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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

The statistical table OF births,
deaths and marriages for 1879, just
published In Paris, compared with
1878, shows scarcely any change, AND
cOrroborates the general tUpres
sion that the French people have
almost ceased to multiply. Leglt'
innate births numbered sos, 400 In
1878, and the came again in 1879;
illegitim ate, &C. 900 in 1879. and 81,
700 in 1873; deaths. S39. 500 In 1879,
aud SS9. 900 in 1878. Tue total n
crease OF population is $4,000
While illegltimate birtbs through
,ut France, compared with legit
mate, are a. a to . hundred, IL
Paris they rise 10 the proportion Of
81 to the hundred.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

When the manuscript of the first
volume of the "French RsvoIu
tionu hsd been burned st Mill's
house, he sent Mrs. Taylor to ex.
plain the disaster to Mr.. Carlyle.
On entering, Mrs. Taylor com
nsnced: II havs terrib'e Q piece Oi
Information to give you Mili-''
" understand" sa d Mr.. Cs'lyl
iuleriupL,ug her. "Y"u nave u
YOUR home ald run away with
him." After this little mistxk,
the explanation was more easy.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Report Of the Legal Committee on State
Subdivision.

By order of the Executive Com
mittee upon Division Of the State
the following report of the Lega
Committee is directed to be fur
nished for publication.
E F. SPENCE, Pres.
J. P. WIDNEY, Sec.
Los ANGELES. May 26, 1881.
To Messrs. E.. II Spence, j. Z Wild
ney. Il. b. MoDftt, Hon. j. O.
DoWney, j. De Bdrth Shorb. w.
Fl. Per y and Hon j G.. Eotu
a.iio. Citizeny Executive Com.
NIT ee on DiviSion If the State o.
Catifori0;
GENTLEMEN:-We acknowledge
the receipt from you of the follow.
lug q uestions:
1st-Ts the legislative act of 1859
as voted upon by the people and
forwarded to Congress with the Ger.
titicate OF the Governor of Califor-
MIA etill in force.
2d-If that act Ia still in force,
what legal steps are necessary to
complete the division and estab-
lish the new State OF Southern
California.
3i-If that act Is 10 longer 10
force, what other course Will be-
come necessary to effect a division?
In answer to the questions pro
pounded by you, assuming that all
the conditions precedent contained
in the act have been performed, we
beg leave to give it as our opinions:
First-rhe act OF the Legislature
OF the State OF California entitled
Gan Act granting the consent OF
the Legislature to the formation OF
q different government for the
Southern counties OF this State"
approved April the 18Th, 1859,
statutes 1859, p. $40. is In full force
and effect.
SecOnd-Under Art. ~, SEQ. 8,
of tho Con-titution Of the United
States, 1t only remains for Congress
to admit the new State with Re-
publican form Of government.
Third-To secure this last action
no legal forms are required.
Fourth-The mode most nearly
conforming to precedent would be
to secure the united action of q rep.
reseDtation from each OF the cOun-
ties In the proposed new State, call.
ing an election to elect delegates to
a Constitutional Convention to be
held at some designated time and
place.
Such Constitutional Convention
would then prepare a form of Con-
stttution for the new State and sub
NIT the same to vote of the peo.
pie, and upon its adoption and
presentation to Congress and the
act of Congress admitting the new
State, the work would be complete.
Fifth-The election should be
held as nearly as possible ia ac-
cordance with the forms of our
present election laws.
Los Angeles Cal, March %, 1881
Respectfully, SC,
H. II. HAZARD,
G. E THoM
r. NJ. WIDNEY,
A. BRUNsnN,
s. G. HUBB ELL.
GEORGE II. SMITH
H. A BARCLAY,
By the phrase, "couditions pre-
cedent contained in the act" as
used in the report, is meant the
taking Of the vote as provided for
by the act, aud the certificate of
the Governor rs to the result. and
the forwarding of such ilic ate
to Congress. 1t is we'll known that
these steps were all taken, but lac h
Of time prevented the Committee
from securing the official doom.
meDts upon these points, hence the
use of the phrase as above.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Mr.. F. Adam, the pioneer tailor
bf Los Angeles. No. Is Spring
ktreet, Informs his patrons and the
,publio generally that he has just
Received u large assortment of the
latest styles Of spring and summer
goods, which for elegance and va
|riety of pattern cannot be sur.
passed. A cordial invitation is ex-
Tended to all TO call and examine
Mis- stock, m2-1m
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

