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Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20
Dr. Joeeph Kurts

No sss Main ssrsss. opposite Baker Block
swEys and ear diseases treated with The care Of
psoiAlisk Ape
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co-partl;srship Noties.

4 s.y..:.ss.als = 4, -. ss:.ss s:s.:se e
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Dr. J. 8. Grimm.

OFFICE AT RESIDENCE, lo4 MAIN STREET.
onios Hours-e 70 II \ n. l 70 8 and 70
Rssidsnos-Essa ssds Of Main street, below
ruk m1b-u
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J. Harmon, n D..
County Physician.

MAscAREL BUILDING. upssAin. RAidsnes
Cosmopolitan Hotel
onos hours hon 10 % 4 4, T.; ircmito sr.r
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

lyPisns Of Steamer Cabins at Agents ofics
whssS bssths may be secured
Ios Newport Landing, via Santa Cruz, ETC.,
freight etsameu leave San Francisco about every
two wsskA - tidss serve ON the Newport bar.
Ths Company reserves the right 10 change the
steamers or their days Of calling
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

swfOR PASSAGE OR FREIGHT AS ABOVE,
Oh FOR TICKETS TO AND FROM
All Important Points in Europe
......ArlLy ro.....
b. MoLELLAN. Agent.
onc.-No Commercial st. Los Angeles
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CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN r. r.
ssaser aAll eeanvascArlea WITH

On and aitss Moaday, Octobsa LIT, 1855, trAins
d ~ California Southsm RsilruAd going south
VII lsavs eAn BsFnardino daily. Sundays a.
copied, q 10 10 A. T., Cotton st HIS A. T., OF on
arrival oe East-hound 8outhsm Pacific train,
and Mvseuids q 11:36 A. L., arriving at San
Disgo at us ,. =.
0olng nogth, will leave San Diego at $40 4 =.
Rivsssds at ia. arriving at Cotton ct EAR. T.,
and San BsRnardiuo 1t S:26 ,. ~.
Novsh- -bosd train makss closs connection with
Southern Pacific train for Los Angsles and San
Fmnsispo. Ths above 10 National City time,
which is 20 minutes faster than San Francisco
time. Pa0sngsu will sAvc from ten (l0l TO sixty
bslors entering the cars.
Rnund TIP tcksts cannot be purchased on the
train.
For Information for freight or fare addrsss
Agu1t O.alfornia Southern Railroad, Cotton. OF
J. N.vICTOR,
Dupssintsudsnt, and Gen. Fra and Pas. Ag't
National CITY, Cal au21
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

Filings Crowns made
Gold guaranteed to stand the test Of time and
rubber plates 6
SECOND aching tho
famed nsensbe This wonderful renders
teeth extracting in all cases, children and adults
ABSOLUTELY PAINLEs9 AND HARMLESS
shAbaE aEspand;o onp pAisF Frnch
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20
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n oN L. Anrd1os l9axkse-
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lDAo Lane benteneoA fer 8hoOttI
Blls nQoeheF-1n.laW.

SAN Joss, Jan. l9.-Dm C. Lane.
who shot 1t his mothsr-in-law, Mrs.
Francis Ford, and who was found
guilty Of assault with deadly weapon
and recommended TO the mercy OF the
court, was sentenced to ak months in
the county jill to-day. The reason for
leniency was credit given to his state
ment that he only Intended to tsrrify
her and cause her to tell where his
family was.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20
Clsy ef Celunbus.

HAvERzrxL, Mass., Jan. Brew. G.
A. Rand lost on the City Of Columbus
va rector of Trinity Church here and
wa just starting on vacation with his
wife and daughtsr. The father ard
mokkar alao usriahad.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-20

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new York Daak nsservs.
Dulilara Csatess In Rarss.

PAnm ian. 10. = The V1Gzsaux.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
DORSEY'S POWER.

