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The herald., 1897-08-02
SAN BERNARDINo

SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 1.-(Regulal
Correspondence) For the first time in
twenty years there is not document ir
the county recorders office waiting to be
copied. 1t has been the rule for the Office
to be about three months behind in its
work. Recorder Diss and Deputy John
son are to be congratulated.
Lane Pearl, who has been working fol
the Southern California Power company
in the Santa Ana canyon, met with pain
full accident yesterday, which will keeI
him from work for some time. His hant
was severely bruised and lacerated by 6
big pointed rock falling on it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raitt left for Santa Monica
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. Daley left for Santa
Monica today, travelling by wagon.
The house of Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Tut
hill has been gladdened by the arrival OF
little daughter.
AL McRae and wife and P. M. Conners
and wife have returned from a months
trip to San Diego.
Two homes in this city have been made
desolate by deaths visit. Last night j. e.
Kiplinger departed this life of consump-
tion, after a lingering illness. For long
time Mr.. Kiplinger was city editor of the
Times and the Index, and later on the
Courier, where he worked for years, leav-
ing only 10 establish d paper u ms o"H
the Weekly Kaleidoscope. In 1890 he mar
ried Miss Martha l.. Waters, who sur
wives him. Kip" leaves a great many
friends in this city.
At o'clock this morning Major B. B
Harris, one of the city's esteemed citizens
passed to the great beyond Major Harri.
came to California in 1sis.
| F. w. Richardson has become sole own
er of the Times-IndeX. He will probably
become editor, thus retiring J. A. Whit
mere, the present editor.
The herald., 1897-08-02
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

away from the clerks office the mother
signed consent, requesting the clerk oil
Ventura to issue the license and giving
her daughters age at 16. Jose and Manuela
took this authorization, boarded the 40;
p. m. train for Ventura, procured license
from the county clerk there and were mar.
ried at Ventura. All this would have ter
minated without further trouble but for
the fact that Uvieda had wife had a
wife and four children in this city. AL
though he had never married her, he had
lived with her several years, and she was
actually his wife under the statutes. Or
his return she promptly had him arrested
for failure to provide.
Charles L. Donohoe. proprietor of the
Daily and Weekly Independent, has pur-
chased the Flag and Ell Barbareno, two
weekly papers in this city. and will here
after issue both from the Independent
Office Mr.. Donohoe assumed control of
the Independent less than year ago, but
his phenomenal success proves his ability
as a newspaper man.
The herald., 1897-08-02
THIRTEEN WAS LUCKY
Vessel Owner Who Regards the Pro
verbal Hoodoo as a. Good Omen

THAT boat" said the old vessel owner
to reporter, II bought on Friday, the
18th day of the month and in the dark Of
the moon. She was as slick craft as
you ever see, and without a weak spot in
her. made payment down of $13,-
600. and the first crew put on her con-
sisted of just thirteen men, The only
pet they had on board'wasa green-eyed,
black cat. that slept in daytime and
tore around the riggin' at night.
Il loaded the barge at Grand Haven
for Tonawanda with a. cargo of green
lumber The showers began at o'clock
in the morning, and were just thirteen
hours gettin' her ready to clear. Fri
day morning she encountered fearful
blow in upper Lake Michigan. Every
one of the crew of thirteen was swept
overheard, ship and cargo being left to
The herald., 1897-08-02

used in the country will be raised at
home, as the pending tariff contemplates
a duty of 40 per cent ad valorem on all
garden seeds imported. Previously the
duty has been but 10p per cent. Last year
100000 bushels of peas came into this
country from Canada, the duty being
but 20 cents a bushel. The tariff bill
just passed doubles this duty. A good
many agriculturists think that the plac-
ing of a duty on beet and radish seed, the
former being so extensively cultivated
for sugar, will work an injury rather
than a benefit to them, as it is claimed
that such seed cannot be produced in
the United States with good results
Washington Star.
The herald., 1897-08-02
UNCLE SANS SEED GARDENS
Where Congressman Get the Garden
Seeds for Their Constituents