$Ladies desiring perfect fitting
bstumes, from the latest imported
,eelgns, call at the New York and
faris Fashion House. s. T. Tay-
lf's system of dress cutting taught
md patterns for sale. Room s,
City Of Paris building.
mey22-2w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
Misses CroWder

announce to the ladies that they
Iave opened a first.class dressmak-
pg establishment In the rear of
drs. M. EPark's millinery store.
havingInad long experience in
asterE cities they are prepared TO
we such style and fashion as can
Sot be had elsewhere, Call early
jnd leave orders. No. Is Spring
jtreet, City Of Paris building, Los
Angeles, Cal. apo 2m
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

n F. Lindquist, merchant tailor,
No. 20 Spring street, is himself
ppractical cutter; and, having had
ample experience In San Francisco
and Los Angeles, knows how to
meet the requirements Of his GUS
toners. He keeps full supply of
the best cloths constantly on hand
aud makes them up "upon honor"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

! The Central Pharmacy is the
cheapest place In town to buy
Idrugs, perfumeries, soaps, patent
medicines, etc. Prescriptions care
fully filed, from fresh drugs.
Preuss & Pironi, proprietors. Call
land save money.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Eastern oysters every style;
bot and cold lunches and all the
Nelicacies OF the season served op
ihe shortest notice at Congress
Hall, corner OF Main and Requena
Wreets. Ice cold Boca beer, the best
pm the Coast, always On hand, as
well as full supply of the best
brands of liquors, wines aDd ci-
liars. Entrance to ladies' rooms on
Requena street. Open day and
hight.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
Herald Steam Printing House.

The Herald Rteam Printing House is
cot surpassed by any Job Printing office
~ the Pacific Coast, outside of San Franz
isco. In facilities for doing Job work.
ow pricos, good work and expedition
nv he relied upon at this office.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

DOOTS GOING! SHOES GOING!
ID Everything must go! We are SELL
inK at actual cOst-the first time SINCE
our opening! SEE OUR PRICES! Eve
rything marked
DOWN.! DOWN! WAY DOWN. &.
GENTS
Calf Lace Shoes, very durable..........$l 25
Heavy Calf lfCongress CATERS, double
sole 20
Kip Boots, good and cheap...........-. 2 81
Fine CalfAlexis Shoes, buckl le or lace 10
calf oxford I les. great bargain........ l Is
French Calf Boots Philadelphia
style, Z ~
Calf Alexis, N. Y. style, handsome. 3 90
French Calf Callers, custom made. Q 20
J trench Calf English Walking Shots,
Y RO0d.............,.... w
Cali Congress Caters: own own made...." 2 w
Kid Foxed Boots, SEQ Hoped or plain. So
Kid Foxed Boots, full scolloped, BAR
gains 20
Kid Foxed Sutton Boots, good Article l 30
Fine Kid Newports, sewed, only-..... 20
Kid Blu ton Boots. great bargain....s. oO
French Kid slippers, rosettes...--.... Nv
Calf Walking Shoes, high cut, saoii- ~
...,.,......."............... w
Pebble Goal Button noOts, very dura-
Die. 70
Selected French KID Button Boots,
satin finish MITES ~; ;''''""''" '0
Calf School Shoes, very cheap....... 75
Goat Balmorals, scolloped, high out w
Goat Button Boots, good article........ l 90
Kid Foxed Balmorals, scolloped...... / w
French Kid Button Boots, handsome 70
Kid Eoxed Button Boots, scoll0ped... | 25
Calf School Shoes, own make........... ! 10
CHxLDRGN'
Calf School SHOES, good and strong. rs
Goat Button BoOtss high cut and
soolloped ~
Goat Lace Boots, good articIe.-......... %
Calf Shoes, high cut, own make....... ] 90
Kid Button Boots, very cheap............ l Oo
BOys' Shoes in great variety...el upward
Ladies' and uents' Goat and Cloth
slippers, 40. SILK Plush slippers 100.
The entire balance stock, consisting OF
over 268 900 pairs of every description Of
Boots and shoes, now being sacrtded al
equally low figures. at the GREAT
HALF.PRICE BOOT d SHOE HOUSE,
oppoeite the Postofdce. See our PRICE
LIHTI 1t Will suit you ALL
myN LEWIS BROS.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

A number of desirable looms to
lot at No. Z Third street. The loca.
ton is accessible aud desirable
rom every standpoint. TIE neigh
borhood Is good and the house Is
barely five minutes walk from the
Court House.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
To Whom It May Concern.

