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Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

A laborer in the employ of Mr.. Lam
kershim, the other day, while working
in the fields in the San Fernando valley.
turned up one of the old-fashioned So
Sings, of the date of 1852. Twenty-eight
years ago these pieces were as common
rs double-eagles are now, and there were
far more of them in general circulation
than one in these piping hard times can
find Of the neatly-coined $50 pieces of
the United States mint. Only one side
Of the slug was stamped, the reverse be-
ing quite smooth. 1t was of the in
tensely. yellow gold of the early placer
times, and its long burial had given it a
somewhat dead hue. San Diego NetOs
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

THE worst squeezed lemon in Europe
Is Egypt. 1t is a little country of less
fertile area than half Of Illinois, and
containing about 100000 poverty
stricken inhabitants-slaves rather. The
ex.Khedive, or Prince, borrowed money
In the most reckless manner, until he
ran up bonded debt Of over $500, 0O0,-
600, drawing, most OF it, 6 per cent. in
terest. The actual amount of money
which he got from the French and En-
glish bondholders was not much more
than 5000, 900, 900, and the money was
squandered in building palaces, multi
plying harems, and in riotous living.
Finally, upon failing to pay the bond
holders their usury, they upset him,
and seated his son ON the throne, and
placed n joint commission of controllers
in charge Of the treasury to collect the
taxes and revenues and pay them over
to these bloodsuckers. The Egyptians
have become FESTIVE, and are determined
TO shake off this foreign yoke if they can.
The "budget which has produced the
present disturbance is bill Of appropri-
atoms for the new year. 1t sets down
the gross income Of the nation at S43,-
1872, 795. Over one-half Of this amount
(S25, 600, 000)is TO go to the foreign credi-
tors, and SO, 500, 600 more as tribute to
the Sultan of Turkey. Then comes an
appropriation OF 81, 500, OOOfor the army,
and another one of over Sl3, 900, 900 for
governmental and miscellaneous ex-
penses. Suffice it TO say that out Of tho
very respectable gross income above
named there remains, after oil the vari-
GUS expenses are deducted. paltry sur
plus OF about $4,000. How Egypt il
ever to get out Of its present financial
straits, under such a condition of affairs,
would puzzle the wisest bankers Of the
world to tell. No doubt the entire
hopelessness Of the situation is the very
thorn which has stung the Notables and
Arab Bey into a quasi revolt against
the arrangement of the foreign control
lers-general.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

Once upon a time a wolf observed
lamb feeding out of sight of the shep
herd in charge, and it determined t.
have dinner of mutton. While skulk
ing along toward its victim, the vol
fell over cliff and was badly injured.
The shepherd heard its yells of pain
and came running up to dispatch the
animal with a club.
"Hold on Hold on 1 want to ar
que this case !" cried the wolf.
"But you are philosopher and L am
only shepherd, was the reply.
II was your lamb who pushedem
over this cliff" said the br,zen wolf as
he sat up and, 10y the use q big words,
wise looks, and arguments based ON
ifs, he convinced the shepherd that it
was his duty 10 take him home and heal
his injuries.
When the wolf was able to walk he
demanded lamb as compensation'for
his bodily suffering and loss of time.
The shepherd demurred, but the vol
quoted an old law by which any person
harboring a wolf should be fined and i'm.
prisoned, and he declared he would &C
before the nearest official and make com.
plant. This brought the shepherd &c
time, and the wolf had lamb for dinner.
To get rid Of him the peasant reduced
his fare to black bread and water, but the
wolf ate what was given him and en-.
planned:
1 shall not gain strength and be able
o leave you until 1 have better food"
The peasant then changed his fare 10
the best, and the wolf ate his fill, and
observed:
"As long as you can afford such fare
you cannot grumble at my staying"
In a few days he demanded full.
grown sheep TO soften the pangs of part
ing, and when the shepherd complained
the wolf cried out
"Why, am working for your interest,
not mine. The less sheep you have &c
mind the less care you will have"
This sophistry silenced the shepherd,
and the sheep was killed. While eating
it the wolf got bone in his throat and
called out for help, adding:
at will be much easier for you TO re-
move this bone than to dig hole and
bury me-"
10y fAlsehood you gained my sympa-
thy" replied the peasant" by phil0so-
ply you got into my house by logic |
you ate q lamb; by subtlety you beat
me out Of sheep; by Providence you
have bone in your throat, and now by
thunder you must help yourself, for ]
won't r.
Moral: Don't feel yourself entitled |
10 washtub because somebody gives
you a clothes-pin.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

