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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-19

Corpus chr'sti, Tsxas, November ia
little sen a jose crixwell atost years
cid. was kicked In the head by horse
while at play this evening at 9 o'clock.
crushing out the brains. AT last urcounts
il was yet alive, bur can not live through
out the night.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-19

Caldwell. Texas. November lS.--Today G.
a. Roeslet saddler, filed deed OF truet,
home creditors preferred. Joe Trnax was
named as trustee Liabilities about $1,000.
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hnrton to Have relephones.

's'on, Texas. November 17.-The Pest
sonaent met Mr.. G.. p. Boone. tray
kent and representative Of the south
telegraph and Telephone COM
=" was in Wharton this week. Mr..
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-19

Diphtheria In Kaufman County.
kaufman. Texas. November is,--seyeral
cases Of diphtheria are reported In this city
ard In the country adjoining Mono Of the
late cases have proven fatal up to this
time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-19

TO CURE 4 COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money Il II faiis 20
cure; e5c. The genuine has T. ,. Y. on
each tablet.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-19

IL Your Brain Tireds
Take HorSford's Aeia Phosphate.
1t supplies the needed food for the brain
and nerves. and makes exertion easy.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
Notes About olives.


There are number of varieties of
the olive tree, some of which grow to
the height of forty feet. Although
some carefully cultivated trees yield
fruit only once in two or three years
One hundred trees carefully attended
will yield 422 pounds of oil.
According to locality the olive tree
blooms in the months of March, April
or May. After the blossoming it re-
quires five or six months for the olives
to form. and the danger of losing them
in this lengthy time is very great.
1t is very difficult to settle on the
right time for picking the olive and
this is important, as ON it depends the
quantity of the oil. When Just ripe
the pulp has violet tinge. out if I'M
ripe, is greenish-white.
We who are used to the picked
olive have no idea of the ripe one. 1t
is blush black, and has not the
agreeable flavor of the olive picked
green. The juice is oily and the meat
black. In large plantations the olives
are gathered by hand, men and women
climbing ladders to reach the fruit. In
olden times it was believed that the
olive tree became unproductive if any
woman under 40 years was allowed to
pick the fruit.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21

causing the City Engineer a great deal
of trouble. be reported officially that
the dam was defective. Then he was
made to say in a published interview
that the dam was satisfactory or would
be when certain promises were full
filled, and that the contractor was
fine man, for whom he 1.-THE City Engi-
neer) wanted 10 save money And
now comes third interview in which
the City Engineer says the contractor
followed the specifications accidentally,
but with the intent to violate them.
When this City Engineer really finds
out "where he is at concerning this
dam, it ought to be a relief to the peo-
pie whom he is supposed to represent,
and who will have to pay the bills.
A Teachers Association for North
ern California has been organized at
Red Bluff. Communications were
read from the county superintendent
of Yolo. Del Norte, Modoc and Trim
ity expressing their sympathy with the
organization and regret at not being
able TO be present. A code of bylaws
was adopted. @. II. Stout was elected
president; Mrs. Ditmar and Mrs. Arm
strong of Yolo, vice-presidents; Mrs
Wilson corresponding secretary; o. f.
Graves, treasurer, and G. q. Kline, re
cording secretary. Ii was resolved Il
hold the next meeting in SiskiyoJ
/ county
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21

