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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Unsettled weather Expected

A small amount of rain fell in San
Francisco yesterday and in most parts
Of the State north Of Tehachapi Utah
and Nevada were swept by unusually
heavy winds. Forecaster McAdie states
that unsettled weather may be expected
to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Notice to Mariners.

CRESCENT CITY, CALIFORNIA.
Notice is hereby given that the bell buoy
marking Fauntleroy Rock, Crescent City har-
bor California, has dragged somewhat to the
eastward. toward the small sunken rock, and
no longer marks the channel. 1t will be re-
placed as soon as practicable.
Buoys, Pacific Coast, 1901 page &c.
BY order of the lighthouse board.
J. B. MILTON,
Commander. U. S. N, Inspector Twelfth Light
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

OPERA,
Under the direction Of MIR. MAURICE GRAU.
TONIGHT at 7:45, TRISTAN UND
ISOLDE" Louise Reuss-Belce and Louise
Homer; Van Dyck Bfspharn Muhlmann and
Ed de Reszke. Conductor. Damrosch.
Tomorrow Ev'g at s. joint appearance and
farewell performance of Nine Calve and Nine
Sibyl Sanderson. CARMEN" CaIve and
Sibyl Sanderson; Salignac. Declery and ScottL
Conductor, Flon.
Thursday Aft. Dec. s. at las. farewell mat
inee. ''TANNHAUSER.' Gadski and ReusS-
Belize; Dippel. Blass and Bispham. Conductor
Damrosch
Thursday Ev'g, Dec s. at 7:45 farewell
night and last joint appearance of Nine
Emma Eames and Nine. Sembrich in Mozart 5
opera, LIE NOZZE DI FIGARO (The Mar
riage Of Figaro. Eames, FRITZ Schef and
Sembrtch: Campanari and Ed de Reszke. Con-
ductor Seppilli
Prices. g. 50. 81 and s.. Seats now on sale at
the Box Office
WEBER PIANOS USED
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

TANNERS from making port yes
terday. The tugs would not go
IN out, but nevertheless the vessels
were bound to come in. Early in
the day the barkentine Tropic Bird
showed UP off the heads, and as soon as
her numbers were made out the tugs
made a rush to secure the tow Captain
johnson had his vessel we'll inside the
heads before the Relief showed up, how
ever, and decided to sail in, finally max
ing an anchorage off the Preside.
If the tug Relief failed to get tow from
the Tropic Bird she did manage to pick up
the ship Wiscombe Park, 1Ol days out
from Newcastle, Aus, via Valparaiso 5l
days The Wiscombe Park started away
from Australia with cargo of coal, the
intention being to discharge atone of the
South American ports and then load nitre
for England. Instead there came the
story of the shortage of the wheat crop
in Russia and the Argentine and the sur
plus in California. The consequence was
that the vessel was headed this way and
came from Valparaiso in ballast. Her
charter of 37s ed will more than pay ex-
penses and she will reach her home port
with a dividend for the pockets OF her
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Sun. Moon and Tide.

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Times and Heights of High and Low
Waters at Fort Point, entrance to San
Francisco Bay. Published by official au-
thority of the Superintendent.
NOTE+The high and low waters occur at
the city front (Alission-street WHARF about
twenty-five minutes later than at Fort Point;
the height of tide is the same at both places.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8.

NOTE-In the above exposition of the tides
the early morning tides given in the left
hand column and the successive tides Of the
day in the order of occurrence as to time; the
fourth time column gives the last tide of the
day. except when there are but three tides. as
sometimes occurs The heights given are in
addition to the soundings Of the United States
Coast Survey charts except when minus l-l
sign precedes the height, and then the number
given is subtracted from the depth given by the
charts. The plane OF reference is the mean Of
the lower low waters.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Time Ball.

