anaheim-gazette 1882-07-01

ANAHEIM VOL. XII. WEEKLY GAZETTE Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. 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 Surgeons of Edinburgh; Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries of London; Late Senior Resident Surgeon, Resident Physician and Assistant Pathologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and later Resident in the Rotunda Hospital (for diseases of women only) Dublin. OFFICE AT THE SMITARIUM. LEMON STREET, - - ANAHEIM. Office hours from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. 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 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. Office - BANK OF ANAHEIM. IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF SQUIRRELS AND GOPHERS USE CARBON BI-SULPHIDE Everybody who has used it recommends it as the ONLY SURE EXTERMINATOR Of this vermin. For sale by A LANGENBERGER, Dealer in Groceries, Hardware, Paints, Oils and Crockery. City Stables, Center Street (Opposite Kroeger's Block), 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 charm 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. RAISIN MAKING IN MARK The United States Consuls much valuable information concerns tries pursued in the localities are stationed, and their reports by the State Department. In the 1881, is a letter from H. C. Macat Malaga, from which we quote The cultivation of the vine labor. The soil is dug out around leaving a circular hole about one and owing to the firmness of digging is very difficult. Ma strength is used by many proprietors. Different from meridian Italian vine, always clinging to the elm self from the soil in forms of grapes in the times of Horace and this country it stretches its ground, and then gathers all heat. Thus, although white, it a golden tint, the skin resisting tough. The branch appears like the vintage is conducted with they do not gather all the fruit but mostly go over the same pitch thrice, in order that the grape the necessary ripeness. There are these different methods paring the raisins, viz: washing steam, and the simple drying. The drying by steam is more followed in the province of Dorset of the insufficiency of solar heat deployed in the south, in case wet during the vintage. The cut grapes are put in basked, either on the backs of mulch. DR. E. L. COWAN, Dentist, Has opened an office in the upper part of Mrs. Metr'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 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE - BANK OF ANAHEIM. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC. GAZETTE OFFICE. THEODORE LYNILL, Attorney at Law. ANAHEIM, CAL. Office in Planter's Hotel Building. MONEY TO LOAN.—Ruling rate 10 per cent. ROBT. W. SCOTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona Territory Kroeger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney at-Law, SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dibbles' brick building, nearly opposite the Postoffice. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. M. L. WICKS, Attorney-at-Law. Rooms 26 and 87 TEMPLE BLOCK. LOS ANGELES. MONEY TO LOAN. Apply to R. W SCOTT, Attorney at Law H. J. STEVENSON, Deputy U. S. Land and Mineral Surveyor, OFFICE: Room No 4, Downey Block, LOS ANGELES, -- CAL. L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker. Cor. Adelaide and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Center Street (Opposite Kroeger's Block), 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 charm 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. D. E. MILES, Warehouseman and Commission Merchant. Highest Cash Price Paid for Wheat, Barley, Corn, Rye, Potatoes, And all Country Produce. Cash advances made on all consignments of Grain and Wool. Sacks and Twine At lowest market prices. Office opposite Railroad Depot, Anaheim, Cal. COOPERAGE A LARGE QUANTITY OF BARRELS, HALF BARRELS, 10 Gallon and 5 Gallon Kegs For Sale Cheap. Apply to B. DREYFUS & Co. Anaheim B. DREYFUS, E. L. GOLDSTEIN, Anaheim, San Francisco J. FROWENPELD, New York, New York B. DREYFUS & CO. Growers and Dealers in California Wines and Grape Brandy. 630 to 642 Brannan Street, San Francisco; 45 Broadway New York. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING AND — They do not gather all the fruits but mostly go over the same price thrice, in order that the graft the necessary ripeness. There are these different methods paring the raisins, viz: washing steam, and the simple drying. The drying by steam is more followed in the province of D.O., of the insufficiency of solar heat employed in the south, in case wet during the vintage. The cut grapes are put in baskets, either on the backs of muscled or in carts, to the places, often they are prepared, and although port the fruit with great care naturally; the skin often breaks ders the drying difficult, if not To dry the grapes by the water they construct furnaces of fruit which wood is used as fuel; varying in capacity from 30 receives a lye formed from the refuse of the grapes after pressing used is either that obtained from year or that which has been previous vintage. Placed in wire colanders, containing two or three kernels the raisins are plunged in this temperature of about 212°F this first immersion, the work if the skins are sufficiently shaken they immerse the grapes a secondly the last. Thus