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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-05
ADJUSTMENTS. ETC.
CLUNIE OPERA HOUSE.
CHENowETH Il WILKINS. Managers.
GRAND REOPENINC.

GHAND RECPENINC.
The Regular Season will be inaugurated on
Saturday Evening. May lst,
With Grand Representation of Audran's
Famous Comic Opera,
Il LIE M a - Q O tt.
With the following talented Opera Company:
MISS LOUiZA MANFRED,
From Boston, the Beautiful and Accomplished
rrina Donna First appearance in California.
MR.. c. M. PIXIE,
Inc celebrated Tenor from New York First
appearance in California.
MR.. r. D. VALERGA,
Second Tenor, Tivoli Opera House, San Fran
cisco.
MR.. HENRY LOUIS,
Comedian, Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco,
MR.. C. J. BISHOP, MR.. McFADDEN
MIR. BOWEN, MISS LULU WARD.
Ilyoh Opera House, San Francisco, and a full
and efficient Chorus
ED- New and Magnificent Costumes from
the Extensive Wardrobe of the TiyoIj
Opera House, San francisco.
CONDUCTOR A. NAVONI.
stage Manager-........ c. NJ. PIXIE
Grand Family Matinee Every Saturday
ut z. NJ.
PRICES AS USUAL-25, 90 and rs cents.
HS- Seats on sale at the Box Office from 10 A.
n. " = NJ. my1-tf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

But after twenty years trial of the con-
federation, during which the taxes have been
piling higher and higher and the commerce
and industries of the country have been sink
ing lower and lower the Nova Scotian has
at last awOke to the necessity of IA repeal of
the union with Canada, and he is aS persistent
i'll his demands for justice as he was hereto
fore doggcd in clinging to the existing law
They have recently elected a local assembly
overwhelmingly in favor of home rule, and
many of their prominent men declare that if
their request is not granted they will apply
for annexation to the United States.
Many paragraphs of the numerous petit
tions that have been forwarded to both the
Canadian parliament and to England, recall
similar complaints of the American colonies
prior to the revolution. AS far back as 1851
the Nova Scotia assembly passed the fol
lowing:
"We the representatives of Nova Scotia,
having assembled for the purpose of con-
structing an administration, cannot separate
without making known to our constituents
our unanimous and unalterable detcrmlna-
ton to Use every lawful and constitutional
means TO eXtriCate this province from the
operation of the British North American
act the passage of which, i'll the imperial
Legislature, was obtained by falsehood, fraud
and deception"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13
GRINDING MEAL BY HAND.


The home rule demanded on this side Of the
Atlantic is 10y Nova Scotia, Prince Edward
Island, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.
Nova Scotia claims, however, to have the
greatest grievance, which can only he salts
fed 10y repeal Of the union with Canada and
annexation To the United States.
By glance at the map it Will bc seen that
no portion OF the peninsula of Nova Scotia
reaches a. high latitude as the state Of
Maine that Is, this state shuts off the inter-
course Of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
from direct eastern communication with the
markets in the rest of Canada, unless they
carry their prOu IS by an all water route
northward, and then down the st. Lawrence
river. They are shut out from their natural
market in the United States by the tariff, and
here is where the shoe pinches and where re-
lief would come by annexation.
Nova Scotia was settled originally by
Frenchmen, under which it bore the name Of
Acadia. These simple, slow-going people,
whom Longfclow has immortaizod in verse,
were supplantcd by stolid Engllshmen and
during the present century by stad Scotch
men. The present generation of Nova
Scctians are largely descendants of these set
tiers. They stick to their primitive methods
Of doing most everything, even to the grind
ing of the grain and the tilling of the soil, as
shown i'll our illustrations. They care little
how the world wags around them and are
conservative and block to liberal or repeal
legislation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

