anaheim-gazette 1874-12-05

ANAHEIM VOL. V. Anaheim Gazette PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. RICHARD MELROSE & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. Terms of Subscription: One year... $1 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 getting 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 afflavit of publication is made. BUSINESS CARDS MISS McWHIRTER, Dressmaker, At the residence of P. C. McKinnis Centre Street, Anaheim. Dressmaking, Stamping, Braiding, Finking, and all kinds of plain sewing at reasonable rates. MRS. M. E. PARK, Millinery and Fancy Goods, Lace Collars and Bibbons 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 Dresser, Planters' Hotel Building, Anaheim. MISCELLANEOUS ANAHEIM D. Herman Blanken Drugs and Medicines Perfume Trusses, Toilets Wines and Liquors Prescriptions can J. H. G. Practical H. CARRIAGE Opposite P. CENTRE STREET. All kinds of Carriage Very Beautiful Prices according to st. $15 upward. A. H. Carriage and Wag 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 Quart-r column ... $5.00 Legal advertisements must be paid for before afflavit 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 R. 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. CARDINER, 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, prepared to practice medicine all of its branches in accordance with the latest approved methods of the Art. Office and residence opposite Lang nberger's store, Anaheim, Cal. R. H. GREAVEN. C. J. PHILLIPS, Resident Dentist, Anaheim, Cal. THOSE WISHING DENTAL work done at their residence will be promptly attended. All work warranted. I will beat 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 Centro 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 n-gollated on Real Estate security. Office at Clark & Austin's book store. Propriator of Use. 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 Dresser, Planters' Hotel Building, Anaheim. A. G. BEEBE, Contractor and Builder, Plans and Specifications drawn up with neatness and accuracy. Orders left at Clark & Anstin'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, Corr. Third and Los Angeles Streets. ANAHEIM. J. BENNERSCHEIDT, Tin and Copper Smith, CENTRE STREET... ANAHEIM Stove, 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, COOPERAGENCE! Pipe, Barrels and Kegs on Hand at all Times. Tanks and Tubs Made to Order! North 3rd street Anaheim. CHARLES HILLE Propriator of the... CITY BAKERY, Centre Street, Anaheim. Fresh Bread constantly on hand. 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 AND NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE WITH WM. R. OLDEN, Centre Street, Anaheim. A. A. WILSON, Attorney at Law, Hooma No. 35 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! Centra Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. W. M. Higgins, Proprietor Dealer in... Drugs, Pharmacy and Garden Snacks. SAMUEL MEYER, Crookery, Glassware, Lamps Oils, Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Utensils Commercial Street, Los Angeles. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE! Pipe, 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. 8. 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 have also on hand a large assortment of Cakes, small and large; also Wedding Cakes Of all description. Call and examine for yourselves before going elsewhere. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, DECEMBER 5, 1874. MISCELLANEOUS ANAHEIM DRUG STORE. Herman Blanken - Proprietor. Dealer in... Drugs and Medicines, Palent Medicines, Perfumery, Trusses, Toilet articles, etc. Wines and Liquors for medical use. Prescriptions can be ordered. J. H. GOOCH, Practical House, Sign, AND CARRIAGE PAINTER! Opposite Poplar Row, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the Very Best Stylo. Prices according to style and quality, from $15 upward. A. HILL, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer, BANKS THE BANK. WK. WORKMAN. R.P.E. TEMPLE. TEMPLE & WORKMAN BANKERS, Temple Block.....Los Angeles. Receive Deposits and issue their Certificates and Framers. 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 Dust, and Government Stats, County and City Bonds bought and sold. Receive valuables for safe keeping. FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANGELES. BANK CAPITAL - $500,000 JOHN G. DOWNEY....PRESIDENT. ABOUT THE GRAPE. The rains of the last week of October and the first of November exceeded three inches, and were more abundant in the valleys than those of the corresponding period in any previous year since accurate observations began. They gave some new experiences to the vineyardists who had never before suffered much from such a source, and had not thought of damage by rain as a matter for consideration in estimating the relative values of the different varieties. The Rose of Peru, so far as we have heard, was injured more than any other, the berries bursting sooner and in greater proportion than any other variety, and in some vineyards proving a total loss; while the Mission grape suffered little. It is not to be supposed that grapes will often be caught by such heavy rains, but the possibility will have an influence against the Rose of Peru, which has been a favorite. One of the results of this year's experience is a decline in the value of the Flaming Tokay vines, the home table market having been overstocked with the grapes. They are not much esteemed for wine or mishin purposes, and can be shipped to the East with a profit under the present circumstances. It is reported that Mr. Nickerson has a crop of 2000 tons of grapes on his vineyard of 200 acres, near Lincoln, Placer county, and that he has sold them on the vine for $10 per ton, thus netting him $20,000, or $100 per acre. The number of vines per acre is 900, and the large yield of twenty-two pounds per vine is attributed to long pruning. That method of treating 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. 