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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-22

HoP5.-Ihe latest quotations from the
London market show an extraordinary rise in
Belgian hops. The Continent is bare of
stock and buying. American hops are adj
vancing in price, with prospect that the up
ward movement will continue for some time
to come. Choice are very scarce and the low
est qualities bring strong prices. The stock
in the vicinity of Sacramento still on hand
is quite limited. The favorable turn in prices
is giving much better spirit to the business
than when the greatly reduced rates of the
past season prevailed. There will. however,
be but very little increase Of acreage in this
vicinity in 1884, unless the present advance
in price of hops should be so strong as to Gre
ate another boom. About 125 acres will be
put out in the vicinity of Whestland, which,
il is believed, covers nearly all the new plant
ing.
SACRAMENTO TIvoLI.-The proprietors of
this place of amusement have made arrange
ments for mixed wrestling match after each
performance of East Lynne" during the
next three evenings, the contestants being
Sullivan, and james Slattery, hesSy weight
champion of the Pacific coast. The manage.
ment announce that ladies can witness this
athletic display, as there will not be any
thing brutal or indecent to offend the most
fsstidious.
PHO no MoRE.-A circular has been is
sued from the Auditors Office of the G. P.
r. R., dated February 18th, which says
son and after this date Pine station, on the
Sacramento division OF the @. 2. r. R., will
be changed TO Loomis, on account OF stations
with names having o similar sound causing
errors in consignment of freight. etc."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-22

Master Mechanic Gregg, of Wadsworth,
New, has just received from the railroad
shop of this city two steam heaters TO be
used in the new library building. The build
ing is completely finished, and Wadsworth
can now boast Of the finest appointed IL
brary in the State of Nevada.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
An Animated snow-PIough.

Some time ago hunter known as
"Uncle Bob GIddings'' started up
Slate river TO interview den of bears
known to exist on the mountain side
some distance above Cloud City. Just
after passing Cloud he came upon a
trail In the snow which appeared to be
from ten to fifteen feet in depth. The
trail was as wide as though an OK had
been dragged sideways, and the snow
was pressed so hard that a pony could
easily have been driven over 1t. Bob
threw away his snow shoes and followed
this trail, which led along the mountain
side in a nOrtherly direction. Reach
ing the ruins of the bear den he found
nothing but the bones of the bears left.
While he stood in blank amaZement his
eve was directed to the valley beneath,
where he saw huge serpent making
It's way down Slate river until it disap-
peared in a fathomless lake near the
ranch of Frank Nichols, some three
miles from Cloud City. The terror
stricken man, on his return to town,
said that the snake was all of fifty feet
long. Its propelling power seemed to
exist In its tail, which streamed behind
several feet.
There is an old Indian tradition about
this serpent and that an old Indian be-
longing to the Uncompahgre Ute ma
tion, in speaking about this monster
sea serpent, described it as having a
neck ten feet long and as large around as
the body of pony, its head the size of
tepee and eyes like saueers, about
ore yard and half apart. 1t lives in
a subterranean passage, which has an
entrance in an unexplOred part of the
Dark Canyon, on the opposite side of
the range.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02

y police Inspector at Odessa has dis
covered new use for the telephone.
One day policeman brought to the
station Jew, having In his possession
a quantity of silver believed to be stolen.
But as the Jew stoutly declared the
metal to be his own property, the pO-
lice inspector was put In fix, from
which all his crOSS-examinatiOn of the
presumed thief failed to eXtricate him.
At last bright idea struck him. He
went to the telephone in the adjoining
room, ,and, mentioning to the officials at
the police masters office what had hap
pened, instructed them to utter in SOL
emn tones, on a signal being given, the
words, 'ItsnO Smeliansky, it will be
better for thee tO.confeSS that thou hast
robbed somebody, otherwise thy pun
ishment will inevitably more severe"
Afterwards, summOning the Jew into
the room, he pointed to the instrument
on the wall and told him that it really
did not matter whether he dIvulged his
crime or not, as the machine" would
do it for him. At this the Jew laughed
outright, while the inspector placed a
sheet of paper on the table and prepared
TO take down the confession. When
everything was ready, lie told the Jew
to put the tube to his ear and decide
whether he would confess himself or
allow the machine to do it for him.
Then, giving the signal, he returned
TO the table. when a second or two
later he had the satisfaction of seeing
the Jews face turn deadly pale at hear
ing tie solemn advice mysteriously
conveyed to him by the machine, ''and
of noting down directly afterwards a
penitent confession from the thief's
oHn lirs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
In Mexico.

