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Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-10

and the city convention was organized
to nominate city justices and constables.
The roll was called and all OF the
wards we're found to be represented. 4.
L. Horton was chosen to act as chair
man. Mr.. Thorn OF the Sixth ward was
made secretary.
w. T. Williams motion was adopted
that every ballot contain two names for
city justice, and that no ballot be
counted unless it contained two names.
FOR CITY JUSTICE.
The convention then proceeded to
business. J. L. Murphey placed in no
mination H. G. Austin.
WI. Variel, of the Third, named M.
T. Owens for city justice.
T. ]. Carran nominated George P.
Phibbs, OF whom he spoke in the most
eulogistic terms.
A. M. Austin nominated s. A. Garbutt
for city justice.
Numerous seccnding speeches were
made. The candidates came forward
and put up their So each.
THE FIRST BALLOT.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
3. G. Austin ......................... %
GEORGE r; y PSibb. q
g. A. Garrett ...,....................-. o4
Total vote. .l49
Necessary to q choice, rs.
The announcement of the vote was re-
ceived with applause, and the nomina-
tione were made unanimous.
TOWNSHIP JUSTICE.
Nominations for township justice were
next in order.
IT,. Carran presented the name Of L.
Stanton.
w. A. Spalding placed in nomination
8. g. 81. Langworthy, Of the First ward.
Mr. Thorn, of the Sixth, nominated
VIM. Young, of his ward.
The usual quota of seconding speeches
were made, and then the candidates
told the delegates what they would do
if they were elected.
FIRST BALLOT.
The ballot was taken, resulting as
follows:
9: G: b. Laneworth ......................... 20
Necessary to a choice, 79.
SECOND BALLOT.
There being no choice, q second bal
lot was taken. The name Of Mr.. Lang
worth, was withdrawn.
u. stanton. .......................... SO
William Young .......................... "a
Necessary to q choice. "a.
M Vo,xuu vuou a oo1o rod tho rnvo;uoo
Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-10

n ~ The City Convention ~ e4 !.
At s p. m. Chairman Murphey again
called the general convention to order,
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Inflnitesimal Penmanship.

John J. Taylor. of Streatpr, Ill.,, once
wrote 400 words on the blank side Of
q postal card. This was sent to Chi
cago paper, which beralded the story to-
the world as being the most wonderful
piece of pen work ever executed. As a,
matter of fact Mr.. Taylor's effort has
been discounted on several occasions.
Beedle the Penman, of Ottery St. Mary,
Liverpool, once wrote the following
pieces entire, without the slightest alb
brevlation, all upon a piece of white
card board 31x33 inches in size: Gold
smiths ''Traveler," 1.-THE Deserted Viii
lage," Essay on Education," "Distre;s
of Disabled Soldier" 1.-THE Tale of
Azim," "Just,ce," "Generosity," ''lr-
resolution of YOUTH" "Frailty of Man.
'sFricndship" and the "Genius OF Love-"
In the center of the card there was a
perfect picture Of Ottery Church, all of
the shades and lines being formed OF
parts of the writing. As kind Of tail.
piece he added the anthem of "God
Save the Queen" embellished it with
seventy-two stars, fifty-one crescents and
nineteen crosses, finishing the whole by
drawing picture of aserpent which in.
closed the whole of the miraculous pro-
duction. If you wish to ascertain ex.
lctly how much Beedle's effort exceeded
that of Mr.. Taylor, count the words in
the Goldsmith pieces catalogued above.
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Mans Stature In Various Countries.

