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Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-26
People can hardly Believe it.

People can hardly Believe 1t.
JERsEYvrLLE, ILL.,, May 30th 1885,
I take pleasure to let you known that my boy is
still all right, he has not had any of the spasms
since about March goth. The people can hardly
believe it from the fact that he had many as is
a day or more. l believe he was very nervous
Child all his life but did not show any signs of
spasms until. last December, after which they
came in regular succession and had doctors
attending who could do nothing for him, nor
even tell us what was the matter. had despaired
of his ever getting we'll, until l got Koenig's
Nerve Tonic. After taking not quite bottleful
he got quite we'll and has not had the least sign of
spasms since. Respectfully Yours,
MRS. E. LEYTON.
l testify to the facts as stated above to be
strictly true. JAS. HARIY, Pastor.
Our Pa ytApEiTet FOR SUFFERERS or nervous al
seases will be sent free to sny address, apd
poor patients can also obtain this medicine
tree OF charge from US.
This remedy has been prepared by the Reverend
Pastor Kpnig, of ort Wayne, Ind. for the pnst
ten years. and 10 now prepared under his oj,ec.
ton by the
50 West Madsea, ccr Clinton ei., CHICAGO, I'LL.
SOLD nv DRUGGISTS.
Price 81 per Bottle. 6 F*oE''ne tor SIS.
c. F. HEINZEMAN, Druggist and Chemist,
222 North MairIr rect, Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-26

Hervey Lindley, ]. c. Rays, E. w. Jones,
G. w. Huges, Sam Lewis.
II. G. Wilmer. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. President
J. Frankenield. ............... .Vice-President
T. J. Weldon Cashier.
J. NJ. Wilmer, Assistant Cashier.
General Banking and Exchange Business
transacted. m4-4m
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29

A Thanksgiving Feast is offered
in Peterson for November. 1t is
especially rich in illustrations print
ed on fine paper. Among the most
noticeable articles is a story "That
Akers Girl" by Rebecca Harding
Davis, Knick Knacks and Necessar-
les, q narrative telling what a wo-
mans ingenuity devised in house
furnishing, with numerous illustra-
tions showing the success of her eff
forts. "Along southampton Road, "
an illustrated poem BY Minna Irv-
ing. Every article in the number
is worthy Of special mention. Next
year peterson" will reach its IF
tieah anniversary of successful pub
lication when it will be enlarged in
pages, with more abundant illus
trationss fine paper. etc, thus adj
ding greatly to its attractiveness.
Terms two dollars per year, with
greatly reduced rates to clubs. Now
il the time to start club for 1891.
Address Peterson Magazine, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29
WEDNESDAY Oct. 20. 1850.
Cuban Reciprocity

Ii seems more than probable, says
the New Orleans Delta, that the
outcome Of the recent tariff legisla
ton will ultimately be either the in
dependence Of Cuba or its annexa-
ton to the United States. The
terms upon which Cuban sugar
comes into our market free of duty
are such as to virtually destroy the
fiscal system OF the island.
Section 3 of the act provides that
the president, upon ascertaining the
fact that any country levies duties
upon agricultural products OF the
United States which may be deem
ed onerous or unfair shall, after
January, 1892, have the right to is
sue q proclamation declaring the
products of that country subject to
duty IN the United States. This
section will bear upon tropical coun-
tries, for the reason that the specific
articles named, upon which duties
are levied in such a contingency,
are sugar, molasses, rice, coffee,
hides and wool.
While Cuba sells in the United
States vastly more than she purchas-
es from us, her fiscal system is yet
very largely dependent upon the du-
ties upon goods from the United
States. Something like 20 per cent.
Of the revenue Of the island comes
from the duties on agricultural pro-
ducts imported from the United
States.
The overburdened exchequer of
the island can i'll afford to lose these
duties upon American products. 1t
is Furthermore confronted with the
fact that if the duties on American
goods are abolished that would re-
suit in a discrimination against
Spanish products and necessitate
their free importation also.
The people Of Cuba are therefore
alarmed at the situation, and will
no doubt speedily agitate the ques-
ton of securing a reciprocity treaty.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29

In connection with this establishments Is
the GLOBE STEAM La UNDRY. ROBT.
BELLS. l02 Main Street, Agent for Anna
polls, where al information win be given. AS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29
FURNISHING GOODS.

