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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
The Law on Citizenship.

S, Nicholas Nj. Lundin, a native OF Sweden, was
yesterday admitted TO citizenship by Judge
Morrow under the law which provides that an
alien who has served five years in the navy or
marine service can become citizen without
having previously made declaration of inten-
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
KA|ER WAS DESPONOENT.
Cut His Throat With a Pocket
Knife in a Lodging
House.
Was Apparently Not in Pecuniary DIFF.
fculties-RelativeS in This
State.

Fred Kaler, a cattleman of Harlan
Iowa, who came to this City in August
last from Centralia, Wash, committed
suicide at the Yosemite House, 1045 Mar
ket street, on Monday night by cutting his
throat with pocket-knife.
Kaier was respondent from i'll health,
and while he was in jolly mood few
hours previous to his death he had evi-
IDENTIFY meditated on the deed, for clip
pings from various papers containing
poems on death were found among his
effects.
When he failed to appear yesterday
morning at the Office OF the house the
clerk broke in the door and found Kaier
cold in death. The Coroner was at once
notified and Deputy Maginnls went to the
hotel. where he found Kaier in bed with
the blankets pulled up about his neck
When uncovered it was found that the
throat was cat from ear to ear, knife-a
cheap affair-being still held in his right
hand.
Pecuniary difficulties evidently had
nothing to do with his determination to
die, for the following letter was found in a
pocket of his coat:
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

Track and Paddock Notes.
FL Rayo, we'll backed starter in the
last race, broke down once more. The
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
The Polish Pianist Falls on the
Neck of a Belgian
VioliniSt.
HOW MARsICK STARTED WEST
The Great Artist Gives His Reasons
for Preferring the Violin
to the Voice.

1t is said that geniuses are very solitary
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,

IAhE NHAkLEsl la, ftD. IJ, 1856.
Fred Kdter Esq, Yosemite House, I045 Market
street San FrdncfSco-DEAR SIR: We have yours
OF the 18th inst. The amount of funds to your
credit is $50 A. Calvert has asked US several
times for your address, but he has not paid
anything on his note. We are sending both
Calvert and Menoher your address, also telling
them that you want money.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

Send US your address and we will
mail you our Catalogue, which shows
all the very latest styles at lowest
prices.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
Pedigree.

Up. Marsenhurst-H. Scratch
Imp. Chesterfield -Talluda
Imp. Cyrus Rosebud
Duke of Noffolk-Neilson
Imp. Cyrus-imp. Getaway
Racine Bessie Hooker
Joe Hooker-Oxilla
Rathbone-Miss Melbourne
IhreeCheers-Miss Pickwick
Flambeau- Precious
Imp. 10y alist-M Marguerite
st. Carlo Marilee
Lepant-Queen Lyon
Imp. Martenhurst-C Cheerful
I'll Rio Rey-Tonsetta
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
a. L. WILLIAMS. cashier.

A letter from nephew, who is EN- mploved
on a ranch near Lindsey, Tulare County,
and one from a niece at Harlan, Iowa. told
of family matters, but gave no hint of
troubles that would lead Kaier to take his
own life. He had been a roomer at the
Yosemite House since Decemb Der 26 last.
and previous TO that lived in lodging
house at Fifth and Mission streets
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

THE CALL" RACING
To-day Entries sat Bay Track
e the a
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

Frank Rhoades- Belle
Tom Ochiltree-Medusa
Imp. Mariner-Q'een Emma
Ben d'Or-Miss Muggins
Loftin-Emma
Ben Ali-EZza
Ansei-Miss Goodrich
Imp. Cheviot-Lurline
Imp. San Simeon M aria f
Imp. Midlothian FiIena
Farondole- Satisfaction
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

