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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AcRlCUITURl9Ta
0oneUp-to-Date Hints Abo1t Cul-
tivssioa Of the son and Yields
Thsrsof-Horticultar visic1lturs and
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An old problem not yet solved.
duce Review. Years of crusade against
them by dairy papers and butter SELL
ers, and still notifies are as plentiful
as ever. The cause? I do not claim
to know 1t. Different theories have
been advanced by different authori-
ties in the dairy world. Perhaps some
Of them are correct. but more than
possible they are all more or leos mis-
leading. Uneven distribution OF salt
one says. and this perhaps is most fre-
quently supposed to be the cause. And
probably uneven distribution OF sait
does cause notifies sometimes. but l
know it does not cause notifies all the
time. We are also told that mottles
make their appearance when the Dut-
ter is not salted at all. SO we must
look for other causes of mottles. Un-
even distribution of the color, or OF
the mud in the color perhaps. But also
here we are told that notifies appear
where no color is used. Other theories
have been advanced: feed. frozen milk.
AAohC VI ScpdIdtOIs I1CAuOoS Va SAS'-'
temperatures of cream, butter or room'
all of which are more or less ridicu-
lous. Uneven distribution of notifies
I shall not try to argue. but will guar
antee that If the notifies are worked
evenly into the butter, they will dis
appear And the thought may be
nearer the truth than it appears to be
at first sight. at least in the absence
of a known cause it does well. ana
Prof. Storch of the experiment labora-
tory in Copenhagen ventured the opin-
ion that mottles might be Of bacteria
logical origin. So much for the
cause. How to prevent is hard to say
until the cause is better known. but
If mottles do make their appearance In
your butter. know of only one way
to make them disappear; distribute
them evenly, work your butter more
work it until the notifies disappear.
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The laughing plant" grows IN Ara
b:a. 1t obtains its name from the ef-
fects produced by eating its seeds. The
natives Of the district where the plant
grows dry these seeds and reduce
them to powder. A small dose of this
powder has similar effects to those
arising from the excessive use of in
toxicants. 1t causes the most sober
person to dance. shout, and laugh,
with the boisterous excitement of a
madman. and to rush about cutting
the most ridiculous capers fer about
an hour. At the expiration Of this
exhaustion sets in and the excited per-
hours with no recollection of his an
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What "Alabastine'' II.

Alabastine is a durable and naturai
coating for walls and ceilings. 1t is
entirely different from all "kalsomine"
preparations. Alabastine comes in
white or twelve beautiful tints, and is
ready for use by adding cold water
It is put up in dry powder form in
five-pound packages. with full direc-
tions on every package. Alabastine is
handsome, cleanly and permanent. 1t
can be re-coated and retinted at slight
expense Paint dealers and druggists
sell Alabastine and furnish card Of
tints.
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Dependency caused by serious i'm
pediment in his speech is thought to
be the cause of the disappearance OF
Lansing Graf. the 18-year-old boy who
left his mothers house at 622 Wells
street last Friday afternoon and has
not been heard from since His mother,
Mrs. Jennie Graf. has frequently
heard him hint at suicide, and now,
after his long absence. she is confident
that her son has taken his life. The
missing boy was employed by the Sc
curity Title and Trust company.
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THE WHOLE SYSTEM

May Become Invaded BY Cstarrh-Gen-
ernl Lewis Case.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, o.:
'Gentlemen-I have used Pe-ru-na
for a short time and can cheerfully rec
ommend it as being all you represent
and wish every man who is suffering
with catarrh could know Of its great
value. Should l at any future time
have occasion to recommend a treat
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crops That Save Fertility.

No crop in this section of the coun-
try takes the precedence of corn. writes
a Nebraska contributor to Wallace's
Farmer. It is so abundant and SO
abundantly useful. l do not know of
any other crop that can be used for
SO many purposes. 1t makes good hu-
man food and admits of being pre-
pared in so many ways. I don't know
Of any other crop that will supply the
wants of our domestic animals so COM
pletely as the corn crop. The entire
plant fed to cattle or sheep makes an
admirable fattening ration, supplying
both grain and rough feed Of the
highest quality. Do not fail to have
\ good corn crop. Then concentrate
It as much as possible into the most
marketable product, butter or meat.
before it leaves the farm. Next to
corn, if not equal to it, is sorghum,
drilled in with the ordinary grain drill
at the rate Of three pecks to one bushel
Of seed to the acre. No one will be-
lieve the amount Of good feed for any
kind of stock this will produce until
they try it for themselves. Then comes
peas and oats sown together. I differ
from many in the amount OF seed to
be sown in this combination. think
mostly too many oats are sown for
the peas. I prefer one and one-half
to two bushels of peas to not more
than three pecks Of oats per acre. Do
not let the peas become too ripe be-
fore cutting. My crop of peas and oats
seeded in the above proportions yielded
last season over four tons per acre.
