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through to his spine. He kept saying to
himself:
Chow unanswerable it all is-how abso-
lutely unanswerable. 1t is bssely, degrad-
ingly selfish to keep those unearned honors,
and-and-oh, hang it, nobody but a cur"
"Whas an idiotic speech that Tompkins
made"
This outburst was from Barrow. 1t flooded
Tracy's demoralized soul with waters Of re-
freshment. These were the darlingest words
the poor vacillating young apostate had ever
heard-for they whitewashed his shame for
him, and that is good service to have when
you can't get the best of all verdicts-self-
acquittal.
"Come up to my room and smoke pipe,
Tracy"
Tracy had been expecting this invitation,
and had had his declination all ready; but
he was glad enough to accept now. Was
it possible that reasonable argument could
be made against that mans desolating
speech? He was burning to hear Barrow
try it. He knew how to start him and keep
him going. 1t was to seem to combat his
positions-a process effective with most
people ''what is it you object to in Tomp-
kin's speech, Barrow
sob, the leaving out of the factor of
human nature, requiring smother man to
do what you wouldn't do yourself"
"Do you mean
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14

had gotten past the
officers, and was in the
gate just ready to go
out, when the inspec-
tor called Halt ? 1
halted, for a move L
knew would result in
my death. The ser
geant, however, who
had my watch in his
pocket, spoke a word
to the man, telling
him il was all right,
and I was permitted
to go on. My name
was now John Frantz
instead of John Tars-
ney, and I kept that
name until I got
throug b nv ex-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14

Wheeler. celNtu Ill olutf TO
disband his troops. He had done this and
had only a few of his soldiers about him
when he was captured. Said he:
IT was lying in the woods in company
with several of my soldiers and couple Of
negroes when a party of Union soldiers
came up. These soldiers were in Confed-
crate clothes, and they found US by the aid
of NEGRO who had brought us something to
eat. They were headed by a Lieutenant
Reynolds, and as soon as saw him come
up and talk to my negroes 1 knew it was all
up with me, and that they had found out
who 1 was. L had torn the stars which
denoted my rank off my coat, but the coat
was faded and the spots shone out SO that
they could tell that was an officer. Upon
being accosted and asked who was, told
them that was General Wheeler, and that
under the cartel then in force surrendered
and asked that we be paroled.
Brought North With Davis.
Lieutenant Reynolds told me he would
not accept my parole at that time, and said,
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Grande on his annual hunting expeditions,
all he had to do was to stand on the edge of
the chaparrel and yell Billy in a loud
tone of voice, when Frio serpent, with
which he had become familiar during his
trips. would shuttle out of the under-brush
and come up to him to have it's head
scratched.
u do not believe" concluded Superin-
tendent Brown, his smile ending in laugh,
that in all the range of Herpetology, an
Cient or modern, there is anything that can
quite equal that yarn of the Texans
RattIers Over Seven Feet Long.
Seriously speaking, however," contin-
ued the naturalist, 'there are, believe,
some pretty good sized snakes down there.
! gave orders for the capture of the largest
that could be found and until they arrive 1
would advocate a suspension of judgment
on the subject.
"Of the IS fairly well recognized species
of rattlesnakes in North America, not less
than 15 species have been found in the
stretch of country which l have described.
All of the large rattlesnakes belong to the
genus Crotalus, which are easily distin-
guished by the small granular scales which
cover the head differing from the large
plates which, instead of scales, cover the
heads of the smaller ones The largest rat
tlesnakes that we have are known as the
diamond rattlesnakes, and on the cotton
islands off the coast of North Carolina and
Georgia they attain their greatest size, fire.
Ouently reaching length of az feet
GLOW do you distinguish between venom
Gus and non-venomous snakeg, without per-
mitting them to demonstrate the fact by at
tacking some living object?" was asked.
s'There is rule which can be followed in
variably with one exception" replied Mr..
r..
small pit or hole in its face little below
and midway between the eye and nostril.
The non-venomous snakes have no such dis
+inguishing characteristic. The one excep-
+io1 to this rule is the elaps or harlequin
snake. so-called because of the vivid yellow,
red and black stripes which encircle it's
bodv- and it is not, l think, of very highly
poisonous character South American,
African and East Indian snakes are not dis
tinpuished In the presence or absence of
poison tangs by the pit have described. +"
A Sea Serpent Most Deadly.
seWhile repeated experiments have been
made, very little is known about the active
rrincinle of snake venom. We know that
+ ia a very subtle poison, but it has thus
far defed ultimate analysis. DR.. Weir
Mitchell. of Philadelphia; d.. Yarrow, q.
S a: Sir Joseph Fayrer, of the British
Museum. and DR.. Stradling are the leading
investigators of this subject. 1 recently
sent some samples OF venom extracted from
the snakes in our garden to DR.. Shurly, of
Detroit"
sWhat is considered the most venomous
snake known to zoologists?
cit is difficult to say. There is species
Of sea serpents, found in the Straits of NAL
acca, which is considered to be, / believe,
the most deadly in existence. They are
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TOTAL ABSTINENCE NOTES,