Starting-gate used. Won driving. Whine
l:l514. *FDisquaiifed. *Puiled up.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

st. Blaise-Round Dance
El Rio Rey-Question
st. Carlo-Gullla
Red Iron-Maggie D
Imp. Brutus by Kelpie
EnIerprise-China Rose
Cyclone-Josie Daniels
Geo. Kinney-Euireaty
Vici-Lncy Long
Montana Fussilade's Last
Flood Playful
Hidalgo-Veracity
Joe Hooker False Queen
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

i've and half furlongs; maidens.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26

g Winner, j. Brennocks b. g. by Rapture-venturia Time
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09

condition for the butcher, and topping
of the last few weeks with a clear
corn diet Many farmers prefer that
pork for their own use shall not be thus
topped off. Ii Is sweeter but less firm
in texture, containing more moisture.
This, however, only means that the pig
killed after being fed so as to waste
in cooking is by that fact shown to be
In healthy condition. All animals IN
perfect health are composed largely OF
water. This is evaporated when inter
nal fevers evaporate the internal mois-
ture, and the meat is then said to be
firm, solid and will waste little In cook
ing. Whenever pork of this kind is not
wanted, 1t should be fattened with boil
ed vegetables or fruit mixed with wheat
middlings and bran to make the right
proportion of heterogeneous matter. We
have often more than half fattened
hogs on boiled pumpkins and windfall
apples. and never had pork that tasted
better than that thus fattened. Even
before we knew that it was unwhole-
some, we never much liked the pork
fattened on corn alone.-American Gull
tivator.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
Suggestions for Frightening Farm
Life-How to Secure Regular Sailing
of CattIe-Thorough Cultivation Will
XIII Canada Thisties.
To Make Life Brighter.

We want to see more beauty and
greater abundance In fruits about the
farm house. We want to see more con
tentment and pleasure there. We urge
the cultivation of flowers for the pleas
ure It affords, and the raising of more
fruits and better gardens for the in
creased vigor and health such things
lmpart.
We have vineyard that begins to
ripen its fruit about the first Of August,
when there Is a certain amount of lau-
guor and iistlessness in the atmosphere.
a time when fevers are apt to take root
IN the system, and when every one feels
more or less run down. But since our
vineyard has been bearing, and we can
go to 1t of an early morn, before break
fast, and eat the fresh, sweet, ripe
grapes, there comes revived feeling,
breakfast tastes better, and the system
is toned up for the day. 1t Is one of the
wise provisions of nature to ripen
grapes just at the time of the year when
they are best suited to the health and
appetite.
We urge the planting of vineyards
and other small fruits. fruit garden
Is of greater necessity, in so far as the
health and happiness of the family are
concerned, than the corn field. The
peasants of Spain, it Is said, eat fruit
more than anything else, yet they are
noted for their strength and vlgor.
Fresh fruit Is filled with the very es-
sence of the life-giving principle. 1t is
natures storehouse of the most beauti-
full and pleasant elements of the soil
and the air, such as are bound to i'm
part renewed strength to the consumer.
1t Is beauty and vitality combined and
condensed
How much more of happiness and
| pleasure there Is sure to be in the home
that Is surrounded by beautiful flowers,
and fresh, sweet fruits! How superior
in every respect Is such home in
which to raise our children, compared
to the barren home of the thoughtless
and shiftless, that give no heed to the
better and more elevated system of liv-
Ing that comes of cultivating nature in
her higher branches. Think this mat
ter over.-Colman's Rural World.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09

The old Mexican sheep are the direct
descendants of the original Spanish
Merino brought over two hundred years
ago by Spaniards to Old Mexico. They
have been bred with scarcely any out
cross, and are very distinctly marked
breed. They have long legs, long,
thin body, not very deep; small, rather
long neck, and long, thin head. carried
high. The wool Is fine and thin. To
the eye they appear almost worthless
as mutton, and of still less value for
wool. Their good points are that they
are hardy, excellent travellers, will keep
in good condition on the poorest and
driest of ranges, are fairly prolific, aud
can be herded in punches of almost any
size. They fatten easily, though never
getting plump and fat like the Northern
sheep. When they reach the Chicago
market, If in good condition, they out
sell all other sheep, for they shrink
very little in dressing. the meat has an
excellent flavor, and the hide is so thin
firm and soft as to command the high
est price.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
Odds and Ends.

