anaheim-gazette 1874-11-21

ANAHEIM VOL. V. Anaheim Gazette PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. RICHARD MELROSE & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. Terms of Subscription: One year.....$4 00 Six Months.....2 50 Three Months.....1 50 All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Club Rates: In order to increase our already large circulation, we offer the following inducements to clubs: Ten copies, one year.....$33 50 Twenty copies, one year.....60 00 One copy will be sent free to the person holding up the club. Transient Advertising: SPACE. 1 w. 2 w. 3 w. 4 w. 1 square.....$1 00 $1 50 $2 00 $2 50 2 squares.....2 00 3 00 3 50 4 00 3 squares.....3 00 4 50 5 00 5 50 4 squares.....4 00 6 00 6 50 7 00 Regular Advertising: One square or less, per month.....$1 50 Two squares .....2 00 One column .....14 00 Half column .....8 00 Quarter column .....5 00 Legal advertisements must be paid for before all lavit of publication is made. Advertisements must be handed in before o'clock on Friday afternoon, in order to insure publication on the Saturday following. BU-INESS CARDS MISS McWHIRTER, Dressmaker, At the residence of P. C. McKinnle Centre Street, Anaheim. Dressmaking, Stamping, Braiding, Plinking, and all kinds of plain sewing at reasonable rates. MRS. M. E. PARK, Millinery and Fancy Goods, Lace Collars and Ribbons of all kinds. Imported Hats and Bonnets Always on hand. Hats Cleaned and Pressed In all the latest styles. Store under the Lafayette Hotel, Los Angeles, Cal. PROF. DEAN Proprietor of the... Bath House and Barber Shop Centre Street, Anaheim FRANK EY'S Hair Restorer A splendid preparation for cleansing and invigorating the growth of the hair. Manufactured and sold by Frank Ey. Fashionable Hair Presser, Planters' Hotel Building, Anaheim. A. G. BEEBE, Contractor and Builder, Regular Advertising: One square or less, per month ... $1.50 Two squares ... $2.00 One column ... $14.00 Half column ... $8.00 Quarter column ... $5.00 Legal advertisements must be paid for before all invoices of publication is made. Advertisements must be handed in before 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, in order to insure publication on the Saturday following. Communications for publication should be addressed to B. Mcrose & Co., and not to individual members of the firm. Copies of the Gazette in wrappers ready for mailing, are for sale at the office of publication. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. J. S. GARDINER, Physician and Surgeon, Office ... in Clark & Austin's Building. ANAHEIM. J. H. YOCUM, M. D. (Graduate of Pennsylvania University). HAVING HAD TWENTY YEARS ACTIVE practical experience is prepared to practice medicine in all of his branches in accordance with the latest approved methods of the Art. Office and residence opposite Langnoberg's store, Anaheim, Cal. S, B. GREaves. C. J. PHILLIPS. C. J. PHILLIPS, Resident Dentist, Anaheim, Cal. THOSE WISHING DENTAL work done at their residence will be promptly attended. All work warranted. I will be at the Anaheim Hotel on Tuesday of each week. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. MRS. A. HIGGINS, Ladies' Physician and Midwife. Particular attention given to diseases peculiar to women and children, Office and residence, corner Lemon and Centre Streets, Anaheim. GEORGE C. KNOX, Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Office at the GAZETTE office, Los Angeles Street ... Anaheim. A. BAILEY, Justice of the Peace. ... Office at... ENTERPRISE HALL BUILDING. J. W. CLARK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgments taken, Loans negotiated on Real Estate security. Office at Clark & Austin's book store. SAMUEL HAMILTON, Attorney at Law FRANK EY'S Hair Restorer A splendid preparation for cleansing and invigorating the growth of the hair. Manufactured and sold by Frank Ey. Fashionable Hair Presser, Planters' Hotel Building, Anaheim. A. C. BEEBE, Contractor and Builder, Plans and Specifications drawn up with neatness and accuracy. Orders left at Clark & Austin's book store will receive prompt attention. P. C. McKINNIE, Contractor and Builder, SHOP ... ON CENTRE STREET. Adjoining Pioneer Livery Stable. GEORGE BAUER, Boot and Shoe Maker Los Angeles Street, opposite Enterprise Hall. Making and repairing at the lowest cash price All orders promptly attended to, and