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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-29
AUSTRALIAN GOLD.

a Considerable Amount TO be Shipped "a
the United States.
NEW YoRK, July 94.-A special ca
blegram from London TO the Evening
Post says: Arrangements have been
made to ship direct to the United
States a considerable amount of gold
from Australia This is not generally
known, and coming at n moment when
gold movements from New York are
looked for, viii create much interest.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12
LATEST NEWS NOTES,

Every available craft on the Pacific
Coast is being chartered for the trade
to the Klondyke diggings
The japanese Government is reported
to be purchasing of Brazil the war
vessels which are being constructed
for her in England.
The census of Russia, which was re-
Gently taken in one day, is now pub
lished, and gives as the entire popula.
ton of the Russian Empire 1879, 211,-
l13.
More than 5000 men have been killed
in battle near Canndos, Brazil. The
religious fanatics, numbering 5000,
swept the troops before them like a
whirlwind.
The Japanese official press states that
it is probable that the government will
agree to the proposal of Hawaii, and
submit the dispute between the two
countries to arbitration.
1t is reported that the Tanals tribe,
of Madagascar, are melting their fol-
lowers to massacre all the Europeans is
the island with the exception of the
English. who are to be considered
their allies.
The Spanish papers of Havana are
protesting against the Mexican immi-
grafton agents visiting Cuban towns
and Offering TO contract with recon.
centrados to migrate to Mexico, 70
work in the coffee and tobacco fields of
Yucutan.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12
Scientific Farming.

The day of the happy -go.lucky
farmer is gone, says the S. f. Chroni-
Gle. There is no use trying. He can
not make it. If he will not change
his methods he may as we'll lie down
and die easy and have it over with.
The struggle of the old-faShioned
farmer to live under modern condl.
lions is like the struggle of man
dying of dropsy. He is in constant
agony for breath until he can breathe
no more. There are now many farm
ers who have thrown off the ancient
Traditions and have learned tn know
the facts before they act. If they are
dairymen they know what their milk
costs them, and if it is costing too
much they find where the loss is. If
they are stockmen they know how to
feed all that their stock can digest,
and no more, and they do it. If they
are winemakers they understand what
happens in wine fermentation and so
control conditions that the right thing
happens. If they are orchardists they
so understand the structure of plants
and the functions of their organs that
they can detect the approach of disease
in time to protect from its ravages.
In short, whatever branch of agricul-
ture is adopted they understand the
essential facts underlying it, so far as
they are understood by any one. The
more they know the more they distrust
their own knowledge and the more
anxious they are to learn.
1t is such men as these who are able
to produce goods cheapest, and they
are running their old-fashiosed COM
petitors out of business. They are
making little something even now,
and hereafter the farming business,
like that of all other lines, will be
controlled by those who know how to
make first-class goods by the cheapest
methods. Many farmers who will not
learn are out of debt. They can live,
doubtless, although probably gradually
reducing their capital, but the old
fashioned farmer who is in debt and
will not learn is gone. Like fish on
the bauk, he may flop for time, but
gradually it is harder work, and pretty
soon he lies still.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The tariff bill has been signed by
the President and is now law.
The President has sent into the Sen.
ate the name of John G. Lynch to be
Collector of Internal Revenue of the
First District of California.
Secretary Alger has approved the
revised allotments made by the Missis-
sippi river commission for the improve.
ment of the Mississippi river.
The President has directed the
removal of Charles M. Shannon, Col
lector of Internal Revenue for the dis
triot of New Mexico. ssand has selected
A. l.. Morrison as his successor.
The recent appointment of Hon. T.
V. Powderley as Commissioner of I'm
migation, has been signed by the Presi.
dent. MI. Powderly's nomination to
that Office failed of confirmation in the
Senate because of opposition on the
part of labor organizations.
Among the last combinations by the
Senate are: Creighton Foraker, United
States Marshal, New Mexico; Albert
d. Elliott, District Clerk, Alaska;
John G. Lynch, Internal Revenue Col
lector, First District, California; An
drew l.. Morrison, New Mexico.
A special to the Chicago Chronicle
from Washington says: President
Mckinley will ask Congress, at the
regular session next winter, to abolish
the office of Commissioner of Rail
roads. The President thinks it is u
useless office. The place is now held
by General Wade Hampton.
The Foreign Relations Committee,
to which had been referred the annex
alton treaty signed by the representa-
tives of the Hawaiian Republic and
the U. s. Secretary of State, have sent
in to the Senate favorable report,
and, though it is not expected that
decisive action will be taken during
the present session of Congress, it is
reported that there is feeling in both
the House and Senate that it may be
taken up and acted upon at an early
date.
The President has announced the fol-
lowing recess appointments: T. V.
Powderly Commissioner G General of I'm
migration. Robert B. Tracewell,
Comptroller of the Treasury. Hugh
Rodmap, lieutenant in the navy
Alexander 7. Morrison, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the District of
New Mexico. Joseph N. STRIPPING,
Attorney for the United States for
the Southern District of Florida.
Mack A. Montgomery, District Attor-
ney for Northern District of Missis.
sippi. All of these nominations, except
Tracewell, STRIPPING. Montgomery and
Handy, had been previously sent to
the Senate. Morrison had been con-
tirmed, but a mistake in making out
the papers was made, his name appear
ing as Andrew instead of Alexander.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12
The Summer school.

