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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-02-19
Horse Notes.

The Maryland Jockey Club an
nounces the closing of the Dixie
Stakes,s for colts and, fillies, three
year. ODDS, to- be run for in 1875, with
seventy-threel nominations, The ren-
tries for 1874 We're siXty-eight, which
was a surprisingly large number for
so young an association. The Dixie
Stakes, it will be remembered, was
originated by M. III. Sanford, as the
Dinner Party Stakes, 4 1t was subse-
quently altered to the Union Stakes,
and in 1S74was again changed to the
Dixie Stakes.
The first meeting of the Saratoga
Racing Association viii commence on
the 25th of July, land the secondme
ing on the 10th of Angus, closing on
the ODD Of that month. We have
been informede that John Morrissey
has leased the track for five years, and
will havef supreme control. of the
grounds for that length of time. a -
The managers of the Hampden Park,
Springfield, Mass, contemplate giving
purses for their next Fall meeting
amounting to $4,000. Ameeting for
the election of officers took place Oh
the I'd inst, with the following result:
President, l.. j. Powers; Secretary, H.
M. Phillips; Treasurer, J. ID. Marsh.
The Spring meeting # the Louisiana
Jockey Club will commence on April
18th, and continue six days. Three
races will be run each day.
Mr.. William I'll. Gray has purchased
the well known trotting mare Lady
Clutes. .iGsnr.alo sss6s1f 1I5aaioiLa'
Mr.. Belmont's imported mare, Nom
pareille, by Kingston, dam England's
Beauty, by Birdcatcher, foaled a bay
filly by Kingfisher, on Saturday, Jan,
William Meikle has sold his import.
ed Clydesdale colt, Ranton Robin, to
Messrs. Runkle, of TWINS station,
Westmoreland county, Pa, for 81, 900.
The colt was imported in August, 1878,
is now two years and six months
old, stands seventeen hands high, and
weighs / 1900 lbs. on the 28th of .Janua-
ry. Ranton Robin was bred bytR. M.
Buchadan, Scotland, and sired by the
celebrated prize horse, Old Ranton
Robin 81 ned OF 9dl40.uH iilw ~ Qt3d
Mr.. Samuel Black, of Nashville,
Tenn, has wagered $500 that he can
drive his Idol colt seventeen, miles in
one hour over the Nashville Driving
Park course. The race VIII soon come
off.
A farmer named, Hoyt, while driv-
ing from Mattsawan to e6lenhan, in
Duchess, county, on Thursday last,
pulled so hard on the bit that he broke
the horse's jaw.0sIi bio zesg-aYt aal y
George Mitchell's bay mare Fanny
Raymond was sold at auction last
Monday morning, at Saratoga She
brought 81, 4S0. 49, y 49,. ..,. =. =, "
A Kentucky colt, seven months old,
is said to have trotted half mile, led
by the side of his dam, in 2,2!. aahA e
The dam of Dexter, now in her Goth
year, has Q FLY foal six mouths old:
The dam Of this mare died at 80, and
produced y colt. when rs years old.
The celebrated trotting gelding Shark
was foalei when she was twenty-seven
years old. ase sisaerot 81 aiiss ~ -,
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City and County Directory y.
FOR 1874, .,.s .oslA

THE UNDERSIGNED ARE PRE-
4 PAIRING for the publication 4 Dlrec-
tor Of the city. and county of Los ngeles,
an. I'LL be glad to communicate with any
parties who are able 70 impart Information
historical, descriptive or stat!stcal--which
will be Of sufficient interest to incorporate In
the work. Items relating to the early history
ST the county; descriptions of important or in
teresting localitiesi and statistics OF the pros
ductions OF particular neighborhoods, are re-
specially solicited. vi ~ -
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sELEcTIoNs. NOTICE.

NOTICE is Hereby Given to the
IN qualified electors of Little Lake School
District, County of Los Angeles, State of Cali
fornia, that an election VIII be held on alie. .
+ February 21st. 1874, 80, :,
At which will be submitted the question of
voting a tax to finish paying for the
School House and balance due for teaching.
1t will be necessary to raise for this purpose
the sum of two hundred and forty dollars. a
School Assessor will also be elected. The
The polls will be open at the public School
House between the hours of and 10 A. NJ.
as (H. w. MILLARE, /
Trustees : T. IsBELL,
w. w. ORR. tffs I
January 81, 1874. feb1-wtd
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10

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The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10
GENERAL. TOPICS.

