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Year: 1878

The eot-backs OF the last two
years, although they were not in
any sense welcome, have not been
without their beneficial uses here.
abouts. Several years ago we had
on entirely too much steam. The
voting population of Los Angeles
county doubled in three years.
Such monstrous inpour of popu-
lation threw our land owners, both
In the city and county, entirely off
their feet. No one knew exactly
what to ask for city lots or ranch
property. Prices of real estate ap-
preciated in an unhealthy ratio.
The impetuous flow Of the wave on
the shore is always followed by a
retrocesslon. The flood is always
succeeded by the ebb. We have
been for some time past, in Los An
geles city and county, absolutely
down to bedrock in all matters
pertaining to real estate. AS we
heartily believe that the whole ma
tion 10 at bedrock, and that the
next movement, from the center
all round to the two seas that wash
the United States, will be one
towards prosperity, we are glad
that we shall all start out together.
We shall profit by an immigration
stimulated by the returning pros
perity In the East, north and
northwest, which will enable in.
tending immigrants to realize on
their property and execute long
cherished Intentions; and we shall
also profit by the plague which has
desolated the South and frightened
multitudes of its people into bid
ding an eternal farewell to their
section. From this time on city
and county real estate will bt
marked by hardening tendency


We don't expect or desire to SCI
anything of the old fever and in
hated prices. but We do hope to b'
called upon to record mum erou


sales at fair figures, to desirable
class of settlers. So favorable ar,
all the Indications for Los Angeles
~ they present themselves to US to
dly, that, with the single qualif
cation that we shall nave goo,
winter, we have no hesitation il
predicting that, in twelvemonth
this section will be character
lied by an improvement which
will have none of the features o
the febrile times of 1S74-75, bu
which will be far more durable ant
emphatic. We are glad to believ'
this, because the property holder
Of Los Angeles have shown, dur
Ing the late hard times, a plucl
and confidence in the future o
their city which are deserving o
all reward. A bird's-eye glance a


pr leading thoroughfares SHOW
.-.5W stHHsr-6nd u unhesitating hav'
been their backing of the city in
which most OF them have mad,
their wealth. We have touch ed
upon o number of topics in thes'
few remarks to which we shall re
cur In future articles.
Year: 1878

A Boston class in natural history
were being put through the fac.
ings, and to show their knowledge,
the pedagogue went a little aside
from the Textbook, and asked
where down came from. There was
an awful pause for few minutes,
which was finally broken by a lit
tie four foot nothing with, "They
get it In the ground" "In the
ground? How's that?u Why,
down In O coal mine, sir.r
Year: 1878

THE SILVER QUESTION IN ENGLAND.-In the
bell, liberal, asked whether, now that the
United States had made silver legal tender
the government would consider the possibility
of establishing equivalent silver coinages in
the great silver using dependencies of the
kingdom. He advocated an increase of the
silver rupee coinage. The Right Honorable
proposals. He said the bi-metallic standard
was very incOnvenient and that the govern
ments duties in regard to currency should be
limited to the prevention of fraud.
Year: 1878

SAN FRANCISCO, August GA despatch from
Fort Lapwai says the Indians supposed TO De
White birds band prove To be only a small
party OF thirteen men and eight women
White Bird and most of his band are still with
Sitting Bull.
Year: 1878

BOSTON, August 6.-The following were the
resolutions adopted at the kearney meeting
for the avOwed purpose of advancing and con
serving the interests of the masses, has been
reduced to "a plutocracy that employs the re
tidiOus work of establishing thieving mOnopo-
lies and class privileges. that sap the blood of
the national industries, SO that it can be
Tapped up by the vampires of capital; and
whereas all laws enacted that are not in the
direct and open interest of the producing and
labor classes are crime against the spirit and
prosperity OF this republic, for which the legiS-
latOr should be branded with the infamy of
Criminal imprisonment; and whereas fnfa
NOUS ii not criminal, class legislation has
been heaped upon the industries of the nation
by political parties until the burden has be-
come the torture OF the masses, from which
there Is no escape except by uniting. the mu
tual interests of the producing and labOring
people OF all classes in such political action as
VIII give them their rightful control OF state
they have been plundered-and thereby re-
store this government to the just and lawful
purposes for which it was instituted by our
patriot fathers: Therefore, be it


