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Year: 1875

I saw my wife pull out the bottom
drawer Of the old family bureau this eve
ening, and went softly out and wandered
up and down, until she shut it up and
went to her sewing. We have some
things laid away in that drawer, which
the gold of kings could not buy, and yet
they are relics which grieve us until our
hearts are sore. / haven't dared to look
at them for year, but ! remember each
article.


There are two worn shoes, a little chip
hat with a part of the rim gone, and
some stockin IS, pants, a coat, two or three
spools, bits of broken crockery, q whip,
and several toys. Wife - poor thing
goes to that drawer every day of her life,
and prays over it and lets her tears fall
upon the precious articles, but | dare
not 60.


Sometimes we speak Of little Jack, but
not often. 1t has been long time, but
somehow or other we can't get over griev-
ing. He was such burst of sunshine
into our lives that his going away has
been like covering our everyday exist
ence with pail. Sometimes when we
sit alone of an evening, | writing and she
sewing, child on the street will call out,
as our poor boy used to, and we will both
start up with beating hearts and wild
hope, only to find the darkness more of a
burden than ever.


1t is still and quiet now. / look at the
window where his blue eye used to spar
kle at my coming, but he is not there, |
listen for his pattering feet, his merry
shout and his ringing laugh, but there is
no sound. There is no one to climb over
my knees, no one to search my pocket
and tease for presents, and / never find
the chairs turned over, the broom down
or ropes tied to the door knob.


/ want some one to tease me for my
knife to ride on my shoulder to lose
my AK; to follow me to the gate when |
90 and be there to meet me when | come
to call goodnight" from the little bed
now empty. And wife misses him still
more there are no little feet to wash :
no prayers TO say ; no voice teasing for
Jumps of sugar or sobbing with the pain
of hurt toe and she would give her
own life, almost, to awake at midnight
and look across the crib and see our boy
there as he used to be.


So we preserve our relies, and when we
are dead we hope that strangers will
handle them tenderly, even if they shed
no tears over them.
Year: 1875

A STORY is told Of two Vermont farm
ers who are not Grangers. They induced
their wives to join and report before they
would commit themselves. Now, when
they will, they cannot two black balls
greet every application. Meanwhile the
wives 60 regularly and trumpbantiy to
every Grange meeting and the men stay
at home and tend the babies.
Year: 1875

Has made the most astonishing cures so quick
so rapid are the changes the body undergOe;
under the influence Of this truly wonderful
medicine, that


Every Dny an Increase in Flesh and


weight ss Seen ANA Felt.
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER
Year: 1875

The House then went into Committee
of the Whole, Mr.. Hale, of Maine, in the
chair, on the tariff bill entitled a bill
further to protect the sinking fund, and
to provide for eXigencies Of the govern
mcnt.'


Mr.. Dawes. chairman of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, addressed the
House in support Of the bill. He re-
minded the House that exactly Il year
ago he had cndcavorcd to show that
there was no necessity for increased tax
alton. but now he would endcavor TO
show that there was II necessity for in
creased taxation. A. he had sincerely
believed at that time, that the govern
ment could get along without reSOrting
to that most unwelcome of measures, for
the purpose of making the receipts and
expenses of the government meet, So he
was with some sincerity, now compelled
to urge on the House that there was no
other method of doing SO, than by resort
ing to taxation. His sincerity was not
diminished by the reflection that
in the course of events this was lost
time. He would not address the House
on any such subject. There had then
been two grounds on which he had hoped
to avoid the necessity OF increased taxa
ton, these were confidence that there
would be general revival Of business,
and that there would be reduction Of
expense The estimate of the total re-
ceip pts of tthc government for that year
was ut that time 1921 ,777,912, and it was
expected that out of that amount some
where about nine millions could be APP
piled to the sinking fund. The actual
receipts for that year were $2Si, ,OO0OOO
but there was surplus only Of S2,$44, $50
over the expenses of the government.
Last December the Secretary Of the
Treasury estimated the receipts and cX-
penses for the fiscal year to be such that
there would be a surplus Of $9,OO0OOO,
to be applied to the sinking fund, but in
reality the receipts since that report was
made, were more widely different from
the estimates than they had been during
any year for the last five years Th"
actual receipts had fallen far short of the
estimates from some cause not quite un-
derstood BY those who made the finances
study. The receipts from the Customs
had begun to fall off, and had fallen of
to the extent of SO, 100000 orabout $780,
coo day. If that falling off continued
during the year, there would be deficit
of S35,OOO000.
Year: 1875

