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Third day-"Butw where shall we fight,

Third day-"But where shall we fight,
sir?"
"In Canada, SIR"
"Too cold for me, SIR"
"Then in South Carolina, sir"
"Too hot for me, sir"
Fourth day-"I am cooler, sir.
$50 am I, SIR"
"But am not afraid to fight you,
Sir"
"Nor you, SIR"
"Still, we might see if our honors may
not he satisfied without bloodshed, sir ?''
''True, sir"
Shall we try, sir2'
eve will, sir"
Fifth doy-"I withdraw the remark in
its most offensive sense, sir"
81 am satisfied, sir"
$50 am I, sir"
'Iet us burst some champagne, sir.
THE NEW HAT.
He bought new hat,
high, glossy hat,
And the rain it came down the next day:
And the day after that,
And the day after that
The rain it had managed to stay;
And the day after that,
And the day after that
Did tho wintry element play:
And the day after that,
And the day after that
Tie skies were yot gloomy and gray,
So the day after that
Hc got his now hat,
An he tearf''','' n~u" ~ away
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Had the Stuff In Him.

we'll known American editor latC]y
visited the school he had left as n boy
thirty years before. at was Compost.
tlon day, ;" he writes, "and as ono essay
after another was read, [ could hardly
persuade myself that day had passed
and these were not my own classmates.
"Ihc boys read the same stiltcd
periods on The Fall of Rome "Thc Tri-
nmphs of Genius Tibcrty,' and 'Thc
future of AmcricN;' and the girls over.
howrd with precisely the same scnti.
mcntS about violrts, and fairy dolls, and
CRIMSON sunsets, and the LOST Pleiad,"
Nov, whispered the old dominic to
the editor, lyon shall hear tho clever
boy of the school. I anticipate a great
career for this lad"
The composition was OH the "Indian
ProhICm, or "Frcc Trade" or come
other profound subject, on which it was
impossible that n boy thirteen or four
teen could have n theory or argument to
advance, except those which he had
heard from others. These wero pro.
duced with flood of high sounding ir-
relevant words. "The career" said the
editor, 81 would prophcsy for such a
boy, would be that Of an imitator, who
Will make his trade on the brain capital
of other men,"
After this boy quiet, round-faccd lad
stepped on the platform and read a do.
Scription of chickens. The lad had a
poultry yard of his own, and gave his OBJ.
Sscrvations on the habits, food and mar
ketable val1e of the breeds he knew
The little paper was full of useful facts,
and no showed keen capacity for obser.
Vation, and dry humor.
There is the lad who has stuff in him
to make a man of weight" I said TO the
dominic. - Youths COMPANION.
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"WrrnoUT joking, will you tell us
what 'dudc iS?" asked It lady correSpon-
pont. Certainly. a "dude" is nothing
IT is merely an apology for a human be-
ing, and is too weak to be bad and too
tame to be wild.
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SITrLING.-The India census 1rives
21@,"ol ,S21 inhahitnnts in space one.
third tn" size of the United States. OF
,3i2, ,H3S square miles, making India
!itrrm times az thjcky settled a& tht
Cnitcl States.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-05

APRoPos of the duty on works of art =,
says Paris paper, a rich American calls
upon famous artist. 81 must get that
picture of yours over to New York be.
fore the new law comes into operation,
it'll save mo thirty per cent. Just sign
the picture and I'll have it finished or
the other side"
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W o All Suy So.

Mr.. GEORGE 4. BuRDErT No. 1G5 Front
Street, Worcester, Mass, has just sent us the
following, directly to the point:
Being afflicted with ailments to which all
humanity is subject sooner or later, 10 I'd
carefully the advertisement regarding the re-
markable curative powers of Hunt Remedy,
and as it seemed to apply to my case exactly,
purchased Il bottle of the medicine ut Jan
nory's drug store, in this city, and having
used it with most beneficial results in my own
uso omi Il has MOST GrciJeJIv ;m,,rnve thnir
health, and we shall continue it's uso III our
family under such favorable results"
April II, lSSt
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ID Dr: -. Warren, the eminent physician.
late Puveyor General, C. S. A.. now -
Rrachtioner in Paris and widcly-known
u,roughout the South, wrote CfticialIv.
Dr. Worthington's Cholera and D;ar.
[noSa Medicine has long ago enjoycd n
nl8h reputation, both in and out of tho
Army Other physicians of high stand.
ing recommend it, and with such endorse
ment 1T Ie recognized as q sovereign cnrc
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DrmFR:st's Evidence.

