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Year: 1878

While All Italian woman by the name Of Diconio.
living at No. "a Oak street. nursing her little
only seven weeks old. yesterday afternoon u lcadcn
ball was by some unknown person, and by some un-
known process hurled through the window. 1t struck
the child in the breast and the mother fearing the


little killed. raised such an outcry that the
Italian colony in that quarter almost generated riot
The police were summoned and the mother and child
were removed to the Chambers Street Hospital. es-
corted by bowling but sympathetic mob of from
thirty to forty, who exc out their for
tunes by the vending Of peanuts or the grind


ing Of the nosome hand-organ. The physi-
clan in attendance found that the injuries
sustained by the child not OF such character
10 prevent the mother returning home with It, and
permit to that effect issued There out
ward signs of injury. and the respiration and pulse
Of the boy were normal there was no reason why he
should be kept in the hospital.
Year: 1878

James OBrien had been employed till ten days ago
as a cook ut Bellevue Hospital. when he was trans
ferred the Morgue to take charge of the dead bodies
While engaged in sewing up a corpse in sack
one day last week he pricked the first finger OF his
right hand with needle. Some of the poison from
the body entered the wound. and yesterday he was
brought to DIR. McCrcery, the surgeon
on duty He found that poison had per-
meated his system through the arm and the
latter was much swollen. DIR. M'Creery said last
night that his arm Would have to be amputated and
the man would probably die This is the first case of
the kind that has occurred at Bellcyne Hospital.
Year: 1878

About two o'clock this morning one Of
the police officials who has been actively
engaged in working up the case
stated as a positive fact that
the detectives had at last succeeded
in obtaining information relative TO the
whereabouts OF the remains. 'sThe en-
tire facts" said this official 10 Her.
AID reporter, ''will be made pub
lie very soon. 1t is now only question OF
brief time when the remains will be Sc
cured. We have learned enough to indi-
cate where the remains are hidden, and We
are sure of being able to arrest the thieves. "
Year: 1878




IDS,


spring Is trying season. Indications of sickness
should at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may
be caused by allowing the bowels to become con-
stipated and the system to remain in disordered
condition, until the disorder has time to deve]ope
Itself An ounce OF prevention is worth pound:oi
care, is an old truthful saying Therefore, we ad-
wise all who are troubled with the complaints now
very prevalent headache, indigestion disordered
liver, want of appetite, nausea or feverlsh skin
to take, without delay, Sheneks Mandrake Pills.
We know Of no remedy so harmless and decisive
in its action 1t at once strikes at the root of the
disease and produces q healthy tone to he system.
People never need suffer from any disease arising
from disordered condition OF the liver II they would
take this excellent medicine when they feel the
first indications of the malady. Families leaving
home for the summer months should take three oil
four boxes ofEthe pills with them. They have ar
almost instantaneous effect. They will relieve the
patient of headache in one or two hours, and viii
rapidly cleanse the liver OF surrounding bile, and
win effectually prevent bilious attack. They art
sold by all druggists.
Year: 1878

The disgraceful spree in which sundry
Senators of the United States INDUCED in
last Friday night is attracting deserved at
tent;on throughout the country Occasion
ally we note melancholy reference to the
debauch as sign that the morals of public
men are retrograding, and sigh for the
good old days. But this is a very short
sighted and one sided view. : The Incl
dent was certainly aiscouraging enough,
but the way in which the country treats it
marks great advance. A generation ago
drunkeILn ness at night session was expect
ed as natural concomitant, and the antics
OF the guilty Statesmen were not brulted
abroad to bring them into merited disgrace.
But during the exciting scenes of the past
two years at Washington, with their re-
peated night sessions and hotly contested
partisan fights, it has been a most noticea-
BILE and 81 atifying fact that the old-fash-
ioned scenes of drunken disorder were al
most unknown. Friday nights spree, in
deed,ss arouses general surprise, and one
would fain excuse many of the sinners on
the charitable ground that they needed to
get drunk in order to vote as they did.


