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Year: 1874

nv which the country was to take advantage
of the panic to slide into gradual redemp-
ton of its obligations, was the sole contribution
of the Department to the solution of the
financial problem. The absurdity OF the plan
made il the laughing stock of the country. and
under any other Administration would OF itself
have been sufficient to have caused change
| in the Department.. But weaker still, almost
without excuse, has been the oohduos oi
the Secretary with reference to the Sanborn
contracts. It is not necessary 10 recapitu-
late tho offensive features OF that pad Dusi-
ness. The whole country has stood aghast at
the ncompetency and weakness that nave
been revealed during the course OF the lnves-
tioat;on. tho responsibility for which is some
how divided between Secretary Richardson,
| Assistant Secretary Sawyer, and Solicitor Ban
| field the Committee being unable to locate 1t
any more definitely.
| For twelve months now the Department OF
Finance. tho most important in the Govern
ment. has been without q policy, except such
as was a roaring burlesque, and virtu-
aIlv without a head. A very weak ad-
mipistrstlOn has, in the Department which de-
manded tho highest order of intellect,
the widest experience and the most intelll-
gent craftsmanship. attached to itself weaker
| suhordinate. who has in turn gone down in
the scale for his own subordnates, till the
whole Department was feeblencss itself.
Taking advantage of this condition, par
cel of adventurers have had their own sweet
will Of the Treasury and divided the revenues
Of the Government with the utmost deliheration,
and even under the forms of law, with the
highest officers in the Department consenting
and advising. Rumors that the Secretary was
about to resign, Or that he was to be appoint
ed to some other Office, have been fire.
quent. Ho himself has denied them the
Executive, who is responsible for him
has made 40 sign; the party which
has been disgraced by his mismanagem,ent
has uttered no word of protest against his
continuance in Office. And now we under
stand that there is a possibility of his vOlun-
tary retirement shortly. We have no disposi-
ton to hurry Mr.. Richardson. We may
symDathize with him in the misior-
tune of his illness. But the interests
the business interests, upon which forty mil
lions of people depend, are far too important
TO be nut to further hazard by the retention
at the head of the Treasury of very incOm-
netent man, made more incompetent by
disease.


There ought to be head to the Treasury
Department lis not the President conscious
| of that fact
Year: 1874

and Haydn Society of that city is already estab-
lished. The attendance is large; the music OF
course, grand; the occasion is fifty honored
and the enthusiasm is decorously heated. Inc
event is worthy of the artistic culture OF
Boston. To this statement it is not possible
to add ANYTHING.
Year: 1874

A curious and painful issue is on trial I'D
the Surrogate's Court The disposition oil a
third share of the life interest in the estate OF
the late Jacob Stincr, who pcrished with DIS
wife and daughter short time ago In the
burning of their residence, turns upon 'he
fact whether the wife or daughter died trs''
The difficulty of proving the fact can oe
imagined. The amount involved Is large the
estate being valued at $4,000.
Year: 1874

aI;tv of Rellona: we have tried to reconcile tho
Articles of War with the Ten Commandments
and the Golden Rule, and we have actua'iy
created q code of martial virtues, ana deter
mined the chivalrous and the sOldier-hke. war
none the less is killing and being killed; none
the less is woe and waste and the temporary
abandonment of divine pity and huiiah
fraternity. TIE Ashantee dog had ho
fine sentiments and no thirst for glory,
for with him the stern joy of the Assault
was the beginning and the end. Probably
there have been very few soldiers, celebrated
or obscure, who really loved fighting Tor its
own sake originally. but the tendency TO de-
generate in that direction is one against which
all whose trade is war should sedulousiy
puard. Patriotism, in spite OF the sneers OF
the non-resistants, furnishes just as good
motive for fighting as the Hove OF wiie or
child. with which it may be mingled. y no
love Of country means the love OF that socia'
state. with all its affections, which NATIONALITY
alone can secure Because a dog DEFENDS hiS
kennel and a soldier his home by similar ma
terial methods it does not follow that the
soldier is dog or the dog soldier Inc
world is full of unpleasant experiences, anu
among them is that of war, but not the less y
good to be educed from seeming evil, aIu this
good we make porportionately greater the
more unwilling we are to fight and the reader
we are upon good reason to give up fighting
Year: 1874

