The Weekly Arizona Miner, 1868-11-14

none of which have yet , been produced. Shakespeare's fnmo will probably remain un affected by these works. i Greenbacks are quoted nt73)(JJ4. Tom Maguire has leased hii Opera House, and will go to Europe. No doubt, tho first report that reached you regarding the earthquake was immense. Even at Oakland it was rcpjrtcd that 1,500 peoplo wero killed here, and at Virginia City, tho number had grown to 30)00. One of the effects of the shaking up was that peoplo who had never been seen drunk before, reeled through the streets, and most of the old 'bums" got sober. , Railway through New Mexico. After treating on the subject of two addi additional - tional additional railways across the Continent -one to connect the Upjier Mississippi with tho Co ColumbiaSt. - lumbiaSt. ColumbiaSt. Paul witi Seattle tho October number of Put win? Magatinc refers to the second, or Smoky IIil line as follows: "The second of the New Pacific railroads should bo designed to give to the East a doublo connection with San Francisco, tho great, the overshadowing jtort on that coast, bouthward from that city for a thousand miles, there is no adequate harbor the near nearest - est nearest being Guaymss.ontbeGulf of California, and a Mexican jwrt. The San Joaquin Val Valley, - ley, Valley, extending from the Ray of San Fran cisco nearly to the southern boundary, is de de-scrilied - scrilied de-scrilied as one of the richest valleys in the world; one where the bulk of the best Cali California - fornia California wheat is raised, and which is capable of sustaining a Mipuliilio!i of five millions of jieople. This is the natural approach from the southward, and the path of the southern transcontinental line. JJr this route the high crfsings of the Si Sierra - erra Sierra Nevada range will lie jtarttally avoided, tho mountains leing turned rather than crowed; the elevation of the Tejon Pas is but about four thousand feet alxivc the level of the seu. Thence to the Colorado River at Fort .Mohave, and on to the Sierra Mad re, or Rocky Mountain chain, near AIluqnerque, the line should cross Arizona and New Mex Mexico, - ico, Mexico, about the 35th parallel. This is the great rejKsitory of gold and silver, which the Mex Mexicans - icans Mexicans have been working, in a crude and im imperfect - perfect imperfect way, for two hundred years, and the Aztecs for centuries before them. From the passage of the divide of the continont. near Santa Fe, it would seem as if tho interests of the whole country would be served by two or more diverging branches, with sub-branches leading to New Orleans, Vicksbtirg, Mem Memphis, - phis, Memphis, Cairo and St. Ixmis. In fact, several beginnings have been made towird a system of railroads leading from each of those points westward of the Mississippi, all of them tending in the direction of this ja.sage at tho 35th parallel. One of these lines, the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, more commonly known as the Kansas Rranch. has been extended (with the aid of the Gov Government) - ernment) Government) 700 miles west of St, Louis, or nearly to the Rocky Mountains, and is con consequently - sequently consequently the line west of tho southorly sys tem, nnu is only aDout out) miles from the Uio UraiHlo at Albuquerque. IIow to can Frcit Pnorr.Ri.r. This we call a very simple process when rightly un understood." - derstood." understood." We always have an abundance of small fruits in glass jars. Wo think the trou trouble - ble trouble les, the fruit better, less expensive than by the old process of preserving in sugar, pound for pound. Wo use the Spencer jar with a iapannod cover, and n rubber ring around its odco. We heat the fruit to a lwil in a bright tin pan; have tho jars filled with quite warm (almost hot) wator to warm thein ; pour out the water, ad dip the boiling fruit rapidly into the jar, until it comes "lightly above the shoulder in the inside of the neck ot tho jar. I he end of a string, about one-eighth of nn inch in diameter, is dropod inside on the fruit, rotaining the oth other - er other end in the hand. Now :rowd the cover down on to tho shoulder, at the same time withdrawing the string, and the work is done. Any extra juice or air will follow out with the string. Those who fail in putting up fruit to keep, do not exclude the air. This is done by hav hav-inj? - inj? hav-inj? the fruit hot and bv being sure to till the jar, so that when tho covor is pushed down a littlo of tho juice or air will no pressed out with the string. You may swoeten the fruit or not, just as yon please. It is not nocossary in order that it may keep. Neither is it nec necessary - essary necessary to put tho fruit into the jars to boil. It necessitates extra trouble, and often loss by tho breaking of the jars. Western IluraL Two elderly ladies wero contemplating ono of tho family of the Fnleoiddie, at the Zoo Zoological - logical Zoological Gardens, in London. "There's a trrcat howl for vou !" said ono. "Got along . .... . . i .i .f.t wilii you uUxipid : ijuiriu uiaoiner, wain not a howl, that's a heagle." I ho controver controversy - sy controversy growing warm between thom. "Ladies," intf'rjiosed ono of tho officers of the Society, (ag in tho fable of tho Chameleon,) you need not quarrel, for you aro both in the wrong. It is neither an howl nor a beagle the bird before you is an ork." To remove paint of whito lead or zinc, if it resists tho action of benzine, ether, or bisulphido of copper, as it may if tho paint spots have becorao hard, uso a 6mall amount of chloroform. The envelope was invented by S. R. Brewer, an Englishman.

