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Year: 1876

People who habitually put children
out of their hearts, and close their doors
upon them, have no idea how much
comfort they set aside-what pleasure,
what amusement. OF course the little
creatures meddle with things, and leave
the traces of their fingers on ,he wall,
and cry and "bother," u little; but,
when one gets into the way Of it, as
most mothers and other loving relatives
do, those things become of minor i'm
portance. Children say such pretty
things, and do such funny things, the
touch of their little hands is so soft, the
sound of their little voices so sweet,
their faces are SO pretty, their move
ments so graceful and comical, the
whole family goes baby mad-and it is
no wonder. No book was ever written
that is half as interesting as little child
that is learning to talk and to think.
that is developing from tiny animal
into being with a conscience and a
heart.
Year: 1876

Apropos of the state of the London
drinking water, the writer of an article
in an English magazine, DR.. Sandwith,
thus points his moral He was in q
drawing-room where the afternoon tea
came in on Japanese tray, with a cost
ly service of old Dresden china. A tiny
loaf fell off tho tray on the Persian car
pet; q loaf that had been Oh the floor
could not be offered by the hostess to
her guests. But the lady then poured
them out tea, made of diluted sewage
from the Thames, of which the rivers
pollution commissioners had just report
ed that its history was too disgusting to
bo told, and that it could not he used
without serious risk.
Year: 1876

Alderman Morris, of the New York
board of aldermen, offered the follow
ing resolution


Resolved, That the committee On law
department be and is hereby instructed
to inquire into the necessity of imposing
a penalty upon all persons found guilty
of throwing upon the sidewalks in any
of the streets, avenues or public places in
this city, anything of a nature calculated
to jeopardize, or that may tend to en-
danger the life or limbs of any pedestrian
by stepping thereon, such as the skin OF
any kind of fruit, and, if considered ad-
visable or in the public interest, to re.
port the necessary ordinance to prohibit
the practice, under fitting penalty
for every violation thereof.
Year: 1876

Among the many attractive features OF
the Belgian exhibit in the Main build
ing on the Centennial grounds is a mag
nifcent pulpit in carved wood. Ibis
splendid specimen Of the carver's art
comes from the ateliers of Louvain, Bel
gium. Crowds lingerabout it constantly,
and appear never to grow weary OF ad-
miring its beautiful proportions and the
exquisite finish of its ornamentation.
The pulpit is sixteen feet in height, in
cluding the sounding board or canopy,
and is composed of no less than eighty
pieces. The body is the half OF o poly
gonal figure of ten siIcs, and therefore
presents five faces. Each of these is
adorned with carved point arch. In
the panels thus formed are five groups
in high relief. First is the marriage OF
Mary and Joseph; then come in due or
der the Annunciation the welcome
given by Elizabeth to the Virgin,
Hail, thou art highly favored" the
flight into Egypt; and q crowned figure
placing a crown upon the head OF the
half-kneeling Virgin. In front OF the
pillars of each arch there is projection
which serves as base to religious ig-
ures, which are fully in harmony with
the subject, although evidently belong.
ing to a later date. The pedestals OF
these figures curve back boldly under
meath as brackets, uniting with the tops
of the pilasters that form the base.
Between these pilasters are narrow Ian
ceolated panels, beautifully carved with
leaves and berries. The artistic effect
would have been finer had not the carv-
ing been the same in all the panels:
This fault is avoided in the capitals OF
the pilasters, which are formed OF diff
ferent flowers and leaves. The fore
part of the canopy is supported by pill
lars which rest upon the sides OF the
pulpit, the doorway Of entrance being
within the pillars. The cornice OF the
canopy is very richly carved with leaves
and berries, and the ceiling is painted
with rich colors on gold ground in the
Byzantine style.
Year: 1876

The principal upon which the Appro-
priation Committee is working, is few
er employees and less pay" The doc
trine is very sound. The Government
can certainly be run with fewer helps
and if those who are not, dismissed as
supernumeraries are dis4atisfed with
the proposed reduction of salaries, they
will have the right to resign. A protest
against the proposed reduction is said
to be in preparation in the various de-
partments, which is a very natural pro-
ceeding, but retrenchment is the order
of the day, and while the workingmaA is
compelled to submit to much heavier
curtailment of his daily earnings than is
propos ! to be made in the salaries OF
Government officials, such remonstance
should and will have but little weight
Chronicle
Year: 1876

