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Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
THE SILVER POOL.
Mr.. Dockery Starts Investigation.
Newspaper Men Refuse to Testify.

Mr.. Doclsery Starts an Investigation.
Newspaper Men Refuse to Testify.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Representa-
tive Dockery, of Missouri, today APP
peared before the committee on rules
and made Il statement relative to his
resolution for an inquiry as to the allega-
tion that twelve senators and fifteen
representatives were parties to silver
pool prior to the passage of the silver
bill, through which pool 81 900, ,00C pro-
fits was obtained. Dockery stated that
he had no personal knowledge of the
facts in the case. His resolution cited a
statement made in special Washing
ton dispatch to the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. Dockery thought the matter
deserved investigation, and the com
mittee took the matter under considera-
ton.
Messrs. Stevens and Apperson, Wash
ington correspondents OF the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, were asked the names
OF the senators and representatives in
the alleged pool, and the source of their
information. They declined to give
either. The committee took the matter
under advisement, and will hold another
meeting Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
FOUND DESERTED ON A STONE.
Touching Story of the Child of the Ar
thor of ',John Halifax Centlemano

Touching Story of the Child of the An
thor of John Halifax, Gentleman"
Every woman in the land has bowed
down before John Halifax, Gentle
man." but how many know much of the
life Of the woman whose brain child he
was? There is in it a little, romance that
l am sure many will like to hear. Mar
ried to a gentleman who was cripple,
Mrs. Muloch Craik lived an idyllic life
at a beautiful country home a few miles
from county town. She heard one day,
quite incidentally, that y baby had been
found on stone at the cross roads, that
it had been taken to the town hall, and
that all the gentry about were going to
look at it because it was such sweet
little child. So, following the example
of her neighbors, she went too. Looking
up into the sweet, sympathetic face OF
the famed althoress, the little baby
smiled and put out its wee hands.
Dinah Muloch Craik could not resist
this, and SO she determined to take the
child for her very own. Quickly it was
wrapped up, and it became her baby
Devoted to it, she was yet determined as
it grew older it should never have its
heart hurt by being told the story of its
birth and adoption; so as soon as the lit
tie girl was able. to understand, it was
lovingly whispered to her that she had
been found on the large stone which
stood in the center of the hall, and
which always was decorated with flow
ers, and that God had put her there that
her mother might find her As soon as
she grew old enough it became her
daily duty to cut the flowers and ar
range them to make beautiful this great
rock that had been dug up from the
cross roads and brought there.
To her it represented the place where
the hands of the angels had rested when
they laid her down. Curiously enough,
the child became very proud of the way
in which she had reached the dear
mother who cared for her as lovingly and
as tenderly az if she were really her own
flesh and blood. Her birthday was the
the tenth one came around and a child s
party was given her she was heard ask
ing one little girl, "How old are your
The other one answered, II was born
nine years ago." "Ohw answered the
baby, "you were born like other chill
dren, but am better than that; was
found just where God had placed me" i"
The childish pride was as amusing as it
was pathetic.
The years have gone by, the eyes Of
the good mother are closed forever to the
sights of this world, but the child she
cared for lives in the great town Of Lon
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
Special Delivery Stamps.

He was a stamp fiend, young and pre-
cocious. The plain American stamp had
no interest for him. He was making 6
collection of foreign ones, and so when
they sent him down to the postoffice fol
"a package he did not pay much atten.
ton, but brought it home and handed il
over, and skipped out to play tag. Next
day they showed him a new sister who
had arrived. He looked at her with
some curiosity.
"Say, where did she come from?'
"Oh, from heaven"
"From heaven! I know That was
the package brought from the postoffice
yesterday, and I never knowed anything
about it."
Yes
"Golly! why didn't you save me the
stamps?"-San Francisco Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
A Sacrilegious Robber.

