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THE DAILY RECORD-UNION. \ AGRICULTURAL NOTES. PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR THE FARMER AND THE ORCHARDI3T. [This Department is prepared for the Sackamixto iiiooßD-UMON by its Agricultural Editor. All matter relating to the agricultural interest will be f jund under this head.l THE HAY CROP. We have heard it suggested by some that the hay crop of 1880 in California was likely to be short, and that consequently hay would probably be dear the next winter. The rea son for this opinion as given is that the hay crop along the rivers, especially the alfalfa crop, will be very short on account of the high water, which will kill off the alfalfa and remain on the land so late as to prevent the growth of natural grasses. There is no doubt that the crop of alfalfa will be curtailed to some considerable extent in consequence of high water ; but while this will be true it is also true that the season is very favorable for good crops of hay of all kinds iii all other sections of the State. We believe hay will be as plenty this year as any year within the past ten, aud will be aa cheap. Vet we would advise all who have hay of any kind, or straw, to cut and save it. We would give this advice at all times and under all circum stances. There is nothing gained by wasting anything that grows on a farm. Let everything be taken care of, aud laid by for the time of need. It would be a pood stroke of economy for every farmer who has stock, to calculate to keep over each year one-fourth as much hay as he feeds. Then in case ot an unexpected long and cold winter, such as the past has been, the intended surplus would come in play. The past winter has been an usually long and tedious one, and very few farmers will have any liay left over. Such we know to be particularly the case with the river farmers. And when the April raius and high waters came and covered up their grow ing crops of alfalfa, they had nothing to feed. The result has been in many instances that they have been compelled to remove their stock at great expense and loss. Had they kept a surplus, as we suggest, this loss and extra expense would have been avoided. SOILING COWS. In many portions of the Atlantic States, especially in New England, tiie practice of ■oiling milch cows Las been in vogue for some jean, and the opinion h:.s become quite prev alent that in the practice there is a great saving. In this State the practice has not been introduced to any extent, and there is but an indifferent opinion on the subject. However, we know a few dairy farmers on the Sacramento river who experimented with mowing and feeding alfalfa in a green state to their milch cows last season, and that these same farmers, without an exception, intend to pur.-ue the same practice this season. This is certainly indication of the fact that they found an account in favor of economy in it. We have conversed with some of these men, and they all say they can save from twenty to thirty per cent, by the soiling practice. They say that while there is more labor connected with it, that it takes but little if any more than half the laud to keep a given number of cows in good condition that is required by the old plan of pasturing. Thecowsby runningover the growing clover tread it down and retard it I gri wth very iMk.li. That they leave very much of it that they will not eat at all — for instance, whenevt.r their own manure has been dropped or their own uiine has covered the ground, These bunches under pristine are lost, but if the grass is cut and fed then it is deprived of any offensive smell and is all eaten. Then, also, clover that has a considerable growth throws out numerous branches from each stem, and that ea^h one of these numerous branches grows a3 fast as a tingle stem when small and short, and, therefore, the actual prodi'ctijn is several fold greater by the soiling system than by the pasture system. Our own personal ex perience of last season fully confirms these ¥iews, and we are free to say that we are fully wedded to the soiliug system with alf ilfa. We cut from alfalfa meadow last seas m four crops before the middle of Au gust, and then had good pasture on the same till the luiJdle of November. We think the gain by the soiling system was at least thirty per cent. FARMERS IN THE LEGISLATURE. The Grangers throughout 1 he United States have been complaining that they have not had a proportionate representation in the legislative halls of the States or nation, and we are sura that as a result of the Grange organization they have considerably in creased their representation. Whether this increase has resulted in any real benefit to the agricultural industries is not so easily an swered. The average farmer has not been schooled for a legislator. ; His mind has not been accustomed to grasp a great variety of ] subjects and to generalize upon them, lie has, as a rule, confined bis thought too closely to hi* own limited sphere of action [ and is not versed in the framing of laws or the adaptation of them to the wants of his own or other classes of society. He has through life made it a practice, whenever he wanted any legal information on any question in which he was u-terested, to go to a lawyer for that information. Whenever he had any dispute a3 to his legal rights or as to the rights of his property, . he has applied to a lawyer for advice. Whenever be has sold a farm or bought one he has repaired to a lawyer's office ,to have the deed drawn, ami whenever be has made a contract involving any great responsibility or property of value his lawyer has been con- | sulted. Thus he has never cultivated that J ■elf-reliance, that self-knowledge, that gen- ' eral information of men and ailaiis or the ! practical transaction of business necessary to I make a good legislator. Farmers as a rule | have not been properly educated — not properly educated ] themselves — to enable them to do such work even for themselves, and of course when they find themselves in the Legislature, where they are expected to j perform all kinds of work for others, they are not at home, they are out of their sphere, and they are more or less failures. We heard a Granger lamenting this state of things a few days since, lie seemed to have been led to a I full comprehension of the situation by the course pursued and the results consequent upon the actions of his brother Grangers in the last session of the . Legislature " of our own State. He remarked that he kad for some years past been i insisting upon a fuller representation from the fanning classes in our Legislatures, to the end that the situation of ; the farmer in his business and social relations might be im proved, ; that ' the grain * rings, sach rings, middle-men, commission men, store-house men, money-loaners and sharpers generally might [be \ surrounded by legal checks and regulations and the farmers' rights and profits more fully protected. "-.