anaheim-gazette 1891-07-30

VOLUME XXI. LODGE MEETINGS. ANAHEIM LODGE, NO. 207, F. & A. M. hold regular meetings on the Monday or preceding the full moon in each month. Sojourning brethren in good and living are cordially invited to attend. W. M. McFADDEN, W. M. H. W. Chynoweth, Secretary. ANAHEIM LODGE, NO. 199, I. O. O. F. REGUlar meetings every Tuesday evening. Visiting others always welcome. E. A. CHAMPLIN, N. G. W. R. HARKER, Secretary. ANAHEIM LODGE, NO. 85, A. O. U. W. MEETings on the first and fourth Friday of every month. T. S. GRIMSHAW, Secretary. ORDER CHOOSEN FRIENDS MEETS THE FIRST and third Saturday evenings in each month at 5 clock. Old Fellow's Hall. MRS. EMMA SEARLE, Councillor. A. L. LEWIS, Secretary. EVERGREEN COUNCIL, AMERICAN LEGION of Honor. Meets second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 3 p.m. MRS. E. A. JAMES, NEW L. G. BATES, Secretary. PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. J. H. BULLARD, A. B., M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 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SAMPLE ROOMS ATTACHED The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars DUBLIN STOUT, PALE ALE, HALE-A Business Chance MY HOUSE and STORE For Sale. CHARLES PAMPERL Dealer in... HARDWARE, CROCKERY, and HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS Los Angeles street, Anaheim. CHAS. SCHINDLER, CONTRACTOR and BUILDER. ANAHEIM, - CALIFORNIA. GEORGE BAUER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Center street... Anaheim. Making and repairing at the lowest cash price. All orders promptly attended to. All work guaranteed. L. GUNTHER, PIONEER BOOT & SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles streets. H. P. LARSEN, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. Estimates given. Contracts made and do a general Jobbing Business. CENTER STREET, - ANAHEIM. FOX & BUTLER, City Barber Shop. FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE! HOT AND COLD BATHS. FRANTZ'S BARBER SHOP. First-Class Style. BATHS, - 25 Cts. PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL. W. A. FRANTZ, Prop., Center Street. C. C. HAMILTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Rooms 1, 2 and 3, - Savings Bank Building. SANTA ANA, CAL. H. W. CHYNOWETH, Attorney-At-Law. Metz Block, Cor. Center and Los Angeles streets. Real Property Law a Specialty. ANAHEIM, CAL. F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER. And Dealer in FURNITURE J. J. EVERHARTY, - PROPRIETARY First-class Accommodations for Family THE COMMERCIAL, FORMERLY KNOWN Theim Hotel, has been thoroughly renovated, and is first-class style. A share of the public patron solicited. SAMPLE ROOMS ATTACHED The Finest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars DUBLIN STOUT, PALE ALE, HALF-AVE Fashion Livery Stables in connection with Hotel. furnished with or without drivers. Horses bo THE Anaheim Evergreen N TIM CARROLL, PROPRIO A Large Stock of Budded Orchard Over 50,000 yet For Sale. Over 100,000 Seed two year old. A Large Stock of English Walnuts, 4 to 16 White Adriatic and Brown Smoky Large Stock of Loquat Blue Gums, Cypress, Pines and Palms, Guavas, Varieties of Ornamental Trees and All Trees are Positively Ho And Free from Scale! CORRESPONDENCE = SO T. J. F. 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Fe depot and to business part of town in inner resorts in Southern California. Baths. Electric Bells. Electric Fire and cuisine unexcelled. Special day rates troupes and families by the week and rooms free of charge. For rooms, terms,ELL, Manager. Special Hotel. Center and Lemon Streets). TY, - PROPRIETOR. ations for Families & Tourists ORMERLY KNOWN AS THE ANA-roughly renovated, and will be conducted of the public patronage is respectfully ROOMS ATTACHED TO HOTEL. and Cigars The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SBUSCRIPTION, - $2 Per Year. Six months. Three months. 75 Pavable invariably in advance. Transient Advertising. PAKES: One square.....$1.00 Two squares.....1.50 Three squares.....2.00 Four squares.....2.50 Customary Reductions on above rates will be made on advertisements running for longer periods. Usual discounts on large advertisements. The Gazette is issued every Thursday morning, and sent to subscribers by the early mails. It is delivered by carrier in Anaheim on the morning of publication. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Items of news and correspondence on all live subjects are solicited by the editor. Be brief, and write directly to the point. All communications must be signed by the author, not for publication, but for the information of the editor. THE EXCELSIOR WOMAN. She could sing like any siren, and write poetry like lyrion. She could tell you all the mysteries of astronomic lore. She had memorized Euripides, had been to the anti-podes, And could talk so well about it that you'd never think her a bore. She was young and she was pretty, she was stylish and quite witty. And her family tree was planted when the Bruids lived and fought. She was rich—as rich as Crossus—but not fickle or capricious. And in all her life she never did a thing she hadn't ought. She did not, like other women, practice wiles men thought inhuman. And her salary powers were unlimited I went; While I have I shaint forget her—no one who THE PATENT IS INVALID. PROF. RILEY, GOVERNMENT ENTERTAINING MOLOGIST, DENQUENCES THE PATENT TWILIGHT FRAUD, AND ADVISORY ORCHARDISTS NOT TO PAY THE ROYALTY. Prof. C. V. Riley, U.S. Entomologist has prepared an article vigorously denouncing the twilight patent, and counseling orange growers to combine and light in rather than pay the royalty or the purchase price demanded. The article is to appear in the Scientific American, and advance sheets have been sent out by the authors. From these we learn that the first part of the article relates to the history of the experiments which led up to the adoption of hydrocyanic acid gas, and to the perfection of the methods of its application, closing this branch of the subject with Mr. Coquillet's report as published in Insect Pests for January and February, 1890. Prof. Riley then proceeds as follows: The perfeited process there described (Mr. Coquillet's report) is the one that has been patented. The