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Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10

| America girls ore no more. The new
| ministeVould have none of it. He has
even hache cruelty to forbid coquetry in
the parl9Dd the maidens, who now go to
Dupont Iircle expecting to have a nice
time listning to the somewhat awkward
and unilelligible Gallantries of the young
Chinami, as they were won't to do year
or so ag meet with nothing but disap-
pointm6.
Since he fine spring weather came to us
have ltrned of new and pleasant char
acteristi of the pink faced and comely
Chinese7omen who live in the big legation
house Dupont Circle. Months and
months go / wrote about the strange APP
pearancof these high born ladies stump
ing abot the street on their little feet,
which hone or two instances are not feet
at all, az more than pair of stills have
feet. BIT since the nice weather came l
have see these ladies day after day in the
Circle, plying with and admiring and pet
ting thechildren who gather there for a
romp. ly own little girls go there nearly
every da, and are great favorites with the
oriental aides, who think blonde, blue
eyed, golen haired American girl the
sweetest hing they ever saw in all the uni
and hankerchiefs and trifes which the
little girl bring home are a source of con-
slant deItht to their juvenile eyes. One
of my lite girls came home the other day
and said a China lady" had kissed her and
told her se loved her. These Chinese are
not so bat after all.
comenow to pretty little story from
which l hall have to omit the names. 1t
is of a countess, one of the handsomest wo-
men in Washington, whose portrait Mum
kacsy one begged leave to paint simply
for the plasure he could derive in treating
such perfect subject This countess is a
little miteof woman, no larger than an
average tea -year-old girl, and while calling
at neighor's house one day she lifted the
baby of tie house from his carriage, and
jokingly sid she was so small she could
take a rider it herself. The baby's father
said, while he was, as rule, opposed to
wheeling a perambulator in public, 1T
would give him great pleasure to push
such lovely child down the most promi-
nent thoreughfare at high noon. "You
would not lare to take me down Connecti-
cut avenuein the carriage" said the count
ess. "Ill give you hundred dollars If
you'll let me wheel you from here to the
new Lafayette monument" said the baby 8
father
The little countess spirit was up. She
did not believe the dignified and somewhat
elderly gentleman would play such a
prank, especially at such a price. He did
not believe she had the nerve to take the
journey. So both insisted they were will
ing, and then they discussed the hour at
which the trip should be made. Here the
little countess had the best of it. No dis
tinct stipulation had been made as to the
time of day, and she said she would be
ready at II o'clock at night This the
other party to the contract demurred to as
being contrary to the spirit if not the let.
ter of the proposal; but being finally forced
to admit he had set no particular time q
cnrarroraise sS~ns .eanhad by which he
might claim the privilege of wheeling the
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Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10

give the shape, and is then finished with
tinsel, If necessary, and silk. Bodies OF
flies which project from the hook are made
of pieces of gut whipped together, and with
the upper part whipped to the shank.
The full list of materials includes Silks
floss and sewing of all shades, worsteds OF
all shades, fur of cat, rabbit, squirrel, mole,
skunk and bear; hare's fax-theshort wool
under the fur; feathers of jungle cock,
scarlet-ibis, large heron, swan, wild goose,
wild turkey, pin tail duck, widgeon, teal,
duck. crow, yellow hammer, jay, any var
riety of pheasant, robin, pigeon and domes-
tic fowls of all kinds; hackles-you can't
have too many; tinsel, fiat and oval, gold
and silver; mohair of all tints and in fact
anything and everything you can find. 1t
is amazing what a collection one picks up
as the months fly by. The material should
be put up in neat paper packages, fully la
beled, and kept with lump of camphor
in cigar boxes.
Natural feathers are the best, and scar
let ibis or big macaw Is treasure. But
feathers dye well, and the Diamond dyes
color them perfectly. A fly wise is useful,
and two pairs of spring pliers will help inn
mensely in the work.
AS l read this article over l am con-
scious of how little have said of the many
words that might be used describing this
delightful art. Still. from what is here
written, any one may make beginning,
and in the tying of flies beginning is all
that is necessary, for one is sure to go in.
ALFRED BALCH.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
THE ART OF FLY TYING.
IT REQUIRES EXPERT FINGERS AND
WELL TRAINED EYES.

