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Year: 1875

It is of the highest importance, then, that in- dividuals should be able to judge for themselves by their own feelings Nif and to what extent they are attacked by this insdOus enemy to ill health, comfort, and even life itself if left to run it's course unchecked, by the early and prompt ap- plication of curative remedies.
Year: 1875

By Atlantic and Pacific telegraph
dispatches we learn that the Texas
Pacific Railroad Bill is once more
dead. Before, it died in the person of
Colonel Tom. SCOTT. This time it is
the lobby that gives up the ghost.
Both the Alto and Chronicle of Tues
day contain dispatches bearing date
of Washington 22d, in which it is
claimed that the refusal of the House
to suspend the rules and take up the
Texas Pacific Bill is conclusive evil
dence that it cannot pass that body.
It is said that the lobby accept this as
certain defeat and confess themselves
routed, horse, foot and dragoon. How
much of this is true and how much
false we leave the people to judge,
while remembering the fact that from
the same source we recently had the
positive assertion that majority OF
the committee was opposed to the bill,
when in reality just the reverse was
the case,
Year: 1875

The man who plants tree bestows
blessing on posterity. This being
the case, Mayor BEAUDRY has con-
ferred numberless blessings on future
generations. He is converting the
hill streets into avenues which, in a
few years will be shaded with the tall
eucalyptus and the waving acacia.
He has set out line of young trees
along either side of Temple street
West of Bunker Hill Avenue to Pearl
street and along Pearl street North
erly to the reservoirs. Also along
Canal and Reservoir street from the
junction with Short street, Westerly
to near Figueroa street. Altogether
he has planted out about three thous-
and of these trees and they are all
growing finely. The eucalyptus is a
rapid grower and in an almost incred-
ible short time these trees will present
beautiful appearance greatly en-
hancing the property in their vicini-
Year: 1875

FRANK M. PIXLEY is once more
welding the editorial quill of the
Chronicle, and his pungent articles
have drawn the fire of his enemies,
some of whom denounce him as
journalistic charlatan and political
ground and lofty tumbler A part of
these charges at least are errors. Mr..
PIXLEY is not newspaper charlatan,
hack nor fraud. He is not charla-
tan, because he writes we'll and forci-
bly,, and the dictionary says charla-
tan is one who makes unwarrantable
pretensions. He is not newspaper
hack because he is not compelled to
write for living and only writes
when he feels like it and has some
thing to write about. He is not a
journalistic fraud, because he is an
educated and talented gentleman, with
brains enough to think for himself and
independence enough to write what
he thinks. We have worked by the
side of FRANK 'PIxLEY, and we like
him as q man and as newspaper
writer. His articles are reflex of the
man-pointed, forcible and alive. One
may quarrel with his opinions, but no
one can mistake his meaning. He
does not dribble platitudes nor sail his
craft by the compass of some old fogy
around the corner. What he writes is
what he thinks, and this is more than
can be said of great many newspaper
writers. Mr.. PIxLEY's political opin-
ions are his own. He is not the kind
of man who is likely to remain In a
party longer than that party's princi-
Piles meet his approval, and he is just
| the kind of man who will go into
another party the moment its princi-
pies please him better than those of
the party with which he has been act
ing. He is an independent politician,
an independent writer, an independent
thinker, and, being rich, is an inde-
pendent man generally.
Year: 1875

ward end his own life on Tuesday
last. Hansen had been married about
year, but owing to his intemperate
habits his wife had left him, seeking
protection with friend in Oak
land. On Tuesday Hanson came to
the house and asked his wife to go
with him to lawyers, to institute
proceeding for divorce. On reaching
the yard he fired two shots at her,
taking effect in her face and neck. He
then turned the pistol on himself, but
it missed fire. He then ran to Broad
way wharf and threw himself into the
water, but was rescued by the by
ISLANDERS and taken to Jail. Mrs. Han
sons wounds are severe, though not
necessarily fatal.


