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Year: 1875

Mrs. Hammond has just opened a New
Millinery Store at the above place. and will
keep constantly on hand choice assortment
of the latest styles Of goods. Particular at
tentiOn given to the latest novelties. Also q
choice assortment of Pattern Hats and Bon
nets constantly on hand. sel5tf
Year: 1875

correspondent of the Evening Post"
writing from San Francisco, teases us with
the following statement concerning the
present winter on the Pacific coast Cal
| iiornlans abroad. aud in the Eastern States,
TOO, believe, are some times suspected of
exaggeratlon III their descriptions of the
hneness their climate and the wonderful
fertility and productiveness of the country;
their sketches are supposed to be rose
colored.. But considering that while les
oeIles Amertcatnes in Paris were grumbling
that they could not keep themselves warm,
and with hands and noses redeemed with
cold were longing for the more scientif-
cally heated houses of their own land;
while those who hibernated in the "sunny
South at Nice were looking ruefully from
their apartments at the cheerless, leaden
skies and the palm trees shivering un-
der mantel of snow; while you In
New York were-well. you know better
than any one can describe what you have
suffered; those OF us who were new
to the place could scarcely realize the
fact that We readily admitted that the CAL
ltornian has reason to rejoice that his lines
have fallen in pleasant places. There are
young men born in this city who have
never seen snow except on the distant
mountain-tops, and whose knowledge Of
the art of skating has been acquired on
the boarded floor of the rink in Wood
wards Gardens. The Sybarite COM
panied of crumpled roseleaf on his
couch. and the San Franciscan thinks he
is badly off when the Thermometer gets
down to the forties in the daytime. Dur
ing two or three weeks about Christmas
time. indeed, most people found fire in
the stting-rOom necessary; but several
persons of my acquaintance have gone
through the short winter without feeling
the want of a fire in their apartments, and
tor the last three weeks-and it is now
only the middle of February-I have been
able to sit in my room throughout the day
reading or writing with the windows wide
open. Roses are blooming in the gardens,
the large white spashe Of the sas.-,.;;ssa is open
to the sunshine. almond trees are in bios
som, aud the air is almost as genial and
balmy as in the delicious spring.like
weather of October and November. when
the grass on the hills had just sprung
up after the early September rains and the
trees were putting forth their buds.
Year: 1875

corn, oats, wheat, or whatever grain is
hunting for worms and insects gener-
ally. | have never as yet discovered
that permitting hens to help themselves
to grain had any effect upon their wan
dering habits or made them disinclined
to eat insects or make raid upon ripe
tomatoes or other fruits and vegetables
Then, again, throwing out grain at
stated periods to number of fowls
tends to increase the somewhat natural
disposition of the strongest to over
power and drive away the weaker, and
portion will gorge themselves to ex-
cess while others obtain little or none.
70 keep fowls healthy, good natured,
and fat, food in abundance should be
placed where they can obtain it at any
time desired, never emitting a supply
of fresh water near by In Winter,
meat and vegetables may be added to
the usual supply of grain with benefit
to the health of the fowls, as we'll as
tending to increase the quantity of eggs.
1t is always best to supply variety OF
grain, such as wheat, millet, corn and
buckwheat, and allow the fowls to take
their choice, which they will frequently
do in manner not laid down in the
poultry books. Disease among fowls is
the result of mismanagement and moth
ing else, no matter how much science
may be mixed in as preventives or cures.
Cleanliness is of the first Importance =;
next, an abundance of good food, al
ways accessible and in variety; also,
fresh, clear water, Summer and Winter.
where the fowls can get it when de-
sired. In Summer, with wide range
over grass and cultivated ground and
the above requisites, no hardy, healthy
breed should ever become diseased, and
doubt if they ever will.
Year: 1875

Here is the plan recommended by
a correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker:'


