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Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20

The controversy between the Chiei
OF Police on one side, and the
majority OF the Board OF Police Com
missioners Oh the other, may result
in materially damaging the efficiency
of the Police service, unless wise
Councils prevail. In go far as Chief
Cuddy insists that he shall use his
own judgment in handling his men
after they had been appointed, with
out question or interference by the
Board, he is right. He is
responsible for the working OF
his department, and unless he can de-
tail the man under him as he thinks
best it will be impossible for him to
give satisfaction. II we are going to
have a detective force indie
pendent of the police force,
let it be erected into an
entirely separate bureau. But if it is
to be attached to the Police depart
ment, then it ought to be under the
supreme control of the Chief Of Police.
We understand that it is contem-
plated to give the Detective force
extra-urban jurisdiction, and that the
Board of Supervisors, for the county,
will pay proportion of the cost Of
keeping up that force. If that is
the case, the Detective force
should be entirely detached from
the police force. If placed NOM
inally under the control of the Chief
of Police, whilst all authority over
their action is withheld from that
official, confusion and clashing Of au-
thority must inevitably follow.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20
Cost of Building.

We are in receipt of communica.
tion from one of our lumber dealers,
in which it is claimed that the cost Of
lumber is not so great as we we're led
to state in an article in these columns
last Saturday morning. Our informa-
ton came from a leading architect Of
this city, who has been here all his
life, and who ought to know the
facts about these things. We desire
to do even-handed justice by all in
forests, and therefore have given at
tention to the facts set forth by our
correspondent, who seeks to defend
the lumber dealers. 1t is true some
sorts of lumber are sold here as
cheap as in San Francisco, tax.
ing the quotations furnished by the
local lumber man. Stepping is one
u these classes Of building material.
Other classes are sold at an advance
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20

We publish to-day the State and
county delinquent tax-list complete
1t would have made thirty.eight in.
stead of twenty-five pages if the Su.
pervisors had not come tardily to oui
relief and materially condensed the
descriptions in the last three volumes.
Had the proper elimination OF redund'
ant expression been made at the start,
as it should have been, the list could
have been got into one-half the
space it now occupies. But the
worst feature of the make.
UP of this tax list is in its want Of
plan. 1t is thrown together as it hap.
pened to fall, without the slightest
regard to classification, subdivision or
locality. The City of Los Angeles
appears here, there and everywhere.
So with all the other cit
les and towns. 1t is a hotch-
potch Of incongruity, and the man
who wants to find a given piece OF
property must go all through the list
to find it. How the county officials
succeeded in producing this admirable
confusion we hardly know, unless
they just did it purposely. 1t could
hardly have got so splendidly pi'd of
itself. However, as we said before,
our trouble with it is over. Laus Dec !
1t is now the delinquent taxpayers
turn to do the "cussing."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20

The one unerring guide for honest
legislators in tariff revision is to re-
duce the tariff severely On all articles
which are controlled by trusts to ex-
tort excessive prices from consumers.
On all such articles the duty should
be strictly limited to the difference
between the cast Of labor at home and
abroad. so that any attempt to ad-
vance prices to consumers by arbitrary
decree Of trusts would be defeated by
importations.- Philadelphia Times,
Ind. SO ''t1
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20

to the eye. There is q repose
and beauty in the landscape Of the
emerald foreground that contra SITS
strikingly with the bold and pic.
turesque majesty of the purple-hued
background of mountains, where we
"look to find their loftiest peaks
most wrapped in clouds and snow"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20

Now is the time to behold Southern
California in her primest beauty. Her
valleys, plains and hills are clad with
green, and her stately mountain tops
are capped with snow. The soft,
velvety hue Of the emerald
hills is grateful and pleasing
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20

LOCAL CoRREsPoN 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 lets than
Ave dollars.
JOB PRIHTINe 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
and all orders will be promptly filled at
moderate rates.
The ofiicial List of Letters remaining in
the Postofiice is published in the HERALD
/. Monday.
OYYICE OF PUBLICATION, rs North Spring
street., Los Angeles. Telephone No. 166.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20
To Advertisers.

