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

SENsIBLE-An old sea-captain writes TO J. u
Aver d Co. that he never goes to sea without
supply of Ayers Pills.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

ePrcrAI Information daily to manuiactuser''
Gripping Bureau (Allen's), $40 Montgomery
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

As German papers have renewed the
agitation for the annexation OF Samoa. it
may be in order to recall to their minds
the possession by this country of harbor
down there which cannot be annexed to
Germany nor separated from Samoa with
out a CONFUSION of nature.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

Russia is to admit the importation of
agricultural implements duty free for five
years. During that time our manufac-
turers will have big market and good
business for their labor-saving machines,
and afterward our farmers will have to
seek prole ction from Siberian wheat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
Now York Tribune

Daily reports of increased work and higher
wages are becoming moaotonous; but 1t is
welcome monotony.
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WHERE IS THE UNION?


A legal working day in Russia after the LIST
of next January will be eieve1 rGu,S e sno
half but this does not apply To o'Derlan mihes
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Joseph l. Keefer of New York, who was
one OF the United States expedition which
took possession of Alaska in 1867, says the
marrial customs of the natives are pecu-
liar. The woman buys the man she
wishes for husband and then bosses him
forever after. What sort OF example is
that to open up before the woman's move
ment in this country?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08

Maxim's latest addition to the terrors
of war is an explosive which he calls
Maximite, and he recently stated that a
torpedo containing 500 pounds OF it, CON-
bined with plcric acid, would destroy any
ship in the British navy if exploded with
in fifty feet of her. The next war between
civilized nations will be in the nature of a
scientific experiment on a grand scale,
and whichever side gets in the first shot
will win the campaign.
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THIS is TERRIBLE
Though others fail, far, fair Klondike,
A little bunko game / see,
You work upon the tenderfeet-
yukon" them most successfully!
Cincinnati Comm ercial I ibune.
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ANDERSONS PREPARATORY SCHOOL

(AccredItedl.
Rms. 400, 4O7, 4OS, 400 PARROT BUILDING
TERM OPENS AUGUST ., 1897.
For Catalogue address R. s ANDERSON. Prtn
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CURTNER SEMIN AIRY

FUR YOUNG LADIES
Thirty miles from san Francisco; location beaItb
full and beau iful; established Januarv lsa1.
attendance large; best advantages: expenses low
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The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
Furrow Irrigation.

Having the water upon the land, 1t can be applied in various ways. Flood ing or allowing the water to spread over the surface to the depth of from two to ten inches was formerly eXten- sively used. but it is now employed only for grain and similar crops. The most common method for vegetables and fruits is to make furrOws and run the water along in them so that 1t can soak into the soil. Professor Taft, in his article on irrigation incorporated in the year book of the United States De partment of Agriculture, says:
 If properly arranged, the water can not spread upon the surface, and by turning back the furrows as soon as the water has soaked in and cultivating the soil the moisture can be prevented from evapOrating.
 Care should be taken to so lay out the rows in the orchard or garden that the furrOwS for the water can be run at a very slight slope, two or three inches in 100 feet being all that is desirable, while one foot in 100 feet is an extreme slope With little care in laying out the furrOws water can be used upon land that at first sight it will seem inn possible to irrigate
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22

Boston Globe: It looks as if the treas ury of Spain were going down for the third and last time. The popular" loan of $5O,000,OOO raised last fall has been exhausted, and where is the next lift coming from? The last much-her- aided offering of patriotism was large ly wrung from the banks and bankers by processes that are not likely to be repeated. Since the insurrectiOn began money has been raised in Cuba by de- vices in the way of forced loans that even the most firmly intrenched des pots have seldom dared to resort to-. Weyler issued $10000,OOO in paper money under the threat that whoever refused to take 1t should be peremptOr- fly locked up and kept in prison. Fore ing the people to take green goods" in payment for solid values can be made tO go at prison doors and at the point of the bayOnet, but the limit must final ly be reached. Spain has gone ashore financially, and it is most unlikely that she can ever again score q popular outburSt' or pad Cuban credit with any more worthless paper. No wonder her rulers, who understand the desperate financial straits in whicl! the kingdom finds itself. are adopting a cOnciliatory course. They have no relish for more war-particularly war with the United States. What could that mean to Spain but financial ruin and national humilia- tiOn9
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
Potato FertiliZers.

