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THE WEST SHORE.
March, 1880.
A LUCKY FALL.
Th Sonora, CaL, Independent says: The moit
lingular manner o being struck with a fortune
in prospecting that we ever heard of occurred
bore Spring gulch on Sunday hut. Mr. Snow,
law oi ...... Fraucuuo, now pioauecliug iu lliia
vicinity for other parties, wai out on a quartz
hunt with Dr. Drake, of San Kranoiaco. They
were returning home, it being stormy, when
Snow (who wai riding a hone alonn tho trail)
waa luddenly miaaed by his companion. Snow's
horae had dipped off the bluff, and down he
went at an angle of 40', horc, rider and rifle
(whioh ha grippled firmly in hia hand), rolling
ovar and over in the anow, until he brought up
againat a maaa of atone standing out of the
anow, ita top covered with moaa. He waa not
nuit aa the oold, aoft cuahion had aaved hia
bonea from the hard ground beneath. Scramb
ling up againat the rock, he noticed that it
w uuanr., auu wnere me nnrao hail acci
dentally kicked of the moa something "littered
Hia eyoa "bugged" out, but he did not atop to
bruah them off, hia handa were too buav clawinii
.,11 II . ILJ ; '1 , J?
-7 vmm. ' iiimmh uoming on no nan only
t,mt0 break off a few apecimena, which are
filled with pure ore. One amall piece, exhib
ited in town, waa eatimated to be three-quar-tare
gold. Tona of it are apparently atill await
ing ita owner. Hnow aaya the vein ia about 30
. Miiua, auu in nia impuiaivo genoroaity ho
save awav several ah III I'M MmiiIi 1. f t . . l,,u ,,,.,, ,!
H told u that ho "would not look At M&OOO
lor du iDMrwt." if u without doubt the rich
Mt IllAUof (lll&riv .va.i-.li.,w..,..r...l las, 111. a..
. ....... mlvvloi in iu Hi VvaUlM
e-ioept the Divoli bonauza, recently opened here
in Sonora, Of oourae, he told ua to keep it out
of the paperi but the caution t .... I an 1,.. . t
ting monotonous Mr. Snow ia very.well known
... .. . rawaaaaeau aa an aouir 01 merit, und a
gentleman well-deaerving the good fortune ho
baa "tumbled to." Some men are born rich,
othera have riches thm.t ........ ,...... i...t u.
- ... . - huwm II.' Ml, I. Ill
Snow haa drifted through air and anow, right
p pauiu pus 01 rionneaa that would
make old Kothaohild'a keen eyea turn green
with envy.
HOME-MADK TROUBLE.
Edward Berwiok contributes the following to
the 'iicic Itural Prtu: Those that have no
trouble are daadj" so runs the old saw aa set
by some "old file." I suppose, by tho way,
that "old Me" ia an abbreviation of old philoso
pher. At laaat the old tile who set my saw hail
aome knowledgo of human nature. Hut, though
"man is born to trouble aa the aparka lly up
ward, " it ia wonderful how mauy of our troubles
ra Aome-movie. We may fairly apply that ad
jeotiva to somewhere near 90.
Kvan the countless woas arising from ill
health, and for whioh wa are so ready to hold
Providano raapouaible, are, in the vast major
ity of oases, simply the result of our own igno
ranos, wilfulness or wickedness. One nurses
bit dyspepsia on hot cakes and fried grease;
another shrivels his liver by a too constant
making in gini a third benumb hia brain by a
oeaaelee devotion to tobaooo, and unspeakable
aversion to oold water and fresh air. Obviously
home made troubles, all I
Another malady that sorely afflict humanity
1 the disease called
AMOTION.
Innumerable are the trouble incidental there
to. The ambition, dear reader, not to na, but
to 11 a vs. Not the laudable desire to bo manly,
Under, loving and good) but the damnable lust
to taw gold and more gdd and yt mora. An
insatiable thirst that maddens and bru tallies,
bat never did, and never will truly ennoble one
of Us human race. Ala I (or the oountleaa
homo-mad troubles arising (rum ambition to
hav worldly wealth ! Food, raiment and con
tent know none of thorn.
"Joy, and temperance, and repose
Blam His door on the doctor's uoae!"
