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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06

Secondhand clothing bought and
sold at No. s A liso street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06

Clothes cleaned or dyed, then
mended and pressed and warranted
to look like new, at No. 8 Also
street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06

The celebrated Beau Nash, in the
early history of England, and the
no less renowned Beau Brummel,
in the reign of George w., proved
that good clothes are often the
making of o man. Aided only by
the fact that they knew how to
dress, they lived on the fat of the
land. Had they lived in Los Ange-
les, in these days, they would have
bought their clothes at the store of
the urbane Il. Harris, No SO Main
street. By dealing with this enter
prising trader the male public are
not only sure of goods of the best
quality but they have guarantee
that the price will be surprisingly
low. Elegant style and durability
are what Harris aims at in his pur-
chases, and his customers are GER
tain to get the benefit of his tact
and judgment.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06
Hosiery Department.

100 oz Brown Bbgan
100 oz Ladies' plain cood
200 doz Ladies' colored
200 doz Misses striped London
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06
Pacific Congress Water

For sale at MoKENzrE's, fifteen
cents per bottle.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06

Wholesale country buyers take
notice. Boots and shoes. Big in
ducements. The largest stock, the
best variety in Southern California.
Wholesale country orders filed at
San Francisco prices. The great
Half Price Boot and Shoe House,
81 and SO Spring street, opposite
the Postoffice. Lewis Bros.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-06

We receive every week large and
fresh supplies of drugs and chemi-
Gals. Our stock of goods is the full
est and most complete in Southern
California. Our prices the lowest.
Remember this fact: We are
agents for Holman's Liver Pads
aud Humphreys Homeopathic
Specifies. HEINzEMAN & ELLIS.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
Rat Stories.

A lady who once watched a rat lead his blind brother across plank over the water by a straw which each held in his mouth, ever after felt @ new respect for this animal which is SO little esteemed.
 The rat has a kindly side which good treatment will bring out, and people have been found who took the pains to make friends with them. Generally they were people who had plenty of time to invest in such pursuits. As for instance, a convict in a penitentiary, who lately trained rat to come at his whistle and follow him about like a dog. A more faithful little follower he could not have, and both seemed very fond of each other. All day he stays by his masters side and goes back at night to his cell. He is not afraid of the other prisoners, but hides quickly when any one comes near not clad in the striped jacket. He evidently considers him as not belong ing to ssthis set." For all he knows, poor little fellow, the striped clothes are a badge of honor. He dimes on prison fare, and whatever else he can industri- ously pick up in his travels.
 Rats as we'll as mice have been known to come from their holes at the sound of music and listen with apparent delight.
 Tue people of a certain dwelling in a Western town were surprised every night to hear a guitar sound in the parlor, though no one was in the room. There was great deal of speculation over the mystery, and some foolish people called it "spirit" work. One night gentle man kept watch and saw, when the house was still, a great rat glide out and go at once to the corner and scratch the guitar strings. He dispatched him with a cane and missed his chance of making a fortune out of his musical rat.-Ln- thern Observer.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
A Doctor on Diet.

Dr. E. 0. Seguin lectured on Diet :" before the Workingmen's Lyceum, in New York. He said in his opening remarks that to get much out of the body or mind 8 man must adequately supply nourishing food. Even mans morality will depend in large measure upon the food that he puts into his body. He quoted two sententious maxims: First, "TeH me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are;'' secondly, 1" A good beast eats we'll. The nature of the food makes the difference between the bold, enterprising, beef eating Brit ish and the indolent, effeminate, rice consuming Hindoo. '
 The lecturer stated that it was the medical and economic aspects of the diet question that he proposed to con slider on that occasion. All foods he reduced into animal food, vegetable food, salts, condiments and beverages. The best and most profitable food he pronounced to be that which best n0nr- ishes tho tiasuee of tha body and gives tho digestive orRana the 1easf amount of work to do. Meafs xoasted- for he strongly denounced boiled ana frjed meats he pronounced ko ahe eIn fI1&tic. lilly the best f0ody < t1quFh mill us1laz tsinsd all ths eI& Il r IT feif eIls
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
VIEWPOINT, CONN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2l, ls7e

