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Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-04-08

81 ,500,337. And on q taxable bssfs
Of 1856, 900, 600 1t will require rate
of 500 cents on the 500 to raise the
amount required. That 10 the un.
savory truth which faces the hon.
est taxpayer. Last year it was bit.
terly complained by the owners Of
small farms and city or town prop
critics that the State tax levy was
crushing. The next year, instead
OF much.needed reduction, there
will be 30 per cent. added to the
crushing tax Of last year on all
properties. It results from the &C.
ton Of the Legislature In releasing
500, 100000 Of property of the
rich and non.producing class,
expressly made taxable by the
constitution. A poor Widows
tenement, valued by last years as.
sessment at $1,000, Ind taxed for
State purposes So. 20, or the settlers
farm and stock, valued ct Sc, 600,
and taxed last year $31 for State
purposes, will next year have to
pay respectively $8.06 and $4,000
The forty thousand small farmers
and the sixty thousand owners of
little homes In the towns and cities
and small savings In coin from the
earnings of long years. Of hard toll,
who last year paid $50 out Of every
500 of State taxes collected, will
next year have to pay $78 out OF
every 500 collected; and this, in
order that the wealthy class, the
non-producers, the stock gamblers,
who require more protection from
Government than all other classes,
may be allowed to escape alltaxes
on the great body Of their property,
shares In the capital stock Of corpo-
rations.
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From the 8. r. ChrOnicle.l

From the 8. F. Chronicls.l
1t is not we'll for newspaper to
mislead the public In regard to
matter as important as the taxes
they will have to pay. An even.
ing contemporary did this on Mon.
day in the article entitled "Pros-
pect of Heavy State Tsxation.n
The statement was sufficiently dis.
eouraging, to be sure, to Rdmonish
the taxpayers that legislation has
fallen into the hands of unsympa-
thetic and wasteful men; but 1t did
not show the whole truth. What
1t did show was that the estimates
of the Controller Of expenditures
for the fiscal year beginning on the
10th OF July, 1881, and ending on
the 3Oth of June, 1882, were SIS, $780,.
1923, with II per cent. added for de.
ficiencles in collection, making
total of So, $685. 1877. And that, after
this estimate was made the Legis-
lature, at its regular session, added
to the bill $4,000 for lutte ma.
chinery In the State Prison, $50, 900
for Normal School at Los Ange.
les, and that there is q probable
"slickens'' deficit Of $500, 900. These
three items foot up $45O,O0O. Ad.
ded to the sum of the Controllers
estimates, they make 81, 1OS, 1877.
Add to this the "slickens" special
tax OF $3.50, 600 and possible cost
Of $3.50, 900 for the extra session, and
we have q grand total of 81, 500. 337
to be raised for the incoming fiscal
year. This 10 about the showing
presented by our evening contem.
porary. 1t calls for rate Of State
taxation of 6S4 cents on the 500
worth of property; and as that pa
per remarked, "it may 60 to 10
cents"
The Controllers esti mates were
made on the basis of last years. as.
ssssment, which in round numbers
was $3.50, 900, 900; and this ia also
the basis of our contemporaries
calculations when IL assumes q pos
sible tax rate Of 20 cents on the
800. But the Revenue Act of the
Legislature, which that and other
city papers favored either by their
silence or open approval, struck
from the assessment roll at one
dash of the pen all shares held In
corporations of every class, though
the Constitution expressly In
Guides such shares in taxable prop.
erty. They do not aggregate less
than $lO0, 900, 900, and we think
Sl2O, 900, 900 nearer the mark. But
let us say 500. 900, 600. That is to
be subtracted from the $686, OOO,.
600 90 the total assessment OF last
year. 1t leaves US but $3.50, 600, 900
as the basis on which to reckon
the rate per cent. Of the tax levy
for next year. The reader has been
informed above of the amount Of
money that will be needed to run
the State Government for that
year, assuming that there shall
be no changes or reductions
made ct the special session In
the general Appropriation bill ~
presented ct bhe regular session,
and aseumipe alao thaf The dickens
';';
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Rhode IsIsnd Eiecsion.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April'7.-
The election yesterday went Re-
publican. The Senate comprises
20 Republicans and 5 Democrats,
with two vacancies. The House
has 63 Republicans and Z Demo
Gratis, with two vacancies. The
Republicans gain two in each
house compared with the State
election last year. The Republi.
can gain Is $40 on the popular vote.
The Democrats lose 1902; the Pro-
hibitionists lose A, AIT.
Complete Returns from Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 7.-Harrison's
majority over Clark for Mayor, ac-
cording to the complete returns, is
7,741. The Democratic also elect
other city officers by small major
tiles. In the town elections the
vote Is SO close that the official
count will be necessary to decide
who has been chosen in many
cases. At present the honors are
about equally divided among par.
ties.
Tho Chtc"xO MuDtcipSS Election.
CHICAGO. April 7.-Later returns
from the municipal election make
some surprising changes. Nearly
IL, 600 more votes were polled than
in the Mayoralty election Of 1879,
and $4,000 less than in the last
Presidential election. Harrison's
majority Is very close to 5000. The
Democrats elect also the City
Treasurer by 1900; Attorney by
500. and Clerk by 1900 majority.
The Republicans gained two alder.
men and have the control of the
Council by secure majority. They
also elect the following town Off.
cers: in North Town, the Collector;
in South Town, the Supervisor,
Collector, Assessor and Clerk, by
majorities of 179 to 1928; and In
West Town the Collector and Clerk.
These changes from the supposed
result show quite clearly that the
votes we're more generally divided
on personal than political grounds,
despite tie result of Its Significance
from a political standpoint.
The Female 8saEvtr.
IOWA CITY, April 7.-Hattie
Deuel. has completed forty.two
days of her suicidal starvation.
The city Medical Society at its
meeting resolved that it views with
the deepest regret the unseemly
and disgusting exhibition, and de.
clares that those who abet the pro.
longed suicide of an insane indi-
vidual should be held responsible,
according to the principles of COM
mon law. DR.. Aylwoth, her broth.
er.in.law, will reply tomorrow. 1t
ls believed that the Com missi oners
of Insanity will be forced to take
charge of her, and If possible re.
store her by injecting food.
R.asjussi"a IA NashviIie.
NASHVILLE. April THE Gov
ernOr has signed the bill which
passed the Senate yesterday to set
tie the debt at par and 8 per cent.
interest. The House passed the
Senate bill to settle the debt of the
extinct municipality of Memphis
at S34 cents on the dollar and per
cent. interest.
Bs.cousnc' Improvrd.
LONDON, April'7,-Beaconsfield
con dition is very much improved.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-. April g.
The following are the names OF
Callfognls passengers BY the a. 7.
8 g, y. HsIlread train Tonight. A
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Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-04-08

