anaheim-gazette 1884-04-19

ANAHEIM VOL. XIV. HANNA & KEITH, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. Live Stock Bought and Sold on Commission. ANAHEIM. We Are Now Offering Unprecedented Bargains INFurniture, Carpets, Etc. Etc. Etc. And respectfully invite you to call and examine the same before purchasing. O. T. BARKER & SONS, Barker & Allen's Old Stand, near Pico House. 322, 324, 326 N. Main Street, Los Angeles. WEEKLY GAZETTE Established 1870. A SEA CALL Some years ago of Mobile. She w than 130 tous bu come from some na the Eataw, and I along the coast of times I doubled th While we lay in for New Orleans, villains in Alabah Their names were Vickers, and the many robberies a in the country bet were locked up in soon as they were came in against the number of burglar they had commit compute, and at le tened upon them. found that the pri those who had bee them turned pale formation, and t ror. A reward o their recapture, or But they were not seen them, and no discovered. On the second d rascales I was read way about 3 o'clock crew consisted of Stephen and John old, and Jack was of them stout, ru so short and our c I found this crew frequently I took But on this occa quick, fair passage o run her through a start, and ran do opening the pass Etc. Etc. Etc. And respectfully invite you to call and examine the same before purchasing. O. T. BARKER & SONS, Barker & Allen's Old Stand, near Pico House. 322, 324, 326 N. Main Street, Los Angeles. WEEKLY GAZETTE Established 1870. For Terms, see Fourth Page. DR. JAMES ELLIS. OFFICE AND DRUG STORE IN THE BUILDING East of Gazette office. Homeopathic Medicine wholesale and retail. Office hours at 7 A.M. and 9:30 A.M. and at 2 P.M. and 5 P.M. H. C. KELLOGG. Surveyor and Civil Engineer. PARTIES WILL PLEASE LEAVE THEIR ORDERS with Mr. John Haina Anaheim. M. B. HARRISON. Attorney-at-Law, ANAHEIM. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF the State. ROBT. W. SCOTT. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY-PUBLIC Commissioner of Deeds for Arizona Territory Kreger's Block, Anaheim, Cal. VICTOR MONTGOMERY, Attorney-at-Law, SANTA ANA, CAL. Office in Dubales' brick building, nearly opposite the Post Office. Office hours from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. RICHARD MELROSE, NOTARY PUBLIC Gazette Office. L. GUNTHER. Pioneer Boot and Shoe Maker, Cor. Adele and Los Angeles streets, ANAHEIM. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street MAKING AND REPAIING AT THE LOWEST cash price. All orders promptly attended to all work guaranteed. WM. R. HARKER, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM CHARLES WILLE. A. E. WHITE. E. A. WHITE BLACKSMITHING —AND— Wagonmaking! All Work Warranted. Prices as low as the lowest. Los Angeles Street, Anaheim, (Adjoining the Gazette Office) City Stables, Center Street (Opposite Kreager's Block) ANAHEIM. L. F. Lewis, -- Proprietor. THESE STABLES ARE THE BEST VENTILATED and most comfortable in the town and special attention will be real to Boarding and Grooming horses. The charge in all cases will be reasonable. Single and Double Teams Purchased at short notice and careful drivers familiar with the country, supplied when required. The patronage of the public is responsibly solicited. Anaheim Bakery. Fresh White and Rye Bread Every Day Cakes for Parties on Short Notices. CENTER STREET. ANAHEIM TO MY PATRONS. AFTER THIS DATE, MY TERMS WILL BE CASH, Or a credit of thirty days, but thirty days only. Please bear this in mind, as I cannot afford to vary from the above terms in any instance. C. E. LEONARD, Washington Market. Casks, Pipes —and PUNCHEONS IN PERFECT ORDER For Sale at Low Prices. B. DREYFUS & CO., Anaheim But they were not seen them, and no discovered. On the second dracals I was read way about 3 o'clock crew consisted of Stephen and John old, and Jack was of them stout, rupe so short and our c I found this crew frequently I took But on this occ quick, far passage of run her through a start, and ran de opening the pass and Mobile Point just passing the heim, when I saw by the sheets. She sheet, but I didn't minutes, and then ly the boy came in instead of going and I was just going to the fore sheet we looked kind to steal "What is it" said for I knew that we a quivering hip twice than ordinary to put He put his fin to speak low, "P passengers aboard," "Ha--runaway" "Not quite so with a dubious ship got two villains at "What two?" "Leroy and Vic" "Get out!" said joking "Father," said "father" in that w ing but sber se come after it—" this schooner! Th for'd; and what's out when we get ail! I steered straight for I knew it must no forecastable portion of us that ever was of room in the cab parsed off, enock i we stowed all ra such kind of stuff. Jack had gone down some rope y easy seat upon am with his back agan gan to unlay a piece he hadn't been at he heard a noise hold, and after I knew that someone knew it could not he had heard us b it must be a nigge voice and then au of them, and the Jack sat as still as the thin bulkne d all that was said they were the two from the lock-up meant to kill us as soon as we got out right across the gat As soon as I hear was all just so, for words they had sp into the hold tw had commenced to they had not be weapons with th get some bread a kept the run of GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, Center Street WM. R. HARKER, SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM CHARLES WILLE. COOPERAGE. Pipes, Barrels and keys on hand at all times. Tanks and Tubes made to order. Honey Barrels for sale cheap Truck and Hauling Generally. THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the community of Anaheim and elicit that he is prepared to do all kinds of hauling, trucking and freighting. The very best of appliances for everything in his line will be used with the quickest dispatch and at living rates. I flatter myself after a fifteen years' experience in the business, that I shall be able to give entire satisfaction to all who may favor me with their patronage. Orders solicited. Bulletin Board at office of Judge Bailey. dece-6m J. J. DYER, PACIFIC WAGON COMPANY. J. R. MoMANIS, - Manager. 