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Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-24

nR. c.. STEVENS & SONS, 1O7 N. SPRING.
~ st3 Schumacher block, rooms 18 and 19:
teeth filed and extracted painlessly; plates 81
to $40; hours, a. m. to 5 p. M, Sundays, 4
m. to p, m. ie28-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-24
DENTISTS.

A DAMS BROS, DENTISTS. REMOVED TO
"a 2OS n. Main street. opposite Temple block.
Palnless filling and extracting. Crowns, $5 up:
and s.. I-i1.tf
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-24

OVERS AND FINISHERA.
DARISIAN DYE-W WORKS, 264 s. MAIN
i street.
Metropolitan Steam Dye-Works, 241 Franklin
st., Fine dyeing and cleaning. 1-13-1m
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
POINTS ABOUT THE MEN.

THE man who pays his rent has to
hustle, and the man who does not has to
keep moving.-Utica Observer.
THERE is nothing more discouraging
to man than thoughts of how great he
intended to be.-Atchison Globe.
THE chances are that the man who
hates himself has studied himself pretty
ughly-Milwaukee Sentinel.
EVERY man is the architect of his
own fortune. And it's lucky for the
most of us that there's no building in
spector about.
You may be sure that man has a
very angelic disposition if he never gets
mad when he fails to guess riddle
Somerville Journal
A PHILOSOPHER is man who can feel
as easy over his own troubles as he
does over his neighbours. There are no
philosophers. Globe.
IT is mans duty to work for his
daily bread, but good many men are
fools to work as hard as they do for a
little cake and pie.-Somerville Journal.
THE sun tells the truth about man
when it takes his picture, but the pho
tographer has to do good deal of lying
with his retouching pencil before he
can sell it to him.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Reformed Church in the United
States Germany, reports 1856 congre-
cations and 203, ,s52 members.
all of the girls in Wellesley college who
lead their classes are blondes.
That which is often asked of God
is not so much his will and way as his
approval of our ways. F. Smiley.
I'm 1900 there were not more than
5000, 900 copies of the Bible, now more
than that number are issued every
year.
The charity that begins at homo,
and stays at home, is not strong enough
in the legs to ever take any body to
Heaven.
Stand upon the edge of this world
ready to take wing, having your feet
on earth, your eyes and heart in heaven.
Wesley.
Let us rise to higher things; let us
live in that region which makes the
face to shine, and where the heart says,
II have seen the Lord. Bishop Ew-
ing.
Prof. William Gay Ballantine, who
has been elected to the presidency of
Oberlin college, is descended from an
ancestry that came to Boston with the
Puritan emigration of 1880.
The ministry of education has
adopted plan to promote popular edu-
cation in Bessarabia. Schools will be
esta blished and teachers maintained at
the expense of the government in all
the towns of that region.
The old Dutch church in Kingston,
NY, is to have S10,0 900 memorial win
dow, presented by David II. Hough-
falling, of New York, in honor of his
father and mother, who were for many
years members of the church.
England has Jewish missionary
societies, Scotland and Ireland 1, the
entire "A societies employing 312 agents.
There are also 81 societies on the con-
tinent of Europe. In our own land we
have barely Z, with "a agents. Ta-
ken together, there are thus 4S societies,
with 377 agents. ts.-Presbyterian Obser-
yer.
The minister of instruction in Ba-
varia is giving much consideration to
the mode of writing adopted by the
students in the schools. instantaneous
photography has been used to obtain
illustrations of different methods, and
Won Muller, the minister, has taken a
course in writing in order to correctly
inform himself.
Queens college, Oxford, has just
celebrated the 55Oth anniversary of it's
foundation. 1t was on January 1S,
1340-41 that Edward III. sealed in the
tower of London license to Robert de
Eglesfield, chaplain to Queen Philippe,
to found in the parish of st. Peter-in-
the-East collegiate hall of scholars,
chaplains and others, under the name
of the Queens Hall of Oxford.
The faith in Christ that appropri-
ates salvation and secures it has in it
the working clement, and although this
element is not the basis of the souls
justification in the sight of God in the
sense of self-merit, it is, nevertheless,
an indispensable proof of the reality
and genuineness of faith. To this fact
James alludes when he says, "Show
me thy faith without thy works, and l
will show thee my faith by my works. ("
IN. Y. Independent.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
August
Flower

