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Year: 1875

THE FREsHET.-The warm weather of the
past week, succeeded by the present rainstorm,
causes serious apprehensions respecting the re-
suit along our rivers where the ice is SO heavy.
A private despatch from Hallowell states that
the water at that point is over the wharves, but
there is no tidings of any damage. 1t is quite
probable that the storm which is rain along the
coast, is snow in the northern part of the state.
Year: 1875

WARDS OPERA HOUSE. The first week of
Wards entertainment in this city has been
grand success and the second week looks fair TO
be equally successful. Several new stars will
appear and variety of novelties will be pre-
sented. One of the best thing about the enter
tainment is there is no waiting The moment
one act is through with another is commenced.
BY this means no time is lost. The manager
is preparing for grand matinee Fast Day. A
very attractive programme is provided for this
evening.
Year: 1875

FLASHING in their pearly sheen,
From the glorious coralline,


See those teeth untarnished!
White alike the back and front,
Yes, by the fragrant SOZODONT,


May beauty's mouth be garnished!
Year: 1875

A LETTER recently received from pr. Jones, the Centennial Commissioner for this Territory. says that he has so far been engaged arranging his private business, preferring to get that settled up so that when he commenced his official duties, he could give them his undividedattention. and now be is prepared to enter heartily into the work. He desires the coopera- ton of every citizen. He will labor earnestly to make such a showing as will place Arizona in the front rank with any of the other Territories. It Is the duty of each and every citizen to do all in his power to aid the commission, and agents in the several counties. We have not learned whether agents have yet been appointed for all the counties, but pre- sume if It has not been done, it speedily will be. Mir. Mansfield is the agent for this county, and no better selection could have been made. If Pima is not proper F represented it will not be his fault. Hon. A. E, Davis has been appointed for Mohave, and has already commenced to collect specimens for exhibition. He and the citizens of that county are alive to the importance of the exhibition, and are determined to not be outdone by any other county in the Territory. We hope this same rivalry will be entered into by all the other counties
Year: 1875

THE speech made by General Crook at the banquet given him in San Francisco is in striking contrast to some of his predecessors. He spoke ot the people and resources of the country in high praise, and predicted bright future for Arizona. The difference between him and his i'm mediate predecessor was, that the former made it a study to see how he could keep from doing it, while Crook went to work, and gave peace and security to the coun- try. The former was soreheaded because he did not do, while Crook did the work and got his reward and a just acknowl- edgment for his services. The former staked hIs reputation in joining in whole sale abuse against the hardy froEtiersmen; peace and chance to make living. For a time it seemed to be the popular road to fame and fortune, to abuse the frontiers men for the crime of trying to civilize and build up new country, but the tables turned, and justice assumed it's way as it always will in the end. Crook ls'a Brigadier General and appreciated and commended every where for his military services; while his predecessor is quietly shelved on ranch and using all his great strategy and renowned genius conquerlng leeds and raising beets and carrots. Each have their level and the business best suit ed to their calibre. The testimony of General Crook in behalf of this Territory, after having thoroughly explored it, is worth more than that of all the sorehead- ed military officers, and broken down politicians combined.
Year: 1875

CARDINAL MANNING, in answer to an
address of the Irish members of Par.
Lament, took OCCASION to say "The
material prosperity of Ireland was never
greater than now. 'nhe people of Ireland
never possessed SO wide an extent of its
soil since the day in which they pos
Sessed it all. They never yet possessed
such abundant wealth."
Year: 1875

The western distillers whose estab.
lishmeuts were seized the other day,
have formed combination for the pur-
pose of testing the constitutionality of
the revenue laws that permit the seizure
Of property in such summary manner.
Would it not be good idea for these
gentlemen to form a combination for
the purpose of promoting honesty in
the conduct of their business, so as to
obviate the necessity for such seizures
They will do well to consider the sug-
gestion, at any rate.
Year: 1875

The colonel proceeded to tie himself
on. Through some mistake the rope
that went round his back slipped down
too low. He dropped from the crag,
still weak from the suffering he had ex'
perienced in the ascent. Everything
went well until he got to the place
where the precipice bnlges ont. Here
disaster overlook him. A cloud OF gas


laden yap0r enveloped him, and he
tainted away with yet 700 feet to de,
scend. Carohado and Stevens saw hln


let go of the rope, throw his arms on,
qrasping at the air, and fall back until
Year: 1875