Branch Photographic Office, U. s. N, Mer-
chants Exchange San Francisco. Cal.
December 2 1901.
The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry
building dropped exactly at noon to-day
i e. at noon of the 10th meridian. or at
o. m. Greenwich mean time.
w. H. STANDLEY,
Lieutenant. U. S. Navy In Charge.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Matters of Interest to Mariners and
Shipping Merchants.
Merchandise for British Columbia

The British ship Marion Frazer is ehartere
for wheat to Europe at 35s.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

1TH HE fog did not stop the wind
TANNERS from making port yes
III terday. The tugs would not go
w out. but nevertheless the vessels
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE,

SAN FRANCISCO SEASON OF GRAND
OPERA,
Under the direction of MR.. MAURICE GRAU.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
Iron Paint for the Fnrm.

The next time you are near freight
car just take the point of your knife
and try the paint. The reason the paint
is used is because of its wearing and
wood-preserving qualities. Every farm
er should keep his farm machinery in
repair and well painted. The paint to
use is the best. which will prove cheap
est. The paint which the experience
OF railroads has proven the best will
also be found best for the farm. Iron
paint is the best pain. This is no
boom for any particular brandt.
l. Irwin. in Ohio Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
HENS NEED VARIETY
ders Egg Production and Pre-
vents Real Success.

Corn-fed poultry, while not being al
together n thing of the past, is being
replaced by that fed on a variety. A
good many who raise poultry make the
mistake of feeding too little muscle
making material. They are rather too
apt to feed with the thought that it
does not matter about the kind as long
as the fowls have enough, and the re-
suit is that with the little exercise that
many provide for their hens, especially
in winter, they take on fat and lose all
inclination to lay. This is not the fault
been furnished with the right kind Of
food to produce eggs. If eggs are de-
sired, the poultry raiser must pay some
attention to the composition of the food
given, for il is n settled thing that hens
will lay when they are fed a balanced
ration and have other conditions equal
~ favorable. Laying stock must not be
fed heavily on corn unless they have
large fields to run over, or il confined
in yard, have some way provided to
keep them active and at work. \ good
many make corn the main food the year
around. This is apt to be the case on
the farm. where corn is the most con-
venient of any feed. but il has been my
experience that when this kind Of feed
ing has been carried on, the period of
usefulness of a hen as an egg producer
is not as long as when kept more on n
mixed food or balanced ration; and
then some hens in a flock are inclined
to be less active than others. these will
become over-fat and diseased or "corn
starved" while the eggs from the gen
eral run of the flock will not hatch as
well. and the chicks that do hatch will
not be as strong and thrifty as those
from hens having other food than corn.
In severe cold weather corn serves
nicely as an evening feed but wheat.
barley, buckwheat and oats will give
better results for the principal food.
Wheat is said to be the richest in the
elements required to build up and re-
pair the waste to which the laying hen
is subject. Oats makes an excellent
feed for eggs, but should not be given
alone, and when very many are fed,
even with other grain, 1t should be seen
to that the fowls are provided with
plenty Of grit. Don't starve the hens
by keeping them on one kind of grain,
whatever it is. 1t hinders egg produc-
tion, and keeps them from turning in a
profit. Feed them protein or muscle
making food and always variety.-V.
NJ Couch, in Ohio Farmer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
FACTS FOR FARMERS,

1t is easier TO start right than to get
right after having been wrong.
Horse manure, land plaster and road
dust are good absorbents in the COW
stable. They take up the liquid and
also prevent escape of nitrogen.
A dose for skunks which settles them
surely is made by mixing strychnine
with the contents of an egg and placing
1t inside the shell. Take care that only
the right animal gets the bait.
Gasoline engines are being used to
quite an extent in Ohio. The cost OF
operating is much less than for steam.
There is less danger than from steam
and no time is wasted in getting up
steam.-T. b. Terry, in Farm and
Home.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Beans are good feed because they
are nitrogenous.
Eggs sell better when sent to market
in regular cases.
The laying hen consumes more food
than one not laying.
The early pullets are the profitable
winter egg producers.
Ten hens with one male make about
the proper proportion.
Ten weeks from shell to market is
the time allotted a chick.
Keep cabbages hanging in the house
within reach of the fowls.
Ten focks, each consisting of ten
hens, are enough for an acre.
Egg shells ground to a powder make
a good addition to the mash.
STEPPED clover with the morning
mash is great egg-producer.
Scatter the grain at noon among lit
ter, SO the fowls must exer,ise.
Corn should not be fed exclusively.
1t should be only night feed in very
cold weather.-Rural World.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31

