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Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07
LONG BEACH.

A wharf, the old flag and harbor
appropriation is what we are now yearn-
ing for down here. The petition that
has been circulated for signatures pray
ing our trustees to order an election
testing the will of our people on the
issue of bonds for the building OF wharf
will be acted on tonight.
A committee appointed by our board
OF trade (Messrs. Pickles and Roberts) to
visit Mr.. Richard Gird and point out to
him Long Beach's superiority as ship
ping point, were received courteously,
listened to attentively. and sent away
happy with the assurance of his earliest
and most favorable consideration.
Apropos of beets and Mr.. Gird's rail-
road, beets were raised close to the pres
ent city limits of Long Beach that yielded
greater percentage of sugar than any
beets grown in the state, with the ex-
ception of one place up the country, the
name of which have forgotten, whose
beets gave the same per cent. These
beets were grown the year before Ma
deau built his sugar refinery at Flor
ence, which. through lack of knowledge
of the business, proved losing venture.
Grain heading commenced on the Ala
mitos ranch last Monday. Superintend-
ent Thornburg tells me the grain is the
best ever grown on the place, and the
yield is estimated at twenty sacks to the
acre. There are 1000 acres in barley and
100 in wheat.
Mr.. Edwin Lockett was elected school
trustee at last Tuesdays election. He
succeeds Mr.. Cossabon, whose term has
expired.
The summer Evangelines are here.
Their sighs are in consonance with the
moaning of the sad, sad waves.
There are several new corners who are
going to build and become permanent
residents. / recall the names of two of
whom I've been told :, Mrs. Jane Davies
OF Los Angeles and Mr.. and Mrs. Clapp
of Ventura. There are four more ia M
lilies whose names have not yet learned
that came day or two ago.
Mr.. Parish of San Bernardino and his
mother have rented one OF Mr.. G. G.
Browns houses, on Second street and
Cedar avenue.
General Manager t. B. Burnett and
General Passenger Agent William Win
cup, of the Terminal, came down last
Sunday.
Mrs. Holh and Miss Lucy Baldwin, of
Pasadena, have taken rooms for the sea-
son.
Chief Engineer Mcclure, of the Ter
minal, was down looking after the inter-
est of his road Monday.
Mr.. John Mcclure and family, of |
Artesia, have rented house, and are |
here for the summer.
Mr.. John Starkey has got back from
his long trip north, and gone into BUSH
ness again at his old stand.
w. j. Gregory, of Brooklyn, N. ".
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

Nelson, the king OF stations, is a very
dangerous factor. This celebrated stall
lion was bred in Maine by John Nelson,
and is under the ban. This means that
Nelson is barred contesting on any
track belonging to either to the Nation
al or American Trotting association, on
account of jobbery connected with the
NelsonAlcryone race in Boston in 1890.
The speedy son of Young Rolfe will
doubtless be sent against the scythe-
bearer on some track that does not owe
allegiance to the great trotting associa-
tions.
The following performances of Nelson
will give the reader good idea of the
speed of the Maine bred stallion: On
September 9th he was started at Bangor,
Maine, against 2:151s, and made the
first mile in 2:151s and the second
one in 2:15L. Two DAYS previous to
this, Nelson trotted mile in 2:15A.
On October Sd, at Rushville, Ind.
Nelson trotted against 2:14, for purse
of $500, and made the mile in :1134,
the first half mile being made in :05I.
Nelson was next started at Kankakee,
where he negotiated the mile in 2:11 and
several days after in 2:1119. At Cam
bridge City, ,October22nd, Nelson trotted
half mile in / :03-a 2 :06 gait.
Nelson's next essay was at Terra
Haute, where, on October 9th, he trot-
ted mile in 2:11. At Richmond, Ind,
Nelson showed mile in 2:14 on Octo-
Der 18th.
Nelson's crowning performance, how
,yer, was made at Cambridge City, Oc-
ober 21st. On this eventful day he
owered the stallion record of the world
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07
KINGS And QUEENS.
Those Who Reign on the
TrOtting Course.
Who Will Beat the Record of
Maud So
SunOl, Stamb0ul, Nelson and Nancy
Hanks,
The Principal Candidates to Wear the
sceptef Now Held by
Maud s.

