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Year: 1875

THE true inspiration of the Southern
malcontents is to be found in the declara-
ton of the Nashville Union and American
that the Southern people will not assume
the part of the Prodigal Son and ask for
giveness. ''If the North has much to for
get and forgive, " it says, $50 has the South. I"
1t must be admitted that on these grounds
no reconciliation can ever be effected.
While both parties may be willing to for
give and forget the horrors of civil strife,
the North will never agree that the South
did not err in bringing on the war. One
side or the other was certainly in the
wrong, for both could not be right, and it
is fair to assume that the side responsible
for the effort to destroy the Government
which both now profess to love and respect
is the guilty one. In short, every profes-
sion of love and regard for the reunited
government of the country now made by
the South is confession of the criminal
character of the attempt to destroy it.
Year: 1875

IFrom The Raleigh IN. C.l ConstituIion.I


The Constitution Of the United States for
bids the State to pay any debts contracted in
aid of the rebellion, but it does not prohibit
the counties from taxing the people to pay
them. The Charlotte Democrat says 1t is in
favor of getting pay for slave property. There
is only one way this can be done. If the Dem
ocratic party obtain a majority In the conven-
ton they may so arrange as to have the peo-
pie of the different counties taxed to pay the
old aristocracy for the loss of their slaves
Are the laboring men of North Carolina ready
to be taxed for such purposel
Year: 1875

THE Conservative party of Virginia has
repeated its customary annual admonition
to its followers to discourage independent
nominations. The constant inclination of
sham Conservatives to run as independent
candidates, evidenced by this address, in
dicates q feeling of dissatisfaction with the
party of which the Republicans should be
able 70 take advantage.
Year: 1875

A YOUNG MAN WHO WORKS DURING THE DAY
IA for small salary would like to add to the same by tax
ing of small books in doing writing from
to 10 o'clock evenings Address j. B., Herald Uptown
Branch Office, 1,265 Broadway.
Year: 1875

We are sorry to hear that Judge
Cooley is very ill, and for some time
will be unable to discharge his duties
as Police Judge. We hope for his
speedy recovery. Judge Crane is now
acting in his stead.


Some time last week the horses of
j. H. Kincaid were driven off by some
thievish persons. After much hunt
ing they were found in Carpenteria
yesterday afternoon, quietly feeding
near the mountains.


During the six years we have owned
and edited the Santa Barbara Press we
have received many very insulting
anonymous letters, but the climax
came yesterday through the express
office, in the form of ten dollar gold
note, enclosed in half sheet of COM
mercial note paper, without word or
hint to give us clue to the perpe-
traitor of this bold and unparalleled
outrage!


The ship Arkwright, Armstrong
Master, put into this harbor yesterday
afternoon in distress. She is from
British Columbia, loaded with coal,
having nine passengers, and was bound
for San Francisco. She encountered
heavy gales of wind which split her
sails and drove her off her course.
She will be repaired here in about ten
days, and will then proceed on her
course to San Francisco. Her passen-
gers will be forwarded by steamer this
morning for San Francisco.
Year: 1875

q more villainous decoction of alkali
and swamp water stock were never
doomed to drink. There are few liv-
ing springs along the margin of the
swamps, and manywet weather springs
that do not stand the drouth of Sum-
mer. There is not enough butter made
by which to judge of its quality. There
is thorough combination of land and
stock -jobbers who are moving heaven
and earth to induce Eastern immigra-
tion to this country, and you men of
Illinois will rue the day when you sell
your homes in the "garden State" and
come to this "New Italy,"


This is not a self-sustaining country.
California last year imported from the
East bacon and lard alone to the
amount of one million, eight hundred
thousand dollars. Butter, cheese and
other products in the same ratio.
The best that can be said of this
country is that it has genial eli
mate; but men can't live on climate.
But it is no more healthy than Illi-
nOis.


