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Year: 1875

seliishness she has practiced toward
every other portion Of the State. She
throws distractions in the way of our
railroad enterprises and discourages
each and every improvement that
does not give promise of pouring its
earnings into her Golfers. Yet despite
this disfavor We shall not set up in
business for ourselves for some time.


We are not rich enough to support a
State government. When our resour-
ces are more fully developed; when our
population has doubled and trebled;
when more of our broad acres have
been brought into cultivation, and
when the area of our vineyards and
orange groves is computed by miles
in place of acres. We may say to the
Northern half of the State, "let us di-
vide our land and while you grow
wheat and barley, we will gather corn
and orang ges." Ten years is but
brief period but 1t will work Won
derful change in California. The Pa
cific coast is but just starting on a ca
reer of prosperity. The natural wealth
of soil and climate is here and the
people who are to turn these natural
advantages into tangible property,
are coming. The tide of immigra-
tion has set Westward and it will
roll onward increasing in volume un-
til our wales, and valleys, our mining
regions and our grazing lands are filled
with people. Then will be time
enough to talk of dividing the State
and making Los Angeles the beauti-
full capitol of semi-tropical South CAL
ifornia.
Year: 1875

1t is altogether probable that some
day the territory now comprising the
State of California will be divided,


and new State created. How far in
the future is the day on which this
division shall take place depends, not
on one but chain of events. A COM
bination of circumstances not likely
to occur this year nor within the next
decade, might bring about a division
and create the State of South Califor-
MIA. These circumstances would en-
body an immense increase in the
wealth and population of the entire
State and a more than proportionate
increase of these two clements in
Southern California. We have no
reasonable grounds for believing that
we shall make the requisite progress
in wealth and numbers in the "near
future" and we therefore hold to the
opinion that the prediction put forth


by one Of our contemporaries that Los
Angeles shall soon become the capital
of State, will hardly be verified.


That she will yet take herplace among
the capitols of States we have not the


remotest doubt, but we are not yet
ready for the change and il we of the
South were ready and anxious, we
could not attain our purpose. The re-
mainder of the State must be consult
ed, and it so happens that at present
the remainder of the State contains
by far the greater number of votes,
every one Of which would be cast
against division of the common pa
trimony. 1t is true we have many
causes for complaint. San Francisco
has manifested toward US that same
Year: 1875

A number of gentleman have been
spoken ofin connection with the speak
ship of the next Assembly. They are
all, no doubt, good men and true and
fully competent for the duties of the
position, but at the risk of endanger-
ing the chances Of those already in
the field, we will name another gen.
tleman whom we regard as the noblest
Roman of them all: We mean JOHN
r. MCCONNELL, of Los Angeles. He
isan old, true and tried Democrat, an


able lawyer, an eloquent speaker and
thorough gentleman. We believe
no member of the Assembly is better
qualified for the position of speaker OF
that body than General MCCONNELL.
Year: 1875




There may be seen daily On Chestnut
street 2 man dressed i'm faultless apparel,
with a great diamond upon his breast,
vainly endeayoring TO Outgliiter the mag
nifcent solitaire on his finger. In a Ger
man university he learned chemistry, and
not even Liebig knows 10 better. His Occu-
pallOn is the mixing and the adulteratiOn Of
LIQUORS. Give him a dozen casks Of dec
dorized alcohol, aud the next day each Of
them will represent the name Of a genuine
wine or a popular spirit. He enters 3
wholesale drug store, bearing large bas-
ket upon his arm. Five pounds Of Iceland
moss are first weighed out to him. To raw
LIQUOR this imparts a degree Of smooth
ness and Oleaginouness that gives 10
imitation brandy the glibness pf that
which is most matured. An astrin-
gent called catechu, which would
almost close the mouth Of a glass inkstand-
is next in order. A couple Of ounces OF
strvchnine, next called for, are quickly
conveyed 70 the vest pocket, and a pound
Of white vitriOl is as silently placed in the
bottom Of the basket. The oil Of cOgnac,
the sulphuric acid, and other articles that
give fire and body TO the liquid poison are
always kept in store.
Year: 1875

Disastrous Fire and Loss Of Life from


an Explosion Of Giant Powder.