scalded, carried to the drying place, and to the stores, where they are placed It is not difficult to imagine that of immersion is very delicate, skillful watching and great joy part of the workman who carries its resistance, which varies the immersion should be more at the risk of having the graft sides, much skill is necessary the fissures which may apply where the heat has been too pains too rich in sugar will most being packed. This process others, the inconvenience of raisins to fermentation duration necessitates expense for formation of furnaces, and the necessity in the sun; besides, no grapes are employed, or wilted in the preparation, that always be relatively inferior. The method of preparing ripe is as follows: After having nearly 24 hours to the sun's radiance carried on boards under arrangement with shelves six high. A heat is produced circulates in an iron tube inches in diameter through thining. It is unnecessary to suction to a jet of steam, which would by making them damp, but heat of 160° Fahr. Valves, floor, cause an even temp L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street MAKING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to All work guaranteed. CHARLES WILLE, COOPERAGE. F. & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc. UNDERTAKERS. Agents for the Howe, Edridge and Victor Sewing Machines. Los Angeles Street: Anaheim. JOHN HANNA, Real Estate Agent. Live Stock Bought and Sold on Commission. ANAHEIM. PORTABLE PUMP AND Fire Extinguisher. Protect the Orange Trees. Valuable to Farmers, Orchardists, Bee Keepers, Pooultry Keepers, Horse and Stock owners. De-stroys Insects on Orange trees, Vines, etc. Send for handsome illustrated circular and catalogue. J. A. WHITMAN, Palette and manufacturer. California Wines and Grape Brandy. 630 to 642 Brannan Street, San Francisco; 45 Broadway New York. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING —AND— Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest. Center Street, Anaheim. BLACKSMITHING —AND— WAGONMAKING! Removal. MR. H. A. STOUGH DESIRES TO INFORM THE public that he has removed his blacksmith shop to the shop on Lemon Street formerly occupied by H. J. McLermott, and respectfully solicits the continued patronage of his many customers. One part of the shop is occupied by Mr. T. L. GANNON, Wagonmaker, who is prepared to do all kinds of woodwork in a thorough manner and at cheap rates. Messrs. Stough and Gannon are jointly agents for The Osborn Farm Machinery. Connecting of Mowers, Reapers, Self-Binders, etc. Also agent for the Slidebaker and other celebrated FARM WAGONS. WESTERN WILDS! And The Men Who Redeem Them. An authentic narrative embracing an Account of Seven Years' Travel and Adventure in the Far West; Wild Life in Arizona; Parris of the Plains; Tarring Scenes and Romantic Incidents in the Livens of Western Pioneers; A full Account of the Mountain Meadow Manure; the Caster Defect; Life and Death of Brightam Young, etc., etc., by J. H. Branza. Elegantly illustrated with one hundred and twenty-seven beautiful engravings. This is an intensely interesting book written by the author from notes taken on the spot. A royal octavo volume of 884 pages Sold by subscription. Algernon Washed. Address A. L. Banarell & Co., 721 Market Street, San Francisco. The method of preparing rye is as follows: After having nearly 24 hours to the sun's rays are carried on boards under arranged with shelves six high. A heat is produced circulates in an iron tube inches in diameter through the ing. It is unnecessary to supersize a jet of steam which would by making them damp, but heat of 160° Fahr. Valves, floor, cause an even temperature of 24 hours, usually, this isished, but as the immediate temperature of 160° Fahr. would injure the ultimate rea-sary to let raisins cool gravel constructed for the purpose heated room, and only when entirely cool are they carried for packing. This is the process most greedy in the region of Malaga, are trying to extend to other climates. The sun furnished quired. It is to construct either brick or stone, exposed in an inclined position, say two yards wide. The apartments are built up at sort of triangular masonry, gives them the aspect of a tombs. The triangle is so close the sun never fails to shine tents, the interior being covered by heat of the burning Andalusian gust. Never, it appears, hated of ascertaining the beast but the experienced cultivator during the heat in August's temperature of 145° Fahr. very simple method of covering to guard the fruit from the rain, either of sail-cloth or arranged that it covers entail that are drying within, and with rings on two sides, alike as a curtain, at a moment's place boards or planks are appearance of a roof. WEEKLY IM GAZE ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1882. MAISIN MAKING IN MALAGA. The United States Consuls are securing much valuable information concerning industries pursued in the localities where they are stationed, and their reports are published in the State Department. In the report for 1881, is a letter from H. C. Marston, Consul Malaga, from which we quote as follows: The cultivation of the vine requires hard soil. The soil is dug out around the root, having a circular hole about one foot deep; owing to the firmness of the soil, the grazing is very difficult. Manure of great strength is used by many proprietors. Different