application for this patent was filed in the Patent Office Dec 10, 1880, and immediately after that date the department received a communication from Mr. Coquillet to that effect. The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture immediately wrote to the Commissioner of Patents protesting against the issuance of such patent and referring briefly to the Department's connection with the process. In spite of the protest on the part of the Department, and also of the fact, as I am informed, that the application was adversely reported upon by the special examiner, who had been over the facts somewhat carefully, a patent was ultimately granted January 27, 1891. The patent having been granted, the action of the Patent Office, knowing the interest of the Department of Agriculture in this case, and its ability to govern it. PERMERLY KNOWN AS THE ANAormally renovated, and will be conducted of the public patronage is respectfully ROOMS ATTACHED TO HOTEL. and Cigars. PALE ALE, HALF-AND-HALF. Connection with Hotel. First-class turn-outs at drivers. Horses bought and sold. THE bergreen Nurseries. LL, PROPRIETOR Of Budded Orange Trees. Over 100,000 Seedlings, one and two year old. Bish Walnuts, 4 to 16 Feet High. And Brown Smyrna Figs I ock of Loquats. and Palms, Guavas, and many other mental Trees and Shrubs. Positively Home-Grown! free from Scale! ENCE SOLICITED. BOEGE, and Retail Dealer in mors and Cigars. WAYS ON HAND ETE STOCK! mines, Liquors and Cigars. IND LIQUORS GALLON OR BOTTLE. Promptly Attended to. AS the mighty aggregation of attractive energies sweeps along his celestial path, thickly bordered with stellar worlds, how She could sing like any siren, and write poetry like bryon. She could tell you all the mysteries of astronomic lore. She had memorized Euripides, had been to the anti-podes. And could talk so well about it that you'd never think her a bore. She was young and she was pretty, she was stylish and quite witty. And she found trees was planted when the Bruids lived fought. She was rich—as rich as Cressus—but not fickle or capriculous. And in all her life she never did a thing she hadn't ought. She did not like other women, practice wiles men thought inhuman. And her culinary powers were unlimited wee; While I live I shunt forget her—no one could who ever had met her. But, also! I only made her sweet acquaintance in a dream. The Sun Compared With Arcturus. There are three well-designed classes of stars, judged by the quality of light they yield. In the first class are the clear white and bluish-white stars like Sirius and Vega. These are supposed to be the kottest stars and the most luminous in proportion to the extent of their surface. Then there are the golden yellow or pale orange stars, of which Arcturus and Capella are fine examples. These have begun to cool. Finally, we have the deep-orange and red stars like Aldebaran and Autares. These have advanced still further in the cooling process. Now the spectroscope informs us that our sun belongs to the orange or Arcturus type, and if we could view it from distant space we should see a lovely star of a pale golden yellow. The question arises, then, how far would our sun have to be removed in order to shine with brightness no greater than that of Arcturus? According to scientists, it would have to be removed to 140,000 times its present distance, or about half the distance between us and Alpha Centauri. But Arcturus is 11,500,000 times as far away as the sun, and if our sun were placed at that enormous distance its diameter would have to be eighty-two times as great to give a light equal to that received from Arcturus. I hesitate to present such figures, implying magnitudes far beyond any to which we have been accustomed, yet they are but the logical deductions of observed facts. In other words, Arcturus must be a gigantic sphere, 550,000 times larger than our sun, with a diameter of 70,000,000 miles, or more than large enough to fill the entire orbit of Mercury. To make this contrast clearer, let us institute a simple comparison. Jupiter is larger than all the other planets and satellites of the solar system. The sun is a little more than 1,000 times larger than Jupiter. But Arcturus, if our information is correct, is 550,000 times larger than the sun. By the side of such a majestic orb our sun, grand and overwhelming as it is in our own system, would dwindle to an insignificant star. Contemplating a world so vast, endowed with such mighty energies, and rushing with such resistless force through the greatest depths of space, we cannot resist the question: Whence came this blazing world? Whither is it bound? What is its mission and destiny? Is it simply a visitor to our sidereal galaxy, rushing furiously through it like a comet? Is it being constantly fed and enlarged by the worlds it encounters and the meteoric matter it gathers up in its wonderful journey? What would be the effect if it chanced to pass through the nebula or a star cluster? Was the new star which suddenly blazed forth in the nebula of Audromeda in 1876 due to a similar cause? As the mighty aggregation of attractive energies sweeps along his celestial path, thickly bordered with stellar worlds, how She could sing like any siren, and write poetry like bryon. She could tell you all the mysteries of astronomic lore. She could talk so well about it that you'd never think her a bore. She was young and she was pretty, she was stylish and quite witty. And she found trees was planted when the Bruids lived fought. She was rich—as rich as Cressus—but not fickle or capriculous. And in all her life she never did a thing she hadn't ought. She did not like other women, practice wiles men thought inhuman. And her culinary powers were unlimited wee; While I live I shunt forget her—no one could who ever had met her. But, also! I only made her sweet acquaintance in a dream. The Sun Compared With Arcturus. There are three well-designed classes of stars, judged by the quality of light they yield. In the first class are the clear white and bluish-white stars like Sirius and Vega. These are supposed to be the kottest stars and the most luminous in proportion to the extent of their surface. Then there are the golden yellow or pale orange stars, of which Arcturus and Capella