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Year: 1873

DELAYS OF LEGISLATION "A rule for
both branches Of the Legislature should
be adopted, requiring committees to re-
port back all bills referred to them with
in reasonsb ble time, say ten days, from
the time Of reference. This would effect
ually put stop to the practice of smoth-
ering bills in committees, and not bring
ing them forward until such time as will
be too late for legislative action thereon.
The present practice is to daily with mea-
sures of importance until the two or three
last weeks and then they are rush
cd in and crowded on the files, and in
many cases are passed without being
read except by title, their contents being
unknown, except to their authors. In
this way many bills are got through,
which have only the check of the Execu-
tive veto to fear, in preventing the enact
ing of laws of often more than doubtful
policy. The passage of such a large
number of bills in the last few days of the
session, leaves the Governor little time to
give to each the rigid examination that it
should have. Some action of the kind
VIC have indicated should be taken, to
take the weight Of responsibility off the
shoulders of the Executive, and place il
where it properly belongs, on the law
making power.
Year: 1873

OWING TO THE DELAYS that have
" attended the printing and distribution
of the Reports Of The Commissioners on
MininG SATISFIES, these carefully pre-
pared and otherwise useful publications,
have failed to keep the world duly posted
in regard to the condition and progress OF
mining affairs on the Pacific Coast, the
information conveyed through this me-
dium being already many months old by
the time it reaches the eye of the general
public. With view to furnishing fresh
intelligence on mining topics, and bring
ing the history of this great industry down
to the most recent date, the undersigned
will, on or about the first of February
next, issue large octave volume, de-
voted to consideration Of mining mat
teIs, as they exist at the present time, in
the States of California and Nevada. In
the fulfllment of this purpose the author
will at once visit every important district
and locality in these States that has not
already been lately examined or heard
from through reliable channels, to the
end that the information embodied in this
volume may be recent and authentic.
The great aim will be to fill the book with
live practical matter; wherefore, only
such properties as have been brought to a
productive condition, or as have, through
developments made, established for them
selves good degree Of actual or pros
pective merit will receive attention nor
will any notice be bestowed on processes
or appliances other than such as have met
with approval after extended working
tests.


This work will be printed on the best
quality of paper, and be elegantly and
substantially bound, the design being to
impart to it such mechanical excellence
as will reflect credit upon the book-mak-
ing art in California.


HENRY'DEGROOT.


SAN Francisco, Nov, 1873,
Year: 1873

No FENoE.-Thc Fresno, Kern and
TLlare delegations to the Legislature were
elected as Independents upon the issue Of
Fence or No-Fence, the latter issue be-
ing triumphant. In the counties named
timber for fencing is not to be obtained,
whilo the soil is well fitted for agricultural
pursuits. A no-fence law to apply to the
counties named, and TO others similarly
situated, would seem to be desirable, and
a measure to that end will undoubtedly
be passed at the present session, But a
general law of that character will be pro-
ductive of more harm than good, nor do
we think it one desired by the people Of
the State generally.
Year: 1873

Mr.. Abbott stated to q meeting in
Boston that he appeared in the capacity
of farmer, and to represent the evils
under which this class had long suffer
ed, and which it was the purpose of the
organization he represented to remove.
He had established these subordinate
oranges in Western Massachusetts, and
hoped to organize a grange in Boston.
He would welcome to the order not
only farmers, but those in sympathy
with the effort to properly regulate the
great transportation questions now fire.
quently agitating the public mind. AT
the conclusion of these remarks the
meeting was closed, the speaker invi-
ting those interested in forming q
grange to retire into the ante-room to
consult with him.
Year: 1873

