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Year: 1875

Well call him Henry, as that is a
popular name. He came down from
Troy last week in company with an
elderly woman and her daughter. The
girl was the Dulcinea of the hero Hen
ry, and their purpose was to get mar
ried. The first two days they passed
getting together wedding outfits; lots
Of nice underwear, walking suits, in
door costumes, and a series Of bonnets
were bought and sent to the East-side
hotel, where the trio stopped. Sum-
day was to be the bridal day, and Sat
urday night Henry went off to invite
some friends to see the fun. During
the time they had been in the hotel a
spruce young clerk had paid divers
under hand attentions to the Trojan
damsel, and on this Saturday evening
he found the bride in the parlor aud
had long conversation with her.
What he said and how he said it will
never be known. But when Henry
came back at nine o'clock the oblig-
ing CLERK met him with the informa-
ton that Dulcinea and her mother
had gone to the Gilmore garden con-
cert, and he was to go right up there
and find them.


The obedient man jumped into g
car and headed for Twenty y-seventh
street. Meantime every newly bought
article was speedily packed into trunks
by the bride elect during that absence,
and the hotel clerk and the lady went
off on the IL o'clock boat for New
Haven. The returning lover woke
the echoes and reused the hotel, when
he received at the desk note, in
which the faithless girl advised him to
renew an engagement with some pre-
vious flame who resides on Mount Ida,
in the classic city of Troy, because"
said she, Il never knew what love
was till | met Mr.. -, and we have
gone together"


There was tearing of hair and
gnashing of teeth in that hotel, when
the prospective mother-in.iaw was
aroused and told the news.


Dulcinea had been in and out dur
ing the hot evening, but hal gone to
bed at ten, SO she supposed. She had
considerably brought mamma a Sc
ductive brandy punch, in which a
bunch of mint was not the only green
thing after ma got her nose in.


The two deserted creatures sat and
lamented together, and the buxom
mother was the first to suggest COM
fort. "Cinny was young, inexperi-
enced thing; girls were no good, any
way" Henry began to see they were
not. AS mother-inlaw, Mrs. M
had not been ar unpleasant prospect,
and, like pity with vice, Henry soon
got to the embrace, found it much
more solid than the timid little hugs
he had had from Dulcinea, and the
upshot of it was Sunday morning at
twelve o'clock there was a wedding,
but the bride was Mrs. -, not Miss
Year: 1875

Thus far there has been very little
extravagant dressing at the watering
places. Thereis an evident disposi-
ton ON the part of ladies to dress
plainly and quietly. Fewer diamonds
are worn by genteer people, and there
is very little Of the cloud" style so
conspicuous at the fashionable sum-
mer resorts a few years ago.


This very timely suggestion is made
by the Detroit Free Press "Amid the
busy scenes of Summer life let us not
forget that Hannibal Hamlin, of Me-
is the man who forced us to lick two.
cent stamp on to the newspaper which
went for one before"


The Niagara hackmen are under
no restraint or restriction this year,
and cheat and swindle as much as they
ever did, all reports to the contrary
Notwithstanding.


In a nest of robins found on a farm
at North Dartmouth, Mass, are three
white birds and one eam-colored.
The old birds are Of the common hue.


Several horses were made deaf by
lightning in a stable in Lancaster,
Pa, few days ago.
Year: 1875

Fasting is an ordinance strictly cnioin-
ed We have already alluded 10 the fast
ofthe Rhamadan, a word which signifies
publication from sin. This fast, which is
more sacred than any other, occurs in the
ninth month of the Arab year. During
tbs period of penance the gates of Para
ti,e-say the Arab doctors Of divinity
ar, kept constantly open, so that it is a
happy fate to die at this time. None but
the sick are exempt from the rigorous OBJ
sevance of the Rhamadan. and these only
on condition that when they recover from
Illness, they shall fast as many days as
eq1al in number those on which they had
been allowed to take food. During the
thirty days this fast continues Mahometans
are not permitted To visit their wives.