Fertilizers on potatoes have been the subject of exhaustive experiment at the Ohio State Station and numerous sub-statiOns. PhosphOric acid seems to have been the controlling element in increasing yield in all these tests, whereas, according to the New Eng
 land Homestead" in many of the South ern, Middle and Eastern States potash seems TO be the more necessary ele- ment. In the Ohio test the lowest cost per bushel of increase was obtained by the use of superphOsphate alone, but the greatest gain per acre was with HOO pounds per acre of complete fer
 tilizer containing nitrogen, phOsphOric acid and potash. Muriate of potash and nitrate of soda when used alone did not give profitable increase, but proved beneficial with superphosphate
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
MiIlet a Dangerous Feed.

Bulletin 36 of North Dakota Station gives results of several years tests and observations in feeding millet to horses and other stock These tests at the station show beyond doubt that millet fed to horses regularly for any consid- erable time produced an increased ac- tion of the kidneys: causes infusion of blood into the joints, putting them and destroying the texture of the ends of the bones, so that the tendOns Qeaders) and muscles break loose and death fol- lows
 Eminent veterinary surgeons of Minneapolis, New York, Illinois, Ne braska and Delaware sent letters to the station. which are published in the bulletin, showing that they have found in their practice that the same results follow the continued use of millet as horse feed, and two of them describe cases in which it was equally injurious to milch cows.
 In view of the fact that millet is a staple human food in many parts of Africa, China and Japan, the above ex- periences are rather remarkable.-Ger- mantown Telegraph.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
Pruning the Eyercreeu,

The question of pruning is an open Jne. Different people have different views on the subject, yet all alike may be successful. Then, again, the ob- jects to be attained are often widely divergent. but on general principles, the deciduOuS trees mentioned should never be pruned or restricted in their growth. In order to keep them shape ly process of thinning should be adopted and by this means overhang- ing and Overcrowding branches remOv- ed entirely. thus preserving an even distribution of light and air and main- taining the symmetry of the tree
 AS to the time to do this. when the tree is devoid of foliage should be the best. for it is then easier of access, it makes less work in the removing of branches etc: there is no risk of bleed ing and the chances of clumsy work men tearing the bark when saving away limbs are very much reduced.
 Evergreens should be treated some what differently; some of the kinds mentioned are frequently trained into hedges and in their good nature stand several clippings during the spring and summer. But to be absolutely correct pruning or thinning of these should be
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
Live Stock Points.

Did you begin 1897 by having book in which to set down all your expenses and income for the year? If you did not, then you made a serious mistake. X farmer, no more than d merchant can have any idea of whether he is making money or losing it unless he keeps a strict account of everything CTS grooming under debt or half so many mortgages on agricultural lands if the ruralist maintained a strict sys- tenn of bookkeeping. You can never know whether either live stock or dai- rying pays unless you know exactly how much it costs to raise an animal or to feed a milk COW.
 If you have not already done so. be- gin now to keep a stock book, i'll which the history and facts in regard to all the animals on your place are record ed. Register particularly the birth of an animal: also be particular to note down when to look for lambs or colts or calves to be born
 NO way has been found by which rape may be kept for winter feed. It may, however, he planted very early ili the spring, and at the same time oats are sown, and it will quickly spring up and furnish the first spring pasture for sheep and lambs. It will give them such a start that they will go ahead of sheep not thus provided and remain larger and finer throughout.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
No Living MammOths.

For several years the story has been extensively circulated that the natives of Alaska are acquainted with living mammoths. The probable origin of tue story was pointed out at recent meet ing of the Biological Society of Wash ington by Mr. c. H. Townsend. In 1885, when he was in Alaska, some of the na- tives questioned him concerning the na- ture of the giant animal whose bones are not infrequently found there, and he drew restorations of the mammoth in order to show them how it looked when living. They were greatly inter- ested in the pictures and made copies of them. These copies, he thinks, have been widely scattered through Alaska, and being found by white men in the hands of the natives have given rise to the belief that the prehistoric beasts still inhabit that country.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22

