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Year: 1875

As a test of nerve. the experiences az =
wayfairer, travelling wooded road near
Olympia, Washington Territory, was re-
markable as any on record. The man waaa
speculatOr looking out wild land, and he
trudged through the forest, following the
almost unused path formed by an old
road made by pioneers in the wilderness.
His mind was devoted to one subject =
the critical examination Of the trees upon
the land about him, and of the character
OF the soil, and he failed to notice for some
time pit pat" upon the dead leaves
near him. he at first scarcely looked
down, when he felt something rubbing
against his legs and heard . light purring
sound, but when he did look, his heart
came up in his mouth and cold sweat start
ed as suddenly as though he were sus-
pended by weak rope over Niagara.
Pressing itself softly against his legs. twin
ing about him as he walked, moving its
fexile body swiftly, but with never .
sound, turning up fierce eyes with spme-g
thing almost like terrible laugh in them,
was a huge couger!


No chicken was this man in the woods,
but his account of the manner in which
his hat was raised by bis hair is not to b.
considered as apocyphal at all !; sleek and
supple and muscular the beast glided about
and at intervals it would come close agaipsl
and press its body against the legs ofthA
man, Inc light touch making goose-fesh Of
every inch in his form. It was terrible
experience, that interview with the cou-
ger in the forest primeval. and it was
well for the man that his nerves were OF
the kind to do honor to frontier adven-
urer. Steadily pursuing his course with
steps that would falter q little occasionally
he kept on and with him the beast contin-
ued his treacherous gambols. At times It
would glide few PAGES to the front, and
roll over and over In the road, and wait
for the man to come up, and then 1t would
circle around him again until the impulse.
almost too strong to be resisted, would
come upon him to spring upon the brute.
opposing fists to fangs, and ending the in
tolerble suspense at any risk. The move
ments of the terri BILE animal were butsas
the playing of cat with mouse, ana The
man knew it. t tS 800 80 ssa&ksS'


The moment came at length when the
strain could be borne no longer, ana tlis
man kicked desperately at the beast !, Il
passed him. In an instant it bounded ia
front and crouched for q spring, growing
hoarsely and showing his teeth. ThemaQ
stopped and shouted h0pelessly, tor Aid,
while the cougar did not spring at onss,
but appeared waiting to crafty IL hnnra
little longer. The shout fortunately was
not in vain. sEss ssass . sss 2sSA4 80


There were hunters and dogs m the
immediate vicinity. as rare fortune wOuld
have it, and the hounds dashed suddenly
from the covert, as the cougar, seeing
them, leaped for tree. A few moments
later the beast fell victim to bullets, and
the man with whom it had been taking q
stroll was telling his story and trying to
restore the normal condition of his nerves
by internal applications from a small flask
1t was one of the episodes which turn
mems hair grey-one which would. doubt
less. have brought to death q man with
less nerve than the hero of the affair.
Year: 1875

Whether produced by indigestion, improper food
change OF water or diet, too free indulgence in ice
water, exposure to sudden changes OF temperature
are Immediately relieved by it, One ounce added
to a gallon of
Year: 1875

Free from serious objections, yet palatable, even
inviting to the sensitive palate, which will create
no morbid appt tte for ITSELF and operate as an as
sistant to digestion, as well as perform the func
tons OF stimulant. Such we confidently believe
is to be found in
Year: 1875

THIS elegant preparation is prepared from the
true Jamaica Ginger, combined with choice arc.
mates and genuine French brandy rand is vastly
superior to every other Extract or Essence of Gin
ger before the publi,-all of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old process.
Year: 1875

I have heard men of intelligence say
that we paid nothing to support the
Government, and they seemed TO have
some vague idea Of some mysterious
producing agency inherent in the Gov
ernment by which it evolved its mil
lions Of money annually swallowed up
in its splendid machinery.


We must, however, remember that
the Government has no money, nor
any means OF making money outside of
the money and the means contributed
by the people. If the Goyernpent ex-
pends 800 millions annually, its people
furnish it to the Government.