Shut up your fowls to fatten, says
one authority-a thing | never would
do if | desired their flesh for nv own
table. Moderate exercise is as neces-
sary to produce healthy meat in fowls
as it is in larger animals, and those who
want diseased meat of any kind are
welcome to their preference, but should
not attempt to force it upon others.
Fowls which are permitted to have a
good, wide range in pursuit of variety
of food are as much superior for the
table as the fat Texas steer is superior
to the swill-fed cow for beef. Another
writer says fowls should not be per-
mitted to help themselves to food, else
they will not hunt for insects when
allowed to run at large But this has
been, and still is, my system of feeding,
and from long experience l am con-
vinced that it is the most economical
and best plan by all odds. My fowls,
when they come from the roost in the
morning, will take light breakfast of
Year: 1875

There is no business in this world
that is half so important as character
building. He that is building his soul
is building to good purpose. He that
is only building his property is build
ing for the worm and the dust. He
that is making the manhood in him
tower high, and broaden, and is nour-
ishing it, is wise master-builder. He
that is heaping up outward things
alone is working for an hour.-S. c.
Ad.
Year: 1875

"The life of the righteous may be
compared with the palm tree for many
reasons. 1t fiourishes in a barren soil;
it requires constant moisture; it is n
lofty tree, straight tree; it is always
growing as long as it lives; 1t is al
ways green, and always bears fruit as
far as possible from earth and as near
as possible to heaven.n
Year: 1875

The rev railroad Is completed at Anaheim
and runs directly along the southern portion
of our tract. We will Offer lands within from
one to three miles Of Downey City as we'll
adapted for corn as any now under cnltiva-
ton. and there are none better In the world
Year: 1875

HAPPY IlU>BANDs.-It is Il mans own
fault if he is unhappy with his wife. in
nine cases ont of ten. 1t Is u very eX-
ceptional woman who will not BE- all She
can be to IN attentive husbtnI. an | a
more exceptional one who will not he very
dis,yreeablc if she finds herself willullv
neglected. 1t would he very easy To hate
a man wlio. having bound Il won an to him.
made no effort To- make her hlppy; hard
not to love one who was constant and ten
der; and when woman loves she always
strives to please.


The great men of this world have often
been wreichcd in their domestic relations.
while mean and common men have been
exceedingly happy. The reason is very
plaln. Absorbed in themselves. those
desiring the worlTS applause were care
less of the little world at home, while those
who had none of this cToti>m, strove to
keep the hearts that were their own, and
Were happy in their tenderness.


No woman will love Il man the better
for being renowned or prominent
Though he he first among men She will
only be proudrr. not fonder. and if She
loses him through this renown, as is often
the c;,~e. she will not even be proud. Blt
give her love, appreciation, kin,lneSs an
there is no sacrifice she would not make for
his comfort. The IN IN who loves her well
is her kim. No less u hero to her though
he is not one TO any other; no less a king
though his only kingdom is her heart and
home.
Year: 1875

The Milwaukee (Wis) NeWs says
There WAS a young girl at the police STA
ton recently, not over sixteen. with pre-
possessing face and n good figure, whose
body and limbs are covered with scales
about the sixe of and similar in appearance
TO the scales of a fish. Medical gentle
men who have examined her say that she
present.. the most extraordinary case of
malformation on record. These scales
have the chameleon-like function of chang
ing their color. The scales no her arm.
while the writer was present, changed
twice from pale amber color to blood red
and back again. They do not overlie each
other rs in the case of fish or reptiles, but
appear TO be mbedded in the flesh-in a
sort of mosaic work; and in the color
changes, the transformation does not take
place at once in all the imbricated plates
but varies, some turning red while others
retain the amber color which seems to be
the primary hue"
Year: 1875

A KNOWING TCRrLE-In II certain
town in Connecticut 4 man had planted
his garden, and very near the water was
a bed of cucumbcrs. In the brook there,
close by, a large tartle made his home,
and he wonlI frequently stay for hours on
large rock to SIN himself Now this
turtle liked cucumberS as well as bows and
girls like peaches. Every git he would
90 out among the vines and make his sup
pr from the fruit. Every morning the
owner Of the garden went out AMI found
his best cucumbers. which he intended for
his own dinner, eaten. This displeased
Year: 1875

The trouble with the business men of
New Orleans has been that they have
allowed politics to overshadow their bust.
ness interests. They have carried political
discussion into bitter personal disputes.
Men have been Ostracised socially and in
business circles on account of their political
opinions. Such state of affairs means
financial ruin for any community in which
it exists.


