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oranges, but sugar as WE'LL That it is not
more extensively prepared here is due
largely to the peculiar desire evinced by
the people to purchase goods prepared in
foreign countries. 1t seems strange TO
think that people should be ruled by such
afancy to an extent sufficient to affect the
sale of fruit to an appreciable extent. but
such is the fact 1t would be more cor
rect to say, "fruit which the people pre-
sumo came from foreign countries - for it
is a fact known TO but few, and, as far as we
know, now published for the first time.
that large quantities of jams and preserves
are sent in bulk to England bv Cali
fornia fruit-packing firms, there to be
placed in Jars by a fruit-packing house
whose name is familiar the world around
and sent out under foreign labels as Eng
lish goods. This English" product may
be purchased in every principal CITY in
California, and thousands of consumers
unwittingly pay freight across the ocean
and return, besides the tariff and dealers
profits, upon fruit that was raised in their
neighbors orchards. There is a great op-
portunity for frult-groWers TO secure the
profits which rightfully belong to them
through proper organization and close
study of the situation. They could not
only more profitably comparatively can
their. fruits but, by senCIng out their own
agents, more economically market them
A campaign of education along the line of
methods employed in growing fruit in Cal
ifornia, and in its preparation for market.
would not be amiss. The results would be
more satisfactory still if the lecture were
illustrated with stereopticon views of or
chards and drying g-grounds.
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ton, yielded at the rate of eighty tour
bushels to the acre, while another variety,
designated California wheat" y1elded
sixty-nine bushels. Himalaya barley
yielded seyenty-six sacks of $50 POUNDS
each per acre. With these results at
tanned by the system of preparing the
ground, which was in deep plowlng ana
cross-plowing before planting IN drills,
and then Offering the seed in small
quantities free of charge. there were
scarcely any farmers that awaited them
selves of this opportunity to better their
condition. Some few took the seed. put 1t
on the shelf, forgot to plant it, or said they
did some refused to try 1T, because they
could not get enough TO SOW forty acres
The soil of this station is what we know
as alkaIi, and everybody else knows 1t as
alkah, excepting the Real Estate Fresnoan,
who sometimes calls 1t white ash, When
he has prospective buyer in tow. lfsuch
results as are herein given are anyway
near attainable by the average grain
grower Of California, many years will roll
around before the competitive wheat
growing countries can push such farmer
in our State TO the wall; but there is one
fact that must not be overlooked-sCratch-
ing the ground with some of the gang
plows now IN vogue will never realize any
siXty-nine bushels of wheat to the acre III
very little weak ammonia will. Y Yesterday
we cut the top off one of those oil
cans in which had been shipped US some
first quality OF honey. We were suspicious
Of the flavor, and hence decided to in
vestigate. The top being removed, we
found that thin deposit of black grease
clung to all the six sides of the can. Hot
water would not bulge it. | then told
one of the boys to get one of our 20-cent
bottles, holding nearly quart OF ammonia.
1t is rather weaker than the ordinary COM
mercial article, and is used for washing
purposes. Two tablespoonsfuis of this
were thrown into the topless can. After
shaking it around for minute, the black
grease came off entirely, and the sides of
the can were as bright and clean as dol
lar. | am not sure but that a single table
spoonful of commercial ammonia, mixed
with about half a cup of water, would do
the same. Remove the cap, pour in the
liquid, screw the cap down, and then give
the can good shaking. Ii this does not
remove lot of black, greasy, inky-look-,
ing substance, then it will not do as it has
done for US here at the Home of the
Honey-bees. | should like to have some
of our friends in California try this, and
then scald out with hot water and let the
cans stand upside down to drain.
1t may be argued that, on carload OF
cans, it would make the ammonia rather
expensive. A days time, and about
dollars worth of ammonia, according to
our markets, in its original form, will
make enough to renovate whole carload
OF cans. This expense is small in COM
parison with the ultimate reduction of a
cent a pound on California extracted
honey. Unless old cans are renovated by
an alkali, like ammonia, or new cans are
used, the beekeepers of California will be
doing themselves irreparable damage.
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Farming interests in sisk;vou

The recent storms and continued cold
weather have made hay and grain COM
mand better prices, from the fact that
no one can tell how long the win
ter will last. If we have an early
spring, there viii no doubt be sur
plus, but if late, there will onlv be
enough for stock on hand. Alfalfa in barns
is now held at $40 per ton, or about double
the summer rates, without any inclination
to sell even at that figure, on account of
the possessors fearing they may need it for
their own stock. Some ranchers have been
purchasing stock cattle and feeding ont
their hay, in the expectation of prices GET
ting better, but there is no raise yet, which
has caused sales at last fall prices. Other.
who have the hay to feed intend holding
out until late, expecting to make sales al
big prices in supplying the northern mar
kets at Portland, Tacoma and Seattle.
In the way of grain there does not seem
to be much demand, but prices are firm at
higher rate than during last fall. the
grain sales depending mainly on our lin
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The Commission Business.