A Washington special to the Phil
adelphia Times says it begins to ap-
pear as though Dorsey is going to re-
enter the political field; that his
friends claim he will be an important
factor in the next presidential cam
paign. Whether all the things said
about him and the value placed upon
his influence are true or not, it is Ger
tain that Dorsey has been treated
with great consideration during his
recent visit to Washington. Even the
president is said to have made over
lures to him and invited him to the
White House. This must be qualified.
an intimate friend of the president
came to see Dorsey at his room and in
the course of conversation said; Sup
pose the president were to call upon
you, Mr.. Dorsey, would you have any
to q reconciliation ?" aft
Mr.. Arthur should send up his card To
me-" sayagely retorted Mr.. Dorsey, II
would send down word that 1 was en-
gagged. ! would not see him." That
the purpose of the president was
20 secure reconciliation cannot be
positively stated, but it looks that
way. His. friends are said to be ex- |
,eedingly solicitous of placating Dor
ey. in order to secure his influence, or |
It least head off his active hostility, at |
Chicago. The ex-senator has a good |
many Western friends who think he
las been badly treated. He also has
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
INSURANCE COMBINATION.

The New England Mill Mutuals. :"
combination of mutual insurance
companies, it is said, have reduced in
surance to its last analysis OF cost.
There are nineteen companies in this
combination, and it is stated that if
the property they insured at valua-
ton of $685., O85.3 1916 in 1883, had been
insured in the ordinary way, at an
average charge of per cent, an
average rate on other property, the
cost of such insurance per year would
be $5,570.s 53; whereas the actual cost
of the insurance TO the members of
these companies in 1883. that is, the
amount of losses and expenses, was
only 1857 ,468 ga difference of g.
13,38661. or more than SO per cent.
During 1888 the proportion of premt-
ums lost was 242 per cent. The average
rate charged on all risks has been so
cents on each 500 insured, and the
actual ratio of loss to amount insured
was only IT'S cents on each 800 in
sured. The average cost reinsurance
last year in all the 10 companies in
this combination was only 21.S5 per
cent of the premiums. and the ratio
of loss only 1854 cents per 500 insured,
The New York Commercial Bulletin,
in discussing these companies says:
when it is remembered that 90 per
cent of the premiums is the regular,
traditional average loss ratio of joint
stock fire companies and 80 per cent
more is absorbed by expenses; and,
also, that these mgtpal companies deal
mainly with classes of Fisks upon
which the other kind of companies
have usually lost more than they made, |
such results are surprising indeed. !
And they would be phenomenal and |
but for the somewhat SIM
Pile solution of the mystery" The
secret. it says, is given in this sentence
If the presidents report:
There can be no success in mutual
insurance unless every possible meas
Ire of self-protection is adopted and
by those who combine to-
yethef for mutual indemnity. What
of our losses have been
aused by neglect of the personal
ules OF safe conduct in repairs, or
want of judgment IN case of fires, in
PREMISES which were well constructed
nd adequately protectected with APP
'aratus, the undersigned would hard
y venture to compute; but this s
much is substantially proven by our
ecords. that the average Of unavoid-
blelosses is Less than one-tenth of one
er cent. upon the risks taken. Any
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
THE PEOPLE PLEAD FOR
DEFENSE.

Had members OF our city council
been careful readers of the newspa-
pers of the entire state and country,
during the last four weeks, they would
not have hesitated to do some positive
thing, calculated to repeI the whole.
sale denunciation that has been d.
rected at the capital city of Texas
during that tlme. TIE STATESMAN
has refused to present our readers
with an array Of public opinion thus
presented, and unwisely, probably, it
has done 80. Column after column of
credits could have been extracted
from papers published from Maine to
Texas and from Florida to Oregon.
either halshly criticising the conduct
of our municipal government, or rid
iculing Austin as a city of civilized
pretensions. The Texas papers have
heen particularly harsh, as they have
right to be, for they reflect public
opinian IN this state, and every
citizen of the commonwealth has felt
modification and shame, and has GER
tainly had the blood mantle his cheek
with indignation, when considering
the humlliatIons to which Austin has
been subjected through the incompe-
tence Of its police force. Truth cuts
more closely than all else, and when
the burning expressions of the press
have been read, we have hidden
them from sight as humiliating truths |
that could not be contradicted. But |
now We openly tell these councilmen
that the course of administering So
called "peace and order" in this city,
has done Austin infinite damage. All
over this union the finger of scorn
las been pointed at this city, and fair,
beautiful and even cultured Austin
las been pictured as hideous, de-
ormed and basecomm unity. Here,
where the seat of government rests,
where one of the proudest UNIVERSE
les the world will here after
now grows in popular favor, where
he states splendid elemosenary in
titutions cluster, where schools
urnish, where order prevails, where
ulture and refinement and wealth
ave their home, the world is made
, believe that there is no spirit that
Fould command obedience to law, no {
sntiment that would uphold decency '
nd taste, no power that would sup &
ress desperadoism, no voice even to
use itself against defiance of law,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

