The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1895, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1895. 11 ~ LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, The Mayor Revokes His Ap- pointments on the Board of Health. FOUND TO BE INELIGIBLE. The Southern Pacific Company Ralses Some New Points in a Stop-Over Sult. Mayor Davies has settled the score with Drs. Miss Shuey and Beckwith for their disregard of his wishes in the matter of the appointments of the Board of Health. ‘When the Mayor took office he appointed Drs. Shuey and Beckwith, expecting that the patronage of the board, which consists of a number of lucrative oflices, would be dispensed with some regard for his wishes in the matter. At first the board seemed to be willing to do the Mayor's bidding, and Secretary Paul Schaffer was replaced by E. W. Thurman, a friend of the chief executive. There the obedience stopped, however, for at the last meeting of the board the mem- bers kicked over the traces entirely and made such bavoc with the positions under their control that the Mayor, who was enjoying himself at Santa Cruz, hurried back from the seaside to stem the tide if possible. Through the change of heart on the part of D Shuey and Beckwith Paul Schaffer was returned to his position, and S. 8. Smith, the sanitary inspector, whom Mayor Davies particularly desired removed, was reapppinted. ‘When the Board of Public Works met resterday the Mayor surprised the physi- ans by revoking their appointments, basing his action on section 201 of the city charter, which reads as follows: The Mayor, members of the Couneil, Auditor, Treasurer, City Att Police Judge, Com- missioner of Public Works, School Directors, members of the Board of Heaith and Health Officer must each at the term of their election or appointment have been a citizen of the United States and a resident and qualified elector of the city for three years next preced- ing their election or appointment. Soon after his return from Santa Cruz the Mayor made the discovery that neither Dr. Shuey nor Dr. Beckwith possessed the necessary qualifications and that his action in appointing them was illegal. Hence he made haste to revoke the appointments. The Mayor makes no secret_of his hope and belief that Secretary Schaffer and Sanitary Inspector Smith will be ousted on the grounds that the body which appointed them was illegal, and therefore that they are not qualified to act. Smith offered to file his bond with the Mayor yesterday, but the latter refused to acknowledge him as the Inspector. It is believed that the members whose appoint- P ments were revoked will not give up their offices without a struggle, and that the Board of Health may follow the Board of Public Works into the courts. Dr. Miss Shuey is out of town, but is expected back to-day Defense on Stop-Overs. In the suit of W. H. Paxson against the Southern Pacific Company the defendant ised some new points to protect it- nst the attacks of those who sue ts where a stop-over in Oakland trip from San Francisco to Ala- e 1. The railroad in its brief s rdle ollowing point: First—7hat Oakland being all one station, Alameda being all one station, there can intermediate station between the two, are separated only by an imaginary Second—That the piaintiff if he has any canse of action mistook his remedy by bringing his action under the wrong clause of section 490 of the Civil Code. Third—That the plaintiff is not a bona-fide complainant because he knew and deliberately committed the act set out in the complaint. The plaintiff denies all these allegations, and the defendants have been allowed ten days by Judge Ogden to file their final briefs, when the case will be decided. Paxson sued for $200 as damages for being refused stop-over privileges. Dr. Cole’s Sister Buried. The funeral of the late Mrs. Henrietta H. Marshall, sister of Dr. R. Beverley Cole, president of American Medical As- sociation, took place from her late resi- dence, 1315 Webster street, yesterday after- noon. The floral decorations were par- ticularly noticeable. Beantiful designs were offered by Mrs. R. W. Kirkham, Mrs. A. J. Raiston,” Miss Claire Ralston, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Winkle, Mrs. Roland G. Brown, Mme. C. Sourdry and Miss Bray- ton. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. itchie of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, assisted by Rev. Dr. Akerly. The inter- ment was in Mountain View Cemetery. The pall-bearers were J. West Martin, Chauncey Taylor, Captain Rogers, E. H. Marwedel, Fred M. Campbell, A.J. Ral- ston, Dr. Woods, U. 8. Judge Stanly and Professor Frank Soul Policeman MecCloud Dismissed. The Board oi Public Works sitting as a Board of Police Commissioners dismissed Policeman William MecCloud from the force yesterday. The charges on which he was dismissed were brought by Chief of Police Schaffer and included insubordina- tion and inefficiency. The resolution authorizing his dismissal recited that none of the charges had been proven except that of visiting public places while on duty, and it was