Also full line of Gents, Furnishing.
Underwear, Hosiery, ksckwsar in all the
Latest Styles. Shirts to Order $6.75;
Shirts to Order $825, fit guaranteed.
Orders by mail given my personal at
tention.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29
NOTICE
TO
TAXPAYERS.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,

COUNCIL CHAMBER,
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, October IS, 1890.
The attention of Delinquent Tax-Pay-
ers for the year 1888, is hereby called to
the following order passed by the Mayor,
Counsellor and Aldermen of the City of
Annapolis, at its regular meeting held
October 1Sss. 1890.
ORDERED, That the Collector and
Treasurer be. and he is hereby, directed
and authorized to enforce the payment
of all CITY TAXES OVERDUE, for
the year 1883, and that if the same are
not paid on or before the f5M DAY of No.
vember, 1890, then he shall proceed by
due process of law to advertise and sell
the property
And the Collector and Treasurer is
hereby authorized to have a notice of
the same published for three weeks, in
two papers published in the City of An
napolis. BY order of the Board,
PHILIP E. PORTER, Clerk.
LOUIS H. REIN,
OLD Collector and Treasurer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29

PHILADELPHIA is to follow the
example of New York in regard to
her census. A new enumeration is
to be made by the police, the Quak-
er City not being satisfied with the
one made by the government, which
she claims falls short fully 100, 900
Of what is actually her population.
II one-half of the complaints made
by the different cities as to the er
rors have any foundation the pres
ent census viii serve no purpose ex-
cept to show that in the selection
Of Mr.. Porter the government seems
to have been hunting for the most
incompetent person obtainable to
put in charge of this most impor-
tant work.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
Hats Of Finest Quality.

Our Goods are all new and fresh. no
old stock.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29

promptly on application. The cour-
tesies and conveniencies of our Great
Store always at your service when in
the city.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29

We place. Our Prices at
the 1 Lowest Water Mark.
for safe and reliable goods
sold under guarantee.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-10-29

Having personal charge Of this depart
ment. Invite my Annapolis friends and
others when III the city to call and inspect
our large stock, feeling assured that can
offer them greater inducement than any
other House. j. T. JEWELL.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
THE DUKES EYEGLISS.

The Grand Duke Constantine, the
most talented and clever member of the
imperial family Of Romanof, was won't
to disconcert prosy bores who We're pre-
sented to him for the first time. His
single eyeglass hung from his neck by
an elastic cord, and as soon as ever his
interlocutor had embarked on some
long-winded speech he would quietly
give the elastic an imperceptible twitch.
which had the effect Of sending the eve.
glass rebounding up to his eye, where it
remained fixed, without any apparent
effort or action on his part. He would
then gaze ixedly through the ~eyeglass
at the unfortunate speaker, Just as
though nothing bad happened. The
effect of this little maneuvre was pen.
orally to discomfort completely the new
presentee, whose u%tterances were cnt
short, not only by the manner in which
the monocle appeared to fly up to the
Grand Dukes eye of its own accord
but also by the fact that his imner;a1
highness seemed totally unmoved there
by.-S0n Francisco ArgonQut.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
NOT DISPOSED TO INVEST IN SlL'
YER AHE.

