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Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-30
A tYOHiA1s'S WAY.
A Startling business ProDosifso n

Startling Business Proposition.
little over six weeks ago Mrs. Fowler Of 327
Ellis street, San Francisco, stopped in at leading
city druggists 10 ask what effect Joys Vegetable
Sarsaparilla, about which she had heard so much
recently y, would hayein casesof dyspepsia aad sick
headache. SEe was assured that in most cases it
would relieve both. She was, however, so incredu-
laus that finally the druggist gave her bottle, not
to be paid Tor unless it effected azure. a PROPOSE
ton SO sartlGgly practical has seldom if be-
fore, been mfde The following ustreceivedi is the
convincing conclusion: and teilst. own story:
San Francisco, FebruaryS s, 1888.
DEAR Sir: fwrite to admit that, notwithstand-
ing my misgiy:ng3, Joys Vegetable Sarsaparilla
did all that You promised. L had tried so many
prescriptions, TO no purpose, that had como to
believe nothing would relieve my dyspepsia and
sick headaches, but have not had a return OF
permanently cur ed, but will, out OF an abundance
OF caution, continue to take itregularly for while
yet. You have my pernissionto 1na,e this public,
for 1t is my belief that remedy that will dys.
pepsia and prevent sick headaches should De gen.
orally known. Respectfully,
H~e, III. EKys~EA.
a25 Ellis street.
BARNETT & CO., the only exclusive whole
sale cigar and tobacco house in the city, corner
OF Los Angeles and Commercial streets.
A shipment of fine maple sugar and syrup at
II. Jevnes.
Where shall take my lunch? At the Vienna
Buffet.
Vignes McGregor 134 North Main streets.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

Mr.. Jacob Gruber, on the road between
New Nineveh and Claynor, in Ruprecht
County. New York State, was struck
by lightning and entirely consumed.
Four persons, namely, DIR. Gruber. his
wife, and johann and Ludwig Schultz
(the two sons of Mrs. Gruber by for
mer marriage), inhabited the house at
the time, and all lost their lives in the
flames The building was constructed
Of wood. aud must have burned with
great rapidity, thus entirely cutting of
the escape of the inmates. 1t is probable
that the brothers Schultz, who were well
known in the neighborhood as hard
drinkers, were intoxicated when the
fire broke out, and so were unable
either to take measures to extinguish
it or make their escape Be this as it
may, the remains of four human
bodies were found amongst the ruins.
thus proving conclusively that the
whole family had shared the fate of
their home.
Thrice. therefore, in the space of
a single day had sudden death-by
railroad disaster, by lightning, and
by midnight assassination come clO 80
to our path and had passed us by. And
on Sunday morning, when, with bowed
head. listened to the petitions OF
the Litany. my heart resp nded
with an unwonted thrill TO those
well-known but newly-impressive
words: From sudden death, good
Lord, deliver us. Frank Leslie's
Newspaper.
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MUSIC AND DISEASE.
The Influence of Music on the Minds of the
Sick and VI elanchoIY.

The Influence of Music on the Minds of the
Sick and Melancholy.
The curative power of music in GER
tain cases has for many years been a
favorite theory with physicians and
others. aud although Herbert Spencer's
remarks on the subject met with much
opposition, there can be no doubt OF
its efficacy as a remedial agent under
suitable conditions. Even in the time
of Shakespeare its usefulness in the
treatment of insanity seems to have
been recognized. Burton, in his "Anat-
omy of Melancholy" also refers to the
subject in the following terms: BE
sides the excellent power music hath to
expel many other diseases. it is u SOW
ereign remedy against despair and
melancholy, and will drive away the
devil himself. In proof OF the truth
of the foregoing, many w a-authenti-
Gated instances may be cited. Among
them may be mentioned the case of
King Philip of Spain. who, when suf-
fering from hopeless melancholia, was
restored to health by the singing of
Farineln in an adjoining chamber,
after every other remedy had proved
futile. The annals Of medical history,
in fact, abound in records of cases in
which music has accomplished cures
when every effort of attend
ing physicians failed to produce any
satisfactory result. Our nervous or
ganism is the seat of sensation, tho
handspring OF vitality, whereby our
imagination is alike stimulated and
controlled. The influence of imagina-
ton on health is exemplifed by those
who are the victims of hypocondriasis,
and even in cases of actual physical
ailments the intelligent physician
recognizes the Importance of diverting
the patients mind from the contempla-
ton of his condition which invariably
tends to aggravatc his symptoms. Pre-
suming, OF course, that the invalid is
not one of those unhappy mortals hay
ing a violent distaste for music, what
can be better adapted to cheer the
mind and reinvigorate the entire sys-
tenn than an art which appeals direct
~ to our emotional nature? In some
instances instrumental music has the
most potent effect, and in others a
song which recalls pleasant memories
has the greater influence. Like all
other medicine, in order to be etflca-
cious, it must be pure and well com
pounded and Of a kind adapted to in
dividual requirements. The subject is
one of considerable interest, and its
careful study is likely to result in
much practical good Boston Musicel
Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS.

