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Year: 1875

tional Grange, at Louisville, teach
es valuable lesson to the country,
and political parties of every shade
and complexion. Here the dele
gates from every State and terri
tory of the Union, widespread and
divergent, differing in very many
respects, politically and otherwise,
come together, consult and act
upon many important matters, and
throughout all their work is trace


able unity of purpose, a single


ness of aim, and perfect harmony


which is as singular as it is preg-


nant with promise for the future


good of the people of the whole


country.


The farmer of Maine, and his


brother of Texas, meet upon com


mon ground, strive for common


end, and hope to reap a common re-
ward This sort of untitled body,
occupying a central position IN


American economy, cannot fail in
producing good results, and these


good results are to become the
: property, not alone of the farmer,
but of every class and condition of
, the people of our widely extended
, country. Here is to be found the
rallying ground of the armies OF
conservative thought, conservative
views, and conservative action. The
business purposes of an Order
stretching over this vast area,
tinged and shaped by every local


purpose and circumstance, would,


one would naturally expect, clash


and run in divergent grooves. But
the broad catholic spirit, pervading
) the delegates, united to policy


distinguished for its wisdom and
foresight, has been successful in SC
uniting the masses as that the ac'


tion had on all the great questions


coming before the National Grange
! have been easily and satisfactorily
disposed of.


Is not here a worthy example


found for the political parties of th'
! country? Whenever leaders of po
{ litical parties can get their own con
: sent to bring all their prejudices
i ambitions and hopes to common
end, and that end, the best good o
all, without reference to State o
sectional lines, then may We hop
u for results such as have distin
y guished the action of the Nations
a Grange, to follow political action.
g Agriculture, and all the varied an
II multitudinous interests which han
ii upon her effort will feel the new an
T. valuable impetus gwen her by tf
lie late harmonious action of IL
II. farmer-delegates to this meeting I
Us the farmer-congress of the natio
ne Such meetings of the people
n this have value which rises inf
H. itely above the mere consideratio
re of Grange advantage. Not o
ey single delegate present but will
oy turn to his distant home, with kin
Sc lier feelings and more unselfish p'
M poses with regard to his brethren


other States and other sections, a
to the same spirit which has operat
the so benefcently in the local GRAM
wh M will be seen and felt among the p'
The pie represented by the delegates


the National Grange.
Year: 1875

The question of Speaker for
the next Congress is interesting and
agitating our contemporaries. As
that body is largely Democratic
and they have plenty of good ma
terial from which to choose, we pro-
pose to permit them to do so, even
had we the vanity to suppose for
an instant, that anything we could
aay, would influence the result, even
in the smallest way.
Year: 1875

The Statesman says there Is
trouble in the Land Office, because
clerks charge extra for work done
out of Office hours. coffee hours
is an arbitrary term, and may mean
much or little work. Our idea of
"ofice hours" is, for the clerical
force TO work until the business OF
the day is done, be the terms OF the
service, long or short.
Year: 1875

Our exchanges have great deal to
say about editorial ability" What
n country editor really needs is the
ability to live on four shillings pei
week and smoke his own cigars.
gansport Pharos.
Year: 1875

WA. III. CANBT, ESQ, certainly has
cause to wish to be relieved from the
craftsmanship of the Water Committee.
During all the year that he has held
that position he has endeavored to cat
isfy his Republican friends in the Coun-
Gil. But has failed to draw from them
any commendation. And it ia clear that
the praise he received from the Demo
cratic side to him is rather nauseous
than otherwise, since it emanates from
those who are on the Committee, and to
say the least, it looks like blowing their
own horns" We have high respect
for Mr.. Canby's intentions, and believe
they are honorable. We believe he has
exerted himself faithfully and ardently
for the benefit of the city. But never
theless he pursued the plan of the old
Ring in doing the work on the reservoir
by the day, and it has cost us SO far al
most 50 per cent. more than it would
have cost had it been done by contract
We are mainly indebted to Mr.. Candy,
We think, for reducing the size of the
basin, which amounts to good deal, in
asmuch as the basin was not needed at
all and could have been dispensed with
for eight or ten years.


