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Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
A Strange Suicide.

One of the most extraordinary cases of
suicide in the annals of self destruction is
reported from Austria, where a regular
epidemic of suicide seems to exist. Lieut..
Mangasius, of Klausenburg, one of the
most popular officers in the Austrian army,
is the victim of this queer freak, while his
bosom friend and messmate is a murderer,
yet not guilty of the crime. The last time
Mangasius went to the barracks where his
company was quartered, just few minutes
before his tragic taking off, he was OBJ
served to be absent minded and much de-
pressed in spirits.
He talked with his messmate for few
minutes and then went to room where a
number of new magazine rifles were kept
loaded one, retained and handed it to his
friend, saying: "Take this rifle and let me
see if you can aim it properly. Point al
my eye." The soldier had no idea the
weapon was loaded, and obeying the words
make ready" present" ''fire," he dis
charged the rifle at distance of three
yards into the officers eye. The bullet
went through the skull and death was in
Simultaneous He left letter for his cap
tain saying that the soldier who shot hin
was innocent.-St. Louis Republic.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
Insuferable Tops.

Walk along Fifth avenue any pleasant
afternoon and you are sure to encounter at
least score or two of professional 'lady
killers, F" 50 called, made up for heart slaugh-
ter. There is no installing them. They
are tailored for conquest. They use their
eyes as if they were repeating pistols, shoot
ing their glances right and left at the fair
est marks in the feminine procession, and
evidently believing that lady is brought
down at every shot. Next to their eyes
they rely upon the hair that is upon their
upper lips as a means Of conquest.
Sometimes these terrible individuals 60
in pairs and triplets and make massacre
of it, in their estimation. Their gait is
jaunty and self assured-the gait of victors.
''See, the conquering hero comes" is their
prevailing personal expression. But if
they could hear what sensible women say
of them behind their backs it might mod
crate their self complacency. Possibly if
they had more brains they might do some
mischief but vain men with weak heads
and little or no hearts are rarely fatal to
the peace of womankind. - New York
Ledger.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
EVERY MAN MUST BE BALD.
Rumor Has Novel Club to Offer fo
Admission TO New York,s List.

Rumor Has q Novel Club to Offer for
Admission Co New Yorix's List.
Apparently New York is not yet suf-
ficiently supplied with club life, despite its
long and varied list. Certain club circles
are earnestly discussing ruinor concern
ing the formation, at an early date of a
new organization, which will surpass in
novelty at least any social combination
now in existence here.
The scheme is nothing less than club
of limited membership, to be composed en-
tirely of bald headed men; not men whose
craniums lack thatch by reason of the
flight of time, but those who are still young
or in their prime, and who should, in the
natural order of the universe, be enjoying
a beautiful crop of hair. The chief object
of the organization is said to be a semi
facetious one, being nothing less than the
promotion of this growth.
1t is proposed to give dinner once a
month, at which each member present shall
announce whether he has discovered special
virtue in either of the advertised lotions
for the restoration of the hirsute append
age. Each member will pledge himself to
conscientiously experiment with some such
medium for a month or two months, as
the case may be. The uptown BARRIERS,
therefore, look for boom in this branch
of their business.
The rapid increase in bald heads among
the youth of the metropolis is strikingly
noticeable. The precise causes, beyond the
too constant wearing of close fitting hats,
have not yet been definitely fixed, but the
bald fact obtains public Importance be-
cause it accounts for the bachelorhood of
hundreds Of amiable men who would make
loving husbands and devoted fathers. The
small coterie alluded to. however, disavow
any matrimonial motive in their club
project. They assert that they have been
impelled toward it by the annoyance which
they experience in the increased reference
to bald heads made upon the burlesque
stage. The persistence of the busy house
fly, nevertheless, may have something to
do with it.
An i'll natured hairdresser, by the way,
stated recently that comparative badness
among women, and especially society
women, is no longer an uncommon thing
and that the number of ladies who sleep in
one part of their chamber while their hair,
except a'small tuft, reposes in another is
increasing in a most awkward manner
In regard to their luxurious tresses, there
is no doubt that the hairdresser is more
in the confidence of the society woman
than is the society woman's husband.
But there is no danger of baldheaded
woman's club ever finding place in New
York.-New York News.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
Dancing in Government Building

