anaheim-gazette 1877-03-17

WEEKLY GAZETTE. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1877. There is hope for Southern California yet, or at least she is not so bad off, respecting pasturage, as some other regions. We are told of grass in Colorado that is so short you must lather it before you can mow. J. A. Wilcox, of Santa Clara, employs his boys to destroy the gopherers on his grounds, rewarding them for their trouble, and their ingenuity has led them to a variety of modes of capture, of which one of the most successful is to catch and tame a full-grown gopher, secure him with a string and lead him to the gopher holes. The animal is of a combative nature and quick to attack his kind. He is thus easily deceived out of his hole, and summarily disposed of. ANECDOTES about the late Commodore Vanderbilt are coming to the surface thick and fast. Here is one from a Buffalo paper: Arbitrary as the Czar, he was wont to govern, in his private affairs, with a rod of iron. A husband of one of the daughters of the Commodore being unfortunate in business many years ago, she went to her father for assistance, which was refused in a manner more forecible than elegant. She abruptly withdrew to fight for complete independence. The next morning the New York of those days was highly surprised to read the following advertisement, specially displayed. "Mrs. desires to state that she has excellent table and accommodations for families or single gentlemen. Refers to her father, C. Vanderbilt." That advertisement appeared exactly one time, for the Commodore realized the situation, advanced backward promptly, and there was no more dissension in that branch of the family forever afterward. THE HONOLULU GAZETTE of February 28th contained an account of a remarkable submarine outbreak in Keolakekua Bay, near the entrance to the harbor. The natives report that the eruption occurred at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 24th, appearing like water in innumerable red, blue and green. SOMETHING FOR FARMERS TO STUDY. It may now be taken as a fact, beyond doubt, that a dry year is inevitable, so we will devote a few lines to speculation on our future prospects, and the actual condition of affairs, and to the consideration of the precautions it may be necessary to take in the future. We assume that the era for stock men in Los Angeles county is gone, and that with the close of this year we shall see but very few remaining. In the past, the money expended by stock or sheep men formed the principal source of profit for our merchants and others. It was to them that the merchant looked for support; it was from them that the laborer sought employment. By degrees, however, they have been crowded out. The increased value of land, caused by immigration, rendered it more profitable to divide the large ranches into farms and to put them on the market, than to hold them for grazing purposes. So for some years the rancheros have been giving place to farmers all around us, and we believe the present dry year will practically clean Los Angeles county of sheep or stock-men. Our merchants will have to look to the farmer in future to trade with, and the farming community will have to replace the amount of capital which is weekly being withdrawn by the departure of stock-men to Arizona and elsewhere. Now, the present year is likely to prove very hard on farmers, since a considerable failure of their crops is probably inevitable. From this failure will arise the usual amount of abuse of the country and everything connected with it. But as farmers cannot pack up and leave at a moment's notice, it would be well for them to turn their attention to meeting in future the troubles at present upon them, and providing for the successful cultivation of our lands, rain or no rain. While this may at first sight appear impossible, we are assured to the contrary, and will here briefly outline the theory which has been and is annually successfully operated by some of our farmers. The position is about this: Three out of five seasons may be said to be dry seasons, to all intents and purposes, in Southern California. It is, therefore, impossible in three years out of five raise crops without irrigation. Then why depend on the rain at all? Why not The "Silver Nugget" Last week we made a note as son of Mr. S. L. Chilson, who Anaheim had been fortunate cover an exceedingly rich silvery Globe District, Arizona. There has been interviewed by a Coatwe make the following excerpt: Mr. D. G. Chilson, the owner of the silver says he will about six years ago. He he time on beans, and packed eighty miles, running the gass Indians, who then infested the 17th of February, 1876, specimens of float rock in where his mine is now located around he discovered what is the vein. SILVER NUGGET Mr. Chilson says he has had assays made of the Silver Nugget by the State Assayers. Faulk gave respectively $11,310 400 of silver to the ton (no go-nounced free working ore and four per cent of copper). The made of the ore, Mr. Chilson blow-pipe assays) give $19,000 $27,000 to the ton of such oil—provided always that an can be found. One batch of ing ten pounds, yielded at pounds of silver. Mr. Chilson of pure silver as large as very irregular in shape, whi le the ledge. Another lot of yielded $8,074 36 to the ton specimens abound with horns almost as rich as pure silver batch of twenty-seven hundred was brought to San Francisco there, yielded $10,000 to the it may be fairly presumed selected lots. The average all the ore shipped here is $2,000 per ton. Three tons Kirchener's Mill in this city result has not yet been Chilson thinks it will be a ton here. The Hoodoo mined edge, has assayed $4,564 per son states that he has about two tons of ore on the dump at that will average 300 dollars other new mine located away from the Silver Nugget, assays. BBINGING THE ORE TO SALE The ore from these mines San Francisco for reduction on jacks about eighty miles... The Honolulu Gazette of February 28th contained an account of a remarkable submarine outbreak in Keolakekua Bay, near the entrance to the harbor. The natives report that the eruption occurred at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 24th, appearing like water in innumerable red, blue and green lights. In the afternoon several boats visited the eruption, cruising over the most active part, where the water was in a state of peculiar activity, boiling and appearing as if passing over rapids, or very much like the water at Hell Gate, New York. Blocks of lava, two feet square, came up below, frequently striking and jarring the boats. As the lava was quite soft no harm was done. Nearly all the pieces on reaching the surface were red hot, emitting steam and gas strongly sulphurous. A rumbling noise was heard, like that of rocks in a freshet, caused, no doubt by the eruption of lava from the submarine crater which is supposed to be a crack or line of rupture extending at least a mile from shore. Another rupture, doubtless a continuation of the submarine fissure, was traced inland from the shore nearly three miles, varying in width from a few inches to three feet. In some places water was seen pouring down into the abyss below. A