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Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25
F. w. BRAUN & CO.,
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
Los Angeles, Cal.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

OFFICE OF THE Los ANGELES CITY
" Water Company. a.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meet
ing 81 the stockholders of the above company
viii be held on Monday, the 18th day Oh
November, A. d. 1891, al $50 O'Clock p M,
at the ofHoe OF the company, on the corner ol M
Alameda and Marehessaut Streets los Ansettes ~
city, for the purpose OF electing trustees sor
the year ensuing. ,.o-,u s..,.,,.r,,
LCIty papers please copy 1o'z3 =
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25


things have given
rise to the story
that he designs re-
moving to New
York. After en-
during this sort Of
thing two or three
years, Mr.. Yerkes
has cabled from
Paris that he has
not sold and will
not sell his inter-
est in the Chicago
S tree t railways,
and that he posi-
lively will not
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25
About MI. Yerkes.

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-The journalists of this
city have complained gently, joked pain
fully and INDUCED in some heavy sarcasm
because Mr.. Charles T. Yerkes has had
mausoleum built in Greenwood cemetery,
BROOKLYN. This fact and certain other
Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-25
Should BeBeaudfuI!.

So says Jenness-Miller, the famous
lecturer and writer ON dress reform
and physical culture, and celebrated
writer in medical journal says: "Face
powders and toilet preparations have
legitimate use in the toilette of every
woman and use properly made need
not any more than the proper use Of
perfume displease any one, while it
cannot be denied that they add to the
personal beauty and attractiveness and
give to the wearer an expression that
can be interpreted by any practical OBJ
server to mean that THIS WOMAN rs NEAT
AND CAREFUL ABOUT HER PERSON AND
HOLDS JUST PRIDE IN BEAUTIFYING HER
SELF. In the use of toilet preparations
it is easy to distinguish the well-bred
from the vulgar" Another well-known
authority, DR.. Arthur Dean Bevan,
professor of anatomy in the Rush Med
ical College and P. A. surgeon U. 5. nj.
II. S., writes without reserve on
kindred subject. What he says
CHICAGO, Jan. 81, 1888.
W. M. Wisdom-Dear Sir: AS you
requested, have examined the formula
of your toilet preparation called Rober-
! tine. / can assure you that the lngred-
tents are both bland and harmless, and
that the compound would form an
excellent application in irritated con-
ditions of the skin.
Society ladies and noted artlstes
throughout the United States unhesi-
tatingly pronounce Robertine the per
fection' in a toilet article. Once tired
always used-such is its history.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24

A woolen yarn l. suIt AMI fluffy, while
a worsted yarn IS hard and iirln, possess
ing inurh greater tensile strength. IH
the woollen yarn the fibcrs IRE tangled
and crossed, and drawing is avoided az
much a. possible in preparing The raw
material for spinning - ~ to leave the
natural curvature Of the fibers undis-
turled und afford the greatest freedom
of action 70 The frliins and quality or
the wool Ia worSted warns the object
l. To oIliterate tile telling quality and tO
secure elongation and parallel arrange
ment Of the tibers
liz the early days w iie manufacture
the best results were only attainable in
worsted yarns from long fibcred hecce.
The English woods are commonly called
combing woods for this reason, and it
was the possession of this fleece % an
unrivaIed quality which made England
the birthplace Of the worsted manufac-
ture, and has kept ii At the front IN this
process.
One Of the results Of improved mn-
chiners has been tD remove amy distinc-
ton between woolers ana worsteds
based upen the difference between the
woods employed IN ihe two processes
Short wool of ncrino blood can now De
combed as successfully as the longer
staple The processes of trrMt1nrnt.
however, continue to differ radically.
This difference is primarily created by
the introduction 0f tle cnlnhing mM-
china an instrument unknown to the
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24
NUMBER 6

pleasure which attends civilization, was
certainly destitute Of most Of its arti.
fetal miseries. The venerable Las Casls
speaking OF their perfect nakedness, Oh
serves it seemed almost as if they were
existing in the state Of primeval inuo-
cence OF our first parents, before their
fall brought sin into the world. Hs
might havo added that they seemed
exempt likewise from the penalty in
fiicted on the children of Adam, tnat
they should eat their bread by tha Eweat
Of their brow.
When the Spanish mariners looked
back upon their own toilsoms and pain
ful life, and reflected on the cares and
hardships that must still DO their lot il
they returned to Europe, III j. no wonder
that they regarded with wistfuI eye
the easy and idle existence Of these In
dians. Wherever they went they met
with caressing hospitality. The men
were simple, frank and cordial; the ro-
men loving and compliant. and prompt
to form those connections which anchor
the most wandering heart. They saw
gold glitterin. around them, to bs had
without labor, and every enjoyment to
be procured without cDst. Captivated
by these advantages. many utths seanien
represented to the admir;tl the difficulties
and sufferings they mast enrDuuter On
a return voyage. where " aIany woalc
be crowded in a small caragei, and ca
treated permission n ressa.I in t5a
island
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24
CHAPTER XII
CoAsTING OF HIsPANIoLA.

