Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-26

SAA@S organize more into granges, compare notes as to their knowledge and experience and do away as soon possible with the "hireling colored man."
 Perhaps the largest prune orchard in the world is situated one mile south from Sarato- ga, California, and contains sixteen thou sand trees. It was recently sold for $72, ,000 It is situated on a gentle slope from the foot of the mountain to the Los Gatos road and can be taken in at glance. Near by is the famous Rice orchard, containing fruit and nut trees of almost every known variety; a1- So the O'Banion & Kent orchard of eighty acres, for which $11O,0OO advance has been offered and refused
 E Of the fourteen thousand persons who form the civil service army in Washington almost third are women. They are in most of the departments, and predominats in the bureau of engraving and printing, and in the treasurer's office, while the war and navy de- partments have almost none. It was for long time thought that woman was not fit for service in the state department, which is supposed to be the receptacle for secret mat
 
 now worn away, and about dozen women are employed in that department In the postofice department the services of women are specially prized, and their intelligence and expertness in the dead letter office in de- ciphering and forwarding the work of stupid and ignorant writers leads the officials to say that without women the department could hardly be carried on. Hurrah for woman!
 According to the returns prepared by the French Ministry of Agriculture the law which has been passed within the last two years with regard to the destruction of wolves has had the effect of increasing the vigilance of the officials appointed for that purpose, as well as of private individuals A sum of $40 is now paid for every wolf which has attacked human being, and nine were killed last year in three of the central depart ments of France. A reward of $50 is given for every she-wof with young, and thirty two of them were killed last year. A sum of $2O is given for every other wolf killed, and TIA were killed, this being exclusive of 493 cubs, for each of which reward of $8 is given. AL together, 1,5OS were destroyed last year, at cost to the government of $20, 750 in fees alone. The greatest number of wolves were killed in the northern and eastern depart ments bordering upon Belgium and Ger many.
 The committee appointed by the French government at M Pasteur's request to verify his experiments in the treatment of hydro phobia has just presented it's first report M. Bouley is President, his colleagues being NM. Beclard, Paul Bert, Tisserand, Villemin, and Vulpian. The committee states that M. Pasteur's experiments have been entirely borne out. Inoculation with the ,attenuated virus of hydrophobia gives a dog immunity from the disease All the twenty three dogs submitted by M. Pasteur as having been thus inoculated have resisted the strongest virus of inoculation, whereas the majority of the nineteen non-inoculated dogs have succumb- ed. Of the latter, six were bitten by mad dogs, three of them becoming mad, eight were subjected to intravenous inoculation, all becoming mad, and five to inoeulation by trepanning, all becoming mad. The result is decisive; but the committee will now inoc- tuiate large number of fresh dogs, and will compare these with an equal number of dogs not inoculated. It will likewise investigate the question whether after dog has been bitten inoculation with the attenuated virus will prevent any consequence from the bite.
 The New York Times speaks true words about the German festivals when it says: The assemblages are always orderly, the par ticipants in the festivities are are law abiding and inclined to jollity, and all who attend seek to have simply as much fun as possible. Men go to the resorts with their wives and children usually early in the day and pass the hours until nightfall, and even beyond, in the pursuit of sober, decorous mirth. The good humor which prevails would be re- markab1e were it not so common. The fes- tivals are democratic to the last degree. All are on an equality, and there is distinction of wealth or caste. The recurrence of these festivals has taught Americans much in the way of sensible merrymaking, for there is no people under the sun which manages to have more enjoyment amid the cares of life than these self-same Germans They pursue pleasure in such a whole-souled, honest, sturdy way that they could not help making converts among those who have witnessed their festivals. And the music and song with which they beguile their hours of leis- ure and of play have made their influence felt widely and sensibly.