Volume 24 (1872) (424 pages)

February 17, 1872.] SCIENTIFIC PRESS) 103 Usefut INfoRMATION. Goon Heart. Gutra Percna Sones.—The method of putting gutta perclia soles on leather is siuiilar ito this. First take all the nails out and rasp the sole all over as coarse as possible, then give it acoating of solution, mado of gntta perch and naphtba, and let it dry. Then get yonr gutta percha, which has been boiled in water until quite soft, and work it with your hands until the water is out of it. Now get a lump that you believe will be enough to make the sole, and work it intoa ball. Heat your hoot a little, and lay the ball on the centre of the sole, and with the palm of your hand spread it over, taking care to cover the whole. Give it a slight rap on an iron plate. In about half an hour cut it round with a hot piece of iron smoothly, and sand-paper it. The heels should have a little scooped ont of the centre, which makes a good foundation for the lump to rest iu. Antirician Mrik Usep 1x Parts Durine tHe Srece.—When uatural milk became acarce in Paris, an artificial milk was made by dissolving 1% ounces of augar in a quart of water, addiug an ounce of dry albumin (from white of egg) and 15 to 30 grains of soda crystals, and then emnlsiouizing therein from 1% to 2 ounces of olivo oil. As the war progressed, golatin was subsituted for the albumin, and then slanghter-house fats—puritied hy melting at 150° and then projecting in them small quautitics of water—for the olive oil. One firm made in this latter way, 132,000 gallons of milk daily for Paris consumption. Tne Avsrrartan Meats now sold in Europe, and elsewhere, have not found their way to this conntry, bnt it will not be long before the plan will he adopted here with our own meats. It has many advantagea which commend themselves. If a large business be done in the putting mp of canned meats, and they are put upon tho market the same as oysters and canned fruits, there will be found economy hoth in price and ahsence of waste. It will particularly be a trade which will meet the demands of new towns in remote localities, which at certain seasons are almost without a market. AnIERTINE.—Abiertine or extract of Fir Balsam, is a recently discovered agent which is commanding considerable attention. It is manufactured about forty miles above Oroville, the proprietore having put up works there for the distillation of the balsam from which itis made. It is highly recommended for cleaning type, taking paint and other stains out of clothing. Itis also recommended for spraina, burna, neuralgia, tooth-ache, ete. Should this California production possess the virtue claimed, the discoverer and mannfacturer has made 2 profitable inveatment. Wuisky.—It is atated that when Russian troops are about to start on a march ina very cold region, no grogisallowed. The men once drawn up, it hecomes the corporal’s duty to smell their breath and send back all who have been drinking. Many more examples might be cited, to prove thatitia the universal experience of all who have fairly tested it, that alcohol diminishes onr power to resist cold. How is Turs?—An exchange (we find the paragraph among the “‘ miscellany ” of the College Courant) says: ‘‘ Mr. Packard has for some years held opena standing offer toeducate gratuitonsly fifty women in hia business college. He atates that the result has been two hundred applications, twenty trials, and two successes.” What was his atandard of ‘‘auccess?”’ A new description of carpet known as India Brussels, has been introduced of the same width aa ordinary tapestry Brussels, and aaid to possess an equally good appearance. It is made of a superior quality of wool, felted so as to make the fabric heavy and durable ; and on the face are printed, in colors, designs of recent introduction. Tue Bat’s Wixc.—It has heen found that the bat’a wing and theear of the white mouse are most abundantly provided with nerves, apparently for the purpose of supplying, by means of a very refined seuse of touch, the imperfection of vision. The number of nerve endiugs on each ear of the white mouse are estimated at 6,000. Beet Svuoar iw France.—The production of beet sugar in France gives employment to upwards of 400 factories, Burtrer anp Worss.