are fine examples. These have begun to cool. Finally, we have the deep-orange and red stars like Aldebaran and Autares. These have advanced still further in the cooling process. Now the spectroscope informs us that our sun belongs to the orange or Arcturus type, and if we could view it from distant space we should see a lovely star of a pale golden yellow. The question arises, then, how far would our sun have to be removed in order to shine with brightness no greater than that of Arcturus? According to scientists, it would have to be removed to 140,000 times its present distance, or about half the distance between us and Alpha Centauri. But Arcturus is 11,500,000 times as far away as the sun, and if our sun were placed at that enormous distance its diameter would have to be eighty-two times as great to give a light equal to that received from Arcturus. I hesitate to present such figures, implying magnitudes far beyond any to which we have been accustomed, yet they are but the logical deductions of observed facts. In other words, Arcturus must be a gigantic sphere, 550,000 times larger than our sun, with a diameter of 70,000,000 miles, or more than large enough to fill the entire orbit of Mercury. To make this contrast clearer, let us institute a simple comparison. Jupiter is larger than all the other planets and satellites of the solar system. The sun is a little more than 1,000 times larger than Jupiter. But Arcturus, if our information is correct, is 550,000 times larger than the sun. By the side of such a majestic orb our sun, grand and overwhelming as it is in our own system, would dwindle to an insignificant star. Contemplating a world so vast, endowed with such mighty energies, and rushing with such resistless force through the greatest depths of space, we cannot resist the question: Whence came this blazing world? Whither is it bound? What is its mission and destiny? Is it being constantly fed and enlarged by the worlds it encounters and the meteoric matter it gathers up in its wonderful journey? What would be the effect if it chanced to pass through the nebula or a star cluster? Was the new star which suddenly blazed forth in the nebula of Audromeda in 1876 due to a similar cause? As the mighty aggregation of attractive energies sweeps along his celestial path, thickly bordered with stellar worlds, how She could sing like any siren, and write poetry like bryon. She could tell you all the mysteries of astronomic lore. She could talk so well about it that you'd never need them after that date from Mr. Coquillet to that effect. The Assistant Secretary of Agriculture immediately wrote to the Commissioner of Patents protesting against the issuance of such patent and referring briefly to the Department's connection with the process. In spite of the protest on the part of the Department; and also of the fact, as I am informed, that the application was adversely reported upon by the special examiner; who had been over the facts somewhat carefully; a patent was ultimately granted January 27, 1891. The patent having been granted; the action of the Patent Office; knowing the interest of the Department of Agriculture in this case; and its ability to throw light on the matter; ignored the Department altogether; and simply relied in granting the patent; on the testimony of the applicants; whereas, if the Department had been consulted; evidence which would certainly have been satisfactory to the Patent Office could have been promptly furnished; showing that the patent covered discoveries which had resulted from the Department's investigations rather than from the investigations of the patentees. In fact these individuals merely assisted Mr. Coquillet in his later experiments and received from him the formula which they have patented for producing the gas; under a promise that they would not publish or give it to any other person until it was first published by the Department. The process set forth in the patent for fumigating plants with hydrocyane gas in the absence of light (which is important feature of the patent) had been repeatedly suggested by Mr. Coquillet. I have from Mr. C. Quillet a sworn statement of the facts in my case; supported by testimonial from Measrs. Craw and Alward; which substantiate what I have here recorded; and show that the patentees have no right in priority of discovery to any of the oblates made by them and granted by the Patent Office. Indeed; it is evident from the correspondence that on several occasions one of the patentees, W.B. Wall, applied personally and by letter, to Mr. Coquillet for information on the subject; the latter, as a Government officer; giving him all the facts in his possession. Prof. Riley refers to the laborled article of one James R. Townsend; already mentioned in these columns; in which he (Townsend) endeavors to make good the patentees' claim; and which, the Professor says, sounds very much like the argument of a lawyer retained to defend them. Townsend's article closes with this following paragraph: "The patent cannot be abrogated except upon decree of court. Suit set for patent aside can only be instituted by the owner of a patent for the same process or by Attorney General of the United States. No one can secure a patent for the process except by proving in an interference contest with the present patentees in the Patent Office that he is first and true inventor. The Attorney General will not bring suit to set aside patent unless it appears that Messrs. Wall, Jones & Bishop wrongfully secured the patent; and that great public injury will result if it is not repealed." There is but one way to test the validity of the patent which appears practicable; and that is for the owners of the patent to bring suit for infringement. This has not yet been done but they announce that in case infringement is practiced; they will within time allowed by law; bring suit to recoverthe profits; savings and advantages arising from such infringement; together withthe inter est thereof." Prof. Riley continues: This taken together withthe published statements ofthe patentees is virtuallya A complete assortment of Goods of latest styles with the attention of the citi-vicinity is directed. $25 up. $6 up. Is cordially extended theamine this stock. FRED CRIST