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Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-19

To parties living at distance, that
cannot make immediate selection, will
say: All orders received on or before
October 1st, accompanied by a cash
payment OF $500 per acre, will be en-
tered at $110. Selection and balance of
first payment to be made within so days.
Parties desiring land to SOW to grain
will please address THEODORE
CLARK, at Redlands, or apply to JAS.
T. TAYLOR, engineer in charge, at
Company's headquarters, Alessandro
Station.
81 tf
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-19
our Home Brew.

Maier & Zoeblein's Lager. fresh from the
brewery, on draught in all the principal Ea-
looms, delivered promptly in bottles or kegs
Office and Brewery. 444 Also st. Telephone 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-19
Piclleal Picklesl Picklesl

Cal vinegar Works, 555 Banning street. op-
posite soap factory, near Alameda and First
streets one-half block from electric light works,
pays the highest price for cucumbers.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-19
W. D. HOWELLS AT HOME
BOSTON CLAIMS HIM, THOUGH HE
IS NOT A CONSTANT RESIDENT.

How He Was Welcomed Into the World OF
Literary Workmen by Lowell, Holmes
and Fields-His Cultivated Wife and the
Charming Atmosphere of Their Abode.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-19

Twill be by the front foot. Send for
correct map and full particulars, or
call on
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-19

Visitors are inYited to call and inspect the
Stock of pure California wines ready for ship
ping 10 all parts Of the east at H. .Woollacotts
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Fortunes in Phosphates.

The history of the development of the
phosphate industry by Americans reads
more like a romance than the truthful rec
ord of mining pursuit. In Florida alone,
where an experimental venture was made
only two years ago, the industry is already
established on such basis as to involve
millions of capital and employ thousands of
men, adding thousands of dollars daily to
the country's wealth and challenging conf
parison in prospective magnitude with any
of the great industries of the world. The
worlds consumption of phosphate, which
must be an indispensable article of COM
merce until that probably distant period
when the chemist shall manufacture in the
laboratory what the agriculturist new grows
in the fields, is now rated at 900, 600 tons,
and increases; annually at the rate of % to
80 per cent. In five years 100000 tons
will be required to supply the markets for
+ the season, and in ten years 1000, 600 or
100000 will be required.
The old sources of supply, South Carolina,
Canada and the West Indies, have probably
all reached the point of maximum pro-
duction, and it is to Florida that the world
must look for its increasing wants. What
untold riches lie under the soil of the
Peninsula State may be imagined from the
fact that one of its richest tracts Of phos-
phate land is 1000 miles square. Over most
of this land the thickness of the deposit
varies from 8 to 30 feet or more, the average
probably being about ten feet. A cubic
. yard of the crude stuff will wash out from
600 pounds to half ton of clean, dry
nodules, and recent survey has given the
contents Of single section of land (640
acres) at 5000, 900 tons. An acre of phos-
phate land, if the deposit be only three feet
deep, will contain 4,S40 cubic yards of
stratum, yielding 1000 or 1000 tons of clear
phosphate nodules. Such land can be
bought for $50 to 500 per'acre. A complete
plant of a daily capacity of so or 80 tons
can be put up and started for $40, 900 or less.
The total daily expense of producing 80
tons of phosphate will not exceed $40. 1t
will cost 80 cents to 81 per ton to transport
it to tidewater, and there it is worth S6 so
to 81 per ton. In the face of such figures as
these it is beyond question that the opening
up of the Florida phosphate field is destined
to afford another instance of the way in
which America leads the world in the rapid
development of gigantic industries
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
New Use for Sole Leather.

One of the striking features in many in
dustries is the way in which profitable en-
ployment is made of certain materials for
purposes foreign to their original use and
entirely unthought of until some accident
has disclosed their possibility. An instance
of this is the utilization of sole leather for
the manufacture of the compress" polish
ing wheel This wheel is used in the pol
ishing of metals. 1t consists of iron with
solid leather rim, made from small rectangu-
lar pieces of sole leather firmly welded.
Formerly leather strap on wooden pull
ley was employed, but this produced con-
slant unevenness and looseness The new
arrangement is said to give fine grip for
polishing metals and glass, and is likely to
result in the turning out of an improved
grade of work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
The Life of steam Boilers.

