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Year: 1875

\ writer says: every few, proba-
bly,, of the thousands who throw old
shoes after bridal parties as they are
leaving home know anything OF the
origin of the custom. Like almost all
of our common customs its origin is
ancient, and can b0 traced to bible
times. 1t was then the custom for
the brother of a childless man to mar
ry his widow-or, at least, he had the
refusal of her. If he chose to reject
her the ceremony was performed in
public, and consisted in her loOsing
his shoe from his foot and splitting in
his face. His giving up the shoe was
a symbol of his abandoning ALI do
minion over her, and her splitting in
his face was an assertion Of independ-
ence There was an affair Of this kind
between Ruth and Boaz. In some
parts of the East it was the custom to
carry slipper before a newly mar
ried couple, as token of the brides
subjection. The custom, as it exists
with us, is very old in England and
Scotland. The usual saying is that it
Is thrown for luck, and that is the
idea in this cOuntry; but originally it
meant renunciatiOn Of authority
over her by her parents. 1t was for
merly q custom among the Germans
for the bride, when she was conducted
to her bed-chamber, to take off the
shoe and throw it among the guests.
Whoever got it in the struggle to OBJ
tail-it received it as an omen that ell
ther he or she would soon be happily
married. Train, in his History of the
Isle of Man. says: 'On the BRIDE
groom leaving his house it was GUS
tomary to throw an old shoe, and in
like manner an old shoe after the
bride on leaving her home to proceed
to the church, in order to insure good
luck to each respectively, and If by
stratagem either of the BRIDES shoes
could be taken off by any Inspector on
her way from church it had to be ram
somed by the bridegroom In Kent,
England, after the couple have start
ed OH their tour the single ladies are
drawn up in one row and the bache-
lors in another. An old shoe is then
thrown as far as possible, and the la
dies run for it, the successful one be-
Ing supposed to be the first female who
will get married. She then throws
the shoe at the gentlemen, and the
one who is hit by it is deemed to be
the first male who will enter into
wedlock. Generally it is considered
the older the shoe the better"
Year: 1875

There are two kinds of girls; one Is
the Kind that appears best abroad,
the girls that are good for parties,
rides, visits, balls etc., and whose
chief Delights in such things. The
other is the kind that appears best at
home, the girls that are useful and
cheerful in the dining room, the sick
room, and all the precincts of home;
one is frequently torment at home;
the other is a blessing. One is moth
consuming everything about her; the
other is sunbeam, inspiring life and
gladness all along the pathway. Now
it does not necessarily follow that
there shall be two classes of girls. The
right education would modify them
both u little and unite their charac-
ters In one.
Year: 1875

If man gets up in the night and
drinks through the nose of a teapot,
and sucks hair-pin into his wind
pipe, should he tear around and blow
up his wife and distrust the whole
neighborhood, when the good woman
had no idea that the hair-pin would
be disturbed before morning?
Year: 1875

The Virginia City Enterprise relates
the following: The day OF the fire,
after the Consolidated Virginia and
Ophir work, were in full blaze. a gem
tleman whose residence Is East of the
Ophir shaft-and which residence had
been on fire several tlmes-had finally
given up that the house must he lost
and had ceased further exertion. Sud-
denly lie was surprised to see noun
tain quail light at his feet. In u mo-
ment the bird flew up to his breast and
lit on his vest. The man unbuttoned
two buttons of his vest, when the bird
ran beneath it and nestled close over
his heart. He buttoned his coat over
the bird and then said to himself,
''That means that my house can be
saved" and went to work again. Just
then the uncertain wind changed, the
volume of flame and smoke was turned
another way, the house was saved, and
now, next to the children, the bird
is the highest priced treasure in that
house.
Year: 1875

On the eastern bound train, Sunday,
was man and his daughter, who were
going "home to America" happy in
the realization of their hopes. They
had been in Reno year or two, both
working, he at odd jobs which he could
pick up, and she as chamhermaid in
one of our hotels. By dint of hard
labor and strict economy they had
saved six hundred dollars over and
above their fare East, and were then
going home to MOTHER" as he called
his wife. He lad enough, he said, to
keep him, with what. he chose to do,
for the remainder of his and his wife's
life, and then Sallie, the daughter,
could have the old homestead. This
he told to an old pioneer, who ''spoke
his piccen after this fashion: 81 have
been OH this coast twenty-six years;
have had six fortunes at different
times; now, if were to sell all have
in the world could not purchase an
emigrant ticket to Omaha" And yet
each were happy. Reno Journal.
Year: 1875

