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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

Old Dapple was so tired when hay
ing-time was over that grandpa said
he should rest a whole week. with oats
for dinner every day. You're the
faithfulest old fellow" grandpa sad.
warmly stroking Dapple's old nose
back and forth-back and forth, low
ingly Nov YOU shall have a holiday
and MUNICH hay Instead Of rake H.
Walt. I'll trundle the big rake under
the NOV. out OF your sight. 80 your
forget there was ever any such thing
In the world as work" Then grandpa
went In to dinner with grandma and
The Twins-cvery body called them
The Twins. with capital 1a In their
voices when they said IT, II was quite
late In the afternoon when grandpa
asked The Twins to lead out old Dap
pie to water let him stay and drink
az long ms he wants Ia" he called after
them. You needn't walt-he knows
the way back alone" SO old Dapple
stood and drank his on OF the clear
sweet water. and The Twins ran back
TO their play. But II wasn't long be-
fore grandpa saw them coming toward
him at scamper Both their faces
we're excited. and they shouted In lit
tie. breathless chorus-The Twins us
uaily spoke In chorus-"O. grandpai
grandpa qulckl look up In the now
lng field, Old Dapple's up there rakin'
hay all alone. 'thout any rake or any
hay! He's goln' back and forth and
back and forth like everythlngl" And
when grandpa got on his "fur-oifs" and
looked. sure enough there was faithful
old Dapple up In the mowlng-neld. pa
tiently trudging up and down. making
neat turns at the end Of every bout"
Ills tired old legs wavered unsteadily.
but kept on. The afternoon sunshine
lay on his rough back and dazzled his
old eyes on the return trips. but he
never thought Of stopping. Something
suddenly dlmmed grandpa's "fur-offs.'
and he took them on. Faithful old fell
l1wl" be muttcred. Go lead him back,
children and give him oats for his sup
per. Ard how Tho T Slns hugged him
while they were doing III
Constance Hamilton.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

The April bulletin Of the Ohio Ex-
pertinent station thus summarizes the
report OF experiments In the treatment
Of cucumbers and melon diseases;
The cucumber pickle industry con
tinues to Increase In Ohio and the
yields Of pickles have been more salts
factory for 1898 than for the previous
year. The abundant rains. well dis
tributed. and the high mean temper
atures for the growing months have
contributed to this end.
The downy mildew OF cucumbers and
allied plants. ,'lasmopara Cubenss. has
been fully as destructive to the plants
during the season named as In 1881
but owing TO the earlier harvesting OF
the crop the actual reduction Of yields
has been only about ono-half as great
from this cause
Anthracnose OF cucurhits. Colleto-
trichum Lagenarium. has increased In
abundance and destructiyeness. a
wilt OF cucumbers and muskmelons.
referred to a species OF Fusarium. has
also prevailed. besides the usual wilt
disease. Phyllosticta Cucurbitacearum
and Cercospora Cucurbitae have also
been found spottlng cucumber leaves
as well as Cercospora Citrullina upon
watermelon foliage.
Cooperative spraying experiments
upon commercial scale have given an
Increase OF aeventy-hve bushels per
acre upon sprayed. compared with un-
sprayed cucumber pickle vines. at
tackled by downy mildew. The profits
from this treatment were not 80 large
as would have accrued from similar
work In 1897, for reasons pertaining to
earliness OF crop.
The practlcability OF saving the late
crop OF ououmbers from downy mill
dew, by use OF Bordeaux mixture. IL
fully demonstrated by the experiments
made. Spraying for this purpose need
not b, begun earlier than July % TO
August /. II crop OF pickles or GU
eumbers Is harvested by August 10.
spraying for downy mildew is not re-
qulred. Iasg
Spraying OF anthracnose downy mill
dew and leaf blight OF muskmelons Is
atill recommended. although some fall
ures are recorded.
Previous recommendations as TO the
treatment Of late tomato plants with
| Bordeaux mixture to prevent tomato
leaf blight, soptoria Lycoperslci, are
again repeated.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

