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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-15
late weather Report.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., April i5--1 A. H.
For Middle Atlantic States, cloudy wea-
Their and rain. slight rise In temperature,
southeast to southwest winds, lower pa
rometer.
Fer the South Atlantic States, rain and
partly cloudy weather. southeast to south
west winds. lower barometer, slight rise In
temperature In the northern portions
nearly stationary temperature IN the south
eru portions.
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DRUGS. MEDICINES. &C.
FOR SICK-ROOMS.
THE MOST AGREEABLE, EFFECTIVE, AND
CONVENIENT PURIFIER or SICK
ROOMS IS
HLAuls CHLoRAL THyMOL PRoPHYLAe
TIC AND DIsINFECrANr

For sale BY Druggists. Price so cents bottle.
Read the following:
sBLAIR's oHL0RAL TuYhoL PRopHl.
LACTIc Is the best dinnfectant thar hare eyer
used" fsigsedj HuNrxH MCGUIRE, N. ID.
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The WEATHER YESTERDAY was cloudy and
warm.
THERMOMETERS YESTERDAY: 6 A. NJ, 80: .
A. NJ, so; noon, So; p. NJ, 65; 8 +. NJ,
60; midnight, 60.
Mean temperature, 81 90.
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M0ULDHN0s, BRACKETS. &c.

WHITE 4 POINDEXTER,
" PLANING-MlLL AND BOX FACTORY,
BRScRE To q sqRbnaTS c az n
DESCRIPTIONS, ROUND AND SQUARE
WOODEN PACKA6Es- Estimates fnrnIshed.
FACTORY. Twmty.fourth and Main directs.
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NOR NEW YORK.-The old >sSss

DOR NEW YORK.-The Old IsSFs>
II Dominion steamship Company se&slkssss,
proposed sailings for the week following are
wy AkOhE, Captain HULPHERS, FRIDAY,
April llth, at o'clock L. VI.
ROANOKE, Captain CoUcH, SUNDAY, April
18Th, at 3 O'Clock 4. NJ.
OLD DOMINION. Captain WALKRR, TUES
DAY, April 10Th, at O'Clock =. NJ.
Freight received until ! O'Clock y. NJ. Friday,
6 O'Clock z. III. saturday, and to l O'Clock +. n.
Tuesday.
Through bills OF lading signed, and goods for
warded with dispatch To all points north, south,
east, and west; aisO To foreign ports,
Passenger aCcommO dations Unsurpassed.
Cabin fare TO New York fincluding meals and
berthl, Slt; round-trip tickets. SIS. stcerage,
with subsistence. 81 without subsistence. 80.
Passengers leaving Richmond Mondays, Tues
days, Wednesday, and Saturdays by the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railway at ll:25 AZ. ria New
ports News or the Richmond and Petersburg rail-
road AZ 7:l5 A. NJ. will make connection M Nor
folk with steamer leaving those days. Tickets 10 be
had at the Chesapeake and Ohio depot, Richmond
and Petersburg depot, and A. W. CAREERS, 1000
Main street.
For freight or passage apply 70
GEORGE W. ALLEN & Co. Agents.
apo ComDany's Wharf, Rockets.
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RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG


FREDERICKSBURG
IL AND POTOMAC RAILRoAD.-schedule
commencing NOVEMBER Is. 1eS3-eastern
standard time: ,.
goo A. NJ, leaves BYrd-Sireet station daily stops
only at Ashland, junction, Milford,
and Fredericksburg sleeper from
jacksonville to Washington, aud
Charleston 10 Washington.
ll.35 A. NJ, leaves Byrd-Strcet station daily lex
cept Sundays. Sleeper Charleston 10
Washington.
$40 p. NJ, leaves Byrd-street station daily.
sleeper from Waycross 10 New York
and Aiken 10 NV York.
Il:l5 A. NJ, arrives at Byrd-Street station daily.
Sleeper from New York to Waycross,
and New York 10 Aiken.
2:43 T.. NJ, arrives at Byrd-Strcet station daily;
stops at Fredericksburg, Milford. and
Junction. sleeper from Washington
a:34P.M. arrives al Byrd-street station daily
except sundays. Sleeper Washing
ton to Jacksonville, and Washington
10 Charleston.
ASHLAND TRAINS,
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS:
1855 A. NJ, leaves Elba; arrives ~ Ashland at
1889 A. NJ. stops at Hungary aud
Kilby.
400 p. NJ, Accommodation, leaves Brosd-Srreet
station: arrtyee al Ashland at 5
e:12P.M, leaves Eiba; arrives a, Ashland at
Up. ". stops Il Hungary and Kilby.
6:32 A. NJ, arrives at Elba; leaves Ashland az
534 A. II. stops at Hungary aud
Kilby.
s:55 A. NJ, accommodation, arrives st Broad
street station; leaves Ashland az 8
e:o7 P. NJ, arrives at Elba; leaves Ashland a.
5;l2 Z. NJ. stops at Hungary and
c. A. ThYLOR. General Ticket Agent.
4. T. ID. MYERS. General Superintendent.
DICBMOND AND DANVILLh RAIL-.
H ROAD COMPANY.
CONDENSED SCHEDULES
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r. b. Cook, Auctioneer,
"a Ninth street.
STOCK OF GROCERIES, STORE
" FIXTURES, &C., AT AUCTION.-On
TUESDAY, 18TH INSTANT,
at 10 o'clock, win sell at No. l7I3 Grace street
me STOCK OF GROCERIES AND FEED, con-
sisting Of 49,
CANNED GOODS, SOAP, FLOUR, PATENT
20 bales Hay, 20 bags CORN, 10 bags OATS, to.
gether with
COUNTERS, COUNTER and PLATFORM
SCALES, TRUCK, SHOWCASES, &c.
ALSO,
A small assortment OF HOUSEHOLD FURNI.
TURE.
TERMS: Cash. +. b. COOK,
up 10 Auctioneer.
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS

o-oOcS-E-~St~-D~--~
ONLY ONE DOLLAR ss;Fsss
NEwpoRT's NEWS, NORFOLK, AND PORTS
AND ONLY ROUTE WITHOUT TRANSFER.
ONLY $3.50 TO OLD POINT.
ONLY& 2 TO WASHINGTON DC.
VIRGINIA STEAMBOAT CoMPANY's
JAMES RIVER LINE FOR
NORFOLK, fURTsMoUTH. AND JAMES
RIVER LANDINGS DIRECT,
CONNECTS AT NoRFQLK CLOSELY WITH
BAY LINE FOR Old POINT, HAMPTON,
BALTIMORE, AMI IBt NORTH
SAME AFTERNOON,
AND AT NOR FOLK WITH STEAMERS FOR
EASTEEN SHORE OF VIRGINIA.
AND AT
NEwPoRTs NEWS WITH STEAMER "AC-
CoMACv FOR sI4I III .uu
ONLY ALL-WATER ROUTE.
JAMES RIVER By DAYLIGHT.
CHEAPEST ROUTE.
RATES MUCH LESS THAN HALF CHARGED
BY ANY OTHER ROUTE.
FARE TO NoRE %61tA s5.99oo.} NO LIMIT,
FARE To WASHINGTON, u. c., 81.
FARE ROUND TRIP, $3.50.
wAY-LANpING FARES FROM 25c; TO DOC.
MEALS on EUROPEAN PLAN.
The elegantly rebuilt and fast steamer
NELLIE WHITE,
carrying United states MALL
z. C.. OXFORD, Commander,
leaves Richmond every MONDAY, WEDNES-
DAY AND FRIDAY
az A. NJ, STREET CARS CONNECT IN FULL
TlMEJ for above-nameG places. Returning the
steamer leaves Norfolk, Portsmouth. and New
ports News on alternate days. arriving at Rich
mOnd at about =. NJ.
Through tickets on sale on steamer and At Gar
beis Agency. 1000 Main street. Baggage checked
through.
STATEROONs ENGAGEOFOR DAY OR
NIGHT.
FREIGHT.
Freight received daily for Norfolk, Poltgmoulh,
Smithhed, and Hampton; Washington, ID. c.;
Newbern. Washington, and TarborO', y. C., and
all points In Eastern North Carolina; also, for
Eastern shore of Virginia Old Point and 0 n regu-
lar landings on James river. at LOWEST RATES,
and through bills Issued. L. b. TATUM,
~ 70 Superintendent.
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FREIGHT,
OLDDOMINI0N STEAMSHIP <TCss
" COMPANY. sA&xtas
TOR NEW VORR
FOR NEW YORK

