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Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-17

Recently owned by Don Juan Murretta, con.
tanning fourteen thousand acres of land,
having nm altitude OF about one thousand
feet above the sea level. This tract of land
lies about As miles southerly from Cotton
rhe California Southern Railroad runs
through the entire length Of the tract The
soil In the valley Is formed of sedimentary
deposits. 1t is rich, dark loan, without
gravel or boulders, and can be easily titled,
as no clay or adobe soil appears, but is full
OF rich sediment, which holds the rainfall
and prevents leaking or drying, so that when
you come to cultivate you turn up moist
closely underlying supply of water, and when
cultivated the moisture rises to the surface
doing away with the necessity of irrigation
almost entirely, but In case of a dry season,
II irrigation IL thought to be necessary, an
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
Religious Equality in England.

The time has now long gone by since
those who approach the question of the
establishment must first turn or cap
ture the great fortresses that have been
at sundry times and in divers places
diligently reared in defense of Ma
tional Church by long array of potent
divines. From the noble gravity of
Hooker, in the sixteenth century, and
the shrewd reason of WarburtOn and
Paley in the eighteenth, down to the
practical wisdom of Chalmers, the We
hemence of Arnold, the eager tenacity
of Stanley in our immediate day and
generation, all the resources of eccle-
siastical eloquence and logic have gone
to build up and to fortify q theory
which may still impress the student of
abstract polity, but which has stead
lily and rapidly lessening relation to
real affairs. Nor is it any more need
full that the assailant of the establish
ment should begin with the imposing
pleas of some of the most renowned of
lay statesmen, from Burke to Mr.. Glad
stone, in favor of the solemn cOnsecra-
ton of the Commonwealth by binding
it to a great ecclesiastical corporation,
'eXalting its mitred front in courts and
parliaments, and giving to the civil
magistrate the guardianship of the set
/ tied institution of religion. However
gracious the ideal, it is now seen to be
practically unattained and forever I'M
attainable. As we trace back the
course of events, the most reluctant eye
sees them all tending uniformly and
with growing momentum to the secu-
! larization Ofthe State and the emancipa-
ton of the Church. Social forces, po-
litical forces, intellectual forces, spirit
ual forces, all unite in one undertaking
and indellectible direction. Attach
! ment to the Church of England as q re-
ligious society is probably deeper in the
hearts and imaginations of men than it
has ever been. But the march of leg
islation for the last half century has
faithfully registered the growth of the
conviction that the installation of the
Episcopal Church in the seat of privi-
| lege is no condition of its moral or re-
ligious efficacy, while it is a political
injustice, social mischief, and him
drance to the full sense of equal citize H.
ship in a united community. -The Fort
| nightly RerieW.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

With these troops also bows and ar
rows are the favorite weapons, though
small proportion of the men carry
matchlocks. Six times a month they
practice archery on foot; and every
spring and summer, dressed in armor,
they 90 through the same exercises on
horseback. This division furnishes q
guard of two men at each gate of the
forbidden city, whose duty it is to
sit holding a red bar across the gate
way, and who rise only to Princes of
the blood. 1t also supplies the night
patrols within the forbidden city, "
who allow no one either to enter or
leave the precincts unless he be the
bearer Of half broken token, which,
when fitted with the corresponding
portion in possession of the officer ON
duty, matches it exactly. The light
division" as its name indicates, is
especially intended for services requir-
ing strength and activity. The men
are drilled six times month with the
scaling ladder, when they also fire
three volleys with the matchbox; six
times they wrestle and perform feats of
horsemanship, one rider leaping on the
back of anOther's horse, met at a gal
lop, while the rider of the latter SINH
larry exchanges his seat at the same
moment. While mounted they likewise
fire three rounds with the matchbox,
shoot three flights of arrows, and at
tack and defend with the sword and
iron whip or fail Is 4 They have,
besides, six trials monthly in horse and
loot archery, and twice u year, for
twelve days at a time, practice at a
mark with matchbox; each marks
man takes five shots each day, and is
rewarded or punished according as his
varied success places him in one of the
three classes of proficiency" This is
the kind of military exercise which
particularly delights the Chinese mind.
Such exhibitions of agility as somer-
saultS and leaps are, to their thinking,
ineXpressibly terrifying to the enemy
and when accompanied by shouts and
cries, cannot fail, they consider, to spread
dismay in the opposing ranks. The
''shout of battle has, through all time
been recognized as a power in the fight;
but the ''buXom valor' whose 'grace
is only in the heels, which is displayed
| by Chinese soldiers, can only inspire
contempt among any troops but suct
I as are even on a lower level of inetfi-
cheney than Chinese warriors. As Cor
| poral Trim says, zone good thrust with
| the bayonet is worth them all ''-Biack;-
| 1COOd'S !MdOazi3e.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
A WOuld-be PensiOner.

