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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

being far in excess. D. 3. Alverson
planted several acres of alfalfa last Febru-
ary, on his place on Church street. He
seeded it heavily Ia practice we have al
ways advocated, and has been rewarded
with a splendid "stand" From this
field he has already cut five good
crops and will certainly cut one and pos
sibly two more. With alfalfa selling read
lily all summer at $40 and S12 a ton and in
winter at SIS to $40, it does not need much
arithmetical skill to calculate the capital
lied value of that alfalfa patch. But here
Is further proof of the extraordinary val
ue Of this really remarkable plant: Geo.
ii. Crafts has on his fine ranch at Grafton
an alfalfa field which he considers one of
his best paying pieces of property From
1t he has cut as many as nine large crops
in good season. He gives it as mis- opin-
ion, based on twenty years experience,
that such an alfalfa field pays good inter
est on valuation of a thousand dollars
an acre. And he is supported in this
claim by an abundance of testimony. And
there are thousands of acres of Just as good
land In this valley, which win pay Just as
well, which can be bought for from $3.50
an acre upward.-HeaidsbUrg E,1press.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
MICHAEL ANGELO.

Long ago in the olden day,
On a slope Of the Tuscan hills there lay
A village with quarr!es all around,
And blocks Of marble that piled the ground
And scattered among them, everywhere,
With wedge and hammer, rule and square,
With the dust Of the marble powdered white.
Sat masOns who chiseled from morn TO night
The earliest sound that the baby heard
Was neither the whistle nor song of bird,
Nor bleating of lambs nor rush of breeze
Through the tops OF the tall old chestnut trees,
Nor the laughing of girls, nor the whoop and
shout
OF the school at the convent just let out,
Nor the tinkle of water splashing sweet
From the dolphinS mouth in the village street.
But foremost and first that sharp and clear
Arrested the little Miehael's ear,
When he walked from sleep, was the mallet's
knock
On the chisel that Clipped the rough-hewn
block:
From the dawn of the day till the twilight came,
The ciink of the tools was just the same
And, constant as fell the fountains dip,
Was the tap-tap-taD and the chip-ehip-chip
And when he could crawl beyond the door
OF the cottage, in search OF u plaything more,
Or farther could venture. prying lad
What toys do you think were the first he had p
Why, splinters of marble, white and pure,
And a mallet TO break them with, be sure,
And a ehisel to shape them, should he choose,
Just such as he saw the masons use.
So Michael, the baby had his way,
And hammered and chipped, and would not
play
With the simple and common sort of toys
That pleased the rest OF the village boys
They laughed at the little churches he
Would daily build at his nurses knee;
They secuted the pictures that he drew
On the smooth, white slabs with coal or two;
They tauuted and teass him when he tried
To mold from th- rubbish cast aside
Rude figures, and screamed &" .ScultOriP P when
HIS bits OF marble he shaped liked men.
But who of them dreamed his mallet's sound
Would ever be heard the earth around?
Or mis- mimic churches in time become
The mightiest temples of Christendom?
Or the pictures he painted fill the dome
OF the SiStine-grandest of sights in Rome?
Or the village baby that chiseled so
Be the marvellous MICHAEL ANGELO
= IIi2c A1nGke
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
Remarkable Results From Altalfa,

The Southern Californian aims in all re-
spects to give reliable information upon
every subject with which it deals, inform
alton that may be relied upon for accuracy.
Whenever it errs it is glad to have the
mistake pointed out, and is always ready
to make any needed correction. A case in
point is at hand. Last week letter was
published, written by the editor to the
Country Gentleman, one Of the leading
Eastern agricultural papers, upon the sub
iect of alfalfa growing. 1t was therein
stated that the first season of planting the
seed there might be three crops cut. This
seems to be mistake as regards this sec
tod, the truth as actually demonstrated
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
Picking and Packing.

