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Year: 1875

c carer than that between Church ana
State there should be complete serara-
ton. This separation should be in fact as
we'll as in name. 1t is not enough for our
Constitution to lay it down as law, If our
Presidents, who support and defend the
Constitution, break it in practice. Presi-
dent Grant has done more than any other
President to transcend this salutary law
by surrounding himself by a Methodist
Court and showing that his administra-
ton never fails to respond to the influence
of Methodist priests.


To this influence we trace this wanton
throwing Of this SCHOOL lirebrand into
our poliics. We repeat that this is not
only danger to our Government, but to
the Church itself We hold Methodism in
high honor. Il has done much towards
the civilization Of this New World. 1t
has brught into religion life, courage, sim
Gerry, tolerance, and freedom, and reso-
,ute driving on and on towards religious
aims that we see in no other Protestant
faith. No greater calamity could befall
this Church, its honored prelates and its
devoted members, than for its priests to
attempt to control the administration of
the country.
Year: 1875

were cast against the proposition.
Probably 1000 Of the Catholic voters
of the State refused to cast. their votes
against the present school system of
the country and they were wise in dos
ing as they did. They comprehend
that it is to the public schools that the
children of many Catholic families
are indebted fortheir education. They
also remember that though thesparo-
chial schools of their church afford free
educational facilities in the lower
branches the higher studies can only
be obtained at the expense Of tuition
fees, while under the free school sys-
tenn of the nation the opportunities
for free education extend from the pri-
mary grade upward through the high
school to the college door. But adj
mitting this and conceding that the
degree ofintelligences istoee high in
the, United States to permit the slight
est tampering with the public school
system, we all know that the question
will be dragged into politics. There
is no proposition so Impractical but
will find enthusiastic even fanatic
supporters and therefore this ghost
should be exercised at once and for
ever. The people are afraid of it and
will trust no candidate who does not
stand square on a platform contain
ing plank similar to that in the
platform of the Democracy of the
State of California which is. as follows:
s4The school system and fund of this
State are, under the guarantee of the
Constitution, inviolabie, and we are
opposed to any diversion Of the fund
to any purposes except those ordained
by the Constitution"
Year: 1875




The conclusion of the Bishop of To-
runto to end further difficulty about
the GUIBoRD affair by cursing the
ground in which he is to be buried, is
rather wise than otherwise. 1t salts
sfies the zealous living and in no way
affects the remains or the soul of the
, bones of contention. GUIBoRD was a
member of the Roman Catholic
Church, but in his lifetime was also a
member of some institute on the
shelves of which were books that had
fallen under the ban of the Catholic
clergy. He owned a lot in the conse-
Grated ground Of q catholic cemetery.
He died, as all Christians and sinners
must, and his body was refused burial
in the soil made holy by the blessing
of the. church. This happened six
years ago. The body was buried else
where, and remained as quiet as the
circumstances would permit until a
few months ago, when the friends of
sthe deceased determined to take up
the remains and bury them in the
family lot in the cemetery. This was
refused for the same reasons that pre-
vented the burial there at the time OF
deaths The Bishop has prevented
much discussion, and possibly blood
shed by yielding consent to the burial
and cursing the ground. This is right
enough and proper enough 80 far as
quieting the discussion is concerned,
bat there are other points that might
be considered. GUIB0RD owned the
plot in which he was denied burial. 1t
is fair to presume that its value was
enhanced by the act, of conservation.
Is the church justifiable in depreciat-
ing q thing below the value she fixed
upon it? If consecrated ground has
money value over unblessed soil, are
not the bones of GUIBORD entitled to
the full enjoyment of their owners in
vestment? There fsaaOtherp point that
may attract the curious. The remains OF
Mrs. GUIBoRD rest in the lot purchased
by her husband. She lived and died a
devout Roman Catholic. 1t cannot be
that the Bishop will curse the ground
in which the dust Of the good lady
rests. 1t is remarkable that in this
age of liberality and enlightenment
an incident like this GUIBoRD affair
could transpire.
Year: 1875

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Baron
Blanc, the newly appointed Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary of Itary, was to-day present
ed to the President by the Secretary
of State, on which occasion he made
the following remarks:


