anaheim-gazette 1881-02-12

ANAHEIM VOL. XI. ANAHEIM WEEKLY GAZETTE. Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. DIRECTORY. STATE OFFICERS. GEORGE C. PERKINS.....Governor JOHN MANSFIELD.....Lieutenant-Governor DANIEL M. BURNS.....Secretary of State DANIEL M. KENFIELD.....Controller JOHN WEIL.....Treasurer AUGUSTUS L. HART.....Attorney-General JAMES W. SHANKLIN.....Surveyor-General FRANK W. GROSS.....Clerk of Supreme Court R. F. MORRISON..Chief Justice Supreme Court J. D. THORNTON.....Associate Justice S. B. McKEE.....M. H. MYRICK.....J. E. SHARPSTEIN.....E. M. ROSS.....E. W. McKINSTRY... COUNTY OFFICERS. Y. SEPULVEDA.....Superior Judge V. E. HOWARD....." T. B. BROWN.....District Attorney W. R. ROWLAND.....Sheriff A. W. POTTS.....Clerk MILTON LINDLEY.....Treasurer C. C. LAMB.....Recorder B. A. YORBA.....Auditor J. W. VENABLE.....Assessor W. B. CULLEN.....Tax Collector E. T. WRIGHT.....Surveyor J. KURTZ.....Coroner J. W. HINTON .....Superintendent of Schoola Dr. Reginald A. Fergusson Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the Queen's University, Ireland; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal College of Edinburgh; Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries of London; late Senior Resident-Burgess, Resident-Physician and Assistant Pathologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and later Resident in the Rotunda Hospital, (for diseases of women only) Dublin— HAVING PURCHASED FROM DR. JAMES ELLIS the Anaheim Sanatorium and Drug Store may be consulted on all Medical and Surgical cases. Diseases of Women and Children a specialty. Office hours from 7 A.M. to 12 M., and from 5 P.M. to 8 P.M. For the convenience of Westminster and Garden Grove patients, Dr. Fergusson will be at Mr. Clark's boarding house, Westminster, every Tuesday and Friday, from 2 to 4 P.M. DR. ALICE HIGGINS, Physician and Surgeon! OFFICE—Corner of Center and Lemon Streets, ANAHEIM. DR. E. L. COWAN, Dentist, Has opened an office in the upper part of Mrs Metz's building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim. Having had twenty years experience, he can speak with confidence of his work. His scale of prices is very low. He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 9 A.M. and 5 P.M. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. COUNTY OFFICERS. Y. SEPULVEDA... Superior Judge V. E. HOWARD... "" T. B. BROWN... District Attorney W. R. ROWLAND... Sheriff A. W. POTTS... Clerk MILTON LINDLEY... Treasurer C. C. LAMB... Recorder B. A. YORKBA... Auditor J. W. VENABLE... Assessor W. B. CULLEN... Tax Collector E. T. WRIGHT... Surveyor J. KURTZ... Coroner J. W. HINTON... Superintendent of Schools SUPERVISORS. C. PRAGER, (Chairman)... First District J. H. ROGERS... "" J. H. HANNON... Second... W. F. COOPER... Third... R. EGAN... Fourth Regular meeting on the first Monday in each month. LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS. J. B. WEST... State Senator R. F. DEL VALLE... Member of Assembly J. F. CRANK... "" MUNICIPAL OFFICERS. B. F. SEIBERT, (President)... Trustee E. A. SAXTON... "" F. A. KORN... "" B. DREYPUS... "" D. E. MILES Richard Melrose... Town Clerk R. M. BARHAM... Marshal Theo RIMPAU... Treasurer John P. ZEYN... Assessor T. L. GANNON... Justice of the Peace Regular meetings on the first Wednesday in each month. TOWNSHIP OFFICERS. Alexander Bailey... Justice of the Peace T. L. GANNON... "" R. M. BARHAM... Constable R. BOHN... FEDERAL OFFICERS. Charles R. Johnson... Register Land Office J. W. HAVVERSTICK... Receiver Land Office F. B. FANNING... Dep., Col., Int., Rev. Ivar A. WEID... U. S. Gauger J. D. DUNLAP... Dep., U. S. Marshal B. C. WHITING... U. S. Commissioner ANAHEIM POST-OFFICE. Northern mail arrives at 6, P.M., and closes at 6:30 A.M. Southern mail arrives at 7:30 A.M., and closes at 5:30 P.M. Westminster and Garden Grove mail arrives at 4, P.M., and closes at 5, P.M. Wm. M. Higgins, Postmaster. SOCIETY MEETINGS. Anaheim Lodge No. 85, A.O.U.W. Meeting every Monday night. C.E Leonard, Master Workman. J.M.Guinn, Recorder. Anaheim Lodge No. 207, F.A.M. Meeting the Monday preceding the full moon in each month. W.M.McFadden, Worshipful Master D.E.Miles, Secretary. Anaheim Lodge No. 109, L.O.O.F. Meeting every Tuesday evening. John P. DR.E.L.COWAN, Dentist, Has opened an office