anaheim-gazette 1877-04-07

WEEKLY GAZETTE. SATURDAY...APRIL 7, 1877. The entire coffee crop of Central America will, it is said, reach half a million bags this year, of which Guatemala will furnish one hundred and fifty thousand, and Costa Rica two hundred thousand bags. Shipments from Puenta Arenas will be about eighty-two thousand bags by sailing vessels, and the remainder, say one hundred and eighteen thousand bags, by steamers of the Pacific Mail Company, either to Panama or San Francisco. Among the new enterprises of the State is the establishment of a vaccine farm at Baden, in San Mateo county, twelve miles from the city, where heifers are inoculated under the supervision of Dr. Botsford, with vaccine matter that has never passed through the human system. The lymph thus obtained is preferred by physicians and the general public, and heretofore $10,000 or $15,000 have been sent away every year to get material for vaccination, and it was obtained often from sources that did not command confidence, which, we presume, will be deservedly given to the Baden lymph. The Modoc Indians, now numbering fifty-four males and sixty-three females, are located on a very fertile tract containing 4,000 acres, in the northeast corner of the Shawnee reserve, Indian Territory. They have engaged energetically in labor during the past year, and as a result have a large and valuable crop on their farm. The Government has expended $1,852 for their schooling for ten months, which is under the supervision of the Society of Friends. Opium eaters had better take warning from the experience of Mrs. Sarah A. Davis, of Boston, lately arrested for stealing $280 worth of silverware. The defense was that she had been for years addicted to the excessive use of opium; that this produces epilepsy, which often results in a loss of moral sense, a destruction of the ability to discern between right and wrong, and a decrease of will power; that it promotes a ten- SAFE INVESTMENTS. For many years California was looked at by the people of the staid old Eastern States as a good place for adventurous young men to emigrate to; as a country yielding a golden revenue for an outlay of healthy labor, but not a place for the safe investment of capital. Our southern counties were regarded as only suitable for the raising of flocks and herds, and where a young man could invest a few dollars in stock and ultimately become rich. As the country has settled up, the claims to our fertile acres have been established and titles secured, rendering it safe for the investment in ranches and farms, until the main occupation of the idle capital from the East is its investment in loans secured by mortgages on real estate. Whether or not capital thus employed tends to the development of the country, and is for its best interests, is a question which will admit of considerable argument, and would call forth an array of facts and ideas too extensive for a newspaper article. The fact, however, that there are other safe and legitimate channels from which an equal amount of revenue might be obtained, and which would tend more directly toward our present advancement, is one to which we wish to call the attention of our moneyed men. There is held out in this valley every inducement for the employment of capital in industries which would be of instant and material benefit to the entire population, while they would certainly yield a tremendous profit to the projector. We have in this vicinity ample water power for the establishment of various manufactories, and there are several classes which would without doubt be profitable. In no section of the State could better inducements be offered for the establishment of a woolen mill. The country south of us will furnish an extensive market for all classes of woolen goods, such as are manufactured from the wool of this section. There is wool enough raised here to supply the wants of not only one mill, but of several. Beet sugar factories would find a large field for their operations, as the raw material can be furnished at cheaper rates than in any portion of the country. A starch factory would also have ample opportunity to establish an immense business. Here we have one of the largest fruit-growing territories in the State, and not a single fruit can. LETTER FROM THE CISCO. Fatal Termination of an occasion - The Revival Some Reflections on Chice - A few kinds Anakim. San Francisco, Eds. Gazette — Various our people interested in this perience; and not a few strange phases of human life. The extremes of religion unhappily contrasted in this day—revival meetings part of town to the hopeful many a life to a higher walt while in another part of cal discussion ends in a pity which the assaulted party stead of an argument, and list of his adversary, shows heart. I need hardly say episode is not the common THE MEETINGS AT T Are certainly doing good, ly attended as could be desi Taylor, an old-time minister conducting them. Rev. a large experience in th preached in various larges and has been thhe means o terest. The movement great hopes, for surely lead to holy living is wo calls for the genuine sym really love their fellow mcal discussion which end between A CATHOLIC AND A Hard feeling followed this quickly blossomed in unpleasant epithets, and heat of passion came th blows, and the final show that the firing was justifi necessary for self-defense sad, and illustrates the fo especially between those believers in their respect religious strength enough pers well poised. OPINION caters had better take warning from the experience of Mrs. Sarah A. Davis, of Boston, lately arrested for stealing $280 worth of silverware. The defense was that she had been for years addicted to the excessive use of opium; that this produces epilepsy, which often results in a loss of moral sense, a destruction of the ability to discern between right and wrong, and a decrease of will power; that it promotes a tenebre to deceive and falsify, and that all these results were apparent in the defendant. Medical evidence was given sustaining the defense, and Mrs. Davis was sent to an insane asylum. THERE were over 150 babies in the recent show in Cincinnati, and the enterprise was a great success, the hall being crowded for several days by visitors. Lines had to be formed, under the control of policemen, to prevent confusion. The babies, on their mother's laps, were ranged at the side of the hall behind railings. There were twenty-two pairs of twins, and two sets of triplets. Prizes were given by two women and a physician, and the Mayor presided at the distribution. Health and beauty, separate or combined, were the merits that won, except that the triplets triumphed through force of numbers. The dresses of the little ones were in many instances elaborate and expensive. At a dinner party given by Secretary Sherman to the members of the Cabinet and a few friends, the table was graced by a beautiful, three-masted ship composed of flowers. On the mainmast was a small United States flag which Secretary Sherman said his little daughter had placed there. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, said in a dry, Yankee way, to the Secretary of the Navy, who sat opposite him, "Well Mr. Thompson, will you please tell us if that is the correct position for the American flag to occupy on a ship?" Everybody awaited the reply with interest, for it is well known that the new Secretary is no sailor, and they thought he was cornered, but he took advantage of the Cabinet custom, and replied in a dignified manner: "Ahem! I will refer you to the Attorney-General." The answer was greeted with peals of laughter. The county officers of San Mateo, says the Alta, have been so unfortunate as to encounter a highly critical Grand Jury, which has ventilated its ideas in a comprehensive and severe report. This document says the Treasurer has violated the law by putting county money as a general deposit in a bank; he has neglected in his official accounts to mention the possession of $100,000 of railroad bonds belonging to the county; he has failed to comply with his duties as receiver of taxes; he has neglected to sue the District Attorney for failing to pay over money due the county; and he does not keep separate statements of the different funds entrusted The San Francisco Alta says: We have said, and our opinion is shared by professional orchardists, that there is a chance for a million men in California to make comfortable homes by cultivating prunes, apricots, figs, plums and grapes for drying; almonds walnuts and olives. The market for fresh fruit is supplied so well that there is not much profit in its cultivation unless under exceptional circumstances; although there might be, if some great improvement were made in the facilities and expense of shipment to the Eastern States; but it will not do to trust to such a contingency. Dry fruits, puts, pickled olives and olive oil, have a great advantage over fresh fruit in their keeping qualities and high price as compared with the freight. The trees and vines once planted will not be much affected by drought, and by their regularity of yield give a security which the growing of grain for exportation can never have in this State. The cultivation of fruit for drying, and of A CATHOLIC AND A HARD feeling followed this quickly blossomed in unpleasant epithets, and heat of passion came then blows, and the final show that the firning was justifiably necessary for self-defense sad, and illustrates the fear especially between those believers in their respectful religious strength enough pers well poised. NO EVENT OF TIME Has brought more sharply some of the past lines Chinese question than Chico. Men may differ in the rights of Chinamen, of their presence on this must hold that no possible ter can justify a band of formia Molly Maguires, their own hands and attend these people as we ve or gophers. Fortunately and for California's reputed plunder was greater than nese. But no one who has condiary speeches of last the streets of San Francisco the terrible crime at Chicago come of the teachings tha This nation has settled ant questions in political range of politics. There to be decided, among who weak humanity to be PROTECTED FROST And whether any single man are to control the country in deciding who or how they shall conduct ANAHEE The writer cannot close alluding to the improvement as seen in your fair burglar over six months. The unsightly bushes at the fencing of formerly new buildings which have the extension of business is very excellent o public spirit. Above all hopefulness of all class year, is cheering. A dreded, but a disheartened c ond fold worse. To maze we are, and of what we wisdom and the extent everyone so divide his phasize his opportunity thing tell at the largest best advantage. To cheerful courage on," is citizen in all temporal aliage of those who sing walk in holy paths. THE Chicago Times o long article giving statistic Husbandry or Grangers styled in the United States Alta, have been so unfortunate as to encounter a highly critical Grand Jury, which has ventilated its ideas in a comprehensive and severe report. This document says the Treasurer has violated the law by putting county money as a general deposit in a bank; he has neglected in his official accounts to mention the possession of $100,000 of railroad bonds belonging to the county; he has failed to comply with his duties as receiver of taxes; he has neglected to sue the District Attorney for failing to pay over money due the county; and he does not keep separate statements of the different funds entrusted to his custody. The Assessor is charged with employing more Deputies than he needs and with making additions to the assessment roll after it had passed out of his hands, and in such a manner that the additions were not charged to the Collector, who could thus pocket all sums derived from such sources. We see that a Grand Jury in Solano county has followed the example of a similar body in San Mateo, and has been investigating the conduct and accounts of county officials—past and present incumbents. In their report they say that the Tax Collector from 1874 to 1876 is behind in his accounts $27; the Auditor during the same period is censured for the manner in which his books were kept, and the present incumbent is censured for not being more strict in auditing accounts against the county. The present Treasurer’s accounts are correct, but his predecessor is censured. The Commissioner of Highways and Road Oversee is charged with receiving nearly $500 in excess of legal charges. The Assessor from 1874 to 1876 is charged with receiving $1200 in excess of fees, and is censured for other irregularities; and the present incumbent is charged with neglecting to assess over $40,000 of property, and also with failure to collect on personal property. The Superintendent of Schools is charged with disbursing $4,156 illegally. The Sheriff is censured for not collecting licenses. The Supervisors are censured for allowing voluminous, excessive and illegal bills. The Emperor William has decreed that the title of "Highness" conferred by the present King of Denmark upon his brothers and sisters shall be accorded to those personages in Germany. The cultivation of fruit for drying, and of nuts and olives, however, require a special knowledge, persistence and capital or credit not possessed by many of the men now seeking opportunities to establish themselves; and while there are chances for a million, yet it is unsafe to advise any special individual, possibly lacking in the needful qualities or means, to lay out one of these orchards. The land is vacant, however, and while 10,000 men are clamoring for employment, California is full of work or opportunities for it; and we can scarcely look in any direction without seeing a place where labor could be spent with profit, and where we know it will be spent at no distant time. The Chicago Tribune says it has been shown a specimen of raw sugar manufactured near that city from corn. It is described as being white and very