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Year: 1875

THE DAILY and WEEKLY HER
AID has more than double the cir
culation Of any other paper published
in Southern California. Business men
recognize it accordingly as the best
advertising medium South Of San
Francisco.
Year: 1875

 spent for tobacco, snuff or whisky

 will deprive their boys and themselves of this great aid in developing their minds and pre- pairing them for useful lives.

 When the time arrives when the newspaper is properly apprccia- ted and properly read by the mas scs, we will have more intelligent and business like men and wom- cn, and sharpcrs and tricksters will find it q harder matter to i'm pose upon the people.
Year: 1875

in our next paper we shall, ss se some weeks ago intimatel we intended to do, publish careful ly compiled description of Pope County, including her soil, timber, mineral indications, mountains, valleys, streams, springs, Gc. We have undertaken this in order to supply information to those who are seeking a knowledge of our part of the State. We shall try to get out an edition sufficient to meet all wants, but those who may want any considerable mum Der of that issue would do well to send in their orders immediately. We are trying to do all we can to place the advantages of our sec tion before the public, and if our friends s-others who are as much interested in the cause as we are will do their duty by subscrib ing literally and sending abroad the information we collect and publish from time to time, we will reap an ample reward.

 Many thousands of acres of rail- road land are included ir the de. scription we shall give. These lands are for sale cheap, and if the edition we shall print next week is extensively circulated in the north western states, where there are hundreds of families who wish information concerning a miller climate, we doubt not. . great many of these lands which are now lying idle, would be taken up and converted into happy and prosperous homes.

 We ask all those interested Tn the welfare of our county to pro. cure and send abroad a liberal number of our next issue.
Year: 1875

Brick Pomeroy will publish a statement in the Advertiser in the morning denying that he has, or that his paper is to be suspended. He proposes to prosecute for libel editors who maliciously amour. ced his failure and the suspension of Pomeroy's Democrat in New York. The report of suspension grew out of the fact that in October last he applied to be re- lieved, as the law directs, from losses sustained four or five years ago while he was running a daily newspaper in New York, and was upon his voluntary petition adjudged bankrupt that he might engage in active business again, the sooner to retrieve his losses of about $400,000, incurred while contending against what was then the Tweed Ring.-N. T.. Sun.
Year: 1875

ton, and a pretty mean figure they
cut. Fancy poor woman paying
these lords of our literary func-
tions $75 for situation, and fancy
their position when shey are dis
covered Mighty mean, isn't il?
A. general overhauling is good for
the soul occasionally; but who will
overhaul the Supervisors?


And now comes that grand mo-
nopoly, our Railroad Company,
Joined with the Mail Steamship Com
pany, again to torment us. Freights
have been advanced one hundred
per cent! Poor, poor California! if
man only could hold her down,
wouldn't he do it? and if Leland
Stanford only could give up his
mania for house building and trying
70 make himself comfortable-could
see how far his millions would go
by taking the lead IN enterprises to
bring about great results for the
State, TO which he owes so much; if
he could but help us to low fares
and low freights, bringing into use
tor the home States the fruits of our
soil, which are now squandered and
wasted, for want of means to scatter
them for general benefit, how much
more noble would be his aim, and
how much satisfaction would arise
from the thought, "I have done
well for my country, myself and the
world" But no! a pile of brick,
wood and mortar; light set on
hill, to show to the world how far
folly can outstrip true wisdom, and
how little a man can make of him
self, when he has the means to make
himself great. And not alone Le-
land Stanford, but all our rich men
are doing what they can at present
to aggrandize themselves, in the way
of building. But C. A. thinks the
Old Harry will have to help them,
and the wives who are set to rule
over them; for, alas! they will need
plenty Of help" CYNTHIA ANN.
Year: 1875

CURTAILED.-The Reno " State
journal has cut down to a five
column paper. We are sorry to
note this sign of hard times with
our neighbor. The price of the
paper is also reduced to 25 cents
per week.
Year: 1875