FREDERICK c, PHILLIPS, author Of ''As in
q Looking Glass" has beea by turns a
cavelryman, barristcr, theatrical man
az--r and newspaper man. At last he has
succeeded in making hit.
Mss CATHARISE LAISG has completed the
great work that she undertook in 1890 on
nCr fathers death-the EIalkett-Laing die.
tioaary of the anonymous and pscudony.
nous literature Of Great Britain.
VERNON LEE, the English novelist, is Q
woman whose real name Is Violet Paget.
Her first book was Miss Brown" and il
raised about the same kind Of storm in
England that "The Quick or the Dead" did
here.
THE handwriting of English literary men
being under consideration, il is said that
Andrew Lang writes a peculiar, but not
illegible, hand: Swinburnes was curiously
schooIboyish, but perfectly legible Mat
thew Arnold's was lucidity itself; Mr..
Ruskin's is pretty and plain; Sir Edward
Arnold's is also very plain; John Morley's
is difficult at first, but easily got acquainted
with; I.abouchere's is pretty bad; T. p.
O'Connor's is rather rough, but easy &c
read; Frederick Greenwoods is called
agreeable, and the editor Of the times, it Is
said writes a particularly good and legible
hand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22
-a -
HINTS ABOUT LAMPS.
How to Take Care of Them So as To OBJ
tain the Best Light.

How to Take Care of Them So as to OBJ
tain the Best Light.
The kerosene lamp is the almost uni
versal illuminator. The best light is
obtained from a lamp where the suE-
face of the oil is at all times the anne
distance from the burning part OF the
wick. Where the reservoir containing
the oil is directly under the burner, as
in most common lamps, the blaze burns
less and less brightly as the oil de-
creases and the wick grows more tardy
in supplying it. We need an improve
ment in hand lamps on this account.
The wick serves principally to elevate
the oil, the combustion of its own sub
stance being very light, but there is a
choice in wicks. Felt wicks are prefer
able to woven, as they can be more
easily trimmed so as 10 give an even
blaze. Some housewives, in trimming
wicks, will cut off all the black every
day. This is undesirable, for by pinch
ing off the loose fibres and smoothing
over the top a better light is obtained.
The inside of the oil reservoir should
be occasionally cleansed with soda dis
solved in water (teaspoonful to quart
of water). Be careful to drain and dry
them well. This can be easily done
by standing them in the open oven
few moments. Do not let the soda and
water come into contact with any
bronze or gilt about the outside Of the
lamp. Oil should be strained before it
is put into the glass lamp. The burners
should be boiled in soda water once
month or two. If you live in or near
where there is a factory in which brass
is handled take the burners there and
have them dipped. 1t will cost but a
few cents and they will look like new.
Some burners give an excellent light,
especially for winter, rs they heat like
a stove. One will very quickly raise
the temperature in an ordinary sized
room FIVE degrees. Don't, for the sake
of eyes and health. economic by using
poor, worn-out burners on your lamps
which render combustion imperfect,
and would be none too good If new
Boston Globe.
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SORRY They SPOKE.
An English story That Is Wei Thanked b
an American Yarn.