In the Austrian, German, French,
Italian and other European armies, regi.
mental officers may not we'd the objects
of their affections until they shall have
deposited certain sum Of money, vary.
ing between "a, 900 and sc, 900, with the
state exchequer, the interest of which,
in add.'ion TO their pay, is considered a
sufficient income 10 keep them fnan-
cially unembarrassed as husbands and
fathers. A sort of matrimonial epidem-
ic has recently set in among the subal.
tern officers Of the Austrian army, in
which the amount of the so-called "cau-
ton money" is fixed at 5000; and so
numerous have been the applications for
permission TO wive within tue last few
months that the authorities contem.
plate doubling the amount in question
for officers up to the rank Of Captain,
while leaving it unaltered for Majors
and Lieutenant Colonels.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28
q ROMANCE IN SKELETON.

A calm, delightful autumn night
A moons mysterious. golden light
A maiden at her window height
In robes Of pure and neecy whitA
The little wicket gate sjar-
A lover tripping from afar,
With tuneful voioe and light guitar,
To WOO his radiant guiding star.
A lutte with soft, insidious tvang--
oh, how the doting lover sang
A bulldog, with remorueless fang
A nip, . grip, dssthly pang.
A maiden with . startled glance
A sbrieking for deliversnce--
A kind q weird, hilarious dance
A pair Of riven doeskin pants.
A maiden fAintins with Alright
A lover in q sickening plight
A bulldog chuekling with delight
A Wild, delicious autumn night
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

A FASHION paper tells us that silken
hosiery is now all the rage in Paris,
80 with insertions Of portraits and medal
ions of point lace" Fancy CHANGING a,
your lady-love's stockings and finding
here the portrait of-so ne other Iellow
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

At Ne" lia'en glrI baby was recently
blrn With two noses. When she grows up
all the women in her neighborhood will
envy her, because she will have one more
nose than they to turn up at her poor rela.
ives.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

A Georgia girl shears ten sheep in forty
mir n e'. She is not likely TO have many
offers OF marriage, as she makes the "wool
fly" to fast.o
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28
A SOUGHT-FOR TYRANT.

A great fortune is great tyrant;
it drives and spares not. Many rich
man looks back on the time when he
was poor, and signs TO remember how
free his mind then was from care, how
much he enjoyed the simplest pleasures.
But he would not exchange his present
for his past any quicker than he would
exchange freedom for slavery, health
for disease, honor for infamy. He may
confess that his vast property, toiled
and suffered for through years, worries
and hardens him but he would not sur
render any portion of it more willingly
than he would surrender the use OF his
right arm. II is the maloslictiOn of
superintendent riches that, while they
harry their owner, and may destroy his
mental peace, he clings TO them as tena-
ciously as to life, and is bitterly tor
mented by tho smallest fraction of their
decrease. The ordinary rich man does
not enjoy what he has 30 much as he
suffers from what he fails TO get. We
have all heard of the New York Crnsus
who declined to contribute to a most
worthy charity. The man who had
asked for his subscription expressed his
surprise. 81 should be glad to do it,"
was his excuse, "but really / cannot af-
ford it. Why, at this moment have
more than $500, 900 in bank, and I'm not
getting cent of interest on it."-NetO
York Times.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