You Need Not Possess All the Materials
of the Expert to Make Beginning.
Tie Simple Ones at First and You Will
Soon Learn.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10

THE YOUNG DIPLoMATE's ONLY CAPITAL.
countess down the avenue any time after
dark. just at dusk that evening the ad-
venturous little woman climbed into the
perambulator, and was wheeled by the
dignifed American gentleman mile or
more through one of the fashionable
thoroughfares. OF course the countess had
veil over her face, and no one, excepting
those who composed the merry party and
were in the secret, knew that countess,
over whose beauty many foreign court
has raved, was the baby of this occasion.
called one day on a young friend of
mine who is attached to one of the foreign
legations, and found him brushing and
furnishing his court uniform, preparatory
to putting it away in cedar chest for the
summer. 81 sha'n't need it again till
winter" he said, unless something ex-
traordinary happens meanwhile. am 60
ing to put it in safety vault" ''Is it,
then, so precious?" 1 asked 'Yes," he
said, "it is precious. This suit is all my
father had to give me when l left home.
1t was the capital on which 1 started out in
life. This chapeau was worn by MY grand
father at the battle of Waterloo. This
sword my great-grandfather carried
through fifty years Of military service.
InlS DeiJ Is prOpably ouV years olu Coule
of these gold buttons-you see they are not
all alike-were trophies of battle two cent
uries ago. Take the suit through and
through, and it represents in one
way or another the history and the vicis
situdes of my family. This medal was
on my grandfather's breast when he was
beheaded for political crime. SO called, by
the very government which I now serve as
a diplomatic. My family was once very
powerful and wealthy. We had vast es-
tates, which were coniscated. Now we are
so poor that all my father was able to do
for me was to give me an education, secure
me a place in the diplomatic service and
start me out with this uniform as my only
capital Notwithstanding that we had the
sword and many of the gold buttons and
decorations which wear, because I have
the right to wear them, the making of the
suit cost my father nearly $400. Besides
my title and my pride, this glittering thing
was my only inheritance. You can easily
see, therefore, why take such good care
of it." ROBERT GRAVES.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10

