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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
Mexican Aid to Railroads.

As to railroad progress in Mexico, the
New Orleans Times Democrat says: "The
English were twenty years in building
26S miles Of railroad from Vera Cruz to
the capital. The Americans have built
$500 miles Of railroads on Mexican ter
ritory within five years. The Central
Company alone has constructed l,400
miles at different points, and the Mexi-
can National about 900 miles. The SUBJ
sidy granted these companies will aver
age Gil 900 in round numbers per mile.
II results then that the present admins
tration has paid those two companies
the enormous sum, for 1000 miles of
road, Of $22, 000, 900. 1t is probable that
more than 1000 miles Of road have been
built by Mexican and other companies
during the same period, which enjoy
the same or even greater subsidies. To
the above sum must be added Sll, ,000,-
600 more. This total of S33, 900, 900 has
Ainna great measure been paid in cash.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
Uau u woman Keep a secret ?

A prominent physician asserts that n
woman can really be made quite i'll by
trying TO keep great secret; yet, with
out wishing to cause any illness, but
rather to cure it, we have secret to
impart, and that is, there is only one
thing that will dissolve the poisonous
Uric acid which exists in the blood of
Rheumatic and Gouty patients. OF
course you are at liberty to tell the So
cret, which is called Salicylica. 1t
strikes directly at the cause Of Rheu-
matism, Gout and Neuralgia.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
Tape Worm.

To those afflicted with this parasite a
sure cure. will remove this parasite
in two hours and bring the head or no
charge, without causing any inconven-
ience or sickness. Persons so troubled
will do well to call at the Grand Central
Hotel, room 20, where great many
samples and testimonials from all parts
of the United States and Mexico may be
seen. Respectfully,
2wDec4 CHAs. A. WILLARD.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
TO Whom it May Concern.

Please take notice. Any person hav-
ing pledges or collaterals at the Star
Loan and Broker Office, No. Com
mercial street, will please redeem the
same or pay accrued interest thereon
within thirty days from this date or they
will be sold. P. S.--Money loaned on
oil kinds Of personal property. mr30h
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
Bob's Restaurant and Sample
Rooms

Have always on hand fine select Balt-
more oysters, wholesale or retail. His
tables are always supplied with the best
the market can afford. Family restau.
rant up stairs. Entrance No. 10 Court
street.
Eastern and California oysters,
shrimps and crabs fresh every day at
Nos. 10, IA and 10 Court street, oppo-
site Court House.
nov3, If. ROBERT EcKERT, Prop.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Ethel-"Oh, ! am so happy Edith
--"What has happened, dearf" Ethel
--''I have just found out that darling
Alphonzo is color blind" Edith--"Why,
what advantage is there in that.' Ethel
S-"He can't see how horribly red my
noye gets In cold weather."
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
LOS ANGELES MARKETS.

Prices given below are for round lots. Of stan.
dard quality, delivered at store or warehouse IN
this city. Small parcels, of qualities or extra
choice grades are not included. On the third
page Of this paper will bo found u resume OF
transactions on Change, with q review of the
market each Az
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Call at C. +. Heinzemans Drug Store
for Vests Nerve and Brain Treatment,
Won Bulow's German DYSPEPSIA Cure, and
Slaven's California Fruit Salt; TIE only
agent in Los Angeles county.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Damiana makes the old young and
the weak strong and healthy. Michel
Levy, wholesale liquor dealer, agent.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Damiana makes the old young and the
weak strong and healthy. M. Levy, h Co.,
Wholesale liquor dealers, agents.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

j.. A. Valdez can be found at the Los
Angeles Picture and Art Store, No. III
Nadeau Block, where he has the largest
stock of pictures, frames and artists
materials south Of San Francisco. auid
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Ladies' who are troubled with cramps
and nervousness should drink Damiana
Bitters. 1t is pleasant to take.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Professor Mancho gives Spanish and
French lessons and makes TRANSACTIONS,
No. o South Fort street. deol2tf
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