No conclusion has yet been reached
in the examination of the affairs of the
Tax Collectors office.
Year: 1875

Moore's Restaurant, on Commercial street,
is the proper place to go for a good meal, with
good cup of coffee or tea to drink with it,
There is probably no restaurant on the Pacific
coast where so many of the substantials and
so many of the luxuries may be had for 25 els.
Don't forget the place-Moore's Restaurant,
Commercial street. Private eating rooms have
been neatly fitted up for the accommodation
of ladies. j5-tf
Year: 1875

sa- The tide ofimmgration Is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people dc
Is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. 2%o
Year: 1875

The daily Alta Californian, of San
Francisco, has double-leaded leader
calling upon the Democracy of Ohio to
rally to the support of Allen G. Thurman
as the Democratic candidate for Presi.
dent in 1876 The Alta says:


Take him for all in all, Senator Thur
man still seems to US the most available
candidate the Democracy have for the
presidential race


Unless we are mistaken the cry for
Tilden will amount to nothing. The
Democrats have been too unfortunate
with candidates from New York to ac-
cept another, and especially one so en-.
tirely without experience in national
politics as Tilden,


Moreover, the West wants and we
think will have the candidate, and as
between Thurman and Hendricks the
South will prefer the former, who is a
native of Virginia, although for many
years past resident of Ohio.


His personal character is beyond re-
proach, his ability is acknowledged, and
he is probably the strongest man the
Democracy can produce to make cam
paign against the Republican nominee,
and the latter will have to call out all
the full strength Of his party to carry the
day against such competitor.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Vice President
Wilson died very suddenly at half-past
seven o'clock this morning. 1t having
been represented last night that he had
somewhat improved, and that he would
be able to leave the city for the North
this week, the intelligence of his sudden
death fell with startling force and sud-
denness on the community. The Vice
President seemed on Saturday to be a
great deal better than at any time during
his late sickness, but yesterday he was
not quite 80 well. Postmaster Burt, of
Boston, called on him in the forenoon
and had pleasant conversation with
him
Year: 1875

The Cleveland Herald doesn't seem to
pine after Grant, as we gather from the
following


The best men in the earlier days of
the Republic we're unanimous in depre-
eating Third Term, The best men of
this day are opposed to Presidential
Third Term, and whenever a selfish,
short-sighted politician, or pap-fed
newspaper raises voice in favor of a
Third Term. that voice should be ST.
fenced by the thunder of the peoples
voice, which is so emphatic against a
Third Term as that even the wayfaring
politicians need not err therein. To use
slang phrase in reference to the politi-
cal creed that must govern the Republi-
can party, the people declare, mo Third
Term in ours"
Year: 1875

THE IsHSIAELITE of the New York Sun
would have his readers believe that the
President and his Secretary of the Treasury
are at swords points on the question of the
prosecution of the whisky frauds. But his
readers will iplsce no more confidence in
him now that they did when he told them
Bartlett was better man for the Legisla
ture than his opponent The Ishmaelite
made it specially to advocate Bartlett's
claims and fitness and to denounce his op-
ponent as utterly unworthy in comparison.
But his readers, if they number anything
like his boastful announcement of them,
must have voted exactly in the opposite di-
rection from his advice. His opponent had
more majority than Bartlett had votes.
And this is about the correct measure OF
the Ishmaelite's influence with his readers.
Meanwhile the President and Secretary
Bristow are pressing to the wall the reve-
nue. thieves regardless of race, color or pre-.
Yious friendships. They will take q turn
at the New York smugglers and corpora.
fious directly,
Year: 1875

''SENATOR ROBERTSON, with whom we had
q brief hut pleasant talk yesterday, is confident
that the reform policy of Governor Chamber
lain has the cordial sympathy and support of
the National Administration. Some months
ago President Grant tod Senator Robertson
that Governor Chamberlain could count on
having, if necessary, the active influence, per-
sonal and Official of the Executive in COM
pleting the work so well begun; and we are
authorized to say, that President Grant told
Senator Robertson, only few days ago, that
Mr.. Chamberlain was the best Governor in
the South '"-Chdrleston NelOS and Courier.