Please take notice: Any person
t,aving pledges or collaterals at the
Star Loan and Broker Office, No. 4
Commercial street, will please re-
deem the same or pay accrued In
terest thereon within thirty days
from this date or they will be sold.
P. H.-Money loaned on all kinds
Of personal property. mr30tf
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Preuss & Pironi are the agents
for the Holman and Lion liver pad,
the Aver kidney pad for lame
back and female complaints and
Wrighrs lung pad for coDsump-
ton.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Drink Halla Pepsin Wine Bit.
ers, and be happy and sontent.
3nres dyspepsia or indigestion.
Absolutely pure. For sale by
preuss & Plroni.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Clothes cleaned or dyed, then
mended and pressed and warranted
to look like new, at No. s Also
Istreet.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
LIVERY STABLE.

HORSES BOARDED at JoHNsoN.s
FEED 0TA0LE, II ALSO ST., At 8!
cssc taken. Also, stable room 70 !gnt at
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
Eucklen's Arnica 9alve,

The BEST SALvE in the world fol
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, sail
rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns. and all
kinds OF skin eruptions. This
salve Is guaranteed to give perfect
-atisfaction 10 every case or money
refunded. Price 25 cents. per box
For sale by Heinzemsn & Ellis,
wholesale agents, Los Angeles.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

See the COncolodOr In his won.
derful transmutation of cOlOrs at
the dyeing and securing establish.
ment, No. 8 Also street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

At the Central Pharmacy you
can obtain the famous electric
razor and Russian leather strop.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Five hundred dollars worth Of
econd- hand clothing wanted ~
No. 3 Also street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

The colorist does dyeing and
occurring at No. 8 Also street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Hnghes's Russian Baths. Lo-
Gated No. 15 Main street, opposite
the Pico House. Gentlemen and
ladies attended to by persons of
their own sex.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Mothers, try the Maux Feeding
Bottle. HeinSeman & Ellis, agents.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Pleasant rooms with board, 206
Spring street apl8:1m
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Use Scott's Emulsion. Heinze.
man & Ellis.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.

rHE HERALD STEAM PRINTING
I0usE MAKES o speciality of Legal
Uniting. Briefs, transcripts, etci
rinted at low rates,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Secondhand clothing bought and
sold at No. 8 Alis0 street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Go to Saxton & Co. who continue
10 sell everything In the drug line
cheaper than ever. Prescriptions
carefully prepared. 1l8 Main street,
Los Angeles,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

Try the great Southern Liver
Regulator, for sale by Heinzeman
& Ellis.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

The best cough candy is found at
|HeinEeman Il EiIis's.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27
WAR DEPARTMENT, SIGNAL SERVICE
q. .S. ARMY.

Division OF kilograms and Reports for
he benehto OF Commerce and Agriculture
Report Of observations taken at Los An.
geles, CAL, May 20, 1881.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-27

If you want a perfect fitting truss,
hall on Heinzeman q Ellis.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24
The COnSiderate Tenant.

Uncle Mace owns several shanties on
Austin Avenue, that are rented out to
olored tenants, among them Sam john
sing. Night before last Sam knocked
at Uncle Nace's door, and woke him out
of sound sleep.
"What's de matter ?" said the old man
sticking his head out of the window.
"I jess come ter tell yer dat 1 can't
get wink OBJ sleep. 1 has ter pay yer
de rent Oh de house next Saturday"
"Dar's no need OBJ yer staying awake
at nights, and worrying on dat account.
Oars no hurry about de rent"
eyes dar is. I jess come ter tell yer
dat 1 aint got no money to pay de rent,
and I has done moved my tricks out, so
you is bound to loose de rent. Now,
you kin stay awake and do de worryin' /,
and I'll go home and do de sleepin now.
I has got dat often my mind. ."-SVtings.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24
A Toad Fight.