How does he feel Pie feels
blue, a deep, dark, unfading, dyed
ir-the- wool, eternal blue, and he
makes everybody feel the same way
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feeI?.He feels
headache, generally dull and con-
slant, but sometimes excruciating-
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels
violent hiccoughing or jumping of
the stomach after a meal, raising
bitter-tasting matter or what he has
eaten or drunk-August Flower
tho Remedy.
How does he feel ?-He feels
the gradual decay Of vital power;
he feels miserable, melancholy,
hopeless, and longs for death and
peace-August Flower the Rem
edy.
How does he feel l?-He feels so
full after eating a meal that he can
hardly walk-August Flower the
Remedy. @
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
WIT AND WISDOM.

An echo is like woman, always de-
termined to have the last word.
AT lager-heads-two tramps work
ing the same pile of beer kegs.-Wash-
ington Post.
BE cheerful and you are bound to be
healthy. The dispairing patient is the
one who dies.
The man that knows it all rarely
misses an opportunity to tell it.-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Many people would take advice if
they could do it before it is offered to
them.-Galveston News.
The man who would shine in society
must first learn to dance-begin at the
foot. as it were.-Elmira Gazette
We are all of us apt to think that
our own way is the best, and it is-in
our opinion. Journal.
The only certain way to judge a
mans position in society by his dress is
when you see him in the penitentiary
garb
The pugilists who square up every
round, solve a problem that has been
puzzling scientists for so long.-St.
Joseph News.
If you want to keep your friend do
not tell him disagreeable truths about
himself or fattering ones about your
self,-Atchison Globe.
Fight to-days temptation. Do not
weaken and distract yourself looking
forward to things you can not see and
Charles Kingsley.
"A poker joke in theater will al
ways raise laugh, and yet most men
have learned at some time in their
worldly experience that poker is no
jol1e.-Somerville Journal.
Good for the Blues-When your
heart is so heavy that you can't laugh
yourself, the next best thing is to do
something that will make somebody
else laugh with joy. Try it.-Rams
Horn.
We ought to measure our actual lot
and to fulfil it; to be with all our
strength that which our lot requires
and allows. What is beyond it is no
calling of ours. How much peace, quiet,
confidence and strength would people
attain if they would go by this plain
rule.-Cardinal Manning.
Peace of mind is the foundation of
real happiness; and this peace is the
fruit of duty perfectly fulfilled, of mod
Grafton in desire, of blessed hopes of
pure affections. Nothing lofty, nothing
beautiful, nothing good is done on
earth save at the cost of suffering and
of self-abnegation, and the sacrifice
alone is fruitful.-George Sand.
Whenever kindly or considerate
act is shown you, my dear, be always
careful to say that magic index to good
breeding, THANK you" Certainly you
say it to the man friend who has given
you an evening of amusement at the
theater or the concert, or who has taken
You to and fetches you from friends
home. To whom else should you say
it?
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
Fortune Seeking Emicran.s.

Many poor family that seeks the west
ern wilds in the hope of winning fortune,
is preserved from that insidious foe OF the
emigrant and frontersman - chills and
feyer-by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. So
effectually does that Incompatible medic
Unable defense fortify the system against
the combined influence of a malarious at
mosphere and miasma-tanted water, that
protected by it the pioneer, the miner or the
tourist provided with it, may safely en-
counter the danger.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

A PROLONGED use of Dr. John Bulls Sar-
saparilla will cure scrofula and syphilis,
but such symptoms of impure blood as
pimples, sores, aches, pains, kidney and
liver weakness, etc, vanish like snow be-
fore the noon day when this remedy is
used, 1t stimulates the entire system, and
it's beneficial effect is felt at once in every
part
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

ters'' can be used only in connection with
an intoxicating beverage. This is q mis-
take, rs the best remedy for all diseases of
the blood, liver, kidneys. etc, is Prickly Ash
Bitters. 1t is purely medicine and every
article used in its manufacture is of veget-
able origin of known curative qualities.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
Entitled to tho Best.

