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The herald., 1893-06-18
Blue Gums for FunI.

In conversation with q ranchman OF
the valley Santa Ana Blade reporter
CLEANED few facts concerning the growth
and value OF blue gum as fuel. The gem
tleman said:
/ have FIVE acres OF land which did
not consider good for farming, 40 set it
to blue gums. l cultivated the land at
fret sufficiently to keep the weeds down
until the trees could get start to grow
ing well; after that paid but little at
tention to them. They grew rapidly
and but few died, and at the expiration
of seven years | cut my trees into fire.
wood. for which l found a ready sale at
. satisfactory price. The stumpa 1 left
soon began to grow again and send up
shoots. left three shoots to the stump
and gave them no care, and in five years
cut them down again and realized twice
as much wood and money as had at the
first cutting. l am now awaiting an
other growth from the same stumps. l
have made careful estimate Of the
amount of money realized off of the five
acres in blue gum trees and the time re-
quired to produce them, also careful
estimate OF the same number of acres
that l have farmed for the same length
OF time, and, upon comparison, find the
five acres in blue-gum trees have made
me the most money, to say nothing of
the labor have used in farming the five
acres.
The herald., 1893-06-18
Exoisements That KIN.

Now that the season of outdoor ath-
letic games has opened, the usual list Of
injured from professional gamesof base
ball, cricket, football and similar rough
games may be expected to appear. But
though number do get injured in this
way every season far more common
danger is from the excitement which ac-
companies these games. In the excite
ment of highly contested games the play
ers run the risk of enlargement of the
heart, which may prove fatalat thetime
or drag along for years. While few Of
the players can endure almost anything
in the way of excessive muscular exer-
ton others of an ambitious and excita-
BILE nature run great risks.
Many Of the games demand contin-
ued exertion Of dangerous and reckless
kind, and nothing short Of permanent
injury to the player must follow where
excitable temperaments engage long in
the games. Often one suffers from q
slight heart arrangement which would
never trouble him If he did not strain
himself in excitable games. Tho true
way is to demand rigid examination Of
all those who would enter into games for
long continued struggles. Exercise of a
proper sort is beneficial, but many can
not stand more than the gentlest sort
Yankee Blade.
The herald., 1893-06-18
Az Ad,cotire rhat pleasad.

There Is 3 mode Of speech which may
be termed euphemistic by those who arc
fond of calling spade spade" but is
it not rather the natural expression of
the charity which never faileth? To say
the best Of others is q manifest duty,
and to do it in the prettiest language en-
hances it wonderfully. And where de-
fects exist that are commented on by
the unfortunate possessor in that i'll
judged fashion which attempts to as
sumo indifference to the imperfections
how deftly may the confdante turn the
current of self depreciation into smooth
er channel by So nice arrangement of
epitaphs." A young girl bewailed her
thinness in the hearing of q man of tact,
who instantly exclaimed: ''Thinl Why,
you are etherealr'
Possibly no sermon that this courtly
Clergyman ever preached was more inn
mediately productive Of good results
than his well chosen adjective. Els
hearer, delighted with the synonym,
which involved no sacrifice of truth, but
which gave it more attractive present
ment, resolved thenceforth so to choose
her words as to present realities in their
most favorable light, and to make truth
palatable instead of hard, bitter and in
digestibie morsel.-New York Recorder.
The herald., 1893-06-18
vegetable Salads.

Vegetable salads are among the most
acceptable dishes that can be prepared
for summer repast. They tempt the
appetite and irnpart favor to the rest
of the meal. While the art of making
and serving them is very simple, care
should be taken in their preparation.
The dressing for variety of vegetable
salads is the same, yet different flavors
may be delicately added, always being
careful that one does not predominant
over another. 1t is very important to
have only the best ingredients, as wilted
vegetables and inferior seasoning will
not make good salads. The quantity Of
oil to be used is rather difficult to decide,
but two tablespoonfuls to one of vinegar
is the usual proportion for plain dress
ings, while more is required for mayon-
naise.
Lettuce salad should be dressed only
with oil, vinegar, pepper and salt.
Salads arc rendered much more at
tractive twheH BEsttily garnished with
fresh green leaves vegetable blossoms.
rings of hard boiled eggs, sliced lemons
and fancy designs cut out Of radishes,
beets ortturAfps. 3lsn n-il@ u
The dressing should never be added to
the preparsd vegetable until ready to
serve, when the salad should be stirred
as little as possible in order to retain its
freshness.
The vegetables best suited for salads
are lettuce, asparagus, dandelion, celery,
caulifiower, water cress, bcets, string
beans, cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers
and tomatoes. -Harper's Bazsr.
The herald., 1893-06-18
specia, Brand or Idiot.

