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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-31

Washington aud the losses may reach
aquarter Of n million.
A cycLosE IN MISSOURI.
MEXICO, No., May sO.-A cyclone
devastated tue northern part VI Aud
Ran county last night. Barn and
houses were blown down. crops torn
down, orchards ruined and trees up.
rooted. A clDudbur-t followed the
cyclone, flooding tho devastst.
Ell district. The house Of
Henry Berry was leyeled 10
the ground, but none Of the family
were seriously hurt. WIN. Btenlon's
house was demolished. OF eleven oc.
cupnnts Alvin Brenton and Mrs. w &.
q. Brenton were the only ones badly
hurt and their injuries are not dan.
g,rous.
SUPPOSED TO BE DROWNED.
BAKERrIRLD, Cal, May 30.-rwo
girls OF the family OF j. NJ. Phillips,
having been missing since yesterday
morning, were tracked TO the bank Of
the river, aud are supposed to he
drowned.
Charles T.. Jewett, assistant cashier
Of the Kern Valley bank, and two
boys Of tue family OF William Greene
vlilc were drowned today In Kern
river The boys fell In, and Jewett
attempted to rescue them.
TORNADO ~ ARKANSAS.
NEW rUET, Ark. ,Mny s0.-A lorna.
DO struck tue little town Of AuverTnc
last nighi. The academy building
aud the now Methodist Church wer,
blown dnwn AMI other buildings liam
aged, but no loss of lie Ne far a, heard
from.
TERRiDLE RAIN.
WELLfNGTos, KAr., Nay 80. Tue
most terrible falnSlOIm that In. ever
vititei this aecll1n fell this morning,
adding 10 III, misery and distress OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-31

WICHITA, Kan. May 3O.--rwo
tornndocs pa,eed 10 the north Of Cald-
we'll last night. One man IL known 10
have been killed. Much damage has
been done 10 property. Deiaile not
received.
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Suits, Knee Pants and Shirt Wal
WORTH DOUBLE.

800 BoYs SUITS. 20 800,
500 FAST SUNS 80
q PANT SUITS,
BOYS LONG rANr SUNS for $3.50 fso
saflyan e.
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strictly One Price Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-11-09

