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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

From the Farmers Review: At
this season OF the year most
plants In the window will begin TO
make strong, vigorous growth. II
properly fed. AS soon as they begin
10 grow, but not before. give them lib
eral applications OF some good fer
tilizer. Many persons whose plants
are not growing satisfactorily think
20 give them start" by feeding
them rich food. This is all wrong
The plants are not In condition to
make use OF such food until they be-
gin TO grow. II Injuries them II given
when they cannot assimllate It. There
fore, wait and keep close watch OF
them, and when signs OF growth are
seen, begin to feed them. Give weak
applications nj FIRST increasing the
supply as the growth OF the plant In
creases.
The proper time to train plants is
when they are growing II branch
shows a tendency TO outgrow other
branches, thus making the plant I'M
symmetrical, nip on the end OF II at
once Keep II from making more
growth until the other branches have
had chance to catch up with II. thus
giving the plant proper balance on all
sides. Most persons neglect their
plants in this respect. because. they
say, 1T seems such pity to Interfere
with them, when they are growing so
we'll" Growth is not all we aim at.
We want well-shaped. symmetrical
plants, and such plants We can not
have unless we give them proper train
ing. Very few plants can be trusted
20 train themselves Whatever train
ing they get should be given white
they are In the early stages OF de-
velopment The old saying that II IL
hard work TO teach an old dog new
tricks applies here. When a plant has
been allowed TO grow TO suit itself
until II has reached It's prime. II is toe
late to do very much for II. Take II
IN hand, then. while growing. and
make II understand that II must come
10 your terms. Plants are tractable
things. They will do as you tell them
70 II they see you meal business"
EDEN h. RENgoRD.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

From Farmers Review: IL seems
TO me now. after twenty years OF ex-
perience. that there is nothing more
important to the strawberry grower
than choice OF variety In the raising
OF grain, or vegetables or fruit OF any
Kind. much depends on the proper Sc
lection OF varieties. but In strawberry
culture almost everything depends ON
IT, With a pretty general knowledge
OF the well tested varieties now grown.
gained both by observation and read
ing. ! do not hesitate to say emphatic
ally that for this latitude aud for a
number OF degrees north and south OF
the latitude OF Chicago. the one great
berry. worth more than all the others
together. Is the Varied.
Speaking OF strawberry culture In
the past | think It Is true that there
have been Just three great berries.
each Of which had It's day and gave
way to the next. and these are the VIII
son, the Crescent. and the warheld.
Growers who raised the Wilson In It's
day and who at the proper time sub
Bututod the Crescent. aud then after
the Warheld was well introduced
planted II and gave up the Crescent,
have done the bee. for themselves and
for their customers that could be done.
think most practical growers Will
agree with me when | speak OF the
expense and disappointment which
have attended our efforts to secure the
best varieties. What time indeed We
have had with the highly praised new
corners. the Bidwolls. Manchesters.
Jewels, Lady Rusks. Chas. Downeys'
Big Bobs. Mt. vernons. Bubachs. Jes-
sizes, Parker Earles. and a host OF
others whose names l will not mem
ton. an introduced with great -four
ISL and often having some good quail
ties but as practical. business berries
utterly worthless IL seems strange TO
me that so many writers and even cA-
pertinent stations speak OF some good
point In very many OF these varieties
without adding that In the summing
up they have no value at all
know that some growers will pro-
test against my judgment OF some OF
these berries. but / believe the best
conclusions OF practical men are In line
with my own. Some would probably
defend the Bubach and Havorland
which are OF good size and productive
but never ate one OF the first without
regrettlng Il. and the second | would
not permit my plckers TO gather. SC
wretchedly soft and tasteloss II Is
Parker Earle Is solid and productive
but OF bad color and unreliable. Bedei
Wood is productive and has been high
ly praised. but have always felt guilty
for picking II at all. so soft and In
aipid and colorlosa Il Is and l am glae
20 see In our latest station reports tina
Il is not recommended us II was.
Doubtless some OF the new berriei
will prove to have value. and some
like the Marshall. are certain to be o.
use for fancy market, but | repeat II
conclusion that for the climate hay'
mentioned, for real value both TO pro
Queer and consumer. there is no we'll
tested berry which is worthy OF com
parlson with warheld. In my view
the most important problem for prac
teal growers now is to md the bes
and most reliable fertilizer for tn
Marheld.
s. w. GIBSON
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20
OLD YOUNG WOMEN.
Root of the Evii Is In Parental Indui-
goncc.


