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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11

culated on the basis Of digeetib,s mn. /
tr'ents. OF u to $50 per acre. II har-
vested - II IL coming into blossom.
A'taifa furnishes more nutritious feed
.nah II left TO grow tough and woody.
"hen intended for horse feed. tbs
stems should be allowed to become
somewhat rtpened and the pods set
oeiofe " Is harvested. Moving sften
Goes not inJure the plants, but slim
uiates the vital processes. II should
De sown late enough II In the spring.
ana early enough II In the fall TO
guard against the possibility OF frost
catching the young plants with only
their nrst two leaves developed. The
young plants are more tender at this
time than at any other stage of
growth. Excessively hot weather fol-
lowing the seeding is ap, to result dis
Astrously. Twenty to thirty pounds OF
seed should be sown per acre.
Alfalfa will thrive best on a fertile
loan soil underlaid with a porous,
moist subsoil. II will produce a fair
crop however. upon poor land. bring
Ing the nitrogen down from the air
and the minerals up from the depths
below. and adding TO the fertility OF
the soil upon which II feeds. Moisture
In The soil Is the one condition indis-
pensable 10 a good crop OF alfalfa. II
Is deep feeder, exploiting the sub
terranean stores OF moisture and the
hidden mineral elements OF the earth
The soil before seeding should be put
In the finest possible filth and freed
/ from weed seeds. Alfalfa should not
be sown until the ground is moist
enough TO terminate the seed imme-
diA,ely. II no, covered too deeply. II
may be either drilled or broadcasted
with equal probabilities OF success.
Weeds should not be allowed to shade
or crowd this young plants. and are
best removed with the moving ma
chine.
IL is never safe In Kansas TO pasture
alfalfa with cattle or sheep. on ac-
count Of the liability 10 bloat the ami.
mails. There Is even some danger In
feeding the hay IL IL should happen
TO &c, vet. Steers can be fstiened or
one third less corn with alfalfa fol
roughness than without Owing to III
high protein content. too much ma,
DO fed 10 fs,tening animals to secur,
the mos, economical gains. Horsei
when no, working do exceedingly vel
on alfalfa pasture. II Is not best q
feed too much OF 4, TO working ami
malls II mixed with other hay. Their
Il no better horse feed. A good s,ant
Of alfalfa can be very easily destroye'
By orerpas,uring with hogs. To NOV
tho green feed aud haul IL ou; TO tn
pigs In different enclosure is NOR
economical than TO pasture H. Pig
osn be grown for almos; half th
usual cost. II green alfalfa be adde
Co their ordinary ration. 1t pays {
tosd them the hay In winter proyid
ing they get grain In addition.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11

where daughter prayed for fathers
forgiveness and heard her prayer an
swered. II is a story OF such profound
love, wounded pride. bitter resentment
and generous forgiveness as only great
natures may know: a story whose fate-
full shadows are at last dispelled by the
sunlight Of reconciliation. Joaquin
Miller. his wife Minnie Myrtle anu
their daughter Maud. are the fatner'
the mother and the child.
Maud Miller was born In hehe.
house at Cape Blanco. on the coast Oh
Oregon. Her parents we're en- route W
Canyon City, in the eastern portion Oh
the state, and Travelled with all the
caution possible, for the country was
alive with hostile Modocs. and white
mans life was not worth the flip OF a
silver coin II he crossed their pain
The isolated lighthouse, with the
waves dashing always below 1t, ana
tho sound OF the sea In the young
mothers ears as she sang lullabies 10
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11
PsAaoa In VIVA Chs.rv kssvsa

