THE RANCHES.Typical Facts About South-

ern California Farms.

What a Pomona Man Says AboutCuring Lemons.

Some Practical Hints About the Cul-ture of Peanuts.

drain Planting; at Banning?Profits in

Horticulture?Rev. Loop's Re-cipe for Caring

Olives.

We publish below an interview be-tween Judge F. A. Newelland a PomonaTimes reporter. It will be noticed thathe refers to the Oarcelon method, whichwas published?with illustrations?inthe Citrograph a few weeks ago, as con-taining all that is known on the subject.The judge says:

As to quality and curing I regardthem worthy to compete with otherlemons, either foreign or domestic, inany American market. Afterfour years'almost constant steady experiment, at-tended often with considerable loss, Ibelieve I have learned the requirementsfor successful handling from tbe tree tomarket, which plan I have fully ex-plained to divers interested friends inthe last six months, and who recognizethe plan as identical with tbat of U. W.Garcelon of Riverside, as stated in hisrecently published pamplet in thatbehalf. Mr. Garcelon may be regardedas the first discoverer, for withhis greater experience he must haveknown and adopted his plan aspublished, long before I, by slow de-grees, arrived at conclusions, cumula-tive to his. Whether a more perfectprocess willbe developed I cannot say.If so or not, the known process is sonear perfect as to encourage liberalplanting of lemon orchards, whosewholesome fruit is more extensivelyknown and used than any other, and Iverily believe that within the next fiveyears the lemon willarrogate to itselfthe dignity of kingship of tbe citrusfamily. Tne haughty orange, the auto-crat of the orchard, ever conscious ofits incomparable beauty, demanding ad-miration from those who behold, willvery soon be called to divide the honors,at least equally with the lemon, each amoiety, one as a necessity, tbe other asa luxury. Severing from a tree andcuring is one part. Keeping for six toten months for best market is the otherpart. Those who desire to know howto do both willlearn upon reading Mr.Garcelon's pamphlet.

BANKING GRAIN.There is no reason for any farmer to

get worried on account of the scarcity ofrain this year, says tbe Banning Herald.Our experience in California is thatmost of the rain falls after the holidays,anyway, and there is nothing on whichto "base the supposition that this is go-ing to be a dry year. In fact, everythinglooks favorable for rain now, and, per-haps, before this article appears we maybe treated to an old-fashioned downpour.Farmers iv tbe vicinity of Banningbave been industriously dry-plowingfor the past month or six weeks, andthe acreage will be greater than everbefore. We have heard of the following

Slanting so far: Mr. W. M. Hathawayas in 1000 acres of barley on the Dun-

lap place; Mr. Best has planted 1000acres on the Scott place; Mr. C. O.Barker, nearly 1000 acres on the benchand in the valley; Vir. C Sweeters,about 800 acres ; Mr. J. M. Gilman, 500acres: Carpenter & Hamilton, 500 acres;Mrs. Fraser, 300 acres, and Martin &Goodcell, nearly 200 acres. In additionthere are many smaller tracts sown, andthere is every reason to believe that thegrain crop at Banning this year willbeunprecedently large.

