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Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22
A BR UTAL sLUGGING MATCH.
Both of the Wen Were Covered with
Blood.

NEW York, December 21.-An unusu-
ally brutal prizefght of twelve rounds
took place this morning at Bayridge,
L. l., between Jack Mullin and Jim
Bates, both of Brooklyn, with bare
knuckles. Mullen had the best Of the
fight to the last round, when he broke
his left wrist over the head of his oppo-
nent and was compelled to throw up the
sponge. 1t was brutal slugging match
OF the worst character and both men
were covered with blood.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22
Crown Flour


for 81 As '0'
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22
$G5.OO Sewing Machine Give
AwaV.

A 500. 90 sewing machine is very accept
able Christmas gift, and you can have Que BY
purchasing your boots and shoes from us. We
distribute them free on Christmas Eve. and
guarantee each OF them to be genuine $65 OO
sewing machine. Don't fail to get one Our
prices lead th1ltown.
and sewing mac ines gwen away
Mems Congress Shoes S1.75, and sewing
machines given away.
Misses fine kid button boots 81 .25, and sew.
ing machines given away
Monday Night.
Headquarters 200 n Main street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22

See the eraud gift sale Of the Queen shoe
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22

50. Louis Lead, Eastern OH
And painters supplies. at Mathews'.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22

crown Flour. Crown Flour.
Ask your grocer for it S1.45.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22
Christmas. Christmas.
Semour,s Floor Patnt.

Fine Christmas cakes at L. Ebineer's bakery
corner Of Third and Spring.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22

Physicians say that Hungarian food Il az.
ceedfngly n0urtshinR Il can be found at the
Vienna Buffet. cor. Main and Requene streets,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22
wanted.

The proprietors Of Horne & Abeps White
Pine Balsarl would like to hear from any pur-
chaser Of their medicine who has not found
It to be the most eficient remedy for coughs,
dificuIty that has ever been devised. Remem-
Der the name, Horne 4 Abel's White Pine Bal
sam. For sale BY all druggists. Price, 20 cents
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-22

1t dries hard over night with fine gloss. Tr
$40 8. Spring st.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
FARMER BROWNS STORY.

Wed quarreled wife an me about some
pesky little thing,
Ez mos folks will wen one on UNI gets OF some
rankin thing.
An t'other answers sassy with some sneerin
word that's wuss-
tell We, mister t allus takes pair tew make
fuss
An ez wuz a-sayin', after we I'D had the spat
We hadn't spoke in more'n week, BY Jingo
think o that.
I'd got up mornins jes' the same, an MIXED
an done the chores,
An she d got breakfast w'iles wuz putterin
out doors,
An every thin I'D gone right on from mornin'
until night,
Bu. tew each other we wuz dumb. We knew it
wuznt right,
Yet nuther I'D give in an inch. It allus happens
so:
Wen onct old Satan gifts holt he's boun tew
win the throw!
Wen we wuz married, both on us wuz sure that
years an years
I'd make no difference with US. We had no
thought O. tears.
/ tell We, though, wen folks is poor, an hev tew
work an toll,
1t ant much OF q wonder that their tempers
often spoil;
An sentiment gifts rusty, like, wen hands grow
hard an rough.
~ wuZ sayln poor IOIkS sometimes mas JnlnBs
mighty tough
Wed raised "a lot O. boys an girls but they he'd
married Off
Excep our youngest darter, Jane, who's got a
killing cough,
An our stborn, Ezekiel John, who many
years ago
Jes left one day tew go away. Whar? Wall,
we didn't know.
He never took to farmin', an we called him lazy
Zeke.
Though we war mighty lonesome wen he took
his roamin' freak.
He went afore he wuz of age, an thirty year err
more
Had come an gone wen one day he druv up to
our front door.
We thought him dead He turned up rich. They
call him GUY ner Brown.
o, yes, That day he come we spoke I've told
tupside down.
j A. Wdidr0n, in Jtidge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
WITCHCRAFT IN MEXICO.
An Old Woman Beaten to Death Because
She Practiced Sorcery.