Most of the people who sit down to
their dinner table are accustomed to re-
gard large part of the chinaware, sill
verware and table linen before them as
of foreign make, but it seldom occurs to
them that many of the vegetab bles placed
on their tables are also of foreign extrac-
ton. 1t does not often happen that the
vegetables themselves were brought
from without the country but in a ma
jority of cases the seeds from which they
are raised were imported from France,
Germany, England or Denmark.
Nearly all the asparagus seed sold by
seed men in this country comes from
France. Beet seed generally is from
France and Germany. Half the cab
bage seed comes from France and the
other half from Germany. All the best
cauliflower seed comes from Denmark.
Half the celery seed on the market is
from France. France and Germany
furnish about all the carrot cress,
endive kales, parsnips, parsley, radish,
rhubarb, satisfy, spinach and turnip
seed.
The United States are able to furnish
the market with seed for beans, about
half the cabbage seed, the chief va
rieties of cauifiower, some celery, all
the sweet corn, cucumber egg plant.
leek, lettuce, muskmelon, watermelon.
onion, pumpkin. squash, tomato, tobac-
co and seed for field crops Nearly all
the flower seed sold in this country is
imported. The importation of vegeta-
BILE and flower seed is chiefly for the
! reason that they can be brought into
the country cheaper than they can be
raised here, though in some cases it is
claimed that the foreign seed gives bet
ter results than those raised here. 1t is
likely in the future that more Of the seed
The herald., 1897-08-02
A Pure Grape Cream Of Tartar Powder.
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.

section on the real principles of good
government to open their eyes to the
cause of their servitude and finally to
make them view the situation in the
same light as it is seen by civilized Kan
sans.
This pilgrimage is a remarkable af-
fair. 1t recalls the days of John Brown
also of Kansas. Ours will be known as
Bryan wagon No /. 1t will be the first
of a mighty army of wagons hauling
speakers, or rather missionaries, over
the country, disseminating the princi-
pies of sound Democratic government.
1--WE will use wagons because we can
reach the people thereby Besides, 1t is
cheap travelling. Our wagon will be our
home We will have our own cooking
utensils and supply of rations When
these run out we will depend on the do
nations of our friends We will not ac-
cept pay for our services, since we be-
lieve it is the duty of every man when his
country is in the control of trusts and
combines and in danger of overthrow
to contribute his time and all he pos
sesses to saving it from the greed of the
corporations.
From st. Louis we go to Salem, Ill,
where we will hold a meeting in the
street in front of Bryan's old home. At
Canton, O., we will hold meeting in
front of President McKinley's residence,
and at Washington on Pennsylvania av-
enue, in front of the White House and
another meeting in front of the Capitol.
At New York the. silver leaders will greet
us and arrange numerous meetings in
the metropolis.
Twenty more wagons will leave Kan
sas for the east within the next six
months. These will all take different
routes, but their destination Is the same
New York. That is the center of hea-
thendom, where the golden calf Is set UP
and worshiped. We believe that God
is with us and that our struggle is as
much religious one as when Moses de-
livered the children of Israel from Pha-
raoh-the Mark Hanna of his time"
Mr.. Hendee's faith and enthusiasm are
unbounded, and he expects great re-
suits from the missionary work of the
Bryan wagons.-St. Louis Republic.
The herald., 1897-08-02
BRYAN WAGON
Missionary Work in the
Eastern Cities
WAG0N-LOAD OF ORATORS
ARRIVED IN ST LOUIS LAST
SATURDAY
A Kansan Expedition to Revolution
ize the Heresies of the East
Twenty More Wagons

The people of st. Louis will witness a
novel sight Saturday, July 31st. The
Bryan wagon will arrive in town that
morning. This wagon started from Kan
sas City, Kas., last Saturday night and
is headed for Washington and New York
city. 1t made it's first stop at Indepen-
dence, and yesterday it was at Marshall,
Mo-
It's itinerary in Missouri is as follows:
July 14th at Slater, 18th at Glasgow, 18th
The herald., 1897-08-02