In St. Louis our business men can hardly
De persuaded to take interest enough in
politics to vote. They are devoting their
time and their energy to their business. And
they are prosperous. Their business ia in.
creasing rapidly. and the city is growing in
wealth and population. Let the New Or
leans merchants devote one year strictly to
business, and they will make more money,
than they could possibly save from the
most corrupt officials by constantly running
to political meetings.-St. Lo,sis Journal.
Year: 1875

The Senate will today have under con.


sideration, provided it is not again post
poned. one of those measures which always


commend themselves to the enlightened Law


maker. 1t is the bill to incorporate the


Louisiana Telegraph Company, and grant
the right Of way to Shreveport.


The subject of speedy and sure intern al


communication is always an important one,


even though State has already established
them. In all the more thickly settled and
prosperous States honest schemes of rail.


road, ferry, turnpike and telegraphic fran.


chises are regarded with favor; and even in


Massachusetts,, every square mile of which
is within ten minutes reach of Boston, new


charters are granted every year.


Here, in Louisiana, we have nothing.


The river is our ferry and turnpike


and railroad. No telegraphs, connecting


New Orleans with the other principal
places OF the State, exist. All the people
along Red river might perish the same
day of an Indian fight in Montana, but
the list Of dead Indians would be four
days old before tidings came from our iso.s
lated interior. In these days of quick
thought and prompt action, town must
be in close communion with the larger city,
and have its pulse beat in unison. In times
Of excitementsa a community without instant
encouragement from the supreme authority
must govern itself. 1t was the necessity
for the Austrian General to write to Vienna
that gave Napoleon his first victories in
Italy. To-day. with the wires uncut. q
greater genius than he would be defeated.
In isolated towns, only hearing from the
centre of government at intervals and
many days behind the march of events, the
peaceful citizen may be at the mercy of
any uprising.


1t was the absence of power for lawful
to present itself that gave the
lawIess men of Colfax and Coushatta their
courage, for their horses were as feet 90
those OF the law, and placed them beyond
its reach. Had it required as long time
for Grant to learn what was doing in New
Orleans September Ii as for the Governor
to hear from Rapides, it would have required |
. very different proclamation to put an end |
to the anarchy last fall. A parallel could
,nly be found in Lincoln's first call for
z, 200 men.


Give Louisiana one-fourth as many lines
Of telegraph as Massachusetts, and she will
be as peaceful, and with peace will come
immigration and prosperity.


The bill does not create monopoly. 1t
asks for nothing but permission to erect it's
POSTS and string it's wires. 1t will not take
! dollar from the treasury, nor do dollars
worth of damage. 1t makes no request for
'onds, and simply asks fer the right of way.


The telegraph is necessity well appreci-
tied BY all people, and by none more than
hose to be reached by this line. There is
lot constituent of any Senator whose dis.
riot is between here and Shreveport who
will not regard this bill as promising bene.
its to him which he is anxious for. Let the
inc be built and operated, and new lite will
70 given to business along it's route.
Year: 1875

EF There appears to be no doubt
that paper barrels are to come into ex


tensive use as substitute for those Of
wood It's manifest that, their form
being that of a uniform cylinder, there
must be saving of fifteen per cent. in
storage, large gain, obviously, in
slowing in a vessel, and also in the cost
of storageiin warehouses; and they are
said to have successfully withstood all
trials ss to liability to burst, having
been experimental with in this way to
the extent of four thousand pounds in


side pressure. The paper is made wa.
ter proof, impervious to air or moisture,
and is thus not liable to absorb the
odors or havors peculiar to other arti-
cles when stored together in vessel ;
and, heing about air-tight, they are es-
pecially desirable as aprotection against
the in .ects and verniin which abound
in warm climates, and against loss of
-four. and sugar, &c, in handling. They
are more manageable, too, than the
wooden barrel, as they roll at true an
gle, while the wooden barrel, from its
convex shape, is likely to roll in any di-
rectioE The paper from which the
barrel is made is manufactured from
wheat straw the hoops are only added
for protection in rolling, SO that if they
become loose, or are even knocked off,
the barrel is in no degree impaired.
Year: 1875

