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New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
THE ORANGE CROP.
SCENES IN CALIFORNIA GROVES.

Pomona Cal. February :.
From this time until about the middle Oh "eA.
May the Southern California crop Of oranges VIII
he picked and sent to market The season means
everything In a financial sense for tens OF thousau'
OF people in the four most southern counties !" ''
state where oranges are grown. The picking anu
hacking Of the crop has begun. There are 'ho"'
of men and boys picking the frul' III ''e So
hundreds OF them busy in the packing houses ""ev
the golden spheres wrapped in tissue pape' anu
packed in boxes. and there are scores OF ou'''e
men who are working day ard night III a,'e"''"s
TO the consignment and the distribution OF the crop
and then In the collections for the same Ho"' '''e
Eastern wholesale fruit buyers. the crop "o" vi
the trees Is closely estimated AT two-thir1s OF 'u
Weld or at about 100000 boxes. There Is now III
the banking houses OF Los Angeles ana other 'i'lcS
In Southern California the sum OF about s-'"|""
that has collected and placed there Tor tne pu
pose Of early investment in the fruit although TIE
whole crop is worth over S.0Oo.een.
Notwithstanding the business depression all over
the United States. IL is felt by the bssposted fruli
shippers and hundreds in this region that this VIII
be another season OF large profit to the Southern
California orange growers. In the last ten years
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there have been seven years Of royal prices '"'
oranges in .his region. hut the sea s'ns "i ~ anu
1898 were terribly disastrous In the fire. nainei year
A frost one night ruined over Sl'J'"D ""''" u"
ripened frul, In 1895 the buyers combined anu
agreed no, to pay more tnan s. a box foF orahscS'
The growers resisted for weeks When II was 100
la,e f,r them TO organize and market iher own
nrolucts they rushed the crop 20 the Eis tlc MA
ioritv OF the growers not receiving onouSh even 10
nav their bills for freight \ crop mat was 's'l-
mated al $500 cp that year brough less man f''''
fos, vear however the growers took time by INC
foreock and combined and organized associations
for tho marketing Of their oranges on an economical
,u,sinosslike basis The result was thht thcN So'
sone,bing like their oli-iimc returns for their crop
&, sni,e OF the woful business depression In IN"
Eas, The ruin Of the Florida orange crop pS '''
,rost "a the extent OF over 2Jpocl boxes cary III
January hes OF course done wonders In increasing
the value OF the southern california product ihs
winter The present crop Is accounted ihc b"-t ''
ou,,i,v ovcr rrows here. The second day after IN"
ov-,,i freeze in Florida brought hundreds of i'l"-
Grams from New York. philadelphia. Balumof" ana
chicago seeking Information about ihc yield AMI
o,sifio,, Of oranges In this region. ami asking Tor
contracts 10 sell ]; the general opinion 10 iN-
mart of the state ihaI thc atcrag" pro" Tor 800"
navel ,,nc large seeiless variety vii b" J. - box
an ,hc ,rco this season while soeines ~ih fil" ~
81 60 a box on the trec. Mciiofrla"an sNe"is "nicn
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his judgment to whether he should start start
his antfrost oil flames turn his fos,produclng
average Winter in essf the orange belt Of Southern
California the mercury will not descend to 81 ,bes de
season ,he temperature has not been cooler tnan %
SeT & nd nrr i M 20 on IS Sd
zero for an hour one morning, and no damage was wa
IN the p t n %as wsy as
soo~ Invested in orange groves west OF the 10. %.
mona valley He recently wrote letter TO a Los or
snge- growing had proved to him that he could make
complete loss Of his or crop Pr every five years He also
stated that he had made an average OF IL per cent
Years yea year ' MS orange groves Il" '"e
Some Of the statements of profits made by some
OF the old orchardists seem so absurdly large that
ent citizens one would hardly believe them There
twelve year ola orange groves in Pomona Valley
have since they came into full bearing when SIX
the grower s. tree, or $500 an acre few orchards
years but the majority OF bearing
orchards in Southern California yield crops worth
One or two growers who have learned the art OF
growing the best fruit. and have packed it care
$500 per acre clear for investment and labor.
The largest profit that can be relied upon yet re-
Is that from the seventy Rhorer orchard. that
has borne crop which was sold @ on the trees last
nine years old, and have had unusual care The
property has cost up to date between sSooo and
These profits have created wonderful de-
mand for orange land and trees. Thousands OF
acres that formerly grain fields unproduct-
i've Of any crops have been planted with orange
since the great real estate boom bubble OF 1887
burst. Two years ago THE Pomona Progress"
umated that nearly 100000 was invested in
season in land. and labor for orange groves
he amount invested in trees alone being about
100000 This season orange planting and the pur
chase and preparation Of land @ for the same will
poets TO add to ts quota about 100 acres Pomona
900 acres Pasadena GOO acres. San Gabriel 100 acres
Redlands 600 acres, and other localities about 800