Probably the largest sale of lands
ever made to private purchasers on the
continent was made some time ago by
Mr.. Lawson, of Denver, to a syndicate
of English and Scotch gentlemen. The
price realized was S1,000,000 and the
area of the country sold was larger
than some of the New England States.
The possessions are situated in the
States of chihuahua and Durango, in
the Republic of old Mexico. The
title to the lands purchased and sold by
Col. Lawson was the most ancient of
any upon the American continent.
This was the first transfer that had
been made in two hundIed years.
Longer ago than that the King of Spain
conveyed this tract of country to the
ancestors of Don Antonio Ansunsola.
where it had remained and descended
from generation TO generation until the
present time.
More than 1000 people as tenants,
are living upon this soil and growing
corn and coffee and wheat in the villages
and sheep and cattle in the mountains.
Col. Lawson went down to Mexico two
lcdlS oSO duu DOllucu tuiS oliclIiiu
country, paying a liberal amount of
money for the bond. He then went
over to London and Edinburgh and
formed a syndicate and effected the
sale. The price realized was 81 ,000, 900,
with an additional 81, ,000,C to be yet
invested in cattle, blooded horses and
agricultural implements.
This immense estate consists of two
immense ranches, the property of Don
Antonio Ansunsola, in the States of
Chihuahua and Durango, Mexico. The
property is contiguous, and consists. of
six (6) haciendas and ranches named re-
spectlvely, .San Jose," ''San Ysidro, :"
"Noria," "Cienguilla, % ''Passida" and
"Ygacsios," situated in the southern
part of the State of Chihuahua, ,two-thirds
of their area being in said State and
one-third in Durango.
The area embraced by these properties
IS very large. being about twenty-seyen
Spanish leagues in length by an average
width of nine leagues, or an equivalent
in English measurement of seventy
G0l Y tsssty-three l23l miles, OF
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
a Good story.

One day Bismarck went out snipe
shooting with friend. They had to
traverse a quagmire into which his
companion, a short, stout, ponderous
gentleman, sunk up to his armpits.
After struggling in vain to extricate
himself, he yelled for help to drag him
out of the vile bog hole, the muck Of
which was fast raising to his mouth
and nose. "My beloved FRIEND"
answered Bismarck, with the utmost
calm, 'you will never be able to
scramble out of that hole, and it is
quite impossible to save you. But I'll
tell you what, my boy, I'll spare you a
filthy and protracted death agony by
shooting you through the head" "Are
you beside yourself?" screamed the
other, making frantic efforts to wriggle
out of the swamp. II don't want
either to suffocate or to be shot. !"
Raising his gun to his shoulder, and
taking careful aim. Bismarck replied
in mournful accents, keep still for
one second. 1t will soon be over.
Farewell, dear friend. will tell your
wife of your last moments" Stimu-
lated to superhuman exertiOns by the
danger threatening him. the unlucky
Sportsman contrived to wrench himself
out of the mud and crawl on all fours
to terra firma. As soon as he felt him
self safe, he burst, of course, into
torrent of violent reproaches. Bis
marck, smiling, listened to him a
while, then simply remarking: You
see | was right, every one for himself, !"
turned his back on his infuriated com.
panion and strolled off to look after
more snipe.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
PIeyel was stone-dead, shot through the