This company Will dispatch one OF tkelrspIeRdid
steamers--GUYAND0TT ROANOKE, MAN
HAITIAN, OLD DOMINION, and RICHMOND
EVERY TUESDAY, FRIDAY, and SUNDAY
IFOr hours Of sailing, see advertisement belOw.I
steamers leave New York TUESDAYS, THURS
DAYs,and SATURDAYS at 8 p. N. from Pier 2e
(new numberl, North river, foot Of Beach street.
They have splendid saloons, sta;e-rooms, and
bathrooms.
The fare, accommodations, and attentions are
unsurpassed.
After-cabin fare 20 New York Uncluding meals
and BERTH. SO: round-trp tickets, ;steerage,
with subsistence, 81; without subsistence, FG.
Freights for points beyond New York forwarded
with dispatch, and nc charge made except actual
expenses incurred.
Freight received until 6 o'clock y. NJ. daily.
For further n formation. apply TO
GEORGE w. ALLEN& CO., Age1to,
jy20 office COMMANDS wharves. Rockets.
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BY Frank ID. Hill 4 Co..

BY Frank ID. Hill Il Co.,
Real Estate Auctloneers, HOS Main street.
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LARGE
- NUMBLR OF DIESIRABLE BUILDI,NG
DWELLING AND LOT, ON THE WEST SIDE
OF HANCOCK BETWEEN MARSHALL AMI
CLAY STREETS, ONE SQUARE FROM THE
RICHMOND, FREDERIC KSBURG AND POTO-
MAC RAlLROAD DEPOT, AND ADJOINING
BUCHANAN SPRING, AT PUBLIC AUCTION
MAEDER AND WIFE,
rs.
WESTERMAN AND OTHERS.
By virtue of decree IN the above suit entered
by The Chancery Court Of the city of Richmond
October "a, 1882, we viii SELL on the premises
THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1884,
at A. O'Clock Z. NJ, the PROPERTY mentioned
in said decree "a follows:
The IALF-SQUARE OF GROUND on the
west side of flancock between Marshall and Clay
streets, fronting 326 feet on Hancock street anC
There IS on the place comfortable TWO-STO-
RY FRAME HOUSE, with SIN roo us.
The property will be sold As whole, or viii be
divided into lois 10 suit the views Of purchasers
Plat or the ground at The office Of the auc-
In view Of The many improvements In thai
neghbOrhood. and the prospect Of rapid en-
hancement In value OF real estate In this imme-
diate locality, these Lots offer special Inducements
for purchasers, Dwelling can be erected at once
amt fair rentals obtained.
TERMS One fourth cash balance In SIX. twelve
and eighteen months, notes 10 be given, with In
talned until the purchase-mOney is paid, and con-
4. n KELLEY.
JAMES CASkIE,
Special Commissioners.
Sale by FRANK ID. HILL Co., Auctioneers.
I'D 6
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u OOK AND JOB WORK NEATLY
lD11Es l al the DISPATCH PRINTING
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RAILKUAD LANES.


