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Year: 1874

DE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
11-COuNCIL OF the: City OF Los Angeles,
as follows:


SECTION !. That the assessments herelnaf-
ter set forth are hereby declared to be the as
sessnents properly chargeable TO and col
lectable from the several owners of the prop
erty respectively hereinafter described, for and
on account OF the grading of Main street,
as ordered to be graded by a resolution of the
Common Council on the 2lst day of May, A.
ID. 1874.


SEC. =. That each of the assessments here
matter contained and set forth as the assess
ment levied upon and charged against the
respective lots or parts thereof for the grading
or said Temple street and the grading of any
intersection OF cross streets, Is hereby de-
clared true and correct, and that the valua-
tions respectively put upon such lots or parts
thereof are the just and correct cash values
OF such lots or parts thereof, Irrespective of
improvements thereon, liable 10 be assessed
therefor:


SEC. 3. The Clerk of the Common Council
Is hereby directed to enter a statement OF this
assessment in the docket of city liens, accord
ing to law, and give notice of the levy ofsuch
assessment by publication OF the same 1or ten
days In the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD and
La Croaica respectively.


SEC. A. The following is the assessment
herein before referred to. That is TO say:
In the Matter Of the Grading and Maxi


ing OF Main street between Fourth


street ami the Plaza Assessment


List.
Year: 1874

THE SCIENCE OF CHURNISG.-Mr. L. B. Arnold
Secretary of the American Dairymen's AssO-
citation, discoursed thus concerning churning.
at a late meeting of Vermont dairymen. He
analyZed the operation by going back to the
structure of cream and showing what was ne =
cessary to be done. The fatty. matter in milk is
not uniform-a part of it consists of the essen
tiai oils of the grasses, which correspond to tho
oil of peppermint, wintergreen, ETC., of the
druggists, and which give the nutty flavor to
butter and cheese. These exstin small quanti-
ty and in anaked and uncOmbined condition,
and may be separated from the cream by treat
ment with either. The bulk of the cream con
sists Of minute glObues Of fat in the form of an
emulsion with albuminOus matter and water.
and covered with d thin albuminOus envelope.
The existence of this envelope is denied by
some Investigators, but it is a reality AS an
evidence of the tendency in the secretion OF


milk to coat over the globules, MIR. Arnold ex-
hibited microscopic illustration of one large
gobllle and several smaller ones inside, with d
portion of the envelope broken off and Topped
over on the side of the glObule The glObiIles
of cream contain yellow and white fat-olen
and margarin--in the same envelope. To get
off the envelope and leave these little SpeCks of
mixed fat unbrOken and unaltcrcd IL what wG
desire in churning. These skins, so to call them


can be got off in two ways; one is by wearing
them off as with the paddles of rotary churn
when the cream is sweet, the other is to loosen
and peel them off, which is done by souring,
The watery part of the envelopesseparates from
the solid by sOuring, just as it does from the
curd or solid part of milk, and the envelope
shrinks and cracks and pecls off with little effort


very much az the bark is loosened and peel5
from the body of tree by partial decay. By
using q dash-churn with dasher that will fill
thrce-fourths OF tho section of the churn tho
cream will be subjected to a yielding pressure
at each stroke, and the sacks are peeled off with
the least injury to the gohulcs. By wearing
the sacks Off as is done when dash is used that
is so small as not to insure something of pres
sure on the cream and as is done in most Of tho
5000 patent devices, the skins of the larger glo-
buIes wear off first because they meet with the
most friction, and the work is done uncvenly.
If the Churning is continued till the small glO-
bules come" the larger ones will be overChurn-
ed and the emulsion become greasy. Relative
ly there is often as much difference in the si1e
Of the globules there is between cannon balls
muskct balls, and shot; and hence, when tho
work is done by wearing off, it is done very uIL~
eqaly. Just s0uring enough to effect cOagula-
ton is best Too much sOurng produces new
products and Injuries the butter, and makes tho
churning more difficult
Year: 1874