E%If we may credit statement in
the Herald OF Yokohama. an Osaka man
offered prize to any one who would
drink one sho- one quart, one pint and
one half gil-of certain native liquor
about as strong as spirits Of wine A
coolie performed the feat, but died tile
same day from the effects of it They


buried him in shallow grave,and about
midnight the next day the earth absorb
cd The liquor in his well soaked body,
and be woke upfrom his debauch. Push
ing off the light soil that covered him,
he rose from his grave in white shroud
and startled some robbers near by who
were counting and dividing their money


They took the strange apparition for a
ghost and ran off in dismay. The coolie
picked up the cash and reported to his
wife the same night-a saGder but richer
man than he was before his spree. Hav-
ing succeeded so wellin this adventure,
he took the part Of a ghost in the Osaka
Theater, but got gond thrashing from
a spectator, who didn't, approve of such


ghostly performanccs, from which the
ghoat nearly died. aE 10
Year: 1875

Ii you always live with those who are
lame you will yourself learn to limp.


He is alone wise who can accommo
date himself to all the contingencies OF
life.


Men resemble the gods in nothing so
much as in doing good to their fellow
creatures.


We are never rendered 80 ridiculous
by qualities we possess as by those we
affect we have.


The superiority of some men is merely
local. They are great because their as
sociations are little.


To know q man, observe how he wins
his object, rather than how he loses il ;
for when we fail our pride supports us /;
when we succeed it betrays us.


Don't bother your head about people
who are going about trying to take away
your character. Very likely it will do
you good. Men are very often like a
pair Of boots-the more they are black
ened the more they shine.
Year: 1875

Children, look in those eyes, listen to
that dear voice, notice the feeling of
even q single touch that is bestowed on
you by that gentle hand. Make much
OF it while yet you have that MOST pre-
cious of all good gifts, loving mother.
Read the unfathomable love in those
eyes, the kind anxiety of that tone and
look, however slight your pain. In after
life you may have friends, and fond,
dear, kind friends but never will you
have again the inexpressible love and
gentleness lavished upon you which a
mother bestows. Often do I sigh, in
my struggles with the hard, uncaring
world, for the sweet, deep security [
felt when, of an evening, nesting in
her bosom, listened to some quiett le,
suitable to my age, read in her untirin0
voice. Never can I forget her sweet
glances cast upon me when I appeared
asleep: never her kiss of peace at night.
Years have passed since we laid her be-
side my father in tho old churchyard /;
yet still her voice whispers from the
grave and her eye watches over me as /
visit spots long since hallowed TO the
memory Of my mother.
Year: 1875

At one of the railroad depots in De-
troit, the other day, a lady walked up to
the ticket window and smilingly said


Il know just how women are, and I
don't propose to bother any one. An
swer me few questions, and I'll sit
down and say nothing to no one till train
time. How far is it to Grand Rapids?
What's the fare9 When does the train
leave9 When do we arrive there 2
Where do they check baggage2 Which
track will the train start 'front.' How
can get to Muskegon from Grand
Rapids2 How far is it2 What's the
farea DO change cars7 Is there q
palace coach on the road ? Shall I get a
lay-over ticketa Can I check my bag
gage clear througha Is there conduc-
tor on this road named Smith, Do you
allow dogs in the passenger cars and
can child ten years old go for moth
ing2


Having been answered, she kept her
promise to sit still, and the depot police
man never had the least bit OF trouble in
seeing her off.-Free Press.
Year: 1875