After money troubles what so common as
FAMILY TKOUBLE8.
Troubles incidental to the management of chil
dren, it aeema to have become tashionahle 01
lAtfl In Allllinn fhnf .l.ll.lr.... .... I....... ,. .tl. an
enormous amount of intuitive knowledge; that
1 .in y need no guidance, no restraint and vastly
little schooling Education, the careful draw
ing out of the faculties, bodily, mental, spiritual,
has become a thing too tiresome for the fast
living mothera of fast-living California.
Avarioe or vanity must be nursed and the
children ignored. The vory few who are de
voted to their offspring appear rather to wish
to make something for them inatead of some
thing of them, Striving to accumulate dollars
or acres, treasures that moth and rust may cor
rupt; an inheritance that
"Uoywllltuiticipato,
Lavish and dissipate."
I '. iriel inu tin- to-imar" nn.l intintf.il.r .....rn Im
- - B " I- J M.UMBBV. UIUID ,1-
portaut need of molding tho pliant uharacter af
ter a worthy model. Porgettiug to cherish the
tender buds of love frnfh ami t I I.'..-
gutting to implant the sterner virtues of obedi
ence and self-deuial, Forgetting that hoarded
gold is by no means necessarily a blessing. Forgetting
"How widely Its i- vary,
To cunt, to ruin, do irood or bless;
As even Its minted coins express,
Now stiimicd wilh Ihu mi.. , ol good Qmm Boss,
And now of a Moody Mary."
If uarents would think morn of 1 1... I
Worth, anil leas of th nminliM I . ..f o,n:.
" - I " ..... ... v., Llll 11
children, the world would be the better for it;
parents woiini no the bettor for it; children
Would be the better fur if. and ,l.nnM I, ......
but little of that greatest of Itome-iitade troubles:
ehildren, a curse to their parents.
HOMKSTEAD SETTLER'S BILL.
The bill passed by the United States Sonate
lately for tho relief of homestead settler is a
measure ot great importance. It waa origi
nally introduced hv Xenaly,- I ...... I . .....I 1.1. ... -
sistent efforts procured its passage both in the
uimio i.anu i mi num. ! and iu the Senate.
Under the oiistinu law tin. r,,,hi ,,r ......
1 If 1 , "B"w I VWIUHUU
ou public land attaches from the date of settle-
iiienv, bus wie rigntot a settler under the home
stem! law oulv from the ,1.1., nl ..,.1,,. ajiLt.
f - "...v w. uuvijr. A II, B
lull provides that the land shall be given to the
mi kiuw, wneiner no claims as n pre-emptor
or as a homesteader. Souater Booth said on
ttlia IMlllli Tin. 1,. ! .... mmm L I , .
.... .. ,, ,,,, y lnn nolt
of a homeatead aettler ahould not relate back by
... egiuK win uaio 01 nia settlement in hia
homeatead allidivit ami 11... f....t ,1.... ah
Y". ' mai, a seiner
now before a survey, has no option, but must
claim under tho pre-emption law in order to out
intorVellillLI settlers or isranf. la ...IK..: A
eon why it ahould relate back, for many settlers
have already used their pre-emption right, and
are now, although in possession of valuable im
provements, entirely at tho mercy of 'interven
ing pre-emptors, or railroad grauts.'" The bill
next provides that the lint settler upon an
anaudoned homeatead entry shall have a prefer
enoe right to acquire title to it after the oriiiinal
entry is cancelled, and the last section substi
tutes tor the nresenfc r. ... ...1 . 1 I All .
- - - r, - -". auu uuaiory
method of cancelling relinquished homesteads
and timber culture entries iu the (ieneral Und
(mice, the common sense provision that such re
linquishment shall be effeetual aa soon aa thev
are tiled in the local laud office. Senator Booth
in exulaiiiinii this saeAlna ..1.1. , '
r fiieoo renn-
luuhment are nearly alway. made as the re
sult of the purchase of the improvements bv
some liersnn who ia I....L,.,.. f .- . .
I.. . rJ nomeiiead,
and if the cancellation were immediately noted
he. iv mi .f In. Iu...... . . ... . T '
ould be able tn anlar K. f.,... .... I- , '
i "uyoue eise; out
as lonu as canellati,ti,a m .....i.