Not only are they forbidden tn eat any
thing from sunrise to sunset, but, what is
worse. they must neither smoke nor drink
coffee now as the Arab, like the Spaniard,
who took the habit from him, has seldom
u cigarette out of his mouth, and drinks
ten or twelve cups of coffee day, this is
no small privation; SO that the hungry
faster, on this exceptional occasion, be-
comes savage and quarrelsome like other
animals when deprived of their food at
this period We see a fight almost every day
in the streets-a fair fight, English fashion
for the Algerines, unlike the Italians
and Spaniards, seldom use knives but in
every instance native peace makers inter
fere to separate the combatants, which is
more than is usually done in Christian
countries. The time for eating is thus
defined. The faithful are allowed to take
nourishment from dusk to dawn, as long
as it is impossible to distinguish by light
of day black thread from a white one


In Algeria, as is the custom in all coun-
tries which profess the Mahometan reli-
gion, a salvo of artillery announces the
beginning of the fast, and throughout the
month cannon fired at sunset gives the
signal that it is over for that day. After
so many hours of total abstinence, it NAV
be imagined how welcome to the ears of
the hungry population is the report of
this gun. The town seems to awake, the
scene changes at once from state of sulky
obedience to animation and Joy. The
minarets are lighted up, while from the
highest gallery the muezzin, in loud and
solemn voice, calls the faithful to evening
prayers.


After hastily reciting verse from the
Koran, every one begins to eat. Many of
the lower classes carry bread, few dates,
or the like about them. At such mo-
ment they become demonstrative, and are
too excited to stand on ceremony We
were one day passing an Arab just as the
cannon fired. "Entendstu," said he,
look" and, quick as hought-substitu-
ting pious ejaculation for praycr-he
took from the hood of his buMous bit
of bread, which he bolted down his throat
with triumphant satisfaction, leaving us
20 admire his self-denial and forethought
at the same time,-Algeria by Geo. GaskeU.
Year: 1875

Croquet, that eminently fascinating
game, was introduced on the premises
of the Collinses, Friday In the after
noon Podge's boy brought up the set,
and just before tea Mrs. Collins ar
ranged the wickets. Collins had learn
ed to play when visiting in Glover
shire, last summer, and Mrs. Collins
acquired an Indifferent knowledge of
the game from two elderly maiden sis
ters in Paxton street. And so on that
delicious Friday afternoon they took
ont their mallets and balls and COM
menced the game.


Now. Emeline," playfully observed
Mr.. Collins, .sdon't you begin cheat
ing at the start. If you do, the game
will be prostituted to mere gambling,
an well iniure our moral natures in
trying to build up our physical


''People who are so ready to charge
against others may need close watch
ing themselves, young man" said she,
in the same spirit; land | mean to
keep sharp eye on you"


Then they both laughed.


"But it viii be a good thing for you,"
he said, with tinge of tenderness in
his voice; ''you are kept cooped up in
the house so that you hardly get a
breath of air. This will give you ex-
ercise, and keep you out doors, too"


"You are always thinking of me-"
said she, as her eyes grew moist
"You need the outdoor air as much as
| do, but you are too unselfish to think
of Yourself"


And thus exchanging sentiments,
which did credit to both their hearts,
the game progressed.


After passing through the center
wicket, Mr.. Collins used her balls to
help himself through the other wicket
10 the upper stake. Then he left her
near the first wicket and struck for
the stake, which, being about eight
inches distant, made him confident
The ball missed by about an eighth of
an inch.


81 DECLARE" he exclaimed in vexa-
ton.


Then she, having watched his rapid
progress, now struck for him and hit
him, and minute later hA ball was
spinning through the grass to the 9TH
er end of the ground. She was now
in position for her wicket, and passed
through it and the others to the stake,
but missed it. Then he came up by a
well directed blow to within two inch
es of the stake. But she went for him
again, and when she got through she
was three wickets beyond the stake,
and his ball was at the other end of
the ground again, and his brow was
finely corrugated. He stepped nerv-
ously toward it. 1t was quite evident
that he was not unruffied. When his
turn came again he drove back to the
stake but struck wicket, and rebound
ed so close to her that she easily hit
him, and again introduced him thro'
wickets he was not for, and then sent
him flying again. Her success caused
her to laugh, and he heard it.


"You think you are pretty smart,
but I'll get even with you," he said,
without smiling.


"You'll have to play better than you
have done," she pertinently suggested.