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The New Hen House.

Most beginners in poultry keeping
have very exaggerated ideas as to the
profits they are to make from the new
business. Consequently, as the build
ing of a hen-house is one of the first
things to be done. they are likely to
make it much more expensive than is
necessary. They are also likely to
make the hen-house too large. More
hen-houses of smaller size would be
better. But they should be made warm,
with double windows where there are
any windows and a sheathing in
side of prepared tarred paper, which
should be put on over cleats, SO that
a space of dead air will be enclosed.
A house can be put up for $15 to $40
that will be as warm and as service
able for the fowls as one that costs two
or three times that sum. The tarred
paper will by its odor do much to ex-
clude lice. If the hen house is made
small enough it can be moved on roll
lers during the summer, which is often
an advantage, as the ground around
the hen house often becomes foul. in
viting disease.-Ex.
Buying Nursery Stock.-1n making
out orders for fruit trees and vines
don't forget to order from nurseries
having as nearly as possible the same
soil and climate as the trees will have
when planted, and buy from nursery
man known to be practical. progressive
Md reliable. Get healthy, vigorous
stock. with strong vitality. well rooted.
rood cane or stalk, with branches in
nronortion to the roots. Apple trees
are considered best for planting at two
or three years, not more than the latter
age: standard pears should be two or
three years old, dwarf pears, plums.
peaches, currants, gooseberries and
erapes. one to two years old.-Ex.
Shredded Silage.-Experiments made
In shredding silage seem to show that
ailage so made is at least equal to that
made in the usual way. Some claim
thcy can get one-fourth more silage
into the silU by shredding Il. q the
3ateeial packs nl.ttes
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From Farmers Review: Anyone
years the cedar trees Of the Agricul-
tural College grounds have been at
tackled by the we'll known brown fun
gus, the so-called cedar apple (Gyn-
mosporanginus macropus). Some four
years ago the department of horticul-
ture began hand picking the fungous
growth on certain groups of trees to
determine whether or not by this
means the attacks could be reduced
and injury prevented. From that time
Till the present these trees have been
carefully gone over several times each
year and the fungus removed from
them. 1t has not, with very few ex-
ceptions. been allowed to reach the
spore bearing stage. There has, how
ever, been no diminution of the at
tack. The disease appears as vigor-
GUS at the present times as at any
time in the past. The trees are more
thrifty than they would have been had
the fungus been allowed to grow undis-
tributed, but they are no freer from
the disease than others that have had
no attention. Cedars can not be freed
from this disease by hand picking, at
least If there are other trees of the
same species in the neighborhood that
are untreated.
w. L. HALL
Kansas Agl. College.
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The japanese are among the most in
genious gardeners in the world. and
their skill has been in no way more
strikingly illustrated than in their
treatment Of a native japanese fern
known as Davolia. They take moss
and tie it into any desired shape-balls,
rings, ships, etc. This moss is then
covered with the roots of Davolia. The
roots are about a quarter of an inch
In diameter and many feet long. These
forms are kept moist and in a short
time are covered with pretty green
fronds These plants are very beauti-
full hung in Conservatives, or on
peches, and are decidedly picturesque.
A Ranch that Pastures 10000 Cat
tle.-The X. l. T. ranch, in the extreme
northwest corner Of the Panhandle of
Texas, the largest ranch in the world.
has an area of Eve thousand square
miles. Its herds Of cattle aggregate
120. 900 head. beside 1,5O0 horses. and
the calf crop branded in 1897 exceeded
81 ,0OO. Surprising as it may seem, all
the work on the ranch is done by 125
men, one man to every $4,000 acrss.-
February Ladies' Home Journal.
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Civ. the young chicks r:enty of IA,
nit They must have It.