The third annual session of tho
Highland Grange Summer School of
Economics and Husbandry came to
close with final lecture by Profe ssor
NJ. +. laffa on the subject Of food
adulteration. He spoke in part as
follows:
There are two main classes of food
authorizations, those which are harmful
and poisonous and those which are
harmless and may be called deceptives.
Oleomargarine, which contains as
much nutriment and is cheaper than
butter, is an example of the latter
class. The harmful adulterants are
all the more dangerous because taste.
less and are only disclosed by analysis.
They arc chiefly antispetios, being
generally used as preservatives. killing
bacteria and preventing molds. In
all the digestive juices, however, are
ferments which assist in the process
of digestion. and these are killed by
the antiseptics and the digestive pro.
cess is thus arrested. They are of
course especially dangerous for inva.
lids and persons of weak digestion.
The principal adultsrants of this
class are salicylic acid. sulphurous
acid, borscic acid. formalin or callerin.
The dangerous sulphurous acid is pre-.
sent in dried fruit. which has been sui
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

il touches the Coast range bills. where
the water will be pumped upon the
high ground and from there distributed
over the vast plains lying to the
north.
G.. A. Hitchcock Of New York has
been in the Mattole section in the
southern part Of Humboldt several
weeks making an investigation Of the
oil grounds in tFat region. He an
nounces that in his opinion there is
plenty Of oil there and chat if reason
able concessions can be obtained from
the owners of the land capital will be
forthcoming TO work the wells on an
extensive scale. Oil has been known
to exist in the Mattole section for
good many years and operations have
been carried ON by local companies at
different times, but none of them had
enough capital to carry the operations
ON to a successful conclusion.
II. L. Williams. Jr., vice-president Of
the Santa Barbara Oil Company, who
states that he will go to San Francisco
early next month to place the stock of
the company ON the market. The
present five wells of the company pro-
duced 1928 barrels of oil the first week
of their opening, and the company has
machinery to handle the output of 100
wells, and expect to develop more at
once. The proposition to enlarge the
plant and facilities so as to be able to
pump all of the wells of the Summer
land field is being considered. 1t is
intended to lease all old property OBJ
tainable in the district.
Carlos Olivera, T. J. Higgins and
many other heavy property owners in
the Jsmacha irrigation district in San
Diego county. have instituted suit
against +. o. Wadsworth, as collector
of said district, enioining him from
making or delivering to his co-defend-
ant, the Jamacha irrigation district,
any deed or deeds, purporting to con-
vey any parcels of real property in the
district said to have been sold to such
district in the years 1892, 1898, 1894,
1895, and 1896 belonging to the plain
tiffs. The plaintiffs claim that the
exchange of $1,000 of the district :
bonds for certain water rights was
illegal and that the appointments made
to pay the interest on that amount of
bonds were also illegal and that de.
fault in payment of these taxes and
subsequent purchase by the district OF
the land delinquent in taxes does not
give the district title to the property
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Helpful Suggestions For the
Agriculturists.
HINTS THAT ARE INTERESTING.
some GsOd Advice for the Ruralists-A
Budget of knowledge ThatMay
Prove Beneficial.
Death to SnuirreIs.