Mr.. President: / have the honor to
deliver to your Excellency the letters
whereby His Majesty, the King, my
august sovereign, has deigned to ac-
credit me to you in the capacity of
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary. The duty of represen-
ting my august sovereign In this
great Republic is the high mission to
which / shall devote my most earnest
efforts. tits very pleasing to me to
inaugurate this mission by bringing
to your EXcellency testimony of His
Majesty's sentiments of friendship,
and if / entertain the hope that my eff
forts to accomplish it worthily will
not be unsuccessful, this confidence is
based upon the friendly disposition of
which your Excellency and the gov
ernment over which you preside have
given repeated evidence to my coun-
try, and upon those national sympa-
thieswhich. exist between the United
States and Italy. take the liberty
of invoking your Excellency's good
will as regards the fulfillment of my
duties near you. 1t shall be my chief
object to merit, and my desire to OBJ
tain it,, To which the President re-.
piled: "Baron: receive you with cor
diality as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of His Ma
jesty the King of Italy. Your honor
able antecedents are not unknown to
US. They cannot fail to inspire conf
dence in representing that favorable
disposition of your sovereign toward
this country, of which we are well
aware. TRUST that during your mis-
sion there will be nothing wanting on
my part to show that that disposition
is heartily reciprocated.
Year: 1875

THF Virginia City Uronicles comes
to us again as large as life. 'McCAR-
THY is. irrepressible and cannot be
burned out. The Chronicle will soon
free itself Of smoke and ashes and
greet Its patrons as racy and frequeht
as before the fire.
Year: 1875

The editor of the San Bernardino
Times who is a constant reader of the
LOs Angelica Ea;prcss has written an
article on despicable wretches who


can not or will not tell the truth. oilli
Year: 1875

In order to establish cheap and ready
means of communication between the adver-
tiser and the reader and facilitate the bust
ness OF seller and buyer, landlord and tenant,
employer and employee, we have reduced the
rate of advertising in our "want' column to
five cents line. Business men and the geE-
eral public Will lind this--the best possible
medium of nter-communication and the
cheapness OF price will recommend il to all.
Year: 1875

AsH1SGToN, Nov. 2l.-Absolute
proofs are lacking to establish the fact
that the continued activity in the navy
is inspired by the ring who propose to
sell arms to Cuba in the event the
President recognizes her independence,
but the surface indications strongly
support that hypothesis. This ring is
one of the most influential that has
ever been formed, and it is hoped
that out of the recent excitement the
President would find encouragement
to issue his proclamation on behalf of
Cuba. As to the latter the prospect is q
little dubious.
Year: 1875

SENT TO THE ALMsHoUsE.-Ayo young
man named Thompson, who is suffer-
ing. from insanity, was confined in the
police station yesterday. Last evening
he was taken to the insane department
OF the Almshouse,
Year: 1875

That Iroa Is Valuable as Medicine
has long been known, but it is only since its
preparation in the particular form OF Peruvian
syrup that Its full power over disease has
been brought to light. Its effect in cases OF
dyspepsia and debility is most salutary.
Year: 1875

i red abroa1i' And CnssS had
taGgas z Is disciples that " God SO loved the
world, that lie gave His only begotten Son
that whosover belieVes in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life" Bat they
were slow to perceive tbe nature of His spir
itual kingdom, and especially the grand idea
that it was to extend to all nations. Even
when He was about to ascend, their minds
were still in mist, a$d they asked Him say
ing, "Lord wilt thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israeli" But then
He checked their ij. curiosity, and deliv-
cred His last commsnd in language as ex-
plicit as words could.Aake it. 1t seems evil
dent therefore that this great work lies
nearest to the yearning heart of our exalted
Redeemer, and should be uppermost in every
heart that loves Hin, and in the plans of
every church. So the apostles understood
it when the Holy Ghost came upon them in
its miraculous powsS- and they acted it out
to the last day of life, and with the excep-
ton Of John it is thought they all suffered
martyrdom in the cause.


