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Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03

inerimeilt at the arilazenicht Which
crowned the countenances Of his in
terviewers, and the inspectors turned
to the paper man and said, "Take him
Mr.. Hawk Eye"
Then we did our best to throw the
boy. AS fast as we could speak, with
out punctuation, we ratified tfthis:
"Add "a to 172 multiply by % divide
by add 80 per cent. multiply by Is
extract square root add divided by
3-5 of ! vdd 119 divided by 77A times
444 square the quotent and multiply
by 17S add " and divide by 33 how
ma
But before he could say the last sy l.
liable the boy fairly screamed:
Zone hundred and twenty-seven
and seven-eights! Ask me q harder
onev'
We had seen enough, and with feel
ings amounting almost to awe we left
this wonderful boy. We talked about
his marvellous powers all the way
down. Finally it happened to occur
to one of the inspectors to ask the 9TH
erinspector.
"Did you follow my example
through to notice whether the boy an
swered it correctly"
The tone of amazement gradually
passed away from the inspectors face,
as he family gasped:
"N-n-no, not exactly, did you?"
Then the first inspector ceased to
look mystified, and began to look very
much like Mr.. Skinner did when he
got the Nebraska fruit, and they both
turned to the gentleman who repre-
sented the literary department of the
expedition, and said lugubriously.
"Didyou?"
But he only said:
''The 3. & n. w. narrow-guage will
be owned, not by Eastern capitalists,
but by the people through whose
country it passes"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
Our esteemed friends of the Federal

Our esteemed friends of the Federal
Brigade are not happy. They played
q nice little game and did not take q
trick. They well knew that under
the name of Republican they could not
elect single candidate in this county.
The Independent wigwam was empty
owing to the demise of the occupant,
and the idea occurred to our friends
BRIERLY and BoUToN to take posses
sion of that dilapidated structure and
try the experiment of running ticket
made up of Republicans under the
name Of Independent. 1t was a pref
ty neat trick but it did not work. The
people saw the scheme and while the
Express predicted the election of the
entire ticket by q thousand majority,
the voters went to the polls and knock
ed the house that BRIEFLY builtabout
the ears of the Republican candidates
who had taken refuge beneath its roof.
We rejoice in the victory of the peo-
pie and hope that hereafter parties
will retain their own names.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
Travellers Home.

Arrivals by Telegraph Stage Line
yesterday from San Francisco: N.
Paulsell, Mrs. Longstreet, and boy, J.
A. McClose, III. c. Hooker, j. w.
Crawford, Henry Choice and M. H..
Hayes.
Departures this morning by Tele-
graph Stage Line for San Francisco !:
J. Walker, c. Maubeet J. Hill and M.
Lotstalot.
Arrivals by Coast Line stage yester-
pay from San Francisco: Mr.. Halsell,
Mr.. Hodge, II. Sorve and J. Barny.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
New Patents.

Through dispatches to Dewey & Co.,
Patent Agents, San Francisco, we re-
ceive the following advance list of U.
S. Patents granted to Pacific Coast in
ventors, viz: G.. A. Schuster and j. L..
Driscoll, Oakland, Cal, paint brush;
G. II. Bacon and l.. G. Brown, S. F.,
safety center pinion for watches; II.
Crossett, S. F., dental plugger.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
The Wages Of Labor.

There is much senseless ranting
against the depreciation of wages in
California by the competition of the
Chinese. Now we are not among
those who regard cheap labor a bless
ing. A fair distribution of the profits
between the capitalist and the laborer
promotes healthy condition of soci-
ETY.. Where capital commands such
handsome returns as it does in this
State, the laborer should be also re-
warded. Mr.. J. r. DODGE the Statis-
tician of the Department of Agricul-
ture at Washington in his last month
ly report has an interesting article on
the wages of farm laborers in the Uuit-
ed States with board where hands con-
tract by the year which shows that
the Pacific coast offers the greatest in
ducements to the hardy toilers of the
soil. In the Southern States the av-
erage monthly wages of farm hands
are set down at $l0,17 per month; in
the Western $13,66; in the middle
$16,Sl; in the Eastern $lS,5S; in the
Territories S1S,25 and in the Pacific
States $2S,12. Thus it will be seen
that the laborer receives on this coast
one hundred per cent more than in the
Western States and this in despite OF
the fact that his board costs double
what it does in Illinois or Ohio. In
1866 the Illinois farm hand received
S1S,72 and now he gets $l6,14, a de.
crease of nearly IA per cent; while the
California hand now gets SOS, 60 agains!
$30,35 in 1866 decrease of only per
cent. The average for the whole
country is now So, 40 per month will
board against $l5,SS in 1S66.-a falling
off of nearly % per cent. Statistics
sometimes spoil the incest theories.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03