Mr.. GEORGE w. HoLcoMr, druggist. 123
and l:}l Congress Street, Troy. n. T., writes
April I, 1888:
81 am constantly selling Hunts Remedy
for diseases of the kidneys, liver. bladde
and urinary organs, to my trade and friend
and find that it gives general satjsfactiunl
all who u.c il ~
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30 JACK has s,ral,cu himself train
ing for the double scnll race ?" said n
Harvard boy tn his chum on the float.
"Yes, Jack never was very strong.'
"And now" rhimcd in the first speaker,
"nOw he's rnw.lnl>t"
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THERE havE been many definitions or
gentleman, but the prctticst and most
poetic is that given by lady. "A gcu-
tlcman,' says she, sis human being
combining a woman's tenderness with a
mans courage"
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a Remarkable IL Trihufe.

Sidney Ourcmmdro. of Pttsbure. Pa. writes:
II have nSCd DIR. Win. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs many Years. with the most gratifying re-
suits. The relieving influence of Halls Balsnm
- M"nd"rful The pain and rack of the body
nir"' htai to tight cough, soon disappear hv
IT," ''S'' "i 4 spoonful according to dircctiGnS
Wy wifi" always sends for Halls Balsam instead
=. rhyhcian."
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MADAME b. called upon the instructor
at the boarding. school where her boy
Is being educated and expressed her as
toniShment that the pupil was Is on the
list when only 10 scholars had competed.
i beg your pardon, madam," said the
instructor, this ia how the error hap
pened. As your boy is always last we
put him down the 18th, forgetting that
there were five pupils i'll or absent"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-05

THE petrifed body OF man, with
both hands on his stomach, has just
been found in the ruins of Pompeii.
Tho deceased was probably one the
Pompeii Board Of Aldermen after ban.
quet.
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For You,
Madam,

Whose Complexion betrays
some humilfating imperfec-
ton, whose mirror tells you
that YOU are Tanned, SallOw
and disflgured in cOunto-
nance, Or have EruptiOns,
Redness, R0ughness or un-
wholesome tintS of Complex
ion, we say use Hagan'S Mag
nOlia Balm.
1t is q delicate, harmless
and delightful article, pro.
ducing the most natural and
enhancing tints, the artifici-
ality of which no observer
can detect, and which soon
becomes permanent if the
Magnolia Balm is judiciOusI:
used.
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"lo"r SKIN C"rr is <"prr-rrcci.'nt. II,
fast r"''i"G my l""yh'cr'& rjnq q.,rojpn. r.Lic
hd'' SPrc,ri an org her '"IY"-AlrS. T. ]
ID. Merriam. Brr Hill. MISS. Druggist
keep ii. - per ''arN:r:".
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-05

PERSONS recovering from wasting disease,
such rs malaria, frvers etc, will he greatly
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80, l HEAR smart men say dat time ia
different at different places. I believe
OATS a foct, fur dc time allors seems
longer ter dc boy what holds de hoss den
& yer ds man what goes inter dc whisky
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OwENTON, kv.--liev. J. \. Beck savs:
~ have used Brown'1 Lon B;tters aud c n.
slider it one Of the best tonics sold"
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Dr. Green's 0>,gcuateJ R,t,.r.

- ih' "'h'! #rd l"L ). rrdy for DySpcr&ia
t%|"n. - - N'isri'. Indigestion. all di%nr,l"rf
81 ":' 'H'"''','r. rd'Pn dis, aScs iudiratng an
I,'l""r "'h'nrn Of til" Bood, Kiducys and
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ms i'r"pnrat on, cUml ounded from tho
!o"'muin OF 4 Geo mH'ol physician, ia highly
3, ,Comm"nd"d 10 ladies who suffer from M
f'l'n""nt IrVI:m.s* after eltin@. Drup;,iSta
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How much pleasanter this world would
be to live in were it MS easy to 60 to bed
at night as it is to remain there in the
morning, and as easy to got up in tho
morning as it is to talk of getting NJ
when Won go 10 bed
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Ladies' Il childrcn's boots K shocs can't run
over IL Lyons Patent Heel Stifoners are used

