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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
Personal.

A magnificent stock of watches. dia
monds and jewelry is now being closed
out at 10 First street, between Spring
and Main. The stock ia from the well
known and extensive house of H. Bohn
L Co.. of Chicago and Denver, Colorado,
and is worth your time to look at it, as
it must be sold. Goods all warranted as
represented. Sale every afternoon and
evening. j. A. Turner L Co.,
jan26 Auctioneers.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

Visitors to Los Angeles this winter
will be surprised to see the improve
ments since last year. One of the most
noticeable and what the city needed
was a first-class restaurant at reason
able prices. The Pacific Restaurant,
on North Spring street, opposite the
postofice, is the best appointed in South
ern California. and would be credit to
San Francisco, or any Of the large cities
in the East. Its dining rooms are very
neat, and we are glad to notice it Is
doing rushing business. janis lm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
Pasadena.

Business gentlemen who contemplate
becoming residents Of the Southern
California Paradise" when the South
ern Pacific Railroad is opened, should
secure the commanding building sites now
offered for sale in the beautiful orange
groves of Mr.. James Smith. on Orange
Grove avenue. They are located on a
hillside, looking east, having splendid
views of the entire San Gabriel valley
and convenient to Postofiice, schools
and churches. Mr.. Smith has also
some lots on the main thoroughfare
and business street, Fair Oaks avenue,
between Hotel Raymond and postoffice,
the corner lots of two and half acres
each having frontages Of $50 feet by 206
feet. jan30-tf
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Portland Cement.

My own Importation: direct from
London ex-ship Blengfel. For sale in
lots to suit. Special rates given for
large quantities.
WALTER s. MAXWELL,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

SHILOH'S CURE WILL Immediately
relieve Group, Whooping cough and
Bronchitis. Sold by c. +. Heinzeman,
I'D North Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY
. positive cure for Catarrh. Diptheria
and Canker Mouth. Sold by C. II.
Heinzeman, l22 North Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
Change Of Time.

The now tims card Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad will take effect to-day.
The train from San Franciaco to Los
Angeles, leaves the former city st 4'l0
p. n. and arrives in Los Angeles at l;s0
p. n, meeting the Sunset train. which
arrives at 1910 p. N. at Sepulyeda sta
tioa-
Ths north hound smIgrant train. which
has left q sslB 4. y. heretofore, now
laveu = esSo 4. -, aad the Cotton
.r.in Wkiah hsrseplsrs M u 2:so =. n.
~ leaves It . a. n, retszniag II $50
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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Com
plaint, You have printed guarantee on
every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer. II
never fails to cure. Sold by C. +.
Heinzeman, l22 North Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
The Golden Opportunity.

All sufferers from liver complaints and
constipation will doubtlessly avail them
selves Of the golden opportunity pre-
sented of testing the new remedy, Syrup
Of Figs, free Of charge. Cases Of long
standing, which have only been aggra-
waited by the harsh, gripping medicines
formerly used, yield promptly to the
gentle yet thorough influence of Syrup
Of Figs. Those who have tried it praise
it highly. Trial bottles free and large
bottles for sale by all druggists. c. F.
Heinzeman Wholesale agent, Los Ange-
1oe
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
Horsford's--Acid Phosphate.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
limitations and counterfeits have again
appeared. Be sure that the word
"Horsford's" is on the wrapper. None
are genuine without it.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
wellineson ooal,

Cargo due February lss per ship
King Csndno. For sAls N osr load lots.
Apply immediately 70
wAlzzn 8. MAxvrLz,
iai7av 10 cUsEs -, Lss Ansslss
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
Excursions.

