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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21

Providence, March 20--Ths Rspub.
lioaa State Central Convention met this
mcrninR. The present State ofiiosrs were
nominated and the present State Cen
tral Committee were reelected. Gov.
Bourne was presented to the convention
and made . speech.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21

Once, 81 W. FIRST ST., wIDNEY BLOCK.
Once Hours-s to "a. N. and to g. and
1852. sel1u
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21
AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION SALES
BY JOHN G. BELL & CO.,
REAL ESTATE ANDoENERAL AUcrIoNEERs
ONCE. Room %, Temple Block, over
the County Bank.


Rec estate in ell parts Of the city, includ-
and ranohes, subdivIded and sold at auction OF
private nle
xppsissmsus Of every description Of property
Z speciality. Sales made ct suction b. order Of
srs, Receivers. Mortgages and Trustees, iaithful
| " complying with prescribed legal forms.
Houses and rooms rented; assume charge OF
property, hold power Of attorney for abssntees,
collect rents. attend to taxes, insurance, strest
work. improvements md buildings
A'so. suction, horse and, arriage mart and
sales yard. Los Angeles street. between First and
Second streets.
At the HORSE and CARRIAGE MART on Los
Angeles Street, between First and Second
Streets. opposite stenssrs Nursery,
Saturday, March q, at 1oi o'clock,
Two Elegant New Park Phaetons. Leather
Trimmed throughout. warranted In every par-
,fissans New Philadelphia hand stitched sin
~ Buggy Harness.
g; sss y,sss sssd s1 both :. perry y,
Hss;. ] So ssscsd.issd siseis Sussy 3 Ia. Ia
bss etc. JOHN 9. BELL. Auetionser.
REAL ESTATE SALE,
AT AUCTION,
EAST LOS ANGELES,
ON THE PREMISES
On Thursday, March "a, 1854,
at II o'clock. shall sell without reserve
The very Elegant, Stylish and Desirable
Residence Of 4. B. Wooley, Esq..
situated on Chestnut Street,
30 ELE0ANT LEVEL loTo.
ALSO
Six Houses and Lots. Cars within one
block. Particulars hereafter.
JOHN @. BELL,
iana7 AUoTIoNGgR.
Real Estate Sale
~
San Gabriel. Walnut Avenue,
ON THE PREMISES.
TUESDAY. APRIL !. 1884.
Al o'clock in the afternoon. rain or shine.
A Desirable Home for . Gentleman.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21

An exchangs Mys mush has become Z
popular dhh b seslsty. Nothing sssna
shke !. soslsey hks sonsthias ~
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21
J. Hauuon. n. D,
County Physician

nAscARzl BUILDING. ups,ai~ R~,ds.ss
Counopuaiean HoesL
oslS loar isoa y . Y !, l.; non Ito sss
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21
PHYSICIANS.