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prime essential, and moisture be must
provide. or he win certainly fail Of .
crop. II the clouds withhold their ac-
customed supply. Every intelligent
farmer understands the importance OF
deep and thorough breaking Of the
soil early in the spring. or even ear
lfer. Not so many appreciate the I'M
portance of hning the soil. by harrow
ing until the clods disappear into hne
soil. It is also desirable to keep the
soil in this fne. friable condition. es-
pecially the superficial layer. But q
more valuable and only permanently
effective means is to I'LL the soil. as
rapidly as possible. with vegetable
matter, or humus. This may be done
in two ways: ~ BY actually trans
porting from elsewhere the necessary
vegetable matter, in the form OF stable
manure, :omposts. leaves. muck. etc.
Under the present system Of farming
in the south this method is imprac-
ticable except on a small scale: and
often it cannot be profitably followed.
even on q small scale. because OF the
cost Of the labor involved in handling
and hauling of leaves. muck. and
other coarse and crude materials. (2)
The other, and most practicable
method, and one that is adapted to any
scale of operations, is regular rota-
tion Of crops, including small grain.
red clover, cowpeas, or other renovat-
ing crOn A iudiciOus well-mauaged
rotation may be made profitable every
stage and every crop, as well as
profitable in the long run.
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Satsuma Plum.-Mr. Hale writes to
Rural New Yorker concerning the Sat-
suma plum. He says: "The criticisms
that have been made by many in re-
lation to the Satsuma plum not fruit
ing freely, have seemed to apply to
young trees, for we are all learning
that, as the trees of this variety grow
older, they are inclined to become very
productive, in some cases so much SO
as to surpass nearly all others. 1t is
a wonderful plum in its keeping and
shipping qualities, and nothing can
compare with it for canning purposes.
l predict that, within a few years. Sat
suma will take much higher place in
the opinion of orchardists than at the
present time"
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F." Let Hin, WHO Wins II
Bear tie Palm. -

Praise unsf1,ted IS Accord
ed to all honorable victocs,
<uhether IN tie din of yar
or IN the quif paths of peace.
Hoods Sarsapanna has svon
Thousands of vidones oper all
sorts Of troubles of the blood,
and It IS AMERICAS Greatest
Medicine: tie Best MAt money
can bay.
It possesses the exact combination
which purifies the blood and brings the
color of health to every cheek. 1t
nerer disappoimts.
ScYoft6a-" When three months old our
baby Roy was covered with itching and
burning scrOfula sores. The best ply ysicians
failed to relieve. Hoods Sarsaparilla saved
his life as 1t made q permanent cure" Mrs.
LILLE NJ. FISH, East SpringpOrt, Mich.
Eryslpelae "a scrofulous condition
OF my blood caused me to suffer from cry
sipelas for IS years. Physicians did not
even help, but Hoods Sarsaparilla per-
manently cured this disease" A. f. SMITH,
2OS Court Ave.. Jehersonville, Ind.
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Bon. James Lewis. Surveyor CeneFsI Of LoQio
ment of your kind. rest assured that
yours will be the one.
Gratefully yours,
JAMES LEWIS"
Wherever the catarrh is. there Is sure
to be a waste of mucus. The mucus Ia
as precious as blood. It is blood, in
fact. It is blood plasma-blood with
the corpuscles removed. To stop this
waste. you must stop this catarrh. A
course Of treatment with Pe-ru-na
never fails to do this.
Send for free catarrh book. AddrenD
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufaeturi1o,
o. Columbus. Ohio.
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For Eees or Feather.

At recent convention atten0e0 Dy
the writer the question of eggs versus
feathers came up. One man gave his
experience in breeding Barred Ply
mouth Rocks. He declared that his
finest feathered birds were not doing
the amount of laying that birds did
that belonged to the same breed but
were OF feather. Others cited similar
cases. He asked if it would be advis-
able to use these "off birds" for breed
ing, or whether the standard feathered
birds only should be used. 1t appears
to US that it will depend on the pur-
pose for which he wishes to use the
birds. If a man is producing eggs for
the market, and has no other object In
view it would pay him best to breed
entirely from the best layers, independ-
ent of whether they had some Off
markings or not. It is little singu-
lar that the best marked birds should
be poor layers. But this may be due
to the fact that the off-marked birds
were lighter in weight, possibly due to
the fact they had not developed
INC ASSAA" LII AAAA6 AobA@ OAOu6A ~
make them conform to the standard.
