txt Ir rsrnrwr nrrtr THE SPANISH FORK PRESS Ellsha Warner Publisher 1 SPANISH FOKK UTAH t MUST HAVE BEEN REAL JOKE Judging by the Way Fate Seemed Determined Mrs Dressler Should Not Tell It i Whats tho trouble nuked Dr Touart of Harlem hospital as ho Jumped down from an ambulance In front of a tcncmant house i Woman with a dislocated Jaw on time second Hoar said policeman Han ann and ho two hurried to tho apart meat of Mrs Caroline Dressier who possesses a senso of humor Dr Tduart found Mrs Dressler sur rounded by sympathetic friends who were striving to put back In placo a Jaw that obviously needed adjusting i i Mrs Dressier was in great pain I l Hero como away from there said tho physician Mrs DroSfllerH anxious friends fell back abashed She was telling a IF i John mid laughed explained ono J i And then her jaw stuck added another And she cant toll the joke till her t laws fixed added a third and then Bllonco foil upon that room while I t those who had spoken waited expect I antly It was clear that that joko would novor get out of the room alive t Dr Touart worked steadily at the Jaw for a few minutes then there was a click and Mrs Dressier Was able to + work It I up and down and sideways s with little effort That seems to be all right she Bald at length A relieved murmur I wont through tho room then there was silence as every ono leaned for ward Tho Joke said a voice from tho roar Lot her toll tho Joke ID it was such n funny Joko cried Mrs Dressier You know Ho hn You kuowIf i Ilnw haw hawl 1 Hohoho interrupt ed Mrs Dresslcrs friends Then Mrs F Dressier suddenly endod tho concert by giving a shriek of pain and falling from liar chair n n Hero cried tho physician shut upl Shos dislocated her Jaw again 4 Ho set it again and this tlmo in sured safety by sundry yards of ban loge which will keep tho Joko bot + tled up till Mrs Drossier gets out of Harlem hospital Now York Times Why a Cat Falls on Ito Feet A scientist has constructed an Inge nloua model to show why a cat In fall Ing invariably alights on Its feet This model roughly speaking consists of a cardboard cylinder whoroln aro stuck four rods to servo for legs together with a tail devised on similar prlnci pies Tho object of tho experiment la to show that a felines peculiar fac ulty depends on tho rotation of Its tall with sufficient vigor This faculty Is specially developed by climbing and leaping animals such aa members of tho cat tribe monkeys squirrels rats and most lemurs As already stated tho tall plays an 1m portnut part in the turning process According to tho Investigator all tree Inhabiting monkeys havo long tails and there is not tho slightest doubt that those talla are of great aid to all climbers in enabling thorn to turn In tho air Tho tall also serves as a ri balancer as evidenced in the case of a squirrel which may be seen walking along a tightly stretched wire or string swinging its tail from side to side much after tho manner of a tight rope walker balancing himself with a s t polo r rt Prehistoric Man In Kent I Some remains believed to be those i of prehistoric man have been found t during excavations at Coldrun Kent on a floor of Iron standstono They havo been submitted to two I I exports G Payne F 8 A of nachos tel and Mr Header of London who has had many years of exploration work of this character in connection with the late Gen IlttHlvers Holt 4 experts wore much impressed with tIle Importance of the discovery and h t the necessity of continuing the explor t i atlon on a larger scale The skulls and bones are to bo submitted l mitted to Dr A Keith of tho Royal 4 College of Surgeons who Is compiling f a monograph on prehistoric man ID i Great Britain London Dally Mall t Changing Color Members of the Physical society In fix London were Interested at a recent i 4 A meeting by an exhibition of Bpclmeus of paint which change their color + i with variations of tho temperature Ono of theso paints Is red at ordinary IiI temperatures but turns black In a r few seconds when warmed in front of a a stove or otherwise heated to 206 de s grees Fahrenheit I iii Another paint is yellow until heat s ed to a temperature of 113 degrees t Fahrenheit when It becomes dark red f 1 k 1 They are called boat indicating paints but arc little moro than scion title curiosities i i ij Running for Office t lt jl I I think Ill send n ton of coal to Ii I r I every widow in the district How is H that for a scheme Purty fair lint q Ii ifif i what it tho other candidate sends coal t 1 to them as aint widows as yet 7 They f 1 control tho votes 1 f j I 1 Others to Come r DlnguBS Old chap when was It I borrowed the last 5 bill from you 7 x Shad boltI dont remember Ding L E uss and I havo a profound conviction anyhow that you havent borrowed the last ono yet I WORK ON DRY FARM Success of Any Business De pends Greatly on Margin of Profits Careful Study of Situation nnton Farmers In EemlArld Section Shows That Those Who Plow Deeply Reap Abundantly I Uy E IU PARSONS Practical Farmer Parker Colo The success of any business depends on tho margin ot profit the difference between expenditure and returns Tho same principle obtains In dry farm Ing an In