"We meet some queer people among
the many who are constantly fitting into
and out of this store, but an old man
and his wife, upon whom I waited a few
days ago, took the prize for pure, un-
%adulterated simplicity. The couple
were evidently on their first trip from
the country. When I approached them
the old lady, who was undoubtedly
master Of ceremonies, stated that they
wanted to purchase a soup tureen.
"sDo you want plated ware OF ~silver?:'
I asked.
"'Solid silver, ter be sure,' the wo.
man responded, with a glance that had
I been anybody else than a salesman,
would have frozen me.
after seeing a number of designs
the old lady decided upon one and in.
quired the price.
"'One hundred and twenty dollars
I answered, as I called to a boy to take
the article to the shipping-room.
What! she almost screamed. One
hundred and twenty dollars fer that?
Wall, [ swan For a few minutes they
gazed at me, as if I had expressed an
intention of robbing them, after which
they conferred together. Presently
the old gentleman turned around, and
in a %quivering voice said he guessed
they'd better buy a plated t~ureen, as
that was just as good.
"We have several dozen designs in
plated ware in stock, and after critically
examining each one the old lady plucked
up courage enough to ask the price Of
one that had only lately been produced,
and was selling for $18. When I men,
toned the price, she looked blankly at
her husband and said she guessed We
didn't have anything to suit them. As
they We're going out Of the store, I over
heard the remark: What mighty dear
stores these in New York are, ter be
sure. / wouldn't pay more than So fer
a soup tureen-no, not fit was the only
one in the country "-JeWellers
Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
His Fathers Trade.

Many a Sunday-school speaker has
come to grief while attempting to make
his remarks interesting by drawing out
his audience. The Christian Register
mentions a recent instance:
In q California Sunday-school the
Superintendent was e%xpatiating upon
the Importance of having high aims in
life, and illustrated his argument by de-
scribing a boy of his acquaintance who
was too lazy to work or study, and
seemed to have no loftier ambition than
to follow the business of his father.
Now what do you suppose his fathers
business is" asked the Superintendent.
Hes a minister, 1 guess" eagerly
replied little Tommy W.
AS soon as the general mirth would
allow, the Superintendent explained
that the man was a bartender; but the
moral effect of the story was hopelessly
lost.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
TIE Ex1,ERr ACCOUNTANT.
Some of the Doings of the Men VIE "orH
at Figures.

Some of the Doings of the Men VII WorH
u Figures.
The expert accountant is one OF rhe
necessities of modern civilization. He
knows all the intricacies OF figures and
account books. He is indispensable to
the great corporations. He a take
great masses of books and evolve q bal.
ance sheet. He complies reports; he
adjusts averages for the insurance com
panies. He is called in to settle the
business arrangements of railroads and
stock companies, and gets order out o.
chaotic masses Of figures. He knows
how to make annual reports look at
tractive, and not unfrequently makes
ugly accounts look straight.
One of the most important functions
of. the expert accountant is to show I'D
defaulters. 1t often happens that bust
ness men find their affairs getting en-
tangled. They know they have been
making money; but, somehow, they
are running behind. They have relied
upon some trusted bookkeeper. So
far as they can see the books are all
right, but the results are unsatisfac-
tory. They do not like to suspect the
trusted servant, but they want to be
satisfied. The expert accountant is
called in with great secrecy, and or
dered to go wei the books at night.
Then the exposure comes; the cooked
accounts are exposed; the forced bal
ance is shown up; the amount of the
%defalcation is set down in plain figures.
1t is surprising how many concerns
there are doing large business who are
absolutely dependent upon their book
keepers, and are utterly helpless to find
out exactly where the trouble is,
although they may be convinced that
something is wrong. The expert ac-
countant may strike it at the first
glance. He may delve for weeks be-
fore he reaches the solution. He learns
lots of secrets, but he is dumb as an
oyster, and keeps his discoveries only
for the ear of the employer. If he is
kind-hearted he advises the defaulter
to pay up before the exposure comes.
There are a number of expert account
ants in New York who make q business
of unraveling tough accounts. Their
charges are high, but they are in great
demand. 1t is said to be almost an in
variable rule that when an expert ac-
countant is called in to go over cooked
account books the culprit will own up
and help in getting a correct statement
-NeW York San.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28

around him, and set them on fire. Just
as they commenced their devilish tor
ture and dance around their victim they
heard o shot echo in the distance. The
alarm was raised that the soldiers were
coming, and the stampede at once be
gan. Picking up the wounded and
some of the dead the Indians mounted
their horses and scampered of.
There he was buried the next day
by some other freighters. The bodies
of thirty dead Indians were also found.
st. Louis ReDublic,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28

