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Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05
JAYKINS CONVICTED.
The Shell Game Operator Will Go
Over the Road,

Sam Jaykins. who was arrested on a
Southern Pacific train near Lancaster
by Marshal Insley of Santa Ana, last
Friday night, for working the shell game
racket, was convicted in Justice Austin g
court yesterday of winning money at
gaming by fraudulent means.' Jaykins
will be sentenced today.
1t will be remembered that Jaykins
got in his work on two travellers, Morris
Greenbaum and H. M. Shelby, for $50
and $25 respectively. The parties who
dropped their money because they could
not find 1.-THE little ball." complained to
Marshal Insley, who was on the train,
and Jaykins was kept in custody till the
train reached this city, when complaints
were filed and warrants issued.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05
ASTHMA

ASTHMA
1t lis common error to suppose every dis
ease which is attended by oppressed breath
ing to be Asthma or Phthisic. We have short
ness of breath in Consumption and Pneumonia
just as we do in Asthma, only that in these
diseases it is always present, whereas in Asthma
1t occurs in paroxysms.
Asthma is spasmodic disease of the lungs,
which manifests itself in periodic attacks or
''fits" 1t comes on suddenly and is attended
with great difficulty of breathing while it lasts;
but when the attack is over the patient breathes
almost as well as in health.
Nervous, Humid and Dry Asthma are names
given to different forms of this disease. EN-
physema Is another and more inyeterate kind
of Asthma, while Hay Fever or Roso Cold is a
peculiar variety of Asthma which occurs at a
certain season of the year. Each of these
others in symptoms but practically these dis
tinctions are of very little value. 1t does not
matter to the patient which form, of Asthma
he has, since his sufferings are the same in
ALL In one case the expectoration becomes
yellow, and we call it bronchial. In another
1t is light, and we call it dry. When he coughs
face, we say he has Humoral Asthma. In
Nervous Asthma there is very little expecter-
alton OF any kind. Hay Fever always begins
a clear water runs from the nose and the eyes
before the Asthma fit comes on. In Emphysema
the expectoration is generally thick, and con-
tinues SO in the interval between the fits
while the shortness of breath is increased on
the slightest exertion.
1t is a foolish cOnceit OF many people to be-
lieve that If they have Asthma they cannot get
Consumption. The truth is the very opposite
They are more liable to fall into Consumption
because they have the Asthma. Another idea
is that the Asthma itself is not dangerous dis
ease, and yet the published bills of mortality
for this city prove to all who read them that
great numbers lose their lives every year by
this foul destroyer of our homes.
Without courage and perseverance nothing
is curable. But with these, aided by proper
and skillful treatment, Asthma can be cured
even after the lungs are extensively diseased.
Persons desiring treatment by this system of
practice can use the remedies at home as well as
at our Office, and which will cause no incon-
yenience or hindrance from businefs whatever.
Every case of Asthma is durable. Eastern
visitors and invalids will be wise in being
cured before they return home.
Those who desire to consult me in regard
to their cases had better call at the office for an
examination, but If impossible to visit the Office
personally, can write for list of questions and
circular, both of which will be sent free Of
charge. Address
M. HILTON WILLIAMS, M. D.,
1877 8. Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal.
Office hours-From a. m. to p. m - Sundays
excepted.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05

.Jeyne's best combination coffee, pounds fo
$1.00.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05

CATARRH CURED, health and sweet breath
secured, by Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy. Price so
cents Nasal Injector free. For sale by Heinze-
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05
DENTISTS.

Use German family soap.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05

Fancy bloater mackerol at H. Jevne's.
Manzanilla olives, in bulk, at Jevne's,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05
DISEASES
OF THE
HEAD, THROAT AND LUNGS,
Successfully treated by
M. HILTON WILLIAMS, NJ. D.

137 8. Broadway, Los Anae Cal.,
By his Aerean system of practice, which con-
sists of Medicated Inhalations and Compound
Oxygen being administered to the patient, in
stead of filling the system with poisonous drugs
administered by the stomach.
This is the system of practice which is now
attracting the attention of the best physicians
throughout every country of the civilized world,
and truly wonderful are the results obtained
after all other means have failed in accomplish
ing any good whatever.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05
A ARecnmmendatinn.

