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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Interesting News for the
Ruralist
SPOKEN OF In THIS COLUMN.
A Few Sensible Hints to Suit the Busy
Agriculturist.-Items That May
Benefit our Readers.
Year.

There is great satisfaction in COM
mercial circles over the prospect for a
good market in many of the staple pro-
ducts of California soil, says the s.. f.
Call. A careful inquirv shows that
there are fine indications in the fruit
market. while almonds and walnuts
will afford an encouraging field for the
year.
In all lines it is evident that the
great advance in prices will net a
great benefit to the farmer. 1t is estl-
mated by the United States Secretary
of Agriculture that q billion dollars
will be distributed to the farmers Of
the United States this year as a result
of the advanced prices made by the
tariff.
Firm prices already prevail in
wheat, corn, cattle, potatoes, sheep.
swine and wool. The outlook in the
local fruit and nut trade is particular
ly encouraging. Speaking Of the mat
ter, Hugo Rothschild said: "The
tariff on foreign almonds has greatly
stimulated the demand for the Califor-
MIA product, and the prices are already
going up.
prices are now firm, and in spite
OF a great increase in the acreage the
chances are that the supply will not
nearly equal the demand. Thousands
upon thousands of young trees are just
coming into bearing, but the demand
will be SO great before the year is over
that the new trees will cut an almost
im"perceptible figure in the market.
In regard to walnuts, we must say that
the crop will not be SO large this year
as it was last. There will, however,
be more walnuts shipped East this year
than ever before. The chances are
there will be a very good advance in
price. 1t is very plain to be seen to
any one who will study the question
from a practical way that the tariff on
the products of California orchards
will cause a great deal of prosperity
among the producers. There has never
been o better prospect for those in these
lines than now"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09
IRELAND'S CONDITION.
Failure of the Harvest Causes a
Gloomy Outlook.
CEREALS RUINED BY FLOODS,
In Some Localities There is Danger of
IA Repetition of the Scenes of
Black 1S4..

New York, N. "a special to the
World from London y The
Worlds special inquiries throughout
Ireland fully c~orroborate the alarming
predictions of a failure of the harvests
and the consequent impending famine.
Cries of warming to the Government
are rising from all parts of Ireland.
From Mullingar. one of the most pros.
porous parts of tho midlands, q World
correspondent telegraphs: Crops are
now i~rretrievably destroyed. 1t will
be impossible for farmers to make any
thing from their cereals this year, as
they are quickly rotting. In the
churches prayers for fine weather were
recited, and if a change does not come
Immediately the crops might as we'll
be left to the ground"
From County Wexford, noted as one
of the richest in the country, the It'd.
ings are: "The green crop may be
described as Gigantic failure this
year. The greater part of the potato
crop is only fit for feeding CATTLE"
From Fermanagh, in Ulster, a cor
respondent telegraphs: At q meeting.
held here to ask for a reduction Of
rents. the parish priest presiding. de-
olared that not since black 1847 has
the prospect for the farmers in this dis,
trict been so bad. In several places
potatoes have been a failure. Hum
dreds of tons of hay have been ruined
by the heavy rains and floods.
From Carlow, known as 1.-THE Model
County," a dispatch says: There is
before our farmers an outlook as disas-
trous as is possible to conceive owing
to the frightful weather. A great deal
of corn cut early remains in the stalks.
injured beyond recovery. In many
districts the farmers have been unable
to cut their crops. which present a
saddening spectacle, being leveled to
the earth by persistent rains, while a
mass of second growth and weeds have
come up. The apprehensious concern
ing potatoes have also been dismally
realized.
At a meeting of the Board of Guar
dams at Mitchellstown, County Cork.
the chairman said: 1.-THE potato crops
have been hopelessly injured by the un-
paralleled inolemency of the season.
We are on the verge of a great agri-
cultural crisis. The outlook in farm
ing affairs is gloomy in the extreme.
and to %aggravate the condition of
affairs caused by the failure of the po-
tato crop the prices Of provisions are
considerably increased. and before long
people who are supposed to contribute
to the poor rates will be in the work.
houses themselves"
The Irish government has adopted
no measure yet to cope with the threat
ened famine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09
The Price Of Songs.

