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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-05
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Adapted 20 tho time Of" Ta-ra-ra Boom pe n.y.
Just about three years ago
bought lot ana bought II io~'
The man that sold Il told me 80,
And he's the one that ought 70 Know
Fifteen hundred was tho price,
lie didn't have 20 ask rue twice;
paid IL half In ono biz alice.
And felt as rich I'D Calvin Brico.
Ta-ra-ra, &c.
And for tho rest gave my note,
And as my name giibly wrote
lind no thouzht-no morn goat
How dig the load Ia have 10 tote
Now I'm working like sslave
Trying hard enough tGsaye
10 pay tho blasted note gave
Before lay me in my grave.
The lots 40 steep tvon't hold fence,
The stones upon 10 are Immense.
Tho bushes grow 20 tall and dense
IL wouldn'i bring me fifty cents;
And now j sit in silent gloom,
Thinking of my awful doom;
want 70 Ito down IA my tomb
Before We have another boom.
Ta-ra-fa. &c.
moore.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-05
p0N'r LET DAN sUFFER.
Erlysoo for La.s,.pa.,-eo.eruor,
lCharlo,.esyilie Jererson,anl

We ere glad TO see the Hon. j. Taylor
Governor. lie is in every way eminently
qualified for the position. He has done
much able aud efficient work for MS party.
having conducted successful campaign
~ State chairman; has for many years
been q valuable member OF the State Exc
cutiye Committee. and has rendered other
important services. He 10 man OF fine
eb1iities. and from the reputation no bears
We doubt not nus the very qualifications
requisite ios the Office his friends seek for
ban.
n addition 10 Mr. Ellyson's eminent
atulities spd claims gyon the party Rich-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-05

mond Ia entitled 10 something. She has
done nobly her duty and has more than
once saved the State 20 the Democrats:
and she has always contributed Literally o,
talent and means 20 our campaigns, ana
vet, without murmur. has allowed the I'M
portant Offices OF the State to GO TO other
localities and still continued to do hor
duty. III now she wants this place we
think she should by all means be recog.
nized and allowed to have il. especially
when she presents the name of one 80 emil
nently qualified as Mr.. Ellyson.
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-05
A GLOOMY PLACE.

The place is nearly surrounded by water,
is quite difficult of access, and pears no1
a siugle mark of ever having been aIaoie,
aud from authentic accounts IL is pever
Srsquented except by some rude MN
rod" trapper. OF fisherman. ana ~ H.. ~ Id
for any profitable purpose of Agriculture
residence. or ANYTHING of the kind.
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28

The gamblers generally sit on mat
ting made from tule grass. 1t is usual
ly furnished by the gamekeeper, and
serves as a layout for dealers and
players. Squaws generally deal the
game while their lords look out and
direct matters. 1t often happens that
the bank is broken, and then the bas-
ket and dice are staked and perhaps
the clothing of the bankers.
An American manipulation of the
''little joker" recently visited one OF
the Indian villages in the foothills on
the occasion of one of their dances.
Gambling was the disorder of the day
and night, and finally the American
asked to be permitted to open bank.
To this the Indians consented, think
ing that they had what is called a
''fish." The American SO manipulated
the bones that the redmen rarely
guessed in which hand it was held.
The game continued throughout the
day and evening, the entire village
now leagued against the pale face.
The simple-minded red men finally lost
all of their money; the squaws lost
the very fine baskets that they had
made to sell in the city, and some of
the braves even staked and lost their
cayu8e ponies. The Indians believed
that they had been bewitched. By
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28
The Old and the New.

Nelson's ship, the Victory, was de-
signed to carry 40 guns. The weight
of her one broadside of single-shotted
guns was 1,104 pounds, which was con-
sidered prodigious in those days. Com
pare this with the guns of the present
day, when a single gun of the Nile or
Trafalgar throws a projectile Zoe
pounds heavier than the whole broad
side of the Victory, while a 110-ton gun
discharges projectile weighing no
less than 1900 pounds. 1t may be of
interest to know that while only 325
pounds of powder were expended in
the discharge of broadside from the
Victory, as much as 5000 pounds
weight of powder was consumed in fir
ing the broadside of the Victoria.
which was recently sunk iu the Asdi'
terraaeEn.
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28