Thirsting for Moro Land. Ync of ,,ie InOTt previous errors of the past ? , Pru8t'Ilt fe'CI'C ration of American fsrmers, tl10 a,,nost insatiable thirst for more land, ?no a thousand, though possessed of ,ivc t,lllcs m '"' teres as he cun profitably fit sun).,..r..ll llll . i It .1 f w. nuiKtsKuiuij' mi, is satisncd. wnnc tins is perfectly natural, it is, at tho same time, very unwise. Tho farmer recognizes his wealth in the multiplication of his broad acres just as the merchant or banker docs In his nccummulation of greenbacks; but tho dif- evccn wio iwo is, mat tne tanner trim ml.I .a... . ill a 1 M . a . rriay add acre to acre, without tho ability to render uic investment productive, while tho merchant or banker has no difficulty in find finding - ing finding profitable investments for his greenbacks. It is always bad policy to buy moro land, and give manure in homa'pnthir- doses to that al already - ready already in possession. The safe and sure guide for the farmer is to attempt tho cultivation 01 " mre acres than lie tan keep in perfect P'J ie!m) every Hay's experience detn- onsirates the fact, that, with occasional ex- lv"'"H " " tuimuiwn as lonneny uc- stowed upon the whole, yielded as much- as it had done. The second married, and he gave her one half of what he had left, and still had as many grapes from his remaining fourth as he used to have from the whole. There is a whole volume of practical truth in this littlo anecdote. Its moral is, attempt the cultiva tion of no more land than you can cultivate well. JiMtrnalo the Farm. I Tun Sad Fatk ok a Distinolmshki) Jour Jour-i - i Jour-i nai.ist The Chicago Iltjpjblkanaxs: AVe learn from the Iexington (Ky.,) Statu Statu-i - i Statu-i nun, of the 2Cth, that the, in many respects, I illustrious journalistic career of G. I). Pren Pren-I - I Pren-I tico, terminated on tho 2-ld, by his being fi- nilly dismissed by the Ixjuisville.rwriaJCom Ixjuisville.rwriaJCom-j - j Ixjuisville.rwriaJCom-j puny, represented by its moneyed-man, Is ham ( Henderson. At the age of sixty-five, Mr. Prentice is jenni!ess. and the mere wreck of 1 his former self. He had for some time been an tmjiloye of tho Company, at forty dollars ' ier week. There seems to come no accepted l time to moralize on such wrecks. It is not a grateful task to heighten the misfortunes of the living by a parade of their causes, and ! when the grave closes on their victim, still more in force is the rule nil de Tnortnit. Rut ' with the brilliant life and career of I George I). Prentice will stand in painful as association - sociation association the steps of self-wrought ruin. It is painful to see him lapse from a position of power on a journal for which be made a na na-: - : na-: tional reputation. "rrrRciiAi."!i from Potatoes Chemistry . -hei.rsciiai m from i otatoes. uncmistry drcrI a new and interesting use for ltat.ocs a!"1 other vegetables, illustrations of which were seen by visitors at the Pans In- ternational Exhibition. If potatoes arc pcel- i e4.t! f about, th rty-si wate.r' t0. T1" C x hours in cent, of sul phuric acid has been added, well washed with water, dried in blotting paper, and then in hot sand for several days, on plates of chalk or plaster of Paris, which are changed daily. ' IJVIIIK lillllicu ill Lilt.-aiuu j lieing compressed at tlie same time, an excel- i lent imitation of meerschaum, answering well rv . . .?-'. .. ' . acid, is used; and ii, niter mo potatoes have been macerated in this solution (soda), they are boiled in a solution containing nineteen per cent. .oda, a substance resembling stag's horn, and which maj- lc used for knife han handles, - dles, handles, etc., will bo formed. Turnips may bo used instead. Wheat Ccltvrf At the last meeting of the Delaware County Fanner's Club the sub subject - ject subject of raising wheat a generally and fully discussed. The following is a synopsis of tho discussion, with the general results: First Sowing wheat, drill or broadcast, Sowing in drills is tho best mode, for the rca son that tho wheat is put in more uniformly, better protected, winters better, and there is great saving of seed. Second Advantages of summer fallowing. Its advantages are in plowing in clover and mellow heavy