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Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
To New Orleans In -Four Days.

SAN Francisco, March IAN import
ant change of time on the Sunset route
which will shorten the time twelve
hours between this city and New Or
leans, will be announced tomorrow.
The new schedule will reduce the run
ming time to New Orleans to four days,
precisely. The time of leaving this city
will remain unchanged, but the leaving
time at Los Angeles will be an hour
earlier
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
THE GREAT FIGHT.
Maher and Fitzsimmons to Battle To-
~,sofk

Maher and Fitzsimmons to Battle To-
night.
Peter Maher, the 'Irish giant" and
Bob Fitzsimmons battle tonight at New
Orleans. It promises to be a great con-
test, and opinion is very much divided.
The east appears to favor Maher, while
New Orleans and California are fairly
solid for Fitzsimmons. This in meas
ure accounts for the fact that Fitzsim-
mons has a slight call in the betting.
There is much difference of opinion IN
regard to the weight of the men, and
therefore it is no easy matter to form an
intelligent opinion. A recent dispatch
says that Maher will not scale more
than 178 pounds, while Fitzsimmons
will weigh all of 1853 or 170 pounds.
If there should not be more
than z pounds difference in weight
in favor OF Maher, the wri te,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
TO INVESTORS.

We have for sale fine tract of land. about
1000 acres, being
CLOSE TO LOS ANGELES,
On the Redondo Railway. This Is extra hne
soil, lies level, all under cultivation, and water
piped over the tract. townsite, station ana
several buildings also included.
If you mean business call and learn further
particulars; the price is surprisingly low. :,
We have several 'good things" to offer, b0th
in city and country property.
BELTS g. StEENT,
Real Estate, Loans and Investments.
Con. BROADWAY AND SECOND 6Ts.
N 20 Inn
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
Araon and Rrihary.

SACRAMENTO, March 1.-Justice of the
Peace Henry today held George Grab
tree, Henry Dabson ard Jack Taylor to
answer for arson in the sum OF $4,000
each. They are charged with burning
the stables and hotel of McKinstry 4
Argrave at Gait, on the. night Of jan
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
Collins's Examination Postponed.

SAN DIEGO, March 1.-The prelimin-
ary examination Of j. w. Collins, presi-
dent of the California National. bank,
arrested last week on the charge of the
embezzlemet of 5000, 900, which was to
have been held on Wednesday, has
been postponed by mutual consent till
March 18th.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02

the cinder covered roadbed. Strange to
say, besides the seven unfortunate VIC
Tins, only one man was injured, and he
but alightly.
Bartei was found this evening and
locked up.
Four of the dead men had families.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
Ontario Owns Its Water Works.

ONTARIO, CAL, March 1.-The stock
holders of the San Antonio Water COM
pany voted to transfer the town water
system to the town of Ontario. The
municipality now owns its own water
works.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Idaho Contest Not Yet Decided.
Committee Reports.

Committee Reports.
WASHINGTON, March latter the
senate disposed of considerable busi.-
ness of no great Importance, it resumed
consideration of the Idaho contested
election case, and Sanders took the floor
in defense Of Claggett's right to the
seat. Morgan made a legal and consti.
tutional argument against the right OF
Dubois to occupy the seat in the senate.
Without action on the case, the senate
:. adjourned.
SAFETY OF NATIONAL BANKS.
The senate finance committee today
directed that . favorable report be made
on the house bill for better control of,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
Gould on His Travels.

ST.. LOUIS, March 1.-Jay Gould's pri-
vate car arrived this evening over the
Pennsylvania and started for Texas at
once on special train over the Iron
Mountain. Neither Gould nor his
doctor could be seen,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02

uary 2Sd last. The Bee this evening
published the story of an attempt to
bribe Justice Henry with $500 to dis
miss the defendants.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02

New suits at 125 w. Third st. Select
from our large new stock and you are
sure to be fitted. Getz, Fine Tailoring.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02

Rodman's pool room will open this
evening, when pools will be sold and a
description by rounds will be received
of the Fitzsimmons-M Maher contest.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02

A Washington Correspondent Sizes Up
Democratic Feeling.

