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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

inch of the ring above mentioned. This
done. wrap q silk handkerchief around
one of those cylindrical brushes which
are used for cleaning lamp chimneys,
and with it rub sIncrtly the interior of
the tube, taking care that your fingers
10 not touch any part of the tinfoil.
II You try the experiment In dark
cncd room. each time YOU draw the
hrUsh completely ont of the glass cylin-
der YOU viii see . brilliant spark fash
between the two strips of foil, afford
ing an excellent example of the cleo
IRRIGATION Of glass by friction
For another experiment attach to
the glass tube, passing it around the
ring OF tinfoil, a bit of brass or iron
wire, to the lower end of which YOU
have suspended slips of thin paper, OBJ
tanned by cutting Il couple of cigarette
papers lcngthwiac into three portions
Rub the inside Of the tube as before,
inserting the brush, still wrapped in
the handkerchief, at the opposite end,
/. C., that remote from the straight
strip of foil. The metallic ring be-
comes charged with electricity, which
passes down the wire to the little strips
of paper, and you will see them di-
verge, mutually repclling each other
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
THE ACIDS OF FRUITS.
Qualities to Which Many of Them Owe
Their Nutrition

Qualities to Which Many of Them Owe
Their Nutrition.
Mr.. George w. johnson, in his Chem
istry of the World, says in describing
the vegetable food of the world"
1.-THE grateful acid of the rhubarb
leaf arises from the malic acid and BIZ
noXalate of potash which it contains;
the acidity OF the lemon, orange and
other species of the genus citrus is
caused by the abundance of citric acid
which their juice contains; that of the
cherry, plum, apple and pear, from the
malic acid in their pulp; that of goose
berries and currants, black, red and
white, from IL mixture of malic and
citric acids; that of the grape from &.
mixture of malic and tartaric acids:
that of the mango from citric acid and
a very fugitive essential oil; that of
the tamarind from mixture of citric.
malic and tartaric acids; the flavor of
asparagus from aspartic acid, found
also in the root of the marshmallow,
and that of the cucumber from n pecul-
lar poisonous ingredient called fun
gin, which is found in all fungi, and is
the cause of the cucumber being offens-
i've to some stomachs. 1t will be OBJ
served that rhubarb is the only fruit
which contains binoxalate of potash
in conjunction with an acid. 1t is this
ingredient Which renders the fruit SO
wholesome at the carly commencement
of the summer, and this is one of the
wise provisions of nature for supplying
blood purifier at time when it is
likely to be most needed. Beet root
owes its nutritious quality to about
nine per cent. of sugar which it con-
tains, and its flavor to peculiar sub
stance containing nitrogen mixed with
poetic acid. The carrot owes it's fa t.
tening powers also to sugar, and its
flavor to peculiar fatty oil; the horse
radish derives its flavor and blistcring
power from Il volatile acrid oil. The
Jerusalem artichokc contains fourteen
and n half per cent. of sugar and three
per cent. of inulin Ga variety of sturch),
besides gum and Il peculiar substance
to which its flavor is owing; and lastly
garlic and the rest of the onion family
derive their peculiar odor from vel
lowish, volatile acrid oil, but they are
nutritious from containing nearly half
their weight of gummy and glutinous
substances not yet clearly defined"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
POPULAR SCIENCE.

AS air brake for pneumatic bicycles
has been introduced in England. 1t
consists Of 81 self-nhated air cushion,
which Is covered by II wearing pad, the
whole being inclosed in a neat metal
case which is attached to the plunger
by a screw thread.
WHAT is said to be the smallest cleo
trio light installation in the world is
to be found in the village of Bremen,
near Dormbach, in Thuringia. 1t com
prises single arc lamp installed in a
church, the lamp being operated by n
small dynamo driven by the wheel of
the village mill.
THE French government still has
faith in the practicability of submarine
boats, and the minister of marine has
recently given orders for the construc-
ton of one of these vessels at Cher
bourg. 1t is to be larger than the one
which is now being built at Toulon,
and it will be known as the Morse.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
In the Police Court,