gence.
One OF the saddest features OF pres
ont-day life Is the condition OF ennul
In which even the very young women
settle soon after their school days are
finished. says the Philadelphia Times.
AZ is or 10 they have been everywhere.
seen everything, possessed whatever
their desires have prompted, and just
when life should be most filled with
beautiful promises they are hopelessly
stranded on the barren shores OF indlf-
ference. The root Of this evil Is to
be found in paternal indulgence. The
American father and mother work
hard, saving all they can, denying
themselves luxuries and Outlines mecca
saries as woll, that their daughter may
revei In that which they have never
taken the time or the means TO enjoy.
From her earliest infancy the girl finds
that her lightest wish is TO be graft
ied n Il is possible. regardless OF the
fact that what she desires may not be
becoming to her age or TO her condi-
ton OF life. That she wants Il Ia all
that the parents consider, 80 that whom
the time comes that such qualification
would have some Significance she Is
past enjoying t. She has nothing to
look forward 10. she is surfeited. and
should she marry. her husband Will
and this ennui the greatest bar TO their
domestic happiness. A little more de-
NAL in early youth, plain food, plain
froclks, simple pleasures up to the time
OF her debut, should be the rule. whom
the delight OF new sensations viii more
than compensate for the doing without
that which has marked her pathway up
TO that time.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

This is called also American water
hemlocs. wild hemlock. spotted hem
lock. spotted parsley, snakeweed.
beaver poison, musquash root, musk
rat weed, cowbane. spotted cowbano,
children's bane. death OF man.
IL Is a smooth erect perennial. 3 to
s feet high. with a rigid hollow stem,
numerous branches, finoly-dissoctod
leaves. white flowers. and a cluster OF
splndle-shapod roots. which vary In
length from IA to 3 inches. and are
very Characteristic OF the plant. II
grows commonly In gwamps and damp
soils throughout the Atlantic states
westward TO Louisiana. Iowa and MIN
nesota; much less commonly north
westward through Nebraska to tho
Rocky Mountains and In New Mexico.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

and no man should want to get rid OF
arm because 1t is weedy. lie him
self had purchased a good farm at a
low price. because II had all run TO
weeds and the former owner believed
that they were so numerous as to
greatly reduce the value of the land.
But these same weeds had been keep
ing the fertility Of the soil from leach
ing out. and had kept the ground In a
condition where It would not bake.
but would readily yield to the pillow.
He simply turned all the weeds under
and got back the fertility they had
taken from the ground. Then he
planted TO other crops and had re-
gained farm.
Were Il not for weeds. say after a
clover crop. the nitrogen In the soil In
readiness for plant use would disap-
pear As II "a. the weeds take II up
and hold II for subsequent crops. The
cultivation that is necessary to keep
down weeds Is not time and effort lost
The benefit to the crop cultivated is
more than enough to pay for the out
lay. The additional eject OF conserva-
tion Of moisture is not to be forgot
ten.
Weeds are also valuable for the work
they do In keeping the land In the
htS Is of the many. Were there no
weeds the cultivation OF the land could
be undertaken on an immense scale by
men OF wealth and a monopoly In land
would be possible. II such a monopoly
were attempted at this time. the cost
OF keeping the land clean would make
II impossible to keep II under control.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20
CHAPTER XXXIII.

II might have been about the hour
81 ten, and we we're still lettering on
the moonlit beach, when the cry OF "A
sail In sightE made every heart leap
wildly and with hope.
Twas Tom Lambourne who SPOKE
but every eye caught the ship at once
and even those who had been doing
bn the warm sand -oF-wlthln .ths nut
we're awake and on the beach In mo-
ment, stretching their Hands toward
her with Joy and exultation. but the
aspect OF the ship gradually changed
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

This Ia one OF the most poisonous
native plants in the United States, be-
Ing rapidly fatal to both man and ami
mails. The roots are especially dan
gerous. because the taste. being aro-
matte and to some people suggestive
OF horseradlsh. parsnlps, artichokes or
sweet elcely. is apt to lead children to
eat them when they are found forced
out OF the soil by washing. freezing
or other causes In the carly spring.
Cattle sometimes eat the tubers. and
in marshes they are poisoned by drink
ing water contaminated by the juice
OF roots that have been crushed by be-
Ing trampled upon. No estimate can
be made OF the amount OF damage done
TO live stock. but II is very consider
able. The human Victims average sew
eral per annum.
The prominent symptoms OF the
poisoning are oollcly pains, vomiting,
staggering, Inconsistencies. and
frlghtful commissions ending In death.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