on this ground that his services were dispensed with. This was McCloud’s fourth trial before the board, the charges emanating from the Chief in each instance. Funeral of Mrs. Pullén. The funeral of Mrs. Charity Pullen was held yesterday afternoon from the resi- dence of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Lay- mance, 963 Fifth avenue. The interment was in Hollister. Mrs. Pullen was the widow of the late George Pullen and mother of Mrs. J. Tyrrel, Mrs. W. H. Blosser, Mrs. J. W. Laymance and George Pullen. The deceased was born in New York State eighty-four years ago. She came to Oakland in the early fifties, and was, with her husband, the founder of the First Methodist Church in Oakland. C. R. Bennett’'s Case. Yesterday afternoon arguments were beard in the case of C.R. Bennett upon the issue of “twice in jeopardy” raised upon 2 motion to set aside the verdict. Bennett's counsel lays particular stress upon the point that after a man has been found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon on the first trial he conld not be convicted on a subsequent trial of the more serious offense of assault to murder in the same case. Will of Ex-Mayor Andr The will of the late ex-Mayor W. R. An- drus was filed for probate yesterday after- noon in the Superior Court. The value of the estate is . To the widow of the deceased is given the homestead on Tenth street, and the residue of the estate is divided equally between the widow and mother and father of the deceased. Mangled in the Switch. John J. Smith, a switchman residing at 1707 Chase street, lost his right fool by having it run over by a boxcar yesterday afternoon. While working at a switch he got his foot caught in a frog, and before he could extricate himself a train of boxcars backed down upon him, severing his foot at the ankle. The injured man was re- moved to Woolsey’s hospital. Hard on Teachers. The Board of Education of Alameda County seems determined to limit the number of scl teachers and to improve their standard. Of the seventy-five appli- cants entering the examinations for cer- tificates to teach fifty-five were unable to }mss the test studies. The difficultv chiefly ay in the arithmetic, which caused the falling of fifty-three. Candy Men Settle. The suit of the partners, Mason and White, the confectioners, which caused so much legal trouble. has finally been set- tled. They have come to an agreement, and an order of dismissal of the case before the court has been entered. BERKELEY. The Board of School Directors met Mon- day evening. The annual report of S.D. Waterman, principal of the East Berkeley schools, showed that the total enroliment for the vear, including the High School, was 1688, the average number being 1361, and the average daily attendance 1303. Principal Warnick of the West Berkeley schools re- ported that the total enrollment in his dis- trict during the year was 537; number of new pupils, 506; average daily attend- ance, 380. The course of study at the High §chool was somewhat modified. A limited course of not less than three of the prescribed studies n ranged in cases where parentsdesire such a course. Attheconclu- sion of a three years’ limited course, the student shall be entitled to receive a cer- tificate of work done, but not a diploma of graduation. The board considered the work of the year to be very satisfactory. Some changes in one course of the High School study have been made necessary by the issuing of a new series of readers from the State Printing Office. {iss Clara Partridge, Miss Wilkes and Flagg were elected to teachers’ posi- EKnights and Ladies of Honor. A chapter of the order of Knights and Ladies of Honor was formed Monday even- ing. A large delegation of members from the San Francisco lodge assisted the grand officers to initiate the officers of the Berke- ley Council. William Wateland was chosen tector; Dr. Farrar, protector. protector elected is M cording secretary, Ed M. Hanson; treas- urer, R. W.Good; chaplain, Charles G. Wright; guide, Miss Annie Gross; guard- ian, Miss Sarah Blunt; sentinel, Fred Champagne. High School Class. The class of 95, Berkeley High School, formally organized as a graduate class Monday afternoon. William E. Sauer was elected president, Miss Josephine Colby vice-president, Walter Kemp secretary, and James Kline treasurer. W. C. T. U. Meeting. A special open meeting of the Woman’s Temperance - Union will be held at the First Methodist Church this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Mrs. SLthen Matthews, a dele- gate of the British Woman’s Temperance Association, has been engaged to speak. ALAMEDA. The election for Chief Engineer of the Fire Department is set for July 20, but it is the opinion of many that the election will not take place. There is a growing feeling on the part of the City Trustees that the Chief should begunder their con- trol and direction. As it is now the Chief is elected by the firemen, and his election has to be confirmed by the municipal board. This was reached as a compromise when the firemen declared that the volun- teer department