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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26
COURT HISTORY.
Published Every Few Centuries in
the FlOwery X ngdom.


The Oh nese court historians work
does not see the light until the reiguing
dynasty comes 10 an end. In this way
these celestial historians have an OPP
porlunlty TO describe most truihfully
he virtues and vices Of he various rul.
efs, aud the real significance OF the
events which take place during their
regime. They can write what they
please without fear " ceusure, for they
know that their work will not lie pub
lishrd M the rrigbing dynasty lasts.
This has been the rule for more than
1000 years. The duty of 'hese hlslori-
aus Is 10 write n PLAIN account Of all
the events that tccur during their ten.
ure Of Offlce. At regular Intervals
their completed work Is taken from
them, and II locked up In an iron safe
or vault. There IL remains until the
irs, member Of new dynasty ascends
the throne. 1t IL then given, with all
the OF her histories In the vault. to the
court historian who Is then living, and
from the mass OF documents he Is ex-
pected to prepare truthful history OF
the dynasty which has just expired.
The present dynasty has been rsigning
siDte 1914, aud consequently no court
history has been published since that
date.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

Myrtle writes that she has been en-
gagged six times since she reached the
seashore." ia tn Tfi
Then she must be succeeding all
right. guess she'll win her bet"
"Whht Is her bet?" e9 l lQ 81
That she will get engaged as.often
this summer as Alger officially denies
that he Is going TO resign from the
cabinet"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

arrayed their paiieuis on eois In easy
attitudes, aid set the electrical mas
.age machines to work. This muscle,
hat muscle. The def, velvrt coated
hands OF thn machine kneaded swiftly
aud smoothly, and In the morning there
was only slight Stiffness To remind
he patients ofwhai they had under
gone, Yet the visible effect would in a
brief period be tremendous. he calf
If the leg, for example, would be built
up in mouth by a machine 10 the
same extent that would have followed
had the patient run daily for "A year
ten miles" I3 So yi SIS
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

THE Salt Lake Bee says In regard
NO our Just kick against Postmaster
~ ..xham:
THE UTAH COUNTY DEMOCRAT
makes a serious ch'ngs against Post
master Graham at Provo. Graham is
publisher of The Enquirer, and 10 har-
mony with his boast that he Will allow
no other paper than HE own 10 live IN
=. Provo, neglvcislo distribute The DEM
,RAr as promptly as his own sheet.
4 tor example. on The DEMocRAT's
modification day the Enquirer Is late
framahe press. Postum stsr Graham Is
a ruscd OF holdngthe ioimer 10 Tag
r,sIl he HIS distrituled his own paper.
< Tae charge Is too serlousio pass nm
noticed. Post master Graham should
/. be heard from. aud II the charge 10
.n,aar, should he kicked ont Of the Office
III i quite one thing 20 advance tho 10.
tesrst Of stes own paper. lni quite
another matter ~ take advantage q a
o.,,l.c POSITION to attain that end.--
sa,s Lake Bee.
VII may add that there Is no doup,
81 ths truth OF our statemen1s and
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26
Schedule in Eject March TO-, 1899.
Subject 10 change without Notice.

Trims between JuAb and frisco run daily
except Sunday.
Trains for Tooele leave Salt Lake at 7;4o
a nj daily except Sunday.
Trains for Eureka leaves Provo 500 a m.
Arrives Fairfield $50 M Eureka 1850 m
Leaves Eureka At $3.50 p m. Fairfield 1850 p m,
Provo 7:iO p. m. fNfi 1
Psains leave Salt Lake for Ogden an,
D.lb am. 800 M, $40 pm.
Trains Soave Ogden for Salt Lake $3.50 a m,
2 80 a m, 2:tkf>p m, 6tlo p m.
Close connecvtans made ut Ogden with the
Southern and Unlo9.Pacinc
Quiekest time maoas from Utah points 20
Denver. Omaha, Kana4s City, Chicago, st.
Lolns and New York. M
Through tickets on san at all stations Bag
gage checked through. " lifl.4y 1t.r
s. w. Eccles. GeNs w. Craig, Agt.,
Gen. Trf Mgr I1i,Provo, Utah.
W. X. bancroft, d. E\Burley,
v.-P and q. Mgr. CIV. and T. Agt.
Malt I,aire (Yitp
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

