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Year: 1878

If our fire limit ordinance is good for
anything it ought to be used to stop the
erection of the little iron covered shanties
which are springing up in various quarters.
They will soon be so numerous as to seri-
ously endanger the more valuable portion
of the CITY.
Year: 1878

TIE Minneapolis Tribune says it is no
use to build the Fort Smelling bridge, as that
city affords all the market necessary. OF
course it will give the people of Ramsey
county great deal of pleasure to obey the
Year: 1878




ing Defeat.


From the New York Sum-.


CoNcoRD, N. H., March l6.-Now that the
election is over, the Democrats are beginning
to inquire into the cause for their defeat, al
though to many the Democratic vote was bet
ter than was anticipated. The cause can be
summed up in two words-bargain and sale.
Men who, years ago, fought for principle until
the last vote was cast, men who gave strength
nna stability p. .le, to n4.ste1 the party y hdt de-
sides in the canvass. The Repub-
licans fought not for principle, but to keep
themselves in Office and hold the power Of dig
tributing patronage. Their leaders are sharp
shrewd men, whokn how to fix things for
their own advantage. The Democrats had
it slip away, owing to their cowardice and inn
becility. The Democrats had every thing to
gain and the Republicans had everything TO
lose, yet the former gained next to nothing.
The Republicans to hold what they have, re-
sorted to the basest bargains and the most un-
scrupulous methods to carry themselves
through.


One of the most level-headed men in the
State, man who twelve years ago was one
OF the foremost in the fray, but who, becoming
disgusted with the low trickery, has retired
from active participation in politics, yet still
mas KnOWledge OF WnaG 10 going on behind the
scenes said to me: Everybody knows what
an organization the Republicans have in this
State. It is patronage that keeps them to-
gether, and they are on tho lookout al
the time. All the principle they
have is to keep in power. To
such an extent is this carried that government
officials in the southern part of the State have
entered into bargains to elect Democratic
member of Congress. He could be of service
to them. But when one of the parties to the
bargain was nominated for State Senator, they
stood on their dignity, and spouted about prin.
ciples and the like. He could not be Of service
to them. That man had TO seek cover afte,
having spent small fortune.
The fact is, Democrat cannot
be elected unless he buys half of his own party
Ten dollars was paid to Democrats to vote
the entire ticket, and from 90 to $5 to vote fo,
Senator alone. One family that knows
family considered to be we'll OF in this world
goods-received 475 for voting. You might
just as well sell the election by auction % te
run it in that way. Then there il another OBJ
stacle The greenbackers are communists
They want FIVE hundred billions Of greenbacka
issued with which to pay the bonds and thei
debts. They are power because they are al
| out of work and in debt.
Year: 1878

marked by IN able and manly defense of
the diplomatic service Of the country.


! One thing must be admitted even in the
presence of the failure of self-government,
or in it's success. The fraud who stole the
Presidency was scarcely q greater blot upon
good government, than the miserable farce
of our foreign diplomatic service abroad.
It has always been an exceedingly low COM
edy, but since the accession Of his Cesarian
Majesty Grant, comedy is no name for it.
It has blended all the pretensions Of igno-
rance with the aping manners of vulgarity,
the laughing stock abroad, and the Pitiful
contempt at home. Abolish the service al
together; far better than to be disgraced be-
fore all nations. Send men of education
and culture abroad, recognize the dignity OF
their position, or abolish the whole service
and establish another Chinese exclusion.
Year: 1878

At a recent dedication of BAPTIST
church in this county, says the Roches-
ter Union, the ceremony of immersion
was performed for the first time in that
church by well-known Baptist minis
ter of this city. When he had entered
the water, and while waiting for the
candidate, the minister suggested that
somebody should sing an appropriate
hymn. One of the deacons who stood
near by heard the suggestion, and with
out thinking struck up the familiar
hymn, Pull For the Shore" The
hymn proved to be so suggestive, it is
stated, that neither the minister nor
the congregation could refrain from an
audible smile for some time, and the
ceremony had to be postponed until the
preacher could recover his gravity.
Year: 1878

