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Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
Personal Nlcntfon.

Edward G.. Becker, wholesale
grocer Of st. Louis, is registered at
the New United States Hotel.
Mr.. Fred D. Ford has fine UNI
brella belonging to the HERALD. Will
he kindly return the property to this
Office?
Mrs. M. T. King and her son, J. B.
King of New York, have just returned
from London and will remain in Los
Angeles during the winter.
G. L. Jones and wife; Mrs. Sarah
Branch, Miss j. Branch and Miss 1.
Branch, from Cleveland, Ohio, ar
rived in the city yesterday.
Mrs. G. E. Huber left yesterday fo1
Lancaster, Pa, to remain three weeks
with the family of her parents. She
will then visit New York and bring
back new stock of fine millinery.
J. Hoose and wife, cf Mexico, N
Y, who have been visiting here
Pasadena and Riverside, went north
yesterday on the 80 train and will
visit San Francisco, Salt Lake City
and Denver. They will retnrn home
on the Central Pacific.
w. R. Tappan, OF Chicago, who has
spent two winters in this city, is here
again, and sol j'urning at the Nadeau
His father, j. S. Tappan, who is one
of the shining lights in the street
railroad system Of Lake City, and
largely interested in property in and
about this city, is en- route and will
probably arrive by the delayed Santa
Fe train to-day.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24

Senator Coke's purpose is good, but
his method of settlinga boundary con-
troversy between the United States
and his State of Texas is novel, and
smacks OF States rights in pro-
nounced manner. There is strip Of
land which involves a doubt as to
whether it is within the jurisdiction
of Texas or an adjacent territory. To
set it at rest Mr.. Coke has introduced
a bill for the creation Of a board Of
arbitration between the United States
Government and Texas. Arbitration
is the resort of distinct nationalities to
solve questions that may involve the
nations in war. But disputes between
States or the Federal Government and
States should be passed upon by the
tribunals of justice provided. To pro-
pose arbitration is to presume that the
issue is between foreign bodies.-[Sac-
ramento Record Union.
Not so. "It smacks Of States rights
in pronounced manner, "as it should
smack. Texas was a sovereignty be-
fore she became State in our Union.
One of the rights she did not surren-
der when she came into the Union
was the right to her public domain.
If the land comes within the original
boundaries of the Republic o.
Texas before her admission to the sis.
terhood of States, it is the property
of the State of Texas, and the Fedora
Government does not own sod Of it
Do not let words scare you, neighbor
1t is what they stand for you should
aim to comprehend.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24

COU NCILMAN HUMPHREYS, in with
drawing the st. Vincent city-hall
proposition yesterday, saw fit to assail
that portion of the press which op-
posed his pet scheme. His charge is
that the press was influenced by a
money power to impede the progress
and spread Of the city. AS Mr.. Hum
phreys is the father of the scheme
which portion of the press
of this city has so energetic
ally opposed, his libelous
innuendo provokes slight review OF
suspicious circumstances which stand
out on the face OF that scheme. We
have ..s. hsa estimates made Of the mar
ket value Of the st. Vincent block by
as good judges of property as can be
found in the city, and they say that
a very fair figure for it would be
100000. Indeed, they aver that if
sold as one parcel that is the very ut
most it would fetch. On the other
hand, at the very lowest estimate they
consider the city property worth $302,-
500, as follows: Lot 60 feet front on
Second street, at $500 per foot, $780,
600; building on same, $45, 900; lot on
Fort street, 1S0 feet front at 1925 per
foot, $167 ,500-a total of $500.
Now, if we allow the proposers $45,-
900 for the building ON their block "a
very high estimate) then the tip-top
value of their property would be $685.
900, or $42 500 more than the estimated
value of the city's property. AS the
st. Vincent people were to get
$4,000 boot on the swop, it is in
order to inquire into whose pockets
the $107 800 excess of value was to
go? Does this account for the milk
in the cocoanut? Every public scheme
in which there is so extraordinary a
margin may be set down as sus-
picious. We may be told that the
block would bring more than
our estimate if cut up into lots
and sold in detail. Possibly.
But the expense attending such a
sale would hardly be more than cov-
cred by the advance in plice. Sold
as a whole in one parcel, however, it
would not bring penny more th an
we have allowed. A public official
who goes out Of his way to assign i'm
proper motives for the stand the press
has taken in this matter, would do
we'll to explain this little discrepancy
before questioning by gross innuendo
the integrity of others.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Kiralfys' tsArOund the World
I'm SO Days.,,