In Orange County. The owner of any lot furnished on application. NEY, Z. B. WEST. R. E. HEWITT, Treasurer. GEORGE TAYLOR, Secretary. Abstract Comp'y ed July 9, 1889. Title to all lands in Orange County. P. O. Box 340. such resilient force through the great depths of space, we cannot resist the question: Whence came this blazing world? Whither is it bound? What is its mission and destiny? Is it simply a visitor to our sidereal galaxy, rushing furiously through it like a comet? Is it constantly fed and enlarged by the worlds it encounters and the meteoric matter it gathers up in its wonderful journey? What would be the effect if it chanced to pass through the nebula or a star cluster? Was the new star which suddenly blazed forth in the nebula of Audromeda in 1876 due to a similar cause? As the mighty aggregation of attractive energies sweeps along his celestial path, thickly bordered with stellar worlds, how many of these worlds will yield forever to his disturbing forces? How many will be swerved from their appointed courses by his irresistable power? How many will plunge into his fiery bosom and be swallowed up as a pubble is swallowed by the ocean? Raised the Church Debt. "Talk of raising church debts," the man who had been everywhere said, "I cleared up a debt for a church in Deadwood once in spite of myself." "Yes!" "It happened this way: I had been playing poker the night before in great luck. Came out a cool $10,000 winner. Then a kind of remorse came over me, and I made up my mind it would be a good time to reform. I resolved to quit poker and be respectable, and I thought a good way to begin would be by going to church. So I fixed myself up and walked into the biggest church in the place. My intentions were really good, but I hadn't slept any that night. "The sermon was rather prosy and I went to sleep. After the sermon the parson explained that the church was a little in debt and he thought this would be a good time to pay off. I woke up just in time to hear him say: 'We must raise $5,000.'" "Well, you see, I was half asleep and thought I was still playing poker, an hearin' that put me on my nerves. The denomination with the plate was right beside me in the aisle. I pulled out my roll and yelled out: 'I'll see that $5,000 and go $5,000 better.' With that I put my whole $10,000 on the plate. "They were used to such talk out there. They thought I was a gambler who had got religion, and before I was well enough awake to know where I was the whole congregation was singing and the minister was praying for me. I wasn't going to back water then, so I let the money go. Get a complimentary notice in the Deadwood papers, posed as a philanthropist, and all that. Good joke on me, wasn't it!" "First-rate, and did you really quit gambling?" "Yes, sir, quit ter good and all," he said. And then he added: "By the way, have you got any tips on to-day's races!" JULY 30, 1891. PATENT IS INVALID EY, GOVERNMENT ENTODENOUNCES THE PATENT FRAUD, AND ADVISES MISTS NOT TO PAY THE Riley, U.S. Eutomologist, an article vigorously denouncght patent, and counseling rers to combine and fight it, by the royalty or the purchase ed. The article is to appear in *American*, and advance en sent out by the author. learn that the first part of thesis to the history of the exchieved up to the adoption of solid gas, and to the perfortions of its application, closess of the subject with Mr. port, as published in Insect ry and February, 1890. Prof. process as follows: and process there described as report) is the one that has The application for this immediately after that date received a communication effect to that effect. The Assy of Agriculture immediately commissioner of Patents produces the insurance of such patent briefly to the Department's with the process. In spite of the part of the Department, fact, as I am informed, that was adversely reported upon examiner, who had been overthat carefully, a patent was dated January 27, 1891. The cee granted, the action of knowing the interest of of Agriculture in this case. of injurious insects. Either directly or with the aid of assistants, these investigations have resulted in some important discoveries of universal application, and I can say with pride that, though often urged to take peronal advantage of such discoveries, I have in no single instance accepted a fee for information given, or received a dollar from any application of these discoveries, even where others have reaped fortunes. As a salaried officer, my duty was plain, and I make the statement without boastfulness, and simply to emphasize the discouraging fact that in every instance where the benefit to the public has been great, either the honor has been contested by private parties, or else means have been taken by private individuals to control, through patent or otherwise, the discoveries for their personal ends. It appears to me that on this account the Patent Office should be extremely careful in consid-ering applications for patents, for objects which the Government is already cudeavoring to accomplish; to ascertain fully what the Government has done, as any other course will tend to pervert, discourage and neutralize all honest effort made by other departments of the Government for the public good. Reported Blowing Up of the Pennscola's Steam Launch. A letter from Callao, Peru, to a New York paper, under date of June 24th, brings the following exciting bit of information from the seat of war in Chile: The man-of-war Pennscola, of the United States navy, has just arrived here after an exciting run along the Chilean coast, and I send you the first news of a thrilling accident at Arica, Chile, by which five sailors of the Pennscola lost their lives. Her steam launch was blown up in the harbor of Arica by the Chilean torpedo boat Condell, and every man on board killed. The list of dead includes: O. Smith, New York; Wm. Hayes, Brooklyn; Frank Peckham, Newark, N.J.; Toddy O'Rourke, Huntington, L. I.; Arthur E. Dykeman, Pearlsalta, L. I. The attack took place in the evening of June last. The Condell stole into the harbor of Arica about 7 p.m. There was a heavy use of injurious insects. Either directly or with the aid of assistants, these investigations have resulted in some important discoveries of