anaheim-gazette 1886-07-31

AN IREIGATION PLAN. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.—The Post this evening publishes a statement made by State Engineer Hall on the irrigation question, in response to a request made by Gov. Stoneman for presentation to the Legislature. Among the most important ideas expressed by him in this statement are the following: "In establishing a system of irrigation law for California, it we are to proceed upon the basis of the English common law as applied to water-courses, we must provide for the organization of all irrigation enterprises, except those of individual riparian proprietors into public or quasi-municipal corporations, with power to assess or levy taxes within themselves, and to condemn private rights for the public use. Under this system it will yet be necessary to have State administrative control to guard the streams and admpister rights. California has everything to fear from the private ownership of natural water courses. She can have nothing to fear from owning and administering them herself. Public control does not mean the construction of public works; interference with private industry, or the maintenance of an army of officials. After dusk adjustment very little inspection would constitute the State's part of such a system for California. It is not alone the irrigation interest which has made State control of the water courses necessary in California. The mining debris evil is an outgrowth of the common law system of riparian rights. It never would have assumed damaging proportions under the civil-law system of State supervision of watercourses. Under such a system of control, all acts which may affect the stream or its water are subject to supervision and conditions from the beginning. No seriously damaging results can accrue if lated, but he has no knowledge as to who the mutilators were, because he was unconscious a considerable time prior to the rescue. An important statement made by Connell is that the records which claim that the Greely expedition made the point "farthest north" were not authenticated, and that it is a question whether the observations on which the claim is based are not entirely erroneous. "Can Imagination Kill?" This is, perhaps, hardly the correct form of question that the British and Colonial Druggist puts to itself in discussing the death of the young woman at Hackney under circumstances in which Keating's insect powder largely figured. As the powder appears by Dr. Tidy's experiments to be perfectly harmless, the suggestion is not naturally made that the deceased, who was possibly of a hysterical, highly imaginative turn of mind, took the powder in the full belief that by its means her death might be accomplished. The writer of the article in our contemporary, we think wrongly, brings forward two remarkable instances of what may be regarded as practical jokes with melancholy terminations. In the case of the convict delivered up to the scientist for the purpose of a psychological experiment (the man was strapped to a table and blindfolded, ostensibly to be bled to death; a siphon containing water was placed near his head, and the fluid was allowed to trickle audibly into a vessel below it, as the same time that a trifling scratch with a needle was inflicted on the culprit's neck; it is said that death occurred at the end of six minutes), fear must have played no inconsiderable share in the fatal result, and we do not know whether all the vital organs were in a QUEEN The Englishmen but will gloat over periwinkles, they that adheres to The Hollanders shark, yet looks butter. The Turks shining oysters. The Japanese milk or beef, but The Digger In rejoiced in the great as a gracious Spirit, and laid powder sufficient years. The French wished discarded livers or alligators. Sir Robert Schallatable, though carved it looks child. Backland desirctor good, and Quass, the fervent sians, is their scribed as resemble and soapsuds in has more votaries beverage.' A ta-ta with quass forms hard to be thanked. In Canton and are sold at the raft and the bind quax in butcher shops lamb, but demandable birds' nests twice their weight The Sleeping Disease. There is a singular and invariably fatal malady, called lethargus, peculiar to the negroes of certain districts on the western coast of Africa, which has never, we believe, been noticed in the medical journals of this country except in the Massachusetts Medical Journal, from which we copy. But this is not surprising, when we consider that a knowledge of it is practically unimportant to the profession outside of the districts where it occurs. As a curiosity, however, in the form of a disease, it cannot fail, we think, to interest the medical faculty of our country, and we therefore present, in brief, the main facts concerning this singular disorder. As the name implies, the principal, and in fact the only symptom that presents itself is lethargy; and one case is essentially a stereotype of all. The patient, usually a male adult, is seized, without any premonitory symptoms, with a sensation of drowsiness, which continues rapidly to increase, in spite of all efforts to throw it off, until he sinks into a profound and seemingly natural sleep. This melancholy terminations. In the case of the convict delivered up to the scientist for the purpose of a psychological experiment (the man was strapped to a table and blind-folded, ostensibly to be bled to death; a siphon containing water was placed near his head, and the fluid was allowed to trickle audibly into