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Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
MORE OF LOCAL OPTION.
Another Letter From Our COrrespOn.
dent-"Free Trade at GaIIaiin-
His Views Upon the AiI-AbsOrbing
Question.

EDITOR HERALD:-We cordially ac-
cept your structures on our article on
Local Option, and take no exceptions
to the working of your blue pencil, as
that is your prerogative, and one
which you should always exercise,
when in your judgment (as the edi-
tor of public journaD, you may think
best for the public good. You fear
that we have a continent attack of
Local Option; you need not fear any
longer on that score, as the word con-
fluent means, to run together; and we
will have to go through radical
change before we run with Local OPP
ton or any other option that is OPP
posed !; 0 the principles of free govern
ment, and the vested rights of Amer
lean citizens. You say of our arti-
Gle that we are radical on the subject
of legislative prohibition, in the
whisky traffic. If earnestness and
honest convictions of the theory of
the plan we propose is radicalism,
then we plead guilty. You accuse us
of denouncing those that entertained
a different opinion to ours on this
subject, and did not accord to them
due respect for their opinions. We
probably should have been more par
ticular in qualifying our denuncia-
tions, but we supposed that our quail
fications were sufficient to show who
was meant as fanatics. We stated
that we did not charge all advocates
Of Local Option as intending wrong,
but they were honest in their inten-
tions for good. The charge of fanati-
cism was only intended to apply to
those who have been for the last quar-
ter of a century trying the expert
ment of prohibition laws in the
East and elsewhere. We have proven
by statistics and other reliable testi-
mony to be a failure the attempt to
enforce upon US, by restrictive law, a
theory which has elsewhere been put
in practice, and proved to be a failure.
Such is the work of Miss Sallie Hart
and others of like ik. You remind us
of the fact that the line of policy we
propose for the ameliOration of intem-
perance would alike affect the value
of gold and the market price of every
article CT merchandise. That is an
admission of the effect that we claim
for our theory, when once put in prac-
tice, but we apprehend that if we only
apply the theory or plan to intoXicat-
ing liquors, that it will only affect
that article, and not materially affect
the value of any other article of mer-
chandise. And if any other article of
merchandise ever becomes obnoxious
and detrimental to our people, then
apply the same rule and plan. We
claim another equitable feature for
our theory that is superior to Local
Option. 1t gives capital me to grad
ually seek another investment with
out loss. While Local Option snatches
at few days, or hours, warning sew
eral thousand dollars invested under
license issued in conformity with the
laws of our Government, and the State
in which they are issued, from the
hands of our citizens who have in
vested their money in good faith, re-
ducing them in many cases to bank
ruptcy. FREE TRADE.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
Business still continues lively at the

EsperanEa store, and what Is tho reason ? 1t
is because they sell goods there cheaper than
ever before. Please note the prices of fow
hings of their large stock of goods and you
I'LL see that they Will not be undersold by
NY store this side of san Francisco: Flour,
bakers Extra, S3 q per hundred pound;
rushed Sugar, llHc. per pound; Coffee Sugar
0Mc. per pound; sandwich Island Sugar,
&c. per rpound; Japan Teas, from SOC TO 75c
,er pound; China Tea, 371Sc. per pound Eng
sh Breakfast tea, at 81 per ponnd; Extra
line tea, 81 %; Soap, per box, 80; Saleratus
,ound, Coffee, 22c. per pound; Coffee, ground
Sc. Starch, l5c. per pound. And all kinds
# groceries at prices that are lower than ever
vas known before.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
PUBLIC NOTICE.

CONSUMERS OF WATER OF THE LOS
~ Angeles CITY water Company, residing
east OF Hill, New High and Castelar, streets,
will please take NJ EULMtEf
NOTICE, That they will only be allowed
the use OF water for gardens between the hours
OF and A. NJ, and and p NJ, on ana after
this date. Any violation of this rule, which
VIII be strictly enforced, will be met by
cutling off the water. Nor will any consumer
poses without leave Of the superintendent
Plumbers will pets,i take notice that they
will not be allowed TO place bath-tubs ol
water-closets in amy premises without first
notifying the Superintendent.
G. Il. MILES,
reag9 nl Superintendent.
Los ANGELES, May ., 1874 myths
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

Tuttle & Lee, who have rented the
large and well-furnished photograph gallery
of Mr.. V. Wolfenstein. are turning ont some
ofthe finest photographs to be found in the
country. Their work is finished IN the high
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
Special Notices.

