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The herald., 1898-03-17
Shot From Ambush

PLACERNILLE, Cal, March 16.-A
shooting affray occurred at Indian Dig
gngs, in this county, last evening, wherein
Lyman S. Bell, with Winchester rifle
shot and killed Richard Murray upon the
mining claim of the latter. No one saw
the shooting, but before his death Murray
made his way to the store of John Kohlert
and told of being shot from ambush. Bell
is in the custody of officers, but beyond
admitting the shooting, makes no state
ment. Both men are old citizens of this
county. between whom ill-feeling has ex-
listed for over a year.
The herald., 1898-03-17
Germany's Revenues

BERLIN, March 16.-The budget COM
mittee of the reichstag has insertedin the
naval bill clause which has been approved
by the federated government. to the effect
that in the event of permanent expenditure
exceeding in any year 1l7525, ,494 marks. the
excess should not be met by an increase in
the existing imperial taxation or by the
creation of fresh imposts upon articles of
large popular consumption. The Social
Democrats voted against the clause.
The herald., 1898-03-17

"wednesday approved the report relative
to the basis Of the treaty of commerce with
the United States. Spain will concede GER
tain reductions in tariff on condition that
the United States grants benefits under
the reciprocity clauses of the Dingley law.
The herald., 1898-03-17

NotbeFsI fNotberSI rNotbeFsI
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for over 50 years by millions Of moth
ers for their children while teething with
perfect success. 1t soothes the child, soft
ems the gums .allays all pain, cures wind
Sold BY druggists in every vi part Of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs Wins.
lows Soothing Syrup and take NO othoe
kind. q cents bottle.
The herald., 1898-03-17

H. M. McGregor and c. H. Miller Of San
Francisco, both connected with the Ca
madam Pacific railway are in this city.
The herald., 1898-03-17
FALLING WIRES

The breaking of telephone and tele-
graph wires almost caused panic
among the dense crowds of spectators.
The wires falling across the rails Of the
elevated loop were instantly charged
with electricity and wild rush to get
out of the way took place. When water
was turned on the elevated loop struc-
ture, a beautiful sight occurred AS
soon as the streams struck the feed rail
they apparently were converted into
showers Of electric sparks and an aurora
was formed sometimes spreading fan
wise, then shooting high into the air as
the spray drifted in the wind. This was
kept UP until the current was shut off.
In less than half an hour after the fire
broke out the Emerson building, wh1eh
was seven stories high, was level with
the ground. 1t was of what is known as
"Mill Construction" with a front of
plate glass and iron columns
The occupants were the Emerson Piano
Company, Conover Piano Company, Chi
cago Cottage Organ Company, Decora-
tor and Wall Paper Company, National
Music Company, H. Holtzman & Co.,
piano stools. Presbyterian Board Of Pub
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Protecting Lnte.sown Graf,


We doubt whether it il practically
possible to protect late-sown grain nv
any covering whatever in the climate
OF Western New York If you have
manure, however, that You can spare
to topdress the wheat after the ground
has been frozen, that is another mat
ter. The manure, unless in greater
amounts than we should advise for
wheat, will amount to very little as
protection. What effect it will have
Is as manure after the growing season
begins, and especially to make a
vigorous clover growth for the young
clover. Five or six loads per acre
thinly spread will be sufficient for
this, and that of course means that
much of the surface will have only a
very small amount of manure on each
OF the 43, $50 square feet surface that
an acre contains. The notion that
grain straw scattered over the fields
will be of any benefit whatever is an
absurdity. The straw cannot prevent
the soil beneath it from freezing.
But In spring it acts as mulch lust
at the time when the young grain
needs all the sunlight it can get to
warm the soil. SO the mulch in spring
will do as much harm if not more
than it gave of benefit during the
winter. In most cases, however, fall
mulching with straw results in the
straw being piled next the fences by
winds blowing across the fields. In
such case it does no good at any time
and is simply waste OF the straw. -
Boston Cultivator
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Farm and Garden Notes

