The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 7, 1895, Page 11

l‘ : f e eE———————————————————— E———————] THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 18Y5. 11 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, Auditor Whidden in Doubt as to Which Is the Legal Tax Roll. S CYR MELQUOIND'S FEELINGS. He Estimates Their Value at a Per Thousand Dollars Hour. Auditor Whidden is anxic for some legal advice regarding t tax rolls. of Equali zation with the offici Mox ording to la 1 he ¢ know whether to fur 1 or those of the Assessor. The matter is a ver; portant one, as the fignres furnished by Auditor Whidden will be used by them as computing the average assessments of each county. The board will either lower or raise the figures as they deem neces to eqr State burden upon e of Alameda County, € tions made by the Supervisc the 1894 rolls by about $1.001 The Auditor has been served with a no- tice of appeal to the Supreme Court by As- gessor Dalton’s attorney threatening him hgt nis peril” to use the reduced rells. He now wants to know what todoand v hi 11 to send to Sacramento. A an do o mose,” said Mr. Dalton il we hear from the Su- I do not th the State will touch the as- 1ty as a whole. million, and I do ] rolls next yes not h the redu s, will exceed )00. Davie's Broken Promises. added one more to the 0 are dissatistied with There iz a provision in the thorizing the appointment of a the Mayor, but no Mayor has yet 1e office, which would be practically e. Prior to election Davie prom- e to Murray Laidlaw, a rail- n, who threw up his job and ap- ng the campaign as a victim of ce to help Davie’s cam- v night Davie’s right-hand the Council introduced a resolu- rizing the Mayor to appoint a $125 a month. To the Mayor's resolution was killed. Then came out. Laidlaw heard that ing to give the place to Stuart and so .he went round and ob- tained promises from the Council not to vote to give Davie a clerk. So Laidlaw was and Davie must do his own New Acme Officers. The nominations for the new board of officers of the Acme Club have been com- leted and the election will be held the ast day of the month. The nominations are: President, George F. Neece; vice- president, James T. Wright; secretary, J. P. Cook; treasurer, Harry Snow; leader, J. U. Bird and Henry Tank; cycling cap- tain, Charles Hannon and George Humi- A.. L. Swain, Ned Thayer, Frea on, Paul Carroll, J. L. Donovan, ilbert, Paul E. Pond. Fared Pretty Well. Attorney W. H. Waste has compro- ed hissuit against the Southern Pa- / Company. In December, last year, Mr. Waste and his fiancee, Miss Coates, were on a San Pablo-avenue cable-car that was struck by a steam train. Miss Coates was killed, and Waste was severelv in- jured. He sued for $25,000, but he has now accepted $2500 and the payment of all tbe expenses of his illness, together with a free trip to Southern California for him- self ard mother. Only a Flurry. For a time there was quite a flurry in the City Treasurer’s office last Saturday when the Finance Committee and Mayor Davie were counting over the city’s assets. They found §15,614 07 indicated as a deposit on the Central Bank, while the bank officials reported the sum of §75,614 07. 1t was also found that $21,619 70 in the California Bank was credited to another bank. The errors were found to be purely clerical ones, and the Finance Committee subsequently re- ported everything as all right. Miller to Have a New Trial. F. G. Miller of Elmhurst is to be tried egain for burglary and chicken-stealing. Miller was a prominent resident of the little town and he was arrested on the in- formation of a man named King, ata time when chickens were disappearing from their roosts at a rapid rate. Miller was tried and convicted, partly because he could not procure counsel. Ebell’s New Year. The Ebell Society of Oakland commenced a new year yesterday by giving a break- fast in honor of the president. Mrs. G. W. Bunnell, who has just returned from a long Easterntrip. Theladiesshowed their appreciation of their president by present- ing her with a handsome gold watch. A Well-Born Vagrant Dying. Harry Bray, who affirms that he is a ler from Indiana, is dying at the Re- He was arrested as a r: ceiving. Hospital. PRETTY . AND ATTRACTIVE WOMEN. Their Good Looks Not a Secref, [SPECIAL TO OUE LADY KEADEES.] o matter to what country she belongs, 4 o0r whether she be black or white,as a woman she desires to look well. on men; men rarely admire a beautiful invalid, but they do admire a woman ia whom is blended good features and per- fect health. . There is no secret about a woman’s beauty; it all lies in the care she devotes to herself, to removing from her system all poisonous impurities, and keeping at bay those fearful female diseases. S The flashing eye, elastic step, and bril- liant complexion are never companions of a womb trouble; only the dlsmsyed expression and aches, pains, blues, faint- ness, dizziness, bearing-down feeling, ete., keep it company. ' #Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound removes female troubles