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Year: 1873

The appropriation for the maintenance OF the
free floating baths being exhausted, except sum
barely SUFFICIENT for the care Of the baths during
the fall and winter Commissioner Van Mort OF
the Department Of Public Works, has issued an
order closing the baths or the season after to-day
and dtscharglng the attendants.
Year: 1873

THE annual production of gold is officially
stated at 4O,0O0,00O. The coinage at
San Francisco during August will be SO, 900
600 in double eagles, the mint working its
full capacity. The provisions relative to the
abrasion Of the new coinage act are being
observed in all treasury and custom-house
offices of the country. The renovation Of
the gold coinage will lie completed within
the next twelve montis-about SAC, 900
900 of the smaller coins. After this re-
coinage shall have been completed the cost
of keeping the coinage in good condition
will be very small. Only one half of one
per cent. is loss on our coinage within q
period of twenty-five years.
Year: 1873

THERE is story aHoat about a German
who buried his ife and married again in
about ten days. The young men of the
neghborhood determined to signify their
disapprova of such a fragrant breach of
proprieiy as this speedy marriage, and so,
while the wedding feast was in progress at
the house, they called and gave the parties
a calathumpian serenade After while
the groom appeared at the front door, and
when silence had been obtained he said, in a
deprecatory tone, 81 say, poys, you ought
to be ashamet of yourself to pc making al
dig noise ven der vas peen funeral so soon.
1t ain t rghd~
Year: 1873

A philosophical Kentuckian who had but
one shirt, and was lying in bed while the
garment was drying on the clothesne in the
yard, was startled by an exclamation from
his wife 10 the effect that the "calf had
eaten it." "Well, said the Kentuckian
with a spirit verify of better cause
"well, them who have must losc.'
Year: 1873

The last rough 'un upon the lawyers
comes from West Union. A dying client
sent for Rickle & Fuller, of course for &c
draw up his will they supposed. Judge
of their surprise when he asked that one
should stand on each side of him, so he
could die like Jesus Christ!
Year: 1873

the hair from falling out, by merely using it as
a wash


Prepared and sold by


A. FU g III =,
At his Barber Shop, No. 246 ]. Street, between
Eighth and Ninth Sacramento.


N. BIN order to convince the skeptcal,
this Restorative will be applied to all who get
their hair dressed ut the above shop without
any extra charge, until they are convinced
of its efficacy au16-Sm
Year: 1873

JOHN PLoUGHMAN once said: 81 never
knew a good horse which had not some odd
habit Or other, and never yet saw minis
ter worth his salt, who had not some
crochet or oddity. Now, these are the bits
of cheese that cavillers smell out and nibble
at; this man is too slow and another is too
fast; the first is too nowery, and the second
is too dull Dear me, if all Gods ere ltures
were to be judged in this way, we should
wiring the doves neck for being too tame,
shoot the robins for eating spiders, kill the
COWS for swinging their tails, and the hens
for not giving us milk. When man wants
to beat dog he can soon find a stick, and
at this rate any fool may have something to
say against the best minister in Eng land. y


1t is reported that all the young men
sent out by the japanese Government
throughout Europe and America, with the
view of applying themselves to the study
of different branches of science, have been
ordered to return home. The reason given
for the recall is that upon the return of stu
dents from Europe and America they were
unable to bear satisfactory examination i'll
the studies they were pursuing, and the
Japanese Government have resolved to send
no more students abroad until slch time as
they have undergone some three or four
years tuition in home college, and can sub
nit to rigid examination in English
French or German.
Year: 1873

An infallible Hair Re-
storative, which never fails
to produce a growth of sub
stantial hair to bald heads
when the root of the hair
however feeble is left. 1t
is not only II Restorative,
but it is cleansing and in
vigorating, making the hair
healthy and glossy in all
instances. 1t will restore
the grayest hair to its nat
ural color, remove dand-
ruff, and prevent or stop
Year: 1873

