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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-22

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-22

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-22

For the hoard of public works the only
lame suggested BY the Republicans is that
4 Colonel c. NJ. Sheafe. one of the charter
commissioners, who has had considerable
experience in construction and is man of
ONE leisure.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-22

The four commissioners of police are not
alked of yet, as they are appointive offices.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-22

For the two houses OF the council there
re many nebulous candidates; but the Sc
sction of these depends upon so many in
.dental conditions that nothing even ap-
fortunately reliable can be determined for
week or two yet. There is considerable
r!ucism in party ranks against Phillips
nd Wallingford. but the division OF the
Fards renders any calculation of the home
trength OF these couEcimen exceedingly
Iifficult.
For corporation counsel the Republicans
eem disposed TO offer the nomination to
'homas Il. Shepard, the present city at
0rney
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02
Senator Cullom'3 Nightshirt.

Senator Tabor, Of Colorado, was re
tired by the people Of his state because
he Wore Il luxurious nightshirt, but that
says Il Washington letter, viii not be
the fate Of Senator Cul!om, Of Illinois
By accident once saw Senator
Cullom's nightrobe. | had called hin
out of bed to make an inquiry of him
and he came downstairs with can
die in his hand, and saw that his night
shirt was home made, the material be-
ing common sheeting, or some coarse
cloth like that. The garment was tied
together in front with huge strings cut
out of the material CT which the body
was composed and thought as | looked
at the queer figure the senator made OIL
the stairs that the people CT his stat;
would never retire him for the offensf
of affect&tion Of style or luxury Of per
sonal adorpment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02

In the east the product is seen, tempt
ing III its brown wealth of delicious
sweetness, nesting enticingly in a bed
of laced and e1nbellished paper; but at
the vineyard the interest attaches mainly
TO the progress Of the grape toward per.
lection and the garnering and packing
Of the fruit.
Almost every visitor from the "effete
east, as the aCclimated and often re-
Gently imported Californian is pleased t.
call the sections beyond the Father of
Waters, accustomed as he is to the stakes
and trellis work of home fields, against
which the vines are carefully trained, is
struck by the popularity of the Califor,
mia vineyards. There are no vines climb.
ing skyward or disporting in fancifui
designs against arbors and lattices. All
are cut low rising not over four or five
feet above th1 ground.
When II vineyard is laid out the main
idea Of accessibility and convenience in
cultivating and picking the fruit is borne
III mind. For this reason the cuttings
Or slips from older vines are planted
eight feet aplrt, or go to the acre. This
is the usual distance, though OCCASION
ally broader space is left for convent
ence in driving through the vineyard.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02

of these layers, held together by inter-
locking stems, are ranged one above the
other in u pine box, wrapped in gilt and
colored paper with Il laced covering bear
ing the brand and the packers name,
and enter the trade rs twenty pounds
net"
London layers'-the highest class
and which bring fancy price-are the
result of the first selection. In sorting a
great many of the large berries fall from
the stems. These are carefully gathered
up. run through tanning mill, thor
oughly cleaned and are then marketed
as loose Muscatels." They are in every
respect as good as the layer raisins, but
bring a slightly lower price. The smaller
clusters are packed less extensively, and
are sold under various names Mus
catels" is the common designation given
them. The smallest grade is known as
''seedless Muscatels,' from the fact that
the half grown grapes Of this class con-
tain no seeds.
The white Muscat grape is the stand
ard variety grown for raisins
What are the profits OF raisin grow
ing:' is one Of the first questions asked
by the newcomer. The necessary land
secured, there is quit healthy margin
Of profit. Cuttings usually cost about
$3.50 a thous@.id, bat l-year-oll rooted
vines, with which more uniform and
satisfactory stand can be obtained, can
De had for $40 to $12. An acre vineyard
twenty months Old from the cuttings
has produced crop that sold for $170
when made into raisinS.
An acre vineyard six years Of age pro
duced thirteen and Il half tons of grapes,
that were sold for $50 per ton on the
vine, yielding 800. But these were ex-
ceptional. In Riverside, where the con-
ditions are admittedly favorable for raisin
culture, the price realized by the grower
for the grapes upon the vine from vine
yards four years old and over, and suit
ably cared for, varies with the seasons
and ranges from 800 to $3.50 per aero.
A number Of grape growers who have
packed and sold their own raisins have
realized for several years past from 5000
to 1925 per acre net. The increase of
the raisln industry is shown by the fact
that il 1879 the first shipments amount
ed to only 10000 boxes, while in 1889
they exceeded $50 boxes.
This year the crop will not be so heavy,
as Il fungus in the Santa Anna AMI San
Gabriel valleys has given the vines a
set back, but next season many young
vines will come into bearing, and if the
question can be modified
so as to enable the California grower to
compete with the producers Of southern
Europe, California will be il position
to supply the markets Of the country
with high grade Of raisins.
e. T. KUBCL
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02
Chief of the observation-disclosures.