The fact is that it is becoming unpopular
for public man in this country to be in
habit of getting drunk, and this alone
marks great advance in public sentiment.
Mr. Thurman. of Ohio, for example, has
suffered a general fall in public esteem
within the past week. For the first time
in the history of the country the three
highest officers of the nation decline to
offer intoxicating liquors to their guests,
and they are respected for it, There are
some bummers in Congress who would be
good subjects for Murphy; but, if they
persist in making fools of themselves, they
will have an account to settle with their
constituents. The day has passed when
it is a good electioneering argument for q
man in this country to say that he gets
drunk. aa7 si& s ESQ
Year: 1878

The San Francisco Call says: "A live
lish imbedded in human skull was ta-
ken from the bay near the Indian dock
yesterday morning. The tinny tenant
must have had Il liking tor its strange
quarters, as it was too large to make its
escape. The fishermen had dispute
over their treasure, one Of them claim
ing that never before had such an occur
renee been heard of This was denied,
but the production of a newspaper con-
tainiug the following settled the difficult
ty: In 1851 two sons of John H. Witt,
of Greensburg, Pa, We're in the habit of
setting night lines in the Allegheny riy-
er in order to become possessed of the
tinnv tribe. One morning very mys-
terious thing was observed from the
shore, being attached to one of the lines
out some distance. On dragging in the
line fish was fast on the hook, with


his head prot' uding from the oritice of q


human skull. its body being in the skull


and too large to allow Its escape there
from.
Year: 1878

The editor of the London Truth vouch-
es tor the statement that horse meat
is about equal to third-rate beef; that
donkey flesh is better eating than beef
or mutton that cat tastes exactly like
rabbit, and that rats. barring gritty
taste, are wholesome and nutritious
food Ii any body wants rat in every
style, we know Of some for sale cheap
when caught.
Year: 1878

IT T7tlTVEE


There is overwhelming evidence that
the state of Florida was honestly car
ried by democracy in 1876. In fact.
some Of the republican "vlsltors' were
thoroughly convinced OF this at
the time; and one of them
Zen. Barlow of New York-in
IN exhaustive analysis presented facts
which went far to convince every one
not blinded by passions and prejudice of
this. We fancy that the republican
member of the subcommittee OF invest!-
CATION will need very tough conscience
to refrain from joining in the ''traud'
| cry after he has heard all the evidence.
Year: 1878

thank my brethren OF the press for their kind
words. Showing, ,as they do. an appreciation of
my lubors at the desk, they are exceedingly
grateful to me. If the good people of the wes-
tern district of Lafayette county fit to send
me TO Jefferson City to represent them, shall
Use my every energy to advance the interests of
our entire commonwealth.


Very respectfully, A. A. LESUEUR.
Year: 1878

THE Jubilee exercises, which
were opened yesterday afternoon,
and which will close tonight, not
only demonstrated the fact that
Los Angeles possesses large and
enthusiastic Temperance element,
but that there is a degree, range
and excellence of musical culture
in this city which would surprise
an fastener when he should learn
that we claim only sixteen thousand
souls at the most. 1t is the frozen
truth that there is q disproportion-
ately large esthetic and cultured
element in this community. We
know of many cities Of one hun
dred thousand people in the East
that could not, entirely from their
own residents, have furnished
either such orchestral or vocal
music as was yesterday afternoon
directed by the Messrs. Day and
Conterno. The gentlemen who
have pushed this enterprise forward
with such unflagging energy de-
serve all praise. They have
acieved a musical triumph at the
same time that they have helped
along materially the building of a
temple in this city which will be a
credit to our large and respectable
Temperance element.
Year: 1878

THE new flour mill fthe Messrs.
Lankershim & Van Nuys is maxi
Ing rapid progress. We are glad
to be able to note, also, that the
damage to the wheat in this county
so far appears to be confined to To-
calities where its growth is yet an
experiment. The reliable wheat
districts will make very credita-
BILE record this year. 1t seems,
however, no longer to admit of a
doubt that, as between q moderate
rainfall in Southern California and
q very heavy one, like that Of the
present year, the former is infin-
itely to bes preferred: Very wet
years breed multitudes of worms
and other insects which are a great
injury and annoyance to the farm
er, while they drown out much of
the bottom lands. The probability
is, judging from the past, that next
year will strike the happy mean in
the rainfall; and that, for from
three to five years following, the
rainfall though moderate will be
ample for crops.
Year: 1878

Nothing so delights the heart of


General William Tecumseh Sher-


man as a bullying tone. He is


continually talking about putting
down opposition of some kind, and
the legions of the United States, In
his minds eye, are always ar
rayed against some ideal treason.