The excursions that are coming to
Los Angeles every few days are bring
ing a great many very wealthy people
here to locate and make permanent
homes in Los Angeles or surrounding
country. On arriving they are all
anxious to see our beautiful city and
country, and among the good and beauti-
full things they are first to discover is the
famous Tansills Punch cent cigar, sold
at the p. o. Cigar store.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

WHY WILL YOU cough when Shi-
loh's Cure will give immediate relief.
Price, 10 cts. so cts. and 81. Sold by G..
F. Heinzeman, l22 North Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

"HACKMETACK,"a lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price % and so cents.
Sold by G +. Heinzeman, l2o North
Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

THE REV. GEO. H. THAYER, of
Bourbon, Ind, says: both myself
and wife owe our lives to SHILOH'S
CONSUMPTION CURE" Sold by C.
F. Heinzeman, 100 North Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

ARE YOU MADE miserable by In
digestion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss
Of Appetite, Yellow Skin? Shiloh's
Vitalizer is positive cure. Sold by c.
F. Heinzeman, l22 North Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

A NASAL INJECTOR free with each
bottle of Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price
so cents Sold by G. F. Heinzeman, 10
North Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
WAR DEPARTMENT. SIGNAL SER
vICE. U. 8. ARMY.

Division Of Telegrz,ns and Reports for tho ben
dt Of Commerce and Agriculture. Report Of oh
ervHfions taken 1t Los Angeles. CAi-. Feb. y.
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Ordinance No lie.

An ordinance granting franchise for a
street railroad in the City Of Los
Angeles, to N. w. StowelI and his
Assigns.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

l hereby certify that The foregoing
ordnance wa adopted by the Council
Of the city Of Los Angeles at it, meet.
ing Of January 2sth. A. D. 1884.
w. w. ROBINSON,
Clerk Of the Council Of the city OF Los
Angeles.
Approved this 5th day Of February,
A. d. 1884. G. D. THon.
Msvor.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09

l hereby certify that the foregoing
ordinance was adopted by the Council
Of the City Of Los Angeles at its meeting
Of January 2sth, A. D. 1854.
W. W. ROBINSON,
Clerk Of the Council Of the City Of Los
Angeles.
Approved this 5th day Of February,
A. D. 1884. @. 4. THox.
II MAvor.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
Blessed Benefactors

When 9 board of eminent physicians and chemists
known valuable remedies. the most wonderful medicine
was produced, which would cure such q vice range
Of diseases that most all other remedies could be dis
pensed with, many were ~skeptical; but proof of its
merits by actual trial has dispelled all doubt, and TO-DAY
the discoverers of that gre t medicine. Hop Bitters, are
honored and blessed by all as banefactors. These Bitters
and DandeIion and other oldest, best and most valu-
able medicines in the world, AMI contain all the test
and most curative properties of all other medicines,
being the greatest Blood P Iriier, Kidney and Liver
Regulator. and Life and Health Restoring Agent on
earth. No disease or i'll LeIth can possibly long exist
whore these Bitters are used, so variod and perfect arc
their operations.
They give new life and vigor to the aged and lnfrm.
To all whose employments cause irregularity Of the
bowels or urinary organs, or who require an Appetizer.
Tonic and mild Stimulant, these Bitters are invaluable.
being highly curative, tonic and stimulating, without
intoxicating.
No matter what your feelings or symptoms are, what
che disease or ailment is. use Hop Bitters. Don't wait
until you are sick, but if you only feel bad or miserable.
uss the Bitters at once. 1t may save your life. Hun.
dreds have been saved by so doing. EB $500 -Ea will
be paid for a case they will not cure or help.
Do not suffer yourself or let your friends suffer, but
use and urge them to use Hop Bltters.
Remember, Hop Bitters is the purest and best medf-
cine ever made; the - Invalid's Friend and Hope" No
person or family should be without them.
81 was troubled for many years with serious Kidney
and Liver Complaint, Gravel, etc.. my blood became
thin; was dull and inactive; could hardly crawl about,
and was an old worn out man all over. and could get
nothing to help me, until 1 got Hop Bitters, and now I
am a boy again. My blood is pure. kidneys are all
right, and I am as active as a man of thirty, although ]
am seyentytwo FATHER.
'For ten years my wife was confined to her bed with
such a complication of ailments that no doctor could
tell what was the matter or cure her. and I used up g
small fortune in humbug stuff. SIX months ago I saw o
U. s. flag with Hop Bitters on it, and 1 thought would
be a fool once more. and l tried it, but my folly proved
to be wisdom. and two bottles cured her, she is now 40
well and strong as any mans wife, and it cost me only
two dollars. III. W. Detroit, Mich,
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
Measuring the Age Of Trees,

