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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23
MODEL PIG TROUGH.

nail with six-penny finishing nails.
Fig. l shows the pig side of the
trough when set in the fence of the
pig pen. The upper part of the par
titions that stand above the trough
are nailed to the fence board, and
the ends of the trough to the posts.
The trough must be level and project
three or four inches on the outside,
thus allowing clear space the whole
length to pour in swill. Besides the
convenience and cleanliness each pig
gets his proper share. This individ-
ual trough is also fine for feeding
dry feed.-P. c. Laclede, in Epito-
mist.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

timental reasons 1 retain. Last year !
rented 'two-mule farm to an old
negro named Andy, who had always
lived on the place. A 'two-mule farm
is so acres, one and three-mule allot-
ments being respectively 25 and rs
acres. The basis of measurement is
cotton land only, a liberal but unmeas-
ured strip of corn bottom being
thrown in with each rental as neces-
sary condition. l may add that an
other necessary condition was the loan
by myself of $50 to Andy to make the
crop; the rental price was to be $50,
which with the loan was lien on the
cotton he should wiring by his labor
from the earth.
'Absorbed in my affairs, heard lit
tie from the busy hum of toll upon the
plantation until summoned thither by
an extraordinary legal tangle. Andy
had promptly sublet his lease to an
other negro named jim, and both Andy
and Jim had contracted the unmade
crop to agents. Jim did the work, and
naturally claimed the disposition of
the result. Andy's agent sued him
for breach of contract; l had to hire
him a lawyer and pay his verdict with
the costs, amounting to $40. Whether
Jim had also borrowed money for his
seasons expenses, and how he and
Andy finally settled their affairs l
forbore to ask. AS for myself, the
rent money was two dollars short, so
that my remuneration for rs acres of
the finest cotton land in the south,
sir, was ten dollars, which did not
cover my railroad fare to settle mat
ters for Andy, to say nothing of the
loss of time.''
"Why did you have to pay Andy's
judgment and costs?"
The colonel looked puzzled for mo-
ment; then look of pain crossed his
expressive features. He seemed hurt
but controlled his feelings manfully.
Possibly l forgot to mentions" he
said, softly, after brief pause, chat
Andy was one of our negroes. He has
always lived on the plantation, sir.
And his action, though unbusinesslike
and not conducive to the orderly con-
quot of affairs, was not malicious"
The southerner is always ready to
tell such story, and he tells it with
the skill that makes his section the
breeding ground of novelists. And
yet the negro is there, on the planta-
ton, where he was "befo' de wah.'
And the cotton staple has far more
than doubled since 1860, while truck.
farming, not even thought of then, has
grown to vast proportions. The plan.
| tation negro and his mule are,the max.
ers of the south. They are the founda
ton. And into his cotton and his corr
cloth to cover and food to feed the
world-the negro is plunging with
vigor. He's working for himself.
It's the black mans turn now to tell
story. Here it is, just as stepney
| Lipscomb told it at the Tuskegee
farmers conference:
Il began workin' for board an
clothes, but pity soon my white folks
say: 'StePney, you's wo'th wages
now An I alters answer: 'Thanl
you SIR I never give no mortgage
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23
ae1ection of nreedlng stock,

In buying breeding stock the breed
err should select animals that are
strong where his are weak. TOO many
settle the purchasing question by a
certain financial standard rather than
that of first finding the individual suit
ed to their needs and then talking cost
afterward. Too many men desire to
buy stock at hardly above butchers
prices, and expressed no willingness to
pay premium to the man who is Of
fering them animals that have been
produced at great cost and effort No
stock should be purchased unless per-
sonally inspected; reliance on the judg-
ment of others is unsafe.--Prof. C. s.
Plumb, III Farm, and Home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23
EXCELLENT PIG TROUGH.
BESIDES Assuring Convenience and
Cleanliness 1t Enables Each
Pig to Get Its Share.