Courts sometimes make very uuain;
decisions. In Pennsylvania recently
m an stepp d from railroad train,
which had stopped at a bridge, and
fell through and was killed. When
his family undertook to collect the in
-surance on his life the company
pleaded a clause in his policy exclud-
ing injuries or death caused by" walk
ing or being on railway roadbed or
bridge" The court held that. al
though his act was voluntary ex-
posture to danger. the danger being
unknown. that in strict sense
he was not ION the bridge at all.
having fallen through it too quickly to
be in any peril from passing trains,
against which the clause In question
was intended to guard. 1t was the
supreme court, TOO, and not an In
ferior tribunal, that did this delicate
hair-splitting.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
METHODIST CENTENNIAL,


One of the notable religions events
OF the present year is the celebration
OF the one-hundredth anniversary of
the Methodist Episcopal Church on
this continent. The grand historic
facts, relating to the benefcent char
acter and wonderful achievements of
Christianity through the organized
plans and the doctrines of Methodism
during its pathway through this CEN
trry of its existence in America. is
truly phenomenal. To-day this church
has more communicates than any
other in America. In 1874, the year
when the Methodist Church was
organized in Baltimore, when Coke
and Asbury were acknowledged and
set apart as superintendent, or bish-
ops, there were only Il, 988 members,
80 preachers, GA church buildings, no
missionaries. and no institution of
learning within the bounds Of the
denomination. From that time
until the present the growth
of Methodism has been almost
incslculable. Religious heroes have
worked III the cause, and accept
ing the motto of John Wesley. their
church's founder-"The World is nv
Parish"-these men of God traversed
every state and territory Of our great
country, preaching thegcspsl with pow
er and building up the church. Their
entire singleness of purpose in spread
ing the gospel has been their promi-
nent characteristic. and to-day Amer
lean Methodism numbers within her
various branches 3,993,724 members ::
2o,839 travelling preachers, and 34,714
local preachers; $1,000 church edifice,
valued at 100000; 25s institutions
OF learning, embracing universities.
colleges, se-ninaries and high schools;
in 1888 had 435 missionaries in FOR
eign fields sent from America, besides
1,SOo native helpers and during that
time contributed for the cause of for
eign missions the sum of S55I. 447,44.
The Methodist Church South has pre-
pared to take part in this centennial
celebration, which will be held in Bal
tim0re, December q. To commemor-
ate the year it is proposed to raise
funds for educational purposes, for
church extension, and for mis-
sions, it being confidently
expected that so 1000 may be com
manded for these purposes. 1t is un-
necessary here to go into . revi.w Of
other centennials Of the church. Sew
eral have been held commemorative
Of different occasions. The last one
Of these was in 1876, in honor of the
first Methodist preaching in this
in 1873. Nearly 100000
was then raised for education and
church extension. The Texas ehurch
will take an active part. the state CEN
tinary committee being composed as
follows: Galveston District: T. W.
Rodgers, P. E., Rev. II. M. Sears. DR..
bowman; Austin District: G. RI
Brooks, ?. F., Flatonia; Rev. e. A.
Goodwin and D. W. Doom. Austin;
Chapel Hill District 1. q. T. Morris.
I. E., Rev. n. F. Law, w. B. Streat-
nan; Calvert District Fred L. Allen,
!; g., Rev. S. G. Littlepage, B. A.
Phllpot Huntsville District II. ".
Philpot, T. E., Rev. F. T. Mitchell, J.
D. Thomas. The attendance at Bal
imore will be vast.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

