anaheim-gazette 1876-04-15

PERSONAL. There is only one German in Congress and he is from Texas. Mr. Dimmaklis has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. The membership of Mr. Spurgeon's church numbers 4,813 persons. Benjamin F. Butler, with a party of friends, is coming to California in a few weeks. The Princess Louisa has been elected President of the Woman's Educational Union of London. Professor Gilman has been inaugurated President of the John Hopkins University at Baltimore. It is stated that Don Carlos will shortly go to Gratz, Austria, where he proposes to settle permanently. Cardinal McCloskey has a cold. He should take a Moody and Sankey bath at the Hippodrome.—The Graphic. Salmon P. Chase was the only Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court who was ever seriously talked of for President. Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati, who is now 70 years old, will next May celebrate the jubilee of his admission to the priesthood. Lionel Tennyson, eldest son of the poet, has passed his examination in theology and mechanics at Cambridge University with credit. Ex-Senator Harlem says no other people in the world have made so much progress in civilization, knowledge, and refinement as our freedmen. President Eliot, of Harvard University, says he is an advocate of compulsory elementary education and an enforced reading and writing test for the ballot. The bronze statue of Rev. Dr. Wither-spoon, the only clergyman who sat in the Continental Congress, has been finished and will be unveiled in Philadelphia in May. It is believed that on the proclamation conferring on Queen Victoria the name and title of Empress of India, an order will be given for the release of the Fenian prisoners. A Roman correspondent mentions among other peculiarities of the Pope that he takes snuff; and it may be added metaphorically that whenever the Holy Father does so every devout Catholic in the world is brought to sneeze. A Savage Mollweep. Jack Peatherly lived in a log cabin at the base of one of the mountain ranges of the Adirondacks. He had been brought up in the woods from infancy, and the rocks, trees and flowing water were his lesson-books, for in that desolate region schools were out of the question. He was the son of a guide who conducted hunters and pleasure parties over the lakes and through the woods of the "Shattagee" region, and by the time he was seventeen years of age the boy was able to act as a guide himself. His eye was so keen that he could tell at a glance, by the traces upon the dry leaves, whether a bear, deer or panther had passed by. The forest was his home, and he could lie down miles away from any house, and sleep as sweetly upon his couch of moss and leaves as the best housed youngster, in his more civilized bed. In the summer of 1973 he guided a party a distance of forty miles, to the first of a chain of mountain lakes, where his father waited for them with canoes. From that point they had no further need of him, and the same afternoon he started on his return home. He had passed over ten miles of the way when night came on, and taking his hatchet from his belt, he quickly put up a "lean-to." Perhaps the reader may not know what a "lean-to" means. When hunters have to pass the night in the woods, and do not care to sleep in the open air, they cut down branches or small trees, and "lean" them against a rock or large tree at such an angle as to leave a shelter beneath; and upon the roof formed by these branches they throw moss, or small boughs (perhaps of some evergreen), enough to exclude for a time the rain or dew. It did not take Jack long to build his shelter, and when it was completed he sat down under it and ate some cold meat and corn bread which he had in his "possible sack." When he had finished his supper he pulled a quantity of moss for a bed, spread it upon the floor of his rude tent, wrapped his blanket about him, and lay down. The croaking of the frogs, the lay of the whip-poor-will, and the lapping of the river close at hand were familiar sounds, and quickly lulled him to sleep. His rifle, loaded and ready for use, was at his side, and his hunting-knife hung in its sheath upon a short, broken branch above his head. It is believed that on the proclamation conferring on Queen Victoria the name and title of Empress of India, an order will be given for the release of the Fenian prisoners. A Roman correspondent mentions among other peculiarities of the Pope that he takes snuff; and it may be added metaphorically that whenever the Holy Father does so every devout Catholic in the world is brought to sneeze. Heber wrote his popular missionary hymn, "From Greenland's Ice Mountains," at Wrexham, and it is stated that the printer who set it up in type on the Saturday of its composition, for use on the following Sunday, is still living in that town. GARIBALDI replied as follows on receipt of a sample of the medal decreed him by the City of Rome: "Thanks for the most beautiful medal—glorious record of a heroic period—and for the many other manifestations with which the noble City of Rome wishes to honor me." It is currently reported that Phil Sheridan is getting fat. Lincoln once said to Welles that Sheridan was a brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping." Gov. Rice picked up a