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Year: 1875

Short screws, or screws of small diane
ter such us are usually cut bv screw plates.
a. much too Ion. rs the thickness of the
screw plate: then for Il distance from the
end equal to the thickness of the screw
plate. turn down the end of he screw so
that it will nearly enter the screw plate
without having ANY thread cut on it; and
when tn" screw plate is applied to cut the
thread. the reduced piece on the end will
serve a> Il guide. keeping the screw plate
true The screw will lit down evenly all
round the underneath face of the head
This method is much more rapid and as
true rs that of finishing the threads in the
lath
Year: 1875

lie would lift a letter from the ground
with the seal uppermo>t. rs certainly if
you were not present us if you were. for
he does none Of these things because he
desires You TO think him what he is. but
because he is what he is by nature. And
1 suppose, after all. it is just that: he was
born a gentleman. God gave him all
these finer feelings, and he only acts up
to them; but still it is all the same. and
the broad dividing line that separates the
snob and the gentleman is, that this lat
ter Is :; man of honor.
Year: 1875


! The ing chant being an adaptation of
soem by William Cullen Bryant to the occasion
Sas sang at the burial of the Vice President: 4
1 he earth may ring from shore TO shore,
With echoes of glorious name,
But he whose loss our tears deplore,
Has left behind him more than fame.
For when the death frost came to lie
On Wilson's warm and mighty heart,
And quenched his bold and friendly eye,
Ills spirit did not all depart.
Ills words of fire from voice and pen.
And flung upon the fervent page,
Still move, still shake the hearts of men,
And hasten on the perfect age.
His love OF TRUTH too warm, too strong,
For Hope Fear to chain or chill.
His hate for tyranny and wrong,
Burn in the breasts he kindled, sill.
Year: 1875

FORWARD CuILDREN-No physician
doubts that precocious children. fifty cases
for one, are much the worse for the disci-
pline they have undergone. The mind
seems to have been strained. and the
foundation for insanity is laid. When the
studies of mature years are stuffed into
the head of = child. people do not reflect
on the anatomical fact that the brain of an
infant is not the brain of a man; that the
one is confirmed, and can bear exertions,
and the other is growing, and requires re-
pose: that to force the attention TO abstract
facts, to load the memory with chronology
ical OF scientific detail; in short, to expect
a child's brain to bear with impunity the
cxertions of a mans is as irrational as
it would be to hazard the same sort of
experiments on its muscles Quarterly
Rcrie1C.
Year: 1875

MONTREAL, November IT, The morning papers have congratnlatory articles on the peaceful burial of Gul- .bord and the vindicstion of law and .oood government. As the grave was being filled up yesterday, a French Canadian printer stepped forward and spoke briefly, to this effect; If there is nobody to say 6 word for him. I would like to do so. He taught me my trade, and would like to make the sign of the cross for him." He did so and then retired. This was all the tribute paid by priest ar lavman to the remains of one whose name is known throughout all Christendom. Six years ago the so- clety of which he was an humble member. numbered in its ranks the flower of liberal French thought and the cream of French society; to-day there stands but one hundred mem bers who defy priest or bishop, the greater number of whom are of the middle classes. James Douter six years ago enjoyed one of the most lucrative French law practices Tn Canada and was a man of wealth and political power; his practice melted away under the bishops curse; his fortune he pledged to the fighting ot the Guibord case, and he pitted him self against the power of the Church. Yesterday witnessed the triumph and vindication of his six years weary labor. To-day he enjoys large Western Canada and foreign practice. He has dogged determination with a powerful physical system.
Year: 1875

THE Detroit Free Press, in submit nng the following recipe for the pro duction of poet. does not mention the name of Joaquin Miller: First marry; then desert your wife and disown your children; go shabby, let your hair grow. comb 1t behind your ears and part it in the middle: seek unhealthy localities till you get the liver complaint and csdaverous eyes cross the sea, and every time you write anything, abuse your own country and FidiOule everything pertaining to it, and If you don't turn out a poet il must be you lack divine afflatus.''
Year: 1875

