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Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21

FART OF the programme of the Ssna-
torial Committee to inquire into the con-
dition Of the Pacific RAILWAYS
indicates their arrival in Los Angeles
next Sunday. Preparations ought to be
made to accord these distinguished gem
tlemen fitting reception.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
Typhoid Eptdemlc.

lsHPEMING, Mich, October 20.-There
Is scarcely city, town or village in the
upper peninsula where there 8 not an
unusually large amount of typhoid fever.
and In many places the disease ia epi.
demic. It is especially violent at Iron-
woods and Negaunee, where the death
rate is very high.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
A New Bishop In.tn,,..

:, R1cHMoND, Va; October 20.-Rev. A.
Van. Devyger was consecra.ed and
installed as a bishop in ST. Peters cathe !.
dral today. Cardinal Gibbons acted "a
consecrater and the sermon v as preached
by Bishop John ]. Keaver.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
Close 10 Zero.

ST. PAUL, October 2O.-The Pioneer
Press, st. Vincent, Mimi, special SAYS /:
The temperature has not risen above 90 ]
degree, and is falling rapidly tonichtX
1t probably will be within few degreedR
of zero by morning.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
Conductors Couveur,or.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 2O.-One hun.
dred and fifty railroad conductors arrived
here on a special train from the East to.
night. The conductors will hold q con.
vention of their brotherhood in this city.
Engineers and brakemen recently held
their conventions.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
yosxPH d. LYNCH. JAMES J. AYERS.
AYERS & LYNCH, PUBLISHERS.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
Entered ct the postofice st Los Angeles q
second-class matter.
rY OFFICIAL PAPER,
DELIVERED BY CARRIERS
AZ roc. per Week. or soc. Per. m Month.

n@ce ef Publication. 123-125 West Second
ukoet. Los Angeles Telephone No. 156
JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENT-Owing to
our greatly increased facilities we are prepared
TO execute ill kinds Of job work In superior
manner. Special attention viii be given to
commercial and legal printing, and all orders
viii be promptly filed st moderate rates.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
The "Examiner,s" stop Forw

The "EKamlner,s'' step Forward.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 20.-The
Eransner today appears in new dress,
Is printed from new presses and consists
OF forty pages. The eize of the paper is
also slightly changed. Among the Cali
.ornians contributing original papers
are Senators Stanford and Hearst, A.
N. Towne, Of the Southern Pacific Com
pany; Horace Davis, President Of the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21

State University; Irving M. Scott, Presi-
dent OF the Union Iron Works; John d.
Spreckels, Joaquin Miller, Arpad Har-
aszthy, q prominent vineyardist, and
Frank Pixley.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21

REPORTERS afflicted with the itch of
editorializing are treated by Free
Lance" in other columns. His reflections
are timely.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
jury Nearly Completes

CHICAGO, October 20.-Stste's AttoI
ney Longenecker is Of the opinion thj
the Cronin jury will be completed n
morrow. Il 80. the taking of testimo{
will begin Tuesday. y
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
Fire at Sau Rernaraino.

SAN BERNARDINo, October 2O.-Fire
early this morning destroyed lodging
house at the corner of Second and ]
streets. Loss, So, 200; partly insured.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
Notice to Mail Subscribers.

The papers of all delinquent mail subscribers
o the Los Angeles DAILY HERALD will be
promptly discontinued hereafter. No papers
Will be sent to subscribers by mail unless the
same have been paid for in advance This rule
10 indexible. AYERS & LYNCH.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-21
soap.N m akcr Babbitt Dead,

New YoRK, October 20.-B. 7. Bab-
bitt, the well-known soap manufacturer,
died today. He was eighty years old.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
Trees Felled by Electricity.

Hitherto machines for telling
trees have been driven by steam
power, but this is sometimes incon-
venient, especially in thick woods,
and electric power has recently been
adopted in the Galician forests.
Usually in such machines the trunk
is sawed, but in this case it is drilled.
When the wood is of a soft nature
the drill has a sweeping motion
and cuts into the trunk by means
OF cutting edges on it's sides. The
drill is actuated by an electric mo-
tor mounted on carriage, which
is brought up close to the tree and
shackled to it. The motor is capa-
ble of turning round it's vertical
axis, and the drill is geared to it in
such manner that it can turn
through an arce of a circle and
make sweeping cut into the trunk.
The first cut made, the drill is adj
vanced a few inches and another
section of the wood removed in the
same way until the trunk is half
severed. 1t is then stamped to keep
the cut from closing, and the opera
ton continued until it would be
unsafe to go on. The remainder is
finished by hand saw or an axe.
The current is conveyed to the
motor by, insulated leads brought
through the forest from generator
placed in some convenient site
London Times,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
The American Party.

