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Year: 1875

For many years the people of Will
mington were urged to invest their sur.
plus means in building a railroad to-
ward the Pennsylvania coal regions.
Had they done so before the Pennsylva.
MIA Railroad drained the Southern bor-
der OF that State of all of its most
profitable freight for the Philadelphia
and New York markets, some returns
might perhaps have been received by
those who furnished the money. But
from present appearances, all the mon.
ey that We have invested in the Will
mington and Reading Railroad will be
lost, as SO much of the road as lays in
Pennsylvania, with all the rolling stock
and material, is now advertised for sale
by the Sheriff OF Bsrks county. What
disposition will be made of the part OF
the road in Delaware is not yet known.


There was time, not more than three
or four years ago. when the Directors of
this road were in the habit of saying
they could dispose of the road to other
companies; and we doubt not this was
true. Before the Pennsylvania and Del
aware Railroad was built the same in
terest might have made this city an out
let. Unfortunately the Directors of the
Wilmington and Reading road were am
bilious to control the road, and by hold
ing on have sacrificed all the interest
OF the stockholders and it is likely the
most of that of tho bondholders.


The contest which the company enter.
ell into with that monstrous monopoly,
the Philadelphia and Reading, tended
only TO hasten the trouble which most
men OF moderate sagacity saw already
impending.


Before that part of the road lying in
Delaware falls into the hands of Sheriff
Lambson, judgment will have to be OBJ
tanned at New Castle.


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Year: 1875

PIrTsBURe, March 3l.-Since the
announcement of the unconstitutiop-
atty OF the assessment bill by this
court, 1t is now stated by prominent
lawyers OF this city that the new license
law repeating Local Option is also un
constitutional, because it is an omnibus
bill, embracing more than one subject,
II such is ths fact, Local Option re.
mains in full force.
Year: 1875

SENATOR BAYARD's SPEECH in New
Haven, Conn, has attracted great at
tention. A report Of it will be found in
another column. Great dissention is
said to exist in the Republican party
there and the Democrats are hopeful of
electing their ticket. The election takes
place on the 5th instant.
Year: 1875

PoRT DEPosIT, March s1.-All fears
OF another flood have vanished, The
ice is moving down the river and much
lumber Is being carried off. The loss
to the town by the recent gorge is
100000.
Year: 1875

That peculiarity of climate or seem
cry, or whatever it may be in its natu-
raj surroundings, which makes the
Pacific slope a character SUI GENERIs
appears to influence birds and beasts
as we'll as men. A rooster at Virginia
City is Of quite as original typ5 as
any hero of Mark Twain's sketches
or Bret Harte's romances. The roos-
ter mentioned has lately turned his
attention to the study of machinery,
and may always be found in the ANAL
gamating room oil the Consolidated
Virginia mill. When they were
building the mill the rooster was al
ways about and was fed and petted by
the workmen, and as soon as the
works were completed be took up his
abode amidst the machinery. He was
carried away lest he should get hurt.
but returned and demonstrated his
ability to take care of himself. Re-
Gently the machinery got out of order
engine room, but would not rest until
back where the matchmaking was
going on. Every morning he rovses
the hands by his clarion, and marches
about constantly to see that plenty of
silver is coming out of the ore. The
men assert that when he crows he
says: "One million five hundred
thousand dollars this month sure p
The impression is that the bird brings
good fortune to the mill, and he could
not now be purchased at any price
below fortune. If there is su.h q
thing as metempsychosis, the body of
that Virginia City rooster no doubt
contains the soul Of some man whose
love for the almighty dollar amount
ed to passion. aeEts
Year: 1875

The Philosophy Of Long LiJe.


But few men die OF age Almost all
die of disappointment. passional, mental.
OF bodily toll, Oh accident. The passions
kill men sometimes, even suddenly.
The common expression, "chOcked with
passion has little exageration in it
for, even though not suddenly fatal,
strong passions shorten lie. Strong bod
led men often die young-weak men live
longer than strong, Tor they use ihe!f
strength, and the weak have none 10 use
The latter take care oil themselves, the
former do not. As Il Is with the body.
90 it Is with the mind and temper. The
strong are apt TO break. or like a candle
to run The weak burn out. The interior
animals. which live in general, regular
aud temperate lives, have generally
their prescribed term OF years. The
horse lives about twenty-five years the
OK Giteen or twenty; the dog ten or
twelve; the cat we are told about twenty
the rabbit eight. The duration OF these
bears similar proportion to the time 1t
takes the animal to grow to It's full size.
But man OF all the animals Is the one
that seldom comes TO his old age. He
ought to live hundred years, accord
ing to his physiological law, Tor live
times twenty are one hundreds bnl IN
stead OF that he scarcely reaches, on the
average. iour times bis growing period.
the cat six times the rabbit even eight
times the standard of measurement.