IIeNtl WAS SUont-ucdu, oiiot luiOuSu Iu0
brain.
Won Rosenhain remembered with a
shock the striking of his sabre on the
ground, the challenge of the French
soldier, and the bullet fired. That bull
let had struck down the man whom he
hated above all o hers on earth. He
had fallen upon tine stone bench with
out cry, and, supported by the wall of
the house, had sat in CHASTITY silence ever
since.
A successor was needed to ill the
post of the lamented Colonel Won Pleyel,
and to Conrad Won Rosenhain's delight
it was offered to him as reward for
his past bravery. The first person to
whom the young man wrote of his ad-
vancement was the Baron Won Rem
sthal, and the letter contained formal
request for the hand of his daughter
Daphne in marriage. Daphre herself
replied with a happy glowing letter ;
and when the summer came the soldier
lover claimed his bride. Daphne in her
orange-bloSSoms was beautiful as an
angel, " the neighbOrS said.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
An Ancient Trapper.

Up tributary of the Pend d'Oreille
river, on which is situated ThompsOn's
Falls, is a FTenehman named Baptiste
Duchrane. He IS 103 years Of age, and
first saw a railroad car last fall, when a
train crossed the Coriacan defile, over
which is the highest wooden bridge IN
the world. This man has half-blood
daughter at Fort COrville 20 years old,
OF whom he always speaks of as ''my
baby" Duchrane was member of
Col. Ashley's expedition in 1902, and
trapped for the company all that season.
After that he trapped and sold furs to
both the Hudson Bay and American
Fur companies. He ascended the Vel
lowstone river in 1904 and saw the gey-
sers, but. like the other trapperS who
saw portions of the wonderful scenery
of the Park, he was more interested in
furs than scenery, and never told any
capable writer of what he saw.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02

The progress of intelligence has af-
fected coins in these days no less than
books. 1t is only in the very Out-of-the-
way places that coins are to be picked
up for song. The chief hunting
ground, Asia Minor, is well looked
after by the dealers, and the private
collector has, of course, to pay them
their profit. The increasing in value
may he gagged by the following in
stance: \ gold com of Mithridates, the
size of our half sovereign, fetched %
guineas in 1717. In 1917 it came to
the hammer, and was knocked down at
ESQ to a well-knOwn collector. I'm
fortunately for HIM a duplicate soon
afterward appeared in safe and he
had to pay go for that. Later on still
a third turned up, and that fell to his
bid at e100. Yet fourth came to
light in 1910. The owner of the three
bid up to clio, but had to give in to a
bid of el13 from a rival. Fancy his
feellngsl The rare brass medalliOns }
Commodus, intrinsic value 2d. or ) /
fetch up 10 Ie30, and the large pieces Of
Syracuse, the finest coins perhaps that
We know of, regularly run up to $50
and $50. 1t is evident, therefore, that
it is not every one who can indulge the
passion for coin collecting.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
The Mystery of Cayuga Lake.

'If you are ever drowned IN Cayuga
Lake, your friends need not 90 to the
expense or trouble of dragging the lake
for your body, for they'd never find
it."
This was the cheerful remark made
by a resident of Ithaca who has taste
for geological research and who has in
dulged it during the past few years in
investigating the bottom of Cayuga
Lake.
From all l have been able to dis
cover" said he, ''the bottom of Cayuga
Lake is a series of large openings and
cavities, many of them resembling the
craters of extinct volcanoes. Some OF
these are hundred feet in diameter,
and are all surrounded by raised rims,
like the sides of a milk pan. These
craters as l believe they are. lie at diff
ferent depths. or rather, are of different
heights. Their depth | have never
been able to sound, although l have
lowered many hundred feet of plumb
line into them. They are undoubtedly
fathomless, and have become recepta-
cles of the bodies of the hundreds of
persons who are known 10 have been
drowned in the lake during the past
half century, and of the undOubted
thousand of people killed in the fierce
battles that were frequently waged on
the shores of the lake between hostile
tribes of the original people years be
fore the white man appeared on this
continent.
sit was in Cayuga Lake that the
wretch Kulloff lowered the bodies OF
his wife and child, enclosed IN chest,
after he had murdered them, twenty
years ago. The weeks that were spent
in dragging for the chest was time
thrown away, for it had sunk into the
mouth of one of these dead volcanoes,
and, if it is not sinking yet, Is no doubt
floating about in the bottomless depths
where, i'll ages past, fire and smoke and
ashes were the dominant elements"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02

