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done, It will improv the fruit and
secure a greater guam |ity to the acre
than can be prodnc&d under any
other conditions.
Some orchards in Eu&ope are plant.
ed IN "threes,p that is three trees in
eacn place planted IN the form Of 4
triangle, and three Or Jour feet apart,
This method would r|squlre the rows
TO be thirty three on thirty,fve feet
distant, and would hive about the
same number Of trees to the acre. a.
by planting at twentN feet, one tree
in each place. 1t is cl4imed byplant-
ing in this way, no Astaking is re-
CURED, the trees protecN one another
from the most violent wind storms,
the trimming is simpliHed, and less
care and labor required1in the cults
walton.
Trees growing frolh cuttings will
produce fruit the fourth year, and
sometimes, under the most favorable
circumstances, will gike a few berries
the third year. 1t s|the habit Of the
tree to oyerbear, and as consequence
will give but little frhit the year fol-
lowing a heavy crop This state
ment is verified by the most reliable
books published on the Subject in the
French, Italian andf sSpanish Lam
guages. There are, Aweyer, excep.
lions to this rule in California. Mr..
Davis, who had charge OF the San
Diego Mission orchard in 1875, as.
sured me that he had gathered from
the same tree, two years in success.
sion, over $50 gallons OF berries.
have also observed that some trees
in my orchards have borne well in
successive years. The fruit-bearing
can be controlled by the pruning.
The cultivator win not forget that
the shoots or branches must be two
years old before they will give fruit,
hence, partial pruning every year
will give partial crops. My oldest
orchard was planted February 81,
1872. AT four years | gathered from
some Of my trees two gallons of ber
RES. la 1878 over thirty gallons
each off few of the best trees, the
orchard then being only SIX years
old. In 1879, the seventh year, the |
crop was not nearly SO large. l had |
planted several thousand cuttings in
the spring OF 1873, but these trees
ala not give at SIX years. result
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ate, as furnishing the colony with
young, vigorous bees to withstand
the long, cold winter.
While at the present writing. I
have every reason to regard the Sy>
'rians as valuable race, may. after
turtherexperimenting with and study
ing their habits, discover traits Of
character which will lead me to
change my mind but- of this thing |
am certain, that if they prove equal
to the Italians in other respects, they
will certainly excel as breeders.
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OF
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this, or the beans will be light in
weight. In regard to gathering
there are several methods; l have
tried all of them. When first be-
gan raising beans, LETT the space
after every sixth row six feet vide
through which drove a narrow sled
with ten bushel box on it at gath
erlng time, ard cut aud threw the
spikes ct beans in it, This, how.
ever, is a slow way, besides being
hafd on the horse and waste OF
iand, as you lose one in every twelve.
Another way which have tried
with success, is this: Plant same as
com, leaving no wide middle as
before described. Make a cart OF
the hind wheels of your wagon by
putting long pole under the hind>
hounds into the axle>tree and Sc.
curely fastening it, Get box that
VIII hold twenty-five bushels, six
f'et long, three feet wide, and two
ieet deep, will hold thai amount.
Make The hind ead of the box on the
same principle as the end gate OF a
wagon, SO that by unhitching your
team, the beans can BE- dumped out
without hanuling. Fa>ten this box
on between the STANDARDS aud you
are ready. Many simply use thts Sc
wagons IN gathering, which is as
good and speedya way as any, but
IN using either cart Or WAGON, always
drive on the same row that is, it , on
wish o gather five rows at one
through, you drive on centre row.
having two rows ON either side.
This you should DO ever after lii
going over the field, and In that May
avoid breaking down beans unnec
cessariiy. The bean yard where The
spikes are thrown as cut To pop open
by the heat OF tue sun, should be
good one. This can be had by TAX
ing piece OF sod land, breaking the
sod two or three inches anu SCRAP.
ing 1t off; then win b ooms sweep
OFT the loose dirt, SO that you have a |
perfectly smooth yard. A very good |
yard can be madeon Old ground by
II t pIowlng, bat simply clearing it
off when wanted. The yield Der
acre depends on several tnings-the
stand the condition OF the crop When
laid by, and the diligence used IN
gathering the crop, as they viii nos
wait upon person When ripe. The
general average in, FIa,klin county
has been trom twelve to fit en- bush
els per acre. have known them to
go from five to llty Dusnels De,
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Holy Land or Syrian Bees.

