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SALT MAKING on SAN FRANCISCO
BAY.
DY ENos BROWN.

The vast amount of salt consumed on
the Pacific Coast is derived from the
sea by evaporation in quantity only
limited by the demand. The cost OF
evaporated salt is but one-ffth of the
lowest rate of transportation on rock
salt from the nearest source Of supply
to the most accessible ocean port.
The locality which enjoys a practica.
monopoly of salt making on the Pacific
Coast of the United States is Alvarado,
a town Of Alameda County, and twenty
miles from San. Francisco. At this
point, which lies on the east side Of the
southern extension of San Francisco
Bay, exist certain peculiarities in the
lay of the land which, united with ell
mate and favorable character Of the
soil, combined to make the locality es'
pecially adapted for this particular in
dustry.
Long intervals of cloudiess skies, the
low humidity, and high. temperature al!
favor rapid evaporation, while the soil,
a stiff clay, is we'll adapted for levees
and making water-tight reservoirs, fol-
the most part, to fill with sea water by
gravity alone. Moreover, the southern
section Of the bay is contaminated by
no considerable a%fluents to dilute with
supplies Of fresh water the sadness
which comes In with the tides Of ocean.
The largest as well as most thor
oughly equipped Of the several corpora
lions engaged in the business is the
Continental Salt Manufacturing Com
pany, which has thirty reservoirs, COW
ering 1000 acres. This company has
constructed from first to last twelve
miles of levees, $500 feet of fumes and
seven and one-half miles -: bitches. A
slough meanders through the tract,
which is navigable for vessels Of con-
siderable draft and affords excellent
and economical facilities for shipping.
4 large mill, well equipped with the
best machinery for washing. drying,
grinding, sitting and boiling the fin
ished product is a prominent feature
of the works. Twenty Dutch windmills
and two Chinese pumps raise altogeth-
err 100000 gallons Of brine each minute.
The entire plant presents to the DID,
server q miniature Netherlands with
the distant ships on the bay appearing
as though floating in the air. The
manufacture of salt from ocean water
Is a constant progression from one res
ervoir to another, transfer being made
as the brine reaches a certain density
to the next. Reservoir No. l covers
3O5 acres and is surrounded by a four
foot leyee. Its outward boundary Is
upon a slough flowing from the bay.
AS the tide rises. twelve gates are
opened and allow the sea water to flow
in to a depth of three feet. The gates
are then closed. The average strength
of the sea water is from four to seven
degrees, and remains in Reservoir NO.
1 until the strength increases to thirty
degrees. By means of wipdmills Res
ervoir No. l is emptied into Reservoir
No. 2 and the brine is exposed to the
heat Of the sun until it reaches a
density of fifty to sixty degrees, which
may take three weeks. The brine is
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TO PROTECT PRESIDENT
Knife to Be Used If He is Bitten by
Mosquitoes in the South.
Scientific Precautions That Will Elimin.
ate the Possibility of Roosevelt Con-
tracing Yellow Fever.

Washington, D. C.-Every effort is to
be eKerted to protect the President
from mosquitoes on his journey to the
South. General Ri1ey has
made all necessary arrangements.
The doors and windows Of the car in
which the President will travel and
remain night and day for the greater
part Of the trip will be screened, and
all the cars will be thoroughly fumi.
gated. The President will not be in
New Orleans after dark. ."
1t is believed that there will be lit
tie danger while he Is driving around
the city or speaking in Lafayette
Square. Should the President be bit
ten Surgeon-General Rixey at ace will
cut out the flesh about the spot.
Rear-Admiral Brownson t~elegraphed
the Navy Department announcing his
departure from Newport with his
squadron, the armored cruisers West
Virginia, Colorado and Pennsylvania.
He will leave the Colorado and Penn
sylyania off Key West and go on with
the flagship to South Pass, where he
will take the President aboard for the
return to Washington from New Or
leans. The West Virginia Is due at
South Pass not later than the morning
Of October &c.
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Perhaps one reason why servants IN
Pepys' time were treated as zone OF
the family" was. that they very often
were blood relations. The diarist him
self, in fact, engaged his W sister,
Pauline, as his servant, (which she
promised me. she could, and with ilany
thanks did weep for JOY" For all
that, he would not "let her sit down at
the table with me, which I do at first
that she may not expect it hereafter
from me-" Her temper, however, mad
the arrangement impossible, and Pepys
had to engage somebody else instead,
sit being a great trouble to me that 1
should have q sister of so ill a nature
that I must be forced to spend money
upon a stranger, when it might be
better upon her, if she were good for
anything"
1t is only within q century or so that
servants have ceased to be relations
Of the family, and the term "menial'
has come to be considered derogatory
instead Of meaning simply within
walls'-intra moenia.\ In the old days,
all women between twelve and forty,
and all men between twelve and srx-
ty, without means OF subsistence, could
be forced by two justices to 60 into
domestic service. Hence the fact that
when a man married his cook, as he
often did, he was extremely likely to
marry some n above him in station
as we understand distinctions of class
nowadays. This also explains why a
lady would refer to her maid as her
"gentlewoman," and a master to his
valet as his Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS,