1t looks very much as if Congress would
have more remedies for the Mormon sore"
than can be safely used. Our Washington
dispatches refer to two or three plans now
pending in the House or in the Committee
room all of which are designed to "stamp
"out" pOlygamy. In framing these laws 1t is
found that many things are needed to
assure conviction. A Mormon cannot be
convicted of bigamy unless the jury
is non-Mormon he cannot be reached
except in the most circutous manner; and 1t
is evident that laws framed to meet this
peculiar state of facts will, at least, seem to
violate many principles which are essentially
republican. Some of the difficulties of the
situation appear to have been just discovered
by Congressman; and the largo number OF
projects is good evidence of the increasing
depth of the puzzle.
Year: 1874

Although the Spring fingers, we shall have
warm weather upon us soon. The Board OF
Health, taking time by the forelock, has begun
to revise the sanitary code for the better pro-
lection of the city. Last Summer. notwith-
standing the filthy condition of many streets
and byways in the lower part of the city, we
escaped with tolerably clean bill OF
health. This season may not be 30
propitious as to its degree of heat. 1t IS
notorious that the laws of the Board OF Health
are openly defed; and, if hot term should
surprise u.s. by and by, it would find us unpre-
pared. The utmost vigilance is necessary
now and, before long, thorough purillcation
of the slums and hidden ways will be impera-
tiyely needed. We want sweeping elsewhere
than on Broadway and Fifth-ave.
Year: 1874

THE organ of the Water Company
says that corporation did very
unwise thing when it sued the HER
AID for doubling the purity of the
water sold to the residents of this city.
This admission on the part of the E't-
press is significant of disposition to
weaken on the part of the company.
We hope they will not withdraw the
suit before the case reaches jury.
We are anxious that the. peo-
pie of Los Angeles shall know all
about the water they drink. There is
another reason-a selfish one-why
we hope the company will not with
draw the suit. 1t will make the HER
AID thousand friends and patrons
where it now has but one. Let the
suit go on; it will add to the HER
AIDS already extensive circulation.
People like a paper that in the cause
of right fears neither man, devil nor
exclusive franchise companies.
Year: 1874

People who have not carefully
studied the situation are liable to fall
into error regarding the causes which
produced the great political revolu-
tion that is now convulsing the party
organization of the nation, and none
are more liable to be deceived in this
respect than the leaders Of the Demo-
cratic party. They suddenly find
themselves lifted from the Slough of
Despond to the pinnacle of hope, and as
parties as well as individuals are prone
to attribute the result of accident, the
effect of consequence, the combina-
tion which produces good luck, to bet
ter tact and sound Judgment OH the
part of themselves, it is more than
probable that Democrats will regard
their recent victories as tribute to
their superior management and purer
principles. Such IL conclusion would
be erroneous, and if fallen into, will
nullify the victories already gained,
wither the fruit that the party ought
to gather, and rob the people of the
good they hoped to gain by voting as
they have. We warn the Democratic
leaders of their danger; we council
themto make haste slowly; we urge
upon their consideration the impor-
tance of redeeming to the letter each
and every pledge upon which they
have secured their recent successes.


Too much power is the milestone
which has dragged the Republican


party beneath the wave. A confidence
in their invincibility made them care
less in the selection of public servants,
Indifferent about the redemption of
their pledges and almost strangers to
the time-honored principles of the
party. They have reaped the reward
OF the careless and ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
and the Democratic party is as blind as
a mole and as reckless as spendthrift


il it does not profit by the lesson of
their discontinue. The successes in
the East will Manufacture thousands
of Democratic candidates. They will
swarm like the locusts of Egypt, and
unless frowned down will !prove alike
disastrous TO the country. 1t is we'll
for all parties, and especially the DEM
Year: 1874

SHREwD guessers do not hesitate to
say that the suit of the Water Com
pany against the HERALD is spas
modic effort to defeat the election of
Mr.. BEAUDRy. We regret that a
worthy gentleman and valued citizen
should be made responsible for q real
or imaginary animadversion of the
HERALD, but our regret that people
see fit to attack him because they are
enemies of the HERALD is in a great
measure removed by the knowledge
that in the case of the Water Company
the assaults upon Mr.. BEAUDRY will
only add to his popularity wi the
people. .s.s-
Year: 1874

THE suit of the Water Company
against the HERALD will work seri-
Gus injury to the city of Los Angeles.


