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Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04
A Startling Announcement.

Easy come, easy go. Having some spare cash
we were tempted to bid on the stock OF tea
spoons of Chicago manufacturer in difficult
Ges OF course we got them below cost Of man
ufacture. and as they are not in our line we
have decided to use them for advertising DUR
while they last we will give quarter of dozen
free with every pound Of tea; the tea will be of
the same uniformly good quality as heretofore,
the money than elsewhere, and you also carry
awav, free, a quarter of a dozen teaspoons OF
the newest pattern; silver plated and beauti-
dow: You for a short time can buy pound OF
tea for 3,,c and upwards, and have suarter
dozen handsome teaspoons thrown in free.
Such an offer is unprecedented in the business
annals of this coast
DISCOUNT TEA COMPANY,
$50 South Main.
Free sugar as usual at your option.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04
Drug Department..

Quill tooth picks, per pkge 21sc
Hand mirrors .....sA :........ 5c
Flavoring extracts, including lemon
and vanilla, per bottle ....... SC
Imported hand brushes, each. ...... &c
DR.. Hoyt's anti-bilious pills, doz-. SC
DR.. Hoyt's toothache drops, bottle. .1Oc
DR.. Hoyt's tooth powder, bottle .1Oc
Extract OF witch hazel, a bottle. -. 10c
Machine oil, a bottle. le... 10c
Whisk brooms, each ... 10c
Hamburg tea, package ....... s l5c
Infants brushes, each ... .15c
Husbands magnesia. ....... .26c
P. S. chemical olive soap, 10 bars for Csc
St. Jacobs oil, per bottle. ....... .35c
Fellows compound syrup of hyper
phosphites
Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04

IuDuTS tea, pdCktSe lOC
Infants brushes, each. ......... .15c
husbands magnesia. ........ s25c
P. S. chemical olive soap, 10 bars for Csc
ST. Jacobs oil, per bottle .... :35c
Fellows compound syrup of hyper
,phosphites ................ g.
Our Clothing Department any day in
the week sells you better goods for less
money than any clothing house in the
country, none excepted. We are sur
prised ourselves when we look at the
prices marked on our clothing. We
carry suits from SO to $25, and we guar
antee our clothing better and cheaper,
or we refund the money. That's the
way we talk. E
A dark blue cashmere suit, with a
little silk figure running through it.
This is sack, 1895; we won't value it
A corkscrew suit, frock, $12.75. Cork
screws have advanced If you can buy
this suit for the money We'll give it to
you. A line of overcoats at $15; made
for $3.50 to $40, and retail anywhere
from $25 to $27.5O. Light and dark
shades, pure wool, best of Innings, with
or without silk facing, fancy silk sleeve
lining.
Boys dark worsted dress suits, 1896 J;
best value ever given by us since we're
in business; black diagonal, with silk
figures; bargain at IS.
Our Mems Hat Department says they'll
unload mems wool hats at 25c, and boys
soft wool hats at 25c. They have some
odds and ends in cloth, velvet and plush
children's turbans they're cheap at 25c.
Mems tourist crusher at Soc. Mems
G. A. r. shape felt hats, color blue, at
CSC; is said to be excellent value for
$l.5O. Mems black Derbys at $1.49.
Standard and nobby styles, $1.49. You
know what they are worth. Mems Eng
lish finished Derbys. $1.98; worth $500.
We have boys square crown fur felt
hat at $3.50, aud a mans large shape
fur felt at 1925, that are the best things
for such money ever come to us. R
Our Shoe Department can give you
lots in the way of odd lines, broken
sizes, etc.. at about half what full lines
are worth. Infants shoes and slippers,
sizes and 2, 25c. Ladies' plush carpet
slippers, sizes 3 to 6, 25c; ordinarily 75c.
Ladies calf shoes, lace riveted, 81. We
sold these special as $3.50. Mems work,
ing shoes at 75c and calf shoes at $1.49.
Ladies' kid shoes at $1.29, $3.50, $3.50.
Mems shoes at $500, $2.98, $3.50, $3.98,
made special for this sale. Ladies' kid
toe slippers. 49c, 98c, $1.50. Boys fine
calf shoes, $1.49. We can do you an
awful lot of good in our shoe depart
ment.
We haven't the space in this paper to
90 through each department with you,
but we had the time and went through
it with vengeance. We had the in
clination to let our goods out and dis
tribute this mammoth stock among the
people. Our method of business, proper
dealing, politeness and price, has placed
us where we are, among the most pros
porous merchants of Southern Califor-
MIA, and that alone is what we refer you
u, ,,,hav ~, MorI Won II eon xyorft od
in our stores what we have said to you
through the medium of this paper.
A. HAMBURGER & SONS.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04
THE PEOPLES STORE.
Our Great Stock Taking Sale Begins on
Monday, at 9 A. M.
The Greatest Sale Ever Undertaken By UA the Goods
New and Staple-Read the Prices Given
Below and Profit Thereby.
ProrLE's STORE, Sunday, January 4, 1891.