Like all other farm animals, the
chickens must be provided with
plenty of pure, clean water.
hens time is not very valuable
aud 1t is best to let her spend good
deal of it i'll hunting the grain from
the litter in the scratching pen.
Five blackface shearing rams be-
longing TO one firm were sold at public
auction in Lanark, Scotland, the sec
ond week in September, at the extra
ordinary price of $685. apiece.
Ii the pullets have plenty of range
there is not much danger of getting
them too fat. The danger of over
feeding is more often liable to occur
where fowls are closely yarded.
Peach trees may be examined for
borers as late as the weather holds
good, and if not yet attended to should
not be neglected longer. Do not per-
NIT these grubs to winter in the trees.
On account of their delicacy early
Matched turkeys are not desirable
Those Matched in June can be made
fine birds for Thanksgiving and
Christmas. The unsettled condition
of the weather before this time causes
great loss among the pouIts.
The fowl in the wild state was not q
very heavy egg producer. The large
egg production is characteristic
which has been developed by more
generous diet than nature afforded to
the wild race of fowls; not the amount
of'food, so much as the quality, which
goes into the egg composition.
If the hens are left to shift for them
selves this winter do not grumbIe be-
cause eggs are not plentiful. This is
the season of the year when eggs are
usually scarce and prices high. Take
advantage of this condition of affairs
by giving the poultry the attention
they deserve and be rewarded by the
increasing number of eggs.
Get good town or city customers for
poultry and dairy products who APP
preciate these fresh and good. They
will pay you top price, aad often will
want some of your surplus fruit and
vegetables. Make it point to have
something to sell every week. Your
customers will eagerly watch for your
coming to get something choice to eat
Some hens are naturally better lay
ers than others; an increase in the
production of eggs can be developed
in the hens by careful breeding. Ma
ture gives her certain period of
time during which the eggs are to be
developed, and by supplying her with
the needed elements for this purpose
the number of eggs she will lay can
be greatly increased
There is enough heat created by
the bodies of the hens to keep them
warm during the cold nights of winter
If the hen house is close and free from
draughts. On farms artificial heating
cannot be successfully followed, so
the building of good tight houses is
profitable. Yet, if You have a build
ing that becomes damp at times. an
artificial heat that will dry it is Bone
fetal. The temperature of the hen
house must he kept above the freez-
ing point, and it can be done without
much trouble.
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Next to the open fire, with its glow.
ing bed of Goals or its shower of sparks
from cracking wood, in producing a
cheerful aspect to the living room, is
The lamp, and the mostfastidious lady
,an attend to it without fear of dis
agreeable odors left on her hands by
wearing rubber gloves or by plenty OF
warm water and soap and few drops
Of eau de cologne.
The following suggestions may be a
trihe homely, but. they are certainly
practical To begin with: Lamp
chimneys should not be washed, but
should be cleaned with n cloth dipped
in alcohol. If you want TO keep lamp
wicks from smoking, soak them in
strong vinegar and dry thoroughly be-
fore using.
An excellent method of cleaning
lamp burners is to take an ounce of
washing soda and dissolve it in a quart
Of rain water. In this boil the lamp
burners for ten minutes, after which
take cotton cloth and wipe them off;
they will be as good as new. This
should be done once every month to
remove the carbon which collects
naturally. The brass trimmings Of a
lamp can be prevented from tarnish-
ing by rubbing them with salt moist
ened with little vinegar.
Lamp chimneys may be rendered
durable by placing them in saucepan
Of cold water and gradually bringing
it to boiling heat. Care must be taken
that the chimneys do not touch each
other during the bubbling up of the
liquid Another method is to put
them into very hot oven and let
them cool gradually.
TO economize lampwicks may be
worth while if one uses many lamps.
1t is simple enough to do this by darn
ing the end of the old wick to the new
one. Wicks should always be as long
as possible, and the lamps kept as full
as possible without running over.
When next you trim your lamp,
place lump of camphor in tho oil re-
ceptacle. This will prevent unpleasant
smells and improve the illuminating
power. Camphor is soluble, and must
be renewed from time to time. Try
these simple rules and you will find a
reward in brilliant and steady light.
Chicago Record.
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FASCINATION OF EorsLEs.
Little Fraiities May Make the Pos
sessor of Them More Lovabte.

