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Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and cemmuni-
cations. The and address of the writer are in
all Indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


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

PROFESSOR BURT G. WILDER strongly OBJ
iects to hanging as punishment for murder,
and advocates some less painful mode of
death. In letter to:the Boston Aduertiser
he proposes that the killing be done by chlo-
roform. He would have the prisoner walk
into close room, where he will be overcome
by the gas and will die, and where he can be
seen by the officers of the law and the medi-
cal attendants, who, after his death shall GER
tify to the fact. This method is certainly an


improvement on hanging. But one fails to
see the necessity Of capital punishment at all.
Year: 1875

T AIDES send your address to 81 Spring St., and
II have the agent of the Ladies' Easy Cutting and
Work Table call and show this gem of the work
room. Patterns cut free Tuesday to test the system


marie If
Year: 1875

IL the Sacramento District Court on
Wednesday morning, the case Of the
People vs.. the State Board of Education
involving the validity Of their action in
changing from the McGuhey Readers to
the Bancroft came to hearing. BY The
consent OF the parties pro Jo,ma iudg-
ment was entered without discussion or
examination in favor Of the plaintiff, with
view to a speedy appeal to the Supreme
Court, where the question will be argued
at length and an early decision had. Be-
fore the lst Of June, the time fixed for the
change, the whole matter will probably
have been definitely settled.
Year: 1875

CnlcAGo women are cool. When a
husband is brought home dead, his wifo
does not utter single howl until she has
searched his pockets and satisfied herself
that he had no letters from any other wo-
man then she gives way to her grief
Year: 1875

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
~ the undersigned has commenced the
assessment Of property IN Trinity county
for the current fiscal year.


am desirous of making as thorough
and economical an assessment as possible
and for that purpose will call upon each
and every tax-paying citizen ONCE
Then, should any one one, neglect to give a
will be a fair and Just value, the property
schedNlo.
Year: 1875

principal streets OF the city, the whole Wind,
lug up With grand dance At FassoHs Hail h
and supper at the railway eating house, Ihe ne
whole thing was very enjoyable and VII!
tend to make these brave men better acquainted
aud ready to do dat7 In their own as we'll as
nelghboring cities, whenever called upon
Year: 1875

BE proud Of Your calling, and stick
TO il. II. is a good sign when man
is proud of his work or his calling.
Yet nothing is more common than to
hear men finding fault constantly with
their particular business, deeming
themselves unfortunate because fast.
encd to it by the necessity Of gaining
q livelihood. In this way men fret
and laboriously destroy all their com
forts in their work, or they change
their business and go on miserably
shifting from one thing to another till
the grave or the poorhouse gives them
fast grasp. But while occasionally a
man fails in life because he is not in
the place fitted for his peculiar talent.
it happens much oftener that failure
results from neglect and even contempt
Of an honest business. No mechanic
al business is altogether agreeable.
Commerce in its endless varieties is
affected, like all other pursuits, with
trials, unwelcome duties and spirit
trying necessities. It is the very
wantonness of folly for man to
search out the frets and burdens Of
his calling and give his mind every
day to consideration of them. They
arc inevitable. Brooding over them
only gives them strength. On the
other hand man has power given to
him to shed beauty and pleasure on
the homliest toll, if he is wise. Let q
man adopt his business and identify
it with pleasant associations, for Heav-
en- has given as imagination not alone
to make US poets, but to enable all
men to beautify homely things. Heart
varnish will cover up innumerable evils
and defects. Look at the good things.
Accept your lot ~ . man does = piece
Of rugged ground, and begin toget
out the rocks and roots 70 deepen and
mellow the soil, to enrich and plant il.
There il something n the most forbid
den avocation around which > man


may twine pleasant fancies out Of
which he may develop honest pride.
Year: 1875

had left the place of residence assigned
to him before the expiration Of the ten
years, had no choice but to proceed
against him, and being brought before
the correctional tribunal of the Seine, he
has just been condemned to two months
Imprisonment for breach Of regulations
This is unfortunately the law, but it is
not justice, and your readers will. | am
sure. be glad TO learn that an English
man who happens to be acquainted with
the facts OF the case has brought the
matter before Marshal MacMahon, and
has reason to hope that the poor fellow
will receive the free pardon to which he
is so fully entitled
Year: 1875