clay soil, but summer fallow not generally rocomc'ndcd. Third Manuring theground. Manurcshould be spread upon the surface and harrowed in before drilling. Fourth Fall or Spring wheat. If the ground is well pulverized and in good condition, the fall sowing will bring the sur surest - est surest crop ; otherwise it is lietter to sow in tho spring. Fifth Sowing grass seed with wheat. Timothy and clover should be mixed. As a general rule timothy should be sown in tho fall ; clover alwa)-s in tho spnng. Timothy will frequently do when sown early in tho spring. There is an anecdote told somewhere of a dispute, in which bolstviuus, ili-brcd fellow called his adversary 'no gentleman.' 'I sup pose you iniiiK yourson one,' was the ropiy. 'Certainly I do,' answered tho bully. 'Then,' 6aid the other, 'I'm not oflended that you don't think mo ono.' "Wateii-proof Glue, says tho Journal of Applied Chcmittry, may lie made by boiling ono pound of gluo with two quarts of skim skimmed - med skimmed milk. This makes an excellent gluo for articles which sro exposed to the action of tho weather. The needle gun has been introduced into the armies of Denmark, Sweeden, Holland, Switzerland, and the Roman States.

Gossip from San Francisco. HIOM AN OM) AUIZOSIAX. San- I'iuncisco, Oct. 20, 1808. Ir.Ait Minim: Since the .late or my last letter, San Francisco has had a tcrriblo visl- "tiuu. i sunn not attempt to givo vou tl ik'tnils of Till! (1H HAT KAItTIHJUAKi:, m you will find them in your San Frnnciico cxcliangos. Although, in those nccounU, tho matter is sought to be smoothed over as much as possible, and tho damage done is very much belittled. You will not need to be told in this voracious correspondence, that this city has bad a very clojo call that at six minutes to eight o'clock in (he morning of tho 21st, a largo portion of San Francisco trembled near the abyss of ruin. Tho truth of the matter is simply this : the recent j;reat shock was by by-far - far by-far the most severe that has been experienced since the occupation of the country by Amer Americans. - icans. Americans. The portion of tho city built upon " made ground " was very greatly damaged ; and the ontire population of San FrancUco were panic-stricken. Some buildings were shaken down; almost all brick buildings be below - low below Montgomery troet and borne in nil parts of tho city were cracked. The total damage, if injured ami unsafe buildings were taken down, would not be less than 3,000,000; but if as seems likely to bo the cae the crauks are to bo puttied up and painted over, and tho damaged houses merely li.ved up suf sufficiently - ficiently sufficiently to last till the next heavy "shako" may come, tho figures of the Chamber of Commerce (300,000) may perhaps be con considered - sidered considered high enough. At tho time of this writing, the earth has not perceptibly shaken for two days, and tho earthquake seems to be let down as a thing of the post. People aro buying the photographs of tho injured promises, to accompany their earthquake let letters - ters letters to their friends abroad ; and are comfort comforting - ing comforting themselves with tho reflection that there may not be another tumbler for years. So we go. Doubtless, there was a great leseon sought to be convoyed to us all, by Him who holds the earth in His hand : but it has pass- ed unheeded. People, whose faces blanched at the first shock, and who quaked for days thereafter, are now pursuing their ttsusl course of speculation and dissipation, with no thought of what might have been, if they had been numbered with the few poor men who were hurried into eternity. And thus we dismiss the earthquake. "llISTOKT OK ARIZONA." Mr. Cbarlos G. Johnson, well known in Arizona, is about commencing here the pub lication of an illustrated history of tho Ter Territory, - ritory, Territory, lie has issued to the Press a speci men number, containing two good photo photographic - graphic photographic views of scones at Port Isabel ; and general commendation has lcon awarded to the work. Mr. Johnson feels encouraged in bis undertaking, and promises to carry it to a successful iwuc. The ilit nntnber will bo issued soon after election, and the succeeding