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The advocate., 1897-01-20

THE Legislature should not conceive
the idea that people want money with
held for necessary purposes, but the
people will approve every measure
which will prevent the expenditure of
money which is not necessary In the
efficient conduct Of State affairs.
The advocate., 1897-01-20

In Indiana the State publishes it's
own textbooks. 1t results In q very
material Chespening Of the c0st to
school patrons. For the information
OF readers the following prices are
given: Geography Is cents, arithmetic
Az cents, Third reader rs cents, Fifth
reader 40 cents, First reader 10 cents,
COPY books s cents. There is some
difference between these figures and
those paid now In Kansas.
The advocate., 1897-01-20

CoTToN growers from Mississippi,
Arkansas and Tennessee appeared be-
fore the House Ways and Means COM
nittee, q few days ago, and asked that
q duty be- laid on iEnpOrtationS Of for
eSRn cotton. Itis odd that men who
The advocate., 1897-01-20

The ADVOCATE and LeSlie'S IgleLS-
trcted Weekly, 50 per year. The price
Of LesIie'S Is S4, but the ADVOCATE
has SPECIAL rate which enables it to
make the above offer.
The advocate., 1897-01-20

THE National Democrats insist that
they still live and move and have their
being, but their loneliness Ia appalling.
The advocate., 1897-01-20

NOT a dollar should be appropriated
by the Legislature for any purpose
which is not an absolutely necessary
one.
The advocate., 1897-01-20

Ex.VIcE PRESIDENT MORTON has
purchased q $4,000 residence in New
York city.
The advocate., 1897-01-20

Look over the ADVOCATES premium
List before ordering the paper. +
The advocate., 1897-01-20

Entered at the PostOnice at Topeka, Kansas
90 SecOnd.class matter
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

quantity Of Mexican oranges from
district where the deadly Mexican
orange worm abounds, and the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce is
making an effort 10 have the fruit
stopped at Hogales. II that fails the
horticultural commissioners of San
BeInardino county hope to capture
the fruit at Cotton or San Bernardino.
Judge Dooling of Santa Cruz has
sustained the demurrer in a mandamus
suit brought by d. II. Trout TO COM
pei County Clerk Martin to pay his
warrant for services as Deputy Assess
or. Trout is a State Senator, and
when he returned from Sacramento
was appointed Deputy Assessor. The
County Clerk refused to issue war
rant. on the ground that Trout could
not hold two salsried positions, it being
in violation Of the law.
At meeting Of the manufacturing
lumbermen Of Western Washington
held at Tacoma, Wash. it was decided
that, in as much as the dealers in yell
low pine have advanced prices in the
Eastern markets, the schedule will
have to go up here TO correspond.
Common lumber is therefore advanced
81 per thousand. ship laps 81, flooring
81, stock boards. 81, clear finishing 49,
stepping 81, lath 20 cents.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
The Free Market Project.

The San Francisco Farmers Club
has determined to push its fight for .
suitable free market ON the water
front, and that the general public
might receive reliable information
regarding the advantages that would
accure in the event of its efforts reach
ing a successful termination, has issued
a bulletin containing in condensed
and concise form extracts from the
pens of number of its promoters.
The main object, as expressed in the
pamphlet, is to provide better and
cheaper system of distribution, which
would, of course. vastly increase the
use of perishable products, and it is
beliveed that much of this can be ac-
complished by the better control of the
commission business.
The only remedy possible, it con-
tinues. is that first the producers bust
ness shall be taken away from the
premises of the agent which he con.
trolls, and placed ON other premises
which he does not control, and con.
Quoted under such regulations that the
principal, at whatever distance he may
be, can ascertain without expense t.
himself, and at any time after the
occurrence of the transaction, all the
essential facts attending the sale of the
produce.
The method of State control is dis
cussed and it is declared that the mar
ket is not scheme to get rid of the
commission men. The incidental ad
vantages are gone over and the saving,
that would result-that of drayag,
alone amounting to hundreds of dollars
day, are shown. In answer to the
statement that there is no available
space on the water front, the follow
ing is said
"All the water front of San Fran
cisco available for the purpose of
free market is now occupied. Within
this space, however, the great major
ity of perishable products coming t.
the city are now landed, and many O
them sold. MOI more space for ingres
of produce or egress of empties would
be required than is now used for tina
purpose. Some Encouragement Of tn,
use of the piers by different companie
might or might not be required
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
When to Prune.

