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"BABY'S DEAD"

DAD Il - DEhDs
BY MARY BowLE5.
Just whisper from the skies,
In the hush of midnight dreary,
Clasped with peace the aching eyes,
Bore their little sufferer weary
Home. to rest in Heavens sweet morrow;
While far round our footsteps spread
Depths of wild, unwavering sorrow,
Baby's deadl
Still around that brow so fair
Mora than Aa-4l,y-ueauty fingers, ;.
Gently smooth the falling hair,
Fold the tiny frozen fingers;
Twine the curls SO proudly tended
In halo round his head; hs-
Pride and hope alone are ended, ;5
"tb Baby's dead!
Lonely to the hopeless tomb.
1 Darling child how shall we yield thee!
From its drear corroding gloom : =.,,t-
Love would freely die to shield thee.
Can we bear that dust should gather si
Round our darling's head'
Spare the bitter cup. oh Father, COOS j.
Baby's dead! -
Dead! and light is quenched in tears;
Hopes that blosso med but to wither,
Sunny dreams of after years. s.ags
Lost in deaths cold gulf forever,
Sun and moon and stars are smitten
With despair's dark night o'erspread; -..
Round the universe is written. ~ ;tl~.s
Baby's deadl
Darling from your slumbers deep.
Mother calls-will you not waken? y '
In that lone, mysterious sleep,
Do you dream of hearts forsaken?
Safe where joys ne'er droop and languish
Are you watching overhead?
Oh, the passion Of the anguish,
Baby's deadl
Peace, at last, may hush the strife,
Where no mists of parting sever;
We may greet thee crowned with life,
Clasp thee in our love forever.
But. tonight, bereft and lonely,
Yearn we for our treasure fed.
While wierd echoes answer only,
Baby's deadl
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

An oven holder should be made of
heavy cloth, two thicknesses, and fully
half a yard square; an old grain sack
makes them. This will save you many
a burn and keep you from using your
disli-towel or apron.
When sweeping, dipyour broom occa-
sionally in water, hot is best, and keep
the dust from fying over everything
Coarse salt sprinkled oyerthe f,or occa
sionally is said to; keep the moths out Of
the carpet. "a
III is good idea TO- keepsa supply of
ironing holders maite up; take old cloths,
fold as marty iifcknesses and cover with
a new piece Of heavy cloth, tacking in
the center; then yon can have clean
holder when necessary without having to
stop and make one.
When your dish towels begin to wear
out, fold them together, the best outside,
as small or large as you like, and run to-
gether around and across through the
center with coarse threat, then when you
require new dishcloth you will not take
"any old rag" sa
Lime pulverized, sifted through coarse
muslin, and stirred up tolerably thick in
white of eggs. makes q strong cement
for glass and china. Plaster of Paris is
still better, particularly for mending bro.
ken images of the same material. II
should be stirred up by the spoonful, as
it Is wanted. q. re ~ e
To make lemon syrup take a pound Of
Havana sugar, boil it in water down to
q quart, drop in the white Of an egg to
clarity it, add one-quarter OF an ounce
of tarlaric or ci,ric acid. If you do not
find it SUR enough after it has stood
two or three days, add more of the acid
A few drops of oil of lemon improves
lit.
| Keep, your, stove backing, brush and
plate handy, and after dinner each day
brush off your stove, and you will find
/ it much nicer than washing it off /; be
sides, with an occasional brushing your
stove will always look nicely, and il youI
stove is not kept looking clean the whole
kitchen looks untidy. -
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

T'HN undersigned, having been appointed
i Notary Public, wonld inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to I'll Pensioners Blanks. admin
is.ar Oaths, take Dispositions, acknowledge
Deeds. Mortgages and other instruments Of
writing. JOHN JBRFRRS.
sprl8,'76Y. Beallsville. Monroe Co. Ohio.
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The Champion Starver. I