The Use OF FAIRs.-The San
Francisco Bulletin has the following
sensible ideas OF the utility of agricul.
tural fairs: " The State and District
fairs are giving the producers of
the country an opportunity once a
year to exchange with one another the
lessons Of their experience. In this
way they give strength and permanen-
cy to the backbone of the country.
They likewise afford an opportunity
for the calm discussion and thoughtful
consideration Of facts which directly
interest the stOck-rsisers, the grain pro-
ducer and fruit grower. There can be
but one result to a discussion of this
kind. 1t will cause every prudent
farmer TO enter the field of experiment
himself, prohung meantime by the ex-
perlence Of those who have preceded
him in his special department. Dis


cussions Of this kind also give us an
acquaintance with the special merits of
each distinctive breed OF cattle impor.
ted within our boundaries, a knowledge
that we could not, probably, obtain in
any other way. This is the kind Of
fruit we gather at State and District
agricultural fairs, and il is this way
those institutions demonstrate that
they are valuable aids in the building


up OF the property of great state"
Year: 1875

SEAsoNABLE HINTS.-The Scientific
american says: Ii mosquitoes or
other bloodseckers inleSt our sleeping
rooms at night, by uncOrking a bottle
of the oil of pennyroyal these animals
leave in great haste, nor will they re
turn 50 long as the air in the room Is
loaded with the fumes of that aromatic
herb. If rats enter the cellar a little
powdered potash thrown into their
holes OF mixed with meal and scatter
ed in their runways never fails TO
drive them away. Cayenne pepper
will keep the buttery aud store room
free from ants and cockroaches. Ii
mouse makes an entrance into any
part of your dwelling saturate a rag
with cayenne in solution and stuff it
into the hole which then can be repair
ed with either wood or mortar. No
rat or mouse will eat that rag for tie
purpose Of opening communication
with depot Of supplies.
Year: 1875

The table is the place wnere the
family meets, and there should De the
freest and most unrestTalned inter-
conrse. We eat to live but the mere
animal necessity is lifted up ana gio-
rlfied when The charms OF pleasant
conversation and Of mutual courtesy
surrounds the custom. So far as ihe
sustaining of life is concerned, that
object may be reached If each took
his bread and retired to closet TO
eat it alone. But there is spiritual
life that is to be fed and sustained,
and if it is starved where there Is no
grace, not only before, but during
meal.


The great trouble with our Ameri-
can life is that it is too gloomy. We
take no time to entertain and amuse
each other. Not seldom does IL hap
pen in some houses that meal prog
resses in dead silence, except when 1t
is necessary TO speak about the dishes,
or to help some one to potatoes or pie.
This is almost as bad as rudenesS or
quarreliug. There ought to be bright,
sparkling talk in which the children
should be allowed TO join. There is
no sense, whatever, in compelling ar
intelligent child to sit like deaf mute
at the table; though, on the other
hand, children should not monopolize
the conversation, nor be allowed To
ask strings of irrelevant questions.
Each one should prepare for it by
some simple process of dressing. The
hair should be smooth, the hands
washed, the general appearance of
each should try 10 be as agreeable as
possible To every other. IL Is quite
wonderful how a little refreshing of
the toilet treshens up the soul as
well as the f,ce. So far we ali
ought TO be luxurious. If the mother
sees 10 II, that her school boy sons
always come TO dinner with clean
hands and nails and that her daughters
never dwaddIe into fiuery or sOiled
wrappers. she will do more than she
dreams of IN the work Of making rhem
grow in To real gentlemen and ladies.


The table itself ought 10 have a les
tive look. Flowers have a special
grace Oh the breakfast board. ! dish
of fruit nicely arranged, pIeases the
eye as well ~ the palaIe at dinner.
Clean linen, even though coarse, and
whole plates and cups, with bright
glass and silver help rheappetiIe along
4 few well cooked diShes, nicely served
will promote the health and happiness
better than great variety ruined in
tie preparation.


