anaheim-gazette 1882-08-12

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 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 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. 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 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. GEO. B. SHAFFER, NOTARY PUBLIC. 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. Single and Double Teams Furnished at short notice, and careful drivers, familiar with the country, supplied when required. The patFIGS FOR CALLED The following article was B. West for the State Horse and read before them at the It is timely, as many per arrangements to plant fig or less extent this coming w It was not my intention with this subject to write an art I only wish to collect together the different varieties that order to compare them, and the most suitable localities and to bring into notice kinds. Also, to correct which is in this State, as very indefinite. In order as possible I will speak first fruit, and afterwards on dried article. FIGS AS A TABLE Figs have heretofore occurred important place in our frui are not used so freely as countries of Europe and are produced. There the season, is always seen on hotels as a dessert fruit. It constitutes an important of the poor. It is a gen therefore healthy in a war The reason of this lack the fig, as a table fruit in can be seen in the varieti ed in our markets. Only such as the Brunswick, B California or Mission fig 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 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 Debts 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, Downey Block, LOS ANGELES, — CAL. L. GUNTHER, Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, COOT 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 charve 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. FROWENFIELD, 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— Surveyor, Office: Room No 4, Downey Block, LOS ANGELES, - CAL. L. GUNTHER, Ploneer 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 Tubs made to order. Honey 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 Keepers, Poultry Keepers, Horses and Stock owners. Do stroys insects on Orange trees, Vines, etc. Send for handsome illustrated circular and catalogue. J. A. WHITMAN, Palettes and manufacturer. Providence, R.I. 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 wine casks, pipes and tanks. They are made in the most workmanlike manner, of thoroughly seasoned wool and the prices are low. Apply at the Anaheim Brewery. SIGNORET HOUSE. WELL FURNISHED AND WELL VENTILATED. Rooms to let by the day, weak or month in the Signoret House, Cor. of Main and Turner Streets, (Opposite the Pico Home) by Mrs Wm R Olden. THE TRUE There are many Spain, France and Italy seen any of them than value compared with They are much like niña—in fact, as a made from the Miña the French kinds look they are small and t Through the enterprise co Bulletin Company has been introduced and cuttings were in were distributed th The balance are in the leading nurserymen debted to G. P. Ri notes, made princip with Hon. E. J. S Consul for twenty y CULTIVATION OF THE finest fig regia as known, is the Asia Minor, about s east of Smyrna country is strikingly of the Sierra Nevada when here eighteen WEEKLY IM GAZ ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1882. FIGS FOR CALIFORNIA. The following article was prepared by W. B. West for the State Horticultural Society and read before them at their last meeting. It is timely, as many persons are making arrangements to plant fig orchards of greater or less extent this coming winter: It was not my intention when I proposed this subject to write an article upon the fig. I only wish to collect together in this hall the different varieties that we may have, in order to compare them, and learn where are the most suitable localities for their growth, and to bring into notice new or valuable kinds. Also, to correct the nomenclature which is in this State, as well as elsewhere, very indefinite. In order to be as explicit as possible I will speak first of figs as a table fruit, and afterwards consider them as a dried article. FIGS AS A TABLE FRUIT. Figs have heretofore occupied a very unimportant place in our fruit market. They are not used so freely as they are in the countries of Europe and Asia, where they are produced. There the fresh fig, when in season, is always seen on the tables of the hotels as a dessert fruit. Fresh and dried it constitutes an important part of the food of the poor. It is a gentle laxative, and therefore healthy in a warm climate. The reason of this lack of appreciation of the fig, as a table fruit in this State, I think can be seen in the varieties which are offered in our markets. Only large coarse kinds, such as the Brunswick, Brown Turkey and California or Mission fig, will sell. It is traveling in this region on the Central Pacific Railroad, he could scarcely realize that he was not riding through Asia Minor, so closely do the two regions resemble each other. The climate of the Aidin district is as similar to