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Year: 1874

The SENATE YESTERDAY considered large
number of subjects, including the grasshop-
per plague the rights of colored citizens in
public schools and the Union Pacific Rail
road; butts principal action was the appoint
ment of q committee to provide for the enter
tainment of the King of the Hawaiian Islands.
In the House there was sharp debate upon
Pacific Mail and on the Vicksburg affair, anda
committee to investigate the latter was ap-
pointed. A great many new bills were intro
duced in both houses
Year: 1874

We ARE OccAsIoNALLY in receipt of letters
from advertisers, who complain that they are
charged by agents for advertising in the
HERALD more than our regular rates. One
correspondent tells us that he paid a certain
sum for an advertisement at our Office, and
upon giving one precisely similar to An
agent he was charged about ten per cent
more He asks US to 'let him know If this
way Of charging is correct" To this we
answer that the HERALD has only one price,
that it has no outside agents and allows no
commissions to those in the agency business.
We have our regular Offices, No. 1895 Broad
way, No. $50 Sixth avenue, Third avenue and
124th street, and in Brooklyn, corner Of
Boerum street and Fulton avenue. Our
friends will find the advertising rates the
same at all Of these Offices. If they choose
to pay an additional commission to agents
we shall feel sorry, but we cannot help it.
1t Is a matter over which we have no control
The way to avoid complaints is to deal with
our own Offices djrectlx
Year: 1874

Tho Revelations An tho Ross Case.
A man whose word is worthless during life
is often believed in death, and thus the dying
confession of one of the burglars shot at Bay
Ridge, L. l., yesterday morning, that he and
his comrade were the kidnappers Of Charley
Ross, is generally accepted as truth He had
no motive for lying; he was dangerously
wounded and knew that he must die. This
man, Douglas, desired that the little money in
his possession should be applied to procuring
him decent funeral and said that his dead
companion had stolen the boy and that he
was his assistant in the deed. It is strange
how the punishment Of one crime leads to the
detection of another and there is reason to
hope that the tragic death Of these daring men
may result in the restoration Of Charley Ross
to his parents.


Unless Douglas, in the moment Of death,
added an unmeaning and wanton fqlsehood to
his other sins, there is no cause to doubt that
he and Mosher were the abductors of the child
for whom, during Eve months, unavailine
search has been made The police authorities
now state that they had suspected these men,
and had been in search for them; and that
this is not merely an idle boast is shown by
our full report of the facts to-day. The Su-
perintendent of the New York police is said
to have supposed Mosher and Douglas to be
the kidnappers from the description given Of
them. There is, therefore, good reason, be-
sides the confession of the dying man. to be-
lieve that the perpetrators Of the crime have
been discovered, and the recovery of the child
ought to be the consequence.


The motive for further concealment is de-
stroyed by the death of the principals. The
storm Of indignation which followed the kid
mapping was wholly unexpected by these men,
and they became afraid of the consequences
of their own deed. They did not dare to
surrender the child. But some person must
have been in the confidence Of Mosher, and
as he is beyond all human power to harm,
and as nothing now is to be gained by the
retention Of the boy. nothing risked by his
restoration, it is probable that person will
soon appear. The police have clew now
which they can hardly lose, and, un-
less Charley Ross has been killed,
which there is every reason 70 doubt,
he is likely to be soon restored to
his family. Thus a happy ending may be
hoped for domestic tragedy which has
thrilled every home in America and has be.
come, by its mysterious and exceptional nature,
almost o national sorrow. If it were q
romance it would not be believed, and as q
true story it stands almost alone in the crimi.
nal annals of our day.
Year: 1874