promptly, and cleanses, invigorates, and conse- quently beautifies, the form of woman. Women, the world over, pay homage to it, and praise its discoverer. Your m gist sells more of it than all other f He must furnish the State Board | ed rolls - | whom she is suing for divorce on the vagrant, but was taken suddenlyill while in the County Jail. It was found that he was suffering from heart disease and would not live long. Bray will tell Nothing of his antecedents, although it was evident from his general air that he had been well born. Funeral of Dr. Pinkerton. The funeral services over the remains of Dr. T. H. Pinkerton were held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church yesterday after- noon. A large number of pioneer settlers were present who had been acquainted with the late doctor for balf a century. The Alameda Cuumf; Medical Society at- tended in a body. Rev. Robert Ritchie iated at the altar. The;pall-bearers . R. Burchard, F. L. Adams, .. Wheeler, N. R. Foster, W. J. Wilcox . H. Pratt. After the ceremonies the ¢ was taken to San Mateo to be cre- ed, in accordance with Dr. Pinkerton's off Melquoind’s Feelings. Cyr Melquoind, the French journalist, | who has been getting in trouble with the police recently, threatens to sue the city authorities for the sum of $5000, or $1000 for | each hour that he was incarcerated in the | dirty dungeons of the City Prison. A Miner’s Claim. William Hirst filed 2 miner’s claim yesterday to a belt of manganese ore 1500x | 600 feet. The claim is located in the south- eastern portion of this county, near Liver- more. Itis the first miner's claim re- corded for many years. ‘Wants to Find Him. Mrs, Carrie A. Andross wants to_hear rom her husband, Winfield S. Andross, ground of desertion. When last heard from he was in San Diego. HISTORY OF YESTERDAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. There is @ deficit in the Alameda Country | treasury and some sensations are expected. Frank Fatro, aged 14, has been brought up from Haywards upon & charge of burglary. He bas a brother at Whittier. | Mary Gardiner object: { and 3 for funeral expe W. B. King, executor of King. William Gibbs, who claimed A. J. Farmer hit him with a loaded cane on Sunday night, had alacerated wound sewed upat the Recglving Hospital. Joe Silva, the man who shot Daniel Jones, | the night watchman of the Market-street | | wharf, will have his preliminary examination | August 13. | | | Carrie M. Dearing has been granted a di- vorce from Arthur Dearing on the ground of willful desertion. There is no order as to counsel fees cr alimony J. A. Miller’s resort on the Ean Pablo road, known as the Shawsville saloon, has again been attached, this time by R. N. Risdon & Co. for $224 and Watson & O'Brien for $161. Lydia A. Dean, Spratt Dean and James O. Hutchings have demurred to the compiaint of Dorothea Hutehings to st aside certain deeds | and for a division of property near Haywards. | William S. Ri¢hards has been appointed sole executor of the will of the late Seth Richards, who left an estate worth upward of $1,000,000. The deceased resided on the corner of Web- ster and Orchard streets. The first annual report of the administrator | of the estate of Morris Goldberg was approved | vesterday. There ic about $160,000 on hand, which the heirs want distributed. There are, however, two contests pending. Secretary Schafer of the Oakland Board of Health has finished_his report for the month of July, showing 54 deaths as against 95 births.” The death rate was 10.8, & little higher than for the same month last yvear. Of the births 60 were boys and 35 girls. The contest over the appointment of an aa- ministrator of the estate of Catherine Mann, who died in Redwood Canyon lately and left | 20,000, has been settled by the naming of Public Administrator Knight, who was the | choice of the decedent’s husband. | _R.W.Hawkins, a druggist at Fourteenth and | Peralta streets, was arrested yesterday after- noon on complaint of John D. Dawson, secre- | tary of the State Society of Pharmecists, on the | charge of practicing Jvharmu without a | license. He was released on bonds. A man nemed Rogers, s patient of the South- ern Pacific Raiiroad Company at Fabiola Hos- pital, had & narrow escape from death Monday nightabout 9 o'clock. He took an overdose of aconite and *uffered intensely for a number of hours. Dr. Olmstead was telephoned for. THUGS IN EAST OAKLAND. Three Attempts Madet.o.Wreck a Highland Park Elec- tric Car. $200 counsel fees n the account | e will of Mena An Armed Deputy Sherlff Accom- panies the Car on Its Third Trip and Fires at the Wreckers, Three determined attempts to create a wreck on the Highland Park electric road were made late Monday night and were reported to the Sheriff yesterday. The svspicious movements of some tramps in the neighborhood convinced the conductor that robbery was the motive. ‘When the car in charge of Conductor E. C. Dodge was going toward Beulah Park about 9 o’clock the wheels struck some- thing hard, and a serious jar was the re- | sult. The car was thrown off the