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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
SERIOUS EVIL OF THE DAY.
A Tendency TO ESaageration Becoming
All Too Common.

Al 100 common
Exaggeration is one Of the most Sc.
rious evils OF the day 10 is common
In all the walks OF life. people not be.
ing willing 10 see what is actually
before their eyes. but permitting their
lmaginatlons 10 enlarge and extend
their view frequently to the limit Of
the mental horizon. Few will deny It's
delotcrious effect Rumors on each
side OF tho ocean for which there is
no reasonable basis throw the country
into "A state Of unhealthy anxiety and
do positive harm at times Of a serious
character Very recent events have
strlkingly illustrated this. Il is the
vogue. or II Is a temporary evil which
has seized upon the public, and there
does not appear to be any remedy OK.
cept to let II run It's course like any
other epidemic and pass away.-Bal.
timor0 American.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
Lawln and cIark Expo,liIon

Tho Lewis and Clark fair, planned
to DO held in Portland. ore, in the
summer OF 1905 is TO commemorate
tho centennial OF the crossing OF the
continent by the explorers whom JET.
ferson induced to undertake the DIM
cult task soon after the completion OF
his bargain for the Louisiana terri
tory. They went up the Missouri riv
or. crossed tho Rocky mountains and
followed down the course Of the Co.
lumbla river 10 the Pacific.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

When the average man or woman
comes TO be fitted with the first pair
OF glasses some curious discoveries
are made. Seven out OF ten have
stronger sight In one eye than the
other. In two cases out OF five. one
eye Is out Of line. Nearly ono.half OF
the people are colorbllnd TO some
extent. and only one pair OF eyes out
Of every fifteen are right in all re-
apects.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

Some rmarlable salt formations are
found extending for thirty miles along
tho Virginia river in Nevada. The
salt forms mountains of crystal aud
ia so pure and clea- that fine print can
be read through a foot OF H. This
region was evidently once occupied
by a great salt lake. as close by arc
some wonderful wells. one Of which.
seventy.hve feet In diameter. contains
water so intensely saline that a per
son bathing there will float like q
cork
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

Burr Mcintosh was taking a photo.
graph OF one OF the theatrical com.
panies In town A young girl OF not
over sixteen years, with startlingly
yellow hair trlpped across the stage,
Here comos The Beloved Of the
Gods. whispered tho manager.
why have you dubbed her that?"
asked Mr.. Mcintosh, with Interest.
because she has dyed so young
New York rlmea.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
VALUE OF GENTLE SPEECH.
Equal to Sunshine to Light Up Dark
and Weary Hours.

anu weary FtouThs
A single bitter word may dlsqulet
an entire family for a whole day. One
surly glance casts gloom over the
household, while a smile OF sunshine
may light up the darkest and weariest
hours. Like unexpected flowers which
spring up along our footpath, full OF
freshness, fragrance and beauty, so
kind words and gentle acts and sweet
dispositions make glad 40 sacred
spot called home. No matter how
humbled the abode. n II be sweetened
with kindness and smiles the heart
will turn longlngly toward II from all
the tumult Of the world, and home, IL
1t be ever so homely, win DO the dear
est spot beneath the circuit OF the
sun.
Between a man and his wife nothing
ought TO rule but love. Authority is
for children and servants, yet not
without sweetness.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
RATHER LONG TO WAIT.
Pompous Peddler Met His Match In
Uneoneerned Bank Teller.

uneoneerned Bank Teller.
A pompous peddler. who was selling
pens. entered bank and asked for
the cashier. and. being told he was
not in, said:
81 am dealing in pens, and |
suppose II will be proper for me to
deal with the cashier"
Il suppose It will. T." replied the teller.
carolessly.
Very well, will wait"
The caller took a char and sat com.
posedly for full hour waiting for the
cashier. BY that time no began to
grow uneasy. and, seeing no prospect
OF a change In his circumstances.
asked how soon the cashier would be
In.
well. don't know exactly" said
the teller, but expect him In In
about eight weeks. He has Just left
q week ago"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

and did not know IT, And she did not
know that, at tho very Same moment,
Cluny Neville was solacing the loneli.
ness OF his ride by the Hymn for
Victory" given 10 It's Hebralc feryor
a molodlous vigor Of Interpretation ad.
mirably emphasized by the Gregorlan
simplicity OF the tune.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
Why Fools Find Gold.

