The morning call., 1893-05-13

new industry is suggested to the vine
yardist. The sweet grape required for
raisin- making abouuds in sugar and The
must may be concentrated into fine quail
ity Of syrup. Grape syrup has already
taken high place on the market, and un-
doubtedly the demand in the East would
be active for all that the growers can pre-
duce. Such an industry would relieve thu
raisin-packers, because only the first gath
ering of Muscats need be dried and put in
boxes, and the remainder of the crop
would be available for syrup Vineyard
lists could extend their acreage with this
process instead of feeling apprehensye
that the business is oYerdone Besides
syrup the making of brandy has vet to be
developed to the perfection which would
beat all other brands. a prejudice exists
in favor of foreign brandy, but In a very
large percentage OF cases the spirit is not
only inferior. but is a connection quite
inn ocent OF the grape as base.
Once more the Cunard company is In the
ascendant. On her first westward voyage
the Campania was driven at only three
quarters speed and the time occupied was
six days four and half hours. On the
return voyage she made the run in five
days seventeen hours and forty-two min
utes. This is wonderful speed for new
steamer. with engines not working as
smoothly as they viii yet do. 1t is. how
ever, absurd to compare her closely with
the Paris, which left New York about the
same time. The engine power of the Cam
pania is 1000. and that of the Paris 1000.
The displacement of the latter Is less nv
4OCO tons. but the engine power is still not
so great relative to tonnage. On her trials
the Cunarder made 1874 knots per hour. II
is now question whether Liverpool or
southampton is the better port for the
Atlantic passenger trade. The Paris has
no stoppage en- route and may be run at
iull speed until she passes sthe Need as
From SOUTHAMPTON to London is but two
hours journey; but via Queenstown there
Is halt to land mails and passenpers
linen there is a train journey across Ire
land. then trip across the Irish Sea. and
finally four hours OF training to London.
A correspondent describes fruit ranch
of 100 acres in the Los Angeles district so
attraciively that it is a wonder any agri-
cuturist should sacrifice his land to wheat
growing. The assurance is given that
there are thousands of similar ranches.
In parcels of from two and a half to ten
acres the land is apportioned to oranges,
lemons, walnuts, peaches, olives, pears,
choice grapes, apples and small fruit.
This Is happy variety which cannot fail
10 return some yield every year. it being
should tail. But besides fruit this rancher
has dairy. with twenty acres in alfalfa
large number OF hogs which are ted
mainly on the bye-products of the dairy
three hundred fowls, and a pond well
denzened with fish. The income nets
$500 year. The owner is a Chicago man
who came here on his last legs in health,
but he is n w robust. The picture is too
Areadlan Tor an Eastern farmer TO believe
yet the colors are by no means garish.
Meissonier's paintings left in his studio
are now being sold at Paris One of the
works, THE Etcher," which the artist al
ways refused TO sell and for which conse-
quently very high price was expected,
has realized SG4, 400. or less than some of
his works now in the possession of Ameri-
can mllilonaires are reputed to have cost.
The sum looks very large for bit OF can
vas, but 1t Is little more than half what
was paid for Miliets "Angelus." which
IS surely the most costly painting known
II computed by the square inch. 1t will
De very Interesting to watch what Meis-
sonier's work will fetch twenty wears
hence. Public taste may take to saving
that it is overfinished aud leaves nothing
TO the Imagination of the most fastidions
Not even Gerard Dow surpassed him in
dellcacy and precision, but the world NAV
change its mind as to the value of photo
graphic righteousness.
The scarcity OF water in the States of
Coahuila, Zacatecas and chihuahua in
Mexico is appalling. If there were any
faith to be placed in the rainmaking ex-
perlments 1t would be mercfnl to explode
ail the gunpowder and dynamite there is
IN the republic to bring down the precious