the diphtheria was palpably suhsidiRg the child continued to have 8 very high temperature, leading to the suspicion that some other poison was disturbing t-e system. Suddenly very intense form of scarlet fever was manifested. The child was extremely ill for several days, and then, during desquamation, the diphtheria again appeared. But this young girl perfectly recovered. Diphtheria, therefore, while causing grave. apprehension, should not be re- garded as necessarily terminating fatal ly. A child sick with scarlet fever in a house which is exposed to sewage gas, or in which there is defective plumbing, would be likely to have the disease complicated with diphtheria.
 "Does the term scarlatina mean a mild form of scarlet fevera"
 "No; the two forms are precisely identical" ]"
 els scarlet fever always fatal dis ease in women just after confinement ?"
 "It is not; but after confinement sometimes women are very susceptible to the poison. have always heard physicians loosely say that under these circumstances the women always die, but this know to be far from the truth. A WOLudu Wlbu du luIdut luSb DOIu Wdo some years ago brought into one of my wards in Bellevue hospital. The next day scarlet fever appeared in her case. 1 immediately had all the patients in the ward removed and took every precaution to prevent the spread of the disease. This patient, whose system was com pletely broken down by want and ex- posture, died within twelve hours after the appearance of the eruption Three other women who were in the ward when she was brought in, and who had recently been confined, were attacked with the disease on the third and fourth days after exposure. Two of these ra. covered. It is a singular fact that neith- CT the baby of the first woman nor any of the sixty or more in the hospital had the disease. In private practice have seen few cases of scarlet fever in women who had recently been confined, but a majority of these have recovered
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
The Frishtful Leather Disease.

"Do you know anything of diph- theria ?" writes Oliver Logan, from Lon don. "Let me hope you do not. It made its first appearance only few years ago at Boulogne, the favorite French water ing place, and for some time went by the name of Boulogne sore throat
 Its special feature, and it's most in- furious and dangerous one, is the exu- dition from the infiamed parts of a slimy substance which becomes at once thick and leathery, like cutting of chamois leather; hence, diphtheria, |. e., the leather disease. StraSgulation is the always imminent danger; but it is said that snlphurous (not sulphuric) acid, If constantly applied, both as an inhala- tion and ss spray, is certain specific if taken in time. This acid is germ destroyer, and great success has attend ed it's use in diphtheritic cases in Eng land.
 "How came the grand ducal family of Hesse to be attacked by diphtheria You have heard the theory of the Ger man doctors as to how it was propagat- ed among the members of the ruling family-mother, husband and children ! By kissing one another. In any case of sore throat kissing should never be in- dulged in, whatever the sacrifice to the feelings. But how did it generate 1? Undoubtedly by the miasma of obnox- ious drains which underlie the old me dieval palace of Darnastadt. where the grand ducal family have preferred to i've rather than in the modern and nav residence which has recently been bullt for them. s..-s ! !! :ss szs.z Aesss s1sH' |Re 's|s F: s
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21

the scars remained. He had parted from Rutherford, as his enfeebled state was a danger to both, and he had not had the hardihood to attempt to make his way through the cordon formed by the vigil lant guardians of the peace.
 But to his companion he was true as steel, and would give no clue to the direction Rutherford had taken. The latter, who was much more ex- perienced bushman, and in stronger health, was successful in evading his fate for some time longer. As was after. ward ascertained, he had contrived to elude the police, and made his way to the McQuarie river, some three hundred miles nearer Sidney than the scene of his late terrible outrage. He was a smart young fellow, Q native Australian, | though of English parentage. and of good address. Arriving in a district where he was unknown, he had no diffi- culty in getting employment, and was for some time engaged breaking in horses on cattle station, duty he was we'll able to perform.
 Had he been contented to remain at honest work he might have long escap- ed detection; but it was not to be. He was soon at his old work, and one day walked into the Pine Ridge hotel, near Canonba, kept by Frenchman named Beauvais, and unceremoniously an- nounced: "I am Rutherford. Bail up. {" The process was without excitement, orderly and business-like, and Beauvals knew there was no alternative but to submit.
 He pleaded that he was not rich pub- lican, and begged moderate terms, offer ing any refreshment he demanded. Rutherford money and nothing else hthat or your life." With his revolver at the head of the unhappy Frenchman, he marched him into the private room was the cash box was kept, and stood by while his victim reluctantly and slow ly opened it. However, he stood little too close, and Beauvais. as he described it to me, thought: "I will not part with my money without struggle" There was no time for bandying words or re. monstrance. Quick as thought he threw up his antagonists revolver arm, and grappled with him in deadly strug- gle. He was plucky fellow, but the odds were against him. Rutherford was younger and stronger man, armed, and now desperate.
 Beauvais' grasp on the revolver arm prevented Rutherford from getting an opportunity to fire; still the issue could not long be doubtful.
 At this moment in the unequal con- bat some good chance caused one of the men to stumble, and both fell heavily to the ground. There was a loud re- port; Rutherford's pistol had gone of in the fall, and Beauvais, jumping to his feet, found that the wretched murderer had perished by his own hand, and with out struggle.
 an glad to be able to add that this rplucky act was not left unrewarded, the New South Wales government present. ing Beauvais with e100 for his gallant conduct in having been instrumental in ridding sodiety of this dangerous and desperate felon.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
The ConsuI's Snake Eater.