While attending school at West Ches-
ter, Pa, few days ago child Of Joshua
Abel came in contact with a schoolmate
who had just been taken i'll. The Abel
child returned home and divided some
chewing gum she had in her mouth
among four brothers and sisters. Next
day the entire family was stricken with
diphtheria.
The herald., 1897-08-02

the mercy of the wind and waves. The
cat was the only living thing aboard" -"
Terrible, wasn't it?"
might have been worse. The thir-
teen people were picked up alive. When
the storm subsided We found the ship
tossing around in a dead sea, but not
very seriously damaged. The cat was
sitting on top of the deckhand washing
his face, and there wasn't CROUCH lum-
ber lost to build hencoop. She made
that trip and fifty others without acci-
dent. 1 never allowed her to clear ex-
cept on Friday, the crew remained at
thirteen and the cat was the mascot.
But one night the captain got smart
He left the harbor before midnight on
Thursday. One Of the men had failed
to appear and the cat was foraging
ashore. The weather was fine, no COL
lision was reported, but I've never heard
from her since. Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-08-02
RIVERSIDE COUNTY

the California Telephone and Construc-
ton company, worth a par value of SlOC
each. the company operating in San Jose
Hatcher represented that the stock was
paying a good dividend, md stood on
the books of the corporation in his name.
The complaint alleges that the stock OF
the San Jose corporation is not and has
not been worth over IS share, and the
company has never owned nor controlled
any telephone lines in San Jose. Con-
stable Burrell left for San Jose yesterday.
The herald., 1897-08-02

him in settling the difficulty. The man
seems to have bad blood in him, and it
will out. I have met the man myself
and was struck with his elegant man
ners. 1t would indeed be interesting to
get at Beresford's real history, but his
past may never come to light. He might
turn out to be black sheep nobleman,
after all.-Washington Post.
The herald., 1897-08-02
SUMNER RESORTS

crowd stayed until the last train for the
city.
Professor Macleod's art class and out
door sketching class will continue their
studies until the 18th of August.
The herald., 1897-08-02
E7gR7NEH@$RE7E56IIH''iEs:, s.
SAN BERhHRDlhO COUNTY

James Bolton, aged 81, and Annie M. Tay-
lor, aged SS, both of Riverside, were mar
ried in this city Saturday night by Justice
Knox, the aged Cupid.
The herald., 1897-08-02

Wall paper. late styles. low prices, a.;
A. A. Ecks strom's. 1924 South Spring stree:
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Seeding Thin Patches.

As haying progresses every farmer
will notice thin patches where the
grass might be good deal better. On
a small scale it is an excellent idea to
sow on the seed as though the ground
were plowed and follow with good
dressing of manure from the cattle
barn, and in two or three days or
week even follow with good heavy
white birch brush and you will be sur
prised at the increase in the hay crop
the following year. This plan, if we'll
carried out under favorable conditions,
will prove fully as successful as the
more expensive method of plowing and
reseeding. Do not conjure up the
idea that there is no time now for this
kind of work. Plan for it and do an
unusual amount of thinking on behalf
of the old farm and it will be genu-
inc surprise to note the result.-A. A.
Southwick, of Massachusetts,, in Amer
lean Agriculturist.
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a b. in PAPER prints some facts re-

ABe.in paper prints some facts re-
gsrding electric railways in Europe,
wkich suggests to the San Francisco
Chronicle that the people in the Old
World are slow to take up good
hing. According to this paper, Ger
many has 252 miles of electric rail
way, France SO miles, Great Britain
and Ireland 66} miles, Austria Hun
gary "A miles, Switzerland 20 miles
and italy 94a miles. Servia, Russia,
Belgium and Spain have but from Ct
miles to 1S} miles each. Contrasted
with the "a, 900 miles Of electric rail-
way cperaaed in the United States this
is.a very sorry allowing, and the dis.
parity is emphasized when it is stated
ItAxt European countries are almost
= deficient in other methods of get
ting about ss they are in electric rail.
vsys. The United States may learn
some things from the people of Eu.
rope, but the latter might derive some
sxcellent pointers from us on the SUBJ
ject Of moving passengers in big
cities.
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Justice Harlan, of the Suprem

Justice Harlan, of the Supreme
Court, in an address before the Yale
Law School, stated that he believed
of all documents in American history
he would have preferred to have been
the author of George Mason's bill
Of rights. This was the first in
strument upon earth defining that
principle which underlies every free
government to-day-the separation of
the three functions of government,
executive, legislative and judicial. He
took occasion also to express his dis
approval of Americans who are
ashamed Of their Government by
saying that ''there are those among
us who affect to believe that no gov
ernment without royalty can be endur-
ing. They affect the manners and
ways Of those they see abroad, and
express disgust at the simplicity of all
&haf IS American. It would be well
for them to stay permanently abroad.
They are Americans in name only and
deserve our pity rather than our con-
feror,f ~
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Charcoal For Gardens.

