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he STATE EXPOSITION BUILDING. ir,


Description of the Commodious and Hand
some State Fair Pavilion.
The State Exposition Building-of which
the accompanying engraving gives & cor
rect idea-is one of the most imposing
public buildings on the coast. 1t was
completed in the Fall of 1888, and was
built by Robert McKillikan, of Oakland,
the contract price being $73, s53. The plans
were drawn by Alfred w. Burrell, of the
same place. The building is located on
the southeast corner of the State Capitol
Park, occupying space OF 100 feet each on
Fourteenth and n streets. 1t is model of
strength and architectural beauty II is in
the shape of Greek cross and consists Of
two main halls 10o14oO feet each, crossing
each other at the center, with the corners
cut so as to form an octagonal center. Cir
outer corner between the wings. These
are sometimes used for refreshment booths,
etc. The art gallery is on the upper floor,
and consists of q hall 100x104 feet lthe north
wing), and Is used also as hall for literary
exercises. The horticultural and machinery
halls are on the lower floor. and are each
1o0x12o feet The space between the south
and east wings has also been housed in,
and is utilized for machinery exhibits. The
promenade galleries are 16 feet wide. and
at each end Of the main hall extend back
to raised galleries. and at the side wings
into the art gallery and industrial hall.
The ticket ofaoe. superintendent room,
ladies' reception and cloak room, toilets,
ETC., are on the 6rst 6oor, edjoinfng the 'front.'
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scribed for the relief of Tins family. The
total subscribed by the day force alone was
handsome sum, attestiDg degree of gen
crosby rejecting great credit upon them.
The proprietor entered the yard at the mo-
ment the total was announced by Eph
The day turn has given Sl27 already"
Eph observed Mr.. Smollet as he looked
around. Without pausing he continued,
directing his remarks to the owner: This
money is for to pay for Tim Bennett, his
mother, brother, aunt and little baby that
we took to the hospital. His mother
won't live long, l guess, his aunt burned
her arm, his little brothers got fever of
some sort, and the doctor told US he didn't
believe no boy ever could work with the
dead load Tim carried week and more.
I'd like to see this made even $3.50" said
Eph boldly.
SRI make it even 500, said smollet
Come up and get check for it now"
And the proprietor turned on his heel as if
it were the most Common of everyday oc-
currences.
"s-s-shw said Eph. "Don't you make
a noise, boys. You'll spoil it. Smollet
don't like any show, and you ought to
know it by this time"
Tender hands moistened Tins parched
lips; solicitous eyes anticipated every want
and watched for the signs of returning
health. His aunt returned to her home in
two weeks. At the end of the third Bobby
accompanied her home, and on the same
day Tins mother was permitted to rise and
look at him through the open door.
Meantime the battle Of life progressed
fercely but silently in the ward where the
teaser" lay Like one dead. There came q
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THANK Godr said Crissy fervently.
Do you know me. Tim2'
He smiled family, tried to lift his head,
moved the hand that lay on the coverlet,
and answered in tone so low they turned
their ears 10 catch it:
YES. Aunt-Crissy, and-Eph, the
gaffer'"
"W Wet his lips" said the man at the foot
of the bed. Crissy obeyed in silence Tim
succeeded in turning his head.
Is-is-an the rest here?"
Your ma is ever so much better. dear,
and Bobby is as hearty-so is the baby !"
said Crissy between sobs and tears Now
we hope you'll be all right, too"
Tim looked at them alternately. He
seemed to be revolving something in his
mind. lie locked anxiously at Eph. Eph
stopped and inclined his ear to hear the
words, " Is the gas in z"
Bless you, yes but you needn't mind
that, Tim. You'll be taken care Of Mr..
Smolletts going to make clerk of you,
unless this gentleman here does better by
you, which he is plenty able to do"
Eph spoke in natural, hearty tone. Tim
looked at the strange gentleman, then at
Crissy, who exclaimed
It's your mothers brother you never
saw before your Uncle John, from the
West r.
with dead loads of money, Tim. Just
come 10 town to-day. Come tosee you first
thing
rm-so glad on-mother's account"
said the teaser,' as he closed his eyes.
That will DO for the present" said a
physician at the door. The crisis has
passed he will soon be able to go home
with you"
Tim managed to turn his face to the wall.
His cheeks we're wet with tears, but they
were tears of joy.-David Lowry, IN the Our
rent.
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raisins were not so good as others, because
they did not sugar, but that complaint
is never heard now, as this sugaring
is only too frequently observed on account
of fruit being taken up too green. 1t may
be mentioned that we are putting twenty
pounds of fruit into too close quarters. If
our boxes should be made half an inch
higher, with other dimensions the same, we
would find that our fruit would keep very
much better. Last year we increased the
size of our boxes one-euarter of an inch,
and will this year add still another quarter
of an inch. The manufacturers of boxes
do not like this, as it does not admit OF the
working up into raisin boxes Of remnants,
not to say refuse stock The time has come
when we must insist upon good lumber for
these boxes, as it has much to do with the
price realized. We should not only have
good boxes, but they should be kept clean
and neat, as the purchaser will suspect fruit
of any brand, which he finds in dirty or
slovenly-kept package.