track and some glass broken. An examination of the switch showed that it had been thrown and plugged with rock and that | several boards had been placed on the track. There were four passengersin the car, but beyond a fright they were not in- jured. The track was cleared and the car continued on its journey. On making the following trip an hour later, the same car was derailed by the plugging of the switch and by placing rocks across the track. Two suspicious- Jooking men were seen to make off into the woods on both sides of the road, bein frightened doubtless by the presence of | about half 2 dozen male passengers who were in the car. The car was put on the main track and the line cleared the second time, On the 11 o'clock trip it was considered advisable to take a constable on the car. On a[;g\ronching the switch the car slowed up while an inspection of the road bed was made. The switch was again found choked with big rocks, and some portions of trees were thrown across the track. The same two men the conductor had noticed on the previous trip were seen making off among the trees, doubtless having seen the con- stable. As they disappeared, the officer fired a couple of shots after them, but neither had any effect. The part of the road where the attempts at wrecking the car were made is the most lonely part of the ride to_the Hermitage, a resort that has frequently figured in Ala- meda County scandals. = The cars fre- quently contain passengers that would Erove very profitable to a couple of smart ighwaymen, and tbe conductor thinks that the wreckers were actuated b; just such a motive. A Deputy Sheriff will watch the road for a time to insure against further outrages. —_—— Poisoning Dogs. J. Enright of 309 Seventeenth street swore out & warrant in Judge Conlan’s court yester- day morning for the arrestof Mrs. Cailihan, his landlady, on the charge of attempting to poison his dOg by strychuine. The dog was & ¢ he had bought for his children and was {"spt on a chain in the yard. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsis pushing ine case,as they assert that Enright's is not the only canine in the neighborhood that Mrs, Caliiban has poisoned. Mrs. Callihan was a; rested last night and locked up at the Beves wenth—sueezinho. station. Pierre de Loriol’s Demurrer. A month ago or more Mrs. Grace A. Dilhan, wife of the owner of & fashionable riding aeademy at Pacific and Van Ness avenues, filed a complaint in the Superior Court cha ing Pierre de Loriol, 8 wealthy young Frenel man, with alienating ber husband’s affections, A demurrer was filed yesterday stating that the complaint is uncertain, in that it does not | State. COUNCIL OF CATHOLICS, Eighth Annual Session of the Young Men’s Catholic Union. DEATH BENEFITS DISCUSSED. Reports From Grand Officers Show That the Society Is Flour~ ishing. The second session of the eighth Grand Council of the Young Men’s Catholic Union, at Loyola Hall, Tenth and Market streets, last night, was devoted wholly to consideration of amendments to the con- stitution. Grand President Hanrahan oc- cupied tke chair. At the opening night’s session commit- tees were appointed on various heads as follows: Apgefil! M. Rodgers, Philip Bolger, J. J. Bheehan. Creden —W. J. Mahoney, Joseph Campo- doeino, H. McLaughlin. Legislation—J. D. Bizzard, James English, Samuel Haskins, Reports were submitted by the grand president, grand secretary, grand {treas- urer and board of trustees. The grand pre- siding officer’s report was in_the nature of an address of welcome and congratula- tions on the union’s prosperity throughout the year. Grand Treasurer English announced that during the year $3000 75 had been expended in death benefits among families of de- ceased members, and it had all come from an assessment of 50 cents upon the death of a member. The grand secretary in his annual re- port said: “There has been a marked in- crease in the membership of our society during the past twelve months. We have now some 1250 members throughout the These constitute eleven branches or assemblies with headquarters in $his City. During the year nearly a hundred new members have joined the order. This is the largest number of recruits in the history of the order for the same period.” The death-benefit feature was regarded by some delegates as too burdensome and they endeavored to have it abolished, but the movement was defeated, Propositions to reduce the initiation fee in subordinate assemblies and making the death-benefit optional with members were also rejected. The election of officers will take place this evening. F. C. Kenney and P. Molloy are candidates for the office of grand presi- dent. James English is almost certain of re-election as grand treasurer, and Samuel Haskins and J. J. Sheehan are anxious to be the grand secretary. The present offi- cers are: Grand President J. Hanrahan, Grand First Vice-President A. H. Giannini, Second Grand -President Frank C. Kenney, Grand Secre- Samuel Haskins, Grand Treasurer James English, Grand Marshal J. A. Bryan, Grand In- side Sentinel H. W, Salter, Grand