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The Van Buren press., 1897-12-11
Making Room.

In order to make room for our i'm
mense stock of furniture for the fall
and holiday trade we will sell
Bedsteads made of s,a-
Solid Hardwood si .
Stool Chairs 80
Homemade Chairs 80
Cane Seat Chairs 90
Rocking Chairs 90
Bureaus 5 90
Safes . so
Good Bedroom Suits 10 90
All other goods in proportion. Don {
forget the place. c. J. MURTA.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-11

Almost s3, 900 was the expense en-
tailed on the county by the last term of
circuit court. The grand jury cost the
biggest part of that sum.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-11

Henry Faber returned from Little
Rock, where he had been as lay
delegate of the Diocesan council of the
Episcopal church, Saturday.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-11

results. easily and thoroughly. sc All druggists
Prepared by C. l. Hood S Co.. LoWeL Mass
The only Pills to take with HOODS SarSAlarl1i9-
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
Death Through a Tarantula.

One Of the quickest and most COM
plete and justitiable killings that ever
l saw came about through tarantula.
1t was at mine camp, and the camp
bully had tarautula impaled on a
stick. A man newly arrived from the
east stood gazing, fascinated with hor-
ror, at the squirming reptile, working
its black fangs in the effort to reach
something that it could fastel them
into. Suddenly, without warning. the
bully thrust the tarantula straight into
the tenderfoot's face. His whiskers
saved him from the fangs, but he let
out yell as if he had actually been
bitten and jumped back, fully believe,
ten feet. Then, as the fellow came polk
ing the tarantula toward him again, the
tenderfoot drew his revolver and turned
loose ON his tormentor. His first shot
would have been enough, as it went
straight through the fellows body, but
the tenderfoot had his excitement to
work off, and he never stopped shooting
until his revolver had been emptied and
the man with the tasantula was sieve.
Served him right, was the verdict of
the coroner's jury, and the case never
went to court for trial. New York Sun.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08

Tho hospital physician should be n
man of the most thorough methods and
the most extreme conservatism. He
should be chosen as much for his prac-
teal good sense as for his skill in dag
nosing disease. He should lie man
with intuitions and ought to be able to
decide almost at n glance whether pa
tient is suffering from brain trouble or
alcoholism.
There have been of late q great many
instances where this mistake has been
made, and it is by no means creditable
to the hospital authorities when such
blunders are made.
One of the latest exploits of a hospi-
tai doctor was to order cold bath for a
consumptive patient who showed some
symptoms of hysteria. Shortly after the
bath the woman died. Just why doc
tor should order such treatment COM
mon sense as well as the medical pro.
tesslon would like very much to know.
hospitals are i'll the main supported
by the people, and the people have a
right to good treatment and courtesy at
the hands of those who are put in
charge of such institutions. Failing to
receive this, the public has also tho
right to demand an investigation of the
situation and to demand the punish
ment of those who are guilty of such
unprofessional and inhuman conduct
and that their places be filed by those
who are more intelligent and better fit
ted for the duties and responsibilities of
such a place. New York Ledger.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
BOTTLED BACTERIA.
Fears Hitherto Expressed rs to Their Dire
Effects Arc Passing Away.

Fears Hitherto Expressed rs to Their Dire
Effects Arc Passing Away.
The average layman has long been
sustained by a secret belief that the
vast majority Of bacteria are harmless,
and, considering that he daily consumes
millions of them in eating, drinking
and sleeping, it is consoling to find the
belief confirmed by all eminent author
ity.
Another scientist contributing to an
English review does something toward
relieving bacteria of their evil name by
explaining how much they have to do
with successful butter making. Butter,
as every one knows, is best made from
sour cream and does not keep well un-
less the cream is soured before churn-
ing. This result is usually attained by
letting the cream stand till it sours Of
its own accord. But series Of expert.
ments carried ON in Sleswick- Holstein
have proved that the souring Of cream
is produced by the presence Of certain
bacteria, which can be cultivated and
introduced i'll such a way as to cause
artificially the necessary souring.
A doctor named Witter has studied
the subject, and 80 skillfully blended
certain cultures together that when the
mixture was added in due proportion tC
sterilized cream to effect souring, the
butter made therefrom was of most de-
licious favor, pure and Of great com
mercial value, inasmuch as it kept adj
mirably.
The dried seed or powder of the bac.
terra used in this process can now BIZ
bought put UP in bottles. A proportion
is added to small quantity of SKINNED
milk, which is subjected to moderate
continuous heat till the bacteria have
developed. The fermentation starter
Is then added to the cream. The pure
culture Is only used occasionally, enough
Of the "starter" being left over every
day to begin operations with on the
next The excellence of Danish butter
is attributed to the care taken in choos
ing the fermentation starter. Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
HUM MING BIRDS.
Their Wonderfully Fashioned Diminutivs
Nests and Their Tiny Eggs.

