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Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17
Nruscular Power of Insect,.

The muscular power of some insects
is simply enormous. A French ento-
mologist had a pet beetle that could lift
$50 times his own weight. If the human
species were as strong in comparison a
large sized man could lift freight en-
gine from the track and carry it 200
miles between sun up and sun down.
St. LOuis Republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17
Dainty CONNECTIONS of the Modern Dinner

Dainty CONNECTIONS of the Modern Dinner.
At almost every modern dinner, lunch
and even breakfast some dainty confection
is served. A very delicious chocolate candy
can be made at home that shows bewitch-
ingly through the cut glass of a French
bonbon dish, and is, SO awriter in The New
York World asserts, far superior in taste
to many famous makes of chocolate and
much less expensive.
This is the exact recipe: One cup of graf
ed Bakers chocolate, three cups of granu-
lated sugar, a piece of butter the size of a
walnut, with a cup of hot water, a pinch
of salt and a ateaspoonful of vanilla. These
are the ingredients, and it is an easy task
to boil them down to the consistency of
candy. Stir it constantly and allow it to
boil for ten minutes only. Try it in a cup
of cold water, and SO soon as it is of the
consistency of thickened molasses pour
into buttered tins. Then with a silver
knife stir it back and forth-till you find it
is sugaring. When marking it off in little
squares you may put it away to cool.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17

THE REV. GEO. H. THAYER, of Bourbon
Ind says "Both myself and wife owe our lives
to SH1LOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE" For sale
by .Heinzeman, 222 N. Main, or Trout, Sixth
and Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
y by the Board of Directors of the Perris Irri
cation District, Perris, California. Up to noon,
March Sd, 1891, for the construction OF the fol-
lowing work and materials for the Perris Irri-
eating District as follows: 14,3O3 feet of 12
finch steel pipe, 1O,5O6 feet of 14inch steel
pipe, SO ,96O feet of wood pipe: also excavation
of trench for the above pipe lines
According to plans and specifications to be
obtained on application to James T. Taylor,
Chief Engineer, Redlands. California, or H. A.
of the Perris Irrigation District, Perris Cal
Bids to be made on blank form OF bids furnished
with specifications. Bids to be fled with the
Secretary of the Perris Irrigation District with
certified check of at least five per cent. of the
amount of bids. The Board Of Directors reserve
the right to reject any and all bids.
H. A. PLIMPTON,
Secretary Perris Irrigation District.
2-1O-2Ot
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17

ARE YOU MADE miserable by Indigestion
Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Appetite Vel.
low Skin? Shilohs Vitalizer is positive cure,
For sale by Heinzeman 222 n. Main, or Trout
Sixth and Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17
Two Pretty Christmas Triaes.


Our cut represents two modest Christ
mas gifts-the first an appropriate offering
for a young lady's dressing table; the sec
ond sure to please any young man who
cherishes proper regard for the chief or
namental feature of mans attire-the neck
tie. Good Housekeeping, which originally
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17

WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Shilohs Vitalizer is guaran-
teed to cure you. For sale by Heinzeman, 222
n. Main or Trout, Six th and Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17
For Durability and Beauty,

House owners should insist on having their
painters use only the observation-disclosures paints,
for sale by P Il. Mathews, cor. Second and
Main,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-17

oNE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste and acts
,rently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system
effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers and cures habitual consti-
patton. Syrup of Figs is the only
remedy of its kind ever produced,
pleasing to the taste and acceptable to
the stomach, prompt in its action and
truly beneficial in its effects, it's many
excellent qualities commend it to all.
1t is for sale in SOC and 81 bottles by
all leading druggists.
MANUFACTURED ONLY BY THE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE p" NEW Y0RK, N. x
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-22
BREATHING NIGHT AIR.

Extract From Lecture by j. II. Kellogg
NJ. D., Of Battle Creek san'tnrium.
The question may we'll be asked have
we any other air to breathe at night
than night air? IL the out-of-door air
is saturated with moisture does not the
air within doors contain the same2 1t
Is certainly healthier to breathe night
air which Is pure than to breathe the
air OF room which has been shut up
until the small quantity OF night air
which 1t contains is thoroughly con-
taminated by being breathed over and
over again. A New York doctor some
time ago had horror Of night air, and
he recommended that the doors and
windows OF tho house, especially OF
sleeping rooms, be opened wide during
the day until they were well hlled with
good healthy day air and then closed.
At night the occupants were to slip In
as quickly as possible that none OF the
deadly nightair should ind entrance.
lie claimed thata bedroom containing
LOU CUBIC feet OF ara room ten feet
square-contained oxygen enough for
one person forty nights or for forty per
sons one night since sixteen.cubic feet
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aambrinus, inventor OF neer.