sweet. To complete its manufacture into pure, granulated sugar, alcohol must be used to remove the foreign matter contained in the crude product. A bushel of corn yields thirty pounds of raw sugar, and this, when purified with alcohol, gives twenty-seven pounds of good sugar, marketable at four cents a pound; in other words, a bushel of corn made into sugar would bring $1 08. The most important matter—the cost of making sugar from corn—is omitted. W. A. Goodyear has issued a circular announcing that he will publish a comprehensive treatise on the coal mines of California, Oregon and Washington Territory; if he should obtain sufficient encouragement. As a mining engineer and a member of the late Geographical Survey of this State, he had an excellent opportunity to study the subject, and his book would doubtless be valuable. The Chicago Times or long article giving stationary Husbandry or Grangers styled in the United States given to the public with the National Grange, and Grangers “will vainly serve” for them. This obtained surreptitiously be looked upon with suspicion that the receipts of the 1875 were $102,000, and number of Granges formed and 15,000 in the number of members duly to 588,000 in the interstate formia there were 263 members in 1875, and 9,965 members in 1876 in this State had published a decrease, but it that indicated by the first 1873, 10,579 Granges were 9,989, in 1875, 2,012 average number of members in the Union is 39; and whom, perhaps, one-minors. It seems that Granges are delinquent National Grange, and by the Times may be drawnal from the Orderation from recognition though the Order under a National order five years, it has already largest and most influential country. Accepters in California as Times at 14,228, there than Free Masons and Grangers as Odd Fellows 1875; and it was a highly risen to such rarity a period.—Saa LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Fatal Termination of a Religious Discussion—The Revival Meetings—Some Reflections on the Outrage at Chico—a few kind words about Anaheim. SAN FRANCISCO, March 31st, 1877. EDS. GAZETTE.—Various occurrences keep our people interested in the flow of daily experience; and not a few incidents reveal strange phases of human nature. The extremes of religion, for example, are unhappily contrasted in the events of yesterday—revival meetings progressing in one part of town to the hopeful transformation of many a life to a higher walk and conversation, while in another part of the city a theological discussion ends in a physical conflict, in which the assaulted party uses a pistol instead of an argument, and in rebuttal of the fist of his adversary, shoots him through the heart. I need hardly say that this latter episode is not the common course of events. THE MEETINGS AT THE PAVILION Are certainly doing good, yet are not as largely attended as could be desired. Rev. William Taylor, an old-time minister of the coast, is conducting them. Rev. Mr. Taylor has had a large experience in this work, and has preached in various large cities of the world, and has been the means of arousing deep interest. The movement is watched with great hopes, for surely anything that will lead to holy living is worthy of notice, and calls for the genuine sympathy of all who really love their fellow men. The theological discussion which ended so fatally, was between A CATHOLIC AND A PROTESTANT. Hard feeling followed heated discussion; this quickly blossomed into angry words and unpleasant epithets, and under the warm heat of passion came the quick fruitage of blows, and the final shot. It is supposed that the firing was justifiable as a procedure necessary for self-defense. The case is very sad, and illustrates the folly of such contests, especially between those who, while stannish believers in their respective faiths, have not religious strength enough to keep their tempers well poised. Fashion Notes. New purses, very useful for carrying the troublesome silver coins, are made of small rings of steel or silver wire. They have long chains and may either be suspended from the belt or held in the hand. The price of them varies, according to size, from 50 cents to $2. The Grecian knot at the back of the head is seldom seen now. The hair is rolled in many rolls high on the head. The Grecian was a style becoming to few, making pretty girls look plain and plain ones positively ugly. When streamers are worn on bonnets they will be longer than ever. Although long streamers are the most graceful, by being carried to the extreme they are often made to appear ridiculous. Monograms on garters are going out of style. And it's just as well. The country is being flooded with too much light literature anyhow. Pale blue is trimmed with flowers of pale pink. There are trimmings of cherry for brilliant white. It is predicted that ladies' boots this spring will, in color, match their costumes. Outside pockets are still declared fashionable. They are too convenient to be disposed of. Among the black parasols is one of black silk, trimmed with a deep flounce of lace, and having a gaily colored butterfly embroidered on it. Light blue crepe vails, having long ends tied around the neck and fastened in front with a pin or a rosebud, are particularly becoming to blondes. Dried Potatoes. A German journal thus describes the manufacture of "dried potatoes," as conducted at Carsten's works in Luheck: The potatoes are peeled with the hand, and cut into disks with a machine. These are put into a basket and then into a boiler, where the potatoes are nearly, but not quite boiled. The disks are next put on wire frames in a dry oven, where they are dried quite hard. It is important to preserve the color of the potatoes, and to prevent their turning gray, as they would by the above process alone. The material, after-slicing, is treated with cold water, to which has been added one percent of sulphuric acid, or one to two per cent. of niromic acid. Then it is washed in pure water, and the drying proceeds. The preparation obtained, which has lost none of its starch, is of a slightly citron-yellow tint and transparent like gum. Boiled with water and a little salt, it is said to resume the natural color and fibrous structure of potatoes, and is not distinguishable in taste from the newly boiled vegetable. BY TELEGRAPH. HOW TWEED ESCAPED. A tale of the flight of the Bosfrom prison—His wanderings in a foreign land, ten thousand miles away. NEW YORK, April 4. In Harper's Weekly today is an illustrated article describing the flight and exile of Wm. M. Tweed. Following are the chief points of the story: The approaching trial of the great six million suit against Tweed, the threatened demand upon his cash resources for fees which he plainly saw he should fail to answer, his remaining possessions not being available to raise ready money, and his credit, especially with lawyers, being out of the question, his money gone and his courage broken down, he resolved on flight as a remedy for his bankruptcy and his hopeless imprisonment. Having