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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-09


Opposite the center Of the settlement
a grand pavilion has been begun on the
bluff, and extends down two stories
below to the beach, where bathers can
have rooms tor their especial use. On a
level with the plain will be grand
promenade 400 feet long, supplied with
seats for those who wish to watch the
changing, roaring pillows, or the bathera
in the surf, and the white-winged sails
that glide along the southern horizon,
while breathing in the soft south breeze
from the southern tropics. The sea
front will thus be three stories high,
with the lower story for bathing prop
arations, the second for those who want
to sleep by the sounding seq, while
overhead will be long, shaded and de-
licious promenade that cannot be- sur
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-09

VI ubiio W oihS 10 Aioe uoeeN w i&"'o
the street crossings ON Downey avenue
repaired. So ordered.
Mr.. Ryan called the attention of the
Board Of Public Works to the condition
of Pearl street.
The City Attorney reported that if
the City Council desire to pass an ordi-
nance to license gambling houses it has
undoubted authority to do SO. Action
deferred for one week.
Reports that he has commenced an
action against w. ]. Brodrick for the
recovery Of certain city lands. Filed.
Presents ordinance prohibiting the
posting Of signs on electric light masts
and poles, under penalty of from s. to
$50, or imprisonment of from five days
to fifty days Adopted.
The Committee on Finance, in the
matter of the purchase of the Court
House property, report that they inter
viewed the Board Of Supervisors and
were informed that the property would
be sold at public auction at which
the city would have the same right
as others. Filed.
On petition of City Treasurer Kays
for suitable quarters, recommend that
he be allowed to remove his Office to the
Farmers 4 Merchants Bank on or about
October lst at rental Of S25 per month.
Recommend that reports Of city Of
licers be flied.
On petition of John Wilson, recon-
mend that the rent of Confidence En-
gine House No. ? be fixed at $50 per
month and that of the Zaniero's office at
sl5 per month from and after October
LIST. Adopted.
Reported regular monthly bills cor
rect and recommend that warrants bel
irawn for their payment So ordered. !
Recommend that VIM. Armstrong be
Allowed to redeem certain property sold
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
what the Treasury People Fear.


What the treasury people fear in the
future is that their paper issued may
by duplicated by the means employed
by the photo-lithographers. It is possi-
BILE with the aid of photo-lithography to
duplicate every line of the most skillful
and intricate engraving. This fact was
brought to the attention of the depart
ment not long ago.
The statutes forbid any imitation of
the currency of the country for the pllr
poses of advertisement. This is not
generally understood. A New York
brewer recently devised q business
card in the shape of a plate with sew
era1 bills of different denominations
lying upon the plate, being held
down by gold and silver coin.
He had employed regular bills as the
models for the work, and the result is
absolutely startling. What portions of
the bills that show in the careless piling
are absolutely perfect. They were re-
produced by photo-lithography and then
colored exactly like the originals. The
plates were all seized, and the brewer
notified that he was q violator of the law,
although his intent was innocent.
This discovery has set the officials to
thinking. With the right kind of paper
any skillful photo photographer could get
up millions in very short time. To
guard against the danger and to provide
means of detecting such counterfeits are
as yet unsolved problems.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
Expensive Match safes.

