anaheim-gazette 1877-11-03

WEEKLY GAZETTE. SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 3, 1877. THE RAILROAD DISEASE The enthusiasm created in many communities by the advent of the iron horse is oftentimes succeeded by a teeling of dismay, consequent upon a realization of the fact that, instead of the expected increase of business, there is actually a diminution. There are probably fifty towns in this State alone in which these feelings of exultation and chagrin have been experienced from the causes mentioned. No one will pretend to deny that more business was transacted in Anaheim before the railroad reached here than there is now,—that is, taking into consideration the difference in population then and now. Could the old days of stage coach and team be revived, there is not a business man in town whose transactions would not be quadrupled. The business lost by Anaheim and the other towns on the railroad, (for they are all similarly situated), inures to the benefit Los Angeles. But the old adage of fleas being subjected to the attacks of still smaller parasites is strikingly exemplified in the effect produced by the railroad in this county. If Los Angeles merchants reap the benefit of accessibility to their city, afforded by the railroad, and thus absorb a great deal of the business formerly done by the merchants of the interior towns, it is to them a painfully patent fact that San Francisco is absorbing their business in greater proportion. Los Angeles drains the smaller towns and is in turn drained by San Francisco—a state of affairs which discrimination in freight rates has done not a little to bring about. These reflections occurred to us by reading in an exchange in regard to the transformation wrought in affairs at Yuma since it has been reached by the railroad. Yuma has always been an active, bustling place—in fact a distributing point for the surrounding country. The merchants there did a fine, legitimate business, which they doubtless imagined would be increased two-fold when the completion of the railroad gave them greater facilities for transportation. But the contrary effect has been produced. Business of all kinds we learn is languish. VINACEOOK. NEW HARTFORD, Oneida Co., N. Y., October 17th, 1877. FRIEND MELROSE.—To-day a neighbor trimmed our grape vines, which led to a conversation about California grapes. He has a vineyard of twenty-seven acres in Middlesex county, Virginia. He wants to add some varieties suitable for raisins and wanted to know how he could get some vines from California. I immediately thought of you, and gave him some copies of your paper. One of these had an article on California raisins, which interested him; another, one on grape syrup. He asked me what use was made of the syrup; also many questions that I could not answer. I proposed that he write you a letter asking for such information as he wanted, in hopes that you could answer him, or some of your acquaintances could correspond with him, and supply him with vines and information, for which he would gladly pay. Could he make an arrangement with you to send him such papers, either old issue or new, as contain articles of importance to him as a grape grower and wine maker, curing raisins, etc? He has been making wine for four years, and is a success, if I am a judge (I spent this evening at his house—his family live here). He hopes to visit California before many years, and is a person you would be glad to meet. Yours truly, T. D. WILLIAMS. NEW HARTFORD, Oneida Co., N. Y., October 20th, 1877. RICHARD MELROSE, Eso. Dear Sir:—A few days ago I became interested in conversation with your friend Thomas Williams in regard to the culture of grapes and making wine. I have a vineyard in the State of Virginia, 27 acres, (a small affair compared with those of your county) a large one for that State, as it is the only one in my locality, and is a surprise to the natives. I have only three varieties, namely—Concords, Ives Seedling, and Delawares, which are all well adapted to that climate, and are a good table grape for this county but a poor wine grape. I should like to try some of your best varieties for raisins. I don't know as they would be adapted to our winter, but should like to try say two varieties, and if they are a success, should like to set out several acres. Mr. Williams gave me one of your papers dated October 7th, 1876. I noticed an article headed, "The Grape Syrup Project." May I ask what is this syrup used for and how made. Also an article in the same column, "Wine for Communion Purposes," which is Unfermented." We can't make wine in this country without fermentation. I shall be pleased to come in possession of the secret of its manufacture, as we have a vein of temperance over this land at present. Wine unfermented would sell to the churches. We have known that the juice is first pressed at once put it into glazes, filled into a boiler up to the necks of the towel cork and continue hoar; then cork and as year the juice is as when first taken out. Commenting upon wineries Rural Press says: We had some experience sulphite of lime in the preserve sweetness, satisfied with results from Cincinnati, we wished the substance with red We should, however, from salicylic acid or covered anti-fermentation not the objectionable sulphur combination. After all there is light boiling of the juice adding the white of any method we have tasted ages. At the Warm Graces her table with grape juice. One from almost colorless and no other sample from redful bright red shade, delicious as the white grape juice for the family attention of all who have profitable demand for it. A Sacramento corres-sion paper says: The grape can be Tnose who wish to prune table use without underman can do it by taking it froiling down one-half o'clock occasionally stirring from burning. Skim frie which may rise from th will leave the juice in a cool bottle and cork tip. Grape syrup may be two-thirds, or more if cooled. Still another natural juice is to take ten gallons of juice. Preliminary according to quantity in ten days after settling. The editor of the All-Article of food in which been checked by the add salt, the effect of which long use or high chemical further says: We suspec rendered incapable of Mr. McFadden, who offered to deliver the freight for San Bernardino at the Newport Landing, is discouragingly dilatory