The resubmissionists are those voters
Of Kansas who desire that the people be
given Il chance to pass once more at the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02
PICKING THE GRAPES.

The cultivating Of the ground and the
pruning Of the vines to insure strength
and stockiness are IN no way different
from the processes familiar to the horti.
culturist of the east. The interest cen
Iers mainly in the mode of preparing the
grapes to figure as California raislns on
the table.
When the grape has attained that de-
gree Of ripenass which indicates that
picking time ms come the vine grower
gets together his help, if be is going to
see the thing through himself, or sells
the fruit as ii stands to one of the big
packing companies. Large crews of
men, women ana children, often Chinese
or MeXlcals. ar engaged, and rs the
sun rises they b.sin their days work. A
sharp knife or shears separates the
punches of fru,5 from the vine. Shallow
wooden trays Of size to be handled
easily are ut hand, ana into these the
clusters are pa"al vecy tenderly to
avoid brrlising, Wlal tle tray is full
it is carried TO the drying ground.
In southern California ut this time of
the year there is almost perpetual SUN.
shine, and no necessity exists for artif-
cial heat IN the drying process. The
filled TRAVIS are placed in long rows in
open spaces where the sun has free ac-
cess, anJ at the end of twenty days the
product is dried grapes, which command
Il comparatively small price in the mar
ket In many vineyards the trays, after
being filed one lunch deep, are leaned
against the vines and there allowed to
dry. tae perfection Of simplicity in the
curing process.
The trays are then taken to the pack
ing louse. There the shrun!len clusters
are tluptied into large sweating boxes
ho.lia" from 100 To 200 pounds each
TEe grapes are i'll this manner deprived
of ill moisture. Next comes the grad
iva of the raisigs according TO CONNER.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02

profession. In lS49 he went to Califcr-
mia, and while at Sacramento had Il tur-
bulent experience as leader of the squat
ters' rights" faction. His followers elect
ed him to the legislature, where he serv-
ed one term. In 1851 he returned to
Massachusetts, and in 1854 settled in
Kansas, where he was chosen governor
under the Topeka constitution. Since
mis- retirement from that Office his career
mas been the ordinary one of public
spirited private citizen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02

The lord mayor of London receives a
salary of $4,000 year, but the larger
part of this sum is expended in enter
tanning distinguished people and giving
big street shows. AS consequence the
Office can hardly be termed one of prof.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02
TIE DRYING PROCESS.

cial value The larger the clusters and
the individual grapes the better the
price. Suitable boxes or forms, calcu-
lated to hold about five pounds each, are
filled with carefully selected lunches
and placed under heavy pressure, which
congresses tho grapes into layers. -Four
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02

school. Before
the war he selN ed
as physician tc
the Maine Insane
hospital, and to
the Mclean asy-
lum. at Somer.
vile, Mass. Dur
ing the civil con
test he was sur
geon to a Massa-
{ h usetts regi-
ment. and after
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02

polls on the pro-
!libitory amend
ment clause Of
the state consti"
tuition Their
nominee for gov
ernor, the Hon.
Charles Robin
son, is over -
years Of age. He
is "a native Of
NJ a S sac h usetts
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02

WtTI IIEIU Il DIdCt
Of corresponding rank in the navy, Lat
er on he took charge of the New Hamp.
shire Asylum for the Insane. He WAS
the Prohib!tionst candidate for COVER
nor of New Hampshire in 1872, 70 and
IA In the lattel year he became Il resi-
dent of Massachusetts, and there has
continued his labors in behalf Of the
third party"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02
Massachusetts Third Party Leader.