In this late day, when so little of the earth's surface remains uneXplOred, the problem of the worlds gold supply has been canvassed as something which must one day veX civilization. In view of this, one of the most striking feat ures of modern prospecting for this mineral is that rich finds have been made and are still making in territory once tramped over by the prospector and abandoned as worthless. In a great measure gold mining has settled down to a prosaic business of drilling. blasting, stamping and Smelting ores of such low grade that the miner of twenty years ago would not have found even ''cOlOr" in the rock. Cripple Creek is fresh in mind as illustrating the craze for gold digging. and now the new discoveries in the Black Hills have ing back to a section which is old and scared by the pick and drill of 100000 prOspectors. And just where these picks and drills have been busiest the new camp of Ragged Top is growing as only Western gold camp can grow. The first assay showing the richness of the field came from rock which the miner of the '70s would not consider as of gold-bearing possibilities. At Grip Dle Creek and in other Colorado fields shafts long since abandoned as un- profitable have been sunk deeper or di- verged from their old courses, thus un- covering very rich ores. In the light of some of these discoveries discourage mentS had come to the pathfinders just when they had been on the eve of sue cess. The one thing which promises excitement to the gold miner in old territories-and incidentally the thing which indicates a continuance of the supply of gOld-iS the fact of natures deviationS from the rule once laid down by miners as natural law. Two years ago gold was found in Utah in a sandstone fOrmatiOn; now it is taken from the limestone of the Black Hills. Either proposition would have been secuted five years ago. Thus it is that in the absence of new geography the gold fever does not promise to die out. and in like measure science may be ex- pected to conserve more and more the scattered gold deposits of the world.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22

One of the good results of the use of the bicycle by women is that it cheeks that dreaded scourge. phthisis pulmOn- alis. 1t has been shown that a uni form rate of reduction in the death rate from consumption has taken place dur ing the last five years in Massachu- setts, or from the time when the use of the wheel became general among women. In 1851 the ratio was 1 .451 females to 1000 males; in 1890 it was 1.055 females to 1,000 males; last year it was only 974 females to 1000 males. when for the first time in the history of the State the number of deaths from consumption in women was less than among the men. There is gOo1 reason for the belief that the wheel has brought about this gratifying result. Its use insures an abundant supply of the health-giving ozone; it brings into play every muscle of the body; the lungs are expanded, the mind is rested by the ever-changing scenery, and eventually the roses of health replace the hectic flush of disease.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
The Lawless Missouri.

The Missouri River is one of the most lawleSS of the great rivers of the world. It cuts didOs, ruins farms and demoraliZes whole communities along its banks. By change in the rivers course about 5000 acres of land have been transferred from Nebraska to Iowa. The owners of the land along the old channel claimed the disputed acres as accretions, and the lower courts sustained them. Meanwhile the Government surveyed it and sold it as Government land. The Supreme Court ruled that gradual accretiOnS belong to the owners of the property to which they add. but that in case of sudden change of course the territory involved goes to the Government But the mud dy. murky stream goes right on ship ping land to neighboring States or send ing it down to the EadS jettieS and the Gsllf.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
VIII Harness sierran Lakes,

The tremendous power stored in the Sierra Mountains in California is to be harnessed. Contracts have been let for the construction of an electric plant which will supply 2,000-horse power, and this plant will be increased as needed until it will perhaps be three or four times as great. At the point where the plant will be located waterfall of 1.O65 feet can be secured. The power generated by such a tremendous fall will be enormous, even if tho quantity of water is small. The electricity will be used In working the mines of Gala veras County and for supplying light and power to a score of thriving towns.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22

A St. Louis police judge recently dis missed a purse Snatcher and repri- manded the woman complainant, say ing that women who carried fat purses in their hands offered a temptation to starving men to steal Whereupon an other magistrate went to the other eX- treme and advised women to carry re- volvers and shoot down such thieves. Wrong as the first judge undoubtedly was. the second was still further from the right. The habit women have of carrying purses in the hands instead of in the pockets is silly and dangerous one, but the Offense of the thief is as great as though it were committed un- der other circumstances. but the advice of the other magistrate Is bloody-mind- ed and monStrous.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
A Motor Run by Moonlight.

An account Is given in Nature of q motor, intended for delicate experi- ments in heat measurement, invented by Mir. A. R. Benett. It is so sensitive that it begins to revOlve the moment it is exposed to daylight, even when the sun is hidden; and ill clear weather it will work all night, being affected even by the radiant heat of moonlight. The motive power is due to convection cur rents set up inside the glass shade with which the instrument is covered. While the glass is not warmed by the radiant heat of daylight or moonlight passing through it, the metal surfaces of the motor are, and the minute differences of temperature thus produced suffice to start convection currents.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
Artificial Comb,

