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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
LIGHTING LORE.
AcETYLENE ExcELs AS AN iLLu.
MINANT.
Gas for Lighting Formerly Confined TO
Cities and Large Towns, now In
General Use In the Country.

The satisfactory lighting Of subur-
ban and country homes requires that
the means used shall be convenient,
safe. economical and furnish bcil'
liant. penetrating, effulgent light.
Everybody admits that these are
not the characteristics of the candle
or kerosene lamp. which, formerly,
we're the only feasible means OF pro-
ducing light for domestic use In the
rural districts.
For generations there was crying
need, q yearning for something better.
which was not satisfied. A few years
ago deliverance came in the shape of
the chemical compound, Calcium Car
bide, from which, by the simple ap'
| plication of water, the gas Acetylene
is derived. Acetylene meets all the
requirements fully and admirably and
is being generally used.
Common lime and carbon IN the
form of coke or coal are the raw ma.
terials which. fused in an intensely
heated furnace, make Calcium Car
bide, and there is no difficulty In OBJ
tanning 1t in any part of the country.
| The machine into which the Cal
| cium Carbide Is fed and from which
the Acetylene is distributed through
the building to be lighted. is but little
larger than a thirty-gallon milk can
and of the same general form. 1t is
easily and cheaply installed. either In
the cellar or in an out-building.
The light from burning Acetylene
is exquisite, and lighting experts agree
that 1t surpasses all other known illu
minants. 1t does not tgint the air mol
strain the eyes and is not objection
able in any respect. Every up-to-datt
rural residence should be equipped
with Acetylene light,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
Cow chews on $40 cud.

Ike Austin of Traverse City, Mich
is out $40 and cow, and the reason
therefore is most peculiar. Austin
was driving the cows to slaughter
house and ropped his pocketbook con-
tanning $40 in bills, 'Bossy" made a
grab for it and devoured both wallet
and currency before Austin could get
off from the wagon. Intent on re-
covering his cash, Ike killed the crea'
ture instanter. He secured the green
backs again, but they were chewed
to tatters, and he will send the pre-
cious cud to Washington in the hope
of recovering its value in new bills.
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Costly lIleuibility

Sir Walter SCOTS writing was at
times-not often--decidedly obscure.
Taking advantage of this cunning
rascal by some means obtained pos
session of note Of unquestionable
ELIGIBILITY written by the great novel
LIST, and presented it to Sir Walters
tailor as an order for couple of suits
Of clothes. The tradesman, recogniz-
ing mis- patrons signature. took the
rest for granted and executed the
commission, only to find, on asking foy
payn ent, that the note was an answer
10 a, invitation to dinner
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LONG REACH FOR DIAMONDS.
Crown Of a Drill Lost In the Earth
In South Africa.

The Recovery of Diamond Crown
From a Deep Bore Hole" is the title
OF paper read by Cuthbert Barring
Norwood before the Institution OF
Civil Engineers and reproduced by
permission in the American Machin
list. The diamonds were in the crown
OF drill lost S.233 feet below the
surface of the ground. The risk in
volved in the accident was that the
hole might have to be abandoned en-
urely. According to Mr.. Norwood
this would have meant % A years
work wasted. (2) probably nine
months delay before the same depth
could again be reached In another
hole; CD loss of the total amount
spent up to that time (about 100000 /;
tD loss of $1,150 worth of diamonds (;
(5) loss owing to depreciation OF
plant and machinery for one year;
and other incidental losses.
The diamond drill was lost while
boring the Van Ryn Reef Operations
were begun in 1902 on farm on the
far East Rand, about thirty.three
miles from johannesburg. When the
work had proceeded for more than o
year and the bore hole had reached q
depth Of 1898 feet the bit became
jammed, and the rods were conse
quently withdrawn. When the core
barrel was drawn up 1t was found that
1t contained no core and the diamond
crown was missing.
In order to recover this preciou.
tool and clear the way for further
operations a special tap was made ir
Johannesburg. This tool was 81,
inches in length, of which 1% inches
were threaded to screw into the bot
tom rod and the other end held foul
small diamonds. as shown in the dia
gram of the lower part. They were
designed to cut through and beyond
the rock. working inside the crown
which the engineers figured mus
have become imbedded in rock.
did its work perfectly and speedily.
BY use of this tool a loss of owe
$4,000 was saved. All the diamond
were found to be intact; there wer,
eight diamonds on the face of tn,
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Givina Money a Welah.

