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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
a New Process for Saving Labor.

A good many compounds have been
invented to reduce the labor of the
washerwoman, says the Pittsburg
Chronicle Telegraph, but the insupera-
bic objection to most of them is that
they rot the fiber of the cloth subjected
to their action, and in the long run
''cost more than they cove to. 1t is
good news for housekeepers that wash
ing can be made easy without detri-
ment to the fabric-not only that, but
that the garments can be brought to
pure white impossible under the ordi-
nary manipulation at an insignificant
cost in money and with a remarkable
saving Of labor.
The new process was discovered by
a well-knowu gentleman of Pitlsburg,
" ho is too modest TO have his name
paraded before the public, and who
has no desire TO make money out of
his new method. He says that if any
one who has a moderute-sized washing
say for family of four or five per-
sons-will pat the clothes to soak over
night as usual, and add to the water a
half teacupful of pure beuzine, and
then when they are put on 10 boil add
another half teacupful Of the Lcuzne
90 the water i'm the boiler the dirt can
be removed from them with very little
rubbing. the labor of the lsundress
will be reduced one-half and the
clothes viii be as white MS they can be
made. Some may object TO the smell
of the benzne, but he saws THAT all dis
appea S by evaporation In the process
Df NOllrv BguHinp soils fpr n few
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
Building Tree Houses.

One OF customs Of a few savage
peoples is falling into Il desuctude, in
parts Of the Pacific. Tuis is the Gus
tom Of building cHscs in the branches
Of trees free houses have been seen
In three districts of Atrica-by Mach
tgal near the ShurI RIVER in the Sou
dan. by Greufel on the Mobangi, and
by Wolf on the Lomami. The natives
whom Nacntigal and Grenfell saw in
thor little houses perchcd high up
among the branches, appear to use
these elevated structures only us places
of refuge i'm time of danger; but Dr.
Wolf on the Lomami discovered VERT
able tree jewellers, who prefer to live
among the branches, out of easy reach
Of their enemies, and of freshets
thai periodically inund0to their lands
We have heard more of tree dwellings,
ia Bornco than in any other part Of
the world, but these buildings are also
found in large numbers in New Guinea
and tie solomon Islands, where they
serve as retreat for the people when
an enemy approaches.
Most of TIE fights of these tribes are
brought about by the practice of head
uunting, which, though gradut lily be-
ing stamped out, is still especially pre-
vaient in the Solomon Islands. The
tribes there have long been in the
habit of building houses fifty or sixty
feet from the ground, aud when theu
lookouts have reported the approach
of an enemy llotIlla the danger signal
has been communicated by peculiar
cry, and then the women and ildren
have scrambled up the rude ladders to
their lofty refuge, where the enemy's
arrows and lances could not urt them,
~ lille the men remained on the ground
to fight tie foe.
1t is an intention of civilization that
is destroying this custom of building
tree refugees. British and other Eu-
ropcau traders have introduced arms
of precision among these sayages, and
the women iiud that their rude perches
in the air are no protection against
bullets, however adequately they may
have defended them against arrows.
The poor creatures much prefer to take
the chances of being shot on the ground
and SO the timG-honored practice of
building tree huts is being wholly dis
continued.
It is hoped that the horrid practice
of head hunting will BIO done away
with before many years Among
many tribes particularly in Borneu,
the custom is merely a matter OF emu
latjon among uufricudly tribes to see
which Will collect the greater number
of these CHASTITY relies. Each tribe
carefully keeps count OF its losses, and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
lie Understood Human Nature.

First Bergar Why didn't you tackle
that LADY, She might have given you
something.
Second Beggar-I let her go because
understand my business better than
you Go. never ask woman forany-
thing when she is alone; but wnen two
women are together you can Get money
from both. because each ole is afraid
tie other VIII think her stjHgy If she
refuses This profession has to be
stadted, Just ike any other If you
expect 70 makeeit a success. = TEXAS
cJttHgs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
Prussian millionaire