Their Wonderfully Fashioned Diminutiye
Nests and Their Tiny Eggs.
Suddenly CLINT shot from the point
where my gaze was dreamily focused.
That was all, but suspicion and savage
instincts were aroused. For ten minutes
my eyes followed the contour of each of
the small boughs 20 feet above me- mere
twigs from higher and greater branch,
which in turn declined from mighty,
outstretched arm of the giant Presently
suspicion centered in an insignificant,
lichen covered wart ON the upper side
Of branch as large, perhaps, as a
lady s wrist. TWAS like dozen others,
yet not exactly like them. The lichen
seemed to mo just shade grayer and
more regular, and the knot was trifie
too round. feared to take my eyes
away, lest it were lost before | had
proved it to be only natural excres-
cence. The sudden CLINT again struck
my eye, there was strange, tuneful
hum, and-eurekal Directly above the
point was watching there lowered,
with wings vibrating themselves into "a
misty point, an exquisite ruby throat.
Then it settled on the diminutive cup
Of lichen, and l had found my first
humming birds nest
By climbing far up above and then
crawling carefully down on a separate
limb, one could look over the nest,
scarcely a yard away. to admire the
tiny white eggs and the even more fairy
like nest, marvelously woven inside
with the finest and softest fiber, and
coated on the outer periphery against
the weather with delicate lichen, which
just turned the rim SO as to shed any
insistent raindrop that might penetrate
the manifold roof Of leaves overhead.
The whole would have fitted in circle
made by joining the index finger and
thumb. 1.-THE Oakdwellers, by G. d,
Lanier, in Scribner's.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
The Fruit Exchange.

1t is good to see that the threat
ened Reorganization of the Californis
Fruit Exchange is not likely to occur.
1t seems strange that anyone should
oppose this organization, says Prof.
A. j. Cook. Almost everybody ac-
knowledges that ON the whole the
exchange has been great benefit to
the citrus fruit industry of Cali
fornia; and yet some of our most in
telligent and most able fruit growers
stand aloof from the oganization.
The fact that SO large a proportion of
the fruit of Southern California
almost half of it-has been marketed
by this association is proof enough
of its great excellence. We notice
that one of the leading commission
men, in recent publication, shows
how he has paid more for fruit than
the exchange in certain regions of
Southern California. Such reports as
these will certainly not influence any
person of thought and intelligence.
1t would be much better for this same
firm to tell what they did do before
the Fruit Exchange was organized;
and what they did do last year in
regions where there was no fruit ex-
change. This, however, is unneces-
sary, for people have good memories,
and we have a press which Is wide
awake and keeps our people thor
oughly informed in regard to all such
matters which pertain SO vitality to our
best interest.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
False Alarms Injurious.