II want something to drink" SAID
the mesquite 10 the sleeper; anything
will fiil the bill.'
you'll ind mosqnito bar right
over there" sighed the slumberer, on
ly to awake and find that 1t was on
him. Kansas City Star.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

'I'm going into business for my
SELF said the plumbers clerk.
"What' cried bis employer. "You
know absolutely nothing about plumb
ing"
know all that's necessary. I've
been making out bills for you for two
years. "--Philadelphia Record.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

\. THE twenty fourth year Of the Brig
ham Young Academy opens next
Monday, August 2s. This is nm In.
stitu,Ion Of which Utah AMI especially
Provo, is justly proud. See their an
noupcemeln elsewhere Is This issue.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

MAJon GRANT has declined the Tri-
hune's prefer ~ the Republican may
orally in Sail Lake. A parry 50 hard
IS, as 10 employ the methods used by
the Tribune 10 dIsparage the colleagues
OF Major Grant could not confer any
honor by domination. The gentle.
mau does well to decline.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

FRED JAMES Of the Lehi Banner has
also secured charge OF The Beaver Blade
and will 20 down naxt week 10 take
charge. Brother James will secure n
man temporarily on the Banner but
will shortly return 10 Lebi.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

THE Rirhfeld Advocate has an adv,
headed, 300 babIes wanted " You
ought to come To Provo. Brother VIII
3iams. They're here.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26
How'd Do; Let's Shake.

, Come 10 and get acquainted have
'opened retail cigar aud tobacco store
In SoulhwOrth block, and respectfully
ask all smokers To call aud inspect my
line OF tigars, etc. Box trade a spe-
clal,y. Hoping to receive a share Of
your patronage, | am yours Tor bust.
ness. T. BoTT.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

believe The ciizlns uf Provo win ngrer
that Westminster Graham Should be
kicked out 1T ofiire"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26

Al r. Arr n THE UTAH COUNTY DEN.
WHNIEII ooRAT wants agents and
"IHyILHs solicitors in Provo md
- every. city ana town In
Utah county. Liberal commission allowed on
Al Dnsintrs. We shall also be pleased TO re-
Ceivf COMMUNICATIONS rs 10 local happenings
or interest As soon as possible our manager
will visit the different precincts OF The county
with o view OF securing correspondents ana
agents Address ali communications 20
THE UTAH COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
|HI Provo City. Utah.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-26
Castillo.

The hest summer hotel IN the State.
Rates 81 to si2 per week.
KAISER s. NOSE CHRIsTENsEN.
Proprletors'
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04

II. e. Mckay says: A few growers
fully understand this fact, but many,
apparently intelligent, seem not to I'M
derstand how great these differences
really are, and are disappointed when
they fail to do as we'll as others. Toe
little has been said by many writer's on
the strawberry, about the soils best
suited to the health and growth of the
plant. and the perfection and beauty
of the fruit. The wonderful ease and
facility with which the berry adapts
itself to different soils and ATTITUDES,
coupled with the fact that even In an
imperfect condition it is satisfactory in
appearance and taste to most persons,
NAV In part be the cause of this over
sight. We do not agree with the gen
orally received opinion, as taught by
many writer's, that a sandy loan gives
either the largest yield or finest fruit
| Possibly in the North and West such
NAV be true, but in the south u larg-
est yields and finest berries are OBJ
| tanned from a clay loan. While it is
true that berries grown on a sandy
loan are often as large and apparently
las firm and we'll colored as on a clay
loan. it is equally true that they are
deficient in that solidity, strength Of
color and general makeup that the
same varieties possess grown on the
CLAW loan. All the Sacts, so far as we
have been able to gather them, point
to the general conclusion that, all other
things being equal, the strength, beau
tv and perfection of the berry is dimin'
ished in proportion as free sand exists
in the soil; not that any of Il good
land is without sand, but we use the
term free sand where it readily sep.
arates and can be seen in the branches
and little gullies.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
nestroxlng Round-Headed Borers.