EuSA4uu.
Graduate and Member Royal College Physi-
cisns. Edinbufg.
I'm. MAIN STREET. NEAR FIRST STREET.
Consultation hours: to 10 A. NJ, 2to4,7
tosP.x decf9.tf
N. Hilton Williams, ND. MCPSO
Formerly Of Detroit, Mich.)
Diseases Of the Head, Throat and Chest, includ-
ing the Eye, Ear and Heart. . speciality.
OEFICE-275 North Main street Office hours
from 10 A. n. to 4 P. n. Sundays. from to s
Pm. Residence, Is South Charity street. feb2oft
DR.. b. z. Baldwin,
QAts Of Toronto. Canada)
Rooms So and s.. Nadeau Block
x16FzE0VDD
ELECTRO : THERMAL BATHS, =
For the cure Of Chronic and Nervous diseases
are successfully operated by
MRS. DIR. MINNIE WELLS,
Whose speciality Is diseases OF women and chill
drsn. No II n. Main street. Room No. II.
marl6 I'm
o. EDGAR SMITH, n. D.,
Rectal Diseases. womb and Urin-
ary Troubles.
fB0FFICE:-No. Is South Main street jane4tf
DIR. j. p. WIDNEY
Has removed his Office from Downey Block to
WIDNEY BLOCK, FIRST STkEET,
Between Msin and Spring.
OFFICE HOURS. !, 10 .oi sp n y.
Residence, sal South Hin Street.
Telephone, ONCE 50, House sos. tan236
DR.. J. n. WHITE,
. z NTAl PAR L o r,
South Spring street. No. 81 Bryson Block. Los
Angeles, Cal. jane,i
Or. n. y sM0EmAxGR,
ID n NJ \ 4 - II /,
Late Of Philadelphia.
ofFICE-Reom No. 7. Nadeau block. Office
hours-loh a. n totPn daily. except Sunday:
Contour hitings Q specially. noy6 u
l. X. RILEY. NJ. D.,
cyFIcE-Room q. Schumacher block, opposite
postofiice. once houn--i0 to IL A. NJ, . to and
Ito sP. n. nov2 I'm
.. DE ". CRANK, n. D.,
n o NJ q OP ATHIs r.
Special attention paid to diseases Of infants and
children.
/. Rooms 35 and 80 Baker block. 0fico hours,
~ "a Q 10 auA IN q
- n. .. JONES, n. D., -
Lanfranco Block,
Los ANGELES.
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases treated
exclusively. oct9-tf
w. l. WILLS, N. D.,
Physician & Surgeon,
once, Il W. FIRST ST., wIDNEY BLOCK.
Once Hours-s to "a. N. and TO 8 and
7toSP.M sellu
Elizabeth A. Follansbee, NJ D.
OFFICE, 2ll $. FORT STREET
oprcR Houxs s 10 10 Al
to OF. N.
Sixth street cars pass the door. seisti
WALTER LlNDLEY, N. .
0rncs AND RsslpKscR
MO. 210 FORT 9T
Next door to wollwebsr's drug store,
Telephone No. A.. Once houls to p. n
DE \. Q GALE,
n GALTH OTTO Z n.
once, for the prcsont, room s. Liohtenbergcr
Block, Main street, above First. Once hour
70 10 an. isbTtf
On. CslAo. 4. n. % Sz1cETNY.
oyPICE:-schumAche Block. opposite Post.
once, rooms 20 and u. RESfDENCE:-rearl
street, CORNER Ninth.
once houn:--io TO II A. ~; 2 stotEM; to
ST. H. at residence. TcleVhone No. at once and
residsncs. leo Day and night calls answered.
Dr. J. 8. Grimm,
OFFICE At RESIDENCE. le4 MAIN STREET.
ofhcs Houu-o 70 II A. u, 70 3 and 70 9
I'm
Rssadsncs-EAst side Of Main street, below
Fryt mlb-u
Dr. Joseph Kurtx
No ass Main strsss. opposite Baker Block
G1Eye and ear dissasss treated with the care Of
specialist Apxs
J. Harmon, II d,
County Physician.
nAscARxL BUILDING. upsAin Rssids.ss
Counppuaitan Hoe,l
o1os houn son y 70 II 4, H; hon 70 a.. 4
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
Potato Disease.

According to Jensen, the potato dis
ease, which is caused by a fungus, at
tacks first the tops. and is conveyed to
the tubers by means of spores washed
into the soil by rain. He, therefore
proposes to prevent this by running a
ploW between the rows, so as to throw
up a hrrow upon the top of the hills
while at the same time the tops are
bent over SO as to hang above the
neighboring furrow. This should be
done at least as soon as the disease
shows itself on the tops, usually by the
middle of August. In this way the
washing of the spores into the hill is
prevented. Furthermore, the potatoes
should not be dug for at least two or
three weeks after the tops are entirely
Wilted, to avoid infection from the
latter. Field experiments with this
method are said to have given very
favorable results.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