Mr.. Candy certainly acted very gener-
susly toward the Democrats in Offering
to continue on the Committee until No
vember or until the Chairman they select
has time to understand somewhat the
duties that will devolve upon him
and this offer ought to be accepted
There is a great deal Of labor for the
Chairman of that Committee to perform
and during the building Of the basin the
Committee ought to have a clerk, unless
the clerk now at the Water Department
performs such duties.
Year: 1875

AT least one gen leman, fully conver-
SAINT with the rise and progress of our
building and loan associations, inferred
from our remarks yesterday that we
were censuring these institutions. Such
was not our intention. We merely sta
ted their effect upon property. Tha:
they have been of great benefit we are
firmly convinced. They have been the
cause Of many men acquiring homes of
their own, which they will ultimately
hold free Of debt. While these homes
may have cost double. or nearly double,
what they will actually be worth when
we arrive at gold basis, may be true or
not, still the owners would not have got
them at all had they not been aided by
the loans.
Year: 1875

The new fast mail service has at last
been auspiciously inaugurated, and pro.
mises to become the most useful Of all
recent postal innovations. 1t will for.
ward from the East about six thousand
sacks Of through mail matter per week
and will take up as it goes the mail OF
the whole country along its route, drop.
1t is a realization, in fact, of the idea of
q post Office on wheels.
Year: 1875

On account of the dull times the
outrage-mill is closed until further no
tice. Nobody will be greatly surpris-
ed to learn this because it has been run
ming on half time ever since the retire.
ment of Mr.. Williams from the con.
cern, and it was known to be In q
shaky condition. n.-7.mes.
Year: 1875

WHAT I HAVE SEEN.-An old man of much
experience says:


have seen young man sell good farm,
turn merchant and die in an insane asylum.


have seen farmer travel about so much
that there was nothing at home worth looking
after.


have seen a man spend more money in fol-
~ than would support his family in comfort
and independence.


have seen young girl marry young man
of dissolute habits, and repent Of it as long as
she lived.


l have seen a man depart from the truth
where candor and veracity would have served
him to a much better purpose.


1 have seen the extravaganza and folly of
children bring their parents to poverty and
want, and themselves to disgrace.


1 have seen prudent and industrious wife
retrieve the fortunes of family when her hus-
band pulled at the other end of the rope.


l have seen young man who despised the
counsels of the wise and advice of the good,
end his career in poverty and wretchedness.
Year: 1875

DRINKING WATER.-Dr. Hall is opposed to the
immoderate drinking of water. He Us: The
longer one puts off drinking water in Le morn
ing, especially in the summer, the lt IS he will
require during the day; if much is ':,nk dur
ing the forenoon the thirst often incI =. ses, aud
very unpleasant fullness is observ ! in addi-
ton to metallic taste in the mouth. The less
man drinks the better for him, beyond a
moderate amount. The more water man
drinks the more strength he has to expend in
getting rid of it, for all the fluid taken into the


- - sts, sTsts4n wster, tea, coffee, Beer
ryins seESinG}ke, more strength is expended in car
to it. The more he drinks the more he must
perspre, either by the lungs or through the
skin; the more he perspires the more carbon is
taken from the system; but this carbon is
necessary for nutrition, hence the less man is
nourished the less strength he has.


Drinking water largely dminishes the
strength in two ways, and yet many are under
the impression that the more water swallowed
the more thoroughly is the system "washed
out" Thus, the less we drink at meals the
better for US. If the amount were limited to a
single cup of hot tea or hot milk and water at
each meal, and immeasurable good would re-
suit to us all. Many persons have fallen into
the habit of drinking several glasses of cold
water, or several cups of hot tea or coffee at
meals. All such will be greatly benefited by
breaking it up at once. 1t may be very we'll
to drink little at each meal, and, perhaps, 1T
will be found that in all cases it is much bet
ter to take single cup of hot tea at each meal
than glass of cold water, however pure.
Year: 1875

Mss- Here is an extract from letter written
to her lover, by a Montgomery, Ala, girl:
''For your sake, darling, l have quit using
chewing-gum; would you have quit gum for
me? would not have quit gum for any other
person in the whole world p
Year: 1875

