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Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

very remunerative experience to the
farmer. Not only that. but IN our
climate. where the farmer employs irrl-
cation. two and sometimes three crops
Of potatoes year can be raised. we
have known of three crops OF potatoes
and one of peas having been raised IN a
twelyemonth on a ranch in the southern
portion of this city. In no region mat
we are acquainted with can anything
like the returns which are guaranteed
to the farmer here be realized. Yet our
agricultural people are the most grue-
some and vacillating in the world.
Should crop fail them for single year
they are discouraged, and try something
else. Singularly enough the Chinaman
generally shows the best Judgment as to
the kind of crop that will best repay his
labors. This probably arises from the
fact that he cannot afford to make
mistake, because he puts 80 much real
elbow grease into the business. In toe
many cases the Caucasian farmer EN-
braces agriculture simply as specu
lative proposition.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
OVER A HUNDRED.
THE SOULS SAVED LAST NIGHT BY
REV. MILLS.
The Attendance as Large as Ever-Mr,
Mills breaches q Practical Ser
mon-Gratifying Results

Last nights meeting at Simpson
tabernacle was characteristic of the
whole series conducted 30 far by Rev.
B. Fay Mills. There were fully 450C
people in attendance, and the walls
were lined by those unable to find seats.
After several songs Mr.. Mills preached a
short and practical sermon from the
words: "Your heart is not right in the
sight OF God" As usual it abounded in
illustrative stories and "reminiscences,
and the boyish-looking revivalist held
the immense congregation as attentively
as at any of the other meetings.
At the conclusion of the sermon, over
one hundred persons responded to the
request that all those who felt like Civ.
ing their hearts to God should stand.
After moment of silent prayer still
others stood up, and then Mr.. Mills
offered up touching prayer tor them,
Later the cards now familiar In his
meetings were circulated, and large
number of persons signed them.
A short time after service was held
for those who had signified their desire
to lead Christian lives, it being an
nounced that nothing would be done to
embarrass them, and they need take no
other part in the service if they desired
than to give their presence.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
THE LADY AND THE PANTHER.
How Mrs. ID. NJ. wilkinson Killed a
Mountain Lion at San Jacinto.

How Mrs. d. NJ. wilkinson Killed a
Mountain Lion at San Jacinto.
Numbers of ferocious panthers have
been making themselves troublesome
this spring among the dwellers OF Hemet
valley. Hemet valley lies at the ele-
waited position OF 5000 feet in the San Ja-
cinto mountains. 1t is heavily timbered
and the forests in the surrounding bills
and valleys offer safe retreat for vari-
GUS wild animals. Their numbers are
limited, however, and only occasionally
q bear or mountain lion is caught prey
ing upon the large herds pastured in
the Hemet valley, says the San Jacinto
Register. Deer are occasionally shot in
this high altitude, but their num-
bers are becoming fewer each year.
Wild cats and panthers are still very
numerous and do much damage among
poultry, etc. One day laet week Mrs.
D. M. Wilkinson, who lives on a ranch
near the Hemet dam, heard long-con-
tinued squealing among her drove of
pigs, and suspecting some depredator,
hurried out with shotgun. She was just
in time to detain huge panther with a
prompt salute of her shotgun, as he was
in the act of making off with a pig.
Mrs: Wilkinson being thoroughly Injured
in the ways of mountain life, ia good
shot, and she succeeded in dispatching
the ferocious creature without delay. 1t
ID evident by this prompt action that
the lady is possessed OF more than ordi-
dinary nerve in not becoming frightened
at 30 savage an animal.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

IT WOULD seem that monopolies can
do what they please in this city with
perfect impunity. We alluded the
other day to the fact that the gas COM
pany had delayed placing down its
pipes in West Eleventh street until it
had been nearly graded, when it delib-
erately went to work and tore up the
street and laid it's mains. The
result is that the street is dis
figured and very seriously dam
aged. In this case no possible excuse
can be offered for the outrage done to
the property holders of that street. The
work of grading the street after it had
been ordered was delayed for several
months, during which time the pipes
might have been laid. But it would
seem as if the gas company wanted to
show its deliberate indifference to the
rights of the people, and its power to dc
what it pleased, whether it suited them
or not. There ought to be some way tc
bring a corporation up with round
turn when it coolly commits an outrage
of this fagitious character.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
BOwING TO THE BOSSES.
The San Bernardino Republican Conve
tion Scored by y Miner.