that of California as is the topographical appearance. There they have the same dry summers and rainy winters, with about the same degree of frost. It is a significant fact that the region in Asia Minor which is noted for producing the finest figs is also noted as growing the choicest apples. It is not likely that the true Smyrna fig was introduced into this State until two years ago. Persons in this city who have visited the fig orchards of Asia Minor assert that they have never seen fresh figs in our markets that at all resemble the fruit they saw upon the trees in that country. The drying fig is never seen fresh at Aidin, being dry and very sweet and sloying. The owners of the largest orchards always have a few trees of other varieties for supplying their tables with fresh fruit. CURING, GRADING, PACKING AND SHIPPING. The Smyrna fig remains upon the tree until it falls off of its own accord, which occurs when nearly cured. To complete the drying the figs are spread out in the sun upon a layer of dry grass for a few days. During this time the fruit attracts insects which deposits the eggs that produce the worms so often found in the imported fig. No doubt the California grower, with more enlightened treatment and appliances, will be able to do away with this serious objection to imported fruit. After the figs are sufficiently dried they are packed into camel's-hair sacks, being pressed down into a solid mass, frequently by the feet of the operator, and are then shipped by rail to the merchants of Smyrna. The work of grading and packing the figs is mostly done by women. The figs are dumped from the sacks upon the floor of the warehouse to be separated into different grades. The operators are seated beside the figures and each is provided with five married flirts. The Husband's Difficulties in Tending Them Down. A jealous man with a pretty wife who will flirt, is in a very unenviable condition. Of what use is it for him to forbid her to go to this or that place, or to speak to snow and such young men? Either she will boldly refuse to obey him, or she will promise only to deceive. To watch her day and night is manifestly impossible. The husband must occasionally go down town, and the moment his back is turned, the wife is at liberty. He may hire a man to watch her in his absence, but as the man who can be hired to watch a wife is necessarily open to bribery, he will certainly be bribed by the wife or her friends. The Turk is enabled to calm his jealousy by keeping his wives locked up, but there is no American wife living who, if locked up in the third story back-room, could not contrive to escape within fifteen minutes after her husband's departure from the house. Among certain tribes of savages, the husband breaks his wife's nose, or in some other equally effective way, renders her no longer attractive to young men; but these wretched heathen have never heard of the proverb concerning the folly of biting off—or otherwise disfiguring—one's wife's nose in order to spite one's personal face. If some association of philanthropic business men were to fit up a safe-deposit office, where wives could be left whenever their husbands are absent from home, jealous men could feel a reasonable confidence in the permanence of their domestic happiness; but the experiment is yet to be tried. CRUDE AND UNSATISFACTORY SCHEMES For the prevention of flirting on the part of married women have been tried from time to time. There was a man in Iowa who cut off his wife's beautiful yellow hair on the pretext that it was a vain and unchristian adornment of her person, but really in order The reason of this lack of appreciation of the fig, as a table fruit in this State, I think can be seen in the varieties which are offered in our markets. Only large coarse kinds, such as the Brunswick, Brown Turkey and California or Mission fig, will sell. It is really amusing to see with what indifference a customer will pass a box of good delicate fruit, if it be small, and purchase only the coarser kinds. It is true that the more delicate kinds are harder to grow, being more sensitive to frost; but there are localities where enough of them can be produced to supply any demand that there may ever be. SOME LEADING VARIETIES DEScribed. It will be a difficult task to give correct names to the varieties that we have. Eastern nurserymen are unreliable, as they seldom see the fruit on the trees they propagate from. Those coming from Europe are often without names, or having only local ones. There are a few prominent sorts, however, which, although they may differ in different localities, cannot be easily mistaken. I will give a short description of a few of them: The Brown Turkey—A large brownish fig often seen in San Francisco markets, sometimes called the smyrna. It is only good to be used fresh. It will not dry well, as the skin becomes very tough and the pulp sour. Brunswick—Color, dark olive, of large size, but very coarse. These are favorite kinds to grow under glass in England, and are often seen in San Francisco markets. California or Mission—Too well known to need description. It is the only