We suspect this correspondent to be
one Of those fellows who are able to
work, but desire to live without it.
The sad fate of Annanias is no warn
ing to these men in their disgust at
the discovery that they must work or
starve when they come to California.
We have no Gains to send these self
appointed liars to the paradise which
they expected to find in California, but
we wish them safely back in their gar
den State to live on drouths and grass
hoppers. The letter is deliberate
tissue of lies. Fruit, grain and vegeta-
bles make an immense crop yearly.
The pasture and water for stock is as
free as the air of heaven, and our
milk and butter would suit the palate
of Philadelphia epicure. Our only
wonder is that one poor finite cores
pondent could lie with such almost in
finite audacity.
Year: 1875

We find a lying letter, purporting
to come from Los Angeles, published
in the Bunker Hill Gazette, printed in
Macoupin county, Illinois. This let
ter is signed Abel, but if the ancient
Abel was like this individual it must
have been for lying that the old rep
rebate Cain slew him. We suspect,
however, that he meant to sign him
self "Able," ,"and We can vouch for him
being able TO out.lie any slanderer we
have yet heard from. Here are few
choice morceaux:


was resident of Gospel Swamp
for some time, and was informed by
good authority that 0ne-eighth of the
area was good farm land. The rest is
well enough for grazing purposes.
Choice localities near the margin OF
the swamps produce abundantly, yet
men have been there for three years
and have not been able to raise crop.
Pumpkins, cabbages, beets and rad
ishes grow to an immense size, but are
more fit for stock to eat than for the
food of man.


u
They (potatoes) do not grow here,
for this is not potato country. The
potatoes consumed here are brought
from the North part of the State.
Oranges grow here IN abundance, but
they are of a sour, inferior quality.
Grapes here are perhaps as good as are
produced anywhere. don't know
where the plenty of apples are pro-
duced, as there are but few orchards
in the country. One fact is potent.
The most of the apples consumed here
are brought from Oregon and the
| North part of the State.


There are no chinch-bugs, but the
squirrels are pest equal to the bugs.
They destroy thousands of bushels of
grain. In parts of the State the farm


ers poison them until the land be-
comes stencil. That there are a few


millions of mosquitoes and frogs in


that paradise of Gospel Swamp is a


Tact realized without any difficulty.
: There is not produced in this county
! more than one-qu9rter of the flour
! consumed here. A large portion of the
vegetables used in Los Angeles are
! trough, from San Francisco.


. 1t Is easy enough to tell what can be


done, hut more to the point to tell


what is done. This is good stock
+, country, and yet during the rains of
. Winter hundreds of head die for want
of feed. The feed is good enough, but
Year: 1875

Reason should teach us that a blotchy, rough, or
pimpled skin depends entirely upon an Internal
cause, and no outward application can ever cure the
defect. yEGErINE is the great blood:puriaer.
Year: 1875

THE Dallas Herald thinks there should be
two supreme courts: one, civil; the other,
criminal. Men are only perfect in a trade
or profession when they are confined in It's
practice to speciality. This double court
would doubtless serve the country more
wisely, and thus at less cost, than bench
required to determine questions Of morals
to-day, Of legal right tomorrow, and Of
criminal evidence the next day.
Year: 1875

The AMERICAN xCARDINAL.-Theap appointment
of Archbishop McCloskey, of New York. TO
the cardinalate is the first distinction OF that
kind ever conferred on an American. The
dignity of cardinal is the highest in the Roman


Catholic Church after that OF Pope, who Is
elected by them alone. The DEGREES OF tne
Council Of Trent direct that the cardinals
should be selected, as far as possible, from all
nations. for the reason that, as the Pope exer-
eises authority over the church in so many
nations In different parts of the world, he
needs the advice of wise and learned men
from all civilized countries in order TO give
truly catholic character to his administration.
Year: 1875

Hardy s. Wilkinson take this opportunity Of in.
forming their lends and the public gencaral that
they have removed their place OF business from
corner Of DelawIre and Commerce st TO six doors
below Main ST. on Commerce, where they propose
carving on painting, papering and graining.