IN one day the Senate passed two
bills against journalism and defeated
one to prevent pool selling on horse
races. No party in the world depend
ing on the moral character and intel
ligence of the people for success, can
carry such record as this. AS LIN
colin used to say, it reminds us of a
story: A colored divine maintained
that the negro was the first man God
created, and being set up against a
fence to dry he attempted to walk lit
tie too soon, and falling forward some
what impaired the original Grecian
contour of his nose. At thi point an
aged brother in the audience shouted,
"Hold on dar; hold on dar, who make
de fence ?' The minister stopped,
scratched his head, looked puzzled,
and finally said "Brudder, anudder
question like dat will upset der
best system of 'ligion ever invented.u -
1t is too late for the Legislature to
hold on, but the people fear they have
made a record that will upset the best
party ever created unless the, party
repudiates both the record and its
makers.
Year: 1876

THE cry of fire in this city is becom-
ing monotonous. 1t is heard during
the day and in the night. Too fire.
quently those alarms are followed by
the destruction of house, barn or sta
bic and the burning of horses. These
confagratiens are not all accidental.
Indeed, the evidence is quite strong
that number of those of recent occur
renee were the work of incendiaries.
Now the HERALD is opposed to mob
law in every shape, and does not
counsel acts of violence, but it is our
private opinion that man caught in
the act of firing a stable, dwelling or
building of any kind would grace the
lamp post nearest to the scene of his
atrocious act. There are certainly in
cendiaries at work in our city, and if
the officers cannot capture them, it
devolves upon the citizens to defend
their lives and property as best they
may.
Year: 1876

An old resident remarked within
our hearing the other day that within
the next decade the Los Angeles river
would run through the centre of the
city of Los Angeles. We had heard a
good deal about the river overfiowing
its banks, cutting a new channel and
that sort of thing, and inferring that
he alluded to something ofthis nature
we inquired if he thought ten years
hence the river would run through
Main street. He answered nothing of
the kind; that he meant to say ten
years hence the valley on the East
side of the river would be covered
with solid blocks of buildings from
the water to the hills as it now is
from the river to the hills on the West
side. His confident assertion set us
thinking and we have reached the
conclusion that his prediction is quite
likely to be verified. 1t is but few
months since the residence recently
sold by Mr.. H. M. JOHNSON was the
only building in what is known as
East Los Angeles. Now there are
several hundred dwellings, in that To-
colity and the number is increasing
daily. The street railroad is compile
ted and communication with the CEN
tire of the city is easy and cheap. A
fine new hotel is nearly ready for oc-
cupation. Within the next six
months four or five hundred houses
will go up in East Los Angeles The
Southern Pacific Railroad workshops
will at no distant day be located in
that part of the city and the time will
come when the piece of track skirting
the hill base from the depot to the
Eastern bank of the river will be ia
ken up and the main track of the road
will run down the East bank of the
river, and trains from the North will


come into this part of the city over
what is now known as the Spadra
bridge. The city is growing rapidly
in the direction of the ocean but those
who think that East Los Angeles.


Brooklyn and all that portion of the
East side opposite the city will not
soon be dotted with business houses
cottage homes and villa residences
will find themselves mistaken.
Year: 1876

1t is possible to undertake an i'm
possibility, and it appears to the un-
prejudiced mind that in attempting
to whitewash Secretary BELKNAP, the
Republican of this city and other or
gaHs of the party, have applied them


