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stood His Creditor OF.

Lespes, the French journalist.
known as |Timothee Trimm,n was
once disagrceably inuruded on BY a
creditor says a writer in Harler's
Young People,. who announced his
intention of not departing Until he
was paid. The creditor planted him
self on a chair, and Lespes bsheld
him, with CONSERVATION, draw bread
and cheese from his pockets as
though to fortify himself against
events. several hours gllded by:
Lespes had resumed his writing and
finished an article. The creditor
showed no signs Of moving. Sud
denly Lespes rose, and with bits OF
newspaper began carefully blocking
all the apertureS through which air
could come into the room. lie then
made preparations for lighting a
charcoal fire; but before applying the
match, pasted on the wall, Just op-
posite the creditors eyes, a paper
thus laconicallY worded: "Taae
notice that we died of our own will. y
"What are you doing?" exclaimed
+ e creditor, uneasily "Your society
would render life intolerable, SO we
are gong TO commit su eide togeth-
er, F." answered Tlmothee, tran lujlly
1t is needless to say that the credl-
tor decamped.
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WHAT FOODS MAKE BUTTER HARD.

The New Hampshire experiment
station has been conducting some ex-
periments as to the effects of different
foods upon the hardness of butter and
though the work IN this direction is
not as yet extensive enough to justify
the drawing of conclusions the ex-
periments thus far indicate;
That gluten meal tends to produce
q much softer quality of butter than
corn meal or cottonseed meal, and.
other things being equal, tends to
lessen the churnability of the butter
fat.
That with the same cows the hard
ness depends much more upon the
character of the food than upon the
ratritiye ratio.
The ensilage produces much softer
bu tier than does good hay, but it is
also favorable to the flavor and tex
ture of the butter produced.
That skim milk has very favorable
effect upon the churnability and quail,
ty of the butter fat, and in a single
trial apparently reversed the general
rule that the volatile, fatty acids de-
crease as the period of lactation ad.
yances.
That cottonseed meal tends to pro.
duce an unusually hard quality of but
ter, and that cottonseed meal and glu-
ten meal might be used together with
excellent result.
That, contrary to general belief, the
melting point of butter fat is not
good indication of the commercial
hardness of butter. That, while in
general soft butter melts at lower
temperature than hard butter, there is
no definite relation between melting
point and actual hardness.
That no relation can be traced be-
tween foods and volatile fatty acids
except in the case of skim milk. That
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The skins Of fruit should never be
eaten, not because they are not palat-
able or digestible or are unhealthy Ia
themselves, but on account Of the
danger arising from microbes which
have penetrated into the covering OF
the fruit. Everybody has noticed
that at times slight scrat h will
create a considerable sore on the
human body. 1t is generally as
crihed to an unhealthy condition OF
the blood, but close microscopcal
examination will show that it is due
to the presence of microbes thus in-
troduced into the system. So with
an apple a peach, a pear or grape.
The fruit may be perfectly sound and
healthy, but en- the skin or covering
may be microbes, which, introduced
into the human system, will breed
disease These germs are not un-
common; ne ther are they always
present 1t is possible to eat this
covering without injury. out the
danger is such that it is best not to
incur the risk. st Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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The organ of the French hat makers
reports a curious innovation in the
adornment of horses. During the
great heat which oppressed the south
ern parts of France in the summer OF
last year humane and inventive horse
owner in Bordeaux provided all his
horses with straw hats. Al first every
body ieered at horses hats, as they
did at the first umbrella. But the in
novation soon justified itself as SO
practical that everybody wondered
that he had not thought of it before,
and it came to be regarded as SO in
dispensable that before the summer
ended nearly every horse in cabs,
coaches, omnibuses, wagons and carts
in town and country had some kind
of hat on his head. The new straw
hat. which is now becoming a great
article of trade in the South, covers
the eyes and forehead of a horse, while
openings are left for the ears. A
sponge is kept in the inside of the hat
and this is moistened from time to
time with vinegar, SO as to keep the
horses head refreshingly cool. -Bos-
ton Cultivator.
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The young Laird Of Lochnow was
] character In the Scotch camp life Of
the early eighteenth century He
was cool in action, and full OF fun in
daily llte One day he was detai @ /
to command burial party, and as he
stroiled over the battlefield his or
derry came to him in great perplex-
lty.
Sir" said he, there is a hemp Of
fellows lying out yonder who say
they're only wounded, and they won t
let US bury them like the rest. What
shall we do?"
BURY them at once" replied young
Aenew, without moving a muscle of
his countenance, "for If you take
their word for it, they won't be dead
for a hundred years 60 comem
The man saluted and started off,
10 all simplicity, to carry out tie
order, anu Agnew had to despatch a
counter-order 10 hasteKto prevent his
JOKE from being carried further than
be had intended.
This recalls an 'o'er true" tale oil
border life. Some Galloway moss.
troopers we're brought before Sill
William Howard, who was an en-,
thusiastic mathematician. He wa:
deep in his studies when the prison
ers were marched into the castle
courtyard, and a lieutenant came
running up to get orders as TO theil
disposal Enraged at being inter
rupted, he cried, "Hang the prison
e;s!" and went on with his work
He finished his promblem and wen
down with cheerful mind, only t,
learn that his exclamation had beef
taken for an order, and the prisoner
were all hanged.
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One of the first essentials with .
man who desires to go into business i
clear idea of what he is to do, and,
second, d knowledge of what he Is
going to do it with. When / made up
my mind to supply a certain class oil
trade in the city of Syracuse with the
best and freshest eggs possible, and
really fine broilers, / had kept Leg
horns, Brahmas and Dominiques. Al
the time was breeding Barred Ply
mouth Rocks. None of them quite
met my requirements. The Leghorns
were not heavy enough when dressed.
The Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks
did not lay enough eggs, and all had
dark pin feathers, which any one who
has tried TO sell to the fancy dressed
fowl trade knows is serious objection
They do not look very bad when the
fowl is first dressed, but the coloring
matter from the feather gradually
spreads out between the two layers OF
the skin, leaving great unsightly
black and blue spot.
To meet the demands of those who
are willing to pay little above the
markes quotations for strictly first
class dressed poultry, a full plump
body, well-developed breast, strong
legs, nicely rounded back, bright yell
low skin, legs and beak, no cuts, tears
or bruises, and fresh, bright appear
ance are required. Ten years ago
procured stock of White Plymouth
Rocks and stock of White Wyan.
dottes. After giving both breeds
fair and impartial trial, | choose the
White Plymouth Rock because of their
better size and early maturity, and
after giving them a thorough trial
have no reason to regret my choice.
There is a good demand for the
higher scoring chicks for breeding
and exhibition, while the next grade
meets the demand made by farmers
and market poulterers who wish to i'm
prove their common stock.
The culls are carefully fatted and
sold dressed to private customers.
They now breed more true to form
and color than their barred brethren.
They also lay more eggs, and if prop
erly fed and housed lay greater pro
portion of their eggs in winter, wher
eggs command the best price. They
are good feeders, very fond of sgreeH
stuff and will forage energetieally il
given range. When fed for fattenins
they lay on flesh rapidly. The hens
weigh about eight pounds, the cocks
about six and one-half pounds. Cock
erels can be made to weigh six and
one-half to seven pounds at six months
old, and 1 have had capons thai
weighed fourteen pounds at yeai
old. One of the best ways to start il
poultry culture or to improve fowls il
to purchase eggs from thoroughbred
fowls, and when such eggs are prop
erly packed they can be sent across
the continent and hatch well. --Scien-
tifc Poultry Map.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

