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Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Mayor.

]. r. ToBERMAN anpounces b,mse,,
as candidate for the office OF Mayor Of
Los Angeles, subject to the will 0f the
people, at the approaching election.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-04

And all kinds Of products Of the farm
and dairy, and to sell the same on
commission.
BB-Advances will be m ads on Poultry,
Eggs and Butter. J. SRESOVICH.
n30tf Tucson, A. 4.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-04
FOR sALE-FoR RENT.
LAND FOR SALE.

1000 ACRES Of good wheat and
barley land for sale in lots to suit, at $40
per acre.
Apply to j. E. FULTON,
t Fulton Wells, Cal.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-04
Tho weather NJ san francisco.
Joined the spirits.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3D.. H.
White, a cook by trade, committed
suicide yesterday at his lodgings
by taking morphine. From writ
ings found in his room he was evil
IDENTIFY crazsd by spirituaiism.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-04
Eassern Lines ssi,i Dawn.

Eostern A'nes ssi,A Ds"n' sa9f
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3d.-The
Eastern lines are still down. No
report tonight.
Tho weather ns san Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3d.-The
wind changed to the west this
forenoon, the rain ceased and the
clouds partly cleared up, but the
barometer remains low and fair
weather IL not yet assured.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
Rivalries and Jealousies of Birds.

John Burroughs, under the head of
"Spring Notes" in the Christian Union
of the 18th inst, writes the following
concerning the rivalries of birds: 81
notice that during the mating season of
the birds the rivalries and jealousies are
not all confined to the males. Indeed,
the most spiteful and furious battles, as
among the domestic fowls, are frequently
between females. have seen two hen
robins scratch and pull hair in man
ner that contrasted strongly with the
courtly and dignifed sparring usually
between the males. The past March a
pair of bluebirls decided to set up
housekeeping in the trunk Of an old
tree near the house. One day an un-
welded female appeared and probably
tried to supplant the lawful welded
wife. l did not see what arts she used,
but saw her being very roughly
handled by the jealous bride. The tat.
tie continued nearly all day about the
orchard and grounds, and was battle
at vely close quarters The two birds
would cinch in the air or an tree, and
fall to the ground with beaks and claws
locked. The male followed them about,
deprecatingly or encouragingly l could
not tell. Occasionally he would take a
hand in. So far as 1 could see he was
highly amused and culpably Indifferent
to the issue OF the battle"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
Badgering Witnesses.

The court ard jury as we'll as the
spectators, enjoy the scene when a law
yer, in an attempt to browbeat witness,
comes off second best in the encounter.
A correspondent recalls an amusing in
cident of this sort which happened few
years ago in an Albany court room.
The plaintiff, who was a lady, was
called upon to testify. She got on very
well, and made favorable impression
on the jury under the guidance of her
counsel, until the opposing counsel sub
.jected her to sharp cross.examination.
This so confused her that she became
faint and fell to the floor in swoon.
Of course this excited general sympa-
thy in the audience, and Mr. Smith saw
that his case looked badly.
An expedient suggested itself by
which to make the swooning appear
like piece of stage trickery, and thus
destroy sympathy for her. The lady
face in swooning turned purple red, and
this fact suggested q new line of attack.
The next witness was middle aged lady
The counsel asked:
"Did you see the plaintiff faint short
time ago? p
Eyes sir"
people turn pale when they faint,
don't theyl'
A great sensation in the court. and an
evident confusion of witness. But in
moment she answered, mo, not always"
"Did you ever hear of case of faint
ing where the party did not turn pale p
Eyes, sir. -
"Did you ever see such casep
eyes. sir.
"When2'.
"About year ago.
"Where was i'll
'In this city
"Who was it r.
BY this time the excitement was in
tense that everybody listened anxiously
for the reply. 1t came promptly, with
a twinkle in the witness eye, and
culver on her lip, as it from suppressed
humor-
"Twss negro, sir"
Peal after peal of laughter shook the
court room, in which the venerable Judge
Joined. Mr.. Smith lost his case, not to
say his temper.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
Three Boys Hanged.

Bad boys need not 60 west In order to
find adventure, commit crime and swing
into the next world from gallows tree.
Two Chicago boys, aged respectively
seventeen and nineteen years, started a
year ago for the East in search of adj
venture, and they found it before half
way here by killing an old man for his
money Then, instead of becoming
tremendous fellows among other hard
characters as bows in books always do
when they have killed their man, they
spent year in Jail, and were strangled
on the gallows. Another boy, younger
than either, left the world in company
with the couple. He began his business
career by stealing, and when compan-
ion threatened to tell he shot him No
member of the trio was old enough to be
trusted away from apron strings, and
other boys who are painting to distinguish
themselves in blood and thunder style
would do well to take the hint. An
apron string in a boy buttonhole is not
half so annoying as stout rope around
his neck and when finally united it leaves
him fit for something better than to hor-
rify newspaper readers and feed the
worms.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
Making a Dollar.

