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Year: 1875

IfOSpccIS.

 From a private letter from q friend--aB old Arkansian- --whc has heon trying Colorado for two or three years, we give the sub. joined extract:

 < * I leave Denver on the 10th inst. for the east, and after visiting my friends shall re- turn to my native South. I have recently returned from q pleasure trip across the Range; was out about four weeks hunting and fishing; had poor success as both game and fish are scarce owing to so many parties being out this summer. Was not very favorably impressed with the country saw on the western slope, and l re- gard it as the greatest fraud I ever saw. The only thing of note that l saw on the trip was the vast numbers of grasshoppers, and from indications they are un- doubtedly making preparations to winter there, so that next year another visitation from the pests can be expected.

 Since 1 wrote you last spring, l put in another-a second crop on my place, and up to the time I left for the mountains prospects looked flattcring for . good crop. On my return 1 find all had been taken by the grasshoppers-not the slightest vestigc of anything left.

 There is certain to be great suffering in Colorado this winter, as nothing has been raised or saved to subsist on. Everybody that can get away are leaving the country and going back to the States.

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 Your friend, W. NJ.

 From the account of our cor respondent we may safely sup pose that there will be large number who will leave the devas- tated regions of Colorado to seek homes in the States. To such parties we can say that Arkansas offers as fair inducements as any other state; provided, they are willing to come here and go to work. Indeed parties who have traversed the different states of the west and northwest, and who have made it their study to ascer- tain the best states for the immi- grant, have no hesitation in pro- nouncing Arkansas one of the very best localities in the Union. But as already remarked parties who come here must come with the expectation and determine. tion of making their support by honest toll. Those who are will ing to do this will here find q hearty welcome and plenty of labor. For those who will use in dustry and muscle, and who are seeking homes where the yield of the soil will always pay for the labor expended, we say Arkansas is the place. But if there be any who wish to be drones in the hive, we could not guarantee q very warm reception to them. We have no use for them. Our coun- try is new, rich and undeveloped, and we want ready and willing workers. Our people are work ing hard and living hard, and we want no loafers and loungers to be an impeachment to those who are so nobly struggling to open up and improve our country. We want helpers-active, energetic and willing helpers. To all such we say, come on.
Year: 1875

The dispatch from London stating that
'3the experiment OF bringing peaches per
the steamer Canada, from New York, in
a box on deck, arranged on a patent re-
frigerating plan, was success, the fruit
being delivered here in good condition,
and eagerly purchased" will be- grateful
news to the residents on the Peninsula,
and prove much more important to our
people than the most sanguine hoped
for. 1t gives assurance that foreign
market stands ready to receive the pro-
duct of our peach orchards, and that
fruit can be exported at less expense than
it was hoped it could be.


Itisunfortunatet that experiments were
not thought of earlier in the season.
Necessity, it is said, is the mother of in
vention, and we presume this is one OF
the good results from the surplus crop Of
peaches this year. The tremendous pro-
duct anticipated in the early part Of the
summer caused our peach growers to
make extraordinary efforts to find new
markets, and the shipment to Europe
grew out of this effort.


It is not only possible. but probable,
that the success in the shipment of
peaches, if it proves profitable, will lead
to to the shipment Of vast quantities of
other fruits,not now thought of, and that
millions of dollars will be saved that are
now lost from the fact that it will not pay
to pick and send several varieties of fruits
to markets that are already overstocked,
and the fruit is left to perish in the fields.
To the teeming thousands in European
cities these shipments will prove real
luxury, while they serve to help to i'm.
prove and make wealthy our own coun-
try, in which so many of the sons Of Er-
rope seeking more permanent homes for
themselves. In this light the whole world
Is to be benefited, and our great Repub-
lie and its institutions made to feel the
benefits also in as much as those who eat
Of the fruits of our country will more
certainly seek its shores that they may
grow the fruits and enjoy them more fully
and become themselves exporters there
of,
Year: 1875