There is more profit in raising geese
than chickens, and it is surprising that
progressive farmers do not go in for
them more.
Pumpkins can be grown very
cheaply, and they are excellent fol
milk cows and hogs. In fact, they
are good for man or beast. -
The suggestion that comes from
professional dairymen that the bulls
be put to work in the tread mills fol
exercise is a good and practical one.
Only those chickens which are in
tended for early marketing should
be pushed. With the others it is
only desirable to maintain a thrifty
growth.
Eggs with dark yokes are much
richer and more nutritious than those
with pale yokes. The color of the
shell is no indication of the richness
of the egg.
Don't jerk when milking. Don't
dawdle and tell stories. Be patient
but business-like. Get into the cows
good graces. If you can't do that
you are not the one to milk.
During the first six weeks chicks Of
the different breeds weigh pretty
nearly the same. After that time,
though, there IS a steady and continu-
Gus gain on the part Of the large
breeds.
Soft-shelled eggs are due to over
feeding. Fat hens should be com
PEELED to work for every kernel OF
grain given them. If this is not done
promptly disease in some of its differ
ent forms will soon make its appear
ance.
In milking, the teats should be
grasped fully by the whole hand. The
pressure first begins at the upper
part of the teat and gradually descends
to the bottom by the consecutive clos
ing of the fingers. The hand of the
mixer should be soft.
1t is better to use too much seed and
thin out the surplus plants than to be
economical in that respect. The saw
ing of few ounces of seed may mean
the loss of half or p No farmer
ever saved anything by economizins
closely with the use of seed.
1t is not wise to take any cream
from milk that is to be made into
cheese. There may be small per
cent gain by the operation but it Will
be followed by damaged reputation
that it will take long time to out
grow, so that in the end it will be
a losing business.
1t is good plan to have a smoke
house for smoking meats on the farm.
On some farms very crude methods
are adopted for smoking meats. Build
a house for the purpose. 1t can be
cheaply done. Then make smoke IN
it in any way that smoke can be
made, A good way is to make pile
of chips and cover them with wet
chips or wet hay.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
wnAr WISE OLD sHrrAnps nsow.

