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Year: 1875

Well, what are they reading? Any
thing which will induce them to have
higher, holier thoughts? That will cause
them to think of something aside from
the mere enjoyment of life? If not, on
whom rests the blame? I answer. prin-
cipally on parents, teachers and asso-
ciates.


Your children come in from school, pick
up magazine-even if it is minus the
yellow back, it contains reading of like char
acter-and take in thoughts much more
interesting to them than their lessons of
the day have proven How do I know
this? From the fact that they would
naturally take to the more interesting,
and this is, almost invariably, the maga-
zine.


God gave us pure, uncorrupted minds,
which we are to cultivate, to store with
useful knowledge; He does not mean for
us to return it to Him unimproved such
as we would CLEAN from light reading?
Ah, no! Instead, he would have US grasp
the most difficult problems, the most COM
plcated thought, and by unceasing study
make it as our own, thereby strengthen
ing our mind, making it less susceptible
to error.


Parents, you do not think there is
day not far distant, when you will be GEN.
sured for allowing the young mind with
which you have been intrusted to become
SO impaired? You may not think it your
duty to guide the thought of your son or
daughter; it is; and 1 hope you will see
the day when you will fully recognize this
truth. AS a general thing believe teach
ers think their influence over pupils ex-
tends only to the school house door; did
you ever think you had responsibility rest
ing with each of you? To assist those
under your care, could you not read an ex-
tract or something of an historical nature,
thus encourage them to look higher than
mere school books, to have desire to
know something of ancient as well as of
modern times.


Trusting you will think Of this-allow-
ing children to read that which pleases
their fancy, instead of aiding them in the
selection of useful reading matter, l sub
scribe myself, IDA.
Year: 1875

The country owes debt of gratitude
to the Hon. Benz. F. Butler for his per-
sistent efforts in trying to secure the pas
sage of the civil rights bill. Under the
rule of the House it has been in the pow
er of one-ffth Of the members voting on
the last pending question to order the
yeas and nays upon mere dilatory motions
placing it thus utterly out of the power
of the majority to pass any bills whatever.
During this short session it has been en-
phatically the policy of the Democratic
minority, not only as of old to defeat the
civil rights bill, but all other legislation,
to the end that an extra session shall be-
come necessity. Then, the President,
in administering the laws will be entirely
at the mercy Of Democratic House Of
Representatives composed of mass of
political adventurers, the bulk of whom
were not even nominated with any hope
of possible election. 1t will be as crude
and revolutionary as all legislatures habit
ually are which are suddenly swept into
power by "tidal waves" Not only is the
civil rights bill in jeopardy by the factious
course of this Democratic minority, but
also all legislation of whatever value to the
country. In all the protracted fight be-
ginning on Wednesday afternoon, General
Butler was the leader and the hero
Wednesday nigh the was not off dutyfor an
instant, but responded to every roll-call
On Thursday he suggested a division of
the Republican members into reliefs-in
order that they might take necessary food
and rest. The indomitable spirit of the
old man seemed to permeate the Republi-
can side of the House, and for the first
time during the Forty-third Congress the
House had leader who was absolutely
master of the situation, and whose posi-.
ton was acknowledged. The chairmen of
the leading committees by common con-
sent left the fight to General Butler and
the new members. For his gallant leader
ship in this protracted contest he deserves
the gratitude of the loyal men of the ma
tion.--Inter- Ocean.
Year: 1875




Beyond the Stars - What?
'Tis easy to trace the soul TO the hour


That deprives the form of the breath
But who shall follow the spirits fight,
When it seeks the portal of death ?
Who rends the vail that hides from our view
The future beyond the bright stars,
Who follow the spirits upward flight,
When it breaks through our earthly bars?
What = ah what is that future state?
And where, oh where is the goal
Which Christians say is the resting place
And home of the deathleSs soul?
Is it beysnd the dark blue sky =


Beyond which the stars now shine;
Where the angels sing their songs of praise
TO the Spirit of God divine?
Can life be the end of all our hopes?
Is the struggle with death all DER?
Or is there a life beyond the tomb,