The "secretary bird," carry ing his pen behind his ear, ranks among the remarkable of the feathered race. These birds are also called serpent-eaters, and in sighting their peculiar prey from afar, their eyes will match those of the eagle. The author of {" Thirty Years at Sea-" saw one domesticated at the British consul's residence, in the city of Loanda, Africa, and stalking about among the poultry. They are kept. he says, about the basements and court yards of houses as scavengers, ana to destroy mice and snakes, which latter are their principal food when not in captivity.
 The owner of the one speak of was showing its capacities to our captain and the bird gulped down five or six chickens heads, which had just been cut of. A large snake, said to be poison ous, was then brought in basket and turned out in the courtyard.
 The secretary at once made for him with his wings extended, and the quills at the back of his head Grom which he is familiarly named) all erected.
 The snake glided rapidly around the wall, evidently seeking some hole or hiding place, but finding none, he col lected himself for spring, but before he could strike, the bird se'zed him by the neck, lashed him violently on the pavement two or three times, and then, putting one horny foot on his neck, commenced to tear him in pieces, and devour him.
 Not more than two minutes elapsed between the turning out of the snake and his being safely slowed away in the secretary's crop, in company with the chickens heads.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
Items of Interest.

Alaska covers 369, 529, 500 acres.
 Caulifiower by any other name it would smell as sweet.
 Garlic is said to be sovereign reme- dy for gout. There is no remedy for garlic.
 Let man overcome anger by love, evil by good, the greedy by hberality, the liar by truth.
 Happiness can be built on virtue alone, and must of necessity have truth for its foundation.
 The nails of ancient Egypt were usu- ally of bronze. Iron nails have mostly perished with rust.
 The British postoffice has in it's em- ploy about 45. 900 persons, inclpdng the telegraph department.
 one which he receives from others, and one more important, which he gives himself.
 Lady: "How much is this yards Clerk Three dollars and half. It is an elegant material-double it can be worn both sides. If you tear one side you've only to turn it on the other side.
 An exchange says that party was
 
 Two Miss Und erstandings, three Miss Takes, Miss Management, Miss B. Hayior, Mise Fortune and Mfr. Philip Buster. It must have been a happy gathering.
 By some accident the headings of the Marysviile (Ky9 Banner of Freedom got transposed. and the next day the nuptials of old MT. Pennybacker, who had married young lady of sixteen, appeared under the caption of "Cold- Flooded and Terrific Deed |" while report of the murder of MT. Bolts was announced as GA Most Delightful Affair."" Ever since that issue MT. F. has been sitting on the carriage-step in front of the Bonner office with a shot gun, waiting for the editor to come out, while Bolts brother-in-lav is pa- trolling the back alley, waiting to head of the journalist with club.
 One of the most magnificent fetes ever witnessed at St. Cloud, was given by Napoleon l., in honor of the christening of the king of Rome. In the midst of the festivities terrible storm came on and'the emperor, who was at the moment standing at the door of the palace. talk ing to the mayor of Lyons, said to that fuLctionary, "I am..going to do your manufactories good turn" His ms iesty remained in the doorway, and, in spite of the pelting rain no one presum- ed to enter. It was with great difficulty that Prince Aldoborandi managed to procure an umbrella for the empress Marie Louise. The value of the silk and satin dresses spoiled amounted to millions of francs.
 The following law and law case, taken from the records of the New Haven colony in 1860 are strange reading in these times. The statute says: "Who- ever shall inveigle or draw the affections of any maide CT maide- servant, either for himself or others. without first gain ing the consent of her parents, shall pay to the plantation for the first of- fense, 40s. ; for the second, f4; for the thirl, shall be imprisoned or corporally punished" Under this law, at a court held in May, 1860, Jacobeth Murine and Sarah Futile were prosecuted for "setting down on a cheste together, his arme about her waiste and her arme upon his shoulder or about his neck. and continuing in that sinful posture about half an hour, in which time he kyssed her and she kysssd him, or they kyssed one another, as ye witnesses testified"
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
THE BUSHRANGERS.