severe weather a canvas can be hung
inside over the wire front. Nests are
arranged in the intervening spaces, Is
inches above floor, around the front
and two ends.
The roosts are the full length OF
the rear and extend six feet from back
wall toward the front. These should
be three feet high and built as in Fig.
2. This allows ample room to clean
underneath and to lift out the
troughs. The roosting poles are on a
level and at each end fitted snugly
into sawed notches. All can be easily
removed for cleaning, as may the bot
toms Of the nests Gig. 81, which have
short, movable boards for the floor
OF the nests. Drinking cans or troughs
are arranged just under the window;
dust and grit boxes likewise. A house
similarly constructed, with all needful
inside arrangements, can be built for
s25. II lined with light building pa
per it will be nearly frost proof and
easily kept free of vermin. Any kind
of floor can be made, but l prefer
raised earthen floor. Muck or clay
well packed, then wet thoroughly, will
after drying make floor that can be
swept. Sand should be thrown over
II after cleaning and before litter is
put in the house.-American Agricu,-
fnriSt
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
HIRED-HELP PROBLEM,
Its Solution Puzzles Western Farmers
nv Well as HOuseIeepers
in the Large Cities.

1t is the hired-help problem that I
have not yet been able to solve. have
to pay good prices. Day hands have
commanded $l.50 day right along
this summer, and it is mostly unrelia-
bile help at that. So if desire to reap
hny profits on their labor at ordi-
mary prices of produce have to look
after them pretty closely, and if pos
~ible work with them right along. I
'contracted to have my corn cut at
ISl.5o an acre rather than pay $l50 n
day. The corn was heavy, but the
man cut five acres in about 81 davs.
AT day wages it would have taken him
five or six days to cut that number
of acres. Years ago, | remember.
when we had hands grading and bind
ing grain or digging potatoes, the
practice was to race" it; that is, to
see who could cut or bind his swath
or dig his row of potatoes the quick.
est. II kept everyone on the move,
and the work progressed at a good
rate. The employer never had reason
to find fault with his men for idling
or Sinking. Every hand was ready
to give his best service, and the "rac-
ing" feature seemed to be a great
stimulus; indeed, rather an enjoy
ment. But times seem to have
changed. Many Of the helpers of the
present day work only for what they
can get out of the job.-Farm and
FireSide.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
How to Figure Profit,

The larger the crop per acre the Il W.
er the cost and the greater the profit.
1t has been shown that, including abor.
interest on capital, wear Of imple-
ments. atc., a crop Of IS bushels Of wheat
per acre costs about As cents per bushel.
With the same labor crop of 80 bus
els will cost 81 cents per bushel. There
may be no profit at all on 10 bushels
while 80 bushels per acre may give q
fair profit, much, however, depending
on the market prices, the farm and dis.
tance from market.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
GOOD POULTRY HOUSE.
Its Arrangement, Many Think, Is Par
ticularly Well Adapted for
Farm Purposes.

The henhouse here shown has
proved very satisfactory. 1t is 20 feet
long, ten feet wide, seven feet high in
front and four feet in rear. The
scratching shed is eight feet long and
should be on the east end. The win
dow is two by five feet eight inches,
using glass 12 by l6 inches. 1t is one
foot from floor, which admits sunshine
over most of the floor surface and
does not give too much light on roosts,
which is undesirable. A small door
with slide arrangement is cut beneath
window for fowls to go in and out.
The large door is two by six feet; an
other door of like dimensions should
be cut in east side of house proper to
allow entrance to scratching shed. In
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
THE ITALIAN BEE.
Why II IL More Profitable Than the
Common stock and Superior
to the Hybrids.