F. H. Chittenden, Assistant Entomol-
ogist of the Department of Agricul-
ture. gives the following advice on the
destruction of the r~ound-headed apple
tree borer:
Destroying the adult insects.-The
mature beetles are shy, and SO seldom
seen on this account, that it is doubt
full If any method of destroying them IS
feasible. They are attracted to lights
at night to some extent, and some meet
their end in this way. Very early in
the morning, Immediately after day
break, the beetles may be found upon
the trees, if sought for in their season,
and may then be beaten off into an in
yerted umbrella by striking the
branches with a stout stick.
as a remedy.-A great va
riety of substances have been recon-
mended to kill the borers in the trees,
but up to the present time only a few
have given satisfaction. For the bene-
at of those who have not had expert
ence with this borer it may be neces-
a to state that it is Of no avail what
ever to inject kerosene or any other in
aecticide into the round holes made by
the beetles in their escape from the
trees. A correspondent of this divi-
sion, Mr.. T. B. Ashton, who has had
many years experience with this bor-
er, states that there is no better way of
effeetually putting a stop to the depre-
dations Of this and similar borers than
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
A MYSTERIOUS HAND.

Toward twilight, on an August day,
many years ago, two females We're
seated by the open window of an an
cient house, situated in New Haven,
Conn.
One of the women was an aged lady
of perhaps seventy, with a light,
CHEEKY face, the very portrait of good
nature and good health, and the other
by her side was Madeline Blackwood,
niece to the old lady, and a pretty,
mild-looking girl, whose years did not
exceed nineteen, whose face bore the
impression of a loving, tender-hearted
girl, innocent and trusting in her ma
ture.
Eyes, dear Madeline. I made my will
last night" the old lady is saying,
land l have made you my heiress,
Madeline"
"Oh, aunt, you overpower me with
your Kindness" Madeline answers, in
a pleasant voice.
Don't thank me, darling; only do
as my heart dictates; poor dear, your
path has been a rough one. Four
years ago your father died, and took
you here to my house. l have never
regretted that day ! did so, for l have
ever found you an obedient, indus
trious girl, and, as I'm an old maid
and Miss Blackwood laughed, "and
have no one on earth to whom I could
bequeath my wealth, / have selected
you as my future heiress."
The young girls face betrayed no
surprise, but a light flush overspread
1t, and she kissed the ruddy cheeks
of her fathers sister, as that old lady
petted the girls curly head.
I'm not very sickly, darling" the
aged woman went on, NOR am l likely
to die very soon-at least DR.. CRANKY
says $3.50 you may have to wait
awhile; but while l live you shall be
my daughter"
"Oh, dear aunt. please don't speak
that way. Don't speak Of dying, my
best, my only friend. You cannot
conceive how deeply your words pain
me-"
! "You do love me, then, darling?"
and the aged spinster looked tenderly
at her niece.
"As I do my life, dear aunt" was
the girls answer, as she again kissed
her aunt.
A few moments later the young girl
left the room and her aunt was alone.
For some moments the aged mis-
tress Of Blackwood house last buried
in thought.
"She's a good girl" at last muir
INJURED Miss Blackwood, "and I've done
right in leaving her everything, and
she deserves it, poor girl. for her life
was a checkercd and ruffled one be-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
selecting Seed Corn.

"In selecting seed corn for next sea
son each one should have a fixed stand
ard in his mind to aim at and every
a of corn should be chosen on ac-
count of its being e the standard"
says a contributor to Country Cen
tleman."
my father practiced selecting his
seed corr at husking time. His first
rule was to choose the upper ear on
"a stalk having two or more good
plump ears. A few of the inner husks
were left on the ear to mark it for
saving, when putting the corn in the
crib. When all the seed was collected
the ears were braided into large bum
dies and hung up to dry, out of the
reach of mice or rats. The second rule
of selection was more useful than the
first. He chose only the ears set close
to the stalks, having a short footstalk
and a small or medium-siZed shank at
the end of the cob. Such ears husk
easily, as the cob breaks close to the
corn and the husks cling to the foot
stalk and not to the ear when husk-
ing.
Following these directions, we al
ways saved a large supply of seed
corn, and the type of ears and corn
form. Many hills of corn having two
stalks would yield three ears each,
and where there were three or four
stalks in a hill often all but one OF
them had two ears each. Prolific bear
ing was the rule. And this was clear
ly produced by constant, persistent Sc
lection following n line. At the same
time the ears were set close to the
stalks SO that the weight of grain was
balanced. Thus storms would not so
readily tangle and twist the crop, or
carry it down. to the ground.
Il know Of farmers today who have
been saving their seed on another line
for many years. They choose the
longest ears to be found, without any
regard to the stalks or footstalks. The
result has been to establish a type OF
corn with n long ear growing on a
long footstalk, attached to the main
stalk low down, often close to the
ground, so that when cutting the corr
the footstalk is cut and the ear is thus
separated from the stalk and has to be
picked up and put in the stout. And
when the ears are not thus cut off,
they hang down and drop to the
ground and become watersoaked or rot
by the time of husxing. These long
dropping ears often bear down so heav-
lily that the stalks are carried to the
ground early in the season and cannot
fully mature the crop"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
Peach Fellows in Ohio.

