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Year: 1875

REMovED.-The present number Of
the Journal is got out under circum-
stances not particularly designed to give
attractvcness to its reading matter. For
the past week we have been in a state


of transition, being nccessitatcd to Ie
move the entire material of the Office,
while at the same time, the regular bus


*l"css Of the establishment was carried
on. Most country Offices, under similar
circumstances would have omitted an is
Sue, but that is q thing which the
#JoURNAL has not yet done in its TWEEN
#ty years of publication. 1t has been no
very light task to remove the type, press
&es and material which have gradually
#nccummulated since the new Office was
~ up in 1868, but it was accomplished,
and we are now in the occupancy of an


oltice, better in many respects than the
One we vacated.
Year: 1875

FKUNTINU On TEMPLE STKEET,
on the East side Of Pearl and South OF Canal
and Reservoir streets. About four minutes
walk from Temple Block.


The Surveyor Is now at work surveying
these lots. They are not to be laid out in the
stereotyped style, in square blocks-in order
to get the greatest number Of lots, With no re-
gard Ia the grades of the streetS-bui
Year: 1875

BLOODY TRAGRDY-DETEcTIvEs IN PURSUIT.


OF THE MURDERER


The schooner Josephine Potts on which the Captain,
Lawrence was so fouy murdered Friday, lies dis
mantled at Port Washington. New York detectives
rived at City Island late Saturday-as soon aftei
they received the news by telegraph AS they could


The schooner was loaded with coal from Elizabeth.
port n. j. and was bound for Port Jefferson, Loni
Island and the mate who committed the murder, had
been board only the days that the Josephine was
sailing from her Jersey port to the point where the
deed was done The owners with the detectives took


boat at City Island and went the Sound TO Port
Washington and examining the vessel and cargo
had the Captains body transshpped to his home in
New Jersey for nterment the Coroner and jury having
previously viewed the body and given the necessary
permission. Captain Burch, pilot of Port Washing
ton put in charge of the schooner and will take her
to her destination The murderer is fully known,
and the detectives have traced him through NewRochee
1t is believed that the robbery of Captain Lawrence
the only thing intended at rsi as between $40 and
$50 of money which he had with him Is missing But
the Captain, though sixtytwo years of age, was high
tempered and resisted the attempt, and his resistance
led to his murder. The condition Of the Josephne's
cabin shows that the struggle between the two men
pretty severe one and the Myers boys who were on
board say the murderer went away with bad scratch
cheek and deep scar made IN one hand by the
dead mans teeth me murderer washed MS hahas
over the vessels side threw his coat his and
hurried away leaving many otner OF MS belongings IN
the vessel These the detectives have taken possession
Of The day chosen Tor the foul deed friday
that had attracted great many people out ON the
witness the regatta of the Sands Point Boat
Club and had therefore in left the Captain at
the mercy OF his mate and from this circumstance 1t s
thought by many that this is not mis- first crime He
expected for Port Jefferson before the Josephine
gets there he has shipped from that port before and
it is believed his home is there, and detectives have
gone hher intercept him 1t is generally believed
City Island Sands Point and other places along the
Sound that he will be in the hands of the officers before
the middle of the week.
Year: 1875

BRUTAL CASE OF ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER N


WILLIAMSBURG.


Yesterday afternoon tragic quarrel took place in
Williamsburg which may yet have fatal termination,
William smith, of No. 3s Maujer street. having stabbed
his wife Catherine five times during drunken quarrel


The aray occurred shortly before O'Clock in the
afternoon and the particulars, they be
gathered, follows William Smith, with his
wife and two children, moved into his
present apartments in the Of No 50 Mauer street
two weeks ago, from Ninth street. from whence he
compelled to in consequence of frequent quarrels
with his wife. Smith, when under the influence Of
liquor is very ugly Yesterday morning he went ia
his place of employment corner of Kent and West
streets to clean out the fireplace of the boiler in the
factory, where lac Is engineer and on his return found
her drunk and nothing prepared for dinner He
became very angry and soundy beratcd her. until pro
Vokcd by his severe language she seized large fancy
bottle (won ranc) lrom the bureau and threw 1t at
him, cutting him slightly on the cheek He them fired
with anger Knocked her down, stabbed her i've times,
she says with KNIFE he says with fragment OF the
bottle. The wounds are n cut on the fingers OF the
right hand, the neck on the shoulder, one
the lett side and the left forearm, the latter
being the most serious as 1t severed an artery.