•• But,"said he, "I have •hanged my mind, and 1 believe I have voted for the 'as t Granger for any legislative posi , tion — they are the least practical men in the ..Legislature. They accomplish no good for themselves and prevent none of ; the schemes 'f, ad jobe put ip by ether* Not that their intentions are not good, not that they do not try to deserve well of their farmer constituents aud all other class es, but that practically they do nothing, accomplish nothing. They come up to the Capital determined to practice econ omy and reduce taxation, and they regard every law that contemplates the expenditure of mor.ey as bad as a scheme to rob the peo ple, and they combine and vote against if. But the representatives of other classes bring in their little bills, and in order to pass them through they find it necessary to show a com promising Rpirit — a disposition to help each other — and so, by combiuing, their big and little jobs all pass, notwithstanding the op position of the Granger element. So things go on, and it is soon understood that the Grangers' votes are not needed to carry any measure, and that their votes can not defeat any measure upon which any considerable number of other classes combine. But by and by gome more enlightened and more practical farmer conceives some plan by which the agricultural interests of tl.e State can be generally benefited, by which new and better paying industries may be introduced, by which belter stock may be bred, or better seed wheat Becured and cultivated, and many other things done by which the profits of the farmer may be enhanced, his education en larged, and his social standing improved. But to accomplish t'aese desirable results some laws must be passed to objects of which must be to induce greater concert of action among farmers, the organization of agri cultural associations and farmers' clubs, and the appropriation of a few dollars for their use in the bringing about these improvements. The Granger members have now the very occasion they have been seeking through the whole session — the opportunity to show their constituency their self-denial, their disinter ested economy, their saving the people's money from beine voted out of the treasury — and, true to their uniform practice, they jump this beneficent and really worthy meas ure as though it was the biggest job of the session, and, two to one, they defeat the very measure they elected to secure." For these reasons our Granger friend has concluded to vote hereafter for more practical men — men who will not be quite so self-denying. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. How to Raise Blackberries.— Fir.^t, se cure roots of a kind that will not winter kill or rust, and which are good and pay well. Then select clay land ; it is much the best ; manure it well with good rotted manure. Flow or spade deep ; pulverize well ; then mark out deeply with a shovel or banh&re plow, or hoe (as the case may be) in rows six feet apart ; in the rows plant the roots three feet apart. Well water, or dibble the roots in mud, and then nil up with dirt, throwing the dirt so as to make it solid around the plant, and water, if dry weather. This is for spring planting. For fall planting the toj>s should have straw thrown around them, to keep them from freezing out. They should be tended like corn; hoed if needed. The next spring, plnw and throw the furrow to the berry boshes, not going nearer than two feet, and very shallow next to them, leaving .1 furrow between them, which will serve to drain the water off. Thi* is thesixfeet space that I plow. Throw or put a little mauure around the roots, and tend asthe year before ; only yo very shallow, and not very ne»r to them. ]J> not allow more than two shoots to come up. If they do, hoe off or break off, as they are very tender. When the shoots are three feet high chip the tops off. This causes them to send out laterals or stems, and makes them stand better, and hardens the wood. In the fall of the second year mulch with coarse straw or leaves, two feet, one on each tide, next and around the stems. This is for a double purpose : first, to keep down grass and weeds ; second, to hold moisture. Can sow grass seed in be tween the rows or let it go now, and allow no weeds to go to seed if in the grass. All this makes it nicer picking. After this never allow more than four sprouts to stand, and pinch or clip at three feet, and you may always expect a crop. Never dig from your patch, as that cuts the roots, and causes them to sprout. Every sprout you allow to come up more than that number (four) takes from the roots that which ought to go to nurture the berries, and with care and a little trouble you can have your patch sightly, with plenty <if berries. — [D. T., in Cincinnati Gazette. Light Brahmas.— We have raised Light Brahmas for the last ten years, and have yet to find fault with them, or to wish for any better breed. Their extreme hardiness, beauty, prolific laying qualities, and large size, make them the most desirable of all breeds for gen eral puqwses. We fail to discover any good reason why some find fault with them on ac count of their "breeding propensity." So far as our experience has extended, the greater number of a flock will lay all winter auri far into the spring months before show- I ing the leant indication to sit. Were they le.-'K broody certainly our number of "early s( riug chickens " would be few. Yesterday we weighed seven of our pullet 3 with the fol lowing result: One of them weighed (U tt>-., one 10 11-., another 10^ lbs., and the other four ex-.tctly 12 lbs. each. None of them are over eleven months old. Can any of our poultry breeders beat those weights in a flock of twenty-five?