NOAS1Acd w dlofANlOlSA-
When the weather became favorable
Columbus made another attempt on the
the 18th of December to find the island
Of Babeque, but was again baffied by
adverse winds. In the course Of this
attempt he visited an island lying oppo-
site to the harbor Of Conception, to
which, from its abounding in turtle, he
gave the name of Tortugas. The ma
tives had fed to the rocks and forests,
and alarm fires blazed along the heights
The country was so beautiful that he
gave to one Of the valleys the name OF
Vale de Paraiso, or the Vale Of Para
disc, and called fine stream the Quad
alquiver, after that renowned river
which flows through some of the fairest
provinces of Spain.
Setting sail on the 10Th Of December
at midnight, Columbus steered again
for Hispaniola. When half way across
the gulf which separates the islands, he
perceived canoe navigated by single
Indian, and, as on a former occasion,
was astonished at his hardihood in ven
turing so far from land in so frail bark
and at his adroitness in keeping it above
water, as the wind was fresh and there
was some sea running. He ordered both
him and his canoe to be taken on board;
and having anchored near village on
the coast of Hispaniola, at present known
as Puerto de Paz, he sent him on shore
well regaled and enriched with yarioua
presents.
In the early intercourse with these
people, kindness never seems to have
failed in its effect. The favorable ac-
counts given by this Indian. and by those
with whom the Spaniards had colnmuni,
Gated in their previous landings, dis
PEELED the fears Of the islanders. A
friendly intercourse soon took place, and
the ships were visited by cacique OF
the nefghborhood. From this chieftain
and his counselors Columbus had fur.
ther information of the island of Ba-
beque, which was described as lying AT
no great distance.
No mention is afterward made Of this
island, nor does it appear that he mace
any further attempt to seek it. No such
island exists in the ancient charts, al
it is probable that this was one Of tie
numerous neutrality-suspicious. of Indian
words which led the first discoverers
into SO many fruitless researches. The
people Of Hispaniola appeared hand
somer to Columbus than any he had yet
met with, and Of a gentle and peaceable
disposition Some Of them had orna-
ments of gold. which they readily gave
away or exchanged for any trife. The
country was finely diversified with lofty
mountains and green valleys. which
stretched away inland as far as the eye
could reach. The mountains were Of
such easy ascent that the highest Of
them might be, plowed with oxen, and
the luxuriant growth Of the forests man
ifested the fertility Of the soil. The val
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24
CHAPTER XII.
SitII,tvNFf,K

On the morning Of the 24th Of De-
ceinber Columbus set sail from Port St
Thomas before sunrise and stcered to
the eastward, with an intention Of an
choring 1T the harhor Of the cacique
Guacanagari. The wind was from the
land. but 80 light as scarcely to fill the
sails and the ships made but little prog
ress. At II o'clock at night, being
Christmas eve, they were within n
league or Il league aud half OF the resi-
dence Of thccswique, aud Columbus, who
had hitherto kept watch, finding the sea
calm and smooth and the ship almost
motiouless, retired to rest. not having
slept the preceding night. He was, in
general, extremely wakeful on his coast
ing voyages, passing whole nights upon
deck in all weathers. never trusting to
the watchfulness Of others where there
was any difficulty or danger to be pro-
yided against. In the present instance
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24
CHApTER XIII.
TRANSACTIONS Win rnE NArIvI