The counting of the rings added by
exogenous trees every year to their cir
conferences can only, without risk OF
great error, be applied to trees cut down
IN their prime, and hence is useless for
the older trees which are hollow and de-
cayed. Trees, moreover, often develop
themselves so unequally from their center
that, as in the case of a specimen in the
museum at Kew, there may be about two
hundred and fifty rings on n side to
fifty on the other. Perhaps the largest
number of rings that has ever besn
counted was in the case Of an oak felled
in 1912, where they amounted to seven
hundred and ten; but DeCandolle, who
mentions this, adds that three hundred
years were added to this number as
probably covering the remaining rings
which it was no longer possible to count.
This instance may be taken to illustrate
how unsatisfactory this mode of reckon
ing really is for all but trees of compare
lively youthful age.
The external girth measurement is for
these reasons the best We can have, being
especially applicable where the date of a
trees introduction into a country or of
its planting is definitely fixed, since it
enables US to argue from the individual
specimen or from q number of specimens,
not with certainty, but within certain
limits of variability, to the rate of
growth of that tree as q species. In
these measurements of trees of a century
or more in age, such as are given
abundantly in Loudon's "Aboretum,n
lies our best guide, though even then the
growth in subsequent ages must remain
matter of conjecture. The difficulty is
to reduce this conjectural quantity to the
limits of probability ; for, given the as
certained growth Of the first century, how
shall we estimate the diminished growth
of later c~enturies2 The best way would
seem to be to take the ascertained growth
of the first century, and then TO make,
say, the third of it the average growth
of every century. Thus, if we were to
take twelve feet as the ascertained
growth of an oak in its first century,
four feet would be its constant average
rate, and we might conjecture that an
oak of forty feet was about a thousand
years old. But clearly it might be much
less; for the reason for taking the third
is not so much that it is a more probable
average than the half, as that it is OBJ
viously less likely to err ON the side of
excess of rapidity. Popular Science
Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
How to Forete1l Weather.

When the temperature falls sudden
" there is a storm forming south OF
you.
When the temperature rises sudden.
" there is a storm forming north OF
you.
The wind always blows from a re-
gion of fair weather toward a region
where storm is forming.
Cirrus clouds always move from a
region where a storm is in progress
toward a region of fair weather.
Cumulus clouds always move from a
region where a storm is forming.
Where cirrus clouds are moving rap
idly from the north or northeast there
will be rain inside of twenty-four
hours, no matter how cold it is.
When cirrus clouds are moving rap
idly from the south or southeast there
viii be acold hailstorm on the morrow
iii be in the summer, and if it be In
winter there will be a snowstorm.
The wind always blows in a circle
around a storm, and when it blows
from the north, the heaviest rain is
east of you; il it blows from the south
the heaviest rain is west of you; If it
blows from the east the heaviest rain
is south.
The wind never blows unless rain or
snow is falling within one thousand
miles of you.
Whenever heavy, white frost occurs
a storm is forming within one thou
sand miles northwest of you.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
TaOts