a vessel below it, at the same time that a trifling scratch with a needle was inflicted on the culprit's neck; it is said that death occurred at the end of six minutes), fear must have played no inconsiderable share in the fatal result, and we do not know whether all the vital organs were in a sound condition, though they were presumably so. The old story of the case of a college porter is also one in point. The students entrapped him into a room at night, a mock inquiry was held, and the punishment of death by decapitation decreed for his want of consideration to the students. It is small wonder that, under the dominion of fear and belief in their earnestness of his tormentors, the sight of an ax and block, with subsequent blunt folding and necessary genuflexion, a smart rap with a wet towel on the back of his neck should have been followed by the picking up of a corpse. — L. meet. Tried by Ordeal. The ordeal trial prevailed in France from before the time of Charlemagne down to the Eleventh century. The ancient Germans too were in the habit of resorting to divination; and their superstitious nature, writes Mr. Gibson, led them to invent many methods of purgation or trial row unknown to the law. It should be stated also that the Germans were specially tardy in throwing off this reliie of barbarism; for, as a period when most vulgar or leals were falling into disease, the nobles of Southern Germany established the water ordeal as the mode of deciding doubtful claims on fiefs; and in Northern Germany it was instituted for the settlement of conflicting titles on land. Indeed, as recently as the commencement of the present century the populace of Hela, near Dantzic, twice plunged into the sea an old woman, reputed to be a sorceress, who, on persistently rising to the surface, was pronounced guilty and beaten to death. Grotius mentions many instances of water ordeal in Bathyna, Sardinia and other countries, having been in use in Iceland from a very early period. In the primitive jurisprudence of Russia ordeal by boiling water was enjoined in cases of minor importance, and in the Eleventh century we find burning iron ordered "where the matter at stake amounted to more than half a gorilla of gold." A curious survival of ordeal supervision still prevails to a very large extent in Southern Russia. When a theft is committed in a household, the servants are summoned together and a sorceress is sent for. Should no confession be made by the guilty party, the sorceress rolls up as many little balls of bread as there are suspected persons present. She then takes one of these balls and addressing the nearest servant, uses melancholy terminations. A great mistake ventilating collars object of ventilation cool and dry, but being accomplished and instead the cowl and damp. A cooil ventilated, unless thrashed by the air within than the air within... in the form of a disease, it cannot fail, we think, to interest the medical faculty of our country, and we therefore present, in brief, the main facts concerning this singular disorder. As the name implies, the principal, and in fact the only symptom that presents itself is lethargy; and one case is essentially a stereotype of all. The patient, usually a male adult, is wezed, without any premonitory symptoms, with a sensation of drowsiness which continues rapidly to increase, in spite of all efforts to throw it off, until he sinks into a profound and seemingly natural sleep. This continues for about twenty-one days, when death takes place. Throughout the course of the disease, the patient preserves a quiet and peaceful countenance, may be easily broused for a short time, will take nourishment, and generally answer a few questions in a perfectly rational manner. The pulse, respiration and temperature remain normal throughout, the pupil is neither dilated nor contracted to any noticeable extent, and the urine and faeces are voided with comparative regularity. With the exception of the abnormal tendency to sleep, nothing exists to denote disease. Many careful post-mortem examinations have been made by competent men, but nothing of an abnormal character has been found, while every remedy that could possibly be of any avail has been used without any apparent beneficial effect. They sleep on, and quietly glide into eternity in spite of professional skill. Delayed News SAN FRANCISCO, July 24.—Ex-Sergeant Maurice Connell, one of the survivors of the Greely Arctic expedition, and who has been employed in the Signal Service Department of this city, received his discharge from the army to-day, and was interviewed by a Chronicle reporter. The substance of the interview gives his version of affairs for a period shortly preceding the rescue of the party. He asserts that Dr. Pavy was falsely accused of stealing food, when suspicion pointed at Greely, and that Greely caused Henry to be shot for an offense which he condoned in others. On the subject of cannibalism he says that the bodies were muti- A San Francisco Tragedy. SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.