Dr. John Dlac!imer, the nominee fol
governor OF TIE Massachusetts PROFIT
bitionists, is u native Of the old Bay
State, having Leel born at Plymouth III
1928. He is graduate Of Brown UNI
versity and Of the Harvard Medical
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-10-02
FROM GRAPE IL kAlolN.
TIE ST 0RV or THE VINE AND IT'S
CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA.

An Industry That Has Gown to Large
Proportions in Less Than Dozen
Years-H"w the Fruit Is Prepared for
Market.
Copyright By American Press Association
Just now there is great hustle and az
unusual activity among the vineyards of
southern California devoted to the grow
ing Of the grape for raisins. The white
clusters Of plump fruit, rich in sEcchar-
inc matter are being picked
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

suffering the wrong you have suffered
kills, in a moment of mad anguish, the
man who stole his happiness and
robbed him of his wife's honor. But,
before you commit this rash act, ask
yourself If you have any grounds to
even suspect me? None, except that
1 am stranger, and happened to meet
your wife when she was a young and
innocent girl. And, as L heard her
speak Of you yesterday, and as I saw
her face beam with a happiness which
could not have been feigned while tell
ing me of how much she loved you, I
believe there is some terrible mistake
here-that your wife has either played
some joke on you, or that this letter
was not meant"
"StOp, stranger! I believe ye air
inherent; but eff yer try ter preach
ter me erbOut her, I shall curse her
purity. face. Oh, fool, that I ever
brought her ter SIGH q lonely place as
this. But Ie9thought she meant it
when she said she'd be happy any
whares with me. God curse Their day
tibet I ever thought she could be happy
here. I wuz so happy I thought of
none but myself. L see now she hain't
been Their same since I got her them
new dresses, an the books Of city ways
an styles, an tibet fine lOOkin'-glass
thur. An ther little gal has changed
since ther papers I 'scribed fur came
all filed up with love, an grand ways
O hvin', an plenty O. company fur
young wives. She wur all alone.
L know I oughten ter expected she'd
like it, an it never oughter come tween
us, me bringin' her here. It's awful
rough, stranger, but I guess I'm ter
blame. My God she migbter stayed
one day longer, an Civ me warnin', so
IS L could er drunk in enough o. Their
music o, her voice ter las, me. an so s
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
Properties Of Ouicksand.

The properties of quicksand are thus
described in the Mechanical NelCS q:
"The difference between building sand
and true qUicksand is most easily ex-
planned by comparing building sand to
road metal, while the quicksand must
be represented by fragments no larger
than large buckshOt, but shaped like
very smooth potatoes. In q word, the
quicksand is small and thoroughly
waterwOrn, so that every fragment has
been deprived of all It's angles and
fairly welI-pOlished. It's particles are
very small as compared with those of
the building sand The smaller the
size and the more complete the round
ing the more nearly Will the sand ap-
prOach a liquid condition when it is
moistened. The first glance at a fairly
mounted sample Of quicksand under a
microscope is sufficient to show that the
quickness Of the sand is amply ac-
counted for by the innumerable fric-
ton wheels which the particles them
selves furnish. Sharp or building sand.
on the other hand, viii show few round
corners, many angles, corners and a
general condition like that of broken
stone. Sea sand is often unfit for
building, even though perfectly de-
pI1Yed OF It's salt, the reason beng that
the particles have been worn and pol
ished till they have no more binding
powers than so many cObbIe-stones. It
is well to remember that quicksand
when dry, if very fine, shows the same
properties as a liquid. In holding up
the centers of large bridges it is some
times put into cylinders with a plunger
on top of it. It viii, when thus con
fined, hold up the load like a column
of water. When it is desired to strike
the center a plug is drawn out of the
side of the cylinders, and the sand
flows out like so much water. The ad-
vantage, of course, is that the sand
does not need a packed piston, and
does not leak out, though the work be
prolonged for years Quicksand when
dry and confined forms an admirable
foundation, and when wet can be load
ed over its whole surface, and give a
good support if side openings can be
avoided.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
Lie on a Cuban Plantatfon.