A humorist writes: Some time ago
gave an account Of an accident that hap
pened to MIR. Hammer, the tragedian, at
our little theatre in New Castle, while he
was representing the "Demon ofthe Hartz''
and was engaged in descending through
the stage to the internal regions. A super
numerary flashed barrel OF red 1ire
through the hole as the demon was going
down, and five minutes later an underdone
demon was being carried home on a
stretcher. Well, Mr.. Hammer has met
with another disaster Last week the
manager put on another piece entitled
wild Bill; or, The Scout Of the Rocky
Mountains" and in this Mr.. Hammer was
to be tied upon the back Of an uubroken
horse and sent hurting over the edge of a
precip,ce. As nobody in town would lend
hcrse for the purpose, the manager hired


mule from the Captain of the canal boat
The Roaring Maria. During the rehear-


ais the mule did we'll enough, but ON the
first night of the play the tootlights must
have scared it, for as soon rs tho savages
had tied Wild Bill upon its back, instead


of charging over that awful lath and can
vas precipice, it refused to bulge. And


when ,ht- Indian chieftaln prodded it in
the side with tin spear it not only let out
its heels ana kicked that unfortunate brave
in:o the wings, where his spear jammcd
savage!y against the stomach Of the promp
ter, but it reached Its head around and
made an earnest effort to chew Wild Bil's
legs. Failing in this, it stood upon three
feet aud eudeavored to reach up to Mr.


Hammer, and scrape him off with the hoof
Of its near hind leg. Then the manager
came out and tried to start the mule with
a whip. Bu, it merely began to wheel
round and ,ound, until the trsgedian felt
seasick; aud then it charged up against
the scenery, kicked brand-new sunset
to rags, reduced the entire precip,ce to
splinters, upset two muslin trees, AMI fin.
ally brought up with one leg entangled in
the Sea of Galilee, which was pressed in
to service on this occasion to represent
Salt Lake. This frightened the mule SO
that il jerkcd the Sea OF Galilec clear over
on the Stage and then went into fit, dur
ing which it tumbled, and after rolling
over and over Mr.. Hammer three or four
Year: 1875

The WEArHER.-The present month
Of March has been the rougEest and
most disagreeable month we have ex-
perienced upon the upper Pacific Coast
during residence of eight years. And
vet it has been milder and more pleos-
ant than in any section east Of the Rocky
Mountains from which We have had
weather reports. We have snow. wind.
sleet and rain, but no freezing weather
durirg the time. Flowers have contin-
ued to bloom in the open air. and the
buds upon fruit trees and Towering
shrubs are just ready to barst into
bloom. The principal damage from
the weather has been the destruction OF
early planted seeds and the delay to
gardening operations. We have now q
fair prospect of pleasant weather again.
Year: 1875

SAVINGS EMO IN WEAITH.-Every body
knows the correctness Of the views CIV
en- here Below, yet in thousand years
from now the same remarks will be
equally applicable. 1t is by constantly
keeping them before us, however, that
they will be likely to do the most good;


One great cause of the poverty of the
present day is the failure of our people
to appreciate small shipgs. They do not
realize how daily addition, be it ever
80 small will soon make large pile. If
the young men and young women Of to-
day will only begin and begin how 10
save q little from tneirr earnings and
plant it in some good savings bank. and
weekly or monthly add their mite, they
will wear happy smile of competence
when they reach middle life. Not only
the desire but the ability to increase it
will also grow.