Currants.-Any rich clay loan Is
good for this fruit; and while the cur
rant will flourish in a rather moist 10
cation, yet ground that is naturally
dry or properly underdrained will
prove best for a term of years, says
Colman's Rural World. If well cared
for the bushes should produce average
crops for fifteen years or more. Set
the plants in rows not less than six
feet apart each way. so that all cul-
tivation may be done with a horse.
Make holes for plants that are two
years old at least two feet in diameter.
Set them trifle deeper than they were
in the nursery row. pressing the earth
firmly about the roots and stalks
Then mulch with straw, coarse ma
nure, or other litter, as that in case of
drouth there will be no appreciable
cessation of growth.
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which meets in annual session in
Wichita. The invitation which the
governor has forwarded was provided
for by the house and senate in adopt
ing a concurrent resolution extending
an urgent request that the president
come west at that time.
The farmers in north Dickinson
county are having extensive losses of
horses, cattle and hogs from an epi-
demic of hydrophobia. resulting from
several mad dogs Efforts TO stop it
have been unavailing.
A Barber county man narrowly es-
capped losing the sight of one eye on
account of stick striking it while he
was cutting kindling. How ashamed
this mans wife must be to know that
an item of this nature secured public
ity for the division OF work in their
home.
Thirty-three cars of merchandise in
car lots were unloaded at the Rock Is
land depot in Belleville during the
first twenty-seven days of March.
There is much building going on in
Oklahoma Just now, and nothing to
what there will be when the weather
becomes more settled There is q de-
mand for houses in nearly every town
in the territory, and men with money
realize that this will be . good invest
ment Much improvement win be done
all over Oklahoma within the next
year.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-08
sUNDAY-sCHooL WORK.
Interesting Papers Read at the Santa
Cruz County Institute.

SANTA CRUZ. Nov. THE Santa Cruz
County Sunday school Institute is in ses-
sion in this city and is being conducted
by the State secretary, Earl S. Bingham
of San Jose.
The day sessions are being held In the
Christian church and the evening ses-
sions at the Methodist church. Delegates
are present from Bonny Doom, Watson
Vile, Corralitos, Aptos, Sequel, FELTON,.
Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, Boulder Creek,
Happy Valley and Skyland
The programme to-day was as follows
Morning session. Devotional service.
led by Rev. George r. Bird, Santa Cruz;
rolcall of schools, delegates responding
with Scripture quotations; paper, What
a Sunday school Should Not Be- Rev. G..
R. Stanley, Boulder Greek; paper, The
Bible. Only in the School" Albert Nc
the School of Adult Members of the Con-
gregation," Rev e. B. Hatch, Aptos.
Afternoon session: Devotional service,
led by Rev p. R. Adams. Santa Cruz;
paper, THE Home Department" Mrs
Jennie A. Baker, Santa Cruz; paper. THE
Successful Teacher" Mrs. Lillian Heath
Santa Cruz; vocal solo, Mrs. ]. R. Will
hanson, Santa Cruz; paper, THE Work
in the Congregational Church." Miss NJ.
E. Morgan, Santa Cruz; paper, Home
Study by the Scholars Miss Olive
Evening session: Song service, con-
Quoted by Clarence Archibald, Santa
Cruz; address, The Loyal Sunday-school
Army Earl s. Bingham, San Jose; vocal
Hunt; address, THE Sunday-school
Teacher" Rev George Clifford, Watson
Vile; doxology and benediction.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-08
COMP PROM|SE At
MARE ISLAND
Men Will Finish Work on
the Hartford.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VALLEJO, Nov. THE situation In the
differences between the authorities and
the shipwrights to-day was materially
changed, with view to reaching better
understanding on both sides. AS has been
stated at no time has been there been any
desire on the part of the workmen to take
advantage of the condition in which the
Hartford was left, and their action to-
day carries out what they have said. This
action is in the nature of a compromise
which was accepted on the part of the
shipwrights, that the work on the Hart
ford might be finished
This afternoon Master Shipwright Tre-
bell appeared before the meeting of the
shipwrights at Young Mems Institute
Hall, at which place there was a full at
tendance, and to the men Mr. Trebell pre-
Sented a request on the part of Con-
structor Hibbs that the men return to
their work and finish the Hartford that
the Government may not suffer in the
matter. He said that if the men would
comply with this he would vouch for
their being given an honorable discharge.
and that the blacklist cards already
turned in against them would be with
drawn.
