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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-26
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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
FEEDING MILLET.

The unfavorable conditions for the
hay crop which prevailed over a large
part Of the country in 1895 and 1896
directed increased attention TO millet
as forage crop. Ii proved highly sue.
cessful, giving good yields where THE
WORK Of preparation and seeding was
properly done. Well-cured mlllct hay
is relished by horses AMI cattle. But
some caution should be used in feeding
1t TO mich COWS, especially IL the heads
contain much seed. In that condition
it Is stimulating to the tactical glands,
and therefore creates a predispOsition
to mammftes or Inflammation of the
udier. IL millet is fed freely and
alone, great care must lie exercised
to keep the cows from exposure to
bad weather, especially avoiding sud
den transitions from warm stable
to outside cold. On the whole, 1t is
better to feed the millct only once or at
most twice Il day in alteration with
corn fodder, silage Of meadow hay.
Many serious cases of acute MANI
mites have been traced TO the source
indicated above.-New England Home
stead.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
hARD-MILKING COWS.

There is nothing more provocative Of
profanity than to milk a hard-milking
COW, especially if she is a kicker, as
the hard mixer is apt to be. Farmers
who pray that they be not led into
temptation, ought to give more care to
the kind Of cows they keep for their
10 . and hired men to milk. 1t is a
pretty serious business putting temp
tations TO swears in other peoples
way. There DIS another reason why the
hard-milking COW is not likely to be
profitable. 10 easy-going people, too
good tempered to be profane, the temp
tatiOn takes another form, that is, no,
to swear at the COW, but to stop milk
ing her before all the milk is exhaust
ed. Thus many COW has dried mp
prematurely and never given her
owner any profit, while IL she had been
an easy mixer she had the capacity
to become as good COW as any in the
dairy.-American Cuftivator.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
A Brave Mother.

AS showing the force OF maternal
love among the lower nai'rals, there
are few mote pathetic incidents than
the following which comes from Ans
tralia:
The owner Of n country starion was
sitting one evening on the balcony int
side Of his house, when he was sur
priscd to notice kangaroo lingering
about, alternately approaching and re-
firing from the house, as though half
In doubt and fear what to do. At
length she approached the water-pails,
and taking n young ono from her
pouch, held 1t to the water to drink.
While her babe was satisfying its
thirst the mother was Iuiyering all
over with excitement. tor she was only
n few feet from the balcony, on which
one of her great foes was sitting watch
ing her. The little one having finished
drinking, 1t was replaced in the pouch,
and the old kangaroo started OF at q
rapid pace.
When the natural timidity of the KAN
CARGO Is taken into account. 1t WIN lie
recognized what astonishing bravery
this nffectionate mother betrayed. 1t
IL a pleasing ending to the story that
the eye witness was 80 affected by the
scene that from that time forward lie
could never shoot a kangaroo. Our
Dumb Animals.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
Military Signal Torch.

A new torch for military signaling
consists of an asbestos ball in Il wire
cage, ut the end of a long staff. Just be-
low the asbestos ball is a copper drip
cup. The ball Is dipped into n bucket
OF Kerosene oil, and is set OH fire ut n
little bonfire, which is kept burning
during the operation. As fast as the
oil burns out, the torch is dipped in the
oil, SO that the signalling can go on as
long as the kerosene lasts. The torch
Is extinguished with copper snuffer.
The old form of torch was n large cop.
per cylinder. with an ordinary wick
at the end of a staff. The cylinder con-
tanning the oil could he used for only Il
few minurcs at time, because 1t be
came heated and caused the oil to ex-
plode. The new torch gives out much
larger flame, which can be seen with
the naked eye for seven miles, AMI
through field glass for twelve miles
on clear nights, and ut a good distance
In rain or mist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
MERkLE's PETRIFIED LEG.
He Gave His Little Toe as Souvenir to
Those Who Tell the Tale.