Il. Il. Thomas, an the american Bee Journal
AS there are many bee>keepers who
are anxious 10 hear how the work of
testing the Holy Land orSyrian bees
progresses, l will give the result of
my experience with them. / have
given these bees a pretty careful
study during the past season, and
find them possessed of SO many re-
markable qualities that l shall con
tinue the work of testing them, be-
heving that they will one day be
proved valuable race.
l will first speak of the disposition
of these bees. Some attribute them
with having ferocious disposition,
While others speak OF them as being
equally as mild as The Italians. [
wish 10 add my testimony on the
side OF the latter, having always
found them easy TO handle; indeed,
with proper care, can manipulate
my Syrian bees at pleasure. ! do
not doubt that many have been trou-
bled with what they call pure Syrian
bees, bu: am inclined to believe
that they have little Cyprian blood
IN them. think have as pure Sy-
ran bees as can be found in the coun-
try. and after giving them long aud
thorough trial, / find that the two
races, although resembling each otis
er IL many points, are entirely differ
ent as regards their disposition. AL.
though l am not discussing the mer>
It's OF the Cyprians, l will say here
that have not found them as desirs
able race as expected, chiefly on
account of the difficulty in handling
them; but wish to experiment fur
Their before come to any definite
decision in regard 10 them.
My Syrian bees, although not near
as docile as my Italians, may be han
died with impunity, and / never take
any unusua! pains in manipulating
them; and do not believe that pure
Syrian bees will give anyone any
trouble in this respect. am aware
that this testimony conflicts with that
OF many who have tried them, but 1t
is my honest, unprejudiced opinion,
formed alter a long and thorough
test OF the bees in question.
The Syrian bees are inclined to
build but little drone comb. This
will not enhance their value il the
eyes OF the most of us, but to those
who do not use comb foundation i,
might prove a valuable quality; and
foundation has not come into unlver-
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Spring Garden, Fla.

Tie plating of the new town of
Spring Garden having been completed,
l am now prepared to fdrnish lots at
reasonable prlces Every other lot gwen
away to r sponsibie people, who will
build on them. This pace Is one of the
most beaut fully situated IN Volusla
county, and near the famous medical
sprtDg-one Of the wonders OF the State
-ana a real orange country. A1a.ss11y to
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eEea week in your own town. Terms and s. outfit
pOufree. Address H. Hallett & Co. Portland, Me.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
DAYENPORT'S TORNADO.
One Life Lost aud several Persons
injured. Farm Houses Demolished.
The Damage - enc and the storm 4
Path

About il the afternoon of Oct 29th
heavy hail storm visited the city after
which the sky became very dark and
two funnel shaped clouds appeared in
the east. People in Davenport wit
messed the progress of the clouds, which
luckily passed around the city. The
first damage done was 81 miles east OF
the city were buildings, shrubbery and
corn was laid fiat. The family took
refuge in the cellar but the house stood
the ranket A mile further on the
barn of Joseph Stark was badly
wrecked but the cloud lifted over his
house. Some distance farther the resi-
dence of Widow, Fenno WIS obliterated.
1t was a new one and cost 81 800. Mrs.
Fenno her son Edward, carpenter
and his son were in the house. The
carpenter was putting in windows when
the wind came Mrs. Fenno was found
face to the ground, the carpenter was
Just able to sit up and his son was help
ing Edward up. Mrs. Fenno only lived
one hour. Her son was seriously in
jured and the others suffered severe
bruises. About a half mile further
$500 damage was done to the property
of J. IN. Blackman. The cloud then
passed right over three miles of space
where more or less damage was done.
In LIE Claire township there was loss
of close to $1,000. Then further west
the farm Of Mr.. John suffered to the
extent of $1,000 and JOS. Sharf 81 800.
Joseph Coe $4,000, and his wife was also
seriously injured. There was also tons
and tons of hay blown away along the
entire route. The track of the tornado
marks zig-zlg course, from the first
places mentioned IN the above report
towards the northeast-now .veering
south and now north--to the last place
and back of Princeton, the distance be-
ing eighteen to twenty miles. The
course is a good deal in the shape of a
crescent. The eutire damage to prop
erty is estimated at 100000 to SIS, 900,
which is small amount, considering
the wealth of the region through which
it traversed. The width of the track is
in no place more than half a mile-and
its real fury was only an eight to q
quarter of mile in width. That the
loss of life and injuries to persons were
80 limited is almost miraculous. Many
of the families heard the storm COM
ing and took refuge in their cellars.
Others fled from their houses and were
unh lrmed-and how others escaped
they themselves cannot tell.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
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A Fourteen-StOry House.