A Washington Correspondent Sizes UP
Democratic Feeling.
New YORK, March 1.-The Helald's
Washington correspondent has been
preparing a table showing the presi-
Dental preferences of the delegates to
the national convention. In compila-
tion made on the basis of 900 delegates,
the correspondent classifes 2S5 for
Hill, 265 for Cleveland, and the
remainder for some western man.
Cleveland, he says, seems to be the
choice of California, Connecticut, Della
ware, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washing
ton, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Hill
is said to be the choice of Colorado,
Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Mississippi,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina and Texas.
The state woman's prison and reform
school for girls at Indianapolis burned
l.. -, IL
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02
STORE TALK.

We make it point to give you
quality in everything you buy of
us. We insist upon it, first, last and
all the time. We find that it pays
us, and we know that it pays you too.
Every article advertised in our
Semi-Annual Clearing Sale bears
the stamp of quality. In our Suits
for Men and Boys you will find it
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02

Having returned to Los Angeles after an alb
sence OF year, am prepared to show to my
former patrons and the public in general one
of the la gest and most select lines of Foreign
and Dom estic Goods ever brought to this city
Being desirably located, and only small rent.
can afford to make stylish suits OF superior
workmanship at q price much lower than those
who conduct large stores and pay high rents.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 80 Inn
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-02

The state woman's prison and reform
school for girls at indianapolis burned
last night. All the inmates escaped.
Loss, $500, 900.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

Of said petition to be posted as required by
law, and
WHEREAS, It appears TO the said city coun-
ell from the affidavit OF George W. Lysle,
filed with the city clerk Of said city, that the
said notices were posted i'm three Of the
most public places in said city for the period
Of twenty days before the hearing Of said
petition, and
WHEREAS, ON the 10th day Of March, A. D.
1892, the said hearing was had before the
city council Of said city Of Fairhaveu, and
ion such hearing IL was ordered by said cOuu-
ell that the said petition be granted, now
therefore,
sECrIoN T. That all that portion Of the
plat of what is known as "Lysle's Second
addition 20 Fairhayeu,' (Which plat was eN-
ecutcd on the nth day of June A. D. 1891
and filed for record In the office of the audi
tor of Nhat'Om county Washington, on the
goth day Of June. A. D., 1891, and recorded In
DOCK / or plats, ON page a. tO-Wlt: All OF
blocks numbered tweuty-thrCC l2iI, twenty
four "a. twenty-five l2j, twcnty-SiN O2U.
tweuty-Soycn "a. twenty O2Si. twenty
nine .2N, thirty 3DI, thirty one 80, thirty
six .3GI thirty seven go, thirty-cight G}sI,
thirty-uiue .39, forty AU, fOrty-Onp 4I and
forty-two 42I, and an of the lots contained i'm
ana shown ON said plat as forming part Of
said Hhuve-namod and described blocks OF
any of them, together with an streets, alleys
and public places shown ON said plat as Dor
ucrlng upon, Hbuttiug against or running
through the said above described blocks, or
amy or either of them, bee and the same are
hereby anGllCd. set aside and vacated and
said plat In So far as the same relates to or
lu any manner affects the said above de-
scrbcd lots. blocks, streets. alleys and public
places, be- and the same is hereby cancelled,
vacated aud held for uuught.
SEC. 2 This ordinance shall take elect
and De ion force from and after it's approval
ans publication lon the official paper Of said
city.
Passed the City Council Of the Cityof Fair
haven ON this sd day of March, A. b. 1872
Approved by me ON thl. 2!d day Of March,
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

Pretty nearly every one has seen the curl
Gus "sea ruffles," or "sea necklaces" which
are found plentifully on ocean beaches
These are the egg cases of the sea snails
They consist Of a number Of small disk
shaped envelopes attached along a sort of
stem, the biggest Of them being in the
middle. In each envelope there is little
spot of thinner material, which the young
break through when they are ready to be
Matched. When the female gasteropod is
about to lay she bures herself in the sand
from the surface Of which the necklace"
of eggs is gradually extruded. Being thus
set adrift and exposed to the elements, as
well as to devouring enemies, few of the
eggs are ever Matched, but those which do
come into she world safely and survive
doubtless live to very great age. Inter
view in Washington Star
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