As soon as stabbed the woman ran out OF the house
screaming "Murderln and, followed by crowd, down
the street To Fourth street and thence TO the station
house, fully half "a mile bleeding all the way Ambu
lance Surgeon Hesse sent for and removed her To
the Eastern District Hospital, where she now lies in
very critical condition from the great amount Of blood
she has lost and the danger of the bleeding from
the severed artery breaking out anew. Mean
while the husband, alarmed at what he
had done. remained in his ROOM where
he was found IN by the officer who arrested him.
Smith acknowledges cutting her' put insists he did IL
with the fragments OF the bottle she broke on his head
but this Is thought improbable by the DOCTOR as the
clothing Of the woman shows clear cut without any
rendng over the wounds and corresponding with them
The two young children OF the l-assorted couple are
taken care of by the neghb1rs all of whom seem 10
exist in the same state OF degraded poverty the vIc
Year: 1875

THOSE MEN OF LEGS AND GOOSE QUILLs-A


FEW PICTURES.


"a The HERALD man stood by q lamp post


gracefully lancing apple cores and orange


peels with the stroke of his silver mounted


cane. "No fire, no murder, no hair


breadth 'scape, nor danger in the imminent


deadly breach,' he was soliloquising,
Heavens what would give for respect
able fire about this time" Raising his
melancholy eyes in which the flames Of des-
peration were about to ignite the whole city,
he beheld on another corner, leaning against
another lampost, another gentleman of his
profession. Proudly he backed the lamp
post and proudly glanced his eyes from under
his turned-downed hat; he evidently did not
see his observer over the way for (matter of
fact) he was seen to call up with wave of
his magic cane, six urchins from the depths
of the gutter. He talked with them for the
space Of one minute, gave each penny and
sent them off on trot. The HERALD man
followed the lads, having some curiosity to
see how speedily a given boy with one penny
will spend said penny for peanuts But, O
ye shades of Greeley! when around the cor
ner off they darted in d body yelling "fire,
fire" as vociterously as lungs can do. The
next evening the paper which No. 2 against
the lamp post represents contained the fol-
lowing item. y 7f..4.... .n..


"FALsE ALARM.-Last evening between
the hours Of 0 and 10 o'clock fire alarm
was given and the varions fire companies
immediately turned out. The alarm fortu-
nately proved to be false"


Here say is bad to 60 by, but one of our
city dailies does this altogether; almost
every local news that it contains comes
through that channel. If the HERALD
man was called upon to personify this
Shear say" he would place before his
readers fine middle aged gentleman, quick
of speech and motion, utterly benevolent of
countenance, curly of hair, stSlwart of
figure and with ''it don't make much diff
ference" twinkle in his eye. A mere son of
commerce could not do all the reporting of
course.


To gaze at it well and report it we'll for an
evening paper another one of the characters
is known. He takes "a roll of paper, a
pocket full of pencils, darts up town until
the Chief is in sight and taking that affable
by the arm walks with the air
Of Judge to the environs of the court. He
rushes along further and sezes one of the
council by the elbow calculating "drop me
that item instanter." At this rate he goes
for an hour; then he finds himself suddenly
at the edge of precipice. Patience on the
Herman monument! here at Second and
Jackson streets, and .that man born in the
very depths of the equatortells me as coolly
as you please that / will find my man at
Seventh and Buttonwood. These Bohemians
have long settled upon the truth that legs
nave as much to do with their profession as
lra;nS.
Year: 1875

The Influence of the Gulf Stream upon
the climate Of Western Europe appears to
be demonstrated, by experiments recorded
in book recently issued under the au-
spices Of the London Board Of Trade. The
researches made BY the United States OBJ
seryatory and Coast Survey pointed to the
fact that the warm waters Of the Gulf
Stream influenced the temperature of the
air in the British Islands Nearly ten
thousand observations have been made Of
the temperature Of the air, and seven thou
sand Of the temperature Of the sea, within
a single degree square of the Atlantic, and
these have been compared aud recorded
in monthly charts. They show that in
every month Of the year the temperature
changes in the tropical atmosphere follow
those of the tropical ocean. During the
midday hours the air in the tropical seas
is heated more intensely than the sea, but
it loses its heat more rapidly--and the
mean temperature of the sea is higher than
that Of the air. The ocean current which
is fed by the water from the equator be-
comes a great storage reservoir for the
heat derived from the sun, and carries it
far into the north, producing the climatic
differences observed on the same parallels
Of latitude.
Year: 1875




