pulpit which the profess
sional minister is expected to eschew.
AS general proposition it may be gen.
orally laid down that anything pro.
fessioDal preacher cannot discuss in
The pulpit ought TO be proclaimed from
some other forum. The public hall, the
outdoor meeting. the lyceums or other
public buildings might better be util-
lied and leave the pulpit for subjects
less worldly.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29

ST. Paul Pioneer Press: Among va
riOus proposed methods of restriction
the educational test is that which has
best sustained the ordeal of discussion
which has been going on for several
years past. The chief opposition comes
from steamship and transportation
companies. American citizenship is
worth something, and the proposed test
will shut out few, If any, worthy of it.
The man who does not value it enough
TO be willing to learn TO read and write
before taking ship for our shores is not
worthy of fOOthold here. 1t is of in
finltely more importance that our re-
manning unocupied territory should be
filed up well than that it should be
filed up rapidly.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
JAMAlCA'S MONGOOSE TRIAL
To Free the Island from Rats-The
Pest Exterminated.

The introduction of the mongooSe
into Jamaica marks one Of the standard
Instances of unexpected results follow
Ing upon an attempt to artiicialize the
process of natural selection, and takes
rank as warning with the plague of
rabbits and thistles In Australia The
| mongOose was introduced from India,
In 1872, in order to abate the pest of
rats, which infested the sugar canes,
and after performing the salutary duty
it increased and multiplied to such an
extent that not only the rats and mice
but most Of the living species of the ISL
and were threatened with extinction.
Poultry suffered first, but the depreda-
tions extended to young pigs, kids,
lambs, newly dropped calves, puppies
and kittens. Game Of all kinds was at
tackled, both living and in the egg. The
marauder ate even fish, and made such
speciality of snakes, ground lizards,
frogs, turtles and land crabs that many
kinds Of these entirely disappeared.
Finally the mongoose developed a raw.
enous desire for bananas, pineapples,
young corn. avocado pears, cOcOas,
yams and the sugar canes which it had
been called in TO protect, winding up
Its tastes with an appetite for salt meat.
The result was a wholesale disap-
pearance Of species. A few birds, like
the ground dove, had the sense to shift
their breeding places to the tops of the
prlckly cacti, where they were safe; but
other animals, and the reptiles In par
ticular, suffered so severely that many
kinds were believed for years to be ex-
tinct. AS consequence, there arose
yet another plague. Insects, like the
ticks and ''jiggers" (or chigors), which
used to be kept down by the snakes in
creased so Overpoweringly that men
and cattle were grievously infested.
One could not walk without being coy
cred with them.
The victory over the island remained
with the tick and the mongoose. until.
within the past year or two, fresh
stage set in. The mOngoose suddenly
began to be less plentiful, and 1t was
found that he had fallen victim to the
tick. The results of the diminution are
shown in a gradual temperance of
other beasts, birds and reptiles Among
the snakes there Is a very marked in
crease, and even the ground lizard, sun
posed to be quite extinct, has become
common again. The balance of life has
begun to reassert itself and ma aturaIists
will watch with curiosity for a COM
plete reinstatement Of the previous
fauna. The renewed depredations of
rats are hailed as an advent Of saliva
ton, and, odd as it may sound, the in
crease in numbers OF the crocodile is
taken as happy omen. The Jamai-
cans are not likely to take further ex-
periments in this interesting domain
of natural history, but will adhere in
future to such present evils as they
have. For them, at any rate, 1t has
been no Imaginary mongoose "-Acad-
emy.
The Winslow mail., 1897-05-29
Roots for Variety.

AS spring time approaches, which is
also the narrowing time for sheep, cows
and hogs, the advantage of having a
good supply of roots to promote milk
flow becomes apparent. 1t is not true
that roots are cheap nutrition, for their
bulk and weight is very largely wa
ter. But as an appetizer and to in
crease milk flow they cannot be sur
passed. Beets and mangel wurtzel are
the best roots. the latter having the
advantage of being good keepers, and
can oe used up TO the time the grass is
forward enough to furnish a good bite.