All respectable dealers keep Damiana
Bitters. Michel Levy, Wholesale liquor
dealer, agent.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Ii You want pure liquors and wines go
20 No. 32 A iso street. oct5 I'm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

rhe largest stock Of drugs, medicines,
perfumerios and toilet articles in south.
srn California, at G. y. Heinzeman's.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Spanish language. BY Prof. A. Cuyas,
4 Main Street. dll-ly
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Decorations and wall papers, tho finest
and latest, and the greatest variety, ut
Raphael Bros, l4i Main street.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

THE HERALD STEAM PRINTING HOUSE,
makes speciality Of Legal Printing.
Briefs, transcripts. etc., printed at low
rates.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

The old reliable store of G. II. Heinze.
man is still headquarters for drugs and
medicines. He has full line Of patent
medicines, selling them in quantities to
suit at Eastern prices.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

The Mexican remedy for diseases Of
the kidneys and bladder is Damana Bit
ters
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

II you want good. fitting truss call
at O.. II. Heinzemans Drug Store, l22
Main street, who keeps the largest as
sortment Of trusses on hand in Southern
California.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Damiana Bitters regulates the stomach.
Michel Levy, wholesale liquor dealer,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

You will never have sour stomach
{ you drink Damiana Bitters.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

For health, strength and vigor drink
Damiana Bitters. jan6 ly
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Iinthc
onab claim not but 81 that oased
nyp
which IN HAVE no 9kE
~se! h
M for can you WITHOUT Fail ad make
TAI YOUNG MEN To tho who suffering sD x
d Of
mh; M ds = G 1ss A. h Heat S & M ssd Nsr Maas
P. B. MEYERS. "a: D..
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

f. Lindquist, merchant tailor, No. 20
Spring street, is himself practical cut
ter; and, having had ample experience
in San Francisco and Los Angeles,
knows how to meet the requirements of
his customers. He keeps full supply
of the best cloths constantly on hand
and makes them up "upon honor"
Finest wines IN the city at San Gabriel
Wine Depot, ~ =. Main street. dec5t
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
VERY HEART Oflhe CITY

In front of the Baker Block, and almost adjoin-
ing the proposed new Court House, to cost a
quarter OF a million, This lot has often been
mentioned by eastern visitors as good site for
hotel. II will be offered on the second day OF
sale at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on the promises after
which the sale will Immediately be proceeded
with on the West Rosas tract.
All lots receiving two bids will be sold without
reserve
These lots are supplied vita an abundance OF
pure spring water
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
BUSINESS ENrERpRIsE.

Hnghes's Russian baths, located No.
3i5 Main st., opposite the Pico House.
Gentlemen and ladies attended to by
persons OF their own sex.
A positive cure for dyspepsia-Da Dami-
ana Bitters. Michel Levy, Wholesale
iquor dealer, agent.
If you want a good appetite, drink
Damiana Bitters.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

For 81 90 l offer the very best specta-
clos in the city, with periscopic flint glass
and fine tempered steel frame. Rubber
framed eyeglasses Doe pair. Look for
the street stand near the fountain, Tenn
pie Block. ja5-lm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12

Sunny rooms with board at 206 Spring
street. Summer terms reasonable.
mar23-tf
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
Grape Cuttings

Foy sale, the following varieties Of Grape
Cuttings: Trousseau, Carignane, Falle Blanche
grenache. zinfandel, Berger, Mataro. Black
decl1 I'm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
Grape Cuttings for Sale.

BLAu ELBEN, zINFANDEL, RIEsLIE0,
Berger, Black Malvoisie, Isabella, ChAs-
sellAs an yarities,
Apply to W. II. WORKMAN,
No avenus, Boyle Hsights,
Or BY Tslepho 70. DID I'm
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
GRAPE CUTTINGS ron SALE.

Berger and zlnfAndsl grape cuttings ios sAis
In quantities 10 suit. inquire Of W
To. WINSTON.
a. q, e Bsssa RA->As -, 's''ss y r.'.<'ss
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-12
FOR SALE.
Good Business Chance.

Nineteen furnished rooms within three minutes
walk Of the Court House; rooms now are occupied;
will net 70 the party purchasing this bargain $50
per month. Enquire OF
RENSE, FINNEY KNOX,
oc4tf 2s First street.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
Needle Women in London.