—There is no doubt that the larvee of the various worms which infest the alimentary canal of children, and frequently, too, of adnits, are taken in with tho food. Greasy substances are apt to abound with them. Ina late German medical jourval,a Dr. Hubber relates many experiments he lias made on tbis subject, and he comes to the conclusion that no article used by man as food, especially during childhood, is so prolific a canse of intestinal worms as butter. The use of bntter serves also for the introdnetion of insects, as well as worms; and, as American children seldom eat bread withouta thick coatiug of butter, the general presence of intestinal worms need not be wondered at.—Home and Hearth. Rroriry or rHeE Jaws iy Drownino Persons sor a Sicn oF DearH.—A recent writer assures us that the rigidity of the jaws ina person taken out of the water after long emersion, instead of being a sign of death, is really an indication that life is still present, as it disappears only when life is actually extinct. This, of eourse, is not to be cenfounded with the atiffening of the entire body after death, but refers entirely to the local symptoms. We aro, therefore, advised, under the circumstances indicated, not to lose hope, hut to continue to make use of all the methods that present themselves as appropriate for the restoration of suspended animation, whether hy the injection of air into the lungs, or by otlier means. Toe Lame in a Sick Room.—The following aimple arrangement will remedy the evil of foul gas, generated by burniug a kerosene lamp all night in a nursery or sick room: Take a raisin or any other suitable aized box that will contain the lamp when set upon end. Placethe lamp in the box, outside the window, with the open side facing theroom. Whenthereare blinds, the box can be attached to each hy leaving them a little open, and fastening with a cord; or the lamp box can be nailed to the window casing in a permanent manner. The lamp hurns quite as well outside, and a decided improvement of the air in the room is experienced. DistinevisHino Reau FRoM APPARENT Dratu.—A new mode of distinguishing hetween real and apparent death has heen recently submitted to the consideration of the Academy of Medicine, in Paris. It consists in the insertion of a hright steel needle into the body; and it is said that when life is present the needle soon becomes tarnished by oxidation; while, on the other hand, if death has taken place, the needle will retain its brightnesa for half an hour or more. According to Dr. Laborde, the author of the communiceation, oxidation, withits attendant electrical phenomena, indicates that death is only apparent, and the entire ahsence of oxidation is a sign of real death. QurninE Biscvurrs.—A new dietary article haa heen introduced by the London bakers,in the shape of quinine biscuits. They are small, extremely well made, and have a pleasant and delicately bitter flavor. Each biscuit is estimated to contain one-fourth of a grain of quinine, and for delicate atomacha, or where it ie desirable to disgnise medicines as much aa possiblé, or to combine food with medicine in 2 perféctly agreeable form, these biscuits are likely to become very popular. Lium.—We find the following in an exchange: A etanding antidote for poison by oak, ivy, etc.,is totakea handful of quick lime, dissolve in water, letit etand half an hour, then paint the poisoned parts with it. Three or four applications will never fail to cure the most aggravated cases. Poison from bees, hornets, spider bites, etc., is instantly arrested hy the application of equal parts of common salt and bicarbonate of soda, well rubbed in on the place bitten or atung. Tootuacur.—A correspondent of the English Magazine, gives the following curious remedy: Puta piece of quick-lime as big as a walnut ina pint of water ina bottle. Clean the teeth with a little of it every morning, rinsing the mouth with clean water afterwards. Jf the teeth are good, it will preserve them and keep away toothache; if the teeth are gone, it will harden the gums so that they will masticate crusts and all. Sore Moura anp ‘Tonourn. — Three drachms of borax, two of sugar of lead, half an ounce of alum, and a pint of sage tea, will cure a sore mouth and tongue. It must be used as a wash. A Deserted City. Onr readers all remember the great Excelsior or Meadow Lako excitement of some half a dozen years ago, when