— [Mrs. E. T. Aylea. I'kkix Ducks. — Some one wished a descrip tion of the l'ekin duck. They are of a creamy white in color, orange-colored bills, and short, orange-colored legs; smooth heads, and ] low, heavy bodies. Very hardy, quiet, and domestic in their habits ; not given to wander ing, and can be kept within any inelosure, as they can not fly from off the ground. They yield a large quantity of soft, downy feath ers, superior in quality to those of the goose ; are prolific layers, their eggs being cousidera lily larger than those of the common duck, and of a pearly white. We think there is no other sort of fowl which can be kept with less trouble or more profit, and are pleased that it is becoming better known and appre ciated. I would add that I have no fowls, either Brahmas or ducks, to sell now, one ad vertisement in the Gaxttz having seld all I had to spare.— [Mrs. E. T. Alyea. Wool. — The outlook for the wool interest must be regarded as unusually hopeful and j encouraging. The business has suffered many reverses in the past few jears, and has <..■'■ 1 the truth of the old adage, " It's a ■ long lane that has no turning." The feeling is now general that we are enterii/g upon a i career of prosperity which promises to make g ond .-heep more remunerative and satisfac tory than any other branch of agriculture. Though there has been an extensive revival in the manufacture of wooleno, the supply is ! still short of the demand, as is shown in an article in another column, and prices have an upward tendency. Those who had the fore sight and enterprise to trade up and improve their wi>ol are now about reaping the benefit. [Exchange. LITERARY NOTES. . ■ ■ . - ' - ________ _ . '.- Mr. Hassaurek has been so much encour aged by the unexpected success of his " Secret of the Andes," that he is already engaged upon another nove'. It is said that Sir Charles Dilke has been ; for some time engaged in writing a "His- j tory of the Nineteenth Century,' and that j the first part of it will appear about a year hence. . : In the public library at Treves, a French poem having the title " Sainte Nouna et | son Fils Saint Devy" has been discovered, I the authorship being attributed to Richard Co?ur de Lion, who composed it, says the rumor, during his captivity in Tyrol. • ': In '. periodical literature Germany leads all the world, except America, in point of i numbers. It lias 3,77S publications of that j kind. England is next, with 2,507. France j has 2,000 ; Italy/; 1,226 ; Austria, 1,200 ; Russia, 500 ; Asia, 357 ; Africa, 50 ; Aus tralia. 100. The total number in America is 9,129. ; - Dr. J. Hammond Trnmbull is reported to be in a very happy state of mind over the results of the second part of the Erin ley sale, and authorities in "■ books j agree that he has : reasons for very deep ; rejoic ings. fj Among the vague reports about the coining parts of the collection is a state ment , that the : books now sold constitute the least valuable half of it. . ':. ''. " Father," said ;a i cobler'a lad, pegging away at an old shoe, " they say that trout bite good now." " VTeIL well," replied the old gentleman, "you stick to your work »ad the/ ires'* bit* you." THE QUIET HOUR THE " TANGIER'S" PARADISE kOF CHA RADES, ENIGMAS, ETC. . ■ ' ■ [Contributions to this department should be ad dressed "Quiet Hour," Kbcord- Union. Write upon but one side ot the sheet. Accompany all contributions with the answers, the true name, and postofiice address. Contributors will receive advice and assistance, and are privileged to engage in courteous criticism of the Productions pub lished.] - ■ Answers to April 17th. 649. (Published at the time). 050. Q vie T V :.V;;U nchurc H I mogen E E stee M ■■ T r I H an G 0 H U 1 T B os V T ri P 11 idea U 1 ne Z N atche 'L ; I > do L T hym E V ea R 651. Spar, pare, area, ream. (352. Spray. 663. No ah. 654. Wonder. 655. -Annex, veronica. 650. Airer, Ethel. '•%<' 657. Baby-jumper, boneset, harridan. New Tangles. 005. Compound cross-word enigma, by Casper : In Sacramento, capital of the State; In Sonmierville it is found, though not in Bate ; In narcissus as said of plants, And in ordnance which followed Banks ; In money 'tis found, but not in bill. And in drunkard too, but not in still ; ' Now Quite Ilourites please to find Three counties well-known, if inclined ; Also one who buys and sells, In fact a person we all know well ; Now find that which is done with bread, And with fruit when to children fed; You'll find all these— perhaps many more — If the above you'll closely explore. : COG. Dropped rhymes, by E. C. D. : . There came to the place where a fair maid In the dimness of twilight, a gray old He g»zed at the supper she held, it looked He came a step nearer, and stood by her "You seem hungry," she said, "but would it be : o cultivate thus your acquaintance old Would it not be far better for me and for A lesson to teach through you to your " She raised her small hands as if to He'd come a step nearer to her and the — — One quick sly glance from her bread to his — The fair arm descended she gave him a — (307. Riddle, by Ora Bradley : From my home in distant climes, From the d irk Brazilian mines, Brightest of the brightest gems Seen in kingly diadems. Or, nestlinsr 'mid the sunny hair, Of some maiden bright anil fair, And sparkling like the stars at night 'Mid her laces creamy white, There so peacefully I lie. Tell me, Tauglors, what am I ! 668. Puzzles, by P. M. 8., for Casper : 8 1* 2. 1000 ) 1. Act— d. f 669. Charades, by Augusta Blake, ded icated to Hattio Heath : :'! 1. i A mute and li^uii please combine \ lovely flower to define. • 2. As I sit in this lovely bower beneath the shade, My first I use in writing this charade. ' \\ i; li my second beside me so nice and bland, And then explores the boundless wealth above and beneath the land. It also builds my third and on it docs stand, And crosses *io raging main to many a sunny strand. My whole united Vill an accomplishment name pos sessed by jon, lady fair, In whoa rare gifts hard fiid hard I have often tried to share. 