ii. & w. beg TO return their thanks TO their
friends and public generally for the very liberal
amount of support that they have received during
the past year, and trust by strict attention TO all
ders committed TO thom, combined with moderate
charges 10 merit continuance Of the same. mh3 y
Year: 1875

The mold for potting plants should be light
and loamy. the fertilizing material used being
well decayed. II the coil is rich of itself, it is
better to be either very spsring with the fertil.
ger or to dispose Of it altogether. In the bot
tom Of the pot, place several small pieces
Of broken crockery or similar material to assist
the drainage; and in setting the plant be careful
to keep it well down in the pot and pressed
the mold should be about half an inch below the
level Of the top Of the flower pot. Slips should
be planted close to the sides Of the pot, and in
small pots.


When plant becomes pot bound, that is when
the roots have become matted around the sides
and bottom Of the pot, the plant as soon as it
has ceased blooming, should be repotted in a
larger pot. 1t is not necessary to remove any
Of the mold from the roots but simply TO fill IN
the tpace in the larger pot with new and rich
mold.


Plants kept in the windows should be turned
every morning or the light striking on one side
only, will draw the plant to that de 30 that all
its branches and leaves will turn toward the
window. The water in the ssucers should never
be applied TO the plants. In cutting slips OF any
plants, always choose the youngest branches ;
and cut of the slip at the junction of plant or
leaf. since the roots shoot more readily from
such joints. II you follow these directions and
put sufficient sulphate of ammonia to just faint
the water applied to your plants, you may cult-
vate with success almost any plant Country
Gentleman.
Year: 1875

Arguing the resumption question, the as
sertion is frequently made that specie payment
is always in danger Of being suspended by some
sudden panic or business revusion, and it is even
declared by soma that no instance can be shown
of country where such suspensions have not
frequently taken place. There is, in this large
element of fallacy, and considerable share OF
untruth. In the first place, our own experience
under the old system Of State banks-if anything
40 diversified in character and 30 disorderly in
many respects, could be called system-afrords
no basis for Judgment. The banks Of the differ
ent States had different laws to operate under
some stringent and safe, others loose and insult
fcient. As natural consequence, banking in
one section Of the country would be conducted
on sound principles, and in another without any
soundness or any principle, whatever. The wild
cat operations that preceded the suspension Of
1887 were in themselves not only enough to
cause panic but certain to destroy the ability
Of the banks to maintain specie payment. So,
also in 1857 the same condition prevailed, though
there were, at that time some banks which did
not suspend, as, in 1861, the banks Of the Paci-
hc Coast maintained the use of specie, and have
never discon tinued 1t.


What we argue is that our own experience Of
specie suspensions, which all occurred while our
banking was irregularly and loosely conducted
under State laws, prove nothing as to the ability
to maintain speoie-payment under a well-reguls-
ted, sound system Of banking, and turning to the
examples Of other countries, We find this opin-
ion amply fortified. The old banks of Europe,
such as that at Hamburg, and those Of Italy nev-
or suspended, unless they were plundered, for
the simple reason that their issues of paper rep
resented coin actually in their vaults, and in la
ter times, the Bank of England has not suspen-
ded specie payment for more than half a GEN.
tury. The resumption brought about in 1921,
by the "cash payments" act of Parliament, has
been maintained ever since, even in periods Of
severe financial stress


1t will not be asserted that it is possible for
banks, even the most sound and well conducted,
to maintain specie payment under all circum-
stances. We have but recently had the exam
pie, in San Francisco, where specuations and
reckless financering involved one bank and caus.
ing temporary panic, not only suspended that
one institution but several others So true it Is
that safety and stability are only assured by the
observance OF safe and stable rules Of action
But it needs only to be shown at this time that
If the business of the country be carefully and
prudently conducted, there need be no suepen-
sion OF specie payment after it ehall be once du-


y resumed, and this we believe il a proposition
perfectly supported by the experience of the
lworld
Year: 1875