PEOPLES STORE, Sunday, January 1891.
The most important sale undertaken will GREAT STOCK
TAKING SALE Monday
niche henvey
with
looms all lands In basement upstairs
to
them These stacks Of goods tell the tale necessity for sale far orci than
owned such stock and never at such @ prices needs
later S35
All the
Such ovation has been presented We saughng what
sale Monday about 10 drop and witness what merit sale
Every department puts its best bargain forth during the sale
weight OF merchandise under which
Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04
THE LUCKY ONES.
Sheriff Gibson Announces the List of
His Appointees.

Sheriff Gibson yesterday made public
his selection OF assistants, which reads
as follows: Under sheriff, John r.
Moran book-keeper, Frank Ellis; depu-
ties, R. M. Barham, W. H. Russell !;
court deputies, G. S. Gibson, +. c..
Harmon, Charles 1. Mcintyre, Charles
Alexander, H. G. Mcclure, R. F. Sepul-
veda; jailer, William A. Pallett; assist
ant jailers, Frank Carpenter, A. c..
Roques; matron, Mrs. William A.
Pallett,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04

Use Lewiss Liquid Poultry Remedy. For
sale by all druggists and grocers Manufactured
only by Angel City Chemical compans, 42O
South Spring,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04
OILY MPIAN RINK!


A rst-class place OF moral and popular amuse-
ment, where good order and decorum are rig.
idly enforced. Ladies are required to obtain an
approval card before skating.
Ten thousand feet new maple floor; 1000
pair pin roller and ball bearing skates.
Change of programme nightly. Admission
free to the galleries. Skating, 25c. Special
department for beginners.
Complimentary skating, forenoon and after
noon, rendered to ladies ard girls.
Saturday night, January Sd, onemile race
Skater VS.. Bicyclist-takes place. Admission
free to the galleries.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-04

This department has not been forgot
ten in our great stock-taking sale. We
offer our entire stock of
Ladies' wool felt hats at 25c; in stock
at 65c, 75c and $1.25.
Nellie Bly, caps at 25c; in stock at 49c.
Little Puck hats, SOC; in stock at Soc
and 75c. Is
And all other goods in this depart
ment at the same unexceptional low
prices. q
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
An Alternating Current Shock

An electrician, who had long experiences
in the care of central station plants, recently
spoke of the difference between continuous
an6 alternating current shocks in the fol-
lowing terms: Without going into the
fercely debated question of direct versus
alternating currents, would call attention
to one fact. With high tension continuous
currents I have seen linemen, when repair
ing lines or connecting circuits, handle an
arc circuit of perhaps 1000 volts when they
should hardly touch 1t. By taking q quick
hold and keeping it, they could make a con-
nection while really in a position of great
danger, since a ground coming on the line
elsewhere would surely kill or injure them
although they would not believe this, since
they could only feel the current at the
moment of taking hold or letting go. With
the alternating current, however, the effect
is constant and so intensely disagreeable
that very slight leak indeed will discourage
anyone from running the least risk on live cir
cuiTs. may mention in connection with this
that as far as my experience goes land 1 be-
heve some OF the learned doctors agree with
me }, the action OF heavy shock of alternating
current is to force the diaphragm up into the
chest. COMPRISING the lungs, aud literally
squeezing the breath out of one causing the
cry which seems peculiar to those caught in
this way. In such cases, if the person thus
shocked is stunned, dash cold water on the
lace and chest, loosen the clothing, especially
at the neck. and use artificial respiration as tor
the drowned. One of our linemen who was
badly shocked was brought round by this
dead for nearly ten minutes, no breath OF pulse
being diScernible"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
Electric Lighting Of Ships.

