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Year: 1873

by majority vote OF n Board OF Apportionment made
up Of the Mayor and OF the heads Of departments
The total clerical expenses OF the Common Council and
OF the Mayors office in terms fixed by the Charter
itself In addition these eleven departments and the
Board OF Apportionment there provided Board OF
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Board OF Commissioners
Of Accounts, and Board OF Commissioners on Street
Openings The power audit claims against the city IA
left solely to the Head Of the Finance Department
Inc power OF the Mayor is Limited 20 Tue sppS%ano pSn
missioner Of Accounts OF the editor OF the city
% YER wa tne rsna ad 20 o. hse
Of the Sinking Fund, and OF the street Openings ne
has beside veto power Of tne ordinances OF tae ION
with the police TO call out the militia IN times u L9l
Beside this ~ cap se3d %esss % tSs Common Ot Go9@ n
what points with what practical result we fail 10
The Common Council, as legislators, have power only
the paving, Tagging, aud regulation OF the use OF
streets the erecting Of for and beast and
the inspecting OF weights and measures Inc e1ensSe
commented upon


NOBODY RESPONSIBLE"


It will thus be that the Mayor is stripped Of all
executive power, and the Common Council OF about all
legislative power This naked recital is perhaps in itself
the best statement OF objections to the whole theory or
the proposed charter tf experience in municipal gov
erninent In this country and Europe has taught any
raed in one ipdyene and tSs power Should be ham
pered with but very few RESTRICTIONS In TINS way
single officer be held to rigid accountability by the
people and the frequency elections affords ample
opportunity for such prompt reward OF sncn prompt
rebuke Of this officer he merit. It s also true
that municipal experience has tanght the necessity
OF clothing the local legislative boards wth ample pow
ers thus only membership in such boards be made
worthy the ambition Of the best men In the eommu
Dy and thus only the residents OF cities De brought
TO appreciate necessity of selecting good men for
such Offices


Charter proposed utterly ignores this cardinal
principle IL provides for eleven independent executives
for the several administrative bureaus IL attempts TO
fulh In itself all the legislative needs OF the city Tor all
time and recognizes In the most important bureau
that OF Public WOrksthe necessity OF single head
but IL ignores this necessity elsewhere. II recognizes
the ability OF the people 10 elect aarusworthy Board OF
Aldermen by giving to this board the mporta8t power
Of appointment fails give them the usual powers
Of the Office To detect any wrong working OF the COM
pcated machinery thus provided 10 emDodes In minute
detail system Of ingenious devices made up OF sugges
ions from every quarter The result may be eredable
in point of perfection of mechanism but 10 can claim no
other credit Tried by the tests already stated II fails In
every requirement Of a municipal charter.


Wh. g. OPDYKE,


Feb 10, 1879. JOSEPH BLUMENTHAL
Year: 1873

Another reason of the delicacy of our
women is the far greater style affected
by all classes in dress, and the wearing
of corsets during early youth. Naturally,
if one has attained full and fine physi-
cal development, tight corsets, heavy
skirts, close-fitting boots and weighty
chignons cannot injure to the same e1-
tent as when these appliances of fash
ion are put upon the soft and yielding
muscles of young and growing girl.
The noble ladies of England exercise
many hours daily in the open air. They
do not disdain to don heavy calfskin
shoes and colored pctticoats, in which
to perform this duty. This, of course
would not alone make them as healthy
MS they are, were not their constitutions
strengthened by proper physical edu-
cation before they are eighteen years of
age, but it sufficcs to retain them in a
good degree If health. Our fair Ameri-
cans early in the day attire themselves
in charming morning costumes, with
white skirts and then they are averse
to soiling these by exercise, and the
least dampness deters them from a
promenade. American ladies think far
more of dress and fashion and spend
more money and time on their toilets
than any women in Europe, not even
excepting the French, from whom all
our fashions come.
Year: 1873

Ready money is an excellent thing to
have on had. No matter if it is only a
little sum. If it is only sufficient for the
current expenses, it is great convent
ence, to say the least. Any one who has
tried and compared the credit with the
cash system, will readily admit the cor
rectness of the above remark. When
you buy for cash you generally get things
cheaper-get better weight and measure,
and all the favors the dealer can extend
to his patrons. On the chronic credit
system the matter is usually reserved.
If you try to avoid credit by borrowing,
you improve matters very little if any.
Hence we give this advice, "turn an
honest penny" whenever You can, and
always have sufficient money on hand to
meet your small engagements.