lost the influences of the great Judge and lawyers of the courts he had created and controlled, he found himself compelled to fall back upon their clients, his fellow-prisoners in the jail. Among Tweed's messmates in Ludlow Street: Jail was Charley Lawrence, a silk smuggler. From him Tweed learned all the necessary details of existing treaties and laws on the subject, and having concluded upon flight, he resolved to reach Spain, as the most expedient shelter, in view of the absence of any extradition treaty with that country. Another of the inmates of the jail was a burglar named Bliss. This person approached Tweed with a proposal to avail himself of the removal of the iron grating of his window, which was on the first floor, which would enable them both to escape; the whole matter to be managed from outside by the associates of Bliss. The proposition was at first laughed at by Tweed, but meeting his professional neighbor daily in the courtyard of the jail, the subject was more definitely discussed; and outside friends of Bliss having been called in, Tweed was persuaded of the practicability of the plan which they presented, and for the execution of which he agreed to pay a stipulated sum. No member of the bar, nor his counsel, not even a friend of previous connection, knew of the proposed flight or had any part in its execution. Neither did they know of his where- Hard feeling followed heated discussion; this quickly blossomed into angry words and unpleasant epithets, and under the warm heat of passion came the quick fruitage of blows, and the final shot. It is supposed that the tiring was justifiable as a procedure necessary for self-defense. The case is very sad, and illustrates the folly of such contests, especially between those who, while stanchen believers in their respective faiths, have not religious strength enough to keep their tempers well poised. NO EVENT OF THE WEEK Has brought more sharply to view the folly of some of the past lines of discussion on the Chinese question than the fearful tragedy at Chico. Men may differ in their views as to the rights of Chinamen, or as to the wisdom of their presence on this coast, but all men must hold that no possible view of this matter can justify a band of hoodlums, or California Molly Maguires, taking the matter in their own hands and attempting to exterminate these people as we would kill off coyotes or gophers. Fortunately for human nature, and for California's reputation, the desire for plunder was greater than the hate of the Chinese. But no one who heard any of the incendiary speeches of last fall, as delivered in the streets of San Francisco, can doubt that the terrible crime at Chico is the natural outcome of the teachings there given. This nation has settled some very important questions in political economy and in the range of politics. There are some others yet to be decided, among which are the rights of weak humanity to be. PROTECTED FROM MOB LAW, And whether any single set or organization of men are to control the free citizens of this country in deciding whom they shall employ or how they shall conduct their business. ANAHEIM, The writer cannot close his epistle without alluding to the improved condition of things as seen in your fair burg after an absence of over six months. The cleaning away of the unsightly bushes at the sides of the streets; the fencing of formerly undefined yards; the new buildings which have been erected, and the extension of business in certain directions, is very excellent evidence of a growing public spirit. Above all, the courage and hopefulness of all classes in view of a dry year, is cheering. A dry year is to be dreaded, but a disheartened community is a thousand fold worse. To make the most of what we are, and of what we have, is the height of wisdom and the extent of genius. So let everyone so divide his resources, and so emphasize his opportunity, as to make everything tell at the largest volume and at the best advantage. To hope "and put a cheerful courage on," is the part of every citizen in all temporal affairs, as it is the privilege of those who sing the hymn and seek to walk in holy paths. J. M. A. THE CHICAGO TIMES of the 24th ult., has a long article giving statistics of the Patrons of Husbandry or Grangers as they are generally styled in the United States. The figures are THE WEALTH OF BRAZIL.—All intelligent travelers who have visited Brazil speak in the most glowing terms of the country. Prof. Agassiz regarded it as the most productive and interesting country on the globe, and the one in which it is easiest to obtain a livelihood. Some who have sailed up the Amazon declare that a vessel can be loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense of only a few pence per bushel. These constitute a valuable article of commerce, while the oil extracted from them is very desirable. All the tropical fruits are produced in Brazil almost without cultivation. The soil in many parts of the country will produce twenty successive crops of cotton, tobacco or sugar cane without application of manure. No country in the world approaches the land of Dom Pedro in its variety of its forest productions. Prof. Agassiz states that he saw one hundred and seventeen different kinds of valuable woods that were cut from a piece of land not half a mile square. They represented almost every variety of color, and many of them were capable of receiving a high polish. One tree furnishes wax that is used for food, and still another yields a juice which is used in the place of intoxicating liquor. There is a single variety of palm from which the natives obtain food, drink, clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing-tackle, medicine and the material they manufacture into dwellings, harpoons, weapons and musical instruments. Doubtless the day is not far distant when the valuable woods of Brazil will be used for various useful and onnamental purposes. Somebody says that one who will watch a woman read a newspaper will get some idea on the characteristics of the gentler sex. She takes it up hurriedly and begins to scan it over rapidly, as though she was hunting for some particular thing; but she is not. She is merely taking in the obscure paragraphs which she half believes were put in out-of-the-way places for the sole purpose of keeping her from seeing them. As she finishes each one her countenance brightens with the comforting reflection that she has outwitted the editor and the whole race of men, for she cherishes a vague belief that newspapers are the enemies of her sex, and editors its chief oppressors. She never reads the headlines, and the huge telegraph heads she never ever sees. She is greedy for local news, and devours it with the keenest relish. Marriages and deaths are always interesting to her, and advertisements are exciting and stimulating. She cares but little for printed jokes, unless they reflect ridicule upon the men, and then she delights in them and never forgets them. She pays particular attention to anything closed in quotation marks, and considers it rather better authority than anything first-handed. The columnists in which the editor airs his opinions in leaked hilafutins she rarely reads. Views are of no importance in her estimation, but facts are everything. She generally reads the poetry. She doesn't always care for it, but she makes a practice of reading it because she thinks she ought to. THE WEALTH OF BRAZIL.