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The herald., 1898-05-19
Dried Fruit Prices

NEW YORK, May 1S.-Califo-nia dried
fruits: Apples strong; other fruits firm.
Evaporated Apples-Common, 6@S1kc per
pound; prime wire tray, 9@91<c; wood dried.
prime. 9AG91sc; choice, 9hc fancy, $40
10c.
Prunes-4@8Ac.
Apricots-Royal, s@1O; Moorpark, 1o@f2c.
Peaches-Unpeeied 5@Sc; peeled, 12@l4c
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Snauish Securities

LONDON, May 1S--Spanish fours closed
at 1924. net loss of %.
Paris-Spanish fours closed at S21h, net
loss of q.
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(Da1Iy Statement.)
Ida B. Furlong to G. S. and G. H.
Coffin, 514-2OS
L. Wright to p. Fleming ct AL, 53O-3O2
Grace Easement, U. H. Gowan. H. 8.
Eberle to w. M. Whitney, 1924.
Fl. w. Hellman to E. N. Mcdonald,
540-T Observation-Disclosures.
Nine releases under $1,000 ............
Total Observation-Disclosures. 81
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Petroleum

OIL CITY, Pa, May 1s.-Credit balances
SIC; certificates opened lower and Closed
Sc bid for cash; total sales. 1900 barrels
cash at 82Hc.
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THE INVESTOR
CONDUCTED " GEO. A. DoBINsoS
OFFICE OF THE HERALD,
LOS ANGELES. May Is. 1893.
Fire Underwriters Meet

''For there is nothing either good or bad
but thinking makes it So"
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Local Quotations

ByTTER-Extra local sa-ounos suusres.
squares. 4o042kc; dairy. s2-os.. js@l0c:
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The Real Estate Market

Transfers for the week ended May nth
were 233 in number and amounted to S19f.-
l16. as against 249, amounting to s21S,0)O
the preceding week, and 1855. amounting
to s167,S30 the corresponding week of last
month.
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Closing Stocks

| NEW YORK, May 1s-The following
are the closing prices on the New York
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Mortgages filed for the week ended May
18th were 9S in number and aggregated
@147 .390, as against 249, aggregating $113S,-
-083 the preceding week and 1876, aggregating
S169,0SS the corresponding week Of last
month.
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Releases of mortgages for the week end
ed May 10Th were So in number and amount
ed to $S3,074 as against 70, amounting to
S137 ,1H the preceding week. and 107 amount
ing to $152,654 the corresponding week Of
last month
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Bond List

NEW YORK. May is.-The folloWing ing
are the closing prices Of bonds on t1e New
York stock exchange today: ..,,,
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c c.I Bookbinders and
UldSS & LOIx Blank Book Manufacturers
2l3-2ls NEW HIGH ST. Los Angeles .
)EPORT OF THE CONDITION
: OF
The First National Bank
No. 2.491

NO. Z,4yl
At Los Angeles. in the State of California
at the close of business, May 6, 1898.
RESOURCES
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Releases, $1,000 and Over
DAILY Statement.l

Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, :,
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Total
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
EFFECT OF SILAGE,
1t Improves the Qua.ity Of Milk and
Butter Rather Than De-
tracing from 1t.

Repeated experiments have shown
that no fear is to be entertained as to
the effect of ensilage on the quality of
milk. Some of the most progressive
dairymen in the country feed it, even
those that are shipping milk at fancy
prices to thousands of customers. Good
silage fed properly is bound to improve
the quality of the milk and butter
rather than detract from it. If the
silage is kept in the barn with the COWS.
and parts of the silage refuse allowed to
pile up and rot in the corners of the
COW stable till it becomes fetid mass,
then very likely the milk will be affect
ed, for it is believed that the odors of
such masses will readily impart them
selves to the milk. This is denied. we
know, by those who assert that milk
will not take in odors when in the
warm state, but we are suspicious If
that kind of reasoning. One dairyman
says that he began the feeding of silage
with a good deal of fear, but after. he
had fed for some time his commission
man wrote to him that his butter was
the best in quality that it had ever been
at that time of year. As the seller Of
the butter knew nothing about the
silage being fed, the letter was taken
as proof that silage, rightly fed. i'm
proves rather than detracts from the
quality of the butter. Similar incidents
are constantly coming to light, and this
is only part proof that silage is one Of
the best friends of the dairyman.-
Farmers Review.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
MILK PAIL COVERS.
IN the Island OF jersey They Are Used
ON Every Well-Conducted
Dairy Farm.