The ruined condition of the farming
population of the United States is a
sad and siekening commentary on the
boasted freedom of our Government
and the honest, equitable principles
upon which it was founded. Having
more than one-half the voting popula-
Year: 1875

LA SALE, ILL.,. Oct. Jack Temple,
an experienced blower, met with a serious
and nearly fatal accident this forenoon at
the Phoenix Glass Factory,in this city. he
had just blown large cylinder, technical
ly called roller" and swinging it aloft,
prepatory to placing it on wooden horse
used for that purpose, he broke the neck
of the roller. Being 50 suddenly and un-
expectedIy relived of the great strain upon
his muscles, he fell backward, and his blow
pipe, with the shattered neck of the hot
cylinder attached, fell upon his right arm
cutting it in a frightful manner and sever
ing an artery. He was also badly cut OF
his back.
Year: 1875

TRY THE ENAMELLED PIPE, IT WILL NOT
] Rust or crack and costs only trihe more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island FRED HASS.


Store in Star Block
Year: 1875

The air ship which F. W. Schroeder is building
at Baltimore moves on apace. Tha vessel will
be hung to balloon, and is to be ninety feet
long and shaped like lifeboat. The ribs and
stays of the keel are Of wire two inches thick,
and the frame is to be covered with waterproof
canvas. The balloon will be capable Of lifting
lG, 080 pounds.
Year: 1875

and not always to nearly 80 comfortable grave
either. Sitting in the conservatory, and looking
due east up long gravel walk, bordered by


flower beds shaped like stars, and ovals, and
crosses, relieved here and there by rustic
fountain and snowy swan, is an imitation of a
ruin. The builders art has been called on to
initiate an old stone building rapidly falling to
pieces, and he has succeeded WELL Within its
Uncovered walls is a reservoir from which the
house was supplied with water.
Year: 1875

named. Real estate in desirable To-
calities, in small area, or under culti-
walton, may bring as much as SlO0 per
acre, but even at that price, it should
not be counted dear when its produc-
ing qualities are taken into considera-
ton.


Downey City, the principal town of
the Los Nietos section, has been for
some time the southern terminus of
the Anaheim branch of the Southern
Pacific Railroad. The place has a
popul alton of perhaps two hundred
and fifty; it is enterprising and
thrifty, as most of the places of its
kind, which grow up from a necessity
OF commerce. 1t is supported by the
rich agricultural country which sur
rounds it and has the best of fourda-
tions for continued prosperity. Some
additional Importance may have been
added to Downey City from the fact
of its being heretofore at the end of
the railroad. This prestige, whatever
it may have been, will now be lost, as
the road at present writing has been
extended as far as Anaheim-eighteen
miles further south. The town, how
ever, can never be of less Importance
than it is now, and it will increase as
the country around it becomes better
developed.


All coming to Los Angeles county
in search of homes will find it to their
advantage to visit Los Nietos settle
ment and see and examine for them
selves. But there are other equally
rich localities in Los Angeles valley
offering like advantages to the farmer,
to each of which it is our purpose to
direct attention.
Year: 1875

After reading these favorable re-
ports, the question likely to be asked
by the new conner or the person at a
distance is: Can this land be pur-
chased, and if SO, at what price ? We
answer, a great deal of it is purchas-
able at, all things considered, very
reasonable figures. The land not al
ready in the hands of settlers is for
sale at prices that may range at, say,
from S. to $50 pes acre. Very little,
and that of the poorest quality, is to
be had at the minimum figure. In the
central and most heavily populated
part of Los Nietos settlement, the soil
is cut into garden and orchard plats
ranging in size from one to twenty
acres. The intending settler must not
be surprised if he is asked much lar
ger prices for land than those we have
Year: 1875