Outside Sen- V. Bizard, Grand Trustees Rev. J. F. Byrne, John Coughlan, J.J. Donigan, H. Mec- Laughlin and P. Moll J.N. E. WILSON’S ARRIVAL, To-Day He Will Ask the Court to Grant Him a Divorce. J. N. E. Wilson, formerly State Sen- ator and Insurance Commissioner, re- turned from Mexico day before yesterday, as THE CAvLL predicted. He sought at once the advice of Attorneys Eugene Bert and Meyer Jacobs, but up to last night had not seen his father, wile or mother-in-law since his return. In an interview last night he said in substance: 1shall apply for a divorce from my wife at once. The complaint was drawn last May by Meyer Jacobs while I was here in the City and will be filed to-morrow. The charge is infidel- ity. Iobtained sufficient proof against her last May and so aprr ed her, but was anxious for a separation rather than absolute divorce, but the conduct of her mother-in-law, Mrs, Sarah E. Gouldin, has rendered it imperative that I should demand a divorce. It will probably be a contested suit. Reports had been circulated thatI had ob- tained large sums of money from my father, had squandered his fortune and left him pen+ niless. The truth is I borrowed of my father $14,000 and of that sum I have repaid $4000. 1 have given him 37,500 shares of the El Car- men mine and 87,500 Shares of the Coronado mine. Iowe Mrs. Gouldin §500, After explaining his financial status fur- ther Mr. Wilson said, in regard to his ac- counts as Insurance Commissioner, that there was $2100 of Insurance Department money in the Paeific Bank when that con- cern failed. “For the failure of that bank Iam not responsible. I had $600 more, which I had hard work to zet any State officer to accept. Finally I got permission to deposit it in court.” POOLROOM ORDINANCE. A Test Case Will Be Heard by Judge Low This Morning to Decide Its Constitutionality. The proprietors of poolrooms are to make a determined fight to keep in the business and the police are equally de- termined to put a stop to it. A test case will be made of that of J. B. Goldtree, Leidesdorff street, which will be heard in Judge Low’s court this morning. The defense has engaged Attorneys Foote and Coogan, and the police have retained ex-Judge Levy to assist Prosecuting At- torney Madden. The defense claims that the poolroom ordinance is unconstitutional. he police are prepared to refute all the arguments of the defense, and Captain Wittman was in consultation with ex-Judge Levy yester- day on the subject. The goolmom ordinance distinctly lays down that all pools or betting on the races outside the inclosure of the racetrack is il- legal. Arrests have been made and the cases tried before a jury with conflicting re- sults. One jury would bringin a verdict of acquittal and another would bring in a verdict of conviction. The question will now be settled on its legal merits and will be taken before the Supreme Court, no matter which side wins in the lower courts. OONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS, Next Annual Conference to Be Held in the City of Mexico. The Americanists, an association organ- ized by citizens of Mexico for the purpose of mutual aid in the study of ethnology, languages and the history of both Ameri- can continents, especially in the riod prior to the discovery of America by Co- lumbus, and to bring in contact those peonle who_are interested in similar re- searches, will hold their eleventh annual congress in the City of Mexico on the 15th of October next._ ; Membership in the association can be obtained with the privilege of studying all ublications by soliciting a membership icket from either the treasurer, secretary of the organization or any of the Mexican Consuls in their respective countries. The tenth congress of the Americanists was held in Stockholm, one of the rules of the association being that the congress cannot convene in_any country but once, this rule making it possible for many to attend at least one convention where it would be impossible for them to do so1f held in some city specially selected for the purpose. Reception committees for the purpose of making the congress a success will be organized in Vera Cruz, Paso del Norte and Nuevo Laredo. ——————————— The Emanu-El Sisterhood. The Emanu-El Sisterhood for Personal Sery- ice, at 219 Ninth street, announces that the demand for garments and other supplies on its storerooms has been exceedingly large and is specify the man’s affections were alien- ated. still increasing. It depends upon donations from members and iriends for apparel and provisiens, ana, in spite of the strictest econ- omy and the most rigid scrutiny exercised in the distribution, it finds itS stores de- pleted and is compelled to make an urgent appeal to members for cast-off clothes, espe- ohRiy men’s and boys’, for shoes, underwear and articles of food, such as canned and pre- served fruit and vegetables. It is a worthy charity, and there should be & generous re- sponse to the appeal. MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. Regular Monthly Meeting on Routine and Fair Business. The board