sessor of Them More Lovabie.
NO man Is sincerely and securely
loved, except by those who know his
foioles. says Sir Arthur Helps. Rous-
seau qualities his recognition of faults
In his old friend Gaufrrecourt by the
surmise that without them he would
probably have been less amiable. In
no works is this better exemplified
than In those OF Charles Dickens.
When l know all the foibles n man
has, with little trouble In the discovery
l begin TO think he is worth liking"
And of Dickens father. and his nota Die
Mlcawberisms or speech and demeanor
ne declares that no one could know him
without liking him the better for them.
No one likes Micawber less for his
follies, and Dickens liked his father
better the more he recalled his whimsi-
cal qualities.
One or the notable examples OF the
fact that foibles may rather endear
than estrange Is in Oliver Goldsmith.
The epithet so often heard. and ever
In kindly tones, of Poor Goldsmith"
speaks volumes. Writing of him.
Washington Irving says that when
eminent talent Is united to spotless
virtue, we are awed and dazzled into
admiration, but our admiration Is apt
10 be cold; while there is something
In the harmless infirmitles of n good
and great but erring nature that pleads
touchingly with ours. Irving is per.
suaded that few who consider the real
compound of admirable and Whimsical
qualities which formed Goldsmith's
character would wish TO prune away it's
eccentricitieS, trim its grotesque luxu.
rance. and clip 1t down to the decent
formalities of rigid virtue.
Let not his fralitles he remem
bered," said Johnson; 'he was n very
great man. Washington Irving
would rather say, Let them be re
membered, since their chief end was TO
endear"
Oliver Wendell Holmes asserts that
we must have weak spot In any
character before we can love II much.
People that do not laugh or cry, or
take more of anything than is altogeth.
er good for them, or use any but die
tionary words, may be admirable sub.
jects for biographies; but we don't
always care most for those fiat-pattern
flowers that press best in the herba-
rum"
The most non-exacting and most In.
dulgent cannot, perhaps, fail to find
some faults in the nearest and best
friends; but in not a few cases. foibles
are even the strengtheners OF regards.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
For the Nursery.

The newest convenience for the
'aby's room is g-bowled, long
handled spoon of yellow wood. The
bowl is painting of scene from the
and OF fairies or nursey deities, the
classic COW performing her aerial feat.
simple Simon, Little Boy Blue. Little
Nan Etticoat and other familiar per-
'onages ornament the bowl, whose
curling edges make frame for the gay
little figures. All along the handle of
;he spoon are placed brass hooks, and
when it is fastened to the wall 10y a
iarger and more solid hook placed at
The back it makes an ornamental and
gery useful little rack for the children S
clothes.
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four inches and the width fourteen
feet four inches. The platform be-
meath tie perches is four feet wide. Of
matched boards laid trausvergoly. for
e'oatcr facility in scraping ofrthe drop
pings. IT would be well to paint the
upper surface, rs soon a. laid. with
hot coal tar. This prevents the boards
from becoming foul or harborin2 YER
min. The four perches are each ten
feet long, two by three inches. with
the upper surface rounded of. They
are fitted closely into notches ut each
end, so rs to he easily removed for
cleaning. Extending the entire length
Of the platform, and one foot beneath
its front edge, is n shelf two feet wide.
upon which are placed the nest boxes.
These are one foot square accessible
for the fowls from the backside. The
window frames are covered on the in
side with poultry nettir to keep the
fowls from the glass In warm
weather the sash may be wholly re-
moved, and the house is then virtu-
ally an open shed. n more sunshine
ia winter aud air in summer are de-
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ON THE GRAND BANKS
dew aud Cod md HaIibnt Are Taken
by the Small NesscIr.