Orders have been received from
Washington, D. G., for the establish
ment of three branch postofices in
Honolulu. I,
. A complete survey Of the public lands
Of the Territory has just bean finished
by the Survey Department, and the
Land Office has made a list Of the
lands, showing that in all the islands
there are 1.719,160 acres Of Govern
ment lands. -
Fots the frs6time In its history Homo
lulu has pawgbroking shops. Two have
started within the past few weeks.
Luke E. Wright, Governor General
Of the Philippines, will retire from that
post about December 1, and return to
Memphis, Tenn. to resume his law
practice.
According to the annual port for
the year 1904 Of the Mania Railway
Company. owning the line connecting
Manila with Dagupan, the road paid
fifteen per cent net profit.
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THE DESERTED HOMESTEAO.:

b on the hill, mid the poisoning trees,
Stands the homestead, bare and tall;
e sunlight CLEANS on the broken panes,
And shines through the silent hall;
e garden where the children played
Is but a tangled maze,
I'D the cherry blossoms falling fast
Bring thoughts of other days.
e woodbine climbs to the little porch,
And taps at the dingy door,
enters the room through the shattered
pane
And trails DER the dusty floor;
lovingly twines Ger the broken chair
Where a mother used to rock,
I'D droops its leaves DER the hanging
door,
and clings to the iron lock.
e roses that bloom in the summer house
Nod their dropping heads and say:
low long it is since the mother sang,
And we watched the children play!
$w long since the lovers wandered here
and sat in the cleaning sweet.
NV long since the garden echoed gay
With the sound of little feet"
t there's silence through the garden
And through the orchard sweet;
sound of happy singing,
and no rush OF little feet,
ID the roses clustering gently
Der the window and the door
Bten vainly for the children,
That are coming more.
J on the hill, mid the blossoming trees,
Stands the homestead, bare and tall;
e sunlight CLEANS on the broken panes,
and shines through the silent hall;
e garden where the children played
| 3 but a tangled maze,
d the cherry blossoms falling fast
Bring thoughts of other days.
Winifred NJ. Baldwin, in Springfield Re-
publican.
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DOMESTIC.

George A. Lovejoy, Of Spokane,
Wash, who agreed to give up two or
three strips of his skin to save the
life of a fellow Elks' wife, has sue6
DR.. G. P. Thomas for $4,000 because
the latter removed fifty square inches
Of cuticle. ,.t @.
Legislation for currency reform will
be sought from the next Congress by.
the American Bankers Association.
The theatrical season opening at New
York has been poor OF the whole.
Every one of Boston's 5000 public
school children found a seat when the
schools opened. d..
The sixty-eighth year of the Univer-
sity of Michigan opened at Ann Arbor
with fully 1900 students.
A Los Angeles (Cal.) sunday-school
the other day gave watermelons as
prizes to leading pupils.
The Naval Institute, composed Of
officers of the United States Navy, has
elected as President Rear-Admiral G.
F. Goode. :
One Of the new victims Of smallpox
at Natchez, Miss, is Miss Mary Cham:
berlain, a niece Of the Governor Of
Oregon %
Military prisoners On Governors ISL
and, New York City, had to form q
bucket brigade to fight a fire which
Threatened the prison.
1t was reported at Butte, Mont, that
the Morning and Evening mines, the
biggest in Occur d'Alenes, had been
sold to New Workers. for S6,0O0,000 =.
In Van Ness avenue, San Francisco.
CAL, the city has placed an extra num-
Der of electric lights, so as to make it
better for the night drills Of the Ma
tional Guard. .
The Sheriff of Hartford County, in
Connecticut, has been fined $50 by the
United States District Court for taking
a Federal prisoner from the county
Jail to paint his summer house and
work around his grounds at New Lon
don. !;
King Edward will give a Bible lee
turn to Bruton Church, at Williams
burg, Va, to commemorate the three
hundredth anniversary Of the Anglican
Church's establishment Oh the shores
of the Old Dominion,
A General Council' to consider the
proposed union Of the Congregational
100000 members), United Brethren
(25O, 1000, and Methodist Protestant
(1SO,OOO Churches has been called to
assemble at Dayton, O., February z,
1905.
The merger Of Harvard University
and the Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology has fallen through.
The University of Chicago enroll
ment for this year is 1925, a gain OF
nearly twenty-five per cent.
Five prisoners escaped from the Jail
at Staunton, Va, being the third break
within a few weeks.
Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphia, Pa.
caused the arrest of former Director Of
Public Safety English and four others
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
the city. ;
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FOREIGN.