81 saw a new way of counting
wealth." said man who passes up and
down Broadway OCCASIONALLY, "and in
cidentally got some idea OF the
amount of money these re~rv music
halls gather in daily. Was in one the
other day about noontime, when the
proprietor was making up his accounts.
Do you know how he counted his re-
ceipts? Why, ne weighed the pennies.
And he filled up the basket on the
scales a good many times, too. Funny
way of doing 1t, but suppose it's fair
ly accurate"
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Tokav Wine DESTROYED.

A calamity has overtaken the fam
Gus Tokay wines. The great wine
making establishments on the royal
vineyards of Tarezel, in Hungary,
were destroyed by fire. The loss is
serious, because, in addition to the
building, fine manufacturing plant
is destroyed, together with large
stores of Tokay wines of choice vint'
age. This establishment Is the pri'
vate property of the Emperor Francis
Joseph.
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floor, while upstairs are two cham,
bers. respectively Is by Is feet and
3 feet inches by 10 feet inches.
$500 Addition.-The plan pro
vides for a further addition when
necessity for enlargement Of the
house arises and the financial condi.
ton of the owner permits. This add.
ton will be 16 by % feet, providing on
the first floor living room and
kitchen, and on the second floor a bed
chamber. The kitchen will be IL by
II feet 6 inches, with pantry and
stsaFway to cellar. The walls OF the
main building are IA feet and those
of the additlo- IL feet, the lower cell
ing of the bed chamber over the liv'
ing room proving no serions detri
ment in SO large room. The hsQsA
as completed, should have alos 4
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GOOD WORK OF SCIENTISTS.
Immense Sums Saved Through Burea
/. Of Entomology.

Immense Sums Saved Through Bureau
F. Of Entomology.
Great sums are saved for the agri
culturists Of this country by the eff
forts of the government bureau of en-
,tomology toward the determination Of
Insect pests. The cotton worm before
It was studied and the method of con
trolling 1t by the use of arsenicals
was made common knowledge, levied
In bad years q tax of 100000 OF
the cotton crop. The prevention Of
less from the Hessian fly, due to the
knowledge Of proper seasons for plant
ing wheat, and other direct and cul
tural methods. results In the Saving
Of wheat to the farm value Of from
$100,0 100000 to $500, 100000 annually
Careful statistics show that the dam
age from the cooling moth to the ap'
pie is limited two-thirds by the adop
ton of control, representing q saw.
ing of from $15,000.000 to $4,000, 900
in the value. The rotation of corn
with oats OF other crops saves the
corn crop from the attacks Of the root
worm to the extent of perhaps 500,
100000 annually In the chief corn
producing regions of the Mississippi
valley. The cultural system Of con
trolling the boil weevil saves the farm
ers of Texas many millions Of dollars
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
HINTS FOR BUILDING.
Farm House OF Moderate Cost.

Farm House OF Moderate Cost.
The following plans provide in each
case for an inexpensive main building
capable of considerable enlargement
and development without the undoing
or alteration of practically any of the
original work and the gradual cree.
ton of a convenient and commodious
home:
A 5000 House.--The plan Gigs. l.,
and 81, provides main building
with living room Is by 15 feet, a
back room feet inches by 10 feet
inches, with commodlous closet
off. with staircase from the first
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Flea 10 Agile.

Although the flea holds the record
for agility of movement among the in
sects and is capable of speed OF near
ly ten miles an hour, could 1t con-
tinue jumping without cessation and
without firing, it has little the better
of the jumping mouse found in the
African deserts, which clears ten feet
at jump at the rate Of eight hundred
feet second.
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extension. Two chimneys built from
the ground permit of heating every
room except the last two suggested
and should that addition be antici-
pated when the original structure is
erected in an additional flue for that
purpose could be added to the large
chimney in the living room, the extra
flew to project into the corner of the
kitchen.
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TEA
There is such a thing in the
world as tea-toper, slave OF
the cup; one can hardly
imagine it.
The lying Camera.