ABSENCE Spoils shallow friendship,
hut real friends remember each other when
out of sight and out of reach. We should
hardly think of looking to a cat and dog
to illustrate this kind of true love, and re-
buke human unfaithfulness, but here the
animals are, 10 witness for themselves.
The incident which follows is on the au-
thority of the naturalist, Wenzel. He
SAYS:


| had cat and dog which became so
attached to each other that they never will
ingly would be asunder. Whenever the
dog got any choice morscl of food he was
sure to divide it with his whiskercd
friend. They always ate socially out of
the same plate, slept in the same bed, and
daily walked out together. Wishing TO
put this apparently sincere friendship to
the proof, | one day took the cat by her
self into my room, while | had the dog
kept in another apartment.


| entertained the cat in the most sumpt-
uous manner, being desirous to see what
kind of meal she would make without her
friend, who had been hitherto her con-
slant table companion. The cat enjoyed
the treat and seemed entirely to have for
gotten the dog.


had partridge for dinner, half of
which l intended to keep for supper. My
WIG CONercu III Win Il pldle, anu put IL Ill
cupboard, the door of which she did not
| lock. The cat left the room, and walked
out on business; my wife, meanwhile, sat
at work in an adjoining apartment.
| When | returned home she told me that
the cat, having hastily left the dining
room, went TO the dog and mewed uns
usually loudly, and in different tones,


which the dog from time TO time answered
| with a short bark they went together To


the door of the room where the cat had


dined and waited ill il was opened, when
the two friends then Immediately entered
the apartment. My wife rose from her
seat and went softly to the door, which
stood aiar, to observe what was going ON.
The cat led the dog to the cupboard which


contained the partridge, pushed off the


plate which covered IL, and taking out my


intended supper laid il before her canine


friend, who deyoured it quickly.-L6isere


Hours.
Year: 1875

ket was submerged more,or less, the occu.
pants sometimes sitting on the edge and
al other tines holding on TO the ropes.
They were at the mercy of the winds and
waves, and from this time all hopes o
being saved were syabandoned.r Fortu-
nateiy, the wind subsidod, and, being
within few miles of Point Petre light
house, hope began to revive and faint cx-
pectatiOns of safety were entertained, yet
no ohelp came. at this time the balloon
had been driven in by conflicting currents
to within about four miles of the shore.
At tlis. stage il may be said that Point
PetTp was the last chance that the balloon
ists hadsof reaching land until arriving at
the far end of the lake, some seventy miles
distant. The wind again rose in most un-
certain gusts At one time the balloon
was out far, and the next moment was
near enough to shore TO attempt a risk of
abandoning the balloon for the water, in
the hopes of swimming 10 land. About
one O'Clock, however, small schooner
was discovered at distance of about a
mile and a half Prof. Donaldson's strong
voice succeeded in reaching the man at
the helm, and the gratefufwOrds We will
try and help youn finally came back to
the imperiled. voyagers. Tack after
tack rwas made by the vessel, but
on account Of the balloon sailing into
the wind faster than il could follow the
endeavOr to reach was found to be futile.
Then q boat was lowered and for an hour
and a half the two men who formed the
crew rowed vigorously, at times getting
within speaking distance, and then again
being left far behind. AT last the breeze
subsidized TO such an extent as to allow the
boat toleach the aoronauts The drag
rope of the balloon'was handed tO those
on board and then commenced the voyage
TO the shore. At times, while no wind
was blowing, the work of towing was
easy At other tifses the boat had to
he brought up close alongside, and used as
what might be called helm, in order that
the unwieldly monster might not be blown
out too far from the shore. At about 80
Wednesday morning they happily sue
ccedcd in making landing on the coast.
Up to this time the balloonists had no
knowledge of the locality in which they
were, all being too much engaged TO in
quire of the men in the boat as to their
Whereabouts On landing, they found
that they were about one mile vest


Point Petre, also called Long Point, the
lighthouse having been in sight for about
an hour. From the time they sighted the
sehOoneEnntil allanding was effected was
about two hours, which made the time
passed in the water about four hours
Buffalo Courier.
Year: 1875