PRAIRIE dogs who live far away from
any river or stream obtain drink from
wells dug by themselves that have con.
sealed openings. No matter what the
aePth the dogs will keep digging until
they reach water. A frontjersman
named Leech, formerly of Mercer coun-
b. Pa, says he knows of one such we'll
&eO feet deep, and having a circular
staircase, leading down to the water.
Every time q dog wants drink he de-
sends this staircase, which, considering
me distance is no mean task,
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

PLANTATION PHILosoPHY.-De little
man neber fails ter make hisse'f hesrd.
DE fee dog sllus acks like he owns de plan.
taiion.
he ugly man sometimes says de puttieSt
words Col is foun' Whar de lau' is rough
Yer kahn Judge a man by de spread
what be axes. De size O. de watermil-
yum hint governed by de length O. de
vine
De thing what am hardest ter git ain
sllus de bss De chicken hawk is harder
tor kill dan de partridge, but he ain nigh
eE good meat.
A disiressin' noise ain allus de sign dat
help is needed. De panther ken cry sz
pitiful sz de sheep. Arkansaw Traveller.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

The only practical advocates Of tariff
for revenue only" are the blarsted English
lecturers, who come ever to this country
and take back fortunes in their breeches
pockets, donated by the toadie'.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1884-03-28

The directors and stockholders Of the
proposed new opera house in New York
are busily engaged in examining and dis
cussing the plans Of the four archi.
tects who have been invited TO draft
designs for the new structure The
building is to be Of pressed brick with
terra Gotta trimmings, and, with its ap-
Uroaches, will occupy the whole OF the
block bounded by Vanderbilt and Mad
ison avenues and Forty-third and Forty
fourth streets. Very little Of it will he
of stone, it will be thoroughly fire-prooi,
and special attention will be paid to the
safety and comfort Of the auditors. The
auditorium will seat about 3, 900 persons.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15

Is q Presidential light the grsat ques
tien which is agitating the people of the
United States just now is whether or no
q political party is to be permitted to
choose its own candidate, whether the
favored individual says yes or no. Tho
pretense has boon set up that Mr.. Tilden
is too old to be elected President. AS a
matter Of fact Mr.. Tilden is seven or
eight years younger than either Glad.
stone or Bismarck. He is twenty.thrce
years younger than was Lord Brougham
when he took his last trip to Cannes, at
q time when his opinion was held of
great value ia the political world. In
connection with the frequently urged
objection against Mr.. Tildcn of his great
age, we are pleased to note that, the
other night, Mr.. Gladstone made a
speech in the House Of Commons which,
by all accounts, was characterized by
Ill his old time energy, fire and aplomb.
II Mr.. Gladstone, at seventy seven, can
talk like a tribune of the old times,
while Bismarck at seventy-eight can in
augurate a vicious campaign against the
American hog, we see no reason why the
most luminous statesman in the United
States, Samuel J. Tilden, should moi
essay the comparatively easy and grace
full duties which appertain to the White
House.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15

A uArrY auspice Is the fact that the
stock Of the Copper Mountain Mining
Company is being so liberally absorbed
by our people. This actually looks as II
the real local err Of development were
about to begin, after ages of interval.
Tho history of Tombstone and of all the
other leading mining districts of Arizo.
ma, in which s0ser and gold were the
contestants, Is pregnant with the fact
that small investment by AngeleHos
would have centered the rsinunerativc
developments of those regions in Los
Angeles. The same may be said OF the
copper developments OF the Bsbee dis.
trict. Hithorto we have stood aloof
from these possibilities. Let us hope
that, hereafter, we shall act with more
Judgment. The Copper Mountain Min
ing Company--a distinctively local in
stitution, in which our people are put
ting their own money, and which prom
ises, on well authenticated data, tire.
mendous returns--may well prove to ac-
csntuate new departure in Los Ange-
les, and one in which all the profits will
not pass, so to speak, to unlineal hands.
Why should not Angclehos engross
something OF the heritage OF this fair
land Of unrealized possibilities.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15

