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The morning call., 1890-06-16
FREE WOOL.
Memorial From the Consumer Associatio
to the Senate Finance Committsa

Memorial From the Consumers Association
to the Senate Finance Committee.
Boston. June ia memorial in favor
Of free wool has been sent to the Senate
Finance Committee by the Wool Con-
sumers' Association. 1t closes thus:
''As all the wool grown in the world is now
wanted, the American grower could hardly
be injured by readjustment of valnes. If,
at the worst, his product should fall slightly
in price, he would be compensated soon by
larger and more certain demand from
stimulated and increased manufacture The
half breed mutton sheep wool in the warp
works admirably with rejected woods, fibers
and MontevideO tleeces in filling. Thus NUT
ton flocks would be stimulated through the
importation Of free raw materials, and
American consumers of woods and worsteds
would get better fabrics at prices generally
lower"
The morning call., 1890-06-16

There are some intellectual employments
which require very small stock in trade
A mathematician, for instance. may pursue
his Investigations, even into the higher
branches OF pure science, with very few
books. But il q man be more than ordi-
narily interested in the great problems Of
history and all that they involve, aud have
an irTepressible hankering TO know what is
being discussed in his fayorite subjects, he
must keep himself in touch with the thought
and discoveries of others. If lie be dwell
er in great city he has clubs and libraries,
newspapers and periodicals, books and
maps, almost at his elbow, to say nothing of
the living men WHOM he may consult with
at any hour. But if he be a dweller in
the wilderness, he must count the cost of
having literary tastes, and that cost he Will
have to pay In coin of the realm. hold it
to be simply impossible for very needy
man to keep pace with the historical re-
search Of our time if his lot be cast in a
country village. Any man who has lost his
heart to the Muse Of 1istory-even though
he can Ill no sense claim to be historian
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ACTS ITS SONG.
The Curious Habit of the White Banded
MOcking-Bird.
The white-banded mockiDg- bird of South

The white-banded mockiDg- bird of South
ern South America-the finest feathered
melodist in the worlds one of the species
that accom- pany music with appropriate
motions. And just as its song is, so to
speak, inspired and an improvisation, un-
like any song the bird has ever uttered, so
its motions all have the same character
of spontaneity and follow no order
and yet have a grace and pas
sion and perfect harmony with the
music unparalleled among birds possessing
a similar habit. While singing he passes
from bush to bush, sometimes delaying a
few moments on and at others just touching
the SUBMITS and at times sinking out of
sight in the foliage, then in the excess of
rapture soaring vertically to a height of
hundred feet, with measured wing beats
like those of heron or mounting suddenly
in a wild, hurried zigzag. then slowly
circling downward to sit at last with tail
outspread fanwiSe and vans, glistening
white in the sunshine, expanded and vi
bratng or waved languidly up and down,
with motion like that of broad-winged
butterfly at rest on a fOwer.-Longman'
Magazine,
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ALnusuit nxer a Hrn.

Two rather queer cases have just been
tried in Columbus Justices Court The
first was pOssessory-warrant case and the
property involved was one hen. The con-
testants were negroes and each employed
an attorney. After much wrangling by the
The defeated party Is displeased with the
result and will certiorari to the Superior
Court. The other case involved the title to
a cooking-st0ve. Much time and good
temper were wasted over these two little
matters.-Savannah (Ga.) News.
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Fell Among Thieves.

Mr.. Williams, the great English criminal
lawyer. had his collie stolen and had TO pay
for the dogs return. He said, when talking
of the dog-thieves: Il ventured to remark
to my two acquaintance that they must be
doing thriving business, e20 being a large
sum to receive for the restoration of one
dog. The answer l received was that 1t was
'only two quid apiece, as there are ten of US
in it, and it is share and share alike
then somewhat modestly remarked that,
knowing who was, thought it rather too
bad of them to steal my dog. 'Ah! that's
the best of it, said one of them. Lord.
sir, you should have seen how my pal Bill
here did laugh "Ain't it rather hard"
says l, ito take the counselor's dawg?"
Not bit, Jim." says he, hes had good
lot out of us, and why shouldn't we get
little out of him ?" '"-Spectator.
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LIFE-SAyING SERVICE,
Some Facts About the Boats and Those
Who Man Them.


