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Year: 1875

Lazy persons die young. 1t is the ac-
tive in body and brain who live to ex-
treme old age, as a rule. 1t is abun-
dantly proven that exercise of the mind
invigorates its bodily receptaeles, even
when that exercise is carried to an ap-
parently extreme point. The brain, the
reservoir lof nervous energy to the rest
of the system, increases in volume a nd
vigor by use, jnst as the arm of the
blacksmith or the leg of the dancer
gains in muscular development. The
general system benefits by the enhanced
brain-power, and greater vitality and
longevity is the result. Work by meth
cd and on system. even when severe, i,
not only quite compatible with long life
but is actually conducive TO it, while
the torpor of idleness or the excitement
of fitful efforts are the sure PRECURSOR
of mental and physical degeneration
This is useful doctrine to preach, and
still more useful TO practice.-[ DIR
Hall.
Year: 1875

There is telegrapher's palsy. The
operators kept very busy find that after
some years they are unable to signal GER
tain signs distinctly. They change their
fingers and get rid of the trouble-for a
time; but these fingers fail, and if the
labor is persisted in, the whole arm gives
out and the brain becomes affected.
Year: 1875

Since the adjournment of the Legislature


the chief point Of attraction in the State


House is the executive department. Sena-


tors and members of the House Of Repre-


sentatives may be seen there every day


looking after the commissions of men whose
appointments they have secured to offices
in their parishes. The offices of the Com
mittee on Auditing and Supervising Ex


penses Of the State, the Committee on Con-
tingent Expenses of the House, and the
Committee on Auditing and Supervising
Accounts of the Senate are also places of
much attraction Just at this time in the
State House; and, though last not least, we
may mention that the offices of the State
Auditor of Public Accounts and State
Treasurer are not neglected in this general
rush of creditors to have their claims settled.


There is considerable talk among those
who daily congregate in the State House
about the possibility or probability of an-
extra session of the Legislature. The gen
eral impression ia, however, that the Gov
ernor will not be 80 unwise as to open such
a Pandora's box just at this time. The con-
stitutional term of the General Assembly
has been held, and because the Democrats
saw tit in their madness to expatriate them
selves, as it were, at that time, they should
not be permitted now to take advantage of
their own wrong, at an expense to the
State of hundreds more of thousands of dol
lars, willingly wrung," in Conservative
parlance, "from axridGen people,"


While speaking of matters connected
with the State House, it will not be out Of
place to return thanks, even at this late
day, to Mr.. P. E. Bechtel, the gentlemanly
and efficient Secretary OF the State Senate,
for the many favors he has conferred upon
the representatives Of the REPUBLICAN
while in performance of their duties during
the session of the Senate.
Year: 1875

New YORK, March 6-The resolution on
the Pacific mail was the subject of general
discussion Oh Wall street yesterday. Rufus
Hatch, who still continues in the position
OF managing director, said. in regard to the
plane OF the company: I'VE shall reduce
our fleet. Now, there are twenty seven
Vessels IN active use; of them we shall take
one from the New York and Aspinwall line.
two from those plying between San Fran.
cisco and Panama, and five from the China
line. Some of these will be taken oft per.
manently, and are ready for sale as soon az
we can find purchaser. The others will
be dock.d and brought into use when the
times are busy-say along in July, when
the SEA Trade is brisk. At the other times
the men will he paid Oft and the ships laid
up Vice President Huntington, of the
Central Pacific railroad, when asked as to
bis own alleged prospective election as
director Of the Pacific Mail Company, said
bis time was too limited to attend to the
interests of the stockholders of that corno-
ration, and therefore he could not accent.
Year: 1875

The announcement of the intended re


petition of the grand concerts of fine old
music. SO ably conducted by Professors
Watts and Beardsley, will be received with
pleasure by our readers, many of whom no
doubt were unable to attend the previous
entertainments on account of the crowded
state of the hall. The coming concert is to
be givin for the benefit of the Little Sisters
of the Poor, whose labors are devoted to
the aged and infirm, an institution which
deserves the hearty support of our entire
community. The programme, while it will
retain many of the songs SO enthusiastically
received before, will embrace several other
melodies equally popular. The entertain
ment will be given at st. Patrick's Hall'
Wednesday evening, thirty-irs instant.
Year: 1875