ResOlyed By the Citizens of Boston in Fan
eu1 HdU assembled, That it is in the highest
and truest interests of all the industrial
classes in New England that they should ex-
lend a hearty, cordial and united support to
Dennis kearney, the great and efficient apostle
OF the labOring classes of California, who
comes among them for the noble purpose of
uniting them as he has united their brothers
in his own state, in that political action which
is necessary to restore this government to the
just and humane principles for which it was
Instituted, SO that the prosperity Of this peo-
pie may be recalled and firmly established"


kearney and the Associated Press.


Kearney in his harangue last night used
much of his vocabulary to viIlify the "Asso-
ciated Press" Reading from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle a dispatch, he attributed it to
the Associated Press" No such dispatch
was sent from this office The only disnatch
we have sent beside simple announcement
of his arrival and the programme for the
meeting last night, was the report of an in
nished by Kearney's private secretary, and
afterwards peddled out to the Boston morn
ing papers for S. each by said secretary.
Year: 1878

COL Casey has submitted his report on the
Washington Monument to the President, VINO
Will call an early meeting Of the joint commits
sion, and lay it before that body At the re-
quest of the President the report will not be
made public until the commission has acted
upon It, 1t Is very interesting and lengthy
document The plan proposed for strengthen
ing the foundation has been given in THE
STAR. 1t is by lateral and downward exten-
siOns OF the base. By this means such addi-
tional strength can be given as will insure the
safety OF the structure raised to height of 525
feet. The report also points out the various
mistakes in the dimension data accepted as
correct, which were discovered at the begin
ming of Col. Casey's and Capt. Davis labors.
Thus instead of being about 173 feet high, as
ment's altitude is in fact only fraction Of an
inch over 156 feet. 1t has also been found that
the base does not descend as far into the
ground as it was thought it did. Other mac
curacies are mentioned in the report, and a
number of recommendations made. Among
the latter is one that the monument be run up
to 525 feet, instead of 1856 feet, and that work
be commenced as soon as possible, and carried
on until the monument is completed.
Year: 1878

The Countess Joannes Moore, the
Sweet Singer of Michigan, hastily flung
off the following the other day: 9 If you
feel little pale, think of joiner and the
whale, and the frightened place OF joiner
when he thought himself goner. -Est
Year: 1878

A Girls COMPOSITION ON Boys
Boys is strange things. Boys is of three
kinds--the baby boy the little boy and
the big boy. l don't like the baby boy,
because he squalls and kicks and | Lave
TO rock him with cradle. But if .he
big boy or little boy squalls and kicks,
| can rock him with stones. like the
little boy best when he's got candy and
gives me some. But like the big boy
best when it SHOWS, because he can
haul me on his sled. A boy is a little
man, if he behaves himself, and if he
doesn't he's little devil; that is what
mother said brother Bob was the other
day when he told MISS Smith that moth
er said she was an old bore. Ny papa
said ne was little boy once, but moth
er said she wasn't, aud she wishes papa
was little boy once more. Sister Ju-
liza says she doesn't like boys, and when
| saw her and Tom Brown a setting in
the rocking chair Sunday night, she
said she was trying to squeeze the life
out OF him cause she didn't like him,
but ! don't think she was.
Year: 1878

It would be strange indeed H.
in the multitude of contradict
ory statements made by the
managers Of the Northern "a
cific Railroad Company. a truth
could not be found. The com
pany now announce what we
have been saying all along, that
anot within the life of any per-
son now living would the COM
pany build railroad across the
Cascade range" A letter to the
MtelAgsncer two or three weeks
ago announced that the presi-
dent of the company would visit
Seattle this summer with view
of locating the road from this
city across the Cascades. But
now a letter to the Tacoma Her
nM tells Enthusiastically that the
company never intend to build
this road. The chief engineer
of the company gives 1t as his
oninion that s.not within the
life of any person now living
would the company build rail
road across the Cascade range,
50 difficult and costly would be
the engineering and so eNpens-
i've and troublesome both the
maintenance and operation.