WHAT WISE OLD sHEPARDs Know.
The wise old shepherd know the i'm.
portance of bringing their focks to
grass cautiously and gradually The
new grass is likely to sour, especially
the the feeble ewes that have been con.
fined to dry feed for months, and are
constipated, fevered, and full of
worms. 1t is far better to continue
feeding corn and oats, especially in
the morning, for some time until the
grass has more nutriment in it |
would say feed corn in the morning
and turn the sheep to grass only when
it is free from dew, after it dries off
This will require time and attention,
but it is time and trouble that will
pay in thrift of the flock. American
Farmer,
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SHE HAD NOTHING TO wEAR'


but Owned Ccatiy Frocks aud silk s,o.,,.
ings BY the Hundred.
What do you think OF a woman WIN
was the owner OF elghty-nine dresses
of the very finest OF SILK velvet ana
other expensive dress goods ian
skirts OF every conceivable textnra
and fabric, ia pairs OF silk h ose
nlnteen rich and costly shawis, and
undergarments OF the finest linen nv
the trunkful, and yet had never worn
a single one of these dresses. skirts
shawls undergarments, or a PAR ~
hose?" said well-known woman N
Boston Herald man. at seems
incredible. but those th'nxs ware
some OF the articles OF wearing an.
parel that belonged to Mrs johanna
Farnham Of Milton, N. H., altbouo h
no one ever knew 1t but herself until
she died. She wore the cheaneet
clothing all her life, and her common
remark was that she had moth
to wear.
''Mtss Farnham was so years old
when she died. Although she went
from Milton TO Boston when she was
a young girl and lived there until
her death, she always called Milton
her homo. She was for years an EN-.
ploye of Boston hotels and made No
Intimate &C .uaintances When she
died 1t was not known that she had
even enough to give her more than
descent burial, but in her old trunk
In her room at the hotel were found
S., 900 In gold securities, bank-book
showing that she had nearly $1,000
ia a saving bank, and a key wrapped
In aHpiece.of paper. On this pape,
was written, This key will unlock a
trunk at my cousin AIMS hous, In
Milton The trunk was found tn re
and the k y unlock d it. 1t was
pack full Of such things as | have
mention d and contain d anotherk '
wrapp d in a paper, with information
on tn pap + that this k y would un.
lock another trunk at anoth r Mac :.
That trunk was found with like r..
suit with third key for a third
trunk in still anoth plac. This
went on until twenty large trunks
belonging to the centric d ad
woman had been found. Besid tn
wearing apparel already spoken Of
valuable chInaware, jeweiry, and
sllyerware, large quantlti OF the
very finest table and bed Fnen, the
best English table cutlery, and many
pi OF choic bric-a- brac w re found
in the trunks. This precious storag
made a load that 1T TOOK two yokes
Of oxen to haul out OF Milton. Miss
Farnham's heirs agreed to $ II tn
whole OF thes valuabl by au tion
in Boston, and they nettod more than
$40, 000-nowh re near their actual
value"
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QUEEN VICTORIA is seyenty-nve
years old, and has been a Queen flfty-
seven years. The old lady has had a
comparatively uneventful hut a very
happy and contented life. II she
lives three years longer she will have
broken the record OF throne holding.
In domestic way she has done her
duty. She has three sons and -four
daughters, twelve grandsons, twenty
granddaughter, and no end Of great
grandsons and granddaughters. The
succession is not in danger She ha:
been a model of the domestic virtues,
and ruler without reproach. She
married for love herself, though
sincestaC rl tiiiG's s. 81 in1 S- been an in
yeteIate matchmaker for matei1sT!r2a,
and political reasons. No age since
the Elzabethan has redounded more
to the glory of Great Britain than
the Historian. 1t is no wonder there
fore that all England celebrated the
good old lady's birthday with Althu-
sasm, and that the world over there
were cordial wishes for many happy
returns Of the day.
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One thousand and sixty persons
were killed in coal mines in Great
Britain, during last year, and sixty
five persons in metalliferous mines,
both numbers being above the yearly
average. ------
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ScHNArsER School Commissioners,
-Uf buy meinselluf dree Kegs OF
beer effery day vot will hat az der
endt OF one year? Scholar-De kegs
Frank Leslie's.
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The Phono,rnph as a Witness