THERE are some layers in human
nature as unpleasant to contemplate
as "horse" in aquartz lode. People
shed tears over the hanging of VAS
oUEz. Did they! These same people
would have stood by, and without a
moistening of the eye witnessed the
swinging off of man who, under the
maddening influence of drink or the
biting sting of insult, struck the
blow which sent a human being out
of the world. He was but man; an
unfortunate, common man. But the
bandit who deliberately planned and
fiendishly carried into effect whole
sale murders, dies surrounded by q
sympathetic crowd whose streaming
eyes betoken the proneness of human
ity to hero worship, no matter how
red-handed or devil-hearted the hero.
There are "horses f" in the human
heart, as well as in quartz ledges.
Year: 1875

open places, under penalty of sixpence


for each offense.u This is not such q


bad law as at first glance appears.


Our memory is not quite clear as to


the style Of dress worn by the ladies


in those days, but II the fashion was


anything similar to that of 1875, this


edict against the public use of tobacco


had it's merits. We imagine this old


Court order has long since been re-
pealed, or at least that it stands a
dead-letter on the statutes, for now
gentlemen chew tobacco in public
places of every character, and they
expectorate the juice of the weed on
carpets in halls and on the sidewalks
In sluice-head abundance, and with
reckless indifference to the fact that
our ladies wear long dresses and that
sidewalks are used to walk on. If the
old law above quoted were re-enacted
and made to apply co the custom of
splitting on the sidewalk, 1t would
speedily correct a very filthy and ex-
tensively INDUCED in habit. No man
would be so rude as to squirt tobacco
juice on lady's dress, yet none of us
who use the weed hesitate to deposit
the mixture on the sidewalk, where
we know it will discolor the dress of
the next lady who passes. We pre-
sumo no one will deny that the almost
universal custom of expectorating on
the public thoroughfares is vulgar,
not to say filthy, habit, which no one
would practice did he but consider a
moment. 1t is an unsightly nuisance,
which may be easily abated by step
ping to the edge of the sidewalk.
Year: 1875

THE ordinance requiring the closing
of saloons at midnight does not oper-
ate as smoothly as sliding down a cel-
lar door. Ten or aozen arrests were
made yesterday morning, but on ex-
animation it was found that the ordi-
nance was imperative by reason that
it had not yet been published in
the Spanish language, and the
Mayor promptly discharged the
parties. But aside from this OBJ
lection to the ordinance, which
is but temporary, we doubt its
legality. Saloon-keepers hold Ii
cense to retail liquor, and as the Ii
cense does not specify the hours of the
day or night in which this retailing is
to be done, it is presumable that it
may be carried on at any time, or all
the time within the life of the permit
to sell at all. The city does not sell the
only license, and we do not see how she
can deprive one of privilege she did
not grant. In advance of the courts,
we predict that ordinance will not
hold water nor stop the flow of whis-
ky after midnight.
Year: 1875




WASHINGTON, March l9th.--T In
terror Department, under the advice of
the President, Is very anxious to bring
a delegation OF Sioux Indians to Wash
ington to negotiate for the modifica-
tion of the treaty of 1868 n regard to
the Black Bills country and the hunt
ing privileges OF the Sioux north of
the North Platte and on the Smoky
Hill Fork Of the Republican river.
There being no appropriation from
which the expenses Of this delegation
can be paid, the Interior Department
and Indian Office have asked the adj
vice of the SENATE Committee on In
dian Affairs as to the propriety of
bringing on delegation and trusting
to Congress to replace the funds neces-
sarily used.


The caucus of Republican Senators
this afternoon finally agreed, with only
two or three dissenters, to resolution
substantially the same as Frelinghuy-
sens, differing only in phraseology.
The question to be decided at the ad
journed caucus tomorrow is whether
the Republican Senators will remain
in session until the resolution can be
acted on in the Senate.