IL Is absolutely impossible TO exist without q
valet. No man with any eek respeotor any re-
gard for his personal comfort can afford to do
30
The young man who uses the patent trousers
stretdher or the more economical mattress
and who conndes his boots to be oieaned by
street boys at the corners of public thorouxh-
fares does not enter into confederation He
should know better.
There arc certain necessary adjuncts to liv-
ing which are vulgar IN themselves, but which,
with proper amount Of tact, can be so trane-
formed as to render them acceptable to the as.
thetic sense
Money Is one Of these. We do not--I am
speaking Of people Of refinement to
know what Is the cost of articles or how they
are purchased any more than we care to assist
ct the preparation Of our food or tho slaugfrtar
Of cattle which are to provide US with susie
nance. And yet even these rude functions mny
be SO directed and accomplished as not to be
offensive to our sense Of delicacy.
The special brand of idiot who can
publish utterances hke the above has
Life's deepest pity. For months this
brainless biped has been pouring out
similar drivel In the columns of weekly
journal whose name we considerably re-
frain from giving. The paper is young,
very young, butanything over two weeks
old should know better than to print
such 1oathsome twaddle. From his
brilliant pen came the statement some
time ago that ''one should dress quietly
at funeral It is many hong day
since the reading public has been brought
face to face with anything SO fatuous
and SO sickening as this complacent
"gent. Life.
The herald., 1893-06-18
Cremation and Disease.

In the efforts to prevent the spread of
infectious diseases there is no drawback
so difficult to overcome as the burial Of
the dead in the ground. The microbes
of disease are very tenacious of life, and
they will remain with the dead for
period of 100 years. The microbes may
die, but their spores or seeds have the
vitality to live, and upon coming into
favorable surroundings they will quick
ly develop. In digging up old burial
places, scarlet fever, diphtheria and
smallpox have been let loose so that epi-
denies followed. In Quebec smallpox
epidemic followed the digging up cem-
etery where the people had been buried
for over 100 years. Similarly in England
scarlet fever epidemic followed the re-
moval of dead bodies from country
parish churchyard.
But occasionally epidemics seem to
break out in the neighborhood of GEM
eteries without any apparent cause, Dar-
win, however, showed 20 years ago that
earthworms completely turned over tho
soil Of every part Of the earth in given
time, and now Pasteur comes out with
positive proof that the earthworrns
bring up disease germs and microbes
from dead bodies buried several feet bn-
low the surface. Those who die from
infectious diseases are not only menacas
to their friends while they arc sick, bui
their dead bodies are constant Ssngcg'
to the public health. Yankee Blnla
The herald., 1893-06-18
rher Had Never seen Roses.

Two ladies, managers, came into a
school the other morning shortly after it
had opened. One of them wore beau
tiful jacqueminot rose, on which the
eyes of the whole school were at once
turned admiringly. Noting this, the
owner of the flower gave it to one of the
teachers for the children.
Now, children, how many of you
know what this is?" asked the young
lady, holding up the flower. Nearly ev-
cry little one shook his head to indicate
ignorance.
One small boy and couple of little
girls piped out with great Importance:
tits posie, please, ma'am."
But no one had ever heard Of rose.
Most of the children had never seen one
before. The flower was passed along
and small noses fingered longingly owe,
its fragrance, while dirty little palms
patted its velvet petals caressingly. Nc
one saw or thought of anything that
morning but the rose. The teacher put
it in a glass of water to preserE it, and
when school was dismissed each child
was rendered supremely bIssful by the
gift of tiny petal. AS they filed out Of
the door each little waif clutched his
treasure tightly in his small hand, while
he murmured softly to himself the name,
"Pitty wose, pity wose. ."-Pittsburg
Chronicle,
The herald., 1893-06-18
WORKING woMANs pRHssMAKINo.
True EcopOmy II In Caring For Health,
Not In Saving Dressmakers' Bills,