everything else Many are losing regularly every year from six to ten dollars an aero on their plowing alono A careful study of tho situation taking facts and figures from a hundred or more different farmers in every dry stato In the Union shows that thoso who plow ten or twelve inches reap as a rulo almost double the crop that Is reaped by those who plow only six or seven inches Tho extra cost is 0110 moro horso or about one dol or per acre the extra returns aro sometimes as much as ten or moro dollars per acre Good plowing Is economical In every sense of the word and no amount of supplementary work wlfl take Its placo A crop planted In deep ground will stand moro drought and mature with half the cultivation re quired by a crop on shallow ground Rolling or packing tho ground is an operation that can often bo profit ably avoided Tho rule to follow Is to plow in the fall for spring grain crops and in the spring for fall crops This obviates packing for the ground has apple tIme to become sottled For corn and cane the soli should not bo packed oxcopt In the seed row Even for that purpose tho split wheel la much bettor than the solid wheel as it leaves u loose spaco in tho cen ter of tho seed row for the shoots to somo through In cultivating theso crops deep cultivation is the moro economical since the soil stays loose for a longer period and does not bake as easily as when tho mulch Is shallow cutting tho surface roots at tho beginning of tho season docs not hurt tho corn but favors deep root Ing Packing the surface stimu lotes tho growth of a crop at tile start encourages top growth at tho expense of tho root and on tho dry farm overgrowth at tho start is very poor preparation for a drought at the finish For these reasons rolling and packing have been almost entirely abandoned in tho agricultural com munities of tho old world and Mr Safray tells us tho same thing of the dry regions of Hungary There are however some looso sandy soils which are tho better for packing when planted Immediately after plowing I agree with Professor Jardlno that it Is dangerous to pack clay loams for fear of crusting and the experi ence of our friends In Colorado New Mexico and Texas amply confirm this belief Tho most vital point in the dry farm operations Is tho economy of moist ure Moisture means crops and gqod crops mean profit Llttlo attention Is paid to this by somo formers They will plow a whole field before harrow Ing This allows thousands of tons of moisture to escape Into tho atmo pphoro and loaves tho land dry and full of clods for the raising of an In different crop In planting corn on tho level It makes no difference what ever whether the rows run east and west or north and south The sun strikes the corn from above on level land not from tho sides but on a sidehill It makes all the difference in tho world as far as moisture 10 I concerned If the rows run up and down the hill the cultivator leaves furrows for the water to run off on tho other hand where tho rows run across the slope rough cul tivation will often hold an inch ot rain if it comes in 20 minutes A northern slopo holds moisture slightly longer than a southern ex posure but this is somewhat compon sated for by the fact that the south ern slopes usually catch more snow In winter Much moisture is lost by not break ing up tho surface of a field as soon as a crop Is off a patch of 40 acreS may evaporate as much as 200 tons of water into thin air in one single warm day This is like throwing away gold On the question of fallowing no hard and fast rulo should be follow ed the farmer should decide as to whether to plant a crop or not ac cording to tho actual amount of moist uro in tho ground To discover how much moisture tho soil contains Is a very simple matter of welgyng dry lag and weighing again Except In orchard work It is poor economy to save more than three feet of moist soil containing as much as It will ordinarily carry with a dry subsoil underneath This amount of moisture with careful handling will raise a 1 crop In n fairly dry year In order to thoroughly understand the moisture question tho farmer should Investigate It with n ground auger at least with a pick and shovel Ho will learn more in a few months by BO doing than ho would in years by following theories evolved under different conditions on other dry or humid farms especially such experiments conducted In a state like California where for six or moro months it novor rains at all and yet during the wet season I have seen it pour for three weeks at a stretch srar aa a SUMMER FALLOWING VALUE Conserves Moisture for Next Crop and Readily S plies SoliD With Needed Humus It Is very Important how the work of summer fallowing shall be done The necessity for the fallow may de pend on several contingencies It may arise from the foul condition of the land from the necessity that exists for conserving moisture for the next crop or for readily supplying soils with humus where this has been too much depleted This means that the method to be followed will vary some what with the object for which the land is fallowed Some take tho stand that it Is un wlso to summerfallow Under some conditions it is