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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-06
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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22

sane persons from Southern California
will hereafter be sent to the Mendo-
cino asylum at Ukiah. Until an order
to this effect goes into operation poor
Miss Oral BOnebreak, the demented
daughter of a shoemaker, will remain
an inmate of the County Jail here
under a decision adjudging her insane
and designating Highlands asylum as
the place for her incarceration.
Professor T. S. c. Lowe Of Pasadena,
who has just returned from an extended
business trip through New York and
Pennsylvania. has the most sanguine
hope that the new telescope for Mount
Lowe, which is to be built by what is
known as the Gotham system, will in
the near future be placed in position.
When completed it will be the largest
in the world. measuring 70 inches in
diameter. The largest now-that on
Mount Hamilton-is &c inches. In
regard TO the future Of the Mount
Lowe Railroad, which has suffered
severely as the result of the hard
times. and as the professor believes,
ill-advised litigation, he is sanguine
and yet expects TO see it come out of
all its financial troubles.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22
FOREIGN NEWS.

| A serious riot has occurred at Ante
guerra, eigltt- miles from Malaga, in
the province of Andalusia, Spain,
caused by popular uprising against
the imposition of an octroi tax "a tax
levied on some European countries at
the gates of cities ON articles brought
i'm.
The Government of Spain has cabled
Captain General Weyler instructing
him to introduce into the administra-
ton of affairs in Cuba the reforms
which the Cabinet recently agreed to
institute in the island. "Epoca," a
semi official organ. says that negotia-
tions for the restoration of peace in
Cuba are in progress, with every pros
pect of successful conclusion.
Il. T. Hooley, the noted London
promoter and fioater of great financial
enterprises, has taken opportunity of
the approaching jubilee of Queen Vic
toria to devote 50, 900, 900 of his for
tune to philanthropy. The sum above
named will be wisely invested and the
interest money from it will be spent
in relieving widows and orphans in the
vicinity of Mr.. Hooley's big estates in
Derbyshire. But this is only one of
his phianthropio schemes. He has
attracted the attention of thu socialists
with his plan for pensioning every old
man in Great Britain, or. say, every
man who is no longer able to earn his
own living. Mr. Hooley proposes to
do this in manner which will not tax
the rich i'll excess of the poor. His
purpose is to levy traiff of shillings
quarter on all corn imported into the
country. This tax, HI argues, would
fall with scarcely any effect whatever
on the well-to-do, and would in no wise
Inconvenience the workingman, who
would, in the end, be benefited y it
when he would reach an age at which
he was no longer able to earn liveli-
hood. The millionaire promoter says
that with twelve good men to aid him
In the work he could carry his scheme
through in less than six months.
Johannes Brahms, the well-known
musical composer, is dead of cancer of
the liver. He was sixty.seven years old.
His death occurred in Vienna. 10.
names Brahms has been given rank
among the greatest composers of his
time. He was born in 1888 at Ham
burg, and after receiving instruction
from his father studied under Edouard
Marxsen. Attention was first called
to his merit as musician by Schu-
mann, who warmly recommended the
work of the young composer. After
several years of activity as director of
music at the court of Lippe- Detmold,
Brahms devoted much time to study
and composition in his native town.
In 1862 he went to Vienna and there
became director of the Singing Acade-
my. In the Austrian capital he con.
Quoted the concerts of the Society of
Amateur Musicians from 1879 until
1874. Although Brahms attracted
public notice in consequence of Schu-
manns' recommendation, the recog.
milton of his genius properly dates from
1868. when his "Deutsches' REQUIEM,
was produced. Among his later works
are Rinaldo," a cantata; "Schick.
salsied' 'Triumphlied, "Rhapsodie'
from Goethe's "Hartzreise," besides
string quartets, symphonies and great
number of songs.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
Aggriculturists.
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
Some Good Advice for the RuralIsts-A
Bueget Of knowledge That May
Prove Beneficial.
The Orange Outlook.