—John T. Collins was killed yesterday afternoon by Patrick Mullen. Collins, who is employed by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company, called at the house of Mullen on Twenty-eighth and Church streets to collect money due on a machine purchased by Mrs. Mullen. Few minutes after his entrance into the house, he emerged bleeding profusely from several gashes in the head. He was removed to the Receiving Hospital, where he died at a late hour. Mullen was arrested and charged with murder. He claims that the deceased endeavored forcibly to collect the bill from his wife, drawing a pistol, when he interfered and stabbed Collins. This story is not credited, as Collins was known to be a quiet man. At the time of arrest an attempt was made by an angry crowd to lynch the murderer, which the police, however, frustrated. The deceased leaves a widowed mother of whom he was an only support. As well expect life without air, as health without pure blood. Cleanse the blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The watermelon has appeared in our midst. This is what ails our midst. WEEKLY CIM GA ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1886. QUEER APPETITES. The Englishman will not eat a squirrel, but will gloat over a meal of barnacles and periwinkles, the latter a species of sea snail that adheres to the rocks. The Hollander relishes a feast of decayed shark, yet looks with horror on bread and butter. The Turks shudder at the thought of eating oysters. The Japanese have a prejudice against milk or beef, but enjoy seaweed or roast rat. The Digger Indians of the Pacific slope rejoiced in the great locust swarms of 1875 as a gracious dispensation of the Great Spirit, and laid in a store of dried locust powder sufficient to last them for several years. The French will eat frogs, snails and the diseased livers of geese, but draw the line at alligators. Sir Robert Schomberg found monkey very palatable, though he says that before being carved it looks disagreeably like a roasted child. Backland declares the taste of boa-constrictor good, and much like veal. Quass, the fermented water of the Russians, is their popular tipple. It is described as resembling a mixture of stale fish and soapsuds in taste, yet, next to beer, it has more votaries than any other fermented beverage. A "tallow candle washed down with quass forms a meal that it would be hard to be thankful for." In Canton and other Chinese cities rats are sold at the rate of two dollars per dozen, and the hind quarters of dogs are hung up in butcher shops alongside mutton and lamb, but demand a higher price. The edible birds' nests of the Chinese are worth twice their weight in silver, the finest' vari- Several persons were severely injured, and one boy is missing. The damage to crops and otherwise is estimated at half a million dollars. Many farmers are left entirely destitute. Indian Lobbyists. During the present session of Congress, a very strong Indian lobby has been formed. It is composed of eight or ten Indians and a half dozen white men. They are here on a number of missions, and are paid by the tribes interested in threatened legislation. The strongest lobby is that in opposition to any portion of the Indian Territory to settlement, and is known as the Oklohama lobby. Four or five of the Indians who came here last fall, to remain and work against opening up any portion of that country to settlement,' are fine-looking fellows, averaging six feet in height and weighing 210 to 230 pounds. They are educated, dress like Americans, speak the English language fluently, and are shrewd, cunning fellows. They live at the big hotels, and are enjoying themselves greatly. They claim to talk for their own people, but the truth is they are hired by cattle kings, and are here in the interest of that class. Nearly all that is known as the public land strip, in the northwestern part of the Indian Territory, and, in fact, a large portion of that country, is occupied by cattle men. They lease the ground from the Indians, and if the Territory is opened their business is ruined. Another lobby is in the interest of white men, who wanted some Indian reservations thrown open to settlement, and who are speculators. Still another lobby, a mixture of Indians and white men, is in the interest of the allotment of lands to Indians in severalty. These men are also paid by white men, who want to In Canton and other Chinese cities rats are sold at the rate of two dollars per dozen, and the hind quarters of dogs are hung up in butcher shops alongside mutton and lamb, but demand a higher price. The edible birds' nests of the Chinese are worth twice their weight in silver, the finest varieties selling for as much as thirty dollars a pound. The negroes of West Indies eat baked snakes and palm worms fried in their own fat, but they cannot be induced to eat stewed rabbits. In Mexico parrots are eaten, but they are rather tough. The Guachos of Baldy Oriental are in the habit of hunting skunks for the sake of their flesh. In Kaskaska, a town on the banks of the Mississippi, "Musical Jack," or fried rattle-snakes, decapitated and skinned, and showing a meat as white and firm as a chicken, is a standard dish. The octopus, or devil fish, when boiled and then roasted, is eaten in Corsica and esteemed a great delicacy. In the Pacific Islands and West Indies lizzards' eggs are eaten with great gusto. The natives of the Antilles eat alligator eggs, and the eggs of the turtle are popular everywhere, though up to the commencement of the last century turtles was only eaten by the poor of Jamaica. The Coyotees eat the bees after robbing them of their honey. Caterpillars and spiders are dainties to the African bushman. After they have wound the silk from the cocoon, the Chinese eat-the chrysalis of the silk worm. Spiders roasted are a sort of dessert with the New Caledonians. The Viennese are the great snail eaters of the world. The town of Ulon, on the Danube, is the principal place where snails are fattened for the market. Those