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Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-30
NEW TO-DAY
NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given that the Common
IN Council Of the city of Los Angeles will
receive bids for the construction Of q dam
across the Los Angeles river, in accordance
with resolution passed and adopted Octo-
Der 2Sh, 1875. Said bids to be opened the
next meeting after the expiration of thirty
(3Ol days from the date of this notice.
The Council reserves the right to r. ject any
and all bids NJ KRENER.
Clerk OF Common Council of the City of Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles Nov. 24th, 1875. 3Otd
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-30
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-30

Thirty Building Lots between 10th and
llth streets.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-11-30

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geles river, S25 per acre.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

weekly cases was still increasing at the
time, but he noticed a decrease in the
rate of weekly increase, and as the con-
tinuance of this would soon bring the
number of attacks TO a maximum. he
concluded that the turning point was
near. DIR. Evans has lately been inves-
tigating the behavior of cholera and
scarlet fever in London, for me purpose
of ascertaining whether this method of
representation was not capable of more
extensive use, and what were the best
weeks in the course Of an epidemic for
forming an opinion. He constructed
charts of the weekly reports Of these
diseases, and found that there were
several condolences between these
charts and the calculated progress of
the diseases. But he was not able To
determine what was the best period FOR
basing calculations upon. The rate of
increase was found 10 vary very much
in the earlier and later stages OF an epi-
deInie, and he could only say that the
rate varied most irregularly in the ear
lier weeks. and that therefore the later
weeks offered the best grounds for pre-
dictions. This result is Disappointing.
Is it shows that the significant period of
an epidemic is confined to tOlerabiy strict
limits, and if these are exceeded at
either end BY even one week, consider
able inaccuracies in the results may
follow. Especially is it unfortunate
that the early weeks of an epidemic do
not permit of safe prophetical calcula-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
The Depth of American Lakes.

There is mystery about the American
lakes. Lake Erie is only 60 or 20 feet
deep: but lake Ontario, which is $50
feet deep, is 80 feet below the tide-level
of the ocean, or as low a. most parts Of
the Gulf of st. Lawrence: and the
bottom of Lake Huron, Michigan and
Superior. although the surface is much
higher. are all from their vast depths on
level with the bottom of Ontario. Now
as the discharge through the river De-
troit, after allowing for the probable
portion carried off by the evaporation,
does not appear by any means equal TO
the quantity of water which the three
upper lakes receive, il has been con-
jectured that subterranean river may
run from Lake Superior, By the Huron,
to Lake Ontario. This conjecture is not
impossible, and accounts for the singular
fact that salmon and herring are eaught
in all the lakes communicating with the
st. Lawrence, but no Others. As the
Falls of Niagara must have always ex-
listed, it would puzzle the naturalist to
say how these fish got into the upper
lake without some subterranean river;
more over, any periodical obstruction of
the river would furnish not improba-
BILE solution of the mysterious fiux and
refluX of the lakes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
Notes for tne E.auses.

Plated waists return to favor with
the light materials used for summer.
The novelty in jewelry consists OF eX-
quisite cameo sets cut in conch-shells.
For summer morning dress in the
country there are neck-tieS of Scotch
gingham, blue, gray, pink or brown.
There are no women in the world,
says Jenny June, who contriye TO dress
fashionably upon so little money as
Americans.
The pretty. soft neck-ties now in use
are sometimes made to serve double
purpose by twisting as a scarf around
the crown of a hat.
The small pin-head checks of black
and white, known as shepherds plaids
are the compromise settled upon by
ladies of quiet tastes who object to
plaids.
Sleeveless jackets are made OF long
puffs of organdy muslin, sloped in TO
follow the outlines of the figure and
separated by rows of valenciennes in
sertion.
White tissue wells are among the
latest importation. These are of soft
creamy white silk tissue, and are shown
both plain and striped in narrow baya-
dere lines.
New corsets are made with straps on
braces passing over the shoulders, in
order to have all the weight of the
clothing suspended from the shoulders
instead of the hips.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

If any one in these days viii exercise
in the open air, so that each dav he will
perspire moderately, and if he will wear
thin under garments, or none at all, and
sleep in a cold room, the functions of
the skin will suffer little or no impedi-
ment, if water is withheld for months.
Indeed, bathing is not the only way in
which its healthful action can be main
tanned by those living under the cOndi-
tions at present existing. Dry friction
over the whole surface Of the body. once
Il day or once in two days, is often OF
more service than the application Of
water. The reply of the centenarian to
the inquiry TO what habit of life he
attributed his good health and extreme
longevity, that he believed it due to
rubbing himself all over with cob
every night, is significant Of an import
ant truth. If invalids and persons Of
low vitality would use dry friction and
DR.. Franklin's ''air bath every day for
Il considerable period, We are confident
they would often be greatly benefited.
Cleanliness is next TO godliness, no
doubt, and 4 proper and judiciOus Use
of water is to be commended; but human
beings are not amphibiOus. Nature
indicates that the functions of the skin
should be kept in order mainly by mus
cular exercise, by exciting natural per-
spiration by labor; and delicious as is
the bath and healthful, under proper
regulations, it is no substitute for that
exercise of the body, without which all
the functions become ahnOrmal.-PGrid-
Press
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
The .sSeyen Stars

