The morning call., 1894-12-23

navigation may not be Interrupted IN WINTER
OF the 1000 miles which the railroad VIII
cover when completed 1000 miles were Dullt
some years ago. aud the remaining 5000 miles
Will be In five sections, connected by water.
Inc gentlemen will probably remain III CaiiIor-
mia for several weeks
several years ago ! read an account OF
wonderful musical mountain in Nevada" SAID
II. o. Boyd. former attorney OF the Govern
ment Geological Survey. at the Palace yesler-
day. "Ihe story was TO the effect that TINS
melodious mountain had been discovered DS
party OF prospectOrs In 1868, and that every
evening when the air was calm the mountain
gave forth some wonderfully melodious strains.
Inc writer gave a fascinating description OF
tne Impressions made upon listener by these
weird sounds, and l never forgot the clrcum'
stance. Several months ago [ happened TO be
In ITuckee with couple OF weeks spare time
gu my hands, and 1 resolved TO look I'D the
musical effort OF nature The mountain Is SIT
uated on pyramid Lake. on the Iruckee River
IN locality that has been prosDected only
sufficiently to demonstrate its worthlessness.
Accompanied by guide l made the trip, and
a more dlsgusted man never came back from
that once famous field for the gold hunters.
Inc muslcal mountain Is deluslon ana
snare. The sounds heard are produced by the
action of the wind and the falling waters OF
spring that sheds its volume down the steep
SIDES. ones imagination must be quite VIVID
TO discover anything approaching melody IN
the sounds produced. In the hills of Pennsyl-
vania, about Altoona, on any still night one can
hear similar sounds which are much more pro-
nounced and far more musical"
Lieutenant c. A. auckland and Chief Engi-
neer M. Hines OF the English navy, were pas.
srngers on the steamer yesterday from Samoa.
h0f 70 no a n
Australian feet and are now en- route home.
Lieutenant Buckland says he attended the
funeral OF Robert Louis Stevenson aud that it
was remarkably impressive ceremony. Mr.
Stevenson was waited upon in his last illness
by the surgeon Of the vessel TO which the
lieutenant was attached. Samoa, according TO
Lieutenant bucklands story, is not land OF
remarkable purity in its affairs There is more
liquor consumed there he says, In proportion
TO the white population than in any other spot
on the habitable globe. And then, as to the
character OF the white residents, the officer
named says that II dozen honest men were to
leave the island there would not be corporaPs
guard OF that class OF citizens left This re-
mark, OF course, did not refer 10 the representa-.
tlVes OF the various Governments there. The
traders. he says. are an inferior lot OF fellows
who sell cheap trinkets and poor whisky. If
the warships were removed the reign of the
present rulers would be but short-lived, the
gentleman thinks.
"People may say what they please about the
money to be made in fruit-growlng in Califor
MA" said A. L. Sherwood, who owns an or.
chard near Los Angeles, in conversation yes
terday; "but am convinced that more money
can be made In number OF other directions by
farmers-at least while the present transporta.
lion dlmcultes remain. 1 have been looking
into the culture OF nuts to some extent and
nave about made up my mind 10 give that
branch OF agriculture a trial. There is one
thing about nuts that strikes my fancy, and
that is that you don't have to hurry in either
picking them or in getting them TO market.
linen again you never, or seldom ever, hear of
an oyerproducton so you are assured of
market for your crop. This country is supplied
largely with nuts from abroad, aud still there is
no reason why this should be so. California Is
adapted TO produce enough nuts to supply all
of the United States and l am satisfied that
you Will see many farmers OF the State embark
In the business within the next year or two
The State Board OF Trade. understand. has
been making some Investigations in this field
with view of making the result public"