Bulletin 81 OF the Maine Experiment
Station giving some figures OF the
chemical contents OF n potato crop
says; Assuming these figures to fairly
represent potatoes as grown In Maine.
crop OF 200 bushels. Weighing six
tons, would remove thirty-seven
pounds OF nitrogen. sixteen pounds OF
phosphorlc acid and ffty-eight pounds
OF potash. II the amounts and pro-
portions OF fertilizlng elements re-
moved by crop could be taken as n
guide In preparing a field for that crop,
the problem OF supplying the proper
amount and kind OF plant food to tho
soil would be much simplihed. To
manure a field for a crop OF potatoes.
nitrogen, phosphorio acid and potash
would have to be added In about the
proportions given above and in suf-
fioient quantity TO supply the vines
and tubers the land was expected Ia
yield. A formula made up on this
basis would be very materially differ
ent from any mixed fertilizer on the
market and would contain the fertile.
ing elements in about the following
proportions; Nitrogen, parts; phos'
phorle acid. 2 parts; and potash.
parts.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AoRiCULTURIsTs.

Some UP-to-Date nint, About Cut
tivatlon Of the Soil aud Yield.
Observation-Disclosures vitiouiturs aud
Horticulture.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

Korea Is just about the size OF tho
island Of Great Britain, being GOO miles
long and from 100 TO 200 miles wide.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

Weeds have a value. The writer
once heard Professor Bailey say that
the weed Is thu friend OF the farmer
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

At the Missouri Experiment Station
Prof. sohweltzer measured the leaf
surface OF vigorous corn plant CT ay-
erage development. The total surface
OF the - leaves and sheaths was found
TO be $3.50 square inches. or about "a
square feet.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

AZ recent dairymen's convention in
Illinois the question OF the mixing OF
Bilage was considered.
Q.-IIow do you mix your ailage3
w. J. Kennedy.-some do II by TAX
ing gunny sacks and sewing them end
10 end thus making a tube that will
carry the cut corn to all parts OF tho
silo.
Mr. Kennedy.--In the falling OF cut
silage from the carrier into the sllo
the heaviest parts go farthest and tho
lighteat parts fall directly under tho
carrier got over that trouble by
hanging a blanket up In front OF the
carrier for the silage TO strike against.
and the leaves and stalks fall together.
Then all We have to do Is to spread IL
Q.-Can spoiled sllago be fed to
young stock with proht7
Mr.. Frasler.-You might let them
pick II over, but they should not DO
starved into eating II. The hogs
might BIO given a chunce TO pick out
the corn.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

The state Of Michigan has begun pro-
gecutions. In Jackson county. that
state, against Armour a Company OF
Chicago for the selling OF process but
ter without labelling II as such. The
fact that the Chicago packer named "a
engaged In the manufacture OF process
butter Is not. perhaps, generally
known. Il was supposed that the Chi
cago packers made butterlne as a side
issue. mainly as a means OF dispoAing
OF their by-produots TO the best ad-
vantage, The making over OF rancid
butter, however. Is something OF a do
parturo for the meat packers. and II
viii probably not be long before We
find the same factors at work In other
lines OF dairy effort. II seems likely
that the firms that make and sell pro-
cess butter In Michigan Will be COM
PEELED 10 sell II under the name OF
process" butter. Not til recently has
the dairy aud food department OF that
state been able TO distinguish process
butter from fresh butter, but now
way 20 distinguish them has been dis
covered. The dairy and food commits
sion OF Michigan has set good er-
ample TO the nelghborlng states In the
vig0r with which It is following up
violators Of the state laws.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-20

Mature abhors a vacuum; there
fore she fills some heads with sawdust.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
A NOVELTY IN BoYcoTTs.
The Chicago Art ASsOeiatioa's Enor
to Remove BiIIboardS.