Nor TRuE.-The New York Graphic, a
few days ago, mentioned the names Of
Governor Tilden and several other dis
tinguished Democrats, and said they
would be glad to hear of the defeat of
Governor Allen in Ohio. Among these
names was that of Senator BAYARp, of
Delaware. This is going too far in the
line Ct misrepresentation, and the Graph.
&c ought to have had more regard for its
yeracity than to be guilty of so gross a
falsehood. Of coEree we cannot answer
for the others, but we know that Senator
bAYARD desires and expects to hear of
the triumph Of the Democratic party in
Ohio and Pennsylvania, and its defeat
In either of those States will be cause OF
great disappointment and anxiety to him.
Year: 1875

The New York shipping List says:
"Who will care for Russia now, or China
either We can snap our fingers at both
Spanish fly is at dscount-his ''occupa-
ton gone 4 friend of ours. living i'm
New Jersey, where the potato bug has re-
cent? y set his foot down, gathered about a
quart of these intruders. and after killing
them and drying them by heat, powdered
them and tried their virtue on horse
lie made blister plaster in the usual way
and applied it TO the skin, and the result
Was that blister was produced upon the
animal as quickly and thoroughly as that
caused by fly blister. Who knows but
this pest has been sent to bless us instead
of plague us? There is plenty for him to
eat and enough left for all humanity, and
instead Of paying $3.50 per pound for the
imported, we may have them fresh for the
gathering. The creature, hcre-abouts at
least, is shaped and looks like large sized
castor bean and is not very unlike China
fly, without wings. BY all means let us
make him pay for his coming, if possible,
and perhaps his visits may become less fire.
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Year: 1875

There is much truth i'll the following
Perhaps some of our readers will rccog-
nize the likeness If it is true more than
half of the ill-will which men aud women
manufacture for mutual misery results from
the habit of emphasizing differences in an
offensive manner 1t is Just as well to
know the cause and, u We can, remove ii


There are some persons who seem to
make it their first object on forming a new
acquaintance to discover the points of
antagonism that exist between them. They
will inquire what political party or religious
sect he represents, or ask opinion upon
mooted question, and then proceed by their
flvorlte arguments to cOntrovcrt and dispute
his views. They hail the approach of
friend TO give him their testimony against
some of his cherished notions. to inform
him of recent facts that they have dis
covered aud fresh proofs that they have
received, as to the correctness of their own
views and the fallacy of his. There may
be twenty subjects on which they could
harmonizc with him perfectly, and where
mutual feeling cordially expressed would
unite them i'll bonds of sympathcy ; but
they prefer to seize upon single point of
difference, and harp upon it until the grow
ing excitement and displcasure produces a
mutual alienation of feeling, which at length
separates them. Such course convinces
no one, helps no one, inspires no one on
the contrary, it nourishes an antaGonsm of
feeling which is by no means an essential ac-
compartment of antagonistic views 1t dis
plays vanity and .egotism which are always
offensive it is directly opposed to the spirit
of freedom, which is Us eager to accord the
right of free thought as to calm it; it is,
moreover. the surcst way TO prejudice the
mind against the very views which are thus
unplcasantly into unwilling ears.


Upholding ones honest convictions is of
course a very different thing from dog
matism, egotism, or even vanity, and men,
therefore, may well be charitable toward
those of different crecdS in religion, and
different parties in politics Better always
to cultivate our sympathics and correspon-
dences. than our dislikes and antaeonismS,
and on such points as mercy, justice, and
amiablity, there is really no ground for
disagreement
Year: 1875

Baptist church for many years. and never
man down, and that attempt led by the
pastor. Nj. Fulton denied that he had at
tempted to sing the deacon down, but said
he thought they needed the Holy Spirit,
then he sang. and capped the climax by ask
ing Deacon Young to pray. The matter
will come before the regular church meet
ing, Friday night. when it will be seen
whether pastor who has his whole Off
cial board against him but two. and seventy
Of his prominent people signers OF request
that he should resign. can hold his place or
not
Year: 1875

The Ohio lynchers who strung up sup
posed ravisher and murderer on Friday
night, at Bellefontsine. not only made the
mistake of hanging the man without any
regard to the law Of the land. but It IS high
ly probable that they hung the wronglrpan.
A microscopic examination OF the hair
clutched in the dead woman's hand shows
that it probably belonged to the mans wife.
and it is very probable, indeed. that she
was the ASA ssin out of motives Of jealousy.
He protested his innocence to the last.
Year: 1875

The following family dialogue is reported
by the Buffalo Express


Jaiyis Is said to be very much annoyed at
the predicament in which his sou, George D.,
is placed just now Look at me George"
said the old gentleman the other day II
began a. an alderman, and here am, al the
top Of the tree and what is my reward
Why. when die, my sln will be the great
eat rascal in the city 10 this the young
hopeful replied Yes. dad, when you die
but not till then"
Year: 1875

SOME OLD DUrCH PRovERBs.-We
must row with the oars We have, and,
as we cannot order the wind, we are
obliged to sail with the wind that gives.


