anaheim-gazette 1882-07-22

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 Bargains of Edinburgh; Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries of London; Late Senior Resident-Burgeon, Resident-Physician and Assistant Pathologist, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, and lately Resident in the Rotunda Hospital, (for diseases of women only) Dublin. OFFICE AT THE SANITARIUM. LEMON STREET, - - ANAHEIM. Office hours from 7 a.m. to 12 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. Meta'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, IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF SQUIRRELS AND GOPHERS USE CARBON BI-8ULPHIDE 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 charve in all cases will be reasonable. MATRIMONY There is no period so completely changed as marriage, and for that time than at any perestitions are fasten the past, there are not hesitate before ding day, or will nen for "happy is the bion." June and October held as the most twelve, a happy recess certain if the cero take place at the friday and moon were in The Romans were marrying in May of all celebration days and Ideas of every week on which they considered very unmerry old England, selects her wedding may have a growing In Scotland they thought to be lucky happen to be full ading takes place, tha is expected to be al the couple who LEMON STREET, - - ANAHEIM. Office hours from 7 A.M. to 12 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. Metts 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 W.A.M. and 5 P.M. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. OFFICE—BANK OF ANAHEIM. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC. GALETTE 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 86 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, Downev Block, LOS ANGELES, - - CAL. L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adelaide and Los Angeles streets. 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. 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, Annaheim, San Francisco J.FROWNFELD, New York J.J.WEGLEIN. 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 Marrying in May of all celebration days and Ideas of every week on which the considered very unmerry old England selects her wedding may have a growing interest in Scotland the thought to be lucky happen to be full ding takes place, this is expected to be all the couple who has lished at the end of the beginning of the can expect nothing. The day of the wedding-day: "Monday for Tuesday for Wednesday is Thursday for Friday for Saturday no lunch In Yorkshire, where of crossing her father turning from church few square pieces of upper window of the tive; if the plate is not if not she will not eat In Sweden a bridge pocket, and as maiden throw away, just cast from her; but but pieces. But should per, then she will lift this case the person gain riches. The M pockets, and the It." It is an unhappy be put off when the it is believed much bridegroom stands roads or beside a cliding morn. In Entrance a bad sign if the bride the happy day, or taking a last glance her toilet is complete her vanity without hand ungloved. Before gaining the green, or while there churchyard, are a bride must be cared out at another. When the bride they must throw away Woe to the bride if her! Nothing will the bridemaids if for they will not be tide or till the East est. If the bridal pa H. J. STEVENSON, Deputy U. S. Land and Mineral Surveyor, Office: Room No 4, Downev Block, LOS ANGELES, - CAL. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. 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. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and Tube made to order. Honev Barrels for sale cheap. F. & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc. UNDERTAKERS. Agents for the Howe, Eldredge 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 Keepsers, Poultry Keepers, Morese and Stock owners. De-strugs Insulators on Orange trees, Vines, etc. Send for handsome illustrated circular and catalogue J. A. WHITMAN, Patentee and manufacturer. Providence, R. I. 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— 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. McDermott, 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. Consisting of Mowers, Reapers, Self-Binders, etc. Also agent for the Studebaker and other celebrated FARM WAGONS. COOPERAGE. F. CONRAD IS PREPARED TO FILL ALL ORDERS FOR whose casks, pipes and tanks They are made in the most workmanlike manner, of thoroughly seasoned wood and the prices are low. Apply at the Anaheim Brewery. SIGNORET HOUSE. WELL FURNISHED AND WELL VENTILATED. Room to let by the day, week or month in the Signoret House. Car. of Main and Turner Streets, (Copperite the Plan House) by Mrs. W. R. OLDEN. Texarkana, July have been recovered all of them were bui Twenty bodies were noon the business citizens generally a to date twenty-eight moved and it is sup yet unrecovered who are supposed Contracts for removal tory to rebuilding