THOMAS O'RoURKE, of Braddook, is an ef-
ficient organizer.
ST. LUKE's, of Mansfield, boasts Of q colored
member.
THE Committee on Public Meetings prom
ises monster meeting in March.
A RALLY is needed at Homestead.
The Turtle Creek society effected a perma-
nent organization Thursday night.
THE Father Mathew association will have
q social gathering Friday night, at the home
of one of the lady members.
TIE scheme to agitate total abstinence
among the parochial school children is
taking definite shape. A form, Of pledge is
under consideration.
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Crisp,

but they made him lieutenant. He had
served three years when he was wounded
and captured and carried to Fort Delaware,
and for three months he lay there with
thousands of other Confederate prisoners,
having no comforts, but no great priyations.
Then an order was issued that in retail
iation for the acts of the Confederates
600 officers among the prisoners of this fort
should be sent South and placed under the
fire of the Confederate guns at Morris
Island near Charleston. This stockade was
midway between the Confederate batteries,
Gregg and Wagner, and in front Of the Fed
eral batteries, and so located that the Con-
federate guns threw great shells shrieking
over the prison pen and now and then frag-
ments fell into the stockade, to the horror
of the prisoners. Strange to say, however,
no one was hurt
The Rations at Morris Island.
Representative Cobb, of Alabama, was
in this prison at the same time with Speaker
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You wanted to be
with Davis and we
will take you to
him. With that
he took me to At
lanta, and 1 was
there put in COM
pany with Jetfer-
son Davis, Alexan-
der Stephens, Gle
ment c. Clay and
ex-senator Reagan,
upon a little boat
and taken in this
down to Savannah,
where we got an
other hoat which
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Crisp. Their guards
on Morris Island were
negroes, 'tand these"
says Mr.. Cobb, 'were
the blackest negroes
you ever say. They
were exposed as
much to the fire as
we were, and one of
them had his leg
knocked off by a shell.
The camp was laid off
in streets, and we had
little A-tents and
there were four men
in a tent A negro
sergeant had charge Of
each row of tents, and
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that prison I am
numbered with the
dead, and the United
States . Government,
which has erected
headstones over the
graves of the prison.
ers who died during
the'war, has probably
put up one with my
name on it in the
cemetery outside the
prison of Milan. A
large number of pris-
oners were to be ex-
changed, and, accord
ing to the principle
followed by the
Southerners, the
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gress, too. A bakers
dozen of them have
spent weary months
in prisons, watched
by guards ready t o
shoot them at their
slightest attempt to
escape.
The Hon. Charles
Frederick Crisp was
a beardless boy Of 16
when he entered the
Coufederata Army.
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eral Joe Wheeler,
the famous Confed.
crate cavalry officer.
General W b e e l Ell
was a graduate Of
West Point and he
became the Phil
Sheridan of tn G
South. General
Wheeler was dash
ing along in the rear
of Jefferson Davis to
protect him when he
was captured. He
had not yet reached
Davis when he re-
caived an ordar IN
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14
THE TEMPTER OF EVE
And His Various Descendants
as Represented in the
Philadelphia Zoo.
HOW SNAKES ARE FED.
Distinguishing characteristics of
Those That Are Venomous.
TAXING THE POISON FROM THEM.
Whisky Is Not an AntidOte, but 1t Bridges
Over the Danger.
4 TENDENCY TO SWALLOW EACH OTHER
HOW SNAKES ARE FED.
TAXING THE POISON FROM THEM.
Whisky Is Not an Antidote, but It Bridges
Over the Danger.
A TENDENCY 10 SWALLOW EACH OTHER
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH,

RECENTLY have
heard of the most
marvellous snake in
the world, }" said
Superintendent n t
Arthur Erw i n
B r o W n, of the
Philadelphia Zoo
logical Society
yesterday.
Superinten d e n t
Brown is one of the
leading naturalists
of the U nj t e d
States. In addi-
ton to his duties
as the official head
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CHAPTER XIV.