The request was freely discussed, and
the liberal spirit of the men was shown
in an almost unanimous consent. Among
those present to speak in favor of this
action were State Senator Luchsinger,
who was there by invitation. and Presi-
dent Mcconnell of the Shipwrights
Union. Accordingly Mr.. Trebell was au-
thOrized to say to Constructor Hibbs that
tbs. shipwrights would return to work N
compromise on the part Of the men does
not in any way mean that they will relax
in their efforts to receive wages equal to
those paid by outside firms.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-08
AN ELECTION ROW.
Richard Adams Tries to Help q
Stranger and Is Stabbed.

Richard Adams Tries to Help q
Stranger and Is Stabbed.
Richard Adams, a laboring man living
at 105 Clark street, dropped into an East
street retisserie last evening for the pur-
pose of recuperating from the fatigue in
cident to the election on cup of coffee
and a couple of those delicate confections
known in the vernacular as ''sinkers."
Adams entered the place just as a hot
political discussion was being waged be-
tween T. Yestle, who resides at the City
Front House and five strangers. Yestle
was getting the better of the argument
until one of the five, overcome by the
with his clenched fist. Yestle struck
back at his assailant and in a second a
first-class mix-up was in full swing. 1t
was Yestle against the FIVE strangers.
Yestle was game, but the odds were too
many for him. and he was in a. fair way
to become a fit subject for the MOrgue.
Adams saw his predicament and, with the
true Anglo-Saxon desire of seeing fair
play, started to his assistance.
Yestle saw Adams coming but not be-
ing sure in what spirit he advanced re-
solved to take no chances, and drawing
a clasp knife stabbed him in the chest
and wrist as soon as he approached with
in cutting distance.
Such ingratitude not only wounded
Adams, it angered him as well. Picking
up brick, he struck Yestle with it, cut
ting a three-inch cash over his eye and
putting that useful member out of bust
ness for many days to come.
Before either one of the men could do
any further harm the police appeared on
the scene and escorted them over to the
Harbor Hospital for treatment
Their wounds were found to be Slight
and after they had both been patched up
by DR.. Robinsin, Adams was allowed to
depart for his home, while Yestle was
taken to the Harbor Police Station and
booked for assault with a deadly weapon.
The original five who participated in
10 m n a pC nj nc he
event of the evening came on and were
not subsequently, seen
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-08
FAILS
TO PAY AL|MONY
Suit Filed by His Former
Wife.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN JOSE, Nov. Mrs. Emelie t.
Spring, who recently secured divorce
from Henry NJ n. Spring on the ground
of infdeIity, to-day began a suit against
her eX-husband and Marcella S. and Fred
w. Moore, sister and brOther-in-laW Oh
Spring, to have the transfer of residence
and other property on Seventh and San
Antonio streets set aside and the same
levied upon to pay alimony.
When Mrs Spring secured a divorce she
was given the custody of the three minor
children and $3.50 per month allmony; Al
that time Spring conducted large cloth-
ing store at the corner OF Santa cara ana
Market streets and owned considerable
property. He was estimated to be worth
nearly 500 600. AS soon as the decree was
issued he Immediately transterrea AZ Aims 6lIs
property-including the store-to moore
and his sister and went East IN an at
tempt TO avoid the alimony In transfer
ring his interests the consideration was
love and affection and for the better sup
port of his sister.
Mrs. Spring has not been paid any all
mony and there is now due her, lncluding
costs. 1892 In the complaint filed to-day
she states she is without funds to prop
erly maintain herself and children, ana
that her husband has disposed or his
property with the deliberate intention OF
evading the payment of alimony. She
wants the deeds given by Spring to MS
sister set aside and the property levied
upon to secure the aIimony. V. A. Schel-
The trouble of the Springs has attracted
a great deal of attention because. of the
prominence of Mrs. Spring. who was
prominent in society affairs. Spring him
self was popular with a certain class. He
was Councilman at the time he fled from
the city TO avoid alimony. He maintained
many fleet hounds and was steady pat
ron of coursing. To these dogs, wine and
women of the sporty set is attributed his
downfall. Spring is now somewhere in
the East.
Mrs Shrine, Is now living at Relyedere
where she is maintaining a home out OF
her own private fortune.