wife prepares big "batches" of cakes,
pics and crullers. The hop ''hands'
like to 60 where there is q good table.
Those who set poor table soon become
known and are avoided. The
majority of pickers come from nearby
towns aud cities, Utica, Oneida, Rome
and Syracuse furnishing their quota.
The other day met heavy wagon-load
Of women, young and old, going to the
fragrant fields. The party came from
Syracuse, so I heard. They were all in
high spirits, laughing, joking, calling
out to every passer-by, and breaking
forth at short intervals into song. The
girls seemed happy In the thought that
at last they were out of the city and in
the country, where there is no style and
no policemen. When "help" is scarce,
the hop-growers advertise in the news.
papers for pickers. Their tempting in.
duccmenta, which appear in the ''wsnt"
column. must not be taken literally, as
the following will show. "Wanted-
Fifty hop-pickers for the finest place IN
Otsego County: one minutes walk from
the village; fine table board; boating,
fishing, riding, dancing and music; fare
both ways" Some notices state that
s'women are preferred" The chief rea
son is that women are quiet, industrious,
and give less trouble than the men.
In days gone by the hop-yard was
often the scene of fierce fighting and
bloody affrays. The ''roughs" from
cities were involved in drunken rows
and provoked general disorder. Some
times the presence of the women-folk
rather added to than allayed the trouble.
To nip disturbance in the bud the grow
ers have deputy constables sworn, and
the hop hands are afraid to incite mis-
chief when they are almost sure OF be.
ing lueged of to the village "lock-up,
fined, or sent to jail. In large hop yards
from 100 to 200 people are employed.
Most OF these are either bparders OF
lodged during the season. One OF the
largest hop yards in the country lies
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ward acts as tonic an sedative. The
beneficial effects of hops as cured for
brewing purposes are we'll know. Auy
hop picker can tell you Of the wonders
wrought by a for.aight's stay in the hop
yards. 1t is as good as months out
ing by the seashore; better than
doctors pills and bills-so say those who
have tried this simple prescription.
The picturesque side of hop picking is
seen in the morning hours, when the
dark-green vines with their yellowish
strobilcs offer q highly. elaborate back.
ground or setting to the moving human
igures. All over the yard there Is life
and activity. Here are glimpses of color
"a navy-bluc blouse, a bright red rib
bon. or gay striped shawl; aud here
the Desartian pose and posturings oI
strong-limbed young men and women.
and the quick movements Of the supple
indian aud swarthy half-breed pickers.
From diff. relt points in the yard come
bits of song-a girls sweet voice, a
boys shrill treble, or mar's deep bass.
Yes; the American girl picking hops
compares well with the Chinese
LADY Picking Mulberries." She is
just as "cute." just as bewitching.
Then there is something about this hop
picking that breaks through manly
reserved and maidenly modesty. The
boys aud girls side by side whisper
short messages for two ears; merry jests
and sharp repartees are banded from lip
to lip; often there is sly pressure OF
hands which is explained when the
days picking is ovet.'
The hop crop is picked in boxes which
hold from seven to eight bushels. These
boxes are ingeniously constructed and
have four compartments combined In q
main box. There are four pickers to a
box. two on side, each one having his
or her own section to fill. Then there
are "pole- -pullers' who attend to some
six or eight pickers, or to four or i've II
the crop is light. These men pull the
poles from the ground and cut the hop
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is spread, with the green sod for table.
It is one of the features Of the day-this
eating, gossiping, laughing time. Dim
ner over, the work goes on, but the
afternoon hours seem long drawn-out.
The young folk grow restless aud tired.
Oh, if something would only happen! :
The expected does happen when some, .
one cries, "Hop sack" !""" Then, if the
picker be comely lass, she must be
dumped in her own box, before it can
be properly snptied. Again, the mis-
chievous boys claim a kiss when they
6nd vine which grows in the form OF
the letter O. The gray shadows OF the
autumn sun creep foot by foot over the
hop-yard, and the emu of the day s work
is announced by shout and yell that
would not disgrace Onondaga Indians.
There, isa general rush, or "break," )" Tor
home and supper. In large hop-yaras'
where a hundred or more ''hands" are
employed, there is something going on
every evening during the picking season.
After supper, circle OF choice spirits
will gather on the moonlit side OF the
kiln, and there play "kissiug games
..postotfice" and "forfeits'-and sing
Gospel hymns and also popular songs:
The hop dances are often wild aud
bojsterous affairs, and need to be seen to
be enjoyed. .,,
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BaCGINc HOPS.

vines near the root. The poles and
strings rest ON Il support at the end OF
the box for the convenience Of the pick
ers. The puller is alsu box-.ender,
seeing that leaves are not mixed in with
the hops. He also ''keeps tally" of the
number of bushels or boxes picked.
When box or section is filled, the
.tender" is notified and the contents are
cpptied into n sack. Twice day the
sacks are gathered and taken to kiln-n
the hop-house and there dried. The
hops must &c lightly and evenly scat.
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night. 1t is surprising how many young
people flock to the yards and take part
in the picking. Many look forward to
the hop crop from year to year as the
chance to make little ready money.
About the time that the pale saffron
tint in the eastern sky turns into rose
glow, the pickers are at work stripping
the vines. The sharp and eager morn
ing air is saturated with cloying odor
of some kind; soon the nostrils are
tickled by the pugeut aroma OF hops.
and the lungs drink in to their full the
potent influences Of the vines. The
hands of the picker, which, whether ne
be Pharisee or not, he has little chance
of washing before meat, are begrimed
with tho pollen, or ''gold DUST" some OF
which is.necessarily swallowed and after
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-11-09
An Authority o. Tur 1e'.