q
Two ladies, one elderly, the other
young, sauntered to counter in Tlf-
fany's, New York, and asked to see some
pocket match safes.
"Of any particular kind, or at any
special price," the salesman inquired.
@No. We want to select one from. the
prettiest you have" the young lady re-
piled.
The salesman showed several in
bronze with raised designs in silver.
One of the designs was q cluster OF
small growing daisies and bug hover
ing over it. The salesman pressed a
spring, the top few open, there was q
crack and fash, and a wax match
stood bold upright ignited. The hinge
on which the lid worked was perfor-
ated, and by peculiar spring the
match Immediately beneath the perfora-
ton was thrust through it and ignited
by the friction.
"How much is this ?" the elderly lady
asked.
Twenty-Five dollars, madam"
s'Oh, mamma" the young lady said
in an undertone, Il don't care to get o
match safe SO cheap as that for him.
Let me see some other designs,
said the elderly lady.
She was shown some more in copper
with raised letters and monograms ir
silver, and at about the same price The
young lady shook her head negatively
at these, and also at some beautiful
safes of fine tortoise shell with silver
clasps.
You can have initials of silver OF
gold on these" the salesman remarked
''and on these of alligator skin.
But none Of these was satisfactory
and the salesman brought out another
saying: "These range from $50 tx
$175..
The most expensive one was safe O
gold beaten and Jumped so that i
looked like rich ore. A diamond sunl
| in one of the Jumps indicated the posi-
tion of the spring. The cheapest was !
beaten silver with ruby. From th'
lot the young lady selected one in beatel
gold, with FURNISHED gold designs and 8
small diamond. It cost $125. A mai
looking through the entire lot would
have undoubtedly selected that in cop
per and silver first shown as the mos
tasteful and practicable.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
The American Hfp-Pocket.

The "hip-pocket~ in American-made
trousers gives wrong impression
abroad, although its use has become
very general in this country. An Eng
lshman, who was recently entertaining
q company at table d'hote with his
knowledge of American customs and
manners, declared that every American
man" carried pistol, and that it was
necessary, as life was so insecure there.
An American lady said that he was
telling her something new of country
where she had always lived. He re-
piled that all American men had
hip-pockets made in their trousers
purposely to carry firearms. The
lady protested; her husband, three sons
and brothers always had hip-pockets
made, but to her certain knowledge they
never carried firearms in them. Nor
did she know of any American who was
q walking arsenal, and she thought fur
ther that life in America seemed just as
secure as in Europe. II am amazed" J"
said he, ito hear your apparently sin
cere remarks, but I cannot agree with
you. Several years ago, when was on
the Laramie plains in the states, trav-
cling for pleasure, some road agents
forced our party at the point of pistol
to hold up both hands. They then emp
tied our pockets" The lady assured
him that very few of our leading men
are engaged in the road agent industry,
and that few of the others are loaded.
Another false idea is that of the So
called American duel" Inever heard
of the misnamed American duel" until
came to this country, and have been
greatly ridiculed therefor. "Why,
said q gentleman, lis it possible you
are an American and have grown up in
ignorance of such famed practice? !?
Instead of shooting at each other the
principals draw lots-while alone to-
gether. Whoever gets the fatal num-
Der must take his own life within a
year. Neither must tell of it, and the
suicide leaves no explanation of his
ank
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
Needs Of the Lone star state.

The growth and development Of
Texas cannot be exaggerated. Fort
Worth eight years ago contained but
800 inhabitants; in 1880, 5000
and to-day, $4,000, perfect sys-
tenn of water-works, street railroads
and gas. Sewerage is being built, tho
streets graded and macadamized; a fine
opera-house is in process of construc-
tion, and every thing that goes to make
up city, except the hotels. The Lord
have mercy upon the man that has to
contribute So per day to the hotels of
Fort Worth, especially the FL Paso.
Fifteen cents would be extrayagant.
Why some live hotel man has not
found this place before is . mystery,
as the arrivals during last December
were over 5000 as shown by
the hotel registers. This city has a
number of large wholesale houses, one
grocery house last year having sold over
81 SOC, 900 worth of goods. If some un-
foreseen circumstance does not check
the growth of Fort Worth, it will soon
rank as q city of $4,000 to $4,000 inhab-
itants. The future city of Texas is
Dallas. Containing a population of
10000 IN 1880, without effort apparently
upon the part of her citizens, she has
grown to be prosperous city of 25,-
600, and is going right ahead. Dallas
is doing more than four times the busi-
ness of any city of her size in the north.
There are great opportunities here for
men of energy and capital.
What Texas needs is more corn, less
cotton, more hogs and better cattle.
The crops this year in northern Texas
are good, the acreage of corn is about
double and the yield fair. A great
many cattle will be fed this winter.
The cotton crop is short. The acreage
is not more than 33 per cent, and in
the southern part of the state the aver
age is not over 30 per cent. The loss
in the aggregate to the state on the
cotton crop is estimated at $50, ,000, 900.
What Texas needs is northern enter
prise and knowledge. The latter she is
fast acquiring, and certainly the former
will come If only apprised of the op.
portunities. Why should Texas pay
exorbitant prices for corn-fed beef ship
ped in refrigerator cars from Kansas
City and st. Louis? Why should she
ship her cattle alive to st. Louis, losine
100 pounds on each head and cent il
the price, when she can slaughter then
at home and ship two car loads in one
Why should Texas be dependent on th'
north for bacon and lard when hog
grow and fatten themselves here? WI,
should Texas be dependent on th,
north for -four when she should have
surplus of millions of bushels of wheat
These questions will soon be solved, an,
the men to take the step in advanc
will reap rich reward.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29