A stranger entered the Church of the
Assumption, Brooklyn, one Saturday
morning, and, borrowing rosary from
the sexton, knelt in apparent prayer.
When the sexton, who had been out, re-
turned few minutes later the stranger
had vanished. So had two silver chal-
ices, two silken stoles and two prayer
books. Chase was given and the fellow
was caught. Upon his person was
found the booty taken from the church,
as well as three silver coffin plates bear
ing the inscription, REST in Peace. .
PHILADELPHIA Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
Doings in Both Houses of
Congress.
The Force Bill Holds Sway in
the Senate.
Jones, of Arkansas, and Wilson, of
Maryland, Oppose 1t.
Representative Mills Takes Exceptions
to the Meat Inspection Bill-Cap-
ital Cuttings.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Among the
bills introduced and referred in the
senate, today, were the following: To
establish record and pension Office in
the war department; to establish a
board for the advancement of interest
in merchant marine.
Casey offered resolution calling on
the secretary of agriculture for informa-
ton as to the progress made in the in
vestigation for irrigation purposes, under
the deficiency act of last session.
The resolution was finally agreed to,
and the senate resumed consideration OF
the elections bill, Jones, of Arkansas,
making argument in opposition.
At the conclusion of jones' remarks,
as no other senator took the floor, the
presiding officer stated that the question
was on the motion to strike out the
house clause, and asked if the senate
was ready for vote. After long dis
cussion, no action was taken. Wilson,
of Maryland, obtained the floor to speak
against the bill, and the senate ad-
journed.
IN THE HOUSE.
The senate bill for the inspection OF
cattle and hogs and products thereof
which are subject to the interstate COM
merce law, was called up. Mills, of
Texas, opposed it's passage, character
izing it as one of the most remarkable
measures ever presented to congress.
Stockbridge, of Maryland, in advo-
eating the measure said its object was
to give the people meats in condition
for human food, and to take out of the
markets those meats having tendency
to cause disease among the consumers.
The bill was referred to the committee
on agriculture.
A resolution was reported from the
postal committee, calling on the post
master-general for information as to the
extent and grounds for complaints of
and other states.
The house then went into committee
OF the whole on private land claims.
A bill to establish a court to adjudi-
cate private land claims in Colorado.
Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah
and Nevada, was taken up. After de-
bate the committee rose, and the bill
was agreed to with an amendment ex-
cepting Arizona from its provisions.
Mckinley reported joint resolution
to correct the wording of the tariff act,
relative TO binding twine.
Dunnell gave notice that on Tuesday
he would ask the house to consider the
apportionment bill.
Adjourned.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
Women on Another Star.

In Camille Flammarion's last romance
of the stars some quaint and interesting
fancies are given regarding the planet
Mars. The poet-astronomer imagines
that in our next starry neighbor the
density is so slight that material sub
stances are very light, and that thus
the living beings corresponding to our
selves are vastly more ethereal, delicate
and sensitive than the inhabitants OF
earth. Dwelling farther from the sun
than we, their optic nerve is more pow
erful, and that fact, together with su-
perior magnetic and electric influences,
creates senses unknown to us and un-
imaginable by us. Everything is SO
much less ponderable, so much more un-
substantial than with us, he goes on to
fancy, that the people there might be
called thinking and living winged flow
ers, for in the tenuous atmosphere wings
had the first chance at development,
rather than more terrestrial method of
getting about, evolution having taken
place in series of winged species, and
the people living as much on the air and
on aerial plants as on the ground.
Here also the density of the body and
its weight being SO slight, all organisms
are very light and delicate, no other
food being taken than that drawn from
the atmosphere; thus the female sex is
the predominating one, living on the
airs OF spring and the perfume of flowers,
the absence of gross food preventing
gross ideas and clarifying the intellect
to an immense power, while an unspeak-
able charm is exercised by these women
in the futtering of their wings and in
the kiss of mouth that never has eaten.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
CAPITAL CULLINGS.
Congressional Notes and Other Items of
Public Interest.