On the isle of Jersey, it is said, they
cover the milk pail with muslin and
milk into it. TO hold the cloth in place
they cut piece of spring steel little
smaller than the top of the pail. 4
piece of the cloth is cut to be larger
than the pail top and the edge is
hemmed over the steel, and this ia
placed over the top of the pail, the steel
holding it in place. TO get the cloth
the right size, pass the cloth over the
pail and fasten it in place with the
spring; then mark where the spring
comes, fold up the hem just there md
run the spring through it. A similar
arrangement. used by Virginia dairy
man, was made of ring of telegraph
wire, cut to be an inch smaller than the
top of the pail and bent SO the ends would
almost meet. A circle of cloth an inch
larger all around than the ring, SO there
should be little sag, had hem about
the edge, through which the wire was
run. This was placed just within the
rim of the pail and MIXED into. One
of these was counted as part of each
milk pail. The filth gathered upon it
was proof of the need of it. but, while
gain over the open milk pail, it is not
as good rs the other. which protects
the entire top. even to the place Of pour
ing out.-Troy On. y Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Apples are largely composed of water
and it would astonish many to know
how many barrels of water is drawn
fl ON the ground when the yield is IS to
20 barrels to the acre.
An apple tree when full grown
healthy and in good shape for manu-
featuring apples has from 300, 900 to $780,:
600 leaves which are the lungs or
breathing tubes of our apple trees. i:
The currant is q fruit Of great ex-
cellence and very popular with almost
everyone. The growing of this fruit is:
not overdone, yet it is about as easily
grown and at as little expense as any;
fruit placed on the market.
A doctor who had been called to IRE.
scribe for some sick children, was hon
est enough to tell the father to buy
apples for them and the doctor con-
tinued, "you think perhaps they are too
expensive, but they are cheaper than
any medicine"
The common cranberry is said to be
an attractive plant when properly cul-
tlVated in pots, and can endure a good
deal of neglect which would be fatal to
other plants. 1t needs to be kept cool
and moist. A compost of muck and
sand is the proper material for potting
it in.
We should not allow blue grass to set
IN our orchards as it consumes too much
OF the water SO essential for the ma
turlty OF perfect fruit. The roots OF
blue grass have been known to penc-
trate the ground to the depth OF Is feet.
Western Plowman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
PreciOusncss of Quick Returns.


A story comes from London to the ef-
feet that retired provision merchant,
who had few thousand pounds for in
vestment, was taken in hand by his
nephew, who travelled in things cleo
trical, from lampholders and storage
cells to dynamos, motors and meters.
After trying i'll vain to interest his ven
cradle relative in the manufacture of
the heavy machinery of the electrical
factories, he took him to an accumula-
tor shop, where in highly technical Ian
guage he set forth the advantages of
the particular cell in which he was in
terested, dwelling particularly on the
fact that in this instance the dream of
the storage battery man, low deprecia-
ton, had been realized to an extent
never before known. But the old man
looked askance at the long ranges of
batteries, and asked deprecatingly:
How long do these things last, then?'
For years; haven't I just been explain
ing it to you?" 'Then they won't do
for me- replied the ex-provision mer-
chant. "What like to deal in are the
things you start to sell fresh every
morning." Even this did not faze the
nephew, who was out for business. He
promptly took his victim around to a
factory for arc lamp carbons, where the
desired deal came ff.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat. >:...-.-s +.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
Cats and Shellnsh.

