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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-08-30
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Hosiery and Woolen Mills coming
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The following gentlemen have each
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and the names will be added to this
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show our citizens who have the good
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Certainty Of Protection.

The twomost desirable things life The certainty
protection to the insured family his early
and the certainty of profit the insured when old age
ed The Investment policies Of the Mutual Life combine
these two options, together with many others equally prof.
table.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
The Valencia Late Orange.

The last number OF the Rural Cali
fornian contained paragraph in regard
to the fancy prices obtained this year
for Valencia oranges, and alluded to the
prospects OF market for late oranges
in the future. do not offer to criticise
the paragraph, which was good as far as
it went, but wish to call attention en-
phatically to few facts which are now
we'll established in regard to the orange
in question and prospects:
/. The tree is better grower than
any other budded variety. 1t soon be-
comes large tree capable of supporting
good crop of fruit.
2. 1t bears early.
5. 1t is regular and prolific bearer.
4. Experience last winter showed
that it was less injured by frosts than
any variety except seedlings.
5. No other variety, not even seed
lings, will Withstand the wind as well
as the Valencia. l have seen orchards
where all the other trees were stripped
by wind, and the Valencia was still
there, as though nothing had happened.
l know an orchard from which the
owner has gathered three good crops in
succession from his Valencia trees, and
only one good crop from navels of the
same age; the other two navel crops be-
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
To Produce the Best Olive Oil.

Professor Paparella Of the State uni
versity, who is regarded as an expert in
the matter of olives and olive oil, says
that according to European expert
ence the oil maker who intends to pro-
duce oil of the highest quality must
avoid, in its extraction. the grinding OF
the pits. The kernel contains an oil of
inferior quality and will spoil the fine
oil from the pulp. An exception may
exist in the case of varieties which, like
the Mission, have abortive kernels.
The crushing of the pits may of course
be avoided by the use of adjustable
crushers, which crush the pulp while
allowing the pit to pass intact.
In this manner oil of very high quail
ity is obtained. Practically, the small
quantity of oil yielded by the pits may
be neglected, because this loss will be
largely repaid by the higher price at
which superfne oil can be sold. This
lose, moreover, concerns only the first
pressing, for the pomace can then be
passed again through the mill in order
to grind the pits and to have homo
geneous paste with the residues from the
pulp. The paste at the second pressing
will give a common oil of edible quality,
which would find market at lower
price,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20

There was great hurrying to and fro of
the employees, and the circus proprietor
and the elephant keeper left the ring for
consultation. In few minutes the pro-
prietor returned and announced with re-
gret that the performance could not take
place The fact was, he said, that the
elephant had recognized in the keyboard
OF the instrument portion of the tusls of
his long lost mother, who had fallen a
prey to the ivory hunters of Africa. He
had suggested to the keeper that another
piano might be procured, but that expert
had informed him that the animal was SO
overcome with emotion that it would be
impossible for it to perform that evening.
Under these circumstances he. suggested
that the Russian Hymn" followed by the
"Marseillaise, should be played by the
band The entertainment was thus
brought to a close amid the frantic ap-
plause of the audience.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20

teresting problem to horticulturists.
That figs can be successfully produced
in immense quantities is demonstrated
and their quality is improving from year
to year as new varieties come to the
front. The main difficulty seems to be
in curing them in a manner that will
make them marketable in competition
with imported figs. We have no doubt
that this problem will be successfully
solved in the near future. In the
meantime the growing of figs for use in
their natural state will continue a good
business. Inspector Strawbridge, who
is good authority on this subject, esti-
mates that in the present condition of
the market the grower of figs may ex-
pect to realize $400 per acre from FIVE
year-old trees, well cared for. OF course
this supposes such cultivation and care
as Mr.. Strawbridge gives his orchards; /;
but as few compete with him in this re-
spect the estimate may be too high for
the average grower.-[Whittier Regis
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
ing almost failures for one reason or