There is a..great deal of hidden mischief
in this paragraph, for it is intended to con-
vey the idea that President Grant is en-
gagged with Gov. Chamberlain in that per-
sons effort to destroy the Republican party
in South Carolina. ThelNeDs and Courier
supports Chamberlain in that effort, and
has no doubt misquoted Senator Robert
son. OF course the President is in favor of
reform, and will sustain, so far as he can
legitimately, Gov. Chamberlain or any
other official in attempting to accomplish
il; but when such an Official, under the
guise of pretended reform, attempts to in
augurate second walker movement"
by which to hand the patronage of great
State over to the Opposition. he is not apt
to say he is 'fhe best Governor in the
South" He no doubt understands that
political traitors, such as Gov. Chamber
lain seems inclined to prove himself to be,
are not reliable as true reformers -
Year: 1875

not particularly concern us. We are not
his father or godfather. We do not live in
New York, and have taken no direct part in
hispolitical advancement. Butin the hope of
inducing the Nation to let the POstcrawl out
from under the bed, we venture to suggest
to the former journal that there is ditfer-
ence between criticism and blackguardism,
that the question of a mans intellectual en-
dowments is one upon which even iar
critics may differ with each other, and upon
which fair critics are very apt to dilIer from
| blsckguards: that even il the Post was mis-
taken as TO the measure of MIR. Conkling' s
capacity, others have fallen into the same
delusioD.


When he was only twenty one years Old,
Oneida county selected him from all its bar
for district attorney. When he was but
twenty nine years old, the city of Utica
selected him from all its citizens for mayor.
During the same year that Congressional
district selected him for its. represen-
tative. Four times that honor was con-
ferred upon him. When at the age of
thirty-eieht the Legislature of New York
sent him to the Senate. Perhaps the city
OF Utica, the county of Oneida, the Con-
gressional district and the State were all
very stupid. But they have made no such
blunder about any of the statesmen who
write for the Nation or the Post, and are
not likely to so blunder hereafter. And it
! is quite manifest that New York has not
seen her blunder, if she made one. For
when Mr.. COnkling had worked six years
in the Senate by the side of the picked men
of the whole country, despite the treachery
of such papers as the Nation and the Post,
he led the party to which he belonged TO a
transcendent victory in New York, and the
party, so victorious, NTH one UOice again
returned him to the Senate. That is an
evidence of supremacy which, SO far as we
know, has never been accorded to any
other statesman which New York has pro-
dpced.


Perhaps since lie was avery Young man
I, he has ceased 10 make good speeches, but
such as he hes made the Senate has heard,
and no man in the Senate has ventured to
talk to him as the Nation talks to the Post.
And when, hereafter, any man does so talk
TO him We venture to predict that Mr..
Conkling will not be the one to ask pardon.


1t may be thought becoming in the un-
known drivellers who write for the "NG.
tioH" 10 deny talent to one who las achieved
what Mr.. Conkling has. Any dog can bark
at the moon. There is one species which
does spend much of its time in that exer-
else. But no man of sense ever thinks it
| an evidence of culture in the cur.
Year: 1875

TIE gr,at trouble is that the Speaker
ship timber in possession of the Democracy
of the next House is very scarce. Banks
would serve their purpose; but then they
would be liable TO the charge of being CON-
PEELED to go outside of their party ranks to
get a conn, tent candidate.
Year: 1875

This country was never 50 well supplied
with winsome, witty and willing maidens as at
present, and yet there are over one thousand
young men not many miles from here who
spend two hours in smoking, three in standing
on the street corners and quite as many more
in playing billiards every day for the reason,
as they have it, that life is lonesome, aching
void.
Year: 1875

Mr.. FERNANDO WOOD is politician of
no mean sagacity. He probably knows
that he cannot be elected Speaker himself;
but may elect some other man. In this
latter contingency he may have his choice
Of Craftsmanship, and secure a pledge of
votes in the next Democratic convention
for his candidate for the Presidential nomi-
Year: 1875

doing go you would mislead yourself, for he is.
He came all the way from New Jersey, and,
what is less important, he came by the moral
influence of dead-head ticket, and, what is
more or less important, still be tarries with us
In expectancy, yearning for soft and easy
portion of the spoils that will cluster about
the vacancies which are to be created In and
about the coming Democratic House. In lieu
of this fact allow US to remark, now is the time
to keep your back and front, side and second
story doors and windows bolted, strip your
clothes lines before sunset, plant glycerine in
your heneries, and never go to sleep with less
than six navy reyolvers under your pillow and
gas jet burning in the chamber. A good
watchdog will be valuable in addition to these
precautions, but even watch-dogs have been
known to compromise under the persuasion of
companionable associates.
Year: 1875