h Minneapolis has dred car loads of flour in the last two there is more coming gon and Washington grain equal to the and Villard promises his Northern Pacific bushel—about what to San Francisco, WEEKLY EIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1882. MATRIMONIAL SUPERSTI TIONS. There is no period in a woman's life that so completely changes her whole existence as marriage, and for that very reason she is apt to be more superstitions and fanciful at that time than at any other; and while superstitions are fast becoming a something of the past, there are very few women who will not hesitate before making Friday their wedding day, or will not rejoice at the sunshine, for "happy is the bride that the sun shines on." June and October have always been held as the most propitious months in the twelve, a happy result being rendered doubly certain if the ceremony was timed so as to take place at the full moon, or when the sun and moon were in conjunction. The Romans were very superstitious about marrying in May or February; they avoided all celebration days, and the Calends, Nones, and Ides of every month. The day of the week on which the 14th of May fell was considered very unlucky in many parts of merry old England, and in Orkney a bride selects her wedding day so that its evening may have a growing moon and a flowing tide. In Scotland the last day of the year is thought to be lucky, and if the moon should happen to be full at any time when a wedding takes place, the bride's cup of happiness is expected to be always full. In Perthshire the couple who have had their banna pub- WATER WARS. Riverside Press There are three companies taking water from the Santa Ana River in Los Angeles county. The Anaheim Water Company, on the west side of the river, the Santa Ana Valley Irrigating Company, on the east side of the river and the Cajon Irrigating Company on the west side. These three companies monopolize all the waters in the stream below bed rock canyon, with the exception of 250 inches owned by the Yorbas and perhaps some other trivial water rights. In due time the companies began to encroach upon each others rights, and suits were the result. The Anaheim Company sued the Santa Ana Company and got a verdict giving it what was equal to 60 cubic feet of water per second or 3,000 inches under a 4-inch pressure. At least competent engineers say that the canal described in the judgment would carry that much water. In an ordinarily dry season there is probably 66 cubic feet of water per second in the river, which would leave 6 cubic feet per second or 300 inches to be divided between the other companies. But now another decision is reached in the case which Judge McNealy renders to the following effect: [Here follows the decision which was published in the GAZETTE last week.] WHY BRIGHT RESIGNED. His Strong Censure of England's Egyptian Policy. New York, July 16.—A London cable special says: In conversation with Bright about his reported resignation he said the true cause of it was the Egyptian policy of the Government, culminating in what he considered the unjustifiable use of force in Alexandria. He was opposed to sending the fleet to Egypt originally for any political purpose. He considered that England had no business to interfere with the internal affairs of Egypt, having no serious interest there except in the Suez Canal, and the canal was never menaced by Arabi or anybody else. He believed that the massacre on the 11th of June was largely provoked by the presence of the English fleet. He regards the continued presence of the fleet, with a constantly increasing number of foreign men-of-war in a friendly harbor, as in itself a menace and an unfriendly act. The motive of sending the fleet for the protection of English subjects was a good motive, but matters were so managed that the fleet became a source of danger rather than protection. The true course, he thought, would have been to carry away such English subjects as wished to depart, and then to let the Khedive and Arabi fight out their own disputes. marrying in May or February; they avoided all celebration days, and the Calends, Nones, and Ide of every month. The day of the week on which the 14th of May fell was considered very unlucky in many parts of merry old England, and in Orkney a bride selects her wedding day so that its evening may have a growing moon and a flowing tide. In Scotland the last day of the year is thought to be lucky, and if the moon should happen to be full at any time when a wedding takes place, the bride's cap of happiness is expected to be always full. In Perthshire the couple who have had their banns published at the end of one and are married at the beginning of another quarter of a year can expect nothing but ends. The day of the week is also of great importance, Sunday being a great favorite in some parts of England and Ireland. And although an English lasse would not marry on Friday, the French girl thinks the first Friday in the month particularly fortunate. Most of us know the old saying concerning the