The question of relative stature pre-.
sents some singular contradictions. The
mean stature in France Is notably less
than that of other civilized Nations.
Still, men, and even women, exceeding
six feet are occasionally seen in the
streets of Paris. The number of small
men in France who are hardly small
enough to be called dwarfs is great. In
Paris alone there are several hundred.
The Americans exceed considerably the
French in average stature, yet it is this
| country that has produced the greatest
number of real dwarfs-that is, so far
as the fact can be determined in the alb.
sence of statistics. Spain, Italy and
Greece cannot be numbered among the
giant producing countries, though the
people are of good average stature and
we'll formed in general. The question of
climate and food is and has always been
intimately connected with that OF
height. It is only natural that the
peoples of Germany, Scandinavia, Eng
land and Scotland should be taller than
those about the Mediterranean. The life
of their ancestors was harder. They
PASSED a more active existence in forests
and in the chase. The comparatively
easy life of the inhabitants of warmer
countries, with a greater proportion OF
vegetable food, produced contrary re.
suits, the effects in either case being
prolonged from age to age BY heredity.
The occasional appearance of dwarfs
among people above the average size,
or of very tall men and women among
people smaller than the average, as in
France may, perhaps, be attributed to
some ancestral peculiarity reappearing in
the family after the lapse of several gen.
erations. The matter in all its aspects,
though sufficiently curious, has never
seriously engrossed the attention OF
scientists, who, occupied with studies
regarded as more important, have never
had time properly to attend to it.
That the average stature of man Is less
than it was in ancient times hardly ad-
mits of question. On the other hand. the
mean diminution during the past 1000
wears is, as nearly as we can determine,
hardly sppreciable. We ore, therefore,
at liberty to conclude that at the rate at
which the diminution has proceeded
several times 1000 years must pass before
our descendants will be reduced to the
stature of Commodore Mutt and other
microscopic specimens of humanity.
Herein, at least, is grain OF comfort
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Novel Way of Collecting a Debt.

A story told recently was of q big
burly fellow who used to drive team
from the Kenuebec Valley into Piscs.
taquis County, selling crackers for
bakery. On one of the outlying farms
on his road lived small man who had
won almost State reputation for beat.
ing his creditors. he met the peddler,
WHO did not know him, and bought a
barrel of crackers to be paid for when he
came back along on his return trip. By
that time the peddler was posted on the
pecullarities of his customer. He was
told at the house he was out in the field
and went to seek him. When he asked
for his pay the little fellow cooked his
head on one side and looked up at him
with leer. "Who are you9" he lisped.
81 don't know you. never bought any
crackers of you" The peddler grabbed
him BY the collar and began to swish the
air with him. "Don't know me, do
you9 Ain't acquainted with me, hey2
Don't know who 1 amt Never bought
any crackers of me, hey2" eyes, yes,
yes" the victim began to yell, ~ know
YOU now. / remember you. I'll pay;
IN pay" The peddIer dropped him,
accepted the profered money, and drove
on as if nothing unusual had happened
during his call.-Lewiston Journal.
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A Girls Headache Curing Hands.

There is girl in San Francisco who
can cure headaches-cure them without
bit of medicine. She just lays her
band on the aching head and that settles
the whole matter. There's something
peculiar about the girls hands. They
are white and shapely and very nice to
look at, but to touch-ugh! they're as
cold as ice. More than that, they are
always dripping wet, these strange
hands. It's an eerie thing to see a
handsome, healthy girl lift her hands
and let an icy dew fall from the ends Of
her fingers. She can do that any time
she wants to, and never feels the least
annoyed at the awe of the behoIders.
She is a tall, handsome young woman,
who has never been ill in her life. She
is rosy-cheeked and bright.eyed, and she
isn't the slightest particle like the typi.
cal healer. She works in big, hot fac
tory down town, and she can cure any
girl in the place of headache or any kind
OF pain. She doesn't go through strange
evolutions or weird incantations. She
just pushes back her sleeves and lays her
cold, wet hands on the aching head.
The patient feels queer, creepy shivery
sensation crawling down her back. The
cold hands move slowly across the hot
forehead of the sufferer, the throbbing
pain stops, the twitching of the eyelids
ceases, sne the headache is gone.-sau
Francisco Examiner.
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A Dog as Postmaster's Assistant.