II the only use of this man Sher-
man is to threaten and insult DEM
ocrats-for that is what he means
the sooner his Office is abolished


the better. 1t were far better to
have no army at all in the United


States than to have it maintained
to buttress the in,olence Of such q


man as Sherman, who coolly acts
on the assumption that he and his
fellows are the only persons who
have any rlghts. The people Of
the United States are amply COM
petent to manage their own affairs
without any assistance from epau-
leted men, of however high a
grade, in either the army or navy.
General Sherman promptly took
of Decoration Day to
make some petulanJ remarks in his
vein, full of raw-head
and bloody-bones, at time when
Year: 1878

WE are told that the Democrats
com mitted frightful blunder In
starting the Potter Investigation.
1t was blunder, of course, but it
was one which will probably re-
suit in giving the Democracy a
two-thirds majority of the next
House of Representatives. We
hope the party will keep on piling
up such blunders.
Year: 1878

ter than The first kilograms led the
public to expect. The Emperor
Wilhelm Is evidently in very
precasieus state. Even the shock
of second attempt to murder him
In few weeks would be apt to
have fatal effects on a man of EN-
peror Wilhelm's advanced age.
Year: 1878

Henceforth we will give q column dat !
to correspondence upon any proper suojec'
for discussion. It IL expected that commu-y
nications will be written on one side only
.ot tho paper, and ACCOMPANIED with the
name of the writer. The HERALD is rot to
oe considered as endorsing or being IN any
way responsible for the opinion of corres-
pondents In this column. %
Year: 1878




An interesting and novel expert
ment is to he tried soon in one of our
churches, which is rs original as it is
successful in the purpose for which it
was instituted. The object of the in
stitution to he treated of is to raise
money for church purposes, and IL
more fruitful source of revenue, in
connection with pleasure, has not
heretofore been discovered. The Pitts
burgh church has got its idea from
some churches in some of our western
cities. The modus operandi of the
game as may be called, or auction, is
about as follows; All the young la
dies are mustered into service and are
completely envelOped by the auction
Ger in sheets, so as to prevent their
recognition hy means of their dresses.
Then their pretty faces, like those of
the Turkish ladies, are completely
veiled "a FELLOWSHIP or something of
that sort is drawn down over it. They
are permitted to have eye-holes to
look through and mouth-holes to
breathe through, but nothing more.
So they have them disguised entirely
beyond recognition. Then the auc-
ti0neer proceeds to auction them Oft rs
partners for the evening to the young
men, even to old men; if their wives
will permit them To bid. The bidding
is almost sure to be lively. At re-
cent Western auction of this kind, the
lowest price at which Il young lady
was auctioued of was Sl.5O. The fun
in the thing is the young men don't
know who they are bidding for, and
the mveiling of the maidens is looked
forward to with great expectation.
The gent has to attend to the lady
bought during the evening, and see
her home at the close Of the festival,
Year: 1878

A Kentucky man who went to the Black Hills, wrote back to a paper to offer a premium at the coming fair, for the biggest fool in the country, and that he would be there in time to claim it.
Year: 1878

SECOND DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PAR
= ish of Orleans No. 36 O09 Notice Is hereby
given to the creditors of this estate and to all
within ten days from the present notification If
any they have or can why the third provisional
account presented BY. John II; Montague and
In this estate should not be approve ed and
homoloRated and the funds distributed in &C
COrianGe herewith.


By order Of the court, -
Year: 1878

The recent interview which a West
ern correspondent held with General
Crook throws a good deal of light up
on the causes Of the present Indian
outbreak, and fixes the responsibility
upon the Democratic House of Rep
resentatives for the failure to make
the necessary appropriation to keep up
the supplies to the Indians, which had
been promised.


