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Year: 1875

Be industrious. The world is already burdened by loafers, idlers, and non producers, all of whom have to be sup ported by those who work. Begin early to teach your children the value of labor and industry. Make your calculations to be busy and usefully employed as long as you live. The idea of living the first half of ones life under double pressure, md then. after getting a competence, retiring from all active life and living easy upon the interest of the capital ac- quirod, is the height of folly. It is con trary to nature, and must work disas- trously both to tho body and the mind. Be industrious at some paying branch of your business, and earn money to use as we'll as to keep.

 As we look around among the farmers of our acquaintance, we sec many who spend most of their rainy days and even ings at the village stores or post-oflice, discussing the weather, the crop pros poets, tho general news of the village, and sometimes a little politics.

 As general rule, one had better be at home attending to the plans or details of his business, or reading books or papers that would teach more valuable lessons than can be learned at the corner grocery or village post-office.
Year: 1875

If it can be so contrived, bedroom carpet should not be put under any heavy pieces of furniture, and then it can be the oftener taken up; nor should it go entirely under the bed, for that portion of the floor should be washed over every week. In placing the furni- ture contrive if possible that the bed stead should not be placed opposite a window, for the light falling upon the eyes, especially in the early summer mornings, is often injurious to sight. If this cannot be avoided, and also when the room is exposed to hot sun at any time of day, most excellent device, be cause it Is at the same time effectual and inexpensive, is to pin green glazed calico over tho white blinds. This does not show at all outside the house, neither does it look untidy inside the room; ana it softens the glare in delightful man,
Year: 1875

When Martin Van Buren was candi- date for the Presidency against Harrison a Pennsylvania Congressman originated the story that President Van Buren had so departed from the simple habits which should characterize the chief magistrate of republic as to ostentatiously furnish the White House table with gold spoons We believe the spoons were only salt spoons, but even these were considered in those times distateful innovation, and their introduction in the executive household undoubtedly damaged Mir. Van Buren in the exciting canvass which resulted in his defeat.
Year: 1875

The Missouri river is playing the same trick that the great Father of Waters has been guilty of for so many years. Re ports along the 4 former e river s.;y soy that with buildings and Improvements, are being swept away by the turbulent stream. Nearly all the islands in the river have been swept away, and it is believed that tho June freshets will do a damage that will be frightful.
Year: 1875

THE MoRMoNs.-The trial of John D Lee and w. H. Dame at Salt Lake, for connection with the Mountain Meadow massacre, will not take place this term of court. They were arraigned and pleaded not guilty, their counsel asking for inn mediate trial, but the prosecution was not ready.
Year: 1875

The scene occurred in railroad car on the Union Pacific road, ill which two men were gambling, while the rest of the passengers looked on. One of the gamesters was type of the profession als who "work" '" the road-a desperate trickster, sleek and ugly; the other was rough, grizzled miner, not a sham, but bona fde miner, fresh from the moun- tains and carrying abundance of money. The game-draw poker-was for large stakes, and played silently and watch fully. Finally huge pot accumulated; each man had evidently a good hand and was resolved to stand by it. The pile of notes was huge. Each man raised the other, until finally the miner "callcd" The gambler showed his haud-three acesand two queens-at the same time covering the money with his hand The miner uttered not a word :; he merely took two of his five cards and laid them down; they were aces. This meant five acres ill the pack. The gambler had dealt Then the miner reached back like lightning, drawing q huge revolver. He cooked it and placed the muzzle between the eyes of the gam ble. Not word was spoken, but each of the two men looked steadily into the eyes of the. other Soon the gamblers hand upon the money began to draw back, and the gamblers form as well. The revolver followed. The gambler stepped into tue aisle, and at this point passengers in the car seemed to lose their interest in the game, most of them trying to get under the seats. The gambler backed down the aisle toward the door, and as he passe d out the mug gle of that hugerevolver still stared him in the face. Then the miner put up his pistol, pocketed the money, lit his pipe and was as other men. Not a word had been spoken from-- the time the "call '' was made. It was merely one of the rare occasions where gambler on the Union Pacific mistakes his man. It isn't always safe to fool with an honest mineR
Year: 1875

dence could be restored, but the
failure of the Bank of California
and the Trust Company has shaken
confidence on the part of the
usually unwary, so that it will take
time and the greatest possible
patience to lead them on again.