In Paris the streets and their contents are
evidently contemplated in very different
light from that in which they appear to the
eyes Of our municipal authorities Here the
great problem is how to get somebody who
will clean them for the least sum, though this
s'least" sum is a very large one-indeed, con-
sidering the service, o fabulous figure. In
Paris the problem is who shall have the privi-
lege of cleaning the streets and who will pay
the most for it. With us dirty streets seem
the one intolerable and unmanageable burden
of life. In Paris the streets are contemplated
as sort of mine, the property of the author
tiles, and the right to work this perpetual
mine as valuable franchise that competing
capitalists bid for. Contractors purchase the
mud Of the Paris streets, and the present con-
tractors pay for it $120,000 per annum.
The terms of the purchase are that the con-
tractors shall sweep up the filth and carry it
away, and that the men whom they pay to
perform this service shall be under the orders
Of the city authorities Manufactured into
fertilizers the material thus bought for
$12O, is sold for 100000. And we pay
enormous sums every year to have our mine
cleaned out and its product carried away as
rr,hbieh
Year: 1874

INsURGENr SUCCESSES IN CuBA.-If the news
which comes to us from Havana be correct the
Cuban insurrection has taken step forward
most threatening to Spanish power. For many
years the Spanish authorities have felt that
their only hope Of crushing the patriots lay in
confning them within o narrow territory.
With this object extensive Notifications were
built across the whole island. The patriots
have now succeeded in forcing this line. As
it Is their intention to apply the torch to the
plantations of the Western Department and
invoke servile insurrection complete
paralyzation of business may be looked for.
BY destroying the material resources Of the
country the patriots hope to render it impos-
sible for Spain to carry on the war. The
remedy is heroic one and tinged with bar
barism but those who stand by and see q
weak people slaughtered in cold blood have
no right to complain on the score OF hu-
manitva
Year: 1874

sue the company that delivers damaged
package 1t proves that it received the package
In damaged state. You sue the next with
similar result, and the next, till you get to the
first of the series, and that company perhaps
proves that the package left its hands in per-
feet condition. With six suits determined
against him o man is very apt to be sorry
that he ever owned package. 1t is to deter
mine whole category of difficulties Of this
nature that an international railroad con-
gress Is called for to consider the propriety OF
establishing some rules and usages on the
basis OF common consent One of the rules
proposed is that the company which delivers
shall be responsible and shall have its remedy
against any other company. as it is supposed
that this will secure discrimination as to the
condition of goods received. In the case of
the absolute loss of goods the company which
first received them viii perhaps be held
accountable.
Year: 1874

thereby who were legally chosen But, from
the best sources Of information at my COM
mand, have always believed that the present
State officers received q majority of the legal
votes actually cast at that election" The
frankness of this declaration and its freedom
from chicaning sophistry give IL claim to
respect; but the confession Of the Presi-
dent that he decided who was Governor Of
Louisiana on different grounds from the cleo
ton returns is very noteworthy. The official
returns are the only legal evidence in any
such case. Attempts to decide who was
elected on any other data are mere conjecture
and guess work. The President ought to be
not merely relieved by law. but to be pre-
cluded by law, from usurping the duties of
State board Of canvassers and assuming an
authority which they do not possess Of de-
claring the result without reference to the re-
turns He should be strictly forbidden to
interfere. directly or indirectly, with the can
vassing of the returns. and bound by strict
statute to recognize the State officers whom
the Canvassing Board declares elected until
Congress can review the question. Had such
law been in force in 1872 the McEnery gov
ernment would have been peaceably installed
and Congress would never have interfered to
disturb it. All these troubles have grown out
of the necessity the President was under to
act under statutes passed without reference to
this class Of cases and which ought to be
rendered obsolete by new and timely laws,
adapted to the present circumstances Of the
country.
Year: 1874