4 ,hlnr Of .un canvas. dir, spotted and
soued corduroy COLLAR huge poehe's
that tote
ghe game. and o. fabric b crumpled and
We, memoris. cling to the old hunting
coat
~ color of tan with the ground smoothly
blends
Ana fHshu not the umld and sharp
~ delicate thread lts lone button sus-
uniolchgd by the hand Of the unateins
dame
ON the sleeve % light feather seems des-
lined in stay.
The scent u burnt powder around II
doth rlluHi
And BE- pockets coucesi but o. motley
or plpr ana tobacco. shells. matches
and string
And many nlsht Il has pilloWcd tho
head
That rested In pcaoe meath a shelter
inE tent
That on some streams banks. tree'pro-
tected WIS spread
where few but Dame Natures Wild
creatures Ger went
An. II :, could speaki It would eagerly
tell
or long. brcsihlesr chase through tho
thicket and thofns
In pursuit Of the elk that fought noby
and WE'LL
nut whose an,icrs the old hunilns coat
now adornr.
a. ,...eh.,.. 10 ,.o,,la ,.tiap.r OF morn.
inNn sharp chill
Aud ruah-hldden boat IN some lake 90
daylight.
Aud speak Of the silence. and cen Of tho
THRU
That II felt when the canyasbaok start
ed the nlght.
or ye, It could speak OF tho favoriie
carp.
where the brook makes sweet music
and soft brefIeH blow.
Ana tho odor ~ nrs and Of Wild flowers
dew damp
And the ieaplnr n trout where tho
slender weeds grow
The broadcloih may acorn u. the WOODEN
may snecr,
Ariaiocrata they. keeping always re-
mote,
Yet none Of them Offers the comfort and
cheer
. And happiness found Ia the Old hunting
coat
colorado springs Gazette.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

tliizing constituents. It act only
necessary to supply the soil therefore
with nitrogen. phosphoric acid aud
potash but organic matter will prove
beneficial as we'll. II barnyard ma
nure lie not available blowing under
green crops will serve the result. BY
a systematic method OF rotation and
pasturage together with the use OF
commercial fertilizers. sandy soils can
be brought to the highest state Of pro-
ductivoness. In the determination or
what kind OF a fertilizer and how much
shall be applied to particular soil the
farmer must be his own guide-he
must make his own field experiments
ana profit by them from year to year.
Field experiments conducted In his
same locality but on a heavy black
soil, whereas his might be a light
sandy soil. would be OF little or no
benefit TO him. In general way
sandy soils are leachy and momentum
Ing while clay soils are OF an enduring
fertility. mainly because they do not
wash excessively nor allow the water
to leach from them the plant foods
which they contain.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
Bean Game.

Here is noisy. jolly game A bag
OF beans Is brought In aA every one
present puts his or her hand In It and
takes a few beans. which are held In
the hand until all are served. Then
they are to count the beans. and all
who have odd numbers to form In line
ON the right, ana all with even num-
hers TO form In a line on the left,
Then the first person on the right line
starts over to the left side and gives
one In that line a bean as long as they
last. and then he or she ats down, The
same time the first one on the left be-
gins TO give out what beans he or she
has on the right line. and when they
are All gone. he or she sits down, The
next couple do the same. and so on
until an the beans are given out, The
last couple by this time has all the
beans. and II one Is dropped burnt
cork Is brought and a little mark is
nut on the face OF each one, and when
the Total IA counted the one having the
odd number is 10 have the black marks
nut on for every bean In excess OF the
number the other has. The one hav'
ING the odd number AT the end OF the
game Is "old maid or "old bachelor
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
American Horse. In Cuba.

A correspondent OF the Chicago Rec.
ord writes that Journal from Wash
ington; American horses do not
thrive on our new possessions. II takes
them a long time to become aeelImat-
ed' The heat, the malaria and insect
pests are more OF a trial to beasts than
to men. Texas ponies ar bronchos.
however. do very well in Cuba and
Porto Rico, and 500 have been shipped
over to Cuba since the close OF the war.
Three or four hundred have been
shipped to Porto Rico. Any man who
VIII 20 down Into Cuba and raise mules
and ponies will make fortune. be-
cause the draft animals have almost
been exterminated during the war, and
great many are needed upon tho
plantations az well as by the military
forces. The best stock for that climate
Is the hardy little horse that is found
In Texas and New Mexico" That ia a
point we called attention to n year ago.
when the war broke out. The climate
OF Texas. and the conditions surround
Ing horses In that state. would natur-
ally enable them to become more easily
aeclimated In Cuba and Porto Rico
than northern horses.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