The turtle is the main source Of food
supply to the Conibo. The forests and
waters furnish him fish, flesh, and fowl in
great variety, but he cares for little else
besides the turtle when he can procure il.
Between August 18th and September LIST
the waters of the Ucayali, the afiiuent of
the Amazon, on which the Conibos live,
become less impetuous, in consequence of
snow having ceased to fall on the sum
mits Of the Andes Vast spaces Of sand
are left bare, and the turtle fishing at once
commences. On fixed day the Conibos
embark in canoes furnished with all ne
eessary utensils, and travel up and down
the river for from thirty to sixty or even
one hundred miles. When they discover
on the shore the claw.marked furrow made
by the turtle when walking, they call a
halt, and having built at some two hun
dred yards from the water their qjopas
or cabins, they patiently wait in ambush
the arrival Of their amphibious prey. GEN
orally their instinct is so unerring that
their encamping hardly preccdes by more
than day or two the appearance Of the
turtles. On dark night, between mid.
night and two O'Clock, an immense swell
agitates the river. Its waters fairly seem
to boil. Thousands Of turtles come clum-
silly tumbling out Of the river and spread
themselves over the shore. The Conibos,
squatting, or kneeling under their leafy
sheds, and keeping profound silence, await
the moment for action. The turtles, who
separate themselves into detachments on
leaving the water, dig rapidly with their
fore feet a trench often 200 hundred yards
long, aud always four feet broad by two
deep. They apply themselves to their
work with such zeal that the sand flies
about them and envelops them as in fog.
As soon as they are satisfied that their
trench Is large enough they deposit in it
their soft-shelled eggs to the number of
from forty to seventy, and with their hind
feet quickly Gil up the trench In this con-
test of padding feet more than one turtle,
tumbled over by his companions, rolls into
the trench and is buried alive. Half an
hour is enough for the accomplishment of
this task. The turtles then make disor-
derly rush for the river. Now the moment
has arrived for which the Conibos have
anxiously waited At given signal the
whole band suddenly rise from their lurk-
ing places and dash off in pursuit of the
amphibia, not to cut off their retreat-for
they would themselves be trampled under
foot by the resistless squadrons-but to
rush upon their aanks, seize them by their
tails, and thraw them over on their backs
Before the turtles have disappeared, a
thousand prisoners often remain in the
hands Of the assailants.-,Scribner for
January
Year: 1875

A parlor may contain ever SO much
costly furniture and yet not look furnished.
"Best rooms" are apt to look cold and stiff


One shivers involuntarily on entering
them. They are dark--for the sunshine
is shut out lest it fade the carpet, they are
prim.--for every thing is laid at right an
giles; they are barep-for lack Of little
taste. Letin the sunlight, put some plants
iu the window, hang some pictures on the
walls, tuck u bracket or two in the corners,
aud scatter few books on the table.
Then if you will only stir up the stiff
backed chairs, SO that they win look as If
somebody had some time sat in them, the
whole aspect of the room will be changed,
aud the most exact person In the world
can not but pronounce il an improvement
Year: 1875

Can A. MOTHER FoRaET2-Can a
mother forget? Not morning, noon or
night, but she looks into a corner Of the
kitchen where you read Robinson Crusoe,
and thinks Of you as yet boy. Mothers
rarely become conscious that their chill
dren are grown out Of their childhood


They think of them, advise them, write to
them, as though not full fourteen years Of
age. They cannot forget the child. Three
times a day she thinks ofthose absent from
the table, and hopes the next year at far
thest she may just shave her own family
there" and IL you are there, look out for
the fat limb Of chicken, and coffee,
which nobody but everybody'sown mother
can make. Did Hannah forget Samuel z
A short sentence, full Of household history,
and running over with genuine mothers
love is telling and beautiful: Moreover
his mother made little coat, and brought
It to him from year TO year, when she
came up with her husband to the sacrifice. =
Year: 1875