CHICAGO. Jan. S.-The Chicago Art As
sOciauOn has decided that the first step
toward beautifying the city after the puri-
fcation Of the river must be the abolition
Of the boards which now line the bou'e-
wards. and otherwise obtrude themselves
to the great modification OF the ari tic
sense Of the average Chicagoan.
An attempt was made several months ago
20 abolish the nuisance by legislation
through the common council. but the Big
bill board concerns combined to prevent
the passage OF the ordnance.
They showed they had S650.O0O invested
in the boards. which would be lost II the
ordinance passed and was sustained by the
courts. With the aid Of "Bathkouse John, -
Who had Just returned from the East. they
convinced the alderman that the boards
we're not the monstrosities the Art Asso-
citation dubbed them. and the ordinance was
killed
It Is now intended to enlist the aid OF
every housewife TO do by persuasion what
could not be done by law. A commi tee
headed by Ralph Clarkson has been ap-
pointed to make a house-to-h house canvass
for pltdges not to use any articles or at
tend any place of amusement advertised on
biIlhcards They will begin the canvass
today, and are confident OF success
The evening times., 1900-01-08
AGAINST RURAL DELIVERY.
Opposition to the Wngon Mail Sys
tenn in Maryland.


WESTMINSTER. Md. Jan. S.-The free
rural mail delivery service inaUgurated in
Carroll County. December 20. 1895. with
ramiications over the entire county. IS
nov in fun swing. -Four Government post
office wagons make daily trips. except sun
day. with Westminster as the starting and
ending point. Twenty-siX cross country
carriers meet the wagons at designated
points.
The system is meeting with great Oppo-
sitiOn. The objections to IL are not "ouhn-
ed so any particular locality but protests
are heard from every section. The people
have been accustomed 10 go to the little
country pOstOGiCes 90 gossip and trade. and
this is broken up Then the pOstmasters
who have been displaced do not like the
change because it diminishes their import
auce. Their influence is decidedly against
the system. and ir counts fOr a good deal
In few sections Of the county the opposi-
tion is bitter.
In Myers district four mail boxes were
destroyed by unknown parties and the Gov
[ eminent is making an effort TO ferret cut
the perpetrators. who will be summarily
dealt with II they are caught. The friends
/ OF the new system say that che opposition
is fomcnted by disgruuued Postmasters OF
+ the fourth-class offices. which have been al
/ abolished. Most Of these pcstmasteTs con-
/ duct country stores, and indirectly the
pcstofice brings them trade.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
A PECULIAR MONOPOLY.
= MsEnatc Who Carries HiS Product
in Two Tin Pals.

in Two Tin Fails.
WORCESTER, Mass Jan S-A grey
haired old man making his way through
the streets OF Worcester. carrying an extra
large tin pail in each hand. has reused the
curiosity Of many who have met him.
He is Moses d. GARFIELD OF the nearby
town Of MlllbuIy. and is at the head Of the
queerest trust ia the world. He controls
the shuttle eye" manufacturing business
OF the United States. He is not . believer
in trusts. and has not obtained the control
of the American market in porcelain shut
tie eyes by wiping out competitors. The
business is in his grasp simply on account
Of the excellence Of the product which he
turns out ana its great superiority over
the foreign make. which be has practically
driven out OF the American market.
His novel business is carried on at
Taiuter Hill, which is an out the way
sort Of place in the town OF Mnlbury.
There he molds from English and New
Jersey clay TIL shuttle eyes" which are
used all over the country in cotton. woolen.
and silk mills When they are hardened
sufficiently to stand transportation they are
loaded into the pals already referred to.
and Mr. Garfield boards an electric car for
Worcester he takes the eyes 10 the city
lOI lntll l6l OdhlAEs anu NntA AAlS =, az
COmplished. at the end OF about sixty hours
he calls for them with the same old pals
and returns with them to his place of
business. where he has an oven Of his own.
and there puts on the finishing touches.
giving the clay perfect glaze and the uni
formity Of size which is so much desired
The impression has gone cut that Mr
Garfield has a secret process by which he
is able to secure better results than others
who are eng5 ged in the business in other
lands but tbs he says. is not so. his sue
cess being due solely to his great
paiastaking. He found by practical expe-
rience as shuttlemaker that the chief
trouble with the foreign makes Of shuttle
eyes was their lack OF uniformity They
had to Re carefully sorted before they could
be used, and even then many shuttle
blocks were damaged by The process Of
driving the eyes into the wood Mr. Car
field thought he could do better. and he set
about it.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
THE LAwToN FUND.
Over Twenty Thousand Dollars Re-
ceived Since saturday