Ihe Louisiana StGte Register has very
seldom found anything in the Republican


party to be pleased with. If there hap
pened to be something not quite so very


bad, friend Amos Collins signihed as much


by an alb solute silence. Just at present


this condition of armed neutrality seems
TO have given away to very pleasant and


harmonious one. Amicable relations have


been re-established. 1t may be that the


Republican party has changed front some


what, and so is more in accord with friend
Collins, or perhaps his eyes have been


opened to the good from out of Nazareth


Both are evidently in line, as the follow
ing expression Of appreciation of Gov


ernor Hahn will show. The compliment


is as plainly sincere as it is deserved:


The State Register was the first paper to
advocate Ex-Governor Hahn for Speaker of
the House, and we congratulate the people
OF the State that our choice was also the
choice of the Legislature. Speaker Hahn
has performed his duty in manner that is
entirely satisfactory to the body over which
he has 30 ably presided, as also to the
party, and the people of the State. We
have said in another article that the acts
of the last Legislature are generally credit
able. For this encouraging state of affairs
no other man is SO largely responsible as
Michael Hahn. With a weak, corrupt or
incapable man as Speaker of the House,
the limit of it's rascality is incalculable.
We do not need to specify individuals. The
files of this paper will show the names of
members Of the House who would
scruple at nothing in the way of
legislative villainy, and with corrupt
Speaker their ability to do mischief
is illinitable. We have had decent Leg
lslature. and one that has not prostituted
itself to jobbers. And the people will re-
member that Speaker Hahn, by his hon.
esty, firmness and capacity, has done more
than any other man to give us a good gov.
ernment, and rescue us from the remorse
less grasp Of the lobby.


That is enough to dispel the impression
that Mr.. Collins is afflicted with surly
or ungenerous nature He is not so very
hard to please after all, and when in the
mood to praise, bestows it with liberal
hand. There may be some back pay
ments included in this graceful allusion
to General Souer, but while such prompt
justice is done, the State Rngster can not
be called a delinquent:


There is clause in the appropriation bill
passed by the Legislature which makes an
approximation for the payment of sundry
old claims against the State, and provides
that the warrants issued therefor shall be |
funded. or received for back taxes at the |
option of the holder. This measure will |
result in paying off an amount of indebted
ness now standing against the State with
he back taxes that can he paid at reduced |
'ates. Representative Souer of Avoyelles,
ook very active interest in putting this
measure through the House, and is entitled
o the thanks of that large and respectable
lass of citizens known rs delinquent tax
,ayers."
Year: 1875

Preaching in this church by the pastor
this morning at eleven o'clock, and at nigh'
at halfpast seven O'Clock. Baptism at
the close of the service at night. The public
are invited to attend.
Year: 1875

The damage caused by high water on
lines north and east of Montgomery has
been repaired and trains are now running
through to all points on time via the Mobile
line. Ticket office corner Camp and
Common streets.
Year: 1875

In the spring of 1871, the Legislature
of New Jersey passed an act noticed in


the Observer of last week, making it a
misdemeanor punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment. to manufacture, import, sell,
or keep for sale any spurious or adul-
terated liquors, either alcoholic or fer
mented. This law, thoroughly enforced,
would, beyond question, close every sa-
loon in the State, as there is not one of
them that does not violate it every
secular day in the year.