Children have curious ideas about
many things. One day last summer as
minister was seated in his study writ
ing, and his little three year old daugh-
ter playing near, a hail storm came up
and he said to the child, Ida, go out on
the porch and see what funny rain is
falling" She ran out and soon came
back with both little hands full of the
hail and exclaimed, ooh. pa, lookl look!
Gods ice-house has busted" Another
three year old girl, whose home is in the
sunny south, awoke one morning after
a long railroad ride, to find herself in
Indiana and the ground white with
snow, which she had never seen before,
and in great excitement called to her
nurse, "Oh! see Diddie. there is milk
all over the ground
Year: 1878

Among the marvels displayed in the
jewelers. windows On the Rue de la
Paix, the other day, was an immense
pearl oyster shell, lined with mother Of
pearl of the most exquisite smoothness
and purity, and with two large, spotless
lustrous pearls adhering to its surface,
The larger of the two was about the size
of small marble, but slightly elongated
in form; the other was of somewhat
smaller dimensions. Four thousand
five hundred dollars was the price affix-
ed to this beautiful work ofnatQre.
Year: 1878

Live for somethingl Yes, and for
something worthy of life and its capa-
bilities and opportunities for noble
deeds and achievements. Every man
and every woman has his or her assign
ment in the duties and responsibilities
of daily life. We are in the world to
make the world better; to lift it up to
higher levels of enjoyment and progress,
to make its hearts and homes brighter
and happier by deyoting to our fellows
our best thoughts, activities and infiu-
ences 1t is the motto of every true
heart and the genius of every noble life,
that ''no man liyeth to himself''-lives
chiefly for his own selfish good. 1t is
law of our intellectual and moral being
that we promote our own happiness in
the exact proportion we contribute to
the comfort and enjoyment of others.
Nothing worthy of the name OF happi-
ness is possible in the experience of
those who live only for themselves, all
oblivious of the welfare Of their fellows.
Year: 1878

DR.. Dewey, of the Illinois State In
sane Asylum. at Elgin, does not agree
with the British Medical Journal in its
statement that the insane do not shed


tears. He says: 80 far as male in
sane persons are concerned, l am posi-
tive l have seen more insane men


weep than l ever saw sane ones; and
very frequent concomitant of insanity


is an intensity Of emotion and weak
ness of self-control, which leads to con-
slant display of tears. have in mind
at this moment, religious melancholic


whose lunacy is quite hopeless, and is
marked by belief in his certain dam


nation, who will talk, with copious
floods of tears streaming from his


cheeks, as long as any one can wait to
listen TO him. Among female patients


tears are perhaps not more frequently
encountered than in common life, but
certainly not less SO, and it is not a
specially happy sign as regards recovery
to see the insane weeping, either.
Year: 1878

Tie requirements of an act of Con-
gress giving land TO settlers who should
plant a certain proportion in timber,
have been modified by an amendment
reducing the number of acres to be
planted The original law required
that forty acres should be planted to
entitle the settler to quarter section.
The amount was so great that the law
was imperative, and has been amended
as follows: Every person who plants,
protects and keeps in a ahealthy growing
condition for ten years, ten acres of
timber, the trees thereon not being
more than four feet apart each way, on
any quarter section of any of the public
lands, shall be entitled to patent for
the whole of such quarter section, at the
expiration of ten years, on making
proof of such fact by not less than two
credible witnesses: provided, that only
one quarter in any section shall be thus
granted This would require the
planting of $4,000 trees. Within ten
years these would need thinning, and
there should be provision for that.
Year: 1878