bundle which an Irish woman dropped the other day in Boston, and brushing the dirt off, handed it back to her with a bow. A bystander asked her, "Do you know who that polite gentleman was?" "No indulde," she replied. "Well, that was the governor of Massachusetts." "Indade, he's a perfect gintleman, any way," was her reply. STANLEY has a competitor worthy of his heel. Lieutenant Cameron, who reached Tanganyika a few days after Livingstone was found, pushed straight westward over the ground which the great explorer retired from. He had no white companions, his equipments were meagre, he encountered savage tribes more ferocious than those around Lake Victoria, and his friends long since gave him up for dead. But now he sends salutations from the west coast of the dark continent. He has very likely traced the Lualaba to the Congo, and that great river to the Yallah Falls, whence he must have diverged to the const. He is to be congratulated on escaping the pirates that infest the Congo, and in adding many pages to current geography. And now, poor man, he has eluded the crocodiles only to be gobbled up by Bennett. CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN possessed, to an eminent degree, this power of illuminating language, of giving it an utterance that gave unexpected force to the meaning. Her style may be criticised as overexuberant; she was picturesque, free in action, rather lacking in repose; neither by person nor temperament was she fitted for a wide range of characters; but she was sympathetic, could be intense without noise, possessed a voice of great mellowness and power; and her personations were always marked by vivid imagination and quickened intelligence. The English-speaking stage has no one to fill her place; there is no one who has set to shelter, and when it comes down under it and ate some cold meat and corn bread which he had in his "possible sack." When he had finished his supper he pulled a quantity of moss for a bed, spread it upon the floor of his rude tent, wrapped his blanket about him and lay down. The croaking of the frogs, the lay of the whip-poor-will, and the lapping of the river close at hand were familiar sounds, and quickly lulled him to sleep. His rifle, loaded and ready for use, was at his side, and his hunting-knife hung in its sheath upon a short, broken branch above his head. Though he was but seventeen years old, Jack Featherly was as strong as most men, and was quite able to take care of himself; for his courage was certainly equal to his strength. He slept for hours. The night grew chilly, and it was well he had wrapped his blanket close about him to keep out the damp air. It might have been three o'clock in the morning, just before the light came, when he was awakened by a strange feeling of uneasiness, and gradually became aware of the presence of some large, soft body lying close to his own. He could hear the heavy respirations of an animal's breath, and even felt them on his neck. Whether the creature was ferocious or otherwise he could not tell; but certainly some wild visitor was lying close to him, and enjoying the friendly warmth of his body. Was Jack frightened? Put yourself in his position, and tell me what you think about it. My opinion is, that brave as he was, he would have been better pleased with a different bedfellow. Not that Jack knew there was anything to fear from his strange neighbor, but the suspense was something more uncomfortable even than fear. Painfully still he lay, without moving hand or foot, for he could not tell what deadly assault the slightest alarm might provoke. But this inaction became too horrible. Human nerves could not bear it. Cautiously he reached out after his rifle. His fingers closed upon it. Inch by inch he dragged it towards him, till the barrel lay across his breast, and he could touch the lock. His thumb pressed the hammer, but even now he dared not cock it, for the click might startle his bedfellow, and force a battle before he was prepared. Sooner or later, however, it must come and necessity compelled him to venture. Stiffening his muscles, and drawing in his breath he thrust back the hammer of the lock, and the sharp "Click, click!" sounded fearfully distinct in the dead silence. The wild animal made a quick movement, but Jack lay like a stone, and in a moment his unknown enemy seemed asleep again. Would the morning never come? Jack dared not fire in the darkness, for if he missed his aim, and the creature proved indeed a beast of prey, there was no chance for him. With his finger upon the trigger, and his hand upon the lock, he waited in aching anxiety for the first light to show him the outlines of his dreaded companion. Minutes seemed hours. Never before in his life had the pass such an left came out on this beautiful skins. backed enough against shut off prepara the same handsom of bird plumage, nighting with th quisite birds o is a gret itol, str trees cu beaver. In th enter,a hitched miniatie his cane seal. boat,s a part ese pre bri in woo carpets. Then o choice resenti wore, Indian Jack. work, in it is resembl cacy o There ones w rare w There another group rai n tire to Art Gai for pai Last Peruviu Peruviu folded Egypti mask, teeth r cover r art,and ancien bones remain The organize cost of ete., w CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN possessed, to an eminent degree, this power of illuminating language, of giving it an utterance that gave unexpected force to the meaning. Her style may be criticised as overexuberant; she was picturesque, free in action, rather lacking in repose; neither by person nor temperament was she fitted for a wide range of characters; but she was sympathetic, could be intense without noise, possessed a voice of great mellowness and power; and her personations were always marked by vivid imagination and quickened intelligence. The English-speaking stage has no one to fill her place; there is no one who has sat to learn of her; with her departs even the tradition that severe and generous study are necessary to form the artist, and the knowledge of how great art is built up. It is a source of great gratification that her career as a woman was pure and noble. We have now many good actors, and shall have hereafter many charming ones; but a unique and heroic figure has gone which time will scarcely match again. HON. ALFONSO TAFT, LL. D., the new Secretary of War, vice Belknap, resigned, was born at Townshend, Vt., November 5th, 1810. His father was a farmer, and he was obliged to teach school in the Winter months in order to get the means to pay for his college education. After graduating from Yale College he served as a tutor in the High School at Ellington, Connecticut, and in Yale College for several years, attending the lectures in the Law School of Yale while serving as tutor. In 1838 he was admitted to the bar in New Haven, Connecticut, and in the following year he entered upon the practice of his profession in Cincinnati. He was a member of the convention which, in 1856, nominated General Fremont for President, and was a candidate for Congress against Hon. George H. Pendleton in the same year, but was defeated. In 1865 he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, and was subsequently twice elected to the same position, the last time, in 1868, without opposition. In 1872 he resigned the position of judge, and has since practiced as a lawyer with his sons, Charles P. and Peter R. Taft. Last year he was a candidate against General Hayes for the Republican nomination for Governor of the State, but was defeated, and during the subsequent campaign strongly advocated the election of Governor Hayes. Judge Taft is conceded to be a man of superior ability and high character. The wild animal made a quick movement, but Jack lay like a stone, and in a moment his unknown enemy seemed asleep again. Would the morning never come? Jack dared not fire in the darkness, for if he missed his aim, and the creature proved indeed a beast of prey, there was no chance for him. With his finger upon the trigger, and his hand upon the lock, he waited in aching anxiety for the first light to show him the outlines of his dreaded companion. Minutes seemed hours. Never before in his life had the boy passed such an hour. His mind was terribly active, and vivid memories of all he had ever done, and regrets for every misdemeanor, with wild thoughts of what the end of this adventure might possibly be, peopled his vigil of danger till it became a nightmare. Slowly, very slowly, the darkness broke away, and Jack, sickened with his long suspense, cautiously turned his head. There, close to him, stretched out in an attitude of repose, lay a full-grown panther! Carefully and silently the boy drew his rifle forward a little more. What if the cap should not explode! What if the rifle were not properly loaded? He raised his right arm gradually, until the muzzle was within an inch of the panther's ear. He pressed the trigger, and at the instant of the discharge he was on his feet, with a hunting-knife in his hand ready to fight for his life. But there was no need of the knife now. The bullet had crashed through the brain of the prostrate beast, killing him on the spot. Jack's danger was over. But even now, whenever he tells the story, he says he can feel the cold sweat gather on his flesh as it did that terrible morning in the Adirondack woods, when he lay in bed with the panther. — C. D. Clark, in Youth's Companion. The published reports of the funeral of the late Mr. Astor, of New York, state that the announcement was made at the church where the public exercises were held that none but the relatives of the deceased and the pall-bearers were expected to accompany the body to the cemetery. No carriages for any others were provided. The cantaloups is a native of America, and so called from a place near Rome where it was first cultivated in Europe. A log cabin at mountain ranges. He had been woods from inns and flowing books, for in that were out of the guide who conceived parties over theods of the "Shat-time he was serv- boy was able to His eye was so at a glance, by leaves, whether had passed by, and he could lie any house, and is couch of moss housed youngster, 173 he guided a miles, to the first lakes, where his with canoes. From farther need of morning he started ten miles of the rain, and taking his one quickly put up may not know what then hunters have the woods, and do open air, they cut trees, and "lean" large tree at such shelter beneath; formed by these rocks, or small boughs (green), enough to rain or dew. Long to build his completed he sat some cold meat he had in