My story has one great merit it is true. A simple narration, therefore, of tho following authentic events in con nection with two notorious Australian bushrangers, Pearson and Rutherford. may be read with some interest
 The scoundrels had short and not very brilliant career, but the details which l learned from eye witnesses, the facts that came out in the police court, where I had the painful duty to sit as one of the committing magistrates in the case of one of them, and the subsequent awful fate of the other, together make up record of crime not unworthy of reproduction and should this story reach the eyes of any of those uho were concerned in 1t, they will pardon me for adhering so scrupulously to the bare facts and incl 'ents that have not even suppressed their names.
 Daring tie terrible drought in De- cember, 1868, of which Australian :" squatters" !" will havea lively but bitter < recollection. so great were my straits, that had directed two of my overseers, James McNall and Harry Zouch, to brand and prepare some twenty thou sand Eheep "for the road" to travel in search of grass and water, now getting very scarce in my own country. The drafting yards were at Cons Hut" an out-station about seventy miles from Fort Bonrke. Half mile up the War rego river from this place was bush public house, kept by, one William Shearer, fifteen miles further my Belalie head station. For many miles no other human habitatiQn broke, tbe dreary .monotony of what is termed in Australia Z The Bush, but what in reality con- sists of succession of bare and parched plains, intersected. at long intervals by narrow belts of timber or occasional pine ridges. Suddenly the men were disturbed in their work, as they after ward told me, by the sound of several shots fired almost simultaneously in the direction of the public house. To catch their hobbled horses, saddle them, and gallop oil to see "what was up at Billy Shearer's was the work of very few minutes.
 Now what did happen :" at shearer's ? I will describe by. giving, as near as memory will serve me, the substance of his evidence at the trial. He stated {. that about noon on this December day :. he was standing behind his counter in the bar, q small room about ten feet square, when party of men, consisting Of Sergeant McCabe, of the New South Tsles mounted police, McManus, a trooper of tue Queensland force, and their black boy. the native !" "tracker, {" rode up, and having alighted, inquired if anything had been heard of two bushrangers, Pearson and Rutherford, adding that they were wanted about a late !" sticking-up" case in which they had been concerned, and had been tracked to that locality, Shearcr knew \ Rutherford from his having been . buf few months previously one of the ctetion hands. and was ablo Co inform the police that this outlaw, at any rata,
 r6 uot yot put in nn appearance; the !. 7sS5Irr sSuet havc miss6d them ir the 11E nn6 .6one abend Of them.
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The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
Mystery of a Murdered Man.

There is mystery about the life of tue murdered German, Schulte, of Nor walk, Conn.,. which, if unearthed, would probably n4ake very interesting story.
 In one of the most quiet and secluded neighborhoods to be found along the Sound, about half way between the city of South Norwalk and the village of Darien, stranger appeared nearly two years ago and bought little farm on a cross road. He hardly examined the property, but asked the price, promptly counted out $5, 900, and took possession almost at once. No one knew anything of his antecedents, and he avoided mak- ing acquaintances. His next-door neigh Dor said, after the murder, that he did not know him by sight. He made ire quent visits to New York, and was at- tended to and from the railroad station by hired man who was required to walk always 80 many paces in front. He lived in the plainest manner, and while it was known that he had money to SUD- ply his wants, there WAS no suspicion that he was rich. Suddenly, while on his way home from the station, he was brutally murdered, and then it was dis covered that, aside from what money his murderers secured, he had ss20, 000 in cash inside his vest. Inside the house large sum, said to be $200, 900,
 was found, and little chest deposited by him in Norwalk savings bank day or two before his death was found to be full of French gold coin. Papers in his possession showed that he owned very large amount of property in Germany, near Cologne; they also indicate that he was man of good education, and appar- ently of considerable prominence.
 Those who made his acquaintance say
 he spoke four languages fnently. It has also transpired that he was intend ing removing to Virginia, where he had instructed a New York agent to buy a farm, as he found the New England eli mate too severe. A passport among his papers indicated that he had travelled through Germany. Probably time will unravel the mystery, but aE present no- body knows his history, why he was in apparent hiding at this spot, or what motive could have led to the crime. There are no clues to the murderers, except such as throw suspicion on the man-servant. His course at the time is thought by some to show his innocence, by others to indicate 8 well-acted part to hide his guilt and throw suspicion on others. All told, the story is more mysterious, although less tragical, than the horrible killing of poor Mary Stan nard in Madison - Hnrt ford COatrG'at,
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-21
Words of Wisdom.

He who runs after a shadow has . weArisome race.
 Children have more need of models than of critics.
 It is better to look round on prosperi- ty than back on glory.
 What we have to do in this world is not to make our conditions, but to make the best of them.
 A mans own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.
 Pretense has often despoiled natur- ally gifted man of the respect his talents would have commanded had they been sensibly adapted to circumstances.
 It is immaterial how the world judges of your actions as long as your mind is easy, and your personal expenses lens than your legitimate income.
 When you doubt between words, use the plainest. the commonest, the most idi0matic. Eschew fine words as yoQ would rouge. love simple ones e you would native roses on your cheek.
 After frierdahip and love come bensv- olemoP and thnt oompe6aion which unitcg tho eoul to the unfdleunate. Ik is WoAI moNn tbot thiu iE poxtionlnz1y fhe oboFo ~ UrlrA. lssky ythinG dinPoons thcn Q M n lik Rily.
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