The millionaries of Prussia aTei
and smaller than those OF Anne
Krupp, the canaon-ma6er OF L''
the richest. He is assessed on aaI
come of $1,320,000 year ana
1891 income tax. -Four years
only paid SIG, $50, showing '"l'
yearly revenue must have ia',
very rapidly. The second
man is Rothschild, the o'l'sl
Frankfort-on-the-Main. -Four
ago he paid more than hruPg' ~
SlS.9O0. But this year htUl
lett HIM far behind, with on-t 2.
income tax. The third rie.e'I "
Banker Bleichroeder paying
income tax. Then follow NV
millionaries, with 5000 TO
come tax and an income OF sou
$500. 600 a wear. Then como ". B
seven men with only sl2o0' 'o 8
600 yearly income aud S5'.. Ii
income tax. Less than ht.l ~
richest people live at ina cay
lin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
The Jim simmons orange Tree

Twenty wears ago Jim e.n-I
rode M 10 BIZ Sharpe store
Norven district eating aH '.'.-
vas 100 stingy to give amy g" Y. 4
a part oil .he fruit, bat Ell'I
asked him for the seea, wa g.
He carried them home aa4 -''
planted them in l.ti.e p'A' N
mont 5 later the family mo'7'
dian river. The little ohah-
were carried. and ON arr''h- rs-l
mediatelv set ont. on s0naa
last II. While visiting Mr.. Hat, u, ,,.'
MANY with the lady We board
showed MS the tree that Dew -.
from the seed of jim sia1
opge. 1t is twelve OF al,e41
diameter beauty-and
oranges. QmtmUl Ga
II. 1T q juvenile ar23
the past y aar comprise -..,
sged Nine Celeste Plompl. "A
sslf aaed three. and Pau
age W., eleven. AM three p.aa''
buchanan. Of Lille. a.4 ..l.
Kreister. 81 s-boia WA NJ 4
NH ared taelye-and Aa...
of Milan, a 'pianFt-
nine. The first .'proa'-
SO oortJd God0 sa
who is said to be aa
and composer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19
route r,tquettc.

To bow Is f~icnd or an atqEaint.
aneo Is simple enough matter, yei
all the grades Of liking, all the grades
of Familiarity, can bic expressed quite
rs surely Is by the signature % g let.
ter, aud more subtIy Il yea sneW
people intimately. Your boa aAd sn &
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-19

hNtlil-.
Rear Admiral Louis Hutton Ycssurme
recently committed suicide by heating
poker red hot and thrusting it int
his bowels.
John A. Logan Jr., is said to be
growing very much like his father. and
promises to develop many of his sturdy
traits ofcuaracpor
A large alligator, measuring ten feet
in length, was shot quite near Paiatka,
Fla, by two young lads " no were oui
hunting for birds.
Mrs. Don NJ. Dickinson has made o
good impression in Washington. She
is considered handsome, and the wo.
men call her stylish"
John OUTLAW, of Chester County.
North Carolina is the oldest man in
that state He was born in 1878. Ue
was a soldier in the war of 1872.
A well-known citizen Of Augusta,
Me, is excessively polite. The other
day he backed through $50 plate
glass window "hile bowing to a lady
Sn the street
There are over one hundred claim.
ants to the estate of Millionaire Blythe,
on the Pacific coast, who was supposed
TO have no heirs. The latest accession
v1s from Scotland.
1t is found necessary to ship two
plates Of glass from Pttsburg &c
Philadelphia by water via New Orleans,
as they are SO large that the railroad
can not manage them.
England has begun the erection Of
monument over the resting place of .
number Of officers and men who died
at the battle OF Waterloo. England il
about as slow in the monument way a,
New York.
The prize for the clrectual destruc'
ton of rabbits offered by the New
South Wales Government is being
warmly contested. Already $50 in.
ycutious have been sent in to compete
for TIE $250,000.
President Eliot of Harvard SAYS
again that the boys are having too
He talks of aboishing freshmen con.
tests altogether and wants the univcr
sity athletes to try conclusions with
Yale only.
Harriet Bocchcr Stowe says she
hopes she will never be too old 10 90 to
church and hear her boy Charlie,
preach. Charles graduated at liar
ward College a few years ago and is
now pastor of a Congregational churcu
Mt Hartford.
Robert Porter, an eccentric citizen Of
Stoughton, Mass, aged %, has fnl
twenty-five years batued every day in
an open spring on ms farm. One morn.
ing recently he took his customary
plunge when the mercury was 10 de
grees below zero, and claimed to en-.
Joy it.
Farmers livi near Bakersville Cal,
built jack RABBIT corral, shaped like
the letter V, recently and then secured
the fields on horseback, driving the
animals before them into the trap
Then for two hours a general massacre
of the pests took place, in which 5,07J
yf them were killed.
yellow House, Bcrks County. Ia,
farming settlement among the Mum.
tawuey HIS, had population Of
siNty-livc. according 10 the last cen.
sus, aud mas increased mt htte since
then Among the inhabitants of the
place are twcnty-sjN person, between
seventy and nmcly-t.o Years of age.
renuysou feels Geculy tine stings OF
adverse criticism. He once said. AZ
ann like "a traveller i'm "a lonely desert,
WHOM suddenly there appears on the
horizon "a figure which shoots an arrow
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-19
CHARGE OF ASSAULT TO MURDER.
Lena Thompson Arrested at Van AIsiyns
and Taken TO Sherman.