By fits and starts we occasionally get
mail from the North or East. For.
tunately this deprivation will not last
long. II would seem to Angelefos, who
represent the most intelligent 'centers Of
population in the East and in the WORLD,
for that matter, that better and more in.
slant provision ought to be made for the
postal wants OF this locality. After all
but short span separates this section
from San Francisco, and the Tehachepi
Pass and the Soleded canon represent
the actual difficulties in mail or other
transportation. In the old days OF
travel in California some expcdient
would have made communication north
matter of course. Are we retrograd-
ing! Has the fact that we have full
railway facilities enervated the people
whe were known as the heroes Of the
brave days Of old, 1t would really
look so. Corporation energy and powor
ought surely to be able to bridge the
lanentable chasm in few days.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15
Thomas McLain.

Died at ri Monte. CAL. April s.h. 1884. Tnomai
McIain.
The subject Of the above notice was
born in the State of Georgia, and re-
ceived his education at Georgetown
University. When the war broke out he
espoused the lost cause, and was promoted
to the rank Of Captain, for bravery on the
field. At the close Of the war he fol
lowed various pursuits for few years.
and in 1869 he decided to come to Cali
fornia. On his arrival he taught school
at FL Monte, but finding the mercantile
business more congenial to his mind, he
engaged in it, and continued in 1t until
his death. Owing to genial manners and
good business qualifications, he was
very successful and accumulated . very
large fortune. He was member of the
Masonic society, and also of the Ancient
order of United Workmen. He was
active in all movements to aid his fellow
man. As a private citizen, he was kind
and generous, and ready to lend help
iuB hnhu w tuS nccuy 8uu ucStitutcs
The emigrant and poor found in him a
rendy friend. During the dry seasons
which occasionally occur in the valley.
he supplied them with the necessaries of
life, until nature had dealt more bounti-
fully with them. Mentally he was one of
that class Of men who are capable Of be-
coming masters, and feeling at home in
pursuits of the most diversified charac-
ter. Tho great point in his character
was determination and energy which
never allowed him to go back. We feel
that we have sustained great and ire
parable loss. His name and nature will
not soon be forgotten. His sentiments
leaned towards the side of mercy and
liberality. He is now gone from among
us, and the voice whose tone was music
is hushed and still. Tho bright eye is
now dim and lustreless, and soul
through which flowed countless gener.
GUS impulses is gone from us forever
Let us pass him to the grave, as we our
selves would like TO be passed, forget
ting the frailties incident to our nature
and without which we could not be bu-
man. The sun in its monday splendor
has spots on it, but we bask in its sun
shine neverth sless.
"Tho boast Of heraldry, the pomp Of power,
And all that beauty. all that wealth Ger gave,
Await alike the inevitable hour
The path Of glory leads but to the grave"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15
-Thf Repnblican nreference

THf Republican preference of the
country is undoubtedly for Jim Blaine,
of Maine, for President oil the United
States. This avowed preference is in
line of that abnormal and wholly in
defensible choice which elected Garfield
President in 1880; and which, in the
campaign OF tEat year, caused certain
Republican clubs to embazon their
banners with the number 1929 That
figure represented the very small sum
for which James A. Garfield, on the
testimony, eloquently developed in such
sterling Republican journals as the New
York Tribune, sold the honor of Con
gresham for sum in hand and Il
chance to speculate. The HERALD has
no interest whatever in the schemes
which are being developed 10 erect
monuments for Garfield. No man can
arrest the pen Ct the historian in this
day and age, any more than he could
arrest the memorabilia which St.
Simon filed up as the true picture of the
doings OF the court of Louis XIV. AS
to Blaine himself, there is no doubt
whatever but that, having seen the
Credit Mobilier business fail to extin.
guish Gariield-having seen Garfield
triumphantly elected in spite of the
Credit Mobilier infamies-in which Gui
teau's victim undoubtedly participated
he has at last steeled himself to disre
gard the lesson of the Aiulligan letters
and to take his chances on the idea thai
the moral Sc nse of the American peopl,
is blunted and even comatose. 1t is ;
great while ago since, on memorabl,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15
FOR PROMPT SALE.