An improved refuse Instructor has ap-
peared in England. The refuse is put into
the Instructor, and it contains sufficient
refuse coal and other combustible material
to keep the furnaces going when once
lighted, no other fuelseing necessary. The
temperature of the furnaces ranges from
400 to 1000 dogs. Fahrenheit, according to
the firing, and considerably less heat than
the former is sufficient to effectually de
stroy any germs Of disease and to consume
the injurious products of combustion be
fore they are passed into the open air. Pat
ent fume cremators are also provided
through which all gases from the furnaces
pass over a fire. the temperature of which
sometimes reaches 800 degs Fahrenheit,
and they are thence conducted into a chin
ney shaft 100 feet in height
The intense heat, which is estimated as
equal to the development of forty-five
horse power is utilized for driving ma
chinery and generating electricity, as well
as in dealing with the clinker or residuum
which is left after the burning. This
residuum is ground up for concrete NOR
tar, made into paving blocks, or used in
the construction of streets, and a suitable
boiler is provided in the main fue of the
apparatus. According to present working,
the amount Of house refuse, street sweep
ings, etc, that can be disposed of by one
machine in year is 10000 loads Each
of the eight cells of the destructor burn
from eight to nine tons per day of twenty
four hours.-New York Telegram.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
Superstition of the Dead Hand.

On recent visit south | met some
friends who have a. little child which l
had not seen for a year or more AT that
time the child had a brthmark, almost a
perfect strawberry on its neck, which in
terested me considerably, and on the re-
newal Of our acquaintance | asked about
the mark. The child's mother informed
me that it had entirely disappeared, and
upon investigation ! found that she was
correct in her statement. The mark was
gone, and naturally ! asked what had
caused its disappearance At first she re
fused to tell me, but finally, with apollo
gies for her weakness she confessed that
an old darby woman had told her if she
took the child to dead person and rubbed
the dead hand on the mark it would 90
away.
She laughed about it incredulously, for
she was not a superstitiOus woman, but
the suggestion remained with her, and the
more she thought of it the more it grew
until one day a neighbor having died she
took the child to the house and touched
the spot with the dead PERSONS hand. No
one knew of it except a woman who went
with her, for she was ashamed to acknowl-
edge her superstition, but just the same
in the course of few weeks the mark be
gan to fade away, and it continued to do
so until it had disappeared entirely
Then she began to wonder at it and to
make inquiries, and she discovered that
similar cures or removals had been effected
notably in one instance where a red blotch
which disfgured half the face of young
man had disappeared, or was at that time
disappearing, to be more correct, after the
dead hand treatment. / did not go to see
the young man whose face when | was
there was almost of the natural color, but
l have no reason to doubt the lady's verac
ity.
No explanation was or could be given Of
the cure except a vague allusion to the
supposition that as the body in the ground
decayed the mark on the living person dis
appeared, the time required in the removal
being coincident, or supposed to be, with
that required in the decay and dissolution
OF the body New York Sun.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

TO COAL BUNKER CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids for the construction of coal
bunkers opposite block rs, BclIiugham, now
New NhatcOm, will be received until D. m.
Friday. April !, 1892 Each bid shall be ac-
companied by "a certified check for sl.OOO,
payable TO treasurer of the rockingham Bay
Eastern railroad. in case successful bid
bonds iu the sum Of 5000. Bidders must
stipulate that they will invite bids for tim
Der and iron by advertisement for one wee !,
In daily paper published iu New What
com, but contractor will not be required to
huy TO uI, disadvantage from 10 business
standpoint. Contractor must furnish all
labor and material.
Plans, bills Of material and specifications
may De seen ut the office of the company la
b. Il, bank block. Bunker- must be COM
plctr June s. 1872. Address bids TO
j. j. DONOVAN,
Chief Engineer b. b. a r. r. H.,
New MhatCUm. Wash.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