from meridianal Italy, where the vine always clinging to the elm, throws itself from the soil in forms of graceful arbor, in the times of Horace and of Virgil, in this country it stretches itself over the ground, and then gathers all atmospheric heat. Thus, although white, the grape has golden tint, the skin resisting and slightly rough. The branch appears like a root. The vintage is conducted with great care; they do not gather all the fruit at one time, but mostly go over the same piece of ground twice, in order that the grapes may have the necessary ripeness. There are these different methods of preparing the raisins, viz: washing, drying by steam, and the simple drying in the sun. The drying by steam is more particularly followed in the province of Denia, because of the insufficiency of solar heat. It is employed in the south, in case the season is wet during the vintage. The cut grapes are put in baskets and carried, either on the backs of mules or donkeys drying they carefully remove the grapes that remain green or are spoiled, and they turn each grape in order that they may darken in color uniformly. Competent judges give the preference to this simple method of drying, as much for the results as for the simplicity of the process. The raisins that have been prepared by the scalding process dry in four days, while those dried by the sun take 10 days; but this loss of time is largely compensated by the economy of expenditure. The raisins are not ready for packing immediately after being dried, but have to be kept several days in the stores on the planks on which they are carried. The raisins that are spoiled or defective are picked out, especially any that are broken or bruised, out of which one drop of moisture would be likely to damage a whole box. This has to be done with exceeding great care. Finally they are classified, which is a task exceedingly difficult, as cultivators and merchants differ greatly in their opinions. The merchants nearly always remodel the boxes packed by the producers. In the demands of foreign countries for Malaga raisins, each has its particular and special requirements for what may be considered first-class fruit. Although the United States are the principal buyers, they do not purchase the finest quality, almost all the best going to England and France. For England, the layers are not presented in bunches, but are separated from the stems and pressed very tightly down by the lid of the box, which has the effect of making them in show a very large raisin. THE MAN UNDER THE BED. The man in the moon has probably never been the subject of half as much scientific investigation as that other skeleton in the family, the man under the bed. This is an awsome feeling to a timid, shrinking sensitive woman to remember—just as she has put the light out and crawled into the safe and comfortable retreat, where she expects to peacefully lay her head on a smooth pillow and sleep, if not snore—that she has forgotten to look under the bed. In a moment she is as wide awake as if a confirmed victim of insomnia. She imagines she can hear some one breathe; she knows he is there, dressed in a brigandish suit—red-flanel shirt, military boots, slouch hat, and a mask and a whole arsenal of firearms; her heart beats thick and fast, strange noises ring in her ears, the perspiration starts out and bathes her in clammy folds. She has locked the door, and he will murder her if she moves! In a very ecstasy of terror she slips one foot out on the carpet, it touches a cold rubber shoe of her own that is lying beside the bed, and with a shriek that rouses the whole family she tears upon the door, and when the alarmed household inquires the cause of her fright, she coolly answers, "I thought I heard a rat in the room." The man under the bed does not always prove a myth. Perhaps it is an actual fact that women who pray look for him with more regularity than others of a less spiritual turn of mind; when the good woman kneels at the bedside to offer her devotions it is the most natural thing in the world for They do not gather all the fruit at one time, but mostly go over the same piece of ground twice, in order that the grapes may have the necessary ripeness. There are these different methods of preparing the raisins, viz: washing, drying by steam, and the simple drying in the sun. The drying by steam is more particularly followed in the province of Denia, because of the insufficiency of solar heat. It is employed in the south, in case the season is set during the vintage. The cut grapes are put in baskets and carved, either on the backs of mules or donkeys or carts, to the places, often distant, where they are prepared, and although they transport the fruit with great care, it suffers naturally; the skin often breaks, which renders the drying difficult, if not impossible. To dry the grapes by the washing method, they construct furnaces of feeble draft, in which wood is used as fuel; a round kettle, laying in capacity from 300 to 400 liters, receives a lye formed from the residue or refuse of the grapes after pressing. The lye used is either that obtained from the present year or that which has been kept from the previous vintage. Placed in wire colanders with long handles, containing two or three kilograms each, the raisins are plunged in this lye. Boiling at a temperature of about 212° Fahren. After this first