Tom Haskill, q laborer residing on
Tehama street, near Fourth, knows q
great deal more about turtles now than
he did when Ee started for stroll along
Market street the other afternoon.
A large turtle lying on the sidewalk
attracted his attention and he stopped to
admire the ungainlY reptile. A couple
of gentlemen also stopped to look, and
one of them remarked that turtles were
SAID to live longer than anything else
under the sun.
"About how old would you take this
one to be7" said one of the men to Has
kill. ...
"When was catching them fellows
around New York we never took the old
ones to market because they were too
tough. You tell how old horse is by
his teeth, and of course you do the same
thing with TURTLE said Haskill, as he
stopped down and trieG to pry open the
reptiles mouth with a pocket knife.
At last he succeeded in opening the
strong beaklike mouth and then he
placed the toe of his heavy brogan in-
side to keep it oper. The turtle did not
mind being lied about, but it did object
to having its mouth used thas way, and
it shut its jaws like two-spring bear
trap.
Haskill yelled: "Take the beast ot.
Hes eating the foot OF me-"
Some one got q piece of iron and
forced open the big beak.
The injured man was taken to a drug
store, where a surgeon found every toe
on the right foot badly bruised. The
foot was dressed aud Haskill went home
San Francisco Examiner.
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(,oudenGd Milk.

Condensed milk is an American in
vention, aud the method in foreign
countries, as France and Switzerland, az
we'll IS in England, where the business
is now carried gu, is precisely the same
as the American way. This is IT, evspor-
ate the water from the milk by steam
heat in vacuum pans, at suca low
temperature as will entirely avoid danger
of burning it. SO that not only IS steam
needed to keep up the vacuum by ar
pumps and remove the vapor from the
pans, but to furnish the heat. 4 ten
horse power boiler, or one TO iarnlsh
steam for a ten-horse power engine
would do all the work for small factory
using 1000 pounds of milk daily. A
two.horse power engine would 90 the
pumping required to keep the vacuum
perfect. This quantity OF milk will
furnish one-fourth as much con densed.
New York Times.
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A EIampus Old Grizzly.

Tn the Gray's Harbor Country OF
Washington there has been famous
grizzly for ten years or more. His haoI-
tat is in the Big Creek neighborhood,
a few miles south of Montcsano. The
settlers all pronounce it grizz!y, and
one OF immense sizs. No one has yet
had the courage To attemnt to kill it, but
all get out of the way as soon as possible.
1t is said to be as large as a good-''zsd
OK. and E. L. Wade, VINO measured Its
footprints, found Them to ne iourteen
inches long. 1t is the ouly grizzly bear
ever heard of in that section Of the State.
San Francisco Examiner.
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CHAPTER XXIII.


AT THE RAG-PICKERs' COTTAGE.
The same voice rose higher and called
him again.
He recognized it as the voice of Clara
Denton.
Looking around him in the obscure
light with rapid glance, he saw light
ton Of Jenrie's cottage.
horse, crossed the cleared ground up the
hillside, and found himself face to face
with Clara.
She was standing on the threshold Of
the cottage her head bare, and her beau
tful hair disheveled under long black
veil She was giving farm hand some
hasty orders.
When she saw Leland approaching she
came toward him.
Pardon me, she said, @but thought
recognized you, and 80 called YOU. I
am 30 greatly distressed-so distressed
The two children Of this poor woman are
sick again-they ape dying! What is to
be dene2 Come income in, beg Of
y0u!"
He leaped to the ground. secured his
borse, and followed Clara into the cottage.
The two children were lying side by
eide ON o little bed. immoNable. rigid.
their eyes open and tne'r pupils strangely
dilated, their faces red and agitated by
strange commissions.
They seemed to he ia the agony of
death.
A doctor WIS leaning over them. look
ing ct them with fixed, anxious and
despairine eyes.
The mother was on her knees. her head
clasped in her hands. and weeping bit:
terly.
At the foot of tho bod stood the rag
picker, with his savage nien-his arms
crossed aud his eyes dry. He shuddered
ut intervals, and murmured in a hoarse,
hollow voice:
Doth of ,he,n; Both of tbem!" Then
hc relapsed into his mourpfnl attitude.
The doctor approached " srTen quickly.
"Mr. Leland, said be, what can this
be: be isve it to be poisoning, but Can
detect no definite symptoms; otherwise,
tbs mother should know-but she knows
nothing! A sunstroks, perhaps; but as
both we're struck at the same time-and
then at this season-ah. nv dear sir, our
profession is very useless sometimes.
Int it relspse?"
NO, no! nothing ct all like the recent
il)ncsa
Leland made further ana rapid inqul-
riss.
They had sought the doctor, who was
dining with Mr.. Metcalf's family an hour
before. He had hasteped, aud found the
children in state Of fearful congestion.
1t aDDeared they had fallen into this
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PICKING hops.