Agency Northern Assurance Com
pany of London and Aberdeen; ass IS, SIC. .0O0,-
900; and the old Hartford of Hartford Conn;
assets. g., 100000. Office; Room Ne. nowney
Block. JOHN CARLIN, Agent.
jy l6.tf-2b
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

guilty of a wilful murder or not
guilty, as decided by the jury, can
only be decided in that Supreme Court
to which, one day, the case must be
appealed for final adjustment.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

Bs- The tide ofInmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
u new one of DESMOND. They say there is no
comparison between the two. 2%o
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

The resignation of Colonel Kellogg,
of the Fourth Regiment, Fourth Brig
ade, has been accepted. ~
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
Young man ahoy! Fitzpatrick is

the man you are looking for. He will give
YOU the incest fitting garments to be had i'm
the city; cloth of the best material; work
done upon honor, and the best satisfaction
generally. Call on him and have full suit
made AT once. jy2 IT'S
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

The Central Pacific asks the Super
visors of Yuba county to reduce their
assessment in the county from $4,000
to $4,000 per mile.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

G. G. Briggs, proprietor of the noted
fruit ranch on Pqtah creek, is ship
ping daily ton aud half of an ex-
cellent variety of peaches.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
Good Chance.

EoR sALE-A LARGE LOT OF NEW
Il Wagons of every description at VERY
Low PRICES. Apply at ALSO SHOP
my2l-3a -5 IL. GRAND.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

Agency Liverpool and London and
Globe Insurance Company. Assets, s2I 0O0,-
0N. Agency State Investment Insurance
Company, Fire and Marine. Assets, $3.50 900,
at Brodrick's Book Store, near the Postoffice.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
PIPIFAX.

This remarkable curative herbal
preparation is entirely unlike and greatly
superior to any other recuperant ever dis
covered.
1t strengthens the living vital nervauric
principle, and gives energy to the muscles,
nerves, filaments, membranes, and all tissues
of the internal organs.
PIPIFAX-Keeps the skin in supple
condition; the cuticle plant; the pores open ;
and brings the blood to the surface; thereby
enabling the system to counteract these bane
full atmospheric influences.
PIPIFAX-Passes through the blood, car
ries Off by prespiration and other excretions
the effete and injurious materials of the body.
1t is soothing, Alternative and deferative. Used
methodically and nationally, aided by sulta-
BILE diet, II produces most important changes
in the system, contributing t, the reconstruc-
ton Of tissues, and removes vitiated matter
which has become not only useless but inju-
rious. No other article has ever been intro
duced which combines in such an extraordi-
nary degree the principles OF an efficient anti
bilious agent and tonic Try 1t and be con-
vinccd. may29 3m--20
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

1st style OF the art, and warranted to give sat-
sfaction TO every reasonable customer. All
work promptly done, and terms reasonable.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

We have to dispose of our immense
stock of Clothing, Dress Goods, ETC., etc., to
make room for very extensive Stock of Fall
Goods, just purchased in New York, and en-
route for us. We have reduced the prices, and
you will find 1t to your advantages TO call a
he
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

1t is reported that the army worm
has attacked the grain fields near Da-
visville, and is doing much damage.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
NOTICE or APPLICATION,
u. s. LAND OFFICE,
~ IL nc. u LII 4 ~.

Los ANGELES, SAL, July !, 1874 I
A PPEICATION HAVING BEEN FILED
"A in this Office by Jesse u. Hunter as a
purchaser in good fii h and FOR valuable
consideration of certain lands excluded from
the final survey of the Pueblo or City lands of
the City of Los Angeles, to be allowed to pur-
chase under the provisions of the 9TH Section
of the Act of July %, 1866, the following de-
scribed tracts of land, to-wit: Lots /, 2, g. H. s.
and Z of Section 9, and Lot l of Section 4, and
con aiming l59 7l-I00 acres. l.l I
Notice Is hereby given that a hearing will be
had upon said application mt the United States
Land Ofhce, ut the City OF Los . neeles, CAL,
commencing on Tuesday, the llth day OF Au-
gust, 1874, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, at which time
and place all parties in interest will be allowed
to introduce Testimony, and cross-examine
witnesses touching the claim of said appl-
cant. ALFRED JAMES, Regisfer
j. w. HAyERSTICK, Receiver. jyl lm--5
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

The Assessor of San Mateo returns
but $40, ,25O as the whole money in the
treasury. 4 a. I.,s .to .s.,r.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
Masonic Notice.