The Klralfys' tsArOund the World
i'm SO Days"
Last night was notable one in the
history of the Grand Opera House.
The Kiralfy Bros. gave the initial per-
formance of their version OF Around
the World IN so Days. The notable
feature of the affair was the presence
of thorough corps de ballet. Such
feature never was presented IN the
house before.
All who have ever seen any version
OF Jules Verne's story on the stage,
know that there is nothing in the
play per Sc. For its attraction, re-
course must be had to the setting,
the dressing and the ballet. The
spectacular portion of the Kiralfy
show is known in all parts OF the
world for it's supreme excellence. AS
presented last night, while the
material was there, the handling of it
produced notable failure. This was
no doubt an accident of the late
arrival of the stuff, the hurry Of put
ting it together and the lack of
experience on the part of the scene
shifters. 1t may be presumed that this
will be done away tonight and that
things will move more smoothly
There was some hitch in the music
and also in the performances of the
supernumeraries picked up here in
Los Angeles. Drill and practice were
Conspicuous by their absence"-if
one may be allowed to use q rhetori-
cal "chestnur."
The acting in the piece is confined
to the character of ''Phineas Fogg," a
role well taken by Mr.. Newton
Gotthold; that OF "Jean Fran
co.'s Passepartout - done excel
lently by Mr.. Max. Figman,
and "Aonda" and "Nemea," in
which roles respectively appear Miss
Eleanor Carey and Miss Cora Dean.
1t would be superfuous to say such
artists as Mr. Goth Id and Miss
Carey do we'll in the exceedingly
thin parts assigned them. They are
artists where art is exigent in it's de-
mands.
The ballet is the one thing in the
play around which all interest CEN
ters. The operelta ballet is a
most skillfully constructed tea-
ture of the entertainment.
Half dozen thoroughly popular op-
eras are caricatured in most grace
full manner. The dresses are exceed
ingly pretty and the dancing excel
lent. Miles. Bella and Paris the
premieres of the corps displayed Won
derful skill in the art terpsicorean.
Th ballet Of Laces was interesting for
the rich display of half score of the
most beautiful sorts of lace,
and that in boundless pro-
fusion. The automaton dance
in which "Adonis Dixey,"
"Hamlet Irving" Fedora Bern
hardt," and chester Grazebrook
Langtry" were taken off was among
the best features of the entertain
ment. 1t is very happy conceit we'll
carried out.
The house which greeted this first
visit of Mr.. Bolossy Kiralfy was
a humber full to the brim, and he
filed it full of fun.
By the way, Miss Ricca Allen
must have been recognized by many
in the house as an old-time favorite Of
this city as we'll as of San Francisco.
She is one of the gifted daughters of
Mr.. John Allen Of Oakland, gifted in
pretty face as well as in a very light
pair of heels.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24

man, of Anaheim, had died Of old age
in the morning. Deceased was one
of the early residents of this county
and was q member of the first coun-
Gil of this city in 1850. During the
latter portion of his life he was resi-
dent Of Anaheim and was at the time
of his death between go and 70 years
of age. He will be buried to-day
under the auspices of the Masonic
Lodge, of Anaheim.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
sosErH D. LYNCH. JAMES ]. AYERS
AYERS 4 LYNCH, PuBLlsHERs
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LOCAL coRREsPor DENCE from adjacent
towns especially solicited.
Remittances should be made by draft
check, POstofice order or postal note. The
latter should be sent for all sums less than
Ave dollars.
Ion PRINTING DEPARTMENT-Owing to
our greatly increased facilities, we are pre-
pared to execute all kinds of job work in a
superior manner. Special attention will be
Given to commercial and legal printing,
and all orders will be promptly filled at
moderate rates.
The Official List of Letters remaining in
the Postoffice is published in the HERALD
on Monday.
OFFICE OF PUBLICATION, rs North Spring
street, Los Angeles. Telephone No. 156.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
TUESDAY, JANUARY "a, 1883.
Ths Frpit.crower., Convention,