A remarkable criminal case is about
to come to trial here which illustrates
the survival of the belief in witchcraft
in the nineteenth century. The parties
and the witches" in the case are in
habitants of little town near Capt.
talo. During the past year an old
woman living in the town has been
exacting a monthly tax from the
fathers of families to prevent her
from taking the lives of their chill
dren by sucking their breath i'll some
mysterious manner, her pretense being
that she was witch and had a mys-
terious power over life and death. She
lived in a little hut, in which she kept
all the paraphernalia OF witch
craft-a cat, a broom, dead crOco-
die, etc.-and was i'll the habit
of going out on the neighboring mount
aims and looking for hours steadily at
The horizon, and when in town would
mystify the inhabitants by making
incomprehensible gestures. writing
strange characters in the dust, and 9TH
erwise terrify the simple villagers.
Recently child in one family died
suddenly, and as the father had refused
to pay the monthly tax to this witch.
il was rumored that she had bewitched
the child, an impression which grew
stronger and stronger. Finally the
godfather of the child, man named
Medina. met the woman in Il street of
the village and said to her; "Why
did you kill my godchild?" The witch
replied: because its father did not
pay me my tax" "Well, neither will
| pay that infamous tax" he replied.
"Tben." said the witch, Il will kill
YOUR child Medina replied: "Well,
YOU will not kill it, for | will kill you. "
He then beat the old woman to death,
and his act was sustained by the whole
village. He has been arrested for MUIR
der. and his trial will bring most OF
the older people of the village to Mex
leo as witnesses in his behalf. The
LAWYER for Medina is Emilio Romero.
This case recalls the fanaticism once
rampant in the Massachusetts town o.
Pocasset. and will be the most inter
esting trial, from psychological point
of view, known here for some time.--
City of McGicO Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Among recent achievements In
photography is portrait copy taken
by the light of a Cuban fre-beetle in
thirty seconds, and a photograph OF
the aurora borealis. To obtain the lat
tsr had been declared an utter imposi-
bility.
In England, q fashionable fabric
called limitation Indian muslin" has
been found to be so highly charged with
arsenic as to render it dangerous to
health and life when used either for
dresses or other attire, or for curtains.
Several seamstresses have been made
very i'll by working upon it.
Milk is altered both in taste and
appearance by the character of the
food supplied to the COWS. 1t is colored
by madden and saffron, scented by
plants of the onion tribe, and changed
in taste by such articles as turnips.
Certain food may give it medicinal
properties, and milk thus medicated is
proposed as a method of treating dis
ease.
AS illustrating the part that labor
plays in enhancing the value of raw
materials, it is estimated that from
seventy-fve cents worth of iron ore
may be developed $3.50 worth of bar
iron, $40 worth of horse shoes, $3.50
worth of table knives, $500 worth of
fine needles, $29, 40 worth of shirt but
tons, 5000, 900 worth of watch springs,
or 81, 100000 worth of pallet arbors
FUSED in watches.)
1t will probably surprise most peo-
Pile to learn that both cessation of re-
spiration and of movement of the heart
are rejected as signs of death by a
French lecturer, in considering the pre-
else moment when life ceases. Heart
beats have been known to continue for
an hour after the body was beheaded,
while, on the other hand, they may
temporarily cease in fainting.
"A new alloy discovered by Herr
Keith, of Brockenheim, can be used
very advantageously in the laboratory
to replace vessels or fittings Of ebonite,
vulcanite or porcelain, as it practically
resists the attack of almost all acids
and alkaline solutions. This alloy is
a bronze, with the addition of lead and
and anthony, its composition being
as follows: Fifteen parts copper, 2.3=
parts tin, 1872 parts lead, and par
anthony.
Any odd pieces of silver may be
utilized, if for plating metallic arti
cles, by placing them in an ounce o
nitric acid, boiling them for an instant
The acid having dissolved the silver
throw in a good handful of common
salt to kill the acid, then make into ;
paste with common whiting. The past
/ is tc be applied with wash leathe
dampened in water. The silver sur
face will be maintained for years.
american StdtiORer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
SPONGES AT DINNER.
p rimitive Creatures That Are All Mouth
and How They Feed.


