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Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04

Constance was already noted as con-
tributor to the local press, and soon
made an arrangement with the Har-
pers, in whose pages the world first read
"Anne," EAST Angels" and other pro-
ductions of less note. All her writings
show her lover of nature and SYM
pathiZer with the unfortunate, as well
as something Of hero worshiper. But
her heroes and heroines are largely Of
her own personal selection, consisting of
those who deserved success, but failed
to secure it. Pages of prose would not
set this forth SO clearly as she has done
it in the first and last stanzas of her
poem, 'Hero Worship:'
"He is not what you think" o judges wise,
Can we not have Valhalla of our own
Within our hearts, where all the souls we prize
Shall sit in state, each on his royal throne? =.
What matter If we do not always choose
The few whose names, well weighed, ye write
above
AS laurel worthy; do ye thea refuse
Our hearts free right to honor whom we love?
What is one false among thousand true
"A thousand opening lives so well begun?
He is no hero, as you think" say you?
Well, then, our faith shall help to make him
one.
Back, judges, to your work of weighing. slow,
The dead yc destinr to Fames courts above!
But leave us free to orship here below
With faith and hope the living whom we love.
Miss Woolson is forty-four years old
and quite alone in the world since the
death, in 1879, of her mother, to whom
she was devoted. One fact often noted
in her writings is that while they show
a wonderful familiarity with nature in
Ohio and Florida, New England and the
northern lakes and other places where
she has Travelled they as yet show no
special interest in the old land where
she has lived a dozen years.
Another poet-authoress who began to
write in childhood is Mrs. Julia Caroline
Ripley Dorr, whose first published pro-
duction was q poem sent to The Union
Magazine without her knowledge by
her husband, who was delighted to find
in his newly acquired wife literary
genius. That was in 1S4S, and Mrs.
Dorr still writes occasionally. She was
born in Charleston Feb. 13, 1925, her
father, William Young Ripley, being
a native Of Vermont, and her mother
one of a French family who fled from
Hayti at the time of the slave insurrec-
ton. She was reared chiefly in Yer
mont, and in 1S47 married Seneca r.
Dorr, to whom the country is indebted
for urging his wife to enter the literary
field at once.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04

REV. JOSEPH oSGooD. was closely pack
ed. He took for his text Leviticus XIV,
Q, ga jubilee shall the fiftieth year be
unto you," and preached a sermon that
interested all New England and now at
tracts some attention elsewhere.
1t was such a wholesome, hopeful SER
mon. He declares that everything and
almost everybody is getting better, and
especially that 2there never was SO much
progress made in pure Christianity as in
the past century. Men are making dog
ma and ecclesiastical forms subordinate
to the great central idea of holy living.
In all the great denominations Of Chris
tendon this great central idea is advanc-
ing-that, after whatover man may
think and whatever forms he may adopt.
character, good living, life of hon
esty, justice, love, life devoted to the
highest and noblest ideals, is the essen
tial thing in practical Christianity"
He was born in Kensington, N. H,
Sept. 90, 1916, and was graduated from
Harvard divinity school with the high
est honors of his class in 1e42. He went
to Cohasset to teach and was called to
preach. In 1914 he married Ellen Dew
ereux Sewell, who is still with him, and
they have living nine children and sew
enteen grandchildren. Among other
"reminiscences he gave these:
When l came here to preach there
never had been a carpet on these aisles.
We had no organ; an orchestra assisted
the choir. There We're people who could
distinctly remember the Revolutionary
war. Last spring a couple came to me
to be married. The groom belonged to
family for whom l had performed pas
toral duties for either funerals or we'd
dings in six generations, and the bride
also belonged to a family in which had
had the same experience, and performed
parochial duties for six generations.
There was no important business
then except fishing, about fifty vessels 60
ing out in the spring to fish. This gave
employment to q great many, including
coopers and sailmakers, while many
Others by rigid economy and hard work,
made respectable living on their farms.
In those times the Congregational soci-
eties were state societies. Men were
compelled to pay for support of minis
try, and to pay their taxes for support Of
preaching, as they were for all other
needs of the town.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
A Pitiable HallucinatiOn.

