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The record-union., 1896-09-16
Fire at MarySville.

MARYSVILLE, Sept. 15.-The New
York Livery Stable on Second street,
conducted by Henry Elmore, and Chi
nese laundry and saloon adjoining were
destroyed by fire tonight. Twentysix
head of horses and a quantity Of hay
and implements were burned. The
buildings were owned by n. J. Sligar of
Sacramento and Joe Quinn of Gridley.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The record-union., 1896-09-16
Gold in Santa Barbara County.

SANTA BARBARA, Sept. 15.-The
gold mining notices. for which there has
been such a demand during the past
twenty-four hours, prove to be for use
in the San Rafael Mountains, about
nine miles from Los Olivos, where Per
Montenero an experienced guide, has
discovered a sixteen-foot ledge of rich
bearing quartz. People are rush
ing in to file claims, and 1bO acres OF
land is said to be already covered.
The record-union., 1896-09-16
A Steamboat Sinks.

PORTLAND (Or), Sept. 15.-The
steamboat Kehania, owned by Ham,
Nickum & Co. of this city. struck a snag
in Westport Slough, near Clatskanie,
this morning, and sank in twelve feet of
water. All hands were saved, but the
steamer, which is valued at about at
about $4,000 is badly damaged
The record-union., 1896-09-16
A Young Boy Commits Suicide.

OAKLAND, Sept. 15.-Fred Mauer-
han, boy 16 years old, shot and killed
himself tonight because he feared he
would always be poor. His mother
lives at Fruitvale, and is in poor cir
cumstances. The father is crippled
veteran, and is at present an inmate Of
the Veterans Home at Napa.
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A Young Wife Ends Her Life.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.-Mrs. E.
J.. Hayes, a young wife and mother, in
a moment of sorrow and despair,
took her own life tonight by drinking
carbolic acid. Financial reverses and a
family quarrel furnished the motive for
the deed
The record-union., 1896-09-16
Destructive Fire in Indiana.

VINCENNES Gnd), Sept. 1o.-A spe-
cial from F'reeIandsvilie, in Knox Coun
ty, says that almost the entire business
portion OF that town was destroyed by
frc this morning. The loss Is estimated
at $4,000
The record-union., 1896-09-16
A Freight Conductor Killed.

SEATTLE (Wash), Sept. 15.-E. NJ.
Gray, a Northern Pacific freight con-
ductor, was killed in a railroad accident
at Kent this afternoon. He was 40
years old, married, and resided at Ia
coma.
The record-union., 1896-09-16
Failure of a Liquor Firm.

CHICAGO, Sept. ID. ". Nor+ham
q Co., wholesale and retail liquor
dealers confessed judgment to-day in
favor of the Atlas National Bank for
S2o,ooO No statement has yet been
made, but the liabilities are supposed
to be about S125,000 to $500 with
assets at least 20 per cent more. The
failure was a great surprise
The record-union., 1896-09-16
Napa and Lakes Senator.

NAPA, Sept. 15.-The joint Republi-
can Convention of Napa and Lake
Counties was held to-day in Calistoga,
and Hon. Owen Wade of St. Helena was
unanimously chosen as the nominee for
State Senator.
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Highest Of all Leavening StrengLaet U. S. Govt Report
R3%!a!l! g! Rs%assz RRskiRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

to the Sun" from London says: The
CONSERVATION and horror OF the Eng
lish people over the revelation of the
dynamite conspiracy are more interest
ing than the latest disclosures of the
PLOT itself. If printers ink could pro-
duce panic, London would be on the
verge of nervous prostration after
glancing at the columns of the usually
solemn and Unconditional public jour
nails of to-day. Never before have they
so bristled with all the startling de-
vices Of sensational journalism The
Daily Telegraph" for example, begins
an almost panicky leading editorial
thus:
England learns to-day how appalling
has been the danger from which she has
been rescued. That there should have
been a great dynamite conspiracy plot
ted in secret and silence by men who are
enemies Of the human race; that just
at the moment when their plans were
ripe for action the police should have
surprised and arrested the ringleaders
and that one of the men, the chief of
the band should be criminal wanted
for the last fourteen years, all these
facts are elements in a story at once
vivid, dramatic and terrible
The same newspaper commenced q
many -columned account of the con-
spiracy with a great scare head, begin
ming in the blacklist letters ever used
in it's columns: Great Dynamite Plot
Against England
All newspapers in the country treat
the matter in the same fashion. This
will give some Indication of the popular
sensation which has been created, and
which has distracted attention even
from the critical horrors in the East.
that has raised public sentiment
throughout England to high state Of
Indignation.
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Tragedy at GEORGETOWN.

