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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

as In this State. While IL Is to have prune
trees I'm France and Turkey come into bearing ne,
fore old the varieties OF trees Will
bear three years old In California, and at nve years
tree. At eight Years old a prune orchard that has
been well watered and cultivated Will be III iuiI
bearing and may be relied upon TO yied rom tWo
But the hortculturists believe that this ehtrao ,
binary prolillcacy Will shorten the period OF a pru.
trees hearing ability In Europe the average age OF
the prune trees service is forty-hve years. inere ~
in california The industry in this State s so young
and there is so little data to govern one 3In,o
concerning prune growing in this soil ana cllla,u,
that there is mucn discussion among rult-erowtlS
ali the way from San Diego to siskiyon as 10 nov
long a service may he expected OF IL P'o"'0 pun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
IN THE HEART OF CHICAGO.
A GREAT ELEVATED RAILWAY SCHEME
ror,R LINES COMBINE TO BUILD AND OPERATE
IN COMMON LOOP-EXCfIANGE or PAS
sENGERs- COMPETITION WITH
SURFACE ROADS

The competition between elevated and surface
roads is everywhere lively one. The latter con-
vey passengers at lower speed but carry them TO
their very doors: and this is an advantage which
robs their rivals of great deal Of traffic especially
since the Introduction of the cable and trolley IN
place OF horsepower has improved the service Oh
the surface lines and permitted overlooking TO
almost any extent. Chicago has been the scene OF
just such competition Now-York and Brooklyn
have long witnessed between the two systems OF
traction and In the city first named. where cle-
waited roads are much more OF n novelty than In
the East. combination has just been made be-
tween the companies owning them. with "A view to
securing better facilities for delivering passengers
In the business part OF town.
The elevated railways Of Chicago four In
number There is the old ALLEY" road, to begin
with This is on the South Side. 1t starts ut
Congresses runs through private property be
tween Wabash-avc. and Safest. Gathcr near the
lake 'front.', in southcrly direction AS long ago
1898 il operating trains NJ least as far out
as 4 point opposite Jackson Park, and II now
reaches several miles further. Then there Is the
I.ake-st. road. which comes in from the West
Side through the street whose names 1t bears. and
after crossing the south fork OF the Chicago River
turns southwark n few blocks in Market-st. Third
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
PUNISH UENT ~ THE NAVY.
SEVERE SENTENCES IMPOSED BY COURTS
MARTIAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR

Such punishment court-martlal may adj
Judge may be inflicted any person I'm the Navy
is the paragraph which begins Article OF the
organizations for the Better Government Of the
Navy" and II comprchends great deal moro IN
the matter of discipline in the naval servi"c than
people In civil life appreciate. And while tie
nurishmcnts visited upon officers who violate any
Of the laws promulgated are severe I'm peace times
for instance, the case of Medical Director Edward
Kershner. who was recently deprived Of his com
mission and dismissed from the service by sentence
of Il court -martial-thcy even more severe dur
ing the civil War. The records Of the Navy Dc
partment include many interesting cases but 1t Is
not probable that they will ever be published for
the general public to read Nor there now the
cruel and unlawful punshments for enlisted men
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

one nj the other end Of the Bridge however: ou ~.
n 10 not comparable In size with that ABOUT 10 pe
built I'm Chicago This latest enterprise ~ 10 Nv
carried through and managed ny a coz ,n,,
known ms the Union Elevated Railway 'oinpIiN,
OF which however the Stockholders are inc QUIZ
elevated roads Every approaching IRAN, on r'hin-
ing the junction admitting II 10 the loop. VIII come
under the control Of the Unions officials ana rules
and Will remain subservent thereto unul IL s''S
back on It's tracks again , -, Ill,
II should he observed by the way that there VIII
be no changing of engines or motors nor h'tacI
ing and detaching OF cars on the loop, as al oIu
nary terminal stations. and as two or trcc OF me
Dads already employ electricity for motive power
current will he provided for them on the nov
structure The "thrd rail'' system Is the fayorltc
i'm Chicago at least the elevated roads. ana thiS
will he adopted for the loop. Building operations
are expected to commence At once az LAKE ana
Market SITS. and at Van Buren-st. and Fuiton-aVe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
PRIME TREES AND PESTS.