in the upper part of Mrs Metz's building, Los Angeles Street, Anaheim Having had twenty years experience he can speak with confidence of his work His scale of prices is very low He will be found in his office every day between the hours of 9 A.M and 5 P.M. GEO.B.SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE—BANK OF ANAHEIM VICTOR MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Anaheim, Cal Office at Santa Ana on Tuesdays and Fridays P.O.address Anaheim, Cal. ROBT.W.SCOTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona Territory. Kroeger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. H.MMITCHELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Office—Rooms 76 and 77 Temple Block, LOS ANGELES. M.L.WICKS, Attorney-at-Law, Rooms 86 and 87, Temple Block, LOS ANGELES. MOYE WICKS, Attorney-at-Law, Congress Street, TUCSON ARIZONA Business promptly attended to. L.GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor.Adele and Los Angeles streets. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Los Angeles Street. MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price All orders promptly attended to All work guaranteed CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times Tanks and Tubs made to order Honey Barrels for sale cheap. MILES BROS. WAREHOUSEMEN AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS All consignments of produce shipped through us will be sold at the highest market rates Liberal cash advances will be made Sacks, twine and bale rope sold at low figures Agents for all kinds of farming implements Also agent for the Phoenix and Home Insurance Co.'s Office at Warehouse near Rail- SOCIETY MEETINGS. Anaheim Lodge No. 85, A. O. U. W. Meeting every Monday night. C. E. Leonard, Master Workman. J. M. Guinn, Recorder. Anaheim Lodge No. 207, F. and A. M. Meeting the Monday preceding the full moon in each month. W. M. McFadden, Worshipful Master D. E. Miles, Secretary. Anaheim Lodge No. 109, L. O. O. F. Meeting every Tuesday evening. John P. Zeyn, Noble Grand. J. Gooch, Secretary. Orpheus Lodge No. 237, I. O.O.F. Meeting every Friday evening. H. A. Boege, N. G. R. Menzel, Secretary. Anaheim Fire Company No. 1. H. A. Stough, Foreman. N. A. Bittner, Secretary. Regular meetings on the last Saturday in each month. Exotic Gardens, NEW LOS ANGELES STREET, Bear of Cathedral. LOS ANGELES. LOUIS J. STENGEL, Proprietor. My amortment of PLANTS and SHRUBBERY Of all kinds for the season of 1881 is larger and more complete than that of any other nursery in Southern California, and I guarantee that My Prices are Lower Than those of any other first-class nursery in the State, and I guarantee all plants sent out from my nursery to be in a healthy condition. Order any Plant you want And I can furnish it. Special attention is given to orders sent by mail. A special invitation is given to everyone to call at my nursery and see my amortment of plants. PRIVATE BOARDING. A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOARDERS TAKEN on moderate terms. Apply to MRS. KUCHEL. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubs made to order. Honev Barrels for sale cheap. MILES BROS. WAREHOUSEMEN AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS All consignments of produce shipped through us will be sold at the highest market rates. Liberal cash advances will be made. Sacks, twine and bale rope sold at low figures. Agents for all kinds of farming implements. Also agent for the Phoenix and Home Insurance Co.'s Office at Warehouse, near Railroad denot. F. & J. BACKS, Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc, UNDERTAKERS, Agents for the VICTOR SEWING MACHINE. Los Angeles Street, : : Anaheim. Alfred L. Pellegrin, PHOTOGRAPHER, LOS ANGELES STREET, ANAHEIM..CAL. WESTMINSTER Pork Packing Co. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR AS many hogs as I can use. Or I will kill and entire hogs for Cash or Products. ROBERT ECCLES, Proprietor. $5 Outside sent free to those who wish to engage in the most pleasant and profitable business known. Everything new. Capital not required. We will furnish you everything.