Not so very long ago, one would
have been justified after reading the
first dispatches regarding the invasion
of vineyards by the vine hoppers, in
stating that the Fresno county grape
crop was about ruined, says the Cal.
Fruit Grower. The story of disaster
was soon modified and later reports
showed that the damage inflicted was
but nominal, scarcely worthy of men
ton. The injury such false alarms
create cannot we'll be estimated, but
it is large. Reports OF short raisin
crop in California found currency
during last summer and right up to
October. In consequence of this the
exports of Spanish raisins to North
American points increased from 81 319
owt. in 1895, to 95,5 cwt. in 1896.
When in the month of November il
became known that the California crop
was only very little short as com.
pared with the previous years, the
American demand for Spanish raisins
became dull and heavy. The report of
short crop in California, which only
in small part was true, actually ere.
ated market for a certain quantity
of foreign raisins that, had it not
been for that false report would not
have been brought here, and whose
place would have been taken by the
domestic raisiu.
Reports of short prune crop are
being industriosly circulated. French
Austrian and Bostonian handlers Of
prunes have heard them and they are
preparing to take advantage Of the
conditions created by providing theii
fruit into the American market. 1t i.
needless to say that the effect will be
the reverse Of what these report cir
culators anticipate, or wish.
Those interested should remember
that only harm to their interest.
can result from false cries of shor
crops, destruction by vine hoppers
and other alarms which have no rea
foundation in fact.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
Olive CaterpilIars.

The olive caterpillars have attained
their full growth and have dropped
from the trees to enter the ground
where they will pupate, says Prof.
A. ]. Cook. In this region, although
they came into the orchards in armies,
they have done very little harm. The
reason for this is that the orchards
have been thoroughly sprayed, and
thus the caterpillars were SO thor.
ougnly destroyed that they really did
very little harm. 1t is true that tn sy
destroyed not few of the blossoms.
but as the trees have blossomed very
full in the orchards examined, there
will still be plenty of fruit. We have
had one very efficient friend in the
tight against these olive caterpillars,
in large black ground beetle, a
species of Calasoma. This insect
crawls up the trees and runs rapidly
about the twigs and feeds extensively
ON these and other caterpillars. A
large black grub, possibly the larvae of
this same beetle, is also an efficient
aid in destroying the army worm. !
have never seen the grub in the trees,
would not be surprised to learn that it
might sometimes leave its usual haunts
ON the surface of the earth and climb
trees in search of its prey. These
beetles belong to the great family of
insects. All the insects of this family
are predaoious, and feed entirely upon
other insects. They thus destroy hosts
OF our insect pests and do untold good
They are easily recognized, as they
are black in color, have long legs.
straight, cylindrical antennae-the
horn-like organs attached to their
heads-and strong jaws. They prob
ably do nearly as much good as the
lady bird beetles, the Coccinellids.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Interesting News for the
Ruralist
SPOKEN OF in THIS COLUMN,
A Few Sensible Hints to Suit the Busy
Agricultural That May
Benefit our Readers.
Berry Bulletin.

NJ. A. Thayer, in his monthly berry
bulletin, says: "All berry bushes
should be protected from summer heat
and drouth. This may be done in two
ways. First, by frequent cultivation
and hoeing, thus forming an earth
mulch, which prevents the rapid
escape of moisture from the soil.
Second, by covering the ground around
the hill with coarse manure, straw
and other material, which prevents
evaporation and retains the moisture
about the roots. One of the cheapest
and the best mulches for the farmer
is green clover cut in blossom and
applied same as manure. 1t is easily
applied, retains moisture, enriches the
soil, keeps the berries clean and con-
tains no germ of noxious weeds. A
good mulch we'll applied is one of the
necessities in successful fruit grow
ing.
/ When new canes of the blackberry
and black raspberry are eighteen
inches high nip the top off about two
inches. This will cause several new
iaterals to grow, which should bt
trimmed severely in the spring. Tht
pinching back of new growth is i'm
portant. 1t largely increases the bear
ing surface, keeps the bush low, strong
and we'll formed and less liable tt
injury from severe storms. Frequen
cultivation makes plant food NOR
available and is especially necessar,
after hard rains. The ground must b
kept mellow throughout the growing
season.
Allow no fruit to grow ON straw
berry plants the first season. Pick of
all buds and blossoms. The matte
row with clean paths between is bes
for most varieties and most growers
Avoid having plants too thick in th
row and you will have larger and bet
ter berries. With strong growin
varieties remove first runners. TIL
ideal method would be to allow tn
first runners to make plants unit
matted row is formed, giving eac
plant five or six inches square spac
in which to grow, and removing al
runners thereafter.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08

