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Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
Fixing a Watch.

Customer-My watch won't go.
Jeweler examining it)-Myl Myl
Have you been in railway collision?
Customer (surprised)-Why, no.
Jeweler (solemnly)HWhen you un-
dress you should not throw your vest
down on the floor when your watch is in
the pocket.
Customer thoughtfully)-l never do.
l have been exceedingly careful with
that watch. Don't know how it got
hurt How long will it take to mend it?
Jeweler (after another examination)-
You'd better leave it here at least a
week, but if you can get along without
it, would advise two weeks
Customer-Very well. Do it up right
Good day.
Jeweler Ito assistant)-James, blow
that speck of dust off this wheel and
charge up five shillings for repairs. -
London Tit-Bits.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
Sharp New Workers.

Your New Yorker is witty individ-
ual. His sense of humor is as broad and
rollicking as his conversation is keen
and crisp. He may be small boy in
frayed knickerbockers crying "wuxtra
on the street, fakir on Broadway sell
ing patent collar buttons or broker Oh
'change-the same Attic salt and laconlc
breyity flavor his remarks, tempered
with a sense of humor that robs his
sharpest thrust of half its sting.
"Here, young man." said Russell Sage
one day, as he held out nickel to a
fakir who had dropped his box of tin
watches on the stone coping of the Trim
ity churchyard fence and lodged, at the
risk of life and limb, after the old man g
hat, which had blown half way across
the street. The fakir knew the multi
millionaire, but had evidently not reck-
Oned on the thrift which helped win the
millions.
"Thank ye, Mister Sage" he said, as
the size of the reward dawned upon him.
"Wait a minnit an I'll give you yer
change"
Deacon Sage hurried away and the by
standers laughed.-New York Recorder.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

THE election in Rhode Island will
take place Wednesday,. A battle royal
has been in progress in 'Little Rhody,"
and the outlook is claimed to be good
Tor the Democrats. Cleveland and
Mckinley have been the leaders of the
opposing hosts. The Democrats beat
the Republicans on the popular vote
as the last election for governor, but the
laws of that state require a majority
over all. Failing to secure this, the
Republican legislature elected the
Republican candidate governor. The
TACT is generally accepted that if the
state goes Democratic it will accelerate
the Cleveland boom. though why 1t
should inure any more to the benefit Of
the distinguished ex-president than to
any one else is not apparent on the
surface. To give that great paper its
due. the victory, if victory it shall prove
to be, will be largely owing to the
splendid fight which is being made by
the New York World 10 gather Rhode
Island into the Democratic fold, and the
World seems to be intent on discovering
some eligible western candidate. One
thing is undonbted; success there will
be a good thing for the Democratic
party and for the country.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

THE San Jose team leaves today, after
having scored lead of one game over
the Angels. The day at the Athletic
club grounds yesterday was all that
could be desired. Vanderbeck's team
won in eapi tai style. The current week
they will play the Oaklands. In esti.
mating the work thus far done by the
Angels the fact must be borne in mind
that the members have played very lit.
tie together, that many OF them are from
the east and that they have not yet be-
come accustomed to the difference of
the light, the illusions as to distance
and other incidents of their changed
environment. They promise well, and
will be heard from to advantage before
She season has run its course.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

Pedro and San Diego between them only
get $4,000. Owing to the further
circumstance that the congress-
man from the old sixth district,
Hon. w. w. Bowers, halls from San
Diego. of this paltry 100000 San Pedro
gets 5000 and San Diego $4,000, al
though the bay of San Diego has not
only been held up as perfect but incom-
parable, and everybody knows that San
Pedro requires the expenditures of large
sums to bring it up to the expectations
OF those who have based their hopes on
the reports Of the government engineers.
Already we hear propositions for the
admission of Oklahoma as state, al
though that territory is the creation of
the other day, and although it embraces
but an Insignificant extent OF country.
All told, it's valuations, either present
or prospective, do not reach one-fortieth
those of Southern California. And yet
Oklahoma will probably be rejoicing
in two United States senators in short
time, with all that that implies. 1t is
surely malign destiny that has over
taken Southern California, and Los An
geles in particular. A few more ex.
periences such as have fallen to the lot
of the southern end of the state this
year, ana the movement for division
will become irresistible. 1t is just as
easy to form state of South California
as it was to create the counties of
Orange and Glenn. The precedents are
all in favor of such divisions, and if we
could once rejoice in such a common
wealth our prosperity and political
standing would be enhanced in won
derful degree.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

