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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-17
DEPUTY wARDENs NARRATIVE
Mace First Told Ills Story to Officer
j. G. Brinqhurst.

II was learned this afternoon at the
police station that K was to Deputy
Warden ]. c. Brughart that the prison
err Mace first communicated the fact
that Strange was the murderer OF Col.
Prowse The story Is begt told In the
language Of Mr. Burghart 20 a News
reporter he said Credit Is not given
TO the right man In this case. Chief
Hilton is the man who'hes done most OF
the work and to him belongs the honor.
He has been working on the case for
over two months and half, II was
last summer that Mace first told what
he knew about the murder ! had been
good to him and one day while he was
working on the outside he called me 10
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-17
IPRIS0NER, SENTENCED TOBE SHOT, INNOCENT
Sensational Contention Regarding E. King Who, With James LYNCH
SAwaing Execution Of the Death Penalty For the Murder in This
City, September 1900 Of Colonel Powse Proprietor Of the Sheep
Ranch Gambling Rooms.

Affidavit Of John Mace a Dis
charged Colorado Convict
that John Strange, Another
Colorado Prisoner, Con-
lessed Having Committed
the Deed King,When Seen
Al the State Prison Today,
Was JubiIant, and Said lie
Had Been Waiting For Just
Such News For Months
Deputy Warden Burghart,
Of Colorado, Tells Interest.
ing Tale.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-17

ton. He made bitter fight for his life
and his case was to have come w
before the supreme Court last Monday.
On account Of the request of the ltal-
ian ambassador at Washington and
Secy Hay, the case has been pei
mtted TO 20 over until May r..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-17
KING lNTERviwED.
ProclaimsHe " Innocent aud Praises
Chief of Police Hilton.

Pedro Paguini, or l.. T.. King, was
seen at the state prison this morning
by representative OF the News" He
was highly gratihed over the present
turn Of affairs In his favor and at times
during his conversation with the news
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-17

paper man II VAS seer that hls emotion
was controlled only b. au effort.
You cdn scarcely imagine how / feel
under the circumstances. have spent
many slcepless night In that steel
cell back there. | know that was IN
nocent all the Time and that conscious
Tess has helped TO keep me lighting for
my life,
Look at my face. II Is wrlnklcd now.
When ] come here there was no such
thlns upon my countcnance, | have
been here eighteen months and have
seen very little but the inside Of my
narrow cellrand all for crime which
lN1atv ppihtpte "a i,,tt
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
Defective MIX Cans.

Cheap milk cans are nearly always
defective in some point. A standard
milk can should be insisted on by pur-
chasers of milk. The condition of a
great many of the milk cans in daily
use is disgraceful. yet to all appear
ances the cans may appear clean. A
well-known butter factory manager has
written. asking us, through The Farm
and Home. to discourage the use of
cheaply constructed milk cans. Hav-
ing trouble with one of his suppliers,
whose milk continually had peculiar
tainted odor. he made an examination
of the supplier's milk cans, and dis
covered large number of faultily con-
structed can lids. in which. owing to
defective soldering. the milk had ac-
cess to a cap soldered around the vent
holes. An accumulation of extremely
offensive matter had formed in these
nests" which could not be properly
seen or got at without opening up the
Joint. In nearly every case the curd
test developed the worst flavor in the
milk carried in cans fitted with this
make of lid. AS soon as the suppller
got new cans, with differently made
lids, there was no further trouble with
his milk.-Australian Farm and Home.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13

