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ACALFoRNIN PHENOMENON. - From the
san Frsrcj,c0 Alta, September Among
the cufiou, lftn1mcDa ot our climate none l.
.3 mysterious q, the ri-'n: o' the SrrIu2S II
thr y,r2 tJu. when al theory wyu!d prove
that cur dr.,' time should he Just setting L.
.ur "a .or1 c.u,inu1uC', Yet, everywhere, ere
our oag .,-m %, drought from d"arJh OF ram
has reached within sixty days oi 1t termlna
tlou the >pi0Gs, instead % g:vElas mo:e cJy
and water flows without raN where ROT drop
was ,.,u wecI tor, Wheu " read at
tya;ivtiy this law OF nature We shall SO
beautiful provision that saves our trees and
shrutjary from the Destructive desScltiou that
hcial., .h1 hcrbage OF the fields 70 the very
roots lu ether climates the cJuntcrp'ay Of
y.,c.y. pct,s it4wS water from the upper air
o. feed tie roots OF plant by downward per
collation.. In California this acton Is simply
reversed. There being TO water above, c.Cc
trIcconGu';jon iinis play IN drawing 1t from
beneath. There Is reason 10 believe that our
~pi, hes rlrls;tv corresponding 20 this processes.
In no other climate are the waters uudar the
Garth abundant. They are saved from Su.
pericia. evaporation by the latitude Of our
streams 10 sink underground aud disappear
from sight EvapOratIOn does not cease, but
instead Of being diSSjpsted IN the atmosphere
direct, II passes through tie Intervention OF the
earth. and ia IT'S passage II molstcns ali the pores
and feeds the treGr IN Its ascent. In
the longest day and the hottest sunshine evap-
oratlon takes away the ascending surplus from
the surface so fast that none remains to show
lew upon the ground. In the latter days Of
August this sun power and the length OF days
decline. August Is also our month OF togS. The
grain bearing herbage Is dried up or cut down,
impery!0us 20 vapor from beneath. Everything
eouSpircs 10 check the needless waste OF water
through the air. And thus it is that IN our
ieugthcnlng night time there remains surplus
to give flow 20 the surface springs. Blessed
be Providence for this kind provision, by which
as the ieugtheniug drought threatens destruc
ton, q ere comes from depths concealed, IN
crease ot moisture, bringing TO the earth rcS,r-
rectlon ct life an1 salvation.
The GOLD GAMBLERS. The New York
Tribune says Many exciting scaue; occurred
during the Gay When the announcement was
made that the Gold Exchange Bank had re
ceiver appointed, and was IN possession OF delu'
ty shcriiIs, numbers OF excited people repaired
thither. The doors were locked, and three
porsouS stood guard within. Whether they
were deputies or not did uoj tranSplre. When
the rumor of Lockwood 4 Co 5 failure was
heard, many hurried there to obtain the truth
of the report, but none Of the employees would
give any satisfactory rcily. Later the news
was coLGrmed with many conSolug expressions
OF sympathy. Several pathetic Instances OF
the mental anguish of ruined unlortunates
,raa>p,rcd La an Exchange Place Office,
broker who has done q comfortable though not
4. laryt business, aud is the head ot most 10
,crl> ing family, lost everything. Ihis wreck
was chaos OF torlorn sD,iuteyS. ln the crash
- - D., uttered the same misfortune aud had
.g.t about made 1t up when temptation led HIM
q launch his ShallOp upon last friday Wh;TI'
pool. Utcr! detected and desperate he de-
t.rmiued upon suicide. He sat doSn in the
retirement OF his Cih1C wrote long farewell
20 his WIte aud little ones, and prepared for
death. i lucud who knew OF his miStortunes
clmc ia to Sympathzo with him. As he en-
tered he saw his wretched friend with his head
bowed dU%n upon his desk, where lay the 81 en-
letter aud a revolver. Instantly dIvnlng the
,.r2tjon nc Spraug upon hIs friend aud wound
10th ariaes about him. The hopeless mlo was
determined to accomplish his purpose anu anu
begged as q mercy to DC 1ete 10 hiS 'H'ei %
,,as lon horne by friends. Several Such incl
SSn,s ore 10 ID of the dreadful, agony OF ruined
STccnlotorS. who in a day have been hurried from
,1salih 10 rovcrty. Strong men crying hKe
rhildren-sOmetmes crazed or helpless rom
ovnrs,raifcd excrtions taken home to their
weeping households.
ARTIFICIAL. WANTs.-Bulwer says that poy
erty Is unly an idea, in nine cases out ot ten'
Some men with ten thousand dollars year
suffer m0re for want OF means than otneiS WIZ"
three huuired. The reason Is, the rieher man
has artificial wants. llsinoome Is ten THOUSAND
and he suffers enough lIom being dunned 'oF un-
paid debts to kill sensitive man. man VINO
earns u co.ay day, and doe, not run IN debt
is the happier Of the two. Very few pecplt
who have never been rich will believe THIS;
hut it is as true a Gods word There are
bouslnds aud Thousands with prnceIy iuc0mt,
who never know n momeut'S peacc, because
they live above their means. There Is really
more happiness in the world among the work
inc people than among those We call rich.
Ilr.NDoLpr died on May {, 1889, 4, hall PAS
. o'clock in the afternoon. \ few moment
6aiore his death the blinds were opened, ant
the fun blaze OF the sun poured into the cbaol
her her How grand these rays, he murmuTed
"tlcv seem 10 beckon earth TO heaven, Ii
ivy n,a, Gto n wesrjed chid, and slel