wedding-day: "Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday is the best day of all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday no luck at all." In Yorkshire, when the bride is on the point of crossing her father's threshold, after returning from church, a plate containing a few square pieces of cake is thrown from an upper window of the house by a male relative; if the plate is broken she will be happy, if not she will not expect to escape misery. In Sweden a bride must carry bread in her pocket, and as many pieces of it as she can throw away, just so much trouble does she cast from her; but it is no luck to gather the pieces. But should the bride lose her slipper, then she will lose old troubles, only in this case the person who picks it up will gain riches. The Manxmen put salt in their pockets, and the Italians blessed charms. It is an unhappy omen for a wedding to be put off when the day has been fixed, and it is believed much harm will ensue if a bridegroom stands at the junction of crossroads or beside a closed gate upon his wedding morn. In England it is thought to be a bad sign if the bride fails to shed tears on the happy day, or if she indulges herself by taking a last glance at the looking-glass after her toilet is completed; but she may gratify her vanity without danger if she leaves one hand ungloved. To look back or go back before gaining the church door, to marry in green, or while there is an open grave in the churchyard, are all unfortunate, and the bride must be careful to go in at one door and out at another. When the bridemaisd undress the bride, they must throw away and lose all the pins. Woe to the bride if a single one be left about her! Nothing will go right. Woe also to the bridemaisd if they keep one of them! for they will not be married before Whitsun-tide or till the Easter following at the soonest. If the bridal party venture off dry land, per second or 3,000 inches under a 4-mch pressure. At least competent engineers say that the canal described in the judgment would carry that much water. In an ordinarily dry season there is probably 66 cubic feet of water per second in the river, which would leave 6 cubic feet per second or 300 inches to be divided between the other companies. But now another decision is reached in the case which Judge McNealy renders to the following effect: [Here follows the decision which was published in the GAZETTE last week.] This decision gives the Santa Ana people a good ditch full of water out of any that may or may not be left by the Anaheim people and the Cajon people are apparently left out in the cold (or rather dry) entirely. The Anaheim and Santa Ana Companies have entered upon a project to develop more waters in the Canyon by putting in a submerged dam, and thus compromise the differences between them by putting money into the developments instead of into the courts. If they would extend operations a little further and include the Cajon Company, and thus get enough water for all, the greatest good to the greatest number would be reached. The Catfish Aristocrat. John J. Ingles, Senator from Kansas, writes an article on "Catfish Aristocracy" for the Kansas Magazine. Here is a descriptive passage in which the author limus the peculiar specimen of a portion of his constituency, a native aristocracy of whose origin, haunts and habits he informs the world. Gathered around a rusty stove choked with sougy driftwood, he drinks sodcorn from a tin-cup, plays old sledge upon the head of an empty keg, and reels home at nightfall, yelling through the timber, to his squall cabin. A score of lean, hungry curs pour, in a canine cataract, over the worm fence by the horse-block as their master approaches, baying deep-mouthed welcome, filling the chambers of the forest with hoarse reverberations, mingled with an explosion of oaths and frantic imprecations. Snoring the night away in drunken slumber, under a heap of gray blankets, he crawls into his muddy jeans at sun-up, takes a gurgling drink from a flat, black bottle, stoppered with a cob, goes to the log-pile by the front door, and with a dull axe slabs off an armful of green cottonwood to make a fire for breakfast, which consists of the inevitable "meat and bread," and decoction of coffee burned to a charcoal and drank without milk and sugar. Another pull at the bottle, a few grains of quinine, if it is "ager" day, a chaw of navy, and the repast is finished. The sweet delights of home have been enjoyed, and the spiritual creature goes forth invigorated for the struggle of life, to repeat the exploits of every yesterday of his existence. An animal, bird, long-haired, unaccustomed to use presence of the English fleet. He regards the continued presence of the fleet, with a constantly increasing number of foreign men-of-war in a friendly harbor, as in itself a menace and an unfriendly act. The motive of sending the fleet for the protection of English subjects was a good motive, but matters were so managed that the fleet became a source of danger rather than protection. The