black fig that I am acquainted with that is of any value to dry. The tree is very thrifty and prolific, and as they often attain a large size the product is enormous. I have known as high as 1,500 pounds of dried figs to be taken from three trees. These three kinds are, with few exceptions, the only ones seen in our markets. The last is by far the most valuable. Among the later importations is the San Pedro. This kind is known under various synonyms all through the south of Europe as the largest and most delicious of figs. It is ripe in the south of Italy and Spain by the 24th of June, and produces only one crop. At Naples there is a fig which is much valued, called the Turiana. It occupies a place in the summer months after the San Pedro. It is like the preceding, very delicate and luscious. There are other well known varieties, small, but of good flavor, such as the White Marseilles, White and Green Ischia, the Geleste from New Orleans, and a host of others valuable as additions to our fruit During this time the fruit attracts insects which deposits the eggs that produce the worms so often found in the imported fig. No doubt the California grower, with more enlightened treatment and appliances, will be able to do away with this serious objection to imported fruit. After the figs are sufficiently dried they are packed into camelia-hair sacks, being pressed down into a solid mass, frequently by the feet of the operator, and are then shipped by rail to the merchants of Smyrna. The work of grading and packing the figs is mostly done by women. The figs are dumped from the sacks upon the floor of the warehouse to be separated into different grades. The operators are seated beside the heaps of figs, and each is provided with five baskets, or as many as there are different grades, into which the fruit is to be assorted. The poorest quality is used only for distilling purposes, being mostly shipped to France. The next grade is ground up and made into fig paste. The next quality, most of which have a sun-scald on one side, or other defect, is packed in barrels or kegs, as we frequently see them in this market. The number one and two grades are packed into boxes and drums as we find them at all the retail fruit stands of the city. The packing is done by a different set of hands from the graders, and in different apartments. The finest figs undergo a considerable amount of manipulation, being pulled and flattened out in order when pressed and flattened at the top of the package that they may appear much larger than they really are. Smyrna figs are not dipped into ley or other solution, the only application, if it can fairly be called such, is that each operator is provided with a basin of sea water, into which the tips of the fingers are occasionally dipped to prevent them from sticking. THE CLIMATE—ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZATION OF THE FRUIT. As the climate of Aidin is much like our own, and we know that the fig is grown all over our State, we may infer that we can be successful with the culture of the Smyrna fig, but like all other kinds of fruit, it will be better suited to some locality than others, probably in some rich, warm valley, either in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada or of the Coast Range, or perhaps in the warm belt of both ranges. My own experience with the finer varieties leads me to think that in a climate like Stockton, where the nights are always cold, it will not be a perfect success. The winters of 1878 and 1879, 1880 and 1881 were unusually severe, killing trees that had never suffered before. The fig and olive are often injured in the south of Italy and Spain, still their culture is considered profitable. STATISTICS OF THE FIG TRADE. The amount of figs exported from Smyrna I am not able to give. Great Britain uses about $1,000,000 worth each year. There were entered for consumption in the United States dried figs as follows: the duty being 2½ cents per pound: Year. Pounds. Value. Duty. 1879...3,369,475 $247,075 00 $84,236 89 1880...6,266,413 440,507 00 156,630 00 1881...3,420,427 379,382 55 85,510 72 Modern Extravagance in Funerals. From Dr. Talmage's Sermon. I give the funeral of a man in up-town New York, the facts authenticated. The undertaker was not to blame; he only sold them what they asked for. The only blame was for those who bought when they knew the folly of biting off—or otherwise disguining—one's wife's nose in order to spite one's personal face. If some association of philanthropic business men were to fit up a safe-deposit office, where wives could be left whenever their husbands are absent from home, jealous men could feel a reasonable confidence in the permanence of their domestic happiness; but the experiment is yet to be tried. CRUDE AND UNSATISFACTORY SCHEMES For the prevention of flirting on the part of married women have been tried from time to time. There was a man in Iowa who cut off his wife's beautiful yellow hair on the pretext that it was a vain and unchristian adornment of her person, but really in order to prevent her from receiving visitors until the hair should