universal application, and I can say with pride that, though often urged to take peronal advantage of such discoveries, I have in no single instance accepted a fee for information given, or received a dollar from any application of these discoveries, even where others have reaped fortunes. As a salaried officer, my duty was plain, and I make the statement without boastfulness, and simply to emphasize the discouraging fact that in every instance where the benefit to the public has been great, either the honor has been contested by private parties, or else means have been taken by private individuals to control, through patent or otherwise, the discoveries for their personal ends. It appears to me that on this account the Patent Office should be extremely careful in consid-uring applications for patents, for objects which the Government is already cudeavoring to accomplish; to ascertain fully what the Government has done, as any other course will tend to pervert, discourage and neutralize all honest effort made by other departments of the Government for the public good. Reported Blowing Up of the Pennscola's Steam Launch. A letter from Callao, Peru, to a New York paper, under date of June 24th, brings the following exciting bit of information from the seat of war in Chile: The man-of-war Pennscola, of the United States navy, has just arrived here after an exciting run along the Chilean coast, and I send you the first news of a thrilling accident at Arica, Chile, by which five sailors of the Pennscola lost their lives. Her steam launch was blown up in the harbor of Arica by the Chilean torpedo boat Condell, and every man on board killed. The list of dead includes: O. Smith, New York; Wm. Hayes, Brooklyn; Frank Peckham, Newark, N.J.; Toddy O'Rourke, Huntington, L. I.; Arthur E. Dykeman, Pearlsalta, L. I. The attack took place in the evening of June last. The Condell stole into the harbor of Arica about 7 p.m. There was a heavy use of injurious insects. Either directly or with the aid of assistants, these investigations have resulted in some important discoveries of universal application, and I can say with pride that, though often urged to take peronal advantage of such discoveries, I have in no single instance accepted a fee for information given, or received a dollar from any application of these discoveries, even where others have reaped fortunes. As a salaried officer, my duty was plain, and I make the statement without boastfulness, and simply to emphasize the discouraging fact that in every instance where the benefit to the public has been great, either the honor has been contested by private parties, or else means have been taken by private individuals to control, through patent or otherwise, the discoveries for their personal ends. It appears to me that on this account the Patent Office should be extremely careful in consid-uring applications for patents, for objects which the Government is already cudeavoring to accomplish; to ascertain fully what the Government has done, as any other course will tend to pervert, discourage and neutralize all honest effort made by other departments of the Government for the public good. Reported Blowing Up of the Pennscola's Steam Launch. A letter from Callao, Peru, to a New York paper, under date of June 24th， brings the following exciting bit of information from the seat of war in Chile: The man-of-war Pennscola，of the United States navy，has just arrived here after an exciting run along the Chilean coast，and I send you the first news of a thrilling accident at Arica，Chile，by which five sailors of the Pennscola lost their lives. Her steam launch was blown up in the harbor of Arica by the Chilean torpedo boat Condell，and every man on board killed. The list of dead includes: O. Smith，New York；Wm. Hayes， Brooklyn；Frank Peckham，新ark，N.J.; Toddy O'Rourke，Huntington，L.I.; Arthur E.Dykeman，Pearlsalta，L.I. The attack took place in the evening of June last。The Condell stole into the harbor of Arica about 7 p.m。There was a heavy use of injurious insects.Either directly or with the aid of assistants,these investigations have resulted in some important discoveries of universal application,and I can say with pride thatthough often urgedto take peronal advantageof such discoveries,eitherwithoutboastfulness,andsimplytoemphasizethediscouragingfactthatineveryinstancewherethebenefittothepublichasbeengreat,eitherthehonorhasbeencontestedbyprivatepartiesorelsemeanshavethetensthelevelsoftheconesarethickest,aereainalevelofthehighestrocksonthesideoftheravine.Thetreeis39feethigh,ninety-sixfeetfromthebuttothefirstbranch,andtwenty-sixfeetin diameteratthebase.Alogofclean,smoothwoodthatwillmeasureninetyfeetinlengthandaverageto twentyfeetin diametercan easilybecutoutofit. That is whattheTularepeopleproposetodo,andhavingthelog,theywillutilizeittothebenefitoftheWorld'sFairandthegloryofTulare.ThetreesgrowwelluptowardtheheadwatersoftheKawah river,andthegreatlogwillhavetobearmovedinsomeway,totherailroadatVisalia,a distanceofnearlysixty miles.itisastempidousundertaking,bothalllikelihoodthetrunkwillbebcutinsectionslengthwiseandthenthese sectionswillbeputontrucksandtakeoverthelogroadsorteamswilldo.thehaulingprobablyacoreofspanstothesection.WhenfinallygiveoftheTularewoodsiswhereitcanbereachedonrailroadcarsitwillhavecosthundredsf dollarsand sixmonthswillhavepassedfromthetimethemenwithaxesstartedtofallitandthenthemostimportantworkwillcommence. The logwillbemadewhollybytheputtingtogetherofthese sections.Expertwoodsmillwouldcitacrossinmiddle,makingtwolengthsfortwofivefeetlong.Eachofthese lengthswillthenbehewnintheshapeofordinaryrailwaypassengercoaches.Theroughbarkofthetreewillbethe roofofthecar,andonthesidesendthe The man-of-war Pensacola, of the United States navy, has just arrived here after an exciting run along the Chilean coast, and I send you the first news of a thrilling accident at Arica, Chile, by which five sailors of the Pensacola lost their lives. Her steam launch was blown up in the harbor of Arica by the Chilean torpedo boat Condell, and every man on board killed. The list of dead includes: O. Smith, New York; Wm. Hayes, Brooklyn; Frank Peckhan, Newark, N. J.; Todd O'Rourke, Huntington, L. I.; Arthur E. Dykeman, Salisbury, L. I. The attack took place in the evening of June 