What especially pleases the grower here Is the
fact that In the last ten years the consumption OF
oranges has increased 800 per cent in this country:
and IL on the increase. Not only this. but rival
and roads have opened up a market for Cal
forna fruit which it has not had in former years
OF the various kinds OF oranges grown here first
In size and beauty Is the navel which was import
ed from Bahia. Brazil. in 1870 1t is n large beauti-
fu fruit and nearly seedless Almost equally large
is the Mediterranean sweet OF fine flavor. juicy and
few seeds While the navels ripen in Decemesr and
| January the other orange comes later. often in
| May June. The Maltese blood Rio. paper rind.
and st. Mchael's popular fruit. The tanger1ne
Is what may be termed fancy variety. very sweet.
with a bright reddish yellow skin the latter coming
| off easily. These the common varieties. but q
stroll through Riverside Pomona or Pasadena
! the orange-producing countries In the world.
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morning. two or three men being appointed {"
tree ana IN" picking begins. Tall s.ep-iadde's
enable the pickers TO reach tho top branches ana M
eacn orange H. carefully cut from IN" uer' u ~ ~ -
pulled and ,ho skin broken. II VIII soon decay u"
pcksr wears a bag about his neck, ana i,o I'm A..
frat. IL dropped When the bag is hlled the n"t -
handed 10 Inc washer scrubbcr the latter gen
orally a Chinaman washes the black stain or !ust
from the fruit polishing IL with c!oin dftcr "In
it Is passed the assorter. sometimes Il SIM sllniiv NV
machine is used. 4 runway. o assprt the "rahS'r ~
sizes This accomplished cach orange - WihpP,sI, III
c,lorcd paper and placed in the box ready Tor snip
meut 4 counter keeps tally Of the boxes m
IN some groves various machines are usc!, mus mus
one patent is knife on a long po'. "hich II '"'
npcted with a canvas tube. The o'hhS. spa w ~
from others An fhis way drops into the iubc o'
chute" and finally rolls into box unihJut"'
The ordinary method OF picking H. by mana ,
- Tnc orange piCkers are usually loIB lp. IL =
being something about tho business apparently tuas
,uliv.ns tho spirits The MeNicans ana Nmeri'als
labor in harmony but an Orangc-picking team oon-
haily The chinese picker nnis thit ms t''t'l ~
gives way wlthDrt warning dropping MN mo ii' :,
ihorny ire. or upon III" grnunt lie ]" uuulpi A. A. !
vifh oranges from unseen quarters, or Hh'S "'
plsftu fastened 20 a branch. ono incllnE Gus VI
iscs ss,ers 10 the Chinainaa - thit n" - sto|-
ia su-n.cf.t l, Ms fellows ~ WORKING al lA,rs l''
wlu not support = Wriie man OF family ainc''' !"
a. "a. orange -pickiug time thr country j. mar
eel o., .h. Fnsfcrncr Whl" standing among inc
~, ,..-ee ,he pi,ker looks away over grove ati'l
.f.r Hellg - flower. acres pf goii'l CSC
,,,..t,. of Wild daisies. biucb"s. ami yellow VIC
80. ana nnllV hIs ey. rests Oh ~" Sierra tid'tf
~ Nnfr.r Mountain. rising four or nFe niilc7 hS
t.nf ,f. GARDEN wall of This ltcs''' .i'- lis "V'
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Sax, morning Gwenry woke up very late Tor
hrsakfasf and told her father that she had had
a snlendid night--not a dream nor sounu nau
disturbed her az he might see for himself II IL
was no who had carried her bodily into the
dresslng-room. How In the world did ne man, nan,
age TO lift her and her mattress IKE thaI az
alone? But the Colonel kept ms own c""'sc''
and sent Rosina TO bring her her toilet neces.
sarles for he could not even bear tnat sne shouio
enter the pink room again. And IN the course
Of the day such was the Coone. taIeht ioI y,
yanization Mrs and Miss Travers found tnem-
Selves hacked off on a visit which had long oecm
impending but which was now decided on an
I'm hurry as the drains OF the buheaio" W.T.
found 10 require immediate attention., ~"
when come weeks later they returned 10 fukha- a.
more II was TO find the Colonel estaDIishe9 III
brand new quarters. for the engineer hau gwen
his verdict that the old bungalow was quite 'oo
hopeless a lob TO spend money over D., a.,
The two ladies are immensely pleased Wiih me
c,anee-Mrs Travers because she iikes heI
drawInQ-room, Gwenny because she iKeS ner
bedroom better: the girl has recovered her roses
ana her spirits and has forgotten OF pie'ehus
she has forgotten. that afternoons conhoenee W
Roger Danvers on the tennis ground--pefhaps
thiS is only because the Major Is 'Sir Roger
now---ths old uncle In England having considcr-
ately died "by last maitland seems niue
strange at first. But Danvers II bldng MS uine
the Colonel knows his secret-and Inc Coionei
lady looks more favorably on the Baronet man
she did on the Major and has not been heaid
| to compare him unfavorably with poor Cnariie
| Kettering for a long time Whether Charie
Kettering lies quietly In his grave. or stilI
haunts the dismantled bungalow neither Dam
vers nor the Colonel cares to inquire. Luckily
Pukkapore Is stirring little station, where the
recollection Of poor Charles sad end during the
fever which surely rendered him temporarily ir-
| responsible has been wiped out by many happier
New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
NIRAIGHrENTyG THE JAPANESE HIEA
Trom The philadelphia Press