A Cornw wall farmer told us that his cat.
tie were so gentle and kind that they fol
lowed him all over the farm, and 10 pass.
ing . haystack they would often call him,
upon which he obligingly gave each one
lock OF hay. The traits referred to are
not un"ommon among domesticated ami
mails. We were visiting family last
week In the vicinity of Goshen, and, hav
Ing occasion 10 cross field where male
COW was grazing, he followed us to the
gate with an eager expression, and. lift
ing tue gate of its hinges. he took after
~ 1t full speed. No doubt he would
have called when we passed haystask,
but the folks were waiting dinner for us,
and We couldn't stop. So we left our
coat tail and q portion Of our pants on
the gentle creatures horns, and went into
The house
Year: 1874

warranted not to cut in the eye--not nead-
ache in hhds of tit is no sooner in your
belly than its on your back in pound of beet
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1874

prison walls she Immediately gave tne alarm
and Warden Dunnam. hastily tnrowhng On nus
personsiy recsp.uring the woud;oe fugitive
6na6 IN cell No. on the first moor OF the
prison proper. An examination OF his cell showed
fhst nue or the iron bars nad been cut through
ANA then bent back sufficiently TO allow mis- exit.
just opposite the cell Is Q window which over
IooEa the PRISON yard. This window is secured IN
the same manner as the cells, but the prisoner
had cut through this ~ we'll, and by means Of
rope with which he had been provided he was en-
abled TO lower himself 2 distance Of TWENTY-FIVE
rounded BY Q wall eighteen feet high but this
would not have proved an obstacle to his complete
escape, as he was furnished also with grapne!s
winch were attached 10 the end OF the rope, and
Is was while endeavoring TO fasten these on the
top Of the wall that he was discovered. When
captured he WAS endeavorng to hide IN an angle
OF the wall. The instrument useo TO cut through
she iron bars which are fuiy an inch in diameter,
was . saw made out OF an ordinary case knife.
Ine prisorer. before being locked up, was ques.
uoned ~ to who supplied HIM with the means OF
escape. but he steadily refused to answer or to
duplicate In any way the friends who had rem
dered him assistance
Year: 1874

The painters have CONF leted their decoration os
the Goddess Of Liberty and the entire cupola Of
City Hail. The white coating makes a peculiar
and grotesque contrast TO the main ednce. which
needs q thorough overhaulinR Inside and out
side our City Hall rs at present disgrace to the
city.


The Commission Of Armories and DrillroomA
composed OF Messrs BixDy, Shook and Cowan,
held meeting yesterday.


Comptroller Green has not yet returned from
Massachusetts, whittier he retired for brief Pc
riod OF rest. He is expected back to-day. City
claimants should meet him In a body at the rail-
road depot and escort him In triumph to his
Office.


Mayor elect wickham has expressed himself a.
strongly opposed to all street ODstructions. While
in company yesterday with one OF our recently
elected Aldermen he suggested the carrying out
OF vigorous ordinances in order TO prevent the
blocking up Of sidewalks and other nuisances OF Q
similar character. Foot passengers through our
City win consider this movement OF our incoming
Mayor as a special act Of grace.
Year: 1874

FRIDAY. Nov 27-6 P. NJ
The stock market was dull at the Close and
without especial feature in the earlier part OF the
day. An exceptionally strong stock made itself
felt In the shape OF Northwest common. which ad-
vanced from AK TO 44t4. The preferred stock
sold at elX. Lake shore, heretofore favorire,
declined to 7szS, and the suspicion was frequently
expressed that the cause OF the weakness was due
to the fact that instead OF four per cent. divi-
dend It ts probable that only three per cent.
dividend will be declared. Western Union, ST.
Paul and Wabash at the close were COMPARE
lively nrm. The rest OF the market was about
steady. as will be seen from the
Year: 1874

The election of q Judge is a matter
of the gravest Importance that n peo-
pie can ever be called upon to con-
slider. It will be the duty of the voters
of this district next week to choose a
Judge to administer justice among
them for eight years and Mr. Daniel
l.. Russell IS candidate for the place,
Is he fit for it ?


If unbridled passion and uncontrol-
liable temper render O man unfit to sit
in the judgment seat, then Judge
liussell has publicly confessed that he
is utterly disqualified to be upon the
bench.


At Town Greek, in Brunswick county,
on Friday last, there was tax gath
ering and candidates and others spoke.
Judge Russell was also there and in
the course of the day became engaged
in most unseemly wrangle to call
it by no harsher name, with one
of his fellow citizens, in which he
publicly cursed and swore and gesticu-
lated in q violent manner. Some of
the Judges expressions were "It is a
damned lie" SIT is a God damned Ee",
''You are a liar, God damn you."
Year: 1874

Murder in ono case-a harmless
blow with a pair of names in the
other. For the murder, the murder
of a woman by q man, the negro goes
free on a bond of $500. For the blow
with the names the white man must
give justified bond of $1,000!