1st. The Condell stole into the harbor of Arica about 7 p.m. There was a heavy fog, and objects at a distance of 100 yards could not be seen with any distinctness. The steam launch had left the Pensacola on the regular evening trip to shore, and was making her way slowly, when suddenly those on the man-of-war saw the little boat lifted completely out of the water. The quiet that followed told plainly that the five men aboard the launch had been killed. The search light of the Pensacola was brought into play, and at the same instant orders were given to lower boats. The Condell was discovered a short distance way. The Chilean cruiser had mistaken the launch for an insurgent boat, and used a torpedo with deadly effect. There was intense excitement aboard both vessels for the next twenty minutes. Signalling continued between the man-of-war and the torpedo boat for some time, and when the situation of affairs became known on the Condell, her command dipped his colors and sent his chief officer aboard the Pensacola. It then became known that the explosion of the torpedo was a stupid blunder on the part of the cruiser. Such apologies as could be offered were made, but the feeling among the comrades of the dead sailor was very bitter. THE REPORT DISCREDITED. Commodore Irving, commandant at the Brooklyn navy yard, was told of the report of the sinking of the Pensacola's launch, and the killing of five of the crew. "I have heard nothing of any such occurrence," said the commodore, "and it is my belief that there is no truth in the story." Only today I received a letter from Admiral McCann, dated July 6th, from Callao, and he writes from on board of the Baltimore and informs me that the Pensacola was preparing to sail for San Francisco. Had there been any such occurrence as you relate, he would certainly have said something about it." Chilean War Incident. Several passengers who have arrived at Panama in a German steamer, assert that the Chilean government troops that went from Valparaiso to Coquimbo had started for La Serena and destroyed all war material at that place. Commercially things are in a bad way at Iquique. The condition at Penasqua from the effect of the present war is sad. There is no work and the majority of the people are poverty stricken. Regarding the late insurrection at Coquimbo, it is reported that many of Balmaceda's soldiers, being dissatisfied, abandoned the rest of the troops. The torpedo cruisers Condell and Lynch, accompanied by the transport Imperial, returned to Valparaiso on June 14. From Penasqua they brought $48,000, the duty paid on nitrate by a vessel that was bound there already loaded. They have also brought certain important documents that show some light on the proceedings at Iquique. The government takes greater precautions every day to prevent those who do not side with it from leaving the country, and notwithstanding duly guaranteed passports, no one that leaves Valparaiso can be certain that he will be put on trucks and taken over the log road, or teams will do the hauling, probably a score of spans to the section. When finally the giant of the Tulare woods is where it can be moved on railroad cars it will have cost hundreds of dollars and six months will have passed from the time the men with axes started to fell it and then the most important work will commence. The log will be made whole by the putting together of the sections. Expert woodmen will cut it across in the middle, making two lengths each forty-five feet long. Each of these lengths will then be hewn into the shape of ordinary railway passenger coaches. The rough bark of the tree will be the roof of the car, and on the sides and ends the natural wood will be left unpolished. The inside will be hollowed out, windows and doors put in, and the interior finished after the fashion of the Pullman cars. One will be a buffet dining car, with apartments for bath, barber shop, and kitchen. The other will be a sleeper with an observation room. Platforms will be put at the ends and ordinary trucks underneath, and to prevent the transformed tree from falling to pieces, heavy bands of iron will be put around the body of the car. Captain Thomas H. Thompson, the California World's Fair Commissioner, is now considering the plans. The tree would have been left with the bark all on but for the fact that the cars could not be more than the regulation size and get over bridges and through tunnels safely. They will be about eleven feet wide and ten feet high. It is intended that the men of Tulare shall take their wives and children and go to the Columbia Exposition with their tree. The cars will be kept on Fair grounds, and the delegation will make them their home. The Mexican White House. Chapultepec is the Mexican White House. It is famed bill where Montezuma had his summer house, and it is one of wonderful palaces of the world. Located at end of the Pasco, the fashionable drive of Mexico, a park of a thousand acres surrounds it and these thousand acres are filled with most wonderful cypress trees, some of which are over a hundred feet high, and many of them are five or six hundred years old. The trunks of these trees are massive in size, and their limbs are gnarled, and they spread outward as they go up until they intertwine with other limbs at the top and form a dense shade. They are clothed in perennial green, and from them hang great boards of the beautiful gray-silver Spanish moss which you see in the forests of Florida and Louisiana. A drive through the park is like going through the forests of fairland, and in the morning and the evening, when the sun casts its beautiful shadows through the trees and over the well-kept lawns its sylvan beauties are beyond description. Out of the center of the park rises a mighty rock, going straight up for at least two hundred feet. This rock has a top of several acres and upon its surface is built the massive castle of Chapultepec. There is only one stairway and one road that leads up to it, and the building is a wonder of many kinds of Spanish architecture. It is, it seems to me bigger than any building in the United States, and it covers as much space as the Capitol at Washington. It rises in terraces, and these terraces are of white marble, with brass balustrades, along which you see lovely flower gardens, which make you think of the hanging gardens of one of Aztec emperors. The Mexican rulers of the past have spent fortunes in improving and furnishing this castle, and President Diaz has remodeled many of the rooms for his own use. The artists and builders are repairing the rooms. The newspaper is virtually indistinguishable from other publications with its published content. The newspaper is virtually indistinguishable from other publications with its published content. The newspaper is virtually indistinguishable from other publications with its published content. The newspaper is virtually indistinguishable from other publications with its published content. The newspaper is virtually indistinguishable from other publications with its published content. The newspaper is virtually indistinguishable from other publications with its published content. 