Farmers usually depend upon their one
crop for the means necessary to meet the
expenses of the whole year, and it is sim
gular that they should thus depend upon
the one single source, while the oppor-
tunities for profit are more varied on
the farm than in almost any other
branch of industry. Put yourselves to
thinking, and do not miss single oppor-
tunity for earning dollar, or dime
even. Persevering industry begets econ
omy, and both combined beget compe-
tency and fortune.
Year: 1873

WHAT III OO lN LMEhrENC1.


Here is Q useful hint on the best
method of action when the clothing Of
any friend is on fire-an accident which
all are liable to. Seize q shawl, or
blanket, or any woolen fabric, hold the
cornerf as far apart as You can, stretch
them ont higher than your head, and
running boldly to the person, make a
motion of clasping in the arms, mostly
about the shoulders. This instantly
smothers the fire and saves the face.
The next instant throw the person on
the floor. This is an additional safety
to the face and breath, and any remnant
of fame can be put out more leisurely.
The next instant immerse the burnt
part in cold water, and all pain will
cease with the rapidity of lightning.
Next get some common -four, remove
from the water, and cover the burnt
parts with an inch in thickness of flour /;
if possible, put the patient in bed, and
do all that is possible to ssothe until
the physician arrives. Let the flour re-
main until it falls off itself, when q
beautiful new skin can be found. Un-
less the burns are deep, no other appi-
cation is needed. The dry flour for
burns is the most admirable remedy
ever proposed, and the information
ought to be impaired to all. The prin-
ciple of this action is, that like the wa
ter, it causes instant and perfect relief
from pain by totally excluding all the
air from the injured parts.
Year: 1873

IF reports are to be credited, the vi
emma Exhibition has not so far proved
successful. The Viennese were in too
much Of hurry to empty the pockets Of
stranges, and the report of their e1orbi-
tant charges spread far and wide. The
bills of fare at the hotels have been in
creasing from day to day, a dollar and q
half being the latest charge for toler-
able breakfast, and twenty cents for get
ting boots blacked. Americans will be
interested in the announcement that the
proprietor of hotel built expressly for
transatlantic visitors openly avows his
intention to get all his money back dur
ing the season Of the exhibition. Ex-
tortion seems to be the order of the day
in Vienna, and after all it may not have
been all native corruption that infected
our Commissioners.
Year: 1873

Few things are more vexatious than
obstinate scaews that refuse to move,
much less to be drawn out, and in the
struggle against screwdriver power,
suffer the loss of their heads, like con-
scientious martyrs, rather than take a
single half turn backward from the
course they have followed, and from the
position they have been forced into.
Like obstinate children, they have to be
coaxed or raped pretty hard on the
head, according to circumstances in
fact, whoever has a tight, obstinate
screw to "draw out" must keep his
temper down, and his resolution up,
quite as much to the sticking point as
the screw does. If the screw is turned
into iron and not very rusty, it is only
necessary to clear the head with the
edge of the driver, and let a few drops
of oil penetrate to the threads but,
finding that excessive heat or rust has
almost fixed the screw immutable, then
heat either by placing piece Of hot
iron upon it, or directing the fame Of
the blow-pipe upon the head, and, after
applying a little oil, turn ont gently;
but care must be taken not to let the
tool slip so as to damage the notch. If,
however, the screw refuses to come out,
try to force it back with a blunt chisel,
smartly but carefully tapped with light
hammer but, if evidently nothing can
dislodge the enemy, it is best to cut
the head away and drill out the screw.
When an obstinate screw happens to be
in wood, merely give it q few taps on the
head but failing in that, heat it with
a piece of hot iron, when it will turn out
easily.-Hu6.
Year: 1873

ALPHABET OF SHORT RULES.
Attend well to your business.
Be punctual ir your payments.
Consider well before you promise.
Dare to do right.
Envy no man.


