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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
Concerning Hens Nests.

1t is a wonder to us often how it il
that hens will consent to deposit their
eggs in such filthy nests as are often
seen among the class who do not keep
fancy fowls. They may have been
brought up to il" and this may ao-
count for their apparent want of refine.
ment; but the only excuse the owner
OF the birds can have is laziness.
Filthy nests engender disease or sickness
and the owner from these two causes
alone loses far more than he saves in
time by not attending to them proper
ly.
The nests for laying hens should be
overhauled and renewed two or three
times during the season, the boxes be.
ing whitewashed thoroughly as often
as is necessary, and fresh material be.
ing abundantly supplied. The nests
for setting hens should be renewed
every time fresh bstoh of eggs is set.
BY this means you need have but little
fear of lice, the great pest of the poul.
try.breeder.
While fine hay, or fine, well. broken
straw makes good nests, very good
nest can be made with shavings from
wood. Select only the thinnest and
softest, and make the nest well with
them. They can be lightly sprinkled
with diluted carbolic acid, to keep
away lice, and, being very porous, will
retain the smell and effect of the acid
much longer than any other material.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28

fectly pure. A vessel recently re-
turned from the old country with one
of her tanks filled with water that had
been taken from this place. II bad
been more than year, but the water
was still pure and in excellent oondi-
ton. The reason given for this is that
about nine-tenths Of it is melted snow.
Things are quiet at Dawson, as
things go in that city Of gold and eT-
citement. Flour can be purchase at
reasonable figures in limited quantities.
and the cord wood pile of gold CON-
tinues to grow longer, broader and
hi CHER. This Is in substance the pith
Of the news brought by George A.
Robinson Of Chehalis, Wash. He left
DaW son March I with a. little grub
and as few clothes as the conditions
would allow. He and no trouble in
reaching salt water, and will now en-
JOY himself for the remainder of his
life. He is one of the combination Of
miners which sold fourteen claims on
Bonanza and FL Dorado creeks 10 the
Drexe. Morgan syndicate for $3.50, 900.
He says there is enough gold in the
dump Of the best claim OF the four
teen to pay the purchase price. When
asked TO estimate the amount of the
spring cleanup. be said that, without
doubt, the Klondike would yield $40,-
900. 900 this year. He reiterates what
others have said. that the people as yet
have no idea Of the golden mass that
will come down from St. Michael this
aummar
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
Utilizing Lemons.


Owing to the low prices that have
recently prevailed for lemons many
growers are turning their attention tc
the utilizing Of the fruit-at least the
lower grades-in some other manner.
Reference has already been made il
this department to the oitrie-acid fac.
tory at North Ontario, which enterprise
was started last year. The last heard
about this venture was that the pro.
prietors were waiting for some new
machinery from the East, The Otay
Press announces that the entire oitric.
acid factory at National City is now
ready for the machinery, which has
been ordered and daily expected to
arrive. The capacity of the plant when
fully equipped is expected to be suffi-
cient to use every lemon raised in the
district, with no fear of overstocking
it. The factory will start up with q
capacity OF ten tons per day, and the
company has large stock of lemons
on hand to begin with. The price to
be paid for oulls will be about So q
ton. Many tons of lemons are now
rotting for the want of utilization,
and several carloads shipped from the
northern part of the county destined
for the factory have been dumped into
the bay.
q, d. Eastman of Fallbrook is con-
structing plant for the manufacture
of citric acid, on small scale. and
expects soon to be able to use the Gull
lemons that now go to waste.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
Warming Water For stock.

For some time during the winter |
noticed that during cold spell my
COWS would gain slightly in the flow
Of milk, while during a warm spell
they would shrink a little. As this
was just contrary to my expectations,
studied over the matter considerably.
and believe | have found the cause.
1t has been my practice to use the
tank heater only to thaw the ice in the
tank, hence ON warm days | have no
fires at all, while on cold days the fire
made to melt the ice would often
warm the water considerable. We
have been trying to bring about as
nearly as possible the same conditions
that prevail with regard to our cows
in June, We make our barns warmer.
feed the sucoul emit ensilage or roots.
balancing the ration with early cut
grass and the concentrated foods. But
forgot land | wonder if l am alone in
this that water, though it may be free
from ice, is not as warm by many de.
grees in winter rs in summer. Did
you ever notice how in summer the
COWS drink as though they enjoyed it?
Did you ever see them drink from a
cold spring if there was a stream or
brook of warm water near II thew
do not like cold water in summer, how
much less would they enjoy it in win
ter. My aim now is to make the water
just warm enough so the cattle will at
all times drink with the same appar.
emit relish and enjoyment that they do
in summer.-M, u. Bemis.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
Fruit-wAshing Machine.

