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THEY WERE TENDERFEET AND DIDN'T KNOW BEANS On taking my seat in a car at Santa Paula, in tbe heart of the Santa Clara val ley, Col. ono morning in late summer, on a business errand to the county seat, I took no special notico of my fellow pas sengers. Hut, as the train Hew down tlie avenue through the big orange and lemon groves, past apricoc and walnut orchards, I soon learned from comments made by two gentlemen in the seat behind me, that they were "tendcrteet," and very tender at that. Gating listlessly across the val- ' ley whose beautiful scenery never grows Old, to the shifting lights and shadows in the purple mountains and the chameleon like changes of color on the foothills, my attention was arrested ny a conversation in tho rear, heard above the rattle of tho wheels. "What is tbatcrop growingout there?" asked ono. "It is not potatoes?" responded tho other, questioningly. "No, nor peanuts." "Why! it looks like beans." said the first speaker, with tho tone of a dicoverer in his voice; but he continued, doubting- | ly: "It can't be beans; whore would! they get poles?" At this I turned apologetically, and ex plained that being a resilient of the val- ley and an enthusiastic Californlnn, I felt interested in tiieir obtaining correct in formation of tbo country, and added, smiling at tho mental vision of 31,000 acres of bean poles: "Tne plants you see growing in tho fields are Deans, but tbey aro nover poled." At onco thoir fares became animated interrogation points, and questions came thick and fast. This is the story they hoard: Ventura, Santa Barbara nnd Son Luis Obispo counties comprise tbo bean-grow ing section of California,the largest in the United States. Tho lirst named loads in acreage, its annual shipments east amounting' to about ono million dollars. In tho Santa Clara valley, Ventura county,[the area covered is twenty-six thousand'acres. The I.as I'oaas valley, opening into it, which rive years ago was a sheep range ami vast barley held. »s now planted to beans, corn aud fruit. Land that was formerly considered to bo adapted to barley alone, is now devoted entirely to bean "culture. The lirst experiments with tbis crop be. gan in 1870, with tbo planting of small whites,'' oy Mr. Chaffes, an early settlor of Ventura, a.id in 1870 the first venture with liimas was made. Though the famed pagoda exhibited at the world's fair from Ventura county, contained ono hundred and twenty-live different species, the va rieties grown for maikct are mainly Li ma., Lady Washington, Pint Eyes and liayes, a little brown bean. Linias are the staple crop. They yield as high as two thousand pounds to tho aero and commai.d tho highest price. They grow with the least moisture nnd or this reason are preferred for planting in young fruit orchards until the trees come into bearing. The fruit grower who selects to plant walnuts or olives, which 1 re slow to bear, secures a good income from beans until the orchard begins to pay. It is said tbat tbe expense of clean ing a Held from ojrn stalks is almost equal to harvesting a crop of Linias. Fifteen hundred pounds to the acre is a fair yield, but it would require forty-five centals of corn to the acre to be its equiv alent in profit and land that would pro duce that amount of corn woald probably raise ono ton of beans. The method of culture, liae other branches of farming in Ssuthern California, is governed ny the pceuliar climatic conditions that ob tain here. As soon as possible after the first winter rams, big gang plows drawn by six and eight horses are started in the field. Opinions differ concerning tbo depth of plowing necessary to produce ftood crops, varying from two to six inches according to locality. Tho ground is then thoroughly and persistently oultivntod until planting time, about the first of May. Not a weed is allowed to thrust its head into tbe air. nor could a garden rake scarce Und a clod In the linely pulverized soil. The Tiurpoje of this careful cultivation is (wo-fold. It not only kills out tno weeds which would absorb tbo water, but it also forms a fine, dry covering for the aurfnee and thus stores tho precious moiiture for tbo plant during the long rainless summer. It is diflicult for the easterner to understand, when loikiiig at the green acres stretching across these lovely valleys in the heat of midsummer, that though there has been nt rain for months, no irrigaton is used ami none is necessary. The only thing resembling it is the fog that rolls" in from the sea along the mountain tops at sunset, in great billows of fleecy mist, and lifts in the morning. Hooting upward to tho blue sky in soft, white clouds, leaving vege tation as fresh and clean as a summer •bower. This explains why beans In Southern California aro grown without poles. The surface of tne ground being ury and warm, the vine wanders over it at ita own sweet will, inourring, no BY MARY M. BOWnAN danger in rotting the pods, as they would where rains prevail. The weeds having been