At club dinner in New York re-
Gently. an examining surgeon related
the following incident, showing how
the Arrears act developed pensioners
out of sound and undeserving men.
During the war he was surgeon of an
infantry regiment When the regiment
first went into battle he observed, sit
ting behind big tree, at a safe dis.
lance from the iighting-line, the Captain
OF one of the companies.
'What are you doing here, Captain"
asked the doctor.
Pm not feeling WE'LL" replied the
officer, in a doIeful voice.
The surgeon was too busy looking
after the wounded to stop and inquire
as to his complaint. A few weeks later
the regiment again got under fire, and
the surgeon found the same Captain
skulIling behind barn.
''Hello, sick again?' he exclaimed.
''Well, the fact is, doctor, I'm not
exactly sick | may as well own up
that I'm coward There's no help
for it. 1t must be constitutional Now.
doctor, what the use of my STAYING in
the army? Won't you help me get a
discharge"
The surgeon thought ne was doing
the country Il service when, few DAYS
aftcrward, he recommended that the
man be discharged on the ground OF
general disability He heard nothing
of the Captain until sixteen years later,
when ne received a letter from the
Pension Office informing him that Cap
tain Blank had applied for a pension
from the date OF his muSter-out. aud
that as he. as surgeon of the regiment,
had certified to the disability, would he
kindly inform the Government as TO the
nature of the disease from which the
officer suffered? The surgeon replied
that the Captains complaint was
chronic and incurable cowardice, not
contracted in the line of his duty, but
constitutional. The Captains name
did not 20 upon the roll, and his plan
for getting some four thousand dollars
for NJ. ears and twenty dollars MONTH
for the rest of his lie came to grief
How many hemcs no less dishonest
have succeeded through the complai
sance OF examining surgeons, les.
honest than the narrator of this Incl
Dent could only be ascertained by {
thorough over hauling Of the wrolC
Pension List and denomination o.
the entire army OF pensioners. L. y
Snta EN-, III Tic century,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
For Young Readers.
THE SMALL BOYs SOLlLOQUI

THE SMALL BOYS SOLlLOQUT.
IF had a coach and horses eight,
l would choose 10 ride on the farm-yard
gate;
The big red gate win it's FIVE strong bars,
The tippesttop most mp TO the stars.
swings 50 Slowly against the grass
When INFO the me do " the cat ic pass
] hold on tight, though I'm not afraid,
When jerry, the c,eN crest fellow made.
Tugs it slowly la k with Come!
This is the way they go to Rome"
Yet had | a coach and horses eight,
I'd be too grand for farm-yard gate!
should wear new jackets the whole year
round,
And never 20 barefoot. Why, I'll be bound
The President hasn't much better fun
Than boy when his mother says: You
may rum
l sit astrile the farm-yard gate
And make believe am something great;
That own the wood-lot, the river, the mill,
The house S iure Elder hui on the hill;
That pair Of ponies Miss Elder tries,
And all the tafy Elias buys;
Or I've just come back from an Indian war
CHATS why the hag's on the school-house
fOr.
It's going to be Fourth of July week!
The rusty old cannon will. have to speak.
= If had a coach and horses eight,
like TO drive it through such gate:
Stupid old fellows might sit inside,
The cOachm IN mas the best of the ride,
., the way I'd manage the reins and whip
Steady there! even! and not Il Slip.
Wouldn't Harry and Walter stare?
Captain BunCOmbe would twitch his hair:
II takes the road as took the sea;
Reely, the youn9ster is beating me. "
Whew! got II tumble? You're rather small
10 balance yourself! or the gate 100 tall?
Which is it, sonny He rubs his head;
Grass isn't quite as soft as bed:
Sposed ! was c'ying? Now, jerry Lane,
Wait till you hear fellow complain!
was thinking-wCll, thoughts get jumblcd
So
If ! had coach and horses, YOU know,
Always haTnesSed to take ride
wouldn't mind sitting sometimes inside"'
~, de AlUdtc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
The Old Mans Remedy.