The Senate took up the nomination
of Daniel A. Pardee for United States
District Judge of Louisiana. A debate
ensued at four o'clock. The doors were
re-opened and the Senate adjourned.
Year: 1875

The time is rapidly approaching
when the little busy bee will COM
mence his Summer campaign and our
apiculturists are making preparations
to accommodate him. From the 10th
to the 18th of April the hives will be
cleared Of old honey and thoroughly
renovated for the new store. It is very
important that the supply remaining
from last year should all be removed,
as very little left to commingle with
the new store will have tendency to
make the whole become candied much
sooner than otherwise. Aboutthe 18th
of April the bees will begin to accu-
mulate their sweetness, and from that
time till the middle of July the best
part Of tine season occurs. During
these three months the honey
made is of a pure white in
comb and almost of crystal clearness.
1t is gathered from the white and
black sage, the wild honeysuckle,
greasewood and other plants which
flourish during this time. Later in
the season, the product is somewhat
darker and consequently less market
able, although still excellent for table
use and in most countries would be
regarded as a wonderful article There
is much complaint in the San Fran
cisco market about the carelessness
with which the honey of Los Angeles
county is put up. Our product, it
must be remembered, comes in imme-
diate contrast with that of San Diego
county, where the bee-men are recog-
nized as the most thorough, enter
prising and best enlightened on@the
subject in the State. Bee culture is a
business in itself requiring the con-
slant care and attention Of an expert
enced man and cannot be left with "a
lick and PROMISE" as some farmers
who dabble with it seem to think.
Still the business is constantly gain
ing ground, and is falling into the
hands of men who make it a study,
and who will consequently max e it a
success. We hope in few years to
establish the claim that Los A ngeles
is second to no county In the State as
honey producer.
Year: 1875

Every individual corporation or as
sociation that publishes and distrib-
utes authentic information relative to
the soil, climate and resources of Cali
fornia is an immigrant aid society of
the right kind-of the kind that will
induce the immigration to this coast
of people who will become useful citi-
zens and valuable additions to our
population. Such aids to immigra-
ton do not cucumber their work and
cripple their usefulness by employing
ornamental agents, nor make sinecure
places for do-nothing clerks at large
salaries, which they ask to have paid
out of the State Treasury, nor do they
propose to induce men and women to
come by the tender of free passes paid
for with the peoples money. Their
object is simply the dissemination of
information relative to our State
among those who contemplate making
their homes in the beautiful vallies or
amid the sunny hills of the Pacific
Coast. Such immigrant aid is fur
nished by the HERALD pamphlet, the
Cucamonga pamphlet, the Centinela
pamphlet and Artesia's New Italy.
The originators of these publications
seek to induce immigration by show
ing the advantages which this
part of the State offer to the farmer,
fruit-grower and manufacturer, not by
offering free passes to those who have
no means at home and would become
dissatisfied and useless citizens here.
We are in constant receipt of letters
from people who have seen one or
more of the publications named, who
write for more light, but not for free
passes. Mr.. FREEMAN, Of the Cent?
nela, has been notified that company
of six hundred people will soon leave
Western Canada for this valley. The
editor of the Ne,0 Italy has informa-
ton that large number of families,
encouraged by the kind of aid we
name and favor, will start from the
East for Southern California in the
Spring. We welcome the people who
come here on the aid furnished by
these immigrant aid associations.
They come on their own means, with
willing hands and an earnest resolve
to earn their own living and build
their own homes.
Year: 1875

THE sale at auction yesterday of
fourteen lots owned by General BoU-
TON gives clear idea of the rapid ad-
vance of real estate In this city. The
lots sold at an average of little over
five hundred dollars each. One year
ago these lots would not have brought
two hundred apiece.
Year: 1875

Moore's Restaurant, on Commercial street,
is the proper place to go for a good meal, with
good cup OF coffee or tea to drink with it,
There Is probably no restaurant on the Pacific
coast where 30 many of the substantials and
So many OF the luxuries may be had for 25 cts


Dnn't forget the place-Moore's Restaurant,
Commercial street. Private eating rooms have
been neatly fitted up for the accommodation
of ladies'. i5-tf
Year: 1875

THE Express says 1t is bad taste on
the part of newspaper to announce
itself the representative journal Of
Southern California. Coming from
our evening contemporary it would be
worse than bad taste; it would be un-
Ann
Year: 1875

