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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-07
ROSSMAN'S CURE.

IbODDmAAN y OOASI'
ITCHING PILES is generally preceded by
a moisture like perspiration producing a
very disagreeable and distressing itching,
particularly at night, after getting warm
in bed. No humbug-as trial will prove.
For sale by all respectable druggists.
RossdAN & MCKINSTRY. Hudson, NY,
PrOprietors.
Sent by mail for so cents.
For sale by all Druggists in Rocks Island
Fuller & Fuller. and VanSchaack,
Stevenson & Reed. Chicago, wholesale
agents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-07

harmony and consequently to large ex-
tent its usefulness would be destroyed by
random and unconsidered alterations in
committee of the whole, such as have been
heretofore made in almost every tariff and
tax bill under the pressure of special in
terests, seeking selfish advantages.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-07
Piles--Ttching Piles

Positively cured-also Blind and Bleeding
Piles, Fistula, Salt Rheum, and all dis
eases of the Skin, by the use of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-07
Cure of all Female Weaknesses

This Compound, which Is purely vegetable, has
entirely cured the most stubborn cases that have
bafed the skill of our best physicians, and hous-
snds of persons who were considered as incurable
before this remedy was discovered have been re-
stored 20 perfect health by its use.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10
Notice nf As:plica ticR for Liquor
Re3s>e.

AvfTiCt NJ hereby ~isea a. ~ ettrrrs ~ lisp
Az Esi,.,f,t. ~ iss'llp, DEhcss rrsnsv ! nfr"s
a. t'a snsrrHtgse.i vii srrfy ~ ~ tc~ra I" s"ah
tfi s ,.,s..Ys ,f rub. i soity tslr lave term
issS se- IN prs. .~iers ~ Act s,isi's. 80 ~
AZ ~r r.. rsil f.r..>t ~ ~. " s,if trens- >.ncs>
-.f. ~.A che lass y , ~. a. i.r~it sts 'svnsr
y. N. ~ ~ riiis. nr' fo~rs. -HA ~ repeal al
,-.r isr~ rx.airg The sr,s ~ irtc>iSr'rr illr"r.
Ely n al ,.ts anf ~.a ~ AVS crwng sn rsrh'c. ~ur
~ ia,;or ,.>-ta sn selsviux N rrenes' uestcd
~ r is,-ssl.n-s - ln&isr, - ls7s TAI hce1'ss "a
sei ~sr.' .~ns sinsr ard rss NI1ats. 10 eusnii'is
49, th. ~art A: f:sne frynh ~ ne sssser
~ sffs ~ year IL precise larstcn <hrr, ,,
rr-irs --i u IN a~rss Scstrf On no sra = O
We = an S~wNa So a. rh"ss ~ i>e plat ~ -
I,aisnr Jcils BsTx
nAy "A. Is7,-3n-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

y Y virtue Of certified copy or de-.
az cree a. me directed from the clert
OF the Dubois Civcuit Court. IN csnss
wherein George Burger. is piaintiG, and
h.nsaiia Miller, William s. Culbcrtscn
VIM. A. CuIb~rfson and others are de.
Pendants. rcan;ring me 10 make the sum
OF three hundred and eighty-hve tolIars
and ninety -nine cent?, with interest on
said decree, and costs, will expose ii
public sale 10 the highest bidder. on
SATURDAY, MAY lS;h, 1878,
between the hours or 10 o'clock, a. N
aud 4 o'clock. y. N. Of said day, III lhe
door or the Court House Of Duboi.
county, Indiana. the rent and profits ios
term not exceeding seven years, OF the
following real estate, situated Ia The
County OF Dubois, and Safe Ut Indiana,
fo-wit.
Tie southeast quarter Of the NORTH.
east quarter, and the northeast quartz,
OF the southeast quarter Of section NJ,
nine ~. ia township No. two 90. south
Of range No. four a, west; also the
northwest quarter OF the scatb -east
quarter ~ section No. three q ]. III % wn.
ship No. two f2), south OF range No. -four
ca west containing together l2O acres
VI land.
III such rents aud profits will MT sell
for q sum sufficient 10 satisfy said dcrras.
interest aad costs. will a the same
time and place eapose 10 public sale thu
zee simple 81 the undivided two-third
parts of -sid real estate
iftwo-third parts Of said real estate
should fail 70 sell for = euns sufficient IA
satisfy said decree, interest and costs,
will At the same time and place expose
at public sale the fee simple Of the whole
Of said rcal estate, or SO much thereof q
may be sufficient 10 discharge said de-
cree. interest aud costs.
said sale win Be madc without any
relief whatever ftom valuation u ap-
praisenent laws.
GEORGE COX,
Sheriff OF Dubois County.
BEUSo BuErrxvK, ATTY for Pm.
Apil 18TH, l85s--3w. ~. f12 50.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