How many women there are in the
East End who live by the needle I do
not know. Mrs. Rockford told me
yesterday that from where we were
standing you could 90 east, west, north
and SOUTH and in almost every house
that you pass you would find at lsast
II needle woman. In all London.
according to the last census, more than
i quarter OF a million women were re-
turned as making their livelihood by
that means-an army Of working
women more numerous than any other
class, excepting those engaged in do
mestic service. The moreSs the pity
that their lot should be so hard. In
face OF Il general and most indispntaDle
improvement in the condition of labor,
it would seem incredible, if it were not
only too horribly true, that the condi-
ton OF the needle-woman is even worse
than it was when the .'Song of the
Shirt" stirred the whole natio,'s
heart. That song OF misery and
woe might have been composed
yesterday and every word of it might
be applied to the needle-women, thou
sands OF whom are crowded together
in that solid block of misery. the cen
tire of the East End. If in Hool's time
the ncedle-womcn were chastised witt,
whips, they are to-day chastised with
scorpions. should there be any doubt
that this is SO, let them take the train
from Stepney TO Bow Road. and plunge
into the endless mass of low red-roof.d
houses which spread to the right and
felt as far as the eye can reach, and
miles further down to the river banks.
In o of these miserable abodes the
needlc-women are at work. ANY time,
any season will do; they know no hoi-
day. except that involuntary one when
til re is no work to be had, and when
grim death itself is their gdest. dea,h
OF starvation. But it is perhaps better
10 go on Il gray win,ry day, Tor when q
reelection OF sunlight falls into the
dcns, they are almost too CHASTITY a
picture too look at.
What has been said above applies
only to the ''honeSt'' ne edle-woman.
THERE'S q way by which she can es. D
poverty and hunger, and 1t is, alas . fol
lowed by the majority. lie in the
Streets provided the girl has any
special attractivcncss, Is more remuner-
aLye, it DAYS SO well that iinery can he
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
Difference Between the English and the
Germans.

The difference between the English
and the Germans in their respective
colonial successes is so remarkable as
often to have attracted attention with
out perhaps causing much Investigation
OF the causes which have led to this
difference. The English nation has
founded colonies all over the world;
these colonies have been successful;
have increased the numbers of their
inhabitants not only by emigration
from England but by attracting the en-
terprising and the disconnected from
every other part of the world. and have
remained stanch in their adherence to
the mother country, with but one nota-
bic exception, that of the United States,
the people of which were firm in their
allegiance and prompt in their duties
as british subjects until fairly driven
away by the prosecutions OF a tyranni-
cal Ministry,
The Germans, on the other hand,
while they have sent out more emil
grants in proportion to their popula-
ton than any other nation in Europe,
have had few colonies, and have, there
fore, seen t leir people scattered among
other ~nationalties, gradually losing ali
those characteristics that made them
peculiarly German. Thereason of this
can not be q lack of love for their ma
tive country, for the Germans have
more of this than any other nation on
the globe. A representative German
lately suggested what is prob
ably the true explanation. For ages the
territory of Germany has been divided
into petty States, thirty or forty in
number, the people OF each having their
own customs, speaking their own dia-
lect, having slrong local attachments
k~nowledging no general head to which
they could all clam allegiance, and,
consequently. having none Of that proud
national feeling which so characterizes
the English. The result has been that
when Germans went abroad they went
not rs Germans, but us prospective citi-
zens of the country in which they in
tended TO reside, and soon, of course,
lost the L identity as Germans.
This was the case down to the rcsur-
rection Of the German Empire in 1871.
and from that time to the present there
have been various indications pointing
to u change. The local dialects of the
petty States are being gradually dis
used for the German OF the Court and
universities, local preiudices are being,
little by little, swept away, and q Ma
tional pride is s%pringing up that must
infallibly bring about good results.
Whether the foundations of colonies,
into viii h the overflow of Germanv's
100000 OF population can bepoured,
will be one o. the consequences of the
empire is yet too early for conjecture,
Tor a colony-foundlng nation must be
strong at sea, and Germany's naval
for G is not great, but the tendency is
undoubtedly in that direction, and if
the German Empire holds together for
a hundred years extensive German col
onies in Africa, Asia, and perhaps also
South America are among the possible
ties of the future.-St. LoWs Globe
Democrat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
curls its tail upward to its mouth.

