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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-16

II b. II. WARNER CO.,
bRAINARD ID. WARNER, EDWIN A MCINTYRE
916 street northwest,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-16

Location and price, with all necessary Informs
ticn, wi he ven at the Office. ap1S-2w
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04

But don't try TO write something where there
is nothing TO write. If there is only line TO
be written, write that, and begin again next
day.
DO not set down about people anything
which You would not wish them 10 see. IL is
not likely that any one will ever see your
writing but it is possible, 80 always be care
full about what you write. The Chinese say
Of a spoken word, that once let fall, it cannot
be brought back by chariot and six horses.
Much more is this true Of written words and
once out Of Your possession, there is no tell
ing where they will go, or who will see them.
The best time TO write in journal is in the
evening Keep the book in your table-drnw-
cr, or on your desk, aud, after supper. when
the lamps are lighted, sit down and write your
plain account of the day. Don't try to
write an able and eloquent article but simply
give statement Of what you have seen or
done during the day. For the first week or
two after beginning a journal, the novelty of
the thing will keep up your interest, aud you
will be anxious for the time TO come when
you can write in your journal. But, after
while it becomes tedious Then is the time
when you must pcrsevere. Write something
every day, and before long you will find that
you are becoming so accustomed to it that
you would not willingly forogo it. After that,
the way is plain, and the longer you live the
more valuable and indispensable your journal
will become.
But eomo nroctical vouno porson asks
What Is the good Of journal? There is very
much. In the first place. il teaches habits of
order and regularity. The bow or girl who
every evening arranpes the proceedings of the
day in systematic order. and regularly writes
them out il not likely to be careless In other
matters. II helms The memory. A person
who keeps journal naturally tries during the
day 70 remember things he sees until he can
writ them down. Then the act of writing
boIps TO still further fix the facts in his mem,
ory, The journal is a first-class teacher of
nenmonsbiD All bovs and GIRLS should iaIo
nride in having tbe uapes of their Journals as
neat and handsome. as possible. Compare
one day's writing with that OF the one before,
and try TO inupove every da,,. Koepinp a
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04

monotouous bill of fare The caprice for odd
pitchers is very marked. Whatever else one
has not she must have quaint pitchers for her
table and sdeboard. You will find them in
all the wares, made in queer shapes and in a
variety of coors. Chose in Maiolica and
Wodgewood are especially desirable
There is generally prevailing impression
that anything in pattern that is very pretty is
very dear. think you would be quite aston
ishcd to walk through the largest Of all our
largo pottery stores, the one whose exhibit
have been trying TO give you vague idea Of,
and to find out the price, of the articles by
which you were surround d. You can spend
as much or rs little money MS plcases you, and
you will he sure 10 bring away something ar
tistic, either for your table or for ornament
ing your house. American potteries are be-
ginning to approach more nearly some of the
imported wares than they have done before,
both in finish and design, although they have
still much to do but it is Il qualification to
know that the interest has awakened an en-
deavor to do good home work, and that there
is a determination ON the part of the potters
to eventually do artistic work. ! think their
endeayors should be encouraged aud that
when they do make good article, the col
lectors should take noto of it,
Nov a word for my book which set me out
on my pottery visit. 1t is the most fascinat-
ing work ul the subject of ceramics that
have read. In the chronicles of the club you
gain great deal of absolute and valuable in
formation conveyed in the most charming
style. ] laughed and cried and learned about
old pottery reading the Daisy Farm Letters -
and got excited over the "China craze" and
"Cousin Eunice's Cream Pot" The illustrn-
tious of the dishes found by the club aro nu-
mcrous, and the Harpors have put the book
into the most appropriate covers; it is bound
in white cloth with red lettering, and on the
front is Il representation, in blue and white,
of an old-fashioned tile. Such pretty idea,
Is it not? SAGIrE JOY WH1rE
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04
Miscellany,