The following list shows that a great
deal of money is made from popular
music in England:
Sir Arthur Sullivan is said TO have
realized e10, 900 by his celebrated song
"The Lost Chord" Balfe appears to
have received high prices for the copy
rights Of some Of his songs. For 81
Dreamt l Dwe1t In Marble Halls he
got e8, 900, the same for "When Other
Lips" and e5, 900 for 1.-THE Heart
Bowed Down." When recently put up
for auction, 81, 212 los. was obtained
for the copyright Of Michael Watson.
song Anchored. "-Harper's Rounf
Table.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09
Putting q Stamp Upside Down.

Folk in general are not nowadays SO
careful as they were years ago in the
matter Of a~ffixing postage stamps to
letters and receipt stamps upon bills,
and many never note whether the
stamps are the right way up or upside
down. It was very different, however,
before the rush and roar of this half of
the century began, for it was next door
to a crime, in the eyes of many, to affix
a stamp with the queens head the
wrong way up. Many were not only
under the impression that her majesty
would feel offended" but that if she
took the matter up personally or told
officials to act punishment could fol.
low. There are still, however, many
people who look with horror upon a
postage stamp upside down. Notes and
Queries,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

Baron Mackau. the chief promoter
Of the charity bazaar at Paris, which
recently burned with the loss of over
100 lives, has been found guilty of i'm
prudence and sentenced to pay a fine
of 500 francs. Bailac and Bagrachof.
it was decided, were responsible for
the fire. and they were sentenced re.
spectively to one year in prison and
800 francs fine, and eight months i'm
prisonment and 900 francs fine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

The following figures show the an-
nual cost for maintenance CT some oP
the principal foreign geological gar
dens: Berlin, $137, 800; Antwerp,
$l36, 500; Amsterdam. $lO5, 600; Lon
don, 500, 900; Cologne, $75, 500; Rot.
terdam, $65, 900; Hanover, $42, 600;
Paris, $40, 600. Thus far the cost Of
maintaining tho geological parks in
Washington and Philadelphia has been
$50, 900 each per year.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

"They do say that every American is
a born inventor" said the patriotic
gentleman.
my husband, said the fat lady, lis
an exception. He uses the same old ex-
cuses for being ont late that l used to
bear my father use. "-Indianapolis
journal.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

A destructive forest fire, which has
beer raging in the vicinity of Salt
Spring valley, is now under control,
after a hard fight. The fire started
several days ago near the Calaveras
river. and from there the flames spread
toward Salt Spring valley. a great
deal OF feed, fencing and wood was
destroyed.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

An English writer says that if the
Prussian CONSUMPTION were applied in
India England would have ., 500, coo
regular soldiers actually in barracks,
with SOC, 600 recruits coming up every
year-a force with which not only Asia
but the world might be subdued.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

A terrible danger threatens the sugar
planters i'll Java from u wide spread
disease which attacks the roots of the
cane. The roots rot and the Ii
die. The planters stand helpless before
the disease. which may ere long bring
on a failure Of the sugar crop. 1t has
already struck four provinces. and has
broken out even On we'll kept estates.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

Count Henri Penaloza, a Carlist par.
tisan, exiled from Spain. is in Denver.
He says $50 long as Spain has a mar
a penny in the treasury it will not
consent to the independence of Cuba"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09
Fruit Dropping.

Every year there goes up the same
old cry Of the fruit all dropping, with
more especial reference to the orange,
says the San Bernardino Sun, because
that is the most dear to the avsrioious
mind, and when one drops, the owner
thinks Of what might have been'' II
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

Fresno newspapers state that raisins
are being contracted for every day at
three and o half cents In the sweat
box, and an extra quality command
four cents.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

President Kruger Of the T~ransvaal
Republic has created a sensation by
declaring that his Government does
not recognize British %suzerainty.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

1t is feared that the widow of Presi.
dent Borda of Uruguay will become
insane from grief over her husbands
assassination. An effort is being made
to negotiate peace with the revolution
lists,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

Sir James Grant predicts that the
gold output of Canada, especially of
British Columbia, will astonish the
world at no distant date.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

The death is announced in London
Of E. J. Milliken, Q contributor to
Punch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

Great efforts are being put forth to
saw Evangelina Cisneros. niece of
the president of the Cuban republic,
from a twenty year term of imprison-
ment to which she was cruelty con-
demned by Spanish court-martial be-
cause she would not submit to dishonor
at the hands of a Spanish Off cial.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-10-09

The price Of bread 10 still advancing
In Paris aud London.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
The Tumble Weed.