80 many instances have been record
ed in which cattle were poisoned By
eating the leaves OF wild cherry trees
or shrubs that the chemists Of the
New Hampshire College Agricultural
Experiment Station recently under
took to determine the amount OF pois-
on In these leaves. The results are re-
corded by Messrs. Morse and Howard
in Bulletin Sc. In it they say that the
poisonous property OF all species Of
cherry leaves Ia due to hydrocyanic
acid. popularity known as prussic acid.
This compound does not exist es such
In the growing leaf, but IL derived
from a class of substances called glu-
cosides. Of which amygdalin Is the
type peculiar to the cherry. This. or
a closely allied body. is to be found
not only In the leaves and bark, but
especially In the stones of cherries.
peaches and plums, and the seeds OF
the apple. By the action Of moisture
and a vegetable ferment called emul-
sin, which exists in the plant, COM
plex chemical reaction takes place,
that begins in the leaf the moment
connection with the circulatory system
is cut OF. The three products Of this
reaction are hydrocyanic acid, grape
sugar and benzaldehyde, or bitter al
mond oil.
There is a popular opinion that the
leaves of the cherry are poisonous
only when cut and in the wilted con-
dition; that cattle may safely nibble
them from the growing shrub without
danger of injury, and that they are
quite harmless when dried. Our OBJ
servations, however. prove these views
to be but partially correct As mat
! ter of fact, Installations of samples.
made within twenty minutes Of cut
ting, show that the freshly cut leaves
| yield nearly as much acid as the wilt
ed ones do when calculated on the
weight of fresh material taken, and
when eaten fresh the character OF the
juices within the animal stomach II
such as to render that organ most
favorable place for the conduct OF the
reaction in which prussic acid Is lib
Grated
On the other hand, while 1t Is true
that the thoroughly dried leaves yield
comparatively small amount OF acid.
still they may always produce some.
and as ordinarily dried in the hay
field, they may be capable OF general
ing a considerable quantity OF the
poison. The desirability of carefully
excluding them from all hay is there
fore apparent. The symptoms of cher
ry poisoning in cattle as stated by Dr.
Chestnut, in his bulletin, Principal
Poisonous Plants of the United
States" include s'labored respiration
diminished pulse, numbness, fright
protruding eyeballs, commissions, and
death from paralysis of the lungs. In
some cases there is considerable froth'
ing at the mouth; in all there Is 9
very perceptible odor Of prussic acit
in the breath"
According to Blythe, the fatal dos'
OF the anhydrous acid for an adul
: person, is about one grain, or sixty
FIVE millegrams. At this rate abou
one-half a pound Of the black cherr!
leaves may be considered as fata
quantity for COW to eat
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11
MRS. MEADOW.

An exciting scene occurred during
the performance in the theater at Ar
magh, ireland, the other evening. 4
cattle dealer named McKenna, whesS
feelings had become overwroueht by
the incidents of the play, suddenly
seized a chair, leaped upon the stage.
drove off the villain and his confed-
crates, and rescued the heroine from
the guillotine. The audience became
panic stricken and several women
tainted. The curtain was rung down
and the police finally subdued and ar
rested McKenna, who was completely
exhausted by the violence OF his frenzy
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11

her baby, was their refuge for severa'
,,o.ss In this interim the tiny traV-
o,er was christened Maud. Her fatnel
,no,o a basket from native rushes'
ss,ch he fastened securely to the morn
os h,s wlfes saddle. BY and by, whea
,h. little cavnlcade started eastward,
,ho,o was a queer but very precious
. ,n,'y In the basket woven from rush
~ sometimes the bundle cried"
s ,s,,, muf,,ed. eerie wall, lost IN .ne
la Of the vast forest or the prean'n
os, w. green valley. Then the mo'he,
o. o., .n In her sure-footed pony ana
.sn,sorted her treasure, sometimes
w. handle cooed, and had 20" ho'
,ne M that baby was SO near you
knon have thought 1t only the eeho OF
n doves note . ,,u,,r MANY
,,gar,,,es including camping by n'sh'
u ,,so,,t a fire. lest Indians should see
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11

Prof Hacker Of the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station says: There is no
one rule OF feeding that has led astray
40 considerable a number of our Amer
lean experimenters, and destroyed the
practical value Of their work, SO often
as the one declaring that animals
should be fed according to their size"
II we had been where we could hear
him say that we would have respond
ed with a real, old-fashioned Mstho-
dist Amen" says American Cultiva-
tor. 1t is not true of any species OF
animals any more than the human
race and least OF all is 1t true of the
mich COW. With all and every one
the amount of food required must de-
pend in part upon the nervous energy.
the force required to keep up the sys-
tenn to the work 1t has to do. But this
again must be modified by the diges-
tive power. Some animals, men al
WAYS included, cannot digest and as
simulate food enough to sustain them
at their work. They may take more
than they need for time, and then
they must break down and have a sea-
son to recuperatA
\ ~. A~lx -
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11