True EcopOny IL In Caring For Health,
Not In Saving Dressmakers' Bills.
Every one. 80 they say, has pet econ
omy, and the business woman, the work
ing woman, always tries to economize
by doing her own dressmaking. She
likes to dress well, and it does seem SO
extravagant to pay SO much for what
she might do herself. 1t requires brave
woman to attack her headgear, but with
clever fingers and good taste dress
doesn't seem such an undertaking, and
often it quite saves the price of another
gown.
But really you ought not to do it at
all. If your days work is fulfilled con-
scientionsly, you ought to give the even
ings to rest and amusement. You would
only sit and read, you say2 Well. then,
just sit and read. Reading doesn't give
you that sharp pain in your side. Read
ing doesn't key you up to point of fe-
verish excitement because You want to
get 30 much done.
If you like to sew you can always have
dainty bit of fancy work on hand, or
If you have set your heart on some lux
urious addition to your wardrobe that
will give you exercise for your needle.
Then there is always your mending,
and the really dainty woman finds more
than enough to fill the time she should
give to evening employment. But, as for
dressmaking, don't try your tired eyes
with it at night. Every little worry
some pucker in the dress is going to
leave little worried wrinkle in your
face, and every new gown will increase
that miserable nervousness that preys
upon SO many American women. Even
ing is not the right time to conquer COM
plicated dress patterns, and you had
much better do with fewer dresses and
hand your material over to the profess
sional dressmaker, who perhaps just
needs your work to pay for some help
that will give her little time for rest
A man never thinks of attempting to
make his own clothes as an economic
measure, but woman clings to quality
and quantity Of raiment and heads her
list of economies by making it up herself.
That does very well for the woman whose
days are her own, though often enough
it would pay her better to depend on
some one else, but for the woman who
has only the evenings for all the little
odd jobs that somehow belong to wom-
ans life it is bad policy to add evening
dressmaking to her daily duties and
means weary middle age, lacking en-
ergy for duty and application for pleas
ure.-Philadelphia Times.
The herald., 1893-06-18
FLoyD's sAD-lRoNs.
Further Evidence That He Forged the
Deed He Holds

Further Evidence That He Forged the
Deed He Holds
Stockton Mail: Prosecuting Attorney
Rendon is in receipt OF letter from W.
A. Ryan, deputy district attorney of Los
Angeles county, concerning q. Floyd,
who was yesterday arrsigned for obtain
ing money on false pretenses. The let
ter is dated June 18th and reads as fol-
lows:
DEAR RENDoN-Some time ago we
prosecu ted man named 4. Floyd for
obtaining mo ney under false pretenses
by selling territory for the sale of the
Wishart sad-iron, patented by James
NJ. Wishart, on the ground that Floyd
had no right or title to the patent and
no right to sell territory. On the pre-
liminary examination he suddenly pro-
duced what purported to be deed
signed by James NJ. Wishart, patentee,
granting him the right to cell his patent
in the state Of California. The deed
was regular on its face, and as we had
no proof that it wac a forgery, no was
discharged. L zee by the inclosed letter
that he is in Jail at Stockton. When
you get through with him please write
me the result. He is slick swindler,
and the deed is evidently a forgery.
Yours respectfully, w. A. RYAN,
Deputy District Attorney.
The inclosure mentioned in Ryan's
letter is communication from James
M. Wishart dated st Topeka, Kansas, on
June 9th. 1t lie addressed to Ryan and
reads:
In reply to yours Of late date l would
say that never was in the state of Cal
ifornia, Denver, Colorado. being the
nearest point 10 your etate. The man
Floyd | never ssaw and never had any
business transactions with him. The
parties that he has sold territory to will
take care of him; or at least they ought
to, for he misrepresented to them in
order to get their money. l could not
60 to California at present, for must be
in Chicago for few months from now
on. / understand that Floyd is again in
Jail in the city OF Stockton, Cal, and
parties are there to try and convict him,
which hope they win do. Others are
after him, therefore believe he will be
taken care of without me.
Yours respectfully,
JAMES M. WIsHART,
The herald., 1893-06-18
An Anscdote Of Artsr,u. wera.