GEORGETOWN, Sept. 15.-Albert
Brass, a native Of Michigan, aged about
36 years, and a miner by occupation,
was shot and instantly killed by Charles
The record-union., 1896-09-16

E. Jerrett, son of Daniel Jerrett, a mer-
chant of this place. in the home of the
latter this afternoon. The killing is
claimed to have been done inself-de-
The record-union., 1896-09-16
THE MAD RIVER
BRIDGE DISASTER
Engineer George Burke Dies From Effects
Of Injuries Received,
Making Six Deaths as Result of the
Accident.

Twenty-Six Horses Burned to Death
in Livery Stable Fire at rlarys-
Vile - A Sixteen -Year-Old Boy
Commits Suicide at Oakland-A
Young Wife Ends Her Life By
Drinking Carbolic Acid.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-08-05

the agents of the various railway COM
panies, the crop this season is esti-
mated to be much larger than ever be-
fore. The railroads are gradually pre-
pairing for the shipment Of at least 600
cars this season. 1t ordinarily takes
eight or nine days, moderately fast
freight, to send cars or trains to Chicago.
1t has been done in six days The slow
freights (duein part to he small mum Der
of cars going at any one time) the lack
of fruit or refrigerator cars, and the
inexperience of the packers here for
long distance shipments, are the great
drawbacks. Besides, the dealers here,
on account of these facts, are unwilling
to consign oranges. Therefore, experts
from the United States are required to
be sent here in order to properly super
intend assorting-at least one expert for
each gang of assorters and packers. In
some districts, the oranges are "wormy"
while in others, there are many" creased"
oranges.
The orange season Of Mexico is from
the later part of Septem Der to the 1st of
Dec Der. This season fits in between
Florida and California, thus making
Mexico absolute in it's season and with
practically no competition in our mark
cts. The orange of Mexico is as juicy
and sweet as any orange grown. The
question Of getting orange boxes is also
a serious one, as there are in reality on
factories for making orange boxes in this
country, and importation is almost un-
iversiai- Thos. It. Crittenden Consul
General in New York Dispatch.
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quantities probably 500 or 600 tons per
month), there is yet enough of this adul-
terated cheese, and enough unscrupu-
lous dealers to push it in all directions
for the sake Of the unusual profits, to
badly demoralize trade in honest goods
and greatly impair the reputation of
American made cheese, both at home
and abroad. The evil effects upon
domestic trade have been noted. The
recent rapid decrease in exports IS
largely attributable to loss of confidence
resulting from it's sale abroad under
false colors. The fraudulent article, as
now made and handled, is a serious
menace to all honest cheese, and the
vigorous warfare against it In England
and Canada and the rising tide of popu-
lar diSapproval in the United States are
fully justified -
The Filled Cheese Bill passed by Con-
gress shortly before it adjourned will
soon be in force, as iG becomes operative
ninety days from the time when it was
signed by the president. From present
indications this law will greatly dimin
ish the production of bogus cheese. Let
us hope it will nearly or quite put an
end to it in this country, at any rate so
far as home consumption is concerned.
As remem bered it does not interfere
with it for export. F. w. MOSELEY,
Clinton, Iowa.
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ported only on one side, so that force
applied to the other side easily pushes it
over. If the sprout is on the south side,
a north wind blows it over; If on the
north side, south wind has the same
effect. This weakness will continue a
year or two, till the junction with root
or stump has become firm, and bracing
roots have been thrown out on both
Sides use stakes to counterfeit this
tendency to blow over, by putting a
stake on the weak side, and slightly
pulling the bud that way.
Stakes are quite inexpensive. They
may be split or rived from pine tim Der
or bought at a sawmill. | use stakes
sawed an inch square and four feet long,
and paint the lower end when sharp
ened with coal tar, applied hot, to pre-
serve the wood and prevent wood-lice.
For such stakes 1 pay SIS thousand,
delivered-half cent apiece-apd the
pointing and painting costs about half a
o0Hc Hloi0' all qulCe SURE OnaI WILL
out these stakes I should loose many
valuable buds, and thus greatly retard
the restoration of the trees. Sometimes
buds are on opposite sides of the stump,
so that they may be tied together and
thus support each other. in which case
no stake is needed.
j. WILLIS WEsTLAKE
Lake Helen, Fla,
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For the Florida Agriculturist.
Stalking Buds.
Pasadena, Fla.