FIOm The T'NIIduVIPIEf 7 FV""'
In their efforts to acquire recognition On the c'v.
nsrr,er in this unmistakable mark Of their Mon
ooil,n origin II IL a little thlng 10 hoodoo rising
So Souar Ike japan but the prejudice against Mon
goiisns is undeniabc. and among the Japs the
saned eye being rs o % sr ci,zem e curse y De-
The surgeons scalpel is required In eneeiing the
tr,nsfornla ton but In future generations. II IL
claimed nature will mould the organs straight.
The report OF one OF the chief projectors, young
American surgeon at Toxic. Is encouraging to sue
ceas Almost the entire order of the nobility and
even tho royalty Of the nation have proted by the
skill OF the specialist. Even the Emperor requested
In recognition OF the necessity.
Mr. Abraham Stone. a graduate OF the College OF
Physicians and Surgeons OF NewYork, IL the spe-
ciaiist HA does not claim to have introduced the
practice tho credit Of which probably belongs to the
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needless. Forward motion having once been Sc
cured. II is practicable to sustain an object or
moderate weight by outstretched nearly horizontal
wings whose front edges inclined slightly up
wah Lang'v and other Investigators have fully
demonstrated the efficacy OF this principle
whether the wings be rectangular "aeroplanes" or
shaped In imitation OF birds pin!ons and tall
At the present time. however. expcrimenters who
agree this point disagree on another-the Wis
dom OF using at the present stage OF the art as
Maxim has done Baldwyns Park means for
artinclally generating the propulsive power which
would incidentally add greatly 10 the weigh; OF
the apparatus. \ steam engine gas engine or
storage battery and electric motor would Of course
rerdcr tn" machine more cumbrous and costly.
II not more unmanageable and risky Hence one
school OF inventors regard it wiser at hrst 10 con-
centrate attention On the guidance and balancing
OF their craft rosor,ins only 10 short Nights EN-
ployng only sma Hight machines. and securing
ne desired horizontal progress. many birds
appear - 90 a. times. by the aid ot gravi,ation
Guls for instance. seen 10 start from con-
siderable height. ana slide down a gentle aerial
slorr even agains, the wind. their velocity result
ing from their weight ana the down grade. In
som. cases ,he apparatus used to initiate such a
performance is made large and stout enough TO
.uprort human being lilienthal. OF Berlin.
H.rring OF Few York. and other daring exoer-
inenters jump of from housetops or cliffs or low
hnlS and go sailing against tnc wind sometimes FOR
several hundred feet. before they reach the ground
But other students OF aerOnautIc problems prepare
inexpensive soaring machines capable OF sustaining
only few rounds. launch these from some high
place and watch their behavior
James Mepns' ot Boston. belongs In this last
mentioned class. In The Aeronauuc Annual for
1886" % which he s the editor tand W. b. Clarke
& co. Boston. publlshers) he recounts sorle OF
his tests made last summer \ good genera. idea
OF the shape OF his machine IL afforded by the
diagrams the first giving a plan and the second
New-York tribune., 1895-02-10