SAN Francisco, April There was
a disastrous fire and loss Of life this after
noon at the corner of Spear and Harrison
streets, caused by an explosion of giant
powder in a frame building adjacent to
HathaWay's bonded warehouse. A num-
Der Of frame buildings occupied as saloons
and dwellings were blown TO fragments.
The walls Of the warehouse were crushed
and the whole in a few moments a mass
Of flames. Men, women and children
were crushed in the falling ruins
or perished in the flames.
1t is impossible at present
to ascertain the number Of lives lost or per-
sons injured. The fire is now under con-
troll and confined 70 the immediate vicinity
of the explosion. The loss in the bonded
warehouse is not less than half a million
dollars. Search is being made in the ruins
as promptly as the fire will admit for the
recovery Of the ladies. Three have been
taken out thus far, and it is thought sew
eral others, but in the confusion prevailing,
it is impossible to ascertain.
Year: 1875

THE PROGRESS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS


TO BE READY FOR OCCUPANCY NEXT


WEEK.


The repairs of the Council Cham
Der in the City Hall are progressing
favorably, and the chamber will be
ready for occupancy next Thursday
might. The room is light and airy.
and will make very pleasant place of
Injecting. The chamber inside the
railing will be carpeted with handsome
Brussels carpet, and the desks and
chairs will occupy the same positions
as before.


In regard to the covering for the
floor outside the railing, Mr.. Paynter,
chairman of the committee on Public
Buildings, stated in Council, last even
ing that it was proposed to cover it
with gum carpet, instead of mating.
The carpet, he said, would cost more
than the mating, but would be faI
more clean and durable, and would
deaden the noise when large audiences
occupied the chamber. The commit
tee was authorized to procure the gum
lcarpet.
Year: 1875

That UNFoRTCNATE VESSEL. That
apparently unfortunate vessel built by
Mr.. David Lank has been for some
weeks just outside the mouth of the
Mispillion creek but he has been uua-
BILE to get her over the flats. He has
two lighters under her and the aid of
steam tug, but still she draws more
water than can at present be had. He
is now waiting an east wind and an
unusually high tide to enable him to
get her safely over the bar.-hRford
Neses,
Year: 1875

Coop BooKs~In addition to the
agency of the great Family Bible, the
Rev. Mr.. Houston has received the
agency for very superior book, ell
titled "The Great Men of God" This
book is pure and elevating in its tone,
and written In manner interesting to
both old and young. Hundreds of
dollars worth of the best books would
be required to furnish the reader with
what he gets here for trifle. There
Is not dull page in it, and it is sure
to find its way into the hands of fami.
lies. Parents will be glad to see 1t in
the hands of their children, for while
as entertaining as the best of novels
so popular with the young-all its in
tluence is for good. Its steel engrav.
ings alone, are well worth its entire
cost. There are twelve ideal portraits
of the most eminent characters of the
Bible.


The book will grace any table or
library in the land. See the agent and
subscribe for it. Holidaysare coming
and have it and the elegant Bible as
lasting treats to yourselves or as
presents to your friends.
Year: 1875

LOUISVILLE, December Some
weeks ago there was difficulty
at Carydon, Indiana, between a
man and his wife. named Alexander,
over the burial OF child. She is n Cath.
Ollie and he strict Protestant, and upon
the death of the child he had 1t buried in
the Protestant grave yard, which caused
trouble, and she had it taken up and
buried in the Catholic burying ground.
The child was subsequently, taken up and
buried in the Protestant cemetery. Since
that time the remaining child has been
bone OF contention, the mother insisting
ON raising the child u Catholic
and he insisting that it should not be-
The trouble eliminated in the seizure Of
the child by the mother last week, and
on Saturday she came to this city. The
father of the child and friend came up
and made search for the little girl in
Louisville finding her Tuesday night.
Yesterday morning the oyeuoycd father
left for Carydon with his li:tleglrl eight
year, of age, the wife having been left
it is believed, in this city.
Year: 1875

cases goes off on the demurrer, then it
will be finally settled.