In 1906 a horse known to lame as
Yankee, was reported to have trotted
the first mile inside of three minutes.
In 1885 Oneida Chief astonished the ma
tives by trotting full mile in the then
extraordinary time of 2:31. In 1874
Lady Suffolk was the shining light of
the trotting world, she having trotted a
mile in 2:264. Flora Temple YVES the
bright star in 1859, she having secured
mark of 2:1934. Then came such
world famous trotters as Dexter, Lady
Thorn, Goldsmith Maid, George Wilkes,
st. Julien, Rarus, Smuggler, American
Girl. Jay Eye See, Make Cobb, Phallas,
Clingstone, Trinket and last Maud S.,
who today is the queen of the trotting
with record of 2:0S3s, made in 1885.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

Although it is six years since Maud S.
made the present worlds record OF
2:0S24, no trotter has got any nearer
than 2:101a. jay Eye See trotted the
year before Maud S. made record full
mile in 2:10, which is the second best
trotting mile on record. The present
year promises to be sensational one
and with the improved tracks and
so many fast trotters knocking at the
door, new record is liable to be estab-
lished. This article is written for the
purpose OF discussing and comparing the
most eligible candidates, who are ex-
pected to depose Maud S.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

who has been visiting here at the Fly
ing Fish cottage, will leave for home to-
day, visiting places o., interest on the
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Yocum, and child,
of Pasadena, are here for few days.
Mrs. M. H. La Fetra, of Glendora,
and daughter Irene, are here for the
summer.
Mr.. II. G. and Mrs. Dillon have got
back from Cincinnati and Denver, re-
spectively. Mr.. d. represented the Farm
ers' Alliance of Southern California at
Cincinnati, whilst Mrs. Dillon visited
old friends in Denver. MEMO.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07
A Mystery Explained.

The papers contain frequent notices of rich,
pretty and educated girls clipping with negroes,
tramps and coachmen. The well-known spe-
cialist DR.. Franklin Miles. says all such girls
pulsive, unbalanced; usually subject to head
ache, neuralgia, sleeplessness, immoderate cry
system for which there is mo remedy equal to
Restorative Nervine Trial bottles and fine
book, containing many marvellous cures, free
at all druggists, who also sell, and guar
antee, DIR. Miles celebrated New Heart Cure,
the finest of heart tonics. Cures futtering,
short breath ,etc.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

below yesterday and released after fl
ing $500 bond in the district court.
Lena Schmidt was granted divorce
from N. Schmidt by Judge Wade y es-
terday on the grounds of failure to pro-
VIDE.
j. Hayes was granted decree of
foreclosure of $500 mortgage against
F. Reilly in department three yester-
dav
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07
NOT MR.. PEAcHYs DAUGHTER.
The Claim of Mrs. Estes, of Oakland,
Denied,

1t appears that the woman in Oak
land, who says she Is the wife of DR..
Estes, OF San Francisco, is not daugh-
ter of g. w. Peachy, the harness man
of this city, as she claims. The woman's
story was printed in yesterdays HER
AID. She is a victim of the morphine
habit, and is destitute and ill, being
cared for by some benevolent women in
Oakland. DIR. Estes admitted having
lived with the woman, but denies hav-
ing married her.
G. w. Peachy, Jr., called at the HER
AID Office yesterday and stated that the
woman was an impostor as far as her claim
to being his sister was concerned. He
has two sisters, both of whom reside in
this city. He stated that his father
knew nothing about this Mrs. Estes,
and that her claim to being his sister
was unqualifedly false.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07
to 2:1034. The records made by Nelson
in 1890 are more eloquent than col
umn of word painting.

Another candidate from California is
the Los Angeles bred stallion Stamboul.
This world-renowned son of Sultan and
Fleetwing has been a consistent per-
former, and year after year has lowered
his record. His mark now is 2 IL, which
is within one-quarter of a second of the
worlds stallion record and within 214
seconds of the record of Maud s. Here
is what Stamboul did last year after be-
ing out OF the stud:
Oct. against Palo Altos 'srecord of 2;15
at Fresno) ... ........... ~ 2:13
2I2l4) ....e... ................. -. 2:134
oct. is against his own record OF
2:12Al ;....,.,......... ;...,. ,2:11M
trotted by stallionl 80. : 2:I3 and 2:13A
Nov. 10 against his own record of
2:l11S,-. Observation-Disclosures
2;11Ia) ~. ....... .................... .2:11A
2:i1h) .,..-....... .,................. .2:13A
Z:1lI4) ........--..........---.. ...-.--.z:ll
Since the afternoon that Stamboul
beat Arab over the Los Angeles track in
2:15, the writer has had hopes that this
county might in the near future pro-
duce the conqueror of Maud s. This
year Orrin Hickok will especially pre-
pare and drive Stamboul, and it is to be
hoped that the veteran driver will be
successful with the horse that Walter
Maben first prominently brought before
the trotting world. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to add that Stamboul was bred by
l.. j. Rose.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07
French and German.