As compared with the meager electris
lighting of cars, the great strides made in
the use of electricity on steamships and men,
o-war are remarkable 1t was soon per-
ceived that the incandescent lamp was an
ideal illuminant for saloons and state-rooms.
and hence there was no delay in adopting il.
There are to-day over 700 steamboats, in
American waters rslighted by electricity, while
the North Atlantic feet of swift passenger
steamers boasts of an. equipment OF no
fewer than 100. 900 lamps. The light has
been found much safer than oil and much
cheaper, and is available, not only
during the voyage. but at both ends
OF it. So, too, 10 the fighting fleets
o. the world, the electric light reigns
supreme, every modern maD-of-war being
equipped with it; while the availability and
handiness o. the electric current has sug-
gesred the use of electric motors. These con-
venIent and compact machines are now used
in ventllating, in hoisting ammunition and
stores, In maneuvering big guns, in firing the
GattliDgs, etc., and II is now proposed to use
them in turning the big turrets. Every man.
of-war, too, is now net-worked with electric
circuits for signaling. calling. etc., and the
torpedoes. too, are fired electrically; that the
officer in charge of the electrical apparatus Of
such vessel as the Boston, OF Atlanta, or Chi
cago, is person Of no mean responsibilities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

swift that her attendants were lett behind
long before she reached the Dimmer-Glade.
And from that city came also the Prince
Alto, stretched at full length on a cush-
Toned platform. borne on the back OF an
elephant, and busily engaged in the study
of book OF loGarithms, while an attendant
crouch~d hv him and held a sun umbrella
over his head.
The desire Of this Princess and this Prince
of Nustyria to visit the show in KoboI-land
had been greatly increased when they heard
that King Chamian and Queen Millice
would be there. Although Alto andLista
belonged TO a royal family, they we're not
heirs 70 the throne of Nustyria, and having
but very poor prospects in their native land
would be very glad to make marriages which
would bring them good positions and for-
tunes, and what could suit them better than
alliances with the noble young King and
beautiful young Queen of Tanobar7
Lists had never met Chamian but she had
heard Of his deeds of horsemanship and
athletics, and felt certain he was lust the
sort of man she would like, while Alto
knew all about Millice, and was quite as
sure that she would suit him as be was that
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
Sand Papering Machine.

A machine for sand paperlng and polish
ing woodwork has been patented by an En-
glish firm. The machine has three sand
papering cylinders. The first is covered
with coarse grade of paper. and has cut
ting action on the wood similar to that of
revolving cutters. When operating on
framed work fer doors or parquetrv, it will
cut away all the uneven surfaces without
breaking away the edges or plucking the
cross-graned parts, and leaves an even sur
covered with a somewhat finer pa per for sand
papering. The third cylinder is for finishing
the work. 1t has very soft fine cushion for
the paper, which just touches the work, and
imparts to it very high polish. A saving
in time over the old method of one-third,
and an economy of 25 per cent in paper is
said to be effected.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