Although charcoal has no fertilizing
properties in itself, it is an excellent
thing to apply to gardens, to manure
heaps, and, indeed, to all rich ground.
1t is indestructible, though its light
ness causes it to be easily washed from
the soil, when it will be broken into
very fine particles, and deposited IN
the black mud of bitches and ponds.
This is very rich, because the charcoal
is an excellent absorbent of ammonia
from the air which it readily gives to
the roots of plants. Hence though the
charcoal be not itself fertile it is an ex-
cellent gatherer of fertility. In fresh
charcoal there is slight trace of sui
phur, which makes itrepellant to in
sects. A mixture of sulphur and char
coal is the best means of repelling GU
cumber and squash bugs when it has
been busted on the vines.-Boston
Cultiyator.
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Too LooseninG.

Where shallow cultivation has been
practiced during the earlier stages of
growth, and dry weather prevails, it
is ruinous to change to deep culture
at the later workings. We once saw
this tried on potatoes in dry season.
The first workings had been frequent,
with sweeps running about two inches
deep. As the season advanced the
ground became quite hard below the
depth of cultivation. Early in July it
was cultivated deep with double shovel
in order to "loosen up the ground.
Up to this time the crop was fairly
promising; but now the plants wilted
at once, and, though rain fell, they
never recovered, the crop being almost
an entire failure.-Agricultural Epito-
mist.
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Wars Growing Shorter.

With the exception OF the Franco
Prussian war, the greatest war which
Europe has seen since the days Of Ma
polean was the Crimean war, which
took place more than forty years ago,
and lasted about two years. The CAM
paigns of Napoleon, of course, while they
were considered short as compared
with some previous wars In Europe,
were certainly long as compared with
the wars Of the past few decades. A
distinct movement in the direction OF
the shorter duration Of wars Is to be
noticed in the past few centuries.
The campaign in the Spanish Neither
lands lasted forty-two years. Then
followed the thirty-years' war In Eu-
rope, ending in the peace Of West
phalia. Civil war in England lasted
from 1912 to 1860, although hostiE-
ties were not in progress all that time.
The wars Of the Spanish Succession.
of. the Austrian Succession, the Swed-
ish-Russian war, and the Seven
Years war followed, averaging about
ten years apiece. The Napoleonic CAM
palgns covered nearly fifteen years.
The Crimean war lasted from 1854 to
1856. In the war Of the rebellion, in
this country, the world saw the latest
war which extended over fsuf years Of
time.
Since 1865, with the general introdne.
ton Of the telegraph, the electric cable,
and the modern system Of railways,
war has become 4 matter Of a few
months at most. In 1865 Prussia de-
feated Austria in seven weeks. Prus-
sia defeated France in about two
months. The war between Russia and
Turkey began In April, 1877, and was
practically finished by the, close Of that
year. The war between China and ia
pan began about midsummer, 1894, and
ended in March, 1895. The present war
between Turkey and Greece seems to
be practically ended in about four
weeks from the outbreak Of formal hos
tilities. 1t seems to be shown by expe-
rience that two important civilized ma
tions in these days Of telegraph and
raiiway cannot conduct wars for any
length of time unless the contendiDg
countries are separated by the ocean
or some other natural barrier.
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MILLIONS FOR THE FARMER.
They VIII Receive $4OO, 600, 600
More Than Last Year.

They VIII Receive S4OO, 600, 600
More Than Last Year.
Assistant Secretary Brigham, Of the
Agricultural Department, today e1-
pressed the opinion that the American
farmers this year would receive in the
aggregate from $4OO, 900, 900 to $500, :
600, 900 in excess of what they received
last year for their farm products. This,
he says, means much to farmers, as
they have learned in the season of hard
times through which they hsve passed
to economize where they could, and to
he careful in buying. They will use
the money that they receive for their
crops to pay off their debts, cancel
mortgages and in making Improvements
on the farms and farm buildings. This
seems like q vast sum, but statistics
sustain the claim.
Colonel Brigham also predicted that
the increase in the price Of farm prod
ucts would benefit the laboring ele-
ment. The price of labor, he said, did
not decline with the price Of farm pro-
ducts, and for some time the farmers
were forced to pay as much for the SER
vices of those who did this work as
ever, which this year were cut in two.
"Inasmuch as wages did not decline, I
see no reason why they should be e1-
pected to rise with the advance of farm
products, which are now bringing only
fair prices, he said "Still, the labor
ing man will be benefited by the ad-
vance in prices. The farmer will dis
charge his Indebtedness and will make
improvements which will require Ia
Dor. He will purchase more of the
products of labor, putting a vast
amount of money in circulation, and
this will create demand for labor in
all lines, and men who have been with
out employment or only partially en-
ployed will work full time at fair
wages"
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STRONGEST KNOWN IN YEARS
Says Bradstreers Report of the
Condition of Wheat.
ALL STAPLES RULING HIGH.
Cotton Promises the Largest Total
Yield ON Record, and Better Prices
Than for the Crop Of 1S94-5.