Many farmers and fruit-growers have
had sad experience with unreliable COM
mission men. 1t is very common thing
for the grower to receive note stating
that towing to the depressed condition OF
the market" etc., then.produce not only
did not sell for an amount sufficient to
pay for freight and commissions. Mrs.
NJ. G. Norton Of Wrights Station, Santa
Clara County, recently shipped some fruit
to Trobock q Bergen of San Francisco.
Surprised at the low price received she in
vestigated the mater, and charges that
the firm sold a portion OF the fruit for a
higher price than was returned upon the
account of sales. The firm justifies its
course upon the ground that the sale COM
plained OF was single box, and it was
proper and usual in such cases to charge
the customer the retail price and TO make
the return at q wholesale price. The High-
land Grange, of which Mrs. Norton is a
member, claims that Trobock & Bergen
are guilty of embezzlement, and have
taken steps having for their object a
thorough investigation.
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tricity there is around? 1t is brought to
my notice, especially every time [ have
occasion to ride in a trolly-car on a wet
day ! have frequently received stinging
shock by taking hold of the brass rail as
swung myself aboard. NY feet are wet,
you see, and water is so good conductor
that a ground connection is established
with myself as part of the circuit. The
sensation is quite enough to be disagree
able. assure you.
The metal doorsill, too, is another
place where the current leaks out. Since
discovered that by personal experience L
have often amused myself by watching the
people who enter and leave the car If
they step over the wet threshold well and
good, but II their feet touch 1t they are
likely to get some of the supertiuous
power. Then the expression on their faces
Is IudlcrouS. Most of them look completely
bewildered, as if they didn't know what
had struck them, and I suppose they don't
for the instant
Those are not the only places where
there is free electricity, either. In my own
Office can get as severe q shock as | could
from battery. In one OF the inCandeS-
cent light fixtures there is a spot where
the current escapes. in great force. By
touching this place with a key, knife or
any bit of metal, and resting my other
hand on the iron of the steam radiator
near by, can take a shock OF such power
as to burn my hand and make me drop
the experiment in hurry. The other day
half dozen of Us Joined hands and
formed line between the two places. The
man at one end held key to the fixture,
and the fellow at the other end laid his
hand on the radiator. You would hardly
believe how strong the current was Our
hands seemed suddenly grippcd together,
and alter we let go our fingers tingled
for minutes from the effects
q have often thought that computa-
tion OF the amount of unused electric force
there Is around us would be interesting
There must be numbers of other places
that | have never noticed where it escapes,
and | suppose there is no doubt that in the
aggregate the power wasted would be suffi-
cient 10 accomplish tremendous amount
of work. New York Tribune.
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Cost of Fruit and Berry Boxes.

Apple boxes vary in size from 40 to so
pound capacity. They sell in shocks for
from to u cents; boxes made up. IL to IA
cents. Asparagus boxes, 50-pound capa-
city, II to II cents for shocks and IA to 16
cents for boxes. Blackberry. raspberry
ard strawberry boxes, So so per thousand.
Berry chests, Slated, with 25-pound draw
ers, 81 70. Cherry boxes of 10 pounds ca
pacity, for Eastern shipment, in shocks, 4
to cents; boxes, 8 to cents; for local
use, shocks, 8 to cents; boxes, to 5
cents. Grape boxes for packing purposes,
40 pounds capacity, ITO ~ cents; for ship
ping, capacity 20 pounds, in shocks, 4 to 5
cents; boxes, 5 to 6 cents. Prune boxes,
capacity % pounds, in shocks, 5 to cents; !;
boxes, 81 to 81 cents; doyetailed, 8 20 IL
cents. Tomato boxes, capacity 80 pounds,
in shocks, II to IA cents; boxes, IA to 16
cents. The brand is printed on all boxes
free of charge, except that the customer
furnishes the stencil.-San Jose Mercury
Souvenir.
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Of Interest TO wheat-Growers.