$16 a day and upwards is easily made without staying away from home over night. No risk whatever.Many new workers granted at once.Many are making fortunes at the business.Ladies make so much as men and boys and girls make great pay.No one who is willing to work falls to make more money every day than can be made in a week at any ordinary employment.Those who engage at once will find a short road to fortune.Address: H. HAHANY & Co., Portland, Maine. AND ALL KINDS PROD SOLELY ON COMMUNICATION Returns Premptly and Accurately HEADQUARTERS CALIFORNIA RAID Green and Dried Correspondence and Contact Especial attention paid to Consignments 425 Clay Street ANAHIGH Lighter Co. ANAHEIM LAKE THIS COMPANY IS NOW receiving and deliver freight at GREATLY REDUCTIONS And the patronage of the public unequaled facilities for the store special inducements in the matter who desire to store their train promptly answered upon application letter to GEORGE A.E.WHITE. BLACKSMITH —AND— Wagonmaid All Work Warmer Prices as low as Center Street, WEEKLY IM GAZ ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1881. CITY DRUG STORE! Ferguson & Lake, Prop's. Centre Street (Opposite Planters' Hotel). ANAHEIM. A choice variety of perfumery, toilet articles, etc., purs and fresh Drugs, patent medicines, etc. Physicians' prescriptions carefully compounded at all hours. IMPORTANT! THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO FURNISH to farmers all kinds of Farming MACHINERY, Or any part of them at lowest rates. A full line of Hardware, Groceries, PAINTS AND OILS CROCKERY & LAMPS ST. VALENTINE'S DAY. Good morrow; 'tis St. Valentine's Day; All in the morning betime, And I, a maid at your window To be your Valentine. —Ophelia, in Hamlet IV-5. The origin of St. Valentine's Day (February 14th) is a mystery—at least it is a mystery to the writer—and the quotation given above shows that it is a venerable and ancient institution. Like many other old holidays it is falling into desuetude more and more every year, and the peculiar custom of sending "Valentines," which has prevailed on that day from time immemorial, is much less observed now than it was a few years ago. The stride of civilization steadily crushes out the simple pleasures and customs which our ancestors found delight in. For the benefit of such of our readers as have not "Pickwick" at hand, we give the ludicious extract which describes the tribulations of Sam Weller in his endeavors to compose a proper message to his sweetheart on St. Valentine's Day. Sam is enjoying a vacation and in passing a stationer's window his gaze rested upon certain pictures therein contained. The story then proceeds: The particular picture on which Sam Weller's eyes were fixed was a highly colored representation of a couple of human hearts skewered together with an arrow, cooking before a cheerful fire, while a male and female cannibal in modern attire, the gentleman being clad in blue coat and white trousers, and the lady in a deep red pelisse with a parasol of the same, were approaching the meal with hungry eyes, up a serpentine marshal path leading thence unto A decidedly reproachful accents, "I didn't think you'd ha' done it. Arter the warnin' you've had o' your father's wicious propensities; arter all I've said to you upon this here wery subject; arter actiwally seein' and been' in the company o' your own mother-in-law, vich I should ha' thought was a moral lesson as no man could never ha' forgotten to his dyin' day! I didn't think you'd ha' done it, Sammy, I didn't think you'd ha' done it!" These reflections were too much for the good old man. He raised Sam's tumbler to his lips and drank off its contents. "Wot's the matter now?" said Sam. "Nevr'mind, Sammy," replied Mr. Weller. "It'll be a wery agonizin' trial to me at my time o' life; but I'm pretty tough, that's vun consolation, as the wery old turkey remarked wen the farmer said he was afeerd he should be obliged to kill him for the London market." "Wot'll be a trial?" inquired Sam. "To see you married, Sammy—to see you a dilluded victim, and thinkin' in your innocence that it's all wery capital," replied Mr. Weller. "It's a dreadful trial to a father's feelin', that 'ere, Sammy." "Nonsense," said Sam. "I ain't a goin' to get married, don't you fret yourself about that; I know you're a judge of these things. Order in your pipe, and I'll read you the letter. There!" We cannot distinctly say whether it was the prospect of the pipe, or the consolatory reflection that a