II Is not sufficiently appreciated that
in order to secure healthy trees and
wholesome fruit the influence of the
suns rays must be brought into full
operation. Trees are placed too near
together in the orchard, and trimming
does not sufficiently aim to open the
growth TO the sun and air. Half OF
our orchards stand more like groves,
with interlocked limbs, than as Or
chards should stand, without intruding
one tree upon another. Some varieties,
of course, need more room than others;
so 1t is that we must consider varieties
instead of laying down the rule that
orchard trees should stand just so
many feet apart. Cherry trees should
stand particularly we'll open, and out
of shade of other trees. Otherwise
they will be attacked with mildews
and black aphis. do not know any
variety of fruit that will endure be-
ing planted very close, except the plum.
have sometimes thought that a plum
grove gave better results than a plum
orchard. This is not quite true, be-
cause the richness and coloring of the
Green Gage is marked exception
depending on open trees and sunny
places.
The influence of the sun is to de-
stroy germs, precisely as in the case
of human beings. Sunlight has been
proved to he fatal to some OF the lower
forms Of life, including those disease
germs which are the most fatal to the
human race and to vegetable growth.
Anthrax, as a rule. in its different
forms, is very much provoked to de-
velopment by shade. II you have VI
burnum or SNOWFALL In a shady place 1t
is sure to be loaded with lice or aphi-
dae. Set the same bush in a sunny
spot and it will be nearly or quite free
from the pest. Cherry trees should
never be set in on the sunless side of q
house. Pears also are very sensitive
TO an abundance of sunlight. The dis
eases which attack these trees are a
low class of vegetable organisms, which
thrive as rule better in darkness than
in daylight. This subject has not had
sufficient consideration, either as re-
CARDS human being or plants. Stern
berg made experiments which demon.
strated that the cholera bacillus is
killed by direct exposure to sunlight
for one hour. Koch shows that the
tubercule bacillus is destroyed by short
exposure to the direct rays of the sun.
find out one or two shrubs or plants
that persist in sustaining fungoid dis
ease in spite of the sun. Gooseberry
mildew need light and air to destroy II
or to prevent 1t. Bushes Of this sort
should as a rule be set in rows rum
ming north and south.-E. p. POWELL.
! In New York Tribune Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
The Value Of Hog waiiow..

The hog is native of hot climates,
where his thick skin served as pro-
lection against poisonous snakes and
other enemies. In the state of his pre-
sent higher civilization his thick skin
is in some respects a detriment to his
best welfare. When closely confined
in filthy quarters it provides har-
boring place for mites and vermin,
from which they are with difficulty dis
lodged. The extreme thickness of his
skin also tends to retain the body heat
too closely when penned up in hot
weather, out of reach of his natural
protective element-a moist mud bath.
The hog that is free to find 1t well
knows how to escape from insect enc
mics; or, If overheated, into a wallow
hole, where he VIII plaster his entire
body in an armor of mud, which when
peeled off cleans and invigorates the
skin.
The hog is not so filthy an animal as
he is represented. If there are clean
natural or artificial wallows within
reach he will select suc1 in which to
take mis- wallow bath IN preference to
filthy holes containing yard DRAWINGS
which he, perforce. often has to make
use of. Where natural running streams
cannot be made Use of. It will be found
a profitable investment to provide ar
tificial wanows made Of plank, so con-
structcd as TO slope gradually to a
depth sufficient for the largest hog to
thoroughly plaster himself with the
mud and water supplied.
The wallow box should be built so
II can be conveniently cleaned and re-
filed with fresh water and dirt. Espec-
tally is such wallow beneficial where
the hogs are kept in large or consid-
cradle numbers and kept rung, and
therefore less able to provide their own
wallows.
Where such wallows are provided
they will often save the lives of many
valuable animals and help ward off
disease, besides contributing in no
small degree to the health and thrift Of
the herd. Brood sows farrowing dur
ing hot weather are especially benefited
by access of clean, well adapted wal
lows. BY such means they will keep
in check the danger from overheating
and fevering Of their blood, which
often proves fatal to both the sows
and their lltters.
The hog furnished with plenty Of
room and given a chance to select his
natural environment soon becomes
healthy, happy and wise.-B. +. w. T.,
in Farm and Fireside.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE.
Not Enough Attention Paid to II by
Younu Men,

Secretary Wilson believes that not
enough attention Is paid to scientific
agriculture by the, colleges OF to-day.
and he has taken up. the agitation of
this matter aS hobby. Wherever he
makes speech. he tells his hearers
that this department utillzes the SER
vices OF every young man 1t can find
who has thorough training In some
branch OF scientific agriculture. There
is a great demand for this kind of SER
vice. and the department has the ut
most difficulty in holding on TO it's ex-
perts because of the growing outside
calls that are being made on them.
There are about 1000 people in the de-
partment of agriculture who, are en-
gagged in scientific agriculture work.
yet hardly one of them came into the
government service fully equipped.
There are some fifty agricultural col
leges in the country calling for COM
petent teachers. and some 60 or 20
agricultural experiment stations where
there is always an opening for a
trained scientist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
The Abuse of Shade.