WE ALL HAVE OUR SATANs.-Each one of US
has different Satan. Satan comes to one man
in the form of idleness, and makes him waste
day after day, year after year, until he has
wasted his whole life doing nothing. Satan
comes to another man as work, and makes him
destroy himself in the opposite way by wearing
out prematurely his brain and his body. He
comes to another as Christian zeal, and the man
becomes bigot, full of fire for the Lord but
the Lord he serves is God of wrath, a God who
cares for trifes God who prefers sacrifice to
mercy. He comes to another as cha rity, but it
is charity which has no edge to it, no cour-
age; an indolent charity, which is not love at
all, but only easy good nature. So ne disguises
himself as an angel of light, calling himself
patriotism when he wishes to make nations
hate each other; calling himself Christianity
when he wishes to make men persecute each
other; calling himself honesty when he wish
es to encourage a man in his rude and over
bearing ways and so on, changing himself in
to every virtue and every grace.
Year: 1875

@s- A lady living near Troy has piece Of
soap supposed to be hundred years old. Isn't
it astonishing how long some people can keep
soap in the house and never feel the slightest
temptation to use it?
Year: 1875

@s~W When playful boy is sliding down
sand bank, with his heart full of careless Joy,
in pair of summer pantaloons, nothing moore
quickly turns the current of his thoughts than
a brier,
Year: 1875

va Equal parts of American potash and pearl
ash, Q ounces each to about quart water, give
a good oak stain. Use carefully, as it will bis
ter the hands Add water if the color be too
deep
Year: 1875

The Stanton (Va.) Spectator says
about two weeks ago Mrs. Robert 'IaY-
lor, Of Augusta county, who was some
wears since in the lunatic asylum, and
whose mind has recently been affect
ed, drove healIcss siXpenny nail
into her skull with hatcAet. This
had been done several days before it
was discovered. Whilst her daughter
was comblng her head she discovered
that her mothers head was very ten
der, but her mother put her hand over
tie wound and concealed it, the
daughter thought nothing Of it but
while combing her mother S head the
next dav she discovered that it was
sore and insisted on examining It. Her
mother again put her HIND on the
wound to conceal it, and it was not
till her daughter had persisted in her
purpose to examine it that she con
iessod what she did, and in making
the revelation enjoinod secrecy upon
her daughter. A physician was sum
moned, who extracted The nail,
though with some difficulty, 50 tight
ly was it imbedded in the skull. The
nail had been in the skull several
DAYS before it was extracted. 1t was
very remarkable that it only did not
ause her dea tn, but did not seem TO
cause her to suffer any injury, She
says that she has felt better ever since
she did it.
Year: 1875

There are, throughout the country,
thousands of young men who are
just beginning business life. They
have got through their school days,
and have arrived at that period when
the dependence Of the youth merges
into the independence of the man.
The next five years will determine
what they are likely to be in the ma
ture and ripened days in store for
them. Fortunate circumstances may
lift some above the plane of their in-
diviClal exertiOns, but the ninety
and nine out Of a hundred will be
what they make themselves. IF they
start out determined to win distinc-
ton in any branch Of business, the
chances are in their favor that they
viii, sooner or later, win it. If they
start life with the spirit Of indifer-
ence, they will drift along with the
tide, may secure enough to eat and
drink and to clothe themselves, but
old age viii overtake them not far in
advance of the spot where they
started


Therefore, j. is all important that
the young man should start right,
and when certain on this point,
sboFld throw his whole soul into the
business be has chosen. Success IS
the result Of energy, an intelligent
appreciation Of life's opportunities,
and business courage. The young
man who has these elements to rely
Year: 1875

4 few weeks ago a gentleman liv-
ing in an eastern town, was called
out Of bed one morning by several
vigorous raps upon his door Hastily
dressing himself be responded to the
cali, and found standing on the step
an uncOuth, roughly clad youth, with
an ak on his shoulder, who hastily
thrust Us hand into his pantalo0n
pocket, drew out q small roll, and
handi.- it to Judge H--,said


9Th res seventy-fve dollars, which
| want you to put in the savings
bank, and hastily turned on his heel
and started away


The Judge slightly disconnected as
the curious proceedings scarcely
knew what to say, till at length re-
covering bis wits, he caIle1 on. after
the boy.