true course, he thought, would have been to carry away such English subjects as wished to depart, and then to let Khedive and Arabi fight out their own disputes. The Sultan, as the sovereign, might properly have interfered. Bright admits that the restoration of Turkish authority in Egypt would have been a misfortune, but England would not have been responsible and Europe would have required adequate guarantees for the departure of Turkey when order was restored. He also admits that English intervention would have been beneficial to England, but he repeats that England has no business there. When asked what the fleet should have done after Admiral Seymour's ultimatum, had Arabi promised to discontinue his armaments and had he broken his promise, he answered that we have yet heard but one side of the story, and he seemed inclined to discredit the evidence that the electric light showed that the troops were continuing their work. He insisted, however, that these details were unimportant. The real cause of his resignation was the use of force, which was not defensible on moral grounds. "Forty years," said Bright, "I have told my countrymen that morals were the true basis of politics. I have denounced war, and I should have been false to my principle had I become a party to this war, which was begun without necessity." He proceeded to express profound regret at parting from his colleagues, and his grief at taking the step, which must seriously harm the Ministry, and perhaps will divide the Liberal party. He deplored it but abandon his principles he could not from any regard to party or any affection for persons. Bright's extreme reluctance to sever himself from the Government was even more strongly shown by his delay in taking before gaining the church door, to marry in green, or while there is an open grave in the churchyard, are all unfortunate, and the bride must be careful to go in at one door and out at another. When the bridemaids undress the bride, they must throw away and lose all the pins. Woe to the bride if a single one be left about her! Nothing will go right. Woe also to the bridemaids if they keep one of them! for they will not be married before Whitsun-tide or till the Easter following at the soonest. If the bridal party venture off dry land, they must go up stream. The bride must, to be lucky, wear "Something old and something new, Something gold and something blue." If she should see a strange cat or hear a cat sneeze on her wedding day, then she will be very happy; and if on her wedding morning she steps from her bed on to something higher, and again on to something higher still, she will from that moment rise in the world. For this purpose a table is placed beside the bed, and if it can stand near the dresser or something higher than it, then she must step from the table to that which is higher. But woe betide her should she fall! In leaving the house and church, she must be very careful to put her right foot forward, and on no account allow any one to speak to her husband until she has called him by name. To break the wedding ring is an omen that the wearer will soon be a widow; but "As your wedding ring wears, So will wear away your cares." —Harper's Weekly. Texarkana, July 15.—Nine more bodies have been recovered from the ruins. Most all of them were burnt beyond recognition. Twenty bodies were burned. This afternoon the business houses all closed and the citizens generally attended the funeral. Up to date twenty-eight bodies have been removed and it is supposed a dozen others are yet unrecovered. Several men are missing who are supposed to be among the dead. Contracts for removing the debris preparatory to rebuilding have been let. Minneapolis has ground about four hundred car loads of Pacific coast wheat into flour in the last two or three months, and there is more coming. It is said that Oregon and Washington Territory can produce grain equal to the best Minnesota grade, and Villard promises to bring it through on his Northern Pacific road for forty cents a bushel—about what is now paid for freight to San Francisco.—Springfield Republican. The negroes who during the civil war were told that Uncle Sam had in reserve for each of them forty acres and a mule were not more deceived than are the Jewish refugees who are flocking from Russia to this land of the free. Here is the story of one of them: "My name is Jacob Friedman. I came from Odessa, Russia, to this country nine days ago, via Hamburg. My family consisted of my wife, a sister and two children. I was a Notary in Odessa, and made a precarious living by executing legal writings. I was told that if I came to America I would be given a complete farm, with tools, seeds, cattle and everything necessary to start in business. This is what our people were made to understand in letters that came from our brethren who had preceded us to America. They said they were told so by the Relief Committee in this country. These letters came from New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and many other places, and it was the general belief among all our people. Accordingly I sold what little I possessed, and managed to get to Brody, where the Relief Committee was. The Committee had a notice in their office that only manual labor was wanted in America, and only those willing to work on farms should emigrate. This corresponded with what I had heard about the farms, so of course I thought it was all right." GAZETTE. JULY 22, 1882. NO. 41 RIGHT RESIGNED. Protection of England's Egyptian Policy. July 16.