of trustees of the Mechanies’ Institute met last night at the Pavilion, and transacted business concerning the coming fair, and also considerable library business. At the close the board went into executive session on decorations. Mr. Tidball will be paid for what he hasdone, but the future decorator was not selected. Al Marks appeared before the board on behalfof Professor Fritz Scheel. Hestated that Mr. Scheel had thirty-two musicians for the opening exercises, and explained that Professor Scheel did not care to give their names to the opening exercise com- mittee. The report of the committee recom- mending that the musical committee be directed to obtain this information was adoEted. The finance committee reported a deficit of $2452 92. The report of Grove P. Ayers recom- mending the taking out of an accident in- surance policy for the benefit of employes and patrons of the fair was adopted. The policy costs §50 and insures the institute for $5000 in the Employer’s Liability Cor- poration of London. Bills were allowed and ordered paid to the amount of $4037 88. Books were ordered purchased at a cost of $138. The president inquired why the adver- tisements of the fair in the daily papers had ceased, and there being no satisfactory explanation the secretary was instructed to investigate the matter. The following - named persons were elected doorkeepers for the fair: F.T. Doolin, head doorkeeper; D. J. Edgar; M. J. Breunan, Robert Cash., day assistants; Fred J. O’'Byrne and Henry Mitchell, night assistants. LATE REWS OF ALAMIEDA, A Chinese Interpreter Fleeced of His Coin by the Festive Showman. The Trustees WIll Not Accept a Deed With Any Reservation. The Phantasma. Ah Du, the well-known Chinese inter- preter, fell a victim yesterday to the wiles of that portion of the gambling fraternity usually found in the wake of the ever fleeting circus, which yesterday showed at Alameda. Ah Du thereupon charged John Doe with having stolen one United States gold quarter eagle, but without satisfaction. A Hitch in the Conditions. The ordinance closing Railroad avenue, from Park to Foley streets, the location of the new passenger and freight depot, was to have been passed by the Board of City Trustees Monday evening, but a delay has been counseled by City Attorney Taylor. The meeting of the raiiroad directors is awaited with much interest, as, according to the voluntary offer of the corporation, the deed will be executed at that time gramini)to the city rights on the avenue west of Park street. Must Remove Their Hats, The management of the phantasma ene tertainment to be held at Linderman Opera-house Thursday and Friday even- ings of this week have made an earnest re- 3ueu to the ladies to remove their hats uring the performance. This is rather a pertinent suggestion, as the time of view is necessarily limited, and if one has to dodge to and fro behind ballroom sleeves and big hats for a glimpse of the stage he will see about as much of the performance as a steamboat in a fog. Night School Attendance. The night school opened Monday even- ing with an attendance of twenty-two boys and three girls, in charge of O. E, Swain. The school is in the basement of the Porter school, which has been recently fitted up especially for the night school sessions, Miller Property Attached. The property on Railroad avenue, near ‘Walnut street, and at the corner of Pacific avenue and Willow street, standing in the name of Anna G. Miller, has been attached to satisfy a claim of $161, held by R. N Risdon. Their Vacation Over. The mothers and teachers will resume their regular monthly meetings agan. The first will be held in the Unitarian churen, on Grand street, Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Christian Endeavor Union. The annual meeting and social reunion of the Alameda Christian Endeavor Union will be held in the Congregational church Friday evening. SUMMER IN GREENLAND. Prof. Hellprin Throws New Light on a Country but Little Understood. As with many of the foreign countries, there is a wrong impression existing in the minds even of well-read persons with refer- ence to the nature of the peninsula of Greenland. Itis supposed to be a cheer- less waste of ice and snow, and, indeed, a land of desolation. On first acquaintance the country does not seem calculated té in- spire enthusiasm, but this feeling soon wears away and the returned traveler from Greenland is smitten with “the Arctic vieer,”” the principal symptom of which is a longing to return to these northern shores. Frofessor Angelo Heilprin, in his interesting account of the Peary relief ex- pedition conducted by him, an account of which is set forth in his book, “The Arctic Problem,” thus speaks of Greenland : “Once_the foot has been set upon the mirrored rocks the charms of the garden spot one by one unfold themselves. The little patches of green are aglow with bright flowers, rich in the colors which a bounteous nature has provided. The bo- tanical eye readily distinguished among these the mountain pink, the dwarf rhodo- dendron, several pieces of heath, the