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The torpedo cruisers Condell and Lynch, accompanied by the transport Imperial, returned to Valparaiso on June 14. From Pisagua they brought $48,000, the duty paid on nitrate by a vessel that was bound there already loaded. They have also brought certain important documents that show some light on the proceedings at Iquique. The government takes greater precautions every day to prevent those who do not side with it from leaving the country, and notwithstanding duly guaranteed passports, no one that leaves Valparaiso can be certain that he will reach his destination, for, with or without just cause he may be detained at any of the other ports held by Balmaceda's troops on the slightest suspicion. Owing to the Chilean government having prohibited the exportation of wheat and flour to northern ports, the situation is assuming a serious aspect at Lima and has been taken into consideration by the Peruvian government. The Peruvian consul at Valparaiso has been requested to give the authorities information on the subject, in order to decide the course to be adopted. Undoubtedly the question is one of great importance, for the bread consumed on the whole Peruvian coast is made out of the foreign wheat ground in Lima mills, and the greater part of this wheat comes from Chile, but all that the Peruvian government can do is to give official notice of the fact to the public and let each one find himself the means to meet the difficulties that will naturally arise. Owing to Balmaceda's prohibitory decree, the price of bread has already risen considerably, but this will probably not last long as orders were sent immediately to San Francisco for a large supply of wheat that should have arrived before now. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. Ramie Culture. Judge Catlin of the Superior Court of Sacramento county having decided that the bill passed by the last Legislature to encourage ramie culture in California is unconstitutional, owing to the appropriation items contained therein. W. H. Murray, State Superintendent of Ramie Culture, has announced his intention of taking an appeal to Largest Fig Hatch. Great interest has been aroused among people in Pomona valley by the purchase of 460 acres of land, with an option on 300 more, for the purpose of planting the largest fig orchard in the world. S. P. Mandeville, representing a syndicate of wholesale fruit dealers in Chicago and St. Louis, has made the purchase for $65,000. Large capital will be expended in the irrigation system for land and in dry houses and packing sheds for the ripened fig. The syndicate will import 73,000 young trees from Syria for planting during the next winter months. Mandeville says that the syndicate has for two years been secretly experimenting in fig growing and curing in California, and has become convinced that in ten years California figs can drive all foreign figs from our home markets. The syndicate reckons that it can make a profit of over $300 an acre from the figs after 1898, and when the trees come in full bearing. Parental Devotion. Pauline—Then you give your consent, dear papa! Isaac—Yes, my daughter; but—but I cannot let you leaf me. You are main only child, and you and Benjamin must lift here with the old folks. You can have that second-story front room for $20 a week, and upon its surface is built the massive castle of Chapultepec. There is only one stairway and one road that leads up to it, and the building is a wonder of many kinds of Spanish architecture. It is, it seems to me, bigger than any building in the United States, and it covers as much space as the Capitol at Washington. It rises in terraces, and these terraces are of white marble, with brass balustrades, along which you see lovely flower gardens, which make you think of the hanging gardens of one of the Aztec emperors. The Mexican rulers of the past have spent fortunes in improving and furnishing this castle, and President Diaz has remodeled many of the rooms for his own use. The artists and builders are repairing the rooms, and the palace will be finer than ever. One of the bedrooms of the President is especially fine, and Mrs. Diaz's private reception parlor is in pink silk, with hangings of brocade and plush. All of the rooms are beautifully frescoed, and in the interior of the castle corresponds in some decree to the wonderful beauties of nature which surround it. The view from this castle is one of the finest in Mexico. The whole of the valley of Mexico is spread out before you. The capital, with its many cathedral towers and enameled domes, lies at your feet. Silvery lakes sparkle like floods of diamonds amid the green in the distance, and upon all sides the great mountains of Mexico shine out like bills of frosted silver, and away off under the sun you see the white heads of two great volcanoes, Popocatepal and White Woman, ever clothed in perpetual snow. Largest Fig Hatch. Great interest has been aroused among people in Pomona valley by the purchase of 460 acres of land, with an option on 300 more, for the purpose of planting the largest fig orchard in the world. S. P. Mandeville, representing a syndicate of wholesale fruit dealers in Chicago and St. Louis, has made the purchase for $65,000. Large capital will be expended in the irrigation system for land and in dry houses and packing