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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

THERE seems to be no room for
doubt that the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe people really aim to
extend their road to Guaymas.
What attraction this small, hot
and insignificant town can have for
Boston capitalists it is hard to i'm
aglne. As a factor In the trade of
China and the East it would count
for nothing, as it could only be
reached by long detour around
the Peninsula Of Lower California.
When the fact Is borne in mind
that vessels in coming from China
to the Pacific Coast are obliged to
cross at higher latitude than San
Francisco, the mystery is Intensi-
fed. The true solution of the prob.
lem is, In all probability, to be
sought In the fact that Guaymas is
only regarded as q brief stopping
place, not terminus. 1t was from
Msssaeh usstts that the capitalists
hailed who embarked with Ben
Butler in his Magdalena Bay col
ony scheme. Guaymas probably
means Mazatlan in the near future.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
THERE is a connection between

THERE Is connection between
the project of changing the Mexi-
can frontier from the present par
allel of latitude to one that would
fall below Matamoras and Mazatlan,
and Grants visit to Cuba and Mex
leo, which will be apparent before
two years have run their course.
The Northern Mexican States are
heavily mortgaged to Americans
and the people of at least some of
those States are supposed not to be
averse to casting in their fortunes
with the American Union. Grant
will enter the Southern States from
Northern Mexico and desperate
effort will be made to get up q
Southern boom for him based Oh
the old Southern desire to acquire
the rich treasure sections which lie
to the South of us. The plan may
flash In the pan, but it will be in
terestlng to watch the develop
ments of the asserted programme
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

The pious and Reverend Henry
Ward Beecher is raising his voice
against the people of the South be-
ing allowed to participate in the
government OF the United States.
1t was this same Sharp's rifle di-
vine who, with Gen. John Coch-
rane and others of that ilk, got up
the Cleveland Convention, ten
years ago, to protest against any
further prescription of the South
ern people. He is weathercock
In politics as in morals. When he
found that he was not in line with
Northern sentiment, ten years ago,
he recanted his utterances like
whipped cur and has ever since
been careful to distinguish himself
as the tool of sectional hate. The
people Of the United States will
know how to regulate their con-
Germs without much Difference to
the opinions Of Beeeher or his
kind.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

A CORRESPONDENT elsewhere
takes us to task for mentioning
Dick Mccormick as one of the as.
pirants for the Chairmanship oi
the Republican National Commit.
tee. We can only say, in reply,
that the Hon. Richard was spoken
of in quite number of influential
New York papers as John Sher-
mans distinctive representative fol
that position. Without undertak.
ing to champion the ex-Arizona
statesman, we are inclined to think
that he cuts a bigger swathe in
Republican politics than our cor
respondent is inclined to give him
credit for.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
An Extraordinary Diver.

A good deal of curiosity has been
excited in London by the extra or
dinary exhibition Of y new diving
process at the Royal Polytechnic
Institution. The inventor is a
young Englishman named Fleuss,
twenty eight years ofage, who was
formerly an officer in the Peninsu-
lar and Oriental Steamship Com
pany's service. He is a short,
slight man, of fair complexion and
pleasant appearance. The pecul-
iarity of his process is that the
diver takes down with him a good
supply of air. and Is quite indie.
pendent of any supply from above,
SO that there is no pumping re-
quired and no help needed except a
signal man and cord. The dress
in which Mr.. Fleuss descends is an
ordinary Divers dress, and consists
of u helmet and breastplate and
the common water-tight armings
and leggings. He bears on his
shoulders weight Of ninety six
pounds. At the depth of twelve
feet he moves comfortably in the
water under this pressure. From
the helmet there proceeds O light
cord for signaling to the man
above. Before the helmet is fixed
and the mask closed, it is seen that
the inventor wears firmly tied over
his mouth and nose an ordinary
mouth-piece, from which q breath.
ing tube of an inch bore proceeds
downward. When he is on the
floor of the tank in which
the exhibition takes place, Mr..
Fleuss moves about as he pieases,
apparently without any impede
ment. He can pick up coins, can
sit down, and can even lie down.
He breathes, he says, just as easily
as whom in the air, and quite as
freely. The process by which the
breathing is effected remains a
secret, but is, according to
the inventor. extremely simple.
DR.. Benjamin Ward Richardson, a
well known London physician who
sends to Nature a long account of
his observations of the expert
ments, says that in whatveer way
Mr.. Fleuss gets breathing room un-
der the water, he has without doutt
achieved a great practical success.
He has some method of getting rid
of the product of respiration, which
would otherwise suffocate him, and
he is able to live long time COM
pletely shut Oft from all external
access to the air. In some of the
exhibitions Mr.. Fleuss has remain
ed under water q full hour, and has
shown no signs of asphyxia on
coming out of the tank, and but
little change from his normal con-
dition. DR.. Richardson suggests
that q man who can carry his air
supply in his pockets could go into
fire as well as under water, pro-
vided he had on a proper fire. proof
dress, and that the new invention
will be found specially valuable in
wells charged with foul air, or in
mines filled with fire-damp OF
choKe-damp.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