Tumble weeds spread themselves in a
wholesale fashion. Instead Of sending
the separate seeds out into the world
with wings or hairs to carry them, the
whole plant breaks off near the root,
when these are ripe. and goes rolling
along the ground before the wind. The
bare, sun scorched deserts Of the great
west produce several tumble weeds, and
there are some in the prairie region. It
is natural that they should be most
abundant where there are no hills nor
trees to stop them in their course. But
we have one tumble weed in the east
the old witch grass, so called maybe be-
cause it rides the wind like All old bel
dame. In September this grass spreads
its head, Or panicle, with hairlike, pur-
pie branches, in every sandy field. When
the seeds are ripe, the plants are blown
across the field, often piling up in masses
along fences and hedgerows. As might
be expected, tho hair grass, which has
SO effective way Of spreading itself, is
found throughout the United States
from ocean to ocean. -Thomas 81. Kear.
ney, IT,, in st. i..iuholas.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
A FALSE START.
An Episode Of Feminine Fairness In
Which the Railroad Won.

An Episode of Feminine Fairness In
Which the Railroad Won.
They were two pretty girls, and they
were evidently in high spirits when
they entered an almost empty carette
the other day. They carefully inspected
the tubes which carry the fares along
the sides of the vehicle to the box; then
each one opened her purse.
''Tell you what" said the tall one.
Lets race our nickel down, and the
one that loses pays for both?'
"All right. let's" said the short one.
SCOT your nickel ready? Coz
Mines Arstl" cried the tall one.
Five cents, please. "
"Why, LOOK" cried the short one,
eve didn't start fairl The box Is Oh
your sidep'
"Why, go it isl said the tall one.
Funny we didn't notice that beforel
Let's try it over, and you stand that
much nearer the box.
Again they each put in q nickel, and
they dropped into the box simultane-
ously.
"Who has won, I'd like to know"
said the tall girl. By this time the
driver as we'll as the one other passen.
ger was interested, and she spoke i'm
partially to them all But the driver
turned suddenly to his horses, and the
other passenger looked out Of the win
dow, with queer noise in his throat.
I'm sure I don't know who has
won," said the short girl snappishly,
"but one thing do kuow-we have
each paid 10 cents for ride down
townl"
And, after the driver had been ap.
pealed to and assured them that he
could not return the superf1uous coins,
they rode on to their destination in 81
ience. Chicago Tribune.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
A SHELL.

Florence's fathers initials are A. H.
S.. and, while Florence knows her let
tiers, she is not yet atle to spell. The
other day she came running to her
mother.
"Oh. mamma" she exclaimed, II
can spell umbrella"
II hardly think 30, )" said her mother.
But I can" she insisted.
Very we'll. How do you spell it2"
"A-h-s," she said promptly.
why. Florence" commended the
mother, that doesn't spell umbrella. I"
eyes, but it does" she urged. Il
saw it on papa's umbrella, and I'd like
to know why it would be there if it
spelled something else. Detroit Free
Press.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
sENEFELDER's DISCOVERY
The Great Value uf Lithography In the
World Of Modern Art.