A. >. Watson, an experienced grape cul-
turist IN the East, writing on the subject
in the Fft't-Gr0wer, says:
In picking grapes from the vine they
should usually be taken by the stem. which
is clipped from half to three-quarters of an
inch from the cluster, and placed carefully
in the basket; in all operations avoiding
touching the fruit as much as possible. as
in so doing Injuries the bloom, and the most
delicate beauty of the grape If there are
four or five girls or women picking there
should be one man carrying baskets and to
assist in carrying out the grapes After
the fruit is packed in the basket, when it
is fresh and crisp, it is not infrequently
the case that in picking up the baskets,
setting them down, or carrying them out,
the fruit is jostled so as to crack and badly
injure much of it. Rough and awkward
help have no place in the vineyard, and
the very help that are strong and efficient
in many other kinds of farm labor. cannot
be properly impressed with a constant
feeling Of care necessary.
The packing-room should be light, clean
and airy, and in case the vineyard is of
any considerable size, there is little danger
OF Its being of too great proportions All
grapes should be picked and remain from
twenty-tour to twenty-seven hours in the
packing-house, according to the weather
and condition Of ripeness, before being re-
packed. By that time the stem IS wilted
and the skin somewhat toUghened, so as to
pack them much better than when freshly
picked, and in packing, all cracked, green
and inferior grapes should be clipped out.
In packing commence at one end of the
basket, laying the clusters with the stems
usually inclined downward, requiring
about two layers. The baskets are filed so
as to be slightly more than level-about
one-half inch, say, more than level. In
putting on the covers care should be taken
iii sliding them under the handle, as this
Is the way oftentimes that many grapes
are bruised and crushed. It usually can
be done by pressing on the handle so as to
widen the basket, thus enabling the cover
to slide under without any trouble.
One feature deserving good deal of at
tention is the fact that the fancy prices
paid for few of the very first grapes has
resulted in tempting many parties to pick
fruit not sufficiently ripe. Of course they
get a little better price for a very little
while to start with. The result is that
every basket Of such fruit, being tart and
really unfit for use, prevents the sale of at
least half dozen baskets of ripe fruit,
and has the effect OF decreasing the de-
mand and seriously iniuring the price of
subsequent shipments The practice
should be downed by the public, and as
far as possible prevented. No grapes
ought ever to be shipped to market until
fully ripened.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
Funotions of Vine Leaves

Abiding to DR.. McCarty's article in the
Viaeyordist, on the functions of the leaf of
the vine, D. S. Marvin says; There should
be made this distinction between the leaves
upon the vine. The several leaves oppo-
site the clusters Of grapes upon the lower
part of the cane may truly be termed fruit
leaves upon which the development of the
cluster mainly depends the leaves at the
ends of the cane are more tor the develop
ment Of wood and the long thinning of the
canes. Of course the functions of all
plants are carried on through the leaves.
Sometimes there is too much of tendency
to the development of fruit, sometimes of
wood. The best species and varieties of
the vine are those that are somewhat
evenly balanced in these tendencies This
enables the vintner to turn the functions of
the plant into the development that he de-
sires. In the case Of young vines and poor
growers, it is to wood growth, in mature
and vigorous vines to a greater development
of fruit. If by accident the leaves upon
the lower portions Of the cane are lost
there is never as well-developed clusters
thereon, and if the ends of the canes
are clipped off at the last bunch of grapes
early in the season the leaves grow much
larger, with larger clusters of fruit; but
the practice can be carried too far for the
health and permanence of the vine. II
the most OF our vigorous sorts are SC
clipped year after year the vines become
weakened, the health impaired, and dis
ease follows. The skilled vintner has nc
fast and invariable rules; he is governed
by the condition of each vine If he
wants more fruit from a healthy strong
vine he shortens the canes and throws the
forces of the vine into better developed
clusters and leaves at the base of the canes
Experience has demonstrated that this
process can be carried on from year to year,
provided he does not trim too close, say
from one to four nodes beyond the upper
clusters under ordinary conditions and one
node for the side shoots.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
vaccination of Farm animals.

Among the recent valuable discoveries
of NJ. Pasteur may be reckoned that of the
vaccination of domestic animals for the
prevention of the disease known as anth-
rax or splenic fever. The Government of
India is taking measures to introduce the
practice of domestic animal vaccination in
that country, where this disease carries off
large percentage of cattle annually.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
Two Pear Crops Per Year.