Let alerk and tradesman, laborer and
artisan, make now and at once begin
ming. Store up some of your youthful
force and vigor for future contingency.
Let parents teach their children to be-
gin early to save. Beginning at the
fountain head to control the stream OF
extravagance- to choose between pow
erty and riches. Let our youth go Oh
IN habits of extravaganza for fifty years
to come as they have for fifty years past,
and we shall have nation of beggars,
with moneyed aristocracy. Let gen
Grafton of such as save in small sums
be reared aud we shall be free f-om all
want. Do not be ambitious for extrav-
seant fortune, but do seek that which
is the duty of every one to obtain. inde-
vendence and a comfortable home
Wealth, and enough of it, is within the
reach of all. 1t is obtainable by one
process. and by one only-.saving.
Year: 1875

An INDIAN IN Love WITH WINNIE REAM.
There is a certain Colonel here who
represents the Cherokes nation in the
lobby. He is certainly enamored Of tie
fair Winnie. Miss Sculp allow me to
present Mr.. Scalp-child of art-chiid
of art-child Of nature + don't know
whether we are to have another Parker
affair; but certain it is, Winnie cannot
60 into her milliners TO purchase q
whalebone for her corsets, but Che red
man is on her trail. The day saw the
fair pale face patching up Farragut, the
dusky brave was there. I tell you
Cooper should have lived to see the
Indian of the falcon glance and lion
bearing" gazing with eagle eye on the
child of his white brother. As she
Strengthened out the Admiral's nose
and took a reef in his neither garments.
q pure prayer went up from the dark
bosom of the Cherokee to the Great
Spirit that he might incline the heart Of
the white fawn towards him. It was
too much for me. I went out and in
dulsed in some fire-water.
Year: 1875

w A young man wrote to o paper
asking whether it would be advisable
for him to marry young and tender
angel who had never done her own
washing and dlessmaking." In reply,
the editor advised him to do SO by all
means, and mentioned a similar case in
lis own experience, where the bride had
never done her own washing. but after
marriage she became SO fond of the
wash-tub as not only to work for her
own family, but for several families
among her acqu, intances.
Year: 1875

T All over the continent of Europe
the water is bad. and It would seem as
if nature had provided special wine
for every district to make up the def
cheney; and yet, strange to say. while
everybody drinks it, I have not seen an
intoxicated man in France. Forney' S
Letter to the Philadelphia Press.
Year: 1875

n They got mp surprise party on
Thursday nigh: last on young married
couple, at whose house on Sheldon st.
a similar affair was one of the successes
last season. The conspirators were met
calmly but cordially ut the gate by the
husband, who rested on his shot gun.
while his beautiful and accomplished
wife. whose face and form we're visible
inside the porch, said she was glad to see
them, but she didn't think she could
hold the bulldog back more than min
ute longer! Chicago Tribune.


WOMEN IN CoLLEGEs.-A correspond
ent of the Chicago Tribune writes to
tia. journal in regard to the effect OF
co-education of the sexes, and the re-
suit of study upon the health of women,
as seen in the experience of the college
at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where the
experiment has had trial of six years.
There appears to be no ason why the
system should be opposed. So far as
the health of the women is concerned,
1t is evident that study is not under
mining it, while there are said to be not
a few among the sixty-seven now in the
institution whose physical condition has
been improved by the discipline of their
college life. In regard to the social
aspect of the experiment this cores
pondent states that after the novelty Of
such companionship wore off the young
men and women took little notice of
each other, and, according to the estab-
iished etiquette of Ann Arbor. there is
no presumption of acquaintance be-
tween members of the same claes. Then,
''all are kept SO busy that there is really
little time for social intercourse"
Year: 1875

A readiness in unravelling the threads of
human sentiment and purpose has al
ways been looked on as a ground for self
graduation and for the admiration of
Others. A man who &inks himself ca
pabe of divining inSantaneously an
others unspoken thoughts has not only
| the pleasing Consciousness of power
which every supposition of knowledge
brings with it, but also a gratifying feel
ing OF equality with this second person
That is to say, he thinks himself on a
level with this other in respect TO the
knowledge of any thoughts or impulses
which may occur to him. Not only So
but the assumption of this omniscient
insight into charScterewill pretty GER
tainly inspire awe if not dread, in MANY
other minds, so that the man or woman
who can make any pretensions to this
fine penetration will be able to indulge
in the most delicious emotions of power
and superiority. A supposition 50 in
tensely gratifying as this must be will
pretty certainly be secure from that
close scrutiny and careful veritication
which alone would prove its validity.