And yet, after all this, the poor
creature asks white men to vote for
him to be their Judge for eight years!
Year: 1874

SIR:-Your letter of the 9th inst.
was handed to me yesterday by the
gentleman to whom it was enclosed.


Generosity il one of the elements of
true courage and real manhood-to
the possession of which aspire-and
inasmuch rs yOu admit that you have
wronged me (although not in such n
way as / would have right to expect),
/ am willing that this unpleasant affair
shall be forgotten; and if it shall serve
in any degree rs a lesson against re-
sorting to improper means to accom-
plish political purposes, it will not
have been entirely unfruitful of good


Yours resnnctf1lllv
Year: 1874

The AcGldRche can not be turned aside
either by the correspondents or editor of
the Union and Americun from assaiing the
funding bill, the funding ring, and their
advocates and defenders. We shall keep
upthe fight until the people in the Novem-
ber elections have passed Judgment upon
them and their policy. We may be in
error in believing that the present system
of taxation, assessment and administra-
ton of State and local governments, is un-
equal and unjust, oppressive and ruinous
to the bests interests of the labor and
property of the State. It is not change
that We advocate, but reform of abuses:
not agitation for the sake of agitation, but
for the cause of better government, and
in this cause we are willing to submit to
odious epithets from our opponents who
have no argument 10 make.-hemphis
Avalanche.


The net results of the Ashantee expedi-
ton appear to be the killing of a part of
the Ashantee army and the promise of the
King to pay a few thousand pounds of
gold by way of indemnity, and TO refrain
from making war on any of the tribes al
lied with England. The English COM
mander expresses doubts as 10 whether
the indemnity will be paid, and j. evident
ly satisfied with having beaten the saw
ages in battle, and so humiliated for
time their presumptuous nonarch.-IHe
Year: 1874

y New York Herald i" Commissioner
interviewed every United States Senator
on the currency question, in order TO elicit
their views. Here is what Senator Brown.
low had to say:


am firmly convinced that the good of
me whole country requires an increase in
the volume of our circulating medium. or
course 10 not mean by this that il is TO
the interest Of the few States having n
monopoly of the currency, that we should
nave an increase. Nor do mean that IL Is
TO the interest of few thousand very rich


men ana few thousand bloated officers
ana stockholders of national banks, having
a a manopoly OF the money Of the country,
that we should have an increase of the cir,
culating medium. But the great mass of
the people need it and demand IL. Tn all
the Southern and Western States there is
great suffering because of the want of
an adequate supply of money. 1t is this
suffering which has given potency to the
organization known as grangers. And un-
less the present Congress shall, by an in-
crease OF the currency, give to the West
and South what they reagard as Justice i'm
this matter the next House of Renresen-
tatlves Will, / fear be inimical TO the
republican party and the Admins
tration. My solution of the difficulty is an
increase in the volume of our circulating
medium with free banking. With such
legislation on the part of Congress the
commercial needs Of the country will have
been met. The suffering now prevailing
throughout two thirds of the country will
have been alleyiated. The Republican
party will have regained its lost prestige
ana can-if Gen. .Grantwill accept the nom
lnation--as triumphantly re-elect him for
The the third term as it did for the second.
The idea Of returning TO specie payments
Is preposterous. 1t will bring widespread
disaster and ruin to the great mass of our
and kill any party that effects
/. Wise and moderate expansion, to bring
he volume OF the currency to the measure
II the country's needs, is what the people
lesirc and will have.
Year: 1874

OF these people were not heretofore in the
habit OF attending church-thev lived i'm


the utmost disregard of the Sabbath, and


nave gwen but little attention to educa-
ton.


Whatever may be the nature Of this ter


riole " "quaking mountain y it is certain


That the effect upon the people has been


the. most wonderful on record, Your
readers might imagine the alarm and terror
which would seize the frightened hun
dreds upon ship about TO 90 down with
the storm in mid ocean, or the rushing
from falling house, or from building in
names, out these alarms are but little more
tnan what has been Witnessed on Raid
Mountain and vicinity.