Patience and attention will bring us
far. If cat watches long enough at
the mouse's nest, the mouse will not es-
cape.


The ploughman must go up and
down, and whatever else may he done,
there is 10 other but the long way TO
do the work we'll.


Learn to sleep with one eye open.
As soon as the chicken goes to roost it
is a good time for the fox.


Fools always ask what time it is, but
the wise know their time.


Grind while the wind is fair, and if
you neglect, do not complain of Gods
providence.


God gives food to every bird, but he
does not bring it to the nest; in like
manner be gives US our daily bread, but
BY means Of our daily work.


The dawn of day has got gold in its
mouth.


He that lags behind in road where
many are driving always will be in a
cloud of dust.


Never set yonr feet in dirty and
crooked path for the love Of money. 1t
is a work that will bring bad interest if
you wish to suck honey Of thistles.


You will need long spoon if you
wish to eat with the devil out the same
dish. g
Year: 1875

1t is fact, as I've been told,
That people, in the days Of old,
Got rich in silver and in gold,
No matter what they bought or sold,


By minding their own business.
They did not try to wound ones fame,
Or SANDER anybody's name;
They cared not when you went or came
They pleased themselves--you did the


same,


II it was your own business.
And if man did what was right
In his own mind, and in the sight
Of God and law, by day and night,
He went ahead and fought the fight,


Determined on his business.
But in degen'rate modern days
There's quite change in peoples ways
And what person does or says
Must be held up unto the gaze


Of every busybody.
And if you do not tell them, too,
Where you are going, and what to do,
They get in such an awful stew,
THEY'LL even watch and follow you
These very busybodies.
And then they surely think they know
Just when you come and when you go,
And they will whisper so and so,
To every friend and every foe


These very busybodies.
But if we take the pains to see
Who these same busybodies be,
We find there's not he or she
Who has decent history,


Among these busybodies.
But let us no more notice take
OF evil tongues; but for their sake,
Well hope and pray they soon may
wake


From wickedness, and money make


By minGing their own business.
Year: 1875

Mr.. BEECHLR IN DANGER.-Ths fol-
lowing is taken from the Chicago Tn
bure: Beecher's unwholesome redness
looks to me like dreadful menace of
apoplexy. The slightest personal al
lusion to himself during the proceed
ings invariably deluges his face
with blood. He seems to swell in mo
ments of nervous irritation, and the
veins upon his forehead dilate to the
very point Of rupture. Once to day l
was alarmed by his fearful appearance.
His throat and neck were just as Grim
son as his cheeks, and his heart kept
pumping the dangerous food into the
brain until l thought TO see him com
pete the tragedy of falling out OF his
chair dead. Whether these acute con-
gestions will not be aggravated by his
helpless and terrible position inthe wit
ness chair, l am not learned enough to
declare. To my Judgment, the posi-
bility OF a dealh-blow that will tear the
filaments of his brain and smite him
with paralysis does not seem too remote
to be conjccturable. One day last week
his physician, DIR. Jewett, whose knowl-
edge of cerebral disorders is profound,
sat close to his patient with an anxious
frown upon his face, and | think may
pronounce him just as anticipative OF
such an end for Mr.. Beecher as am
myself. Those sudden and vertiglnous
fushes have a meaning which 1t does
not take physicians experience to dis
c1yer
Year: 1875

LIVELY BALL MATCH ON THE UNION GROUNDS.


