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The herald., 1893-10-12
why Buried With Head to the West.

All Christian nations, believe, bury
their dead with the head to the west.
There is "why" for this, just as there
is for every other known custom. AS
far as have been able to ascertain after
an exhaustive search of all the leading
authorities, our present custom in burial
modes originated in primitive times,
when the people believed in corporeal
resurrection. They had an idea that in
asmuch as tho star that heralded Christ's
coming first appeared in the east, "judg-
ment day. would be ushered in with the
Lords appearance in the same direction,
and that. vhen they "arose from the
dead" they would be facing him whose
mission will be that of sounding the
doom of all earthly things. Louis
ReDublic.
The herald., 1893-10-12
Ordinance No. 1862.
NEW SERIES, !,

NEW SERlES)
A N ORDINANCE DECLARING THE INTEN-
IA tion of the mayor and council Of the city
of Los Angeles to establish the grade Of
FIFTH STREET
From Lucas avenue to Wilmer street.
The mayor and council OF the city of Los An
geles do ordainas follows
SECTION 1. That 1t is the intention OF the
council OF the city of Los Angeles to estAAe-
lish the grade of
FIFTH STREET
From Lucas avenue to Wilmer street as follows:
AT the intersection OF Lucas avenue the grade
shall be ". 90 on the northwest corner and
10000 on the southwest corner; at the inter-
east conner and I04.s0 on the northwest cor
ner; at points in the south side of Fifth street
opposite to the northeast corner OF Fourth
street 104.0O and opposite to the northwest
corner of Fourth street 103. 80; at the intersec-
tiOn OF Wilmer street 1880 on the northeast
corner and 1886 on the southeast corner.
And at all points between said designated
points the grade shall be established so as TO
conform to straight line drawn between said
designated points.
Elevations are in feet and above city datum
plane.
SEC. 2. The city clerk shall certify to the pass
age OF this ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published for ten daysin the Los Angeles
HERALD, and thereupon and thereafter
IL shall take effect and be in force.
hereby certify that .he foregoing ordinance
was adopted by the council OF the city of Los
Angeles at its meeting of october Sd, 1893.
Z. a. LUCKENBACH,
City Clerk
Approved this 5th day of October, 1893.
+. E. ROWAN,
1O-7 LOT Mayor
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Ordinance No. 1860.
fxFw sERrps

VIEW sERIES.)
A N ORDINANCE 3 DECLARING THE INTEN-
N ton Of the mayor and council of the city OF
Los Angeles to establish the grade OF
FOURTH STREET,
From Lucas avenue to Fifth street.
The Mayor and council of the city of Los An
gees do ordain as follows
council of the city of Los Angeles to establish
tneg grade of
FOURTH STREET,
From Lucas avenue to Fifth street, as follows
At the intersection of Lucas avenue the grade
shall be 1890 on the southwest corner and
1880 on the northwest corner; at a point in
the southerly and northerly side of Fourth
street 139 feet west from the west line of Lucas
avenue l47.00; at point in the westerly side
of Fourth street 400 feet north from the north
west corner of Fifth street 100; and at a
point in the easterly side opposite to said
point 1a1.00; at the intersection of Fifth
street 10000 on the northeast corner and
lO4 so on the northwest corner
And at all points between said designated
points the grade shall be established so as to
conform to straight line drawn between said
designated points.
Elevations are in feet and above city datum
plane.
SEC. 2. The city clerk shall certify to the pass
ageof this ordinance and shall cause the same to
be published for ten days in the Los Angeles
HERALD, and thereupOn and thereafter it shall
take effect and be in force.
hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance
was adopted by the council OF the city OF Los
Angeles, ut its meeting OF Oct. Sd, 1893.
c. A. LUCKENBACH.
City clerk.
Approved this 5th day of October, 1893
1O-7 lot Mavor
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SING ME A SONG.

Sing me a song, some old, loved tune,
To ease my heart of its weight and care:
Sing as you did when the world was June.
With glorious sun or silver moon.
And the perfume of flowers was In the cir.
Sing me a song; some little air
That you used to sing in the long ago,
When you were younger, but not more fair,
And we knew naught of the burden of care.
Sing sweet and soft and low.
Sing me a song, then we'll say good night.
Wen aygood night with tear and sigh
To our own June time, when the world wa:
bright
With summer sun or soft starlight.
Wen say good night and goodby, goodby.
George f. Brennan in Brooklyn Eagle.
The herald., 1893-10-12
A Castle Goes nesring.