TRANSACTIONS WITH THE NATIVES
On the 26th of December Guacana-
gari came on board Of the caravel Nina
to visit the admiral. and observing him
to be very much detected was moved to
tears. He repeated the message which
he had sent, entreating Columbus not to
be cast down by his misfortune, and Of
fering everything he possessed that
might render him aid or consolation.
He had already given three houses to
shelter the Spaniards and to receive the
effects landed from the wreck, and he
offered to furnish more If necessary.
While they were cUnyersing canoe
arrived from another part OF the island,
bringing pieces of gold to be exchanged
for hawks bells. There was nothing
upon which the natives set so much
value as upon these toys. The Indians
were extravagantly fond Of the dance.
which they performed to the cadence OF
certain songs, accompanied by the sound
Of kind of drum made from the trunk
OF tree, and the rattling Of hollow bits
Of wood, but when they hung the hawks
bells about their pelAyns and heard the
clear musical sounds responding to the
movements Of the dance, nothing could
exceed their wild delight
The sailors who came from the shore
informed the admiral that considerable
quantities Of gold had been brought to
barter, and large pieces were eagerly
given for the merest trifIe This in
formation had cheering effect upon
Columbus The attentive cacique, per-
ceiyiny the lighting up OF his counte-
nance, asked what the sailors had COM
inunicated When he learned its pur-
port. and found that the admiral was
extremely DESTROYS Of procuring gold, he
assured him by signs that there was .
place not far of, among the mountains
where it abounded to such degree as
to be held in little value, and promised
to procure him thence as much 80 he d.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24

In the United States oranges and lem
ons are produced only in California and
Florida The orange crop OF the latter
ID practically out Of the way before that
Of the former is ready for the market.
The California orange l. Of slower
growth than the Florida product and
does not decay so soon. The orange sea
son in California lasts FIVE months, be-
ginning Jan. 1. and it viii be prolonged
in future, as the people are planting
Valencia oranges, which do not ripeD
till July. The lemon is more sensitive
to frost than the orange, and it is pro
duced with more difficulty in Florida
than in southern California, for the rea-
son that the former state is more subject
to frost.-L. "a. Sheldon IT'D Forum.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24

to take. If he kept along the coast as it
bent to the southwest it might bring him
to the more civilized and opulent parts
of India; but if he took this course he
must abandon all hope Of finding the is
land of Babeque, which the Indians now
said lay to the northeast, and Of which
they still continued to give the most
marvellous accounts. 1t was q state of
embarrassment characteristic Of this ex-
traordinary voyage to have new and
unknown world thus spread out to the
choice Of the explorer, where wonders
and beauties invited him on every side,
but where, whichever way he turned, he
might leave the true region Of profit and
delight behind.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24

The region in the vicinity OF the north
ern extremity OF the Gulf Of California
is inhabited by rare and terrible crea-
ture-a member OF the lizard tribe
called the ''Mareater Of the Gulf" He
is hardly large enough to warrant his
awe inspiring name being only about
fifteen inches long, but is cue or the most
poisonous creatures known to natural
istS He Is a member Ut the lizard fam
lily, some akin to the famed Gila Mon
ster, and his body is almost as brittle as
glass. Louis Republic.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24

There i curious instance Of an echo
at Tstcnhill, StafforilShire. Tile tower
OF the church there has an echo that re-
peats five times the sylIabies uttered at
the centrum phonicun. which i about
seventy yards distance. Whispering
galleries can scarcely be considered any
thing but odd items i'll our sacred edi-
fees OF these there are examples in
Gloucester cathedral and st. Paul's.-
GentlemgD's Magazine.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24
FARMS FOR SALE!

One containing 80 acres. A model farm in all
respects. Location excellent. Convenient to
railroad, stores, post office, etc Would make
very fine building sites.
One containing 4sS acres fronting on the Della
ware river. 200 acres meadow, balance good
farm or truck land. Two sets of good buildings
Could be conveniently divided. Near railroad
and navigation. Rare chance to secure a good
farm.
Also several town and village properties.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24

Sings Sweetly Though Nearly so Years Old
Mrs. Emma Bostwick, once known aa
the American Jenny Lind, has probably
retained her voice to a greater age than
any other public singer. She Is now
seyenty-seven years old, but her voice il
still pure and fresh, and she sings in ad-
mirable time and tune. She il the
daughter Of an English violinist, named
Gillingham, and began her career on the
concert stage when only twelve years Of
age. BY the time she was twenty she
was widely and favorably known. Her
voice had range Of three octaves.
Theodore Thomas, then a rising young
violinist, was among those who took
part in her concerts.
She was married in 1886, but did not
retire from the concert stage. For a
number Of years she was the soloist or
the New York Philharmonic society.
She has never sung in opera, and the
wonderful preservation of her voice il
to be attributed partly to that, and part
ly to the care she has observed in her
diet and mode or life.--Exchange
Gloucester County Democrat., 1891-09-24
TO BE CONTINUED. \