A strange scene was enacted at the west
end of the postoffice building one Sunday
night about o'clock. A lot of boys and
girls, some thirty in all, had gathered there
to play and have good time when one of
the kids took out mouth organ and start
ed on a jig. In a second two girls of the
age of 10 to 12 years jumped into the CEN
ter of the sidewalk and commenced to
dance to the music. The kids then formed
a ring around the little dancers, clapped
their hands and stamped theil feet to time,
and away went the girls into regular
hoe down and ending up with the sensu-
GUS wing dance.
The fun lasted for nearly half an hour
and was witnessed by large crowd of
spectators. Some thought it was queer
that such a thing could happen in such a
public place, and that, too, on Sunday
night. One old lady, on seeing the little
girls and hearing the cheers and jeers of
the mixed crowd, remarked: 'That cures
me of allowing my daughter out evenings
to CAD the streets. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
HeIigoland for Science,

When Heligoland has become German it
is intended by German naturalists to use
it more than hitherto for scientific exam
ination, as it offers considerable opportu-
nifty for studying special problems, es-
pecially in minute life in the sea, now so
important to biology. Zoology, and par
ticularly the knowledge of bird life, will be
much furthered by study in Heligoland
Then the island is regarded as an i'm
portant meteorological station and as like
ly to assist medical inquiries regarding eli
mate.-Vossische Zeitung.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
Another Fish Story.

Capt. Obed Knowlton, of the schooner
Trader, at Advocate Harbor, N. S., reports
that while on his way from Boston he
sighted what he supposed to be the wreck
of vessel. He at once bore down on it,
when. to his great establishment, he dis
covered it to be the carcass of sea
monster unlike anything he had ever seen
before. His vessel got within twelve feet
OF the monster, which seemed to be about
eighty feet long and twenty feet broad
It tapered of at each end, was striped like
zebra, and had the appearance of having
been run into by vessel.-Philadelph
Ledger.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
Papa Didn't Interfere.

1t was growing late, and papa crept down
stairs to warn the young people that it
was too damp to sit outside any longer.
II don't see why you have to ask me for
my hand, Tom," he heard, as he reached
the door; you've been keeping it all the
evening"
Papa retired quietly. Bazaar.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26

A New York doctor says that five-sixths
of the people who come to him to be treated
for catarrh can trace the beginning of it
back to colds caught in an opera house.
He adds that the average theatre is a
breeder of colds, sore Threats, pneumonia
and consumption. He has no free pass
Detroit Free Press.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26

One of the latest appliances of electricity
appears in the form of an electric soldering
iron. 1t is a hollow cone of copper con-
tanning metallic plug, between which and
the inner surface of the cone is coil of fine
wire, separated from the plug and the face
of the cone by means of layers of asbestos.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
A Model Ceremony.

Mamma-Did my darling little Nellie
hear the words of the wedding ceremony?
Nellie-Yes, heard every word.
Mamma-And what did the minister say?
Nellie (glibly)-He said: eye have now
entered the holy bands of paddock, and
you Irvine are now one fish. "-Pittsburg
Bulletin.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
NIontana's Star Liar.

Old man Cooley is considered the most
picturesque liar in southeastern Montana,
and really the tall stories he can tell throw
a shadow ON some of Opie Reeds best
yarns. He was hauling logs to his ranch,
mile above camp, when was introduced
/, TO him.
GAN the way from Chicago, eh9"
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26

cOurse'. He could walk a little, but could not
get up if he fell down, and could not move
when in bed having no use of his hands. i'm
mediately commenced with the CUTIcURA REM
EDIEs using all freely. One sore after another
healed, bony matter forming in each one of
would finally grow loose and were taken on
then they would heal rapidly. One of the
ugly bone formations preserved. After taking
a dozen and half bottles he was completely
cured, and is now, at the age of six years, a
strong and healthy child MRS L. S. BRIGGS,
May 9, 1885. 612 E. Clay ST., Bloomington, Ill
Nv grandson remains perfectly well.
signs OF scrofula and no Sores
MRS E. s. briggs,
February z, 1890. Bloomington III.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
He Was Used to It.

Mrs. Wickwire-f you go first you will
wait for me on the other shore. won't you,
dear?
Mr.. Wickwire-I suppose SO. l never
went anywhere yet without having to wait
for you at least half an hour.-Exchange.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26

Interesting facts " ere shown by graphic
representation at the Paris exposition re-
garding the decrease of illiteracy in France;
1881, illiterate, 48 per cent; 1S4s, illiterate.
80 per cent; 1850, illiterate, 80 per cent;
1870, illiterato 1917 per cent; 1880, illite-
rate, IA per 1885, illiterate, II per
cent.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26

mad TWO OF Them on each
hand, and as his blood be-
came more and more impure
it took less time for them to
break out. A sore came on
the chin, beneath the under
lip, which was very offensive.
His head was one solid scab,
discharging a great deal.
This was his condition at
twenty-five m o n t h s old,
when l undertook the care
of him, his mother having
died when he was a little
more than a year old, of
cOnsumntiOn lScrOfula of
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
He Ate Them.