AFTER having read an account
in a Plaquemine (La.) paper of
the barbarous murder of e white
man named O'Neil by four me-
groes, we could not forbear re-
aection upon the howl which
would have gone up from the Re-
publican press all over the North
If the facts of the atrocity had
been reversed, and negro had
been cruelty murdered by four
whites, in Louisiana. The "bloody
shirt" would have been fiourlshed
with a vigor which no matador
swinging a red rag in the face of a
bull could hope to match. In these
matters there is great deal of
difference as to whose OK is gored.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
Brain Feed.
New York Herald. j


In the course OF lecture on
physiology, at Steinway Hall, DR..
Il. 5. Lambert incidentally describ-
ed what he called brainial sup
per-a novel repast which the leo
turer said he had once given to
some thirty or forty gentlemep,and
the like of which feast has never
been known before or since. 1t is
the doctors theory that the aver
age New Yorker-the professional
or mercantile man in active busi-
ness life--requires much more brain
food than he commonly receives.
The model supper consisted of the
following dishes: First course
Toasted crackers and toasted cheese,
In the Russian fashion, as an appe-
tiZer. Second course-Oysters on
the half shell and cold cabbage.
Third course-Sardines in oil.
Fourth course-Codfsh and cream.
Fifth c0urse-Lobster salad. Sixth
course-Stewed tripe and green
peas. Seventh course-Calves'
brains on toast, Graham bread and
oaten grits, wheaton grits with
cream. Dessert-Baked sweet ap-
pies and baked sour apples. Drinks
Gold water. Concerning all these
dishes the Doctor made special
plea as to their wholesomeness
Cheese was very wholesome; of
oysters he spoke enthusiastically as
brain food, and cabbage, he said,
was the most easily digested of veg
etables. Preserving sardines In oil
retains all the virtue of the fish,
and makes them very desirable as
food. The stewed trlpe is also a
noble dish. To illustrate the i'm
portance of proper brain food, the
Doctor said that you can put the
stlffest willed of men into prison
and feed him on hard tack and pork,
and in few months his spirit will
be broken, because his brain be-
comes exhausted and broken down.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

abolition bill. The West Indian
members OF the Cortes are so irri-
tated at the continued crisis that
many intend returning to Havana
In the spring. The Opposition de-
clare that they will accept nothing
but an explanation by Se6or Can
ovas del Castillo in the presence OF
the offended members. The Cab
met has refused to allow the Aboli-
ZIONIST meeting authorized by Gen.
eral Campos to be held here.
The Home Office has ordered the
prosecution Of seven newspapers
here and six in the provinces, for
criticising the new government,
King Alfonso has summoned
Canovas del Castillo to the palace,
and expressed desire that an end
be put to the crisis.
The Greek Frontier Question.
BERLIN, December 19th.-It is
asserted that Bismarck concurs in
Premier WaddiDgton's proposal of
collective mediation in the Greek
question.
GortchskoH.
VIENNA. December 19th.-It is
asserted that, with the return of
Prince Gortchakoff to office, his
old system of intrigue has been re-
commenced, especially at Constan-
tinople.
rae Tnreo Elnp.sex.
ST.PETERsBURG, December 10
Schouvaloff has arrived. 1t is said
the basis of an arrangement was
arrived at at Varzin with view to
re-establishing the former relations
of the three Empires under new
conditions. This statement Is re-
garded as sensational.
severe Sentence.
LIMERICK, December 10Th. The
Svicted tenant who struck down
Lord Fermoy in the Limerick
County Club House, Saturday last,
has been sentenced to five years.
penal servitude. The sentence
caused much sensation in court.
InsersntionHi Exposition.
ROME, Dec. 19th.-An interna-
tional exhibition will be held here
in 1882.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