The Italian is the most profitable
bee. Even the hybrids are much SUI
perior to the common bee. Sometimes
there are colonies of hybrids that are
better than the pure stock. But. as
a writer correctly said: Even if it
were true that hybrids produce as
much honey as pure Italians. each
beekeeper would want at least one
queen of absolute and known purity;
for although first cross might do
very well, unless he had this one pure
queen to furnish queen cells he would
soon have bees Of all possible grades,
from the faintest trace of Italian
blood. all the way up. The objection
to this course is that these blacks.
with about one band to show trace of
Italian blood, are the wickedest bees
to sting that can well be imagined,
being very much more vindictive than
either race in its purity; they also
have a very disagreeable way of tum-
bling off the combs in a perfectly
demoralized state whenever the hive
is opened, except in the height Of the
honey season. and of making n gem
eral uproar when they are compelled,
by smoke, to be decent. Our pure
Italian stocks can be opened at any
time and their queens removed,
scarcely disturbing the cluster, and
as a general thing without the use OF
any smoke at all, ny one who is fully
conversant with the habits OF bees.
A good many hybrids will not repel
the moth, as do the hals-bloods and
the pure Italians. For these reasons
and several others, rear all queens
from one of known purity. If we do
this we may havealmost If not quite
the full benefit of the Italians as
honey gatherers. even though there
are black bees all about u.s."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
Dressing Cnpons for Market.

First be sure and not kill them until
they are fat and their crops empty.
A thin capon is not as good as an ordi-
nary chicken, because il not large or
a proper capon they are not wanted as
capons or chickens either. Leave feath-
ers on neck from head down two-thirds
way to the shoulders. Leave feathers
on two first joints of wings. Leave
feathers on tail and halfway up the
back. Leave feathers on legs from
knee-joint two-thirds up the hips. All
the rest of the feathers come off. Featb-
ers that are removed should be saved
and will sell If kept dry and clean. Be
careful and keep the capon clean. Wrap
paper around head. Appearance helps
the sale and, of course, the price.-Na-
tional Rural.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
SMUT BREAKING OUT ON AN EAR
OF CORN.

corn plant, and feeds upon its juice.
These little plants, of which there are
vast numbers, branch out in tubular
form when they find spot in the corn
plant that is especially nourishing.
Then, inside these tubes, minute bodies
termed spores (seeds) develop, and
finally the spot becomes a mass of
these, and then all Of the little plants
except the spores wither away. The
dark-colored. loose smut. is mostly
the mass of spores, of which there are
countless numbers.
Smut is generally thought by farm
ers to be injurious to stock, yet but
little satisfactory evidence is at hand
to prove that such is the case, as it is
commonly eaten.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
The Worlds Fault.

"There is one thing like about
you," said the intimate friend, land
that is your lack of vanity. You
don't pretend to be the greatest actor
the world has ever seen"
NO" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes, thoughtfully, "but I would
be, If the world would only come to
see me."-Washington Star.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
| @WENo J
I )FARF3.yGARD,EN.
-: ::Sis IS # W. FGS ""
CORN SMUT DESCRIBED.
Little Evidence Is Mt Hand to Prove
That Ii Is Injurious or Dam
gerous to stock.

Prof. Plumb, in his work on Corn
Culture, says: Smut, as seen by the
farmer, is either a distorted, greenish-
white piece of vegetable tissue, or a
mass of black greasy powder, which
generally appears breaking out from
an ear of corn or from the leaf or
stalk when green or succulent. The
source is simple. tubular, minute
plant, too small to be seen by the nak-
Td eve. It grows in the tissues of the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31

Cholly Chur'p'eigh-Miss Coldeal-
aw--how do you like my mustache?
Miss Co,deal-lt looks as though
you got it nj a bargain counter.
Cholly Chumpleigh (who has been
secretly touching it up with grease
painD-Wcally. | don't understand
you.
Miss Coldcal-I mean it has the ap-
pearance of being marked down.
Harlem Life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
Paving the Way.

She-To live with you, dear George.
on q desert island-to be always near
you-that would be my great JOY hence
forth.
He-You dear girl! And that is real
ly al you ask for?
She-Ies. fthere is one other thing
] would like when we're married. il is
that you will take n box at the opera
for The season. viii you, George, dear?
London rick. Me-Up.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
.eura1gia's Pang!