Young man departing for college)
Well, father, goodbye. You may
expect to hear from me often, and |
trust that on my return you will find
that have not been unmindful of your
self-sacrifcing efforts 10 provide me
with an education. GoOd-by!
Father with emotion) Good by, my
son, good-by.
Young man (three months after.
Arriving from college)-Ah, Governor,
how de do? Delighted to see you.
Bah Jove. Geastly weathaw this, don't
you know? How's the folks. Doosed
gland to get home, etc.
The old gentleman thinks of bring
ing suit against the college.-N. T.
San,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
The Strong Rooms of the World.

Stron O room is the standard English
name for what in this country is termed
a large vault for storage of valuables,
such as cash, bonds, plates, etc. | like
the good old English name of strong
room, and so | will use it as applying
to safe deposit vaults the world over.
| have visited many of them both sides
of the water, and all my life since boy
hood has been spent in looking after
them. Less than twenty years ago all
the strong rooms in this country which
were used for storage of cash, bonds,
and so forth, belonged to the banks
and bankers, and were a part of their
business machinery. Since that time
safe deposte companies have been
established, and they are now numer-
GUS in this country having larger and
better strong rooms than the bankers
ever had. No one will ever know how
many million dollars worth of valu-
ables are stored in one of these great
safe deposite companies, for each GUS
toner has his own special lookup
within the great central strong room,
and keeps his own keys and counsel.
shall be asked who is responsible to de-
positors for safe keeping of all these
treasures, and | reply, the company is
responsible for the exercise of due care
and diligence in the work it has under
taken, and what is demanded of it in
these premises would have to be set
tied in the courts if any dispute in the
matter should arise Between u loser
and the safe company.-London Cor.
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

Joe Bradley, boy at our school,
wrote composition the other day, and
one thing he said in it was this:
There is nothing in the world that
can give person so much happiness as
plenty of money"
Now l always felt that plenty Of
money was a good thing, and wished l
had pile of it, but when | tried to re-
member all the rich people living in
our town l could think of Only two
who seemed happy. Some are sick;
some are afraid of thieves; some don't
seem to know how to pass away their
time, and one man is troubled for fear
that he may become poor.
Then | thought of our two nearest
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
Sam Ward.

Although Mr.. Ward was a good
American, he was one of that class of
Americans who, SO to speak, bridge
over the Atlantic-who help to make
the New World ineligible to the Old
and the Old to the New. We have often
expressed an opinion that this can not
be done by the American putting oil
from him what is characteristic of his
own nationality, and trying to be (what
he is not, and can not become) Eu-
ropean. Bat it can be done, and in
the simplest and most natural way, by
the free intercourse of Europeans with
Americans One of the most hopeful
of the signs of the time is that large
numbers of Englishmen, and among
them not the least distinguished, are
reciprocating the interest which Amer
lea has long felt toward Europe, and
especially toward the mother country.
Social reciprocity is, in fact, only an
other term for political reciprocity.
Personal relations, constant, nutual
and friendly, between large numbers of
families on both sides of the Atlantic
are a perpetual and increasing guaran-
Tee Oh pOllllcdl IuIihOny oot"ccH lllo
two great English-speaking nations
When Americans come to feel them
selves at home in London and English
men in Boston or New York it will be
hard to create serious quarrel be-
tween the two countries. Few Ameri-
cans have done as much as Mr.. Sam
Ward 10 foster good feeling in social
life between the old and the new cOun-
try, and his death is an event which
may be regretted by more persons than
those who have had the happiness OF
knowing him personally. -Saturday Re
CielO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