The cheap wit which usually expends
itself upon some part of woman's dress
has attacked the tied back skirt The
point with the critic is the indecency of
style which indicates SO much of the
outlines of woman's form; but from
this point of view there is no reason
whatever for the structures. Why is
woman's form any more indecorous than
that Of a man? And why should not
dress outline the form it covers? If it
does not what is the object of form at
all And why should beauty in design
or art itself be cultivated I? Twenty-Five
years ago the women wore an enormous
mass of skirts, which rendered them
shapeless and occasioned them great
trouble and Inconvenience. To preserve
unnecessary and barrel-like absence of
form, hoop skirts were invented, the first
of which were from four to five yards
round, and with dresses over them and
woman inside of them, occupying the
whole of broad city sidewalk and six
(three on side) in street car. Dress
then was attacked and lampooned for
concealing the form, the days of the first
empire were recalled and the classic
taste Of the Empress Josephine and the
ladies of the renowned French saloon
commented upon. Now we have at least
got rid of hoops, and we have a dress
that is not obstructive that is neither
so straight nor scant nor Objectionable in
these respects as the strict short wasted,
low backed, short sleeved dress of the
seventeenth century; that has on the
contrary possibilities of beauty, grace
and elegance, if the wearer or her mod
iste is an artist, and knows how to take
advantage of them. We have dress
which is often stupidity covered with
trimming and ridiculously made up of
parts that have no relationship to each
other, but that is inevitable, and on the
other side we have gradually obtained
public opinion which is stronger and
more permanent than fashion, which
gives dark or neutral colors, and almost
uniformly solid fabrics for the streets,
which enforces the necessity of restrict
ing street costumes to limits that will not
obtrude upon the rights of Others in the
street car or elsewhere. No style of
dress could be invented that silly girls
and silly women would not exaggerate-
a fool always carries with him his cap
and bells-but why dress composed of
several skirts with skirts beneath, should
be considered improper, even though tied
back, while the single trouser passes for
highly proper, it would puzzle lawyer
to determine.
Year: 1875

Hark The wind whistles rudely in the chill winter


twilight,
The snow flakes now whirling and eddying go.
Say, do you think sister, with feelings OF sadness
Of our loved little darlings, out under the snow,
Our dear little loved ones how often their memory
Comes up in our minds with a bright living glow.
And then there is sadness. when we hut remember
They are sleeping they sleeping, out under the


snow.
They are free from all sorrow from signing. and


sadness,
No pain or disquietude ever to know;
While the wild winter winds are now sweeping


above them.
They are sleeping. so quietly, under the snow,
But in him who has given. and taken, our loved


ones,
In Him will we trust now, for surely we know
That he will remember and raise them to glory,
Our dear little loved ones, out under the slow.
In Heaven they'll shine with bright living radiance
Where the River of Life " will eternaly how
And our Saviour will own them his little angels.
Our sweet little darings, out under the snow.


MoRENA
Year: 1875

An Arkansas man ate pint of saw.
dust few days ago on bet. An intel
ligent physician, who was called in, told
him that he would have pain in his lum-
ber region if he stuck to such board as
that
Year: 1875

4 FEMALE FIEND.-The woman whose
nature is 50 nearly firndish il Is possible
conceive of lives at Bastrop, Lpuisiana Her
name Is Lima McRea, and she Is now in
prison upon the charge Of numbering a small
child. At her preliminary examination he
testimony indicated that she had taken
diabolicaI pleasure in killing the child by
inches, aud after the accomplishment of the
deed TO have felt no compunctious or any of
the ordinary dislike of Il murderer 10 having
the body of the victim IN any place to serve
as a reminder The woman's own son, Il
little boy of twelve, was the principal wit
ness against her. She made this mere child
dia, up and remove the body of her victim
two or three times within the space of
week. She first buried the murdered child
in a garden, aud when it disappeared and
excited comment and caused the institution
of a search. she attracted the attention of
the officers 10 another point, she herself ac-
companying them, frs telling her Ii tie son
TO dig up the body in her absence and hide it
in the chimney The boy performed this
task. and at night he was made to carry the
BODY 10 a Gotten pen and subsequently to 4
tbicket, where it was finally discovered.
During the course of the tri"l, with her own
son giving such testimony Of her atroci'y.
the woman evinced little feeling of any kind
p,ssinr through the entire ordeal with an
unruffied demeanUr.
Year: 1875