070. Charades, Anonymous: 1. My first is an animal, my second is a rowel, ray third, transpired, is an animal, my fourth is a vowel, and my v. hole is a Spanish province. 2. When good old Queen Anne ' r her ladies went out, To ball or theatre, coDcert or rout, They sent for my whole ; now behead me and see What every young lady prizes in me. Behead me again, there's naught living on earth Can exist without me from the moment of birth ; Transpose my whole, leave out one letter small, I'm the entrance to many a nobleman's hall. 671. Square words, by : 1. A constellation ; a prayer ; a ring. • (Three letters.) v. 2. A vessel ; mystery ; to disseize ; a pilaster. (Four letters). Answers to Correspondents and Correct ' Solutions. l Eve— os 2, <3.->4. Gus— 6s6 (the first only). Sister— o63 (very good). E. C. D.— 041, 642, 643, 045, 647 (in part), 651, 652, 653, 654, 656 (no), 657 (1, no ; 2, yes). E. C. D. adds : "If you are not crowded please thank Amy for her compliment. It was graceful and pleas ant." Trinity— 64o (not as Amethyst gives it, but quite as good. Hers over-lap ; yours are separate)— o42, 643, 645, 647, 651— (and Trinity says good for sweet 61 ; in genious enough for 61) — 652, 653, 654 (good for Gussie), 655, 656 (no), 657 (no), 650. Trinity says, "Thanks, Sibyl, dear ; but I no can do it." Casper— 6sl, 652, 653, 654, 657 (in part). F. M. S., Jr.— 651, 652, 654, 657. ART MATTERS. The scouring of the interior of the Flor entine Duomo ia to be discontinued. The Duo J'Aumale lias been elected to the French Academy Section of Fine Arts, h : s competitors having declined to contest the seat with him. It is proposed to place statues of four of our greatest revolutionary characters on the buttresses of the Treasury building in Wall street, New York. The art amateurs are now engaged in a curious discussion ; whether a famous Flemish painter, Francois Frutet, ever lived. The only fact revealing hu existence is a great picture, "The Adoration of the Magi," painted at Seville 300 years ago. There is now at the Decorative Art Rooms, Boston, a remarkable piece of work by an old lady of 92, which she has designed and embroidered herstlf. It is a piano cover, elaborately embroidered with clematis and other flowers ia silk. Sir Frederick Leighton, the President of the Royal Academy, has fiaished his large fresco, " The Arts of War," at South Ken sington, and the "most important natural mural paintingproduced in this country since Maclise finished the 'Death of Nelson,'" says the Anthe?ireum, has been inaugurated. It is a great success. The scene is laid in Italy, in the fourteenth century, and at the entrance to a tower or fortress. There are many figures which are over life-size. The Canadian Academy of Arts opened with an exhibition of 549 pieces, of which 135 were oil paintings. The Princess Louiße contributed seven original sketches, con sisting of a portrait in pencil of Lady Eliza beth Campbell, another of John Lothrop Motley, the historian, a sketch of a haunted | house, with moat, in Kent, a sketch, in chalk of roe deer, a study of figures, and studies from nature of wild cherry blossoms and the datura, a pretty wayside weed that has an unsavory name in popular parlance. The monument for the grave of Charles Simmer has been awarded to Alexander McDonald of Mount Auburn. It consists of a sarcophagus seven feet long by a little over four feet in hight and width, having three sections — ba?e, die and capstone. The die bas inscriptions on front and back, and monograms on the ends, as well as columns with lonic capitals. The capstone is finely chiseled, with moldings containing architectural foli age. It is to be of fine granite, and is paid for by the fund 3 left over from the bronze statue of Sumner in Boston. The fine example of Perugino purchased several months a^o in Italy for $16,000, and detained there some time for want of a Government license to leave the country, has reached London, and is now lodged in the National Gallery. It is in an excellent state of preservation, and is believed to have been painted in the first decade of the sixteenth century. It comprises nearly life-size figures of the Virgin and Child, standinc between St. Francis and St. Je rome, with two angels above flying with a crown, and is looked upon as a magnificent specimen of Umbrian art. In size it is about six feet square. For many years it belonged to the private gallery of a family in Perugia, and very little has been k&ewn •fit, MANHATTANISMS. THE EFFECT OF DOMESTIC TROUBLES ON MASCULINE RAIMENT. The Frank Leslie Will Suit—Eemin'.scen cie3 of Charles Fechter — An Old Chop-House— Church Going. New York, April 22, 18S0. Every year seems to add greatly to the number of people who leave home to spend the summer. The exodus hence to the couctry and out of the country will, prob ably, be very much larger this year than it has ever been before. This vicinity is pre paring most extensively for warm weather visitors from all parts of the Republic. An immense new hotel has, as you know, been built at Manhattan Beach ; Far Rockaway has been improved, laid out in handsome grounds, commodious imis have been erected; a fine new house, Queen Anne style, is to be put up and made exclusive at Long Keach ; fresh attractions are to be added to Long Branch, the I'alisades, the ('atskills, Saratoga, and TIIK NCMISKKI.KS.-I RESORTS In New Jersey, up the Hudson, on the Sound, and all through this neighborhood. The passenger lists of many of the European steamers are already full, and it is thought that between June Ist and the close of September Americans will be swarming over the Old World. It is predicted that the transatlantic travel will be fully equal to what it was during the last I'aris exposition, and every indication thus far gives color to the prediction. Inn keepers here look for a busy summer — such a summer as they have not had since the financial reaction of 1573. So do theater managers and other caterers for public amusement. They believe that the con stant coming and going to and from the ad jacent watering-places, to and from Eu rope, with the general allurements of the metropolis, will insure them such a degree of patronage as they have not been accus tomed to of late years. A rare summer for activity is anticipated, and if the antic ipations be not realized