The sponge has an advantage over
the coral polyp in its method of feed
ing. The coral has a large mouth-in
fact. like a frog, its head is all mouth.
While some fish are greatly gifted in
the matter of mouth, the sponge beats
them all in being nothing but mouth.
Highly organized spOnges have hun
dreds of mouths, or pores, which draw
in the water and thus feed the plant
on the organized matter, each hole an
swering for the purpose of a mouth,
while the sponges of low organization
have no fixed pores, but possess the
curious property of being able to open
a mouth or pore at any point where a
particle of food appears and attracts
the animal. There is no indication of
when or where Il pore is about to open,
for the creature is all mouth, and,
whenever its appetite is excited at any
point, it simply opens itself and takes
in the food that happens to be handy;
then shuts up its temporary mouth
again until another occasion offers, a
state of being which undoubtedly, to
the sponge, has its advantages.
The kinds of sponges of commerce
are numerous. There are the rough
grass sponge, the coarsest variety
known to commerce; the Key West
sponge; the hedgehog sponge, found
covered with prickly points, whence
it's name; the wine-colored sponge, the
bouquet sponge, so-called probably be-
cause its odor when brought up from
the bottom is not that of a bouquet; the
finger sponge, the smallest sponge, and
last and most costly of all, the delicate
cup sponge; all of which may be seen
for sale, some in stores where the
sponge is speciality and others
only in the curiosity shops. In the
West Indies the method of sponge-fish-
ing is uniform, water glass or large
tube with a piece of glass in the bot
tom, locating the sponges, then a
pole armed with a hook being employed
to detach and bring them to the sur
face. In some parts of the world
divers find sponge fishing profitable
industry, and descend to considerable
distances, bringing up the sponges in
their hands and under their arms, but
in general the method already de-
scribed is that employed both in the
West and East Indies.
The sponge is not yet cultivated
only because the natural supply is as
yet great. and probably will always
continue so; because the sponge is OF
very quick growth, and in tropical
seas found everywhere on the bottom.
Over 5000, 900 sponges Of all sizes and
Ill varieties are every year shipped
/ from the Bahama Islands, bringing in
an annual income to the islanders OF
over 100000. Should the natural
supply of sponges diminish, there is
no reason why they should not be
raised artifcially, as oysters are, and,
perhaps, in future, should the demand
increase or supply fall off, sponge
reservations will be employed, for the
uses of the sponge are manifold, and
,he demand is constantly charging
S. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
FOOD IN ENGLAND.
How the Average Britcn Lives and Man
ages to Grow Fat.

ages W Sioh Htt'
An American visitor to England
has noticed the absence of great va
riety of vegetables at the meals.
There are plenty of meats, fish,
game, fowls and the animal foods,
but the vegetables are few. The list of
these are about complete with potatoes,
French beans and peas, cauliflower,
cucumber, lettuce, radishes and vege-
table marrow. These peas are charac-
terized as favorless little things and the
cucumbers as thin and sometimes about
a yard long The lettuce is called the
sweetest and best in the world. but the
vegetable marrow is insipid, watery
and soft, and tastes about like ali over
ripe cucumber.
American peas, beans, cucumbers,
radishes and potatoes are said to be
much better favored and to be larger
than the English vegetables. Beans
and peas come largely from France,
and even the strawberries and aspara-
gus mostly from other countries. Green
corn is unknown, and turnips, parsnips,
SQUASH. carrots and the like seldom
reach the table Tomatoes grow in
lighthouses and are costly. Peaches are n
great luxury and are worth twenty-five
cents apiece. Watermelons are not
heard of but muskmelons are imported
in small quantities from France.
The English people as rule eat well
and heartily and without much in the
way of fancy cooking and, very sensi-
bly,, they do not stuff themselves with
lot of rich and greasy food. The
Englishman starts in with brandy and
soda in the morning and habitually
drinks alchoholic beverages with his
meals and more or less at other times.
The English beefsteak is generally
broiled and is tender and juicy, and
the roast beef is uncommonly good,
the roasting piece being, not rib,
as Americans sometimes have it,
but very thick porterhouse steak.
The domestic beef, mutton, ham and
bacon can not be beaten for quality,
and are Justly entitled to all the praise
that has been given to them. The veni-
son is not well favored, and the birds
are hung up until almost putrid. At
any rate this is what Il traveller says
about these things. Good HouSekeep-
ng.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


