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may be divers. If, under the condl-
tions of the proposed agreement, the
woman had given the man any encour-
agement, then the prospect of becoming
married man may have been sufficient
to drive him to elf-destruction, as
some men are not enamored of any
particular way IN 'shuffiing off this
mortal COLL" and he chose the more
expeditions method Again. there are
men who prefer death to paying board
bill. But in this case it may always
remain a mystery as to which was re-
sponsible for the suicide-the woman
or the board bill.
THE ORANGE TARIFF.
Riverside Press: The articles pub
lishad by the Press" and other papers
regarding the efforts of the importers
to interfere with the collection of the
new duty on oranges ana lemons has
been followed by prompt action by
the Tariff Committee The members
have been called together for to-mor-
row and steps will be taken to have
the interests of the California growers
properly looked after in New York and
other parts of the country until some
equitable and uniform system of col
lecting the tariff is adopted. 1t is
evident that eternal vigilance is the
price of safety in this matter. The inn
porters have incubated very neat
scheme to have about half of every
cargo received exempted from duty
on the ground that it is damaged; AMI
then they will food the market with
cheap fruit that has paid no duty. We
I have our tariff, and we must now see
to it that the willy Italians do not chea1
us out of its fruits
A DISCOVERY.
Oakland Tribune: 1t has at last
been discovered why champion pugi-
lists are such windy takers. A deaf
( mu<e in Iowa in boxing match re-
ceived q violent blow on the ear and
/ instantly obtained his hearing and the
power of speech. Now, if being struck
on the ear will give a dumb man his
speech, what must be the effect on
those who are already able to talk?
OUR FRUIT ABROAD.
Visal.a Delta: 1t is well known that
Eastern fruit of inferior quality has
been sold by the retailers in Eastern
cities as California fruit, and a short
letter in the Delta" to-day is evil
dence that superior California fruit is
sometimes sold as an Eastern product.
| Either of these methods results in
damaging the reputation of our fruit
abroad, but not more so than the i'm
proper packing of inferior fruit to Ill
orders for fruit of good quality. The
only way to secure and maintain a
good reputation for California fruit is
| to send good fruit to Eastern custom
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BY doing this instances like those men
toned will not hurt u.s.
CALIFORNIA PROSPECTS.
Alameda Argus; Here is a Klondike
right at home. Trinity County is as
tonishing the world with it's yield of
gold and bids fair to afford seekers
for the precious metal as good a chance
as the wonderfully rich Alaskan fields,
with the immense advantage of equable
climate and accessibility. The search
for gold has been greatly stimulated
of late, and it is likely the mountains,
gulches and canyons of California will
be made to yield treasure that will at
| least equal that of the past. For the
immense stretch of country that is
gold bearing cannot have been much
more than scratched. 1t cannot have
been prospected with any approach to
| thoroughness. California undoubtedly
has in her mountains the golden riches
that will bring her very great pros
peritv, even if her other mighty re-
sources of wheat, fruit, wine and wool
are not counted upon. 1t seems to us
that the future is particularly bright
for this State.
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