For our hot summers shade around
the house seems to be an absolute ne
cessity. 1t is well to remember, how
ever, that, like most other good things,
we may so use shade that it becomes
absolutely harmful. 1t has often been
observed that while a home is new
and has little shade it is healthful, but
after the house is buried under trees
the family begins to suffer from va
rious diseases, which when the trees
were small and cast little shade they
were entirely free from
The explanation is this: When a
house is buried in shade, 1t becomes
dark and damp. Darkness and damp
ness are both favorable for the growth
of moulds, mildews and disease germs.
Sunlight dries the house and kills out
right the germs of most of our formid-
able diseases. Rheumatism and con-
sumption thrive especially in dark and
damp houses.
In the dark dirt acumulates; disease
runs rampant in dirt and dampness.
And then in darkness ana dirt the arch
enemy Of man, the devil, too is at
home, and We have the quartet, dark
ness, dirt, disease, and the devil.
Shade should be around the house,
not over it. Let there be open places
all around the house, so that the sun
may shine directly upon it. This will
keep it dry and wholesome.
Another evil which comes with too
many trees is the shutting off of the
currents Of air so necessary when 1t is
very hot. Heat is much more endur-
able with plenty of moving air than
1t is when there is no circulation what
ever. Plant trees, plant them in abun-
dance, but not too close to the house,
and when they become too dense cut
some of them out. Remember the in
functions. BE temperate in all things,
Hold fast to that which is good
G. G. Croft, in New York Tribune
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13

see that All is we'll, and often make
many trials before they land long
SPEAR Of grass or ifesthei' on the In
side. When the male who nested in
my yard last summer brought feath-
er which was too iong to be carried In
crosswisc oil the hole his mate would
try to seize 1t from him, but no! he
only to return time after time until
finally successful.
This box house had hinged lid or
roof, so that It was possible to take n
peep insi6e every day or two and see
what was going on. Beginning about
June 10, five snow white eggs we're
laid on the softest and coolest OF nests,
made almost wholly of white pigeons
ieaLners, winch were arched up at
the sides so as to almost cover the
eggs. Then about July 1 the young
legan to hatch. An egg which proved
to be bad was kicked to one side, but
the shells Of the others were carefully
removed. The young birds when u
week old squeak when handled and
cften surprise you by the strength
with which they cling to your fingers.
They can support their weight by hold
ing on with one foot. ljut most re-
narkable OF all are their thick yellow
lips.
When this box was opened the pa
rents did not know what to make of 1t
at first, but were soon bringing moths
and dragohnics. When the wind blew
out feather the mother at once dart
cd after It, repiacing 1t in the nest,
for they cannot bear to lose any of
their possessions. When building anew
or repairing the old nest, they will
sometimes become so tame or bold as
to seize a feather tossed in the air
This bird, caued the white-bellied or
tree swallow, is gradually changing
its nesting habits: that is. 1t is more
ana more forsallng the hollow trees
in the woods beside the streams AMI
coming to the neighborhood OF man.
But attachment to tho hinie loof is
strong, and many an old tree has shell
'ered dozens of generations Of these
Hwallows.-Francis II. II l'fick in ST.
Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13

The Object of Corn Cultivation is
three-fold: To destroy weeds, to con-
serve moisture and to make available
latent soil fertility. In wet season
the chief value is to destroy weeds. Re
member that weeds rob the corn crop
of moisture which in a dry season is
needed very much. If the carly part
Of the season is wet and the latter
part dry. particularly at caring time,
the damage done by weeds may
amount to half the value of the crop.
The best time to kill weeds is just
after they germinate. Cultivate, there
fore, on hot. sunshiny days when the
weed will soon die.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13

and It would be economy to sell her II
any price unless she Is a special fav-
ofite for setting and raising chickens.
Such hens THOSE that are good
mothers), should be kept until they die
Of old age, as they are useful and us.
ually very scarce. They should be
marked with metal leg bands.
One reason so many farmers allow
their flocks to consist of hens of all
ages is that they cannot raise enough
in one year to replace the old ones.
If mixed breeds we're kept the old
ones could be exchanged at the mar
ket for pullets which would be much
better management, but we do not rec
ommend keeping mixed breeds. Thor
oughbred stock is so much more sat-
isfactory and more profitable.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
The cold Lady's" story.