An English naval engineer has invented
simple and ingenious system for adding to
the effectiveness and life of steam boilers by
doing away with the severe strain which
follows the first starting of the furnaces.
The remedy consists of an arrangement
whereby the present furnace fronts are SUBJ
stituted by steel heating chambers of the
same strength as the boiler. These chambers,
which do not in any way interfere with the
great furnace, are, at starting, filled with
water from the bottom of the boiler, or
from any other point in the boiler where
there is no circulation.
A small fire is lighted in the furnace at
first, which heats up the water in the
chambers, and by degrees the remainder of
the water in the boiler becomes heated, and
the shell is also gradually warmed, uni
form temperature being thus obtained. As
soon as the temperature has become uniform.
the fires are made up and steam is raised to
the working pressure. The primary work
of the heaters having been accomplished
they are now used as feed water heaters
The feed water instead of going into the
boiler direct is diverted into the heaters
and is brought to temperature of 900 de-
grees Fahrenheit. 1t will thus be seen that
the arrangement is that Of a combined auto
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Cultivating the Rubber Tree.

The threatened dearth in the worlds sup
ply of rubber has led to the formation of a
syndicate which proposes to cultivate the
rubber tree. on large scale. In Ceylon
steps have already been taken to carry out
the same idea by sowing the seed of the
Ceara in patches of jungle, and the supply
of rubber from that island promises to be,
in few years, double what it is at present.
Encouraged by the apparent success of this
experiment, the syndicate proposes to carry
on the rubber cultivation on several large
estates in the southern part of Mexico, not
far from the gulf, where the climate will be
most favorable for their operations. The
rubber tree grows with great rapidity, and
a tree of average size will yield about 20
gallons of milk, which is equal to 40 Opounds
of dried rubber. From the testimony of
experts it is found that this yield will give
a handsome return on the capital to be in
vested
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Improved Railway SIGNALLING.

The inquiry into the causes of the late
railway tunnel disaster in New York has
called special attention to various methods
of securing greater safety in railway travel,
especially in tunnels. In one of the latest
exploited of these each locomotive carries a
battery or small magnetic, driven by an en-
gine and bell Between the rails are laid
a pair of conductors, which are divided into
sections, and upon which bear contact
wheels or brushes connected with the bat
terry and bell on each locomotive. Should a
second locomotive enter section from
which the first locomotive has not yet
passed, an alarm is given, and should
third or fourth train enter upon section
on which two trains are already signalling
they would also be signalled. The conse-
quence of this is that all possibility of COLI
sion is absolutely guarded against. By
modification of this system bells placed at
crossings can be arranged to ring when q
train arrives within given distance and
gates can be automatically operated in the
same Way,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

Va anu also OF CUfJOSI,
those at present reigning in Germany, Aus
most impossible to pick out a country on the
other side of the Atlantic in which he has
not some powerful relative Under the cir
cumstances it is extremely unlikely, that
Portugal will assume republican form of
government within short time, as Carlos
sisters, cousins and aunts," will no doubt
come to his rescue.
1t seems rather strange that the great
house OF Braganza, of which Carlos is
member, should have originally sprung
from the illegitimate son of a king for whose
benefit the dukedom of Braganza had been
created. 1t sprung up under a lucky
star, evidently, for within four generations
it was called upon to reign over Portugal,
on the revolt OF, that country from the rule
of the Spaniard and has remained in power
ever since, while the strain has mingled
with the best blood of Europe The mascot
appears to be lost, however; Brazil. is lost to
them and in spite of the Kings relationship,
things look bad in Portugal, and it does look
as if the lucky dynasty founded by John
''the Fortunate" should in the end prove
the most unlucky of any,
Laughing Himself to Death.
Laugh and grow fat, !" has been the say
ing from time immemorial, but it will have
to, be changed to Laugh and grow thin,"
Judging by the case of Farmer Duhrlinger,
of Eastern Pennsylvania, who is said to be
dying of joy over the advent of a railroad
in the neighborhood of his property. A
writer of some years since called attention
to the fact that only among the ancients and
the French do We hear of people dying of
laughter. He mentions Zeuxfs as having
died of laughter at the painting of an old
woman, and of Philomen who expired on
seeing donkey drink glass of wine, and
the French as having book containing
list of men who had laughed themselves to
death.
The writer also went on to say that
Americans had either more Jokes or poorer
of wit. As the author is still
living, the Duhrlinger episode will give
him chance to change his opinion on the
subiect. WnKIE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
FOR THE BOYS,
Three Special Bargains,