On the summit of jackson hill, now more
familiarly known as Mt. Auburn, was built
In 1872 mammoth pleasure pavilion S0x2OO
feet, and AN amphitheatre which is used for
dramatic and circus performances and
dancing. The grounds are divided into lawns
and flower gardens, and beneath the broad
spreading shade trees are refreshment tables.
The grand pavilion is not unlike in design and
detail Ike resorts at Coney Island. 1t con-
tains 200 rcfreshment tables, special and
private dining rooms and grand orchestra
This pavilion and grounds will comfortably
accommodate 5000 persons. Since the Look
out house, as it is called. came into existence,
it has undergone many improvements. The
principal amusement at the present time is
dancing and German concerts.
The success attending the opening of the
Lookout house was nothing if not phenomenal
Thousands tlocked to the pavilion and flooded
the grounds to Overlooking. Thus it was that
the thousands who We're daily turned away
for lack Of room needed another hilltop" re-
sort, and they We're not long in having their
wants supplied.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

Some owners of hop yards have erected
huts for the accommodation of their pickers
Here the families who come from distant
towns and villages live during the hop pick
ing, and it is an odd sight to come upon these
quarters i'll the evening" when the smoke
wreaths arc curling up from the chimney and
children play about the open door. Strange
stories are told of depopulated hen roosts and
empty pork barrels in the vicinity Of these
humble dwellings, and no doubt many of the
pickers do try to make their brief soiourn in
tho hop country MS profitable as possible
The hop plant was introduced into the
North American colonies early in their his
tory 1t was cultivated in Men Neither
'iands in the year 1929, and in Virginia in
lG4S. Two hundred years later the raising of
hops had become an established industry, and
the census report for the year 1910 gives 5000
bales as the crop of the United States The
cultivation of hops is confined to a compare
lively small area. Over four-iifthS of the
crop raised in the United States i, crown in
New York. c. HILL, WARREN.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

Spirit. To these two persons they render u
homage as to supernatural beings. They be-
lieve that the millennium is about to begin on
earth. Yet their meetings are reserved for
those only VINO, having become dead to the
world, are born again into a new life of per
feet holiness
Your correspondent and artist called on
Mrs. Martin to secure Il photograph of the
"Dlvnity,' but 1t TRANSFERRED that she was
pledged not to give her portrait to the press
nor woud She even show one of her photo
graphs. She treated your correspondent with
the most extreme courtesy and while engaged
in conversation with him your artist secured
the accompanying sketch. 1t will be easily
recognized by any Of her acquaintance, and
would be a surprise to herself, only that we
explain here how we obtained it.
Mrs. Martin is IA most fascinating CONVEX
sationst She is a small person, dresses neatly,
and would never be accused by a newspaper
man of possessing any privileges not accorded
to the rest Of mortals She never claimed di-
vinity only in mortality, and she denies all
the charges of previous immortality which
some papers bring against her. ROBINSON.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

the battle of Gettsburg, and the very extern
sive fireworks displays that are frequent on
summer evenings Running the entire
length, and reaching far out over the edge of
the cliff is the Bclvcdcre, the floor of which is
partly stone, with seating capacity of 1000.
Here and there, at convenient distances are
elegant statues in stone, bronze, iron and
marble; also beds of beautiful flowers, which
fill the cool mountain air with their dense
fragrance. At the north end of the Belve-
deere is large grotto orchestra platform in
which one Of the various bands play. The
other end of the Belvedere terminates with a
lovers retreat in the shape of a cave built Of
black rock, the inside of which has many
fantastic shapes with stalactte formations
everywhere and IA Stcllary canopy.
The views from all parts of the ground, and
especially from the csplanade, Belvedere and
balconies, are as grand as any III the Ohio
valley The OHIO riNcr which from here can
be seen for five miles spanned by three mag
niiccut bridges, l. flied with every kind of
craft from Tire hirch bark canoe to the mag
nificent doubc-dorA steamer: the romantic
beauty of the Kentucky hills and blue grass
fields; the picturesque scenery of the Licking
valley; the charming landscape of Eden park,
together with full view of Cincinnati, Cow
ington, Newport and Ludlow, form a pano-
rama of the grandest and mos varied char
acter.
Electric and gas lamps are used throughout
the grounds amt buildings, which, from their
number make the whole quite as light as day.
The scene at night from the Bevedere, over
looking the city, is quite as fine that of the
day. Owing to the dense smoke from innu-
merable factories and mills, which hangs over
the city and beneath your gaze, makes the
myriads of lamps give Pickering and uncer-
tain light through the murky blackncss The
horizon Is not perceptible, and above the blue
black dome of heaven is filled with the lights
of blinking spheres. Thus it is that we may
gaze overhead and down the scroll of dis
lance, on until the eye rests at our very feet,
we see nothing but black night and blinking
stars STRAY SAND
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13
" THE PARIS OF AMERICA"
FOUR FAMOUS HILLTOP RESORTS
Or CINCINNATI, o.

