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The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
The Northern Fruit Crop.

Some of the papers in the northern fruit belt are going into ecstacies over this years fruit crop of that section, which has been much the largest on record, and apparently somewhat un- manageable on account of the lack of preparation to take care of 1t. It costs money to harvest and take care of crops of from eight to twelve tons to the acre, mostly water. They have not, how ever, so much fruit as they say they have, nor will it bring in as much money as they say it will. An estimate before us places the fresh plum and prune crop of Washington at p, ,OOO,O ,OOO pounds, and says that it is worth $3,- 900, GOO. This, if one applies little arithmetic, IS seen to be at the rate Of exactly IA cents pound for the fresh fruit, and as an estimate" would have done credit to a Southern California journal of the eighties At l cent a pound, which is about what it would have brought if all dried, 25,0OO, ,OO0 pounds would be worth just $250, ,000 !; at cents, which is all that the widest dream should reach to, the income would be half million dollars, which is tidy sum and more than the growers will take in. For 1t was not all dried ; the Seattle Times says that about three fouTths of the crcp vas ava po-atcd, the remainder, of course, being shipped for consumption fresh. This would be 10, coo, eco pounds, or 900 carloads, or more than sixteen carloads day, including Sundays, for month. So it is no won- der that the three or four carloads per day, which was all that California could muster of plums during that time, did not pay in the same markets. From the proceeds of whatever the dried prunes may bring is to be deducted the loss on those shipped east, which will be quite figure. The income from the entire Pacific Northwest is "estimated" at $l2,000,000. Allowing that there are 2000 families engaged in the industry in these States-which there are not-this would be an average income for each, from fruit, of $6O00, which is good enough. The Puget Sound press writers have fine imaginations.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
SIOO REWARD, &IOO

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded 5A aii lt- --agrs and Una. i- llt.--i.. jEaIf. rl.H. ff-e IS t..r rUsr Dp--lI.- s.a- .....g --sF to the medical IrdJeruIty. Jata.Ih being a constitutional disease. acquires a constitutional treatment, HaIfs Catarrh Cure IS taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation Of the disease, and giving the Ygtient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietary have so much faith in its cura- tivs powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY * CO, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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A PerDendicular Farm.

Julian Hawthorne writes of "A Trop- ! ic Climb" describing one of his expe- , riences in Jamaica, for the Century. , MT. Hawthorne says: The land up here ! is doubtless government land, which
 sells for about fifty cents an acre. If, Showever, it is measured on the hori- ,Zontal, such an estate as this must De .cheap, indeed; for I don't believe the Horizontal extent of this plantation which might have had an area of a Ualarter of an acre, was more than fiji teen or twenty feet. It is a perpendic- .ular region. The most convenient way ito operate such holdings would be to rig a derrick to the top, and swing the man with the hoe by rope in front of his field of labor. He would have to ;be careful In gathering his produce, lest it should escape his grasp, and roll shalf mile down into the depths of the valley.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
A Profitable Can of Milk.

A certain man arrived at Johannes. burg in the early days of the mining boom, with no assets save a tin of condensed milk and a needle. He spread report that smallpox was on its way through the country, gave out that he was a surgeon and vaccinated the whole community with his needle and condensed milk at , shillings per operation. When last heard of he was wealthy capitalist, enjoying the mon- opoly of selling liquors within the pre- cincts of the Johannesburg Stock EX- 1 change
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
A Tomato Tree.