Nottingham castle, with its 1900 acres
of land in the Colne valley, was offered
for sale at the mart. The most interest
ing feature of tho property is the mag
nificent Norman keep, an almost perfect
specimen. Queen Matilda, wife of King
Stephen, is reported to have died in the
castle, which was the stronghold of the
Earls Of Oxford from the conquest, and
in the reign of King John it sustained
two sieges. Unfortunately not all the
historical associations combined could
call forth a single bid, and it had to be
withdrawn. London Telegraph.
The herald., 1893-10-12

hotel. looked again and saw that il
was open, and that the panthers wero sit
ting down and watching me closely,
But the temptation was too great, and
had to seize the chance of escape, al
though it looked like certain death.
81 made q sudden jump and got inside
the door and closed it after me as the
two beasts threw their huge bodies
against it.
81 was now safe and commenced call
ing the landlord and wondered why he
had not heard tho fight. 1t was also
evident that he had got up and opened
the door. But no landlord came, and as
1t seemed to me had looked in every
part of the house before / gave up find
ing him and went to my room, where
everything was just as had left it, ox-
cept that the candle had gone out, but
the fire was burning brightly.
81 wanted to wash my wounds, and
as there was not much water in the
pitcher on the stand went out to the
basin of the fountain. 1t was most re-
freshing to let the soft cold water fall
over my head, and in short time did
not feel the least bit as If had been
through such terrible struggle. l sat
down on one of the seats in the court for
some time before going to bed, but the
moonlight, flower trees and the splash
ing fountain were not long in producing
feeling of drowsiness, so that when
laid down was asleep in an instant.
"When | awoke, it was late in the day,
and the sun was streaming in all around
me. For several minutes | was dunn.
founded and wondered how l got into
the place where / was.
sit was the same room in which had
laid down to sleep, but it looked as if
nobody had entered it for 100 years.
was lying on pile of rubbish, and ev
erything around me was in the last
stages of decay. got up and went into
the court, but the fountain was dry, and
nothing could be seen but crumbling
walls. There was no sign of vegetation,
and the trees AID flowers had vanished
with the water.
II was in an awful state of mind and
thought at first that had slept in that
room for years and years. But when
made my way to the ouEr door by climb
ing over rubbish and ALLEN timbers and
looked out the first thing l saw was the
two dead panthers, and short distance
off my horse, with his saddle still on
him, tied to cactus.
"My mind was in q whirl, but had
no desire to skin the animals, SO got on
my horse and went to Nogales as fast as
could, where put in several days doc
toring my wounds and getting my mind
back into its natural state.
81 did not attempt TO solve the mys-
terry, as l felt sure the whole affair was
supernatural, and the sooner can for
get it the better i VIII feel"
The crowd had all been silent during
Fred's story, and iaost Of them had al
lowed their Tales 70 80 out, bat when
he had fin!she seTsTtl commenced to
ask questions &c aii were glad they
had not passe' IT in the cid place
and said they aot Blame l'rel for not
wanting t. go gain. San Fran
cisco Call.
The herald., 1893-10-12
A Singular Fatality.

A singular fatality seems to attach to
the chair of English literature in the
State university in this city. Professor
Milliken, the first incumbent, held it
four years and died. He was succeeded
by Professor Short, who also lived just
four years. Professor A. Fl. Walsh, who
next took the chair, died exactly upon
the completion of his fourth year of serv-
ice and was succeeded four years ago
by Professor Chalmers, who is now dying
at Sparta. Mich. Co.,
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take was not discovered until the boat
was well on its way to Cinnabel. The
man was afraid to return for tho right
baby, thinking that he would be arrest
ed and prosecuted. This happened say-
eral days ago, and the woman whose
baby was stolen will not reconcile her
self to the exchange and proposes to
have the young lawyer prosecuted for
kidnapping. He is in n terrible state Of
mind and swenrs that he will never
practice law again. Tampa (Fla. Times.
The herald., 1893-10-12
SANTA ANA RACES.

silkwood Beaten-The Pride Not Main
tanned Long.
SANTA ANA, Oct. H. Siikwood was
beaten by w. Wood in three heats, all
pride hum bled in the dust, which proved
sad news TO Los Angeles by the betting
element, but they can console them
selves by knowing that Gordan Bros,
the leading tailors of 11S South Spring
street, can not be beaten in making
clothes to order in style and fit and
workmanship, as all work is done right
on their own premises. enabling
them to give entire satisfaction to their
natrnna
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rrrst nn Identifed.

Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. McCaslin of Chi
cago are the first couple who have beer
compelled to advertise i'll the papers re
questing all ''World's fair relatives" tC
bring Identification papers. The adver
visement, which appeared in the person
al column of the Chicago Tribune, reads
as follows:
NoTICE.-Having entertained oil known rela-
lives for Worlds fair relatives in future must
he identified. Foreign papers please copy.
Mr.. AND Mrs. s. w. McCAsIIN.
The herald., 1893-10-12
a JandsI;aa

VERY MARKED REsULTs-The term land
slide usually conveys intelligence of disaster,
whereby many are killed but this time Ii Is
used TO indicate the enormous sales of Dr..
Miles Restorative Nervine remedy that is
daily saving the lives OF thousands who are
suffering from nervous disorders 1t cures pal
pitation, nervous prostration. headache, back
ache, spinsl diseases, hysteria, i'll effects OF
spirits, confusion of mind, etc, and builds up
ahs body surprisingly Brown & Maybury.
Cortland, n. Y :, say one patient used nervine
and gained is pounds of flesh Sold by G. H.
Hanoe. the druggist III N. Spring street, on
guarantee. Get book free.
The herald., 1893-10-12
Amatenr Rane RalI.

The Boyle Heights Stars defeated the
East Side Champions last Sunday at the
First-street grounds, by score of IS to
5. The features of the game were the
out-of-eight batting, home run by
Kdtz and three-baggers by w.
Chapman and Thomas. The Stars
will play the B. II. Blues next Sunday
at the same place.
The herald., 1893-10-12
Notice Inviting Proposals for the
Construction of a Brick Conduit.

- by the undersigned up to IL O'Clock a. m. oil
Monday, October IS. 1893, for the construe-
tiun of o brick conduit through the fill on
Boyle avenue across the Hoilenbeck arroyo, in
the city OF Los Angeles, California.
Work to be done according to specifications
on file in the Office of the undersigned and
plans on file in the office OF the civ engineer.
certified check TO the order Of Ia under
signed for per cent of the gross am1unt OF the
bid must accom- nany each pronosal, as Il guar
antee that thu bidder will enter into a con-
tract II awarded to him,
Council reserves the right to reject any and
ell bids.
By order OF the council of the city OF Los An
geles at lis meeting OF Octob r 9th, 1898
G. A. LuCKFNBACH,
1O-ll ct City Clerk
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aThe use OF 'Castoria Is SO universal and
its merits so well known that il seems q worE
Of sunereroRation TO endorse l.. Few are tho
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach.
CARLOS MARTYR, d. D.,
New York City.
I,ata Pastor Bloominrdale Reformed Church.
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"Castoria : so well adapted to children That
Ireoommcni itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. d.,
III So. oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Z.
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for gnGanGs and Children:

Castcria cures Collie, Constipation,
eorr stomach, piaThcea, Eructation, :.
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes d
CeSfi0n,
without injurious medication.
The herald., 1893-10-12

q For several yenrs have recommended
your Castorle, and shall always continue 70
do *, as IL has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN F. pAnDEE. NJ. D.,
"The winthrop, !" is5th Street and Sth Ave,
New York City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23

HUMP" said the irritated barber
"It's easy enough to kick. Didn't
slice all the hair off your face? What
more do you expect for fifteen cents?"
The stubble has been removed, re-
monstrated the customer, "but with il
large amount of my cuticle."
well, what 'of it?" demanded the
barber. didn't I dab alum on that
cash in your carp"
"You did," the exacting customer
confessed, "but you cut the tip off my
nose"
"And I pasted it on with court plas-
ter"
"True enough, but you severed one Of
my eyebrows and lost it on the floor.
II kept the razor out of your eye,
didn't II"
"You did"
sand only gashed your neck in four
places?"
"Quite right"
Il am afraid you're kicker. My adj
vice to you is to grow beard or buy q
safety razor, and not come around In
sulting union BARRIERS. You're one Of
those fellows that want dollars worth
Of surgery with each shave and then
kick because you weren't chlOro-
formed"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
be completed by May 1 next, accord