There is something to a woman's mind
painfully notwithstanding in the discovery
that plants have a distinct appetite for
flesh food, yet Mr.. Francis Darwin has put
this beyond all doubt by feeding one plant
with roast meat and treating another in
the ordinary way, with the result that the
earnivorous plant not only produced 24O
seeds 10 every 100 produced by the other,
but the seeds themselves were finer and
heavier. 1t was that now somewhat neg
lected philosopher, Sam Weller, who pro
pounded the sweeping theory that "Natur's
a rum 'un," and certainly this roast meat
idea is positively Gilbertian.
/ hope the carnivorous tendencies of
plants will never be cultivated to the
extent Of involving such items in our
butchers books as:
One pound gravy beef for roses............sO Il
Chump chop y ounces, for orchids. .... 20
and a consequent serious money addition
to our household expenses. If it should,
and a time should arrive when the resi-
dents in our conservatories and window
gardens become connoisseurs and affect
plovers' eggs and quails, the outlook would
be truly alarming, and the only resource
left to US poor women would be to sacrifice
our love Of flowers upon the altar Of econ
omy or to enter upon a retalatory and self
defensive course of vegetarianism.-Chi
cago Tribune
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
How Egyptian Dogs Were Cared For.


In Egypt the house dog was shaved,
combed and washed. He was sometimes
tinted with benna, as if he were woman
He wore fine collars on his neck, furnished
sometimes with an earthenware clasp in
the shape of a bell or flower. Children
played with him. became attached to him,
and the hero of one story, to whom his
fates had predicted at his birth that he
would die of the bite of dog, willingly
confronted the threatened danger rather
than be separated from the dog he had
raised. He of course had name to which
he answered: Sitogai the ferreter; Kha-
oubsen, the lamp or star; Soubou, the
strong, and Nansi, the black.
He is seen with kings as well as with
common persons Rameses II, during the
earlier years of his reign, was always es-
corted by female dog, which was called
Anaitiennaktou, or brave as the goddess
Anaitis. A petty king of the eleventh
dynasty, about 1900 B. c., had five dogs,
which he SO loved that he carved their
names and engraved their portraits on his
tomb. They were, indeed, blooded ami
mails, whose names revealed their foreign
origin. The finest of them was called
Abaikarou, faithful transcription of the
word abaikour, by which the hunting dog
is designated in many Of the Berber dis
tricts. Mature.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
The Physical Tra timing of BOYS.

Boys Of today have great advantages in
their physical training over those Of even
ten years ago. IL is easily within the re-
membrance Of those Of us who have not
been out of college 50 very long, how the
mere mention Of football at home brought
down a storm of parental wrath, while I'M
relenting prohibition followed us back to
school The game was then an enigma,
and the newspapers added horror TO the
mystery by printing their accounts of
matches in a manner calculated to chill the
blood of any well regulated household
Gradually as the sons induced their par
ents to view the sport themselves, the pre-
iudice wore away. The game finds favor
in schools from Maine to California and
the result is a generation Of lads growing
up whose physical beauty and healthful
condition put US Of the last generation to
shame. Our very siXteen-year-old strip
ling can outrow, outrun, outswim, Outride
and outdrive US; give us points on football,
baseball and tennis, and happily devoid of
that sickly pallor peculiar to the student
of our day, knows quite as much, with the
ruddy glow Of health in his checks.
And yet there are to be found some few
that do not favor athletics for boysl The
glorious influence for good that sports
have on the general education and welfare
of both boys and girls has not begun to be
appreciated When | see boy who does
not take his play hour | regard him with
as much disquiet as the man who never
has kind word for any one. Play is as
necessary to the boys and girls as water is
to plant. Without it the growth of the
one is restricted and unhealthful, while
the other, having fewer resources, dies
Harper's Young People
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
The Age of Peach Trees

Although the peach tree is usually
considered short-lived, there seems to
be no real reason, outside of circum-
stances and conditions, why they
should not live as long as other trees.
There are some instances of very aged
peach tress, and probably one of the
oldest is in Mifilin county, Pennsylva-
mia, on the farm of Jacob Hoover, in
Fermanaugh township. When he
bought his farm, which is now forty
years ago, the tree was then in full
bearing, 50 that its exact age is not
known, but it is safe to say that it is
about fifty years, and by all accounts it
is yet in perfect health and bearing
bountiful crops yearly.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
ORDINANCE NO. 16e

An ordinance TO vacate a portion 4 the plat
of "Lysle's Second Addition to Fairhaven,''
i'm the city OF Fairhaven, Whatcom county,
state Of Washington.
WHEh EAs, The owners OF the lots and
lands contained I'm and forming a part Of
"Lysle's Second Addition TO Fairhaven"
have heretofore petitioned the city council
of the city of Fairhaven TO vacate "a portion
Of said addition" and
WHEREAS, The said "Lysles Second Add
ton TO Fairhaven" Is contained within he
corporate limits OF the city of Fairhaven in
the county of Whatcom, state Of Washing
ton, and
WHEREAS, The city council OF said city
did duly and regularly appoint day Tor the
hearing of the said petition and order
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
Fortune Telling by Finger Nails.