An agnostic is, therefore, the legiti-
mate product of mendacious age :. He
has been swindled until he distrusts
his grandmother. Bore hole in the
ground with your cane and set your
dog to digging there for game and he
will dig tremendously in the first ex-
pertinent; ON second he will dig q
little but with less zeal and hope; but
when about the third time you call his
attention to possible rat in the cane
made hole, he will look of the hole and
then at you, and then will lie down ON
the cool, green grass in philosopliic
peace. You have made your dog a
skeptic. Thus our times have over
done the lying business, and there are
few millions of persons who do not
repose any confidence in anything or
body not well backed up by collaterals.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
Josh Billings Methods

I was travelling recently in New Eng
land when I dropped into seat, one
half of which was already occupied by
man whose appearance would attract
remark and observation under the most
ordinary circumstances.
He wore broad d-brimmed hat of felt.
It was so large that it required big
head to carry it off. But the head was
big, the eyes bland and benevolent,
though in speaking he contriyed to
withdraw them under bushy brows, and
hold them there twinkling until you had
laughed at his witticism, when his whole
face relaxed and you laughed again at
the extraordinary transformation. This
was Mr.. Shaw as Josh Billings, our
Yankee Rochefoucauld, who is con-
slant oasis and well-spring of wit in a
great American desert of alleged
humor.
Il have written for seventeen years
without missing week for one story
paper" he said in the course of con-
versation. II am nothing but a para
grapher, and acknowledge what I can't
put in two lines can't express OF all.
I have, finally, after quarter Of CEN
trry, whitfield down all philosophy, all
wisdom, and all ignorance into the par
agraphs of Solomon, in which he ac-
knowledged himself plagiarist. There
is nothing new under the SUM- The
most man can do with thought is to
shar pen an end of it so it will go in
easier. There is no possible addition
that can be made to the world of ideas
And not shaving is ever lost. Some
poor fellow picks it up and goes to
whiting and sharpening again.
II have to catch my ideas on the run
If don't they will get away. put
them down in this book, sometimes
twenty day." The book looked like
q grocery or bank book. Unanswered
for the latter for Josh Billings para.
graphs are worth dollar apiece.
IT see you have drawn lines ovel
several pages" said: "are those con
demned or useless jokes?' mo sir. ]
never correct anything after it is or
paper. Those have been run off,
copied off, I mean, and sent to the
| printer
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
Ornamental Teeth.

The teeth, we are told, rarely escape
Identifying among the negroes of
equatorial Africa; for they file the
edges into notches, in some cases, until
they resemble the serrations in saw.
The Africans, however, are excelled by
the Malays in their artistic treatment of
the teeth; for not only do they stain
them black, but the latter file them into
fantastic shapes. And in Borneo an
elaborate process is adopted; the front
surface of each tooth being drilled in
the centre. and round or stan, shaped
knob of brass inserted in the hole
These knobs are kept bright by the ac-
tion of the lip, and are supposed to be
highly attractive.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
Dujardins Life Essence cures neuralgi;
and nervous headache.