More than $4,000 in cash has been ADDED
10 the LawtOn home fund since Saturday.
and the total cash receipts is today given
a. So. 1885. There is also enough more
money in sight TO make the total fund
about So. 600.
AdjUtant General CoTSin was greatly sur
Prised when his clerk announced the big
increase in the fund today. He sail.
We started out with the hope Of raising
about $5O.000 Then IL looked as II the sam
might reach SG0. coo. and now there appears
TO be no doubt but What II Wal go Go
$4,000 We are greatly gratified al tse
generous response to our requests fOr aid
for Mrs. Lawton and her children and
there is no doubt but what the subscTip-
tions will place her beyond all want. as.
after paying the mortgage we Will have
over $4,000 remaining. which VIII be
turned over to her"
Tesides the cash subscriptions receive
General Shafter at San FrancIs0,. has
about $4,000 to be turned in. ard the
Union League Club OF New York has .aised
about Ss,CC9. There are one or two other
cities 10 be heard from.
Following are the principal subseri pti-as
received since Saturday:
Collected by Riggs National Bank Wash
ingJon, $40; citizens OF Boston, Mass.
Through Kidder. Peabody & Coz. g. 900;
citizens OF Toledo. Ohio Through Gen. J.
5. hOuntz). $j7I. citizens Of knoxville.
Tenn. Through Cen j. 7. Wildtr. $i5C;
citizens Of Springfield Mass tthr5ugh The
Republican') $335; A. A. MADISON. Mont
gomery, Ala. s.; subscriptions through
Bankers Trust Company, New York. s.
450; subscriptions through Evening Tel
egraph." Philadelphia Si.043; members Cf
Montauk Club. Brooklyn. y. Y, 1921; cid
zens OF Albany. y. T.. through Journal.
S36S. citizens Of indianapolis, Ind Through
Press, S310-55; citizens OF Milwaukee
(throUgh Hon. Charles King, S221; citizens
OF Trenton. " j.. additional (through
Mayor Briggs), $195, citizens Of Columbus.
Ohio Through Hon. r. N. R5wui), Sl1l.
citizens Of WoOus0cket. r. !. tthrOIgh
Mayor GTCenei $135; citizens OF Hartford,
Conn (thrCugh "Couraut'b 1892
The evening times., 1900-01-08
HARvARD's OLD BELL SILENT.
Summons to E1cuinE Service GiVer
by New one.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Jan. S.-For the
drst time in sixty-three years the custo-
mary summons to Harvard evening chapel
services failed to sound last night. for in
its place came the clang Of the new HGr-
ward bell II was with regret that many
heard this clear-toned bell as il seemed TO
them more I'm the nature Of an intruder
than a friend.
The putting up OF the new bell in place
Of the old one has occupied a much longer
time than expected. "OId Jones, the man
who has rung the bell for forty-two years.
was on hand and performed his duty IS he
has done during all these years.
The new bell was cast in Troy, weighs
FIVE hundred and fifty pounds. and is two
inches larger in diameter than the old one
which weighed four hundred and fifty
pounds. The old bell was reCast in 1886.
Prof. Charles Eliot Norton president Of
the Harvard Memorial Society. wants the
old bell TO be given to the society. which
viii probably be done II is said that the
old bell was brought from an Italian con-
vent, and Mr.. Jones ias a pocket piece
which he carries with him made from it
and on which is inscribed a brief account
OF its history.
The evening times., 1900-01-08
SECURED MANY SPECIMENS.
The Alaskan Expedition for Birds
and MammaIs "a Success

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Jan. S-Dr. L. B.
Bishop Of this city is preparing a report
for Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural
Department at Washington on his trip to
Alaska, and from which be recently return
ed. The trip was made to secure informa-
ticu concerning Alaska for use by the Ag-
ricultural Department The expedition.
which Is known as the Biographical Survey
was composed Of w H. OsgoOd. Washing
ton: H. f. Maddern, Leland Stanford Uni
versty, California. and DIR. Bishop. They
were out six months ago.
DR. Bishop, in speaking of the work OF
the expedition. said that the work was sue
cessful. The object was to find out some
thing concerning the birds and mammals in
habiting Alaska. and. in addition to find
ing hundreds of specimens which were
brought home. important discoveries were
made in the line of mammals.
DR.. Bishop has brought home to this city
600 hundred specimens of the feathered
family. and is preparing to send them to
Washington. The expedition went 20 Skag-
way, and, from Lake Bennett made a trip
through the lakes and upon the yukon
River, in canoes Of I 500 miles. The taxi
dermy was done In boats as fast as the
specimens were obtained. The members OF
the expedition regard the results OF thPir
trip of great scientific Importance