II has been said that the camera
never lies. 1t is the peculiar quality
of that mechanism that 1t never tells
the truth. Nothing comes betweeS
the object and the image except the
sun, and the distorting power OF the
sun, which cannot select, makes the
image monstrous and inhuman. Ev
erything is twisted out OF proportion
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
To Preserve Autumn Leaves.

For preserving the autumn leaves
which will soon be so plentiful, press
them for several days in book, then
dip them in hot paraffin and blow UNI
til cool. BY this method the colors
may be preserved almost indefinitely.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28

Any person who fails to write at
dictation short passage in Euro
pean language is liable to be prohib-
tied from landing in Australia.
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Only Living Model.

Harry X. Devereux of Cleveland 10
the only living model OF the three whe
posed for the famous painting. Yam
kee Doodle" portrayed by Willard
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Nome, Alaska, ia 300 miles west OF
honolulu. Alaska has almost two and
a half times as much coast line as the
rest of the United States.
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Mothers Are Helped
THEIR HEALTH RESTORED
Happiness Of Thousands OF Homss Due
to Lydia e. Plnkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and Mrs. Plnkham's Advice.

A devoted mother seems TO listen 70
every call of duty excepting the SUI
preme one that tells her TO guard her
health. and before she realizes il some
arrangement OF the female organs has
manifested itself, and nervousness and
irritability take the place Of happi-
ness and amiability.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
TEA
Which do you spend most
money on, tea or coffeeF
Australian ImmlaratIon Rule.

Your grocer returns your money II you don liz,
H"hinings Best.
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crown, four inside and four outside
and also four inferior diamonds
around the outside of the bit to keep
the hole sufficiently large to insure
easy working. The diamonds were
not only worth more than $1,150, but
their quality had been tested and re-
lance could, therefore, be placed on
them
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
IN POOR HEALTH.
PAINS IN BACK.
SICK HEADACHES.
PE.Rll.NA CURED

Mrs. Lena Smith, N. Cherry street,
cor. Line, Nashville, Tenn, writes:
II have had poor health for the past
four years, pains in the back and groins,
and dull, sick headache, with bearing
down pains.
"a friend, who was very enthusiastic
about Peruna insisted that I try 1t.
II took it for ten days and was sur
prised to find that had so little pain.
II therefore continued to use it and
at the end of two months my pains had
totally disappeared.
al have been In the Rest of health
since and feel ten years younger.
en- very grateful to you.
Catarrh of the internal organs gradu-
ally saps away the strength. under
mines the vitality and causes nervous
ness. Peruna is the remedy.
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Result of introspection.
When you think yourself over in the
middle of the night you give mighty
poor Observation-Disclosures In
uuirer.
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DON'T FORGET


large 2-oz package Red Cross Bah Blue, only
cents. The Russ Company, South Bend. Ind
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porch s by 16 feet, large enough tc
prove not only an ornament. but o
great convenience during the warmer
portion Of the year.
Possible Observation-Disclosures ad-
ditional room ever be required, one or
two bedrooms can be added to the
right of the kitchen. A simple extern
sion similar to the kitchen across the
back of the main building. would
give a room opening Off the kitchen
II by Is feet, which might be used as
bedroom or divided into store room,
milk room, ETC.
An equally feasible enlargement
could be obtained by extending the
main building ~ feet back. This
would give the room already de
scribed off the kitchen and chamber
of equal size above, to be reached by
providing a short stairway leading nj
from the first landing of the origina
staircase. The window in the bacl
room on the first floor is placed In the
side wall to allow of just such ar
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-09-28
To Remove Nicotine

To Remove Nicotine.
Poisonous nicotine in tobacco is re-
moved by sleeping the leaves in a so
luton of tannic acid. This is the meth
cd adopted by German chemist.
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T'EA

Linger longer over it; let
it be steaming hot from the
earthen pot; and the love-
hest woman pour it.
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Tipping Leads to Bribery.
It is held in Germany that the tip
ping evil has led to the bribery
method which is so vexatious to busi-
ness men.
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Good tea and tea are quite
different; both grow on the
same bush.