exterminated, cultivation is not necessary after tbe crop is in and tne soil being doep and rich, as fertile eighty feet below the sur face as on tap, the plant receives ample nourishment through root and leaf, and thrusting its tendrils out to the sun, bears its abundant fruitage safely through to maturity Should the winter rains oo less than ton inches.which rarely hap pens, the bean grower does not waste timo and money putting in a crop, un less he is provided with facilities for irri gation. With that amount ho teels hope ful of a light yield, and the nearer it ap proaches twenty innhes tbe more he is assured of a bountiful harvest. If the rainfall is excessive be groans und grum bles at Joplter I'luvius. for tho weeds thrust tbeir saocy heads out and grow in defiance of the plow. Indeed, he can almost, see and hear them grow in the mild, moist weather, with mud too deep to venture in. J In August nod and plant begin to turn yellow and ripen rapidly until Septem ber, when the stalk is cut from the root with a smnll machine drawn ny horses, Witb wooden hay forks they are then piled in low heaps to dry for threshing. Should a hot.aorth wind blow down from tbe desert it is welcomed, tbe only time through the yoar. for it hastens the cur ing and causes them to shell moro easily. It must not be hot enough to burst the pods, nor strong enough to scatter the BEAN THRESHER IN OPERATION. stacks, but tempered just right to suit eaon grower's needs. In tbe early days of bean culture the stalk was pulled out by the roots, but tbis required hard labor and resulted in a dirty crop. Yankee ingenuity event ually rose to the occasion in tbe inven tion of tbe neat little cutter. The thresher Is a ponderous machine, operated by steam. After threshing they are pot through a clearer from which they come smooth and sotin-liko and are run into "gunny" sacks ready for mark et. A bear, cleaner has recently been patented by two gentlemen in Ventura tnat cleatiß a thousand sacks, which means that many centals, a day. At har vest time the clouds aro watched with anxious foreboding, and should there be the least indication of rain, work is hast enea with all possible speed, for rain to any great amount means rnin. The effect of water in swelling beans is well known and that they dry with a wrink led skin, that manes them looked shriv oied. This greatly depredates the market value. Heavy fogs in lata summer are also undesirable, causing tho plants to make a second growth and send out blos soms that will not mature. It for any reason tbe rancher docs not choose to wait for the thresher,, he marks out a large circle or "bean floor" in the field, makes it hard and firm, puts on tbe stalks, drives in horses and trends them out, as wheat was threshed in old Kgvpt when timo was young. Tbe pods or bean straw, as it is called, makes nutritious food for horses and milch cows, and is carefully preserved. A bean field after tbe crop is token off is left perfectly clean, ready for tbo plow and winter rains. It gives the traveler a keen realization of the meaning of the words "land ot plenty" to see teams of from eight to fourteen borses pull heavily loaded freight wagons to overllowiug ware houses, whore the sacks an- stored for railroad or steamer shipment. Tbey may be seen coning from every direction over tin- valley. The old-fashioned custom of using India on tbe horses is still fol lowed, and tbe musical jingle of an ap proaching wagon train may bo heard a long distance, creeping down a mountain grade or winding through the valley. At the warehouse lines of wagons are wait ing to unload, and as each must come in turn it makes an nniamtcd scene for hours in thu busy day, CUTTING THE BEAN VINES BY SLED KNIVES. It may be asked, when there is such a length of coast lino in .Southern Califor nia, with apparently the same conditions why is bean-growing restricted to a limited section. 'I'bts is one of the per petual problems tbat confronts tbo Cali fornia]! in the cultivation of all crops. Ono that in the solving bal cost ruueli in time, labor and money. Certain portions are adapted to special things, owing to the peculiar climatic conditions and incon sistencies. Northern California is too cool for bean culture, yet its fruits ma ture and ripen several weeks earlier than those of the south. San Diego county and the Santa Ana valley grow tine fiults ami the samo va rieties produced in Ventura, but for some reason not yet understood worms in the pod invariably destroy tbo bean Dcfore it ripens. This happened to a very limited extent in the Santa Clara valley,after an unusu ally dry winter followed by a warm sum mer. And yet tho residents of each local ity insist that they have the coolest and most delightful climate. This fact puts to flight fears of over-production ;"and taken all In all beans, more especially Linias. are one of the safest ami most profitable crops grown in tbo state. The beginning o, their cultivation in Califor nia may doubtless be trac»d to tho mis sion fathers, for it has always been