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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

AN ORANGE of rare beauty and
exquisite flavor has been intro.
duced into the Riverside orange
groves, called the Washington Ma.
vel. C0nnoisseurs who have tested
this special orange say that it is
the finest they ever encountered i.
We have again and again endeav-
ored to impress it upon our readers
that precisely the descriptions Of
fruit they plant will be repro
ducsd In their groves. In this re-
spect the cultivation Of the grange
IL exactly like the experiences Of
. stock breeder. If either keeps
scrubs, precisely that variety of
bsast or fruit will be reproduced. i.
We are inclined to the belief that,
almost uniformly, only the best
varieties Of the orange have been
Get out In our younger plantations.
In our comparatively infant set
Elements, such as Orange, West
minister and Pasadena, both the
vineyards and orange groves show
the great benefits which attend
careful selection.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
Definition of Bible Terms.

A days journey was thirty-three
and one-flfth miles.
A Sabbath days journey was
about an English mile.
Ezekisl's reed was eleven feet,
nearly.
A cubit Is twenty-five inches,
nearly.
A hands breadth is equal to three
and five-eighths inches.
A shekel Of gold was $8 90.
A talent of silver was $3.50 82.
A talent of gold was $l3, 500.
A piece of silver, or penny, was
thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A garah was a cent.
A mite was cent.
An epha, or bath, contains seven
gallons and five pints.
A hin was one gallon and two
pints.
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cab was three pints.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

The rain which is now gather
ing will be heartily welcome to
oar sheep men, although there is
still "a abundant reserve of feed
for their focks. There is always
. critical stage In our pastoral In
tsrests every year in which people
who, q month earlier, offered $2.50
. head, pretend that they would
mot buy sheep for fgty cents. With
. few exceptions, sheep are now,
In this county at least, distributed
:=essSss! people who knew perfect
~ whore their feed 10 to come from.
Only In the event Of the rainfall
being postponed till the end Of the
month is there any danger to our
sheep interests.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
TIE San Francisco Alta. in &C

The San Francisco Alta, in com.
msntiDg upon the fact that the
esfiora Cruz, of this city, was
prematurely delivered of six per.
fectly formed female children,
holds II up as another instance of
tho fecundity of things appertain.
Ing to the genial sun and and fer
tile soil of Southern California. 1t
never occurred to our San Francisco
contemporary 10 be shocked at the
statement Of fact which will
shortly be chronicIed In eyery
newspaper in the United States
and Europe. A correspondent of q
local Journal, cram med with naau-
vais hente, is shocked q. the men.
ti0n of . circumstance which will
excite interest all over the world.
We pity this vulgarian, and COM
mend to him the time honored
adage, honi sol, etc., etc. II he
ranges births, whether normal or
scesntric, under the head Of 'pru-
rient," he evidently needs to have
his bachelor bald head scratched
even saldsr still, maugre his pre-
tsncs OF being the father Of grow
tnR "boys," Gsd save the mark.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

WHEN Adelina Patti left this
country, away back either at the
beginning or shortly before the
civil war, she was an innocent and
sprightly girl, with phenomenal
voice, which promised the full fru-
ition that has since attended its
development. Now she comes
back, bold and brazen, with a
worldwide scandal attached to her
silken skirts, and demands kings
ransem nightly as o consideration
for singing few pieces In concert
during an evening. We are glad
to learn that Louisville has plant.
cd Its foot down and refused to pay
the ins0lent tribute. We heartily
hope that the growing EN- porium
of the southwest will have many
imitators.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

Mr.. JOHN SHIRLEY WARD,
of Cotton, is back visiting his
old friends in Tennessee, and
he has been interviewed on
Southern California by the edI.
torial staff of the Nashville
Daily american. Mr.. Ward has
much to say, and he says it well,
of Southern California aud its eli.
mate. In this interview, which la
somewhat over column In
length, he talks a good deal about
Cotton, Riverside and San Diego,
and the name Of Los Angeles oe.
ours just once, with nothing to in.
dicate that 1t is not only the most
productive region Of Southern CAL
ifornia, but that its production g
exceed in value those Of all the
other regions named by him put
together, twenty times over. This
Is serious oversight on the part
Of Mr.. Ward, and decidedly de.
tracts from the utility of his talk.
1t is somewhat singular that, In
discussing three counties whose
population, all told, does not
exceed fifty-six thousand, he
should utterly ignore the coun.
ty which contains forty thous.
and of those souls, and whose ratio
OF increase will keep up this dis.
parity, and more. We are tempt
ed to think that Mr.. Ward has
more than passing peouniary in
terest in the regions to which be
gives such undue prominence.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