It is but few years since the ex- tractor was invented, artificial founda- ton contrived and the movable frame discovered. Now the world is set agog by German, Otto Schulz, of Buckow, in the construction of artificial comb, all ready for the bee to fill with honey. Both wooden and metallic combs have been used for breeding purposes prior to this, but never for the reception of honey. The artificial comb is made of wax, and, according to the Farm Journals rescriptiOn of it, the only ob jectiOnable feature is it's heavineSs. The cell constructed by the bees is in thick ness from two One-thousandths to four one-thOusandths of an inch, but the Schulz is twenty-twO One-thOusandths This would make it too expensive for practical purposes. This objectionable feature will doubtless be overcome, and the combs, fully drawn out into cells, will be given to bees as artificial foun- dalton is now given. The insects will then be confined to the business of propagating their species and gather ing the nectar from the opening flow
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
Farm Notes,

Butter that is washed until it is dry and hard usually lacks that quick, fresh taste that is in butter not so dry and hard.
 If you have a shallow we'll do not neglect to clean it out at the first op- portunity which presents itself. It is large factor in the health of the fam fly to have pure water.
 Should a young lamb get separated from its mother for some hours be care full to milk her thoroughly before you let the lamb have access to her. The ''penned" milk is apt to kill the lamb.
 Weak and nonfertilized eggs are the stumbling blocks on which many be- ginner fails. Early-laid eggs are apt to be sterile unless the hens have been kept warm and so fed that they will not get too fat.
 Every neighborhood has a farmer a little more progressive than the aver age, one who always has the best or everything These are the persons to whom to go for improved stock, for ad- vice as to breeds, for lessons in the care of stock.
 'I know nothing about general farm ing" writes York State nurse-yman, my own particular business requiring all my time. 1 have no special advice to offer farmers, except that l do not think it a good idea to put a mortgage on the place in order to buy a grand piano. etc, as some farmers have done in our neighborhOod.'
 It is seldom that farmer can ac- cumulate sufficient amount of wood ashes for large field, but on farms where wood Is used there is a limited supply, which can be put to good use on the garden or on the young clover. Ashes are excellent also on all grass lands and in orchards. They are ap- piled broadcast, ill any quantity de- sired. as many as one hundred bush els per acre having been used on cer- tain soils.
 There is an immense amount of but ter sold every year that would have been salable if prOpe~ y made. AL though farmers have made butter for centuries, yet at tEe present day there are many of them who cannot put a good article on the market, even with modern appliances to assist them. The creameries produce better butter than farmers because of having skill ana experience in the business. The farm CT ed have no fear of competition if he knows how to make butter of su- perior quality.
 A great many persons take an inter- est in pure-bred poultry, probably be- cause it costs but little to enjoy a small flock, while the numerous annual pOul- try shows stimulate competition for the prizes. It is a fact, .ls>, that the farmers boy who is given q flock of pure bred fowls for pleasure is induced to take greater interest in pure-bred stock of all kinds. He learns the value of breeding and gains sufficient knowl- edge in the management or fowls to convince him that success can be best attained by using the best in every de partment of the farm.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO THE
 FARM AND HOME.
How to Successfully Cultivate Melons Method of Furrow Irrigation-Ap- plying Potato Fertilizers Points and Suggestions About Live Stock
Successful Melon Culture.

WatermelOns are excessive feeders, and many fail in attempting to grow them because they do not furnish sufti- cient plant food to supply the neces- sary strength for vigorous vine and me fruit. Not infrequently watermelon vines turn yellow and die when they should he just in their prime, simply from plant starvation.
 prepare the ground as for corn. Lay off in rows twelve feet apart each way. 1 dig a hole about one and halt rect deep and perhaps three feet in diame- ter. In the bottom of this l put peck or more of good stable manure, tramping it lightly. Next l put Ill layer of soil and follow with layer made up of equal parts of soil ana me rich manure thoroughly mixed, and lastly. where the seeds are to be placed, another layer of pure soil. Sow seeds thickly and cover about one inch. When the second or third leaf shows thin out to two or three plants in the hill. If exceptionally large melons, regular prize takers" are desired, thin to but one plant in the hill. l cul- tivate about as I do corn, hOeing each hill after entire patch is plowed. If very dry, cultivate often, particularly about the hills. It is some trouble to thus prepare the ground, but it more than pays in the size, number and quality of melons prOduced; also in the increased length of time that the vines are in bearing, as they remain green and in good condition until killed by frost.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-05-22

''The young men who will not sue ceed," said Russell Sage recently, giv- ing a negative answer to young in quirer, are those who night after night may be found at the city club-hOuseS dressed in swallow-tailed coats, drink. ing a little, playing cards a little, and eating expensive dinners" They arc sometimes called the drOnes of socie, ty. This is a miSnomer. Like some small insects that sport for a day ir the summer sunshine, they are minute destructives. Their lives in the econ Omy of social life make one of the petty agencies of degeneration.