Milwaukee NeaOS: One of the rea-
sons why fight frequently occurs in
Montana churches is that while the
preacher is praying the congregation
sit on the backs ofehairs and frequent
ly calculate, "that's right, old hossw
''bully for you!" he's book sharpw
"Give 'em hellW etc. Sometimes the
minister gets riled, and there's where
the disturbance comes in.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
TO OUR CUSTOMERS.


The Board Of Directors Of
the Los Angeles lmmigra-
ton and Land Cooperative
Association Authorizes the
Announcement that Checks
on either of the Los Angeles
Banks will be Received on
Payments now due on Land
Contracts, also in Payment
for Lands now offered for
Sale at Pomona and Artesia,
Also Los Angeles City Lots.
L. M. HOLT,
Secretary.
Los Angeles, Sept. 2, 1875. SO 1w
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03

The general impression based on
the evidence so far elected is that Mr..
RALsToN died of apoplexy and that he
had no thought of taking his life
when he went into the water.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
SUMMONS.
INIHE DISTRICT COURT of the Il

INJHE, DlsTRIcT COURT Of the 17th
in and for the county of Los Angeles.-B f.
Bragg, plaintiff, against John Azbill ct AL,
defendants. Action brought in the District
Court of the Seventeenth judicial District of
the state Of California, in and for the county
OF Los Angeles, and the complaint filed in
said county of Los Angeles in the office of the
Clerk of said District Court
The People of the State of California send
greeting to John Azbill, Richard Heiman, Os-
car George and Charles Harter, defendants
You are hereby required to appear In an ac-
tion brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court OF
the Seventeenth judicial District of the
State of California, in and for the coun-
ty of Los Angeles, and to answer the COM
plant filed therein, within ten days (exclu-
you of this Summons-if served within this
county: or, If served out of this county, but in
this District, within twenty days; otherwise,
within forty days, or Judgment by default will
of said complaint.
The said action is brought TO recover judg-
ment of this Court that the error and mistake
occurring in the deed from John AzbjlI to
plaintiff dated April l5, 1875, for a portion of
the Rancho San Juan Cajon de Santa Ana in
Los Angeles county, Cal, be rectifed; that
the plaintiff be decreed to be the owner of the
land actually purchased by him, and that a
good and sufficient deed for the same be or
dered to be made to him; that defendant Har-
ter be ordered to deliver up the deea made to
by him of the purchase money and a receipt
of deed of the land actually purchased; that
the conveyance to the defendants Heiman
& George by said Azbill be adjudged to be in
fraud of plaintiffs rights ard that they be
perpetualy enjoined from asserting any right
IN and to the ~ acres purchased by plaintiff,
and that they be directed to execute by deed
their interest in said 20 acres to plaintiff: that
said Charles Harter be directed to complete
bis purchase of said land from plaintiff, and
that plaintiff have general relief and costs.
Reference is had to complaint for particulars.
And you are hereby notified that If YOU fail
TO appear and answer the said complaint as
above required, the said plaintiff will cause
your default to be entered and will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
- Given under my hand and the Seal
! (srAr of the District Court of the Seven
teenth Judicial District of the State
- OF California. in and for the county
of Los Angeles, this Both day of June, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-flve.
A. w. POTTS, Clerk.
BY c. w. GOULD Deputy Clerk
MCCONNELL, BIcKNELL & RoTHcHILD Atty's
ior riH' jyl7 Pm law
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A Methodist minister in o favored
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cents for his first quarters salary. He
resigned at once and left for the grass
hopper belt.
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Postponement of sale.

