anaheim-gazette 1883-12-15

ANAHEIM VOL. XIV. HANNA & KEITH, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Live Stock Bought and Sold on Commission. ANAHEIM. Great Clearance Sale OF FURNITURE AND CARPETS, AT BARKER & ALLEN'S, We offer our immense stock at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, in order to make room for our Pal importations. Call and get prices and see that we mean business. Nos. 322, 324 & 326 North Main Street, (Next to Pico House) LOS ANGELES, CAL. DR. JAMES ELLIS. OFFICE AND DRUG STORE IN THE BUILDING East of Garrett office Homoeopathic Medicine wholesale and retail. Office hours at 7 A.M. and 9:30 A.M. and at 2 P.M. PLANTERS' HOTEL ANAHEIM, Los Angeles County, Cal. The only First-class House Nos. 322, 324 & 326 North Main Street, (Next to Pico House.) LOS ANGELES, CAL. DR. JAMES ELLIS. OFFICE AND DRUG STORE IN THE BUILDING East of Garner office. Homeopathic Medicine wholesale and retail. Office hours at 7 A.M. and 9:30 A.M. and at 2 P.M. DR E. L. COWAN, Dentist, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE MY OFFICE DAYS in Anaheim will be on Friday and Saturday each week. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC. GAETTE OFFICE. H. C. KELOGG. Surveyor and Civil Engineer. PARTING WILL, PLEASE LEAVE THEIR ORDER WITH MR. JOHN Hanna, Anaheim. W. H. WIGHTMAN, Civil Engineer AND SURVEYOR. Office over Commercial Park, Santa Ana, Cal. Correspondence by mail promptly attended to. ROBT. W. SCOTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Commissioner of Licenses for Arizona Territory. Borer's Block, Ansonia, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY. Attorney-at-Law, SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dubbs Brick building, nearly opposite the Post Office. Office Nores from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. M. L. WICKS. Attorney-at-Law Rooms 86 and 87 Temple Block. LOS ANGELES. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adelaide and Los Angeles streets. ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER. BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street MAXING AND REPAIRING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to. PLANTERS' HOTEL ANAHEIM, Los Angeles County, Cal. The only First-class House South of Los Angeles. Offers Superior Accommodations to Tourists, Families and the General Public. Suites of Rooms for Families. HENRY S. KNAPP, Proprietor. ALBRECHT BROS.. Manufacturers of Family Fruit Dryers. An Assortment Always on Hand. Will take contract for Erecting Buildings, Tanks, Frames, etc. Agents for the BACHELDER WINDMILL. Shop on Center Street, near Railroad Depot. F. & J. BACKS. Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Paper Hangings, Picture Frames, etc. UNDERTAKERS, Agents for the House, Eldrodge and Victor Sewing Machines. Los Angeles Street.: Anaheim. Anaheim Carriage and Wagon Factory. JACOB YAEGER., Proprietor. WOODWORK of all kinds, Bodies, Wheels and Gearing put up on short notice. BLACKSMITHING of all kinds. Horse-Shoeing a specialty. Sign and Carriage Painting Done in first-class style by S. A. DENNIS. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Atleis 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. WM. R. HARKER. SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. CHARLES WILLE. COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and kegs on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubes made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap. P. PELLEGRIN. PRACTICAL Watchmaker and Jeweler, CENTER ST., - ANAHEIM Repairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry den promptly and warranted. Sole Agent for the Johnston Optical Co.'s Improved Spectacles and Eve-Glasses (interchangeable). Improved Eye Tester to perfect vision the eye. B. DREYFUS, E. L. GOLDSTEIN, Anaheim, San Francisco J. FROWENFIELD, J. J. WEGLEIN, 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. Anaheim Carriage and Wagon Factory. JACOB YAEGER, Proprietor. WOODWORK of all kinds, Bodies, Wheels and Gearing put up on short notice. BLACKSMITHING of all kinds. Horse-Shoeing a specialty. Sign and Carriage Painting Done in first-class style by S. A DENNIS. All work of the above description will be guaranteed and we pledge ourselves to give satisfaction. We are here to stay and will spare no pains to please our patrons. Our wood shop and blacksmith shop is on Center Street, west of Mitchell's stable, and our paint shop is directly opposite. We are sole agents for the STUDEBAKER WAGONS And for all kinds of Farming Machinery. nov19 Eureka! Eureka! The long desired TEA Free from all poisonous mixtures, that makes a healthy drink, of delicious flavor, can now be had at the Store near the Depot. Call for the "Mayflower" brand and test its merita. Also when there