TOT tho n. o'o'nler, assistant botan-
n bes, Nansas Experiment Station,
Hom IN r. investigating alfalfa ns
Moving oas aud has come to the
" bar, :, locations may be found in
v'la TIA, Kansas MAJ, for the growth of
su,, Or WIN produce one half to
an Income per annum, cal
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11

don. He g.ined the recognition thse0
that his own country had failed TO Give
him. While the world was swakiAs 70
his genius, he. Prentice Milford and
Charlie" Stoddard fought fate In
cheap lodgings on 30 cents apiece Per
day. Returning to California and ind
ing the West and the East still brows-
Ing in literary pastures where the
Songs of the sierras" were not, be &C
quired land on the Alameda hills and
made his hands do what his brain had
not--lay the foundation Of . brtune.
One of the brightest graduates OF the
Convent OF Loretto was Maud Miller.
She could chatter French as easily as
she could ride Western broncos bare
back. The tall young girl with the
tawny hair could still dance like q
fairy, but she could translate dead
languages as well. She had captured
prizes in the way of the Marquis OF
Lorne's gold medal for literature and
a gold medal for Christian doctrine.
And she had been left motherless whom
scarcely in her teens.
From the convent, after graduation,
Joaquin Miller took his daughter down
the st. Lawrence river for q promised
visit to the Princess Louise and Mar
Quis Of Lorne at Quebec. Then. chap
eronsd by Mrs.. HOtchkiss, whose hus-
band had invented q revolving cannon
not quite good enough for Uncle Sam.
but acceptable to France, Maud went
to Paris. Here she met a number OF
notable people who had known her
fathers songs by heart while America
was trying to commit his name to
memory as q verse writer from some
where or other In the untamed West.
| At the age OF sixteen Maud Miller
went on the stage. AS child she had
known Ada Rshan and Rose Eytinge
and six years previously had made he1
debut with the latter at the Baldwin
theateY. Her one ambition after meet
ing Miss Rshan was to become ar
actress. She Joined one Of Days trav'
cling companies. managed by Arthur
Rehan.
Then she met Loudon Mccormack.
He was an actor. starring In he
fathers plays; tall, handsome, fas
cinating; a man OF the world with tn
face of a Greek god. He dazzled tn
young girls romantic fancy. Sh
thought it would be $50 nice to appea
with him In papa's plays" Contrar
to her fathers wishes, she married tn
actor, who was considerably her senio
and as improvident as he was good
looking. In 1.-THE Danites" and Forty
Nine" she made hits as Billy Piper an
Carrots. Her honeymoon waning al
most before 1t had really risen In tn
domestic sky, she separated from Nc
Cormack, who. by the by, belonged I
an old Virginia family.
A few days ago the last scene wa
enacted. Pale-faced. haggard and per
niless, Maud Miller came to her fatt
er's ranch and sought his forgiveness
He took her in like he would an III
fortunate. not his daughter. Whs
comfort she takes out Of life from no
on will be Swallowed by the sad remeu
brance that she once brought sorrow
the heart of one of the worlds nobl'
men and her own father.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11
AND GARDEN.
.as OF INTEREST TO
AoR,CULTURISTo.

r..e-psss htass Ahses CeH
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-02-11

Insects, to be fought properly. must
be assaulted AT certain seasons, when
thew are most exDosed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
Interstate Commerce Commission
Has Adjourned.
HEARD MORE TESTIMONY
SHIPPERS PROTEST AGAINST
FREIGHT RAISE
Evidence Went to Show that the New
Tariff Proposed Would Discrimin-
ate Against Small Shippers to
Such An Extent as Practically to
Put Them Out of Business.

Washington, Dec. 22.-The hearing
before the Interstate commerce commits
sion, called on account of complaints
made by shippers against the proposed
new classification of freight by rail-
roads operating under the official class
ification, was resumed today.
Frank Harriott, general traffic man
ager of the Erie railroad. and a mem
Der of the official classification commit
tee, reiterated Mr.. Gill's statement of
yesterday that the new classification
was adopted because the railroads abb
solutely needed the increased revenues.
On many carload rates it was felt by
the committee no advance could be
made, but it was felt that Oh short
hauls less than carload lots could af-
ford to pay added rates.
The attorneys for the shippers offered
to furnish testimony showing that the
opera ton of the new classification
would be in restraint of trade, and to
that extent a violation of existing law.
1t was determined finally that the
shippers would offer some testimony,
and IS. w. Brown. representing Scho-
field, Schumer & Teagle of Cleveland,
o., was sworn. He said the new class
ification on petroleum would be abso-
lutely ruinous to small shippers.
Mr.. G. H DeGolyer, a carriage man
ufacturer of Cincinnati, testified that
the proposed increase in the classical
ton of vehicles would limit Ohio and
Mississippi valley carriage manufactur-
ers to territory adjacent to their fac
tories. and that it would be destructive
of competition throughout the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
Idaho Fruit Exhibit.

