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Certificate Of Partnership.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE-
IN sents, that we, Marcus w. Childs, re-
siding at the city of Los Angeles, county OF
Los Angeles, and Ozro w. Chids, residing at
the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles,
in the State OF California, do hereby certify
and declare that we have organized and
formed ourselves into a co-partnership, and
we covenant and agree with each other to be
co-partners fer the purpose of carrying and
conducting the business of general hardware,
tin, copper and sheet-iron ware, stoves, pumps,
plumbing, gas-fitting and agricultural imple-
ments, in the city of Los Angeles, county of
Los Angeles, State of California, under the
firm name and style of NJ. w. Childs. That
the principal place of business of said co-part-
nership is situated at the city of Los Angeles
county of Los Angeles, and State aforesaid.
That the names of all the persons interested
as partners in such business are above stated
and signed hereto, and that such partnership
will continue and be in force until further no.
tice by u.s.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set
our hands and seals, this l0th-Tenth-day Of
June, A. ID. 1874
NJ. W. CHILDS. SEAL
D. w. CHILDS. SEAL
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
County of Los Angeles.
On this tenth day of June, A. d. one thous-
and eight hundred and seventy-four, before
me, Henry c. AUSTIN a Notary Public in and
peared Marcus w. Childs and OZro w. Chlds,
known to me to be the persons whose names
are su Inscribed to the within instrument, and
acknowledged to me that they executed the
same.
Witness my hand and official seal.
SEAL HENRY G. AUSTIN,
Jyl 1m-5 Notary Public.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

In sums of from 81 900 TO $4,000.
Apply to Z. BEAUDRY.
iva fT-2
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Justices Courts /:

VIM. II. Temple Block, over w. +. &
Co.'s Office.
JOHN TRAFFORD..~ ~Downey Block, Temple
Street.
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FOR SALE,
CLARENDON.

1nS tn OROUGHBRED FRENCH
;4OO Morino sheep, descended from the
French Imperial flock at Ramboullette. We
claim that these sheep are the
Purest In Blood, Largest and
Heaviest Shearers
In the worl OF the same breed.
MRS. X. BLACO
Jy7 lm--4 BY JAMES ROBERTS, Agent
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Board of Education /:
County Directory.

H. y. BARROWS, President.
NJ. KREMER, Sec'y. G.. w. SMITH.
WIN. B. PRIDHAM. j. L. W1DNEH.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
GOLD REPORT.

UULD REFUKI.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 0.
Gold, l091s.
Greenbacks-Buying, 905@; selling, 9l%.
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City and County Official Directory.
City Directory.
Common Councils:
Chamber of Commerce;

Meets every Thursday p. N. at 3 O'clock, a
Its room, 40 Spring street.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04
Slaughtering Cattle In Texas.

In former times they killed cattle in
Texas foI their hides and tallow. But
they do not waste beef in this way now.
The animals TO be killed are driven into
pens, row Of which are at one end Of
q long building in which lisa steam en-
gine and machinery. -Four animals arc
driven into q pen into which they are
crowded, heads all one way, toward q
revolving shaft about which is chain.
These pens are built up Of solid planks,
about eight feet high. A plank Is
placed across the top of'the pen. On
this plank, over the cattle, stands the
killer. In his hands is piece OF gas
pipe an inch in diameter, about eight
feet long. In one end OF this hollow
iron or pipe is fixed something that
looks like dull chisel or screw-driyer
blade, about two inches wide and three
or four inches long. The man on the
plank strikes down with this heavy iab.
bing arrangement, hitting the animal
In the "curl" or where the spine con-
meets with the head. M
At one blow the spinal yertebrn Is
broken and the animal drops dead.
Very seldom does the striker miss. One
blow and he kills as he goes along from
pen to pen.
Soon as the four animals are killed,
the door or gate in front Of the pen or
killing box Is lifted. A chain Is thrown
over The horns Of the animal which is
by steam power drawn out as the shaft
reyolyes and the chain is wound up.
The throat is then cut, the skin ripped
and started, then pealed of by the
same machinery.
The carcass Is then hoisted as tho
chair holds on 10 the skin, till the meat
is pulled up and out OF 1t. Then comes
man with o knife who opens the body.
The entrails fall out, the meat is rinsed
with water from o hose, and there hangs
the beef, clean and dressed in from two
to three minutes from the time the blow
was struck in the killing box.
When the meat has cooled q little,
the carcass Is taken down, placed on
marble tables and cut up with nnaryel-
ous dexterity. tits hurried away to o
cooking room where II is roasted by
steam, put up In dir tight cans and
made ready for d growing market for
it in all parts OF the world.
The hides are salted and dried. The
horns are preserved and sold. The
bones are used for various purposes,
and before the Texas steer could think
out his short pedigree, he Is turned in
10 money, even 10 his tail, the hair on
which Is sold and curled by steam TO be
used for stufilng the sofa cushions on
which sits some person as he reads this
a,k,nta
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04
plaIn Talk to Girls.

