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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-08

Now, if there are not sufficient num-
Der to accomplish the purpose there is
no caucus and nobody is bound by it, be-
cause where there is no power to fulfill
the contract there can be no valid con
tract 1t becomes conference, and can
bind neither those who take part nor
those who absent themselves. Even n
eaacls cannot bind those who do not tale
part in il.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-01-08
IN THE SENATE.
Passage of Resolutions Asking for
Protection and Protesting
AGAINST RafundInQ,

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SACRAMENTO, CAL. Jan. Tn the
Senate this morning Smith of Bakersfield
introduced the resolution adopted by the
Republican caucus yesterday requesting
the California delegation in Congress to
have incorporated in the tariff bill now
being drafted protective duties for all
agricultural, horticultural, pastoral and
mineral industries OF California and her
sister States.
Braunhart offered resolution for the
free coinage of silver as a substitute. but it
was promptly ruled out of order.
Seawell,s substitute declaring against
protective tariff as fostering trusts and
monopolies met a similar fate.
Smith and Wilmington (Republicans)
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09
Injuring Tiiiable Lands.

Trampling land in the winter and
plowing too early in the spring will
easily ruin tillable land. Both prac-
tices are by far too common. 1t is the
custom of some farmers to allow their
stock to range over the fields as soon
as the latest crops are gathered, and
even during the winter, without re-
gard to the condition of the ground,
whether it is water soaked or not.
There is no practice so general and
none which destroys the very life of
the land more quickly than the method
of plowing the land for spring crops
when the water gathers in the bottom
of the furrow after the pillow has passed.
The tenantry system has led the
renter into the very reprehensible
practice of plowing for crops so early
that the furrow slices glisten in the
sun, and when handful of the up
turned soil can be compressed in the
palm of the hand like piece of putty.
1t is in this way that very good clay
uplands are so badly injured in sim
gle season that years of clover seed
ing are needed to restore them. The
clods forming beneath the hoofs of an
imals and by too wet plowing are more
injurious than the excessive cropping
without clovering which is so common
in the oldest settled South Atlantic
States. s.-New England Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09
Unique Election Wager.

The sequel to unique election
wager occurred at Shelbyville, Ind,
one day last week, when John Deitzer
was buried. About forty years ago,
when Deitzer first settled in Shelby
vile, he made the acquaintance of
Thomas A. Hendricks, who became
Vice President of the United States
when Grover Cleveland was first
elected President in 1884. He be-
came a great admirer of Hendricks,
who was then only poor lawyer, and
when in 1872 Hendricks ran for Gov
ernor of Indiana, Deitzer bet every
thing he had on his election. The
last bet he made was $50 against a
coffin with John Cummins, a local
undertaken. Hendricks was elected,
and Cummins took Deitzer's measure
and made him the coffin, which the
winner of the bet has kept in his
house ever since, awaiting the occa-
sion to use it, which came last week.
Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

The following is description of a
filter which will purify foul water from
organic impurities, held in solution, as
well as suspended solids: Take any
suitable vessel, with perforated, false
bottom, and cover it with Il layer of
animal charcoal; on top of that spread
a layer of iron filings, borings or turn
ings, the finer the better, mixed with
charcoal dust; on top of the filings
place layer of fine, clean, siliceous
sand, and you will have perfect filtes.
Allow the foul water to filter slowly
through the above and you will pro-
duce aremarkablypure drinking water.
Before placing the iron filings in the
filter they must be well washed in q
solution of soda or potash, to remove
oil or other impurities; then rinse with
clean water. The foulest ditch water
treated as above is rendered pure and
fit for drinking. Any one travelling
had better use the precaution of boil
ing all drinking water, when possible.
Popular Science News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09
Sailing Cows.

Sailing the cows is one of the little
things that is sometimes lost sight of
under the pressure of other, and what
is regarded as more important work,
but trial recently made at the Miss
lssippi Experiment Station, indicates
that inattention to this point may be
rather expensive oversight Three
COWS were kept without salt for four
weeks, and their milk record kept dur
ing the last two weeks of this period ;
then they were given the usual allow
ince of salt for two weeks, and on COM
pairing the milk records it was found
that the cows gave 454 pounds of milk
during the first period when salt was
withheld and 564 pounds during the
second, when salt was furnished;
difference of ITO pounds of milk in
favor of sailing. - Massachusetts
Ploughman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

We have found charcoal very ex-
,ellent thing to furnish our poultry
with. 1t may be given in powdered
state, mixed with the soft meal feed,
and little pulverized sulphur at the
,ame time may be added to advantage.
But the very best way to supply this,
is to burn an ear or two of corn upon
The cob), charring it to blackness and
throwing it before them. They will
ievour every kernel, and so supply
themselves with grateful and healthy
substance that sweetens the crop, and
,erves as an admirable tonic to the
stomach.
At this season of the year, the above
recommendation will be found valu-
able hint to poultrymen. Hens about
ready to lay will devour this prepared
,harcoal eagerly, and the increased
freshness and redness of their combs
afterwards, evince the efficacy of this
allowance For a month or six weeks
in the early breeding season, nothing
IS better than this for laying hens,
given them daily.-The Fancier.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

