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Year: 1875

A bit of gossip is going the rounds
oc the press telling how n certain
good citizen recently cut down an
immense oak tree on his premises,
because its gigantic size and won
derful beauty drew SO many visitors.
The tree had passed its second CEN
tury of life, and deserved a better
fate. Its fall brought forcibly to
mind the saying of an ancient lover
Of the forest. that the man who
would wantonly kill shade tree
would slay one of his fellow
creatures. 1t would be sad to be-
lieve this, however, for the waste of
forest trees in our land has been in
discriminate and universal. So far
has it gone that in some parts of
New England and the middle states
largo manufactures arc kopt in on
forced idleness during part Of the
winter months by reason of the
drouth, and the character of the soil
in other sections has undergone a
change for the worse. 1t would not
be bad idea if the north should
follow the example of the west in
avaiing itself Of the provision made
by national legislation for the ell
couragement of tree planting. In
Minnesota, since the act in question
was passed, fifteen million trees
have been planted in about seven
thousand acres. In addition to the
number planted on private places,
and not embraced in the assessors s
returns and on the railroad lines,
will bring the total for the state up
to 2O,OOO,OOO. This is just so much
solid wealth added to the Golfers of
the state, and tho trouble has been
comparatively trifing. In the great
decrease of forest trees, the item of
a national system of tree culture is
big with the promise of future
riches.-[N. Y. Commercial Adver-
tiser.
Year: 1875

rJ,HE CITY OF LOS ANGELES PROPOSES


i To make the following Improvement
along New High, Turner and Main streets, at
the expense of the property-holders liable to
be assessed therefor:


1t proposes to constructs a sewer and branch
sewer the desert ption and specifications OF
which are hereaft given, to-wit; The sewer
TO commence at che point where the center
line of New High st rect cuts the south line OF
Short, and running thence along New High
street to its junction with Turner street;
thence along Turner street TO Its Junction
with Main street; thence Al feet to the north
ern terminus of the Main and Arcadia street
sewer distant 80 feet from the intersection OF
the South line of Turner and West line OF
Main street. Said sewer shall be made Of 2
inch redwood, and shall be IA in. square on
the Inside, the top to be cfoss-laid and placed
two feet below the surface OF the street.


The branch sewer shall commence at q
point on center line of New High street dis
tant S27 feet South OF the point where IL Is met
by the center line of Turner street, and shall
run thence along said center line of New
High street 10 connect with the sewer above
described at the Junction of New High and
Turner streets. Said branch sewer shall be
M ade of redwood, inches thick, and shall be
10 inches square on the inside and the ton
shall be cross laid and placed feet below the
surface of the street. mrs l0t
Year: 1875

The soil is OF rich sandy ioam and free
from alkali. There are two OF three small
will be pointed out TO purchasers so that they
may know what they are buying. The char
acter of the soil is more like the warm mesa
lands of the country, than the low, damp corn
landa
Year: 1875

The great desideratum OF Southern Califor-
verted into desert, and with 1t the desert is
converted into O garden, 10 here easily Obtain
ed in great abundance. Suri.ce water is found
at a depth OF ten or fifteen feet and
Year: 1875

The rev railroad is completed at Anahcim
and runs directly along the southern portion
of our tract. We will Offer lands within from
one to three miles of Downey City as well
adapted for corn as any now under cnltiva-
ton. and there are none better in the world.
Year: 1875

Public School building, to cost over $4,000
Is now being erected and will be completed
before the second sale. The percentage of the
last sale devoted to the erection of this build
ing amounted TO over S3,O00, and the same
percentage 10 per cent on town property and
2h per cent. on farm property will be given
for the same purpose from the proceeds of the
next sale.
Year: 1875

Lucy H. Hooper writes to the Philadel-
phia Ercaiag telegraph about Alexis as
follows:


