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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
She Was Saving.

A woman who was shopping saw some
old fashioned trimming that was placed on
the cheap sale counter at great reduction.
81 will take the whole piece" she said
after looking it over; "it's cheap and may
come handy"
You understand principles of economy"
remarked the clerk.
Economy, young man." answered the
shopper. why, just make economy trem-
ble."-Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
Remember Well and Bear in Mind

That if you are going to Washington.
Oregon or Idaho, or any Pacific coast
points, it will be to your advantage to go
via the Missouri Pacific railway. The rea-
son is that you will save time and lay
overs at junction points. The fast Pacific
express leaves Wichita every day at 5:35 p.
M. via the Missouri Pacific railway, depot
corner Second and Wichita streets. City
ticket Office, 1870 North Main street.
E. E. BLECKLEY, P. & T. Agt., Wichita.
H. c. TOWNSEND G. P. & 7. A, ST. Louis.
10l If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
Fine PlaytO0 CarfS

Send ten 00) cents in stamps or coin to
ger agent Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
railway, for a pack of the latest. smooth
est. slickest playing cards that ever glad
dened the eyes and rippled along the fing-
ers of the devotee to High Alive, Seven-U Up,
Casino, Dutch, Euchre, Whist or any other
ancient or modern game. and get your
moneys worth five times over. 10 If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
Literature of the West.

Call at the Santa Fe ticket Office. 100 n.
Main street, for descriptive books con-
corning Colorado, New Mexico, Califor-
MIA, Oregon. Washington, the Dakotas,
Wyoming and Utah. In addition to sup
plying those anticipating a trip west with
this information parties may also learn to
their advantage by calling at the Santa
Fe office before purchasing tickets, or adj
dress the undersigned.
w. d. MURDOCH,
122 North Main ST.
1Stf Wichita, Kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
sonnet hing that Sui 81

An early train, always on time, which
waits for nothing, stops at all points and
runs fast between stations, is what suits
everybody.
Santa Fe route new express running be-
tween Wichita and Kansas City is that
kind of train; people set their watches
by il.
Leavs Wichita at S:s5 a. u. and arrives
in Kansas City at $50 p. n.
W. D. MURDOCH. D. P. A,
&c If Wichita. Kan.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16

The l:ao p. N. Missouri Pacific ST. Louis
express is strictly Wichita-St. Louis
train. Runs solid between here and ST
Louis No change of cars OF any kind.
Reclining chair cars free of charge on all
trains Remember the short line. the
Missouri Pacific railway. I2stf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
W ichlta Grain Market.

WICHITA. Kan, April Is.
FLOUR-Hight patent 81 % second patent 81 %.
extra fancy 50 Is. fancy 80 10.
BUTTEk-First creamery &c, second creamery
&c finest dairy 17c, fine dairy l5c. common dairy
Ial2Lc.
EGGS-9T10c.
POULTRY Boosters 81 1892 o. hens 50 50SS CO.
ducks 50 00e2 40, live turkeys sac per II.
POTATOES-Minnesota sacked. per bu 81 IS
fancy Greedy 81 20, Early Rose 81 IS
COAL-Anthraciee tl1 o.. Canon City sS 90 Weir
City 81 So Frontenac 81 So Pittsburg Il ~ Illinois
q o. McAllister 81 %.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
Kansas city Produce.

KANSAS
The Daily Indicator reports:
FLOUR-XX ejc. Xxx 95c. family II u choce
81 40 fancy 81 So9l IS. -, -, -
wHEAT-Quiet. No hard cash Sc April soc
oICoRN-Easier. No. cash and April 65lSc bid.
OArS-Steady No cash and April 521sc bid.
BuTTERNWesk. Creamery 2Oeeic, dairy l2s IS.
storepaAked Gsl5c.
EGGS-Lower at loc-
EAY-sEonger. Fancy prairie Is q, timothy So
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
Its Painted Red.

The Kansas City and Wichita special
train via the Santa Fe runs without
change of any class, and has in its equip
ment a new reclining palace chair car
which is free. Is tt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
Wichita Produce Market.

Following are the closing quotations:
GRAN-Car lots on track:
WHEAT-No 9SSs4c, No hard 76c No sc, Nc
(. &c
CORN-Fo or better Sc white sc, new corn Sc.
OATS-426e45c.
RYE-No6 or better soc.
HAYS Sgs 10 90 per ton in car lots.
GROUND CoRN-Chop in car lots 81 0oSl 10 per
iGlbs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
Unreasonable.