1t is remarkably easy to puzzle people
if you show by your words OF manner
that you expect them to be puzzled.
We once propounded the following to
company of gentlemen A owes B $500,
and admits the debt. AS father dies
intestate, and BIS father takes the bene-
fit of the bankrupt act. Does this dis
charge AS obligation to B? After no
little consideration of the problem,
several of the company decided that it
did It seemed to the friend with
whom we were arguing perfectly easy
for any intelligent person to throw out
all the latter items of the statement as
having no possible connection with the
first but the test established the point
for which we were contending, that this
could only be done by q mental effort to
which some men were not equal at the
moment the question was asked. If we
had not witnessed such exhibitions, we
should suppose that question proposed
by our friend at Morris, New York, was
designed as quiz. He supposes the
case of q hunter pursuing q squirrel,
which lodges around tree. and as the
man with the gun follows around to get
shot, the nimble game he is seeking
keeps always exactly on the opposite
side of the trunk. Now comes the all
important query Has the gunner, hav-
ing thus gone around the tree, also gone
around the squirrel? The town from
which the question comes seems to have
been divided as to the true answer.
Year: 1873

I have learned the secret of how the
high ruffs are kept up, says Watering
place correspondent. There is q wire
to sustain their altitude. These ruffs
are now made of silk lined with con-
trasting color, very high and full.
They can be worn with any dress that
the colors suit, just as neckties have
been worn. There are cuffs to match.
Some dresses that are made with the
rolling collar have the collar standing
up at the back, just as gentlemen turn
the collars of their coats up when they
go out in snow-storm. [ saw deli
cate blue silk made this way, and the
front of the dress was open over a low
neck white silk vest. Valenciennes
lace was worn as tucker with this
vest. One lady's ruff remains pro-
found mystery as to how she gets in it,
for it opens nowhere. Her chin nestles
in it, as it comes quite up to her lips
without any droop, and neither back nor
sides give any evidence that it is fast
ened there. She certainly cannot get it
over her head. If I ever find out how
she does it, 1 will inform your readers.
Cor. Louisville Journal.
Year: 1873

In THE WArER-It is important for
every one who ever ventures into or up
on the water, to remember that when a
person falls into deep water he will rise
to the surface, and continue there, if he
does not elevate his hands. If he moves
his hands under water, in any way he
pleases, his head will rise so high as to
give him free liberty to breathe; and if
he will use his legs as in the act tofwalk-
ing upstairs, his shoulders will rise
above the water, so that he may use the
less exertion with his hands, or apply
them to other purposes. Those who
have never learned to swim should bear
in mind these simple directions,
Year: 1873

ner now; purely as the newly-fallcn
snow that covered it, whose day on
earth had been as feeting. Under that
porch where she had sat when heaven
in its mercy brought her to that pea =
full spot, she passed again, and the old
church received her in its quiet shade.


They carried her to one old monk
where she had many and many time
sat musing, and laid their burden softly
on the pavement The light streamed
on it through the colored Window
window where the boughs of the trees
were ever rustling in the summer, and
where the birds sang sweetly all day
long. With every breath of air that
stirred among those branches in the
sunshine, some trembling, changing
light would fall upon her grave.


Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to
dust. Many young hand dropped its
little wreath; many stiaed sob was
heard, some-and they were not few
knelt down. All were sincere and
truthful in their sorrow.


The service done, the mourners stood
apart and the villagers closed round to
look into the grave before the pavement
stone should be replaced. One called
to mind how he had seen her sitting on
that very spot, and how her book had
fallen on her lap, and she was gazing
with a pensive face upon the sky. An
other told how he had wondered much
that one so delicate as she could be SO
bold; how she had never feared to enter
the church alone at night but had loved
to linger there when all was quiet, and
even to climb the tower stair, with no
more light than the moons rays steal
ing through the loopholes in the thick
old wall.


A whisper went about among the old
est there that she had seen and talked
with angels and when they called to
mind how she had looked and spoken, and
her early death, some thought it. might
be so indeed. Thus coming to the grave
in little knots and glancing down, and
giving place to others, and falling off
in whispering groups of three or four,
the church was cleared in time of all
but the sexton and mourning friends.


They saw the vault covered and the
stone fixed down. Then when the dusk
of evening had come on, and not
sound disturbed the stiffness of the
place-when the bright moon poured
in her light on tomb and monument,
on pillar, vale and arch, and most of
all Git seemed to them) upon her quiet
grave-in that calm time, when all out
ward things and inward thoughts TEEN
with assurance of immortality, and
worldly hopes and fears are humbled
in the dust before them-then, with
humble and submissive hearts they
turned away, and left the child with
God.