And so the grand Duke Alexis, that hero
of travel, whose love match and persistent
constancy to his bride made such pretty
chapter to royal romance has actually con-
sented to undergo the prosaic iormalities of
divorce. hear that his young wife be-
longed to Il noble Hessian family and was
maid of honor to the present Empress,
whose especial pet and iayoritc she was.
She was not pretty, but was extremely grace
ful and winning inmanner,and she possessed
a very fine and stylish figure. One evening
the Czarina saw her maid of honor enter all
in tears, and throwing herself at the feet OF
! her imperial mistress she confessed that she
was betrothed to the Grand Duke Alexis, be
sought the consent Of the Empress to then
marriage. That very night the too-fascinat'
ing demoscle was hurried of under police
escort towards the frontier and the Crane
Du ke received orders to join his regimen
without delay But the lover escaped and
fled to Germany, where he soon rcjoined hi
lady-loye, and they were married according
to all the rites of the Church. But tw'
years of matrimony and of the patemal dis


pleasure seems to have worn out the Prince


constancy, for Lie has consented to the di


yorce, is to be received into favor again q


the imperial court, and is shortly to join hi


regiment at Eheatherinenbourg, which


life pension is to be settled ON this discarde
= wife As the Grand Duke has succeeded


his grandiather's reputation of being Il


handsomest man i'm Europe he will doub


less soon find another, aud this time roy


bride. But what is to become OF the POT


deserted lady, who was undoubtedly his la'


full wife? And what of their infant so
x now nearly year old? May it not be wit
! in the limits Of possibilities that this chi
y or his descendants may one day become
ks source of trouble to the reigning family,
e, dint of pretensions to the crown, viii
p" would be only too well foundedg
Year: 1875

The LIFE TO CONE,-What does man
take with him when from the extreme verge
of life he launches into what lies beyond?
1t looks as if he took nothing. BE it the end
or be it a new beginning, it seems fatal
breaking of from all that life hitherto con-
sisted in, This is what makes it terrible,


But five look at it truly, his past life is
just the one thing that man takes with him
when lie dies. lie takes himself And that
self is the product Of all his past experience
and actions, As an oak bears in itself the
result OF every shower that through long
years has freshened it, Of every gale that has
toughened it or stripped its boughs, of sum
shine that has fed it and the drouth that has
parched it, so Il man, when he stands at the
end Of life, is what he has been made by al
his joys, suflerings and actions That i,
what he tlkes into another world.


The life to come and the life that now i
are parts ofone another They are related


The strength we gain by our victories thi
year. aud the weakness into which we com
by defeat, will be part Of Us next year.
So, there is not an act, not word but cast
its influence forward into the to morrow thi
] lies beyond death.
Year: 1875

Last evening about O'Clock in front of the
Center Market, James Brown, colored man
was run over by buggy, driven at furious rate
by william Yates. Brown was severely injured
about the hands. Yates did not stop to see what
injury he had done, but drove hastily away.
Year: 1875

To the Editor Orths National Republican:


Sir: II was Milton, I think, who wrote the
famous line, The conscious water saw its God
and blushed," and it's my opinion, Il the Potomac
water was not lost to all sense Of shame II would
"blulh" even at the sight of q WasherWOman. 1t
is really dreadful to be obliged to use and drink
such stuff, and I'm positively afraid it's poison,
like what you say this morning as to having
all the reservoirs cleaned out. 1t won't do
any harm, and It might do q good deal Of
good. There is almost as much danger Of being
heightened into disease and death by false i'm.
aginlnRs IS there is in real trouble and as for me
can't imagine anything less than a dead whale
in each reservoir. Give the officers who control
this thing no rest till they purify the reservoirs


Yours, truly, CLEoPATRA
Year: 1875

Harry Brooks commenced at the Avenue thea.
tire, yesterday morning at o'clock, the tremsn-
dous task Of walking q thousand half miles in
thousand half hours, consecutively. 1t will take
him nearly twenty days to finish the work, and
there are very few men in the world who would
ever dare TO undertake It. This walk does not
interfere with the full and regular programme at
this popular resort.


Comique Summer Theatre.