Having been sick in the stomach and having
tried everything l could for relief and finding
nothing that could get me well, went to DR..
Gnut Chow, GAL Upper Main street, and by the
aid of his medicine got we'll in a very short
time. Hoping that all sick persons will do
the same F. C.. VELAsCO,
l452 Primrose ave. !, East Los Angeles Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05
Miles,s Nerve and LIVER pills

Act on a new principle-regulating the liver
stomach and bowels through the nerVes. new
discovery: Or. Miles's Pills speedily cure bill
iousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles, constipa
ton. Unequaled for men, women, children.
Smallest, mildest, surestl Fifty doses, 25 cts
Samples free, at r. w. Ellis & Co.'S.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05

DR. G. STEVENS & SONS, LOT N. SPRING
IL st., Schumacher block, rooms 18 and 49,
to $40; hours, a. m. to 5 p. M, Sundays, 8 a.
m. to p, m. je26-tf
Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-05

WHY WILL YOU cough when Shiloh's Cure
will give immediate relief? Price 10 cts, so
cts. and 81. For sale by Heinzeman, 222 N.
Main, or Trout, Sixth and Broadway
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
Gods of the Raut,7s.

The great majority Of the Bantu
people of South Africa have no idea of
the place of habitation or mode of exis-
tence of their deities; some of the
more enlightened. however especially
those who have had some communica-
ton with the Beers have an idea that
the Great Spirit lives some place above
them, most of them believing that his
place of abode is in the top of an i'm
mense tree. One curious fact regard
ing Bantu superstitions is this: AL
though the more northerly tribe have
an idea that the Great Spirit resides
some place above them, those to the
south, which come in contact with the
Beers almost every day in the year,
cannot be persuaded that their deities
do not dwell in lonely caves and SUBJ
terranean cavities beneath the earth
Before their intercourse with the
whites it never entered the Bantu'
mind that the acts of this life could
have any effect upon the spirit after
death, st. Louis Republic
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
"OYSTERS."
A Lesson in Administering Castor Oil
to Lunatics.

A Lesson in Administering Castor Oil
to Lunatics.
The physician in charge of an in
sane asylum in Ohio prescribed a large
dose of castor oil for one of the in
mates, man of great strength and
wild, unmanageable temper The at
tendant who had been commissioned
to administer the nauseous dose fore
saw that he was likely to find the task
more or less difficult and therefore
took with him several assistants. On
reaching the lunatic's cell the attend
ant put on matter Of fact air, and
cup in hand, stepped inside the door.
The mailman OWNED his purpose in
stantly, and rushed furiously upon
him. The assistants were too quick
for him, however, and, after a severe
struggle, threw him down and at
tempted to pinion his arms. The
mailman fought like tiger, but found
himself overmatched. Suddenly he
became perfectly quiet, and putting
his hand to his mouth, and in a whis-
per to the chief attendant Call it
oysters" The attendant was man
OF great natural shrewdness-as deal
ers with the insane need to be-and
at once understood the lunatic's mean
ing. Directing the wondering assist
ants to release the patient he took
the cup from the shelf On which it
had been set approached the crazy
man. made him low bow, and said
in u tone of ceremonious politeness:
Good morning, Mr.. Smith; will you
try this dish of very fine oysters?"
The lunatic smiled pleasantly, re-
turned the bow with one still lower,
and answered: Thank you very
much; you are very kind" So say
ing, he took the cup and drained it
with every appearance of the deepest
satisfaction. "Ah." said he, as he
finished the dose and smacked his
lips, those are, indeed fne-the
finest oysters | have ever tasted" He
had saved his self-respect and had
taught his keepers an excellent lesson
in their own line. -Argonaut.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
The Finest BrOadclOth.

The singular fact is stated that the
finest piece of broadcloth which ever
left loom was manufactured at the
wooden mills in Vassalboro, Me. It
was first exhibited at the Worlds
Fair in London in 1851, and was ex-
hibited at the Centennial IN 1876, be-
ing pronounced by the judges in that
line of goods as unsurpassed by any
thing of the kind there displayed; in
fact, there is no public recognition re-
corded of any other manufacture Of
broadcloth superior either in texture
or finish, and the only reason, as as
signed, why these superior fabrics
have not been made on a commercial
scale is because of the higher price of
American labor. A fact of similar in
terest is stated in this connection by q
San Francisco paper, namely, that the
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
DRESDEN CHINA.
It Owes Its Existence TO an Accident
The Story.