grow again. This however, seriously impaired the wife's value, and was merely a modification of the savage nose-breaking process. Another man—a Chicago person—constantly spread abroad rumors that his wife was suffering from diphtheria or scarlet fever; but finding that there were young men who could not be thus terrified, he finally contrived to have her incubated with the small-pox. For about a week he enjoyed the success of his ingenious plan, but at the end of ti atime his wife died, putting him to the expense of a funeral and the annoyance of being without a wife for nearly five months. The most noteworthy plan which was ever devised for enforcing marital faithfulness was that tried by a California residing in Benicia. Two years ago he married a widow of remarkable beauty and a well-earned reputation for flirting. She had never been accused of any really immoral act—such as eloping with a poor man or an impostor—but being extremely fond of admiration and society, she was the center of a group of young men who were currently said to bask in her smiles, though there is a difference of opinion among scientific authorities as to what constitutes basking. THE LATEST HUSBAND Of this charming woman is a man of a particularly jealous disposition, and his acquaintances prophesied that the widow would drive him to insanity; murder, or suicide in a very brief time after the honeymoon. He was well aware of the difficulties of his position, but calmly determined to prevent his wife from flirting, and was strengthened in that determination by the open pity which his friends expressed for him. It so happened that he had learned, through some occult source, that the widow's teeth, which were marvelously beautiful, were false. He was the only human being in Benicia who possessed this terrible secret, and he felt well assured that it would enable him to repress all flirting tendencies on the part of his future bride. The honeymoon was passed in traveling from place to place in the State of California, and no opportunity was given to the wife to indulge her fondness for society other than that of her husband. On the very first morning after the pair returned to Benicia,the husband rose early,put his wife's entire set of teeth in his pocket,and coolly informed her that hereafter he should never leave her alone without taking her teeth with him. Tears,intreaties,and threats had no effect upon him,and he carried off the teeth,r remarking,a as he went out of the door;that it was his duty as a husband to guard her from the approaches of designing men,and to thus prevent any shadow of discord from blighting their married happiness. For the next three months THAT UNHAPPY WIPE Was never seen apart from her husband.Scores of young men who called upon her in his absence were politely told that she was not at home.Obsviously this was the only course which she could purune.Every day，when her husband went to his business，he carried her teeth with him;and she as the largest and most delicious of figs. It is ripe in the south of Italy and Spain by the 24th of June, and produces only one crop. At Naples there is a fig which is much valued, called the Turiana. It occupies a place in the summer months after the San Pedro. It is like the preceding, very delicate and luscious. There are other well known varieties, small, but of good flavor, such as the White Marselles, White and Green Ischia, the Geleste from New Orleans, and a host of others valuable as additions to our fruit lists. Later in the season there is a variety which for the want of a better name I have called the Verdoni, which is its Italian name. The skin is green, but the pulp is dark red and very sweet. It hangs on the tree until winter. The tree is a very strong grower, forming a large shade tree. The above is a list of figs which will give a succession of good fruit all through the season. Some may prove too tender for some localities, others are hardy anywhere in this State. THE TRUE SMYRNA FIG. There are many kinds of figs dried in Spain, France and Italy, but I have never seen any of them that I considered of any value compared with the fig of Smyrna. They are much-like the product of California—in fact, as a rule, inferior to those made from the Mission variety. Some of the French kinds look white and nice, but they are small and their skins quite tough. Through the enterprise of the San Francisco Bulletin Company, the true Smyrna fig has been introduced here. Fourteen thousand cuttings were imported, 5,000 of which were distributed through the Pacific Coast. The balance are in the hands of some of the leading nurserymen of this State. I am indebted to G. P. Rixford for the following notes, made principally from an interview with Hon. E. J. Smithers, United States Consul for twenty years at Smyrna. CULTIVATION OR THE FIG IN ASIA MINOR. The finest fig region of the world, as far as known, is the plain or valley of Aidin, Asia Minor, about seventy-five miles southeast of Smyrna. The appearance of the country is strikingly like the foethill region of the Sierra Nevada. Consul Smithers said, when here eighteen months ago, that, while Modern Extravagance in Funerals. From Dr. Talmage's Sermon. I give the funeral of a man in up-town New York, the facts authenticated. The undertaker was not to blame; he only sold them what they asked for. The only blame was for those who bought when they knew they could not pay: Casket covered with Lyons velvet, silver mouldings... $850 Heavy plated handles... 