The Herald adds that the cngl
neer stands at the head OF MS
profession. This opinion ap-
pears to have been stated to the
house committee. This letter
gives us to understand that the
company never intended to build
the road across the Cascades
and their only object for getting
the time extended on the branch
line is to prevent the settlement
Of our public lands for the next
ten years. This soulless and
unprlncipled corporation Justly
merits the mi>Iortunes that have
oyertaken it, and which might
have been avoided by an honest.
straightforward course. There
IS no hope of connection by rail
of Eastern and Western Wash
ington, except by the Seattle q
Walla Walla Railroad. it is
therefore the duty Of every cit
izen of the Puget Sound basin to
encourage the early completion
of that road by every just
means.
Year: 1878

So great is the indignation in
Trenton over the use OF the
stretcher in the State prison that
TWO residents submitted to the
torture of the machine, to be
able to testify as to what it Is.
One Of them stood it for five
minutes; but. the other cried
Enough" in a minute and a half.
The pain was intense. Yet, ac-
cording to Deputy Keeper Nc
Cures testimony, convlcts had
been kept for twenty minutes in
the stretcher.
Year: 1878

some p0Opl0 CuitAs"Ce q uiSPO-
sition of fault-finding and quar-
relsomeness. They ire never
satisfied with themselves, and,
consequently, are never satisfied
with others. They enjoy being
unhappy, and nurse a grievance
with the greatest zeal and in
dustry. They are constantly
looking about them for some
fancied slight or insult, and are
continually working themselves
into q mental heat over the same.
They make life a burden to
themselves and a source of un-
happines to oil who come in con-
tact with them. They make
desclate and gloemy the pleas
apt places of life, and fill their
day with painful unrest. They
take an absolute pleasure in con-
templatlng some injustice done
to themselves, and worry them
selves into a pitiful state of un-
happiness, if people by whom
they are surrounded do not give
them sufficient cause for the ex-
ercise Of this acrid disposition.
They hunt around, as 1T were,
for those most likely to give
them offence, and straightway
put themselves into an attitude
Of resentment in accordance
with this feeling. People Of this
character are frequently met in
daily life. They have a pinch
ed and bilious look, as though
their livers We're constantly out
Of order, and as though their ep-
igastric functions were in a con
slant state of embarrassment.
Such people are suspicious and
disagreeable, and always look at
life through jaundiced eyes.
There is no kindness in their
hearts and no friendship on their
lips. They go through life with
their feathers the wrong way.
and, like a porcupine, they are
always darting them at those
around them. All Of US know
such people, and it may be that
feelings like these sometimes
come into our own hearts. If
so, we shall know how to guard
against them, and how to crush
them cut Of existence, like nex-
ious weeds in a garden Of flow
ers, by having attention called
to them. Magranimity, self
sacrifice, and kindness towards
our fellows, have their compen-
sations and rewards, and quar-
relsomeness, fault-inding and
captiousness, brings their pun
ishments. Those who give
others the most happiness enjoy
the most happiness themselves.
A self-consciousness arises from
personal vanity or from selfish
ness, and one may be sure that
true merit and goodness will al
ways receive the attention they
deserve. Gratuitous insults are
not common, and one should al
ways remember that the world
is large, and that one IS not of so
much consequence to mankind
as he may imagine.
Year: 1878

The Sitting Bull business in
the Northwest acquires new in
tercst from the recent statement
of Col. Corbin, who was one of
the United States Commissioners
to treat with that chief. He
says that the treaty made by the
Sitting Bull Commission with
the Canadian Commission of the
Northwest naturalized Sitting
Bull as a Canadian Indian, so
that, if the chief does cross the
border and commit depredations
in the United States, the Do
minion Government will be re-
sponsible for them.
Year: 1878