about proceeding to business. Just so soon as he, or any other one, can guarantee a delivery of the goods at Newport, our Supervisors are ready to commence building the road from here to Newport. We mean business. —San Bernardino Argua. The Messrs. McFadden are now, and have been for some time past, ready to deliver freight at Newport for the merchants of San Bernardino. All the people of the latter place have to do is to build the wagon road, send their teams to Newport and take their goods away. Two weeks ago we made mention of the fact that Sir John Bennett had been twice elected by the voters of the Ward of Cheap, London, and that the Board of Aldermen had twice refused to receive him as a member, and had ordered a third election. The telegraph now advises us that the Cheapers have elected Sir John for the third time, and that the Board of Aldermen have again rejected him on the ground that he is an unfit person to hold the office. They propose to take the matter into their own hands, and select an Alderman who will honor the position. We find the following very suggestive item in the San Francisco Alta: It is to be hoped that the coming Legislature will not waste time in squabbling over the fare and freight question, but will repeal the law creating a Board of Railroad Commissioners, and dismiss the entire subject. That Board is an expensive humbug, as everybody know it would be. It has done nothing, hasn't really tried to do anything, can't do anything. The provisions of the law creating the Board have not been observed, and will not be. It is a dead letter. Wipe it off the books. J. B. Wells, a former Signal Service Observer at San Diego, stakes his reputation as a weather prophet upon the statement that we are to have an abundance of rain during the season of 1877-8. He bases his conclusions upon the fact of constancy of climate, and that the rainfall for any number of years will always show a general average. This is some of your best varieties for raisins. I don't know as they would be adapted to our winter, but should like to try say two varieties, and if they are a success, should like to set out several acres. Mr. Williams gave me one of your papers dated October 7th, 1876. I noticed an article headed, "The Grape Syrup Project." May I ask what is this syrup used for and how made. Also an article in the same column, "Wine for Communion Purposes, which is Unfermented." We can't make wine in this country without fermentation. I shall be pleased to come in possession of the secret of its manufacture, as we have a vein of temperance over this land at present. Wine unfermented would sell to the churches. I am anxious to try the raisin grape in our climate and soil. Will you please to write me as to the different varieties and what you consider the best for raisins? Think a few roots could be sent by mail in the proper season. Please to write me or give me the name of some party that I can correspond with in regard to the vines. Write me at Freeshade, Middlesex county, Virginia. I am most respectfully yours. E. P. Bailey. We give publicity to the above letters for the benefit of those who may desire to enter into correspondence with Mr. Bailey, with a view to furnishing him with the cuttings he may desire. For our own part, we will see that he is furnished with such information in regard to wine making as is accessible. The statement he makes in regard to the three varieties grown by him being good table grapes will extort a smile from vinegrowers here. The Muscat, Flame Tokay, Black Hamburg, and even the despised Mission grapes, are incomparably superior as table grapes to the Concordia, Ives Seedlings, or Delawares. In fact, we are informed that the three latter varieties are not cultivated in this State, there being a dozen other varieties of greater value. It is now a very well settled fact that the White Muscat is the grape par excellence for raisins, and we would advise Mr. Bailey to attempt its cultivation; and if the climate of West Virginia is favorable to its growth, he will find that he has struck a veritable bonanza. For there is little doubt that raisin making is the very best and most lucrative business that one can engage in. The White Malaga is also said to be a very fine raisin grape. The Rose of Peru, also of the raisin variety, is very hardy and would probably grow well in Virginia. It is, however, not equal to the Malaga. The other raisin varieties are Flame Tokay and Fiberzagos, but as we have before stated, the Muscat makes the very best raisins. In regard to grape syrup, we can only say that its manufacture is carried on by only one or two persons in the northern part of the State, and that it is not in general use. There are those, however, who believe that the time is not far distant when grape syrup will become a common article of commerce. That it is being manufactured to some extent is evident from the following item, which we clip from an exchange: Many Mission grapes will go into brandy and syrup, and many foreign ones shipped, so that the wine manufacture is altogether relieved of a large portion. Grape syrup may be made two-thirds, or more if it contains natural juice is taken ten gallons of juice. Press according to quantity in ten days after settling. The editor of the Alto article of food in which been checked by the add salt, the effect of which long use or high chemistry further says: We suspect rendered incapable of unfitted to a considerable meat and fruits; not thereto be injurious, but we wish is wholesome. Of its power we have little doubt was announced two years antiseptic for all kinds of or decompose rapidly, but into use, and objectionable it with milk and wine. ping says: Prof. Nessler, of Carlsbad means by which wine can means of salicylic acid with a mixture of the same. Use of molten parphine, cent., salicylic acid for small sticks of wood or oil length and 2 m.m., thick be thrown on the surface thereby prevent the formation periments showed that wood particles so prepare and sweet, even after an weeks. If the mold has added the addition of alcohol effusion same, and causes it to fall off the vessel. The addition acid in the way described formation. The cost of this would not exceed fifteen dollars barrel. We will conclude this week at Orleans, France, for many premising that the vinegar has gained great reputation in the very