60 Solid silver plate engraved in Roman letters... 75 Ten linen scarfs... 150 Floral decorations... 225 Music and quartette choir at the house... 40 Twenty carriages, walking to the cemetery... 140 Then fifteen other unimportant expenditures, amounting to... 336 All the expenditures added up being $1,876 for getting one poor mortal to his last home! Perhaps it would have been all well if they had been able to meet the expenditure; but when it was known they could not, it was a villainy! There are families who, in the effort to meet the ridiculous, outrageous, and wicked customs of society in regard to obsequies, have actually reduced themselves to penny. They put their last dollar in the ground. They wanted bread, and you gave them a stone. There is in England what they call a Funeral Reform Society. It is high time we had such a reform society in our own country. This widespread extravagance accounts also for the poverty of religious institutions. Men pay so much for show they have nothing for God and religion. We pay in this country $22,000,000 for the great benevolent societies; but what are $22,000,000 compared with the $95,000,000 for tobacco and $1,483,-000,000 for drink? How do you like the comparison? Great lavishment for the world; great niggardliness for God. William Elliott, a lad living near Stockton, while carelessly handling a shotgun had his hand and a portion of his wrist blown off. THAT UNHAPPY WIFE Was never seen apart from her husband. Scores of young men, who called upon her in his absence, were politely told that she was not at home. Obviously this was the only course which she could pursue. Every day, when her husband went to his business, he carried her teeth with him; and she would sooner have died than have shown herself in a toothless state. Every evening her teeth were restored to her, and she was permitted to receive calls in her husband's presence. The whole town was lost in wonder at her absolute cessation of flirting, and hundreds of husbands were ready to offer unlimited wealth to learn how she had been so completely subjugated. Last week, while the husband, with the teeth in his pocket, was about to leave his place of business and return home, a note from his wife was put into his hands. It informed him that, weary of his intolerable cruelty, she had eloped. The companion of her flight was a man, both of whose legs had been shot away. "We have offset my teeth against his legs," said the note. "and we can overlook each other's peculiarities." By this time the guilty pair are on their way to the East, where cork legs and false teeth can be had at a few days notice, and the deserted husband is convinced that to keep a willful woman from flirting is beyond the power of man.—New York Times. To mark tools: Cover the part to be marked with a thin coating of tallow or beeswax. Then, with a sharp instrument, write the name in the tallow, cutting clearly into it. Then fill in the letters with nitric acid. Let it remain from one to ten minutes. Then dip in water and rub off, and you will have the mark etched. The London Daily News, referring to the killing of Jesse James by the Ford boys, says: "It is a queer state of society to be co-existent with telephones, banks, lectures, railways and culture." If the editor of the News thinks anything is too quear to be co-existent with the average telephone, he is mistaken. A fire at Lemoone, Talara county, last week destroyed a large number of buildings. GAZETTE. T 12, 1882. THE INFLUENCE of the MIND UPON THE BODY. Sacramento Record Union. That the mind can exert great influence upon the body is, of course, familiar to all; but comparatively few are aware of the extent to which this influence may be carried. We have already, in commenting upon a recent singular cure through Imagination, made some remarks upon this subject, but it is so full of interest that we may be excused for recurring to it. It is indeed not an exaggeration to say that the Imagination is capable of affecting the body to the extent of destroying life, and this in such a way that no examination after death will reveal any lesion of vital organs. Among the men who inhabit some of the islands of the Pacific are people who believe it possible to wish one another to death; and who, in fact, have made it possible. Among these curious savages, when one thinks he has been made the object of such a murderous wish, he will retire to his home, arrange his affairs, he down, and in two or three hours will die, for no other reason than because he believes he has to die. This is the fullest conceivable power of the mind over the body, but however staggering it may be there is no doubt as to the facts. And yet, though the causing of death without any decay of the organs, or