An English story That Is Well Thanked by
American Yarn.
Englishmen are proverbially thick
skinned. and not being especially SEN
sitive to the criticisms of others they
have no hesitation in freely speaking
their minds. Mr.. james T. Fields had a
favorite anecdote of an English guest
at his breakfast table. who declined
sugar with his coffee. Never take
sugar unless the coffee is ve'y ve'y
bad indeed. you know Present.
IL. he added. after tasting the coffee:
MAY l trouble you for the sugar?"
This story may. however, be well
fianked by a similar one for which an
American : responsible. He was
breakfasting, with his wife, at the
house Of a friend, and, to the surprise
OF the hostess. declined coffee. u
thought you always took it?n said she.
'-Oh. | do. at home" he returned.
loosely: ''hut that's because my wife
gives me so little to eat. When there
isn't much for breakfast, I take coffee
in self-defense." The conversation
drifted into some interesting channel,
and he quite forgot his facetious ex-
cuse. Later. when the aroma Of the
coffee struck him more and more
temptingly he turned 20 the hostess.
saying: MRS. A., would you
allow me to change my mind?
should 50 much like a cup Of coffee.
And. as he patheticallv complains. not
one Of the people present sill consent
to his forgetting that iil-juls request
San Francisco .fxy3ua
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22
FREAKS OF ANIMALS.

CHICAGO boasts Of an English bulldog
@hich drinks beer in preference 70 water.
A PENNSYLVANIA horse has been discov-
cred that win eat a double handful OF the
strongest kind of chewing tobacco. He also
has remarkable appetite for bologna saus-
age and hot peanuts.
AN English firm Of py rotechnists have at
their factory a Newfoundland dog which
positively revels in fireworks He rushes
into a shower of sparks with as much de-
light as most Of his kind display in a cold
bath, and on a lighted squib being thrown
within ms reach, he win run alter the
smoldering stump as If it were a bone, and
trample it out with his paws.
NAN who lives in Morgan County, Ga,
owns a poriSer Of rather singular tastes.
He is as fond Of tobacco as any old to
bacco chewer in the country. and he will
readily chew every piece Of tobacco thrown
10 him, nag, he actually loves it. lie is
fat porker, weighing over two hundred
pounds. His h0gship has certainly imbibed
new as well % strange habit.
STORIES OF two bulldogs come from the
West. Ono Of the dogs lives in Springfield,
No, and when the fire burns low in the
fireplace before which he is accustomed TO
lie, he gees to the wood shed, gets a stick
Of wood, and puts il on the coa.s. The
other dog lived ia Racine, Wis, and was
not as intelligent as the Missouri dog He
tried TO jump through n swiftly revolving
fly wheel and, it is said, partly succeeded.
A part Of hira got through and other parts
went II in different directions.
THERE died recently at Glenwood Springs,
Cal, a most remarkable dog He was New
faupdland and 81. Bernard, very large,
weighing one hundred and scYenty-fiye
pounds, and was eighteen years and three
months old when he died. he used TO carry
his masters dinner a distance Of two
miles, and his mistress vouches for the
fact that for three years before he died he
kept the wood box filed with y.ood all the
time. He had great faith IA the not spring,
and would daily 80 for drink Of hot min
efal water
A BIO dog belonging to a citizen Of st.
Joseph, Mo, IS q kleptomaniac. He not only
steals al sorts OF articles from the premises
Of his owner, but feloniously enters the
houses of his ncighbors and carries OF
things that he can have no possible use
for. The other day he was seen carrying
OF something and followed lie deposited
tho srtIcls in the corner of an old stable,
where, upon investigation, were found
water paiis, ropes, towels, articles Of wear
ing apparel, rugs and all other things that
S2d been missed from the houses around.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22
LOVES WAYS.

Love has thousand ways in which
To make is presence known
A thousand charming little tricks
or glance. or touch. or tone;
And though familiar We uas be
With some an there's no doubt
Love has q thousand pretty ways
Past finding out
The blush upon tie maiden's cheek.
The dropping o. the eye,
TIE futterinE heart. The trembling lip,
The Oft recurring sigh.
Al these fhe secret may reveal
To conscious ones, no doubt,
But love has many other Ways
Past finding out
Tor loves sweet sake the hero goes
Upon the battlefield.
For loves sweet sake the wounds within
The heart are vel concealed;
And love lives en- through every phase
OF mystery and doubt.
And proves 10 has uuuumhered ways
Past finding out
Love travels north and travels south
And Journeys east and west
To bear sweet messages, that make
A heaven within the breast;
And many a blessed miracle
II surely brings about
To our amaze, because % ways
Past finding out
Love has thousand ways in which
To make is presence known;
And every heart should do It's part
To make those ways its own.
Loves true disciple ever prove,
HIS victories repeat,
Each 10 bic own good way. for all
Loves ways are sweet
--fosept,as F,H4rE, IN " z. Lsfgsr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22
Eruption of the Skin Cured.
BhocKvnLE, oSrApIo. cASADA, |