"A new fruit, ''loquat," introduced
in California, where it is highly es-
teemed, is a native of Japan or China.
The tree is an evergreen, with large,
oval, coarsely-toothed leaves. The
fruit grows in clusters, each plum re-
sembling miniature bell-llower apple,
and is from an inch to an inch and q
half in diameter. 1t is bright yellow,
with a pleasant, sour flavor, tough,
smooth skin, and contains two large
seeds. The tree is very hardy.-Sas
Francisco Call.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

''It is wise man who knows his
own business. " Yes. and it is wiser
man who devotes his whole time TO at
tending to it.-M. Y Mil
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12
Eccentric People.

Half the people who are called eccen-
trio deserve to have a much worse
epithet applied to them. Here and
there man or woman is found whose
oddities of opinion and erratic conduct
are genuine, and the outcome OF some
real Unborn twist in their mental and
moral disposition. Such persons are
generally tolerable. and sometimes very
likable, their idiosynCrasies serving as q
gentle entertainment rather than as an
annoyance to us. We feel that they are
quite unaware of their own queerness,
which is the result of native incapaci-
ty to comprehend the ordinary conven-
tons of society. But there are other
people whose eccentricities are not, or
ought not, to be endured. They are not
innocently ignorant, but willfully dis
regardful OF reign Of law in the social
world. The worlds judgments are no
doubt superficial, and therefore very
commonly defective or false; but the
worlds conventiOns-tha is. its rules
tacitly agreed on for the preservation
of the order and decency of social in
tercourse-are on the whole respecta-
bic and to be observed. But the unen-
durable eccentric prides himself
upon being a law to himself in these
matters. He likes to know that his ac-
quantance are sayingof him; ''Oh, that
is Mr. BIS way, you know. He is not
like other people; he always does and
says Just what he pleases." And the
notable fact is that so many persons
are imposed on by this absurd ailccta-
ton that they will let certain behavior
pass for independence and originality
which is nothing but simple rudeness,
the expression OF egotism aud ill-breeCl-
ing Atlantic Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

Penny dinners for school children
have been instituted under the direc-
ton of the London School Board.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-12

The Charleston Nea0S and Courier
says that Sullivan's Island, S. c., is
destined to become the lead NO sum-
mer and winter resort of the North and
South.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