against the grosSest insults to public
decency. THE STATESMAN had hoped
the constituted persons of the city
would rise in their might and openly
deny these damaging opinions, but
THESE powers have failed when oppor-
tunlty presented, and We are now led.
through sad necessity, to exprove acts
Oh dlsTeliction, when it was hoped y
record might be made of decisiyeaction
against these things chargedt to Austin.
1here are seventeen thousand people
living in this city. and not a thousand
OF these will hesitate to say that the
constabulary force of Austin has nj
terly failed to do its duty. This be.
ing SO, was it not the plainest duty of
the council to remove the men com
posing the police force. and substitute
therefor such as would perform du-
Ties imposed upon them? 1t might
De that exceptions were to be found.
anu, II SO. these men could have been
re-appointed and retained in position.
It Is proper to uphold faithful and eff.
ficient public servants, but the I'M
worthy should 60. Will counciImen
seriously think upon what they sop
VIII they recognize they have com
mitted painful blunder, retrace
their steps, and discard hasty resolu-
'ioos. or will they hold to what has
been donep THE STATESMAN does
not believe one of these
men would willfully do anything to in
Jure the standing of the municipality.
They are simply too kind in their ma
lures; they would forgive and for
get. But they must remember thew
represent a people, and this peo-
pie demands relief from contumely
and shame. No matter how tender
hearted they may be, they must be
mindful that the power which created
them, did not delegate the right to e1-
ercise individual lenience when the
public pleads for defense.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

loss above this average rate mus be
attributed either 20 the neglect Of che
underwriters in solue of their require
ments, or to negle ct of the manager
in the conduct Of works, or to the uD-
skillful use of the fire. apparatus dur
ing fire. 1t therefore follows that,
inasmuch as the (mut, laD underwrit-
ers have now made al the require
ments for additional ap. pliances which
members consider reas, unable. which
requirements have been met by near
ly all the members and ar g now being
met by all the rest, the fl, ture rates OF
dividend will depend N. ainly upon
the members themselves, rather than
upon the mutual underwl tiers who
act as their agents.
In this day of universal insurance
such facts become particularly inter
esting to those seeking iusura uce.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

HE Dallas Times saysa great cry
has been raised at Austin over the
penltentiary surplus being kept on
deposit in Galveston banks. The
Times will observe that there is a CRY
all over Texas against state moneys
oelng kept anywhere than in the
states own treasury. There is the
place for the public money--in the
hands Of the peoples bonded officer,
IN the states own vaults, under the
states own lock and key. The $4,000
now IN bank elsewhere, is worth, on
deposit, from $1,000 to $1,000 a year.
Fifty thousand is right good bank
ing capital.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

REGARpINa Mprmonism Bishop
Pierce says it can never pc reached
through legislation. He says:
1t must be reached for the crime
that 1t is by the strong arm of Justice.
Bigamy Is just as foul in Utah as it is
in Georgia, and bigamist should not
receive any more consideration in one
place than the other Abolish the ter
ritory. Congress hiss a right to do
that. 1t is oaly when it becomes a
state that 1t can take its place as 2
sovereign community. Put q COM
mission of determined and discreet
men in charge of the territory. Pun
ish sins Of impunity just as they are
punished all over the Christian world.
Arm the commission with plensry
authority. Missionary effort might
very properly aid the secular authOri.
ties, but one thing should not be lost
sight of, and that Is that the evil must
not be merely talked about but sxtir-
pated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
THE LONELINEss oFDEATu.
JE MosREAI sEuL.-rAscAL

.Trhe silent chariot standeth at the door.
Inc mousse Is husled and still from roof t.
None heard the sound of its mvsteriops
wheels,
Yet each IFS presence feels.
No champlng bit, no tramp of paving feet.
Al uark ana silent up and down THE street
ana vel thou may'St not keep ID waiting there
for one last kiss or prayer.
changed. ''"'i inter
strike cold across us like loved eyes estrapva,l
are, Vi 'niHsS 'hdI
Fade like sn-struck star
Ahd thou, too weak and agonized In lift
Ihe cup 10 quench thy dying thirst or shirt
-"' PiiNIT Nv, nov WITHOUT our help must rise.
NOT wait our ministries '
Thou, loved and cherished. must 70 forth
None sees thee fondly to the door. nor ono.
Nohedd Is turned to see thee go; we stay
where lhon art not, and pray.
NO panel bars thy white, rcsistless feat
our walls are miSts TO thee; ont ON the S,roa,
~ waits; II waits Tor thee, for thee alone:
Arise, let us begone,'
Alone, alone upon thine awful way
10 any show thee kindness? ANY stav
my hcdtt! UT DOTS the silent charioteer
Whisper BE of good che ro''
W We know not. None may follow thee af;,r
None near the sound Of thy departiulrcnr.
ohIy vast silence, lie strong black Sen
holls on 'tWiXt us and Thee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