the disappointment will be great and widespread. I can not remember when inn-keepers in and out of town have had expectations so liberal. THE WILL OF FRANK LESLIE, Now contested in Court, is the best evi dence of his attachment and appreciation of his (second) wife, to whom he left all his property, entirely cutting off his two sons, Harry and Alfred, by a previous marriage. The deceased journalist had nianift-stly taken great pains iv the prepa ration of his will ; had, it is said, consulted the best lawyers on the subject, and felt absolutely confident that its extraordinary provisions could and would be carried out. It is not very likely that they will be, how ever, for Leslie's sons would be of differ ent composition from most mortals if they had acquiesced in their disinheritance. As ha 3 often beeu said, no will can he made which cunning attorneys cannot rid dle, and attorneys were readily found to attempt to undo what the weli-known pub lisher had so carefully done. Although Leslie's property has been for some time in the hands of an asMguee, it is thought, when ceitain conditions shall have been carried out, and it shall be re leased, that it will be very valuable ; and this is another reason why the VALIDITY OF TUX DOCUXKTC Is sharply contested. It would be strange, indeed, were it otherwise, since Leslie's early marital life had been most unfortu nately complicated. His union with his first wife had, it is represented, been any thing but harmonious from incompatibility of temperament ; his sous arid be did not get on smoothly, one of them having been involved in lav suits with hia father 011 account of using his name. Very naturally, under the circumstances, Leslie would have small sympathy with the associations or prodnct 01 his original connubial experi ment. In his second venture lie was re puted to have been much luckier ; to have been, in fact, exceptionally happy, as may be inferred from the character of his will. The present Mrs. Leslie, formerly the wife of Ephraim G. Squier, the archaeologist, had really been for years a kind of com mercial partner of her husband, and has doubtless contributed largely to his ma terial prosperity. He has probably done her but simple justice in his last testament, though it can hardly be expected that his sous should take his view of the matter. CHARLKS TECHTEU. The remains of the late Charle3 Techter are now, it is said, to be removed hither. No actor of his time received more from nature — he had comeliness, grace, genius, power to attract, sagacity to make friends— or began his career under more favorable auspices. But he never acquired, and never manifested any disposition to ac quire, the least degree of self-discipline, and to this lack his adversities, and they were many and continuous, are directly traceable. He had all the defects of an artistic temperament— vanity, egotism, irri tability, self-will, over-confidence, arbi trariness — with very few of its correspond ing virtues. Through those defects, with all absence of their correctives, he was in cessantly involved in quarrels, particularly with those desirous to befriend him. Hardly any man since Jean Jacqius' time has had more personal acrimonies anil estrangements, in each and all of which his rampant egotism assured him that he was justified. He had lived in the three great capitals of the world, and had litcr aUy wrangled himself out of them. He went from Paris to London, from London to New York, and carried from each of those cities a conviction that he had been foully v,'ron,ed. Iv fact, this was his permanent condition of mind, and his im aginary injuries RANKLED IX HIS BREAST, Rendering him cynical and deepening his multifarious imperfections. His singularly unbalanced constitution may have been owing to his mixed and contradictory lineage. He was a sort of mongrel, having German, Flemish, Italian and English blood, instincts and influences to contend against, enough surely to wreck a stronger nature than his. His unfortunate consti j tution was backed by unfortunate, habits, and he died, needlessly, at 54, involved in all manner of troubles. It is understood that he was poor, which may seem strange when it is remembered that he had genius and reputation, and could, when he was able and willing to play, command S")00 a night. But nothing should seem strange in connection with so peculiar an organiza tion as Fechter's. He was incapable of self-government ; he demanded everything, giving very little in return, and at last all that destiny and fortune granted him were financial embarrassment, bitterness and death. Why his remains should be re moved hither, I do not know ; but such is the report. He often said that he de j tested New York because he had had so much trouble here. But he had trouble everywhere. Since the nude Pole amazed and shocked Union Square by appearing IN NATURB'3 OAF.B In that busy quarter, anil insisting on bath ing in the public fonntain, three other men have gone out in broad daylight in New England cities without remembering to put on their clothes. All three of them are thought to be insane, and their insanity is ascribed in each cape to trouble with their wives. We hope for the sake of public modesty that domestic discord will not result generally in this peculiar form of disorder, especially this peculiar manifesta tion. Matrimonial disharmonies are, un happily, Tery common, and if ti*y tkomld all impel the husbands to exhibit them selves as models under the open sky, the consequence would be disagreeable, if not startling. New York would be converted into a grand gallery of life studies. The police force would need to be increased a hundred-fold in order to look after the wandering Adams and lead them back to conventionality aud clothes. Mircers an'l tailors would be obliged to retire from busi ness ; undraped statues would lose their interest ; the era of dandyism would be come extinct. If we are to believe vulgar report, a large proportion of the miseries of marriage come from the extravagance of wives in dress. This must be the thing which drives their husbands mad, and in their madness they try to equalize matters by themselves adopting a simplicity of at tire which may be denominated as certainly severe. This must be the