Congressional Notes and Other Items of
Public Interest.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Secretary and
Mrs. Noble left Washington last night
for Columbus, O., in obedience to tele-
gram announcing the death OF the Sec
retary's brother, there.
THE RAUM INVESTIGATION.
The house committee investigating
the charges made by Cooper, of Indiana,
against the management of the pension
Office, by Commissioner Raum, resumed
its inquiry this morning, after an inter-
ruption of three months. Severa
officials were examined. but nothing
sensational was elected.
PROHIBITION FOR WASHINGTON.
The house committee on the liquor
traffic today agreed to report favorably
bill to prevent the manufacture and
sale of spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors in the District of Columbia, ex-
cept for medicinal and scientific pur-
poses.
THE roRREY BILL.
Vest presented memorial in the SEN
ate, from the national bankruptcy con-
vention, requesting the passage of the
Torrey bankruptcy bill.
NATIONAL BANK BONDS.
Senator Power today introduced an
amendment to the bill to reduce the
amount of United States bonds required
of national banks, so as to provide that
whenever the notes retired under the
existing laws, by the national banks,
shall aggregate 81, 100000 it shall be the
duty of the secretary of the treasury
to purchase silver bullion to the
same amount, and to pay for the same
with United States notes.
MERCHANT MARINE BILL.
A quorum of the house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries today
formally agreed to report the composite
ill prepared by the majority of the
members OF the committee, as a substi-
tute for the senate tonnage and subsidy
bills. The motion carried by party
vote, with the exception of Cummings
of New York, who voted by proxy for it.
Chairman Farquhar later reported the
bill to the house. The committee ap-
pends to the report a letter from the
commissioners of navigation, showing
that the total payments under the bill
for the first year would aggregate $a,-
l09,8 $3.50.
WORLDS FAIR PAPERS.
Attorney-General Miller today re-
turned to the president all the papers in
regard to the Columbian worlds fair, with
the statement that they met all the
legal requirements necessary for the
presidents proclamation. The presi-
dent will investigate the financial suffi-
cheney of the subscriptions before issu-
ing the proclamation.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
The Best JeweIry.

No iewelry house in the city shows q
better stock than Bartletts, at 129
North Spring street. They have long
made specially OF the watch business,
and when one wants thoroughly accu-
rate timepiece, why, they generally GO
there. They have lately received large
stock OF opera glasses, and offer a bar
gain not seen before in these celebrated
hve-dollar opera glasses. No one should
fail to give them call if they want any
thing in the line of watches, clocks on
jewelry. They are one of the oldest
houses in the trade, thoroughly reliable,
and it is certainly satisfaction to know
that you fget all you pay for, and the
goods you buy are just as represented.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
BALL TOSSERS.
San Diego Defeated Los Angeles on
Yesterday.


The winter season of the Southern Cali
fornian base ball season opened yester-
day at San Diego. The first game will be
played here next Sunday. The follow
ing dispatch was received last evening
by the sporting editor of the HERALD:
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 13.
"The new baseball grounds on the
cable road were opened between teams
representing San Diego and Los Angeles.
There was large attendance. Darby
pitched and DUNCAN caught for the San
Diegans, and Young was in the box for
the visitors, with Graves at the relieving
end. The San Diego team won by
a score of fourteen to three. Another
game will be played tomorrow. Carsey
and Lohman will be the Los Angeles
battery"
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Orange Growers to Arrange for the Fair
on Wednesday.

Secretary Hanchette has been busy for
the past two days notifying citrus fruit
growers Of the called meeting on
Wednesday, at 10 O'Clock, to arrange for
the coming citrus fair.
Donations to the exhibit were received
yesterday as follows: Powell x Spauld-
ing, Glendora, navel oranges; Miss
Emma Wetzell, East Los Angeles, per-
simmons; John Clark, raspberries,
oranges and flowers; +. j. Pratt. Long
Beach, apples and lemons; w. j.
Schrode, sweet potatoes; Mr.. Lamb,
section of eucalyptus wood.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14

don and remembers, and when the
mother of John Halifax, Gentleman"
and of this girl stands before Almighty
God, don't you think that he win say,
Gas ye have done it unto the least of
these, SO l will unto you" Ladies'
Home Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
OUTDOEs THE M'KINLEY BILL.
The Proposed French Tariff Is Protection
Run Mad.

PARIS, Dec. 13.-The tariff bill as now
shaped under the hands of the commit
tee of the chamber, outdoes the Nc
Kinley bill in protectionism. The Cir
onde Commerce league, the leading free
trade body, has issued a strong mani
festo. denouncing it as tending to sur
round France with Chinese wall. The
inevitable result will be ruin to the
country's agriculture, commercial and
shipping interests, for the temporary
profit of the manufacturers. 1t is be-
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14

lieved, however, that if the govern
ment can assure the safety of the Bor-
deau wine trade, under reciprocity,
the opposition of the league win disap-
pear.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
Merely Eccentric.

Visitor-Who is that crazy fool?
Hostile is not a crazy fool. He i
merely eccentric.
Visitor-Rich, eh?-Good News.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
OfInterest toLadies.