work guaranteed. L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Third and Los Angeles Streets; ANAHEIM. J. BENNERSCHEIDT, Tin and Copper Smith, CENTRE STREET ... ANAHEIM Stoves, Tinware, etc., always on hand. D. DESMOND, Hat Store, Main Street, - - LOS ANGELES. Anaheim Cooper Shop, Centre street, Anaheim, Cal. J. Westphal, - - Proprietor: CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE! Pipes, Barrels and Kegs on Hand at all Times. Tanks and Tubs Made to Order! North 2d street Anaheim. CHARLES HILLE Proprietor of the... CITY BAKERY, Centre Street, Anaheim. Fresh bread constantly on hand. S. C. FOY, All kinds of Carriage Very Boat Price according to s 15 upward. A. H. Carriage and WaLEMON STREET: CARRIAGES, BUGG and Freight Way short notice, and of the the best workmen the co PLUM In all its Tin, Copper, a Work done, and arti Iron, Steel, Cumba Lumber, etc., for salAxles, and all materiestablishment. HorseBlacksmith and W Centre Street THE UNDERSIGNED to do all kinds of Blac and Carriage Making, a at the most reasonable is made a specialty in Kindness, strict attention work warranted is my m Wm. Growth Semi-Tropi Herman Blank Centre Street, Ana THE BEST TONIC the digestive organ tide and imparting to the vigor and cheerfulness. TIN Chinese W Los Angeles Street, ANAHEIM WASHING AND IR prompt and workn Lowest Patronage Great R L U M J. G. J A Corner of Alameda Los Angle J. W. CLARK, JUSTICE of the PEACE AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgments taken. Loans not granted on Real Estate security. Office at Clark & Austin's book store. SAMUEL HAMILTON, Attorney at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE WITH WM. R. OLDEN, Centre Street, Anaheim. A. A. WILSON, Attorney at Law, Rooms No. 25 and 27, Temple Block. LOS ANGELES, CAL. J. G. HOWARD. H. T. HAZARD. HOWARD & HAZARD, Attorneys at Law, Office in No. 8, Downey Block. LOS ANGELES, CAL. R. H. CHAPMAN. A. W. HUTTON. CHAPMAN & HUTTON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Temple Block, Up Stairs. LOS ANGELES, CAL. PIONEER DRUG STORE! Centre Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. W. M. Higgins, Proprietor ...Dealer in... Drugs, Perfumery and Garden Sands. SAMUEL MEYER, Crockery, Glassware, Lampe Glas, Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Uranella Commercial Street, Los Angeles. Pipes, Barrels and Kegs on Hand at all Times. Tanks and Tubs Made to Order! North 2d street Anaheim. CHARLES HILLE Proprietor of the... CITY BAKERY, Centre Street, Anaheim. Fresh Bread constantly on hand. S. C. FOY, Pioneer Saddle and Harness Maker and dealer in Saddlery, Leather & Findings 17 Los Angeles St., Los Angeles. CARPET WAREHOUSE Aaron Smith. No. 75 Downey Block...Los Angeles. Importer and Dealer in... Carpets, Oilcloths, Paper Hangings, and Upholstery Goods. Carpets sewed and put down neatly. AMERICAN Bread & Cracker BAKERY. Corner of First and Main Streets, Los Angeles. Butter. Sugar. Soda. JennyLind Pilot and Ginger CRACKERS At San Francisco prices. We also on hand a large assortment of Cola, small and large also Wedding Cakes Of all description. Call and examine for your needs before going elsewhere. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, NOVEMBER 21, 1874. MISCELLANEOUS ANAHEIM DRUG STORE. Herman Blanken - Proprietor. Dealer in... Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Trusses, Toilet articles, etc. Wines and Liquors for medical use. Prescriptions carefully Dispensed. J. H. GOCCH, Practical House, Sign, AND CARRIAGE PAINTER! Opposite Poplar Row, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the Very Best Style. Prices according to style and quality, from $15 upward. A. HILL, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer, LEMON STREET: ANAHEIM. BANKS THE BANK WR. WORKMAN. P. P. TEMPLE. TEMPLE & WORKMAN BANKERS, Temple Block...Los Angeles. Receive Deposits and issue their Certificates and transact a General Banking Business. Draw on the... London and 'San Francisco Bank, Limited, at San Francisco. Exchange for sale on... New York London Paris and Hamburg Legal Tenders, Bullion, Gold Dues and Government State. County and City Lands bought and sold. Receive valuations for safe keeping. FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANGELES. BANK CAPITAL - $500,000 JOHN G. DOWNEY...President. ISAIS W. HELLMAN...Cashier. HOW TO MAKE BREAD. The