Your reporter has only proposed at this
time TO give the effect upon the people of
this wonderful phenomenon reserving
Tor another time description of this
mountain. 1t might, however, be well to
remark, that this mountain is within a few
miles of the celebrated Chimney Rock.
And near this mountain is the famous Bat
cave, the Blue Rock, Sugar Loaf, Bellows
crack, the Whirpools, each of which con-
stitutes wonderful curiosity and reserved
for future descriptions.


Harris View" is the highest point
upon the Bald Mountain, from which YOU
nave the most magnificent mountain
views. One mile below Harris View
gushes forth very large spring called
Laurel Spring. The distance from the
foot to the top of Bald Mountain, is about
four miles. quite number agree in the
statement that the recent snow would not
stay upon portion of the mountain.


AS write the excitement is not so
great, but all are fearfully apprehensive of
some calamity. REpORTER.
- ApJCs,'1Ty
Year: 1874

Nothing new from the scene of action
since our last, save the rumhling, shaking
sensations and noises continue. In con-
versation with a gentleman of our town
this week, who once visited Vesuvius, we
learn that the sensations and noises now
felt about the Bald Mountain are peculiar
to mountains about to break out in vol
canic eruptions. We are making arrange
ments for scientific examination and ex-
position of this very strange and wonder
Year: 1874

A telegram was sent to ex-Pre-
Sident Johnson, soliciting his at
tendance at the funeral of Millard
Fillmore. Andy is now the last OF
the ex-Presidents lett, and it would
have been singularly appropriate
for him to have gone, for one OF
these days he too will be no more
and then Grant can be telegraphed
for to come and shed tears over his
burial.
Year: 1874

GEN. B. T. Butler stated a few
days since in a speech on the
Franking privilege, that he "would
rather 90 to heaven at the expense
of the Government"


If he goes there at all we incline
to the opinion it will be the ex-
pense OF the dignity of heaven.
Year: 1874

A WoMAN's LovE.-A couple were ar
ranging terms for a separation, to avoid
the scandal of a judicial divorce, and a
friend had been employed by the husband
TO negotiate the matter. The latest mis-
zion was in reference to valuable ring
given to the wife before marriage by the
husband. For this he would make a GER
tain much desired concession. The friend
made the demand. "What % said the
indignant wife, edo you venture to charge
yourself with such a mission to me? Can
you believe that l could tear myself
from gift which alone recalls me to the
days when my husband loved me? No ;
this ring is my only souvenir of happiness
forever departed IT'S all land here
she wept-" that possess of once fond
husband" The lady supplicated, grew
obstinate, grew desperate, threatened to
submit to a public divorce as lesser
evil than parting with the cherished ring,
and at last confessed that she had sold it
six months before.
Year: 1874

SOME CURIOUS FAcTs,-If a tallow
candle be placed in a gun and shot at a
door it will go through without sustain
ing any injury; and if musket ball be
fired into the water, it will not only re-
bound, but be fattened out as if fred
against substance. A musket ball may
be fired againsta a pane OF glass, making
hole the size of the ball, without crack
ing the glass ; if the glass be suspended
by thread it will make no difference,
and the thread will not even vibrate. In
the artic regions, when the thermometer
is below zero, persons can converse more
that mile distant. DR.. Jameson as
serts that he heard every word Of SER
mon at distance of two miles. A moth
er has been distinctly heard talking to
her child, on still day, across water q
mile wide.
Year: 1874

About the year 1776, Nicholas Lin sluet,
the celebrated Partisan lawyer and jour
nalist, was at the height of his fame. He
enjoyed great reputation for his skill in
getting up cases, and for surrounding
them with such dramatic accessories as
were likely to tell on the minds of excita-
ble French judges. One day, beautiful
lady, Madame de Buthane, came TO ask
his professional services in an action about
some land, which she wished to bring
against the Marshal Duke de Broglie,
great grandfather Of the present Minis
ter. Linguet had scarcely heard her to
an end, when he said;


"You are so lovely, madame, that
your face is worth speech in ITSELF
What I'll do is this ] will write you a
speech, and you shall learn it by heart
and then rehearse it to me. When you
deliver it in court you must be dressed in
light blue silk, the color most suited to
your style Of beauty; and ifyou speak as
/ shall direct you l defy any bench of
Frsnchmen to find for the defendant" !"


