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Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12


In estimating the chances OF the
present campaign there is no better
standard than the community in
which one lives. Here in Los Ange-
les all the enthusiasm is on the Dem.
ocratic side. In addition TO the total
detection Of the German and Latin
race vote from the Republican party,
every Democrat knows number Of
Republicans who are going to vote fol
Cleveland and Hendricks. There is
probably here and there Demo
cratic crank who will vote for Butler
but the Republicans who will cast
their ballots for st, John outnumbei
these ten TO one. From credible in
formation similar state OF things ex.
lists all over the United States.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

Mr.. Blaine by giving free trade con-
struction to the foregoing matchless
plank Of the Democratic National
Convention. All that is needed to de-
feat these tactics is that the official ut
terance Of the party itself shall be
carefully read and pondered.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

THE large audience which gathered
in front OF the Democratic headqnar-
tiers last night enjoyed an oratorical
treat of unusual excellence in the
speech of Hon. d. NJ. Delmas. II was
mastery effort and sustained his
reputation for exceptional eloquence.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE..

Los ANGELES, Sept. %, 1884.
In conformity with recommendation
Of the California State Bank Commits
sion, and the further action of the San
Francisco Associated Banks, we, the
undersigned, do hereby mutually agree
and pledge ourselves, each to the 9th.
ers, that we will discontinue and refuse
all current over-drafts from and after
October LIST, next.
FARMERS & MERCHANT BANK Of Los Angeles.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF Los Angeles.
Los ANGELES COUNTY BANK.
Los ANGELES NATIONAL BANK.
Times eopy) sep27 I'm
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

Mr.. st. John thinks that this is no time for
dodgtng. Mr.. Blaine thinks otherwise. =
baltimore Day.
Edison says he would not be cured of his
deafness for $4,000. Thomas knows what
subscription agents are.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12
DAILY HERALD.


The HERALD Steam Printing House Is moi
surpsssed by any job printing Office on tho
Pacific Coast, outside Of San Francisco, Ia
facilities for doing job work. Low prices
good work and execution may be relied upon
nj fhis office
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

Hereafter notices Of companies, societies
churches, etc. will only be Inserted In tho
HERALD as paid advertisements. We reserve
for places Of worship gratnitous directory
which viii appear every Sunday morning
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

The HERALD office Is connected with The
telephone system OF Los Angeles city aud
county. orders for Advertisements or jol
work may be sent through this medium Il
numbpr lid
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12
MISS L. J. HAMMOND

Has Just returned from San Francisco, after an
absence OF three weeks, bringing with her a
large stock of Millinery Goods in all the latest
styles and novelties, at remarkably low prices,
at her nsw store,
sep2G-im No. x6 -. sprfmk ~.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

NEW TO-DAY.
NEW TO-DAY
We are Still at the Old Stand!

The success of the past year has inspired us with
great confidence for the future We justly proud of
our success and will continue our efforts to merit the
confidence and patronage OF the public
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

The HERALD Is the Official paper Of the city
of Los Angeles, The city delinquent tax lists
and all other municipal notices appear only
In its columns,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12

Mr. b. N. Rowe Is the Santa Ana agent of
the HERALD.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12
Peoples Store

prosperous and ascendant than to-day Our
stock Dress Goods repete with the finest European
fabrics Our Millinery Department abounds with the rich
Partisan novelties Our Shoe Department transforms the
homelest into of shape and beauty. Our Boys
Clothing Department loaded down with suits of clothing
that wonder and amazement In word we are
able to say this Fall supply your wants at
low prices the goods be purchased for in New
York Boston Chicago
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12
PORTRAIT PAINTING.