For several years past-ever since the
Florida crop has been out of the way.
says the Los Angeles Herald, our fruit
growers received poor returns from
their orange groves because of the fruit
being damaged by frost or winds, and
one season because of flooding the
Eastern markets with imported fruits.
This season we have as fine fruit as
was ever grown, and the prices have
been very satisfactory, with a tendency
at present for still better. 1t is esti-
mated that Riverside alone will this
year receive over million dollars for
Its orange crop,f. OBJ, and the remain
der Of Southern California ought to re-
ceive more than as much more.
Next season promises to be profitable.
With the older trees recuperated from
the effects of the cold waves of former
years. and the younger orchards coming
into more heavy bearing, Southern
California should market during the
season OF l897-9S not less than 10. 900
carloads of oranges. Of this crop fully
6O00-carloads should be navels. with
1000 carloads of seedlings, Mediterran-
can sweets, and other budded varieties.
THIS season the navels are selling on
board the cars for about $500 car
load, and the other varieties will bring,
1t is believed, about 5000 carload.
With these prices prevailing next sea-
son. the crop of l897-98 will bring into
California over $4,000,O 900.
These are conservative estimates,
which the people have a right to ex.
pect. Navel orange orchards this year
in full bearing are yielding $500 per
acre for the packed fruit, delivered ON
board the cars. Orchards not in full
bearing and not we'll cared for are
yielding less.
The income from the present crop
will give great relief to many sections
financially speaking-and the returns
from next seasons crop, if we have
no unfavorable conditions to contend
with, will put our people fairly on
their feet, and will iraugurate another
period of prosperity.
Taken with the millions to be spent
on San Pedro harbor and other millions
to be spent in railroad building be-
cause of San Pedro barbor. and the
millions of capital attracted to South.
ern California because of these fruit,
harbor aud road conditions, this will
most effectualiy put au end to the
local financial depression and will start
Southern California on the high road
to prosperity again.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22

L. M. Appleby. representing the
Kialto Canaigro Company. was in
Helmet recently, in the interest of the
company he represents. The company
mas about 40 men at work up near
vale Vista digging up the root of
the wild canaigre which will be taken
TO kialto and planted for the purpose
OF furnishing seed for the big tract of
land which those people will plant
next year. They expect to get enough
OF the root to plant 5000 acres and this
and another year will be used to seed
1000 acres which it is contemplated
Will be planted the following season.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22
Around the Farm.

Hogs can not we'll be kept on slop
and milk alone. but these 90 long
way in furnishing them food. A pig
is almost thing that can't be gotten
along without when there is a COW on
the place.
1t costs 10 each, in the East, to pro.
duce an egg; out West, where grain is
cheaper, the cost would hardly exceed
half cent. For the amount of money
invested there is good profit on eggs
at as low price as 10c per dozen.
A large saving i'll the cost of raising
hog LAY be accomplished by boiling
all its food. A half bushel of corn
will go as far again and fatten better
than as much corn fed dry. If the
table refuse can be added to the kettle
it will be still better.
For several reasons it is more desir.
able to have colts come in the fail
than in the spring. It is no little item
that they are not so worried by flies
and heat. They seem to stand the
change better when weaned at the
springing of the grass than if taken
from their mothers in the autumn.
Sows do not give large amounts of
mix, but what they do give is very
rich. BY the time the pigs are two
weeks old they will need additional
rations, and these should be provided
IN trough where the young pigs can
Iced themselves. Give only what can
be eaten quickly and entirely.
1t is better economy to own brood
mare worth $500 than it is to keen five
brood mares representing the same
amount OF investment. as the product
OF the one mare, when bred to the right
horse, will sell for more than the pro-
duct of the five common mares, and it
takes Just one-ffth the care and feed
to keep it.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22

Work has begun at vi>alia ON an
extension OF the Sunset telephone sys-
tenn to. Porterville and Bakersfield. a
distance of about 100 miles. This is
the result of the activity of the Mount
Whitney Telephone Company, local
organization that is pushing its lines
in all directions. Rates have been
greatly lowered in Tulare County.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22
Reparation.