selves to one of these insurmountable
tasks. They may cloud the post ira
dership villiany to such an extent that
people will in measure forget the
Secretary while reading the perfidies
of minor actors in the drama; they
may argue that as no one but the poor
soldiers were robbed by BELKNAP's
financiering,it is no great matter after
all. The Republican party's love for
the soldier ceased with their inability
to control his vote. BY attacking the
character and weakening the evidence
of MARSH and other witnesses against
the Secretary, they may succeed in
partially whitening over the outrage
on the soldier and the frontier settler.
But this is only the beginning of the
whitewashing task. The deepest,
blacklist, most damning infamy yet
traced to BELKNAP is that of speculat-
ing on the bones of the dead soldiers.
1t is charged and the charge is sup
ported by mass of evidence that cam
not be subborned or spirited over into
Canada, that this honest patriotic Sec
retary of War make SIS, 900 out of the
contract for reinterring the bones of
the soldiers killed in the war and set
ting up head boards at their graves.
Do the good people of the United
States and the remainder of the civil
lized world know how the contractor
was enabled to pay this large bonus on
his contract. The process was simple
though somewhat ingenious. The
great desideratum was to make the
material-the soldiers bones-go as
far as possible. Under the contract
the greater the number of the graves
the greater the profit on the job. The
soldiers were buried in trenches dug
on the battle field on which they fell.
1t was the business of the contractor
to open these trenches, collect the
bones of the brave, though thanks to
BELKNAP, not forgotten dead and
deposit each skeleton in cof-
fin, bury it and place
board at it's head. Not finding the
skeletons intact and possessing but an
imperfect knowledge of the number
of bones in the human body, the con-
tractor estimated that fourteen bones,
great and small, were quite sufficient
for soldiers skeleton, and he COM
menced reburying the remains of the
country's patriots on this estimate.
For while the work went on all
right. Fourteen bones were deposited
in coffin and buried. But it soon be-
came evident the stock was INSULT
cient. Some plan must be devised to
exc it out. Another simple plan
sufficed. Fourteen pieces of bones
would answer the purpose as well as
fourteen whole bones, and so the dead
soldiers arm and leg bones were
chopped in two. Thus the "skeletonso
were doubled in number and the con
tractors profits increased. VIII the
Los Angeles Republican or any other
Republican paper succeed in convinc-
ing the wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters of the brave men whose
bones were thus mutilated and con-
verted into a source of profit to Secre-
tary BELKNAP, that he is an honest
man and worthy gentleman ?
Year: 1876

To the highest bidder,ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY LOTS, between Fifth and Eighth
streets, Central Addition santa Monica.


These are by far the finest lots on the mar
ket, commanding an extensive view of oc an,
town and villa farms. The Central Addition
to Santa Monica is located upon Prospect
Hill, situated midway between North and
South Santa Monica. II is an extension of
the rising ground upon which Mr. Lncas'
handso meshouse is located. IL is now the fa-
vorite pleasure ground of the Santa Monica
people, being covered with a variegated car
pet of wild flowers.


y trestle bridge will span the railroad upon
an extension of sixth street, the contract for
which is already let and the work will be
complete before the day of sale.


The title is perfect, being part of the San
Vicente rancho.
Year: 1876

BY private dispatch we learn that
the Assembly has receded from the
five per cent. amendment to the
O'Connor Railroad Commissioners
bill, and it will no doubt be signed by
the Governor, and become a law.
Year: 1876

shall be published in the nrst calendar Of every month
during the racing season. Such monthly list shalt
commence not less than three years before the time
which IL s published and shalt b0 carried down
and include the latest Forfeit Last which has been
published IN the Sheet Calendar as above mentioned


Tho clerk OF the at every meeting shall put
mp In his office during such meeting copies OF tho
last Monthly List TOR tho time being.


II any horse which, or the owner OF which, Is IN any
Forfeit for race the clerk OF the
other person taking such entry shall be fined fl0


lf horse which, or the owner OF which, is In any
Forfoit List In race, tho owner OF such hor~
shall be incd ESQ.
Year: 1876

AZ the University that has furnished the winning
the last two college rsgatsas at Saratoga Cor
neil about to claim the privilege Of sending chal
lengo the winner of the Oxford and Cambridge race
the struggle take place tho we'll known
from Putney to Mortake. meeting OF the Cornell
University Alumni Association of this city will be held
the Epcning Post building on Friday October 20 10
take further action In support Of the measure
Year: 1876

The clam is an Intelligent insect. The
legislature Of one of the western states once
debated the question: Which has the most
intelligence, the clam or the codishE The
weight OF the argument was in favor oi the
clam, because II was proved that II had sense
enough 20 keep its mouth shut wien other
people were talking. which was more than
most civilized people ever do.
Year: 1876