A bulletin from the Ohio Experiment
Station says: This destructive, conta-
gious disease of peach trees has shown
greater virulence the current season
than during any other year since the
station began to study it. This applies
to all of the peach growing districts
Of the state except, possibly, the Maui
NEE valley, wherein the "yellows" has
not yet been known to occur. Such is
the number of diseased trees, however,
in the affected portions of the state, as
to call for prompt and urgent measures
to limit the spread of the disease. This
can be done, so far as known, only by
prompt removal of affected trees, ROOT
and branch, and burning them as neal
as possible to the point of removal
Dragging the affected trees through the
orchard is not advisable.
The symptoms of "yellows' are:
1. Premature ~ripening, by from one
to six weeks, of fruit which is high
colored and spotted and has the flesh
marked with red.
2. Premature development of winter
buds in the formation of short shoots
or clusters of narrow, elongated leaves
This growth is often very conspicuou;
where the ola leaves have fallen from
the present years growth.
3. Growth of shoots from ADVENT
tious buds on the trunk and larger
branches of the affected trees.
A. For the present season, genera
yellow color of the trees with peculiar
backward folding Of the leaves ant
general premature dropping of the foil
age.
These symptoms, with illustrations
are described in Bulletins 70 and 92 o
the Ohio Experiment Station and b.
the aid of the facts known, grower
will be able to distinguish the diseased
trees. 1t is urged that such trees b
removed before the close of the presen
season.
Where communities wish to organic
for this purpose, the Ohio statute pro
vides for the appointment, by tn
township trustees upon petition of 6v
freeholders in the township, of board
of fruit commissioners of two members
These commissioners have general,
proved exceedingly valuable and usefu
in the work for which they are ap
pointed.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
Getting out Manure.


Observation shows that a large ma
jority of farmers have not yet learned
to take advantage of this job, which is
one of the hardest and most disagree
able on the farm, says a contributor
to the Michigan Farmer"
The common practice is to rig up a
single wagon and team, drive in and
load up. then drive to the field and
spread the manure from the wagon.
When managed in this way the team
is standing Idle over half the time,
| stamping the barnyard into holes,
when it would be more comfortable
on the move. The men spend nearly
half the time riding to and from the
field.
1t is next to impossible to do even
a passably good job of spreading ma
nure by standing IN the wagon n
! throwing off punches here and there
without being properly shaken apart.
| This whole Job becomes tedious n
irksome and is very likely to be slight
ed from first to last, which Will tell
on the next crop.
Several hired men who have helped
me with this work have told me that
by our plan we could move out more
n for the time and money spent
than by any other way they had ever
seer tried. We want nothing but d
good strong, willing man TO help WIN
this. One team and two wagons are
always used. Every passageway into
the manure lot is thrown open, so we
a pass in or out in almost any. Ill
rection. While the team is gone to the
| field to unload one wagon the man Is
loading up the other. Care is always
taken to drive the empty wagon Wnere
the load can be put on with the least
work.
But it is in the field that the really
skillful work is required. We never
attempt to spread from the wagon. Inc
Switchboard on one side is taken out
and the pulled off in piles Win
a manur hook. We use boards ten
feet long, with side-boards about two
feet wide, and the manure Is piled W
on these as long as it will lie on. Eacn
load is divided into six equal parts ano
dumped in conical piles, In stralgh'
| rows twenty-five ASSI dpoAN S"NA
When the manure is in condition for
rapid work, we get about twenty-five
loads per day. When it is fine ano
tramped solid, eighteen or twenty
loads will make a days work.
When put on at the rate mentioned
above it requires about twelve loads
to cover an acre. We practice a four
year rotation, consisting Of clover
corn, oats and wheat. I have tried TO-
years to figure down this manure
spreading pretty fine. l have foune
that by working all the oats and whea'
straw from half of Jul cultivated lane
into manure, by feeding all the corr
fodder and about FL the clover ma!
from the other half, and by CAREFUL!
saving and applying all h manure
we have just about enough to cove.
all our corn ground each year, or al
the pillow land once in four years. Whel
the season is such that the straw ant
litter is pretty well rotted down, w
have to spread a little thinner thai
here described in order to make i
reach.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
The Creation of oliver Twist.