During a recent stay in London, says
the editor of La Nature, We had an
opportunity of Observing an apartment
house, which, counting the floors be-
meath the level Of the street and the
attics, numbers fourteea stories. Be
sides these, there are two subcelars.
This house is located in a new quarter,
near Westminster Abbey. On ap-
preaching it the behoider is filed with
establishment at the aspect of a so truly
monumental mass, whose total height
is about $50 feet. The number of win
pows in the structure, inclusive OF
those looking out upon the vast courts
within, exceeds 500. The tenants OF
the house and their visitors reach its
different stories by means of a hydraulic
elevator, which takes about two min
utes to reach the thirteenth story.
After reaching the latter marvellous
panorama may be observed If the
weather is clear. But, as well known,
fogs are frequent in London, and 1t
often happens that the tenants of the
upper floors are immersed in clouds,
after the manner of aeronauts. There
is at Genoa an eleven-story house, and
there have been in former times some
constructed at Paris of seven and nine
stories; and, in the United States, nu-
merous experiments cave been made
with similar structures, these becom-
ing practicable with the use of eleva.
tors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
How to Obtain Eggs in Winter.

In order to get plentiful supply OF
eggs in winter, we must have young
hens. Pullets Matched in April or May
will prove the most satisfactory. The
hens must be well cared for; have a
comfortable warm house, kept clean
and we'll arranged. Provide plenti-
full supply of fresh water, accessible at
all times. Variety and plenty Of food
is absolutely necessary. Feed regular
ly what the hens will eat without vast
ing. l find wheat or screenings the
best for the principal feed; corn, oats
and buckwheat come IN as variety.
Corn meal, middlings, or something of
that sort, mixed stiff and warm, should
be fed first in the morning, but give no
soft food after midday. Whole
grain should be the feed after
the mornings mess. Dry grain is
best 10 fill the hens crop with at night.
Fresh meat in some form should be
fed daily, lard or tallow (chandler's J
scraps are good. Scraps broken up,
soaked over night and mixed with
meal and bran, make good occasion
al feed mornings Vegetable food is
also necessary. Carrots, turnips,
boiled potatoes and cabbage are all
good. Oyster and clam shells, broken
fine, lime or lime mortar, tine gravel,
coal and ashes should be supplied to
hens when confined. They need q
light sprinkling of red pepper in their
food once week or oitepet in quite
cold weather. Chopped hay should be
supplied to them occasionally. Have
box OF sand or ashes where they can
use it at pleasure. Any boxes, burned
or broken fine, or other warm scraps
from the table, are always acceptable
TO the hens.
having adopted system OF feeding
pursue it steadily, or, when changing
do it gradually; never make sudden
radical changes, as it always unfAvor-
ably affects the supply of eggs. Keep
the hens from being worried or excited
through the fear of boisterous boys,
dogs, etc. The more quiet the hens
are kept the greater the number OF
eggs supplied The hens should be
bred from chicks with the view of egg
production, always keeping growing by
good care till they attain natural
growth. Let no one why has neglect
cd his hens, or feeds spasmodically, ex-
pect full supply of eggs Immediately
after commencing systematic course
of feeding. 1t often takes weeks and
months to put neglected hens into con-
dition to be good layers. Country Gen.
Hemdn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Crime at ThNCapital.