The brief extracts we haze made will
give an idea of the whole. Plan after Plan
WAS proposed but nothing came tor them
and finally the kidnappers were killed and
ieit The late of the poor boy still shrouded
! IN mlstery Some of their letters detailed
the sulferlngs of the child for the evident
purpose OF wringing the heart of the IA
ther, anu stimulating him To prompt ac.
ton. While the father was making these
oft repeated journeys in search of his bov
the bereaved and sorrow stricken
mother sat at home and waited, again and
again to be disappointed. In all the realm
OF nction there is nothing more pathetic
than thd reality of this sad sad story. and
no parent can read the affecting details
without making the case partly his own.
ana experience more or less OF sympathet-
lc heartache and sorrow for the bereayed
father ana mother. The boy was Young
ana. u aiive, Will soon forget the scenes OF
MS earlier years, and with the elasticity of
childhood readily adapt himself TO his
changed condition, but with the parents IL
Is life sorrow.


lhere Is no doubt that the kdnappers
OF charlie Ross had made arrangements To
prosecute their infamous business on a
iarSe sca,e' and were only prevented by
theIr sudden and violent death. Mr. Ross
was not wealthy man, and the DELAY in
iHrHIshIng the large ransom alarmed the
coh'p'rators, who believed that he was in
IeaSue with the police to eutrap them, and
thIs i the reason why they never came
to time.
Year: 1875

Teach them self-rclauce.


Teach them to make bread.


Teach them to make shirts.


Teach them to foot up store bills
Teach them not to wear false hair.
Teach them 10 wear thick, warm shoes.
Bring them up in the way they should
90.


Teach them how to wash and iron
clothes.


Teach them how to make their own
dresses.


Teach theu that dollar is only hun
dred cents.


Teach them 20 cook good meal OF vict-
mails


Teach them how to darn stockings and
sew on buttons.


Teach them every day dry, hard, practi-
cal common seEse.


Teach them TO say no, and mean it; or
say yes, and stick TO it.


Teach them to wear calico dresses and
do it like queens.


Teach them that a good rosy romp is
worth fifty consumptives.


Teach them to regard the morals and
not the money of their beaux.


Teach them all the mysteries of the
kitchen, the dniu9-room and the parlor.
Teach them not to have anything to do
with dissolute young men.
Year: 1875

CHICAGO hotel walters. are In certain re-
spects the most eccentric people in that &C.
centric city. Those employed at the Palmer
House revolted the other day because they
were told to get to their work half an hour
earlier in the morning and to eat their meals
before they waited on the table. 1t is not
difficult to understand the objection of the
average man to going to work half an hour
earlier than usual--or indeed TO going to
work at all; but the refusal to eat before la
Dor, the keen desire to 60 to work ''on an
empty stomach" is something entirely unpre-
cedented in The history OF the race, and will
bear investigation.
Year: 1875

BY the simple plan OF paying her way as
she goes, Boston has succeeded in reducing
by million and halt the amount TO be
raised by taxation this year, and there is
decrease of ten per cent. in the rate. More
than million dollars of debt have been paid
off, and the charge for interest and premium
has been reduced by $4,000. The policy of
keeping down the debt by incurring no ex-
pense which the city cannot afford to pay in
the same year has been rosolutely entered
upon.- Last year the expense Of enlarging
the city hospital, 100000, new school
houses $4,000 extension of the water
works, 5000 900. and other expenses to the
amount of million and half were incur
red. Instead of borrowing money to pay
these they were included in the current ex-
penses, and paid for out OF the annual tax
levy; and SO the debt was not added to.
Year: 1875

THE test case taken from Michigan before
the Supreme Court of the United States has
resulted in decision that state has the
right to tax land grant lands while they are
still in the possession of the railroad compa-
nies. The decision will be OF interest in 9th
er states than Michigan.
Year: 1875