To slop pigs properly make a
trough of oak boards one and one
half inch thick, and of any length
or width desired; one board eight
inches and one ten inches wide will
make trough suitable for all but
very small pigs. Nail them together
v shape, letting the ten-inch board
go over the eight-inch to make the
sides even. Nail on ends; divide the
trough into nine to eleven equal
spaces. From an oak board one inch
thick and six or eight inches wide,
saw V-shaped partitions, with one
corner a right angle, and two corners
half right angles. Fit the pieces and
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

doing the work; but if you ask white
man about his success at it, the an
swer is always that the colored man is
crowding into town and leaving the
broad fields of the south to weeds.
Just as the colonel said
eff that is the case" I asked, chow
is it that Texas alone raised more
cotton last year than the entire south
in 1852"
Certainly, sir, we raise more cotton
all the time" said the colonel. That's
the trouble; there's too much cotton,
and the price is beggarly; beggarly,
sir. No one in the north can under
stand the difficulties-but permit me,
if do not exhaust your patience, to il
lustrate with bit of my own expert
ence.
although my own time is mainly
devoted to the larger world of affairs,
I have small plantation of a thou
sand acres up the state, which for SEN
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

taught gardening and hen-raising as,
we'll as domestic arts. The school
has an endowment of over a quarter,
of q million, which is rapidly grow
ing. The state of Alabama votes it
$4,000 every year, and the white
neighbors have the kindliest feelings
toward it.
Over 500 former students of the in
stitute are scattered about the south
at work in smaller, less known train
ing schools, or on farms and in fac
tories.
One of these smaller schools is:
known as the Snow Hill Institute, and
it has a history.
Some years ago one William J. Ed
wards, of Snow Hill, who was and is.
as black as the ace of spades, and
was then 10 years old, ragged and
half starved to boot, started for Tns-
kegee on foot. He got there some
how and worked his way through,
but at one particularly llnotty place
applied to a white man whom he had
known in Snow Hill for a loan of SIS.
This man, Mr. r. o. Simpson, had for
gotten the boy, but sent the money
And he had forgotten boy and money
both when, years later, well-dressed
negro came up to him one day and
counted out SIS with the interest
The white mans share in what fol-
lowed was quite as creditable as the
blacks. He furnished 40 acres of
land upon which Edwards started a
little school in an abandoned one
room log cabin. Now it has ten
teachers, ten buildings, all small but
necessary to the 10 different indus
tries carried on, more than 400 pupils
and the necessary cattle, pigs, mules,
etc. Mr.. Simpson is the president.
Negroes who do things like this.
agree that white men wish to heir,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

ana when we wanted a new building
a ilttle While ago they subscribed lum..
oer' nails and money. Most of them
are poor and can't give much, but
they give what they can. | believe
mat the way to get along with the
white w. people is to be patient and po-
lite, bear with them when thew mis-.
understand us, and make it rule to
put something valuable int the COM
munity where we live instead of talk
ing everything out"
lhls may not be as amusing as the
eolonefs story about Andy and the
two-mule farm but it takes both
SIDES to make the thing complete.
JOHN LANGDoN HEATQN.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23
A MODEL HOG HOUSE.
Number of Animals 1t Will Accom-
modate Is Limited Only by
Length of Structure.

The plan of this house was given
us by one of the most successful
swine raisers in the west-a gentle
man who has frequently topped the
Chicago market during the past 40
years. He holds that one of the
most essential things in the business
is good house, properly construct
ed and kept clean. His building is
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

them. Says Ed
wards: cat first
the white folks
didn't feel very
kindly iowa r d S
US, but we went
on trying to do
right, and in the
seven years we
have been run
ming the preju-
dice has died out.
They patron i z C
our blacks m i t h
shop instead of
UpipC alca,,,b aro.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

said the colonel in
the hotel lobby.
"Well, sir, he isn't
getting on at all;
he's getting off
off the p | a n t "a
toni"
If a norther
man may trust his
feelings, it is sum
mer here; and on
a hundred thou
sand plantati o II S
t h e process of
"makin' a crap" of
cotton is we'll be-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23
BY FREDERICK Il. EATON,

tUCK is worth more than college education to
the young man who wants to get to the top
Energy and pluck will overcome almost every
thing. Hard work, decent morals high anbi-
tons, common school education and deter
nination to rise are the best recommendations
for young man nowadays. would not dis
courage boy who has been so fortunate as to
have gone through college. Far from it. Cen
orally he is not to blame. His parents sent him
through, and he could not help it. The things
that he has learned in school may even help him
little. He may be SO lucky as to forget them
that is, forget the useless things.
I think that if you should look through the
list OF employees and officers of the great COM
panies you will find that the majority of the men
who have forged ahead. who have overcome all
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