ambitious crowds of fortune-hunters went rushing with bag and baggage over the Henness Pass ronte, among the tall pines, tamaracks and perpetual snows of the Sierra Nevada. Summit City, on the borders of the pretty little meadow Lake, sprang np from amid fresh pine stumps, developed into a big town, with broad streets, big hotels, fine drinking saloons and two burdy-gurdy houses, all in the space of six . .2 weeks. Gold Hill and Virginia were hoth plentifully represented, not only in town, bnt throughout the district. Everyhody made plenty of locations, and nohody felt sure of bis fortune unleas he had ‘‘feet” in Excelsior, where the ledges were all rich. We know how it wasonrself, for we aaw the clephant' from stem to stern, and invested all our reportorial earnings therein, fortbwith, aud suhsequent assessments kept us continually broke for three years afterward, till we got ‘‘froze out” entirely. The Grass Valley Union, of Jannary 26th, thus tella tbe present atatus of things ‘way over in Excelsior:” Meadow Lake City, which was once called Summit City, boasted in‘the days gone by, of a population of 3,000 or 4,000 souls. In its day of prosperity it had fine atorcs, good hotels, theatres, aaloons in number, and an Exchange at which mining stocks were sold. Meadow Lake City was a second Virginia City, and attempted to revive the good daya of Washoe, the flusb times of the Comstock lead. In 1865, we think it was, some persons found goldhearing rock in some ledges near Meadow Lake, and these being assayed and the assay being talked about, the city of Summit or Meadow Lake was horn. It sprung up, like Jonah’s gourd, and in a night has withered. In the excitement which followed the discovery of quartz apecimens around Meadow Lake, fine houses were erected, and husiness promised to he brisk. The ledges, however, failed to yield up their treaaure ‘‘hy mill process,” and people became disheartened. The sauguine held on in hopes that chemiatry would get the gold out of the rock where mechanism had failed. The ores were rebellious, it is said, and the ordinary appliances of atampa and quicksilver would not save the gold of those rich ledges. Chemistry would find a way to get the richness out of the rock. ‘‘Old people saw eigns and young people dreamed dreams” in efforts to save that gold. The Burna process was invented in a dream to save gold, and for a long time Meadow Lake City continued to hold its own in the hope of the auccess of the Burnsdream. It failed, and the doubtera began to intimate that the gold was not in the rock, and the assayers were wrong or had been imposed upon. Mills, chemicals, and even dreams failed to make mining there a success. Science, mechanics and the black art had each failed in its turn to turn the rock into gold. So the city went down and ts deserted. A few daye ago a friend of ours visited Meadow Lake City. He went up on snow shoes and took a look at the deserted and snow-covered place. The houses which were only one story in hight were covered to tbeir roofs with snow. The two-story housea were surrounded with anow to the aecond story. Nota living being was to be aeen by him. He was monarch of that anowy desolation. Signs swung in the cold wind, and just grazed in their swinging the surface of the snow. Prominent among the signs was that of a hroker’a office, just opposite the old hall of the Board of Brokers. The large hotel there was yet furnished, and beds and bedding remained there. Our friend, standing in his snow-shoes, gazed into the hotel while he stood on the enow surface, level with the second story, and he saw clean linen on the deserted heds. He wanted to take a rest in.the comfortable looking quarters, but there was no fuel or food in sight, and he had to go down lower to a ditch-tender’s cabin to get fire and appease his hunger. Many of the honses have this winter been broken down by the weight of snow on their roofs, but many more remain just as they were when their owners left. The property deserted is safe, as cold and snow have locked all against the depredation of burglars. Meadow Lekeis a winter residence no more.—Gold Hill News. Bessauer Steet Rarts.