1t has been found in Santa Barbara
county that simple cultivation of the
soil and raising trees alone on the
land have changed the character of
the ground almost entirely as regards
the amount of moisture contained in
it, after three or four years cultiva-
tion. The dry uplands may thus soon
be reclaimed and covered with fruit
trees and vines in almost any part of
the State. BY cultivation the rain is
all retained where it falls, while the
evaporation is so much checked by
plowing that the ground remains
moist few inches below the surface
throughout the Summer. In few
years, as any one may see, the ground
becomes filled with moisture, which
dried out many feet deep before culti-
vation. At the same time the in
creasing foliage of the country in
duces larger rainfall, and thus all
the forces of nature unite in aid of
mans effort to till the soil. Fruit
trees and vines can be made to grow
moderately and eventually to flour
ish finely on high, dry lands,
which now lie worthless and barren,
for the want of cultivation alone.
Sweat will do it. No other irrigation
is required. True, the trees and vines
may only make out to live the first
year, but they will grow the second
and flourish the third. One grand ad-
vantage will result in labor thus be-
slowed; the fruit especially peaches,
apricots, apples and grapes, will be
much more delicate in flavor and
richer in saccharine qualities than if
raised by irrigation. But it requires
time, work and patience to attain
these results. However, there is suf-
ficient reward in store to warrant the
work. And there is no danger of
overriding this business. 1t is not
possible to raise too much fruit of rare
and delicate flavor, or too many grapes
of the choicest varieties, since what
cannot be consumed before decaying
will be in great demand for drying by
the new and invaluable methods now
in use for saving fruit in state al
most as good as it would be ifit could
be kept just as it comes from the tree
or vine. 1t is worth while, then, to
make an honest effort to reclaim the
waste places.
Year: 1874

EDITOR HERALD:-When one con-
siders the many advantages offered by
the soil and climate of Southern Cali
fornia, he wonders that good farming
land can be bought so low. True, oc-
casionally land is sold here for enor-
nous prices, but these cases are excep-
tional. Good land can be purchased
within a short distance of this place
for thirty to fifty dollars per acre. To
some even that seems high. The av-
erage small farmer could not purchase
many acres at that price, but it is not
necessary to purchase fifty or hum
dred acres in order to have half that
quantity of tillable land.


EVERY ACRE


Is susceptible of cultivation, and in
general ready for the plow. BY the
time farmer can clear a small farm
in many other States, be can make
enough on one here to pay for the
land. A man of moderate means can
make living here on less than half
the land generally cultivated by such
in other States. 1t is needless to give
figures stating the quantity of corn,
beets, pumpkins, alfalfa, ETC., that
may be raised in q country where
pumpkins have actually


WEIGHED 16O POUNDS,


Each, and where other things grow in
proportionate abundance. That would
be telling an oft-repeated story, and
one as often disoelieved, but which
must be told when q true history of
this remarkable country is given. At
the risk of being accused of "exag-
geration," the writer will state that
he knows a lady whose poultry has
brought her this year


TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.


Yet she is not ain the business A
farmer may buy ten acres of land with
five hundred dollars; small house
will cost one hundred; another hum
dred will complete his outfit. An acre
in beets, few pumpkin vines, small
patch of alfalfa, some poultry and a
hog to begin with, will insure him
against want in the "grub'' line. The
delightful sea breeze, that is even now
waited from the placid Pacific, will
shield him from the heat of Summer,
while in Winter he need not devote so
large part of his time to procuring
fuel. On his diminutive farm, fruits
and vegetables of almost every des-
cription can be grown. True, this is
farming on small scale, but it is pre-
ferable to cultivating more acres,
working harder, and making less
money.


A PERSON OF LESS MODERATE MEANS
Can do still better. He can set out
an orchard, and in a short time his
land will be worth from one hundred
to thousand dollars per acre.


The fact that many farmers will sell
is no bad omen. They are the first
settlers-a class proverbial for opening
up country and then leaving it to be
enjoyed by others. They would go
further West if they could. They do
not think of returning whence they
came. The attractions are too great
for them to ever think of leaving Cal
ifornia. p.


Nietos Station, August IA, 1871.
Year: 1874

THE railroad party returned from
Anaheim yesterday. They have To-
Gated the road from Downey City 70
Anaheim, and grading will commence
Immediately. The party also visited
Newport Landing, which is a short
distance below Anaheim Landing.
The object of the visit is not stated
but it is surmised that the purpose is
to continue the road on to Newport.
Year: 1874

MANY man scolds at home
because his isn't as good as it
might be, when he would eat worse
food at a neighbor's table with cheer
full, happy face. And many woman
makes the whole house uncomfortable
by her fretting, who, if you were to
meet her in company, you would
think one of the most gentle, sweet
tempered, lovely beings in the world.
Strange, but true; all such people con-
slider themselves exceedingly good-na-
tured.
Year: 1874