best made: The wine to be used for casks containing a thick lashings, for the purpose of coating The vinegar casks also contain and have a two inch opening Into a cask holding SS gallon boiling-hot vinegar are pooled to stand eight days in open during the summer, and At the end of eight days twine wine are added, and the wine to ferment about two days; stave is dipped into it. If froth when withdrawn,the gone far enough,and two wines are added. This process until the cask is full. It then days to set the vinegar.drawn off and clarified,and filled as above,two gallons added every eight days.Twice without impairing its aroma pint of boiling milk into stir it well,then carefully liquid. It a smaller quanti J. B. Wells, a former Signal Service Observer at San Diego, stakes his reputation as a weather prophet upon the statement that we are to have an abundance of rain during the season of 1877-8. He bases his conclusions upon the fact of constancy of climate, and that the rainfall for any number of years will always show a general average. This is the season we are to make up for losses, and strike a balance. The San Diego News, in speaking of the railroad situation, says: "It seems from the statements in the papers that the Stanford railroad is steadily at work on the road that points to this place. It is said that the work of grading has been completed to Santa Ana, and one of the Stanford papers says again the road is to come here. We believe that declaration. We believe it will come in any event. If Scott's bill is passed, then it will come here as a tap—as a feeder—so far as it can be thus used to the other road, and, as the Argonaut says, to center business at San Francisco. We look for nothing else, and, indeed, we hope for it, for while we step aside to no one in the extent of our preference for the building of the Texas-Pacific as a competing line, we care not, when once that fact is established, how many taps are made, for we believe the more of them we have the better shall we grow and prosper. That road from Santa Ana, we think, will come if Mr. Scott is again defeated in the aid he asks of Congress to build the Texas-Pacific road, as a part of the compromise foreashadowed by the Lamar bill." The influx of Chinese into northern Queensland shows little abatement as yet, and there is much excitement throughout the colony on the subject. Official telegrams report the population at the Palmer as 1,400 Europeans and 17,000 Chinese. At the Hodgkinson there are 4,500 Europeans and 200 Chinese. At five camps there are only 60 Europeans to over 4,000 Chinese. Advices from the Palmer state that there are hundreds of Chinese in the last stages of destitution, and hundreds more are pressing on toward the gold fields. In regard to grape syrup, we can only say that its manufacture is carried on by only one or two persons in the northern part of the State, and that it is not in general use. There are those, however, who believe that the time is not far distant when grape syrup will become a common article of commerce. That it is being manufactured to some extent is evident from the following item, which we clip from an exchange: Many Mission grapes will go into brandy and syrup, and many foreign ones shipped, so that the wine manufacture is altogether relieved of a large portion. But there must be some drawback to its manufacture, or many would long ago have been engaged in the business; more especially as it is said that the Mission grape makes the best syrup. Many vineyardists whose lands are covered with the Mission grape would not be slow to use them for syrup or anything else that promised a fair remuneration. Unfermented wine is made in this State, in small quantities, but enough to supply the demand. It would be superfluous to mention that Californians are not prone to indulge in such weakly beverages. Its use is confined to only a few churches, the great majority using the "regular stuff" for communion purposes. There is, we believe, no secret in its manufacture. We quote the following from a Kentucky paper: Many years since, Prof. Horsford, of Harvard University, instituted a series of experiments on this very point, viz., to prevent fermentation in vegetable juices. He discovered that sulphite (not sulphate) of lime would keep fruit juices sweet for an undefinite period of time—years. He also discovered that fermentation by it could be arrested at any point before the juice had reached the final or acetic stage, which is the end of fermentation, at which the juice has become vinegar. The people of California have only to use sulphite of lime, and they will have at once the juice of the grape without alcohol in it or as much as they please. Some years since a vine grower of Cincinnati who produced very little alcohol—not more than 5 per cent. (so little that a gallon would not intoxicate) and it had a great run. No one knew his secret. It was sulphite of lime. Unfortunately his vineyard was destroyed by the rot and the blight. His wine disappeared from the market, and none again has attempted its production, as he did not reveal his process. Let wine growers get Horsford's formula as to quantity of sulphite, and they may have the juice of the grape actually as it comes from the press, or with only so much farmer... tation as will represent 1 to 20 per cent. of alcohol. We have known this to succeed. When the juice is first pressed from the grape (must) at once put it into glass bottles; put the bottles, filled, into a boiler; fill with cold water up to the necks of the bottle; bring the water to a boil and continue for a quarter of an hour; then cork and seal, and at the end of a year the juice is as sweet and natural as when first taken out of the press. Commenting upon the above, the San Francisco Rural Press says: We had some experience with the use of a sulphite of lime in the treatment of cider to preserve sweetness, but were not altogether satisfied with results gained. Of course, in the face of experience like that reported from Cincinnati, we would be willing to try the substance with reference to grape juice. We should, however, expect better results from salicylic acid or other of the newly discovered anti-fermentation agents, which have not the objectionable points of a lime and sulphur combination. After all there is nothing simpler than light boiling of the juice and