1.610 square miles. The river Florida
flows for a distance of twelve miles
through the ranches of ''Sln Jose"
and "San Ysidro." The plains and
rolling lands are covered with the finest
pastures, consisting principally of
lack gramma grass. These two
ranches have large area OF very fertile
and arabic land, about 1900 acres
under cultivation. The crops consist
principally of Indian coTr, wheat,
barley, Irish and sweet potatoes. These
lands will Craze 100, 900 head of cattle,
or 300. 900 head of sheep. In and TO
the above described six properties the
company purchased two important
ranches, adjacent to each other, the
two different States, known in Spanish
parlance as La Grande de la EStocade,
or La Grande de San Anosse, and a
part of the ancient Hacienda de CanO7.
These last mentioned contain from
$50, 600 to 300, 900 acres and most excel
lent grazing in the greatest abundance.
The grasses on these are black gramma
and bunch. There were also included
in the sale 5000 head of sheep, !, 300
head OF unbrOken horses, 800 head of
saddle horses, eighty well.broken
mules, 300 head of work oxen. 200
hogs, 5000 bushels of corn, 5000
bushels of wheat. 80 acres of seeded
wheat, one-third of which is estimated
at 1000 bushels, furniture, farming
tools, saddles. harness, etc. In the
etc, was a new church just finished.
The preacher was not included Ill the
sale, as no sum could be agreed upon at
present market value of the product.
Reason, market glutted.
The purchasers, syndicate of
English and Scotch gentlemen, G. Mae
pherson Grant, Lord Tweedmouth. ].
Dalz,el and Messrs. Gran, Bruce and
others, the price being 100000 or ST.
000, 900. Col. Lawson, of Denver. is
one of the directors. The company
intend stocking the land with the finest
and best breeds ~ English and Scotch
horses and cattle, and the lands viii be
cultivated by skilled labOrers and with
improved agricultural implements.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
independence.

A bronze tablet has been placed upon
the front of the new Penn National
Bank Building, Market and Seventh
streets, Philadelphia, Pa, bearing the
inscription: ION this site originally
stood the dwelling in which Thomas
jefferson drafted the Declaration OF
Independence, which was adopted by
the Continental Congress in this city.
July 4, 173s. Erected 1175; removed,
1884" The question whether Jeffer-
son drafted the document in the corner
house or in the one adjoining on the
west is still a matter of dispute, but as
the bank building covers both lots, the
accuracy of the inscription on the
tablet is not disputed,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02
apREAM OF THE SEA.
I saw the sea in a dream

Tsaw the sea In dream
Such a great, wide, desolate sea
Rooted BY dome of blank dead sky,
walled by blank cliffs that lowered as high
With seabirds, like phantoms, lowering by
heard its terrible voice
Asit spread Its long white arms,
Catching and clutching at the shore,
And falling backwards eyermore
With a hollow moan and an angry roar.
Slowly, slowly II crept
To NV feet with a cruel smile;
The seabirds Knocked and shrieked at me
WHITTIER, oh, whittier could flee
From the icy clasp of that awful sea
Hooked on the stony cliff,
And then TO pItiless sky;
There was ne help, no succour-none!
Never before had guessed or known
The meaning Of that dread word Alone
No blessed human sound,
No faintest glimpse of Gods sun!
Is il the night, or is It day?
I could not move, nor think, nor pray,
But stared at Death, on the waters gray
Coming stealthily near,
Till his dank breath was on my face;
And far away a lurid glow
like lightning glimmeTed 70 and fro
The gates of Hell swung open slow'
O terrible realm of Death
O vision wild of Despair!
Not. save in dreamland, can there be,
Neither in time nor eternity,
Such a dismal shore-such a fearful sea!
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-07-02

