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Year: 1874

street, near the junction of Main, after
this manner: A farmer driving light
spring wagon became entangled in q
Iabyffnth of hubs and had his vehicle
was overturned by Newmark's heavy
truck. The wagon was finally righted
and while the farmer was repairing
the damages the street-car came along
and hustled himself and rig off the
track. After the car had passed, the
said upset individual began thinking
about matters and got very mad, and
the more he thought, the more angry
he grew, till finally, in fury of rage
he drew q revolver and started after
the street-car man at lively rate.
Officer Carpenter anticipated any diff
ficulty, by arresting the irate party
and taking him to Jail. And now the
third part comes in. The bad blood
engendered in the "scrimmage" be-
tween Bell and Waldron had not be-
gun to cool before the two parties met
again in front of the city building on
Spring street. This time Waldron
dealt the other blow which felled
him to the pavement and then he beat
him severely, drawing much blood and
inf1icting sundry ugly scars. Both
men were then arrested by officer Ryan
and held in custody until they had
given requisite bonds when they were
allowed to depart for their homes.
This ends the series of yesterdays
sanguinary contests, and our chapter
on assaulting and battering. The
Courts will have more Of 1t In day or
two.
Year: 1874

On Monday young man at Ana
helm, named Louis Arnold, of San
Francisco, who had been visiting A.
Bittner of that town for few days,
committed suicide by shooting him
self through the head, He left q
statement saying that he was about
to commit the deed, and requesting
that his remains be forwarded to his
mother in San Francisco. The de-
ceased was young man Of twenty
two, and a printer by trade. He
worked in the compositor's depart
ment of the San Francisco bulletin
for several months, and was always
looked upon as quiet young fellow
OF rather genial turn. Domestic
trouble Is said to have induced the fit
of dependency in which he took his
own life. On the table of his room
were found two hastily written notes,
one to Mrs, Bitter, who was his aunt,
and one to his mother, The following
were the contents:


"DEAR MOTHER: l have committed
murder. take after my father"


"FoR AUNT BITTNER: Please have
my body sent to 1911 Kearney street,
San Francisco


A letter written in the morning,
not having been mailed, was opened
and was found to contain request to
his mother to send him $40 to enable
him to return to San Francisco, and
complaining of his needy condition
and inability to get work. The ver-
dict of the jury was to the effect that
deceased committed suicide "While
laboring under q depression of mind
occasioned by disappointment in fail
ing to get work." The body was sent
to San Francisco on Thursday.


Arnold was in Los Angeles about q
month ago, and worked a short time
in the HERALD office. While with us
he gained the good will of all with
whom he became acquainted. We
are pained to learn Of this rash act.
Year: 1874

We have to dispose of our immense
Stock of Clothing, Dress Goods, etc., etc., to
make room for u very extensive Stock OF Fall
Goods, just purchased in New York, and en-
route for us. We have reduced the prices, and
you will find it TO your advantage to call
the
Year: 1874

ps- The tide ofinmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. 2l2o
Year: 1874

Los Angeles is not remarkable for
the number and size of her mosquitoes
and as general thing the little
buzzer does not run long bills, but in
some parts of the city at certain sea-
sons of the year he calls, and rs his
calls are always unwelcome, it is we'll
for people to be so situated that they
can say not at home to his buzzing de-
mand for admission, TO this end we
call attention to an ingenious mos
quito bar, the invention of Mr.. Moritz
Choynski, Al Spring street. 1t is the
completest thing in it's way we have
seen. It's construction is such that no
defacing of the bedstead is necessary,
and for convenience in getting in and
out of bed, a simple movement raises
the fabric entirely out of the way.
AS protection against the annoying
little insect, this invention is perfect
success. The frame work is light and
simple, and the whole structure, q
complete piece of workmanship.
Year: 1874

When speaking of science in agriculture we
are often apt to think that it is very learned
or very mysterious thing; and when agricul-
turaA Ascierce ;s referred t2in any way, visiGp=-
of chemistry, geology, physiology, as propound-
ed by the learned professors, generally arise
Yet there is science separate and distinct
from all this, which is quite as worthy of the
anne, and this is mere knowledgeot the nature
Of things. We know of one who is considered
eninently scientific, and whose fame is world
vide. When his deep studies are referred to
in terms of commendation, he disclaims any
thing of the kind and asserts that his only
method is in ''going through the world with his
eyes OPEN" 1t is simply the old story Some
have ears to hear but hear not, and eyes, but
do not see. Science is simply learning all
about thing-knowledge art is The putting
of the knowledge into use