An officer of the regular army laughed at
a tmii woEIau because she WAS alarmed at
noise of a cannon when a salute was fired.
He subsequently, married that tlmid woman,
and six months afterward he took off his
boots in the hall when he came in late at
night.
Year: 1876

There were two Chinese shops at Rowland
Flat Sierra County, Cal, few days ago, but
one of the merchants placed ten-pound car
fridge under The establishment OF his rival
and now clJnys u monopoly OF the trade,
The dozen or more Cinnamon in the store al
the time OF the explosion came down again
with dtJrtS and none were killed outright.
Year: 1876

Paul Boyt0n gave a satisfactory ex-
hIbition in his aquatic dress at jersey
city. He was loudly applauded. He
will leave by the steamer Germanic on
the 18th inst, for Europe, where he
will establish corpse for torpedo ser.
vice under the Russian government
He feels confident with his life saving
suit the whole system of naval warfare
will be completely revelutionized.-
The most formidable iron clads can be
annihilated within brief space of
time. The experiments made in Ger
many proved SO satisfactory that the
German government has now in train
ing corps of picked men for torpedo
service, and it has adopted Captain
Boyton's patent without rendering any
compensatioa
Year: 1876

The Commercial and Republican are
still banging away at each other. The
latter seems to be the upper dog in the
fight, and the Commercial threatens to
expose something awful, if it does not
stop. We are convirc some very bad
things have been committed by the Rad.
lcal party; but we have no doubt the
Commercial assented to it, and now hav
ing raised a fuss, it wants to scare lht
Reputlican into holding its tongue
Year: 1876

Gene, my wife. put down the Bible,


Lay your glasses on the book
Both of us are bent and aged


Backward, mother, let US look
This is still the same old homestead,


Where ! brought you long ago,
When the hair was bright with sunshin {


That is now like winters snow.
Let Us talk about the babies


As we, sit here all alone,
Such u merry troop OF y0nngsierS-


How we lost ttrm. one by one.
Jack, the first of all the party,


Came to us one winters night
Jack, you said should he a parsan,


Long before he SAW the light.
Do you see That great cathedral,


Filled the transcript and the Rave,
Hear the organ grandly pealing,


Watch the silken hangings wave;
See the priest In robes of Office,


With the altar at his back
Would you think that gifted preacher


Could be your own little Jack
Then = girl with curly tresses,


Used 10 climb up on my knee,
Like little fairy princess


Ruling ct the age of three,
With the yearf there came wedding
How your fond heart swelled with


pride,
When the lord of all the country


Chose your baby for his bride |!
Watch that stately carriage coming,


And the serm reclining there
Would you think that brilliant lady


Could be your own little Clare
Then the Lest, blue-eyed youngster-
can hear him prSttling now
Such q strong and sturdy fellow,


With his broad and honest brow;
How he used 10 love his mother
Ali seeyour trembling lip
He is Tar OF on The water,


Captain Of royal ship.
See the bFonse upon his fareAead,


Hear the VOICE of stern commahd--
That the boy who elung SO iondIy


To his mothers gentle handP
Alb my wife, we've lost the babies.


Ours so long and ours alone;
What are We to these great people,


Stately men and women grown
Seldom do we ever see them


Yes, bitter ar-Crop starts,
As we sit here in the fre light,
& LouelY hearth and lonely hearts.
All their lives are full without US,


They'll stop long enough one day
Just to lay us in the church yAFl.


Then they'll each go on their way.


E
Year: 1876

Ply the needle, swing the broom,
Tidy up the Uttered room,


Patch the trowsers, darn the shirt,
Fight the daily dust and dirt,
All around you trust your skill,
Confident Of kindness still.
Stir the cruel, kned he bread,
Tax your hands, and heart, and head;
Children sick and household hungry;
Though some thoughtless words have


stung you.)