—All intelligent travelers who have visited Brazil speak in the most glowing terms of the country. Prof. Agassiz regarded it as the most productive and interesting country on the globe, and the one in which it is easiest to obtain a livelihood. Some who have sailed up the Amazon declare that a vessel can be loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense of only a few pence per bushel. These constitute a valuable article of commerce, while the oil extracted from them is very desirable. All the tropical fruits are produced in Brazil almost without cultivation. The soil in many parts of the country will produce twenty successive crops of cotton, tobacco or sugar cane without application of manure. No country in the world approaches the land of Dom Pedro in its variety of its forest productions. Prof. Agassiz states that he saw one hundred and seventeen different kinds of valuable woods that were cut from a piece of land not half a mile square. They represented almost every variety of color, and many of them were capable of receiving a high polish. One tree furnishes wax that is used for food, and still another yields a juice which is used in the place of intoxicating liquor. There is a single variety of palm from which the natives obtain food, drink, clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing-tackle, medicine and the material they manufacture into dwellings, harpoons, weapons and musical instruments. Doubtless the day is not far distant when the valuable woods of Brazil will be used for various useful and onnamental purposes. Somebody says that one who will watch a woman read a newspaper will get some idea on the characteristics of the gentler sex. She takes it up hurriedly and begins to scan it over rapidly, as though she was hunting for some particular thing; but she is not. She is merely taking in the obscure paragraphs which she half believes were put in out-of-the-way places for the sole purpose of keeping her from seeing them. As she finishes each one her countenance brightens with the comforting reflection that she has outwitted the editor and the whole race of men, for she cherishes a vague belief that newspapers are the enemies of her sex, and editors its chief oppressors. She never reads the headlines, and the huge telegraph heads she never ever sees. She is greedy for local news, and devours it with the keenest relish. Marriages and deaths are always interesting to her, and advertisements are exciting and stimulating. She cares but little for printed jokes, unless they reflect ridicule upon the men, and then she delights in them and never forgets them. She pays particular attention to anything closed in quotation marks, and considers it rather better authority than anything first-handed. The columnists in which the editor airs his opinions in leaked hilafutins she rarely reads. Views are of no importance in her estimation, but facts are everything. She doesn’t always care for it, but she makes a practice of reading it because she thinks she ought to. THE WEALTH OF BRAZIL.—All intelligent travelers who have visited Brazil speak in the most glowing terms of the country. Prof. Agassiz regarded it as the most productive and interesting country on the globe, and the one in which it is easiest to obtain a livelihood. Some who have sailed up the Amazon declare that a vessel can be loaded with Brazil nuts at an expense of only a few pence per bushel. These constitute a valuable article of commerce, while the oil extracted from them is very desirable. All the tropical fruits are produced in Brazil almost without cultivation. The soil in many parts of the country will produce twenty successive crops of cotton, tobacco or sugar cane without application of manure. No country in the world approaches the land of Dom Pedro in its variety of its forest productions. Prof. Agassiz states that he saw one hundred and seventeen different kinds of valuable woods that were cut from a piece of land not half a mile square. They included almost every variety of color, and many of them were capable of receiving a high polish. One tree furnishes wax that is used for food, and still another yields a juice which is used in the place of intoxicating liquor. There is a single variety of palm from which the natives obtain food, drink, clothing, bedding, cordage, fishing-tackle, medicine and the material they manufacture into dwellings, harpoons, weapons and musical instruments. Doubtless the day is not far distant when the valuable woods of Brazil will be used for various useful and onnamental purposes. Somebody says that one who will watch a woman read a newspaper will get some idea on the characteristics of the gentler sex. She takes it up hurriedly and begins to scan it over rapidly, as though she was hunting for some particular thing; but she is not. She is merely taking in the obscure paragraphs which she half believes were put in out-of-the-way places for the sole purpose of keeping her from seeing them. As she finishes each one her countenance brightens with the comforting reflection that she has outwitted the editor and the whole race of men, for she cherishes a vague belief that newspapers are the enemies of her sex, and editors its chief oppressors. She never reads the headlines, and the huge telegraph heads she never ever sees. She is greedy for local news, and devours it with the keenest relish. Marriages and deaths are always interesting to her, and advertisements are exciting and stimulating. She cares but little for printed jokes, unless they reflect ridicule upon the men, and then she delights in them and never forgets them. She pays particular attention to anything closed in quotation marks, and considers it rather better authority than anything first-handed. The columnists in which the editor airs his opinions in leaked hilafutins she rarely reads. Views are of no importance in her estimation, but facts are everything. She doesn’t always care for it, but she makes a practice of reading it because she thinks she ought to. THE WEALTH OF BRAZIL.—All intelligent travelers who have visited Brazil speak in the most glowing terms of the country. 