immersion, the workmen examine of the skins are sufficiently shriveled; if not, they immerse the grapes a second time, usually the last. Thus scalded, the grapes are carried to the drying place, and from thence to the stores, where they are packed in boxes. It is not difficult to imagine that the process of immersion is very delicate, and requires skillful watching and great judgment on the part of the workman who conducts it. In reality, according to the quality of the skin, its resistance, which varies with the fruit, the immersion should be more or less rapid, at the risk of having the grapes burnt; besides, much skill is necessary to recognize the fissures which may appear. In cases where the heat has been too great, the raisins too rich in sugar will mold shortly after being packed. This process offers, among others, the inconvenience of exposing the raisins to fermentation during transportation, necessitates expense for the construction of furnaces, and the necessary last drying in the sun; besides, no matter what grapes are employed, or what care is bestowed in the preparation, the results will always be relatively inferior. The method of preparing raisins by steam is as follows: After having been exposed nearly 24 hours to the sun's rays, the grapes are carried on boards under cover, to a building arranged with shelves six or seven feet high. A heat is produced by steam that circulates in an iron tube seven or eight inches in diameter through the entire building. It is unnecessary to submit the grapes to a jet of steam, which would injure them by making them damp, but to a veritable heat of 160° Fahren. Valves, arranged on the floor, cause an even temperature. At the end of 24 hours normally, the drying is finished remodel the boxes packed by the producers. In the demands of foreign countries for Malaga raisins, each has its particular and special requirements for what may be considered first-class fruit. Although the United States are the principal buyers, they do not purchase the finest quality, almost all the best going to England and France. For England, the layers are not presented in bunches, but are separated from the stems and pressed very tightly down by the lid of the box, which has the effect of making them in show a very large raisin. The crop of raisins produced in the Malaga district from the vintage of 1880 and 1881 is estimated at between 2,000,000 and 2,050,000 boxes, not much varying from the previous vintage. A Recent Visit to Andersonville. Anderson is the name of a station on the Southwestern Railroad, about sixty miles from Macon. It is nothing but a railroad station, and the only thing that characterizes the spot is the immense Union Cemetery of some twenty acres, over which floats the star-spangled banner. The cemetery is constructed on the spot where the prisoners were buried, and the trenches were dug with such precision and regularity that the soldiers were not generally disturbed, but allowed to remain as their comrades interred them, working under the watchful eyes and the fixed bayonets of the Georgia Home Guard. The cemetery is surrounded by a stout brick wall, with an iron gate, and is under the supervision of a superintendent, who lives on the grounds. It is a plain spot. There is not much attempt made to ornament this city of our martyrdead dead. It would take a great deal of even such influences as plants and flowers possess to dispel the melancholy memories that haunt this hill in the pine woods of South Georgia. Southernners shun the spot, but the cemetery is much visited by Northern travelers, and the register in the superintendent's lodge contains many strange inscriptions besides the names of the visitors. One lady asks forgiveness of God for the murder of her brother, who sleeps in the cemetery. Occasionally a man who was in the stockade turns up among the visitors. These men, whatever their natural temper, the superintendent says, can almost be distinguished by the effect of fear, dread and vivid recollection, which come back like a shock into their faces as they again stand on the snow quiet and sunlit scene of their war experiences. In the cemetery the ground is of a general level, and the graves of known and unknown properly separated, range in rows, closely laid, as far as the eye can reach. There are actually buried on this elevation 13,715 men. The soldier whose identity was preserved by his comrades is marked in his resting place by a white marble stone, rising eighteen inches above the ground. A square marble block with the word "Unknown" on it is repeated about a cold rubber shoe of her own that is lying beside she bed, and with a shriek that rouses the whole family she tears upon the door, and when the alarm household inquires the cause of her fright, she coolly answers," I thought I heard a rat in the room." The man under the bed does not always prove a myth. Perhaps it is an actual fact that women who pray look for him with more regularity than others of a less spiritual turn of mind; when the good woman kneels at the bedside to offer her devotions it is most natural thing in the world for her to first explore that historic territory and satisfy herself that no concealed burglar is listening. It is also a well-authenticated fact that a pious woman in the suburbs of London did discover the legs of a bold, bad housebreaker sticking out just as she began