crow- foot, chickweed and poppy, with their varying tints of red, white and yellow. Gay butterflies flit through the warm sun- shine, casting their shadows over ‘forests’ of diminutive birch and willow. “Here and there a stray bee hums in search for sweets among the pollen grains, while, from afar, woven through the music of gurgling nlls and brooks, come the melodious strains of thousands of mosqui- toes, who ever cheerfully lend their aid to give voice to the Jandscape. Above this eaceivl scene tower the dark red cliffs of asalt, which, from a_height of 2000 feet, look down on a sea of Mediterranean love- liness, blue as the waters of Villafranca and calm as the surface of an interior lake. Over its bosom float hundreds of icebergs, the output of the great Jacobshavn glacier, fifty miles in the eastward, scattered like flocks of white sheep in pasture. “Such was the summer picture of the region about Disko, as it was found by the writer in two successive seasons. There was little of that Greenland about it which we habitually associate with the region, nothing of those terrors which to the aver- age l1‘:imynd reflect the qualities of the Arctic world.’ ————————— The first instance of a clergyman being cremated has occurred in connection with the disposal of the remains of Rev. William Quentin Hamilton Thompson, formerly rector of Stoke Dry, Rutland, who died in London recently in his eighty-first year. The event took vplace at the Woking™ Cre- matorium. AMONG THE COAST FARMS| Possibilities of Tobacco Cul- ture in California Deemed Good. 3 FINE GROWTH MADE IN TEHAMA Irrigated Lands of the San Joaquin May Be Devoted to Raising the Sugar Beet. The farmers of Lompoe, Santa Barbara County, will have the largest bean crop known in that section for years, Thiscrop will be harvested from mustard land,which is considered the best soil for beans. George Fry, the bee-keeper, has received eight pure-blooded Italian queens, says the Bakersfield Californian. They came, each one, in a little cage, and all the cages crated. Food for the bees was put in the cages before they started, and they arrived in prime order. They are rather expen- sive luxuries, costing very nearly $2 apiece to lay down here. Iu is reported that the wooly aphis is again making its appearance in the north- ern part of Santa Barbara Gounty. It is now an almost undisputed fact that this pest infests the roots of the apple tree, as the aphides are to be seen making their appearance through the ground. Scien- tists are now tryingto find a means of con- fining these creatures, believing that if this can be accomplished the pest can be exter- minated. There probably is no better land in the world for sugar-beet growing than the irri- gated lands of this part of the San Joaquin Valley, says the Fresno Expositor. The establishment of a beet-sugar factory in Fresno, or anywnere near Fresno, would introduce a system of diversified farming that would bring wealth to our people. The refuse from these factories when fed to stock isa great flesh-producer, and be- sides getting $4 a ton for beets the farmer can_get hali the weight of his beets back again for hauling to feed to cattle or hogs. Farming is a business wherein, owing to the diversified details and often large areas under cultivation, it is very difficult for the master hand to keep his eye upon 80 many simultaneous operations, there- fore it is especially important that, after taking great care in the selections of his hands, he should endeavor to gain their respect by kind treatment, at the same time placing trust in them. If he finds his confidence has been misplaced the only alternative 1s to cashier them at the first convenient opportunity.—Country Gentleman. : The Fresno Republican publishes an article in which it is shown that several of the orchards of that county have this year paid their owners from $150 to $250 per acre. Such cases can likely be found in Kings County, but if orchards gave a re- turn of only one-half that sum they would pay better than if the soil were used for some other purpose. The day for making large profits in any branch of business has ione by in California, and henceforth the usbandman will have to care for what irowys and become economical in his abits.—Hanford Democrat. Tt is gratifying to note the more enthu- siastic sentiment that now prevails in the East in favor of California products. The New York Fruit Trade Journal of recent date had this to say: “Trade in general has come to the conclusion that California oranges are of better flavor and give better satisfaction than foreign oranges, and the Californians ag]pear to have entirely taken their place in this market. We find it im- possible to sell foreign oranges against them. In reference to the varieties, will say that the California navels surpuss any oranges in_the world that have ever been put on the Philadelphia market.’” The hop worm, which has been such a pest to California, has made its advent in the Puyallup Valley, and is quite preva- lent in William Vose’s yard, says the Puyallup (Wash.) Citizen. The