WASHINGTON Nov. SIT is notori.
GUS fact that in this city the vices that
are forbidden by law are not only pat
ronized but protected by congressman.
In june last there was can. can show
in the Comiqne Theater which was pre-
eminently vuIger and indecent. The
police, who threatened to pull" the
thearer, were themselves threatened. by
congressman with dismissal if they in
terfered at all. After congress convenes'
it is dangerous matter for police to
raid faro and other gambling establish
ments. In many OF these places con-
gressmen are frequently to be found
while the game is going ION. The con-
gressmen object to the ring for fearaid
the fact of their presence there may be
learned by their constituents. Some
congressman who have been caught
during raids on the gambling estab-
lishments seem never to forget it, and
endeavor to get even by opposing the
bills making appropriations for the pay
of the police when they come up for
consideration. The raids therefore
have to be made before congress meets
if at all. The proprietor of one OF the
faro banks has been indicted by the
grand jury, and others will likely be in
dicted for the same otlense, as it is no
secret that several of the houses on +
street, between Thirteenth and Four.
teenth, ("Rum Row") have been pub
licly running their games for some
time. There has been evidence tend.
ing to show this heard by the grand
jury during the past week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Artificial 0uinine.

The various preparations of cinchona
are the only known specific for malarial
poison. So great is the demand for
this drug that it wss found necessary to
start regular plantations IN South Anne.
RIGA, India, Ceylon and Java. The
forest supply would long ago have been
exhausted were it not for these cultiva-
ted varieties of the Peruvian bark, as
it is called. But now distinguished
French chemist, M. Msumeni, announ.
ces that he has discovered how to make
compound not only indistinguishable
from this vegetable alkaloid, but pos
sessed CT all its medicinal virtues. If
he has accomplished this feat it is one
of the marvels of modern science, and
he will rank as benefactor of his race.
The various preparation of quinine are
now very costly and often impure, but
an artifcially made, chemically pure
preparation of quinine would be hailed
by physicians as boon to their malar-
tia stricken patients.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
ARAH!'S HARMLESS LETTERS.
The sultan Incorporated by Their
| COntents-E Eastern News.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Nov. SIT is off.
cially denied that the captured papers
and correspondence of Arab Pasha
contain any matters compromising the
sultan. The announcement is made
that the sultan desires Arab to have
an open trial, but will not interfere in
any way with the judgment of the
court. On learning that Lord Dufferin
Dad been ordered to proceed to Cairo
for the purpose OF directing the nego-
tiations for the settlement OF the Egypt
ian question, the sultan summoned the
council of ministers, which sat all
night. Yesterday the Grand Vizier,
Said Pasha, asked Lord Dufferin for an
explanation, and it is reported that
Duilerin assured him that England de-
sired to maintain the suzerainty Of the
sultan.
Prince Bismarck opposes the Eng
,ish project for the exclusive manage
ment of the Egyptian finances by Eng
land, and desires that al international
financial control shall be established.
The Egyptian ministry has decided
not to invite the French comptroller
to attend the ministerial council, be
cause the English comptroller has been
instructed by his government not to
attend.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
"ME AND THE MAN KILLED.
a Murderer tcO Having Done
Dark Deed Talked Of II Lightly.
San Francisco Call