then clarifying by adding the white of an egg, and from this method we have tasted very pleasant beverages. At the Warm Springs, Mrs. Sanford graces her table with two kinds of this sweet grape juice. One from Muscatic grapes was almost colorless and of a delicious flavor; another sample from red grapes was of a beautiful bright red shade, but we thought not so delicious as the white. This preparation of grape juice for the family table is worth the attention of all who have fine grapes and no profitable demand for them. A Sacramento correspondent of the same paper says: The grape can be used in many ways. Those who wish to preserve the juice for table use without undergoing fermentation, can do it by taking it fresh from the press and boiling down one-half over a moderate fire, occasionally stirring from the bottom to keep from burning. Skim from the surface that which may rise from time to time, and it will leave the juice in a clear state. When cool, bottle and cork tight. Grape syrup may be made by boiling down two-thirds, or more if one wish to make it thicker. Still another way to preserve the natural juice is to take one pint of alcohol to ten gallons of juice. Put it in a keg or barrel, according to quantity. Bung it tight, and in ten days after settling bottle it for use. The editor of the Alta is suspicious of any article of food in which fermentation has been checked by the addition of an acid or salt, the effect of which is not known by long use or high chemical authority. He further says: We suspect that the substance rendered incapable of fermentation is also NEWS IN BRIEF. The Chicago Tidene frightens us. It says: "If the Chinese should acquire the discipline and arms of Europe, and in the course of time this is not improbable, and if they should then become possessed with the wandering spirit which led the Huns, Turks and other Asiatics in Europe, a formidable invasion of our Pacific Coast by a Mongolian army is not an event so very unlikely to happen." A Boston society resolves that "business is piracy, government coercion, and churches a brotherhood of thieves." Mr. Crossman, who died at Bawdrip, England, aged ninety, in 1824, ingeniously contrived his coffin (like the bed in Goldsmith's poem) "a double debt to pay." He used it for a capboard for fifty years. It was feared that a severe frost in Florida, last winter, had so injured the orange trees that they would not bear well this fall. These fears have proved groundless; there will be a larger crop than ever before. A convict named Camp who escaped from a Vermont State prison fifteen years ago by tunnelling under the wall, and was caught only last year, has just been discovered digging away in the same place. He was within one foot of liberty, and had somehow managed to staff his havensack with provisions and clothing. Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the distinguished philanthropist and millionaire, has been elected President of the New York Liberal Club, formerly presided over by Horace Greeley. Hard times are prevailing in Buenos Ayres. Although money is cheap and in abundant supply, hundreds are going down under obligations greater than they can bear. Thetheatre are shut up for want of support, one of the trunk tramways is embargoed, ancestral properties are falling into the hands of the Sheriff, 102 steamers and ninety sailing vessels are lying idle in the Tigre, and a general feeling is prevalent that the bottom has not yet been reached. JAMESTOWN, N.Y., Oct. 18.—The apple crop of Chautauqua county this season is the largest ever known. Shipments to date are valued at $500,000. It is estimated that the entire crop will realize $500,000. The Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church lately refused to admit C. Gilbert to the ministry, although he had passed a satisfactory examination in theological studies, because he persisted in using tobacco. A resolution was passed prohibiting applicants who use tobacco from entering the ministry in Tennessee. The new lance recently adopted in the Austrian service, after a long series of experiments with weapons of the Cossack and Prussian patterns, is nine feet one inch in length. The point is made of Besamer CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. Moscow, Oct. 27th.—During the trial today of a person named Santileban, charged with embezzlement, Major General Hartang shot himself in court, in consequence of a witness accusing him of theft. The affair caused much excitement. Borrox, Oct. 27th.—Attorney General Devena, writing from Washington, excusing himself from active participation in the State campaign, says: I learn with surprise and regret that many of the Republican officials hesitate either to speak or vote, alleging as a reason the President's recent Civil Service order. In distinct terms, that order stated that the right of officials to vote and express their views on public questions, either orally or through the press, is not denied, provided it does not interfere with the discharge of their official duties. Official documents which are now being prepared for printing, to accompany the annual report of the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, contain the following information: The Channel at Wilmington Harbor has been steadily improving both in width and depth. There is now a depth of eight feet at mean low water where there was less than two when the original operations were commenced. The increase of depth during the year has been one foot. The engineer in charge reports that the accumulation of sand on the leeward of the work has not been so rapid as was expected or as desired. Some desultory operations will have to be carried off from time to time with a view to hasten the growth of the dunes. Brush has been used for this purpose and with moderate success, but the subject has hardly received a fair trial, nor have any positive rules for application of brush to this purpose been developed. It is believed that a good deal can be done in this way to hasten the desired result, but more time and some money must be available to prove the correctness of the theory. The Second Assistant Postmaster General has prepared an advertisement inviting proposals for carrying mails on all routes in the Southwestern and Pacific Coast States and Territories during the four years to commence in July next. It is dated November 1st, and will be sent shortly to all Postmasters in those sections to be conspicuously posted for at least thirty days before the time for receiving bids. These advertisements are no longer made in newspapers as heretofore. New York, Oct. 31.