"Stop come back here, How
did you manage to get so much
money 2"


Il worked and earned it! sir
Nv time was out last night and /
got my money I've got a job cut
ting wood which began this morn
ing, and 1 thought I'd leaTe the
money with you as 1 went to my
work, and then it would not occupy
my time this evening when l wantto
study"


What is your name, my boy .'
asked the Judge


Il wrote it on the paper that /
wrapped the money in, shouted the
little wood chopper as be went 20 bis
work.


That boys note for O thousand
dollars, due ten years hence, would
be as good as gold If he has health
be win be worth double that amount
then.


He is beg gnli0g in The right way.
The very day his time is out for the
summer, be entered upon another
job, and Immediately put the money
that he had worked for where that
would work for him; and with an
economy Of time which is more to be
praised than bis wise forethOught
with regard 10 money, he could not
endure to have o moment devoted TO
anything but bis books when the
long evening came. Five years from
to-day with q good education, good
habits, with q few hundred dollars
which be has earned by work, his
chance .os a place n the businss and
political world will be far greater
than those of the spendthrift boy,
who, borne with fortune, begins with
out knowing the worth Of money,
and instead Of going up he goes
down
Year: 1875


He weat from nc SO softly and so soon,
His sweet hands rest at morning and al neon.
The only task God geye them was to hold
A few faint roso buds-and be white aad cold
HIS share Of flowers he took with him away;
No moro viii blossom here SO fair as they.
His share of thorns he ieft-and If they tear
Ny hands instead OF HIS DO not care.
His sweet eyes were SO clear and lovely, but
To lock IN the worlds wild light and shut.
Down in the dust they have their share Of sleep
Their share Of tears are lel for me to weep.
His sweet mouth had It's share Of kisses,
what love, what anguish, viii he ever know :
Its shareof thirst, and murmurIag, and moan
And cries unsatisfied shall be my own.
lie had his share Of Summer. Bird and dew
Were here with him-with him they vanished


too.


His share Of dying leaves, and rains and frost
take, with every dreary thing he lost
The phantom OF the cloud he dld not see
ForeYernolc shall oyershadow me.
He, in return, with small, still, snowy feet,
Touched the Dim Path, and made It's Twilight


sweet
Year: 1875

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SEW
Il enteenth Judicial District of the State of
California, In and for the county of Los An
geles.-Pauline Hannah, plaintiff, against Mi
chael Hannah, defendant. Action brought in
the District Court of the 18th Judicial District
of the State OF California, in and for the cOun-
ty OF Los Angeles, and the complaint filed in
said county of Los Angeles, in the office of the
Clerk of said District Court.


The People of the State of California send
greeting to M. Hannah defendant: You are
hereby required to appear in an action brought
against you by the abOve-named plaintiff in
the District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial
District of the State of California, in and for
the county OF Los Angeles, and to answer the
complaint filed therein, within ten days lex
elusive OF the day of service) after the service
on you ofthis summons-if served within this
in this District within twenty days; otherwise
within forty days, or judgment by default will
be taken against you according to the prayer
of said complaint.


The said action is brought to obtain q decree
of this Court for the dissolution of the bonds
of matrmony between plaintiff and defend
ant and for orgeneral relief. Reference is had TO
complaint for particulars.


And you are hereby notified that If you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as
above required, the said plaintiff will cause
your default to be entered and will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.


- Given under my hand and the seal
)sr, of the District Court of the Seven
/ 'NA Jteenth Judicial District of the State
~ OF California, in and for the county
of Los Angeles, this 28th day of December in


A. W. POTTS, Clerk,


By G. w. GOULD, Deputy Clerk.


dec29-2m
Year: 1875

with large line of deposits, would object
it is our little shaving shops that would
feel the change.


~. Whenever debt of the United
States is expressed as payable in dollars.
be it bond or otherwise. it means dollar
in gold, and the faith of the people are
pledged to its payment according to the
tenor of the instrument.


V. A 3-65 bond would act as regulator
of the supply of money, and at the same
time lessen by millions the interest account
Of the nation: thus SlOO,OOO,OOO of these
bonds taken from the government would
enable it to save l-35 per cent. upon the
amount Of its 5-20's it could buy for that
sum. All the small wit expended by the
Wall street press, and its disciples of lesser
degree throughout the land, upon the 3-65
bond, that it is botomless, &C., &C., is
meaningless. When men cannot answer,
they jeer, equivocate, or lie, and such is
the case Of the hard money organs, as they
call themselves. Is 1t not plain that with
the $3.50 interest upon bond, one can buy
from any dealer in specie, over SO IN gold,
which is as large rate Of interest as an
English Consul or French Rente pays.