I learn from a newspaper that ga Kansas
widOwer was tarred and feaIbered the 9TH
rday because he didn't wear deep enough
mourning for his departed spouse This
reminds me Of the contest that has been
raging in our village between Brown and
Jones. Both Of them lost their wives on
the SAME day, and aler the funerals,
Brown appeared again in public with three
inches of grape on his high hat, while Jones
only had two. Jones was so much afraid
people would think be didn't mourn for
his wife as deeply as Brown grletod for his,
that be added four inches Of crapeto his hat,
whereupOn Brown, apprehending that peo-
pie would believe that he thought more
lightly fhis loss than Jones did Of his,
put eight inches ofcrape on his hat. Theu
Jones determined not be OUtdOne as a
mourner Of the dear departed, put on so
much Grape that it extended considerably
above the top Of his hat crown. Where
upon, Brown became excited, and, cutting
the crown from an old hat, be d0vetailed it
on his new one, and swathed it in Grape %
the summit. Jones was unwilling 10 display
envy, but the memory Of Mrs. Jones was
so sacred to him that be enveloped his hat
in pastebOard four feet high, and wrapped
it all in the blackest Grape he could buy.
But Brown feeling that his love for Mrs.
Brown demanded energetic action, bought
fifteen feet of stovepipe, jammed 1t down
over his hat, bandgaged it with 200 yards
of Grape, and once more appeared upon the
street. Then Jones sent to the city and
ordered hat eighty feet high, eraped six
inches thick. Il was sent home from the
freight Office on a dray, and the next morn
ing Brown knocked of, married the widow
Metcalf, and resumed business in a straw
hat Jones is having his mourning hat
cut up into lengths, and he hoped 70 be
able to fill his bets with them if his side
lost in the election.
Year: 1875

An old story contains a lesson which
married couples have not yet learned.
When Jonathan Trumbull was Governor OF
Connecticut, a gentleman called at his
house one day requesting a private inter
view. He said: 81 have called upon
very unpleasant errand sir, and want your
advice. Ny wife and do not live happily
together, and am thinking Of getting
divorce. What do you advise me to do"


The Governor at a few moments in
thought; then turning TO his visitor said,
ssHow did YOU treat Mrs. w. when you
were courting her? and how did you feel
towards her at the time Of your marriage?


Squire w. replied, IL treated her as
kindly as could, for I loved her dearly at
that time


aWell, sir" said the Governor, ''gO home
and court her now just as you did then
and love her as when you married her.
Do this III fear of God for one year and
then tell me the result


The Governor then said, "Let us pray"


They bowed in prayer and separated
When a year passed away, Squire W. call
ed again to see the Governor, and said
81 have called to thank you for the good
advice you gave me, and to tell you thai
my wife and 1 are as happy as when hrsl
we were married. 1 cannot be grateful
enough for your good counsel" 81 am
glad to hear it Mr.. W !" said the Governor
Gand I hope you will continue to court
your wife as long as you live"
Year: 1875

THE ghost of Louisiana viii not
down. 1t continues to furnish the
staple of editorial to journals of every
political shade. The Republican NelC
York Times says 1.-THE task which is set
for Congress in dealing with the
Louisiana question is not a simple or
an easy one, but it is very urgent, " ad-
ding:


The position in which the Republican
party is put by the report of the Con
gressional Committee Is a grave one.
Tue simple fact, which cannot be
evaded, is that the military of the
United States have been used, under
general instructions to sustain Gov.
Kellogg, IN giving the organization of
the lower House In the Louisiana Leg
islature to a majority fraudulently OBJ
tained. The fraud never could have
been consumated if the Marshal and
Collector of the United States had,
however, the courage, the honestly and
the common sense to oppose it. These
facts remain after all is conceded that
is claimed IN regard to the primG fGcie
validity of the returns made by the
board, and it is by such obvious and
general facts that the responsibility Of
the party viii be measured, no matter
what technical defenses may be inter
DOsed
Year: 1875




THE report of the Alabama In7esti-
eating Committee promises to be as
bloody as Radical emergencies call for.
White, Of Alabama, is busy framing a
bill in amendment of the enforcement
act, and hopes to rush it through the
House under the party gag. The
southern carpet -baggers are becoming
more influential in caucrs than tbey
were early In the session, and there is
no limit to their malignity. Accord
ing to Ne1V York Herald special the
majority Of the caucus committee for
devising appropriate legislation for
the South already favor the most Rad
ical measures, the power to declare
martial law and freely use the army be
ing the essential points Of the measure
TO be agreed upon.
Year: 1875