Again, it has been asserted, and we
suspect not without reason, that 1t Is II
part of the Radical policy in the conduct
of this trial, to delay it. Their object for
this is that they may first expand 1t be-
yond its proper dimensions, and make it
appear to be something terrible, and them
having done this, BY keeping it agitated,
to use it to the best of their ability in the
coming canvass Should it be disposed
of before that canvass commences, the
whole matter will be spread before the
people, who will then judge'of it for them
selves, whereas If long trial can
be forced. and the matter not decided,
then the people will not be able, OF
course, to understand it perfectly, and
there is no doubt but that the Radicals
can influence some votes to their advah-
taCe. In other words, il the result Is
known, the people will understand 1t "'|
if not, they will not, and lacking " prop
er understanding, they may be misled.


Hence, upon all accounts, and from
every standpoint, whether out of regard
for the taxpayers, or the good OF the
party, the Democratic majority IN the
Senate should proceed with the matter at
once, at least to the extent of ascertain
ing, discussing, and deciding all qucs-
.Inus nnt rnnnirinm Miincsses
Year: 1875

UHFoRTUEATE ACCIDENT. - Mfr. Patrick
McKeop, who resides In Rockets, and who
is a painter by trade, but has for some time
been unable to work at that business on ac-
count of paralytic stroke, was yesterday
run over by locomotive OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad and both legs crushed. He
was driving his cows from the railroad track
near the western end Of the trestle which
crosses the low. grounds in the vicinity of the
Gas Works, and was unable to get out Of the
way IN time, or perhaps did not hear the
whistle of the locomotive as It emerged from
the tunnel. He was promptly removed to
bis residence, aud had good surgical atten.
tion, but he died last evening.
Year: 1875

COMMISSION MERCHAyTs.-We solicit your or
ders for printing, or a call at any time you may
wish TO Sec specimens or obtain estimates, feeling
assured that 1t will be to your advantage.
Year: 1875

TO the razor Of The Tribune.


SIR: AS the question of hospital management
has up in some communications, and as the men
who have assumed the power OF dismissal are not an m
dependent body but managers for the public VINO nave
contributed largely the institution, have taken pains
TO learn what their rules and regulations. hs Is tho
custom there IL annual election, and
q certain number OF the Board go out each year VINO
NAV be rer.oced or whose places may be supplied by
Others previously nominated The Medical Board Is also
elected annually, with provision for going out, except
by resignation being dep0sed FOR nnfalthfuncss.


any officer physician or surgeon shall become un-
fit 10 cxeye.e his Office, shall conduct himself In bis
Office contrary any Of the bylaws OF this INSTITUTION,
refuse neglect to execute the same, the NistnS
Committee any member OF the Board Of Managers may
exhibit aganst him complaint In writing, at meeting
duly called and hercupon notice Of the said complaint
shall given to the person comp!aiued Of and time
shall be appointed not less than six days after service OF
said notice. for the person complained of 10 make h!s
defense before the Board Of Managers; and the Board
having cxa xanlined into the truth OF tho complaint ana
heard the defense Of tho party accused any shall be
made may, with the concurrence and appreciation or
majority Of the whole number OF Managers suspend or
discharge the officer, physician, or surgeon COM
planned Of"


II may bo observed that In the annals OF SewYOrk in-
stitutious so far as ean only case OF ds-
missal tun nOwl has occurrcd and that was caused
by q failure OF health and reason. In the present cas
there action under this rule, therefore II 10 To
presumed there charges. Then follows q lega
puzzle In Article No. z. In Of vacancy in the
Medical Board, they shall at the request OF the Board
Managers recommend suitable ersons for apI ointment
It being natural to the common mind to suppos tina
medical would be the lest Judges Of the quaiica
tons of candidates The query is Ivy IN obseryant pub


c may u Beard cvadc this provision hy saying, We do
not request you nominue' Not that they did say
They smpiy nominated and elected iour new men ~ one
meeting and dropped fonr from the service Precisely
whether this IL the To treat who give frt ly
their lime and Ctients and services to hospital work, and
without whom hospitals VAN, Is question one nod
not ask. A LOohkh-ON


Ae,p lOrk May 10. 1873
Year: 1875

TIE EXCURSION TO TIE CENTENNIAL GROUNDS.


