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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04

Philadelphia Inquirer: 1t has been demon.
strated that an acre OF water may be made e
yield more food with less labor. than an acre
OF ground. To clothe old proverb with a
new dress. It may be said that there are as
good fish In the sea as ever came out of il.
and with a proper organization OF the ap-
paratus OF FISH Matching the world would
become acquainted with a greater variety OF
food fish than It knows OF now. and even peo-
pie who live far from the water would have a
delightful variety added TO their bills OF fare
In Maryland much anxiety is being felt as
to the probable extinction OF the terrapin. The
latter has It's uses. but only comparatively
few would regret its loss. while In tens OF
thousands OF homes OF toilers a plentiful flsh
supply would be benefit. II is TO be hoped
that the fisheries congress Al Tampa will d
something 10 educate people a. to NE iupcg-
tance Of our fisheries.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04
p,oL,nrs From the Papers.

He is a good economist who can make
ono DAVIS work in winter save two IN
summer. ,,o,,,
A piece of blank paper or note book
and pencil are proper companions at
farmers institute.
We should not cherish the NOTION that
soring is near because January has been
mild. There is still plenty of time to APP
nreciate the comfort of strip nailed
over that crack in the stable wall.
1t is poor business to put a special
purpose cow in the care of a general
purpose farmer.
II is said that out of every 100 persons
In the United States A are agricultu-
1ists Sc in Canada. IS in France, IL in
Germany and in England.
1t is Just as easy to keep supply OF
doe through the summer as it is to keep
a supply of backberries through the
winter.
Glover seed often fails to catch in the
West because il is sown too late in the
spring. Glover that is sown in March
will almost always grow and live.
The farm without an orchard, good
garden and flowers in the door yard is
a poor place to live and usually poor
sort of people live on such farms.
The farmer who cannot find profita-
BILE work on the farm during the winter
months has missed his vocation and
should sell out. There is work every
day in the year for the good farmer.
A rat wastes as much as a hog will
eat while it is being made ready for
market. A cat or two kept about the
barn and never allowed to enter the
house will keep rats away.
A large stock OF valuable experience
comes to nothing each season because
the person Immediately concerned for
gets to write up his experience for his
favOrite farm paper
There is wealth OF wisdom in the sug-
gestion that the modern brain has more
responsibility than the modern hand Ter
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04

sometimes. and that real merit Is passed
by for something less worthy that makes
q better show But this is the way OF
the world" and as we cannot change 1t
we should take advantage of 1t. A breed
er of live stock without proper stationery,
business cards, etc, would not be as IA
vorably regarded as one who is up to date
In all of these things. A breeder
whose stock does not show its real worth
because it is not in condition cannot dis
pose of it to the best advantage. In all
kinds of marketable produce appearance
counts for dollars and cents. These things
are well understood. But this matter
might be carried farther. The FARMS APP
pearance has a certain influence, though
1t may not be reckoned wholly in money.
A well kept farm, beautiful and com
Portable, If not costly, home, Is a source
of pride to the farmer and his family; and
the love for their home may form bond
between them which is never broken.
But what of the appearance of the farm
er? Here we touch a delicate question,
though an important one. To certain
extent a mans appearance determines
his standing with those who have no 9TH
er way of judging him. The man who
don't care how he looks" Is unquestion-
ably at some disadvantage in any part
of the business world where he Is not
well known, and at serious disadvan-
tage in society. Many farmers are need
lessly careless in their personal appear
ance, and such should realize that it Is
liable to count against them in business
and society, where ones position is of the
greatest Importance. There is no need of
extravaganza, or any attempt to keep up
with the styles; but there is need of
greater attention to this important sub
ject of appearance on the part Of many
people
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04
Ienner HOES in Demand.

Albert Lea Tribune: The packing houses
of the Western country are sending out
circulars TO their agents and to farmers
generally advising against raising fat or
lard" hogs, and advising Instead hogs
that weigh about two hundred pounds.
They want long. lean hogs. They say the
meat brings better prices in foreign mar
kets and sells more readily at home. The
hogs are less liable to accident. and an
important additional fact is that the such
hogs are less liable to hog cholera. There
Is no doubt that the meat is much health
Ger and better for food purposes:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04
Washing wooIrps and Mu.pins.