severe shock of earthquake was felt by those living at Kaawaloa and Keei during the night of the eruption, which must have proceeded the outbreak. It was quite severe, but no damage is reported. Under the caption of "A BRAVE STAGE DRIVER," the San Diego Union says: When the Anaheim stage arrived yesterday afternoon with the mail from the north, it was reported by the driver that it had been stopped by a highwayman the night before, and the driver on the San Juan division shot. Mr. C. F. Lutgen, who was a passenger on the stage, subsequently communicated to us following particulars: At a quarter past nine in the evening, about 19 miles out from Anaheim, and about 4 miles from Rawson's ranch, and 14 miles north of San Juan Capistrano, the stage was going very slowly, pulling through deep sand. Mr. Lutgen was riding outside with the driver, George H. Smith. Just at this point, as the stage turned a curve, a man appeared from behind some bushes on the road side and hailed the driver with, "Hold on, hold on!" Mr. Lutgen, who had been a little drowy, roused up, and both he and the driver supposed the man wanted a ride; and the driver was just about checking up his horses when the man came clearly into view. The driver said, "What do you want?" "Hand down that box!" was the reply, in a sharp, peremptory tone of command, backed by a pointed pistol. Instantly Smith raised his whip, and at the turn their attention to meeting in future trouble at present upon them, and providing for the successful cultivation of our lands, rain or no rain. While this may at first sight appear impossible, we are assured to the contrary, and will here briefly outline the theory which has been and is annually successfully operated by some of our farmers. The position is about this: Three out of five seasons may be said to be dry seasons, to all intents and purposes, in Southern California. It is therefore, impossible in three years out of five to raise crops without irrigation. Then why depend on the rain at all? Why not look to artificial means of irrigating entirely, leaving nothing to chance? We believe that nature has put within our reach all the water we need, and that we have no occasion to be dependent on rain at all. Water for irrigating purposes is now only used say seven months in the year, and yet at no time in the year is there any lack of water to flood the entire valley, in the river. Why not flood all our lands, rain or no rain, instead of standing growling and waiting for rain until it is too late? By applying the water in the river year round, the danger of drought is averted, for the land could be thoroughly soaked, and should we be blessed with enough rain, the only result would be to retard the crops to some extent, but not enough to be of any material injury. Indeed, it is claimed by many that late crops are an actual benefit, since they are free from any danger from frost. We are assured that there are farmers in this immediate vicinity who will raise good crops this year, solely through having kept their lands flooded during the winter. Now, as it is to the farming community that we look for our future prosperity, and as our farmers cannot prosper without water from Heaven or from earth, and as we believe the supply right on the earth is sufficient for all practical purposes, we invite attention to the theory herein outlined. If by such a simple expedient the success of our community can be assured, there should be no hesitancy in its adoption. If our farmers cannot expect abundant rains more than three years in five, surely they had better look elsewhere for comfort. We repeat, we believe this theory worthy of careful study and investigation. When Dom Pedro and his wife were in Naples they put up at the Hotel Washington. This building was formerly a favorite palace of the Kings of Naples, when they wished to enjoy the sea breeze or a summer lounge, without the formality of the great palaces of the Kingdom. It was at this place that the Empress of Brazil, when a young lady, liked to reside. It was here that she took her first farewell of Naples, when she became the afflianced bride of the Emperor, and embarked in the Brazilian frigate that conveyed her to her future Imperial spouse. Upon her recent arrival in the city she went direct to the former royal residence, examined all the apartments, and retraced her favorite walks. It is proposed to revive the whipping post in Kentucky which gives the Lovisian Grotto $2,000 per ton. Three tons of Kirchener's Mill in this city result has not yet been Chilson thinks it will be a ton. He has twenty-five tons lot here. The Hoodoo minie ledge has assayed $4,564 per son states that he has about 10 tons of ore on the dump at that that will average 300 dollars other new mine located away from the Silver Nugget, assorton. BRINGING THE ORE TO SAN FRANCISCO The ore from these mines San Francisco for reduction on jacks about eighty miles south teams to the shipping point River, the whole expense of far being $100 per ton. Freight by sea around Cape Santa Francisco, and we have thinned the ore here from the mine appear that there are no country that can do satisfactory "The result," according to "will be that miners will work on their mines until way of mills are put up to we will no mill will be a success raw amalgamation." UNPROSPECTED COURSE Mr. Chilson says there is a country there yet to be probed been hastily run over, but yet been $250 spent in prospect are plenty of blind edges The new mines are scattered about twenty miles square have yet been developed. Or were not a dozen men in now there is a lively town off at the mines called Globe plenty of timber and a saw distant. Every stage company passengers from California Pinal, and other families of it of Indians live thereabouts peaceably disposed and go Rains fall copiously during months, and light snows in a latter melt away in a few are brought from San Francisco Louis, Mo., the cost being from either direction. THE REV. T. GIBNEY, a sermon in San Francisco on the subject of education. not only the most impervious parents to give their child education, but it was likely duty of the State to furnish such education. He paid thule to the excellency of our system, and declared it to be objects much better than any country. But its objects He quoted B. Gratz Brown of modern thinkers, to prove was solely worldly prosperity result too often was only to become as a man she shrew declared that as man is not but a spiritual being; he shows ceive a secular but a more he quoted George Washington tenet that a moral education parted without a religious duty of the Catholics to go such religious education. the public schools are more riding outside with the driver, George H. Smith. Just at this point, as the stage turned a curve, a man appeared from behind some bushes on the road side and hailed the driver with, "Hold on, hold on!" Mr. Lutgen, who had been a little droway, roused up, and both he and the driver supposed the man wanted a ride; and the driver was just about checking up his horses when the man came clearly into view. The driver said, "What do you want?" "Hand down that box!" was the reply, in a sharp, peremptory tone of