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woLcoTr KNOWS A GOOD THING.

His Reply to . Postscript to . Letter
Requesting . Railroad Pass.
Edward O. Wolcott, the man who nom
mated Blaine at Minneapolis, has almost as
magnetic and striking personality Is the
Plumed knight himself. He first attracted
national attention as an orator by his New
England dinner speeches His gifts Of or
atory, his fluent diction, his brilliant wit
his energy and virility, gave him spromi
nence, and caused him to be sought after a.
public speaker. ..s
He has a quick, nervous, impulsive way
of saying and doing things, and he seems to
be always in hurry. He would attract at.
tention anywhere. He would be equally
conspicuous in body of dignifed states.
men, or at a riot. His physique is q COM
promise between Hercules and Apollo. His
large head has blonde covering, a blonde
moustache becomingly graces his upper lip.
His mouth is large, and is expressive of
one OF his distinguishing Characteristic
determination. His voice is resonant and
in his friendships, and bitter and
uncompromising in his enmities He is a
genuine conoclast, and is constantly over
throwing precedents and violating the
proprieties. He is the only United States
Senator who ever attended session OF that
body attired in negiige shirt of the race
course pattern, q silk sash, . variegated
tie, and russell shoes.
He is one of the most fascinating men and
always appreciates good thing. In this
connection an accident that occurred when
the Senator was quite young man is in
teresting. He was then, as now. attorney
for several large railway corporations He
was regarded by the gentler sex as . con-
frmed bachelor, proof against all the ad-
vances and charms of matrImony. A lady
residing in the southern part Of tho State
desired pass to Denver. She wrote to q
lady friend, who was we'll acquainted with
Mr.. Wolcott, asking her to request pass
from him. And then, like all women, she
wrote postscript, which in this instance
was as follows:
P. ST. wish you would also send mo ono
of those P. D. corsets; the kind you wore
when l was last IN Denver. think they are
just too lovely for anything.
The lady received the letter, being in
very much of q hurry, and momentarily
forgetting all about the postscript, indorsed
a request on the back and forwarded the
letter to Mr.. Wolcott A reply came
promptly as follows:
Dear Madam-I enclose a pass, as re-
quested, for your friend. Miss -, would
send her the P. D. Corset, but have forgotten
A'' nDH''''' ' 3. 3. woIOorz.
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WOMEN'S SMALL TALK.
The Novel Employments Fair and
Busy Hands Have Discovered.
A SMALL CORN UNDER A TOE-NAIL.
Low Shoes Are Comfortable, but Liable to
Weaken the Ankles
THE BLACK SEAL FOB MOURNING
rwRIrrEy FoR THE DrsPArcH.1

rwR1rrEN FOE THE DrsPArcH.1
A patriotic young woman in the suburb.
who asked party Of friends out to her
cottage for the Fourth introduced some
novel effects at dinner. Silken flags hung
over the lace draperies at the windows, and
perforated ball stuck full of tiny, mounted
flags hung in the double doorway through
which the guests passed to the dining room.
The floral center piece Of the table was q
fiat flag Of red, white and blue flowers set in
rich frame Of green; the white candles In
the branching silver eandelabrs had gay
shsdes fashioned of flags, the ices were large
fire crackers eatsble even to the fuse OF spun
sugar, and the fayors were boxes covered
with ilken flag material and filed with
small fire crackers and tiny skyrockets
whose bursting yielded chocolates and
bonbons instead Of gun powder
It seems pos sible nowadays to buy almost
any service or knowledge in almost any
department Of life It is an age Of
'fspecialties" and "trained" functions
The woman who found dozen years ago
that her skill in making a certain pudding
could be utilized to buy bread for her
family when misfortune came was the
pioneer of a long line Of specific workers,
chiefly women, many Of whom have found
fame and fortune. There are professional
movers and house cleaners; professional
bric-a-brac busters and gray hair pullers,
vocabulary of small talk can be secured for
dollars and the art of conversation is on
sale; whist teachers are late entry into
the field of particulars" and a profess
sional glove-mender does not exactly cry
her trade through the streets like the um-
brella mender, but she may be had for the
asking and paying. As says Carlyle:
BLESSED is he (and she) who hath found
his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
He has a work, a life purpose; he has found
it and will follow it. Z"
"In the multitude of counsellors there is
certainly safety" said woman the other
day. "a month or two ago became aware
Of . serious pain in my right foot In the
large toe; there was nothing to be seen, but
there was much to be felt, and my discom-
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MoHuMEar TO GENERAL MAeauDsl