Let us illustrate this by the nearest wheat
fields. One man finds he has magnificent
crop, say twenty-five bushels TO the acre; an
other has but fifteen. But to all appearances
both starts were the same. The stalks grew
pretty thick together, and probably the weight





the ears in both be of about the same length
Even on weighing the grain will be found of
about the same number of pounds to the bush
ell. Sometimes this is so, the difference being
often in weight; but we are speaking of what
sometimes occurs. Most frequently no one
knows why this is so. 1t will be remarked that
"somehow' the heads were heavier in one case
than the other, and that is all. But your curl
Gus fellow is not satisfied with somehow" He
pulls the head to pieces. He finds the head
composed of zigzag main stalk, and from the
crown of every little bend a small bunch of
scaly chaff proceeds. The wheat ear is made
up of these small clusters or punches. Exam
ing these little bunches he finds that in an ear
yielding fair crop there is about two grains
in cluster. In good crop there are three,
and in an extra one four. Then in the lower
clusters in a bad season there are no grains,
while when the season is good the ear is filled
quite to the bottoms


Now all this is simple knowledge. 1t is
science. One may ask of it, as of all other sci
ence, what good is it after it is known? The
man who has full crop, full clusters, full ears
twenty FIVE bushels to the acre -thrashes it
out and gets the money; and he gets the mon
ey whether he knows how the ears were filled
out or not This is true, and yet somehow" it
is general rule that the man who knows the
most makes the most Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1874

Msy-.'Death is a sad thing remarked a
Schenectady woman, as she stood beside an
open grave. eyes poor thing, replied another
chow he did like to sit down to a good billed
dinner where the pork was just right"
Year: 1874

So loving words and deeds of kindness, ten
der sympathies and gentle ministrations, con-
stantly and daily expressed, will make our
lives majestic.


Did you never see those that have appeared
the very embodiment of goodness, in whose
presence there was an attrat;on Irresistible,
magical2 They have seemed to you like an
oasis in dreary desertland, like green and fer
tile spots in a barren waste You have sighed
to be like them, as good and beautiful. You
can be, if you will only make the endeavor /;
you can adorn your soul with such grace; you
can make your life so attractive, that you will
caffy with you, wherever you go, the charm
mest-potent.


To many, daily life seems dull aid prosaic
but there are passages in it of surprising love-
illness. Did you reply kindly, just now, whe n
spoken harshly to? Did you receive that Bit
ter upbraiding meekly and silently? 1t was a
beautiful thing. Did you deny yourself that
others might be happier thereby? 1t was lay
ing up treasurers for heaven. Did you speak
words of sympathy and hopeful cheer to that
poor and despondent soul? God will remem-
ber and reward you. Did you Tighten the bur-
den of that weary brother or sister? Then
shall assistance come down to you from above
when you are 'weary and heavy laden"


Would that we treasured these opportunities
of doing good, and priced them more highly,
for they are jewels with which we may adorn
our souls with richest grace--goblets from which
we quaf the delicious waters of happiness.


When you have striven earnestly, and felt at
its close that the day had been made better by
these strivings; when you have overcome some
mighty temptation; when you have accom-
plished something for the good of those around
you, what flood of happiness has filled your
soul to overfowing! And in the still watches
of the night as we live over in thought tine
shortcomings of the day, we promise, earnest
ly and with tears, that we will do differently


Let us strive to live that our "life's little acts
shal. rave no remorseful shadows hanging over
them" Life will then have new meaning fol
US; it will become reality to US, for only as
we grow nobler and better do we really live
only as the heart advances in that which is
good do the spirits chariot wheels move on to-
wards the celestial city.
Year: 1874