sheds for the ripened fig. The syndicate will import 73,000 young trees from Syria for planting during the next winter months. Mandeville says that the syndicate has for two years been secretly experimenting in fig growing and curing in California, and has become convinced that in ten years California figs can drive all foreign figs from our home markets. The syndicate reckons that it can make a profit of over $300 an acre from the figs after 1898, and when the trees come in full bearing. Parental Devotion. Pauline—Then you give your consent, dear papa! Isaac—Yes, my daughter; but—but I cannot let you leaf me. You are main only child, and you and Benjamin must lift here with the old folks. You can have that second-story front room for $20 a week, and upon its surface is built the massive castle of Chapultepec. There is only one stairway and one road that leads up to it, and the building is a wonder of many kinds of Spanish architecture. It is, it seems to me, bigger than any building in the United States, and it covers as much space as the Capitol at Washington. It rises in terraces, and these terraces are of white marble, with brass balustrades, along which you see lovely flower gardens, which make you think of the hanging gardens of one of the Aztec emperors. The Mexican rulers of the past have spent fortunes in improving and furnishing this castle, and President Diaz has remodeled many of the rooms for his own use. The artists and builders are repairing the rooms, and the palace will be finer than ever. One of the bedrooms of the President is especially fine, and Mrs. Diaz's private reception parlor is in pink silk, with hangings of brocade and plush. All of the rooms are beautifully frescoed, and in the interior of the castle corresponds in some decree to the wonderful beauties of nature which surround it. The view from this castle is one of the finest in Mexico. The whole of the valley of Mexico is spread out before you. The capital, with its many cathedral towers and enameled domes, lies at your feet. Silvery lakes sparkle like floods of diamonds amid the green in the distance, and upon all sides the great mountains of Mexico shine out like bills of frosted silver, and away off under the sun you see the white heads of two great volcanoes, Popocatepal and White Woman, ever clothed in perpetual snow. Largest Fig Hatch. Great interest has been aroused among people in Pomona valley by the purchase of 460 acres of land, with an option on 300 more, for the purpose of planting the largest fig orchard in the world. S. P. Mandeville, representing a syndicate of wholesale fruit dealers in Chicago and St. Louis, has made the purchase for $65,000. Large capital will be expended in the irrigation system for land and in dry houses and packing sheds for the ripened fig. The syndicate will import 73,000 young trees from Syria for planting during the next winter months. Mandeville says that the syndicate has for two years been secretly experimenting in fig growing and curing in California, and has become convinced that in ten years California figs can drive all foreign figs from our home markets. The syndicate reckons that it can make a profit of over $300 an acre from the figs after 1898, and when the trees come in full bearing. Parental Devotion. Pauline—Then you give your consent, dear papa! Isaac—Yes, my daughter; but—but I cannot let you leaf me. You are main only child, and you and Benjamin must lift here with the old folks. You can have that second-story front room for $20 a week, and upon its surface is built the massive castle of Chapultepec. There is only one stairway and one road that leads up to it, and the building is a wonder of many kinds of Spanish architecture. It is, it seems to me, bigger than any building in the United States, and it covers as much space as the Capitol at Washington. It rises in terraces, and these terraces are of white marble, with brass balustrades, along which you see lovely flower gardens, which make you think of the hanging gardens of one of the Aztec emperors. The Mexican rulers of the past have spent fortunes in improving and furnishing this castle, and President Diaz has remodeled many of the rooms for his own use. The artists and builders are repairing the rooms, and the palace will be finer than ever. One of the bedrooms of the President is especially fine, and Mrs. Diaz's private reception parlor is in pink silk, with hangings of brocade and plush. All of the rooms are beautifully frescoed, and in the interior of the castle corresponds in some decree to the wonderful beauties of nature which surround it. The view from this castle is one of the finest in Mexico. The whole of the valley of Mexico is spread out before you. The capital, with its many cathedral towers and enameled domes, lies at your feet. Silvery lakes sparkle like floods of diamonds amid the green in the distance, and upon all sides the great mountains of Mexico shine out like bills of frosted silver, and away off under the sun you see the white heads of two great volcanoes, Popocatepal and White Woman, ever clothed in perpetual snow. Largest Fig Hatch. Great interest has been aroused among people in Pomona valley by the purchase of 460 acres of land, with an option on 300 more, for the purpose of planting the largest fig orchard in the world. S. P. Mandeville, representing a syndicate of wholesale fruit dealers in Chicago and St. Louis, has made the purchase for $65,000. Large capital will be expended in the irrigation system for land and in dry houses和 packing sheds for the ripened fig. The syndicate will import 73,000 young trees from Syria for planting during the next winter months. Mandeville says that the syndicate has for two years been secretly experimenting in fig growing and curing in California, and has become convinced that in ten years California figs can drive all foreign figs from our home markets. The syndicate reckons that it can make a profit of over $300 an acre from the figs after 1898, and when the trees come in full bearing. Parental Devotion. Pauline—Then you give your consent，dear papa！ Isaac—Yes，my daughter；but—but I cannot let you leaf me。You are main only child，and you和Benjamin must lifer here withtheoldfolks。Youcanhavethatsecond-storyfrontroomfor$20aweek，