Is not every house, factory, mine, and
farm, in the United States held in mort
gage to pay its creditors, and do not the
honest men Of the nation, far outnumber
the towards, who Would repudiate the debt
Of the Republic.
Year: 1875

A great deal of slang is indulged in by
many journals, upon the all important
question of finance. Infationist, soft mo-
ney advocate, communist, are some of the
cognomens applied to the men who de-
uand common justice for the debtors of
the country.


We will briefly and exactly state what
we conceive to be honest, and polite in the
case:


l. A repeal Of the specie payment act,
as its effect upon the 1st of January, 1879,
might amount to the confscation of large
part Of every debtors property in the coun-
try. We will assume that the greenback
promise to pay, will be worth 81 cents in
gold upon January 1st 1879. Manifestly
in such case compulsory settlement Of
contracts in specie, would be legalized
robbery of the debtor.


Gold is of course the standard by which
values are measured, and every one longs
for the day when it will be our national
currency; but this must come as the out
growth Of national industry, and above all
Of national economy.


II. The people should require such an
adjustment Of the tariff, as would enable
the government to take it's own money in
payment Of d tiles. 1t appears to us, that
this would be long stride towards specie
payment, as it would measurably stop gold
gambling.


The hypothecation Of our import duties,
to bondholders, as the collection Of such
imports in gold, amounts to quasi pledge,
is policy suitable for Mexico, Spain, or
Turkey, but undignifed and unwise in our
mighty Republic.


III. The abrogation of the National
Bank circulation, and the saving thereby
Of nearly $3O,00O,0OO in currency annual
ly paid to the banks, as interest upon the
bonds deposited with them. Let us have
greeubacks in place Of this currency, as it
is the people that actually pay the banks
for using their currency. No sound bank,
Year: 1875




To the speculative American there il
nothing that is surrounded with more en-
ticement than the prospect for sudden rich
es. The hopes are raised to the highest
pitch upon the slightest pretexts, and it is
not unusual for an American to find an El-
dorado or big bonanza where any other
countryman would raise his nose in disgust
at the prospect before him. But we have
had the gold fever among our people in
several very severe attacks, and the Argo-
nauts who went to California at the time
Of the gold excitement there were no more
thirsty for sudden riches than those who
have their eyes fixed upon the Black Hills
as an Eldorado that is to yield untold rich
es. Thus far those who have visited that
section have been idle adventures with
neither capital or industry, and as the gov
ernment had not negotiated treaty with
the Sioux Indians for the lands, many Of
these adventures have been promptly ejec-
ted from the Hills.


AT present Mr.. Walter p. Jenny is en-
gagged by the government, making explora-
tions in this newly discovered land of gold,
and his last reports give the most cheering
accounts Of the vast wealth that abounds
in that country. To make mining protita-
bic he states that it will take both capital
and time, and with those who have entered
there with the intention of mining this is
very serious drawback, as they have no
capital and have not sufficient industry to
take time in the work. The deposits are
not represented as very large, but large
enough to entice capitalists, who will no
doubt monopolize the business of mining.
But Notwithstanding the efforts of the gov
ernment to keep miners out, they are there,
and every piece of rock or slate is careful
ly examined in the search for the precious
metal. As all agricultural region, when
put under proper cultivation, it will be-
come more noted than for the mineral re-
sources developed there now. AS Mr.. Jen-
ney says in his report: ut was truly said
of this region that there was gold in the
very roots Of the grass, but it is not the
gold of the gravel bars or quartz lodges;
nor the gold Of the miner or the geologist,
but the future solid worth of the Black
Hills that is to be sought in the luxuriant
growth of fine grasses that everywhere
spread over this beautiful country"


1t is therefore not the Eldorado that the
wild adventurers expected to find it; and
if the gold is there it must be gained to
the miner by hard and patient work.
Many Of them who are there are disgusted
viii prFpecp; ahdF issstsekk ss Hills,
instead Of becoming the waists of reckless
,old hunters will be developed by patient
industry and toll into rich, productive
country with the gold in its soil as valu-
Ible adjunct to the wealth of its people.