To inquire insertion in the DAILY HERALD
ok al new advertisements, as well as changes,
they must be handed in before 8 O'Clock
2. n. 80"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-20
Net,ce TO Mail Subscribers.

The papers of all delinquent mail sub
scribers to the % Apgt les DAILY HERALD
will be promptly discontinued hereafter
No papers will be eDt to subscribers by
mail unless the same have been paid for in
odvance. This rule is infiexible.
AYERS LYNCH,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Naming the First Baby.

A momentous family question this,
especially as regards the first baby, for
as the babies increase, their happy
parents become less fastidious about
the selection of names. Your egotistic
papas and mammas usually name their
first boy and girl after themselves-a
foolish proceeding that breeds con-
fusion and tends to waste of time,
labor and stationery by rendering
the suffix Junior" necessary to the
signature of the youthful dupli-
Gates. Although this reproductory
nomenclature may CRAFTY the pride
of parents in one way, it is likely
enough to mortify their vanity in an
other 1t is not pleasant to a we'll
looking, middle-aged paterfamilias to
be styled Mr. So-and-So, senior. The
word smacks of the downhill of life
and is suggestive of gray hairs; and
the term 1.-The old lady" used as con-
tra-distinguishing the buxom matron,
Mary, from her half-grown daughter of
the same name, CRATES harshly on the
sensitive ear of the party of the first
part. 1t is best to look ahead and
avoid the possibility of such invidious
comparisons.-N. Y. Ledger.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
A Legal Item.

Arcola (Ill.) Republican.
lawyer had to compromise that
case in which | sued Smith for $500
for you.
Client-Couldn't you get the full
$500? 3ME
Lawyer-No; | could only get 5000.
/ agreed that we would take 5000 and
pay the costs.
Client-Well. t@'ANo
Lawyer-As / said before, l agreed
to take the $500
Client-But where is my share?
Lawyer-Well, i agreed for you to
pay the costs. ] couldn't settle any
other way.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Wit.

Harry's mother had repeatedly re-
proved him for joking on the Lords
day, but with little effect. Last Sab
bath he was guilty of the same offence
for which his mother took him ac-
cross her knee and administered a
wholesome spanking. "You naughty
boy" she said, as he righted himself
up again, "don't you know what day
it isw 81 should think it was Palm
Sunday" replied the little reprobate,
with roguish twinkle in his fearful
eyes.-Troy Times.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
To Choose an Orange.

The Caterer.
The very sweetest orange and
richest is the black or rusty-coated
fruit, Pick out the dinglest oranges
in the box and you will get the best.
Another way to choose oranges is by
weight. The heaviest are the best
because they have the thinnest skin
and more weight ofjuice. Thick-skin
oranges are apt to be dry; they either
weigh less because of having so much
skin or because of the poverty of the
juice in these particular specimens.
A slight freezing on the trees causes
this condition in otherwise fine fruit.
The "kid glove" oranges are the two
varieties of small fruit grown in
Florida from stocks respectively
brought from China and from
Tangiers. They are called "Manda-
rim" and "Tangarine." They may
be eaten without soillinga kid glove,
because the skin is looseand the little
"gores" or pockets ofjuice comeapart
very clearly and without breaking,
All the above applies to Florida
oranges. The Jamaica and Havana
oranges are much paler yellow and
their juice is usually of more acid
quality.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Ex-Speaker of the Assembly of the
State of New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK, I
ASSEMBLY CHAMBER,
ATpANV Anril 16 1898


My family for the last twelve years
have been using ALLCocK's Porous
PLAsTERs, and have found them
wonderfully efficacious in coughs,
colds, and pains in the side and back.
About ten years ago I was thrown
from a wagon and badly bruised.
In three days these plasters entirely
removed the pain and soreness.
Twice they have cured me of severe
colds which threatened pulmonary
trouble. They also cured my son of
rheumatism in the shoulder, from
which he had suffered two years.
JAMES w. Hustled.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Ringing Noises

In the ears, sometimes a roaring
buzzing sound are caused by catarrh,
that exceedingly disagreeable and
very common disease. Loss of smell
or hearing also result from catarrh.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood
purifier, is a peculiarly successful
remedy for this disease, which it
cures by purifying the blood. Ifyou
suffer from catarrh, try Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the peculiar medicine.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

"'Men, like trees, begin to grow old
at the top" Avoid the first appear
ance of growing old by keeping the
hair in a vigorous and healthful con-
dition by the use of Warmers Log
Cabin Hair Tonic. Sold by all
druggi SITS.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Where Log Cabins Flourish.