803 North Main Street, Los Angeles. sept 15m. F. & J. BACKS, Imperterers, 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. Masonic Notice. THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF ANAheim Lodge No 207, F. and A. M. are held in Masonic Hall on the Monday evening of or preceding the full moon in each month. Journals bretham in good standing are cordially invited to attend. Tune. Rumson, W. M. J. B. Cannanus, Secretary. Casks, Pipes AND PUNCHEONS IN PERFECT ORDER For Sale at Low Prices. B. DREYFUS & CO., Anaheim B. DREYFUS, E. L. GOLDSTEIN, Anaheim, San Francisco J. FROWENfeld, J. J. WEGLIN, 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. MOORE'S REMEDY FOR POISON OAK And other Sk in Diseases. The only PREVENTATIVE And certain cure. Sold by all druggists. REDINGTON & CO., General Agents, San Francisco. OSTRICH FARM. IT HAVING BEEN FOUND NECESSARY TO close the above farm to visitors, notice is hereby given that all persons trespassing on the said arm WILL BE PROSECUTED. Visitors wishing to see the birds can do so on Sundays and Wednesdays only, and the price of admission to the farm is fifty cents each. Tickets of admission to the farm can be purchased at the office of the Gazette or at the Anaheim Hotel. ALL DOGS BROUGHT ON THE FARM WILL BE SHOT. C. J. SKETCHLEY. Superintendent California Ostrich Farming Company sep 29 THIS PAPER may be found on file at Geo. P. Rowell & Co.'s Newpaper Advertising Bureau (19 Spruce Street), where advertising contracts may be made for it in NEW YORK. A SEA CAPTAIN'S STORY. Some years ago I ran an old schooner out of Mobile. She was a small craft—not more than 120 tons burden—and had originally come from some northern port. I called her the Eataw, and I made many profitable runs along the coast of the Gulf, and two or three times I doubled the capes of Florida. While we lay in Mobile, taking in a load for New Orleans, two of the most desperate villains in Alabama were apprehended. Their names were Adolph Leroy and Matt Vickers, and they had committed a good many robberies and more than one murder in the country between the big rivera. They were locked up in the jail at Mobile, and as soon as they were thus secure the evidence came in against them fast and strong; the number of burglaries and highway robberies they had committed were almost beyond compute, and at least five murders were fastened upon them. But one morning it was found that the prisoners had escaped, and those who had been so free to testify against them turned pale when they received the information, and turned away in mortal terror. A reward of $4,000 was offered for their recapture, or $2,000 for one of them. But they were not to be found. No one had seen them, and no traces of them could be discovered. On the second day after the escape of these rascals I was ready to sail, and got under way about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. My crew consisted of only myself and two sons, Stephen and John. Stephen was 20 years old, and Jack was 18; and they were both of them stout, rugged boys. Our runs were so short and our craft so easily handled that I found this crew to be enough, though very frequently I took one or two more hands. But on this occasion we had promise of a quick, fair passage, and we three concluded to run her through. We had a fair wind for a start, and ran down the bay at a good rate, opening the passage between the Daupin peak was just abaft the wheel of the bowsprit, and, as it had often been left opened all day, we left it open now. We had pistols aboard—good ones—as we always carried them with us when moving about the crowded docks; and one of our first movements was to see that these were carefully loaded, for we might have to use them in a case of emergency. Then we arranged that Stephen and I should conceal ourselves behind the bits by the bowsprit, each armed with heavy handspikes, and that, upon a given signal, Jack should leave the helm and conceal himself abaft the foremast, ready to render such assistance as might be necessary. As soon as the night had fairly shut in, Stephen and I crept noiselessly forward and took our station by the bits. It was not very dark, for there were no clouds in the heavens, and the stars shone bright and clear; still it was dark enough for our purpose. We had lain there not more than fifteen minutes when I heard a sound tremen below, and I whispered to Stephen and asked him if he heard it. "Yes," said he; "they are moving away a board from the bulkhead." I could hear them very plainly, and as soon as I was satisfied that they were coming I threw a small stone upon the quarterdeck. This was the signal agreed upon with Jack, and he immediately came forward and took up his station directly abaft the foremast. He had lashed the tiller, so that all was safe for the time on that score. Presently I heard the tread of the villains among the rabbish in the forepeak, and directly afterward I saw a human head slowly rise above the opening of the little hatchway. It remained in sight a moment and then disappeared. I asked Stephen if he saw it. "Yes," said he; "and they'll both be up presently." Your hand is steady? I asked. As steady as ever a dead calm was, and as stout as a hurricane, he replied. MURDERS AND EXECUTIONS. In an editorial in the April Century, entitled "Mob or Magistrate," the following comparison is made between murder and the application