N9-Tidioute, Pa, evades the local option law
in peculiar manner. There is but one place
in the town where the cup that inebr;ates can
be procured, and that is SO arranged that the
drinker never knows of whom he is procuring
his indispensable. The searchor after his MORN
ing bitters enters room, one side of which is
boarded up. In this partition harizontal
wheel revolves. Over the wheel is the legend,
"Drop your money ON this wheel, call for what
YOU want and wait until the wheel revolves."
The first order obeyed, and the wheel turns
around, bringing out the desired liquid. The
man is unable to swear who sold him the liquor
as no person is visible. Whiskey is the father
of vain tricks.
Year: 1874

Is our daily life what it ought to be--what it
might be? Do we not allow petty vexations
and trivial things to sour our temper and dark
en- our brow-the impulsive nature to get the
better of us? That impatient word just now !;
you were fretted, but did it make you feel any
more pleasant? Those light and trifing
thoughts; they have gone to give their account
against you. That witticism at another's ex-
pense; you mean no harm, but was it, after all,
quite right, and doing just as you would be
done by?


And then the words that are unspoken, the
opportunities neglected which might be pro-
ductive of SO much good How much evil we
do when we might dc good How much re-
proach we bring upon ourselves by our incon-
sstenc:es How little we practice what we
preach How little we do unto others what we
would that they should do unto US How sell
fish we are, and ready to listen to the prompt
ings of self-interest! How we permit little
jealousies and animosites to ranklc in our
hearts, and pride, vain and impotent, to fill it!
How little of charity do we feel for erin g
brother or sister as if we never erred ourselves!
How imperfect and incongruous are our lives !!


And yet we might make of life most beau
tful thing, but it must be our daily life that
will do it.
Year: 1874

ARNoLD's Boy AND CHANDELIERS BoY.-The
other ewing Arnolds boy and the Chandler boy
were sitting in the kitchen in the dark, telling
stories of Captain Kidd and other Traders,
when Arnold senior sang out for the eleventh
time within the half hour:


benjamin Franklin, go down stairs and get
that kindling Immediately!


Chandler's boy had just got to that part Of
the story telling how the free and easy sailor
before mentioned used to mix his grog in a cof
fin and slice small boys for havoring.


Now Ben never fancied going into cellar
at night, and his fears were increased ten-fold
after hearing the weird romance of the Bloody
Pirate. So when he heard thesuggestive tram p
of the governors boots in the hall, he quietly
slipped into the closet, leaving Chambers boy
sitting by the fire.


Arnold senior came in, and seeing Ben as he
supposed, not even stirring for the cellar, he
walked up to him, and lifted him up by the ear.


"Easy! Easy !" shouted Chandlers boy in
surprise.


"Easy?" shouted the old man, completely
dumfounded by Ben's supposed audacity easy
and he recovered his presence of mi ad enough
to kick Chambers boy into the coal-hod and
out of the door before he discovered his mis-
take.


Chambers boy says he is going to knock the
stuffing out of Ben as soon as the swelling goes
down and his north ear gets the crook out of it.
Year: 1874

There are no new developments concerning
the establishment Of new ue OF steamships to be run
rrom san Francisco to China in connection with the
Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads. No steps
have been taken toward such end further than an
informal discussion Of the deslrabtg and expedlency


of such There still seems 10 be no possibility


f an amcable bet ween the railroads and
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and new steam
ship will doubt De established at no distant day


A meeting of the agents and owners of the
ocean steamships and OF interested in the subject
Of ocean freghts held yesterday afternoon at the
Produce Exchange. The object OF the meeting was the
consideration OF the expedieney OF appointing new
sapdng committee from members OF the Exchange for
the consideration OF all questions relating marine
affairs An informal discussion took place, Wm. ID Nor
gau occupying the chair. The Committee was not
appointsd on account of the small attendance, but
another meeting will DO held for the purpose ON Thurs
day next.