oo" uuu Sod ana Hnlibnt Are Taken
by the Small Vessels.
Gustav Kobbe writes an article en-
titled "On the Grand Banks and Else
where" for st. Nicholas. Mr.. Kobbe
says:
The trawlers are generally found on
The Grand Banks, the hand-liners on
The Western Bank and Quiro. These
nand-liners are smaller vessels with
Fewer dories, and the men fish with
nand-lines, one man and two lines to
dory. The hand-liner sits In the
middle of his dory, with a compart-
ment In Its stern, another In It's bow,
Tor his catch. When you see the bow
sucking far UP in the air, you know
me fisherman has his stern-load. Then.
as fish after fish flashes into the other
compartment. the bow settles, and
when the dory Is on an even keel the
hand-liner pulls back to the vessel.
Ihe trawlers bait with fresh her
ing, mackerel, and squid; the hand
liners with salt clans. The catch of
, both is split and sailed. and the vessel
has full fare" or catch, when she
mas wet her salt" that ls, used up all
her salt-and Is full of fish. A traw-
ier's voyage lasts about eight weeks; a
hand-liner's, eleven.
trawler's crew receives no wages.
but fishes on shares. First. the cap
vain gets percentages: of the remain
der one-half goes to the vessel. which
hnds," that is, supplies the gear,
stores, salt, and half the bait; and the
other half to the captain and crew in
equal shares, which run from S11O to
$3.50. and even to $3.50.
But among the hand-liners each man
Is paid according to what he catches,
the fare from each dory being
weighed as It Is taken aboard. This
stimulates competition. There is
Judgment In knowing where to fish. or
now long to stay over certain spot;
and even the qtfickness with which q
line is hauled In viii make percepti.
Die dlfrerence at the end of days fish
Ing. 1t means something to be high
line,' as they call the best fisherman,
ut the end of n voyage, and those who
win this distinction time and again, as
some do, become known as KILLERS"
and big fishermen"
The main catch on the Banks is cod
and halibut. There is also a fleet Of
small American vessels which pursues
the merry swordflsh. Swordfshing is
good sport-whaling on n small scale.
a man, dart in hand. stands In the
vessers bow, supported by semi-cir-
cnlar iron brace. When near enough
to the fish, he let's fly the dart. A
swordfish may weigh $50 pounds. One
can tow dory mile, and q piece of
the sword has been found driven
through the bottom of pilot boat.
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aired, additional windows may be set
IN the diagonal sides which face the
southeast and southwest. THE win
dows represented in the illustrations
face the south.)
The special advantages of this form
are greater firmness to resist the wjud
and increased capacity. The circum-
ference is the same as that of rect
angular house fifteen feet square or
ten by twenty feet. It's ground area
is 255 square feet, against 225 for the
square and 200 for the longer house
with equal outside measurements.
In large establishments, where
fowls are found by the hundreds, it is
desirable to have the houses provided
with passages which give access for
attendants without coming in contact
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Vegetables For Various Meats.

Roast beef may be served with
tomatoes prepared in all styles; baked,
mashed and roasted potatoes, baked
or Drowned sweet potatoes; aspar-
agus, spinach, brussels sprouts. string
beans or caulifiower, lima beans.
Fillet of Beef-With stuffed toma-
toes, stuffed peppers, potatoes pre-
pared in fancy style, asparagus heads
or artichokes.
Beef Steak-Lyonnaise potatoes,
French fried potatoes, plain, fried,
chips, fried tomatoes, asparagus or
spinach.
Mignon of FilIet - Vegetables,
macedai, timbals of vegetables, potato
balls.
Beef la Mode-Carrot balls. DO
tato balls, green peas, asparagus
heads, glazed onions.
Sour Roast-Potato dumplings,
stewed prunes.
Braised beef and pot roast may be
served with any kind of vegetables i'll
season.
Corned Beef-Boiled cabbage, cab
bage rolls, sprouts, boiled beets, tur-
nips, carrots, beet salad or tomato
salad.
Roasted Mutton and Lamb-Green
peas, string beans, Savoy cabbage,
caulihower, spinach, green corn, pota-
toes, white and Russian turnips,
brussels sprouts, lima beans.
Boiled Mutton-Cabbage string
beans, white turnips, creamed Russian
turnips, cauliflower or boiled pota-
toes
Lamb and Mutton Chops French
fried potatoes, baked potatoes, lyon
naise potatoes and plain fried, fried
tomatoes, egg plant, green corn,
creamed corn, stewed and boiled pota-
toes or potato balls with parsley
sauce.
Veal, Roasted-Spinach la creme,
potatoes mashed or plain boiled, OF
cauliiower an gratin ora PAllemande.
French peas, carrots la Julienne.
brussels sprouts or asparagus.
Veal Cutlets-Tomato sauce, potato
straws, French fried, mashed, baked
or plain boiled; potatoes are creamed.
wax beans a la creme, asparagus on
spinach.
Pork, Roasted-Mashed turnips and
potatoes, apple sauce, red cabbage.
German style; sauorkraut, potatoes
plain, boiled or mashed, creamed corn
or beans of all kinds.
Turkey and Chicken, Roasted
Cranberries, mashed turnips and DO
tatoes, plain mashed potatoes, brus-
sells sprouts, creamed onions. creamed
corn; chicken fricassee may be served
with toast, dumpliugs, mashed pota-
toes or plain boiled potatoes, creamed
corn or string beans Ia creme.
Ducks and Drowned sweet
potatoes, plain and mashed potatoes.
apple sauce, baked apples, creamed
onions, creamed corn, or serve with
compete and salad.
Birds Of all KIN Is may be served ON
toast or crOutons, with lettuce salad
and compete OF currant Jelly.
Rabbit, Roasted-Red cabbage. o
PAllemande and potato croquettes.
Venisou-V0 Vegetables, or with com
pote and so;ad. It is nice with cur
rant Jelly or currant jelly sauce and
crouton or small potato croquettes or
red cabbage cooked with claret.
Canvas-back ducks or other wild
ducks are generally served with fried
hominy and currant jelly.
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a Compact Poultry Housc.