would disband if they did not have a voice in the selection of Chief. The board is of the conviction that he should be answerable to them alone for his conduct, and it is rumored that such a change will shortly be made. The mu- nicipal board is in receipt of a communi- cation from the Insurance Union in which the weakness of the department is referred to in unequivocal terms. New Passenger Depot. The City Trustees have adopted a resolu- tion closing Railroad avenue from Park street to Foley street and extending Foley street from Railroad to Lincoln avenue. The subscribers to the $2006 fund for the purchase of the Lewis Eroperly requested the board to pass favorably upon the reso- lation. In return they have agreed to do- nate to the city a forty-foot street through the rear of the land proposed to be pur- chased. Cyecleries Are Licensed. The City Trustees are of the opinion that cycleries should be taxed, and the City Attorney has been instructed to amend the ordinance to apply to them. The stable- men are becoming alarmed at the inroads which the bicycle is making into their business, and are resorting to protective measures. New Business Structure. ‘Work was begun yesterday afternoon on a big business structure at the corner of Central avenue and OQak street. F. N. De- laney has charge of the property, and work will be pushed until the building is com- pleted. THE J. €. PRICE LYCEUM. A Pleasant Evening’ ntertainment by an Organization of Colored People. Zion M. E. Church, on Powell street, was the scene of an enjoyable evening’s entertainment given by the J. C. Price Lyceum, and under the auspices of the Assembly Club, the most exclusive organ- ization of colored people in San Francisco. The J. C. Price Lyceum has been in exist- ence for only a few weeks, and last even- ing’s event was one of its first regular entertainments. The programme presented consisted of music and recitations and a paper pre- pared and read by George W. Dennis on Frederick Douglass. This paper was the feature of the programme. It told of the life of the great leader of the colored race from the time of his birth in North Caro- lina, a slave, until he reached fame and prosperity in his older years. The pro- gramme was a success in every way, and the social evenings, encouraged by past successes, will be given every two weeks in the future. NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, ast pro- The vice- ss Clara Hand; re- Hotel Rates in San Fran- cisco Will Not Be Advanced. Agreement Signed by the Leading Hotel Managers of the City. San Francisco never invites strangers to come here for the purpose of fleecing them. Should the National Committee decide to hold the Presidential Convention of 15896 in this City, the delegates and others may rest assured that the increased demand for hotel accommodation will not cause the hotel managers here to advance the rates. The Union League and the Hali-million Club can give that assurance in writing, attested by the signatures of the leading hotel managers of San Francisco. Yesterday 8. F. Thorn, president of the San Francisco Hotel Association, obtained signatures as given below to the following distincy agreement. BAN FRANCISCO, CAL., June 18, 1895, We, the undersigned hotel managers and pro- prietors, hereby agree to use our best eflorts toward comfortably entertaining, and promise not to advance our rates to visitors and dele- ates, should the next session of the National r;lraenflll Convention or conventions be held in the City of San Francisco. 8. . THORN, Grand Hotel. Wi B. HooPER, Occidental Hotel. GEORGE B. WARREN, Palace Hotel. GEORGE W. BAIDWIN, Baldwin Hotel. rnis Hotel. K. B. SOULE, L CHARLES MONTGOMERY, Brooklyn Hotel. KING, WARD & Co., New Western Hotel. KING, WARD & Co., International Hotel, | dence. A SHOOTING IN OAKLAND. Dr. Frank E. Pierce Savagely Assaulted in His Own Yard. HIS ASSAILANTS ESCAPED. Two Men Waylay a City Official, Who Gets Off With a Few Bad Bruises. Two men who lay in wait in the rear of City Veterinarian Frank E. Pierce’s house at Valdez and Twenty-fourth streets, Oak- land, made what appears to have been a desperate attempt to kill or seriously maim the doctor at an early hour yesterday morning. Pierce is in the habit of reaching his house by the rear entrance, passing through a back gate and thence through a stable- yard into the house yard proper, which is partially taken up by a henhouse, situated close to the plank walk leading from the back door to the gate of the stable-yard. At 12:15 yesterday morning, according to Mrs. Pierce, as her husband was entering the yard he was suddenly attacked by two men, one of whom struck him in the face and seized him by the throat. She heard a pistol shot and a scream, and opened the door in time to see her husband rushing toward the house in a state of great ex- citement and calling for help. “I was up, awaiting his coming home,” she said, “when I heard a scream and then a pistol shot. I ran downstairs and opened the back door just in time to let my husband in. He was running toward the door. He was attacked by two men