The fearful heat did not keep the patrons Of the
Comique away lastn night, They were out in force
to enjoy the list Of good things nightly offered
them.
Year: 1875

The suggestion in the Eagle as re-
CARDS the use of coke instead of coal
for furnaces during the present coal
famine is thus spoken Of by the Pitts
burg Commercials


"The strike of the pudd.e's in the
Pittsburg mills has caused the ship.
ment of large quantities of muck bar
from the East, thus giving increased
employment TO Eastern puddlers
while our own remain idle. 30 the
strike of the coal miners in the anthra-
cite region is likely to cause al active
demand for Pittsburg coke The
Eastern furnaces, having exhausted
their coal supplies, must blow out, OIL
get fuel from some other quarter
1t is stated that arrangements are now
making for supply of coke from this
city sufficient to keep the Eastern fur
naces in blast. Coke can be delivered
at Harrisburg at nine cents q bushel
and the cost of the metal would b,
about the same as il anthracite Goa
were used. ."-Readfng Eagle.
Year: 1875

A Devonshire lad repeating the
Lord S Prayer to his teacher, when he
came to the petition land give us this
day our daily bread, suddenly
stopped and inquired, MGyn't es az for
a crume Of butter pout'"
Year: 1875

An honest old Pennsylvania farmer
ON being asked if he didn't want to
buy one of the "Thistle Sewing Ma
chimes" got mad and drove the agent
from the door, declaring that thistles
come fast enough without sewing ON
aYn "
Year: 1875

John Comstock, who discovered the
famous gold mine that bears his name


blew his brains out at Bozerann. Mon.
tana, in the fall of 1870, being led to the
rash act by reason of dissipation anG
want. He disposed of the lode for g
mule, shotgun and bottle Of whisky
Year: 1875

1t is kind of hand~to>mouEh
policy which President MacMahon
now follows. All his efforts to
secure a ministry from the ma>
jority which recently opposed him
in the Assembly having proved
unavailing, he has concluded to re-
tain his present Cabinet until he is
again defeated. What he will then
do we are not told; but it would be
easy to tell him to what policy he
ought to commit himself. English
politicians think that a Dissolution
of the Assembly is now as much a
matter of advantage to him as it is
to the French nation.


We know very little about French
politics, but arc disposed to endorse
any opinion coming from Glad.
stone if that Statesman is among
those who so regard q Dissolution.
Year: 1875

Recent dispatches say Butler will
force the Civil Rights bill to an
issue on Monday.


Rip on General. You have rip~
ped yourself out Of Congress, and
will soon, We hope, rip Radicalism
out Of the Country. You are just
the man to do such good thing.
Year: 1875

goods cloths weighing seven and half pounds being
weighted 20 the extent Of three pounds order to sell
them al ten and half pounds There large quant-
ties OF these in course OF preparation for foreign
kets


American goods, it Is shown on the other hand
tain only the size needed for their manufacture and
are superior IN grade TO any other Moreover judged
by the actual quantity Of cotton each fabrics are
fouLd to be about fifteen per cheaper than the
British, proving that in spite OF the advantages our
rivals enjoy regards the Of labor and capital
our manufacturers able TO compete with them
on fair terms in foreign markets The knowledge Of
this fact which is demonstrated by comparing current
prices, ought 10 be encouraging cotton spnnes
who now need all the customers they find The
Chinese buy cotton fabrics to the amount Of about
s45 100000 annually from England, and If We convince
them that we offer better goods we must eventually
secure large share Of that trade.


EXPORTS COTTON wooLLES GOODS.


The following statement Of exports Of cotton and
woolen goods from the United States to the United
Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland and China for
the fiscal years ending June 80 1878, 1874 and 1875
have been furnished by Edward Young, Chief Of the
Bureau Of Statistcs:-
Year: 1875

disease resembling the epizooty has broken out
among the horses Of Newark and the surrounding dis
trict The symptoms the same, modified, as
those which foreran the trouble two years ago. The
horses sneeze and cough and in the moro
at the nose. Unlike then however, the horses
now eat and work we'll Livery stable Keepers are
much alarmed The disease has broken out
among the Fire Department horses but in very mild
form In Orange the horses are touched With the
troubla
Year: 1875