He Was NE Last Of tho Confedsr.ss Gen.
erals oppos. Northern Army
The Magrhder camp Of veterans Of Gal.
weston is raising fund to BE- devoted to the
erection of monument to Genefn JoksR =
Magruder, commander of the Department
OF Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. and the
last of the Confederate Generals to oppose Q
Northern army in the field
Magruder never surrendered, making his
way to Mexico in May, 1885, where be en-
tered the service of Maximilian. On his
return to the United States, In broken
health and fortunes, he endeavored to sup.
port himself by lecturing in the principal
Southern cities, but made failure Of II
When he died in Houston, Tex, February
19, 1871, he was in almost destitute oiroun-
stances In physique and bearing Magru-
der was one of the most dashing of the Con-
federate commanders
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which, however expensive, shall yet be alb
solutely correct
It Is certain that one suit must be . dark
blue serge, cut bell skirt and blazer There
Is great variety of detail even for this par
ticular design, but, after all, that is the
most nstty which has the bell skirt fastened
to perfect fitting girdle of the goods,
known Is the 'corselet skirt" and closing
fast in the bsck with hooks and eyes or
lacings. This requires q silk blouse in
dark blue, dotted or striped to suit the
wearer's fancy. Blue dotted Nth yellow
or red, are two very popular combinations.
If you choose the latter complete the suit
with blue straw sailo-, trimmed with q
band of blue ribbon dotted with red, va
riety that is great speciality with one store
only, and Q red parasoL The cutaway
jacket may have front facings of red silk.
Among the foremost OF the bargains at this
season are complete blazer suits as we'll as
blouses and jackets separate.
There are sailor hats and sailor hats; some
of them are hideous So many make the
mistake of getting one with too high a
crown and too wide q brim. This is not
nearly as apt to be becoming as one with
low crown and narrow brim. The wing or
loops used for trimming should be on the
left side. A very jaunty sailor shown in
large window, containing nothing else, has
q big loose bunch of narrow red satin rib
bon loops on the side, with . wider band
surrounding the crown.
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Blue and red is one of the picture squs
combinations of the season. A girl who
summers at Lake Mabopao, who is always
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Old Memories,

Mary Hansen In Chicago Inter-Ocesn.
Old memories with haliowed glees,
Z You echo in your melodies,
Your songs are Of the other years,
OF other Joys and other cheers,
In other chords and harmonies.
or children on the grassied leas,
or daisy blooms and humming bees,
OF shadowed mounds bedewed with tears,
Old memories.
And through the gathered mysteries,
That hang like yelling mists OF seae.
You bring us where the bound'ry nears
The world in which our dead appears,
But only touch she minor koyS-
Old memories.
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Or. aordon,Prayorite p..ttus

The Rev. Dr.. A. j. Gordon, Of Bossoa, -
. clever caricaturist, and often sketches
humorous trifes on bits of paper while
awaiting a flow of ideas One OF his fayorits
designs represents yavning parishionsry
but it is believed that he could have found
his models only in some other church tAaA
his own.
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Emperor william a Good Shot.