Los Angeles lodge No. AZ, +. d A. NJ
The stated meetings of this Lodge are held on
the first Monday Of each month at 7:3O p. NJ
Members of Pentalpha, No. 202, and all Mas
ter MasOns in good standing are cordially in
vited. S. c. FOY, w. NJ.
CHAs. SMITH, Secretary. aV2S-ly--6
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18

Wheat is coming into Dixon pretty
briskly, but, owing to low prices, is
being stored.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
Inlportant.

On Main street, under the Lafayette Hotel,
before purchasing elsewhere.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-07-18
NJ Office
10 the Stockholders of the CO-Opera-
tive Nursery and Fruit Company of
Los Angeles County.

VOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT
l. at meeting of the Board of Directors of
sad Company, held at the Secretary's office
on "Wednesday, July l, 1874, the first payment
of one dollar per share on the subscribed cap
paid to the Secretary at HIS office, No. Al, Tenn
pie Block, within thirty days from the date of
notice to be given by the President and Sec
retary. 1t was also ordered that any SUBJ
scriber TO the stock of the Company failing To
make such payment within thirty days should
forfeit his or her subscription to the stock and
that such forfeited stock should be again placed
on the market. Under this action, all stock
must he taken by the Sd day of August, at II
NJ, 1874, or be forfeited to the Company. The
Secretary is now ready to issue certificates of
stock.
Los Angeles, July 2, 1874
THOS. A. CAREY, President.
T. NJ Holt Secretary Iva tfl--S
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26
A Sunbeam.


The greatest of physical paradoxes
is the sunbeam. It is the most potent
and versatile force we have, and vet it
behaves itself like the gentlest and
most accommodating. Nothing can
fall more softly or more silently upon
the earth than the rays of our most
great luminary-not even the feathery
fakes of snow which thread their way
through the atmosphere as if they were
too filmy to yield to the demands of
gravity like gros er things. The most
delicate slip of gold leaf, exposed as q
targ to the suns shafts, is not stirred
to the extent of hair, though en- in
fant's faintest breath would set it trem-
uIous motion. The tenderest of human
Organs-the apple of the eye-though
pierced and bufeted each day by thous-
ands of sunbeams, suffers no pain dur
ing the process, but reioices IN their
sweetness, blesses the useful light.
Yet a few of those rays insinuating
themselves into q mass of iron, like the
Britannia Tabular bridge. will compel
the closely knit particles to separate,
and viii move the whole enormous fab
rio with as much ease as a giant would
a straw. The play of those beams upon
our sheets of water lifts up layer after
layer into the atmosphere, and hoists
who e rivers from their beds, only TO
drop them again in SHOWS upon the hills
or in fattening showers upon the plants.
Let but the air drink in q little more
sunshine at one place than another, and
it desolates q whole region IN its lunatic
wrath. The marvel is that power which
is capable of assuming such a diversity
of forms, and of producing such stu
pendous results, should come to us in
so gentle, SO peaceful and so unpreten-
tiOus q manner.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26
The Coming Barber.


The golden age has come at last.
Bliss turks in the deadly razor and
dances in the romantic lather-cup.
The coming woman is to shave-not
herself, but man. Indeed she has
already come, and she shaveth in West
Fourth street. New York. A reporter
of the New York Sun. In the pursuit of
his calling, called in upon the fair en-
shaver, and laid his reportorial head
upon the block. He described with
imaginative grace and with the soap
suds of eloquent embsll ishment, the
beauty of her hair, which was the color
of a Messina lemon, and rose, terrace
upon terrace, from frowsy little hedge
to mountain. Need we say she was
twenty-five and pretty? evil you hat
re shave, or re hair cut?" said she,
with bewitching smile. "Sha7e," said
he, with that delicate grace that sits
upon the reportorial cheek. She laid
his massive brow softly on the guillo-
tine, took up the razor, and began to
stir up the lather in fancy cup. She
bent over him; her breath, and the
soap-sads fell softly upon his face, and
she said not a word upon the weather
Still she smiled, and he stammered
forth something about the atmosphere.
ExcOoze me, said the barberess; +"
am so sorry" (suds in MOUTH, shut,
vat for you open your mouth ," Her
hand was plump and smooth, and fell
upon his hirsute stubble like the pol
ish of a nutmeg crater, with satin
ring. BE felt that he could lie there
and be lathered for the rest of his life,
which is scarcely to be wondered at
when one considers the disagreeable
things a Sun reporter has generally to
lie upon. But the largest face will toe
soon be lathered, and the hair viii van
ish from the most colossal of chins.
It was finished, and with sigh the Sur
reporter vowed he would come In there
q dream of bliss cut off too soon 6
"soup "erifc whose Joy was all too sud.
denly brushed away.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26
TIE rrrEsr AND TIE MULBERRY TREE

