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The herald., 1894-07-27

MILTON s. LATHAM was one Of the pio-
neer lawyers of this state who went up
like rocket and came down like the
stick" In 1870 be was reputed to be
worth So. 100000 and in 1877 he was
hopelessly bankrupt. In 1869 he built a
house on Union Hill at cost of SIS. 1000
and furnished it at cost OF $40 900
more. while the pictures in it exceeded
$50, 900 additional. After his death the
neig borhood became very unfashions.
Bile and it was improbable to rent the
house except for lodgings. 1t has now
become established as the Maria Kip
Orphanage. being named after the wife
Of the first Episcopal bishop of the state.
It seems like an irony OF fate that the
hosse designed as millionaire's palace
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WHAT is Senator Gormsn's sttitud,

WHAT is Senator Germans attitude
before the country? A politician always
and great one, but q statesmen never.
His expose of the structure of the Chi
cago platform of 1892, shows him to
have been a party to gross dece ption
upon the voters of the republic. Un-
questioned as ia his ability, his name
will 60 down to history beside those oi
Marcy. Morton and Chandler, rather
than those Of Jefferson, Clsy and Web.
ster. Sill, as the man who collapsed
the bladder at the White House. the ma.
tion will always owe him debt OF graf.
itude.
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PERSONAL.

f. W. Braun and wife returned to tn,
city yesterday after 10 days stay al
Catalina.
Colonel Chamberlain looks for a biz
turn out at the Jonathan club reception
Saturday night.
Mr.. william Ford, city editor OF tbs
Tucson Star, in in the city on two
weeke' vacation.
Mr.. D. d. Benjamin. superintendent
Of the Harvey eating houses on the
Santa Fe system, is at the Hollenbeck
Mrs. J. M. White, for several years
with the Tranpcontinental hotel al
Cotton, has become proprietor OF that
house.
Park Commissioner Mesmer is not In
favor of evening concerts in Westlske
park unless the tough element can be
kept out.
Charles E. Conoley. the well-known
contractor, goes to Gila Bend this week
to make settlement with the Gila Bend
Irrigation company.
DR.. W. S. Armstrong and family left
yeaterday for Alaska. H. NJ. Singer,
the well-known mining man, also left
for the same place, accom- panied by his
family.
Mr.. Charles Sloane, secretary OF the
Cook Six companies, returned on We'd
nesdsy from visit to Boston, Now York,
Chicago and Denver. He is hearty and
glad to get back.
]. Marion Brooks, esq, is in San Diego
county this week acting as counsel in
an important case now on trial before
tn Q superior court Of that county. He
is expected home Saturday.
There was a wedding in the parlors of
the New st. Charles hotel, San Bernar-
dino, Wednesday afternoon. The con |.
tracing parties were Mr.. William Wolf
of Temecula and Miss Z. Stanton OF Les
Angeles.
Mr.. P. 7. Reed OF Sierra Madre WAS
in the city yesterday. Mr.. Reed is q
homing pigeon fancer and has about
the best strain of birds in the state.
They are all thoroughbred, from Ant.
werp stock, and many are record break
ers.
W. G. Banne'l, the agent Of the Santa
Fe at Santa Ana. has been transferred
to this city, vice Mr.. w. w. Crosier,
who takes his place at Santa Ana. Mr..
Barnell will be soliciting agent here in
tho Aioi6hs uoPsISMoue Win NIL Is
chamberlain.
Hon. NJ. M. Estee, Republican csndi-
date for governor, will visit Southern
California before long. While in the
city 80 -ill bo received and e>te.t~i.ad
as guest by tho Los AnQalas Repuhli-
can club, which has already begun to
make preparations for the reception.
The delightful summer climate Of
Southern California ia producing q ia
vorable impression on the lingering
tourists. A recent example is that of
State Senator Arthur Kennedy Of Pitts.
burg, Pa. He has been staying on Echo
mountain and making excursions to the
higher peaks. He is entranced with
scenery and Climate, and will purchase
q home in Pasadena.
Santa Monica is becoming another
Mecca for noted ecclesiastics. Father
Howe reckons among his present jurls-
diction the Most Rev. J. B. sslpointe.
archbishop of Santa Fe, N. M. Ri. Rev.
P. Bourgade. vicar apostolic of Arizona (;
DR.. Scannsll. rector of Pasadena Oath.
olic church; Father Fitzsimmons, rec.
tor of st. Patrick cathedral, Chicago,
and Rev. d. Lyons. the author of very
learned work on Christianity and Infal-
libility. One of the learned divines
preached an eloquent sermon at the
10 80 high mass on Sunday last.
The herald., 1894-07-27

CHICAGO may be good town to fight
and shoot, but it evidently is not good
Bloomer dress there laet week, and q
man hooted at her on the public streets,
for which owlish diversion he was fined
$25 and costs. This locks like a pretty
hefty figure for one little hoot, but as
there seems to be no other way of i'm
proving Chicago manners. it will have to
be put down as an inexpensive step
towards Chesterfieldisnism.
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coRBErr HoMEwARp BOUND.