1t Owes Its Existence to an Accident
The Story.
The first hard porcelain made in
Europe-for maiolica, Palsy ware,
and others of the sort are pottery,
and not porcelain-was the lovely
Dresden ware; and in that line moth
ing has ever been made to exceed it's
beauty. Its flowers, Its ribbons and
ornaments, are perfection in design
and color; there is a rumor that real
lace is put into the clay before firing
for the parts representing lace, but
how that may be we do not know. 1t
owes its existence to an accident The
chemist, who had been imprisoned by
the Elector in order to find the secret
of making gold and of the elixir of
life, having come across some SUBJ
stance resembling porcelain in the bot
tom of crucible, was unable to get it
of a pure tint till rider one day
found peculiar white clay on his
horses hoofs, which he had dried and
sifted and sold for hair-powder, and
the unfortunate chemist, using il and
observing its weight, experimental
with it. and straightway the great
Dresden ware-or Meissen as it is
more correctly called--became a sue
cess, the first sculptors and colorists
of the day lending their art to its per-
lection. Cruelty or rather tyranny,
has often attended on Dresden china;
for Frederick the Great having sent
great quantities of this white earth to
Berlin, took captive the best workers
in the Nielsen and sent them after it,
never allowing them to see home again;
and presently he obliged the Jews in
his dominion to buy the china he thus
manufactured by refusing them mar
riage licenses till they had procured
service, thus gaining an immense an
nual revenue. -Harper's Baz>r.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
RELIGIOUS SECTS IN RUSSIA.
An Enormous Number OF q lighted Be-
ings in the Cars Land.

An Enormous Number OF q enighted Be-
ings in the Cars Land.
M. Tsahni, a Russian writer, has
published an interesting work upon
the curious religious sects of Russia
from which it appears that there are
not less than Is, 900, 900 followers of
the insane and cranky notions in that
empire. These communities of devout
and deluded Christians are constantly
springing up in spite of all efforts of
Russian despots to keep them down.
Always. They fly from their villages
and towns as soon as they embrace
the new faith, seeking to destroy their
identity as much as possible. and
henceforth live as savages. They re-
turn as near to mans primitive condi-
ton, las possible; regard civilization as
the greatest of curses, and make the
robbing of churches one of their most
sacred duties.
Another sect call themselves Christs
They worship each other crazy
species of dancing being their chief
ceremony.
The Skoptsys, another religious
body, believing in standardization, but
will not submit to amputation, al
though knowing that a life may be
saved thereby. Like the Christs, they
are expert dancers. Besides dancing
and yelling for hours without inter-
mission, they add a midnight acrobatic
performance to their ceremony, many
of the tricks and contortions being
difficult in the extreme. The Dumb
Boys are another of these curious
sects. Why they are called Dumb
Boys no one seems to know. The sect
is composed Of both sexes, old men
being in the majority. Some of these
deluded old patriarchs are known to
have kept their VOW of silence for
more than a half century.
M. Souckeliff is the leader of a sect
which breaches suicide as an absolute
necessity for salvation. At one of his
great ''revivals" in Kief he preached
SO hard in favor of murder and suicide
that several of his followers cut each
others Threats. There are dozens of
other fanatical religious bodies in the
benighted empire of the car, many Of
whom practice blood curdling ceremo-
MES. St Louis Republic.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
A SQUIRRELS DEATH.
1t Scarcely Seems Possible But Many
Strange Things Happen.