1t has puzzled many to decide why the
dark wood so highly valued for pianos,
and in these times so cleverly initiated.
should be called rosewood. Its color,
certainly, does not look like that of q
rose but when the tree is first cut, the
fresh wood possesses strong, rose-like
fragrance; hence the name. There are
half dozen or more kinds of rosewood
trees found in South America and in
the East Indies and neighboring islands.
Sometimes the trees grow so large that
planks four feet broad and ten feet in
length can be cut from them. These
broad planks are principally used to
make tops of piano-fortes. When grow
ing, the rosewood tree is remarkable for
its beauty; but such is its value in
manufactures as an ornamental wood,
that some of the forests where it once
grew abundantly, now have scarcely a
single specimen. In Madras the govern
ment has prudently had great pianta-
tions of this tree set out in order to
keen up the supply.
Year: 1878

THIS is the reason st. Louis suffered
30 much from the heat during the late
warmth: The city is situated upon lime
rock, and densely built. The rock and
the bricks get heated and make the air
hot. Now, in dry air the perspirstion
from the skin will evaporate. But there
the air is continually moist, and there
fore does not carry off the surplus heat
which comes as perspiration from the
body. Besides, hot, damp air is very
unhealthy to breathe. Then, again, St.
Louis is situated where there is very
little wind to carry away this fatal
atmosphere.
Year: 1878

THE good wife should resemble three
things, which three things she should
not be like. First, she should be like a
snail, always in her own house; but she
should not be like a snail, to carry
everything she has upon her back. Sec
ond, she should resemble an echo, to
speak when spoken to; but she should
not be like an echo, always to have the
last word. Third, she should resemble a
town clock in keeping good time and
regularity, but she should not be like a
town clock, to speak SO loud that all the
town may hear.
Year: 1878

THE microphone of itself cannot, of
course, produce sound but what world
of sounds there is at present undistin-
guisbabie by the human ear, which it
makes manifesto The impinging of a
ray of light on any body, the growth of
a tree, the rise of the sap in a plant, the
fight and breathing of minute insects,
the flow of the blood in the veins, the
passage Of the air in the lungs, the
combination of chemicals-all of these
may be rendered distinctly audible to
the human ear.
Year: 1878

TIE young men of this country will
be pleased to know that an Ohio barber
has invented machine by which he can
SINCE off the human hair one thirteen
one-hundredths of an inch closer to the
skull than it is now possible to bring it
with the clipping machine. Any young
man who viii go out into society with
great atstragglinglocks nearly three-eighths
of an inch long strockling down his hack
ought to be ashamed of himself Hack
Year: 1878

jews Of past centuries have always
been depicted as bearded, and it was
only toward the last century that any of
them shaved. An ancient law forbade
the use Of any metal instrument in re-
moving the beard, and any one desiring
smooth face was required to rasp the
hair with pumice stone. The process
being anything but agreeable, of course
few or none adopted it.
Year: 1878

Ex-BmHoP McCosKREY and wife
sailed for Europe on the steamship
Oder. His ex-eminence looked very sad
as he sat in the deck cabin, conversing
occasionally with few friends who had
come TO bid him adieu. He said that he
was going to see his daughter, and did
not know how long he would be absent
or where he would travel.
Year: 1878

THE account of how titled Russian
lady has discovered to her cost the PEN
alties Of expressing in too emphatic
manner her disapproval of her governess's
behavior, will, if true, convey a curious
idea Of some social customs in that
country. The Princess Manweloff had a
habit of striking her governess, lady
of noble birth, and the latter complained
of her to the local justice. In this in
stance, the law was respecter of per-
sons, and the Princess was ordered
three days detention in her own house.
The governess was dissatisfied and ap-
pealed TO a higher court, which SEN
tenced the defendant to an inprison-
ment Of three months in the common
iail.
Year: 1878

We received lately letter from SOL
dier at Fort Totten, inqu:ring what rights
u soldier serving IN the regular army had
in the way of obtaining government lands,
and indicating the writer's desire to
obtain homestead


We have often wondered that the 'boys
in blue" did not {as their time of service
in the army would also apply on the time
required that man shall live Oh bis pre-
emption or homestead) take up under the
Pre-. emption. or preferably the Homestead
Act, - good farm; SD that when they leave
the army the: may be well started in life