—The ship Patroclus, recently arrived from Newport, Wales, brought 6,888 Bessamer steel rails for the Central Pacific Railroad. It is atated that this is the firat importation of this kind of rails to California. Daily Weather Record,* By Tue U. S. Anuy Sicxan SERvicE, yor rHE WEEE Expisa WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1872. “= a é i: ite tek [> EEE ipalfy pes . lroe EES ECC Bl suas o sit . S SSS 8] §S5 areuner, Seu <3 Serie eee > Ss 5 sigs fn hd o Th—lst.) 30.15 Vresh lear = Kr—2d./ 30.! oH ‘Threat. & Sat—3d . 30. ini Threat’ & Sun—ith. 3.11) 34 Vloudy ™ Mou—sth. 30, Fresh . 4-4) . Thrvat'g g Tn-6th. 30, Light . 2-4 Cloudy ao Wed-ith Th—Ist 4 Fr-2¢ 30.11 51 lH Cloudy 2 Sst -3d A Sun—ith, a Mon—Seh @ Tn-oth. Wed-ith pe that. > lr—2d.. 29.69)15)91/8. E,) Light . 3-4 Olondy FH Sat—3d . .) 29.42/34)79) W, 12)¥resh Cloudy a@ San—ith,! 29,65/10)/58,Oslm. (dear “po Man— Ath & Tu—6th.! 29.67)10}40/8. 5lGentle . 3-4 Cloudy tf Wed—ith Th—Iet. ¢ Er—2d.. 0.19221 NW. Gentle . 3-4 Clondy. q Sat—3d . 30.0937 }401S. WW.) 12)resh . 1-4 Theoat'R @ Sun—ith,. 29.9)/19/39. N. BE.) 20) Brisk Clear 5 Mon~Sth oT h. 30 GUN, 4. Gontle . 3-4 Clondy 60) W 15] Brisk Clear 4 79) 1V. uiFresh . 34 Clondy 4 TIN.W. 5iGentle Clear & To—6eh.] 30.11] 60/8. W.] a}Frosh Clest Wed—ithi Th—Iat Fr—2d. 30.1] Sines. 10[Fresh Clesr. 6 Sat—3d . . 29.A3]/39/64;N.W.] 13]/Fresh . 3-4] londy & Snn—ith,. 29,84 487/Calm 4 Cloudy © Mon—Sth . Tu-6th . 30.19) 284/Calm Clesr Wed—ithi ‘h—lst. : Fr—2d.. 30.20]12)80/N.W. 4/Gentle Lt. Snow & Sst—3d . 30.04/13)/81/S. &/Fresh air Fy pie 30,20) GGIN.W., Light . 3-4] Cloudy on—5t! ©? Tn—6th. 30.49] si6)N.W.) 6[ Frosh Clear Wed—7th ~ Th-lst. " a> Fr—-2d./ 39.44] 8/77)N. E{ d)Gentle. 1-4 Fair & Sst—3d. . 30.30/10/78. Calm 14. Fair & Sun—4th,} 30,28] 8/T7. N. 3Gontle . 44 Le. Snow S$ Mon—Ssth & Tu—6th. 90.52) 287)Oalm Closr a Wed—ith * This report is continued on page 108 of this issue. el Book Notices. Tse Cazrn Boos, or National Characteristics. By Chas. Gealsfield. Transisted from the German by Sarah Powell. St. John & Coftin, 198 Broadway, New York, This is an amusing collection of tales which were told abont a cabin firein Texas. The time during the independence of Texas. The personagea, some of the most noted characters who took part in the struggle of that State for its independence. The stories themselves are told for the amusement of the company by the chief actors. One or two, however, are historical in character. Taken all in all the book is very pleasant reading and contributes not a little toward the stock of knowledge of the time just preceding the war with Mexico. The descriptions of Texas are all very vivid and in the main correct. THe ANNUAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND OARSMANS' Manvat For 1871. This is alarge quarto volume, 500 pages, printed in colors or tinted paper, containing 65 illustrations on wood, and 12 plates on etone, bound in gilt muslin, beveled edges, We have received from the publiahers, Messrs. Waters, Balch & Co., 303 River street, Troy, N: Y.,a copy of this work. It is especially addressed to the lovers of ‘rowing in racing shells, thongh a considerable portion of the work is devoted to the interests of those who, less daring or less energetic, find enjoyment in paddling a canoe, or pulling a akiff that one can stand up in. It givea a very good history of the chauges and improvements which have taken place in the construction of racing boats, since racing in boats first came in fashion, and this naturally leads to the discussion of the merits of the last change, i.e. the substitution of paper for wood in the outer sheathing of these boats. Tbe defects, which the bookclaima, are inherent in wooden aheathed boats, are acknowledged hy many prominent oarsmen, and testimonials in support of the claims of the paper boat are not wanting. Besides being illustrated with many fine woodcuts which exhibit the varioua atyles of boata in use in the United States for hunting and fishing, a very full list of the different rowing and hunting clubs in the United States and British Provinces is given. In aword, the amateur or professional oarsman will find in this volnme everything he wishea to know, whether on the subject of training, care of his boat, hoat building or the past history of boat racing. All this and mnch more he will find in the clearest of type, in the finest of tinted paper, and elegantly bound. A new telegraph cable is talked of, bebetween New York and London.