Your every day toilet is a part Of
your character. a girl who looks like
a "fury" or sloyen in the morning
is not 10 be trusted, however finely she
may look in the evening. No matter
how humble your room may be, there
arc eight things II should contain, viz
a mirror, washstand, soap, towel, comb,
hair, nail and tooth brushes. These
are Just as essential as your breakfast,
before which you should have made
good and free use OF them. Parents
who fail to provide their children with
such appliances, not only make q great
mistake, but commit o ain Of omission.
Look tidy in the morning, and after the
dinner work Is over, improve your toi-
let. Make IL q rule OF your daily lie
10 /" dress NJ" for the afternoon. Your
dress may, or need not be-. anything
better than o calico but with aribbon,
or some bit OF ornament, you have an
air OF self.respect and satisfaction, that
invariably comes with being well dress
ed. A Girl with fine sensibilitics can
moi help feeling embarrassed and awk-
ward in q ragged, dirty dress, with her
hair unkempt, II stranger or neigh
bor comes In. Moreover. your self-re-
spect should demand the decent appar-
cling Of your body. You should make
ii point 10 look as well rs you can,
even II you know nobody will see You
but yourself.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04

The Oakland Ne,cs tells the following
funny story: A dapper little fellow at
Alyefdo attended the Into mask bail at
Idyermore, and chose the character oil
a monkey, in which to shine at the tes-
tive entertainment. He dofied his
habiliments at o hotel two blocks dis.
tant from the ball room, and donned
the disguise, intending TO walk in sos
tune to the hall. II was about ten
o'clock when he set forth, snugly clad
in his tight fitting suit, and playfnily
swinging the caudal appendage, but ne
had not proceeded far when two huge
dogs espied him, and taking him ior 9
hnee monster Of some kind. started for
him. The barkeeper concluded that the
better part Of yalor would be 70 climb
tbe high board fence at Steyens's Mills;
He did so with marvellous agility, and
the statement comes from reliable au-
thority that he was compelled 70 sit on
the Sharp edge OF that fence. shiyering
in the cold night air, for two hours, pc
fore he was released from his predica'
rnent by people passing within haiiins
distance. fN
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04
Birds and Bugs.

The entomologists, or bug-hunters,
who 20 about hunting butterflies and
bugs, are IN institution. Their bust
ness Is TO study the nature and habits
Of insects, and the necessity Of their
work Is shown by such facts as are TO
be found in the reports 10 Congress.
The "army worm, after it had given
but little trouble for hundred years,
destroyed millions Of dollars worth OF
grain In 1861. The wheat midge and
Hessian' fly destroyed several million
dollars worth Of wheat in New York in
single year. II Is said that Maine
could raise 100, 600 bushels OF wheat o
year but for the rayages OF these two
Insects; and the loss TO the Southern
planters by the cotton.boll worm, /"
the "army worm," and the "chinch
bug " is enormous. The "wire worm ;"
alone consumed in one department Of
France nearly million dollars worth
OF grain, and caused deficient haryests
for years. In Germany whole forests
were consumed by the larym Of o species
OF worm, and thousands Of fir trees had
TO be cut down. These are facts that
mako entomology an economic study.
The agriculturist elassides insects into
friends or foes OF his crops, as they are
cafniyorous or herbiyorous. The work
OF protection Is well done by birds. In
France the government extends Its pro-
lection eYento buzgards and rocks, be-
cause each Of the former consume about
6,00O field mice yearly, and the latter
on incalculable number Of white worms.
In Hungary, and afterwards In Prussia,
10 the discontinue Of Frederick the
Great, the sparrows were found TO be
the farmers best friend.
Over fifty species Of insects prey upon
cereals and grapes, and as many on our
field crops. Thirty well.known species
rayage garden vegetables, and fifty at.
tack the grape yine, and their number
Is increasing. About ssyenty.fve spe.
cies make their, annual onset upon the
apple tree, and as many upon the plum,
pear, peach, and cherry. Over fifty
species infest the oak, twenty-five the
elm, seyenty.flve the walnut, and one
hundred prey upon the pine. Each
year witnesses the attacks OF new ene-
lnies. The killing Of intoxicating
birds steadily increases noxious insects.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04