December ?, 1885.
have used BRANDRETH's PILLS for the
past fifteen years, and think them the best
cathartic and anti-bilious remedy known
For some five years / suffered with an
eruption of the skin that gave me great
pain and annoyance. l tried different blood
remedies, but, although gaining strength,
the itching was unrelieved ! finally con-
cluded to take thorough course of BRAND
RETH's Pills I took six each night for
four nights, then five, four, three, two, less
ening each time by one, and then for one
month took one every night, with the hap
py result that now my skin is perfectly
clear and has been go ever since.
Ed. VENNEY.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

First class excursion tickets to san Fran
els o. Los Ange4es and pr ncipal California
points are now on lie over the Mort west
ern Line at S95 Tor the round trip. with
choice of routes, ei her via Omaha, d nver
or Il L Ike, or via Kansas City and Santa
F.. or via Fl Worth and E PaSo, Texas
Persons cOnteinpla iny a visit TO Los
Angeles, San Francisco OF other pac nc
Coast poin and desiring pamphlet. de-
cripti0n of route nd country, rates or any
inform non. should call at I59 East Third
5 ., g Paul, Is NicOliet House Block, Min
neapoiis, or a6dress T. W Teasdale, Gen
eral Passenger Agen, s. Paul
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Is offered by the publishers OF THE YoUTH's
COMPANION for the best short stories. There
Rre three prizes Of 81 900 each. three Of $3.50
each and three of $50 each. No other paper
PAYS so literally to obtain the very best mat
Ter for its subscribers. The publishers will
send a circular ON receipt of a stamp giving
the conditions of this offer The COMPANION
has Two Million Readers a week Every
family should take it. Any new subscriber
who sends sl.75 now, will receive it free to
January ], 1889. and full years subscrip-
tion from that date Address YoUTH's
COMPANION, 43 Temple Place, Boston, Mass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

Two YOUNG Germans In Berlin fought
duel with tricycles. Starting at three hun
bred yards apart they charged fun tilt
against each other, with slight injuries to
themselves and serious hurt 10 their ma
chimes Their honor was satisfied
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

A MOVEMENT for the appointment Of En-
glsh workiug-men as justices Of the peace
has resulted in the selection Of several with
satisfactory results, and it is being pushed
still further
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For CaIIfornls and Pac,io coast.

The best way 70 make light Of trouble
some note is TO get possession OF it and
burn it.-H'estern PlOsrmdu
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CoUGus AND COINS These who arc suffer
ing from Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat etc,
should try BRowS's BRONCHIAL TROCHEs.
Sold only a. bJJ6s
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
ThOmpson's Eye Water Druggists sell it 80.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

THE boari of educat,on-the school
masters single
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

The girl with the s'oe- black eye sees
quick enOugh.-R o PicGgJue.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

II is pleasant 20 know that the prandial re-
past will DE followed by no penitential pangs.
The dyspeptic, TO regain digestion and exile
forever the manifold symptoms that assall
him, should begin early and persist in a
course of HOstettcr's Stomach Bitters. Then
will he find peace valnly sought before.
BiliOusness, constipation, kidney ailments
and debility are remedied by the Bitters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22
/ STANDARD lIETETIC PREPARATION.
Salvador for Invalids and the AGED,