command, backed by a pointed pistol. Instantly Smith raised his whip, and at the same moment the highwayman fired, the ball grazing Mr. Lutgen's knee and striking the driver in the left hand, in which he held the reins. Smith plied the lash, however, and held the reins firmly in his wounded hand, while Mr. Lutgen fired twice at the robber, but as the stage was in rapid motion and some fifteen yards had been gained, he had no certain aim. The whole affair was that o an instant, from the time the demand for the treasure box was made. After driving rapidly for three or four minutes, Mr. Lutgen asked Smith, "Are you wounded?" "Yes, sir," said the brave fellow, "I'm shot through the hand; can you drive?" "Not four horses," he answered. "Well, then," said Smith, "I must go on so;" and he plied the whip and kept the animals at a 12-mile gait for at least ten minutes, all the while holding the reins with his bleeding and shattered hand, determined to get the stage and treasure box beyond the reach of the highwayman. At last he couldn't hold on any longer; and then Judge Egan, who was inside, was hailed and got out on top while the stage was in motion, and drove into Rawson's Ranch, where Mr. Lutgen dressed Smith's hand. The journey was then continued to San Juan, and there a surgeon took the wounded man in charge. Mr. Lutgen speaks in terms of the highest praise of the cool, steady fortitude of the driver, to whom is due the protection of the passengers and safety of the treasure box. He has no doubt that there were more than one robber who halted the stage. As nearly as they could see, the highwayman was a man below medium height, masked, with whiskers, and wearing a light colored hat and coat. He spoke in a clear, ringing voice, and was unquestionably an American. It is proposed to revive the whipping post in Kentucky, which gives the Lexington Gazette a chance to say: There are signs of returning reason on the subject of the whipping post. Our penitentiary is crowded to excess with convicts, sent there for such offenses as the lash, and only the lash, will cure, and by restoring this Scriptural and humane punishment, that institution will not only be relieved, but many suffering families whose heads have been taken from them by a cruel law, will be restored to comparative comfort. We hail this evidence of returning reason with no little satisfaction and hope that, by the time the Legislature meets in December, that body will have recovered its senses on the subject. D. W. AP JONES, Commissioner of Agriculture of Japan, is now in San Francisco. He has written the following note: The Japanese persimmon is one of the best fruits I have ever met. It ripens like the apple, without the aid of frost, and for table use has no superior. As its season is from October to March, it will form a most desirable addition to the fruits of this country, and it is destined to become one of the most common and popular fruits that we have. Its immense size, delicious flavor and rich color commend it at once to popular favor. The tree is very hardy and will flourish in all parts of California, and as far north as the British Possessions. In the East it will grow wherever the wild persimmon is found, or between the latitude of New York city and Georgia. The fruit is a great favorite among all classes, both in Japan and China. It is served to visitors both in the raw and dried state, and is more nutritious than either the apple or peach. When dried it resembles the date in flavor, but is superior to either that or the fig. We can recommend it most cordially to all lovers of good fruit, and shall look with pleasure upon its general introduction. He quoted B. Gratz Brown of modern thinkers to prove was solely worldly prosperity result too often was only to add to become as a man she shrew declared that as man is not but a spiritual being, he should receive a secular but a moral education parted without a religious duty of the Catholics to give such religious education. The public schools are more Although they may not teach the text books, none of white Catholics are bad. And they not teach history and refine vin Henry the Eighth and giving the minds of Catholic desirable warp. He then bounden duty of all Catholics their children, where it Catholic and not public schools are better taught point of view than the punishing them to support their own church forbadhe He had heard some Catholics preferred to send their child schools because they learned the people who said so were ignorant, could neither read least very badly, and hardly save their own souls much children. The flags over the office News and Messrs. Howell foggers, at Modesto, were a Union down, on last Monday inauguration of Hayes. A Modesto Herald having in sign of small-pox, that joscriber was misinformed not the occasion of the mast and Union down. And the flag when Union down craft bearing it is in a sinport, that the Captain's de your money and you take The "Silver Nugget" Mine. Last week we made a note of the fact that son of Mr. S. L. Chilson, who lives near Anaheim, had been fortunate enough to discover an exceedingly rich silver mine in the Globe District, Arizona. The junior Chilson has been interviewed by a Call reporter, and we make the following extracts from the report: Mr. D. G. Chilson, the discoverer and owner of the silver, says he went to Arizona about six years ago. He he lived for a long time on beans, and packed this provision eighty miles, running the gantlet of hostile Indians, who then infested the country. On the 17th of February, 1876, he found rich specimens of float rock in the vicinity of where his mine is now located, and hunting around he discovered what is supposed to be the vein. SILVER NUGGET ORE. Mr. Chilson says he has had over a hundred assays made of the Silver Nugget ore. Two by the State Assayers, Faulkkenan & Reese, gave respectively $11,310 40 and $4,696 33 of silver to the ton (no gold.) It is pronounced free working ore and contains about four per cent. of copper. The highest assays made of the ore, Mr. Chilson says, (iron blow-pipe assays) give $19,000, $22,000 and $27,000 to the ton of such ore as was assayed—provided always that a ton of such ore can be found. One batch of samples, weighing ten pounds, yielded at the mill eight pounds of silver. Mr. Chilson exhibits pieces of pure silver as large as a hen's egg, but very irregular in shape, which he broke off the ledge. Another lot of fifteen sacks yielded $8,974 36 to the ton. Some of the specimens abound with horn silver, which is almost as rich as pure silver. Still another batch of twenty-seven hundred pounds that was brought to San Francisco and worked there, yielded $10,000 to the ton. Of course it may be fairly presumed that these were selected lots. The average milling value of all the ore shipped here is stated at about $2,000 per ton. Three tons were worked at Kirchener's Mill in this city last week, but the result has not yet been disclosed. Mr. Chilson thinks it will be about $4,500 per ton. He has twenty-five tons of this same lot here. The Hoodoo mine, on the same ledge, has assayed $4,564 per ton. Mr. Chilson states that he has about sixty or seventy tons of ore on the