Are the warning cries from overworked.
worried, weak, hungry and exhausted
nerves-nerves that have been abused and
neglected until outraged nature could
stand the strain no longer without pro-
test. Every piercing, cutting, tearing,
burning, pressing pain Of this dreadful
disease is call for help. Why not heed
this call while relief is within your reach?
Now is the time to begin; and the bsst Of
all remedies to use is
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
Similarity.

Forward, my brave men!" shouted
Hannibal; beyond the Alps lies It.
aly!"
"Bah! Youtalk like sweet girl grad
uate." growled a Carthagenian colonel
on the generals staff.
Later on Hannibal completed the re-
semblance by discovering that Rome
was not built in a day.-Baltimore
American.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
Fixes the lila m e.

"When l finds de contribution box
full OBJ buttons remarked Brudder
Sparks. "Ah doan blame de men half so
much es All blame de women. If de
women sew de buttons on secure anuf
de men couldn't pull dem off."-Chica-
go Daily News.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
4 Blow Emphasized.
Did Nnm feel the blow when that

Did you feel the blow when that
young woman threw you over?"
Feel it? She wrote on postal
card that l needn't come to see her
any more; and l board in house
with three spinsters and five giggling
girls. Detroit Free Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
His Natural Inference,

"lf were queen she announced.
81 tell you l would write some laws
that would"
"But a queen doesn't write the laws
Of nation" he interrupted.
How do you know" she demand
ed.
millinery in any Of the Codes" he an
swered.-Chicago Post.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
EXCELLENT BEE VEIL.
The Invention of n California Apiar.
list. Who Has Used One for
Years with Satisfaction.

/ have been using veil of my own
construction now for the last two sea-
sons, and with such entire satisfac-
tion that ! will describe 1t here for
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
HIS HIGH DESCENT,

Gertie-He told me he's descended
from the greatest houses in England.
Bertie-Dare say! He used to be q
house-painter, y'know.-Ally Sloper.
Spoiled His sleep.
Mrs. Eggleston-Look heah, Hem
cry! doan yo' want cup OBJ coffee
fer breakfas'?
Mr.. Eggleston-No-I doan want no
coffee in de mawning'-keeps me
awake all day.-Judge.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31

He wrote a quatrain on bar eyebrow.
A sonnet on her thp0oA
And her father put a footprint
On the fag-end Of his coat.
Chicago Times Herald.
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DOinU Quite Well.

Kind Pedestrian-Here's half a dol
lar, my poor man. Instead Of living
this way, why don't you learn a
trade2
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
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the benefit of all. Take yelling "a
inches wide by SO long. Sew the "a
inch sides together; now take half
inch-wide elastic IS inches long and
fasten on top to go over the hat, and
one piece of elastic one-half inch wide
by 2s inches long to fasten on the
bottom; also one piece of elastic six
inches long. with buttonhole on one
end. Fasten to bottom elastic and
button on to trousers button, and
assure you never bee can go inside.
Try it and be convinced. - NJ. X.
Kuehne, in Gleanipgs in Bee Culture.
Amateurs Rule the Market.
There is a vast difference between
the man that makes a speciality of
poultry raising and the man that
raises few hens for family use only
as to the methods that each must em-
ploy. 1t may fairly be said that the
divergence is at the beginning. The
specialist must first study his mar
ket. The market of the amateur is so
near that he does not need to study
it, as he is not afraid of rivals. The
specialist must be an accountant, but
the other cares little whether he
makes or loses he wants the prod
ucts fresh. For this reason the ANA
teur may succeed where the specialist
would be sure to fail. But for all of
that the amateur poultry raiser is the
greatest factor in the poultry world,
both because he is the most numerous
and because he is the most independ-
ent.-Farmers' Review.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31

Green bone Is valuable food for
growing chicks and matured fowls,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-01-31
A Song Of Action,

Panhandler-I would. sir, II I knew
Of better one than this.-Judge.