1t Scarcely Seems Possible But Many
Strange Things Happen.
The chatter of gray squirrel and
the buzz Of a rattlesnake attracted the
attention of Zenas Seaver to log in
the Spring Brook woods one day last
summer, says the N. Y. Sun. Mr.
Seaver found the noisy squirrel run
ming back and forth along a log for a
space of three or four feet, while on
the ground huge rattlesnake was
cycling it. moving it's head from side to
side and keeping upa constant rafting.
The squirrels eyes hung from their
sockets as the frightened little animal
gazed at the reptile, and the snake
crept closer to the log.
Suddenly, after Mr.. Seaver had
watched the squirrel and the RATHER
for several minutes, a large black
snake glided quietly and noiselessly
from the bushes near by, sprang at
the buZzing rattlesnake, caught it
back Of the head, wound its own body
around that of its captive, and crushed
the rattlesnake until the bones fairly
cracked. When the black snake had
held the RATHER in its embrace for two
or three minutes it uncoiled itself and
started to steal away, crawling direct
ly toward Mr.. Seaver. He had a
sharp edged stone with which he had
intended to kill the rattlesnake, and
he brought it down On the blacksnake's
neck and cut its head off.
AS soon as the blacksnake tackled
the RATHER Mr.. Seaver noticed that the
squirrel tumbled from the log and dis
appeared. The rattlesnake was dead
and all broken up when Mr.. Seaver
turned from the headless blacksnake,
and the squirrel lay dead by the side
of the log. Its eyes were bulged out,
but there was not mark nor scratch
on its body and Mr.. Seaver's opinion
was that it died of fright.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06

terward an unpleasant dirge from
above. A carriage drove up the walk
and stopped at the door. Then came
heavy noises on the stair, as of some
weight being slowly moved down it.
By and bye the carriage drove off
The earl returned to the ballroom,
but no one was allowed to leave it I'M
til daybreak. lost sight of the
countess when the earl came in, but
many say that he whispered something
to her. to which she replied. THANK
God!" and then tainted. No explana-
ton of this odd affair was given to the
company; but it is believed that the
thing, whatever it was was shot that
night and taken away by the heir and
the servant to Africa, there to be buried.
-ArgOnaut.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
FUNNY N AMES.

Curious PrBnomens Bestowed Upon
Their Children by British Parents.
A Somerset house. clerk has lately
declared that the tedium of his labor
on the registry of births and deaths is
often relieved by coming across hui
morous juxtaposition of names says
Casselrs Magazine. There is, indeed,
a good deal of humor in the Somerset
house registry, the fun consisting in
an odd Or. barbarous collocation OF
names. For hours the eye of the clerk
will roam over reams of dull propriety
in such names as Henry Wilson. George
Williams, or Samuel Smith, and then
the face Of the clerk will be covered
with smile as he comes across
Ether for the front name attached
to the surname of Spray" 1t may
seem strange but it is certainly true,
that entered in the books is foot
bath, which must be written in cap.
itals, foot Bath" as really the name
OF fellow creature. River Jordan"
is another case in point. Mr. Jordan
had child to name, and like free
born Briton, he claimed his right to
name it as he pleased. Unfortunate
ly the namc he selected has left the
sex of the child rather doubtful.
Mr.. 'Anthistle" had a daughter to
name, and he must be forgiven for
giving her the Christian names ..Rose
Shamrock" Rose Shamrock An
thistle is a young lady whose name
must please any patriotic man. An
other happy father who gave his in
nocent offspring the names Arthur
Wellesley Wellington Waterloo Cox
behaved rather unfairly to the infant,
as he pledged him to a career of
greatness. The baby must have had
some difficulty in understanding the
obligations imposed upon him. Pro-
badly Master Arthur etc.. etc.,
found it difficult to live up to his
names, and despairingly ended his ex-
istence which gave no promise beyond
mediocrity. Miss 'Fanny Amelia
Lucy Ann Rebecca Frost O'Connor
Douall Luck Holberry Duffy Oastler
Hill' it is to be hoped has. realized all
the expectations formed of her when
she received her baptlSmal names.
somewhere about the time of the
Chartist agitation. One lady is
actually going about with six and
twenty front names one for each
letter of the alphabet in its proper
order, as ''Ann Bertha Cecilia" and
so on down to '.Xenophon, Yetty, and
Zeus.
Some children have been rather
cruelty named, in a manner which for
ever reminds them that they have
made a mistake or committed fault
in coming into the world. Thus,
Zone Too Many Harry, or Not
Wanted James, may be happy young
men; but, if they are, in spite of their
names. That's It. Charlie or
who'd Have Thought 1t Too" are
names which certainly give utterance
to a mild surprise.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
An Old Bachelors Excuse.

You were never married l believe:o'''
mo, [ was never married"
That's a little singular, isn't it?"
NO. not at all. You see, the first
time l fell in love l said to myself,
III marry her OR none. J"
why didn't you marry her, them"
WELL you see, after l had become
better acquainted with her I said to
myself, I'll marry none rather than
her. Since that I've got along very
we'll with none. Texas Siftings.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
Defending Vessels.