BIaas: CAL, IA mass meeting
of citizens WAS held here yesterday
to organize for the purpose Of con.
trlbution to q fund being raised in
various parts Of the State to com.
meDce legal proceedings against
the hydraulic miners.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11

members staircase. graphing with the police
and ushers but no blows were struck. He was
ghastly pale when he appeared in the Palace
yard and was still struggling with the police
and almost fainting. A glass of water was
brought, and his face bathed. He threatened
to come to the house with such force that the
police would be compelled to arrest him.
Gladstone declared that Bradlaugh must now be
treated as having no more right to enter the
House than stranger. Northcote Endorsed
Gladstone's view. While Sir Wilfred Lawson was
speaking against the Illegal conduct Of the
House, Bradlaugh, who had evaded the police,
endeavored to force an entrance, but WAS seized
by messengers and dragged from the doors,
when he was taken in charge by six policemen,
still resisting strenuously, his coat being torn
in the struggle. The Speaker ruled that the
motion of Sir Wilfred Lawson, for resembling
the former resolutions against the ad-
mission of Bradlaugh, were irrelevant, and
that the question before the House was
the conduct of the Speaker in prohibiting
Bradlaughs access to the lobby. After Broad
hurst and Cowen had spoken in favor Of Brad
laugh, Right Hon. John Bright described how
Bradlaugh was brought down to the Palace
yard in fainting condition. He thought such
q scene was unprecedented. He appealed to
the opposition to reconsider their former de-
cision SO as to extract themselves from present
difficulties. He was called to order for ir-
relevancy. Lord John Manners said that
Brights attitude was calculated to encourage
Bradlaugh, who had necessitated his forcible
removal by attempting forcible entry. An
amendment to Labouchere's motion, declaring
that the House approves the conduct of the
Speaker, and Of the officials under his orders
was accepted by Gladstone and Northcote, and
was passed. A number of Liberal members
quilted the House before vote was taken amid
ironical cheers. Bradlaugh, after his expul-
sion, went to Bow street for summons against
the police. These summons were refused, but
the Magistrate advised him to prepare infor-
nation in reference to the summons desired
for assault. The amendments to the Labou-
chere bill passed, 191 to 9. Mrs. Annie Bessant
and two daughters of Bradlaugh were present
IN Westminster Hail.. Two hundred extra
policemen were on duty. f-+
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
Sitting Bull.

