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The Music That Irritatcd.
From the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
The Listener is fortunate enough to have
among his friends a lady of refined and fas-
tidious spirit, who never transgresscs the pro-
prieties of life and who seldom makes mistake
But the other night she was taken in in a whole
sale fashion Her residence is on ST. James
avenue. Retiring unusually early her efforts
to fall asleep were frustrated by occasional
strains Of music which hoAted in through the
window. THAT troublesome street band
again she said TO herself, lit ought TO be pro-
hibited by law" But her ladylike na,hemas
did not silence the music and finally her irrita-
ton on being deprived of slum5er, coupled
with possibly grain OF feminine curiosity. i'm
PEELED her TO go 10 the window. Looking across
into a brilliantly lighted room at the Brunswick
she deserted the unmistakable figure of n gem
tleman from Poland called Paderewski. He
was performing with his usual force and finish
to one delighted auditor only. who as Mr..
Nickisch lis fairly well known 10 the Boston pub
lie. Mr.. Paderewski continued 70 plav. but
there were at least two in the audience after
that, and tho feminine listener has now formed
the habit Of suspending judgment in regard TO
the character OF street music until the testi-
mony OF her eyes reinforces that of her ears
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Francisco and it comprises miles of the finest
soil in California. 1t contains more than $4,000
acres and i. has upon it the biggest vineyard
OF the world. Its wine and brandy production
ia SO great that Uncle Sam has had to put up
bonded warehouse upon it to collect his
taxes and this warehouse covers more than two
acres Of space. In it today there is stored more
than million dollars worth OF brandy. and
before this can be sold the United States gov
eminent must receive from IL the enormous
sum of SG00 900 IN revenue taxes. The winery
OF this vast estate Is more like great factory
than collection OF farm buildings. Its orick
structures cover acres. and from where write
the great vines cover tine earth almost as 1ar
a. / can see. You can ride for days over th!s
ranch and not see the halt OF its wonders On
one part of il thirty thousand sheep are NIB
bling al the sweet grass end the lambs among
these which we're born this spring numoer
more than seven thousand. In another place
there Is drove Of nearly two thousand hoSs.and
it has diaries which are supplied by the finest
of Hoistcin registered cattle ard the horse de-
par;ment contains hundreds Of valuable horses
some of which arc worth fortunes. In riding
this morning with Captain Mcintyre. the man
ager of the ranch. happened to say something
about fruit trees. and he told me that there
were thirty miles of such trees along the
irrigatinS bitches. and he said. I'VE have just
pu. out q little patch OF six thousand trees this
spring"
Six thousand trees?" said l. DO you call
that little patch? Mos. men would consider
il an immense orchard.
'.Ob." said he. I'VE have Just planted seven
thousand more in the other end OF the ranch
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from the Nassar Miscellany.
Jeanne dare, thy face CLOVIS in my very heart!
No, not far of across the centuries,
But very near; our hands can almost touch.
And yet would not drive thy vision henca
But all vnnoticed watch in thine eyes.
No lofty mountain summit didst thou climb
To meet the Queen Of Heaven; thou didst not wait
The glory of dawn or sweet, calm evening.
But stepping just from out thy cottage door
Into the sunlight of the afternoon
On summers heart when springs light finger.
touch
Thrills rot the soul to mysticism there,
In prosiest present there, beneath the treea
Across the oft trOd grass she came to thee,
VINO gazed on her and heard the whispered words
''Save france!' And then for all thine humeleness,
Trusting that voice went forth into the dark:
Cnknowing battle, bore the lilies brave
First OF thy troops, nor backward glanced to see
How Victory, painting, sped to follow thee.
And though full soon thy hero heart should ache
Because France turned, because the church de.
rouaced,
Yet glorious comfort was to thee decreed:
The glory of the fire which burns within
Kinded BY power not ours. So beautiful
Seemed France TO thee; nature and God SO near
To wondrous in its spendor was the day
When to thy simple shepherd soul the torch
Sudden was held. and all thy life famed up
Into a beacon fire 10 light the land
Onward toward freedom. Then, IL hostile hands
Had not piled fagots, yet would the Game within
Soon have consumed its 1eshly vestiture,
So strong it was to heaven aspiring.
shepherd Jeanne, the saints are cold to me-
Heroes unheroed oft by history;
Yet know thee for hero and for saint.