In our large boys department we have
marked three special bargains in suits, and
you can dress the boys in good clothing for
very little money.
No. boys cashmere and cheviot
suits, pleated, corded, in plain, light
or dark colors, sizes 4 to IA, at only 50 90
No. Boys very fine all-wool worsted
and cashmere suits, extra fine, worth
s. and Sc, sizes to IA, our price. =. 3 90
No. 3-Boys' long pants suits, sizes 13
to 10, great bargain, at only ly...... 4 90
During this sale each boy will get hard
wood bat and League ball free.
p. c. c. c., PITTSBURG CONDENSATION
CLOTHING COMPANY, corner Grant and
Diamond streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
A NEW SAFETY MATCH
It Is Impossible to Light 1t Until It
Is Broken in Two.
RIVETING TEETH TO A JAW-BONE.
Novel Inkstand Presented to Inventor Edi-
son by Krupps
WRITING MACHINE FOR THE BLIND
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH ]

WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,1
Anoyelty in matches has been patented
in England by a Belgian, who places on diff
ferent parts of the same match the two
compositions which, lin ordinary safety
matches, are generally placed, respectively,
on the box and on the end of the match. In
obtaining light from the new match the
latter is broken across the middle, and the
two ends rubbed together.
In spite of its apparent safety it is doubt
fal whether this form of match is much of
an improvement on many of the matches
now used. The match Of to-day is a very
different thing from that of 60 years ago,
when the lucifer held sway and was made in
large quantities in South Germany. One
lamentable feature of their manufacture has
fortunately been banished by modern
methods. The lucifer matchmakers at the
period when phosphorus was so largely
used by them, were subject to a very terri
BILE and singular disease-the rotting away
of the iaw-bone. Together with this ghast-
ly complaint, constitutional symptoms were
always present which denoted the presence
of poison in the blood. The cause of these
singular attacks, at first regarded as mys-
terious, was at last traced to the phosphorus
employed in making the matches. The
physicians were puzzled to know how the
Jaw could be attacked first; but they at
length discovered that the poisonous fumes
gained admission to the bone through the
avenue of decayed teeth.
To meet the difficulty the mouths of all
persons employed in match making were
examined and all those who had unsound
teeth were dismissed. This, to a certain ex-
tent, met the case, but, though to a limited
extent, the disease still continued. One or
both jaws would be affected and in some
cases the power of speech as well as that of
mastication was destroyed. The only eff
fectual method of obliterating the shocking
malady was to so alter the phosphorus as
to deprive its fumes of their deadly viru-
lence and this, happily, was eventually ac-
complished.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

the rounds lately, attributing the unlucky
qualities of the opal to various sources.
None have mentioned the part Sir Walter
Scott took in bringing about this odd super
stition in connection with one of the most
beautiful gems known. The great novelist
in 'sAnne of Geierstein" refers to it as, los
ing its beauty when exposed to water and
incidentally attributed that fact to super
natural agency. Immediately after
the publication of the novel, which, by the
way, was one of the most widely read of any
of the Scottish bard's works at the time, the
opal went out of fashion and has never been
looked upon with favor since.
A Tottering Crown Well Supported.
Speaking of having powerful relations,
the present King of Portugal, Carlos I,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
lndestructfble Tickets.