other.
Now, in regard to the market. We
are producing deciduous fruits on this
coast because we expect to sell such
fruit in the east two years in four, or
perhaps three years in five, when the
fruit crop fails there. The experience
of 1890 and of 1892 has shown
that a lite orange sells we'll in
the east when people there are
obliged to get their fruit from this
coast. The orange floats upon the
same market level as deciduous fruit.
Good oranges were selling in Boston in
July of this year at So per box. or 10
cents pound. This was about the
price OF deciduous fruit. High prices
for deciduous fruits make high prices
for oranges. If it is safe to rely upon
deciduous fruits on account of scarcity
in the east. then it is safe to rely upon a
late orange to sell there under the same
circumstances.
] will mention one more point. We
are beginning to market our fruits in
England lin competition with pauper
labor with fair prospects of success.
Many persons who have lived in London
have told me that the market is bare of
oranges at time when the Valencia
would be marketed. 1t could easily be
kept in the markets until November
w. r. Barbour in Rural Californian.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
NEWS NOTES ABOUT RANCHES,
Typical Facts About Southern
California Farms.
Some of the Guavas Raised Success
fully in Florida.
To Produce the Best Olive Oil - Fig
Culture in the Future Grape
Molasses Work for
November.

The last number of Farm and Home
contains the following on the guava cul-
tivated in Florida.
Among the tropical fruits this is one
of the most common and popular, and
some cali it the ''peach of Florida" :"
There are about so botanical species,
and all, perhaps with one exception, are
natives of the tropical regions of the
American continent, and found native
in no other part of che world. The seeds
are abundant in all species and germin-
ate freely. They are about the size and
shape Of those of the tomato, and the
internal structure of the fruit resembles
that vegetable. The favor is quite pc
culiar and pronounced, and at first not
always liked. To the taste it is pleas
ant acid. The crop usually ripens in
late summer, although some varieties
bear during the entire year. The three
following named kinds are we'll estab-
lished in Florida, and to some extent in
California
Psidium guava common apple or pear
guava) is so tender that the slightest
frost kills the trees. When killed to
the ground the stalks send up numerous
sprouts, which soon bear fruit. The
size and form of the tree are somewhat
like the peach and it bears abundantly.
There are numerous varieties of this
species, the fruits of which differ
slightly in form, size and color. Usually
they are from two to three inches in di-
ameter. oval in shape and pale yellow in
color. The surface of the fruit is smooth,
but not glossy, the flesh being pink or
Whitieh yellow. The odor is strong, but
the taste ia pleasant sub-acid. The
guava jelly, famous the world over as
one of the most delicious of conserves,
is made chiefly from this species. The
fruit is also eaten fresh with sugar and
cream, or preserved and canned as other
fruits.
P. cattleyanum. or strawberry guava.
is much more hardy than the former,
being able to endure a slight frost with
out serious injury. 1t grows bushy,
from to 6 feet high, barely exceeding
II inches in diameter, and pyriform,
with the apex at the blossom end. 1t is
dull red in color, with numerous round
spots. The flavor is pleasant, though
quite acid, somewhat resembling the
strawberry, and free from the strong
odor OF P. guava.
p. lucidum, or Mexican guava, is COM
monty called yellow cattley guava in
Florida, and has been cultivated less
than the others. 1t is shrub, and is
as hardy as P. cattleyanum. 1t bears
abundantly, and the fruit is one to two
inches in diameter, nearly round, and
pale lemon yellow. Its flavor is quite
tart. 1t has but little of the peculiar
guava smell.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
Work for November.