1t is pity Brother Hammond is
not here now to attemdt another re-
ligious revival. People are so very
down hearted, it would greatly favor
him, and even stock dealers might
become converted. Moody and
Sankey in Brooklyn, are being
greatly favored, lit is said, though the
gloom and depression in financial
circles, and SO they very likely
would be here.


The loss of the Pacific" has
fastened it's gloom also on our peo-
pie. Taey are looking for nything
now, that is terrible, and if first
class earthquake could be stirred
into action, it would meet the views
of the croakers in all particulars.


The races have brought a great
many strangers among us from the
East, so that the Palace is at pres
ent doing passably. Five dollars a
day for single rooms on the court,
and six dollars on the streets is the
usual price, and seven if the luxury
of bathroom is added; so line
your pockets and come to the
Palace, which will be very happy
to greet you.


The rains are doing their best to
make themselves welcome giving
US bit of warm, sunny weather,
and letting the foliage put on its
prettiest verdure; it does not drive
itself upon us, bnt comes In gentle,
soothing showers, SO we can only
say, thank you, we are happy to
see you"


CYNTHIA ANN
Year: 1875




DEAR TINES:


TIE world has all gone wrong.
There is not day passes but some
thing new comes up to check the
ambitions gambler in his headlong
run Saturday enjoyed themselves in
the stables, while their owners ours
ed outside, and wished that some-
thing could be done to check tho
fall of water, with which the skIe
were inundating the earth.


Vigorous betting subsided after
the day broke and the track was
found to be too wet for present use,
but that does not matter, enthusiasts
tic Englishmen are still in hopes,
and if we can in California get
Derby day regularly established,
will be too happy. 1t is good
thing to have holidays, and now il a
race day can be made holiday of
what perfect bliss. These enthusiasts
now believe that the first fair day
will be the race day, and that busi-
ness will be closed IN order that
clerks rs we'll as masters, shall en-
jov the races. 1t is fine thing to
cultivate and breeding good horses.
Horses that will outstrip the wind,
that shall become an institution and
shall help mankind to deveiope his
lower propensities, in order 10 get
money without an equivalent. What
"A fine race we are going to have one
OF these days. A race that will beat
the world if it continues to progress
in the way it has been doing, from
the first coming to California up to
the present. Is is fine thing to
live on excitement, to have nothing
else to do but stimulate ones self
by all kinds of sensation, to begin
with liquor to end with racing. 1t
was pride once to keep from gam
bling, it Is a pride now to be fir st
class gambler in California. Not, of
course, in the old fashioned Cali
fornia style of doing it, not by call
ing people together by bands OF
music, and telling them to come in
aud see what fools they can make OF
themselves, by letting professional
gamesters swindle them, but by
saying: BY Jove, what fine horses
we have, how they do run, raising
stock should be encouraged, let us
bet little to help the movement,
and the blase man of the world
stimulates himself alresh, and in
vites the young ones to join him just
to show the spirit OF the times, to b
that OF putting on steam in all
things.


1t is good thing to be rich so
every body says, but to be rich just
now, has dark side to it. People
get money to bet with someway, but
nothing besides. Real estate secu-
rity of the best quality will not bring
money from anybody's pocket and
every body wonders what has be-
come of it, and why people are no
encouraged to pay interest any
longer on small or larger sums whe
exorbitant interest might be obtained
by usuers. 1t does look as if it has
disappeared entirely, but where ca
1t have gone to, when the Who'll
world complains of its lack.


The Stock Boards are forlorn.
Three days We're given TO mourning
for Mr.. Sherwood. 1t may be, fast
ing and prayer was included in the
absence of business, but nothing
came of it, not stock stirred !;
everything opened again with dull
ness.