The United States is to be ia.
vored with visit from the fam Gus
Mrs. Eapgtry, the ''Jersey Lily,n
whose smirched reputation, it is
hoped, may be laved in the broad
waves Of the Atlantic and made
whittier than hyssep by shoddy ap.
plause in our principal cities.
Americans, unlike Europeans,
have never hIssed 3 lady, but they
would be excusable in reversing
their usage in this instance. This
lady. has summed herself in the
smiles of dissolute royalty. Her
assumption Of the actress role is
simply q degradation Of a profess
sion which, for the last three.quar-
ters of y century. both Ia the
United States and in Europe, has,
when its members deserved 1t per-
sonally, been a highly honorable
one, and she practises this histri.
onio hypocrisy merely with the
view Of parading her vulgar
charms before the public gaze. We
hope that she will be sent back to
England with a blush upon her
brazen cheek. 1t is possible that,
between rouge and enamel, such
achievement is impossible. It may
be that it might be as we'll to essay
to bring shame to the face of q
bronze monkey, as TO that of this
now passes and repudiated beauty.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

oh, no. my son, that dignified
gentleman who looks down upon
you with such majestic cornpla-
oency, who possesses the grace of
the Apollo Belvidere, the proud
front Of Jove and the eauanimity
OF the mumified remains of Rs-
meses I.-that sublime parsonage,
my son, is not an emperor, king,
prince or president OF some power
ful nation, neither is he the owner
of countless millions, nor the land
lerd of this caravansary. He Is far
above all thrones, dominations,
princedoms, virtues, powers. He
Is mightiest of the mightiest.
Look at him, my sou, and tremble.
Behold the head waiter, and
shrink into nothingness before his
transcendent grandeur and-cheek.
-EdtVardSs Easel.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

1T requires very trifling rain.
fall indeed to assure very fair crops
this year. Our farmers have been
industrious and unremitting in
their preparations, and almost the
smallest rainfall ever reeoraed in
this county would result in at least
an average crop. 1t is now un.
doubtedly getting ready to rain,
pursuant to the HERALD's predic.
tion Of the 29th ult. We have al.
ways had the knack Of looking up
into q cl0udIess sky and, low ba-
rometer or high barometer, clouds
or NO clouds, aflxing the limit
within which rain will fall. If we
were as cOneeited rs Guiteau we
shonld call 1t inspiration. . BY
whatever name it may be known,
the HERALD has had this gift in
sufficient volume to make the foI-
tune Of q dozen almanacs.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

THE oldest inhabitant of our city
has been puzzled, during the past
month or two, to recognize more
than one out Of the three people be
meets on our streets. It will not
be long before the Southern Pa.
clfio Railway will tackle energeti-
oally its dual problem of transport
ing wheat to tide-water, at AL.
giers, opposite New Orleans, and
bringing back immigrants to
Southern California. When this
new transportation and passenger
regime shall be fairly inaugu.
rated, Southern California will
feel the energetic and life-giving
pulsations of new era of develop
msnt. We have always svowed II
as our belief that, in ten years
from to-day, this county will man.
ufacture ten million dollars worth
OF wine and brandy alone. To &C.
complish this most enriching
desiderdtun we need nothing but
the energy of the Messrs. Rose,
Shorb and Dreyfus, and their more
unpretending co-adjutors, and this
stream OF immigration, which IL
assured to us, II the declarations Of
the Meesrs. Stanford, Huntir gton
and Crocker are to be relied upon,
For our part, we place the mosl
implicit confidence in the pledges
of these gentlemen, and believe
that California, and Southern Cal.
ifoinia especially, are but in the
initial of their development.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
[ Special TO the HERALD by the Western
Union Telegraph Company
PACIFIC COAST.
Passengers sou,n .uo East.