Write for our Knowledge Book, A. sehiling a
Company, San Francisco.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15

growth and the rapidity with which
they take on flesh.
Sows that are over fat when bred
can not be expected to farrow a salts
factory litter of pigs.
Keep animals healthy not by doc
toring them but by surrounding them
with healthy conditions.
A stunted calf can't make anything
but stunted COW. And somebody is
to blame for the stunted calf
With colts very much depends upon
the first winter; one cannot make up
for a deficiency at this period.
Any kind of stock, especially sheep,
are benefited and do better when
their appetites are stimulated by hun
ger.
In growing horses for market it
must be gone into in a businesslike
way, with good stock and careful
methods.
Instead of early maturing being
against the proper development of
constitutional vigor it is a good step
to secure it.
The aim in keeping stock should be
to secure the most rapid and largest
growth with the least cost compatible
with the end in view.
Feeding racks should be provided
now without delay, and all the feed
for the stock should be placed in them
in order to avoid waste.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
The Decadence of Range Beef.

Mr.. Miner, one of the heavy range
onerators of Montana who lost 40 per
cent of his stock last winter, is firmly
of the opinion that, so far as the great
trans Missouri short grass country is
concerned, the making of fat beef is a
decadent, if not dead industry. For
two seasons past his range has mar
keted few fat beeves and the future
prospect is admittedly not bright Mr..
Miner announces an intention to de-
vote himself to the production of feed
ers and the Chicago Live Stock World
saws this opens the question as to
what ranged bred thin cattle are worth
TO the cornbelt finisher. The latter
needs we'll bred cattle, in fact he is
experiencing greater difficulty in Sc
curing the right kind as each succeed
ing year rolls by There is always
perabundance of scrub and common
stuff but a marked paucity of the
GOOD kind. If the range is to furnish
the corn belt with it's raw material it
must produce a better article. Calves
turned adrift on the range at weaving
time to rustic for existence do not
make ideal material for the finisher
Range bred yearlings and two-year-
olds are convertible into anything but
a superior class of beef and from now
on the feeder will not achieve salts
factory results with anything else.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15

having been covered by castings; and
others buried to a considerable depth
beneath accumulated castings lie dor
mant until some future time they are
accidently uncovered and terminate.
1t is a marvellous reflection that the
whole of the superficial mould over
any such expanse has passed, and will
again pass, every few years through
the bodies of worms. The plough is
one of the most ancient and most val
liable of mans inventions; but long
before he existed the land was in fact
regularly ploughed by earthworms. 1t
may be doubted whether there are
many other animals which have
played so important part in the his
tory of the world, as have these lowly
organized creatures.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
Bad Form of Speculation.

This is no time to contract wool
growing on the back of your sheep,
any more than it is good policy to
count your chickens before they are
Matched. Simon Silberman, of Chi
cago, says that, while the wool situa-
ton of the future is largely guess
work, if reports are true not more
than SO per cent of the sheepmen of
the country are interested in the east
ern market, having already contracted
their crop. If my judgment is correct,
those who wait until shearing time
will profit by doing SO. | look for
higher prices then, both at home and
abroad Contracting the clip ahead
is gambling, pure and simple, and will
prove disastrous to grower and dealer.
The grower sells something he may
not be able to deliver, while the dealer
buys something for which he may not
be able to pay. History always re-
peats itself and abnormal imitation of
prices is always dangerous. Those
who have closed contracts are inspired
to indulge in unwise speculation on
their own account and contract the
gambling spirit. Wool, despite recent
advances, is not exceedingly high
and is almost certain to go higher. The
grower, in making contracts, must fig
ure on winter losses, which will put
the dealer in position to make
claims for non-delivery. Sheepmen
will exercise poor judgment by follow
ing the example of the Wall street
fraternity. Wool should be sold only
after it has been shorn. This specu-
lative craze will certainly be followed
by reaction. In my opinion medium
and coarse woods will be much sought
during the next few months but fine
wool will have it's day because so
great has been the change to mutton
breeds in recent years that manu-
lecturers will find themselves short 20
per cent of the quantity they need.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15