In the police court yesterday the case
OF L, r. Owen, for fast driving, was con-
tinued. William Driscoll was fined S.
for being drunk and down. Andrew
Dawson, drunl; and resisting officers,
Sl0.25. Charles Jones, for com hitting
q nuisance, So. Charles Fratt, DRUM,
on the street, $3.50. Charles Trout,
drunk and committing nuisance, 81. 50.
A. L. Bauton, for carrying concealed
weapons, $40. r. Ii. Williams, for a
misdemcanor, So. Cornelius Layne,
for throwing q rock at Minnie Garst,
had his case continued until this morn
inr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS.
Bronze Lurs In the Copenhagen
National Museum.
The Quaint Horns Played by the Heather
Bards or Scalds at the Courts of
Morse Kings and In tho
Groves of tho Gods.

The National museum in Copenhagen,
which is SO well known and renowned
for its excellent and admirably ar
ranged collections of northern antioui-
ties, contains number Q0) of kind
OF musical instrument called the EUR"
(thc pronounced like 90 in poor),
which date back to the bronze age,
and which have all been found in boys.
as have also so many others of the old
treasures contained in that interesting
museum. a few instruments of the
same kind (S( have been found in PROV
inces in Sweden formerly belonging to
Denmark, and five have been found on
the Baltic coast of Germany nearest to
Denmark. There is nothing like this
instrument elsewhere in the world.
An instrument used in parts of the
East Indies at the present day is the
nearest approach in some respects, but
it varies very materially from the
''lurs."
The outward appearance of the '.lur"
is represented in the adjoining cuts. 1t
is generally six or seven feet long.
twisted into two planes perpendicular
on one another, and furnished with an
ornamental collar at the butt or fur
Their end. 1t is cast from kind of
bronze, only one to one and half mil
limcters thick. Gould we not do this
at our present dny?) TO increase the
difficulty of construction, it is perfect
ly conical from end to end, cast in
pieces, and Joined together as indicated
in the adjoining illustrations, and, as
already stated, of a twisted shape.
All the instruments of this kind
found outside of Denmark are more or
less fragmentary. OF the specimens in
the Danish collection ten arc whole,
and of these again six have just been
slightly restored under Che auspices of
the author and musical critic, Angul
lIamnerich. who has caused some art
list musicians from the royal chapel to
experiment with and practice on the
restored specimens, with the very in
teresting result that these can now be
played upon and emit tones as pure.
soft and strong as when they were first
touched with human lips, between
1900 and 5000 years ago. Well may
we wonder at the constructive skill.
the perfect knowledge of acoustics
and the state of civilization in those
remote times evinced by these old in
struments 1t is, of course, the pre-
serving power of the bog water which
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
THE WORLDS FAIR,
Final Arrangements for the Sale of Ticketi
via the Ii. g. o. r.

Final Arrangements for the Sale of Tickets
via the Ii. g. o. R.R.
For the beneftof those desiring to at.
tend the Worlds Fair the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tickets
to Chicago and return, at ali stations on
its line, at low rates Tickets will be
on sale until November LIST, and will be
valid for return journey until November
18th, 1898. They provide for reduction
OF 90 per cent. below regular rates.
These tickets will be valid only for con-
tinuous journey. Tickets at higher
rates will bo sold that will permit hold
ers one stop over privilege going and
returning.
Tourists via the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad will traverse the historic Po-
tomac Valley, the theatre of the war
between tho States At Cumberland
they will be offered choice of routes,
via Pittsburg, or across the ALLEGHENY
mountains, 1900 feet above the level OF
tho sea and via Deer Park and Oakland,
the famous summer resorts. The scenery
along the Baltimore and Ohio route is
tho most picturesque in America. Pull
man accommodations may be reserved
IN advance Of journey. For rates and
information apply to nearest b. G. o.
ticket agent, or Chas, o. Scull, General
Passenger Agent, Baltimore, Md.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
The Mouths of Leaves.