A WRITER in the Popular Science Month
IN says: Love defeated in the attainment
of lis object becomes, in man, an incident
TO be forgotten or to be remembered with
impatience. A defeated love, with woman,
is too often a defeat of her intellectual
life. An emotion, the misdirectiOn or dis
appointment of which is capable of in
ducing large per centum ofinsane in one
sex over the other, must surely differ in
degree and kind. Certainly we must
credit this excess ON the part of women
with an important physical factor,
aside from that Of sex proper being
of less hardy development than man;
but these physical peculiarities permit sex
to assert its most potent psychical effect to
the degree of shaping the actions or des
tiny of woman. 1t will suffice to illus
trate the fact referred b, to take the figures
from the reports of two asylums for the in
sane-the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
Insane and the Michigan Asylum. OF
14l insane men and women RECEIVED into
these institutions whose supposed cause OF
insanity could be traced to disappointed
affections, eighty-four were women and
fifty-seven were men. These figures are
taken from an excess of asa male over fe-
male inmates. Now the figures, as we
gather them from asylum reports, show
that women are no more prone to insanity
than men. 1t is natural 70 conclude that a
specific cause leading to this excess OF in
sanity in one sex over the other exists with
greater force in one than the other, and moi
| that one sex is less able to bear the opera


ton of the specific cause"
Year: 1875

THE new Treasurer of the United States
has made numerous changes in his depart
ment since he assumed its duties. His
latest order is to the effect that clerks
shall remain at their desks during bust
ness hours, under penalty of dismissal
Year: 1875

BARN MANAGEMENT.-A slovenly
kept barn is no credit to its owner. Il
is not only unsightly, but the habits
that make it so will generally be found
to operate disastrously by the wasting
of fodder and neglecting the animals.
We believe, as rule, that the animals
in a slovcnly kept barn do not com.
pare in thrift with those of tidily
kept one, even on as good or better
feed. Tho reason is that the sloven
has little or no system. Sometimes
his cattle are over-fed and sometimes
under-fed sometimes they are watered
in the morning, sometimes at night,
and sometimes not at all. Hay Ia
scattered about the floor where it is
trod upon by unclean boots until it is
soiled and tainted that the animals re.
ject il as virtually wasted Paying no
attention to change of food, the ap-
petite becomes poor and large amounts
of fodder 60 to the manure heap, which,
if properly fed out, would be eagerly
dcyoured Under such management,
of course the cattle grow thin. Teeel
Year: 1875

LOVE- IN THE PENiTENTIARY.-Ac case
of true love has come to light in the
the Ohio State Penitentiary that has a
romantic twingc to it. In May, 1873,
Thomas Miles and Anna Mcfarland
were sent to the prison from Licking
county, for burglary, under the same
sentence. Not long since the woman
asked the guard about Thomas, want
ing TO know how soon he would get
out. On inquiry of her Il was learned
that they were engaged to be married
before coming to the prison, and that
she was not really guilty of burglary,
but pleaded guilty that she might be
allowed to suffer with her lover. She
told the guard that if Thomas was still
true she would marry him when they
got out. Thomas was interviewed,
and he was still true TO his Anna. The
prison authorities were moved at the
situation, and allowed them an inter
view, which is said 30 have been quito
an affecting scene, Their terms expire
on the same day, Saturday, January
81, 1876 1t has been arranged, at
their request, to hold the marriage
ceremony in the prison chapel on the
day Of their discharge, the chaplain
officiating. The twain will start out
with freedom again after two years
confinement within the same walls,
with but one interview in that time
II may be added that both have been
exemplary prisoners.
Year: 1875

The Sioux Unable as yet to Digest the Gov


ernmsnt's Proposition.


Yesterday morning the Sioux delegation sent
word to the Secretary of the Interior sad Com
missioner of Indian Affairs that It would be i'm
possible for them to hold the promised council.
They are not ready TO express themselves fully,
last one, they desire to prepare themselves
thoroughly for the great talk, SO that nothing
will be LEFT unsald that might in any way ad-
vance their interests.


All day long yesterday they locked themselves
In the -parlor of the hotel and argued the
details Of the Government's proposition. There
was something novel in the supplementary de-
bate of these grim aborigines. They seemed to
express in every word and gesture consciousness
Of the great Importance to themselves and chill
dren Of the pending negotiations. They do not
seem to understand why 1t is that the Govern
ment says in one breath that they will not force
them from their homes, and in the next that If
they do not quit their possessions the white men
will probably enter them and the result Will be
bloodshed.