The style of packing now generally
adopted is to carefully hide the stems,
though that style is often criticised. 1t
does the party making these criticisms very
much good ans makes him feel that ne has
discovered something that no one else has.
The fact is that the present style of pack
ing was adopted after very severe criticisms
on the very style of packing which is now
advocated in some quarters: that is. that
the stems should be packed one above the
other, 50 that they show the exact quality
Of the fruit, size of the stem, and so forth,
as they appear in the box ! notice that
one of our Ban Francisco houses, in writ
Ing upon this subject lately, sustains the
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coming on, and little girl baby crawling
under foot. l tell you"
Here Eph suddenly pulled out his hand
kerchief. The action somehow brought
moisture to more than the speakers eyes.
Well, l don't care TO see another house
like Tins We saw it wouldn't do to
leave him there-his aunt and mother
needed nursing as much as he did, and so
did his hrother-so we got them into
wagon, and took them to g hospital-the
whole family. There was terrible lot of
talking, and about 10000 questions had
to be answered, but Slippery Dick, Reddy
and Meddler-we made up our minds to
do il, and We got there, you bet. IL takes
money, boys, and l know them as can will
chip In and help to the best Of their abil-
ity. I'm doin' as I'd like my wife and
children to be done by-that's the whole
story. If everybody gives little, you'll
never miss more than the price Of Q couple
o. three layers And supposin' it is half
2 dUliaT-or even more-I don't know q
better use for money than just to help the
people right around you That's always
been my rule. Hold on, now"-weving
back the outstretched hands near him.
6 This has got to be regular. Meddler here
is going to take and give account of all the
day turn gives, and Slippery Dick the big
gest- hearted man in the factory-he's going
to take all the night turn gives. A com
mittee of three will see it's all straight-but
it's nobody's business what any body else
give now, mind thst-nobody but the COM
mittee will ever know. Now l want to
know who's to be that committee.
A dozen voices named Eph as Chairman,
with power TO appoint his assistants which
Eph did on the instant, taking care to name
two workmen on the night force.
We might get up rattle, or q ball, or a
picnic, boys, but I'd rather do it this way;
it's all clean money-less trouble to every
body" said Eph, as the workmen gave
their names and the amount they sub
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John Swinton has furnished tue follow
ing peculiar prediction OF an astrologeT,
originally published in the tri-weesiF
Gle9ner, Of Jamaica, in 1879:
In 1857 the Star OF Bethlehem will oncs
more be seen in Cassiopee's chair, and wiz
be accompanied by total eclipse of the
sun and moon. This star only makes itz
appearance every 3l5 years. 1t will illu-
mine the heavens and exceed in brilliancy
even Jupiter when in opposition to the sun,
and therefore nearer to the earth and
brightest The marvellous brilliancy of the
star of Bethiehem in 1887 will surpass any
of its previous visitations. 1t will be seen
even at MONDAY. shining with quick,
flashing light the entire year; after
which it viii disappear, not to return 10
our heavens mt the year 2202. This is
the star which ehone SO brightly in the
year B. c., and is the star that illuminG-
tee the heaYens at the nativity Of Christ
The appearance Of this star, accompanied
as it will be by solar and lunar eclipSes. to-
gether with the balefui influence which
follows the position which Mars and Sa-
turn viii then occupy, will cause an uni
versal war. North America will be in civil
strife. and reign of terror Will prevail II
the Atlantic States. unless g Napoleon
shall arise 10 Quell it. There will be Q war
OF classes-the rich will array themselves
against the poor and viCe-yersa every
where"
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A Drink Of Two buckets of Beer.

A stone cutter, whose Office adjoined his
stone yard, was seated in his Office when q
friend called upon him, and they discussed
several topics together, among them the
question as to what extent lager beer was
an intoxicant The stone cutter main
tanned that beer was not intoxicating,
while his friend maintained the opposite
The stone cutter said, there is man at
work in the yard pointing to brawny
ehested Germany who could drink bucket
three gallons) Of beer at one sitting, and
feel none the worse for it. The friend
doubted, and wager was made and the
workman called, who, when asked If he
could drink that bucket (pointing to a
large water bucket) full of beer at one sit
ting, replied:
well, l don't know; l lets you know
after vile.n
The German went away, and after re.
manning about fifteen minutes, returned
and said:
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The Silent MAN. Not Bloody Butcher.

The q Silent Man" Not Bloody Butcher.