The German Dmperor is fond of hunting,
particularly of following the boar, the sport
in which his forefathers excelled. The Kais-
er rides white horse when he goes hunt
ng and silver spurs jingle on the heels of
his top-bootA He is good marksman and
has a record of putting three balls from re-
volver into the bull's-eye of q small target
fifteen PAGES distant.
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Free trade, in the strict sense of the term,
is not found in any country, says the St.
Louis Globe Democrat England comes
nearest to this condition, but she imposes
duties which bring her in about 800, GOO, 600
q year. These duties, though, are levied
for revenue and not for the protection Of
any domestic industIR
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which comes, you know, by the yard or
rather by the foot. Then painted the
whole, bench and all, with carriage glass
paint; used Lucas, which gave it this rich
finish and color. For the top / made this
fiat seat-cover out of an old quilt, folded
the right size which /, covered with this
piece of apple green silver brocade that was
an old curtain from an auction shop. That,
my dear, is another idea At auctions
sometimes pair of beautiful silk tapestry
or brocaded curtains will go for a song be-
cause one is faded or soiled Buy them,
though, if you get a chance, and work the
good pieces up into chair seats, cushion
covers, and hall bench tops"
Notwithstanding the fact that i1lustr..
tions and directions for fower-pot holders
of silk and embroidery continue to appear,
they are not to be recommended in any
way. 1t is tawdry, inartistic taste which
will countenance such expedients. To set
the earthen porous pots in the rich-hued
porcelain jars that are to be had every
where adds to the effect, but to have the
plant sprouting from q bag of silk or
springing from case of embroidery 10 un-
suitable in the highest degree. Excellent
plant pot coverings are the palm and wicker
baskets which come for, the purpose A
large bow OF ribbon the same shade an the
flower, or in the case of a foliage plant Of
the plant leaf, is attached to the handle, or
tpreads itself against the side OF the basket
pot
At June fete in the country . marrow
tin of moss was fitted along the lower edge
of the balustrade which covered the hand
rail and filled close with sweet peas; on the
newell post at the foot the same blooms
were massed in large osier basket.
MARGARET II. WELCk
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OMEN, fashionably
dressed and beautiful,
still make brilliant
the streets of Gotham;
though the big Sarato-
gas of the elite left
the city. weeks ago.
For the most part
these are the econom-
ically inclined who
have been studying
the most prominent
styles and are now
providing themselves
from the bargains with
am m m er outfit-
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Black-edged paper IL not used IS much as
formerly. white paper with . black seal be-
ing indicative Of even the deepest mourn
ing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-10
BARGAINS IN SEASON.
How Madame of an Economical Turn
Can Be Absolutely Correct.
ONE SUIT THAT SUMNER DEMANDS
Happy Combinations Of Partisan Fancies
and American Ideas
AN ARTISTS CHOICE OF ORNAMENTS
rcoRsEsfoNpENcEo OF THE prsPArcH.,

NEW YORK, July &
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-31
Plenty of Testimony Offered Yesterday
by Old-Time Citizens.

by Old-Ti Citizens.
Judge Van Dykes court room yester-
day looked like general session of the
Historical society. There was big
gathering Of the oldest inhabitants, and
they were all fortified with books and
maps, Spanish and English archives
and vast fund of personal reminis-
cences, which they were prepared to
unload i'll the shape of testimony in the
suit of the city against Kaspare Cohn
to recover possession of ten feet of land
abutting the north end of Temple block.
Ex-Mayor Stephen G. Foster testified
that he had executed the original deed,
and maintained that the city was in the
right. Yesterday j. w. Griffith, A. j.
King and J. r. Scott were called, and
testified as to what they remembered
about the old structure. As far back as
1888 one-story adobe building stood
upon the site. In 1851 Juan Temple
tore down the old structure and put
up two-story adobe. 1t was
considered a magnificent structure in
those times. AT the north end of the
building, where Main and Spring join, a
veranda extended out. 1t was two
stories high. The first floor was paved
with brick, the second floor was of
wood and wooden roof extended out
from the main edifice. When this build
ing was torn down the new block took
in the ground covered by this veranda.
The city claims this was "a grab,' as
the land really belonged to the corpora
ton as sidewalk
James Allen. former occupant Of
the building, said he had used the
veranda for storing his supplies.
Louis Roeder and Don Antonio Coro-
mel and Mrs. ID. Savaria also gave their
testimony in similar strain, the latter
having been born in the structure. The
testimony for the defense then closed
and the case is now in the hands of
Judge Van Dyke.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-31
THE CHICAGO FAIR.
A TALK WITH THE SECRETARY OF
THE STATE COMMISSION.
He Finds Southern California Well Or
ganized-P Exhibits Can Be
Sold-The Allotment of Space.