Tho nrune tree is one of the most invulnerapie
fruit trees in California against the at'achs VI we
numerous and serious scale pests and insect
NJ the semi-tropics In this region the curcuHo'
which has wrought devastating havoc III P'""
growing regions in Europe and among 'he pun
trees in the Eastern States, has never oeeh s Kom
The prune the most easily sdap'ap 'e 20 in the
soils Of all the various fruit trees III ''ie
State 1t grows with wonderful insurance ,Sa sea IN
regions in Central California along tns 81
fornia and while 1t produces best IN aark arg, aS
aInho sou /, hourishes in sandy loam II VIII staIu
lass moisture than most fruit trees ahh III nredr
icaltIes r. seems even TO reward neglect by pnuuuv
ing extraordinary yields The pra'e rg LONG experi-
mems and seasons of watching It was iounu . rhe
prune stock peach roots ga h,nn,iLo trees from
neach seeds and then at two wears oid Pt'r uu
pa nrt,ni IN the little peach tree ana tne pIuhh
Ind Was allowed to grow into the man ,bd pa be,ter
.ua put later experiments showed thai - -,
and more adaptable root was that 81 , ,ne IN
aiu ~ I,rInus Myrabalana). from huIs
piut - Inc nrllne is regular ana sure
In The old world 1t has us on iNmerIca The fruit
ricots neaches and apples in AmerIca, lie nrune
appvo' NAV RELY on a steady yield rom MI =. ana
;rees when. he has once GOT .lei" ~ iva
gives them care and cultlVauo''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

Then comes the drying process. Girls and boys
zone with shallow wooden trays a yard square. and.
ss the prunes pour down from a hopper into which
they are dumped from the cages deft hands spread
the product the trays I'm the twnkling OF tho
eye. A little tramway carries the trays and fruit
out into the drying yard every minute, and there
the ground, covered for two or three acres with
cheap fabric, the prunes placed for dry
Ing by the There is "A strong sunshine twenty
nine days out OF thirty In each summer month in
The valleys of Central and Southern California. and
20 IL is the rule that prunes well dried In two
and a half or three days. little army Of workers
gathering the dried product from the trays. and
carrying IL In baskets TO the sweat boxes, where
after a week ten days, the dampness that arises
from quickly dried fruit mas eYapordted Dften a
prune- grower extensive scale may have in
his bins at the close OF the harvesting OF the crop
six hundred or seven hundred tons Of dried prunes
completely covered with trays to look II
smeared purple black. The more extensive prune-
tons OF prunes in day. II takes from two and
one-haf TO three pounds Of the green fruit to make
one OF the dried product
The active work OF the harvest over the grower
looks about for buyers for his yield. There al
ways Of purchasing agents for Eastern whole
sale fruit dealers and commission houses throughout
the horticultural regions OF California In the fruit
teason and there hundreds Of local fruit ppers
in the State The fruit is sampled and tested for It's
saccharine qualities, the frmness OF the flesh and
the gloss OF the skin. Little bags OF sample fruit
are here and there. When sale is made IL
Is done the basis OF the sizes OF the dried
Thus there six szes-C) those ranging from
pound, 80 sixty 70 seventy ~ seventy to eighty, o)
eighty 10 ninety and C) all below ninety. An
perfenced prune-grower and buyer tell at
glance what size OF fruit he Is looking at and. OF
able.
The age at which prune orchards come into bearing
IN California is matter of wonder among hortlculi
wrists the world over Nowhere else do prune trees
come to full development and friiton so quickly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

intended for active use and only retained Ike the
Russian sentry owing 70 tradition Of which the
origin is almost lost IN obscurity Hencef0rvard
the Soent Will know them more. the ancient
men of war (havng been Jainly offered 10 several
sanitary authorities as floating hospitals will 10
broken up and yachtsmcn at cowes will miss some
familiar and picturesque objects.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04
No such Society.