Where the soul lives evermere?
Does the soul exist when life has flown,
Or sink, like the cOrse, into night?
Let us rather believe the brilliant mind
Still continues its upward fight.
Let us think that the soul can never die =
That its mission will never end
That there is a land beyond the sky,
Where friend will still meet friend
That, freed from the turmoil and ills of life,
From its troubles, wounds and scars,
The soul will worship the God of Light
In His mansion "beyOnd the Skies"
Year: 1875

A writer of the Home Journal
gives instruction in the difficult
matter of eating an orange with.
out detriment to the hands or nap-
kin:


Always, on a Southern gentle
mans table, the desert of oranges
is furnished with small silver fruit
knives and spoons. The orange
is held in the napkin-just aa you
hold an egg-and with the slen-
der point OF the knife a circular
incision is carefully made in the
stem of the orange, and the stem
core is nicely cut out, leaving an
orifce large enough to admit an
egg spoon. The orange is held
and eaten then, just as gourmands
eat an egg, in its own shell; and
the skill and grace with which
this is done-that is, without soil.
ing the fingers or napkin-are, as
in the same process with the egg.
a test of good breeding. have
known the most inexpprt persons
to manage the few difficulties iu
the way after two or three efforts;
and their satisfaction was an inf
nitely pleasant sight To hostess
es who like to have their tables
preserve in some degree, at the
close of an entertainment, the
beauty which dazzled the guest
upon entering, this method is
desirable. Servants-let me put
in a plea for those .ilent ones whose
Interests are seldom regarded-are
spared the tedious duty of frag-
ments; and guests who look with
dismay at this tempting apple of
Hesperides, can thus enjoy it as
they never did before. Only the
delicious nectar of the fruit is eat
en-, with the more delicate pulp;
the tough fiber-of which, indeed,
there is very little in ap orange
plucked from the tree under its
own skies-being left in tie shell.
Year: 1875

From the Cincinnati Gazette.


Visitors from the country
should be very careful how they
post letters in fire boxes. Hen
ry Clark came to town q few
days ago from Brown county,
and spent last Sunday in the Vi
cinity of South Camp Washing
ton. He wanted to post a let
ter, and not being very well up
in city ways, took fire alarm
box No. 283 for a letter box.
AS he approached it, he could
read the words "key to be
found at the saloon" He ap-
piled to the saloon-keeper, who
produced the key in great haste,
suppoeing there was a fire.
Returning to the box the Brown
county man opened it and saw
within what was apparently an
inner door with Il handle to it
and the words "pull down and
then let CO." Thinking his let
ter would not lie safe unless de-
posted in the innermost place,
he pulled down the hook and
then let go. Presently there
was a commotion, and while Mr..
Clark was Studying out some
better way of getting into the
two or three engines
came tearing up to the place in
search Of the fire. The cause of
the alarm was traced to the un-
fortunate man from Brown coun-
ty, and he was arrested for tur-
ming in a false alarm. The next
day he was arraigned in the Po-
lice Court, fined one dollar and
costs and went away a sadder
and a wiser man.
Year: 1875

In France and other centenni-
al countries the bodies of deceas-
ed persons are committed to their
parent earth much sooner after
death than is the custom of this
country. The Law IL consequence,
insists on great care being Ia
ken to avoid premature interment.
In Brest lately, however, a ma
rine fell into Iethargic state, was
certified as dead by the hospital
authorities, and his supposed re-
mains were conveyed under mill
tary escort to the cemetery. A
few days afterward some of those
who buried him were surprised
and Mortified beyond measure by
meeting him in the street. For
tunately he had been reserved for
scientific purposes, and when he
was placed naked on the marble
slab in the dissecting room the
sudden chill revived him.
Year: 1875

Losing HIS Brains.-Some-
where about the 4th of July a
Newburyport man was the vic
tim of a singular coincidence
While passing along the street a
boy exploded common cracker
Just behind him, while at the
same instant a rotten banana,
thrown from a neighboring fruit
store, struck him on the back of
the head. He at once screamed,
"I'm shot! I'm shot!" and, taking
handful of the decayed fruit from
his head, exhibited it to a horror
stricken bystander as a specimen
of his brains. A great crowd as.
sembled, and a doctor was called,
who soon explained the matter to
the satisfaction of all.
Year: 1875