Fashionable Pleasure Uaunts of the In
cline Planc--LooiSout, Bellevue. Prices
Hin and Highland Housc-Thc Beauti-
full Ohio Scenery.
One of the unique features of Cincinnati,
which attracts the stranger more particularly,
are its hilltop resorts the city being situated
in an amphitheatre formed by hills, which
rise 400 or 500 feet on tho NORTH east and
south. 1t was long thought that these hills
would form an insuperable barrier to its
growth but by the happy expedient of the
inclined railways these obstacles have become
the GROWING glory of the city, For in the
cool and invigorating atmosphere of these
hills have great portion of its citizens built
delightful country homes, and for the great
mass of people, who can only spare time for
an occasional visit to the hills, there have been
constructed at the head of the several inclined
railways pavilions and pleasure grounds
which are open, free to oil As these resorts
have been the scenes of historical political
conventions, and are often alluded to In the
press, brief description Of them will not be
found alniSs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

To secure a Jury, 9s3 citizens We're examined
before the twelfth was selected The first
sensational event of the trial was the teSti-
mony of Gottfried Walters, an Anarchist
who, turning states evidence, swore that he
had belonged to an armed body of Anarchists.
and who described in detail the preparations
that had been made by the leaders the de-
PENDANTS on triaD for the capture of the CITY.
1t was, he said, the purpose to disable the fire
department as well as the police. He described a
meeting at which he said it was decided that
they Were to kill everybody who opposed
them 1t was also proposed at that meeting
that Anarchists should mingle with the
crowds in the city 5 streets, and kill everybody
rig and left. The state has also produced a
witness, William Selnger who swears that
Louis Liugg was the man who made the fatal
bomb, while other witnesses testify that Spies
lit the bomb and Schnaubelt threw it.
Other sensations of the trial was the gradual
development of the fact that the Chicago
police, as well as the Canadian government.
have had several detectives sworn in as
members of these Anarchistic societies, and
these detectives assisted in the plotting and
Kept their respective governments posted
on every move of the Anarchists Besides
this each detective was unaware that any
other but himself was in the organization, SO
that the authorities We're assured that each
detective was performing his work honestly
and Loyalty when the reports of all the re-
porters agreed This last feature of the case
will strike terror into similar organizations
throughout the world, for it proves the i'm
possibility of keeping their secrets from the
government
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

In every yard men are employed to measure
the hops and put them in sacks for trans
portaton TO the dry house When the meas
urer appears with his basket the pickers begin
haStv examination of their bins and hur-
richly remove all leaves and rubbish. Then
the piclicrs receive tickets denoting the mum
Der of bushels picked, the hops are taken from
the yard TO the dry house and there dried, then
pressed into bales for shipment. The dry
house is usually a roomy structure, contain
ing kiMs for drying, storage loft and
space underneath for the press Tho fires are
kept going night and day while the picking
lasts, for hops require about fourteen hours
of drying, and they must be put ON the kiln
as soon rs possible after they come from the
field. They are first spread evenly over the
floor of the kiln and bleached by burning
sulphur in the furnace room beneath. After
the bleaching the heat is increased, and the
remainder of the night is passed in watching
tho fires, with occasional visits to the loft to
note the condition of the kilns.
The people in this quiet valley are unaf-
fected, straightforward and thoroughly in
earnest. Industry is with them n saving
grace and they care little for what the world
calls progress What are considered improve
mentS III other hop growing sections find little
favor here; they raise hops to-day as their
fathers raised them thirty years ago. OF
course, there was much innocent Irritation
among the young people, and sometimes
genuine courtship. Many young farmers of
tho neiShborhood first met their wives in the
hop yard. A pretty woman is not seen at a
disadvantage when working at hop bin
Laughing eyes are just as irresistible when
shaded 10y "A bingham bonnet, and shapely
form and graceful movements are as quickly
discerned among tho tangled vines as else
where a noticeable feature of the social life
at this season is the "IIop." These dances are
usually in the barn or dry house, and after
the picking Is well under way they are of al
most nightly occurrence. a platform for the
ue Of the musicians and a few plank benches
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