fatal disposition to get married ran in the family and couldn't be helped, which calmed Mr. Weller's feelings, and caused his grief to subside. We should be rather disposed to say that the result was... MACHINERY, Hardware, Groceries, PAINTS AND OILS CROCKERY & LAMPS Always on hand. A LANGENBERGER. City Stables, Corner of Los Angeles and Center Sts. ANAHEIM. L.F. Lewis, - Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most commodious in the town, and special attention will be paid to Boarding and Grooming horses. The charge in all cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams Furnished at short notice, and careful drivers, familiar with the country, supplied when required. The patronage of the public is respectfully solicited. FOR SALE. 20 acres in Anaheim Extension. CLEANED AND LEVELED. Good House and well of water with Force Pump. A Great Bargain Offered Inquire of L. F. LEWIS, at City Stables. SPEAR, MEADE & CO [Successors to Littlefield, Webb & Co.] 416 and 418 Front St., San Francisco HANDLE... Grain, Honey, Potatoes AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE SOLELY ON COMMISSION. Returns Promptly and Accurately Rendered HEADQUARTERS FOR... CALIFORNIA RAISINS, NUTS Green and Dried Fruits. The particular picture on which Sam Weller's eyes were fixed was a highly colored representation of a couple of human hearts skewered together with an arrow, cooking before a cheerful fire, while a male and female cannibal in modern attire, the gentleman being clad in blue coat and white trousers, and the lady in a deep red pelisse with a parasol of the same, were approaching the meal with hungry eyes, up a serpentine gravel path leading thereunto. A decidedly indelible young gentleman, in a pair of wings and nothing else, was depicted as superintending the cooking; a representation of the spire of the church in Langham Place, London, appeared in the distance; and the whole formed a "valentine," of which, as a written inscription in the window testified, there was a large assortment within, which the shopkeeper pledged himself to dispose of to his countrymen generally, at the reduced rate of one and sixpence each. "I should ha' forgot it; I should certainly ha' forgot it!" said Sam. So saying, he at once stepped into the stationer's shop, and requested to be served with a sheet of the best gilt-edged letter paper, and a hard-nibbed pen which could be warranted not to splutter. These articles having been promptly supplied, he walked on direct towards Leadenhall Market at a good round pace, very different from his recent lingering one. Looking around him, he there beheld a signboard on which the painter's art had delineated something remotely resembling a cerulean elephant with an aquiline nose in lieu of a trunk. Rightly conjecturing that this was the Blue Boar himself, he stepped into the house and inquired concerning his parent. "He won't be here this three quarters of an hour or more," said the young lady who superintended the domestic arrangements of the Blue Boar. "Very good, my dear," replied Sam. "Let me have nine pen'orth o' brandy and water luke and the inkstand, will you, miss?" The brandy and water luke and the inkstand having been carried into the little parlor, and the young lady having carefully flattened down the coals to prevent their blazing, and carried off the poker to preclude the possibility of the fire being stirred, without the full privity and concurrence of the Blue Boar being first had and obtained, Sam Weller sat himself down on a box near the stove and pulled out the sheet of gilt-edged letter paper and the hard-nibbed pen. Then looking carefully at the pen to see there were no hairs in it, and dusting down the table so that there might be no crumbs of bread under the paper, Sam tucked up the cuffs of his coat, squared his elbows, and composed himself to write. To ladies and gentlemen who are not in the habit of devoting themselves practically to the science of penmanship, writing a letter is no very easy task, it being always considered necessary in such cases for the wri- Mr. Weller. "It's a dreadful trial to a father's feelin', that 'ere, Sammy." "Nonsense," said Sam. "I can't goin' to get married, don't you fret yourself about that; I know you're a judge of these things. Order in your pipe, and I'll