The botanist, the real investigator
who has got doSn to making real e.
plorations for himself, will talk to YOU
about the thousands of minnie "sto-
mates" on the surface of leaf. These
invisible "stomatcs" are really She
mouths through which the leaves take
in carbonic acid. They are most
abundant on the upper surface OF
leaves; each is an oval opening guard
ed by pair of lips which open and
close according to requirements. They
vary from less than 1000 to more than
10000 to the square inch of leaf sur
face.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
ELECTRIC MACHINE.

Ono That Is So Simple That 1t Can BE
Made at Home.
BY means of the simple arrange
ments here illustrated one can repeat
on small scale many of the expert
mcnts usually performed in a fully APP
pointed laboratory. TO make this lit
tie electric machine one should take u
lamp chimney and fastcn round it's
center with Il little gum or paste
ring of thin tinfoil. familiar as being
nacd to wrap round cakes of chocolate
etc. Paste also Il narrow slip OF SINH
lar foil along the glass from one of it's
ends to within about one-third of an
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
THE TIMES KODAK.
interesting News Items Gath.
cred Around Salem.

The friends of Henry Custer paid his
fine yesterday and he was released from
jail.
Dyer e Sims, of Roanoke, yesterday
moved and loaded on the cars the boiler
and engine formerly belonging to
Adams, Clements & Co., which have
been sold to the owners Of the Ponce de
Leon Hotel in Roanoke.
Shortly after three o'clock yesterday
afternoon as an extra west, bound freight
train was passing through the Salem
passenger depot brake beam of one of
the cars dropped and catching on the
wooden crossing raised the end OF the
car, causing the aw.head to pull out
and drop on the track, thus cutting tho
train in two. Before the rear end of the
train could be brought to standstill
the hind trucks of two gondolas ran
over the drawhead and jumped the
track. Conductor Glass by skillful
management managed to get the track
clear in time T the evening train.
The Beamer brothers expect shortly
to remove to Rsdtord, where thsy will
go into business.
w, w. Moffett is preparing fer publ
cation the facts preceding and the cir.
cumstances leading up to the as sas sim
ooAOh VI LIS OIOIucf, New. y. II. MOUOtt,
in Danville, which will be published
along with the evidence in the case.
His publication will not be offered to
the public until the fall, or until after
j. 7. Clark's fate has been finally de-
termined. Mr.. Monett's work has no
connection with that which is now being
sold by Richmond firm for speculation,
mis- being simply memorial in justifi.
cation OF his brother.
George w. Logan, who recently pur-
chased the Chapman residence in West
Salem, is now in Alabama but will re-
turn about the first Of June with his
family and viii then AXE Salem his
homo.
Capt. w. w Rand and wife left
yes,erd; y for bristol, where thew will
remain for about two weeks.
DIR. D. Z. Saunders is in Chilhowie
where he has been called by the serious
illness OF his mother.
At recent meeting of the electo
board of Roanoke county w. T. Lockett
was appointed a judge OF election for
Tinker Creek precinct, vice John H.
Hannah, who is q candidate for SUPER
visor OF Big Lick district.
r. a. Moomaw, who las been con-
fined to his bed for some weeks past
with sciatic rheumatism, is little
better.
H. j. SenaY, whose term in Roanoke
county Jail of six months for arson has
recently expired, has opened a drug
store in Blueield
policeman Charles Bransford yes.
terday received an appointment from
Col. g. M. Farnham, as one of the Col.
umbian Guards at the Worlds Fair,
which he obtained mainly through the
kind services Of Rev. DR.. Taylor.
Thieves stole twenty-five fowls and
lot of meal and chop from the premises
of w. B. Wade, near the Salem Machine
Works, Wednesday night, also ali the
hens belonging to his neighbor, George
Beck.
w. Fl. Tinsley has recently secured
the right OF way, as far as Mason's
creek, for q telephone line between
Roanoke and Salon, to be operated by
the Bell Telephone Company. 1t is
thought that the right of way to some
central point in Salem can be obtained,
as it is believed that telephone connec.
ton with Roanoke is desired.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
TO GO WEST.