He Sets Sail EARLY in orcsr to Meet
jackson.
QUEENSTOWN, July 26.-James J. Cor
bstt, the pugilist, sailed for New York
today on board the White Star line
steamer Majestic. Before leaving he
said he WAS returning to the United
States sooner than he expected in order
to meet Peter jackson and arrange for
match with him before the latter
started for England. He said he would
not be prepared to fight jackson for six
months. This would be his laet fight,
and he intended to be in perfect condi-
tion when the battle took place.
The herald., 1894-07-27
CYCLING AT TOLEDO.
Sanger and johnson Ride . Tie In the
Principal Event.


Principal Event.
TOLEDO, O., July 27.- The Toledo
Cycling club closed the most successful
meeting in its history this afternoon.
The track was ir good condition, but no
records we're smashed in any class. The
best number on the card was the last,
which was a tie between Walter Sanger
and ]. S. Johnson.
One mile. 2:4O class, Glass Al. B.
Rigby, Toledo, won; P. w. klinger,
Greenvile, O., second time. 2:26 45.
Hall mile. oren. Glass B-W. >. Sanger
won, Charles M. Murphy second; time,
ELI 4-5.
Two thirds Of mile. open, Glass b
]. p. Bliss, Chicago, won; +. ). Titus,
New York, second; time. 40.
One mile. open, Glass Atom cooper,
Detroit, won; o. z. Bernhart, Toledo,
eecond; tims, 2:25.
Quarter mile, open, Glass AZ. 6.
Johnson, Cleveland, won; E. q. Ball,
Buffalo, second; time, D :33 2-5.
Two miles, handicap. Glass 40. o.
Lasley, Toledo, 800 yards. won; W. A..
Parker. Toledo, 100 yards, second; time,
4:5l35.
One mile. open, Glass b. special sane
The herald., 1894-07-27

THE most remarkable feature OF our
American form of republican govern
ment, is the way in which the president,
at the expiration of his official term,
goes back to his normal condition of pri-
vate citizenship. Last week Bsnja min
Harrison, ex-presdent of the United
States, and now practicing attorney in
the city of indianapolis. appeared be.
fore the United States circuit court Of
that city as counsel for the defense in a
pending cause. The Judge before whom
the oauss was bsisg heard, was Judge
The herald., 1894-07-27

The will of the late William Walter
Phelps leaves 1000, 900 to his daug tier,
who is the wits OF German baron
named Won Rottenberg. Ths young
gentleman might have done better by
marrying one OF Qleen Vic's daughters
and he might not. On this occasion ne
gets pretty big wad of greenbacks
without any risk OF being snubbed by
the prince of Wsles or the duke Of SAKE
Coburg, better known Is "Alfy the
Fiddler ,,
The herald., 1894-07-27

If JoHN DAGGErr's scheme proves
puccessful for giving San Francisco q
cheaper supply Of water than Spring
valley furnishes her. the president will
not regret having appointed him super
intendent OF the mint. nor will the peo-
pie be sorry that they once elected him
lieutenant-governo of this state. His
plan for bringing the American river
into the metropolis is perfectly feasible
and worthy OF sound American man.
The herald., 1894-07-27

TIE most intslligsnt feature OF the
newly organized Hawaiian republic is
thst provision of its constitution which
limits the sessions OF congress to sixty
days. Now then, who said that Spreck-
els steamers did not deliver the mails
promptly, or that the Kanakas do not
read the Yankee newspapers.
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ON TRIAL.