An frlshman In Australia who had
hunted long for gold and found little
complained bitterly that he was not
born a fool. Many who were his
friends. that are born fools. aye. and
was fools before that" were rich. he
said. AN why7 Because the
BORN fool goes dlggin' in places no
ainsible man wud look at-an' by
Jimmy, the gould's therel"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
substItut,. for india Rubber.

Gutta,joolatong is a material which
Is utilized as a substitute for and in
conjunction with india rubber 1t is a
product OF the East Indies. chiefly OF
the island of Borneo. and in the form
In which It is imported is described
as "whitish in color. looking some
thing like marshmallow candy, smell
Ing strongly OF petroleum and oxidiz'
ing on exposure TO the air, becoming
hard" The same description says;
at is not a substitute for gutta-pcrcha
or india rubber. but is used chiefly as
a filler in manufactures OF india rub
Der gum and gutta.percha." It's i'm
portatlon has increased from 6.500,00O
pounds In 1899 to 100000 pounds
in 1908.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

The highest bid over made at auc.
ton was the sum OF e40o 600 offered
by Mr. Lister now Lord Masham)
for swinton Park Az the Fonthm
sale $4,000 was taken for tho sale %
the catalogue alone London An
nwars.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

Exploration OF tho Yenlsci and obi
rivers OF Siberia, which empty into
the Arctic ocean near Nova ZemblR
mas shown them TO be nayigable to
ocean steamers for distance OF near
ly 1000 miles.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

Now that I've met Browns wife
I quite understand why he Is so diotS
torial at the office. He has 10 hays
some place where no can show hli
authority"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
New Term Tor Single UnbIesssdness.

NV IeTW TOT oIn9Ie UnbIea8odne5a.
A little sixyear-old, while stopping
at a friends house. became deeply in.
terested in three dwarfs, whose 40
quaintance she had made, Upon her
return home, she explained TO her
mamma that she liked the couple
who we're married very much. but she
could not bear the mcant one"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
Those Heavenly Kids.

A nice thing about having children
is that II keeps a mans wits sharpen.
cd TO prevent them from discovering
how much ho doesn't know-New
York Press.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
Ito bo contInued.)
STRANGE DISH ON MENU.
Young Woman Who chrlstened II 10
Under Grave Suspicion.

Under Grave Suspicion.
A very earnest young Bnglishman
IA Prof. Francis II. Tabor. superin.
tendent OF The Boys Club OF Tenth
street and Avenue A, says the New
York Times. His sociological labors
and the fact that he has redeemed
whole regiments Of East Side boys
do not wholly dotract from the grave
impression made by his manners and
presence, nor fail to strike awe to
the hearts OF society.
Prof Tabor. who is a Cambridge
man, was recently asked 10 dine at
the home OF a friend to meet a son
lust returning from student work al
the famous English university. The
daughter OF tho house and her girl
friends designed special menus for
the occasion. When the time came
10 write in the various items, "dev'
lied turkey" served as bone OF con-
tention.
ut looks horrid doesn't itr said
the daughter OF the house. This is
my arst dinner party, and | don't
want to spoil It by offending so ser
ious a man"
"what shall we do2" exclaimed a
companion I'VE can't call II pep
pered. 'grlddled.' 'curried,' or saul
ed because it's just 'deviled,' that's
alias hot as satans residence"
Il lnowl Wen just use dashes."
When the much.traveled professor
explored his dainty menu that even
ing, he was somewhat surprised TO
and that among other excellent
dishes was:
"D-d Turkey"
The rest OF the diners believe that
the buds mischief savored Of too
| - .-IL ~ hnun hnnn horn ont Of
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04
Mother oray,s Sweet Powder. for ChEdrsn

Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurss
IN the Children's Home In New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad stomach.
Tecthing Disorders. move and regulate the
Bowelsn aud Destroy Worms. Over 30 OOOtes-
timoniala Al all Druggists, DC. Sample
FREE. Address A. ;. Olmsted, LEROY, NY.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