Customer-Here is fish in this quart Of
milk.
Milkman-Did you expect two fish in one
quart of milk?-Munsey's Weekly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
St Louis Produce

ST. LOUIS. April Is
wEEAT-Cash lever, 81 O6sSl Co.'s, options
6rrn May III O6Asc, July 90 bid. August Sei4c.
C0RN-Higher. Cash CSC, May e,Asc asked July
OATS-Higher. Cash Sc. May 645.c. July 47}4o
PoRK-Stesdy, $l2 54el2 62lsc.
IARD-Steady, Sc 80
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES AND
TRANSFORMATIONS.
or TIE INTERIOR. oree Of

IMPAIRMENT or TIE INTERIOR oclce Of
sealed proposss inaorss Fropo.s A' Tor ssf
thlds for Beef must DO submitted IN separate
"a. ise case nav se sSd dassd a. On
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nos IS Aad ~
p. ~, OF TUESDAY NAV isst for Furnishing Tor ths
ind.asa service about 5000 pounds Esoon, "a.
net Beef S6Qeoo pounds Beans 81 on pounds taking
Powder. 2lo.e0 pounds Corr; 3stoo pound. ccfs-,
pounds Hard Bread. sa0D pounds Honiny. s.on
pounds Lard. go barrels Mess PORK, 500 pounds
2s0-o pounds lea, iii,Un pound, Ccarse saIt isSo
Pine salt, DleO pounds soap liahm poaads
Sugar. and &i3Go pounds Wheat
Also. blankets Wooden and Cotton Goods tcon-
ssting IN part % Tieklng Zoo yards; standard
free from all skiing A.cS yards Den,as. Eoo
yards, Bingham. NslGp yards, kentucSy Jeans.
hep yards. Cheyio' 2s,co yards; Brown shsetins.
hickory shifting. Lfso yards Calico shiTtiag.
ceres Notions, Hardwar. Medical supplies. school
Books. etc and ong list 81 miscellaneous articles.
such as Harness. PIoWs. RakeS. Forks. etc and for
about SIS Wagons required Tor the service, 20 10
delivered az Chicago Kansas city and Sioux CITY,
70 the climate OF The Pacific Coast with California
brakes. delivered at San Francisco.
Also transportstio Tor such OF the articles goods
and supplies that may not 10 contracted for 10 hs
delivered az the Agencies.
BIDS MVsr BE MADE OFT on eoyzaSgESr
BLANKS.
Schedules showing the kisi- and Quantities q
subsistence supplies required for each A.eGcy AMI
school and the Kinds and quantities IA gross Of all
other goods and articles together with blank pro-
posaS, conditions tn be observed by bidders. time
and place 81 delivery. terms Of ooafrac; and paw
meut- transportation routes and all other neecS-
sary instructi3ns will be- furn she'd upon application
to the indian Ofice In Washington. Nos - and
9, Wooster street, New York; the Commisearles q
Subsistence. L. 5 A. al Cheyenas. Chicago. Lessen.
WORTH Omaha. Saint LOUIS saint Paul and san
Francisco. the Po-imasirra nj Sioux City. Iowa
NaukIon {. Dakota. Arkansas City, Caldwell. To-
poka. and Wichita. Kansas. and 1ucsoa Artzoua-
The right j. reserved by the 6ovstamsn 10 reject
any and all bids or any part Of any eif and ta@ss
proposals invited nBesr proviso that sppr9prlz-
tiou shall be MAIDS for The supplies b Congress.
Bids viii be opened At the hour ard day sboTs
stated and bidders invited - DC present nj ths
opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS
All bids most be accompanied by certified checks
drafts upon some United states Depository or
the First National Bank 81 san Francisco Ca. for
at least Eve per cent Of the % the proposal.
I. J. MORGAN. Cogam issioner.
az b-IS0 diz1-iF
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16

Night express for Kansas City. st. Louis
and the east leaves Wichita aG Gas p NJ
Chair cars and Pullman sleepers on this
rain. uriPacificrailway. l07tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
A Pretty Novelty In Stationery.