A party of American gentlemen,
who had been camping out on an
island in the great Lake Nipissing,
Canada, last summer, were returning
in a sail-boat and were yet seven
miles from port when the sun went
down, and with it the sailing breeze.
A discouraging situation, truly.
"Never mind, l can row you there
inside of two hours" said the guide
who had charge of the party, as their
murmurs arose. >N
"Why, man, it is seven miles,
there are four of us in this heavy
boat-its a big job you undertake."
said one. A'".. '
"No matter, have done the likes
before and can do it again."
cheerfully replied the broad-shoulder-
ed Irishman, as he slowed away the
sail and bent to the oars. He was a
splendid oarsman and the boat was
soon under Roadway again.
"What would mot give to enjoy
your health and strength" remarked
the Professor.
eyes, / am pretty healthy, and
though / am past sixty / feel as
strong as ever,n replied the guide.
"But only three years ago I stood at
deaths door, and never thought to
pull an oar again. You see, l was in
the woods all winter, logging, and
Igot into the water one day and
caught cold. 1t settled on my lungs
and l had a bad cough which hung
on till l ran down almost to skelc.
n.ua.aa.-uasu.--,ras,ae -asasa,a-s-.as.as
call in a physician ?"
ayes, I went twenty miles through
the bush to see doctor; he gave me
some medicine, but it didn't help me
much"
Chow was the cure effected ?'
"An old Scotch lady, who had
come over from the States, gave me
preparation of balsams and herbs
which she said the early settlers in
America used, and it soon stopped
my cough and put me on my feet
again." &
OAe has but to travel along the
frontier to learn how easy it is to gel
along without doctors, and how
effective are the natural remedies
which the old grandmothers know
how to prepare. They often cure
where the best physicians fail.
Every mother of a family knows
how coughs and colds are quickly
and radically cured with syrups and
teas made from balsams and herbs
which grandmother taught us how
to make"
Warmers Log Cabin cough anC
consumption remedy was, afte
long investigation into the merit
and comparison with other old TIM
preparations, selected from them be
cause proved to be the very best o
them all. 1t has brought back tn
roses to many pallid cheek-ther
is no known remedy its equal as
cure for coughs and colds.
no nhonca on 0ronoa
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Wonderful Results.
KNOXVILLE, July 2, 1888.

KNOXVILLE, July 2, 1888.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Gentlemen have daughter
now seven years of age, who, when
about three years of age, showed a
severe case of scrofula on the side of
of her neck, the usual swelling and
bumps appeared, and with view
to curing her, we began using S. S.
S. The result was wonderful, and l
and my wife now stand ready to in
dorse the great curative powers of
your medicine.
S. III. DEARMoND, Cleveland, Tenn.
Conductor on E. r., V. q Ga. R. r.
Alarming Symptoms.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

Hoods Sarsaparilla is purely veg
etable preparation, being free from
injurious ingredients. 1t is peculiar
in its curative power.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27

To do so no more is the truest re-
pentance.-Luther.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-10-27
Alarming Symptoms

