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The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-02
AN ADVENTURE ON THE eANeEs
The Wrath of Sleeper Whose Slumber
 Had Been Disturbed.

The Wrath of a Sleeper Whose Slumbef
 Had Been Disturbed.
 On sailing up the Ganges, says a writer in the Globe-Democrat, my boat happened to be moored by the side of boat) in which a somewhat choleric gentleman was, as I conceived, at rest; all his boatmen and servants, to the number, dare say, of twenty-five or thirty, were sleeping, rolled in their white shawls, upon the roof of the apartment in which he was lying, which rose like poop above the deck. It was a beautiful night, and in the neighbor- hood of Colgong, one of the most TO- mantle parts of the river.
 was seated on the deck, although it was past midnight, enjoying the scene, when my contemplations were disturbed by an unusual splashing in the water. On turning in the direction of the noise I saw the unfortunate men leaping and tumbling into the river from the boat of my passionate neighbor, who was standing like madman on the deck brandishing a stick over their heads. Never shall 1 forget the scene. The moon lit up his bald head, for he had thrown his nightcap at one of the people in rage at not being able to reach him with his stick. The boat men, who are always expert swim mers and did not seem to lose their presence of mind by the sudden transi- tion, very soon reached the shore and gazed in astoniShment, as l did myself, at the comedy in which they had taken such unexpected and conspicuous parts. I conceived some terrible offense must have been given to have called for such an uncompromising severity, for every one was driven from his berth. was soon relieved from my suspense, how ever. The victor strutted two or three times over the deserted field, then turn ing toward the routed enemy, who seemed to rally on the banks, shook his stick at them and cried out in Hindo- stance:
 ''I'll teach you to snore, you scoun- drcls!''
 This ludicrous explanation of the whole mystery affected the crew as it did myself, and a loud laugh was the reply. 90 eXUraVaSanI pun1SnmenL for as natural fault they thought it absurd to think further about; and with the greatest good humor, not willing, however, to run the risk of second fight, they kindled fire and, squatting around it, smoked their pipes and laughed at the event till it was time to prepare for sailing.
 It is not likely so touchy traveller would give favorable account of the people he travelled among, as he was always one of their most violent abusers. Poor man! The recollection of his fate almost rebulles me for hay ing written the above anecdote. He was murdered short time afterward on the banks of the river in his prog ress to CaWnpore.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-02
In a Pound of Tea.

A man who argues that one pound of tea makes four hundred small or three hundred ordinary-sized cups states his case as follows: Tea testers ordinarily use a silver fve-cent piece for weighing the exact quantity required for q cup. As there are about twenty-five fve-cent pieces to an ounce, and as there are sixteen ounces to pound, it follows that one pound of tea will actually make four hundred cups, according to the standard of strength ordinarily re- quired by professional testers. The cups used for this purpose contain, however, one-fourth less than the aver age domestic teacups. It will, there fore, be seen that after making due allowance for the difference in the size of the cups the number will be very close to three hundred.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-02
BRAVE DEED OF A GIRL.
How Sixteen-Ycar-OId Miss Dragged a
 Panther to Death.

How Sixteen-Ycar-OId Miss Dragged a
 Panther to Death.
 A most remarkable story of frontier bravery, the heroine being Miss Pauline Collier, Q young lady sixteen years of age, comes from Childress, a new town in the Panhandle country, this State, says Q letter from San Antonio, Tex. Miss Collier is pupil ia the Childress district school, and although she lives ten miles from that town she makes the trip back and forth each day on a spirited Texan pony. One morning last week she left home ct an early hour and was riding leisurely along when she eSpied an enormous panther immc- diately in front of her, crouched in the short prairie grass, ready for a fatal spring. With admirable presence of mind Miss Collier seized the lariat hanging at her saddle-bow, and with great deXterity the animals neck was oncircled with the deadly coil. At word from its mistress the pony which Miss Collier was riding sprang away at gallop, dragging the savage but help less monster to its death. Upon be- coming satisfied that the animals life was extinct the young lady undid the rope from the pommel of her saddle, leaving the panther stretched upon the prairie behind her. Proceeding on her way to school she met John Perry in company with several cowboys and re- lated the story. They went to the spot where the dead panther lay and pro- ceeded to 6enude it of its hide. which will be made into a robe and presented to the young lady. The paather weighed two hG-dred and tea poc2ds.
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-02
1 British Buried City.