Summer campers who have been to
Contra Costa county this year have
noticed the abundance of squirrels that
county can boast of, but not all are
aware that the present state of affairs
is one of comparative immunity from
the amin ais m entioned, says the Oak
land Enquirer. There are. and always
have been, many places in California
where squirrels are plentiful and some
regions where they are like jsckrsbbits
in Australia. Some years ago they
were so numerous in Contra Costa
county that there was little room for
anything else to prosper, and the
farmers were at their wits end to find
a means of reducing the squirrel popu-
lation.
An interesting fact in natural his
tory is that cultivation has multiplied
the squirrels. Before wheat growing
began, the animals did not find much
on the dry, hct plains to tempt them
forth, and there were few of them ex-
cept adjacent to the mountains. But
the grain growing gave them the op-
portunity they needed and the little
gray coated highlanders descended
into the plains to possess the land.
The remedy that was finally fairly
successful, and which has brought
death and destruction upon millions of
squirrels, was discovered by expert
ments carried on upon the University
grounds at Berkeley by Professor E.
w. Hilgard, head of the agricultural
department.
The campus swarmed with squirrels
ready to be experimental upon, SO that
the professor had accommodating vic.
tins at hand as soon as he could de.
wise means of making them victims.
The result of his tests was bulletin
recommending carbon sulphide, which
proved the most efficient remedy fol
the pest ever: tried, and is still the lead.
ing squirrel destroyer. The mounds OF
the Berkeley campus were soor
changed into graveyards, and all over
the State farmers began calling fol-
carbon sulphide to work similar
changes. As result of the discovery
a big industry-the manufacturing Of
the remedy-sprang into existence.
The carbon sulphide kills by it,
fumes. 1t is not necessary for the
squirrel to eat in order to die; hi
hole is stopped up and smudge pu
in at one end, the vapors of which
soon rob the rodent of his life. 1t il
the farmers turn now, and he is grad
ually driving the squirrel army bacl
toward Mount Diablo Some day tina
stronghold may be attacked by sieg'
and a battle carried on for the abso
Lutte determination of the pest.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

Some of our readers may not under
stand the exact method of the "deep
setting" of milk, which is now in
general use in good dairies which do
not use the separator. The milk is
taken direct from the COW Git should
be separately and placed in cans eight
inches in diameter and twenty inches
deep. These are not arbitrary dimen-
sions, but demonstrsbly the best. The
cans are at once placed in ice water,
which is maintained at a temperature
as near 40 degrees Fahrenheit as posi-
BILE. Flowing water from cool springs
is better than stationary ice water,
even if the temperature rises to so
degrees or little over. The cream
will rise in from twelve to tweny -four
hours. 1t is evident that Swimming
such can would be difficult, the best
way being with pointed dish of less
diameter than the can, which is gently
inserted and the cream allowed to flow
in. There is usually, however, a loss
of cream by this method. A better
way is to use cans with q strip of glass
inserted in one side and a faucet at
the bottom. As the milk is drawn off
the cream settles, and as the point of
separation can be seen through the
glass, the faucet is closed at the proper
time and the cream turned out. Much
more of the cream is saved by this
method than by the shallow setting in
pans
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