The average Iaundress does not realize
that every time she rubs her woolens on
the washboard she is destroying the soft
pliabllty, which is their great charm.
You should never rub woolenS Of any
kind. They should be merely squeezed
though the hands. Pounding the wooden
goods with the hands is also very effect
i've. The suds should be pretty strong
and the rinse water warm and little
soapy. Muslin is best washed in lather
of cold water; it should never be put into
warm, even for rinsing. If the muslin
should be green, add to the water in which
it is rinsed a wineglass of vinegar; if
lilac, the same quantity of household am
monia For black and white muslins use
a small allowance of sugar of lead.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04

Prof. Dolbear says that what is call
ed stupidity is simply the indication
that certain brain area is not proper
ly nourished or is without communica-
ton with the nerve fibre.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04
Keen;nE I'm Appearances.

In the business as well as the social
world. says the National Stockman and
Farmer. Appearances count for much. 1t
d possible that they count for zoo much
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04

OF the $1,000 brewerles estimated to
be in the world. $4,000 are in Ger
many.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-03-04
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE GOOD SHEPHERD" LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Text, Psalms, Chapter XIII,
Verse 1 as Follows: THE Lord Is My
Shepherd The Battle Between
Wealth and Poverty.

HAT with post and
rail fences, and our
pride in South
down, Astrakhan
and Flemish varie-
ties Of sheep, there
is no use now of
the old-time shep-
herd. Such an one
had abundance Of
opportunity of be-
coming a DOet, be-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22

wood. It is no wonder that the resi- dents despair; unless the evil is checked there is nothing before the country but barren deSolation, over hung by a cloud of sulphurous smoke.
 The matter has not altogether es- capped the attention or the government, for some time ago H. c. Cullom, brother of the Senator, was sent here to inquire into the condition Of affairs. His report was decidedly adverse to'tne smelters and in consequence an ln1unc- ton to restrain the company rom US death-dealing operations was applied for in the Federal courts. But some how or other the matter has got hung up, and while lawyers are still Wrang- ling over tedious questions Of JurlSdlc- ton the poisoning of the countryside goes on unchecked. In some mysterious way it has become remarkaDly dl1ncult to procure witnesses who will testlfy to the evil effects wrought by the fumes, and it Is quite evident that the corpo- ration is going to make a strong fight for the privilege of devastating one or the most fertile portions of California.
 If the State benefited to any extent by these operations we might possibly consider whether 1t was worth While to give up a certain area or iano to the destructive smelters. put as Ia. Ia. as I can gather, California gains put little by having this industry settled in her midst The capital employed is wholly foreign, and the dividends earned-no one knows how large they are-necessarily go abroad. Most or the stores required by the company are imported. It spends as little as possi- hle in the land whence it derives its wealth. Even the refining of the ores is not done here, for the matte is sent to the company's works at New ark. N. J., for treatment. What re- turn, then. does California receive Tor the damage done to her forests and orchards?
 The corporation can only point to the town of Keswick, the offspring of the smeiters-and I have already sald enough about its character to convince any impartial observer that the state would be much better off without any town of the kind. Also the corpora- tion gives employment to several hun dred vagrant laborers, Wno never
 would be missed if they left us for ever. In return for these concessions the company takes all that Is or value in the Iron Mountain ore and exports 1t. leaving only the poisonous element behind.
 The solution of the problem Is easy. If the smelters are to continue Work- ing at Keswick they should De com pelled to absorb their own fumes Chemical science has made the task possible It is pure matter of ex- pense. I asked MT. Freeland, the smelting superintendent, why some steps were not taken to condense the fumes and prevent their widespread distribution over the country. His answer was eyasive "It could be done" he replied but only at prohibi-
 tive expense That is to say, the scheme is not commercially practica- ble. If we had to condense our fumes
 it would not pay us to smelt the ore | at all."
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22