Dear Sufficiently my attention has
the journal and Courier of the 9th inst,
announcing that a society of deaf mutes
purposes to give a ball in this city on
the 9TH proximo, the object, as is al
legged, being to raise funds wherewith
TO defray the expenses of engaging
professors to lecture in advanced
schools for the instruction of the deaf.
Now, being a deaf mute myself,
this piece of information interested me
not little. However, having resided
in this city all my life, and being thor
oughly conversant with all that is going
on among the deaf, and not knowing of
any society of deaf mutes in the i'm
mediate locality, in fact none outside of
Boston and other very large cities, be-
came suspicious that all was not on the
level Therefore, / felt constrained to
investigate a bit. The result fully con-
firms my suspicious. The alleged so
ciety" turns out to be one or two ire
sponsible chaps, transients in town,
who have acted upon this sympathetic
dodge to hoodwink and fleece, the gull
lible for the sole benefit of their own
sweet selves.
| wish to add that the general run
of deaf mutes are above anything of
the kind, All that we ask is fair field
and no favors with our hearing breth-
rem. This is not always accorded us
for obvious reasons. Nevertheless,
there never has been an occasion when
the deaf mutes have had to play the
sympathetic racket for legitimate pur-
poses. The woods are full of professors
and others only too willing for the sake
of the distinction it affords them to help
us-or endeavor to help us in all posi-
BILE ways. Yours truly,
JULIUS L. RIEGER.
"a Bristol street.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04

few low chords then, after various
snatches of topical songs which had
reached the coast, began slowly an old
fashioned tune to the Magnifieat The
doctor and his companion at first
laughed; church music was new on the
coast, but as the player, gaining conf
dence in the instrument, drew out the
solemn music, the smile died away and
they took off their hats. Chord after
chord the sweet old tune rang out,
while the thoughts of the listeners
passed over leagues of ocean, and they
saw again the sweet English meadows,
or purple Scottish moor, with its glory
of gorse and heather,
| The deep thunder of the surf seemed
not disturbing element, but fitting
accompaniment and as the crimson
| light of the westing sun shone upon his
| face, the sick man beckoned the faith
| full sergeant to raise him on his couch
So he lay, gazing westward, with the
| light bringing rudy glow to the
CHASTITY cheeks, listening, while tear
trickled slowly out of the sunken eyes
Was he thinking of the distant coun-
| try he had served so faithfully and
lONeQ SO We'll: mo OllG ever Knew, IOr
as the last chord of the Amen" died
away, the tired head dropped forward
and he turned to the wall, and so
passed away,
To where beyond these voices there is
| peace.
Then a deep silence fell upon the
room, and Sergeant Akoo bent down
1 y 4. II Il
saying as he did So Allah Akbar--
God is great-but, by the beard of the
prophet, these English be men Two
days later when the r, M, S. Benguela
passed, there was no signal flying for
her to stop, and only low mound and
a rough wooden cross showed that an
other of the brave spirits who daily lay
down their lives in lonely forest and
fever-haunted swamp had gone to its
own place.-Chambers Journal
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04

brought on the stage, This is marked
with dots OF red paint. The man with
the whip steps up, and, swinging the
lash round his head, let's fly at the calf
skin. With every blow he actually
pulls a piece right out from the leather
leaving a clean cut hole. These pieces
are distributed among the audience TO
show that there is no tricllery about
the performance.
After this he takes a frame with three
shelves; on these are q dozen or more of
medium sized apples lying very close
together, and provided with large num-
bers. Any one in the audience may de-
signate which apple he wishes struck,
and the unerring lash snatches it out
like fash
A still more difficult feat is the snap
ping of coins from a narrow necked
bottle. A piece of silver about the size
of half crown is put over the cork of
the bottle, which stands on the edge of
a table, The whip artist, without APP
pearing to take any sort Of aim, sends
the long lash whizzing through the air
and picks off the coin without jarring
the bottle.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04
NOW BEING DEMOLISHED
VAS ONCE USED BY THE UNITED
STATES BARRACKS.

An Old Landmark at Old Fort Hale-A. u.
S. Sergeant Was Stationed There-Anoth-
or Improvement For Fort Hale Park.
A familiar sight at Fort Hale park
to the hundreds Of people who have
visited that notable and constantly i'm
proving resort has been the old brick
building which stood near the shore of
New Haven's harbor This old struct-
ure, which was built eighty-fo years
ago, In the early part of the war of 1912,
Is now being demolished. 1t was used
by the United States government in
that war and was again used by Uncle
sam In the great civil war; at which
time bomb proofs were built nearby.
Later it was occupied for some time
by United States sergeant, whose
business 1t was to look after the gov
eminent property at old Fort Hale and
vicinity. The bomb proofs have gone
to decay and look very dilapidated, the
old moat Is there with Its supply of
water, but looking out of shape and the
ANNbAS SlpIlSS VI pld II VI HAY iieN 2
long since gone where the woodbine
twineth." The old house years ago be-
gan to fall to decay. OF late years it
was occupied by a man named King.
He had his local habitation in the two
or three rooms in the house, which
were habitable-all the rest being in
bad condition. Now by order of the
United States government the old house
Is being torn down.
The United States, as is known to
many, gave for park purposes the use
.Sss-rsll it's lands at Fort Hale to the New
Z Haven park commission, as the repre-
sentatives of the town of New Haven.
The government however, retains the
right to use the property at any time
when needful for government purposes
The park commission are glad to see
the unsightly building disappear and
they will at an early day-after the
demolition of the building is completed
have it's site levelled and grassed
over. Thus this part of the park will
be much improved.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04
MUSIC FROM WHIPS.
skiilful Handling of the Lash by a Hun
garian Expert.
I,,tz,