In another column Miss Irene Lamb
announces a clearance sale of Millinery
goods, ETC., on account OF removal. The
sale takes place at 229 South Spring
street
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
The PeopIe's Store

advertisement can be found on the
eighth page OF today's HERALD. 1t con-
tains many bargains for the holidaYs.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
Go to Mullen, Bluett q Co. for gloves

An opening of Christmas art goods,
Tuesday, at Mrs. Anderson's, 329 South
Spring street.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14
Ostrich Feathers DYED

Go to Mullen, Bluett & Co. for elegant ov,
coats.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14

ObCrICn It eHCneTb Uy6U
A brilliant black on short notice at the Sur
prise Millinery store, 242 South Spring st. Sat
isfaetion guaranteed
A. ]. RlETHMULLER.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14

Go to Mullen, Bluett & Co. for handkerehiefs
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14

Go to Mullen, Bluett & Co. for $40 overcoats.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14

Frank X. Engler
Piano regulator and tuner, 119 g. Olive 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-14

Every family should use EucALYYTA.
, 1890-10-01

Many persons have been puzzled to
account for the ~ceaseless motion of dia-
monds in the earrings worn by ladies.
1t makes no difference that the head of
the a is in perfect repose and that
she is speechless, the twinkling goes on,
greatly enhancing the flashing beauty
of the gem.
The secret of this motion is in the
setting of the diamond, and the method
is patented. The patentee is reaping a
royalty of $50 from every manufactur-
ing jeweler to whom he sells the priv
ilege of using it. The stone is set in
the usual manner, except hat a band
like the handle of a diminutive basket
is attached to the framework.
On the other ride of the band is n
cuplike cavity. On the lower part Of
the hoop is a pin, pointed with rhodium,
a metal which never wears out, some
thing like the iridium with which gold
pens are tipped.
When the diamonds are put into POI
Sition oil the hoop the rhodium point
projects into the cup. The result is
what scientists call a condition OF I'M
stable equilibrium. Like the pea blown
with "A pipe 10y II schoolboy the dia-
moud is given 20 rest, with the differ
ence that no effort is required to keep
it dancing. jewelers. Weekly.
, 1890-10-01

II. Donzelman is west again.
Harvey Middleton vent east yesterday.
H. p. Hynds has returned from Den
yer.
Geologist Ricketts, has returned to the
city.
Superintendent Merlsheimer is back
from the West.
Hon, Homer Merrell came in from
Rawlins yesterday.
<. X. Sharpless, who is here from Og-
den, will in a few month, return to Chey-
enne to reside.
A. S. Mercer is back from Chicago,
where he was prominent IN meetings of
the worlds fair commission.
L. L. Downing, a jolly gentleman,
formerly dispatcher on the Wyoming di-
vision. is in town in the interest OF the
great Wabash route. Il. L. D." Is chief
clerk in the Wabash offices at Denver,
and friends predict hat he will be a di-
vision superintendent in a couple ofyears.
, 1890-10-01

The wild horse of Dzungaria is an
animal the size of the hemione and
more robust in its proportions, in
which it resembles the pony. Its head
is large, with r smaller than those
of the hemione; the shoulders thick,
especially in the male; the limbs ro-
bust and stubbier than those of the
heiniones and the asses. The name is
short and straight, and the moderately
long tail is terminated by a tuft of long
hairs in much more abundant supply
than in the tail of the hemiones. 1t
has warts on the hind legs as well as
on the fore legs-a popularity of the
horse, distinguishing it from the other
species of the genus, which have warts
only on the fore legs. The hoofs are
full like those of the horse, and not
compressed as in the other species. and
h lower parts of the legs are furnished
with long hairs falling to the crown of
the hoof, a feature which the hemiones
lack.
Likewise characteristic is the color of
the pelage, a pale gray, almost white,
passing into dun on the head and neck,
and blending insensibly on the TANKS
with the pure white of the belly and
limbs. The name, the brush of the
tail and the long hairs of the lower
legs and hoofs are black. There is no
trace of the dark dorsal stripe running
from the man to the tail which is
characteristic of the hemione. The
hairy covering IS long and unduIating
especially in the rigorous winter of that
northern region. E. L. Trouessart
in Popular Science Monthly.
, 1890-10-01
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
Help Wanted for Famine
Stricken Ireland.
The Point of Starvation Not
Yet Reached.
Money, Provisions and Cloth
ing Needed,