magic in her smile, such as no other
a or cline can show. Beautiful?
A man whose blood runs red within
his veins may see beauty elsewhere,
but he has never felt the perfect charm
of woman's womanlinesAyntils he has
met love looking from the melting
brightness of those matches orbs
which none but SPANS dark-glancing
maidens bear. There is no neglect
here. The dress may not be rich, but
there is not a fold ill-placed. TO her
is paid the reverence of passionate de-
votion. Still is Spain the land OF
romance and of song, because her men
are brave, her women worthy to be
loved. The lover who, having listen
ed to a slanderous tale-they were OF
the working classes and could speak
together as lovers higher placed may
never hope to do--having listened to a
slanderous tale, wrote in the heat OF
passion to his love, harshly u%pbraiding
her, then found she had been blameless'
and cut from his wrist the hand which
had penned the lines and had sent it to
her begging forgiveness for what re-
manned, was a true Spaniard.-Cof7,
Boston paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
COLUMN.
The Gorilla.

The gorillas are the terror of Africa.
In the gorilla country no lion Will
live. They are man-eaters, and Kill
them for the love of it, leaving the
body, never eating it. When they spy
a negro, they come down from a tree,
hit him on the head with aclub, which
they WELD with their hind claw, or
carry him up into the tree, there to
murder him. Jrheir strength is so
great that they will bend the barrel of
a rifle. Only one live n was ever
brought to England, and that soon
died. Several have been shot, but
they are tough customers, and the
natives dread them more than any
animal of the African forests. The
gorilla makes a bed like a hammock,
and swings in the trees. The gorilla
is a sworn enemy of the elephant,
because each derives subsistence from
the same source. When he sees an
elephant pulling down and w%renching
off the branches of a favorite tree, the
gorilla steals among the boughs, strikes
the sensitive proboscis of the elephant
a terrible blow with his club, and
drives off the clumsy and startled
giant, shrilly trumpeting his pain and
rage through the jungles of the forest.
Church at Work.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
~Enhospitabze Country.

The report from the NOrdenskiold
expedition brings a double disappoint-
ment. Hopes had been INDUCED that
the interior of Greenland, at least in
the wider parts of that country,
would prove more hospitable than the
frozen coast line. 1t was also thought
that the steamer Sofia might be able
to get inside of the ice belt along the
eastern shore of Green and from Cape
Farewell northward to Cape Dan, so
as to examine a region which has been
sealed from the eyes OF civilized man
for three centuries, and which expla-
nation would perhaps Gov some
traces of the lost Morse settlements Of
Ostre Bygd. Prof. Nordenskjold him.
self held the theory that the perma-
nent ice band along the coasts of
Greenland might not extend owe the
whole country, and that the central
region might be comparatively clear of
ice. There was even a chance that a
wooded district might be found in the
southern section of the interior. That
r~ose-colored theory has been ~effectually
exploded by his journey inland from
Auleitsiyick bay. At this point
Greenland attains a breadth of some
five hundred miles, or within about
one hundred miles of its extreme
breadth. As the scouts of the ex-
ploring party covered two hundred
and t%wenty-four miles before turning
back, they may fairly be said to have
reached the heart of the country.
They found no signs of improvement,
but the contrary. Instead of coming
upon a wooded district, theydiscovered
that the whole land was one vast sheet
of ice, broken by mountain chains
which rise, in the region trayersed by
the scouts, to an altitude of seven
thousand feet, and are believed to
double that hight in the
vicinity of Franz Josef ford on the
eastern coast. So passes into the
limbo of discarded theories the idea of
a fertile region in the center of Green
land. The attempt to examine the
eastern coast also ended in disap-
pointment. The steamer was unable
to penetrate the ice-belt which guards
that long-hidden shore from the
approach of any keel. She had to sail
along upon the outer edge of the belt,
barely within sight Of the shore, SO
hat no light was thrown upon the
of the old settlements of Ostre
Bygd.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
Near Stamps.