of justice: "Over against the fifteen hundred murders of last year, we have the report of barely ninety-three legal executions. Many of these must have been cases in which the crime had been committed during 1882, while many of the criminals of 1883 had not yet been brought to trial. It is not, however, far from the truth to say that, while thirteen or fourteen hundred murders are committed in this country every year, fewer than a hundred suffer the extreme penalty of the law. When the wilful slayer knows that he has thirteen chances out of fourteen of escaping the full penalty of the law, the deterrent influence of punishment cannot be said to be very powerful. "The small number of murderers hanged by the sheriffs, and the greater number hanged by the mobs, should be evidence enough that the administration of our criminal courts in many quarters is fatally defective and needs reforming. The only classes of persons interested in maintaining the present state of things are the criminals and the criminal lawyers; and it is not for their exclusive benefit that society is organized. The contrast between the swift, firm, and sure methods of English and continental courts in dealing with great criminals, and the tardy, feeble and abortive methods of our own, should sting our national pride to some energetic measure of reform. The people must rouse themselves to demand a more vigorous enforcement of the laws, and they must see to it that judges and prosecuting attorneys are chosen who have the ability and will to bring evil-doers to justice. The judges on the bench may well inquire whether the protection of the criminal has not disproportionate importance in our criminal procedure. If in our fear lost But they were not to be found. No one had seen them, and no traces of them could be discovered. On the second day after the escape of these rascals I was ready to sail, and got under way about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. My crew consisted of only myself and two sons, Stephen and John. Stephen was 20 years old, and Jack was 18; and they were both of them stout, rugged boys. Our runs were so short and our craft so easily handled that I found this crew to be enough, though very frequently I took one or two more hands. But on this occasion we had promise of a quick, fair passage, and we three concluded to run her through. We had a fair wind for a start, and ran down the bay at a good rate, opening the passage between the Daupin and Mobile Point a little after 6. We were just passing the lighthouse, and I had the helm, when I sung out for the boys to stand by the sheets. Stephen went to the main sheet, but I didn't see Jack. I wanted a few minutes, and then sang out again. Presently the boy came up from the forepeak, but instead of going to the sheet he came up, and I was just going to tell him to go back to the foresheet when I discovered that he looked kind of startled and fearful. "What is it?" says I, forgetting the sheets, for I knew that when one of my boys showed a quivering lip there was something more than ordinary to pay. He put his finger to his lips and told me to speak low. "For," said he, "we've got passengers aboard." "Ha—runaway niggers!" says I. "Not quite so simple," returned Jack with a dubious shake of the head. "We've got two villains aboard." "What two?" "Leroy and Vickers." "Get out!" said I, thinking he must be joking. "Father," said he—and when he smoke "father" in that way I knew there was nothing but a serene seriousness in what was to come after it—I tell you, they are aboard this schooner! They're in the hold, check ford; and what's more, they mean to come out when we get well outseld! I've heard it all! I steered straight out and listened to Jack, for I knew it must be as he said. We had no forecast parted off from the hold, as all of us that ever wanted passage had plenty of room in the cabin; but we had a forepeak parted off, enclosed in between the bows, where we stowed all rigging and tar buckets and such kind of stuff. While we were running Jack had gone down into this place to pick out some rope yarns, and as he found an easy seat upon an old sait, he sat down there, with his back against the bulkhead, and began to enjoy a piece of rope for the yams. He hadn't been at work a great while before he heard a noise among the boves in the hold, and after listening a few minutes he knew that somebody was in there. He knew it could not be either I or Stephen, for he had heard us both deck, so he thought it must be a nigger. Presently he heard a voice and then an answer. There were two of them, and they were white men, too. Jack sat as still as a mouse, with his car to the thin bulkne d., and he could hear nearly all that was said. He soon discovered that they were the two villains who had escaped from the lock-up in Molele, and that they meant to kill us and throw us overboard as soon as we got outside, and then make a run right across the gulf to Ulaa. As soon as I heard Jack's story I knew it was all just so, for he could repeat the very words they had spoken. They had crawled into the hold two nights before, and as we had commenced to fill up forward before that, they had not been disturbed. They had weapons with them, and had managed to get some bread and water. And they had kept the run of the time pretty well for present state of things are the criminals and the criminal lawyers; and it is not for their exclusive benefit that society is organized. The contrast between the swift, firm, and sure methods of English and continental courts in dealing with great criminals, and the tardy, feeble and abortive methods of our own, should sting our national pride to some energetic measure of reform. The people must rouse themselves to demand a more vigorous enforcement of the