wings, curlS It's tall upward TO Its mouth
and chews itself viciously to pulp: the
captured wasp strives to dart its sting
between the joints of its own armor
from pure spite.
All these are only prototypes Of
many among us who drag out q miser--
able life, eating their own hearts with
envy, hatred. malice, and all uncharit-
ableness. IN the case of the scorpion,
again, that foul creeping thing that
carries death wherever its Moisome
body crawls, often betrays in its end
so many ancient ard some few modern
naturalists aver-a heroism worthy of
Jack Sheppard, Dick Turpin, or any
other human reptile. Encirclcd with a
ring of fire, death threatening it on
every side, the venomous creature will,
it is said, with great deliberation retire
into the center of the unscorched
space. and there, ''after much cogita-
ton, Us seeing no escape from ills that
are uncomfortable. will plunge its le,hal
weapon into its w side, and thus
perish rather than fall q victim to the
flames that its evil deeds have so well
merited." How much of fable there
may be in this legend is still a moot
point, but if it were only for the paral-
lei which it offers to the oft-recorded
suicides of great criminals. one would
wish it well established. - London
GI0be,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
Home POliteneSs.

A boy who is polite to father and
mother is likely to be polite to every
body else. A boy lacking politeness to
his parents may have the semblance 81
courtesy in SO .iety, but is never polite
in spirit, and is in danger. as he be,
comes familiar, of b%etraying his real
want of courtesy. We are all in danger
OF living too much for the OUTSIDE
world, for the impression which we
make in society, coveting the good oPln,
ion Of others and caring too little 10Y
the good opinion of those who are III u
sense a part OF ourselves, and who VIZ
continue to sustain and be Interested III
us. notwithstanding these defects OF nc,
pertinent and character. We say ~
every boy and to every girl, cultl'".
the habit OF courtesy and propr1ety h as
home-in the kitchen as well as ~
parlor, and you VIII be sure IN oln',
places to deport yourself in a becon,lns
and attractive manner.-Nutoad' 1'~
tyteriGA.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

-Leprosy has prevailed in a v%irulent
form in Brazil for two hundred years.
Norway is the only place in Europe
ear1.
-Forty-seven gallons Of wine each to
every man. woman and child was drank
in Paris last year.
-Aurelian Scholl has founded no
less than ten journals during his thirty
years career in Paris, and has fought
nearly twice that number of duels.
The american He5reW notes the
fact that Jews in Russia actually own
land, and rem from the crown nearly
1850, 00) acres more.
The Great Northern Railway has
erected in London a $50, 600 hospital
for lis sick horses. The Turkish bath
department is large and complete, and
treatment here issfound quite e1iicacious
for influenza and skin diseases.
"A model of an overhead electric
railway is now on view in London.
which the inventor declares will attain
a velocity of $50 miles an hour for pas
sengers. He p%rudently intends. how
ever, to start his railway only for par
GELS at first.
Among other monstrosities Worn at
she French watering place of Trouville
arc huge sun-bonnets made of all kinds
Of materials. Inside them you perceive
She face of the wearer at q long dis
&ance; and the roof OF the edilice is
crowned with lizards. beetles, toads,
and any repulsire looking animal you
may like to suggest.
Feeding tleas in an ANIMAL show in
Paris is the occupation OF Mile. Emma.
She bares her shapely arms and sets a
lot of ileas free on them. They feed
their fill on her warm blood and then
they are put at work again drawing
carriages and cannons weighing ever
so many hundred times more than
their little selves.
Political feeling in Scotland dis
plays itself in odd ways. Admiration
Of the great Liberal Premier was mani
&ested at a recent procession in Aber-
deem in the tormof a large short-horned
bull drawn by four horses and labeled
Mr.. Gladstone, and hatred in a lean OK
rdden by a ragged urchin labeled Lord
} aiisbury. In another part OF the
demonstration Lord Salisbury was rep
Icsented by a dead horse followed by a
number of worn-out horses represent
Ing other members of the aristocracy.
Tho territory of Russian Siberia,
one and a half times as large as the
United States. has belonged TO Russia
shree centuries, yet of the 1000. 900 in
Aabitants nearly one-half are still Pa
gan. Paganism is fostered by the home
Government. The Pagans are allowed
10 collect and burn the copies of the
Bible with which the missionaries SUP
ply the converts. and no missionary
may baptize without the authority Of
thc Pagan civil authorities. who are al
lowed to do almost anything TO drive
Christianity from the country.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
bought instead OF rags, and idleness