Some huusekeepers, with an eye to
saving trouble ON washing day, have
adopted The marble oil cloth, instead
of the white damaSk for ordinary use.
For our part we would prefer econ
omy IN almost any other way. 4 fine
white table cloth, or buff or Grim
son one occasionally for breakfast or
tea, will furnish the family feast much
more beautifully.
Year: 1875

A MASSACHUSETTS man is curFying
favor with the fair sex by a tract in
which he seeks Ia show that there are
two heavens, one for men and one for
women. The latter are TO pass into
their heaven without discrimination,
but the men are to be sifted before
admission.
Year: 1875

|. Boil some clear parchment cut
tings in water, in glazed earthern
vessel, till they produce = very clear
size strain it and keep TIL wanted,
then give the work two coats Of size,
passing the brush quickly over the
work, 50 as not to disturb the colors.
>. Or, mix one ounce of Canada bal
sam and two ounces of spirits of tur-
penrlne together, then size the print or
drawing with a solution of isinglass
in water, and when dry apply the
varnIsh with camel's hair brush.
Year: 1875

Having broken six eggs into ba-
sin, whi,k them well for five minutes :;
put in half pound of powdered sugar,
and whisk again for ten minutes.
Add some canary seeds If liked and
half a pound of dry sifled flour, mix
ing all thoroughly with wooden
spoon. Drop the mixture on paper,
each being the size Of about a crown
piece, and high in the middle Sift
sugar over them, and bake them-if
in q brick oven it will be better. Re
move them from the paper while they
are hot
Year: 1875

HAVE courage enough To review your own
conduct. TO condemn it where yon detect
faults. to amend it TO the best of your abili-
ty, to make good resolves for future guidance
and TO keep them.
Year: 1875

Three eggs, ,an equal weight Of sugar
and butter, and the weight of two
eggs i'll flour Melt the butter and
beat it 10 cream beat the eggs well,
mix them with the butter and the
sugar, beating the whole 20 froth !;
then add the flour by degrees, and
the rind of a lemon, chopped very
finely. Beat it all together, and pour
into 4 mold boil gently tor an hour.
This pudding requirs as much beating
as 4 sponge cake. When property
made it is delicious
Year: 1875

HOVE AFFECTIoN.-The heart has
affections that never die. The rough
rubs of the world never o5literate
them. They are the memories OF
home-only home. There is the old
tree under which the light hearted
boy swung many 4 day; yOnder is the
river in which he learned to swim
there is the house in which he knew a
parents protection-nay, there Is the
room in which brother and sister, long
since laid in the yard in which We
must soon be gathered, overshadowed
by yon old church, whit, er with a
JOYOUS troop like himself, he had often
followed bis parents TO worship, and
heard the good old man who minister
ed at the altar. Even the very school
house, associated in youthful days
with thoughts OF tasks, now come TO
bring pleasant remembranceS of many
occasions that called forth some
generous exhibition of noble traits of
human nature. There is where he
learned TO feel some Of his emotions.
There, perchance, he first met the be
ing who by her love and tenderness in
life, has made a home for himself hap
pier than that which his childhood
has known. There are certain feelings
of humanity-and those, TOO, among
the best-that eau find no appropriate
place for their exercise only at ones
tireside.
Year: 1875

Fill the inside of young fowl with
oysters, put it in jar or tin pail,
tightly closed, and put in kettle OF
water. Boil an hour and half there
will be quantity of gravy from the
fowl and oysters, add to it little flour
made smooth in small quantity OF
water. some butter, seasoning to taste,
and more oysters with their liquor.
Serve this with the fowl which wall be
very white aud tender. All the tiue
flavor lost in ordinary boiling vii! be
preserved.
Year: 1875

IF vour meat is done before you are
raadg 70 serve, take ii up, set the dish
over q pan of boiling water, put
deem cover over it 50 as not TO touch
the meat, and then put q cloth over
that In this way neither the meat
nor the gravy will he dried up.


Pumpkin Pie.