It is reported that British Pompeii or buried city has been discovered on the estate of the Duke of Wellington, in Berkshire, and an exhibition of ar ticles discovered in it is to be held in London. The excavations have brought to view the remains of house orna- mented with mosaic floors and contain ing rooms heated by hypocaturto. Among the articles to be exhibited are potSherds, bones, combs, bronze uten- sils, fragments of good glass vessels, pieces of ironwork, chiefly tools, inelud- ing carpenters planes, chisels, axes, hammers, gougeS, anvils and some edged tools sharp enough, after having laid buried for ten centuries, to work with now. The city was laid out with great regularity, -
The St. Johns herald., 1891-07-02
Everybody q skin-Breather.

A scientific gentleman of Buenos Ayres, NJ. Cobes, has discovered that all living animals breath through their skins as well as through their lungs. Uypcdcrmic injections of oxygen into their skins are taken up by the capil- laries of the system in the same manner as when oxygen is breathed through the lungs. The practical part of the discovery is that N. Cobes thinks the hypodcr1Dic respiration will become of great use in lung diseases.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
PERSONAL.

H. E. Sweetzer, of Santa Barbara, is
registered at the Westminster.
Mr.. and Mrs. w, A. Montgomery, OF
Chicago, are at the Westminster.
L. M. Hanna, of Washington, D. c.,
registered at the Hotel Hollenbeck.
]. F. Thompson, of Eureka, CAL. was
a visitor at the HERALD Office yesterday.
A. H. Moore, of Indianapolis, Ind,
registered at the Hollenbeck yesterday.
Adolph Wood, a prominent business
man of Cincinnati, is at the West
minister.
Marcus Forster OF San Juan and Fran
cisco Pico, of San Jacinto, were in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Fuller and Master
G. w. Fuller, of Pautucket, R. l., are
at the Westminster.
Mr.. end Mrs. R. w. Forbes, of New
York, accompanied by their daughter,
Miss III. E. Forbes, have taken rooms at
the Westminster.
Mr.. Jasper Harrell, OF Visalia. the
owner of the Nadeau house, is in the
city visiting his daughter. Mrs. Henry
Fleishman, of South Pearl street.
w. F. Moses, of San Francisco, grand
masterof the Grand Consistory OF Cali
fornia, is visiting Los Angeles after an
absence of over forty years. Mr.. Moses
was astonlshed to see the rapid strides
we have made.
Mr.. Alfred Merrill, chief clerk of the
railway mail service, with headquarters
at San Francisco, who has been sojourn-
ing here for the past few days, left for
San Francisco yesterday. Mr.. Merrill is
delighted with Los Angeles and its sur
roundings, and regretted the necessity
for departure.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
SLIGHT TRACES.
SOME EVIDENCE THAT HANCHETTE
IS ALIVE.
A Fisherman Sees His Card Dropped From
aSteamer-Supposedto Have Been in st.
Louisa Letter From Major Truman.

There has been but little in the way
of new developments in the Hanchette
mystery in the past two days. Superin-
| tendent of schools Friesner yesterday re-
ceived the following telegram:
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May %, 1891.
| W. NJ. Friesner Los Angeles, California.
G. w. Lynch and wife Of Detroit,
while fishing at Sandwich, Ontario. op-
posite Detroit, on May 8, picked up H.
]. Hanchette's card, which they saw
thrown from propeller of the Lake Su-
perior Transportation company bound
up the river. w. @. FAINT.
gentleman says:
saw a man of Hanchette's description
one week ago take baggage out between
am. and noon. He did not stop at
any hotel here between May Sth and
present time. Will see the Wabash
conductor OF May 9TH tomorrow. Try
Hot Springs, Ark. If sick he might GO
there"
Mr.. Virgins at the chamber of COM
merce yesterday received the following
letter from B. @. Truman:
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 81, 1891.
Dear Mr.. Wiggin: Up to A this after
noon nothing further has been developed.
drove over to the morgue yesterday,
and while the man found floating in the
lake looked much like Hanchette, it was
not him. His whiskers and hair and
eyes and stature were about the same.
but am positive it was not Hanchette.
Beside, the drowned man had on coarse
clothes. Still had II. been the subject
OF foul play, his murderer could have
fixed that. By the way, there was an
agent of the Travellers insurance COM
pany in today, who told me that he had
insured Hanchette's life for $4,000.
May be you know about this. At any
rate if H. did not send his policy to Mrs.
H. let me know OF it, as it was made
payable to her. AS ever, truly, etc.,
B. G. TRUMAN.
This letter would seem to indicate that
Hanchette's friends at Chicago are still
active in the search for traces of him.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
SOME POTATOES.
The Enormous Yield Expected from
Los Angeles County.