A tack is o simple, unpretending
sort OF o young nail, noted for it's keen
repartee when pressed for a reply, and
possessing the peculiar power, when
standing on It's head, of causing the
cold shiveB to run down the back in
mere anticipation OF what might be.
lacks are in season all the year round,
but the early spring is usually the time
selected by them for a grand combined
effort, and then they flourish every
where for at least a month. Since the
Inauguration Of the t~ime-honored cere-
monies OF house-cleaning. every thor
ough house-keeper with long expert
encei in the line Of duty, so takes up the
carpet as to retain all the tacks in their
original places, thus preventing it slip
ping from the shakers hands, unless
the tack breaks or his finger gives out.
But the triumph Of the tack is not
complete at this early stage ; it pa
tiently abides its time, and on the relay
ing Of the carpet issues forth with
double force. After searching the en-
tire house for a paper of tacks, without
success, the unfortunate man drops on
MS knees to begin, and Immediately
discovers four tacks at least, and as he
rolls over and and over and finally sits
down to extract these, finds the rest of
the paper directly under him, and then,
unless he is accustomed to put up
stoves and join s%tovepipes, the chances
OF laying the carpet are on that even
ing are slight. In selecting tacks from
a saucer he always inspects the points
with his foreinger, as the tack in
stantly loses it's head when they come
to blows. In argument the tack is
sharp and pointed; but the display Of
either or both depends largely on the
amount of pressure employed by its
opponent. In direct contrast to a good
joke, the amusement generally begins
before you see the point, and this fact
is easily demonstrated by walking the
floor in your stocking feet, a well kept
room on such an occasion averaging
two tacks to- the square foot. The fu-
ture of the tack gives great promise
Of more extended usefulness and I'M
limited possibilities, as several of our
most eminent college professors have
carefully studied the effect of a sharp
tack of reasonable length placed prop
er]y in a chair or under a cot, are about
to iAtroduce tacks and do away with
splang-boards in our college gymna-
Siurs7.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
What the Treasury Fears.

What the treasury people fear in the
future is that their paper issues may be
duplicated by the mean employed by the
photo-lithographers II is possible with
photo-lithography to duplicate every line
Of the most skillful and intricate of en-
craving. This fact was brought to the
attention of the department not long
ago.
The statutes forbid any imitation of
the currency Of the country for any ptU-
poses Of advertising. This is not gen
orally understood. A New York brewer
recently devised q business card in the
shape Of d plate with several bills of diff
ferent denominations lying upon the
plate. being held down by q gold and
silver coin. He had employed regular
bills as the models forthe work, and the
result is absolutely startling. What por-
lions of the bills show IN the careless
piling are absolutely perfect. They were
Reproduced BY plloto-lithography and
then eolored exactly like the originals.
The plates were all seized, and the brewer
notified that he wa d ~violator Of the Law,
although his intention was Innocent
WaaBinqsea Letter.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
How Japanese Restore Faded Flowers

after a bouquet is dropping beyond
all r"medies of fresh water the Japa-
nes,e can bring it back to all its first
gil g by a very simple and seemingly
mnat destructive operation. A recent
visitor to Japan says:
[ had received some days ago a de-
ligntful bundle Of flowers from a JAP
asese acquaintance. They continued
ts live in all their beauty for nearly
40 weeks, when at last they faded.
Just as l was about to have them
thrown away the same gentleman
Japanese gentleman) came to see me.
| shQWea him the faded flowers, and
told him that, though lasting a long
time, they had now become useless.
oh, no. said he, only put the ends of
the stems into the fire, and they will
be as good as before / was incredu-
lous; so he took them himself and held
the stems in the ERE until they were
charred. This was in the morning; at
evening they were again looking fresh
and vigorous, and have continued so
for another week. What may be the
true agent in this reyiving process I
am unable to determine fully; whether
it be the neat driving once more the
last juices into every leatiet and vein,
or whether it be the bountiful supply
of carbon furnished by the charming.
I am inclined, however, to the latter
cause, az the full effect was not pro-
duced until some eight hours after
ward, and as it seems that il the heat
was the principal agent, it must have
been much sooner followed by visible
changes"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
Science and Superstition in China.