Lena Thompson Arrested at Van AIstyne
and taken to Sherman.
Special to the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX March lS.-Miss Lena
Thompson, young lady who resides st
Van Alstyne, about fifteen miles from
this city, was arrested at home this
morning by Deputy Sheriff Whitesides,
who conducted her to this city this after
noon on q charge Of assault to murder
on the person of Mrs. Bright and daugh-
ter, who live in the same neighborhood.
The argos against Miss Thompson were
Investigated by States Attorney Randel.
The case was dismissed and the young
lady was released. The complaint fled
grew of difficulty in which
the young man, Bud Bright, shot and
wounded Miss Thompson few days ago,
when he made an asssut on his brother
iD-law, Sid Harper, while Harper and
Miss Thompson were on the road to-
gether, both receiving wounds from pis-
tol shots fired by Bright. Bright Is now
In j sill waiting trial. The complaint al
legged thst Miss Thompson had made an
assault on Bright's mother and sister
prior to the shooting, but the trial failed
to substantiate the charge, hence the
young lady's release.
Special to the Gazette.
VAN ALsTYNE, TEX, March 1S.-Lene
Thompson was arrested at Allen and
brought back by Constable Duke to Sher-
man to-day. On making satisfactory
arrangement she was released.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-19
Fort wo-th,y

yard sl2 90. delivered sl2 50; Camel coal, ton
Sll COZ y ton, s. 75i i ton, IS 10. English crate
coal. per ton at yard, S. so; delivered, So 90;
per Il ton at yard. 81 ?5; delivered, 81 IS; per
Cord wood, l cord, delivered 80 81; cord wood,
i cord. delivered 81 IS; stove wood, cord,
delivered s. 5li Etove wood, IL cord, delivered
q 75.
GRAIN AND FKEDsTUFFs-ouota be-
low are on grain troU store. In osI-loao lots
corn ana este are &c par huEhsI logger tcas
quoted.
Whast $50
Oorn-In ear, BOC; bun shelisa, soc; ,Aci
s7elled. So
OAte-Kuik, G5c.
Sran-SUc per hundred.
Barley-90c per buehel.
Rye-9oc per bushel.
Hay-Loose local, 81 001s o. johnson grass,
s. 50; best prairie hay, S. 0069 So per ton,
baled; alfalfa, retail, IS; per b; special price,
wholesale, nc.
\ Alfalfa-l5c per pound.
johnson grass seed-sl 1872 Is per 2sh
bushel.
HORSES AND MULEs-In Ger or traiz load
lots: Mexican nares, Tx TO l3S hands high
unbroken SIS O0G1s 90 per head: MeIics :
mares, lsk TO Il hands hig b, urbIoken, $1,000
p 90 perhead: Mexicsp mares. IA to Is hands
nigh, urbroken. 81 C0626 90 per mead; Texss
msres. Is TO Il hands high, unhrokep, $50 700
so 90 per head; Texas mares, Il to 10 hands
high. unbroker. $50 OOS40 90 her head TeIss
mares 10 to 10 hands high, unbroken, $40 COO
60 90 per head; Texas horses. Is 70 hands
high unbrokep, f25 00R30 90 per mead; Texas
horsee. "a to ID hands high, unD1oken, $50 OOe
J SO 90 per head; Eexicsn horses, IL to IA hands
high, unbroken, SIS OOa25 CO ser head; Ms1i.
csn horses. Il to 10 hands high, unb-eken, s95 o.
$50 90 per head; Mexican mules, I2H to Il
hands high, unbroken, SIS 0O95O 90 per head ;
Texas mules. IL to 16K hands high, broke. $50 o.
| Gl50 CO.. American drsf, 1oIses. ID 70 l6H hand,
high, broke, S100G175 90. From g 10 s. ad-
di!icnal for thoroughly broke STOCK.
HIDES AND SKINS-No ne.yg u hides
| lie per D; No. heavv So; 10, i liyhS 81
No. 2 light 60. Pelts 30365c.
Dry Baltcd 7geeI Dun hides Sc; slus &C.
green salted SC: butchers' gresn se4xc; shear.
| linge 20c; pelts t0&75c.
! MOLAssBS-New Louisiana syrup 4so; new
choice Louisiana molassee, h, SOC; new
prime do SEC; new fair do 49c; choice celtrifu-
gals I3c; prime do 40ci prime rebollsd $50 fail
| do Sc.
NUTS - Peanuts, 6He1tSt; sPec2ns, 60
| almonds, 2Oc; Brazil nuts, lbc per . nlDertr
| leo Der . /; English wslnuts, lSo per ..
NAILS-S; IS per ke8i ossiA looi burdef
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-19