One Of our exchanges, in alluding to


the fsttening or feeding of cattle, where


Tho come farmer rears the calf and fattens
the heef SAYS: at is evident, from what
Is going on in the lives stock markets, that
it cannot pay to feed an animal that re-
ouires from three TO five years to mature,
nor one that will not be extra in quality
and of heavy weight. No beef animal
can now be raised or fed with profit that
will not reach weight OF 1,4Oo pounds
at least, at thirty months old. A grade
sbort.horn Hereford steer of | 300 pounds,
at two and a half years old, will sell for
$40 to $50, if not more; and it is certain
as anything of the kind can be, that for
many years to come the value OF beet
will not be less than now. Such animals
as these, fed skillfully in yards or pens,
with a moderate allowance Of pur-
chased foods, that are always available
such as bran, millstutf, linseed or cotton
seed cake, with roots or straw grown
upon the farm, will produce an immense
supply of the very best manure; and il
turned off on the market at cost only


these animals will leave, as profit, sutfi


cient manure TO produce grain and
root crop. This ought to satisfy good
farmer; but there is more profit in the
business than that Though many
farmers may not be able to realize more. ,
Year: 1878

Tbs Live Stock Journal says: A
farmer in this country, who is supposed
to own as good common sheep as any body
in this locality, sheared his flock recently,
and after weighing the heeces, found that
each sheep averaged two and half
hounds. Take the whole number of sheep
in this state and they will probably not
average more than the above. Say that
wool ii worth twenty cents per pound


the profits from each sheep will be fifty
cents. Take now an estimate of feeces
of the thoroug ghbred Merino and Cots
void, which will not average less than
eight pounds per head-the net profits
on each sheep, S1.60 Or $l.l0 in favor OF
the thoroughbred will command higher
marketable value. Now, it costs the
same to raise the thoroug ghbred as the
common sheep the mutton Of one IS as
good as the other; the profits OF the wool
of the thoroughbred is three times greater
than from the common. Every farmer
owning flock of sheep should make it
convenient to purchase thoroughbred
ram to improve the quality and yield OF
his wool; such an investment will pay.
Year: 1878

Coleman's Rural World says: " What
farmers want in the west, in the way OF
raising corn, is the largest yield and the
least amount of labor necessary to pro-
duce that yield. Land is cheap, pro-
ductive, plentiful. We do not want as
nice farming as is carried on in England,
but we do want thorough work done,
good plowing, good narrowing, careful
laying off and planting, and then letting
the harrow and cultivator Or plow do the
balance of the work. A large yield can
be obtained in this way, and cheap beef
and pork can be produced from it.
Every farmer ought to turn all the corn
he raises for sale into tour-footed ami
mails, that can carry themselves into
market, without beng hauled in wagons.
The farm is kept rich in this way. A
great deal of labor is saved, If the proper
headwork is used. This hauling few
bushels of corn to market, day after day
and getting the small price given for it
is mighty poor business.
Year: 1878

they were taken. In this condition they
are easily and quickly taken up by the
secretive organs and appropriated to
,vrnn,v the wastes and wants of the sys-
tem Burned or calcined bones are
freed from all organic matter, and there
ron,o;ns only the ashes of the bones,
which are chiefly lime phosphate and
carbonate), and consequently inferior to
fresh bone. The only objection to fresh
homes ia the difficulty Of keeping them
fresh The best and most satisfactory
substitute is burnt bones. The water is
removed by the heat Leaving the lime in
drv and crisp state easily crushed.


WE find lining the she'll thin skin,
which. when kept in healthy condition
hv the albumen of the egg, is impervious
to air: but, if the eggs remain too long
in one position, the yelk, being heavier
than the albumen, gradually. sinks
through it, and comes in contact with
the skin. AS it has none OF the qualities
reouisite for keeping the skin fabricated
and healthy. the skin soon becomes dry
and pervious to air, which penetrates it
to the yelk, causing the mass to rot.
Therefore the true plan is to keep the
velk in its central position. BY doing
this, the egg can be preserved for long
time. Ny plan for accomplishing this is
| to take the keg or barrel, and pack the
COOS on their sides, and to end, laying a
tier first around next to the slaves, SO
continuing until a layer is made, and SO
on till the barrel is full. Use oats for
packing; jar them down as much as is
reo,,ired to keep them firmly in their
nlaces and head up the barrel ready iol
market. By rolling the barrel about
quarter around every few days, the yelk'