The Great Value Of Lithography In the
World Of Modern Art.
The full significance Of Senefelder's
great discovery, just 100 years ago, was
not so much that a calcareous stone
may be bitten by weak solution OF
acid, so that the raised portion when
creased (the surrounding parts being
VET may print in a press like q wood
cut-though with a scraping, not d.
rect downward, pressure-but it consist
edin the demonstration, in the first place,
that prints from its surface may be re-
duplicated in vast numbers without WIS.,
IDLE deterioration, and in the second,
and still more important, that each such
print is practically an original. Nay
more than this As NJ. Fl. P. Dillon re-
minds me In panegyric on his favorite
art, the greatest merit Of this method OF
preserving and indefinitely multiplying
q drawing lies in the escape Of the artist
from the traduttore traditore-from mis-
representations by engraver or by cam
era. Indeed, when the artist has made
his design upon the stone ''ro'i, oao1'
impression from it is Us much the
original as each and every photo
graphic print taken from q negative 10
an original and not copy Of any other
thing Even when the artist has drawn
upon transfer paper instead OF on the
stone proceeding for convenience sake,
which, in the opinion of some purists,
is held in measure to invalidate the
name Of TYPOGRAPHY as applied to 1t,
though not thereby rejecting in any de-
gree on the beauty Of the work ITSELF,
the impressions taken are still originals,
inasmuch as the actual work, the artists
own lines aud dots, have in due course
been transferred bodily by mechanical
pressure to the surface Of the stone, ane
this, after it has been linked and printed
from, renders each proof then taken o.
equal excellence. And the point OF it al
is this, that until the stone is mixed ant
Q print taken the artists work is no
complete; so that every print does reall.
become a genuine original. M. II
Spielmann In Scribner's.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
A SENSATIONAL CANARD.-Th

A SENSATIONAL CANARD.-The
news sent out by the Associated
Press or the ODD inst from New
York, that "this country is on the
verge of war with Spaiu," is no
doubt a sensational canard, with.
out any present foundation i'll fact.
SO far as is known the diplomatic
relations between the two gov.
ernments are of the most friendly
nature aud nothing has TRANSFERRED
to change the status quo, except
public impression based Oh news.
paper reports that Minister Wood,
ford had been instructed to convey
to the Spanish government the al.
legged determination Of the Presi.
dent, that war in the Island must
be terminated in the immediate
future or the United States would
be compelled Ito intervene to pro,
tect its commercial Interests with
the Island, which have been en-,
tirely suspended on account OF
hostilities. While the Minister
may have been instructed to ten
der the good offices of the United
States between Spain and her re-
bellious colony and while more
vigorous policy may have been de-
termiued upon, we don't believe
that armed intervention was even
minated, much less threatened in
any event. 1t is true that the re,
lations between the two countries,
should the struggle be prolonged
indefinitely, may become strained
to such a tension as to precipitate
hostilities, bat no such dire result
is likely to come to pass as soon as
predicted by the sensational news.
mungers, nor even iu the near I'll
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
-----------------------------
-Seyputy.tiye thousand mel

-Seventy.ive thousand men, as
the result of Il compromise, return
cd to work III the mining regions
last week. Thus has ended, but
not without effusion Of blood-as
is usual in such cases one OF the
most gigantic strikes ever known
in this country. 1t is doubtful.
however, taking into consideration
the loss of time and consequent
sutterings endured in the interval,
whether the compromise has or
will smeliorate the condition Of the
miners.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
loFFIC1AL.
Proceedings Of Police Jury OF
Rapides Parish.
ALEXANDRIA, La,

ALEXANDRIA, La,
Sept. n, 1897.
The Police Jury met pursuant to ad-
iournment. Present-W. c. James, Pres
ident, and Messrs. Hill, Jackson, Law
renee, Nixon, Phillips, sleet, Sullivan
Wheadon aud White.
On motion, the reading Of the minutes
OF the last day OF the last meeting were
dispensed with.
On motion of Mr.. Sullivan:
Resolved, That the Parish tax for the
year 1887. be aud is hereby fixed at III
mills on the dollar, divided as follows:
Bridge fund. .......... ....1 MILL
School " ............... "a
General ....oA
On motion OF Mr.. Sullivan:
Resolved, That the Police Jury be or.
papized as Board OF Health and DIR.
RI, Luckett be elected Health Officer
of the Parish; further that the quarantine
regulations as in force at present be con-
tinued, With exception that quarantine
be raised against Monroe, La, provided
that the v. 8. & P. r. r. do not run pas
senger and freight trains further east
than Monroe, and that no passengers be
carried on the H. c. A. & N. R. R., who
do not present health certificates from
regular constituted local Boards OF Health
| that they have not been In any infected
locality for the previous fifteen days. That
trains permitted to carry freight under
these regulations be allowed to handle any
class OF merchandise to and from points
| In this parish, the said trains being per-
mitted to bring in cotton and seed from
! parishes not infected with yellow fever.
Resolved, further, that there be no re-
striction placed upon persons leaving the
parish, but parties SO leaving will be
subject to the quarantine regulations.
Resolved, further, That ali freight cars
brought into this parish, over the Texat
g. Pacific, or Southern Pacific Railways
east OF this point, be thoroughly fumi'
gated before entering the parish OF Ra
pides; that any conductor, or other per
son, violating any Of the above proVis
ions of the ordinances relating to carry
ing passengers or hauling in cars tina
have not been fumigated, be fued IS
for each aud every offence, or imprisoned
or detained at the quarantine station no
less than ten days.
On motion, the Jury adjourned at 5:3
until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Attest:
JENNIE BARRETT,
Clerk Police Jury.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
EX.SHERIFF REID ACQUITTED