In Dakota and Manitoba the en-
plOyment on single wheat estates of a
hundred reapers and an aggregate of
three hundred labOrers for a season
has been regarded as something I'M
precedented in agricultural industry 4;
but on one sugar estate in Cuba-"El
BalbOa" from fifteen hundred to two
thousand hands. invariably negroes,
are employed, who work under severe
discipline, in watches or relays, during
the grinding season, by day and night,
the same as III the large irOn-mIIIs and
furnaces of the United States and
Europe At the same time there are
few village communities where a like
number of people experience the same
care and surveillance. The male
workers occupy quarters walled and
women from tine men.
There are in every village an in
Urinary, a lying-in hospital, a ply
sician, an apOthecarY, a chapel, and
priest At night and morning mass is
said in the chapel, and the crowds are
always large. There is of a Sunday
less restraint, though ceaseless espion-
age Is never RENTED. On these days
and in parts Of holidays there are rude
mirth. ruder music and much dancing.
This picture Is given somewhat In de-
all, because it illustrates how aII-per-
Fading and tremendous are the forces
Jhat are modifying society everywhere,
In civilized, partially civilized and
even barbarouE countries, conformity
with the new conditions of production
and consumption.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

four o'clock in the afternoon, i strolled
out in the woods with a book, about
noon, to enjoy quiet repOse under the
shade of the trees and the thick-hang-
ing vines so common to that locality.
1t may have been imagination, and
Ii may have been the spirit of prOph-
ecy, but I stopped reading to hear
the signing of the great tall pine trees
as the zephyrs gently swept through
them. 1t seemed to be whispering to
them a story Of sadness and tragedy.
As the soft voice of the southwest
winds played upon the long needles of
the pines, I could hear them say,
"O-O-o-h, O-o-o-h W-w-O-O-e-e, w-w-o-
O-e-e! S-s-s-O-o-r-r-rOw! I"
I closed my book. the sOughing,
mourning pines making me too sad and
lonely to read more, and went back to
the house. As I drew near heard the
voice of old Mrs. Adams crying and
moaning, and asking herself why was
she ever born, and what had her dear
son, ther best an lzin'es' son an trust
fullest husband IN the world, ever done
ter deserve SIGH deceit an SIGH er blow
ter his happiness 2" 1 was amazed be-
You'd measure; but when I went in my
amaZement was turned into bewilder-
ment at what 1 heard and learned.
Mrs. Adams started in fright when I
entered, and asked her what was the
matter and she shrank from me as if I
were a ghost.
"Whur is Hank? Didn't he fin
yer?" she asked, as if amazed
where Is he? Find me? Why, what
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

comm back shows he might be inner
cent.
His bosses an buggy amt no sign,
nor his bein' back hear, nuther. cause
he'd be sharp enough ter try an bin
us that way. But I'll let yer hey yer
way mother, SEEM as We air all I hev
lef ter me now"
He handed me the paper, and Tread.
in clear, feminine hand, these terri
bly, plain words, the outraged husband
watching me closely as / read:
Dear Hank-I thought I loved YOU
once, but I find I do not ought to
have told you before, but could not
bear to do so, as you seemed so happy.
L cannot longer bear the loneliness,
and the drudgery, and the desOlatiOn
of life here. If I staid longer I should
hate you for bringing me here. o, how
can 1 sign my name to this terrible let
ter? 1 go away with one you do not
know, but do not try to find me. 1t
VIII be useless. I viii not sign my
name, because I want you to forget it.
Forgive me, as / hope God VIII.
That was all. But L trembled as I
read it, and staggered, and would have
fallen, had not his strong arms caught
me.
"AIr. Adams" I managed to say,
"this is, indeed, terrible. How you
ever came to imagine 1 was concerned
in it I do not know. But, kill me if
you Will; but, if you believe I did this
terrible thing, I shall die forgiving
you. I believe that if God ever does
forgive a murder, it is when man,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
I hey. Go, quick. befO' I furgot

