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Year: 1875

The city of Paris has just sustained a serious loss. The great rhinoceros, Pericles, of the Jardin des Plantes, is dead. He has been an inhabitant of the garden for twenty nine years, having been brought from Africa in l845. He was then without name and received that of Pericles in the following manner: The wife of the director of the museum possessed very pretty little Cuban dog which had been presented to her by Queen Amelie, and which bore the classic name in question. This little creature took great fancy to the rhinoceros and would frolic with it by the hour, while the huge beast would permit itself to be parked at and leased with perfect cqul- nimity. One day in moving round the inclosure he trpd upon the dog and crushed it. For two days he refused to eat, and in memory of the accident, and of his repentance, his guardians bestowed upon him the name of his defunct friend. He was twice sentenced to death during the siege, but his life was spared through the intercession of one of the directors. His vast remians were inferred Tn curl ous cemetery which exists at 56 Rue de Buffon, and which is no other than the official burying ground of the Jardln des Plantes. There, among other celebrities, reposes the first giraffe ever sent to Paris, and also the celebrated elephant Chev- rette, which was the gentlest and most intelligent of all the elephants which the Jardin has ever possessed. There is an old keeper still in the service of the museum who has never forgotten Chev- rette and her accomplishments, and is accustomed to relate with tears ill his eyes how nicely she would take bits oof bread out of his mouth and hold his pipe for him while he lighted match. Over seven hundred bodies have been inferred in this strange cemetery.
Year: 1875

Anxious mothers, who cherish the idea that their noisy, apparently reckless, boys are liable at any time to be brought home dead, killed by some accident care lessly incurred, give themselves great deal of unnecessary trouble. Boys are by no means 50 venturesome as is sup posed, and not fools, by any manner of means. A boy will run out ill the street and stand as if he would be run over. But notice, before he stands, he will catch the driver's eye, and he fears no danger. He climbs Q roof, tree, or he walks rafter, but he is sllre-footed, and seldom places himself ill real danger of his life. He takes his chances on slight injury or fall the same as we all do. In the winter boys are unusually timid, and where one is drowned it is rarely from his own fault or venturesomeness. It is more often the result of unforeseen con- tingencies. They throw big stones at each other, but they take care that the stones will fall short of the mark. They jump on wagons, but always from be, hind. In coasting the accident is not often the fault of the lad or the sled. It is often the fault of the needless driver of team. When runaway comes, a boy never tries to stop the team-no, he breaks for shelter. Boys rarely take risks at fires, and boy run over by an engine is almost unheard of. The boy who is run over ill the street is not the street Arab, but the boy with the expen- sive clothes on; the boy just fresh from careful mothers admonitions to be careful; the boy always held in re- straint who has had accident dinned into his ears so continually that when he encounters one he falls victim to lack of presence of mind, and, maybe, the fear of fathers or mothers wrath. So long as boys are boys they are liable to danger from various sources !; but a hair breadth escape is not a calamity. A boys life becomes safer from the moment he is badly frightened by the danger of lOsino it
Year: 1875

 Now the New Year comes apace, With the light of loving grace, With smile upon his face

 Heart alive! Comes to me and comes to you, With his freight of treasure new, Asking for welcome true

 Seventy-five. Grief and joy go hand in hand; Thrift or waste hold all the land; Some must fall and some must stand,

 Want or thrive. Just as years have come before, With nothing less and nothing more, Comes he, knocking at our door,

 Seyenty-fve. Yet our human hearts will say, "Let the Old Year go his way; Speed the New, the joyful day P

 Heart alive '' We are glad and strong and free; What can come to you or me? God is good, So, welcome we

 Seventy-fve,
Year: 1875

SELLING HAY.-Farmers who are ill the habit of shipping hay to New York will be interested to know that "here- after it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or offer for sale within the corpor

 ate limits of the city of New York any hay or straw by the bale, unless the exact gross and net weight shall be legally and distinctly marked on every such bale of hay or straw, under a penalty of $19 for each bale of hay or. straw so sold or offered for sale in contravention of the provisions of this ordinance" This ordinance is to go into effect the first of March next. ..--
Year: 1875