keeps tally with fifteen sticks. There
are eight dice. The squaw throws the
dice out of hand into the basket,
counting one point when two or five
fiat sides turn up.
A thimble rigging game is played by
two. One of them places pebble or a
small piece of painted wood in his
hand. He shakes the hand rapidly so
as to confuse the vision of the other
man, and then closes his hand. His
opponent guesses what finger the pcb-
BILE is under. The Indian counts the
thumb as finger, and may conceal
the pebble between the thumb and
fore finger. 1t is simple game with
great odds for the dealer
When an Indian is in "bad luck"
and loses heavily, he scarifes himself
with piece of flint on the outside of
the legs from the knee downwards.
He also makes scratches crosswise I'M
til it bleeds freely. He believes this
will appease the bad spirit that has be-
witched him, and bring him good luck.
One of the most popular gambling
games of the southern California
Indian is played with four pieces of
cylindric bone, each about two inches
in length, two of which are plain
white, and two are marked with rings
and strings tied around the middle.
At evening when the game is an
nounced all of the "high-rollers'' of
the village meet in the assembly house
and squat upon the ground around the
fire, which is kept burning by the
small boys. They divide into groups,
and place their bets before the dealers
The dealer takes in his hand guam
tity of fine dry grass, keeping his
hands constantly in motion, first in
front and then behind, so as to confuse
the vision of the bettors. By rapid
jugglery motion he rolls up each piece
of bone into little bale of straw, and
the outsider guesses which hand con-
tains the marked bones. 1t is some
thing on the plan of the little Joker,
or three-card monte. But with the
Indian the game is preceded by re-
Ggious ceremony. AS soon as the
dealers begin rolling up the bones in
the hay the bettors begin whipping
their arms to and fro, lilse freezing
man trying to get up circulation,
then swaying their bodies backward
and forward, shifting their breasts as
if in mortal agony, chanting the while,
and ending with a grunt. Then the
dealer ''tosses the bones"
The Indians are remarkably good
natured over their losses. A buck will
lose his money with stoical indi1icr-
ence and then stake his trousers and
hand them over to the winner In a
few minutes he rolls over on his face
and is sound asleep, apparently OBJ
livious to all care and as happy as if
he had broken the bank. | have seen
squaws lose all of their money, next
their beads, then their "shell money
necklaces, and then offer to stake their
dresses. But the dealers were too gall
liant to place the sqaaws In possible
jeopardy.
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28
A RARE INDIAN TREASURE.

dexterous movement the Americas
gambler had secreted the bones in his
sleeve instead of wrapping them in the
wisps of straw, and so, as in the game
of three-card monte, the Indians had
no chance of winning.
The gambling board basket is the
largest in use by the southern Ca1ifor-
MIA Indians. 1t is represented in
sketch No. 1. Up to date there have
been only three or four of these found
in southern California among the In
dians.
The squaws make various kinds Of
fancy work baskets, upon all of
which is expended a great amount of
labor and no little patience. A pecul-
lar form of basket is shaped like jar,
and is woven water-tight of fine will
low twigs. On the outside the down
of the woodpeckers' scalps is woven
in. The woodpecker is the California
Indians sacred bird. This forms a
crimson edge, which is variegated
with number of hanging loops of
string beads, and crude outlines of
pine trees, webbed with black sprigs
into the general texture. Around the
edge of the rim is traced small row
of black quails' plumes, slightly wav-
ing. This row contains from so to rs
plumes, and the squaw's lord evidently
had to kill that number of quails in
order to get the plumes. And it re-
quired from 100 to $50 woodpeckers'
scalps-according to the size of the
basket. So, her liege lord generally
has considerable work to do.
Baskets are also made of long stalks
of grass, peculiar to the California
lakes, and for the threads or woofs
various barks or roots, split fine, are
used. Pine root is used for white color;
willow bark for a brown, and any dark
root for the black.
The needle used is the thigh bone Of
a hawk.
Another style is beautifully designed
with double rows of arrow points in
each of the four designs, with a rattle
snake pattern running around the top.
Another is interviewer in dark lines
with Indian figures dancing in circle.
These are very rare. evidently being
handed down from ancestral lines,
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28

which the Indians of to-day keep
sacredly as heirlooms.
The Indian fancy seems to have run
to bottle-necked baskets, and it is be-
lieved that these are the first style of
baskets made by the aborigines of
California. They are water tight, of
very fine texture, and beautifully sym
metrical. The figures in cut show the
various styles in bottle-necked baskets.
They are very valuable and can be had
only at prices according to the Indians
desire for money, ranging from $25 to
S10O. But the squaw has an eye to
business and gauges her price accord
ing to the tourists eagerness to pur-
chase. j. NJ. SCANLAND.
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28
SUMMER FANCY WORK.
1t May Save Time In Future as Well ~
Kill 1t Now.