anil still is the staple vegetable of the native. With a diet of mutton, frijoles and chiles be iielioj age and death, serenely living to tbe century line and beyond, retaining tbe five senses, hair aud teeth to tbo last, and iv frequent instances bequeathing a LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING-. OCTOTJER 27, 1895 family of from twenty to twenty-livo children to tbe commonwealth. Each season has its special charm in this "land of sunshine," but none are moro bewitching than bean harvest time in tho mellow autumn. Tho busy hum of thresher resounds on the air and groups of men are hurrying to and fro with the plump brown sacks. A soft haze bungs over tho mountains and the salt breeze from the ocean puts new life into tho blood. Big red and yellow pumpkins lie ripening in the sun; pur ple grapes are going lo the vintage and muscats aro changing fron clear umber to a rich brown on tho raisin trays. Nuts are dropping from the trees into ihe bas ket of the picker and the green fruit of tho silvcr-leatcd olive is turning dark, soon to ue crushed in the oil mill or made palatable for the table. Orchard and Held bus given its wealth with lamb gener osity and soon tbe bare hills will he nllame with wild poppies and the otange transformed from green to gold. (Copyrighted 1895, by It Garner Curron. 'TWAS LOVE I SAW [Written for The flerald.] "I'was love I saw within your eyes, As I leaned down in pleased surprise To take your coy boutonniere OI proffered yellow jasmine rp.re. O why its meaning fond disguise? The simple gift you scorn to prizo Feigning proud looks so worldly wise. And yet I firmly do declare 'Twas lovo 1 saw» How tremblingly your soft hand tries To hide the stems! The pin defies The lapel. Now, sweetheart, beware 1 A kiss, although lbe whole world staro ! Unless your blush the truth lv bes 'Twas lovo I saw. ELLA A. GILES. A Chinese Divorce The American humorist should be glad to learn that loquacity is recognized in China as a ground lot- the divorce of a wife. Opportunity for many jokes is presented by tbis fact. Other causes aro neglect of fier lord and master's family, jealousy, childlessness and curiosity. Tiio young Chinese girl seems born to be ruled half her life and to rule tho other half unless fate gives her a too long-lived mother-in-law. Iv her home she is sub servient to mother, father and brothers, working for them nil and looking for no reward in tbe way of trips to Europe, diamond lings or saddle horses. At twelve or thirteen she marries. She is then tho slave of her mother-in-law and her term of servitude under this awe- Insplrjng person's rule is apt to bo even moro wearisome than her childhood's .slavery. Finally the mol ber-in-law dies, as they sometimes do even in China, and her successor, who is littio Mrs. Sun flower herself, at onco begins her regime of authority, rearing her daughters to be submissive and her sons to be spirited and rilled with a healthy contempt for womankind. And then when ono of these manly individuals brings home a wife her victory is complete, and she bullies and tyrannizes over her to her heart's content aim if she be malicious and tbe record of a sad girlhood to avenge the spirited son's wife is apt to havo a sad time of it. Simple Lingerie I have had the opportunity of examin ing a great many imperial and royal trousseaux, said a woman of unusual so cial position lately, nnd can say that they are mostly composed of articles tbe toxturo of whion is extremely lino and costly, but absolutely devoid of any showy ornaments—nay, in many cases even of lace or embroidery. Fine batiste, hem-stitched by hand, with a dainty worked monogram, ornamented bf a crown, for day wear, and equally line batiste or silk mull, chastely trimmed with Valenciennes lace, for night robes, peignoirs and dressing sacqQes, is tbe usual fashion in the bona lido "grand momlo.'' Home time ago the empress of Russia— who is one of tbe arbiters of fashion in Europe—inaugurated a new kind of ling erie which created quite a furore, per haps because, in spito of its apparent simplicity, it is exceedingly expensive. It is made of the sheerest of nettle batiste and is buttonholed with puro gold thread, which washes without tarnish ing. Tho effect produced is by no means showy and an untutored eye would not dream what the cost of such underwear really is. Autumn Sprits Soft! Thoso two forms from Out the autumn night. Whore the leaves fall and Twinkling frost lies white- Old friends returned? Aye ; Welcome to you ! Come! Come, buck wheat cake And dear Cbrys-an-Ihe mum! —Chicago Times-Herald. Ole Bull's Wedding Mrs. Ole Bull is very accomplished, baring lirst won the attention of her dis tinguished husband by her cnnrming ren dering of the Norwegian folk songs on the piano, r-'bo sperms and writes several languages. Mrs. Hull is not handsome, her wealth of beautiful brown hair and slender, perfectly modeled band being ber chief personal charms, but ber de lightful easo and grace of manner make one forget everything elso. Though