Gambrinus, the inventor Of beer, is
said to have been King Of Brabant His
picture may be found in every wine and
beer shop in Germany, including the
Black Forest, the Eifef and the oden-
valid. In Divi Britannica, page 1os, 81,
w. Churchill, speaking OF the English
race, says: 'sWoden, their common an
cestor, being descended in direct line
from Theutones, the grand-child Of
Gambrinus THE first inventor OF good
ale and beer. which they have loved so
we'll ever since), was third in descent
from Manus. son Of Tuisco, the oldest
SON Of Conner, the first son Of Japhet,
the third son OF Noah, whom Moses re-
smembered by the name Of Aschenaz,
from whom the Hebrews call the Ger
mans Aschenims. st. Louis Republic
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though more tardily-a second ac-
acknowledgement, viz: That II, Ralph was
Homer, he wasn't so much like his
father after all, but more resembled his
mother, against whom personally Mrs.
Ryan could remember nothing evil.
The widow was standing in the door
way overlooking the Homer estate
when this conclusion became settled in
her mind. Probably the =undulating
stretch Of well-tilled acres had its in
fiuence in bringing about this decision.
Be thisa itmay, the next morning when
Ralph called as usual to learn how
Kitty was doing, instead OF sending the
little maid Of work to admit him, with
injunctions to stay with her young
mistress until Mr.. Homer left, Mrs.
Ryan herself met him at the door and
conducted him, with encouraging smiles
and pleasant words, to the cool parlor
where Kitty was reclining. OF course,
after such generous and .unlooked-for
reception, the~ young mans visit was
longer than common, and before he left
he was made happy by the assurance
that Kitty's love and her mothers con-
sent to an early union were his.
And all this through the predatory
proclivities Of flock of geese. - Helma
Dixon, in N. Y. Weekly.
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Timber OF Great Age.

Probably the oldest timber in the
world which has been subjected to the
use OF man is found in the ancient
temple of Egypt. in connection with
stone work, which is known to- be at
least 1000 years old. This was the
only wood used in the construction of
the temple and is in the form Of ties,
holding the end of one stone to another
When two blocks we're laid in place an
excavation about an inch deep was
made in each block, in which one of
these wooden ties, shaped like an hour
glass, was driven. 1t is therefore very
difficult to force a stone from its po-
sition. These ancient ties are made Of
timarisk, or Shittim wood, the same as
that from which the ark was construct
ed.-St. Louis Republic.
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A SUBMERGED CITY.
What Diver Saw at the Bottom of tho Sc
OF Past Civilization.

What Diver Saw at the Bottom of the Sea
OF Past Civilization.
In connection with the geological ex-
animation between Grade and Pola some
curious investigations have recently
been carried on, regarding which. DR.
'Vincenz Hilber reports IN the Proceed.
ings" of the Austrian Imperial Academy
of Science andSin the transactions" of
the Geographical Society of Vienna
According to these communications
local fishermen know of place to the
south of the Rovigno lighthouse where
their nets get entangled in submarine
walls and bring up fragments of Them
A diver some years ago reported having
seen there, at the bottom of the sea,
walls and streets, and the site is looked
upon as that where the lost city OF
Cissa had stood. At the beginning Of
the harbor captain Rovigno and Rear
Admiral Hinke, an examination of the
place was made by diver, who subse-
quently made the following affidavit,
ION reaching the bottom found myself
upon remains Of overthrow walls, after.
examining which l arrived at the con.
clusion that they had been parts OF
buildings 'S
''Being mason by trade. Twas able to
make out the layersof mortar On pro.
ceeding along the spot observed con-
tinuous rows Of walls and streets l
could not see doors and window open
ings, and, in my opinion, these were
filled up by gravel, sea weed and other
incrustations. Bntwhat could observe
exactly was the existence OF regular
sea wall, upon which proceeded for
distance of one hundred. feet, Icould
not proceed farther, because the air
pipe and safety rope did not permit OF
it Nor could / examine the wall fur
depth OF water. From my observations
! gained the impression that the exist
ing heap of ruins are the remains oil
buildings and formed the opinion that
a town had been submerged by some
catastrophe. With the exception OF
loose stone, which must have formed
part of wall. could not bring up any
other object, as the masonry is firmly
formed, from which / could not bring
out any thing through want of tools and
time" 1t appears conclusive that at
the place named a human habitation,
with houses, etc, has been submerged.
DIR. Hilber states that further exami.
nation, connected with blasting and the
raising of material, is probable. Should
these works be carried out the question
may be solved whether these ruins are
those of the old Roman city of Cissa OF
some other town.-Boston Transcript
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General sherman as a scholar.