The hutuals and Philadcphias played the seventh
game q their championship series yesterday with


lively ball and The result the defeat or the MutuaIs
by the large score Of IA 70 Some very pretty play
was shown BY the visitors in the second inning when
they treated their opponents 70 goose egg after the
three rst Mutual batters had secured their bases on
thrco clean hits. This due TO a beautiful double
play by Zetten, who, after catching 'rapidn liner
from Matthews bat turned quickly and threw the ball
third base before Hgham could to IT, In the
third inning the Philadelphas made nrst base
hite with total Of eight scoring runs and earn
ing i've Fulmer made two pretty plays at third


or the Mutuals Booth displayed considerable agility
al second base Hicks who caught the last ve innings
nd All that necessary that position and Start
made fine running foul bound catch. The following
a ha nrnre
Year: 1875

conspicuousiy ugly and placed building what is 20 be
done with ~


Colonel SrEBnias-rho arenal has proved 80 useful
70 all through that II Is vr0bable Ii will stand Tor
some time yet Il having been reduced in height and
thus made less conspicuous Nan formerly and its
color has been subdued by tratng over Il the vines
II IS there that the daily work ofNhe Meteorological
Observatory has been There
complete registers have been obtained NJ tho tempera
and pressure OF the air;sof the ERECTION force
and velocity of the wind Of the total atunt or every
fall Of rain the temporary variation OF every shower
and the depth of every snow Not day even SIM.
day or holiday, has been lost


HERALD CoNMissIoSER-When the original design OF
the Central Park Is completed how VIII il coIfoare
with those pleasure grounds or Europe which have
world celebrity


Colonel STEBBIss-As work or art IL will be su-
perior 70 any other park the world | say this with
confidence have visited the most celebrated parks in
Europe and am perfectly familiar with the systems
under which they have been laid out


Here the interview terminated
Year: 1875

Justice Tappcn in the Kings county Court Of Oyer
Tcrminer yesterday passed sentence ofncer Red
mond Joyce Of the Tenth precinct who had been con.
yIcted OF manslaughter In the fourth degree The
prisoner was sent Raymond Street Jail Tor term 0l
only twenty nine days. He dismissed from the
police force Immediately after the shooting The
oolorod people express much dissatisfaction over the
uuhtncss OF the sentence
Year: 1875

The MutuaIs play the st. Louis at the Union Grounds
to-day.


Al the Capitoline Grounds this afternoon, picked
ten from the Prospect Park Club will play ten selected
from the Capitone Club for the benefit OF Mr. Charles
Hunt, the courteous keeper Of the Prospect Park
Grounds
Year: 1875

The agricultural editor of the Even
ing Express should try his hand at
making q living on the sheep range of
Santa Monica and San Vicente rancho
without irrigation. We opine he
would soon lose his little cash at the
experiment. To succeed in making
vegetable matter sprout, mature aud
fractify on land where the pick, spade
and crowbar will ring for forty feet
under the surface will prove disas-
trous. This We know by sad expert
ence, and the man who misleads his
fellow into such an idea is no friend to
the county, city or State; in fact, it is
a gross injustice to humanity. The
fact that corn can be raised on the
Cienega, which, in English, is equiva-
lent to swamp, where the water is
within six feet of the surface, is no
criterion for what the mesa lands will
do without water. Those who try
them. and see their crop wilt before
the August and September sun, find
that not any amount of deep plowing
or continuous stirring of the soil will
bring to the reach of the plant suffi-
cient moisture to maintain the vital
energy of the vegetable kingdom,
jones' farming without water will be
like that of the Sage of Chapaqua-a
failure and laugh.
Year: 1875

the moment he can no longer aid in
the advancement of their interests.
The argument that Mr.. PAcHEco did
not permit his name to go before the
Republican State Convention has no
weight, because 1t is well known that
he was a candidate and that he wrote
letters to his friends in different parts
of the State assuring them that his


nomination by that Convention was


conceded fact. He only withdrew


from the contest when he was con-


vinced that the superior management
of GoRHAM had. drawn away his
strength and that his defeat was cer-
tain. The claim that the sore-headed
Republican will poll native California
votes in the role of the revengeful In-
dependent candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, is an insult to the intelli-


gence of the Spanish population.