To the Editor Of the New York Herald


SIR-The extraordinary behavior o.
the authorities at Harwich, in regard tc
their tardy rescue of the crew and pas
sengers from the wrecked Deutschland
will doubtless claim the attention of the
press both in Europe and the United
States. But there is one feature which
has hitherto escaped notice. The ex.
cuse made by the Harwich people waa
that they had . no lifeboat, aud that the
sea was too rough to permit ordinary
boats to be launched. Now, il is well
known at Harwich that at about equal
distance from themselves and the wreck,
are situated two seaports = Margate
and Rsmsgate-at both Of which stations
lifeboats of the most approved principle
were located, especially at Ramsgate,
where every appliance for saving lite at
sea is kept in constant readiness. Is it
possible that the authorities at Harwich,
while protesting their own inability to 90
to t1t rescue of those dying before their
eyes, did not think of the simple altern.
alive Of sending a telegram via London
to either or both of the towns | have
mentioned2


Had they done this oil would have
been saved. The men Of Margate are
noted for their courage and pluck, and
before the lifeboats were invented never
failed to respond to a signal Of distress,
but would put to sea in their open lug
gers in the darkness of stormy night,
in the face of sea that might appal the
stoutest heart. On the pier at Margate
is a tablet to the memory Of crew whe
nobly perished on such an occasion.
The large, frst-class ship Northern Belle
was ashore, dashing to pieces; the Mar
gate men in their luggers saved every
life on board, but, in the horrors of that
night the return of one their boats was
waited for in vain, and never returned.


10 fifteen minutes a dispatch could
have been sent from Harwich to Margate
and Rsmsgate, In that case The rescue
would have been made in two or three
hours.
Year: 1875

The marriage of the Cars daughter
with the Duke Of Edinburg, was an affair
Of the heart. The long courtship Of
Turkey BY Russia, is also an affair Of
the heart, destined ere long to result in
wedding.
Year: 1875

DE 1T RESOLVED, BY THE COMMON
ID Council of the City of Los Angeles as fol-
lows:


SECTION /. That the assessments hereinaf-
ter set forth are hereby declared TO be the as
sessments properly chargeable to and collect
ibie from the several owners Of the property
respectively hereinafter described for and on
the grading and improving of Temple street
from its intersection with spring street to its
intersection with Fort street; and that the
several valuations of the respective pieces of
real estate assessable for improving intersec.
tions of streets are the true valuations of such
several pieces of property, irrespective of the
improvements thereon.


SEC. 2 The Clerk of the Common Council
Is hereby directed to enter statement OF this
assessment In the Docket of City Liens, ac-
cording to law and give notice of the levy OF
said assessments by publication OF the same
for ten days in English in the Los Angeles
Daily HERALD and for ten days In Spanish in
La CrOnicd.


SEC. g. The following is the list of the as
sessments hereinbefore referred to; that is to
say:


Assessment levied along the line of Tenn pie


street, between Spring and Fort streets,


including the crossing of Fort strret, to


cover the expense of grading, graveling,


and curbing of sidewalks, as we'll as of


planking of sidewalks between Spring and


New High streets.


North Side.
Year: 1875

Sweeney, the engineer of the work
ing train that was ditched at Clipper
Gap on Thursday, died Saturday night
from the effect of injuries which he
received on that occasion. This makes
the third victim of the Clipper Gap
disaster.
Year: 1875