PEANUT CULTURE.J. £. Cox of Bloomington, Cal., writes

to the Rural Californian as follows: Ifind that the best time to plant the pea-nut in this country is from the middleto the last of May. Prepare the groundwell; have it good and mellow, thenmark out in rows four feet apart, andunless the ground is very moist, run alittlewater along the row, sufficient tosoak it up nicely. After it dries off alittle drop your nuts, One kernel in aplace, twenty-two inches apart. I triedplacing one, two, three and four in aplace, but found that the one bad moreand larger nuts than either of theothers. After having dropped the nuts,cover with cultivator. Nothing moreneeds to be done until they get upnicely. About three weeks after theycome up mark on both sides witha shallow shovel marker, one thatthrows the dirt both ways.Mark just close enough so as notto cover up the young vines. Thtn irri-gate until tbe ground ia thoroughlysoaked. After it is dry enough, culti-vate, throwing the dirt in close to thevines. Continue this every three weeksduring the season; each time mark alittlelurtber from tbe row, and alwayswhen cultivating roll the dirt in close tothe vines; by bo doing you willkeep theground high and mellow, so as the vinespreads the little tender spurs thatshoot down can penetrate it and bearfruit. Do not allow the water to runover the row as it causes the ground tobake and tbe nuts to be of a dark color.It ia not the nuts that require the moist-ure but the tap root of the vine under-neath tbe nuts. Do not cover tbeblossom as some people advocate. Tbeblossom of the peanut ought not tobe covered, neither in this or any othercountry. I investigated the matterthoroughly during the season justclosed. Iselected six rowa side by aide;each received the same amount of waterand attention. Three of these rows Icovered up the bloeosms aa they madetheir appearance, before sunrise in tbemorning, with a littlemoist dirt. WhenI harvested these six rows Ifound, tomv satisfaction, that the three rows notcovered bad a third more nuts and con-siderably larger in size. The idea thatthe peanut ought not to be irrigated inthia country ia all bosh. J. F. C.

PROFITS i» HOSTICULTUHB.A writer in the Rural Californian

aays: References have so often beenmade in the columns of the paperstouching tbe profits of California horti-culture that the subject must be gettingBomewhat threadbare. Still Iwillriskquoting the experience of John P. Fos-ter, who has been a fruit grower nearTustin for about ten years. In the firstplace Mr. Foster ia an unusually carefuland industrious man. He tells me thathe keeps hia accounts as thoroughly aaa merchant, and keeps constantly postedconcerning all bis possessions. He saysthat the great trouble with the averagefruit grower in this eection is that he iatoo careless and indolent. He has bada crop of English walnuts for four yearsfrom hia ninety trees, and sayshe has never sold any crop forless than $920. He recently con-tracted to sell hia crop of the walnutsforexactly $1060. He knows all abouthis trees and bow they bear. Tbe aver-age proceeds from each walnut tree onhis place this season ia $11.60. Then,too, he has 1000 navel orange trees thathave extraordinary care. His accurateaccount books, which he keeps to showhow much, hia orcharda and how welltheir products pay him, prove that theannual crop from tbeee trees has forfour years sold for sums varying from$3290 to $4360. Last year he got tbelast named price. His four acres ofprune trees yielded bim $1975 last year.Besides there are three acres for alfalfa,small fruits, vegetables, the barn andthe family residence. Here is anotherpractical illustration of what a twenty-acre farm willdo in Southern California,under the management of an efficient,wide-awake man.

HOW TO CURE OLIVEB.

Rev. G. F. Loop, of Pomona, gives thefollowing method for curing olives:"Olives to be cured by this (the Span-ish) method should be gathered whenfully ripe. Take a thin, sharp knife andmake three incisions to tbe pit of eacholive, dropping into cold water as youwork. When the olives are cut placethem in a new oak cask with a faucet atthe bottom, from which to draw thewater, changing three times a day, untilthe bitterness is extracted. Iftbe workis carefully done, at tbe end of twenty-one days the olives willbe found upontesting to be sweet. If tbe olives arefully colored but stillbard when cut thispart of the process may requiretwenty-eight days. When the bitter-ness is discharged, cover withbrine made of tbe purest salt. Let tbefruit remain in the brine just longenough to make them valuable. Thispoint in the process will be reached intwenty-four or forty-eight hours, de-pending on the strength of the brine.When the olives are in a condition to beused on the table, prepare a new brineby boiling and skimming and adding asmall percentage of salicylic acid,dissolved in water. Bay leaves and fen-nel may be added to the brine to giveflavor, if desired. Place the others inglass fruit jars, cover with brine andseal tbe covers, and put them in a dark,cool room or closet. If left in an openkeg or barrel the brine becomes cloudythrough fermenting of the fruit and theolives soft and worthless.

PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

The playing of Mr. Willard and hiscompany has done much towards ele-vating the standard demanded bypatrons of the drama in this city.