Summer pruning Of Dung, uniformed
trees in California is not to be COM
mended, unless it be to thin out SUPER
fiuous growth, says the California
Fruit Grower. Mature trees, after
their crop is harvested. may be pruned
at any time. and the sooner the better.
This pruning consists in cutting out
all dead wood, saving off any large
branches which are in the way (but
this should not be necessary if the tree
has been we'll trained), and cutting
back the two-year wood, always
with slanting cut, and close to some
other shoot or branch. This applies to
stone fruits. but with plums and prunes
every other year the treatment is suffi.
cient in most cases, and with apricots
according to how they bear Cherries
seldom need cutting back after they
are we'll grown, but old and weak
wood should be cut out, Peaches re-
quire cutting back even more, occa.
sionally, II they have borne several
successive heavy crops. Apples and
pears of mature age only need heading
back i'll mechanical manner to keep
the form compact and sturdy, but
every year will require thinning out.
All of this work, thus very briefly
outlined, may be done any time after
the crop is gathered and therefore
much saving Of time and expense is
effected.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
INAUGURATION DAY.
When 1t WIN Fall Upon Sundays al
What Then Happens.

When 1t win Fall Upon Sundays and
What Then Happens.
From the year 1917 to the year 20s5
inauguration day will fall ON Sunday
every 28 years, but in changing from
tho twentieth century to the twenty
first the 40 year period comes in. and
after 2085 the next Inauguration Sun
day will be in 2l25. So, there will be
40 year period from 1881 to 1921 and
from 1917 to 1917, but only 2S year
period from 1878 to 2401, as 20 is not
divisible by L.
During any century whose number is
divisible by Inauguration day falls ON
Sunday times. During any century
whose number is not Invisible by A, it
falls on Sunday only times. From
1000 to 400, for instance, it will fall
ON Sunday times and also from 2400
to $500, 20 aud "a being divisible by 4,
but from 1900 to 1000, it will fall on
Sunday only times, and so from 2l00
to 1900, 10 and 81 not being divisible
by A. Observe that, in speaking Of the
number of century" we do not mean
the year; 20 is the number Of the CEN
tury-which we divide by 4-and 1000
Is the year Observe, also, that in all
this we are not speaking of the recur-
renee of the date, March 4, but of the
particular March 4ths that are inaug-
uration days.
Here is a table showing how many
times inauguration day falls on each of
the seven days of the. week from the
year 1900 to the year 5000:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
London's Smoky Tunnels.

The chief objection to the under.
ground service Is the foul air In the
tunnels. Thus far no serious attempt
to introduce electric traction has been
made on the "circle." Within a few
years, however, the City and South
London railway, better known as tho
Greathead Underground line, starting
in the city near the monument, and div
ing beneath the Thames, has been con-
structed TO the neighborhood of Ken
pington Park and 1t Is being extended.
This Is double tunnel-two great iron
tubes, In fact, one directly beneath the
other-and the trains are operated and
lighted by electricity. 1 can testify
from personal experience that the air
Is pure and the motion of the trains
easy. Passengers are lowered to the
platforms and raised therefrom by
huge lifts. This system was the In
ventlon and the pet scheme Of the emf
nent engineer whose naIne 1t bears, and
whose recent death was a distinct loss
to technical science.-Tme and Hour,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

port that the greatest importance at
tacbes to the olive in California. but
rather as a food product for home con-
sumption. Ii has often been said that
the olive is truly the poor mans tree.
In a country like California, where a
scapty rainfall is the characteristic Of
many parts, pasturage. and conse-
quently the production of meat and
butter. must necessarily be limited.
relatively more so as the population
increases. The olive can largely sup
ply this growing deficiency. It is the
richest and most nutritious of all
fruits. for upon it and bread alone a
man may be sustained so as to perform
the hardest labor.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
September SupRestinns

Orchardists are so busy fruit gather.
ing that they have not much time tc
devote to anything else, says the Tree
and Vine.
The second brood of slugs ON the
leaves of pears and cherries may be
troublesome in September, eating off
the green Of the leaves. Throwing dust
over the leaves is the simplest remedy.
The red spider or yellow mite may also
be troublesome in some places. Dry
sulphur busted thoroughly through the
tree Is specific. For an occasional
tree, small muslin bag filled with
sulphur and handled at the end of a
long pole is all right, but for sny ex.
tended operations a machine may be
arranged from broadcast seed sower.
In the interior this should have been
done last month, but may be now
timely nearer the coast.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
LATE NEWS NOTES.