"Did you ever notice the cats about
the oyster stands of the city," asked a
gentleman who takes an interest in
zoology. "They are invariably as fat
as butter. That is because they get
plenty of shellfish to e&, and, by the
way, the fondness of cats for that kind
of diet is mystery which I'd like to
hear some evolutionist explain. A cat
will go crazy over shrimp, and it Is all
the same whether it's a city cat or
tayseed cat that never saw any water
except in a cistera. It's taste born in
them, like their fear of dogs, and the
question is, how the mischief did they
acquire it? According to the evolution
theory, such traits are inherited and
traceable to conditions away back to.
ward the beginning Of things. That
would seem to indicate that the primal
cat was a fisher, but how is one to rec
oncile the idea with their instructive
adherence of the tribe for water?
Their craving for shellfsh is so pro-
nounced that there must be an excel
lent reason behind it, and, altogether, it
is quite pretty problem for soma sa-
want. 1t is too hard for me. IN. o.
Times-Democrat.
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SOLVING THE FUTURE WEI
FARE OF THE CONTINENT.
This Is What Is Now Being Done IN
the Fertile Prairies of
Western Canada.

The rapid progress that is being made
in the settlement of the fertile prairies
Of western Canada is leading to the in
vestigation of it's resources by those
interested in having provision made for
those living in the crowded east, for
those who have been struggling for
years on impoverished farms, for the
renter who is unable any longer to bear
up under the strain imposed by the
landlord, and for the farmer who un.
able to purchase farms for his sons in
his own neighborhood has to look
around for lower priced lands. The in.
vestigation shows that it is impossible
to meet these conditions successfully
outside of western Canada. Already
millions of bushels of wheat are being
grown there each year, while as many
as $4,000 head of cattle were shipped
out this year. A representative of the
Germania, Milwaukee, one of the lead
ing German papers in the United
States, recently made trip through
Manitoba, Assiniboia, Alberta and
saskatchewan, where lie the free gov
eminent lands of western Canada, and
IN future issue will appear extracts
from fiattering letters contributed to
the Germanfa and other papers by their
special correspondents.
AS an inducement TO-: immi grants to
make their homes in Canada, the Cana.
dian government offers 100 acres OF
land free of cost to each settler, and in
formation can be had Of agents of the
government.
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dure for me to put my feet in an gets
out her basket av mendin' an draws her
rocker up to tn lamp. If happen to
have anythin' to say say it an'-well,
why wouldn't say it? I don't do all
tn talkin'. She'll say: you're right
there or That's true word or Hush
your mouth, you big idjut,' an niver
try to restrain her flow av language.
She don'tabuse her privileges an oppor-
tunities-that's how ut is.
II like your style av conversation-no,
I amt stringin' you. It's improviu',
what there is of ut, an there amt too
much of ut. A man has time to study
out what you mean, or whether you
mean anythin', when you talk. August
is another man ut's pleasure to listen
to. He's restful. When want to know
August's views on proposition, all I
have to do is to formulate an opinion
an then wait. If them's his sentiments
he says 'Yis, dot is so, an if he disagrees
he shakes his head an grins. It amt
necessary for him to spind half an hour
av his employers time to tell me when
John Peter Altgeld an him have their
points av difference. or his objections
to policy av imperial expansion. He's
wise boy. is August, an he knows TIL
value av close mouth.
"That was Maggie Dwyer that was
just in here. There's no better woman
breathin' than Maggie is. Phil Dwyer
you've heard av PHIL mind him
when he was workin' at anythin' he
could get to do an Maggie was keepin'
boarders. She's keepin' boarders still
and Phil don't do anything but smoke
his pipe an amuse himself with politics.
That's tn reason, it's likely, you've
niver heard av him.
a boy goin' into Maggie's Kitchen
There was pan av bread on tn table
that had raised itself an run over an
Maggie's arms an tn bangs av her hair
was bankin' up tn overflow. She was
settin' in chair, leanin' forward sound
asleep. I'll not forget that as long as
I live. Ut was tn only time saw Mag
gle when she wasn't talkin'.
"Phil's got so used to ut that when
Maggie wants to get his attention she
has to grab him by the Galways. He's
like the man lived next dure to boiler
factory an had insomnia when it shut
down. Well, ut's axcusa BILE in a woman.
Providence decreed they should talk
and talk they will; but I don't like
talkin' all one-sided. 1 like to have a
chance to say somethin' wanst in
awhile"
II notice you don't take any chances, u
observed the tenant.
"Pll not be party to an argument
returned the janitor. "I'd like to stay
an hear you awhile longer, but have
my work to do. I'm feelin' little re.
covered now. thank you kindly
cago Daily Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Tommy-"Pa, what does 'better-half'
mean?" Papa-"It is polite way of
saying the whole thing Answers.
In Installments.-"Is her hair her
own?" II believe about haft of it is. She's
getting it on the installment PLAN
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"A lawyer, Ell? Does he pursue his
calling?" Hardly, he seems rather
to be trying to ambush it."-Detroit
journal. t5
Mrs. Pitt-"HasM Mrs. Oakland any chill.
dren?" Mrs. Penn-"She has two, a boy
and girl. The boy is '95 model and
the girl '97."-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Telegraph.
Tommy Gets the Best of It.-Mamma
-"Well, Tommy, you know no one will
love you if you are SO naughty
Tommy-"Satan will. He loves naughty
boys best" Fun.
Fuddy-"Call Fiddler poor man!
Why, that fellow has money to burn -
Duddy-"Possibly that may account for
It. know he never has any to spend -
Boston Transcript.
slack was poor and Clara persuaded
me to marry him; she said true wom-
an always married for love-" 'Well?'
''Then she went and fell in love with a
rich man."-Chicago Record.
Epitaph.-
He'd riches in plenty, but soon it sped;
Poor to the grave went he when he was
dead.
He strove to get wealthy, but lost his
health;
Then strove to get healthy and lost his
wealth.
Judge.
"And did your daughter make good
match?" asked one lady of another.
Indeed she did," replied the other.
''Her husband is considered the shrewd-
est and most unprincipled lawyer in the
state, and Of course he will be able to
crafty her every wish.'' - Chicago
Daily News.
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frl6Ipl](elyl. !. ~
GRkS,t d;{SSQ I, I
FRENCH REPAIR SYSTEM.
atised and Carried On Under
Intelligent Supervision.