There was not an anachronism in anyof tbe stage settings or the most insig-nificant appointment. Oitener thannot a wooden-seateu kitchen chair hasbeen seen in a baronial hall on the localstage, and I think I remember onceseeing Margaret Mather make love toRomeo from a balcony of one of thoseQueen Anne houses which were neverknown to Philistines before the lastdecade.

The public have at last seen a per-fectly mounted play; two of these ivfact, and the result will be that no moreslipshod methods will be tolerated.

Mr. Willard impresses me as havingall the qualifications of being able tocreate a Hamlet which willnot be ni-hilistically radical in its departure fromaccepted ideas regarding this first gen-tleman of the play world, but which willbe fresh, full of originality, and satis-factory to tbe student, as well as themere superficial playgoer.

He has a perfect Hamlet voice. Avoice as sonorous as a brass cymbalwhen needed, and as pure and trueas a crystal bell, yet alwaysinstinct with maul inuss,and in accent andaccuracy putting in plain evidence thefact that its possessor is a gentlemanbred and a scholar in attainments.

That voice ia alone enough to makeMr. Willard a great actor, without hishomely but wonderfully mobile face,and his stage ease. This latter is a mostrare quality?tbe entire absence of self-consciousness. Edwin Booth has it;Lawrence Barrett never showed it.Fred Warde, even when panting in oneof hia most vehement moments, neverpermits tbe spectator to lose eightof the fact that he ia acting;Cyrua Blenkarn and Mr. Llewellyn donot permit a single one of tbe audienceto remember tbat they are but creationsof Mr. Willard. Tbat ia where geniusis shown.

If Mr. Willard ever does play Hamletitwillbecome an historic, event.

The years go by; managers rise toprominence and then fall to the bottomof the tureen, but lithograpba of Mr.Cleveland and bis pompadour bang ap-pear in every city once every year.This man's minstrel company is bookedat the opera house for threenights, beginning Monday evening.Those people who like tbe modern formof minstrelsy ought to be pleased withthe varied performance given by thiscompany.

»**"Go up, baldheads, go up!" willbe

the cry of tbe ushers at the opera housenext Thursday evening when the Devil'sAuction company will commence athree-nights' engagement. Loa Angelesbaa not had a leg show since the TwelveTemptations played here laet summer, and the thermometer at oncewent up to 110 degrees in the shade.Ifthe Satanic auctioneer willhave thesame effect on tbe temperate re now thathis Temptations then had, we all oughtto be duly thankful. Probably he will

heat things, for it's a cold day when hegets left. The performance ia wellspoken of elsewhere. Pretty, shapelyLouise Dempeey, who always makes ahit here, with her well filled tights andcomic songs, is with the affair. A lotof specialty artists, including some cleverFrench acrobats, are among the attrac-tions, aa also a whole bevy of "fairies,"who do a Nautch girl dance, which iadescribed as very fetching. Altogetherthe show should draw large patronage.

On Monday Mr. Wyatt willturn outthe spooks, which a spiritualist says hewill produce this evening at the LosAngeles theater, and will play the NobsJollities for three nights. The per-formance ia described as novel and en?tertaining throughout. O. A. 8.

DUNLOP's NEWS NOTES.Soubrette?"Why are tbe evergreen

trees of Alaska forests are more fortu-nate than I?"

Knights of the stage door?"Why?"Soubrette?"They are given a set of

fire."Mr. Robson's business in Washington

last week with She Stoops to Conquer,was phenomenal. It is not likely thatany ot the old comedies has ever beenplayed to such large receipts. The mu-sicians were turned out of the place atnearly every performance to make roomfor camp-stool patrons.

A friend writes that when the birdsof paradise come to India in the nut-meg season, "the strength of tbe nutmegso intoxicates them that they falldown." The birds of paradise in theprofession thia side of the world gettheir nutmeg from tbe fluffy top ofbrimtui goblets of milk, and they, too,fall down.

Arrangements have been completedfor tbe marriage of Ada Lewis, theTough Girl of "Reilly and the 400," toJames Wrightof San Francisco. Itwilltake place May Ist. Emma Pollock(Maggie Murphy) will be bridesmaid,and Manager Mart Hanley best man.After being spliced the couple willflyto San Francisco.