To the Editor of the Sun: 4 fs
SIR: Seeing j H. Brentann's chal
lenge in the Sun, accept his challenge.
L have gone without food of any kind
for six days, beating Mr.. Brentano "a
hours. ] also challenge any man living
to eat snakes Frank A CoNKLIN.
252 First avenue, New York.
To the Editor Of tho Sun: % M
/ SIR: l have been waiting some time
for msn like Frank A Conklin to chal-
lenge me in anything pertaining to
snakes. can catch more snakes, C larn
more snakes, and eat more snakes les
IeeejaIly srst1less ktlan4any man in this
country. come Of a snake family-my
parents and grandparents being known
for years as the great snake catchers AID
tanners of Powel's Valley, Dauphia Co !,
Pa My ancestors we're the original
French settlers, and inherited all their
snake knowledge My money, my
snakes, and myself will be ready at any
time at John Donner's, opposite Capital
Park, this city. ts9
CHARLES RoUMFoRT,
Champion Snake Handler and Eater Of
= America
Harrisburg. Pa, April 2. .es
To the Editor of the Sun: .igsef
SIR: challenge Frank A. Conklin to
eat snakes, / to dress my own snakes
rattlesnake, adder or any other kind OF
snake Challenge 10 remain open ten
days, for from 800 to 81. 900 8.
se ~ IsAAe B. PALMER. {
Riverlile Greenwich, Conn. a
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DENTISTRY.

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ID E n L | 5 7,
W 0 0 D S F ED, OHIO,
Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of nitrous oxide or laughing gas.
e8Ofdce over Pope & Castles drug store.
ma25'75Y.
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and GRAINlNG.

A. IA. SCALES, the old Painter of
Frame Brothers Carriage Mandatory Barnes.
vile, has opened a shop in Bsallsville, Ohio.
He is prepared to execute all kinds of Paint.
ing and Graining in the best style. Painting
Carriages and Buggies speciality.
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PHYSICIANS.
Dr.. j. w A Y

DR.. j. w AY,
Physielsn aud Surgeon,
ELM COVE, Rashingtos Up, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Sll calls promptly attended to, during the
dsy or night.
fsb73.'69.
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NJ Liz ALEX ERNIHINSIIAM Il CO.

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from five to twenty times the amount invested.
Sto ks bought and carried long desired on
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Colorado flannel petticoats are again in
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and bonnet trimming in Paris.
Fleece lined pique is destined to grea,
popularity for underwear in midwinter
Rose petal borderines are the lates,
caprice in fancy artiicialsa flower trim
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Gray fox is the most popular muh
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Oh l..
Opal tinted white beads are seen on i'm
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Colored flannel sets of chemises, draw
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Many handsome imported evening dres-
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The Millennium.

According to evidence CLEANED from certain
elderly Doctor who is enscoHcd amid the attractions
of some of the rural districts of Kentucky, the
climax of the Millennium Will be about the year
1896, and that during thai year of peace and good
will to all men, president will be escorted to
the Capitol by aregiment of beautiful women
He thinks whisky great obstruction to the
Millennium, but uses wee drop himself a.
times Another curious idea promulgated Is, that
Days que Tonic is destined 10 become the "reat
salvation of the American people for the complete
cure and eradication of all forms of chils and
fver as is the only remedial agent now before the
people, which possesses anG combines all needed
ingredients capable of destroying and antagonizing
every species of malarious poison
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B1Obbs

Blobbs was good fellow, but account of
some arrangement OF his system his head was
frequently 'off a leetle." He shoemaker,
hence was closely confined all day, and very often
late at night He had constant headache, with
pain in tne back, loss of appetite, sour stomach
and constipation of the bowels He frequently
arose in the morning with fever and dull headache
He became morose, unsoCial and Indifferent
Blobbs sent half a dollar to the Drug Store for q
bottle of Bailey's saline Aperent and few doses
cooled his stomach, opened his bowels, unlocked
mis- liver and he at once became a healthy and
happy man.
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She Cant Blush.

cate hues of nature they appear pale and blood
less; her eyes should sparkle and her intellec-
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she Is dull. stupid and istess; she has lost that
nimble step and that merry laugh; her appetite
failed bowels constipated, her head aches, her
heart papitates, she is nervous, cross and fretfu
She Is gradually declining. Her blood Is impoFer-
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But what is to be donef She cannot remain
thus A remedy, and pleasant has already
been prepared for just snch cases and it never
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great female regulator and tonic of the present
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MEDICAL.