Who Man Them.
From 1871 dates the beginning of the pres
ent Life-saving Service of the United States.
The service was now, through the influence
of Hon. S. Kimball and Hon. S. S. Cox
thoroughly organized. and the stations
manned and officered by those best fitted
for this perilous work. Men. strong, able
bodied and accustomed to the sea, were ap-
pointed, regardless of their political views.
Thus the little SEED sowu by these
men of Cape Cod, fostered by the
Massachusetts, Humane Society and by
the National Government, has con-
tinued to grow, until it has developed into
this grand and noble work, extending as 1t
does along the coasts washed by the ATTAIN
tic and Pacific oceans and the shores of the
Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. The
total number of stations in commission for
the year ending June 80, 1889. was 225-173
OH the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf Coast,
on the Pacific Slope A on the borders of
the Great Lakes and l at the Falls Of the
Ohio River at Louisville, KY.
The lfe-b0atS in general use on the New
Jersey coast are hat-bottomed, and the
stern not as sharp as the stem. Some are
fitted with air-chambers, while others are
fitted with air-tight copper tanks at each
end. The boats used on the Great Lakes
and Pacific Coast are larger and more CON-
plcated in their build, double-ended and
deep, and supplied with two masts.
They are, by their peculiar construc-
tion, self-bailing and self-righting = the
former power obtained by a heavy false
iron keel; and the latter, by the inside ar
rangement of the boat, which consists of
air-chambers placed along the sides and
ends, relieving tubes and ballast, consist
ing of water-tight cases packed with cork,
placed at midships, and scuttle at each
to admit a free current of air under the
TIGHT dpnk 10np the side nf
all ife-boats, attached TO the gun
vale, Is large roll of cork, to make
the boat buoyant In many cases to this
roll of cork are fastened life-lines looped
up in festoons, to which a person in the
water can cling Some of the festoons are
made so long that one overheard can easily
step into them and unaided crawl into the
boat.-From "The United States Lfe-sav-
ing Service" by William Wallace johnson,
In New England Magazine for April.
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STANLEY'S PLANS

Rumored Acceptance OF the Governor-Gsn-
eralship of the Congo Free State.
BRUSSELS, June 15th.-Itis reported that
Stanley has accepted the Governor Gener-
alship of the Congo Free State and will as
sumo the duties next year if desired. He
will abandon his United States lecturing
tour if King Leopold wishes him to leave
for Congo.
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BUSINESS FAILURES.

Disastrous Wheat Specula tons -sus pensions
of an importing Firm and Merchant.
FRANKFORT, June 15.-An Austrian mag
nate, Prince Frauts Manndorf, has failed.
He was enga ged in wheat speculations, in
which he lost over a million horins, be-
sides leaving liabilities amounting to an
other million of florins.
HAMBURG, June ia large indigo i'm
portation firm is about to 60 into liqulda-
tion. Liabilities, 8, 100000 marks.
LONDON, June ID. G. Howe, a South
African merchant, has failed, with liabili-
ties r250 600
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Feat of a southern Trick-swimmer.

NEW YORK, June 15.-"Geno" Mercadier
the Southern trlck-swimmer, swan across
the East River to-day in forty-ive minutes.
His arms were bound together with seventy
five feet of rope and two leather straps. In
each hand lie held a tw0-pound dumb bel
Steve Brodie, the bridge-jumper, attired in
his Boyton suit, accompanied the swimmer.
Several thousand persons witnessed the
performance. On Sunday next Mercadier
will attempt to cross the river with both
arms and feet tied together by 125 feet of
rope,
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Interesting Closing Exercises Of the National
rnpyout;op AZ Touis

Convention at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, June 15.-The session OF the
Christian Endeavor societies were brief to-
day, consisting of addresses, music and re-
ligious exercises.
The closing session of the convention was
held tonight A number of interesting ad-
dresses were made and a resolution adopted
declaring the societies interdenominationa
in character, but in no sense designed to
abolish denominational lines. A consecra-
ton meeting of very interesting charac-
ter was held. led by President Clark and
Joined in by the whole convention, the del
egations arising in turn and repeating the
pledges as read
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the life of a conscientious professional
bookworm, pouring over moldy and obscure
yet priceless editions of the classics III the
luxuriant library of his Fifth-avenue man.
sion. He has pretty turn for art, which.
however, does not prevent his attending
the German opera on occasions, and he is
an expert cancer. He is not particularly
robust. but being bachelor, he is the
cynosure of all the matchmaking mammas
about town, to whom he gives a wide berth,
and is building home in North Carolina
which promises to be a revelation. He is
said to be writing historical nOvel.-Chi-
cago Herald
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icled, but this one seems to have dissanced
all others. The old oven has not been
used for over forty years. consequently
nothing remains there for fodder. 1t may
have been that mice and rats were confined
with kitty and she made herself comfort
able while they lasted. The place where
the cat was confined is such that, when the
smoking debris fell at the time Of the FIRE.
the hottest of the ruins were only q few
feet distant. The animal, when released,
could only walk few steps at time with
out falling over on her side.-N. Y. World.
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CENTRAL LABOR UNION.
Rupture Between the sociaistic and Conse-
vative ements IN NEW York,