Nor need mid subtle questonings thy clear words
To testify thy voices were Of God.
For We, too, Jeanne see visions; stepping out
just into common scenes, viii trees and sky
And flowers and streams as ever they have been.
Although no very shape lives in our eyes.
We catch the voices that the silence hath,
we see the glory Of the things not seen.
May our eyes strengthen for yet fuller light
And our feet follow where the voices lead,
GRACE EMELYN PALMER.
New York. .funn
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BOYS, TRY THIS.
Just What to Do with a Person Who Is
Almost Drowned.

dust What to Do With a Person Who 81
Almost Drowned.
From the American Agricultnrist
My friend of the many funerals and the queer
plantation was greatly surprised upon receiv-
ing the same day, from brother and sister in
the country, an emphatic hint that their re-
spective boys (two each) would enjoy a sum-
mer vacation with him His responses were
favorable, and soon came the answer, followed
in due time by the eruption Of four stalwart,
live, fun-seeking boys. Diver sought the
depths OF things everywhere. Bearer could
only be content when Juggling something BY
muscular strength, or by tuggins at some
thing that required expenditure OF force
Springer was q compound OF coiled and spiral
springs. attached to a sort of perpetual motion
motor. Steady had level head. and held HIM
self well In hand and well balanced.
Mr.. Utility (my friend looked over the
assortment and decided that a good way to
keep the boys out of mischief would be to teach
them In their sports to do something valuable
Boys, how would YOU like q sea bath inside
the breakers every day?"
Just the thing. uncler' chorused all but
STEADY, who wanted time for consideration.
-, But have one condition to name-that is,
that one OF you shall get drowned every day,
and the rest shall rescue him.
II could do the rescuing act up fine. but am
sfraid couldn't drown gracefully" said
Springer.
%" lea. can do the under-toe trick" said Diver.
"rIl do the dragging out" said Bearer.
"Au right" said Steady, who now sees the
utility of the thing, re in for it,
Arrived at the beach the uncle sat down on
the sand, while the boys sported in the sea for
q while and were ready for a sun bath. Then
said Mr.. Utility: Now, Steady, you sink Just
where you are and all the rest obey orders.
Steady's under Now Diver. go for him, All
right Now, Bearer, carry him up on the sand
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SEIZE HIS TONGUE.

sent him spawning backward upon the sand,
whereupon Diver and Bearer both piled them
selves In a heap upon him. while the ammonia
slowly emptied itself upon the beach.
Il say. uncle, said Steady, now sitting at
ease, THAT'S all well enough with lot of fell
lows, but sappose there are only two; one is
gone in and the other Is sick, used up little.
What's he to do all alone and with none Of the
fxines?"
Boys! Boysr" shouted the uncle at the trio
lesson No. q"
"Now. Diver, it is your turn 10 get stretched
out You just get cast up into shallow water
by that next wave, and you, Steady, be feeble
lad OK twelve or fourteen, and drag him out
and follow directions while Bearer and Springer
look on and learn the lesson by heart. All
| right
Now. Steady, put his feet up bin and roll
him on his face, with stone or stick or rolled
jacket or hat filed with sand under his
stomach. Now stand astride OF his legs and
press hard against his back and sides Ave or six
seconds. Ease up, press again, and so on as
long as water runs out of his mouth. Now,
with a bit Of cloth. draw out the tongue and tie
| string rather tightly about it and fasten 1t to
| the center Of stick three or four inches long
lying against the face, to prevent the tongue
| from falling back and stopping up the breath
| ing pipe. Now, roll him over. with his back
upon the bundle. Draw his hands above his
| head and tie them them there with a handker-
| chief. Then kneel astride his limbs again.
grasp the lower part of his chest in both
your hands and throw your weight upon YOUR
| hands for two seconds. Then with a push
spring bolt upright and allow his chest TO ex-
pand.