John Bats, Sri want TO leave my
property to my two sons-one-tcutb 70
my youngest son, John Butts, and nine
tenths to my eldest son, Royal Chester
neld Chauncey de Peyster Butts.
Family Lawyer-H'm! Do yoa think
that's quite fair?
John Butts, Sr.-Yes. 1 want IN
make some kind of PREPARATION to ROYAL
Tor allowing his mother to give him
sucn crack jaw name. London Tit
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22

Tie Senate has confirmed the fol.
lowing nominations: BENJAMIN But.
terworth OF Ohio to be Commissioner of
Patents; Jay Allen to be Receiver Of
Public Moneys. and Oscar Palmer 10
be Registrar of the Land Office mt
Grayling. Mich.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22

The celery season at Santa Ana is
closed. The shipments for the season
were slightly in access of 225 carloads
This Is more than double the amount
OF last year, and the celery men prom.
Use to double this output in 1898.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22
Sugar-Beet Seeds.

oeoretary WILSON'S proposition to
distribute sugar. beet seeds among
farmers who propose to engage in the
oeet-sugar industry is opposed ON tho
ground that it will interfere with the
business of selling seeds, says the S. f.
Bulletin. In districts where the in.
dustry is established. growers NAV be
required to find their own seed. But
ID large part of the United States
the business is an experiment. Farm.
ers might hesitate about paving ont
muoh money on an experiment. but
would risk the use of land and tho
TABOR necessary to produce test crop.
10 would be to the interest of seed
dealers TO encourage experiments in
the hope OF selling seeds after the in.
dustry is established. While farmers
may to an extent produce their own
seed. 1t may be found in soma eases
prohtable to purchase the choice seed
winch IS offered for sale. Experiments
In sugar-beet cultivation should he ON.
oouraged i'll every way possible. The
sugar imports of last year were in en-.
cess OF 500 900. O00.all of which might
DC produced in this country. The sub.
sutnuon OF beets for wheat would re.
ouce the amount of wheat for EXPORT
and, to that extent, tend to advance
the price of wheat in the foreign mnr-
ket The price of wheat, Of course. is
not liked arbitrarily at Liverpool; it is
determined by the amount sent to that
common center of supply.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22
This Years Crops.

According to informal reports re.
ceived at the United States Weather
Bureau, the area sown in wheat in the
lower Sacramento Valley is something
like 100, 600 acres less this year than
it was last.
This is partly because of the fact
that many growers did less fall plow-
ing than usual last year, intending to
make up for it in the early spring, but
found it impossible to do SO owing to
the heavy rains, which made the
ground entirely too wet.
The river also did great deal more
overiowing than was looked for, which
had its effect in decreasing the total of
the wheat acreage.
On the other hand, there will be
very fair wheat raised this season ON
high lands which, in ordinary wears.
when there has not been an excess of
rainfall, would be to dry to be sown
to wheat with any prospect of remuner
ative returns.
On some of the lands which could
not be seeded to wheat this year barley
has been substituted.
The prospects for fruit are held. at
present, to be quite promising, though
apricots and almonds have suffered i'm
some localities from frost, nor have the
peaches escaped altogether
Owing to the recent rains in the
San joaquin Valley. the apricots and
almonds were injured, and some seri.
Gus damage was done; also in the Sacra-
mento Valley, the peaches in this in
stance, likewise suffering. In various
orchards, however, the "wet smudpe''
system of prevention was adopted.
and, so far as could be ascertsiped.
with much success. When the temper
allure. normally, was down to 90 de.
grees, the prevention process raised it
to 80, and even, in some instances. as
high as 80.
What is known as the "wet smudpe"
system, it should be explained, consists
In burning damp straw or other similar
material in or about the threatened
orchards. the vaporing of the water
with which the fuel is partially soaked
making the results much more satisfac-
tory than they would be were dry ma.
terial employed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22

The willow is one of the most adant-
able OF plants. A willow switch stuck
In the wet ground will almost inavr;a.
bly, take root and become a tree.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22

In ten days letter from New York
viii be delivered in Brussels.
The indicator., 1897-10-23
VERMONT LANDSLlDES.
Commonon When Part of the skin
Of IA Munnimin SIips on.