Two Riverside men, Benjamin B,
and James q. Wright, have invented
and patented a machine especially
adapted to thoroughly clean the rinds
of oranges. lemons, etc., without in
the slightest degree injuring such fruit,
The fruit is fed into the machine at
one end and delivered at the opposite
end in thoroughly cleansed condi.
ton. The machine is described as
follows in the Scientific American:
THE fruit is first placed in a water
trough at one end Of the machine, TO
loosen any foreign adhering matter,
and is then passed down the feed
trough beneath the brushes of a wheel
revolved by crank-handle, the lower
portion of the wheel passing through
rinsiug tank. In this tank is q series
of segmentally arranged brushes, be.
tween which and the brushes on tho
periphery Of the wheel the fruit is
passed. The brushes on the periphery
OF the wheel are supported by spring
rods, whereby their pressure upon the
fruit may be yielding and flexible
one, not liable to injure the rinds, and
the fruit Is passed out through de.
livery spout at the opposite end Of the
machine"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
No Relief Extended .

Detroit mich. STANLEY W. Turner
OF the Government Alaskan Relief
expedition, who has Just returned to
this city. said that when the expedi-
tion arrived at Dyea they found two
thirds of the population gone else
where. and accordingly the expedition
disbanded, turning over the supplies
to the army post there. He said:
II expect the world will be- sur-
prised when it knows the amount of
gold that will be brought out of the
Klondike this year. In my opinion. the
FIRST and second shipments that will
come out by way of st. Michael will
aggregate from $1,000, 900 to $50 900. :
O00.'
Turner believes the appropriation OF
100000 for relieving the Klondike
miners has hardly been warranted by
the results accomplished, as relief has
SO Tar been extended to no one in
Alaska.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
THE NAVY TO Be BUSY.
How United States War Vessels
Will Operate.
PLANS FOR FLEET COMMANDERS.
Deprived OF Naval Guns the Spanish Land
FoEces Could Net Prevent OccupA-
ton by Our Military.

New York.-The Worlds Washing.
ton special says: Naval plans are made
and orders are in the hands Of the feet
commanders. The absence of Spanish
war ships of size about the Island Of
Cuba eliminate the possibility Of
naval battle at the outset of war with
Spain, even if ten days more elapse
before the strike is made.
There will be plenty of work for the
Navy. As nearly as can be learned.
the plan is to move the Key West feet
to Havana. II the demand for a
peaceful yielding be refused, the
American battleships will direct their
fire against the forts and the shore bat
teries, while the smaller craft destroy
connections with submarine m ines.
Some say the hsrbor and shore lines
can be cleared of everything offensive
within half day. Others are not con.
hdent. The Spanish land force cannot
cope with the naval force that will be
brought against them after the fortifi.
cations have been rendered useless.
Havana than would be at the mercy
OF our war ships and could be occupied
readily by our military forces.
What is to be done at Havana must
also be done at all fortified ports about
the island Of Cuba. A squadron would
be dispatched to Porto Rico to OCCUPY
that harbor and prevent Spanish war
ships from approaching there. There
are no Spanish war ships there except
a few small gunboats built for use in
Cuban waters and carrying only small
guns.
While these two squadrons are pay
ing their attention to the West Indies
the Asiatic squadron, under Commo-
dore Dewey, will operate against the
Philippines. There a naval conflict
might ensue, as Spanish feet of
some size, but of comparatively sma II
strength, is stationed there. Oar
Asiatic squadron is composed Of the
cruisers Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh.
Boston, Concord. Monocaoy, eunboat
Petrol and the auxiliary cruiser Ia.
friro. This feet has just been fully
supplied with ammunition and stores.
Difficulty in capturing the Spanish
fleet at the Philippines is not appre-
hended.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES

The Senate Committee on Appropri
ations has completed consideration Of
the naval appropriation bill, and SEN
ator Hale afterward reported it to the
Senate. The amendments recon-
mended by the committee increase the
aggree ate appropriation made by the
bill as 1t passed the House to the ex'
tent Of IS, 1888, 800. making the total
sac, 277 1858.
The senate has confirmed these nom-
nations: g. r. Tyler, receiver of pub
lie moneys, at Seattle; W. X. Dunbar,
register of the land Office at Vancou-
yer, Wash; Lieutenant Commander
4. H. Gheen TO be commander; Pay
Inspector George A. Lyon to be pay
director; also some promotions in the
army and navy. The senate rejected
Harvey N. MoGrew of Salt Lake to
be register Of the land office at Salt
Lake.
Bills providing for pensions for the
following Californians W sre introduced
by Senator White: Sarah A. Cady,
w. p. Jaspar, Mrs. Jennie Woods,
Nicholas Zeigler. White also intro
duced petitions Of the Chamber Of
Commerce of San Francisco against
ticket scalping. favoring reform in the
civil service, asking the removal Of
Arch and Shag rocks, and for the rec.
ognition of treaties 10 permit Ameri.
can wreoking companies to operate in
Canadian waters.
The members of the Ways and
Means Committee have agreed upon a
plan Of raising revenue in case of need
to carry on a war with Spain. The
plan will raise more than 800, 0O0,.
900 additional revenue annually and
be thus distributed: An additional
tax on beer of 81 per barrel, estimated
to yield $50. 900, 900; a bank stamp
tax ON the lines of the law of 1896,
estimated TO yield $50. 900. 900; a duty
Of 8 cents per pound on coffee and 10
cents per pound ON tea, and like
amount Of internal tax ON stocks of
coffee and tea ON hand in the United
States, estimated to yield $s8, 600 900;
additional tax on tobacco, estimated
to yield $40, 900, 900.
The following bills were passed by
the House to authorize the secretary
Of the Interior to rent or lease sites Of
forest reservations for hotels o. sani.
tariums; for the preservation and pro.
lection of public records; to settle the
accounts of the State of Arkansas and
the United States as to school lands
there; to regulate the jurisdiction of
the United States courts; to confer
jurisdiction upon United States Cir
Quit Courts over suits in equity for the
PARTITION Of land where the United
States is tenant in common; authoriz.
ing suits against an officer of the
United States to be continued against
his successors in office; for the prose-
cution of persons making false aft
davits in pension cases, and several
other unimportant measures.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
Agriculture In the Yukon,

The great interest in the gold dis.
tllcts OF the northwest has caused the
director OF experiment farms at Otta.
wa, Canada, to make extensive in.
quiries as to the possibilities Of agri.
culture in the Yukon district. Infor.
nation OF course is meager. From
records kept, it is found that 10 An.
gust, 1895, the thermemeter went be.
low 3s degrees five times and below 40
nine times. In September, 80, it was
below SO eighteen times and below
40 twenty-nine times, In June, 1896,
1t was four times at and below 10 and
IN July the temperature ranged from
40 to 40, being 81 at one time. With
these conditions. ii can be easily seen
that the possibilities Of growing crops
is quite small.
With comparatively low temperature
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
ALABAMA TO BE LAUNCHED IN
MAY.

she Is One of Three Battleships Ord cred
About Year and a Half Ago.
Philadelphia has been learned
here that May 18th has been fixed as
the date for the launching Of the
United States battle-ship Alabama, in
course of construction at Cramps ship
yards. Miss Morgan, daughter of
United States Senator Morgan, will, it
is stated. christen the ship named in
honor of her native State.
The Alabama will be the first in the
water OF the three big battle ships
contracted for in October, 1896. The
other two. the Wisconsin and Illinois.
are being built respectively at San
Francisco and Newport News, All
three are identically alike.
The Alabama is eight feet longer than
the large battleship Iowa, completed
by the Cramps last year. She ia No. s
in the naval register and ia technically
known as tirst.class sea going battle-
ship. Her length on load water line
is SdS feet, extreme breadth 70 feet
. inches and displacement at the
draught 1925 tons. Her guarau-
teed speed is to be sixteen knots am
hour.
The armament will be four I3-iuoh
breeoh loading rifles mounted in
pairs in two elliptioal turrets ON the
middle line, one forward and one aft
OF the supeIstructure. fourteen inch
rapid'tre breech- loading rifles.
mounted on sponsors, and secondary
battery of sixteen 8-pounders and four
l-pounder rapid-fire guns together with
one Calling and one field gun. She
Will also have four torpedo tubes.
The side armor of the Alabama ia
to be sixteen and one-half inches thick
at the top Of the belt, tapering to nine
and one half inches at the bottom, In
the turrets the portfolio plates will be
seventeen inches thick and other plates
fifteen inches. Inside of this will rise
a protective deck with armor four
inches thick on the slopes aft, thi ee
inches forward and two and three.
quarters on the fiat top.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
Using Spade or shovel.