John Swinton. of this CITY, has letter
once sent to him by General Sherman
with view to its publication There
are two striking sentences in this
letter. In one OF them General Sher.
man. after correcting an erroneous re-
port that had been printed about him
self, refers to the way In which SUCH
reports are liable to swell as they cir
culate. He says: distance and time
swell rumor in the ratio of the cube
OF distance, or, as Horace records, the
fight of rumor is like that OF an
eagle, which ascends from its perch
straight for time and then in circles
larger and larger, till its original start
ing point is lost" In another part OF
General Sherman's letter, while refer
ring to question that is now looming
up all over the world, he writes thus:
sOn the great question OF the conflict
between capital and labor ! know moth.
ing, and must use the Spanish to ex-
plain my position, Dios Sabe." Mr..
Swinton says that 1t is evident from
these sen tences that General Sherman
is classical gs.well as a mathematical
scholar. and that he also acquired some
knowledge OF Spanish glottology while
campaigning. in FLORIDA half century
aro.-N, Y. Sun.
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The BAoo FAMILY.



: Little Mrs, Blank
Now, madam, said the attorney fCs
the defendant to little, why, black
eyed, fdgety woman who had been sum-
moned as . witness in breach OF the
peace case, you will please give in your
testimony in as few words as possible
You know the defendant"
- Know who ??s'4zs==2z
The defendant-Mr Joshua Bagg?"
Josh BagR! guess do know him,
and ! knowed his daddy afore him. and
] don't know nothing to the credit OF
either OF 'em and don't think
I'VE don't want to know what you
think, madam. Please say yes or mo-
to my question"
What question:
do you know Mr.. Joshua Bagg?"
''Dont know Inn, though? Well, I
should smile! You ask Josh Bagg II he
knows me. Ask him If he knows any
thing bout tryin' to cheat pore Wild
der like me out Of a two-year-old steer.
Ask him if"
Madam, l."
ASK him whose land he got his cord
wood off Of last spring and why he
hauled it in the night Ask his wife.
Bctsey Bagg, II she knows any thing
about slippin' into neighbours paster
@lot and milking three COWS on the sly.
Ask"
See here, madam.
ASK Josh Bagg about that uncle Of
his that died in the penitentiary out
West Ask him about lettin his poor
old mother die in the porehouse. Ask
Betsey Bagg about putting big brick
into tub OF butter she sold last
fall--''
Madam, ] tell you"
See If Josh Bagg knows any thing
about feeding tcnyhead of cattle all the
salt they would eat and then letting
them swill down all the water they
could hold Just fore he driv them into
to say to that
That has nothing to do with the
case ! want you to-"
Then there was old Azrael Bagg, own
uncle Josh, got rid out of his native
town on rail tween two days, and
Betsey Bagg's own brother got ketched
in a neighbours hen-house at midnight
Ask Josh"
Madam, what do you know about
this CASEY"
81 don't know tho first Twin thing
bout it, but I'll bet Josh Bagg is guilty
whatever 1t is. The fact is, Two owed
them Baggses grudge for the last fif-
teen year and got myself called up as
a witness on purpose to git even with
'em, and feel that I've done it. Good
bye. Detroit Free Press
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Homer. And with his arm still about
her and bis taco SO close to hers that
their hair almost mingled, Mrs. Ryan
found them, as she came In quest OF
Kitty, whose protracted stay had some
what alarmed her.
The widows face grew dark with pas
sion and her eyes had a ferocious CLEAN
In their black depths as they rested en-
the frank, though now slightly flushed,
lace OF the Young mann
Kitty, am utterly astonished at
you; and as for you, SIR, your presump-
ton Is only equalled by your stupidity.
Never dare, sir, to speak to my daugh-
ter again"
And why, MADAME
you know very we'll why. II you do
not, let your memory Of the past help
you to the knowledge. Never attempt
to span tLe gulf that years ago came
between US. Come, Kitty, what ails
you9- Get=up and come away at once. %.
Then Kitty found the use of her
tongue and stammered forth the cause
OF her momentum.
SWELL. can carry you home,'' said
the widow, coldly; her pity for her
daughters suffering lost in her anger at
finding her in company with the man
she considered her bitterest enemy.
She was bending over Kitty and en-
deavoring to lift her, when Ralph
pushed her gently aside and with low
spoken permit me-" addressed more to
the daughter than the mother, he lifted
the suffering girl in his arms as though
she were mere child and bore her
homeward, Mrs. Ryan following close
in his path, silently matchmaking
both the young farmer and the unlucky
accident which had made his assistance
necessary.
When they reached the widows cot
tage Ralph deposited his burden on the
sofa, received Mrs Ryan's formal and
insincere thank you,' pressed Kitty's
hand in way that sent the warm blood
in a rosy flush to her pale face and de-
parted.
But If Mrs. Ryan fiattered herself
that here the affair would end, she was
doomed to disappointment, for every
morning, during Kitty's confinement to
the house. Ralph was with her. and
Mrs. Ryan, though very angry, made
no open opposition to his visits,
but muttered something about farmers
leaving their work to take care Of itself,
while they forced their4company where
their room was preferable"
But gradually as she saw more OF the
young man whose daily visits always
brought such happy light to Kitty's
eyes, Mrs. Ryan, almost unconsciously
to herself, began to- like him, and, as
this now feeling grew upon her, she
often found herself glancing with adj
miring eyes down the maple-shaded
lane to rest on the broad stretch of
meadow and upland beyond. 1t was the
finest farm around, the widow began to
acknowledge to herself, and then came
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-22
"a LITTLE NONSENSE.