Now press again. and so on, ten to twelve
times minute. for an hour. IL necessary. II
you get tired roll him o little moro than half
way over every four seconds, and suddenly
| throw him back again face downward, with a
rest Of two seconds between the rolls, and &C.
casionally change the side As soon as breath
| ing is established loosen the tongue cover with
| dry clothing and let hand friction take the
place of lacking stimulants."
Long before the directions were ended Diver
was fattening his new sand-fiiied dicer, his
| tongue and hands tied and Steady hard az work
| testing the fexibility OF his ribs. Directly,
when the pressure came too hard, UP came his
knees against Steadys back with a resounding
| thud that remined him that be was tired and
needed to change the program to the side-roll-
| ing, which broke the stick and loosened the
| tongue of the boy.
Hold on there. I'm alive enough for dinner
right now This was too much for the sitting
| rollickers, and in another instant Diver was
| rolled along the beach, propelled by three pairs
Of stalwart hands, and thus the second boy was
rescued S. ii. PLATr, II. ID.
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BOIL HIM on HIS FACE,


Springer, quick, roll some Of your clothes into
a bundle. Bearer, give him a light, singing
blow on the stomach, turn him over on bis
face. and with your hands under his stomach
lift him so that head and heels will hang down,
and let the water run out OF his throat
Now lay him with the lower part OF the
shoulder blades across the bundle Of clothes.
Diver, seize his tongue with a bit Of a piece Of
cloth. pull it out and hold it, Now. Bearer,
loosen the Clothing and rub his legs vigorously
toward the head. And you, Springer get on
your knees behind his head. grasp his arms
just above the elbows and draw them gently
up, over and back. at full length, and hold them
there two seconds, then carry them down and
press the elbows firmly against the sides two
seconds more. Keep up these movements six
teen times a minute for full hour. IL neces-
sary. Bearer, leave a minute nov and run to
the wagon for some smelling salts or ammonia
and hold for n second TO his uostrils or if there
are none heat m iron quickly and touch il, not
quite blistering hot, to the pit Of his stomach.
All. see he is breathing now Stop the
arm movements. Springer, as soon as the
breathing is regular. keep Up the rubbing. and
get him into a warm bed, and, as soon as he
can swallow, give him a teaspoonful Of hot tes
or coffee. or weak brandy and water. every few
minutes for four or five times then a teaspoon
ful every fifteen minutes, and rest viii bring
him around all right"
Just at this moment Springer returned with
some ammonia. which he clapped a: once I'M
der Steady's nose without regard to the stage OF
affairs, and was rewarded by vigorous kick By
the PROSTATE but thoroughly revived lad that
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which run through them from east to west arc
forty-elght feet wide and they are cut up by
avenues sixteen feet in width. There are
about six hundred and eighty vines to the
acre. and WAS surprised TO find tha. the vines
were trimmed down Amos. close to the earth
every year. Some OF the vines are very old
and Others have just been planted. The
grapes are ripe about the last OF July and the
picking OF the grapes begins about the first of
August. They are picked in boxes holding
fifty pounds each. and there are twelve thou
sand OF these boxes ready for use. The pick
ing : done By gangs of men and boys. and at
Its height about a thousand men are employed
The vineyards are plowed regularly and their
cultivation is carefully watched with hoe and
harrow. Capt. Mcintyre has been for years
engaged in vine growing and everything is
managed on a scientific basis. Even III the
picking Of the grapes the greatest care is used
The grapes are sorted as they are picked. Tho
men gather the grapes in pairs. each man
carrying box. As they go from vine to vine
they put che bad grapes in one box and the
best ones in the other. and these are used for
different grades Of wine or brandy. The pick
ing always begins early In the day. and If the
weather Is very hot i. Is suspended and re-
sumed only late in the afternoon and carried
on into the night. so that tine pichers work the
usual number of hours. A good picker ought
to average forty boxes of grapes a day, and
some men can pick Is much as ton and half.
FooD on A cALIFoRyIA Farm.