About the time the war broke out he
was thrown out of q job, and failing to get
work at his trade bound himself to foun-
dryman at Port Jervis, N. Y, to learn the
molder's trade, but in 1862 he ran away,
went down the Delaware river on raft in
the memorable freshet of that year, and
finally drifted to Mauch Chunk and went
to work on the Carbon Democrat. He re-
manned there until January, 1868, when his
salary failing to materialize he went to
Philadelphia and started in The Press Of
flee to learn the job printing trade After
three years of this he went back to Milford,
and was presented with the printing Office
in which he had first worked.
After running it eighteen months he
gave it back to the man who had given it
to him and went to Scranton, where he
edited the Scranton Register Unfortu-
nately, the man who owned the paper was
not rolling in wealth, so Mr.. Mott parted
from him, bidding a fearful adieu to fifty
dollars worth of services, and went to
Honesdale, where he staid on The Herald
until 1870, when he bought an interest in
The Gazette at Port Jervis, N Y, and re-
manned there for two years, when he had
built up quite business in news reporting
for the New York papers. After this he
edited a paper in Honesdale, wrote great
deal of descriptive railroad matter, finally
drifted into the railroad business and was
at one time in the Office of the Standard
Oil company.
In 1873 he began writing stories for The
Sun of the great American bear, and is
undoubtedly the pioneer bear man of
American newspapers. A year later he
introduced the Old Settler to the public,
and these sketches have made him famous.
But he has also done much other humor-
GUS work which has gone out among the
anonymous contributions to current liter
ature. Mr.. Mott is married, and in spite
of the fact that he is humorist declares
that he is happy. He is good fellow and
a good fisherman, and knows how to write
about outdoor sports. Tom MASON.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
MOTT AND THE OLD SETTLER"
The Author of the Well Known Sketches
in the New York Sun.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, April 27.-Hardly any intro
duction is needed to 'The Old Settler" who
has been such familiar figure in the New
York Sunday Sun for so long. The picture
of the old man, with his fearful and wonder
full imagination, his expressive sayings, the
humorous turn he puts to everything, and
the open eyed wonder of the boy Peleg as
he listens to those fearful lies that the old
man constructs, stands out in bold relief.
1t is all so thoroughly American, so thor
oughly funny, and the Old Settler Is so
thoroughly real that he overshadows the
personality of the author, and we do not
think as frequently of Ed Mott as we do Of
the Old Settler. This is in keeping with
the man himself-modest in his ways and
preferring the haunts of nature rather
than the artificial life of cities.
Edward Harold Mott has been a news
paper man for years, and the literary skill
manifested in his work is not the result Of
chance but of untiring devotion. He was
born in Milford, Pike county, Pa, in 1S45,
and when he was eight years old moved to
Ohio, where he went to school until the
death of his mother broke up the family,
and he went back to Pike county. When
he was nearly twelve years old he begun
his newspaper career by going to work
on the Milford Herald to learn the printers
trade. He kept this up for four years,
mingling with his duties at the case the
arduous undertaking of watching the
three children of the editor who made their
appearance during his apprenticeship. In
addition to this he had the exclusive care
of two cows and lame horse, which must
have helped materially in building up the
structure of patience which is such q ne
cessity to journalistic success.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
Tho Beauty Of Women.

More than one observing traveller has
noted the fact that certain places in the
United States seem peculiarly favorable to
womanly beauty, among which Baltimore
and San Francisco and some districts Of
Kentucky are oftenest mentioned Quebec
enjoys similar reputation. These and
other cases have caused some experts to
decide that greatly inclined streets-that
Is the climbing up them-develope the
finest wemanly form, while Others as stout
ly maintain that good blood does it all. !"
In the first place, they say, an unusually
large percentage of good families located
In certain place and culture has main-
tanned the standard. 1t is certain, how
ever, that pure air and good, natural drain-
nge are potent factors and these are often
rst found in high and rolling districts,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
Concerning Silver.

Silver mining is older. than history, and
the methods described in the twenty eighth
chapter of Job are much like those fol-
lowed today; yet science is still at a loss to
explain the origin of silver bearing lodes,
The ''sublunation theory" is quite favor
ite with miners-that the metal rose in the
form of vapor, and cooling by contact with
the wall rock crystallized in seams. To
this sum add ''salfataric action"-that hot
waters carrying minerals left deposit on
the rocks. Wermer's theory, that the silver
was first in brackish lakes and was thence
deposited in the assures, is still held by a
few, and so is the eruption theory
the metal gushed up in melted state.
Last of all Is the extremely scientific ''elec-
tro chemical" theory--that the silver was
concentrated from all the adjacent rocks
by electrical action. There is much TO
learn about the matter.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10

is to remember him always, for his man
ners are impressive. He appears to take
very little interest in the opera or play, but
sits rolling his large, luminous eyes about
the auditorium. He has eyes lilse those in
some pictures you have seen, such as the
Beatrice di Cenci," which seem to be look
ing directly into your own, no matter at
what point Of view you glance at them.
This interesting gentleman, who is nearly
always accompanied by three or four bellies
Of society, is none other than Mavroyeni
Bey, the minister plenipotentiary and en-
voy extraordinary of his glorious majesty
the sovereign of Turkey. Mavroyeni is a
devoted and popular society man. His
national costume and fez he has eschewed
entirely, except upon such occasions as a
New Year reception at the White House.
During the last year theater goers have
missed one of the scenes which formerly
afforded them no little amusement-the
presence in box, or sometimes two boxes,
of number of the gayiyoung attaches OF
the Chinese legation Since the new min
lister arrived in this country the young gen.
tlcmen of the Chinese legation have given
up the theater and are rarely seen in So
ciety. The carriage rides, the flirtations,
the giving of costly presents to comely
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10