Wv LtL[IA<s
That's a good way to buy a medi-
cine, but it's pretty hard condition
under which to sell it. Perhaps
you've noticed that the ordinary
hit or miss medicine doesn't at
tempt it.
The only medicine of its kind so
remarkable in its effects that it can
be sold on this plan is DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. AS a
blood cleanser, strength-restorer, and
flesh-builder, there's nothing like it
known to medical science. In every
disease where the fault is in the
liver or the blood, as Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Biliousness, and the most
stubborn Skin, Scalp, and Scrofulous
affections, it is guaranteed in every
case to benefit or cure, or you have
your money back.
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C.ptnin Nfackev,. Card.

NORTH ENID, o. T., July 26.-Capt. J.
o. Mackey. in command of the troops
guarding the property OF the Rock Island
railroad near here. has issued a card in
annwer to the charges made by the citi-
zsns of South Enid. He denies the al
legations in their complaint to the sec
rotary of war. stating that the arrests
were made by United States marshals
and not by troops.
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should become the shelter for outcast
children whom the vigilance OF few
good women had rescued from the filth
and pestilencs OF the streets. The his
tory Of that house on Folsom street
might serve as text for sermon on
the vanity Of human greatness.
The herald., 1894-07-27

tion-W. B. Sanger and ]. 8. johnson,
tie for first place; Charles NJ. Murphy,
Syracuse, second; time, 2:14.
One mile, handicap, Glass B-L. D.
Cabanni. st. Louis, won from 20 yards
A. d. Kennedy, Chicago, 80 yards, sec
ond; time, about 2:l7.
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FRIDAY. JULY s7. 1894.

THE New York World wants to know
why women are so persistent in asking
questions on mattera they know moth
ing about. The World probably over
looks the fact that men have been doing
the same thing for several centuries, and
the pretty dears are clearly excussbls
for initiating the sterner sex in that
respect. Yea, veriligh.
The herald., 1894-07-27

To every sufferer from Catarrh,
no matter how bad the case or of
how long standing, the proprietors
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy say
this :" If we can't cure it, perfectly
and permanently, well pay you $500
in cash" Sold by all druggists.
The herald., 1894-07-27

Woods, whom President Harrison ap-
pointsd to that position in 1890. Tho
sublimity OF popular sovereignty was
never more sptly illustrated than in the
little incident just above related; and
that sovereignty eau never be impaired
save by the commission OF acts repug-
nant to good citizenship.
The herald., 1894-07-27
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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tinued hereafter No papers will be sent to
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Fl Merchants Exchange Han Francisco, is an
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Sole Eastern Advertising Agent s. p. Palmer.
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No contributions returned.
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LAND FOR SALE.

BY THE LOT OR ACRE, in Colegrove, Ca
huenga valley, a western suburb of Los Ange-
les, on the Z. A. & P. K. X. No place like 1t for
water, climate, scenery and frostiess Go ana
see for yourself; short drive out, or take the
Cahuenea dummy railroad. For further infor-
nation apply to g. COL. 232 N. Main street
Los Angeles, or 70 BEWARD COLE at Cole
grove. 1l-1St VI.
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NATIONAL PASTIM e.
Results OF Yesterdays G amss on Lesxu
Diamonds.

Results OF Yestsrday's amss on League
Diamonds.
PIrTsBURG, July 26.-Killen started to
pitch for Pittsburg today, but had his
pitching arm broken in the third inning
by liner from George Tabesu's bat.
Pittsburg, 8; base hits. 13; errors, 8.
Cleveland, 81 base hits, 8; errors, /.
Batteries-Sugden, Killen and Ehret !;
thinner and Mills.
WASHINGTON. July 6.-Washington,
5; base hits, IL; errors, II.
Philadelphia, a; base hits, 4; er-
rors, 3.
Observation-Disclosures and Maui; Taylor
and Grady.
BosroN, July 26.-Brooklyn. Is; base
hits, 22 errors, 5.
Boston, g.; base hits, 15; errors, 8.
Batteries-Earl, Gastright and Stein !;
Connaughton. Staley, Nichols and Stiy-
etts.
NEW YORK, July 26.-Balsimore, 4;
base hits, 8; errors, q.
New York, 16; base hita, II errors, l.
Batterics-R Ro binson, Hawks, Esper
Wilson and German.
CINcINNArI, July 26.-No game; date
changed.
The herald., 1894-07-27
SOCIETY.