The principles of the American
party are the principles of the Amer
ican people, and some day in the
near future there will be political
revolution. In California the Amer
lean movement is too deeply rooted
to be turned back or checked by
sneers or ridicule. The party is no
longer under the control of any
man or handful of men. Men may
sell out, but principle is not a COM
mercial commodity. The organi-
cation has now a life and vitality
of it's own and can neither be killed
by treachery and indifference in
high places, nor made the tail Of
any other party kite. The time
will come when men and newspa-
pers that now affect to ignore the
American party will swear that they
always believed in its principles
and knew that it would be the party
of professionalism Standard.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
The Worlds Richest Woman.

The death of James G.. Flood al
Heidelberg leaves his daughter, Miss
Jennie Flood, who was with him at
the time of his death, probably the
richest woman in the world. She
is certainly the richest woman in
the United States, being the heir OF
all his immense wealth. She is said
by old Californians here to be a
modest and sensible young woman,
not at all affected by her wealth,
which already amounted to several
millions before her fathers death.
When the bonanza mines were at
the zenith of their prosperity Mr..
Flood gave his daughter s., 100000
in United States bonds at one time
as birthday present. There have
been numerous stories rife about
her, as would be natural with a
young woman occupying her posi-
ton. Once she was said to be about
to take the veil in convent, and at
another time it was said she was
about to give all her fortune to the
endowment Of a convent. She re-
fused many offers Of marriage.
One was from an English nobleman,
Lord Beaumont, whom she evident
ly feared was more smitten with her
pocketbook than her charms. 1t
was said that she was engaged to
be married to one of the Grant boys,
U. 8. Grant, Jr, who afterwards
married the late ex-senator Chat
fees daughter, and there was prob
ably some foundation for this story.
General Grant and Mr.. Flood were
known to have been favorable to
the match, and the young people
were thrown together by the design
ing parents, but somehow did not
meet the wishes of the old heads.
Miss Flood is still unmarried and
must now be about twenty-five years
of age.-N. Y. Graphic.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
CHINESE MEDICINE

The medical art in China is mys
terious and empiracle. The medi'
cal profession is regulated by rules
almost the opposite of those which
prevail in England. In China the
doctor receives a fixed salary as
long as his patient is in good health
If the patient falls ill the doctors s
pay is stopped until a cure is
effected.
In England a sick person usually
tries to assist the doctor by explain
ing the symptoms of his case. In
China this would be considered an
insult to the doctor. The doctor
may feel the patients pulse, exam
inc the skin and look at his tongue,
but he may ask no questions. He
is then expected to diagnose the
disease from which the sick man is
ailing and to prescribe remedy.
The medicine prescribed is usually
very cheap and very nasty; but some
drugs are high priced and there are
certain precious stones which are
believed to be of wonderful efficacy
in curing diseases. One of these
expensive ingredients, white and
red coral, .rubies or jacinth, pearls,
emeralds, musk, with one or two
earths in special qualities, are
crushed into powder rolled ;ntopills
with gum and rosewater and coated
with eold-leaf. This unique medi-
cine is reported to be an infallible
cure for smallpox, measles, scarlet
fever and all diseases which arise
from blood-poisoning and break out
in cutaneous eruptions. The
strengthening properties ofthe prep
aration are said to be quite remark
able. The Jesuits, who flourished
in China in the early part of the
present imperial dynasty, affirm
that they have seen men snatched
from the last convulsions of death
by its judicious use.-Chambers'
Journal.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
mr." AND MRS"
An Interesting Account of the Origin
Of These Now Common Titlea