Mr.. E. Espina, recently from Europe. has
opened Studio at 315 W. Fifth st. eet. where
she is prepared to make Portraits either In on
or Crayon. Lessons given in all branches OF the
art. Terms reasonable. septic I'm
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-10-12
The Election
Returns

From.the Best regulated families in Los
Angeles and vicinity show decided majority
for H. Jevne, the popular grocer at Nos SO
and 40 North Spring ST.
His store is now double the size of former
ly and complete and separate Order Depart
ment has been added, where orders will be
put up with neatness and dispatch such as
his former cramped quarters would not per-
NIT.
Economical housekeepers are particularly
invited to examine our stock and prices.
Courteous Treatment, Good Goods, Lowest Prices,
Are the rules at
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
He ExuerinIeuted.

He was a bashful wooer, but there was
a certain manliness about him which in
dictated that he needed little encourage
ment to let himself out. She saw this
and she resolved on a policy of encourage
mcnt.
"Do you believe these stories in the
funny papers, she asked, "about the
willingness of young ladies to be
kissed ~
IL really can't say" he replied.
"They may be true" Then, gathering
courage, he added 81 hope they are
true" and he drew closer to her.
at seems tome" she said, "that there
is only one way in which a young man
can discover whether they are true or
not"
"And what way is that ?" he asked.
There was brief pause. Then with a
far away look in her eyes, she answered ::
"By experimenting when he has the
opportunity"
He experimental.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
The Woman who Went.

On the wharf side of the Michigan
Central freight depot the other day was
box which anybody would instantly
suspect to contain coffin. A woman
about fifty years of age sat on this box
and wept. She hadn't shed above seven
tears when man who was hunting up
some freight passed her and was at
tracted.
"Ah! | seem he remarked as he scan
ned the box, husband dead and wife
going to take the body back for burial
among friends"
She didn't look mp or give other evi-
dence that she knew of his presence, and
he walked closer and remarked:
$50 the old gentleman's gone, ehQ Too
bad, but that is the end of all"
She answered by we'll constructed
sob,
Taking the body back to the old fam
lily burying ground, l supposed" he went
on. "Well, it probably doesn't make
any difference where man sleeps his last
sleep, but when l die | want to be taken
back to old Massachusetts to lie until the
summons come"
If she cared two cents whether his body
went to Massachusetts or Halifax she did
not let on.
probably sick for several weeks and
expenses must have been pretty heavy
I'm stranger to you but if-ahem
is, if you won't take it amiss, here's a So
bill to help along SO far"
She covered her face with one hand
and held out the other.
And, hope" said the man as he
turned away, 'that he may rest in peace
under the shadow of the village church.
She probably hoped SO, too, but she
didn't say it, The man went his way to
the other end of the freight house, and
falling in with freight handler whom
he knew he said:
That's an awful sad case down
there"
What ?"
That poor old wife taking her hus-
bands body home for burial"
You get out! That's casket to be
shipped to Dexter, and that woman has
been weeping around here for two hours
because she lost an old parasol off the
wharf i'-Bree Press.
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"What are the uses of tattooinp?n


"Many and various. Every man who
has his name on him feels a new sanse of
security from the morgue and the dis
secting-table. You have no idea, young
fellow, the risks you run, wandering
about town alone as you do. Suppose
you are sun-struck. What is there about
you to identity you! Nothing. Very
well. Look at the Charley Ross case"
'Did you ever receive an offer to tat
too a childW
eyes, indeed But the last one l de-
clined pcremptorily. a man and wife,
both tattooed, wanted me to put lot
of pictures on their brand new baby. 1t
was only two weeks OLD, believe. But
was unwilling to take the risk. l
was not willing to lend myself to an
imposition on the public either, for 1
learned that they wanted to exhibit
themselves AMI the infant at museum.
The allegation was to be boldly made
that the child had been born with the
pictures on it. You see how no gentle
man could be a party to the scheme.
That's a second reason why l declined. "
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
The Asiatic Cholera.