Isd You hear Of the curate who mounted his mare,
Aud znerrfly trotted along to the fafr2
f1f creature more tractahis none ever heard
In the height Of her speed she would stop az word,
And again with q word, when the curate said
"Heyln
She would put forth her mettle and galIop away.
As near to the gates Of = city be rode,
While the glorious sun all brilliantly gioWed,
The good man discovered, with eyes Of desire,
mulberry tree in q hedge Of Wild 6r1arf
High up on q bougb, might have tempted a brute,
Large, glossy and black, hung the beautiful fruit.
The curate was hungry, and thirsty TO boot;
He shrank from the thorns, though he longed for
the fruit;
with word he arrested his courser's keen speed,
Then stood up erect on the back Of his steed;
on the saddle be stood, while the creature kept
Gtin,
And he gathered the fruit tin he'd taken his M.
q Sure never he said, q was a creature rare
How docile, how true, IA this excellent mare
GSe, here now stand, as he gazed al around,
81 As safe and steady A. If on the ground
Yet how had II been, II some fellow this way
HAD, dreaming mischief, but CHANGED to say
sHeyrD
He stood with his head in the mulberry tree.
And he spoke out aloud in the height Of his glee;
AZ the sound Of his 9 hey !" the made push,
And down went the priest in the wild briar bush
He remembered too late, on his thOrny green bed,
" Much that wei may be thought cannot wisely be
-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26
The Indian Box.Trick.

The celebrated box-and- bag mystery,
which has bewildered all London, put
New York in fever of excitement, and
for few days puzzled the knowing ones
of San Francisco, has by accident come
to an untimely end. The cat was let out
of the bag recently at the California
theateT, in San Francisco. The trick is
to overcome an apparent impossibility.
A person securely tied in a sack is TO
pass from that confinement to the in
side of a locked box, additionally Sc
cured by strong cords wound around,
and the knots of the cords tied and
sealed. The bag is similarly secured
by the mouth being tied with ropes,
and the knot of the rope sealed with
wax. How, then, is it possible to effect
an exchange from a secure bag to a still
more secure box? That is what the
professor does-in the Oakland leaves
for the audience to bring to light if they
can. Some of them did 50 on Monday
night. Those who were seated on the
right-hand side of the parqaette, near
the stage, saw the vigorous investiga-
ton made by one of the inspectors-he
wore number mines, double soled, and
investigated W tn his foot-disturbed it
In such fashion that the beholders drop
Il : W
solid piece of wood at the end, securely
nailed and screwed, was bogus as to
size and securing instead of taking up
the whole space at the end, and appar-
emily held by strong screws, it was in
two parts, with a space of an inch be-
tween, and this vacant space hid by the
broad iron bands securing ii; the screws
are only heads and do not penetrate by
lifting this board it comes out of q sock
ct in which it fits snugly, and In which
1t is he d by spring-when lifted, it
swings like a gate, pushing TO the inside
of the box Now, with this aperture
discovered, it is Only necessary to find
the person who can push aside the ropes,
crawl IN, and replace the ropes and push
the wood back into place, making it APP
pear like the solid end again. The seals
have not been disturbed, nor the rope
cut, nor the knots united nor the locks
picked. Granted. Now, how does the
person escape from the sack, leave the
knots undisturbed, the sack uncut, and
take advantage of even the simple plan
OF getting into the solid wooden box
Not very easily, even by the plan sug-
gested IN the New York papers, but with
very little difficulty, if the person has
concealed in the Turkish costume du-
plicate bag, with duplicate knots, and
duplicate seal; then it is only necessary
to cut asunder the combining sack, hide
it in the recesses of the garment from
which the other one Is taken, crawl into
the box and await the result. This lat
ter discovery was made at the previous
exhibition, when the bag was returned
from the audience-a careless throw
sent it just to the foot-lights, and before
it could be rescued was slightly scorched
by the gas flames When the trick was
completed, the bag remaining was not
at all scorched. And thus is exploded
a mystery that was incomprehensible
until a kick of q number-nine brogan
revealed it.-Alta- Californian.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26
YerbaI Curiosities..