diagnosis of the disf ase. Philosopheraand physicians should unite in trying to give a new direction to the minds of husbands connubially un settled. Unless they do Manhattan may become, in superb disdain of raiment, a counterpart of some of the islands of the South Sea. A FAMOUS rnor HOVSE. The other day a friend of mine came from New England, to whom I wished to show some of the old places in the city. One of these, where I had often been, is " Old Tom's," as it is named, situated in a narrow street or lane in th^; vicinity of Wall street. It is an ancient English chop-house, as unlike anything you usually see in this country as you can imagine. It contains not the least suggestion of modern ism. The walls are old ; the floors art! de cayed ; cobwebs bang from the ceiling ; moldy play-bills peer at you ; wood-cuts of once notorious prize-lighters blink at you from worm-eaten frames. It is a bit of old England reproduced. It has been in exist ence for sixty or seventy years. The nota bilities of two generations have eaten chops aud drank ale there. Dickens, Thackeray, Edmund Kean, Washington Irving, Fitz Greene Halleck, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Boron, John Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, Edgar A. Poe, Nathaniel Haw thorne, Cornelius C. Felton, General Scott, Abraham Lincoln, Tom Hamblin, Bennett, Greeley, Bryant, Raymond, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Willis Gaylord Clark, N. P. Willis, Gilmore Simms, Cap tain Marryatt and a whole herd of authors, players, statesmen, journalists, scholars, have been there again and again. It is one of the lions of Manhattan, a curious den, pleasant to visit at luncheon time, and feeling while there as if you had stepped into another generation. But, alas, I can not say that it is any longer. It was ; it has been. I went with my friend where it had been. It is no more ; it has disap peared forever, nor left a vestige behind. Old Tom's is obliterated. I mention this for the benefit of those who may be hence forth seeking it in vain. YAKIKTIES. Charles Joseph Bonaparte, of Baltimore, just now sojourning here, is the grandsnn of Jerome Bonapaite (brother of the first Napoleon) and Elizabeth Patterson Bona parte, whose career was so eventful, and whose efforts to obtain recognition of her mairiage from the Emperor were so per sistent, though unavailing. He is quite young, barely 2S, and, like his father, ha^ had no ambition pointing toward the im perial succession. He is content to be an American citizen ; he lives quietly in Bal timore ; has a pleasant home and is very rich. He bears a striking resemblance to the great Captain. Yon have probably observed that the //• raid 1 ! las-t Sunday issue wns a sextuple sheet, the lirst of the sort it has had, and, 1 think, the first 24-page daily of the Herald size published in the world. It exemplifies the prosperity of the time ; for by far the greater portion is occupied with advertisements. Although Manhattan has near 500 churches, with accommodation for some 350,000 persona, this would not give room for much more than one-quarter of the population, provided everybody should I want to go to church. But everybody does not want to. Indeed, not half, barely a third of the seats in the churches are ever occupied at any one time. Tiie Roman Catholic churches alone are full ; I the members are more zealous because I they are more ignorant and more supersti tious. The number of church-goers in ■ New York, it is said, steadilj diminishes, j taking into account the rapid increase of inhabitants. The number of suicides here without ; any apparent reason for suicide continues j extraordinarily large. Every day or two j men in easy circumstances, in good health bodily and mental, with harmonious do- ! mestic relations, end their days' deliber ately. The cause must be merely disgust j of life. Is not life itself often a deep dis- ! ease? The new steamer Columbia, 3,000 tons ' and 334 feet long, built by Roach & Son, ! and belonging to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, is now lying in East I river. She is to sail for San Francisco next week, to ply between that city and J Portland. She is a magnificent vessel, j the very finest, I hear, yet built in the country. Wallack's Theater will, I understand, produce several American plays next sea- | son, because Wallack ha 3 discovered that ; the public have grown tired of the old j English comedies which he has presented ' for years. The prospects of Grant and the third term are believed to be rapidly diminish ing in this section. Intelligent Republican ! opinion secmf to be setting more and more against Grant.- CS4VBXBT. " HANGTOWN." [Mountain D«IUUMII| April Mth.l During our absence last week an ad in terim substitute wrote a local item on the origin of "HJMgtown," the old-time name of Plaoerville. By several old-timers we have been reminded of some inaccuracies in that notice ; airong others, one now resi dent in San Francisco calls our attention to those errors. In the first place, it was not the hanging of Irish Dick that gave the town its orig inal name, but the hanging of two other men, in the summei or fall of '49, from a tree that at the time stood near the north east corner of Coloma and Main streets. Secondly, Irish Dick did not "mistake the man he killed for another." On this point our correspondent says : "The man killed and another were quarreling in the densely-crowded gambling saloon where Dick had a monte game, running around, jostling the crowd, and thereby attracting men from Dick's game to watch the fight, when Dick, in a furore of senseltss anger, jumped .suddenly up from the table, drew his knife, rushed at the deceased and stabbed him, without saying a word. He ! then deliberately wiped the blood from his knife and left the Ealoon, and after a long search waa found hidden at 'Coffey's,' on Sacramento street." He was not "tried by a jury," but was examined before two Jus tices of the Peace, on a platform in the opeTl air, in the street, near where the Oasis now stands. One of the Justices was "Dud Humphreys," and the other, if our corre spondent remembers rightly, was Wallace. In corroboration of the statement about Dick's physical courage, our correspondent recalls