Early in the days of our childhood
we learn one important fact-that there
is a imam in the mOon;' and straight
way we proceed to ask our mother a
number of pointed questions about the
matter. She satisfies our youthful curl
Osity by telling us that he was placed
there long ago, for stealing a head of
cabbage, and there he has ever since
been kept at hard labor pulling
brush," or collecting branches of trees,
as they are trimmed off by the aXeman,
preparatory to burning them out of the
way. And when We look at the moon,
and see a dark figure 9pOn its disc,
somewhat resembling, i'll outline. the
shape of a man. and near it an addi-
tiOnal dark spot, which might or might
not be pile of bOughs, we 90 great
deal further than our mOthers-we be-
lieve the story; and, having believed
it, we secretly resolve, in our minds,
never to commit theft, lest similar
fate should be ours. And thus the silly
fable at once becomes an important
engine in forging and forming the
character of the man.
The Indian mothers have a story
somewhat like that of the imam in the
mOOn,h which they tell their children
Jul tt.i Sttih Will
this difference, however, they believe
the story themselves, while our mothers
do not. Here it is:
Very long ago seven little boys took
it upon their heads TO have feast
after the manner of their fathers and
they went to their mothers, praying for
permission. Their mothers refused
them; after which they decided to
rebel, and have the feast anyhow. They
procured little white dog to sacrifice;
and, having placed it upon the fire,
they commenced dancing around, as
they had seen their fathers do on mo
mentOus occasions. While they were
thus engaged, they were suddenly
caught up by some invisible power, ard
carried off thrO' the air. Their mothers
heard their cries, and came forth from
their lodges, only to see them mount
higher and higher. until they took their
place among the stars in the sky, to
dance on forever and ever.
When the Indian mother tells this
story, she points ont the seven stars of
the Plelades: and the embryo warrior
tremhles to think what an awful fate
might beial. the youth, who was so
th0ughtless as 10 disObeY his mother.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
MIFFIINTOWN JUNIATA COUNTY PENNA-

developed there in the temperaments of
the men and women Thirty years ago
the decennial census showed that of
every hundred suicides fifty-nine, that
is considerably more than half, were of
women. Since then the women have
been growing more contented with life; !;
or men correspondingly more dissatis-
fled, for the last revision shows that.
out of every hundred, only thirty-siX
are women. From being three-ffths of
the suicides the gentler sex has subsi-
ded to undertaking only about one-third
of the business.
In America the last report shows that
two out of nine, or even less than one
third, of the suicides, were females.
Taste seems to run in the same channels
in both countries, and it may be char
acteristic of the sexes all through civ
ilization; men prefer to hang them
selves, women prefer to work with poi
sons. This is the case in Ireland: and
i'm this country the greatest number of
male suicides were by hanging, and of
female by poison. And, what is quite
remarkable, among the two sexes the
desire for these two methods was in al
most exactly the same ratio. Among
tilC lttli W llO lbtitio'ANtS- hft bAtt
OF every eighteen did it by hanging;
among the women who killed them
selves, five out of every nineteen did it
by poison. THIS is certainly sufficient
information for founding the theory
that mans bravery equals woman's ii
midity; for hanging is external and
elaborate and requires fixed purpose,
while poisoning is internal and does its
own work so soon as the preparation is
swallowed. Another notion might be
that people use methods not strange TO
them. Women, all their lives cooking
aud addicted TO the preparation of tea
and other decoctiOns, take naturally to
such a device; while men, accustomed
to handle ropes, raZ0rs, and pistols, are
more prone to use those on the Occa-
sion. The evil tendency is said to be
increasing rapidly and such being the
case it is well to know the general law
of its methods. That the men exceed
so much the women is singular evidence
of the exceeding patience of the latter
in their many trials.-HdrtfOrf CoHTdHt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