I sat one morning in a it'll, lane,
Under a canopy of bramble Leaves.
l watched the rcapers on the heavy vain
Pile high, with cheerful toll the golden shcayCs.
The eager little children stood around,
with tiny harvest gleanings Of the corn
Under their arius sheaf-wise, with puppieB bound,
Their mimic labor all the merry morn.
1 watched tue slow drawn, buunteous load depart,
The children fIiioai down tue shady lauc;
And. left alone, asked nv Empty heart,
"WhCre ar thy gathered shcayts ut ripeurd grain
why comes no sound uf harvest joy to thre?'
But my dumb heart no answer had for me.
"Heart - said further ''there was good iced spwn
Deep IN toy furroNs ere last winters snow,
aud IN the spriug-time tender airs were blown
Across thee, aud God gave thee summer glow.
Where is thy harvest II god things and true,
The fruit OF this thy ground which God hath TILED
The crown Of work appointed thee 10 do,
The sheaves wherewith HIS garner should Dc hllcd
Where is the harycst joy, thy reapug song,
Thy blameess triumph over honest spoil?
Thy deep cuuteutmeut, satisfied and strong
Thy worthy resting after worthy toll?
He who gave seed-time would thy harvest see"
Yet still ny heart no answer made 10 me.
But ere the autumn seed-timc came again.
God Fmoie the furrows Of my silent heart;
The pow shares Of strong sorrow and sharp pain
Delved deeply, striking to the inmost part;
Wherein full soun the good seed gently fell,
The which my heart received repentint, grave,
Aud brought to fruit in season duly, well,
And God the increase Of that harvest gave.
What though in wcariness my gheayes were bound
With faded flowers Of happiness and love?
What though within my heart no Foug was found,
A rcapers joy In harvesting to prove?
An angel lighted on the new-reaped sod,
And bare the blessed frst-fruits UP to God
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04
Notice..

refer all parties wishing either to purchase, or
lease any property belonging to me, situated IN Brat
tIeboro Vt to Mai. JOHN @. TYLER, Of that town.
'' ' COLUMBUS TYLER.
sonasrFiIls. Mass, Feb. 20, 1873 Sa
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04
The SchOOI-BOy.

We bought him box for his books and things,
And cricket bag for his bait
And he looked the brightest and best OF kings,
Under his new straw hat.
We handed him into the railway train,
With a troop Of his young compeers,
And we made as though II were dust aud rain
Were filling our eyes with tears.
We looks ID in his innocent face to see
The sigh Of a s0rroWful heart;
But be only shouldered his bat with glee
Aud wondered when they would start.
Twas not that he loved not as heretofore,
For the boy was tender and kind;
But his was a world that was all before,
And ours was a world behind.
Twas not that his futtering heart was cold,
For the child was loyal and true;
But the parents love the love that is DID,
And the children the love that is new.
Aud we came TO know that love is a flower
Which only groweth down;
And We scarcely spoke for the space Of an hour,
As we drove back through the town.
Kpiscopdtidh
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04

Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire re-
spect in proportion as We know how they are
made.
In Wales signboard reads, Take notice,
that when this board is under water, the road
is impossible"
A Western chap told a hotel waiter who
handed him a bill of fare, that he didn't care
to read until after dinner.
II don't like that cat its got splinters in
its feet" was the excuse of four-year-old
for throwing kitten away,
''How nicely this corn pops !" said young
man who was sitting with his sweetheart be-
fore the fire. "Yes, she responded demure-
ly, Its got over being green"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04

High towering above the rich meadows that
are found in the far-famed valley Of the Con-
neclicut is Mt. Holyokc At It's base is q clear
lake, and to and fro across It's surface plies a
steamer We will enter it; and landed safely ON
the other side. now ascend the mountain.
From its summit wonderful panorama of
hill and dale villages and farm land, groves
and everything calculated TO make a benuti-
full landscape, may be seen reaching away TO
the horizon Away in the distance we see the
renowned institution founded by Mary Lyon ;
still further on are hills and mountains. l
gaze and wonder that so much of beauty can
be perfectly seen in n space so small take
n long look and then, ascending TO the cupo-
Ia. enjoy a still finer and broader view one
that quite enchants me. But human nature
seeks change, and 1 come down from this
broad and untrammeled site to view glimpsos
of the same landscape through various color
ed glasses. / look through the blue light !;
everything takes on sOmbre hue and looks
indeed desolate, and seems shiyerug with
dread of the cold winds that must come to
such n darkened place. Fancy now dictates
that try the yellow glass, and a sunshiny
hue is spread around, and it seems as though
morning light must be just breaking over all ;
everything is laden with joy. But aonther
colored glass, and still another, produce diff
ferent effects; and taking again clear glass,
the same dear old landscape again greets my
view l wonder that slight tinge of the
glass has produced such variety-and learn
another lesson There are many ways of
looking at things and glimpses Of each land
scape are in some way impressed upon our
souls. Let us, then, beware of the blue glass
that shrouds the beautiful in gloom and i'm.
perfection, destroying and changing ALL and
bringing sad, distorted visions for us to nour-
ish. Earth is all too full Of sunshine for us
to love darkness. Heaven showers too many
beauties around us, and too much that is pure
and eleyatng, for us to cherish vice. Let us,
then, look through clear eyes. or, if We wish
a variety, take that which will leave CLEANS
of sunshine, beauty and purity, and cherish
the good in all. RACHAEL
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-10-04