1t may interest you to know what men eat
in one of these big farm boarding houses. The
cooks have 10 make out orders for just what
they want and every item has to be specified.
From a monthly order before ME / see that
they consumed last month three barrels of
suge-. one barrel OF rolled oats. and large
quantities Of corn starch. nlacaroni. beans.
peas, sausage, rice, sage. tea and coffee and
meat Nearly all the meat and vegetables
come from the farm. and al of the butter and
milk. The men have their breakfasts at a.
m. and are allowed forty minutes to eat At
they 20 out to work with their teams and
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From the CHICAGO Mail
remarkable west African ostrich has ar
rived at Sierre Leone. The bird is ten feet
high. has come from Central Africa and walked
a distance Of at least 600 miles to the British
colony.
EDWIN Caldwell OF Harrisburg, n. c., has a
turkey gobbler who about three weeks AGO.
went into potato patch and scratched up
eight potatoes He rolled them into nest and
has been sitting on them ever since.
George Jeffreys. who lives near Burling ton.
\. G., has cOvey of young cartridges that
came to him in peculiar way. His cat went
into the field and captured a mother nartridre
which had n brood of young ones Rather
IMAM be left alone the young cartridges followed
the cat home and Jeffrevs caught them.
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Guiana Indian Customs.

From the Philadelphia Record.
About nine miles above Akyma is large vii
lago Of aboriginal Macusi Indians. They are
said to be peaceabe savages, who build little
grass huts and go about in puris naturalibus.
Among their singular customs is that of BAN
daglng the legs just below the knee and around
the ankle, so as to produce an abnormally large
calf. beginning the practice in infancy, as the
Flathead Indians do with their heads and the
Chinese with their feet. Dame Fashion die
tates strange things even in these remote parts.
Their neighborS, the Caribs, follow her DEGREES
by making pincushion Of the lower lip. by
sticking into it several long, slender pins of
bone or steel, resembling knitting needles. or
sharp thorns where pins are unobtainable,
which they remove for the exigencies of ea,inS
and kissing and afterward return to the same
place.
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receive from ss5 to a4o a month. ana, superin-

receive from s35 to $40 a month III, superin-
tendents get SIS month. and so.... OF the
skilled men much larger salaries. The pay roll
OF this ranch runs from ten to twenty thousand
obedience and temperance. A few Cinnamon
are employed upon the place, but the majority
OF the hands are Americans.
MILLIONS IN BRANDY.
Ispent some time in going through the
winery and the brandy vaults. Everything ID
managed in the most economical and most
scientific way, and the Senator is trying to
prove that California will produce the best
brandy in the world. He has opened a ware
house in the east and he ships his wines and
brandies away by the car loads. During the
month prior to rly visit he sent away l20. 600
gallons of brandy, and he believes that this
part Of California is better adapted to the
making of brandy than OF wine. Capt. Nc
Intyre tells me that the secret of making good
brandy is TO take out the fusel oils. but to
leave the essential oils and parts necessary to
be oxidiZcd to make it age properly. and the
machinery here is adapted TO that purpose.
wish could describe it. walked in and out
among great hoSsheads, each of which would
hold az much as q. 900 gallons. and saw watts
in which ten and twelve thousand we're stored.
IN one room II % brandy was run through coil
after coil of pipes. and in another found that
il was vaporized again and again. each time
losing some of its fusel oils. Seven great vats
holding 5000 gallons of brandy are used for
this purpose. and outside the wiueryI saw
hundreds of great barrels connected with pipes
into which the wine and brandy were run dur
ing part of the processes. The cost of the
buildings OF this brandy factory is more than
$50, 900 and they are lighted by electricity.
The coopershop or this establishment Is worth
notice.
HOW THE VINEYARD IS MANAGED.
This big vineyard embraces about six square
miles of territory. The whole is laid off with
perfect regularity into blocks of uniform size
and streets of regular width. It is in fact a
city OF grapes. Each block contains about
fourteen hundred vines, and the main streets
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and our fruit crop is very profitable one.