Employer (sternly)-You said you were
going to funeral yesterday, and hear
you went fishingl
Clerk-Well, buried the fishesI-Puck.
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
MEDICAL.
A SCROFULOUS BOY
Running Sores Covered His Body and
Head. Bones Affected. Cured
by Cuticura Remedies.

When six months old the left hand of our
little grandchild began to swell, and had every
appearance of a large boil. We poulticed 1t, but
all to no purpose. About five months after it
became running sore. Soon other sores
formed He then had two of them on each
Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
CUTICURA RESOLvENT

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Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
ANNUAL
ILLUSTRATED HERALD.
Forty-eight Pages of Information about
Southern California
Fifty Elegant Illustrations of Local
Scenes
The
ton and will much letter
SUMMARY Of CONTENTS
OF THE
Annual Illustrated HERALD.

the City
full
dgaed irrigation
emit The Los Angeles public cable railroad Los
Angeles;
cultural
pub public schools the city and Los Angeles land office business
the climate Of Southern Cana reports Of the Los Angeles health officer the
list new buildings erected in the city Los Angeles profits in fruit
table distances back country the early vegetable business Broadway
e valley prosperous Pomona fair Anahem how Los Angeles lighted the
Reform School Pedro sketches industries in Los Angees the
banks Los Baker block; valuable all
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skill residence Major Bonake Baldwin Hotel California Bank Building
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Hotel Pomona Normal School, Rdondo
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Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1890-09-26
TO THE UNFORTUNATE

Corner of Commercial,
San Francisco, Cal. Els
tablished III 1854, for
treatment of Sexual and
Seminal Diseases, such
as Gonorrhea, elect,
Structure, Syphilis in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-21
BUFFALO TREE-HOPPER.

@A-@~
midsummer, and feed, in both young
and adult states, on great variety Of
plants.
The chief injury done by the buffalo
tree-hopper is that done in the process
OF egg-deposition just described. On
old trees it is not likely to be very Sc
rious, but on young trees considerable
damage may be done. Prof. Popenoe,
in describing the work of the insect in
young apple orchard in Kansas,
says:
1.-The effect of these punctures in the
bark and wood was shown in the un-
healthy and unsymmetrical appearance
of the twigs, and in the young apple
trees mentioned in the lack OF vigor of
the tree ITSELF"
It is always more difficult to prevent
the injuries of an insect that feeds upon
a large variety Of plants, both wild and
cultivated, than one which is confined
for food to the single crop injured. AS
rule it is also more difficult to fight
those insects which get their food by
sucking than those which bite. The
buffalo tree-hopper combines both of
these characteristics, so that from the
nature Of the case we may expect it to
be difficult insect to overcome.
| 1t seems to me that the insects might
be successfully fought, just after hatch
ing from the eggs, by spraying with
kerosene emulsion. With this end in
view the infested trees should be care
fully watched during May, and as soon
as most of the eggs are Matched the
trees should DO sprayed with kerosene
emulsion. In those cases where the
trees are infested by bark lice, as we'll
as the present pest, the same spraying
may be made to kill both. BY Destroy
ing the progeny of the eggs in this way,
the crop of egg-laying specimens will
be reduced, but it will not necessarily
prevent the hoppers which develop in
neigh boring localities from invading
the orchard to deposit eggs.
The suggestion of Prof. Saunders Of
frightening away the insects during
the season of egg deposition by fire.
quently shaking tho trees, also seems
worthy of trial.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BUFFALO TREE.hOPPER.

Description OF the Pest by Prof c. NJ.
Weed, OF the Ohio Agricultural Expert
mont Station - Remedies - Ensiiage
Against Dry Cured Grass.
In recent bulletin of the Ohio Ex-
peri nent station, Mr.. Clarence M. Weed
reports that little insect, called the
buffalo tree-hopper has done much dam
age to fruit trees lately. The following
account Of the pest is given:
The buffalo tree-hopper is small
greenish or yellowish insect, about one
third of an inch long, which is general
ly rather common during the late sum-
mer and early autumn months. A fair
idea of it's form, which has been COM
pared to that of beech-nut, may be OBJ
tanned from the illustration here given.
Its mouth consists of sharp beak,
which it inserts into the bark and sucks
the sap The eggs are laid in the upper
part of the twigs of apple, pear, maple
and various other fruit and shade trees,
mostly during the late summer or early
autumn months. They hatch the fol-
lowing May into small. active, greenish
hoppers, somewhat like the adults in
appearance, which insert their tiny
beaks in the tender bark and suck out
the sap. They become full-grown about
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-21
THE WHITTIER.