O! 1t is hard to take to heart the
lesson that such deaths will teach but
let no man reject it, for it is one that
all must learn, and is mighty, uni
versal truth. When death strikes down
the innocent and young, for every fra
gile form from which he let's the pant
ing spirit free, hundred virtues rise,
in shapes of mercy, charity, and love,
to walk the earth and bless it with their
light. Of every tear that sorrowing
mortals shed on such green graves,
some good is born, some gentler nature
comes. In the dcstroyer's steps there
spring up bright creations that defy
his power, and his dark path becomes a
way of light to heaven.-Old Curiosity
fh0p.
Year: 1873

Uusophisticated persons who banker
after chances to get rich on $400 capital,


may learn lesson from the experience
of Brooklynite who saved up that sum
by dint of hard work and economy dur
ing an indefinite period, and then paid
it over to q New York advertiser of
"business opportunities, who guaran-
teed half interest in profitable busi-
ness. The trouble was, the business
was profitable only for the advertiser,
who took the entire $400and didn't give
his victim even q half interest.
Year: 1873

The oyster when spawning does not
cast its eggs like other fish, but dis
solves, as it were, part of it's own
body, which passes off in long, slender
threads, as fine as a spiders web, upon
which are congregated millions of little
eggs, not visible to The naked eye, but
which, when put under powerful
magnifying-glass astonish the beholder
by their number. It is estimated that
about seventy per cent. of the spawn is
destroyed by fish, and about ten per cent
from other causes, leaving twenty per
cent. to find their way into market.


These little "seed" cling to whatever
they touch, generally old oysters and
the many little shells one often sees
clinging to large oysters are but the
growth of these seed. When oysters
have spawned in clear place, and free
from their fish enemies, their growth is
very rapid until they attain the size of
quarter of dollar and it is at this
period of their existence that the oyster
men take them for transplanting.


The shells are very thin, and the in
side meat scarcely larger than a shirt
button, and having the rest of the shell
filed with milky fluid, which in time
forms the body of the fish. Oysters,
after they are transplanted, are, with
few exceptions, not fit to eat under
three years. 1t might besupposed that
the oyster, with its hard shell, was free
from all danger, but such is not the
case. He has two deadly enemies
the star fish and the borer. Theformer
will fasten on the mouth. of an oyster,
and in short time suck the life out of
him. The latter, with his little saw
and gimlet bill, bores through his shell,
and, once through, the oyster is soon
DESTROYED
Year: 1873

ALL articles we think that are packed
and sold Full Weight should have the
patronage of consumers, also of dealers.
We are glad to notice in the article of
SOAP that PROCTER & CANDLES EXTRA
OLIVE SOAP is always packed actual
weight.
Year: 1873

10 MAKE TOMATO FIGs.-Pour boil
ing water over the tomatoes in order 70
remove the skins then weigh them
and place them in stone Jar. with as
much sugar as you have tomatoes, and
let them stand two days then pour off
the syrup and boil and skim it until no
scum rises. Then pour it over the to-
matOes, and let them stand two davs.
as before. then boil and skim again.
After third time they are fit to drv. if
the weather is good; if not, let them
stand In the syrup until drying weather.
Then place on large earthen plates or
dishes, and put them in the sun to dry.
which will take about week, after
which pack them down in small wooden
boxes, with fine white sugar between
each layer. Tomatoes prepared in this
manner will keep for years.
Year: 1873

Do rot Try too hard to be polite. Never
oyervhelm Jour friends by begging them
70 make themselves at home or they will
soon wish they we're there. Show by your
actions rather than your words that you
are glad to see them. Have enough regard
for yourself TO treat your greatest enemy
with quiet politcness. All petty sights
are merely meanness, and hurt yourself
more than any one else.