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June %, 1873.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga:
Gentlemen-Between five and six
years ago boils and carbuncle appear
ed upon me, to an extremely disa-
greeable and alarming extent. Ny
general health seemed good, but
there was every indication of riot
Gus condition of my blood. The
boils gave me a great trouble and
pain. Physicians treatment did
not seem to avail, and finally l de-
cided to give your S. S. S. trial.
Before the first bottle gave out l no.
ticed the improvement. The boils
and carbuncles disappeared, and with
the six bottles I quit. | was then
perfectly well, and ever since that
time my blood has given every evil
dence of perfect purity. l attribute
my complete cure to your medicine
alone. w. H. DUNLAP,
Pass. Con. A. G. S. r. r.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
3, Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Frank Leslie has recently re
turned to New York after pleasant
holiday abroad, where she was the
recipient of many honors, social and
otherwise. Hardly any woman is a
more conspicuous figure in foreign So
ciety than Mrs. Leslie is when she
honors European capitals with her
presence, but Notwithstanding she
numbers more than one member OF
the nobility among her admirers,
she is still true to her own country,
and in a recent letter to a personal
friend in New Orleans has this to say
of her countrymen: "The more l see
of my compatriots the more convinc.
ed am I that they are the most chiv.
alrous men on earth, and that with
them is the true accolade of knight.
hood-an accolade given by a greater
hand than that of any earthly king
and with a sword divine, for they are
brave, courteous, loyal. l had the
pleasantest possible vacation and 8
royal reception later in London, but
am glad to be back at my good
honest work rgain."
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01
STUDEBAKEFS :: WAGONS.

fow.ers endeavor to steal up 10 duck or swans in the ''watches" or pieces of open water in the middle of frozen floods, by carrying laurel or pine bough in their hands.
 One animal will make use of an- other simply as means of loco motion. A good example of this is the sucker fish of the Mexican gulf, which adheres by means of a sucker situated on the back of its bead to the belly of a shark. Pro- lessor Moseley writes. "The sharks were often seen attended by one or more pilot fishes, as well as bearing the suckers attached to them. 1 often watched with as touishment from the deck the curi- ous association of three so widely different fish as it glided round the ship like a single compound organism Saturday Review.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01
Parasites of.ne Ocean.

If one watches the pools as the
 tide goes down one may often see the shell which holds a hermit crab decorated with a sea anemone.
 The anemone, one might suppose, had taken up its position of its own accord when the shell was at rest. Mr. Gosse, however, says that in every instance when he de- tached the anemone from the shell the hermit crab picked it up and held it in its claws against the shell flor the space of ten minutes at time, until fairly attached by
 good strong base" Is such a strange proceeding simply dictated by love of fnery? 4 still more curious case mentioned by Pre- lessor Mohns, "Beitrage zur Murerfauna der Insel Maurities," inclines one to a different con clusion. He tells us of two dis tinct genera of crabs in the Man ritius which have a habit of firmly grasping a sea anemone in either claw and carrying them about. The professor does not attempt to explain the habit, but 1t seems to us that it may very likely be a
 ruse, under cover of which to ap- proach their prey, just as wild
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01
a Soprano Voice.

There was an exciting scene one day last week in an Austin court. The neighbors of Gabe Snodgrass, living on Austin avenue. were compelled to have him arrested He had whipped his wife, and her screams were so terrific that crowd at 8 saloon ten blocks dls- tant put there untouched glasses back on the bar and went to the door to see what was the matter. Both Gabe and his wife were III court.
 What do you mean, sir?" said his Honor sternly, "by such cruel treatment of her whom you have vowed at the alter to love and cherish?"
 Gabe assumed a persuasive at- titude and emphasized every word he said by the most extravagant gestures. He was laboring under in,ellse mental excitement.
 'I'll explain it ter yer, Jedge. Fuah God, I hardly fetched her wid de toe of my boot. I tell yer, Jedgc, dat nigger's voice am ter I'lnme. When she sings it sounds ike 8 whole camp-meetin'. Am I ter blame because Matildy has got a voice, ike a biler explodin'?"
 His Honor shook hls head, as if to intimate the theory was too thin.
 Yer don't believe me? Now, Jedge, jess you jedge for your self," said Gabe, and hitting up d hoof the size of ham he gave Matildy kick that would have jolted an elephant. She threw her hands up and opened her mouth as big as circus hippopot anus She gave prolonged yell that caused two teams to run away and made everybody in the courtroom hold his hands to is ears.
 "Dar," said Gabe triumphantly when she subsided, lis yer gwine ter punish me bekase she has got soprano voice? Is I ter blanc bekase she make prima donner outen herself?"
 His Honor dismissed the case Texas Siftings.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01
Colonel Bnndy. of Chicago, in 3

Colonel Bundy, of Chicago, in a recent address, explains the pres ence of a devil in the composing rooms. It seems that when print ing first became an applied art the conservative world looked on the press as an invention of the devil. Though why the contemporaries of the inventors Of printing should have thought his Satanlc Majesty interested in the multiplication of the book especially designed to depopulate his kingdom, is not clear, unless upon the theory that in the hands of the people the book would be a stumbling block over which they would fall into hell" Never mind, so that we get an explanation of the disastrous imp whose omnipresence accounts for all mishaps of printing offices.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01
Origin of The gvord Cigar.