in the yard just es he entered ir. One of them struck him in the face, and then a pistol shot was fired. The bullet did not strike the doctor. My husband was very nervous, and appeared to be highly ex- | cited. “T aroused Mr. Bailey, who lives in the house, and he went downtown for Dr. Rogers, who gave my husband a_quieting opiate. He was not hurt physically in any way, but was very much wrought up over the assault. Hels of a very nervous tem- perament, and any unusual excitement al- ways affects him?very seriously.” Mr. Pierce could not be seen, asthe phy- sician had advised his wife to seclude him from all callers, but he is said to be suffer- ing from nervous IE)mstmtion resulting from the assault. Dr. Rogers says that Dr. Pierce shows no signs of serious in- juries, the only marks on_his body being ruises on the right cheek and abrasion on the elbow. Mr. Pierce and wife are en- tirely at a loss to account for the assault. One of the strangest stories in connec- tion with the matter is told by Mrs. Alli- son and her two sons, who reside next to the Pierce place on the south. They were witnesses to the aftermath of the affray. Mrs. Allison said when seen last evening’: “I was awakened by the report of a volver just a little after midnight. Terri- ble eries followed the report sounding as if they came from one mortally wounded. I rushed to the window and looked in the direction from which the sounds came, but could see nobod; “My youngest son stayed at the front window while I went to the rear of the house to see if I could discover anybody. While I was there my son called to me | saying that he saw two men hiding be- hind a hedge in front of the Pierce resi- They quietly arose and walked past the front of my house, seemingly with no concern whatever. When directly in front one of them said in an ordinary voice, ‘Did you kick him in the head.’ They continued talking in an unconcerned manner until they disappeared in the darkness.” A son of Mrs. Allison said that he was talking with a man later in the morning, whose name he did not know, but who said that he met two men just after the shoot- ing on Twenty-fourth street, near Web- ster. In response toa question from him as to the cause of the shooting they re- plied that an old horse had been shot. The men are described as being of about the same height, slender build and well dressed. The police have been working industriously on the case, but thus far have found no clews to the parties who committed the assault. IM L INTERESTED Oregon Improvement Share- holders Can See His Hand. The Pacific Railway From Port Har- ford to Be Extended—Watch- ing Elijah Smith. Stockholders of the Oregon Improve- ment Company are not all working in harmony nowadays with the same end in view as in years gone by when their great enterprise was giving entire satisfaction to each and every one of them. On the con- trary it is stated on very good authority that the stockholders are fighting amon; themselves. Their desire is to change thi order of management and begin anew on broaaer lines, which would include de- velopment and new resources, while giving them more of an income than they have enjoyed for some time past. They claim that Elijah Smith is trying to get possession of the company, and not a few of them ask the very significant question, ‘‘Has he not already got control of its management?"’ More than this, it is asserted that “Jim”’ Hill is backing Smith in the struggie for possession, and that in this is evidence of a powerful combine, which Las for its object the amalgamation of the company with the Great Northern Railway and its allied interests in the Northwest. Hill’s road has unexcelled terminal facilities at Beattle, and it would be to his interests to have the steamers of the Oregon Improve- ment Company enter at his wharves regu- larly, and thereby give the Great Northern an assured means of distribution by sea from Seattle for the Pacitic Coast. The Oregon Improvement Company owns the steamers of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company; the Pacific Coast Railway, which runs from Port Harford throuih San Luis Obispo to Los Olivos, near the border of Santa Barbara County, and also a short line or two in the Nortfvx- west, one of which is the Port Townsend Southern. Its agents in San Francisco are Goodall, Perkins & Co., but they claim to know nothing of the company’s executive de- sartmenc, being concerned only in con- ucting their line of steamers up and down the coast. The Pacific Coast Railway in San Luis Obispo County is a nurow-fiauge road in- tended as a feeder for Port Harford, It connects with San Luis Obispo and thence winds in a_southeasterly direction through a productive valley um! along the foothills of the Coast Range to Los Olivos. Its course is several miles to the west of the new road of the Southern Pacific’s coast route, and therefore cannot come in conflict with this line, which will shortly be in operation. The stockholders among other things— that is the section now making a stand for development—are desirous of seeing this narrow-gange