They would have supported Mr.. Pa
CHICO as a Republican, but will not
vote for him as an Independent be-
cause they know he is not found in
that party on account of his belief in
the purity of that party's principles.
Year: 1875

4#t


Governor. PACHECO was given the
second place on the Independent ticket
with the expectation that he would
strengthen that weak and fiimsy COM
bination. 1t was a serious mistake.
Mr.. PAcHEco is personally popular,
and had he received the Republican
nomination for Governor he would
have made strong if not successful
race. But he was defrauded out of the
nomination by GoRHAM, and smart
ing under the slight thus put upon him
he rushed to the camp of the enemy
and sacrificed himself on the altar of
revenge. 1t was mistake which a
lifetime will not correct. BY this i'll
advised step he lost the political
friends who have stood by him so long
and unflinchingly, and gave himself
into the hands of those who will use
him while he is useful and drop him
Year: 1875

EDITOR HERALD: At the last meeting of
our City Fathers, Councilman Work man
stated that the City Treasurer refused to turn
over the city funds to Temple Workman.
Can you give any information as to the cause
for this act? TAXPAYER


Los Angeles, July 20, 1876


In accordance with a notice that
proposals would be received from the
different banks of the city for the de-
posit OF the city money, TEMPLE &
WORKMAN submitted a proposal to
take charge of the funds, paying there
for interest at the rate of thirteen per
cent. per annum. This was the high
est bid, and the Council accepted it as
offering the best terms for the city. 1t
now appears that the City Treasurer
refuses to comply with the order of
the Council to deposit the funds in his
hands belonging to the city in the
bank of Messrs. TEMPLE & Work
NAN. On what grounds he bases his
refusal we are not informed. Until we
learn to the contrary we shall take IL
for granted that Messrs. TEMPLE 4
WORKMAN stand ready to fulfil their
contract with the city. AS the city is
losing considerable in the way of in
terest while the money is withheld
from the bank, it is a matter which
requires the prompt attention of the
Council. The Council and the tax
payers have right to know why the
money is not deposited with the bank
offering the highest rate of interest, as
well as to know where and how it is
deposited. This is all the information
We are able to give taxpayer" at
this time. ;t f.af5
Year: 1875

Parties who attended the first days
sale of Santa Monica lots were struck
with the beauty of fine landscape
garden, laid out in front of, or rather
between the hotel and the bluff. There
were young pine and cedar trees and
beds of onions, all fresh and green and
apparently to the manor born. The
walks were bordered with sea shells,
and everything was lovely. These
young trees and onions were pointed
out to expectant lot-buyers as evidence
of what that sheep pasture might be
made to produce. The joke about this
garden has just leaked out. We have
it on good authority that the entire
garden was the work Of the night be-
fore the sale. The pine trees were in
pots planted below the surface, and
the onions were transplanted from a


Los Angeles garden. The shells are


the only part of the exhibition that


has not faded and withered.
Year: 1875

Now is your time! No such chance again in
one hundred years! This Bazaar is selling out
their entire stock of Dry Goods % per cent.
below cost, as they intend giving up their dry
goods business and keep only Gents FurniS h.
ing Goods. This is no bogus sale, but n genu-
inc selling out of our entire stock of Dry
Cry Goods, as You will find out by calling at
the Bazaar, corner of Main and Requena
streets, opposite the u S. Hotel. jei7
Year: 1875

A curious as well as a very valuable
strike was recently made in the old
Jefferson mine, at Cerro Gordo. Com
ing in amongst the galena ores is
streak of quartz literally bright with
gold-one piece of which, less in size
than mans fist carrying more than
$50 in the precious metal. Stil the
owners are not proud, and the working
of the mine goes right along.
Year: 1875

scenes she had passed through were
simply illusions; but then again
the dead hand-l0w could she ac.
count for thati She still felt its
pressure; her hand was perfectly
numb, and then the thought occur.
red to her that she had been lying
on it, and the pressure she had felt
was only caused by stagnation of
blood.


In a few moments TrOttie was full
ly awakened by little Kate, who
passed her arms around her neck,
and after kissing her, said: "Dear
Trottie, what is the matter with
you? Do tell me what made you
cry out in that dreadful manner"
Irottle only kissed her sister, but
did not give her any explanation as
to the cause of her cry; nor did
she to any one else.


No visit was paid that day by
TrOttie to her friend Martha Jones,
and no rum was purchased.
Christmas evening, however, could
not have passed more happily with
the family than it did, had Trottie
carried out her determination; and
the money the rum would have cost
was not only economical, but prob
ably q mischief not less terrible
than that which Trottie had witnes.
sed in her dream ayoided.- William
Gilbert.