Tulare Grange wishes to inform the
wheat and barley growers OF California,
through the columns of THE CALL. what
has been done toward greater production
OF these important food products at the ex-
perimental station in Tulare County.
Nearly all the agricultural writer's OF the
press, the statisticanS Of the staple
products OF agriculture, as well as the de-
partment at Washington, have endcav-
ored to show that the day of profitable
wheat and barley growing, especially
wheat, was past, and the array of figures
and apparent facts presented were enough
to cause the farmer to look at wheat-grow-
ing for profit with doubt that has made
many OF them partially aban Don that line
OF industry. Some philanthropie writers
Intelligence of our California farmer
and his quickness to adopt labor
saving device in seeding and har-
vesting his crop, wheat would have
to go lower in price than it has vet,
or that it seems at present likely to,
before the wheat-growers OF our State
would be crowded to the wall by the cheap
padrone labor of Argentina or Ryot labor
OF India, and then at the same time pre-
sent figures of the small cost of wheat per
bushel TO the grower in those countries
thus upsetting ali their efforts at phiIan-
thropy. Nearly all the writer's along the
line of the idea that California wheat
growers cannot, at the present market
price, compete with other newly developed
countries employing cheaper labor, must
have arrived at their concus on from a
one-sided view of the matter. Some one
has said that many farmers would rather
dig fifteen hours day than think five
minutes"
This may or may not be applicable to
some OF our wheat growing farmers, but
one OF the facts that can be proved is that
the average annual production per acre of
wheat in our State has not exceeded twelve
bushels for several years past. 1t seems
now from data gathered from the expert
mental station in Tulare that this out
come of the wheat farmer is not to be at.
tributed to any impoverishment of soil.
but must be laid at the door of poor farm
ing methods. One variety OF wheat, Royal
Australian, tested last season at this sta
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tied home market, as cost of frcighting
will not permit shipment below. Pork is
so cheap this year that there is no money
in fattening hogs except for the home
market, while horses also are just as
cheap, since the teaming, staging and
travelling have been superseded by the rail-
roads, bicycles and electric motors, to rem
der horses less needed.
The winter so far suits the farmers very
well, especially those who have winter
crops in the ground, and should we have
continued storms at intervals during the
balance Of the winter and in the spring,
the spring crops are also likely to turn oat
well, with better prospects for advanced
prices next weary reka Journal.
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Marriage of Miss Gertrude
Naphtaly to Lionel B,
Feigenbaum.
\ BRILLIANT SOCIAL EVENT.
Lovely Decorations of the Concordia
Clubhouse, Where the Ceremony
Took Place.

Under the softened glow of countless
fairy lamps and twinkling wax-lghts, in a
bower OF fragrant buds and blossoms, Miss
Gertrude Naphtaly and Lionel B. Feigen-
baum spoke to each other last night the
solemn, binding words which united them
for life.
The wedding took place in the elegant
home OF the Concordia Club, at the inter-
section of Post street and Van Ness
avenue. The decorations of the building
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-15
FACTS FOR THE FARMERS,
Sad Experience With the " I'm
reliable" Commission
Merchant.
Effect of the Recent Weather Upon
the Hay and Grain Prices in
the State.

1t isnot always wise to try to farm too
much land. There are thousands of farm
ers who pay taxes upon land which brings
to them no income whatever.
Every farmer ought to know exactly
what it costs him to raise horse, COW, a
chicken, or an acre of wheat A time
comes in the life of all livestock when they
cannot longer be kept profitably. Thev
should be disposed of before they reach
that age.
The celebrated orange marmalade pre-
pared in Dundee, Scotland, is made from
the Seville or bitter orange. If marmalade
may be profitably manufactured in a
country which produces no oranges, it
surely ought to be profitable business in
California, which not only produces
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Electric traction companies are not al
lowed to trifle with the public in Genoa.
The working of all electric tramways has
been suspended there because one car got
beyond control, whereby two passengers
were wounded.
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North Coos River, Kentucky few days
ago. Such an odd freak had never been
seen there before, and no satisfactory ex-
planation of how the coon lost its hair
was arrived at
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-15
Unused Electric Power.

did you ever think, asked an observ-
ing man lately, "how much loose elec-
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-15
CIRCULARS AND RUBBER COATS.


