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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
Kate Chase Sprague at Atlantic
City.

Did you ever look upon a beauti-
full face which told you almost as
plainly as words that mental an
guish had but added to it's beauty +?
1 contemplated such oountenance
in the parlor of the Shelburne to-
day. Its owner was lady rather
inclined to be tall but with q SYM
metrical form, which looked all the
more attractive for the extremely
plain costume-black in color, and
almost severe in its lack OF trim
ming or other adornment, Her
blonde hair, dressed in the prevail
ing seaside fashion-an English
Undiscovered the forehead to with
in an inch or so Of the dark blue
eyes, and two flushed cheeks, a
mouth full of pearly teeth, lips
like a ripe cherry, and a short,
round chin completed the picture.
But there was something in the
face apart from it's natural gifts
which was calculated at once to
rivet the attention of the observer.
1t was an expression of indescriba-
BILE melancholy and pain, as If the
lTOu ndu cuttEcu tu6 SOul VI iIS
owner and left there, not hate or
vindictiveness, but sorrow and an
guish-a look so plaintive, so ap-
pealing, that one might match 1t to
melt the hardest heart. "Who is
she?" heard the question asked
twenty times Inside of an hour,
and each time the answer was ie-
turned, "Kate Chase Sprague."
The former mistress OF Canonchet
has been the guest of the Shell
burne since Tuesday, and proposes
to remain until the close of the
season. A maid and two nurses,
who have entire charge of her
three children, all girls, the oldest
being twelve and the youngest not
yet three, compose her retinue.
She moves about In a dreamy sort
of way, seldom mingling with the
other guests or engaging with them
in conversation. Even when in
the society of intimate friends,
several Of whom are at the same
hotel, she sedulously avoids all ref
ereuces to her domestic difficulties.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
WITCMCRAFT IN THE SOUTH.
The Story Of Brother McGraw and Sister
Hutton.
IHarper,s for August. 1


"If the town of Salem, in Massa.
chusetts," said Bob Billingsby,
"thinks che has had the onliesl
witches In this country, all 1 got
to say about it is that she Is simply
mistaken. Now, there was old
Brother McGraw and old Sister
Huttou-n
Bob's story, in short, was thus:
Old Brother McGraw and Sister
Hutton were members of Philips
Bridge Church. Brother McGraw
was consistent member, but old
Sister Hutton, to say the truth,
was regarded somewhat as a
heather, and even addicted to
witchcraft. A calf of Brother
McGraw's of uncommon prom.
ise dwindled in spite of uncom.
men pains, and finally died,
and the good man, persuaded in
his mind that his neighbor, al
though spiritual sister, had be-
witched it, set out in his wrath for
her house, and, taking her by the
head, gave her a violent wrench.
Sister Hutton reported the case to
the church, and at the Conference
one Saturday Brother McGraw,
being mildly demonstrated with,
went SO far as to say that he would
have to think about it. The
Moderator blandly suggested to
him to withdraw for a few
moments, retire into the woods,
reflect and pray over the matter.
He did so. On returning, the Mod
orator and the brethren were graf.
ified to observe the calm regret
that was visible upon his counte-
nance. The Moderator was a man
of power, both as to intellect and
character. 1t was Silas Mercer.
Then this dialogue ensued:
Mr.. Mercer-"Well, Brother Nc
Graw, L see you have returned, and
1 think you've come to just con-
clusion In the matter about which
you have been rejecting"
He looked inquiringly at the aged
brother, and the aged brother an.
swered his inquiring look with a
meek silence.
II think you feel sorry, Brother
McGraw," suggested Mr.. M, in a
kindly, leading tone.
"Yes, Brer Moderator" answered
the aged brother, livery sorry; Pm
very sorry"
Yet there ives some gruffness In
bis tone, which led the Moderator
to doubt the nature of his regret.
"Brother McGraw," said he, twill
you let the church know what sort
OF sorrow it is you feel? Is 1t a
Cody sorrow, Brother McGrawW
"Theu the aged brother lifted
high his head, looked the Modera-
tor full in the face and answered:
"Brer Moderator, Pm sorry-Tm
VERY sorry-that I didn't break
her neokW ~
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