HE homeward tramp
was accomplished in
brooding silence. 1t
was a silence most
grateful to Traey's feel
ings. He wouldn't have
broken it for anything;
for he was ashamed of
himself all the way
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PRISONERS OF WAR.
Many Congressman Who Knew the
Worst Side Of the Rebellion.
CRISP AND COBB UNDER THE GUNS.
Tarsney, of Missouri, Esca1 led by Imperson
ating Dead Man.
4 STORY OF ALEXANDER STEPHENS

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DISPATCH,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-Congressmen in
nrisoni Yes, and the best members of Con-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14
BY MARK TWAIN.
Etc, Etc.

Author of "Innocents Abroad" sETom Sawyer" ''I
Etc, Etc.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14

-Firefiss in jars furnish light in the
West Indies.
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But had TO pass second examination,
and this time came near being caught.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-14

Lieutenant Reynolds told me he would
not accept my parole at that time, and said,
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Perhaps the most distinguished prisoner
among the members of the House was Gen.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
AN ATTIC POET.


He lived In what we call the golden tisno.
Wbsh Athens, violet crowned, was in hen
prise;
When her slim warahips split the sky hued
seas
And vsllowing In their wakes huge areosies
brought IN the grain and stutfs Of all the East
40 whore The marbled oity made hsr feast.
Hhs echoes Of bronze Marathon yet rang.
And to their tune great hearted lives stsl sang
Around him men were born and lived and
throve
Whose words and gestures Sophokles enwove
For the live flesh wherein his hand arrayed
The Rods and heroes whom his soul had made
He brYshed against veiled women on the
Whose secret speech Of smothered grief yet
greets
Tho worlds great souls whenever any lend
"A hearkening ear to him who was the friend
OF those same smileless widows overseas,
Great hearted. mirthless, cowed Euripides.
he ate and drank and slept through the same
days
That saw his city's one still cleaning blaze;
And he wrote ditties of his own dry heart,
OF its small pettiness and bloodless smart.
With Afistophanes he laughed at all
Tho great, but In his laughter thought them
small.
The days were gone, be said, when heroes reft
Undying fame from fate; not much was left
For latter generations to achieve
What bygone peoples had seen fit to leave
Undone might still be done; but was it worth
The edort7 Was there true reward on earthf
All the great poets long were dead and gone;
II wAs broad day now. and the fresh, cool dawn
OF human feeling had been left behind
Long since; paler laurel leaf entwined
Still on some favored brows. but thin and eere.
Poetry had ali been written, and its year
Turned after harvest 10 it's wintry chime
And thus he wrote and talked In after time
We do not speak Of him to praise OF blame.
He Is forgotten. even to his name.
Edward Lucas White In Atlantic.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
TRUSTEES SALE.

A TRUsTEE OF TIE IvANHoE Assoc1-
4 A alton 90 Of Los Angeles, and acting under
the the, authority vested In us as said trustee, We
24th next at $3.50 pm, all of the real estate
contracts o1 agreemenss Of sale, notes, ort
the said Ivanhoe Association said reeS essase te
ana L personal property win be oftesed as a
M wnode ana 4 an offer satisfactory to the under
est bidder for cash, United States Gold,
coin. A payment of b uer cent sosJ Of
close Of the sale, and the balance on delivepv
OF Of, "a, aeed; a., The sale TO take place at the.
2Lnce 2 M OF me S!ase Loan and Trust Company
celved " us at any time before the hour OF
ss a5ed nts p resi estate consists Of several hun
city OF Los Angeles about ave miles H. from NJ the
g conrtnouse ~ Full details and Description ofs
saaq properly can be had application at the
9sate : = Loan ana Trust Comrany bank STATE
LOAN ~ II, AND TRUST COMPANY Of Los Ange-
ies trustee OF lyanhoe Association. ga 20f
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
TO HOTEL KEEPERS AND OTHERS.

CEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY
y the board of Directors of the District Agri-
cultural ASSOCIATION No. 8, at their office.
10 10 am. Thursday, September 1, 1892, for
the following privileges:
First-For lease of the club house and bar.
Sec0nd-For lease of the sails, track and
grounds
Third-For a lease of the club houses bar,
stalls, track and grounds.
Separate bids are asked for on all three priv
ileges Possession will be given Dece % ber L,
1892 The board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids. For further Information APP
ply at the once OF the association.
J. @. NEWTON, President.
S-14 185 T.. THORNE, Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
NOTICE TO VOTERS,

4 NEW PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN Or
"A dered by the board of supervisors, and 1t
VIII @ commence l,n July Both, and continue until
large number of deputies have been ap
pointed throughout the county, SO that ample
opportunity can be had for registration.
In the city OF Los Angeles stations will be es-
tapnsned where any elector can register and
where the Australian ballot system will be tx
planned: Electors from the country can stop at
city and receive any neoesspfy instructions in
regard 70 registration. Copies of the law and
sample tickets can be had at these stations up
on appncatlon, In limi ed numbers.
There will also be there a booth and ballot
oox, 50 snat ali can see the practical workings
The stations in the city are as follows, viz:
First Ward Corner of Truman and Downey
avenue, IN charge of c. L. Byam.
~ Second Ward. At the corner of Belmont and
Iemnie street, In charge of A. L. Jeffery.
Third Ward-Near the corner OF Second and
bIoaaway, In charge of s. H. West.
streets, IN charge OF N. 5. Magrew.
Fifth Ward Corner of Grand avenue and
Jefferson .treet, in charge of E. 8 Butterworth. !.
slxtn Ward-Corner of Main and Washing on
streets, In charge of D. Il. Wells
seventh Ward-At number 226 East Fifth
street. IN charge of L. H. whitsoD.
Elghth Ward-Number 6 Republica street.
dormeay sonora street opposite Pico House, in
coaige OIL J. Carpenter.
Ninth Ward-At the Cummings Hotel, corner
o. 0 First ana Boyle avenue, In charge of Joseph
The office hours will be, for the time being,
irom y I'm. to AZ m and from 2 pm TOT D. m,
daily, and on Tuesdays from am. to IL M,
auo pm. to 8 PM. ana from pm. to
pm. at the stations above nance
Ine registration Office at the courthouse will
pc open TO the public from am. to pm.
section No 1927, Political Code saws among
otner Things, ''aud no person shall be al
lowed to> vote whose name is not on said regis
ter in use at the precinct" Therefore, register
early, SO that there can be no doubt abeuf vnnr
vote on election day
7-2a BOT t. II. WARD, County CLERK.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18


pAuL B. CURTIS, PLAINTIFF, VS.. F P
l. Howard, defendant.
Sheriffs sale No. IL 1888.
Order OF sale and decree of foreclosure and
sale.
cree of foreclosure and SALE issued out of the Su
perior Court of the county of Los Angeles, of the
state of California, on the 26th day of July,
Paul B; Curtis, the above-named plaintiff,
obtained Judgment and decree OF foreclosure
and sale against +. p. Howard, defendant
on the 26th day of July. A. DISCO, for
so.1oo dollars t$ia14. SOY goid COT coin, ,' which
said decree was, on the 18th day of July,
A.. D. 1892, recorded in judgment book 80 OF
said court, at page 103, am commanded to
land, situate, lying and being in the city
of Los Angeles. county of Los Angeles, state of
California, and bounded and described as fol-
lows
eighteen (Is), nineteen (i9) and an twenty t2oj),,
in the Howard tract, as shown on map thereof
recorded in said County. Recorders office, in
book twenty-nine t29) of Miscellaneous Rec
Ords, page 80, together with all and singular
the tenements, hereditaments and appurte-
nances thereunto belonging or in any wise
appertaining.
Of the court house door Of the county
of Los Angeles, Broadway entrance, will,
in obedience to said order of sale and decree of
foreclosure and sale, sell the above described
property, or so much thereof as may be neces
sary to satisfy said Judgment with interest and
costs, ETC., to the highest and best bidder, for
cash, gold coin.
Dated this Sd day of August. 1892.
e. d. GIBSON,
Sheriff OF Los Angeles County.
By F. G. HARMON, Deputy Sheriff:
d p. Hatch, Attorney for Plaintiff.
& thur 4t
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
Take Good Care Of the Children.