The Popular Science Monthly gives
this warning on the important mhtter OF
using sedatiyes for little ones: "One
Of the great dangers attending the use
Of the various sedatiyes employed IN
tho nursery is, tint they tend to pro.
duce the opium habit. These qusek
medicines owe their soothing andquiet,,
inr effects TO the action OF opium, and
the infant Is by them given q morbid
appetite for narcotic stimulants. The
Offering for sale Of such nostrums should
be prohibited, as tending 10 the physi-
eal and moral deterioration OF the race.
In India mothers give to their infants
suRar pills containing opium, and the
results q Il inguid, sensual race Of hope
less debauc,ees. In the United States
the poisonous dose ia administered tiil-
der another name, but the consequences
will probably be- the same"
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IteIns Of Interest.

ofthe aiteen town officers of NAhant,
Mass, this year, nine are named john
son.
Life is like a certain kind Of boat
race-success depends entirely upon
the scitits.
No man was ever known to be found
drowned with receipt from printer
in his pocket.
Agood action Is never thrown away.
This Is the reason, NO doubt, why We
find SO few Of them.
Ita flock OF geese see one Of their
number drink, they will drink too.
Men often make geese Of themselves.
"My native city has treated me bad.
ly," said n drunken yagabond, "but l
love her still" /" Probably" replied
gentleman, "her stu is all you do
love-"
PRoY. Il. r. PALMER Of Chicago.
Prof. L. o. Emerson Of Boston, and
other noted teachers, hold four weeks
Musical Institute OF Dunkirk, N. Y,
beginning July 10.
A San Francisco paper tells Of sail
or who, on voyage across the Pacific,
fell overheard, and successfully gave
battle to shark for nearly au hour,
md then was rescued by q boats crew
from the ship.
An old lady with o largeiamily, living
near a river, was asked Il she did not
live in constant feur that some OF her
children would be drowned. "Oh, no"
she replied, tive have only lost three
or four in that way"
| A Londoner who refused To down
with his umbrella OF the demand OF the
crowd, during the Duke Of Edinburgh's
reception, was set upon and would have
been killed but for the police. He es.
capped with broken rib.
An old lady hearing some one read
ing about congressman at large, rush
ed to the kitchen door, shouting
"Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane don't you
leave the clothes cut all night-mind,
I tell you for there's q congressman OF
larger -U,,lt
The most thoroughly burned.out.of-
house. and .home man in the United
States Is Charles Williams, Of Portland,
Me. Seven times during the past year
has his residence been consumed. He
now proposes to build q rait and live on
pond. sai'l
A useful novelty has been introduced
at PariSian dinner tables. On the back
OF the menu is given list Of the per.
sons present, with q short accou At OF
who aud what they are. by this means
many awkward mistakes in conversation
may be avoided.
Since Mrs. Wilson, Of Mount Vernon,
ILL.,, thrust cooked revolver into DR..
Porter's face and persuaded him to re.
woke one OF his prescriptions, II is coE-
sidered hazardous for physicians in
that region toprescribe alcoholic stimu-
lants for married men.
elbow much better II would have
been to have shaken hands and allowed
Il was all mistake" said Detroit
Judge. "Then the lion and the lamb
would have lain down together, and
white-robed peace would have famed
you with her wings aud elevated you
with her smiles Of appreciation. But
no you went To clawing and biting
and rolling in the mud, and here you
are. It's S5 apiece"
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The Annoyed Editor.