,a,a Thsodore Rillroth of Vienna, but in going to
Japan and mailing his residence there with the sole
interestine undertakings in modern science. he mas
taken mn fight against nature that Is TO rid the ma
ton Of the greatest drawback in its struggling ei'
forts for advancement , - .u .,.
Stone started for japan little over year age
nv way OF San Francisco. and the letter Just re-
ceived from him describes his work, which ne ma.
been instr mental in bringing TO the attentlon o.
Emneror's most prominent subjects who, IKE MN.
self have profited by the arthce. are Iound tns
names of statesmen, diplomats, generals prom'nenss
in the ACTON of the present war with. Cnina' anu
members OF the royal family.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
A GOOD PRECEDENT.

From The London Daily News
Some time ago a butcher named Richard was sen'
fenced by the. Assize Court at Abbeville TO two
years Imprisonment for having supplied to the army
meat which caused the death OF several soidieI'.
The father OF one OF the deceased men. whose nam.
Heber has taken the case before 'hs ,h. f o
Of his SON The action has been successful. ani
Richard has been ordered to pay to tne parsm,s p =,
far fhe.r lives OF go The decision IL gensray AZ
p,auied In France where II is suspected tha sonls
OF the army contractors make large toEtunei "
getting worthless goods passed
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EXPERIMENTAL SOARING MACHINES.
AUTOMATICALLY STEERED DEVICES WHICH SAIL
LIKE BIRDS WHEN LAUNCHED FROM
4 HEIGHT

4 HEIGHT.
Nearly all acronautc projects which contemplate
something more in the way OF progress than
merely drifting In air current discard the
gasbag a means Of support because OF the large
surface which it would offer TO atmospheric
sistance and because IT has been found TO be quite
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-09
SUPREME COURT RIDDLES THE INCOME TAX.

comes from real estate invalidates the
whole act; second, whether as to the
income from personal property as
such, the act is unconstitutional, as
laying direct taxes; third, whether any
part of the tax, if not considered as a
direct tax. is invalid for want of uni
formity oneither of the grounds sug-
gested. the justices who heard the ar
guments are equally divided, and,
Therefore, no opinion is expressed.
The result is that the decree of the
circuit court is reversed, and the case
remanded with directions to enter a
decree in favor of complainant in re-
spect only of the voluntary payment
of the tax on rents and incomes of it's
real estate. and that which it holds
In trust, and on the income from the
municipal bonds owned or so held by
it.
In the course of the decision the
chief justice referred at length to the
cases cited by the defense in justifica-
ton and support of the income tax, but
he declared that in none of these cases
had the specific question of the power
of congress to tax rents and munich
pal bonds been passed upon, but only
by interference or incidentally; hence
the opinion of the court as now an
nounced, was not in opposition to pre-
vious rulings of that tribunal Indeed,
he asserted, that from the time of the
decision in the Hylton case to that in
the time of the decision in the Springer
case, it had been uniformity conceded
that a tax on land was in the nature
of direct tax, while as had been
shown, a tax on land profits was the
same thing as a tax on the land itself.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-09
HARRY IS IN TROUBLE.
Armour & Co.'s Local Cashier Is
Charged With EmbezZIement.