An Atlanta Ga. man, who had several times been employed as gallows builder, and made sort of speciality of this in dustry, was rejected as iuryman in Q murder trial the other day on the ground that he was an interested party.
Year: 1875

Walking the streets of Cleveland the other day young lady met a gentleman whose offer of marriage she had some months previously rejected. She Il d repented her hastily formed decision and informed him of the fact in this shrewd style: "You have no tact in matters of love. You should have asked me again. '"
Year: 1875

Another good house assembled at
Turn-Verein Hall last night to wit
ness the second presentation of the
Cantata of Esther by Professor Parker
and his amateur company. The singing
in some parts was an improvement,
perhaps,on that of Monday evening,as
the participants had acquired more
confidence and n better understanding
ofeach other than in the first entertain
ment. Altogether, the cantata was
presented with fine effect and to the
best satisfaction of the audience. This
evening the third and last entertain
ment of the kind will be given. We
expect to see crowded house..
Year: 1875

Will be erected soon by the company on q
2-acre town lot donated for that purpose TEN
per cent. of the receipts from the sale of town
lots will be devoted to the erection of School
House and the improvement OF the school
property, and 2la per cent. of the receipts from
the sale of outside lands at the first auction
sale will be devoted to the same purpose.
These sums will be paid from the first pay
ments made on lands.


Arrangements are now being made for the
establishment of Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the erection of house of wor-
ship.


A lot will be given to any Church or Society
that will erect thereon a buildiag for public
use
Year: 1875

The terms on all sales of lands outside the
town plat, and on town lots exceeding one
acre in size (three-fOurths of the town plat,
will be ONE-FOURTH DOWN AND THE
YEARS, at one per cent. interest per month.
On town lots of a less size than one acre, one
half down, and the balance in one year with
interest at one per cent per month.


j. f.. McComas will be on the grounds daily
to show the land to those who desire to exam
inc the same up to the day of the sale.


During the sale free transportation will be
to the lands and return, and reduced fare for
the round trip will be secured on the railroad
from Los Angeles and return.
Year: 1875

More than half fit Moist Land, adjoining
the new city of San Fernando, and within
400 wards of the Railroad Depot Two crops
can be raised each year. Apply at the office of


LA CRONICA.
Year: 1875

The great desideratum of Southern Califor-
MA, without which the richest land is con-
verted into desert, and with 1t the desert is
converted into garden, is here easily obtain
ed in great abundance. Surface water is found
at depth of ten or fifteen feet, and
Year: 1875

Has been laid out on the township line three
miles South and three-quarters of mile West
Of Norwalk Station. A quarter-section of land
Is included within the town plat. II is the in
tention to make this town the center of one of
the richest farming communities in los An
geleS county
Year: 1875

The Great Council will probably close its
session this evening. Harmony and peace
have characterized their meetings so far, and
an impetus has been given the Order in this
city which will rebound greatly to their
benefit and increase the love Of the members
for the noble principles inculcated in the
motto of "Freedom, Friendship, and
Charity"
Year: 1875

We have telegram from Verde saying the Indians there will be moved from there by order of the Interior Department, under direction of Colonel Dudley, ou March l, and that all is quiet. We understand they will be taken to the San Carlos reserve, and however good they may have been managed at Verde, they will be equally well handled by Agent Cum, whose ability to care for and improve Apaches is amply proven. Whether the Verde Indians will remain quiet under the removal or not, is another question only to be settled by trial which will soon be made.