AFFAIRS in the Salvation Army in Los
Angeles are taking on very sensational
phase. This mighty engine of grace has
Eplit up the middle and now appears in
two discordant parts. Instead OF one
Salvation Army we have two. They
paraded our streets last night with ban
ners. The inscriptions on these last
were calculated to stir the hearts of the
gaping pOpulace. The one that came
down Spring street haunted trans.
parency on which was the legend, "In.
teresting-Mike, the Saved Irishman.n -
This was upheld by Mike himself. The
faction that went up Spring street was
not to be outdone by Mikes contingent.
The brethren boldly sported transpar-
sncy whereon could be deserted, "Maior
Wood, the Saved Burglar" At one
time it seemed likely that the rival fac
tions would meet, but at the opportune
moment Mike averted collision by
turning down First street. If Mike be
indeed an Irishman this act showed
that some change of a saving or other
emphatic kind must have been wrought
Ia him, for his unregenerate impulse
would have led him to the fray. Each
faction has a band, and the music dis
coursed by both would have knocked
old cacophony silly if he had been
around. Those foolhardy drivers of
teams who have escaped death from one
Salvation Army NAV now nrenara for
their last end. Our streets, difficult be-
lore, will now be impracticable when
night has drawn her sable curtains
azound the City Of the Angels.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
Getting q Patent.

Inventors are required to tile an appli.
cation in the patent Office at Washing.
ton containing a clear description of
the invention, verified und r oath by the
inventor and signed by lin and two
witnesses The commissioner of patents
may also require model to be fur
nished. If he rejects the claim, appeal
may be taken to the courts. The fee on
filing application is fifteen dollars and
on issuance of patent twenty dollars. II
you propose TO apply for patent you
will save time. annoyance and money by
engaging a regular patent solicitor
New York Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
OPEN, TIME.

Omen. Time, and let him pass
Shortly where his feet would bel
Like leaf at Michaelmas
Swooning from the tree.
Ere its hour, the manly mind
Trembles in sure decrease,
Nor the body now can find
Any hold on peace.
Take him, weak and oyerworn:
Fold about his dying dream
Boyhood, and the April morn,
And the brawling stream.
Weather on sunny ridge,
4. Showery weather, far from heres
~ Under some deep ivied bridge
Water dancing clear.
Water quick to cross and part
- tGoiden light on silvery sound),
Weather that was next his heart
All the world around.
Soon upon his vision break
p These, in their remembered blue:
He shall toll no more, but wake
Young, in air he knew.
He has done with roofs and men.
Open. Time, and let him pass,
Vague and innocent again,
Into country grassl
Louise Quincy in New York Independent.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
Carry FIaxsee.is for Cinders in the Eye.

Carry Flaxseeds for Cinders in the Eye
One of the simplest and most effective
cures for that often serious atfiiction to
traveller. a cinder in the eye, is that Of
a common tiaXseed One or two of these
may be placed in the eye without injury
they shortly begin to swell and exude a
glutinous substance that covers the ball
of the eye, enveloping any foreign sub
stance that may be in it; then seed and
irr:tant may be washed out. Keep a
dozen of these seeds in compartment
OF your purse, and they may prove an
invaluable accessory. - Her Point of
View in New York Times
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

THE great war between Col. Dan
Burns, his running mate Wilson and the
Kelly Crimmins faction in SanFrancisco
appears to be over. 1t required great
deal of credulity to suppose that there
would be any enduring enmity between
the high contracting parties. They are
drawn together by the cohesive power
of public plunder.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

THERE is widespread feeling that the
Democratic state convention ought to be
held in Fresno. The HERALD hopes that
the delegates from the southern counties
will vote for this center of red-hot
Democracy, from which we may always
confidently look for a Democratic ma
inrity
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
Heaven, for Some.

There is said to be peculiar religious
society, the members of which believe
that human beings Of today are to oc-
cupy heaven as animals when their souls
depart from earthly tenements, and that
dumb brutes on dying will be trans
formed into mankind. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1899.