worm is the same shade of ereen as the hop leat, has a black head and is three-quarters of an inch in length. The hop aphis emul- sion does not seem to destroy it. The leaf upon which it feeds curis over and eunfolds the worm within it, and affords it an asy- lum to build a web and propagate eggs. Andrew Nix, who has investigated its hab- its very carefully, fears thatit may become a very dangerous pest in a few more sea- sons. King County, modestly remarks the Se- attle (Wash.) Post-Intelligencer, has never been boastful of its agricultural resources, although 1t has some excellent farms and abundance of rich and productive soil within its bounds that is capable of grow- ing anything in the vegetable or cereal line produced in the temperate zone. Men- tion is sometimes made of the largest hop field in the United States, possessed by King County, but there is a modest meadow of nearll{y 2000 acres, neighbor to the big hop field, that is worthy of pass- ing mention. Thegrasa on this meadow this year averaged five feet in height, and the zverage yield of the whole field will be Lour tons to the acre of clean, well-cured ay. A letter from Ione, Morrow County, says that the other day a clond of grasshoppers swept down on the ranch of A. H. Smith, says the Pendleton East Oregonian. The hoppers began on the garden stuff, and after cleaning that out, attacked the fruit which was hanging on the trees. After almost wholly destroying the fruit, they 'Fm”ed to be eating the leaves and twigs of the trees themselves, and Mr. Smith was fearful that they would die. These hop- pers seem to have no special likes and dis- likes. They eat what is set before them, if it be green and alive, and for this reason there is danger not only to vegetation, but to many people living in various parts of the country. Elton Fulmer, professor of chemistry of the State Agricultural College of Washing- ton, who has recently been investigating the beet-sugar industry of California, de- clares that the whole product of the island of Formosa would not supply one-haif of his State with sugar, and that the sugar« cane growers in the South, through their journals, admit that they cannot compete with beet sugar and that they are afraid of it. The German uugar-bee{‘ producers were so frightened last year that they senta representative to this country to look into nflPairs here, and in his report he stated that we were outdoing them, and that while their labor was slightly cheaper the Americans were doing 50 per cent more work to the man, and that in their country land was worth from $200 to $600 an acre, while in this country it could be had easily at from $25 to $40, and that altogether ‘America has decidedly the best of them in production and cheapness. The quality, o0, is bettér than theirs, and the beets of this country better and larger. J. W. Woodrum ot Hooker has shown us a sample of bright tobacco leaves which he gathered from some stalks he has growing on his place, says the Red Bluff News. The plants were set out a year ago last spring and lived through the winter. This year the stems grew up from the old stalks and are now from three feet to three and a half feet in height. Last year the tobacco | was gathered and some of it went as much as five and a half pounds to the plant. The tobacco is raised on the Hooker roll- ing hills without irrigation, and both Mr, oodrum and Postmaster William Wade, | w who are from the tobacco regions of Ken tucky and Virginia, are satisfied that a very good quality of the weed can be raised in that section of the country. The sample that Mr. Woodrum had with him was the natural leai and had not been cured and prepared in any way. ‘Why cannot those persons who profess to instruct farmers use plain words? asks the New York Times. Here is a case in point. One, asking the cause of the white specks in butter, is informed by a pro- fessor not that it is due to the excessive sourness of the cream and the separation of the curd in flakes, and these flakes be- come mixed with the butter, and not in these plain words, but the inquiring but- ter-maker is informed “that it is due to homogeneousness in the cream, which is partly decomposed.” This would not be so bad if it were correct, which it does not; for this word does not apply to the charac- ter of one substance, but to the similarity of character or composition of two or more. A single sample of cream cannot be homogeneous at all, and does not pos- sess the quality of homogeneousness. But two samples may, by being alike in com- position. There is much cause for com- plaint on this account in the bulletins of some of the experiment stations, in which, to_be useful to the wencral public, scientific names should either be explained, or not used at all, and the information siven in such terms as will be readily un- erstood by those persons who are to be instructed by it. The lament over horses being so cheap and common asto be sold for food rests upon a flimsy foundation, asserts the Ru- ral World. The horses undergoing cap- ture for canning factories are the