The Enormous Yield Expected from
Los Angeles County.
Railroad freight officials report that in
this vicinity there are $1,000 acres
planted to potatoes, which are now be-
ginning to come into market. 1t is esti.
mated that the yield will be on the av-
erage half carload to the acre, which
would return 5000 carloads, but more
moderate general estimate places the
probable returns at between 1000 and
5000 carloads. oa
San Diego county, it is estimated, will
furnish 500 carloads.
The potatoes are now being shipped
to the east at the rate of from six to six
teen cars a day over both railroads.
Until July lst the local yield will find
little competition from the eastern prod
uct, and the indication is that the mar
ket will be good throughout the year.
The amount of money this single
branch of agriculture will bring into,the
county will be something enormous.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
MILLER'S ESTATE.
THE MURDERED MANS WILL FILED
FOR PROBATE.
His Property Left Internationally to His
Widow-The Extent OF the Estate.
Considerable Property at Kansas City.

T. E. Gibbon, attorney for Mrs.
Miller, yesterday filed petition in the
superior court for the probate of the
will of George Miller, the murdered pro-
prietor of the Carlton saloon on Spring
street.
The document was dated April 8,
1888. The property Of the deceased,
which is stated to be of the value Of
about $25 900, is left to Mrs. Miller with
out condition, and she is made execu-
trix without bonds. The property
includes $4,000 life insurance.
Besides this there is also $4,000
life insurance not specified in the will
because the policies were made payable
to Mrs. Miller. Those mentioned in the
will were made payable to the estate OF
the deceased. Altogether Miller carried
$25, 900 life insurance.
The will only deals with the property
which was Mr.. Miller's. There is other
property which stood in Mrs. Miller's
name, making an estate in all of $100, 900
in value.
1t seems that Mr.. and Mrs. Miller
simultaneously made wills, each leaving
to the other all the property without
conditions and without bonds.
People now in Los Angeles who knew
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller in Kansas City
state that their domestic relations were
particularly pleasant, and were charac-
terized by exceptional affection.
A large amount of the property left by
Miller is in Kansas City. The $500
check which he fourished around SO ex-
travagantly on the Sunday he was killed,
was from Miller's Kansas City agent and
was the income of some of the property.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
ATTENTIONl!!
A Pleasing Entertainment At the New
Vienna Buffet

One of the most charming, unique and
enjoyable entertainments ever given to
the amusement loving public of Los
Angeles was presented to the habitues
of the New Vienna Buffet last night.
Mr.. Kerkow has the faculty of catering
to the public in a most enrapturing
manner, and never fails to present to
his patrons something new and entranc-
ing. The Secret of Pygmalion, as the
tableau is called, certainly is a remark
able optical illusion, and at no time
have the guests at the Vienna been
more highly pleased or pleasantly aston
ished than they were last night. The
singing of Mdlle. Pauline Celluta was
also most marvellous, and together with
the music of the orchestra made up an
evenings pleasure second to none at
any of the pleasure resorts on the coast.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
THE TAILoRS' UNION.
New Officers Elected at Last Night S
Meeting


New Officers Elected at Last Night:
r-a Meeting.
The Tailors' Union No. 81 met las
evening at Caledonia hall. The follow
ing officers were elected:
M. McDermott, president; A. T. Pc
terson, vice-president; S. Larsen, re
cording secretary; N. P. Larsen, inan
cial secretary; E. LANCER, treasurer; ]
Book, sergeant at arms; trustees: R.
Adams, A. Anderson, Geo. HERMAN
delegates to Council of labor: M. Nc
Dermott, Ben Weller, S. Larsen.
Mr.. Emil Lind was nominated as a
delegate to the national convention oi
journeymen tailors to be held in St
Louis, in August.
The unoin will, on June 7th. give 6
picnic at Verdugo park.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
The Secret Of Success.