The San Bernardfuo Republican Conve
tion Scored by n Miner.
EDITORS HERALD: The boss said,
"Thumbs down." and the San Bernar.
dino Republicans fello their knees and
pulled off their coats, ready to receive
the Harrison lash. How strange it
seems, at this enlightened day, that q
whole community of men should be 30
subservient to political boss
The mining sections have always
given strong Republican vote; but
after this exhibition of weakness in re-
gard to the silver question, which is
really paramount to all others to the
people of the Pacific coast, the mining
sections will most certainly give them a
cool greeting-and they we'll deserve 1t.
When such men as Jones and Stewart of
Nevada are doing all in their power to
restore the white metal to its proper
place, it is certainly the duty of the peo-
pie at large to give them all the encour-
agement possible by their support, and
show the gold bugs, whom they are
fighting, that their efforts are appreciate
ed and have the hearty endorsement
not only of their own constituents but of
te people at large, irrespective of poll
ties, especially when the cause they are
30 strenuously advocating so deeply af-
fects the vital industries of the whole
western country.
Silver mining, as is we'll known, is the
great and leading industry of Nevada,
Arizona and portions of California, and
makes productive large area of
country practically good for nothing
else. It makes large local market for
all products Of the farm, and that is
what the farmers want, besides giving
to hundreds of men who
have followed the buiness of mining all
their lives and are almost unfit for any
other vocation. The reduction of silver
ores, and the extraction of the metal,
requires an expensive plant and heavy
and expensive machinery, thus making
business for foundries and machine
shops-in fact, the wants and needs of a
mining camp are so varied that the pros
ecution of the industry affects to a
great extent almost every other industry
in the country, and when people are 30
blind to their own interests, and these
of the country in which they live, they
ought to be censured from every quar- ter.
Look at poor old Calico, so recently the
scene of 30 great activity, now sur
rounded by a solemn sadness, like the
pail of death lowering over her, and you
would vote to keep her in that con-
dition. So will we vote to keep you at
home. SAN BERNARDINo REPUBLICAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

TON OCHILrREE will 60 back into OBJ.
scnrity. The Texan has not come up to
expectations, but has let Borrowe, the
man in whose face he was to expector.
ate, place him in the position of a
braggart. Had Tom been true Texan,
he would not have been hid from
Borrowe when that swashbuckler called
at his house to give him chance to put
his threat into execution. just
imagine such men as Bowie,
Green or Terry hiding away from
a man they had denounced. If
Tom ever goes back to Texas, he will
meet with the coldest kind OF shoul-
der from his old cronies. They delighted
in Tom when he held the post of honor
rs the monumental liar of America, but
when he shows the white feather in a
personal encounter, they will forget his
other virtues and turn their backs upon
him. Vale, Ocbiltree.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

The late rain has turned out to be a
great benefaction. 1t has resulted in
helping out much grain that would
otherwise have failed to mature. It's
good effects on the corn and potatoes
have also been great, to say nothing OF
the benefits to the orchards and vine
yards that have been set out. Our farm
ers are very mercurial in their notions
about crops. Year before last they
planted potatoes largely, and sold their
product at great profit. In conse.
quence, last year they planted extens-
lively. AS there happened to be an
abundant crop in the east the prices
were not satisfactory. AS result, this
season the planting of spuds was
largely turned over to Cinnamon.
As luck would have it, this
favorite tuber has not fourished in the
east, and John Chinaman is reapine a
perfect bonanza. The price per sack
is now $l.35, which yields magnificent t
profit, being at the rate of 671a cents
per bushel. The potato return in our
rich soil runs up to hundreds of sacks
Per acre very frequently, thus insuring a
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

CAPTAIN w. F. SwAsEY, pioneer OF
1915, has laid on our table copy of his
work, lust issued, entitled The Early
Days and Men of California. The book is
large volume. finely printed and bound,
and the author has had every facility,
both from the position he occupied dur
ing the formative period of this state,
and his familiarity with the events that
occurred in those stirring times, to lay
before the public one of the most inter.
esting and valuable books that has yet
been written on that subject. We shall
give the work careful perusal.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
LETTER BAG.
n.mocratio soldier..