The idea of strengthening the sides
of vessels with iron to resist attack
originated with the Normans in the
twelfth century, who put an armature
ore belt of iron around their vessels
just above the water-Iine. The Cru
saders of the twelfth ana thirteenth
centuries protected their ships in a
similar manner. Pedro of Aragon in
1850 had the sides OF his vessel COW
cred with leather or raw hide, and the
Knights Of St. John covered their YES
sells with plates of lead.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
LOVE AND PHYLLIS.

Phyllis has q lover!
What world is this
Hearts to bubble over
At single kiss.
Phyllis has a lover!
See her blush and start
At q step that quickens
Her expectant heart.
Phyllis has a lover!
She'll be looking soon
Over her right shoulder
At the faint new moon.
Phyllis has a lover!
Hardly seems day
Since she was d lassie
With her dolls at plaS-
Phyllis has lover!
Though l love would cheat,
Sometimes l am sorry
She grew up so sweet.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06

finestw oolen Blankets. ever produced
In the world were made at the old. but
now defunct Mission wooden mills in
that city-blankets which were exhib-
tied at several European expositions
at the Centennial, and elsewhere, and
always without rival in texture and
finish. IN. Y. Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06

that door," he said to the countess,
sternly. ''or l will force it open"
You can not leave this room, Sir
-," she answered quite compos-
eddy; and then he broke out passion
ately, fear for his child mastering
him. Something about devils work,
he said.
There is some one on the other
side of that door who would not hest
tate to kill you" she replied; and we
knew that she spoke of the native
servant.
Order him to open the door,"
Il will not.
In another moment the door would
have been broken open had she not
put her back against it. Her eyes
were now flashing. The men looked
at each other in doubt and some OF
them, know, were for tearing her
from the door. 1t was then that we
heard the report of a gun.
It is my belief that the countess
saved the life of her guest by prevent
ing his leaving the ballroom. For
close on another hour she stood at the
door, and the servants gathered round
her like men ready to support their
mistress. We were now in groups
whispering and listening, and 1 shall
tell what l heard, believing it to be all
that was heard by any of us, though
some of those present that night tell
strange tales l heard a child laugh
ing, and l doubt not that we were
meant to hear it, to appease the par
ents' fear. heard the tramp of men
in the hall and on the stairs, ard af-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-04
THE coMnERc1AL CONGRESS.
Senator W. r. Forrest and MI. RobeE
NJ. Palmer Return.

Senator W. r. Forrest and MI. Robert
NJ. Palmer Return.
Senator and Mrs. w. r. Forrest 70
turned to the city Saturday from their
Eastern trip, having visited Kansas City
and Chicago. Senator Forrest declared
that his journey was very enjoyable. 1.-THE
commercial congress in Kansas City was
not what expected it would be-" said he,
''for found out after reached there that
it was really boom for the Farmers Al
lance political affair.
Washington was well represented. We
had delegation of five, Senator E. T.
Wilson, of Ellensburgh, Senator B. C. Van
Houten, of Spokane. Senator F. II. Luce,
Of Lincoln, Representative A. II. Garrett
son. of Tacoma. and Mr.. Robert NJ.
Palmer, member of the Seattle Chamber
Of Commerce. The only other delegate
from the Pacific coast was from Los
Angeles. The next nearest delegation was
that Of Colorado.
"But soon found that the congress was
being engineered as boom for the alli-
ance-and / didn't care to devote very
much Of my energy to that sort of thing.
E. V. Smalley was on the committee on
resolutions and he also objected to the
drift of affairs, and announced his opinion
pretty frankly. myself became disguised
and after doing my best to form combina-
tons for strengthening the minority
left my proxy with our delegation and
started for Chicago"
Robert NJ. Palmer, in speaking of the
congress, said: 81 was not in Kansas City
for the prime purpose of attending the
congress, but since was member of the
Chamber of Commerce. Senator Forrest
and the others asked me to join their dele
CATION. Some of the proceedings were
very interesting, and anumber of excellent
speeches were made. But it soon became
clear that the Farmers Alliance had cap
tured everything, and on the final vote
free trade and free silver were the war
cries ~