All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy, SO every family should
have. at once, bottle of the best family
remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the system
when costive or bilious. For sale in SOC
and Loo bottles by all leading druggists.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

PAIN from Indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little Liver Pills immedi-
ately after dinner. Don't forget this.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

A SLIGHT COLD. if neglected, often attacks
the lungs. BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs
give sure and immediate relief Sold only
Il. bo1es. Price 25 cents
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

A YOUNG man who has been rejected
by number of bellies says he thinks
American beauty is on the Decline
Washington Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

DON'T let the worms eat the very life ou
of YOUR children. Save them with thos
dainty candies, called DR.. Bulls Worm De
StrOyerS
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

PHILOSOPHY Y.-Question-When a man
says that he knows that ho knows nothing,
is it not an absurditya Answer-That de
pends on the man.-Harvard Lampoon.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

THERE is an antidote to every poison, ex-
cept the poisoning OF malicious gossip. The
only remedy against that is to poison S4e
gossiper.-Sorhcrvlle Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

III THOUGHT her heart was broken when
her husband dtedr' $50 it was. Perhaps
that accounts for her since tying it with q
knot. Philadelphia Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

A CANDIDATE for Office is very much
like drowning man. All the mean acts of
his life are quickly brought up before him
Puck
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

Why is an honest bankrupt the same as
a dishonest ones Because they both fail to
make moncy.-Dry Goods Chronicle
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are SO very small No trouble to
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

WHEN the mind is unhinged there is o
screw loose Observation-Disclosures Dis
patch.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

THERE are good many p's in pepper,
but not half so many as there are In coffee
Richmond Recorder.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

THE pugilist who gets worsted feels that
he is in the wrong box.-Glens Falls Repub-
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
Now
Is the ine

To purify your blood and fortify your system
against the debilitating effects of spring weather.
AT no other season is the bitter taste in the
mouth more prominent the breath so Offensive,
the drowsy dizziness so frequent. that extreme
tired feeling SO pi evalent. Hoods Sarsaparia 10
Just the medicine to build rp the system, purify
the blood cure biiiousness and headache. overcome
that tired feeling and create good appetite.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21

THE perfumer is always known as a
scents-able fellow.-Binghamton Repub-
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
Those who believe that D

Those who believe that DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy will
cure them are more liable
to get we'll than those who
don't.
If you happen to be one Of
those who don't believe, there's
a matter of $500 to help your
faith. rs f6r you if the max
ers of DR.. Sage's remedy can't
cure you, no matter how bad
or of how long standing your
catarrh in the head may be.
The makers are the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton Of Buffalo, NY. They're
known to every newspaper
publisher and every druggist
in the land, and you can cas-
lily ascertain that their words
as good as their bond.
Begin right. The first stage
is to purify the system. You
don't want to build on a wrong
foundation, when you're build
ing for health. And don't
shock the stomach with harsh
treatment. Use the milder
means.
You wind your watch once
a day. Your liver and bowels
should act as regularly. If
they do not, use a key.
The key is-Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. One a dose.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-21
Hoods
SarsapariIIa

Sold by all druggists 81; six for S5 Prepared only
by C. 1. HOOD s. CO., Lowell. Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-04
SHORT DISTANCE PHONES.
How They May Be Quite Easily Made
"" and Operated by an
.%.." Amateur.
They Cost but Very Little Money
and Are Easily Kept In
M Order. st..
The Use Of wine and Wire-Tho Way to
String the Line-Sort of Instru-
ments. MF.u. """" "

M[Written for The SUNDAY INDEPENDENT.
"HEKE IS NO BOY IN THE COUN-
.\|L try who cannot, if he wishes, have
glO his own telephone at 4 small cost.
He can have a line fourteen hundred feet
long, over which he can hold a distinct con-
versation. but his connection for such q
distance should consist of wire. .@
Or, If he wants only to connect his tele-
phone with the nearest house 10 that he
may be able to talk with his friend, in
quire when he is going to school, ask il he
ia in, or desires to put a score of other ques-
tions, he can serve his purpose by using
a cigar box, a can with one end taken out
of it, or an oblong tin box. For . distance
of ninety or \ hundred feet the oontriv-
nnces named serve the purpose we'll. and
smalltwine or heavy thread may be used.
A conversation may be carried on in a
moderate tone of voice, and not a word is
missed If the instruments are properly con-
structed.
But the really Important short distance
telephone ia the long, wire line, for it can
be used as q means of communication be-
tween the dwelling, and the mill, factory
or Office, where the master OF the house
spends his day. When this short distance
wire line telephone is properly constructed
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wall, but the point should be directly oppo'