Strange to say, the temperance men in
the last few years, have been so eager in
the pursuit of local option and one
form of prohibition after another, that
they have neglected the means so oppor-
tunely put in their hands and as far as
we are able to learn, not q single prose
cution has been made under this law
Whatever may be thought of the intrin-
sic justice OF total prohibition, it cannot
be denied that public sentiment in most
of the States is not prepared for its en-
forcement In the mean time it is the
part of wisdom to use every legitimate
effort for the Limitation and regulation
of traffic which we are not at present
able to suppress, by the overwhelming
force of popular opinion, which ought to
be arrayed against it.


if we cannot prohibit the sale of
liquors, we may very justly see to it that
men shall not be drugged into madness
and diocy, by the use of liquors which
they have purchased in good faith, sup
posing them to be pure when, as every
expert knows the well-known names of
rum. brandy, gin, wine, etc, are only
disguises for one reeking abomination or
another. There is very little pure bran
dy imported into the United States once
a year. There is not bottle of port
wine, we are told, in North America
which has not been "doctored' either
by first hands, or by some one OF other
of the middle men who have had it in
charge. Even whisky is redolent of
or other poisons, and the va
rious Eight wines" are quite as likely
to trace their origin to a turnip patch,
as to the vineyards whose names they
bear.


These adulterations are immensely
profitable to the manufacturer. Few
have the means. and a still smaller num-
Der the inclination to make the search
ing analysis required for their detection.
Color flavor, aroma are so successfully
initiated, that connoisseurs are constant
ly deceived by these mixtures. Chemical
tests alone serve to detect Them and
these of course are never made by the
men who drink Their effect every day
is becoming more and more startling.
Intoxication is changing in its nature
entirely. Incorporate habits are more
and more deadly And the sooner pub
lie attention is drawn to the necessity of
stamping out this part of the liquor busi-
ness the better.
Year: 1875

The junior editor of the Gallatin -
is noted for his modesty. When school
boys, he and the writer were inseparable
companions, probably because we both
stood in such holy awe Of "the girls A
pair of mischievous black eyes would
stampede us quicker than "a big dog"
One day Bob was sent to neigh6or
Shaw's to inquire about some straw for
filling beds, and of course the writer went
with him. Mr.. Shaw was the father of
six hateful girls, who had rather laugh
at fellow than not, and when we arriv-
ed they were all seated Mt dinner.
lodged carefully in at the door, and with
q scared look stammered:


Mr.. Straw, can you let me have
enough Shaw to fill my bed p y


''Well R" said the old gentleman,
glancing around the circle of astonished
faces, Il suppose so. Here are six be-
sides the old woman; but I'd rather you
would leave her if the girls will be suffi-
cient. Take them all and God bless
you"


Perfect shrieks of laughter went up
from those mean things, and R took
to his heels, followed by the writer and
cries from the old man to come back and
he'd throw in the old woman too.
Year: 1875

I would I were an unblown rose


Close shut in leaves of green
So shut that none had ever guessed
The color hidden in its breast


By blush of pink between.
Then when your face but turned my way,
As now, the crumpled sheen
OF crimson hid so safe away
Would stir the livelong summer day


Within, unheard, unseen;
But, when your footStep nearer drew,


Would burst the green apart,
And petals glowing in the sun
Would chronicle TO every one


The new life at my heart.
And tally sweet of all the leagues


You passed OF sea or shore
The claSping caly1 still should hold;
For every one there would unfold


One velvet petal more
So when at last, no space betwee


Your own from stem you broke,
And in your hand my perfect grace
Perchance you lifted to your face,


Although no word you spoke
All, then, indeed, the petals all
Down on the dewy sward might fall
Before you as you went;
and II perchaDce yOur eager feet
Night find for them the way more sweet,
Then were all content.
For so methinkS the one lost word
That mocks my various quest
Might uttered be, though never heard,
And that were Rest
Year: 1875

Sometimes, when he is very busy, Mac
Stinger don't have time to go home to
dinner, and MacStingers Boy carries the
dinner to him in one of those wonderful
little tin pals One day MacStingers S
Boy happened to intercept the school
children as they were going up State
street from the Sullivant School Build
ing, and he stopped to exchange observa'
tiens with some of the boys -


Hey, Johnniel How d ye git along
Year: 1875

One bright frosty December morning
the doctor made his appearance in high
spirits. II come early because l have
something important to say to you" he
explained.