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-class establishment. Horse-shooting 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 Blanksmith Work, Wagon and Carriage Making and General Job Work, at the most reasonable prices. Horse-shooring 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 appetite and imparting to the whole system warmth, vigor and cheerfulness. TINWO, Chinese Wash-House, Los Angeles Strait, opp. Masonic Hall, ANAHEIM. WASHING AND IRONING DONE IN A prompt and workmanlike manner and at Lowost Rates. Patronage Solicited. Great Reduction LUMBER!! J. G. JACKSON, Corner of Alameda and First Streets, Los Angeles, Cal. Legal Tenders, Bullion, Gold Dust, and Government State, County and City Bonds bought and sold. Receive valuable for safe keeping. FARMERS' AND MERCHANTS' BANK OF LOS ANGELES. 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 issue their Certificate s. 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 money's left as term deposits, interest 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. GRIFEITH DIRECTORS: J. S. SLAUSON, J. M. GRIFEITH. V. A. HOVER, RObert S. Baker. J. BIXBY, H. B. TICHENOR. George S. DODGE: Open for business from 19 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... DONNOLLEY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To $15 per gross D. CALLAGHAN, having supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with three 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 TARTAR in every style of package. Also "Callaghan's" Brands It is reported that Mr. Nickerson has a crop of 2000 tons of grapes on his vineyard of 200 acres, near Lincoln, Placer county, and that he has sold them on the vine for $10 per ton, thus netting him $20,000, or $100 per acre. The number of vines per acre is 900, and the large yield of twenty-two pounds per vine is attributed to long pruning. That method of treating vines is no novelty, having been tried frequently since the necessity of pruning was discovered, more than 3000 years ago, and the universal judgment is that, for most varieties, though it may give a large crop the first year, it injures the vine and does ultimately more harm than good. The Isabella and Catawba are of a different species from the European grape, and need long pruning. It is always desirable that intelligent agriculturists should make experiments to test the correctness of the principles taught them by their predecessors, but it is very unwise to risk the fortunes of a large vineyard at the first trial. How much vines can be made to bear with safety has not been determined satisfactorily. Old vines with wide spread roots, may bear as much as a ton annually, on an average, as we know from a few exceptional cases; but for vines eight or ten years old, planted at intervals of six or eight feet, the ordinary short pruning is supposed to allow all the drain consistent with a large and steady yield. The price of $10 per ton is only half a cent a pound, or less than half the price of potatoes or grain, but grapes can be grown in many places too poor for potatoes or grain.-S. F. Alta. A SPANKING MACHINE. — This is the age of invention, and there is no knowing what a day may bring forth. Prominent educators have for years ransacked their brains and consumed midnight oil to devise some method whereby the youthful student, the urchin with thick-soled pantaloons could be chastised as the gravity of the offence might demand without inflicting a more severe punishment upon the lady teacher's hand than upon the child. Previous to the invention of this machine, principals of schools have wept to see their assistants go round with their arms in a sling from the effects of punishing scholars. In many cases excellent teachers who loved their calling had been compelled to resign their positions because they had too much on their hands. This matter has been discussed at the various institutes, and it had been almost decided to adopt capital punishment instead of time honored taking across the knee, when the inventor of this machine stepped in and, by a simple device, he saved the lives of many valuable young ones. The heart of the inventor was touched at seeing a frail school ma'am with her right hand swelled up to the size of a canvass-ham from agitating a boy who had wickedly placed a piece of clapboard inside of his pants when he Lowest Rates. Patronage Solicited. 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, CEMENT, HAIR, ETC. Wm. W. Robinson, Agent. P. LANGENBROEZE. L. HALFEBESTADT. HALBERSTADT & CO Anaheim 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 at the Lowest Rates. All kinds of... Grain and Country Produce Taken in exchange for Lumber. EXAMINE OUR STOCK. DONNOLLY'S CALIFORNIA PREMIUM YEAST POWDER To $15 per gross D. CALLAGHAN, having supplied the trade of the Pacific Coast with three 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: Cream Tartar Crystals in Casks. Pure Ground Cream Tartar 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! AND Hook & 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! AND Combination Locks, Vault Doors, etc. Carbolized Hose, Fire Bucket, Lantara, Sola and Sulphur Auld. M. BORBOWE, Local Agent. 