THERE are some very pleasant and
encouraging agricultural notes in
the letter of our San Fernando cor
respondent, which appears in our
local columns this morning. The
farmers of that section made money
last year and if the current season
ends as 1t has begun they will re.
joice in plethoric bank accounts
next Fall. The activity of the
large rancheros, like the Messrs.
Porter and Lankershim & Van
Nuys, is being emulated by the
small farmers. The wheat "boom"
is one of the distinctive features of
Los Angeles county this year.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
SENATOR FARLEY has shown his

SENATOR FARLEY has shown his
good will to Southern California by
introducing bill in the Senate Of
the United States establishing a
Federal District Court for the
Southern portion Of the State in
Los Angeles. Old Californians
will remember the day when the
United States Court held its ses.
sions here and the act would be
merely restoration of our old
privileges. 1t would be quite q
boon to litigants, relieving them
from the inconveniences, delays
and expense that now attend the
prosecution of actions at San Fran.
cisco.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
FOR EIC N.
Advance Stupped-Reberts' Posi-
tfOn.

Advance stopped-Raberts' Posi-
LONDON, Dee. 19th.-The Vice.
roy of India telegraphs as follows:
General Cough reports from Jug
dalk that all the tribes in his front
have risen, and that his further ad-
vance is consequently impractical
BILE without endorsements. Gen
eral Bright is sending what REIN
forcements he can, but does not
like to weaken the Kyber line.
consider General Roberts posi-
tion perfectly safe. He contem-
plates resuming the offensive as
soon as he is settled in Shirpur,
but, as he says, there is nothing to
be gained in capturing difficult dis
tant hills whilst the enemy are out
In such numbers. Letters from
Afghan Sirdars have been inter-
cepted, detailing arrangements for
an attack on Cabul and melting
the Kuganias to rise. Similar let
ters have been sent to Shenwaris,
Mahunds and Afreedis.
TiEhting among rnsm ,oivss.
LONDON. Dec. 19th.-A Times
dispatch from Oandahar says con-
fiict has occurred near Herat, be-
tween Herat and Cabul troops. 1t
is uncertain which party were vic
tors, but Ayoub Khan has been i'm
prisoned by the Cabuls, who hold
the citadel under the leadership of
low adventurer, who has been
proclaimed Governor in Ayoub
Khan's place.
The Ielegraph's dispatch from
Bombay announces that the AT
ghans hold Balla Hissar aud the
city OF Cabul.
The spanfsl Crisis.
MADRID, Dec. 19th.--The Senate
yesterday discussed the slavery
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
superior Cours wan.ed as Fssa,uma

PETALUMA, Dec. 19th.-A citi-
zens' meeting was held at the the
atre last night, to give an express
sion favorable to soliciting legisla-
tion which will enable Petaluma to
have sessions Of the Superior Court.
Pearce, Lippitt, Haskell and Geary
addressed the meeting. Commit
tees were appointed TO further the
object of the meeting.
Rain set In here at 10 A. NJ, and
there is every prospect of q long
storm.
Fire fn Portland.
PORTLAND, Dec. 19th.-A fire
broke out In q dwelling at the eor-
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
Herald Steam Printing House

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are NOT
surpassed In California outside of San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-.
trusted to us will be executed with neat.
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

The election of Don Cameron to
the Chairmanship of the Republi-
can National Committee probably
means that the party intend to
knock in the head of several
"bar'ls" during the coming Presi-
dental campaign.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
EVENING srREErs-4.l5 p. M.

Ohollar, s b; Hale & Norcross. 81 s;
ton, ~ :; Justice. 0Oc .; Utah, ga; Mexi-
can, 16l< S, Jacket, s: Belcher, 1.S0 b;
II q N, 5k b. "a a; Gould 4 Curry, 4.05 s;
Potosi, 2o0 b; Julia, Il o; Bullion, 3% s;
Con Virginia. $50 b; California, $3.50 b;
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

ner of Morrison and Third streets
this morning, which partially de-
stroyed the building and its con-
tents. Loss, $500; fully insured.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20

10 ArFoRu IMMEDIATE RELIEF Ia
Asthma, try DR.. Jayne's Expectorant,
which acts promptly by overcoming the
spasmodic contraction of the wind tubes
which clogs them. For Whooping
Cough, Group and Hoarseness, this med
icine is equally beneficial; while for all
Pulmonary and Bronchial Disorders IL is
both palliative and a curative, and q
sure and prompt remedy for all stubborn
Coughs and Colds.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
NOTICE
OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING


Notice is hereby given that a meet.
Ing of the stockholders of the Los Apge-
les County Bank, corporation incorpo'
rated under the laws of the State of Call.
fornia, will be held at the office of said
corporation, at the Banking House OF this
corporation, in he city of Los Angeles
county of Los Angeles, State of Califor-
mia. n WEDNESDAY, the 3lst day oi
December, 1879, at l2o'clock M and that
the object for which said meeting is
called and will be held is to consider and
act upon the proposition of changing the
business of this corporation, as follows
that is to say, of abandoning and giving
up the business of acc cumulatlng savings
and loanlng the funds of the mem bers
hereof, and of carrying on solely of the
business ofa bank ofdiscount and deposit
upon a gold basis or system.
Los Angeles, Dec. 10, 1873.
By order of the Board of Directors.
j. 8. SLAUS0N, President.
]. N. ELLIOTT, Secretary.
ROB'T 8. BAKER,
v. A. HOOVER,
X. M. WIDNEY, Diroo,ors
LOTHIAN BIXBY,
A. w. BOWM AN.
GEO. w. PRESCOTT, d20.lOt
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
PACIFIC COAST.
STOCK REPOfs'r.
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK AND EX-
CHANGE BOARD.
MORNING SESSION.

oAN RAFCiStOf bGCs SOs
1900 Ophir, IN, 1754,Il26 8 Nevada. 81,
IS, ls1z, lSH 201S, 201I, 205z,
1860 Mexican. III, 2lJs, %, 2l2
IN, Th, l7s4, 100 Utah, o, 91
l7G $50 Bullion, $40, 1866
269 g u @, 435, 4 40, 800, 355
4.35 800 Exchequer, 2.55
$50 B d B. o, 50, Sal 80 Seq Belcher, l2
O., 325 Overman, $50,
$50 Gala, $50, 1856, 800, 1865, $40
800, 3.95 50Justice. J, 90c,. So
2s5 Savage, AIS, 4.65, $40 Union, l2h, AZ,
40 Az, 4l3I, AZ b s,
$50 Con Va, 1856. 8 95 Al
$40 Chollar, on, 55s 240 Alta, 2%
$40 Potosi, 2.80, 2.90 1885 Challenge, 1.75.
265 II q N, 6,6I l.80
So5 Point, l.s5. 1.90 go Ward, LILO
$50 Jacket, 81, So, 800 Scorpion. 255
81 1870 Benton, lao, ]. .25
ITO Kentuck, ,2.65 $50 GoldenGate, LILO
10 Alpha, ~ $50 Con Dorado, LOG
1896 Belcher, 2, l95,
I.so 300 Min View. Ito, l
so Confidence, So
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
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etc., will send a recipe that will cure
you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
CaugbE az Last.

CHICAGO, Dec. 19th.-Pinker-
TOMS detectives arrested Thomas
Wall, an employe of the Southern
Express Company at New Orleans,
where, in 1868, he stole package
containing $4,000. At the time
Wall was traced to Texas, and
since then until a few weeks ago
has been lost sight OF. He says he
has been in Texas, Boston, New
York, San Francisco and Chicago
since his theft. He has been taken
to New Orleans.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-20
The spanish a CrIsim

MADRID, Dec. 19th.--The Senate
yesterday discussed the slavery
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-30

Considerable Paradise. Valley stock
is held by people in this vicinity, and
whats the matter with Paradise'2"
is frequently heard on the streets. The
minGis said, by disinterested persons
who heVe seen it recently, to be look
ing we'll, There is. ore enough on thu
dumps to keep the mill running for
months, yet the stock is lower than it
WIS before the new mill was built. 1t
sold oS last evenings board for one
dDllar ard five cents per share, and
holders of it are getting disgusted.
For some reason unknown to outsiders.
it is under cloud, and is.down to the
bedrock price, notwithstanding first
class mill has been built and paid for
since il was put on the board
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-30
A Billion Dkssected. +.