—A London cable conversation with Bright and resignation he said the Egyptian policy of culminating in what he justifiable use of force in was opposed to sending the originally for any political considered that England had interfere with the internal affairs having no serious interest in the Suez Canal, and the caused by Arabi or anybody that the massacre on the largely provoked by the English fleet. He regards presence of the fleet, with a passing number of foreign friendly harbor, as in itself unfriendly act. The mobile fleet for the protection was a good motive, but managed that the fleet be danger rather than protec- he thought, would have such English subjects as and then to let the Kheir out their own disputes. THE SLAGHTER OF RAILWAY MEN. At the recent meeting of the Master Carbuilders' Association, Mr. Forney said that from 1,200 to 1,500 railroad employees are killed, and from 5,000 to 10,000 injured, every year. Curiously the railway train is most dangerous before it leaves the yard, the hazards of the road being slight compared with those of the station. In his address President Garay said that the present defective and expensive devices for coupling freight cars have been in use for many years without any marked improvement upon the old link and pin system. Although thousands of patents have been granted for improved draw bars and automatic couplers, many of them with some merit, yet none have sufficient advantages to place them in general use. Though most of the injuries to train men while coupling cars were, he believed, the result of carelessness on their part, it was none the less important that some means should be devised and adopted which would prevent the present risk to life and limb in the making up of trains. What was wanted was an automatic coupler, dispensing with the use of loose links and pins, and at the same time admitting of their use when needed. The committee on automatic couplers and WAR'S RESULTS. Alexandria, July 15.—The American marines were the first to land to help restore order, and the Germans followed. Both landed without any political instructions from their respective governments. All the vessels in the harbor, except those of Austria and Greece, landed men. A famine is apprehended; also, an epidemic, because of the unburied dead. The offices of the Ottoman Band and of the Credit Lyonnaise escaped destruction. Arabi Paaha appropriated £25,000 from the Custom House before leaving. According to the accounts of persons who remained in the city, bands of marauders, during and after the bombardment, forced their way into almost every house. The plundering and burning began on the 12th. Scarcely any European dwelling was spared. It appears that large stores of petroleum was sent to Alexandria the week before the bombardment especially to set fire to the town. The incendiaries state that they received instructions to set fire to the houses. Shortly after the opening of the Moscow Exhibition, which was recently inaugurated by the Grand Duke Vladimir, a young man demanded an audience of the Chief of the Police at St. Petersburg. He refused to state his errand to any of the subordinate officials, so after being carefully searched. he thought, would have any such English subjects as and then to let the Kheseight out their own disputes. The sovereign, might properly Bright admits that the Turkish authority in Egypt misfortune, but England been responsible and Europe hired adequate guarantees of Turkey when order was admits that English in have been beneficial to repeats that England has fix the point where his many with the minds of his tried that though unable to general course pursued with, he always noped they of the employment of ruled the notion that the menaced by the forts, and on the statement of the condent that not an hourendment begun the Egypffered to dismantle the alert aware that the statement armed, but should it prove that the beginning of hostan offer, was deserving of cure. Whether this report was unable to continue Government sanctioning at the fleet should have real Seymour's ultimatum, had to discontinue his arma-ne broken his promise, he have yet heard but one and he seemed inclined to convince that the electric light troops were continuing their trial, however, that these destant. The real cause of mass the use of force, which on moral grounds. "Forty years," "I have told my counsels were the true basis of denounced war, and I false to my principle had I this war, which was begun He proceeded to ex-cret at parting from his col-griff at taking the step, only