CIRCULARS, stripes
1.CO
in be
RUBBER COATS
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NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD


From San Francisco, beginning October 27, 1895.
WEEKDAYS.
For Mil Vallev and san Rafael-7:30, 9:lb, IL: 20
A. n: ! :A5, 3:46, 5:l5 $50 P. N.
San Quentin-7:30, S:15 A. IL: :4b, 5:16 ?. n
Extra trips Tor san Rafael on Mondays, Wedne1
Gays and Saturdays n II 80 p 81.
SUNDAYS.
For Mil Valley, San Rafael and San Quentin
S:00 1000, II 80 A. NJ; l 80, 3 100, 4:So. s6:1g
Pm. *Does not TO San Quentin.
THROUGH TRAINS.
7:30 A.. n. weekdays-Cazedero and way statlonA
1:45 p. II. saturdays--Tomales and way stations
600 A. 4. Sundays- Point Reyes ana way afAtienA
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RAILROAD TRAVEL.
SOUTHERN rACrFrC comPaxx

J
TraIHs leave and are due TO arrive n
SAN FRANCISCO.
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LADIES' ULSTERS.


capew worthO Oand$ 50reduce dto$25 5Oeach " - '
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inviting SPECIALLY
SELECTED CLEARANCE beg suggest
intending purchasers will avoid disappointment calling early
as these bargains that will so off with rush the
GIVING-AWAYP PRICES QUOTED
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LADIES' JACKETS.

LADIES' JACKETS
and o
twied coang
reduc
with
eof
50and
of
oang, plain embroidered and braided black and
$3.50 and $50, reduced to so each
LADIES' ULSTERS.
LADIES ULsTERs OF light dark mixed coak with without
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SANTA CRUI DlflSlON marrow Gauge).
s:f0A Newark, Centerville. San Jose FELTON,,
Boulder Creek, Santa Cruzand Way
.. Stations; .,...:;.,...;:....:......... 5,Se1
s2:15P Newark. Centerville San jose New
Arnaden, FELTON,, Boulder Creek
Santa Cruz and Principal Way
Stations ns~..........................s sJI:2oA
A:1Op Newark. San Jose ana Los Gatos.,.: e:5oA
fl1:4SP HunteIs' Excursion. San jose and
Way stations. - 80 1870 t7.aor
COAST DIVISION Crhird & Townsend SfsI
6:45A San jose and Way Stations (New
Almaden Wednesdays only) -. 1:I5P
s:I5A San jose Tres Piuos Santa Cruz,
Pacific Grove. Paso Robes Sau
Luis Obispo Guadalupe and Prin-
cipal Way Stations .......... 7:O5e
IO:40A San Jose and Way Stations. ........ 5:0OP
ll;41A Pao Alto and Way stations....... 3:30s
H2:3Or San jose, Gilroy Tres Pinos Santa
Cruz, Salinas Monterey and Pacific
Grove Observation-Disclosures. +IO:4OA
N3:3Or Sand ose and Principal Way Stations o;f5E
fi:30r San jose and Way Stations. ......... ss:O0A
1:sOP San jose and Way Stations ....... sS:5SA
6::seP San jose and Way Stations .... 6:35A
fff:AJP San Jose and Way Stations. t1:45E
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-04-10
DO-KA-BATL, THE CHANGER.
Indians Tell Wonderful Stories Of
the Tricks He Plays.
Bad Braves Changed to Birds-He Was
Really Beneflcent Being, Though
One Would Never Suspect 1t
from His Portrait.
IcopYR1GHr. 1861


Among the legends of the Puget
sound Indians the story of Do-ka-batl
seems to be the most prominent and
popular. This Do-ka-batl was great
spirit whose peculiar powers lay in his
ability to change mortals to beasts,
birds, stone or whatever he pleased.
Naturally, therefore, great respect was
shown to Do-ka-bau.
At any rate Do-ka-batl created great
sensation when he appeared among the
Indians living in the region of the
sound. He came up out of the sea,
from the southwest, covered by big
cloud, which overspread the whole sky.
1t is not reported that he came with
much noise and tumult, with rafting of
thunder or a blaze of lightning; but
like the even tempered, mighty spirit
that he was, he appeared as an angel of
peace, to teach the people good things.
He found the ancestors of the Twana
Indians trying to catch fish with their
bare hands. lie showed them how to
construct willow traps and by stretch
ing these across the river take great
quantities of fish, so that the tribe lived
in ease and contentment from that time
on, and had little labor. At this period,
so long ago was it, there were no deer
running in the woods, no humming
birds to make music with their whir-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-04-10
With the MinstreIs.