 Another commission of Col. Dudley is to remove the Chiricahua Apaches to Hot Spring Agency in New Mexico.
Year: 1875

Superintendent BoLANDER received
the plaudits of nearly the entire COM
munity, even though he was defeated,
in opposing the change of school text
book readers; but when 1t was
discovered that his opposition to u
change only extended to the readers,
and that he was an advocate of
change in Biographies as well as of
other text books, the question began
to be mooted whether it was the peo-
pie or the publishers of McGUFFEY's
series of readers for whom he felt a
sympathy. Among those who seem
to entertain the latter opinion is BAN
CROFT, the publisher Of the Pacific
Coast Series, which the State Board
selected to take the place of MCGUF-
FEY's readers. Mr.. BANCROFT asserts
that the defect in the record on which
the Supreme Court set aside the action
of the Board was caused by neglect on
the part of Superintendent BoLANDER
to enter the order of the Board on the
minutes. However this may be, it is
evident he is doing all in his power to
retain MCGUFFEY's books in the
schools. Immediately after the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court, majority
of the State Board of Education petit
toned Superintendent BoLANDER to
call meeting of the Board. This he
refused to do. The law requires that
the State Board of Education shall
hold at least two sessions per annum,
at the call of the Secretary, which is
Superintendent BoLANDER. The last
meeting was held on the 9Th of last
January, aud adjourned to meet at the
call of the Secretary. But the Secre-
tary refuses to issue the call, and as
his Office will expire about the 10th of
December, he has it in his power to
prevent meeting of the Board dur
ing his term. The superintendent
zeal in behalf of MCGUFFEY's readers
Is likely to injure our educational in
terests; for, aside from the text book
issue, the failure of the Board to meet
will affect our public schools and par
ticularly the High schools, as an i'm
portant committee will fail to report
on course of study for the higher
grades.
Year: 1875

Guessing at the future of Los Ange-
les from the signs of the past and the
indications OF the present, We should
predict she would become the railroad
centre and manufacturing emporium
of Southern California. Already four
railroads run into this city, and by the
middle of Summer the whistle of the
locomotive will be heard on the fifth.
1t will not be long before she will be
the Western terminus of one and per-
haps two transcontinental roads.
Railroad centres almost always be-
come manufacturing centres, and Los
Angeles possesses elements and advan-
tages which preclude the possibility
of her becoming an exception to the
general rule. She Is so far removed
from San Francisco, the great central
point of the State, as to necessitate the
manufacture of the greater proportion
of what is needed to supply the various
wants of Southern California. The





foothills which fringe the Western
line of what is now the city proper,
afford means for the introduction of
water power sufficient to run the ma
chinery of Lowell or Manchester.
The near proximity of the vast mining
regions guarantees a home market for
a large share of our home manufac-
tured articles. The railroad centre and
the manufacturing interest in connec-
tion with the beauty of location and
the salubrious climate, will draw to
our city immense wealth, and it is not
hazarding much to say that within a
few years the suburbs of Los Angeles
will contain the villa homes OF hum
dreds of wealthy men who live here
because this is the most desirable
place they know of in which to live.
In addition to the features named we
may say that Los Angeles is destined
to become the capitol of State ere.
ated from the Southern half of Cali
fornia. San Francisco and the middle
portion of State are jealous of South
ern California; suppose they let it go
in peace.
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: Strangers coming
to Los Angeles after having read in
our papers the glowing accounts of
the fruits, flowers and vegetables
raised in semi-tropial California, in
quire the first thing for the market,
that they may enjoy the sight of look
Ing on this beautiful lands wonderful
production. When told all they can
see or buy is the miserable, sun-wilted
things the Cinnamon rudely offer
from their carts, or as they come into
ones breakfast-room with their hats
on their independent heads, they are
apt to think it is great cry and little
wool. Who that has seen the beauti-
full results of the thrifty market gar
denIng in the East, even while fight
ing the frost, with poor land and
costly fertilizing, can help wondering
at SO little being done here in the same
line. The first and most important
discrepancy is, we need city market
"a building where all the productions
of the farm and garden can be offered
to buyers. The whole world is invited
to come here, being told they can
make more than a living raising
small fruits. They could if they had
a place to sell them. What can they
do with them now? Peddle them
from door to door? Many a man or
woman might be able and willing to
produce good crop to dispose of in a.
proper way, who would reasonably
object to doing it in any other way.
Every steamer brings to our city men
with money to buy small farms. They
have come long, costly journey,
bringing large families and, as they
say, "burned the bridge behind them"
On inquiring the prospect for market
gardening, they are told that the Chi
nese monopolize that trade. And yet
Year: 1875