1t forces the HERALD Publishing
Company to assume the defensive, and
they will use every honorable means
to prove that the water which the
company has heretofore furnished the
city is impure and dangerous to the
health of those who drink it. OF
course people from abroad will not
care to visit a city supplied with water
of such doubtful character that it's
owners feel themselves called upon to
meet every adverse comment with q
libel suit. If the company are dam
aged to the amount of $4,000 by a
newspaper paragraph, what will be
the extent of their damage when the
last of the HERALD's witnesses leave
the stand? Our method of computa-
ton is not equal to the task of fur.
nishing the figures. ..s .a
Year: 1874

ocratic, to remember that the people
are at last aroused to the Importance
the necessity-of selecting as public
servants only men Of integrity and
ability. The old leaders will not do.
They have been weighed and found
wanting. and if parties yield again to
their leadership, they need but expect
a renewal of the defeats they have
suffered heretofore.
Year: 1874

THE Express of last evening is full
of blackguard attacks on the HERALD.
We anticipated this course on the part
of the little traitor. It's enlisted in a
bad cause, and being without argu-
ment resorts to personal abuse and
pol-parrot yituperation. The concern
has never had the slightest influence
in this community since it betrayed
the Republican party, to which it was
indebted for its very existence, and
with the effrontery of u purchased tool
advocated the election of a Democratic
candidate, and since its unprovoked
insult to the German-bo citizens and
tacit acknowledgement that it is the
mouthpiece of the Water Company it
has sunk, if such thing were possi-
bic, to still lower level. The HER-
AID has rod in pickle for the little
traitor, which it will feel when the
details of that Interview in the Super
visor's room are given.
Year: 1874

Two sudden changes of color of hair from
black to white are reported in foreign
medical magazine. 1t appears that ply
slcian of Berlin, strong, healthy, and less
than middle-aged man, sent his wife and
one daughter to spend last summer at
watering place. The day that he expected
a letter informing him of their arrival,
there came one saying that his daughter
had been taken sick very suddenly and was
already dead The shock was terrible, and
instantly his hair became entirely gray. He
had to visit some patients that same after
noon, and they scarcely recognized him.
Their peculiar actions revealed the change
to him. The other case was of man 35
years old, living in the Netherlands He
was one day passing the canal in Rotterdam,
when he saw a child struggling in the
water. He plunged in and brought it to
land, but it was already dead when he had
rescued its body. Bending over it to try
to restore life, he discovered that the dead
child was his own son. The blow, so sudden
and unexpected, and coming upon him when
he himself was so much exhausted, turned
his hair entirely gray, and left him scarcely
recognizable
Year: 1874

Every farmer should have complete
map of his farm, with each field, pasture,
and wood lot, together with all the fences,
roads and bitches plainly drawn, and either
numbered or named, so they can be readily
designated. Few farmers can appreciate
the real value Of one until they have tried
the experiment, for with a map of the farm
before you, you can direct your workman
to any part of it without the least possibility
of making a mistake. You can plan i'm
provements and estimate their cost at your
leisure, instead of spending half day of
valuable time in surveying the land itself
Any person with little ingenuity and
patience can draw map of his farm. 1t
should be about two feet square, or larger
if desired, and drawn upon thick card board
to prevent its being torn or defaced. Let
our farmers try the experiment, and they
will soon learn Its vale.
Year: 1874