I hev. Go, quick, befo' I furget
thet-'
She glanced at the note, recovered
her spirits In a moment, and then burst
into a peal of the merriest laughter I
ever heard-iaughter in which real
mirth was mixed with the melody of q
happy heart suddenly relieved of a
great burden. Then, before he cou1d
recover from the stupOr into which
this threw him, she ran up the steps.
grabbed his face in both her hands
: looked into his honest eyes a moment.
and then kissed him repeatedly. laugh
ing and crying, and excIaiming:
You sweetest of husbands, and did
this Little note make you Jealous?
And did you have that gun to kill me
on sight, or the man whom you thought
/ had gone with 2"
She explained the note was one she
had penned as the beginning OF a little
story she was going to write for an
Eastern paper, and which she did not
intend Hank to see until she read it to
him In the paper. She had written
several stories, and had been paid for
them, and was going to use his name
IN this one, and then read it to him,
and tell him the secret.
1t was merry household that night,
and I never was treated so royalty in
my life. Hank took me out into the
"horse lot" after dinner, and saw that
no one else was near, and then said:
Mr. Mcpherson, I hope yer viii not
hint ter jimmy whut er blamed fool I
made O. myself over tibet fool thing. By
jings, L trimble when I think how near
1 come ter shOOtin' yer. I hev told
mother ter never breeth er word o.
.whut carryin's on we had fore jimmy
come back. 1t has larned me er lesson
"a bitter one, too. I'll never be jeal-
GUS O. my wife ergain. I think a
Jealous man is Their bigges' fool on
earth. I said this Onct befo', when 1
saw er play erbout tibet teller, 'TheIlo
an Desdymony, but I never knew whut
it meant till now. A man whut is
jealous Ov a wife whut is Iovin' an
gentle an bright to him at home is q
villain; that's whut I think. An [
don't want jimmy ter ever know whut
er blamed fool wuz fur nOthin'."
I promised I never would tell, and I
have never done so. IF they see this
they will. know who wrote it, perhaps;
but 1 know they viii forgive me, and
I know that Hank viii bear me no i'll
Will for thus breaking the spirit Of my
promise, as there is a great lesson in
this experience to others. I think
most Of us can profit by Hank Adams
Bitter Lesson"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28

I mighter bathed myself IN the sun
shine o. her bright eyes one mo day.
But she's gone, as I mighter expected
eff I'd thought enough ov anything
'cept myself An here's her note, as
slick an nice es emmy schOOlmarm
couIder writ-but ther words seem
hard and cold ter me, an L feel like er
man thet's dying by inches of Their bite
O. a pisen sarpent; but yet L can hear
the music o. her voice s if it Wur sound
in ter me from away Off What's
tibet? Her voice? What's she sayin' {?
Excuse her fur bein' so late, but she
stopped by Mrs. QuilIin's whose baby's
dyin'? Stop thar, gall Whut yer
comm back hear fur ?"
Poor Jennie, who heard these words
as she started lightly up the steps,
with her lips pursed up for the usual
kiss, stopped as if petri1ed at hearing
these words, and seeing her husband
with a gun IN his hands. Before she
could reply, he had flung the paper at
her, and Missed
@Heur, take yer note, an go with
! ther man who VIII treat yer better q
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-02-28
THE UNsowN SEED.


saw a garden, in springtime,
Prepared with greatest care,
And / thought when comes the summer
Rare flowers VIII be blooming there,
But summer found in the garden
Full many a nOxious weed,
With never q flower among GhenS
For none had sOWn the seed.
I saw q life that gave promise
OF q harvest rich and rare,
Had the fertile soil been tended,
And the seed been planted there.
Neglected and implanted
O'ergrown with sins foul weeds
0, the flowers we might gather
Did we only SOW the seeds!
Oh, the precious moments wa5tedl
The deeds of love undOne;
The bitter thoughts we cherished
Come back to us one by one;
And We sigh for the vanished spring JlL45
OF which we took no heed.
Oh, the harvest We might gamer
Did we only SOW the seed!
Had we soWn the seeds Of virtue,
OF holy love and truth,
OF charity and kindness
In the springtime of our youth;
In the autumn we'd nave gaLuSf5u
A harvest rich and rare
A harvest OF fragrant flowers
Been blooming for US there.
We'd have never cause to nurmur
At the hardness OF our lot;
Our lines full Of cOntentmenU-
In palace or in cot.
Did we improve the golden spr1ngt1n1e5
Root out each uOX1Ous weed
What a bOuntiful harvest waits u.s.
Do we only SOW the seed!
WIS.