sample the various COFFEES that have been provided for his customers by M. H. CHEESEMAN. ANAHEIM HOTEL, DEUTSCHES GASTHAUS, Center Street, Anaheim. JOHN DIETZEL, Proprietor. Board and Lodging: Per week, $5.00 Per day, from $1 to 1.50 Single Meals, .25 Fredericksburg LAGER BEER On draught at all times. WASHINGTON Meat Market! CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM, C.F. LEONARD, Proprietor. WITCHCRAFT IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. To those whose lot is cast in more favored regions it may seem incredible that a lingering belief in witchcraft and the influence of the Evil Eye should still exist in any part of the kingdom. Yet such certainly is the case in certain remote parts of the Highlands; and the fact throws some light on the character of the ghostly teaching with which Highlanders are so liberally dosed, both in season and out of season; and demonstrates the imperviousness of the benighted Highlands to the civilizing agencies and influences to which such superstitious beliefs have long since yielded in all other parts of the country. Recently a lady from a distant part of the kingdom had occasion to visit a certain village, situated on the west side of Rose, and reside there for a short time. In course of her sojourn there she on one occasion felt slightly indisposed, and her friends at once set her illness down to witchcraft and the influence of the Evil Eye; and a witch-doctor was forthwith called in, who subjected her to his usual course of treatment. The treatment, which was both simple and inexpensive, consisted in taking water, before sunrise, from a stream running south, immersing a piece of silver in it, and liberally splashing the patient in the face with it! From some cause or other which we have not heard explained, the treatment failed, and other and more rational means were resorted to, which, we are glad to say, proved more successful. Sometimes this treatment is slightly varied by the witch-doctor. SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. Alcohol has been found by Mona. Munz to be very widely diffused in nature. It exists in nearly all water, including rain and snow, and it is probable that the air contains much of it in the state of vapor. Poor soil yields traces of it, and rich mould has a considerable quantity. Lieut. Disk, of the Russian army, has discovered a new illuminating powder, which has attracted the favorable attention of the German Government. It causes any objects to which it may be applied to become luminous, and water in a glass vessel may be converted into an illuminating fluid by the addition of some of the powder. The new illuminant consumes no oxygen, which fact makes it desirable for use in mining operations. Its illuminating power lasts eight hours, when a new supply of powder becomes necessary. The Paris Society of Agriculture and Insectology, whose exhibition of preserved insect specimens has just closed, proposes establishing a menagerie of living insects, and the city of Paris has contributed a considerable sum in aid of the project. The now famous fossil footprints found last year at Carson, Nevada, and supposed to have been made by prehistoric human giants, are regarded by Prof. O. C. Marsh as probable tracks of a large sloth. It is stated, however, that Dr. Harkness still insists that the impressions were left by a species of man, and that he finds his theory strengthened by fresh discoveries of tracks. LAGER BEER On draught at all times. WASHINGTON Meat Market! CENTRE STREET, ANAHEIM, C. F LEONARD, Proprietor. PACIFIC WAGON COMPANY. J. R. McMANIS, - Manager. 303 North Main Street, Los Angeles. sept 13m. D. W. HUDSON & CO.. Real Estate Brokers and General Land Agents At Anaheim, Los Angeles County, California. Office: - Center Street. CITY PROPERTY BOUGHT AND SOLD, ORANGE CITY, vineyard, farms and unimproved lands for sale. Abstracts of Titles Furnished, Loans Negotiated, Taxes Paid and Rents Collected for Non-Residents. Those desirous of making profitab's INVESTMENTS cannot do better than to call on us at our office. Correspondence Solicited. mar17 Board of Supervisors. FRIDAY, Dec. 7. Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, full Board and the Clerk. On motion of Supervisor Giroux, Board adjourned until 12 a.m. to meet the District Attorney. On motion of Supervisor Osborne, Ah Faun is hereby allowed his mileage, to wit: the sum of $6.80 in traveling to Pomona as an interpreter. Warrant ordered drawn for the same. On motion of Supervisor Reichard a warrant is hereby ordered drawn on the Hospital Fund in favor of W. F. Field for the sum of $150, being the amount due him for the sale of one pair of horses to the county this day. The committee appointed to interview Messrs. Childs and Hansen in regard to the purchase of their lot adjoining the new court-house lot, on New High street, presented a communication from these gentlemen declining to accept the offer of $50.00 for said property and submitted an offer to sell the same for $125 per front foot. Supervisor Waldron moved that the new county jail be built in the basement of the new court house. Adopted. Supervisor Prager voting no. The now famous fossil footprints found last year at Carson, Nevada, and supposed to have been made by prehistoric human giants, are regarded by Prof. O. C. Marsh as probable tracks of a large sloth. It is stated, however, that Dr. Harkness still insists that the impressions were left by a species of man, and that he finds his theory strengthened by fresh discoveries of tracks. A Vienna scientist has perfected a remarkable modification of the microscope, to which the name of gastroscope has been given. It is to be used for looking into the interior of the human stomach. It consists of a tube about 26 inches long and half an inch thick, bent at an angle of 150 degrees at about one-fourth of its length from the lower end. At its lower extremity is an incandescent electric lamp for lighting up the stomach, and a microscope objective. Prisms are arranged to reflect the image-bearing pencil of light along the tube and past the bend to the eye piece. Provision is made for a circulation of water about the lamp to prevent inconvenient heating. Photography of the stars now forms an important part of the work done at the Harvard Observatory. A region of the heavens 15 degrees square is photographed at a single exposure, and eighteen of these pictures may be taken on a single plate. A map is thus made of a section of the stellar vault 90 degrees long by 45 wide, showing stars down to the fifth and sixth magnitudes. Smaller stars, down to the eighth magnitude, are shown in photographs of smaller areas. The magnitudes indicated by the photographs do not always correspond to those recorded as the determinations of eye observations. This is due to the effects of different colors among the stars. A red star, which may appear very brilliant to the eye, produces only a faint impression on the photographer’s plate. Late observations made at Lansanne, Switzerland, have shown that an intimate connection exists between the electrical condition of the atmosphere and the weather; and it is thought that an intelligent use of registering electrometers may enable meteorologists to forecast the weather several days in advance. The electric tension of the air is strong during fine weather, but its rapid weakening indicates the approach of a storm. Prof. Edward Hall considers that throughout the early geological epocha known as Archaan, Silurian and Carboniferous, the sea covered North America, the British Isles and Western Europe, while a large part of the North Atlantic area existed as dry land. He argues that if his conclusions prove to be well grounded the doctrine of the permanency of oceans and continents, as tested by the case of the North Atlantic, must be discarded. A method of adulterating milk by adding THE ATTENTION OF HOUSEKEEPERS AND the public in general is called to the following facts: The value of Baking Powder is determined by the amount of gas it contains and the freedom of the article from any injurious ingredients. The GIANT BAKING POWDER is absolutely pure, and contains about one-quarter more gas than any brand of Baking Powder in use on this Coast. Three cans of GIANT BAKING POWDER are equal to four cans of any other brand. Study economy and use none other. Your grocer will furnish you with a sample can free. Try it. FACTS. SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 13, 1883. BOTHIN MANUFACTURING CO. GENTLEMEN: The sample of GIANT BAKING POWDER you handed me, also samples of the following brands of Baking Powders purchased by me in open market. I have tested for total quantity of available gas, with results as follows: GIANT 196 cubic inches per ounce avoirdupois. ROYAL, 129 cubic inches. NEW ENGLAND, 110 cubic inches. PIONEER, 107 cubic inches. GOLDEN GATE, 107 cubic inches. DR. PRICE'S, 90 cubic inches. Yours, respectfully, THOMAS PRICE, Chemist. SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 24, 1883. H. E. BOTHIN, President Bothin Manufacturing Co. Dear Sirs: After a careful and complete chemical analysis of a can of GIANT BAKING POWDER, purchased by us in open market, we find that it does not contain alum, acid phosphate, term alba, or any injurious substances, but is a pure, healthful Cream Tartar Baking Powder, and as such can recommend it to consumers. WM. Z. WENZELL & CO., Analytic Chemist. R. BUVERLY COLL. M.D. J. L. MAASSA, M.D., Health officer. ALFRED W. PERRY, M.D. W. A. DOUGLAS, M.D. APA. ALFREA, M.D. MANUFACTURED BY THE BOTHIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY 17 AND 19 MAIN ST., SAN FRANCISCO FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS The committee appointed to interview Messrs. Childs and Hansen in regard to the purchase of their lot adjoining the new court-house lot, on New High street, presented a communication from those gentlemen declining to accept the offer of $5000 for said property and submitted an offer to sell the same for $125 per front foot. Supervisor Waldron moved that the new county jail be built in the basement of the new court house. Adopted. Supervisor Prager voting no. A St. Louis paper states that prominent parties in Texas will soon bring a suit in the Court of Claims in Washington to receive the value of slaves emancipated during the late war. The action will be based chiefly on certain clauses in the State Constitution, which were approved and endorsed by Congress at the time of the annexation, and which it is claimed makes the Government of the United States liable for the slave property of plaintiff. AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 8. Referring to the recent report of a suit soon to be brought before the United States Court of Claims, to recover the value-of-slaves emancipated during the war, the Statesman says: Governor Ireland, Attorney-General Templeton and several prominent lawyers scout the idea that Texas has any more claim upon the Federal Government than any other Southern State, and says the scheme is a very foolish one, and that if anybody is engaged in it, which they regarded as doubtful, it is for political purposes. Mr. Henry King, ex-Chief of Police of this city, was before Judge Sepulveda on a charge of assault with intent to murder Major Horace Bell. District Attorney Stephen M. White, Esq., made a statement to the effect that from developments in the trial of John Mayer, he was satisfied, so great was the provocation to Mr. King, that a conviction on the charge could never be had. The charge of assault to murder was withdrawn and one of assault with a deadly weapon was entered. To this the defendant pleaded guilty and the Court imposed a fine of $20, which was paid, and the defendant set at his liberty. Prof. Edward Hall considers that throughout the early geological epochs known as Archalan, Silurian and Carboniferous, the sea covered North America, the British Isles and Western Europe, while a large part of the North Atlantic area existed as dry land. He urges that if his conclusions prove to be well grounded the doctrine of the permanency of oceans and continents, as tested by the case of the North Atlantic, must be discarded. A method of adulterating milk by adding to it a solution of commercial glucose has been exposed by Mona. Krechel in a communication to the French Academy of Sciences. As the solution has the density of good milk, the adulteration is not detected by the ordinary testing instruments. Origin of the Names of the Week In the museum at Berlin, in the hall devoted to northern antiquities, they have the representations of the idols from which the names of the days of our week are derived. From the idol of the sun comes Sunday. This idol is represented with his face like the sun, holding a burning wheel, with both hands on his breast, signifying his course around the world. The idol of the moon, from which comes Monday, is habited in a short coat, like a man, but holding the moon in his hands. Thisco, from which comes Tuesday, was one of the most ancient and popular gods of the Germans, and is represented in his garments of skin, according to their peculiar manner of clothing; the third day of the week was dedicated to his worship. Woden, from which comes Wednesday, was a valiant Prince among the Saxons. His image was prayed to for victory. Thor, from whence comes Thursday, is seated in a bed, with twelve stars over his head, holding a scepter in his hand. Friya, from whence we have Friday, is represented with a drawn sword in his right hand, and a bow in his left. Scoter, from which is Saturday, has the appearance of perfect wretchedness; he is thin-visaged, long-haired, and with a long beard. He carries a water-pail in his right hand, wherein are fruits and flowers. Louie's Sunday Magazine. GAZETTE. MEMBER 15, 1883. NO. 10 MISCELLANY. Found by Mona. Muntz refused in nature. It experienced rain and smoke that the air contains of vapor. Poor soil and rich mould has a continent Russian army, has dissinating powder, which murderable attention of the It causes any objects applied to become augainment of glass vessel may be eliminating fluid by the powder. The new no oxygen, which fact use in mining operating power lasts eight supply of powder beof Agriculture and Inhibition of preserved insect closed, proposes ase of living insects, and contributed a considerment