rsas. tna KNisNd Ssssut~s ~ she United ftsfes
IN Sons sass. sss5. 3s3r. snd $780, every res
t.n .ssgf Ia -nv business. ns.carnn OF ,nr ynrn
mnsr1 renders ia,e sp-cis tax. u reqnsset y
rAntuks Asp rLsry Avn SHFr roszrrtor~s y 49, ~
r.rslsus.xr oa rlscs ~ ~ -sxssse STAMP aers''nz
roe rnvnl NJ sa,t ~recir II the >er', tas Srsi
I..iunn- Lar 4 i.7S Section 3244. Revised Sat-
ur. lesir.f-s wa6 s-e Eaite special Lss~s. r..
rurn - pr.srrs.-i - Porn II n also E<c,issb
- r~@tr r.er~Ns As.~ sp~rf.t aS ef~~e SAssAs
rs tfrrs ave- ~f~sxrihti c~-rlianee With ~.
foregoing 80 cor -iriH y bu<trss,
amer tsdi 20 1878 utsfcat rfynsnt ~ tsx.
Arfieatf~r shoals " ns4c - ~ iESc VI. Aftl
f-er~stnr ~ latarna. ~ ee1e. = Fvsnsrhis. trI-
.srta - ss->rril - i -. 's1s.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

The citizrns 81 Boone township srs
nofilci that I wiz attend Ia Township
Bnsiness on every Saturday. and II Il
necessary thai ,'.rsous having bnsiass-
with the township shall come on that
day.
The library will he kept 1T A. Ru-
doiph's storc, IN Portersville. Tor tho con-
veaiance of rif'7rns. and persons who
have books belonging ~ Il. are request.
81. TO return them. that they may be
properly registered.
Caas. RrpoLPH.
NAV Q. '7S--v. Trusfcc Boone TIP.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10
DAYS OF Meeting Of The Trustee
~ The Various Townships in
Dubois County.

u, OTicE y hefebN given tl,Ai ihc rrn,-
tccs 81 f;'r various townships al ipu-
hoiT GO. WIN be ~ shcir respective Office,
ID each 81 ~ townships Tor iIc purpose
of attending 10 township business. on
The following duSs:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

l'olrul,ia ifsillso.N i'an4iHHve. MARTINI Hnli
Js netson JaeFrrl. isft.a ths. arr t,idirni
rssn~tlia eli nA ssiNrNr,- " raeh N.sh ura fo.'r
fNU>iir ~ 3lphfAts M .afi weak Naiis'r fonHNiiit
- tl W. mt VA S'irf sA sNrfs trcnfi
rsrssI, havirr insh.s4 Atl4 afo NJ M Tnsi',,
WI. haas Nv risi N.ft teFa trpts lass ffns
in rs.. N .nfi IpFn Nir ffntfrr hnli ttyiss rfn
tetsa,a fas~ sst NAsk Naah ,rrs tu fsut is,i
m M ~ Afio4t f ME Ais nm Viss i,ii
and t,ist lhArtnf IN w MI tIAtirfi 4
of s4sh fnetsA.pt Aua lii contracts. aNAfrr afe a
iel' - e.-is, shall W n.'is osls sutr dssgna,
ds.s N
tFass cAsr. inIAir lrftff.
y fiaish :. n gfrsua.
NNstAw NrNfA>sN. ftiAA N.al,tinAn.
NJ kgsilAii rB iTg.
ts.|ir fra4 ~ Vi ksfrtkst,n t
nkxa k.st tifns>s fskksA
'rl.t.Nei X itr5 ly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

T.. (SU,TZWEILER

Il. GU'I'ZWEILER
HAS opened Meat Market in his
~ house on East Sixth St., In Jaspcr,
and will
SELL FOR CASH ONLY
6rst-cIass fresh meat every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday mornings
Meat for sale nj all times. He llas
adopted the cash system, - hs il not
able 70 afford the credit.
Jos: BuTcHGRsno.
lie has No. one butcher, shd viii
kill and dress hogs or cattle Tor fagU
or others, on reasonable terms.
Aug. "a, J7--iy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

NOTICE Is hereby given that tire m
~ dersigned has bcen sppoirrcd Ad-
minisfraior " the estate Of John Thin
ling. late Of Dubois county. Indiana,
deceased. Said estate Is suppose. 10 be
solvent Issk W Ban, Adru'r.
VIZ. a. TKAyLor, Atty.
Nav ~. ISIS 3y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10
MADISON TOWNSHIP lIBnAhY.