Our grandparents thought tomatoes poisonous, yet in single generation the tomato has become great food staple. It's use is hardly universal, yet in that respect it still ranks among American contributions to food products below the potato and more on the level of the cod fish, peanut and corn, but it's develop ment and consumption seem to be grow ing much faster than that of it's class mates.
 And now comes F. H. Reich of No. 633 South Sichel street, East Los Ange- les, Wlfh tomato that crows on a tree fifteen pr twenty feet ai-u. The tree grew three years before 1t bore fruit. IL Is d hard, woody tree, aud buds, blos- soms and fruits the year round, all at the same time just like an orange tree.
 The fruit is about the size of an egg, and the shape of plum, of a beautiful peach complexion, smooth, uncorrugated skin, tough rind and to- mato like taste with an indescribable flavor to 1t
 Though native to America. the tomato Is more generally used in Italy than in any other country. It appers at almost every meal and is almost as much of pet there as the pumpkin is in France. For this reason numerous people of whom inquiry was made about this to- matO, a number of Italian fruit vendors were consulted, but none of them had ever seen one like it.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting iu the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word CASTORIA," ," and "PIrCIIER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark. l. Dr. Samuel Pitcher. of Hyannis Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCHERS CASTORIA,' ' the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS. II. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is Lse kind yOH haVe aE1aJs 6onght, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. IT. Fletcher is President.
 IMGIch 8, IS27. SAMUEL PITCFER, MD.
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however, that the whole lot was in dan-
 ger of dissolution from the improper handling it had received. When this fact became known the greatest excite ment prevailed in Kentucky. The news papers issued extras" telling of the threatened misfortune. So intense was the alarm it was almost impossible to transact business of any sort. There was talk of calling an extra session of the Legislature and of memorializing congress. At length a Chicago firm succeeded in getting permission from the revenue department to bottle the nquor. This was done and Kentucky was saved. But it was a narrow escape.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
AvariCiOns.

Avarlce is one of the vices that go t,..s q ura" ,o tHe oUd.
 NIT. Watson, Q man of very large for rune and uncle 10 Lord Rockingham, ost Def-r. he dleu desired his attend ant to give him a shirt out of a certain drawer to which he pointed.
 Gracious, sir" said the attendant ''what do you mean, to think of putting on another shirt now?'
 Why" said Watson, according to custom, the shirt I have on will be the perquisite of those who lay me out. and that is an old ragged one, good enough for them"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
The Age of Trees.

Circular Is of the division of forestry,
 department of Agriculture, is a very readable monograph on the determine tion of the age of trees by the rings or "grain" of the wood. It is frequently desirable, not only for scientific but for immediately practical Purposes, to de- termine the age of tree, or of some wound or "blaze" upon it. It appears that some persons have been lately de- nying that the aunnual rings formed by growth were any reliable evidence upon that point. The circular shows very clearly, however that the evidence of the rings, when clearly defined is abso-
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drones and 16,4S0 workers. The yearly product of such swarm is fifty pounds besides what the bees consume. By making the division it is found that if that hive was an average one 1t requires the work of twenty-one bees to produce for sale an ounce of honey. But the life l Of the bee IS shOrt-we forget their "ex- pectatiOn'-and we suppose that the work of several generations is repre- sented in the honey output of one sea- son.
 There are two Riverside associations marketing oranges, one inside and the other outside the California fruit ex- change. A comparison of the prices re- ceived by both associations shows that the exchange association received 25 cents more per box for navel oranges than the outside association. As these associations have competed with the same quality of fruit and the same in- telligent management, it is interesting to see the result of the two sytems, marketing the so-called "f.o. b." and "sold delivered. '-ColtOn News.
 Mrs. H. K. Litchfeld of San Diego county owns an orchard where twenty four years ago some of the trees were planted. The younger trees are twelve years old and the plan adopted to keep them clean is to carefully watch and trim out all limbs when first affected and burn all the trimmings under the trees. She does not spray or fumigate, and the orchard is as clean as those of some that continually spray and fumi- gate but do not trim. She has an abundant yield of fruit. Her plan is, let in the air and light, watch diligently the first appearance ol any insect enemy. and destroy it by trimming and burning.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

It would be an excellent stroke of business for the Government ito adopt tie British rule of selling public docu- ments. Now they are given away by the million, and in the majOrity of in- stances are cast aside by their recipi- ents. By requiring pay for official pub lications the editions would be smaller and the expense would cease to be an unrecompensed outlayTof several mill ion dollars per year.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
Grandfather of Two Senators