Thomas H. Thompson, the secretary
of California's worlds fair commission,
is at the Nadeau hotel. He is making a
tour of Southern California, and is very
much pleased with the progress made
by this part of the state. Mr.. Thomp-
son talked interestingly on worlds fair
matters with HERALD reporter last
evening.
"This is my first visit to Southern
California on matters connected with
the coming worlds fair" he said. 81
am very well pleased with the progress
made by Southern California. With
one or two exceptions, the
southern portion of the state is the
best organized. The county organiza-
tion is a little behind, however.
There appears to be some doubt about
the time that the fair will open. Dedi-
catory exercises will be held on October
IL, 1892, but the fair proper Will not
open until May l, 1898. The fair will
continue until October 30th.
During my last visit to Chicago quite
a concession was granted to California.
1t will be allowable to sell all perishable
goods before becoming worthless, pro-
vided the exhibit is renewed. This will
be great saving to the state. The
California board has advertised for
plans for the California building. All
plans will be opened on the 9th day of
February. Several Los Angeles archi-
tects contemplate competing.
Mr.. r. Ulrich, the landscape gardener
for National park, Chicago, is now in
Southern California looking after plants
and shrubbery for the decoration of
the general grounds. He left for Santa
Barbara today. Mr.. Ulrich is almost q
Californian, and years ago designed the
ground of several millionaires at Menlo
park.
The final allotment of space will be
made on June 30th. In the preliminary
allotment California got 10000 feet for
the horticultural display and five acres
of ground for an outdoor display. 1t is
intended to put in an orange grove rep
resentative of Southern California.
Three typical woods of California
sequoia, redwood and pine--will be
shipped next week to be used as col
umns in the Forestry building. The
general government at Washington also
contemplate getting section of the Sc
quota, 25 to 80 feet in diameter and 30
fest high, to place in the center of the
government building at Chicago. This
section will be shipped from National
park at Tulare.
81 would like you to correct an erro-
neous impression which appears to pre-
vail. 1t is in regard to the report that
a number of salaried people have been
appointed. Only two assistants to me
have been appointed, and just at pres.
ent only one is under pay. A board oil
lady managers has been appointed, but
their duties do not commence until
Mayv
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-31
TIE WHISKY TRUST.
Big Holders of Stock Disposing OF Their
Certificates

Certificates.
CHIcAGo, Jan. 30.-A morning paper
prints the following: A distiller, who
claims to be in the confidence OF the of
ficers OF the Cattle Feeding and Distil-
lery company, while at the internal rev.
enue office yesterday said big holders of
whisky trust stock had unloaded their
holdings. They had gotten rid OF sew
eral million dollars worth of trust stock
in the last few weeks, and most of the
stock held in the east. The big sellers,
he said, were President Greenhut, of
Peoria; Nelson Morris, the packer; E..
S. Easton, Peoria; Warren Corning, of
Cleveland, and F. +. Corning, G.. c..
Clark and his brother Sumner Clark, of
Peoria. Other small holders in Cincin-
natl and other cities joined with the
whisky magnates in getting rid of their
stocks.
"Most of them got rid of the stock at
sixty" said the distiller, land now the
price is far below that. After they sold
out President Greenhut was not all
backward in saying the government was
sending out agents to investigate the
trust. This sort of talk forced the
stock down"
"Yes', said Edward Morris, son OF
Nelson Morris, when seen last night,
1--WE sold considerable of our whisky
trust stock; not all, but considerable.
The stock is all getting into the hands
of eastern holders. Wall street specu
lators were running the stock above its
value, and then hammering it down
again, and as we were not doing that
kind of business, and did not care to
hold speculative stock we sold good
deal of whisky stock. There has been
nothing secret about the sale that is,
to those interested; for we advised all
those who were in with us of what we
intended to do. don't know anything
about this talk of government investi-
CATION of the trust. 1t may be true, or
it may be just Wall-street report. l
do not know. We don't regard the
stock as particularly risky, but it was
speculative stock, and so we sold."
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-31