Among the "reminiscences of the war, the
following extract FROM an interview with
an old Virginia Methodist preacher is in
teresting Yes, Ey house was full of
Generals. There we're Sheridan, Humph-
reys, Meade, Custer, Ord, and quite num-
Der vi others; and they were lively set
and full of fun, and quite jolly, with the
exception of one officer, smoking, and TAX
ing but little part in their sports They
all went out of the house but this solitary,
silent man and as | was going out, he
asked ME where the pump was, as he
would like to get drink. On offering to
get him some water, he said No, sir; l
am younger man than you. | will go
myself. And, as 1 passed out he came
out behind me. When in about the middle
of the hall, my little granddaughter came
running toward me; but the silent, man,
spreading out both arms, caught her. and
taking her up, fairly smothered her
with kisses, and said This reminds me
of my little girl at home, and makes me
homesick.' To the question, Where is
your homeY he replied. Galena, H.; but
| have my family at City Point, and / an
anxious to get back to them | said, VIII
you permit me to ask your name, sir ?
Certainly. My name is Grant Grant
exclaimed /; General Grant2 And /
stood there, awe-stricken and paralyzed
with establishment. l thought to myself,
Here is q man whose name is now in the
mouth of every man, woman and child
throughout the civilized world, and yet be
exhibits no emotion and seems uncOn-
cerned and unmoved until the little child
reminds him of his loved ones at home;
and fairly broke down, as General Grant
had been pictured out to us as q bloody
butcher, and l had looked for man as
savage as q Comanche Indian. To say
was agreeably disappointed expresses my
feelings but feebly"
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A MERITED REcoGMrIoy.-The PHELPS
system of teleEraphing to and fro from q
moving train by the utilization of the we'll
known principle Of induction, has justly
been considered one Of the most important
inventions of the day. It presents O de-
cided and radical departure in telegraphy,
since it was the first practically successful
attempt 20 turn to useful account an cleo
trical phenomenon which had hitherto
been not only quite useless, but positively
G hindrance and an obstacle in the practice
of telegraphy and telephony. II is just
tribute TO the inventor-the fact that the
city of Philadelphia has just awarded &c
him the John Scott Legacy Premium and
Medal for his system of induction tels-
graphy, on the recommendation of the
Franklin Institute. a society. which, with
increasing years, exhibits increasing zeal IN
good works. reH1AGe.
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A Cow WITH a WOODEN LEG Some
time ago p valuable COW, the property OF
Mr.. Hudson of Nation. broke her leg and
Mr. Hudson, being DESTROYS OF saving the
COW for the sake of fine well-bred cals
then running with her, desired Mr. Snarry
TO anputate the limb. This was done, and
the veterinary then tried the ingenious
plan just carried to successful issue. &
rudely constructed wooden leg was made
under Mr. Snarry's direction. and the COW
did SO well ON the artificial limb. the
stump of tho leg healing so naturally. too.
that when all swelling had subsided, ths
veterinary had more artistic and permR-
nent timber" constructed, and the coz
may now be seen stumping about the
meadows SIS contented, and apparently al
most as active, as when supplied with tbs
full complement Of legs intended for her
by nature. There are several similar cases
on record.-Lon4on Field
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day when Tom dreamed he was soaring to
heaven. A being with a continuance
beaming with tenderness. radiant with n
glory that dazzled Tim, beckoned him with
wistful eyes and outstretehed hand. Tim
strove TO clasp the outstretched hand; he
felt it on his own, but another hand that
seemed to scar his flesh held him back.
Beyond and above him lay such glories as
human eye never rested on, nor human
mind conceived below and around him
fierce fires consumed all within their reach,
a hand of fire graspei his wrist, heat
greater than that of ten thousand glass fur
naces surged about and envelopeG him,
when suddenly he opened his eyes.
4 bar of sunlight slanting in at the win
dow and across his bed fell on his wrist.
Beside him beniing over him, stood Aunt
Crissy with wet eyelashes. Next her stood
Eph, the gafIer." a strange figure stood
mOtionless ut the foot of the bed
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To begin with-you all know Tim Bennett.
Well, when he afumixed-dropped right
in his track yesterday, twas typhoid-and
mighty bad typhoid at that, the doctor
says Eph looked about him just then,
as though he couldn't recollect a ty-
phoid that was good. To make long
story short, the doctor couldn't be made to
believe that Tim worked that day. He
said-and | believe it nowhere never was
such a plucky man or boy before. You
see, the business upset his folks BOYS,
don't think anybody ever took on over a
dead body the way Tins aunt did over
Tim. But that wasn't anythin' to the sight
we saw in the back room, where Tins
mother was lying as we thought dead. If
ever that woman pulls through III believe
in raising the dead. She was in dead
faint The neighbors could do nothing.