borgtshoe pc! Eez IS: Perkins. same. S. sO,
Walker, came, IS 30; burden muie Sc; north
western hcrseehoe malta, No. 4, Eco; No. 8, &c;
70, 3; 2'e; No Z &c; No, 8; zOo; "ISke'," No. 4,
Ausable, same, No. 4, 45oi No s, 2sc; No. 6, 7lci
No. ., l9c; No. S, l9c.
PRoVIsIoNs-we quote on the basis of car
lois:
Flsh--mackersl. To- b tits No. /, 81 80: No. 2,
q 10: half bhls NO !. IS 90; Nc. D, 81 80; ooo
ish, $40
spiced p.okled hsrrings, psr bucket, 81 SC
dolland herrings-Kegs, 81 50Rj &C.
Dried herrings-Per box 100
Soiogna sausage, X,
ness-sugnr-GaEeon Ems l2ho; sugar ,ured
ofeakfasI bacon 10: short clear 0A3o1 sHoi
snort clear dry salt $40
Lard--TteIce, SIG; 3d. CANE, s1<c; 70 . cxrs,
skci l0-n cams, eei 5-a cans, 91{c; s . cans,
&c.
New hominy and sriss--rer bbI.. 81 &c.
Oatmeal. new-Per half bDl, 100 lbs, s. 90.
Cracked wheat-Pen D. &c.
Orackert-A eods, &c; XXX soda, 5kc; cream
axe; ginger snaps, Sc; lemon creams, So
Sugar-ffne powdered. oOlb. skoI 10 half
bDls, Sc; cut Loaf, bbls, Skc; DO half bbls SCI
standard grsnulated, bbls, So; Louisiana
graduated, bbls. TXo; standard A,7Hc; choice
white, IKE; LouiSisns y. O., choice. exc; SO
sandTio.-starch. &c; candles. full ooxsa.
1ie; fancy. iOeisci 1ops. sisaI, k Insh basis.
lsHe; do cotton. \ inch, l7c; herring, imported,
g 80; DO Califolnia. loose muscatels,
3 %; cider, crab apple, s0c; Missouri, 3oc; vim
egar, l6825c; concentrated I've, 81 1880 Jugs,
glazed, lOc per gal; crooks, glazed, Ice per gal
dried peaches, Sc; indigo, 7bc per . bluIn2
s0c6xl 90 per dozen ;ColemEn's mustard. 81 500
90 dozen; macsroni, imported, l5c per !;
American 75o per box: buosats. two hoops,
81 50 per dozen brilliant Ola, oolz 1sc; Eupion,
bbls. 2sc; 90. 20 cases, 8 10; brilliant, 9.5
CAGES, g 10; DO, l2-1 cEcer, s. IS; baking pow
ders, bulk, Ilci n CANS, 81 90; uaosroni,
small boz, csc; vermicelli, ANAL box, Sic;
catsup IN bEls, per gallon. S5e; Worcealer
nsuce In bulk, per gallon, 81 Is Mixed pickles,
per Il Dbl. 81 %.
Rice-Prime 6JSc; choice exc.
POULTRY-wequoJe Young fryinz chickens
81 10 per doE: OLD seEB q 2fG2 30 per doc I;
| turkeys s. o0el 10 each.
HBIsKY-Recyided 81 0Ssl 50. Ae per pecoi
sour- mash, TWO years old. 81 60Sl 10; three
| year. old s. 0a2 20; fancy extra old whisky
| S GOES 90
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-19
TROUBLE ANTICIPATED.
An Armed British Grew Sails for Thu
Behring Sea Sealing Grounds