The advocates of stock gambling
declare, if an excitement could be
gotten up in stocks, the world
would move again. 1t might be
perhaps, if the money is stored
away in old stockings, and conf
Year: 1875

THE WHITE HoUsE.-This fine
establishment melted down before
the big fire, but the proprietors
still live and still claim the lead in
the clothing business. To prove
that they are still alive and mean to
maintain their former enviable
reputation as clothiers, Messrs.
Cohn & Isaacs have now a bigger
and better stock than ever, and are
daily supplying customers at their
new location, 1873 South Q street.
Their large assortment OF Winter
clothing and gents under and dress
wear is the best ever brought to the
city. Come in and see us.
Year: 1875

NOTICE is hereby given that the city OF
~ Los Angeles intends making the follow
ing Improvements on Fort street from its in


tersection with Third street to and including
its intersection with Second street:


! The street shall be graded in the following


manners: The road-bed shall be prepared by
cutting dOwnOr filling up the street to o sub
grade eight inches below the established grade
manner as TO give it slope of one foot in
thirty towards the cutters. The road-bed hav-
ing been prepared along the whole of one
block and having been accepted by the City
Surveyor, it shall then be surfaced with ce-
ment gravel to the depth of eight inches.


! The curb shall be of redwood 3Xl2 inches,
spiked to posts of redwood AKA inches and
three feet long set in the ground on the inside
of and two feet below the bottom of the curb
Said posts shall be not less than six feet apart
and in addition thereto there shall be
similar post set in the same manner at each
and every joint of the curb, to which both
ends of he curb shall be spiked, there SHAH


be stake of 3x4 redwood and two feet long
set in the ground opposite to and four feet in
side of each post. There shall be a key of lx4
redwood and four feet long nailed with not
less than two ten-penny nails at each end to
and connecting the stake to the post; said key
to be placed four inches below the topofthe
curb. The top of thecurb shall be placed two
inches below the established grade.


I The sidewalks shall be twelve feet wide and
shall be filled in or cut down az the curb to
within six inches of the established grade, as
may be necessary, with "a slope of two inches
from the inside of the sidewalk towards the
gutter. IL shall then be filled in with four
inches of cement gravel and properly Ieveled.
Two box culverts shall be placed across the
Intersection Of / ort and Second streets, to be
made o. 3-inch redwood. They shall be three
feet wide and one foot deep an the inside, and
SO placed as TO serve@as crossing; the bottom
70 be laid longitudinally and the top cross
ways NJ. KREMER,


apis l0f Clerk of Conn., Council.
Year: 1875




Schneider concluded to go to the
mines the other day, and some one
told him that he should buy horse.
1t struck him just then that he had
heard a man want to sell one, down
town, SO he went to See that man.
The man laid his hand atfectionately
on Schneider's back, and recsm-
mended the horse. He said the horse
was kind and gentle, and would not
balk; he then invited Schneider to
examine the horses legs, feel of his
muscles and chin him, all of which
had Its due effect on Schneider, 1who
didn't know much about horse He
looked, however, into the horses
mouth, and remarked that his teeth
were pretty long; and the man said it
would take long time to wear them
down. This settled the matter with
Schneider, who bought the horse at
once; then he took the rope and went
to lead him home. He started out at
a brisk walk, but when he got to the
end of the rope, he was astonished to
find the horse didn't move; SO he went
back and adjusted the rope and tried
again. This time Schneider was
heard to mutter something between
his teeth, but still he did not bulge
him. One. of the by-standers now un-
dertook to help him, and got behind
the horse; with the aid of a fOur-year-
old club and a bushel of rocks he
started him; Schneider, meantime,
had the rope over his shoulder, and
was tacking from one side of the street
to the other and pulling like loco
motive on freight train. He got on
pretty we'll in this way till he got to
the bridge, and here the horse con-
cluded to stop. The perspiration was
now running from every pore of
Schneiders body, and his undershirt
was trying to get up under his arm
pits. but he was bound to get that
horse home So he talked quite
while to the horse in Dutch, and ex-
amined his head with fence-board.
The horse then commenced a retro
grade movement; but this Schneider
was determined to prevent, ifpossible,
so he faced round and held on till the
heels of his new boots pulled off; then
he left off and looked at his hands and
spit on them and commenced to talk
Dutch again; but he hadn't given it
up vet, you bet. He just walked over
to the store, bought a log-chain and
four-inch rope and then hired four
teen mule team to haul that horse
home. Schneider wants to know if
there is any law that will send a man
! to the penitentiary for selling horse
that won't lead.-SO,Hheyn CatJOr-
nidn. ta 6Es q
Year: 1875