SIX skunks got into a Pennsylvania camp-meeting last week, and after standing it as long as he could, one or the brethren rose and remarked " If you all say so, beloved, and I think you will, we'll get out of this. The Arch Enemy of mankind must be stirring up his fires, for I am sure 1 smell the gas"
Year: 1875

nUR MILL NOW BEING IN FULL V operation, we are prepared to furnish the market with quality Of Flour, which we guarantee far superior to any manu- factured in the Territory, and fully equal to the very best imported from California. We will keep constantly on hand at the Mill, and at our several agencies

 Three Qualities Of Flour,
Year: 1875

The other night at TrucIce Cal, two young
men, visiting the same young lady, tried to


freeze each other out, or, in other words,
to see which would stay the longest. 1t sp-
pears that this is common amusement at
Truckce, AMI though perhaps pleasant to the
young men is somewhat expensive and annoy
ing to the old folks. The Republican tells the
story as follows:


The heads OF the family left the young peorle
alone at the proper time, and retired, ap-
parently tor the purpose of rest and sumber.
About midnight the young lady expressed a
desire to step out on the porch to see the moon
ana get the fresh air, and of course both of the
freezer" followed The door was closed
after them. While moon and star gazing tho
man OF the house steps unObserved into the
parior, aud distributes liberal supply of
shoemaker $ wax on two of the seats of the
cane b0ttomed chairS-those that the men had
vacated. This wax was Of the right consist
ency to serve the purpose in this case The
young lady on the porch, who was in the secret,
soon touni an excuse tor returning with her
admirers. The young men sank down again
INTO the reserved seats, and each redoubled
ms efforts to please the damSel, annoy his fell


low, and keep awake. About an hour passed
IN this way, by which time the wax, aided by
the warmth pressing down upon it, had be-
come thoroughly anna gamated with the Shoddy
VI Il3 pdulS-in lact, the Clne bottoms OF the
chairs, the wax AMI the pantaloons become a
sort OF inseprrable trinity. The time for the
crisis was close at hand. 1t came. Each one
OF the bachelors founl himself glued to his
seat, and no amount Of pulling and tugging
effected release If they arose the chairs
followed. At first they tried to Look upon the
matter as joke but after full half hours
struggle to tree themselves from their embar-
rasSlng predlcIm .nt they began to think they
had got INTO a serious scrape. The lady sug-
gested that they build up a rOusing fire in ths
stove, and then, each man backing up as near
the heat as possible. ''melt the darned stuff
off, as she said. This method was tried, but
dldu WORK, as with the chairs fastened to
them they c1u!dn get near enough to the fire.


After they had sweat in the heated room for
about an b0ur to no purpose, the wax retaining
It's relentless grip and connection, they saw no
other way O2t OF their awkward dilemma ex-
cept to engage in surgical operation. 1t was
getting along toward morning, and daylight
was near at hand. They realized that what
ever was to be done must be done quickly.


Their jack-knIveS were brought into requistion,
and III a few minutes each follow was released


from his uncomfortable position They left the
young lady and the house in hasty and uncer-
monlous manner with a caae patch on the
rear OF their unmentonabes about the size of
a full moon. Freeze-Out games are not as
popular as they were.
Year: 1875

WARMERS A story is told of little child
who having slipped on the sidewalk one frosty
morning, stood and kept guard over the spot,
warning all passers-Ly of the danger; and
doubt much if there were any who did not heed
his advice


And yet there are thousands of good men
standing by every dangerous spot in the path
way of life, warning the inexperienced of the
dangers Of the way, aud many are they who
with self-conceit almost unimaginable, pass
on with scornfu laugh. and repent too late


Or perhaps, although the danger of the
place be great, they may not fall they pass
on to where another Good Samaritan is wait
ing to advise them having gathered bravado,
they pass on with a sneer as much as to say,
"Oh how weak are they who have fallen |
am strong, can keep my balance" but sooner
or later they will fall. 1t is inevitable and
the longer they continue this course the greater
will be the shock and the more complete the
destruction.