The cold Bailey" is the name of o
street in London extending from New
gate prison to Ludgate hill Immedia-
tely adjoining the prison is the build
ing in which the central criminal court
is held, better known as the Old Bailey
sessions court. 1t is the court to
which the term cold Bailey" is usually
applied i'll literature. The jurisdic-
ton of this court includes the county
of Middlesex as well as the city of
London, and holds its sittings eight
times year. The present "Old
Bailey" building was erected in 1773
and enlarged in 1903. The name is
supposed to be of very ancient deriva-
ton and to have originated in the fact
that this site was originally outside of
the fertilization of the city and known
by the Romans as "vallum." From
this word came the ballium, applied
in the middle ages to the outside wall
of defense about feudal castle. Later
the outer lines of defenses of a castle
or city were known as the "outer
bailey" and the line within, sur
rounding the inner wall, was called
the Inner bailey" The London
prison ard court were originally within
the ancient bailey of the city wall be-
tween Ludgate and Newgate. Atlanta
Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

A pure food exhibit in Chicago fur
nishes occasion to the Times Herald
for reminding citizens of the efforts
that are now being put forth by the
Federal Department of Agriculture to
investigate the character and extent of
the adulteration of foods and drugs in
the United States. This is one of the
most important inquiries, remarks the
Times Herald, that can be inaugurated
under government auspices, and is
without doubt the most valuable ser.
vice that the Agricultural Department
can render to the people. Many OF
the States have enacted laws to pre-.
vent adulteration of food, but they are
but indifferently enforced. The only
effective way to stamp out aduIteratiou
is through Federal laws, and one oil
the objects OF the present Federal in.
quiry is 10 ascertain to what extent
the State laws on this subject have
been enforced. Adulteration of food
and drugs is carried on much more ex.
tensively than the people imagine. II
is question in which the public is
deeply interested, because it affects
health, morals and legitimate trade.
The European governments are severe
in their punishment of those who
adulterate food and drugs, and their
supervision of all food products is
rigid. 1t was only recently that the
people of Switzerland voted for an
amendment to the constitution which
will provide for government surveil.
lance of all food products, and heavy
penalties for adulterations. The de.
partment at Washington solicits the
cooperation of all citizens of the
United States in gathering positive
data with reference to adulterations.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Whoever has tried to bind green
corn stalks knows the provoking fire.
quency with which the green bands
will snap at their joint. We have
found a bundle of rye straw taken to
the corn field the cheapest and most
easily procured material with which to
do the binding. But where it can be
procured a bundle of osier willow
stems, six to eight feet long, will an
swer the purpose better The willow
will not break. II can be grown in
some out of the way place, too wet to
grow anything else, and, besides the
use for binding corn stalks, it may be
used for many other purposes on any
farm. Boston Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

We still occasionally find writers on
agriculture who believe that clover as
the main feed is the best and cheapest
way of growing hogs. We believe in
clover as thoroughly as any one can,
but it has its limitations. 1t is not
adapted as the principal article of diet
for an animal which has so small a
stomach as hog. 1t is IN the fact OF
the hogs small sstomach that its value
as producer of cheap meat largely
consists. No other animal has pro,
portion of waste as pure-bred fine
boned hog. III it could be obliged to
live mainly on clover, the amount OF
food it must eat would enlarge the
stomach, and also, perhaps, increase
the proportions of bone in proportion
to meat. A very small proportion ol
clover given to hogs fattened on corn
will enable them to digest it better,
because the clover furnishes more oi
the material for growth and muscle
than the corn does. But this can quite
as we'll be furnished by oats or wheat
middlings, with milk if it can be had.
As succulent food in connection with
grain, any kind of beets are, we think,
preferable to clover. More of them
will be eaten than of clover, and the
beets will keep the digestive organs in
good condition better than any other
feed will do. American Cultivstor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09
LATE NEW INVENTIONS.