one OF the most interesting and Inn
prcssive OF natural woudela Is the great
petrined forest OF Arizona. which GOV.
ers nearly 100 square miles The gov
ornmont explorers have ohrlstcncd i
ChalCodony Park.
Thc turtacc oi the ground Tor mile
and miles around Is covered with 81
Eantic logs three or four feet In diam
eter. pctrlned TO the core. Many OF
thom are translucent. Some are almost
transparent All present the most
beautiful shades OF blue, yellow, pink.
purple. red aud gray. Some are like
gigantic amothyHts. some resemble the
smoky topaz. and some are as pure and
white az alahaster. At places the chips
OF agate Tor the trunks that have
crumbled. lie foot deep upon the
ground. and II IA easy to obtain cross
seetlons OF trees showing every vein
and even bark.
A blrd's-eyo view OF the petrlned for
eat on sunny day suggests a gigantic
kaleidoscope. The surface OF the earth
resembles an lnhnilo variety Of rain
bows. The biologists say this great
plain. now 5000 feet above the yea. was
once covered by a forest. which was
submerged for ages In water strongly
charged with minerals. until the iibres
OF the trees were thoroughly soaked
and transformed into eternal stone.
Many OF the trunks are stlll packed In
deposit OF nne clay, which was left
by the receding waters, but the erosion
OF the wind has pulyerized much OF
the clay and carried II on In the air
exposing the secrets that nature huriA
under It's surface One great tree spans
deep gulch forty feet wide. II lies
where II tell centuries, perhaps ages
ago, aud "a most beautiful specimen
OF pctrined wood The rings and th'
bark can be easily traced through thu
translucent agate, aud Il Is Arm enough
aud strong enough to last as many
centuries az Il has already spent In II
peculiar position. II Ia undoubtedl,
the only bridge OF agate In the world
aud alone Is worth long journey 1
see. The Indians OF the southwest use
10 visit the pctrlned forests frequentl
TO obtain agate for their arrow an
spear heads and the material was seat
tered over The entire continent by "a
change between the different tribe
from the lsthmus OF Panama TO III
Behring Straits The great deposit
here explains where all the arrow
heads OF moss agate came from. an
other weapons and implements OF sin
liar material that are found in the Ii
dian mounds and graves OF the centr
aud western states. In the stone "a
the agate OF the petrlhed forest was q
very best material that could be o
tanned Tor both the implements OF vi
and peace OF the aborglnes. A seal
ing knife could be made very easi
from one OF the chips OF agate al
could be ground to a very fine eds
Many crystals were used for Jewel
aud ornaments also.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

Miners who have passed the winter
In the Klondlke refer to brand OF
evaporated potatoes sent from Canada
which have proved very satisfactory as
a substitute for fresh vegetables. says
the Rural New Yorker. We learned
that the Canadian company has varl-
Gus factories In this country and in
canada. One factory is run at May
VIE. Mich. II started last fall with
evaporated apples. and then made
apple cider and apple Jelly when the
apple season was finished. they began
eFaporating potatoes and kept at II
nearly all winter. through the very
coolest weather. The same company.
we are told. evaporated peaches in
Georgla earlier In the season. One Of
our friends In Mayyllle gives rs tho
Following Information about this busl-
ness:
How are potatoes canned7"
Ihey are first washed and then put
~ large vat or steamer and steamed
Just enough TO loosen the skins. Then
'ney are taken out and peeled by
women and girls. After this they are
cooked until thoroughly done. and
then run through machine shaped
IKE colander. They come through
THIS In long. white strings very much
resembling long worms or shredded
eoeoanut. After this they are eyapo-
rated and put up in tin cans and
sealed air.tlght."
About how many potatoes were
canned during the season."
Last years run was about 5000
Does this make any difference in
inc potato market for the nelghborlng
farmers?"
Yes. think II does. although the
farmers have no trouble In selling all
the potatoes they grow. to the ship
pers' The canning factory helps to
raise the price. Last winter, when tho
factory hrHt started. the shippers were
paying only 20 to % cents a bushel for
potatoes. The factory's nrst contract
was for 5000 bushels at 25 cents. or
course the Gamers want the highest
| quality OF potatoes. II Is understood
here that the factory had contract
with the United States government for
all the potatoes that were canned last
winter"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
An rmharr..ed student.