Faithfully perform your duty.
Go not in the path of vice.
Have respect for your character.
Know thyself.


Lie not for any consideration.
Make few acquaintance.
Never profess what you do not prac-
tice.


Occupy your time in usefulness.
Postpone nothing that you can do now.
Quarrel not with your neighbor.
Recompense every man for his labor.
Save something against o day of
trouble.


Treat everybody with kindness.
Use yourself to moderation.
Vilify no persons reputation.
Watchfully guard against idleness.
Xamine your conduct daily.
Yield to superior judgment.
Zealously pursue the right prth.
Year: 1873

THEIR PRETTY.
A pretty little maiden


Had . pretty iittie dream,
A pretty little wedding,


Was the pretty little theme,
A pretty little bachelor
To win her favor tried,
And asked her how she'd iike TO b
His pretty little bride.
with some pretty little blushss,


And . pretty little sigh.
And some pretty little giances


From Q pretty little eye;
With pretty little face.


Behind i pretty little fan,
She smiled ON the proposals.


OF this pretty little man.
Some pretty little loves"


And some pretty little "dears."
And some pretty little smiles
And some pretty little tears;
Some pretty little presents,


And pretty little kiss,
Were some pretty little preludes
To some pretty little bliss.
This pretty little lady


And her pretty little spark
Met the pretty little parson



And his pretty little clerk.
A pretty little wedding ring


United them for life,
A pretty little husband,


And pretty little wife.
Year: 1873

Many of us pray to be delivered from
sudden death, and DO we worry ourselves
into it, If we do. can we help it' To most
of US it is not given 60 choose our lives, to
avoid the rough places, to gently shoulder
to one side disagreeable facts. We must
climb over the roughs though they hurt us
sore, and the difficulties, however they may
annoy us, must be met with brain fret and
wear until they ars-oonquered, or We have
passed them. They are as real, living. an
roying, as any tangible ache or pain could
be- as brushing and irritating as the peas in
the shoes of the pilgrim OF old. Nervous
health is one thing, and moral health and
purely physical health is quite another and
different thing. Calm aud steady mental
work is conclusive to long life; but nervous
emotion, mental work that is constant urg-
ing. and, at the same time, is an unhinging
of the even tenor Of the mind, eats away
the brain faster than any mental labor, no
matter how hard, that is systematic. AS
men do not really die of heart disease as
often a. supposed but Of spoplexy, or con-
gestion of the lungs, 80 they Do not die of
brain work. but of brain worry. Scott died
of it; Southey. Swift, Horace Greeley, and
probably Thackersy.-London Times.
Year: 1873

There are thousands of boys born into the
world possessing scarcely trace Of ambi-
ton. Such do not care for distinction, or
even for wealth; if they can procure the
humblest fare, by constant toll, the aspira-
tions of their boyhood, and subsequently of
their manhood, are fully met. They are
negative characters, happy with nothing
and suffer no elation or depression, whether
IN sunshine or under cloud. These boys,
who often afford much modification to am
bilious parents, fill most important niche
in the world; in fact, the world could not
do without them. They constitute the
great army of men who build our railroads.
tunnel our mountains, load and unload our
ships, cut down our forests, and manipu-
late the red hot iron masses which come
frcM our blast furnaces. Scold and fret as
we may, we can not alter the temperament
or proclivities of such boys Nature is
stronger than we are, and we'll is it for us
that this is so. If our boys are born to live
in subordinate or humble positions we can
hardly help it; we may hold them in a false
position by the power of wealth. or strong
controlling influences. but when these fail
they fall at once to their place, in obedience
to law as irresistible as that which New.
ton discovered in the fall of the apple.
Year: 1873

PosING FOR A PnoToGRApH.- "A farmer
and his wife called at Detroit photo
graph gallery to order some photographs
of her, aud while the operator was getting
ready the husband gave his wife a little
lvice as TO how she must act "Fasten
your mind on something" he said, "or
else you will laugh and spile the job
Think about early days, how your father
got in Jail, and your mother was an old
scolder, and what you'd have done it
hadn't pilied you Jest iasten your
mind on thai :" She didn't have any
photographs taken.
Year: 1873

EDITORS HERALD:-Casserly has
resigned his seat in time for the Leg
islature to elect his successor. Surely
all Southern California should be
unanimous in presenting to the Legis-
ture Southern Californian for either
the long or the short term, as United
States Senator.