Carl p. Sanders, proprietor of sail
or's boarding house, was shot twice last
night by sailor named Joe Hansen,
on the wharf between Davis and Vallejo
streets, and WAS instantly killed. The
parties had quarrel few days ago.
After the shooting Hansen threw his
pistol overheard. He was arrested inn
mediately and is in custody. When he
was taken to the City Prison he said to
a reporter: " / knew that | was going
to take a life before l left. / took my
dinner, still feeling sorry; but to drive
away my sorrow | took more drinks.
knew that l was going to kill the poor
old man and wanted to feel happy. In
the afternoon l went to buy pistol,
but they wanted IS for it. That was
too much, and 30 | went to pawn
broker shop and bought a pistol and
box of cartridges for 81 Between and
z o'clock | went to Sanders and told
him was ready. He and started and
walked to the boat steps at Vallejo and
Davis streets, and two men carried my
clothes. We came back from the boat
steps to saloon ON the southwest
corner of the same streets and had a
drink. Me and the man | killed drank
together. He seemed to me to be afraid
of something then, leaned against the
bar, shaking like leaf | turned TO
go out, saying: Come, old man, come
with me-
"He followed on behind me then,
about one hundred feet. | think it
was when very near the steps / pulled
my pistol, tarned quick and fired. The
old man stood still. | stepped closer
to him and fired again. He tottered,
threw his feeble arms up and fell |
stood over him, took good aim and
pulled the trigger, but do not think
my pistol went of. | then threw my
pistol overheard. When | was arrested
they told me he was dead. ] was nap
by when / heard it, Poor old man he
is dead. l couldn't give up killing him.
Sooner than have done it would have
died. Before | did it he tried to make
friends with me, but these boarding
house masters have cheated me long
enough, sir. ] have been working for
them all my life and now I've killed
one"
'Did you think of the conseq uences
when you killed Sanders asked the
reporter.
80, yes. | knew that | would get
hung; but he was a boarding house
master and he struck me. l could not
live without having my revenge. That
/ have had, and now | can die happy
Let them hang me as soon as they
want to-"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09
Preserving Eggs Three Ways.

No. Late German papers con-
tain accounts OF an experiment made
by Schuster on the preservation OF
eggs by process depending on the
we'll known antsepio property of sail
cylic acid, the growth and multiplics-
ton of living organisms which cause
fermentation and decay being prevent
ed by the presence of this acid. Fresh
eggs that had been packed in cut straw,
after having soaked an hour in solu-
ion made by dissoving so grammes
(nearly two ouncee) of salicylic acid in
little vinegar, and diluting with a litre
(about quart) of water, We're found
unchanged, both as to weight and taste,
at the end of four months; while SINH
lar eggs not soaked in the salioylic acid
solution, but otherwise treated pre-
cisely like the first lot, were spoiled.
The method is both simple and rea-
souable, and well merits the attention
of those interested in preserving of
eggs.
No. Put the eggs into a large
pail and pour boiling hot water over
them, then put cover over them and
count sixty very slowly. Take them
out, wipe dry with thin towel, and
pack with little end down in buckwheat
hulls, oats or bran. Put IN place
where neither frost nor damp can
touch them, and they will keep for
months. The boiling water shuts up
the pores of the egg-shells, and keeps
them fresh, while it does not cook
them. Another way is TO rub each egg
over with linseed oil, put on with Il
cloth. Lay them on table to dry and
then pack away tightly. Lime-water
and salt will also keep eggs, but they
are not so well kept as by these other
methods. rs they absorb the salt, and
the white loses its freshness and will
not beat to a froth or give lightness tc
cake.
No. 3.-A Wisconsin housekeepel
has preserved eggs fresh from fall ia
spring by the followiI recipe; Take
a piece of tough, pla - paper, five OF
six inches square. Wrap it cornerwise
around the egg, and twist the paper
protruding ut each eud of the egg firm
ly in place, Let the paper be large
enough to cover the egg entirely, pack
in tub or box, small end down, and
keep in cool place The secret oI
keeping eggs seems to consist IN ex
Guiding the air from and IN standing
| them on the little end down, so that
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-11-09

dered and usually acid state of the
blood, and ATTACKS the fbrous struc-
ture, the muscles and tendons of the
body. 1t is frequently constitutional
and hereditary, and shifts from place
to place without warning and very sud
denly, and it may as RAPIDLY disappear
by warmth, the heat of the san or a
change of weather, rainy, warm wealth
er being favorable. Indigestion will
cause 1T to appear, or s. cold, or even
exposure to slight change Of temper
ature. The most effective remedy is
alkaline salts, rs acetate of potassa or
nyposulphate of soda, given in one
ounce does, and continued for week
or two. Local application OF hot TO.
mentations to the limb affected, or of
stimulating liniment, will be useful.
No corn should be given, and soft
mashes of bran or oats and linseed
should form the bulk of the food.