come a-rdin up to dc Judges stand on all
dem hosses il tells bout in de Revolutions oh
st. John; def on his pale hoss, a-leadin' de
procession de sinner-man ON de little one
Dyed knock -kneed mule oh do-nuilin an de
saints prancin' on de piebald an speckled
race-horses ob Righteousness. Sinner-man,
now's yo time to choose yo' mount. Ef yo
want a hoss dat will go roun' de circle oh
eternity, choose him in de blue grass pasture
oh repentance. .- Bruddercn, while de confa-
.-... -. ..... I. -.
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together with the largest and strongest LIFE INSUR-
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DEALERS IN BANK STOCK.
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07
European Cable News.
The House or Commons

LONDON, Dec. 6th.-In the House
Of Commons this afternoon, Whit
bread, Liberal, gave notice that he
would offer resolution disapprov-
ing of the Afghan war, and asked
for the appointment of day for its
discussion.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
said he could not postpone discus
sion of the government resolution,
fixed for Monday next, upon this
announcement.
Lord Harrington appealed to the
government to give place to Whit.
breads resolution.
Gladstone supported Lord Hart
ington's appeal, but on Sir Stafford
Northcote stating that the govern
ment's motion could not necessar-
lily be taken as meaning to charge
all costs of the war to India, he
could not consent to adjourn the
discussion.
Chamberlain, Radical, gave no.
tice of an addition to Whitbread's
motion attacking the alleged un-
constitutionality of the govern
ment's proceedings relative to At
ghanistan.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

boutoniers now, instead of ten and
fifteen as before!
"Yes; my whole expenses
boots! hat! clothes! board! room
peanuts! and jump-rope for chill
dren--all told, don't cost me ST. a
day That hat was $3. / used to pay
Dunlap SO, against $50 in war
times! That umbrella cost 81;
formerly 1 paid 81 for silk! Instead
of 40 cents for hair cutting at the
Fifth Avenue, / pay q quarter at
the Ashland! [ buy neck.tie for
cents from q street-peddler, in
stead of a quarter in a shop! Once
1 paid 25 cents for coffee at Del
monico's; now s cents at Putnam's.
"iTis time Americans, who can't
afford it, stopped putting on airs!
| You have one advantage down
town-you get peanuts for 5 cents!
they cost me 10! 1 am glad you
like my $40 suit! l do not remem-
ber the name, but think it was
Broadway and Great Jones! My
sons pay $50 for their suits! $40 OF
which is for rent and fashion!n
Reporter-Do you take no stim-
ulants whatever, Mr.. Train
G. +. T.-Gracious, yes +! 1 live
on stimulants! Light! heat! air!
sun! water! Nobody could exist an
hour without them! But If you
mean alcohol ! tobacco opium
meat! condiments! spices! mineral
waters gambling! debauchery!
answer no!
What satisfies me would disgust
most men. Mans appetite is al
ways exploring for new poisons tt
kill himself with. The COW will
its grass cat with its mouse an
with its grain beaver with III
dam! bee with its honey! is Away
contented; but man hunts th,
world over for delicacies that short
en- his life.
My stimulants are the element
of nature! as my companions ar
animals birds ! and children
When gluttsns and drunkards ban
quet at Delmonico's, they ay,whel
they raise the poison to their lips
"I drink to your health, gentle
men!" when they should say
"Here's to your diseased"
1 find my pleasure in the uncu
clover of babyhood rather than il
the adult stubble where the grail
, is gathered! The children are al
alive in their innocent vitality
J while the grown-up world seem
; dead in its Generalization.
. And the champion economist an
sanitarian of the age resumed hi
newspaper.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