A person broken out with prickly
heat will End great relief If the parts
affected are busted over several times
day with rye flour.
II hot meats and soups are covered
before they are perfectly cold they will
surely spoil; the hot air must have a
place to escape or the meat will be af-
fected.
A common cause of failure in max
ing fancy bread and rolls is mixing
the dough too stiff; 1t should be soft
to be easily worked, without being 10
the least sticky.
Bread that has been cut In slices and
become stale may be freshened by lay
ing the slices together and folding a
damp napkin around them; put the
napkin in paper bag and place the
bag in a hot oven for fifteen minutes.
The most wholesome way of cooking
a potato, says the New York Sun, Is
TO bake it. A small piece of the skin
should be cut from the ends before put
ting the potatoes in to bake. If baked
potato stands after ii Is cooked Il is
likely to become soggy. To avoid this.
when the potato is done fold it in nap
kin and roll the potato between the
palms Of the hands until it cracks open.
Treated in that way, the potato will al
ways be mealy.
For a sprain use hot lamentations or
a very hot bandage, and rest the hurt
limb until il is knit together well. In
all cases of sprains and broken bones
the patient should be kept perfectly
quiet until a physician arrives. Burns
are painful and hard to heal If not well
cared for. If the skin is Off. creosote
Is a good remedy. Do not remove any
dressing until skin is formed under
1t. If nothing else is available, -four or
eornstarch are good, as they keep the
air from the skin and allow 1t to heal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09

When the nominees for president
were called for, it was apparent that
Palmer would be nominated over his
protest, as the opposition to Bragg had
concentrated upon him. These two
names were the only ones presented to
the convention.
Some of the nominating speeches
were eloquent and full of fire. Kill.
bourne, of Michigan, placed Senator
Palmer in nomination, and there was
series of seconding speeches
Burr w. Jones, of wisconsin, nomi.
mated General Bragg, the hero of
fifty battles and the commander of the
iron brigade. E"
The roll.call developed an over.
whelming majority in favor of Senator
Palmer. bnt it proceeded to the end,
Palmer receiving 757R votes and
Bragg 1874 y.
BY subsequent motion Senator
Palmer's nomination was made unani-
nous.
There never was any doubt about
General Buckner's nomination for vice.
president. and he was elected by accla-
nation.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
PALMER AND BU(KNER
Chosen to Head the National
Democratic Ticket.
SOMINATED AT INDIANAPOLIS
Who Were Rival Commanders of
the Blue and Gray.

John M. Palmer, of Illinois, and
Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky,
two white haired veterans of the war,
rival commanders Of thD blue and gray,
were nominated at Indianapolis by the
National Democratic convention for
president and vice-president ON a brief
but emphatic platform which repudi.
ates the doctrines enunciated by the
Chicago convention, Endorses President
Cleveland and his administration in
glowing terms. declares for the gold
standard, tariff for revenue only, lib.
eral shipping laws, currency reform,
civil service and economy in public ex
peditures.
The spirit that animated the ooDven-
ton was contained in this declaration
of the platform:
The Democratic party has survived
may defeats, but it could not survive a
victory won in behalf of the doctrine
and policy proclaimed in its name at
Chicago"
And so. in the language Of Mr.. Ham
mond, of Georgia, this convention
placed in the hands OF other nominees
their banner and babe them fling it
forth, "skyward and seaward, high and
wide.''
The real work of the convention was
soon transacted when it was reached
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09

The platform adopted by the Nation.
al Democratic convention was as fol-
lows:
This convention has assembled to
uphold the principles upon which de-
pend the honor and welfare Of the
American people. in order that the
Democrats throughout the Union may
unite their patriotic efforts to avert
disaster from their country and ruin
from their party.
The Democratic party is pledged to
equal and exact justice TO all men of
every creed and conditions; to the larg.
est freedom for individuals consistent
with good government; to the preserva-
ton of the federal governemnt in its
constitutional vigor and to the support
OF the states in all their just rights; to
economy in public expenditures; to the
maintenance of the public faith and
sound money, and it is opposed to pa
ternalism and all class legislation
The declarations of the Chicago
convention attack individual freedom,
the right of private contract, the indie
pendence Of the Judiciary and the au.
thority of the president to enforce the
federal laws. They advocate a reckless
attempt to increase the price Of silver
by legislation, to the debasement of
of our monetary standard through I'M
limited issues of paper money by the
government. They abandon for Re-
publican allies the Democratic cause,
and tariff reform to court the favor of
the proteotionists to their fiscal heresy
In view of those and other grave
departures from democratic principles,
we cannot support the candidates OF
that convention, nor be bound by its
acts. The Democratic party has sur
yived many defeats, but could not sur
yive victory won in behalf of the doc
trine and policy proclaimed in its name
at Chicago.
The conditions, however, which
make possible such utterances for the
national convention are the direct re-.
suit Of class legislation by the Repub.
licsn party. 1t still proclaims, as it
has for years, the power and duty OF
the government to raise and maintain
prices by law. and it proposes no rem.
edy for existing evils except oppressive
and unjust taxation.
The national democracy, here con
vened, therefore reDews its declaration
OF faith in democratic principles es
pecislly applicable to the conditions o
the times. Taxation, tariff, excise O
direct, 10 rightfully imposed only TO
public purposes, and not for privat
gains. Its amount is Justly measure,
by public expenditures, which SHOULD
be limited by scrupulous economy
The sum derived by the treasury is de
termined by appropriations made b.
congress.
The demand of the Republican
party for an increase Of tariff tax ha
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
A Bothersome Echo