PREPARING To PLAY.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes says this is the way woman prepare
TO play on the piano: " 1t Was a young wo-
man, with as many white hUunces round her
as the planet Saturn has rings, that did i.
She gave the music stool twirl or two, and
fufftd down on it like a twirl Of sonpsuds Ia
u hand basin Then she pushed up her cuffs
as If she was going 10 fight for the champion
belt. Then she worked hrr wrists and hands
to Timber EN-, suppose, and spread ont hen
fingers till they looked AS though 'hry could
pretty much cover the key board, from the
growling END down 70 the little squeaky one
Then these two hands of hers made jump
at the k-ys. as if they were a couple of tigers
coming down upon flock Of black and
white sheep. and the piano gave great
howl. as if it, tail had been trUd on. Dead
stop So still you could hear your hair grow
ing. Then another howl. as If the piano
bad two tails, and you had trod on both OF
them at once, and then q grand CHATTER aud
scramble and string OF jumps, back and for
ward. one hand over the other, like STAN
p+de of rats and mice more than any hing l
call music.
Year: 1875

The EFFEcT.-An Eastern paper quotes
from the rep1rt Of the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad to show that any material reduction
in fares i sue to be followed by large in
crease in travel. The report states that
about the middle Of May last the passenger
rates on the road were largely reduced, and
although the accounts FOR the month are not
vet made up. an examination shows that the
travelling public 50 appreciated the change as
TO make the passenger receipts between Wash
ing,on aud Baltimore three times as large tho
first week OF the reduction az they were the
week preceding.
Year: 1875

NEWSPAPER CoKRECTIoSs.-Them man who
drops d poker because the handle is warm.
and then csrelessly picks il up again by the
end that Is red hot, generally gets about as
much sympathy as the man who rushes TO
the newspaper Office to have an explanation
unbii~h-d and finds when the correction comes
out that it's ten times as bad Es the original
Year: 1875

little surprised when they learn that
there is a house not far from here with
six Stories to it. l mean Frank, Robert
and the rest.


In conclusion must add that our town
is unexcelled for pretty girls. And now
it is to tell why the town ia sometimes
called Long Falls The young men fall
in love with girls of the town, and so
great is the effect, so completely are their
heads and hearts bewildered that they
think they have had long faH


NEAo. o..
Year: 1875

from home, and remember they have not
your kindly adm1nitions to guide them,
are not under your control, AMI perhaps
never will be again.


| have written more than | intended =,
but this is a subject in which feel deep
interest, and when see young men, the
flower OF the country fioclling to the city
where their lives are often wasted, | feel
like uttering a note of warning, feeble
though it be, trusting that it may be h eed-
ed by such as contemplate coming to the
city to make fortunes and live life OF
ease.


| wrote you last week that the Mayor
atty muddle was getting Hat, but Judging
from the cannonadIng last Saturday night,
and the eloquent appeals from patriotic
fuglemen, guess was mistaken. The
fight at present is about as follows:
Jacobs party charge that Baxter, while
Mayor, forced the Air Line road to pay
MIN handsome price Tor piece oil
property that was not doing him any good
just then, while the Baxter faction charges
that Jacob tried to brbe member of
the city council to vote for his favorite for
president Of the board. These are the lead
ing charges. with numerous little mean
nesses. in fact enough to condemn any
man if he wasn't a candidate. The
the attempted bribery. true, but this one
seems little thin. The fact that the at
tempt was failure, leaves a sort ofvague
impression in the minds of many, that
there is perhaps some mistake about il
after all. The story don't harmonic, SO
to speak. CIroYEN.
Year: 1875

II thsreis any virtue in compulsory education
it will be found out in New York Yesterday tbs
new law went into operation. While New York
city u nos the best place in the world whsrsin 70
apply tests Of pubic e1pediency and the general
veal, in this particular instance it IS probable
that faithful effort will be made to extrae
whatever Of virtue there ID in the system It
seems to meet with the public approval, and a
hearty acquiescence is given by the press Of the
city generally. Perhaps there is just little Of
self-interest underlying the earnest support
which is given the new law. Almost every one
in the city, whether resident stranger, is cor
tinually beset BY multitude of beggar children,
whose piteous tales and appeals for assistance
have grown so common that they have long since
ceased TO affect the sympathies and have become
positive annoyance. Even il the new law
should do no more than to relieve the streets of
this class of mendicants it will have accomplished
A good work
Year: 1875