A jolly party of six prominent young
people of Los Angeles are spending a
week camping at Avalon, Santa Cata-
lima, under the chaperonage OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Fish OF Hanford. The party con-
sists OF Miss Anna Jolls, Miss Alice
Conklin and Miss jeanette Kiger;
Messrs. Leon Conklin, Carl Kiger and
Harry Merrill.
Wv
A soap bubble social will be given this
evening by the young people Of the First
Congregational church, corner Sixth
and Hill streets. All young people OF
the city are invited.
Miss Sylvia Beiber OF Salt Lake City,
who hae been the guest of Miss Rhidotta
Ferner, left yesterday for Oceanside,
where she intends to spend the gu miner.
The cheapest way to buy good writing
paper is by the pound. You can only
obtain it in this city OF VIM. NJ. Ed
wards Co., ia West First street.
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'I have taken Hoods Sarsaparilla fer twelve
years, nd now Keep it i'll tae house the same
as fur, ami when any one comp aims ws way
bury, 1923 Macy street, Los Angeles, Cal.
The herald., 1894-07-27
MAKYsvILLE RACES.

Summary of the Trotting and Pacing
Events.
MARYsvILLE, CAL. July 26.-Following
are the summaries of to-day's races:
The herald., 1894-07-27

ssod's Fills cure sick headache
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30

aud put his face 30 close.'to mine that
Icould feel his hot breath. / was like
one petriied. My blood seemed
frozen ii my veins, and had the cold
steel been pressedt TO my throat, should
not have felt I single pa1g. Ny whole
being seemed held by Come terrible
power. AT last, he arose from his
knees and, going TO a Of the win
dows, blew i whistle three times. This
is all that Iremember. MY conscious
ness must have fors.ken me.
When I again opened my eyes, the
bright light was streaming through
the blinds. AT first, 4 had only . no
que remembrance of what seemed to
me 4 dreadful nightmare, but gradr-
ally the whole Scene Of the night be-
fore came clearly to my mind and i
terror seized me. My schlldren we're
my first thought. T sprang quickly
from my bed, but fell heavilY TO the
floor ina dead faint The strain had
proved too much TOR ne. For days i
lay unconscious, only feeling burn
ing pain Il my head but through
Gods mercy 4 VA giirsn back hi nv
hubbard and chadrsnor pot I hair
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30

covered and would soon leave us, yet
he had not spoken of his love; but
after a while the words Gaze. We
were sitting on the porch in he moon.
light, in the same place from which ]
had seen him carried in on that
/, eventual day when he was hurt.
My fathers consent to our engage.
ment was soon gained, as Johns past
life, SO far as he could discover, was
irreproachable, and his worldly ptos-
poets were good. Everything went on
happily for the first few months, and
it seemed that in our case love was to
run a smooth course. I must not for
get to tell you about my engagement
ring. IT was one which had been
handed down through several genera
tions to ,Tohn He had alWavs uoxIS
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30
A Wharf a Mile Long.

The new wharf just completed al
anita Monica, Cal, for width, length
hd cost is unsurpassed on the coast.
reaches out into the Pacific Ocean
early a mile, being 1888 feet in length.
is 131 feet in width and has seven
|acks. It affords wharf room sufi-
ent for eight ships, each drawing
enty-eight feet, that being more
an the draught of most of the largest
bight ships in the world. Santa
pnicn is q charming little city of 1000
hahitants, situated on the ocean
ech in Los Angeles County, sixteen
les from Los Angeles. So delight
is the climate and the temperature
the sea that an ocean bath car be
ioyed almost every day in the year,
inter- as well as summer.
The shortest distance across the con.
bent, connecting the ocean commerce
the Orient and the Occident, ID
pm New Orleans or Galveston to
lnta Monica, it 466 miles nearer
ian to San Francisco. This fact has
zen taken advantage Of by the South
n Pacific Company iii the construc-
OF the immense wharf, as Santa
beach sloped SO gently that
Ups could not make q landing. By
e use of the new wharf the largest
lips can now receive or discharge car
es directly from OF to cars, thus
patty lessening the distance between
inn, japan, Great Britain and Eu-
pe. and consequently decreasing the
of transportation.
Btarting from the shore on a curve
approach goes straight out to deep
Ter, then turns northward making
q shaped structure. The approach
he wharf is 300 feet long, twenty
IL feet wide, and contains 1914 bents
cen feet npart. Two tracks are
npon this, and there is also a walk
ten feet wide. Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30