We had last year over 1L000 tons of grapes,
and it takes an army TO pick the fruit. There
are in round numbers about three million grape
vines on the estate. and when they are in full
bearing we ought to have a product OF about
40.0OO,O00 pounds per year."
IT BELONGS TO TIE UNIVERSITY.
This estate is part OF the property which
Senator Stanford has presented to the Leland
Stanford. Jr., University. II ID worth millions
and he is spending great deal OF money from
his private fortune upon it and thus increasing
Its value every year. Just below here is a
ranch of 20. 900 acres more, which is also given
to the university, and his PaIo Alto ranch,
where the college Is located, contains 5000
acres of valuable land.
An ARMY OF woRKnEy
II takes an army OF men to manage an estate
like this, and on this VIVA ranch alone the en-
ployes range from go to 1900 in number It
cost last month more than 1000 TO board the
hands upon it. and the board bill of the work
men often runs up to $1,000 month.
II is interesting to know how such a farm is
handled Everything is systematic and bus
iness-lke. The ranch is divided up into de-
partr1ents. each of which has its head. and
these heads take care of the men under them
and report daily to Capt. Mcintyre. The hands
are pGrceied out Just like the soldiers of an
army. and the forces are put where they will do
the most good There are about $50 farm
horses and like number Of mules almost con-
stantly at wOra. and the irrigation department
alone require the riding of us foreman distance
of nearly twenty-five miles every cay. There
are more than $40 miles of irrigating canals on
the place and there are fifty miles of such
canals through the vineyards alone. In addi-
tion 20 this number OF work horses and mules
are the saddle horses Of the forcnlen and the
men. the carriage horses and the hiSh-bred
horses which are brought here in hundreds
from Paio Alto There - horse department
here which has establishment Amos; as
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just q Word.

From Worlds Fair Puck
Long distance telephone was formally opened
today by a talk between the mayors OF Philadel-
phia and Chicago. Paper.
Mayor Of Chicago-"HeIlo,'
Ditto Philadelphia-"Good morning."
Chicago-"We have something on every sa-
loon door in Chicago that YOU need"
Philadelphia you mention it,"
Chicago-"Push."
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ViEW OF WINE VAULTS
who manage their own board and who receive
60 much wages and an allowance FOR eating.
They DO their own cooking and like wine with
their meals. They use about 600 gallons a
,noutL xr,d prefer red wine which they mix with
w,t,r Here and there scattered over the
estate are other camps. the most OF which are
furnished with Chinese cooks By the manager.
ard where they live and board ut the expense
of the farm. They have comfortable rooms
and GOOD food and ..eir wages run from eo!-
lar a day and board upward lie Ioremen
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WRITE THIS LETTER
on Senator Stanford's
famous North Califor-
MIA ranch. / have Wis
tied Palo Alto and the
horse farm near San
Francisco. but they are
nothing as compared
with this great estate.
The Yina ranch hes in
tie heart of the Sacre-
mento valley. 1t is
about two hundred
miles north of San
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T. 9. noyD-p WAREHOUSE

large as that % the Palo Alto ranch. It has its
training school and Its kindergarten for the
colt. and II takes a number of Croonls and Of
skilled hOrseHnen to manage them. During my
visit 20 /. today saw some OF the most famous
CT the Senators horses. and took pictures OF two
which are TO be shipped TO the Czar of Russia
in exchange FOR some OrlOff stations which the
ear Is going 20 send to Senator stanford. In
the hc-se department.. as in every other. the
work goes on by tine clock and according to
rule. The horses ere fed 1t 5 o'clock in the
morning and the Young colts are worked every
day. SIX quart; OF oats day 10 considered
enough for a horse. though the feed il Sradu-
sted according to their work and strength
The colts are put into the kindergarten for fast
training at six months. They are never sworn
at nor whipped. and they are as friendly Us
dogs and as gentle as kittens.
BoAKDIN3 IN CAMPS.
Nearly ali the employees on this estate are
bachelors. They are divided up into camps.
and the buildings of one Of the chief camps
cover abou. two acres and can accommodate
five hundred men. The vineyard camp con-
taIns colony Of about seventy Frn-chnen