A rascal will 60 to more trouble to
make q dishonest dollar, than to earn
five honest ones. That's the way with
a St. Louis lawyer who has been caught.
He makes ten dollars out of nine one
dollar greenbacks, thus: Out Of one-dol-
lar bill "a" he clips piece through the
head of Washington three-eighths of an
inch wide, and cut with artistic irregu-
larity. The two ends of the bill are
brought little closer together than they
were before the piece was taken out, and
a rough continuation Of the lines Of the
head is made with ink upon the white
surface OF the gummed paper beneath.
The bill is then artistically soiled. Bill
"B" is then taken up and section three
quarters Of an inch, or twice as largo ~
taat taken out of a." is removed; the
piece taken out of "A" is then inserted
between the two ends Of 3D." the past
ing, linking and selling repeated, and this
bill is also ready for the market A
section an inch and a-half wide is then
removed from &C." and the three-quar-
tiers cut from "B" let in, and SO the pro-
cess is continued. The bills after this
process are seven inches long only, in
stead Of being seven inches and three
quarters, az they should be.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
Centenarians in the South.

While engaged in the work Of enum-
Grating the census in this district, Mr..
Palmer tells us he found some very old
specimens of antediluvians. In Old
Town he found an old blind man "a ma
tive) who claims to have been employed
by the Mission Fathers in building the
"Old Mission" OF San Deigo, l05 years
ago Jus. how old the man really is he
himself cannot tell, though he appears
intelligent and firmly adheres to his
statement. If true, the man must be
upwards of l20 years old. Neither the
physician nor nurse who attended at his
birth can be found, so we shall have to
take his statement for what it is worth.
At the rancheria below the Cours house
was found an Indian woman VIII D claims
to be over 100 years old, and her flesh
and skin are 50 withered and dried to
her bones that she more resembles an
animated Egyptian mummy than lv-
ing human being. Unfortunately there
is no means of verifying her statement,
but it must be admitted that her appear
ance is in her favor on the side of the
truth San Diego News.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
A Base Deception.

Nothing but our unshakable determl-
nation to expose fraud in important
places induces US to forego our native
gallantry sufficiently to relate the par
ticulars of the following gloomy catas-
trophe: 1t seems that, not content with
fraudulent appeals to the sympathies of
mankind by means of "palpitators" and
false calves, the ladies have recently in
troduced still more insidious delusion
viz, what are known to mo'listes as
patent indiarubber infatable hips A
young lady-who was doubtless driven
to this artificial reliance by stern neces-
sity, Extraordinarily attended large
dinner party on Van Ness Avenue
After the meal the company retired to
the library, and the young lady was
handed to seat by the host. Now, in
this very chair small boy of the family
had placed a bent pin in readiness for
his French tutor. When the young
lady sat down sound ensued, which
caused every person in the room to blush
with embarrassment The victim her.
self remained paralyzed with horror as
the Hogarthian curves of her symmetri-
cal figure vanished like the baseless
fabric of vision Then she tainted,
and was sent home in hack. Life is
full-ah, too full-of these unforeseen
celamities and bitter retrospecticn-is it
not, dear reader, is it not p!
And while we are about it, we might
as we'll publish another terrible warning
to those who venture too far in their
endeavors to repair the little omissions
of nature. There is a certain majesti-
cally voluptuous matron living at one Of
our fashionable hotels, who strives to
restrain the superhuous fifty pounds of
matured loneliness with which too gen.
erous nature has inconvenience her by
means of a chamois skin bodice, which
she buckles on with terrible pressure
when preparing to sally forth IN the full
war paint Of society.
Very well.
At the famous Grant reception given
at Belmont, this lady was dancing the
opening quadrille with Boston scientist
Just arrived. As the gentleman left her
for a moment in one of the figures she
heard an ominous rip, and the bodice
alluded to split from bottom to top, and
the waist of her dress shriveled up under
her arms as, what in an Alderman we
would call her Corporation took its
proper amplitude. Just after this oc-
Cured the gentleman returned to "swing
partners" As he did so he became
vaguely conscious that something was
wrong, and SO put mp his eye-g lass.
"Ah, see, Mrs. Blank" he said; "your
daush.ar 10 little fatigued, and you
have taken her place for the rest of the
figures. Very good of you, I'm sure
And with great presence of mind she
kept her own counsel and finished the
set as the representative of another
genera lion.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
Smart Aleck.