dump at the Silver Nugget that will average 300 dollars per ton. Another new mine, located about four miles from the Silver Nugget, assayed $1,700 per ton. BRINGING THE ORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. The ore from these mines is brought to San Francisco for reduction. It is packed on jacks about eighty miles, then hauled by steamship. Revelations of a Lion Tamer. At first the tongue of the tamer was pretty closely tied teaching matters of his profession, but in due time he expanded into talk when he saw the genuine enthusiasm of the keeper for all that related to the subject, yet naturally practiced strict reserve in everything concerning his particular work. In a word, professional secrets remained entombed. He thought men were born to his vocation, and there was no resisting it. He had followed shows and hung around lions cages when he was a boy. Toward manhood the business had exercised such a fascination that he had at last obtained employment with a tamer, whom he followed until he was killed by his beasts. Thisanguinary spectacle deterred him for the time from the idea of entering a cage, but he continued his work. There were two kinds of lions in the menageries—those born and raised in the cages, and those caught as whelps in the wilds of Asia and Africa. A few full grown were caught in pits. The first time he entered a cage was in a small show in a provincial town. Two lions whom he then encountered were old and sick, and bore the scars of twenty years' whipping on their bald hides; besides they were born and brought up behind the bars. They growled from force of habit, but there was not much danger in them. The posters of course announced the two brutes as two of the most ferocious kings of the forest. From these he passed to cage-bred lions in their prime, thence to the wild animals, of which Brutus was one. Until the tamer was able to work with these last, he was not considered as belonging to the rank of real tamers. The sensation he experienced the first time he entered the cage of wild animals was difficult to describe; it was an appreciation of imminent danger coupled with courage. When he issued from the cage his tights and spangler 'cloth felt as though they had just come out of the wash tub. He was steeled up to the point of bravery before the brutes, but ten minutes later a child could have knocked him over. The principal secret of managing the brutes was not to be afraid of them. When the man showed fear he was lost. The mastery was not acquired so much through violence of treatment, as an absolute sense of security in their presence. Audacity and self-possession are required every minute, every second; a moment's loss of equilibrium might prove fatal. The battery mode of treatment about which bookmen wrote had no existence, in fact, among showmen. No man managed his beasts with kindness. When his Brutus licked his face in his performance it looked affectionate, but it was not; he did it because he was afraid; and when the animal went through this osculatory business he was present this Southern Republican Senator. BY TELEGRAPH. Result of the Oakland Election. Oakland, March 12. After a severe struggle, in which all Oakland seemed to become excited and the close of the day, Dr. E. H. Pardee, Mayor of Oakland, has been re-elected by 145 majority against the combined efforts of the Democrats and the Independents, under the leadership of a very popular and catimable gentleman, General George S. Dodge. How severe the struggle was is seen in the very close vote, Dr. Pardee's previous majority of 619 being reduced to 145. There were cast 3,515 votes. Councilman Sohat, the payers' nominee in the sixth ward, with a number of other candidates on the ticket, was elected. John W. Pearson, Independent candidate for Councilman in the first ward, was beaten by Dr. Fonda, by 72 votes. General Dodge was called upon last evening by a large number of influential citizens. The Spanish Minister on the Cabinet. Washington, March 12. The attention of the Spanish Minister was to-day called to the cable telegram saying that journals of Madrid expressed marked displeasure at the appointment of Evarts and Schurz to positions in the new American cabinet, on the ground that they have supported Cuban filibusters, and entertain fears of the result of their accession to power. The minister said he doubted whether any Madrid papers of note had made such unfavorable comments, but if they had certainly did not express the opinion or sentiments of the Spanish Government, nor of well-informed Spaniards who appreciate friendly relations existing between the two Governments, never more satisfactory than now, and which there is no possible reason or motive to disturb. "Betrayed by the Administration." New York, March 13. The Times' Washington special says Hayes' Southern policy is very distasteful to Southern Republicans now in Washington. They are holding a cancus and doing everything to prevent the recognition of Nichols and Hampton. If, however, they are unable to prevent this Southern Republican Senator... Three tons were worked at Kirchener Mill in this city last week, but the result has not yet been disclosed. Mr. Chilson thinks it will be about $4,500 per ton. He has twenty-five tons of this same lot here. The Hoodoo mine, on the same ledge, has assayed $4,564 per ton. Mr. Chilson states that he has about sixty or seventy tons of ore on the dump at the Silver Nugget that will average 300 dollars per ton. Another new mine, located about four miles from the Silver Nugget, assayed $1,700 per ton. BRINGING THE ORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. The ore from these mines is brought to San Francisco for reduction. It is packed on jacks about eighty miles, then hauled by teams to the shipping point on the Colorado River, the whole expense of bringing it thus far being $100 per ton. To this add the freight by sea around Cape St. Lucas to San Francisco, and we have the cost of getting the ore here from the mines. It would appear that there are no mills in that country that can do satisfactory work. "The result," according to a correspondent, "will be that miners will have to suspend work on their mines until something in the way of mills are put up to work our ores, and no mill will be a success here by working raw amalgamation." UNPROSPECTED COUNTRY. Mr. Chilson says there is a large scope of country there yet to be prospected. It has been hastily run over, but there never has yet been $250 spent in prospecting it. There are plenty of blind edges in the country. The new mines are scattered over an area of about twenty miles square. None of them have yet been developed. One year ago there were not a dozen men in the whole district; now there is a lively town of 700 inhabitants at the mines called Globe City. There is plenty of timber and a saw mill eight miles distant. Every stage comes loaded with passengers from California. The Tonto, Pinal, and other families of the Apache tribe of Indians live thereabouts, but they are peaceably disposed and give no trouble. Itains fall copiously during the summer months, and light snows in the winter. The latter melt away in a few days. Supplies