phu1ed 20 give i: the light. bleached
color which is demanded by an igno-
rant public. This has been shown by
analysis made at Berkeley, and um
colored or unbl eached fruit should
always be bought in preference TO the
bleached. The farmers understand
this and keep out enough unbleacbed
fruit for their own use. Formalin or
callerin is sold in the market as ger
micide and preseIvative, but is danger
Gus to be taken into the stomach for
the reason given. 1t is good princi-
pie to observe not TO introduce into the
system any elements not naturally
found there, and none of these anti
septics are found there unless intro
duced by the ignorance or dishonesty Of
man.
The second class of adulterants, such
as are used in oleomargarine and filled
cheese, | call deceptives. They are
perfectly harmless, but their use with
out notice to the public is fraud on
the buyer and the honest producer.
Laws have been passed to regulate
their use and requiring all such pro-
ducts to be labeled SO that the people
may know just what they are buying.
Under these restrictions there is no
harm whatever in their manufacture
and use. Many of the spices sold
ground are adulterated. The cause of
any tIonble which arsies from the use
of canned goods is in the way in which
they are put up and not in adultera-
tions.
At the conclusion of the lecture E.
f. Adams made some remarks in re.
gard to the work Of the Summer
School. He said that people who dc
not take advantage of the opportunities
which are offered by such institutions
as the Summer School and do not keep
abreast of advanced thoughts in hus.
bandry will be rooted out in the com.
petition with their more progressive
neighbors. The race is dead il
America, he said. which was able, al
it exhausted the fertility of the sol
IN one place to move to another
Places where these things were under
stood and rational methods pursued
were getting better prices for thei
products than other communities ant
he hoped that such might be the for
tune of this community. He described
the school as social experiment.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

The correspondent of the London
Daily Maui says that Germany pro.
tested to the United States against
the annexation of Hawaii by the latter
country. Germany, the correspondent
says, desired triple control of the
islands by America. Great Britain and
herself. Cbagrined at the result of
her protest, Germany sounded Japan.
but the latter declined to be party to
any concerted action.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

The British Government is sending
five armored cruisers and war vessels
into Alaska waters with the expressed
intention of helping to protect the
seals. A report from British
Columbia states that "the government
must have some object besides enforc-
ing the scaling regulations in sending
this strong feet to Boring Sea. -
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

The drop in silver announced at the
City of Mexico created much comment
In financial and business circles. If
silver remains down, the loss to COR
porations having gold interests to meet
abroad will be large, and at the pres
ent basis gold interest on government
loans abroad will require million
dollars more in silver per annum.
Many orders for goods abroad have
been Cancelled. merchants desiring to
see how the exchange is going. 1t is
generally believed that the sudden fall
IN silver is due to the unloading by
large bullion holders, coupled with
new gold discoveries and the continued
small demand in India for silver.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

it is stated that big scandal is like.
y to develop over the recent sinking
OF the Russian warship Gapgut. No
trace of the rock on which she is sup
posed to have struck can be found. 1t
is now openly charged that her loss is
piaceable to official speculation result
ing in faulty workmanship.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12

A dispatch from Athens to London
says: An order has been issued to
restore all railways to the Greeks.
The battalions are also withdrawn
from Greece.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-12
Items of Interest.


The Bitter Root valley in Montana
is good fruit district, hut will always
be III danger from late frosts. 1t has
suffered i that way duliug the present
season, the strawberry crop having
been seriously injured.
The shipments of fruit east already
exceed those of the las season to the
same date, although shipments began
much later. While many good sales
have been made, the net results have
not been satisfactory thus far III the
majority of cases.
If fruit trees are treated with poison
GUS sprays while in blossom, any bees
visiting them will be killed. As bees
are now recognized as important agents
in pollenation they should be protected
by the avoidance of spraying during
the blossoming time.
The largest crop of oranges ever sup
piled by Florida was 5000, 900 boxes.
The California crop of next year is
now estimated at 100000 boxes.
"hAhO WV YAH udTuly D6
estimated at all, but will very likely
be 100000 boxes, leaving still a
deficit of 100000 boxes in the out
put of the United States as compared
with the maximum ever before
reached.
Some Of the New York papers com
plain of the dishonest packing of Cali
fornia fruit. Some finely faced boxes
OF cherries have been sent there, of
which the interiors were worthless.
We presume there was very little of
this, but any at all was enough to seri.
ously inJure US. The press here can
do little to put stop to this practice
unless names and dates are given by
the complaining journals. Then the
thing can be stopped. Unquestionably
there are rascals here as elsewhere,
but there is no public sentiment to
SHIELD them and public exposure is a
very quick remedy.
The record-union., 1897-10-31