read you the letter. There!" We cannot distinctly say whether it was the prospect of the pipe, or the consolatory reflection that a fatal disposition to get married ran in the family and couldn't be helped, which calmed Mr. Weller's feelings, and caused his grief to subside. We should rather disposed to say that the result was attained by combining the two sources of consolation, for he repeated the second in a low tone very frequently; ringing the bell meanwhile, to order in the first. He then divested himself of his upper coat, and lighting the pipe and placing himself in front of the fire with his back towards it, so that he could feel its full heat and recline against the mantel-piece at the same time, turned towards Sam, and, with a countenance greatly mollified by the softening influence of tobacco, requested him to "fire away." Sam dipped his pen into the ink to be ready for any corrections, and began with a verytheatrical air: "Lovely ____." "Stop," said Mr. Weller, ringing the bell. "A double glass o' the invariable, my dear." "Very well, sir," replied the girl, who with great quickness appeared, vanished, returned, and disappeared. "They seem to know your ways here," observed Sam. "Yes," replied his father, "I've been here before in my time. Go on, Sammy." "Lovely creetur—," repeated Sam. "Tain't in poetry, is it?" interposed his father. "No, no," replied Sam. "Wery glad to hear it," said Mr. Weller. "Poetry's unnatral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day, or Warren's blackin', or Rowland's oil, or some o' them low fellows; never you let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy. Begin agin, Sammy." Mr. Weller resumed his pipe with a critical solemnity, and Sam once more commenced, and read as follows: "Lovely creetur i feel myself a damned—." "That ain't proper," said Mr. Weller, taking his pipe from his mouth. "No; it ain't 'dammed,' "" observed Sam, holding the letter up to the light, "'it's shamed,' there's a blot there—'I feel myself ashamed.'" "Wery good," said Mr. Weller. "Go on." "'Feel myself ashamed, and completely cir—.' I forget what this here word is," said Sam, scratching his head with his pen, in vain attempts to remember. "Why don't you look at it, then?" inquiried Mr. Weller. So I am a lookin' at it," replied Sam, "but there's another blot. Here's a 'c,' and a i,' and a 'd.'" Cirumwented n'haps," suggested Mr. Weller. AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE SOLELY ON COMMISSION. Returns Premply and Accurately Rendered ...HEADQUARTERS FOR... CALIFORNIA RAISINS, NUTS Green and Dried Fruits. Correspondence and Consignments Solicited G. H. KELLOGG, General Commission Merchant, —AND DEALER IN— Provisions and Groceries. Especial attention paid to Country Orders. Consignments Solicited. 425 Clay Street San Francisco. ANAHEIM Lighter Company! ANAHEIM LANDING. THIS COMPANY IS NOW PREPARED TO REceive and deliver freight at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES And the patronage of the public is solicited. Having unequaled facilities for the storage of grain, we offer special inducements in the matter of rates to those who desire to store their grain. All inquiries will be promptly answered upon application in person or by letter to GEORGE MULL, Agent. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING —AND— Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest. Center Street, Anaheim. GAZETTE. 2, 1881. NO. 18 "So they are," observed the elder Mr. Weller, parenthetically. "But now," continued Sam, "now I find what a reg'lar soft-headed, ink-red' lous turnip I must ha' been; for there ain't nobody like you, though I like you better than nothin' at all.' I thought it best to make that rayther strong," said Sam, looking up. Mr. Weller nodded approvingly, and Sam resumed. "So I take the privilidge of the day, Mary my dear—as the gen'mu'n in difficulties did, ven he valked out of a Sunday,—to tell you that the first and only time I see you, your likeness was took on my heart in much quicker time and brighter colors than ever a likeness was took by the profeel macheen (wich p'raps you may have heard on Mary my dear) altho it does finish a portrait and put the frame and glass on complete, with a hook at the end to hang it up by, and all in two minutes and quarter." "I am afeerd that werges on the poetical, Sammy," said Mr. Weller, dubiously. "No it don't," replied Sam, reading on very quickly, to avoid contesting the point: "Except of me Mary my dear as your valentine and think over what I've said.