The first Earl of Holland was a great
dandy, whe played a prominent and
not altogether reputable part in the
history of his time. He was favOrite
at the courts of James |. and Charles
l., but when the civil war broke out.
he at first sided with the parliament
against the king. In an unlucky hour
he went over to the royalist side, took
up arms against the commonwealth,
was defeated, made prisoper, put to
trial, and duly sentenced to lose his
head. He appeared upon the seaifold
in white satin vest and cap, trimmed
with silver lace. His costly garments
were the lawful perquisites of the ex-
ecutioner, to whom the earl said, as
he approached the block. Here. my
friend, let my body and clothes alone.
There is ten pounds for thee; this is
better than my clothes, am sure. And
when You take up my head. do not
take off my cap.n Then, laying his head
upon the block, he added, "Stay, while
give the sign After brlef prayer
he stretched out his hand. saying, Now,
now,n The word had hardly left his
lips when the axe fell, and the head
was severed from the body az a single
stroke.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

When Queen Victoria was about thirty
wears Younger than she is now, she was
inclined to be very exact in the way of
business, and more especially in the way
of promptness TO appointed times and
places. Seven years aqueen; four years
a wife: and three years mother, she felt
probably more weightv dignity rest
ing upon her than she has felt since:
And vet, no crust of dignity or royal
station could ever entirely shut out her
innate goodness of heart. At the time
of which we speak, the Duchess of
Sutherland held the office of mistress of
the robes of the British queen, and on
public occasions her position was very
near her royal person, and deemed OF
great importance. \ day and an hour
had been appointed for a certain public
ceremony in which the queen was 10
take part. The hour had arrived, and
of all the court the duchess alone was
absent, and her absence retarded the de-
parture. The queen gave vent more
than once to her impatience, and at
length, just as she was about to enter
the carriage without her first lady of
honor. the duchess, in breathless haste,
made her appearance, stammering some
faint words of excuse. My dear duch-
ess'' said the queen, smiling, 81 think
Won must have bad watch" And as
she thus spoke she unloosed from her
neck the chain of a magnificent watch
she herself wore, and passed it around
the neck of Lady Sutherland. Though
given as present, the lesson conveyed
with il made deep impression. The
proud duchess changed color, and a tear
which she could not repress, fell upon
her cheek. On the Rext day she tended
her resignation, but it was not accepted.
In is said that ever afterwards she was,
if anything more punctual than the
queen herself.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

l dreamed last night that | had three
friends. How crazy we are in our sleep.
Since my eyes became dim, and / do
not read any more | find myself grow
ing daily in wisdom.
We knew "A man who did not like to
have his name in the newspapers.
have not seen him since he was a boy.
think he is dead.
When l was young had thoughts of
marrying, when L began To look for Il
wife whom all women would speak well
of; but | never found her. L have
wasted my time.
There was place set apart in heaven
for good wives who could judge Il wicked
thing Is harshly when man did it as
when woman did it. But it has never
been occupied, | believe.
1 foolishly applied myself to the study
of the laws. Ii is fortunate that | gave
the study up for | should have been
sorry to lose all sense of Justice.
| am told that our breath poiSons the
air and that the trees have to keep il
pure by sucking the poison ont. 1t
seems to me that a great many people
are put into the world for nothing but
to make hard work for the trees. | do
not understand it.
There is an awful catastrophe that |
am in dread of. | am afraid that we
shall some day learn 10 read one an
others thoughts That will be the end
of society, and of marriage, and We shall
have To live alone after that.
| should like to see Il world peopled
with men alone. just to see what kind of
creatures they would become, but |
never expect TO. There could not be but
one man iii it at a time. He would have
eaten all the rest.
| should like, too, to see a world 'peo-
pied with women alone, but L never
SHALL would not dare 20 near it.
/ have some ambition TO be a perfect
man-but not till after am dead and in
another state of existence, for it is a sad
thing to have no character among ones
fellows.
l wish had ingenuity enough to steal
without being caught, because it is
pleasant TO acquire reputation and re-
spect in the world.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21


A recently reported table of vital sta
tisties of the Irish people offers some
of suicides there, and some interesting
comparisons may be made between these
and our American record. For the ten
years closing 1871, the total suicides
were in Ireland 79l. No decade but
that which included the year 1913, has
ever known such a large number, and
for the last year of the record the rate
was as l to every 6,S42 of population.
This shows much greater tendency to
suicide than we in this country mani
fest. Here by the 20 census the sui
eides that year were as one to every
100, or only about one-quarter so
many, relatively considered, as in Ire
land. A singular change, however, has
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

IN England last year 1.I75 persons
were killed and 4,46S We're injured by
railroads, including. we presume, all
the employees and passengers, and pos
Sihly some of the tr;imps on the track.
This is nearly five times as many Is the
Railroad Gazette'S figures charge upon
the American railroad service for the
same year; our mileage also is four
times thar of England although the
number OF miles run by trains is not so
disproportionate. The proportion Of
passengers killed in England in 1877
was about / TO 5,000,GOO, or the same
as in Massachusetts, in 1873, but in this
State in 1874 only passenger was killed
to ~ .000, 900 transported. The proper
tion in this country has been steadily
diminishing: in England it has been
rising with frightfui rapidity. In 1861
only - passengers were killed; in 1865,
-; in 1870, 81: in 1874, IS. This indi-
Gates that the English railroad apparatus
is being put 10 a strain which it can
stand no longer with safety to the pub
lie. English rolling stock is certainly
inferior to American in stability. The
English model sacrifices strength To
lightness, and is very defective in other
respects
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
POSSESSION.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.