There John, hitch Dobbin to the post come near


me and sit down;
Your mother wants to talk to you before you drive


town.
My hairs are grsy-I soon shall rest within the


grave;
Not Ions will mother pilot you Ger liis's tempest


uous wave.
I've watched DER you from infancy till now are
And have always loved you as mother only can.
At morning and at evening have prayed the uod OF
To bless and guide my darling boy to the bright home


above.
mothers eye is searching, John, old age can't dim
When watching Ger an only child to that he
And very lately have seen what has aroused my


fears,


itwith tears
I've seen a light within your eye, upon your check
That told me you were on the road that leads to
Oh John, don't turn away your head and my


counsel trOwn;
Stay more upon the dear old farm-thsres danger in


the town.
Remember what the poet says-long years have
rhat Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands


to do.
If you live on in idlencss with those who love the


bowl,
You II jig yourself drunkard's grave, and wreck


your deathless soul.
Your father, john ia growing oId-his day. are near


ly through;
Oh he has labered very hard TO the farm for
But it viii go to ruin soon, and poverty will frown,
Ii you keep hItching DobbIn up to drive into the


town.
Your prospect, for the future very bright, my



Not many have your start in life when they are


twenty-One;
Your star. that shines so brightly now, in darkness


will decline,
If you forget your mothers words and tarry at the


wine,
Turn back, my boy now in your youth stay by the


dear Old larmi
The Lord OF Hosts will save you with his powerful


right arm.
Not long will mother pilot you 'er life tempest


uUus wave
Then light her pathway with your love down to the


silent grave,
Year: 1873

DEATu FROM SMOKING The New York
correspondent of the Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser writes "a case in my own
intimate acquaintance has this very week
appalled, large circle Of friends in this
city. The victim was exactly ofmy own
years, and a,spmpanion from early boy
hood For thirty years at least he has
been daily smoker Of the choicest ci


gars, but in AL hi. other habits temperate
and regular and of excellent constitution
one who, Of all men would have laugh


Cd ut the suggestion that tobacco was
killing him. A week ago last Sunday
night he was stricken with the progress
i've paralysis characteristic of nicotine.
and on SUNDAY night he died His death
was most piliiul First, sight was lost,
then speech, then motion of the neck


then mo ION Of thc Grms, and 30 on
throughout the uutiy, aHd lie lay for a
fortnight unable 10 move or make "A sign.
saw a pi;iul, tonguelcss, insriculate
sound, which sometimes rose to almost
frantic Cliot, all in vain, to make known
what he wished to say to his family or
friends, FOR bis consciousness and men


tai faculties were LETT uuimPaircd TIL
within two hours Of the la,t, to aggravate
to the uttermost the horrors OF his stua.
tion--a living soul in q dead body. The
sense of hearing was left unmpared, so
that he was conscious Of all around him,
while rs incapable Of communication with
them as if dead, save by slight sign of
assent or dissent To u question, The
doctors were fully agreed that tobacco
was the sole cause Of this stroke.
Year: 1873

FLomcuLTURk All lovers Of flowers
must remember. that one blossom allow.
ed to mature or "go to seed. Injuries
the plant more than dozen new buds.
Cut your flowers then. all Of them, before
they begin to fade. Adorn your rooms
with them; put them on your tables
send bouquets to your friends who have
no flowers; or exchange favors with
those who have. You will surely find
that the more you cut off, the more you
will have All roses after they cease to
bloom should be cut back, that the
strength Of the root may SO to forming
new roots for next year. On bushes not
a seed should be allowed 10 mature.
Year: 1873

How LONE PINE WAS "RUN" BY
GEORGE WATsoN.--Lone Pine was a
town in California. It CAM be much of q
town, but appears to be too big to be run by
one man. George Watson had to leave it
months ago on account Of some numbering
he had done there. He made tour of the
mines under another name and came
back to Lone Pine with reinforced opin-
ion of his ability to stay there, and some
money in his pockets-the fruit Of his
wanderings and thieying operations
among the miners. He was in the
habit of killing or robbing man


whenever he took a fancy to such
amusement, and having been quite
successful in these enterprises, ne came


back to Lone Pine with his arms and ann
munition, and announced his intention to


s'run the town." His first act ofgovernment
was to beat and nearly kill an inoifensive
English-speaking Indian because he was an
Indian. The same evening, pistol in hand,
he turned all the occupants out OF saloon,
| and standing in the door, announced that
he was able to whip any man in the crowd,
and that if some one did not take him up
and fight him instantly he would be under
the necessity of shooting somebody. just
then he got gun-shot through the hear
and fell dead, and the coroner was unable


to find out who did it. That is the way
! George Watson ''runo Lone Pine. lhi
Year: 1873