The California papers furnish Information Of
the death Of Mr.. Horace Walter, 9 son Of Mr.. T
u. Walters, formerly architect Of the United
States Capitol extension, which occurred recently
at Montgomery, Cal. The deceased was well
known In this city, and up to about four years
ago had been in the employ for some time In the
foreign mail division Of the Post Once Depart
ment. About that time he resigned and accepted
sposition as purser on one Of the Pacific Mail
steamers, and continued in t up to the time Of his
death. 1t is stated that while his vessel was lay
ing ir the harbor OF Monterey he went ashore and
had difficulty with q man named ADrego, In
which he received o severe blow. He got on
board Of the steamer and was taken to his state
room, and In the morning he was found dead In his
berth. A post nortem examination showed that
educated here, and for q number OF years was At
tached to the Calvary Baptist church. He was
remarkably brilliant man, and at one time was
attached to the National theatre stock company.
He leaves wife and seven children.
Year: 1875

No one with faith in the commercialguture
Of this country can for a moment dout that
the construction of canal by which ships
can pass from ocean to ocean at some point
Of the Isthmus connecting North and Iouth
America is any other than a questin Of
time. Our own opinion is that the ppiect
must inevitably be carried out at no re-
mote period There are various views 4 the
practicability of one or another point, and
the Board appointed by the governmet to
examine the several routes proposed vii, it
appears, report definitely that the Nicalgua
route is preferable to all others, and tht
canal can be constructed on that butte
for sixty millions of dollars. In an
outline Of their report, already gwen
to the public, some views are preseted
on the subject of water supply for the caal,
from which, of course, it is necessarily be
inferred that the committee contemplate a
canal with locks, and running above the
level Of the sea. We do not believe tha is
the sort of canal that will .eventuallybe
made or that should be made. The wrk
that joins the Atlantic and Pacific must I
through cut from ocean to ocean by wIch
the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Till
meet. Necessarily the cut through the la
teau on the Pacific side will be very heSy
one, but the greater expense Of that cut i4o
be weighed against the cost of the structre
and maintenance Of locks; and taking
period of twenty years operation the dep
cut will prove the cheaper in the end. If
such cut were ever opened the tidewy
making through it would probably give shbs
plenty of sea room within few years.
Year: 1875

All the world knows how well tie Presi-
dent sustains his dignity when tbs duty
seems to require merely that h, should
ignore unpleasant facts But the country
Will be apt to believe that in tie crisis
reached in the whiskey Investigation that
method of sustaining the dignit of the
Presidential Office is inappropriate and can
only lead to painful misconceptions The
silence Of the Presidents secretary in the
presence of published evidence thatseems to
lmplicate him in conspiracy to ractice a
great fraud on the national TreasuT will be
taken as an admission that he cannot deny
the implication. But if the secretary is dis
posed to be silent then the silene of the
President can at least only mean hat he is
more tender for his friends than resolute
and careful in the preservation of oicial pu-
rity; that, in short, it makes a gret differ
ence in the case of an offender wheher or no
he is an intimate of the Executive From
the only point of view that the pblic can
possibly hold this case is very clea. There
is no possibility now that the imutations
are mere scandal or slander. Thy could
not possibly arise as they stand cen from
any mans perjury. Here is Documentary
evidence produced in court by 1hich the
Presidents secretary appears to be in secret
correspondence with men known be en-
gagged in q public robbery of enormous pro-
portions. Can the Presidents pripte secre-
tary give any explanation of this fact con-
sistent with his innocence of completely in
the crimeP Can he show tina he did
not know the character of his correspond
ents, or that the dispatches to and
from himself referred to other Subjects; or
that he was not in correspondence with
the conspirators, and that the appearances
against him are false appearances? If he can
show any of these points the time or him to
do SO has come; if he cannot ther the way
should not only be opened for his departure
from the Executive chamber, bu court
martial is called for, and q crimina prosecu-
ton. There is an easy and familir style Of
reference to the President in tese de-
spatches; but the country knows tat when
the threat of these disclosures was made the
President met it with defiance tht is itself
an evidence of his rectitude. Bu his duty
is plain to see that the atmosphereof official
life near to his person is cleared up Charges
that have long foated in the air have low as
sumed such a shape that they cannotbe ig-
nored; and if they are not explained t will
necessarily be thought that this is bcause
any explanation that may be given rust be
worse than any conclusions the pubic will
draw from the disclosures made. That will
be damaging admission
Year: 1875