THE SALE OF LOTS announced to
take place at Cotton, San Bernardino
county, on Wednesday, August 25th, is post
poned until further notice.
aul9 If III. b. UNDERHILL, AgentJH
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
j. s. DAVIS g. Co.,
Auction and Commission

nEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF PRO-
IL duce, fruits, wines, liquors, tobacco, ci-
gars. newspapers and periodicals.. pB- NEW
SANTA MONICA. All kinds of produce
wanted OH commission. Auction sales every
Saturday. auglS-tf
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Notice Of Partnership.

THE UNDERSIGNED have tais day
formed a copartnership for the purpose
OF carrying on the Woolen Mill store at the
White House, Los Angeles street, near Com
merclal, under the. firm name and style of
Pfeiffenberger & Co.
l.. PFEIFFENBERGER.
auS7 I'm G. A. NOLTE.
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BANK NOTICE.

OWING TO THE DIFFICULTY OF
~ obtaining gold coin for Immediate de-
mands in our home market and the impossi-
bility of that en- route from the East to reach
US; this. coupled with a reluctance to press
our customers and bring upon our cOmmuni-
ty unnecessary disaster, we are compelled to
close our respective Banks for thirty days
from date.
We regret the necessity that leads to this
step, but the extraordinary occurrences in our
commercial metropolis that compelled simi-s
lar steps by some of our Oldest financial insti-
tutions will, we trust, be our apology.
Every dollar will be paid our depositors in
gold coin and with all possible dispatch.
We will allow to call depositors without
distinction interest at the rate of one per cent.
per month for the time they are thus involun-
tarily deprived of the use OF their money.
The Farmers & Merchants Bank.
by JOHN G. DowNEY, President.l
Temple & Workman.
Los Angeles, September /, 1875. seq
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
For Les Angeles.

CALIENTE, Sept. 2d.-The following
passengers left on Telegraph Stage line
for Los Angeles to-day: f. Selichio,
John Smith, j. Miller and J. D. Will
SOlI.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
II O r N D..

BURNETT.-.At San Ysabel Rancho, San
Diego county, August oath, to the wife of
Alexander Burnett, a son.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-03
Latest kilograms.

BY ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC LINE.
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01

In SEARCH OF AN OYsTER.- A
short, stubby fellow. with his hat on
one side Of his head, and bis pants roll.
ed up, walked into an oyster house,
and holding the stump Of an unlit cigar
between his clenched teeth, looked
around and inquired. "Got ny oystirss'
"Yes. sir" said the oystermsn as be
cast his eyes over a half-a-dozen bas-
ketsfull lying around loose.
"Well how much be they a dozen p
Eighteen cents"
Eighteen cents?
Eyes. sir, eighteen cents"
"Shucked ?"
"Opened Of course, if you want
them opened"
Well, GIN me one not shucked. ;"
.One! What do you want of one
oyster p
''Well," said the customer confident
ialy. leaning over the oyster stand and
taking his cigar from between his teeth:
"You see I'm goin' to social party to-
night, an some Of the boys might get
a foolin'. I've been round good deal
an I tell yer there's nothin' so coslin'
and healin' like for black eye as a
good big oyster. I guess you'd better
GIN me two. How much is't p
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01