A suit which is being made up in the furnishing houses for fall wear will serve as model for mothers who are pre- pairing their daughters outfits for school. This is made of camel s-hair serge, merino, or empress cloth of the shades that are now in fashion for young girls. It is designed for girls from four to fourteen years of age, and is made of two shades of brown. The handsomest suits are of camel's-hair, trimmed with rows of soutache and gros grain ribbon bows. The kilt skirt shows both shades of the color the plain front is light brown, and on each side of it are foul dark plaits, then four light ones, and SC on all around tho skirt dark brown bows are down the middle of the front. The basque is fastened behind the middle of the back and vest are light the side bodies are dark the sleeves are dark, with light cuffs. The trimmings are three rows of dark soutache braid and binding of silk braid. A long loose sack of simple and graceful shape is to be added for the street. This is made entirely of the dark shade, is mere ly corded on the edge, has pockets be- hind, and is fastened by three long looped bows in front.
Year: 1875

A Paris correspondent writes The Figaro has introduced an innovation j; the first column on the first page is a daily memento of the chief sights and events of the city that hardly ever find their way into any journal either by ad- vertisement or special paragraph. Thus, such a restaurant has special dish to- day such shop famous picture the central markets dis play such luxuries ; if spectacle be on the top5s you are in formed the best moment to attend to observe the fashionable crowd and the proper time to retire what meetings are to be held: what marriages cele- brated what sumptuous funerals to come off. It is 8 kind gof notebook compiled by "men about town" who have argus eyes and admission every where. The cost of preparing that column of really valuable mems is said to be equal to the fourth of the expense of the writing for the entire journal.
Year: 1875

A Vicksburger who brides himself on his choice language was over in Louisi- ana the other day on business, and stop ping at a farmhouse to get drink of water, the woman remarked that the crops stood in great need of rain.

 "Yes, rain is the great desideratum, <" he replied, as he handed the tin dipper back.

 "Mary Mary r yelled the woman, in loud tones.

 A white-headed girl of sixteen came out of the back room in response to the call, and the mother continued:

 "Take 8 squar view of him, Mary 1! He don't look as if he knew enough to blow cotton, and yet he just got off a word as long as from here to the mule pen and back, and he may be holdin' on to more 1" S e

 The Vicksburger walked right away from there.
Year: 1875

An old man died near Paris the other

 day who was known as the ''honest gal ley slave" When he was twenty years of age he fell in love with young girl,

 and as her father refused his consent to their marriage, they eloped. The lovers were pursued and arrested on the com plaint of the infexible father. The young man was tried for having ab- ducted his beloved, she being not yet of age, and was condemned to ten years ill the galleys. The daughter was con- signed to semi-conventual institution.

 Ten years passed, and on his discharge our hero found the cause of his disgrace still faithful to him. They were mar ried and came to America. After some time they returned to France and set tied down in their native land. He made such worthy use of the fortune he had honorably won in this country that he was always called the friend of the unfortunate. Three thousand per sons followed his remains to the grave.
Year: 1875

A disagreeable reptile known in Turk ish as calcale has lately made its appear ance in the cotton plantations in the Thracian peninsula. The calcale is a species of worm, especially fond of the cotton and melon plant and the vine Its feeding hours are during the night, when it crawls up the stem of the plant and sucks out the juice. In the daytime it lies hid in the earth, and the peasants are consequently obliged to hunt for it at night. When the calcale appears in cotton and melon fields, it can only be exterminated by planting the fields with grain, which it will not touch, for at least two successive years. In vineyards the remedy employed is to dig up the earth to a considerable depth round" each plant. The villages on the European coast of the Hellespont produce large quantities of cotton for exportation, and the appearance of the calcale worm is a serious disaster.
Year: 1875

To an interviewer, Henry Ward Beecher said he did not know anything of the serving of the notice of new trial in his case, further than what he read in the papers, and added "I did not come all the way to the White noun tains to be bothered about the affair"

 "Mr. Beecher, have not your counsel sent you word that the notice has been served ?"