his "pos-ed his supper he moss for a bed, or of his rude tent, about him, and lay frogs, the lay of the lapping of the familiar sounds, to sleep. His for use, was at his knife hung in its broken branch above The Smithsonian Institution. The visitor is Washington is always told, "You must go to the Smithsonian—that is one of our grandest!" Here we are arrived at the fine, spacious grounds, and large, handsome building. Carriages stand in the arena, and through the archway of entrance we pass to the wide hall, with broad stairs on either side. Each visitor is at once invited to register his name, and then take the tour of the halls and galleries. Two weather maps, representing the weather of two consecutive days throughout the United States, hang near the door, and the clerk is just clapping on the points for to-day. The blue mark is snow, the black rain, the brown cloudy, and the white clear. There is snow only in two places, quite in the interior. Clear weather prevails. As the old song has it— "There isn't more cloud than sun." Idlers wander up and down as if the institution was a ferry-boat, and they themselves going they didn't know where, with the unmistakable air of nothing to do. Then a group of strangers devoted to sight-seeing, children with mamma for a good time and the wonderful sights, more marvellous than picture-book or story; and last, professor or student always "studying up." There are huge stone images, defaced and broken, dug by the Indians of Nicaragua; they are like playthings for a race of idiots, the unsightly idols of the barbarians who made them. Filling the walls are cases of monster fishes that look exactly as if taken from the water, though only casts, painted the natural colors. Coming into the main hall we see long glass cases in the centre and on the sides, surmounted by huge stuffed animals. On one side is a great alligator from Florida, brought in week before last, in a box that was left near the boiler. The alligator came out of his frozen winter snooze and thawed back to life. A cast having been taken that would last longer than the stuffed hide, the animal was killed and buried. At the other side of the hall is a stuffed alligator, larger than the cast, and one cannot distinguish one from the other, so perfect is the imitation. Yonder a giant skeleton rears its long bones to the roof, the cast of a kangaroo lizard found in New Jersey; a turtle back of wonderful size fills a case, and near is a family of Polar bears, wolves, lions and hyenas. Nearly everything in the animal kingdom is here of fish, flesh and fowl; they are either in casts skeletons or stuffed Agricultural institutions. Last month in this hall at almost all jams long from last season's central market. The farmers for this season's crops in this hall have cut down too many trees. It is multifaceted that this healthy business will be very success. We had orders new year before for Amer Straw Brewing Company and Plit's Buffalo Threshers to be delivered in June. These engines will be the leading Ranger and Mower, and other makers gauge their prices to it as they think best. Light Mowers sell for $125; walk-knees Reaper, $60. The wagon trade seems to be well supplied with various makes of Eastern wagons, and prices for common grades are ruling at reduced rates. The Hala wagon commands full prices, on account of its excellence and the care with which the timber, iron, etc., used in its construction, is selected. The feloes; hunts and spokes are runthrough heating oil, and we learn each man who makes the different parts is responsible for its quality, and we notice the private marks on the wheels, pole, etc. We learn that this is the greatest secret of its wonderful success. The Header Wagons range in price from $75 to $100 and farm gears from $99 to $200. The Sweepstake Flow Company, of San Leandro, seem to control the farmers' spring-wagon trade, as they make spring wagons suitable to the wants of the coast and at prices below the imported article of equal quality. We also notice that this company are building the celebrated Baxter single-gear Header,and have a number of orders on hand. The Baxter Headers they sold last season were universally approved, and this fact has led to their large orders thus early in the season. The season for Flows is about over, and large stocks are carried by the different houses. Ganges are plentiful, and reduced prices do not seem to tempt buyers. The Eareka Gang was sold to its usual number of admirers, while the other patents are still on hand. The Sweepstake Gang was reduced to $75, payable after harvest, and is meeting with considerable sales for spring plowing. Threshers we might say are only represented by the Buffalo Pitts. This machine was at the head when it first came to the coast, and has kept there; many others sprung up, but hardly lasted one season. On inquiry cause we found that the grain requires a different machine to what is used East, and the expense of changing and getting one just right is very large. Threshing engines are supereding the horse-power, and straw-burners are taking place of the old-style wood and coal burners. The Ames' Engine Works of Oswego, realizing this fact, sent to this coast last season a few of their patent straw-burners, and they have entirely superseded the ones hitherto in use here. They have many points of superiority, which are readily recognized by an expert. The entire stock on hand has been engaged and their agents are taking orders for engines which are on the way by rail. The general outlook is promising for large crops, always provided we have the late rains.