There was a tremendous landslide in
Waitsiield, Vt, during recent raging
storm, and the scene after the storm
was a sight to behold. Talk of western
cyclones. Here is a sample of the east
ern works Of nature in action which is
simply marvellous
Il was standing near the brook in the
potato field when | saw it," said Hollis
Mahuron. The brook made SO much
noise | didn't notice anything unusual
until | looked up and saw trees, roots
and all. shooting INTO the air, and tim
Der and rocks and earth tumbling over
and over, 20 or 30 feet high and extend
ing out over the valley 20 rods or more.
WAS | scared?
We'll, to say | was scared would be
putting it mildly. My first thought was
of the Johnstown flood and the next
was Of my family, and you better be
lieye | never left that potato field so
quickly before
1t was an instance where action
meant life as the ten or more acres OF
meadow land in the vicinity now buried
under immense piles of timber and flood
would bear testimony.
Beginning at the top of the mountain
is a short slide of about 20 rods, which
doesn't connect with the main slide.
Farther down another of 25 rods in
length slants in from the north, while
about one-third the distance from the
main brook to the mountain top third
slide Of similar length slants in from
the south. From this the main slide
dug an immense trough over 100 feet
wide and IS feet deep, extending down
the mountain until it made a turn
around the ledge about two miles from
the root, where it narrowed and then
swept out a channel 100 feet wide for
the rest of the distance.
Pen cannot describe the scene as il,
appeared to those witnessing it. Trees
We're thrown into the air and snapped
like dry twigs; rocks and powders were
buried and crushed and forced down
the decliyity, followed by torrent of
water so muddy that beholders said it
looked like a stretch of plowed ground.
Acres of timber were discovered. pine,
spruce and maple ground together
among the rocks until it is one long
stretch of n pulverized, shapeless mass
with the channel between, swept clean
TO the rocky bottom.
I The slide is on the same mountain
side as that which occurred June II.
1927, and which was about 400 rods
long.-Boston Globe.
The indicator., 1897-10-23
4 FrmiI, Settlement.

Stephen Montgomery has one Of the
very best pieces Of corn in Williams
town. Although - years old he has
piowed for, planted and hoed his crops.
By the way. it would be difficult TO du-
pIicate the Montgomery sctt ement ia
this or any other region. Stephen and
his wife live just south Of the old saw
mill. Their youngest daughter Fannie.
with her husband, Herbert Rice, is
next door. Close 10y are Edward, the
youngest son. and his family.
Next are Albert and his wife and little
girl. Just below Albert are his s1r
Freeman and wife. Opposite The school
house is Emeline, the eldest daughter,
with her husband, Tiha Goodail. while
nearly opposite the Iast-named house
1--we their daughter, Mamie. and her
husband, II. c. Lee. and their little
girl. Here, surely, is a seven-foii
cord; the grandparents, the four chi-
dren, and the only two adult grand
children and their families, four gener-
ations, Is persons in all, living within
haiuug distance of each other.-North
Adams CMass) Transcript
The indicator., 1897-10-23
Arctic Gnme.

The rabbit supply is now reinforced
by hundredso Of thousands of frozen rab-
bits from Australia, and the price of
home-bred rabbits has fallen in conse-
quence. In spite of the murderous de
struction Of sub-arctic game. the re-
gions from which it. comes are so huge
and the facilities for catching it, for
freezing it and transporting IT by
sledge so great, that we may expect the
supply to be larger each year rather
than less. 1t seems incredible, but IT is
true, that Russian game can he brought
from St. Petersburg to Lead
enhall market at a cheaper
rate per ton than Surrey fowls
can be brought from Horsham to Lon
don. The Trans-Siberian railway will
tap another enormous game area. and
the supply from the two eytremes-the
tame pheasantries Of England and the
uninhabited forests of the sub-arctic
continent-will continue to stock our
markets. Frozen pheasants and other
game are regularly brought into Lon
don market from Peking. - Cornhin
Magazine.
The indicator., 1897-10-23