vative E ements IN New York.
NEW YORK, June 15.-At q meeting of
the Central Labor Union last Sunday the
socialists and conservatives had row, in
which the latter prevailed, deciding to ex-
clude socialistic press reporters. The So
cialsts held a meeting this morning and
decided to withd raw from the Central La
Dor Union altogether and form a
new central body unless the obnoxious res
olution was rescinded. Accordingly they
were better disciplined for a fight at this
evenings meeting than the conservative ell
ement. A fierce war of words occurred.
and when, after a long scrimmage, the
conservatives found they could do
nothing a motion to adjourn was pro-
nounced carried by the chair. The social
lists, Immediately upon the withdrawal of
the conservatives, continued the meeting,
restoring the socialistic labor press to
rpnreSpntation.
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SEVERE STORMS.

Street-Car Travel Interrupted and Railroads
Damaged by Washouis.
PITTsBURG. June 15.-This evening ter
rible wind and rain storm broke over this
city. The street-car lines were stopped and
all the railroads Su uffered heavily by wash
outs. Considerable other damage was done.
GIN CINNATI, June 15.-At noon to-day a
thunderstorm set in and enc and a half
inches of rain fell since that hour. Cellars
were flooded, streets on the hillsides COW
cred with mud and debris, and sidewalks
in places were tom up. Thirty-seyen hun
dred fire-alarm and telephone wires have
been melted and otherwise destroyed and
much minor damage done.
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EDUCATED FARMERS.
Sermon Delivered Before The Massachusetts
Agricultural Graduating Glass.

AMHURsT, June 15.-The sermon before
the graduating class at the Massachusetts
Agricultural College was delivered by Pro-
fessor C. S. Walker. His topic was DUTY
of Educated Farmers" Professor Walker
said:
FACING A CRISIS.
Heretofore in all parts OF the world the farmer
has been no match for his adversary He has
never held his own against the soldier or pries
times he was slave, In the middle ages
a serf and In the nineteenth century
etOr, according to location. American farmers,
as class are face TO face with crisis. They
have subdued a continent and furnished raw
material for our factories bread for our opera
iiyes aud manhood for our civilization. They
have sustained the nations credit with their
hafd-eained dollars, rescued endangered liberty
with their conscientious ballots, and defended,
time and again, The stars aud stripes with their
loyal blood.
ORGANIZATION AND COOPERATION.
Vigorous in body, strong in character, striking
In individuality which saVors OF home, massive
IN cOmmOn-sense, fertile in resources, devOut be-
levers in Providence, tile farmers OF America
will never allow themselves to be overwhelmed
by ihe fate that sunk the tillers OF the
soil in India. In Egypt and In Europe.
From all parts of this land farmers are
coming together. Organization and cooperation
Them as never before. They are grasping hands
with grip that means something, cOmpar-
ing ways and means, uniting upon ends TO
be gained. They demand for themselves
and their children education equal 10 The best,
aud they Insist upon fair share of the profits OF
American industry, claiming that no State can
long exist in which the tlers Of the soil bear
most OF the burdens and share little OF the bless
lngS OF advancing civilization.
AN IMPERATIVE DUTY.
But they are In danger OF making mistakes In
the struggle that shall turn back the progress OF
the movement. They demand leaders. TO sup
ply this demand Is The imperative duty OF the
educated farmer. Whatsoever Of bodily vigOr,
mental power and moral herOism educated
farmers have acquired from ancestors, college or
university, lie will need. that he may consecrate
himself 10 The great work OF Strengthening his
bi ethren, the farmers of America, so that they
shall ever remain the immoYable foundation OF
this, the only republic whose empire has not
been rapidly undermined.
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No Corner in Fish.