An FL Paso (TexD correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times writes: A hunt
ing party from this place. but recently
returned from an expedition northeast
Of here. tell Of the marvellous dlscov-
cry up in the mountain regions Of what
seems to be -one of the greatest living
wonders. The find Is nothing more nor
less than n man, living and apparently
in good health. yet having one foot
completely petrlfed. The tale IS a
pretty stiff one. and would not be cred
tied were II not vouched for by gentle
men of well-known veracity and honor,
who furthermore have and are ready to
exhibit the little toe from the petrified
foot, which was broken off shortly be-
fore their visit, and which the owner
was kind enough to give them as a
souvenir
The man with the petrfled foot is an
cy-cowboy, Bill Merkle by name, who
has lived In the mountains nearly
twenty five years. Up to twenty years
ago Merkle lived the most active OF
outdoor lives. but about that time, in
trying to get out of the way Of a STAN
peding drove. he was thrown from his
horse right in the track of the cattle,
the herd sweeping on resistlessly over
his PROSTATE body. When picked up by
his companions few moments later
not bruise was discovered anywhere
upon his body, but both bones of the
left leg appeared to be broken just be-
low the knee. No physician was called
in. Mcrkle's friends merely using the
simple means in their power TO set,
splint and bandage the broken limb.
According 10 Merkle's account, in an
incredibly short time the bones seemed
to be knitting together, but pretty
soon became evident that the texture
and color OF the flesh below the frac-
ture was undergoing change. In the
course of a month 1t was deemed advi-
sable to remove the bandage. when 1t
was discovered that while lie fracture
had indeed reunited the leg below had
already begun TO show unmistakable
evidence of hardening. Since then
slowly the process had continued till
now the entire limb below the break is
complete petrifaction.
Strange to relate, Merkle declares
there is no pain anywhere in the re-
gion of the old fracture, and while the
weight of the petrified limb necessarily
retards his progress. he can stand upon
1t. and even take few steps, and his
general health is excellent. OF course,
there is no sensation in the petrified
member; it may be struck, scratched
or pricked with impunity, and lifting
the foot across his right knee Merkle
uses it as n milestone, sharpening
knives against the hardened sole. How
ever.if the foot be placed In the fire. n
sensation Of heat Is Transmitted through
the entire body, becoming painful in
the immediate neighborhood Of the old
fracture.
The gentlemen say that Merl;le Is as
jolly as the average mortal, and boots
ut the idea Of placing himself on ex-
hibitiOn in a museum.
But you could make your fortune"
they demonstrated with him.
"Shucks," was the characteristic re-
joiner, what 'ud life be with to a
Teller Of he jess had to set up an have
his OF rock foot stared at by a gang er
tenderfoot gawks fun mornin' till
night?'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
A Railroads Profit Sharing Scheme.

For the first time in the history of
railroading, railroad employees have
been offered an opportunity to try profit
sharing with the road for which they
work. The Illinois Central, one Of the
greatest railroad corporations in the
world, has just decided to adopt the
system. though In a somewhat curious
manner.
In an announcement to its employees
it offers to permit any one in its en-
ploy to purchase shares of stock Of the
company at a figure far below the reg
ular market rate. Quotations will
change with each month, and these
changes will be made known to the
heads Of the Centrals departments.
The price made at the beginning Of
each month will stand until the first
of the month succeeding.
An employe purchasing stock or n
share can pay down IL he chooses, or in
installments Of S. per month, or any
multiple Of S.. When the share of stock
for only one share of stock can be
taken at n time-is paid for the SUBJ
scrbing employee receives from the
company certificate Of the share.
which Is registered In his name on the
corporations books. Just as soon as
this is done the purchase Of another
share may begin in the same way. and
SO on, without limit. The certificates
Of stock thus purchased are transfera-
Bile on the company's books, and entitle
the owner to such dividends as the
Board of Directors may declare, and
also give him the privilege of vote In
the election Of these same directors who
vote the dividend.
The marked advantage to the en-
plOye who takes this offer Is evidenced
by the fact that all during the time he
Is paying by installments for a single
share he will receive interest on the
deposits he makes at the rate of four
per cent. per annum, provided he does
not allow twelve consecutive months
to elapse without making any pay
ment. Should he do this-tbat Is, allow
the lapse referred t0-the payment Of
interest will cease to accrue, and he
will be given whatever sum he has de-
posted whenever he makes application
for the same.-New York Herald
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
ROSE GROWING.