In the insane ward at Blockley aims
house, Philadelphia, is man who, once a
prominent figure in the city councils, is
now stark, staring mad. Although man
weighing in the neighborhood of $50
pounds, he is afflicted with the insane idea
that he is baby. One of his favorite pas
times is to lie on the floor, kick his heels in
rAe air and laugh or cry, as the mood strikes
him. One day recently, while indulging
in his favorite occupation, a guard accom-
panied by several visitors passed through
the ward. Immediately the quondam
councilman bega!. to raise an awful out
cry. The visitors stopped. whats the
matter?" one of them asked in alarm.
"Roohoor' cried the 250-pound infant.
you ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
All you big men standing there and let
ting little baby like me lie on the floor.
RoOhOOW
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
Tho Long and Short of 1t.

The emperor of Germany, as every
body knows, is soldier from the crown
of his head to the soles of his feet. Any
thing appertaining to the army interests
him. He has just placed upon the wall
of his study q large photograph of which
he is very proud. 1t is a portrait, half
life size, of the biggest and the smallest
soldier of the Prussian army standing
side by side. The former is Private
Pritzchan, of the First regiment of the
Prussian guard. He stands 6 feet ~
inches in his boots, and when he pre-
sented himself at Dusseldorf for exami-
nation special apparatus had to be pro-
vided with which to take his waist
measure. His breadth is in proper pro-
portion to his height. The smallest
soldier is the hereditary prince. The
picture is Il unique one, showing ver-
table giant, quite equal to any that fig
ure in ''Grimms Tales" or other books
Of fables, and by his side a soldierly
lilliputiar.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
PIGEON AND ENGINE.

would lift it's body in the air, and If by
chance it foated over the top of the smoke
stack the force of the exhaust of steam
would send it heavenward faster than its
wings could take it, and it was powerless
TO resist the momentum. Nothing daunted,
it would instantly resume it's place at the
head of the fast flying engine, its swift
wings keeping easy pace with the rapid
revolving drivers.
The bird evidently liked the fun and
.ept it up day after day. The crew threw
out bits of bread to attract its attention;
it ate the bread, but resumed it's place at
once. Two weeks of this made some of the
boys superstitious, but on examining the
oracles they found that white pigeon al
ways means good luck, and were delighted.
And at last accounts the bird was still
with them.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
PEEKAyING THE DICE.

suckers were 'Dago John" and Jacl,
Nolan, of Cincinnati land any other city
where playing is lively) the sporting fra
ternity Immediately got over their aston
ishment, but were very curioYs to know
how it was done.
Nolan went in n day or two in advance
of the coup and played square game. In
doing so he discovered the weight and size
of the dice and the private marks ON thsm,
so he and his partner came prepared. The
"Dago" lost Sl,700 in straight playing;
then the turn came, and the "pals" quit
81 900 ahead. A stranger came in but he
lost forty dollars, while the ''pas" contin-
ued to win. 1t was a mystery, and the
explanation is, ''They put in six and eight
dice" so say the sports, and so it was,
though several experts were watching
them all the time.
The six and eight" are the hardest dice
in the world to detect. They are bored on
the ace deuce and tray sides and filed with
mercury. BY giving them u long roll they
will turn to six and eiglft more times than
to any other number, although other points
will show up now and then. Once in
great while they will turn seven and craps,
but the work is SO fine that it gives the
players the percentage that should belong
to the game. This style of loaded dice is
very popular nowadays with the experts.
Crooked dice cannot be handled by every
one, as it requires skill to make them roll
right. This was clearly proved by the
young fellow who dropped into Bush g.
Johnson's and played with the crooked
dice. He did not know how to roll them
and lost forty dollars.
After playing with their own dice the
"pals" had to lose few hundreds in
straight playing to get their own dice back
into their pockets and get away with the
evidence. All the old tricks in dice are so
well known that sports no longer attempt
them, but there is new one by which ex-
perts-and experts only-can beat the
dealer, and that is called ''peekaying" the
dice. There are several ways of doing
this, but the most popular way is using
the little finger In shooting craps, if a
person can manage to throw five face up
ward every time he has great advantage
as it prevents him from throwing craps
and gives him chance to throw seven or
eleven. The throwing of the five can be
done by ''peekaying."
One way to do this is to hold the die be-
tween the first and second joints of the
little finger, with the five facing the in
side of the hand. By II quick movement
the die can be thrown into the air, but il
stead of rolling it will spin, and the five
will remain face upward. That is the
simple way, and it is easily detected by
any one familiar with the trick. Another
way is to hold it between the first three
fingers, with the five facing the finger. This
can only be done after weeks of practice.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
A Distinguished French Statesman.