& The Difference.--A man is obliged
to die before his will amounts to any
thing, but that of woman is always In
force Rams Home
Mrs. Staggers-"We are to have
dear mother for dinner, James!" Mr..
Staggers-"All right; SEQ that she Is
we'll cooked. "-Pick-Me-Up
-'How absurd to call that magnifi-
cent range the Rocky Noun tains!'' isn't
it? Might as we'll call the Atlantic the
Watery ocean. "-Harper's Bazaar.
For the Round Trip.-Excursionists
(enthusiastcally)-.'I say Barlow, let's
walk up to The DEVILS Dem" Barlow
(emphatically)-"If go there want a
return ticket Yankee Blade.
What are your potatoes Mr..
Scales?' '.Thirty-fve cents peck "
They are only thirty cents at Mr..
Bushels" why don't you buy some
there, then?n .'He hasn't any
III man has nothing he must do
something to have any thing But II a
man has something he needn't do any
thing to have nothing in a very short
time.-Cowlitz wash. Advocate.
You weep, dear maid, and well know
That should strive to soothe your W, o;
In tears you look so lovely. though.
I'm half Inclined to let them INV
Judge.
$50 you didn't marry Miss jerks,
the heiress, after all Was it your own
doing?" Entirely my own" s'How
was it anyhow" Well you see, l
took no for an answer. - Binghamton
Leader
I'm the Wrong Place. --"Heloved the
good things Of earth" the new boarder
said; but the old one simply shook his
head with sad, plying look. and
unused: Poor mani He won't find any
OF them here. Rams Horn.
Pat on 0ptics -Patrlck--"I want
the strongest spectacles yez be afther
havin' In the store. They're for me
ovid mither in Ireland" Optician--
Are you not afraid that the strongest
glasses may injure her eyes?" Patrick
Sure, am not It's blond intirely
she is. Jewellery Weekly.
He Didn't Wait -Tramp---"Wha
can you give me to eat this mornings
Lady-"How would couple Of chops
suit your Tramp growing bold) 81
'Just the thing; fawk them over "
Lady They belong to the dog. Wait
a minute and he'll put them into you,
double quick. - Boston Herald
Lionel Il say Algy, wobbcrs bwoke
into Archy Fitzwilkin's house lawst
night, but owing to Archy's pweserce Of
mind, don't you know thoy didn't mo-
lest a thing in the hou e." Algy-.'Aw---
how did he get wild Of them?" Lionel
HE gave them an order on the Safety
Compa for the plate and jewelwy--aw
wasn't it splendid ?"-The Epoch.
-sEfahi' exclaimed the hnancial ed
itor o. one OF our large metropolitan
dailies to the gloomy genius who sorted
the-chestnuts. i've 4 corker for you.
Why is the itst wording day In the
weok tho best for pay day?" II pass I
said the genius. cause its Mon-dayI
Do you tumble?" Tho genius didn't
tum bic, he dropped - Western Journal.
lBA
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A GIRLS HERoIsM,
Tho Exploit Which Made Grace DarIin,
Famous For All Time.