Stew sit, add as much boiling
milk as will make it about one-thrrd
thicker than for common pumpkin PIE
swpelen with sugar or moIasses, bake
in hot oven. Or add rolled cracker
or -four to the sifted pumpkin add
milk 10 the thickness of common
pumpkin pie. Squash and sweet Po-
tato pies are made in the same way.


Mix Yeast.


In case you should get out of yeast
and are hurried, make milk yeast.
Take one pint new milk, one teaspoon
ful salt. tablespoonful flour stirred IN,
stand il in a kettle of water, by the
stove, and keep it lukewarm all The
time. When very light, add luke
warm water, make into loaves or bis
cult, and let them rise by the hre be-
fore cooking.
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: / have received quite a
number of letters and papers from Los Ange-
les, and am highly pleased with the reports
in regard to your advancement in every way.
Some of your pictures look large, but hope
they are true. for when the public mind has
been excited beyond reality, like the pendu-
lum, it will swing back to the other extreme.


i have read the HERALD, Express, Star and
which speak in glowing terms OF Semi-Tropi-
cal California. Trumans book is well written
yes, may say too we'll written; not that he
does not tell facts but that their clothing are
too rich, and many who read them lose sight
of the time and toll which is making Los
Angeles county and her surroundings the
garden spot OF the world. Yes; l should Like
to pluck the golden orange from its native
bough, and in the shade of the lime and lem
on lie, where could watch the white-winged
ships floating to and fro on the " shimmering
see the garland of the North glittering in the
sunlight. Then could say, on my right
hand sleeps Eden in her emerald garb and on
my left the ragged peaks of the world beyond.
Indeed, this looks very much like reproving
the Major, so / will turn Pegasus loose and
take the world as 1t is, for there is no poetry
in a hoe-handle or jack-plane. There are
many who would leave Kansas at this time,
were IL not for the want of means. Two years
loss of crops has emptied our cash-box and
we are now praying that kind heaven will
smile prOpitious on our coming Spring; but
/ may be gone from beneath these smiles
for Westward l see the star of Bethlehem
hanging DER the golden shore. where energy
and life bring the harvest whether Heaven
smiles in showers or not. Heaven will par
don me for not believing that HE feeds the
young ravens when they cry" for mine have
chlrped from morn till night and then went
to bed without seeing any mama dropping
down from above.


/ fully expect to be in Los Angeles county
somewhere as soon as can arrange business
here and get off. There are quite number to
leave here for California OF my acquaintance,
whom / have recommended to go to your
county should / not be able to start at the
same time; and believing that your county
than any other part of California, shall rec
ommend Los Angeles as the hub.


With many regards for the kindness of d.
Freeman, w. H. j. Brooks, Gen. Shields, and
the HERALD, am very respectfully yours,
j. w. JACKSON.
Year: 1875

A large specimen of gOld-bearing
quartz is on exhibition in the reading
room of the Pico House, from the fa-
nous Gold Mountain mine, in Bear
valley, San Bernardino county, con-
trolling interest in which is owned by
E. j. Baldwin, the San Francisco
mining millionaire. The specimen
shows plenty of free gold, and al
though it is selected chunk, the de-
velopements at the mine have shown
that there is plenty more of the same
sort. The company's new mill of
forty stamps has been running for
about ten days, and the first cleanup
will be made on Monday next. The
mine is literallya mountain of quartz,
from which the mineral-bearing rock
is quarried and run through the mill,
without the necessity of asserting.
Experiments on limited scale have
shown an average yield of $29 per
ton, but if the rock will pay but $40
per ton, the enormous quantity in
sight, the ease with which it is ex-
tracted and the low cost of milling
and mining which will not exceed
So so per ton all told, will make it enc
of the most valuable pieces of mining
property int he world and formida-
BILE rival of the Virginia City bo-
nanza. Mr.. Baldwin says that there
are plenty more mines of the same
sort in the district.
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

London Athen9um.