Take old Time by the forelock and secure a
good seat in the gallery on organization day,
and, after passing through the scenes, if you
do not feel as though you had witnessed the
grand and lofty tumbling of circus, our
wig will be at your disposal.
Year: 1875

That is him. Do you see the chap; that fel-
owtripping gaily along yondcr with straight
out and-out choker Of stand-up collar and
glossy beaver that actually rejects the build
ings OF the street SIS he passes ont His nose
may be little too ruddy to convince one Of
bis total abstemiousness, but mark you, the
nose is bis, and from that expression Il is very
evident that it would be hazardous for any Que
to assert 10 the contrary: and then notice the
diamond pin for change, and that gold
headed cane; stfll again that hope which lin
gers like airay Of light in the other eye. You
would scarcely think him foreigner, and BY
Year: 1875

He came into town from Mississippi. He
was q wild eyed youth, one quite as fierce in
optical expression as you ever see, and he came
up for his constituency. Not exactly con.
stituency that had placed him in Office, but one
which desired his good Offices to assist them
into Office. He was a bold man we might say,
a very bold man, and still hit the mark. He
was willing to talk and did talk. He said that
he carried six Democratic Congressman in his
coat-tail pockets, and had lost several others
in the lining of his pants. In the palm of his
hand he held the rest, and would play the
most prominent as trump cards in political
games be expected to win. He was going to
control two thirds of the positions in the COM
ing House, and could use the other third in
case OF an emergency. He was a bold man,
we say, and very loud talker, and many
people heard what the fellow said, but in the
course of human events we have to acIsnowl-
edge that he failed TO pan out. Last night, at
an hour when the owl usually goes out for his
meal, this same bold man from Mississippi laid
curled up back of lumberpile south of the
Avenue, with his pockets turned inside out
and all of his Congressman gone. As an on
Ger raised the mighty Mississippian to an up
right position and pushed his beaver up from
his mourning dressed eyes, he said: "Friend,
are you the fellow who was going to run Con-
gressP "Yezzer wazzer, butter lost my
grip" and the bold mans knees forgot their
duty, and hewent down again before the officer
could save him.
Year: 1875

Extraordinary Announcement.


II you will buy twenty dollars or more at our
store at any time, We will pay your Fare from
Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids and back. On show
ing us your ticket, which must be trip ticket,
we will return you the cost OF it-S2.5O-in cash.
AS we have no branch store in Kalamazoo, we
make this offer to induce every body to come
and buy their clothing of us in Grand Rapids.
AS we have strictly one price to all, aud have
the largest stock and lowest prices in the state.
you will buy of us much lower than in Kalama-
zoo and besides it costs you nothing to come
to Grand Rapids and go back again. Don't
miss this great chance, and as no other store
makes this offer be careful you come direct to
our Double Store, l04S


STAR CLOTHING HOUSE,


3S, 40 Il AZ Canal st.. Grand Rapids, Mich.
Year: 1875

TO the person making the largest amount of
Cash Purchases during the Holidays. we will
present-if lady-a fine Gold Set OF Jewelry /;
and If Gent, Gold Watch Cham.