A little postof6ce near winners, on
the main line of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, enjoys the unique distinction of
being the only Office in the country
wherein dog oficiates as assistant
postmaster. Postman Mussleman's ca
nine assistant is a little St. Charles
spaniel called Beauty, upon whom has
dcvolved for five years the task of
bringing from Winners station, half
mile distant, the bundle of morning pa
pers from Philadelphia. Two bundles,
a large one and small one, are thrown
of at the station. Regularly every
morning Beauty trots over the fields to
the station and patiently awaits the ar
rival of the train. When the two bun
dies are thrown off Beauty seizes the
smaller one in her mouth and trots
directly home. She never makes
mistake, always taking the smaller bun
die; neither does she loiter along by the
roadside, but covers the distance be-
tween Winners and the crossroads
postofice st speed that would do
credit to Nancy hanks herself. Beauty
has been assistant postmaster almost
ince her birth, and could hardly be
eplaced.-Philadelphia Record.
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TriPe.

We have been challenged to pronounce
an opinion on the dletetic virtues OF
tripe, an article of food which is largely
consumed in certain parts of the country,
especially during the winter months.
Tripe consists OF the soft muscular walls.
and mucous membrane of the stomach OF
ruminant animals, with small proper
ton of delicate omental fat sdhering,
from which, however, ell fbrous portions
OF the serous covering, or peritoneum,
have been removed. From frequent ex-
periments it has been proved that tripe
stands high in the list of albuminous
substances that are quickly acted on by
the gastric juice ami reduced to a state
OF solution, and has, therefore, acquired
a reputation for digestibility. But plain
boiled tripe in itself is a very insipid
article of food, and in order to make it
palatable the art of the cook has to be
invoked, which, while making it more
"savory," causes it often, when so
served, to be an offense to the stomach.
The usual mode of serving tripe in this
country is to boil 1t with milk and
onions, and there can be little doubt that
such combination is not particularly
digestible. Tripe is also sometimes fried
in batter, but unless very carefully cooked
it / apt to become leathery. If only
plainly boiled in water it requires con-
siderable amount of condiments in the
shape of salt, pepper and mustard to
make it acceptable to the palate. There
fore, tripe as usually cooked, though an
excellent dish for strong stomachs, is,
owing to the ingredients added to it, not
always so suitable for persons OF weak
digestion as has been supposed.-London
Lancet.
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A S:rpent Of the Sea.

Chancellor Rnnd, of Mckaster Uni.
versity, recently received by express q
box, which, when opened, was found
a snake some nine feet long, of slender
build, and of dull mud color. An
accompanying letter explained the ar
rival. Last May, while on the way
from the Philippine Islands, the Theo-
dore q. Rand, ship named after the
Chancellor, was caught in heavy gale
off the African coast. Everything was
battened down, and yet, after some
hours, during which the seas ran bodily
over the vessel, the helmsman felt some
thing like rope around his leg, and
looking down, was horri6ed to find this
snake. The ship at the time was more
than hundred miles off the shore, was
closely battened, and had not been in
port for some weeks. Many theories
have been raised to account for the
reptiles presence, some thinking it had
been washed aboard during the storm;
others, that it had lain dormant since
the ship left port, and others suggest.
ing that a genuine sea serpent had at
last been found. The Captain for
warded the snake to the Chanceler as q
curiosity. (Canada) Empire.
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!, Game Abundant in New Eng land.

According to the reports from North
ern New England the present season Is
an unusually good one for hur.ers. Small
game is abundant in Vermont, Maine
and New Hampshire, while deer are more
numerous than last season in Eastern
Maine. One Of the interesting features
about wild game in this section is the
increase of bears. After the settlers had
taken possession of the lands east of the
Penobscot River and the State came in
with bounty on bears, Bruin seemed to
have read the handwriting on the wall
and taken. his departure. Four or FIVE
years ago bears were seldom killed.
Since that time, however, they have be-
gun to appear again; serious depreda-
tions are reported down through that
district and over into the Canadian
provinces, and considerable numbers of
bears are shot.-Lewiston (Me. } Journal.
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Cattle In Japan.