A simple device that any blacksmith
can make at small cost as an attach.
ment to spade or shovel. is foot piece
fastened by screw or bolt, and
olamped to the handle of spade OF
shovel. This foot piece should be ] /,
inches at one end to l y inches at the
other. and about inches long. By
using this device one can spade with
rubber boots on as well as with leather
and does not tire the foot, as does the
narrow ears that spades usually have.
ms can be made to fasten at any
place on the handle. By loosening II
can be showed up and down as desired.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
The Pepper Tree.


Next to the eucalyptus, no tree has
been SO generally introduced in South
ern California for shade purposes as
the graceful pepper, which is seen
throughout the length and breadth Of
the seven southern counties, In city
and country places alike. The pepper
tree, so-called, has no real consan-
guinity to the real pepper plant, but
is member of the Anacard family.
and is known botsnically as Schinus
molle, The latter epithet is said to
represent the Peruvian name of the
plant. 1t Is said that the tree origin.
ally came from Peru. but Is now quite
generally distributed over Central and
South America, Mexico and Southern
California. 1t does equally we'll on
the table lands in the droughty sec.
tlons and along irrigation bitches.
where it often receives an excess of
water, Shortly after the conquest of
reru, the seeds of this tree were sent
to Mexico by the Vioeroy Of Peru,
Antonio Mendoza, and it is said to be
the only tree that prospers ON the
shore of Lake Tuxacooo.
A fact which few people in this sec.
ton are acquainted with, ia that the
leaves are useful for their medical
properties. and when ohewed will cure
any affection of the gums or an ulcer.
ated sore mouth, From the fruit can
be made medicine that is said to be
superior for bronchial affections. An
extract is also made from the fruit that
Is said to be better than cubebs for
purging the blood of ill impurities.
The trunk and limbs exude resipous
substance that is splendid remedy for
dissolving cataract Of the eye, and can
also be made into salve that is very
healing TO all kinds of wounds.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28

A decision has been rendered il
the United States Supreme Court in
the Laclede Gas Light Company case,
which has been in the court for several
years, and attracted much attention.
The company practically claimed a
perpetual and exclusive right TO light
the city of st. Louis, No, and to
make excavations in the streets of tbs
city without permission from the Board
Of Public Works. The Supreme Court
of the State decided against the Com
pany and the opinion which was de.
livered by the Chief Justice, affirmed
the State courts verdict.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28

all through the summer and frequent
frosts during the early part Of June
and often before the end of September,
very little can be done in the way OF
agriculture. Best success is likely
10 be had along the margins Of rivers
and elsewhere. There are few gar
den products, such as radishes, lettuce,
early varieties Of cabbage and turnips,
which ma4ure in very short period
and can be grown in this district fair
ly we'll. These do not grow large but
attain sufficient maturity to make
them fit for use. To this list may prob
ably be added spinach, early varieties
OF green peas, early beets and carrots
and possibly some kinds of onions.
Rhubarb is worthy of tIial. Potatoes
have been grown in several localities,
but unless planted in suitably shell
tered spot, they will need some special
protection against frost in August.
In several instances, small patch has
been preserved by covering with heavy
ticking at night when frost threatened.
Oats and barley have been tried, but
no crop has ever been known to mature.
They grow sufficiently, however, to
make excellent forage, but the seed
would have to be brought in every
year. In 1896. a crop of wheat sown
at Cudahey, near the Alaska line, de-
veloped it before any kernels were
formed. For the attempted produc-
ton of fodder for cattle, the following
early maturing cereals are recon-
m ended. Oats: Prize cluster, White
Wonder, Bonanza. Welcome; Barley,
Success Odessa, Rennie's Improved;
Spring wheat: Ladoga, Black Sea,
Colorado, Preston. Spring rye will
prove valuable in this locality. Ma
tive grasses are said to be very scarce
and make inferior fodder. Hence, it
might be advisable to try the variety
of millet known as Hungarian grass.
1t natures early and can be cut as
soon as it blooms. Awnless broome
is very hardy species of grass which
has been grown successfully in the
northwest territories and it might be
tried. For vegetables. select the very
earliest kinds.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
To XIII Tent Caterp,l,ar..