an American, a native of Eau Claire, Mich., sho has a rather foreign cast of features, and might easily be tnken for n Nor wegian iterself. Airs. Ole Hull was a mere child wben alio married; Ole null was 40 years her senior. Tho New York legislature, at its Inst session, enacted a law which has just gone into effaot the object of which is to prevent telephone operators from Injudl oious talking. Tne ait makes it a misde meanor for any telegraph or telephne op erator to divulge the contents of any message received or transmitted by him or nor i:i the regular course of business. MoSwilligen—The young Duke of Marl borough appears to have caught Miss Uonsuelo Vanderbilt. What sort of n net do you suppose he used? Squilding—Givj it up! McSwilligen—A coronet. The house of parliament in London is partly lighted by 10,000 electric lamps, which number is constantly being in creased. Fifty experienced electricians arc employed to keep the system in order. Hut there is still a gas bill ol over 812, 000 for tbo year. The largest chock was ono of 126,603,' 260, drawn un tbo Hank ot Knpland In paymcua for tbo Klmberley diamond mines. Tiio highest inhabited building in Eu rope ia the Alpine club house on Mount Rosa—lß,ooo foet above tbo soa level. HAVE CARVED OUT A PALACE Wonderful Ornamenta= tions of the New Astor Mansion $800,000 SPENT IN WAGES The House-Warming Will Shortly Take Place and Swelldom Will Be As. tounded at the Glories Unveiled Within a couple of weeks one of the grandest house-warmings Hint New York city has ever seen will take plsce, when tbe new Astor [palace, on Upper Fifth avenue, is formally taken possession of by the family—or families, for it is prac tically two bouses, ono of which wwll bo occupied by Mrs. William Astor, and tho other by Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, her son and danghter-inlaw. It is not as imposing as the vast struc ture wnich Cornelius Vanderbilt culls his town house, but, aside from this, thero is no other house in tbe city which compares with tho Astor palace. Society folks are very anxious to see the interior, as the work of building and decorating the palace bas been carried on with strict secn:t;y, and very little is known cf the A Panel in the Hall house tvhioh is destined to he the renter nf many festivities, just as tho old house at the corner of twenty-fourth street and Fifth avenno was tiio pivot around which the rest of tho social world re volved. On October Ut the palace was turned over by the architects ana decorators to th owners, and since then tbo work of furnishing hns been pushed along steadi ly. It would be supposed that the beauti ful belongings of the old bouse would Oo for the new, but very littio of them will be seen wben the palace is thrown open to the friends of the family. The won derful decorationß of the new house make it necessary to have furnishings of an entirely different character t though, of course, the priceless paintings, tapes tries, rugs and stationary which gave the Thirtieth street home .so much fume, can never be out «f place and will be given ilue prumiritnce in tne new house. As tho embargo has been lifted from tbe tongues of the men engaged jn con struction tbe palace, it is now possible to (rive a faithful description of the inter ior. Archilcoturaly, it is of the modern style of renaissance. It looks very much like a small Tuilleries, mansard roof und all, but is more elaborately decorated than tho palace of Catherine tie Medici, which was burned by the commune. Tbis elaboration of detail is carried into tho ornamentation of tho house proper. Sonic of the rooms aro so pro fusely ornamented as to sesm almost heavy. Mrs. William Astor's house is the northern one. That occupied by John Jacob Astor is the southern one, on the coiner of Sixt,-fifth street. Ultimately at Mrs.William Astor's ddath, the houses will be thrown into one. As it is some of the rooms arc equally divided. This is the case with the ball room, which oc cupies the center of the house at the rear. Otherwise Mrs. Astor bas suites of apartments which ure almost precisely of the same size as those the younger couple occupy in ths southern end. STATUS OF IRENE IN THR HALL I g Tho grand central hall is 04x55 leet in si/.e. Through tlie center run l ; a parti tion, on each side oi which there is a grand staircase leading to the second story. This staircase and iv fact the on - tire finishing of the hall, is built of Caen Btonc, a beautiful material of a creamy tint, brought from Caen, France, whicn has been u.