The little boy had his reward in seeing peo.
pie act upon his advice but those whole souled
generous men who are laboring for the good Of
una ppreciating fellow beings, seldom have this
satisfaction. Yet let them work patiently and
we'll for they shall have their reward in the
great hereafter as surely as those who heed
them not shall be punised. ed.-1almGge
Year: 1875

GEO. w. CHILD's DINNER.-At a dinner
given by Mr.. George w, Ohild's, of the Ledger
most distinguished gathering Of men renowned
in politics and business. The President, Vice
President and more than half of the Cabinet
were there. President Garrett and a number
of other prominent Baltimoreans were also
present, and New York was represented by
several of her railroad and financial magnates.
The Centennial Committee of Congress had
been on q tour of inspection to the Centennial
Grounds during the day, and were included
among the guests
Year: 1875

y MARRIED MANA married man. hear.
ing that the eating of certain kinds of animal
food would aid the tissues of the human BODY
AS, for instance, calves brains would nourish
the eaters's brains, Of beofs liver the eaters
Immediately gave strict orders to his
butcher that no more tongue of any kind should
be sold to his wife or mOtherin law.
Year: 1875

a man had better have a milestone tied to
his meek and be cast into the sea, than to
promise to marry Texas girl and then refuse.
The whole country turns out to hunt him, and
he is generally left to grow up with tree.
Year: 1875

Our Common, everyday Sun is so familiar
to us that it is doubtful whether we can, even
by the aid of imagination, appreciate the
benefits he eonters upon us. The Officers and
crew of the Germania, one of the ships of the
recent German Arctic expedition, had an
experience in Greenland which will probably
give them higher regard for the sun than
they had before they started on their perilous
voyage. They sought a winter harbor at
Sabine Island, in a small bay on the coast OF
Greenland, and after mig t lasting for three
months, they looked out on the 81 of February
and anxiousy awaited the rising of the sun.
The southern horizon was almost clear, the
few clouds floating there being brilliantly
lighted by the suns rays. Minute by minute
the colOring of sky and clouds grew brighter,
until the dazzling light forced the men to shade
their eyes anl partially hide from view the


unaccustomed sight. The sun, however, re-
mained above the horizon for only short
time, but it was the harbinger Of longer days
and a promise to the ice-bound sailors that the
hour of their delverance was drawing near


1t is the old story that was told by Dr. Kane
and other Arctic explorers, but it is none the


less interesting and instructive. Humanity is
too apt to forget the manifold blessing spread
before them day after day and year after year,
not to learn something from reading of the Joy
with which an artic navigator greets such a
commonplace phenomenon as sunrlse.-Ledger.
Year: 1875

A Canadian murderer ,nted them to put
off the day of execution, owing to his being
afflicted with the toOtbache but the sheriff
said be d got to go to mill next day and he
eouldn't possibly accommodate the prisoner.
Year: 1875

CONCORD, October 1.-THE crowd In
the locality Of the Longmaid murder yes.
terday is estimated at about five thous-
and persons. Nothing was discovered
tending to more evidence against Drew.
An aunt Of the deceased girl, will swear
before the Coroner that Josie stood in
fear Of Drew. There are rumors Of the
finding Of pair Of bloody overalls, but
they lack confirmation.
Year: 1875

THE decline in real estate in New York
and the carelessnes with which the saw
ing banks have made loans IL indicated in
rather startling way by an agreement
by the savings banks managers, to call in
10 per cent on all their mortgage notes,
and hereafter tomake no loans on real ca.
tate for an amount above 80 per cent Of
the appraised value Of the property.
Year: 1875

A lady of Covington, Ky, has fine Newfoundland dog. One unusually cold night she permit ted him to remain in the dining room near the fire. After she had been asleep for some time the dog came to her door and showed signs of great uneasiness, but she sent him away. He came the second and third time. Then she supposed that something must be the matter, and followed him to the dining-room, wEere she found that large piece of coal had fal- len and burned through the floor, leaving a large cavity through which could still be seen the red hot coal in the cellar. The poor fellow had fought the flame. there by arresting its progress until he could get his mistress to come to his assistance. His fore feet were sadly burned; but his wonderful sagacity was highly appreciated and he received from his mistre the utmost care and attention.
Year: 1875