Speaking of the future of the olive
industry, J. s. Calkins, of Pomona,
recently said: 1.-The prospects for
good market in the future are encour-
aging. The increase in the consump-
tion of California picked olives in this
State within a year or two has been
immense; the people are beginning to
find out their value and in the near
future they will come into general use.
California olive oil is rapidly growing
into favor as an article of food, and as
medicine, and heavy demand is as
sured. The foreign sardine industry
is on the wane, owing to the use of i'm
pure olive oil and of cotton-seed oil, in
which they are now put up. 1t may
be assumed that the industry will be
inaugurated in this State as soon as a
supply of oil can be had in which to
pack them, as our shores TEEN with
sardines of excellent quality. Consid-
ering the superiority of our picked
olives, and their cheapness, and the
purity of our oil, it is safe to say that
they will entirely displace the foreign
article in the markets of this country
as soon as they are produced in guam.
tity sufficient to supply the demand.
While our various fruits are seeking
markets in the East, competing with
some of the fruits raised there, this
State is large importer of the pro-
ducts of the olive tree, our scanty pro-
duction as yet hardly making an i'm
preston on our local markets. During
my residence in this county since 1878
| have watched the fruit business from
the standpoint of nurseryman, and
have seen it grow from small Begin
ming to its present large proportions.
| know something of the obstacles
which have been overcome, and the
necessary efforts to secure market,
and 1t is gratifying to note how much
better the business pays with larger
supply and wider markets. The olive
is unique, in this respect. The output
as yet is insufficient to meet the local
demand only in small degree. Olive
culture is in its infancy here, and
there is much yet to learn before it is
brought to its highest possibilities, but
enough is known about it to warrant
the prediction that it is destined
become one of the most profitable j.
dustries of this commonwealth. I"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
Wash for Mildew.

The following formula and direc-
tions, if properly carried out, will
produce an effective solution for winter
use upon de,iduous trees for curl leaf
or mildew:
Unslacked lime, 40 pounds.
Sulphur, 20 pounds.
Stock salt, 10 pounds.
Water TO make 100 gallons.
Directions: Place 10 pounds of lime
and 20 pounds of sulphur in boiler
with 20 gallons of water, and boil over
a brisk fire for not less than one hour
and half, or until the sulphur is
thoroughly dissolved. When this
takes place, the mixture will be of an
amber color. Next place in a cask
80 pounds of unslacked lime, pouring
over it enough hot water to thoroughly
slack it; and while it is boiling add
the 10 pounds of salt. When this is
dissolved add to the lime and sulphur
in the boiler and cook for half an hour
longer, when the necessary water to
make the 100 gallons should be added.
Curl leaf and mildew are becoming
quite prevalent in parts of the State in
unusually wet seasons. The above
wash is recommended by the Horticul-
tural Commissioners of Suffer county,
and should be applied while the trees
are dormant.
If used for pernicious scale, use so
gallons of water instead of 100 gallons.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
LATE NEWS NOTES.

A. j. Wedderburn, representing the
State Grange Of Virginia, has APP
pealed for an export bounty ON agricul-
tural products.
Notices have been posted in all the
mines in the Massillon (Ohio) district
announcing reduction in the price of
pick mining from 81 to 81 cents a ton.
The posting of the notice has precipi-
tated a strike.
A dispatch from Havana received in
Madrid. Spain, says it is expected
Gomez and the other insurgent leaders
will soon make overtures to the Span
ish military authorities in Cuba, with
view of securing favorable terms of
surrender.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
awarded the contract for building a
vessel for the lighthouse service to
Wolf 81 Zewicker of Portland, Or, at
$4,000 TO be finished within ten
months. The vessel will be stationed
at San Francisco.
The Westminster Gazette Of London
says that it hopes that the mission of
the name of Wilfred Laurier, the Cana
dian Premier, from the list of New
Years honors, is not due to the fact
that he is Liberal. adding: Party
politics must not be allowed to inter-
fere with the recognition of colonial
statesmen. We hope that an early
opportunity will be taken to honor Mr..
Laurier."
Word has been received from New
York that the bonds of the Monterey
and Fresno Railroad Company had
been placed with an Eastern syndicate.
The construction work will begin
about March LIST. The syndicate pro.
poses to run the road from San Jose
down the Santa Clara valley to San
Juan. where it will join the line to
Holiister as at present located, thence
running through the Panoche pass over
the coast range to Fresno city, making
distance of about l6 miles, leaving
ont Monterey and Salinas entirely.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
THE MINING INDUSTRY
What they are Doing Ia the
Mines.
ALL BRANCHES ARE REPRESENTED.
Briefiets that Are Of Interest TO An
CIasses-Sews from All over
the Country.