Tho Exploit Which Made Grace Darling
Famous For All Time.
Grace Darling. the heroine Of the
Farne islands, died October 90, 1912.
Her father was the keeper of the Long
stone lighthouse, and it was there that
Grace was born and reared. On the 9th
OF September, 1888, when she was
twenty-five years of age, the event oc-
Cured which made her name famous
for all time. The steamer Forfarshire
was on her way from Hull to Dundee
with slxty-three persons on board and a
valuable cargo. When off Marlborough
head she began leaking very badly, and
her engine fires were. put out A gale
sprung up and early in the morning
she struck bows foremost on precipit-
GUS part of zone of theerocky Farne
islands Some OF the crew left in one of
the boats, and many OF those on board
were drowned when the ship parted in
the middle. The fore part OF the vessel
remained on the rocks. At daybreak
Grace Darling's father discovered the
wreck and sent the news to Bambor-
ough, but so violently did the waves
beat, against the rocks that no one
would go to the rescue. Even. Darling
himself was reluctant. Grace, however,
did not hesitate Through glass she
could see the survivors clinging to the
wreck, and she entreated her father, to
let her go with him in boat and ON
deavor TO rescue them. He finally
yielded; the mother helped to launch
the boat, and father and daughter each
took an oar. The mile they rowed was
fearful one, but after mum berless
escapes from being swamped they
reached the wreck and found nine per-
sons alive. They took Thorn IN in the
boat and brought them safelyto the
lighthouse. Grace Darling Immediately
became the heroine Of the day. Ard She
was overwhelmed with letters aud testi-
monials from all parts Of the British
Kingdom, Chicago NewA
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then, and the heads OF both families
were moldering to dust and yet the
neighbors kept aloof from each other.
All this, and great deal more, came
to Kitty's mind as she walked, and she
wondered with little sigh whether
Ralph remembered her as she did him,
and whether they were always to be as
strangers to each other. -s-----G.=----
But the great flock of geese were
doing mischief surely, and Kitty soon
forgot her cogitations in pursuit OF the
truant bipeds
A goose has either less brains, or more
obstinacy, or both, than any other crea-
ture, and those. either could not or
would not see the broken board through
which they had entered; and Kittys
patience was becoming exhausted when
her foot caught upon stone. causing
hereto fall to the ground. She attempted
to rise but violent pain In her ankle
rendered it impossible.
In another moment Kitty was lying
on the ground in dead faint.
< When she recovered she found herself
IN the shade of huge maple which
oyerhung the brook, with somebody
who was bathing her head with water
from his hat And somebody's eyes
looked tenderly into her own as she
opened them, and then, seeing she was
SO pale, sto arm encircled her waist
Tor support
K'y was IA the esrs Of Ralph
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Fed from = Bottle.

Farmer Brown had two little pigs,
whose mother was sick and unable I'd
afford them any nourishment
As they were nice, plump little fell
lows, the farmer could not bear to see
them perish of hunger. So he brought
them into the kitchen. put some milk
into o nursing-bottle, such as babies
use, and offered 1t TO them. They took
hold at once, and swallowed the milk
with great satisfaction, one after the
other. Very soon they learned to drink
their milk OUT of small basin, and
would come for ii themselves the mo-
ment they heard the farmers voice.
When he stood at the kitchen door
and called; Come LaddiesIr they
would come rushing, full gallop, from
the pig-pen. They always came on the
full gallop, exactly abreast, like little
team; and when they had had their
milk. returned to their mother in the
very same order. Then they snugR cd
down beside her for q nap.
Sometimes, whom they got hungry in
the night, they would come under the
farmers bedroom window, and squeal,
and squeal, for him to get up and feed
them. But he, thinking that would
only teach them bad habit. and that
pigs, as we'll as children. ought 70 prac-
tice self-control. paid no attention 70
them. 80 they had to GO back to their
mother, grunting discontentedly. no
doubt.
After awhile they became old enough
to drink swill from the trough like the
other pigs. isabella McFarlane. Fl Out
Little Men and Women.