NOTICE is hereby given that The
~ township Library Of Mailson town.
ship Is sept 1T the house Of VIM. Mon
roe, IN the town or Ireland. Tor the con-
scnicnrc OF citizens. Persons wishing
The benefit or tia hooks can get than
there b. apply ing Z" MRS. N0nrVe.
JAcou LExmSS, Trustee.
April 8. '7o--6ri.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

X. Beck has just RETURNED from the
EaM, and hsa bought stock Of goods.
which be oners for CASH LOWER ruAs
|EvER. See tbctrriccs Eastern work.
Child's shoes from 70 cents up; Misses
from u Up: Ladies from 81 up, and Il.
|aIl styles Msn's and Boys solid lestbcr
|brogans n Is; Fine boots ~ 30
Custom work. better grade OF goods.
at very small advance; Mems cali
boots only 8 - 70 - 80. Homemade
work IL NJ own shop reduced very low
and warranted. VIZ: Womcn's calf shoc
~ 70 - 30; Mems coarse shoes 81 80 .
Mems calf - %; Mems coarse hoois a. !:
Kip 81 ~ 10 - 90 Domestic calf ~ 90 ;
Philadelphia IS 20; French - %, q
best style.
vAsI sink ovPUrLic SQuARv.
April IL, '7s--1y. JASPER. IND.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

AvNwIf-r n hereby gi,e1 % ne cuixenso' itfisu-
~ vile Ard n,on< tsur~k.p. Dsbci~ scsaiy tnd.
sh4f ne ned VII, apply 10 the raard q ccans
tnmlssrusrs VI iuiv.s cuur,y. Al he.f sn.ss sr.n.
I>-N .'s~r me p.s dcr> ~ Acf entitled "Ar 49,
- leg4lee md hc~rss ~ sis ~ .riv'ter. s.not>'
nsrf ana eih.t ftrxNfhs iirH,r~. q ifmn fr~ fsn,
~. . ~ r;,.rr- r Airs ni.t fo.r end 10 s<rfn' ~
former ls,ls errlafiaxthr <sfs " nteStcsinr rtut
wa siin~S anA nsrtx " ise< swring N rcnNrt go
tia rrsfIsnfsrf ibis e~f prescribing F<rari,e ~ n
.l,,t. I,er,.f "a fss i-r.r 10 slerr~.cy. pss~si
s,~tle LEGISLATIVE AZ i1iiasa ~ ifA ~ t~sr. "
li .ritr ~ s.noas snA sn.s s,esr~ " ssni't'es
is> thsH Nasi n AZ .e ~ ~ rifnk ~ ~ Z, 49,
~ IN n ~ ans ~sss nc rsscs-r irsa,seN wlevs hs
fr.sss ~ ~sfI w rse f.trn'st aud herg "pcn "
IN ,--~s nsst ~ sci'.rsi Seei.el tuefft r<n
,o~a ~ f'a-tersssise DUbtls ssray. indisrs
swy 'ss-Sw. y. shS|fNN
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

NOTICE Is hereby given, that by vir'
AN tue OF M execution 10 me dirccl
led from tia Clerk Of thu Dubois Circuit
Court, I will ca pose ~ public salo 80 The
highest bidder ~ the door of tho Court
House Of Dubois county, Indiana, on
SATURDAY. MAY 18th. 1874,
lhetwccn the hours Of 10 o'clork. a. NJ.
aud Z O'Clock. r. N. Of said day. the rent
ard profits for term not exceeding seve,
wears OF the following described real
estate. situated IL DuLois county, State
of Indiana t0-Wit:
Town lot number thlrty-cight (36) IN
the FoUrth addition to the town Of las
per. as known and designated on The
map. plat o. Chart or ~ addition 10 said
town, with ~ the improvements thereto
|belonging.
Ard On failure 70 rea,ise The mi
amount OF Judgment interest and cost
u wilt at the same time anal place, *
posc at pnblic sale the fse simple OF said
real estate, or 50 muc!, thereof NJ ma,
be snfEcient to discharge said judy neut
Interest AID costs.
Taken as the property Of Fcrdinaud
Shoemaker 81 the suit OF Eva Elizabeth
Brtiage.
said sale will lie made without relic
from valuation or apprsiscinent laws d
the State Ut Indiana.
GEORGE cox,
Sheriff Dubois County.
EEUyo BrrrrSER ATTY Tor P'f.
April "a. lS73.-3w (pt 10 COL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