81 think | know as much about GRO
quet as you do" he said, still with
straight face. eff you had fairness
about you, you'd letme have that stroke
Year: 1875

Major Popham, an officer of the
Revolution, wrote letter, in which
he says:


SIT was my great good fortune to
have attended st. Paul's church in
this city, with the General, during
the whole period of his residence in
New York as President of the United
States. The pew of Chief Justice
Morris was situated next to that of the
President, close to where l constantly
sat in Judge Morris's pew; and I am
as confident as a memory now labor
ing under the pressure of four-score-
years and seven can make me, that the
President had more than once-I be-
lieve j may say often attended at the
sacramental table, at which | had w,
privilege and happiness TO kneeL ~ y,
tions by my eldest daughter, who dis
tinctly recollects her grandmama
(Mrs. Norris often mentioning that
fact with great pleasure. Indeed, |
am further confirmed in my assurances
by the perfect recollection of the Presi-
dents uniform department during
Divine service in church. The steady
seriousness of his manner, the solemn
audible, but subdued tone of voice in
which he read and repeated the re-
sponses, the Christian humility which
overspead and adorned the native dig
nifty of the saviour of his country, at
once exhibited him pattern to all
who had the honor of access to him.
1t was my good fortune, dear madam,
to have frequent intercourse with him.
1t was my pride and boast to have seen
him in various situations the flush
Of victory, in the field and in the tent,
in the church and at the altar al
ways himself, ever the same"
Year: 1875

He is renovator, and he does not
ask for money, and this is the way he
gets at it. First. He has discov-
cred certain process for colored, and
black goods, by which after cleaning
them, no matter how faded or rusty
they may he, he restores them to their
original newness of appearance, and
then he only asks for east off clothes
as payment for his work, so don't let
us hear any more about hard times
but muster up all your old traps, and
take them to his shop. His name is
Horatio Marteen and he keeps at No.
"a, Arcadia street, one door below
Main and adjoining Mr.. Signorets sa-
loon. decl I'm
Year: 1875

IL


We once asked an old Winnebago souaw


how it was she cured her sick family. by


simply covering them every day with fresl,


earth, leaving only breathing spot fo,


their noses, and she said: Earth our


mother; earth makes she, and earth takes


good care to make the papoose strong 4;


squaw mother make the papoose sick
earth mother make the papoose we'll again:


she can't tell white squaw any more. "


Now, this poor Indian woman was wise
according to her light. Without knowing
why, she saw that the earth was a friend
to her children, and therefore gave them
to this healing embrace. If the mother be
fortunate enough to live in the country.
she has the cure for many of her children's
Ills quite at hand. Encourage baby to
play in fresh earth. preparing it properly
for its enjoyment and cure, with as care,
full an eye to the comfort of the little
things as you would if it were to take any
other sort of bath. If it has no old
dresses, make il suit of cheap print, tic
upon its head light hat, that will protect
its eyes from discomfort, and give it free


dom to deive in the warm, soft earth,
where the sunshine can comfort and invic
orate it. 1fit is a city child, and clrcum
stances forbid trip to the country for
the sake of the convalescent, have sand
heap made on the warm side of your yard.
Instinct will teach il to dir and diruin o.
hardcns the muscles and brings strength
20 the bones, while from the heart of the
Garth rises subtle and strong power of
healing. that We can neither explain nor
though VIC have both seen
and felt its potcncy.-IThe Metropolitan.
Year: 1875

Since the fine old tournament OF tho
Kilkenny cats We have heard Of nothing
90 thoroughly satisfactory in its way as =
little family feud in Alabama which was
fought out the other day, as the telegraph
assures Us, by three on side of the two
families engaged. Five of the combat.
ants were slam on the field, and the SIXTH
Is dying. The end of that man, we may
hope, will be peace at least 70 all hls
neighbors.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, February THE mem
bers Of the Committee on Ways and
Means say that the erroneous reports OF
the action of the Committee and their
votes on the various topics, have gone
out to the press to serious injury of
trade, therefore statement is authorized
that no final action has been taken by
them on any new duty or tax. The
whole subject is still unsettled.
Year: 1875