In the fall of 1861, my son, Sidney
G., entered the Federal army, leaving
behind him two favorite dogs, both of
whom greatly lamented his absence. He
was soon captured by the enemy and held
a prisoner until the spring Of 1862, when
he was exchanged, and, on returning to
his command, came back to the old home
stead in the country, in Bellinger county,
Missouri. Both the dogs happened to be
about 200 yards from the house, barking
at a squirrel up tree. After some time,
however, the smaller one became tired
and came to the house, the larger one
remaing at the tree. The little fellow
came bounding in the room where his
young master, who had been SO long alb
sent, was sitting, and recognized him, and,
of course had quite a taking on over him.
The pleasure once more meeting his kind
master was too great to be enjoyed all alone,
so he quickly turned his course in the direc-
ton Of his companion in the woods and in
full speed made his way to the tree, and
communicated to the large dog the fact of
his young master arrival home when, in
an instant, both dogs were making for the
house with all their might, the larger one,
who had remained at the tree taking the
lead, and not Stacking his speed until he
bounded in the room where Sidney was
The strange part ofthe story consists in the
fact that the small dog not only commu-
nicated to the large one the fact that Sid
ney had come, but in some way told him
the identical room in which he would find
him, as he ran around the house, and in at
the very door where Sidney was sitting,
without ever halting or even turning his
head toward several other doors which he
had to pass in making the circuit-,S
Louis GIO!e.
Year: 1874

The complete ineficacy of the various
popular panaceas for bots on horses may be
better understood when we come to know
something of the nature of these resident
paraites They are not worms, but larvae
of a fly, and are possessed of remarkable
powers Of endurance under adversely. The
most insinuating substances are but as milk
and honey to them, and in an instance
recorded colony of them attached to the
stomach of dead horse were in no way
inconvenieced by an hours exposure to a
bath of spirits of turpentine. But when
whale oil was poured upon them they let
90 their hold and died almost Instantly
Now, whale oil being thus indicated as an
effective dose, and being aperient in its
action upon the horse, would seem to be
the remedy that should be chosen before
any other. At least it might be well to
have some experiments and the results
carefully noticed and made note of.
Year: 1874

4 Cleveland paper relates a number of
size of Abner McIlrath, whom it dubs a
giant. 1t appears that McIlrath is sixty
one years of age, and is six feet seven and
a half-inches, standing in his boots, fairly
proportioned in form, without a pound of
waste flesh. He was and is a giant in
muscular strength as well as physically.
He has lifted ZOO pounds of iron, and a
blow with his massive fist and long arm
was so powerful that on one occasion, when
some twelve or fifteen sailors went out to
his place to "raise a muss, he thrashed
the whole lot and threw them one by one
out of the door, ust as one could throw so
many babies, and during that operation he
dared not double his fist for fear his blows
might prove fatal to some of the rOwdies.
'tAb'' formerly carried on the business Of a
cooper, and used to come to town with his
load of barrels On one occasion, while at
the "Red Tavern, lately known as the
jackson House" and which is now torn
down, a snOb from town, who came out
there with his turnout in the shape of livery
horse and buggy, got into a difficulty with
Alb and, having insulted him in some way
or another, Alb resented it by lifting the
buggy right up and straddling it across the
fence, and then got on his wagon and drove
off to town, whistling as though nothing
was the matter, and leaving the luckless
dandy to get his buggy off the fence as best
he was able.
Year: 1874

A rude description is given of japanese
dentistry. The dental professor of Japan
does not sit in an office ornamented with
dread inspiring instruments of polhed steel,
waiting for the unfortunate whom his
shWgle on the outer walls invites to come
into his parlor. He travels around with
brass ornamented box in which are some
little mallets and wedges. And the way in
which he performs the function of his craft
is very simple, more simple than the civil
lied way, perhaps, but more severe. He
drives his wedges in between tooth and
gum, forcing them down with his mallet,
until the tooth is loosened sufficiently to be
taken out by the fingers. Sometimes a jaw
is broken and sometimes the patient dies.
We think We would be almost willing to
die.
Year: 1874

Besides the fact that ice is lighter than
water, there is another curious thing about
it which, perhaps, persons do not know,
namely its purity. A lump of ice melted
will always become purely distilled water.