For church and grave decoration, O
hollow sectional cross is used as O
flower holder, the interior being divided
into number of water-tight compart.
ments, with orifices to support the
stems of the flowers in the water, thus
keeping them fresh.
A new tool case for cyclers consists
of rectangular box to be strapped on
to the frame of the bicycle, with both
sides hinged at the bottom to drop
down and bring the tools in view, each
of which slides into rubber sheath to
prevent it from rattling.
A handy hose holder for sprinkling
lawns has pointed rod to be pushed
into the ground and support a revolv!
ing metal disk which has loops through
which the hose nozzle is passed and
held by means of thumb screws which
tighten the loops.
A Massachusetts man bas invented
which will fit any size glass, the bristles
being set in opposite sides of double
pivoted stem, which has handles to
open the brushes outward until they
strike the glass.
Fogs ON the ocean or navigable
streams may be dispersed for some dis
tance ahead of vessel by means of a
new in yention, consisting of an arched
distributing pipe with jet tubes set in
one side to discharge water or other
liquid in spray against the fog.
To draw measured quantity of
liquid from receptacle a new faucet
has double acting valve which closes
one outlet as soon as the other is open,
thus preventing the pouring of the
liquid into the measuring glass while
the discharge pipe is open.
Horseshoes which can be attached
to the hoof without the use of nails
have broad steel band attached to the
front and sides of the shoe, ending in
screw sockets at the rear to draw the
band tight over the hoof by means of
screws inserted in the rear Of the
shoe.
A California woman has patented
cover for milk cans which is perforated
around its sides near the bottom, so it
can be closed tight to prevent spillins
of the milk and can be pulled up
short distance in the can to allow ven-
tilation without insects getting in
side.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

But Mr.. Chester declined to be pro-
pitiated, and all the evening preserved
martyr-like stiffness and dignity.
'tHe will never come near us again."
Juliet thought, as she babe Mr.. Ire
gonell goodnight. ''Papa is $3.50
so dreadful
But Mr.. Tregonell did come
again, despite the dreadfulness; and
not only once, sut several times dur
ing his stay of fortnight in the city.
And on his last day, he took his
cousin out for drive, bringing the
carriage to the door of the Broadway
office, not little to Juliets consterna-
ton.
"Oh, I can't go-of course l can't
go, Cousin Percy Office hours are
not over for fully three hours yet,
and"
'And what? If you go without per-
mission, you will lose your situation,
l dare say?"
Exactly. And I can imagine moth
ing so terrible.
Your imagination is not so vivid as
mine, then," helaughed. However,
Juliet, I myself asked permission for
your leave this afternoon. SO put on
your wraps and come"
And she did, the first time she had
stepped inside carriage i'll twelve
years, when the Chesters had left Ire
gonell.
Speaking about getting leave for
you for an afternoon, Juliet, reminds
me of something else," Mr.. Tregonell
said, later. 81 am sure you are too
closely shut in where you are, and
there's another place / have in pros
pect for you, if thought could in
duce you to take it-could I, Juliet
where you of sacred right belong
where would spend my life to make
you happy. At Tregonell for all your
life, dear? Will you go, Juliet, as my
wife-the woman L most honor and
love on earth?"
One shy, glad look in his eyes
showed her how much he loved her,
and she answered him to his hearts
content
Mr.. Chester was thunderstruck
when Juliet told him
"Bless my soul! Quite romance
indeed! And as it should be, sir
quite as it should be-that my daugh-
ter should reign in the halls of her an
cestors. You have my consent and
my blessing"
Nor did he ever remember that
Percy Tregonell was "fend," as, in
his latter days, he pottered around
the splendid old place, amusing the
little Tregonells, and doing only what
precisely pleased him all the long
days.
While Juliet-sweet, brave, gentle
Juliet-was happiest of the happy, in
her husbands love, in her palatial
home, and in her beautiful boys,
Chester and Percy, junior. Saturday
Night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

The Cripple Creek scheme to run a
monthly gold train conveying the pro-
duct of the mines there to the United
States mint is a brilliant one, offering
challenge to brigandage surprising
that of the most stretching Indian
caravans ever looted by Barabbas.
The output of the mines is now about
$1,000, 900 month, enough to justify
a special train and sufficient guard,
thus advertising the district in IL
grandiose manner correspondent with
its true deservings, says the New York
World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.