1t May Save Time In Future as Well ~
Kill 1t Now.
On all the porches and out on the
piers one sees pretty hands engaged in
light work which in some cases never
sees the light after it is made to do
duty as a killer of time during the
warm weather. Many an utterly worth-
less bit is wrought out in endless stitch
es, which might have been put to bet
ter service if only little thought had
been exercised in the selection OF the
article or articles that pass muster
under the head of fancy work.
A few hints may not come amiss even
at this late date. Instead of starting
something more than usually elaborate
that will in all probability never be
finished, point the needle toward some
smaller and less discouraging bit OF
work that can form part of the great
fund of Christmas gifts that one never
finds time to prepare during the rush
preceding the popular holiday.
In the list of articles that are easy to
carry about and yet are worthy the at
tention bestowed upon them are fine
towels that can, be made more beauti-
full by drawn work or embroidered with
monograms either in wash silks or
linen thread. Even one of these would
be rarely appreciated by housekeeper
who dotes on adding to her linen closet
dainty etceteras of all sorts
Next to towels, in the order OF their
actual merit, are all the pretty APP
pointments for the table, from the
wine glass and butter-plate doilies up
to the largest bit of its kind-the cen
ter scarf. The smaller pieces are, how,
ever, the handiest to carry about ana
certainly dozen doilies or initiated
serviettes are no mean present, either
for oneself or for ones friend.
Bureau covers, or dainty little pieces
of drawn work for the tops OF PIN
cushions, or to be put to the hundred
and one uses woman intuitively un-
derstands, all are sensible and delight
full bits of work to occupy the hanos
and the time with, and will more GER
tainly be finished as to one IS satisfaction
than if more pretentious efforts arc
made.-Chicago Times.
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28
INVETERATE GAMBLERS.
Games Played by Southern Cali
fornia Indians.
How a Band of Red Men Were Victim
lied by n Yankee Expert-Some Fine
Specimens of indian Bas-
ket Work.
Especial Los Angeles (Cal.) Letter.1


The life of the southern California
Indian is one of dancing, praying,
hunting and gambling. Their games
require little muscular exertion or
mental effort. They have the same
games to-day that they played when
the Spanish conquerors came, and
which the missionary fathers could not
suppress. As their wants are few, the
gaming passion is evidently not in
spired from a love of gain.
One of their most fashionable games
is the hQ. 1t is what they call ''quick
game" and is played with four dice.
The ''dice'' are two acorns split length
wise into halves, with the outsides
scraped and painted red-the inside is
white. These dice are shaken in the
hand and thrown into wide basket,
about two feet in circumference. These
baskets are made specially for this pur-
pose, and are invariably woven in or
namental patterns. They are usually
woven by women, who conduct the
game as principal.
The game is played by two, three or
four people. When the dice is thrown
in the basket, there must be two of
each color to score one point-that is,
two red sides or two white sides must
be uppermost. If there are three of one
color and one of the other, it counts
nothing. Four colors count four. The
thrower keeps on throwing and count
ing until he throws blank; then the
next player takes the dice, and so on,
until the last player has thrown. The
one with the highest score takes the
pot"
Another popular game Is with dice,
and it is almost exclusively played by
women. For dice they take half of
a large acorn, or more generally a
walnut shell, fill it level with pitch and
pounded charcoal, and inlay it with
bright bits of abalone shells, or even
with gold quartz. The dice table is a
large basket tray, almost fiat, about
two feet in circumference. 1t is orna-
mented with devices woven in black
and brown, mainly limitations of trees
and of geometrical figures.
Four squaws squat around the dice
board to play, and a fifth sits near and
The Bossier banner., 1893-09-28
Two Strange Death Customs.