All are waiting on your will,
Confident Of kindness still.
Neveg mind the glance oblique,
Never cause Of coolness seek,
Never notice slight or frown,
By your conduct live them down,
All at last viii seek your skill,
Confident of kindness still.
Lift your heart and lift your eyes,
Let continual prayer rise,
Think of all the savior's woe
When he walked with man below,
How poor sinners sought his skill,
Confident of kindness still.
Sing the song and tell the story,
OF the Sayior's coming glory,
To the children whom he blesses
With your guidance and caresses;
Who for all things wait your viii,
Confident of kindness still.
Feed the hungry. and the weak,
Words Of cheer and comfort speak,
Be the angel Of the poor,
Teach them brayely to endure,
Show them thus the Father will,
Confident of kindness still.
Gratitude may be your lot.
Then be thankful. but, if not,
Are you better than your lord,
Who endured the cross and sword,
From those hands whose skill
Waited ever on his will?
Noble is life of care
Ii holy zeal be there:
All your little deeds of love
Heavenward helps at last may prove,
If you seek your Fathers will,
Trusting in His kindness still.
Year: 1876

That is what comes of giving min
lister salary of 100000 u year. A
burglar has been trying to break open
the safe Of Rev. Henry Ward Beccher
and but for the vigilance ola servant
girl he would have succeeded. How
many of the toiling preachers in the land
are there who have y safe or any use for
one?
Year: 1876

LlVefpOol Mefcury.I


The denouement of an extraor-
dinary elopement case took place
on board the Allan steamer Mora
Wan on Thursday last. In the
afternoon the steamer was leaving
the Mersey with a full complement
of passengers for Portland. Just
as she got under way a river gig
was seen approaching in all haste.
In the bow OF the boat was seen an
aged man, who gesticulated franti-
cally to those on board the steamer
to stop. The boat got alongside
the steamer, and in a short time
two Of its occupants man about
sixty years of age and a young man
of twenty-five clsmbered on board
the Moravian,s The officers were
naturally surprised at seeing the
steamer boarded in this fashion
'but,noticing that the old man was
in trouble, they received him cour-
teously and listended to his tale,
which was to the effect that his
wife-a woman of forty-eight, and
the mother Of grown-up children
had eloped with a young man oi
twenty-five; that they were on
board the Morayian en- route fol
Year: 1876

The dispute between the Smith
and CaEman families, of Merrick,
L. l., over the ownership of a fifty
cent knife has progressed from the
County Court Of Queens county to
the General Term. Three years ago
Mr.. Josesph Smith, a wealthy farm
er, bought for his daughter Mari
eta fifty-cent knife. She carried
it until, one evening about a year
and half ago, a young man who
was visiting her borrowed it and
took it with him. Miss Smith
missed it, and thought she had lost
it. A few days after that she called
on Miss Mary E. Oarman, the
daughter of another wealthy Long
Island farmer, and saw the knife
on the mantelpiece, and claimed it.
Miss Carman said that the young
man who had taken it from Miss
Smith had made her apresent of it.
Miss Smith took the knife and went
home.


The two familiestook up the dis
pute, and the trouble threw the
church into a ferment. At a church
meeting it was a agreed to submit
the case to Lott Carman, Abel
Smith and George c. Andrews,
They decided that they could not
adjust the difference. If the knife
was Miss Smiths she had no right
to take it out of Miss Carman's
house, and she ought to sue for it
if she wished it back. Accordingly,
they gave the knife back to Miss
Carman. Miss Smiths father de-
cided to sue. A search warrant was
obtained, and before Justice Ben
net an examination was had. The
knife was awarded to Miss Smith,
but the justice handed it to Miss
Oarman Dy mistake, and she would
not give it up. A replevin suit was
then instituted before Judge Lott,
which ended in Miss Smiths favor
again, but Miss Carman's father ap-
pealed the case to the County Court
and the knife did not go out of the
family. Judge Armstrong decided
the case in favor of Miss Carman,
and now Miss Smiths father has
paid Mr.. Mott, his lawyer, another
fee to take it before the General
Term, and to have his points print
ed. Both families attend the same
church in Merrick, and on Sunday
mornings, after the Smith family
have taken their seat, Miss Carman,
who has a seat near by, takes out
the coveted knife and toys with it
so conspicuously that the Smith
family cannot help seeing it and
getting in a rage.