52 Main Street, rear of Telegraph office. This matter has been discussed at the various institutes, and it had been almost decided to adopt capital punishment instead of time honored taking across the knee, when the inventor of this machine stepped in and, by a simple device, he saved the lives of many valuable young ones. The heart of the inventor was touched at seeing a frail school ma'am with her right hand swelled up to the size of a canvass-ham from agitating a boy who had wickedly placed a piece of chipboard inside of his pants when he knew the teacher was on the war-path after him. The teacher was weeping and mentally saying she would run that boy through a threshing machine before she got through with him. The idea at once struck the inventor that a machine could be constructed that would tan the jacket, as it were, of the young reprobate, and as the result of careful thought and study the spanking machine was invented. What a change! Instead of dreading the task of punishing scholars and shivering at the prospect of blistered hands, the teacher can enjoy the performance, and look forward to the hour of doing up a day's spanking with a feeling of pleasure and gladness and the frown formerly stereotyped on the face of average school ma'am given place to an angelie smile. She seats herself at the instrument after placing the condemned urchins in a row within reach of the hoisting apparatus or ice-fongs, she smiles, and the doomed urchin's launched into, if not eternity, he will think so before that hand lets up on him. With a smile playing over her features, she works her tiny feet, the avenging Band descends, and the old machine works as though endowed with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It will only take a moment of treading to make an ordinary boy sorry he enlisted, when he can be dropped, and and the next snatched. A whole school can be spanked in fifteen minutes if the teacher is anything of a treacher. A severe battle is said to have occurred recently on the Platte river in Colorado, between large war-parties of the Sioux and Ute Indians, in which the latter were victorious, capturing 300 ponies from the Sioux and driving them from their buffalo range. GAZETTE NO. 7. THE GRAPE. In the last week of the first of winter three inches, incident in the valley the corresponding year since acerberan. They gave access to the vineyard before sufferer resource, and had not by rain as a matter in estimating the different vari-Peru, so far as we injured more than dies bursting sooner proportion than any on some vineyards; while the Mission It is not to be hopes will often beavy rains, but the have an influence Peru, which has one of the results of race is a decline in turning Tokay vines, market having been the grapes. They seemed for wine or can be shipped profit under the ties. Mr. Nickerson has many of grapes on his acres, near Lincoln, that he has sold for $10 per ton, thus surplus $100 per acre. The per acre is 900, half of twenty-two attributed to long method of treating THE STORY OF "A STEAMER." "Speaking about fast running steamboats," said Mr. Thomas Hartshorn, recently rolling his quit into his laxboard jaw, and giving his Tucknaw trowers a hitch. (Mr. H. served as cook on the ram Queen of the West). "I suppose you never heard of the old Elephant, that used to run between Cincinnati and New Orleans? She was a beauty. I supposed that when she was tied to the bank with a sternline and tow-line she was one of the fastest boats on the river. She made one celebrated trip from New Orleans, I think in '47. Her time was made a matter of record. It was seven days, six hours and three weeks. Connie up from New Orleans once, the captain was sittin' at the table, and he noticed several hulks of fallows servin' as cabin-boys. He called the steward to him, and says he, 'Don't you think it would look better to have boys waitin' on the table? I don't like to see men fillin' the place of cabin boys. Let 'em go and get some young chaps.' 'Why, blast it, captain,' says the steward, 'them fellows were boys when we left New Orleans.' "The Elephant," continued Mr Hartshorn, clinging to his nautical reminiscences, "was pullin' out from Memphis one day on a down trip, and somehow she got mixed up with araft of sawloge." She broke one of the logs loose, and it floated out into the stream. The Elephant headed down the river, and finally got alongside the log. Then commenced one of the nicest races you ever saw. There was a good stage of water, and the log loomed along right lively. For about a week they held together party well, but the Elephant had to land at the mouth of White MISCELLANEOUS. Kalakun is to be invited to spend Manil-Gras day in New Orleans. The pony express which was started between San Bernardino and Panamint has been discontinued. More polygamous marriages are now taking place in Utah than at any other previous. A man in Peoria, claims to have a stone that Washington throw at a woodpecker on his father's cherry tree. Hoodlums assailed the Pullen Judson of San Francisco on the streets of that city last week. The Judge "work" his assaultants and put them to flight. The ships Three Brothers and British King, which are now leading for Liverpool, are expected to make another race to that port. A Troy man, worth $75,000, hang himself the other day. If they must do it, that's the kind of man to go about it, as it loosens the currency. Mr. Barker, the Deputy Street Superintendent of San Francisco, whose official action has recently undergone