From ancient times the Chinese have
taken note of natural phenomena. Their
record of solar eclipses is perhaps the
most ancient and accurate in the world.
They have more or less elaborate works
on astronomy, mathematics, botany,
zoology, mineralogy, physiology, and
many other sciences. Yet there is scarcely
any true science in them. Classification,
even in regard to plants and animals,
there is none. Mineralogy is mainly a
description of curious stones. Nor is
there any progress, for the more
ancient works are generally the
best, and as a consequence the Chi
nese to-day are as their fathers were
thousands of years ago. The supersti-
tions respecting natural phenomena,
which are as living active truths to-day
for all classes in China, remind us rather
of man in his state of barbarism than Of
the ancient culture and civilization of the
middle kingdom. The sun and moon
are to the Chinese as they were to primi-
tive man, living things, gods to be wor-
SHIPPED. The stars in their courses pow
erfully influence, if they do not absolute
ly determine all human events. In
them the wise may read as in a
book the destiny of man and
the fate of empires. Their combine
tions make lucky and unlucky days, and
we shall do we'll to note carefully their
signs and silent warnings. Comets are
the precursors of famine, pestilence and
Misrepresentation of the wreck of
empires and the fall of kings. Eclipses
are the periodic efforts of the dragon
iend to destroy the lights of heaven, and
every notice Of an approaching eclipse
sent by the imperial astronomer to the
provinces is accompanied by a govern
ment order to employ the usual methods
of gong beating and so forth In order to
rescue the threatened luminary. Again,
thunder is the roar of the anger of
heaven, and to be smitten by a thunder
bolt is to be marked az a thing accursed.
Wind is born in the heart of great noun
tains, whence it issues at the command
of the Wind-god. Most istrictsh have their
wind-mou That at Lung-Shan,
in the northern tee Of Chilli, is the
most remarkable. It has a cave at each
of It's four sides. The spring wind issues
from the cave on the eastern side, the
summer wind from the southern, and so
for the others. Wind eddies or whirl-
winds are raised by the hedgehog in his
rapid passage from n place to another,
the dust serving to screen him from the
vulgar gaze. Rain is produced by the
dragon god, who carries up vast quaint
ties of water from the lakes and rivers in
his capacious jaws, and pours it down in
showers over the earth. Every mountain
has its spirit or genius, every valley its
nymph, every spring its haiad. Hence
mountains and rivers, old trees and Curl
GUS rocks, become objects of worship.
These and the like superstitions which
enter every domain of nature are not
confined to the poor and illiterate; they
are shared by the rich and learned, nay,
they are repeated and acknowledged by
the imperial government itself in its de.
crees in the Picking Gazette. The highest
scholar in the empire knows no more of
nature than the humblest peasant.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19
sewfnK.nrac,ine Industry.

These remarkable items pour into our Office
daily. Mr. Fl. s. FULLER, with the New Home
Machine Company, of Orange, Mass, writes,
HAY 23, 1888: ~ have used Hunts Remedy
IN my family for over len years. My wife
was troubled with catarrh Of the bladder.
suffered intsnse pain IN the kidneys and
Joins, and urinatfon was accomplished With
the greatest of agony. My friends thought
shat slo could not recover. We tried doctors
and medicines, and although better at times
she wonld grow worse again. She was obliged
to use the urinal as many as fifteen times in
9 night, and was growing worse daiIy. At
this time my attention was called to Hunts
Remedy, and concluded to try it: and after
using one bottle she was a good deal hotter,
the Inflammation was reduced, aud the water
more natural. She hogan TO gain in .appetite
NJ DIET no pain in tie back anil kidneya.
She could attend to her household work
without pain, ard this had beon a great
burden TODD, even the ightest kinds of work.
After using six lottles ahe was completely
cured. Since then | lave shad occasion to
use Hunts Remedy for Edney and liver com.
plants, and found il to 10 inst as represented,
and | consider III most wonderf1 IL medicine.
! wouid not be without Hunts Remedy in
lily fnFnily; and I have recommended il to
my Trends hero In Orange with equally good
rasults.n
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-19

Mrs. Harriet Cummings, of Cincinnati. Ohio,
writes: Early last winter my daughter was attacked
with a severe cold which settled on her lungs. We
tried several medicines. none of which seemed to do
her any good, but she continued to get worse. and
finally raised large amounts OF blood FROM her
lungs. We called in a family physician, but he
failed to do her any good. We then called in a ply
sician-a most skillful professor in one of our col
leges he said that she could not get well. At this
time a friend who had been cured by DR.. VIM. Halls
BaIsan for the Lungs, advised me to give it a trial.
We then got a bottle, and before she had used it Ii
up she began to improve, and by the use of three
bottles she was entirely cured,