are brought from San Francisco and St. Louis, Mo., the cost being about the same from either direction. THE REV. T. GIBNEY, V. G., preached a sermon in San Francisco, on last Sunday, on the subject of education. He said it was not only the most imperative duty of the parents to give their children a thorough education, but it was likewise the equal duty of the State to furnish the facilities for the education of its youth, and to compel such education. He paid the customary tribute to the excellency of our common-school system, and declared it to be for its proposed objects much better than that of any other country. But its objects were insufficient. He quoted B. Gratz Brown, one of the best of modern thinkers, to prove that the object was solely worldly prosperity, and that the result too often was only to enable the scholar to become as a man the shrewder villain. He declared that as man is not only an animal, but a spiritual being, he should not only receive a secular but a moral education, and he quoted George Washington in proof of his tenet that a moral education cannot be imparted without a religious one. It is the duty of the Catholics to give their children such religious education. The teachers of the public schools are mostly Protestants. The principal secret of managing the brutes was not to be afraid of them. When the man showed fear he was lost. The mastery was not acquired so much through violence of treatment, as an absolute sense of security in their presence. Audacity and self-possession are required every minute, every second; a moment's loss of equilibrium might prove fatal. The battery mode of treatment about which bookmen wrote had no existence, in fact, among showmen. No man managed his beasts with kindness. When his Brutus licked his face in his performance it looked affectionate, but it was not; he did it because he was afraid; and when the animal went through this osculatory business he was obliged to keep his eye on him with all the concentration of his will, for there was something in the beast's eyes which showed that he would sooner use his teeth than his tongue. There was an impression that a lion once tamed for good, as a horse broken to harness. This is an error; the lion had to be tamed every day anew in order to keep him in subjection. Rounders asked him if he meant to say that all lions were vicious, to which he answered negatively. There were good lions and bad lions, just as there were good and bad men. The bad beasts, however, were more numerous than the others, for it was their nature to kill to provide for their hunger. The book talk about their generosity was not trustworthy; the instinct of the beast was to kill when it was hungry, but when its stomach was full it was less dangerous. He had seen the beast in its wild state, having hunted him in Africa. He had captured Brutus there when the animal was 2 years old; he was then 10, but always retained something of his wild nature. He was secured in a pit with his mother, the mother being shot. In another managerie with which he had been connected, his principal performance was the "happy family," in which he brought together in the same cage two lions, several wolves, a couple of bears, a sheep, and a small elephant, with a monkey on his back. The crowning feature of this was the introduction of the sheep's head into the lion's mouth which he held open by the upper lip with a strong grip. The sovereignty of the lions was acknowledged by the other animals, who looked at them with fear, getting as far away from them as the cage would permit. He had to pull each one into the cage by force. He compelled a bear to stand with his nose in close proximity to that of a lion; he called this the kiss of friendship; the bear had to be kicked and pushed into position, looking at the lion with terror; the lion did not deign to look at the bear, but kept his eye fixed on his master, whom of course he obeyed under protest. When the sheep was brought forward and its head was put between the lion's jaws, it was almost in a swooning condition, and excited general pity. He had to get a new sheep every month, the daily fear causing them soon to decline unto death. Kissing the Babies. At last President Hayes has arrived in Washington. His journey was made delightful by the attentions of thousands of his fellow citizens. Mine. De Stael said that all over the world there were nothing but men, women and children, and Mr. Hayes had the honor to prove that the baby is ubiquitous. From Columbus to Washington, at every station at which the train stopped, Mr. Hayes was invited to kiss the babies, an invitation which he cheerfully accepted. This ordeal is one which All Presidents have undergone, and their compliance accounts for the vast number of George Washingtons, Thomas Jefferson's Abraham Lincoln's and other Christian Spanish Government, nor of well-informed Spaniards, who appreciate the friendly relations existing between the two Governments, never more satisfactory than now, and which there is no possible reason or motive to disturb. "Betrayed by the Administration." New York, March 13. The Times' Washington special says Hayes' Southern policy is very distasteful to Southern Republicans now in Washington. They are holding a caucus and doing everything to prevent the recognition of Nichols and Hampton. If, however, they are unable to prevent this, Southern Republican Senators will vote against the admission of Kellogg and Corbin. They argue that they have been betrayed by the Administration. Fred W. Seward will be appointed Assistant Secretary of State. The New Policy Approved. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 12. The Cotton Exchange to-day called a meeting of business men for to-morrow night, to express approval of Hayes' avowed policy toward the South. Couldn't Take the Oath. WASHINGTON, March 12. At the swearing in of the Cabinet this morning there was an amusing scene. All the members, except Thompson and Sherman, stood up in row with uplifted hands, when the Chief Justice began to repeat the oath. When he reached the sentence, "You do solemnly swear that you have never voluntarily borne arms against the Government of the United States," Secretary Key exclaimed: "Hold on there; I cannot take that oath," and after a little whispering, dropped his hand and stepped out of line until after the rest of them had been sworn by the iron clad oath. Then an attempt was made to find a copy of the modified oath to administer to Key, but it was impossible; there never having been any use for it the White House. The Chief Justice solved the perplexity by repeating an oath to which Key assented. A Pamphlet From Gladstone. London, March 13. Gladstone has published a pamphlet in which he shows that the real conduct of the Porte toward the authors of the Bulgarian outrages is distinct encouragement to a repetition of these horrors. He says that the guilt of the Turkish Government is fully proved, and that United Europe should at least impose such restraint upon the Turkish administration as all Europe has declared indispensable. The proposal to grant Turkey a year of grace simply means another year of debasement and misery for Turkish