&QH
rHEsAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL
~ wAY.-sCHEDULE IN EFFECT MARCH
LEAVE RICHMOND:
9:1O A. M. For Clifton Forge and local stations.
Mail except sunday.
1875 A. NJ. for NewDort's News and Qfd Point
Comfort. Parlor-CarLine daily. Ar
riyes Norfolk MONDAY, Wednesday.
and Friday 34J r. NJ: Tuesday,
Thursday, aud Saturday $50 r.. VI.
400 p. II. For Viewpoints News, Old Point, and
Norfolk. Express except Sunday.
400 p. NJ. Charlottesville accommodation dali
~. except sundas. stops al all sta
lions.
e:s5 Pm. FOR .Louhyille and Cincinnati: con-
Meeting for all points West, North
west, and southwest. Fast express
daily. Does not stop for local bust
ness. Pullman sleeping .carS Rich
inond 10 Cincinnati and Washington
and Charlottesville to Louisville.
1920 T.. NJ. For Ashland, Ky. Night express
except Sunday. q. and .. s.evpiDg-
ARRIVE RicHMoND:
s:45 A. VI. From Ashland, Ky. except Sunday.
1l:4O A. M. From Norfolk. OLD Point and New
ports News, except Sunday.
s ssS En- From d Nss o sIs 5ssS Sunday
From Old Point and NewpOrt's News
PaTl0r-Car Line daily. Passengers
from Norfolk, Old Point, and New
ports News connect at X +. and i.
Junction with Pullman sleeping
ears for New York.
S45 L. NJ. From Louisville and Cincinnati
Fast express daily.
Depot: Seventeenth and Broad streets.
Ticket-Ofices: 1000 Main street and Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway depot.
General Passenger Agent;
G.. W. SMITH, General Manager. nib29
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BY W. II. Lyme & Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctioneers,
ll13 Main street.

BY W. II. Lyme Co.,
Real Estate Agents and Auctoneers,
1l13 Main street.
TRUSTEE'S AUCTION SALE OF DE-
i sIRABLE FRAME STORE, WITH DWELL
ING ATTACHED, ON THE WEST SIDE OF
PICKETT STREET BETWEEN SHORT AND
PLEASANTs STREETS.-By virtue Of a deed of
trust to me from &. c. Cartwright dated March IL
1877. and duly IecOI ded In the clerks Office Of
the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond, de-
fault having boon made in the payment of the
bond thereby secured, and being required so 10 do
by the beneficiary, | shall sell bY public auction
upon the premises, on
TUESDAY. APRIL Is, 1884,
at 8 O'Clock p. NJ, the above-named PROPERTY,
the late residence and business-staBd Of the said
G. c. Gathrieht, now deceased, containing about
five room, besides store-To0m, and well arranged
and we'll situated for retail grocery. The LOT has
a front of 80 feet on Pickett street and depth OF
about l so feet
TERMS: Cash as 70 the expenses Of sale and the
sum ofS350.36, with interest thereon from March
10, 1877; and the residue upon "a credit Of six
and twelve months by negotiable notes, with in
terest added, and secured by deed of trust.
j. L. JUSTlS, Trustee.
W. II. LYME & Co., Auctioneers. apo
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IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SALE
i of the property advertised above we shall sell
TWO BEAUTIFUL VACANT LOTS in the
immediate vicinity.
TERMS: Easy, and announced as sale.
apl3 W. II. LYME K co.
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DICHMOND AND DANVILLh RAIL.
Ie ROAD COMPANY.
CONDENSED SCHEDULES
IN EFFECT MARCH 80, 1854.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17
Copper Roofing.

The decline in the price of copper is
likely to lead to the increased use of that
metal in building. At present the mate
rial for copper roof costs, at the outset
only about twice as much as tin, and as
the latter must be repaired and painted
about once in three years, and in Is or 20
years must be renewed altogether, the cop
per, which never needs painting, and is
practically indestructible, is much the
cheaper material in the end. There are at
Boston many copper roofs, put on about
40 years ago,which show no signs of deteri-
grafton; and the metal is still much en-
ployed in that city for cornices, cutters
and rain water pipes, as well as for cover
ing bay windows, and in many other ways,
in place of galvanized iron, which is much
inferior in beauty and durability and not
very much cheaper. The copper has the
additional advantage of needing no paint,
so that the delicate lines of artistic work
are in no danger of being filed up, and the
metal increases rather than diminishes in
beauty, by the slow formation of a blush
green patina over it. For flashings, as
well as other portions of roof work, copper
is much superior to zinc or tin, and with
the aid of certain amount of lead the
most difficult problems in rockingham be
successfully and permanently solved.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17
Hot Water Cure for SickIy Plants.