This was an actual occurrence in q
Pittsburg restaurant, the other day:
One of those fellows who are eccentric
because they imagine they are wits, sat
down, looked over the bill of fare and
said to . waiter, "Bring me an umbrella
and dollar and a klf" Just to sec
what Was coming the waiter filed the
order, bringing dilapitated old ging-
ham, that looked as # Noah might have
bought it for seventy cents to hold over
him when he took in the prospect from
the window. Anything else 2 said
the waiter. eyes, cup of coffee. "
The coffee was brought, he drank it,
and the waiter gave him the check, it
was 81 3d. When the funny man
realized that he had paid 81 for that old
umbrella, he felt like kicking himself
all the way down the stairs.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
A Vikings War Ship.

An interesting discovery has Just been
made at Sandeherred, in Norway, of
Scandinavian war vessel Buried under
hillock, sailing vessel has been
found which is thought to have belonged
to those terrible highwaymen of tho
ocean, the Vikings or Norwegian pirates.
1t measures about IS feet in length and
is in an almost perfect state of preserva-
ton. 1t is armed and equipped as
though it had been abandoned where
found on the point of sailing on some
adventurous expedition. All the appar-
atus used by nautical Norsemen is met
with in this ancient craft, the mast Of
which is still pretty well intact. There
are fragments Of sails and cordage re-
naming, as well as many specimens
either perfect or incomplete of utensils
or instruments, which have eagerly been
examined BY antiquaries. Among other
things are a number of pieces Of oak
wood, peculiarly shaped, wrought with .
certain elegance, and followed out in
the center to admit of ropes being
passed through them. Spades and
shields. or bucklers, have also been
found, or rather iron portions of tho
bucklers, for the wooden part is entirely
gone. Near the rudder the skeletons Of
three horses were discovered. The form
Of the shields and also the manner in
which they are suspended in the interior
part of the ship rs absolutely the same
as one sees represented on the beautiful
tapestry of Bayeux, in Normandy,
which dates back to tho eleventh cen
fury. The ship Is not completely dug
out Of its present prison near the Tea.
shore. When this has been accom-
plished the ship-which is thought to
be still seaw ,rthy-will be launched and
brought to Chrissiana, to be deposited IN
the University Museum.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
The Art of Fruit Canning.

ne time Tor canning Irult Is close a.
hand. Hintsupon this important house
hold operation are therefore seasonable
Good canned fruit is a stranger to the
tables of thousands os farmers when ii
might as easily be used Fruit is often
left to waste and spoil, though slight
expenditure would preserve it for Win
ter. If they can be had, berries are
among the incest Of canned fruits.
Peaches, apples, apricots, plums, and
indeed, all eatable fruits, are worth can.
ming. Dried fruits can never wholly
take the place of canned fruit for family
use.
Glass jars are preferred by most per-
sons, and are cheapest in the end. With
care they can be used many years, though
new rubber bands must he procured
when needed. In canning, sugar should
certainly be used, and it should be of
the granulated white grades, as poor
sugar hurts the flavor of the fruit. The
rule is to put one quarter of pound of
sugar with one pound of fruit, but this
quantity may be doubled if the fruit be
unusually acid. Some persons think
that fruit is good when canned without
sugar, but in that case it loses color and
6rmness.
The fruit used for canning is to be of
the best quality, and as freshly picked
as possible. Wel-ripened fruit, not,
however, dead-ripe and soft, is in every
way preferable. In fact II cannery
should really be located near the orch
ards, for there is manifest deteriora-
ton in the quality of the fruit between
the time it is picked and the time it is
ready for the cans. There is also much
difference manifest in the varieties to be
chosen. Coarse grained market varieties
seldom can so we'll as the more highly
favored kinds.
When the fruit has been peeled and
pitted, place it i'll the preserving kettle,
and properly cook but while it is still
boiling hot, the cans are to be filed full,
to the very brlm, the elastic put on, the
jar wiped, and the top screwed down at
once, and frightened several times after
wards AS writer on the subject said
recently: "Good fluit put boiling hot
into perfect cans, filled up. and sealed
up at once, will be fresh and pure when
opened, though years later Simply
pouring boiling water over fru;t does
not sufficiently expel the a;r. Partially
filed fruit jars will spoil.
Canned berries are to be pu: in a pre-
serving kettle, with layers of sugar, and
boiled for from five to fifteen minutes.
The syrup can be bottled up, some Of it,
for other uses. Some persons prefer to
cook he,ries in the jars in which they
are to he canned. In this case, the jars
filed up with fruit are set in Il wash
boiler, on wooden Stats, SO as not to
touch the bottom. Cold water is poured
in it until it comes close to the rims Of
the jars, and heated until the fruit is
well cooked, when the fruit in one jar
is used to fill up the others, and they
are sealed and put oway. We may add
tina. glass jars of fruit should be put in
dry, dark and cool place, where the
temperature is equable throughout the
season.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29
An Improbable Customer.