VICTORIA, B. c., March II. - The
schooner Sapphire, Captain Petit, has
cleared for the Behring sea sealing
grounds with hunting crew and sixty
Indians, all fully armed. This vessel
suffered severely last year through seizure
by an American cutter, and the officers
have vowed armed resistance to any
further seizure, saying they will kill any
official who crosses their trail. Last year,
the captain says, he had great difficulty in
restraining the Indians from attacking the
officials placed in the seized schooner. 1t
Is feared here that sanguinary encoun-
ter may take place II they are molested
by American cutters. The passive sc.
quiescencss Of last year will not be re-
peated.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-19

front OF the flaming furnace OF triSl 1t
sets the forge on which seeptres are
hammered out. Would you not like to-
day to come up from the swine-feeding
and try this rellgion2 All the JOYS Of
heaven would come out and meet you,
and God would cry from the throne !:
"Pus ring on mis- hand"
You are not happy. see 1t. There is
no peace, and sometimes you laugh when
you feel great deal more like crying.
THE WORLD is A CHEAT.
1t first wears you down with its follies,
then it kicks you out into darkness II
comes from the massacre Of 1000, 900
souls to attempt the destruction of your
soul to-day. No peace out of God, but
there is the fountain that can sleke the
thirst. Here is the h,rbor where you
can drop safe anchorage.
Would you not like, ask you-not per-
functorily, but as one brother might talk
to another-would you not like to have a
pillow OF rest to put your head on? And
would you not like, when you retire at
night, to feel that all is well,
whether you wake up tomorrow morn
ing at 6 O'Clock, or sleep the sleep
that knows no waking? Would you not
like TO exchange this awful uncertainty
about the future for glorious assurance
OF heaven? Accept Of the Lord Jesus to-
day, and all is well II on your way
home some peril should cross the street
and dash your life out, 1t would not hurt
you. You would rise up immediately.
You would stand in the celestial streets.
You would be amid the CREST throng that
forever worship and are forever happy.
II this day some sudden disease should
come upon you, 1t would not brighten
you. II you knew you were gong you
could give calm farewell to your beau
tiful home on earth, and know that you
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-08-04
GRIQ0S q ALLEN,
Attorneys n: Leo.

A DMINISTRAToR's SALE OF REAL ESTATE.-
IA BY virtue OF an order and decree of the Probate
Court Of La Sale county illinois, made petition
Of the undersigned. John T. HOFFMAN, Administrator Of
the Estate of John B. HOFFMAN, deceased. for leave
sell the real estate Of said deceased at the July term
A. 1888 of said court, 10 wit the sixteenth day of
July 1885 shall, on Thursday. the sd day OF August
next between the hours OF ten O'Clock In the forenoon
and four O'Clock in the afternoon Of said day. TO wit at
the hour of one o'clock p NJ sell at public sale at the
Esemses in Mendoza township in said coany. the real
eAate described follows TO witt Lot one On. IN the
subdivision Of the south half of section twenty four
(2 and all that part Of section twenty i've (25) north
of the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad, all IN
township thtrtysix t%t north range east OF the
third principal meridian, containing ninety.two and
any onehundredths tss ssi0O) acres more or less
sold free and clear q all Hens and encumbrsnces In.
GLIDING dover homestead taxes and mortgage, on the
following terms. 10 wit: Cash. A-+
Dated this sixteenth day VI July, A. \. ISIS.
JOHN r. HOFFMAN.
Administrator of the Estate Of John 3.
tulyI4w Hoffman. deceased.
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J. B. RICE,