her petition. She did not shriek, but went on with a prayer for that particular sinner that would have melted the heart of a Newgate thief. I wish that it might be added that he was converted onthe spot,came out and was pardoned,and afterwards marriedthe petitioner. But truth compels me to add thatthe good woman was interruptedinthe most solemn partofherpraybyapealoflaughterfromhergracelessyoungerbrother,hwho had enacted,thepartofaburglar. More tragic wasthe storyofthe ladywho,traveling alone,soppedataninnandmentionedthefactthatshehadbeenfollowedandwatchedbyavillainous-lookingmanwitha shockofredhair，whoshefearedhaddesignsuponthevaluablesshecarriedwithher.Ansomethingwasseenofhimatetheinnere retiredforthenight,carefullylookedthedoor,andwassoooninbed，leavinglightburninginfrontoftmirror.No soonerwasherheadonthepillowthanhadadistinctviewofthemanwiththeredhaircrouchingunderthebed.Shemadeno sound,broughtsoftlyfora scarfshehadlaidnear,madearunningnoose,andwaited.Thenextmorningwhentheservantsbrokeopenthedoortheyfoundthe lady sittingupinbed,graspingwithbothhandsthenooseinwhichsheheldthefearfulweightofadeadman;shehadstrangledhimbutwasherselfravingmaniae,fromwhomreasonhadforevergone. Some time agoa prominent Judge in Birmingham,N.H.,was found murderedinhisownhouseandnocluetothemurderer.Iitwasimmediatelyafteranadversedecisionhehadmadeinacaseofgreatimportance,andthemurderwassupposedtohavebeeninstigatedbyadesireforrevenge.Butasallthepartieswererespectablepeople,它wasimpossibletofastentheguiltonanyone.TheJudgewasawidower,andlivedalonewiththeexceptionofayoungdaughterandtheservants.Thedaughterwasbeautifulandontheeveninginquestionhadreturnedfromballatalatehouranddonedirectlytoherownroomwhereshestoodbeforehermirrortakingoffherjewels.As she did so she heldherwhiteandroundedarmaboveherhead,andconsciousofitsheartsauld speaklyasfullaladyfrontofseveralhundredforitsdoingsbuddiesthoughtcarefullyobeyandthisbeamedrequiremunderiaincomberwpouldmuscatellessdelmsMission. Buttoreguardagainvineswerebudseach,andChassequenceworstartfirst.lIftheupperthelowerflowsfapestproducealswouldhaveThatthisinvincedbytothinMr.Sh terminalsbudsstartedlyasfullaladyfrontofseveralhundredforitsdoingsbuddiesthoughtcarefullyobeyandthisbeamedrequiremunderiaincomberwpouldmuscatellessdelmsMission. Thesearevintners,vines.ThestantlyviolentshortprunetayteninseveraltimeforitsdoingsbuddiesthoughtcarefullyobeyandthisbeamedrequiremunderiaincomberwpouldmuscatellessdelmsMission. The method of preparing raisins by steam is as follows: After having been exposed nearly 24 hours to the sun's rays, the grapes are carried on boards under cover, to a building arranged with shelves six or seven feet high. A heat is produced by steam that circulates in an iron tube seven or eight inches in diameter through the entire building. It is unnecessary to submit the grapes to a jet of steam, which would injure them by making them damp, but to a veritable heat of 160° Fahr. Valves, arranged on the floor, cause an even temperature. At the end of 24 hours, usually, the drying is finished, but as the immediate transfer from a temperature of 160° Fahr, to the open air would injure the ultimate result, it is necessary to let raisins cool gradually in a room constructed for the purpose adjoining the heated room, and only when the raisins are entirely cool are they carried to the stores for packing. This is the process most generally employed in the region of Malaga, a process they are trying to extend to other less-favored climates. The sun furnishes all the heat required. It is to construct divisions, of either brick or stone, exposed to its rays in an inclined position, say ten yards long and two yards wide. The divisions or apartments are built up at one end with a sort of triangular masonry, which from afar gives them the aspect of a range of uniform tombs. The triangle is so constructed that the sun never fails to shine upon the contents, the interior being covered with fine gravel, which attracts the heat. Immediately after gathering, the grapes are placed in these divisions, and are exposed to the heat of the burning Andalusian sun of August. Never, it appears, have they dreamed of ascertaining the heat thus obtained, but the experienced cultivators affirm that, during the heat in August, they attain a temperature of 145° Fahr. At nightfall a very simple method of covering is applied to guard the fruit from the heavy dews or rain, either of sail-cloth or heavy canvas, so arranged that it covers entirely the grapes that are drying within, and being supplied with rings on two sides, slides up and down as a curtain, at a moment's notice. In many places boards or planks are used, giving the appearance of a roof. During the process of anguished by the three feet of rain, wind and vivid recollection, which come back like a shock into their faces as they again stand on the snow quiet and sunlit scene of their war experiences. In the cemetery the ground is of a general level, and the graves of the known and unknown, properly separated, range in rows, closely laid, as far as the eye can reach. There are actually buried on this elevation 13,715 men. The soldier whose identity was preserved by his comrades is marked in his resting place by a white marble stone, rising eighteen inches above the ground. A square marble block with the word "Unknown" on it is repeated about one thousand times in the cemetery. Part