which were printed the wonderful virtues
and advantages oi the Cosmic Bean.
Around the great central space of the pa
vilion and up and down its long passage
ways was arranged collection of plants,
such.as never before had been seen in this
world.
The plants contributed by the Kobol-land-
ers were far more curious than any others.
The chrysanthemum brought by the griffin
occupied conspicuous place. Its flowers
were as large as saucers, and of blood-red
color. Whenever the plant was watered
streaks of fiery yellow shot through the
petals, and shower of little sparks was
thrown off in every direction. This chrys-
anthemum was labeled Miss Sophia Hypo-
grif.
There was very odd cactus, which was
exhibited by two brownies, who had taken
years to bring it to perfection. Every quar-
ter of an hour bud appeared on one OF the
leaves of this cactus, which grew and swelled
for about two minutes. when it opened and
displayed large cucumber pickle ready to
eat.
In q circular tank was a water lily e1-
hibited by an elderly mermaid. The leaves
Of the lily, which were large and laid Hat
upon the water, were very hot, so that food
could be cooked upon them. particularly grid
die cakes, which were made in great numbers
by some little black imps, who took keen de-
light in serving them to the visitors who sur
rounded the tank. The mermaid herself never
ate griddle cakes, which might be inferred from
the fact that she was elderly.
The fairies contributed a great number Of
beautiful flowers, among which were the con-
vertible blossoms. A bud on one of these
plants would open and disclose rose. In an
hour this would change to a marigold, in an
other hour to a chrysanthemum. 1t would
then become a zinnia, a tulip, and so change
hourly into other flowers, until the twelfth
transformation it became immortelle and
lasted indefinitely.
There was species of dogwood, grown prin-
cipally by afrites, the long branches of which
were trained TO hahg close to the ground and
catch rats.
There were blossoms like great sunfiowers,
the eyes of the beholders; there were egg
plants, the fruit of which could be hatched in
the sur, and produced different kinds of barn.
yard fowls, and there was the ghost plant,
misty and vaporous to the view. through the
leaves and stems of which one might pass his
hand without injury to the plant. There was
the tourist vine. which, growing under tree,
would send up long shoot, until it reached
lower branch. Fastening itself to this, it
would suddenly contract and pull itself up by
the roots, these would be drawn up and at
tached To the limb. and the plant would again
send up its shoot, reach higher limb,
and draw itself up as before. In this way it
would climb to the top of the tree, where, al
taching Its roots to the topmost branch it would
send its shoot high into the air, where it would
seize on the first large bird that passed near
enough, and loosening its root from the tree
would be carried to foreign land.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

new house discovered in the rubbish which
they were compelled to remove some old
Dutch tiles and three black diorite stones
bearing figures and characters. The in
scriptions have been found TO be in the Ac-
cadian language, the pre-Semitic language
oil Chaldaa. The inscription on the rock
shown in the illustration is the dedication
of door socket "to the god Nina, the su-
preme Lord, the Lord Of the written tablet. "
The real Importance of the inscriptions,
however, consists in the forms OF the char
acters employed. The script on the door
socket is in the cuneiform character of the
period Of Gudea; and the mention Of that
kings name in connection with the dedica-
tions has enabled Mr.. Evetts, of the British
Museum, to fix the date approximately at
1000 B. c.; and we may therefore congratu-
late the British Museum on having acquired,
by happy chance, one Of the oldest Chal-
dean monuments ever broughtto to Europe. It
was doubtless brought to London by one of
the Dutch tradinRtvessels
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
Burglar-Proof Lock.


A new description of lock for ordinary
doors. capable of resisting the attacks OF
burglars, is becoming popular in Paris.
Most people know that the locks On the
doors of ordinary houses are of no avail
against the professional skill OF the burglar,
who wasting no time on trying to raise the
tpmblers and move the bolt, simply inserts
the end of his short iron lever, or Jimmy,
between the door and its rebate, and forces
the whole affair inward, tearing out the lock
and bolts on the way. The only real pro-
lection against such violence is either a
heavy piece of furniture, moved up against
the door, or strong shore, which will hold
the door In place. lock or no lock, until 1t Is
battered to pieces. 1t is not always con-
venlent to have to trundle chest of drawers
or wardrobe up to the doors of ones bed
room before retiring to rest, but the alterna-
tive just suggested is now within the reach
of everyone.
By means of a recent ingenious contriv-
ance strong iron bar can be so arranged as
to form a shore, capable of an enormous
strain, and to constitute protection from
burglars which is calculated to reassure the
most timld person. To apply it nothing is
necessary, but, on leaving the room, to lock
the door in the ordinary way. The turn of
the key throws out the bolt, locking the door
as usual. and also moves the socket carrying
the upper end of the iron shore under the
projection on the stiie of the door, holding
it firm against anything short of a sledge-
hammer. On the return of the proprietor
the unlocking OF the door in the ordinary
way shifts the upper end of the shore from
the door TO the frame, where it presents no OBJ
siacle to the opening of the door.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
Electric Light in Freight Yards.