A curious tree, or rather two trees
grown together at the base and separst-
ed twelve feet from the ground, is seen
a short distance from the trail leading
from the Sierra Valley to Weber Lake,
Cal. One of these trees is a spruce and
the other cedar. They are firmly
united, and the diameter at the point
of junction is nearly four feet. 1t is
said that at distance CT quarter of q
a.ile, standing out in bold relief, the
letters "A. f - in Gothic form, con-
nected by character resembling an
~ may be seen. Upon closer in
spection no trace can be found OF the
letters.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-01-16

THE OLD TESTAMENT STUDENT for Jan
uary has the following table Of con.
tents:
The Chronology of the Period Of the Judges
by Prof Willis ] Beecher, d. D.
Some Features Of Messianic Prophecy Illus
trated by the Book Of JOEL H., by Prof Ed
ward l.. Curtis.
The Law Of Release as Understood and Prac-
tised in the Apostolic Age, by Rabbi B. Felsen-
thai
A Paraphrase Of the Ninetieth Psalm, by
Prot o S Stearns, d. d.
Critical Notes On the Study Of The Old Tes-
tament-The Remission Of Debts-The Bible
General Notes Jothams Fable Characters.
tics Of the Chokma-The Sources Of the Chroni-
cler-The Historical andpoint-Jesus and No
saisu.
Editorial Notes Commentaries--In Refer
ence to the Higher Criticism.
Book Notices Egypt Under the Pharaobs-
History Of the Sabbath-The Talmud Again
The Revision Of Luther's Bible-Hsbrew Rid
dles-The Midrasch Of Deuteronomy
Semitic and ord Testament BibhoHaphy.
Published by the American Publication Soci.
ETY. Of Hebrew, Chicago, I'll.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1884-01-16

follow certain conclusions that need
careful consideration
1st. The failure of our Church to
work as efficiently as others in the
great business of saving sinners does
not proceed from the difference in the
creeds of the churches, or the doctrines
preached in the pulpits. In every hun
dred sermons preached in Methodist
and Presbyterian pulpits, ninety-nine
would be unobjectionable to either
party. Calvinistic and Arminian Meth
odism wrought hand in hand in one of
the greatest revivals in the worlds
history, and were equally successful,
and would always be, because the great
saving doctrines are preached by both.
End. There is no feature in the or
ganization of the Presbyterian Church
to prevent its expansion, or to make it
less powerful in reaching the masses,
than any other. 1t has in its very form
of organization every element of ag-
gressiveness that gave such immense
power to Methodism, and in addition a
conservative strength in the perma-
nency of its eldership, that is wanting
in the other.
3rd. What is needed. then, is the de-
velopment of our strength, and bring
ing into use those elements of aggres-
siveness that we possess in as large or
larger measure than any other organ
lied Church We need to adapt the
working of our machinery to the cir
cumstances of the country and the
times. Instead of clinging to the stated
methods Of Scotland--methods that
grew up under an Established Church,
and in a homogenus population-we
must adapt our work to free Church,
where all stand on like footing, and to
a widely diversified population, and to
a country where nothing is fixed, but
the whole population more or less mi
gratory. We need a system that will
gather up the fragments of our older
churches that are scattered in the new
and sparse settlements of the West
We need more fexibility in the meth
DDS of preparing ministers, that all may
not be required to conform to one rigid
standard in literary qualification. We
need a modification of our whole sys-
tenn of training that will bring our can
didates into closer sympathy with the
thoughts and feelings Of all classes of
people. And most of all, we need a
fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit, that
we may go forth everywhere preaching
the gospel. ID. G. l.
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