Salem having been connected with
Roanoke by electric cars. which as.
sures cheap and rapid transit to par.
ties living in Salem and working in
Roanoke, and as Salem can give in her
Inherent factories employment to a
large number of young ladies; also
cheap homes either to renters or buyers
Ihls In connection with her cheap
markets make it very desirable to the
majority of US just now. For further
information address box 6s, Salem, Va.
3 10 lay limo
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

Ellen Briggs, q colored woman, resid.
ing near Hollins, was found dead in her
bed yesterday morning She retired in
apparent good health, and the cause of
her death is not known.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

CALL for the horse brand Of Johnson's
Magnetic Oil. 1t has no equal for the
diseases Of horses and cattle. Sold BY
Christian & Barbee.
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Catogni,a Reaianrnnt.

SO Salem avenue. Finest restaurant in
Roanoke. breakfast and supper CSC,
dinner $50. Tables reserved for
ladies'. J: j. Cat0gni, Proprietor. L.
Turner, Manager.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
CITY DIRECTORY.

OF the Principal Business
Houses Of Roanoke.
The following Is Published dsily 10,
the benefit Of atrsngera and the publia
generally. 1t includes all trades and
professions and cannot fail to provo Of
interest to all who intend .rsnsactius
business in Roanoke:
holland g DE sAUSsURE, ArchI -ects. Nm.
w iSnif {. if RRi6, Masor,e Temn,,
ATTORNETS-AT-LAw.
MoHuGH u BAKER, Room 800 Terry Dui.d,ne
BOOTS. SHOES. TRUNKS, ETC.
l. BACaRACH, 81 Salem ave.
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS.
Ed. AMWKG, Terry building.
FRANK K. MAY. Room 2.o Terry Buid.ng.
BUSINESS COLLEGE,.
NAT. BUS. COLLEGE, 3.d ave. d uenrys,.
CANDY. n.AN,RR. FANCY CAKE BaKuu
81 ICE CREAM FURNISHEE.
CAToGNIs, 80 saic1o ave.
CLOTHIER, TAILOR AND r1Armru
ave. 0-'' ~ eA''%
COURT sTENOGRAPHER.
CHAs L. GRAVES. ofrce room eos Terry gIsp
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
g. W. SISLEK, 407 Second st. n. g.. ,cofnna "a,
kets' robes, &c), Tel. loe.
FURNITURE. CARPETS, ETC.
COPPER d STONE, &c Salem Gye GO.
GRocEns.
+. q. WALKER, Campbell ST.. deer east Of JEFF
HARDWARE, WHOLESALE AND ICE.
TAIL.
BROWN d JOHNSTON, II yenerso. ,,,,.,
Telephone 4b. '''''''
HAY. GRAIN. &c.
DANIEL & Holiday, x Kirk. roar pr
LIQUOR DEALERS.
OPPENHEIM d CO.'S EyCHASOg. co, con
mcrce and Campbe,! s;,eets.
LUMBER, LATKs AND sEINa1eu
81 a. CLARE Co, Office 100 Henry ,tres,.
81 e21 l dfG GEyorSthIIs
car Dad only. Hr tEs
MERCHANT TAILORA-
LEWIS, TINES Building.
PAwNBROKERs.
3. NYBURG. % Railroad ave., Sc.
PHOTOGRAPHS.
ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Nc.
H.V. LINRBACK uccessor TO Eutsler. 81 ga, m
avenue.
PLUMBING. GAs-FITTING, no.
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING CO., re,
III south Jefferson Street.
PRACTICAL HORsEsIxoER.
ID; 1879 AAtsY Greats all diseases Of horses' Isasl
REAL ESTATE.
SIMMONS d TINsLRY, 10 Jefferson ct.
RENTAL AGENTS.
ID. a. O'MoHUNDRO. 9. Jefferson street
soAvENGER AND GARBAGE WORE
PRYOR WOoDSON, 223 Fourth ave- 4. ",
SEWING aIACETNES.
NRW home, j. a. CAMPBELL. Agent, E3s
Henry etreet.
SHOEMAKERS
D. MORGAN, the Shoemaker Naked and res
pairs all kinds OF boots and shoes ct lGi Nelson
street, opposite market house. Satisfsct.oV
guaranteed
STEAM LAUNDRIEs.
DIXIE, Franklin srd Second sts tel iag.
s7ENOGRAPHERs d TYPEWRITGEE
O. NJ HoasETT, room u Masonic Temple.
TRANSFER COMPANIES.
ROANOKE TRANSFER COMPANY. Package
Room. South Jerereon ct. tel. ll9.
CITY MARKET.
OHOICE MEATS.
SREADY Ikeepe the bes.l,s stall 8, Market Ro-ss
3. Is. CATT, stall No. (sGusage Bpecia!tU
J. ". HOGAN, Stall 9.
THOMAS NELSON. stall No.
w. N. SALE, stall No. IS.
CURED HAMS, BEEF, LARD, NJ
II. j. KEMP Especially best tongues), stall if
FRESH FISH. OYSTERS AND PRoDuua.
b. &. oDKLL BROS, CITY Market.
DRESSED FOWLS, VEGETABLES, 80,
g. J. AKERS, City Market.
D. W. slMCOE, City Market.
PRODUCE, YIsR AND OyspEEs
HUDSON d DEAL, 10 Salem ayenao a.
(Wholeealo and retsi1.
ROANOKE DRESSED BEEB 90.
N. RENSCH. Stall No. G.
NOTTINGHAM & HAELHTT,
THE LEADING
COAL and WOOD DEALERS.
We always have Lump Pc.
cahOntas Coal Couad G&o
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19
SHOENAISEHs