obstacles hndrances who have risen supreme above all the pet
U dscouragements the who into the shop boys
worked The first thing that Supremacy necessary have had
good mother. The father does He
honest but not necessarily brilliant The mother have been
good intelligent mothers people ambitious for
her husband and sons, and hard working.
The earlier that boy goes the shop business
the better it will be for him. provided he grammar high
school education
OF course, if he be great educator great preacher
great professor of science he should be graduate university
But am talking especially to boys who work lat
forges the the benches hope
the president the of the which
Don't be afraid to soil your hands with
get that Lincoln Grant Garfield Franklin Mckinley
not afraid to work Do your best the
always study the work that the
soona you learn well how to do work. keep your
Be ready step the ladder Have little pleasure
innocent recreation but have little every
to study by yourself at home Keep from who would
est in low pursuits Be clean
thing that's from how play opera
race good thing to follow is the dongs congress-
scientific research should interest you Jour
nal TALL with yourself with men Younger
boy growing should always respect women and gen
orally will have sweetheart He more It is
very material what sort of wife the ambitious young gets She
should be fully well chooed he more adj
yanages in that line it is good thing.
She should be ambtiou-ready to take the duty encourag
ing him. and from where the boys off, She
should know how to dress economically upon small
amount of and should have ncnatons but not
let them step between her and her home
First last and all the time the young study The read
ing OF many books and will help indirectly
but he should love the particular branch industry en-
poyed and should have the ambition trade of more
fulness to the world than was before he took it up
With these things in mind, continual striving after bet
Ter THINGS any honest boy succeed Keep your health
Why should add WIFI
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23
add thank you for that which have honestly

The question was asked me at
one time by young woman to
whom I had suggested the propri-
ETY. of adding a phrase of thanks
at the end of an acknowledgement
OF check sent her in payment for
work she had done.
TO be sure, why should she;
and yet, why should she not? Why
should the e1nnlnna cav MthanL.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-23

"You wish to know, SIR, how the
plantation negro is getting on?"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
FITZ AND JEFF MAY MEET.
Champion Has Made Good Pro-
position 10 Robert.

After great deal Of preliminary talk
Jeffries has made a proposition to Fltz-
simmons that may bring the old Cor
nishman out Of his den. So far as the
merits Of the talk war Is concerned the
decision seems to have varied with
every new public statement Some fight
critics have considered that Jeffries, as
the champion, has been In the only true
position to talk terms. On the other
hand many consider that Fitzsimmons
is entitled 10 more than the usual
amount Of consideration and that JEFF
fries should yield point or two II he
is really anxious 20 fight the former
champion.
Personally, | have not changed my
opinion that the champion has the right
to name terms, II they are reasonable.
and Jeffrles desire for winner to take
all and big side bet Is nothing TO his
discredit. II shows that he has great
confidence In himself still Il would
not be regarded as bad move II JEFF
fries offered 20 give Fitzammons
chance to make some money. win or
lose That Is the only thing that will
get Fltxsimmons into the ring again.
Inasmuoh as the battle would be the
biggest that could be arranged at the
present time, Jeffres offer 10 divide the
purse 70 per cent TO the winner and 30
per cent to the loser should at least
prove a bait for the Cornishman.
Both Fitzsimmons and Jeffrles were
at the ring side In PHILADELPHIA and
saw the Maher Sharkey farce Friday
night, and before they become far sep.
arated they may reach some agreement
willing TO fight and the claim that a
match win be eventually arranged Is
still being made.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
Yale's Grew This Year.