following discussion by the ladies on the above important subject took place at the Petaluma Grange at a late meeting, and on account of the importance of the subject, and because this is the first discussion in a Grange, we have noticed in which the ladies took the leading part, we publish it: Mrs. Heald opened the discussion by giving a very succinct account of her method of preparing yeast, mixing and moulding the dough, which with good materials, always produced good bread. Mrs. Hammond gave her process in an easy style; she used the dry yeast. Mrs. Thompson thought it was not so cheap buying yeast as making it; her method was very easy and expedient. Mrs. Sutton thought she had had as much experience in bread-making as any one present, and preferred the salt-rising; gave an extended description of making it, while was easily comprehended. Mrs. Parker then read the following essay, which we have reserved to close this report: ESSAY ON BREAD. Bread is a spongy mass, produced by baking the leavened or fermented dough of flour at a proper heat. Strictly speaking, bread is made only of dough which has fermented before baking. Bread making is always a chemical process. The yeast generates a gas which expands every particle of dough, making it light, as it termed and increasing its bulk. Bread-making was first introduced as a profession by the Jews, Greeks and the Asiatics. The Greeks were especially noted for the art. It was not till about 580 years after the foundation of Rome that the CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the Very Best Style. Prices according to style and quality, from $15 upward. A. HILL, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer, LEMON STREET: ANAHEIM. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SPRING, FARM and Freight Wagons Made to Order, on short notice, and of the best material, and by the best workmen the country affords. PLUMBING! In all its branches. Tin, Copper, and Sheet-Iron Work done, and artesian well pipe made. Iron, Steel, Cumberland Coal, Hardwood Lumber, etc., for sale. Hubs, Spokes, Rims. Axles, and all material kept in a first-lass establishment. Horse-shoring well done. Blacksmith and Wagon Establishment, Centre Street, Anaheim. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD BE TO inform the public that he is fully prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmith Work. Wagon and Carriage Making, and General Job Work, at the most reasonable prices. Horse-shoring is made a specialty at this establishment. Kindness, strict attention to business, and all work warranted is my motto. Wm. Crowther, Proprietor. Semi-Tropical Bitters, PREPARED BY Herman Blanken, Druggist, Centre Street, Anaheim, California. THE BEST TONIC FOR INVIGORATING the digestive organs. Improving the apptite and imparting to the whole system warmth, vigor and cheerfulness. TINWO, Chinese Wash-House, Los Angeles Street, opp. Masonic Hall, ANAHEIM. WASHING AND IRONING DONE IN A prompt and workmanlike manner and at Lowest Rates. Patronage Solicited. Great Reduction IN..... J. G. JACKSON, Corner of Alameda and First Streets, Los Angeles, Cal. Sells at Reduced rates FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANCELES. BANK CAPITAL - $500,000 JOHN G. DOWNEY...PRESIDENT. ISAIS W. HELLMAN...CASHIER. Exchange for sale on... San Francisco, New York, Frankfort, Hamburg, London, Berlin, Dublin and Paris. Receive Deposits and Leave their Certificate a. Buy and sell Legal Tenders Government State and County Bonds. Will also pay the highest price for Gold and Silver Bullion. From and after this date on all moneys left as term deposits. Interst will be paid. Los Angeles. April 14, 1870. LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAVINGS BANK Main Street, Los Angeles. CAPITAL STOCK.....$300,000 PRESIDENT...J. S. SLAUSON VICE-PRESIDENT...J. M. GRIFFITH DIRECTORS: J. S. SLAUSON, J. M. GRIFFITH, V. A. HOVER, ROBERT S. BAKEE, J. BIXBY. H. B. TICHESON, GEORGE S. DODOK. Open for business from 10 A.M. till 3 P.M. and Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock. Deposits received in any amounts. Money to loan on real estate in amounts and for length of time desired. Another Reduction. D. CALLAGHAN & CO. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS. Have reduced the price of their... DONNOLLY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To $15 per gross D.CALLAGHAN, having supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with those celebrated Yeast Powders for the past ten years, would caution the public against spurious imitations, as none are genuine unless D.CALLAGHAN'S signature is on every can. We are also putting up a superior article of "Callaghan's" Brand of CREAM TAKAB in every style of package. Also "Callaghan's" Brands Of Bi-Carb, Soila and EX J Salamina which also hand ESSAY ON BREAD. Bread is a spongy mass, produced by baking the leavened or fermented dough of flour at a proper heat. Strictly speaking, bread is made only of dough which has fermented before baking. Bread making is always a chemical process. The yeast generates a gas which expands every particle of dough, making it light, as it termed and increasing its bulk. Bread-making was first introduced as a profession by the Jews, Greeks and the Asiatics. The Greeks were especially noted for the art. It was not till about 580 years after the foundation of Rome that the profession was introduced into Europe. The Gauls followed the Romans, but of the introduction into England, we have no record. The Romans in their war with Greece made captives of bakers, who they compelled to work at their profession in the city of their captors. The baker's art was deemed so essential to the welfare of the community that his actions were regulated by very strict laws. Bakers were compelled to follow their profession through life, as were also those who married baker's daughters. At the present time bread is the principal food among all highly civilized nations of the earth. In making bread the object sought is to make a sweet, tender, spongy loaf, that shall be palatable and easy of digestion. I have made many kinds of bread, but none coming so nearly the desired object as the following: Take three or four good-sized potatoes, pare, slice and boil; when soft, mash them fine in the water in which they were boiled, to the consistency of griddle cake batter or a little thinner; then add two or three tablespoonfuls of sugar and half a spoonful of salt; when nearly cold add a third of a cupful of good hop yeast. Let this stand in a warm place until risen, taking care not to scald it; it is better to stand about twenty-four hours before using. Then take half of this mixture and two quarts of water, slightly warmed in cold weather, mix at night with flour; as stiff as you can easily with a spoon, and mould in the morning; let it rise again, then mould into loaves, rise and bake. It is very essential that we should try to obtain the best mode of bread-making, for in this article alone depends greatly the health and happiness of the consumers. It hath well been said that bread is the staff of life. ANIMAL TEACHING.-Long years before the American Rare's name was heard as a horse tamer a secret existed as a family heirloom, among a branch of the O'Sullivans in the south of Ireland. This family was known as "The Whisperers," and they possessed the power of rendering as quiet as a lamb the most stubborn and unmanageable horse that ever existed. Whether they did anything more to a horse than to breathe into his nostrils we know not, but by doing this, and by kindness, soothing and other ways known to themselves, they effected their purpose and retained their fame. Putting the question of drugs, or stimulants, or other fascinating in mind aside and coming to the Great Reduction LUMBER!! J. G. JACKSON, Corner of Alameda and First Streets, Los Angeles, Cal. Sells at reduced rates Rough and Surfaced and Oregon & Redwood LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS SHAKES, DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS PLASTER, EMENT, HAIR, ETC. Wm. W. Robinson, Agent. F. LANGENBERGER. L. HALBERSTADT. HALBERSTADT & CO Anahiem Landing. Dealers in... LUMBER of Every Description, Keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of Redwood & Oregon Pine Lumber Rough, Surfaced, Tongued and Grooved. Posts, Shingles, Laths, Doors Shakes, Blinds, Plain and Fancy Pickets, Windows, Mouldings, Lime, Plaster, Hair, Nails, and Hardware. All of our lumber is of the best quality and we are determined to sell as the Lowest Rates. All kinds of... Grain and Country Produce Silver in pruning for London. EXAMINE OUR STOCK. DONNOLLY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To $15 per gross D. CALLAGHAN, having supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with those celebrated Yeast Powders for the past ten years, would caution the public against spurious limitations, as none are genuine unless D. CALLAGHAN's signature is on every can. We are also putting up a superior article of "Callaghan's" Brand of CREAM TARTAR in every style of package. Also "Callaghan's" Brands Of Bi-Carb, Soda and I-X-L Saleratus which we offer at lowest market rates. Also on hand and for sale: Pure Ground Cream Talc or in bulk. English Bi-Carb Soda in Kegs. D. CALLAGHAN & CO. Factory and Salesroom, 121 Front Street, S. F. LOS ANGELES AGENCY! Absolutely the Best Protection against Fire. The Babcock FIRE EXTINGUISHER! Self-Acting Fire Engine! ANDHook & Ladder Trucks! In daily use by the Fire Departments of the principal cities of the Union. The Government has adopted them. The leading railroads use them. SEND FOR THEIR RECORD, Crofutt's Life Protector. DIEBOLD, KIENZLE & Co's Fire and Burglar-Proof Safes! ANDCombination Locks, Vanit Doors, etc. Caribbean Home, Five Bedrooms, Lentures, Salsa and SalMarie Anch. R. WILLOW, Local Agent. 12 Main Street near Telegraph office was heard as a horse tamer a secret existed, as a family heirloom, among a branch of the O'Suillivans in the south of Ireland. This family was known as "The Whisperers," and they possessed the power of rendering as quiet as a lamb the most stubborn and unmanageable horse that ever existed. Whether they did anything more to a horse than to breathe into his nostrils we know not, but by doing this, and by kindness, soothing and other ways known to themselves, they effected their purpose and retained their fame. Putting the question of drugs, or stimulants, or other fascinating means aside, and coming to the point of pure and unadulterated domestication and teaching, perhaps there was no person in modern times achieved so much success in animal teaching as S. Bisset. This man was an humble shoemaker. He was born in Scotland in 1721, but he afterwards removed to London where he married a woman who brought him some property. Then turning to a broker, he accumulated money until the year 1759, when his attention was turned to the training of animals, birds and fishes. He was led into this new study on reading an account of a remarkable horse shown at a fair at St. Germain. Bissett bought a horse and dog, and succeeded beyond his expectations in teaching them to perform various feats. He next purchased two monkeys, which he taught to dance and tumble on a rope, and one would hold a candle in one paw and turn a barrel organ with the other while his companion danced. He next taught three cats to do a great many wonderful things, to sit before music books and to squall notes pitched to different keys. He advertised a "cat's opera" in the Haymarket and successfully carried out his programme, the cats accurately fulfilling their parts. He pocketed some thousands by these performances. He next taught a leveret, and then several species of birds to spell the name of any person in the company; and to distinguish the hour of the day or night. Six turkey cocks were next rendered amenable to a country dance; and after six months' teaching he trained a turtle to fetch and carry like a dog; and having challenged the time and timeliness of their names in the company... GAZETTE NO. 5. A SINGLE VOTE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE. One vote in the city of New York returned a Republican member to the Assembly, which made a majority of the Legislature of that State for Thomas Jefferson, and gave him the vote of New York without which he could not have been elected. The whole policy of the United States during the Jefferson and Madison administrations, a period of sixteen years, hung on that one vote. One vote elected Marcus Morton Governor of Massachusetts, in an aggregate popular vote of nearly 100,000. One vote elected William Allen in the Chillicothe District to Congress in the year 1834, and one vote subsequently made him United States Senator for six years afterwards. The following case of the kind is still more remarkable: In 1830 Dan Stone of Cincinnati was a candidate for the State Legislature, Walking up Main street on the morning of the election, he overtook an old acquaintance going to the polls, who intended