Robert E. Graham, alias "BaltimoreBob," has written an opera, which Man-ager Greenwall of New Orleans promisesto bring out next season to star Bob in.But the opera is the stupidest ever con-ceived by mortal, and Graham himselfis as graceful as a log of wood. Green-wall, however, never keeps bis word, sonobody is likety to get hurt.

He bad played with Booth aud Barrett,Knew Hhakeapeare all by heart.

Had sung ivo mio operas,<md could pantomime a part:

An adept on ih>- banjo;Could do a song and dance;

Too-, tlcsetson the gallery door,And ouee went in advance;

Was leading man lor twenty years,And it seemed a Bhame to him

To have to throw a part up, justBecause he couldn't swim.

In speaking of the opening Italianopera night in New York Mr. Duulopsays: The boxes were filledwith the 400in bare back, unmasked bosoms andperfumed shoulders. Waists were cutlow?to the line of degradation?andbuds, belles, young married women,wrinkled up spinsters and fat old gran-nies with bulging pockelhooks, gossipedand snickered without a flicker ofshameor a blush of modesty.

In reference to lone Dunham's $250,---000 inheritance in Elmira, the groundfloor facts seem to be that?"Dunham,father of lone Dunham's husband, diedsuddenly a few weeks ago. Being di-vorced from his wife, his son inheritshis property, which amounts some $250,---000 on a moat liberal calculation. Thisson and husband of 'lone' is serving asentence in Elmira reformatory Torforgery and vagrancy." Alas poor?Tone!"

The offer made by the National Con-aervatory of Music of $1000 for the bestopera comique, it is hoped will bringout good material enough to show thata theater in New York solely for thatkind of entertainment might succeed.There are quite a variety of terms usedincorrectly to characterize just the kindof opera meant, but the technical defi-nition of opera comique is an operawhere the denouement is a happy one,and where the musical numbers are con-nected by spoken dialogue. The termoperetta is entirely wrong. An operettais a short piece, always in one act;writing about an operetta in two acts iaan anomaly.

"The Prompter" of the Manchester,Umpire, one of the cleverest of dramaticwriters in all England, taken the cakefor the following, for poems on St.Peter. The door-keeper of the PearlyGates is waiting for him. He willbeforwarded by tiie new pneumatic tube:

Bt. Peter, walking round the Bouse,E pu d a Deadhead there,

And, us a manager u>bane.He spoke thai deadhead fair.

The Deadhead didn't p,aise the show-He said it seemed to him

They turned on far too mauy ofThe little Cherubim.

"Now Ican point to many things?Improvements without doubt--?"

"And Ican point," Bt. Peter cried,tbat, sir:

?This way

ocx- -It in all right for some writers to jab

Charles H. Hoyt, but all the same heia the marvel of tbe century. He baawritten ten plays, each one of them asuccess, and he is yet looking for hiathirty-first birthday. These ten plays,or rather nine of them, for "A Temper-ance Town"has not yet been produced,have made over a million ofdollars. Of course Hoyt hasn'tall that money, but five other peoplebave, or are making a fortune out ofthem,and Mr. Hoyt himself has ne doubta quarter of a millionput away snuglyfor a rainy day. which isn't likelyto strike him. A Bunch of Keys and AParlor Match have each made a quarterof a milliondollars for their owner, andso far A Texas Steer has cleared over$80,000, while the profits of A Trip toChinatown have passed the $50,000mark for this season alone. If there isa shining mark of success to be pointedto, one would bave to look pretty hardto discover a better mark than Mr.Hoyt, who jumped into success the veryfirst lick, and has been forging aheadever since.