A meeting of the Executive Committee OF
the Atlantic and Pacific and Franklin Telegraph COM
panies was held at No 1913 Broadway yesterday after
noon card was issued stating that the rumors re-
Gently published concerning change in the manage
ment OF the line were entirely without foundation The
rumor had already been denied III the columns OF The
tribune on the authority OF Mr. Orton OF the Western
Unlon Company. The Atlantic and Pacific and Frank
i'm companies consider 10 probable that the rumOr was
fniurng interests They assert that the company
is entirely free from debt aud therefore independent
In its action, and az time IN its history nave its
prospects been hattering as at present"
Year: 1874

Charles Ruland, passenger by the steamer
Pembroke, which left Cardiff Aug r. and arrived here
D. m yesterday relates how the vessel encountered
a terrible cyclone when of the Banks Of New
foundland and near Sable Island last Monday
The storm broke the vessel at noon
Of that day. There was no rain, but
a tempest Of wind The force Of the wind at first
seemed TO beat face OF the down smooth cup
ping of the tops OF the long rollers and sending the
OF water thus separated whriing through the
air In spray But 1t began to str up the depths
and the great steamship tossed about like cookie
she'll About O'Clock they were near coming in
collision with bark which came tumbiing along
under bare poles, so that she could get very little
steerage-way TDe escape was verv narrow only %
miles were made IN the "a hours beginning at noon on
Monday. The wind subsded about 1 o'clock Tuesday
morning but the force Of the was great tnat no
headway could be gained MI some time later by the
careful management OF the officers damage done
10 the vessel crew.
Year: 1874

ENGINEER CRAWFORD has returned
to the city, after several weeks spent
in surveying q route for the Los An
geles and Independence Railroad
through the Cajon Pass. He is well
satisfied with the information gath
cred, which fully confirms his opinion
heretofore expressed, that the route is
not only practical but an easy and
cheap one over which to build o road.
The highest grade in the Pass does not
exceed 40 feet and the ordinary
mountain pant of the route will not
exceed 100 feet to the mile. After
reaching the level on the other side of
the Pass, Mr.. CRAWFORD says the
road-bed may be prepared without any
work whatever. His report will be
submitted in few days. In the in
term the company viii do wei. to
prepare for active operations. We
must build the road, and the sooner
we go to work the better.
Year: 1874

AS anticipated, the EUening Express
hoists the ring ticket and heads its
editorial column with an article laud-
atory of the assumed virtues of the
candidates therein named. In that ar
ticle we are told that it is "a respecta-
BILE ticket" "an honest ticket" and
such like recommendations, all of
which are intended to deceive the peo-
pie into the support of the rings
chosen instruments and fill our mu-
nicipal offices with men who recog-
nize the special franchise monopolies
that have so long checked the pros
perity and blighted the interests of
our city, as paramount to the success
of the people at large. There is also
a clearly defined disposition on the
part of the ring and through it on the
part of the Express to give the muni-
pal contest a political aspect which is
something that should not enter into
an election where only the improve
ment and prosperity of a city should
be the purpose aimed at. AT the head
of the ring ticket we find the name of
GEO. 0. TIFFANY, a gentleman, who
once held the opinion that
only those who are willing to swear
that everything and every act of the
Administration is right, are deserving
the name Of American citizens. Mr..
TIFFANY is besides an eX-Federal of
ficer, having held the place of Deputy
Gauger until the Collector found he
was not at all adapted for the busi-
ness and was compelled to fill his
place with another man. Lower
down in the ticket we come to the
name of A. G. MAPPA for City AS
SCISSOR, another Federal officer whom
Collector SEDGwICK tried and found
anything but a success as a Deputy


Collector. This gentleman, we are


informed, has long held to the opin-
ion that q man not willing to support
any and every measure of the Admin
istration afforded strong presumptive
evidence that his honesty is more
than questionable. What the ring ex-
poets to make of those two candidates,
neither one of which is remarkable
only for their strong radical principles,
their failure as Federal officers and
their probable subservency to the mo-
nopolies, we do not know, but it is GER
tainly trying to elect them.
Year: 1874

The Express of this evening will
probably contain "a cardn from ROB-
ERTs the ''poor, sick man" who, the
little organ says, paid all his money
for CHAPMAN'S deed to piece of land
to which he admitted he had no title
and which ROBERTS confesses he had
never seen. This card will no doubt
be sweet document, but ROBERTS is
in duty bound to furnish the Express
with something of the kind. He has
put himself in the hands of the ring,
and besides, he must do what he can
to fulfill his threat to Mr.. BEAUDRY,
that if he did not come to his terms he
would do all he could to defeat his
election. We look for high old card
from ROBERTS. 1t was written in the
Express office and all Los Angeles
knows that when the managers of
that concern set out to make big
story they do not permit the truth to
interfere with their undertaking.
Year: 1874