feral vonies, the ill shapen and idiotic animals which roam the plainsof Oregon, and they are just as far removed from the highest type of the domesticated horse as the wild crabapple is from the golden pippin., They cannot be employed in the domestic arts, and the complete obliteration of them is what the scientific breeder would like to see. Putting value upon weeds in a gar- den is equivalent to attaching value to them. The intelligent will not waste any tears over the decadence of this form of equine life, Brains and cavital will still be used to advance the standard of the pleasure horse. Breeding is a fascinating pursuit, engagin to the utmost the intellectual forces, an its greatest triumphs will command the snarpest competition. After the panic of 1873 the doom of the light harness horse as_pronounced by the pessimist. Well- bred animals were very cheap, but the ireatest era of development that we have nown quickly followed, and at its climax a two-year-old sold for $125,000. History repeats itselfi. A wave of exaltation ex- ceeds a wave of depression. The breeder of the future record-breaker will find a pur- chaser at his own price. LATEST BERKELEY NEWS Crowded (;cnditlon of the Pub- lic Schools and the Remedy. Professor Reyce to Be Welcomed by the Philosophical Union This Month. The public schools of Berkeley are very much overcrowded, especially the High School. At the meeting of the Board of School Directors, held on Monday evening, Principal Waterman stated that the at- tendance had been so greatly augmented this term that it was absolutely necessary to have more room for the accomodation of the incoming pupils, Woodmen Hall, directly opposite the High School,building bad already been rented as an overflow class-room, but even that addition has been found inadequate, and in consequence it was decided to rent the room on Shattuck avenue, which is occupied several evenings of the week by the Salvation Army. Yesterday there were 253 pupils enrolied in the High School alone, which is forty- one more than at the opening last year. In the senior room there are 63 pupils, with seats for only 50; in the middle room, 84, with accommodations for 62; and in the junior literary room 78, with seats for 62. The remaining 28 were in the junior scientific room, in which there are a few seats not yet assigned. There are only four rooms in the build- ing available, and the principal said yes- terday that they should have at least ten in order that the entire 253 might be properly accommodated. r. Waterman reported at the board meet that the total enrollment thus far was as follows: Kellogg 302, Whittier 32 Conte Lorin 240, High School total 1365. Bills to the amount of $5781 72 were or- dered paid,.and it was decided that no bills hereaiter will be audited by.the Finance Committee unless they are presented on the Friday previous to the first Monday of the month. Director Norton urged that the board take action with regard to securing the Wilmerding School of Mechanical Arts for Berkeley, and it was informally de- cided to lool into the matter. Philosophiecal Union. The Philosophical Union of the univer- sity will hold an important meeting on the 30th of this month. The union studies each year a work on philosophy by some eminent author and at the end »f the year pays the expenses of the writer to come to California and discuss his work before them. They have read during the past season, “The Religious Aspect of Philos- ophy,” by Professor Josiah Koyce of Har- vard, and in accordance with the plan out- lined it is expected that he will be present at the coming meeting. rofessor Royce was graduated from the University of California in 1875, receiv- ing his degree, Ph.B., at Johns Hop- kins Institute in 1878. He was ine structor in English at Berkeley from 1873 to 1882, when he was called to an instrue- torship in philosophy at Harvard. From this position he was advanced to the assist- ant professorship of philosophy in 1885, and from 1892 until the present time he has been at the head of that department at Harvard. Professor Sidney E. Menzes, U. C. 82, now professor of ].)hi]osophy at the Univer- sity of Texas, will also be in attendance at the meeting and address the audience. The central topic for discussion at the confer- ence will “Supplements and Modifica- tions of the Doctrine, and the Argumen- tation of Royce's Religious Aspect of Phiioscphy.” New High School Site. A committee has been appointed by the Board of School Directors to confer with the Board of University Regents in regard to the location for the proposed new High School building. It dis the intention of the committee to determine whether the town can lease a certain unoccupied portion of the univer- sity reservation for the period of ninety- nine years, upon which it is intended to erect the new building. The university of Indiana has rented a portion of their cam- pus for a longterm of years toa high school, and upon this asa is the Board of Directors intends to work. Take No Substitute.. 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