ENaLAND's perplexities do not grow
wonderfully less. The surrender of
Tokar does not look as though the
Egyptian condition is muchimproyed.
while she is called upon to take notice
of -Russia's southwark progress in
Asia. The Asiatic conQuests of the
two powers have now brought them
nearly face to face, and. when the
supply of natives gives out, it is
r4ther taken for granted that the in
vaders are to tackle each other.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

ENGINE drivers in Mexico have no
cheerful prospect before them. They
cannot whistle the people from the
track, and when one of the citizens of
the sister republic" is killed, the en-
gineer, conductor and trainmen are in
for seige of Mexican justice, which
was ever Of tbs black bean order.
Nothing but a joint guarantee will
protect the property of the railroads,
and nothing short of Almighty power
can protect the lives of their employees
in Mexico until the people become
familiar with the railroad idea,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

TIRE governor of Texas will pardon
the remark,th what the people want
is capable man for commissioner to
the Worlds fair at New Orleans, ard
they care very little about the degree
of friendship which may OF may not
exist between him and the apprentice.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
UNFINISHED sTIE.L.

a IDaoy,s boot and a skein of wool.
Faued and soiled, and soft;
3 1 lnlngs, you say, and no doubt vou,ra rio,,
MOUND Seaman's neck this STORMY niaht s"''
Up IN the yards aloft. Hisht'
MOST Ike it's folly. but mate, look here.
Mnen nrst went to sea-
woman stood on the far-off strand
WIN wedding ring on the small SoFt bora
"hich chung so close TO me. "'"u'
NY Vile. God bless her The day before
She sat beside my foot; 'eiore
ana the sunlight kissed her yellow hair
Anq me dainty fingers, def and fair
knitted baby's boot. -'''i'
Inc voyage was over: came ashore.
what, think you. found there?
courage empty and dark at nigI,t
And this beside the chair,
me little boot, twas unfinished still
n Inc tangled skein lay near.
put . tne knitter had gone away to rest
ana the babe asleep on her oiijet breast
DOWN IN the churchyard drear.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

THE National Greenback Labor con-
Serrion is called to be held at India
napolis May 20. Every congressional
district will be entitled to two dele
gates and two alternates; each terri
tory to the same. Our friend, Still,
ought to go as delegate from the
Huntsville penitentiary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

TO GIVE away $1,2OO,Ooo to $780,
900 annually, instead Of collecting 1t
from the use of the public school
lands, is one Of the things the people
will no longer submit to. There must
be a state policy, giving this sum to
the cause or education, instead of to
the production of long-horns. in which
the public has no direct interest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

THE San Antonio Times loudly pro-
claims its growing prosperity. but
that elegant new dress and the spar
kle of the sheet asserts the fact in a
more eloquent shape. Prosperity has
a certain suit Of clothes while adver-
sity wears vastly different one. The
Times is a sound democratic paper
and we are glad to see it winning it's
way toward the first rank.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

The LASH, of Feb. %, has as its
leading illustration monopoly" lead
ing to the sacrifcial pyre "public opin-
ion,r while '.free grass" is already
bound upon the fagots. Fiercely does
monopoly" look down upon public
opinion" as the terrified thing strug-
giles at the sight of consuming flames
aud at the descending knife of de-
afrrotiop
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

THE commissionership war is near
~ over, at least the ardor of battle has
cooled off sensibly, and theIname of
the future Individual isn't Harden
brook, no more is it Elliot. The fu-
ture is big with events, and curses
both loud and deep from Herald and
Post, or from either, if the other is
successful, are sure to be showered on
the head of his excellency. This
whole commissionership business is
an exceedingly undignifed episode in
the history of the administration
The governor is not to blame for it.
The Whole trouble has sprung from
the lofty ambition Of two of the most
lllustrlous journalists of the state
who ought to have too much to do to
think Of New Orleans.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

WHEN an aspiring politician is ad-
vised to "bide his time," he takes his
pleasures in cursing his adviser. We
challenge the world to produce an ex-
ception, unless it may be Gen. L. Sull
Ross, of Waco. He has had the advice
so often, and has acted upon it so long.
that the one has become a real down
pleasure, and the other a matter Of
COURSE.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28

ALL the talk of where the eonvea-
ton should be held is merest bosh. OF
course it should be held in Austin,
the geographical center of the state,
easily REACHED by rail from all direc-
lions, and with the hall OF represent
atiVes ready for the deliberations of
that body, and the hospitable citizens
anxious to open their doors to the del
egates.