The Independents of Los Angeles
are not happy. They have met the
enemy and the enemy has got away
with them. An organization which
boasted that it would absorb the Re
publicans has itself been absorbed by
the Republicans. The process was as
easily performed as that by which an
anaconda prepares rabbit for swal-
lowing. The Federal office-holders
found the Independents asleep and
they gobbled them down. There will
be an INDEPENDENT Convention in
few days, under the auspices and
management of our friends United
States Gauger BRIEFLY and General
BoUToN. The Independent rank and
file will be permitted to use their
Judgment as to which of the State
tickets they will support, but they
will have no choice in the selection Of
county officers. The old line Republi-
can managers will name the Inde-
pendent county ticket aud the Inde-
pendent masses must vote it. The
party lash is being used vigorously,
almost mercilessly, among the Inde-
pendents. Men who evince the least
sign of dissatisfaction are surrounded
by the managers and whipped back
into the traces. Since the primaries
of Saturday there are ominous signs of
rebellion everywhere and the crack OF
the Independent whip is heard on
every corner. Men who went out of
the Democratic or Republican ranks
to avoid partizan dictation now find
themselves in a faction in which the
party whip is used more vigorously
than ever known in either of the old
organizations. 1t is not probable that
the intelligent thinking voters of this
county who have hitherto acted with
the Independent party will submit to
the tyrannical dictation of few Fed
eral office-holders. We shall not be
surprised if the sequel shows that the
attempt of the Republicans to steal
the county offices from the Independ-
ents drove the Independent voters to
the support of either the Democratic
or Republican State ticket.
Year: 1875

THE speeches of Lieut.. Governor
IRWIN and Gen. HAMILTON in this
city on Monday evening were able ef-
forts and were well received. Cover
nor IRWIN spoke for nearly two hours.
He does not sprinkle his address with
telling stories and illustrative annec-
dotes which are so potent in holding an
audience, but with the clearness and
force of his argument he enchains the
attention of his hearers and there are
few indeed who care to tear them
selves away until he has closed his
speech. His straightforward une-
quivocal address to the people of Los
Angeles won him many friends. 10
HAMILTON is one of the effective
speakers in the State. He has few
equals in telling and applying a story
and being always in q good humor


himself his audience is always in a
good. humor with him. He is eloquent
too. His history of the old Demo-
cratic party with its many victories
and its enemies was thrilling bit of
speech making, such ! as one seldom
hears from the campaign platform.
Year: 1875

REPORTS from the wheat growing
sections of the State indicate that the
wheat crop is even lighter than antici


pated a few weeks before. harvest.
Perhaps not over one fourth or at far
therest three eights of an average crop
has been raised this year. Deducting
the measured amount which will be
required for home consumption and
for seed it is safe to say that -Califor-
MAS wheat export for 1875 will not
exceed fifteen or eighteen million
bushels-less than half that of 1874.
Year: 1875

Now is your time! No such chance again in
one hundred years! The Bazaar is selling out
their entire stock of Dry Goods rs per cent.
below cost, as they intend giving UP their dry
Ing Goods. This is no bogus sale, but q genu-
inc selling out of our entire stock of Dry
Cry Goods, as y you will find out by calling at
the Bazaar, corner of Main and Requena
streets. oppOSite the u. S. Hotel. iel7
Year: 1875

on Friday evening last Emma Burger six years of
age residing at No. 10 Union avenue, next door ST.
Peters Evangelical church. died Of vrulen smallpox,
and at half past nine Saturday morning the fact
teegraphed the Health Board by the Sixth precinct
police with the request for the prompt removal of the
body


On Saturday morning Louis Run aged sixty years,
residing at No 81 segel street. died Of the disease
and the Health Board duly notified OF the tact and
requested 10 remove the body.


On Sunday morning neither body had been removed
and notification again sent and repeated at three
r. NJ. when II stated, in addition, that Run had
neither money nor friends Neither Of the bodies had
been removed up 70 seven P. NJ Sunday, when Rev.
j. NJ Wagner on behalf OF his congregation, addressed


letter TO Captain Kaiser asking why the body OF the
child Emma Burger had not been removed, as from
It's position Il likely TO communicate the disease to
many Yesterday morning movement having been
made by the Health Board Captain Kaiser per.
sonally went TO the Office ana earnestly
auested them to At once bury the corpses
which they finally agreed to do but not before great
doa Of persuasion had been used: ana shortly before
noon the bodies were removed for intermcnt


The feeling In the Sixteenth ward, in which the
population is 49, 900 and In which the disease is most
prevalent s very butter, and the citizens there charge
the Board OF Health with being 10 some considerable
extent responsible FOR the spread or the disease aud its
continuan epidemic in the Eastern District