SAN FRANCISCO ought to be thu
Paradise for life insurance agents
People who kill themselves with
such facility as those OF Frisco,
aud who allow themselves
to be killed con dnaore, ought
to he willing to speculate
on the result even though
they have to die TO win. There
had been an ebb in the full flood OF
suicides there Of late but the ST.
ezra Nevada fiasco will bring the
waters back TO neap tide. The
wonder Is that when a man has
fully made up his mind that the
world has no attraction for him any
longer he don't kill somebody else
somebody who, he thinks, has
conspired, as for instance in stock
deaIe, to make him wretched. The
African savages have far more
eElightened way of bidding adieu to
the world than the civilized mans
suicide. When Monsieur DAf-
ricain is thoroughly "graveled' at
or other he Is wont to
rstire to his cabin, If be has one,
paint his features with special fe-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

THE British seem to have made
quick work of Afghanistan. The
formidable difficulties of the Khy-
ber Pass have been sur
mounted IS though the whole
thing were a holiday affair.
We can hardly think, how
ever, that the Ameer has entered
into war with England without
carefully counting the cost and
being sure of Russian support. 1t
is one thing TO overrun wild coun-
try and quite another to subjugate
1t. II Russia has made up her mind
that she will have to fight
England some day or other
she may have deliberately reach ed
the conclusion that her best van
tage ground is on the borders of
India, instead OF the region about
Constantinople. With the princi-
pal scat of war about the Mediter-
ranean and the sea of Marmora
England would have but little diff
ficulty in keeping open her lines of
communication and supplies. But,
with the battles fought on the
ridge of the Solyman range of
mountains, with long, difficult
and msnaced lines of communion
tion, with savage and treacherous
tribes on every hand ready to
pounce upon the English force
should they be defeated, the cafe
would be altogether different. 1t
Is difficult to estimate the shock to
the British power in India which
would result frem decisive disas.
ter to the British army on tha Dor.
ders of India. An insurrection
could be kindled in q day compared
to which that of twenty years ago
was mere child's play. If 1t is in.
deed the plan of Russia to choose
herself and in advance the theater
of a coming war the statesmen of
that country have shown consider
able sagacity in fomenting strife
between the Ameer and the EN-
press Of India as an introduction to
the more exciting drama.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

rocIty, hang an arsenal Of weapons
about his person and sally forth,
killing all he meets until he him.
self is slain. This is called run
ming a muck,n and it is certainly a
more philosophical and logical
practice than for q man to get into
corner and pusillanimously kill
himself. A "muck" run with
great energy on Pine street would
be the sensation of the day.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07
FRIDAY, THE 9th DAY OF
DECEMBER. A. d. 1878.

At IL O'Clock M, proceed to sell,
at the Court House door, in the city and
county OF Los Angeles, State of Callfor-
MIA, at public auction, for cash in U. s.
gold coin, to satisfy said order and ac-
cruing costs, all the right. title and inter,
est OF the defendant, Q. W. Davis, in and
to the following described real estate, to
wit:
All that certain piece. parcel or lot of
| land, situate In the city OF Los Angeles,
nia, more particularly described as fol-
lows, to wilt:
Commencing on the north line of
n Ntchols' private street, at or near the
southeast corner of lot No. one ~ OF
| block thirty-six 1897. Hancock's survey
thence $ 6215 degrees E 22S feet, more or
less, to the western line of Pearl street;
| thence N 37M degrees E along the west
ern line of Pearl street sos feet, more or
less, to the southern line of Tenth street;
thence westerly along the southern line
land now owned by Irvine: thence south
~ degrees west, following the lin e fence
| as now established as the eastern bound
ary of said Irvine's land, 498H feet, to
the point OF beginning, containing 8 I.l2
| acres. more or less.
Given under my hand at the city and
county of Los Angeles, State: OF Califor-
| MIA, this l4th day of November, A. d.
1873. II. M. MITCHELL.
sheriff.
By James C. Kays. Deputy. nl5td
Theabove sale is hereby postponed un'
| I'll Wednesday the 18th day OF December
A. D., 1878, at the same time and place.
II. M. MITCHELL,
Sheriff.
BY Jas. G. Knys, Deputy,
Los Angeles, Dec. O, 1875 td
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