—My dear Mary I will now conclude.' That's all," said Sam. "That's rather a sudden pull up, ain't it, Sammy?" inquired Mr. Weller. "Not a bit on it," said Sam: "she'll visit there was more, and that's the great art o' letter writin'." "Well," said Mr. Weller, "there's some thin' in that; and I wish your mother-in-law 'ud only conduct her conversation on the same gen-teel principle." How to Make Raisins. Several correspondents of the Bulletin have asked questions as to vineyards for raisin purposes. The pleasant, profitable and interesting labor, as compared with the ordinary farming, which this branch of viti- Agricultural and Horticultural Items. In some parts of California the nectarine has become almost worthless on account of the fruit being eaten by the squash bug. It is said that by planting the tree on alkali soil all difficulty from this bug is removed. The sweet orange has been used successfully in Spain for wine making, and as fine wine, of different varieties, has been made from it as from grapes. The oranges are used for that purpose before they are fully ripe. We are informed on good authority that a firm of St. Louis has contracted for 10,000 centsals of brewing barley from Los Angeles to be delivered on the completion of the Southern line of railroad. We hope that this is the beginning of an important trade for our section.—Express. A bug has turned up in Asia Minor which feeds upon the eggs of the locust. When a cluster of locust eggs is examined the destroying insect appears in the midst of them. Locusts from time immemorial have made themselves disliked in Asia, and the new bug, which is believed to deposit its eggs in the live locust's body, has general sympathy and encouragement. The farmers of Austria are organizing in great numbers and agitating for a tariff to protect them against the large and increasing importations of grain and cattle from the United States and Russia, that are being made at prices with which it would be ruinous to compete. The farmers' unions also seek a reduction of the rate of interest on How to Make Raisins. Several correspondents of the Bulletin have asked questions as to vineyards for raisin purposes. The pleasant, profitable and interesting labor, as compared with the ordinary farming, which this branch of viticulture promises, has attracted the attention of many. There is no danger of overdoing the business for many years to come. It is claimed, also, that good plantations of raisin grapes will probably give the producer a larger profit per acre than will wine grapes. Those farmers who have scruples against producing wine may certainly raise table and raisin grapes, such as the Muscat, Musartella, Gordo Blanco, and Seedless Sultana. The dried grapes in barrels, poorly put up, full of seeds, and usually of Mission variety, are, fortunately, disappearing from the market, being unprofitable for both producer and consumer. Through eastern Shasta and Tehaina, are some vineyards where these dried grapes are still made in considerable quantities, and are freighted over the mountains into the Goose Lake region, where they find ready sale. But the best raisin grapes will thrive equally well in Shasta and Tehama, and will prove much better for this northern trade. Along the streams of these counties there is a good deal of choice land for raisin grapes, and the same is true of all the interior counties of both valleys and foothills. It ought in this connection to be said with earnestness, that, whoever tries to make raisins must make a good article. Trash does not pay. Mixing grapes is absurd. Growing grapes on soil where they do not become large, plump and sweet, is another ruinous error. Men with skill and capital will use artificial heat to supplement or supersede the sun-drying process. Men of small means, who have little homesteads in the hills, must do the work themselves, as it is largely a matter of close attention to details. For such small growers the Spanish side-hill floors for drying offer many advantages. In Spain grapes ripen early in August. Only ripe grapes are