This is what Keswick looks like to-day and in ten years time, if something is not done, the greater part of Shasta County will present a similar appear ance.
 To understand the reasons for this we must look into the process em- ployed by the Mountain Copper Com pany. The ore is brought from the mine by @ private line of railway and in the first instance is dumped down on the hillside. Its main constituents are copper and iron sulphides, as well as a small percentage of gold and silver. Before smelting the ore the sulphur must be extracted by roasting. Re gardless of the welfare of the country or the health of the residents round about, the company has adopted the simplest and cheapest method of doing this. The ore is just burned in the open air and SC2 in enormous quantities set free to devastate the land. Sulphur ous acid, it may be remarked, is of no use to the company, it has no com mercial value and cannot be turned into dividends. Consequently while it keeps the gold and the silver the cop per and the iron for the enrichment of it's shareholders in England it gener- ously presents the poisonous residue to California. The bargain is rather too one-sidcd to be fair.
 A spot is selected on the hillside and a thick layer of firewood put down. A great pile of ore is dumped on top of this, making a mound some six feet high and of any length desired. When the fire is once properly started the ore will go on burning itself, smold- ering away for a month or more. Flow CTS of sulphur, hideous travesties of natures fairer work, form on the sur face, the fumes which rise are almost suffocating. One cannot stay in the neighborhood. Of course the men work ing there get somewhat used to the air. though none of them can endure the oc- cupation for long. There are any num- Der of these poisonous fires scattered about the hillside, and as the works put through from five hundred to seven hundred tons of ore per day some idea may be formed of the amount of sul- phurous acid given off. Down below the finer portion of the ore is treated in a Ropp calcining furnace, but the result is much the same, for the fumes all escape into the open air through chimneys.
 There are from 1000 to 1900 men en- ployed at the works. yet it is a sig nificant fact that few of them remain at the occupation continuously. The foremen, the mechanics, the better paid class of skilled workmen, may marry and settle down in one of the company's little cottages, but the great bulk of the labor is of the vagrant type. Men of all nationtlities, Dagos and Dutchmen, Irishmen and Cornish men. drop in here, and as long as a man is stror~ enough for the trying Ia Dor he is rarely refused employment Workmen of this class are never too plentiful. and the company is glad to secure whom it can, at wage of about s2 50 a day But hard labor under such conditions soon saps mans vi-
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tality, the miserable wrecks one sees about the beer saloons bear eloquent testimony to the fact. Nearly every man with whom I spoke told me that he was only waiting until he had saved enough money to get away. For the credit of the State, 1t should be men tioned that there are very few Cali fornians engaged in this degrading la bor. Our men are above this kind or work, and are to be found only ln the ranks of the skilled artisan.
 Travel around the country anywhere within a radius of ten or twelve miles and you will find ample evidence or the destructive effect of these fumes The fir trees on the slopes are With cred and brown, even the oaks. which have stood the visitation longest, are giving way. The manZanita bushes and the chaparral of the undergroWth are dried up, and it only requires the slightest spark to start destructive bush fire. Consequently during this dry weather fires are of daily occur renee. It may be the carelessnesS or a camper, who leaves the embers un- covered; it may be the design of a prospector, who wishes to lay bare the ledges and render his search for the precious metal easy. But whatever the reason, the spark to start ire IS rarely wanting, and the hills around SndSId are IdplOly USlIS oS1ioNNN OA their timber.
 Naturally the residents of this old established mining town, which is only some three miles from the smelters, are extremely indignant, though, Tor reasons which can readily be under stood, they are very cautious in giving expression to their indignation. They will talk freely enough in confidence, but they invariably extort promise that their name shall not appear in print A good many people from the works live in Shasta; there are local and business interests to be considered, and no one cares to declare himSelf the pronounced enemy of such a great corporation. 'I will give Shasta just ten years to become as barren as keS- wick" said one resident, that is, II a bush fire does not destroy it before.
 ''There is more sickness in the town than was ever known before" says an- other. People get carried off by some mysterious complaint, and We can only attribute 1t to the fumes.
 Between Shasta and Iron Mountain there was formerly prosperous ranch kept by a man named Welsh. He had a fine orchard and supplied Shasta with all the fruit it required. But as soon as the smelters started his whole crop was destroyed, even the fruit which had already ripened on the trees was found uneatable, being strongly i'm pregnated with sulphur fumes He had to abandon the ranch and brought an action against the company for dam ages. The corporation, following its usual policy, bought him out. and noth- ing more was heard of the matter.
 Another still more pitiful Instance occurred just outside Shasta. Two old residents, Messrs. Stolberg and Mauser, cultivated an orchard there for many years. But the trees grew old, the fruit trade was no longer profita ble, so they decided that almonds would
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22
ROASTING ORE IN THE OPEN AIR.