laws, and they must see to it that judges and prosecuting attorneys are chosen who have the ability and the will to bring evil-doers to justice. The judges on the bench may well inquire whether the protection of the criminal has not disproportionate importance in our criminal procedure. If, in our fear least an innocent man may suffer, the law itself, which is the only profection of innocent men, becomes utterly paralyzed, then there is a call for a revision of our methods and our maxims, and the infusion of a new spirit into our laws. Every judge who will brush aside the hair-splitting devices of the lawyers, and insist that criminal trials shall be conducted with vigor and directness of purpose, will deserve, and will be likely to win, the approval of his fellow-citizens." Dainy Oppossums. Philadelphia Times. "We have an occasional demand for possums," said an old game dealer to a reporter recently, "but I can't say they are greatly sought after. They resemble cats too much to agree with fastidious epices, though they make an excellent dish when well cooked—that is to say, when the animal is simmered down with potatoes over a slow fire," and the speaker closed his eyes and snucked his lips, as he conjured up the savory mess. "Oyster-fed possums have decidedly the sweetest meat and bring excellent prices, for they are very scarce." "Oyster-fel." Yes, oyster-fed possums. We get them from the eastern shore of Maryland. It would do your heart good to see a 'possum tackle' to an oyster. This is the way it is done: At low tide in the night the animals come down to the shores, and crawling to the beds left dry by the receding tide, select their oysters. A possum who has been at the oneness for some time goes at his work in a very methodical manner. First he gets his oyster in a favorable position, then lies down near it and gently tickles the shell with his tail. If the oyster is a sensitive and well-behaved shell fish—and Maryland oysters generally are—it will begin to open its shell under the pleasant titillation. The possum like possum is not too hasty, but discreetly continues the uptime until the oyster's mouth is agape with pleasure. Then with a quick motion of his paw a surprised and sheiless oyster is landed plump on the shores. Then the 'possum leisurely takes his meal. Yes, sir, the love of the possum for the Maryland oyster is only exceeded by the desire of the average division worker to go on the police force." Jack sat as a mouse, with his ear to the thin bulkhead, and he could hear nearly all that was said. He soon discovered that they were the two villains who had escaped from the lock-up in Molele, and that they meant to kill us and throw us overboard as soon as we got outside, and then make a run right across the gulf to Palia. As soon as I heard Jack's story I knew it was all just so, for he could repeat the very words they had spoken. They had crawled into the hold two nights before, and as we had commenced to fill up forward before that, they had not been disturbed. They had weapons with them, and had managed to get some bread and water. And they had kept the run of the time pretty well, for Jack heard them tell over how long it would be before night would set in, and they had it to a very few minutes. They knew that we should be outside by dark, and then they meant to come on deck. I asked Jack if he was sure they hadn’t heard him in the forepeak. “They couldn’t” he said, “for I never made a bit of noise after I knew they were there. They had been further aft when I first went down, and were crawling back to their old nest when I heard ‘em. No, they dout suspect that they’re discovered.” When I first began to reflect on this, I must contess that I was more than bothered. I was startled and fearful. I thought of what notorious blood-thirsty villains they were, and with what perfect readiness they would cut our throats and toss us overboard. “Stephen,” said I, as I saw how thoughtful he was, “what do you think of it?” Why,” said he, raising his head, and speaking as coolly as though he’d been talking about ordinary business, “I think that we’ll pocket that $4,000.” Eh! said I. “We’ve got’em hard and fast,” he added; “and we can lay low and take ’em. There ain’t but one way for ’em to get out of the hold, while the batches are on, and that’s through the forepeak; and I suppose they’ve already got a passage marked out through the bulkhead. The boards are thin, and they can easily get one or two of ’em out of the way. I rather calculate they’ll find something falling about the time they show themselves.” As soon as Stephen began to speak I saw how simple and practical our advantage was; and when I saw that Jack was cool and confident I had no fears, but set about the work of preparation at once. I knew that the cargo was so stored that the villains could not reach the cabin bulkhead, and I also knew that they could not force the hatches. Of course they would reach the deck in the easiest way possible, and that would be as my boy had said. It was now past sundown and we had left the Dauphin on our quarter, being well outside. The wind was from the northwest, so we had it on our beam, and needed to pay but little attention to the sails. The little hatch or scuttle-way to the fore- Immigration has fallen off considerably during the last eight months. During that period 268,228 immigrants landed in this country, one-third of them coming from Germany. During the same months of last year over 300,000 came, Germany contributing the same proportion. The immigration from Ireland amounts, according to these returns, to less than ten per cent. of the whole. Ammen’s Cough Syrup is not a patent medicine. No patent has been asked for or obtained upon it. To protect the public from counterfeits and imitations, the