-Commercial Herald. From the St. Louis Globe. The Successful Physician. There is probably no man to whom the community owe so much as to the honest, fair-spoken physician, who does his actual duty both to himself and to his patients. Really skillful physicians are not so numerous that their virtues need no mention, and hence the advertisement of Dr. R.V. Pierce, of Buffalo, may well claim the reader's attention. Dr. Pierce is a type of a class of men who obtain success by careful and well-directed effort, not attempting too much, or creating false ideas as to ability. The only reliable physician in these days of complicated disorders and high-pressure living is the "Specialist," the man who understands his one branch of the business. Such in his line is Dr. Pierce. For the benefit of his readers he has written a "Common Sense Medical Adviser," which is well worth reading by those who need such a work. With strict business honor, high professional skill, reasonable fees, and a large corps of competent assistants, Dr. Pierce will doubtless make his name familiar as "household words." Call and See Them. To our readers that are about to visit San Francisco, we beg leave to say, do not neglect to visit the Yosemite Art Gallery of Messrs. I.W. Taber & Co., No. 26 Montgomery street, and the Lick House. Of course, you will want the beat, as well as the cheapest—the "Spherical," a new style invented by Mr. Taber, is all the rage, and when you have seen it you will be satisfied with nothing less. Since the pleasant sunshine of spring has come once more, their parlors are crowded from morning till evening, with appreciative customers, giving the best possible evidence of the popularity, as well as the merit of their work. Cancer can be cured—Dr. Bond, of Philadelphia, announces his discovery for the radical cure of Cancer. No Knife! No Pain! No Cause! Remedies with full directions sent anywhere. Pamphlets and particulars sent free. Address with stamp, Dr. H.T. Bond, 859 North Broad st., Philadelphia, Pa. Keaney's Extracur Buchen radically cures Bright's disease, gravel, dropsy, diabetes, goat, non-retention, and all affections of the kidneys in both sexes, and in every stage. Sold by druggists everywhere. How to get Rich—Keep a flask of Trapper's Indian Oil in the city for painting and statuary. Last and hideous are the mummies, Peruvian, Egyptian and Alaskan. The Peruvian and Alaskan mummies are folded up and wrapped in cloth; the Egyptian stands upright and on it the mask, three thousand years old; hair and teeth remain on some, even braids of hair cover the head. Instead of "dust thou art, and to dust thou shalt return," the ancients endeavored to have it, "dry bones thou art and dry bones thou shalt remain." The Smithsonian institution was organized by Act of Congress in 1846. The cost of building, improvement of grounds, etc., was about $325,000; but by build- You should Insure your Life in the PACIFIC Mutual Life Insurance Co. OF CALIFORNIA, No. 41 Second St., Sacramento AOOUMULATED FUND, NEARLY $1,850,000. $100,000 Approved Securities depicted with the California State Department as Security for Policy-Holders everywhere. LELAND STANFORD. President J.H.CARROLL. 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The Smithsonian institution was organized by Act of Congress in 1846. The cost of building, improvement of grounds, etc., was about $325,000; but by building the immense edifice at intervals—now a wing and then another addition—the expense was lightened by delay. The library, a fine resource for scientific research, has been transferred to the Capitol. A system of scientific investigation is all the time in operation; books and pamphlets are published. A national museum has been established, the expenses of which are paid almost entirely by Congress, and exchanges and scientific correspondence add to the fund of knowledge. Probably no museum is in the receipt of so much material as the National Museum of Washington. The Smithsonian is one of the many institutions that add greatly to the dignity and influence of our national Capitol. It is said there are more people connected with scientific and intellectual pursuits in Washington than in any other city of its population in the country. There are the officers of the Engineer Department, of the Coast Survey, the Light House Board, the Ordinance Bureau, the Army and Navy, the Patent Office, the Agricultural Department, the Computers of the Nautical Almanac, professors of the National Observatory, and professors of three colleges, three medical schools, a law school, an institution for the deaf and dumb, asylum for the insane, two hospitals, the officers in the various bureaus of government, and upon all these the institution can call for assistance and co-operation. Everything that comes under the head of useful knowledge is a branch of the immense, far-reaching work of the institution, and it gives a vast impulse to scholars in all their laborious aims. 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