In some parts of England a queer
custom is still in vogue, which Is re-
peated whenever death occurs. IL Is
called the 'bite of sin," and whenever
some one in house dies piece OF
bread is laid on the breast of the corpse
which some stroller by is persuaded 70
eat for good sum of money. In TINS
way it is believed that the sins OF tne
dead are transferred to the living, VINO
in turn can shove them off togetnel
with his own by a similar ceremony
when his life comes to an end. On tno
Sandwich Islands the widows have the
names of their departed husbands ssv5
tooed on their tongues. .r~eineinnsH
Pest. Dispatch,
The herald., 1893-11-10
Notice of Street Work.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
~ Monday, the 9Th day of October, A. D.
1898, the ecouncil OF the city Of Los Angeles
did, at its meeting on said day, adopt an ordl-
nance OF Intention numbered 1879, new se-
rles, TO have the following work done, - wit !:
.R1rst-That said
in said city, from the southerly line OF Third
street to the northerly line OF Fourth strees
including all intersections of streets, ex-
cepting such portions of said street
and intersections as nre required by
law to be kept in order or repair by
thereon, and also excepting such portions as
have been graded grGvcled ana accepted be
graded and gfavcled In accordance with the
plans and profile on nle in the office
in the Office OF the city clerk of the city of Los
Angeles for grayeled streets, said specifications
being numbered Ave-
Second-That n cement curb be constructed
along each line OF the roadway OF said Omar
avenue from the southerly line of Third street
TO the northerly curb line of Fourth street tex
cepting along such portions OF the line OF said
roadway upon which a cement or granite curb
has already been constructed and acceptedj
in accordance with the specifications In the
Office of the city clerk of said city for
ing cement curbs, said specifications being
numbered twelve.
Third-That cement sidewalk four feet in
width be constructed along the east side OF
said Omar avenue from .he southerly curb
line of Third street to the northerly line OF
Fourth street excepting such portions OF said
street between said points along which a cc-
ment or asphalt sidewalk has been constructed
gnd accepted, said sidewalk to be constructed
in accordance with specifications on file in
the office OF the city clerk, said specifications
being numbered twelve.
Reference Is hereby mado to the said ordi-
nance OF intention for further particulars.
ID. A. WATSON,
Street supcrintendent
.
The herald., 1893-11-10
Ordinance No. 1891.
fNrw eERTRE.


A N ORDINANCE DECLARING THE INIhN- nIn
n tion of the council OF the city OF Los Ange~
les to change and establish the grade OF
BURLINGTON AVENUE.
From ocean View avenue TO Arnold streetend
fixing the limits OF the districtto be assessed1fo
pay the cost, damages and expenses thereof
The mayor and council OF the city of Los
Angeles do ordain as follows:
ss6moN /. That It is the intentioneof the
Council Of the City OF Los Angeles tofhange.
and establish the grade of
BURLINGTON AVENUE,
From ocean View avenue to Arnold street ae
follows: AT the intersection OF ocean View
avenue the grade shall be 143.00 on the SOUTH
west corner and at a point In the east side op-
posite to the northwest corner of Ocean View
avenue and Burlington avenue 145.OO, at .
point 267 feet south from the southwest corr
sides OF burlington avenue; at the intersection
OF Arnold street 123.00 on the northwest
corner and at point in east side opposite to
And at all points between said designated
points the grade shall be established so as to
conform to a straight line drawn between said
Elevations are in feet and above city datum
plane.
affected by said change of grade and to be
assessed to pay the damages that may be
awarded by reason of such change of grade are
hereby designated and established as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner Of lot 26,
block b, Coiina Park, thence to the northeast
corner OF said lot 2B, thence to the southeast
L.
of said Colina Park, thence to the southwest
corner of said lot s6, thence to the southeast
corner OF lot =. block +, of the Sunset Tract,
thence to the southwest corner of said lot 10,
thence to the nrftlwest corner of lot z OF said
block L, theuct To thc southwest corner OF lot
~ OF Hays lditon to the Sunset Tact,
thence TO the ~ rthwest corner OF lot 10 OF said
Hays addition, kencc 70 the southwest corner
OF lot II OF saiu i:tv's addition, thence to the
northwest corn rot lot 10 OF said Hays adj
diton, thence the northeast corner Of said
LOT 10, thence stcrle across Burlington ave-
nue. to the pon, of beginning; excepting from
the above desert ea district OF assessment ali
land Included Y avin which is now q part or
parcel OF public street or alley.
SEC. s. Thecity clerk shall certify TO the pass
ageof this ordinance. and shall cause the
same TO o published for ten days in the Los
Angeles hERALla and thereupon and thereafter
1t shall take effect and be in force
hereby certify thnt the foregoing ordinance
was adopted by the council OF the city OF Los
Angeles, at It's meeting of Oct 3Oth. 1893.
G. A. LUCKENBACH.
City clerk.
Approved this I'd day OF November 1903
r. L. ROWAN,
LEO lot Mayor