project. Fossil footprints found Nevada, and supposed by prehistoric human Prof. O. C. Marsh a large sloth. It is Dr. Harkness still invious were left by a spehe finds his theory discoveries of tracks. EVERYTHING. Tennessee pays her ministers an average of $381 08. About $600,000,000 have been paid by the Government in pensions since the late war. Immense clouds of locusts have appeared in the State of Pueblo, in Mexico. A news vendor, Charles Lee, on the Alabama Railroad, has just fallen heir to $18, 000. An electric motor tested the other day on the Mount Melgreger Railway attained a speed of twenty-five miles an hour. A marriage is on the tapis at Great Valley, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., between a couple aged fifteen and twelve respectively. Galveston has authorized a committee to confer with Captain Eads as to the possibility of getting twenty feet of water on her bar. One-half the taxes of Nueces county, Texas, are paid by one man, Captain Richard King. Four years ago the railway mileage in the twelve Southern States was 17,000. It is now 26,000. The first lodge of Freemasonry in the West was established at Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 17, 1788. Within the last eighty years Congress has spent more than $100,000,000 on the city of Washington. If the area of the United States was as densely settled as that of France there would The Malvoise. Mr. Abbott Kinney, the proprietor of Kinneloa, has traveled extensively in the wine producing countries of the world, and is considered an expert in the quality of wine. Yesterday, when stocking his wine cellars, he examined various kinds of claret, and selected as the best some manufactured from the Malvoisia grape. This he pronounces superior to the Zinfandel in every way. This will be a surprise to those persons who have been led to believe that the Malvoisia is not fit for light wine. It has been recommended as a good grape for brandy, port wine and Angelica, but denounced as unfit for other wines, and for the last year, in fact, it has been declared to be of little worth for wine making. Mr. Kinney comes out boldly in favor of this despised grape and proposes to compare Malvoisia claret with any other of the same age. He will prove his faith by his works in planting a vineyard of Malvoisia this winter. Transplanting Trees. A writer in Farm and Fireside, in his directions respecting the treatment of trees before their removal, states as follows: "A tree in full leaf may be compared to a powerful pump, the roots absorbing water from the soil, which is carried upward through the stem and exhaled from the leaves in the form of vapor. This exhalation from the leaves is really the primary operation, however, being simply a Transplanting Trees. A writer in Farm and Fireside, in his directions respecting the treatment of trees before their removal, states as follows: "A tree in full leaf may be compared to a powerful pump, the roots absorbing water from the soil, which is carried upward through the stem and exhaled from the leaves in the form of vapor. This exhalation from the leaves is really the primary operation, however, being simply a process of evaporation. If, now, the principal portions of the root be cut away, and especially the fine rootlets which are farthest from the stem and through whose extremities nearly all the water is absorbed, the leaves, if allowed to grow, will exhaust the water from the stem and roots more rapidly than it can be supplied by the remnant of the latter, and the consequence will be the destruction of the tree. Hence, in transplanting trees the leaf-bearing twigs should be cut away in proportion to the loss of roots, and it should be remembered that the root surface is generally equal to that of the twigs; consequently the safest rule is to remove nearly all the branches, trimming to bare poles. It is hard to do this, but the aftergrowth of the tree will be enough more rapid to compensate the apparent loss. In moving large trees it is an excellent plan to dig down and cut off a large portion of the roots a year before transplanting, removing a portion of the top at the same time. This will cause the formation of new rootlets near the stem, which may be preserved in the final transplanting." The Law of Sex. An English author, G. R. Starkweather, thinks he has discovered a great "law of sex" of which the London Atheneum gives this summary: If the husband is superior to the wife the family will consist mostly of girls, and vice-vera. Dark complexion is superior to light, dark plants and trees are the most hardy, and dark horses the best. A square forehead and prominent veins are "superior," a large prominent eye (which indicates conversational powers) is the reverse. But the best indication of superiority is a large and prominent