In earlier times the ordinary man
was simply William or John; that
is to say, he had merely Christian
name without any kind of handle"
before it or surname after it. Some
means of Distinguishing one John
or one William from another John
or another William became neces~
sary.
Nicknames derived from mans
trade or his dwelling place, or from
some personal popularity, were
tackled on to their Christian names,
and plain J Ohm became John Smith.
AS yet there was no "misters" in
the land. Some John Smith accu-
mulated more wealth than the bulk
of his fellows-became, perhaps,
landed proprietor or an employer
Of hired labor. Then he began to
be called in the Norman French of
the day ''maistre" of this place or
that of these workmen or of those.
In time the "maistre" or master"
as 1T soon became. got tackled on be-
fore his name and he became Mais-
ter Smith, and his wife was Mais-
tress Smith. But gradually the
sense of possession was lost sight
of and the title was conferred upon
any kind, by mere possession of
wealth or by holding some position
Of more or less consideration and
Importance.
1t is only within comparatively
modern times that the term came
to be considered an almost indis-
pensable adjunct to every ones
name when mentioned in ordinary
conversations or writing. Mais-
tress Smith soon became Mistress
Smith. Exactly how and when the
term got corrupted cannot be said.
Master Smith, however, remained
Master Smith long after his wife
became Mistress Smith.-Oldham
Chrop,c cio
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
A NOVEL MARRIAGE.

A very novel and amusing mar
riage was solemnized in our city on
a recent Sunday. The contract
ing parties were both colored,
and as the parents of Ella Usher
objected to her entering the mar
riage state, the groom, Andrew Will
liams, whose heart was overfowing
with love for the fair Ella, obtained
her consent and they ran away. In
the afternoon, about $3.50 o'clock,
the couple perched themselves on a
log by the Academy branch and were
there made one. The ceremony was
performed by Judge JAS. r. George,
notary public, in his beautiful and
impressive style. We regret that
we are unable to give our readers
the ceremony in full, but here is
portion it Andrew and Ella, you
have met here and perched your
selves upon this log by the side of
the calm but frozen waters of this
famous and historic Academy
branch; under the blue canopy of
heaven ard surrounded by the grand
old trees, which have been shorn
of their beautiful foliage by the cold
windy blasts of winter; you are here
surrounded by several distinguished
gentlemen; Colonel Thomas Lowe,
Capt. James S. George, Little Ed
Bailey and DR.. Dave Albert, of At
lanta, and many others who have
come to see yea united in the holy
bonds of wedl0ck, the greatest, no
blest and sublimest state into which
people can enter, and may both OF
your hearts eternally beat as one
as you journey down the stream of
time, and when you are done with
this life may you enter into that
realm of bliss where the good dark
les CO." '"-Lithonia { Ga. Era.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
Hackay and 0chiltree.

John w. Mackay is quiet man
nered man, but he loves the society
of people who are able to interject
into the humdrum, current of affairs
spice of wit or smatter of world
ly wisdom, good story for an ap-
petizer and a good punch for a
nightcap. Maekay is very fond of
Col. Thomas P. Ochiltree for these
and other reasons. He finds Col.
Ochiltree very useful to him in his
business" The gallant Texan,
whom an entire continent from the
pines of Maine to the pineapples of
California urges with united voice
for the Mexican mission, is still dal-
lying with the diplomatic atmos-
phere of the City of Magnificent
Distances and nursing the game leg
he got by the stupidity Of an over
enthusiastic cabman. Mackay in
the Hoffman House without Ochil-
tree close by looks as lonely as the
obelisk in Central Park, FAR from its
attendant SphinHes. The sphinx
ordinarily is no wiser than Col.
OchiAree, and not nearly SO good
looking. He hae ever 50 much more
energy and executive ability than
any sphinx ever had, and we're he
once more ''in our midst"the hotel
corridors Of the upper metropolis
would not be calmly unintsresting
81 they have been of late.-N. 7.
World.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
The Biggest Bsdbug Story on Record.