We fear that the philosopher who
said that ladies who wear unusually
rich gowns keep their husbands unusu.
ally poor gave voice to great truth.
--Harper'S Bazar.
1t is not the hand that rocks the
cradle, but the hand that never had an
opportunity to rock the cradle, that
wants to rule the country.-NashUiiLe
american.
"A Michigan man heard that his
grandfather had left him a portion of
his fortune, and at the appointed time
went to the post-of1ice to get his check.
1t was for seventeen cents.
1t is all well enough to talk about
a needle being lost in haystack, but
it would not be lost long if you ever
walk on the hay in your bare feet
P'tcb.
Mr.. Caudle-"Doctor, | want you
to put up powerful sedative for my
wife; give me the best specific for in
somnia you know Of" Doctor -
"What's the matter? Can't she sleep?''
Mr.. Caudle-"Yes, L guess SO; but l
can t. "-Burdette.
"A woman in Georgia, while smok-
ing a pipe, was struck. by lightning
and killed. Lightning shows very
poor judgment, considering the number
of boys that may be seen smoking Gig
arettes. Herald.
Fashionable Wife-''Did you no.
tice, dear, at the party last evening,
how grandly our daughter Clara swept
into the room?n Husband with a
grunD-"O, yes, Clara can sweep into
room grandly enough; but when it
comes to sweeping out room, she
isn't there
"A Highland custom is that of ush-
ering in the morning by the music of
the bagpipe; the piper plays under the
windows of the castle and thus
arouses the inmates The American
custom of ushering in the morning by
the hand organ is equally effective.
-'Look here" said the railroad
superintendent to the conductor, pas
sengers say you are not civil to them"
Tin just as civil as know how to be"
said the aggreved conductor. That's
just what they complain Of" was the
reply. n-BoSton Transcript.
Accept my hand, Augusta?' And
the maiden looked at the hand, which
was something smaller than an average
sized salt fish, hesitated a moment and
then said sweetly isn't there some
thing off, where you take so large an
r?"-BoSton Transcript.
Magistrate (to prisoner arrested
for assault)-"You admit, then, that
you pulled your landlords nose?"
Prisoner-'Yes." Don't you know
you had no right to do that?' mo,
sir; if [ had no right to pull his nose
he would shave had it down in the
lease" IN Y. Sun.
The manner in which the human
being progresses in intelligence is very
simple and clearly illustrated. Take a
child and give it a quarter. He i'm
mediately tries to swallow it just as it
is. Give a man a quarter and he pru-
IDENTITY converts it into liquid before
attempting to swallow it.-MerchGnt
Trdreler.
-"Ah," remarked the young law
yer, with u blase air, as he waited for
his case to be called, Il am so unfOrtu-
, nate in being compelled to wait here so
+ long" Not at ALL said the old
lawyer, rising to leave, you are so
fortunate in having the time to wait so
, long" The young lawyer writhed and
, the old lawyer went to his Office to
complete his essay on professional
, Courtesy" in time for the next number
: OF the Legal Register. Time.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
Lively Oriental VOLCANOES.

SAN FRANCISCO, August l3.-Fur-
ther advices regarding the volcanic
eruptions in Japan state that the
small villages of Kishizawa, Akimoto
and Hozono, in Hokiaharamura, were
covered with sand and ashes, and the
site on which they stood is thrown
into the mountains. The number of
persons burned in these villages is en-
tirely unknown, but it is believed
that none there escaped alive. The
following villages suffered most: At
Nina forty-five residences were de-
stroyed and twelve persons killed; at
Shibuya seventeen residences were
destroyed and twenty persons
killed and wounded; at Nagas-
aka twenty-five residences were
destroyed and 9S persons killed. AT
Horki 81 residences were destroyed
and no one was killed, the people hav
ing fed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
Left to Die.

Jesus Hernandez went bathing yes
terday at the head of the river, and
by some means was drowned. AL
though he cried for help, none came
near him, and although three parties
inquest admitted he could swim and
had saved life from drowning, he did
not 90 to the Inflated mans assist
ance, because he was told not to inter
fere until the coroner came. Justice
Barnes acted as coroner and gave
Judgment that the man was drowned,
but could have been saved if proper
means had been taken to rescue him.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
A Double Wreck on the Erie.

PORT JERvIs, N. Y, August 10
An east bound freight on the Erie rail
road when quarter of mile west of
Shohla, at about o'clock this morning
struck a lot of rocks, which had been
washed down on the track, and the
locomotive, and four cars were wreck
ed. Engineer NJ. Fritz, received bad
scalp wound. Fireman Ohagen, sus-
stained scalp wound, and had both
arms broken, and Conductor Fred
Long, was injured above his back.
Express train No. 8, west bOnnd was
due at the time of the accident, and
the forward brakeman got lamp
from the switch and tried to flag, but
failed, and the express engine crash
ed into the wreck, and one car
loaded with horses, the baggage car,
mail car, smoker and one day coach,
were thrown from the track down an
embankment so feet from the rails.
The car caught fire and burned, but
not until all the passengers were
saved. Alex. Newman, fireman of
the express engine, was caught fast
in the wreck, and was burned.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
Not What They Thought.