England uses more of the 1900. 900, :
600 quires of paper produced annually
by the 1000 mills of the world than
any other country. the United States
coming next, followed in the order
named by Germany. France, Austria,
Italy. Mexico, Russia and Spain. OF
the above amount 600. 200. 900 quires
are used for newspapers, of which the
United States is the largest consumer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08

A clause in the new tariff bill is
worthy of special attention from the
shipping interests of the country.
Under its provisions, if enacted as
drafted, duty of 35 per cent will be
imposed on all foreign vessels wrecked
in American waters and sold here. be-
fore they can be admitted to American
registry, this in addition to the re-
quired expenditure of rs per cent of
the total value Of the ship for repairs
in an American yard.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08

Lieutenant Morey has received orders
to prepare the local company Of
Naval Reserves for a cruise some time
after July LIST next.
G. p. Huntington said recently in
New York that it is probable that the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company will
put ON two new steamers Of 10000
tons each to ply between San Fran
cisco and China. The matter has not
yet been fully decided upon, but the
subject 10 under consideration, and
will doubtless be soon settled.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
The Sacramento Light and powe

The Sacramento Light and Power
Company are now considering the
proposition of extending their wires to
Woodland and furnishing that city
with light and power. This company
derives its electric power from Fol.
som and bringing it into Sacramento,
distance of thirty miles, and if the
wires are extended to Woodland the
distance will be double. Chico is
still figuring ON the question with a
fair prospect of success.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
More About Beets

A Washington correspondent of the
Minneapolis Journal says:
1T is the intention Of Secretary
Wilson to have map prepared by
next spring, showing the areas in
which it has been found sugar beets
can be profitably grown. These maps
will be distributed to the farmers
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08
Her Experienced Fingers.

Nettie-He's such a deep man. That
is why he is SO successful in business
Nobody can fathom his thoughts.
Laura-Pshawl have most of his
thoughts at my finger tips.
Nettie-Yo don't say?
Laura-I'm his typewriter. Pitts
burg News
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08

Grimly-What makes it so internally
noisy at this boarding house every night?
Mrs. Grimly-The women here have
whist club. Detroit Free Press
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08

throughout the country and are in.
tended as . guide to those contemulat.
ing engaging in beet culture. The
calculation will be based upon reports
received from the farmers who have
been furnished seed. Assistant Sec1e-
tary Dabney has prepared a map based
upon the theory of the culture of the
sugar beet, which he thinks practical
experiments will verify. Lest his
predictions should prove false, how.
ever, he does not desire to have this
map published. he believes that the
sugar-beet can be successfully grown
in all the States around the Great
Lakes, and in the Northwestern States
as far west as Idaho AID in California.
Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,
Wyoming, Colorado and portions of
Texas, as we'll as Kansas and Ne.
braska. Of course, in many of these
States the land would have to be irri-
gated. Washington and Oregon are
too wet, and DR.. Dabney does not be-
lieve that beets can be profitably cult.
waited III the States of the Mississippi
Valley. 1t has, of course, not yet been
determined in how high or how low a
temperature beets can be grown while
they might do we'll at 70 degrees in
Europe, in this country certain eli
matte influences, ocean currents and
the Great Lakes, might make consid-
cradle difference. Ali this can only
be accurately determined by practical
test.
Secretary Wilson is an enthusiast
upon the subject of sugar beet culture.
He believes it will solve the problem
of hard times for the farmer and give
him crop which will always render
quick and sure returns. He has every
confidence in the future of the sugar
beet in this country and looks for a
tremendous demand for seed next
spring.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08