Last May l was travelling in Ar.
izona and stopped in little town
called Emerson over night. The
hotel was small, but the best the
town afforded, and l signed my
name on the register. As it was late
when | arrived l went Immediately
to bed. Being tired / fell asleep
very soon after touching the pill
lows. How long [ slumbered can't
tell, but | was suddenly awakened
by terrible rumpus which seemed
to come from one corner of the
room. Iarose, and striking a match,
l could hardly believe my eyes
when | saw a large rat engaged in
mortal combat with a bedbug. /
Immediately got astraddle of the
headboard of the bed and watched
the fight. Standing on its hind legs
the bug would clasp the rat with its
forelegs and squeeze it till the poor
thing would run out its tongue and
squeak like pig. | watched the
struggle about fifteen minutes when
becoming exasperated at the cruel
treatment of the rat by the bug, l
climbed down from my perch and
catching up a chair threw it at the
fighters. This drew the attention
of the bug from the rat and allowed
him to escape into his hole. After
a while l managed to get the chair
out of the grip of the bug and killed
it. had the skin stuffed and took
it home. The bug weighed two
pounds and quarter, and hadclaws
three inches long. g."-Sonoma Val
lev (Cal. Whistle.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
GUILTY, Be JABERs.
How An 1riah Judge Got OF to q Fol
Hunt.

An old Irish Judge on the North
western circuit loved the hunting
field more than he did the sleepy
courtroom. His clerk was like
minded, and a joyous pair they
made. One fine morning the clerk
whispered to the Judge:
| "Yer Honor, old Billy Duane's
meets to-day at Ballykillmulligan
an they've a fine dog fox"
"How many names are on the
docket?" asked the Judge, ,excitedly
"Twenty-for rioting and breach
Of peace, yer honor"
"Tim," said the Judge. "do you
think you can get the first fellow to
plead guilty without a jury trial
and me to let him off with week
in jail?"
THE easiest thing in the world,''
answered the faithful clerk.
"Make haste, then, and bring the
whole gang; and, l say, Tim, tell
Jerry to saddle the mare mean
while"
The twenty prisoners were brought
into court-a defiant gang-nine-
teen of them prepared to fight, with
counsel and jury, to the bitter end.
The twentieth had been interviewed
by the clerk. He was called.
Guilty or not guilty of the crimes
chargedw demanded the Judge,
with a propitious smile.
Guilty, yer honor; heaven help
me said the crafty prisoner.
swell" said the Judge, glancing
benevolently about the room, 81
fancy l can let you off with a week. :"
The man thanked the Judge and
stepped down. There was terrific
sensation among the other defend
ants, none of whom expected to get
off with less than five years in linn
DO. Here was a chance to profit by
''his Honor's" pleasant mood. One
and all manifested an earnest de-
sire to follow the example of their
comrade, and acknowledge the
crimes in batch.
"Do you all plead guilty?" de-
manded the Judge eagerly.
I'VE do !" shouted the enthusias-
tic nineteen in chorus.
Fourteen years transportation
apiece !" exclaimed the Judge, with
click of the jaw. Jerry, is the
mare saddled yet?"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20

LITTLE Miss FISH. who is the Gin.
derella of 1.-The Crystal Slipper"
and who as "Baby Benson," was
many years ago wellknown through
out this country, Europe, Africa
and Australia. is probably the
smallest soubrette on the stage
Her diminutive appearance is fire.
quently the cause of much annoy
ance to her. She is constantly in
receipt of letters from sympathetic
old ladies offering to adopt her and
to remove her from what they call
'the evil influences of the stage,
and boxes of toys and dolls of ev-
cry description come to her frosn
Juvenile admirers. She is full ef
anecdote of her experiences on the
German stage and in transforming
in this country and in the diamond
fields of Africa. An incident oc-
CURED in the Boston Theatre a few
weeks ago, during performance of
1.-THE Crystal Slipper" which Miss
Fish speaks of with good deal of
satisfaction. A little miss, who is
very fond of fairy tales, and who
has been repeatedly told by her
aunt the story of Cinderella" was
taken to see the play. The little
one watched with wide-eyed aston
ishment the wicked sisters, the
cruel parent, and the funny valet.
WhenC Cinderella appeared, however,
she jumped upon her seat and
shouted: "Oh, Cinderella Ny
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
For Young Men.

Marshall Field, of Chicago, says
the Globe, one morning met two OF
his wholesale clerks leaving the
house, and asked where they were
going. Being told, "Oh, just STEP
ping out for few minutes" he said
nothing. When they returned, there,
too, was he. "Ah," said the latter,
sbeen to take drink2" The smiles
with which they admitted the soft
impeachment must have faded
somewhat as Mr.. Field remarked,
quietly: Every good, gentlemen
but the next time you have to go
out for drink during business
hours, just leave your resignatione
at the office as a preliminary"
This same Marshall Field himself
better illustrate the logical out
come of such methods. The son
of Massachusetts farmer he began
his career by sweeping out a store.
From this poor positi IN his indom-
liable will, industry and probity
advanced him rapidly to the sue
cessive posts of errand-boy, clerk,
partner, proprietor. To-day in the
prime of life-handsome, genial and
esteemed-he is preeminent among
the great merchant princes of the
West, with fortune estimated st
more than $2O,0O0,O00.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20
The Memory Hoop.