The reported proposition at Yale
University to send the coming univer-
sity crew to represent the institution
at the Henley regatta in England, in
dictates that Yale Is to have a record
breaking crow this year. Unless this
were so, there would not be any talk
about sending the crew over the wa
Tor, AS general thing, a Yale crew
is an unknown quantity until the sef-
cree calls out from the bog NJ hts
launch Az 1oL ready gent II ? -
Go, ata even, then, as In the case
Of the last race, Is apt to be auy boly's
rNmc until Tie iinal squirt Of the 3ia
mile rag. Yale and Harvard wete
tight toi, thei at that point IN last
summers race, when Yale pat on q
IierculeGn squirt and left the crimson
boat behind as though II had acen only
pace maker. There viii be no trouble
about the cash necessary 70 got the
crew oyCi tie oeetll and If hey viii
wen, the United States viii be clothed
In royal biue and whoops 80 beat The
tanl,'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
Il IN THE FIELD OF AMERICAN SPORT. d


nell, owner or The Abbot, and v. 70.
Smathers, the proud p0ssessur OF Lord
Derby. Tho articles Of agreement
stlpulate that the race shall come OF
between July IS and September !, and
ehall be- run on the track Offering the
largest purse The first race WIN be
between BoiHlma and Lord Derby. A
copy Of the articles OF agreement fol-
lows.
This agreement, made and entered In
10 this ~ day OF January, 1909, be.
tween Thomas W. Lawson OF Boston.
owner Of Boralma party OF the first
mart and w. G SmatDcrs OF New York
owner Of Lord Derby party Of the sec-
end part.
First The parties Of the first and
second parts hereby agree 10 have tbs
said Bomlma and The said Lord Derby
meet IN a special match race at time
between the 18th DAY Of July and the
Isl Of September 1909, which Is TO be
hereinafter mutually agreed upon by
the parties Of the first and second
parts.
Second-Tne said race 70 be trotted
at track to be hereinafter agreed
upon between said owners, said track
TO be- agreed upon to BE- that track
which shall offer the best inducements
for said race.
Third The bids for said race win be
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

'ecelved up to March /, 1902.
Fourth Trotting associations desir-
Ing 20 secure the said race are Instruct
ed to send their offers to Harry Beech
er, sporting editor Of the New York
Journal, who win forward same to the
parties OF the first and second parts for
final action.
Flfth--The parties of the first and
second parts further agree that the
special match race, In which said Boz
rama and said Lord Derby will con-
test, sal be best three (S) In FIVE 10
heats The rGce to be decided uLdsr
the National Trotting association rules
Of 1901
SlXth-The said match race between
the said Boralma and said Lord Derby
to be for the sum OF $4,000 a side and
all additional moneys.
seventh Five thousand Of the said
$4,000 to be deposited upon the signing
of said agreement The second $1,000
TO be deposited on July l. 1902. and the
balance, $4,000, to be deposited the
night before the date selected for said
match.
Elghth--It is mutually agreed upon
by the parties OF the first and second
parts that all forfeits and said side
stakes shall be posted with Harry
Peecher sporting editor OF the New
York journal.
NInth--The forfeits posted by the
parties OF the first and second parts Of
this agreement with Mr.. Beecher shall
be binding, and any forfeits In Mr..
Beechers possession after the signing
" mis- agreement shall be forfeited by
the party not fulfilling the terms Of this
agreement
(slgngdl THOMAS w. LAWSON,
(Signed) H. +. SMATHERS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

at new Haven is the development of a
stroke II Is for this reason that cam
eron has been urged to take the POSI-
ton, He viii teach the stroke he mas
prepared for years
It was Mr.. Cameron's nerve and good
head work at the proper time that won
last summers race at New London Tor
Yale. He allowed Harvard TO gain a
lead OF nearly two lengths early IN the
four mile race, believing the Cambridge
men would use their spare strength m
the effort, HaWard's captain thought
that by gaining a lead early Yale would
get discouraged and be unable to close
up the gap, az the two crews seemed
evenly matched ~ TO strength, ana
Harvard would then BE- better able to
hold her own. Cameron. however walt
ed until Harvard had used up her spare
stamina, and at the three mile flag was
pulling up on the crimson In Il way that
astonlshed them. AT the three and a
half mile flag the two boats were even
and the thousands of spectators
were fairly tearing their throats loose
In the excitement Then Cameron
showed what wGs In him and his men
by putting on one OF the greatest
spurts In the history OF racing on the
Thames, and the Yale boat shot away
from Harvard as though the latter had
been merely a pace maker, and was
dropped out The Yale crew finished
fresh. while three OF the newspaper
writer's who followed the race gave
Cameron the credit he deserved.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