Mr.. G. P. HUNTINGTON yesterday in
spected the work done on the Santa
Monica branch of the Southern Pacific
between Santa Monica and the point
where the great wharf is to be built.
Doubtless work will be pushed energet-
ica1ly from this time forward.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

THE Pacific Coast Oil company are
now operating about forty wells in the
Pico canon and on their other proper
ties. The old No. 7, which has been
yielding oil steadily for fifteen years,
showed some signs of needing little
stimulus, end the other day it was
blown out, with the result of increasing
the yield from thirteen barrels day to
twenty-five.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

the impurities in. Dut draws them out IL ID
not cosmetic to cover up, but cure.
Its Price is Reasonable. One bottle, Wnlcn
costs So is often Efficient TO cure; or three
bottles usually REQ uired, 50. Preparations sent,
securely packed in plain wrapper Mime:
Ruppert's book, "HOw to be Bea utiful, ;, sent
for 6 cents. NINE. A. RUPERT, 8 East l4th ST.,
NY. NINE. LOUISE POTTS, r.
$40 3m 400 s. Broadway, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
NINE. A. RUppERTs FACE BLEACH.

Its wonderful ef-
feet Is known In
almost every house
hold. Thousands
who had diseases
and discoloration
of the skin (includ-
ing moths, freckles,
sallowness, exces-
sive redness. pim-
Piles. blackheads,
oiliness, etc.), have
had their hearts
gladdened by It's
use,
tits Absolutely
II ar IN l es s, all
prominent physic-
fans recommend 1t.
1t does not drive
ahav.S ant II J0
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
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Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

Notice to Mail Subscribers.
The papers of all delinquent mail subscribers
10 the Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD will be
promptly discontinued hereafter No papers
will be sent to subscribers by mail unless the
same have been paid for in advance. This rule
O inhexible. AYERS & LYNCH.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04
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Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-04

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Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1892-12-22
Annals of the Stage.

Rachel's first appearance in Eng
land was at the Queens Theater,
1S41.
Edwin POoth first appeared in 1919,
in a minor part of Richard III.
The Colleen Bawn was brought out
at the AdelDhi, London, in 1860, $50
nights.
The first appearance of Southern
in London was in the Haymarket in
1861, 496 nights,
Irving first appeared as Hamlet in
London, 1874.
Salvini first appeared IN England as
Othello and Hamlet, at Drury Lane
in 1875.
In the plays of Aristophanes, pub
lie men were caricatured by name.
Marlowe's Faust was the best
tragedy in English before the time OF
Shakespeare.
The most prominent actor in the
miracle play was the Devil.
Schiller's Robbers was written
while he was still in college.
Greek theaters had no roofs, but
porticos, to which the spectators re.
tired when it rained.
Greek machinery for supernatural
effects was elaborate, but now little
understood.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1892-12-22
Family Graveyards.

"There is no place like Southern Indi-
ana for g~raveyards, said William Yakey,
of Bloomfield, Ind, to a Chicago Globe
reporter. CHOW, that section, including
Green, Monroe, Brown and Sullivan coun-
ties, is awonderland to traverse. 1t looks
as though the old settlers of fifty years
ago wanted each one to have a graveyard
of his own. Every mile or two, often far
from any roadway, totally inaccessible to
wagons without laying waste the fences,
you come upon little rock-walled or rail
bound Enclosures containing the dead of
one family. Father, mother and several
children lie there, and none others.
"These places have long been forsaken
and forgotten. Weeds flourish in profu-
sion and hide the wind and rain stained
tombstones :from view. Often with a
companion have entered one Of these
little Enclosures, trampled and torn out
the weeds and righted the five or six head
stones hat had fallen and buried even
the inscribed virtues of the dead into the
wormy earth.
"These people had no country church.
yard; no preacher except the visiting par
son, who came monthly on horseback.
They had no funeral in the present sense
of the word. Plain wooden boxes were
used for collins. and often the sturdy
youth of the family made the coffin for
the dead parent or relative. These little
spots were dear to those families. One
can see that by the loving little inscrip-
tions and decorations. When they were
all dead no one remained to care for them.
and they fell into decay and ruin.
They are lonesome sights, those little
groups Of white pillars. In the winter,
when the trees are bare and the grass
dead, l have seen focks of crows coming
and circing about the clump of trees that
usually cluster about those places. The
bitter wind means through the cracking
branches, and those crows wheel about
and cav and croak until the world seems
truly a place of sorrow and death"
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1892-12-22

void.-Richard Jork." In the next
number OF the paper the following aap-
peared: Il hereby declare that with
respect to the advertisement of the an
nulment of my betrothal, written and
proclaimed, with Herr Jork l do not
agree. l am and still intend to remain
his observation-disclosures Ziegler.
A NEWTON county (Mo.) woman has
sued the Splitlog Railroad, based on the
following claim: ''She was a passenger
on the road and was accidentally carried
beyond her destination some distance,
when the train stopped and she alighted.
While returning she was chased by a
bull, and in outrunning him impaired
her health.n
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1892-12-22
CHRISTMAS GAMES.
Holiday Entertainment for the Young
Folks,