An old darkey who works around
town by the day and who Is very
proud OF his reputation for extra
ordinary ability in ciphering,
called on Gilhooly yesterday with
a view to get settlement, in cash
for work done in Gilhooly's gar.
den. swell, Uncle Benz said the
Major, "How much DO | owe
you?" Use worked fur ye 'leben
days at dollar day, boss, an II
yer hand me piece Of paper an q
pencil I'll cipher it out for yer."
Uncle Ben got the paper, and pre-
tending to figure on it, he said:
"Leben days at a dollar a day.
Lemme see, oughps ought,
cipher's cipher, hgure's figure,
two ter carry am one ter throw
away. 'Leben dollars, by gosh !!
Boss, yer owes me preZaotly 'leben
dollars."-Ieras Siftings.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Two strings to his bow: A very
dilapidated looking tramp entered
the counting-room OF one of the
wealthiest merchants on Austin
avenue and, coming up to the
desk, asked: "Ain't your folks
from Posey county, Indiany?"
"Yes." "And your name Is John
Smith," "Yes." "Shake! You
have at last found your long lost
brother Bill. 1 am in need of
money" "Here's a quarter. Take
it and CO." The long lost brother
turned over the quarter time or
so and then said: "Is a quarter all
you can spare for your long lost
brother?" "That's all. Go now,
or I'll call policeman" said the
merchant. "I'Il accept the quarter
on account of our relationships
that is q family matter; but, be-
sides being your brother, ! am a
tramp and dead.beat. Now ]
apply to you professionally. Give
me another quarter."-Teras SJt'
ings.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
Free of Cost.

DR.. KINGS NEW DISCOVERY
for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, etc., is
given away in trial bottles free of
cost to the afflicted. If you have q
severe cough, cold, difficulty of
breathing, hoarseness or any affec-
tion of the throat or lungs by all
means give this wonderful remedy
a trial. AS you value your exis-
tence you cannot afford to let this
opportunity pass. We could not af-
ford, and would not give this REM
edy away unless we knew it would
accomplish what we claim for 1t.
Thousands of hopeless cases have
already been completely cured by
1t. There is no medicine in the
world that will cure one.nalf the
cases that DR.. KINe's NEW Dis
COvERY will cure. For sale by
Heinzeman & Ellis, druggists, Los
Angeles.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
COURT REPORTS.

FRIDAY, August 4.
SET FOR TODAY.
Estate of J. l.. Eddy-Return of
sale of real estate.
Estete of M. Ruiz-Citation and
partition.
Estate of G. p. de Charles--Peti.
ton for sale of real estate.
Estate of V. Jurado.
Guardianship Of F. Yount ct AL. i,
minors.
A. l.. Foster vs.. Creditors.
Guardianship of Y. r. Bilder-
rain ct al, minors.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE.
che HERALD STEAM PRINTING
'ousE MAKES a speciality of Legal
rinting. Briefs, transcripts, etc'
rlnted at low rates.

)Heinzeman & Ellis are receiving
very week fresh supplies Of drugs
nd chemicals. Their prescription
apartment Is In the hands OF
killful pharmacists, and no drug
f chemical is used unless 1t be
tesh and pure.
I Just received from the manufao..
llrers the largest assortment OF
kusses and shoulder-braces ever
sosived by any house in Southern
california. We sell them at East
i'm prices.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

"Pat," said traveller, "why did
you make the stone wall around
your shsnty so thick?" "Why,
please yer honor, l hear that they
have extraordinary high winds In
Ameriky, SO thought If 1 built
1t about as thick as 1t was high, II
1t should blow over It would be
just ~ It WAS afors, yer honor"
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
DIED.,
FUNERAL NOTICES, ONE DOLLAR,

WIATT-In this city, August 9Th, at
O'CLOCK p. NJ. Mrs. Lucy j. Watt, aged
50 years.
Funeral services at Trinity Church,
Spring street, at II O'Clock A. NJ. Sun
day, August 7th. Friends are invited
to attend without further notice.
ALLEN-In this city, August 9Th, Mrs.
Allen. a native OF England, aged "A
years.
Funeral from her late residence, OF.
i've street, near Fifth. at r. N. to-day
Saturday. Friends are respectfully in.
vited TO attend without further notice.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Eastern oysters every style;
bt and cold lunches and all the
elicacies OF the season served on
he shortest notice at Congress
Nall, corner OF Main and Requena
Sreets. Ice cold Bocs beer, the best
|h the Coast, always on hand, as
Fell as q full supply Of the best
3rands of liquors, wines and ci-
krs. Entrance to ladies' rooms on
kequena street. Open day and
light.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