Luz diamonds WON Ivy New York
bnrtcnderS are said to he worth
$500, 600. The carhunclcs worn on the
noses of New York bar patrons probably
cost about $1,000 nnn.
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BARSUM has thirteen Nubinns ns c,,ri.
"%ltlcs, the claim being that they have
Il horror of water for "bathing pnr
poses. y Now let him gather the New
York Board Of Aldermen under his can
vas Rs n body of mon that abhor watc,
Tor drinking purposes. -TWtfDrd Post.
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CoDURUS. PA.-Rev. J D. Zerhine rays:
u was paralized il my right side. The use
OF Browns Iron Bitters enabled me TO walk -
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Sec Here, TOuI,p Men,

that girl Of mine is twice as handsome sine
She commenced using Carboline, the deoGor
iYCd extract Of Petroleum, and would no
be without il for II fortune.
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MENsEMAN's peptonized beef tonir III,

MENSEMAN's peptonized beef tonir, rhr
'hIy preparation Of beef containing its e.,
t"c nWJtt0uS PrOpcrtjrS. Ii contains blood
making, force generating and life,sustsin.
ing properties; Invaluable for INDIGESTION,
dyspepsia, nerv, II, prostration, and al
i0fms OF general debility; so, in all enfee-
pied conditions, whether the result OF cx.
hnushon, nervous prostration, overowork or
acute diseases particularly if resulting from
pulmonary comp lalnts. Caswell, Hazard &
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-05

MASY people bear best when their eyes
m" shut. For proof, visit any fashion
;hlr church durinn Il sermon.
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lis WEALTH a monopoly ?" asks th.
Boston Commercial Bulletin. That de-,
ponds upon who has 1t. If L. ia yon.e'.
yes if it is we--no.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-05

WHIT is the difference between dul
r,'z"r and bad boy? None: for the,
h"'h need >'rappimG
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-07-05

DE Bcmson's Celery and Chamomilc Pill
are worth their weight III gold in nervous nm,
sick hcHdachc.'' DIR. Schlichter, Baltimore
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Sure Cure for Epilepsy Fits IN - hours. Free r.
"A poor DIR. KRUsE. 284i Arsenal ST.; St Louis. Mo
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n 4
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&AITnATl0HG furnished teachers. apniica tion
NJ uAtiVf form nnI copy of our "Schoo!
" journal" sent. Ia" postage. Address Nntionni
school supply Bureau, 50 Fifth Av., ,ChrcHXo. III.
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M "a - 1AVGIhR
TELEGRAPH COLLEGE

bMIrH SPAULDEd. Propr's. Life aoholarshipn
ladies. go Gentlemen. $50. Referonoes required.
dnn105easnE demGnd for operators. froua 90 70
HiOO per month; For full particulars address T. r.
epehtdina' Buninoss MANAGER. HAAzvIHIb1. TIAn.
{ Ioit MAJ BrsIHHsS C"ILTGr. Newark Nd 'rcrms
oSI. Positions Tor Writ, for
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i., r%'iv" horse powcr STATIONARY ENGINE. in
'ddl'SS. ATLANTt MEwer.pFp If~'nT A.irm:o .
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
NOTICE OF SALE.

In the Superior Court Of Los Angeles
County, State of California.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
Press Pleasantries.