The steamer Gen. Sherman, with Sitting
Bull, White Dog, Scarlet Thunder, Four Horns,
High-as-the-Clouds Bone Thunder, and Sitting
Bulls sister, Pretty Plume, on board, bound
for Port Yates, arrived at Bismarck, D. T., last
week, and was greeted by over 1000 people at
the levee. Sitting Bull and staff were given
banquet by Capt. @. W. Bachelor, of Pitts
burg, and B. D. Veornlye, Private Secretary of
General Manager Haupt, of the Northern Pa
ciic. Mr.. s. B. refused to ride on a car-pre-
ferred wagon. He didn't understand locomo-
tive power sufficiently to risk his life. This is
the first white city Sitting Bull ever saw. His
two wives and two pairs of twins were with
him.. Sitting Bull is forty-seven years old, and
is in perfect health, except that his eyes are
weak, causing him to wear glasses. He did not
make any speech except the usual pow-wow, and
was perfectly independent. He has seven
children the youngest being twins, aged four
winters. Grow Foot, the seven-year-old son
through whom he delivered up his gun to Maj.
Brotherton, is bright little fellow, and a twin
brother of the child who brings word from the
lodges. Sitting Bull sold several pipes and
trinkets at enormous figures, and sold his au-
tograph to those who wanted it. He writes his
own name in English well, but does not speak
the language. He has some French education,
but in general appearance he is full-blooded
SiOux
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
IN THE MINING TOWN.

As he kissed her lips like the cherries red,
While a fond look shone in his eyes of brown,
Tomorrow the bell from the tower will ring
joyful peal. Was thers ever king
So truly blest on his royal throne,
As shall be when claim my own?n
Twas fond farewell twas a sweet goodbye,
But she watched him go with troubled sigh.
SO into the basket that swayed and swung
Der the yawning abyss he lightly sprung,
And the joy of her heart seemed turned to woe,
As they lowered him into the depths below.
Her sweet, young face, with its tresses brown,
Was the fairest face in the mining town.
LoI the morning came! but the marriage bell
High up In the tower rang mournful knell.
For the true heart, buried meath earth and stone
Far down in the heart of the mine : alone.
A sorrowful peal on their wedding day,
For the breaking heart and the heart of clay,
And the face that looked from her tresses brown,
Was the saddest face in the mining town.
Thus time rolled along on its wearv way,
U It'll fifty years with their shadows gray,
Had darkened the light of her sweet eyes glow,
And had turned the brown of her hair to snow.
Oil never kiss from husbands lips,
Or the clasp of child's sweet finger tips
Had lifted one moment the shadows brown,
From the saddest heart in the mining town.
Far down in the depths of the mine, one day,
In the loosened earth they were digging away,
They dis overed face, 50 young, so fair, ~
From the smiling lpto the light brown hair,
Untouched by the finger of Times decay.
When they drew him up to the light Of day, e.
The wondering people gathered round
To gaze at the man thus strangely found.
Thena woman came from among the crowd,
With her long, white hair, and her slight form
bowed
She silently knelt by the form of clay,
And kissed the lips that were cold and gray,
Then the sad. old face, with its snowy hair,
I'm his youthful bosom lay pillowed there.
He had found her at last, his waiting bride,
And the people buried them side by side. al
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
NAV Chiffon.