February 17, 1872.] SCIENTIFIC PRESS) 103 Usefut INfoRMATION. Goon Heart. Gutra Percna Sones.—The method of putting gutta perclia soles on leather is siuiilar ito this. First take all the nails out and rasp the sole all over as coarse as possible, then give it acoating of solution, mado of gntta perch and naphtba, and let it dry. Then get yonr gutta percha, which has been boiled in water until quite soft, and work it with your hands until the water is out of it. Now get a lump that you believe will be enough to make the sole, and work it intoa ball. Heat your hoot a little, and lay the ball on the centre of the sole, and with the palm of your hand spread it over, taking care to cover the whole. Give it a slight rap on an iron plate. In about half an hour cut it round with a hot piece of iron smoothly, and sand-paper it. The heels should have a little scooped ont of the centre, which makes a good foundation for the lump to rest iu. Antirician Mrik Usep 1x Parts Durine tHe Srece.—When uatural milk became acarce in Paris, an artificial milk was made by dissolving 1% ounces of augar in a quart of water, addiug an ounce of dry albumin (from white of egg) and 15 to 30 grains of soda crystals, and then emnlsiouizing therein from 1% to 2 ounces of olivo oil. As the war progressed, golatin was subsituted for the albumin, and then slanghter-house fats—puritied hy melting at 150° and then projecting in them small quautitics of water—for the olive oil. One firm made in this latter way, 132,000 gallons of milk daily for Paris consumption. Tne Avsrrartan Meats now sold in Europe, and elsewhere, have not found their way to this conntry, bnt it will not be long before the plan will he adopted here with our own meats. It has many advantagea which commend themselves. If a large business be done in the putting mp of canned meats, and they are put upon tho market the same as oysters and canned fruits, there will be found economy hoth in price and ahsence of waste. It will particularly be a trade which will meet the demands of new towns in remote localities, which at certain seasons are almost without a market. AnIERTINE.—Abiertine or extract of Fir Balsam, is a recently discovered agent which is commanding considerable attention. It is manufactured about forty miles above Oroville, the proprietore having put up works there for the distillation of the balsam from which itis made. It is highly recommended for cleaning type, taking paint and other stains out of clothing. Itis also recommended for spraina, burna, neuralgia, tooth-ache, ete. Should this California production possess the virtue claimed, the discoverer and mannfacturer has made 2 profitable inveatment. Wuisky.—It is atated that when Russian troops are about to start on a march ina very cold region, no grogisallowed. The men once drawn up, it hecomes the corporal’s duty to smell their breath and send back all who have been drinking. Many more examples might be cited, to prove thatitia the universal experience of all who have fairly tested it, that alcohol diminishes onr power to resist cold. How is Turs?—An exchange (we find the paragraph among the “‘ miscellany ” of the College Courant) says: ‘‘ Mr. Packard has for some years held opena standing offer toeducate gratuitonsly fifty women in hia business college. He atates that the result has been two hundred applications, twenty trials, and two successes.” What was his atandard of ‘‘auccess?”’ A new description of carpet known as India Brussels, has been introduced of the same width aa ordinary tapestry Brussels, and aaid to possess an equally good appearance. It is made of a superior quality of wool, felted so as to make the fabric heavy and durable ; and on the face are printed, in colors, designs of recent introduction. Tue Bat’s Wixc.—It has heen found that the bat’a wing and theear of the white mouse are most abundantly provided with nerves, apparently for the purpose of supplying, by means of a very refined seuse of touch, the imperfection of vision. The number of nerve endiugs on each ear of the white mouse are estimated at 6,000. Beet Svuoar iw France.—The production of beet sugar in France gives employment to upwards of 400 factories, Burtrer anp Worss.