2. Another motive to prompt us is that
ii le cause is many f6Ia more urgent and rea
soAable. AS our Lord is no respecter Of
persons or of nations, it neither comports
with justice nor mercy to lay out our main
strength upon forty millions of nominal
Christians, when hundreds Of millions are
left in all the filth of dolatry and the horrors
of cannibalism. The time has been when in
the providence of God the Church had some
excuse for this neglect Before the Refor-
nation and the discovery of the art of print
ing, the Church was without the Bible and
religious newspapers, and before our civil
revolution the colonies were so oppressed
and impoverished as not to afford them the
means to do much, while many of the nations
of the earth were closed against US. But
now We have wealth and strength, light and
liberty, and loud calls for help in almost
every quarter of the globe. Surely sense
of gratitude not only for the work of Christ
in us and for us, and the hope of endless fe-
liCity, but for the distinguished privileges
and blessings we enjoy as the most highly
favored people under heaven, should melt
q is and move our feet u
= shall we Ike guiT
Year: 1875

KINGLY ADvIoE.-King Kalakaua lately
spoke to the children Of fourteen Sabbath
Schools at union ceeb alton at Oahu, Sand
wch ISLANDS. he said he we'll remembered
some of the verses which he learned when
attending the Sabbath School at the Bethel
church, one Of which was Give no place to
the devil" This is surely encouraging for
the Islanders, if it is any mark of return
to his early training by the King. In his
visit to this country he had sadly forgotten
this important admonition. Let US hope
that he has found that wine, low women
aud the lodge make place for the devil in
every heart which yield to their aeductions.
Year: 1875

honest people besides. How lit
have of the blessings of civil g
even in its worst or most impe
until in some dreadful nation9
convulsion its salutary restra
doers are overthrow! Cal
any of my friends perished in Il
of the city; but my friend G
came afoot SO far to see me last
very near losing his life BY the rd
said, while looking about for me
helpless sufferer.


Congress voted 100000 for
the sufferers, and very creditabl
tions for Colombia have been mat.
ent parts of the country for the sa
Would God that this great calamit
n wholesome effect on the minds oil
Year: 1875




pose'the only house where people
and went regularly to bed. '
mountain of almost solid rock
US; and I was satisfied then
more so now, that We are as
of this kind as we could expect
part Of this country; which ind
fered very little from earthqpak
occupation by the Spaniards mo-
years ago. The fact that no har
been experienced here from
that probably no shock has
more severe than the slight t,
perienced on the Goth of May, il
Year: 1875

guaranty for the future our only sure {
tranquil refuge here as elsewhere, however,
being that strong tower" which no earth
quake can ever shake "whereunto the right
eous runneth and is safe. I" He that dwell,
eth in the secret place of the Most High,
shall abide secure under the shadow Of the
Almighty"


A slight crack or SO in few houses, not
calling for any repairs, was the extent of the
damage experienced here. But the little
Year: 1875

Certain eryious persons are trying to injure me
by falsely representingto my friends that en-
plOy only boy labor, &c. My general habit is to
pay 10 attention to this class of imbeciles believ-
irg that they who dig pit for others are most
likely to fall into it themselves. have seen
several OF these sOre-beaded rivals go down to
rise no mOre since ten years ago when / opened
at sos Fourteenth street.


Persons who spend half their time in wine and
billiard saloons will invariably be found In the
rear ranks in the race for wealth and public
favor, and no amount of calumuy on their part
will bring them into line with men Of ability and
professional merit


/ have heretofore stated that 1 attribute my
success to q personal knowledge OF my profession;
using coed material and good manners; employ
ing competent wOrEmen, without reference TO
their age: believing that there are Davids In the
art Ofpainting as we'll as in the art Of war.


ISAAC curry,


Practical Painter


Shop sos Fourteenth street.
Year: 1875

Grand Match Game on Decoration Day.


BY referring to our advertising columns it will
be seen that our citizens are TO have an opportu.
nifty on Decoration Day Of witnessing good game
0. ball. Hundreds Of people on that day desire
some place to go, and this is Just the place They
will see good game, and the price OF admsss lon
having been placed at such low figure is of it.
self sufficient to fill the grounds to Overfowing
The Washington hOys have defeated the New
HaTens twice, and they going to retaIiate so
quently, a close and exciting game may be ex-
Uected
Year: 1875

introduced and terminated by prayer


Mr.. Eyarts asked the jury TO look at
the folly of this attempt to make a
charge seem creditable by making adUl-
terry seem immaculate. Adultery was Il
thing which touched the institution oC
marriage and children and children'S
children were interested; that the proof
in regard to it should be plain and con-
vincing. 1t was Divine law that when
the father had eaten sour
grapes the childrcns teeth should be s"t
on edge. Now what sort OF adultery was
this which tool, place'bctwccn the purc,t
and best and who remained pure and
good after it had taken place. What is
to prevent this sort Of miraculous adultery
from getting into families, and who
could ward of the charge of it, commits
sion. In regard to this sort Of miracle
he was reminded Ola
Year: 1875