Mr.. spurgeon used to tell good
story about one OF his divinity stu
dents. II was his custom. In order to
test the powers OF the young men for
speaking, TO give them, as they were
about to ascend the pulpit, a text to
discourse about on their own plan and
In their own words. This, OF course,
was not before an audience, but simply
among themselves for practice. on the
occasion referred to. he gave TO a
young man. who as yet had not tried
the ordeal. the simple word, Fac
chaeus." The young man. trembling
from head to foot. said L will divide
my subject into three parts. First. We
read that Zacchaeus was small Of stat
ure. and never felt smaller than on
the present moment Second. We read
that Zacchaeus climbed tree. which
reminds me OF my ascent into this pull
pit. Third. We read that Zaechaeu'
made haste to come down-which ac
cordlngly | will now do" Whether THU
man ever became a great preacher Of
not. we are not told. but he certainly
showed that he possessed ready wit,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
n.l,.. nf IlerllIe and rI.h.

From tn. New York Press; That
mooted question OF whether a good
healthy water snake can cope success
fully IN mortal combat with pickerei
has been decided by battle In Lake
Pennessecwassc. Of which william
Gary and Kenneth Quincy were Wit
nossos. The lake waters abound In
large-slzed plckorel and there Is no
other body OF water In Maine where
the water snakes are so huge. Thoy
are harmless. but II forced to a tight
with man or flh can put up a good
scrap. Their bite while not poisonous,
h excrtmely painful and everyone
gives them Wide berth. In hot days
they crawl to the branches OF the low
bushes ON the shore OF the boys ana
sun Themselves In contcntment Many
OF the reptiles will measure over ten
feet and few OF them have ever been
captured. II a person approaches them
while they are apparently sleeping on
tho hushos aud atiempts 10 MI them
With stick or Stone they fail quickly
into the water aud escape harm. one
day this summer. while the weather
was extremely warm. Gary and Cur
noy we're ON the lake trawling for sal
mon from canoe. The boat had Just
passed the edge OF the bog whore the
snakes have their headquarters. when
there was splash In the water aud a
churning that attracted the attention
OF the men In the boat They backed
water with the oars and hoated mp
to see what was the trouble. They
were surprised to see a huge black coil
Of shining skin writing In the water
and went closer TO investigate, They
found that water snake nearly eigh
feet long had a pickerel In his grasp
The fsh must have weighed In this
vicinity OF three pounds and hgh
was on. The snake slowly uncoiled hi
body, when the nlckerol darted on
and quickly turned. making swift
lunge for the snake. The latter. how
ever. grabbed the Ash by the head an
held him fast. In the course OF thre
or four minutes the snake again IN
colled his body, and the pickerel. wilt
few faint motions. came to the TO
Of the water for air, The snake Ia
still, but as the fish showed signs
returning life he again grabbed him b
the head. Then the body OF the fish b.
gan to disappear slowly, and at la
there was no more pieRerel In Sigh
The next day Quincy and Gary wei
on the shore OF the bog for frogs TO
used for bait. when they found u
dead body OF big snake They CT
the reptile open and found about ha
way down the throat the body OF q
pickerel. The snake In swallowing u
fsh had rested for a breath OF al
when the fsh again came to life an
, spreading his belly hns. had ehok
! the snake to death. However, the M
I declare that the snake won the hgl
but was too anxious TO celebrate
e victory. and thereby lost his own III
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

For the economical application OF
fertilizers Il is necessary to make
something OF study of the soil. Clay
soils as rule contain sufficient pot
ash but they are likely to need either
nitrogen or phosphoric acid and are
usually benefited by both. Complete
fertilizers should not be applied by the
farmer without reservation. They are
only complete as they meet the re-
Quirements OF his soil. on clay soils
bone meal is usually a very elective
fertilizer, II supplies phosphoric acid
and potash and also lime, which usual
ly exorts a beneficial mechanical effect
on clay Acid phosphates or South
Carolina rock acts In the same way
except that II contains no nitrogen.
The average sandy soil is always de-
aeient Ia all OF the - 'e principal fer
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

In May. 1890 one Of the most re-
markable surgical operations on record
was performed by Or. Lavelangue In
the Children's Hospital at Paris. i,
was the case OF an idiot child. It's
head had stopped growing since II was
four years OF age. and was only one
third the normal size, Believing that
the ldiocy was due TO compression OF
the brain. the doctor divide4 the skull
longltudlnally, and kept the edges OF
the bone from uniting. Fresh deposits
OF bone took place. and the sknll grad
ually expanded to almost It's proper
size. Then the intellectual faellit'Ns'
which had hitherto been those OF an
infant, grew stronger and stronger
every day, TN at last the child was
as Intelligent and healthy as any other
in France. Some OF the most remark
able surgical operations have been per
formed in connection with the brain
which Is now 40 accurately mapped on
that a surgeon can tell exactly where
the seat OF mischief In the brain lies
should there be tumor on the brain
its exact situation can be located, 0n'
then tho skull - opened and the NOR
tid growth removed,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