NEW YORK, June Is. Fish Commits
soner Blackford denied that there is danger
of a corner in fish. The market ring was
broken when the price of halibut was so
forced that it became profitable to ship
cargo from Puget Sound to New York.
Several carloads came in one morning.
That cut the prices and knocked the COM
blnation into cooked hat in their attempt
TO make corner.
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A FATAL FIGHT.

Peter Brunhardt Killed and Another Man seri-
ously Wounded
SANTA CRUZ, June ia row occurred
at wood-choppers' camp about five miles
above Boulder Creek this afternoon result
ing in the death of one man and the serious
wounding of one other. From the meager
details to be gained by telephone, the cause
of the fracas cannot be ascertained tonight.
The man vino was killed was Peter Brun-
hardt, cousin Of the Wielands of San Fran
cisco. Bud" Mann, woodsman, was
wounded, but it is not believed seriously.
The men at the camp were mostly Italians.
The Sheriff and Coroner have repaired to
the scene of the tragedy
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RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

Two Boys Struck by Passenger Train and
Killed
CHICAGO, June 15.-Otto and Herman
Boita, aged 10 and Is years respectively.
left the Lake Front Park to-day and started
across the network Of railway tracks be-
tween it and the lake. Suddenly passen-
ger train coming at rapid speed attracted
the attention of the boys, who stood still in
the track, apparently petrifed with fear.
The engine blew a whistle and throngs of
people in the park shouted, but the boys
did not move, and before a hand could be
lifted to save them they were struck and
killed.
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Cars Burned.

DENVER (Colo.), June 15.-This afternoon
sparks from passing locomotive started a
fire in the hay warehouse in the yards of
the Union Depot, and before it could be
gotten under control the private car of Gen.
eral Manager Meek of the Fort Worth road
and fourteen loaded freight cars were
burned. One Pullman sleeper was also
badly damaged The loss is about S25, ,O00
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Three Bathers Drowned.

ANoKA (Minn.). June 15.-Lizzie Murphy
and Nellie Mahoney and tie latter's
brother. Johnnie Mahoney, aged respec-
tisely 90 II and II years, were in bathing
In Rum River, near here, this afternoon.
The little boy got beyond his depth. and In
trying to save him the girls went under and
all three we're drowned.
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Man Drowned.

saloon keeper, was drowned in Stockton
Channel, opposite the steamboat landing,
early this morning. He was to be one of a
large fishing excursion party and got into
small duck-boat to paddle across the chan
mel to where the tug lay. He lost his bal
ance. fell in and was drowned before help
could reach him. His body was recovered
He leaves 4 large family.
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Salvatore Performance.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Haggin's Salvador
was given trial to-day over the Suburban
course at the Sheepshead Bay track, and
covered the distance in 2:07h. The track
was ankle-deep in mud, and experienced
turfmen believe Salvador will win the rich
prize Tuesday,
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Pussy's Long Fast.

On February 10th a live cat was dug out
of ruined building in Lynn, Mass. 1t is
now known beyond doubt that this anil
NAL had been confined in the ash-pit OF an
old-fashioned brick oven ever since the fire,
November %, 1859. Instances of cats liv-
ing without food or drink have been chr0n-
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Litt,e Lord Faun,lerov nvinp.

PHILADELPHIA, June 15.-Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnetts little son Cedric, the
original of Little Lord Fauntleroy, is dying
of consumption at Wayne, near this city.
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The Claarinr-Hnnzns

BosToN, June 15.-The total gross ex-
changes for last week, as shown from dis
patches from the leading Clearing houses
of the United States and Canada, We're
81, 242 917, ,040, an increase of 10.9 per cent as
compared with the corresponding week last
wear
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Murray Lillard and Lewis Fergles were

Murray Lillard and Lewis Fergles were
related by marriage and lived on adjoining
farms on Big Elk Creek, Oregon. until May
31st. Fergles was building a fence when
his father-in-law tried to stop operations
with rifle. His first shot missed when
Fergles took a hand with his gun and put
two bullets into LIZARDS breast, killing
him. The deceased was veteran OF the
Mexican war;
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is man with tastes, and snch mans
pens, ink and paper" must needs come to
a great deal in the course of the year. Such
q man may be considered a fortunate one
who can pay the reckoning by the profits of
his own se-quill.-Augustine Jessup in
the Contemporary Review.
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CHOLERA IN SPAIN.