The general sentiment expressed by them is
that OF a firm determination not to leave their
Dakota homes. The Black Hills, containing 800
square miles, they seem willing to relinqulsh,
provided the Government secures to them by
treaty the remainder of the reserve, which covers
an area Of 5000 square miles. This is in reality
all the Government desires. They made the prop
osition that they remove to the Indian Territory,
for the reason that that country has been set
aside by the laws Of Congress as q permanent
home for the Indians. The Government Will be
entirely satisfied with the concession of the Black
Hill region; and the giving up Of their privileges
Of hunting on the north fork Of the Republican
river. THIS will probably be the result OF the
present negotiations, and by another year the
mountain passes Of that famous country will be
thrown open to settlers.


holiday, the next big talk will not take place till
next Monday.
Year: 1875

Some long g-fngered individual walked into the
rooms occupied by the Indians while they were
at dinner. When he came out he brought with
him eight shirts belonging to the MInneconjouI
and thirty. four dollars in script The Indians
knowing nothing about our courts of justice, say
that If the man who took these goods Will send in
his name and the shape Of his foot they will fol.
low his trail until opportunity offers itself by
which they can snatch him very bald headed.
Old CoDduerlng Bear still cllngs to the W Wsshing.
ton house. He has not attended any Of the coun-
ellis. His Sioux spunk is up, and he says that he
will die before he will leave his new quarters.
This man will probably excite q great deal oil
trouble when he returns to his home, as he has a
large band of followers, who are subject to his
will. If this old red gentleman could be put In
the county jail during the sojourn Of his brethren
here IL might reduce the curve in his back some,
and teach him that It is not for him to dictate to
the Government
Year: 1875

House-keepers should bear in mind that this is
the best month in the year to paint up. Houses
painted in every variety OF style and in the short
est time possible. Shop sos Fourteenth street
northwest.
Year: 1875

those ''kindred souls" embarked for the home of
the old Chief Justice. They had scarcely landed
when the shad, fat with roe, came up two by two,
claiming the honor Of being eaten on the happy
occasion. They were warmly welcomed, and
soon their juicy sides were steaming on the oaken
planks. Two snappers, brim full Of eggs also
claimed the honor of making part of the feast,
only wishing to be remembered to the ladies in
the sentiment:
Year: 1875

Too little attention is paid in the con-
struction of closets to their proper ven
tilation. 1t is not always convenient to
have closet door stand open, and, if it
were, full ventilation cannot be secured
in this way. There should be window
or an opening of some sort from the
closet to the outer air or to ahsn. so
that current of air might remove any
unpleasant odors arising from anything
that has been worn, from shoes, or from
anything else kept in the closet A gar.
ment that has hung up for length OF
time in close closet is as unfit to wear,
unless it has been thoroughly aired, as
though the imwhoiesome vapors it has
absorbed were visible to. the eye. The
charm of clothing new and clean hes far
more in the absence of these vapors than
many people are aware.
Year: 1875

The London Lancet suggests the fol
lowing simple treatment for felons: .As
soon as the disease is felt, put directly
over the spot a fly blister, about the size
of the thumb nail, and let it remain for
six hours, at the expiration of which
time, directly under the, surface of the
blister may be seen the felon, which can
instantly be tnkan out with the point of
a needle or lancet" A piece of ad-
hesive plaster will keep the blister in
place.
Year: 1875

SUSAN B. ANrHotU gives vent to her
wrath at the decision of the highest tri-
bunal in the land denying her the right
Of suffrage in the following bit of with
ering sarcasm q Yeu viii recollect that
I was in Missouri last summer at the
bedside of o suffering brother. Well, i
couldn't go five miles out of town with
out meeting flock of grasshoppers that
would make better bench of Judges
than the present Supreme Court Of the
United States"
Year: 1875