The intelligent juryman has
removed to Cincinnati. This is
the latest as vouched for by the
Gazette: ave the jury find,
that the said Louis Fillman
came to his death by a shot ac-
cidently went off by himself by
killing a catby shootingthe same
and when she was not dead in
stantly by striking the cat with
the breach of the gun and the
load discharged itself"
Year: 1875

The Hartford Times reports
that on Tuesday there were seen
on the wharf in that city no few
er than sixteen children, between
the ag S of four and eight years,
all drunk! They had obtained &C.
cess to some of the vile liquor of
the dramshops and drank enough
to set them crazy drunk, or help
less. Some were weakly trying
to stab each other with such weap-
ous as they could reach.
Year: 1875

When once concealment or
deceit has been practiced in mat
ters where all should be fair and
open as day, confidence can never
be restored, any more than you
can restore the white bloom to the
grape or plum that you once
pressed in your hand.
Year: 1875

A luckless Louisville lawyer
comes into court with the story
that a feloniously discriminating
rat had gnawed just the sigma
lures, and nothing more, from a
large number Of promissory
notes which he had put in Il
drawer, and of which he had
forgotten the makers, and wants
to know what can be done to
relieve him of the difficulty.
Year: 1875

The paddle wheels of a large
steamer On the St. John river In
Florada stopped suddenly, few
nights ago, and then came crash
after crash in the woodwork. 4
panic followed, everybody rolling
out of his bunk and rushing for
the deck, and it was soon aseer-
tanned that big alligator had be-
come entangled in the revolving
wheel
Year: 1875

A Denver boy pulled the
bung out of a beer barrel, which
rolled over and broke the thumb
so badly that it had to be am
putated; and the father of the
boy sues the owner Of the bar
rel for $1,000.
Year: 1875

A man in Medina, Ohio, while
riding in procession behind his
wife's remains the other day,
overwhelmed with grief, had
sufficient strength to stop the
procession and jump out of the
carriage to pick up a knife he
detected in the road.
Year: 1875

When one looks around and
sees hundreds of ugh-heads get
ting rich doing nothing, while he
is working like slave for his dai,
ly bread, we tell you what, it
makes a fellow feel as though the
butter Of this world was spread
by a step-mother.
Year: 1875

Co1N AND CUkRENCY.- Any unioftun-
ate creature who should attempt to make
olt the status Of the Democratic party on
the currency question, would soon become
n candidate for Stockton. For instance,
y ire nre the Democrats of California who
coademn the Republican party " for the
curse of inconvertible paper money" and
n g in favor ofa "currency convertible into
g I'D and silver at the will of the holder;"
while the Ohio Democrats declare in their
platform that 1.-THE contraction OF the
currency heretofore made by the Repub-
leans, has brought disaster to business
and that the further contraction proposed
threatens bankruptcy and ruin" They
add to this their demand that the volume
OF currency be made and kept equal to the
wants of uade, leaving the restoration of
legal tenders to par with gold to be brought
about by promoting the industries. H.
From which it will be seen that the grand
o d party is unanimous in nothing, if we
except its hatred to the results of the war
FIR the Union. How the unterrfed are
t. reach harmonious conclusion On the
currency question in their National Con
vention is hard to foresee. Perhaps they
viii adopt the same tactics pursued By the
party when it was Gre6leyized " on the
subject of a tariff, and refer the matter 10
the election Of members Of Congress.
Year: 1875

tluIBBlING.-Bl Bldwell is the leader oe
ticket supposed to represent all the an
monopoly of the STATE. Among other
monopolies to which tho platform o. his
rarty stands opposed is water monopoly.
Tie Butte Flume and Lumber Company
lad constructed Aume to convey their
lumber from the mill on Chico Creek TO
tn, town Of Chico, and about the time
their expensive work was completed this
great and good ant-monopolist served
the company with a notice lclaiming all
the water Of the creek and torbidding the
use Of it in the fume. In his sreech at
San Francisco Mr.. Bidwell made no ref
erence to this charge but denied that e
had ever monopolized one drop of tie
water OF Butte Greek. This kind ofquib.
bling will hardly answer We know
nothing of the claim which Mr.. Bidwell
may have upon the Chico creek water,
nor does it matter only so far as it relates
20 the Inconsistency of putting land and
water monopolis as the head and fro t
of an antimonopoly ticket. But tha
style of pettifogging which denies charg
never made while it ignores those which
are made, it net exactly the one to win.
Year: 1875