tavern. on the old road, north of the
school house. The woods on both sides
Of the road were filed with minute
men, and the retreating troops were
now completely between two fires.
For three or four miles along this road
the British suffered terribly from the
brisk and constant firing. Arriving
within short distance of the Lsxing-
ton meeting house. the British troops
again suffered severely. Their am
munition began to give out. and their
eight companies were so fatigoed as to
be nearly unfit for duty Confusion
spread throughout the ranks, and for
lsng time the efisers w.re unable to
restore discipline. Witnessing the
confusion increasing, in spite Of their
efforts, they desperately placed them
selves in front, and threatened the men
with instant death if they advanced.
Thus order was partially restored but
the troops must inevitably have sur
rendered to the Provincials were it not
for the timely arrival of reinforcsmests
sent to their relief. ''They were SO
much exhausted with fatigue" the
British historian, Stedman, writes,
''that they we're obliged to lie down
for rest on the ground, their tongues
hanging out Of their mouths, like those
of dogs after chase" For a short
time there was new a cessation Of bat
tie; but the troops committed the most
reckless destruction Several houses,
two shops and barn, we're burned to
the ground in Lexington /; buildings
along the road we're plundered and de-
faced, and individuals were wantonly
abused. After the British had recon-
menced their retreat, the minute men
aud militia renewed their attack. and
during the remainder of the route the
skirmishing was sharp and bloody, un-
til they reached Charlestown, which
they entered almost on a run, anxious
to get under the protection of the guns
Of the ships-of -war-the minute-men
following close upon their heels as far
as Charlestown Common, when General
Heath, their commander, ordered them |
to stop their pursuit t-Potter's Ameri-
can Monthly.
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01
Selett poetrp.
The Beautiful "By and By"

By the shining shores Of life's beautiful river,
Where the morning CLEANS on its bright
waves quiver,
A bark lay rocking upon the tide;
We stood on the white sands, John and /,
And he whispered, Dear heart, shall we sail
together,
All the long, long day, with its changeful
weather,
Till we land by and by on the other side ~
Ny heart and my voice made swift reply,
"We will cross together, love, You aud !,
Over the tide to the other side,
To that beautiful 'by and by r"
Through all the day, with its sweet, bright
morning,
It's darkening neon with its clouds of warning,
Its evening Of lulling, dreamy rest,
We have breasted the bilows, John and |;
And whisper, ''Dear heart, we shall land
together,
Unharined and unchlled by the changeful
weather;
See, our sun goes down in golden west!
The spray of the storm that beat SO high
Has but frosted the hair and dimmed the eye;
And 10! on the sands Of yon nightless lands
Is our beautiful by and by r"
From the Aldiae for May.
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01
CHURCHES.

FOREST PREsBYrERIAN.-Rev. John Patton
d. D.. Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
.t le. 80 q. m. and 7.00p.m. Sunday School
at9a.m. Lecture on Wednesdays at 73O p
n. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 80 p m.
Sr. ANNE's PROTESTANT EPIscoPAL.-heV.
VIM. C. Butler, Rector. Service on sundays
at 10. 30 a. m. Sunday School at 400 p M.
Lecture on Fridays at p. m.
METHODIST EpIscopAL,-Rev L. G. Matlack,
D. D.. Pastor. Service every Sunday at 80
a. m. and 1902 m. Sunday School at $50
4. M. and 2.3o p m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 7.30 p. M.
CoLoREp METHODIST Rev. j. W. Brown,
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 1870
q. M, and pm. Sunday School every
Sunday at l p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01
3ulllorous.


Did you ever see . woman putting
down a carpet? How slow and un-
handy she is at the work. Mr.. Clarke
went home one day last week and
found bis wife putting down the carpet
in the parlor. He watched her for
awhile. He noticed how she'd careful
ly take a tack and fix it in. the carpet
and then strike it half dozen little taps
before she gave it one blow that forced
it into the floor. Then she'd gather up
another part Of the carpet, pull and pat
it, and strike in a nail the same way
as before. my dear. !" said Mr.. Clarke,
II think 1 could do that faster than
you do if you were to let me try"
"With great pleasure. said Mrs. Clarke
II know you're so handy" Clarke
took the paper Of tacks and the hammer,
and Topped down on bis knees on the
carpet. He grabbed hold Of the carpet
near whore the last tack had been driv-
en-. gave it pull and dragged ont
every tack on that side Of the carpet.
Then be had to get to work and pull
out the tacks. During this work he
kept informing his wife that carpet
couldn't be expected to stay put down
when the tacks wern't driven half way
to their heads. He'd show her how
tacks ought to be driven. Then be
took tack in bis fingers, inserted the
point in the carpet, raised the hammer,
and then he brought it down with trs-
mendous force. Then he gave a ysll.
flung the hammer through the window
jumped to his feet. plunged tive fingers
into bis mouth. and pirouetted about
the room. first on one leg and then on
the other. The loving wife went up to
him and said. "Dear. did you hurt
yourself? How sorry I am. Go down
in the basement and let the croton run
on yeur fingers. Thafll take the pain ont
Of them. If you want any amusement |
afterward. you can split some kindling |
wood. Your style Of putting down car
pet is novel. but not successful"
Clarke went dewn in the basement, but |
he didn't put his fingers under the cro-
ton. He went cut of the front door, |
and found place. where he could get |
some good rye, as be drank be kept |
''d-n cleaning house, any
how"
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01
Thoughts for Saturday Night.
The soul knows no prison.
Rage is mental imbecility.