The accompanying illustrations
present perspective view and ground
plan of small poultry house of novel
form, which has some Advantages over
the rectangle. The outer walls are
eight feet high and may be built of
dressed and matched lumber ns in
Figure !, or, if preferred, may he of
horizontal siding nailed to studding.
The extreme length is twenty feet
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1898-03-01
An Omnlverons E,iitnr.

The editor OF the Orange Comfy
California; Herald advertises that he
can use stovewood, butter, eggs,
chickens, bull calves, pumpkins, hay,
petroleum, spuds, salt pork or any old
thing like that Delinquent sub.
scribers who arc long on any Of these
articles and short on cash might tarry
long enough ON this announcement TO
stamp it indelibly in their memory. "
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Duck Eggs in mn Albumen FACTORY.

Near Chinkiang, China, is a great
albumen factory, for the utilization
of the duck eggs which are produced
in that region in enormous quantities.
hocks of 1000 and 5000 ducks being
by no means uncommon. The eggs
are broken at the rate of from 40, 900
to 10000 per day by women, who sep
arate the white from the yolk, the
former being carefully cleaned and
dried until they resemble fish glue,
when they are packed in 400 pound
cases lined with zinc. The yolks are
passed through selves into twenty
five gallon receptacles, mixed with q
salt and borax solution, packed in 500
pound barrels, and used in Europe
for preparing and dressing articles OF
superior quality. The albumen find a
ready market in England, France and
Germany for dyes for the best cotton
goods. Philadelphia Press.
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1t is not good plan to allow hogs
to run loose in the barnyard with other
stock. Their odor is very disagree
able to all other domestic animals aud
they will not eat their food so well
when hogs are near them. Besides,
cows and horses, if loose, will trample
on or otherwise iniure hogs running
Mt their heels. The only excuse for
Keeping hogs in the barnyard is that
they may root over the excrement of
cows or horses that are fed on whole
grain. No doubt the hogs will get
some grain in this way. But the bet
ter way is to have the grain ground
and feed enough less to pay for the
grinding. With either cows or horses
the meal with cut hay or straw will be
much better digested than will whole
grain.
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Step Ladders For Fruit Gathering.

Considering how easily step ladders
are made, and their small cost it is sur
prising that they are not more used in
gathering fruit The habit of climb
ing all through the tree, bruising and
injuring its branches, is the direct
cause of the numerous sap shoots that
start out wherever branch on the
trunk is bruised. There was excuse
IN the olden time for training fruit
trees high, so that cattle and horses
when pasturing the orchard should
not reach up and gather most of the
fruit prematurely. But most of the
orchards lately are trained with he ads
so low that n step ladder set under
them, and one somewhat higher set
against the outside of the tree, will
enable the orcharlist to gather his
fruit more easily and safely than he
could going through the trees accord
ing to the old fashion.
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Nearly Buried n live MINI

A hastyk'aris undertaken came near
burying n man alive recently. a man
died in a room in which his paralytic
brother also slept and was measured
for his coffin. For convenience the
family changed the bed about and the
undertaker's men put the paralytic In
the coffin intended for his brother.
When the time for the funeral came
they luckily discovered the real CORPSE.
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smokehouse. Il Ii g
lower barrel has n
small door through
which to replenish the
sm 'uldering fire in
the iron kettle on the
inside. The bottom
of the box has holes
in it similar to those
in the top, the upper
barrel being raised to
show these. The front
OF the box is hin ged
to admit the meat.
The upper barrel has
neither top nor bot
tom and serves mere
ly as n chimney to