Average IOt slps soJ1 uJ
From thisit will be seen that the aver
age annual cost has been $16,595 %
for charges other than salaries and
fuel. That is per cent upon S331,-
901 annually, without any calculation
for depreciation or interest on the money
invested, and the money of the tax
payer is worth as much to him as the
money of the bondholder is worth to the
bondholder.
In addition to the expenditures on
account Of engines and boilers referred
to in the historical statements, there
has been expended on that account, as
shown in the detailed statement, the
following:
1868, pumps and machinery. y........ So, ,150 90
1864, new boiler ler...................... l,lof w
CINE r' .'o $3.50 90
CINE ss0cll' ~" p.p .''. 5,O52 IS
'Ti ptmp pe'ii' o.- US 1898 As
| 1877 account of new pump..... 5000 90
| 1873, account of new pump.......... l,3O0 W
| 1879, account of new engine. ....... b,9O0 W
1884, new boiler. Ier...................... 1,o9l ~
| 1896, account of new boiler. 3,OO0 w
! 1867, account of new pumping en- ~
Slne Il, ioO ~
| 1897 balance on new boilers....... 1866 40
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1Oldl sOOO ~
An average of 81 ,6S7 0S per annum
and these expenditures were for new
boilers and pumping machinery, and
not included in the items for repairs.
1t is needless to say that no private
plant in the State will show any such
expense for renewals of motive power.
I also invite your attention to the cir
cumstances surrounding the operation
of the S-street Sewer Pumping Plant,
which has been in operation less than
year. I give the items of expense as
they are charged up. 1t will be OBJ
served that for the months of Decem-
Der, 1896, and January, 1897, there are
items running pump" 1t is impossl-
BILE to tell without difficulty of research
what composes those charges:
The record-union., 1897-10-31
Some Facts of Interest to
the Public.
Where Electric Plants Are Oper-
ated Cheaply.
1t is in Localities Where Fuel is Less
Expensive Than Here-An In
teresting Document.

Space given to-day to the foloWans
communication filed with the Clty
Board of Trustees by /. 7. Hatfelu'
attorney for the Sacramento hleG-
tric. Gas and Railway Company. Il
is in regard to the proposition tnal
has been advanced to have the cAty
erect and maintain its own eiecliIc
plant for city lighting and for Pc" g
in operating its pumps, etc., ana oeS'i1
with facts and figures, showing why
cities in other States are able to main
tain electric plants at less expeIse
than can those of California. Ihe
question is one of interest to Sacrd-
mentans, in view Of the contention
that Sacramento should have hel
own electric plant. This matter WiH
come up for consideration by the
Trustees on the Sth of next month
The record-union., 1897-10-31

4Otdl S4o;oot 4
In order to show more in detail the
cost Of maintaining the plant, I sub
nit the following statement showing
cost for items other than salaries and
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-05-29
WAS A BOY SOLDIER.
STORIES or GENERAL MILES I'M THE
CIVIL WAR.
Governor Andrew Thought Him Too Young
Fur Csptain-Af the Front He Proved
Himself Born to Conmand - Daring
Deeds IN Countless Eassies-
lCopyIghf, 1851, by American Press Associa-
f5on- Book rights reserved

OK soldiers were
at a discount in
1S6l, and In fact;
all through the
war there Was a
disposition in the
army 10 rebuff the
beardaess young
fellows who had
respected the ad-
age, "O]d men for
counsel and young
yInen for way. 70
More than q third
of the Federal re-
cruiBs enlisted be-
fore they passed
the til
year. A boy just
coming ia TO the
majority thin ( S
be Is q man sind