of the stockade is still standing. There were two rows of trees—one inside the other. The outer row has fallen down, save a few posts here and there, but a large part of the inner wall still stands. Trees have grown up around the old pen, and a thick growth of underbrush now covers the site of the prison. No traces of the famous brook that ran through the stockade remain, nor of the wonderful well dug by the prisoners. It is all now a mild and peaceful section of the country. Many of the soldiers in the cemetery have handsome headstones lifted to their memory by friends in the North, and efforts are frequently made to have certain graves "kept green" with flowers and a flower pot. The St. Helena Star mentions the fact that in the upper portion of Napa county several tracts of grape land have been sold at prices ranging from $200 per acre for unimproved land, to $800 per acre for lands upon which vines are growing. The Express aptly remarks that here in Los Angeles county unimproved grape lands sell all the way from $10 to $150 per acre, according to location. A great deal of excellent vine land can be bought at figures ranging from $25 to $60 per acre. These lands are as good, if not better, than those which are selling for $200 in Napa county. We also have a better climate here, and are more accessible to market. It is true that Napa and Sonoma counties have the advantage of proximity to San Francisco, but this is one of those advantages that is growing smaller "by degrees and beautifully less" every day. The Maryaville Appeal tells of a menager car in that city which was recently tied behind a wagon and taken to Brownsville, a distance of forty miles. Upon being released the dog immediately returned to Maryaville, traveling the eighty miles in about twelve hours. A Florida paper says that within a radius of eight miles of Sanford, that State, there are 2,992 orange groves, containing 165,235 trees, and although only 5 per cent. of the trees are now bearing they produce 2,500,-000 oranges annually. The entire State is said to produce 50,000,000 oranges. AZETTE. 1882. NO. 38 THE BED. Probably never much scientific knowledge in the area. This is an interesting, sensitizing article she has into the safe she expects to smooth pill that she has in. In a moment of a confirmed ignes she can knows he is ash suit—red touch hat, and firearms; her strange noises on starts out builds. She has murder her if of terror she met, it touches that is lying a shriek that tears upon the household in light, she coolly a rat in the trees not always an actual fact for him with a less spirit good woman her devotions in the world for. THE VINEYARD. Notice Upon Preventives of Injury from Late Frosts. The serious injury from frosts to many of the vineyards of the State, have made them the subject of serious comments, and the question how to prevent and ward against them has been freely discussed. While nearly all recommend smoking as a partial preventative, no one appears to have touched upon one which seems to me to be more simple and effective. Smoking seems to be only a means of turning the scale when the thermometer falls a degree or so below freezing. It never can be an entire safeguard when the mercury falls as low as 23° or 26°, as has been reported in some cases. The remedy I would suggest is longer pruning. It is well known to all practical grape-growers that the terminal buds on a spur or vine always start first in spring, leaving the buds at the base, if there are such, dormant. Under the system now in vogue in this State—that of pruning back to spurs of two eyes, or buds—both buds start, producing vigorous shoots; and when killed by frost, there is nothing left for the vine to recuperate itself, by throwing out new fruit shoots, or to receive and take up the abundant flow of sap from the roots. The roots of the vine are in full vigor, but its lungs are destroyed. The natural consequence is the disease commonly called "black knot," caused by stagnation of sap. In fact, it is a mystery to me how, even in seasons not subject to frost, the vines have been able to survive the barbarous mutilation called pruning, which some vineyardists practice, reducing a EVERYTHING. Profanity is the masculine of tears, says the Boston Post, which is just as true as that hysteria is the feminine of argument. — Semerville Journal. A new theatre is being built at San Bernardino, Jackson's theater being too small to accommodate the growing demands of that thriving town. Director of the Mint Burchard, in his annual report for the year 1881, credits the mines of Los Angeles county with the production of $13,000 gold and $39,000 silver. SAN DIEGO, June 24.—John Ivy was shot and instantly killed at Julian by J. Bush yesterday. Bush was brought into town and is now in jail here. FRESNO, June 23.—While watching with the dead body of Mrs. J. W. Atkinsen of this place this morning, F. E. Tadlock, Sr. was stricken with apoplexy, and died in a few minutes. YREKA, June 23.—Fred Rayner, aged 18, son of the Postmaster, was to-day drowned in the Klamath river at the Lime Gulch mining claim, while at work on the cribbing of the dip. He fell into the swift current, which instantly washed him into the center of the river, after which his body was not again seen. CHICO, June 24th.