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SAN JOSE AND VICINITY. 85 Generally for 25 cents per diem the housewife will obtain abundance, both in quantity and variety, to supply an ordinary family. The list includes pota toes, onions, lettuce, celery, radishes, peas, beans, turnips, parsnips, cabbages, spinach, cauliflower, carrots, parsley, etc. The markets are also well sup plied with all kinds of game in its season, including ducks, quail, snipe, fresh fish, venison, hare, etc. The prices generally range as follows:—Wild duck, 50 cents per pair; quail, $1.50 perdoz.; snipe, $1.50 per doz.; venison, 12 cents per lb.; hare, 50 cents a piece ; chickens, turkeys, etc., 25 cents per lb. During the season of fruits the markets are filled with straw berries, blackberries, currants, cherries, etc., at from 5 to 10 cents per lb. Peaches, prunes, apricots, plums, nectarines, grapes, etc., at a cent and a half to 8 cents per lb. The following synopsis of the Game Law should have appeared on page 51, but was inadvertently left out. The law prohibits the killing of Deer... .except between July 1st and November 1st. Doves.. ..except between Sept. 15th and March 15th. Quail .. .except between Sept. 15th and March 15th. Ducks. ..except between Sept. 15th and March 15th. Trout... except between May 1st and October 1st.