The party of leading business men who go
to Philadelphia to-day 10 visit the Centennial Grounds on
the Invitation of the merchants of that city, will number
about 100 They will leave Jersey City at 10 o'clock na
special train Of drawing cars which it Is expected
will make the run In ess than iwO hours landing the party
at the BemOntave entrance TO FairmOunt PARK before
noon Two hours will be spent in examining the buildings
in Of erection, under the guidance OF Director
Gen. Goshorn and exGOv. B!ger. The party Will then
proceed 10 Belmont Mansion in the Ponk where dinner
will be served The affair will he entirely unofficial
one, the Centennial authorities participating only as
guests inviting their NewYork brethren 10 make the
excursion the Philadelphia merchants wished to pay
debt of hospitality, and at the same time TO awaken


lively interest in the Exhibition project among the inlu-
cutai business men Of this city
Year: 1875

Now, many of these things are ad-
mirable, but nothing has impressed me
more than the universal habit of saw
ing. We waste more in America In
one of our middle class families than
would keep two of the same rank in
London or Paris. Economy is COM
pulsory virtue, Nothing is allowed to
be lost, from the smallest scrap of
paper to the refuse of the streets. In
Paris | saw the chifonier, with his
bag and his lantern, at midnight, rak-
ing the gutter for pieces of muslin or
woolen to carry home and clean and
sell


We are most fortunate in the great
institution of sending packages from
one end to the other Of our great EN-
pire. There is no such thing as an
adams Express" in Europe 1t
costs much more and takes much long
er to send parcel in England or
France than it does in the United
States. It took two days to get
trunk from Liverpool TO London. and
cannot get my Centennial documents
from the latter to Paris without ex-
pense and trouble.


Here comes in the best of all argu-
ments in favor of real American free
trade with other nations. Over our
expanse of territory, a region great
er than that covered by the Roman
eagles, you can travel without change
OF cars, or can forward any box or
package, however large, at low price,
without damage Or investigation, while
in free trade Europe your trunk must
be of a certain weight if you would
get it through on your ticket, and you
must always be ready for the Custom
House officer You can not check
your baggage, you must wait for it,
and that incalculable American advant-
age OF sending your great trunks ahead
OF yon to meet you at your own house,
or to follow you rapidly, is looked for
In vain by travellers in Europe Of
course these faults are incidental to
people divided into several countries.
and most Of the time in doubtful rea-
tons, and generally watched over by
vast armies: but they prove the differ
ence between the practical free trade
of one great united Republic, afflicted
by none of these evils, and the practi-
cal protection. of nations constantly
preaching theoretical free trade


ogland and France are for the
spring and summer and autumn, but
America is the country for all seasons.
How often, In the fatal fogs with their
painted fires and dangerous draughts,
have longed for our bright skies,
elastic atmosphere and comfortable
homes. Even our hot summers in the
South are set off by the cool retreats Of
the North, and there are no resorts in
the world SO delightful in winter as
Florida or New Orleans. And so we
live to learn Colonel Formers Cor
respondence Philadelphia Press.
Year: 1875

Pretty much ali that we know of art
and science has been derived from care
ful study of nature, and of careful students
Mr.. Frank Buckland, the English natu-
rails, is one If the most faithful. Among
the latest of the lessons he has read US is
one on the structure of cows horn. Z"
lind" he says, that over the brain of the
COW strong roof of bone is thrown, in
the shape of an arch, so as to form a sub
stantlal foundation for the horns This
roof is not solid, but is again strengthened
below by series of bony arches, that are
SO distributed as to form series of hollow
chambers, thus forming structure uniting
strength with lightness. The problem
now is, how to fasten the horn on each
side on to this buttress. The horn itself
must of course be formed of horn proper.
J. e., hardened hair. In the rhinoceros we
find horn composed entirely of solid
mass of what is really bunch of hair ag-
CULTIVATED together; but this kind of horn
would have been much too heavy for the
cows convenient use. What is to be done?
Why, hollow out the center of the horn,
of course; but stay-this will not 40, be-
cause how is the horn to be supplied with
blood-vessels? in fact, how is it to grow?
Let US see how it is done by the Great De-
signer. Cut the horn right across with a
saw, and you will find inside another horn,
only made of bone. If the section is made
about one-third of the way down the
length of the horn. you will be able to
pick out piece of bone in the shape of a
cone, OH which, or rather round which,
the horn proper has shaped ITSELF This
bone fits the cavity with the greatest accu-
racy 1t is as light as the thinnest paper,
and yet as strong as a cone of tin. 1t is
everywhere perforated with holes, which
in life contained the nerves, the veins, and
the arteries; and we know a COW has all
these in her horns; nerves, proved by the
fact that cows do not like their horns
touched, and that they can scratch fly off
their hides with the tip of the horn arte-
ries and veins, provedby the fact that a
horn, when broken, will bleed, and that
the horn of living COW feels quite warm
when held in the hand, besides which the
nerves and arteries form union between
the internal core of bone and the external
covering of horn proper. If we now cut
the rest of the horn into sections, we shall
find that the inside of the bony part is re-
ally hollow, but that very strong but
tresses of bone are thrown (about every
inch or SOY across the cavity of the horn in
such a manner as to give it the greatest
possible support and strength. lhave cut
a cows horn and skull into several sec
tons, to show these buttresses of bone
and now that the preparation is finished,
[ have another specimen to show that
there is design and beauty in all created
objects
Year: 1875