ELSEWHERE may be found some account
of the late attempt to assassinate Judge
Abrahams, of Livingston county, Alabams.
1t will be recollected that the Judge had
been warned year ago that he would be
killed if he did not leave. Three rufians
attempted TO fulfill this threat on the night
of the 2d-election night in the North and
in Mississippi-by firing three shots at
him, one of which hit him in the breast
and would have proven fatal but for the
obstruction Of rib from which it glanced
around instead of through the body. When
the force bill failed in Congress last April,


Captain Hester wrote the Judge that his
life was no longer safe in Alabama, and
frankly advised him TO pull up stakes and
come North. Aportion of his family came
soon after, and are now in this city, where
they have just received the sad intelli-
gence which we print this morning. Judge
Abrahams is not the justice of the Crimi-
nal Court of his county, or the assas-
sins might perhaps have been punished for
former crimes There can be little doubt
that the shooting of the Judge was effected
by the same Renfroe crowd who murdered
Billings and Ivy last year. They have
never been punished. Killing Radicals
and niggers is no murder IN the eyes of
State courts and white juries in Alabama.


There is no United States law that can
punish murder committed within the iuris-
diction of State. This great Government
which can employ its whole army and
navy to avenge the wrongs of a citizen in
foreign land is powerless to punish the
crime of murder in a sovereign State. The
only way in which citizens can be protected
who belong to the Union or Republican
party is by the education of the people to a
more elevated tone of morals. Public SEN
timent must be transformed from its present
admiration of brute force, brigandage and
rufianism into a reverence for humanity,
Christian love, and that true chivalry
which defends the weak against the strong,
and metes out justice and equal rights for
Justices sake. If Judge Abrahams should
die from his wounds, it is not probable that
the grand jury of Sumter county would in
dict his assassins. If one could be found to
DO so, it would be exceedingly dificult to
get petit jury to convict them. 1t is this
blunted moral perception of right and jus.
tice which pervades the minds of the white
people of the South that has always rem
Year: 1875

THE Ishmaelite of the New York Sun is
rapidly reaching his proper level in the
newspaper circle. He has descended to the
gathering up and spreading abroad of Cit
ue-tattle' regarding the private affairs of
the President. His latest achievement in
this line is the publication of the text of a
mortgage said to be of record in Monmouth
county, N. j., executed by the President
and Mrs. Grant to secure loan. What an
enormity What procedure on the part
of an honest mani Give security for
loan This astounds the moral leper of
the press. OF course, honorable men some
times do such things, but if the Sun is to
be believed, the President never borrows or
runs in debt Or if he does, never thinks Of
paying. Again, the Sun would have us
believe that he is corrupt; that he receives
everything as gratuities; that he has no
use for money; that he is the grea national
deadhead; that he travels free, has free use
of all the appropriations, and is presented
with all his houses, lands, horses, dogs and
carriages, and that his family expenses are
raid out of the public Treasury. In short,
it has been ali along telling its readers that
Gen Grant is immensely rich; that he re-
ooives oil and pays for nothing. And vet
it now prints the copy of mortgage to
show that he has been ''hard up and been
obliged to borrow upon bond and mortgage
'Liars should have good memories is an
old adage. Has not the Ishmaelite
overproved his case? He now shows
that the President is not rich, but
that he borrowed like an honest
man, and gave security for the pay
mcnt of the loan like other men. But
he goes further. He discloses the fact that
he-this Ishmaelite - has been playing
paul Pry" by hunting over records and
interviewing lawyers, TO ascertain all the
transaction of the President. But he for
got TO tell Us whether he found out any
thing new regarding the Brook Farm"
property while mousing among those New
jersey records, and also whether he was
ANONYMOUSLY kicked out of the office of
the attorneys who drew the mortgage deed
when he made his impertinent inquiries of
them about their professional services to
their clients. This moral leper is using his
best endeavors to debauch the tastes of the
reading public and to inoculate the entire
community with the loathsome infrmiiy
which makes his presence disgusting to all
honorable men. Like all diseased prosti-
tutes, he is the horror of virtuous people.
Let Us in this District be devoutly thankful
that we have guarantee against his pres
ence. His crimes committed against us and
our citizens deter him from coming here in
person. He has q wholesome fear OF the
District courts. He alone is defiled by his
own tongue.