manufacturer has had the label registered in Washington. The Syrup is made from pure and costly drugs, and cannot be sold as cheap to the dealer as the common patent medicines that are simply made to sell, which explains why dishonorable druggists or dealers try to sell you something else when asked for Ammen’s Cough Syrup. It is upon the market upon its own merits. You can buy a sample bottle for 15 cents, upon which, at the wholesale price, the manufacturer makes nothing. Ask to see a large bottle, and read the label. Scotch Church Discipline. At the close of the service in the Old Church of Arbroath on Sunday morning, the Rev. Gordon J. Murray, assistant minister of the parish, read a judgment of the kirk-session, to the effect that two ladies, members of the congregation, having been summoned to appear before the kirk-session to answer to the sin and scandal of spreading infamous falsehoods and malicious letters, were, after proof had been led, unanimously found guilty of the same, and were suspended from the Communion for twelve months from March 12th, 1884, and thereafter until they should appear before the kirk-session, and have the said sin and scandal removed. It was further stated that the public intimation of the sentence was by order of the kirk-session. The sermon, which was preached by the Rev. Mr. Murray in the course of the service, appeared to have some reference to the case. The text was 2d Corinthians, viii., 21, “Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of men.” So far, as is known, no intimation of this kind has been made in any Established Church in Arbroath, or perhaps in any other, for a great many years. It is understood that the two ladies, whose names and addresses were given in the public intimation read on Sunday from the pulpit, deny the charge brought against them. Both the ladies were present throughout the service and while the kirk-session’s sentence against them was being read. American Newspapers in 1884. From the edition of Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell & Co.’s American Newspaper Directory, now in press, it appears that the newspapers and periodicals of all kinds at present issued in the United States and Canada reach a grand total of 13,402. This is a net gain of precisely 1,600 during the last twelve months, and exhibits an increase of 5,618 over the total number published just ten years since. The increase in 1874 over the total for 1873 was 498. During the past year the dailies have increased from 1,138 to 1,254; the weeklies from 9,062 to 10,028; and the monthlies from 1,091 to 1,499. The greatest increase is in the Western States. Illinois, for instance, now shows 1,009 papers in place of last year’s total of 904; while Missouri issues 604 instead of the 523 reported in 1883. Other leading Western States also exhibit a great percentage of increase. The total number of papers in New York State is 1,523, against 1,399 in 1883. Canada has shared in the general increase. For a cough or cold there is no remedy equal to Ammen’s Cough Syrup. GAZETTE. APRIL 19, 1884. AND EXECUTIONS. in the April Century, enlagistate," the following title between murder and the justice: "Over against the murders of last year, we of barely ninety-three legal way of these must have been the crime had been commitwhile many of the criminot yet been brought to however, far from the truth thirteen or fourteen huncommitted in this country than a hundred suffer the of the law. When the news that he has thirteen three of escaping the full w, the deterrent influence cannot be said to be very number of murderers hanged and the greater number nobs, should be evidence administration of our crimiquarters is fatally defecforming. The only classes rested in maintaining the things are the criminals and persons; and it is not for their that society is organized. between the swift, firm, and English and continental with great criminals, and and abortive methods of telling our national pride to measure of reform. The peoselves to demand a more ment of the laws, and they judges and prosecuting men who have the ability ring evil-doers to justice. In the bench may well the protection of the crimiportionate importance in education. If in our year last CLUB GAMBLING IN THE LAST CENTURY. The Cocoa-Tree Club in St. James's street had its origin in a Tory chocolate-house of Queen Anne's days, and assumed the higher form of a club in 1746. Members of Parliament and persons high in life belonged to this club, which; it used to be said, exercised a very important influence on the course of politics. In those days members of Parliament were not always above taking a bribe, and many of the Cocoa-Tree gentlemen were only too easily induced to accept bank notes for two or three hundred pounds each, when the ministry, hard pushed, were obliged to resort to such a device to obtain support; and the Peace of Fontainebleau is alleged to have cost the government in this way £25,000. Gambling also went out to a fearful extent at the Cocoa-Tree. Horace Walpole relates, in 1780, that a Mr. O'Burne, an Irishman, won £100,000 from a young Mr. Harvey. "You can never pay me," said O'Birne. "I can," replied the young fellow; "my estate will sell for the amount." "No," said the Irishman, "I will take £10,000, and we will throw for the odd ninety." They did, and Harvey won. At most of the fashionable clubs of the last century gaming was carried on in the most reckless manner. In the club book of Almack's there is this note: "Mr. Flynn, having won only twelve thousand guineas during the last two months, retired in disgust March 21st, 1772." To lose £20,000 in one evening was not unusual. Generally, £10,000 in specie lay on the table. A curious account is given of the way these desperate gamblers used to equip