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The figures are given to the public without the consent of the National Grange, and the Times says the Grangers "will vainly seek in their official reports" for them. This implies that they were obtained surreptitiously, and are therefore to be looked upon with suspicion. We are told that the receipts of the National Grange for 1875 were $102,000, and in 1876 $69,000; the number of Granges was 24,000 in the former and 15,000 in the latter year; and the number of members decreased from 761,000 to 588,000 in the intervening year. In California there were 263 Granges with 14,228 members in 1875, and 173 Granges, with 9,965 members in 1876. The Grange organs in this State had published statistics indicating a decrease, but it was much less than that indicated by the figures of the Times. In 1873, 10,579 Granges were organized; in 1874, 9,989, in 1875, 2,012, and in 1876, 885. The average number of members in each Grange in the Union is 39; and in California, 58; and whom, perhaps, one-third are women and minors. It seems that one-third of the Granges are delinquent in their dues to the National Grange, and the decrease reported by the Times may be chargeable, not to withdrawal from the Order, but mainly to exclusion from recognition by the Grand Secretary. Though the Order has been in existence under a National organization for less than five years, it has already become one of the largest and most influential secret societies in the country. Accepting the number of members in California as correctly stated by the Times at 14,228, there were more Grangers than Free Masons and three-fourths as many Grangers as Odd Fellows in California in 1875; and it was a high success to have suddenly risen to such relative greatness in so brief a period.—San Francisco Alta. The tenacity with which Chinese cling to their ancient institutions is illustrated in a recent impartial decree published in the Pekin Gazette, announcing the death of the Duke K'ung Siang-k'o, lineal successor of the sage Confucius, and ordering the proper board to report as to the marks of imperial favor to be accorded in connection with the funeral rites. Confucius was born 551, B.C., and the first hereditary distinction bestowed upon the senior member of his house was conferred B.C. 202. A record containing the pedigree of the family for seventy-one generations was published in the last century, giving biographical sketches of each individual in the long succession of the principal representatives of the house from the death of its founder; and written records of the lives of their successors to the present time are doubtless in existence. The title of the head of the family has varied somewhat under different dynasties, but for the past eight centuries he has borne a designation of rank which is equivalent to Duke in the English language. The descendants of Confucius form a distinct class in Chinese society, somewhat like the Levitical order of the ancient Jews; and in 1671 there were 11,000 males bearing the family name, most of them of the seventy-fourth generation. The late K'ung Siang-k'o, as head of the Confucian clan, enjoyed the dignities and emoluments of a noble of the first-class, the family estate covering an area of not less than 165,000 acres. The functions of the Dukes of K'ung is of a strictly sacredotal character, and they are not at liberty even to visit the capital without express permission from the throne. Ascending the steps he saw the sign. It was about 7:30 o'clock, and a very dreary December day. The signal at once aroused him with a startling shock, and, as he described the occurrence, his blood and his nerves were filled with an electrical excitement which thrilled every fibre of his frame. Controlling himself with some effort, he led his attendants to their wonted and welcomed feast which, on this occasion, was amply provided in the dining room for the keepers and Tweed took care also, that they drank. At just 8 o'clock, to the very moment, one of the keepers rose and went to a wash-basin in the room, to wash his hands and get ready for the usual cigar after dinner. Tweed took the opportunity, arose and saying that he would wash in the adjoining room, passed into the hall, closing the door. He quickly took the first hat and coat, and, slipping out front door, he was soon a fugitive from justice. He saw the hack before the door, but without the driver who took advantage of the occasion in the kitchen. Not a person appeared to respond to his appointment. It was not quite one minute past 8 when he stole from the house to place himself in the hands and guidance of the picked gang of desperadoes. As he shrank back under the shadow of the stoop, it seemed to him a long period of doubt and self-communication, until his attention was attracted by the noise of wheels and he saw a common tradesman's wagon, such as is used by grocers and express drivers. He saw also a man's arm reach out from the cover, which was a sign that it was for him. As he descended, the steps he also saw him passing slowly which caused him to stop, but this person, in a low tone said, "All right, get in the wagon." So he got into the covered wagon which drove quickly around the block into Madison Avenue; but as they got there a car having run off the track, some mounted police and passengers stood in the way and the fugitive was stopped for two or three minutes. The wagon soon started and again drove across the city towards North River, which was soon reached, and beside a big truck on the pier they stopped. The driver said, "Get out on the river side." Tweed got out, seeing that the truck covered him from observation as he alighted. A man stood near the truck who indicated that Tweed was to descend into a boat, in which he quickly embarked and crossed to Jersey side. On December 5th Tweed left Jersey and took up a temporary abode on Staten Island, about half a mile from Wadesworth, at the Narrows, in a fisherman's hut, with his two companions. Here party staid two weeks, making preparations for his escape. Tweed not only lived at the hut but even made visits across the channel and stopped a night in Brooklyn. During his stay on Staten Island a light and fast-sailing A terrestrial passage through various landscapes can be seen here. little schooner was fitted out and manned by himself and two companions, with a colored boy. He started at last from the pier in front of the fort in a row boat in the night, and slipped away upon a pleasant breeze, arriving on the coast of Florida at one of the light-house stations. Here they made a definite stoppage again. Tweed taking board with the keeper of the lighthouse as John Secor, an invalid gentleman seeking a restoration of health. Here, too, he parted with his guides from New York, closing his contract with them at that place. Here, also, Tweed was joined by the person who is known as Hunt, in the report of his subsequent arrest. This man was his Florida guide and with him Tweed spent a long time in the interior, camping out, hunting and fishing. Subsequently he returned to St. Augustine, which place he left in a fishing smack for Cuba, and he and his companion landed 10 miles outside of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. The remainder of the story is devoted to accounts of Tweed's adventures in Cuba, his subsequent sailing for Spain, arrest at Vigo and return to the United States. Money Quotations. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3. Currency, buying, 96½; silver, buying, 96½; currency, selling, 96½; silver, selling, 95½; trade dollars, 95¼@06. NEW YORK, April 3. Gold opened at 10 A.M., 104½; 11 A.M., 104½; silver, 16 bid. Troops to be Withdrawn. WASHINGTON, April 2. At a cabinet meeting this morning the Secretary of War was directed to prepare an order transferring the troops from the State House in Columbia, South Carolina, to their camp. The Secretary of War declines to state when the order will be issued for the withdrawal of the troops from the State House at Columbia, but it is generally believed that it will be delayed until Hampton reaches home on Wednesday. The Carolinans Please. CHARLESTON, April 3. The news of the determination of the Cabinet to withdraw the troops from Columbia causes unbounded joy here. Telegrams from various points of the interior of the State say that the news was received with impromptu meetings, salutes of cannons and other demonstrations of popular rejoicing. Peter B. Wants a Fair Count. NEW YORK, April 3. Webster conductor of the special. Cascade is 99 miles from here. No passengers or brakemen were injured. The dead bodies have been brought to Sacramento, where an inquest will be held and something learned as to where the blame belongs. Failure of the Grain King. SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. The failure of L. Friedlander, a prominent grain operator, is announced to-day. Mr. Friedlander states that in case he can collect the amounts due him his unsecured indebtedness will be about $600,000. From the condition of affairs the indebtedness is entirely local and affects but few persons or firms, all of whom can stand it, with perhaps one or two exceptions in the interior. He attributes his failure to some extent to losses on charters, having early in the season chartered vessels at comparatively high figures, which he was subsequently obliged to re-charter at much lower rates; but the greatest weight under which he labored, was the condition of affairs in the San Joaquin Valley. He purchased large tracts there which he subsequently sold to farmers who paid down a small portion of the purchase money. Bad crops prevented a continuance of their payments, and he advanced means to enable them to seal ground and continue business. Last year a portion was repaid him, but gloomy prospects for the present season in that section of the country convinced him that it was useless to struggle any longer. SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. The announcement on Change yesterday morning of the suspension of L. Friedlander, the grain king of California, was received by many with surprise and astonishment. It is carnely hoped that an investigation of the affairs of this shrewd business man will result in a showing which will not be disastrous in its consequence and result in other houses succumbing to suspension. He was liberal to a fault, and no man has done more to assist in the developing of agricultural industries of the State than he. His resources were applied to encouraging and aiding farmers with seeds and money to produce and carry crops, and he was one of the chief promoters in carrying out successfully irrigation schemes in the San Joaquin and other valleys. The exact amount of the liabilities have not yet been made known, but are reported to exceed $1,000,000. His largest creditors are said to The Carolinans Pleased. CHARLESTON, April 3. The news of the determination of the Cabinet to withdraw the troops from Columbia causes unbounded joy here. Telegrams from various points of the interior of the State say that the news was received with impromptu meetings, salutes of cannons and other demonstrations of popular rejoicing. Peter B. Wants a Fair Count. NEW YORK, April 3. Sweeney has issued a card addressed to the press and the public, asserting that he is disappointed in the postponement of his case; that he is greedy for trial; that his intended departure from this city is not kept a secret; that he had sought investigation and that it had failed was not his fault. He appeals to both the press and the public not to prejudge him, but to allow him to await the result of his litigation without injurious comments. A Belligerent Bull. NEW YORK, April 2. A Herald's Danville, Va., special says last night, as a heavy freight train was approaching a bridge over a difficult creek in Halifax county, on the Danville and Richmond Railroad, an infuriated bull jumped upon the track. The engineer discovered the animal, put on the brakes and blew his whistle. The bull stood firm and the cow-catcher mounted the bull just as it was entering the bridge, throwing the engine off the track and precipitating it with great force upon the trestlework, which in an instant gave way, and the engine, tender and six freight cars went through with a terrific crash. By a miracle, the fireman escaped, with some injuries, but the engineer, Kidwell, was nearly crushed to death, though he still lives. The brakeman, who was on the roof of the front car, also miraculously escaped by running back and stepping from the rear car as it topped over into the abyss. In a moment after the crash the boiler of the engine exploded and the bridge and the cars took fire. The engineer was rescued by the train hands before the flames reached him, but is certain to die. The bridge, which was over 120 feet long, was totally consumed, the engine dismantled and rendered worthless. The loss in cars and freight will be heavy. Should have been for Tilden. NEW ORLEANS, April 3. The Times to-day contains a statement from high Republican sources, that the eight electoral votes of Louisiana properly belong to Governor Tilden and that testimony will be furnished him in the prosecution of his suit, under a writ of quo warranto. Fatal Railway Accident. SACRAMENTO, April 5. A terrible accident happened on the Central Pacific one mile west of Cascade at 4:35 A.M. yesterday. The overland passenger train from the East collided with a special freight train sent from this city. Both endors in a showing which will not be disastrous in its consequence and result in other houses succumbing to suspension. He was liberal to a fault, and no man has done more to assist in the developing of agricultural industries of the State than he. His resources were applied to encouraging and aiding farmers with seeds and money to produce and carry crops, and he was one of the chief promoters in carrying out successfully irrigation schemes in the San Joaquin and other valleys. The exact amount of the liabilities have not yet been made known, but are reported to exceed $1,000,000. His largest creditors are said to be the Bank of Nevada, $800,000; Falkner, Eall & Co.; the Bank of California; N. Luning; Dickson, DeWolf & Co., and Balfour Guthrie & Co. A number of large business men express their determination to render Mr. Friedlander all the assistance they can, and say that so enterprising and excellent a man must not be allowed to go to the wall when embarrassed by circumstances not wholly under his control. The creditors