There Ia a feature in the newspaper
editors career, says the Danbury Netps,
which the pencil can hardly do Justice.
It is when, as the hour Of noon is about
to strike, a stranger appears in the
sanctum, and making his name known,
Is invited to sit down. II is q country
office, remember. The country editor
in common with all members OF his
professionals addicted TO q hollowness
OF stomach about this hour, He looks
nervously from the clock TO tho
stranger, who having dropped a few in.
terestiug hints about the weather, has
settled back with o view TO making o
pleasant and mutually advantageous
call. He wants his dinner badly. II
won't do TO go without taking the
stranger along, and as he remembers
that the children were unusually cross
in the morning and that contemplated
set Of new crockery is not yet ordered,
and cannot remember Of anything spei
cial having been ordered for dinner, he
secs quite plainly that II won't do to
take him home with him. His answers
are necessarily brief and wandering.
He looks OF the clock, then at the
stranger, but finding him still settled,
he falls TO shaking the papers on the
desk, becomes preternaturally en-.
crossed in the study Of the back Of IN
enyelope-suddenly recalls himself
seeks the clock again, and involuntarily
sighs. =,
III hope I amt bothering you any 2"
says the stranger, crossing his legs.
20, no." gasps the publisher.
"Pretty busy all The time, I sup
poSe2" says the stranger, taking out bis
tooth pick, and swapping it across his
thumb.
"well-no'h-not-yery," he replies,
with a ghastly attempt at smile.
Another silence follows. The stran.
ger picks his teeth, the clock ticks omi-
nously, che papers on tho desk rattle
spasmodically, and the editor twitches
as u he was sitting on q base-burner.
1t is half.past twelve, and visions Of
several clamorous children, and q wait
ing and impatient woman, and cooling
dinner, makes the resemblance Of the
chair to a base.burner appear most
striking. The unhappy and rayenously
hungry man becomes desperate, and
that nervous that he feels like crawling
up through his own scalp and jumping
OF. He makes o hasty effort to smooth
his face into o glow Of hospitality, and
turning 1t upon the visitor, he says:
IT am about 10 go TO dinner, and
would like TO have your company, II
you can put up with"
And here the visitor hastily strikes in
=" Much obliged, I'm sure, but have
an engagement 10 dine at one o'clock,
and only dropped in to pass away the
time" 12'
The hungry editor goes to his dinner
-he doesn't skip along, but he walks
with o thoughtful tread, rs IL he was
trying TO devise some extraordinary REM
edy for some extraordinary emergency.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04

Shakspeare's ITO what base uses We
may come at last has fresh illustra.
tion mentioned in the biography Of the
late Samuel ]. May. Mr.. Ms father
came in ono morning from q walk, and
remarked 81 have seen something
wonderfully interesting this morning.
As I passed the Old Granary burial.
ground saw that the tomb was open
In which I knew were the remains Of
James Otis, and, with the help OF the
sexton, I opened the lid Of otis's coffin,
and behold the coffin was full of the
fibrous roots Of the elm, especially
thick and matted about tho skull. And
going out, I looked up Of the noble YER
dant Paddock Elm, and there in trans.
figured glory was all that was material
oi James otis.n And now thesewretched
irreyerent Bostonians have been burn.
ing up James Otis for frewoodl
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Jamaica rum. You see, sir, the boys
was hankering for q change, and / was
lust preparing 10 give II TO them.

was hAnkering Tor ohange, anu was
just preparing TO give 1t 10 them.
"Nelson stood there scowling while
the guards were pulling out all this
stuff. And they kept finding 1t. They
seized my distiller. The Warden had
me locked up in another cell, but be-
fore leaving me he said. John, you're
o smart man. You don't seem to drink
much OF your own liquor mo, sir,
said /, I'm good at making II, but a
poor hand at drinking 1t. Then he
handed me back five cents and q box OF
matches, and everything else was taken
away. he kept me locked up close
three days, and had me down In his
private office three times. he tried
his best to get out OF me what officers
was in with me, but he never has found
out and he never will. 1 was then re-
moved TO the quarry, and for three
months / didn't go into business again.
Along there sometime Warden Hub.
bell came in, and with Nelson out OF
the way I thought twas time TO be at
II. I've been under five or six wardens,
and, sir, Mr.. Hubbell gets along there
the best Of the lot. The conyicts have
q big respect for him, and he's always
kind. he gives the best grub, and the
boys think he's really good, square.
toed Christian. ] don't believe 0 pound
Of tainted meat or sour bread has been
eaten in Sing Sing since he's been
there. But Ifooled him, sir, I fooled
him, and run my distillery right up to
within q few days before 1 left.
"You see, sir, / was in for eight
years, but the cutoff for good behavior
was about q year and a half that
brought my time out on the Oath OF
March. Well, sir, rs / was telling you.
I started again. I had another still
made about the size OF the first one.
1fyworl wna changed 10 looking after
o COW, and / liked up my distiiivty Ia
an old shed back OF the female prison.
II run along all right till last Septem-
ber, / guess II was. Then Warden
Hubbell found ont whisky was being
sold TO the boys. About that time the
papers had an account OF my making
whisky ont OF kitchen stuff. That was
all this way. a convict named 0'Day
went to Warden Hubbell and told him
/ was distilling the whisly. Hubbell
had me down in his office, and asked
me about il in his kind, digniaed way.
'Mr. Hubbell, says I, very honest and
injured like, fain't my word as good as
any other convict'sT He was staggered,
and, after locking me up few hours,
he let me go. So, sir, my still wasn't
really discovered az oil, and ! kept It
running as long as I stayed; When 1
was discharged, / packed up my money
in a handbag and gripped II close till
IL was in q safe place. What am l going
10 do with it2 Well, sir, / am looking
around for some business opening; II
you learn Of anything in the distillery
line, wish youwould let me know Of
ikn
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-04
The Cricket In the Wall.