D. Edison Smith in the November
Rural Californian says: Grape vines may
now be trimmed and the trimmings
burned in the vineyard. Large vine
yards will need an iron sled. with a
large sheet iron box in which to throw
the cuttings and burn them. A span of
horses attached to the sled with long
chain draws the sled across the field.
For small vineyards take four empty oil
cans and slit down one corner OF each
so that they will spread; place these
cans over four vines 30 as to form q
square, in which you burn your trim
mings, the cans protecting the vines
from the heat. Start the plow imme-
diately after the first rain. Plow deep
80 that the soil will hold every drop Of
the winter rain.
Try and arrange to have all the stock
under shelter rainy nights. Although
we have no billiards., it pays to keep all
the COWS and calves and colts we'll shell
tered from our winter rains. Give the
colts plenty of exercise, but don't strain
or overdrive them in the least.
Lemons and late apples and pears are
to be gathered this month. Pick the
fruit carefully, taking great pains to not
bruise it in the least. Place on trays in
cool, dark place. The trays of apples
may be stacked in shady place out of
doors, and occasionally sprinkle with a
hand pump, if there is not suficint rain
to keep them from shliveling. If YOU
have no late pear or apple trees, and
can find kind that does we'll in your
vicinity, don't neglect planting few.
Baked pears and apple sauce make
most healthfnl food, accompanied with
good. bread, Jersey butter and poached
egg.
Eggs are good price this month, and
with small fochs of Leghorns or Indian
game, with warm house, plenty of
ground green bone, steamed, cut alfalfa
and bran half and half, little whole
barley. corn and wheat at night, with
plenty Of pure water and grit, you ought
to be satisfied with the profits of your
poultry. l keep my hens confined the
year round, and use broken glass ex-
clusively for grit.
Beets, peas, onions, cabbages, cauli.
flower and lettuce may be planted this
month. Every reader of this journal
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
A TRULY REMARKABLE BRUTE.
Latest Illustration of the Memory of the
EleDlant.

Latest Illustration of the Memory of tho
Elephant.
The sagacity of the elephant is ''chest-
nut" in all story books for boys but re-
cent letter from Europe shows it up in an
entirely new light, and incidentally shows
that while the sagacity of the brute is
indeed wonderful, that of his exhibitor is
simply marvellous, besides having the su-
preme merit of being pecuniarily fruitful.
The account runs thus:
The proprietor of the circus announced
that on certain night his elephant would
play the Russian hymn on piano with his
trunk. Intense interest was aroused, and
when the evening came the expectant pub
lie crowded the circus to the roof After
the usual performances four men carried
in cottage piano, which they placed in
the center Of the arena. Then the intelli-
gent animal was brought in, paraded with
much dignity three times around the ring,
and then amid the keenest excitement ad-
vanced to the piano. With movement of
his trunk he touched the keyboard, but
hardly had he done so when surprising
change came over him. He trembled with
fear and rage, whirled his trunk into the
air, and then with a scream of terror
rushed out of the arena
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
Molasses Made from Grapes

E. P. Norwood has discovered new
use for grapes that cannot be converted
into wine or raisons, says the Ontario
Observer. He expresses their Juice,
which he boils into thick syrup. y From
four gallons of juice one gallon of grape
molasses can be made. When Muscat
or other sweet grapes are used less
quantity of juice is required for a gallon
of syrup. Grapes which have been
spoiled in curing can by boiling be
readily coverted into syrup. Grape mo-
lasses is said to be wholesome and palat-
BILE product, and it may some day be-
come one of the staples in every grocery.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
The Widow of Composer schumann.

Clara Schumann, the widow of the
composer, is said to be in failing health.
Robert Schuma2a fell in love with her
when she was but thirteen years of age.
She was already on the concert stage,
and, with her maiden name of Clara
Week, had won reputation as
pianist. Schumann was a lawyers
clerk, but studied music with his in
amorata's father, and after seven years
Of courtship won his wife. It was not
until after his marriage that his wife
succeeded in inducing him to attempt
musical composition. Since his death
his widow has devoted herself to inter-
preting his works.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20

in Southern California should try and at
tend either the Farmers, institute at
Santa Ana. November ID and 16, or the
meeting of the Pathological society at
Pomona, November % and 20. These
meetings are of great value to all who
attend them, and 1 think it duty we
owe to ourselves and society to attend
and take part in these meetings. Each
can receive or impart valuable inform
alton on one or more of the varied topics
discussed at these meetings.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
Struck It with q Saw.