any disease, is almost incomprehensible, it is perhaps not more marvelous than the alteration of tissue caused in the same way. A very remarkable story of this kind is noted by Dr. Turka, who vouches for the facts as having come within his personal observation. "A lady was walking by a pubtry an experiment. He got some pieces of wood, painted them so as to resemble the Metallic Tractors, and had the satisfaction of producing with them all the beneficial effects derivable from the genuine instruments. Here again the Faith of the patients made them whole, and it is this Faith which is capable of producing the most truly wonderful changes upon the body, no matter whether the object of it be the reflex of saints, the Metallic Tractors, the water of Lourdes, the image of the Virgin at Knock, the thermometer of Sir Humphry Davy, or the supositious prayers of the Pennsylvania invalid. On one occasion a condemned murderer was experimented upon as follows: He was told that he was to be blied to death. Then he was placed upon a table, his eyes bandaged, and jets of warm water arranged so as to trickle down his arms. Then he was pricked slightly over the veins of the arms, and the jets of water being turned on he was led to believe that his warm blood was pouring from him. The doctors stood by, watch in hand, and affected to mark the successive changes in his appearance. In a short time, however, these changes actually appeared, and as the water dripped so the man's life really drained from him, and when the physicians pretended that he was dying of anemia he really was moribund, and died before them, of nothing but the belief that he had been bled to death. Instances such as this are far more common than is perhaps generally supposed. They go to show how very intimate is the connection between mind and body, and they appear to confirm and support the modern hypothesis which recognizes in what is call- ACTORY SCHEMES setting on the part of been tried from time in Iowa who cut yellow hair on the brain and unchristian but really in order having visitors until this. This, however, life's value, and was of the savage noseother man—a Chicago road abroad rumors going from diphtheria saying that there were not be thus terrified, have her incubated for about a week he his ingenious plan, time his wife died, house of a funeral and without a wife for the most noteworthy revised for enforcing that tried by a California. Two years ago of remarkable beauty tion for flirting. She of any really immorlation with a poor man or extremely fond of she was the center who were currently ties, though there is a among scientific austitutes basking. HUSBAND man is a man of a partition, and his acquaintance widow would drive her, or suicide in a very honeymoon. He was multiple of his position, to prevent his wife strengthened in that open pity which his him. It so happened through some occult teeth, which were were false. He was in Benicia who possecret, and he felt well enable him to repress on the part of his furneymoon was passed in place in the State of opportunity was given to fondness for society her husband. On the after the pair returned to rose early, put his seeth in his pocket, and that hereafter he should be without taking her ears, entreaties, and upon him, and he carremarking, as he went it was his duty as a from the approaches and to thus prevent any from blighting their marthe next three months HAPPY WIFE part from her husband. who called upon her politely told that she was he could pursue. Every and went to his business, a with him; and she A Hot Day in New York. New York Sun. Ninety-nine! And ninety-nine in the middle of a deep box covered on three sides and with the top board projecting beyond the rest of the box, so that even the sun could not get at the bulb and the mercury without a burning glass. Whatever the temperature, it was the highest of the year, and doubly trying because so many very hot days had gone before it, and done their most and worst to weaken every living thing that felt it. Fortunately there was a dryness about it, though it left none where perspiration could drive it away, or liquid refreshments could offset it. Third avenue seemed deserted at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Two of the four Bowyery museums were closed, and so were nine in every ten oyster saloons, and on the doors of all were the words. "To reopen Sept. 1." Very few sorts of goods were selling well. Cold boiled meats, tongues, sausages, and pickled knuckles and pig's feet were in great demand at the German butcher shops. Fruit, grain, bread and canned goods went off well from the groceries. The bakers never did better in any weather anywhere. Soda water kept the drug clerks busy. Lager beer ran in cascades, rolling down the sides of glasses, slopping on the polished bars and dripping on the foot rails over the floors. A cigar dealer said that hot weather creates the greatest demand in the year for smoking goods of all kinds. He could not explain it. He knew everybody thought it was the other way. All he knew was that it is always so every year. One tin pail in every