five cents per box with board, aud forty
FIVE cents per box without board. There
is a wide difference in the amount which
a picker will gather iu q day, ranging.
all the way from two boxes for a slower
worker to four and even five boxes for
an expert one. The competition be-
tween these experts Is not the less keen
because it is good. d.natured. The rivals
have a .'settingn-that Is, three rows On
each side of the box, and SIX poles from
the end--and the boxes and picxers
mo7e forward to another setting.
The morning hours pass all too
quickly, when dinrer-time comes. Many
Of the pickers bring their own lunches.
and so, in some shady nook or secluded
corner, or, beneath the spreading
brsHshes of big tree, the MONDAY nea.
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few miles south Of Waterville. The yard,
withits seemingly endless rows of poles,
is as well Kept as garden. Here, IN
Sep ;embcr, sang of pickers herd like
dogs iu kennel. They room in rud"
cabins fitted with ''bunks" iu Bowery
lodging house style. Two or three years
ago CHOP growers had Italians come
from New York. The "dagns' proved
clumsy and inefficient, and in most cases
tho experiment has not been repentsd.
Perhaps the most expert hop pickers are
the Indians uud hslf.breeds from New
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second week in September. 1t depends,
Of course, on the weather and the kind
of hops grown. This year the season is
backward, and late hops may yet be
nlpped by the frost. The vines must be
stripped without delay, and 50 there is
a great demand for "holp.' Everybody,
without regard to age, sex, or previous
condition of servitude, is welcomed.
Great preparations are made to feed the
invading army of workers. The house
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York and Canadian reservations. They
have their own food supplies and cook
for themselves. They are peaceable, in
dustrIous people. Once in a while.
during the picking season, brave takes
too much "fre-water,' but more often
after the season is over, when he has
been paid. Many a grower gsnds his
hired man with large wagon III which
pickrrs are conveyed to the yard in The
morning and back to their homes in the
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tered, not pressed down or packed
After being subjected to heat never
rising above one hundred and thirty de
grees, they are 5leached with brim zone
to the right color. The hop-pickers are
paid by the box, and according to
whether they board themselves or not.
The rates Of wages are regulated usually
by the Hop Growers Association, which
fixes the scale just before the season
opens. This year the prices are twenty.
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Ills eyes followed the nickerlng OF the
fame, sometimes resting on the whlte
rock, sometimes on the woods, sometime es
on the arches of the high trees, as though
he wished to fix in his memory oil the
details of this sweet scene. linen MS
gaze would rest on the young woman.
clothed in her beauty, grace and cont1dlng
repose. ,,, =.
that moment on this somber soul-what
hesitation, what doubt sssa,led it? What
images of peace, truth, virtue, and nap.
piness passed into that brain full OF
storm, and chased away phantoms OF the
sophistrtes he cherished? He himself
knew, but never told.
The brisk cracking Of the wood awak-
ened her. She opened her ewes In sur
prlse,' and as she saw the young man
kneeling before her, addressed him:
How are they now, Mr.. Lelandr"
He did not know how to tell her that
for the last hour he had but one thought
and that was of her.
The doctor appeared suddenly before
them.
They are saved, Mrs. Denton" he
said, abruptly; come and see for your,
self. and then return home, or we shall
have to cure you tomorrow. You are
very imprudent to have remained In these
damp woods, and it was foolish of Mr.
Leland to let you do so"
She took the doctors arm and re-enter-
ed the cottage. The two children, now
reused from the dangerous torpor, but
who seemed still territied by the threat
ened death, raised their little heads. She
made them sign to keep quiet, ano
leaning over their pillow, kissed them.
ITo- morrow, my dsrlings, she saio.
But the mother, half laughing, half cry
ing, followed Clara step by step, speak
ing to her, and kissing her hand.
Let her alone," cried the doctor, quer-
ulously Go home, Mrs. Denton. Mr.
Leland, take her there.
She was going out, when the old rag,
picker, who had not before SPOKEN. ano
who was sitting in the corner OF the room
as if stupefed, ross suddenly, seized the
arm of Mrs. Denton, who, slightly terri
fed, turned round for the gesture OF the
man was so violent as to seem menaclng;
his eyes, hard and dry, were fixed upon
her, and he continued to squeeze hef
arm with o contracted hand.
MY friend" she said, although rather
uncertain. =,
Yes. your friend" muttered the old
rag picker, with hollow voice; .yes, re.
member! whatever comes, your friand!'
He could not continue; his mouth
worked as if in CONFUSION, his fright
full weeping shook his frame; he then
threw himself on his knees. and they saw
a shower of tears torce themselves
through the hands clasped over his face.
Take her away, SIR" said the doctor.
Leland gently pushed her out OF the
cottage and followed her. She took his
arm and descended the rugged path which
led to her home.
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There Are Minera .sia ,Srsenla ID.