In sltka, when an Indian wife has
lost her husband by death. she goes
into mourning by painting the upper
par. OF her face a deep black.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago-Mrs. Tuos RonniNs'
Maple Street. Norwich, " Y, Feb. II, lDO0
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color
more goods, brighter colors, with less
work than others
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

Behavior Is a mirror in which every
one displays his image.-Goethe
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing syrup.
For children teethinF suftcns the gums, reduces 10
ANIMATION aays pain. cures wind cole. CSC abotu@
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

To Cure a Cold Ia One day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money II itfails to cure. go.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-12-04

The rest OF the diners believe that
the buds mischief savored Of too
much wit TO have been born out OF
mere ignorance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-08

and need lime; especially if the
abominable weed known as horse sor-
rel comes in you may be sure that
your soil needs lime. Such soils are
acid.
Again, where clover fails to grow
on land that is known to be well sup
piled with potash, it may be taken
for granted that that soil needs lime,
not as an essential ingredient in
plants, for it is not, but to correct
the acidity which prevents the bac-
terra essential to the luxuriance of
all the legumes from living. As we
noted some weeks ago, there are
many soils in southern Illinois which
grow the leguminous plants readily
after being treated with lime. In
other words, these soils were too acid
and needed only to have the acidity
corrected by quick lime in order to
enable them to grow leguminous
crops and thus put a solid basis of
fertility under the land. The nitrify-
ing bacteria which have their homes
in the nodules on the roots of clover,
peas, beans, and alfalfa can not
grow in acid soils; hence, these
plants can not thrive.
The Ohio Experiment Station has
found the same condition of things
existing there The reason why the
clovers will not grow is because the
soil is acid and needs quick lime to
correct this acidity. We suspect
there will be acid sections found in
Missouri and possibly in some parts
of Iowa, as well as in Illinois. This
is a subject that needs to be thor
oughly investigated.-Dr. Henry
Wallace in Des Moines Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-08
A Batch of Timely Farm Notes.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
One of the familiar sights in any
old settled community is the neg
lected, wOrn-out orchards. Many of
these orchards, if they bear at all,
have become soil-exhausted and pro-
duce only inferior fruit, and even
that only in occasional seasons.
Such orchards are the homes of
worms and disease, and serve to re-
stock with these pests the more care
fully sprayed and titled orchards of
neighbors. Marketable fruit from
them is almost unknown. They are
an eyesore and improbable. A Sc
ries of experiments has recently been
made to determine what could be
done to bring these orchards back
into frst-class condition. An orchard
in Rhode Island was selected, the
trees pruned, and the rough loose
bark scraped off the limbs and
trunks. The ground was covered with
well rotted barnyard manure and af-
ter the trees had blossomed the leaves
were sprayed twice with Bordeaux
mixture and Paris green. At the
end of the fruit season there was a
marked improvement in the orchard,
yet the results were not striking.
The treatment was continued the
second season with the result that
the trees had a healthy growth and
good fruit was obtained. Further
treatment during the third season
brought most acceptable results and
$50 worth of fruit was sold from the
orchard of less than one acre. There
is no doubt that if proper attention
is given many run down and neglect
ed orchards over the country, they
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-08
Farmers Should Assist in Making Plant
Disease Exhibit.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
I shall be very grateful if you viii
announce in your paper that I have
been requested to assist in the prep
aration of the exhibition of Plant
Disease at the st. Louis Exposition.
It will aid me greatly if every
person in the State who is able to
obtain excellent specimens of any
plant disease (not insect i~njuries)
will mail me a small sample of the
diseased part. If the specimen is
one desired I will then forward
postage enough to carry a specimen
of the proper dimensions to be ex-
hibited at St. Louis.
Credit on label will be given to
every person furnishing specimens
Yours truly,
E. L. STEVENS,
Biologist, N. G, Agricultural Exper-
iment Station, Raleigh.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-08
Good Farming in Georgia.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
At the recent meetings Of our
State Horticultural and State Dali
rymen's Societies at Athens, we had
the pleasure of listening to DIR. W.
A. Henry, Dean of Wisconsin Ag-
ricultural College. The Doctor gave
us several grand addresses. He is a
close student, and expressed a desire
to see a Southern dairy, also the
foreign plants growing in Georgia.
Col. Wade, of Cornelia, Ca, showed
him over a frst-class dairy Chat of
Mr.. Williamson, at Harmony Grove
where the Doctor saw amber cane
being cut for soiling-eight big loads
to the acre;-saw-cUrn growing for
silage that would go u or Is tons an
acre; saw in fact just as good a dairy
as he would see in his own State;
saw a farm that twelve years ago
was a quilted, denuded, old, worn
out cotton plantation, bought for SIS
per acre, that is to-day cheap at $50
per acre. Nh. Williamson ships to
Atlanta 700 to 800 pounds of first
class butter, receiving an average of
25 cents the year round.
At Cornelia, Ga.,Col. Wade show
ed him over the little creek bottoms
of Habersham, where corn stood s
and 10 feet, and even some cases
twelve feet high and two large ears
on it; Bermuda pastures supporting
two head COWS per acre; four or five
different varieties of both corn and
COW peas; alfalfa, sofa beans, and
the new Indian plant Kulthi-au
growing on the ColoneE's farm. The,
Doctor remarked, he never saw so,
many kinds of forage growing on
one farm looking so well, and that;
all these forage plants analysed for.
protein richer than any half dozen.
plants grown in the North. The.
Doctor was shown peaches and to-
matoes weighing a pound, and the
finest peach trees he V e saw grow
ing, and pronounced this the best
section for peaches he ever saw. Tt
is hoped the Doctor will return
again at our State Association at
Tallulah Falls. W.
Cornelia, Ga.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-08
n.ev SCIENCE STUDIES FOR
FARMERS.
vYm-1nterrogating the Soil.