What is it p asked Miss Morette, with
a sudden presentiment of evil


at is this; I have thought of it for
some time, and. this morning Jeanette
and I came to an understanding. l have
q great favor to ask you. l hope you
will not refuse it. Will you let me have
Pauline for little while p


Let you have Pauline? OF course not,
Sir"


"Wait-wait till tell you all. would
like to have her with me for two or three
months We would drive over ever after
noon to see you. Jeanette is fond of
children; she would take good care of
her, and you would have a little rest.
What do you think of my plan now2"


II do not need rest, Sir. l could not
part from Pauline; her mother gave her
to me on her death-bed, and l can not
let her GO


Don't be obstinate and sentimental"


my dear doctor, it is such strange
idea What would you do with her? She
would be a great trouble to you"


"She would be great comfort. l am
attached to her. | have neither lith nor
kin, and I can be q good friend to her if
you only had the sense to see it,"


But you are her friend now; you
can"


"Will you let her Gomez Yes or noY


NO Sir; l can not do that"


as it your last word p


ut is, Sir"


VERY we'll" And the doctor left the
house, slamming the doors severely.


The next day came and went. Several
other days followed, but no doctor came
with them. Three weeks had passed. and
the doctor had made no sign.


"Never mind, whispered Miss Morette,
as she kissed her little Pauline.


But she minded very much; she mind
cd so much that she wondered at herself
No real change had come over her life,
| yet everything was chan nged, and had be-
come stale, fiat and Improbable.
1t was Christmas week. light snow
Year: 1875

A circuit preacher in Missouri prayed
for rain one night at a farmers house,
and the farmer vino had a horse race
arranged fer the next day, was so mad
that he turned the good man out of doors.
Year: 1875

expense of printing the brief in suit
brought by the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company to prove that the boun-
daries of that ranch have been eX-
panded from two to four or more
leagues. The motive which prompts
the Railroad Company in this matter
is the same that impels all individuals
and corporations to action-atlesire to
obtain their own. If it can be proven
that party is holding eleven leagues
of land under four-league patent, the
Railroad Company obtain the alter
nate sections Of the illegally held seven
leagues, and the other sections revert
to the Government and will be open to
pre-emption by settlers. The sections
which the railroad will obtain will be
for sale at less price and on more sat-
isfactory terms than they can be had
of present holders. We do the Express
the justice Of saying that it is aware of
all this, but we cannot commend its
course in attempting to cloud the facts
in connection with the Puente and San
Vicente ranches, while it gives clearly
those of u similar nature in the case
of the Lomas de Santiago. The South
ern Pacific Railroad Company have
filed objections to number of grants
within the limits of their road, and
wherever they can prove fraudulent
survey, they will secure just what
they are entitled to-the alternate Sec
tions of the land fraudulently held.
The ETpress cannot plead ignorance
of this, for it stated the facts in its ar
ticle on the Lomos de Santiago, and
as it cannot defend itself under the
plea of ignorance, it stands convicted
of chicanery and double dealing. Its
insinuatiOns as to the motive of the
owners of the HERALD in discussing
question which it raised itself, will
be appreciated at their full value by
our people. The zeal with which the
Express rushes to the defence Of GER
tain patents and titles almost war
rants the suspicion that it has recent
ly acquired certain landed interests,
the value of which is contingent upon
the legality of the titles it devotes its
columns to defending
Year: 1875

There is curious combination of
malice and ignorance manifested by


the Express in consonance with its
general bad faith since it passed under
its present management, in its asser-
tion that the owners OF the HERALD
are making a combined assault on


land titles. The false and malignant
character of its statement is apparent
when it is known that the stockhold-
of the HERALD own greater number
of acres of land than the little coterie
of spectators who direct the course
of the Express, and that their titles
are passed in review by the same
parties that are now investigating the
titles to the Puente, San Vicente and
those of other grants in this county.
The Erp, ess cannot be ignorant of the
fact that it is the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company that is instituting
these investigations, and it is not as
well informed of the business of its
master as it ought to be if it does not
know that Senator JONES pays part of
the cost Of printing the $4,000 brief in
the San Vicente case. 1t will surprise
those who have lingering faith in
the honesty and intelligence of the
Express to learn that at the moment
it is filling its columns with assevera-
tions that there is no question or dis
pute about the San Vicente Ranch,
Senator JONES is paying part OF the
Year: 1875