IN~ ~ oAN oOSU IN VAACLOStO1
again pours forth its terrible destruc-
ton, and at the loud command of Black
Scar they surged around in front, face
to face with their desperate foe. Pats
revolver, a self-cocker, does deadly
work, fired into the yelling mass ten
feet away, the last load gone, and again
the Winchester, at close range, covers
the ground with dead and dying. The
red monsters are forced back from that
death-vomiting rock, back from a single
gun, back from one man, back from
brave Pat Hennessy.
In q few moments the whole band
would have fled, when suddenly the
firing ceased. Pats gun had become so
dirty and hot by such constant firing
that, horrible to relate, while attempt
ing to put in a cartridge it stuck fast
and could not be forced in or out. The
Indians supposed thathe was out Of m
munition, and with savage yells rushed
In to secure their prize. Pat met them
with dubbed gun, and broken heads
and bones We're plenty as they came
within sweep OF his strong arms in the
death struggle; but those behind still
pressed on, and he was soon overpow
cred and secured. Infatuated at the
loss OF SO many of their number, they
took poor Pat, tore his scalp from his
head, bound him to one OF his own
wagon wheels: emptied sacks of oats
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
WH1T SIZE TOLD PATTI.

oAAI =
The Patti reception at the Press Club
was an enjoyable affair to everybody,
for the great singer was as gracious and
cordial as a good-natured woman could
be; but it will long be remembered by
one bright young lady especially. She
had long been a devoted admirer of the
diva, and when her escort took her up
to be presented her idolatry p~aralyzed
her powers of speech and she could
only take PATHS hand and look the
love she could not otherwise express.
When she had got safely away she
found her voice and said to the news
paper man who was her escort:
ooh, I love her so much I don't know
what to do"
"Well, why didn't you tell her that?"
asked her escort. "That would have
been very clever"
IT couldn't" said the demure young
lady. II couldn't say a word"
"Well, I'll take you up again pretty
soon and help you to say it," said the
newspaper man, and after Nine. Patti
had had a slight breathing spell, he led
the young lady to the song empress.
"Mme. Patti" he said, "here is little
lady who has something very important
to say to you"
els that 500" said the diva, turning
her bewitching eyes and dazzling smile
on the girl. "What is it?"
The young woman managed to say
between gasps: ooh, I love you so
muchw and forgot the rest.
Nine. Patti laughed 'delightedly.
"Then you must have q KISS" she
said, and gave the young woman a sa-
Lutte of real warmth full on the lips.
Of course the recipient of this great
favor was rendered SPECIFICS again,
and her escort moved her to another
part of the without delay. And
she went home firmly convinced that
Nine. Patti was the sweetest woman in
the world and herself the most favored
of mortals in being kissed by her.
Chicn0O Mail.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
JUST SO.

JUST So. =.
Wife (affectionately)-How J
rheumatism this morning, john
Husband-Pretty bad, my
pretty bad.
W.-Why don't you try the
cure?
H.-There amt anything the
with my mind. It's my joints, os'
joints.
A MYTHICAL Person.-EmM :
Why this fuss about a man th''
not exist? There's no NJ in "iH'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
Two New Haven men we've COMMA ,

Two New Haven men were compar.
ing notes on their domestic experiences,
when one of them said: "Well, 1 have
learned something by experience.
When I come home late now l open the
door quietly and throw in my hat. If
it is kicked out I don't 60 in. It is best
to maintain peace in the family at any
cost"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
SHE DIDN'T, MY

MADAM, he said, as he leaned across
the car, sit is in your power to settle a
dispute between men my wife"
She looked up in surprise, and he
continued:
"She wants me to buy her a plush
sacque. She says they can't be told from
real sealskin. I'm a leetle near sighted.
and 1 don't say I kin tell 'em, but 1 do
insist that other folks kin. Am 1
rights"
She gave him an awful look-one in
tended to freeze him to death on the
spot, but as no words accompanied it,
he drew a long breath and went n
us yours the real or the genuine"
Conductors" she called, as that Of
fetal opened the door, "let me off at
Charlotte avenue !"--Detroit Feee Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
LIFE OF a SHOUTING STAR.