Strong soap suds will do the work
every time. To apply them take a
large tea or coffee pot and fill with the
destroying liquid A few drops turned
from the nose Of the coffee pot are just
as effectual as half a pint stopped out
OF pail or dipper. On very large
trees. of course, this method is i'm.
practicable, but on trees which can be
reached by light ladder this coffee
pot method works we'll,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
GERMANY WANTS FULL oWssa "a.
SHIP OF SAMOA.
suggestion That the Islands BE Gath
cred In While England and Am.r,c.
Are Busy Elsewh.ra

- Suskesioh Inat the IslAMds Re Gath
cred In while England and Am.r,c.
Are Busy Elsewhere,
London.-The Berlin correspondents
OF the Times says: Some importancs a.
attached to the announcement Of the
correspondence National Liberal,
that Germany meditates the event.
uaiI.y OF a stronger display of power
~ samoa, the end in view being the
abolition OF the condominirm ar
enabling Germany to assume exclusive
sovereignty IN the island. The islea ia
tnat the engagements of the Unitelh
states and Great Britain present =
favorable opportunity for such 4 move
but 1t is difficult to take the announoe.
ment a. seriously rs the German mess
does, considering that Germany hss
ner hands full in China, and. "a shs,
Frankfurter Zeitung observes. shat ga.
moa is not worth such a display az
power and expenditure,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28

The pupils in school were asked to
give in writing the difference between
biped and quadruped. One boy gave
the following: "A biped has two legs,
and quadruped has four legs; there.
fore the difference between biped and
q quadruped is two legs. "-Christian
Work.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
Agriculturists.
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
'"nas Good Advice for the kurAIIsts-a
budget Of knowledge ThHtMay
Prove Beneficial.

Mac. J. Crow, for years associated
in the management Of a leading Cali
fornia nursery and orchard at Napa,
CAL. wh) has recently taken mp his
residence in Pike county, Mo-, says:
The San Jose scale is evidently
thoroughly established in numerous
localities east of the Rocky Mountains.
Orchardists should accept the fact,
quit talking about legislation, and
turn their attention to prevention or
cure, as the case may be, in their indi-
vidual orchards Some are making a
mountain of mole hill, and seem to
overlook entirely the fact that this
scale problem was solved in California
some six or eight years ago, and is to-
day requiring much less attention than
some fungous diseases which are so
numerous throughout the Eastern and
Middle Stats. Ii is far easier to COM
bat the San Jose scale than the Goblin
moth, scaD. blight or borers; the
former can be kept thoroughly in
check with less work and expense than
any one of the latter. This is an in
disputable fact, fact thoroughly dem
onstrated in the California orchards.
1t is unnecessary to dig and burn a
badly infested tree, as some of the
wise ones often say. Three thorough
sprayings with lime, sulphur and salt,
or the resin washes, properly applied at
the right time, will clean any tree, no
matter how many scale are on it; then
one spraying year is sufficient. OF
course, if the scales have been on so
long as to almost kill the tree, then
new one had better be planted.
1T sounds rather ridiculous to hear
such an uproar about an insect that, as
said before, is less dangerous or trouble
some that many of the insects which
orchardists are fighting and saying
nothing about. The numbers of cur
culio, Goblin moth and several others
can only be diminished in degree, and
the damage resulting from their dep.
rotations in proportion; but the scale
can easily be rendered perfectly HARM
less.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-28

One day last week fire almost total
~ destroyed the immense plant Of the
pennsylvania Plate Glass Company.
The company estimates its loss at
100000, with insurance of about
$500, 900.