There are comparatively few people
now living in this country, says an ex-
change, who have ever witnessed case
of Asiatic cholera, and there is probably
no disease Of which mankind in general
stands in greater fear and which is the
object of more superstition. The fact of
the dreaded malady spreading its conta-
gion by personal contact and following
in its march the main roads of commerce
induced Eugene Sue to select Ahasuerus
as the personal propagator of cholera,
especially as it formerly advanced with
the slowness with which Eastern cara
vans carried the tea across the Asiatic
prairies.
In Asia, in the neighborhood of Cal
cutta; in Arabia, near Mecca, and in
Egypt, not far from Cairo are the breed
ing places of cholera. There famine is a
frequent occurrence. The people grow
up surrounded by filth such as
an American citizen has not the
faintest idea of, and an infectious
disease finds the most favorable condi-
tions for its development in those I'M
healthy districts. The pilgrims who in
thousands yearly proceed from Egypt to
Mecca and who live off the poorest food
and amid the greatest squalor, carry with
them the seed of cholera and thus form
the connecting link in the transmission of
the disease from Asia to Africa. If we
consider the commercial importance of
Alexandria, we cannot wonder that the
cholera, once epidemic in Egypt, should
swiftly travel to Europe. Thus far med
ical history has not recorded a single in
stance of an original outbreak of cholera
anywhere but at the places mentioned.
Filth seems to be the sine qua non of its
development, and cleanliness the most
powerful barrier to its march.
The fact has been established that the
human being alone acts as the carrier of
the cholera poison. There is no we'll au-
thenticated case on record where rags or
clothing, as has been proven of yellow
fever, had transmitted the infectious
material of the Asiatic disease.
In olden times, when no rail
roads, no steamships, fastened the
travel, the march of cholera kept
pace with the rapidity, respectively slow
ness, of human intercourse. The disease
either followed the road of the great tea
caravans, which brought the high priced
leaves from Asia to Russia, or it travelled
the usual ways of commerce across the
Mediterranean sea.
Wherever large belt of water separ-
ated two countries the epidemic disease
marched from the one to the other in the
same length of time that it took ship
to sail across the water. Such instances
we saw in the spreading of the ccntagion
from the continent of Europe across the
channel to England, and from Great
Britain to America. In the latter case
the infectious material is not waited
across the Atlantic ocean and carried
the long distance by the air
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25

In its sketch of Charles Rcade the Pail
MdI Gazette thus describes his method of
work: "At eight o'clock he used to rise.
At nine he brcakfastcd At ten he be-
gan his work, which generally lasted
until two or thcrelbouts. His work
was done in the drawing room, from the
windows of which he could look on to
the smooth lawn, sometimes watching
the traffic as it passed the bottom of the
garden, or looking on at game of ten
mis-, or amused by the gambols of his
tame hares. When the French windows
were closed no noise from the street
could reach him, though he was not as
some authors, for he even tolerated the
presence Of friend when at work.
When he had fairly broken the ice of
story he worked with great rapidity, and
sometimes for many hours without a rest.
He loved great sheets of drab manuscript
paper, great pens and the blacklist of
ink. As each sheet was done it was
numbered and thrown on the floor, which,
after a few hours, was carpeted with
manuscript, The maid servant gathered
up the sheets; they were put in order
and sent to his favorite copyst, who re.
turned them written out clean in neat,
round hand. Mr.. Reade went over them
again, slashing here or adding there.
The revised sheets were once more copied
out, once more revised, and then sent to
the printers. Punch once declared that
a compositor threw himself off Waterloo
Bridge in fit of madness induced by
Charles Reade's manuscript, little joke
which he took much to heart 1t proved
effective, however, and was good for
both compositor and copyist. At times
he dictated story, but this happened
very seldom. He took no lunch, but
dined late, often going to the theatre
after dinner"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
Three Intelligent Geese.