When early nayigators Of the Arctic seas
got out of water, they melted fragments of
those vast mountains of ice called icebergs,
and they were astonished to find that they
yielded only fresh water They thought
the ice was frozen saltwater, not knowing
that the icebergs were formed on land, and
in some way launched into the sea. The
fact is, the freezing turns out of it, all that
is not water, such as salt, air, coloring mat
ter and all other impurities. Frozen sea
water makes fresh ice. If you freeze a
basin of indigo water, it will make ice as
pure as that made from distilled water.
When the cold is very sudden these foreign
matters have no time to escape, either by
rising or sinking, and are thus entangled
with the ice, but don't form any part of it.
Year: 1874

A pretty young woman Of Louisville,
named Pruline Leszinsky, noted for the
beauty of her hair, which had reached the
unusual length of five feet, few weeks ago
was awakened about two O'Clock in the
morning, experiencing sensation as if some
one was oombing her hair, which was loose
about her shoulders. As she awoke she
saw two men leave the room When con-
seriousness returned she aroused the family.
Her mother on entering smelt chloroform,
and found that her daughters hair had
been cut from the right side of her head
that on the left side being neatly connbed-
Year: 1874

In the neighborhood of Morristown, a
few days ago, as some men We're engaged
in moving the body of a person who had
been dead ten years, from one burying place
to another, it was discovered that the pro
cess of petrifaction was going on, some por-
tions of the body having already become
nearly as hard as stone, and the grave
clothes were as perfect and white as when
first buried
Year: 1874

A good white cement for broken china is
very thick solution of gum arabic, dis
solved in water, stirred in with plaster of
Paris until the mixture becomes a sticky
paste. Apply with brush to the broken
edges, stick them together, and in three
days the article cannot be broken in the
same place.
Year: 1874

People who ship goods from San Francisco to Prescott have been figuring the cost and arnved at tEe conclusion that it is to their in- terest to have the same shipped by way of Los Angeles, or Bakersfield, since the Colo rado Steam Navigation Company persist in charging according to measurement, which measurement, the shippers say, makes the freight on light, bulky goods enormous, and forces them to charge their customers great deal more for such goods than they can af- ford to pay. The MINER has before called the attention of the company to this matter, and does so again, with the hope that it will speedily cast aside its measurement rates and carry all goods by the pound. By doing this, the company would surely increase its busi- ness, enable people here to live cheaper and so do more towards the development of the country.

 Further than this, they have no fault to find with the management of the company. But as overtures have been made to them, by the California Southern Pacific Railroad com pany as well as by California wagoners, they feel impelled to seek the cheapest, specifics, means of transit for goods required by the people of Central Arizona.
Year: 1874

The President has cut off the heads of the Governor, Secretary and Snryeye- General of Colorado Territory, and the people, led by the Denver Tribune, are mad with joy. Many Arizonans appear anxious to hear of some move of the President towards the heads Of officials here.
Year: 1874

they never got married, and the
whole thing turned out wrong; but
1 couldn't help it; for amt going
to put facts on record that amt so.


But it amt bit like any novel cv-
1er read, so there must have been
something strange about this fellow


and Molly that l never could find
out, so I'll have to let it slide just as
it is.
Year: 1874

A man who sat down on the slippery walk
near the post-ofice yesterday was heard to re-
mark that he didn't care cent whether
Cushing was confirmed or not. Such ipdif-
ference to national events is startling,
Year: 1874

A Sioux CITY sporting man found stray
sporting dog on the street. He ook the
stranger in, bought new collar for hi N, and
then quartered his new-found pet in his b,
bedroom for the night. Next morning lie
started early to visit the dog. The room was
literally covered with hair from s24 sofa
and a stuffed arm chair. That pup landed IN
in the middle of the street on his back from
second story window, collar and all. he
has not been seen since.
Year: 1874

One can judge something of toe patience
of Hoosiers from the statement of an Indiana
paper that twenty men handled over thirty
five cords of wood to get at rabbit, which
escaped after all.
Year: 1874

"Never sigh over what might have been,
but try 10 make the best of what is," were
the cheerful words which a loving wife ad-
dressed to her husband, as he pitched head
long down stairs with demijohn Of whiskey
in his frantic grasp, and dashed its brains out
in the hallway
Year: 1874

A Kent ucky legislator who had been abb
sent from his seat for several days was asked
what had been the matter. swell, folks call
it nervous chills; Others pronounce it kind
of an affection of the heart but, to be candid,
7 call IL a plain case of old fashioned drunk"
Year: 1874

The French toe wide-soled walking-boot is
quite new feature in the shoe line. So are
the extension soles with fiat heels. In slip
pers there is no material change, Black and
bronze are either plain or inlaid with differ
ent colors. The style of powdering the hail
is going out.