Kissing under the mistletoe is a relic
Of Scandinavian mythology. Lold hated
Balder, the Apollo of the North,
and as everything that springs from
fire, air, earth and water" had been
sworn not to hurt the celestial favorite,
the wicked spirit made an arrow Of
mistletoe. which he gave to blind Homer
to test. The God Of Darkness shot the
arrow and killed Balder. Being restored
to life at the urgent request Ok the gods
and goddesses, the mistletoe was given
to the goddess Of Love To keep, and
every one who passed under it received
a kiss, to show that the branch was the
emblem Of love and not Of death. The
mistletoe is parasitical plant which
aourishes on the branches of many kinds
Of trees in northern Europe 1t Ia the
viscum album Of botanists. and is fire.
quently found on the apple, and less
often on the oak. The druids regarded
it with peculiar reverence, from its con
nection with the oak, the favorite tres
Of their divinity, Tutanus, who seems
to have been identical with the Phuni-
clan god, Baal, or the sun. The plant is
very rarely found in Scotland and
nowhere in Ireland. It abounds In some
parts Of England. Brooklyn Eagle
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
DRESSES OF PURE GOLD.

The Costumes of Sumatra Women Dis
connt Those of tho Civilized Heiress.
/ have seen women of Sumatra wear
ing dresses of pure gold and others
wearing silver gowns, says u writer in
the New York Sun. Both these metals
are mined there in Sumatra, and the
natives possess sufficient knowledge of
the arts to smelt and form the inrots
into wire.
The weaving of the handsome and
costly cloths is quite the principal oc-
cupation of both the men and the
women.
Never in Christian countries do
women dress rs extravagantly. l re-
member that once the chief told me he
would have two pretty maidens dress
rs they would on their marriage.
The two bright-cycd girls were gone
some time and came back wearing, one
n dress of gold and the other one of
silver. They had bracelets one above
another from the hands and above their
elbows. At the elbows they wore Pc
culiar bracelets, jointcd to permit easily
moving the joint.
In brief, their arms were armorcd
with precious metal. TIL cy had neck
laccs of gems and other costly orna-
mcnts, and the cloth-of-gold and cloth
of-silver dresses were made loosely ft-
ting above the waist and the skirts in
1OunceS.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
Didn't XYnnt Much.

a young Tenncssccan. inspired by
martial artlor, last winter wrote to the
superintendent 1T West Point for the
terms of admission. The usual circu-
lar OF Information from the secretary
OF war was returned To him Some
titae after he wrote again, thus: ~ re-
ceivcd your terms some time since. /
was not seventeen years of age when
heard from you. can't come under
such terms. will give you tho terms
that will come under. want only to
study military tactics. want to stay
thrcc years. want forty dollars per
month. At the end of the term | want
a position over some army of the
ohitcd states ] want You to send me
round ticket there and back. .thinl,
am both physically and mentally
qualified to fill the position. will not
be out anything, but want the posi-.
ton. Please answer this"
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
LIFE IN THE TROPICS.
Tho Terrible Midnight Visitors Which
Arouse tho Natives.

Tho Terrible Midnight Visitors Which
Arouse tho Natives.
The perils of daily life in the tropics
are almost uncomfortable to jewellers in
other clinics. In q Bornco village, n
man and his tcn-year-old son were
sleeping in their house inside n mos
quito netting. They were on the floor
near the wall. In the middle of the
night the father was awakened by his
son calling out. 1t was totally dark
and the father passed his hand over his
son, but found nothing amiss, SO he
turned over and went to sleep again,
thinking the boy was dreaming. Short
~ aftcrward the child again called out,
saying crocodile was taking him.
This time the father, thoroughly
aroused, lit Il lamp, and found that a
snake had closed its jaws on the boys
head. He shouted, and, the snake re-
leased its hold, drew the whole of its
body into the house and cncirclcd the
body of the father. Lie was rescued by
the ncighbors, who were attracted by
the cries for help of the terrified couple.
The snake when killed was found to be
fifteen feet long, and the head and fore
head of the boy was surrounded by a
circle of puncturcd wounds produced by
the python's teeth.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
A Quick Message.