wall but the point should be directly oppo-
site the hole.
We are now ready to begin the work Of
wire stretching; and the next step is to rre-
pare as many insulators as shall be needed
along the route of the wire. If it must take
u crooked course passing house corners,
trsea, telegraph poles or any other obstruc-
ton it will be necessary to stay it by. guys
ara not made of glass az might be supposed,
but are constructed of any closely twisted
or braided cord, silver lake cord, or rope,
thr~ee-sixtsenths of an inch In diameter be-
ing best. Ths insulator cord ought to be
four or five inches long, and this must be
made into q loop, as seen in figures Q and d,
drawing No. 3. the ends to be secured by
fine copper wire wound tightly around the
ends Of the cord 80 that the insulator may
not come apart.
Now take the end of the coil of wire
which should be lying on the ground below,
md slip it through a. many OF the lnsulat-
ing loops AZ may be needed for the whole
way-and I may add it is much better to
string too many than too few insulators on
your line, for you can easily n OFT all
that are unnecessary when your telephone
connection is complete. While it ia neoes-
it's placs, 30 that the wire may not touch any
other body, it must be kept in mind that
too many insulating loops hanging from the
wire deadena it somewhat by checking the
vibration which is the medium by Whlch
the sound ia sent thrilling along. It is not
yet determined by science whether electric
ity has anything to do with the transmits
sion of sound along such a line as this, but
I believe that it has.
The direction that the wire ia to take
should be carefully determined before you
begin to string il. If it has to run through
a neighborhood where there are many
houses il is best to guy it to any trees that
are available, or it might now and again be
held to the edge of a house roof. It is best
not to use the regular telegraph pole al
ready strung with wires for the latter are
constantly breaking and would destroy
your telephone lines; moreover the linemen
at their regular work on the poles might cut
it down If it stood in their way when climb
ing. Ask permission. of course, Of your
neiqhbor to fastsn your line to some portion
OF his house where it will not be an annoy
ance. II it is to be run through a suburb on
its way to a mill or factory, select the high
est tree and fasten it we'll up, for there it
will be out Of the way of misohievous per-
sons. A long, light ladder will be neces-
Gary when stringing.
A. word about guying: The guy ia a brace
formed by attaching a copper wire to the
shank of the insulator; this wire is drawn
tight 30 that the lower or insulating part
of the loop shall press tightly against the
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Holiday Goods.

We are headquarters on these
goods, and our stock is arriving
every day, and we invite pur-
chasers to call and see us in this
line. Full assortments Of
Dolls, Iron Toys, Mechanical
Toys, Wooden Toys, Blocks,
Toy Books, Plush Cases, Leather
Cases, Polished Wood Cases,
Albums, Photograph Frames in
Plush, Wood, Metal and Glass,
S%:lyerware, Royal Devon Ware,
China and Glassware, Bronzes,
Bisque Goods, Clocks, Music
Boxes, Fancy Lamps, Etc.
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OAMASK NAPKINS.