The Florist asks: Has anyone tried hot
water as a restorative for sickly plants?
and then proceeds to say that M. WIller-
moz some time since related that plants In
pots may be restored to health by means of
hot water. Ill health, he maintains, en-
sues from acid substances in the soil, which
being absorbed by the roots act as poison.
The small roots wither and cease to act,
and the upper and younger shoots conse-
quently turn yellow, or become spotted,
indicative of their morbid state. In such
cases the usual remedy is to transplant
into fresh soil, in clean pots with good
drainage, and this often with the best re-
suits. But his experience ofseveral years
has proved the unfailing efficacy of the
simpler treatment which consists in water
ing abundantly with hot water at tenn
perature of 1450 Fab, having previously
stirred the soil of the pots so far as may be
done without injury to the roots. Water
is then given until it runs freely from the
potts. In his experiments the water at first
came out clear, afterwards it was sensibly
tinged with brown and gave an appreciable
acid reaction. After this thorough wash
ing the pots were kept warm and the
plants soon made new roots, Immediately
followed by vigorous growth.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17

Black Bart tells of one experience he had
in Northern California, which came near
stopping his experience as highwayman.
He had interviewed a party of travellers by
stage and got small haul for his trouble.
After starting the stage on, with the gentle
admonitiOn to the driver to 20 on and never
look back, or he would drop him, he, as
was his custom, pitched into the brush.
He had not been walking very long when
he heard voices behind him, and, looking
down the mountain side, could see several
horsemen and footmen coming in his direc-
tion at lively gait. They were gaining
on him very fast and he was compelled to
do something very suddenly or be cap
tured, and his only chance for escape was
to secrete himself before they caught
sight Of him. He began alooking about
him, and noticed a large, hollow fir tree
which lay on the ground. Plunging into
it head first just before the vigilantes came
in sight he crawled into2the farther end of
the lrle, hit discovered to his horror that
he had company, winch, by the peculiar
Odor emitted, he concluded was pOlecat-
in fact, he knew it was. 1t was a time for
tears but not for retreat and he lay there
in mortal agony and heard his pursuers
come up and sit down on the log, while
their dog tried to make the acquaintance
of the fragrant occupant of the hole in the
log The smell finally drove them away
and Bart crawled hurriedly out, not only
sick at heart and with the world, but terri
bly, sick at the stomach. He declares that
he did not get over the effects of his ex-
perience in the log for three months after
ward, and that it nearly cured him of his
propensity for robbing stages.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17
An Embarrassed Tailor.

Orders have been issued from the head
quarters of the Northern Pacific railroad to
the effect that all employees On trains and
at stations over the line must appear in
uniform. A tailor is now going over the
road taking the measurements of employees
for their new suits, who, in order to expe-
dite matters, sends the following dispatch
to agents: Take off everything but your
pantaloons and shirt, and be on the plat
form when the train arrives, to be meas
ured for uniform" Arriving at one of the
new stations he jumped from the train,
tape-line in hand, and shouted for the
agent In response to his call hand
some young lady stepped forward, accom-
panied by burly six-footer, who
announced that the lady was the agent
and he was her brother, and demanded an
explanation of the dispatch. The tailor
explained as best he could, and boarding
the train telegraphed from the next sta
ton: "How many agents have you got
that don't wear shirts and pantaloOns, and
where are they located? Answer quick"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17

"Did you ever suffer extreme hunger or
thirst ?" was asked Of Kentucky Colonel
who had been relating some solid stories
about himself.
WELL" he replied, II never suffered
what might be called extreme hunger, but
no man knows how to endure the agonies
of thirst better than do. / remember the
time WELL" he continued, retrOspectively.
81 was on a fishing excursion and became
lost in the woods For three days not a
drop passed my lips. My heightened alb
sence finally caused alarm and a party was
sent out in search of me. They
found me lying in an unconscious condi-
tion on the bank of little trout stream,
and it was hours before any hopes Of saw
ing me were entertained"
WAS the trout stream dry?" asked one
of the interested listeners.
DRY? Certainly not. How could
catch fish if the stream was dry?
"Well, don't see how you could suffer
from thirst with a stream of water close at
hand"
"Water close at hand?" repeated the
Kentucky Colonel. And what has
water got TO do with a mans being
thirsty"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17
A Bad Speculation.