cn,ith. of the Hazelwood dairy breed
ina farm at Spokane; vice-president,
i los H. McCrosky, of Colfax; secre-
1 1orv Geo. Severance, of the Pullman
agricultural college; treasurer, M. w.
Whitlow, of Pullman; executive com
mittee, Theo. Reed, Moscow, Idaho;
p r. Byrns, Moscow; e. E. Elliott,
Pullman. Upon taking the chair the
now president made a brief speech, in
u,hich he declared that the outlook
for the stock interests is steadily grow
inc brighter.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
The Earth Worm.

Charles Darwin speaks thus OF the
earth worm: Worms have played a
more important part in the history of
the world than most persons would at
first suppose In many parts of Eng
land a weight of more than ten tons
of dry earth annually passes through
their bodies and is brought to the sur
face on each acre of land; so that the
whole superficial bed OF vegetable
mould passes through their bodies in
the course of every few years. BY
these means fresh surfaces are con-
tinually exposed to the action OF the
carbonic acid in the soil, and OF the
humus acids which appear to be still
more efficient in the decomposition of
rocks The generation of the humus-
acids is probably fastened during the
digestion of the many half-decayed
leaves which worms consume. Thus
the particles of earth forming the
superficial mould, are subjected to
conditions eminently favorable for
their decomposition and disintegra-
ton.
Worms prepare the ground in an eX-
cellent manner for the growth OF
fibrous-rooted plants and for seed
lings of all kinds. They periodically
expose the mould to the air, and Sift
it so that no stones larger than the
particles which they can swallow are
left to it. They mingle the whole in
timately together, like a gardener who
prepares fine soil for his choicest
plants. In this state it is well fitted
to retain moisture and to absorb all
soluble substances, as well as for the
process of nitrification. The bones of
dead animals, the harder parts of in
sects, the shells of land mOlluscs,
leaves, twigs and so forth, are before
long all buried beneath the accumu-
lated castings of worms, and are thus
brought in a more or less decayed
state within reach of roots of plants.
Worms likewise drag an infinite num-
Der of dead leaves and other parts of
plants into their burrows, partly for
the sake of plugging them up, and
partly for food.
The leaves which are dragged into
the burrows as food, after being torn
into the finest shreds, partially d1-
gested and saturated with the intes-
final and urinary secretiOns, are COM
mingled with much earth. This earth
forms the dark colored, rich humus
which almost everywhere covers the
surface of the land with fairly well
defined layer or mantle. They also
greatly facilitate the downward pas
sage of roots of moderate size; and
these will be nourished by the humus
with which the burrows are lined.
Many seeds owe their termination to
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-02-15
Farm Notes

When you provide shelter for hogs
see that you get it watertight.
In fattening cattle for market the
care bestowed upon the animals VIII
nave a great bearing upon their
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-08-12
SHORT STORIES.

Oklahoma the youngest territory
has 's52 usw rapors
The population OK Cuba IS now over
lG2o, % which is an increase OF 10
per cent and more since 1900
II the deposits now IN the savings
banks OF thlg country were divided per
capita, every man, woman and child
would receive StlT21. Tho total sup
is 50 025, co. So
Daniel raEss Of Mechanic FallS
Me, furnishes the following facts,
which are taken from his daily jour
nal. I'rom May ], 1880, TO May t.
1904. Axty.clgbt years, II has nined
6726 days. ana I'm he same length Of
time It has showed 2G63 dayA
pr Wiley the government chemist
says that aft.- story was published
which statcl that the Washington
spo'sou saoaI" had beautiful pins
cheeks after eating certain food he
received thousands Of letters fron wo
men All ever tie world begging Tor the
re,spe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1905-08-12

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