to vote the opposition ticket. Stone solicited his vote. "We are old friends," said he, "and I know you will show a friend that mark of kindness." Party spirit was then comparatively quiet. The voter replied: "Well Dan, you're a pretty clever fellow; I don't care if I do." That vote elected Stone and gave a majority of one in the Legislature which made Thomas Ewing United States Senator. Ewing's vote on the question of confirming the appointment of Martin Van Buren as Minister Pleipotentiary to Great Britain enabled the Vice-President to give the casting vote against it, and called Van Buren home. That recall made Van Buren first the Vice-President and then President, and determined the general political policy of the country for the next year. MISCELLANEOUS. Von Arnim is to have a public trial. Repollation is tallied of in Loudoun. Senator Pomeroy's trial for bribery has been postponed to April. There are eighty miles of telegraph wire used in the fire alarm system of San Francisco. "O kittens! in our hours of ease, uncertain toys and full of fleas; when pain or anguish hang o'er men, we turn you into sausage then." The Marquis de Laplace, son of the famous astronomer, recently died, aged 85. He joined Napoleon's army in 1809, and was one of the last to leave him. Tennille C. Claflin, according to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is now Mrs. John Green. Has this sweet clairvain getting married again? And is there no law for the protection of her articles innocence? The General Missionary Convention of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in session in New York, has voted $24,000 to Germany and Switzerland, $7000 to Denmark, $12,000 to Norway, and $32,000 to Sweden. The New York Republic repeats its opinion that no measure for the enforcement of the tardy specie payments will be attempted by the President or the Republicans in Congress this winter. The hop crop of the Puyallup Valley Washington Territory, the present year, is 94,000 pounds. There are 120 acres new planting not in full bearing. The estimated yield for the next year is a quarter of a million pounds. When the beautiful feathers on the breast of a hummingbird are plumaged... mass, produced by ninel or fermented proper heat. Strietil is made only of fermented before making is always a every particle of light, as it termed Bread-making as a profession by the Asiatics. The finally noted for the about 580 years of Rome that the produced into Europe. The Romans, but into England, we are Romans in their made captives of compelled to work on the city of their art was deemed welfare of the commons were regulated Bakers were comprofession through whose who married At the present principal food among nations of the object sought, tender, spongy salatable and easy have made many none coming, so object as the followour good-sized pod boil; when soft, the water in which the consistency of a little thinner; free tablespoonfuls spoonful of salt; a third of a cup. Let this stand until risen, taking it; it is better to four hours before half of this mixture of water, slightly other, mix at night you can easily in the mornthen mould into that we should not mode of breadarticle alone dehealth and happiers. It hath well is the staff of Long years on Raray's name the tamer a secret heirloom, among Sullivans in the This family was sperers," and they of rendering as most stubborn horse that ever they did anything to breathe into not, but by doing so, soothing and themselves, they rose and retained the question of or other fascination coming to. Speed in Horses. On the 25th of July, 1753, in England, Mr. Creket's gray mare trotted 100 miles in 14 hours, without seeming fatigue, but the rider was so exhausted that he had to be held in the saddle during the last few miles. The celebrated horse Phenomenon, bred by Sir Edward Astley, in Norfolk, trotted 17 miles in 53 minutes with perfect ease. This mare was pushed so hard in these long heats, that she ran down and sold in 1810 for about $35. Under good care she recovered, and when she was 23 years old trotted 9 miles in 281 minutes, and gained four matches in one day. A Shetland pony, in an exciting match, ran 14 miles in 3 hours and 45 minutes and a Galloway nug ran 127 miles, all the way at the rate of 9 miles per hour. Two noblemen of England, in 1750, furnished a rig, consisting of