Mr.. Evarts resumed his argument. he
said that incredibility Of so fragrant and
heinous an lmputation upon two excel
lent persons, as he was justitiable in pro
nouncing these parties, irrespective OF
this imputation, was sought to be modi-
fed by the plaintiff by certain qualitca-
tions which would commend the charge
to human credibility. By making 1t out
that good persons could do evil and see
in it no harm, the first step was taken to
this end But this calling evil good and
good evil was the last stage Ofthe dissoiute
and wicked. Good men might do
wicked things and bad might do good
things, but woe to him who drew from
this the inference So insulting to the
Deity that between good and evil there
was no distinction. They SAID that TINS
lady never did anything which she be-
lieved 10 be wrong, that she was always
pure-minded, that she had no carIqi IN
cination, and that she never discovered
she had violated her marriage vow until
she read novel in which there was no
adultery, but the ENHANCEMENT Of Il
wOman's affection for priest, which IN
terfered with her whole devotion to her
husband. Mr.. Beecher, according to the
prosecution, said that he sinned. not
through lust, but through love, pHr-
fving, unselfsh love. If he had
any adulterous intercourse with
Mrs. Tllton, it was merely strengthening
his mind for the conversion Of sinner,
and lifting him nearer to God. According
to Tilton's testimony lie once thought
Beecher man of great intellect, greater
even than his own, but he out grew this
and placed Beechers strength in his
great moral qualities. These were what
made him greater than Sumner and
Greely and Tilton. These were what in
duced him to engage in what he termed
Year: 1875




representing Sunday School boy and
his teacher. The boy did not know what
miracle was; the teacher asked him
what he would say if he saw the
sun shining in the night. The
boy replied that ne should say
il was the moon. But, said the mas
ter. if man should tell you that it was
the sun? Please sir, ! should say h"
lied. CLaughter,j But if ! should tell
YOU it was the sun, l vino never lie:
Please sir ! should think you were
drunk lLaughter.) So in this case the
Jury were asked to believe that the Chastc
moon shining in the pure heaven Of tho
religious world was blazing sun Of
adultery. They would ut once declare
that it was the moon, but here Thco.
dore Tilton came along and said, ], Sir
Marmaduke, declare it is the sun Of
adultery, what would the jury say 10
him? he believed they would say be
lied. Laughter). But Frank Moulton
came next, he who never
told lie and said, on the honor of Sir
Philip Sidney, | declare it is the sun Of
adultery. What could the jury say to
him but that he was drunk? Laughter
The Ptmch catechism ended here. but there
was third witness in this case, Mrs.
Moulton, the wife of Sir Philip Sidney,
the sisterly friend Of her pastor and
Mr.. Titon. The two declared that this
was blazing sun of adultery. In tbi,
case, with all the politcness which 'h"
boy could command, he thought ur
would be obliged to say, "Madamc, yHU
must have been sunstruck, and don
know the sun from the moon. Laugh
ter Whenever you establish the pro-
position that these breeches OF eternal
morality that threaten the very fabric OF
society, the purity Of " family,
can occur without preliminary
moral degradation and with.
out beng accompanied by
Inflammation of low desires and
triumph of flesh over the spirit; can be
practiced with the maintenance OF all
active bencvolencCS, and exhibition OF all
the beautiful virtues of life, you have
struck blow, not ut Bccchcr, and not at
Mrs. Tilton, but at your own wives and
your own daughters. why do You th'N
rear them IN the distinction between the
wise and the foolish virgins If the wise
virgins, with their lamps trimmed and
burning, are t. be left in outer darkness
and the wedding feast closed against
them, why do you look at the growing
beauties OF the face and form and feel
safe? Were we to discard the divine
sentiment on which our society had
rested for 50 long time we
were to abardon these principles and go
back to the old physical law Of personal
security. II we abandon thcs" prec"Pt-
we would have to get wife deposit
company, and have paramour alarm
by which We might be summoned to her
presence in case ofneccssity.
Year: 1875