1t has been truly said that any soil
that will grow corn will grow roses.
And just In proportion to the careful
prepara ton and fertilization Of the
ground will be the crop, stalk and ear.
So with roses; they always repay good
treatment and they delight In q rich
and deep soil.
The hybrid class does better in a
heavy loan containing clay, while the
Teas, Noisettes. Bourbons and the
like prefer sandy loam, or much
lighter soil than the harder class. Els
pecial care in both cases should be
given to a thorough drainage. Roses
abhor wet feet.
In preparing my beds l remove the
soil, lay it aside, and dig the subsoil
out until the pit Is fully two feet IN
depth. The bottom Is then loOsened
the full depth OF pickhead, and this
Is filled in with goood loan and sod
wei enriched with old and wel-de-
composed manure, all thoroughly
worked together and firmed down. The
beds may be made Of any desired
shape, but for roses that do not re-
quire production a bed four feet wide
Is very satisfactory. The plants can
he placed two and half feet apart
each way by placing them thus. This
gives one foot TO the outside border,
the plants get the full exposure to the
sun, and the flowers can be gathered
without stepping on the bed.-Dr.
Robert Huly before the Philadelphia
Horticultural Society.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
BIGGEST CRAVE MONUMENT.
Daniel Moriarity Starts 375.Tonner for
His First wife.

Daniel Moriarity, n retired New Or
leans grocer. now living in Alameda
County, California. is happy man ut
last. or nearly happy, for after visit
ing all the quarries and cemeteries In
the United States, he has found peo-
pie willing to fulfill the desire Of his
heart, and he will soon be the OwEer OF
the largest graveyard monument in the
country. and probably the largest in
the world 1t will weigh 10000 lbs,
and when everything has been paid for
it will have cost over $4,000.
The monument Is not for himself,
however. 1t is to be erected In honor
OF his first wife, to whom he says his
present affiuence is due, and after her,
in honor of his father, Joseph MOriari-
ty. who died in New Orleans In 1853.
His first wife has been dead eighteen
years. and Mr.. MOriarity has taken
unto himself another and moved to the
Pacific coast. He came to America
when boy, and got into the grocery
business. His boss was a widow. Mary
Farrell by name, who fell in love with
him and took him into partnership for
better or worse and the success Of the
grocery business.
Daniel Moriarity waxed rich. Mrs.
Moriarity gave herself up to domestic
duties and died. Daniel grew richer
and richer, but in the days of his pros
perity he remembered the cause there
of. and with the aid of Mrs. Moriarity
No. he determined upon fitting me-
mortal. When the plan was all worked
out. 1t was found that the memorial
would be large enough to stand for his
father, too.
Here are the parts and their dimen-
sions: On a foundation Of fifty-foot
piles there rests concrete block thir-
ty feet square and six feet deep. Next
comes four slabs, two OF them 30xS
1-2x1 and the other two 13xS 1-2x1.
These will be laid so as to form n
square 13x13, which will be filed with
concrete. Then comes the base stone.
14x14x3, weighing about fifty TONS
Next are two courses Of granite about
twenty tons each. which support the
die stone, eight feet high by six feet In
diameter, panneled on four sides. at
the Joining of which will be- granite
columns with Corinthian capitals. Up
on each column will be statue carved
In Wesley granite-Faith, Hope, Chart
ty. Temperance.
Then comes the great shaft Of Barre
granite. four feet at the base and TIA
pering to two feet This will be sur
mounted by simple granite cross,
making the total height Of the monu-
ment seventy feet.
The lot on which 1t will stand faces
Central avenue In Metairie Cemetery,
New Orleans. 1t Is the finest situa-
ton within the grounds, and Is the one
which was chosen by the South to ~
ceive the remains Of Jefferson Davis.-
New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
An InfallibIe Test Of D cath.

The reward offered by the French
Academy of Sciences for sure test
of death was paid twenty-five years
ago. The method Of determining that
life is extinct is simple. When the
hand Is held between the eyes and n
candle or other light with the fingers
outstretched and touching each other
the bright color Of the circulating blood
will shine through the tissues and the
skin Will appear partially transparent.
After death this Is not noticeable
Scientists declare that nothing bun
death will change the tissues 20 that
the transparency will not be noticea-
BILE. Catalepsy and other forms Of APP
parent death do not change the appear
ance of the hand. when thus examined.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
The Saw.