Folks.
If you are to entertain a large circle OF
young folks of all ages at Christmas. 1t
will be well to provide yourself before
hand with a list Of amusing games.
Cling the Towel" Let the company
form a circle, with one of the players in
the center. One member of the circle
then filings a large towel, aiming to hit
some other member. If the player IN the
middle is adroit enough to intercept it
and catches the towel on its way across
the ring, he takes the place of the one
who threw it, who then takes his hand
in the middle. If it hits the one at whom
it was aimed, he must try to get rid of it
by throwing it to another player before
the one stationed IN the middle can catch
it.
The game of "Santa Claus" which is
not unlike that called Donkey, is great
fun. Tack upon the wall a big white
sheet. Make a large paper Santa Claus;
cut off his head, his feet, his arms, legs
and pack; cut off his ears and nose; cut
out his eyes, and paste his body on the
sheet. Blindfold each player and give
him a portion of the Saints anatomy,
and let him place it where he thinks it
should 90. You can have a bit of dried
mucilage on the backs of these bits of
paper; so that they can be moistened and
stuck to the body. He generally turns
out a most peculiar looking saint, with
one eye on his heel, another on his
thumb, his head where his feet should
be, and nothing in the r ght place. You
can have two simple ~prizes-one for the
person who comes nearest being right in
the placing of some member, and a BOBBY
prize for the one farthest out of the way.
We have seen a whole roomful of grown
people nvul with mcrriment over
this game.
Gossip" is amusement for the older
ones. All sit in a circle. One commu-
nicates a piece of gossip about some per-
son in the room, who proceeds to tell it
to the one next, and so it goes on until
the last one is to repeat aloud just what
he hears, and the starter gives the orig
inal sentence. They are generally just
about as far apart as the gossip started
at a sewing circle is from the same piece
of news when it has made the village
rounds.
"Metamorphosis:" Let each member
of the company be furnished with sheet
of paper and a pencil. Let him draw at
the top of the sheet the head of some
bird, beast, fish, or human being, and
fold down the sheet so as to leave nothing
exposed except lines to show on what
part of the paper the body is to be
placed. He then passes it to his next
neighbor, who draws on it a body to
suit his w fancy. 1t is then folded
and passed to the next, who must draw
legs, two or four. When the papers are
examined, some very curious monsters,
unknown to natural history, are dis
played.
"Apprentice" is not too intellectual
for the little ones. One of the players
begins by saying, II have apprenticed
my son to a butcher" or dry-goods mer-
chant, or to any tradesman, and gives
the initial of the first thing his son sold.
The rest must guess what the article
sold was, and the one who guesses right
must then "'prentice' his son.
Cherry County independent. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 18??-1896, 1892-12-22

the courtesies Of their houses, when
they are on good terms, and 1t is gen.
orally the custom here, at least, for
one manager to gladly honor the re-
quest of another for a box for any
performance. Believing this to be
the rule of other managers, and
knowing it to be in his own case, a
certain Chicago manager invited a
party Of friends to hear Miss Lillian
Russell sing one night and then sent
a written request for a box. Greatly
to his establishment his request was
refused. In boX-office p~arlance. he
was 'turned down." and he was mad.
But he had invited his friends and he
| put up fifteen good dollars, for the
privilege of hearing Lillian MARBLE.
One Wednesday afternoon, as Miss
Russell did not sing, she wanted TO
go to the matinee and she Sent to
this same manager a request for a
box. Did she get it? Not much.
In a polite note he told her Of his
experience at her theater, and said
he could not consistently return a
| favor which had not been extended.
What Lillian said has not been re-
corded, save, possibly, by the record
ing angel. The little incident Gre
ated quite as much of a stir as did a
similar M which happened not long
ago. One of the leading local man.
ayers desired his wife to see a popular
attraction then playing at another
house and he sent a request for two
seats. He received two whole seats,
which represented money in the box
office and which he knew the other
manager had paid for out Of his own
pocket. If he could not have a pass
he did not want others to pay his
way, SO he sent the tickets back with
a note, the wording of which triZzled
the paper upon which it was written.
Chicago Sunday Post.