Before MacAdam's time il was
thought necessary to construct stone
roads with foundation of large stones;
the small, broken stone was then spread
ever them, and traffic was depended on
to consolidate them into smooth and
hard roadway. Moreover, in France.
upright, protruding stones were placed
at the edges of the foundation, in order
to enclose the smaller stone. These
roads were often two feet deep and yet
they wore badly into ruts. When the
holes were filed, travel avoided the re-
paired spots and new ruts were formed.
MacAdam did away with the large
stone foundation, and showed that
small material. properly laid and COM
pacted, would distribute the pressure
equally on the real road beneath and
also serve to effectually shed the water
which fell upon it. The new system
was economical and simple, but had
what seemed at first to be one draw
back-the roads required constant
watching and frequent repairs. This,
however, is regarded as really bless
ing, as the construction of the roads
makes it easy to keep them in condition.
In France this work is thoroughly sys-
tematized and is carried on very ef-
fectively. The system, as described by
the Paris correspondent of the Brook
lyn Eagle, is as follows:
A chief engineer is at the head of
each department., and he has several as
nistant engineers, each in charge of
subdivision called an reimbursement.
All the roads in these ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ore visited and examined by them at
least quarterly, and oftener if necessa-
~. These engineers in turn have lieu
tenants, called conductors, who oversee
certain lengths of road which they must
look over in detail at least semimonth-
~. Under the conductors come the
tantonniers who do the manual labor,
each one caring for a canton" or
stretch about two miles long. Five or
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
AN OLD-FASHIONED REMEDY,
One Old Boy Who Was Cured by a
Stick of Peppermint Candy Like
That of His Childhood,

They were two old boys with scanty
silver locks, and they had many other
things in common, memories and host
of chestnutty old stories, from which
they brushed the mold whenever they
met.
Their jokes also had an ancient flavor.
but they never wearied of telling them.
While there were few things they &C.
knowledged as superior to the inven-
lions of the olden time, for the most
part they bewailed the decadence of the
world and human nature.
Then one of them became ill. And
nothing pleased him-not even the best
doctor in the country when he came to
see him. He wanted old fashioned rem
edies that had not been heard of in two
generations, and lamented the good old
practice of phlebotomy and other
passed away specifics of materia
medica.
When he was at his lowest his old
chum called, bringing small, mysteri-
Gus looking package, which the sick
man put under his pillow.
"ueIe ulu you unQ lux ne asked
feebly.
I'm little old-fashioned place on a
back street, where some nice people
have little shop. It's the very same
we used to buy when we were boys. l
felt that it would cure you as soon's
ever saw it,
i've got stacks of things I don't
want" said the sick man, "but nothing
that'll set me up like this" and he
greedily mumbled something between
his lips, not forgetting to say: Have
bite, too. Maybe you need it as much
as do"
Il got some for myself" said the old
chum, land it took me right back to
when was boy and"
Here the nurse sent him away. but
from that hour the sick man revived
and in few days was up and about.
I'D like to know what that other old
chap brought him." the doctor said to
the nurse.
Nothing but some pink and white
sticks of old-fashioned peppermint
candy-they couldn't have helped him
any," responded the nurse, looking af-
fably over her glasses. All, she was
too young to know.-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
WINTER PROJECTIONS
ries of All Kinds and Grapes
by Severe Weather.