Green valley boasts of Bartlett-pear
orchard from which a fine crop of fruit was
gathered in July last, the trees of which
are again. loaded with fine, large pears, fully
matured and of fine favor. Mr.. Stone, in
letter to the Contra Costa Gazette, says
Judge Cope, the owner of the orchard,
viii be able to pick pears from the trees
on Thanksgiving Day.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

1t is not until man becomes rich in
money-and mean for the sake of getting
more riches-that he finds out how little
comfort and pleasure and how very few
real friends money will bring him.-Nelc
Orleans Picayune.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

The typewriter, which is so universally
used to-day, is the outcome of 150 years Of
thought and experiment. The first patent
for a writing machine was granted to one
Henry in 1714. 1t was not until few years
ago that the typewriter became practical
bic. Now, it is said, there are about $4,000
in use in the United States.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

HOOPS Sarsaparilla has helped me
more for catarrh and impure blood than
anything else l ever used" writes Mr.. A.
Ball, Syracuse, n. Y. Hundreds of others
give similar testimony
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
Mo1aey TO loan.
P. BOIL. E. A. CROUCH. 1pt9
DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS,

TN VIEW OF THE INCREASED PRICE OF
/ desirable building lots in Sacramento. we have
come to the conclusion that lots viii have to be
OF men of moderate means acting upon this,
we recently subdivided that beautiful lot on the
SOUTHEAST CORNER SIXTEENTH AND K
STREETS into tour lots and have sold three
within week. We still have one lot left, 'front.'
ing 35 feet on street and 81 feet deer, which
we offer for the low price Of @f,250,
We have now subdiylded that desirable lot,
120x160, on the SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FL
AND NINETEENTH STREETS. into five lots, as
follows:
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

WANTED-EIGHT MEN FOR RANCHES,
w S26 men to milk; man and wife; three
walters, two cooks; six woodchoppe1s, 81 SO TO
81 per cord. Fernale-Ten girls for housework
Apply to EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, Fourth ana
K streets. Sacramento n
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
FOR SALE-TO LET.

FJ1o LET-FURNIsHED ROOM NEAR COURT
L house; widow lady; home comforts; low
rent; mutual board if desired Inquire lib
Twelfth street nlstf
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
WANTED-LOST-FOUND.

WANTED-TO RENT, a REMINGTON
w Type-writeT in good running order. Ad-
dress H., this Office. n9-tf
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

DEADY TO PLANT ST.. 500. A CHOICE
HI twenty-aere summer-iallowed tract in the
noted fruit district OF Florin Sacramento county,
nine miles from the Capital, and three-quarteTS
ply to NJ. J. DILLMAN. SIS Second street, saera-
mento. nI2-tf
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
Farm FOR RENT On SHARES.

NINETY ACRES FRUIT and GRAIN LAND.
IN three and half miles from Sacramento :
eight acres orchard, five acres vineyard. Apply
TO EDWIN X. ALSIP d CO, Real Estate and IN
suTance Agents. l0l5 Fourth street, Sacramento,
Cal. no
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
FOR SALE AT 4 BARGAIN,

WE HAVE A LARGE LOT OF GOOD TWO
w ana Fourhorse Wagons and Harnesses
for sale Call a Office, I1z4 Second street.
I'm CARLE q CROLY.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17
Nineteenth street
FARMS FOR SALE.

eS 00O-leo ACRES, FOUR MILES EAST
OO.OOU of Piorin; forty acres summer-fal-
lowed; good house, five rooms; large barn;
young orchard; fruit can be raised without irri-
cation.
90 S00 EIGHTY ACRES, TWO MILES
DO. O.OUU. OF Florin, good house; large barn;
six acres in vineyard and orchard; one acre IN
blaekberries; four windmills, all in good run
ming order.
01 A00 TWIN SPRING RANCH, $50
O1 HUI. acres, near Shinele Springs; all
under good wire fence; 40 acres cleared: ball
ance well timbered; Government title.
OSI ACRES, FIVE MILES EAST OF ROU-
SCf tiers Station, on Plaeerville wagon road;
two dwellings, two barns; all good tillable land.
per acre.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