Al aurioasly interesting letter was
recently published in the London Times
from Ma Henry Bessemer, 5aader the
heading. "a Billion Dissecsed. The
writer tries to convey to the ordinary
mind some idea of what aibillion is--a
r,edest followed by dozen ciphers,
which is by the English notation mill
lieu Of millions, or 1000. 900, 900, 600:
In this country we use the French sys-
TEN, which reekons a thousand mil
lions, OF 600, coo, 600 as billion. The
English reckoning seems to-be the more
strictly correct. He does this by means
ID illustration, drawn from familiar OBJ
jects of thought and sight. The result.
is such as will surprise many. Atten~
ten is thus called to lslbillion as a'rses-
sure of tire, distance OF weight. When.
we speak, for example, of bIllion'ofs
seconds, we perhaps sssppose that since
the commencement of our era seeh 81
number'had long since been measured
out. Arithmetic shows us, however,
that we have not : passed one sixth
of that nussher in all these long, eveass
full years, for it takes just 81, 6S7 years.
IL days, - hours 45 miHates and 81
seconds. A billion of sovereigas would
extend, when, ranged side bye side in
piles of twenty'f feet high, SO as to.form'
two parallel walls; a distance of 2,3S6a
miles; OF; if placed. on the grouRd so
as to form ons continuous chain, by
each sovereign touching the one necss
to it. sreh chaau would, encircle thet
earth 1863 times. The weighs of the
sovereigns would bs' 1915, III tons.
As to ,sltittU@s, we are informed that a.
billios, sheets of the Times, supersin-
posed upon each other, and compressed
into a compact mass, would reach to a
heiuhe of 4T,,34S miles. Most reassrs
whee follow such statements as theseS
will be disposed to-, agree with Mr.
Bessemer that "a billion is ~ fearful
thing" and that few can appreciate it;
and that as for quadrillions and trill-
ions. they are simply words wholly in
capable of impressing themselves upon
the human intellect. And yetlone can
not help suggesting, what are even
these battling conceptions as to time
compared with eternity? We may
we'll use such a word with ave..
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-30
GENERAL GRANT.
ne Goes Through Nevada at the Eaafe
or 40 Miles an Hour.

General u. s. Grant arrived here. last
night at 1890 o'clock railroad time.
The special train which, carried him
through the State left Reno about 6
o'clock and came thrsugh at this rate of
about 40 miles an hour. A dispatch re-
ceived here yesterday afternoon from
Governor Kinkead read as follows:
"Grant will pass Winnenassea about
midnight, his engagements compel it.
| hoped otherwise until to-day"
As people did not wish to disturb the
Generals slsrsbers at midmght, know
ing that he must need rest, no arrange
ments were made for giving him a re-
ceptien. Late in the evening the rail-
road boys reported that Grants
special was coming through at the rate
of 40 miles an hour and would arrive
here between 10 and i o'clock. Some
believed this repost while others
doubted it, and the result was that less
than two hundred people were at The
depot when the train arrived. A tew
BOMBS were exploded and the whistles
of half dozen locomotives We're blown
when the train peached the depot. The
General appeared on the rear platform
of the car and was geeted with cheers.
An obliging brakeman held a lantern
near bis face so as. % give the crowd
an opportunity to- see his features
There was a general hand shaking,
which the General seemed to enjoy,
and a. few Piute Captains were intro
duced 10 hms He asked some ques-
tions about the resources OF the
country. the size of the-town, number
of Indians, ETC., etc. He, complained OF
being very tired, said his hand WINS
almost palsied from the constant
shaking to which it had been subjected,
and as the bsll rang and the train
moved the crowd cheered and the Sen
eral waved his hat and t:aen
stood like a statue. ON the platform
Of the car uatil the train disappesred.at
Kemler's milk Had it been arranged
SO that the distinguished soldier woald
lave passed through in the daytime,
Winnemucca ard other towns along the
railroad would have given him an en-
thusiastc reception, but Mr.. Yeering-
ton tecreed otherwise, and the people
bowed Us submissvely to his behests as
if every one of themshad been members
of the recent Legislature of the State
and peclleted his gokSpieces.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-30
LOCAL INTELLEGEN CE.


L. A. Blakeslee; of Humboldt,Hbuse;
says ducks and geese are plenty along
the river in that vicinity. He says he
went hunting few hours the other'day
along the river and killed seven geese,
five ducks, one gray eagle aud one
lynx.
Judge Berry ansl David Ciroux left
for Carson last evening. the first named
on professional business and the othes
to appear as witness in the case of
Frank Schalata, the alleged counter
feiter.
Frank Northway, of Battle Mountain,
is in town on his way to his mine, near
Golconda ranchj. in the southern part of
the county.
Peter Woolcoca. of Star, - in town.
He reports the De Soto mine q. that
place looking well.
Tx-Congressman Thomas Wen, Of
Eureka, passed through last, evening,
going west.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-30

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utterly hopeless, it ,afords relief.
am, sir, yours truly,
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