Special summer course in French and Ger
man, during the public school vacation. Ap-
ply to Richard Weller, Phi. D. A. NJ, S16i5
Temple st.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

Prof ID. Morgenstern, Chiropodist and
Manicure, Late of New York.
And Denver, Colorado, has taken rooms at Ham,
mann Baths, $50 South Main street, upstairs.
Office hours from to a p. m. Calls by appoint
ment. Telephone, 374.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

To enjoy life stimulate digestion and regu-
late the bowels. Take simmons Liver Regu-
lator
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07

The New Era,
No. Conrt street. Fine wines and liquors of
all kinds. Ed Wenger, proprietor
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-07
A FEW OF THE PRICES:

Sains, 2c; alwoo Dress Goods
Twied Flannel 5c Blankets Serge
Heavy Canton Fanne good Musns Black
saeen M Lawns, Chevo Silks 4Oc; Silks
Checked Sc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
A Kind Act.

A new scholar has been admitted into a
district school. She was little German
maiden, and as shy as the wild bird of the
woods. 1t wa no wonder for she had been
in America only few weeks and could
not speak word of English. The strange
tongue and the unfamiliar faces freighten-
ed he.
When she first came in and sat in the
furthest corner, every child turned and
stared at her. Poor Gretchen blushed, and
hid her head, and then those dreadful
girls laughed at her.
At recess, May Thorp, the best, prettiest
and brightest girl in school, called her
mates around her, and said:
1.-The poor little thing is frightened
and lonely, and can't understand word
we say, but she can understand kindness.
Let her see that we will be her friends and
and she will forget to be afraid, and will
soon learn to talk to u.s.
May went to her lunch basket and took
out an apple, cut it into two halves, and
with smile offered it to Gretchen. The
little German did understand that. and
May was quite right; she soon learned to
talk, and she always loved May best of all
her new friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25

the immense amount of concentrated food
which Is being taken into the stomach and
ultimately into the blood. Though re-
quiring to be dry, both above and under
foot, the sheep house Should not be warm
and steamy. Glass windows should ex-
clude the storms. but De open to admit
the air freely at all other times, and that
at sufficient elevation mot to strike the
sheep directly.
Whether in the sheep house or in a
feeding yard adjacent, the grain troughS
should be hat-bottomed to prevent the
master sheep from heaping up feed and
exercising m )nopoly
From the time the flock is put into the
yard TO begin the fatteniIg process, it
should be nearly or quite month before
the grain ration is increased up to the full
capacity of consumption. An increase of
two quarts day will carry the feed in that
time from one bushei up to three per day;
and that amount of corn or meal is about
all that 100 average Merino or Southdown
wethers can be induced to eat, with
plenty of clover hay 1t is best to devide
this into two feeds; one at noon another at
night. Green feeding in the morning is
not advisable; some sheep have human
s!uggishness and lack of appetite upon
rising.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
Poultry Points .