-"Man is mans greatest study .ant
how to get ahead of him his most per
sistent. boston Globe.
"A gushing poetess in an exchange
asks: why do the leaves fall slowl,
to the gromd?" Laws of gravity,
dear. that's all.-BOston Post.
How to- make a good cow-shed
Pour boiling water on her back and il
will make a good cow shed-her hair
after the nnst rapid and complete
fashion.
-Mary's Little JAM
Mary had a little jam
Twelve tumblers in q row;
And everywhere that Mary went
Her key was sure to go.
She left Il in the lock one day,
Which made her brother laugh;
He called his chuI1, they scooied the jam,
And shared it half and half.
-..What good does it do you to be.
long to the lodge. anyhow" "What
good dol get from it? I'll not talk
about what get if am laid up sick
but suppose / was to die, then the lodge
pays $1,000 down, and Teller can have
lots Of fun for 81, 900 in cash. "-Wheet-
ing IntelHqencer:
Money doesn't always make the
mare 90. Fat raan (who is in some.
thing of hurry)-"Tll give you five
dollars to get me to the station in three
minutes. Cabman with provoking
slowness): ''Well. sorr, you might
corrupt me, but you can't bride thai
horse. ~ Harvard Lampoon.
Look here said Uppercea. the
chorister, as the grocer was weighing
out his sugar, '.those things of yours
weigh light" ..Mr. Uppercea. repli-
ed old Tyson, severely, I'm like your
self; l run the scales to suit myself,
and the congregation has to stand it. /"
And the chorister pulled out all his
stops at once.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Young wife-"W why, Charley, what
have you gone and bought a dog fOr?''
Young husband-"Ah-um. my dear,
you know We can't eat everything that
comes on the table; no family can "
Young wife-"O Charlie (cryIngl,
knew YOU wouldn't like my cooking. O
dear, dearr' Young husband-''There,
there! don't cry. Ill sell the dog
burlington Free Press.
Smith purchased 'muley" COW
and drove her home yesterday evening.
The animal was curiosity to his CHI.
dren. "Oh, what town. exclaimed
little three-year old; sit dot no horns. y
Papa has EN-" said fve-year-old.
.'Why don't e put 'em on e tow" 81
don't know. heard him say he had
swallowed a couple of horns afore
breakfast, and l guess they are inside Of
him now. Mamma told him he would
swaller the cow afore six weeks. "
NeWnlaa Independent.
Not long since New Hampshire
committeeman was examining an infant
school class. .Can any little girl OF
boy give the definition of the word
average" he asked. For some time
no one replied, but finally little girl
hesitatingly replied: at is thing a
hen lays an egg on. SIR" mo, that's
not right" Eyes, sir, my book says
so;" and she trotted up to her ques-
toner and pointed to this sentence in
her reading book: "a hen lays an egg
every day on an average. "-Ecery
Otker Saturday.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-25
CHANGING FEED.
The Kind of Food Which Ought 10, u,
Given to Cattle, Sheep and Hogs la tine
Winter Season.

The Kind of Food Which Ought 10, u,
Given to Cattle, Sheep and Hogs la tine
Winter Season.
As winter approaches and pastures
cease to furnish succulent fodder the
food of animals is necessarily changed
from green and fresh to that of dry
and less digestible nature. 1t is impor-
tant that this change should be. gradual.
One of the supplies which have been
abundant this year, and which may be
used to advantage in this gradual
change, is second-rate apples. or those
which are not smooth and fair enough
for market or for the table, but which
will be equally good for horses and cat
IT,, sheep and swine. Instead of allow
inc them to rot under the trees they
may be gathered and stored in heaps
and protected till the approach Of severe
freezing weather with thick coat Of
straw. They may be given in moderate
quantities at first and afterwards in
creased according to the supply Cows
are sometimes fatally chDked IN their
greediness to eat when they first have
access to them, but the danger is small
after they receive, them regularly; but
as they are easily sliced or chopped in
two caution would indicate avoiding
any danger. Horses are fond of ap-
pies, and Il moderate ration does them
good, as dry fodder takes the place of
the more succulent Turnips and car
rots answer the. same. purpose. Since
the introduction of ensilage animals fed
on it suffer less from exclusively dry
feed; but as many farmers do not open
their silos until in January something
to go between grass and ensilage Is
desirable. The farmer VINO keeps an
eye to the proper feeding of his ANIMALS
can use safely such materials as he pos.
sesses, if he keeps before him the chief
necessity Of avoiding sudden changes Of
food.
1t is important in this connection, to
provide comfortable quarters against
the approaching cold; to secure stables
and other places of shelter against cold
currents of air; to give animals dry and
clean places for eating and rest, and to
be sure that they have pure water to
drink. Provision for all these requisites
must be made before winter closes up
the opportunity.
In making all these provisions for
winter, the requirements for spring feed
ing must not be overlooked. As soon
as the first warm weather approaches, a
gradual supply of succulent food should
be given. and increased before turning 10
grass. We have found nothing better
than parsneps. The great advantage
of this over other root crops is that the
roots may be left in the ground all win
ter, and in fact they are better for it.
The crop is easily cultivated. its spread
ing leaves shade the ground and keep
down weeds, and on rich soils it yields
several hundred bushels to the acre.
The roots may be plowed and pulled
out in spring as required for feeding al
intervals from the tlme the ground il
thawed till the grnn = foot high
Country Gence1sssk