President Roosevelt's cordiality to
France, shown in his selection of the
French Ambassador as his partner at
tennis, has alarmed President Castro Of
Venezuela, who now announces his
willingness to settle the Taigny case
The British naval authorities have
decided to modernize the system Of
cooking for the rank and file Of the
navy.
France will shortly possess one Of
the finest roadways in the world. It
will extend from Lille to the manufac-
turing towns of RoubaiX and Tour
Going, FIVE miles. 1t will be $50 feet
wide and divided into sections-for or
binary wheeled traffic, for cycles and
motors and for pedestrians.
A three days festival is to be held at
Bonn, where Schumann, the composer,
is buried.
4 congress of Belgian parents is SOON
to onven at LieGe to decide what
stories and plays IT. is best for children
to read and see. (
Three railroad signalmen whose
prompt action in an emergency recently
prevented great loss Of life on an Eng
lish railroad arc to receive the Albert
medal. .
Six of this years graduates Of the
Toronto Deaconess Training School
have been appointed as missionaries
to foreign fields. =.
In Hesse, Germany, a tax has been,
put on bachelors, who now have to payi
twenty-five per cent. more in taxest
than married men.
Troops and police in st. Petersburg,
with drawn swords charged students,
workingmen and even Prince Trout
betskoy's funeral procession.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08
PORTLAND FAIR A SUCCESS.
Lewis and Clark Fair Seen by 100000
Will Pay 80 Per Cent. Dividend.

Lewis and Clark Fair Seen by 100000
Will Pay 80 Per Cent, Dividend.
Portland, Ore.-The Lewis and Clark
Exposition has come to a close, COM
pleting the biggest enterprise of it's
kind ever held on the Pacific Coast.
The closing ceremonies were appro-
pirate. AS the. band. finished "Auld
Lang Syne" the lights were extin-
guished and six miniature battleships
were dynamited ana blown up. This
was followed by fireworks, ending with
the set piece Good Night"
The exposition was entirely success
full. In point of attendance all predic-
lions were beaten, and a few thousand
over 2,5O0,000 have entered the grounds
since the opening day. While the fair
was we'll patronized by the home peo-
pie, great throngs Of visitors from all
parts Of the United States were con-
stantly in the city, often testing the
hotel capacity. -.
Financially also the exposition went
beyond all expectations. 1t IS known
beyond doubt'that the stockholders will
receive q dividend Of at least thirty
per cent. while it is more possible that
a forty per cent. dividend will be de.
clared. -as---rT ssl.Gss~h.s6py
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Labor World

A training school for carpenters has
been started by the Reading Carpen-
ters' Union.
Among the propositions defeated at
the recent convention of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union was a reso-
luton declaring against the National
Guard.
Sympathetic strikes in Chicago prob
ably will be more prevalent in the near
future through an alliance between the
teamsters and the railway freight
handlers. The name of the new fed
Grafton is the Shipping Trades ALI,
ance.
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SENATOR FULFORD DIES.