unwise Tell that to ho grower of winter wheat westward from the Missouri river In the Da kotas and ho knows that to follow such Instruction would in n great measure prevent him from growing winter wheat Tell that to the grower of winter wheat in tho Dig Bend coun try and around Walla Walla in Wash Ington and ho will answer that ho can not farm successfully In any other way It is true nevertheless that the absolutely bare fallow should be avoid ed where tho necessity does not cer thinly exist for it for tho reason first that no crop Is secured from the land for that season and second that It is wasteful of tho elements of plant food especially In a season of much rainfall When tho summerfallow is resorted to mainly for the purpose of destroy Ing weeds in very many instances this may be done about as well by I growing a crop that will bo cultivated aa for instance corn When fallow Ing the land mainly for such a pur pose the first plowing ought to be dono before any of tho weeds mature While the subsequent cultivation will depend much on the kind or > kinds of tue weeds to be fough it will usually jo better not to plow again but to work on the surface subsequently with the harrow or with some form of cul Jvator supplemented by the harrow Tho plan of plowing the land but once and then allowing It to lie untouched till many weeds grow up again and produce seed is simply vicious It means a reseeding of the weeds which the farmer has sot out avowedly to de stroy When tho object Is mainly to con serve moisture to aid in growing the crop that follows it is very Impor tant that the land shall be plowed at a season when moisture is most abun dant because of the case with which such plowing may bo done If tho land thus plowed is loft lying as turned by the plow it will soon lose Its moisture down to the bottom of the furrow slice It will also allow tho escape of moisture in the subsoil below in proportion to the time that it Is thus allowed to Ho undisturbed There are several ways of doing this as by using a heavy roller or a disk or a plank smoother ending In each instance with a stroke of the harrow It is greatly Important that this shall bo dono at once as soon as the land Is plowed The frequency of the bar rowings that should follow must be determined by the judgment of tho farmer These should be frequent enough to keep that dust mulch on tho land In this way the double pur pose is served of conserving the mois ture and of keeping the land perfectly clean II When humus Is to be put into tho soil quickly usually the plan that sows winter rye In the autumn Is a good one This may be burled before coming into head Subsequently sur face cultivation may follow or a sec ond crop may bo grown on the land for burial as buckwheat rape millet or spring rye If only one crop Is buried and if it has been sown the previous autumn winter wheat may appropriately bo put on such land but t two green crops are buried in one season sowing must be deferred un der northwostern conditions until the following spring GENERAL FARM NOTES Tho late cutting of alfalfa weakens tho plants and lessens their vitality Alfalfa raisers find It to their ad vantage to have a few stands of bees Do not wash the butter too much it will remove some of the fine delicate flavor It will bo found good policy to re pair leaking roofs while the weather Is dry and warm Some successful poultry raisers are In tho habit of sowing crimson clover in the pasture or run for their poultry Under ordinary conditions clover does not live to make a very satisfac tory stand of clover to cut the second year One benefit which Is derived from tho use of manure Is tho beneficial ef fect which it has on tho useful soil bacteria With some attention apples will do well on soil that Is generally consid ered too light for the purposes of the commercial orchardlst Dy all means put a concrete floor In tho hog house It is the most sat isfactory most sanitary and most permanent floor which can be used for i thopurpose i An untrimmed lamb Is a lowdresser and every point on the percentage card means 20 cents per cwt on the cost of the dressed product rime young apple trees on the hill sides which are mulched with strawy manure are making u good growth this season and tho follago appeals quite vigorous and green Cob pipe corn is a native of Mis souri having been produced through years of selection In the vicinity of Washington Missouri where a num I her of pipe factories aro located > AN HISTORIC TREE MARKS THE SPOT WHERE LIN COLN STOOD UNDER FIRE Stands on a Section of the Rampart Stevens Which U of Old Fort Now In the Suburbs of Washington A section of the ramparts of Fort the suburbs of Washington Stevens In Washing ton Is well pre served It was on tho earth parapet of Ibis fort that y r President Lincoln ii was exposed to a fire of Confeder ate musketry while I 1 watching J the progress of tho engagement between U n 10 n troops and the soldiers of Gen Jubal Early when that officer by gallant and dashing tactics menaced Washington from tho rear and came within a few hours of capturing the capital of the United States That was in the sum mar nf 1RR1 That a part of Fort