A good deal of attention has been
attracted by an article in big Eastern
daily regarding the Michigan school
of mines and in which that institution
is declared to be far in the lead of all
other American colleges of a similar
kind. says the Oakland Enquirer. The
article says of the Michigan school:
THE present enrolment is 1I6. the
largest yet secured, and by far the
largest of any similar school in this
country, ranking, in point of attend
ance, close second to the Imperial
German College of Mines at Freibourg.
the leading Institution of its kind in
the world" The statement is also
made that the school is the leading one
in matters of scholastic standing and
equipment.
The college of mining at the Univer-
sity of California has as many students
as the Michigan school, which is de-
clared to have ''by far the largest of
any in the country" and in the matter
of equipment is greatly in advance of
the latter. The entrance require
ments of the Berkeley mining college
are much higher than that of the other
school, which has only been in exist.
ence about six years and which, in its
bids for attendance, has allowed the
enrolment of many who could not gain
admittance to a college like that of
Berkeley. The courses at Berkeley are
also longer and more complete.
T Tho Eoota-,, a
the Michigan institution: perhaps
no school has ever made such a won.
derful record for turning out successful
graduates; of all the students who have
gained their degree from this school.
and are still living, not half dozen
are unemployed and many have already
achieved fame as brilliant mining en-
gineers and metallurgists. So we'll is
this known to the mining men and in
dustrial interests of America that every
student has job awaiting him when
he secures his coveted bit of parchment
emitting him to write the initials &C.
and Z. M. after his name No other
school can say as much"
Those who are familiar with the
matter at Berkeley are disposed to
think that the remarks quoted are
bid for intrants, as they are declared
to be far from the truth. In the few
years of its existence the Michigan
school has not had opportunity to
eclipse all others by wonderful
record and the number of it's grad
yates who have achieved high positions
is far behind the number who have left
Berkeley to win success in practical
work in all parts of the world.
Thu college at Berkeley has a re-
markably complete equipment and
since the revival of interest in mining
during recent years has had very rapid
growth The mining and metallurgi.
cal department has no less than six
laboratories and museums, all of which
are supplied with valuable apparatus.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21

consequently greatly increased num-
Der of farm hands are required in beet
culture. With increase of farm hands
comes increase of tradesmen and in
creased work for them, as we'll as m
creased sales Of merchandise and sup
plies Of all kinds. With the change
from wheat to beet culture, six or
seven dollars will be taken from the
ground where one previously was,
while thorough, will succeed slipshod,
cultivation, and frequent rest and fer
tilization of the land will restore its
chemically greatly exhausted condi-
tion. Some one may here say that the
growth of beets can easily be over
done, but this is not the case. Mr..
Claus Spreckels says that this State
alone can raise enough beets to supply
sugar for the whole United States,
who are now annually importing,
chiefly from France and Germany,
beet sugar TO the total value of $751;
600, 900. The increase in the total
annual consumption of sugar, too, is
very rapid in this, as in all other civil
lied countries. +"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
Aggriculturists.
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
some Good Advice for the RuraIIsts-A
BueEet Of knowledge ThatM May
Prove Beneficial.

An Italian importer of Mediterran-
can oranges and lemons at New York
publishes communication in the Fruit
Trade Journal of that city which is
suggestive to California fruit growers,
says the San Jose Herald. This deal
er, who seems to be shrewd, well-in-
formed man, declares that California
oranges have supplanted the Mediter-
ranean importations in the North,
Northwest and Southwest, and that the
latter continue to do well only in the
East. The result is that the trade is in
a bad condition.
The remedy proposed by this gentle
man is careful inspection at Mediter-
ranean exporting points, to secure the
shipment of only the best fruit. AS
things now are the fruits comes of all
kinds and sizes. 1t is partly perhaps
a matter of superior quality that the
California oranges are supplanting the
Mediterranean product.
What is true of oranges is quite as
true of other fruits, whether green or
packed. This is where our people may
profit by the views of this shrewd
dealer. If we sent none but first-class
fruit to Eastern or foreign markets
we would have little trouble about
sales and prices. Such fruit will sell
itself and shortly it will sell on its
reputation.
Next after securing the character
and reputation of our fruit, is to pre-
vent counterfeiting our brands or put
ting similar but deceptive brands on
the market. We must not only make
but maintain our reputation.
We have had some experience our
selves in the results of putting poor
goods ON the market Let us add to
that the experience of these New York
importers, which is more extended than
our own, and endeavor to profit by
both. British packers have learned
their lesson, and without 1.-THE of our
natural advantages, are selling their
goods all over the world on their we'll
earned reputation. We send out much
of the best fruit, but we should send
nothing but the best. and have that
fact generally understood.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
Poultry Notes.