A late number of the San Francisco
Chronicle contains q sterling and a
stinging article on the 'Treadmill of
Business" which is keen rebuke to
the thousands of tireless schemers for
more dollars to add to the millions
they already possess. 1t ia notable
fact that no successful business man
ever becomes gentleman Of elegant
ease and leisure in California. The
greater the fortune the greater the de-
sire to make it still greater. Our rich
men die early ,and the interim between
their last visit to the counting house
and their funeral is always SO short that
old friends are shocked at the death
notice to-day of those they met on the
street as well as usual yesterday. No
where in the civilized world is the
greed for gain stronger than among
the rich men of California. Money
getting is their ruling passion, and it
is strong even unto death. They die
counting interest, and the last thing
toward which the glazed eye is turned
is the money chest. Hundreds of rich
men have died in San Francisco who
ought to and who would have lived
twenty years longer had they retired
from business after they had acquired
million dollars, and lived as wealthy
men live elsewhere, on and not in
their money. Well, let them go.
Their death is the only door they ever
opened for the advancement of men of
younger years, smaller means and
greater incentives.
Year: 1875

One of the finest Improvements in
the city will be the rebuilding of the
Lafayette Hotel. The whole of the
back of the house is already being
torn down, and the front will shortly
be built up. The stores will be just
half as large as they are now, and, as
the Important has very large stock
on hand, they will not have half room
enough for their goods and in order to
prevent them from being damaged by
dirt and dust, they have decided to
sell all their Spring goods at less than
cost, and others, such as cott0ns, table,
linen, etc., at exact cost. We advise
all to call at the Important and con-
vince themselves Of the great bar
gains. Such bargains they can never
get again, and in order to prevent a
great rush, we advise all to call early
and take advantage of the building of
the Lafayette Hotel. a16
Year: 1875

within week, | know of a family
offering five cents per pound for new
potatoes without getting them. When
asking for four bits worth of peas,
were told by John, mo give him. you
had him yesterday" Is it difficult to
compete in an open market with such
trading as that? The people of this
city do not love John so much that
they had rather trade with him at the
same price than with white man or
woman. On the contrary, L have
heard ladies say they paid white men
more, even, to encourage them AT
present it is take 1t or leave it, as with
our house service. Any one who has
garden of their own knows
what crisp, cool melon, Gu
cumber or head of lettuce is when
picked in the early morning and kept
out of the sunshine. Can anything of
the kind be bought here of John? Can
Wilson's Albany, Triomphe de Gand,


or Horticulturist strawberries be had,
as other cities have them. The China
men never saw them, nor will so long
as we pay for what they are now rails
ing and there is no competition. Our
people are the most lavish in spending
their money if they can get good
thing OF any people in the world. Be-
cause they eat food that comes from
San Francisco or has been carried
round many days in an old cigar box
or tin coal oil can, is not that they
don't know better or would not pay for
good article, but because they cannot
help themselves. Cities of the Old
World no larger than this, with not
tenth the money TO spend for food,
have a daily market that is a pleasure
to see, a picture to rememter always.
1t is usually held in clean paved
street, surrounded by high buildings.
They are over at eleven in the morn
ing, the police sweeping the stones al
most before the last cart has left the
square. AT present our streets are not
adapted to market of that kind,
though an open air market under the
city's direction would be better than
none. Shade is required to keep vege-
tables from being almost worthless.
A light but not costly building in some
central part of the city is needed. 1t
would not be an expense to the city, as
a small tax would pay for it. Build it
and see if we cannot have q better
show of the good and beautiful things
of this fair land than now. / offer the
above crude suggestions, hoping others
may be interested in the object and
the fact accomplished. S.
Year: 1875