THE Superior Court Of New York city has
decided that street railway company have
perfect right to eject intoxicated persons
from their cars, and that the company is not
responsible for damages in the event of the
fatal injury Of person elected under such
circumstances
Year: 1875

THERE IS a movement in Boston to raise
the age Of admission TO the schools to six
years, and to reduce the hours of attendance
to three each day, with recess Of thirty
minutes at that; the daily sessions to begin
at nine o'clock and to end at half past twelve.
The experience of Germany and Switzerland
is urged in favor of the innovations.
Year: 1875

WISCONSIN and Minnesota appear to be
enjoying sane interval, and are taking
back-water on the famous Potter law. That
ill-advised measure has been the cause of a
very serious disturbance of business during
the year it has been In operation.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and csmmuni-
cations. The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but a guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nieations that are not used
Year: 1875

A Massachusetts, lady writes: "This morning early, as I sat by my window looking down upon the busy street, saw 8 woman butcher jump from her wagon and take piece of corned beef round to the side door of the residence across the way. How neat and tidy she looked, with dark calico dress, blue checked apron and white oversleeves which came to her elbow, with brown hat ahdsa red scarf tied carelessly about her neck. Soon she came out, jumped briskly into the wagon, took up the lines, at the same time putting her foot upon the brake, for 1t was a down grade, and drove off like any other butcher"
Year: 1875

Will be found to possess those qualities to the total eradication of all bilious attacks prompt to start the secreons of the ver give healthy tone to the entire system. It is ordinary discovery in medical science to have invented remedy for these stubborn complaints which develop all the results pro duoed by heretofore free of oaomel, a mineral justly dreaded by mankind and acknowledged to be destructive ia the extreme to the human system That the properties of certain vegetables comprise all the virtues of caomel without its injurious tendencies is admitted fact rendered ndisputable by scien- to researches and those who the Mandrake Pills will be fully satisfied that the best medicines those provided by nature in the herbs and roots of the fields.

 Those pills open the bowels and correct all bous de- ransements without salvation any of the injurious effects of calomel other poisons The secretion of bile Is promoted by these pills. will be by the altered color of the stools and disappearing of the sallow complexion and cleansing of the tongue.

 Ample directions for accompany each box of pills

 Prepared only by J. H. SCHENCK SON. at their principal office, Sixth and Arch Streets Phila delphia, and for sale by all druggists aud dealers Price 25 cents per box.
Year: 1875

Persons who have become thoroughly chilled from any cause may have their circu- lation at once restored by taking into the stomach teaspoonful of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment mixed in little cold water, we'll sweetened.-Co7n.
Year: 1875

Dennis Welch, homesteader To-
Gated about eight miles from Cheney,
Michigan, on the Detroit, Lansing &
Saginaw Railroad, started from home
w ednesday morning to go to the Post
Office for his mail. The terrible snow
storm Of that day caught him on the
road. When within calling distance Of
home he shouted to his wife to put a
light in the window, as it was then
dark. She did so; and asked him if she
should come to him. He answered
"no," he could get in alone. He did
not get in, and next morning with
the aid of the neighbors they found
him buried under four feet of snow
frozen to DEATH
Year: 1875




This distinguished educator is a
candidate, as we are informed, for
Superintendent of Public 1nstruc-
ton. If this be so, we are heartily
glad to know it, for there are few, if
any, better educators in the State.
His whole life, almost, has been de-
voted to this great work. He loves
it as he does the apple of bis eye.
1t is no secondary consideration with
him. 1t is the Alpha and the One
ga in his estimation. He pursues it
for the love Of it. For years he has
been necessarily in the school room,
and has established an enviable rep
utation as an educator of the high
est gifts and qualifications.


His intellectual, moral and social
position is such as to enable him 10
take a high rank all over the State,
and to command the unqualified re-
spect of all classes Of our fellow
citizens. Hence the cause of popu-
lar education would not only be-safe
in his hands, but would receive an
impetus through his instrumentality
that would send it forward rapidly
and efficiently.