during transit in a big city like New
York, can only be imagined. No rea-
sonable valuation can be given. for we
should have to dive too deeply into the
amounts of imports and exports to get
anywhere near the truth; but it is safe
to say that 100000, 900 would scarcely
cover the property exposed to the dan
ger of fire, in signle day, among the
piers and wharf houses of New York
city.
Nor is this danger confined to piers
and wharf buildings alone, but vessels
in the act of loading ant unloading
valuable cargoes, the big bonded ware
houses along the river front, the docks
for great ocean steamers, and the
freight stations of many big railroads
are also exposed to this risk, and need
to be well protected, for q serious fire
among them would destroy more valu-
able property than perhaps a fire OF the
same extent in the very heart of the
city.
Fires along the shore are difficult
ones to handle. There is always more
or less wind near the water; if a gala
is blowing il SENS to have twice as
much force on the water front. and a
fine once started here spreads very rap
idly Then fires on the piers, or in the
wharf buildings, are usually very hard
to tight-although there is plenty of
water all around. it is difficult to APP
ply it to good effect. The land forces
can only fight such fire from one
position-thc street side; and If the
wind is blowing inland it drives the
smoke and fire directly at them, and
makes it nearly impossible to hold this
position. 1t is here that the floating
fire engine or freboat can do its valu-
able work, and New York possesses n
fleet of such vesse3s-three boats that
are fully able to cope with fire OF al
most any size, whether it he among the
shipping, alongside, or anywhere in
the harbor-Charles f, Hill, in st.
Nicholas
The indicator., 1897-10-23
MOST PRECIOUS OF STONES.
Some Interesting Fact. About the
NnIme Of NnhIen.

TO the question: Which is the
most valuable precious stoneY nine
people out Of every ten, at least, will.
without the slightest hesitation, reply:
The diamond" said dealer in gems.
But the value OF a good-sized diamond
cannot approach that of "A ruby of the
correct color and similar dimensions
The worth of small rubies-stones
that are OF less than a carat--is. if any
thing, rather less thamthat of diamonds
of a like description, but the rare oc-
currence of large specimens of that
dark carmine tint which is looked upon
as the sine qua non of perfect ruby
causes the value of these gems to in
crease in far greater proportion than
in the case of diamonds. Rubies weigh |
ing more than four carats are so ex-
ceptional that when perfect one of
five carats is brought to the market
it will command ten times as high
sum as diamond of the same weight,
while rubies Of six carats. without crack
or flaw, and of the proper color would,
in all probability. bring as high a price
as 5000 per carat, or 5 times as much
as diamond of like size and faultless-
ness.
"All over the east rubies are regarded
with the greatest possible favor. and
so it has been from the earliest times
ofwhich we have any record. The finest
specimens are found in Burmah, and
from time immemorial it has been n
law of that country that all rubies of
above "A certain size are the property of
the king. whoever may have been for
tunate enough to find them. 1t is
thought to this day there are concealed
in Burmah. among the treasures which
the British invasion caused to be hid |
den away, rubies of far greater size
and value than any which have up to
now been seen either in Europe or this |
country.
"The law which gave fine r,Joies to
the ruler of the land has undoubted- |
ly caused the destruction in modern |
times OF many magnificent specimens
of this gem, for the finders of larger |
stones than usual have, whenever the |
opportunity was favorable. broken |
them into fragments, each weighing less
than a carat, to insure themselves the
possession of several rubies incompara-
bly, less valuable, it is true, than the
original in which they were once
united, but still their own instead Of
the king g's'-Washington Star.
The indicator., 1897-10-23
CLOCK. rhnt rrrn ont ,he L,xnt..

In these days Of electricity it is not
essential to have somebody turn out the
lights. Time switches are made which
can be attached to a clock and made to
turn out electric lights at any desired
hour. Suppose, for instance, the lights
are in show window, and it is desired
to put them out at midnight. At that
hour the clock closes a circuit. permit
ting the passing Of an electric current
to the switch, which. thus released.
cuts off the electric light and so puts
out The Lr.hts-N Y Sun