1t was our wedding day
month age" dear heart hear you say.
II months. or years. or ages since have passed
| know not / have ceased to question Time.
only know that once there pealed chime
OF JOYOUS bells. and then held you fast,
And all stood back, and none my night denied
And forth we walked the world WAS free and
wide
Before u.s. Since that day
count my life; the Past is washed away
1t was no dream, that VOW;
It Was the voice that woke me from a dream.
A happy dream, ] think but am waking now,
And drink the spleIidor of a sun supreme
That turns the mist of former years to gold.
Within these arms hold
The fieeting promise, chased so long in vain
All. weary bird thou wilt not fly again;
Thy wings are clipped, thou canst no more de-
part,
Thy nest is builded in my heart,
/ was the crescent; thou
The silver phantom of the perfect sphere,
Held in its bosom in one glory now
Our lives united shine, and many year
Not the sweet moon of bridal only-we
One lustre ever at the full, shall be:
One pure and rounded light, one planet whole,
One life developed. one completed soul?
For in thee, and thou in me,
Unite our cloyen halves of destiny.
God knew his chosen time,
He bade me slowly ripen to my prime,
And from my boushs withheld the promised
fruit,
Till storm and sun gave vigor to the shoot,
Secure. o Love secure
Thy blessing is l have thee day and night;
Thou art become my blood. my life. my light;
Gods mercy thou. and therefore shalt endure.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
Care for Daughters.

Would you show yourself really good
to your daughters Then be generous
TO them in a truer sense than that OF
heaping triukets on their neckS. Train
them for independence first, and tL.en
labor to give it to them. Let them as
soon as ever they are grown have some
little money, or means OF making
money. to be their own, and teach them
how to deal with it, without needing
every moment somebody to help them.
Calculate what you give them or will
bequeath to them, not, as Is usually
done, on the chances of their making a
rich marriage, but on the probability of
their remaining single, and according
to the scale of living TO which yOu have
accustomed them. Suppress their luxury
now If need be, but do not leave them
with scarcely bare necesSaries here
after, IN striking contrast to their
present home. A1nve all, help them 70
help themselves. Fit them tO be able
to add To their own means rather than
10 be forever pinching and ecOnOmiziug
till their minds are narrowed and their
hearts are sick. Give all the culture
you can TO every power which they
may possess. If they should remain
among the million of the unmarried,
they Will bless yOd in your grave, and
say of You. what cannot be said of
many doting parent by his surviving
child: "My father cared that | should
he happy after his death aS well as
while | Vas his pet and his 10y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
Unhealthy Foods.

\ recent article ON food reminds us
that though a singular accident there is
nothing . the food or drink line actually
healthful. Tomatoes produce cancers,
water distends the bowels, bread sours
the stomach, cake destroys its tone, rice
depletes the blood, fish shrinks the
muscles, fresh meat produces bilious
ness, and salt meat skin diseases. And
so you can go through the entire list
without finding, according to medical
authorities, n single article but what is
in some degree hurtful. Its unfortunate,
but it Is too late now to helpit.-Danbsry
NesrS.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
Genius.

Some one asked la man who was counted
a great genius, to define genius, aud ne
said, Genius is industry" Things never
come about tofthemselves. The man who
writes great book never wrote it in a
day or week. The man who has worked
out a great invention did not combine
wheel and piston in an hour or a month:
but it was industry ofinquiry, the indus
try of application. Industry is the first
law of success.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21
A Danbu-y Man Tries to Reach q
WOmau-s Pocket.

The most difficult thing to reach is a
woman's pocket. This is especially the
ease if the dress is hung up ina cupboard
and the man is in a hurry.
We think we are safe in saying that
he always is i'm hurry ON such occa-
sions. The owner of the dress is in the
sitting sr6om, serenely engrossed IN a
book.
Having told him that the article he Is
in quest of is in her dress pocket in the
cupboard, she has discharged her whole
duty in the matter, and can afford to feel
serene. He goes at the task with dim
consciousness that he has been there be-
fore. but says nothing.
On opening the cupboard door, and
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-07-21

In the year 1866 DIR. Farr foretold the
impending decline of the cattle plague
in England, from discussion of the
weekly list of cases. The number of