The agricultural editor of the Citizen,
in an otherwise very sensible article,
says that budding sprouts is useless
expense; that if properly pinched back
they will not need any artificial support.
In this he is undoubtedly wrong, and
the advice, if followed, will cause much
loss. "Before the freeze" it would have
done very we'll, though in any case there
is more or less weakness at the point of
junction and there is danger Of breaking
at this point when the stub is removed.
But now the case is different, as the
buds are on sprouts that spring in many
cases from the side of a root or of the
stump, and have the same weakness that
the sprouts habitat is, they are sup
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Orange Crop Of Mexico.

Owing to the injury to the orange
trees in Florida from frost, the supply
of oranges in the United States has been
greatly diminished, causing the mer-
chants to look to Mexico and elsewhere
for the deficiency. About 400 carloads
were shipped from Mexico to the United
States last season. Since the injury to and
destruction of the trees in Florida, the
growers in Mexico are paying greater
attention to production. Old trees and
old orchards have been pruned, culti-
waited and reclaimed, and new orchards
planted with more care.
Upon close Investigations made by
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For the Florida Agriculturist.
Made the Strawberries Live.


In your editorial note to our answer as
when to plant strawberries and what
varieties, you take exception to our
statement that strawberries can be
planted at almost any time that plants
can be procured. Also that we die not
say upon what kind of land we planted
sat any time.' The kind of land was
dry live oak and pine planted durip g
rain but not shaded.
In one case we set out an acre IN JuIy.
The plants were three feet apart in the
rows. By October the rows were not
only we'll filled, but we were able to sell
young plants from them. Those we
planted in March were On high pine
land set out in very dry weather and
watered once. They were, however,
cultivated every week till we could not
put the wheel hoe through them on &C.
count Of young plants. We have also
several acres of spring hammock planted
with strawberries which we keep Guilt
waited all through the summer and do
not find it necessary to allow the grass to
grow to shade them as some do, conse-
quently when the young plants are set
out they do not miss the shade like those
taken from grass field. We quite agree
with you that the gain is not sufficient
to pay for the extra expense unless some
object other than merely growing berries
is in view when one plants at any other
time than October or November.
r. X. MUIRHEAD & Son.
| Pasadena, Fla.
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For the Florida Agriculturist.
That Western Barrel of Flour.

Where is Gabrielle, Fla? Whyssdon' t
Hodie Dixie move away from there {?
Ye Gods Think of it! Pays 80 per cent
Of original cost Of goods as freight (0
and still saves 30 to 100 per cent by not
buying Of the merchants, where he
lives. I'm afraid "Hodie" is ratified
But to be earnest. Freight on gro
ceries from New York city to Florida
towns will not average over 10 per cent;
dry goods, clothing, etc., three to i've
per cent; boots and shoes, two to five
per cent.
There is no retail grocer of any note
in Florida who will not enter into bond
if guaranteed 20 per cent to turn over
all he can make above that.
If any men on earth earn the living
they get here below it is the retail gro
GERS. 1t is the worst dogs lifelong
hours and little profit of any business
here below.
Hodie ought to be careful in making
SUM IL CIS Is IL SluI upOH 1
faithful hard worked class OF our citi-
zeas and puts in question (doubt) all he
says in his article about manure.
This is by one who is not
MERCHANT
Crescent City, Fla.
P. s. A leading retail grocer tells me
he pays $3.50 today for his flour. Freight
IS cents barrel making $4.05 and re.
tails it at $40, making 35 cents less his
drayage. -Four is spot cash and the
above price is IN 10 barrel lots. Profit
eight per cent. OF course there may be
occasional towns or places where double
these profits are made, but Hodie's arti-
Gle sweeps the whole state.
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Butter in Plaster Of Paris.