We have frequently drawn attention
to the condition of the County Jail and
we are forced to allude to it again. A
short time ago young man was ar
rested on a charge of drunkenness, and
placed in the general or large cell.
With the exception of his unfortunate
appetite for strong drink he is an am
liable and estimable young man, high
ly respected by all his friends. Ow-
ing to this falling it was determined
to confine him for few days and he
was thus thrown into the large cell,
among rse-thieves, murderers and
assassins, who amused themselves at
his expense whenever the jailer's back
was turned. Among other little atten-
tions they bestowed on him was
scorching his feet with matches and
lighted paper while he slept, so that
he was not fully recovered for weeks
afterwards. On representation of
the facts to the jailer he had him re-
moved to another cell where he was
not annoyed, and he was soon after re-
leased. The jailer is not to blame for
this as he has not the proper accommo-
dations. This of course is an isolated
case but it shows the necessity for
new Jail where prisoners will not be
crowded together like hogs. 1t is
well known fact that nothing but
evil results from allowing prisoners
to associate together in the same cell,
and we hope our county Supervisors
will erect comfortable and conven-
lent Jail at an early date.
Year: 1875

Boating is pleasant pastime on sum-
mer evenings, particularly when the
moon shines brightly. But two young
men, we'll known in business circles,
had a boating experience a few eve
nings since that can hardly be called
pleasant. They own boat which
they keep above the dam, and they
have some very agreeable lady ac-
quaintances who reside quite dis
tance further up the river. On the eve-
ming in question, they embarked in
their boat to row up the river and call
on the young ladies. The night was
dark, and it was not surprising, there
fore, that they lost their way and
landed half mile beyond the point
they intended to reach. Being direct
ed which way to steer, they re-em-
barked, but had not proceeded far
when it began to rain very hard, and
fog settled down upon the river so
that they could not see the boats
length ahead. They accordingly land
dence of the young ladies on foot. The
path chosen was rough one, and, to
make matters worse, there were seve-
raj bitches bank full of water into
which they fell. Perseverance will
overcome all obstacles, however, and
so it was in this case. They reached
their destination at last, wet to the
skin and covered with mud from
head to foot; but instead of spending
the evening in the parlor with the
young ladies, they sought the CRATE
full glow of kitchen fire to dry their
clothes, and then footed it to their
homes in the city, where they arrived
in what are termed the "wee sma
hours" The young men now consult
"Old Probs" before venturing out on
evening excursions.
Year: 1875

My dear sister Josie:-The tie that you sent


me,
Socunnlngly fashioned my fancy to please,
Came safely to hand, and scarcely lament


mo,
The loss OF the other through Anna Louise.
One day, in a moment OF frenzy, she caught


IL
And chucked it away in her catch-all to


soak;
Twas less than a week from the day that l


bought it,
Else might the better have rclished the
joke.
Impelled, by the force OF occasion, to shake
her,
And give her scolding for what she had


done;
But no sooner said than her mother must


take her
And tell her that "papa was only in fun."
You see for yourself how the case would have
ended;-
At least you will see how the squabble


began;
But show me the man who would not be
offended
To see his pet neck-tie destroyed, II you
can.
Accept then, dear sister, from him, the
donee,
The thanks that are due you for thus MAX
ing glad
The heart of mortal, now dancing in glee
Ger the direst misfortune that eer drove


him mad.
Year: 1875

A MYSTERIOUS TRAvELER.-Y ester
day morning considerable excitement
was created in the vicinity of Presi.
dent street depot by the arrival Of 10.
connective No. 20, of the Philadelphia
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad,
drawing one car, in which was seated
single passenger; gentleman, who,
Immediately upon the arrival of the
train at the depot, called hack, and
telling the hackman to drive to the
Washington depot was soon lost to the
view of the small crowd that had been
attracted to the spot by the unusual
occurrence of q train with only one
passenger. 1t was learned that the
car came from Wilmington. but be.
yond the fact that it left there at 9:27
and arrived here at 1928 A. M. moth
ing more could be ilicited flom either
the engineer or any one about the tie
pot. The passenger was rather dnt
looking. He had no baggage and ap-
peared to be in great hurry. 1t was
stated that the special car cost about
Baltimore San,


Who the "fine looking passenger, y
was cannot be asceltained in this city
as none of the depot officials knew
him.. He got on at the foot of Wash
| ington street, and even the engineer
did not know his passenger. Some
supposed it was Col. McComb, but as
that gentleman was seen to leave the


1:23 express from New York on Its
arrival here, yesterday this suppositior


is clearly wrong. Others supposed il


was Judge Fisher on hasty visit to


Boss Sheppard. at Washington, and


there are probably more grounds fol


this belief. The car was drawn by


engine No. 80 and not No. 70as stated
| in the SUMS notice.
Year: 1875

REMARKS.