'sOh, my back2" is common exclama-
tion and expresses world of misery and
suffering. 1t is singular this pain arises
from such various causes. Kidney disease,
liver complaint, wasting affections, colds,
rheumatism, dyspepsia, overwork and ner-
vous debility are the chief causes. When
thus ailing, seek prompt relief. 1t can be
found best in Browns Iron Bitters. 1t
builds up from the foundation by making
the blood rich and pure. Leading physi-
clans and ministers use and recommend
it. 1t has cured many and if you are a
sufferer try it.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
ADVICE TO CONSERVATIVES.

On the appearance of the first symptoms
as general debility, loss of appetite, pal
lor, chilly sensations, followed by night
sweats and cough prompt measures OF re-
lief should be taken. Consumption is
scrofulous disease of the lungs; therefore,
use the great anti-scrofulous or blood puri-
fer and strength restorer, DIR. Pierce's s
Golden Medical Discovery. Superior to
cod liver oil as nutritive, and unsurpassed
as pectoral. For weak lungs, splitting OF
blood and kindred affections it has no
equal. Sold by druggists. For DR.. Pierce's
Treatise on Consumption send two stamps,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. T.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
An Earthquake su

"You want something to eat, do
your inquired man of lame tramp
at the back door of his residence.
ave you phase, sor.
what made you lame?"
1T was the earthquake, sor."
can earthquaket'
ssYis, sor. Ye see, I'm an italian
from the island of Ischia, an wIin the
earthquake shuk up the surface ay the
planet it sprung me knee, an I'm unable
to wurk, which the same I'd be plased
to do If / was able"
When the bulldog made rapid exit
through the gate, he was preceded by
the italian earthquake suhers1.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Did any scientific physician know the
formula from which Ammen's Cough
Syrup is prepared, he would not only rec
ommend, but prescribe it to his patients
troubled with cough or cold, or any dis
ease of the throat and lungs. Try it. 1t
has no equal. For the benefit of those who
would say another humbug," trial 15-
cent size is prepared. Ask your druggist
to get it for you. In bottles at Is cents, sc
cents and $1.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
THE TALL SYCAMORE or THE WABASH.

The special correspondent of the In
dinapolis Nnd.) Journal embodied in re-
cent communication the following from
Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,: consider st.
Jacobs Oil a splendid remedy. I suffered
from an affection of the back and kidneys,
with some rheumatism in fact it was
rheumatism of the back. used ST. Jacobs
Oil and found it very effieacious. 1t gave
me instantaneous relief, and finally cureo
me completely.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
Pumping Out ts.e sea.

The Dutch at one time thought of
pumping ont the Zuyder Zee, and asked
MIR. Bookwalter, of Ohio, for an esti-
mate for turbine wheels to be worked
by the tide. They wanted 100 tur-
bines, which would have cost 1900
each. The work may yet be dome
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

I have used Dujardin's Life Essence, and
have found all the benefit to be hoped for
from it's composition. It's marvellous eff
cacy in sexual exhaustion, SO injurious to
the system, induces me to recommend its
use, as it's formula is not secret
j. Bowen, M. D., M. r. S. S.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Young and middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility and kindred affec-
tions, as loss of memory and hypochindria,
should enclose three stamps for Part VII
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
Censorship OF the Press in 4sranee.