Bays the New Orleans Plcayune :
Nov that the record of business fail
ures during 1893 is available. soma
very remarkable facts are brought to
light. In the first place, according to
Bradstreet's, the total business failures
during the past year amounted to an
Increase Of iifty-one per cent. over
the previous year, the largest increase
= we'll as the greatest total for q
single year on record. The liabilities
we're correspondingly large, but. as
usual in panic years, the assets bear .
larger proportion TO the Liabilities
than il usually the case. The failures
are greatest in the central Western
9tates, and were heavy ID the Eastern
md Middle States, large on the Pacific
eoast, and comparatively light i'll the
South. In four Southern Stgtes the
total failures for the rear we're actually
smaller than during the previous year,
these four States being Louisiana,
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
Louisiana showed only ninety-six fail
nres. against 116 during 1892, which
! remarkable showing considering
the financial panic and the monetary
pressure which prevailed here during
fhe summer. Not only was the total
number Of failures light, but the show
ire Or assets and liabilities was small
considering the business contraction.
The total liabilities Of failing traders
wers ! trife moro than . million Ut
doilsrss she bulk of which i few insti-
tatipns we're responsible for, 80 that,
eliminating y couple 81 large failures,
the individual liabilities Of The bulk Of
~ failing traders were insignificant.
The reaso Of such small business
~casualties in the Southern States
named II not hard 10 sex. There has
been, for Instance, 40 disposition 10
initiate values Of recent years ID this
section, and poo- crops. coupled with
unsatisfactory psices, Tor several years
y succession. forced upon The people
i policy az rigid economy and con-
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30

OkIahoma is going to knock very
hard for admission as q State, declares
the st. Louis 'Star-Sayings. Tbs Ter
1itory was organized only three years
ago, but II population and wealth it is
to-day far in advance of the other Ter.
ritories seeking admission as States.
The report accompanying the applica
tion for admission as a State shows
chat she has 2,372,4s2 acres OF
land in farm use valued at $13, O22,-
PAS. In the last year the farmers hsr.
vested 284, 254 acres of corn, 222, 319
acres of wheat, 1O9, 374 acres Of oats,
al, 81 acres Of cotton, Is, 755 acres Of
sorghum, IA, 121 acres of Hungarian
millet, and 4425 acres of broom corn.
LIZ is almost as large as the State of
Illinois, and has q population Of about
26O, 900, which is greater than that of
any other State when admitted to the
Union. Its assessed valuation OF
property in 1891 amounted to rs, 1878,
928, which in 1893 had increased to
S18, 951, 056. Ithas six National banks
with deposits of $685.. STA. The Terri
torial Legislature has been attentive
to educational matters, and there are
already in nearly all the districts
school-houses, normal schools, col.
leges, and q agricultural and me
chanical college at the town Of Still
water. In religious msttersit has also
kept pace with many Of the older
States. In the Territory there are
f65 Methodist churches, twenty-five
Baptist, t~wenty-four Congregational,
twenty-five Catholic, twenty-four Pres
byterian, six Episcopal, and fifty
Christian Endeavor Societies. This
- . remarkable showing for Oklahoma,
and We can scarcely believe, adds the
Etar-Ssyings, that Congress can refuse
her admission.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30
.ingly.

Manuscripts by noted authors have SO
great value as autographs that with
in the past few years some authors
have stipulated with publishers that
thar manuscript should be kept clean
perhaps copied on a typewriter for
giving out to the printers and re-
turned to them, that their families
may traffic in them after they are
dead, presumably. I. B. Aldrich is
said to be one Of the authors who al
WAYS wants his copy back.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30
HEATHER BELL.

Her eyes are like the heather on the Norland
hills a-blow,
And her curving lips OF laughter like . berry
In the snow,
In a snood of crimson cleaning
Lo, her locks of amber dwell,
And I'm dreaming,
Dreaming,
Dreaming,
OF my bonnie Heather-bell.
With football light as thistle-down she com.
eth ere I ken;
dawn in the glen.
A myriad fancies tesming
Feed the fame I cannot quell
And Tn dreaming,
Dreaming,
Dreaming,
OF my bonnie Heather-bell.
Her voice is like the thrush's piping carols
IN the corn
Its tender echoes haunt me thro' the night.
tide till the morn,
oh, her dimples shyly beaming,
They have charmed me with
spell;
And I'm dreaming,
Dreaming,
Dreaming,
Ofmy bonnie Heather-bell.
Samuel M. Peck, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30
oNlTMIHatERnA

...fs5fir=e5harles Dixie, recently said in
the debate in the British Parliament:
'eThe most dangerous illusion any in
habitant of the united kingdom can
have is that we are a popular power.
We are probably the most unpopular
nj the great powers"