Bellevue l.ylug-InInstitute.Mrs. Ur .J. H tmitu's iyinK-iu institute has

been kept (or thr-e years, aud has done a goodbusiness dally and Is still Increasing. It is con-dueled by Dr. Fimith wltn tbe assistance olfirst-class physicians, who are always ready Inlending help at any hour. Ladies can elwayffind a pleasant home while at tho Institute.The doctor returns many thanks for the Kindpatronage of the past, hoping it willbe doubleformed, Mas r>a. J.U. Smith,

737 Bellevue avenue.

MINES AND MINING.A New Claim Near Twenty-

Nine Palms.

Rich Mines Located Near SouthRiverside.

A New Mineral Belt to Be Tappedin Arizona.

Interesting Motes From Ban Bernar-dino?A Rich Gold Strike

In the WeaverDistrict.

Edward Luni yesterday arrived inBanning, hired Frank Johnson's teamand started for the desert. Luni saidhe had located a mine eighteen mileseast of Twenty-Nine Palms, and hassold it to the Waterloo Mining companyofCalico. This company bad confidencein tbe mine and would at once erect atwenty-stamp mill. Joe Carboi wouldact as foreman and represent the Water-loo interests. The mine has been ex-ploited sufficiently to induce bo con-servative a company as the Waterloo totake hold of it, and that ia ample evi-dence that there ia plenty of pay rockin eight. Banning will be the base ofsupplies for the new camp, and thatmeans a largely increased volume oftrade here.?[Banning Herald.

SOUTH RIVERSIDE MESAS.

Joseph Banes, the Bouth Riverside cor-respondent of the Pomona Times, says:The mining interests of this localitydraw constant attention to this place.Lord & Fraser have had during the lasttwo months a large force of men em-ployed completing the assessment workupon their various mines of gypsum,clay and yellowand red ochres. In con-nection with the latter, they have twovery well defined ledges of a superiorquality of yellow ochre. They have adistinct vein of four feet extending over.'IOOO in length. Their red ochre is in twoveins, one of fourteen feet thick and thelength of two chains; the other is abouteight feet, parallel with the former andof equal quality, which experts havepronounced excellent. Near to theseclaims there are two valuable claims ofshell lime, pnre carbonates of lime, infact. This prodnct makes the finest ma-terial now known to the plastering trade.All these are großß metals, but experi-ence has shown many prospectors here-abouts that their labor in this directionis more quickly and better rewardedthan in a more costly and precarioussearch after precious ores.

A MINKBAf, BELT TO BE TAPPED.

Chief Engineer W. C. Edes of theSouthern Pacific Railroad company ar-rived in Phoenix yesterday, save a recentnumber of the Phoenix Gazette, withthirteen men and several teams andwagons. Today twelve more men andtbe balance of tbe tents and wagons willarrive from San Francisco, making theentire surveying party consist of twenty-five men. Mr. Edes was confined to hisroom at the Commercial hotel last nightand when seen by a Gazette reportersaid he did not feel like talking much,but that we could say that the SouthernPacific company would build a railroadfrom Phoenix to Prescott by the Blackcanon route, connecting the Maricopa andPhoenix with the Prescott and ArizonaCentral, or Bullock road. This meansthat the Santa Fe\ Prescott and Phoenixcompany has not bought the Bullockline and will build from Ash Fork,thereby giving us two north and southroads. If everything arrives and can begotten together, the party willst"rt outtomorrow morning. In answer to thequestion as to whether a constructionforce would followup the engineeringparty, he said he could not state posi-tively, but understood that work wouldbegin at once. The Gazette has it fromgood authority that a grading force willbe here soOn and be put to work inbehind the engineers. The benefitsto be derived from it are incalculable.It will open up the richest mineralbelt in the western country. The groupnearest Phoenix, composing the CrownedKing, California, Conger, Grey Eagleand Peck, are old producing mines andhave long paid to work with all thepresent disadvantages. At Big Bug itwilltap another rich group of mines.Here is located the plant of the Com-mercial Mining company's large andextensive smelting work's. The roadwillextend out through Lonesome val-ley and willopen up the Verde countryand afford an outlet for the immensebeds of rock salt and sal peter lying alongthe Verde river. The building of thisline by tbe Southern Pacific company

Iwillnot interfere with the building ofthe Santa Ft', Prescott and Phoenixrailroad.