 Stephen Mallory White is a Senator from California and Stephen Russell
 Mallory is a Senator from Florida. | There is more than mere coincidence
 in the similarity of names. The men are cousins. Senator Mallory's father and Senator Whites mother were brother and sister. It is a little curious that the two Senators should represent States as far apart as It Is possible for JHrn lo uo.-.lu .--- ..- -Ltiaa,ic and the .tother on the Pacific coast The grand father of the two Senators was one of the earliest settlers of Florida, while tneir -rau3motbar was a ~nauIsh wOm- ian of fine stock. considerable beau + ty, and remarkable Const tuition, retain ing to her old age all of her faculties.
 Much of Senator Whites sturdiness
 comes from his grandmother. He was Isnot born in Florida, for his father and lFmother crossed the plains in 1850, at li tracted to California by the reports of snewly discovered gold. The Senator twas born In San Francisco in 1853. The Ig gMallorys, on the other hand, remained | in Florida. and now the whirligig of |. .time and the strange happenings of pol .itics rcunite the families in the Senate. |a-Washington Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
mear;no of "NIizpah."

"Mizpah' is biblical term whose sig .nification is explained in Genesis xxi. 70, in the following words: 'The Lord watch between me and thee when we tare absent one from another" On ac- count of the sentiment it Is often se- lected as an offering to an autograph al- bum, accompanied simply by the name of the writer.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Brooklyn Citizen: Those who turn up Interesting facts point out that the big geSt farm in the world may be found ln the southwest part of Louisiana. It IS owned and operated by syndicate or northern capitalists and embraces 1,JOOOO0 acres of land, which were originally big pasture for cattle. Ihe land is devoted to the cultivation or cot ton, corn, sugar and rice. East ana west the estate extends 100 miles. me Southern Pacific Railway runs through it for nearly forty miles. A good deal of attention is paid to raising cattle, or which the syndicate owns 16,OOO head. The company operates several steamers on the navigable rivers that run through their mammoth farm, and they have nlSo rico n'ille Ghinvard, ice plant and bank v -Nn syn 1.-ltes viii G8.lI- ..- probe. ui agriculture more and manufactures less, perhaps there will be a more reasonable excuse for toleratng great combinations of capital
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
The Grain Crop.

The Orange Judd Farmer, Tn It's hnal estimate of the years crop, says that the figures based on actual threshing re- turns indicate total yield of 589, GOO, ,0OO bushels, of which 373, ,53O, 900 bushels is winter and 215, 470, 900 bushels spring wheat. With the exception of Illinois and Missouri, the winter wheat yield represents the full capacity of the sort.
 The spring wheat yield in Minnesota and the Dakotas has proved disap- pointment, the aggregate being only I29, 900, GOO bushels. The shortage there is in measure counterbalanced by the good yield in Nebraska, Oregon and Washington.
 The reports say the corn crop is ex- ceedingly disappointing on an outside estimate of l. .75O. .OO0, 900 bushels. The drouth during the past two months re- duced the average condition from S2.3 per cent a month ago to 7S.9 per cent on October"1st. An average oats yield of 2S.7 bushels per acre suggests a crop of S14OOO,0OO bushels, 10,000,000 more than last year.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

A wonderful composition has been discovered which renders war vessels invisible beneath the rays of electric search lights. If is now in order for MT. Tesla to announce that he has dis covered a means of rendering electric search lights invisible.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

By the prompt and heroic action of q
 Chicago firm a terrible disaster was narrowly averted in Kentucky. Three !h0usand barrels of old whisky were sent abroad in 1884 to escape the rev. snue tax. About year ago the whisky was brought back and put ln bond at the public warehouse. It was found,
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
THE BLUES.