FRESNO, CAL, Jan. 2d.-The fol.
lowing is the list OF passengers for
the South and East on the train
which passed this place at 5 P. M:
w p Morgan, A A Davis and wife,
l A Gillespie, G s Techeimer, New
York; E L Breokes, Hon g w
Merritt, Ell Paso; A 8 Wright, Chi
cago; e G Seavey, wife and daugh-
ter, r III Magill, Leonard Krowsr,
Mrs f e Curtis, Mrs G w Beach,
Matte Westley, A A Howard, Los
Angeles; VIM A Scott, Jr, w E
Tiffany, Tucson; Cbas Glover and
wife, Tombstone; A s Ferguson,
w f Cowry, Anaheins; Mrs Laura
Cast, T Hanlsy, Dsming; Mrs Da-
Wis, Cotton.
Raia as seB Franeisco-GesesaI
Holiday.
6ANFRANoIscO, January.2 The
weather here has been cold and
showery to-dsy.
The day was generally observed
by the closing of banks, stores and
SAAOCo 0hA tuO ouSPC6SiOb VI bcCue
lar business. Notwithstanding the
disagreeable character of the
weather thousands observed the
time.honored custom of calling on
their friends and exchanging the
usual salutations.
Escape OF q H0rse-ThieI
WILLOWS, CAL, January 2d.-A
man by the name Of French was
arrested at Maxwell and brought
to this place to-day on a warrant
charging with him horse stealing.
He was taken to supper this even
ing aud while thus engaged the
the Constable went outside.
French, observing the absence of
the officer, walked out of the hotel
and made goo6h escape.
Last night about 10 O'Clock some
one stole a horse of a farmer named
George DeveDpeck. The horse was
tied to hitching. post in town.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

IT is pleasant to learn that not
only do the treasure deposits Of
Silverado promise to become very
valuable, but that the Santiago
coal mines, which lie q little lower
down Ia the same caf{on, are i'm
proving at rapid rate. 1t will
not be long before coal and petre-
leum will be amongst the most
considerable interests of this
county.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

George Eliot said, on one oeca-
sion, that she never read any criti-
cisms on her works. 1t takes a
woman to tell first-class lie I! A
scrsp-book found among her pa
pers WAS full of very severe criti-
cisms, with comments in the au.
thoI's hadwriting. We can now
account for the curl In Georges
hair: some of the criticisms were
30 severe that they would have
made porcupine's chair" curl ~
Philadelphia Sun.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

"Msry, my DEAR" observed an
amiable metropolitan politician to
his help.meet, as he awakened
late one morning, after q night
spent in a conscientious canvass Of
the liquor interest in his district
"Mary, my dear, get me large
tumbler, and put into it about half
quarter Of pint of whisky, and
q little lenaon juice, and about
three drops of bitters, and I'll see
If I can take it, and if l can't
make me.u
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

Society In Washington is greatly
exercised whether or not IL ought
to visit Hon. Lionel SackviIle
West, the new English Minister.
The trouble appears to be that,
although Mr.. West is q bachelor,
he is . father. Washington So
ciety must have changed consid-
erabIy to mind little thing like
that.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
NEW TO-DAY.
NOTICE..

I hereby yive general notice that
shall pay Nc aebts contracted In my
name by any other person than myself.
tS.lW JAMES ]. AYERS.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
Masonic Notice.

The oficers and members Of Los An
geles Lodge. No. AZ, and Pentalpha
Lodge. No. 202, F. g. A. NJ, are hereby
notified to attend a special meeting OF
said Lodges to be held at the hall OF Los
Angeles Lodge TO-DAY (Tuesday. Jan
3D. at 3P. M, for the purpose OF attend
ing the funeral OF our late Brotnef
NICHOLAS PHILLIPS, OF racine
Lodge. No. IS6. San Francisco.
Visiting brethren are invited 10 DC
present.
By order OF the Masters ofsaid Lodges
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
LEAGUE OF FREEDOM.

Monthly Meetings every First Sunday
OF 1e Month, at p. M, at Turn II
daltf H. q. WEYSE, score tary.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
Leading Boot and Shoe House

Of Southern California Therefore, the whole Of en-
erges will be devoted to make this institution profitable
to the people and paying investment for firm The
people we know will stand by u.s. and with regard to
opponents think they heartily sick of their
puny efforts to progress and impede the of
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
BOARD and ROOMS.
2oe SPRING ST.

Private Boarding; Sunny Rooms, en-
suite or single, furnished with all the
comforts Of an elegant private home;
six minutes walk from the Postofice.
~ Terms very reasonable. jyl2-em
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
NashiuE Unususl.