Concentrated grain diet overtaxes
the digestive organs and produces fat.
Bulky succulent food, that which con-
tains the bone and muscle making ma.
terial, is necessary to secure healthy
digestion and thrifty growth.
The care of chickens is much less
burdensome if a system is adopted.
Here is hint. Burn pound of sui
phur in each pen ON the first day of
each month; change the litter in the
nest boxes every two weeks; kerosene
the roosts and nest boxes every week;
seald the drinking vessels every week;
clean up the droppings every morning,
The second annual exhibition of the
Pacific Poultry and Pigeon Association
Will be held in Oakland, from January
23d to 51st, 1897. The reception of
live stock will close at 10 D. m. ON
January 10th. This is change from
the dates originally announced. Frank
Seed, All Sacramento street, San Fran,
cisco. is the secretary.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
Tree Transplantinp.

The system of removing large trees
with balls of frozen earth is Frequently
recommended, and occasionally prac-
ticed, but seldom with success. No
amount of soil, frozen or otherwise,
will compensate for the destruction of
roots, and is simply impracticable.
The larger and older the tree, the
further will the roots extend, and con-
sequently the fewer of them can be
secured in limited space. There is
a great want of discriminating judg.
ment shown i'll tn matter of lifting and
transplanting trees. 1t seems to be an
opinion held by some persons that pro-
vlded they lift ton or two of soil sue.
cess n ust be certain. To secure a
healthy, continued growth, the branches
must be reduced in corresponding
ratio with the reduction of the roots.
1t is roots, then, and not soil, that
ought to be removed; and the roots can
best be traced and secured when both
the soil and air are free from frost.
In any case, success will mostly de-
pend upon the discriminate pruning of
the branches, and this must be left to
the Judgment of competent and ex-
perienced planter. During the process
of removal he will acquaint himself
with the probable degree of root multi
lation; he will also recognize the kind,
age, and health of tree operated upon,
and these factors will have special
influence in controlling the future
management of and care to be given to
the plant. After the tree is planted do
not forget to mulch literally with
partly rotted leaves or straw, SO as to
hold the moisture by preventing evap-
Grafton.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21

Mr.. Du Maurier had double, and
his double was. as many people are
aware, Mr. Alma Tadema. So remark.
able was the resemblance that even
their most intimate friends frequently
mistook them.
a certain young lady, however, prid.
ed herself that she had no difficulty in
determining which was which. On one
occasion, finding herself seated next to
Du Maurier at dinner, she remarked:
Il cannot understand how any one
can mistake you for MIR. Tadema. To
me the likeness is very slight" Pres.
emily she added: by the way. I have
photograph of you. Do be SO good az
10 put your autograph to it."
Mr.. Du Maurier asserting eracious.
iy' the photograph was afterward pro-
duced. He looked at it for moment
sighed and then very gently laid it ON
the table.
- That" he remarked, sis Mr.. Alma
Tadema's portrait.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21