Pliny says that the saw was first in
vented by Daedalus, but according to
Apollodorus, 1t was the invention OF
Talus, who used the jawbone Of croc-
odile to cut through a piece Of wood,
and then made an iron instrument in
imitation Of It, The saw IL represented
on the monuments of Egypt from $500
to 1000 years b. G. As early as A. ID.
1922 sawmills driven by water power
were In operation at Augsburg, and 1t
Is believed that before this they were
in operation In Paris. driven by the
current of the Seine. The first sawmill
erected In the Norway pineries was in
1880. Sawmills were numerous in
Italy In the sixteenth century. They
were not introduced In England until
1868, when native Of Holland built
one, but was compelled to abandon 1t
by the opposition Of the populacc, who
saw no good in such new-fangled con-
trivance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

HE objective point, the western SIDE %
the Argus range.
One day there staggered into little
mining camp In Eastern California a
tall. skeleton-like man, bearing dead
woman In his arms. He sat down by
the side OF little stream where men
We're washing for gold with cradles.
When they came TO him he snarled like
a wild beast and would not let them
touch the woman. 1t was Brand.
Finally he was subdued by force,
and, realizing his condition, the miners
gave him food and drink, and In a
week he was well. The story he told
was startling A rescue party was
made up, which aurried eastward.
Along the trail which Brand had trav-
ersed and scattered on either side they
found the dry and mummied remains
Of thirty men, women and children. AS
late as 1860 bones We're still found far
south OF the camp on the mesa. Some
of them were within 300 yards of
spring, which they had failed to reach.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

Again. suppose . pig OF any email
animal should measure two feet In
gia'th and two feet along the back,
which multiplied together make four
square feet; THAT multiplied by eleven
1.-The number OF pounds allowed for
each square foot OF cattle hleasuring
less than three feet In gif,th- makes
forty four pounds. Again, suppose a
calf or sheep should measure four feet
six Inches In girth and three fest nine
inches In iengrh, multiplied togetlher
make sixteen and oi,elhah square feet,
that multiplied by slxteen-the num-
ber OF pounds allowed 10 all cattle
measuring less than five and more
that three feet In glrrh-makes 264
pounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
HOW TO KEEP AWAY RODENTS.

To protect fruit trees from mice and
the trees as well as from the orchard.
Rabbits congregate in such places.
Clean cultivation is the best remedy.
Before ground freezes, make n mound
of earth foot high around the trunk
of each tree. Young nursery stock may
be wrapped with closely meshed wire
screening. Blood or rancid grease Is
offensive to vermin, but is easily
washed off by rains, so needs to be re-
placed several times during winter
Horticulturist James Troop, Indiana
Experiment Station.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14

lean Industry.
How many housekeepers, asks the
Chicago Tribune, as they fill their
lamps with kerosene oil or their sum
mer stoves with gasoline. have any
idea how these oils are made? And
yet few miles from Chicago, mt Whit
ing, Ind, Is the largest oil refinery in
the world
Naphtha, benzine, gasoline or kero-
sene, the last often called coal or H.
Illuminating oil, belong to the same fam
lily. The three first named being lighter
oils, do not require nearly so much
handling to bring them to perfection as
the Kerosene. This, of course, Is easy
to believe, but when II Is said that
from the same crude oil, after all the
lighter oils have been distilled out, wax
Is made 40 closely resembling the pro-
duct of the bee as to deceive even an
expert, and that II is used In chewing
gum factories, candle factories, laun-
dries and even the candy factories, one
is often met with polite look Of doubt
or an incredulous shrug of the Shout
uthSs CT ~ H. w. ~ ~ IrOSslOiC w stt
yet further. and say that hundreds Of
homes In Whiting and in Chicago will
be made comfortable this winter by the
refuse that adherss to the bottom and
sidesS of the ''stills" after even the
wax has been pressed out. This refuse
makes good coke, Is easily lighted.
and Is warmer, cleaner and cheaper
than coal. Hundreds OF tons are re-
moved from the stills daily before they
are charged" again. and hundreds oc
those who use this fuel do not know
that IL was once crude oil, dug In the
Ohio fields, and piped on to Whiting.
The carbon used in electric lights is
also made from this coke. Nothing is
wasted.
AS the most common the Kerosene oil
* perhaps the riost interesting Of the
products. After leaving the crude
stills 1t appears again in ''sweetening
STILLS" or in the compound cylin-
ders," which perform the same work
as the sweetening stills, but in a newer
invention, and Is patented by IN out
slider. who allows only forty in each
refinery. The "sweeteners" form an
important factor in the refining Of
Ohio oil. Owing 10 the compound"
before mentioned, and the continuous
friction of the immense wire brushes,
which keep the oil in n mad whirl, 1t
loses much of its bad Odor Ii is again
vapored Off, cooled in the condenser
boxes and passed off into the ''stean-
stills" for the next process.
In the steam stills Il Is treated Just
the same as in the two prev ious pro-
cesses, with the addition of n washing
Ivy steam from perforated pipes passing
through it. 1t is ''vapored" off as be
FORE and now one would suppose that
II was ready for use. Not quite. The
Kerosene oil now passes into the agi-
tator for the final process. The agita-
tor Is a funnel-shaped tank in which
the oil is treated with acid and beaten
and blown about by machine called
a blower and washed by torrents of
water until ii roars like the lake in a
storm. Every particle az foreign mat
ter Is tins expelled. 1t Is then pumped
of into the storage tanks for shipping.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
DRUGS FOR GLOSSY COATS.