This is a synonym for that gloomy harrassed condition of the mind which has it's origin in dyspepsia All the ugly spirits that, under the name of the 'blues," ''blue devils" ''megrims'' and ''mulligrubs" tOrments the dyspeptic al- most ceaselessly, vanish when attacted with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, that, moreover annihilates biliOusness, constipation, chills and lever kidney complaints and nervousness
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
Organization has been effected of the

arizona Stock Association. The object of the association js to band together all the cattle associations of Arizona for their mutual protection against cattle thieves and pernicious legislation and i'r fourding central stock evcbaDqe IF Phoenix. where sgies wsll be u-'- and where prices ior the various grades wit. be fixed daily, according to a6~ices from the chief cattle markets.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Why does John Bull make such a fuss because he has lost the Khyber pass? The general passenger agent probably will issue another.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Don Carlos declares that he will fight for the Spanish throne when the time Is ripe" He is not so green, however, as to imagine that the ripening process has begun.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

Brooklyn has purposed that peniten- tiary convicts be made useful by build ing bicycle paths. What would be the objection to making roads for other peo- nlp2
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

As a vindication of insulted royalty the duel is a notable success particular ly when it is harmless to both combat ants
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

AS soon as the bent of his weak-mind-, edness was discovered he received ap7 propriate treatment and eventually re- covered. It is said that in, perusing some of their papers reader would fan to discover a "bec in the bonnet of the writers.
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''Stick to live stock" says the Breed CTS Gazette. That's what the farmers generally seem to be sizing up as good advice
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A Boston contemporary says that mo gentleman will swear before lady," The safest course undoubtedly is to give the lady the first chance.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
The BIoomer Question.

"Our society,"" said the young woman who belongs, "has decided that bloomers shall be barred"
 'HOw vulgar" said the girl who does not belong. "They ought never to be in other than solid cOlOrs.''
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Lucky Baldwin's debts are piling up. His name has not thereby lost it's significance. He's lucky to find any, body to trust him.
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If Zeglen's bullet-proof cloth proves successful in it's chosen field, it ought to go far to solve the mosquito prob lem for New Jersey.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

The new duty on Canadian fish does not apply to the stories that returning anglers bring across the border.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
 ESTING ITEMS,

Comments and Criticismo Based Upon the Happenings of the Day-His- torica1 and News Notes.
 The wheelmen have worn all the grass off the streets of Philadelphia.
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One hundred and fifty carloads of wheat are at San Diego awaiting ship ment to Great Britain.
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Mrs. Cumso-Your husband dresses very qnetly. Mrs. Cawker-Does he? You ought to hear him when he can't find his collars, or his cuff-buttons because mislaid.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

In several English lunatic asylums tLe inmates as curative measure. One demented person refused food and as obstinately declined to furnish any req son for his action. In a newspaper ar ..-.-, .s. sr-. '. .H... 'T l,s.-- ,C be buried as quickly as possible. It is q moustrocs scandal that I should he compelled tu drag aGoUt 0N over ru.s
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06
HORT CULTURAL NOTES.