A young woman who was frightened
by little dog until she was yellow, said
it made her ''terrier- -caught-her" color.
"Junius Brutus Booth dead great
Godl another of us gone" said the
super as he lounged against the stage
door.
81 think the goose has the advantage
Of you," said the landlady to an ex-
pert boarder, who was carving. "Guess
ho has--in age, was the quick retort
"Nervel' said the young man of his
friend. "Why, Jacks got heap of
nerve. He wasn't embarrassed bit the
first time he went to BARRIERS to get
shaved"
"Why, Smith, what dreadful state of
intoxication you are in. "This a
dre'ful state 'toxication? just oughter
seen me thother night Thss only II
territory"
An Arizona man at funeral under
took to enter carriage which he found
empty, but man with revolver
stopped him with "You git in thar
that hacks reserved for the ccrpse's s
cousin"
A Connecticut man claims to have q
cat that eats cueumbers. May be all
cats do, and that the music we hear
from the back fences, instead OF being
the outpouring OF joyful cat hearts is the
wall of the unrequIted oucumbers down
in the deep recesses OF the cat. Come to
think of it, it looks reasonable.
"Are you to take astronomy next
term, Eliset" inquired classmate of her
young friend ''Hardly. But Augustus
is giving me splendid astronomical les
sons during the vacation" isn't that
nice? Ha- he text books and an atlas"
"0h. Louise, my dear He says I'm all
the world to him, and when | lean my
head on his shoulder he is my Atlas. y
In London court youth was SEN
fenced to pay fine of twenty shillugs
or to labor for ten days for kissing u
young woman against her will, The
plaintiffs satisfaction over her victory
was turned to bitterness when the youth
volunteered an apology, saying: "Of
course | was under tine influence OF
liquor, or should never have dreamed
OF kissing her.
He was masher holding up the cor
ner, and Us very pretty girl came along
he spotted her, and made a break to
mash her. "Ah, he said with greasy
smile, tipping his hat, 81 beg your par
don, but are YOU not Miss" But be-
fore he could continue she interrupted
with "Not mistaken in thinking you
are foolg No, | don't think | am, !"
and she sailed past, whilo he fell up
against lamp-post and gasped as the
crowd standing around gave him the
laugh till it made him sick in IA Ian
guages.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
Notice to Creditors.

Estate Of Joseph R. Holt, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned ad-
ministratrix Of the estate Of Joseph r. 'Iolt de.
ceased, to the creditors Of and all persons having
claims against tho said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, within four months
after the first publication Of this notice. to the
said Martha A. Riddle. at her residence, near the
Mission San Gabriel, the same being her place
for the transaction Of the business Of said estate
in tho county Of Los Angeles, State Of California
MARTHA A. RIDDLE,
Administrative Of the estate Of Joseph r. Holt,
deceased.
Dated August 81, 1888. sell 4w
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
Notice of Intention to Purchase
Real Estate.

| Notice is hereby given that the Board of Super
ysors Of Los Angeles County, CAL, did, upon the
l7th day OF September, 1888, dnly adopt the fol
| lowing order preamble and resolution, to wit:
| "Whoreas, il appears to this Board that II is
absolutely necessary to provide suitable site
/ whereon to erect Court House and Jail for said
| county, said Court House and Jail to contain
| such offices and accommodations as may be
| neces sary for public use under the law. and it
appearing that said County has no Court House
| or Jail accommodations adequate, sufficient or
proper for public use, and 1t further appearing
that the property hereinafter described Is the
best in all respects for site for snch Court
House and Jail, and that IL is for the best inter
est OF the County OF Los Angeles that the said
property should be purchased for the price and
from the owner thereof hereinafter named, there
fore, be il
Resolved, That It is the intention Of the Board
Of Supervisors OF this county to purchase from
the owner thereof, to wit: D. @. Stephens those
certain premises located in the City and County
| OF Los Angeles, California, and more particularly
described as follows, 10 wit; Commencing at
point on the west line OF New High street, where
the same is ntersected by the northeasterly line
OF Temple street, running thence along the west
line OF New High street, north 42l east f94 feot
thence running north as west 1921 feet to Buena
| Vista street; thence running south 42s west
along the line of said Buena Vista street 1874 feet
thence along the northeasterly line of Temple
street 102 feet to the place OF beginning-for the
sum and price Of thirty-hyo thousand, eight hun
| dred dollars, and that said Board will meet to
consummate such purchase.on the 10Th day of
October 1883, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, Of that day,
| and that the Clerk of this Board give notice Of
| the above intention and time Of meeting to con-
summate saidl purchase by publication of such
| notice In the Los Angeles Daily HERALD, news
paper OF general circulation, published in said
county for at least three weeks prior to said day
| last named"
And pursuant to said order, preamble and reso-
luton notice is hereby given that it is the inten
ton OF said Board to make the purchase OF the
property above described for the price above
mentioned and from the owner thereof already
named and that said Board will meet to consum-
mate said purchase on the 10th day OF October,
1888, at 10 clock A. NJ. at the supervisors Room
| in the Court House of said county.
| BY order OF said Board,
A. w. POTTS,
Clerk Of the Board OF Supervisors OF Los
| Angeles County, Cal. slS-td
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
Notice of Intention.