The newspapers have had very little
to say of Edouard Valery Gressier, who
died recently, and yet he was one of
Frances most able statesmen. He was
born in 1916, was educated in the law
and in science, and became early in life
counselor and advocate of the ministry
of finance. Afterward he was elected a
member of the council general for the
canton of Corbie. He became govern
ment deputy in the corps legislatif in
1864, and served on several important
committees Of that body, notably those
having charge of the budget and of the
law of military organization. M. Gres-
sier was called to the ministry of agri-
culture, commerce and public works in
1868, and in that Office gave especial at
tention to the organization of higher in
struction in agriculture and reform of
farm schools. He was named a senator
by decree on Dec. 2S, 1869. After the
fall of the empire he resumed his place
at the bar of Paris.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
MARRIED TO CHlNAMEN.
White Women Who Accept N!ongoiial
Husbands.

White Women Who Accept N!ongoiian
Husbands.
The average American cannot under
stand how any human being, however in
ured by custom, can live in IN average
Chinatown. That white women should
live there by deliberate choice seems to
him monstrous, horrible. Yet they do,
and very young, pretty and intelligent
women too. And, what is more surprising,
the number is constantly increasing, and
many of these women make the acquaint.
ance of their Mongolian husbands at the
Chinese Sunday schools.
BY common consent Mrs. Watson is the
aristocrat of her quarter in Chinatown,
San Francisco, though she is quartered in
one OF the most filthy and noisome houses
in that section. 1t is a large building OF
the corner of Washington and Dupont
streets, and is fairly running over with
Chinese families. Up the second flight Oh
stairs and far down the dingy hall, where
dozens of dirty Chinese babies play, Mr..
Watson's "home'' is located. 1t consists
of one small room about eight feet wide
and nine feet long, in which is piled queer
job lot of furniture, and another tiny closet
about five feet square partitioned off from
the larger room. There is room for but
one bed but few feet above the beC
boards are placed across the rafters in true
Chinese fashion. and on this shelf a bed is
fixed. There four of the children are
slowed away at night. Not a ray of light
or pure air can reach the sleeping room
yet a family of seven persons eat, SLEEP
and thrive in this den.
That woman came of a good family il
Maryland was graduated at the Ursulin.
convent in Morrisana, n. Y, taught in the
schools of California for years, and eight
cen years ago fell in love with and mar
ried Chinese pupil in her Sunday school
class. They have had six children, Of
whom five are living-bright, intelligent
half breeds. And Mrs. Watson Cher hus
band took that name when baptized) is still
handsome and pleasant spoken.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04

Her first prose tale was Isabel Les
lie." 1t appeared in Sartain's Magazine
i'll 1S4S and gained the prize offered for
that year. She has lived IN Rutland,
VT, since her marriage, and has been a
widow since 1884. Her descriptive writ
ings have charming simplicity, which
is also the chief beauty in her poems, as
shown in this extract from her "Treas-
ure Ships:'
All spoils of the earth ye bring
From the isles Of far Cathay;
From the fabled shores of the orient,
And realms more rich than they.
The prisoned light of a thousand gemgs
The gleam of the virgin gold; 4
; Luster OF silver and sheen of pearl 4
Shut up in the narrow hold. 4
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
RACING WITH A TRAIN.
The Remarkable Doings of 6 Swift Winged

Pigeon.
The pigeons flight is the marvel of nat
ural history. Pigeons have been killed in
the far north 600 miles from the nearest
rice fields with green rice in their crops
and undigested. 1t is matter of course
that the exertion of rapid flight delayed
digestion, yet they must have travelled
near sixty miles an hour. Like other
birds, they fly for some defined purpose as
a rule, but it is evident that like most
other animals, boys included, they otter
do their best just for the fun of it.
Such, no doubt, is the case with that
white pigeon which was at first looked ON
as a ''hoodoo," but is now regarded as a
"mascot" by the crew of train (No. fast)
running between Richmond, Ind, and
Marion, O., on the N. Y, P. and o. r. r.
One fine morning in October this pigeon
surprised the crew by flying along just in
front of the engine and about on level
with the headlight. BY way of change it
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
A Giant Sewing Machine.