A SUPERIOR NUTRITIvE N CONTINUED
FEvERs, aud RELIABLE REMEDIAL
AGENT in all Diseases of the STOMACH AND
lSTESTINEs iOfteu in instances of consultation
over patients whose digestive organs were
reduced 10 such a low and sensitive condition
that the GFanum was the only ting the
stomach would tolerate when life seemed
depending on its retention. and, while it
IS AN ISCONPARABLE ALtMENT FOR THE
GROWTH AND PROTECTION OF INFANTS AND
CHILDREN, we do not hesitate in saying. that
no food for the nursing can at all compare
with healthy mothers Yield of milk when
however, the mothers milk is insufficient,
either in quantity or in nutTitive substance
the IMPERIAL GRASUM is, as has been
proved IN thousands OF cases, THE SAFEST FOOD
Unlike those preparations made from animal
or ylnous matter, which are liable to stimu-
late the brain and iTritate the digestive organs.
IL embraces IN its elementary composition
That which makes Strong Bone and
Muscle, that which makes Good Flesh
and Blood, that which Is easy of DIges-
tion, never ConstipRting, that which lo
Kind and Friendly 10 the Brain, and that
which Acts as Preventive Of those Intes-
final Disorders Incidental TO Childhood
And while it would be difficult TO conceive of
anything IN food or dessert more creamy and
delicious, or more nOurishing and strengthen
ing as an aliment in FEYEES, PULMONARY
COMPLAINTS, 6ASTRI-I=. DYSPEPSIA AND
GENERAL DEBILITY, III rare medicinal eX-
ccilence IN all intestinal diseases, especially in
Cholera, Dyseaterg, Chronic DjaTThoa
aud ChOiero IHfaHtUnS
HAS BEEN iNcONTESTRBLY PROVEN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

The man who is wild on the subject OF
yachting is an ultra marine Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-11-22

Why is the practice Of praising children
like opiumi Because it's laUdanum
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-24
OHIO THURSDAY. MAY 24 1885,

she got enough TO make a sheaf. Putting
that down, she went and gathered more
straws. until she had another sheaf, and
another and another, and another, and
then she brought them all together, and
she threshed them out, and she had an
ephah of barely, nigh a bushel. Oh,
that we might all be cleaners
Elihu Burritt learned many things
while toiling in a blacksmith shop.
Abercrombie, the world-renowned phi
losopher, was a physician in Scotland,
and he got his philosophy, or the chief
part OF it. while, as a physician, he was
waiting for the door OF the sick room to
open. Yet how many there are in this
day who say they are so busy they have
no time for mental or spiritual improve
ment; the great duties of life cross the
field like strong reapers, and carry off all
the hours, and there is only here and
there fragment left that is not worth
cleaning. All, my friends, you could go
into the busiest day and busiest week of
your life and find golden opportunities,
which, gathered, might at least make a
whole sheaf for the Lords garner. 1t is
the stray opportunities and the stray
privileges which, taken up and bound
together and beaten out will at last fill
you with abounding Joy.
There are few moments left worth
the cleaning Now, Ruth, to the field
May each one have a measure full and
running over Oh, you Cleaners to the
field And if there be in your house
hold an aged one or a sick relative that
is not strong enough to come forth and
toll in this field, then let Ruth take home
to feeble Naomi this sheaf OF cleaning :
"He that goeth forth and weepeth, bear
ing precious seed, shall doubtless come
again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him" May the Lord God of Ruth
and Naomi be our portion forever
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-24
zone Foot in the Grave"

How often do we hear the above said
of some poor pilgrim DER life's thorny
path, whose tottering step, pallid face,
unnatural glitter of the eye and hack
ing cough, and its accompanying invOl-
untary pressure of the hama over the
lungs, the seat of the dread disease
consumptiOn-that causes the remark :?
Too frequently. alasl and in the inter
est of such unfOrtunates this is penned,
to assure them that their steps need
tend no longer toward that narrow re-
ceptacle that awaits all-that is until
life's allotted space is coveerd-from
any such cause, for the scientific re-
searches of DR.. r. V. Pierce, resulting
in the Golden Medical Discovery" have
wrested from Nature a remedy which
never fails to cure this scourge of our
race (Which is really nothing more or
less than scrofula of the lungs if taken
In time. Druggists sellit.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-24
An Odd Tombstone.

DAYTON, o., May 24.-[Special. !
Meetings of the four societies to which
Adelbert Kreiger, who died of apoplexy
in Chicago belonged, appointed com
mittee to meet the committee of the
Turner Bund, who will arrive here with
the body. The local Turner's society
will have a large meeting and services
over the deceased at their hall tomor-
row evening and Friday morning.
Committees of the various local socie-
ties will accompany the Chicago COM
mittee with the body to Cincinnati,
where it will be cremated. The ashes
will be brought back to Dayton and
placed in a nave in Turner hall. Sev-
eral years ago Kreiger brought from
California the petrihed limb of a tree
ten inches in diameter and four feet
high. His fellow members of the bene-
fetal society by unanimous vote had
this fixed up for his monument when
he died. The odd tombstone had stood
in Kreiger's bedroom for five years, and
will now be placed in the new Turner
hall with his ashes.