Artemus Wards companions were a
band Of brilliant young Bohemians for
whose kind the metropolis now contains
no room. They were tho last Of their
kind, and most of them lived but brief
lives. They pruduoed much that was
brilliant, but nothing that lasted. Arte-
mus alone won enduring fame The 9TH
ers were writer's, actors and minstrels.
The brothers Dan and Neil Bryant were
eminent members of the clan, together
with Charles Dawson Shanly and a shin
ing cluster of young man about town.
One of the latter, who lived to become
staid merchant, used to relate with giee
how on leaving the little theater in
Twenty-third street late one evening in
company with Artemus, Shanly and
Neil Bryant the trio broke out In joyous
carol.
Tho song was interrupted by one Of
the then despised metropolitan police
mem, who roughly ordered them to stop
the noise. At this rude interruption
Artemus stopped his song, and turning
threw himself upon the broad bosom Of
the astonished policeman and gave way
to gush of passionate tears. His friends
endeavored to calm him, and the ezn-
barrassed officer, half choixed by his
warm embrace, begged him to desist.
which he did with tho declaration that
''the metropolitan policeman is the no
blest work Of Gods This sentiment Sc
cured escape and continuance Of the
song.--Don G. Seitz in Century.
The herald., 1893-06-18
Curfew WIN Ring.

An ancient custom has been revived in
the cities and towns in Canada. This is
the ringing of the curfew. In olden
times the curfew was rung at nightfall,
at which time all fires were covered,
lights extinguished, and the people re-
tired to rest. The custom was instituted
in the reign of William the Conqueror.
The act passed at the last session of par
bament in Canada is not, however, quite
so strict as the one of olden times 1t
provides that at 0 o'clock the curfew
shall be rung, and if any persons under
II years of age are found on the streets
they shall be locked mp by the watch,nan
or police, and unless satisfactory explana-
ton can be given the parents shall be
made to suffer either by confinement in
Jail or fine or the sending away of the
children to some public institution where
they will be taken care Of until thea
thorities see fit to let them out. Niagara
Falls Letter.
The herald., 1893-06-18
How Lead Pencils Aro a1ado.

Few people are aware of tho dif,aul-
ties that were surmounted in the manu-
facture OF the common lead pencil. In
the first place the graphite Of which it
is made is rarely found sufficiently ho-
mogenous to allow pencil lead to be cut
from it, SO it is always ground to pow
der and then pressed into blocks. The
great difficulty was to press the blocks
until the graphite was hard enough to
use, and for many years every effort ia
this direction was defeated by the crlm-
bly, nature of the material. Finally o
device was employed that exhau5ted the
air, after which the blocks wefs again
pressed, and when this was done the ma
terial was found to be as hard as when
taken from the quarry. But thousands
upon thousands of dollars were spent in
experiments before theresult was reach
ed.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The herald., 1893-06-18
Enormous Loss OF Power.

At the electric light convention in St.
Louis Mr.. L.. B. StiIlweil remarked that
the Central station manager, who isbuy-
ing energy in the form of coal and sell
ing it in the form of light and wasting it
at every step in the process, is losing far
more before the energy passes through
the dynamo than afterward. He esti-
mates that out of each 1000 horsepower
bought in the form of coal it is at pres
ent possible to sell not more than about
2.s horsepower in the form of light.
Some 980horsepoweris lost beforereach
ing the dynamo and the rest afterward.
It seems clear therefore that the problem
of cheap electricity is in its final analysis
o problem of thermodynamics. -Engi.
neering News
The herald., 1893-06-18
Two woms nstentires.

The largest New York ''provider" en-
ploys two women detectives-Lena Vor-
zemer and Eva Peyser. They are both
mere girls. They receive high salaries,
have the run of lavish wardrobe and
completely change their attire twice a
day-so effectively that there is hardly a
shop thief in New York who is quite
sure of the identity of either of them.
They have busy time OF it. and they
make it practice never to arrest thief
unless she-it is nearly always woman
has left the shop with the goods unpaid
for. They sometimes have to give chase to
their quarry should they arouse her sus-
picion before they can arrest her.-New
York Letter
The herald., 1893-06-18
Tho Trolley Rurs.

Just as constant use of the telephone
was said to produce aural affection pop
ularly known as telephone ear" SO is
the overhead wire system Of electric tran
sit tbeing held responsible for an affection
which in Philadelpia is denominated ~the
trolley buzz" Itisanervous affection re-
sulting from the combination Of hiss and
roar which is prominent feature of the
''cheap and nasty system Of rapid tran
sit. It worries the possessors of fine
sensibilities, is dangerously annoying to
the sick and prevents the robust from
sleeping as they ought to sleep. "Have
you got the trolley buzzT is common
query in the Quaker City, and If greedy
corporations can have their way here
the same inquiry will take the place Of
the oriental "How is your hver?" or the
American "How dye dos"-Washington
Star
The herald., 1893-06-18
HOY he Dinad.