The Chinese in California are being
converted To Christianity. At Il recent
prayer meeting in San Franci.co as
many as eighty were present, and were
very devotional.
Our lady readers who are to he mar
ried by the reformed Episcopalan ritual
will miss in the ceremony the words
"wilh all my worldly goods thee en-
dow" while the words land to obey" are
retained. Reform indeed
Pere Hyacinthe proposes an amicahle
settlement with the Pope on two condi-
,ions First, that the Pope shall re.
nounce hi personal infallibility; second
ly, that the Holy Father shall bless the
baby over which Pere and Mere Hya-
cinthe are now rejoicing.
A New York paper saws the advices
from the South agree in the conclusion
that a powerful ard widespread move
men; for the reputation of State debts
is in active preparation there. The ne
groes are almost unanimously in favor
of ii that the next Legislature Of Lou
l,isna, a majority being negroes, will
certainly refuse to pay more interest on
the debt of the State.
A wealthy gentleman Of Mercer insists
upon bis daughters learning how To do
all kinds of household work. lie thinks
that music, chrochet and fancy needle
work are valuable accomplishments, but
not less valuable the art Of making
bread, sweeping and the manifold mys-
teries of the kitchen, and yet, according
to the Ilarrodsburg Fsopie, the daugters
are none the less charming in the parlor
because they are neat, skillful and expe'
ditious in the kitchen.
I Hunting for fine mu.ical voices is now
regulur business in some places. There
is great deal of money in a good voice,
and the Stracko,ch broihers know it.
Olive Logan says 1.-The brothers and
their agents attend divine service in the
churches of every denomination, on the
lookout for prominent vocalists; they
Writ theatre. and meeting rooms where
public speaking is going on. with ears
sharpened To detect musical possibilities
in a speaking organ whose owner has not
suspected them they haunt low singing
hors vha-a hear Is soli and 'obsccc
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10
Mules and Women.
Some unknown party writes to me as
follows:

Some unknoWb party writes 10 me H.
follows:
Mr. NJ quad please advise me in your next
column what to do with a kicking mual-'
Shell pound him or not.
NV wife j. also ms treacherous as the muel
believe her tongue is hung ON the midtl,
ard flies at both enis. l.. L. 7.
My dear man you have come to just
the right person for honest advice. II
you had written to Henry Ward Beecher,
Wendell Phillips, or Dio Lewis they
would have pail no attention to your
letter, or would have deceived you il
they had. ! know all about women and
mules. In fact I married a mu-a
woman. mean, and have owned more
or less mules since my birth.
No, sir, don't pound your mule. !
know it is customary for owners Of mules
to commence on the animal AT sunrise
with a crow-bar and pound him until
bedtime, but | have always found kind
ness more successful. Seek to gain the
friendship of your mule, and as soon a
YOU succeed you can do anything with
him. When you 60 into the barn in
the morning, have a kind word for him,
instead Of knocking him down with the
neck-yoke. Ask after the health Of hi,
family-show him that you are interested
in his welfare be civil and yet dignfed.
and us soon as the mule finds out that
some one in this cold world loves him he
will he different mule.
All mules kick, my dear sir, just as
all men love to hold a fat Office, but
there's remedy for it. Get an cid
stove boiler, fill it with bricks and hang
it by a rope 20 that it will just swing
against the animals heels. Every time
he kick it will fly back like the pendu-
lum of clock, and the patience Of the
most enduring mule will, in time, wear
ont. | tried this once and the mule
kicked twenty.four days and nights be-
fore he surrendered. but after that you
might run a steamboat ON to his heels
and he wouldn't raise hoof.
Feed your mule well. | know If
farmers who throw a key of nail or IN
old sap-pan into the manger, and expect
a mule To grow fat on such forage, but il
embiIters their feelings and makes 'em
more set in their ways. OF course, !
don't say you must feed mule on fried
eggs, currant jelly, rai.in cake, and the
like of that, but don't expect he can
feed on rails aud feel enthusiastic ali the
time.
About your wife. Don't try to stop
her from talking unless you want to kill
her. Its natural for woman to talk, sir.
Ny first wife used to nearly kill me, hut
now remember with strict grief how !
deliberately planned her death. ] bet
$40 that she couldn't keep right on talk
ing tor three weeks, and she co::nenced.
| had to 90 away from homo, but she
was a woman who wouldn't lie, aud |
trusted to her honor. returned home
at the end Of three weeks. There was
no one around the house, but on chair
"A la,. I Loft u,V I,or uifn aittin,, waa a
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10