An inventor, possessed by what many
long suffering travellers will regard as per-
verted ingenuity, proposes to effect large
annual saving on the elevated railroads of
New York City. He states that these rail-
roads pay s4O,O 900 year for printing tickets
that can be used only once and $4,000 for
clerical help. He proposes to avoid the
greater part of this expense by the intro
duction of machine which he has designed
for supplying indestructible steel and nickel
tickets. The purchasers put the tickets in o
box, and when the ticket sellers supply is
exhausted he pushes knob, the box regis
tiers the number of tickets extracted and the
tickets are sold over again, ad infnitum.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

fYDlcc. fSHGe11e. csttlOu VI IL nuilDcE VI
small but really excellent works in their
way.
whose faces may be said to be their fortunes,
and through that means they are to-day the
most powerfully related family in Europe,
with possibly one exception. If the mar
riage of Eugene and Louise is consummated
the latter will be. the granddaughter of a
King, the daughter-in-law of another, the
sister of still another and the daughter of
Crown Prince One aunt is the present
Empress of Russia and another relative is
the prospective monarch of England in the
person of the Princess of Wales. Is it any
wonder that family so connected has en-
joyed comparative immunity from interna-
tional complications?
Superstition About the Opal,
have hoticed number of stories going
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Prevent Grin.

People who wear Aunt Rachel's Herb
Pad as directed find it a sure preventive
of the grip. Thousands tried them last year
and found them infallible. They prevent
and cure by penetration and inhalation, the
vapor arising from the herb pad worn on
the chest or throat drives the microbes from
before the mouth and nose, by which you
inhale an atmosphere free from the disease
germs. Price 81 90. Send to Aunt Rachel
Pad Co., Passaic, n. j.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

reigning house of Den Contesse 4,u,aeru.
mark, and a handsome woman this last is
too, and she comes from family of beauties
in their day, but still another correspondent
nominates member of English ROYALTY,
while another favors q German lady, an
other an Austrian and so on to the end of
the chapter.
One of the latest claimants is the Comtesse
Aymery de La Rochefoucauld, a Partisan
belle, who has attained distinction hereto
fore as being living reproduction of Marie
Antoinette, but it is onlv within the last
week orr two that her admirers have laid
claim to the still higher honor of being the
beauty, par excellence If her pictures are
truthful she is certainly handsome woman,
but whether everybody will unite in grant
ing her this honor is another matter, there
is such difference of opinion as to what
constitutes beauty. However, if ancestry
counts for anything, she certainly comes
from family whose women have always
been notable for their beauty. Comtesse
Aymery is described as typical blonde
with blue eyes, in combination with regular
features. She is exceptionally bright intel
lectually,4 which alone would have gained
her fame in the best circles of French
society if the reputation of her beauty had
not already proceeded farther
The La Rochefoucauld family can be
traced back to the eleventh century, when
one Foucald, first Seigneur de la Roche, is
spoken OF in charter of an abbey of
4Angouleme.. Its most distinguished mem
bers fiourished in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, respectively, their fame
being principally derived from literary and
state achievements The Due de la Roche
foucald, who died March q, 1927, was dis
tinguished during his life through his
efforts in furthering vaccination and as the
founder of the first savings bank in France
An Important Matrimonial Event.
An expected royal wedding is that of
Prince Eugene third son of the King of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Censorship of TeIegralns,

1t is stated that the German Government
has issued orders to the effect that no CEN
sorship of kilograms will hereafter be iexer-
cised except in times of public danger.
This is to.be taken with grain Of salt, and
it would be hard to say what is meant by
the phrase touching times of danger. 1t
may be only a ruse to get some persons to
commit themselves badly, and it may be
taken for granted that any telegram sent by
Bismarck will be noted carefully. -
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

Sweden, and Princess
Louise of Denmark.
This ought to be a
good match, as both
parties are good look:
ing, more than ordi-
narily intelligent and
come from families
having the reputation
of being the models
of European royalty.
Eugene inherits from
his father rare literary
and artistic tastes,
an d has already
achieved considerable
fame from the publi-
aa%.1, - -hn,ha- af
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
Late Progress in nNpentistrY.