certainly a faster man than Roy and
can hit a harder blow and can stand
moro, or at least as much punishment
In view OF all this, you can do as the
puglist says Figure the dope for
yourself
When silent Rowan was here. he
had n preliminary bout with Green
Just before they stepped into the ring
silent communicated this interesting
bit of Information to q News man
by means Of pencil and paper, 81 Will
play with him~for round or two to
give him confidence aud will then put
him out" When the play began IL
was found that the Butte boy was
having just about as much fun as the
silent one. His defense was lust as
good and he landed just as often and
as hard as did "Dummys' little broth
en- Silent can be clever when he wants
to he, but he has no walk away with
the new light champion Of Utah. It il
up TO Silent 10 come down here as
soon as possible and have a heart TO
heart talk with Green and Manager
McNamee
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

Pete IL to be believed, he Is willing TO
80 against Burns again. but It Is
doubtful n q match between the two
could be pulled of IN this city and leave
the promoters OF Il even Peters light
Ink daya are conceded by all who know
anything about the game, 10 be over
ie can not IN himself 10 stand those
punches Burns hands out and the only
way he could give Burns a sleeping
poutlce h. by accident II Peter was
as good az IN the days he fought jim
Williams he would stand some show
against Burns, but he isn't and So
what's the use Of taking
The proposed bout between George
Condie and JACK Christy has been
called OF and It liz hardly likely that
Roy Condie and young Phil Green win
meet In the squared circle IN the near
future. This ~ AS u should be- ace
cordng 10 the view taken by many
lovers Of the ilstlc art No one will
concede for d moment that George Con-
die NJ better man than his brother
Roy, for In the last two preliminary
bouts they have figured In, Roy has all
bat put his big brother down for the
mystic ten,
Then. II he is not a better man In the
ring than his brother Roy George
would stand precious little chance
against Jack Christy The latter is
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
ABOUT MAJOR" TAYLOR,
How the DuslSy Rider Came to Get
The Name.

Marshall Walter Taylor Is his real
name, but ever since he was 10 years
old he has been called Major" Since
he has become famous as a bicycle rid
err It has been Major Taylor, the name
sticking TO him with such persistency
that the quotation marks were lost long
ago, II was some fifteen years ago IN
indianapolis, the city Of the c0lored
boys birth, that he earned the nick.
name, There was to be q school cele-
bratlon, and TO properly head the pro-
cesslon there must be a band, Enough
juveniles were got together TO make
but the drum major Then somebody
remembered the little coored boy, and
that he had exhibited dexterity IN doing
tricks among his white companions,
So Marshall TAYLOR out and practlced
his stunts with the band On the day
Of the parade the band came out TO
head the professions. And In front,
dressed IN most fantastic livery, was
little Marshall Taylor Such feats OF
baton twirllng probably have never
been duplicated before or since. So It
was little Major Taylor that day. and
Major It has been ever since,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
AMONG THE BOXERS.
The Bean.C hrlsty Bout Burns Look.
ing for Some One TO Box.

There has been great amount OF
talk among the boxers, alleged and
otherwise during the week, and chal-
lenges have been flying about pretty
thickly. Some Of them were sent out
IN good faith, and others were not
Probably more interest Is centerod IN
the proposed bout between Willard
Bean and Jack Christy. than In any
other. unless II Is the one proposed be-
tween Phil Green and Silent Rowan.
Chrlsty Is by far the cleyerest mid
dleweight boxer in the state but Bean
II Is said, has disputed his claim TO the
championship ana has challenged the
young fighter for bout. Chrsty has
accepted and believes he can defeat
Bean, and there are hundreds in the
sporting fraternity who believe as he
does and are willing 70 back him with
their purses Ever since Chrstys
pronounced victory over Jim Francis.
efforts have been made TO bring the
Provo man here and match him against
Christy, and now il seems go be
tween the two Is assured.
Jimmy Burns Is afraid he win have
sore eyes looking for some one to 20
up against him. Local heavywelghts
have heard a good deal about that pile
driving punch the Spokane man pos.
sesses aud do not seem to be In any
hurry TO partake OF H. IL Mexican