There is beautiful tradition that the
first foot which passed the snow-clad
rock of Plymouth was that of May Chill
ton, fair young maiden : and that the
last survivor of those heroic pioneers
was May Allerton, who lived to see the
planting of twelve out of the thirteen
colonies which formed the nucleus of the
United States. In the Mayfower eigh-
teen wives accompanied their husbands
to q waste land, and uninhabited save by
the willy and vengeful savage.
On the unhoored hut, she, who had
been nqrtured amid the rich carpets and
draperies of the mother land, rocked her
newborn babe, and complained not.
She, who in the home of her youth
had arranged the gorgeous shades of
embroidery, compounded the rich yeni..
son partly as her share of the home
keeping, now pounded the coarse Indian
corn for her children's bread, and bade
them ask Gods blessing ere they took
their seanty portions. When the SHOWS
sifted through their miserable roofs
upon the little ones, she gathered them
closer to her bosom she taught them
the evening prayer and holy hymn,
though the war-whoop of the Indian
rang through the wild. Amid the untold
hardships of colonial life she infused
new strength into her husband by her
firmness, and solaced his weary hours
by her love.-Mrs. Lydia SigouTneg.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
What Wives Are Worth.

The value of wives varies in different
countries. In America they are often
expensive companions, but in the higher
regions of the River Amar, and on the
Ussuri, in Siberia, according to informa-
tion furnished to the British Scientific
Association by the Rev. Henry Lansdell,
the price of wife is eight or ten dogs
a sledge, or two cases of brandy. In
another part of the world, according to
evidence furnished to the same associa-
ton by Wilfred Powell, in New Britain
and the neighboring islands of the South
Pacific, on the east coast of Guinea, the
wives are the absolute property of their
husbands, and are bought, seld and eat
en- by their better halves. There was
one New Britain young woman who re-
belled at her matrimonial relations,
whereupon her husband said he could
put her to better use, and straightway
killed and ate her. Unfortunately, ac-
cording to the same authority, the eat
ing in New Britain is not confined to
wives. The natives are fond of mission
ary meat, and think the English are un-
utterably stupid because they are un-
willing to feast on such dehcacy as the
human thigh, prepared with cocoanut
milk and dressed with banana leaves.
Mr.. Powell does not advise women to
emigrate to New Britain. q.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
WHOLE NUMBER 745.

birds, old china, sermon-paper, patch
work, and theology in q manner which
amazed the precise soul of gentle Miss
Briggs. The scientific man perched
himself on the top floor, where he could
have good outlook with his telescope,
and set up his cases of specimens with
out let or hinderance. And Miss Briggs
herself made home-like little home
on the second story, and devoted her
whole energy-and not without some
degree of success-to keeping the peace
between Chico, the monkey, and Nip,
the terrier.
Mrs. Ripple, however, got tired OF
rural felicity, and returned to the city In
the autumn.
Mr.. Bellairs received call to Della
ware parish, where peaches were thicker
than blackberries; and the climate was
soft as that of Italy, and he accepted it
promptly.
"What shall we do now?" said Miss
Briggs. who was disposed to take tim
orous view of things.
Mr.. Hyde pushed his spectacles on to
the top Of his head 'Don't you like the
house?" said he.
"Yes," Miss Briggs admitted. 81
s.And don't you consider the situation
salubrious?'
Certainly" said Miss Briggs.
'Then, /" said Mr.. Hyde, looking at the
edge of his geological hammer, "why
don't you stay hereT as s
"What, all alone by myself?' said
Miss Briggs.
"No," said the scientific gentleman;
'with mel" ss
sGood graciousp cried Miss Briggs.
"We both like the place y said Mr..
Hyde. 'tWe like the situation and we
like each other. Why shouldn't we set
| tie down here for hfe?"
"But never have thought of such .
thing" said Miss Briggs, in trepidation.
sThink of it now," said Mr.. Hyde in
accents of scientific persuasion, as he
laid down the hammer and took her
black -mittened hand tenderly in his, +.
And Mr.. Bellairs married them before
he went away, and Ripple Grange has
never been toilet nce.-Harper's Bo
1
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
Cincinnati Southern Railroad.