An echo that has been bothering the
Rochester, n. ", court house authori-
ties ever since the erection of that build
ing has 1T last been overcome. Re-
Gently ]. Foster Warner, the archi-
tect of the building, and number of
workmen took possession of the special
term court room, on the third floor, and
with pile of rugs and draperles pro
ceeded to make the tests. The first
thing done was to cover the floor with
heavy japanese rugs. The effect of this
was magical. Not an echo could be no.
ticed and the acoustics of this room
were perfect. Architect Warner said
that his idea was to solve the difficulty
by trying the most effective plan first:
then he would gradually take away the
materials little by little, leaving only
as much In the room as necessary. He
thought that the draperles which would
be hung would be all that was needed.
Rugs would not be used, he said. I'M
less absolutely necessary, as the mar
BILE floors were not nearly as noisy
as was expected, and were more clean
w.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
A GREAT HISTORIC TABLET.
Professor Petrie Finds a Record of
the Crushing of Israel by Egypt.

Last winter | was permitted to ex-
cavate along part of the ruin-strewn
desert ut Thebes, and to examine the
sites of temples which stand there. On
these few furlongs | found that there
had been seven temples of the kings OF
the eighteenth and nineteenth dynas-
ties, about 1450-1150 B. G. Most Of
these | entirely cleared out; the largest
piece OF all-the great buildings around
the Rameseum-belng the clearance of
the Egyptian Research Account worked
by Mr.. Quibell. Each site gave us some
return In information or objects; but
the most valuable of the sites, as it
proved, was one of the least inviting.
A field of stone chips showed where the
funeral temple of Merenptah had stood
and, left In the ruins, found the grea
granite tablet bearing the long inscrip-
ton OF Merenptah about his Libyan
war and his Syrian war, and naming
Israel
This tablet Is over ten feet high, over
| five feet wide, and over foot thick, of
one fiawless block of very fine-grained
granite, or, rather, syenite. 1t was
| drst cut by one OF the most sumptuous
Kings of Egypt, Amenhotep Ill; bril-
ltantly polished as fiat and CLASSY as a
mirror, and engraved with a scene of
the King Offering to Amen, the god of
Thebes, and an Inscription of about
5000 hieroglyphs recording his offer
ings and clarifying the god His son
Akhenaten, who strove after higher
faith. erased all figures and Inscriptions
of Amen. and so effaced most of his
! fathers fine carving on this great tab
let. This however was all re-engraved
by Sell l.. about fifty years later, as a
restoration. Then. some two centuries
after II had been erected in the temple
OF Amenhotep III, Merenptah cast an
envious gaze on the splendid stone, and
stole 1t Tor his own purpose
Not taking the trouble to rework it,
he simply built the face of it into his
own wall, and engraved on the compar-
atlveiy rough back of the block. AT
the top he figured scene of the King
offering to Amen, and below an lnscrip-
ton very nearly rs large as that OF
Amenhotep III. on the other side. The
painting of the sculptured figures still
remains as fresh as on the day it was
DONE for, as the tablet fell face for
ward when the temple was destroyed
the side belonging to Merenptah lay
ward, while that Of Amenhoten
III. was uppermost. In the ruins, then.
amid the fragments of columns and
foundations, heaped over with foot
or two of stone chips, this grand block
had ain since about the time of the
Trojan war All Greek history, Roman,
and medieval-the prophets, Chris tan
!ty and Islam-have swept along while
this was waiting unsupported, with its
story of the wars of Pharaoh of the
Hard Heart, and his crushing Of Israel
Century.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
Ashes for Sandy Soil.