NOTES FROM BAN BERNARDINO.

The following correspondence appearedin a recent issue of the San BernardinoCourier:

Editor Courier: As I have seennothing in your paper regarding assess-ment work on mines, Ithought Iwouldcall attention to the bill which waspassed by the last state legislature. Ithink it would be to the interest of yourreaders, especially to the mining portion,if you would publish the statute in full.I have not the bill at band, or Iwouldsend it to you. the bill that was passedwillbe found on page 219 of the statutesof 1891.

This law compels every mine owner inthe state to make a sworn statement asto having done the necessary assessmentwork and have such recorded in thecounty records within thirty days fromthe time the work is required to be com-pleted by law.

This, Ibelieve, is the first law passedby tbe state legislature concerning min-ing, and as this law makes tbe groundlocatable (if not complied with), it ia ofthe utmost importance to all owners ofmines. There may. be a question as tothe legality of this bill, aa it might con-flictwith the United States laws, butunder any circumstances it will putmany a poor miner to great inconveni-ence and expense. No doubt some tnining men had au »bjvu> in having sucb abillbecome tbe law oi the land. The

lawyers will not likely take any excep-tson to this statute.

ASSESSMENT WOBK.The mountains and desert are just

now full of miners doing their assess-ment work.

Tbe Black Hawk Gold company has anumber of men at work.

A rich strike was made by O. G. Leachand Joe McDermott on one of the claimsof the company. A very large body ofore consisting of silver and gold wasfound. This is a new feature, whichwilladd much value to the already largeproperty. The find clears up the mystery of the rich float found by BarneyCarter, Quartz Wilson and others, aa theore is the same as found by them andother prospectors in time gone by.

BOBE MINE.

The millon this- mine willbe some-what later starting than was expected.They intended to be mining on the Istof January, but the weather may delaythem a Utile later. Mr. Wheeler ispushing it as fast as it is possible, butdelays willoccur in spite of everything.The company has enough ore "on thedumps to run thirty days, and lota ofore is said to be ready to be stoped tokeep the millrunning right along.

Mr. Pedley, representing the ValleyGold company, is in Holcorab, lookingafter the interests of the company. Theyare procuring patents on all their prop-erty in the valley.

Dr. Rice, after doing considerablework on his claims in Holcomb, hasretired to the more salubrious atmos-phere of the valley for the winter.

Burknap, the mining seer, has gone tLos Angeles with the intention of con-testing some of the ValleyGold compa-ny's rights to a patent.

Sam Baird baa completed his assess-ment work on his mines in Bear valley,and has bonded his interests to a SanFrancisco company, and expects to jointhe capitalists soon.

Watts and Carson, after doing consid-erable work in Lone valley, have gonedown to San Bernardino to partake ofthe happiness of home life for a time.

John Recce, an old desert mining ex-pert, is successfully forming a companyin Riverside on his mines between theBlack Hawk and Old Woman springs.The ore is quite rich in silver and haslarge surface indications.

The Sidewinder mine is proving (un-der Mr. Chapman's bond) a good suc-cess. They have run several hundredtons of ore through the millat Victorwith results fully up to their expecta-tions.

Leik'a Ophir mine haa been sold to asyndicate.

Numerous partiea about Dry lake,Rabbit springs, and in fact all along theSan Bernardino range as far east asTwenty-nine Palms, are working likeheavers, doing their assessment work.The work could not be more desirable,and everybody is happy accordingly.

A RICH GOLD STRIKE.The Phoenix, A. T., Gazette aaya:

Harry Horsekworthes came down fromthe Weaver district yesterday after aload of goods for his brother's store. Hereports a rich strike in the placer dig-gings up there, and nuggets weighingfour and seven ounces are being takenout. A Mexican who had been workingin the lower end of the district struck arich "pay streak the other day, thatcaused a general stampede to the spot,and claims were staked off in every di-rection. There were several hundreddollars of gold dust brought intoPhoenix and sold to Goldman & Co.,some of the nuggets brought in weigh-ing six ounces. There have been thou-sands of dollars of the precious stufftaken out of these diggings in yearspast, but there has never been such arich strike as this one made before.There are more men working in the dis-trict this winter than there has beenfor years and they are all making goodwages. Including Americans and Mexi-cans it is estimated that at least 175 menare placering, besides a large number ofquartz miners and prospectors, who aremeeting with more or less success intheir search for the hidden treasure.Mr. Horsekworthes willstart back todaywith a four horse team load of pro-visions and tools. There are severalmining men preparing to visit the sceneof operation.