—The Times' Washington special says: Blue Jeans Williams is in Washington attached to one end of a telegraph line, waiting for news of Morton's death. Dan Voorhees also awaits with the greed of an expectant heir for the dead man's shoes. Since the news of Morton's rapid decline, Williams has grown into an importance that he never knew before. It is believed Grape syrup may be made by boiling down two-thirds, or more if one wish to make it thicker. Still another way to preserve the natural juice is to take one pint of alcohol to ten gallons of juice. Put it in a keg or barrel, according to quantity. Bung it tight, and in ten days after settling bottle it for use. The editor of the Alta is suspicious of any article of food in which fermentation has been checked by the addition of an acid or salt, the effect of which is not known by long use or high chemical authority. He further says: We suspect that the substance rendered incapable of fermentation is also unfitted to a considerable extent for digestion. For this reason we have refused to recommend borax for extensive use in pickling meats and fruits; not that we knew it would be injurious, but we wished for proof that it is wholesome. Of its powerful antiseptic power we have little doubt. Salicylic acid was announced two years ago as the great antiseptic for all kinds of food that ferment or decompose rapidly, but it does not come into use, and objections are made to mixing it with milk and wine. A newspaper clipping says: Prof. Nessler, of Carlsruhe, has discovered a means by which wine can be preserved by means of salicylic acid without necessitating a mixture of the same. He recommends the use of molten parphine, containing two per cent. of salicylic acid for the saturation of small sticks of wood or corn, say, of 15 m. m. length and 2 m. m. thickness, which are to be thrown on the surface of the wine, and thereby prevent the formation of mold. Experiments showed that wine, which would ordinarily spoil on an exposure of eight days to atmosphere, was, with the addition of the wood particles so prepared, perfectly clear and sweet, even after an exposure of four weeks. If the mold has already been formed the addition of alcohol effectually kills the same, and causes it to fall to the bottom of the vessel. The addition of the salicylic acid in the way described prevents further formation. The cost of thus preserving wine would not exceed fifteen to twenty cents per barrel. We will conclude this vinous subject for the present by giving the formula employed at Orleans, France, for making wine vinegar, premising that the vinegar made in Orleans has gained great reputation and is considered the very best made: The wine to be used for vinegar is kept in casks containing a thick layer of beech shavings, for the purpose of collecting the lees. The vinegar casks also contain beech shavings and have a two inch opening in the head. Into a cask holding 88 gallons 22 gallons of boiling-hot vinegar are poured and allowed to stand eight days in open air temperature during the summer, and at 68° in winter. At the end of eight days two gallons of clear wine are added, and the vinegar is allowed to ferment about two days; to test it a barrel stave is dipped into it. If it is covered with froth when withdrawn, the fermentation has gone far enough, and two gallons more of wine are added. This process is continued until the cask is full. It then stands fifteen days to set the vinegar. One-half is next drawn off and clarified, and the cask is re-filled as above, two gallons of wine being added every eight days. To clarify vinegar without impairing its aroma, throw half a pint of boiling milk into every 50 gallons, stir it well, then carefully draw off the clear liquid. It a smaller quantity is required, let crop of Chautauqua county this season is the largest ever known. Shipments to date are valued at $300,000. It is estimated that the entire crop will realize $500,000. The Tennessee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church largely refused to admit C. Gilbert to the ministry, although he had passed a satisfactory examination in theological studies, because he persisted in using tobacco. A resolution was passed prohibiting applicants who use tobacco from entering the ministry in Tennessee. The new lance recently adopted in the Austrian service, after a long series of experiments with weapons of the Cossack and Prussian patterns, is nine feet one inch in length. The point is made of Dessamer steel, its length being slightly over seven inches, and the butt is shod with the same metal. Two long bands of iron attach the head of the staff, and a leather strap, for the arm of the man carrying it to pass through, is fixed to this latter at about four feet from its lower extremity. The total weight of the weapon is four pounds. Before the end of the year all the lancer regiments in the Austrian army are to be armed with the new weapon. In 1866 the quantity of wool exported from New Zealand was 64,242 bales, in 1876, 162-259 bales. Taking whole of the Australian colonies and New Zealand, it seems that the export in 1866 was 348,853 bales, and in 1876, 763,388 bales. It is stated that the rock upon which the Eddystone lighthouse was built has been so undermined by the sea that it has been determined to build another of larger dimensions at a distance of 120 feet from the present structure. An Illinois machinist has invented, and seeks to patent, an apparatus for inflicting capital punishment. It is a gallows, with powerful springs instead of weights, and is calculated to break the neck of the hanged man with certainty and celerity. Ned Gaulsby (colored) has been arrested for burglary at Atlanta, and, on looking up his record, it was found that he owed the State some service—136 years of it, in fact, having four times escaped from jail—namely, when sentenced to a ninety-nine years' term for murder and three terms of twenty years each for homicide and two burglaries. A curious fate seems to be in store for the Isle of Elba. It is to be visited shortly by the Italian Ministers of Interior and Marine