A pretty novelty is the flower paper. It
is Of pale blue, pink, lilac or green, and Is
powdered all over with the buds and petals
Of flowers in yet lighter hue. Forget-me-
nots or gentianellAs on the blue, roses and
apple blossoms on the pink, crocases, vio-
lets, or twigs of lavender on the lilac, and
b1ttercups aud daisies on tie green. Tt.
envelopes match the paper and are lined
with silver. This Ia late Paris fad
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16

Chicago express via the Missouri Pacific
railway, leaves Wichita at $40 m. Chi
cago next morning s o'clock. Missouri
Pacific railway l07 If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16

Blank charters and all kind of legal
blanks for sale by
The WICHITA EAGLE,
d71 tx Wichita, Kansas.
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Essential.

Grip-I always pay as go.
Sack-So do L It's the only way can
get my baggage.-New York Sun
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16

No change of cars of any kind betwee
Wichita and ST. Louis via the New Mi
ouri Pacific short line. d5S If
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
A Vain Ouest.

Guest-Take these clam fritters away.
Waiter-Yes, sir. Anything else. sir'
Guest-Bring some clams.-Brooklyn
Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
A Sound Reason.

81 didn' know yo' could read, Bre'r
Downey."
Downey apparently much interested in
his paperNOh, yes, Use read ebber since
wuz er boy.
Den how comes it you'se readin' dat
paper upside DOWN.
II always reads dat way, den Use gets at
de bottom DO de fac's widout habing ter
read down de whole column Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
New York Money.
NEW YORK. April /:

NEW 1ohh- APIil
Money on call easy ranging from 1SS per
cent last loan . closed Offered AT
Prime mercantile paper SS'
Sterling exchange quiet ana nrRn al - oes Ior
GO day bills and 81 $50 for demand
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16

FINANCE COMMERCE
WICHITA MARKETS.

The Receipts of Stock at the Wichita
Union Stock Yards for the past "a
Hours Were as Follows: 35 Cattle, $40
Hogs. Shipments: 43e Hogs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
SCHOOLS.
. No Knife Used.
Safety and Permanently Assured

Do not delay day if you have cancer Write for
testimonials and information. or come to Wichita
and be examined by our Medical Director, NJ 5. Ro-
chelle. Address THE WICHITA REMEDY co.
For reference OF our work, write. daO-lyr
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-16
WICHITA LIVE STOCK MARKET.

WICHITA, Kan. April Is,
CATTLE.
Cattle receipts were small. There was no
change In the market
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Situations Uaated-Maie.

Under this hesd lc per line per day.
"ANTED-COMPETENT MEAT or PASTRY
w COOK wants a situation. Inquire at 1913 North
Topeka. dlZsAl2l'
WANTED - SITUATION - BY REGISTERED
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manager; thoroughly competent Address Lock
Box 1874 Hutchinson, Kan. di25-St.
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Receipts. Shipments.
ARTICLES.

BUTTER-Firmer. Extra creamery A02lI4c,
extra rsts 22e25c frsts I78l9c. extra dairy DS22c.
extra firsts lec. f1rsts 16QIsc.
EGGS-l29l2Hc.
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AGENTS WANTED.

AGENTS WANTED.
Under this head &c per line per day.
w ANTED-AT ONCE, AGENTS TO SELL
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Joel Benton. Esq, author OF Emerson as Poet
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Out a. free. send 10 cents 70 Pay postage. Secure
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wv ANTED-A GOOD YOUNG MAN FOR GEN.
w. eral work in and about the house for private
family. Must have some experience and furnish
references Address Ii. Eagle Office. dlzs-tf
Wy ANTED-COMPETENT STENOGRAPHERS
w and book-keepers VINO desire positions. to
apply at the National Accountants and SteAograph-
ers Bureau. once for the states Of Kansas. Colo
RADIO. Nebraska. Missouri and Texas, at The South
western business College. Wichita Kan. sSu
w need Of stenographers or accountants TO call
at the National Accountants and SteDographer's
Bureau. Branch Office at tie Southwestern Busi-
ness College, Wichita, Kan. We usually have on
our application list thoroughly competent book
keepers and steDogrs piers with first Class referen
Ces- Help furnished Tree Of charge ST
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RAILROAD TIMETABLES.