themselves for the sport. They took off their embroidered coats, put on frieze garments, protected their lace ruffles with pieces of leather, shaded their eyes with broad-brimmed straw hats adorned with flowers and ribbons, and wore masks "to conceal their emotional!" That suicide was not an unfrequent result of THE HUASCO RAISINS. Some weeks since Mr. H. J. Rudisill sent to Valparaiso for a box of the celebrated Huasco raisin, grown in Chili. He intended to have it in Riverside in time for the Fifth Annual Citrus Fair, but delays prevented the arrival of the box until after the time for holding the Fair, but as the Fair had been postponed an account of weather, no harm was done. Mr. Rudisill favors us with a sample of raisins from the box. They are not fine looking fruit, as compared with the better brands of Muscatels grown on this coast, or imported. They are of lighter and uneven color. They look as though the bunches had been suspended while the fruit was being cured; this gives the berries an elongated appearance. The skin is very thin but tough; the pulp and skin are very clear and transparent; when held up to the light they appear semi-transparent, and the seeds appear to good advantage. Many of the berries are entirely seedless, but many of them have from one to two seeds each, and some of the berries more. The berries are about the size of the ordinary Muscat raisin; the stems are a light greenish color. The fruit is very sweet and the flavor is peculiar, and with some not as agreeable as the Muscat grape. A slight trace of the flavor of dates is observable. The Huasco grape has now been brought to this country and can be found in the experimental grounds of the State University; a few vines are also growing in Pansdena, and last year these vines produced a few immature grapes, and this year a small crop of perfect fruit may be expected. The fruit sells at a high figure in the London markets, but it is not certain that the vine in this climate will produce as fine a fruit as is produced in South America. Time will determine this point.—Riverside Press and Hort'.-culturist. In the occasional demand for an old game dealer to a re-but I can't say they are better. They resemble cats with fastidious epicures, like an excellent dish when it is to say, when the antidown with potatoes over, a speaker closed his eyes, as he conjured up the 'Oyster-fed' possums have the best meat and bring exotic they are very scarce. And 'possums'. We get them in shore of Maryland. It is hard good to see a 'possum', this is the way it is made in the night the animals are shore, and crawling to by the receding tide, select 'possum who has been at some time goes at his work' local manner. First he gets favorable position, then lies and gently tickles the shell of the oyster is a sensitive shellfish—and Maryland ware—it will begin to open the pleasant titillation. The rum is not too hasty, but does the operation until the sagape with pleasure. Then motion of his paw a surprised ear is landed plump on the 'possum leisurely takes his love of the possum for latter is only exceeded by the image division worker to go. Church Discipline. The service in the Old Church on Sunday morning, the Murray, assistant minister had a judgment of the kirk-set that two ladies, memgation, having been sumbefore the kirk-session to and scandal of spreading gods and malicious letters, had been led, unanimously the same, and were suspend- fashionable clubs of the last century gaming was carried on in the most reckless manner. In the club book of Almack's there is this note: "Mr. Flynn, having won only twelve thousand guineas during the last two months, retired in disguise March 21st, 1772." To lose £20,000 in one evening was not unusual. Generally, £10,000 in specie lay on the table. A curious account is given of the way these desperate gamblers used to equip themselves for the sport. They took off their embroidered coats, put on frieze garments, protected their lace ruffles with pieces of leather, shaded their eyes with broad-brimmed straw hats adorned with flowers and ribbons, and wore masks "to conceal their emotional!" That suicide was not an unfrequent result of such high play can hardly be wondered at. Lord Mountford, a member of White's, where the gambling was fearful, got so terribly involved that he determined to ask for a government appointment, and failing that, to take his own life. He did fail, and after asking several persons what was the easiest mode of dying, invited some friends to dinner on New Year's Day, having suppped the evening before at White's, where he played at whist until one o'clock in the morning. A fellow member drinking to him a happy new year," the clapped his hand strangely to his eyes." In the morning he sent for a lawyer and three witnesses, made his will with great deliberation, and then asked the lawyer if it would stand good though he were to shoot himself. The answer being yes, he said, "Pray stay while I step into the next room," and then, retiring, shot himself dead. According to Walpole, three brothers, members of White's, contracted a gambling debt of £70,000; while Lord Foley's two sons had to borrow money to such an enormous extent that the interest alone amounted to £18,000 a year. The same vivacious chronicler of the masters of his times gives an incredible account of Fox's love of play and dissipation. In the debate on the Thirty-nine Articles, on February 6, 1772, he spoke very indifferently, which, Walpole says, was not surprising under the circumstances. "He had sat up playing hazard at Almack's from Tuesday evening, the 4th, till five in the afternoon of the following day. An hour before he had won back £12,000 that he had lost, but by dinner time, which was at five o'clock, when play ended, he had lost £12,000. On the Thursday he spoke in the above debate; went to dinner at past eleven at night; from thence to White's, where he drank till seven the next morning; thence to Almack's, where he won £6,000; and between three and four in the afternoon, he set out for Newmarket. His brother Stephen lost £11,000 two nights after, and Charles £10,000 more on the 12th; so that, in three nights, the three brothers, the eldest not twenty-five, lost £32,000." Captain Gronow relates that, about this time, Lord Robert Spencer and General Fitzpatrick were allowed to keep a faro bank at Brooke's, and that the former bagged, as his share of the proceeds, £100,000; after which he never again gambled. George Harley Drummond, the banker, only played once in his life when he lost £20,000 to Brummell, and was obliged to retire from the firm. In the first half of the eighteenth century, ladies of title kept gambling-houses. An entry in the journals of House of Lords, dated April 29, 1745, shows that Ladies Mornington and Canalis claimed privilege of peerage in resisting certain peace officers in doing their duty," in suppressing the public gaming-houses kept by the said ladies;" but the claim was not allowed. Betting also, was indulged in at the clubs with as much frantic zeal as play. Anything served as an excuse, and sometimes the occasion of the bets were so shocking that men of the least decency would have shrunk from associating them with any form of amusement. A man dropped down at the fashionable clubs of the last century gaming was carried on in the most reckless manner. In the club book of Almack's there is this note: "Mr. Flynn, having won only twelve thousand guineas during the last two months, retired in disguise March 21st, 1772." To lose £20,000 in one evening was not unusual. Generally, £10,000 in specie lay on the table. A curious account is given of the way these desperate gamblers used to equip themselves for the sport. They took off their embroidered coats, put on frieze garments, protected their lace ruffles with pieces of leather, shaded their eyes with broad-brimmed straw hats adorned with flowers and ribbons,and wore masks "to conceal their emotional!" That suicide was not an unfrequent result of such high play can hardly be wondered at. Lord Mountford,a member of White'swhere the gambling was fearful,got so terribly involved that he determined to ask for a government appointment,and failing that,take his own life. He did fail,and after asking several persons what was the easiest mode of dying,introduced some friends to dinner on New Year's Day,having supppedthe evening before at White's,the where played at whist until one o'clock in the morning.A fellow member drinking to him a happy new year,"the clapped his hand strangely to his eyes." In the morning he sent for a lawyer and three witnesses,made his will with great deliberation,and then asked the lawyer if it would stand good though he were to shoot himself.The answer being yes,他 said,"Pray stay while I step into the next room,"and then，retiring，shot himself dead.According to Walpole,tthree brothers,members of White's，contracted a gambling debt of £70,000，while Lord Foley's two sons had to borrow money to such an enormous extent that the interest alone amounted to £18,000a year.The same vivacious chronicler of the masters of his times gives an incredible account of Fox's love of play and dissipation.In The debate on The Thirty-nine Articles，on February 6，1772，他 spoke very indifferently，which，Walpole says，was not surprising under the circumstances."He had sat up playing hazard at Almack's from Tuesday evening，the 4th，till five in the afternoon of the following day.An hour before he had won back £12，000 that he had lost，但by dinner time，which was at five o'clockwhen play ended，他 had lost £12，000.On The Thursday he spoke in the above debate；went to dinner at past eleven at night;from thence to White's，where he drank till seven the next morning; thence to Almack's，where he won £6，000;and between three and four in the afternoon，he set out for Newmarket.His brother Stephen lost £11，000 two nights after,and Charles £10，000more on the 12th;so that，在three nights,the three brothers,the eldest not twenty-five,Lost £32，000."Captain Gronow relates that，about this time，Lord Robert Spencer and General Fitzpatrick were allowedto keep a faro bank at Brooke's,and thatthe former bagged，as his shareoftheproceeds，£100，000;after whichhe neveragambled.George Harley Drummond,thebankeronlyplayedonceinwhilenhelost£20，000toBrummell,andwasobligedtoretirefromthefirm.Inthefirsthalfoftheeighteenthcenturyladiesoftitlekeptgambling-houses.AnentryinthejournalsofHouseofLords,datedApril29，1745,showthatLadiesMorningtonandCanalisclaimedprivilegeofpeerageinresistingcertainpeaceofficersindidingtheduty,"insuppressingthepublicgaming-houseskeptbythesaidladies;"buttheclaimwasnotallowed.Bettingalso，wasindulgedinatetheclubswithasmuchfranticzeitasplay.Anythingservedasanexuse,andsometimestheoccasionofthebetswereosshockingthatmenoftheleastdecencywouldhaveshrunkfromassociatingthemwithanyformofamusement.Amandroppeddownatthefashionableclubsofthelastcenturygamingwascarriedoninthemostrecklessmanner.IntheclubbookofAlmack'sthereisthisnote:"Mr.Flynn,havingwononlytwelvethousandguineasduringthelasttwomonths,thedistillershavingtobeconstantlyonthealertforfearofattackbytheaborigineswhoarenaturallyopposedtocontinuenatureachmentintotheterritoryforthepurposeofcuttingdownthetreesforextractingthecamphor.Noyoungtreesareplantedtoreplace thosecutdownnordoftheofficialstakeany cognizanceofthediminutionwhichisbeingsurelyaffectedinthesupplyofavaluablecommercialarticle.Thestillsaredescribedasbeingofaverysimpleconstruction,andarebuiltinashcdinsuchmannerthattheycanbe movedastheChineseadvanceintotheinterior.Alongwoodtenoughcoatedwith clayandhalffilledwithwater.isplacedovereightortenfurnaces;onthetroughboards piercedwithholesare fitted;andontheseboardsareplacedjarscontainingthecamphorwoodchips,thewholebeingsurmountedbyinvertedearthwarepotss,andthejointmadeair-tightbyfillingthewithemep.Mechanicallythecamphoroftenlosesasmuchas2percentonitswayfromtheproducingdistrictstotheportofshipment. Spurious Wine. The adulterationof wine is not confinedtoayonecountry,forswefindinourleadingcommercialexchangesattheEaststatementsthatimportsofthedoctoredstuffhaverecentlycomefromGermany。