A ROMANTIC STORY.-llere is story
OF shipwreck that comes nearer the Cru
soc style of adventures than is common
in these latter days: IN 1919 the Ftori-
dina sailed from New Orleans, bound for
California. Tie Vessel never reached
port, and her fate was one Of the hidden
mysteries of the great deep. Some nine
months ago British vessel WAS driven
out of her course in n storm, and sighted
an island not laid down iG the charts. 1t
proved to be inhabited, and by men who
spoke the English language. They were
part of the crew and passengers of the
Flo31dina and for twenty-five years they
had lived here without seeing the face of
n human being besides themselves. The
British captain offered TO take them back
to whore they could reach home, but they
declined, saying that they had been SHUT
away from the world for n quarter of Il
century and that they would prefer stay
ing where they were to risling such an
uncertain and Goubttul future. The sto-
ry has caused great excitement in New
Orleans, and among the relatives Of the
missing men there steps are being taken
to sscertain the locality of TIE unknown
island by reference to the log of the vessel
which touched at it, The story may or
may not be true, but it is like enough to
the old-tim stories of century or two
ago to excite comment from its romantic
surroundings.
Year: 1875

THE FOURTH DIsTRICT.-J. S. Thom-
son, an od-time Republican, has been
nominated for Congress by TIE lndeperd


ents of the Fourth District. If anything
were wanting to convince us that the sole
object of Senator Booths Independent
party is to give the State to the Demo-
crats the action of the District Conven-
tions furnishes the proof. Claiming to
allow free individual opinion in National
questions, they have nominated men OF
Republican antecedents in every case
where National politics will have direct
bearing, ana it must be patert that such
nominations cannot be acceptable to the
Democratic portion Of the party-if there
are enough Democrats adhering to it to
be entitled to any consideration whatever.
Year: 1875

BAD FOR THE SPoRTs.- The gentlemen
Of the green cloth are in bad way in our
sister State of Nevada. That State, we
believe, enjoys monopoly of the some
what doubtful honor Of licensing gambling
and has derived much Of its revenue from
that source. An attempt was made last
Winter to repeal the disgraceful statute,
but failed, coming so near a repeal, how
ever, that the gamblers made but faint
resistance to the passage Of another law
fixing a high license on all banking
games. The law was resisted on tech
picality, but a recent decision OF the Ne
yada Supreme Court sustains it and gen
tlomcn who deal banking games must
pay the State 1900 a year for the priyi-
lege. The effect of the law will be to
close up the small gaming houses, but
whether it will be the mems of checking
off gambling, remains to he seen.
Year: 1875

LADY FRANKLiN.-The notables Of the
Old World pass away with but word Of
comment on this side of the ocean, but
,'va cannot chronicle the death of the wife /
of Sir John FRANKLIN without n passing
tribute to one whose Nonianly devotion
has been excmphfed through the long
years Of weary waiting which followed the
departure Of that famed explorer on his
last fatal expedition in search Of an open
Polar Sea. On former expedition he
left his young wife On the bed Of death,
md though lie proposed to await her re-
cpvery before sailing, she stcadtastly re-
fused, but gave him with her own hands
the flag TO be hojsted when the object of
the search should be discovered. He re-
turned to his desolated home three years
ater&alyl and married the subject Of the
present sietch. After years of happy
married life he again sailed in the cause
of science in 1914, and thenceforth II mys


terry hung over his fate, which il was re-
served for an American expedition to clear
AWAY ANu LOT lilNHN years tHc Ilducnl
wife watched and waited, hoping against
hope, but never for a moment relaxing
her efforts to obtain some clue to her hus-
ba IDS fate, or send him aid il still strug-
e ing amidst the frosts and SHOWS of the
Arctic region. Her lore and devotion
aroused the sympathy Of the world, an
thore were not wanting those who Were
tea y to peril life in searching the ice
mnd regions of our continent in the en-
d,ayor to procure the fulfllmeat Of her
hope. AT last came the sad news that
McCintock and his men had discovered
relics which left no doubt of the fate of
the explorer. Then she knew her be
TeAVernent, but who can say but that this
Knowledge was relief, that even know
ing the worst was not better than the an
guish of suspense which had racked her
50 long? Sir John must have beeni in
I nth, noble man to be worthy Of such
devotion. Bat the agony Of sepa ration is
over now-and after thirty weary years
husband and wife are reunited in that
Land where there is 10 parting.
Year: 1875