The reason for this is obvious, Man i
not only the most Incorporate. bu. the
most laborious and hardworked, Of all
amin als:-and there is reason to be.
lieye-though we cannot tell what an
amin al secretly feels-Ihat more than
any other animal man cherishes wrath
to keep il warm, and consumes himself
with the fire of his own secret etreileetiOns.
Besides this man is the only animal
which makes q wide departure from those
laws of Nature which control life,


He takes unhallowed and health destroy
ing habits, carrying them to the verge CT
the grave, and clinging 10 them with >
tenacity which yields not even 10 bis
better Judgment. The lower class OF
animals never do this. Instinct is their
guide. and the superior duration oi lie
they enjoy is proof of The folly OF mAn.--
Investigator.
Year: 1875

BosToN, May 26.-The inquiry of how
much whiskey Gen. Grant and his party
drank on the occasion Of his visit to the
Concord and Lexington centennial PROM
ises to be an interesting and disturbing
question At meeting Of the State
Temperance Allinace this afternoon, pre-
sided over by ex-Gov Trask. Mr.. H. d.
Gushing stirred up the meeting by offer
ing resolution that a committee be APP
pointed to ascertain and report whether
liquors were furnished by the state to its
guests on the occasion of the Lexington
and Concord centennial.


Mr.. Cushing explained that his reason for
offering the resolution was the fact that
the newspapers have published a bill,
from the Revere House, giving as one of
the items in the entertainment of the
President and party over $4O0 for wines
and cigars. Mr. Cushing added that, he
had it from the the intimate friends, not
the enemies of President Grant, that there
is danger of Grants falling back into the
condition he was in preceding the war.
Year: 1875

the Crescents OF San Francisco.
Senator BoGGs, of Colusa, wouldaccept
the place but he is a Democrat of the
Bourbon school, and the independent
element does not take kindly to that
class of candidates. JACKSON TEMPLE,
Governor HAIGHTs law partner, is o
candidate and has been during the
memory of the present generation. AS
during all the long years that are now
numbered with the past the people
have not recognized Mr.. TEMPLES
claims, we see no reason why they
should do SO now nor in the future.
Judge A. G. BRADFORD, of Fresno, is
one of the best men in the list, but
FARLEY and IRWIN will oppose his
nomination on the ground that they
are wiser than he, which is not true.
Last on the list comes our townsman
Ex-Governor DowNEY. The Governor
is young, handsome, rich, liberal, to a
fault, but as the HERALD cannot sup
port him of course his chance of elec-
ton is just no chance at all.
Year: 1875

To Mr.. f. P. f. TEMPLE is in great
part due whatever degree of success
may attend the enterprise of building
the Los Angeles and Independence
Railroad. He has labored long and
diligently in the cause and has spent
his money freely in procuring pre-
liminary surveys and reports. Mr.;
TEMPLE is one of the few rich men of
Los Angeles county who are willing to
invest their money in undertakings
which will benefit the whole commu-
nifty as we'll as their individual selves,
and it is such men who develop a
country's resources and aid in secur.
ing it trade and commerce which
thoroughly selfish men would allow
to pass into the control of other and
more liberal minded communities.
Year: 1875