A small boy got another boy, some
what smaller than himself, down on the
ground, and got hold Of both of his ears,
placing his knee in the small Of the boys
back, and asked him in very persua-
sivc manner if he would give him that
white alley of his'n. The boy replied in
the affirmative. How easy it is to settle
things when one goes about il the right
Vox
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10

"Will you have some strawberries ?"
asked lady Of y guest. "Yes. madam,
yes eat strawberries with enthusiasm"
"Do tell9 Well. we havn't anything
but cream and sugar tor EN- this even.
ing" said the matter-of fact hostess.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10

AMERICAS cast-iron isthe strongest IN
the world. II has an advantage Of %
per cent over German cast.iron ia
strength and ia nearly IS per cent
stronger than German cmtiron. SO the
export Of agricultural machinery has be.
come a prominent feature Of American
trade aud is susceptible Of still further
development.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-07-10

A BRooHrrELD woman Is completely
unnamed by the loss OF her husband.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08
.The Young wan ..na tne Farm,


The following extract from recent address
by Prof. Wickson, of Utica, which recently ap-
peared in the Utica Rcrald, is noteworthy {.
"With the advance of farming as a science will
come a better opinion of the farmers position
among men. Every year intelligence and true
success are winning wider recognition in social
circles. Among old opinions which must vanish
is the popular view tl..t farmer is outside the
line of political and social advancement This
opinion, although 1t has been widely held, has
always been fanacy-a mistake OF narrow
minds. The young men are blinded by it. They
have left farms because this cross-eyed view OF
life has been forced upon them by foolish peo-
pie. They have been persuaded that desertion
OF the farm was an entrance to glory. How
great error this has been. All history gives
the lie to such belief. A man upon farm is
not "out Of the world as some wonld think.
How far an occasion can reach to grasp its help,
do not know. But | believe that when the
saving Of his country demanded the strong arm
Of CinGnnatlls he WAS just nesr, when be-
hind his piow, as though graduated farmer, he
had been sporting purpled robes in ting forum.
And believe that when the old Continentals of
New England called their leader, Putnam heard
their call just as distinctly upon his farm as
though he had beon serving for twenty years
behind counter in Hartford do not believe
that man is " buried upon farm" 1t seems
to me all history teaches us that the promptings
to duty and the call to greatness are no louder
in crowded thoropgfares than in country lanes
fringed with daises
The young man and the farm; on the one hand
a duty, on the other an opportunity; here all OBJ
legation, there way to discharge It, And in
thinking of the duty Of the young man, is it not
encouraging that he need not leave the indus
try where he finds il, and that he himself, as he
fits himself for better farmer, becomes also a
better MANI This ia the labor; this is the re-
ward. The better the man the more noble his
calling. The young men can make agriculture
what they will; it offers full returns for their
best efforts. The country needs better men, and
the best men will be honored in its service The
best man in the end will WIN, and he will reach
the reward for his excellence-it matters not
whether departing, he puts up the bars behind
INN, or whether he come from marble doorstep
| The youth may become man upon farm il be
will. He can not do more elsewhere.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08
An Old HfeII.