Ialways keep number of toads in
my orchid houses for the purpose of
destroying vermin. The other morning,
while Watching two males, was highly
amused at seeing them have regular
set-to fight. They went at each other
in regular scientific manner, sparring
and boxing with their fore paws and but
ting with their heads. After a while
they seemed to get tired, coolly sat
down and viewed each other with great
complacency. From my earliest days I
have been in the habit of watching the
ways of toads, and never saw them fight
before.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The one wife of the present Khedive
is woman of European education.
The business men of Baltimore are
taking steps to make the Oriole per-
manent local institution in that city
every year.
Chicago and New Orleans are the only
American cities that license gambling
houses. st. Louis is about to follow
their example.
There are 800 educated female physi-
clans, in active practice in twenty. six
States of our Union the majority in
Massachusetts,, New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
Some of the Protestant clergy of
Philadelphia are censuring some of the
Catholic clergy for taking part in mock
baptismal and marriage ceremonies at
picnic.
The Springfield Republican holds that
the higher education of women renders
them averse to matrimony. Such be-
ing the case, ought that sort of educa.
tion to be tolerated?
After the profuse kissing that went
on between the Gar and Emperor Will
liam, at Dantzic, it would not be unpre-
cedented in history if they should pro-
ceed to fight each other.
The owner of large cranberry farm
at Berlin, Wisconsin, employs hun
dred girls, and he promised to marry
the one who picks the most berries this
season, provided she wants him.
The story goes that Mrs. CORVALLIS
West, the far-famed professional
beauty" is coming over with the new
British Minister, kinsman of her hus-
band, to grace the legation establish
ment
A rich Catalan capitalist, long resi-
dent of Cuba, died there recently, and
is reported to have left his fortune of
$12,OOO0O0 to be divided among four
negroes, formerly his slaves, who once
saved his life from wildcat while he
was out hunting.
General Gordon, of Georgia, is said
to have acquired more than comfor-
table fortune since he left the Senate.
1t came through the sale of coal lands
in Alabama, for which he and his two
brothers and Governor Colquitt re-
ceived 100000, together with $1,000,-
900 in stock of the Richmond and Dan
vile Extension Company.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24
Bill Apps View of Life.

We had a good, old-fashioned country
dance last night, and don't feel any
worse this morning for it. We bad
young people and middle aged people,
and old people, and those of us who
didn't trip on the light fantastic toe sat
in the broad piazza and talked and
looked on and enjoyed ourselves all the
same as we used to do when the gush
and vigor of youth were upon us. What
blessed thing it is that kind nature
takes away our desire for frolic as we
grow older, and begin to wear the sere
and yellow leaf. I don't care to dance
now that the spring in my extremities
is gone and there's lead in my shoes,
and I don't lam ent that old age is creep
ing on me, for have many new pleas
ures, and one of these is to look on and
see other people happy. Enjoy your
day, whether it be in youth or old age !;
enjoy every day, make most of it; get
all out of life you can. Tt won't pay to
always be hankering after something or
grieving over troubles that haven't
come, and may never come. I know
people who let the dark side of life
cheat 'em out of every days happiness,
who ponder and fret over little troubles
until they swell up like dried apples
and get to be big ones, and they can't
eat or sleep in any peace.
Life to them is grindstone, and the
grit of it is always cutting away little
by little until there's nothing left. En-.
joy the day get some good out of it
even if it's nothing but contentment fol
good health and being out of Jail. Ar
old gentleman of three score years and
ten was here last night-came five miles
just to see the young people happy
and he was bright as the full moon, and
it was pleasure to see him and lister
to him discourse upon life and how tt
live and how to farm, and so on. He
seen trouble enough, goodness knows
but he never took it to heart or surren
dered his manhood Bill Arp, IN Atlant1
| GOnStjt,ltiO7l.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Nothing makes men sharper than want.
Fly the pleasure that bites tomorrow.
The man who knows the most is not
an owning man.
Worldly faces never look so worldly
as at funeral.
Proud hearts and lofty mountains are
always barren.
A man may suffer without SHINING, he
cannot sin without suffering.
Ragged clothing cannot debase man
as much as frayed reputation.
We shall be free from evil desires
only when we are pure in heart.
He who can suppress moments
anger may:prevent day of sorrow.
He that wrestles with us strengthens
our nerves and sharpens our skill.
The faculty of reasoning seldom Oh
never deceives those who trust to it.
When friend corrects a fault inyou,
he does you the greatest act of friend
ship.
In ourselves, rather than in material
nature, lie the true source and life of
the beautiful.
The power to do great things gene
rally arises from the willingness to do
| small things.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24
A Fiery Grave.