Bradstreet's Review of Trade fol-
week ending Aug. 2sth says: The gen.
eral trade situation continues to i'm
prove, and aside from the unnecessarily
prolonged strike of the soft coal miners,
there is little in sight to cloud the out
look. The features of the week are the
advance in prices of almost all leading
staples, bringing an upward movement
all along the line in iron and steel.
Steel billets are now 81. so above the
lowest figures, bars $3.50, rods SO and
plates 81: Bessemer pig is up 25 cents,
and Southern irons are very strong on 9
continued active export movement.
Where wire mills have not advanced
prices they have withdrawn quotations
Some Western steel mills are sold up to
January lst, which, with the demand
for earlier deliveries from, furnaces than
had been arranged for, are quite signif-
icant. Lead, too, and soft coal are
higher, as is wheat, notwithstanding
one or two reactions.
Bradstreet's points out that the sta
tistical position of wheat is the strong
est known since the United States be-
come q considerable exporter, and that
its price, as well as that for bread, is
likely to materially exceed the present
weeks advance. Following that OF
wheat, prices are higher -four, corn,
oats, lard, potatoes. butter, eggs,
beans, cheese, leaf tobacco, wool and
live stock. Advances for leather, hides,
lumber and linseed oil are also report
ed.
Cotton, which is up sic cent, reports
the smallest worlds stock for seven
years past at this period, an improved
tone and higher prices for the manufac-
tured products, In spite of crop dam
Sges, the tenor of it is toward the lsrg-
est total yield on record, but with
probabilities favoring much better
process than those obtained for the
crop of 1S94'5, the out-turn of which
was 9,S73, 600 bales. Advances are also
backed for recorders of woolen goods al
mills, but print cloths, petroleum and
sugar are unchanged for the week,
while pork is reported slightly lower
than week ago. No such general OF
pronounced upward movement ofprices
of nearly all leading staples has been
witnessed within q week for many
years.
Wheat exports are of large volume,
aggregating flour included as wheat)
s, l49, 65S bushels for the week, as against
5,312, 80s bushels last week, 1921. S54
lastyear, ,S7i, 92S in this week two years
ago, 8, 420. 900 in 1894, and 5,092, 500 in
the corresponding week of 1898. With
the exception of last week, this weeks
shipments are the largest since the
third week of September, 1893. Corn
exports show q considerable falling of,
being 2,682, 452 bushels, against 8. 923, :
OBS last week, 2,610, 800 year ago, /,
121, 532 in 1894, and /, 116, 800 in 1893.
There were 210 business failures re-
ported throughout the United States
this week, against 221 last week, 800 q
year ago and 100 two years ago, 1872
three years ago and S69 in the Ike week
in 1893.
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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
Durability OF Fence Posts.

Fence posts of the wooden kind
have least durability in sandy soil
which moisture and air alternately
penetrate. 1t might be supposed that
very wet soil, or where the posts stand
in stagnant water, would make them
decay more quickly. But in such
positions less air comes in contact with
the wood. When set in the ground
fence posts usually decay first just
where the post enters the soil, as this
has most changes from wet to dry and
gives the air most chance to work on
the wood. Charring the surface of
the post where it enters the soil great
ly increases its durability.
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: The "effete East" can, II seems, In
dulge in the extravaganza of destruc-
i've storms as we'll as the "wild and
woolly West" observes the New York
Tribune. The hailstorm of fort
night ago in England utterly desolated
an area of a hundred square miles in
Essex. The hailstones killed poultry
and game. seriously injured cattle,
cut branches from trees and riddled
roofs OF corrugated iron. Cyclone and
aood accompanied the hail, and in an
honr or two damages of more than
g, 500, 900 were inflicted. Truly, an
nti-Jubilee storm.