The foregoing staten ent shows the
receipts and expenditures of each fund
during the past year.


The available fund for all purposes
tor the ensuing year amounts to $lO,-
564 "A, which is an excess of 20 per
cent. on any previous year.


FIRE.-Allow me to direct your atten-
ton to the necessity of immediate ac-
ton, on your part, to devise ways and
means for the extinguishment of fires.
The most effective and cheapest way, in
my opinion, is to attach pump and
hose to the saw mill and make arrang-
ments for constant steam. A reservoir
should also be built on Third Street,
near the residence of Robert Russell.


STREETS. The main streets in, and
leading to the City, should be kept in
thorough order. A liberal expenditure
in this respect will add materially to
the trace Of the City and convenience
of its citizens.


STREET LAMPS Street lights should
also receive your attention. An extern
sion up Third Street to the Seattle Coal
& Transportation Company,s Works
would be decided improvement and oi
great benefit to the residents in that pari
of the City.


IN1T1Ah Po1Nrs.-The initial points
for surveys having been legalized by aci
of the Legislature, grades should be es
tablished on the principal business
streets to enable builders to raise to the
proper grade.


THANKs. Allow me also to thank you
on behalf of the citizens, for your able
and economical management of City
matter during tie past year.
In conclusion, I take pleasure in in
PRODUCING my successor, the Hon. Bal
Year: 1875

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the city OF Los Angeles intends making
the following Improvements on Fort street
from its intersection with Temple street to and
including Its intersection with First street and
including its junction with Court House street


The street shall be graded in the following
manner: The road-bed shall be prepared by
cutting down or filling up the street TO a sub
grade eight inches below the established grade
along the centre line of the street and in such
manner as to give IT slope of one foot in thir-
ty towards the cutters; the road.bed having
been prepared and having been accepted by
the City surveyor, it shall then be surfaced
with cement gravel to the depth of eight
inches .f..t .sts,57s. itt. sf1


The cutters shall be four feet wide and shall
be paved With granite cObble stones eight
inches long and not over six inches in thick
ness. The centre of the gutter shall be eight
inches and the sides five inches below the top
of the curb, thus giving it q c0ncave shape, the
cobble stones to be thoroughly set in sand and
to be we'll rammed.


The curb shall be of redwood, 3xl2 inches
spiked to posts OF redwood AKA inches and
three feet long, set in the ground on the inside
of and two feet below the bottom of the curb.
Said posts shall be not less than six feet apart,
and in addition thereto there shall be a SINH
lar post set In the same manner at each and
every joint of the curb, to which both ends of
the curb shall be spiked There shall be
stake Of sx4 redwood and two feet long set in
the ground opposite to and four feet inside of
each post There shall be key of 1x4 red
wood and four feet long nailed with not less
than two ten-penny nails at each end to and
connecting the stake to the post; said key to
be placed four inches below the top of the
curb. The top of the curb shall be placed two
inches below the established grade.


The sidewalks shall be twelve feet wide, and
shall be filled in or cut down at the curb to
within six inches of the established grade las
may be necessary with q slope of two inches
from the inside of the sidewalk towards the
gutter. 1t shall then be filled In with four
inches of cement gravel and properly Ieveled.


Two box culverts shall be placed across the
intersection Of, Fort and First streets, to- be
made of three-inch redwood. They shall be
three feet wide by one foet dee on the inside
and so placed as to serve cts crOssfnss; the
bottom and sides TO be laid longtudinally.
the top crossways. There shall be o similar
culvert across Franklin street at its junction
with Fort street. M, KREMER,


ap14 lot HHiIe H Clerk OF Com. Council