Canadian Statesman Was Thought to
Have Been Only Slightly Hurt.
Newton, Mass.-Senator George T.
Fulford, of B%rockville, Canada, died at
the Newton Hospital as the result Of
injuries received in an automobile &C.
cident one week before.
Louis Zerlax, of Albany. N. T., the
chauffeur, died three days later. Sena-
tor Fulford's body was taken. to Can
ada.
Senator Fulford was a native of
Brockvllle and was ifty-three years
old. In 1900 he was called to the Sen
ate of Canada. He amassed a large
fortune as q manufacturer of medi-
cines, was all enthusiastic yachtsman
and was q member of several Canadian
social and yacht clubs.
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is done by a switchman or special en-
ploye, is shown 10 the illustration. 1t
is not unlike a watering cat with the
sprinkling nose removed, AHA the addi-
ton of a guiding wheel attached to the
spout. In use the guide rail Is placed
on the rail and the can tilted at the
proper angle to discharge the sand,
which is disposed uniformly at such
points as to effect the greatest braking
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Record.
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NeWsy Gleanings.

The cable rate from England to
India has been reduced to two shillings
per word.
Yale informally opened her 2O5th
academic year with probably a larger
registration than any other year.
Miss Crowther, the largest and ferc-
est gorilla ever captured. has just ar.
rived at the London Geological Gar
dens.
Miss Fleming, an assistant in the
Harvard Astronomical Observatory,
has discovered another new star, of al
most the sixth magnitude, in the con-
stellation Aquila.
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StpamshiD Cats.

From eight to twelve cats, rat-catch-
ing, are part.of the equiv ment of every
great ocean liner, and these same pus'
sizes daily appear on the ships books
where their rations are accounted for.
Each cat is stationed at a different
part of the ship, and certain stewards
are told off to feed them daily.
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81 can't stay and meet that outsider
"That's a nice way to speak Of my
frends."
Friends, indeed"
"Well. | suppose he lays claim to that
distinction. There, sit down again
I'll give orders he's not to be admit
ted" said Mrs. st. John, touching the
electric bell.
Thanks, Madge,' murmured the
young man, gratefully, when the pair
were alone again.
"You don't deserve to have your ca
prices humored in this way. but L
suppose such an old friend as you has
privileges"
"Yes; we are old friends, aren't we!
How many years is it since we used to
play together in the old Manor gar
den?-twenty, I'm sure"
ooh, no; certainly not" she inter-
posed, hastily.
"Quite twenty" asservated the young
mai firmly; remember the compact"
you're perfectly horrid. Very well,
then: let it be twenty, since you in
sist."
"And after all those years you're go
ing to throw me over for a fellow like
Charteris?" Pursued Bob, %reproach-
fully.
my dear boy, how can you be SO
foolish! Who's talking of throwing
you over?"
"Why do you encourage him, then?'
az wasn't aware" began Mrs. St.
John, warmly, but stopped abruptly on
meeting a warning look from her IN
terrogator. "Well, suppose 1 did; what
thenT
What then" repeated the young
man. rather staggered. "Do you mean
to say you're going to marry the fell
low?"
81 really couldn't say. You see, he
hasn't asked me-"
Don't bubble, Madge. Are you go
ing to marry him or are you not?'
81 don't see what right you have to
cross-examine me in this way" ex-
claimed Mrs. st. John, evasively.
"Don't you, Madge? Do you really
say 1 have no right?" continued Cap
tain Harcourt earnestly.
Certainly not"
"Are you quite sure? Remember
ooh, very well then. No, I'm not 60
ing to marry him. Are you satisfied
now"
"Not quite. I want to know some
thing else"
you're perfectly Unsuitable" replied
Madge. ~nervously. "Well, what is it,
SIS there any one else"
"Any one else? Of course not. WHY
should there be"
"Madge, you promised to speak the
truth"
$50 I did-the brutal truth. Very
we'll, then, since you will have it; yes,
there is"
"Madge! Darling"
ooh, but" replied Madge. disengag-
ing herself from the young mans some
what tempestuous advance. II never
said it was you"
"Oh, yes you did," he replied with
much decision.
"Did I really? queried Mrs. st, John
artlessly. swell, 1 suppose you know
best; but, Bob, dear, you must really
promise me to turn over a new leaf in
future and make up your mind to be
absolutely truthful-at any rate to me-
"By all means, but on condition that
YOU give me a similar promise"
"Oh, I always"
"Madge" warningly.
every we'll, I promise. There's my
hand on it. I hope you are satisfied
now"
"Perfectly," answered the Captain
London Mail.
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KILLS TO sAyE HIS MOTHER.
aeha-3% s.4sSW sl~-4s.Sfs&n
Boy Shoots Down His Father, Who
Had Attacked Her.