BY May LIST, a fur ished or unfurnished house
between, Main, Olive. Fifth and First streets; no
children; references. Address r, .. Box 265,
Los Angeles. apll.3t
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15

The coming local campaign will in
volve considerable sagacity on the part
of the Democratic party. With a mere
fraction of wisdom Los Angeles is as
solidly Democratic as the Rock of Glib
raltar is English since the Spaniards
were foolish enough to surrender the
key to the Mediterranean. The one es-
sential is to nominate strong local
ticket. The mass OF the population of
this county is opposed to the Sabbatarian
spirit developed in the Republican cam
paign in the Fall of 1882. No present
protestations of these fanatics will lull
the German or Latin race voters into in.
difference to the unprovoked onslaughts
upon the leading interests of Los Ange-
les and the liberty of the citizen then
deliberately made by the Republican
party. The alarm in so general
and widespread that no Trojan horse
business no dono ferentcs inter
lude--will be possible this year. Every
well instructed Democrat knows that
Potts, for instance, must run for County
Clerk. That nomination will OF itself
set the bearings. Should Potts decline
to throw himself into breach which is
neither imminent nor deadly-because
election is certain-a special shotgun
brigade must be detailed to shoot him on
the spot marked by such signal trcach-
cry. The same may be said of a dozen
prominent Democrats who show signs of
preferring the private to the public sta
tion. Amongst these is the Hon. Alfred
B. Moffitt-the fartamed Parson of San
Fernando-who must be made to do
duty in showing that the Democratic
party OF Les Angeles is now, as always,
invincible. The thousand vineyards
which have been lately planted in this
county, to say nothing of the old joyous
California ways, and the splendid local
Democratic record OF honesty and efli-
cheney, call out trnmpet-tongued for a
maintenance o, the old, honest and sat
isfactory Democratic ascendancy. The
rule hereabouts has been uniform that
the farther we depart from Democratic
regime the worse of are our local trea II.
ries, city and county. In the language
OF the Pinlaric poet, Walt Whitman,
whose wild, ba bare yawp has been
heard over more continents than one,
"Don't you forget it."
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15
rnstructsd Tor a,s,re

ALTOONA. Pa, April l4.--The Repub-
lican Convention Of tho 17th Congress
sional district, composed Of Blair, Cam.
bria and Somerset counties, met tonight
and elected delegates to the National Re.
publican Convention. Resolutions en-
dorsing Blaine were adopted and the
delegates instructed TO support him for
the Presidential nomination.
Choked His wife TO Death.
SHREVEPORT, La. April l4.--Berry
johnson tcolored) choked his wife TO
death early this morning. He filed her
mouth full Of snuff and called In the
neighbors, telling them she had strangled
TO death from going 10 sleep with snuff
in her mouth. johnson was Jailed.
There is bitter feeling among the col
ored people against him. It Is stated
that he murdered o woman some time
ago in Red River parish.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-04-15

summers day, after having captured the
Mulligan letters by coup de main, Mr..
Blaine fell fainting In the vestibulc Of a
certain fashionabls Washington Church.
That wasa fine theatrical device W hich dis
armed, as II was intended to do, the
hostile criticism of the country. The plan
which advances Blaine TO the front calcu.
lates on a prosperous country in which
tho national conscience is silent. Jim
Blaine, Of Maine, there is no use in dis
guising tho fact, will be a very formida-
BILE Republican candidate for President
on this coast as against any man but
Samuel j. Tilden whom the Democrats
could nominate. Any Democrat can
beat Blaine for President, but Samuel J /.
Tildep'is almost the only Democrat who
could carry California, not only against
Blaine, but against any other Republi.