81. P. Child, Assistant General Mana.
ger of the Kansas City stock yards, has
returned from his trip to the orient. Mr..
Child has been to Japan, and stopped at
Honolulu on his way home. He told the
Times man something about live stock
in japan. Until twenty years ago, he
said, no flesh meat was used as food in
the Mikado's domain, but since Euro.
peans have taken up their residence in
that country and have successfully used
cattle both as beasts of burden and for
food, some of the same have come to the
conclusion that there is something good
about beef after all, and also that it's
easier to work oxen than to work ones
self. But their stock is the scrubbiest
kind, Mr.. Child says, and he cannot see
any indications for its betterment. In
fact he is of the opinion that before
many years 60 by what few cattle are
now in that country will have been
slaughtered for food. The Japanese
will only eat the heifers, believing that
10 plague would be the result of eating
the beef of a steer, so that their breed
ing possibilities are obscured by their
superstition. kansas City Times.
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dant shrubs of the desert region from
western Texas to central Arizona. L. b.
Dewey, in report to the Secretary of
Agriculture, says of this characteristic
vegetation of the desert region, men
toned that it varies in size from q
struggling bush two feet high to a well
formed tree fifty feet high, with a trunk
two feet in diameter. Away from water
it seldom becomes much of q tree. It is
of such slow growth that it is almost i'm
possible to count the annual layers.
The wood is very hard and brittle,
and it is commonly said that it is easier
to break it with the back of the ak than
to cut it with the blade. The mesquite
forms the chief wood supply of the re-
giop, In the streets Of San Antonio it
makes probably the finest wood pave
ment in the country. The fruit OF the
mesquite, or mesquite beans, is prepared
in various ways for food.
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like estimating the amount of milk given
BY a COW during the year. A good pair
of scales in either case will quickly show
the weakness of the "guess" system.
Recently laws have been passed in
England making the scales the legal
recorder of live stock weight. As re-
suit, manufacturers have devised many
new patterns Of scales for Weighing an
imals. The illustration shows one pop
ular style, largely advertised in English
papers. The English call it "weigh-
BRIDGE" just as they call an elevator a
"lift." The animal is driven into the
cage, where it cannot step off the weigh
ing platform. At some public places
these "weighbridges" are fitted with a
penny-in- -the-slot fixture. The farmer
drives his steer or sheep on the scales,
drops his penny in the hole and out
comes tag with the weight printed on
it and certified to for correctness.-
Rural New Yorker.
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Fruit for Fond.

Fruit culture should be quite as
closely associated with family use as with
market. / have eaten apples all my life,
but never learned how to make the best
use Of them till last winter; it is worth
living half a century to find out the real
value of the fruit. Now we eat apples
half an hour before our meals in.
stead of afterward. We eat all we want
before breakfast and before diuner.
The result has been so decidedly in favor
of the fruit diet that we have very
largely dropped meat. The action of the
acid is then admirable in aiding diges-
tion, while if eaten after meals the apple
is likely to prove burden. We follow
the same line in using grapes, pears,
cherries and berries.
If disturbed by headache or dys-
pepsia in summer, climb cherry tree
and eat all can reach and relish. In
order to have cherries all summer I
cover dozen trees with mosquito netting
TO keep off the birds. Currants and
gooseberries 1 find very wholesome eaten
raw from the bushes before going to the
dining table. Nature has prepared
large amount of food already cooked,
exactly fitted for all demands of the
human system. Our kitchen cooking
never equals natures. I am by no means
vegetarian or a fruitarian, but / am
convinced that we have not yet measured
the valse of fruit as diet with milk,
eggs and vegetables. Some one being
told that such fruit would not give a
workman muscular strength, pointed to
to his advisers oxen, saying, "Yet these
oxen eat no meat. ."-American Garden
ing.
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"yes, the great fault of newspaper con-
tributors is carelessness. Indeed" he
continued, as he dropped the copy he
had been writing into the waste-basket
and market Editorial" across the
corner of a poem entitled can Ode to
DEATH" contributors are terribly care
less. You would be surprised" SAID ne
as he clipped out column OF fashion
notes and labelled them Agriculture"
to see the slipshod-writing that comes
into the editorial sanctum. Msspelled,
unpuuctuated, written on both sides OF
the sheet, illegal, ungrammatical stuff.
Contributors are terribly careless. They
are"
Just then the Office boy came in, in
that dictatorial and autocratic manner
he has, and demanded more copy, and
the editor handed him the love letter he
had just written to mis- sweetheart.
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An addition has been made to the
plant of the Pacific Rolling Mills at the
Potrero by the setting up of heavy
piece of machinery which Superintendent
Noble styles "a rolling mill beam train"
1t consists first of "chargiug machine"
Which is a powerful crane yet directly
before the furnace. When in use the
furnace doors are automatically opened,
a huge mass of white heated metal is
seized by long steel arm having five
projecting claws, and Immediately the
metal is worked down to the required
dimensions through set of rollers, and
is then carried to o second set of rollers,
where it is cut into lengths to be used
for building beams. The set of rollers
comprise portion of the machine, which
is capable of handling 5000 pounds of
metal, and will do the work of 15O men
perfectly. It is the second largest
machine of its kind in the United States.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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rHREE KINDS oF THEM.