Do not talk about yourself or your FAM
lily TO the exclusion Of other topics, what
if you are clever, and little more 50 than
other people. il may not be that other folks
vii: think 50 whatever they ought to do.


II may be interesting to youtO talk over
your ailments, but very tiresOme for 9TH
crs to lls,en TO.


Make people think you consider them
plcaEpt aud agreeable and they will be
pretty apt to have pleasant impression
Of yourself.


Treat people Just as you would ike to
have them treat you.


1t Is much easier 10 lose the good
opinion Of people than 10 retain il; and
when any one does not care for tho good
opinion Of others, be or she is not worthy
Of respect.


Do not cxcase your house. furniture, or
The table you set before your guests. II
is fair to suppose their visits are to you,
not 10 your surroundings.


The whole machinery Of social inter.
course Is very intricate. aud II is our bus
ines to keep all places Of possible friction
well supplied with the oil Of politouess.
Year: 1873

but was partly covered by piece Of
an old horse blanket. Officer Crotzen-
berg, who informed US of the discovery,
thinks her throat was cut, but of this
he is not positive. Justice Prichard
has summoned jury to view .he re-
mains and an inquest will be held this
afternoon.


The Wisconsin, special says that at
the inquest DR.. Palmer testified


There were two wounds, evidently
made with knife, one between the
third and fourth ribs on the left side,
partly cutting the rib the other in
the right groin. The Doctor thought,
from the advanced stage of decomposi-
tion of the upper part of the body,
from the presence of quantities of Gifted
blood, and from the fact that there was
little or no blood left in the lower ex-
tremities of the body, that the throat
had been cut and death had ensued
from that cause.


jeremiah Dayton, farmer living
near the house occupied by the negroes,
testified that he knew the woman in
New York number Of years ago, and
had known her since in this state. She
formerly lived with him as his wife,
He identified the clothing found with
the remains as belonging to Rachel
Thomas, also identified the body as
hers by the teeth and the shape of
her feet. Witness while passing the
house on the night of the June 18th,
heard high words passing inside and
heard the woman say,"I will go to
GAINESVILLE tomorrow and have you ar
rested, if | have to 90 on my hands
and knees, and heard Simpson Walk
er reply, God damn you, You will
never live to get to Janesville" Sever
al neighbors testified to hearing the
quarrel on Sunday night, June 18th,
and to the fact that the negroes
frequently ill-treated the woman. One
neighbor testified that Miss Thomas
came to her house about three weeks
ago and stayed with her a week on ac-
count of harsh treatment on part of the
negroes Size also identified the cloth
ing found on the body as being the
same worn by Miss Thomas while at
her house. The jury is now out. The
negroes have not been examined.
Year: 1873

So-Called spiritual phenomena
are undergoing tacit attack in London
in the performance of a certain Herr
Dobler. This person does exactly the
very same things which the Davenport
Brothers did, but without claiming the
assistance Of any supernatural agency.
His audience sits in darkness for about
two minutes while he binds himself
hand and foot to chair. The rope is
then examined, and appears quite fast,
the knot being between his hands and
seemingly so tight as to render it i'm
possible to withdraw them. The light
is again extinguished, he is guarded
upon the platform by two well-known
members of the audience, and suddenly
a tambourine flies about the room, and
a bell is rung. Other things Herr
Dobler does which show that with hands
and legs tightly tied he can do more
than most people can accomplish with
hands at liberty. He borrows coat
from spectator, puts it beside him on
the table, the light goes out, is instant
ly rekindled, find the coat is ON his
back, his hands tied as before in an
other dark moment it is off and thrown
to the lender. The lights are extin-
guished upon his hand filled With flour,
and in two minutes they are found un-
tied with the -four still remaining in
them. He acknowledges that this is
all mere slight of hand.
Year: 1873