AssAULT.--We regret to learn that an
unprovoked and wholly wanton assault


was made upon Judge Underwood this
afternoon while on bis way from the cars
to his courtroom, by Mr.. McVeigh, a
merchant of this city. Property in dis
pute between the parties has caused some
bitter feeling on the part of McVegb. We
know nothing of the merits Of the dispute,
but we are informed that it is in
process of litigation. Each party will
have a fair chance, and an exhibi-
ton of violence is very sure way to prove
that the party who resorts TO it can
not trust the law to yindicate his rights.
Judge Underwood is the last man who
would wrong any one out of q cent, if we
are not much mistaken. His age and po-
sition entitle him to respectful treatment,
and we. hope to see proper action taken by
the authorities of this city to prevent a
repetition Of such disgraceful affairs.
Year: 1873

and, in short, to practically control the
management of railroads in Michigan for
the good of the people. The second inn
portant change is to permit the composition
OF juries of less than twelve members.
Year: 1873

WESTERN STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,


Pennington. Me-. Jan. l, 1873. J


This Circular is sent TO persons inter
csted in the cause OF popular education.
for the purpose of calling attention to
the necessity of special preparation for
the work of teaching, and to the facili'
ties offered by our State Normal Schools
for obtaining this preparation.


This school is now in the 9th year oil IL.
existence. Hundreds of its pupils, both
ladies and gentlemen, have proved by
the efficiency of their work the wisdom
of the State in the establishment oil the
school. Not less than thirteen OF our
sixteen counties are usually represented
in our classes, and yet there are many
towns in the State which have never felt
the influence OF the Normal Schools.
There are hundreds of young women oil
character and native ability now theach-
ing few weeks OF each year in small
country schools, for bsggarly wages
who could easily, by special training
gain regular employment in good schools
ut remuneratiye salaries, and social posi-
tion and privileges far superior to those
which they now enjoy. Not so many
Young men as ysung women will make
teaching a profession, but the advant-
ages which they will gain from course
Of Normal training are not less whilc
they teach, and after they enter upon
other business the advantages are equally
great in aiding them in the formation oi
correct judgments upon educational
questions, among us the most important
of all questions in social economy, and
thus tending to the formation OF apuohc
opinion which shall assure that true and
rapid progress in general education 10
which the spirit of the age summons
every people.


Full information in regard to the charac'
ter of the school is given in our annual
catalogue, which will be sent free upon



To guide inquiry We will state that
candidates for admission must be, at the
date of admission or during the first term
of attendance, if males, at least seven
teen years of age; if females. sixteen;
they must present certificate OF good
moral character from some responsible
Year: 1873




The most good that the new assessment
law has accomplished is the great reduction
worked in the value of pianos. These in
struments which are sold at prices ranging
from $3.50 to 800, are valued by pur-
chasers at less than one half the purchasing
price. We never thought before thai man
would pay 50 much for an article that he
vAluei so little, but "sich is life." And it is
really surprising the number Of second
hand" and sold. fashioned" pianos our peo-
pie own. If the assessment law does not
reveal a 6fst-cl2ss piano in our midst, we
want the next Legislature to make "piano
value law'' and state particularly the value
of the ff3rent make of pianos. We don't
want TO be considered old gyish in he
piano line, for our people will never be hap
py with only secondhand and haif-price
pianos, and if the Incoming returns does
not make respectable showing our asses
sor should be instructed to report them all
captured and c,n6scaged by the Yankees"
We want to appear in the fist class of tax
payers, bot these second handed, dam aged
pianos won't do to bead tie list.
Year: 1873

hard labor.


1f- ll Argument by Counsel.