four horses attached to a four-wheelled coach, that accomplished 19 miles in 534 minutes, on ordinary roads, and Mr. Giles drove his celebrated mare Maid of the Mill, 28 miles in an hour and fifty-eight minutes — on the trot throughout. The inhabitants of Toorkistan, it is said by way of forebible illustration, are born in the saddle, and their horses are perhaps the best in the world on long, speedy excursions. One hundred miles per day is their standard. They train them especially for long hostile excursions into neighboring territory, and when a horse is in proper condition, they express it by saying: "His flesh is marble." In 1860 a Toorkaman horse carried a dispatch from Shiraz to Tehran, a distance of 500 miles, in precisely six days. A CONTRAST—Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Broughton, of Solano county, live near together. They each have a hundred-acre field adjoining. The soil is alike. Year after year these fields have been sown in wheat until the average crop was not more than fifteen or twenty bushels to the acre; besides this the little thistle, or nettle as some call it, had almost taken possession of them. During the month of February last year, Mr. Hawkins put 600 sheep on his land and let them remain until August. In the meantime they ate up every particle of vegetation and tramped the whole field into a perfect dust-bed. Yet when they were taken off they were perfectly fat. Last winter it was put in wheat, and when harvested produced fifty-eight bushels to $7000 to Denmark. $12,000 to Norway, and $32,000 to Sweden. The New York Republic repeats its opinion that no measure for the enforcement-of-the tardy specie payments will be attempted by the President or the Republicans in Congress this winter. The hop crop of the Puyallup Valley Washington Territory, the present year, is 94,000 pounds. There are 120 acres new planting not in full bearing. The estimated yield for the next year is a quarter of a million pounds. When the beautiful feathers on the breast of a humming bird are cramined under the microscope, no colors do to be seen. The brilliant tints come from the display of light upon the blind under different angles. The lifting power of plants is well illustrated by an oak tree in South Hadley, Mass. A rock had a seam in it, and a fibrous root from the oak crept into the seam, grew and lifted the rock, weighing over a ton, to a height of one foot. If the times are hard stop your paper, but do not shorten your allowance for whiskey or tobacco. A good paper in a family is a great comfort to the wife and children, but that is no reason why you should provide them with a weekly luxury at the expense of a daily necessity. The singular statement appears in the St. Louis Globe that General Sheridan "won't marry because he does not want to give up the privilege of going to bed with his boots on." The amount of useful information lying around a Western newspaper office makes circulating libraries a superfluity. Littlefield, Webb & Co., in their circular, give the following caution: Shippers of Comb Honey should be careful to not pack in green or unseasoned boxes; a lot which was put up in boxes of this kind, at San Diego, a short time ago, and which was said to be strictly white when packed; was found upon opening here to have all tumada dark red or yellow color, and can only be sold at low rates. Said one girl to another as they were going to school: "We're too early; we'll have to loaf around until the doors are open." "Loaf around?" replied the other; "that's not a pretty expression." "Well I'd like to know how I am to learn to talk proper; when I have three brothers harping about chin music," 'cheese it,' 'whoop em up,' 'that is not your racket,' and all that sort of talk all the time." Con Howe, of Westminster, in a letter to the Oakland Gazette says: "Despite the crookings of the opposition, the railroad company is fulfilling its contracts to the letter and in the spirit in which they were made, and before the first of January the iron horse will come thundering into Anaheim. Anaheim is our centre, our natural capital or metropolis, and we hope soon to make it the county seat of Orange county. The Secretary of the Navy, in his annual report, will ask for about $19,500,000, being the same amount that was asked for last year, but which was cut down to about $16,000,000 