:
By ell means, when the Horticul-
tural Association shall assemble In
Riverside early next month, let Il ere
be In order full and we'll selected
exhibit of the fruits Of the earth from
every community in Southern Califor-
MIA. Do not leave the work to River
side alone, nor to any few localities,
to lay before the visiting fruit growers
specimens Of what we grow in all
branches of horticulture. Rest as
sured the people Of Santa Clara and
of others of the bay counties will put
their best foot forward and call with
marked emphasis for attention to their
products. California has been visited
during the past few years by many
bodies of men from the East, whose
position in all walks of life has en-
titled their opinions to weighty con-
sidera'ion. They have gone back
and reported what they were able to
see; and such reports have cut a con-
spicuous figure in setting the thou
sands on the move who annually seek
our shores as health or pleasure re-
sort, or for place of permanent
abode. Now, the Golden State by
the sunset sea won her reputation
long ago as the greatest producer of
the precious metals in the world.
At q later period California came
to the front as the banner wheat re-
gion of the world. And now is the
era of wonderful fruit production. The
wealth of our wheat fields far ex
celled that of our mines in their
palmiest days. The profits of fruit
growing will amazingly outstrip those
of either the mine or the grain field.
The American Union must forever
look to California for her fruit supply.
Whatever surplus may be found will
will be eagerly snapped up by the
millions of mouths Europe has to
feed. Thus the line of enterprise
in which California is destined to win
lasting distinction is this of fruit pro-
duction. Here then is the repre-
sentative body Of America in this in
dustry. They are here thousand
strong to see for themselves what
California can do in this matter of
fruit growing. 1t would perhaps
have been better could they have
been here in the late summer or early
fall, when they might have seen the
orchards bending beneath their bur-
then Of fruit, and the vineyards laden
with the grapes. But here
they are; and they should be
impressed with the excellence, variety
and magnifcence Of our productions.
Raisins, figs, nuts, canned and dried
fruits, wines, brandies, oranges, lem.
ons, lines, and all the numerous
branches of this industry for which we
are distinguished, should be spread
before the eyes of these gentlemen in
no stinted measure. They will go back
into every State in the Union. They
will be interviewed by newspapers
and interrogated by private persons.
They will report what they see. They
should, therefore, see all there is. Do
not imagine that Riverside will reap
any advantage from any exhibit ex-
cepting her own. Let each locality
make it's own showing, and the visit
ors will then make comparisons for
khavn solvos
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
To Advertisers.

TO insure insertion in the DAILY HERALD
Of all new advertisements, as well as changes,
they must be handed in before O'Clock
p. N.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24

BzAsED newspapers claim that the
51lnaal Of Democratic members Of the
1s y reoPen the Thoebe- Carbide
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24
Notice to Mail Subscribers.

The papers of all delinquent mail sub
ecrfbers to the Los Angt les DAILY HERALD
win be promptly discontinued hereafter.
No papers will be sent to subscribers by
mail unless the same have been paid for in
advance. This rule is inflexible.
AYERS A LYNCH.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-24

Death Of q Pioneer.
Word was received in this city yes
Eerday afternoon that Morris L. Good
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
How the Blind "See."

asked those who pecan blind in youth, or later, whether they were in the habit of giving imaginary faces to the persons they met after their blind ness, and whether they ever saw in their dreams, writes Joseph Jostron, in the new Panceton Review. Some answered in very vague terms, but several un- doubtedly make good use of this power, probably somewhat on the same basis as we imagine the appearance of eminent men of whom we have read or heard, but whose features we have never seen. When we remember how erroneous such impressions often are, we can under stand how it often misleads the blind. Such imaginary faces and scenes also enter into their dreams, but to less ex. tent than into those of the sighted. Doctor Kitto quotes letter from a mu- sician who lost his sight when eighteen years old, but who retains very strong visualizing power, both in waking life and in dreams. The mention of fla. nous man, of a friend, or of scene, al- ways carries with it visual picture, complete and vivid. Moreover, these images of his friends change as the friends grow old; aud he feels himself intellectually in no way different from the seeing.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
The Number Seven in the Bible.