The bellevue house is one of the most IA
NOUS hlllto resorts in the city, situated ut
the head of the Clifton Incline Plane railway,
built immediately upon the edge and over
hanging the high cliffs which overlook Nc
Ml1ken avenue, 800 feet below. 1t is by far
the largest and closely rivals for beauty and
appointments the celebrated Highland house
Ono view, the beautiful Mill Creek valley,
spi'ads out away to the northwest, the SER
pei.tlne wlndinSs easily traced by simmer
ing reflections of the sunlight, whie here and
there the stream is lost behind the houses of
more thIckly crowded settlements. Turning.
the eye rests on the city while another view.
not quite SO ,;tcnded, but none the less beau.
tiful, is TO the north across u wide exuanse OF
undulating country to the vclyrtv lawns and
palatia residences of Clifton, one of the love
lest residence spots in America
The Bellevue house, payilions csplanade
and other attractive buildings cover more
ground than any other hilltop resort in the
city The grounds comprise about twelve
acres, in which there is park and orchard,
innumoral shade trees, lovely walks and beau
tiful flowers. The Bellevue is largely used
for picnics, balls and private parties in sum
mer and winter, the buildings being heated
by steam As many as 10000 people have
frequently been entertained in one evening
The entire place is open at all times, and the
admission Is free.
The Highland house is the newest and
most fashionable of the hilltop resorts. 1t is
situated at the head of the in lined plane on
Mt Adams. The buildings are numerous
and extensive Tho main hail win comfort
ably seat 1000 persons. Up stairs are parlors,
ladies' dressing rooms, theatre and extensive
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

On the heights of the west bank of Milk
creek, a tributary Of and at its junction with.
the Ohio river, is Prices hill, reached also by
an incline the head of which terminates with
grand pavilion, concert garden and dancing
halls. The grounds are very large, with a
net work of pleasure walks, shaded by hun
dreds of trees, beneath which are convenient
refrcshmcnt tables The grounds, pavilion
and terrace overlook the entire city, a scope
Of perhaps ten miles On the opposite side
of the summit you look from IL point where
the Ohio river takes Il graceful curve to the
south. tho eye rests on a dim, uncertain no.
rlzon thirty miles away, across the blue grass
fields, wooded wales and picturesque hills of
kentucky. Nearer, to the left, ON the oppo-
site shore. the graceful, low, blue banks are
broken 10y the inflow of the turbulent, green
dyed Licking, which rU,hcs, with the songs of
,awmillS and industry, into the amber-hucd
waters of the moro peaceful, sedate and
1srandrr Ohio. The 'eues on. around and
from the summit of Prices hill are among
the graLlest in the Ohio valley, which, re-
gardle>> of the alleged sedurtivcness of the
AdironGacks. Catskills and the Hudson or
the more awc-mspIring splendor, of the
Rocky mountains, needs no word painting.
for thu Dnio l. II living ,wath which mows its
silent shinmering way through sublime
mature IN Ter Srander moods
Prize LII is principally patronized by PEG
pie froi.. the West End, vino hold all their
plcnic' md social balls AMI parties, in winter
and 81 lA"r in one Of the finest dancing pa
ViLons IN Inc country. 1t was here that tho
Demo- .at4, nominating convention of 1883
was he'd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13
THE ANARCHIST TRIAL.


One Of the most remarkable trials that
ever engaged the attention of any court in
this country is undoubtedly that of the eight
Anarchists, of Chicago, who are on trial for
their lives, the act with which they are
charged being the murder of police officer
Matthias j. began, who was one of those
killed by the explosion of the dynamite
bomb. August Spies, Samuel Fiellen, Nj
chael Schwab, Chris Spies, G.. r. Parsons.
George Ensel, Adolph Fischer and Louis
Lin%g are the accused
The attack on the police occurred. it will
be remembered, on the evening of May 4
last While the first shock of the affair lasted
it was thought that it would bc next to i'm
possible to obtain evidence to convict mem
bers Of such n secret oath-bound society.
But as the trial progressed the prosecution
has heaped surprise upon surprise in the way
of evidence, showing in a startling way that
the explosion of the bomb in the old Hay
market square was but the first move in "A
carefully planned and long organized purpose
of annihilating the police and fire department
of the city OF Chicago, when the city would Ice
given over TO pillage and repetition of the
scenes in Paris during the reign of the com
mune.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13
A CONSERVATIVE
The assembly of 1854 passed the following;