The show windows of the city ticket
office of the Oregon Short Line are in
gala attire for the holiday season
There are no Santa Clauses driving
reindeer, or small Indians Juggling up
and coasting down long hills covered
with cotton batting snow. but there is
a large and varied display of the fruit
and grain products of Idaho. hermet-
rically sealed in large and small glass
jars. and attractively arranged with
military precision by Colonel Keyes.
The exhibit comprises all the smaller
grains and cereals, and includes oats,
wheat, barley and corn A large as
sortment of fruits-pears. peaches of
robust growth, punches of tempting
grapes. apples, apricots, prunes,
ounces and plums.
The exhibit represents the output of
the Snake valley. ami is on the same
line as that sent to the Worlds fair in
Chicago in 1898. but is larger and of
greater variety. 1t shows the progress
made in the agricultural development
Of the state since that time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
HUNTER ACQUITTED.
Charges Against Summit County
Man Were Mixed.

Isaac Hunter of Summit county. who
was arrested some time ago charged with
burglary. petit larceny and receiving sto-
len goods. WIS examined before Justice
McMaSter yesterday. but there was 10
case made out against him.
The charges against Hunter were COM
phca1ed and confused First he was
charged with having committed burglary
by stealing harness and the part of an
other. second with petit larceny in steal
ing the same harness and third with the
crime of receiving stolen goods in getting
these same harness from the man who
did steal them. Deputy County Attorney
Gunter wanted to prove that Hunter not
only stole the harness. but if he didn't
steal them, he received them from The
thief
However. the charges of petit larceny
and burglary were dropped and an at
tempt was made to prove tina. Hunter
had received the goods knowing they were
stolen. But the defendant brought wit
nesses to show That he had paid SO fol-
the two sets of harness so Justice Nc
Master decided that the state had no case
at all
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
SMITH MEMORIAL.
Commemorative Exercises In Honor
of Prophet

Commemorative Exercises In Honor
/. of Prophet
The anniversary Of the birth of Jo-
seph Smith will be celebrated in an ap-
propriate manner this evening in the
Sixteenth ward meeting house. begin
ming at o'clock. There will be brief
addresses by a number who knew the
prophet in the days long gone by. in
addition to the following musical pro-
gramme:
Male quartette-Messrs. George d.
Piper. James T. Dunbar. Hor-
ace S. Ensign, Willard Christie
pherson.
Soprano solo-.Leave Me Not.
...............M Miss Bessie Edmonds
Recitation ..........M Miss Bessie Smith
Tenor solo. Mr. George d. Pyper
Harp solo. Mr.. Albert c. Morris
Mixed quartette-Miss Bessie Ed
monds. Miss Elsie Barrow, Mr..
John d. Bowers. Mr.. H S. En-
sign.
Song-"The Lone Grave" with harp
accompaniment. -............-
Mrs. II. NJ. DinwOodey
Baritone solo, Mrs II. 5. Ensign
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
INDICATION FOR MRS, GRAY
GETS JUDGMENT AGAINST
MoUEEN FOR $2ee.
Story of a six-year-old Suit That
Originated From the Sale of a
Trunk

After the lapse of six years, Mrs.
Berdena Gray's cause is INDICATED, the
jury which sat on the case Yesterday
deciding that although the progresses
ing miiiiner couldn't bring her clothes
back home, she was entitled to dam
ages to the extent of the sum of 1929
from William Mcqueen and others.
When the case was called yesterday
morning, the plaintiff rested w. P.
O'Meara was the first witness called
by the defense, and testified to the eff
feet that the trunk in question was
sold, together with a lot OF other goods
upon which witness had an execution;
this sale was made under an order from
Judge McNally's court. The defendant,
William Mcqueen, followed, and stated
that the trunks of lingerie, bathing
suits, babies clothes and bric-a-brac,
was sold by him at public auction, and
brought, all told, $3.50, which ne con-
sidered a fair price
Upon Mrs. Gray'S return from the
east, witness said that she called on
him regarding the matter; sfl fully
eXonerated witness of the share he had
in the transaction, and signifed her in
tention of getting even with Jones &
Schrader. at whose instigation the
seizure and sale had been made. In
the opinion of witness, the contents of
the trunk were nowhere near the value
asserted by plaintiff.
After w. F. Hill, ex-jailer at the
county Jail, had testified regarding the
storage of the bone of contention and
its subsequent sale, the defense rested.
Mrs. Gray was then called in rebuttal.
and counsel proceeded to deliver their
arguments to the jury, during which
process Juror William Roach. who, on
Thursday went on record as loving all
the ladies, went comfortably to sleep,
to awake with an air of panied surprise
at the conclusion
The jury ultimately filed out of the
court room, to return twenty minutes
| later with verdict for 1929 in favor of
plaintiff Mrs. Gray sued for $3.50, with
] interest since June, 1893.
Got His Property.
James a. Knight, who came down
from Woodland, Summit county, on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23