1t Is not States Attorney Fessen.
den who is appointed Consul to st.
John, N. B., but his father. That
Is, not his father, but rather his
uncle. Still, there il time for fur
ther particulars, If the family will
hold out.-Danbury We,Ds.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Mr.. F. Adam, the pioneer tailor
Los Angeles, No. ID Spring
rect, informs his patrons and the
|ublic generally that he has just
eceived large assortment of the
ktest styles Of spring and summer
bods, which for elegance and va
|ety of pattern cannot be sur
assed. A cordial invitation is ex-
bnded to all to call and examine
liz stock. m2.lm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

| The Central Pharmacy is the
bly, drug store connected with the
elephone system. Families and
wishing anything in our
Inc can order through telephone,
nd will be Immediately attended
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores, letter, chapped
hands, chilblains, corns. and all
kinds OF skin eruptions. This
salve is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction in every case or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box
For sale by Heinzeman & Ellis,
wholesale agents, Los Angeles.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

A party of Boston fashionables
were greatly shocked by the re-
mark of an impulsive young lady
who dwelt on Beacon Hill. The
evening WAS excessively warm,
and irritated by her suffsrings she
threw herself back In her chair,
sxclaiming: "Oh, ma, it's 80 hor-
ribly hot Tonight I'd like to have
Charley Francis Adams fer q sweet
heart. = Louisville 0owrier.Jeur-
nat.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
To Whom It May Concern.

Please take notice: Any person
avlng pledges or collaterals at the
liar Loan and Broker Office, No. a
commercial street, will please re-
ieem the same or pay accrued In
srest thereon within thirty days
Eom this date or they will be sold.
2. B.--Money loaned on all kinds
of personal property. mrSotf
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

IF. Lindquist, merchant tailor,
10. 20 Spring street, is himself y
TACTICAL cutter; and, having had
nipple experience In San Francisco
md Los Angeles, knows how to
beet the requirements Of his GUS
hmers. He keeps full supply of
he best cloths constantly on hand
Ind makes them up "upon honor.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

A number of desirable rooms to
bt at No. 7 Third street. The loca.
ION is accessible and desirable
eom every standpoint. The neigh
lorhood is good and the house is
|arely five minutes' walk from the
tourt House.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Pure drugs, perfumeries, patent
medicines, both foreign and do
mestic, all the latest novelties, and
prescriptions carefully compounded
both day and night, at Preuss &
Pironi's.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Heinzeman & Ellis sell at whole.
sale, and will guarantee prices as
low as any house in Southern Cali.
fornia.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Five hundred dollars worth OF
secondhand clothing wanted at
No. 3 Also street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
10 the Farmers Of Los Angeles
County.

| I am prepared to furnish cash ad-
ences on grain stored at my house
the rate Of u per cent. per an
Yum for any and all amounts of
.Jor more. Il. MAUD.
n I'm m.Je.11.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Extracted from natural flowers Is
Bouquet de Los Angeles. Preuss &
Pironi, proprietors.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
WAR DEPARTMENT, SIGNAL SERVICE
u, 3, ARMY,

Division OF kilograms and Reports for
the beneftof Commerce and Agriculture
Report of observations taken at Los An.
geles, CAL, August 6, 1881.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Clothes cleaned or dyed, then
and pressed and warranted
b look like new, at No. 8 Also
Ereet.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

See the Concolodor In his Won
|derfui transmutation of cOlors at
1.-The dyeing and securing establish
ment, No. 8 Also street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Preuss g. Pironi, pharmacists,
|have the facilities for night orders,
as their drug store is the only one
|connected with the telephone sys.
ltem.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Hughes's Russian Baths. Lo-
|cated No. Is Main street, opposite
1.-The PicO House. Gentlemen and
|iadies attended to by persons OF
6their own sex.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

Pleasant rooms with board, 2O6
Spring street. apl6:lm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
Wells Fargo q Cos Letter List

The following is the list of letters
remaining in Wells, Fargo & Co. 's
Express Office for the week ending
August 5, 1881:
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06
FARE AND EXPRESS