The American letter writer has for
so many years had his patriotic SYM
pathies narrowed and his reverence
for the Father of his Country sorely
tried by the painful caricature of
George Washington, with its swollen
jaw, brutal features and dropsical
neck, swathed in an untidy dinner
napkin, on the three cent postage
stamp.
In the new two-cent stamp it is
to be seen that the aching molar has
been pulled, and the facial swelling
has subsidized, while the head and face
bear some resemblance to the Gilbert
Stuart portrait in the refinement of
the lines and expression of the fea-
lures. There is an Improvement in
the arrangement of the hair and queue
The engraving is by Alfred Jones
from a copy of Houdin's cast taken
from life.
The new head rests in an oval
medallion on an heraldic shield. The
lettering shows more sharply and dis
tinctly than in the present stamps; at
the top, the legend, United States
Postage" and below the medallion,
1.-TWO 2 cents" standing out clearly
on groundwork darker than the body
of the stamp, while the color, a pale
carmine red ink, in which oxide of
iron is a powerful component, sufficient
ly distinguishes the denomination
without blarring the design.
The double rate, or four-cent stamp
is of a green color. and bears the head
of the Hero Of New Orleans, some
what less unkempt and frightful than
other government caricaturing of the
grand old democrat. If Andrew
Jackson actually resembled his post
age stamps, he needed neither military
skill nor equipment; he had only to go
forth and look upon his foe "and the
red field was Won."
The process of printing these stamps
differs. essentially from that of Eng
land and continental nations who con-
tinue to make their plates directly
from the original die, and to print
from raised designs on blocks like
types. The American Bank Note
Company's process is, however, to cut
the original die on soft steel in sunken
lines, and from this, being hardened, a
roll of raised transfers like type are
obtained, and from these, in turn, are
produced plates of two hundred steel
copies of the original die, in sunken
lines, from which the stamps are
printed.-Nei0 York sam.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
The Use of Condiments.

A French physician has been max
ing some interesting experiments on
the effects Of codiments used with
food. They show, among other things
that in cooking meat only an ounce Of
salt should be used with from six to
twelve pounds Of meat. If more Is
employed it will do of two things:
it will modify the structure of a por-
ton Of the muscular fibre SO as to rem
derit more resistant to the action Of
the gastric juice, or it will itself check
and retard the peptic fermentation,
the very ground work Of digestion. &c
follows that sailed and smoked meats
are more ~indigestible than fresh. Vim
egar, It appears. may be used with
good effect, provided it is not in a
quantity to irritate the stomach, and
Is d pure dilution of acetic acid, freed
from sulphnric oil hydrochloric acids
the latter Of which. though an active
principle Of the gastric juice. must not
be ID excess of the stomach, 81 it viii
retard digestion.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
HOW They Hfade Out.

81 don't know" said Margaret, chow
we shall make out; but we can't let
the child starve." Margaret, was the
house-mother in a German home,
where money was scarce, and plain
food was not plenty.
A stranger had come along the
street, and stopped at the door, and
asked if he might have some supper
with the family. He was watching
the yellow-haired little girl who follow
ed Margaret around, which made her
speak the sentence with which this
story commences.
ssThen she isn't your w child?"
asked the stranger.
"No!:: Margaret explained that she
was the child Of a poor neighbor who
died a few weeks before, leaving no
thing for the little girl, and no friends
for her to go to. So they had to take
her in.
"And can't you manage to keep
her," the stranger asked. 'And have
non of your own, I s%uppose?"
"Oh, dear, yesl' and she laughed
over his queer mistake. None oftheir
ownl Why, there were ten in all.
When supper was ready, they all
trooped in. What a little army of
them! and how clean their little faces
were! their hair neatly combed, and
their patched and worn clothes looking
as though each of them had been as
careful as possible. At the supper
table, each of them looking out for
Gretchen, she had the largest potato,
carefully peeled by Margaret, the
mothers name-child; Melcher. the
fathers namesake, put a bit of butter
on it, though he ate none on his own.
The stranger saw all this and a grea
deal more, though he seemed to be
talking with the father and mother.
The next day a soldier in military
dress rode up to the house, and asked
for the honse-mother, and gave her a
great, selemn-looking letter which
made her tremble as she broke the
seal. Oh, what doyou think that let
ter said? Why. that the man who had
taken supper with them the night be-
fore was SO pleased with the ten chill
dren, and with Gretchen besides, that
he decided to make them each a present
of 800, which would be paid to them
each year while they lived! One thou
sand and one hundred dollars each
year because a strange man took sup
per with them, was pleased with Their
kindness to him, and their unselfsh
of the orphan Gretchenl That
sounds like a makeup story, doesn't
it? And yet it is true. The letter
was signed, Joseph, Emperor of Aus
tria. And he was the stranger who
had eaten potatoes with them the
night before.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
TIE Diseorerv OF Coffee.