Depot Second ard Wichita strest- tfrkct Office IL
North Main street Z. y. III HrELEr.
rs~.sn~ea and JiCk agent
TIaE TABLE CHICAGO. ROCK IsLAhD - r-eIs
RAILWAY.
r-cr>st Rock Island Rou'~'7
~ erert OF ana after October 70 iss1
TEAfes AERfsE 4 frAVE
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FOR EXCHANGE.

IIOR EXCHANGE-LOT No g BLOCK % Al
Anthony Kan; lCls y and n BLOCK 3 ~ scott City
Kan. Want merchandise. CArflage. P.zaos or any
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-09

A traveller once put up for the night
with a simple minded old couple in lonely
| farm house. As he rode up to the door he
heard the old woman say. in a tone of deep
! conviction :--
"There ! knowed somebody'd come be
| fore night for | dropped my fork on the
| floor this morning and it stuck straight up.
Then dropped the dishcloth at noon-an
other sure sign Of company.
In entering the house the visitor care
lessly struck his foot against the step, and
came near falling.
"Ah - said the old lady quickly, (which
toe did you stub, the right or the left =
The right was the reply.
That's good it's a sure sign you're go
ing where you are wanted. Pa, shoe that
rooster off the fence. II he crows there it
will rain before morning
A little boy ran into the room crying
out
oh, Grandma, look, here's copper
found in the road ~
"Im not a bit surprised. Don't you
remember, Tommy that you dreamed Of
finding a nest of hens eggs last night :
! told you then that you'd find some money
before a week
A young woman was washing on porch
back of the house, and the old LADY cried
out
There, there, Susan, # you haven't I
splashed soapsuds all over the front of your
dress And if you don't get drunken hus
band for it I'm wonderfully mistaken. I've
known that sign to come true often and
often. But you can keep it from coming
true by hanging all the clothes on the line
wrongside out, and you'd better do it,.
So Susan did, as the traveller noticed, to
his great Amusement
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-09
Lund of Queer Customs.

All things are reversed in Holland The
main entrance to the finest public building
in the country, the palace, or late town
hall, Of Amsterdam, is its back door.
Bashfu maidens hire beaux to escort them
To the kermis. or fair, on festival days.
Timid citizens are scared in the dead of the
night by their own watchmen, who at ev-
cry quarter Of the hour make such a noise
with their wooden clappers, one would sup
pose the town to be on fire You will see
sleds used in summer there They 90
humping over the bare cobbestones, while
the driver holds dripping oi-rag in adj
vance of the runners TO lessen the friction.
You will see streets of water and the
country roads paved as nicely as Broad
way. You will see vessels hitched like
horses TO their owners door posts and
whole rows OF square peaked houses lean
ing over the street, as if they were getting
ready to tumble Instead of solemn strik-
ing clocks, you will hear church chimes
playing suatches Of operate airs every
quarter Of an hour, by way of marking the
time. You will see looking glasses hanging
outside of the dwellings aud pincushions
displayed on the streetdoors The first are
called SpiOaH"a Tor spiOHneJedl, and are 50
arranged outside of the windows. that per.
sons sitting inside can, without being seen,
enjoy a reflection of all that is going on in
the street. They can learn, too, what Wis
itor may be coming, and watch him rub
bing his soles to a polish before entering
] The pincushion means that a new baby has
appeared in the household. If white or
/ blue, the new conner is a girl if red it is
/ a little Dutchman. Some of these signals
/ are very snowy affairs some are not cush
| ions at ALL but merely shingles trimmed
I with ribbon or lace and, among the poor
est class 1t is not uncommon to see merely
a white or red string tied to the door latch
/ fit token of the meagre life the poor lit
tie stranger is destined TO lead.
Sometimes, instead o: either pincushion
or shingle, YOU will see a large placard
hung outside Of the front door. Then YOU
may know that somebody in the house is i'll,
and his or her present condition is described
on the placard for the benefit of inquring
friends and sometimes, when such a pla-
card has been taken down, you may meet
a grim-ooking man on the street dressed
in black tights, short cloak, and high
hat from which long, black streamer is
flying This is the 4dnSpreker, going from
house to house TO tell certain persons that
their friend is dead. He attends to funerals
and bears invitations to all friends whose
presence may be desired. 4 strange weird
looking figure he is and he wears pc
culiar, professional cast Of countenance
that is anything but comforting. -MIrl
MdpeS DDiIe m 81. Nicholas.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-09