Mississippi, from all accounts, is as quiet
and happy since the election as Arkan sas
was when Congress refused to overthrow
Governor Garland There has been gen.
eral reconciliation, and the only question
just now is whether the ''era of good feel
ing" will not be made use Of by Governor
Ames to get his numerous offences condoned
Before the election the democrats had deter
mined, in case they carried the Legislature
to impeach and remove the Governor Now,
it is said, the ire-eating wing Of the demo-
cratic party are in treaty with him, and
promising that, in case he makes certain ap-
pointments to suit them they will protect
him against impeachment when the Legisla-
ture meets. This body will also have to
elect United States Senator in the place Of
Mr.. Alcorn, and there are signs of singular
combination for this election against Colonel
Lamar, who is the most prominent man men,
toned for the Senatorship. Mr.. La
mars influence throughout the State,
and his bold and determined attitude
at the Democratic State Convention, defeated
the color line movement which had been
begun by the Vicksburg fre-eaters and which
threatened to create reign of terror in the
State. For this defeat the extremists have
not forgiven Colonel Lamar They were
forced to submit during the canvass, but
they now mean to defeat him for the Senate,
and it is said that Governor Ames, who also
favored the color line, is willing to lend them
such assistance as he can by appointing some
of the extremists to Office, and by turning
such influence as he may have in favor of
Colonel George or some other of Mr. Lamars
competitors.


The new Legislature is a respectable body,
made up, it is said, largely of old wings and
conservatives, but also of men inexperienced
in political action. Besides Lamar and
George the principal candidates for the
Senatorship are General McArdle, of
Vicksburg, the leader of the extrem-
lists; General Walthall, an excellent
citizen and moderate man, and General
Featherston. OF all these Colonel Lamar is
the only one known to the country at large.
He has just been reelected to Congress from
his district, and he deserves well of the State
and the country for his sensible course in
committing the party in his State against the
color line. He is probably the most popular
man in Mississippi. The contest in the Leg
islature promises to be exciting, and the re-
publican newspapers in the State prophesy
that it will produce split Of the democratic
party.
Year: 1875

In London they say that other nations were
not consulted as to the purchase Of the
Khedives interest in the Suez Canal because,
in fact, there was not time; but that if there
had been time it would not have been worth
while, because no other nation has any right
to protest against the purchase. That is to
say, the British Cabinet, apprehensive that
several Powers would protest and could as
sert a right to protest, seized the opportunity
curely in its hands, convinced that this
would be the more advantageous position
from which to consider whatever protests
might be made.


In Russian opinion, however, cit seems
impossible for the affair to be completed
without an international arrangement. 1t
is all right, of course, the Russian would
say. We do not object to your possession OF
the canal, nor even to your possession OF all
Egypt; but there are things that must be
done formally. If done otherwise than for
mally it is the success of trickery-a mere
snap game, not worthy great nation in
transaction which involves the interests Of
other great nations success that can have
no worthy admiration, and that will not be
treated by other nations with respect.
In short, Russia, though quite willing that
England should have Egypt, wants to know
what Russia is to have as an equivalent, and
supports her demand for that knowledge by
the hint that there are several Powers behind
her who would like to feel assured that the
great international route is not to be used
merely in British interest in the future.


There are very different views of the trans
action. England in the view given exposes
a consciousness of sharp practice on her
part, and Russia some irritation, while
France is greatly excited 1t does not ap-
pear yet that Constantinople has any opin-
ions on the subject. But it matters little
what is thought there, and not great deal
what is thought in Paris, while Russia and
England are not SO widely at variance but
skilful diplomacy can reconcile their differ
ences.
Year: 1875

The FRENCH ASSEMBLY has adopted the
Electoral bill, and the next question will be
the time for holding the general elections
and convoking the new Assembly. The re-
suit of the elections, which ought to be held
at an early day, will be looked forward to
with great interest because ofthe influence it
will have upon the form Of government in
France. All parties will show great activity
in securing the election Of their candidates,
and we hope the republicans will not throw
away their strength in useless divisions, as it
is upon the temper Of the next Assembly that
the security Of the Republic depends
Year: 1875