Thar wux Pollock-'Lijah Pollock-ust to live
down by the creek;
He wuz prouder nor a peacock an yet poorer
nor tick
An so lazy tibet reckon he I'D wonder es he
sat
wy it wuz he couldn't beckon wood an water
with is hat.
Ez ust to see him lain in the sunshine day
by day
Thar wuz suthin' in him mazin' like 'ziflazness
shud pay;
An he kinder seemed t flourish jes' ez we'll 'zf
taters grew
On the bushes an I'D nourish ez meat vittles
allus do.
Pollock mostly had q little stick O wood an
knife in hand,
An he'd whittle, whittle, whittle 'zif jack
knives WIZ in demand,
Wen is neighbors wuz a-plowin' fast ez they
cud git around,
Or a-plantin' or a-sowin'-Pollock didn't care
fer ground
Them ez noticed him I'D smoker and say shaw
ms didn't count;
But Lie Pollock never'd bicker. an he didn't
mind taunt.
He jes' KEEP right on awhittlin' an a-bein'
quite perlite,
An durn me eff he amt whitfield out payin'
patent-right!
j. A. Waldron, in Judge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-21
Burberry Hedges.

A writer in one of our exchanges
while commenting the barberry as a
handsome hedge, objects to it as INSULT
cient to prevent horses and cattle from
breaking through, the spines not being
strong enough to pierce the hair and
hides of such large animals. This OBJ
lection is easily removed by stretching
two or three barb-wires lengthwise
through the center of the hedge, one
being placed at a suitable height above
the other as the hedge gradually ex-
tends in growth upwards. The barberry
will hold the wires in their places. The
purple barberry makes as good hedge
as the common one, and we find it one
of the most beautiful screens that can
be placed on the premises. It forms
visible barrier which animals will not
attempt to push through, and thus the
objection is obviated that the barb-wire
lacerates horses that do not see it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-21
An Historic Town Site.

The site of the famous old settlement
and the ruins Of the old church at
jamestown, Va, is rendered interesting
from the fact that it was held through
ell the years Of struggle and warfare,
famine, death and dissensions which
filled the first struggling years of the
colony. The first trial by jury was at
jamestown, the first church was erected
there, the first American book written
from jamestown, the first legislative
body that ever sat in America assembled
in 1919 at Jamestown, and last, not least
by any means, the first repulse the
British Government ever received at the
hands of Americans occurred at James,
town, when Nathaniel Bacon drove the
bloody tyrant Berkely out of the city, ard
burnt the palace and NEST of empire"
as old writer's called it.-Boston Budget.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-08-21
IN TIME OF PEACE,

TIE Russian Government has just
ordered four new ironclads put on tho
stocks.
THE regents of Servia, distressing the
regular army, are busily arming the re-
serves with $4,000 rifles, presented by
Russia, and will not allow ex-King
Milan to visit the military camps.
By attaching an electric motor to a
gatling gun, it is claimed to be possible
to discharge 1000 shots per minute, the
heating of the barrels offering the only
limit to the rapidity of firing.
IT has been found that in the long
run no powder is satisfactory for quick
firing guns that is not absolutely safe
from explosion by defamation, and that
the only satisfactory aud safe system of
quick firing is by electricity.
In some of the enduring tests of the
Maxim gun in Germany $4,000 rounds
were fired from single barrel, 10000
rounds Of cartridges with steel-covered
bullets being fired from single barrel
before the rifling was materially in
jured.
The energetic manner in which EN-
peror Wilhelm is wedding old men out
of the German army is shown by Stats
tics: At the end of 1884 there were
3,94s officers of the Prussian contingent
in retirement; to-day there are 4,G72.
Generals of infantry and cavalry have
been remorselessly mown down.
The pneumatic dynamite gun, which
has been making for the British Govern
ment,is finished, and was subjected to
a. range test. The conditions of the
contract, which called for gun that
should hurl a 2oo-pound shell to dis
lance of $500 yards, were exceeded,
since the gun propelled 52o-pound ten
inch sub-caliber proiectile distance of
4,O0s yards. Many more experiments
must be made before the weapon will
be delivered. There can be little doubt
that they will be successfully done.