ton, the whole distance being occupied
by the horse car lines. The estimated
cost OF such grading and paving, prop
erly chargeable against the company,
will not be less than $40, 900.
3. To lower the tracks Of the horse
car lines to conform to the grade of the
streets above mentioned, as now estab-
lished, will require the immediate ex-
pendituse of not less than $4,000.
4. In the near future it will be neces-
sary to purchase new ropes for the First
street line, Grand avenue line and Sew
enth street line, the cost of which will
not be less than $17 900.
5. The bills current for the operation
of the roads for the month of January
will not be less than $4,000.
6. That the revenue Of the roads for
the month OF December decreased some
thing over $4,000 as compared with the
corresponding month of the preceding
year, and about the same amount less
than the revenue for the month of Nov
ember Immediately preceding; that 1t is
not probable that the earnings and re-
ceipts from the roads will exceed the
necessary expenses attending the opera
tion of said roads for the next two or
three months.
z. There is now pending in this court
before the judge of department four,
proceedings taken by the Illinois Trust
and Savings bank to foreclose deed OF
trust executed by the Pacific Railway
company to secure a bond issue OF
81, 500, 600, of which said bonds some
thing over one million and half have
been issued and disposed of in various
wavs.
The plaintiff in this action seeks to
have a receiver appointed under the
terms of the deed of trust, and that
matter has not been disposed of by the
court.
That to prevent proceedings OF fore
closure from being taken to foreclose the
deed of trust executed by the Los Ange-
les Gable Railway company to secure a
bond issue. it will be necessary that
something over $4,000 be paid on OF
before the 18th of March next.
From the foregoing facts we allege that
it is absolutely impossible out of the
earnings of the road to pay the interest
due on the bonds Issued under the
deeds of trust herein before mentioned
and thus prevent a foreclosure in the
near future of one or the other or both
of said deeds OF trust; and to pay al
this time the amount asked for by peti
tioners would render it impossible fol
the receiver to carry on the business oil
the road and keep the property in re
pair without borrowing money.
We deem it the best policy, and per.
haps | might say necessary policy
that the court decline to grant the order
prayed ior by the petitioner.
JOHN BIcKNELL,
Attorney for Receiver.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-31
DEEP-wATER LOBBYISTS.
Water Ways Delegates Have HeariI
at Washington.

Water Ways Delegates Have Hearing
at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-A large dele.
cation of representatives to the water
way convention held in Detroit, in De-
cember last, were given hearing today
before the house committee on rivers
and harbors and the senate committee
on commerce, in joint session, these
committees having in charge the prep
aration of the regular river and harbor
appropriation bill. The purpose of the
delegation was to urge the construction
and maintenance OF twenty-one-foot
channel from the head of Lake Superior
through the various connecting links
between the great lakes, and through
the Erie canal to the sea.
Mr.. Thompson said the total expendi-
lures in the Improvement OF the great
lakes had been less than $4,000, 900.
The saving in the last year, due to lake
transportation, was $l50,000, 900 more
than the cost of the improvement of all
that had been accomplished in the past.
By giving 16 feet OF water, his would
not only be duplicated, but enhanced
ten-fold by the expenditure of some
thing over $4,000 900. To secure depth
of 20 feet, he thought very little need be
added to secure the appropriation de-
sired. Canada spent almost 60,000,000
upon her waterways inside of five years.
Soon there would be clear water
way of 120 feet through Canadian
soil from the head of Lake Su-
perior to the Atlantic. When Canada
has fourteen-foot waterway and the
United States only six feet through the
Eria canal, we could no more compete
with her than a wheelbarrow with
freight train.
Thompson said if there was going to
be revival of American shipping, the
great lakes was the place to begin. Its
vessel interests were large and would be
enormous if they could get to the ocean
and engage in ocean voyages during
the five winter months they were now
idle. Firms on the lakes had underbid
coast firms for the construction OF Amer
ican war vessels, and the bids were re-
jected, not because they were not re-
sponsible bidders, but solely because of
our treaty with Great Britain.
Ex-State Senator Sloan of New York
addressed himself to the resolution of
the waterways convention, urging the
appropriation of 100000 for complete
survey from the lakes to the seaboards.