EprroRs HERALD: Almost thirty years
have gone by since the war to put
down the rebellion closed, and that
time alone should have been sufficient
TO convince the most skeptical by who m
this peace was obtained-but almost
daily we hear the curb-stone Republican
politician avowing that they and they
alone did the work, and also asserting
that what few Democrats were enlisted
served as rebels. Now, sirs, a table
compiled from the statistics kept by the
several states of soldiers furnished the
Union army, which record, under the
law. contains the name, age, politics,
nearly half million more men who
were Democrats entered the Union army
thar did Republicans. Let Democrats
preserve this table. 1t will prove a val
uable reference, and it will do to put up
under the nose of those windy Repub-
licans when they talk too much. Here
are the figures:
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
HER NUNS YELLING DRESS
Miss Pearl st. Clair vainly Invokes tho
Law.

Miss Pearl st. Clair vainIy Inyokes the
Law.
A tall young woman appeared before
Justice Austin yesterday, and giving hel
name as Pearl st. Clair, tried to get 9
search warrant to find dress which
she claims is in the possession of Grace
Carlisle, who conducts house on Mar.
chessault street. She said she had
boarded with the proprietress for time
and upon leaving her clothes were de.
tanned. Later she regained her ward.
robe, with the exception of her nuns
yelling dress. This she wished to secure
by operation of the law.
A complaint had been drawn u1
against Mary Doe, and when Justice
Austin asked Miss Pearl about it she
said she didn't know anything about
Mary Doe; that, just as she had said, il
was Grace Carlisle who had her dress,
and she hadn't stolen it, either. The
search warrant was denied and the com,
plant was not fled.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

THE Democratic convention of Iowa
adjourned yesterday, and its sessions
were made memorable by the fact that,
from the beginning to the end of the
proceedings, there was not so much as
a single reference to Mr.. Cleveland.
This was certainly something SO out OF
the common as to rise to the dignity OF
the UNIQUE.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
ADJUSTMENTS.

The sale of seats for the engagement
of Richard Mansfield opens at the Grand
opera house today. The programme is
as follows: Tuesday, Beau Brummell !;
Wednesday, Prince Karl; Thursday,
DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde; Friday, A
Partisan Romance, and Saturday matt
nee, Beau Brummell. On Saturday
evening Mr.. Mansfield will play an act
from each of the above plays.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

to form monopolistic trust
in the manufacture or produc-
ton of that article. Insomuch as
the tariff excludes the possibility Of out
side competition, to that extent trusts
are encouraged and their power to make
enormous profits out of the people are
enhanced. Republican papers may ring
the changes upon this proposition till
doomsday, but they will never succeed
in controverting it as an essential and
concrete fact.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

THE salton sea, and the attention
which its unexpected evolution has
called to the Colorado desert, has
probably led Mr.. Julian Hawthorne to
write very singular story, called the
Golden Fleece, which appears in the
May number of Lippincott's magazine.
1t Is something weird and out of COM
mon, and will well repay perusal.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

The chamber of commerce committees
have made considerable progress in pre-
pairing to receive the delegates to the
convention of the National Editorial as
sociation, who will arrive here on Tues
day next. More money, however, is
needed to pay the expenses of fitting
receDtion
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

THERE is one consoling thing about
our dry seasons in Southern California
aud it is great consolation when they
are dryest-we escape the desolating
floods OF the eastern country.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
the unique,

GEORGE w. CHILDs, the noted editor
OF the Philadelphia Ledger, who is as
well known for his philanthropy as for
his journalistic success, will arrive in
this city on June 4th, and will be given
a reception on the evening of the 9th.
He will be accompanied by Amos Cum
mings, the newspaper. congressman, and
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

THE councils land committee yester.
day inspected sites which had been
offered for pest house. Los Angeles
probably has less use for such an insti-
tuition than any other city in the Union,
but none the less it should be provided.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

They all want it. The friends of
Gov. Lionel A. Sheldon are pushing his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
tion for congress. The governor makes
the seventh candidate, but he is far
from the weakest.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
Found,

At the drug store, valuable package,
worth its weight in gold. My hair has
stopped falling and all dandruff has dis
appeared since found skookum root hair
grower. Ask your druggist about it.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
California Flower show.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-THE seventh
semi-annual flower show of the Califor-
MIA state floral society opened at
Mechanics pavilion this afternoon.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
DandruR.