There seems to be no limit to the in
genuity bestowed upon the devising of
means for accomplishing the transport
of the perishable produce Of distant
chimes to the English market. A new
method, described IN the Australasian,
is that Of packing butter in box made
Of six sheets of ordinary glass, all the
edges being covered over with gummed
paper. The glass box is enveIoped IN a
layer Of plaster Of Paris, quarter of an
inch thick, and this is covered with
specially prepared paper. The plaster
being bad conductor Of heat, the tenn
perature inside the Theoretically sealed
receptacle remains contact, being unaf-
fected by external changes. The cost
of packing is about Id per pound. But
ter packed in the way described at Mel
bourn has been sent across the sea to
south Africa, and when the case was
opened at Kim berly, 700 miles from
Cape Town, the butter was found to be
as sound as when it left the factory in
Victoria. Cases are now made to hold
as much as 2cwt. of butter, and forty
hands, mostly boys and girls, are occu-
pied in making the glass receptacles and
covering them with plaster. The top,
or lid, however is put on by simple
mechanical arrangement, and is re-
moved by the purchaser equally easily.
A saving of twenty-five per cent. on
freight and packing is claimed in com.
parison with the cost of frozen butter
carried in the usual way.
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about the year 1871, and the making of
'oleomargarine cheese was begun at
Ridge Mills, near Rome, n. Y. One of
the oldest and most reputable dairy-ap-
paratus establishments in the country
secured control of the special ma
chinery required, advertised it extern
sively, and good many factories were
fitted up to produce the new cheese.
The same firm still controls the patents
In writing upon the subject in 1881,
Prof. J. p. Sheldon, one OF the first
dairy authorities of England, expressed
these views:
"There has been much discussion and
controversy on the other side of the At
antic as to the merits of oleomargarine
cheese. 1t has it's friends and it's enc
mics. 1t has been vigorously attacked
and vigorously defended and now awaits
the decision of that final court Of ap
peals in such cases, public opinion
Controversy seems to be useless. This
kind of cheese appears to be perfectly
wholesome article of food, and so long
as it is honestly made and as honestly
sold, it is Legitimate addition to our
food supply that may justly claim to
stand or fall on it's merits; but if it
comes to be palmed off on the public as
pure milk (full creamy cheese, it at once
forfeits it's claim to be treated with fair
play.
''The forfeiture thus suggested has
certainly been made. AS already stated,
this oleo cheese, lard cheese, or filled
cheese, comes into market under every
name except it's own. Its true character
and proper designation are recognized
only while in the hands Of the manufac-
turer's agents, and when it moves from
the principal distributing point the
various brands upon it give ample evil
dence of the intent to deceive and
defraud. The appeal to public opinion
has been made, and the response is en-
phatic Reputable merchants and ex-
porters generally refuse to handle the
article. New York and Wisconsin abso
lutely prohibit it's manufacture and sale.
Other states have followed and are fol-
lowing in the same course, or at least
establishing restrictions and providing
for identifying marks. The only legis-
lative contests in which filled cheese
triumphed were in Indiana and Illinois.
Chicago has become the chief depot
and distributing point for this COM
modify. Even filed Limburger and
brick cheese of American manufac-
ture can now be found in that market.
''The materials from which cheese is
made are very cheap. Its base is skim
milk, which is so abundant in the
creamery districts as to be a waste pro-
duct, with hardly any value, being I'M
fortunately, neglected by farmers, who
fail to appreciate it's real worth. The
fats added may be oleo oil, or neutral
lard or butter Of lowest grade which
has been put through questionable pro-
cesses for renovation. Still cheaper
fats may be used. 1t is claimed that
the cheese can be placed in market at
a cost of four or five cents per pound.
In large lots is freely offered at three
tourths the price of first-class cheese, or
less, and yields large profit at this rate.
Like the butter substitutes and imita
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
RUSH HILL ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
RUSH HILL, Mo-, June 24.--Rev. Rice
filed his appointment here Sunday and
Sunday night.
Rush Hill was visited by a heavy
rain on Sunday night, just about as
hard a rain as two weeks ago, and it
damaged the oat crop wonderfully.
Some oats are ready for the cycle, and
the ground has about two inches of
water all over 1t, so you may guess
about what the harvest will be.
Silas Martin has 10 acres of corn
and oats. He offered it Monday to
any man for $50, i. e., his part-two-
thirds of it.
Those who could not pillow Saturday
went to Mexico to the best show that
ever exhibited there.
Charles Casper shipped a a load of
hogs to st. Louis Wednesday of last
week.
Mrs. j.. b. Clark, who has been i'll 80
long, is up again and will get we'll II
she has no set back.
Born, on June 20, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams, a son.
Miss Jessie Maxwell, who has been
teaching a summer school lear Curry
vile, Mo-, returned home Sunday.
The ice cream supper Thursday
evening at Mrs. Crawford's was largely
attended.
Ora Green returned from Cripple
Greek, Colo, a few days ago.
Politics is the order of the day in
Rush Hill.
Mr.. Robert Rodgers, of Mexico, wal
in our town Tuesday morning on bust
ness,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