his utterance when on the impro vised platform for the Jubtice's Court. Facing the mob, who were impatient of delay and clamoring for a chamce to hang him, Dick said, "Have patience, gentle men, I'll give you a square ' lay-out ' as soon as these fellows (meaning the Justices) get through with me." "I have never," says the writer, "in my life seen anything so terrible. With certain death staring him in the face (and such a death), his sang froid, his utter dev ilishneas of heart, seemed more horrible to me than the manner of his death ; and, although I took no part in the proceedings, either in his examination or his execution, I experienced a relief when a rope, thrown over his head where he stood, cut short bis inhuman exclamations." THE BUNKO DEN. HOW OUR ARTIST TRAMP GOT INTO ONE IN SACRAME' TO. "Capping" for Strangers— Thought They H-d a Soft Thing- An Alleged Son of Col. Brodhead Goes for the Artist. [Cor. Milwaukee Sunday Telejjraph.] Sacramento, December 30th.— After a week's travel over mountain and plain I am at last near the end of my journey and in the beautiful valley of the Sacramento, and by way of postscript to my last letter, must tell you what happened me in this beauti ful city. I arrived here about 2r. m., as I wrote, and thought I would stop for a rest ing spell before proceeding further. So with satchel in hand I started from the depot down J street, to make a call on some old acquaintances. Had it not been for my fur cap I might have got along bet ter, but that made me a murk for the bun ko steerers, of which this city is full. I Lad proceeded about two blocks when 1 was met with a "Hello, why, how are you ? Just arrived, hey '!" Down went my satchel on to the walk, and shoving my cap back over my head I reached out my haud for a shake, it biiug so good to meet an old friend after being housed up in a railway car for a •'Why," said I, "how are you? Glad to see you,"' wondering all the time who he was. But he appeared so glad to see me that I felt assured that it was some old I end that knew me well, and I did not int to let him know but what the n :ion was mutual. So I said to him, IV ell, how have yon been since I last saw "Tip top," said he. " What are you doing now V" said I. " Same old business," said he. "Here in Sacramento?" inquired I. "No," said he, "in ' Frisco. I just came to-day to do some business." Well, I couldn't place him, and after uting around the bush for perhaps five minutes, trying to find out who he was, I at last said : " Let me see ! I know who you are, but for the life of me can't place you. This confounded shaking up in the cars eeemsto kinder mix me all up, you know." "Ha! that's singular, " said he, "that you should forget me." "What is the name ?" inquired I. " Ferg.ison," replied he. Oh !ah ! I smells a mice. "Oh, yes, Fergy ; how are you ! I know you now ; just as well as you know me. Who do you think I am, Fergj ': " "Why, Perkins, aiutit?" "Tea," said I, "my name is 'Perkins' just about as much as your name is? ' Fer guson.' Now," continued I, "Fergy, go home and have your nurse put you in your trundle and let you rest awhile." II" went one way and I the other. I had not proceeded two block 3 b..*iore 1 was approached by a young man in a corduroy suit and flash jewelry, and with both hands stretched out, lie jumped for me. " Why, my old friend Lydston, how are you ? I did not expect to see you away out here." Ah, thinks I, here's an old friend sure, for he knows my name. Down dropped my cariiut bag as before and out went both my " fins," and we had such a nice shake, and for a second I let go with one hand to push back my cap that was getting over my eyes, "Why," said I, "what on earth are you doing away out here in Cali fornia ? " (skirmishing a^ain to find out who " Lydston,'' Fays he, "congratulate me." " I will," said I, " but for what f " Why," said he, " I have struck a bo nanza worth §90,000." " The deuce," said I. " Fact," says he ; " come with me and I will show it to you." "Can't now," said I, " must call and see my friends." '■'Twon't take fifteen minutes," said he. '"Well," I said, "I will go and see it. Bat hang it," said I, "do you know that I can't place you. What have you been doing to your face f "Ah !" said he, "good joke ; cut off my moustache ; you of course know my father in Milwaukee, Brodhead, President of the Bank." "Oh, yes, I remember you now. By the way, you know Judge H. L. Palmer and Judge Mallory, don't you ?" "Of course I do," said Brodhcad. "Of course you have heard about the trouble they had, each accusing the other of being a strong "llepublican and voting on t'other side, the result of which they came to blows, both parties sent up for sixty days to the House of Correction, and of John J. Orton being appointed Judge " Oh, yea," replied Brodhead, " pa wrote me all about it." I knew then here was Bunko No. 2, for I knew that Col. Brodhead had no son. But, thinks I, here's a chance for an item for the Sunday Tclfi/rnjih, ami I'll see it through. ■•Why," said I, "Brodhead, why did you leave Milwaukee for California ?" " Father advised me to seek my fortune " B*im full of it," said he. " Ccme, " he added, " take a short walk and I will sLow you my nugget." " All right, but cant' stay long." And we had walked about two and a half blocks, when, I said, " Brodhead ain't these long "Ah! yes," he replied, laughing, "but we don't mind a block or two. I was fear ful you would not come, had I told you 'twas two or three blocks ; but here we are, just cross the street." And we enter up a long flight of stairs, through a long narrow hall and are ush ered into a nicely furnished office, lace enrtaina to the window, a counter in front, inclosing the occupant who was seated at his desk writing. As soon as we enter tho room I look around for this bonanza, and while I was looking, Mr. Brodhead aska the gentleman at the desk if he has heard anything from his number yet ? " What was your number, Mr. B. ?" " Three hundred and twenty-seven," re plies B. "I will look," said he. Soon he stands by the counter and said : "Mr. B. your ticket or number has drawn a prize of $3,700." " By George I" exclaims B. ; " congratu late me, .Mr. Lydston." " With all my heart. Why you will soon be able to return to Milwaukee