There was an excellent concert at
the Mission gardens, last night, by
well attended. The event of the
evening was to have been the appear
ance of Mrs. Gyger, of Chicago, said to
be noted viOlinist. The lady APP
peared, and although fair violinist,
is by no means great one, and can
be eXcelled by amateurs of the city.
The proprietors engaged her upon her
psendO reputation and are leedle
left in this transaction.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
Action Against the Times.

LONDON, August l3.-The Star says,
T. P. OConnor, the editor, and a
member of Parliament for Liverpool,
and Jno. Redmond. member of Parlia-
ment for Wexford, have entered &C
ton for libel against the Times in the
English Court of Queens Bench. The
Parnellite members of Parliament
have determined to apply to the Com
mission inquiry, for the appointment
of a special commission to go to
America for the purpose of inspecting
certain documents.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Cardinal Howard of Louisiana has
been dangerously i'll for some time.
Courtlandt Palmer's last will and
testament has been filed.
The old Burlington trouble broke
out anew at Lincoln, Neb., on Satur-
day in the shape of a small riot.
The Blaine party were the guests of
the Hon. Thomas G. Platt at Manhat-
tan Beach, on Saturday.
The English papers, one and all,
publish very complimentary notices
of Sheridan.
Mr.. Blaine received many callers at
the 9TH Avenue hotel yesterday
morning.
The Telephone exchange is working
very smoothly at Eagle Pass with
some 90 phones. In a few days other
lines will be up.
United States Marshall Rankin has
made an important arrest eight miles
south of San Marcos in the person of
DR.. J. w. Jenkins, who is wanted at
Louisville, KY, for counterfeiting.
Miss Daisy Judd, of Nashville, goes
into the woods at New Middleton,
Tenn, where she had been attending
school, and shoots herself. She was
Is, and love affair was the cause.
Larry Donovon, the bridge jumper,
was drowned in the Thames, having
jumped from the Hungerford bridge.
This was small feat for him, but was
nevertheless fatal.
The statistics of immigration to the
70 hn nn1in r
June so, shows that the total increase
over the preceding year was more
than 100000.
The venturesome Captain Andrews
and his little dory, the Dark Secret,
have been once more sighted, this
time by the steamship India, which
arrived at New York on Tuesday last
from the Mediterranean.
Gov. Hill, of n. j., has granted
Daniel Lyons the murderer, a respite
until Tuesday, August q. The
governor says he disapprOves of the
custom so long in vogue of having
all executions on Friday.
John L. Sullivan has distinguished
himself by getting drunk and smash
ing up a turnout he was driving at
Brighton.
A young girl named Honora wills IN,
recently poisoned herself in n. Y. She
was a flower maker by occupation.
The reason assigned for her act was
that she had too many lovers.
James FELTON, Slade, assistant man.
ager of the Tiffany glass company, and
proprietor of the jewelry store on 4th
Avenue, n. Y, is found dead with his
threat cut. He committed suicide.
Mayor Hewitt says that he is not
seeking reelection, that he fears his
health will not permit him to serve
another term, but if the people of New
York insist on re-electing him, he will
not refuse to serve.
The Amphitrite, one of the double
turreted monitors, which have been
fourteen years under construction, is
to have her steam trial Immediately.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
For Home characterization.

Those fancy tables for parlor Orna-
mentatiOn are decidedly unique. Wolf
son carries an infinite variety of
them, all patterns, woods, sizes, prices.
Parlor furniture also, richly uphOlster-
ed in all the latest fads, in sets, in
suites, in any way to suit customers.
Elegant sideboards and hat racks, solid
or ornate, plain or fancy, to suit the
purchaser. Window shades, curtain
poles and rods, and everything you
need in the way of house furniture,
not forgetting the baby's carriage.
Wolfson has a store of these, such as
"Alicen never saw in Wonderland"
Wolfson caters to all tastes, has goods
to suit all purses, and always the
best goods for the least money. Ut
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-13
The Times on Parnell.

LONDON, August 13.-The Times
says it is profoundly astonished at the
step Mr.. Parnell has taken in bring
ing suit against it in the Scotch courts.
1t says whether this action is serious
ly meant, or only designed to waste
time and money, the work of the par
limentary commission inquiry will go
on unaffected.