There is only one fit name which we
can offer. 1t is that Of John G.. Dow
ney. The State at large acknowledges
his merit, and his past services as
Governor Of the State in great crisis.
This is a commendation which the
people of California cannot overlook.
His name belongs to the State. There
is an exigency beyond the moment,
which we cannot quite reach by peril
nent argument just now, which ought
to prompt every Californian to send
John G. Downey to the Senate. In
due time, Governor Downey, as Uni
ted States Senator, can and will set
forth his reasons. The fitness of the
times requires it and if he will consent
to allow his friends to present his
name to the Legislature now in session,
we feel assured that this body cannot
ignore his claims. GRANGER.
Year: 1873

The DEroRMrIEs OF CmLDREN.- No child
IS more tenderly loved than the unfortunate
one if the misfortune be blindness or deaf
ness or physical malormation. The mother
who could come to hate child on account
Of his natural misfortune would be a brute
indeed But few mothers reflect that the
child's ill-temper. irroverence, or even
graver faults are also the result of natural
deformity, and that the child who Is always
under censure for bad qualities is in reality
an object of pity. Not until parent can
be brought to see the matter in this light
can there be n right relation between
parent and child Temper is an inherited
quality. and cannot be broken all at once.
The child whose blood is poisoned by some
ancestral taint, which may have lain dor
mant in the generation Immediately pre-
ceding, needs the comfort and sympathy Of
father and mother, and gets the rebufis only.
Ingrained traits can only he combated with
any success where they are combated with
infinite patience and kindness. That
"grieyous words stir up anger" IS rs true
now as in solomon time. and as true when
the grievous words are spoken by parent as
by a stranger. But can not wink at the
child's badness. Certainly not. That
would be Incidence. But YOU can show the
child that NOu nave luil appreciation Oi
his misfortune, that You have Il sympathy
with his struggles and his difficulties.
When YOU have done this, You have taken
a grand step toward helping him out of his
trouble Nothing is of more Importance.
in dealing with difficult child. than
prompt praise of his earliest endeavor to
overcome his fault. Do not measure your
commendation by his succ ess but by his en-
deavor. The selfish or indolent parent
pities himself. - That child will
kill me-" - have got to en-
dure his temper year in and year OUT
All yes; but what has he got to endure


if he lives till he is 100 there will be some
thing left of the old battle yet Ifyou work
from no higher motive than to relieve your
self of annoyance, you cannot succeed. But
if you 50 develop the selfcontrol of your
child that he will have permanent ad-
vantage in the lifelong warfare with his
besetment, you have delivered him from a
lifelong bondage. Consider the patience of
teachers in institutions for imbeeile children.
In some cases, weeks arespent in persuading
a child to make one awkward mark with a
piece of chalk. Reflect on the time spent in
taking the successive steps that bring the
drooling idiot up to the level of man able
to care for himself. And is not the victory
worth the battle? Is not your. patient en-
Year: 1873

DoN'T GIVE LIQUoE To CHLDREN.-Oue
of the first literary men in the United States
said to a writer, after speaking on the sub
iect of temperance There is one thing
which, as You visit different places, | wish
you to do everywhere; that Is. 10 entrest
every mother never to give a drop Of strong
drink to a child. | have had to fight rs for
my life all my days to keep from dying a
drunkard, because | was fed with spirits
when child acquired a taste far it. My
brother, poor fellow, died drunkard.
would not have a child of mine take a drop
Of it for anything. Warn every mother,
wherever You go, never to give drop to Il
child"
Year: 1873

The dinner is the principal meal of the
day, and the one that restores the waste of
the system the most, being generally taken
after the days tasks are done, and being COM
posed Of more nutritious and more numerous
dishes than the other meals As the mind
and stomach can not both work well at once,
it is certainly according to hygienic laws not
lunch. Il Is different at dinner: besides
having no work to perform after it, the en-
joymeni rf having the whole family assembled
is one oi dhe best condiments that can ac-
company the meal Wives and mothers,
have flowers on the dinner-tablel have at
tractive-looking dishes have palatable food
have cheerfulness have cup of warm cof-
fee or tea after the dinner You are then
pretty sure to have warm hearts around you
Year: 1873