ID. j. Reid, ex sheriff of Calca.
sien parish, has been pursued by
his enemies with relentless ami
mostly for several years. lie has
been subjected to a number Of civ
il and We believe criminal prose
cutions also. Indeed, the frequen.
cy with which he has been brought
into cOult in the last four or five
years-the courts invariably ml
ing in his fayOr-seems to imply
that this constant pursuit has de.
generated into u series of petty
prosecutions. AS he was tried last
week ut Lake Charles on ali indict,
ment for enlightenment and &C
Quilted by the jury in a few min
utes, it is probable that his here
tofore implacable pursuers will
"call halt' and suspend further
operations against him, Temporal
rily, at least.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29

EX- MINISTER TAYLOR EN-
ROUTE HoME.-Hon. Haunis Tay-
lor, x-Minister to Spain, recently
relieved by Minister WoodfOrd,
arrived in London last week, en-
route home. While properly retu-
sing to accede to the requests Of
reporters for interviews, until be
had communicated with the State
department, he youchsafed the in.
formation, however, that his resi-.
dence at Madrid had been guarded
by Spanish soldiers for the past
years which demonstrates conclu
airely the hostility of the Spanish
popnlaee towards this country, on
ne,,cunt Ut the we'll known ex
i4iipg sympathy for the Cuban re-
Yolutiohists; otherwise the govern,
inert would not have been so APP
prehensive of the safety OF tue
Minister as 10 be- compelled 10
saa.d A's residence to fhres'a!l
.n liz rsli ,:E;4.:iL.I; L.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29

The recent death i'll New York
city, of Tom Duffy, leaves but two
alive of the once famous "Big
Four" who controlled the politics
of New Orleans. The remaining
two are Jonu Fitzpatrick and Boil
Davey. The other member, Pat
Mealy, was killed during the Nc
Emery Nichols campaign for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomiua
ton,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
NOT A REVENUE PRODUCE


NOT A REVENUE PRODUCING
MEAsURE.-It il now estimated
that at the end of the present fi>,
cal year, the revenue deficit under
the Dingley tariff bill will be-
100000, 600. If such is the case,
and tho monthly DE- iciencies since
1t went into operation warn us that
such will be tue result, the claim
OF The Democracy that it would
not lie revenue producing meas
ure--but merely intended to foster
trusts and make richer the multi
millionaires, already overburdened
with wCalth-Will he amply yer
ifisd.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
Our OF PROyIsIoNs.-Opelou

OUT OF PROvIsIoNS.-Opelou.
sas is reported to be out Of provis-
lots on acc, unit of the quarantine.
Permission has been granted to
certain residents of the town to
come to Alexandria with wagons,
purchase and haul the same away.
1t is supposed that they left Sun.
day or Monday and will arrive
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
Mexican Police.

The Mexican police attend closely to
their duties and are very polite. At
night each policeman carries lantern,
and this lantern is set out On the side
walk opposite wherever he may be; go
it is possible to look down street and
see whole row of these twinkilng Ian
terms
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-09-29
The BUCKSkIN BREECHES

The BUCKSkIN BREECH ES
are uice, comfortable looking pants
so much for appearance. TheI
are strong in seams, pockets and
buttons. The best help money
will hire isn't too good for US t.
employ in oar factory. The result
is this-tIe best working pants
made at the same price as commol
goods.