For swift transmission and speedy re-
turn, message sent yesterday from
Salem to one of the channel islands be-
tween England and France, cannot be
beaten. Mr.. f. G. Morgan, OF Albemarle,
who is now living here, at 1905 p. m.
Thursday, sent a cablegram from Sa EN-,
Va, to q friend in Hautcville, Island of
Guernsey, and at p. m. the same day,
an answer was received at Salem from
Guernsey. These facts. Mr.. w. s.
Oakley, the Western Union operator at
Salem. is willing to swear to, as being
correct Mr.. Oakley is an old and valued
citizen of Salem, and it is quite coin
cidence to note that his father came to
this county from the Island of Guernsey.
neonle bereabouts to Omen their eyes
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
HE COULD sYMPATH,zE.
A shnbby-Conted boy Who Understood
Human Nature.

n Snabby- ContSu 10y VINO UbocrSpou
Holman Nature.
A lady, writing anonymously in the
Atlantic Monthly, describes n little
street encounter, in which she was put
to shame in most unlikely manner
was walking along street given
over to the smallest of shops and almost
the cheapest of restaurants, when
met good looking tcn-ycar-old boy in
shabby rcspcctablc clothes.
1t was autumn and carried q bunch
of flaming, splendid maple leaves. He
stopped as if the sight of them really
took his breath away.
'-Oh, give me onc!' he gently ex-
claimed, in manner that was more
than polite. 1t lifted our interview
straightway into some rare, supcrhu-
man atmosphere, where perfect sim
plicity became Il matter of course. I'm
fortunately, this was not SO becoming
to me as to him.
l said: "Oh, hate tor but ut the
same time began looking for the mean-
est little leaf could find. When had
discovered it and was presenting it
shame ovcrcamc me and, torn with CON
nicting emotions, / said
II know I'm being horribly stingy''
Never mind" said my boy, in n big,
masculine, comforting manner, 81 know
just how you feel"
He smiled his thanks rcassuringly
and we parted
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
BACHELORS IN SINGAPORE.
Tho luxurious Existence of Two Young
Merchants.

Tho Luxurious Existence of Two Young
Merchants.
Many of the white men in Singapore
keep bachelor quarters, and one de-
scription of Il bachelors buhga low will
suffice for all. Two young Englishmen.
says Il writer in the Toronto Globe.
have a oae-story, rambling house
among some cocoanut palms, covering
a lot of ground and open on every side
Enter in and sit; leave your pith hcl-
met ut the door, and one of the bache-
lors says: "Now, wouldn't you take a
gin fizz? It's very nice" And before
the visitor can answer he calls out:
"Boy!" when from some unforeseen
screen or crack n China boy appears
and gets the order. In Il few minutes
he returns with Il long glass filed with
gin fizz" and powdered ice. and then
the host goes on and asks the guest to
take champagne and port and sherry
and cognac and u julcp, and can't 70
on; there were more, but really for
get the names. This is hospitality in
the orient. There are sixteen servants
for these two white boys. and such at
tendance and obscquiousncss spoils
them, let alone the question. of running
their stomachs by 50 many liqucr con-
coctionS.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13
SALEM
ROW AT THE FURNACE.
The Weighmaster Has a '"t
With an EmpIoye.
ROANOKE TIMES BUREAU,
HoRNER BUILDING,


The furnace FURNISHED another sensa-
ton Thursday morning, between eight
and nine q. M, when news reached
Main street that a man had been killed,
and bloody fight was in progress there.
The police, the sergeant and the
mayor started at once for the seat OF
war. a TIMES reporter prec eded them
by several minutes, and when nearing
the passenger depot found man
stre tched at full length on the side
walk. Upon shaking the man he was
found to be dead drunk, but just across
lots on Tennessee street furnace EN-
ploye with his arm in sling was seen
limping painfully along, with Gr. Baird
riding slowly by his side.
The injured man was Mr. Frank
Minor, weighmaster in the stock house,
who had found it necessary to discharge
Simon Smith, colored, one OF his hands.
Simon objected to being discharged and
stated so in language more forcible than
polite, whereupon Mr. Minor went for
him with a shovel, upon which Smith
knocked him down with lump OF ore.
head, and DR.. Baird subsequently, found
that the thumb and two small bones of
his right hand were broken.
About 10 o. m. Officer johnson ar
rested Simon Smith and he will appear
before the mayor Saturday morning.
The affair was not serious. and Mayor
Younger was considerably annoyed at
SO much excitement having been caused
about the matter, and will probably
give orders that when disturbance oc-
ours at the furnace and the police are
needed that the cause shall be fully
stated when the demand for officers is
made