A Danish steamer which arrived at New
York month ago with fire in her hold
had among her cargo $50 boxes containing
10000 eggs. The water pumped into the
vessel to quench the flames became heated
and boiled the egs hard. A speculator
bought the lot for 5000, intending to retail
them to hotels and restaurants. He soon
found, however, that the fumes of Swedish
matches, to the spontaneous combustion of
which the fire was due, had impregnated
the eggs with the odor of sulphur, and no
body would buy them. To add to his mis-
fortune, the health authorities refuse to
take the 10000 eggs off his hands as offal.
and he will have to transport them to
suitable place of deposit at his own expense.
What puzzles him is how the sample eggs
which he ate before making the purchase
happened to be perfectly sweet and fresh,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17

states that at the early age of sixteen he
volunteered IN campaign against the In
dians In 1886, so that the ladies have to
but fight little to ascertain exactly how
old the colonel is.
A NEW JERSEY REPRESENTATIVE
takes occasion in his biography to mention
the fact, probably for the benefit of his
colleagues, that he is "a practical halter,
and is now in the retail hat business" at
Newark Mr.. Mackey, of South Carolina,
consumes the better part of page in pre-
senting his political history showing, step
by step, how he ascended the scale of great
ness to Congress.
WHERE STATESMEN ARE BORN.
The only native of Washington in Con-
gress is Mr.. Gilbert NJ Woodward, of Wis
consin, who was born in this city in 1885.
The States of Connecticut, Delaware,
Maine, Maryland, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont send
solid delegations Senators and Representa-
tives, of native born citizens In the House,
there are 35 native sons of New York, 33
of Pennsylvania, 81 of Ohio, and next
comes Kentucky and Virginia with II
each Massachusetts and Tennessee next
with 13 each; North Carolina next with
IL. So it would appear that the Empire
State is superseding Ohio in the business
of furnishing Statesmen for the country at
large Hitherto the "Ohio man" has been
in the lead when the number of offices was
counted. Of the entire Arkansas delega-
ton of both houses but single member
was born in the State. Only two of the
entire Mississippi delegation are natives of
that State, but she gets even by having
sons in the Arkansas, Missouri and Cali
fornia delegations.
Of the 4O1 members of Congress 267 are
lawyers, though several of this number
have practically abandoned the law for
other pursuits.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-17
Another ArbOrial Giant.

The Santa Barbara Independent says
Big grapevines have been a Characteristic
of Santa Barbara ever since she became
famous through Dana and Nordhoff
Among the several notable specimens of
these vintage kings, is one which has as
yet remained unknown to fame. This new
and deserving candidate for public admira-
ton is truly Gargantean specimen, which
throws its protecting shade over 5000
square feet, actual measurment, of the
yard Of Don Francisco Alves, On Haley
street. At this season the vine is beauti-
full sight, the leaves turning to varied hues
beneath the Autumn sun and the generous
punches of purple grapes yet remaining
make rich contrast to the yellow foliage.
In 1878 Mr.. Alves gathered $3.50 pounds of
grapes from one plant, and this year, after his
five children had been eating the fruit for
two months without restriction, he gathered
a vintage which yielded forty-eight and
half gallons of pure juice, and the vine has
yet load Of beautiful fruit The main
trunk measures thirty-four inches in cir
cumference, and few more beautiful pic
lures can be imagined than this generous
giant throwing its prodigal arms in pro-
tecting embrace over the cosy home of our
modest townsman.