/ am a big orange-colored cat and
live in a store where animals for pets
are sold. It's rather n noisy place with
the monkeys gibbering and the parrots
screaming and squawking, but I'm
used to II now, and seldom mind II.
It's a pleasant place to live, there's
so much variety. You know what a
monkey or parrot is going to do next
Is something nobody can guess.
In the morning when The cages are
teing cleaned and all the birds and
ANIMALS fed. the noise Is distracting.
| often wonder how Mr.. Lefarge-that's
our owner-bears It, but he doesn't
seem to mind IL any more than II he
we're deaf. Sometimes It gets too loud
for me. but like to be there, for that's
when all are liveliest and most in
ie, esting.
Yes, thcrc are many temptations to
one like me in whom the hunting in
stinct is strong. but they must be
overcome, you see- 1t is hard. though,
to be expected to catch United States
mice and never TO pounce upon those
cunning little Philippine mice that
dance and whirl so amusingly. Then
the little guinea pigs do look so juicy
and plump. but | must not even pas
them with my paw. These are temp
ing to be sure, but think how good a
canary would taste and yet | may
catch only those dirty English spar
rows. Indeed. it's worth while to over
come them and I feel amply paid for
my self-contrcl when Mr.. Lefarge an
swers the question, "Why, won't that
cat eat up your pretty canaries?" as he
always does, mo, indeed, | can trust
the old Lady, Good Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
An Attractive Experiment.

Swallows, bluebirds and wrens are
all interesting neighbors which any
ere living in the country can usually
have for the asking. box with a
single opening at one side, set up on
a pole at some convenient point near
the house, is the only invitation re-
quired. The more weatherbeaten the
box house the more attractive 1t be-
comes. Make a round or square door
two inches wide. but don't put pi-
azza in front, unless YOU wish to at
tract the swallows worst enemy, the
house sparrow.
Swallows are most interesting to
watch; their powers Of flight are mar
velous, and few birds in the world
can surpass their grace and freedom
of movement. The male is very pugna-
cious, and will dart at the head Of
every person who approaches his
hcmc. snd pounce u:on any bird who
intrudes upon his domain.
When the nest Is building they, en-
er the box hundreds Of times juss to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
Keeping Old Hens.

Experiments along the line of egg
production show that the pullets from
the time they are six months old un-
til they are Is months old lay twice as
many eggs as will hens three and four
years old in the same length of time.
1t has been found by keeping a care
full account that IL costs from 55 to
rs cents a year to feed hen. II, when
we'll cared for. she only lays about
seven dozen year, it is readily seen
that there is but little profit in keep
ing her for the production of eggs. The
well-cared for pullet laying fourteen
dozen eggs annually is much more pro-
fitable, as the last seven dozen she lays
will all be left for profit, allowing the
first seven to pay for her board.
A large flock of pullets would be a
very profitable investment II we'll
housed and fed, but the majority of
farmers do not give sufficient care in
cold weather and do not expect to get
eggs except through spring and sum-
mer. At this time the old hens per-
haps lay as well as the pullets. but TO
keep fowls that lay during the en-
tire year would be- much more profit
able to the farmer.
The hen that moults late In the fall
y most usually an invalid all winter
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
CANADA'S GAME FIELDS.
They Are In No Danger Of Ever Be-
coming Game-Barren.