IL this important matter has not al
ready been attended to, it should be
done without delay. There is no ex-
cellence without labor and care, and
this is particularly true of fruit grow
ing. Daily vigilance is indispensably
requisite in order to insure success.
In horticulture, sound judgment is re-
vuired, and nerve sufficient to execute
it's commands. When the time arrives
for thinning out fruit, it must be done.
We know that excessive produc ion is
always at the expense of both quantity
and quality, and often results in serl-
ously impairing the vitality OF the tree.
We agree with Mr.. Mehan, that lone
half the trees which bear fruit every
year would be benefited by one half
of the fruit taken off as soon as 1t Is
we'll set and the overbearing of tree
will in few years destroy it"


But it requires courage to thin out
fruit as it should be. As rule, the
fruit should be thinned ont so that,
when fully grown, they will not touch
each other. Indeed. it would be still
better to thin out peaches so that the
distance between them should be from
two to four inches. In the latter case
the result will be that what fruit is al.
lowed to remain on will be Of large size,
and usually of fine color, AID will com
mand ready sale in market at higl
and remuneratiye figures. In no in
stance IS fruit so good when the tree o
plant is overloaded, nor will it attair
It's proper size, The price obtained i
always much less, tue customers dissai
isied, uud YOUR trees suffer therefror
-Rural World.
Year: 1874

The World has received information
that the comet is very popular among
Young lovers, and they never tire Of the
heavenly hunt, but endure with aston.
shing resignation the constantly recur-
ring collisions consequent upon the sud
den movements of their heads in oppo-
site directions. Now and then the
Young fellow is sure he sees it, aud then
in the excitement of the moment he
passes his arm about his companion's s
neck and with his hand under her chin
raises her face toward that Of the starry
armament VIII re lie thinks he has dis
covered the celestial wanderer. Full OF
enthusiasm the girl remains gazing in
this position long and earnestly, the
silver moonlight Illuminating her colln-
tenance with a radiance that gives to
every feature an angelic charm, and
suggesting the idea that she herself
might be a beautiful star, moulded into
human form and sent upon the earth for
the delectation of mankind. But at this
interesting point Of the search the voice
of sleepy and unromantic father pen
etrate3 the shadows of the garden
"Ja a-a-ne it is ten o'clock" " and the
charm is broken.
Year: 1874

Probably this tree subseryes more
Of usefulness than any other
in the whole range Of nature. The In
dian obtains from it a part of his food,
many of his household utensils, and n
wood at once lighter and capable Of
bearing greater strains than heavier
timber of the same size. Besides, in
expeditions in the tropics under the
rays of Il vertical sun, bamboo trunks
have more than once been used as bar
rels, in which water much purer than
could be preserved i'll vessels of any
other kind, is fresh for the crew. On
the western coast of Southern Asia,
the bamboo furnishes all the materials
for the construction of houses, at once
pleasant substantial and preferable to
stone, which the frequently recurring
earthuuakes bring down upon the heads
of the owners. The fact that the BAN
boo is hollow has made it eminently
useful for variety Of purDoses-it
serves as measure for liquids, and If
fitted with lid and bottom, trunks
and barrels a,e quite frequently made
of il. Even small boats very often are
made Of the largest trunks, by strength.
ening them with strips OF other wood
where needed. In one dav they OBJ
tain the height of several feet, and with
the aid OF microscope their develop
ment can be easily watched. But the
most remarkable feature about the BAN
boo is their blossoming. With all this
rapidity of growth they bloom only twice
in n century, the flower appearing at the
end of fifty years. Like other grasses,
they die after having borne seed. The
highest of the bamboo is the Sammot.
In tracts where it grows in the greatest
perfection, it sometimes rises TO the
height of one hundred feet, with a stem
only eighteen inches in diameter at the
base. The wood itself is only an inch
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Year: 1874

the laboring man is concerned. One or tws
could not see how the bill would have made
money any more plentiful. III they nao


Would Grant give it to them? Thus
you see the people are not agreed.
The independent or reform movement Is
accepted in Clay county as the one thing
that will restore prosperity to the country
and give confidence to the laboring men,
In May the farmers and all classes In sym
psthy with the effort to liberate the great
West from moneyed oppression are to meet
in convention, when they will give shape to
their movements, nominate candidates, ap-
point delegates and what ever else they may
think will advance the 10th OF June conven-
ton and beget good feelings among all
classes. j.
Year: 1874

From the Evansville Courier.