This annoying scalp trouble, which
gives the hair an untidy appearance, is
cured by skookum root hair grower.
All druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
Pennoyer Takes His Part

Pennoyer Takes His Party to Tssk.
PORTLAND, Ore, May lin e. aech
last night, Governor Pennoyer IT, .ooly
arraigned the Democrats OF Orego, 'or
not Incorporating in their platform a
free coinage plank.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
THURSDAY, MAY IL, 1899.

WE ARE assured that the Santa Fe
company will run trains into Santa
Monica as early as the 18th of June.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
Mullen, Bluett & Co.'s summer clothing.
Call at @. Ducommuu,s.

302 N. Maio street, for fine ladies' shears.
scissors and pocket cutlery, imported direct
from Europe.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

Straw hats at Mullen, Bluett & Co.'S.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12
LOS ANGELES HERALD
-PuBLlsHED---
aEvEN DAYS "A WEEK.

ONCE Of Publication, 223-225 West Second
Street. Telephone 156.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-12

Total all other states JS6,U30 J6I,IOe
Total volunteers 1861 to
1868 5'................... i 1.456, ,907 ,222, ,06C
Democratic majority of
Union volunteers. ...... 234, SAT
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
The September Wide Awake


Is n bright, descriptive and story
telling number full of strength and ex-
cellence. A charming description by
Frances A. Humphrey, of Old Plymouth
and Plymouth Rock as they look TO young
tourists, under the title of "A Red
Letter Day" A paper by S. q. w. Ben
jamin on "Our Lighthouses and Light
ships, is full of new and interesting
material. Sophie SWEET has a capital
boys story of school and cricket, "Taf-
ferton of New York" "Christyann's
Rezavoy Picnic" is by Mary Hartwell
Catherwood, and is as bright and home
ly as are all her character stories;
Sophie May, dear to all girl readers, has
a real girl story Patient Kysie," and
Theron Brown commentaries this BIZ
centennial year of the Salem Witch
craft by strong and stirring story OF
life at that troublous time, John
Alden's Peril" Alice Williams Broth
erton contributes a poem, my Prin-
cess" that will be liked by those en-
rolled in the ranks of the Kings
Daughters. Price 20 cents a Number;
$40 year. On sale at news stands, or
sent postpaid on receipt of price, by D.
LoTHRoP COMPANY, Publishers, Boston.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

prevent the reversed yielding In this
case one should be half way up or near
the top and the other at the bottom
the upper one on the side towards
which the post is inclined and the bot
tom one in the opposite position. Fig.
shows the posts thus set, and the
dotted lines indicate the position which
the post would take when the stiffening
is insufficient.
1t is not needful that stones should
be used for this purpose; durable tim
Der is better in many cases, because
larger masses of it can be more con-
veniently employed. Dig the post
holes in an oblong shape, long enough
to receive the piece of wood at the
whole depth on the one side, and half
way down on the gate side. Deposit
the timbers in snug position, beat the
earth firmly about them, and the post
will be firmly set. Rough or ltnotty
pieces of wood will be better than if
straight and smooth, because it cannot
be pushed so freely through the soil;
and it will be more efficient as stiff
fener with its end against the post than
with its side. If the most durable tim
Der cannot be procured, that which is
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
LOW Rnte Harvest Excursions.

Tho announcementth that the North w Westerr
Line, comprising over 5000 miles of thor
oughly equipped railway, has arranged torun
two low rate Harvest Excursions during the
months of August and September, will be
gladly received by those who are interested
in the development of the great West and
Northwest, as well as by those who desire
to visit this wonderfully productive region
at n season of the year when exact Demon
straton can be made of the merits and ad-
vantages it offers to home seekers and those
in search OF safe and profitable Investments
These excursions will leave Chicago on
August goth and Sept 9th, and tickets can
be purchased at the very low rate of one
fare for the round trip to points in Iowa.
Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Ne
braska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho
and Montana. They will be strictly first
class in every particular and will BE good
for return passage at any time within TWEEN
ty days from date of purchase. Full infor
nation concerning rates and arrangements
for these excursions can be obtained upon
application to any coupon ticket agent, or to
W. A. Thrall, G. P. 7. A, Chicago & North.
Western Railway, Chicago
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
PEA wEEvIL AND aEAN wEEvIL.