Of the eggs will be kept as required.-


rcor American Stock Journal.
Year: 1878

A party of Indians were playing
poker on Court street recently, and one
OF the players, who was on bluff; having
all his money in the pot, pulled of his
blanket and raised his opponent one
blanket. The other Indian saw the raise
and raised it squaw better, and then
the buffer hesitated. He offered to put
UP his mother, but the other player said
she was too old, and that he had put up
his wife and wanted the bet called with a
wife or he would take down the pot and
the indian with two deuces laid down his
hand, and will sleep tonight with a
barley sack for bcdspread.-[ Austin
aReyeille.
Year: 1878

turn freights for IS per ton. Stick a
pin there; and when it is an accom-,
plished fact, as surely it will be, let
them return thanks to Judge Jacobs
who has stood firm for their interests
amidst Establishments, obloquy and
SANDER, that might have shaken a
less steadfast and honest man.
Year: 1878

EDITOR HERALD: Now or never
is the chance of the Workingmen
to have daily paper. First, they
have the Sta, offering to come out
in the interest of the Working
mems party for the use of $500 for
one year, without interest, ard
giving the party the privilege of
the whole stock of the Office for
50, 600 at the end of the year, if they
wish it. Considerate Star! Your
offer is liberal. Next they have
Col. Redst0ne coming to the sur
face, who offers them daily organ
free of any charge. The Star, not
willing to he outbid by Col. Red
stone, comes a second time to the
scratch and offers to come down to
the same price. Where these bids
will step, time can only prove.
There is still another party who is
in favor of continuing the circula-
ton of the Voice of the People un-
der new management, with DR..
Lupo, the Chief of the animal po-
lice, in the local editors chair.
Surely, from all these offers the
Workingmen may make a good
choice, but 1 would advise them to
hold out for a premium.


A LoOKER.oN.
Year: 1878

The following particulars of a
shooting affray, which occurred on
Tuesday morning, at a sheep camp
at the head of Trencus cafion, three
miles from the Chino House, San
Bernardino county, and in which
Maria Castoran was killed, were
brought to the city by Mr.. +. NJ.
Slaughter, of the Rincon. Pascual
Castoran, the husband of the mur-
dered woman, says that he
was taken with u severe
collie about daylight, when his wife
told him to build a fire in the
kitchen stove and she would pre-
pare remedy for him. While he
was thus employed the woman
came to the door with revolver
in her hand and fired at
him, the ball passing through
his overshirt, and grazing the skin.
He grabbed her and took the re.
volver away, and, as she turned to
run out of the door. he shot her,
the ball entering just below the
right shoulder blade and passing
through the lungs. AS soon as the
woman got out Of doors she turned
and faced her husband when he
fired a second shot, the bullet PEN
etratiug the right breast. She then
ran down Il hill In front Of the
house and fell upon her face, when
he egain fired, the ball this time
taking effect in the shoulder and
passing through the arm TO the ell
bow. The man then left her as
she had fallen. The three childien
of the family were asleep in the
house and consequently knew
nothing of the fracas. Castoran
gave himself up to Mr.. Reeves, the
constable of the township. Last
night the prisoner went back to the
camp accompanied by the officer
and a number of the neighbors.
DR.. Aiken, officiating as surgeon,
made all examination and an in
quest was held elicitiDg the facts as
related.


The wCman was known to have
a violent temper aud ugly ways,
which disposition coupled with the
fact that she was of large and
powerful build, made hera bad
customer sometimes. 1t is re-
ported of her that when
an Anaheim Deputy Sheriff
attempted to eerve warrant upon
her last year, she knocked the man
down and he was compelled to hand
cuff her before be could take her
with him. Doubtless she gave
some cause for violence on the part
of her husband, if his story as rela-
ted to us is accurate, but she could
not have deserved by any possible
act of hers such a brutal murder at
his hands. His story, toe has an air of
improbablity inasmuch as 1t assigns
no cause or preliminary circum-
stances of a violent character lead
ing to the woman's first assault
with the pistol, The murderer was
taken into custody and was to have
had an examination yesterday be-
fore Judge Hathaway, at the Rim
con. The family are Basques.
Year: 1878