1t may be grave question whether
the present management of the Indian
tribes is wise and judicious-w whether
treating them as wards Of the nation
and granting them supplies is calcu-
lated to do them much good in the
long run. But there can be no ques-
ton as to the imperative duty of the
Government to keep its promise with
the Indians when once it has been
made. New, General Crook has good
for saying that the Governments
treatment of the Indians is an outrage
as his illustration as to the Bannocks
amply demonstrates. Last Spring he
went up to their reservation and found
them in the most wretched condition.
Their provisions were exhausted and
the roots, somewhat resembling sweet
potatoes, which they dug out of the
prairies as the only means of subsis-
tence .ere taken from them by white
settlers, who turned their hogs into
the small patches Of ground where
they were found. There was no buff
falo or other game that the Indians
could get, and SO it has become
question Of an outbreak or of starving
to death. The trouble with nes rlv all
the lnuian reservations is that as soon
as the Indians get well settled upon
them the whites, under one pretext of
another, manage to crowd in and force
them off. Then, too, after the Gov
ernment pledges its word to give them
certain supplies at stated intervals, the
appropriations are often found INSULT
cient, and the pledges are not kept.
ln the present case the Democratic
House refused to make the appropria-
tons, and of course the supplies were
perforce withheld. But what a mis-
cradle policy, and what short sighted
policy even from an economic point Of
view. For it will cost ten times as
much to subdue them by force as it
would to feed and provide for them
albany Euenlng Journal.
Year: 1878

COMMUNISTS AT WORK.-GREEN-
FIELD, o.. June 25.-From the follow
ing the Communists have begun their
work. Last week a gentleman by the
nome of Gerringer, living in Fayette
county, some distance from this place
bought a new self binding reaper and
on Monday morning following pro.
ceeded to cut his wheat. In the even
ing the machine was left in the feldt
some distance from the House. About
l. O'Clock he was aroused by bright
glare OF lire out in the field. He
arose and dressed in all haste, and ar
rived in time to see the last of his new
reaper, costing about $500, in ashes.
He had received no warning such as
has been sent out by the Communists,
No clue to the perpetrators.
Year: 1878

We have frequently referred to the
correct principle of horse -shoeing; but
there are many matters of detail that,
II overlooked, Will spoil the best of
principles ever laid down. The nails
should be quite small, and driven in
more gently than is the custom. There
IS no reason why the smith should
strike blow at the little nail-head as
strong us he would deliver at the head
OF spike i'll an Oak-beam. The h0Of
OF the horse is not an oak stick, and
the delicately- pointed and slenderly-
headed nail is not a wrought iron spike;
and you will see the mailer whack away
at them as if it was matter of life and
death to get them entirely set in at
two blows of the hammer. Insist that
the mailer shall drive his nails slowly
and steadily, instead of using violence.
In this case, if his nail is badly pointed
and gets out of the proper line of di-
rectlOn, no great injury is done. 1t
can be Withdrawn, and new one sub
stituted, without harm having been
done the foot. But the swift, blind
and violent way prevents all such care,
and exposes the horse to temporary if
not permanent injury.


Gentleness should be exercised in
clinching the nail. Never allow a
smith to touch rasp to the outer sur
face of the hoof. Nature has covered
t with thin filament or enamel, the
object of which is to protect the inner
membrane and fibre from exposure to
water OF atmosphere. This enamel is
exactly what nature puts onto the sur
face ofyour finger-nail, reader. Under
no circumstances should it ever be
touched. If it is removed, nature will
be wickedly deprived of her needed
covering, and cruelty left exposed to
the elements.
Year: 1878

A few days ago, says correspondent
mixed with arsenic was set III my yard
to eXterminate the many rodents which
were infesting it. The plate of poison
was soon surrounded with rats, each
one eager to obtain its full share. AT
length one much larger and apparently
much older than the rest made his ap
pearance, walked cautiously around the
festive group, Snuffed the air, then ad-
vanced closely, tasted the morsel, and
bya significant wave of the nose caused
the other members of the party to with
draw to respectful distance until his
appetite was satisfied.


The next day a neighbOring cat took
her accustomed position on the dividing
fence, where she had been frequently
seen to pounce upon the unWary ver-
min and carry them across the fence to
her family. She WAS not stationed long
before her tail began to twirl nervously
from side to side, and every muscle in
her system seemed to be in motion.
She glided softly down the side of the
fence and across the yard until she con-
fronted a rat; with their heads not more
than eight inches apart both cat and
rat stood motionless and coolly sur
veyed each other for a minute or two,
when the rat started for its hole unpHr-
sued. The rat showed signs of sickness
by its ruffled coat, and there is no doubt
but that the feline's instinct was sutii-
cient to warn her of the danger of TAX
ing the poisoned rat.
Year: 1878