The drying and curing of figs must
necessarily differ in different coun-
tries, under different conditions, and
for diff erent purposes, says Dr.. Gustav
Eisen. For home consumption little
skill and care are required to produce
a palat able and useful article of diet,
while figs intended for shipment
must be more carefully dried, cured
and packed in order to command fair
price in competition with the imported
article.
The fig is mature and ready to dry
only when it has attained its proper
size and is ,palatable for eating fresh.
When the crop has reached this stage
it may be gathered and dried for home
consumption, but, in order to produce
a superior, article, the figs must be as
sweet as possible and very pulpy.
Too often do we find in the market
consisting Of nothing but skin and
empty seeds, without sweetness, flavor
or pulp. Figs do not ripen all at one
time, and the trees must be gone
over daily, in order that only the
ripest shall be gathered. Before being
picked the fig should be soft to the
touch; it should be wrinkled, and
should hang downward. Some kinds,
when ripe, show white seams, or
cracks, in the flesh This is generally
sign of complete maturity. Pigs
will not ripen after picking, and
never become sweeter than when cut
from the tree. Similarly figs which
have once attained their full maturity
do not improve and should be dried at
once. If allo we'd to hang longer ON
the tree, they may quickly rot, sour
or mold, and soon become unfit for
use. In order to compete with the
best imported figs, our figs intended
for drying should be very sweet; in
fact, the sweeter the better. When
freshly cut, they should contain 35 per
cent of sugar, and when dried about
90 per cent. For home consumption
they do not need to be SO sweet as
this, for any palatable figs are useful
when carefully dried.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-08

Santa Ana will erect another new
school house.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-21
Enpion. Enpion.. Eupioa.i!

Ne dGuht many people are awar tf17 Eupion Gil makes q much bet ttr light than the lower grades of eou1 oil. bet we doubt fl there are any flst hh7w that a gallon Of FiipisE iasts longer than cheap eil Fhen- NhA issae !!ifsse iii- nesr fight N ilels tDe ,iifiereneein cast is scarcely nothing. Eupion is sola :lt thefs lowrg places:
 Mccain Grocery fo. John II Tulpet S co Robinson < Greenfield. ;. l. Lloyd.
 Ms ln-Tanlersley Co, Fox Bros,
 V f.. Dowoody < Co. Houston X lsoaae. | is. oldsnith t co. Thalheimer lsros. Iergsss q < hissiisseii r. 5. Mercantile Co. H E. seyeae, ! Iumplzin,
 ! |. simmons. Bluff City Lumber Co. IG. K Hart Drug Go. W. $, Baara ssedtf s.. - uparin c Alexander.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-21
New Memorial Windows.

Two new and beautiful memorial windows have been put in at the First Presbyterian Church-one in memory of the late Major John. B Speers, and the other to the memo ry Of W H. Laneford, J1 The
 first represents the good Samaritan "a character very true 10 that of Maj. Speers. The latter represents an angel with the very features of little Will Langford worked in the face. The two windows are certain ly very beautiful, and greatly add to the appearance of that already beautiful place of worship.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-21

Americans are the most inventive people on earth To them have been issued nearly GOO, 0pntents, or more than one-thirl of all the patents is- sued in the world. No discovery of modern years has been of greater benefit to mankind than Chamber lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrl9a Remedy, or has done more to relieve pain and suffering. ] ". Vaughn, of OaktOn, Ky, says: II have used Chamberlain ollie, Cholera and Diarrhna Remedy in my family for several years, and find if to he the best medicine ever used for cramps in the stomach and bowels. For sale by W. l.. Dewoody Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-21

Two years ago k. ]. Warren. q druggist at Pleasant Brook, N. Y.. bought small supply of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. He sums up the result as follows: At that time the goods were unknown it this section; today Ghamberlain x Cough Remedy isa household word. :" It is the samein hundreds of eommc- mites Where ever the good qualities of Chamberlain Cough iemfaf be- come known the peoi le will have nothing else. Fer sale hA M L. Dewoedy X Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-21

Mrs. A. 1neen, residing at 20 Henry St., Alton, ILL. suffered with seiatie rheumatism for over eight months. She doctored forit nearly the whole of this time, using various remedies recommended by friends, and was treated by the physicians. but re- ceived no relief She then used one and a half bottles of Chamberlain 's Pain Balm, which effected complete cure. This is published at her request as she wants others similarly afilict- cd to know what cured her Tie D and a0 cent sizes for sale by N L.. DeWoody.