past experience with travelling quacks, but cox
suit the located Physician, the ceie-
brated Specialist,
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EVERYBODY NERDS IT :!
DR.. WHITES
D n DELION
THE GREAT LIVER COR
RECTOR, BLOOD PURI-
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fail
IT CURES Constipation by acting upon the Liver
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tits q certain specific for hGUE or CHILLs,
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tits the best BLOOD PURIFIER in use, thor
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1t ia the best remedy tor all diseases of the Kid
neys and Urinary organs.
tits composed of Dandelion in combination with
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1t is entirely harmless and pleasant to take,
1t costs Won nothing If 1t does not perform all
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The following testimonials speak for themselves:
INDIANAPOLIS. July s. 1876.
Or A. r. Whfte--Dear SIR can heartily recon-
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| Dr. A R. White-Dear Sir: Mr.. FAIR, druggist
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| ton but having used so much medicine and Cd
| tanned no relief, would not try it. He told me
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all the doctors prescriptions and other medicines
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| Very respectfully GEO. RObINSoN-
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| DR.. A. Z. White-Dear Sir: have bonght three
bottles of your Dandelion Alternative for my wlle
and it has done her more good than anything eht
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| Yours truly VIM BOON.
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DIR. A. x. White-Dear Sir: Some time ago wa
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Brain & n erVe

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Debility. Loss OF Manhood, Weakness, Discharges,
General of Special Debility resulting from early
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Skinny Men

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lacking flesh, yvacity, electric power. vital brain
or nerve force; men injured by mental strain, phy-
steal excesses abuse, etc aged persons to retain
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ton, should use Wells Health Reviewer" remark
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debility, premature decline, etc 81 al Druggists
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PLAsTERS

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and prevent Miasmatic and Malarial Diseases.
They draw Blood Poisons through the pores by alb
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and should be worn by all unduly exposed to dis
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The following poem is from the leadin,
stalwart Republican paper of the country
and although written in bantering style
is true reflex of what may be expected
should Grant be elected third time
means Capitalization:
Stalwarts ard Brigadiers.
Y.Times, (Rep.)
Ye gallant brigadiers, who strove
To strike the union down,
Come up, and help give to Grant
grand imperial CT own,
This poor experiment of ours
By which the many ruled,
Has failed, and to a safer plan
The people must be schooled.
The soldiers law, the worlds shary sway,
To which you fain would bow
When ruled and robbed by allen rogues,
VIII best become you now.
What do you care? You lost the stake
For which you boldly played,
But lately proved that much may be
Recovered by trade.
The talk of law and right you know,
Is nothing now but cant;
You made your terms with facile Hayee,
Why not with glorious Grant?
IT'S tue that we, yonr stslwart friends,
nave iOdQeO you WIN CHAINS,
But they shall all be wrought of gold,
When Grant, the conquerer, reigns
Beneath the iron h1el we love
To crush the southern worm;
But it shall feed on fairness when
Grant gets another term.
When north and south shall both be caught
In Grants imperial tolls;
No lines will then be drawn, except
On questions of the spoils
Then let the constitution slide,
And strike economy down.
Come up, and help us give to Grant
A grand imperial crownl
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Id al
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pine Buchu- paiba "a quick, complete cure for al
Urinary Kidney, Bladder Genital Diseases
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Depot IS Barclay St., New York, and for Rock 1sl'
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PRICE 25 CENTS.

Re careful to obtain Collins Voltac Electric
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-31

Under and by virtue of decree of fore.
closure and order of sale entered In the
District Court OF the Seventeenth Judi
ciai District of the State OF California, in
and for the county of Los Angeles, on the
z3d day OF May, A. d. 1879, and a writ
Of execution for the enforcement of judg-
ment. requiring saleof property under
foreclosure OF mortgage, issued out of the
decree and dated the 2ad day OF May,
A. d. 1879. in the above entitled action
and In favor OF Los Angeles County
Bank, plaintiff. and against Henry H.
Gird, John +. strupk, Robert Turnbull
and s. J. Lynch. defendants, certified
copy of which said decree offoreclosure,
duly attested under the seal of said
court on the 23d day of May, A. ID.
1873. and delivered to me, together
the is ssd wrls last msntonsa thereto
whereby am commanded to sell at pub
lie auction to the highest and best bidder
for cash In United states gold coin.
the, following and in said decree de-
scribed real estate, t0-wit:
Commencing at the Sc. corner Of the
larger tract set apart or allotted in the
partition OF the Rancho Cienega to Henry
H. Gird and running thence along the
eastern boundary of said allotment three
hundred and twenty-six rods TO the
Ballona road; thence along said road
westerly one hundred ana eighty-two
rods to the west boundary of said allot-
ment; thence southerly along said
boundary three hundred and fifty-three
rods to the SW. corner OF said allotment;
thence easterly In q direct line to The
place OF beginning. containing three
hundred and twenty-five acres, more or
less; 1t beiug intended hereby to convey
all of the lands of said Glrd lying south
erly or the Balloons road. reference be.
Ing made to decree in partition of said
Rancho Cienega, case No. ll6l, District
Court,
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