n. Scherer returned home from
Quincy, Ill, Tuesday where ne has been
visiting relatives for some time.
Rev. Shouse filed his regular APP
pointment at Littleby Baptist Church
last Sunday.
Miss Katie Scherer, of Quincy, H.,
is visiting her cousin, Miss Lena
Scherer.
Don't forget next Sabbath day
preaching at Rock Hill. Everybody
is invited to attend.
Miss Emma Cornett, of near Mar
tinsburg, is visiting the family of her
brother, DIR. w. q. Cornett-
viii Stark, of Vandalia, spent Sun
day and Monday at n. Seherer's.
Mrs. DIR. Cornett and children and
Misses Gina and Maud Azdell visited
friends in Mexico last week.
The question of the day is, "Where
are you going to spend the Fourth9"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25

Fancy collars grow In favor daily.
All summer girls will wear sGshes.
Dark brown locks In either man or
woman indicate loyalty.
Black chiffon wells with owe dots
are considered ultra modish.
No one is so poor that she cannot
give something to somebody.
yaseiine and yellow ochre are used
as dressing for russell shoes.
Fetching little capes Of lowered
taffeta will be worn with summer los
tunes.
Put your mackinstosh in the bottom
OF a trunk and 1t will rain for a week.
II lis a noticeable fact that the dark-
est brunettes are generally named
Blanche.
The syndicate ladies' maid 10 an idsa
that a with certainty be dubbed not
feasible.
Plain red combined with red and
white in wall papering 10 considered
very artistic
Next to the wedding gown the
graduation costume is most important
IN woman's eyes.
A diet of fruit and milk, II is said,
will reduce flesh at the rate OF Eve
pounds a week.
"Matrimony'' IL the annual June
drama, each season, however, there
being a new leading lady.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
FISHER ITEMS.

Correspondence of the Ledger.
FISHER, June 23.-J. Weaver has
the brag corn of the neighborhood.
Tuck LittrelI is harvesting his oats
to-day.
There is a great deal of complaint
about rust in the oats.
Lee Fisher is home from Hannibal
to stay. The young folks all give him
a hearty welcome.
Little Nellie Mallory is visiting her
aunt in Mexico.
Miss BERTHE Fisher is visiting rela-
tives in Rails County.
Mr.. j. Belts shipped a load of hogs
last night.
Miss Carrie Wade will teach our
winter school.
A reward has been offered by a few
of our neighbors for the fox that has
been devouring the fowls. We hope
to see him brought in by the 4th.
The farmers have almost gotten
their corn cleaned out since the rain
The meeting at Berea was a sure
success. The brethren should build
a more commodious building. Not
half the crowd could be accommodate
| ed on Lords Day.
Mr.. N. Fisher, who has been quite
| sick, is able to be about again.
Mr.. Bob Beam has returned home
after q weeks visit at Fl. Dudley's.
Mr.. j. Williams, ST., of near olino
died very suddenly yesterday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
A True Gentleman.

Show us a young man who can quilt
the society OF the young, who can
take pleasure In listening to the kindly
voice OF age; show Us q man who IL
ever ready to pity and help the de-
formed; show Is a man who covers
the fault OF another with a mantle OF
charity; show US a man who bows a.
politely and gives the street ~ freely
to the poor sewing girl ID the million
ARE, who values virtue, not clothes,
who shuns the company Of such a.
congrega,e at public places TO gaze nj
the fair ser, or make unkind remarks
of passing girls, show US the man who
abhors the Iibertine, who sccrns the
ridlcuie Of his mothers sex, and ths
exposure OF womanly reputation;
show us the man who never forgets
for m instant the delicacy and respect
due a woman In any condition orcisss
and you show us a true gentleman.