skiiIful Handling of the Lash by Hun
garian Expert.
tFrom the Chicago Inter-Ocean,j
A decided sensation has been created
in Vienna by a man who probably
stands alone in the world in his partic-
ular line of performance This mans
name is Pisklug, and he is an Austro-
Hungarian by birth. He is an expert,
or rather a phenomenal artist, in the
use of the whip.
The first thing he does is to take a
long dashed, stout handled whip in each
hand, and, with orchestral accompani-
,nent, proceed to crack or snap them at
a terrific rate The sound made by
these whips in this manner is graduated
from a noise like a rifle report to the
soft click of a billiard ball. 1t makes Il
curious sort of music and serves to
show how he can regulate the force of
each stroke.
More interest. however, is evinced
when he SEXES a vicious looking whip
with an abnormally long lash. 1t is
provided with a very heavy handle of
medium length This is his favorite
toy. and what he can do with it is real
ly wonderful. He first gives an idea
what fearful force there lies in whip
lash in the hands of an expert
A large frame, over which is
stretched calf or sheep skin. is
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04

Calling Sergeant Akoo, who had
faithfully watched every moment while
ne slept, to raise him, he passed his
hand down his wounded thigh till his
fingers touched the iron head of the
spear. Now there are many kinds of
West African spears; a few carry a
merciful leaf-shaped head, but many
have points covered with cruel barbs
and hooks, so that once III the flesh it is
impossible to pluck them out The one
that lay cankering in the captains leg
was of a curiously devilish kind, fash
Toned like a double corkscrew, and,
driven in with a twist, could not be
drawn out
"Akoo,' said the captain, bring in
two privates to hold my hands-and my
big hunting-knif
When they came, he neither groaned
nor lost consciousness till the CHASTITY
operation was over, then his head
dropped forward and he swooned
away, while his trusty followers
stopped the flow of blood. by the
beard of the prophet" said Sergeant
Akoo, in the vernacular, but that is a
man."
Next morning the captain sent a
trooper hundred miles through the
forest to ask that relief might be
sent, then he lay day after day in a
canvas chair on the veranda, alternate
" shivering and burning with fever.
and unable to move on account of his
injured leg, which obstinately refused
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04
.E@tsegtlangnEaa-
District of New Haven, IS. Probate Court, /,

District of New Haven, IS. Probate Court,
April I'd, 1896.
L,STATE of GEORGE A. BUTLER, late of
IL New Haven, in said district, deceased.
An instrument in writing, purporting to be
the last viii and testament of said deceased,
having been presented in court, and Fanny
Adelaide Butler of New Haven having made
written application praying that the same
may be probated and that letters testament
airy may be granted, as by said application on
ORDERED-Thats said application he b card
and determined ut a court Of probate to be
heldat New Haven, in said district. on the 9th
day of April, 1896, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon, ana that public notice of the pend
eney of said application and of the time and
place of the hearing thereon, be given TO all
parties interested in said estate, by publish
ing this order three times in a newspaper
having a circulation in said district.
LIVINGSTON w. CHEA v EbAND,
ana 81 IIlldme.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-04
AUCTION SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