There has been no change, or progress of
any kind, among the pigmes Of the forest
since the time of Herodotus As the bird
has builded its nest, the bee its cell, and
the ant its new colony, the pigmies have
survived the lapse of twenty three centu-
ries, and have continued to build their bee
hive huts after the same skilless fashion as
they built them in the days when Herodotus
recited the story of his travels before the
council of Athens, Az years before the
birth of Christ.
As rough mode Of estimating their
height, any person five feet six inches high
could use a crutch which would be within
an inch of the exact standard of an adult
male or female of the pigmes. But the
dwarfs-like ordinary humanity-vary con.
siderably in height. We have measured a
few who were only 33 inches high, and the
talest Of the unadulterated specimens that
we met would not exceed four feet four
inches.
Their villages situated under the imper-
vious foliage of the largest clump of trees
near the locality where they propose camp
ing, struck us as being comfortable, snug,
and neat have seen ~ huts in one of
these villages, arranged in a circle Of about
80 yards in diameter. The pigmy camps
are generally found at the crossways,
where two or more paths intersect, aud
are from two to three miles distant from agri-
cultural settlements Our anxieties always
lessened on meeting them for the more
paths we found, the more we were assured
of food, and the roads improved -HeHry
w. HdHirY H HE January SlrjbHer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-09
The "zoue. system of Rnilrondins

At the Professional club meeting last
spring when What Brattleboro most
needs" was the topic discussed, DIR. Holton
alluded-referring to our need of lower
railroad rates-to the Zone system of rail
way fares on trial in Hungary. The idea
was a new one and awakened much inter
est In recent number of the Century
writer in Topics of the Time describes
the system somew at in detail
The Zone Tariff, as it is called was
put IN operation in Hungary on the LIST Of
August 1889. 1t has. therefore. but a
brief experience to Justify its practicability
but the results thus far have been 50 re
markable that its success seems to he as
sured The method consists of division
of the territory of Hungary into fourteen
concentric zones. Budapest the capital, he
ing the centre. The first zone includes all
stations within p kilometers-lGl miles
from the centre the Second, all more than
- aud less than ~ all the zones except
the first, the tw elfth aud the thirteenth are
II kilometers, or a little more than nine
miles in width the three named are p kil-
ometers in breadth, and the fourteenth in
rludes all stations more than 22J kilometers
from the capital
The fare is regulated by the number Of
zones which the traveller enters or crosses
during the journey. Reducing guldens to
cents, the rate is 20, lG and 10 cents per
zone for first. second aud third class pas
sengers respectively. If one starts from
Budapest aud crosses three zones he trav-
els therefore, - kilometers, or about "a
miles if he goes first class his fare will he
80 cents if second-class, ~ cents if third
c'ass, 30 cents. For local traffic, when the
traveller DIES not cross the boundary of any
zone. there are special rates il he goes
only To the nearest stati m The charg will
he -, Il aud cents If to the second sta
tinn from his starting point, l6, . and q
cents if TO the third station the full rates
of the zone are charged.
The greatest reduction, however. is in
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-09
Picturesque Farming in California
ia the Ferries.

Harvesting, with the rude implements,
was a scene. Imagine three or four hun
dred wild Indians in a grain field armed,
some with butcher-knives, some with pieces
of hoop iron roughly fashioned into shapes
like sickles, but many having only their
hands with which to gather by small hand
fuls the dry and brittle grain aud as their
hands would soon become sore they resort
ed to dry willow sticks, which were split to
afford a sharp edge with which to sever the
straw. But the widest part was the thresh
ing. The harvest of weeks, sometimes of
a month, was piled up in the straw in the
form of huge mound in the middle of
high, strong, round corral then three or
four hundred wild horses were turned in to
thresh it, the Indians whooping TO make
them run faster Suddenly they would dash
in before the baud at full speed when the
motion became reversed with the effect of
plowing up the trampled straw to the very
bottom In an hour the grain would be
thoroughly threshed and the dry straw
broken almost into chaiT In this manner
| have seen two thousand bushels of wheat
threshed in a single hour. Next came the
winnowng, which would often take another
month 1t could only be done when the
wind was blowing, by throwing high into
the air shovelfuls of grain, straw, and chat,
the lighter materials being waited TO one
side, while the grain, comparatively clean,
would descend and form heap by itself
In this manner all the grain in California
was cleaned. At that day no such thing as
a tanning mill had ever been brought to
this coast, December Century,