Some English horse owners are suf-
feiing loss through the practice of ad
ministering certain drugs to the ami
mails with a view Of improving their
appearance, including glossy coats.
When horses have become accustomed
to the drug they can rarely do without
It or recover from ITS effects, and II
not stopped they invariably die owing
to the accumulative character Of the
poison. Fortunately this practice Is
little followed in this country except
possibly among carriage animals in
some of the big cities. American Agri
cultuist.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-01-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF TIMELY INTEREST TO THE
FARMERS.
Drugs for Glossy coats....How to Keep
Away Rodsnts..Hard Milking Cows.
Feeding MiIIst.
MANAGEMENT OF FLOCK.

.Those who set out 10 feed sheep
WIN do well 20 observe a few essen
tials," says a writer In BURIAL Life.
''First among these is dry yard. 1t
need not be large but IL must be dry
and weN bedded. Keep 1t fresh and
clean. Next insist on absolute quiet
OF the sheep. II necessary keep every
body and everything out OF the yard
except the man who feeds them. Let
nothing disturb or brighten them.
Wild, restless sheep newer fatten rap
idly. Another essential Is constant ac-
cess to clean, wholesome water. Feed
at regular intervals and uniform ra-
tion. Make all changes very gradual
iy. Sheep cannot be put onto full feed
On as short time as cattle. Feeding
TOO heavily at the start Is a very COM
mon mistake in all kinds Of feeding.
1t is of tine utmost Importance to start
right. An animal that Is overfed at
the start rarely does as well afterward.
Another essential and one of the first
things demanded, Is a feed trough that
sheep will not get their feet into.
Clean this trough before every feed.
III any grain is left do not expect the
sheep to eat it. Remove 1T and give
fresh grain. Regulate the feed SO that
none will be left. Stale feed curtails
the appetite and impalrs digestion.
Ii Is useless 10 throw a lot Of feed into
a dirty trough for sheep. leaving a part
OF 1t from day TO day, and wonder why
They do not gain. Every day allow
ance Of hay grain and water should be
fresh and clean. Keep salt constantly
before them. Kid the flock of worms,
ticks ana lice. DO not grind any grain
except for very old sheep. Shelled
corn and good oats, in equal parts,
with 10 to 10 per cent of bran and oil
meal make a grain ration that can be
hardly surpassed. Feed the best clo-
ver hay Qbtainable. the second crop
preferred.
= .These may all seem like trivial
things in the management of feeding
flock, and they are, but III Is atten-
ton to just this kind of little things
tina, makes the successful feeder. 1t
was the observance of all these details,
and many othrs, that enabled the feed
er at the Iowa Experiment Station to
make an average daily gain of one
half pound per head from 1871 pounds
OF feed dry matter) per pound Of gain
on THE lambs 1T that station"