All druggists believe that the secret of
success is perseverance. Therefore they per.
sist in keeping the finest line of per-
fumeries, toilet articles, cosmetics, drugs and
vite all persons who have palpitation, short
breath, weak or hungry spells, pain in side or
shoulder, oppression, nightmare, dry cough,
smothering, dropsy or heart disease to try DR..
Miles unequaled New Heart Cure before it is
too late. It has the largest sale of any similar
remedy. Fine book of testimonials free. DR..
Miles Restorative Eervine is unsurpassed for
sleeplessness, headache, fits. ETC., and it con-
tains no opiates.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
p" NOT FOR SALE.
Attempt to Deceive the Pnbl

Notice to the Public-Messrs. Nolan & Smith
advertise fruit stand for sale near corner of
Spring and Second. Said place is not that of
Chronis Bros, at that place, but stand on
Main street, near Cathedral. The place of
Chronis Bros is not for sale, and the adver-
tising agents above named have oright toad
vertise as above, and the Times has no right to
assist in the deception of the public. CHRONIS
BROS. 5-26
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
Miles,s Nerve and LIVER PiIIs

Act on a new principle-regulating the liver
stomach and bowels through the nerves. A new
discovery. DIR. Miles's Pills speedily cure bill
iousness bad taste, torpid liver, piles. constipa-
ton. Unequaled for men, women. children.
Smallest, mildest, surestl Fifty doses, rs cts
Samples free by all druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia an,
Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vitalizer is guaran
teed to cure you. For sale by Heinzeman, %.
N. Main, or Trout, Sixth and Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

can. will, and do teach advanced
double entry bookkeeping in six weeks
Tarr, expert, 233 West First.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

Ocean steamship tickets to and from
all points in Europe now on sale at Santa
Fe railroad Office, 129 North Spring st.
Chas. T. Parsons, agent.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
Donahue's Grocery House

Ask your druggist. for Eucaloline if you ar
troubled with catarrh.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

THAT HACKING COUGH can be quickl,
cured by Shiloh's Cure We guarantee it Fo
sale by Heinzeman, 222 N Main, or Trout
Sixth and Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

Go to the Y. NJ 1. picnic on Decoration
day, May 30th, at Verdugo park. Beau
tiful location in picturesque caf1on.
Admission only 25 cents. Games, sports
and dancing. Leave via Terminal railway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

Choice Fruits-Finest Cherries.
Handled by Althouse Bros. Telephone 157.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
Ralrerv.
Drop a Post

Ebingers bakery and ice cream and dining
parlors, cor. Third and S. Spring SITS.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

G. q johnson, Notary Public, has removed
to N. Spring ST. Always in.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

Will remove to PIG and 2lo 3. Spring, on May
Seymour s. johnson Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

f. D. List, notary public. Legal papers care
fully drawn. 125 West Second. Never out.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

No money! Well, you require very little
to buy fine hat at the New York Bazaar, las
North Spring street.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
Our Rama Rraw.

Maier & Zoeblein's Lager. fresh from the
brewery, on draught in all the principal sa.
looms. delivered promptly in bottles or kegs
Office and Brewery, 444 Also st. Telephone 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

For reliable male and female help apply to
the A. o. U w. Employment Bureau, No. 216
S. Main st. No expense to those wishing help
or employment. FRANK X. ENGLER, secretary
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

Take Eucaloline on your summer vacation
for insect bites and poison oak.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26

To the California Wine Company, 222 g. Spring
ST., for the finest wines and liquors.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-26
s STORE.
Tuesday, May 20. 1901.

RIGHT GOODS! RIGHT PRICES! and RIGHT TREATMENT
the
we'll shut doors That requires
public rightly facilities
do have well known We constantly please
pleased hidden
dealer Simply give Right Goods Right Prices
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-17
COL. W. ]. SLATER
Commends the Standard and Makes a
Suggestion to the State
Committee.