A daylight ride over the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad Is one of the great
treats in travel. From the time of cross
ing the long bridge over the Ohio at
Cincinnati to the first glimpse of Lookout
Mountain, the vision need not be idle
for lack of interesting objects. Aside
from the scenery, which is full of variety,
the road itself will not fail to interest
the close observer, from the character
and immensity of the work performed
upon it. It is perhaps the best built
railroad on the continent, and will prove
an enduring monument to the enterprise
of the Queen City. The engineering
feats on the Southern are not surpassed
by those of any line in existence The
famous High Bridge over the Kentucky
River is a marvel in mechanics, and
the highest railroad bridge in! the
world. A look from its dizzy hight
is one of the things that can not
be forgotten. The view is full of
the widest conceivable grandeur,
and thrills even the Oldest traveller with
new emotion. The magnificent beauty
of the scene is far beyond the power of
description. The only regret in viewing
it from a moving train is, that the eye
can not dwell and linger upon tie scene
at leisure. Between Cincinnati and Som
erset the country is hilly ard broken,
with occasional rolling tracts, but shortly
after leaving the latter place the scenery
becomes wild and rugged in the extreme,
and the quickly changing scene grows
in beauty and thrilling interest. A view
from the rear platform, as the train rolls
down the valley. CT Emory River, is one
of the most fascinating. delight. On
either hand the mountains kiss the
clouds, and their blue-crowned SUBMITS
take on the most graceful outlines, and
drop into pictures of living grandeur.
Clinging to the rugged base of
the mountain, the train winds its
rapid way, darting through tunnels,
over bridges. along picturesque valleys.
| and under cliffs that overhang and
threaten. Here, on every side rises an i'm
mense wall of natures own build, while
| a look in the opposite direction is lost in
a deep abyss, and there, away up the
glen, is view that would make poet
wild. 1-t
The work of construction has been
well and thoroughly done, though the
obstacles interposed by nature were
something immense. In fact, the mag
nitude of the work can only be conjec-
tured when it is known that twenty-five
tunnels had to be constructed within q
distance of eighty miles.
The practical man will find abundant
food for speculation in the profuse evi-
dences of natural wealth along this line.
In many sections vast forests of timber
stretch out as far as the eye can reach,
and frequent indications of coal, iron
and other mineral resources are not
wanting. Stations are thickly scattered
along the line for the accommodation of
passengers and shippers, and settle
ments appear to be taking place rapidly
at all available points.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
A strange rreal. Of Mature.

On Monday morning, August 1, at 6 O'Clock,
Mrs. DIR. b. W. Bird, living near Hamilton,
Lonoke County, Ark, gave birth to a girl
child, Weighing twelve pounds, with its brains
on the outside Of its Uranium. :, The child is
well developed, has q fine form, and no de-
formity. save its eyes are inclined to stand out.
The child has no forehead, save about half an
inch. From thence the head recedes. The
Uranium is entirely gone, and where the from
tai should be is the brain of the child. The
brain has its usual covering of membrane, but
no skin or any other covering exists. On the
back part Of the head, about an inch and q
half from the upper part of the neck is very
coal black hair about an inch and half long !;
black eyes, features regular, and the child is
healthy, well formed and doing well.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11
Women in French Medical Colleges.

Only twelve women have received
medical diplomas in Paris. Among these
is an American lady named Pittman.
She and an italian lady named Rosetti
and Russian named Goutscharon are
well known in Partisan medical practice.
Not more than three of the female ply
sicians now practicing in Paris are of
French nationality; but one of these,
who began to study after she had become
a widow, and while burdened with two
children, has attained distinction, and is
a regular medical attendant at the Chate-
let Tseater. The number of female
medical students now studying is forty
two, of whom three are American, eigh-
teen English, eleven French, and ten
Russian. The length and expensiveness
of course of medical study in the
French Capital keep. the number of fe-
male students small. Such a course
lasts seven or eight years, and costs not
far from 1000.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-08-11

IT is related of DIR. Holmes that at a
country charitable fair one day he was
entreated to furnish q letter for the
postofice He seized sheet of paper,
and between its folds placed 81 bank
note. Turning to the first page he wrote
the following:
Dear lady, whosoeer thou art,
Turn this poor page with trembling care;
But hush, oh hush thy beating heart,
The one thou lowest best is there.
In obedience to the poets injunction,
the page turned disclosed the attractive
greenback of the value of one dollar,
and, to prove the truth of this assertion,
he made the following appeal on the op-
posite page from the bank deposit:
Fair lady, lift thine eyes and tell
II this isnot truthful letter;
This is one thou lowest well,
And naught 10y would make thee love It better
HERSH eounsels have no effect /; they
are Ike hammers, which are always re-
pulsed by the anvil,