The Republican journal., 1895-10-31

A1Jh "a YOUR WONDERFUL remedies.
Dyesvlle. Ohio. S1LAs FARLEY.
DR.. Miles Heart Cure is sold on a positive
guarantee that The first bottle will benefit
All druggists sell it at 81 bottles for IS or
It will be sent, prepaid on receipt OF price
by the Dr Miles Medical Co.. EIkhart. Ind
DR.. Miles Heart Cure
Restores Health
lava fro j the volcano above In places
they come squarely to the edge of the
sea, like huge breakwaters Of Missionary;
and anon they are crnmbled or blended,
as if by torrents of molten lava. Inter
spersed between these are ragged crags
jutting through the surf showing where
melted masses seetled and cooled, and
again are long reaches where the mighty
Atlantic has been pounding unhindered
for ages, of PERCEPTIONS strata worn into
arches and pillars and buttresses, some of
them hundreds Of feet hlgh-most curl
Gus and fanciful representations of vast
ruined temples and cathedral aises. The
soil is everywhere too stony to produce
much grain, so that most of the food
supplies are imported from the neighbor-
ing Islands, Years ago. before a blight
fell upon the vines and nearly DESTROYED
the leading industry, d great deal of wine
was made-the very best in the Azores.
Then the expectation Of this commodity
Sometimes amounted to 100. 600 barrels a
year: now il IS hardly as many gallons
No vineyard in Tuscany produces finer
grapes than those that grow on this bare
mountain They are small and white,
resembling the Delaware grape il size,
shape and texture but with ~ delicate
and delicious flavor that one may eat
pounds Of them without surteit. The
wine il mild tipple, Suggesting Madeira
ia taste and color, with Tie advantage of
heing mach cheaper Tie Juice is trod-
den out in watts. by the naked ieet Of boys
and girs, and its proper market il the
West Indies, especially among tue army
and navy, where l is considered superior
- anS other vintage for use in hot
climB'es. The British commssary's Of
Jh9Se colonies Keep an agent at FaYal.
who contracts for the principal portion OF
Pice' annual yield, which is brought
over III small boats to the port of Horta
and shipped In vessels employed for that
particular trade As you approach the
mountain, its base from a little distance
appears to be covered with a coarse black
net work, which may easily be mistaken
run on. but when close enough to see OBJ
jects distinctly, the supposed trellis- work
turns out to be low stone walls, myriads of
them, rising tier above tier like the seats
in theatre, dividing the larger vineyards
into tiny compartments. There is not an
atom Of anything deserving the name Of
vegetable soil from the base to the top of
Pico, and that green vines and lush grapes
should be produced among the barren
stones Of the mountain, seems to YOU a
phenomenon as singular as that of pure
water gushing out of rock. Had Pico
been the veritable heap of cinuers around
Vulcan's furnace, it would hardly he
hlacker than the Jumps Of lava among
which the vines grow. Imagine the ref
use Of stone quarry spread out over the
slope of a mountain, divided into little
patches by two-foot walls Of the same
material; then fancy single vine Just
sprouting, planted in the centre Of each
division, the whole vineyard of 20 or 30
acres surrounded by a higher wall Of
loosely piled stones and you have toler-
able idea of what a Pico vineyard looks
Like at this time Of year
Where corrugated cliffs of the coast-line
have been worn by ocean surges into
similitude OF ruined castles spanned by
natural bridges and GRIT about by a
cher0l-de.frise of rocks, through narrow,
watery lanes between detached pillars
and arched cathedral aisles, you ride up
to the little cove in front of the town. A
huge roller that threatens to swamp the
the landing stairs are completely sub
merged you are set ashore dry shod. The
beach is at all times lively with naked
boys, scampering about with shrill laugh
ter and cutlery, dragging Up armfuls Of
sea moss, snatched from the crest OF the
wave. Great piles Of this moss, red and
white, are drying on the shingle to be sold
for fertilizer, and filling the air with "a
very ancient and fshy SMELL Magda-
lena is the quaintest little berg imagin-
able, the glare Of it's white walled cottages
subdued by the fringy foliage Of the tram
arisk, the only kind Of tree that tlourishes
on the island. 1t has snowy spikes Of
long pink flowers and is very delicate and
graceful Its wood is said to equal ma
hogaly and is in great request at Lisbon,
where it is manufactured into fine furnl-
ture.
OF course you 60 at once to the Consult