Among the Hebrews the word for solemn swearing is 'septenare, or pro- test by seven. Abraham, you will re- member, appointed seven eve lambs as his testimony to the covenant with Abimelech. The Creator rested from His work on the seventh day, and this day was called Sabbath or seventh. A leprous person was either to lathe seven times or be sprinkled seven times with the blood of sparrow. Seven years was the period for repentance. Every seven years the Hebrew servant dema ld- ed liberty for himself. And the prophet praised God seven times day. Cain, we are told, was to be revenged sevenfold. .-.-. ....
 The gifts of the Holy Ghost were said to be seven in number, and in the pres encc of the Almighty seven angels stand, as We are told, in Tobias. Seven lamps burn before God, and throughout the whole book of Revelations the number seven is constantly used. Jacob served seven years for Leah, and seven more for Rachael. Then there arc the seven ears of corn and the seven kline. It was seven people that possessed the land of Promise in Deuteronomy, and the story of Samson tells how he kept his nuptials seven days, and then was bound with seven green withes. Il Philadelp phia
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
Elephants StOrming a Prison.

An attempt to storm prison, under taken by elephants, is something new, and it is Russia that has furnished this uew sensation. A mena gerie arrived at the depot of Charkoff toward 10 at night, and three strong elephants, taking fright, ran off in the direction of the prison. The elephants running up the narrow road shut off from the sur roundings by rails, found themselves in front of the heavy iron gates leading to the outer yard of the prison. Their three heads were sufficiently hard to un- bolt the locks, and the gates swung open. There was another short road- way with railing on either side, and the ponderous trio walked on until they stood before the second gate closed against them. Again they began push ing, and some guards fired their guns at them. Although not wounded, the ele- plants were more frightened, and in their endeavors to get through the gate added their loud trumpetings of ex- citement. At last their keepers came up, and the animals turned against them. It was after midnight when the elephants were pacitied and led away to their proper quarters. --[Paris Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
The Color of the Eyes.

NJ. de Candolle, French inyestiga- tor, has come to the conclusion from his researches that women have a larger proportion of brown eyes than men. He also finds that when both parents have eyes of the like color, the chances are S8 to 12 that their children who arrive at the age of ten years (when the color of the eyes is fixed), will have eyes of the same color. When the parents have eyes of different colors, the chances arc 55 to 45 in favor of brown as against blue or gray eyes in the children. He is also of opinion that the health of the brunette type, is, as rule, superior to that of the blonde type. --[Casselrs.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
The Worlds Seven Bibles.

The seven principal Bibles of the world are the Koran of the Moham- medans, the Eddas of tho Scandinavians the Tripitikes of the Buddhists, the Five Kings of the Chinese, the three Vedas of the Hindoo, the Zendavesta and the Scriptures of the Christians. The Koran is the most recent of these seven Bibles, and not older than the Seventh Century of our era. It is a compound of quotations from the Old and New Tcstaments, the Talmud and the Gospel of St. Barnabas. The Eddas of the Scandinavians was first published in the Fourteenth Century. The Pitikcs of the Buldhists contain sublime morals and pure aspirations, but their author lived and died in the sixth century be- fore Christ.
 The sacred writings of the Chinese are called the Five Kings, king meaning web of cloth, or the warp that keeps tho threads in their place. They contain the best sayings of the best sages on the ethico- political duties of life. These sayings cannot be traced to period higher than the eleventh century before Christ. The three Vedas are the most ancient books of the Hindoos, and it is the opinion of Max Muller, Wilson, Johnson and Whitney that they are not older than eleven centuries before Christ. The Zsndavcsta of the Persians is tho grandest of all these sacred books next to our Bible. Zoroaster, whose sayings it contains, was born in the twelfth cen tury before Christ. Il Home Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18

A lumber company with capital of @, GOO, 900 is about to begin the destruc- ton of the forests of Fresno county, Cal, by the establishment of large saw mills and other appliances for lumber ing operations. The mills arc expected to turn out 200, 900 feet of rough-sawed lumber per day. This will be conveyed to 8 point about twenty miles from Fresno city by Hume seventy miles long. From the end of the Hume lum- Der will be brought into the city by 8 dummy railroad. In the city there will be erected large blaming mill and sash, door and blind factory, and all the tim. Der sawed by the mills will be used up in that manner. There is standing in the belt of timber In the mountains, where the saw mills will be built, fully ore lillion two hundred million feet of lumber, nine hundred mil lion of which is redwood. Fresno county has the largest grove of redwoods in tho world, it being thirty-six hundred acres in ex- tent, and the majority of the trees be- ing from twenty to thirty-swo feet in diameter. A branch Hume twenty miles long will be built to tap this, and belt of sugar pine and yellow pine, which is estimated to contain seven hundred and fifty million feet.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
A Cure for Rattlesnake. Bites.