Inhabitants Ct La Pusbla de Rugat Seek Safety
in Flight.
MADRID, June 15.-There were nine
deaths from cholera in the Puebla de Ru-
gat Saturday and seven fresh cases are re-
ported. Twu-thirds of the inhabitants have
fed from the town. Seven deaths have oc-
CURED at Montichelso, village near Puebla
de Rugat and several fresh cases are re-
nnrted there.
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Ouida and Patti have earned more money
than any other two women of the century.
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Bayard's TIPS.

New YoRK. June 15.-Followinr are Bay
ards tips for the Brighton Beach races:
Lancaster or Esta, Frances l. or Sir Roe, Re
clare or Civil Service, w. Daley Jr. or Que
sal. Badge or Tea Tray. Fordham or Young
Duke
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Fire at Tacoma.

TACOMA, June ia fire this morning
destroyed the building occupied by the
Tacoma Cracker Factory on G street and
gutted the adjoining frame lodging house.
The total loss is $50, 600; insurance $1,000.
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Railroad.OMcer Prom oted

KANSAS CITY, June 15.-The Times to-
morrow will say: -. o. Brinkerhoff.
Superintendent of the Kansas Division of
the Union Pacific, has been appoint
General Manager of the Missouri Division
of that road"
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Fssted for E eht Months.

ALLENTOWN (Pa.). June 15.-Mrs. Adam
Wuchter of South Whitehall for eight
months has taken practically no nourish-
ment. She has not tasted drop of water
since April 4th and her case is puZzling the
physicians. She is barely alive.
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v,nderb,I, r,, Hookwo-m.

George Vanderbilt is slim-b built, pallid-
gray eyes and brown mustache. He is
only nine-and-twenty and the master of
100000 600, yet lie eschews society and leads
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A Civil Eneinesr,s Suicide

WASHINGTON, June 15.-Captain Glance
A. Clark, a well-kn0wn civil engineer, conf
mitted suicide to-day. The cause was nerv-
Gus prostration, superinduced by over work.
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WRECKED THE OFFICE.

Anarchists Wresk Vengeance on a Paris
Newspaper.
PARIS. June 15.-The meeting held here
yesterday to express sympathy with the
arrested nihil;sts was disturbed by
anarchists. The Egalite commented Sc
verely upon the action of the anarchists.
and in revenge thirty Of them made an at
tack upon the office Of that newspaper to-
day and demolished everything in sight.
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ST. LOUIS, June IA fire in Mansur Sc
Tibbets' farm machinery establishment
this afternoon !caused damage of 100000.
The Shapleigh Hardware Company, next
door, suffered loss of $4,000.
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CUFFE QUIT.
A Pr:zc-Fight With an Unsatisfactory Con-
clusicn.

SACRAMENTO, June 15.-The tip was
given out yesterday that there was to be
prize-fght early this morning at resort ON
the Riverside road, and quite crowd as
sembled to witness it. The combatants
were Jim Hall, the ebony-skinned bruiser,
and Ed Cuffe, who fought Tom Avery in
San Francisco, when the latter died in the
ring last year Five rounds were fought be-
tween them when Cuffe refused to 60 on be-
cause there was not money enough in sight.
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Intarnatinnnl prisnn Cnrnrasa

ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.-The Inter-
national Prison Congress and an interest
ing exhibition was opened to-day In the
presence of the whole court.
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The unknown Dead,

New YORK, June 15.-Between sunrise
and sunset to-day seven bodies of unknown
dead were taken out of the river along the
eity front
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Says the Astorian: What's the matter
with having a Constitutional Convention2
Wearing the present State Constitution is
like making a ten-year-old boy wear the
same clothes that fitted him when he was q
tWO-year-Old.
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STRUCK OIL.

A Little Church Sells Out to the Standard Oil
Company
PITTsBURG, June 15.-Three months ago
the Forest Grove Presbyterian Churc h at
CHARTERS was modest little affair." with
debt and meager attendance. Some of the
elders after a hard fight succeeded in getting
a permit to drill an oil well on the premises
Oil was found in abundance. Yesterday
the church sold out bodily to the Standard
Oil Company for $4,000.
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To Counterfeit alifornia pruns,.

says: Native prunes have gained SO much
precedence, owing to the demand. that it is