-ed in nearly every one of the recently built houses of American millionaires. I!oth staircase and hull are beauti'ully decorated with artistic carvings and with full-sized female figures in half length, modelled from life by Carl Bitter. Their grateful lines show to excellent advan tage in the spacious ball* Opeu'ng from tho hall aro doors leading to tho recep tion rooms, salons or drawing room and dining rooms of hoth ttie north and south houses. At the rear other doors lead to the picture gallory from both houses. The picture gall dry promises to rank as the finest single apartment in the coun try. On festive occasions it will be used as a ball room, and all the science of tho architect's art was bronchi into play to make the combination of picture ga'lerv and ball roonra success. It is 50x60 feet in size and in tbe daytime the sunlight stroams in through a great stained glass dome forty feet above the floor. The im mensd height of the ceiling gives the apartment a dignity which is lacking in the rooms ol oilier line Now York bouses* Here, as in tho erand hall, the com manding genius and exquisite taste of Carl Hitter lias been called upon in the modelling of figure pieces. Perhaps the most noticeable pieces of figure work which adorn tins apartment ere eight caryatides of heroic slse, modelled direct from SandOW, the strong mnu. These figures stanJ upon the cornioo twenty feet from tho floor and support tne rotunda. No two figures are alike, but all are in stooping posture, as tf act ually bearing a great weight, t-auilitw's massive figure, with its swelling muscles and tendons, has lent itself admirably to the purpose, and there is no doubt that these caryatides will long be consideied among tbe most striking decorative lig ures in tha world. Bui ttiese are not the only figure deco rations in the gallery by any means. Upon the western wall and between tho entrances there aro two heroic figures, half human, half brute, taken from some old-time mythology. Higher up, between the Bandow Usui as Iv tho "cove"' which supports the rotunda, male and fe male, half length, and full length figures, some human and some nf fauns, flank ovoid panels. Over each panel is a head, and each is inscribed with some name fa mous in tbe history of art. Theso in their order, beginning at the southwest comer of the gallery, are: Andrea del Bar to, Bern brand t, Michael Angelo, A . Correg gio, Murlllo, Velasquet, Leonardo da Vinci. Paulo Veronese and Baiteli* Banito* Upon tho eastern wall thero are other beautiful figures near the top. and below them a round panel for a painting, which is flanked by graceful figures of heruie size. At night the Illumination will he furnished by nnndrcds of electric light bulbs arranged around t»o upper cornice of the "cove," just under tbe rotunda. Hume idea of tho amount of interior carving can be gained from tho fact that forty carvers 200 cutters, 10C polishers and seventy-live helpers were employed in tbo houso continually for ten months. The house was begun iv the easly part of 1893 ami has taken more than two years and a half to build. It has given employ ment on an average to 800 men since "it was begun. In wages alone $800,000 have been spent. Counting t!:e cost of materi als and tho OOSt of tbe land, the house without the furnishings represents an outlay of $1,500,000, and when it is filled With the multitude of t!.o art treasures the whole will sum up oluse to $3,000,000. This may seem an exaggeration, but when it is remembered that a single gold din ner service belonging to Sirs. William Astor cost 960,000, and a Gobelin tapestry $12,000, it can be seen that items of this kind soon mount into onormous Figures. Mrs. William Astor's picture gallery is valued at $31)0,030, nnd ia probably worth much more than when it waa formed. If the jewels nf the two ladies were to lie included, three millions would not cover it by any niearH. Four mil lions would ba much nearer the correct sum. In the "south house." that of John Jacob Astor, the upper rooms, the living rooms, are than in Mra. Aator'a house, for the reason that more people must be accommodated. The library is about the aatnc ai/e ns the elder Mrs. Astor's,but the situation 01 thu bedrooms Caryatid in the Ballroom ia plesaanter, for they aro on tho corner of sixth street. First is Airs. Astor's bedroom, which lias a small dressing room* It is smaller than Mrs. Astor's, and shows thai he has given the bust of it to his wife, for her Bedroom OCOUnIfIS the exact corner of the bouse, and is on**-third larger than bis. Next to Mr, Astor's bedroom, and fronting on Sixth street, is one ot the prettiest apartments iv the house—Mrs. Astor s prwnte bath room. It is Human in design, the bath too being madn of one solid block of marble and carved out. The bath itself is almost round. It is inuuded to be sat iv rather than to lie in. A little Cupid is carved out of the same piece of marble at the hack, and he is looking at two dolphin i, out of the Month of which How the hot and the cold water. The celling, which is rounded, and which seems to hang line a caimpy nver the bath, is of Roman mosaic and of the most beautiful finish. J»w DOCTOR PRIT6HARD Surgeon l* " Seventh year in Los >«k \^ *■ ' Angeles and the ii rsi to • " practice onfieinl . ? *:si!iH , ' ' * D Koutbei n California, RECTAL, FEMALE CHRONIC DISEASES <m?*W™ A SPECIALTY. BH ENTIRE NEW PLBN OF TREBTMENT for the core of Asthma, Bronchitis, Chronic Constipation, Chronic Diarrhea. 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