And there was Tins aunt with burned
arm-his brother with some sort of fever
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THE HEALTH GIVING PROPERTIES or
RAIS.-Rain is an essential to physical
yigor in localities that have any extensive
population. Man and his occupations
laden the air with countless and unclassi-
fed impurities The generous, kindly rain
absorbs them, even as wash6rwoman OK
tracts the dirt from soiled clothes. Tho
ammoniacal eIhalations, the gases result
ant from combustion and decay, are al
quietly absorbed by brisk shower. Peo-
pie talk about dry climate but it is g
snare and delusion. There Is nothing in
it. A very dry climate will never support
large population, for it would soon be
come so poisoned that il would be fatal 10
the human race. A scattering few might
inhabit it, but not the multitude. -Scie.ttfe
Pres
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main entrance, on Fifteenth street. and the
offices for Secretary, Board of Directors,
etc, are located Immediately above them,
Eight flights Of stairs, each eight feet wide
lead to the second floor. There are also
eight wide exits to the building tina, can be
thrown open in case Of emergency. There
is ample light and ventilation il all parts
of the building There is a central dome
of glass, thirty feet in diameter aud forty
feet high. The building is iHClosed in
wood and glass. and the roof supported By
iron trusses. which span the full 100 feet.
The apex Of the roof, in the wings, is over
eighty feet from the floor The galleries
are supported by tru SEES. leaving the entire
floor space clear. The style Of architecture
is known as the modern Gothic, and the
general appearance is that Of {. monster
conservatory. The elevations OF the fronts
of the four wings are uniform, and the
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FRUIT PROSPECT At GEYsERyIILF.-The
fruit and grape outlook around Geyseryille
IS far from being discouraging. 1t is the
opinion Of al the horticulturists and VIII
cultur;sts Of that section that the graps
crop this year will be much larger than
last. Among the fruits the peach is the
only one that will fall short, and is falling
short, The prune, plum and Bartlett peaT
crop viii average the usual yield. notwith-
standing there has been SC much talk about
complete failure Of thefruits enumerated
Many Of the farmers in that section have
contracted their peach crop ct $50 per ton,
and thought they had done much better
than their neighbors. who are holding on
a little longer. The good judgment Of
those holding of Was shown this week.
when gentleman from Sacramento, eE-
tensively engaged In the fruit business,
offered them $50 ton for their peach crop.
-ISaata Rosa Democrat.
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present style of packing hiding the stems.
Certainly box SO packed presents much
more inviting appearance than one packed
so that the stems show
Perhaps no two packing houses IL the
State grade exactly the same, and no one
can present himself az authority on this
subject; but The style adopted by us is
London Layers, Layers and two grades OF
Loose Muscatel, with one now and then of
q higher grade which We term Dehesa. 1t
is claimed by some hat we should have but
one grade OF layers. which should be Lon
don Layers, and that all not packed in
layers should be taken from the stems and
graded in Loose Muscatel, making two
grades, which they would do by using q
mill Tor asserting, as it is perfectly honest
in its work.
It is now becoming common TO face loose
Muscatels, by which is meant laying the
top OF box over with raisins in some de-
rows, circles, or the form Of
some object, adding cost Of about l25
cents per box, but making the fruit present
d much more attractive appearance and sell
for enough more in the market to pay for
the extra work, besides the satisfaction Of
feeling that the goods are placed upon the
market in more creditable shape.-R0bert
Of Orange, Gu.
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I building presents 4 finished appearance
from all directions.
1t is the largest building of its kind on
the coast, and required 100000 feet OF
lumber, 100000 shingles and 60 tons of
is laid upon piles driven DO feet into the
ground. These are cut OFF eight feet below
the surface and concrete piers four feet
square are laid thereon and continued to
-the surface, above which are three feet Of
brick. The main weight Of the building
rests on these piers. The cornerstone was
laid June S, 1888, and the building com
pleted in October of the same year. The
structure. large as it is, has been found
none too ample to accommodate the annual
industrial and horticultural exhibitions
held under the auspices of the State Board
of Agriculture.
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RAFSIN MAKING.
The Process OF Sweating, Grading and
RaclIInc Cnred Ernit.

The Process OF Sweating, Grading and
Packing Cured Fruit.
The process called sweating is simply
evening the cured fruit 1t is not equal
izing separate stems cured in the different
degrees eff perfection, but the fruit upon the
same stem. If stem is not cured il should
not be taken from the tray, or from the
ground, but when a portion of the stem is
wholly cured and some part is not, then
sweating is necessary in order thst one part
of cluster may assist in curing the bal
ance of it, which suggests that we do not
know how much curing is done by the es-
cape of moisture through the stems. If
the weather in curing is not extra hot or
dry but little sweating is needed, but if
fastened by extreme heat or hot weather,
then the uneyenness is greater and the fruit
will require more time 70 equalize. If the
fruit is taken up too green it may sour,
or sugar. as we call it. In early
times they used to tell us that our