A horseshoe imbedded in an oak tree was
discovered at Albany, WASH, by man
with steam saw. The horseshoe was en-
tirely out of sight, and caused considerable
surprise when the saw struck it. The shoe
some time had been placed in the crotch Of
small oak grub which had grown up
around it,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
vooDoo AND SNAKES.

Such or similar was the conversation
overheard by recent tourist in Terre
Bonne parish, La, and it excited his Gu
riosity so much that he made study of
the case of Old Nance. OF course he
heard the above by accident, as the colored
people are very shy of letting a white man
known their views on the hoodoo A
correspondent of the Philadelphia Times
gives us additional particulars about Old
Nance, who has impressed not only her
own race, but has astonished many whites.
"The way she does it," says this CORE
Epondent, lis to apparently swallow num-
Der of small snakes of a variety unknown
in this section. They are of dusky color,
nearly black, pied with q dull green about
the fiat head, and of u dirty white in the
belly. The reptiles remain secreted about
Old Nance's cabin until she gives n peculiar
whistling call, when they will come to her,
wriggling in great haste over the floor, up
her dress and run into her open mouth,
Kissing hideously. They disappear and re-
main hidden sometimes for minutes. She
asserts that they are concealed in her
stomach until she recalls them, when they
will come pouring out to writhe about her
scraggy neck and coil in her bosom.
Where the snakes really go when they
vanish in her mouth is a mystery, and has
puzzled all the physicians about, many
having come from New Orleans to witness
the phenomenon. Some really believe that
the snakes do go down into the stomach,
while others are convinced the witch is
simply playing some sleight of hand trick
on them, but If the latter is the case it is
so cleverly done that there is no detecting
the performances"
Old Nance says the snakes are certain
death to any other person who touches
them, and SO far no one has ventured to
test it, She is such hideous object while
engaged in these incantations that only
the firmest nerved whites can look at her
unmoved, while the negroes flee in horror.
AS a Voodoo priestess she is indeed a bril>
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
NatnraI Shine Hacking.

Rush valley. Utah Territory, has rnineI
of natural shoeblacking An analysis of
the peculiar stuff reveals the fact that it is'
composed of 16 per cent. Of carbon, 18 per-
cent. of bitumen and the remainder alumni
lum. almost pure.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
Dandrun.

This annoying scalp trouble, which
gives the hair an untidy appearance. ID
cured by ekookum roct hair grower,
All druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20

Buggy robes, horse blankets at Foy's old re.
liable saddlery house, 315 N. Los Angeles st.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20

Fig Culture in the Future.
just what will be the future OF fig
culture in Southern California is an in
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
California vinegar works,

555 Banning street, opposite soap factory.
near Alameda and First Streets one-hat block
from electric light works.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20

The Angels take the pennant at the end of the
season; so do we during it for fine goods. Null
len, Bluett & Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20

AngOstura Bitters is known all over the world
as the great regulator of digestive organs. DR..
SiegeIts is the only genuine. At all druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-26

The London General Omnibus company
is about to make thorough trial of an
improved horseshoe, which is said to have
been subjected to severe tests on the
European continent with very satisfactory
results. The arrangement, which is the
invention of a Frcnchman named Pigot, is
a very simple one 1t is described by The
Industrial World as consisting merely in
afliXing to the under part of the shoe two
strips of cork, one on each side. The cork
strips are held in position by two very thin
sheet iron plates firmly fastened together
by a rivet. The outer edges of these plates
are slipped between the shoe and the hoOf.
The inner edges are turned upward. form
ing flanges between which and the inner
edge of he'shoe the cork blocks are tight
ly fixed. Between these flanges is fitted
screwed bolt with nuts at either end so
that when the nuts are tightly screwed
against the ,ilangeS the whole is perfectly
immovable. In order to hold the cork still
firmer in position the corners of the
ilanges are turned down over it, thus
forming n couple of sockets, into which the
cork, which at first slightly projects over
the surface of the shoe, is jammcd and
compressed more firmly every day by the
weight of the horse, These shoes are said
to enable the horse TO obtain such grip
upon a slippery surface that slipping is
almost impossible and strainiDg is greatly
diminished.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-26