Every little while, writes correspon-
dent, VIC read in the papers of some one
who has stuck RUSTY nail into his foot,
or knee or hand, or some other portion of
his person, and that lockjaw has resulted
therefrom, Of which the patient died. II
every person in the world was aware of a
perfect remedy for all such wounds, and
would apply it, then all such reports must
cease. But although VIC can give the
remedy, we cannot enforce the application.
Some win not employ it because they
think il too simple !. Others have no faith
in it when they read it; while others often
think such wound Of small account and
not worth fussing over, until it is too late
to do any good, Yet all such wounds can
be healed without such fatal consequences
as follow them. The remedy is simple,
almost always on hand, and can be applied
by any one, and what is better, it is infal-
lible. 1t is simply to smoke such wound,
or any wound or bruise that is inaamed,
with burning wool orwooleu cloth. Twen-
ty minutes in the smoke Of wool will take
the pain out of the worst wound, and
repeated once or twice, it will allay the
worst case Of Inflammation arising from a
wound we ever saw. People may sneer at
the sold woman's remedy" as much as
they please, but when they are afflicted,
just let them try it. 1t has saved many
lives and much pain, and is worthy Of
being printed in letters of gold and put in
every homc.-Lancef.
Year: 1875

A correspondent Of the New York ,S,al
writes to that journal that the readiest and
most useful remedy for scalds and burns
is an embrocation Of limewater and linseed
oil. These simple agents combined from
thick, cream-like substance, which eHec-
tually excludes the air from the injured
parts, and allays the Inflammation almost
instantly. He mentions case where
child fell backward into a bath-tab Of
boiling water, aud was nearly fayed from
her neck to below her hips. Her agonies
we're indescrible; but her clothing being
gently removed, and the lime aud oil
preparation thickly spread over the injured
surface, she was sound asleep in Eve min
utes. Subsequently the parts wero care
fully washed with warm milk and water
three times day, the oil dressing renewed


and the little patient rapidly recovered


Though all the scalded skin came of, she
did not have scar This remedy leaves
no hard coat to dry on the sores, but soft.
ems the parts, and aids nature to repair the
injury in the readiest and most expeditions
manner The mixture may be procured
in the drug stores; but if not thus accessi


bic, shake lump of quicklime in water,
aud as soon as the water is clear mix it
with the oil and shake it well. If the
case is urgent, use boiling water over the
lime, and it will become clear in fve min
utes. The preparation may be kept ready
bottled in the house, and it will be as
good six months old as when first made.
Year: 1875

REcovERED.-The lost child which
wandered into the City Hall, yesterday
was recovered by its mother during the
afternoon. The woman sobhed and
cried in such an exciteable manner
that she could not even give her name.
Year: 1875

take. Senator JONES does not need
this road so badly that he
must needs make dozen or
more men millionaires at his own
expense. He does not need it so badly
that he must spend his money in
helping those who are too niggardly
and short-sighted to help themselves.
He owns the Panamint mines and
wants transportation to and from
them; but when our clogs conclude
that he can only obtain that transpor-
tation by building railroad for their
benefit and toward which they will
not contribute dollar, they will COM
NIT one of those egregrious mistakes
so common to blind men, imbeciles
and self overreaching misers. Let
these people ponder on this statement:
To kill the Los Angeles and Independ-
ence Railroad, the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company will agree to build
road from Tehachepa Pass to Pana.
mint, and carry Senator JONES' freight
for less money than it will cost him to
build road from here and carry his
own freight. Our wont take stock
rich men may make money by think
ing about this,
Year: 1875




There appears to be a determination
on the part of a number of journals to
coax, wheedle or drive Governor
BOOTH to vacate the Gubernatorial
chair and don the Senatorial toga be-
fore the expiration of the time for
which the people elected him their
Governor. The extra session of the
Senate is the argument they are using
to bring about the desired result. 1t
is doubtful if the Governor will yield
to wishes which appear to have their
origin in the political aspirations of
certain politicians. 1t is whispered
that Lieutenant-Gover PACHECo
is candidate for Governor. If this is
so, we do not believe his claims would
be enhanced by being Governor from
now until December next. He has
made an excellent Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor, and is popular from one end of
the State to the other. There is an
other wheel within the Gubernatorial
machinery that deserves more serious
consideration. The resignation of
Governor BOOTH will make WILLIAM
IRWIN, President pro tenn. of the Sem
ate, Lieutenant Governor. He is a
candidate for Governor also, and one
of the old fogy Democratic leaders be-
sides. If he can wear PAcHECo's boots
for eight or ten months he will wear
them out in laying wires for his own
election. Both BOOTH and PACHECo
are aware of this, and as it is probable
that the Governor would like to see
his Lieutenant succeed him, they will
carefully weigh all the circumstances
whether to make IRWIN Lieutenant
Governor would not strengthen him
more than it would aid PACHEco to
be Governor for few months. Ifcon-
suited, the people would, beyond a
doubt, prefer that the Governor should
remain where he is until the close of
the term.
Year: 1875