—There is no doubt that the larvee of the various worms which infest the alimentary canal of children, and frequently, too, of adnits, are taken in with tho food. Greasy substances are apt to abound with them. Ina late German medical jourval,a Dr. Hubber relates many experiments he lias made on tbis subject, and he comes to the conclusion that no article used by man as food, especially during childhood, is so prolific a canse of intestinal worms as butter. The use of bntter serves also for the introdnetion of insects, as well as worms; and, as American children seldom eat bread withouta thick coatiug of butter, the general presence of intestinal worms need not be wondered at.—Home and Hearth. Rroriry or rHeE Jaws iy Drownino Persons sor a Sicn oF DearH.—A recent writer assures us that the rigidity of the jaws ina person taken out of the water after long emersion, instead of being a sign of death, is really an indication that life is still present, as it disappears only when life is actually extinct. This, of eourse, is not to be cenfounded with the atiffening of the entire body after death, but refers entirely to the local symptoms. We aro, therefore, advised, under the circumstances indicated, not to lose hope, hut to continue to make use of all the methods that present themselves as appropriate for the restoration of suspended animation, whether hy the injection of air into the lungs, or by otlier means. Toe Lame in a Sick Room.—The following aimple arrangement will remedy the evil of foul gas, generated by burniug a kerosene lamp all night in a nursery or sick room: Take a raisin or any other suitable aized box that will contain the lamp when set upon end. Placethe lamp in the box, outside the window, with the open side facing theroom. Whenthereare blinds, the box can be attached to each hy leaving them a little open, and fastening with a cord; or the lamp box can be nailed to the window casing in a permanent manner. The lamp hurns quite as well outside, and a decided improvement of the air in the room is experienced. DistinevisHino Reau FRoM APPARENT Dratu.—A new mode of distinguishing hetween real and apparent death has heen recently submitted to the consideration of the Academy of Medicine, in Paris. It consists in the insertion of a hright steel needle into the body; and it is said that when life is present the needle soon becomes tarnished by oxidation; while, on the other hand, if death has taken place, the needle will retain its brightnesa for half an hour or more. According to Dr. Laborde, the author of the communiceation, oxidation, withits attendant electrical phenomena, indicates that death is only apparent, and the entire ahsence of oxidation is a sign of real death. QurninE Biscvurrs.—A new dietary article haa heen introduced by the London bakers,in the shape of quinine biscuits. They are small, extremely well made, and have a pleasant and delicately bitter flavor. Each biscuit is estimated to contain one-fourth of a grain of quinine, and for delicate atomacha, or where it ie desirable to disgnise medicines as much aa possiblé, or to combine food with medicine in 2 perféctly agreeable form, these biscuits are likely to become very popular. Lium.—We find the following in an exchange: A etanding antidote for poison by oak, ivy, etc.,is totakea handful of quick lime, dissolve in water, letit etand half an hour, then paint the poisoned parts with it. Three or four applications will never fail to cure the most aggravated cases. Poison from bees, hornets, spider bites, etc., is instantly arrested hy the application of equal parts of common salt and bicarbonate of soda, well rubbed in on the place bitten or atung. Tootuacur.—A correspondent of the English Magazine, gives the following curious remedy: Puta piece of quick-lime as big as a walnut ina pint of water ina bottle. Clean the teeth with a little of it every morning, rinsing the mouth with clean water afterwards. Jf the teeth are good, it will preserve them and keep away toothache; if the teeth are gone, it will harden the gums so that they will masticate crusts and all. Sore Moura anp ‘Tonourn. — Three drachms of borax, two of sugar of lead, half an ounce of alum, and a pint of sage tea, will cure a sore mouth and tongue. It must be used as a wash. A Deserted City. Onr readers all remember the great Excelsior or Meadow Lako excitement of some half a dozen years ago, when ambitious crowds of