Some of the best varieties of black
berries, raspberries and grapes are
killed by severe winter weather and
do not do we'll north of the latitude Of
St. Louis. These may be saved by lay
ing them down and giving them a little
protection from the cold weather.
: This IL often neglected because It 10
thought to be slow and hard job to do,
but such is not the case. In half = day
a man and boy can lay down large
patch of berry bushes and do it well.
The directions for doing this will apply
to grapevines and peach trees, the lay
ing down of peach trees requiring lit
tie more care and time. Begin at the
south end of the row of bushes and
with a spade take out good spadeful
of soil from the south side of the bush.
Then press the bush over toward the
south by pressing it with the foot close
to the ground. When the top is lying
on the ground put the soil dug out on
the tops to hold them in position, and
proceed by treating the next bush in
the same way, laying the top of It on
the base of the bush first pressed down.
Continue this until the whole patch is
laid down in rows, the top of one bush
resting on the roots of it's neighbor to
the south. When freezing weather
comes-not before-cover the bushes
laid down with cornstalks thrown on
in hit-and-miss manner, SO the snow
will drift in among them, and the whole
will keep safely until spring, when the
covering may be removed from the
bushes and left on the ground as a
mulch.
Rosebushes and tender shrubbery of
all kinds may be laid down in similar
way and kept perfectly through the
severest winters.-Farmer's Voice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-12-08
Stockmen Are Prosnerou.

1t is said that, although preparing
for feeding in the approaching winter
On as extensive a scale as the available
supplies of stock cattle will admit.
western feeders are borrowing much
less money than usual for that pur-
pose. This is explained by saying that
they do not find borrowing as whole
ale necessity as for some years past
lin short, that things are coming to-
ward the farmer of the west in a wav
that makes him most cheerful man.
He is certainly to be heartily congrat-
ulated upon such improvement in his
affairs as the circumstance mentioned
would National Stockman.
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six cantons are grouped together and
their cartonniers form brigade, one
OF whom is made chief, and has short
er stretch to care for in order that he
may oversee the others. If piece of
road absolutely requires it, one or more
laborers, called auxiliaries, are given
a cantonnier to aid him.
Besides overseeing their roads the
conductors give all orders to the chief
cantonniers, examine their work and
report on their conduct and make writ
ten reports to the engineers twice each
month. They keep the accounts of
their divisions and report on petitions
or new projects. They are obliged to
do all their travelling on foot, examine
into the smallest details and give the
necessary explanations and directions
to the cantonniers.
The canton of the chief cantonnier
must be the best kept of the brigade,
In order to show his superiority over
the other men. These men are nomi-
mated by the project of the department
according to certain conditions: They
must be between ~ and 40 years old;
suffer from no infirmity that inter-
feres with daily labor; have previous
experience in work shops appertain-
ing to their work or have worked on
the roads in some capacity; possess a
certificate of good conduct and be able
to read and write.
The cantonniers musteremain on the
roads from sunrise to shutdown in win
ter, and from five a. m. to seven D. m. in
summer. They are allowed to build
shelters or have movable shelters in
which they can seek refuge during
storms, but they cannot absent them
selves from the roads. Each one has
al account book and register and
keeps daily account of his work and
the time occupied in each task. At the
end of each month the conductor
recapitulates the account and sends it
to the engineer.
In this way the roads are never with
out the most careful attention, and ex-
pensive and annoying repairs are rem
dcred unnecessary.