twenty that flashed in the sunlight between a tenement door and the entrance of a store on the avenue was filled with ice cream, in which there was a rushing trade. The other nineteen returned with beer. The restaurants were forbidding. The hunger that prompted a visit to them by anything else than the flies had to be very sharp and strong. There were few people on the hot, gray sidewalks, and few vehicles except the horse cars in the roadway. Policemen stood in doorways and on the shady side of the street; men, women and children hung out of the upper windows trying to imagine a heart from her husband. who called upon her politely told that she obviously this was the one could pursue. Every and went to his business, with him; and she died than have shown state. Every evening used to her, and she was calls in her husband's town was lost in wounding of flirting, and beds were ready to offer learn how she had been treated. Last week, while the teeth in his pocket, his place of business and from his wife was put formed him that, weary cruelty, she had eloped. Her flight was a man, had been shot away, teeth against his legs," we can overlook each their way to the East, false teeth can be had and the deserted husband that to keep a willful is beyond the power of machines. Cover the part to be coating of tallow or with a sharp instrument, the tallow, cutting clear all in the letters with remain from one to ten in water and rub off, the mark etched. News, referring to the names by the Ford boys, state of society to be telephones, banks, lectures, etc." If the editor of the writing is too queer to be coverage telephone, he is more, Talare county, last large number of buildings. can thus very literally create our own conditions, and what is more we may often create and regulate the conditions of others. When the Russian convicts condemned to death were told that they were to be put to sleep in beds which had been occupied by cholera patients, it proved precisely the same to them as though this had been true, though it was not true. No cholera patients had really died in the beds, and yet every convict who slept in them died of cholera. What shall we say to the abundant examples of the influence of Imagination in the cure of diseases? Skeptics laugh at the stories of the wonderful effects of the relics of saints, but the skeptics are mistaken, for it is very certain that the saintly relics have acted as the leverage by which the Imagination acts. One of the most curious cases on record of this kind is that of Sir Humphrey Davy's cure of paralysis, which is told as follows by Dr. Paris: "Early in life he was assisting Dr. Beddoes in his experiments on the exhibition of nitrous oxide. Dr. Beddoes having inferred that this oxide must be a specific for palsy, a patient was selected for trial, and placed under the care of Davy. Before administering the gas, Davy inserted a small thermometer under the tongue of the patient, to ascertain the temperature. The paralytic man, wholly ignorant of the process to which he was to submit, but deeply impressed by Dr. Beddoes with the certainty of its success, no sooner felt the thermometer between his teeth than he concluded the talisman was in operation, and in a loud burst of enthusiasm declared that he already felt its benign influence throughout his whole body. The opportunity was too tempting to be lost. Davy did nothing more, but desired his patient to return on the following day. The same ceremony was repeated; the same result followed; and at the end of a fortnight he was dismissed cured, no remedy of any kind except the thermometer having ever been used. This was clearly a case of care by Imagination, like that recorded at Erie, Pennsylvania, the other day. It is, however, of a piece with Perkins' Metallic Tractors. Many years ago these appliances were heralded as possessing marvelous powers, chiefly magnetic, and many cases were described to them. At length is occurred to a hospital physician to Clara Garfield, aged eight years. was accidentally shot at the residence of Henry Coit in San Francisco last week. Nellie McAulif, a girl of 14 years, employed in a domestic capacity by Mr. Coit, was sent upstairs for a comb, which she was told she would find in a certain bureau drawer among some clothing. In the room were a number of children, among them Clara, who was on a visit to Mr. Coit's little ones. On proceeding to the drawer for the comb Nellia was surrounded by the inquisitive youngsters who stood around her so closely that she could scarcely proceed on her errand. On opening the draw she discovered a revolver lying on the top of the clothing and took it in her left hand, while she continued the search with her right. In her endeavors to avoid any more contact with the pistol than was necessary, she hung it on her finger by the trigger-guard, and while it was dangling in this manner it was discharged by some means, the ball crashing into Clara's little ear and burying itself in her brain. The President has nominated Ulysses St. Grant and William Henry Trewett as Commissioners to negotiate a commercial treaty with Mexico.