If you have children, you will be in
terested In the experience of Mr.. John
Cook. of Pilot, Vermilion county, Ill.
He says: "Two years ago two Of my
family, young man and girl, had
very severe and dangerous attacks of
bloody fux. The doctor here was un-
able, after weeks time, to check or
relieve either case. / threw the doctor
overheard and began using Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea rem
edy. Improvement was seen very soon
and my children arose in few days
from what feared would be their death
bed. 1t is grand, good medicine" For
sale by @. F. Heinzeman, druggist, 222
N. Main street.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

IHSTATE OF Il. L. BRADBURY, DECEASED.
u Notice is hereby given by the undersigned,
executor and executrix of the estate OF L. L:
Bradbury, deceased, to the creditors OF, and all
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit the same with the necessary
vouchers within ten months after the first pub.
lication of this notice to the said executor and
executrix of the estate OF /. J.. Bradbury, de-
ceased, at the Office of raid John d. Bicknell In
the Fulton block, No. 2O7 New High street, city
of os Angeles, county Of Los Angeles, state OF
California, that being the place OF business OF
said estate in the county OF Los Angeles.
Dated this 18th day OF August, A, D. 1892.
JOHN d. BICKNELL.
S145w SIMONA M, BRADBURY.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

rTVHE UNDERSIGNED WILL RECEIVE PRO.
IL posals for the construction of a brick block
on the lot OF ground situated az the corner OF
day, August 25, 1892, at 2 O'clock. The own.
ers reserve the right to reject any and all bids.
Plans and specifications can be seen at the Of.
Ace OF Curlett 4 Eisen, architects, 218 North
Main street, Los Angeles.
s-12 I'd HAAS, BARUCH q co.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
Not I'm Harmonv.

Little Dot--Mamma, 1 mus have a
new doll right away.
Mamma-What is the matter with the
old one?
Little Dot-It's got some scwatches on
its face, an it looks sorter shabby along
side of baby.--Good News.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18

Superb photographs of the night sky
taken at Heidelberg represent part Of
the Milky way and show distinctly stars
of the fifteenth magnitude. One Of them
contains the trajectory of shooting
star.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COUNTY OF Los ANGELES.
i, I. II, Ward, county clerk and ex.officIo
clerk OF the board of supervisors of Los Ange-
les county CALIFORNIA; do hereby certify that,
at regular meeting of the board of supervis-
ofs OF said county of Los Angeles held ON the
nth day of August. 1892. at which meeting
there We're present Supervisors g. M. Perry, T..
a. Forrester and II. G. Hubbard, and the clerk.
following vote, to.wit:
Hubbard.
Nays-None
In witness whereof, have hereunto sct my
hand and affixed my official seal this Sth day
or August, 1892. sN
[sRAL.i 7. II. WARD,
County Clerk and ex- Oficio CLERK of the Board
of supervisors of Les Angeles county, CalfO,-
MIA. BY HENRY s. KNAPP,
Deputy Clerk
4. II. WARD, Clerk.
By HENRY 8. KNAPP, Deputy Clerk
S-10 lot
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18

Summer lap busters at Foy's old reliable sad
dlery house, BIS North Los Angeles street,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
For Nursing Mothers.

Santa Monica. When visiting the famous
resort be sure and enjoy the luxuries OF q bath
In the Crystal plunge.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
CaIffornia yinepar Worlr,

555 Banning street, opposite soap factory,
near Alameda and First streets, one-half block
from electric light works.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18

Convalescents and invalids order
s. r. Double Extra Brown Stout,
burpasses any Of foreign make.
Jacob Adlotf, Agent.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18
c. F. HE1NZEMAN,
Druggist & Chemist.
222 N. Main ST., Los Angeles.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

Prescriptions carefully compounded day or
night m22 tt
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18

use German Famfls soaps
Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-18

was wrong when notified of her unusual
visitor. That it was something about
Lake she did not doubt. She tried to
be calm however. It does not do to let
the men know too lnuch about the pri-
vate affairs of the families of the Off
GERS. They usually know it all, how
ever, so it might save good deal of
trouble to notify them at once.
"You wish to see me% said Hyacinth,
trying to look unconcerned.
'Yes, miss answered the young SER
geant, looking painfully embarrassed.
"What is it-you are Sergeant Connor,
/ think
ayes, miss-and it's about Lieutenant
Lake"
She blushed--she couldn't help it.
She wanted to reproach the man for his
intrusion, but she could not. It was an
affair of Lakes" He was probably in
trouble again, and she must know what
the trouble was.
"Well,s she continued, "what is the
matter? It seems little strange to me
that you should come to see me about
an affair Of Lieutenant Lakes"
II came because thought you loved
him." said the hot blooded young Irish
man, unable to appreciate the girls at
tempt at unconcern.
She did not answer, and he was about
to move away, angry in earnest, when
she said almost under her breath:
'fWhat is it, sergeant?"
"He's in arrest, miss"
"In arrestY she repeated. "What for?
And who put him in arrest?
~The colonel, miss, put him in arrest
this morning. He didn't inspect the
guard last night, and 1t was all my