Everybody IN want OF suitable Holiday Pres
ents can do no better than TO purchase some
fine Jewelry, Watch, Silver Ware, or some
thing that is both pleasing aud durable. In an
ticpation OF the wants of our customers we
have purchased and now have in stock a fine
assortment of
Year: 1875

The North Bridge, which spans the
deep valley lying between the Old and
New Towns of Edinburgh Scotland,
was built upwards Of hundred years
ago Between the arches of the bridge
and the roadway above are number
of chambers or vaults which have not
been opened, till recently, since the
bridge was built. One of them has
been visited by Professor Geikic, who
says: q '4il isn.i "


"From the vaulted ceiling, and es-
pecially from the joints Of the masonry,
hung hundreds of stalactites---delicate
spar iciclcs Of snowy whiteness. In
many cases they reached TO the floor,
forming slender thread-like pillars
Usually they were slim stalks, some
what like thick and not very well made
tobacco pipes but towards the sides
of the vaults they became thicker and
stronger one which we carric;. of
measuring about four feet in length,
and as stout as an ordinary walking
stick. The same material as that form.
ing the stalactites spread in ribbed
sheets down the sides Of the vault. The
floor, too, was dotted Hover with little
monticules of the same snow white
crystalline spar.


"A more illustrative example Of u
stalactitc cavern could not be found
The whole process was laid open before
us in all its stages. Along the joints
of the masonry overhead could be seen
here and there drop Of clear water
ready to fall AT other places the drop
hung by the end of a tiny white stone
icicle, to which it was adding its own
minute contribution as il evaporated
From the mere rudimentary stumps
the stalactites could be traced of all
lengths until they were found firmly
united to the spar hillocks on the floor
Every one of these hillocks, too, lay
directly beneath the drip, catching the
remainder of the stone dissolved in the
dropping and evaporating water In
every case the stalactites were tubes
even the thickest of them, though il
had undergone great changes from de
post on lis outer surface. retained
nevertheless. rs bore. Usually there
hung clear water drop from the end
of the stalk, ready to descend upon its
white stony mound beneath.


ror huhured years thls deiicate
tapestry mas peeh hanging ana grow
ing ana breaking ana growing again
quietly IN darkness, beneath the grind
OF our carriage wheels, and yet high
IN air, with the stream of human life
flowing underneath it too.
Year: 1875

"oh your nose is as cold as ice, a
Boston father thought he heard his
daughter cxclaim the other evening,
as he was reading in the next room.
He walked in for an explanation, but
the young fellow was at ono end of the
sofa. and the girl at the other, while
both looked 10 innocent and unconsci-
GUS that the old gentleman concluded
that his cars had deceived him, and SC
retired from the scene without word
Year: 1875




THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY.-It
was in the early summer of 1852 that
Governor Winthrop, of the Colony of
Massachusetts, Bay, made the first pub
lie proclamation for day of thanks
giving. In q letter to Governor Brad
ford, Of Plymouth Colony, he related
the good news Just received from Eng
land as the occasion for observing such
a day, and invited the neighboring
colony to unite with the people under
his own jurisdiction in the celebration
of it, As the good news related as
much 10 the Plymouth people as to
the people of Boston, and as Winthrop's
words-"I doubt not but you will con-
sidor if il be not iit for you to join in
it'-exprcss confidence in the action
of Plymouth, il may be presumed, al
though we can find no distinct record
of the fact, that the day was observed
in common by the two colonies. AT
any rate the Boston people kept the
day on the 10Th of June, 1882, as We
learn from the Journal of Winthrop.
Thus the example of a day Of Thanks
giving was first set, which has since
been followed by so many of the com
monwealths of the United States, and
at last by the nation itself.
Year: 1875

TWENTY years ago, says the Brook
lyn -Iygus, poor boy, after attentive
ly perusing the life Of Lord Nelson,
secretly left his parents roof with a
pocket knife, a sandwich and a bunch
Of twine as his sole capital resolving
to 90 to sea and become an Admiral.
Five miles away from home this brave,
ambitious lad was kicked into a duck
pond by an exasperated mule, and he
is now one Of the wcalthiest and most
DEVOTED agriculturists in the State OF
New York.
Year: 1875

1t is said that the honey product Of
San Diego, California, in this year will
be fully 600 tons. One million two
hundred thousand pounds Of honey
from single county is prodigious for
an industry only about three years
old.
Year: 1875

How sweet is perfect understad-
ing between man and wife. He was to
smoke cigars when he wanted them,
but lie was to give her ten cents every
time he INDUCED in one. He kept his
word, and every time she got fifty
cents ahead he'd borrow it and buy
cigars. And so thay were happy.