Justice has at last oyertaken one of those
wicked persons who have 50 long defed the
law with impunity-not in this country, we
are sorry to say, but in England, where an
umbrella thief has been sent to the peniten-
tiary for fourteen days. He carried of the
sacred implement from the waiting room Of
n railway station, and when asked by the
Judge what he had to say for himself, he de
clared that he left the station with the UNI
brella '' in a fit of abstraction" This was
evident enough, but the court sent him mp
all the same
Year: 1873

deavorto cure a moral defect rewarded by
any measure of success, however small?
Wherefore cheerfully take your share of the
heavy burden of your child, aud by bearing
it brayely, help him to bear his lifelong
load.-Htn1h and Home.
Year: 1873

\ STRANGE SuIcIDE-Yesterday morning
a remarkable suicide was committed in a
store, 6 and Liberty square. One of the
firm Of Small d Witherell. iron and steel
dealers, who occupied the store, on reaching
it az half-past eight o'clock in the morning
found it locked on the inside. Opening it
he found Charles A. Smith, a boy seventeen
years old, who had been employed by the
firm since the FIRE, on the floor at the side Of
the store, back of the counting room, and
Year: 1873

SUICIDE IL CAGoT-Alvin McDuflee, son
of Frederick MeDuffee, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head on
the evening Of February 2I. lie had been
about the house as usual all day, and
nothing of any note had occurred during
the day, only, perhaps, that he and his
father had had some talk about the prop
erty. lie ate his supper as usual and got
up from the table and went out to the shed.
His father in few moments heard the re-
port Of gun, and went out and called to a
neighbOr, who went to him and found that
life was extinct. He was twenty-four years
of age, and returned from California about
two months ago, where he had been year
Year: 1873

\ Bit OF RoNANcE.-Considerable has
been said in the State papers about little
affair which occurred at ST. Johnsbury Ho-
tel, recently, in which well dressed young
man made himself very popular, and GER
tain Boston drummcrs got badly sold. The
aforesaid young man swelled around rather
faShily for a few days, when pretty young
lady, who seemed to be alone in the world.
made her appearance at the same tavern.
and set the hearts of all the irrepre~sible
youngsters thereabout in flutter Her
charms were canyassed very fully By the 3.
d. at the supper table, among whom was
the ilashy individual we have referred To-.
and he, especially. became very warm in her
praise. Finally, he wound up a glowing
eulogy that he would marry her it she
would have him, and offered to max a sub
stantial wager that he possessed the courage
to propose 10 her on the spot. and have the
marriage ceremony Immediately performed.
The bet was accepted, a was also the pro-
posal of marriage. which was promptly
made by the young man. y parsOn was
called in, and the twain were made one in
short order As soon as the happy bride
groom received from his friends the sum
wagercd, he depaTtedwith his blushing bride
on the wedding tour, and now somebody is
mean enough to circulate the insnuation
that the young couple had already been
man and wife for year.
Year: 1873

FEEDING MmCH Cows.-W H. Tanren in
the Country Gentleman, says that the most
profitable feed for cows giving milk during
winter. and that used in nearly all the best
dairies producing milk for New York market,
is n good quality of wheat bran and corn
meal mixed as follows Eight pounds of
bran and corn meal for each cow daily. If
they can be thoroughly cooked with cut hay,
it increases its value about one-ffth by ac-
tual experiment. | produced from fifty cows
FIVE hundred quarts of milk daily on ten
pounds of feed mixed as above and thorough
ly cooked. | then changed to dry feed,
when it took thirteen pounds of the same
mixture to keep up the flow ofmilk.
Year: 1873

Cruel reports are abroad concerning the
health of Knoxville. Our city never was
as clean and not for years have we had a
June when there was so little sickness.
All our physicians agree, on this point.
There has not been death from any thing
like cholera. There has been far less
bowel complaint than usual for June. We
repeat these assurances to correct all false
impressions abroad. 49, ..fe.-yss,v