Almost all sandy soils lack potash.
Even when 1t is present, unless there
is also some vegetable matter in the
soil to furnish carbonic acid gas. the
potash forms union with the sand,
and theneeforward can only be releas-
ed as it Is some way made soluble. The
benefit from applications of potash to
sandy soil Is direct. They supply the
kind of plant food in which it is def
cient. But the use of potash in the
form of ashes is not restricted to sandy
coils. Most heavy soils have more or
less potash in insoluble form. As the
caustic potash in the ash changes it
makes the potash and phosphate in the
soil near 1t soluble also, and thus pot
ash will sometimes oblige the soil to
supply to the plants the phosphates
they require to make a grain crop. But
in such cases the potash does not take
the place of the mineral. 1t simply
enables the plant to get phosphate that
was in the soil but not in soluble form.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09


A gallon of milk weighs eleven
pounds.
When the cows have been long In
milk, the churning becomes more diff
cult.
Divide the pasture into two or more
lots and you will gain in food and milk
The rate of consumption of cheese IL
America is about three pounds PEI
capita per annum.
A good dairy COW should be trained
to stand quiet in milking, so that the
mixer can readily use both hands.
1t is less work to wash the butter
milk out of the butter when in gran
ular form, and it can be done more eff.
fectively.
Once in full year should be consid-
cred often enough for mixer to beai
calf and for younger cows once IL
fourteen to sixteen months.
How haveyou got the best results from
your milk-sending to the factory.
making butter at home or peddling to
local customers?
Let one person do the milking, If pos.
sible. Cows get used to a mixer, and
almost invariably hold up their milk
when a new mixer comes. Too fire.
quent changing of mixers has ruined
many a cow.
Don't hire at any price man who has
a bad temper; he will ruin your cows.
Don't hire one who Is not a good milk
err; he will dry off your cows. Don't EN-
ploy a man or boy who is not willing
to learn to carry out your instructions.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
Salt Boxes for Cattle.

In order to secure a regular sailing
with a large herd of cattle it Is neces-
sary to have salt continually before
them for use at their leisure Many
farmers use rock salt, scattering 1t
about over the pasture, but even with
this there is waste in wet weather, and
some danger that cattle will lick out
large Jumps in such a way as to make
q cavity, which sometimes will fill with
water and become brine, and too much
of this will produce more or less disor-
der. Where barrel salt Is used there Is
much waste in wet times from melting
The Denver Field and Farm" sug-
gests a salt box for cattle where barrel
salt Is used that seems to meet the case,
as follows:
I'm salt boxes for cattle in pasture
the writer likes the kind resembling
In appearance an ordinary school desk.
1t Is entirely homemade, and the stock
will soon learn to lift the lid and help
themselves. In order to teach them
how 1t Is done cut seml-circular open
ing In the top part of the front side,
just below the lid, and fill with salt
so as 1t can be licked without raising
the lid. They will come and taste the
salt and keep helping themselves right
along, lifting the lid to get to it. The
lid protects the salt from rains and
saves from waste and from getting
packed in hard lump. Fasten the box
at the height that will be convenient
for the stock, making fast to a post
or tree"
A box of this kind is easily made and
Is worth trying.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-09-09
The Plague of Locusts in Africa.

Three plaques have visited this part
of the country in recent years; first, of
mice. which ate up the roots of the rice
and maize; then came the cattle plague,
which attacked beasts both wild and
domestic, and killed all the buffaloes;
and now the locusts. AS | returned
from Kopa- Kopa an immense cloud of
locusts were darkening the air. They
sped along at the rate of four miles an
hour, settling on every patch of maize,
millet or sorghum. All the natives were
out, old and young, beating drums,
shouting, rushing here and there, and
beating crops with swishes to drive the
pests away. In spite of their efforts the
crops will be destroyed. The natives are
very careless about the future; know
ing well that they are always subject
TO locusts, they do not take the pre-
caution to grow manioc, which locusts
do not eat.-Century.