be completed by May l next, accord
ing to contract hence the contract
ors being pressed for time can not
afford to waste any Of that valuable
article. The walls Of the first three
stories are to be of stone, and as this
portion of the work will not be COM
pleted for two months yet, the con-
tractors can't wait for it, so they
started the terra Gotta section of the
walls where the stone will leave of
and are travelling upward with this,
leaving the stone work Of the lower
stories to follow. The terra Gotta
blocks are so made that they fit ex.
actly around the big upright steel
beams, At the same time steel rods,
or anchors as they are called, are run
through the interior of the blocks
and through the wings Of the beams,
thereby anchoring the former to the
latter. 1t Ia these anchors that hold
the terra Gotta walls In place and fur
nish the supports for the blocks to
rest upon. From this it can readily
be seen that this kind Of a wall can
be started on any part Of a building
without waiting for the lower part to
be built upon.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
TOrInentors.

The man or woman who seems to
have adopted the function of destroy
ing the peace Of every one who allows
himself to be disturbed by rancor-
GUS tongue is generally coward, and
carefully avoids those who are not
afraid to retort upon their tormentor
Nothing is safe from people of this
order; they love to destroy friends
faith in his friend, girls faith in
her lover. They overthrow the
harmless egotism which makes man
stand fairly we'll in his own esteem
by officiously holding the mirror up
to nature. They are the terrors Of
clubs, the scourges of married life,
the causes Of disunion among friends,
the sources Of most evil-speaklng, ly
ing and slandering, and the objects
Of a timid hate and fear wherever
they go. Alasl poor souls, through
what unhappiness have they dragged
themselves before they learned to
hate all happiness in others9 More
over, the end Of the general torment
or is that he becomes the self-tor-
mentor, like Hoods hedgehog,
"TormentIng himself with his prickleA"
But the art and pleasure of torment
ing is not only known to such as
these. People torment with q differ
ence, and the practice is not always
ill-natured. The amusement which
is best known as getting a rise out
of somebody" is one that is very
often enjoyed by the kindest and
most genial of men, who have never
quite lost a certain mischlevous spirit
which they possessed as schoOlboys.
Not even the most demure Of woman
kind are entirely free from this same
spirit of mischief. 1t is impossible
to torment a man who is absolutely
free from self-esteem; and this, too,
may be pleaded as an excuse for tor
nenting those whose vanity is thin
skinned. One may love a friend
with perfect sincerity and yet take a
wicked pleasure in occasionally prick
ing the most vulnerable side Of his
character. 1t is not easy to explain
the exact nature of the enjoyment
derived from his contortions. We
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
A woman,s Athletlc Feat.

"Women are beginning to take a
great interest In sports" observed
the Casual Caller, as he sat down
on the edge Of the Sporting Editors
desk.
"Yes; they attend baseball and
football games quite numerously," re-
piled the latter.
II noticed in a morning paper quite
a feat In the jumping line performed
by woman"
II didn't notice that" replied the
oracle on sports, with great interest.
"Show 1t to me-"
q can't show 1t to you, for / have
MT the paper with me, but can tell
you about It,"
"Well?"
IL forget her name, but / renem-
Der distinctly the details OF her
jump"
"Well, let's have them" said the
newspaper man, impatiently.
"She jumped bail. "
Then the Casual Caller made wide
Jump, too, and, reached the door only
trine in advance Of paper-weight
one and a half pounds heavy.-Pltts.
burg Telegraph.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23

ness and solitude Of the night, Is we'll
calculated to strike a chill into the
breast of man. Now the plant
ceases, but in an instant it breaks
forth with renewed vigor, yelping,
bowling, crying, strangling, and
dying away like the wall Of q lost soul
sinking into hades.
Wherever easy prey, dead or alive,
is to be obtained, there the coyote
will be found. In the days when
herds Of buffalo existed, the sneaking
coyote prowled at their heels In great
numbers, eagerly watching for a
wounded or dying animal In strong
bands they would fall upon the un-
fortunate creature which Jagged In
the rear and tear Its quiverlng flesh
before life had fully departed. Un-
firing, lean, gorging to repletion
when the opportunity offers and again
starving to the verge Of death; these
scavengers Of the plains may become
dangerous when driven to extremities
by famine or rendered unusually
courageous by large numbers. Ordi-
narily the coyote Is shy and has a
wholesome fear of man. 1t is only
upon rare occasions that the lone
traveller is attacked. The scent Of
the coyote is remarkably keen, and
the animals travel very rapidly to
any place where they expect a feast
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
FLORAL Mystery.