Iuns lansiarl article IN compound
81 WIFI NO greatest care.
H. eject. ar4 a. yohuCfilll ami ns
satisfactory A. even.
~ fcs.ores sfsy or faded haig ~ its
youthful color.
~ removes all crlpiion@, itching
and danirniT II gives tho head i
cooling, soothing sensation az great
comfort. AMI me aeAIp by .s lsc
become, White anil cican.
IN .is tonic properties II Restores
Tie capillary glands u lhcir nuru#i
yigor. preventing badness. ami max
in~ Tie hair grow tliick ana strong.
a. dressing, nothing has been
found IN c'fcIiuAl ~ desirable.
A. Il. Hayes, MID. State Nssaycr
Of Massachusetts,. says, -l'nc con
siitucnts are pHfc, and carefully sc-
lccte', for cacc.icnt quality and |
consi,lc. II Tic Bsr PREPARATION
for its intended purposes.
Price. One Collar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10
Real Estate for Sale!
CLEMENT DOANE.

Real Estate Agent, Jasper, Ind
AFFERs for sale lLe folio wing A.sir
~ ab.c tracts:
~ s.--srs acres ~ good land 10 Han ,.wnsl )
within si'e = the Air Line. prices that ~sa 81
yeu. Al timber.
No $50 acres ~ yocd land 10 Vail tcen-hip 10
~ - per lac oak timber 10 Is wossi dcubs
the price,
No. 34-l20 acres ofunimproved land
~ the crossing of tho lsockpost snd All
Line Railroads near Huntinghrryi
with erougi timber for fire wood On Il
TO pay for II.
Nc. A.--An sIivsbSs %, n god locality. wish In
psovtneass upon Il. In ne town q HI netngbsrg-
M. $50 sarss n Smelly tsnbsrva isnd IN MARIO
township. psbce ccurty cleared has y. " snsI
leg Aonss V wall ustercd. and andevsxa ss-h enss
. s.rs. sA ~. . s.s nc
~. as.se acres 10 Spencer cosn,y Il ,h- eros.
q ~ Rsilrov AMI she Ssr'nssA and psie s.sd; a
Iscres cleared, rod kouse, harm. 4e.. plenty of
'waiev. about N fne frt srees plenty ~ scs Cbea
|ss $3.50, halo essA. ssisnee In rear.
No. 10o-f2 Mres d Isn' e. n Shat creek nvdre
|cn !aspss srd Hunf'nxbrfg ss-d--sAsAp - sroe Al
timber.
~ Ms.--Ys7 sc-~- 10 sr-neer cern.y. an raie an
Ferdinand r~ad n.iss NOR ~ u.rr, md niles fem
Maria Hill. srl r,iIs. fr.sn F,finand: % ecrts y
cIesscd isni. Ns~ s'rk hssssinr. roows Anil .iiar
~" f..d barns plenty = ~sssr; two good orehsN's
god timber. Ac.. &c. Cheap.
CIENENr DoANE offers bis service.
60 tho public for tie sale or trade
'cf real estate. without making an,
charge to parties e,np'osing him, nm
less sales are effected, and then reason.
able commission Is expected. Person,
having real estate 10 sell will find This 4
desirable means preaching the rurchas.
ing public.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10

Price, One Dollar.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-14
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
The California Star OIL Company and the
Bakcr-Beale Litigation.