The election at which the people Of
California will choose a Governor, to
succeed the present incumbent, is but
little more than half a year in the
future. The near approach of the day
when the successor to Governor BOOTH
shall be named, is arousing politicians
and gubernatorial aspirants to action
and the names already reported, of
those who would like to be Governor,
comprise quite list. There will be
three kinds of ndidates-Democrats
Independents and Republicans. AT
present we shall name over a few of
the first-named party's patriots who
would like to devote four years of their
valuable time to the business of play
ing figure head to the Golden State.
The HERALD is an independent jour
nal, and from its independent stand
point it looks at the character and
qualifications Of aspirants-not their
political complexion. We may also
have an opinion as to mans chance
of election. In this, however, it is
more than probable our views will not
be concurred in by many of the caadi-
dates or their friends. OF one of the
the candidates-Senator ROACH-the
HERALD has heretofore said a good
word. He is thoroughly honest
man, but will find many in his own
party who will doubt his ability to
satisfactorily fill the gubernatorial
chair. He is already opposed by
many of the old leaders of the
party, whom he has in times
past aided into Office. THos. FINDLEY
is on the list. His strength is of
negative character; that is to say,
nothing can be urged against him, if
nothing is to be said for him. Senator
Il. j. KEYS, of Stanislaus county, is
named. Honest old ToMu has been
too much the friend Of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company to be the
friend of the San Joaquin valley Gran
gers. However, if called upon he
would WELD the Executive baton with
muscularity astonishing to light
weights. IRWIN, of Siskiyou, has as
pirations equal to the frog that blew
himself to smithereens on drinking
bout with the OK. He is q man of
large pomposity and little mental cal
ibre. He was to fame and fortune un-
known until he chanced to be one of
the immortal bakers dozen who sus-
tanned Governor HAIGHT's veto of the
railroad subsidy bills. The prestige
he gained by this chance shot he lost
through his shilly-shally course on the
Freights and Fares bill during the last
session. When IRWIN is Governor of
California, NORTON I. will be Empe-
ror of all the world. FARLEY, of AM
ador,-portly JEEMs-would like to be
called Governor, but he voted to carry
those subsidy bills over the Governors
veto, and thereby hoisted himself on


his own petard. LARKIN, of El Do
rado, would make a good Governor,
but there are ten thousand men who
would make just as good who will
never run for the office and yet come
just as near being Governor as HENRY.
T. G. RYLAND, of Santa Clara, is a
candidate of fine ability, but being a
Catholic he will be opposed by
Year: 1875

THE Evening Express is of the opin-
ion that if the Los Angeles and Inde-
pendence Railroad is to pass through
Cajon Pass, it must run through this
city. The conclusion does not follow
the assumption. The road ought to
run through this city, and it is the
business of our people to see that 1t
does. God always helps those who
help themselves.
Year: 1875

SAN FRANCISCO, January 2d.-Early
yesterday morning an unknown man
was found lying dead in the street, at
the corner of Pacific and Montgomery
Avenue. The body bore no mark OF
violence. He is supposed to have
fallen down helplessly drunk, with his
face downwards, and to have smoth-
cred in the mud. u|
Year: 1875

IT will be seen by telegram from
Nevada, printed in another column,
that there is Trouble Ill the Republic
can camp, and SHARoN's followers
have revolted. We have no faith in
this story. The slips between the cup
and the lip are rare, when it is rich
mans lip that seeks the cup.
Year: 1875

Now that State election is near at
hand, the subject of Chinese immigra-
tion is once more attracting the atten-
tion of some of our cotempoIaries. If
we could have had an election every
two weeks since 1Sf9, it is probable
not a single Chinaman would have
had an abiding place on the Pacific
coast
Year: 1875

THE HERALD's large edition of the
great 1st of January number was ex-
hausted yesterday morning. To the
four thousand copies issued we might
have added two thousand more and
found ready sale for them.
Year: 1875




The WAY To HI1cH Up 4 Tan
As many accidents happen from care
leSsness in handling teams, l have re
solved upon the following as the safest
way 10 handle horses while hitchinc
them to a wagon: Always get the
lines undone, and in shape to pick
them up any time before hooking the
tugs. Some people put up the neck
yoke the first thing, and then hook
the tugs before taking down the lines.
Then if the team start they have no
control over them whatever. In un
hitehiug, the tugs should be unlocked
the first thing. Never throw the
lines of, one each side of The team, as
you would have no control of them.
Let them lay in the wagon till you do
them mp, when everything will be safe.
y little thought in regard to such
things might save a sad accident some
times Western Rurdl.
Year: 1875

WHEN a ten year-old young man
comes home at night with four CORY
toes, scratched face, bleeding nose,
and seven tons of mud on his trousers,
you may know that mumble,te te peg is
in the ascendant.
Year: 1875

SOME one to lovei 1t is the cry OF
the soul, the note to which every heart
responds; the bond which will bring
Us all together in that other world
where mourners shall be comforted
and Love shall reign forever.
Year: 1875