who contemplate establishing a large penal colony there. Toads are getting a commercial value in Europe, some one probably in the toad trade, having successfully promulgated the theory that if the toad has a weakness it is for Colorado beetles. A Belgian journal says a new process has been applied to the manufacture of artificial black walnut, by which ordinary wood has imparted to it the appearance of the most beautiful specimens of walnut; adapted to the very finest cabinet work. The wood, first thoroughly dried and warmed, is coated once or twice with a liquid composed of one part by weight of extract of walnut peel, dissolved in six parts of soft water by heating it to boiling and stirring. The wood thus treated is, when half dry, brushed with a solution of one part by weight of bichromate of potash in five parts of boiling water, and, after drying thoroughly, is rubbed and polished. The color is thus said to be fixed in the wood to a depth of one or two lines, and, in the case of red beach or alder, for instance, the walnut appearance is most perfect. The cultivation of tobacco in Germany occupies some 54,000 acres principally in the Southern States. The crop is worth about $45,000 and is made up of cotton. The new lance recently adopted in the Austrian service, after a long series of experiments with weapons of the Cossack and Prussian patterns, is nine feet one inch in length. The point is made of Dessamer steel, its length being slightly over seven inches, and the butt is shod with the same metal. Two long bands of iron attach the head of the staff, and a leather strap, for the arm of the man carrying it to pass through, is fixed to this latter at about four feet from its lower extremity. The total weight of the weapon is four pounds. Before the end of the year all the lancer regiments in the Austrian army are to be armed with the new weapon. In 1866 the quantity of wool exported from New Zealand was 64,242 bales, in 1876, 162-259 bales. Taking whole of the Australian colonies and New Zealand, it seems that the export in 1866 was 348,853 bales, and in 1876, 763,388 bales. It is stated that the rock upon which the Eddystone lighthouse was built has been so undermined by the sea that it has been determined to build another of larger dimensions at a distance of 120 feet from the present structure. An Illinois machinist has invented, and seeks to patent, an inflicting capital punishment. It is a gallows, with powerful springs instead of weights, and is calculated to break the neck of the hanged man with certainty and celerity. Ned Gaulsby (colored) has been arrested for burglary at Atlanta, and onlooking up his record, it was found that he owed the State some service—136 years of it, in fact having four times escaped from jail—namely when sentenced to a ninety-nine years' term for murder and three terms of twenty years each for homicide and two burglaries. A curious fate seems to be in store for the Isle of Elba. It is to be visited shortly by the Italian Ministers of Interior and Marine who contemplate establishing a large penal colony there. Toads are getting a commercial value in Europe, some one probably in the toad trade, having successfully promulgated the theory that if the toad has a weakness it is for Colorado beetles. A Belgian journal says a new process has been applied to manufacture artificial black walnut, by which ordinary wood has imparted to it the appearance of the most beautiful specimens of walnut; adapted to the very finest cabinet work. The wood first thoroughly dried and warmed, is coated once or twice with a liquid composed of one part by weight of extract of walnut peel, dissolved in six parts of soft water by heating it to boiling and stirring. The wood thus treated is，when half dry，brushed with a solution of one part by weight of bichromate of potash in five parts of boiling water，and，after drying thoroughly，is rubbed and polished. The color is thus said to be fixed in the wood to a depth of one or two lines，and，in the case of red beach or alder，for instance，the walnut appearance is most perfect. The cultivation of tobacco in Germany occupies some 54,000 acres principially in the Southern States. The crop is worth about $45,000 and is made up of cotton. The new lance recently adopted in the Austrian service，after a long series of experiments with weapons of the Cossack and Prussian patterns，is nine feet one inch in length. The point is made of Dessamer steel，its length being slightly over seven inches，and the butt is shod with the same metal. Two long bands of iron attach the head of the staff，and a leather strap，for the arm of the man carrying it to pass through，is fixed to this latter at about four feet from its lower extremity. The total weight of the weapon is four pounds. Before the end of the year all the lancer regiments in the Austrian army are to be armed with the new weapon. In 1866 the quantity of wool exported from New Zealand was 64,242 bales，in 1876，162-259 bales. Taking whole of the Australian colonies and New Zealand，it seems that the export in 1866 was 348，853 bales，and in 1876，763，388 bales. It is stated that the rock upon which the Eddystone lighthouse was built has been so undermined by the sea that it has been determined to build another of larger dimensions at a distance of 120 feet from the present structure. An Illinois machinist has invented，and seeks to patentInflicting capital punishment. It is a gallows，with powerful springs insteadof weights,andis calculatedtobreaktheneckofthehangedmanwithcertaintyandcelerity. Ned Gaulsby (colored) has been arrested for burglary at Atlanta，and onlooking up his record，it was found that he owedthe State some service—136 yearsof it，in fact having four times escaped from jail—namely when sentencedtoa ninety-nineyears'termformurderandthreetermsoftwentyyearseachforhomicideandtwoburglaries. A curious fate seems to be in store fortheIsleofElba．ItistobevisitedshortlybytheItalianMinistersofInteriorandMarinewhocontemplateestablishingalargepenalcolonythere. ToadsaregettingacommercialvalueinEurope,someoneprobablyinthetoadtrade,havingsuccessfullypromulgatedthetheorythatifthetoadhasawndnessitismoreperfectlydippedintotheit. Washington.Oct.30th.