line continued further into the country. To this, however, there is no concerted %pposm_oq, but only a differ- ence of individual opinion, Intentions re- garding definite work on the road are kept secret to a great extent, but it has come out that the line is to be extended into iertile foothills toward the southeast where the Southern Pacific line does not touch and will not be likely to go for many years to come if at all. FATHER WYMAN'S LECTURE The Paulist Priest Tells the Story of His Conversion to the Catholie Faith. Nearly every seat in the auditorium and galleries of St. Mary's Cathedral, on Van Ness avenue and O'Farrell street, was filled last night by the audience that gath- ered to listen to the lecture of Rev. H. H. Wyman (Paulist) on “From Plymouth Rock to the Rock of Peter,” which was de- livered for the benefit of the Children’s Day Home, conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Trinity. Father Wyman introduced his lecture by giving a description of a New England Puritan town, which was a pattern of great external decorum, he said. It was in such a town that he was born. He was educated as a Congregationalist. The New Testament was the first book he had read. He became a member of the Congregational church early in life. While a student in college his attention was drawn to the Catholic church, whose claims he resolved to investigate. He i;urchnsed the Catholic_version of the oly Scriptures and read all the Catholic books of instruction he could obtain. At the same time he began to study most assiduously the New Testament to find out what Christianity was in the days of the Apostles and to compare it with the religion taught by the Catholic church to- day. He then continued: “I found that the Apostles and early Christians had Yeflect certainty in regard to their faith, It was the deepest convie- tion of their minds and hearts, and I found also that the Catholic church taught that iamle certainty in regard to the truth of aith. “In investigating further the teachings of the New Testam those of St. Paul— I came to the conclusion that the suprem- acy and infallibility of the successor of St. Peter, and consequently of the church, was as clearly revealed in the New Testa- ment_as the “doctrine of the trinity or the divinity of Jesus Christ. “But it must not be supposed that dog- matic reasons were the only ones I had for accepting the Catholic faith. I had moral and spiritual motives which influenced me more. I believed in the necessity of hatred of sin and the amendment of life, union with God by prayer and communion with him' by the holy sacrament of the euchar- ist.” Tn conclusion he said: “Itisa mistake to try to destroy any faith unless we can put something better in its place. It is a mistake for those who believe in God and Christ to antagonize each other. The cause of infidelity is the gainer by such MECHINES INSTIUTE MECHANIC Trustees Arranging for the Holding of the Fair in August. A Lament From Solly Walter—Ma- chinery and Music—The Weather Bureau Man. The board of trusiees of the Mechanics’ Institute met last night, the principal business being the consideration of the fair to be held on August 13. Incidental to the meeting a successor to Oscar Lewis was elected after much discussion. By the time the matter was reached there were only eight trustees present, and of these Mr. Formhals refused to vote. The con- stitution was brought forth and it was dis- covered that the election could be held without him. Mr. Lewis was elected at the regular election, but the members of the institute rejected him at the quarterly meeting; so it remained with the trustees to name a successor. The gentleman named was Alexander Burdet. The report of the art committee pro- voked quite a discussion. Chairman Ayers introduced Solly Walter, the artist, who haa examined the pavilion at his request. Mr. Walter said that the efforts of the committee had met with great success and that the Cavy, Chronicle and Examiner had promised their co-operation in the work. Regarding the exhibits the paint- ers and owners had generously proffered their assistance. One of the greatest diffi- culties to be overcome, he said, would be in the hanging of thc exhibits. Another great obstacle to be overcome would be the absence of the proper light in the day- time. The report that Scheel had been engaged to lead the orchestra aroused a discussion, R. P. Doolan vigorously opposing the action of the committee. "Chairman Ken- drick of the latter called attention to the fact that at the last meeting the gommit- tee had been given full power to act. The newsgaper rivilege was awarded to Hicks & Judd for $550. There were three bidders for this privilege. Hicks & Judd wanted $150 back for advertisiug the pro- gramme, aifd other matter which the trus- tees might wish inserted during the fair. The trustees decided to act on the latter proposition later on. Solicitor Smyth’s report was an interest- ing one. He said that a great number of people had declared that mechanics were not wanted in the fair. If theg did go in, it was said their