One of the great discomforts of artificial
dentures where all the teeth have been lost
and much absorption of the gums has taken
place is the constant tendency for them to
slip forward. To overcome this difficulty a
Scotch dentist has developed a method of
fixing dentures by means of two or more
gold pins attached to the under surface,
which enter holes either made by drilling
the iaw-bone or left after the extraction of a
tooth. In other words, when necessary, an
artificial tooth can be riyeted to the jawbone.
This method of treatment has been adopted
with great success.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24

| E. B,gne-,1ones moons horizon.
Curious arrangements of light and shadow
result, the artist having taken advantage of
the astronomers theory that the moon is
entirely without atmosphere. On a ledge
in the foreground is the skeleton of a huge
man-presumablv the last inhabitant of the
orb of night The conception of the entire
work is said to be startling and impressive
in the extreme.
Mr.. Burne-Jones' productions are of the
| profoundly aesthetic school, and besides are
usually 50, marked by his individuality that
they are Immediately recognized by those
acquainted with his style and the character
of subjects. Ouida, in several of her novels,
has alluded to this fact in such expression
as those ''Burne-Jenes things" etc.
The Mohammedan Marriage Service.
We are accustomed to look upon the fol-
lowers of Mohammed as wild, fanatical
people with barbarous ideas. The other
day ran across copy of their marriage
service, which is, think, much superior to
that of the Christian faith in many respects.
do not know of anything more beautiful or
more poetic in words or conception, and I
cannot imagine how anyone could conceive
such grand sentiment and yet be considered
akin to a savage. Take that part, for in
here in the presence of God, and all who are
assembled, to unite my heart to your heart,
and MY destiny to your destiny, and to be
called byyour name. Thy sorrow shall be
my sorrow, thy happiness shall be my hap
piness."
This is but short extract, and I think
that anyone who will take the trouble to
compare it entire with that of the Christian s
will observe quite a difference in its favor,
at least so far as conception is concerned.
A Cemetery More Than Filled.
The people of Madrid, Spain, are at pres
ent much interested in q CHASTITY question
which, from indications, they will have
some difficulty in solving. 1t seems that
the main cemetery has become COM
pletely filled, having within the last eight
years received no less than $4,000 bodies,
and to bury more in the place means that
some of the dead will be so close together
that they will touch; in fact, instead of q
cemetery, it will be q vast charnal pit, and,
worse than that, no available place in the
vicinity can be used for the purpose.
Madrid has never had the reputation of a
healthy place, and if the above conditions
continue to exist there is certainly no
promise of Improvements.
Most Beautiful Woman of Europe.
Who is the most beautiful woman of
Europe? 1t would be difficult if not wholly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
How to Clean a Plaster Cast.

A correspondent of leading scientific
journal states that a bust or statue can be
most thoroughly cleaned, provided it has
not been painted, oiled or waxed, by invert-
ing it and filling it with water free from
iron. The water is then allowed to filter
through the plaster. After the fltering has
been Kept up for sufficient time, and the
outside surface occasionally washed with
lowed to dry. 1t is then found that all the
dust has been wiped out of the pores of the
cast, which is thus restored to its original
whiteneSS,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-24
To Keep Spirits from Evaporating.

To Keep Spirits from Evaporating.
The 'sHousekeeper's Friend" is new de-
vice for the prevention of the mysterious
evaporation of the contents of certain
bottles which form an integral part of most
domestic establishments. The solution of
this hitherto apparently hopeless problem
is embodied in the use of bottle-locking
apparatus of much simplicity. A circular
band of metal closes on hinge around the
neck of the bottle, its ends, which project at
right angles, being provided with holes.
Over these a.padlock hasp is placed, and
when the paddock is locked the cork defies
any attempts of extraction short of picking
the lock or breaking off the neck of the
bottle.
1t has been remarked that paddock keeps
out only "honest thieves, but it is precisely
that class who abstract glasses Of wine or
spirits or spoonfuls of tea, and these can
now be made secure. It has been suggested
that this lock will be specially serviceable
to travellers. In cases, too, where danger
Gus medicines are being used such method
of distinguishing them and possibly pre-
venting their being used indiscreetly would
seem a wise precaution.