lbk0 FILL, SdOWlNG mEIHOD OF
WINGS.
I say apology, because it is a fo-egone
conclusion that you will have made q
botch and not fly. Be not discouraged
thereby; every one makes botches at first
But in making the botch you shall learn
the basic rules of the art, and you shall UNI
derstand as no words Of mine may make
you what it is you have to do. From this
out it is practice that rendereth perfect
Artificial flies are divided into winged
and not winged. For the wings you need
two or more small feathers. which must be
right and left, in order that the convex sur
faces may be opposite. Choose them of a
size and strip off the down at the base of
the feather. They are put on the hook
from below, the feather part pointing out
in front and downward when the quill is
secured with silk. Then the feather is
bent up into position and again wrapped
with the silk in order to secure it.
As there be men who ara fat, so are
there flies of rotund body. This is made
by using mohair or fur, or, on pinch, cot
ton wool. 1t is shaped by the fingers into
strand which. when wound, win roughly
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10

BARON FAVA AND THE TRADESMAN.
One day. not very long ago, the baron
was in jewelry store on Pennsylvania
avenue, which is owned by countryman
of his, a Genoese named Desio. The baron
was looking at some jewelry, and the shop
keeper, presuming little, perhaps, on the
fact that he and the minister were from
the same country and of the same blood,
carelessly put his hand on his customers
shoulder while talking of the jewelry, and
said to him, 'My dear sir"- But he got no
further. With vigorous and impatient
gesture the proud baron swept the aston
ished Mr.. Desio's hand away, and ex-
claimed "How dare you, a mere trades
man, take such liberties with me? l
would have you know, sir, l am Baron
Fava, his majesty's minister. Don't you
dare to my dear sir mer' -.
Another OF Baron Fava's peculiarities
was his disinclination to walk. According
to his view it was vulgar for gentleman,
and 'shis majesty's minister" at that, to
walk through the streets. Consequently
the baron always called cab, even if he
had but block or two to go, and the cab
bies who stand at the corner of Connecti-
cut avenue and M street, near the little
Office over the confectionery store which
served as the Italian legation, are mourn
ing his departure from these shores. Our
friends the foreigners are, as a rule, good
customers for the cabbies and the florists.
Not many of them are rich enough to own
their own equipages, but they rent car
riages by the week during the social sea-
son, and at other times call frequently
upon the drivers of hansoms and cabs. AS
for flowers, there seems to be natural
affinity between them and diplomacy.
One of the leading florists of Washing
ton tells me his trade among the members
of the diplomatic corps is so large that
without it he would not be able to make
cent. AS it is, he is getting rich. The
florists is a good business in Washington,
where there are few dinner tables without
floral decorations, and few fashionable la
dies at the theater or opera without costly
bouquets at their corsages.H How much of
this custom is due to the example set by
our refined friends from across the water
of course am unable to say, but the fact
remains that in noother city is such a gen
eral and extravagant use of flowers to be
seen.
Speaking of the opera reminds me of one
of the diplomatic gentlemen whose face is
almost as familiar to Washington theater
goers as the obelisk erected to the memory
of the Father of his Country. Almost any
night you may see at the theater, always
in a stage box, and always or nearly al
ways sitting next the proscenium arch, a
handsome, dark skinned man, attired in
faultless evening dress. To see him once
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
THE DIPLOMATES.
ROBERT GRAVES GIVES SOME INTER-
ESTING PEN PICTURES.
The Corps Furnishes Color When Every
thing Else Is Dull and Lifeless-Baron
Fava's Dignity-The Turkish Minister
Especial Correspondence. |

Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, April pa week or two
ago wrote letter about the foreign lega-
tions in Washington taking them as a
whole and giving some descriptions and
pictures of the legation houses. Now
want to indulge in a little gossip about
the diplomates themselves. With Presi-
dent Harrison and a majority of the
members of his cabinet out of town,
society dull and featureless and official life
going on in the most uninteresting routine
manner one turns almost by instinct to the
diplomatic corps for something of color
and attractiveness. Baron Fava, one Of
the heroes of the recent diplomatic incl
dent between the United States and Italy,
was noted in the American capital as a
good deal of swell. He was proud and
exclusive man, if ever there was one, and
many stories are told illustrative of his
peculiar notions concerning his own i'm
pOrtance and dignity
Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-10
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, April 27.-To those who are
fond of the gentle art of angling, and have
learned the science of fly fishing, the de-
light of the sport may be divided into two
parts-the fishing itself and the anticipa-
tion thereof. 1t is somewhat difficult to
say which of these is the more pleasure
giving. All men to whom the spring of
the rod and the whirr of the reel are famil-
lar know that the early spring work, when
the rod is oiled and rubbed, the reel taken
apart, polished and treated with vaseline,
the line overrun so carefully, and the lead
ers and flies examined, is scarcely less en-
joyable than the sport on the water. This
fact, if others were lacking, is reason suf-
fcient why every fisherman should make
his own flies.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-11

H'ok sALA
THE PIRTLE REAL ESTATE AND TRUST CO.,
229 West Second Street,
Telephone 523)
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Money at current rates.
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AGRAND AVE. SNAP.
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RARE OPPORTUNITY.
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1Soo sPo eash ba Us per erm mo-
CoZY AND CHEAP.
Cottage of rooms and ot 60x140-Twenty-
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AM IDEAL COTTAGE HOME.
Modern story and ons- half cottage OF large
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Fine lot on Thlrtieth ST., clean side, between
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Lot on Flower ST.. 53x16o, 80 IT. street, only
Hope st, near Pico, 5ox155, clean side, $1,000
West Seventh st 60 # $3.50.
West 18th ST., so f., $500.
Union ave., graded. S0xl4O. $500.
A RARE BARGAIN.
166x152, Hoover ST., near Adams, only
$500.
BARGAINS IN ACREAGE.
221S acres highly improved, AZ miles from
city, mostly set to assorted fruits in bearing;
large vineyard, good house OF looms. large
barn, reservoir, etc.: altitude over 600 feet;
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$500.
FOR EXCHANGE.
1Oacres in white Asiatic figs, in bearing; new
4-room house, perpetual water right, soil sandy
loan, for or q room cottage in East Los An
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10 acres in Eagle Rock valley, all set to fruit
mostly in bearing. good 4-room cottage, etc,
for property in south or western part of city
improved or unimproved; will assume incum-
brance 11-24-1m
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-11
BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.
John F. HUMPHREYS & SON,
100 s. Broadway,

Los Angeles. Cal.
We have a long list OF property for sale
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city and ranches for rent.
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90s acres, frostless belt, in win.er vegetables,
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Buy the choicest land, with sufficient water
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20 acres Azusa, bearing walnuts, choice cor.
$50 acres, alfalfa and corn ranch, fenced, 8
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10 acres, Azusa, extra orange and strawberry
300-scre s rawberry and walnut ranch, good
Improvements. $50. That portion IN straw
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same when planted out to same, with toma-
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FOR EXCHANGE.
acres this side Westlake park, overlooking
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Also an s-rorm house lose in, and 10 acres
on Boyle Heights for an improved ranch.
FOR SALE IN THE CITY, Among our best bar
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2 lots on Ellis ave-, a corner, $50 feet deep
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Lot on 31st, near Main, $500.
choice home, San Julian st, near Sth, street
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