The new era in politics has inaugursted
another principle in parties which may be
briefly stated thus: No man can justify HIM
self before the bar of public opinion for cast
ipg hi ~ for any candidate whom be be-
Year: 1874

tFrom the Clay County Herald


The elections in every part of the country
show that the bottom has fallen out of the
republican party. The decadence of that or.
ganization has been one of the most rapid
and remarkable in our political history. Its
numerous defeats clearly establish the faci
that it is not owing to local considerations ol
local questions, but that some general cause
Is destroying it all over the union.
Year: 1874

There is immense dissatisfaction in the re.
publican camp, aud its best men are wonder
ing whether reform is hopeless within the
organization. This, it must be confessed, is
not the attitude of vigorous and efficient
party.
Year: 1874

There ought to be no antagonism between
the merchant, the farmer, the mechanic and
the tradesmen. Upon mutual traffic and in
dustry and thrift depends our common veal,
and there will be no antagonism if each
class will turn deaf ears to political adven-
turers who care not if their rise to Office and
affiuence depends even Oh the sacrifice Of
the best interests OF the country.
Year: 1874

1t has come to be settled thing in mod
ern economy that a strike is a state Of
affairs that can only be brought about by
labor in other words, capital never
strikes-all strikes are by labor. Writing
from such stand point, taught in such a
school, no wonder need be expressed that
writers always prove to their own satisfac-
ton that strikes are always wrong and
as all strikes are by labor, consequently
labor is always wrong. The people at
lar have so long been reading and lis
tsning to this style of logic, proving that
capital never strikes-could not if it would
that the most clear headed on all other
subjects accept the strike logic as q propo-
sition 30 clearly dem onstrsted as to be be-
yond doubt Perhaps the public is ex-
cusable for its blind acceptance Of such sb.
surd doctrine.


The press, almost the sole source of in
formation outside of actual participation
and experience, always distorts facts in
the interest Of its wealthy patrons, and tbs
public are mot interested enough to take
sufficient trouble to get the truth all o.
which tends to bring curses both loud ant
deep upon the devoted heads Of those VII,
are proven by inexorable newspaper logi
to be strikers, and consequently Away
Year: 1874

We asked him if he didn't want some
advertising done He stopped work long
enough to say that he charged dollar a
dozen, without ironing. We explained
that 1t wasn't washing we wanted, but
advertising. We told him how much his
business would be increased, how he'd be
richer than the king Of the Sandwich Is
lands in six months if he'd only advertise
This seemed to be clear to him, and his
face frightened up as he said business
belly slow nobody got no money We
calmly took out paper at that. We care
fully explained to him all about fifteen
cents line-one Of these things clear
across here every time the paper was
printed The people, we told him, would
read this and then come to him for wash
ing. He took deep interest in the whole
story, and paid marked attention to our
few remarks.


"You see, Mr.. Hong Lee" we said
thinking he was getting along first-rate iu
English, this is a paper-this here" (put-
ting finger ON it, "When people read
they rush off frantically and buy of every
body whose name they see in the paper
Do you understand n He said he did
and wanted to know how many pieces We
had-whether they were big or little We
felt discouraged. We had worked hard
for half an hour already, and he all the
time thinking that we we're talking about
washing With an imprecation ON the
whole race we went over the whole story
again, even going so far as to figure
out to him how many papers we printed
and how many we expected to print. He
was all attention as before, but when we
stopped for breath he spirited water on a
batch Of clothes through his teeth, and
then said, as coolly as q mummy, that if
we brought the clothes on Monday he
would have them done Wednesday.