 ''No, and am glad they have not"

 "You don't seem to be at all interested in the matter"

 "Nor am I. I feel very much like the big Scotchman whose wife used to beat him. He was asked why he allowed her to beat him so hard. He answered z Oh, it amuses her and don't hurt me. !"
Year: 1875

Mir. Andrew Williams and his son, while saving poplar tree two and a half feet in diameter ill Paris, Tenn, into saw stocks, sawed into cavity eight inches through and four or five feet long, which had grown up so as to leave no mark on the outside of the tree. In this hollow was found some hickory nuts, partly eaten by squirrels, and a bone ot the lower part of the arm of man. From the number of rows of pores that the tree had outside of the cavity in which the bone was found, it is esti. mated that 1t had been there about one hundred years, and must have been ot some of the aboriginal tribes that inhab tied this part of Tennessee.
Year: 1875

Persons visiting New York or leaving by the cars from Grand Central Depot will save an novance and expense of carriage hire and bag gage expressage by stopping at Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. Over $50 elegantly furnished rooms and fitted up at cost of $900,000. European plan. Guests can live more luxuriously for the money at the Grand Union than at any other first-class house in New York. Stages and street cars pass the doors to all parts of the city. See that the hotel you enter is the Grand Union Hotel.- GO11l
Year: 1875

The damage done to the crops by the late floods amounts in many cases to half their value. The New York Herald says: Is it not time that some we'll con- sidered plan were adopted by the national government to remedy the evil which in most cases is the result of defective drainage or badly constructed system of levees :? The increased value of the crops would soon pay for the outlay.
Year: 1875

and then return; that stout hands should hold the ropes attached to the hooks; that the logs should then be loosened and the body released. Attempts were made during the afternoon to carry out the plan, but the men were too weak and the waters too strong.
Year: 1875

Recently two inkstands and pen were dug up at Pompeii. The pen is of metal and made almost similar in shape to our quill pens so in the writing line the moderns are not 80 far ahead after all.
Year: 1875

No young lady can be too well in
structed in any thing which will affect
the comfort Of family. Whatever
position in society she occupies, she
needs practical knowledge of house
hold duties. She may be placed in
such circumstances that it will not be
necessary for her to perform. much do
mestic labor; but on this account she
needs no less knowledge than if she
was obliged to preside personally over
the cooking stove and pantry. Indeed
have thought it was more difficult to
direct others, and requires more expert
ence, than to do the same. work with
our own hands.


Mothers are frequently SO nice and
particular that they do not like to give
. up any part of the care of their child
rem. This is a great mistake in their
management; for they are often burd-
ened with labor and need relief Child
ren should be early taught to make
themselves useful; to assist their parents
every way in their power, and to con-
slider it a privilege to do so,,s ,uij-
-, Young, people f.can not realize the
|, ,importancei Of q, tborough, knowledge, OF
house wifery; but those who have suffer
ed the Inconvenience and modification
of ignorance can well appreciate it.
Children should be, early ipdulged in
their disposition to back and expert
ment in various ways. 1t is often but
troublesome help that they afford;
still it is a great advantage to them.
know little girl who at nine years
old made loaf of bread every week
during the winter. Her mother taught
her how much yeast, salt and -four to
use, and she became quite an expert
baker Whenever she is disposed TO
try her skill in making simple cakes or
pies she is permitted to do So She is
Thus, while amusing herself, learning
and important lesson. Her mother
calls her little house,keeper and often
permits her to get what is necessary
for the table. She hangs the keys by
her side. and very musical is the jing-
ling to her ears | think before she is
out OF her teens, upon which she has
not yet entered, that she willha some
idea how to cook.


Some mothers give their daughters
+ the care of housekeeping, each week
by turns. 1t seems to me good ar
rangement and a most useful part OF
their education. Domestic labor is by
no means incompatible with the highest
degree of refinement and mental culture.
Many of the most elegant, accomplish
ed women | have known have looked
well to their household duties, and
have honored themselvs and their
husbands by so doing.