The true story of the origin of Oliver
Twist is not generally known. After
the amazing success of "Pickwick Pa
pers," Dickens happened to visit the
study of George Cruikshanks and was
shown some drawings the latter had
made, illustrating the career of a Lon
don thief. There was a sketch of
Fagin's den, with the Artful Dodger
and Master Charley Bates; pictures of
Bill Sykes and his dog and Nancy
Sykes, and lastly, Fagin in his cell.
Dickens was much affected by the pow
er of these character sketches, and
the result was that he changed the
whole plot of Oliver Twist. He in
PRODUCED him into the thieves den in
London and showed up their life OF
sin, but brought his hero through I'M
defled. Thus George C%ruikshank, not
Dickens, was the originator of the
leading characters of the wonderful
story.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04

The United States are now in a po-
sition to make a movement in favor OF
the protection of private property at
ca in time oil war, and its first action
IN its new position among the nations
could not be a better one than to in
yite a conference on the subject, with
a view to a mutual agreement on a new
law of nations whereby private prop
erty on the high seal shall be made ex-
empt from seizure or detention in time
of war. Peaceful ships on peaceful
missions should not be molested, and
the general adoption of a resolution tc
this effect would mitigate at least one
of the horrors Of war.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
HATED BEING CALLED A "CUss."
But This Was Only n Shortening of
Customer.

but THIS as OnIy n shortening OB
Customer.
He was tired of being called hard
names by other wicked men, but he
was inexpressibly shocked when a
pretty and innocent-looking young
woman dubbed him "cuss." 1t was in
one of the department stores. He had
boldly approached n of the gro
Gerry counters and told his wants, but,
instead of waiting on him, the maiden
whom he addressed turned her head
and called to another girl near by:
"Jen, come here and wait on the
cuss."
He stared in ~amaZement, but she
paid no further attention to him, and
as she started to go to another part Of
the store he heard again: "Jen, here's
a cuss. for you"
While the second girl was attending
to his wants, he plucked up courage
enough TO ask why a strange young
woman should apply such an epithet
to him. The girl laughed merrily as
she answered.: 80, that's just Sadie's
way of. talking. She always abbrevl-
ates. What she meant was a custom
er."-Chicago Chronicle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04

The United States OF Brazil came
into existence on November Is, 1889,
The day is a holiday, of course, in the
Esouthern republic, and this yearit was
a particularly joyous one, because the
american battleships Oregon and Iowa
Stopped at Rio de Janeiro on their way
to Manila, and helped celebrate. That
a natural, graceful and polite thina
TO do. In an emergency Brazil SOLD
New Orleans and other good ships to
this country, and did not try to take
advantage; she was c~onspicuousiS
friendly in various ways, while some
other South American republics were
snarling at their big neighbor ano
longing to bite. Moreover, ~battleships
are never better employed than wnen
they serve as the medium of courte'
sizes that tend to cement friendship
with such a brave, wise, progressive
people as the Brazilians.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-05-04
Where the Shah sits.

The Shah of Persia owns the most
valuable armchair in the world. 1t is
of solid gold, inlaid with precious
stones. At one time some of the stones
were stolen from one of the legs of the
chair, and the indignant Shah ordered
the arrest of a number of his servants
and held the keeper of the furniture re-
sponsible for the loss, with the intima-
ton that if the thief were not discov-
cred, the keeper would be beheaded.
The culprit, being eventually found,
was forthwith beheaded and his head
carried on a pole by the imperial body
guard through the streets of Teheran.