The Eastern owner Of the Pocahontas
at Drytown has ordered the shaft
driven to the lOOO.foot level before
any prospecting of the ledge shall be
done.
There are only nine cyanide plants
IN the State. with total capacity of
49o tons. Seven of these are in Mono
county and one each in Amador and
Kern.
The coinage at the San Francisco
Mint for 1896 was the largest in
amount since 1878. Nearly $50, 0OO,-
ooo IN gold was coined and almost &c..
100000 in silver.
The Amador Ledger says: The Ell
Dorado mine. the property Of Charles
Wryon, has been sold to Schloss of
Alaska fame and others, and timbers
ana machinery are being put ON the
grounds to resume sinking.
The Redding Free Press says: The
Mllkmaid mine ON French gulcb.
owned By John Souter, has been sold
Tor $40, 200 to A. G. Hamilton of Vir-
gina City, brother-in.law Of United
States Senator John P. Jones.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

Raw wool has been taken up by the
Ways and Means Committee.
A bill has been passed to amend the
act providing for civil government
in Alaska, so as to create surveyor
general at $4,000 year to perform the
duties of registrar and receiver of the
general land Office ut Sitka.
Z. N. Loomis, representing the pro-
duce merchants of New York city, asks
for low duty on early vegetables,
especially potatoes and onions Reply
ing to question he said that the adj
mission of these products would not
damage the trade of California or the
Southern States.
The House bill to amend the naviga-
tion laws has been passed with Senate
amendments. 1t deals with the rules
which govern vessels at sea and ON the
lakes and rivers. The bill as passed is
a substitute for the House bill, but is
substantially the same measure. The
bill amending the laws relating to
American seamen occasioned long and
fruitless debate.
Representative d. +. WILDER, of
New York, has presented the petition
of the National Hay Association, re-
questing duty of 81 per ton on hay.
He also spoke for the hop farmers of
New York. who, he said, since the
German Wilson bill became law,
which reduced the duty on hops from
10 to Is cents per pound, had been
forced to sell their product for less
than the cost of production.
Representative Russell of Connect.
cut has presented the petition of the
seed farmers of Southern New Eng.
land, advocating specific duty accord
ing TO the following schedule: Five
cents per pound on all turnip, rape,
spinach, parsley, beat and mangold.
Fifteen cents per pound on celery, let
tuce, endive. Twenty cents per bushel
ON peas and beans. Forty cents per
pound ON kohlrabi. Fifty cents pei
pound ON caulificwer. All seeds not
enumerated, 90 per cent ad valorem.
One more effort is TO be made TO
secure the passage of the mineral lands
bill by the present Congress. Interest
in the measure is so widespread that
Californians are exceedingly hopeful.
Congressman Bowers said he would.
with the assistance of Ellis of Oregon,
who was in charge of the bill last year
when Bowers was kept from the House
by sickness, appear before the Rules
Committee and ask for time for consid.
Grafton of the measure whenever day
is possible between the presentation of
the appropriation measures.
Mills of Texas. member of the Com
mittee ON Foreign Relations, brought
forward new phase of the Cuban
question by offering the following reso-
luton: Resolved. That the Senate
and the House of Representatives deem
that the expediency of recognizing the
Independence of foreign Government
belongs to Congress. and when Con-
gress shall so determine, the Executive
shall act in harmony with the leglsls-
tive department of the Government.
Second-That the independence of the
republic of Cuba ought to BE and here
by is recognized, and the sum of $I0,-
600 is hereby appropriated for salary
aud expenses of a Minister to that Gov
eminent whenever such Minister shall
be appointed by the President. Mills
said he would address the Senate on
the resolution.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21

The San Francisco Real Estate Cir.
cular has the following to say concern
ing a subject which has, or should
have, a great interest for the farmers:
The value of the beet crop grown on
10000 acres of land this year near
Watsonville. Santa Cruz county, was
$l,2S0,000. If the same acreage had
been devoted to wheat, the total value
of the crop would not have exceeded
$i50,000. And this vast pecuniary
difference represents only one of the
many benefits of heets over grain Gull
ture. The latter,as conducted in Cali.
fornia, is slovenly occupation, for it
only requires in blowing, sowing and
harvesting, work for three or four
months in the year. Wheat lands. too.
are practically never fertilized. Beet
culture, ON the other hand, REQUIRES
constant cultivation of the land, the
use of fertilizers and necessitates rest
to half the land cultivated every other
year. Six times as much work and