No man has better right TO censure
the folly of separating the judicial
from the general election than FITz-
GERALD. The experiment has robbed
him of four years duration in office.
Had the law been such as to admit
the placing the names of candidates
for State Superintendent of Schools on
the ticket voted at the general elec-
tion, Mr.. FITZGERALD would have
been elected by 10000 majority. As it
is, he is defeated by nearly or quite
half that number of votes and his 0p-
ponent is elected by the support of but
fraction of the voters of the State.
Judging by the returns so far received,
it is probable the total vote cast at the
Judicial election will not equal one
half that of the general election.
Hence the Judicial election is not an
expression of a majority of the voters
of the State. There is still another
Objectionable feature in the Judicial
election farce. 1t imposes heavy and
useless expense on the people. The
expense of the general election foots
up $751; 900. 1t is probable that of the
Judicial election will approximate
that amount. Here is one-half of
$4,000 wasted-thrown away,-and
every dollar is taken from the peoples
pockets. We have practised this folly
sufficiently long to prove that it does
not answer the purpose intended; that
it does not secure an expression of the
voters and that it imposes a heavy
burden on the taxpayers.
Year: 1875

The cultivation of the sugar beet in
California is destined to subserve a
purpose of which our people are yet
unaware. Some time after the intro
duction of beet growing in Europe
the farmers found that their lands
were becoming sterile, repeated fail
ures of the crop warning them that
some effort must be made to supply a
deficiency in the soil. AS usual in
Europe the chemist was consulted,
and analysis of the soil revealed the
fact that the potash was exhausted.
This element was u superfiuous one in
the beet, so far as chemical utility is
concerned, rendering the moiasses so
Year: 1875

strong as to be Unfit food for man OF
beast. AS potash was costly fertiliz-
er and the beet sugar and molasses an
almost worthless product the farmers
were recommended to return the mo-
lasses to the soil instead of selling it,
This they have done, and the beet root
lands remain as productive as ever
The potash is the salts or alkali of the
land. This element, deleterious to
most vegetation, is the life Of the beet
and its presence all over California ac-
counts for the mammoth growth of
this plant. Hence ii is manifest that
the common beet is the first antidote
for alkali, and when this has taken
away certain percentage of the pot
ash, is to be followed by the sugar
beet. The former will be valuable for
feed to hogs and cattle and the latter
for the manufacture of sugar. The
beet sugar factory at Sacramento is
now paying five dollars per ton, an
acre yielding six tons of some beets
some six thousand tons being grown
in that section this season.
Year: 1875

We believe that in almost every in
stance where artesian wells have been
sunk in the vicinity of Compton flow
ing streams or an abundance of water
within few inches of the surface,
have been obtained. On the San Pc
dro ranch short distance North of
Compton half dozen or more arte-
sian wells a4e pouring forth fine
Year: 1875

SOMEBODY wants to know IL the
Chinese born in this country will be
voters when they reach mans estate?
Why not? See Fifteenth Amend
ment. They are native born and race
color or previous condition of servi-
tude, cannot keep them from the bal
lot box.
Year: 1875

SAN FRANCISCO has commenced
suit for the forfeiture of the property OF
the city gas company. The complaint
sets forth that the franchise was grant
ed on the express condition that the
company should not sell out to anoth-
er company. 1t disregarded the con-
dition and sold out. The city has law
and Justice on her side but she will
never win the suit.
Year: 1875

The following note was received at
newspaper Office from lady cores
pondent whose name had been mis-
spelled: 'cant this man that makes
out my paper spell Gay if he cant i
think he had better go to school an
other turn this makes 6 times he has
made the same BLUNDER pleas tell
him if he must have it rong to Gale it
Green or Yellow don't like Gray
Year: 1875

s@ The New York San, whose
editor, Dana, is one of the most
scholarly gentlemen in the coun-
try, has an article on the Dead
ness of Literature" in which ii
is stated that only one or two OF
the great publishing houses are
prospering on standard works:
and that only light and frivolous
reading seems to be in demand
or can find ready sale. The de-
cadence Of sound literature in a
nation is the forerunner to its
decadence in nearly everything
else which can constitute great
ness and grandeur, virtue and
highest intelligence.