The antagonism the Texas Pacific
bill and the friendly feeling toward
the Pacific Mail subsidy, as manifested
by the California delegation in Con-
gress, gives rise to the thought that
some consideration other than the
prosperity of the State influence those
of our Senators and Congressman who
oppose one and favor the other of
these propositions. We learn by tele-
graph that the California delegation
has presented memorial to the Com
mittee on Appropriations, the purport
of which is asking a continuation of
the Pacific Mail subsidy. The chief
purpose for which this subsidy is ex-
pended is in bringing Cinnamon and
Chinawomen from Hongkong to San
Francisco. The result of passing the
Texas Pacific bill would be to build a
railroad which would reduce the
freights, open up and populate broad
and rich section of the country, and
pour heavy immigration of honest,
respectable, Industrious, Christian,
white men and women along the Pa
cific coast; yet, while our delegation
goes as a unit for the pagan subsidy, a
part of them--SARGENT, PAGE, CLAY
TON and HoUGHToN-are known to be
opposed to the Christian subsidy. This
is curious, to say the least of it. We
know that San Francisco wants the
China trade-all the Chinese land
there-and we know that large pro-
portion of the money paid to the Pa
cific Mail in the shape of subsidy is
spent in that city. Still, it looks odd
to see party of Christian gentlemen
favoring scheme to encourage pagan
immigration and opposing an enter
prise designed to fill their country
with people of their own color, faith
and habits. A few hundred years
hence statesmen and philosophers will
puzzle their brains over the volume of
Congressional proceedings in which
they will find recorded this anamolous
conduct of the California delegation.
Year: 1875

In common with the general desire
among landowners to give new
comers chance, our friend w. M.
Williams has decided to sell off part
of his city property. He advertises to
dispose of at auction ON next Friday,
forty-eight of his lots down on Sixth
street, near the end of the Spring
Street Railroad. These lots lay with
in about one mile of the center of the
city,. They are beautifully located
and so selected that the future owners
will never be to the expense of street
grading. Standing on this property
one obtains a fine view of the valley
stretching far away to the ocean beach,
The entire tract is divided into forty
eight fine building lots and all will be
sold at auction on the day above
named. Here is chance to secure
fine lots that does not often present it.
SELF
Year: 1875

We offer a word of warning to a
number of Los Angeles rich men.
They have not as yet taken dollars
worth of stock in the Los Angeles and
Independence Railroad, and the indi-
cations are that they do not intend to
assist the work in any way whatever.
They argue, as we are informed, that
Senator JONES and his associates will
build the road anyway, and therefore
there is no reason why they should
take stock in it. Just here we will tell
these Los Angeles dogs in the manger
that while they are refusing to aid in
building this road themselves they are
pursuing the very policy that will pre-
vent others building it. At the outset
Senator JONES made known the con-
ditions on which he would build the
road. He said If the people would SUBJ


scribe 100000 he would furnish the


remainder. The 100000 is a mere
drop in the bucket compared with the
total cost of the work, and next to
nothing when looked at in connection
with the immense advantages the road
will secure to this city and valley.


But less than $500, 900 of the 100000 is
subscribed, although the canvassers
have been diligently at work for some
weeks. Suppose the amount is not
raised, is Senator JONES under obliga-
items to us to build the road? Ger
tainly not. We fail in our part of the
contract, and our failure releases him


from all obligation IN the matter.


But" say these miserable clogs to
progress and improvement, "Senator
JONES' interests are identified with
this road; he needs it and will save
money by building it," This is Sc
rious, and it may prove a fatal mis-