Pure Coffee.There is one consolation for the prev-

alent adulteration of coffee, which isthat the people who use the adulteratedarticle are apt to be better offin healththan those who partake largely of tbepure article. It is known that coffee in-creases the pulse, makes the mind activeand produces wakefulness. Consequent-ly most people take itin the morning.In large quantities it produces palpita-tion of the heart, consequently peoplewith heart trouble are forbidden to drinkcoffee. Taken at night it produces wake-fulness.

One cup of black coffee at night willgive a night of misery to any one inclinedto heart trouble and keep awake for theentire night a person not accustomed toits use. The optimist must thereforehail with delight the prevalence of adul-terated coffee.

The epicure, however, willcontinue toget his coffee green, roast it himself,grind it with religious exclusion of anyadulterants and use it at once by mak-ing a decoction by pouring boiling waterover it and never boiling the coffee inthe water to be drunk. Thus the epicuremay extract the utmost of unhealthfill-ness from the fragrant and deliciousberry, adding another to the long list ofpleasures that are somewhat hurtful.?New York Sun.

Financially Embarrassed.A large manufacturer, who* aft* ir, were

very much embarrassed and who was overworked aud broken down wxh nervous <x-b'Ustion. wet to a celebrated peoitlist. H<was cold that the only thing need d was to brelieved o oar* and worry, &nd have < chanxof tboueht. This d cior was mor consld rrteof his patt tit' health 'ha of his flnancM olcum*tuices. He ought to have ait - isedhim tuse Dr. Miles' fterorative Nervine, tbe be*reme 'y fo- nervous prostration, \u25bal" ple« e-.dizzln ss hf a1» h , 111 eff 'Cs of olri s, t ibacco, coffee, opium etc i'h xtsands testify tou*e. Book and t»(*' b ttl ?-<>. -t c. H. Hancf

Only 02 hours Los Angeles to Chicagoby the Santa Fe route. Correapondinv;quick time to all eastern cities. ThrougiPullman palace and tourist sleeping cardaily. Personally conducted tourist c»excursion to Biaton and intermedial-po uts weekly. Ticket office 180 Norttspring st., Loa Angeles, and Santa Ft

J>e»th of an Old l'lu»trn l.iauder.ANorfolk island correspondent report*

the death, at the age of ninety-four, ofMr. Bnffett, an old and much respectedmember of the island community. Hehad been connected with the Pitcairncommnnity for the long period ofnearlyseventy years.

i Early in the twenties (1822) the Eng-lish whaler Cyprus, on her way homeafter an extended and successful cruise,and before starting on the then lonelyand perilous passage around the Horn,called at Pitcairn island for fresh provi-sions and to recruit. Just at that timethe island elders began to feel the wantof a school teacher for the yonng com-munity fast growing np, and expressedtheir wishes to that effect to'the captainof the Cyprus, who, without hesitation,willinglyagreed to help them, if possi-ble.

The result was that Buffett, then ayoung man on board, of fair education,was sounded, and he gladly fell in withthe wishes of his captain and the com-munity, went ashore withall his belong-ings and thenceforward threw in his lotwith the islanders. He was not long,however, a schoolmaster, as on the ad-vent of Mr.Nobbs, some few years later,a majority of the parents wished for achange, and of course Buffett had to ac-quiesce.