An Arabian legend gives the follow
ing account of the discovery of coffee:
About the middle Of the fifteenth centu-
ry q poor Arab was travelling in Alb
yssinia, and finding himself weak and
weary from fatigue, he stepped near a
grove. Then, in want of fuel to cook
his rice. he cut down a dead tree which
happened to be covered with berries.
His meals being cooked and eaten, the
traveller discovered that the half
burned berries were very fragrant.
He collected a number of these, and,
or crushing a number of them with a
stone, he found that their aroma in
creased to great extent. While won
dering at this, he accidentally let fall
the substance into a can which con-
taned his scanty supply of water.
10, what a miracle. The almost putrid
liquor was instantly purified. He put
it TO his lips-it was fresh. agreeable
and in a moment after the traveller
had 50 far recovered his strength and
energy as to be able to resume his
journey. The lucky Arab gathered as
many berries as he could, and having
arrived at Alden, in Arabia, he inform
ed the Mutt Of his discovery. That
worthy divine was an i~nveterate OPT
UNI smoker who had been suffering
for years from the influences Of that
poisonous drug. He tried an infusion
Of the roasted berries, and was SO de-
lighted at the recovery of his own
yigor, that, in gratitude to the tree, he
called It cahuab. which, in Arabia, sig
mites force.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

price, and SO on. Then the waiter in
the dining room takes the executive
charge of that branch Of the business;
and when you leave, you find still an
other department, that of the cashier.
But if you dislike your room, your
fare, your treatment in any way, you
can no more find the proprietor than
the king He probably does not stay
long around the place. Few owners
of gold mines hang about the premises,
and to own a foreign hotel must be
very like possessing a mine, not min
ing stocks.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
Af.f In .TGnnfl.

DIR. Dresser gives an interesting
account Of the methods employed by
Japanese artists in their work. Five
of the most celebrates native draughts-
men were invited by Sir Henry Parkes
to the English embassy for the pur-
pose of exhibiting their skill to the
visitor. Each competitor had a long
slender piece of charcoal on a bamboo
holder, some broad, fat brushes Of
deer's hair and round ones of veget-
able fiber. On o slate was a quantity
of Indian ink. The artists who were
called on proceeded each in turn to
carry out an original composition.
The first produced a tree and cock and
hen, a second q peony flower and leaves
in natural colors, the third the shaded
body of a duck. Tn each Ease they
commenced by marking out on the
paper a few almost imperceptible dots
with the charcoal point. and then put
ting in what appeared to be random
dashes of color, beginning at the top
Of the paper and working doWnwards.
The bodies of the birds We're merely in
shaded outlines, but the iower-painter,
after making n leaf with q sweep Of
his brushful of green pigment. varied
the shades of each successive one,
leaving them finally Of IN even color.
The peony he shaded BY merely putting
. little water upon it before the color
was absorbed.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
No Vssi6Ee Proprietor.