WINCHESTER, Tenn, Oct, 10, '91.
EDITOR STANDARD:-I am well ac-
quainted with you, personally and
politically, and do not believe you
could be made vain by receiving
little merited praise, but, contrari-
wise, would be encouraged to still
more deserve praise, for encourages
ment ought to give vigor to exer-
ton.
AS reader of the STANDARD l
want to express my admiration of
the soundness of your views upon
every leading question that has for
some time agitated National and
State politics, and, as your senior
many years, in journalism as we'll as
age, l believe you will attach little
value to my commentator.
From the very incipiency of the
SuboTreasury scheme, and its fellow
heresies-such as Government owner
ship of railroads and telegraph lines
you have written adversely to
them, and you may rest assured that
you never will regret it, for they are
most certainly, all mischievous in
the extreme, and would bankrupt
the country, bring chickering's anG
strife, upset the natural order O
things, and give celebrity to the un'
fortunate strides of our country
towards Capitalization, and, in thC
end, enable any party, once in con
troll, to hold that control forever i
not dispossessed by armed revolu
ton.
ON THE FREE COINAGE QUESTION
your head is lin vulgar vernacular
very level. And yet, in this con
nectiOn, admire your saying tina
you have no quarrel to make witt
any democrat for his advocacy O
free coinage. You say:
1--WE are aware of the fact tina
many of the ablest Democrats in tn
land favor the measure, and w
believe they do so frON honest con
victions. We are equally sincere
, however, in our convictions that
would be a bad financial policy, ant
would prove burdensome to tn
masses. "The rich can stand it YER,
WELL" but il will6e lawful on Tn
poor" Should the Democratic Stat
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-17

TN this cause it appearing to the satisfac.
l. ton of the Clerk and Master from the
Original and Amended Bills filed in this
cause that the Defendants, NJ. A. bud.
ley and c. Il. Plumbeck are non.residents
of the State OF Tennessee, so that the or.
binary process of law cannot be served ON
them. Said Bills alleging among other things
that Defendant, NJ. A. Dudley is Justly in
debted to Complainant C. M. Finger, and
having obtained from the Clerk and Master
fiat for Writs of Attachments against the
property and estate of said NJ. A. Dudley re.
turnable to the November term, 1891, of said
court.
1t is therefore ordered by the Clerk and
Master that publication be made for four
consecutive weeks in the Southern
Standard, requiring said Defendants,
NJ. A. Dudley and c.. H. Plumbeck, 10
appear before the Chancery Court to be
held at the Courthouse in McMinnvilie,
Tenn, on the Sd Monday in November, 1891
then and there to make defense to said
Original and Amended Bills, or the same
will be taken for confessed as to them and
cause set for hearing ex parte
This Sept. 80, 1891. J. c. BILES, c. & NJ.
F. NJ. SMITH, Sol.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-17
The American Burned Out.

A fire occurred in the office of the
Nashville American between nine
and ten o'clock last Tuesday night,
destroying the composing room in
the top story of the building. All of
the printers made narrow escapes,
and three of them were badly burn
ed. In less than an hour from the
time the fire was discovered, the
Americans force of editors, reporters
and printers was at work in the
Herald Office, on Wednesday morn
ing's American, and the paper made
its appearance on time, considerably
off from its usual good looks, but
still near enough like itself to be
easily recognized.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-17

So FAR as the owners and producers
of silver bullion are concerned, free
coinage of that metal will in all
probability temporarily increase its
value to some extent. 1t will give
them an opportunity TO convert their
holdings into a money with a fiat
value which cannot be maintained.
The purchasing capacity of our silver
money will rapidly seek level with
the intrinsic gold value of the bullion,
and the final result will show no real
increase in the value of silver. Not
only will the silver converted into
money under free coinage be dis
counted, but all of our present silver
money will shrink to the same lower
level of value, and the people who
hold this money will have to bear the
loss. We have read the references
to free coinage in the speeches of Sen
ator Harris, Congressman Patterson,
EnlOe, Snodgrass, ct al, and fail to
find where one of them has present
ed a single fact to show how free
coinage will prove any advantage tC
the people over our present system Of
coinage. In fact the zeal of Tennes'
sees Senators and Congressman fol
free coinage is not causing them tC
lose and sleep.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-10-17
Sparta New.

ExpOsitor of Oct. l6.
Miss Halle Biles, of McMinnviIle,
is visiting at II. B. Biles..
This section is still without rain
and farmers cannot pillow the wheat.
Prof. j. II. Sheriff., of McMinn~
vile, came up Wednesday to teach
the Southern Ideal Band awhile.
Hon. H. C. Snodgrass, on his re-
turn from the reunion at Gaines
bOro, found a new member of his
family to welcome him-a daughter.
The indications now are that the
Democratic Rally and Barbecue will
be the biggest gathering seen in Spar
to since the war. Arrangements
have been made for one and one
third rate for round trip on the rail
road and an extra train to carry peo-
pie home in the evening.
EX-President Cleveland's new baby
girl has beA christened Ruth.