THE hope that the story of the loss
of the steamer Pacific might turn out
a cruel hoax must be abandoned and
we may prepare ourselves for an ac-
ceptance of the fact that the vessel and
nearly all of the two hundred persons
on board are lost. AS soon as the
break in the telegraph line between
Portland and Victoria is repaired, we
may expect full particulars and de-
tails ofthe terrible disaster. The pick
ing up of another survivor together
with the finding ola great deal of de-
bris in the vicinity Of the wreck leaves
little room for doubt but that all is
lost. There is some hope that a few
of the passengers will yet be found
alive. The second survivors, account
proves that the theory of Captain
NELSON, one of the owners of the Pa
cific, that she was struck by another
vessel to be correct. The man says
she was struck amidship by ship un-
der full sail and his statement is
strengthened by the further informa-
tion that vessel with her bowsprit
gone and flying flag of distress was
seen off Cape Flattery. The survivor
states that Captain HOWELL was the
last man to leave the steamer and
they were together on raft until the
the Captain and six other persons one
of whom was woman died of expo
sure or were drowned.
Year: 1875

ONE Of the few original ideas that
occasionally inspire the Call is that
"It is creditable to the President, at
least, that he does not interfere to save
suspected persons who have been in
timately connected with his Admins
tration.n 1t is pity that this brill
liant sentence is the embodiment of
falsehood. Scarcely case can be
mentioned where the President has
not interfered to save his black sheep
friends. He not only prevents the Ad-
ministration of justice but he elevates
men who ought to be in the peniten-
tiary to places of honor and trust.
Year: 1875

WE are in receipt of the initial
number of the San Buenaventura
Daily Free Press, neat and we'll ed
tied paper published by o. P. HoDDY.
We wish the Press every success, and
gladly place it on our exchange list.
Year: 1875

San Francisco is to have another
newspaper, and on the prospect of its
publication the Chronicle breaches a
long sermon on the duties and nature
of journalism, after reading which we
are convinced that wide field is
ready to receive the coming daily.
The Chronicles preaching is so differ
ent from its practice that people must
wonder where it found out what pa
per ought to be.-Sdn Jose Patriot,
Year: 1875

In order to establish cheap and ready
means of communication between the adver-
tiser and the reader and facilitate the busi-
ness Of seller and buyer, landlord and tenant,
employer and employee, we have reduced the
rate OF advertising in our "want' column TO
five cents line. Business men and the gen.
eral public will find this the best possible
medium OF inter-communication and the
cheapncss of price will recommend ii to all.
Year: 1875

To Cure 1SoRowISa Tor NAtis-put
small piece Of tallow in a spoon, heat it
until litbecomes very hot; and pour on the
granulation. The effect is : magical
Pain and tenderness Il relieved At once,
and in few days granulalions are all gone
the diseased parts dry and destitute Of
all feeling, the edge Of the nail exposed so
as to admit Of being pared away without
any inconvenience.
Year: 1875

TIE following hints for the use Of
safes, and of what should be put in them,
are vouched for by good authority Avoid
fancy colored inks, as they are more liu-
BILE to be oblitCrated by heat when the safe
is under fire. The black inks are better.
Lead pencil will stand the heat better than
either, even when the paper Is burned
black Do not put the most valuable
account books at the sides Of the safe, as
the heat coming from the outside will eff
feet them first Crowd the books from the
sides to the centre Of the safe for the pur-
pose OF making them tight together, as
IN this condition they will stand the heat
much longer. Wood drawers are pre-
ferable to iron Tor cash boxes, and for
small valuable papers, as wood Is a non
conductor Of heat and iron good conduc-
tor. Never use in safe leather wal
let as a receptacle for valuable papers, Us
boiling water, heat 2l20, will crisp it and
convert it into a gluey substance and
destroy the papers, When safe has
been under tire, send for an expert to
Open il.