Harry Cole, cashier of the local
branch of Armour & Co., 413 Second
street south, was arrested last night,
and a warrant will be sworn out
for him today by the local manager,
charging him with enlightenment.
1t is alleged that Cole opened the
-company's safe yesterday, and took
out for his own use $65 in cash and
a check for $34. Tt is further as
serted that he forged yesterday the
firm name to check for $40.
Cole is thirty years old, and a mar
ried man. His parents live in
Winona, where he formerly was in
the employ of Armour & Co. When
arrested he gave the name Of Harry
Howard.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-09
royal favor be conferred upon Hon.
Arthur Wellesley Peel, the retiring

royal favor be conferred upon Hon.
Arthur Wellesley Peel, the retiring
speaker.
The chancellor of the exchequer, Will
lam Vernon Harcourt,in expressing the
thanks of the house for the services of
Sir Arthur Peel, paid a high tribute to
the zeal, ability and unremitting atten-
ton and flrmness with which he had
maintained the privileges and dignity
of the house, and concluded with NOV
ing an address to her majesty, pray
ing that a signal mark of royal favor
may be conferred upon the late speak
er. The motion was unanimously
adopted.
The parliamentary secretary of the
foreign office, Sir Edward Grey, reply
ing to a question on the subject, said
that the government had heard that
the ex-queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani,
had been sentenced to Imprisonment,
but the matter was not one in which
Great Britain could interfere, nor were
there any grounds upon which Great
Britain could base a representation on
the subject.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt intro
duced the local veto bill for public
houses. The bill, he said, provided that
a poll should be taken on the request
of a tenth of the number of parochial
electors. Prohibitory resolutions
would be carried by majority of two
thirds, and would come into effect LIST
of January ensuing, upon the expira-
ton of a year from the date of the
poll. After three years the prohibitory
resolution might be repealed by a
simple majority instead of two-thirds
The bill did not provide compensation,
but provided a time limit when Ii
censes were eXtinguished. He pointed
out that in the United States the ques-
ton of compensation received no at
tentioE, licenses being simply refused
The same system, he added, prevailed
in Sweden and Norway. Moreover, 10
compensation was given when Sun
day closing of the public houses was
introduced. Sir Edward Clark, Con-
sentative. opposed the local veto bill,
objecting to the absence of compensa-
ton for losses sustained by the clos
ing of public houses if the measure
became law. The bill then passed it's
first reading
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-09
GOVERNOR and HIS GUN
COME UP IN COURT-FORMER IS
FINED.
BIG TALK OF IMPEACHMENT
Throws the Yancy Bribery Sensa-
ton Into the Shade Down in
Arkansaw.


LITTLE. ROCK, Ark, April S-The
Arkansas Democrat, the leading after
noon paper in the state, prints an edi-
torial this afternoon in which it re-
fers to Gov. Clark's attack on Rep
resentatives Jones Sunday as infa-
nous and shameful, and demands that
the governor be impeached. 49,
Comparative serenity prevailed to-
day in connection with the bribery
sensation in the railroad commission
bill. The proceedings in the house
were devoid of reference to previous
incidents. Gov. Clark, who had
an encounter with Representative
Jones yesterday, pleaded guilty in a
magistrates court today to carrying
concealed weapons and was fined. The
investigation committee in the house
will make its report on disclosures
made by Representative Yancey.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-09
HERE'S TROUBLE FOR YOU

But now comes the unpleasant
sequel. After having unanimously
adopted this giided Endorsement of
the tariffs Of the express companies
and declared their charges equitable
and just, the bill now pending pro-
poses to place the express companies
under the control of the railroad
commission, which is, itself, under
the control of the legislature This
having been done, let it be supposed
that some aggIieved citizen goes be-
fore the railroad commission with
a complaint of an oVercharge. The
commission looks the matter UP,
finds that the charge made is upon
the very schedule which was de-
clared by the Foss committee and
the house to be just and equitable.
The citizen will hardly expect the
commission to reverse the rulings of
the superior court, or in other words
to set aside the findings of the body
to which it is accountable for it's
own actions.
Senator Miller, the author of the
pending bill, is credited with the
most unbending honesty of purpose,
and his bill, if coming before the
house under other circumstances,
would command unquestioned sup
port, but with the Foss report star
ing them in the face on the one hand,
and the railroad commission waiting
to receive the companies on the 9TH
er, there are many members of the
house who will peremptorily refuse
to support the bill.
Il will never support that bill as
long as the report of the Foss COM
mittee is a part of the house rec
ord said a member last night,
whose name has been connected with
every commendable piece of legis-
lation of this and the last legislature,
and his determination is shared by