AN exchange says 'the Sandwich
Islanders believe that Beelzebub walks
the earth in the form of woman.
And now and then you will find a
man IN this country who believes so,
too, and that he has married the
woman
Year: 1875

\ COUNTRY clergyman just recover
ing from the effects of a severe boil on
his nose, stopped an urchin near Fort
Green, recently, and asked him the
way to the corner of Fulton and Gin
ton streets. The lad glanced at him
suspiciously 3 moment and said :
Well, yer needn't go there, mister,
there sin't no gin mill on that corner
Year: 1875

LADIES who admire the rich, heavy
stiff back silks which are sold at some
shops, at apparently low prices, mag
be interested to know that large por-
tion of this richness i. composed of
salts of iron and astringents with salts
of tin and cyanides. The silk is mere
ly thin skeleton which supports the
adulteration until the goods are sold.
Year: 1875

be no Republican nominees, and
let MARCUS print one of his elegant
and eloquent editorials advising the
Republicans to support the candidates
named by the Independents, and
thousands of the faithful will vote the
entire Democratic ticket, rejoicing
that in so doing they are stabbing to
the heart the odious Independent
party. There can be no union be-
tween the Independents and Republi-
cans on principle, and all attempts to
effect combination in the hope of
party success, will be the signal for a
grand rush into the Democratic camp.
But suppose the Chronicles prayer is
answered and the absorbing process is
undertaken, which of the snakes shall
swallow the other? So long as each
shall insist on being the absorber, as
each certainly will, it will be case of
antagonism more determined than
that of to-day; and while SWIFT and
BoRUCK are tossing up to find out
which shall be the swallower and
which the swallowed, their supporters
will turn Democratic and the result
will be like that of the Kilkenny cats,
nothing left but the tails - JOHN and
MARCUS.
Year: 1875

One Of the finest improvements in
the city will be the rebuilding of the
Lafayette Hotel. The whole Of the
back of the house is already being
torn down, and the front will shortly
be built up. The stores will be just
half as large as they are now, and, as
the Important has very large stock
on hand, they will not have half room
enough for their goods and in order to
prevent them from being damaged by
dirt and dust, they have decided to
sell all their Spring goods at less than
cost, and others, such as cottons, table,
linen, etc., at exact cost. We advise
all to call at the Important and con-
vince themselves Of the great bar
gains. Such bargains they can never
get again, and in order to prevent Q
great rush, we advise all to call early
and take advantage of the building of
the Lafayette Hotel. ale
Year: 1875

1t is both amusing and pitiful to
read the leaders of Republican organs
about this time. Their efforts to drop
salt on the tail of the Independent
bird are no less fantastic than ener-
getic. Above and beyond all in the
great work is the San. Francisco
Chronicle. It's appeals to the frisky
Independents to come into the Repub-
lican fold are pathetic almost to the
verge of the serio-comic. Its argu-
ments are as sound as those of a man
who tells you that water is damp,
powder explosive and calico danger
Gus. They are simply unanswerable.
The gist of the whole story may be
given in a sentence: Unless there is q
combination between the Indepen-
dents and Republicans the Democrats
will sweep the State. This is all there
is of it. A strong array of evidence
might be set forth to prove that if they
did combine the result would be the
same, but for this there is no induce
ment, for the one all-sufficient rea-
son that the combination cannot
take place. The Chronicle and it's
co-workers are silly children crying for
the moon. They are asking for an i'm
possibility, for the mingling of oil and
water, for harmony between the spark
and gunpowder, for a mingling of
light and darkness, for fraterni-
cation of JOHN F. SwfFT and MARCUS
ID. BORUCK. The thing cannot be
done. A sunbeam is the only thing
capable of passing through pollution
unpolluted, andthe Independent party


is not a sunbeam. There might be a
social shake of the hand between the
Republicans and the Democrats-be-
tween the Devil and the angel Gabriel


but combination of the Independ-
ents and Republicans, never. Those
Independents who went out of the Re-
puDilcan party, went out to stay.
They left because the air was foul and
the food rancid, and they know that
the accommodations are unchanged.