terror towns along the line of the re-
Gently completed branch from Idaho
Falls to st. Anthony For Rudy and
Lewisville freight should be routed via
Rigby. For Manan, Annis and La
Belle. via La Belle, For independence,
Burton and Lyman, via independence
For Salem. via Rexburg. For Teton,
MILFORD, Edmunds and Egfn, Parker
Chester, Ora, Lodi. Marysville, Sarilda,
Leigh. Haden, Oasis. briggs. Chaplin,
Victor bingham county,. Plano, Rice,
Lake, Arangee, Vernon, Jackson Wyo..
Alta, Wyo.. and Wilson, Wyo., via ST.
AnthOny
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
N. P.-o. R. & N. Alliance Expires
Feb. 5.


Lewiston, Ida. Dec. 22.-The six
months truce between the Northern
Pacific and the Oregon Railway & Nav
igation company expires. Feb. 5.
Promptly on it's expiration the North
ern Pacific will resume active building
operations, while the Oregon Railway
81 Navigation company does not seem
so anxious to resume the contest for the
Clearwater territory. The prize for
which: the transcontinental roads are
striving is the oriental trade, and the
Northern Pacific is endeavoring TO
overcome the handicap of the Grea,
Northern's alliance with the Oregon
Railway & Navigation and the Japa-
nese steamship company by shortening
its line and reducing the grades.
1t plans TO build a cutoff leaving the
main line at Missoula, Mont, through
the Bitter Root mountains by way of
Lola pass down the middle fork of the
Clearwater to the main stream.
This would save 10 miles and heavy
grades. BY building down the Snake
and Columbia rivers to Portland an
other 100 miles would be saved. The
new Clearwater branch extends up that
river from the mouth of the Pot Latch
sixty-three miles. beirS. under contract,
of which thirty miles is now operated.
The remaining thirty-three miles will
be ready Jan. 10.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
SPORTS
HART FAvoRs SCHEME.
Pleased With the Proposition Made
Bv John 7. Brush.

Chicago. Dec. 22.-James A Hart,
the man who controls the destinies Of
the Chicago baseball club is in favor of
the scheme proposed by John t. Brush
looking toward the establishment of an
eastern and western baseball league.
to act as supplementary to the major
organization
THE three-league scheme declared
Mr.. Hart, lis one that will bring har-
mony and establish baseball on a
good basis all around am heartily
in favor of it and hope TO see it ac-
complished. What would be the re-
spective circuits of the three organiza-
tions would be matter to be decided
later, although there Is little question
that the national league would choose
to stay in the cities that are mentioned
as the survivors of a reduction to eight
clubs"
Ban Johnson. president of the new
American league. did not believe
Brushs scheme practicable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23

New York, Dec. 22.-Terry McGovern
of this city defeated Harry Forbes of
Chicago. in the second round before the
New Broadway Athletic club tonight.
The men met for a twenty-five-round
bout at lis pounds. Marquis of Queens
bury rules, but McGovern outclassed
his opponent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
Railroad Notes.

General Passenger Agent Burley of
the Short Line will return from Chicago
today.
A. D. Hudnell of the Colorado Mid
land is confined to his home with an
attack of the grippe.
The third annual convention of the
National Livestock association will be
held at Fort Worth, Tex, Jan. 16.
Acting General Passenger Agent
Heintz of the Western left Chicago yes
terday. He will reach here Sunday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-23
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Matilda Gum of Chicago is here.
visiting her aunt. Mrs. A. Gardiner.
Judge lie Grand Young is in Denver on
business. He is expected home on Sun
day.
Mrs. Aaron Keysor went successfully
through serious operation at ST. Mark 5
hospital. and is progressing rapidly to-
wards recovery.