The Westphalia papers give an ac-
count of a terrible catastrophe which
occurred in the northwestern part of
that province on the 18th ult. There
has been for some time in operation in
the neighborhood of Solingen, not far
from Barmen, strange phenomenon.
A part of the soil of hilly heath be-
came excessively hot, so much so that
some people living close by availed
themselves of the heat for domestic pur-
poses. The explanation suggested was
that some infammable subterranean gas,
or perhaps petroleum, had been acciden-
tally set on fire. Some water had been
brought to the spot by an artificial
channel; but its contact with the burn
ing soil had only produced violent ex-
plosions, which seemed to shatter all
the ground around. Recently some
persons drove out in a carriage from
Remscheid to inspect the spot. When
arrived at distance of about quarter
OF an English mile, they heard strange
rumbling noise, which so terrified the
horses that they had to alight and send
the carriage back some distance. They
walked on, discussing the likelihood
of any danger, when suddenly space
of the hillside. about 100 metres square,
opened, disclosing gulf of liquid fire
and throwing up flames. The house
where the family mentioned above lived
was at once surrounded by the flames
and was, before their eyes, swallowed
up in the liquid fiery caldron at their
feet, apparently feeding the flames. 1t
is known that several persons were in
the house; none were saved, but it has
not been ascertained how many per-
] ished.-London Times.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24
Inconvenience of Being HumOrist.

Bret Harte's peculiar horror is the
poem that made his reputation-"the
Heathen Chinee." To friend who once
made quotation from it in his hearing
he said: eff you love me never men
ton Heather Chinee' in my hearing.
If die young it will be of that miser
able washerman. He is my nightmare
and my daymare. I cannot get rid of
him, go where will, and he springs up
like jack-in. a-box. With some people
1 have to be polite and listen to all they
have to say on the subject ; but I feel
that know you we'll enough to cry out
spare mep am willing and pleased to
talk of any of my stories, and even any
other poems are not unpleasant to my
ear but the Mongolian will kill me
yet. Why, do you know, they have ac-
tually set it to music-a frightful dirge!
A young lady insisted upon chanting it
to me, the other night, aud I had to
listen patiently, instead of following my
inclination, which was to tear the music
into thousand pieces, and dance up
and down on the key board of the piano.
1t was enough to drive me mad My
friends think that they are paying me
huge compliment by making constant
quotations from the different verses.
They will poke me in the ribs and say,
"That for ways that are dark and wink
at me as they say, His smile it was
childlike and bland thought I would
get away from it all by coming east, but
the pigtailed nightmare pursues me-"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-24

W. E. Croffut thus describes. in the
st. Paul Pioneer Press, his experiences
in o gondola at Venice: At eight
o'clock we started in three gondolas for
the rendezvous half mile off. Here
we found innumerable boats surround
ing the queens private bark, which was
clumsy, stately barge, sadly lighted
up with sort of Chinese lantern, hav-
ing no ropes from the deck to the tor
of the short mast. There was also 9
yellow canopy hung round with lights,
which seemed to be tumblers of oil
suspended in blue mosquito netting,
perhaps 100 lights in all. 1t did not
make the royal craft very bright, and
the radiance did not extend more than
twenty or thirty feet on either side. In
few minutes we started, and spite of
the darkness, for, as usual, the uneffi-
cial gondolas were prohibited from car
rying more than one light, and that re-
quired to be about as dim as FREELY;
the scene was quite impressive. There
were said to be 1900 gondolas in the
crush-for crush it literally was, the
black boats jammed tightly together,
and the musical gondoliers pushing
their craft along at the expense of ada
cent boats, or swinging their futile pad
dies high in air and dancing in rage on
the PROV, and swearing at adjacent gon-
doliers, and calling them dodbinged
grandsons of the pestiferous emu in the
sweet syllables of the South. After
going half mile in this way, our gon-
dola, perhaps 100 feet from the royal
launch, suddenly stopped in front of
the palace and slight form clad in
white silk throughout, stepped upon the
overhanging balcony. 1t was the young
queen, first cousin of her husband, King
Humbert. Her face was fairer than
that of most Venitians, and the chestnut
hair, slightly changed" over the eye
brows, was drawn straight back and
fixed in Grecian knot behind. She
bowed to the right and left.