The Southern Pacific Railroad will issue Round
Trip Tickets from all stations Los Angeles greatly
reduced The Wells, Fargo Co.'s Express will
carry all packages weighing twenty pounds, less in
tended for the Fair free The Society will pay the freight
on all exhibits, and deliver them at the pavilion free
For full particulars and Premium Lists, address the
Secretary.
J. DEBARTH SHORB,
President
GEO. RICE, Secretary. ,su
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-08-06

The Board of Directors invite the hearty cooperation
of every citizen who interested in the progress and wei
fare of Southern California make exhibits as well as at
tend the coming Exposition and Celebration.
From arrangements already consummated the Fourth
Exposition of the Society will be equal in variety and
magnitude in every particular and in many departments
superior in point of interest any former Exposition
special and interesting programme will be pre-
sented each afternoon and evening.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
THE GREAT
BURLINGTON ROUTE.

IL Wv 4GO u Il LIE
eB NO other line runs Three Through Pas
senger Trains Daily between Chicago, Des
Moines, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Lincoln, st.
Joseph. Atchison, Topeka and Kansas City.
Direct connections for all points in Kansas,
Nebraska. Colorado, Wyoming. Montana. Ne
yada, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon and
California
The Shortest, Speediest and Most Comforta-
bic Route via Hannibal to Fort Scott, DenisOn,
Dallas, Houston, Austin. San Antonio, Calves
ton and all points in Texas.
The unequaled Inducements offered by this
The celebrated Pullman u8-wheeD Palace
Sleeping Cars. run only on this Line. c., b. &
= Palace Drawing-RoOm Cars. with Horizons
Reclining Chairs No extra charge for Seats
In Reclining Chairs. The famous c.. II. & @.
Palace Dining Cars. Gorgeous Smoking Cars
fitted with Elegant High-Backed Rattan Re-
volving Chairs for the exclusive use OF first
class passengers.
Steel Track and Superior Equipment COM
bined with their Great Through Car Arrange
ment makes this, above all Others the favorite
Route to the South, Southwest, and the Far
West
Try 1t, and you will find travelling luxury
instead of a discomfort.
Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
for sale ut all Offices In the United States and
Canada.
All information about Rates of Fare Sleep.
ing Car Accommodations, Time Tables, &C.
will be chcerfully given by applying to
JAMES r. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent, ChicaRO
IT, j. POTTER,
General Manager, Chicago.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
The Mammoth Gave in 1912,

Prof. Fl. c. Houly told the scientists
in their recent meeting at Cincinnati
that the Mammoth cave was ga source
and, indeed, the chief source whence
the government obtained saltpeter for
the manufacture of gunpowder for the
war of 1912. But I myself" he said,
chad never, until last week, begun to
realize the magnitu C of these opera
tions. I wandered over the scene
slowly, with no companion but my
guide, inspected the mighty watts and
pumps and the wide range of cavern
Gus area that was searched for the
richest nitrous earth, through the ro-
tunda, Andubon's avenue. Little Bat
avenue, Gothic avenue, and the main
cave, rs far back as the star chamber.
followed. in Imagination, the loads of
saltpeter that were transported on
mules and. in OK carts to distant Phila-
s'elphia to be used for the defense of
our country against a mighty foe, and
said to myself: 1T is shame that
those patriotic miners have no mention
made of their arduous labors in sim
gle paragraph of American history,
and no monument other than the huge
heaps of lixiviaied earth that are piled
up along the path in Mammoth cave.
Let science do justice to the pioneers,
even though the muse of history may
forget them!"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
A Hupe sernent.

Tonganoxie is afflicted with snake
story. Not many days ago a colored
man, while out looking for cows near
,TOnganoxie creek, started to pick up
what he thought was club, when the
object suddenly flattened out, and the
next thing the man knew was that
huge heart-shaped head was coming to-
ward him and scarlet forked tongue
was Tapping about, close to his face.
He started at once for home, fear
lending him strength to break through
a barbed wire fence on his way. When
he arrived in town and told his story,
the citizens were at once aroused, for
they believed him. His story was to
the effect that when he saw tho head
coming toward him he saw an immense
snake uncoil itself, black in appearance
and fully twenty feet long.
His story was verified q day or two
after by German woman, who. while
hunting paw-paws near the spot. saw
an immense serpent, with nearly ten
feet Of its body hanging from tree.
with hugo head waving about as if
looking for something. She became SO
badly frightened that she ran to her
home, and in broken English. said that
she had seen "der teyfel."
much excited that they turned out with
revolvers, shot-guns, and other weapons.
to search for the monster. One man
saw it near tree, and describes it as
fully twenty feet long. He fired at it
three times with revolver and thinks
he struck it twice, as it squirmed some
at two of the shots and paid no atten-
ton to one (the firsD, That there is
such monster in the neighborhood of
Tonganoxie there can be no doubt, as
Mr.. Quincy Baldwin, who lives near
the town. has heard peculiar noises
about his house at nights, and has seen
tracks across the road in the dust near
his house that measured eighteen inches,
and corresponded with the reports of
the size of the reptile.
It is thought that the serpent is the
mate of the one captured some years
ago on Toneanoxie creek, and whose
skin was stuffed and placed in the
museum at Lawrence. 1t seems from
reports to be very much longer than
the one referred to. but q snake looks
mighty big when one first sees it.
LeacenWorth Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
Duration of the Sun,