III pursuance to an invariable
rule of giving all parties hearing
on any question of public interest,
we publish the following, which
explains itself so fully that COM
ment is unnecessary.
EDITOR HERALD: have noticed,
in answer to my dispatch, that Col.
r. S. Baker reiterated his former
statement, that the case of this
Company against him and others
had been decided in his favor, and
that he would substantiate said
statement. While we do not
claim to be able to fOreshadow the
decision of a court, we send you the
record of the action as it stands to
this date, certified to by the proper
officers of the court, from which
you will see that no decision has
been rendered. No other action at
law has ever been commenced
against r. S. Baker by this Com
pany. trust that your sense of
justice will give this the same
prominence in your paper as that
had by the original article.
Yours truly,
CAL. STAR OIL WORKS Co.
BY JAS. III. TAYLOR. Secretary.
San Francisco, May IL, 1873.
In the District Court of the Twelfth
Judicial District of the State of
California, in and for the city and
county of San Francisco.
APRIL TERM.
MONDAY, April 30, 1873.
Present: Hon. p. Daingerfield,
Judge.
The California Star Oil Works
Company, plaintiff, VS.. II. S.
Baker ct ais, defendants.
In this action the plaintiffs mo-
ton that an injunction issue herein
came oil this day to be heard,
Messrs. Lake and Banding APP
peared in favor of the motion, and
Mr.. Brunson in opposition thereto,
aud arguments of counsel having
been heard, the said motion was
submitted to the Court for decision.
Thereupon the defendants demur-
rer to amended complaint came on
to be heard. Messrs. Wise and
Cole appeared as counsel for de-
PENDANTS, and Messrs. Lake and
Banding for the plaintiff, and ar
gument of counsel being heard, the
said demurrer was submitted to the
Court for decision.
l hereby certify the foregoing to
L. f,.I 8
an order entered on the minutes of
said Twelfth District Court in the
above entitled cause, and that the
records of said Court do not show
that any order or decision has been
made in said cause.
Attest, my hand and the seal Of
said District Court, this llth day Of
May, 1873. [Seal.I
THoS. Fl. REYNOLDS, Clerk.
By ]. ID. RUGGLES, Deputy Clerk.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-14
YENING SESSION.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 10.
A Tranquil Nervous System

Can never be possessed by those whose
digestive and assimilative organs are in
a state of chronic disorder. Weak stom-
achs make weak nerves. To restore vigor
and quietude to the latter, the first must
be invigorated and regulated. The. ordi-
nary sedatives may tranquilize the
like Hostetter's Stomach Bittors, remove
the causes of nervous debility. That SUI
perb invigorant and corrective of disor-
dered conditions of the alimentary Or
gans has also the effect of imparting tone
TO the nerves. The delicate tissues of
which they are constituted, when weak
ened in consequence OF the impoverish-
ment OF the blood, resulting from imper-
feet digestion and assimilation, draw
strength from the mnd of vitality devel-
oped in the system by the Bitters, which
imparts the required impetus to the nu-
tritivc functions of the stomach, enriches
the circulation, and gives tone and regu-
larity 10 the sccretive and evacuative or
gans.
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1n.sept27
Artistic Photography.

Mr.. Charles Hasselman takes
pleasure in announcing to the pub
lie of Los Angeles and surrounding
cities that he has formed a partner
ship with Mr.. +. PARKER, the gen.
ial photographer of No. So Main
street, DOwNEY BLOCK. The firm
engages itself to do nothing but
first-class work, equal to the best
done in the Eastern States and
Europe. Portraits in oil colors,
pastel, colored and black crayons,
water colors, India ink, etc, at re-
duced prices. Reproductions from
any kind of old faded pictures taken
in superior style. Every kind of
re-touching done for the trade.
F. PARKER,
CHAS. HASSELMAN,
IS Main Street, Downey Block.
I'm, may7
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-14
PROF. CUNNING.
Exhaustive Lecture on the San Fernando Oil
District -Illimitable Supply of Uil.