Stevens stands Is not due to any organized effort to preserve this historic landmark but is due only to the fact that tho fort Is not yet required for building sites Washingtons suburbs have grown northward to the fort and over lapped It Most of the earthworks have been leveled and a little unpaved street runs through the middle of the fort r a r t r r P r 15 J Historic Locust Tree One side of that street has been built up with small frame houses The north face of the fort which fronted the southern troops has not been lev eled nor has the broad deep ditch the dry moatbeen filled On the spot where Lincoln stood a black locust tree has grown and on the trunk of this tree has been nailed a rude signboard on which that in teresting fact Is inscribed In the pic ture a man one of the dwellers in the fort street Is seated and leans against the tree Above him may be seen tho sign board The proposition that this fort site be secured by the government and preserved frequently has been broach ed and a number of patriotic organi zations have passed fitting resolutions but tho matter always has ended In thin air Earlys dash in Washington was one of the daring enterprises of the great war The north was waiting Impa tiently for Grant to take Richmond The capture of Washington would I have meant Increased foreign complications cations for the United States It might have meant recognition of the Con federate states by the European pow ers It would have been a sentimental blow to the Union and would have meant Irreparable loss Early after the campaign said General Lee did not > xpect me to be able to enter Washington His order were merely to threaten the city and when I SUK Bested to him the Idea of capturing It I he said it would be impossible Early crossed the Potomac river at Shep herdstown and on the 9th of July fought the battle of the Monocacy de feating the army of Gen Lew Wal lace On the afternoon of July 10 Earlys army was at Rockville 18 miles west by north of Washington In this place he threatened both Washington and Baltimore There was panic In both cities The First and Second divisions of the Sixth army corps had been ordered up from the James river A part 6f the Nineteen corps returning from New Orleans to join Grants army arrived at Fort Monroe and were ordered on to Wash Ington without leaving their trans ports Tho Twentyfifth New York cavalry was the first of tho troops of Grant to reach Washington arriving at Fort Stevens at midnight July 10 In tho meantime every man that conk be utllled for the defense of the cap tatl had been pressed into service Tho hospitals In nail around Washington were drawn on lor convalescent the quartermasters department for em ployees the executive departments for volunteers the National Guard of Ohio the District of Columbia militia the Veteran Heseiu > s and the few unassigned regular totachments of In Pantry and cavalry sailors the Wash Ington firemen and police and cltl zens Early marched from Hockvlllo at dawn July n and carao upon port Stevens In tho afternoon ijno of battle was formed skirmishers thrown out and tho fighting began Earlys arly5 5 men gained nod ground but lato In the day the Eleventh corps arrived On the next morning hopeless of success In the face of such superior numbers Early retraced his steps PRAYED JUST TO KILL TIME Blind Chaplain Implored to Keep at It While the Lost Journal Was Being Sought There Is a good deal of quiet laugh ter going on when two or three of the members get together over u prayer made by Rev Dr Couden when ho was chaplain of the house Chaplain Couden who is known as the blind chaplain having been totally blind for nearly half a century from bursting of shells In the war Is a very special pleader making an appeal to tho Most High in a very personal manner In this particular prayer ho was deploring muckraking and told tho Lord nil about It very effectively It recalled to mind a prayer made by a chaplain n good many years ago which was re called by a member of the house who stated he had actually forgotten who node the prayer or who was speaker at the time He only remembered the incident Tho Journal clerk relates the member rushed into the house and up to the desk while the chaplain was praying The chaplain stands right beside the Journal clerk while ho rays The clerk looked over the pa tiers on his desk in a very hasty man ner and then leaned over to the chap lain slamming his papers about all the time and said Keep on praying Wo cant find the journal I Mr Chaplain was so startled that he faltered In his prayer but after a moment ho seemed to grasp the situ ation He bowed his head still lower and continued tp pray Tho usual I time devoted to prayer In the house is atout one minute Members began to shift uneasily on their feet to look at their watches and Instead of bowing their heads in reverence they looked at the speaker pleadingly The speak er evidently had been Informed of the difficulty and realizing that the business of the house could not pro ceed without the Journal he was will ing that the members get plenty of prayer After ten minutes solid pray ing tho preacher showed signs of get ting nervous He know