'0 ~ ORC nitrogen, potash, and phos-
80 acid. They are also aware that
p chemist can find these ele-
~an+s where the crops can not; there
Fore hat chemical analysis alone
.on not be depended on to tell with
certainty what elements plants need.
Tou therefore, shall the farmer who
Knows there is something wrong with
bs land, but don't know what, find
mt exactly what is lacking!
Soils that have all these elements
NAV not produce good crops because
those soils are not in proper physical
condition. but when land is in proper
pbysicaI condition, in other words,
we'll farmed, but does not yet produce
GOOD crops, some of these essential
clements are lacking. Every farmer
knows that where grasses and grains
have good color and grow luxuriantly
there is nothing the matter with the
soil, Where they do not have a good
color and do not grow fuxuriantly,
he knows there is something the
matter.
Professor Brooks, of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College, has
made some notes on this line that
are worth the farmers notice. He
says that a shade of green inclining
to be blush on the one hand or dis
tinctly yellowish on the other indi-
Gates that the soil lacks nitrogen,
and that a bright, vivid green indi-
Gates relative abundance of availa-
BE nitrogen. By avilable nitrogen
he means nitrogen that the plant can
get.
According to the professor, one of
the best tests of the presence of a
suitable amount Of phophoric acid in
the land is the Insurance of the va
fouS members of the turnip family.
10 this family belong cabbage, cauli-
flower, rape, mustard, etc. Therefore
II You SOW rape on a field and it
grows particularly we'll, you can
make up your mind that whatever
else may be lacking there is abund-
'n' ~phoSphoric acid on hand. He
pays; In my experiments it has
Deen Indicated again and again with
lie utmost ~clearness that all these
crops especially during the earlier
stages Of their growth, show the rel
awe abundance or deficiency of
P%hosphoric acid"
With regard to potash, any piece
land that will grow frst-rate clio
i with a deep, vivid green color has
abundance of potash. A def
.sncy OF potash in crops of all kinds
|ulcated by a blush green color
Is5saS II potash is abundant the
-aus OF green is yellow, while a pea
ssu denotes a full supply. Neither
.i, Deans, peas, nor alfalfa will
~ iASn On a soil deficient in potash;
either will corn.
aDS remarks of the professor on
~ should Particularly interest our
~1s'S' He says that if on seeding
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-08