numbers semi-monthly or monthly thereafter. He haa a number of views of the jsoutbern section of the Territory, and of Arizona City and Fort Yuma; and purposes going to Ari Arizona - zona Arizona with photographic apparatus, to obtain views of Prcscott, Hardyville, 'Yickcnburg, La Paz, and all other prominent noinU, to gethcr with mining works, etc. Tho work will be completed in about twonty-flvo num hers, which will bo furnished to subscribers only, at fifty cents a number. It will, no doubt, bo chiefly interesting for tho photo graphic views ; but, judging from the speci specimen - men specimen number, there will also bo n very large amount of interesting descriptive matter, cal calculated - culated calculated to furnish information to all outsiders feeling an interest in tho Territory. A num number - ber number of prominont pcoplo hero have subscribed for copies, and it is expected that a largo sub subscription - scription subscription list will bo obtained. Tho work, when completed and bound, will mako a largo and handsorno volume Mr. Johnson's en enterprise, - terprise, enterprise, if successful, will be bonoficial to Arizona, and should bo encouraged by your people. rouTics. Election day, is now olo?e at hand, and tho ngony will soon bo over. Tho eurthquako scare having in a great measure subsided, wo have had to fall back upon tho political ques question - tion question for a necessary amount of excitement. Tho Republican torchlight procession last Tuosday night was tho largest and most itn- preaing demonstration Eeen hero since IMH. About 7,000 mon wore in line, and an hour and twelve minutes wero occupied in passing a givon point. 1IKBVITIRS. Mr. Ed. Darling, of Proscott, is here, at tho Rus3 House. Mr. J. T. Dare, lato of your legislative body, is in business horo as an insurance bro broker. - ker. broker. 8. Wilde Ilardinge, a young fellow who parU his hair in the middle, and is chiefly

!- ctill mlinliitiMl. ii n tntnrmfHl mat when Cortez ontered Mexico the great Teo call had but recently been erected and we aro ul.-o told that it was built after tho model of the Pyramids, constructed bv the Toltccs a wople to whom were ascribed, as is usual in the alienee of any definite testimony, all such edifices as were manifestly of great an antiquity. - tiquity. antiquity. The pyramids of Teohiuacan and Cuolula were said to Iks of Toltecan origin and the latter is associated with some of the oldest Mexican religions traditions. These pyramids then were the model for sulequent imitation; but by common consent it is ac acknowledged - knowledged acknowledged thnl'the era of the arrival of tho Toltecs in Mexico, as pointed out by the .Mexican hieroglyphic manuscripts, was as far back as the seventh century. We have, therefore, the testimony of the Mexicans themselves, that some of these edifices pro proceeds - ceeds proceeds d from a nation who occupied that coun country - try country before the Aztec tribes, at a very early period and it will le seen from evidences that their antiquity may 1ms carried back still further. Kr. Familiar Quotations Among tho quo quotations - tations quotations in common use, 'Dark as pitch,' Every tub must stand on its qwn bottom,' arc found in Ilunyan. 'Hy hook or crook,' 'Through thick o'r thin,' are used by Spencer in the Palrie yueen.' 'Smell a rat,1 is employed by Run Johnson, and by Rutler in 'Hubibras.' Wrong sow by the oar,' (now rendered : 'Take the wrong pig by tho oar,') is used by Ren Johnson. 'Turn over a new leaf,' occurs in Middlcton's play of 'Anything for a Jiit"t Life. 'The moon is made of green cheese,' is found in 'Rabelais.' 'To die in tho last ditch,' which is popularly supposed to have origina originated - ted originated in tho South during tho late rebellion, is traced to "William of Orange, who once said: 'There is ono certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin I will dio in the last ditch." Savino nv MACHiNF.nv. Tho number of thrcshiug maehines in the United States is sot down at 235,000, and it is estimated that they save five per cent, moro of tho grain than tho flail. This would save to the coun country - try country more than 80.000,000 bushels of grain, worth at least $50,000,000.