tho members were getting restive and ho looked down to one of tho clerks Dont stop pleaded the clerk Wo havent found It yet The preacher did not stop until he had been praying for 15 minutes at tho end of which time tho Journal clerk rushed Into the house bearing the precious book under his arm Amen sold the chaplain with a sigh of relief and the speaker prompt ly ordered the clerk to read the Jour nal of tho preceding days business WOMAN IS FORESTRY EXPERT Miss Gerry Has the Distinction of Be coming an Experimenter In the Service The distinction which has come to Miss Gerry is one which it is said might well be envied by forestry ex perts the country over She is to bo an experimenter to whom Uncle Sam and his much worked department for the conserva tion of natural resources will look seriously for aid In tho solution oi one of the countrys problems Last i c j Miss Gerry year sho received the degree of A M at nadcllffe for research work in pa leobotany under Dr B C Jeffrey head of the Harvard botanical depart ment menAnd And now as the outcome of her genius In tho investigation of trees plants flowers and everything allied with forest preservation work Miss Gerry of Roxbury is to start out upon a career of service for Undo Sam which may eventually land her high among the expert workers In tho de partment of the interior Her work In Wisconsin will all havo In view tho ultimate conservation of the countrys forests From the first as an experimenter in the new labora tory she will undertake tasks thqJ shall help in this great and much de sired Issue Now the Worm Turns The worm has turned The other day n man of family in Washing ton proceeded to do things by way of the courts against a latindrymnn This man had sent his wash to the laundry In a nice clean box Ho got his aunt dry back in an old dilapidated box which looked as though It might havo served for such carrying purposes for months Thero was not oven a piece of paper between the supposedly clean clothes which wore returned to him and the soiled box The man Immedi ately wanted to know why lie want ed to know If he was supposed to wear clothes sent home to him In a Boiled box a 1 box boiled by some other mans Rolled llnona man whom ho did not know IIntl who might have had all sorts of Ills In his family The quell Ion was declared pertinent by the laundry inspector at the department and the laundryman will have to un 6wer tb v why asi AraRfatlolsro The Wretchedl of Constipatioi CaD quickly be overcome by 1 CARTERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS i Purely getable act urely aDd i 9 > 1 Bendy on tha v J CARl liver Cure f In Biliousneu IVI I Head ache Pit I Dizzi j Ben and Indigestion They do toe c Sm npill Small Do amaf Genuine mUIbar Signati > HOWARD Ea BURTON Asia Specimen prlee Gold bluer fifep S Sharer Too cold < ream Zinc or cPltrI rolopea and lull price Hit unfoDi r ntroi atu umpire work 6ollcld V tl llotormn ft OarbanatA rjifiJT1 Tho false prophet has both the profits Dr riercea PelletR nnall onnrtos take aa candy rcgulato and Inrlgoet Unraud bow JJo notllrlpo A careless philosopher says never knows who his friends ail ho hasnt any If It had not been for his and the tub ho lived In p Diogenes would never have bee of Indefinite I am positive this actress b puffsWhich 1 Which onesnewspaper < dressers 7 Indications I might know this consent longed to a baseball enthusla Why Because it has so many plants Experience Teaches Sure and Ol tink It pay honest afther all said P troled thotphoneywelght bus my grocery sthoro lasht rear losht money by ut How s07 Did you get ton asked his friend No Barr returned Pat the mistake of flllln me wel lead so that Ivory mon thot mo for wan pound of sugar go threeounccs to the pound Weekly He Came by It Honest Lend mo your pencil Jobs small boy handed It over an continued to correct the eat the class When she finished fered n sudden lapse of net1 laid the pencil away in her t she stood up to excuse the encountered the scornful gatt seat nys eyes Rising in his her with an accusing fore uttered the single word Gri Johnnys father writes for magazine DAME NATURE MINI When the Food Is Not 5 When Nature gives her rt something is wrong it Is I with tho food Tho old W ways faithful and ono shod onco Tp put off tho change Is l to which may bo irreparable An man says For years I could not saw breakfast I tried various breakfast food but they were starchy messes which gore trcsslng headaches I drw t coffee too which appeared but added tot me at tho time aches afterwards Toast sc were no better for I fOund constipating very persuaded mel 10 A friend 1 starch old coffee and too Or Postum and foods and use never melt hIs Instead advice I shall I began using th months ago f The change they W I noW ball is wonderful WJ mo distressing sensation of tho aDd I at eating stomach after 1 hoadachos I have gJJp In weight and fool better ldell 11 make GrapeNutfl dub aD ow nutritious well as a dJ that PoHtum is easel s1e i1 hover produces dyspepsia Reason Tliores a Sro e book Got tho little Wcllvlllo In pkgs irdrr t read tile abate Ua river renl l Uao frogs rime 1I o one nllenr aD true are genalne liilercit