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. 29.-A remarkable discovery has been made on an island in the Missis- sippi, eight miles below here, by some fishermen, of a subterranean cave, carved out of the solid rock, which h a d undoubtedly been made thousands of years ago. It was reached by stone steps. The floor of this cavity was thickly streWn with ashes and charred remains of bones and substances which they took to be dead leaves; first wetted and then pressed to- gether and resembling in color and solidity the cake from oat- meal. Among the dry ashes they picked up three tuskS about the size of a bOar's tooth, and still lower the boat hook came in con. tact with hard substance which proved to be a skull bone, polish ed as walnut, and perfect in every respect and of extraordinary size. On further examination almost a complete skeleton was discovered; but the most singular part came to light in the hardened and al most petrified leather straps, bronze buckles and a wooden leg, which continued the right ex- tremity. that limb having been removed midway between the hip and knee. This is very in- teresting discovery, proving that knowledge of bronze was among the learning of the aboriginal mechanics and that their skill in those days was equal at least to the adoption of a timber extrem- ity.
Year: 1875


I've seen some people in this life
Who always are repining,
Who never, never yet could see
The storm clouds silver lining.
There always something is amiss,
From sunrise to its setting;
That Gods hand made their map of life,
They seem the while forgetting.
And have seen blessed sight
To sin-beclouded vision,
Some people who, where'er they be,
Make earth seem an Elysian.
They always see the brightest side
The direful shadows never
And keep the flower of hope in bloom
Within their hearts forever.
The one can make the sunniest day
Seem wondrous sad and dreary;
The other smiles the clouds away,
And makes dark day CHEEKY.
This life of ours is, after all,


About as we shall make it.
If we can Danish grief and care,
Lets haste to undertake it.
Year: 1875

M%The San Francisco Morning Call gives
description of a refrigerator car constructed Tor
the transportation of fruit from that city to the
East. 1t is provided with fan blower, driven
by one of the car axles, by means of which air
is driven through ice, which reduces it to low
temperature, and is then distributed among the
fruit boxes through large perforated pipe laid
along the bottom of the car. After the cool air
has passed among the fruit, it returns to the
blower, and is again forced through the apps
ratus. By this means the atmosphere of the
car is kept at the uniform temperature of 40
degrees Fahranheit If the experiment sue
ceeds, extensive shipments of grapes will be
made to Chicago and other cities.
Year: 1875

The usually quiet little village OF LeespOrt,
on the line Of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad, eight miles above this city, has had
a sensation which has caused good deal OF
amusement. A Reading sewing machine agent


induced the head of the family there to take
machine and pay for it In monthly installments
Before the machine was entirely paid for the
husband and father died. The widow was in
destitute circumstances, with half dozen chill
dren, and unable to pay the balance owing on
the machine, when the agent came round to
take the machine away, she was determined
that he should not remove it until he had
handed back at least some of the money that
had been paid on it by her husband. He was
apparently just as determined to secure the
machine without returning any of the filthy
lucre, insulted the woman, and endeavored to
take by force what he said belonged to- the
company by reason of the payment of monthly


nstalments having been stopped.


While the agent was inside the house she
locked both the front and back doors, put the
keys in her dress-pocket, and being robust
woman event for" the agent. She took hold
of him and severe and prolonged tussle en-
sued, whilst the children were frightened and
cried and screamed. The widow threw the
agent over the hot kitchen stove and finally
succeeded in sitting him down on top of it and
held him there, when he begged piteously for
mercy. "For Gods sake, let me go, and I'll
pay you back every cent your husband gave
me-" Being satisfied that he was severely
scorched, if not partly roasted around the
thighs, she pulled him off the stove, but held
on to him until he had paid back every cent of
the installments, and then she gave him two
minutes time to take the machine and clear
out with it. The name of the plucky woman,
and also that of the agent, are withheld by
special quest.-Readimg Eagle.
Year: 1875

In the stores and dwellings, the gas carried
through the ordinary gas pipes, answers all the
purposes of an illuminator; the flame is not so
pure or clear as that of our city gas, but re-
fning process would make it equal if not supe-
rier. Through the woods, and until we pass
the last of this oil belt, we find the gas from
the oil wells used at the countless derrcks, to
generate steam and light up engine rooms and
dwellings. On our way back to Butler, we
have at our backs the great glare Of lightin the
eastern sky from the Burns and Delameter.
Year: 1875