To one who knows what the vast
solitude of Northern Canada really
mean the dread of game extermina-
tion seems rather uncalied for. The
latest census of Labrador gives 1t a
population of one man to every 35
square miles. This can Hardly be
called inconyenient crowding. There
are almost as many persons in sim
gle East Side New York block as there
are in the whole of Labrador. Why
should game become extinct in this
region? The numbers killed by man
must surely be quite insignificant. The
same conditions obtain in Northern
Ontario, the greater part of the north.
west territories. and very large part
of British Columbia. The date is not
far distant when there will not be
sufficient game and to spare for the
sportsman who is content to take the
bitter with the sweet and to leave be.
hind the luxuriousness of the fashion
ess oof the fashionable resort.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13


Once there was little man no big
ger than my two fingers. His name
was Dan. He was very smart and
sharp, though so very small. He had
rather bad temper, and one day he
was quarreling wit. his brother, who
was as large as anybody, anu little Dan
was pinching him and sticking pins
into him, until the big brother began
to cry.
Just then along came a big police
nan, as large as n house, with a club
as large as a telegraph pole, and the
Big Policeman waved at the little
man.
81 arrest you, sir"
"You can't do it," said little Dan.
And he jumped at the policeman
and tried to stab him with a pin, but
the Big Policeman took him up and
put him into his vest pocket, and car
ried him off to the police station.
When the policeman went in there
the captain at the desk said to him:
What are you doing here, officer?
I've brought in a prisoner, Cap
TAIN" said he, touching his cap.
Where is he?" asked the Captain.
Just then the policeman took little
Dan out of his vest pocket and stood
him on the desk, aNd the Captain
looked at him and laughed.
What In the world has this little
Ian been doing, ofiicer?' he inquired.
Fighting" said the officer.
At that the Captain laughed again.
did you have any trouble arresting
a little fellow like that?" he asked.
Then the Big Policeman felt some
ashamed and blusno1 a little,and Dan
thohght the captain was his friend, so
he jumped on the Big Policeman's arm
and up on his shou.uor an down his
fore the policemen knew what he was
doing.
There he was, crawling around un-
der the policeman's clothes, right on
his bare back and it felt like mouse
In there to the policeman, and then
Dan began to suck the pin into him,
anu the Big Policeman began to howl
and said to the Captain:
Hit MIN. Captain" for the police
man couli not strike him, Dan ran
around too fast. The captain only
cried out:
"If you will let me go nome. I'll
come out"
And the policeman said:
'Pll let you go, II the Captain says
co."
And the Captain said. YES" and
little Dan came out.
The Captain told him to treat hi,
brother better, and he said he would,
and then he went home. while the Big
Policeman watched him ON mis- way
BROOKLYN Eagle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
PASSING OF THE SALMON.
The Fish Traps Of the West Have
Guaranteed tie Doom.

Guaranteed its Doom.
The reddish OF the Idaho lakes will
boon be thing Of the past. Its num-
bers now are as nothing when com.
pared with the vast runs of 20 years
ago And the reasons for this deplor-
able depletion are apparent and easily
understood. In the lower Columbia
there are miles and miles Of gill-nets
and hundred of pound-nets and weirs;
great seins are hauled in all suitable
places, and the banks are lined with
destructive salmon wheels. The lower
river is literally filled with these and
other apparatus destructive to the mi
grating salmon. They begin at the
rivers mouth and extend up the river
as far as the catch renders their OPP
Grafton profitable. Fortunate, indeed,
the fish which is able to steer clear OF
this multitude of traps set to ensnare
him, to pass them all safely by, to
ascend the rapids and leap the water
falls, and, finally, to reach the spawn
ing grounds thousand miles from
the sea. And fortunate indeed would
he be were the enemies all left be-
hind; but they are not. The prospec-
tor, the miner, the rancher and the
people In the villages have learned
where the Reddish spawn, and they
know when to expect their coming.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
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Whether or not 1t pays to clip work
horses, was tested at the Michigan ex-
pertinent station and reported in a
recent bulletin. The conclusions were
not as definite as might be desired. The
station, however, believes that the
horses which were clipped did their
work with much greater comfort in
early spring than those which were not
clipped. This of course means a great
deal when animals are at work pre-
pairing land for spring crops. They
clipped horses always look better.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-08-13
Manufactures Artificial Marble.

A new process for the manufacture
of artificial farble has been patented
In Berlin, Germany. Asbestos dyeing
materials, shellac and ashes are pound
ed into stiff mass and subjected to
high pressure. The product is sur
prisingly rich and tough, not brittle. Is
easily worked by means OF tools. can
be given a fine polish. and In appear
ance cannot be distinguished from the
genuine marble.