The photograph is being Used with
marked effect in English courts. Re
Gently a railroad company was sued
by the owner Of premises upon a
street under which the road had run
tunnel. The complaint stated that
the noise of the trains going through
the tunnel was SO great as to utterly
prevent sleep while existence In day
light was made unhearable by the
same cause. The railroad company.
attorneys produced In court a phon
ograph which they had managed tc
have placed In the premise; Pies.
ton, and when 1t was put II W.on
and failed to GIN any OF tn bic
noises alleged to have Tee Aired
by the compla nants, and act
that it has been on active 1.-THE
blilding occupied by the ltHas
sufficiently established, then Hills
missed the complaint W the Rle.
ceremony virtually holding ya4.thc
evidence Of the photograph w ore
acceptable than that OF the inteNted
plaintiffs. This decision will oNn a
great new field for the remarkable
instrument, but it is to be trmted
that the students Of TO day who are
asking notes to be led In future in
the preparation Of u history OF these
times Will not press photograph into
service to prove hearatter the truth
Of Their chapters. Think what the
effect will be in fifty years hence
upon the deyoutly cherished historical
belief of some patriotic ana intellect.
ual gathering il a phonograph loaded
TO the muzzle with the present tariff
debate In the halls and corr doris OF
Congress was suddenly discharged in
its midst. WASHINGTON Star
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usually hardness and volatile acids vary
inversely, hardness generally increas-
ing and volatile acids decreasing as the
period oflactation advances. Chicago
Times.
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IF you are inclined to underrate
the Importance Of small things cons
slider how much insomnia there il IN
Que fly. 20 AZ
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.l Kari Clover Root, the great blood nur,eer
ives IIeshness and elearness to the eeTnniex'
~ anu cures constipation, % cts. HntI a
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DR.. kilmer's swAMP-Roor crra.
all kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation fra
Laboratory Dinshamton N
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beware Of little expenses; small leah vii,
sink whole ship. 'sak VIII
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No MAN can have a good head and
a bad stomach.
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Castoria

"Castoria is an excellent riedciao for c'-
dren. Mothers have repeatedly tod ne ofl's
good effect upon their children
d.. G. 0sGoo7
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castoria is the best remedy Tot children Of
which l am acquainted. Ihope lie day is not
far distant when mothers willcousijcr thercal
interest Of their children. and Use Clstoria ia-
stead of the variousquaciS nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, bv forcing opium,
morphine soothing syrup and other hu7ful
agents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves.-
Dr.. ]. f. KEcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
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Castoria.

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There is more profit in raising geese
than chickens. and it is surprising that
progressive farmers do not go in for
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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-05
18th Assembly District.

1-SW. Suffer and Montgomery.
2-SE. Bush and Sansome.
3-W. side Drumm. bet. California and
Sacramento.
4-Opp. 444 California.
5-N. side Sacramento, bet. Montgomery
and Kearnv.
6-Opp. GOA Montgomery.
7-S04 Kearny.
8-SW. Battery and jackson.
9-SE. Drnmm and Washington.
10-kast, bet. jackson and Washington.
lie. side Battery, bet. Broadway and
Vallejo.
12-215 Broadway.
13-Opp. 5c5 Pacific.
INV. Broadway and Montgomery.
15-Opp. 916 SansomP.
16-Green and Montgomery.
17-Opp. Union
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30th Assem- bly, District.

1-SE. franklin and Turk:
2-SE. Franklin and NlcAllister.
Sc side Cough, bet. Fulton and Grove.
4-SW. Ottawa and McAl!ister.
5-SW. Willow avenue and Laguna.
&c side Webster, bet. Eddy aud Ellis.
7-E side Buchanan, bet. Turk street
and Golden Gate ave.
S-NW. LagUna and Grove.
Sc side Webster, bet. McAllister and
Fulton.
10-NE Steiner and McAlister.
11-Bourbin avenue and Eddy street.
12-SW. Pierce and Turk.
13-W side Pierce. bet. Eddy and Ellis.
Ifs. side Fulton, bet. Devisadero and
Broderick.
1J-Sixth avenue. between c and d.