Silly as goose, runs the old pro-
verb but | heard story which seems to
prove that those much maligned birds
are not, after all is said, totally devoid
of reasoning powers. A lady told the
writer that she was visiting in tho
country, and often observed the habits
of flock of geese, one of which was
sitting on a nest of eggs, which she was
expected soon to hatch out into downy
goslin9s. For a day or two she was seen
to look droopy and sick, however, and
one morning she left her nest and Joined
the flock where .th0y were feeding, and
Immediately there arose an animated con-
versation in goose talk" Shortly
after she detached herself from the rest,
and, accompanied by one of the female
geese, returned to her nest, upon which
the newcomer proceeded to seat herself.
When this WAS accomplished, goose No.
1 quietly took a position by her side,
laid her bill on the friendly back, and
was found, in that position, quite dead
No doubt she felt the end approaching,
and prevailed on goose No. to take up
the duty she could no longer perform.
A man who owned farm and tannery
found, on going over his place one day,
a goose with its leg broken, lying help
less. He conveyed it to his house, gave
it food, as it evidently had been de-
prived of TIE power of supplying itself
for some hours, and bound carefully up
the fractured member The limb heal
ing in the course of time, the goose
showed its remembrance of good done
and its gratitude therefor, by constitu-
ting itself constant attendant upon its
preserver, following him closely, as he
went about his farm and tannery, and
refusing to be driven away by gestures
or sooldings. The gentleman was much
annoyed by the ludicrous appearance he
presented, with the goose at his heels,
but nothing short of imprisonem ent
could rid him of his faithful and devoted
follower, who showed a lively sense of
gratitude, with the manifestation Of
which he could well have dispensed.
The following story, said my infor.
mant, cannot vouch for, not having
witnessed it, but | give it as heard it.
A goose was in the habit of coming to
its masters table to be fed. Regularly
as its master took his seat at table, il
would come to the door and make
noise with its bill for admittance. II
would walk gravely to its masters chair,
receive just three bits of bread, or what
ever the food might be the master gave
and walk gravely out again, neither going
before the third piece was received, moi
waiting after it had been given. - Youths
Companion.
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Heard n Hundred Miles,

Several old fellows were exchanging
yarns in the postoffice lobby the other
day-yarns suited to this season of the
year, fish, snake and sea serpent stories
when one who had said little, stepped
forward and took hand in the game.
Ali of the old fellows had vouched for the
truth of the stories they had told, but,
still, there was a kind of feeling that
some high-latitude lying was being done
in the audience, and when this last gen
tleman came forward, the crowd yearned
to hear him swear the yarn would be
strictly true.
Gentlemen" said the new man. 81
am going to give you true story"
(groans). Il am willing to swear to il. ~
(Cries of "Swear," "Swear."O "If there
Is justice of the peace here, let him
swear me-"
One came forward and administered
the oath. This began to inspire conf
dence.
Gentlemen, / heard two men talk a
hundred miles, the other day." (cries of
"Oh" "TelephonenO and it was not by
means of any telephone, either" (Sur-
prise and cries of Liar" "Perjurer, {"
etc.
Then, how was it," asked one of the
men.
"Why, I was riding on the Chicago &
Alton Denver express with them"
The coroner cut him down, and he
was buried in the potters field. Through
Mall.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
HEALTH HINTS.

To cure weak eyes battle your eyes
daily in salt water; not salt enough to
cause a smarting sensation.
The worst cold may be promptly cured
If, within twenty-four hours after it has
been taken, the patient will keep warm
in bed and eat nothing for day or two.
1t is said that by the following simple
method almost instant relief from ear
ache is afforded: Put five drops of chic
reform on little cotton or wool in the
bowl of a clay pipe, then blow the vapor
through the stem in the aching ear.
Prevention of summer complaint in
children, according to DR.. Little, can
be attained by giving them plenty of
water. He had been physician to chill
drens orphan asylum for twenty-five
years, and every summer there had been
enteric disease. In the summer of 1882
he ordered that the infants be fed only
every three or four hours, and that water
be given if the child cried in the inter-
val. There was not single case of en-
teric disease in the institution during that
season
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
Absent Minded.