THEY believe they have a genuine
ghost in Nevada. For the last three OF
four nights the men working at The New
Caledonia shaft have seen female figure
in and around the works froih one to
three o'clock in the fiidning, and they
can account fdr it il no other way.
Year: 1875

Up among the hills back of Mission
San Jose, in Alameda county, Mr. Ash
land, of San Francisco has been summer
ing a large flock of sheep. Last Monday
night these sheep were running along "
precipice when the leader lost his footing
and was hurled headlong down the steep
decliyity. The rest of the flock followed
to the number of /, 500 and were instantly
Year: 1875

IT is said that the volume of water in
the Colorado river equals that at Niaga-
ra, and that the cdrrent in the great can
yon in places attains speed of from forty
to fifty miles an hour.
Year: 1875

Bayard Taylor, in his interesting
work entitled Home and Abroad, /" in
graphic account Of the mammoth
trees OF California, thus describes the
telling of one Of the largest specimens
Of the Sierra Nevada: After steady
labor OF six weeks the things were
done, but the tree stood unmoved, SO
straight and symmetrical was its
growth so immense was its weight.
aud so broad It's base, that it seemed
unconscious Of its own annihilation
tossing its outer branches derisively
against the mountain winds that streve
to overthrow it A neighboring pine
OF giant size was then selected, aud
felled in such away as to fall with full
force against it. The top shook a
little; but the shaft stood as before;
6ually the spoilers succeeded in driv-
ing their wedge into the cut Graz
uaily, aud with great labor Que side of
the tree was lifted; the line Of equilib-
rum was driven nearer and nearer to
The edge of the base; the mighty man
poised for moment, and then. with a
great rushing Sigh in all its boughs,
thundered dowa. The forest was
ground to dust beneath it, and for a
mile around the earth shook with the
conclusion" The work Was perform
ed by two sets of hands with the aid
of long pump augers. be tree was
a mass of solid wood ninety feet in
circumference, containing some two
hundred and fifty thousand feet OF
timber; and according to the annual
rings, its age was three thousand one
hundred years. The stump is now
used for ball room. and the trunk
for bowling alley DR.. Biglow said
of this specimen: 1t requires thirty
one Of my PAGES, of three feet each; TO
measure its circumference at the
stump; and the raere telling of it cost
at Californian prices for wages, the
sum of five hundred and fifty dollars
An idea OF the sublime proportions OF
these wonderful fathers of the forest
can be formed after seeing a man on
horseback riding distance of seventy
FIVE feet through hollow trunk, and
emerging frem a knot hole in the
side."
Year: 1875




DESTRUCTION OF DEER. - The
Wholesale slaughter Of deer is attract
ing the attention OF the northern
town. to such degree that citizens
are circulating petitions to be sent to
be sent to the legislature, to have an
act passed to prevent their entire de-
struction. This move is in the right
direction, and the object Of these Pc
titious will meet with very general ap-
probation from all parts Of the 1.ate
The ruthless destruction Of American
game, if allowed to continue at the
present rate will soon deplete our for
ests, and any laws enacted for its pres
ervation will be Likely to receive pub
lie approval MilaOauhee Commercial
Times.
Year: 1875

To my friends and the public Of Los angeles:


hereby return you my sincere thanks for
your kind sympathy and earnest support In
this my time Of trouble. But, for the satisfac-
tion of all, will state here that have arisen
from the ruins once more, and in few days
will be running In full blast again. Having
rented the store No. Is Main street, Signoret's
new building, will In a day or two be able to
accommodate my friends and numerous pa
irons with fully as stylish and fashionable
salts as have heretofore turned out, and will
show to the public that the ACME OF FASH
ION is not dead yet and that its proprietor
will be found there as affable and accommo-
dating as ever. With these few remarks I
will close by thanking my patrons for past
favors, and hoping q continuation of the
same. remain your humble servant,


ID. w. FITZPATRICK,
Fashionable Tailor, No. 10 Matn street, Sig
noret's new building, opposite Pico House,
Los Angeles. myl2u