The latest fad evolved by femi-
nine ingenuity is the memory
hoop" which is from s to 10 inches
in diameter, and holds from 80 to
40 bows of ribbon, contributed by
gentlemen who desire to be remem-
-bered. Hhe young man who aspires
to have his image constantly re-
called by means of portion of a
parlor ornament lis now endeavor-
ing to acquire an education in rib
bone, in the wild hope that the bow
he shall give his present adored one
will not offend all the laws Of taste
and color combinations.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20

jueIndTkdlOH so QlSLlncL between
State and State, between the work
of man and that of nature.
The town itself is a striking ex-
ample of a ''burst BOOM" It was
the northern terminus of the Texas
cattle trail, and when the Santa Fe
built a branch of their road south
from Wellington some Chicago
spectators took hold of the place
and doomed" it. Great cattle pens
were built, stores, residences, a fine
school house and a big hotel were
erected; the country all around
was laid out in town lots, which
soon scared to high prices. Then
the boom burst, the stores were de-
serted, and now the big four-story
hotel rents for but 81 a year, even
at which the proprietor says he
loses money.
But in its PALMER days it would
be difficult to conceive of livelier
or more wicked town. The cow
bows came up over the trail from
Texas and here received the wages
for their services. Gamblers, saloon
keepers, desperadoes and lewd
women were here in full force to
win from orrob them of their money.
Dance-houses of the lowest type
thrived, and their bullet-pierced
walls and ceilings to-day bear tes-
timony of wild scenes of revelry
enacted within.
Here was the dive of the noto-
rious "Texas Ann" and her daugh-
ter. 1t is a one-story building, with
additions upon the east and south
sides, all at present in state of
decay. The halls of the additions
are pasted over with pictures from
police papers and ornamented with
bullet holes. The whisky was kept
in cellar reached by steep flight
of stairs. This cellar was too, it is
said, used for other purposes, and
many drugged man has been
pitched into it to be robbed and his
dead body afterwards concealed.
If those dingy walls could speak,
of how many crimes, murders, rob-
berries they could tell!
Suspended from the fronts of low
one-story buildings are still to be
seen the signs Cowboys Head
quarters" "Cattlemen's Saloon
and Texas Jim's Place"
When the now deserted town was
in its glory Art Hughes was mayor
and Frank Ward city marshal.
Neither position was a sinacure, as
the lawless patrons were inclined
to obey the laws of man no more
than those of God, and the first VIC
Tins were usually the officers. They
had driven away all previous Off
cials and were preparing to do.
the same with Hughes and Ward.
They "called" the marshal, and
he weakened, but not SO with
the mayor. He walked into the
Cowboys Headquarters" one night
while they were preparing to run
him out of town, shotgun in one
hand, two six-shooters in his belt.
AS Hughes entered the room a cow
boy turned to him and was about
to draw pistol, but he was not
quick enough, for the mayor riddled
him with buckshot. The cowboys
friends made rush for the officer
just as Frank and Charley Russell
at present the proprietors of the
only livery stable in the place
came to his assistance. The victory
of law over desperadoes checked
the previous prevalent pastime of
shooting horses and inoffensive
"tenderteet" full of holes. It also
killed the town, tor if the toughs
could not run it they would not pat
ronize it-Corr. Chicago Tribune.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-04-20

A CRUSADE has been begun in
Pennsylvania by the different
unions, against the practice already
becoming alarming Of putting
liquor into candy. The "rock and
rye Drops" and wine cordial con-
fectionery sold to children are do
ing incalculable damage. The little
ones have been found coming from
school manifesting every symptom
of intoxication from the use of these
pernicious sweets. The manufac-
turers claim that so little liquor is
used in these candies, that ten
pounds of them would not cause
drunkenness, but facts 60 to prove
the contrary. The liquor fiend is
to be watched and fought at every
point. He spares not even the
babies, and the mothers must take
up arms in their defense.