"But speaking of absent minded peo-
pie said Chicago gentleman, "there
is my wife, one of the most careful and
level headed women in the world. But
one night last winter we went to a large
party and we both, for special reasons,
were more than anxious to appear well.
My wife was greatly concerned about me,
as am the absent minded member of the
family. and looked me over critically and
carefully after | left the courtroom and
before we went down stairs. She was
herself all right, of course, and was su-
perbly dressed. We went down in high
feather and had passed through the par
lors and had spent delightful half hour
on parade duty, as it were, when my
wife suddenly turned pale in what |
thought was fainting fit. | hurried
her from the room, and was about to
turn the hose upside down for restora-
tives. when she clutched my sleeve and
pointed to her feet She had before
leaving home drawn over her shoes pair
of my socks, and had forgotten to remove
them. The thought that she had been
parading before three hundred people
with those socks on was too much for
her."
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
Killed by ParsimOny.

M. de Vandille was the most remark a.
BILE man in Paris on account of his ex-
IRENE wealth and avarice. He had been
magistrate at Boulogne. He literally
adopted the old maxim that the "seeds
of wealth, the half-pencc and pence,
may be compared to seconds of time,
which generate years, centuries, and even
eternity itself"
In 1876, NJ. de Vandille possessed up
ward of seven hundred thousand pounds,
which he had got or multiplied upon the
body of single shilling, from the age
of sixteen to the age of seventy-two.
Having overheatcd himself one summers
day IN carrying home a load of fuel, a
fever ensued, and he, for the first time
in his life, sent for a surgeon to bleed
him; but thinking his terms exorbitant,
he proposed bargain to a common bar
Der surgeon, who undertook vein for
three pence a time.
But" said Nandille, chow often will
it be requisite to beed?" "Three times, "
said he. "And what quantity of blood
do you propose to takep "About eight
ounces each time" replied the operator.
That will be ninepence. Too much
Too much" exclaimed old Vandille. Il
have determined to go cheaper way to
work; take the whole quantity at once
that you propose to take at three times,
and that will save me six pence" This
being insisted upon. he lost twenty four
ounces of blood, and also, by this I'M
prccedented stretch of parsimony, his
life. His vast treasures were left to the
king, whom he appointed his sole heir.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
The Mormon Temple.

The great building at Salt Lake, which
the Mormons have been twenty eight
years in constructing, is approaching
completion. The main walls are done.
1t is built Of granite, which is hauled
from the mountains, back of Salt Lake,
on great wagons or trucks with wheels
twelve feet high. The walls are ten feet
in thickness and eighty-flve in height, 1t
has cost up to this time 81. 800, 600,
which has been collected by the tithing
tax. 1t will require six years more to
finish the work. Probably no other
church building in the United States has
been constructed in a way to secure such
durability as is possible TO this. Some of
those who predict the early ruin of the
Mormon hierarchy are wondering what
use they can make of this temple.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
Advertising Cheatsiii

at has become 80 common to begin an art.
Gle in an elegant, interesting style
"Then run it into some advertisement that
we avoid all such,
Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as pos
sible,
"To induce people
'To give them one trial, which so proves
their value that they will never use anything
else"
"THE REMEDY SO favorably noticed in all
the papers,
Religious and secular, is
''Having large sale, and Is supplanting all
other medicines
"There is no denying the virtues Of the Hop
plant, and the proprietors of Hop Bitters have
shown great shrewdness and ability y . =
'In compromising medicine whose virtues
are SO palpable to every ones observation.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-25
She Expected to he.

At Vassar they do not allow the young
ladies to drive out with the male men un-
less there is a near relationship between
them or unless there is an engagement
on the boards. A Vassar daisy asked
permission to take drive with a young
man.
els he your father brother, or
cousinl"
"No, ma'am."
care you engaged to him9"
"No, ma'am," and here the crimson
rushed from her neck and cuddled up
among her bangs, "but expect to be be-
fore we get back"
She was allowed to go.-Hdtchct.