exhibits would be stuck in out-of-the-way nooks and corners where they would not be seen. “I told them that they could have the whole pavilion,” said Mr. Smyth, ‘“but the machinery men claimed that the management would not say so.” %he trustees decided that the Grove- street side could be devoted to machinery which would not be in operation. It was said that it cowd not expected that rock-crushing, drilling and other noisy demonstrations by machinery could be going on during a promenade concert. The forecast observer had agreed to put in a meteorological exhibit if the trustees would stand the expense. He told Mr. Smyth that there was to be such an exhibi- tion at Atlanta, Ga., on September 1, but that the authorities at Washington might be induced to ship the material by way of San Francisco and leave it here until early in_September. Mr. Doolan deglored the absence of Colonel Fisher, chairman of the exhibit committee, but he said he would answer for him that he wanted the meteorological exhibit. ‘“He might use hisinfluence at ‘Washington, too,” said My. Doolan; “he’s on the Governor’s staff now.” The matter was referred to the commit- tee on exhibits, and the arrangement of the machinery was referred to a joint com- mittee of management and exhibits. A communication was received regarding the furnishing of a band of soloist musicians, and the directors went into executive ses- sion to consider the matter. £ fostgeioge 5 Young Men’s Trip to Monterey. One of the most enjoyable excursions of the season will be given under the auspices of the Ymmg‘lxen‘u Christian Association Thursday, June 27. There will be special exercises at the ove during the stay, and on Thursday even- ng at Pacific Grove Rev. C. O. Brown, D. D., will deliver a lecture on the “Life and Labord of Abraham Lincoln.” ——————————— The master of an ocean steamer who has experienced several ?er_fls at sea serts that during times of disaster women are more self-possessed and more heroic than men. e ———————— About the latter end of the reign of Charles 1. it was customary to have races performed in Hyde Park. ————————— Rice paper is not made from rice, but from the membranes of the breadfruit tree, PACIFIC COAST ~ FARMS, The Superiority of California Fruit Over That of Europe. WHAT THE ANALYSES SHOW. Preparations for a Farmers’ Insti- tute to Be Held in San Diego. During the month of July the State Uni- versity (college of agriculture and United States experiment station) will conduct a series of farmers’ institutes in Southern California covering a period of six days. The first meeting will be held at San Diego on Monday and Tuesday, July 8 and 9; the second at Escondido on Wednesday and Thursday, May 10 and 11, and the last at Santa Ana on Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, The immediate supervision of each institute will be under the charge of Professor A. J. Cook of Claremont, who is duly accredited representative of the Uni- ;ers‘gty in institute work in Southern Cali- ornia. California ranks tenth in the United States in the value of its farm products. The increase in total value of all farm prod- ducts in California, as compared with some of the principal agricultural States, and with the United States, shows that Califor- nia’s increase in the ten years from 1880 to 1890 was 46 per cent, or more than twice the increase during the same period of any other State in the Union. This showing of facts, from the statement copied by Man- ager Towne of the Southern Pacific Rail- road Company, is interesting and valuable. The richest gold mines of California will be discovered in the products of her fields and orchards. C. K. Niles of San Marcos, Cal., is ship- ping biackberries, says the San Diego Sun. He expects to gather about 6000 boxes off of less than half an acre of vines. At the low price of 5 cents a box this would amount to about $600 an acre. And yet some people say there is no money in ber- ries. A series of experiments have been con- ducted by Professor Beach of Sydney, Aus- tralia, which in their results coincide with similar experiments made here in the same direction, says the Rural Californian. Out of 117 varieties of grapes, twenty-seven were able to fertilize themselves, thirty- four were able to produce a partial crop of fruit, fourteen were able to set fruit which never developed and the remainder could not fertilize themselves. Hybrids, espe- cially, re?uire to be set among other vari ties or fertilization cannot occur satis- factorily. One remarkable lesson from the experiments showed that sterile blossoms can respond to pollen of some other tine, as pears have been fertilized by apples, peaches by cherries, but the fruit was often seedless. With many varieties of apples there is no difficulty, but with others and with many varieties of pears sorts that blossom at the same time should be planted together. Professor E. W. Hilgard in an address on “Fruits in the Arid Region’ says that ““The superiority of California fruit as compared with that from Southern Europe has all been demonstrated by chemical analysis. Californiagrown