The popular idea of the sewing ma
chine is an insignificant looking little
affair which can be readily pushed about
from place to place by Il child, but they
are not all like that by any means. A
giant sewing machine has lately been
finished at Leeds, England. The rla-
chine. which is to be used for attaching
cotton betting, is said TO weigh 5i5 roa J.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist to sell
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
are sffiicted with Cough Cold or any Lung,
Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this rem
edy as directed, giving it fair trial, and expe-
and have your money refunded. We could not
make this offer did we not know that DR.. Kings
New Discovery could be relied on. 1t never
disappoints Trial bottles free at G. F. Heinze-
mans drug store, 222 North Main street. Large
size Soc and 81,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
A Dead Soldiers Bible.

Among the Union soldiers killed az the
battle OF Charlottesville was Jesse G.
johnson, q member of the New York. .regi-
ment popularly known as Duryea's zouaves.
In 1887, twenty-four years after the battle,
there was found on the field small Bible,
with an inscription on the fyleaf showing
that it bad been given to johnson by
dying mother. This interesting relic is
preserved at the headquarters of the Dur
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
CHICAGO'S ANARCHISTS.
Loyal to Their Comrades Who
Were Executed.
THE MONUMENT AT WALDHEIM.
Et Will Commemorate One of the Most
Sensational Series of Events in the His
tory of the American Republic-The
Laying of the Cornerstone.

Laying of the Cornerstone.
The Chicago anarchists have rallied and
laid the cornerstone of what will be one
of the most interesting monuments in the
world, 1t is in Waldheim cemetery, and
will tell in sculpture the story of the Hay
market massacre. 1t will commemorate
the virtues Of the men executed on Nov.
IL, 1887, and their fellows who suffered
without being executed. 1t is the compile
ment of that other monument at Des-
PLANES and Randolph streets which cele-
brates the heroic police who died by the
anarchist bomb, and the fact that the po-
lice allowed parade when this last corner
stone was laid is proof enough that they
think all danger past.
The paraders were not allowed, however,
to carry red flags, and so they carried none.
The procession formed on the very ground
where the police fell before the bomb, and
some twenty radical socialistic societies
took part. At the graves the affair passed
into the hands of Matt Schmedenger, the
master of ceremonies. The International
Mannerchor sang some especially appro
pirate songs and the Socialistic Singing
society and the Arbeiter Liederllranz con
tributed their share of the vocal music.
The orators were NJ. V. Britzius, who ad-
dressed the assemblage in English; Robert
Steiner, editor of The Arbeiter Zeitung,
who spoke in English, and Frank Choura,
of Woodville, Pa, who made his address in
Bohemian Under the cornerstone was
buried an iron receptacle containing COM
pete record of the trial, copy of all the
labor papers of the country and copies of
the constitution and bylaws of the labor
o,,io I; Df 4 t,o
tory and the song were finished the graves
were strewn with fravrant flowers
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
A I.aa1er.

Since the first introduction. Electric Bitters
has gained rapidly in popular favor until now
tonics and alternatives containing nothiug
which permits its use as a beverage or intoxi-
cant, it is recognized as the best and pureet
medicine for all ailments of Stomach Liver or
Kidneys-It will cure sick Headache, Indiges.
tion, Consti patton, and drive Malaria from the
system. Satisfaction guaranteed with each bot.
tie or the money will be refunded. Price only
soc. per bottle. Sold by G. Heinzeman drug.
gist and chemist, 222 North Main street.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
Hucklen,s Arpjca salxe

The best salye in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect sat
isfaction, or money refunded Price, 25 cents
per box. For sale by G. f. HeinZeman.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04

Cohasset, Mass,
and with very
rare exceptions
he has filled the
same pulpit
W e e k ly ever
since. There was
therefore great
interest as the
fiftieth anniver-
sary drew near,
and the church
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
a Big CroD of Corn.