Union Hall was crowded last
night by an intelligent and fash
ionable audience which had as
sembled to hear Prof. Cummings
lecture on the "Origin of Man,
The fact that the Professor had an
nounced it to be his intention to
give, in detail, the result of his ex-
ploration of tho San Fernando oil
measures contributed to the inter-
est of the occasion.
In referring to the history of Pc
troleum Prof. Cunning said that
Plutarch speaks of petroleum
springs which were known to
Alexander the Great twenty-five
hundred years ago. This ancient
historian had started out to give his
theory of their origin, but, unfor-
tunately, the pages of his history
devoted to that purpose had been
torn out, and we had lost the light
Plutarch might nave thrown on
the matter.
Prof. Cunning next spoke of the
mountains Of rock in which he had
found the San Fernando petroleum.
These rocks were the garnered skel-
etons of by-gone generations, and
they had again and again been
through the mill of life. He intro
duced very happily Montgomery's
lines descriptive of MOLE hill and
said they were not only appropri-
ate but they become sublime when
applied to mountains. These
mountains were composed of ami
NAL and vegetable life. The rocks
which were found on their SUBMITS
aud sides to-day were bones and
other hard parts of the extinct ami.
mails, while the oil beneath had
been the tissues of life. Oil was
found in the mountains com posed
of sea-born rocks, such as those en-
countered below Point Conception,
at Santa Barbara and Carpinteria.
1t would never be found in the
ANCNth vi tIl6 Olu NgdDTleJ
range of mountains.
The Professor next drew series
OF diagrams representing the oil
belt of Southern California, tend.
ing from Santa Barbara and Car
pinteria down to the San Fernando
and ramifying to San Luis Obispo
and Kern counties. We regret
that our pre-occupied space pre-
vents our giving a detailed report
of the several strata in which the
oil was generated and the several
other strata which were superim-
posed overit. His theory of the up
heaval of the San Fernando noun
tains was philosophical and well
sustained. Abiding to the fire.
quent presence of asphalt in Los
Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ven
tura counties, he said that asphalt
was the residuum of pstroleum-it
was petroleum with the soul left
out. AS the result of his elaborate
investigation of the San Fernando
region he unhesitatingly pro-
nouncedit illimitably rich. He was
emphatic in the expression of the
opinion that energetic prospecting
was ali that was needed to demon
strate it to be the richest oil terri
tory on the continent. He would
earnestly advise the enterprising
men of Los Angeles to go down.
down. Oil, like truth, laid at the
bottom of a very deep well.
The Professor next took up the
announced topic of his lecture and
held the interest of his audience for
an hour.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-14
The dry goods and novelty store

The dry goods and novelty store
of Charles Prayer, at No. 5 Com
mereial street, is an attractive re-
SOL t to the ladies of Los Angeles.
Mr.. Prayer has one of the most ex.
tensive and recherche stocks of
goods ever brought to Los Angeles,
and there is absolutely nothing
necessary to the feminine toilette
which may not be found in his
store. He has been guided in his
purchases by thorough knowledge
of the requirements of this section,
and the latest fashions and novel
ties may be at all times inspected
at No. 5 Commercial street. Give
him call. my7
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-14
" SOMETHING IN IT.
A Human Body Losos its Weight-A Theory
Borne out by the Pacts-Suocsssful Bx
pertinent.

The electromagnetic theory of
flight, preached in our columns
lately, in a semi-jocose way, has
so taken possession of the minds of
certain intelligent citizens here,
that they have formed themselves
into sort of club, which we have
facetiously STYLED "The Imponder-
ables.n
The particular point to which the
club is now directing its attention
is this: Several of our most worthy
townspeople, men and women, say
that if a person will lay with his
head on one chair and his feet on
another, and hold himself as rigid
as he can, that four or five people
can lift him readily into the air by
each person applying one finger of
each hand to different portions of
his body, all, In unison, holding
their breath. 1t is claimed that
through some unknown law the
person lifted becomes lighter; to
use the words of some who say
they have been thus lifted, he feels
"like q feather"
A meeting was held Sunday be-
fore last, aud various attempts
were made, but resulted in more or
less complete failures. "Stocksu
were decidedly "dcwn." On Sun.
day afternoon the Impondera-
ables" again met in solemn
conclave-two of the mystic
brotherhood being absent, and
one new recruit being mus
tered ina most valuable mem Der,
as circumstances proved. The
chairs were arranged, the subject
laid out, the signal given. breaths
drawn, finger-tips applied, when,
10, ''He movesW some audibly ex-
claimed and others mentally
thought. Several experiments were
made, some completely successful;
the subject on two or three occa-
sions being lifted to height of
about seven feet, while at other
times no bulge was perceptible.
The why and the wherefore none Of
the "Imponderables" can explain.
Wherever the new recruit applied
his fingers up went the body of the
subject, apparently like a feather
blown by the breath. The person
lifted weighed 1856 pounds. Two
others of less weight could not De
moved at all.
The "Imponderables" talk very
seriously of the matter now, and
are going to pursue their investiga-
tions further. "There's something
in it," appears to be the verdict.