nose. Roman or acquilline, full a third the length of the face. Philosophers, lawyers, editors, poets, literary men, and brain workers generally, have a large excess of daughters. Wine merchants, tavern-keepers, small retail dealers, orators, physicians and musicians have a preponderance of boys. Clergymen appear just to struggle through the ordeal without incurring the stigma of inferiority, being equally intelligent, sober and moral with their wives, and producing an equal number of boys and girls. Of course, for the stability of the new law it becomes necessary to show that musicians, medical men and orators are inferior. Accordingly the first are lymphatic, the second are made rather than born to King. Four years ago the railway mileage in the twelve Southern States was 17,000. It is now 26,000. The first lodge of Freemasonry in the West was established at Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 17, 1788. Within the last eighty years Congress has spent more than $100,000,000 on the city of Washington. If the area of the United States was as densely settled as that of France there would be room here for 680,000,000 people. Fasting from four to eight days, with only water and lemonade at intervals, is the latest "sure" cure for rheumatism. To collect $!37,622,842 of internal revenue last year, the total cost was $1,092,708—a little less than three cents on the dollar. The Italians in New York are said to be more economical than even the Chinese. A whole family will subsist on $2 a week, rent excepted. A Grand Rapids Court has awarded Mrs. L. H. Stevens another divorce from a man from whom she was once before divorced, but whom she married. A German in Cleveland, Ohio, made a wager that he could drink fifteen glasses of whisky in fifteen minutes. He did it, but died shortly after in great agony. Miss Lewis, sister of Ida Lewis, the Grace Darling of America, died Tuesday week at Lime Rock light house, R. I., of consumption. She assisted her sister in rescuing many lives from drowning. A society has been formed and incorporated under the laws of Georgia for purchasing and preserving of the historic home of the late Alexander H. Stephens, known as "Liberty Hall," at Crawfordville. The house and premises will be changed in no particular from their present condition. The consideration is $6,000. Some one has taken the trouble to find out how far a farmer must walk to put in and tend forty acres of corn. To plow the ground with a sixteen-inch three-horse plow, he travels 350 miles; to harrow the ground thoroughly before planting, he will have to travel 100 miles; to mark out the same, he will travel 30 miles; to cultivate it afterward, he will have to travel 300 miles—making a grand total of 800 miles, besides the gathering. The Modesto Journal says: "Should it not cause every respectable and moral-minded man or woman living in Modesto to hang their heads with humiliating shame when they realize the fearful amount of immorality and vice that exists in this town? If something is not done, and that speedily, Modesto will be a very hell hole of injuency." Modesto is the place where a young man recently failed to eat thirty quails in thirty days. It's an awful place. Transplanting Trees. A writer in Farm and Fireside, in his directions respecting the treatment of trees before their removal, states as follows: "A tree in full leaf may be compared to a powerful pump, the roots absorbing water from the soil, which is carried upward through the stem and exhaled from the leaves in the form of vapor. This exhalation from the leaves is really the primary operation, however, being simply a process of evaporation. If now, the principal portions of the root be cut away, and especially the fine rootlets which are farthest from the stem and through whose extremities nearly all the water is absorbed, the leaves, if allowed to grow, will exhaust the water from the stem and roots more rapidly than it can be supplied by the remnant of the latter, and the consequence will be the destruction of the tree. Hence, in transplanting trees the leaf-bearing twigs should be cut away in proportion to the loss of roots, and it should be remembered that the root surface is generally equal to that of the twigs; consequently the safest rule is to remove nearly all the branches, trimming to bare poles. It is hard to do this, but the aftergrowth of the tree will be enough more rapid to compensate the apparent loss. In moving large trees it is an excellent plan to dig down and cut off a large portion of the roots a year before transplanting, removing a portion of the top at the same time. This will cause the formation of new rootlets near the stem, which may be preserved in the final transplanting." The Law of Sex. An English author, G. R. Starkweather, thinks he has discovered a great "law of sex" of which the London Atheneum gives this summary: If the husband is superior to the wife the family will consist mostly of girls, and vice-vera. Dark complexion is superior to light, dark plants and trees are the most hardy, and dark horses the best. A square forehead and prominent veins are "superior," a large prominent eye (which indicates conversational powers) is the reverse. But best indication of superiority is a large and prominent nose. Roman or acquilline, full a third the length of the face. Philosophers, lawyers，editors，poets，literary men，and brain workers generally，have a large excess of daughters。