Had Attacked Her. ~
Trenton, N. J.-While protecting his
mother from the assault Of his father,
who was armed with a knife. William
T. Bevins, Jr., shot and killed his
father on a ~houseboat in the Delaware
River. The son was about to give. him
self up to the police when he was ar
rested and held without bail for the
Grand Jury.
According to the story: told by the
mother she and her husband had O
quarrel, and about supper time he
threatened to kill her. BE was armed
with a knife and pursued her around
the house. She finally escaped from
the house, and before the husband
could find her she had rowed out to the
houseboat Of her son.
The husband rowed out to the house.
boat, and when he came aboard young
Bevins refused to let him see his moth
er. The father grabbed q Ratchet and
was striking at his sons head when the
son fred and killed him.
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MINE LAW IN EFFECT.
It Excludes $4,000 Boys From Work
ing in Pennsylvania.

It EXCLUDES 12,0OO Boys FROM Work
ing in Pennsylvania.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.-The Iew mine law
forbidding the employment of boys IN
der fourteen years old outside the an
thracite mines and boys under sixteen
years old inside Of them, has gone into
effect. The results are eagerly await
ed by the mine workers leaders. 1t is
estimated that there r $4,000 breaker
boys between the ages Of ten and four
teen who will be affected by the law,
but as far as can be learned compare
lively few of these left the breakers.
A reasonable time will be given
them to secure the necessary employ
ment certificate, and then the mine
workers leaders will proceed to see
that the law is strictly obeyed.
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Anarchists Active in Russia.

Red flag demonstrations drew crowds
to the Nevsky Prospect in st. Peters
burg. Russia, but Cossacks and gend-
armes drove the demonstrators away
and q band crossed the river and be-
gan an open air meeting in front of the
university, which was Charged on by
notice and two men were wounded.
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Celebration In Kilkenny.

The corporation Of Kilkenny has de-
cided to present an address to King
Edward on his visit to that city, and
on the same day to grant the freedom
of the city to John DAILY, of Limerick
lately discharged from prison, where
he served a term for using dynamite.
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Fishermen Want Rights Defined.

The Gloucester (Mass.) fishermen
sent representatives to Washington to
consult Secretary Root as to their fish
ing rights on the coast of Newfound-
land, under the treaty of 1918.
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Act of Union Repealed.

The Riksdag unanimously passed the
the bill introduced by the Government
repeating the act Of union with Nor
way and altering the flag Of Sweden.
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the fiat, slid wheels, which at one time
constituted such an item Of car &C
count. Despite the use of sand cars,
which do nothing else but treat the
whole circuit of tracks, each a Is
fitted with it's own sanding appliances
in addition. A rather convenient
scheme for sanding rails, where this
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Parkhurst on Insurance Graft.

The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst. in a sermon
preached in New York City, said reve-
lations of insurance inquiry are symp-
tomato of a general disease that is
gnawing into the vitals of the body pol
itic.
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The SAND IN 4 CAN.

The sanding of car tracks has been
found to be one of the greatest econo-
mics in street railway operation, as this
practice has almost entirely obviated
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-08
NJ Faure Wins Balloon Race.

NJ. jacques Faure won the balloon
race, landing in Hungary. after a trip
of SIS miles. NJ. Faure thus wins the
Aero Clubs grand prize.
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Fever Disappearing.

New Orleans.-Unless the Federal
authorities are greatly disappointed,
the present week will mark practically
the end of the yellow fever visitation.
One, hundred and fifteen inspectors
have been dropped from the rolls and
more will be let GO. There will then
be 400 men at work, against 1875 a
short time ago. The report Of the Citi-
zens' Committee is expected to show a
large surplus from the fund raised to
fight fever.
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r. T. Democrats Nominate.

Former Governor L. F. G. Garvin
was nominated by the Democrats in
session at Providence, R. l., for gov
ernor, by reclamation.
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Advocates Big Battleships.
Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans advo-
Gates building battleships of $4,000
tons as the minimum displacement.