Eddie Dlnwiddie was in a mood of
inquiry the other evening, and he said:
'sPapa"
swell, Edward9"
"Papa, what is canthook"
"a canthook2 Don't you recollect,
son, when we were at grandpa's sawmlll
last summer, and looked at the men roll.
ing logs about with huge pole, to
which was fastened gripper or hook OF
STEELE That was canthook. There is
also"
"But, papa, isn't there another can't
hook2 l."
"Wait, my son, until papa finishes.
In former times BARRIERS and toothdraw-
ers used canthook for pulling teeth.
It was on the same principal as the one
mentioned, only, of course, smaller.
The prongs were inserted under tho
roots of the tooth and twist finished
the job. Now, son, that explains it."
"But, papa" -
"Well3"
"Don't you know any more about a
canthooka"
"No, my son." 49,
elbow does muley cow strike yous"
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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!,
Flower Z

"One Of my neighbors, Mr.. John
Gilbert, has been sick for long
time. All thought him past recovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
It is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state Of his
health'a that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. Itrestored
him to perfect health to the great
astonishment Of his family and
friends John Quibell, Holt, Ont. q
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WILL MEET HIM LATER on.

A six-foot spectator, with a muscular
arm and haud like smoked ham,
rushed in between the two young men
who were pummeling, scratching and
gouging each other aud separated them.
''If you don't stop this" he said,
holding them at arms length and shak.
log them till their teeth ratified, ''Pl
bump you together and break every
bone in your worthless bodiesl Nov
gol"
That's all right" said the youth with
the bruised eye aud dis6gured nose,
picking up his hat and shaking his fs;
undismayed at the other young man.
"I'll meet him in a football game some
day where we can fight this out without
interference. ."-Chicago Tribune.
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An Old Lady's Way.

A happy and vigorous old lady in
New Hampshire give these rules for tho
secret of success of eighty years living
on this planet, which brings so much care
and worry to many of her sisters: 81
never allow myself to fret over things l
cannot help. take nap, and some.
times two, every day of my life. I
never take my washing, ironing, or bak.
ing to bed with me, and try to oil all
the various wheels of busy life with
an implicit belief that there are brain
and heart to this great universe. and
that l can trust them both. ."-Chicago
Tribune.
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WWeighbridge." :"

English farmers, many of them, have
opposed the American plan of selling
cattle by live weight. They preferred
to estimate the weight of a steer after
measuring its "grith," or the distance
around its body. There are farmers
whose practiced eye could come very
close to the exact weight after knowing
the girth and noticing the general shape
of the animal. It was, after all, much
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Chow l Wrote Ben Hur,"

told by Gen. Lew Wallace, is one scrap from the
voluminous and superb programme OF eminent
writers and interesting articles which The
Youths Compduton announces. It retains its
place in $500 families by the versatility and
the instructiveness of its general articles, the
high character Of all it's stories the brightness
of It's illustrations. Then 1t comes every week,
and one gets great deal for $L75 year. The
price sent at once will entitle you to the paper
to January, 1894. Address THE YouTR's Con-
PANIoN, Boston. Mass. ..
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A TEST OF TRUE aENTrLITY.

"What's the new lodger like, Mariar-
ann2"
"He's no gentleman. whatever he's
like"
mo geutlemaul What's he been and
done2'
"Why, he sees me a-carrying up the
GOALS, an e says, 'pm afraid that scus.
tle's too heavy for you,' e says-'pray
let me carry itr e says. An cup and
carries it isse.f, just like footman"-
Punch.