. . , Aara are made
t present, ha ha no advantage by reason of
such purchase, for in the interval it become
widely known in the neighborhood of the Land
Office that the claim to that tract haa been re
linquished, and all the jumpers and speculators
of both localities are immediately on the alert
to ascertain in advance of every one else the
moment of the cancellation." This desire is no
small annroe of nnrninfinn in tl,.. 1.! l j
" 1 .Wl l(IMI
offices, and the reporting of cancellation, by
telegraph which goes by mail, forms a consider
able part of the business of some land attorneys.
Tint Aik in Ska Water. It is only in re
cent years, and through the well-equipped ex
peditions that have been engaged in exploring
seas, that the question aa to the amount and
composition of the air in water ha been system
atically treated. Important researches of the
kind were carried out by Herr Jacobsen on the
Pomerania, in the Baltio and North sea: nn
result of these being that the proportion of oxy
gen in the air of surface water was found pretty
constant betweep 33.64 and 34.14. Again,
Mr. Buchanan, of the Cliallenaer exnedifinn
V , ,
found it tn vnrv hpf.WAnn MV 0,.,1 QUO AL-
o "'o, fcu
largest proportion being in the neighborhood of
tl,.. . .,.!. Ii.. I .1 1.. J .1 , . .....
uo uuuui x uinr uircio, auu line lease in mat ot
tho trade-winda. A npur afiidi, ,.f H... imiai
1 1 Tt O 1 "V""J 4UCOHOU
by Herr Svendsen and Herr Tornoe, in connec
tion with Norwegian expeditions to the sea be
tween Norway, the Faroe islands, Ioeland, Jan
Mayen and Spitzbergen, has reoently appeared.
In some respects former method of procuring
the water and of analysis were improved on,
and laboratory RYnerimonta nam . ,,.. a-
- J r-" nv.w ......... MO All
the absorption of air by sea water. These ob
servers got higher numbers in the surface pro
portion of oxygen than were obtained for tho
North sea; thus, south of 70" latitude the average
was 34.96; and between 70, and 80', 35.64,
instead of 33.93. This corresponds, however,
with what Mr. Buchanan met with in the lati
tude of the Antarctic circle, viz: 35. It ap
peared, further, that the oxygen in the surface
water was always considerably greater than as
found by laboratory experiment; so that, appar
ently, it doe not depend alone on pressure and
temperature, but also on some still unknown
causes.
Manilla Eopk Tests. One of the most im.
portant, and perhaps most critical, operations
which have to be performed in connection with
torpedo service is lowering the torpedo boats
irom tne declt ot a ship ready for being sent on
their deadly mission. When it is oonidercd
that some of these mischievous little orafts
weigh from 8 to 10 tons, it will be seen that the
ropes used in thus manipulating them are re
quired to be of the highest quality and most
trustworthy make. To this end the authorities
at Portsmouth dockyard have reoently oast
about for a really reliable rope for the torpedo
ship Ileela. The rope selected ia beat 8-strand
white manilla, of two sizes, namely, 6J inches
and 6 inches circumference, respectively. The
fij-inch rope was guaranteed by the maker to
lift 12 ton, and the 9-inch 14 ton. Sample of
these ropes were recently tested at Portsmouth,
under the superintendence of 8taff-Uaptain
Kiddle, the Master Atf,.,I.mt ial 5i A
It m, 1 , ..v....... T. llll CAUOIICUI
results. The lengths tested were ay,h 10 ff
between the gripping point, and the 6J-inch
rope tint not break until a .ai- Ji im
- . munuo atrauu ui iza
tons was reaohed; whilst the 6-inch rope held
out up to 10i tons, thus giving an ample mar
gin over the "uarnntafwl ut ...... .,al a
. - a BvitiugBij. as a means
of .comparison, it may be int. resting to mention
..... . iwa Avauan nrjer rope would not stand
a Strain of more than 1M1 t..... a.:i.a n 1
1 . '"3 Bwiia, wiiiisa ivuaaian
hemp rope o( the same size cannot be reokoned
'" wi uiuio man 1 1 5 con.
"I'M ffettinc fat"
caught stealing lard.'
aid the tramp, when