OUrDooB RELIEF in great city like New
York is always difficult problem, and in
part both public and private charities Of this
class have been administered without plan
or system. It is now proposed to abandon
the old methods altogether and to substitute
in their place plan suggested by Mr.. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, whereby greater intelligence
in relieving the wants Of the poor and more
permanent benefits from the distribution Of
aims will be obtained. The organization Of
the machinery for these important purposes
could not be placed in better hands than
those Of Mr. Roosevelt. and We trust that he
will meet with sufficient cooperation to Sc
cure the complete success Of his system.
Year: 1875

WALL STREET YESTERDAY. stock and
gold markets were feverish. In the former
the feature was Union Pacific. Money on
call was abundant at and afterward at IL
per cent. Gold ended at lis IA, after
touching is 5-s. Rag paper, SGT.
Year: 1875

Where it came from or how it came we
hardly knew, but suddenly yesterday a cold
wave descended upon us with that intense
chill which only the hardest physical exer-
else, and scarcely that, can resist. If it had
come more gradually we should not have
cared, but it leaped out of the mild, bracing
fox hunting temperature of November in
this latitude with all the fierce, bitter white
bear hunting freeziness of the Arctic regions
Men can bear great extremes of heat and cold
when they are reached by gradual stages, but
they are not fitted to endure these sudden
shocks. An icicle, if gradually pushed down
the small of your back, may be borne with
patience, but nobody likes one to be thrust
rudely under his collar The way in which
our part of the world was plunged into cold
bath was, therefore, quite shock to its sys-
tenn, especially as "Old Prob had been
talking in vague way about snow or rain.


1t was the first really cold day of the
winter, and as such will be remembered.
We hear of the mercury going down thirty
degrees below zero in Canada but fall Of
nearly forty degrees in twenty-four hours in
New York was quite enough for us. A strong
wind added to the general discomfort and
the very sun seemed to shine coldly upon the
frozen city. 1t was day for charity and
vet day when even the warmest friends
turned each other the cold shoulder. 1t is
the nature of suffering to make the sufferer
selfish but no doubt those who were cosey
by hot fires, or who shivered in great coats,
must have thought Of others who had neither
fires nor coats and possibly not even food.
Such tremendous fall in the temperature
cannot but cause great distress, and to-day
is the best time to relieve it, The winter is
upon us. Let us do the best we can for the
.onr
Year: 1875

JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL HoLT has been
position he held for so many years and in
With he made great figure. As the prose-
cutting officer before the courts martial dur
ing the war he was frequently brought into
prominence, and, as was natural in position
where so much partisanship was excited,
sometimes into obloquy. Upon his retire
ment, however, he will carry with him the
good wishes Of most Of his countrymen.
Now THAT THE SKUPTscHINA is in session
once more another Servian demonstration
Of sympathy with the revolt in the Herzego-
vina may be expected. That body is the


pnly hope Of the insurgents against the peace
! BILE intentions Of the. Prince Milan.
Year: 1875

spread out. There is, however, a pre-
yailing feeling that the prices Of the
leading articles Of trade have fallen to 4
point where it is saio to purchase pretty
full stocks, This is especially true Of th'
various departments Of the iron trade
such as nails for instance, and hence there
ia very satisfactory disposition to buy.


It will be noticed that Mr., Wilson's
view Of the business situation cores
ponds pretty closely with the article from
the New York Nation in another column,
Year: 1875

and this may be the required agency. Good
must come of it, IN making men better members
OF society, even If it does not make them MEM
bers of church.


On this dreary November night, the rain
heavily falling, the wind mournfuly sobbing,
they are bringing the dead Vice President to In
dependence Hall. was there short time since
and quiet crowd had assembled in the wretched
storm to pay its last respects to the departed
Statesman. 1t is a season for melancholy re-
tection--and yet Wilson has done his work, :
none better has fallen from the hands of any
American of our time. He was one of the few
of later leaders who were really loved by the
people as the sad interest taken in the present
lying -in-state fully shows. INDEX.