The HERALD Publishing Company
are rather proud of the warm feeling
manifested toward them by their re-
spected and respectable friend in the
Common Council. He is a leader, and
if there is one thing for which we
have more profound respect than an
other, it is a leader. We accept the
town report that he is King of the
Council, and our admiration for kings
expands almost to the confines of
alteration. We adore kings because
he is beggarly autocrat indeed who
does not WELD some power, and power
is one of the shrines at which the world
bows down and worships. VAsQUEz
was greater than the rascal who
cringed at his frown and fawned for
his smile. Three fingered JACK tow
cred above the coward who was afraid
of him, land if NERO had not fiddled
while Rome burned it is a basket of
apples to a Councilman we had never
heard of the drunken old tyrant.
Power is great thing. All men re-
specc it. We once knew a man to
burn up fine suit of clothes out of
respect for the power of polecat.
Why should not the HERALD respect
the power of it's respected and respect
able friend in the Council? Every
body assures us he is the Sir Oracle of
that body and when he opes his lips
no Councilman, save WORKMAN, dare
bark. If, as everybody says, our re-
spected and respectable friend is the
one man eloquent, the presiding
genius, the Mikado, the Bashaw, the
man with the spear-point tail and the
three-pronged fork of the Common
Council, why, he is a man of power;
and we respect power, therefore we
respect him; yea, we more than respect
him, we regard him with the awe and
veneration that possesses the pagan
worshiper while prostrating himself
before his wooden-headed Josh. Feel
ing thus toward our respected and re-
spectacle friend, the King of the
Council, we with bated breath, down.
cast eyes, trembling limbs and hating
tongue beg to submit for his consider
alton and that of those statesmen who
are SO happy as to be ruled over by
him, the following easy little conun-
drum: For the compilation of a book
of "about" two hundred and fifty
pages the Council agrees to pay the
compiler $3.50, and for printing this
book of 'about" two hundred and fifty
pages the Common Council agrees to
pay the HERALD Publishing Company
about $3.50. The compiler, however,
only furnished matter for a book of
one hundred and seventy-five pages,
and the Common Council increases
his compensation to $3.50. Now In the
same ratio and on the same principle
of economy how much in excess Of
1880 should the Common Council pay
the HERALD Publishing Company for
printing the book of one hundred and
seventy-five pages?
Year: 1875

FROM the news, May zui.I


The construction of the new school
house in the upper end of town is
progressing rapidly. The weather.
boarding and paint are already going
on.


The street railroad will soon be un-
der way. Mr.. Frank Walker has gone
to San Francisco for material, and it
is intended to complete the work by
the lst of July.


A short time ago we announced the
arrival of gentleman who came with
the intention of establishing a soap
factory in Santa Barbara. He has
taken the old tannery which will be
fitted up for the purpose, and is going
into an extensive business. AS he is
a man of capital, there is no reason
why the entel prise should not be a
complete success.


We saw fine salmon trout that
measured sixteen inches in length,
which was caught from Stearns wharf.
We were not before aware that these
excellent fish visited these waters.
They afford fine sport for fishermen,
the most approved method for captur-
ing them being with trolling spoon.
1t wouldn't cost much to make rig
and try for them.
Year: 1875

RENO, May 28th.-Train No. 3, from the
West, has just arrive and been attached 1t
contains one engine and about thirty freight
cars. When the train arrived the yardmaster
tried to throw the switch open and run two
cars loaded with timber into the locomotives
tied up on the sde-traclS, but the Sheriff got
doing so. The people are considerably excited
over the matter. The railroad employees are
evidently trying to damage the property now
in the hands of the Washoe county officials.
A later dispatch announces that the matter
had been settled by the Company depositing
to the credit of Washoe county with the Anglo-
California bank the amount in full and the
Sheriff has released the property under at
tachment.
Year: 1875

is Lake county recently some miners
VIII" were sinking II >ha't, put in blast
aud fired it off. A large bow!dcr was
thrown out and merely cracked through
the center On examination it Wa fuurd
that in the center of the bowldrr was n
round hole about the size of a man head,
and in this hole wee four live toad>, of n
reddish color.