In the Bank Of France they have got
brick for which they paid 1000 francs in
specie. Il was taken frohi the ruins Of
burned house, and the image and figures Of
a note for 1000 francs are burned on the
surface, transferred BY the heat from real
note. This brick the bank redeemed on
presentation, as if it were a note itself.
Year: 1875

A UsEFTrI. and much needed invention
has been patented, a fountain pen, which
BY the pressure Of the thumb on a small
ball, projects a stream Of ink through the
holder and into the face OF the person who
is looking over your shoulder while you
are writing.
Year: 1875

IT is a small matter now, whether
ROde-ick Random Butler be expelled
from Congress or not. His constitu-
ents have already expelled him. Be
sides, he has drawn about all the back
pay and forward pay that he could get
hold of, anyway.
Year: 1875

THOSE who are curious to know why
the report of the COmptroIlership In
Testigating Committee was not sub
mitted with the testimony yesterday,
VIII find the whole matter explained in
our report of the House proceedings.
Year: 1875

ALITTLE girl in Milwaukee distinguish
ed herself the other day by lighting a FIRE
with a roll of paper she had seen her father
stuff away in an odd corner Of his bureau.
The roll contained something more than
eleven hundzed dollars.
Year: 1875

A YOUNG fellow in San Francisco sud
denly snatched a kiss from a lady friend,
and excused his conduct by saying that it
was a sort OF temporary insanity that now
and then came upon him. When be arose
10 take his leave, the plying damsel said
TO him, "If you ever feel any more such hts
coming on, you had better come right here,
where your infrmity is known, and we
will take care of you"
Year: 1875

WAAh0uN hG1A EOAAA1aAAoAs


CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-The rumoTs said to
be in circulation in New York of trouble
with the Fourth National Bank and two
other national banks of this city, have very
slight foundation in fact. Il is true that a
small draft of the Fourth National was
thrown out in New York yesterday, but
more than sufficient funds to meet not
only that draft, but any others outstanding,
were on the way to New York, and yester-
day an additional sum, more than sufficient
to cover any possible contingency, was sent
to its New York correspondent. So far as
reports Of trouble with any other banks are
concerned, the closest inquiry in the best
informed quarters show them to be without
foundation.


Another Contradiction,


Bankers and other business men of this
city, have been in receipt to-day of hume
rOus kilograms from New Iork, stating that
reports and rlImOrs were in circulate n, to
the effect, that there was an impending
financial crisis or panic here. These re-
ports were doubtless set afl0at for purpose
as there is not and has not bSen the slight
est foundation for them. The suspension
Tuesday, Of the Cook County National
Bank, did not create any excitement.
Year: 1875

that he thought the mate with
8 Of the crew in ? boat got
clear from the ship, they may
be heard from yet. The VOL
colt has gone cruising along the
coast of Vancouver Island, as
far as Barcley Sound. The
Gussie went South on this side
as far as Quillehute. The VOL
colt has taken Indians with ca
noes, to search along the shore.
If there is any enc alive on the
shores they will be picked up
by the Indians who. are on the
lookout. The people at Vic
toria should watch the beach,
from Sock to Race Rock, and
also on Dungeness and Regglas
Spit, as the current has been SO
strong from the Westward, that
the bodies which came into the
Straits, have gone far up.


There is no doubt butthat the
two saved will be all that will
be found alive except the one
boat if she made the shore. 1t
is evident that very little of the
steamer broke up except part of
the hurricane deck where the
wheel stood which was the
means of saving two men. The
three men who died on the raft
did not live IA hours and those
with life preservers on could not
live SO long. I have been out
two days among the drift kelp
where the bodies were found and
where the pieces OF wreck were
and failed to see anything which
l thought belonged to ship or
bark, all was light material that
belonged to a steamer. There
has been nothing seen of the
vessel that the steamer struck.
She must have sunk or gone to
San Francisco.


We spoke several vessels from
outside, and none saw anything
of disabled ship. The Wolcott
and pilot boat will continue the
search as long as there are any
hopes Of picking up the bodies.
The mate is supposed to have
got clear of the ship, with eight
men in the quarter-boat. The
quartermaster says Captain
Howell was the last man to


cave the ship.