BELL WHICH HAS DONE DUTY SINCE l7j9-AS IN
TEREsTISa RELIC.
At the St. Elmo Hotel Philadelphia, bell il
now on exhibition which was cast at the War
wick Furnace, near Pottstown, Chester county,
in 1857, by the ancient firm of Potts L Rutter.
This bell was used to call the men to work from
the date of its manufacture until May 10, 1874.
During the Revolutionary War many of the can
mons used by the Americans were cast at the
Warwick furnace. When Washington was at
Valley Forge the Hessians passed through the
village, and this bell was rnng for the purpose
of calling the citizens together to assist in bury
ing into the hands of the enemy. These can.
mons have never been unearthed. The bell was
sent to Col. j. NJ. Feger the proprietor of the
st. Elmo Hotel, by Thomas W. Potts, Jr., Of
Warwick The cannons and the old bell viii
probably be exhibited ut the Centennial.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08
Delaware college Lectures.

PROF. wIsEs NrGHT-BALLooSISG THEORETICAL.
ANB PRACTICAL.
Az per notice, the lecture OF Prof. Wise, in
the Oratory of Del. College, on Friday evening,
took place. The subject was Ballooning. -
The audience was a very good one, and all
seemed well pleased with the narrative OF the
speakers thrilling adventures in the air.
We neglected TO give notice in our item that at
the finish of the lecture. balloon would be sent
up but it had been given out at the finish Of the
lecture of the Hon. $. s. Cox, the night before,
and during the evening Of Prof. Wlses lecture,
70 by the time the lecture was over very large
number of people of all ages had assembled to
see the balloon ascension, which was made to
the satisfaction of all present The balloon
took south-westerly course and was watched
with great deal Of interest. Having large
light, it could besseen long time before disap
pearance.
This is the last Of the series of lectures for
the beneiitof the College Oratory, in regard to
fitting up the same and we believe it was the
most successful. p.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08
From our Late Editions of Yesterday
WasIlIngIOm

MEETING OF BOTH HOUSES IN coEGREse.
WAsHNGToS, Dec. I.
The Senate met at noon, Vice President VIII
son in the chair.
committee was senonted TO wait on the
President
The House also met ut noon.
A great crowd was present.
After the usual preliminaries, committee was
appointed to wait on the President.
OF the 301 members OF the House, 23s ALI
swered to roll call, and four new members. we're
sworn in.
sir Phelps, Of n. j.. asked the unanimous
consent for the introduction and immediate con.
siderahon of bill to repeal the law known as the
Press Gag law in the District of Columbia. The
bill was read. 1t amends the section Of the ac
Of the 22d of June, 1874, by providing that til,
provision of the Judiciary act of 1888 shall appl,
in all cases. except in an action for libel anC
slander in the Courts created by the act Of Con
gresH in the District of Columbia. Objectlol
was made to the present consideration of til,
bill, and the House took recess for half al
hour.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08
John Rogers Groups.

LrTuiu tne bOatOu blODe.l
The success which has attended the labors of
John Rogers in department OF art in which he
may safely be said to be without rival in the
world, il good illustration OF what may be ac-
complished by persistent and untiring devotion
10 an idea which takes possession Of the mind
and il pursued with all the ehrnestness Of an in
rplred soul. MIR. Rogers was bred a machinist,
and served seven years in Manchester, N. H.
where much of the time he labored fourteen
hours per day. He first studied modelling, in
hours snatched from sleep, simply to CRAFTY
love for art. After this he was employed
assistant civil engineer and machinst
On the Hannibal * st. Joseph railroad in Mis-
souri. As one of the contractors of the road
was passing along the track he met young Rog-
ers, who carried in his pocket handkerchief a
sample Of peculiar kind of clay, which lie had
discovered in the neighborhood. few days
afterwards the contractor was invited to the
room OF the incipient sculptor to look at rep
resentation in clay of an Irish bachelor, mend
ing pair OF breeches. The conception and ex-
ecution of this little work eYinced degree of
artistic skill which excited the admiration of the
visitor, who was gentleman of refined and cul-
tlvated tastes Shortly after this event Mr..
Rogers returned to New York, from whence he
sailed for England, where, we believe
he remained but few weeks and
then returned to America by the same
vessel which he left his native shores
He next entered the service of the city surveyor
for ladies' fair, a group entitled "The Game
Of Checkers" which was much admired. TIL,
success of this group determined him to attempt
art as profession and he accordingly came Il
New York, where he modelled q group entitled
''The Slave Auction thus espousing the caust
Of the down-trodden and oppressed at "a time
when 1t was unpopular and in many instances
unsafe to oppose the pro-slayery sentimen
which prevailed throughout the country. 81
strong was this sentiment in New York that n,
dealer in art would expose the gronp in hi
store it was therefore placed on exhibition a
the gallery Of the New York Art Union, wher
it's artistic merits and boldness OF design made
IN object of more than ordinary interest Fo
several years after this event the life Of Roger
was u series of hard struggles. He issued
series OF groups, for which lie was glad to obtail
the trifing sum Of three dollars each, and in OF
der to live within his income he was obliged {
eat, sleep and work III the same apartment
For several years the demand for Roger
groups has been constantly increasing, until h
now finds it necessary to employ more than slxt
men to make casts from the original models.
uniformity of excellence iii the groups il oil
tanned by making cast in bronze from the or
glnal model. From this bronze are produce
the moulds in which arc formed the plaate
copies.
More than one hundred thousand copies c
the groups have already been sold, and the dt
mand for them throughout this country and Ell
rope ia constantly increasing.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08
Accommodations TOR Centennial yis-
ifOre.