Dr. H. c. Yarrow of Washington has been experimenting recently with view to determine the value of certain reputed antidotes to serpent venom. All of them thus far in his hands have proved value less with the exception of the fluid ex- tract of jaborandi, which seems to pos sess antidotal powers, at least in the case of mammals, but upon fowls it ap- pears to have no such effect. Dr. Var row has given hypodermatically to rab- bits four-fold lothal doses of crotalus venom, and then, by the administration of thirty five minims of fluid extract of jaborandi, he has prevented any serious results. .-......
 The use of jaborandi as an antidote to venom poison was, we believe, first sug- gested by Dr. Josso, in the Gazette Hebdomadaire de Medicine ct de Chi rurgie, Paris, 1882, vol. Xix. p. sS5, and in this communication he reported . case of viper bite cured with an infusion of the leaves. - Philadelphia Medical Nave
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
Tangier Customs.

Slaves of every description crowd and quarrel as they fill their quaint earthen jars at one of the broken down foun- tains from which the whole town is sup piled, or go about the streets. carrying goatskins, from which they offer water to thirsty passers at so much a drink. As their shrill voices proclaim the freshness and coolness of their stock, one realizes that he has before him an oriental custom which gives new mean ing to Isaiah, lii, I, where the prophet calls out, as though hawking the ''water of life:" "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come yo to the waters, come buy, with out money and without price," These slaves form a considerable part of the population of Tangier. They are mostly of the deep black Guinea negro type, brought from across the Desert of Sahara, though sometimes unfortu- natos of other races are kidnapped and sold into slavery. Public auctions are frequently held iu the main street of the bazaars, at which children can be pur- chased for from twelve to twenty dol lars, while full-grown men and women are sold at prices ranging from fifty to one hundred dollars. Masters have ab- solute power over their slaves, even that of life and death, and in case of sale transfer them by means of decd, just as we transfer a farm. Under the circum- stances, it is difficult to say whether they are real estate or personal property. -[ Cosmopolitan.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-18
Medical Students in the Metropolis.


 There arc about twenty-five hundred medical students in New York, writes a correspondent of the Cincinnati Ea- quirer: They come from all parts of the country; from Maine to Texas, from Massachusetts to California. Many of them are graduate physicians, from other medical colleges who come here to take advantage of the hospital facilities of the city, and to famiiarize themselves with the more recent systems of applied medicine and surgery. Some of them arc gen fuses in their way. They seemed to have failed in making progress in other walks of life, and have adopted mcdi. cine as last resort. In appearance, they are unkempt with shabby coats and short trousers. They appear to be per petually on the run to attend clinic, and yet have plenty of time to absorb beer when invited. Poor men, most of them, who club together, hire apart AAeAeo, NAVAN0 SA AP0AoSS OA AooA eAAN books, and rush the "growler' at night with the enthusiasm of Fourth Ward tough. A visitor to the Bellevue Hospi- tai Amphitheatre where clinics are held every day, can form some idea of the material which, through the process of evolution, makes doctors. -,.- .s-
 Here are colle cted dudes and country. men, youths and men of middle age. Some of them will continue to study for years in vain, others are destined to shine in their profession. The shabby little man who squints through his pair of brass bound spectacles is astonishing ly wise and marvclously recondite on the subjects of bacteria, thrombosis and affections of the anterior horns in the brain. Sitting near him is the man whose head would delight any phren To- gist, whose intellect seems seated in his forehead, but who attaches more i'm portance to his pipe and bottle than to the midnight oil. He has mistaken his calling. He is man of talent, un- ] doubtedly, but he should have exerted l it in another line. -t It costs about $1, 900 to become an M. D. in New York. This inclu les tuition, board, books and incid cl tai cx- nenses