will meet on Saturday when probably a statement of affairs can be made, which it is confidently believed, will be of such a nature as to induce a majority to grant a reasonable extension of time and permit Mr. Friedlander to continue his business uninterrupted. Scarlet fever, of a malignant type prevails in Prospectt, Arizona. France last year prejuiced enough wine to fill 9,000,000 bottles. Mrs. Sartoris has another baby. That young couple mean business. General Hawley's name is mentioned in connection with the Chief Commissionership to the Paris Exposition. Hayes encourages the propagation of the species. One of his Cabinet officers has eleven children and another thirteen. The Legislature of Indiana has passed a bill forbidding the changing of text-books in public schools oftener than once in six years. During the past six years several German colonies have settled in Palestine, and are successfully carrying on various branches of business. All the male members of the Swedish colony at Houlton, Me., were naturalized last week. There are now about 600 Swedes in the colony, which is reported to be in a very prosperous condition. The State of Connecticut has passed a bill giving married women the same property rights which they held before marriage, but prohibiting husband and wife from conveying property to each other. The furniture of the House of Representatives is in bright yellow oak and cane, very much the color of pulled taffy; while that of the Senate is in dark mahogany and black horsehair, like burnt caramel. Augustus Picard, who died at Rochester a few days since at the age of 110, drank whisky before every meal and smoked several pipes before breakfast. But for these unfortunate habits he might have lived to a ripe old age. Such a ridiculously managed town as Grant, in Garibault county, Minnesota, is! The entire expenses last year were but $70. The town Clerk has held his office ever since it was created nineteen years ago. A Spanishand an American were recently dining together in New Orleans. The former, in passing a dish of brains to the latter, said: "What you lack." The American, offering the Spainard applaude of tongue, said: "What The Times to-day contains a statement from high Republican sources, that the eight electoral votes of Louisiana properly belong to Governor Tilden and that testimony will be furnished him in the prosecution of his suit, under a writ of quo warrant. Fatal Railway Accident. SACRAMENTO, April 5. A terrible accident happened on the Central Pacific one mile west of Cascade at 4:35 A.M. yesterday. The overland passenger train from the East collided with a special freight train sent from this city. Both engines were wrecked, and the postal car and several freight cars were smashed, strewing the track with debris for a considerable distance and causing most of the cars to leave the track. The passengers were rudely awakened from their slumbers, and much time elapsed before the confusion subsided. Diligent search was made soon after the accident, and after much labor the body of engineer Burt, of the passenger train, and the body of Frank Maxwell, his fireman, were found in the debris. Afterwards D. F. Warren, engineer, and John Bright, fireman, of the freight train, were found suffering fearfully from the injuries they had sustained. Warren lived four or five hours after being taken out of the debris. Wright still exists, but his wounds are thought to be fatal. The train was delayed ten or twelve hours, as it required that time to remove the debris from the track. A special train was sent from here to Oakland to accommodate the local travel. Mrs. Warren, wife of the engineer who was killed, went to Supt. Fillmore's office, and the officials were completing arrangements to send her on a special engine to the scene of the disaster so that she might care for her wounded husband, when a telegram arrived notifying the Superintendent that he was dead. The afflicted wife was so overcome with the intelligence that she swooned away and was taken to her home. Who is responsible for the accident has not yet transpired. It appears that the passenger train ran by Cascade station instead of waiting there until the special had passed. Whether orders were misconstrued, or in the darkness that station was accidentally passed, is not known. M. G. Goodrich is the conductor of the express train and S.L. Augustus Picard, who died at Rochester a few days since at the age of 110, drank whisky before every meal and smoked several pipes before breakfast. But for these unfortunate habits he might have lived to a ripe old age. Such a ridiculously managed town as Grant, in Garibault, county, Minnesota, is! The entire expenses last year were but $70. The town Clerk has held his office ever since it was created nineteen years ago. A Spaniard and an American were recently dining together in New Orleans. The former, in passing a dish of brains to the latter, said: "What you lack." The American, offering the Spannard applace of tongue, said: "What you have a surplus of." By the new liquor law recently passed by the Maine Legislature, hotels are not allowed to publish wine lists on their bills of fare. In consequence of this act the bills of fare of Portland hotels have gone into mourning, being heavily bordered with black. Atlanta Constitution: A Wisconsin man who had been induced by Western papers to go to Florida and start an orange orchard, passed through Atlanta on his way home yesterday. His breeches was harnessed to him with one suspender, and he stood up to a free lunch counter with the air of a man who knew his rights and dared maintain them. When a Mormon saint goes to see the youngest of a widow's seven daughters, and the mother and the other six girls evince a procrastinating disposition to retire, the saint doesn't screw around uneasily on his chair and throw, ont proluse hints a foot ahead. Nothing of the kind. He just goes to work and courts the whole family, and spends rather a delightful evening. The Mormon religion has its advantages, too. Loulon Ezminer: The writer in Mayfair, who this week draws the sombre and startling, but doubtless very faithful, picture of the lawlessness of American life and manners, has forgotten to mention some fearfully characteristic traits of the political and social condition of the American Republic. Every candidate for the Presidency who fails to be elected is immediately executed in the gardens of the Capitol at Washington; the verdicts of juries are sold by public auction; the whole population of Boston is at present in jail; there is not a school or a policeman anywhere in the States; Congress has just passed a law prohibiting the use of telegraphs all over the country; the Permissive bill has been extended to tea and coffee, in consequence of the alarming increase of afternoon teas; and three hundred steamers have lately burst on that part of the Hudson river which connects the State of New York with the Yosemite Valley through the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.