Mr.. Brick Pomeroy, of Democrat fame,
is in London again, in his capacity Of
President OF the Atlantic-Paciiic Tunnel
Company. This scheme has for its object
the driving of a tunnel through the mar
rowest part of the great divide. Though
the surface motive of the enterprise is to
improve the railroad connection between
the Western and Pacific States, the deeper
purposes of the undertaking are to work
the auriferous and argentiferous ores,
which the piercing of the tunnel viii open
out. Messrs. Vernon, the eminent con-
tractors of Old Palace Yard, Westminster;
have undertaken the job of disembowel-
ling the mountains, and haYe shown their
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

EoR SALE-FIVE HORSES FOR SALE. AP-
a ply at Union Brewery, Twentieth and o
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-17

E7OR SALE-THE FINEST HOTEL BUsINESs
l. in this State, doing business Of $50 COO per
annum. For particulars address Jones 4 Berrg,
Newcastle, Placer county, Cal o3O-tf
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01
The Legend of,ho water LILY.

To whom tho water lily is dear tho
little legend that belongs to it will
prove interesting. Long ycnrs ago, be-
fore any OF us were living, a loacly star
glowcd brightly in the sky. Her iaco
was shining with a strange, brilliant
beauty, but in her breast her hcart was
cold aud dcsolatc with its constant sigh (.
ing for love and the companiozship of
some warm heart. In the great dark
forests tho dusky rod men children
were at play every evening, and watch
ing their happy moods the sar wonld
sigh moro deeply and become possessed
of greater ycarning for love,
so one night she dropped from
the sky and rested upoa tree to be
moro near tho little children. They
did not notice her, however, but con
tinucd rowing on the river, little guess
ing the misery OF the lonely watcher
Il will go right to thcm. the star said,
pitcousy, ami so she fell to the boat.
AS she did so the boat shot out into the
stream and the star fell with crash
upon the way broken into Il thousand
pieces. Every wave caught upon its
crest sciutilIatl1g beam aud each be-
came water lily. At last tho star had
affection, for who does not love this
pcrlcc: H ,wer2- Atlanta JournaL
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01
The Orange Peel Club.

4 trim-looking young woman, who
looked something like Suuday-school
teacher, was seen going along the side
walk the other day, says tho St. Paul
Pioneer Press, carefully removing tho
banana skins that DISTRACTED the way.
She did not appear to do this because
OF any interest in tho property along
there, but simply out OF philanthropy,
for banana skin. as everybody knows
who has tried it, is far from nice
thing to step upon. Inquiry OF gen.
tlcman who addressed the Young woman
aud seemed to know her developed tho
fact that she is tho member of an organ
z,tioa known ~ tho "Or sngc Peel
Club" This club undertakes not only
to remove orange pcels on the sidewalk
which gives it its name--.but other
similar Instructions. And tho members
engage not only to do this small act of
philanthropy, but to themselves refrain
from such little thou.htlcss acts rs
throwing banana skin on the side
walk, no serious transgrossiou in itself,
but one that may lead to quite disagree
able results. The Orange Peel Club has
a great ii,ld to labor in and its mission
MAY be infinitely extended.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01
Bathing and Beauty.

Tcpid water is preferable for evcry
season OF tho year. Milk baths havo
been in favor from time immcmorial
with ladies and nothing is better than
q daily hot bath OF milk. M1mo. Tai
lien was among the historical women
who bathcd in milk, to which shc
added crushed Strawberries to give it
an agreeable perfume. For a full length
bath bag of bran will soften the
water and make the skin dcliciously
smooth and fair, but no bath is perfect
in its results without the long and brisk
friction of hands or coarse towel aftor-
wards. Friction not only stimulates
circulation but it makes tho fish firm
and polished like Parian marble. 1t is
sometimes astonishing tosco the change
made in an ugly skin by friction, and
any lady who wishes to possess hcdlth-
full body, frm to tho touch and fair to
the eye, with the elasticity of youth
we'll prolonged into age, must give
willingly of her strength to tho daily
task OF rubbing the body thoroughly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01
AMoun,ain Lion In a rent.