Rabbit-hunting and fishing constitute
the business of life now to the Piute
warriors in Nevada, since the buffalo
have travelled north, and the antelope
is fast following them; and in the cap
ture and killing of such small deer he
is exceedingly expert. His fishing tao
kle consists of Il bit of light rope,
weighted with stone at one end, and
grasped by the hand of the fishermen
at the other end, To this line are at
tached at regular distances half dozen
or more hooks, made of rabbit bones,
in the form of a narrow letter Y; and TO
the angle of each Y again is fastened
short line made Of sinews, and baited
with some such trifie as snail or a
fresh water sucker. The fish, swallow
ing the bait and the line, swallows also
the hook, which is so acted upon by the
tension of the line as to expand its two
prongs and fasten them firmly i'll the
victims throat: and then it struggles
and whirls and darts about the line, at
tracting all its family and the neigh
bors to swallow the same snare, until
the angler has counted bite for every
hook, and quietly draws i'll his main
line heavy with SpOils,
Year: 1878




Tea.-Tea is best made in an earth
en-ware tea pot, which should be kept
dry, for if allowed to remain damp at
ter use it becomes musty. The water
should always boil when the tea IS add
ed. Tea is not wholesome taken on an
empty stomach.


Bacon Dumplings. Cut Slices of cold
bacon, pepper them; roll out crust as
for apple dumplings; slice some pota
toes very thin, and put them in the
crust with the meat; close them up, and
let them boil fast for an hour; when
done take them out with ladle.


Egg Mince- Meat.-Chop eight hard
boiled eggs with double their weight of
cooked beef, very fine: add one pound
of washed and dried currants; the peel
of two large lemons minced fine; a
quarter of pound each of candle d
orange and citron cut thin; seven table
Spoonsful of sweet wine; mace, nutmeg
salt and sugar to the taste; mix all well
together and press into a jar for use.


Sponge Cake.-One cup of sugar;
three eggs; one tablespoonful of butter,
three tablespoonful of sweet milk; one
scant teaspoonful of soda and two of
cream-of-tartar; one cup of flour. This
recipe is almost never-failing. Pat the
ingredients together, beat rapidly until
thoroughly light and bake twenty-five
minutes. This is a good recipe also for
layer-cake.


Apple Pudding.-Put into pudding
pan, in alternate layers, raised dough
and pleasantly acid apples, having the
first and last layer of dough. Set it in
a warm place till it is light, and bake in
amoderate oven till done. Eat with 4
sweet sauce. The dough made for
bread will answer for this purpose, but
should be used before being well mold
ed, and the pan should be well buttered
to keep the pudding from sticking.


Venetian Fritters.-Pick, wash, and
drain three ounces of whole rice, put it
into a full pint of cold milk, and bring
it very slowly to boil; stir it often, and
let it simmer gently until quite thick
and dry: when about three parts done,
add to it two ounces ofpoWdered sugar,
and one of fresh butter, a grain of salt,
and the grated rind of half small
lemon; let it cool in the saucepan, and
when only just warm, mix with it thor
oughly three ounces Of currants, four of
apples, chopped fine; Il teaspoonful of
flour, and three large or four small
beaten eggs, drop the mixture i'll small
fritters, fry them in butter from five to
seven minutes, and let them become
quite firm on one side before they are
turned; do this with slice; drain them
as they are taken up, and sift white su
gar over them after they are dished
Year: 1878

Good glue should contain no specks,
but be transparent and clear when held
up to the light. The best glue swells
WITHOUT melting when immersed in cold
water, and resumes its former size on
drying. Shreds or parings of vellum
and parchment make an almost color
less glue; old gloves, rabbit skins, and
the like are frequently employed in this
manufacture. The method ofsoftening
glue for use is to break it into small
pieces, soak for twelve to twenty hours
in cold water, then set it over fire, and
gradually raise Its temperature until it
is all dissolved, taking care to stir it
frequently while melting. Prepared in
this wa. it cools down into stiff jelly,
which requires only little warming to
tit it for use. Amber colored glue is
that most esteemed by cabinet makers.
Glue must not be used in freezing
temperature,
Year: 1878

The Scientific American says three
remarkable steps in scientific progress
and discovery have been made within
the past few months: The reduction of
the telephone to practical use On tele-
graph wires; the discovery of the pho
nograph, by which the sounds of the
human voice are mechanically record
ed and redelivered; the liquefaction of
hydrogen and oxygen gasses by pres
sure and cold,