—About 9 o'clock this evening Herr Snyder, a saloon keeper, shot his wife dead in the saloon and attempted to escape. He was soon captured and taken to jail, when it was discovered that he had taken poison. Medical aid was called. of the lady who, in inn and men, been followed as-looking man she feared had carried with him at the inn, carefully locked bed, leaving a mirror. No willow than she man with the red She made no scarf she had rose, and waited. servants broke the lady sitting up and stands the noose, total weight of a him, but was whom reason Judge in Birland murdered in the murderer. an adverse decidion of great importapposed to have wor revenge. But notable people, it guilt on any lower, and lived young daughter was in question had hour and gone where she stood off her jewels. white and roundconscious of its beautiful arm!" spurs of two eyes, or buds—both buds start, producing vigorous shoots; and when killed by frost, there is nothing left for the vine to recuperate itself, by throwing out new fruit shoots, or to receive and take up the abun-dant flow of sap from the roots. The roots of the vine are in full vigor, but its lungs are destroyed. The natural consequence is the disease commonly called "black knot," caused by stagnation of sap. In fact, it is a mystery to me how, even in seasons not subject to frost, the vines have been able to survive the barbarous mutilation called pruning, which some vineyardists practice, reducing a vine with six or seven canes, each fifteen to eighteen feet long, to five spurs of two buds each. The natural result is black knot and a superabundance of growth from the five buds which have been left, at the expense of the quality as well as the quantity of fruit. In fact, the prime condition of successful grape culture is, and always has been, the proper adjustment or balancing of the fruit crop with the wood growth for the next year. It is as injurious to the vine to be choked and strangled by too short pruning, as to be overtaxed by pruning too long, and giving it more fruit to carry than it can ripen in perfection; and, therefore, no one can prune successfully and properly who has not carefully observed the habits of each variety, and its bearing capabilities. Some varieties require much shorter pruning than others, and I am convinced that no intelligent vintner would prune his Rieslings, Chasselas or Muscatelles as short as he would his Zinfandels, Missions or Burger. But to return to longer pruning as a safeguard against injury from frosts. If the vines were pruned to spurs of three to four buds each, or, as is the case with Riesaling and Chasselas, to canes, the natural consequence would be that the terminal buds start first, leaving the lower buds dormant. If the upper shoots are destroyed by frost, the lower dormant buds would receive the flow of sap, start into vigorous growth, and produce about as full a crop as the first would have done, although a trifle later. That this is really the case, I have been convinced by the result on a few frosted vines in Mr. Simonton's vineyard, where the terminal shoots were killed, but the lower buds started vigorously, and now show nearly as full a crop as the vines had before they were frosted. Should the vines escape uninjured, it is easy to remove any superfluous shoots at the time of the first summer pruning, as it is always easier to thin out fruit than to add where there is none. These are merely suggestions to my brother vintners. To sum up: We want healthy vines. These we cannot have when we constantly violate their nature by excessively short pruning, and try to compel a few buds, say ten in all, to receive the flow of sap of several hundred. If we double the number, or even treble it, we give the vine an outlet for its dormant forces; and as the upper buds will generally start and grow we have a reserve on which we can fall back in case of accident—more reliable, as I think, than son of the Postmaster, was to-day drowned in the Klamath river at the Lime Gulch mining claim, while at work on the cribbing of the dip. He fell into the swift current, which instantly washed him into the center of the river, after which his body was not again seen. Chico, June 24th.—About 9 o'clock this evening Herr Snyder, a saloon keeper, shot his wife dead in the saloon and attempted to escape. He was soon captured and taken to jail, when it was discovered that he had taken poison. Medical aid was called. The tragedy grew out of family and financial difficulties. A divorce suit was pending. Des Moines, Iowa, June 24th.—A dispatch just received by the Register from Fort Dodge says the town of Emmetaburg, Iowa, the county seat of Palo Alto county, was blown to pieces this morning by a tornado and over one hundred people were killed. The Illinois Central and Chicago and Northwestern trains were blown from the tracks, and the Milwaukee and St. Louis road is badly wrecked. There is a washout north of Forest City and it is reported that three or four more towns in that locality were blown to pieces. The wires north of here are all down. Cleveland, June 23.