care you in a hurry?' Brooklyn
oyster dealer inquired Of man for
whom he was opening his third oyster
The man had ordered dozen, and was
plainly in haste, but seeing that lady
had entered the saloon, he said that he
had plenty of time, and began to MUNICH
broken crackers until the FISHERMAN
was again ready to wait upon him.
"What can l do for you, ma ?"
the dealer inquired, turning to the lady.
care your Goldfish fresh ?" the custo-
mer demanded, looking suspiciously at
some large ones on the board.
"Only two hours out of the water"
the dealer answered. "Hardly dead
yet. Only 6 cents pound"
"Weigh that one for me-" the lady
said. The fish weighed five pounds;
that was too large Another weighed
two; but that was too small, A third
weighed three and half; that was Just
right; but the lady had changed her
mind, and preferred haddock. This, al
so, was 6 cents, and fish of suitable
weight was soon found; but 4 cents
pound was all that the customer was
willing to give. Moreover, she had now
set her heart upon srielts, and, as there
were none in the saloon, she turned her
attention to oysters.
81 want them for frying" she said.
"How much are they a hundred ~
"a dollar and quarter" was the re-
ply; "and cheaper at that than you can
get them anywhere else in the city"
"Then open fifty for me, if you please"
the lady said.
"Wlll you allow me to attend tn this
gentleman frstl" the dealer asked,
pointing to the man who had been
obliged to take recess after eating
three oysters.
"Certainly not" the lady said, snap
pishly. "lm in hurry" and as the
man had by this time finished nearly all
the crackers and, in a great measure,
lost his appetite for oysters. he said, po-
Itely, that he was willing to wait.
The fifty oysters were opened, and,
after closely examining them, the lady
said:
"Now, don't mind giving you fifty
cents for those, if you will paste them
over with flour and egg, and fix them
up for frying just as they do in Fulton
market"
The dealer breathed very hard as he
looked at his unpromising customer.
perhaps" he said, "you would like me
to go to your house and cook them for
you.
Without another word the lady gath
cred up her gloves, handkerchief and
reticule, restored her purse to its place
in the latter receptacle, and bestowing
upon the dealer look OF combined scorn
and indignation, swept out of the saloon.
swell, woman is queer creatures"
the dealer muttered, as he looked at the
receding form. "Skinfints. all of 'em.
l wouldn't trust nav own wife where a
bargain was to be had" And he turned
around to find the man who had eaten
the three oysters. But that person had
forgotten to pay for the oysters, emptied
the bowl Of broken crackers, and gone
out.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29

A few years ago royal ladies never
thought of going to the Derby but Of
late the Princess of Wales has taken to
going regularly, and this year was &C
companied by the Duchess of Connaught,
who was att,red in . brilliant satin of
golden brown-a costume, however,
which was suitable neither to the place
nor tho day: The dress Of the Princess
was far more peasant and cool looking,
being of blue and white foulard. The
Duchess Of Manchester was also Of the
party, and the Duchess Of st. Adams,
who had not before visited Epson also
the Duchess Of Westminster. who wore
her husbands colors, black trimmed
with yellow, and a number of yellow
roses, and the same colors in different
combination on Friday. Mrs. Cornwall
lis West was in black, covered with
black and gold beads.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29

Kindness is slowed away in the heart
like a rose leaves in a drawer, to sweeten
every object around them, to bring hope
to the weary hearted
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29

again. These are some of the many
ways that the rleb is made to feel that
he is to be obedient and servile to his
upperS.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-29

Superficial men seek for beauty in a
wife. 1t requires a man Of good sense
to fall in love with plain woman.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-06-17

INSECTS IN THE HOUSE, thorough
ly rid a house of red and black ants,
cockroaches, spiders, bedbngs and all
crawling pests, take two pounds OF alum
and dissolve it in three oil four quarts
oiboiling water. Let 1t stand on the fire
until the alum disappears, then apply It
with a brush when nearly boiling hot
to every joint and crcvice In your
closets, bcdsteads, pastry shelves and
the like. Brush the ~crevices in the
floor of the skirling or mop boards II you
suspect that they harbor vermin. Cock
reaches will fee from the paint which
has been washed in cool alum water.
If, in washing a ceiling, plenty Of alum
is added to the lime, it will also serve
10 keep insects at a distance.
TURNIrs on TIE GWDDLI.-I Ind seen
for some time a statement going tho
rounds of newspapers, that a turnip
used in rubbing the griddle, while cook
ing griddle-cakes, would give the de-.
sired smoothness, and DO away with tn,
unpleasant smoke. doubted It, bu,
a trial soon convinced me that ia,
statement was correct. / found, how
ever, that at times it was necessary
when beginning, to put a very littl,
erase on the turnip, but this made NJ
appreciable moke.-Americdn AgricUi
turtSL.