The event proved that Linguet knew
human nature and his own countrymen
we'll. Madam de Buthane turned out the
most apt of scholars. She learned her
speech thoroughly, and she delivered it
with all the grace of style and manner
that might have belonged to the most fin
ished actress. 1t lasted for seven hours,
and for seven hours she held the judges
enthralled.


Midway in the speech, and probably
with gallant care for the lady's fatigue,
they adjourned for dinner, but it was all
ready pretty evident which way the judg-
ment inclined. feasibility would seem
in1igenous to the De Broglie family
During the interval that the sitting was
suspended, the Marshal sought out Ling
uet in the Pleader's Hall, and shaking
his cane in his face, cried angrily;


Just make your client speak her own
words and not yours, Master Linguet, OF
it will be the worse for you-do you
hear ?"


Linguet bowed low, and replied witt
ready wit.


My lord, you have taught Frenchmer
never to fear their enemies, and l mean
10 remember the lesson"


The delicate piece of fattery, we need
scarcely say, more than counterbalancec
the unpalatable determination it con
veyed. For we hear of no unpleasant
consequences to Maitre Linguet, and W.
are told that the beautiful Madame dt
Buthane carried her point without a dis
senting voice. What will befall the lord
of creation when we have lady lawyers
as we'll as lady physicians
Year: 1874

A GENIUS was explaining the utility OF
an India rubber ship which he was in
venting, when an old salt exclaimed =
"No, no it will never do. An India
rubber ship would rub out all the lines of
latitude and longitude, to say nothing OF
the equator.n NI ...tt
Year: 1874

AN lrishman was directed by lady
OF large size to secure and pay for two
seats in the stage, as she wanted COM
Portable room in riding. The fellow re-
turned and said, "I've paid for two seats
as you told me but as couldn't get but
one for the inside of the coach, l took
the t'other for the outside"
Year: 1874

SLANDER.-Let no one suppose that
by acting a good part through life he will
escape scandal. There will be those even
who hate them for the very qualities that
ought 70 procure esteem. There are
some folks in the world who are not will
ing that others should be better than
themselves.
Year: 1874

THE ALDINE, while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or timely
interest characteristic of ordinary periodicals.
1t is an elegant miscellany of pure, light, and
graceful literature, and collection of pic
lures, the rarest specimens Of artistic skill, in
black and white. Although each succeeding
number affords fresh pleasure to its friends,
the real value and beauty of The Aldine will
be most appreciated after it has been bound
up at the close of the year. While other pub
locations may claim superior cheapness us COM
paredwith rivals of a similar class, The Aldine
is aunique and original conception-alone and
unapproached - absolutely without competi-
tion in price or character. The possessor of
the volume just completed cannot duplicate
the quantity of fine paper and engravings in
any other shape or number of volumes for ten
times its cost; and then, there are the chrO-
mos besides |
Year: 1874

MARDLEs.-The season for marbles is at
its height just now, and the aggregate sales
are source of some profit to the fancy
goods trade, in this otherwise dull period
of the year for them. Marbles reign from
the time the snow leaves the ground, when
every hoy in New England must have his
stock replenished, till the season for tops
opens, though in the latter part of this peri
cd they are replaced for while in some 10
calities by hoops.


II has perhaps never occurred to the
youngsters who play with them that every
marble in this country, down to the COM
monest tclay''twoser," supported from Ger
many, where the raw material is exhaust
less, and skilled labor dirt cheap. The
worlds supply of marbles all comes from
the same half dozen little villages in the
neighborhood of Sonneberg and Eisfeld,
among The Thuringian mountains, from
which snch great quantities of chinaware
and German toys are obtained. The large
glass agates, and what are known as "blood
alleys" come from the same locality.
Since the German war the advance in the
cost Of labor has put up the price of mar
bles more than so per Commercial
bulletin.
Year: 1874

But rather let us do this to-day and IL shall he
DAY o. memorial 70 Us. And let us go from Gods
presence to-day and from HIS sanctuary 10 that In
ner sanctuary oil God-the home-and together
with all those whom We love, ana with faitn
strong and beautiful let us claim those promises
which He has given us ana make His command
ments and HIS Judgments our delight.


very tender PRAYER closed this exhortation
and the cl 0sest atten ton manifested by tie
congregation during the delivery OF the discourse