lhe assembly or 1881 passed the following
THAT previous to the union of the provinces
Nova Scotia was in IA most healthy financial
condition.
THAT after sixteen years under the union,
successive governments have found that the
objections which We're urged against the terms
of union at first apply with still greater force
now than in the first year of the union.
THAT n notable inequality exists i'll the
customs duties collected in Nova Scotia, as
compared with customs duties collected in
Ontario and Quebec.
THAT Nova Scotia, in 1851, had a popu-
lation of 33O, so, and in ls6G-the year
before the union of the provinces
she imported Sl4,3Sl ,0OS worth of goods,
dutiablc and free, on which she collected
Sl,226,3lNN -, of duties, being SN.54 on
each sloo worth of goods imported
In 1851 tho province had population Of 40,
572, imported in 1852 SS,7ol, $50 of goods
from which thedominion governments collected
duty of 5000 per 500 while Nova Scotia
was Obliged to pay S@5.5l per 500 ON goods
imported
10 a newspaper correspondent III" attorney
general of Nova Scotia said
The United States annexation movement
will begin when the tariff is removed from
international traffic. If the Liberal party
Were strong enough to prevail upon the United
States senate the advantages to be derived
by free trade think, the difficulties would be
lessened, particularly if strong tariff were
raised against all foreign governments by
both the Canadians and American people II
this alliance can ever be formed Canada will
become annexed to tho United States without
doubt
Without home rule Nova Scotia VIII pre-
pare for a struggle, which will not end until
the stars and stripes are floating over her
domains
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13

and again, until the eye loses itself in the dis
lance and sees only mass of quiet green.
And what n wanton growth it isl The push
ing, eager plants climb those poles to the very
top, and then, dropping from their own
weight, swing their slender tips helplcssly in
the air, or Selling upon some neighbor that
has incautously leaned that way crawl over
it in n wild tange of hop and leaf and curling
tendril.
The pickcrs work at bins scattered in irreGu-
lar rows through the yard, and pleasing poses,
bright bits of color and pretty groupings are
varied and artistic rs one could wish. These
bins are built of rough pine boards, and have
huge pockets Of sacking. They are strong,
yet light enough to be easily carried by two
persons. A ridge pole laid along the bin
from end to end supports the poles while
their feathcry load is tunbled nOiSelcSsly into
the pockets. Three persons, as rule, work
at one BIN, and there Is many quaint study
among thosn oddly assorted trios. The help
is LoC all local There is too much work on
hand to make this n neighborhool affair, and
pickers come from all the surrounding coun-
try and even from distant towns. So it hap
pens that among them are misses from board
ing school clerks Off for holiday, and
people who enjoy the life in a hop yard and
come mainly for exercise and recreation.
Noise and Sayety abound. Children laugh
and cry alternately; mothers scod, work and
gossip with equal facility; there are shrill
cries for hops the continuous hum of CONVEX
sation and the rattle of poles. Often a frag-
ment of song, lightly caroled by some happy
girl, will he caught up by her companions
and grow in volume till the whole yard
echoes the refrain. In the evening there is
singing at the farm house, but the singers
there feel restraint, and their song loses the
freedom that comes with the sunshine and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-08-13
Three Men of the TIin.

think am but speaking the sentiments of
many Americans when | say that Thomas
CARLYLE John RuSIin and one man more, at
gre, q. -,,.r', SO ms TO me the three men
who IN our day, have spoken wisdom in Eng
glish; that we could better dismiss into obiv-
ion the uttcraucos of England for thirty years
past, including what She thinks her science. -
her newspaper Gabble, and her parliamentary
and pulpit "c!"Guonce,' and the "manifesto,, -
OF all her Statesman sO-callcd, better far
than lose the words of John Rusliin, Thomas
Carlyle or Alfred nnyson-llugh Miller
Thompson