The origin of the word cigar is of some interest, and is not to be found in the ordinary dictionaries. The word, of course, is Spanish, and Llttre, in his French diction- ary, says that the word is derived from cigarra, the Spanish nume for grasshopper When the Span iards first introduced tobacco into Spain from the island of Cuba, in the sixteenth century, they culti- vated the plant in their gardens, which in Spanish are called cigarrales. Each grew his tobacco in his cigarrol and rolled 1t up for smoking, as he had learned from the Indians in the West Indies. When one offered smoke to friend he could say, "Es de mi cigarral'-It is from my garden. Soon the expression came to be, Este cigalToes de mi cigarraF'- This cigar is from my garden. And from this the word cigar spread over the world. The name cigarral for garden comes from cigarra, grasshopper, that insect being very common in Spain, and cigarral meaning the place where the cigarra sings. In this way tie word clgar comes from cjgarra, the name of the insect, not be- cause it resembles the body of the grasshopper, but because it was grown in the place it frequents.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01

Young Man ito waiter)-W Waiter, l want some roast turkey. Give me the outside slice off the breast, nice, large piece of the liver, and, as I am hungry, you might bring me both second joints.
 Walter- Yes, sir; anytlin' else.
 Young Man (contemplatlvely)- Yes, there is something more 1 in tend to order. Let-me-see-
 Waiter-I guess it must be the earth. How'll have 1t cooked?- New York Sun.
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01
E0s: Ia, 2 EliEzard.

tho Northwest about the deaths caused by the terrible blizzard and cold weather last week." re- marked an old gentleman from Iowa at one of the hotels last even ing, "recalls to my mind very narrow escape l had OF an Illinois prairie over forty years ago. In two instances in Dakota last week men are reported to have got lost and perished in the furious snow storm within short distance of their own homes. I can readily understand how that camo about. In my own case, | was on my way on foot from 8 neigbor's 10 my fathers house, only half a mile distant. The wind blew furiously ard the snow was binding. I couldn't see a foot ahead. l walked rapidly, expecting to reac home every minute, but after hay ing trudged along for over an hour I all at once realized that I was lost, and that. instead of go- ing in a straight line across the prairie, had in some uuaccounta- ble way lost my bearings. Night came on and the blizzard con tinued to rage. All was fury and chaos above me, before me and on all sides of me. It was the dark est, widest nsght l ever saw or want to sec again. I kept on walk ing, groping my way blindly. l had no more idea where 1 was than if l had been shot out of cannon into the middle of Africa's Dark Continent. l couldn't stop would have frozen to death if I had-so l kept going on, on, on all night long and until toward noon next day, when suddenly it stopped showing, and the first thing l saw distinctly was strange farm house a few yards ahead. l was almost tired to death from the long walk and the stretch of anxiety, and when I reached the strange house I knocked at the door and a woman admitted me, gave me refreslment and a good rest. l was almost struck crazy when, on inquiry, l ascertained that I was over twenty miles from home, in a direction al- most directly opposite tt that in which l thought ! had been walk ing all those hours. It was the awfnlest experience of my life, and l have often wondered that 1 survived It, I readily appreciate how persons caught out iE bliz- gard can get lost. If you want to find ont how easily one can get lost at such a time, only under take to walk across the street with your eyes shut, and see where you will bring up"
The Clifton clarion., 1888-02-01

If the fond parent who recently wrote to a New York founding hospital, Please send me nice little red-haired boy. I have red-haired wife and five red headed girls, and we want a boy to match" will kindly specify the number of white horses of which he is the happy possessor, he will lelrn something to his advantage.-Tid Bits.