For long preservation the limo and
salt solution, if kept in u cool place. Is
the best formula for the purpose. For
large quantities the usual proportions
observed are: Sixty-fve gallons of water,
one bushel good, uuslackcd lime and
eight quarts salt. Slack the lime in a
portion of the water and then add the
balance and the salt Stir well and skim
off until it is clear. In this pickle keep
the eggs completely immersed by
weighting them down. When the eggs
have been filled in spread a cloth over
them and lay on it thr~e or four inches
of the lime remaining after it has been
Stacked, keeping all under the brine. For
small quantities use the materials in
about the same proportions, keep in Il
cool place and use only fresh eggs.
The American Agriculturist suggests
for the lime solution twenty pounds of
fresh lime and one pound of salt &c
twenty gallons of water; this amount
will cover half barrel of eggs. TLt
best time to pack eggs is in March
April or May, and again in the months
of September, October and November
Eggs stored away dry in salt or other,
wise, if placed with the small ends
downward, will keep longer than when
they are laid without any regard to
their position. Large quantities Of eggs
are now successfully kept in cold stor.
age without any other preserving pro,
Cess
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-26

Boil one-half pound of potatoes till quite
soft, skin them and mash with the back of
a spoon. Rub them through a fine wire
sieve, add one-half pound fresh butter
melted, the same quantity of powdered
sugar and four well beaten eggs. Mix all
we'll together with glass of red wine.
Place the mixture in a well buttered mold
tie a wet cloth over it and boil for thirty
minutes; then turn out carefully and cover
with the following sauce: A tablespoonful
of red currant jelly, one of wine, and the
same of hot butter thoroughly heated in &
small enamel saucepan. Mounds of rec
currant jam should be arranged around
the dish
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-26

The accompanying sketch introduces us
into Louis XIV bedroom, designed and
carried out with the utmost skill and good
taste of the decorators 5 art. 1t is an excel
lent illustration of the elegance and costli-
ness of decoration in the French style, for
which a craze now prevails. The bed has
a silver green .brocaded coverlet, margined
with rose color and deep fiounce of lace.
This bed iscalled "Twin bed, =" and as the
mattresses are separate the foot or end of
the bed is made to hinge open for conven-
fence of making the beds. The canopy is
draped in rose color silk and Brussels lace,
and is upheld by carved cupids. Another
cupid holds an electric light and floats in
mid air among the draperies
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-05-26


beautiful under fur which constitutes the
UealslSin of the furricrs. The other is
called the "cared" seal, because it has
small external ears not found in the Eu-
ropean species. This fur seal of commerce
is captured in thousands in the Behring
sea and is known as the sea bear or fur
seal Of the north Pacific, the Otaria.ursina
Tegetmier, the excellent English au.
thority, gives the following facts in the
life history of this seal'
The males, as in all the cared seals, are
very much larger than the females. They
are polygamOus, and spend the greater
part of their lives in the waters Of the Pa
cific, but at the breeding time strange mi
grations take place. They seek some is
land where the coast is shelving and they
can readily get out Of the water, and there
they establish what are called 'rookeries." "
The old males arrived at their full size and
development, and furnished with powerful
canine teeth are the first to land. Each OF
them takes up a small tract Of ground
which he regards as his own and defends
against all aftercomers, who have 10 pass
through the line of the first arrivals and
| take up places in the rear. The young
males that are not full grown do not at
| tempt to contest with the older ones, but
| collect in enormous herds. These bachelor
| seals as they are called, take up their resi-
| dence on the island at some distance from
| the old males. When the females arriv,
| furious combats for their possession taxi
place between the old males, and at las
| they settle down in what we may call fam
| lilies, where the young are born and re
main until they are fit to take to th