There are extinct suns. The fact
that there are such lends new weight to
the reasons which permit us to conclude
that our sun also is body which slowly
gives out its store of heat, and thus will
sometime become extinct. The term of
100000 years which have given
may, perhaps, become considerably
prolonged by the gradual abatement of
radiation, by the new accretion of fall
ing meteors. and by still greater con-
densatiOn than that which have assum-
ed in the calculation. But we know of
no natural process which could spare
our sun the fate which has manifestly
fallen on other suns. This is thought
which we only reluctantly admit. 1t
seems to us an insult to the beneficent
creative power which we otherwise find
at work in organism, and especially in
living ones. But we must reconcile
ourselves to the thought that. however
we may consider ourselves to be the
center and final object of creation, we
are but as dust on the earth, which
again. is but q speck of dust in the i'm
mensjty of space; and the previous du-
ration OF our race. even if we follow it
far beyond our written history, into the
era of the lake dwellings or the mann
moth, it is but an instance compared
with the primeval times of our planet.
when beings existed upon it, whose
remains still gaze ut us
from their ancient tombs; and far moro
does the duration of our race sink into
compared with the enor-
nous periods during which tho worlds
have been in process of formation, and
will still continue to form when our sun
is extinguished. and our earth is either
solidified in cold or is united with the
ignited central body of our system.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
A Gallant Man Of the Mountains.

One of those rough-clad, big-hearted
miners who comes into Santa Fe occa-
sionally to lay in q supply of grub.
stepped into the postofflce of that town
recently, and seeing in the window
three letters held for postage, picked
up one. and. looking at the address.
said, in tone OF great astQnishment:
..Why, this letter is for q lady in Dem
verr' ..Yes,' said the clerk. tAre
you holding it hereP" said the miner,
in a low tone of great astonishment.
why. of course" answered the clerk;
''don't you see it hasn't any postage
paidP" In tone of utter contempt for
the man who would not forward letter
to a woman, paid or unpaid, the miner
said: "Give me some stamps" 1t was
done; he carefully put stamps On all
the letters in the window. putting two
on that of the feminine gender to make
sure that it would go all right. and
stalked out of the office, with the con-
cluding remark, hurled at the head OF
the astonished Pino Pinto: ''Strikes
me there's some - mean people In
this town.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-10-20
Py@nnia.

Pyamia, a very fatal disease, which
occurs during the progress of suppura-
ton in some part of the body, and be-
lieved to be due to the entrance of puru-
lent matters into the blood. As it is
most frequently met with in hospitals
where there are many wounded per-
sons. some surgeons regard the exciting
cause in these cases to be a miasm
which arises from unhealthy wounds
and poisons healthy wounds. The dis
ease is ushered in with a chill, followed
by a febrile, aud then by sweating
stage. The chills are often repeated,
and at irregular periods, sometimes as
many as three occurring in a day.
Toward the termination of the case
they are less frequent. Though the
surface feels cold during the chill, the
temperature of the body rises, aud in
the hot stage may reach 1O5 degrees
Fahrenheit. There is loss of appetite.
thirst, want of sleep, emaciation.
sallow skin. and prostration. Acute
cases run course of from six to ten
days. and in chronic cases from three
to four weeks. Death results from ex-
haustion, due to the poisoning of tho
blood; secondary inilammations, as
pleurisy, and the formation of abcesses
in internal organs. as the lungs, liver,
and spleen. or in the joints and cellular
tissues. .-Johnson's CyclopGdia.