an unfavorable investigation, has signed. The biennial meeting of the Brigade Alliance of the United States will be held in Chicago October 1874. Meetings have already been called in that city with a view to making necessary arrangements. Newspapers do not appear to be cheaper in these days than in the older times. In 1740 London had a daily evening paper, entitled the "Evening Post," and sold at one farthing. We will venture to say, however, that the "Evening Post," of the current day... Mr. Nickerson has of grapes on his acres, near Lincoln, that he has sold for $10 per ton, thus costing $109 per acre. Half of twenty-two attributed to long method of treating having been tried the necessity of fevered, more than and the universal for most varieties, in a large crop the vine and does harm than good. Stawba are of a different European pruning. It is that intelligent agrifolie experiments to the principles our predecessors, but risk the fortunes at the first trial. Old vines with may bear as much as ten years old, as not been deterred. Old vines with may bear as much as ten years old, as not been deterred. Old vines with may bear as much as ten years old, as not been deterred. TREES AS PREVENTIVES OF DISEASE. The Rev. Charles Kingsley, in one of his recent local sketches, touches on a subject which is no less worthy attention in this country than in England. He says: Do you remember the cattle plague? How the beasts died, and were killed and buried by tens of thousands; and how misery and ruin fell on hundreds of honest men and woman over many of the richest countries of England, but how we in this vale had no cattle plague, and how there was none—so far as I recollect—in the uplands of Devon and Cornwall, nor of Wales, nor of the Scotch Highlands? Now do you know why that was? Simply because we here, like those other uplanders, are in such a country as Palestine was before the foolish Jews cut down all their timber, and so destroyed their own rainfall—a land of brooks, of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills." There is hardly a field here that has not, thank God, its running brook, or its sweet spring, from which our cattle were drinking their health and life, while in the clay lands of Cheshire, and in the Cambridgeshire fen—which are drained utterly dry—the poor things drank no water, too often, save that of the very same patril ponds in which they had been standing all day long to cool themselves, and to keep off the flies. I do not say, of course, that bad water caused the cattle-plague. It came by infection from the east of Europe. But I say that bad water made the cattle ready to take it, and made it spread over the country; and when you are old enough I will give you plenty of proof—some from the herds of your own kinsmen—that what I say is true. DOMESTIC DECORATIONS. An exquisite transparency may be made by arranging pressed ferns, grasses, and autumn leaves on a pane of window glass, laying another pane of the same size over it, and binding the edge with ribbon, leaving the group imprisoned between. Use gum-tragaeanth in putting on the binding. It is well to secure a narrow strip of paper under the ribbon. The binding should be gummed all round the edge of the first pane, and dried, before the leaves, ferns, &c., are arranged; then it can be neatly folded over the second pane. "The Elephant," continued Mr Hartshorne, clinging to his nautical reminiscences, "was pullin' out from Memphis one day on a down trip, and somehow she got mixed up with a raft of sawlogs." She broke one of the logs loose, and it floated out into the stream. The Elephant headed down the river, and finally got alongside the log. Then commenced one of the nicest races you ever saw. There was a good stage of water, and the log loomed along right lively. For about a week they held together party well, but the Elephant had to land at the mouth of White River, and the log beat her into New Orleans about twenty minutes. There was something wrong with the Elephant's boilers, and she couldn't make steam properly. That's what the captain said. She was a nice boat to ship green fruit on." The biennial meeting of the Evangelical Alliance of the United States will be held in Chicago, October 18th. Meetings have already been called in that city with a view to making necessary arrangements. Newspapers do not appear to be any cheaper in these days than in the older times. In 1740 London had a daily evening paper, entitled the "Evening Post," and sold at one farthing. We will venture to say, however, that the "Evening Posts" of the present day contain five times as much good reading matter. Hon. Chester W. Chapin, just elected to Congress from Massachusetts, is seventy-six years of age, and now makes his debut in politics. He shiloves in railroad improvement, and for a quarter of a century past has been one of the railway magnates of the country, especially that fraction of it denominated New England. Mrs. N. H. Stiles, a young married woman of Vallejo, died recently in that city of disease taken from a neigee's lancet which she had used some time before to open a foster upon her face. The lancet had upon it the virus of a poisonous disease which was received into her blood when she used the lancet. Liverpool is experimenting with a new cure for drunkenness. The pain suggested by Mr. Glindstone is in publish the names of those who were seen in public drunk. Every Monday morning a list of the public drunkards is published in all the daily papers giving the names and occupations of the transgressors in full. A Washington