Flowers from clods Of clay and mud
Flowers no bright. ana grass 10 rfssn
Tell me. blade. and leaf. and bud.
How u d you're all 70 clean.
n my fingers touch these eods
SEQ they're streakcd with sticky I'm
Yet you spring from clnyey cloda
Pure. aud fresh. and fair from bifta
DO you wash yourself nt niEht
In a bath OF diamond dew.
That you look sn fresh ana bright
when the morning dnwna on your
Uod perhaps. sends summer showers
when the grass grows gray for rnia
To vash tho faces Of Ills flowers.
And bid ins fields be green again.
Tell me. blade. and leaf. and bud.
Flowers ~ fair. and grass 10 green
Growing out u clay ana mud
How Il D. you're all 20 clean.
Gabriel setoua
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

several OF the little men and women
halfway across the dining room car
pet After this. whenever Frank and
Bertram set up the toy village. the
very best part OF the play was the
time when the cyclone came. and trees
and houses and men and women tum-
bled down together In a heap Of uins.
Mary Hall Leonard.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
aiadstour a. - hoy.

william Ewart Gladstone. at the age
OF ~. was the best looking boy who
ever entered Eton. and the brightest
fellow who ever left IL. lie was al
ways proud to claim membership with
one OF the old families OF commerce.
and to the last declined all honors and
titles offered him by the queen. pre-
forrlng to remain zone OF the people -
His mother traced her ancestry TO the
royalty OF the fourteenth century. She
was a woman Of very great accomplish
ments. and exhcted obedience from her
six children. Gladstones earlier life
was passed under the direct care OF this
wise and watchful mother, Her boys
we're required to perform some manual
labor. and to take much physical ex-
ercise. and we're instructed In wood
saving and carving. A mans treat
ment OF his wife Ia a reflection OF his
mothers memory. In Gladstone
beautiful study. called the Temple OF
Peace" we're three desks-one for po'
lltleal and business correspondence. one
for literary work and one for Mrs
Gladstone. who was a most discreet. ~
well as able. woman, and had not only
the gift OF silver-tongued speech. bu
OF golden silence when occasion re
/ qulred
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08

II one asks a hundred school chill
dren and grown people. as well.
for that matter-how squirrels sub
ela In winter. nine out OF ten VIII
reply that they eat the nuts they gath
err Ia the summer and fail. This "a
partly. but not wholly true. Their food
Is widely varied In the course OF 4
year. especially In the sprlng aud sum
msr. Indian corn IN the milk suffers
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
In THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

Arizona. roirinsd Forrest Eriraordi-a'T
surricsi Operat 90 new sau'sr~s
Live 10 winter Hattie - Reptile ai-i
Il.h
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

4 LITTLE cyclone. How the Beys pis.
covered sew Amusement-A Tras
story - An Embarrasscd student =
Gladstone a. q hoy.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
A New Raml. Plant.

The Agriculture Ledger Of Calcutta
india, announces the discovery for the
government Of plant described as
similar but superior to ramle. Ramle
furnishes an extremely fine, strong
and valuable hber. suitable for making
line. hlgh-class textile goods, and the
only thing which has operated to pre-
vent Its culture extensively in thIs
country is the fact that II has to be
degummed, which is always a costly
process. This new kind OF ramle, IL
II can be so called, is free from gum,
and therefore does not, In It's produce
ton, present that difficulty The de-
partment OF agriculture IL Investigate
Ing the subject, and Is arranging to
procure seed for trial and distribution.
Mr.. Jared @. Smith OF the department
states that a ramie, which does not
require degummlng would in all prob
ability, prove highly valuable acqul.
sition, aud Its Introduction might be
the means OF starting a new line Of
industry In the United States. Such a
plant, he says, might to some extent
replace hemp.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AoRicULTURISTS.

Some Up-to-Date Hints About sui-
tivation Of the Soil and Yields
Whereof HORTICULTURE. viticulturs and
fioricuiture.