JAMES P. BREE, Superior Court,
VS. New Haven
HoNoRA SCOTT, ct ais. County.
[, URSUANT to the order of said court, the
{ undersigned will sell at public auction,
II not previously sold at private sale, on
MONDAY, APRIL 2Oth, AT = O'CLOCK
. VI the following real estate situated in
he Town of East Haven, viz; All the interest
If the parties to said cause in piece o f land
containing about 20 acres bounded easterly
hy land now or formerly of the heirs of
formerly of David 5. Fowler: west by land
now or formerly of heirs of Arson Thomp-
son and highway: and northerly by land now
9r for " erly of the heirs. of Arson Ihomp-
,on. For terms apply to the subscriber.
Sale to take place at the office of
CHARLES KLEINER, COMMITTEE.
Room $40 Exchange building, cor. Chapel and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-11

commenting upon the remedies
suited 70 the condition described,
thu san Francisco Chronicle says
mat TO 30 caudii, 90 not phll0.
s5phicai or weakly philanthfopic, whist
the vorli in general, ana Caliilrnia
10 particular, moot needs VI the preleut
tine is n little tborOugh.Rolnr tfsat-
mont OF cinC; that the most ,nsctuul
way OF meeting the present I,icning
epidemic IL 10 counter II with On opi.
1emic Of punishment; ami It thilkf
lhat with greater uuiiy OF action On
inc rarI OF detectives auI police aud
the ho1riy oJ.opeHillu OF tue mex
community IN which nn attoci us
murder tahes place, California shouIl
be able 10 pfesent ma * nipple u speedy
aHd mcrcllau punishment wnieu viii
be a meuacn 10 ovil.d Ufs.
just the same, orlme goe. On iucfena.
ing, anu the epidemic OF punishment b
delayed. This IL largely due 10 n tail.
Ute In the administration Of govern.
mUnt, II not to weakness In tho
syslom Itself. When small crime'
atound they are sure 10
lead TO those Of moro
serious character Today Ia our nation
politicians Ia tflios will not administer
the law 10 lmpirlisli,y ana rlgob be-
cause they owe their positions In many
ways to tue txotciso Of the iratc lisc
~ those habitually guilty Of tne 90.
called smaller crimes which ato under.
mining the government fabric. Saloon
loaiofs, gamblers. toucs, shatpers and
such like oofmonnts that prey ua0n
the moral ITO Of the community enjoy
the franchise, and their vote
IL pnndefci TO. Those who
get into office by the bai.
l1is Of such a class cannot DO expected
to paralyzo the hand that belps them
by enforcing the law against such;
and the laxily OF enforcing BtatuiOs
logically reaches TO the greater crimes,
rs an outgrowlh from tolefallug oiou.
res by the classes named. Thattho coun.
Try l. In a had FIX from the prevalence
Of crime must bo admitted; but that
there IL any Immediate proepoc, Of i'm.
pavement through more stringent
application Of the erin nal law can
w,ll bo doubted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-11
ONE FOR rnE nrmoRlsr.


The present heated spell In the East
has brought out many Incidents Of q
deeply sorrowiul nature, md while II
makes people realize the force Of the
statement that "ln tue midst Of lie
there Is death, "so 1t gives an lllustra.
ton that In the midst oi death
there Is HE, anu that somclimts
OF humorous character An
Incident OF the latter kind oc.
CURED at Pitt,burg, Pa, a couple
Of days ago, aud a, result OF a judicial
settlement Of the questions Involved
tho determination was reached that
Joking IL a. permissible with the Their.
mometor a, los ~ when Jack Frost
crowds II below the zero mark. In the
case referred to, Charles Hagey, a
prominent citizen and business mau,
was going along the street fairly
willing under the heat OF an
afternoon tun, aud wiping great
drops Of Precipitation from his face. lie
was met by Emmett Hlcks, another
reputable citizen, who conceived an
idea o! how nice 1t would ba 10 have a
Joke with his swolteriug friend, and
exclaimed "Hello, Hagsy, whars the
matter with your nos,7 Why, II seems
irUstbitlon. Come, leps ge, cup Of
coffee and try 10 warm up" Bat
Hagey did not IKE the joke he
considered II an insult, anu
wreaked bis vengeance on both
the weather ami Hioks by kuoching
the latter down aud pounding bis face
until It was almost unrcgogn'zablr.
Hagoy was arrested, anu pleaded tho
insult 10 Qualification. But the Judge
said no, impose q fino Of $50 and costs,
aud promulgated judicial decree that
a Joke on the weather was as allowable
Ia August a. 10 December 70 Hlcks
won a polut Of law Tor the humor.sa.
but may be moro careful hereafter ~
TO whom he selects for the butt Of the
Joke