Struck by the intelligent face and the gene
rally clean and wholesome appearance of lit
tie fellow belonging to the bOot-black brig
ade, gentleman the other day interview
ed' the youngster. The lad replied intelli-
gently and promptly. He is eleven years old
he earns from dollar to dollar and half a
day, and he takes his money home to his
mother, who uses it in the family. His father
is dead. He goes to school in the evening, and
on Sundays to church and Sunday school. OF
the truth of his statement there seems to be
no doubt. 1t is unfortunately the fact that
this is an exceptional case, though the exiS-
tence of even this one is worthy of mention as
showing what might be the case of many 9th
ers. Any boy of decent manners and respect
full address can, in fair "place of business, -
earn from eighty cents to dollar; and that,
for pOlisher of boots, is good wages. Ii he
has home or a good mother, an honest, in
dustrious boot black may lay the foundation oil
a competence with no other capital to star
with than his box, his backing and his brush
cs. If he has no home there are charitable
agencies and individuals who will advise anC
direct him.


The bad influences and temptations with
which street lads are surrounded are the wOrs
disadvantage with which they have to contend
Their inducements to do wrong come, it is pain





their own class as from idlers, who pursue NJ
semblance Of an industrious calling-unless va
grancy or begging be considered an avocation
There are many young beggars On the stree
whose whole story is lie; who are not sen
out by their parents, but merely neglected b.
them and who pursue vagabondage as means
of procuring money for useless, vicious ant
wasteful purposes. Even among the boys ant
| girls who are sent out from their homes,
such places as they stay in can be called homes
to beg, honesty appears to be the exception
and dishonesty tho rule. But part of wha
they beg or steal is carried home; the rest
squandered in methods which would make tn
charitable givers stare, if they could but knoN
what became Of their gifts.


OF course, even among juvenile beggers
there must be some worthy persons But thes
court rather than avoid investigation and in
quiry. True charity will take time to look int
such cases, and true prudence will be veT
chary of gifts of money, especially to children
The newsboy and the boot polisher earn thei
money, and it is quite within probabilities tina
good citizens may be recruited from thel
ranks. The little fellow whose story suggeste
these remarks is case in point. Nc dOub
there are many lads among our small stree
operators who deserve all they receive, an
make as good use of it as people whose bus
ness lies in heavier transactions. The Observ;
ton, encouragement and elevation of thes
? lads offers good mission field" Many ph
lanthropic people are engaged in it, but thel
is room for many more; an opening for " goo
works" Of most useful character. Ledger.
Year: 1873

BUTTER WITHOUT MILK.-The latest achieve
ment OF practical science is the making of but
ter without milk. A company with a capital
OF hive hundred thousand dollars-to be called
the Olesmargarine Manufacturing Company
has established in Philadel phia for the manu-
1acture OF the new product. The process is
thus described: The new butter is made from
the same n'dtcf0t as ordinary butter, but this
material Is obtained by much more simple
and natural process than that of milking tho
COWS, &c. In ordinary butter it is not the
cream that Is made into butter, but the oil in
the cream. The butter when made is COM
posed OF oil, mixed with sour milk or butter
mix. Ii the butter is warmed up to a certain
point you have nothing but oil. Now, this oil
was secreted land went into the milk from the
fatty tissues of the COW. 1t is a roundabout
Way-and not always very cleanly-to obtain
butter Now the new process of making but
ter Is to go to the original source of the oil,
namely, to the fatty tissues of the animal
Ellled-cow, steer, etc,,-is taken and ground
into line pulp. 1t is then warmed up to
about ~ degrees Fahrenheit, when it is en-
veloped In linen cloths and the oil pressed out,
large iron presses being used for the purpose.
This oil is then cooled down to about 60 de-
grees, and placed in an ordinary churn, adding
the same quantity of water or milk-though I
believe they now use sour milk in preference
ana q little anato, vegetable preparation used
to color cheese, when the churning commen-
ces. In four minutes the operation ceases, and
a splendid article of butter is turned out. The
water or milk is then worked out" as the
ordinary butter-milk, and an ounce of salt to
the pound added; The company are now turn
ing out about thousand pounds per day, and
1t is estimated that when the additional ma
chinery is introduced they will turn out ten
thousand pounds daily. All they can make
now is taken by few leading hotels and res
taurants.