picked, and then are carried carefully to the drying floors, which should be upon a slope with a south-western aspect. Mr. West says that the length of a floor is about 45 feet and its width 14 feet, the slope being 45 degrees. It is walled about to keep any rain from entering, and boards are used to cover it at night. The floods is of the natural soil, and keeps dry and dusty. The clusters of grapes are placed on this floor closely, but not overlapping, and the stem side is uppermost. The covers are not put on at night for three or four days, till the grapes are shrivelled somewhat. On the eight day those clusters or parts of clusters which have dried sufficiently are to be taken Locusta from time immemorial have made themselves dialiked in Asia, and the new bug, which is believed to deposit its eggs in the live locust's body, has general sympathy and encouragement. The farmers of Austria are organizing in great numbers and agitating for a tariff to protect them against the large and increasing importations of grain and cattle from the United States and Russia, that are being made at prices with which it would be ruined to compete. The farmers' unions also seek a reduction of the rate of interest on the part of the banks to 4 per cent. It is a kind of granger movement. Florida journals are describing a new orange lately introduced from Japan, which promises to be of value. It belongs to the class of loose-rind species. The fruit is deep-orange color, medium size, seedless, flat, smooth and skin sweet. The pulp is dark, juicy, sweet and tender. The tree is thornless, the limbs droop in a peculiar way, and the bark is smooth. As a table fruit there is thought to be none superior to the Satauma variety. L. Randall plants grape cuttings by running first a furrow along where the row is to be planted; he then turns another furrow out of the bottom of this one, throwing the dirt the same way. This leaves a furrow from twelve to fifteen inches in depth. He then throws the dirt back into the furrow, filling it full of loose soil. It is then an easy matter to thrust the cutting in as deep as it should go. Water is then run down the furrow beside the row of cuttings, and this settles the soil firmly around each one. Riverside Press. Vast efforts were made by the Russian Government last summer to destroy the grasshoppers. The work was carried on for about three months, and occupied in one district, Gori, no fewer than 20,000 people per day. These colossal efforts resulted in cutting down the ratio of crops destroyed to two per cent. While many million roubles worth of hay and corn were saved, the enterprise cost the Government 200,000 roubles. Many thousands acres of fields and gardens were neglected by their owners because the extra work offered in the grasshopper districts was more remunerative. The yield of the last year's vintage in France amounted only to 29,600,000 hectolitres (about 785,000,000 gallons), which is 2,000,000 hectolitres under the average of the last ten years. The yield of 1879, however, was still smaller—namely 25,700,000 hectolitres. The imports, which before 1878 never reached 1,000,000 hectolitres, consequently rose to 3,000,000 hectolitres in 1879, and 4-400,000 hectolitres last year, exclusive of the month of December, for which the returns have not yet been made up. Of this quantity Spain contributed more than 4,000,000 hectolitres. It is well-known that the application of salt on land sown in wheat has a very good effect, both as a fertilizer to some extent. to the light, "it's here—'I feel myself Weller. "Go on." Here's a 'c,' and suggested Mr. Sam, "circum- word as circumwent- eller, gravely. his father. means more?" in tenderer word," few moments' re- sentiment," said moving his pipe to other good," observ- the style of writin'," is, that there it—no Wenuses, no Wot's the good o' Vennis or a angel, applied Sam. call ber a griffin, arms at once, which a col-lection o' Mr. Weller. Sam. Id Mr. Weller. request, and progather continuing to pression of wisdom was particularly thought all women be upon a slope with a south-western aspect. Mr. West says that the length of a floor is about 45 feet and its width 14 feet, the slope being 45 degrees. It is walled about to keep any rain from entering, and boards are used to cover it at