AT Walworth's trial to-day large crowd
was present. District Attorney Phelps, in
an argument for the prosecution, contro-
verted the claims of the defense that the
prisoner was afflicted either by epilepsy or
insanity.


Mr.. O'Connor, for the defense, then made
several requests to the judge to charge the
Jury, including one that be charge that facts
to murder, that if the accused believed
the deceased to be desperate, 1t
initiates against the theory of
murder In the first degree; and if the act
was the result of terror, it was not murder
in the second degree; that as tour shots
were fired, the prisoner was only conscious
of firing three, and as no proof is given
which Of the four was fatal, the jury must
acquit; that if he was in a state OF epileptic
insanity, he was not responsible, and if he
was in a stste of terror which overcome
him, the jury must acquit. Without deliv
eriDg his charge, the court took recess.


The Judge's Charge TO the Jury.


After recess, Judge Davis delivered his
charge to the jury, and called attention TO
the new law under which the trial has
taken place, and which max it necess ary
tha deliberate purpose and premeditation
should exist before verdict of murder in
the first degree could be given.


Judge Davis said, if the jury were salts
fed from the evidence that young Walworth
came to New York with the intention to
murder his father, then the crime was muir
- kAa ht,F 70 ba
was committed in sudden manner, in an
instant, then it would be murder in the
second degree. Judge Davis, continuing,
said that defense interposed was twotold-
that the prisoner was insane at the time of
the act, and secondly, that the act was done
in selfdefense. The second h. proceeded
to consider first, and warned the jury that
there were no such crimes known TO the
law as parricide, or matricde, or fratricide,
however well these names misht be used
in common conversation; nor was this
court to take into consideration the laws of
ancient Greece, or Rome, or China, where
special laws were enacted for the punish
ment of those who killed their parents. In
the eyes of the law this crime was no
greater than killing q stranger; therefore
the same rules were to be adopted as In q
trial for kill g Of person other than his
father, and the prisoner is entitled to the
same consideration. In regard to the ques-
lion of justification, his Honor charged,
howevrr, that the jury should Tot regai
fears which the prisonet entertained for the
life of his mother, as they could not be re-
garded as any justification of his crime.
Tney should only regard those fears which
were personal. The law Gid not make it
justification when the killing was done
through fear that the life of another was in
danger. They could, however, consider
whether the fear that his mothers's life was
in danger did not give point to fear which
be entertained for bis own lie on meeting
on the morning of the third.


Verdict of the Jury.


The jury retired about O'Clock, and at
$40 brought in verdict of murder in the
second degree.


A Human Brute.


Ttos. Feeney was arrested for fatally
beating his mother, in Brooklyn last night.
Year: 1873

Both of the city papers have had
considerable to say in regard to the
pamphlet of the Chamber of Com
merce, recently printed at this office.
If any one wishes to make COMPARE
son, it can be seen at this Office side
by side with pamphlet recently pub
lished by the Express, with which we
would ask all to compare it. This is
the irrigation pamphlet, by Governor
Downey. The work of the HERALD
is masterpiece when compared with
it. The cypress pamphlet, in fact,
looks as though it was really printed
as it is dated-in 1873, and is coun-
tryfied piece of Typography. Our
morning cotemporary has not the
facilities for doing pamphlet work,
consequently no comparison can be
made. AS to the organ of the Cham
Der of Commerce, the HERALD has no
objection to being called the organ of
any body which represents the best
and entire interests of Los Angeles
and Southern California.
Year: 1873

THE San Diego papers have long
gloried in the fact that there was no
newspapers in Los Angeles worthy OF
the place. Now, the HERALD is es-
tablished and meeting with succe IS,
their envy and wrath know no limits.
Because the HERALD made bargain,
as any firm has right, to do certain work
and only receives just compensation
in subscriptions, they attack the
Chamber of Commerce in miserable
fling. Were it not that it seemed like
kicking man when he is down, We
should have something to say. But
San Diego and its papers have enough
to worry them in the failure of the
Construction Company of the Texas
Pacific. They have the pity of Los
Angeles.
Year: 1873




There is nothing in which our citizens
have greater reasons to have faith than
in the salubrity and heathfulness OF
our climate. Any tangible business
scheme, the success of which is predi-
Gated upon that fact, ought to COM
mand their confidence. That our eli
mate is unequaled as a sanitarium for
invalids is unquestioned. That its
fame as such is far-extended is daily
evidenced by the numbers of invalids
and valetudinarians who are coming
into our midst. There is no use in
trying to disguise the fact that we are
lily prepared for this great influx of
strangers. Already our leading hotels,
the Clarendon, Pico, Lafayette and
United States-are well supplied with
guests, there is scarcely a vacant
room to be had in town, and the trav-
cling season has hardly opened yet.