The Chinese, Japanese and Slamese
are peculiarly skillful at botanical
feats. One OF their wonderful
achievements is known as the
"changeable rose" This bloom is
white in the shade and red In the
sunlight. After night or In a dark
room this curiosity Of the rose family
is pure, waxy white blossom. When
transferred to the open air the trans
formation Immediately steps In, the
time OF the entire change OF the flow
err from white to the most sanguIne
Of all sanguine hues depending on the
degree OF sunlight and warmth. First
the petals take on q kind Of washed
or faded blue color, and rapidly
changes to a faint blush Of pink. The
pink gradually deepens In hue until
you find that your lily-whlte rose Of
an hour before is as red as the red
dest peony that ever bloomed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
New ArchItectural Laws.


There was time when 1t was
thought absolutely necessary In the
construction of new edltlce of any
kind to begin at the bottom In the
building of the walls, proceeding up
ward direct from the foundation.
This was one of the invariable laws
of architectural construction, but
they don't follow 1t any more In Chi
cago Chicago contractors are liable
to start the walls Of big sky-scraper
anywhere but at the foundation, and
complete the exterior OF the upper
stories long before work Is even
started on the lower stories. A case
In point of this kind is furnished by
the big New York Life Insurance
Company Building now in course of
erection at the northeast corner of
Monroe and La Sale streets The
massive steel skeleton framework is
finished up to the twelfth story and
the stone work is done from the
foundation to the first story. Then
there is a skip Of two stories and the
exterior walls Of terra Gotta, In imi-
tation Of stone, have been started at
the third story and are being run up
from that point,
This building phenomenon, for such
it is to the majority Of the people,
while strange Is not an unusual one
in Chicago. Several Of the city's tall
buildings have been constructed in
that way in the last year or two,
The New York Life Building must
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23

q large fox-squirrel jumped from a
tree upon the dogs neck and fastened
It's teeth in It's (the Dogs head.
The dogs business "lay rolling" az
the phrase Is, and he cut out for
home; but the unwelcome rider had
come to stay, and for quarter Of a
mile he put the rowels deep into his
flying steed, as 1t were, and would
doubtless have ridden him TO victory
or death had not another dog over
hauled the flying couple and uncere-
monlously ended the gallant Jockeys
career
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23

discover that we have power over our
friend, and wc exercise 1t, A con-
temptible practice, serious people
will say. Very likely, but then Sc
Tious people are generally the Vic
Tins, The suggestion Of superior In
tellect In their manner is In itself o
provocation, and all unconsciously
they invite attacks which they can
neither understand nor parry.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
Weather Glass.

Nitrate of potash and sal ammo
MAC, Of each half a dram; camphor,
two drains; rectifled spirits of wine,
two fluid ounces. These ingredients
are to be put into an old-fashioned
eau de cologne bottle or tube of glass
eight or ten inches long and about
three.fourths Of inch in diameter,
and the mouth covered with per-
forated bladder. The following are
the changes which are observed. If
the weather promises to be fine, the
insoluble matter will settle at the
bottom of the tube, while the liquid
remains pellucid; but previous to
change for rain the compound will
gradually rise, the fluid remaining
transparent. Twenty-four hours be-
fore a storm or very high wind, the
substance will be partly on the sur
face of the liquid, apparently in the
form of a leaf. The fluid In such
case will be very turbld, and In a
state resembling fermentation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
or Interest to Naturallsts.

The green ants Of Australia make
nests by bending leaves together and
uniting them with kind Of natural
glue. Cook saw hundreds at time
on one leaf drawing it to the ground,
while an equal number waited to re-
ceive, hold and fasten It,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23
Highly Trained.

A Southern man has taught his dog,
water spaniel, to extinguish fire
whenever 1t sees anything burning.
To test the little deg, piece Of paper
was ignited and dropped on the floor.
In an instant the dog jumped upon ii
and very quietly extinguished it by
rubbing it with its paws. The dog was
tried with lighted cigar, with the
same result.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-11-23

Aluminium is to be used wherever
practicable in the accoutermentS,
arms and equipments Of the German
army. BY Its use the weight carried
by infantry soldiers will be trlfe
over 81 pounds, where now 1t Is
slightly more than 683 pounds.