An inte resting paper was read at the
electric light convention recently held at
Providence, on the Electric Light as Ap-
piled and Used by Steam Railroads" After
speaking OF the early introduction of the
electric light by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company into its shops at Altoona and sub
sequently into the depot shed, the author of
the paper, Mr.. w. h. Markland, went on
to say: The question thus presented itsel
Can freight yards be successfully lighted by
electricity so as to reduce accidents, facili-
tate business and prevent breakage of cars
and contents. The two latter items form
quite an important money consideration on
any railroad. The arrangement OF the lights
in the freight yards at Altoona was carefully
planned so as to obtain even distribution OF
light no lamp beng placed lower than 60 feet
from the ground, so as to avoid dazzling the
trainmen. The globes used were ground on,the
lower half to prevent excessive brIllancy( An
even light over the whole space something like
very bright moonlight, was the result and
proved very good in practice.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15

As an "event" it double discounted the big
Brayton Ives sale. The first bid was So, 600
and the last 81, 600, at which price the god
was knocked down to Mr.. Oug Hong Tong.
Lone Wung Shs is a self-made god, who, by
strict attention to business and great dmia-
bility, is winning for himself name in the
polytheistic Valhalla in which all good
Confuclans pray. His owner, Yung Lung,
brought him here from China some ten
years ago. He carried him through the
Custom House at San Francisco id basket,
and when the Custom House official asked
him what the ''thing" was Yung Lung
brIdled his anger and said "a dollee babee. 4"
Yung Lung determined to retire from busi-
ness-that is, he thought he had earned .
retirement into dignifed ease and unlim-
tied birds nest soup while somebody else
ought to mansge the god, so he put him up
at auction and let him out at s., 900 for the
first year. Last season it is estimated that
the lucky speculator who purchased him
cleared over 81, 0O0
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
LIGHTS FOR TRAINS.
Progress Toward Giving Passengers
Chance to Read at Night
HOW ELECTRIC SHOCKS FEEL.
One Effect Is to Compress the Lungs, Caus-
ing q Peculiar Cry.
PUTTING THE WIRES UNDERGROUND
PREPARED FOR THE DIsPArc1I

PREPARED FOE THE D1sPArcH.I
The comfort and satisfaction derived from
the electric light on board train are 20
great that every advance in the application
of the system is watched with interest by
railway men and with delight by the public.
A great many experiments have been made,
and great many disappointments have
been sustained, but the fact has been thor
oughly established that lighting by electric
ity is practicable, and the only thing in the
way is the element of cost. 1t is said that
the electric light is still too dear; or, in other
words, that oil is cheaper
Some recent figures from the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroad are inter.
esting. That road now has AZ cars lit By
electricity, more, it is claimed, than any
other railroad in the world. The system
adopted is that OF having separate car for
electric light and steam heat supply 1t ap-
pears that with this plan it costs 9H cents
per car per hour for lighting, with a 10-car
train on an 11-hour run. Exactly half this,
however, is for attendance, or IS 25, and az
only 81 lamps on the average are run. it will
be seen that the charge for attendance is
one open to very material reduction Be-
sides, it is as easy to run the plant in the
baggage car as in a separate car, saving
thereby the coal consum Dtion in hauling the
special tender.
But even then railway men might, and do.
consider the price too high, and they will
probably do so until the hardy, durable
storage battery that so many inventors are
now working on makes its appearance. The
public, however, is not inclined to take the
economical point of view, for if it did it
might just as we'll now be riding in the
cattle trucks that were good enough for the
generation before our own. One OF the
great points in favor of the electric light,
though it does not enter at all into the calcuIa-
lions of the railway manager, is that the lamps
can be placed at any desired point. All other
lampsar necessarily placed high up in the
dome ofthe cars so that the heat and odor may
be carried of. There also much of the light il
lost, especially on such roads as the New York
Elevated, where every night scores of men in a
single train may be seen giving up tempor-
arily, the perusal of their evening papers be-
cause the page is obscured by the huge black
shadows of heads and arms that jog teaslngIy
athwart the light.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-15
Science In Schools.

A scientist has been making plea for
the introduction of science into school
courses. He says it should not be matter
of experimenting with gases and acids. with
air pumps and electrical machines, but it
should be brought home as natures message
to the hearts as well as to the minds of the
young. 1t should teach them justice and
impress on them that there is 4 right, that
there is true, that there are moral balances
as we'll as chemical ones, and that there are
conditions of moral stability and instability
just as of chemical or mechanical or electri-
cal. ''The teacher who cannot extract moral
instruction and Inspiration out of physical
science ought to leave it alone-whether he
is fit to teach anything is question"