Notice hereby is given that ii is tho ntention o
the Council OF the City OF Los Angeles to os
tablish the grade of Twelfth street, from Pear
street to Main street, as follows:
At the intersection Pearl street and Twelftl
street the grade shall be, as now established, "a
feet below the datum plane; at the intersection
OF Flower street and Twelfth street the grade
shall be 81. so feet below the datum plane; At the
intersection Of Hope street and Twelfth street the
grade shall be q. 40 feet below the datum plane
at the intersection OF Charity street and Twelfth
street the grade shall be, as nov established
10 20 feet below the datum plane; at the intersec
tion of Olive street and Twelfth street the grade
shall be, MS now established 0.30 feet below the
datum plane; Mt the intersection OF Hill street
and Twelfth street the grade shall be, as now es
tablished, zl.U0 feet below the datum plane; al
the intersection OF Main street and Twelfth street
the grade shall be, as now established q. 90 feet
below the datum plane.
All persons interested are hereby notified tC
file their objections, II any they have, with tht
Clerk Of the Council, within ten days Of the date
Of the first publication of this notice.
BY order OF the Council of the city OF Los An.
geles, at its meeting of September ed, a. d.
1888.
W. W. ROBINSON,
Clerk of the Council Of the city Of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, September cath, A. b. 1888.
spo5 I0t
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
LEGAL.
Auction Sale of County
Property.

Noticr is hereby given that pursuant 10 a reso-
luton duly passed by the Board OF Supervisors
Of Los Angeles County on July 10, 1883, said
Board viii sell at Public auction, at the Court
House door on Main street. IN the city and county
Of Los Angeles, California, on
saturday, the 25th Dny of August
A. d.. 1885,
At IL O'Clock N. Of said day, and convey to the
highest bidder for cash, the property hereinafter
described, which said property Is no longer fo-
qulrcd for public use. Said sale TO be for cash in
U. s. gold coin, to be sold 10 tho highest bidder,
subject 10 the following conditions, to-wit:
That the first Of the Hereinafter described tracts
or parcels Of land will be sold first, unless with
drawn from sale. That eithor OF said parcels oi
both may be Withdrawn from sale at any time
before said sale Is consummatcd. That said Coun
ty Of Los Angeles and the said Board Of Super
visors reserve the right TO hold possession OF said
property for period Of time not exceeding twc
years from the date OF sale Of the same, paying
therefor 10 the purchaser or purchasers Thereof
rent at the rate Of 8 per cent. per annum on the
amount paid by such purchaser ut such sale, said
rent payable quarterly.
The said County Of Los Angeles and Board o
Supervisors further reserve the right to deliyel
| the possession Of said property 80 rented, OF
either parcel thereof, TO the said purchaser oi
purchasers at any tmo within said term OF twt
years, and to terminate said lease. When suci
possession Is given, and said lease Is so termin
ated, there shall be paid as such rent money only
snch sum as shall at that date have accrued al
| the rate aforesaid.
The property which Is to be sold under the fore
going conditions. and under the resolution o
said Board Of Supervisors Is described as follows
| to-wt:
| First. All that certain real estate lying an'
being situate In the City and County Of Los An
geos, California, and known as
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-09-29
Notice to Creditors.

Estate Of Jose Estevan Munos, alias Estevap
Munos, deceased.
Notice Ia hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator, with the will annexed, Of the os-
tate OF Jose Estevan Munos, alias Estevan
Munos, deceased. to the creditors Of, and all
persons having claims against the said deceased,
to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publication Of
this notice TO the said administrator, at the Of
ces Of Gardiner & Stephenson, rooms l, and s.,
Allen Block, city and county Of Los Angeles, the
same being the place for the transaction Of the
business Of said estate in the said County OF Los
Angeles.
Administrator, with the will annexed, OF the es-
tate Of Jose Estevan Munos, alias Estevan Mu-
nos, deceased.
Dated at Los Angeles, CAL. August sist, 1883,
Gardiner & stephenson, Attorneys for Admin
istrator. sci aw