Regretfuly leaving the Burns well, the car
riage party takes its way over the hills and
through the woods, in the direction of the Del
ameter WELL the most wonderful of the gas
wells yet discovered. The southeastern sky is
Illuminated by the burning well, while roar
ing sound is heard that at times seems to shake
the ground. Arriving a ridge overlooking
the Delameter we'll, which is on the side Of a
hill, across an intervening valley, brilliant
view presents itself. In the middle of a cleared


field, one or two hundred yards from the der
| rick that marks the well, a huge sheet of fame


rises to height of forty or fifty feet, from
two three-inch pipes, connecting with the six
inch casing of the well; to the right, another
pipe laid on the ground, pours forth volume
| of fame that scatters itself over a stone pile,


while from the escape pipe of the engine still
| another sheet of fame issues six or eight feet
| in height. Be it known that the engine (if-


teen horse pOwer) is run by gas power, and


this is merely the escape gas, utilized as an il


luminator. The party, with enthusiasm at
| fever height makes it's way as near as possi-
| BILE to the great volumes Of fame in the middle
of the field. In circle, twenty five or thirty
feet in diameter, the ground is baked as free
from vegetation as brick kiln; then comes a


circle of burned grass; then another circle of


dry or withered grass, and then springing joy


ously from the ground we have the freshness


of June vegetation, while beyond this, out of the


range of the heat patches of snow indicate


more arctic temperature. clump of cattle


are taking solid comfort within the June belt


In few hundred yards, as some one expressed
| il, we covered climatic changes "from hell or


the equator to the north pole" The heat is SO


intense that no one can approach the mouth ID


of the pipes nearer than twenty or thirty feet
The gas comes from the pipe with such force
that it does not ignite for two or three feet
| from the aperture.
Year: 1875

KEEPING CELERY.-A correspondent
of the Germantown Telegraph says :
a friend of mine has kept his celery
through the winter now for several
Years 10y standing it i'll spring water an
inch in depth and kept thus it contn-
ues to grow and send up fresh branch
es, so that he has cut nicely briSlchcd.
tender tops, two or three times III Il
winter. My trouble with the trench
sy stem has been meadow mice, which
appear to be as fond of the plant as |
Year: 1875

\ CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE.-ln-
deed. there is much that is mean and
paltrN in the habits of lite which john


son has cultivated. not in his nature,
which WAS meant to he a noble one. \
more upright man i'll private business,
or IL more conscientious man i'll public
affairs. never lived. He carries this
spirit to Il Whimsical extent, and not
untiequently makes it the occasion OF
injustice. An example occurs to us.
While he was president IA pardon cast,
was brought to him by an East Tennes-
see lawyer, his neighbor and friend.
The case was one of unusual hardship.
involving The remission of Il wrongful
fine. The lawyer had got it through
the department of justice and carried
it direct to the president i'll order to Sc
crle his client against imposition and
cNtortion as the document should be
returned through its circumlocuitous
official channels. Johnson had the pen
in his hand and was about to sign
Bob" says he, nobody is going to
make any thing out of this, is there p
Year: 1875

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Common Council of the city Of Los An
gelss will receive proposals ut It's meeting of
February 4, 1875, for the construction OF q sewer


M. KREMER,


Clerk of Com. Council.
sPEcIFIcATIoSs FOR SEWER ON NEW HIGH.
The sewer on New High street, from Short
street TO the junction with the sewer In Main i,
corner Of Turner street, TO be l4xl4 inches In
the clear, inside to be built of Pinch clear red
wood, the sides to be laid lengthways OF the
sewer and the top and bottom TO be laid cruss-
ways of the length of the sewer, the whole TO
be properly nci1ed with 40pcnny nails and all
joints and connections TO be made tight, and
all joints of side pieces to be covered with strip
of 2x6 redwood.


The sewer ON New High street from the hill
In front OF DR.. Bush's property to its Junction
with the sewer on New High street and Tur-
ncr street to be i0x 10 inches In the clear inside
to be built of pinch clear redwood, the sides
to be laid lcngthways of the sewer and the top
and bottom to be laid crossways OF the length
of the sewer the whole to he properly nailed
with 40 penny nails and all joints and cOnnec-
tions to be made tight, and all joints of side
pieces to be covered with strap of 2x6 redwood.
The sewer TO be placed not less than feet be-
low the surface of the street.