The feelings which predispose men to
entertain priori a certain kind of notion
respecting the character of Others are
too numerous to be dwelt on here. 1t
may suffice to mention few of them.
There is the desire for sympathy, which
is very strong in most minds, and which
prompts person to anticipate that
every new character will respond in a
kind of grateful resonance to his indivi-
dual sentiments Then there are the
impulses of love and admiration which
predispose the mind to believe in human
goodness and render it optimistic in its
conceptions of character. On the other
hand, there are the less pleasing senti-
ments of distrust, hostility, and con
tempt, which sustain the conception
that everybody is mean and ignoble till
he has proved himself to be the contrary.
These and other feelings always dispose
their possessols to form certain opinions
'especting any new character long before
the; have the necessary foundation for
such opinions. To any one who will
give himself the trouble OF working out
the many and complicated influences
which tend to produce conviction re-
specting matters Of character, quite apart
from the force of evidence, it can not be
surprising that peoples judgments on
the ideas and motives Of Others are often
so crude and inexact, and 50 little de-
serving to be called intuitions.
Year: 1875

IT seems to spoil man for anything
else. when he is once male an office
holder. There's the late unhappy
Broierson. Losing ons Office. he did
no uscful work. but waited month after
month for chance TO get into oihce
again. Al last. in despair. he took y
dose Of poison. II tho poor man had
never been put in ofiieo. he would cer.
tainly have been nuch better on, and
would doubtless DO alive and cheerful
to-day. The average citizen is making
n mistake whom he tires Of hard work
and begins to look for an easy official
berth. II honest, he can hardly make
money out Of any ordinary pub
lie place. and he Ia almoS. sure TO come
ont % Office as useless for anything else
M a discharged soldier who has spent u
large part Of his days Ioafins about bar
racks.
Year: 1875

Oxr Of the curiosi,ies OF English
ecclesiastical law is that while clergy
man Of tho Established Church may
preach in tho streets. in n thcater.or in u
music hall. he may not preach in u place
Of worship belonging TO disssnters.
Year: 1875

Tonight Madame Blanche with her troupe will
present an entire new series Of statues They are
artistically posedland are we'll worth seeing. The
drama Of Just In Time" is growing in popu-
larity,
Year: 1875

OVER the pulpit of Michigan church,
according to the Odd FelIoW, published
in that State, is this inscription: :" No
man shall preach in this church who
does not kneel when he prays; no man
shall preach in this church who uses
manuscript; no man shall preach in
this church who belongs TO any secret
society,"
Year: 1875

and the mild-mannered Benedict in
formed the parson that at last, after a
long wrestling of spirit, his dear Jane
had consented to say obey. But how
that compromise was brought about, no
one ever knew. ! have often heard TINS
same clergyman relate how, after
wedding ceremony on one occasion,
which occurred in his own parlor, the
husband whispered to his brand new
bride, as they approached the door,
'cMary, have you got any small
changer"
Year: 1875

The Metropolitan police yesterday received
their District pay for the month Of October.


Yesterday the District Commissioners directed
the comptroller to issue a warrant payable to the
treasurer Of the sinking fund commission for the
sum Of $685. on account Of redemption Of George
town bonds, for q steam pump.
Year: 1875

In response to the communication of
ga Citizen" published in the Express
of Tuesday, the undersigned submit
the following:


Citizen" forgets the objective
point named in the ordinance before
it's modification, and he certainly
could not have been on the ground or
he could not with truth assert that
there is seventy-five feet between the
railroad track and the sidewalk at that
point. aE


The President of the Spring street
road wrote the proposed modification
and handed it to a Councilman, who
inserted it in the body of the ordinance
while the Council was in session.


This street, as is wei! known, was o
much travelled thoroughfare before the
laying out of East Los Angeles, and
we all know that it is to-day more
travelled than any other outlet on the
East of the city. All who have been
on the ground and are familiar with
the facts, admit that the HERALD
gave fair and accurate statement of
Ill Iuc COiliicCliIlS clTcuuSUd 1ceS.