Year after year these fields have been sown in wheat until the average crop was not more than fifteen or twenty bushels to the acre; besides this the little thistle, or nettle as some call it, had almost taken possession of them. During the month of February last year, Mr. Hawkins put 600 sheep on his land and let them remain until August. In the meantime they ate up every particle of vegetation and tramped the whole field into a perfect dust-bed. Yet when they were taken off they were perfectly fat. Last winter it was put in wheat, and when harvested produced fifty-eight bushels to the acre, the whole being perfectly free from thistles, while Mr. Broughton got only fifteen from his, and any amount of thistles. May not farmers learn a lesson from this? This land did not lie profitless as fallow ground does, but the sheep were a source of revenue. While they enriched the soil they cleared it of weeds and prepared it for a more abundant yield. Croup. — This dangerous alliment can be alleviated in a few minutes and eventually cured by several domestic remedies, detailed in the family doctor book, entitled "HEALTH AT HOME," thus: Have three or four thicknesses of common flannel in a basin of ice water, apply it along the front and sides of the throat to an inch or two below the little hollow at the bottom of the neck; hold it on with a dry flannel; have another such in the basin to apply in three minutes; use them thus alternately until relief is obtained, known by easier breathing or looser phlegm. Hot water, as hot as can be borne, applied in the same way, is quite as officacious. In both cases flannels should be pressed out just so as not to dribble and wet the clothing, and in every way the feet and whole body should be kept abundantly warm. Both methods act on the same principle, abstracting the extra heat and inflammation of the parts. Most cases of the croup are caused by children being allowed to be out of doors. In the early Spring and later Fall after sundown. The union is first approaching when the married man pulls his hand out from under the hat clattering in the morning and says: "Come here, it's time you all up and build the law." Con Howe, or Westminster, in a letter to the Oakland Gazette, says: "Despite the crooklings of the opposition, the railroad company is fulfilling its contracts to the letter and in the spirit in which they were made, and before the first of January the iron home will come thundering into Anaheim. Anaheim is our centre, our natural capital or metropolis, and we hope soon to make it the county seat of Orange county. The Secretary of the Navy, in his annual report, will ask for about $19,500,000, being the same amount that was asked for last year, but which was cut down to about $10,000,000. The Bureau of Construction and Railways is to have $8,500,000 for repairs to naval vessels. The Chief of the Bureau thinks this amount will keep a good-sized working force constantly employed in the different yards. No new vessels will be asked for by the Secretary to be provided for in these estimates. It is not improbable, however, that an additional ship-of-war will be provided for late in the present. In the Miscellaneous Appropriations bill six million dollars will be applied to the personale of the navy; about two millions to the Engineer Brunner; and the balance will be equally divided among the Bureaus of Medicine and Surgery, Provisions, Clothing and Equipment. Governor Baxter, in his annual message, refers to the State debt as follows: "Since the adjournment of the Hall Legislature I have received a payment from an association of capitalists in Europe to fund the outstanding bonds of the State by substituting for them bonds payable in thirty years, with interest at the rate of five per annum." In the present financial condition of the State it is impossible to make immediate provision for the payment of any part of the public debt; but the creditors of the State may rely on the ultimate payment of every obligation which she justly and legally owes. As for the bonds issued in open deregard of the law, probably no final action should be taken at this time. All to those bonds which are of international validity. I would comment that they be funded either on the plan proposed by other plan which may be adopted with the tolls, and as many others as appropriate to the times.