which are fattened on strawberries command the highest price, while 60,000 are annually exported from the islands of Crete. The great African snail, that attains a length of eight inches, is converted into soup. Cocks' combs are considered a great delicacy in the Paris restaurants, while the Briton swallows shrimps in their entirety. How to Cool a Collar. A great mistake is sometimes made in ventilating collars and milk houses. The object of ventilation is to keep the collars cool and dry, but this object often fails of being accomplished by a common mistake, and instead the cellar is made both warm and damp. A cool place should never be ventilated, unless the air admitted is cooler than the air within, or is at least as cool as class. Nearly all that is known as the public land strip, in the northwestern part of the Indian Territory, and, in fact, a large portion of that country, is occupied by cattle men. They lease the ground from the Indians, and if the Territory is opened their business is ruined. Another lobby is in the interest of white men, who wanted some Indian reservations thrown open to settlement, and who are speculators. Still another lobby, a mixture of Indians and white men, is in the interest of the allotment of lands to Indians in severalty: These men are also paid by white men, who want to speculate in the lands. Another lobby is in the interest of appropriations for educational purposes, and to pay for alleged services of Indians during the late war, and in assisting the regular army to suppress outbreaks. This is probably the only genuine Indian lobby here, and is supported by the Indians themselves. Baltimore American. The Effects of Low Freights New York, July 25. Isaac S. Coffin, of the New York house of Coffin, Redington & Co., and the San Francisco firm of Redington & Co., drug and paint importers and dealers; said yesterday: "As a large shipper both ways, I am in a position to know the plan upon which the Pacific railroads, reduced freights has tended to bring Eastern manufactures into injurious competition with California manufacturers, without affording a corresponding opportunity for the shipment of California goods. The charges were less to California than coming this way, and at one time a carload of merchandise could be shipped clean through to California from New York cheaper than from New York to Chicago. That brought the New York markets into as close competition with California as with Chicago, and must have affected some interests unfavorably." He thought the investment of large sums by Californians in Eastern real estate is significant. "It shows," he says, "that there are vast sums of ready cash in California. Many men have made money faster than they can invest it, and naturally look all over the globe for an opportunity for saving it away," as the California's phase has it. There are not enough interests on the coast to employ all this vast capital, and the question naturally arises why, if the rate of 6 per cent, may be obtained for money in San Francisco, don't rich Californians invest their funds at home? The answer is 'they do' they continually invest all they can, but men with little millions can't gigantic, and at with same time safe, borrowers, and after putting out all their small sums, they must go to the great money centers with the bulk of their capital." Boquets Under Water. The following is a description of the process by which a bouquet of flowers can be preserved fresh for a long time: A vessel of How to Cool a Collar. A great mistake is sometimes made in ventilating collars and milk houses. The object of ventilation is to keep the collars cool and dry, but this object often fails of being accomplished by a common mistake, and instead the cellar is made both warm and damp. A cool place should never be ventilated, unless the air admitted is cooler than the air within, or is at least as cool as that, or a very little warmer. The warmer the air, the more moisture it holds in suspension. Necessarily, the cooler the air, the more this moisture is condensed and precipitated. When a cool cellar is aired on a warm day, the entering air being in motion appears cool, but as it fills the cellar the cooler air with which it becomes mixed chills it, the moisture is condensed, and dew is deposited on the cold walls, and may often be seen running down in streams. Then the cellar is damp, and soon becomes moody. To avoid this, the windows should only be opened at night, and late—the last thing before retiring. There is no need to fear that the night air is unhealthful—it is as pure as the air of midday, and is really drier. The cool air enters the apartment during the night, and circulates through it. The windows should be closed before sunrise in the morning, and kept closed and shaded through the day. If the air of the cellar is damp, it may be thoroughly dried by placing in it a peck of fresh lime in an open box. A peck of lime will absorb about seven pounds or more than three quarts of water, and in this way a cellar or milk room may soon be dried, even in the hottest weather. A Terrific and Destructive Storm GRAFON, Dakota, July 26.—A hail storm of unexampled fury burst upon this locality Saturday afternoon, sweeping a track five miles wide, from St. Thomas across Red river into Minnesota, a distance of thirty miles. The hail stones were as large as hen's eggs. Houses at St. Andrews were riddled, hailstones tearing through the shingles and breaking sash as well as glass. 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