NEW YORK, Sept. 3O.-The Sun to-
will publish an appeal to the peo-
pie of America from the American com
mittee for relief from the famine in Ire
land. 1t says that the point of actual
suffering from hunger has not yet been
reached, but the days of starvation, unless
help comes, are not far off. In the last
great famine in 1878 and 1879 Parnel,
Dayitt and others, who voiced the coun-
try's appeal for food, pledged themselves
never again to appear as supplicants be-
fore the world for starving Ireland, so no
appeal has been sent out and probably
none will come from that source until
the situation becomes desperate.
A movement is on foot
among well known men not
connected with any of the Irish societies
or political bodies to bring to the atten-
ton of America the appalling calamity
which now threatens Ireland before actual
death from hunger has claimed any vic
Tins. 1t has been decided to organize
under the name of the American com
mittee for the relief OF the famine 10 Ire
land. 1t is proposed to make its work
cover both North and South America.
The personnel of the American commlt-
tee contains the following names:
Chairman, Gen. james Grant Wilson;
honorary chairmen. Hon. Rutherford B.
Hayes, Hon. Grover Cleveland; vice
chairmen, james Redpath, Col. Elliott
F. Shepard, James Phillips. Jr.; treasur-
er, the New York Sun; secretary, Arthur
Dudley Vinton. Chauncy M. Depew has
accepted the Craftsmanship of the sub-com-
mittee on transportation. The committee
appeals for immediate contributions of
money, provisions and clothing.
, 1890-10-01

To the eccentricities of the confirmed
collector there is no md. Collectors
collect everything, and the possible
limit to the list will only be reached
when every collectable article under
the SUI shall have its band of enthu-
siastic gatherers. Collectors of post
age stamps, book plates, play bills,
broadsheets, coins and medals have at
tanned a recognized standing; those Of
thimbles and walking sticks will soon
do so, and there is an indication that
they will be followed by victims of tho
pocket handkerchief mania The late
Mr.. Fagin and his compeers were
scarcely Of sufficiently respectable
standing to give vogue to the cult of
the pocket handkerchief collector, but
now that the pursuit has been shown
to be the life passion of a man who WIS
once a wealthy tradesman, the proper
impetus will be given.
Caspar Files is the gentleman's name,
and an absorbing passion for pocket
handkerchiefs would seem to be his
whole nature. Starting as a wealthy
ma to set up his museum, lie paid
Whatever price was asked by the ladies
OF his acquaintance for whatever pocket
h~andkerchiefs they might be carrying.
He was delighted. we are told, lat
their sight and flavor'-an odd express
sion which might bear some further
explanation. Sometimes lie had to nay
enormous prices, but this never de-
tered him. We are not told whether
the thing was ever actually done, but
it would be almost an insult to female
acuteness to suppose that so good an
opportunity 10 acquire a respectable
dot by the purchase and sale of dozen
or more pocket handkerchief was
observed and taken advantage of.
By this channel all Caspar Files
money vanished, and as he could buy
no more handkerchiefs for his muse
uIn, the obvious course was to steal
them, which he did. He has now been
caught for the second time, his CON
fidence in his own dexterity leading
him to attempt two pockets OF once,
after a fairly successful career as an
amateur artful dodger extended over
several years. COLLECTORS of purses.
watches and chains and diamond pins
may henceforward be expected to ap-
pear in great force at our police courts.
London Globe.
, 1890-10-01
sno, the Girl who Tilted Him.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. Sept S0.-This
city is terribly excited over an awful trag-
edy which occurred here today. Alexan.
der Campbell, a rejected sutton, called at
the house of Miss Mamie joseph and
when he advanced to meet her, drew a
revolver. The girl, divining bis purpose,
ran out of the house screaming. while her
mother aud the servants tried TO restrain
Campbell. Their efforts were Intellectual,
however, and he followed the girl across
the street, firing as he ran Infiicting
a slight wound. Mamie ran into
DIR. Shrine's yard and fell down. As she
was trying to arise Campbell fired again,
sending a bullet through her heart,
while the girls mother and the seryant
we're screaming and trying to restrain
HIM, Campbell has been jailed. He
says be determined to kill the girl when
she rejected him. He expects to hang
and is Indifferent. There may be q lynch
inp