In taking pre- emption, actual rcsi>
dcncc is required from u citizen from the
Year: 1878

The Pennsylvania Democratic plat
form has the true ring on the financial
question. Ii the Democratic party had
taken the stand years ago that the
Pennsylvania Democrats took yester.
day on this vital question, it would
have been much better for the party
and ten.fold better for the people. Re-
publican financial mismanagement has
caused trouble in this country that can
mot be estimated. We trust the Dem.
oCrats will carry Pennsylvania by such
a majority that no one will be able TO
doubt the significance of the victory.
Year: 1878

IL the Senate when the bill came up
to put Gen. Shields on the retired list,
Blaine and Hill had q Wordy battle,
provoked by the former, Hill used up
Blaine so badly that he will not tackle
the Georgia Senator again soon.
Year: 1878

TIE New Orleans Picayune is of the
opinion that the debate In the Senate
on Monday, and the adoption OF Mr..
Sargenrs amendment to the Shields
bill, may be regarded as an opening of
the Grant campaign for the succession.
Year: 1878

The Vicksburg HERALD in speaking
Of the State Press has this to say: "0ur
State owes q debt to its press that It
can never repay" We do not agree
with the HERALD. On the contrary,
we insist that the debt can be paid, and
that 1t ought to be paid. "Two dollars
8 year" is so small 3 sum that every
man can certainly afford to pay up, no
matter If he is delinquent for q dozen
Yesrs or more.-LRaymond Gazette.
Year: 1878

what is termed menial service. The first OF
these is the influence Of slavery, which once
perlneated the en.iye country With degra-
ding views of labor 1t will take hundred
years to recover from the influence OF slave
code with it's ''mulsill" theory of labor.


Another cause is immigration, which has
filled nearly every department of common
labor with ignorant and cheap Workmen,
crowding out intelligence or snbjecting it to
unpleasant social conditions 1t was once a
common thing for the sons and daughters
of persons in good circumstances Ito 60
out to SERVICE" and they were treated rs the
equals socially of other young people; ana
this is now true in American communities
where the social condition of the laborer has
not been degraded by the Introduction of
cheap labor. When domestic service in New
England was subjected to social degrada-
ton, the American girl turned to the mills
and factories for employment, and when lg-
norMnt foreign labor took possession ct these
she turned to the store, the telegraph Office,
The school-room and other occupations de-
handing intelligence and granting some So
cal recognition. What the American girl
has done her brother has done. What each
has sought is not so much an escape from
work as protection from social ostracsm.
When the broom or the spade is socially
tainted, the intelligent American youth will
drop it, The only remedy is the removal OF
the social faint OF the broom and the spade
by elevating the character of those who use
them. Workmen as class, not their tools,
determine the dignity Of their employment.
Intelligence and moral worth ennoble all
labor. .--Factory and Farm.
Year: 1878

TuE harvest is progressing; and well it
,bould. for these warm sunny days are ri
osnns the grain rapidly, and where farmers
have large crops a portion of it is apt to
sat 70 dry before he can get to it. 1t is
therefore best to begin as soon us the grain
will do. The best authorities agree that the
Droper time for cutting wheat is when it is
il the dough. 1t not only makes better
aour. but there is less waste in handling.
Oats should also be cut earlier than is usual
in Montana. Those farmers who have no
meadows would find it very advantageous
10 cut their feed oats quite early and while
the straw is still green. This makes an eN-
cpllent feed and answers as 4 good substi-
mle for hay. If cut at the proper time Is
mucl, better than Il great deal OF the hay
our farmers use. 10 feed sheaf oats prop
erly it should be cut up fine. A machine Tor
this purpose may be riged up on most Mon
tana farms to run by water. AT this season
As we'll as all others, farmers should crowd
their work, not let their work crowd them.
Everything must be done in its own good
time. However fruitful the summers work
may have been, the gathering of the crop
must be carried forward with Dispatch, and
In due time. in order to crown the seasons
AbOrs with success.