harm the Ministry, and be the Liberal party. He abandon his principles he may regard to party or any asses. The reluctance to sever him-government was even more low his delay in taking the some merit, yet none have sufficient advantages to place them in general use. Though most of the injuries to train men while coupling cars were, he believed, the result of carelessness on their part, it was none the less important that some means should be devised and adopted which would prevent the present risk to life and limb in the making up of trains. What was wanted was an automatic coupler, dispensing with the use of loose links and pins, and at the same time admitting of their use when needed. The committee on automatic couplers and drawbars reported that out of the 3,000 patents issued for devices of this sort they were unable to select and recommened one as a standard. The implication was that though some of the inventions were good there was none that satisfactorily met all the requirements of the case. Whoever will watch the making up of trains in any large and busy yard will soon see abundant occasion to charge the yardmen with recklessness. It would be a harder task to discover how, under existing conditions, the work could be done without a constant running of risks that to a cautious onlooker would seem little less than fool-hardy. So long as men have to go between cars to couple them they must be reckless—as a soldier is "reckless" who, in the discharge of his duty, exposes his person to the shots of the enemy. It is a problem for inventors to solve to furnish the means for obviating this great hazard to yard-men; and it is the business of railway officials to promptly put to practical test every device that seems reasonably well calculated to cure the evil. Battles which have decided the fate of empires have been lost and won at a smaller cost in life and limb than that reported by Mr. Forney. The urgent need of a better state of things has already made itself felt in legislative assemblies, and inventors may rest assured that the railway companies will not long be allowed to overlook or reject any device which shall meet the requirements of the case, even if they should be disposed to do so. The slaughter is too great to be tolerated in the face of a reasonable prospect of cure. It is needless to add—what must be apparent to the dullest—that the patent for a successful coupler and draw-bar would be an exceedingly valuable property. — Scientific American. The American General in Egypt. Stone Pasha, who is reported as "hampering English action in Egypt," is General Charles P. Stone, late of the American army. At the opening of our Civil War, General Stone, then a captain in the regular army, was in Washington, and was of great service in organizing a force for the defense of the city while it was exposed to an attack from Virginia before volunteers from the Northern States could be assembled there in sufficient numbers to avert that danger. European dwelling was spared. It appears that large stores of petroleum was sent to Alexandria the week before the bombardment especially to set fire to the town. The incendiaries state that they received instructions to set fire to the houses. Shortly after the opening of the Moscow Exhibition, which was recently inaugurated by the Grand Duke Vladimir, a young man demanded an audience of the Chief of the Police at St. Petersburg. He refused to state his errand to any of the subordinate officials, so, after being carefully searched, he was admitted to the presence of the General. Here he stated at once that he was sent by the Revolutionary party, and explained his mission in the following terms: "The Emperor is prevented from going to Moscow by his fear of our schemes. His dread will cease to be justified whenever he grants a Constitution. Then he need fear no conspiracy, and can go in safety wherever he pleases. It has fallen to my lot to inform you that if the Emperor persists in his reactionary policy nothing can save him. Neither my friends nor myself wish to murder him treacherously. Alexander III. is warned as was Alexander II. We do not assassinate, but we render justice." At this point of the interview the police officer seemed anxious to call in assistants, but the young Nihilist stopped him, and added: "I do not wish to be subjected to the indignity of torture. In coming here I have sacrificed my life. I could have killed you, but we do not commit murders uselessly." With these words the young stepped back a few paces and knocked two large buttons with which his cuffs were fastened against his forehead. The buttons, being full of an explosive substance, burst, and inflicted such wounds on the young man that he expired in a few moments, leaving no trace as to his identity. The strawberries consumed in Paris come mostly from Brittany, and the largest market gardens are near Brest, one commune having upward of 500 acres of strawberry plants. It is estimated that this place alone produces 3150 tons of the berry, of which two-thirds are sent to Paris. The crop is, in a fairly good year, about six tons to the acre, and this is equivalent to an income of about $750 per acre. The picking of the strawberries begins about the 20th of May, and lasts throughout the month of June, when the variety of strawberry known as the Chile plant—imported from South America in 1715—comes in and lasts until the end of July. The Plougastel strawberry beds are upon the cliffs overhanging the sea, and in very few cases do not extend more than half a mile inland. The beds are about fifty yards square, and they are inclosed by small fences or stone walls, which protect the plants from the wind and attract the solar beat. WASHINGTON, July 15.