—At 6 o'clock this morning a remarkable tidal wave swept the lake front. The wave was two miles wide and eleven feet higher than the surface of the lake. It came in the wake of an angry black cloud. There was no wind and no rain. At the lakeshore vessels parted their lines, docks were submerged and thousands of fish cast ashore. A loaded scoot lying at the breakwater was thrown high on the bank. A portion of the railroad track was torn up. A tramp sleeping near the shore was drowned, and a man standing on the shore was thrown down and washed against a wall. Another man sitting in front of the Smith House was buried under stones. Heavy railroad iron piled on the shore was lifted up and scattered in confusion, and huge logs were washed ashore. The wave lasted about a minute. The damage on the shore is estimated at $30,000. A Fatal Frolic. A party of thirteen young people who had been camping at Camp Felton, near Santa Cruz, went to a dance at the latter place on last Saturday. The road is mountainous and rough, and on the return trip at night their team became unmanageable at a most dangerous part of the road and the horses backed the stage over a precipice. The entire outfit fell into a ravine a distance of ninety feet. Four of the occupants of the stage were killed and others were very seriously injured. The killed were: George Scott, son of ex-Supervisor Scott of San Francisco; Eva Hussey, Iva Cowdery, daughter of City and County Attorney Cowdery, and Celia Clark- These are merely suggestions to my brother vintners. To sum up: We want healthy vines. These we cannot have when we constantly violate their nature by excessively short pruning, and try to compel a few buds, say ten in all, to receive the flow of sap of several hundred. If we double the number, or even treble it, we give the vine an outlet for its dormant forces; and as the upper buds will generally start and grow we have a reserve on which we can fall back in case of accident—more reliable, as I think, than smoking, which cannot prevent really severe frosts from damaging the vines. Let us have a full and free discussion of these and other subjects connected with grape-growing, exchange ideas and practice experimentally on them, and learn from each other—from our misfortune as well as our successes. GEORGE HUSSMANN. Napa, June 20, 1882. There is rumor about that a horrible tragedy has taken place near Rocky Ford. It appears that a Frenchman, some months ago, sent to Paris, France, for a young lady to come to this State, for the purpose of marrying her. In one time she started, and arrived in Visalia about the 15th of May, last, and went out to live on the ranch of her intended. On Tuesday, her sweetness and another countryman quarreled over the possession of the lady in question. Both wanted her, and the one who caused her to leave the sunny land of France for California hit the other over the head with a single-tree, and in return was stabbed twice in the side. At last accounts, both were in a dying condition. This is love with a vengeance, and should teach girls not to skip away from home without a license. The girl is said to be very beautiful—Tulare Times. LONDON, June 24.—Advice from Sherbro Island, near Sierra Leone, dated May 21st, state that the natives of Martic, having plundered a boat belonging to Banthe Island, where British officers were stationed, and having fired upon the police who went to arrest them, the Governor of Sierra Leone proceeded to Martic with a force of blink jackets and inflicted a loss of 200 killed of the inhabitants. Cruz, went to a dance at the latter place on last Saturday. The road is mountainous and rough, and on the return trip at night their team became unmanageable at a most dangerous part of the road and the horses backed the stage over a precipice. The entire outfit fell into a ravine a distance of ninety feet. Four of the occupants of the stage were killed and others were very seriously injured. The killed were: George Scott, son of ex-Supervisor Scott of San Francisco; Eva Hussey, Iva Cowdery, daughter of City and County Attorney Cowdery, and Celia Clark. There exists high up among the Carpathian Mountains of Galicia, in a district known as Tatras, one of the most primitive and unsophisticated communities in Europe. The population of this remote region numbers several hundred thousand individuals. They neither use strong drink nor eat animal food. Riches have no charm for them. Though poor, they are content, and though their diet is spare and monotonous, they enjoy perfect health and live long lives. The food of these arcadians is principally oats, either simply boiled or ground and converted into cakes. During four or five months of the year those of them who accompany their flocks and herds to the mountain pastures live exclusively on goat-milk whey, of which each man consumes nearly a gallon daily. Practically, therefore, these guathards live on the sugar and the mineral salts contained in the whey. They do not consider this regimen a privation, and when they return to the valleys at the end of the season they are as strong and as vigorous as when they set out. The entire race of the Podhalians, as the people of Tatras are called, are remarkable for their vigor and energy, and are incontestably superior, physically and intellectually, to the neighboring populations. Their physique is of a remarkable purity; they are quick of apprehension and fright in manner. Though far from being highly cultured, the Podhalians are poets and artists by nature. They are fond of dangling and often when the labore of the day are over meet to indulge in their favorite diversion. They are born improvisantes too, and many of them can sing their own songs ad to music of their own composition.