The Letter Carriers will hold their
next national conyfntiOn in Toledo,
Ohio.
A derrick on the Notifications at
Willet's Point, N. Y, broke, killing
two persons and critically injuring
two others.
A great forest fire has burned over
about twenty square miles Of the Big
Horn reserve in Wyoming and is still
spreading, famed by gale, with
danger Of immense damage.
John ID. Rockefeller has recently
paid over to the Baptist Missionary
Union and Missionary Society the sum
of $500, 900, which, with the sum
raised by the societies themselves,
wipes cut the Indebtedness of these
two societies.
The Navy Department is resolved to
free itself from responsibility of send
ing American war ships to foreign
docks in the future and to this end the
department will recommend to Con-
gress that appropriation be made for
the construction of at least four new
dry docks. 1t will be suggested that
these be located ut Boston, League
Island, Norfolk and Mare Island, Cal.
A bill has been introduced in the City
Council of st. Louis, Mo-, providing
for the issuance of franchise to a
new gas company, which will sell
illuminating gas at 81 per 1000 and
fuel at SO cents, with the usual dis
count Of 10 per cent. M. NJ. Sweet
man, formerly of Chicago, and late of
Kansas City, is at the head of the new
company. He said he had $4,000, 900
of capital backing for the new COM
paDy. 1t is reported that the Stand.
ard Oil Company is back Of the pro-
ject.
The American Bible Society has pre-.
pared large folio Bible in the English
language as gift to the emperor of
Japan. 1t will be presented in the
name Of the American Bible Society
the British and Foreign Bible Society,
and the National Bible Society of Scot
land. The gift to the emperor was
suggested by the favorable reception
which the dowageI empress Of China
gave to beautiful New Testament in
Chinese presented TO her in 1894 in the
name of 10000 Protestant Christian
women of China.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
Picked olives.

The pickled-olive industry of Cali
fornia, says Mr.. Pierce. is growing
rapidly from year to year. Two
classes of pickles are prepared-the
green and the ripe. Green olive
pickles are more easily made than ripe
ones, and, as rule, will keep better.
AS food, however. they are incom-
parably inferior to pickles made from
the mature fruit. the oil of the ripe
olive adding very greatly to its nour-
ishing qualities and to its flavor. For
consumption within the year nothing
but mature fruit should be put up.
Ripe olives may also be kept for sew
eral years If sufficient care is given to
the picking. For long keeping and
for shipment the immature fruit ia
often preserved, especially by Euro.
peans.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

During the past fifteen years much
attention has been shown the olive and
many fields of beautiful producing
trees are TO be seen, particularly in
the foothills belt of this and the ad.
joining counties, says the Marysville
Democrat. The olive tree will grow
and produce in abundance on the CON-
mon cheap land where deciduous fruit
will not do as well. The demand for
olives grows with each year of produo-
ton, particularly SO for the piokled
varieties. Of which the supply Is not
near equal to the orders.
California is the only State in the
Union that possesses climate suitable
for 1t. Abundant testimony exists to
show that the tree will thrive through
out the greater part of California. The
greatest point to be made in favor Of
the olive is, that it will grow in a soil
too dry even for the grape vine and too
rocky even for any fruit tree. The
hills and mountain slopes. not fit for
the pasture Of even a goat, can be
made to produce olives. Precisely
such will produce the fruit much ear
lier than the rich valleys. although in
the latter the tree will attain larger
growth. The olive will fill the larg-
est gap in our cultures, and its sphere
is such that it will not encroach on
any other culture. 1t is. perhaps, not
as a great and valuable product for OK.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
Careful Handling,

The picking and packing of fruit is
question of vital impor lance and
should receive the attention of all
growers, says the Fruit World, One
of the reasons why some of the brands
of fruit do not carry we'll is because of
the improper handling they receive at
I this end Of the line. Peaches should
always be picked in the morning be-
fore the sun has had chance to heat
them. and should be packed and shipped
the same day. This fruit in particu-
lar should never be left standing in the
packing shed over night. 1t is better
to pick all your fruit as early in the
day as possible, but when it is picked
during the heat Of the day, it should
not be exposed in hauling, a canvas
cover of some sort should be spread
over the wagon to protect 1t. If it is
necessary to keep the piokers at work
all day. they should never work on
peaches after II o'clock in the morn.
ing. but should be put to work on such
fruit as pears, plums or prunes. which,
in every case should be packed under
these circumstances, should never be
packed until the following day.
Growers should never allow their
men to pick, clean and pack grapes on
the same day. but always pick one
day ahead and allow them to stand
in the picking boxes in the packing
house until the following day in order
to let the stems wilt. Grapes thus
handled will allow the defective ber-
ries to be picked or cut without break
ing the cluster from the stems. A
great many growers do not seem to
realize the Importance Of protecting
thier fruit from the sun and dust. It
is these growers. generally, who CON-
plain of the sales. and whose fruit very
often arrives in the market In de-
moralized condition. The fact of i'm.
proper handling causes some of the
finest fruit which leaves here to arrive
in the market nearly worthless. The
grower today who is making money is
the one who attends to the details of
the business,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

Perhaps it might be we'll to say that
when inauguration day falls on Sun
day, the incoming president takes the
oath on Saturday, March 8, but is not
formally indicted into Office until Mon.
day, March 8. This is done to prevent
a lapse in the office, for the outgoing
president has no authority as such after
IL O'Clock, noon, ON March 4, whether
that date fall on Sunday or on any other
day. If, therefore, occasion should arise
between noon on Sunday, March 4, and
noon on Monday, March 8, for the ex-
ercise OF the presidential authority, the
incoming president, having taken the
oath OF office, would be qualified to per-
form the duty. Such a case never has
arisen. but 1T might arise. --Philadel-
phia Times.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
Agriculturists.
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
Budget OF knowledge That May
Prove Beneficial.
olives ON Barren His.