一Onework荡oughcoatedwithclayandhalffilledwithwater.isplacedovereightortenfurnaces;onthetroughboards piercedwithholesare fitted;andontheseboardsareplacedjarscontainingthecamphorwoodchips,thewholebeingsurmountedbyinvertedearthwarepotss,andthejointmadeair-tightbyfillingthewithemep.Mechanicallythecamphoroftenlosesasmuchas2percentonitswayfromtheproducingdistrictstotheportofshipment. Spurious Wine. The adulterationof wine is not confinedtoayonecountry,forswefindinourleadingcommercialexchangesattheEaststatementsthatimportssofthedoctoredstuffhaverecentlycomefromGermany。一Onework荡oughcoatedwithclayandhalffilledwithwater.isplacedovereightor tenfurnaces;onthetroughboards piercedwithholesare fitted;andontheseboardsareplacedjarscontainingthecamphorwoodchips,thewholebeingsurmountedbyinvertedearthwarepotss,andthejointmadeair-tightbyfillingthewithemep.Mechanicallythecamphoroftenlosesasmuchas2percentonitswayfromtheproducingdistrictstotheportofshipment. The service in the Old Bath on Sunday morning, the Murray, assistant minister and a judgment of the kirk-session that two ladies, membregation, having been summoned before the kirk-session to and scandal of spreading gods and malicious letters, had been led, unanimously the same, and were suspend-ment for twelve months from 1884, and thereafter until war before the kirk-session, sin and scandal removed. It was noted that the public intima-tence was by order of the sermon, which was preach-er. Murray in the course of being some reference text was 2d Corinthians, being for honest things, not of God, but also in the far, as is known, no indictment has been made in any such in Arbroath, or perhaps a great many years. It is the two ladies, whose names are given in the public intima-tence from the pulpit, brought against them. Both present throughout the ser-ience the kirk-session's sentence being read. Newspapers in 1884. Man of Messrs. Geo. P. Rowan Newspaper Directory, appears that the newspapers all kinds at present issued states and Canada reach a 402. This is a net gain of during the last twelve abibits an increase of 5,618 number published just ten increase in 1874 over the was 493. During the past five increased from 1,138 to 9,062 to 10,025; and from 1,091 to 1,499. The men in the Western States. once, now shows 1,009 pa-last year's total of 904, passes 604 instead of the 523. Other leading Westerns is a great percentage of in-number of papers in New York against 1,399 in 1883. In the general increase. Old there is no remedy Cough Syrup. The King of Italy has offered a gold medal to the Italian wine grower who shall produce the best effervescing white wine as a substitute for champagne. Sparkling Asti and other Italian wines of the foaming class bear resemblance to champagne, and a still greater resemblance to sparkling Moselle; for they are sweet and, taken in generous quantities, are apt to give headache. The Italian champagne must be dry; but this indispensable condition offers no difficulty, for Capri is scarcely sweeter than the natural wine of Champagne before the syrup is added in the process of turning it into effervescing wine. A German process of preserving eggs is to take a bushel or more of lime, slack it with eight or nine pails of water, draw the water off, and then pack the eggs in the lime. The lime water closes the pores in the shell and excludes the air. The eggs will then keep for two or three years. I would not be surprised if in the next few years there were some remarkable changes made in this city. Even trial by jury is becoming regarded as an obsolete institution, too cumbersome and uncertain for modern administration. Why should twelve men be called away from their work to decide a case that three men can understand in a limited time and settle more justly? Here are the courts crowded every day with jurymen waiting to get on a case and all eager to go home. They regard themselves in a measure as injured by having been summoned, and they often find verdicts according to the delays lawyers relatively interpose." When they go out to deliberate, if there is a disagreement they do not wait about it five minutes, but one side or the other gives up or they compromise. Hence the principle involved in the trial is lost sight of entirely. Besides, these juries of twelve men are composed of some exceedingly ignorant persons, who sleep and nod during the case, and by the end of the trial forget what the beginning was. Three judges would not go to sleep and would make the lawyers hurry up, and we should not therefore have our courts clogged with cases, some of which take a week or two to try, when man who understand the law would close them up in half a day to a day. A Terra Hante, Ind., man employs his divorced wife as a servant girl, and her neighbors say she has a better wardrobe than when she was his wife. English Trade-Marka. Mr. Edward Waters, Patent and Trades-marks office, 87 Bunka street, Melbourne, Australia, writes: "One of my household suffered with tooth ache and rheumatism and after trying numerous other remedies with relief, tried Jacobs Oil. It was rubbed on the cheek and plunged in the tooth, and well rubbed in for rheumatism. In both cases the cure was immediate and complete, and in neither case has the pain returned."