-ItisbelievedthattheCommitteeonPacificRailroadsareopposedtoScott'sbill-Throckmorton.Tex.;House,Tenn.;Chalmers,Miss.;Elam,La.;O'Nieli,Pa.,andCole.Mo.;six.Againstit-Potter,N.Y.;Morrison,Vt.;Lutrell,Cal.;Landers.Conn;Blair,N.H.;Caswell.Wis.;andRice,Mass.;seven. A billhasbeenintroducedfordatadmissionofUtah. A billhasbeenintroducedbyPageonthesubjectofChineseimmigrationwhichreceivesinapreambletheprovisionsofthe50thand60tharticlesoftheBurlingametreatyguaranteeingtoChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhichthesettle,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,and Whereas,theabrogationoftheprovisionsofsaidtreatybyconcurrentactionofthetwoGovernmentscanbecuredwithinoneyear;therefore BeITENACTED,thatfromandafterthelistofJanuary ,1879.it shallbeunlawfulforanysubjectofChinatoenterwithinhisjurisdictionoftheUnitedStatesunlesshisaileuponthedayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbytheUnitedStatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhichthesettle,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbytheUnitedStatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhichthesettle,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbytheUnitedStatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhichthesettle,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbytheUnitedStatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhichthesettle,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbytheUnitedStatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhichthesettle,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United StatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhittestled,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United StatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinesesubjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhittestled,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United StatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinese(subjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhittestled,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United StatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinese(subjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhittestled,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United StatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinese(subjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhittestled,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsattheportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United StatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmorethansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,thathecomesengagementbyChinese(subjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjurioustothepeopleamongwhittestled,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsat.theportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United StatesMinisterresidentinChina,anddatednotmoreth thansixtydayspriortoitspresentation,t hathecomesengagementbyChinese(subjectsresidinginthiscountrythesameprivilegesandimmunitiesascitizensagethemostfavorednations.Istennisasfollows: WhereasExperiencehasshownthattheimmigrationofsubjectsofChinaisinjuriousto-thepeopleamongwhittestled,andthreatengreat dangerinthefuturetotheworldnation,andhasteadayoftsuchentrywiththeCollectorOfCustomsat.theportwherehearrivesa certificate signedbythe United 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New California raisins are beginning to come in, and the quality bids fair to be excellent, although the quantity will be rather short. The range in value is wide and depends in a great measure upon the care and skill employed in putting up the fruit for market. For instance, there are layer raisins which come from Woodland, which compare favorably with the finest imported layers, and bring at wholesale from $2 75 to $3 per box, containing about twenty pounds, while there are layers which sell down as low as $1 per box, and some which are difficult to dispose of even at that price. Quality is what pays, and one grower in Woodland, who will put up about five thousand boxes as the result of his third year's experiment in the business, will reap a handsome return solely by keeping this in view. There is an ample field for the extension of the industry, as first-class goods are always in demand and meet with ready sale; but those who are unacquainted with the mode of packing their raisins in an attractive style would do well to follow the advice given some time ago by a leading firm in the trade, and send them down in bulk to their commission merchants. They will not bring anything like the price of strictly choice boxes, but they will sell as well as inferior boxes, and a good deal of labor in packing may be saved.—San Francisco Chronicle, October 30th. Twenty years ago it required over five tons of coal to make a ton of iron rails; now a ton of steel rails may be produced from the ore with half that quantity of coal. DRESSING THE BABY. Man's Ways and Women's Ways, You Know how to Yawn! [From the Philadelphia World.] When a woman goes to work to dress a two-year-old baby, she does it in a systematic, business-like manner, and without any noise and fuss; and before you know it the youngster is laid out of her hands with his face washed and hair combed, his clothing in ship-shape order and a ten dollar chrome under his arm. This all comes from knowing how. With a man it is different. He makes elaborate preparations and puts on the air of one who is getting an eighty-four gunship ready for a two years' cruise. He collects the youngster's duds together in a heap, gathering them up from pretty much all over the house, and after a great deal of hawling for this, and sharp, snapping inquiries for that, and an unlimited amount of getting down on his knees and looking around under the furniture for the other (all of which comes from his having undressed the child the night before) he at length sits responsibly down in a chair, and with a feeble attempt at good nature, says: "Come, Freddie, come to papa and have your cousin on." The child, who is just then traveling around in his night dress, and playing with a damp towel and a stove wrench, makes a bee-line for the door, full of a desire to escape into the next room. "Come, Freddie, come to papa, like a good boy," says the father, at a brave effort at patience. The child keeps on his course. "Fred!" This sounds so much like business that the youngster stops, turns, and tacking slowly up to the now stern-browed