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple, but singularly interesting. Coin
silver is mostly used, and is Obtained by
purchasing coin dollars. Hence it happens
that the profits of the business are Affect
ed instantaneouslv by all the variations in
the nations greenback promise to pay.
The first operation strikes a novice as al
most wicked, for il is nothing else than
putting lot of bright silver dollars, fresh
from the mint, into dirty crucibles, and
melting them into solid ingOts. These are
rolled out into the required thickness. and
cut by a stamp into circular pieces OF any
required size. \ solid metal bar of the
size of the inside of the intended thimble,
moved by powerful machinery up and
down in bottOmleSs mold of the outside
OF the same thimbles, bends the circular
disks into the thimble shape as fast as
they can be placed under the descending
bar. Once in shape, the work OF bright
ening, polishing and decorating IS done
upon lathe. First, the blank form is fit
ted with a rapidly revolving rod. A slight
touch of sharp chisel takes thin shay
ing from the end. another does the same
on the side, and the third rounds off the
rim. A round steel rod, dipped in oil,
and pressed upon the surface, gives it Il
lustrOus polish. Then a little revolving
steel wheel, whose edge is a raised Orna-
ment, held against the revolving blank,
prints that ornament just outside the rim.
A second wheel prints different Orna-
ment around the center, while third
wheel, with sharp points. makes the inden-
tations on the lower half and end OF the
thimble. The inside is frightened and
polished in similar way, the thimble be-
ing held in a revolving mold. All that
remains to be done is to boil the compile
ted thimbles in soapsuds, to remove the
oil, brush them up and pack them for the
Year: 1875

Now that the papers are talking about
the Nevada bonanza" this little para
graph from the San Francisco Alta is
timely: "We have been compelled to
adopt the Spanish word bonanza. The
idea is comparatively new in the expert
ence of our English speaking community,
but the demand for some suitable ex-
preston for it is imperative, and we could
not elsewhere find term already familiar
to many and so appropriate. For three
centuries the Spaniards monopolized all
the great silver mines of the world, and
they learned all the uncertainties OF dig
ding for argentiferous deposits. When
they were working in a large body of rich
ore they said the mine was in bonanza,
akin in etymOlogy to our BOOM and in
meaning, to blessing; and when, on the
other hand, the miner was searching at
great expense and in disappointment in
the barren vein stone for material that
would pay, he said the mine was in a
bo7TGscG, or Storm"
Year: 1875

boards of three or four instruments, say In
a central, office. In the latter, at GER
tain hours of the day and night, celebrated
performers might be engaged to play, one,
for example, executing classical, another
sacred, another operate, and a fourth
dancing music. on as many separate pi-
amos. These last could all be connected
with any number of piano movements all
over a city, so that the playing of one in
strument in the central bureau would, of
course, be repeated on every other piano,
no matter how many or how widely sep
arated, and the effect would be exactly as
if the performer were individually in the
parlor of every subscriber. The latter
might be provided with a printed daily
programme specifying that at such and
such an hour Signor So-and-So would play
certain music; Monsieur Somebody Else
some other kind, and so on. The sub
scrIber then watches his clock, and at the
specified hour turns a switch on his wall,
which places his instrument in connection
with either Monsieur or the Signor'S pi-
ano. Then all he has to do is TO listen un-
til he gets tired. when, without apologiZ-
ing to the eminent performer, he shuts
him up by touch of the finger on a but
ton.-Sctentifc american.