Professor Newton B. Pierce of the
Department of, Agriculture, has pre-
pared comprehensive and valuable
report on "Olive Culture in the United
States" for the departments year
book. He says the true North American
olive belt-that is, the region especially
adapted for the growth and production
Of the fruit-includes a portion of
Mexico proper. all of Lower California.
The acreage of olives on the Pacific
Coast can not be accurately given, but
it runs well up among the thousands.
Some idea may be had of the growth
of this industry from the fact that in
1894 over 400, 900 olive trees were sold
for planting from the nurseries of Po-
mona alone, while the shipments and
orders for the first half of 1895
amounted to half million.
The grating of the olive is now ex-
tensively undertaken in California.
Crown grating of the semi-wild Red
ding Picholine nursery stock has been
practiced with success. Ursris olives,
grated on hardy roots, have been seen
higher than a mans head after three
years.
Continuing, the report says: The
profitable use Of dry hillsides is a SUBJ
ject of great interest to large number
Of California fruit growers. Ranges
of these hills extend for 700 miles
through the State from north to south,
and at present they are almost barren
OF crops of any kind. Millions of
acres of the most fertile soils in the
most equable climate are awaiting the
intelligence of the cultivator to make
them of permanent value. Can these
hillsides be used for olive culture An
examination of the conditions under
which the olive is grown i'll parts of
the old world strongly indicates that
they can.
The system of growing the olive on
the steep, high hillsides back of Naples
is likely to prove Of value to Califor-
mans. The hills are too steep and
rocky to admit of being cultivated,
but, nevertheless, have maintained
thrifty olive groves for ages. A fair
trial of the Neapolitan system of olive
culture should be made on the drier
and sleeper hillsides Of the Coast
Range. says Mr.. Pierce, as it is very
successful in Italy. Throughout
Southern Europe it is generally held
that the quality of the oil from hill.
side groves is superior to that pro.
duced from groves in valleys. TIC
further strengthen this claim that the
olive may be grown with success on the
driest California hillsides the writer
calls especial attention to the success
full olive groves Of Mr.. Cooper at SAINTS
Barbara. which are ON hills Of all
kinds Of soil and all inclinations, with
cut any irrigation whatever.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

The Plumas Independent says:
Operations in the Robinson mine have
been, for the past few weeks, suspended,
but we are informed that the cause of
suspension having been removed, oper-
ations are about to be resumed, which
will set thirty men at work. Our
Eastern visitors are much pleased with
Plumas though at loss to account for
her tardy progress in the development
of her mines, which they consider a
much safer investment than those Of
Klondike. Mr.. Hammel will 60
direct from here to Chicago, while Mr..
Burke will remain at the Basin for o
time.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
The OLrigin9 l,ankrnnt.

Good comradeship may count fol-
much. No man ever typified this better
than the Wall street broker who said
to his friend the reporter: II didn't
fail until after the evening papers went
to press. 80 that You could have it all to
yourself in the morning. Come around
In an hour or SO, and I'll give you the
figures. Writer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
Equine SaRacity.

Every soldier knows that horse will
not step ON man Intentionally. 1t Ia
standing order In the British cavalry
that II trooper becomes dismounted
he must lie stlll. If he does this the
whole squadron Is likely to pass over
him without doing him injury.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

The Yreka Journal says: The
dredger on tho klamath has been
working day and night, and it is re-
ported they are taking out good pay
gravel. This dredger has handled a
large amount Of gravel since it was
built, and must pay, as the owners
keep at work with it,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
The greatest depth yet attained il

The greatest depth yet attained in
the mines at Randsburg is by the
Wedge Company, which is down S65
feet. Assays of the ore from that level
run $50 to $l07, There is a very fav,
orable change in the character of the
ore. as 1T is now running largely in
sulphurets. This development indi-
Gates a permanency of the ore bodiea.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

William d. English has returned
home after several weeks jaunt
through the mineral districts OF
Trinity county. Mr.. English has
located some claims which may make
him rich,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

The 1000 men who have been at
work ON the new underground trolley
line which is to be built OH Fourth
avenue, New York. struck because
they have received no pay for three
weeks. I. 4. Crimmins & Co. are
the contractors.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30

Some folks believe they are SO good
that people will never think of gossip
Ing about them. But they are mis-.
taken, ~ y, ~