Attorney at LdW.
STATE OF ILLINOIS, La SALE CoUs-
y TY-ss, In the Circuit Court. 10 october TERM A..
D. 1888 =,
Mary Isabella Ferguson cs Fred. J. Ferguson-in
ChdnceTY. -,
having been nled In the clerks ONCE Of the Circuit
Court of said county notice Ia therefore hereby given
TO the said non rescent defendant that the complain
ant hled her bill OF complaint In said court: on the
chAncery side thereof on the 9th day OF July lsSs
Wherein said suit ia pending, returnable on the
second Monday In the month OF October. A. D. 1883, a.
10 by law required
Now unless you, the said nonresident defendant
above named shall personally be and appear before
said Circuit Court the rst day OF the next term
thereof 70 be holden 1t ottawa in and for the said
county on the second Monday In October. A. D. 1855,
and plead answer or demur the said complainants
bill OF complaint. the and the matters and things
therein charged ard stated will be taken ~ confessed
and a decree entered against you according TO the
PRAYER OF said bill. WILLIAM W. TAYLOR Clerk.
ottawa Illinois, July 9th, 1888.
j. B. RICE. Complts Solr. 1uly2S-'w
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S. ZIMMERMAN,
Madison Street, Ottawa. Ill.
DUNCAN. o,coNoR q GILBERT,

ALtOfnett AT LuiD.
STATE OF ILLINOIS. Ia SALE CoUNTY-ss.
- In the Circuit Court, To october Term. A. D. 1888.
Patrick A. UDonneli ~. Winefred ]. Byrne, William
Francis Byrne Michael ByrAe The La sale Priests Of
the Congregation Of the Mission OF La Salle The I'm
known Heirs OF Francis Harrison, deceased and The
Unknown Heirs Of Mary Ann Harrison, deceased. In
Chdncdn.
Afidsyit Of non resdence of The Unknown Heirs OF
Francis Harrison, deceased. and The Unknown Heirs
above defendants, having been ed in the clerks office
OF the Circuit Court Of said county notice is therefore
hereby gwen to the said nonresident defendants that
the painant ed his bill Of complaint in said court
on the chancery side thereof the 18th day Of July
1885, and that thereupon summons issued out Of said
court wherein said suit Is now pending reurnable on
the second Monday in the month Of October A. d.
1888. rs Ia by law required.
Now, unless you, the said nonresident defendants
above named shall personally be and sppear before
said Circuit Court on the first day Of the next term
thereof TO be holden at Ottawa. In and for the said
county. the second Monday in October A. D. 1888, and
plead, answer or demur TO the said compainants bill
Of complaint the same and matters and things therein
charged and stated will be taken Is confessed and
decree entered against you according to the prayer
said bill WILLIAM W. TAYLOR, Clerk.
Ottawa. Illinois. July 10th. 1888.
DUNCAN. UCoNoR GILBERT. Complts Solrs "
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put the question 10 himself, "How am
benefited by high Chinese tariff ?" " Do
| get a better price for anything sell, and
how much tax do | have TO pay when |
buy articles of necessity, convenience and
comfort?" We have no reason TO doubt
but that the lntelllgent voter will conclude
with US that we want no Chinese candi.
dates or Chinese tariff In this country
For the benefit of our friends and readers
who are interested In the fruit business In
California We give the following from q
N Silva " Son, nurerymen at Newcastle,
California, dated July eth;
There is very little good fruit land that
can he bought In this immediate vicinity
for $50 per acre now, although We hear OF
some as low as $2j few miles away, the
fruit from which comes 10 this market
We think there Is plenty of desirable fruit
land TO lac had In the county at the higher
figure, but land Is advancing
Lands are irrigated by water brought In
In bitches or canals from the streams In
the mountains. The cost Is from SOC to
81 10 per acre per month for four to five
m nths In the year, depending good deal
on the lay of the lana, kind of crops, etc.
There Is big crop of plums and peach
es this season all over the State, and fair
crops Of everything else, except perhaps
where an occasional failure of some crop
from some local cause.
Prices are more than fair so far and the
hulk of the crop Is 10 now except grapes.
The prices are good call them high, as
fruit Is bringing more than We ever hoped
for. There Is quite boom here although
at this time not much doing In real estate,
most sales are made In the fall and spring.
There are some parts Of the county where
irrigation Is not necessary, but the crops
are more apt to be Of larger quality where
Irrigated. OCCASIONAL.