bought instead of rags, and idleness
and ease may take the place of toll and
worry. No wonder they fail; the
temptations are strong. Here, for in
stance, is a little low room. A sewing
machine stands before the window.
In front Of it sits a tall, pale girl. with
large. beautiful eyes, full of brilliant
light. The girl is in a decline. BY ner
side sits an old woman also busy
with her needle. "She cannot always
do the machine sewing now, she faints
aw y so often" the old oma says,
looking at her companion. "She goes
to the hospital, and they say she must
have nourishing food: but all last week
she had nothing but bread. How can
we buy nour1shing food?" she adds
with an humble smile. There is one
way of supplying that need, but the
Girl would rather die. 1t Is no phrase,
but a stern reality. She is dying now.
one among u%nnumbered examples of
The silent heroism of the East End, tho
unnoticed martyrdom of the abject
poor.
L have said before that their work
never ceases. There is, however, one
exception. When the shops are s'tak-
ing stock'-whlch happens twice a
year-work is slack, and it fares hard
with the workers; otherwise good
needle-women have not many difficult
ties in obtaining work. Of trade unions
they know nothing, and even if they
did they would not dare to Join them,
partly from fear of exciting the ill-wiil
Of the employers, or rather OF the
~'.sweaters," and also because there
would be plenty of people willing to
take the work for as low and even
lower wages, should they attempt 10
strike. They are hungry and they
a not wait, but must take what they
get. The introduction of sewing
machines is greatly lamented in the
East End. Before their time pay was
incomparably better; the women could
earn a living by their wages then, now
they barely exist. Work which can
not be done by machine is by no means
better paid because it is done by hand.
In one caSe-anypody willing to 90 to
the East End is free to inquire about
the correctness of this statement
two women are sewing soldiers kits; 1T
can not be done by machine, and by
eighteen hours of labor the women are
enabled to earn llad. a day. Why, l
ask, in the name Of wonder are there
still so many women engaged in this
work while domestic servants are al
ways wanted? Because, [ am told in
reply, to become a domestic servant q
girl must at least have some idea of de-
cency and order; before she can lay a
table she must know what it is to sit at
a covered table, and before she can
make a. bed she ought to have seer
something else than a ragged paillasse,
or, worse still, q bed filled with dirty
rags, the only bed of many Of the poor
est. This is said to be the case with
many. But there are many we'll skilled
in the domesticities who nevertheless
starvc as seamstresses. 1t is the COM
mon resource OF the female unattached.
Nearly every II can sew, the work
a be taken up and dropped US the
case may be, and it is a handicraft to
fall back upon.-PuW Mall GageAe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-10
What a Woman Can Do.

She can say ''No," and stick to it for
all time. She can also say '.Non in
such a low, soft voice that it means
'.les." She can sharpen "a lead pencil
If you give her plenty OF pencils. She
can dance all night in a pair of shoe,
two sizes too small for her and en:ov
every minute of the time. She can
pass u display window of u Diapers
without stoppIng-if she is running to
catch a train. She can walk half the
night with Il noisy baby in her arms
without once expressing the desire to
murder the infant.
She a appreciate a kiss from ncr
husband scyenty-tive years after the
9 ceremony has taken place.
She can suffer abuse and neglect tor
years, which one touch of kindness
or consideration will drive from her
recollection. She can 90 to church
and afterward tell you what every
Wonan IN the congregation had on.
and IN some rare instances can give a
faint idea of what the text was. She
can look her husband square in the eve
when he tells her some cock -,nd-hnE
story about beng detained at the Of.
lice, without bctraying in the least
that she knows him 10 be !; colossal
liar.
She can-but what's the use:o A
m can no anything OF everything.
and do 1t well. She can do more in n
minute than 4 man can IN an hour, and
do 1t better. She y make the al.coed
lords bow doWn to her W sweet Vii
and they will never know it. Yes, q
woman can DO everything with but Que
exception; she can not climb q tcoa.-
L1iiUnaDo!ls TINS