NoTicEIS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
- the city of Los Angeles intends making
the following improvements on Spring street
from and including its intersection with
Fourth street to its intersection with Fifth
street:


The street shall be graded in the following
manner: The road-bed shall be prepared by
cutting down or filing up the street to a sub
grade eight inches below the established grade
along the center line of the street, and in such
manner as to give it slope of one foot in thir-
ty towards the curb. The road-bed having
been prepared along the whole of the block
and having been accepted by the City Sur
veyor, 1t shall then be surfaced with cement
gravel to the depth of eight inches.


The curb shall be of redwood, 3x12 inches,
spiked to posts of redwood 4x4 inches and
three feet long set in the ground on the inside
OF and two feet below the bottom of the curb.
Said posts shall be not less than six feet apart
and in addition thereto there shall be a SINH
lar post set in the same manner at each and
every joint Of the curb, to which both ends of
the curb shall be ST liked. There shall be a
stake of AKA redwood and two feet long set in
the ground opposite TO and four feet inside Of
each post. There shall be a key of lX4 red
wood and four feet long nailed with not less
than two ten-penny nails at each end 10 and
connecting the stake to the post; said key to
be placed four inches below the top of the
curb. The top of the curb shall be placed two
inches below the established grade.


The sidewalks shall be ten feet wide and
shall be filled in or cut down .it the curb to
within ssx inches of the established grade (as
may y'be necessary viii h slope of two inches
from the inside of the sidewalk towards the
gutter 1t shall then be filled in with four
inches of gra, ell and properly leveed.


Two box-culverts shall he placed across the
intersection Of Spriug and Fourth streets, to
be made of three'nch redwood They shall
be three. feet wide by one foot deep on the in
side, and so placed as to serve as crossings.
The bottom and sides To be laid longitudin-
ally; the top crossways.


apl3 lot Clerk of Com. Council.
Year: 1875

BIBLE WINE.-In the recent synod of
the United Presbyterian church of
Scotland there was an animated, and
towards its close, very heated debate
on the old topic of :" Bible wine," in
volving the question of the use of the
fermented grape for saeramental pur-
poses. The use of fermented wine at
the Lords Supper it was argued by
some of the disputants, justifies its gen.
eral use, and is inconsistent with the
doctrine of total abstinence. Professor
Calderwood, of the University of Edin-
burgh, took strong ground in favor of
fermentel wine as the only true Bible
wine and he has carried his point, the
synod by decisive vote refusing to
sanction the use of unfermented grape
juice as an appropriate symbol of the
blood of Christ. This action of the
legislature of the Scottish Church will
seem scandalous to some of our total
abstinence extremists, who have for n
good many years found terrible block
in Paul's advice to Timothy, and in
the miracle of the Saviour on the we'd
ding feast, when he turned water into
wine,
Year: 1875

A FEMALE SPIDER. R.-Only the female
spiders spin webs. They own all the
real estate, and the males have to live
a vagabond life under the stones and
other obscure hiding places. If they
come about the house so often as to
bore the ruling sex, they are mercilessly
killed and eaten. The spiders skin is
as unyielding as the shells of Holsters
and crabs, and is used from time TO
from time to time in the same way to
accommodate the animals growth. If
you poke over the rubbish in female
spiders back yard, among the cast off
corsets you will find the jackets of the
males who have paid for their society
with their lives trophies of her barbar-
ism as truly as scalps show the savage
nature of the red man.-Prof. e. S.
Morse.
Year: 1875