Small hens may be active layers, but il
the market is going to be flooded with
small eggs the egg-weighing bill will soon
be IN order. Small chickens should
never be fed or kept with the older ones.
as they are apt to be injured. Have two
or three yards, aud separate them ac-
cording to age and strength. When the
comb of fowl is large and bright-col-
lored, showing it to be full of blood, and
shaking with every activity of the bird.
she is in a healthy, laying condition.
II the edges of the comb are purplish-
red and the movements slug rish, there is
disease and danger. Most diseases of
poultry IRE directly traceable to filth.
Try to clean UP once a week, and see if
the effect is not wholesome. Earth floor
Is best for the poultry eouse. A cement
surface underneath possesses the advan-
tage Of perfect dryness for the extra
cost; but it is snot difficult to keep your
earth floor reasonable dry, provided you
raise a mound of earth for the hose to
stand on, and surround it with a ditch to
catch the rain
Supply pure fresh water. In cold
weather 1t will do no harm to have the
chill taken off. AL grass should be run
ChIouSu d CuIlcI; Hall an 1ncn IN l6ngGn
for adults, and a quarter-inch for large
chicks, will enable them to eat all kinds.
and without danger of clogging the
crop, as is the case when the grass is
long, in which instances occur where the
crop becomes packed. To insure future
eggs for Matching, fowls should have
plenty Of exercise and green food or
clover; the males should have run with
the flock at least a week before the eggs
are used. To decide whether eggs are
fertile or not, hold between the thumb
and torefnger with an end toward the
thumb and finger in horizontal position
with a strong light in front of you The
unfertilized egg will have clear appear
ence, both upper and lower sides being the
same. The fortified will have a clear ap-
pearance at the lower side, while the up
per side will exhibit dark or cloudy ap-
pearance.-The Poultry Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
The hand of time

The hand Of time
deals lightly with a woman in
perfect health. But all func-
tional arrangements and dis
orders peculiar to women
leave their mark. You needn' t
have them. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription comes to
your rescue as no other medi-
cine can. 1t cures them. For
periodical pains, prolapsus and
other displacements, bearing
down sensations, and all "fe-
male complaints and weak
nesses, it is a positive remedy.
1t is a powerful, restorative
tonic and nervine, imparting
strength to the whole system
in general, and to the uterine
organs and appendages in par
ticular. It keeps years from
your face and hgure-but adds
years to your life. It's guar
a1zteed to give satisfaction in
every case. If it doesn't,
your money is returned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
FARM NOTES.
Good roads are the highways of

Good roads are the highways of
wealth
Early broods are the most profitable.
Chopped onions are recommended as a
good food for chickens if fed only once or
twice week.
Whenever you see a weed cut below
the surface
Tie hop crop of Washington for 1890
Melted 81 100000 to that state.
Plan your work Know Just what is to
be done and when and how II is to be
done
Remember that the demand for eggs in
this country Is. on the average, much
greater an the supply.
Celery and asparagus are both healthful
vegetables; and We can I'll grow enough
for home use.
Cross-bred sheep are good practical
sheep. There is no absolute use Of throw
ing away flock because it is composed of
inferior sheep. Breed it up.
Carrots make a very palatable and valu-
able food, especially for colts, and with
ground adapted to them, it pays to grow
few bushels as an appetizer for the
horses and colts, Or DIS butter-cOlOr for the
cows.
If the grape vines were not properly
pruned last tall, do it now. Cut away ali
superf1uous wood, get the vine down to a
size and g shape that will enable you to
handle 1t, and remember that by not a.
lowing it to overbear you will get the
finest product.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25

to express exactly what they intended.
They used different phrases to describe
different feelings and sensations. And
needed.
After talking to the average girl, to whom
everything is lawfully sweet. or simply
dreadful, and whose. terms of joy or grief,
assents or denial. can be confidently pre-
dlcted, it was pleasure as well as a re-
lief to listen to these bright young people,
whose conversation showed what might
be accomplished with little effort.
The English language, made up as it is
of words derived from the principal lang
uage of the world, holds Immense posi-
bllltles for the student. Those able to
speak or write it easily, who have ready
command of correct phraseology, possess
power quickly recognized and strongly
felt. And 1t Is power which a sufficient
amount of study can q We to those willing
TO take the trouble to acquire it.
Everyone may not be able t. write free
" and with the most agreeable effect to
the reader, although, with the reqrisite
amount of pains, more could be done in
this direction than most people suppose,
But 1t is at least possible for young people
and some older people-to 'get few
new words into their vocabularies A
book of synonymes is an easy assessible
help. 1t could teach few adjective be-
sides those in everyday use, which are
frequently worn threalbare. Indeed, some
of these stock phrases have become mean
ingless. A family which established a
fine for the use of anyone of them, coupled
with reward for a clever application of
a new word, might institute a reform
which would spread, as do the rlpples
until it covered a whole corner of society s
millpond.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
FARM And GARDEN,
HOW THE ROBINS KNOW.
BETH DAY