parent, gradually gets within reach, when a sudden grab of his arm brings him into position where the damp towel slaps around on the father's clean shirt front, and the wretch plumps down upon the very top of his foot. "Imortal Julius!" he screams in agony, nursing his foot with one hand and shaking the poor innocent with the other, whereupon the innocent sets up an accompanying yell. A voice from below, where the wife and mother is busied with getting breakfast, joins in the chorus. "Olinstead Malleson, what on earth are you doing to that child?" "Oh, you be darned!" goes back the quick reply, in a short, ugly, desperate growl that silences all further inquiry. Then the father, after rubbing his foot and groaning awhile, squares the child around and begins the process of dressing him, which is mostly made up of dreadful struggles between clumsy fingers and smooth porcelain buttons, a general misplacing of garments hind side before and inside down there. The Trotting Stallion Gibraltar, WILL BE KEPT AT MY STABLE ON JETTERMAN Street near Ardennes Park. Los Angeles after September 30th. Limits high, weights 115 pounds, with large bone and humane trunk. Has a stair by "Keller" his dime by "Owen Dale," is five years old last year; he has brushed but has a few months; has trotted (in half mile in one minute), twisted one-half mounth and a full mile in 2:27], and many times holds of Zim. The gross depression in the value of all kinds of stock has induced me to offer the services of this unfamiliar trotting house for $25 for the month, and $60 to limit Marxs kept at reasonable price and gratuitous escape. Apply to grooms in charge or to GEO. O. TIPTANY, Owner. GUERNSEY BULL, No. 33. "CAPTAIN GUERNSEY." Berkshire Swine. A BARGAIN. Will be sold cheap if applied for soon. A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE Centrally Located. A good house, centralizing five rooms, hard-finished. A stable, wind-rill and bath-house. ALL IN GOOD REPAIR. A Large Garden and Orchard, 180x142 feet, Containing Orange, Lemon, Lime, Apple, Apricots, Peach, Peach, Fig and Walnut trees. A Large Variety of Rose Bushes and RARE PLANTS, All in a Flourishing Condition. The best of Irrigating Facilities Title Perfect. Apply at this Office. Important Announcement. Messrs. D. & G. D. Plato Respectfully announce to the citizens of Anaheim and vicinity that the San Francisco member of the firm has lately taken advantage of an opportunity to purchase a full line of goods at prices much below the ruling market rate. This, therefore, enables us to give our customers the benefit of first-class goods at prices much lower than has ever ruled in Anaheim. As is well known, we have lately been making a specialty of LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S GAITERS AND SHOES, And in order to secure this trade we make the following announcement, merely premising that we make an proportionate reduction on every class of goods in our store: Ladies' Kid Fox Gaiters, $1.25, formerly sold for $1.75. Ladies' all cloth Gaiters, $1.50, formerly sold for $2. Ladies' Gaiters, $1.50 per pair, formerly sold for $2. Prince Hassan and his Gloves. We have a curious bit of information about the young Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian contingent on the Danube. Though but 24 years old, Prince Hassan, son of the Khedive, is an experienced soldier, and has already had his share of haps and mishaps. The young Prince received his military education at Woolwich and Berlin, after which he occupied the office of Minister of War to his father. During the late war with Abysinia he was seriously wounded and made prisoner. Although treated with great consideration, King John "to punish him," as he expressed it, "for fighting against Christians," ordered that a large cross should be tattooed on the back of each of the Prince's hands. This was done; and when his wounds were healed, the young officer was released and returned to Cairo. Arrived at home, Prince Hassan consulted the best European as well as native physicians and chemists, and Copt soothsayers, promising a large sum to any one who should rid him of these mentoes of the Abyssinian King. Advice was freely given and experiments tried, and the Prince underwent much suffering, but all in vain—the Christian crosses were indelible. In despair he finally resorted to a Dervish for advice, and the holy man communicated a remedy which, at least, had the merit of being undeniably efficacious. "Chop off both thy hands," said he to the Prince; "better live without hands than wear forever these signs of the infidel giaours!" But Hassan relished it but little, and so remains to this day tattooed with the hateful symbols. This is why no one ever sees him without gloves. Claiborne F. Jackson, once Governor of Missouri, married in succession five daughters of one of the most wealthy families of the State. As soon as one wife would die he would go and marry her sister in reasonable time. Of course, some of them were widows when he married them. In connection with the marriages there was a standing joke told at the expense of the Governor, which was that when he went to ask the old gentleman's consent to marry the last one, the venerable father is reported to have said: "Yes, Claibon, you can have her. You have got them all. For goodness sake, don't ask me for the old woman." And in order to secure this trade we make the following announcement, merely premising that we make an proportionate reduction on every class of goods in our store: Ladies' Kil Fox Gaiters, $1.25, formerly sold for $1.75. Ladies' all cloth Gaiters, $1.50, formerly sold for $2. Ladies Gaiters, $1.50 per pair, formerly sold for $2. Ladies' Buttoned Gaiters, $2.50, formerly sold for $3.50. Misses' Gaiters, $1.25, formerly sold for $2.00. Childrens' Shoes, $1, formerly sold for $1.50. Childrens' Shoes, $0.50, formerly sold for $1. To enumerate the articles upon which we have made reductions would be almost impossible. We ask our friends, whether they intend to purchase or not, to call us at our store and ascertain the prices of our goods. Our stock consists in part of DRY-GOODS, LADIES' FANCY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, Etc., Etc. PRODUCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. D. & G. D. PLATO, Corner of Los Angeles and Centre Streets ADVERTISE IN THE SEMI-WEEKLY GAZETTE.