Before newsboy can sell papers in
Paris his character must undergo q
minute investigation from the prefect of
police. A poster for the paper can not
be displayed without being stamped. The
government must look at all the tele-
graphic dispatches before they go into
print. Everything is done there to kill
live paper. One result of this is that
in the smaller Partisan papers the world
outside OF France is generally disposed
Of in ten or twelve lines. And that's
about the size Of the planet outside of
Paris in the average Parisian's head.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Nothing better for asthma than Piso's
Cure for Consumption. Twenty-Five cents
per bottle.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

New York, Boston, Providence, Hart
ford and New Haven have started tramp
wood-sawing yards.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Mrs. Orlena Marshall, of CRANKY, o.,
says: Samaritan Neryine cured me OF
epilepsy"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

The directors of the Louisville Exposi.
ton have decided to give another show
next year.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

.BUcHU-PAIBA' Quick, complete cure
all annoying kidney and urinary dis
eases. 81.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Rev. w. b. Bush, Grafton, Mass, says:
II have derived benefit from using Browns
Iron Bitters for a low state of blood"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

A fire at CandeIaria, Ney., ON the 18th
destroyed sixteen buildings at a loss of
100000.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Dr. M. I. Gamble, Pennington, ILL.,, says:
II prescribe Browns Iron Bitters in my
practice and they give satisfaction"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

After hanging one hour, O'Donnell's
head was found to be completely separated
from the spine.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

ssRoUGH ON CouGHs" 15c., 25c., Soc, at
Druggists. Complete cure Coughs, Hoarse-
ness, Sore Throat.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

A slight cold, if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. Browns Bronchial Troches
give sure and immediate relief. Sold only
in boxes. Price 25 cents.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Are immensely strengthened by the use of
DIR. r. V. Pierce's 'Favorite Prescription, ?
which cures all female arrangements and
gives tone to the system. Sold by drug
gists.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

:. Strength for the weary Dujardins Lif'
Essence.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29
THE WEAKER SEX

Joseph Poole was hung in Dublin on the
18th inst. for killing John Kenney.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Dujardin's Life Essence is the remed
for the overworked brain.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Pure blood means perfect health. Use
tain. e., health.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Dujardin's Life Essence gives brain fore,
and vital energy.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Dujardin's Life Essence is THE GREAl
FRENCH NERVE Tonic.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Dujardin's Life Essence makes the old
seel young again.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

The railroad strikers on the Canadial
Pacific in Manitoba still hold out.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Dujardin's Life Essence conquers nerv-
GUS debility, loss of memory.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

Dujardin's Life Essence positively cures
hysteria,, and all nervous affections.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

ssRoUGH ON CoRNs." 15c. Ask for it
Complete cure, hard or soft corns, warts
bunions.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

The Keely Motor Company recently paid
Pennsylvania 81, $50 in taxes OH stock.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-12-29

For cough or cold there is no remed
equal to Ammen's Cough Syrup.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-12-22

lWll hampton In Merchant Traveller
On tho surface McSwiggle was a great
temperance man, but he and his son, VIII
n!n lie no p~retenSions, frequently had a very
pleasant time. The other night the Cold
Water club met at the McSwiggle mansion,
and Mr.. Mes, after a little seance in the
pantry with the boy, left him there to keep
him quiet while he Joined in the exercises OF
the club When speeches were called for,
McSwiggle became enthusiastic In his re-
marks.
"Aha," he cried in tragic ton es, az see the
blood-red wine pouring forth from every
font! Stop itp'
The boy in the pantry stopped to listen.
81 see it trickling In fiery drops upon every
hoarthstore! Stop i'll I sec it running it,
bloody course over all the landl Stop IL! l
see It's crimson tide deluging mothers and
childrenl Stop it! | see it soaking into the
brains OF our best and noblest menl Stop
it'll | see it bubbling and gurgling and
sweeping down upon the homes OF rich and
poor! Step an
BY this time the boy in the pantry was al
most paralyzed, and was cropping around for
the cork of the bottle he held in his hand.
Then, as McSwiggle broke forth again
81 SEQ it now-just now-here-there-
there-stop Ill Stop it, l say!n The boy
could stand it no longer, and he shouted to
the old man:
"Hold on there; hold oui Gosh dang It.
pap, l can't stop it Where did you leave
tho corkf'