Greenland is high, mountainous re-
giou, rising to height OF 10000 feet
above the sea, inclusive of the Ice and
snow which cover it, 1t contains coal
and several other valuable minerals, aud
its gigantic granite sh oulders project out
of the ice wherever it is exposed to the
rays of the long summer of nearly sl1
months.-New Orleans Picayuue.
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A remarkable specimen of silver ore
has lust been obtained from the Mollie
Gibson mine at Aspen, Col. 1t is a
block twenty-five inches long, eighteen
inchG VIDE and eight inches thick,
weighs 400 pounds and is said to assay
eichty.ei eight per cent. silver.
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HOP HARVEST.
PICTURESQUE SCENES IN CEN
TRIAL NEW YORK.
An Invading Army of Hop Pickers
IRON Surrounding Towns-How
the Hops Are Picked
.-Busy Scenes.
AN a realistic illus

n a realistic Illus
trated account OF
the annual hop har-
vest in Central New
York., which is the
headquarters of the
hop industry in the
East, Frank Leslie's
Weekly SAYS:
This hop.picking
hooina the frat or
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That yachtsman who beat the EN-
peror of Germany may be a good
sailor, but he is q bad diplomat
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woMEN's CLUBS IN THE WEST.

So deep and all.absorblng is the hold
taken by the women's clubs in the West
and South, that an Eastern paper believes
that shopping, heretofore considered a
manifestation of an essential element in
the feminine nature, has become merely
an incidental necessity. Woman's serious
occupation is, in tbsse days, the improve
ment of her mind. 1t is furthermore ad.
mitted that this thirst for knowledge
does not come from the East, but found
its original and main inspiration in the
W. c. T. u, the power of which lies in
the West, and its very nerve centre in
the city of Chicago. In almost every in
stance temperance, as matter of morals,
became question of politics. This did
not deter women a whit. Now that they
are in it, they take to politics like ducks
to water. The W. c. T. o. taught wo.
men the value of organization and how
to organize. Then the purpose of the
organization broadened into a study of
literature, economics and the science of
government. In the meantime, while
gaining knowledge, they we're also &C.
quiring powers of thought and express
sion. Club exercises taught them to
think on their feet, and "Cushing's Man.
ual" lies beside the Bible aad the prayer
book.-Chicago Post.