Wild mustard grows into trees il some portions of San Diego county.
 If your sweet potatoes have been troubled with black rot dip those you save Tn solution of ammonia and water, one to ten.
 The San Diego Tribune says that the tobacco experiments made this year in that county have proved entirely suc- cessiul. The yield is from 800 to 600 pounds of cured tobacco to the acre. It has not yet been put upon the market, and consequently it is not known what price it will bring.
 The Stockton Independent says that the bean crop of San Joaquin county is harvested and on the market. The black-eyed beans are principally raised there. The yield of almonds from this county is estimated at from i've to six carloads, most of which are raised near Lodi and Acampo.
 On the sidehill where your soil will wash in and cover the bud of the tree, a box or two boards nailed V-shape, with the point of the V up the hill, will save you much trouble and possibly the life of your tree.
 The sugar beets grown in Sacramento county this year have been analysed and found satisfactory. It seems to be settled that good beets can ho ev~o-vr> anywhere in the State where suitable i0awv land can be touul Factories may therefore be located anywhere in the State where other conditions are favorable.
 1amhill county, Ore, hop crop is estimated at 400 bales by competent persons. It is worth, at present quota tions, $l0O,O00. The significance of this appears when it is understood that this is the product of less than 600 acres of ground. Not more than one-ffth of the available hop land is being used for hop growing, and the product might be greatly increased if there were no draw backs to the business.
 Owing to the unprecedentedly high prices received for prunes this year, many Napa farmers will be enabled to pay off their mortgages. Although the crop is more abundant than ever before, the growers are reaping the ben- eft of the high prices caused by the shortage in other sections
 MT. Scofeld, Paradise valley, thinks the same method used to prevent ants division of soils of the department of ascending trees will work on the Full ler's rose beetle; band the tree with card that has been soaked in a solution of corrosive sublimate. He says the fumes of copperas spread under the trees to disintegrate will destroy the black scale. COpperas is also fertilizer.
 Five ounces of Paris green mixed with twenty pounds of sulphur and dusted on when the leaves are damp will sick en the rose beetle, if on your roses and other plants. It is hardly probable that one treatment will destory the red spider where orchards are badly infested. It will require two or three dustings with sulphur.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-11-06

A New Jersey policeman who was struck by lightning the other day -i8iu- tzlC .r cured d chronic ease or
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miles of track to any responsible com pany that will pay bonus of seventy millions of dollars as rental of the tracks, rolling stock, and ether proper ty for term of fifty years, and guaran- tee to restore them in good order at the end of that period.
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We will forfeit $1 900 if any of our pub lished testimonials are proven to be not genuine. THE PIsO Co.,, Warren, Pa.
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Digestion proceeds more rapidly in the horse with active exercise than when eating is followed by period of rest aooordin" tn the experiments of Dr. Taugc, of BuIa-Pcstb- In the Gog and ia man, the opposite Is true, which shows how unsafe it is to infer results .. -.-7 ~. -'- ..--~'f --. ~~ .~. Cfbaq.
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The most interesting sight in Dawson City ;n midwinter is the mercury. It is generally out of sight.
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You do not expect your COW to give milk unless you feed her; neither will hungry, yellow trees give expected re- turns.
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Assassination is neither a logical nor a convincing method of political argu- ment.
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PURE FOOD

Tea Garden Drips is a pure sugar product The sweetest and best favored table syrup ever made.
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Government ownership of railroads Las A.e0 found n r1'.ra iu Brazil, and tLe government hes offered r9 leaSg ifs -..Lt,., .,..-n--l ~ r.-L.L--u -LnIsnn-
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PURE FOOD

Toboggan Maple Syrup is absolutely pure and rich in flavor. Recommended by Physicians
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Try schillings Best tea and baking powder.
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The rule for watering should be: Enough to support chemical action, but not too much, which teaches and inn poverishes the soil.
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Mir. Slegeman of San Diego county

MT. SIegeman of San Diego county f""cs his orchard from black scale with & wash he makes as follows: One pound concentrated lye, 2 to D gallons of water; boil this, then add three pints kerosene and tWu pounds soap whale olD aaje. while ho. ou hie olives we fou4- .le rhizoh.as at work.
 4 Ss0nu2 county ne.ra.uar killed and counted @ swarm ,t H... ... .srnE tr4+ .E.r, -.,,,J.r ,-. ..... -.-.
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We carry the most complete line of Gymnasium and Athletic Goods on the Coast. SUITS AND UNIFORMS MADE TO ORDER. Send for Our Athletic Catalogue.
 WILL & EINCK CO.,, 61S-S2O Market St, San Francisco, Cal.
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other
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how much there Is in this. We are sending samples of plums which we know to have been sulphured at least four hours to the University for analy- sis. When we get the returns we shall at least know about that lot.-San Francisco Chronicle.