CHICAGO, January 2d.-There is
nothing from any point to indicate
anything unusual in New YEARS.
celebrations.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
smallpox tn Keekuk.

KEoKUK, Jan. 2d.-No deaths or
new cases Of smallpox have been
reported. One Of the victims grew
dellrious last night and In some
way escaped from the pest house
and came into the city, a distance
Of three miles,ve thinly clad.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
Lewis Bros. is the Firm

To whom the people have given their confidence; the
firm which the people has built up; the firm that has
done its utmost to meet the sympathes of the people
with generous return and the firm that is universally
admitted to be the
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03
Buried IN IN Avs.anche.

DENVER, Gel, Jan. 2.-The Re.
pubIscan's Silverten special says:
Edward F. Ryan, Michael Ryan
and Richard Adkins, employed in
Paradise tunnel, ten miles from
here, ON Saturday were buried one
hundred feet deep In q snow slide.
Parties left Sllverton this morning
to recover the bodies.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-01-03

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. "A
street car at the crossing of Virgin.
ia avenue and the Union rail way
tracks was run into by a train Of
the Wabash railway tkis morning.
Sister Mary Assumption Conroy,
of st. Mary's Catholic Academy,
in attempting to get out of the car,
was thrown under the train and
instantly killed. One other pas.
senger in the car had bis foot
crushed.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-10-11
Railroad Facilities
Delegates to SYNOD

In behalf Of the Committee of ARRANGEMENTS
/ write to inform members of Synod, through
the Central, that they need not expect to re-
ceiye cards assigning them their places, of enter
tainment before arriving at Charleston. So
many of those who will probably attend have
not reported at all, and the majority of the FL
ders reported are uncertain whether they will
attend or not that the committee do not expect
their places in time to notify them. All will
be welcomed and provided for when they come
Members of Lexington and Winchester Pres
byteries who come by Parkersburg, can take the
steamer Chesapeake which leaves Parkersburg
every morning at 9 o'clock and connects with
the Kanawha packets that evening at Gallipo
hs. The above boats will carry members of
Synod at half fare j. C. BARR.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-10-11
Baltimore Presbytery on Fraternal
Relations

This Presbytery, In connection with the North
ern Assembly, passed the following resolutions
which have been sent to us for publication. We
gladly lay them before our. readers as an indica-
ton of public sentiment in the Church
Whereas both our own General Assembly
and the General Assembly of the Church in the
Southern States have, at their last sessions d =
clared their desire to establish cordial fraternaI
relations upon the basis OF mutual confidence
and Christian love; and whereas, for the fur
therance Of this end, delegates have been an
pointed on both sides to visit the next Assem-
blies; therefore be it
Rescued, l. That the Presbytery of Balti-
more is profoundly grateful to the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for these full
fraternal relations and that the reproach of
alienation between these two great branches of
the Presbyterian family is thereby removed.
ReSot0ed, 2. That we are gratifed at the cor
dlallty and magnanimity with which the South
ern Presbyteries are, almost unanimously. rati-
tying the action of their Assembly and that we
as cordially endorse the concurrent resolu
ton" of our Assembly, without modification.
explanation, or reservation
ResolUed, 3. That this Presbvterv sends
greetings TO the Presbyteries of the Southern
Church, praying that they and we NAV receive
a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit, as token
OF the divine appreciation of the action of our
respective Assemblies"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-10-11
How to Renew Subscriptions