Hark ! Ills the email voice OF the
cricket in the creyices Of the wall.
How cheerful Is his long song. What
| Is the subject Of his lay 2 1she chant
ing melody in the ear Of his lady love,
or Il he pouring out his soul in IN eve
ming hymn? 1a he singing the praise
Of some mighty insect warrior, or laud-
| ing the name Of one who has gathered
wisdom beyond that Of his fellows
Have insects their heroes, their tyrants,
their poets, and their orators? Who
But why is it that all living things
have glad voices given them Why Is
| II, that when the sun has gone down
and the hum Of business is still-when
man has Withdrawn from the cares and
hustle OF the day, and the winds retired
TO their caves, that the voice Of the in.
sect tribes, low and solemn, comes
abroad upon the air Why does not
silence come down with the curtain OF
night, and brood with the darkness
over us? Itis that we may not forget
the great teachiHgs Of nature. The
heavens may be darkened by clouds.
the stars may not look out TO remind
us, the face Of the moon may be yelled,
and the sound OF the winds hushed, but
the voice Of the insect world tells us
the works Of God. We remember the
cricket that chirped in the corner when
we sat by our fathers freside. His
voice was cheerful, and IL was o pleas
ant thing to listen to his happy song.
Father, mother, brothers, sisters, were
beside us then, and we talked Of the
little warbleras a thing that we all
loved. But tho corner and the cricket
and the home Of our childhood are all
gone-swept by time into the returnless
abyss Of the past. And those who lis
tened with us, where are thsyS Father,
mother, brothers, sisters, where are
.they2 n5ii61 .8s IT
q They arc scattered and parted by mountain
F. andwayo,
And some arc In the cold .llsn. womb of tho
prnye.n !
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A Story Of Fifth Avenue,

A lady on Fifth avenue had got into
trouble. She had purchased thousand
dollar dresses and thousand dollar
furs and thousand dollar things gen.
orally, till her bill footed up TO q sum
total that was frightiul. Her husband
had lost heavily In stocks. She dared
not ask him for tho money and what
was she TO do? sho had diamonds Ia
the value Of $4,000. She took these
rings and bracelets and things and hied
her 10 q jewellers, who reset them with
imitation stones that looked Just as
well as the genuine, and on the genuine
stones she raised the money to relieve
her wants. 4
In the meantime the husband had
lost money OF gambling and had "debta
Of honor which must be paid" Hew
was he to get it ? His wifes diamonds
Capital ideal One morning he slipped
them in his pocket and went to o jewell
ler's. F
"Can you take stones out OF Jewels
and replace them with imitation2"
e" Certainly"
"What would these be worth, or,
rather, what would you advance upon
them, " said he, pulling out the spark
lers.
The ieweller looked at them and
looked up.
.siSoi Oi' Why Why they cost $4,000"
"The originals doubtless did. We
have the originals in our safe. We
took them out two weeks ago and put
in these paste ones"
The gentleman gave a prolonged
whistle, and put them in his pocket
and walked out. Y
There was doubtless o scene at his
house. Doubtless he demanded why
MADAM, his wife, had pawned her
jewels, and doubtless she wanted TO
know how he came TO know II. How II
was settled never will be known.