IT IL apparent that very little
save mere routine work will be
dens by the present Congress. The
Democratic majority of the House
Of Representatives shows praise
worthy disposition to economic at
every point. The country is poor
or, rather, feels itself so-and we
- NO reason why the higher class
Of ofIiceholders should not expe-
rience the pinch of the times with
the rest of us. Our expensive
army and naval stats may be
of great service to the country, but
we are inclined to think
that the plain people may not see
II In that light. The fact is that
nanny Of these people are SO sur
x3unded with pomp and SO COM
Portable In their bank accounts thst
they have lost oil sympathy with
Republican Institutions. Their
chief utility of late seems to be theil
facility for getting into snarls with
the heads of the civil departments
OF the government. Ten thousand
dollars year is an ample salary
for the General of the Army, in
cluding commutation of rations
horses, servants and everything
Mlllions Of dollars can be savet
yearly by going over every
detail of the government
expense account with an un
sparing rigor. Perhaps mor'
completely than in the salaries o
officeholders, civil and military, !
the government fleeced by thei
number. The departments a
Washington are full of drones an
political favorites who are, min
times out of ten, incompetents. T
employ the phrase of Pitt, these of
ficIal barnacles have grown wit
our growth and strengthened wit
our strength, but they have not di
minished with our diminution no
decayed with our decay. II ever
country has been undergoing th
process of political decay it is tn
United States during the pas
4 decade. Corruption. venahty an
extravaganee have run riot every
where, particularly during Grant
two terms. Congress should appl,
the knife to every surplus linn
and lop it off, There will be weep
Ing and wailing and gnashing G
teeth in official and partizan quar-
tsrs thereat, but the people will ap
prove the salutary reform
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07
THE CHAMPION ECONOMIST.
Trains New Revolation-A Winter Suit o
Clothes for Sl0-A Moderate Liver,
New York Star. Noy. 2e. ]


Mr.. Train had shed his thick seal
skin when the Star reporter saw
him yesterday, and was dressed in
q stylish new suit of black.
eyes" he began to the scribe,
"this is another evolution! What
do you suppose they cost? Only ten
dollars, coat, vest and pantaloens! |!
Forty WAS the old pricel The over
coat was five! Think of that. Fif-
teen dollars, all told, for complete
suit and top-coat! Cheaper than be-
fore the war! / never got suit In
England or France for less than
twenty! Clothes can be bought
here for half foreign pricesl Every
thing Is tumblingl This is the
cheapest country In the world to
live In! Five cents is my limit for
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

A nervous old vicar went to Sc,
one of his parishioners-a lady
with a prodigious family, which
had lately been increased-after q
long absence passed In foreign
travel. AS he rose to leave, the
lady stopped him with, "But you
haven't seen my last baby"
"No," he replied nervously, "and I
never expect to-" The lady looked
horror-struck; so he deemed it best
to flee.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07
herald Steam Printing House.

The Herald steam Printing House Is
not surpassed By any Job Printing office
On the Pacific Coast, outside of San Fran
olsoo. in facilities for doing job work
Low prices, good work and expedition
nay be relied upon at this Office.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

Miss Susan Ling, of Harlem, N.
Y, recently saw the following ad-
vertisement in a country news
paper: "How to get rich-A rare
secret. Send 25 cts. to George Full
lerton, box Alb, Portland, Maine.n
Prompted by curiosity, she for
warded the money and received
the following reply: " Work like
the devil and never spend a cent"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07


him armed. Strong's gun falling
to go off, he cooked the other bar
rel and was in the act of firing,
when Stork shot him dead. Stork
surrendered himself to the author
tiles, but the Coroner's jury return
ing verdict of justiiiable homi-
eide, he was discharged.
1t 10 claimed that the wheat sur
plus will fall materially short of
former estimates.
Murder tn she First Degree.
PORTLAND, Og'n, Dec. 6th.-The
jury in the case of the State VS.
James johnson, indicted for muir.
der in the first degree, came in this
evening with verdict of guilty a:
charged.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-07

Under and by virtue of an execution is
sued out OF the District Court of the
Twelfth judicial District OF the State
Of California, IN and Tor the city and
rected and delivered ON the c3d day of
September, A. d. 1873, and by virtue of
an order made by the aforesaid District
Court on the 18th day of September, A.
u. 1873, In favor of Della T. Davis, plain
tif, and against Chas. w. Davis, defend.
ant, have levled upon and shall on