Fortune telling by means of the finger
nails, onychomancy, as it was called, was
common in ancient times. The practice
was to rub the nails with oil and SCOT or
wax and to hold up the nails thus prepared
against the sun, and upon the transparent
horny substance were supposed to appear
figures or characters, which gave the an
sNer required. In more recent times PEG
pie have been found predicting by means of
the nails of the fingers and telling the dis
positions Of persons with certain descrip-
tions Of the nails Worcester Light.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
The Desirns on stnmns.

AT present there are more postage stamps
in use than most people have any idea Of
The stamps range in denomination from
one cent to ninety cents, and there is a ten
cent stamp, fifteen cent stamp and a
thirty cent stamp. The designs for all the
stamps are selected by the postmaster gen
eral with the assistance Of his subordinates
The faces on the stamps are sharply criti-
cised, and the greatest care is taken to get
designs which will be popular and appro
pirate. -LOuisville Courier-J Journal.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
"TiI,, Sheets Died Poor

Howard Tilton. Of Seattle, came to
Friday Harbor on the 22d inst, to look
after the affairs Of the late James Tilton
Sheets. Mr. Sheets, who might have
been, with his opportunities, one of the
wealthiest men in the state, died only
the pOssessor Of a ranch on Lopez
island, and there is mortgage Of 81 200
ON Ihnt
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

There is only one kind of hand which dis.
like-the white hand" so common in fic-
ton, and, | am sorry to say, in fact also.
1t always reminds me Of trotters. 1t is
ghostly, it is not natural, and it is pro
duced artifcially by being made to per
spire under cover Many women have it.
L is an odious blemish London Truth.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

Children That DO Not Know How to Play.
A kindergarten teacher, at the head of a
free kindergarten working among the des-
perately poor and ignorant of a neighbor-
ing city, speaks of the pathetic unchildish-
ness Of the little creatures that she cOaXes
into her schoolroOms. Hungry, weary and
cold; dirty, ragged and sore; kicked, beat
en- and sworn at: often themselves wicked
beyond belief they seem to have nothing
ia common with joyous childhood save
smallness Of stature and fewness Of years.
They do not know how to play even, and
it is this ignorance of the underlying prin-
ciple of child happiness which seems the
saddest privation of all. The beautiful
land Of make believe is unknown to
them.
The story related by a man whose bust
ness took him much among the poorest,
most wretched districts Of this city, illus
trates the depths to which child life in The
slums has fallen. He found a company Of
ragged urchins one day playing at funerals
and quarreling over the privilege of being
the corpsel The one finally selected
stretched himself on the Shiny stones of
the dingy court, folded his hands peaceful
ly over his heart, closed his eyes and pale
and pinched looking rs he was, looked the
character he assumed with startling effect.
The others found bOttles-there were plen-
ty of them-and stood them on bricks for
candles around his bier. To these stunted
little souls the shabby pageants OF death
which they had seen i'm the lanes and alleys
of their neighborhood were so much finer
and more desirable than their dreary exist
ences that to counterfeit them was pas
time.-Her Point of View in New York
Times
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26
French Tansy Waters

Ladies will find these waters just
what they need, and can be depended
upon every time to give relief Safe
and Sure. Can be sent by mail sealed
securely. Price, $500 per box. For
sale by EngbeTg d Darling, druggists,
Eleventh and Harris.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

Bishop Phillips Brooks, as a rapid
speaker and the despair Of stenograpers,
has two rivals in the present congress.
The usual rate Of Representative Catch
ings, Of Mississippi, is said to be 23O
words a minute, and in the long speech
delivered by johnson, Of Indiana, on
the contested election case of Craig
Stewart, a speed of go words u minute
was reached