subjects. Gladstone concludes: "I ask England to redeem the pledges given by the Crimean war to the subjects of Turkey." Stewart Acquitted. SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. Tassey Stewart was placed on trial in the United States Circuit Court yesterday; on a charge of having attempted to bribe the Secretary of the Interior by offering him $300 to decide a land case in his favor. The jury, late in afternoon, after a short absence, brought in a verdict of not guilty. The Tribune Senator Can't toward Hayes which induces said: "I am been in public never found I am tired of having whom I would power and seeking to rich and all this this he said he member sneered at partment at man's confess that gentle days, wheats Russia,and ing immediate his success Stanton—he him wait at him but ment in kind Campe He quoted B. Gratz Brown, one of the best of modern thinkers, to prove that the object was solely worldly prosperity, and that the result too often was only to enable the scholar to become as a man the shrewder villain. He declared that as man is not only an animal, but a spiritual being, he should not only receive a secular but a moral education, and he quoted George Washington in proof of his tenet that a moral education cannot be imparted without a religious one. It is the duty of the Catholics to give their children such religious education. The teachers of the public schools are mostly Protestants. Although they may not teach religion, still the text books, none of which are written by Catholics, are bad. And those teachers cannot teach history and refer to Luther, Calvin, Henry the Eighth and Elizabeth without giving the minds of Catholic children an undesirable warp. He then said it was the bounden duty of all Catholic parents to send their children, where it was possible, to Catholic and not public schools. Those schools are better taught, even in a secular point of view, than the public ones, and not by teachers whose only care is to go to the school-room at 9 o'clock and leave it at 3 that they may draw their salaries monthly. He denounced the legislation as an outrage that compels Catholics to pay taxes for the support of schools of which their religion precludes the use, and said it was exactly a similar outrage to that of the Church Establishment laws heretofore in effect in Ireland, compelling them to support a church that their own church forbade them to enter. He had heard some Catholics say that they preferred to send their children to the public schools because they learned faster there; but the people who said so were invariably very ignorant, could neither read nor write, or at least very badly, and hardly knew enough to save their own souls, much less those of their children. The flags over the offices of the Stanislans News and Messrs. Howell & Turner, pet-foggers at Modesto, were at half-mast with Union down, on last Monday, the day of the inauguration of Hayes. A subscriber of the Modesto Herald having inquired if it was a sign of small-pox, that journal says: "Subscriber was misinformed." Small-pox was not the occasion of the flags being at half-mast and Union down. At sea, we believe, the flag when Union down means that the craft bearing it is in a sinking condition; in port, that the Captain's drunk. 'You pays your money and you takes your choice." Kissing the Babies. At last President Hayes has arrived in Washington. His journey was made delightful by the attentions of thousands of his fellow citizens. Mine. De Stael said that all over the world there were nothing but men, women and children, and Mr. Hayes had the honor to prove that the baby is ubiquitous. From Columbus to Washington, at every station at which the train stopped, Mr. Hayes was invited to kiss the babies, an invitation which he cheerfully accepted. This ordeal is one which all Presidents have undergone, and their compliance accounts for the vast number of George Washingtonts, Thomas Jeffersonts, Abraham Lincolnts and other Christian titles which designate the Smiths, Browns and Blacks of America. Rutherford B. will henceforth be popular in the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania. He kissed the babies, and their mothers are not ungrateful and will honor him at the baptism font. We cannot enumerate all the babies that Mr. Hayes had the pleasure of kissing, but if their votes had been counted the democracy would have conceded the legality of his election. The only baby he did not kiss was Mr. Tilden's, and this neglect was due to reasons which it is not necessary to enumerate. The kisses which Mr. Hayes bestowed will be long remembered, and if he administers the government as the people hope he will perhaps some present baby, destined to be a future President, may half a century hence, recall that compliment as a benediction. But the general kissing of Mr. Hayes is excelled by one immortal embrace. Nearly twenty years ago, when John Brown was led out of his jail to be hanged, he took from the arms of a negro woman her little baby, pressed its lips to his own, and in this act paid an eternal tribute to the race for which he had lived and loved, and then ascending the scaffold calmly gave his soul to Heaven and bequeathed his inspiration to his country. New York Herald, March 3d. It has been discovered that the number of officials in New York was increased during the last year, the number now being 5514, not counting school teachers. There are 155 persons who have salaries of more than $3,000 each and whose average is nearly $5,000, besides the ninety judges and clerks, whose average is $7,000. Chicago Journal: A new dance has been introduced into Paris. It is called "The Boston." Though not described, it is presumable that it is one step forward and hitch eye-glass, two steps back and repeat, nose up, toes in, all hands around and waltz down stairs to a lunch of cold beans. The report that Prince Napoleon has joined the Masonic order is denied. Stewart Acquitted. SAN FRANCISCO, March 14. Tassey Stewart was placed on trial in the United States Circuit Court yesterday, on a charge of having attempted to bribe the Secretary of the Interior by offering him $300 to decide a land case in his favor. The jury, late in the afternoon, after a short absence, brought in a verdict of not guilty. Orders Regarding Fur-Bearing Animals. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. Charles Bryant, Government agent at St. Paul's Island, has received instructions from the Treasury Department to take all proper means to enforce the requirements of the law. both as regards the killing of fur-bearing animals upon Otter Island, as well as the Island, as well as the island of St. Paul and St. George, over which he has immediate superintendence, excepting, of course, the fur seals authorized to be taken by the Alaska Commercial Company on the islands of St. Paul and St. George. For the purpose of carrying out the instructions, special agents in charge of the seal islands are authorized to arrest persons and do any other act, as provided by Sec. 1057, necessary to carry out these requirements. Distinguished Visitors. SAN FRANCISCO, March 13. The Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks, late Democratic candidate for Vice-President, is a passenger on the overland train, to arrive tomorrow evening. He comes to this coast to look after some mining interests in Butte county which he owns. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury, Hugh McCulloch, is in the city on a visit of pleasure. Mr. McCulloch is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Anglo Californian Bank, whose agency is here under the charge of Ex-Governor Low. Foreign Ministers Recalled. WASHINGTON, March 13. Among the reports to-night is one that Pierrepont and Cushing have been recalled from their respective missions in England and Spain. Appointments by the President. WASHINGTON, March 13. The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day: Lot M. Morrill, Collector of Customs for the districts of Portland and Falmouth, Maine; Wm. Stone, United States District Attorney for South Carolina; Ann G. Ohla, of Vermont, James B. Howell, of Iowa, and Orange Terris, of New York, Southern Claims Commissioners. Morrill is understood to have been offered the appointment of Minister to England, or some other first-class country, but preferred to remain in his own State. The place to which he was appointed is worth from $6,000 to $8,000 a year. Blaine recommended the appointment. Germans Delighted With Schurz's Appointment. CHICAGO, March 13. The Tribune's Washington special says a prominent New Yorker writes: "I find that the appointment of Schurz has worked a revolution in the German element here. Among my friends, both Democrats and Republicans, it is hailed as an unprecedented recognition, and they seem to go to the support of the party, which causes the Democrats much anxiety." Ohio Senatorial Election. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 13. The election of United States Senator occurs next Tuesday, at noon. Mathews, Taft and Howland are prominent in the order named. The Republican members of the General Assembly, in caucus to-night, adopted a resolution deciding to nominate a candidate for Senator next Thursday night, and that a majority of the Republican members of the Assembly shall be necessary to nominate. The Report on Chinese Immigration. WASHINGTON, March 13. There seems to be considerable misapprehension regarding the report of the Joint Commission on Chinese Immigration. The report was read at a full meeting of the Commission, and was unanimously adopted, both Morton and Mead voting. Morton said however that while agreeing fully in VIRGINIA, March 15. Crops in this county, except on irrigated lands, are about dead. The weather is warm and sultry. WATSONVILLE, March 15. The crops in Pajaro Valley are in a flourishing condition. The weather is closely with every indication of rain. SAN DIEGO, March 15. Grain shows no signs of suffering. With two inches more rain, a fair average crop will be made. The weather is cloudy and foggy. SANTA BARRERA, March 14. The crop prospects are not so bad as feared. Barley, on moist lowlands looks well. Carpenteria and La Palma will raise grain crops, and even corn, without more rain. Reports to-day from the upper end of the county say the grass is several inches high at Lompoc, San Julian and other ranches about Point Conception. Two or three inches more of rain will make a partial grain crop there. DIXON, Cal., March 14. The wheat and barley crops in Solano county were never in a more flourishing condition than at present. The total rainfall for the season aggregated eight inches and four one-hundredths. STOCKTON, March 14. The prospects for an average crop in this county are most flattering. All the grain, except that on the west side, looks well, but the Summer-fallowed wheat, of which there is a larger area than ever before, is especially fine, standing from two to three feet high. The yield of this county will, from the present outlook, be fully equal to that of last year, an addition of twenty thousand acres of tule land, never before cultivated, compensating for the loss on the west side. Food Fish for California. WASHINGTON, March 16. Senator Sargent succeeded at the last session in procuring an adequate appropriation for continuing the work of propagation of food fishes, and has to-day secured a promise from Professor Baird the Commissioner; that a larger number of shad and white fish will be sent to stock California rivers than last year, when 500,000 white fish 120,000 young shad were sent. Some new varieties of carp, obtained from Germany, will also be sent to California. The beneficial oper- The Report on Chinese Immigration. WASHINGTON, March 13. There seems to be considerable misapprehension regarding the report of the Joint Commission on Chinese Immigration. The report was read at a full meeting of the Commission, and was unanimously adopted, both Morton and Mead voting. Morton said, however, that while agreeing fully in the conclusions of the report, he wished to offer some additional suggestions in writing. He subsequently obtained leave in the Senate to do so, and the final publication is delayed, by order of Sargent, until Morton's supplemental document is presented with the rest. Mead made no minority report. He prepared a speech on the subject, but not having an opportunity of delivering it, had it printed in the Congressional Record. The speech was intended to contravert the Commission's report, and made no such attempt. It, however, elaborately portrays Chinese merchants who showed the author personal attentions. The report has been widely published in the East and has been generally commended as moderate in tone and statesmanlike in its recommendations. The Contestants Withdraw. NEW YORK, March 13. The contestants of Commodore Vanderbilt's will have withdrawn their objections to the probate of the will, and had matters arranged before the Court opened. Among the counsel were Secretary Evarts, Jere S. Black and D. D. Field. Why Simon Resigned. NEW YORK, March 13. The Tribune's Washington special says: Senator Cameron has no unkindly feeling toward Hayes, and when asked for the reason which induced him, Cameron, to resign, he said, "I am 78 years old, and think I have been in public life long enough, and I will never find a better time to retire. I am tired of the cares and worry of office, of having to turn away good people whom I would be glad to serve if I had the power, and of being annoyed by bad people seeking to make use of me. Besides, I am rich and need not subject myself to all this trouble." As to the Cabinet, he said he had no objection to any member of it except Schurz, who sneered at his appointment to the War Department in 1861. He had voted for Sherman's confirmation, but remembering that that gentleman held back his name several days, when he was appointed Minister to Russia, and had joined with others in securing immediate action upon the nomination of his successor in the War Department,—Stanton—he had thought it no harm to make him wait a little. He felt no grudge against him, but only wanted to return the compliment in kind. Nearly all the journals attribute Cameron's resignation to hostility to date for Senator next Thursday night, and that a majority of the Republican members of the Assembly shall be necessary