plums, geubes and prunes contain from two to ive times as much sugar as European fruii, while oranges, figs, grapes and apri- cots contain nearly one-balf more. A similar difference is'found in the quantity of albuminoids, or flesh-forming ingredi- ents, as the stone fruits contain from one and a half to three times as much as those from the Mediterranean.” The Cornell formula for Bordeaux mix- ture is: Copper sulphate, 6 pounds; quick- lime, 4 pounds; water, 40 to 50 gallons. Place the copper sulphate in a bag of coarse cloth and immerse in at least four gallons of water, using an earthern or wooden vessel. Slake the lime in like quantity of water, then add to the dis- solved copper sulphate, Add the balance of the water. It is ready for immediate use, but will keep indefinitely. For peach| foliage add an_extra pound of lime. For carnations and cabbages it will adhere bet- ter if about a pound of hard soap be dis- solved and added to the mixture. The Bordeaux mixture is for use against rot, mold, mildew and all other forms of fun- gous disease. San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and Santa Barbara bee men report that the crop of honey will be large and of superior quality. Revival of business should se- cure them good Frices and they look for a ear of unusual prosperity. Besides, the e men are to be protected from the bogus honey makers. The bill has already been approved by Governor Budd, providing a severe penalty for the sale of anything for honey except the unadulterated product of the hive.—San Diego Sun. The cultivation of tobacco plants is being carried on at the State University with such success as to warrant the statement that when the plants are properly handled with that intelligence in the matter that is born of experience tobacco culture will flourish in California. The plants thrive, but the product thus far is chiefly suitable for fillers, though not for wrappers. This latter point, however, will be attained by careful culture, and there is np doubt that the no distant future will see 1 market for California cigars made, tillers and wrap- pers, from California tobacco. Some thirty varieties of tobacco are grown on the land the agricultural department, mostly from Louisiana and Connecticut plants. The watermelon crop around Lodi is larger than it was last year by some 400 acres, says the Lodi Sentinel. Last season about 1600 acres were planted, but this year fally 2000 acres have been planted in the immediate vicinity of Lodi. It issaid by those who know that the crop this year is in better condition by far than it was at this time last year. Taking it altogether the outlook for the melon-raiser is far better now than it has been for many years. To start with, it is evident that without some unforeseen accident there will be a good crop. Again, there is every probability that good prices will be ob- tained, for the reason that there will be a scarcity of fruit this year, and melons will be naeg instead to a great extent. Professor Hilgard of the University of California tells the Petaluman that he is receiving requests from all parts of the world for seeds of the Atriplex semibaccum, Australian salt plant. This has proved of reat value in strong alkali lands in the gan Joaquin, forming a heavy mat of leaves and stems which can be cut like alfalfa several times a year, and which not only reclaims the land for other products by remcving the alkali from the soil, but so furnishes good fodder for livestock. With ten acres of land, fair barn and shed buildings and a comfortable living- house on it, a young, ambitious farmer can make more than & good living by a com- bination of dairying, swine and poultry raising and beekeeping. This was tried by the writer for 8 number of years, and after] making money at it he must be excused forany overzealousness in claiming that the four things form a most excellent com- bination. The original idea when he took the small farm was to go into the dairy business. He started in 8 modest way with a few cows. Butter-making was his chief aim, he and succeeded in making such good quality that private customers took nearly all that he could make. Twice a year he packed down stone jars with butter ranging between ten and fifteen pounds, and customers took these regularly, preferring them to the butter bought 'in the market. There was a great quantity of waste from the dairy in the shape of buttermilk and milk slops, and this dictated the necessity of sw use up these slops. After he had r: dozen fine porkers from the dairy waste, he felt that a dairyman who did not keep swine must either be a fool or ignorant of his business. The swine are necessary ad- juncts to the dairy, and pretty profitable ones at that. The land was used to raise food for the cows and swine—primarily the cows—and crops were cultivated only with this idea in view. Grass, roots and grains have been the chief articles raised, and these | given excellent results in a food wa; also in improving the soil. The whole ten acres now yieid enormous crops of almost anything placed on it. Near the