Sometimes potted plant becomes
what gardeners call root-bound That
is, the roots cling to the inside of the
pot, or get so entwined among them
selves that the growth of the flower is
much impeded. In such case an ap-
plication to loosen the roots is re-
quired. The following directions were
given to one amateur florist for the
purpose by professional: Pour hot
water on little tobacco, a little soft
soap, and pinch of salt. Let it stand
until it becomes a jelly. Then strain
and add small quanhty to the water
with which the plants are tended
every time that they are sprinkled. -
New York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Dead of insane fear of robbery, with
$4,000 of Klondike gold under his
pillow-such is the fate one Alaska
argonaut The glittering treasure but
turned q brain and extinguished a
life. The tragedies Of the direful
journeys across the frozen passes do
not cease even when the goal has been
reached and the treasure trove. The
story and the song of the arctic aurifer-
Gus gulches, yet to be written, will
thrill with tragedy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Getting on in business depends on
systematic study, but not on systema-
tic study of geology or economics or
Latin and in very few cases on a
knowledge of German. even, How
often have you heard middle-aged peo-
pie say, "You couldn't expect one as
long out of school as I to pass COM
mon-school examination" But prob
lens in arithmetic, grammar and geog-
raphy are coming up every day in bust.
ness, and the man who solves them the
quickest gets into the new field first
and reaps the golden harvest. The
simplest calculations have led to the
greatest business discoveries and sue.
sses.-Clica2o Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Most people are well aware that the
popular Canadian game of lacrosse
originated, goodness knows how, many
centuries ago amongst the North
American Indians. When you come
to look into it, it is quite astonishing
how many games were originally in
vented and are to-day practiced by
peoples we are accustomed to think of
as savages. Wallace tells us how in
Borneo, one wet day, he thought to
amuse his Dyak boys by showing them
cats-cradle. But he found that they
not only knew it, but knew more in.
tricate figures than he. The Maoris
of New Zealand actually have sort
of pictorial history in cat's-cradle fig
ures of twisted fiber. The Sandwich
Islanders play kind of draughts; the
South Sea peoples nearly all are adopts
at kite flying. Polo comes from
Persia, and is played magnificently by
wild hill tribes from Northern India.
Backgammon and parchisi are both
Eastern games, flat tamarind seeds
being used as "Iots" in the latter
Harper's Round Table.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

A homely bit of gallantry was en-
acted in this city few days ago by a
driver of an ordinary, every day water
ing cart. A woman had fall from q
bicycle, just in front of the street
sprinkler, and, although not at all
hurt, her hands were considerably
the worse for contact with the dirt of
the road. The driver watched her
from his high seat, and then called
out cheerily: ''Want to wash your
hands, miss?" She admitted that it
would be desirable thing, so the man
turned on small stream from his cart
and held his horses still while the
woman washed her dirt-covered
hands. Then, acknowledging her
"Thank you" with smile and bow,
he drove on, and the woman resumed
her ride. The drivers action was as
true gallantry as ever knight per-
formed in olden time-and such as
Parisians would never think Of
Springfield Mass Republican.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09
Nine Hundred Tons of Wedding Rice.

According to Rev. G. H. Cameron,
vicar of st. Stephens, Birmingham,
England, about two pounds of rice are
thrown at brides and bridegrooms
every week at each of the seventy five
churches in Birmingham and in its
suburbs and the two tons of rice thus
thrown away and absolutely wasted
last year might have been OF very
great use in feeding the recently
famine stricken people of India.
There are over 10000 places of
worship in England, and, if Mr..
Cameron's estimate be true for the
other churches of the country, then it
follows that nearly 900 tons of rice is
yearly thrown away at weddings in
that country, and wasted, at cost of
over $4,000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Says the Chicago Times Herald:
Gold production in the United States
has increased with marvellous rapidity
during the current year. The craze
of the Klondike River regions should
not obscure the great facts as they
exist. Klondikes total yield for 1897
seems roughly, to be about IS, 900, 900.
That is a comfortable sum, but it is a
mere nothing when compared with the
wonderful output of the yellow metal
in the United States. This gold from
Alaska is all what is called placer, n
Spanish word meaning an open space
where pure or nearly pure gold is
found. What may be the production
of Alaska when machinery and mining
engineers have done their work there
is no telling. But it does not matter
much--the human race can stand all
the gold Alaska can produce for some
time to come.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Judge Gebhard Wilbrich, of st.
Paul, who has just returned from
Germany, says: Beet sugar has be-
come a great industry in Germany,
and many of the large estates have
been given over to raising sugar
beets. The large landholders employ
cheap labor, including many women,
in the cultivation of the beets."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

The noble animal, the horse, has
by no means lost his usefulness.
During seven months of the present
year 303S horses have been imported
into Germany from America and util-
lied for the manufacture of sausages.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

The Gar of Russia has bestowed six
orders of st. Stanisias upon the gar
deners of the Hotel de Vile, in recog-
milton of their services when he was
in Paris. As tho tax for wearing a
decoration in France is 100 francs a
year, it is probable they will have to
keep them in their pockets, where
they would much rather have half of
the t.1y
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Success has attended an effort at
banana-growins in Fitzgerald, Ga,
where a plant reached the height of
twelve feet and put forth satisfactory
fruit.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09
THE TREGONELL
INHERITANCE.
BY PAULINE MONTAGUE.

NJ off, papa! Tell
me first you wish
me all the good
luck imagin a.
bic. "
Good by, Jul
let! My wishes
cannot weigh one
II ~
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

Bismarci, declares that one Of the
shief regrets Of his old age is that he
cannot ride Il bicycle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-09

of glass at the muzzle under which ls
a streak of self-luminous material. -
New York Sun.