THE readers Of the HERALD were
informed early in the campaign that
the main effort Of the ring would be to
defeat the peoples candidate, Mr..
BEAUDRY. They, of course, have
their candidates for Councilmen, but
they expect to elect them by electing
either Mr.. TIFFANY or Mr.. SABICHI.
Mr.. BEAUDRY is the objective point
against which is leveled all their
heavy guns. They had rather defeat
him, and through him the people,
than attain any other point of the
campaign. AS proof of this we may
mention that few days ago gentle
man took q communication to the E.r-
press rejecting on another candidate,
which he asked to have printed. He
was told by the Express managers
that his request could not be complied
with; that it was the sole business of
their paper to fight Mr. BEAUDRY;
that he was the man they were labor
ing to defeat, and that they could not
afford to turn their attention from
him to any other man. The defeat of
Mr.. BEAUDRY is probably the contin-
gency on which the Express is to re-
ceive a part of the pay for the dirty
work in which it is now engaged.
Year: 1874

The mineral resources of Southern
California are much greater than is
generally supposed, and the present
rapid development is but the COM
mencement of q new era in the pros
perity of our mines. In no part of
the country is there SO much and so
varied an amount of minerals and
mineral wealth. The recent develop
ments at Panamint prove that those
mines are immensely rich and will
add greatly to the prosperity of South
ern California; but the range of noun
tains lying north and east of Los An
geles is probably the richest mineral
range in Southern California. Ex-
tending back for distance Of sixty
Year: 1874

THE Express says lawyers do not
write its editorial. The lawyers all
say the same thing. An intimation
that any respectable lawyer could or
would write such libelous twaddle
would be an insult to the profession.
Year: 1874

FELLOW TEACHERS The days of our
years being few, opportunities must be
well husbanded, ere the short span is
traversed, else our lives will have been
failure; but if we have labored for
the well-being of ALL though we pass away
in comparative obscurity, and are soon
forgotten, it can not be said of US, "His
works do follow him." In other words
we must work. How true the old adage
of our textbooks of the past generation,
that now should be written high upon
every escutcheon, as a maxim: There is
no excellence without great labor" Let
this thought be written at our hearts;
engraven on the threshold of every vii
lage and country school, inscribe it in
dellibly on the lintels of your own
homes; herald it again and again from
the pulpit and the rostrum, that the ris-
ing generations may drink deeply of its
truth, and imbibe its realities. ''There
is no excellence without great labor"
The philosophy of experience, in all the
past, enunciates this great truth, and we
may only judge the future, by what we
have known. Turn whithersoever we
will, among the good and great of the
earth, in our researches after light, and
we find this great truth constantly staring
US in the face. Truth cannot die; it is
immortal. Words once spoken cannot
be recalled. There has been an attempt
to illustrate this principle, by tossing
pebble into body of water. We see the
little wavelets articulating round, and
they cease not, until they reach the
shore So it is thought of the word that
has been spoken When its utterance
has once vibrated upon the air. it is
claimed that it travels on and on through
immensity, which is co-equal by compari-
son with eternity. How often has the
utterance of thought thrilled the world
and overturned established usages 1t
may have burned unspoken within the
breasts of men for ages, but when the
opportune moment came, its utterance
filled the hearts of earths turning mil
lions. Gallileo asserted that the earth
revolved, and demonstrated the fact.
The inquisition working upon his fears,
with heartless cruelty, could make him
retract, for the love of life, but could
never arrest the thought that had once
found utterance. And science though
for safety, secluded in obscure attics and
hidden hooks, took up the refrain, and
soon the world is dotted over with costly
observatories, The approaching seasons
are foretold; the coming storm is herald
ed in advance the scintillations OF starry
worlds, before unknown, are explained !;
navigation is. extended; new discoveries
are made; mighty empires spring into
existence; new ideas attained; and all
this, and more, the result of the thought,
the labor, the word of Gallileo. The
somewhat eccentric Dr. Franklin was
ridiculed by the self-wise of his day, for
standing in the rain to fly his kite, as
they said. But the chained lightning,