What we want, therefore. and want
Immediately, is new and capacious
hotel, such an one as the wants of the
travelling public require, and as our
growing Importance as railroad GEN.
ire, and our position as the metropoli-
tan city of Southern California, war
enough to accommodate two hundred
rants us in building. 1t should be large
and fifty at least. Under the manage
ment of such popular hosts as
they of the Clarendon, it would
be filled with tourists the year
around. Not merely during the VIM
ter, for our summer attractiOns,-Our
invariably cool nights and pleasant
DAYS, and our seaside resorts-are far
superior to the burning heat of day
and the sweltering nights at the east.


With a reasonable degree of merit
in any given locality, great and well
appointed hotel will build up and
populate a town. Without the Horton
House San Diego would hardly have
attained to one-third its present dig
nifty and population as a city. The
construction of the mammoth "Ocean
House" at Newport, was mastery
stroke of policy on the part of the own
ers of large quantity of unmarked
able water front, and to-day the own
er is a millionaire. Our merchants
and trades-people are interested in
this matter and should canvass it
among themselves with view to its
accomplishment by some means, pos
sibly by a joint stock company. All de-
partments of business would be bet
tered by such an enterprise. We in
vite the considerate attention of cap
italists to the subject, and hope they
will look upon it as we do, with favor,
and take the matter in hand at once.
Year: 1873

Ex-Governor Haight is engaged in
revising that part of the code which
relates to revenues. 1t is to be hoped
that he may succeed in devising some
plan for the equal distribution of the
burdens of taxation on all property.


The publisher of the San Bereardino
Guardian announces that he is "about
to make an effort to publish daily
paper.o
Year: 1873

We want to beg of tho mothers to make
some provision for their children's amuse>
ment, not in the way of costly toys, but by
giving them place to play. 1t saves tune
ana trouble, 1t saves your own and your chill
dren's temper. In many families playroom
could be given to the children with very lit
tie Inconvenience. We know of a family
where little six by ten sewing>room. open
Ing from the dining room, is vacated every
winter when the cold drives the boys from
the basement workshop. The carpet is take N
up, two barrels with board across them
makes work bench, dry goods box is
storing place for lumber, and an old bureau is
tooi,chest and depository for finished and un-
finished jobs. A board slid across the bot>
tom of the doorway keeps the shavings from
being dragged upon the dining room carpet,
and here, on their own premises, the boys
work and play in perfect content. They
whlttle, they cut paper, they paste, they
paint There are but two rules for the shop:
No tools must be left out of their drawer at
night and every Saturday the shop must be
put in nAperfect order, and all rubbish deposi.
ted in the kindline box under the BENCH
We have doubt the mother misses her
sewing room. but the gain compeusates for the
loss an hundred-fold. IF you cannot do this.
as many mothers cannot, still let them work
and play. A deep box in tho corner will hold
young mechanic and his, work, and paper
clippings are easily brushed up from square
OF oii>cioth, which may be quickly spread
down or gathered up. A big apron of old
calico is quickly run together, and will keep
the incest little suit tidy. while the delighted
artist paints to his hearts content. Let there
be corner somewhere to store the queer,
nondescript articles SO dear to a child's heart,
and teach the children to gather them up
themselves. IF you can spare neither cup
board, closet nor drawer, box. neatly GOV,
cred with carpet or drugge.. will not injure
the neatest sittine-room. But do not sacri-
flee all the comfort and happiness of YOUR
children by too scrupulous neatness. Why
should a home be neat. save for the comfort
and happiness of its inmates


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