be the thing They dug up their old trees and put. in almonds, and for time all went well. The trees were just beginning to bear, and the prospect or large quantities of SalaDle nuts cheered the old mems hearts. Just then the shelter came along, and with the first fumes their hopes vanished. The all mond trees, from which so much was expected, withered as soon as the dead ly blight fell upon them, and the old men were ruined.
 Though the busy town of Bedding Is some seven miles from the works 1t feels the effects of the fumes even more markedly than Shasta. Bedding is strictly commercial place; its citizens derive profit in many ways from the smelters and the men who work them. So they don't like to say too much, but they admit that on wet day, if the wind happens to be in the right direction, the shrubs and flowers in their gardens shrivel up under the poisonous fumes. The sulphur even at tacks the paint on their houses, fruit growing in the neighborhood has been abandoned, and more than one neg lected and deserted ranch gives mute evidence to the destructive effects of SO2
 Whether the small amount of busi- ness brought them by the smelters is sufficient compensation for the destruc- tion of their orchards and farms Is the question now agitating the citizens of Shasta County. Outside the storekeep- ing element there is only one answer The agricultural development of Shasta has been rather backward, owing to the fact that most of it's residents were absorbed in mining pursuits But dur ing the last few years, when prospect ing ceased to be profitable, a new era began. Many small ranches were ,1a1 +a1 nya1,< 1e-1 Il ready beginning to bloom, and great expansion in the legitimate trade of the district was looked for. Shasta has abundance of rich land which will well repay culture, and 1t was expected that the fruit growing industry would find a home there, covering the land with verdant orchards. This forward move ment was already under way when came the smelters, and the future of Shasta vanished under the blight of the sulphurous fumes.
 The county rejoices in a magnificent climate, having neither the excessive cold of the mountains nor the wither- ing heat of the valleys. Pretty well everything in the way of fruit and vegetables could be grown proftably, and there is abundance of timber in the ranges. sugar pine, yellow pine. spruce and fir. which might in time be brought to market At present this lumber Is too far from the railway is too inacces- sible, to be worked profitably, but when the more easily reached forests have been used up it's value will be enor- nous. That is, if there is any left after the fumes from the smelter have put in their work A tree once touched by this poisonous breath not only closes it's leaves and dies, but it's very trunk de- cays under the foul influence, and the wood becomes useless, even for fire
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22
The Mountain Copper Company ":s Boasts Ore in the Open at KeSWiCk.
Poisonous Vapor Destroys Forests and
 Ruins Orchards-RanChers in Despair.