/ had rather learn ten ideas in u
given time than ten different signs.
that express one and the same idea.
-Spurgeon.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-08
could be soon brought to a state of
efficiency where reasonable profits
could be secured every year.

ennc1ency where pfonCS
could be secured every year.
y =
The long marsh grass which grows
so abundantly up and down the At
lantic coast is at last to be put to
earning money for the proprietors
of the land upon which it grows. It
is found that this grass makes a
most excellent mating, and steps are
being taken In North Carolina to
start up a factory for the production
of a frst-class mating from this
material. lie the venture proves a
successful one, the value of these
marsh lands, which have lain prac-
tically idle for many years, will be
enhanced ten-fold in a very short
time.
A crusade has begun to keep mich
COWS from having access to foul wa
ter. By this reference is made not
so much to the water they drink, but
to the stagnant ponds and pools into
which they wade these hot summer
days for the purpose of keeping cool.
The argument is that fever germs
that are present in impure water ad-
here to the hair of the COW, especial
ly along it's belly and udder. When
the cow is MIXED it is an easy mat
ter for some of these germs to find
their way into the bucket and the
best straining known will not elimi-
nate them from the milk. The safest
way to avoid dangers of this sort is
to insist on sanitary conditions every
where about the farm.
y \ y
The agricultural engineer is no
longer a fad but a necessity. AS the
problems of farm life are studied
they are found to divide into two
grand classes, those which pertain to
the care of the crops from their
planting to maturity, and those
which have to do with the laying out
of the farm, the arrangement of
buildings, drains, water supply, and
disposal of sewerage. The character
of the agriculture in recent years has
made farm buildings as complex in
design and varied in use as factories,
and there is a wide field of study for
improvement in design and for de-
termination of the best material to
be used in their construction. Stable
sanitation is as necessary as house
sanitation, and the solution of these
problems requires technical knowl-
edge of a high order. The day of
the agricultural engineer is at hand
for he will find endless problems to
occupy his time and talents.
= y y
The North Carolina farmer should
interest himself in the introduction
of his product into France where
"fresh=roasted peanuts fve-a-bag"
are an unknown luxury. The few
roasted peanuts to be obtained come
from Spain and are of poor quality.
A considerable quantity of peanuts
are received in France from the west
coast of South Africa, but from
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-06
Notable Paiutingo.

Probably the smallest painting ever
made was the work Of the wife Of q
Flemish artist. 1t depicted a mill with
the sails bent. the miller mounting the
stairs with n sack Of grain on his back.
Upon the terrace where the mill stood
was a cart and horse. and on the road
leading to it several peasants were
shown. The picture was beautifully
finished. and every object was very dis
tinct, yet 1t was so amazingly small
that Its surface. 90 the story goes.
could he covered with a grain Of corn.
In contradistinction to this the lar
gest painting, exclusive Of frescoes and
panoramas. is Tintoretto's Paradise"
1t is hung in the grand saloon Of the
doges' palace at Venice and is 81 feet
wide and "a feet high.
Michael Angeles frescO in the Sistine
chapel Of the Vatican completely cov.
ers the vaulted roof. which measures
133 feet in length and 43 feet = width.
This painting d~elineates the creation Of
man, his fall and the early history Of
the world. with a reference to mans
dnal redemption and salvation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-06

"Oh, Harold" walled the lovely maid
en-, in whose expressive features grief
and indignation seemed to be strug-
Cling for the mastery. "how can l be-
lieve you in the face of all this evidence
Of your perfdy and double dealing?
The letter to Blanche. in your own
handwriting; her photograph, found in
your possession: the fact. as told me by
a dozen witnesses and tacitly con-
fessed by you, that you kissed her the
other evening when you were together
In the cOnservatory-how car you rec
Oncile these things with yOur cont1n-
ued professions Of love for me?"
"All these things. darling" said the
hero Of the story. the light of truth
shining In his dark brown eyes and the
impress Of sincerity stamped upon his
noble forehead. will be satisfactorily
explained in the next chapter!"-Chi-
cago Tribune.