Sometimes many of the beetles will is
sue in autumn but usially they remain
in the peas through the winter, and
many are sown with seed peas. AS far
as is known the Insects on issuing will
not lay eggs upon tie dry pea, and n
sure remedy WILL therefore, be found
in keeping seed peasin a close recepta-
Gle over two seasons before planting.
The beetles will all issue at the Gus
tomary time, but viii soon die, When
it is necessary to pla1t the first season,
the entire lot of seedshould be thrown
into water, when the buggy" ones
will float, and should be removed and
destroyed, sound ones only being plant.
ed. Infested peas m y also be disin.
fected by placing then in a tight yes.
sci with one of Il number of different
insecticides, among which may be men.
toned camphor. chloioform. ether and
bisulphide of carbon, lie latter being
the cheapest and most efficacious.
The bean weevil (bruchus fabm)
resembles the pea weevil in ap.
pearance. 1t is native of Amer.
lea, and probably fed on wild
beans before cultivated ones were
guown. The adult beetle shown in the
lower part of the engraving is tawny
gray in color with more or less dull yel-
lowish. 1t differs from the pea beetle
in that several can develop in one bean
and it will continue breeding Indefinite
ly in stored beans. The eggs are laid
on the pod and the larva enters the
seed in the sane manner as does the pc q
weevil. If beans are stored the fe'
males lay the eggs upon the stored OF
damaged beans and another generation
is developed. The remedies are the
same as for the pea weevil, except that
keeping imported seeds over two years
will be of no avail. Careful expert
ments show that carbon bisulphide is
almost a perfect remedy for both spe
cieS
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27

The recent capsizing of vessel tied
up to pier in Brooklyn is sufficiently
unusual in this port to excite comment,
but it is common enough at ports along
the Bay of Fundy and its tributary
streams. The usual rise and fall of the
tide along the bay is from forty to fifty
feetand high tide sometimes exceed six
ty feet. With the fall of the tide all craft
are left high, but by no means dry,
with an area of chocolate-colored mud
all about them. This mud is too shift
ing to hold vessel in safety, SO each
pier is provided with one or more strong
wood frames called shoes fixed at the
bottom of the stream or bay. Upon
these shoes all vessels rest at low tide.
1t frequently happens, however, that a
vessel does not get her shoe snugly on,
so to speak, and if strong wind comes
when she is thus i'll balanced over she
goes into the mud to be buried forty feet
under the next rising tide.-N. Y. Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-08-27
rHz oLp.FAsHIoNEp CIRCUS.


pwhere 10 tho old.fashioned single-ringed oiS-
Gus
That when we we're children delighted us sos
The Joyous excitement in which 1t would work
us ..I-...
Is gone from the present-day everything
show.
How cozy the r,tod little tent that confined us;
How near was The ring where we sat all
around
On seats OF rough boards with folks feet just
behind MS
To lean our backs onto with comfort pro
found
Yes, then we could see the clowns funny grim
aces,
And laugh a his iokes-for he talked in those
days
And pick out our friends in the circle OF faces,
And join IL, the roars that together we'd
raise.
One thing at time and that leisurely acted
Increased-not diminished-the pleasure We
took
Not twenty ut once our attention distracted
And gave us q headache all over TO look.
No side.show attractions defrauded us ever;
We saw all there was for the quarter it cost,
And, satisfied wholly, went homeward with
never
A thought that one thing was unseen or was
lost.
No subsequent "plGSs' and no humbugging
"races,"
Belittled and hurried the circus we knew;
Those things may be good in their own proper
places,
And so are "wax nggers" and animals, too.
Alas We're afraid that the od-fashioned cir
Gus
Has gone with the miustrels to never return,
And no combinations at present can work us
Into that excitement for which we must
yearn.
H. G. Dodge, in Goodalls Sun.