special to the New York Times says that there will be great pressure brought to bear upon Congress this winter on behalf of both the Northern and Texas Pacific Railroads. One of these companies has sent an agent to many probably every Member of Congress during recess; to lay the interests of the road before them in the most attractive way by a personal appeal and agreement. The other Company has been none less active in other ways. The hopes of the Railroads lies in the number who are to retire from Congress at the end of this session. The final survey of the Rancho Cuyamaca, San Diego county, and the Rancho Castamayomai Sonoma county, have been made and forwarded to the Commissioner-General of the Land Office at Washington for patent. The survey of Cuyamaca leaves out the Julian and Banner Mining Districts, and several gold mines are out of the grant. The survey of the Castamayomai leaves out the quicksilver mines and the Geyser Springs. The survey by the California office is in accordance with the instructions of the Secretary. Col. A. W. Chase, in an interesting letter to Harper's Weekly, gives an account of the destruction of fish in the Oregon coast by means of the explosion of nitro-glycerine. In this book remarks that some of the fish are killed outright by this DOMESTIC DECORATIONS.—An exquisite transparency may be made by arranging pressed ferns, grasses, and autumn leaves on a pane of window glass, laying another pane of the same size over it, and binding the edge with ribbon, leaving the group imprisoned between. Use gum-tragnancanth in putting on the binding. It is well to secure a narrow strip of paper under the ribbon. The binding should be gummed all round the edge of the first pane, and dried, before the leaves, ferns, &c., are arranged; then it can be neatly folded over the second pane without difficulty. To form the loop for hanging the transparency, paste a binding of galloon along the edges, leaving a two-inch loop free in the centre, afterwards to be pulled through a little slit in the final binding. These transparencies may be either hung before a window, or if preferred secured against a pane in the sash. In halls a beautiful effect is produced by placing them against the side-lights of the hall door. DIVERSIFIED FARMING.—The Prairie Farmer says there is a farm of 250 acres near Elgin, on which is kept a dairy of about forty cows, several fishponds where speckled trout are grown for market, a hatching house where eggs are supplied. Sweet corn is grown for the Elgin canning establishment; there is a nursery of about fifteen acres, a vineyard, and on the place there are several springs in which water crosses are grown for the Chicago market, a small orchard, and a park of about forty acres for the use of picnic and other parties from Chicago, Elgin, and other cities and the country around, those paying an entrance fee, amounting some days to $150. It is owned and managed by Dr. W. A. Pratt. The milk of the cows is sold at the milk-condensing factory at Elgin. Disraeli has written a letter to Sir Henry Robinson, announcing that the English Government, in consequence of the representation of the Royal Geographical Society, and other learned bodies, has determined to organize a Polar exploring expedition without delay. The Sacramento Record says there is talk of a $20,000 race to wagon between Occidental and Fullerton. Office at Washington for patent. The survey of Cuyamaca leaves out the Julian and Banner Mining District, and several gold mines are out of the grant. The survey of the Castamayo-mil leaves out the quicksilver mines and the Geyser Springs. The survey by the California office is in accordance with the instructions of the Secretary. Col. A. W. Chase, in an interesting letter to Harper's Weekly, gives an account of the destruction of fish in the Oregon coast by means of the explosion of nitro-glycerine. In this he remarks that some of the fish are killed outright by this explosion, while others appear to be simply stunned, and that in several instances, after having fish apparently dead for half an hour, the Histories taken out, and prepared for cooking (the head, however, remaining upon the body), they began to slip around as briskly as if just taken from the water. The Khedive of Egypt, in carrying out various measures for the development of the resources of his country, has organized an expedition to survey the physical and geological formations of the valley of the Nile and the countries adjacent to the Red Sea. The project has been formed of directing the waters of the Nile into the bed of the ancient river that formerly flowed through the valley, and whilst still called by the Amba the valley of the Dry Nile. One object of the expedition is to determine whether this be feasible, as if so, it may result in the reclamation and cultivation of vast tracts of land now desert and sterile. Articles of Incorporation of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company have been filed. The certificate states that objects to be established and forming of a corporation under the Civil Code of California for the purpose of constructing purchasing, chartering, running,ighting, controlling, managing and owning steam and sailing ships and vessels, and thereby doing and transmitting all kinds of transportation and shipping business on all the oceans, seas, bays, sounds and rivers in the world. The Directors are Leand Stanton, Charles Crocker, David D. Colton, Lloyd Tewis and Mark Hopkins, who are also the Incorporator Capital stock. $10,000,000; 100,000 shares of $100 each.