A new observatory has been lately
erected at Vienna on a scale correspond
ing with the modern requirements of as
tronomy, which are so different from
what they were e century ago. The
former establishment, indeed, which was
built in 1853, was never we'll adapted for
its purpose. Extensive alterations were
made to it by the elder Litrow (who took
the direction in 1919, after filling the
chair of astronomy successfully at era.
COW and Kasan) but its situation, in the
heart of the city, was greatly against 1t
as a place for observing work. The
present Director (born at Kasan in
l8ll) who succeeded his father on his
death, in 1910, soon began to agitate for
the erection of new observatory, though
it was nearly thirty years before the first
practical step was taken toward carrying
it out; nor did the actual building com
mence until last year, the plan having
been approved in 1873. 1t was, above
all things, important 10 select a suitable
site, removed from the close proximity
of the town, and at somewhat greater
elevation. Such was found at a place
known as the Turk-enschanze or Turk
fort, ridge or hill on the northwestern
boundary of Vienna, famous historically
as the scene of the victory gained by
King John Sobieski, of Poland, over the
Turks in 1858. The hill on which the
new observatory is built is about
two hundred and fifty feet above
the level of the Danube, and commands
fine view over the whole city and sur
rounding district the atmosphere is
usually free there from mist, and DOS.
sesses that clearness and transparency
which are so necessary for the observa-
tion Of faint objects. From a copy Of
the ground plan and elevation which
has been sent us, the arrangement of the
observatory itself appears to be well
adapted for the prosecution Of observa.
tions of every class, and its establish.
ment will make a new epoch in Austrian
astronomy.
Year: 1875

One of the quiet citizens " who as.
sisted in the lynching of the negro Wood
son at Murfreesboro writes the Murfrees-
boro News an account of the crime. He
says; After arriving at the place of
execution we were told that it was a
solemn and serious duty we were about
to discharge, so much so that it was
thought advisable that we should implore
the mercy, blessing and counsel of God
to attend us; consequently the entire
company kneeled, and prayer was Of
tered in behalf of the murderer, and
that our deliberations and acts might be
controlled by an all wise God. After
prayer Jesse Woodson was told that we
would be more merclful to him than he
had been to Mrs. Jarrett; that he would
be allowed a short time to pray and
make such statements as he wished. He
commenced by avowing his innocence.
He was told that nothing he could say
would change his doom or lengthen his
life, and that he had better be engaged
in prayer, aud it would be useless to pray
with lie on his tongue. He then con-
fessed the crime, and said he thought
there was a thousand dollars in the
pocket-book. He described the place
wher" the money was deposited, and
said II we would go with him be would
get it. This confession was made with
out threat, promise or torture. He
implicated no one but himself. After
allowing him short time to pray he was
placed on a horse, the rope adjusted
about his neck and fastened to limb,
and the horse led from under him, leav
ing him suspended in the air. At the
same time eighteen or twenty shots we're
fred into his body
Year: 1875

Victor Hugo ON WOman's Rights.


The society for improving the condi-
ton of women recently wrote to Victor
Hugo, appealing to him in the name of
right TO assist their efforts. His reply is
full of the characteristics of the man:
In our society, such as it has been made,
woman suffers. She is right to claim
better fate. | myself am only a CON
science, but | understand your rights,
and to obtain them is one of the duties
of my life. You are, therefore, not
wrong to rely on my good will and as
sistance. Man was the problem OF the
eighteenth century; woman is the prob.
lem OF the nineteenth. And who says
woman, says child-that is, the future.
The question thus put appears in all its
profundity, and on its solution depends
the fate of the supreme social battle.
What strange and anomalous situation
In reality man depends on you, for wo-
man holds the heart Of man. Before the
law she is the minor, incapable, without
civil action, without political rights-in
short, she is nothing; before the family
altar she is everything because she is
the mother


The domestic hearth is what she makes
it; at home she is the mistress of good
and III Sovereignty complicated by op-
preston; woman can do all against man,
but nothing for herself 1t is imprudent
of the law to make her so weak when she
is so strong Let us recognize that
weakness aud protect it; let us recognize
that strength and counsel it, There lies
the duty of man, and there is also his
interest No, | shall never cease to say
it; the problem is laid down, and it must
be solved. She who bears half the bur
den ought to have half the right. Half
of the human race is deprived of eqality;
it must be given to them. This will be
one of the grand glories OF our grand
century. Let the right of woman coun-
terbalance the right of man-that is to
say, let the laws be placed in conformity
with the morals and manners of the
country.