We offer this week the fol-
lowing special bargains in fine
German Linen Napkins, our own
importations: ....
Lot 80, size I8x18,
This week $1.25 per doz.
Lot A., size 18x18, ....".
This week $1.5o per doz.
Lot 12o, size 22x22, ..-.
This week $1.65 per doz.
Lot 135, size 24x24, ~"
This week $2.1o per doz.
Lot las, size 24x24, ATT. .e.
This week $40 per doz.
Lot 155, size 25x25,
This week $2.95 per doz.
Lot 165, size 25x25, ....
This week $3.4o per doz.
Lot TVS, size 25x25,
This week $3.65 per doz.
Lot 200, size 26x26,
This week $40 per doz.
Also full and complete line OF
German Linen Table Cloths,
Fringed Doyle s,etc.
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drum head, which may be procured at most
music stores. The piece of circular skin 80
cut out must overlap the hole in the board.
having a margin to spare all around of
about three quarters OF an inch. Fasten
the calfskin over the hole with small tacks
tlbrsss ones look best), driving them pretty
close together, as shown in figure Q, draw
ing !, but have them about half an inch
from the edge of the hide. A strip Of
colored or enameled leather may be nailed
on or around the margin Of the disc with
brass tacks, STRENGTHENING the instrument
and making 1t look better.
Now find the center of the disc and care
fully puncture through the skin a hole
large enough to admit two copper wires,
size No. Is. which may be obtained from a
hardware dealer. After this take a wet
sponge and thoroughly satnrate the skin at
both sides till it is quite soft.
drilling two holes in it pretty close together,
then out off about two feet Of wire, passing
an end up through one hole and down the
other, twisting the wire round and round
like n WOODEN thread and close up to what
will be the underside of the coin. Pass the
end of this double wire through the hole in
the wet skin. lay the diao box across two
stools, benches or tables. as shown in figured
drawing No. l, and to the hanging wire
fasten q weight of twenty-five to thirty
pounds. The object OF this Ia to stretch the
akin, 30 that when the board In put against
the wall the disc shall be oonoavs. (See o
drawing No. ~ But do not take of the
weight till the skin u perfectly dry; then its
strained position will become fixed.
A hole must be cut through the wall in
Whatever part of the house il most conven-
lent for tho purpose. The holo should be
round and about three inches in diameter.
Tho box il next placed against the wall as
shown in drawing No. ., and tho wire at
tached 10 the button or %pnnctursd eoppe
%; drawing No. 81 IL inserted through the
hole where II Ia ready to be attached 10 tho
main wire. Thu board should be fixed TO
the wall with staples, screws or long nails,
but the thing 10 mot difficult. or course
when tho bulgsd out skin Of ths disc ia
pulled outwards, later on by the strain of
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in figure 3 has now to be Joined to the end
of the wire hanging downward from the
clamp in drawing 5. Insert the short wire
with the button or copperhead through the
disc box, and then through the wall.
Take a pair Of pinoers II join the ends Of
splice as shown in figure Q drawing 2.
Now the line is completed and ready to
talk over.
| Care must be taken that the wire shall
not touch the hole in the wall; to come in
contact with any solid substance except in
spot. When the weather gets cold slight
| pieces Of board should be nailed up and
down the two open sides of the Dashboard
joining them very closely. Let me give
one word more of caution and that ia to be
very careful in guying the line when it
that the limbs or boughs may not touch it
during a storm.
Less elaborate and expensive telephones
may be constructed from house to house; as
I have said they will convey conversation
distinctly for $40 or 1000, feet. Take Il
cigar box, and bore a hole in the bottom at
the point where two lines drawn lengthwise
and crosswise, each biseoting the bottom Of
the box interseot at right angles. If you
live in a wooden house bore a hole with II
t~wo-and-a-half inch brace and bit, and have
the hole in the box placed opposite the cen
ter OF the hole in the wall. Pass
the end Of the heavy thread or very slight
Irvine intended for the connecting line
through one hole in a button from the back
and downward through another hole from
the face, fastening it with a careful knot.
Thaline ia then taken up at the other end
and connected with a similar continuance
in the other house with which communion
ton is desired. The cord must be pretty
strong, otherwise it will break by the
shrinkage when wet. This 10 why very fine
wire lines are best.
Empty tomato or lobster cans are better
thar cigar boxes, or an oblong tin box
serves the purpose for a very short distance
e%xcellently. ANY boy can have an instru-
ment like this and / have known whole
nsighborhoods 80 connected. For example,
BOY A tolls his nearest friend. b
(the one with whom he has direct
telephone oonneotion). that he wants
to speak to G, to whose house
b has a wire, and gives the message, which
b repeats to g, and 80 on. Sometimes
communication IL extended In this way for
several blocks.
When talking through these telephones
do not speak in too lon a voice, and keep
tho mouth about six inches away from the
box. can, or sounding disc.
EDMUND CoIAIER.
Copyright.
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