Mr. Buffett's residence, even on peace-fulPitcairn, was not without its excit-ing episodes. In 1831 occurred, at thoinstance of the English government, theexodus to Tahiti, and the community'sreturn some months later curtailedthrough sickness of many of its mem-bers. Then again, in ,1836, during the"reign" of Mr. Joshua Hill, Buffett andhis two compatriots, Nobbs and Evans,together with their families, were for ashort period banished to the Garnbierislands by this arbitrary gentleman,where theexiles were kindly treated, andremained until the storm blew over.Lastly, the final departare from lovedold Pitcairn to the new home at Norfolkisland, 3,000 miles away.

Bnffett was an ingenious worker inwood, and his handiworks in the shapeof cabinets and such like are widely dis-tributed, the old familiar legend, "madefrom the wood of John Adams' house,"being always kept up and no doubt add-ing attraction to the goods. Until threeor four yearr ago Mr. Buffett had the fulluse of all his faculties, but for the lasteighteen months he has been totallyoblivious to passing events. ?ChilianTimes.

A Soldier* Bible.While Miss Winter, of Einmittsburg,

was overlooking her childhood's treas-ures, she came across an old Testamentwhich she found on the site of a soldier'scamp near there during the war, afterthe soldiers had left for the field of Get-tysburg. On examining the book hereyes fellon the name "Siunuel Wolcott,Griffin's Mills, Erie county, N. V.," and'Miss Winter decided to write to the ad-dress, thinking the owner would like torecover the book.

In a few days she received a replyfrom Mrs. Weaden, of Clifton, N. J.,stating that she was a sister of the sol-dier and the only living member of alarge family. She said her brother hadreturned home from the army in 1863,and died in 1864, and Miss Winter's let-ter had been forwarded to her as Idsnearest of kin. Mrs. Weaden seemedmuch pleased at the idea of recoveringthis long lost memento of her deadbrother, and Miss Winter sent the Tes-tament to her.?Baltimore Sun,

A Chapter on Oysters."Oysters are fatter this year than I

ever saw them before," said arestaurantoyster opener. "Idon't know why, butusually the fatter an oyster is the poorerthe flavor. This is because the fat oy-ster has generally been out of the watertoo long and has been fed. That is notwholly the reason this year. They arofatter anyhow.

"An oyster is best on the half shell,about twenty-four to forty-eight hoursafter he is out of salt water. Eaten be-fore that time they are apt to givecramps. Yes, the male oyster is thebest, bnt we don't come across a malemore than an average of once in fiftytimes."?New York Herald.

Why tho Opening; Wa» Delayed.

The opening of the recent church con-gress at Rhylin, Wales, was delayed forhalf an honr by the nonappearance ofthe Archbishop of Canterbury, and every-body wondered what had happened. Thearchbishop had lost his crozier. Thiaemblem was locked up in a leathern case,and was carried off by a servant, whothought itwas a gun, and locked itupin a room full of breechloaders and car-tridges. Whether the congress wouldhave been adjourned if it had not beendiscovered is a question which does notcall for immediate reply.?ChristianWorld.

Drain Boarded a Hand Car.Asection man was coming into Colum-

bus, Ind., on a hand car on the Pennsyl-vania road, when he was attacked by alarge bear. A terrible storm was inprogress at the time. The man and bearhad a terrific struggle, but the manfinally struck tho bear over the headwith an iron crowbar, and as the animalrolled from the car the man got itinmotion and escaped. He was badlyscratched and bruised, but not seriouslyinjured.?Cor. Philadelphia Record.

Blew Open an Unlocked Safe.Cracksmen played a singular joke on

themselves in blowing open the safe inL. O. Blair's store, Rio, Ills. Mr. Blairhas been the victimof so many robberiesthat he has been leaving the safe openand sending tbe money to Galesbnrg.The burglars drilled into and blew opentbe empty unlocked safe.?Cor. St. LouisGlobe-Democrat,

Texas OystersFrosh receipts\u25ba very day, both can and bulk,

lost and obeapei-t oyster ever brouxnt to thiaoast. Only three days en route.

Onsak Pwrv ready rajainejaojar.

Drink Datssex Ctu.urt.Qr*, H. j. WeaUat

FIVE CENTS.

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