and buy out the First National." All at once I find myself standing gazing upon a cloth covered with figures and prizes marked from $10 to $10,000 ; and how this cloth got spread out before me j upon what, a second before, was a plain ! counter-t«p, was a mystery to me, and so I remains to this day. However, there it was. "Now," says the bunko chief, "Mr. Brodhead you are entitled to draw eight tickets or numbers, the aggregate which applies to the number and priza or blank marked on the cloth, so that yon have a chance to double your amount or lose per haps ten per cent. " "By golly, Mr. L., draw for me," says the bogus Brodhead. "Not any for me, Mr. Brodhead. I never gambled a cent in my life, and am not going to commence now." " Well f but,"said he, "this ain't gamb ling, only I think your luck would be bet ter than mine. Come draw for me and I'll gire you half.'' "Not a copper for me," said I, "but I will draw for you and you may reap the loss or benefit.' I drew the eight cards or figures, which amonnted to forty-five, which dpew $160 for Mr. Brodhead, and, quick as lightning, $S0 was pushed out in front of me and $80 in front of him. " Ah, let me see," said the bunko chief, " this ia a conditional number, and it is necessary that you lay $10 on your $80, which gives you a chance to double again or lose a point." "Well," replies Brodhead, with both Ims at an angle of forty-fire degrees, diving down into his vest pocket, ess I can afford this, hey ? Mr. Lyd , by George, you and I will^each have w hat. hey !" Yes," said I, " a wool hat, too." ■ he covers his pile with a $10 (and now ■s the bonanza), a pause of a minute, a the bunko chief looks very affection ately towards me and asks me if I wished to put a *10 bill on my $80, then before me. "No,'" said I, "the money all belongs to Brodhead, aud if he wishes to cover the other pile he can do so. Fix it up between yourselves, gentlemen." And grabbing my carpet bag from the floor, I made the best time on "record" for the door, and got out and put for the hotel, and while registering my name a gentle man remarked to me that my watch chain was hanging down ; and sure enough, a gold Maltese cross worth $40 was missing. Moral: Travelers to California, leave your fur caps and woolen mittens at home, or buuko will have you sure. Artist Tbamf. 45 Years Before the Public. THE GENUINE DR. C. McLANE'S CELEBRATED LIVER PILLS - FOR THE CURE OF Hspatitis, or Liver Complaint, DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE. Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. T)AIN in the right side, under the 1 edge of the ribs, increases on pres- sure ; sometimes the pain is in the left side ; the patient is rarely able to lie on the left side ; sometimes the pain is felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken for rheumatism in the arm. The stom- ach is affected with loss of appetite and sickness ; the bowels in general are costive, sometimes alternative with lax ; the head is troubled with pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy sen- sation in the back part. There is gen- erally a considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. A slight, dry cough is sometimes an attendant. The patient complains of weariness and debility ;. he is easily startled, his feet are cold or burning, and he com- plains of a prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits are low; and although he is satisfied that exercise would be - beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up fortitude enough to try it In fact, he distrusts every remedy Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred where few of them existed, yet exam- /nation of the body, after death, has . shown the liver to have been exten- sively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in cases "of Ague and Fever, when taken with Quinine, are productive of the most happy results. No better cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. We would advise all who are afflicted with this disease to give them a fair trial. For all bilious derangements, and as a simple purgative, they are un- equaled. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. The genuine are never sugar coated. Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, with the impression Dr. McLane's Liver Pills. The genuine McLANE's Liver Pills bear the signatures of C. McLane anri Fleming. Bros, on the wrappers. f Insist upon having the genuine Dp:, C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by ... Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being full of imitations of the name McLane, spelled differently but same pronunciation. ll.*'. Kirk Co., Snrramcnto, €.;(.. Agent my2B-ly9 HEWES' OLEA BALSAMIC INHALANT. . UiMU.ACTURrD BY J. Hewes, Sacramento, Gal. tMASUFACTURHD BT , Hewes, Sacramento, Cal. A SPECIFIC ROIF.UY FOR ill DISEASES OF THE .VASAL CATITICa, TIIKOAT AMI 1.1 \«;3, Viz. : Pneumonia, Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Incipient Consumption, Diphtheria and Croup. 'Sill also cure Kirn Fever, ant! :ti-y disease which arises from IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD. The Tapor of the Inhalant being volatile, fill? all caritics of the lungs, thus permeating and cleansing the blood. This* vapor, through the circulation reaches all parts of tho system, thus removing diseases of orpins with which it does not come in immediate contact. In many cases, it bus removed diseases of the Stomach, which it does DOt come lhlte contact. In l: .'■ - es of the Stomach, Liver, Kidncya and Btedi ■ r. cm <.i:.ivr.i.. The inhaling; exercise is invigorating; tncreudnf the force of circulation, while the medicinal prop* erties of the Inhalant arc freely absorbed through- out the Hy.-tot'i. . Disease* of Hi* Throat and I.nnz» Can in no w,iv be treated with suet) success as by in no w.iv be treate.l with ■ by applying the remedy directly to the ports dUeas<'a, viz., BY INHALATION. NAMES OF SACRAMENTAN3 CURED OIT the Arthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Consump- tion, Miasmal Fever, Diphtheria and Pneumonia, OF .Vthma, Catarrh. Broncbitii, (i>:;-uiiip- Mi.Kiu.U Kivcr, D]] !:i>;ii*, by the use of Hen Balsamic Inhalant : A.S. 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