A man in the Nishnabotna valley, Iowa,
has made record of Il corn crop, grown
and ripened in lightweight days from the
time the seed was put into the ground
The yield of corn will be 70 to 100 bushels
per acre. The ground on which the corn
now stands was covered with water until
June TO- From part of it the water did
not recede until June 15
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04

Another graduate of the Morrisania con
vent is Mrs. Lee Pc, who was Gertrude
Matthews. She is but twenty-five years
of age. remarkably beautiful ard pos,
sessed of voice that, with proper training
would be a fortune. Yet three years age
she met and loved Chinaman. They mar
ried, and have n boy six months on. She
is from Rhode Island. Still more remark
able is the case of Sarah Burke, who was
belle in Santa Cruz but a few years age
and eloped with Chinese servant. HeI
father got her arrested and taken before
the commissioners of lunacy, but she was
evidently sane. Nothing could be done,
and her mother died of a broken heart.
4 year or so ago n young actress of con
siderable talent married a Chinese actor,
but they separated in a few months. Most
of these Cinnamon who get white wives are
common laborers, but Chin Shin is noted
exception. He is wealthy, and his white
wife lives in considerable style in house
of her own. The latest case reported is
that of a German girl who married the
Chinese cook to the family where she was
chambermaid, but the cases are now toe
numerous to excite much comment. The
laws of California prevent a lawful union
between white persons and Chinese; there
fore the only form of marriage possible is
by contract 1t is also well known that
not one Chinaman in hundred comes
to these shores without leaving behind a
wife in China; so, by the laws of China,
the white wife is not IL wife, and if she
visited the Flowery Kingdom she would
not be recognized as such
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
A Giant of the Adirondaclss.

The largest black bear killed this fall In
the neighborhood of Long lake, in the Adj
rondack region, weighed 252' pounds. 1t
was shot by Mr.. w. x. Mansfield, of Co.
hoes, while it was swimming across Slim
pppr
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
Lost

Once lost, il is difficult to restore the
hair. Therefore be warned in time,
lest you become bald. Skookum root
hair grower stops falling hair. Sold 10y
druge,ieta.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
A JOLLY OLD GARDENER.
He Cultivated Flowers by Day and Bur
g1ed at Night.

Henry Coogan, gardener and burglar,
was in laughing mood when he walked
out of a San Francisco police court the
other morning. In fact Mr.. Coogan is
always laughing. On five different occa-
sions he has laughed before cameras in the
California state prisons, and five laughing
hkenesses pasted in the prison albums de-
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
Found,

At the drug store, a valuable package,
worth its weight in gold. My hair has
stopped falling and all dandruff has dis
appeared since found skookum root hair
grower. Ask your druggist about it.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
THEY BEAT THE GAMBLERS.
How Couple of Experts Handled the
Crooked Dice.

The firm of Bush Sc johnson, New Or
leans, consists of two of the smartest
sports in the United States. Great was
the astonishment, therefore, when two
seeming suckers dropped into their place
day or two before the big fist fight and
carried off 81 600 of their money. When,
however, it was discovered that the alleged
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
Our Home Brew.

Maier & Zobelein's Lager, fresh from the
on draught in all the principal sa-
looms, delivered promptly in bottles or legs.
Office and Brewery. 444 Also st. Telephone 81
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
coHAsseT's VENERABLE PASTOR.

For Half Century He Has Preached
the Gospel.
On the nth of July, 1S42, Rev. Joseph
Osgood preached his first sermon in
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
California Vinegar Works,

CaI1fOrnIA vinegar WOrKs,
555 Banning street, opposite soap factory,
near Alameda and First streets, one-han block
from electric light works.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
ADVERTISE in the columns Of THE HERALD

Drink John Wieand or Fredericksburg lager
beer, on tap at all irst-class places.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04
In a recent letter to the manufactur,

ers, Mr.. A. w. Baldridge, Millersville,
Ill, says: "Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy gives the best satisfaction of any
cough medicine l handle, ard as
seller, leads all other preparations in
this market. recommend it because it
is the best medicine l ever handled for
coughe, colds and Group" For sale by
G. F. Heinzeman, druggist, 222 North
Main street.