house a small vegetable garden and fruit orchard were planted to supply the table with fresh delicacies. None of these are sold. A few chickens were purchased to be turned loose in the orchard, and they picked up such a good living with very lit- tle or no expense that they turned in a neat profit. The flock was increased from year to year, untii eggs are weekly shipped to the markets at considerable gain. Bees were added to the general stock of the place, because of the vast quantities of clover blossoms, fruit flowers and wild flowers of the adjacent fields and woods. There is now no waste on the place. Every square foot of ground is utilized in some way. The kitchen garden keeps the house sup- plied with green vegetables through the growing season, and with potatoes, tur- nips, cabbages, beets, onions and_similar vegetables filruugh the winter, The fruit orchard supplies summer and winter fruits, the swine pork and fresh meat, the bees honey and the cows fresh milk and butter. All, or nearly all, of the necessities and some of the luxuries of the table, are thus raised annually on the farm. In addition to these. the dairy proper yields over and above all expense of feed- ing, care and interest on the money, an average of §$400; the swine give a clear profit of §100; the poultry generally aver- age $150, and the bees from $50 to $75. Over and above all living expenses, except clothing and new articles purchased for the house and farm, there is a clear gain of about $700. The question often pro- pounded, Does farming pay? cannot be answered in a better way than by such figures.—J. D. Morrow in American Cul- tivator. I answer from my own experience, says a writer in the Farmers’ Voice, and from the observation and' experiences of our closest students of nature. Our domestic hive bee does not injure perfectly sound and whole fruit of any kind, no matver how ripe, tender or luscious. But stop, says one objector; I have myself seen them by the thousand on my tender grapes and peaches in dry, hot weather. T admit that. I have seen the samle thing. But when you examine tlosely you will find that they are working exclusively on fruit that is either cracked open, been bitten or is decaying. Itis nhnost an impossibility for the com- mon hive bee to break the skin of fruit. They are not built for that purpose; their mandibles are made for working warm wax in comb-building, and are compara- tively as smooth and round at the ends as the human fingers without nails, and as incapable of tearing. As an evidence of this, they are not capable of splitting or tearing open the nectar cups of red clover or any flower too deep for them to reach the nectar. When honey is scarce, bees will collect any saccharine matter that comes within their reach, such as mable and sorghum sng, or the juice of ripe fruit, if the skin is broken, but when nectar is plenty in the flowers, they seldom take notice of anything but honey. ‘When a citizen of Illinois the writer had an apiary of over 100 stands of bees, and during a hot, dry summer, when the flow- ers were yielding no honey, a neighbor, who had a few dozen grapevines in_ bear- ing, complained that my bees were de- stroying all his grapes, and when told that bees did not injure sound fruit he was incredulous, and said he would prefer to believe his own eyes, and invited me over to see for myself. On our arrival we found his grapevines swarming with bees, but in all cases they were sucking about wounded grapes, cut by birds, etc., cracked open or rotting; but argument was of no avail; he would have it that my bees were aggres- sors. So I toid him that Iwould put my bees to a ver{l severe test, by placing a few bunches of his ripest and sweetest but sound grapes at the entrance of my popu- lous colonies, which we accordingly did; and although they remained there about a week not a gra})e was injured in any way, although the bloom was all worn off by the bees climbing over them and the grapes considerably withered by the heat of the sun. Beesare like all other living things —when pressed with hunger they will eat anything accessible that will satisfy their wants, whether it is legitimate food or not. Rev. « Gi Lecture. The concert advertised to be given at Metro- politan Temple for the benefit of Gustay Rowan by Scheel’s orchestra has been post- poned from Thursday evening to Saturday aft- ernoon on account of the hall having been reviously en%flgcd for Rev. J. G. Gibson’s ecture, which he is to deliver there on Thurs- day evening, the 20th inst. Much interest is aroused in the lecture, as it has been hinted that the reverend gentleman proposes to pay his respects to some of the city officials. Lo e 2 Cast-steel billiard balls are in use in Sweden. They are made hollow, so that their weight is about the same as that of ivory balls. Joy’s for the Jaded ana Good Health for all Mankind. JOY'S VEGETARLE $ARSAPARILLA. ismade from ties through herbs, and nature’sown contains no properchan- mineral nels, Joy's drugs or Vegetabie deadly pois- Sarsaparilla on. 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