A small body, perhaps as large as a
paving-stone or larger-more often, per-
haps, not as large a a marbles NOV
ing round the sun. Just as a mighty
planet revolves in an ellipse, so this
small object will move round and round
in an ellipse, with the sun in the focus.
There are at the present moment incon-
ceiyable myriads of such meteors NOV
ing in this manner. They are too small
and too distant for u telescopes, and
we can never see them except under
extraordinary circumstances. At the
time we see the meteor it is usually
moving with enormous velocity, SO that
it often traverses a distance of more
than twenty miles in a second of time.
Such a velocity is almost impossible
near the earth's surface, the resistance of
the air would prevent it. Aloft in the
emptiness of space there is no air to
resist the meteor. It may have been
moving round and round the sun for
thousands, perhaps for millions, of
years without let or hinderance; but the
supreme moment arrives, and the meteor
perishes in q streak Of splendor. In the
course of its wanderings the body comes
near the earth, and within a few hun
dred miles of it's surface, of course, be-
gins to encounter the upper surface Of
the atmosphere with which the earth is
inclosed. To a body moving with the
appalling velocity of a meteor a plunge
into the atmosphere is usually fatal.
Even though the upper layers of air are
excessively attenuated, yet they sud-
denly check the velocity, almost as a
rifle bullet would be checked when fred
into water. AS the meteor rushes
through the atmosphere the friction of
the air warns its surface. Gradually
it becomes red hot, then white hot, and
is finally driven off into vapor with a
brilliant light, while we on the earth,
100 or 200 miles below, exclaim: "Oh,
look, there is a shooting t ar.-From
the .StO3m of The Henyo97e
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-20
Died.

Last Saturday morning at six
o'clock, Nc. j. Galiher, one of the
Oldest citizens of Johnson City, died
at his home on King street of con-
sumption. He had been i'll for some
time and had not been able to lie down
for several months. He was good
citizen, husband and father and in
the sixty or more years Of his lie
made few enemies. He passed away
calmly and quietly and leaves wife
and seven children to mourn their
loss. The funeral services were con-
duc.ed at the house Monday morning
at ten o'clock by Rev. ], @. Cowan
assisted by Rev. D. @. Atkins. After
the services the masons took charge
Of the remains and performed the last
sad rites.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-20
A Busy Scene.

The attention OF every stranger in
the city cannot fail to be attracted by
the large crowd of laborers that gath
ex at the Treasurer's office Of the
Carnegie Iron Company every Satur-
day evening All kinds, colors and
ages ere there and the chinking OF the
silver dollars makes them smile. Not
Withstanding the inclemency OF the
weather last week, making it almost
impossible TO work in many places,
100 men were there last Saturday
night and drew ovrr $500 to put in
circulation in Johnson City.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-20
Map of LinnYille Park.

Mr.. Thomas E. Teegarden has just
completed a map Of Linnville Park
and surrounding country. The Park
is located in Mitchell county, in
Western North Carolina, about twelve
miles from Cranberry on the line Of
the proposed Southern and Western
Air Line from Shelby, N. c., to Gran
berry. The map is very accurate, is
handsomely printed in colors and
shows every bride path, public road,
school house and post Office in the
territory covered. The maps are on
sale at the book store in this city.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-20
Killed bv lightning

During the storm Tuesday after
noon, John Ballard "a 7-year old boy liv-
ing at Mr.. FlesAor's on Unaka street
between Oak and Baxter, was struck
by lightning, and died early Wednes-
day morning from the effects of the
injury. He was standing on the
porch catching water in his hand,
when the stroke occurred. His I'M
der-clothing was burned, but his cut.
er garments we're not injured. One
boot was torn to pieces.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-20

We are authorized to announce SAMUEL H..
PouDEE, OF johnson City, as a candidate for
Trustee, subject to the decision OF the Republi-
can county convention.
We are authorized to announce the name of
ia. t, BACON, as a candidate for Trustee of
Washington County, subject to the action of the
Republican convention.
We are authorized to announce the name OF
JOHN s. HUMPHREYS, Jr., for the office OF Trus-
tee of Washington county, subject to the action
OF the Democratic convention.