They will none of it. If Mogul SWIFT
should issue pronunciamento setting
forth that the Independents would not
nominate candidates and urging the
supporters of NEWTON BOOTH to vote
the Republican ticket, the hegira from


the Independent camp would be like
unto the pilgrimage to the tomb of the


Prophet, and the ranks of the Democ-


racy would swell with the army of
NEWTON, Let but the Spirit of the
Times announce that there will
Year: 1875

We find the following deserved tri-
butte to Gov. Downey in the CAL of the
18th instant:


Ex-Governor Downey is an ardent
admirer of our public school system.
Some time ago, in an grafton, he de-
clared it the duty of the State to clothe
children, if necessary, in order to make
them presentable as scholars. Now
he offers gold medal, with proper de-
vice and inscription, to the pupil of
either sex attending the three classes
of the High School of Los Angeles,
whose record for excellent writing
examinations stands highest during
the school year just coming to close.
The plan of offering medals in schools
for superior scholarship had greater
popularity thirty or forty years ago
than it has at the present time. AS an
incentive to study and good deport-
ment, the medal was decided success.
The State is not supposed to have the
ability to provide medals for all the
schools, but where private generosity
seeks to create an ambition among the
scholars, as in this case, it will doubt
less be found to answer an excellent
purpose.
Year: 1875

NEW YORK. May l5th.-It is said that after
the verdict In the Tilton-Beecher case, what
ever 1t may be, counsel for Tilton and Moul-
ton will press the criminal Indictment found
against them last Fall to some sort of issue.
Year: 1875

Scarcely day passes that we do not
read accounts of fatal accidents by the
explosion of lamps. 1t is said there
could never be an explosion, if the
wick fit the tube of the burner. All
explosions are caused by putting a
small wick in a large tube, the wick
not fitting the tube leaves room on
one or both sides for gas to escape.
AS soon as the burner becomes heated
gas is formed rapidly, and passing up
the tube on the side or edge of the
wick, reaches the flame, and the
flame at once passes down into the
bowl of the lamp and ignites the body
of gas. If the lamp is kept full or
nearly full Of oil, there could be no
accumulation of gas and no explosion
under any circumstances, but as peo-
pie are not careful to keep lamps filled
they should be careful to procure
burners with long tubes, and get
wicks to fill the tube, then they are
safe.
Year: 1875

AMAsA WALKER the eminent poll
tical economist is dead. He was born
at North Brookfield Massachusetts in
1899. He was one of the first and
most prominent actors in the Free
Soil movement. Later in life he was
a leader of the Anti Slavery organiza-
tion. He held various State offices
and served one term in the House of
Representatives. Though mixing
considerable in politics Mr.. WALKER
was more of political economist
than politician. The greater por-
tion of his life was spent in the study
of financial questions and his knowl-
edge on these issues enabled him to
foretell the difficulties which would
result from the issue of an irredeem-
able paper currency. Though his
views were seldom adopted by poll
ticians subsequent events almost al
ways proved that he was correct and
they wrong.
Year: 1875

A ponderous volume might be COM
piled from editorials on the subject of
fires and how to prevent them. We
do not Of course assume that the val
ue of the tome would be in proper
tion to the bulk, but 1t would contain
many ideas practical and impracti-
cal, sensible and senseless, Immedi-
ately after the Chicago fire ev cry edi-
tor in the country gave the world his
plans for preventing fires. A similar
phenomena followed the blaze in Bos-
ton and now that the greater portion
Of Virginia City is reduced to ashes,
we are having another series of arti-
cles on the same subject. Yet singu-
lar as 1t may appear with all this wis.,
dom to act upon, the fire fiend is still
unclaimed and continues to hurl his
red brands with reckless hands among
the habitations of men. Can 1t be
possible that the editorial quill can
not lay this monster.
Year: 1875

A REPRESENTATIVE of the HERALD
on trip through Los Angeles county
conversed with several farmers who
had made two crops of Irish potatoes
on the same land this Summer. To
effect this the first planting must be
In February or March. These farmers
had made one hundred sacks to the
acre, and over, from each planting.
Lands which will produce so bounti-
fully are cheap at current rates.
Year: 1875

The Red Gum of Australia belongs
to the same genus as the Blue Gum
and grows nearly as fast. The wood
is of a bright red color, takes varnish
well, and is used in the manufacture
of mantels and furniture. 1t should
be introduced in Southern California.
Year: 1875

The Disappointment of Michi-
gan man, who cut out o bee sting
and four inches of his leg, ard
then swallowed a pint of whisky
under the impression that he had
been bitten by rattle snake, was
intense, and his indulgence in o
second pint would have been par
donable.