IA Citizen" can satisfy any doubt
he may have with reference to our fear
of tan untimely taking off," by call
ing on us in person.


The statement that either of us own
or in any way control stock or the
owners of stock in the East Los An
geles and San Pedro or Prismoidal
street railroad is untrue.


Los Angeles, April Goth, 1875.


JOHN S. GRIFFIN,


HANCOCK M. JOHNSTON.
Year: 1875

Over the choicest portion of their table lands
and purchasers will have the right to water
without charge. Such an opportunity TO se-
cure land admirably situated and watered
and perfectly adapted to semi-tropical fruit
culture, will not occur again.
Year: 1875

sJrA young mother in Conway,
Mass, left her child in shady place
while she picked berries in q field
When sho callod 10 know fit was
safe, she received no answer, and on
going to it found that it had been
completely charmed by brown
snake, and unsble to speak or move.
Her screams frightened the snake
away, bat tho CHILD quivered and
cried for an hour, and il was several
days before it recovered from the
baneful influence OF tho reptile.
Year: 1875

The woman Lizzie Peck, now under ar
rest for forgery, tells a singular story of
her experiences in life so far. She alleges
that she was attending a frst-class private
school in Boston, where she and her sister
were left by their parents on their depar-
ture for California. About year after
wards her mother wrote her, informing
her that wealthy colored man in San
Francisco had become enamored Of her
from seeing her picture, and that the
mother had promised him the hand Of the
girl With this came letter from the
lover himself, making an offer of marriage


Another letter shortly came to hand, in
closing his picture, and showing him to be
a man advanced in years. At the same
time she received from her mother a sum
of money sufficient for her passage, with
orders to repair to Sam Francisco and be
married. Having conceived an affection
for young man about her own age, the
SlII COUEClbCi VI oCuullIS IlGI SlS-
ter, who somewhat resembled her, to full
full the matrimonial contract, and accord
ingly ticket was purchased, and the sis
ter departed The next news she received
was an epistle from the mother, flaming
with wrath, ordering her to depart instan-
ter for San Francisco, or be prepared to
support herself in future, as not another
dollar should she receive from home. She
came to this city, and against her will was
married TO her adorer In few months
they separated and the wife began an ae-
tion for divorce, asking for share of the
property. About this time the sister died,
and the heroine of the story was herself
dangerously i'll for long time. On re-
Year: 1875

OOou OOuuiIIOu VI Iut 6dCu UICldTuS.


4 letter from Berlin, Nd, to the New
York Times says: The peach crop of the
peninsula is already being canvassed, and
and it is, as far as [ can hear, the universal
opinion among growers that so far the pros
pect for crop of fruit was never more pro-
pitious. The wood is healthy and strong,
and there has been no weather since the
first Of November warm enough to start
theusap or swell she buds While the sea-
son has undoubtedly been a mild one, there
have been frosts and Slight freezes so fire.
quently that vegetation has been prevented,
and this is always considered the hope of
of the peach-grower. In riding through
the peninsula one unaccustomcd to the cul-
tivation of the peach, when viewing the or
chards, would be very likely to receive
different impression, as the orchards, from
a distance, are so red that they appear to
be in bloom, but this is only the healthy
color Of the wood. Those experienced
growers who have examined the young
trees have pronounced it as their Judgment
that the germ of the fruit has in no way
been hurt, and by many the greater danger
is belived to be over after December The
railroad facilities for moving the fruit, it is
claimed, will be better next year than ever,
the Pennsylvania company having consen-
ted to allow the Delaware peach trains to
run over their road on schedule time, thus
insuring a more rapid transportation and
certainty as to the time of their arrival in
your city. The Old Dominion Company
having, it is said, completed arrangements
giving them the controlling interets on the
Georgetown and Frankford railroad, will
now push to complexion, by the 1st of
June, the road between Berlin and Selby-
vile, and on that date put on a daily line
of steamers to LeweS, to run in connection
with the railroad system of the lower pen
insula. The fare from this point to New


York is now nearly nine dollars by the
new route it will be less than four. The
freight tariff will also be greatly reduced,
and peaches may reach your market next
season on cheap schedule.