Wine merchants，tavern-keepers，小型 retail dealers，orators，physicians和musicians have a preponderanceof boys。Clergymen appear just to struggle throughthe ordealwithout incurringthe stigmaofinferiority,beingequallyintelligent,soberandmoralwith theirwives,andproducinganEqualnumberofboysandgirls.Ofcourse,forkstabilityofthenewlawitbecomesnecessarytoshowthatmusicians,medicalmenandoratorsareinferior.Accordinglythefirstarelyphatic,thesecondaremaderatherbornto The Modesto Journal says: "Should it not cause every respectable and moral-minded man or woman living in Modesto to hang their heads with humiliating shame when they realize the fearful amount of immorality and vice that exists in this town? If something is not done, and that speedily, Modesto will be a very hell hole of iniquity." Modesto is the place where a young man recently failed to eat thirty quails in thirty days. It's an awful place. A vineyard proprietor near Nimes having had complaints made about his wines, requested M. Barthelemy, Professor of the Faculty of Sciences at Touronse, to analyze them. In some of them a rather large proportion of arsenic was found, larger than the trace sometimes found in certain red wines. The wine from one barrel tested contained no arsenic at all, and in this instance the cask containing the wine was a new one—it had not been previously used. The other barrels had been cleaned after use with "drogue," which, in point of fact, is diluted sulphuric acid, and the sulphuric acid of the central districts of France has of late years contained so much arsenic that M. Barthelemy has sometimes used it to obtain a supply of that material. The San Diego Union has this bit of interesting information: "County Surveyor O. N. Sanford has been investigating the approximate cost of a submerged dam on the San Luis Rey river, with a ditch to convey the water for irrigating purposes, and reports to Judge Foss and other farmers interested in the valley that the project is perfectly feasible at very moderate expense. He finds a good point for a submerged dam about five miles above the settlement of San Luis Rey, the river at that point being about 250 yards wide, with a good foundation at an average depth of about twelve feet. The height above sea level at this point is 139 feet, being a sufficient elevation to carry water upon most of the low mesa, and the bottom lands along the river, and to cover a large portion of the mesa land at Oceanside. The area that can be thus irrigated he thinks is fully 5,000 acres, but in his calculations he has assumed it to be only 4,000 acres." Chicago, Dec. 8. — The Citizen, whose editor, John F. Finerty, member of Congress, aided in originating the Parnell Fund and the large fund which was used in defense of O'Donnell, contains a leading editorial in this week's issue on the conviction of O'Donnell, and declares that as a result of the trial the party of violence will forthright be supreme in Irish politics. The paper declares that O'Donnell's killing of Carey was the boldest avengement of history and most honorable, and his conviction by the usual English hanging jury and an inevitable partisan English judge has put an end forever in the Irish mind to all hopes of even ordinary justice from Englishmen, declaring that it will never again raise a court to defend an Irishman in a British court of law and never contribute or advocate the contribution of any more money unless it be for the purpose of striking terror into the demon heart of the overgrown dastard that hesitates at no crime to maintain its insignious power, and that never fails to whine abjectly when forces superior to its own are applied to make it equal. The editorial says O'Donnell will no doubt be hanged December 17. The Irish race failed to save him. It must not fail to avenge him. The editorial further declares that England shows no mercy and that Ireland will no longer show any, and that while England points to her ships and her cannons, Ireland may point, and soon, to the wreck of the Parliament buildings and the ruins of St. Paul's, and suggests that the New Zealander may soon be seen on London bridge trying to cross it on planks.