The Anaheim Gazette says that
test of the Cajon ditch was made
on Saturday last, as per announce
ment, and it proved very salts.
factory one. The engineering first
done was terrible piece of botch
work, and previous attempts to run
water had shown that re survey
and grading along the entire length
of the ditch would be neces-
sary. Water to the depth Of
twelve inches was allowed to
run in the ditch on Saturday
for distance Of four miles, and the
smoothness with which it coursed
along wasevidence of the thorough
ness with which tke previous de-
fects in construction had been REM
edied. Over one hundred men are
now at work, and will so continue
until the entire distance-13s miles
is completed, which Will be in
about six or eight weeks.


Between seven and eight O'Clock
on Tuesday morning Il little son Of
Greek George, who lives on the
Brea ranch, near the Cahuenga
Pass, while carclessly handling a
loaded gun shot himself and was
almost instantly killed. The little
fellow was about to start out to
hunt rabbits and lifting the gun
drew it towards him. In this way
it is supposed the trigger caught
on some obstacle and discharged
the gun. 1t was loaded with
heavy charge OF shot and one slug
which entered his neck, making n
frightful wound, with the above
noted fatal result.


Mr.. S. w. Sutherland, during his
recent trip East, purchased several
casks of the glass balls now used in
place of pigeons at all shooting
tournaments in that section. He
also bought one of tho Bogardus
traps used to cast the balls into the
air. The balls are about % inches
In diameter and have q rough sur
face to prevent the shot from
glancing Oft. He will give our
crack shots an opportunity to try
their skill at Agricultural Park
next Sunday afternoon.
Year: 1878

Judge Hall, whose return from
San Diego we noticed yesterday
gives us the following particulars
of d remarkable or, rather, the in
sane rambling and narrow escapes
of drunken driver: One day last
week Captain George A. Johnston,
who lives at Pef1asquitas, about
twenty miles from San Diego, sent
his coachman to town with Mrs.
Johnston and Mrs. Pacheco and
directed him, af er leaving the la.
dies at the hotel, to get, among
other things, box of wine and a
demijohn of whisky and return to
the ranch. During the ride back
the man partook literally, it is
supposed, of the whisky, as, when
he reached Soledad, where the road
to Pefiasquitas turns off the main
road, he was very drunk. Here he
watered his team, resumed his seat
in the carriage and again started,
but not towards home. Captain
Johnston, after waiting an unusual
time for his return, became
alarmed and sent several vaqueros
in search of the team. AT soledad
they learned that the man had
been there and that he had started,
it was supposed, for home. The
vaqueros continued their search,
following the tracks of the car
riage, which, instead of turning off
to the right as they should have
done, were traced to the beach, up
which the team had been driven
over the sands and through the
surf as far as La Jolla, q famous
cave fifteen miles up the coast from
San Diego. On the point of rocks
in front of the cave the team was
turned and driven up an ascent
that no one but an insane or
drunken man would attempt. At
ter reaching the top of the bank,
the driver continued up the coast
as far as San DeguitO, where the
carriage was driven into baranca
and overturned. Here the team
was found the next day, the horses
standing quietly on the bank, the
driver lying near them ia
drunken sleep and the carriage in
the ditch. The wine package was
found intact but about half the
demjohn of whisky had been con-
sumed.


We are familiar with the route
traversed and the wonder TO us is
that the whole outfit were not
swept out to sea from the rocks in
front of La Jolla or dashed to pieces
over the cliff, which is $50 feet high
and SO near to the edge OF which
was the carriage driven that the
toes of u mans foot, with the heel
in the wheel track projected over
tho edge of the precipice. We con.
gratulate Captain Johnston on the
possession of the most reliable
span of horses, we venture to as
sert, to be found OIL the Pacific
Coast.