In Colorado and some other western
states there is an animal called the
mountain lion. Notwithstanding this
name, he is really tho cou, gar, some
times called puml or panther There
ia no moro crafty or savage beast in tho
United States, and although he rarely
attacks N, except when wounded or
verJ- hungry. he destroys many sheep
and other domestic animals. Ho prowls
about human dwellings, and climb, TO
The roofs of cabins and small houses il
his efforts to get at the food inside, Of
which tho smoll attracts him.
Two prospectors in Colorado killed
deer one day, and carried tho CARCASS
into their tcat, where they hung it on
tho ridge pole. They thought tho von-
i,on would be safe there. as they feared
no enemies larger thau flies and birds.
Ga going to work, the men drew down
tho tent curtains, and tiel them close.
About two hours later mountain lion
came along, and. smelling yenison,
proceeded to examine tha tenn. 1t dill
not take him long to discover that no.
body was at homo and to crawl into
the tent. He bit sample out of tho
deer, and finding it good. decided to
take tho whole piece. 1t did not come
down easily, SO Mr.. Lion sprang mp and
grabbed it. His whole wei hit thus
added to that of the deer meat was too
much for the ridge pole, and it broke
in two. Tho tent collapsed entirely,
and the lion wal buried in canvas. OF
course he thought himself caught in q
trap, and began laying about him in
every dire ction with both teeth and
nails. This animated action soon re-
duccd the tent TO tattors, end the lion
crawled out OF the wreck md ran away
taking the vcnison along That after
noon two OF the angriest men you can
imagine stood looking at the ruined
tent, and wondering if there had been
an earthquake. Their vcnison was
gone, their outfit scattered over tho
ground, and their tent in ribbons.
When they killed another dear they
hung it in cav,, aud closed up the
cav,'s mouth with ock's.-[Harpers
Young People.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01
A Prairie L.lrks Song.

As tho full spring timc comes on, the
number OF short chants by prairie birds,
says writer in the American Magazine,
is greatly increased, whilo their pro-
lougations and variations arc without
number; and soon it becomes evident to
the most casual observer that tho love
fires arc kindling and that each mu-
stefan is striving to tho utmost OF his
powers to surpass all rivals and win the
lady lark OF his choice. On ono &C.
casion as lny in hiding ncur fence,
three lar6s came Swimming over tho
p.;.i. They aightcd within few
yards Of me, aud two of them burst in
to song, sometimes singing together and
sometimes alternately, but tho third
was silent. When at last they flew up
l noticed that the silent ono and one of
the singers kept together. I had boon.
witnoss to q musical tournament and
tho victor had won his bride.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-09-01
Money Nude Keeping II ems.

Hundreds OF farmers who mover kept an ac-
count, would kill every "pesky hen" on the
farm, If it was not for tho women folks" The
women intuitively know that tho hens do not
"eat their heads of every six months" but
properly kept pay better than any other form
animals.
This is truo. A record. simple to keep, so IL
would be used and show the facts in detail,
would prove that every hen paid q profit. They
could be made to pay, from one to three dollars
each: Mr.. james l.. Burg ), Nashua, n. H.,
reported to tho Nashau Telegraph that his
wife mado clean net profit last year, Of $3.50
for eggs Alone from only sixteen hens. He
thinks her success was largely due, to using
Sheridan's Condition Powder, much adver-
tiscd preparation to make hens lay.
Do your hens pay like that? Do you want
to learn how to make them pay better?
Arc you in delicate health, and want to COM
mence poultry raising, for the sake OF open air
employment? II SO, get some reliable advice
how to do it. A new, enlarged, and much i'm
proved edition Of that valuable book, the Far
iner's Poultry Raising Guide, has Just been
printed. 1t contains much very practical in
formation.
Among the many now features, which every
person who keeps hens should have, IS blank
records and accounts for cacn month OF the
year. It also contains q long series 81 O. very
Lowell, Mass Journal says: "The most sensi-
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which the publishers, l. S. johnson e Co, "a
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There is really no way that persons on q
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! circular.
G. w Cushing, of bingham, Mass. says: ~
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dams Powder Toll for S1.2O contains more
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