The night lunch wagon is product Of
the nineteenth century. It's advent has
been hailed by thousands of weary night
workers, and the delectable frankfurter
and hot roll have carried joy and comfort
to myriad hearts and stomachs. Now,
Tom Carroll is one of the men to whom the
night lunch is thing of beauty and a
midnight JOY. The other evening Tom
came into the reporters room munching
at his hearts content, with the end of a
frankfurter in his hand.
"Where have you been?"
Tom smiled as he swallowed the last
bite.
''Been out dining la carte. Boston
Budget.
The herald., 1893-06-18
Extended to Iu,x 1st.

To establish wide reputation The
Galen Institute will re nder their SER
vices until July 1st free OF charge. The
only favor they ask is recommendation
after cure has been effected. From
their experience in the hospitals of
Europe and America, their knowledge OF
the rapid advancements that have been
made in diagnosing and treating dis
eases in the last few years, can tell the
probability of cure in all cases OF ear,
ekin, liver and kidney diseases, female
complaints, nasal catsrrb, dyspepsia,
rheumatism and nervous debility. They
make every case special study and will
not take any case to treat unless there
is moral certainty of making a COM
plete cure. Permanently located in Los
Angeles, December, 1892, at S051a South
Spring street. Open every day except
ing Mondays. Thousands of cases have
been treated and cured by their aystem
of treatment in the last eleven years.
The herald., 1893-06-18
Eami1iaritx with snn1.ss.

Familiarity with the snake breeds toll
GRAFTON. He is lawless sort of creature
certainly, with too many vertebr@ md
no eyelids, but he is not always so hol.
rible as he is imagined. A snake is ra.!,-
er pleasant thing to handle than ot'pr
wise-warm, firm, dry, hard and sirou' j
on the scales, rather like ivory TO tle
touch. He is also desl heavier t. 4.
you expect. When for good behavior
have been admitted to Tyrrell's iuii
sanctum Mt the zoo md 10 the eo.ea 1. ~.
behind tho lairs, where hang ear
skins like stockings on, a. line, n.
handled many of his pets. haye :ic'
got quite as far as rattlesnites, b'g
rattlesnakes ihayea Q blacESpardly v's'
ing look that 4 den'tappFovo- But
is Robber island snake about j 3,
long with no poison who is vezy pioaf. 1
company. ARTHUR Morrison in SsTa
MagaZine ! .-e l.fs9
The herald., 1893-06-18
geedless Fruit.


Recently Meehan's Monthly called at
tention to the value OF improvements in
the direction of seediess fruit. For
many purposes in domestic economy
Heedess fruit is desirable. In the grape,
as Is we'll known, the currant has held
its own in this respect from time al
most immemorial, and yet the currant
of the grocery stores is nothing but
seedlsss grape. Fruits which seem, so
to speak, to avoid seed bearing, never
are as large as those which produce
seed, and this is the reason the currant
seems 30 small in comparison to the
raisin. In the orange great advance
has been made in the line of
the variety called the navel. This
also never, or rarely. produces seeds.
But in the apple and pear, and other
popular fruits, although seedless varie-
ties, have been brought to notice, few
of them have reached deserved popu-
larity. In relation to the class known
as stone fruits, no attention has been
given. II only seedless peach could be
obtained, 1t would prove bonanza to
commercial men-and yet. so far as
vegetable physiology is concerned, there
appears to be no reason why seedless
peach could not be originated as well as
seedless varieties Of other fruits. The
whole subject is well worthy OF careful
attention to those improvers whose chief
object is to derive fortune from scien-
tific truths reduced TO practice.
The herald., 1893-06-18

very wide ledge, and If rich enough to
pay for crushing, will be big thing for
Banning. There ia no particular reason
why mines should not exist in this inn
mediate vicinity, and Mr.. Martin thinks
he has proved that they do.
Developments are awaited for with
interest, and II the discovery is strike
sure enough, prospecting rush to the
hills will result and we will have a
mining boom right here at home. How
ever, we do not wish to raise hopes
with no foundation, and would advise
waiting until an assay is made. Mr..
Martin is an experienced mining man,
and we have confidence in his judg-
ment, but mistakes are possible and
must be allowed for. The Herald will
report any further discoveries, and will
give the result Of an assay as soon as
possible.