fortune-hunters went rushing with bag and baggage over the Henness Pass ronte, among the tall pines, tamaracks and perpetual snows of the Sierra Nevada. Summit City, on the borders of the pretty little meadow Lake, sprang np from amid fresh pine stumps, developed into a big town, with broad streets, big hotels, fine drinking saloons and two burdy-gurdy houses, all in the space of six . .2 weeks. Gold Hill and Virginia were hoth plentifully represented, not only in town, bnt throughout the district. Everyhody made plenty of locations, and nohody felt sure of bis fortune unleas he had ‘‘feet” in Excelsior, where the ledges were all rich. We know how it wasonrself, for we aaw the clephant' from stem to stern, and invested all our reportorial earnings therein, fortbwith, aud suhsequent assessments kept us

continually broke for three years afterward, till we got ‘‘froze out” entirely. The Grass Valley Union, of Jannary 26th, thus tella tbe present atatus of things ‘way over in Excelsior:” Meadow Lake City, which was once called Summit City, boasted in‘the days gone by, of a population of 3,000 or 4,000 souls. In its day of prosperity it had fine atorcs, good hotels, theatres, aaloons in number, and an Exchange at which mining stocks were sold. Meadow Lake City was a second Virginia City, and attempted to revive the good daya of Washoe, the flusb times of the Comstock lead. In 1865, we think it was, some persons found goldhearing rock in some ledges near Meadow Lake, and these being assayed and the assay being talked about, the city of Summit or Meadow Lake was horn. It sprung up, like Jonah’s gourd, and in a night has withered. In the excitement which followed the discovery of quartz apecimens around Meadow Lake, fine houses were erected, and husiness promised to he brisk. The ledges, however, failed to yield up their treaaure ‘‘hy mill process,” and people became disheartened. The sauguine held on in hopes that chemiatry would get the gold out of the rock where mechanism had failed. The ores were rebellious, it is said, and the ordinary appliances of atampa and quicksilver would not save the gold of those rich ledges. Chemistry would find a way to get the richness out of the rock. ‘‘Old people saw eigns and young people dreamed dreams” in efforts to save that gold. The Burna process was invented in a dream to save gold, and for a long time Meadow Lake City continued to hold its own in the hope of the auccess of the Burnsdream. It failed, and the doubtera began to intimate that the gold was not in the rock, and the assayers were wrong or had been imposed upon. Mills, chemicals, and even dreams failed to make mining there a success. Science, mechanics and the black art had each failed in its turn to turn the rock into gold. So the city went down and ts deserted. A few daye ago a friend of ours visited Meadow Lake City. He went up on snow shoes and took a look at the deserted and snow-covered place. The houses which were only one story in hight were covered to tbeir roofs with snow. The two-story housea were surrounded with anow to the aecond story. Nota living being was to be aeen by him. He was monarch of that anowy desolation. Signs swung in the cold wind, and just grazed in their swinging the surface of the snow. Prominent among the signs was that of a hroker’a office, just opposite the old hall of the Board of Brokers. The large hotel there was yet furnished, and beds and bedding remained there. Our friend, standing in his snow-shoes, gazed into the hotel while he stood on the enow surface, level with the second story, and he saw clean linen on the deserted heds. He wanted to take a rest in.the comfortable looking quarters, but there was no fuel or food in sight, and he had to go down lower to a ditch-tender’s cabin to get fire and appease his hunger. Many of the honses have this winter been broken down by the weight of snow on their roofs, but many more remain just as they were when their owners left. The property deserted is safe, as cold and snow have locked all against the depredation of burglars. Meadow Lekeis a winter residence no more.—Gold Hill News. Bessauer Steet Rarts.