Any old subscriber who will, with his
subscription, send the name of new
subscriber, shall have the paper sent to
the two one year for $5 If he will send
the names of two new subscribers the
paper will be sent to the three for 81.
If he will send the names of three new
subscribers the paper will be sent to the
four for $3.50.
Almost daily we receive letters from
subscribers who express the desire to have
the circulation of the Central Presbvte-
rian greatly @larged. These friends
can aid us by availing themselves of the
above offer, which we make as an induce
ment to assist in extending our circula-
ton and as small remuneration for the
work necessary to accomplish the end.
See our terms at the top of first page
Single subscriptions, for new or old sub
scribers, So.
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the axes Of the river-gravels, and COM
ing down to the middle ages. There l
saw, among other things, an indubitable
proof that man had lived in Gaul con-
temporaneously with the mammoth and
the reindeer, for saw their forms de-
lineated on bone and ivory obtained from
the ancient caves of La Madeleine and
Bruniquel in the South of France.
The museum is in the gloomy old
chateau of st. German, built by Francis
l., who here celebrated his nuptials with
Claudia, daughter of Louis XII. 1t was
In this chateau that James II. of Eng
land resided for twelve years after his
exile. His remains lie in the neighbor-
ing church.
The weather here continues very cold.
We have to wear wrappings, and it is
uncomfortably cool without fire. This is
an exceptional summer. We find shop
ping very high here; everything nearly
is as high as in America-even clothing.
The omnibus system of Paris is very in
ferior to that of London. Drawn by three
horses abreast, they carry twenty inside
and twenty on top, and are always
packed. The fare is six cents inside and
three cents on top. The cabs are very
cheap-3O cents for single course, and
40 cents per hour. You add half dozen
sous for the nom, boi9,e
The great cemetery here, Pere la Choise,
where the rich and distinguished Paris
ians are sburied, is a great disappoint-
ment; it is not equal in beauty to Holly
wood-stiff AMI formal.
The great popular shopping places are
the Grand Magasira du Louvye, between
the Palais Royal and the Rue Rivoli, and
the Bon March6, en- the Rue du Bac, on
the south side of the river. They are on
the plan of Wanamaker's in Philadelphia,
but much more extensive, and you can
buy anything you want from pencil or
pair of gloves to carpet or set of
Misunderstanding made up or unmade
up tor all ages and both sexes-orma-
ments, kitchen utensils, toys, furniture,
ETC., etc. The prices are marked on the
goods, and the establishments, which are
several stories high. cover each a whole
block
But l will not enter on the wonders
of this really beautiful city. They all
pale before two pre-eminent objects; the
architectural display of the Place de la
COncorde and the art treasures in the
Palace of the Louvre. The first is un-
rivalled in the world the latter are not
surpassed, 1 suppose, in any gallery in
Europe. The pictures which please me
most at the Louvre are those of Murillo
Van Dyke, Paul Veronese, and Claude
But must stop.
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Call for a Convention

AS committee, appointed to call meeting
Of the Virginia Local Option Alliance and make
arrangements therefor, the undersigned hereby
call convention of the Temperance workers
throughout the State, to meet in Richmond on
the LIST and End days of November, 1882. We
invite county alliances and all other temperance
organizations to send representatives, and also
invite the attendance of all persons favorable to
the cause we seek to promote.
JOHN POLLARD, JR., J. b. WINSTON
JAMES Lyons, JR., C. II. RYLANb.
S. G. CLoPToN, VII. L. Gowns
RICHARD IRBY.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-10-11

THE meeting of the American Board
of Foreign Missions was held in Port.
land, Maine, last week. When the Sec
rotary stated on Thursday that there
was burden on the Prudential Com
mittee, and that the missions demanded
for the coming year 100000 more than
the committee could see the prospect Of
receiving, Immediately and without pre-
concert, persons, whose regular contribu-
tions were 81 900 or more, arose one after
another and pledged themselves to double
their annual subscriptions, and then
when those in the audience who were
disposed to double their gifts were in
vited to rise, at least thousand peo-
pie rose promptly to their feet. This
was noble response. The work Of
Missions is destined to revolutionize the
world and bring all nations into the
Church Of Jesus Christ.
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REV EDWARD PALMER-Thisv enera-
bic and beloved minister died in Barn
well, S. c., on Friday, September Doth,
1882. He was born on December 25th,
1888, and was consequently in tie Oath
year of his age. He had been preaching
the gospel for 81 years, and thus was
perhaps the Oldest minister in our
Church. Three children survive him,
DR.. B. M, Palmer, of New Orleans, DR.. E.
P. Palmer, Of Austin College, Texas, and
Mrs. Isaac M. Hutson, of Barnwell, S.
O., at whose house he died.
The Aiken rs. o. Journal and Re
0ie10 says He had been feeble for some
months, but never was confined to his
bed, and upon the day of his death had
taken short walk out in the yard.
Peacefully had he lived, peacefully he
died. So well was he known and be-
loved, not only in South Carolina, but
all over the South, in the Church which
claimed him as one of the richest Jewels
she had in store for her Master, that a
simple announcement of issudden death
will cause many heart to mourn their
loss, but to rejoice in the knowledge that
he now wears the crown of eternal life.
B.