—It has been ascertained that Robeson was armed on The American General in Egypt. Stone Pasha, who is reported as "hampering English action in Egypt," is General Charles P. Stone, late of the American army. At the opening of our Civil War, General Stone, then a captain in the regular army, was in Washington, and was of great service in organizing a force for the defense of the city while it was exposed to an attack from Virginia before volunteers from the Northern States could be assembled there in sufficient numbers to avert that danger. After the battle of Bull Run he was assigned, with the rank of Brigadier-General of Volunteers, to the command of a corps of observation on the Maryland side of the Potomac, between Washington and Harper's Ferry, with headquarters at Poolsville. A part of his command, crossing the Potomac, were defeated in the disastrous affair at Ball's Bluff, October 21, 1861. For this reverse General Stone was held responsible. He retired from the army before the close of the war with impaired health and some indications of mental disorder. A few years later he went to Egypt and accepted a commission in the army of the Khodive. He was made Chief of Staff of the Egyptian army, which position he has since retained. N.Y. Post. The Modocs captured at the lava beds eight years ago were put upon a reservation of a few thousand acres in the extreme northeastern corner of the Indian Territory, left pretty much to take care of themselves, and have made remarkable progress in civilization. The most of them have log houses and cultivate small farms in tolerable shape, and the squaws turn a considerable penny by making baskets and the like. They all wear the clothing of civilization, and pride themselves upon abandoning savage habits, as they express it, "We take a de white man road." The chief man among them is Scar-Faced Charley, whose name comes from a frightful scar on the right cheek. He is small in stature, about fifty years old, wears a glass goggle over one eye, and has a prodigious notion of his own importance. Steam-boot Frank is in Iowa with a Quaker missionary delivering strange temperance lectures. The combination, however, is not regarded as a strong one. Shacknasty Jim, one of the leading spirits to the end, died last summer. S. James had the consumption when the variety of strawberry known as the Chile plant—imported from South America in 1715—comes in and lasts until the end of July. The Plongastel strawberry beds are upon the cliffs overhanging the sea, and in very few cases do not extend more than half a mile inland. The beds are about fifty yards square, and they are inclosed by small fences or stone walls, which protect the plants from the wind and attract the solar heat. WASHINGTON, July 15.—It has been ascertained that Robeson was armed on the occasion of his speech on the Naval Appropriation bill, when he made the violent attack on Whitthorne. He knew what to expect, and it is said he had a revolver in the pocket of his coat. Whitthorne was very mad when he ran towards Robeson, but on reaching him satisfied his wrath by shaking his fist in Robeson's face and calling him a liar. Robeson has said himself since that he was armed, and that had Whitthorne struck him he would have killed him in the presence of the entire House. Persons who looked down upon the scene realized then how near a tragedy might have been the result. Some Southern members anticipating that Robeson meant to shoot Whitthorne were ready to return the fire the moment Robeson drew his pistol. LITTLE ROCK, July 17.—An Indian Territory dispatch says: "At Cheyenne a endeavor is progressing, with great trials of physical endurance. The young bucks cut alitas down their backs, run sticks through them and a rope is tied to the sticks and fastened to a pony. The pony is then driven off and tears the strips from the buck. The strips are thrown at the foot of a pole in the center of the camp. The ceremonies to the sun continue for three days." WALLA WALLA, W.T., July 14th.—Early this morning a fire, supposed to be insensitive, broke out in Colfax, Whitman county, W.T., and swept away the entire business portion of the place. Near Ida Grove, Iowa, weak before last, twelve horses standing in a bench were killed by one stroke of lightning. It is not enough now for a man to be dirty to be thought talented.—New Orleans Press.