Many curious things are hidden in
words and names. To trace them out
is sometimes to find an original mean
ing as opposite as possible to their pres
ent Specification. Custom, or chance,
or a variance, slight at first but widen
ing IS time passes, brings the word at
last to mean anything but its primitive
sense. A few curious instances are sub
joined "Boon companions" arc repu-
ted, and justly too, to be among the
surest assistants IN pulling a mans
house down, and reducing him TO pow
erty and his family to want The origin
of the use of boon, as meaning soon
vival, is as follows:
In ancient times it was the custom
when man In rural district had a
house to build or any other heavy I'M
der,aking in hand, for his neighbor to
assist him by the boon" or gift of 3
days work. The same custom is par
tally observed still, especially at the
"raising" Of the frame of the building.
After the days work came the supper
in course of time abbreviated to unlim-
tied "drinks." Hence the phrase ''boon
companions"
The common salutatiOn, Chow do
You do?" seems a particularly redun-
dant and awkward sentence, but in It's
origin was much more sensible. Dow,
pronounced as we pronounce do, in Eng
lish means to '"be able" TO thrive, OF
to prosper. The word is still thus used
in Scotland, and many parts of Eng
land. Chow do you dow % means how
are you thriving? Are you well and
able?
at give and bequeath, " q phrase used
IN wills, is often regarded as legal sur
plusage; but it is not. To |" quethe,
in old English, means to speak or de
clare. Hence the common expression
"quoth he. % To give and bequeath il
to give and declare the gift.
"To steik" In old English, means
''to shut" "Stoke" means "snut up.
| Thus CHANGER "Then hadsb thou The
| gates stoke" Hence comes the wort
" stoker," meaning the man who fill
the furnace with coal, and "steiks," o.
shuts the door. "Wad" or g we'd" is ,
wager, a bet, a pledge or plight. There
fore, in the Episcopal marriage service
the bridegroom says, "And thereto
plight thee my troth." Wedding mean
pledging. But the lady says AND
there give thee my troth," a delicat,
concession that the brides word is a
good as her bo- and-perhaps-
great deal better than the bridegroom
| % pledge
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26
Horse-Rair Worm.

The history of She fresh water COR
dius-the " horse-hairh worms very
curious. 1t is named from common
superstition growing out Of it's resem-
blance to a hair, and leading to the idea
that a single horse-hair may he trans
formed into a worm. This worm lays
abont 1000, 600 eggs, and did all their
eggs come to maturity, our brooks and
ponds would be full of them. As with
the delicate eggs Of many of the lower
animals, comparatively few of those
which are laid survive, aud these ami
mails are very rare. They are Matched
in the water from eggs, but after time
they leave the water so on wet days
into the grass creep along the legs of
torpid grass-hoppers enter their abdo-
minal cavities, and undergo further
transformations as parasitic worms. From
this living prison they then escape, re.
turn to the water, and end their varied
existence as the long, thread-like worms
which have been mistaken for living
and moving hairs.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-26

I have invented a secret form Of writ
ing expressly for the use Of our gov IN
time Of warfare the public demands It.
It is different from eny othei; invention
known to the publick in this or any 9th
er gov. It consists simply Of the Eng
lish alphabet and can be chaliged 60 sny
form that the safety of our gov. de-
mands it no highergiyphieks are en-
pIoyed but it is practicable and safe I
propose to sell it to our gov for the sum
Of one million dollars ] VIII met any
committee appointed to investigate the
matter. II you VIII give me your in
tiuence in Congress and aid in bringing
a sale of the invention about to our
government or any other, VIII reward
you with the sum Of ten Thousand dol
lars 40, 000). it is no illusion or Whina
Of the brain, but it is what represent
it to be, scientific, practicable and safe.
Wishing to hear from you on the sufi-
ject, Iremain, yours most truly.