perhaps, and for the interests of dra-
matte literature, that this bar existed; !;
for he was under no obligation to the
world to write veritable history in the
drama Gndeed he had been too wise to
make the experiment, in dealing with
the English Richards and Henrys, q
Tudor on the throne) and there is no
doubt whatever that in the imaginary
wife whom he was thus literally driv-
en- to create, from his previous abduc-
ton and transference of the original, he
gave to mankind a character as much
more generally commencing itself to
both reader and spectator than the
real woman could have been in any of
her possibilities, as Lady Macbeth
transcends In force and interest the
comparatively shadowy drawing from
the original, Queen Gertrude Of Den
mark. Possessed, in his own creation
of her, of creature "of imagination
all compact" in different sense from
his own use of that phrase, the great
dramatist was able to blend the wo-
man of bloody and boundless ambition
and cruelty with the madly and even
tenderly loving wife-the temptress
with power to touch the heart us we'll as
spur the passions,-as he could not
possibly have done with the wife of
the man foredoomed to murder, with
no bond existing between the two great
plotting criminals, except the single
one of guilt, and ambition out of the
question for the woman who had no
crown to win and could secure no gain
except change of royal partners. In
this view, knowledge of identity of
the person who became the everything
Lady Macbeth becomes of the highest
Importance in understanding the mas
ter-tragedy, as well as once more
measuring the creative genius of the
master-dramatist.-We 1ldiae for


FcJruarV.
Year: 1875

gFriction impedes the progress
of the railway train, and yet it is only
through friction that it makes any pro-
gress. This apparent paradox is ex-
planned when we remember that by
reason of the frictional sbite' of the
drivers upon the track they draw the
train. The bearings of the wheels
upon the rails are a mere line where
they come in contact, iron and iron, yet
this slight and almost imperceptible
hold is sufficient to move hundreds of
tons of dead weight with the speed Of
the wind.
Year: 1875

A correspondent from Canada asks:
"For health and cleanliness, what is
the best to apply to the inside walls of
my hennery? What is the best feed;
how fed, and what amount is requisite
for about forty fowls per day." We
consider whitewash to be the best. 1t
should not be tinted. Feed with
variety. Always use the heaviest corn;
it is the best and cheapest. Fine bran
is better combined with whole grain,
and when mashed is very nutritious;
or if mixed with equal parts of boiled
potato or Indian meal scalded, it forms
a superior food. Scalded feed should
be made so stiff that it will break when
thrown on the ground. Oats and bar
ley are good occasionally. Buckwheat
is good winter feed; it is very warmth
giving; it is also the best feed to make
hens lay early. Hemp seed is good
for the moulting season. A little
chopped vegetables of some kind
should be given every day. 10 supply
the place of summer insects, a little
meat or scrap cake is good during
MiHIol' SupPiy iiiiio uooioii VI ooAiSS'
Never use dish or trough except for
water. Keep the feeding room clean,
and throw the feed on the ground.
There is no positive rule as to quantity.
Hens rarely ever over-feed. Never
stint in variety or quality. The best
is always the most economical.


10 MAKEPEACH TREES LONG LIVED.


In the essay Lloyd Balderston read
before the December meeting of Ex-
perimental Farm Club he stated that
he had peach trees twenty years old
which still bore well. He recommend
ed in order to make such fruit trees
long lived that sod be allowed to grow
around them for a few years III order
to retard their growth, before cultiva-
ton of the ground was commenced.
In our report of the essay the name
pear had been substituted for peach in
this particular. Mr. BalderSton is all
experienced and successful orchardist
and his statements are entitled to much
consideration.-Ouora Press.
Year: 1875

WE understand that our merchants have on hand an inc9nvCniently large amount of silver dollars Of Mexican coinage. We hear that some merchants have refused 10 take the coin in payment of debts in cer- tain cases. Now would it not be well for some of the strong advocates of specie payment, to come here and see how an effort works tO even pay ones debts with few hundreds in coin. Coin is the prop CT basis for currency, but it's cOmmOD and exclusive use always has been, is now, and ever will be practicable, and more because of its inconvenience than from lack of quantity.
Year: 1875

PUBLIC attention is directed tO the "Ncw- ark Land Company'S" advertisement in THE CITIZEN. Men who have a few dOl lars To invest cannot make a financial mistake in purchasing land by the lot or acre in Alameda county, or of this com DanN.