'1Oh dear, how wonder said little Jane,
How the robins know when It's going to rain =
There was not cloysd in the clear, blue sky,
This morning whea farmer Leroy went by
On his way 10 lis field to cut the hay
but he said, Hear the robins; I will rain TODAY
'fOld robin was singing so loud aud clear
That stopped, on my way to school, 10 hear;
Up and down, up and down, the sweet song wen
just as though the spray he stood on bent
And swayed beneath him; so loud and clear
As If he wished the whole world TO hear.
"Said the farmer out in his early grain,
Hear the peSky robins; I Is going to rain!'
50 went and asked my brother Lev:
Ii he couldn't tell me how the robins knew.
lie answered-but it WASH I bit of use
Why their mothers tells EN-, you silly goose!
But have been thinking all day, and now
I'M sure can tell, for myself, just how,
For once l awoke in the still dark night
When only the moon had her lamps alght-
ana opened the window 10 take peep
AT the great big world, as itlay asleep.
Not leaf, or flower. seemed to be awake,
Not bling dew-droD a sound to make,
| could almost hear-for no clouds were nigh
The wee stars tWinkling up in the sky,
And over the wood by the garden wall,
/ saw what thought young star, fall.
And then the next minute, little bird
sang the sweetest song that l ever heard:
| know what thought was falling star
Vas an angel come from his home star,
To say to the birds that sang ont so PLAIN,
Little bird tell the robin It's going to rain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
Remove Corn Tassels.

The Ohio experiment station has made
some interesting experiments, showing
the effect of removing tassels from corn.
They were made to test the theory that if
the tassels were removed from corn before
they have produced pollen, pollen bearing
being an exhaustive process, the strength
thus saved to the plant would be returned
to the ovaries and a larger amount of
grain be produced.
From each alternate row of plot of
corn the tassels were removed as soon as
they appeared Briefly, the result of the
experiment was that the number of good
ears and the weight of merchantable corn
were both a little more than so per cent.
greater on the rows from which the tassels
were removed than on the others. Here is
an experiment which any farmer can easily
repeat for himself and determine whether
the work is profitable or not.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
The New Agriculture.

The new agriculture is to be based large
ly upon common sense, the outcome of
some bitter experience of late years.
Among the things that we have learned
are, not to keep more live stock than we
can keep we'll. The effort to maintain one
head more than this may destroy the profit
of all; and not to store perishable produce
for rise when we are offered fair price
for it. Rats and mice can soon counter
balance the gain, even if it comes, and if
the rats and mice do not, then the interest
may; and then again, the rise may not
come. Another item is that stock is ma
ture whenever it will sell at the top of the
market. After that point is reached you
may easily make gain in weight at loss
of profit. Quick sales is a good as
axiom for the farmer as for the merchant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
ODDITIES.

What is better than to give credit to
whomssi is due. Give the cash.
Teacher (which teeth does man get
last?"
Johnny Knowitall-'T false ones of
course
Mr.. Gotham lou are looking badly
today"
Boston Girl-"Yes, these new eye
glasses don't fit.
John, won't you please saw me little
wood this morning?' I'm sorry dear,
but | haven t time have to 60 to the
gymnasium for my hours work with the
clubs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
Influence.

Each one of us is bound to make the lit
tie circle in which we live better and hap
pier; each of us is bound to see that out of
that small circle the widest good may flow;
each one of us may have fixed in his mind
the thong ht that out of d single household
may flow influences that shall stimulate
the whole commonwealth and the whole
civilized world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
Potatoes.

Potatoes, with good cultivation. pay uni
form Y better profit than any other Gro
that can be grown at the same expense
and with the same cultivation. Dairy
COWS, of the best class, pay better than
any other stock which demands no more
capital; and fowls pay better than any
other small or minor industry of the farm.
Taken in combination, they are just the
thing for an industrious man of small
means who has 10 acres Of good ground
Upon this much land, with this combina-
ton, such d man would be sure not only
of good living, but Of saving snug sum
every year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-06-25
The Five Arab Maxims.

Never tell all you know; for he who tells
everything he knows, ofen tells more than
he knows
Never attempt all you can do; for he
who attempts everything he can do, often
attempts more than he can do.
Never believe all you may hear; for he
who believes all that he hears, often be.
lieves more than he hears.
Never lay out all you can afford; for he
who lays out everything he can afford, Of
ten lays out more than he can afford.
Never decide upon all you may see; fol-
he who decides on all than he sees otter
decides on more than he sees.