night. The flood is of the natural soil, and keeps dry and dusty. The clusters of grapes are placed on this floor closely, but not overlapping, and the stem side is uppermost. The covers are not put on at night for three or four days, till the grapes are shrivelled somewhat. On the eight day those clusters or parts of clusters which have dried sufficiently are to be taken out. The remaining grapes should not be turned over. About the thirteenth day she entire lot will be finished. In Mr. Blowers' vineyard, Yolo county, the grapes are allowed to remain on the vine until of a golden color, and translucent. Then they are picked, and put on wooden trays 2x3 feet in size, placed between the rows, sloping to the sun. When half dried they are turned by putting a tray on top, and by inverting them both, are transferred to the new tray. When the grapes lose their ashy appearance, and after removing the green ones, the rest are put into large sweat boxes, placing sheets of paper between every twenty-five pounds of raisins. They are left there for two weeks, when the stems are tough and the rains soft. The packing follows, in which iron or steel-packing frames are used, the raisins being assorted, weighed, inspected and made presentable. Mr. Blowers prefers a rich, moist, sandy loam, in a warm climate, for raisins, and believes that winter irrigation will destroy insects, and keep the vines in a thrifty condition. He prefers to plant vines 8x10 feet apart, or even 10x10 feet, and use fertilizers. These conditions named secure an abundant yield of large and thin-skinned berries. The makers of California raisins must see to it that their grapes are dried evenly, and are well graded as regard size and quality. They must close-prune their vines, and thin the grapes when the crop is too great. The berries should be plump, sweet and large. Soil, situation, and culture, all exert an influence upon the character of raisin grapes. And strict attention to minima is needed to ensure success. Each cultivator should try a few vines of the Black Zante Currant grape. Prune them long, give them winter flooding, and so decide whether we can make them succeed here, as this is an important problem at present. The seedless White Saltana may be planted largely, as it has been found to give satisfaction. —San Francisco Bulletin. It is well-known that the application of salt on land sown in wheat has a very good effect, both as a fertilizer to some extent, and especially in strengthening the straw and preventing it from falling. This alone would assist in adding to the yield. A farmer, residing in Wisconsin, named D. Brawster, says that in his crops of spring-wheat a barrel of salt sown upon three acres, after the plants had made their appearance, produced just double the yield to the acre to that side by side on which no salt had been sown, and the grain, too, was heavier and plumper. The carob bean is grown all over the Mediterranean seaboard and islands, and 8,000 tons were imported from Cyprus by England alone in 1879. It forms an important ingredient in cattle foods, is now employed in France for making brandy since the continued failure of the vines, and is eaten by the peasants in Russia and the East. Last year was a wonderful year for carobs. The carob tree is a handsome overgreen with dark glossy foliage, which forms a grateful rest for the eye along the hot slopes of the Limasol, Paphos, and Kerynia hills. In the spring the long broad pods of the beans can scarcely be distinguished among the leaves; but in the early autumn they turn to a dark chocolate color, and in an abundant year bow the branches to the ground, presenting a striking contrast to the rest of the tree. The carob tree is hardy, flourishes well with but little rain, and attains a large size, much resembling the walnut in its spread and habit. It grows sparsely in Cyprus, often not more than twenty or thirty to the same, for there is no regular planting. London, February 5. —Thomas Carlyle died at 8:30 this morning. From last evening until his death Carlyle was unconscious. His respiration was extremely fastie, and the heart's action barely perceptible. No suffred no pain the last thirty-six hours. His nips was with him to the last. It is understood Carlyle will be buried in the churchyard at his birthplace.