MARK TWAIN ON MosouTo NETS. -
Mark Twain, in letter to the inventor
of a mosquito net, talks in this way
about mosquito nets, "There is moth
ing that just and. right-feeling man


rejoices in more than to see o mosquito
imposed on, put down and brow-beaten
and aggravated, aud this ingenius con-
trivance will do it. And it is rare
thing to worry fly with, too. A fly
will stand off and curse this invention
till language utterly fails him. have
seen them do it hundreds of times. /
like to dine in the air on the back porch
in summer, and so would not be with
out this portable net for anything.
When you get it hoisted the flies have
to wait for the second table. We shall
see the summer day come when we shall
sit under our nets in church and slum-
her peacefully, while the discounted
flies club together and take ii out of the
minister. There are heaps of ways OF
getting priceless enjoyment out Of these
charming things, if I had time to point
them out and dilate on them little"
Year: 1875

Over and over again,


No matter which way turn,
I always find in the Book OF Life


Some lesson have to learn.
| must take my turn aI the mill,


l must grind out the golden grain,
I must work at my task with a resolute will
Over and over again.
Over and over again


The brook through the meadow flows,
And over and over again


The ponderous mill-wheel goes;
Once doing will not suffice,


Though doing bo not in vain,
And Blessing failing us once or twice,


May come if we try again.
Year: 1875

pY' Put bay window to your house,
if you don't get floor down. Have a
bay window anyway. It is not only a
capital place for plants, but it enables
your wife to see who is coming in time
TO bolt the door and hide in the pantry,
if she don't wish to seem them.-Dan-
bury Nelps.
Year: 1875

Railway bonds were firm and in good demand.
The Union Pacific securities advanced in the morn
ing but at the close weak and lower especially
for Sinking Funds, which declined 10 S9ls IN SYM
Year: 1875

We see that our tobacco raisers have
commenced shipping the weed. We
hope they will get good paying price.


= Dr. J. A. Lane bid of the French
Lick Springs at SfO.O50 but failed to
comply with the term, Of the sale. The
Court MADE no further order in relation
to their sale.
Year: 1875

The delicate chemical balance has been
added to the list of surveyors instru-
ments. BY the aid of this instrument
the number of acres in an irregularly
shaped surface may be accurately COM
puted. The method by which this is
applied is simple enough. The plan of
the desired territory, having been first
measured and reduced by scale to paper,
is then cut out and carefully weighed. A
portion of the same paper-that is, pa
per of the same weight and thickness
is then cut TO a size that will represent
one acre, and its weight recorded. By
dividing the weight of the paper that
represents, in outline, the whole section
surveyed, by the weight of that which
represents one acre, the quotient repre-
sents the number of acres and fractions
of an acre in the whole. This way of
measuring surface gives less trouble. less
calculation, and less liability to error
than any other easy method.
Year: 1875

The most singular thing connected
with the proper motions of the stars is
that one or two stars are flying through
space with such enormous rapidity that
the combined attraction of all the stars
visible with the telescope could never
stop them. This seems to be especially
the case with a small star, invisible to
the naked eye, designated in astronom-
ical literature as Groombridge, 1880"
from the name of the astronomer who
first recorded its position. The rate of
motion of the star is about seven seconds
per year-the greatest known. II was
hence concluded that il must be very
near us, and o number of astronomers
have sought to determine its parallax,
but have found it to be only tenth Of a
second. Its apparent motion in year be-
ing seventy times its parallax, it moves at
least seventy times the distance from the
earth to the sun in year, or 5000, 600
OF miles every day, and more than 200
miles every second. From what we know
OF the distribution, masses, and number
of the stars, it seems probable that the
attraction of all the bodies in the uni
verse can never stop this headlong speed,
nor bring this star into an orbit, and that
consequently it will pass through our
universe, and leave il entirely In its pas
sage through infinite space. If we had
accurate observations of the stars posi-
ton 1900 or 1000 years ago, we could
speak with more certainty of its destiny.


We may expect that our posterity OF
few thousand years hence, will, by the
aid of the observations and tables we
shall transmit to them, be able to come
10 a definite conclusion respecting the
nnra and the structure of the universe.