There is one very singular feature
about al the hotels On the continent.
writes i correspondent. You never
ii the proprietor. The whole estab-
lishment II conducted utterly different
y from ours. Is bustling. active
fellow with i blue cap and brass band
On II. and the alWays mispelIed label
PORTER stands ii The entrance way
gives you your Welcome, tells you il
yon can have 3 room and for what
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
"Sus.gss Asnarf AEiQmsd.o
SOMETHING BITTER RISES.

SOMETHING BITTER RISES.
If ever at the font ofJoy
Poor mortal stoops to fill his cup,
Still yelling fresh to his annoy,
A bitter something bubbles up.
SO one sang sadly long ago.
Sang how the fairest flowers amid,
Zen where the springs of pleasure flow,
"Sur9a amari aiiqutd."
And cchoing down the vaults OF time
The warning sounds for me and you
In Latin verse, in English rhyme;
Twas true of old, to-day lis true.
All! brother! have yon not full oft
Found, eve as the Romans did,
That In lies most delicious draught
"<Saryit amart atiqaid."
You run tine race, the battle fight,
And eager seize at last the prize;
The nectar in its goblet bright
Isyours to drain meath beauty's eyes.
Yet are these honors out oil date
They wouldn not come when they were bid;
The longed-for draught is all too late
"SNryit amari aiiqutd."
Or, haply, in the cruel strife,
You foully thrust q brother down,
And with his broken heart or lite
Purchased your baublc of crown
Wear it; but Of remorselul thought
In vain you struggle TO be rid;
The triumph is too dearly bought
"Surgit amari atsquid.a
And so the cup is turned to gall,
The font polluted at its source,
Envenomed and embittered all
BY dull regret or keen remorse.
Well hast thou said, o goddess sage!
From thee not all the truth was hid.
Though eyer on thy mighty page
"SurJl amari aiiquid.p
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

Jim Smith, who was released recent
" from the Tennessee st~ate-prison, is a
master mechanic and too1maker, who
can earn "a q day. He worked in the
machine shop 1886 days, and bis good
behavior cut two years and eleven
months off his term Of ten years for
robbery On the highway. Deducting
the cost Of his support. estimated
At eighteen cents 8 day. he earned
NC, 746.94 nat for the state.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26
what He Was In.

"Mr. White. said a lawyer to a wit
ness in the box, Eat the time these
papers were executed You were specu-
atingg, were you notg'
Eyes, sir"
@You were in oil 2"
Il was
"And what are you in nowg'
Bankruptcy and the poorhouse I,
was the solemn reply.
In Savannah an income of over $500
per annum Is subject to q city tax.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-01-26

IS man living It Minneapolis has q
pet pig which follows him about like 4
dog. At one time pigs were made
pets of BIZ Spanish ladies. and very,
very long ago dogs and pigs roaned
the streets of to ns ii England and
Scotland, and were petted alike
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-08-16
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.

The Washington Light Infantry will
attend the Exposition in October, bring
ing with them an $50 flag.
Nearly dozen good sized homes are
now being erected in town; houses cost
ing from 81, 900 to $4,000, We should
judge. - Washington GaSette.
Mrs Alonzo Lewis, of Clinton town
ship, Sampson county, has made some
fine starch from Irish potatoes, sample
of which she expects to send to the State
Exposition. This hints of great posi-
bic industry here.
An endowment fund of $50 900 for
Trinity has been pledged by the Green's
boro District Conference recently held at
Thomasville Rev Amos Gregson, of
Randolph, made the first payment, and
seven notes of 800 each were given.
Mr. l. H. McKaughan's new brick
residence will soon be completed, another
to be occupied by Mr.. NJ. c. Crews, others
by Mr. r. B. Kerner, Mr.. c. w. Hunt, a
tobacco factory by Beard, Roberts & Co.,
and another by Messrs. Brown Il Sapp-
these are some of the buildings now going
up in Kernersville.