I He I rut account we li.iv nf t ! (Irrlr-r 1 spreading into other countries is in the fifth century, when it was established in the Sjan Sjan-ish - ish Sjan-ish Dominions under the Roman I)ispen-a-tion, and in tho sixth century by King Henry in Portugal, and in the twelfth century it was established in France, and afterwards in Enclond bv John M'Nevilie. attended bv live knights from France, who formed a Royal Grand Lodge of Honor in London, which Or Order - der Order remained until the reign of George III, when a jrart of them began to form them themselves - selves themselves into a Union, ami ;i portion of them re remain - main remain until this day. On this account the Lodges which remain, and are very numer numerous - ous numerous throughout the world, call themselves Ioyal Ancient Independent Odd Fellows, be being - ing being a jiortion of the original Ixuly. Hczican Euinn. Though all of these ruins are at this time desert!, it is by no means just to suppo-o that they are the relics of a jeople now be become - come become extinct. When this country was inva ded by the Spanish conquerors, it was, like Peru, occupied by a jwlii-lied and cultivated race. Many of its cities were then large and flourishing, and inhabited by a numerous population. Their magnificent palace were still the residence of princes, and tho temples still devoted to their original sacred uses. The arts were in n high state of advance advancement - ment advancement science was cultivated religion well established, and powerful governments in firm and substantial existence. It may bo accordingly maintained, beyond the fear of, contradiction, that Mime of these structures, or in any event, similar ones, were erected by! .1,,. nn.nr. ,t :'l ..rflan trllx nl .-. . .v.. j ii... (.upyillj; Hint JllUJl. illll, iia lllfgiib tsv davu- rallv inferred, and othe na1- nod the ordinan- lot of hu- traditional and tions had not icaned tne ordinary man affairs, but had been suljected to all tho consequences of invasions, wars and revolu revolutions, - tions, revolutions, through the long jeriod which had elaned since their first settlement here to uie " ' 'J "'V . "THV.! , " . . ,,ut,l,.

The origin of the order of Odd Fellows Is of an ancient date. It was established bv I the Roman soldiers in camp after the order ' of the Israelites, during the reign of Nero, i tho Roman Emporor. who commenced his ' reign . I). oTi. at - .. - - a. . . I which time they were called Fellow Citizens. Tho name of Odd Follows was given to this Order of mon (A. 1). 70,) by Titus Crosar, Emperor of Rome, from their singularity of notions, and from limit Wnfuvlrulr.: nf (n'lt ntlinr lit. tiii.lit- n well as by day, and their fidelity to him and . I . " . . ' . . their country. He not only gave them the name of Odd l ellnws, but at the same time, as a pledge of friendship, presented them with a Dispensation, engraved on a plate of gold, having the following emblems, viz: Tho Royal Arch of Titus Cirnar, the Ark of the Covenant, the Golden Candlesticks, the Ta Table, - ble, Table, (weighing one groat talent,) the Sun for N. U., the Moon and Stars for V. (i., a Lamp for Secretary, the Lion for Oiiatclian. tlm 1 Dove for Warden, nml tho Emblems of Mor-

tality for G. M. ceptton, a littlo farm, well tilled, is moro It is very probable that the first Odd Pel-' P"Htnble in the end than a large one, indif indif-lows - lows indif-lows made their ii)K-nrance in North Wales frently cultivated. AVc once read a story of about that time, as an invasion was made by ! a frenchman who had two daughters. Ono one of Titus Ciosar's generals (Agricola,) ! of th(jm '"amed and received one half of tho on North "Wales and shortly afterwards on , l)a,ora' vineyard as her dowry. To the old the Island of Mono, now culled Anclesea. ! ,nan.'t "urpriMi, the half he had reserved, re-