Say, Nose. duz yo' fink dat when
Adam got dat rib turned into woman
dat was de important business OBJ his
life?"
lob co'se it was"
well, it wasn't. Dat was only side
ISSUE
IVA, va; but, Bones, which side did
she come out OBJ, eh p
"De same side woman allus comes
around him on. DE blind side"
''Ya, va; but say, it's mighty lucky it
stop whar it did"
''Why, Mose?"
"Bekase know some fellers would
KEEP at it as long as dar ribs held
out, and den try to work upsome er der
backbone"
''Golly. yo's right! Ketch de key an
sing: 'Dar's frost on de garden gate !"
Judge.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-04-10
NEW YORK SUICIDES.
Greater Number Than in Any other City
in the World.

Greater Number Than in Any Other City
in the World.
y greater number of suicides was
committed in New York city last year
than in any other city in the world.
The list of suicides for the year COM
prises 45S victims, taken from all walks
of life, and varying in age from chill
dren of less than Is years to men and
women nearly 90 years old The list
is the largest on record in this city, al
though the percentage of suicides to
the entire population is lower than in
some previous years.
Nearly every walk and coy nook il
Central park has at one time or another
been the scene of some suicide. A grim
record of these events is kept at the
arsenal. 1t shows that over 100 sui
cides have been committed in the park
during the past three years. At GER
tain seasons of the year there is an
average of more than one suicide a day
within the park limits. Few suicides
arc committed out of doors in cold
weather.
Statistics show that over 60 per cent
VI oil SulClu6S III New 1OTk nave Oeen
committed by Germans.
Experts in such matters account for
this by saying that the Germans are
SO much attached to their native land
and suffer such inconsistencies in New
York that it amounts to suicidal mania.
The record of the motives for commit
ting suicide is very hard to keep. In
:nost cases there seems to be absolutely
no sufficient reason and the word smell
archoly" is set ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Press.
No Hurry.
There was young lady of Crewo
Who wanted to catch the 2:2;
Said porter: Don't hurry,
Or scurry, or furry,
It's minute or 222:2v'
-TIIdv
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-04-10
A RIGHT START.
The Child is Lucky Who Gets the
Proper Find OF Ono.
Mot Wealth Oh Position AIone Means
"StaIting Right" Health Counts


Not Wealth or Position Alone Means
"StaIting Right" Health Counts
for Something.
When child is born to vcry wealthy
parents, we are inclined to say, what
a start in life it hes IF it is a girl,
the father may give bridal present
of a million dollars. Ii q boy, the
father may take him in partnership,
and give him many millions.
But what does all this amount to.
If the family history shows that there
is marked tendency to the develop
ment of serious disease? What com
fort, if one expects that every slight
cold may terminate in consumption;
or every nervous pain indicate APP
preaching nervous prostration, or even
insanity? Wealth cannot make hap
piness when pain is present, and the
shadow of approaching disease always
lowering near.
Happy is the child who inherits q
sound constitution. He laughs at q
little cold, and does not mind a dart
ing pain or two. But, alas, many OF
us inherit tendency to weak lungs,
some weakness of the nervous system.
Yet, with a perfectly sound ancestry,
we may still suffer from all these and
other complaints.
1t is a great gift to have strong
nervous system. Neuralgia, sciatica,
nervous dyspepsia, inability to concen-
trate the mind, sleeplessness, and ner-
vousness are symptoms of weak nerves.
Opiates and other narcotics, do not
strengthen nerves; they weaken, de-
bilitate. To be sure they may quiet
temporary pain, but the real cause,
which is one of weakness, remains.
Weak nerves call for food and nerve
tonics. The hypophosphites are gen.
orally acknowledged to be the best
nerve tonics. They tone up the whole
nervous system, and every part of the
body responds. Cod-liver oil supplies
a valuable food to all the tissues !;
while the medicinal agents which nat
urally exist in this oil exert their good
effects also. Scott's Emulsion is a
combination of the best cod-liver oil
and the purest hypophosphites. It is
called an emulsion, because the oil
is emulSltied or dlgested. Hence it is
more acceptable to invalids, and all
those who do not have very strong
digestive powers. One dose of SCOTS
Emulsion may not quiet pain, but one
bottle will often SO strengthen the
nervous system that no pain will be
present to quiet.
Nearly twenty-five years ago the pro-
prietors of Scott's Emulsion discovered
a process of emulsifying Cod-liver Oil,
so as to remove from it almost entirely
it's obnoxious fishy taste and smell, and
at the same time increasing its food and
remedial properties. They found also
that by combining the Hypophosphites
with it that they added still further to
its power.
Since that time thousands of imita-
tions have come into the field, but the
original has never been equalled.
marh 6-tf-'96