night. But this is hot the worst of 1t. High up on the opposite hillside, clothed only with the stems of dead frs, rises another cloud of smoke. This is the real source of the trouble, for here, by the primitive process of open-air roasting, are produced those sulphur
 ous fumes which are rapidly blighting the whole countryside. Any one who has been in the manufacturing States of the East or In England has seen what is generally termed a "'black country" A place of barren desolation, of slag heaps and ore dumps. where no green thing grows, and where day and night the furnaces and factory chim- neys pour forth their poisonous smoke.
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If this is so, and the matter is by no means certain, then California would be much better off without any smelt- CTS of the kind. But probably, if legal pressure were brought to bear, the company might find that there were means available for condensing the fumes without ruinous outlay. Per haps the dividends paid to the English shareholders might be a trifle less. but still, if the thing had to be done, 1t would be done That 1t will not be done, except under absolute compulsion, is equally certain. If the law courts fail to grant an injunction, then the pressure of public opinion must be brought to bear, and legislation en- acted which will force the company to abandon its assumed right to devastate one of the fairest portions of the State.
 J. F. ROSE-SOLEY.
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Net aamount of risks
 written during the year Net amount of risks ex- pired during the year. Net amount in force De-
 cember 31, 1S97.-......
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22
INCREASED MORTALITY
 DUE TO THE HEAT
Number of Deaths in Paris Average Upward of Two Hundred
 Day.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald. Copyrighted, 1898. by James Cor
 don Bennett.
 PARIS, Aug. 2I.-The thermometer Is not the only thing that has risen this week. The death list also is higher than usual. For the past few days the figures have been between 200 and 220 a day. This is much greater than the average. Yesterday, for example, there were PIP funerals. As may be imagined, infants have formed the bulk of these deceases. Indeed, about half have been children. The heat has, In fact. been terrible We are not &C., customed to hot waves of this inten- sity and relief does not seem close at hand.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22
BEATS OUT THE BRAINS
 OF HIS TWO BABES
Revolting Murder Committed by a Supposed Insane Resident of
 Paris.

Special Cable to The Call and the New York
 Herald Copyrighted, 1898. by James Cor
 don Bennett.
 PARIS, Aug. 21.-A murder under most sensational and revolting circum- stances has been committed by man named De Blauder, living in a small apartment in the Rue Gutenburg. He took his two little girls, Jeanne. aged four. and Germaine, aged scarcely three, into moat of the Paris fortif1- cations, tied handkerchiefs tightly around their necks, and then seizing. them by the legs battered their heads against the ground. When they ap- peared dead he took to flight.
 The diabolical act appears so utterly purposeless that 1t can be attributed only to temporary insanity, probably due to heavy drinking, aggravated by the hot weather.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22

SO2-It Is only a simple little cheni- cal formula, looking quite innocent and harmless in print; yet, when let loose by mans agency upon an unsuspecting vegetable world it means terrible mls- chief. This compound, sulphurous acid, is capable of destroying tree and plant and shrub, every living thing when comes in it's way. Flowers may not bloom nor fruit ripen within the sphere of its dread influence, while the frs or the forest. which once coated the hill side with beautiful evergreen, sink into ugly withered insignificance.
 These things the people of Shasta
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22

Some men are always out when their country calls.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-22
Risks and Premium

Net amount of risks
 written during the year Net amount of risks ex-
 pired during the year Net amount in force De
 cember 31, 1S97..........
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-11
Notice to Creditors.

All creditors of the Estate of Charles
L. Gulick, deceased, are notified to
present their claims with proper YOU
chers and duly verified to the under
signed, Executrix of said Estate, at
No. 239 King street, Honolulu, within
six months from and after the publi-
cation of this notice otherwise, they
will be forever barred.
SAREPTA A. GULICK,
Executrix of the Estate of Charles
I. Gulick, deceased. S89-lm
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-11
Administrators Notice.

The undersigned having been duly
appointed administrator OF the Estate OF
III. j. Kasby, late Of Paauilo, Hamakua,
Hawaii, deceased. Notice is hereby
given to all persons, having claims
against the Estate Of the said III. ].
kasby, to present the same, duly authen-
ticated, to the undersigned at his office
at Honokaa, Hamakua, Hawaii, within
six months from the date hereof, or thew
will be for ever barred. And all persons
indebted to said Estate are hereby re-
guested TO make immediate payment
thereof to the undersigned.
w. II. RICHARD,
Administrator Of the Estate of III. j.
Kasby, deceased.
Honokaa, April 4, 1898. SS5-lm