SHOEMAKEEsS
D. HORGAN, the Shoemaker. Makes and re-
pairs all kinds OF boots and shoes ct 1G4 NelsoN
street, opposite market house. SatisfsctioT
guaranteed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

H. j. SenaY, whose term in Roanoke
county Jail OF six months for arson has
recently expired, has opened a drug
81 )re in Rluefield
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

Elk policeman Charles Bransford yes.
terday received an appointment from
Col. G. M. Farnham, as one of the Col
umbian Guards at the Worlds Fair,
which he obtained mainly through the
kind services of Rev. DR.. Taylor.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

LUMBER, LATEs AND sRINGLEs.
~ a. CLARE & Co, Office 100 Henry .tres,.
essqie5Pgb 81 a e mil, hf9
car Dad only. 'r lee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

STEAM LAUNDRIEa,
DIXIE, Franklin sId Second ste., tel. iS!,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

PLUMBING. GAs-FITTING, no,
ROANOKE SANITARY PLUMBING Co, y
10 South jefferson Street. -
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

R. a. Moomsw, who las been con-
fined to his bed fer some weeks past
with sciatic rheumatism, is q little
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

At a recent meeting of the electoral
board of Roanoke county w. T. Lockett
was appointed judge OF election for
Tinker Creek precinct, vice John H.
Hannah, who is candidate for super
visor OF Bio Lick dist-ict
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-19

PHOTOGRAPHS.
ROANOKE PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, Nc.
Salem avenue. ~
H.V. LINKBACK uccessor 10 Eutslnr ~ a.i -
avenue.
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sTENOGRAPHERs d TYPEWRIT8Es
@. III. HOGSETT, room y Masonic Temple.
The record-union., 1893-05-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS

The "New England Magazine' Boston
for June opens with an Interesting paper
dealing with The Boston Tea PARTY"
1t is fully illustrated and is by Francis E,
Abbott. Price Collier gives the history
OF 1.-The Old Meeting House in bingham.
Mass" Charlotte Forlen Grimke gives a
pleasant chapter of her Personal Recol-
iections of the Poet Whittier" Ralph
Adams Cram writes sonnet, Dante in
Fxile.n John Albee contributes a sketch.
a Mountain Maid" There is an in
stallment of Benjamin Penhallow Shilla-
beris autobiography, Experiences Dur
lng Many Years" Charles Frederick
Danforth writes on Trout Fishing in
New England" 1t is illustrated. Albert
Hardy Tells of the delights OF June in
delicate verse. Professor julius E. Olson
contributes an able and judicial account
OF "Norway's Struggle for Political Lib
erty." Mrs. Helen CampbelPs serial,
'John Ballantyne, American" is con-
tinued. Edith NJ. Thomas Is represented
by a strong poem, "The Fugitive" based
upon Heine's line, II Shall Return to
God" Edith Mary Norris. the poet and
story-writer, conducts a department OF
The record-union., 1893-05-30
CROP CONDITIONS.
They Are Excellent in the Upper Sac
ramento Valley.
Some Loss in Fruit Because of the
High Winds-Berries RipenIng
Down south.

The average temperature during the
week over the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin Valleys was 81, deficiency of 2o
from the normal temperature. The de-
ticiency at Red Bluff was20 Sacramento
was normal, while Fresno was deficient
20-that is, % less than normal. The
average precipitation was nothing, a de
ticiency during the week of .09 of an inch
below the normal. The deficiency at
Red Bluff was IL of an inch, Sacramento
.09 of an inch and Fresno OF of an inch.
The average temperature for the coast
counties north of San Luis Obispo was
so, a deficiency of 20. The deficiency at
San Francisco was 81 and at Eureka 20.
The average precipitation was nothing, a
deficiency of .12o an inch, being 10 of
an inch at San Francisco and IA of an
inch at Eureka.
The average temperature at Los Ange-
les was SO, deficiency of 10. The pre-
cipltation was nothing, deficiency OF .O7
of an inch.
There was considerable loss in fruit be-
ing blown off the trees by the severe
northerly winds of the 24th and 18th in
the fruit counties of the Sacramento VAL
Icy and also Of Napa Valley.
One of the largest fruit-growers in
Yolo County reports a loss To his plum
crop Of $1,000, while gentleman in Napa
| Valley says at least 500 boxes Of cherries
were blown off the trees. Another gentle
man reports that out of an estimated crop
Of five tons there is at least two tons on
the ground.
The maximum wind velocity ranged
from twenty-four to thirty-six miles per
hour, and an extreme velocity of forty
miles per hour.
The outlook for crops of grain, fruit
and berries continue about the same as
last week-that is, short crops of grain,
hay and apricots; all other fruits good.
The cattle and sheep men are begin
ming to drive their stock up TO the mount
ain ranges for their usual summer pastur-
age during the dry period in the valley. a
TO those who desire to estimate the
crops of the future, the following figures
will be OF some interest. They are based
upon fair average production of trees
in full bearing and under proper treat
ment, planted as usually in orchards:
Apples, tons per acre, 4; apricots, )
tons; prunes, 6 tons; pears, ) tons; figs,
tons; peaches. 5 tons; walnuts, Ii tons:
almonds, II tons.
The highest and lowest temperatures
during the week were 947, at Chino, and
80, at kelseyville.
The Observer at Los Angeles tele-
graphs: Temperature continued to range
below the average, with cloudy morn
ings in coast districts, favorable to corn,
which is growing we'll Small fruits are
doing well. Raspberries and black ber-
ries have been in the market for some
time"
The Observer at Red Bluff telegraphs:
Normal temperature; dry and sunny;
all growing crops in fine condition and
promising an abundant harvest"
The Observer at Fresno telegraphs:
Haylng and harvesting are in progress.
Grain crops are up to the average. Vines
are showing splendidly for an immense
cropD