—The ship Patroclus, recently arrived from Newport, Wales, brought 6,888 Bessamer steel rails for the Central Pacific Railroad. It is atated that this is the firat importation of this kind of rails to California. Daily Weather Record,* By Tue U. S. Anuy Sicxan SERvicE, yor rHE WEEE Expisa WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1872. “= a é i: ite tek [> EEE ipalfy pes . lroe EES ECC Bl suas o sit . S SSS 8] §S5 areuner, Seu <3 Serie eee > Ss 5 sigs fn hd o Th—lst..) 30.15 Vresh lear = Kr—2d../ 30.! oH ‘Threat. & Sat—3d .. 30. ini Threat’ & Sun—ith. 3.11) 34 Vloudy ™ Mou—sth. 30, Fresh . 4-4) . Thrvat'g g Tn-6th.. 30, Light . 2-4 Cloudy ao Wed-ith Th—Ist 4 Fr-2¢ 30.11 51 lH Cloudy 2 Sst -3d A Sun—ith, a Mon—Seh @ Tn-oth. Wed-ith pe that. > lr—2d... 29.69)15)91/8. E,) Light . 3-4 Olondy FH Sat—3d . .) 29.42/34)79) W, 12)¥resh Cloudy a@ San—ith,! 29,65/10)/58,Oslm. (dear “po Man— Ath & Tu—6th.! 29.67)10}40/8. 5lGentle . 3-4 Cloudy tf Wed—ith Th—Iet. ¢ Er—2d... 0.19221 NW. Gentle . 3-4 Clondy. q Sat—3d .. 30.0937 }401S. WW.) 12)resh . 1-4 Theoat'R @ Sun—ith,. 29.9)/19/39. N. BE.) 20) Brisk Clear 5 Mon~Sth oT h.. 30 GUN, 4. Gontle . 3-4 Clondy 60) W 15] Brisk Clear 4 79) 1V. uiFresh . 34 Clondy 4 TIN.W. 5iGentle Clear & To—6eh.] 30.11] 60/8. W.] a}Frosh Clest Wed—ithi Th—Iat Fr—2d. 30.1] Sines. 10[Fresh Clesr. 6 Sat—3d . . 29.A3]/39/64;N.W.] 13]/Fresh . 3-4] londy & Snn—ith,. 29,84 487/Calm 4 Cloudy © Mon—Sth . Tu-6th . 30.19) 284/Calm Clesr Wed—ithi ‘h—lst. : Fr—2d... 30.20]12)80/N.W. 4/Gentle Lt. Snow & Sst—3d .. 30.04/13)/81/S. &/Fresh air Fy pie 30,20) GGIN.W., Light . 3-4] Cloudy on—5t! ©? Tn—6th.. 30.49] si6)N.W.) 6[ Frosh Clear Wed—7th ~ Th-lst. " a> Fr—-2d../ 39.44] 8/77)N. E{ d)Gentle. 1-4 Fair & Sst—3d. . 30.30/10/78. Calm 14. Fair & Sun—4th,} 30,28] 8/T7. N. 3Gontle . 44 Le. Snow S$ Mon—Ssth & Tu—6th.. 90.52) 287)Oalm Closr a Wed—ith * This report is continued on page 108 of this issue. el Book Notices. Tse Cazrn Boos, or National Characteristics. By Chas. Gealsfield. Transisted from the German by Sarah Powell. St. John & Coftin, 198 Broadway, New York, This is an amusing collection of tales which were told abont a cabin firein Texas. The time during the independence of Texas. The personagea, some of the most noted characters who took part in the struggle of that State for its independence. The stories themselves are told for the amusement of the company by the chief actors. One or two, however, are historical in character. Taken all in all the book is very pleasant reading and contributes not a little toward the stock of knowledge of the time just preceding the war with Mexico. The descriptions of Texas are all very vivid and in the main correct. THe ANNUAL ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND OARSMANS' Manvat For 1871. This is alarge quarto volume, 500 pages, printed in colors or tinted paper, containing 65 illustrations on wood, and 12 plates on etone, bound in gilt muslin, beveled edges, We have received from the publiahers, Messrs. Waters, Balch & Co., 303 River street, Troy, N: Y.,a copy of this work. It is especially addressed to the lovers of ‘rowing in racing shells, thongh a considerable portion of the work is devoted to the interests of those who, less daring or less energetic, find enjoyment in paddling a canoe, or pulling a akiff that one can stand up in. It givea a very good history of the chauges and improvements which have taken place in the construction of racing boats, since racing in boats first came in fashion, and this naturally leads to the discussion of the merits of the last change, i.e. the substitution of paper for wood in the outer sheathing of these boats. Tbe defects, which the bookclaima, are inherent in wooden aheathed boats, are acknowledged hy many prominent oarsmen, and testimonials in support of the claims of the paper boat are not wanting. Besides being illustrated with many fine woodcuts which exhibit the varioua atyles of boata in use in the United States for hunting and fishing, a very full list of the different rowing and hunting clubs in the United States and British Provinces is given. In aword, the amateur or professional oarsman will find in this volnme everything he wishea to know, whether on the subject of training, care of his boat, hoat building or the past history of boat racing. All this and mnch more he will find in the clearest of type, in the finest of tinted paper, and elegantly bound. A new telegraph cable is talked of, bebetween New York and London.