Yisitorz from distance who anticipate attend
ing the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia,
in 1876, are already beginning To trouble them
seves with questions as to how the Quaker City
proposes to furnish accommodations for the
vast addition to her floating population that
may be expected all through the summer of our
anniversary year. The same question is agita-
ted in the minds Of Philadelphians themselves
with much greater force, and various plans are
being suggested to meet the emergency.
Philadelphia, like our own city, is not to ANY
great extent city Of boarding houses, and this
makes the problem more difficult TO solve. 1t is
said that ten millions OF people visited the Paris
Exposition OF 1867 Of whom probably at least
half were from distance temporarily Eojourn-
ing In the city. The special interest Of our own
Centennial. apart from the mere attractions Of
an Exposition, may warrant tho expectation Of
all influx in something like that proportion-ase-
rious item to be arranged for. To build cost
iy hotels fer the one exceptional summer can
not, Of course, be done. As Il cheaper substi-
tute some builders of Philadelphia propose to run
up blocks Of buildings, communicating in such
Il manner as to temporarily serve as hotels,
which can afterward be easily converted into
private houses a very good plan rs far as it
goes. But the main dependence will probably
have to be in eyerybody's willingness TO take
boarders TO the extent of their capacities. Peo
pie who, having no need to increase their in
comes in this manner, would at other times bt
10th TO trouble themselves with inmates Ctht
fashionable name Of genteel boarders) must take
up the burden for patrlotism's sake
Here in our city, TOO, the same exigency will
probably arise, for it is Inevitable that part o
thar surplus population will slop over on sit
uated as we are within convenient distance Of
the city Of celebration and offering pleasan
place of sejourn. We. too, should make som'
preparation for offering hospitable welcome Il
visitors from North, South. East and West bu
beside the public preparations that may be mad
it is to be hoped that when 1876 comes in case o
need not even the proudest lady will feel it dero
gatory to have it said ''she takes boarders. "
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-12-08
Spfftal Nofires.


GrosvenOr's Improved BeIIad0nna
Plaster.
Capsicum Plaster,
Patent Lint
Glass Nipple Shells
st. vincents Arrow Root,
Bowers Glycerine,
Turned Wood Boxes,
Nelson's Gelatine,
Concentrated GlyCeTine
scherinRs Chloral Hydrate
Tin seidlitz Boxes
star Mills Paper
Filtering Paper.
French Mustard PlHsters,
EneIvescing Granular Salts, (Kea hey Mattison's 81
4 C's Sugar coated Pills and Granules,
AlcOfk's Porous Plasters,
MOller's Cod Liver OH,
Vinegar Bitters,
Holloways Worm COnfectiOns,
Matthey Cayus Capsules,
Plantens Capsules,
TaIrant's Seltzer Aperent,
Henszey's TrOches,
Browns Bronchial 1rOohes.
Yankee Shaving soap,
scheifer's Pepsine,
Lows Liniwent.
supplied In tie trade At the lowest market rates
by
e. BhINGHURST a co,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Corner sixth and Market Streets.