To revenge is not valor, but to bear
Remorse is the echo of lost mother
Mans the circled oak woman The
ivy.
Iudolence and stupidity are frs,
cousins
There is music in all things if men
had ears.
Magnificent promises are always to
be suspected.
Virtue is the beauty, and vice the de-
formity of the soul.
An acre of performance is worth q
whole world of promise.
There is frightful interval between
the seed and the timber.
There is not string attuned to
mirth but has its chord of melancholy.
If a man empties his purse into his
head, no one can take it away from
him.
Purposes, like eggs. unless they are
hatched into action, will run into rot
tenness.
Measure not men by Sundays, with
out regarding what they do all the
week after.
All the rarest hues of human life
take radiance and are raiubowed out in
tears
The worth of a State, in the long
run. is the worth of the individuals
composing it.
am sorry to see how small piece
of religion will make a cloak Str
William Waller.
The chains Of habit are generally too
small to be felt till they are too strong
to be broken
While the world lasts the sun will
gid the mountain tops before it shines
upon the plain.
Pitch plucky man into the Nile.
says the Arabian proverb. and he will
come up with fish in bis mouth
As riches and favor forsake man,
we discover him to be a fool but no.
body could find it out in his prosperity.
True religion is the poetry Of the
heart; it has entertainments useful to
our manners it gives Us both happi-
ness and virtue.
If a man is not rising upwards to be
an angel, depend upon it be is sinking
downward to the devil. He cannot
stop at the beast
The habit of virtue cannot be formed
in closet. Habits are formed by acts
Of reason in a persevering struggle
through temptation.
I hate ingratitude in man more than
lying. vainnass, babblisg. drunkenness,
or taint of vice whose strong corruption
inhabits our frail blood. -Shakespeare
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01

TRICKS ON THE D1GNIFIED.-It is a
sight to see a digni6ed gentleman 60 up
to the counter on which there is a
glass case to pay for something. He
espies laying on it, as be fendly imag-
ines, fatherless ten-cent stamp. He
drops bis glove on the stamp. pays his
bill, and picks up bis glove pinching
that part which the currency is lying.
The glove comes up, but the stamp
doesn't He walks away hurriedly.
and the emotions which stir his breast
are properly those which ''stir the heart
of the nutmeg" When he gets out
side Of the shop be swears and stamps his
heel, and looks discontented, and kicks
at the news boy who wants to know if
he'll have "the fifth edition" 1t is
cruel to play such tricks on the digni-
fed. They don't like them.
Middletown transcript., 1875-05-01

THAT BRIDGE observing man
who was travelling on a train noticed a
gentleman and lady seated in close jax-
tapoaitieu. and, Judging from their con-
duct, imagined that they we're exceed
ingly intimate. In front of the COM
Portable pair sat two Germans. Pres
emily the train passed through dark
bridge. Amidst the rafting of the
bridge could be heard a noise that
sounded for all the world like a ooncus-
sion Of lips. As the train emerged
into daylight. one Of the Germans slow
ly drew bis spectacles down over bis
nose and exclaimed: well, l tink dish
ish bad bridge hears him crack
one, two, three. four times" The lady
drew down her veil, and for the trip
looked mute and quiet.