to nominate. Food Fish for California. WASHINGTON, March 15. Senator Sargent succeeded at the last session in procuring an adequate appropriation for continuing the work of propagation of food fishes, and has to-day secured a promise from Professor Baird the Commissioner, that a larger number of shad and white fish will be sent to stock California rivers than last year, when 500,000 white fish 120,000 young shad were sent. Some new varieties of carp, obtained from Germany, will also be sent to California. The beneficial operations of the Fish Commission are already apparent on this side of the Continent. Salmon and shad are appearing in great numbers where for many years they have been strangers, and by the consequent reduction of prices these wholesome articles of food are being rapidly brought within the reach of all classes. Sargent a Candidate for Re-Election. WASHINGTON, March 15. As the result of a conversation to-day with Senator Sargent on the subject of the coming Senatorial election in California, your correspondent is enabled to state upon the authority of Sargent himself, that he will be a candidate for re-election. He said, in relation to his letter of 1875, to Judge McFarland, in which he stated positively that he would not accept a re-election, that his feelings on the subject had undergone no change whatever. He had, however, received numerous letters and had many strong appeals made to him not to forbid the use of his name, it being urged among other reasons that the State needed his experience in the Senate and would suffer by a change, which would place a new man in unimportant positions upon the committees and deprive the Pacific coast of the advantages which other States find in continuing in their service Senators who have acquired position and influence in the Senate. It is also urged, in letters he has received from many Pacific Coast Republicans and Independents, and by numerous political friends in Washington, that the California supporters of President Hayes' administration would be likely to acquiesce very generally in Sargent's re-election, while any effort to select a new candidate might render the election of an opposition Senator possible. How a Senator Lost a Horse. Anecdotes of poor, grand, old ex-Senator Nye are still in order. It will not be out of place, then, if we recall one exact characteristic of the man. He was telling us incidents of a journey to Europe, from which he had just returned. Among the rest, he said the Sultan of Turkey ordered in his honor as a Senator of the United States, a grand review of the army in Constantinople. On the occasion, the Grand Vizier mounted the Senator upon a steed which he described as magnificent. Said Nye, "He was a pure Arabian; he had a coat like velvet; he felt like a myriad of steel springs beneath a man; his eye was between a lion's and a woman's with all the courage of the one and all the human gentleness and beauty of the other blended; you could put your hand in his nostrils, and yet he knew that I was an old man, and was as tender to me as a child. On dismounting I could not refrain from expressing to the Grand Vizier my admiration for the incompatible creature. He heard me through an interpreter, and then howing low, begged me to accept the horse as a mark of the profound regard which the Sultan entertained for me." "Did you accept him?" San Francisco Markets. SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. FLOUR—Extra, $6@6 50; jobbing, $6 50@7 00. WHEAT—Market quiet, firm; milling, $2 10; choice, $2 15. BARLEY—Brewing, $1 30@1 35. OATS—$1 75@2 20. CORN—$1 65, silver; $1 50 for large yellow. BEANS—Pea; $2 12½@2 35; small white, $2 butter, $1 50@2; bayo, $3; pink, $2 75@3 red, $2 75@3; Lima, $2 75@3. BUTTER—Fresh roll, 22½@25c; firkin, new, 25@27c. CHICKEN—California, 10@14c; Eastern, 18@20c. HIDES—Dry are now quotable at 16@17c; dry kip, calf, 10@12c; salted hides weak; 7¼c for light and 9¢ for heavy; salted kip, 7@7½c; salted calf, 8@10c. TALLOW—Good is dull at 5@6c. WOOL—The sales thus far made have been within the range of 14@17c. Though one lot very burry and dirty sold as low as 10c. The shorter grades, in fair condition, are quoted at 14@16c, and long at 17@19c. Choice would probably bring 20@22c. Two houses report sales for the week of 75,000 pounds and 125,000 pounds respectively. The Crop Prospect. SALINAS March 15. The crops are suffering for want of rain. CHICO, March 15. Condition and prospects of wheat and barley crop splendid. WHEATLAND, March 15. Crops of all kinds are looking splendid. PACKCOB, March 15. Both wheat and barley are looking very fine. The occasion, the Grand Vizier mounted the Senator upon a steed which he described as magnificent. Said Nye, "He was a pure Arabian; he had a coat like velvet; he felt like a myriad of steel springs beneath a man's eye, between a lion's and a woman's, with all the courage of the one and all the human gentleness and beauty of the other blended; you could put your hand in his nostrils, and yet he knew that I was an old man, and was as tender to me as a child. On dismounting I could not refrain from expressing to the Grand Vizier my admiration for the incomparable creature. He heard me through an interpreter, and then, bowing low, begged me to accept the horse as a mark of the profound regard which the Sultan entertained for me." "Did you accept him, Senator," we asked. A peculiar look came into the old man's eyes as he replied: "I made a rapid calculation and saw that I had not enough money, and could send to no place for enough money to pay the freight on the animal to New York, so I took high ground. I bowed low in return to the Grand Vizier, and bade the interpreter explain to him that, while touched to the heart by this appreciation and generosity of the Sultan, it was, I was sorry to say, against the laws of my country for a Senator of the United States to accept a present from any foreign Prince, Potentate or Power." —Gold Hill News. Slumbering Plants. It is well known that plants sleep at night; but their hours of sleeping are a matter of habit and may be disturbed artificially; just as a cock may be waked up to crow at timely hours by the light of a lantern. A French chemist subjected a sensitive plant to an exceedingly trying course of disciplines by completely changing its hours—exposing it to a bright light at night, so as to prevent deafness and putting it in a dark room during the day. The plant appeared to be much troubled and disturbed at first. It opened and closed the leaves irregularly, sometimes nodding in spite of the artificial sun which shed the beans at midnight, and sometimes walking up from the force of habit, to find the chamber dark in spite of the time of day. Such are the trammels of use and want. But after an obvious struggle the plant submitted to the change, and changed day into night without any apparent ill effects. The Constitution says that all States shall be equally represented in the Senate. Yet in wanton violation of this Illinois sands a man weighing 260 pounds. From a run of 25 days at the St Lawrence mine, in Place county, 1,370 ounces gold was produced, worth $17.60 per ounce, equal to $24.275, or .82 per ton.