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HE WAS FROM DowNEY,
And Found City Life EntireIy Too Ex.
hilarating.

And Found City Life EntireIy Too Ex-
hilarating.
Downey Champion: Master Bird Har-
ris had quite novel experience with
the Los Angeles city authorities ON Mon
day. He went to town to spend the day
and call upon his sister. Master Bird
was the possessor OF little gun-a 32-
caliber revolver. He had no particular
use for it in town. but it was a piece of
personal property upon which he set
much store, and having no place to leave
it, concluded to take it along. This
conclusion was the cause of much
trouble.
The first point OF interest that at
tracted young Harris was the car shops
at the San Fernando depot. Satisfying
his curiosity there, a novel idea struck
him. Procuring some burnt cork, it
took him but short time to disguise
himself as young coon" In this
disguise he thought he would call on
his sister. He had gone but short
distance before a policeman stopped
him. The young ruffians of the town
had recently taken in the tamale
venders at the point of pistol, and the
officers were on the lookout for suspici-
Gus characters. Master Bird in his
Ethiopian makeup was decidedly a
suspicious character to the vigilant cop,
and the loaded gun in his possession
was decided giveawsy.
YOU'RE going to stand some one up,
are you?" said the officer.
81 have not stood anyone up YET"
the boy replied.
The patrol wagon was summoned and
the fun-loving country boys plans for
his days amusement at his sister, 8
home were entirely broken up.
at the station a charge of carrying
concealed weapons WAS booked against
him. Here he was detained until his
fathers arrival the following morning.
The urbane police judge informed the
young man that disguises and pistols
were contrary to the city ordinances,
and suggested s5 would be satisfactory
compensation for his ride and entertain
ment at the city hosiery. Master
Harris returned with his father, realiz-
ing that they were much more particular
about small matters in Los Angeles
than in his Downey city home; and that
the city's hotel charged too high for the
kind OF entertainment afforded.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Playing Cards.

The invention of playing cards has
been attributed to the Chinese, Hindoos,
Arabians and Romans, but cards as
now used were invented by Jacques
Gringonneur, a painter, in Paris in the
fourteenth century. They were sup
posed to have been first made for the
amusement of Charles vi of France,
who was deranged. The French had
particular names for the 12 court cards.
The four kings were David, Alexander,
Caesar and Charles; the four queens,
Angine, Esther, Judith and Pallas; the
four knaves or knights, Ogier the Dane,
Lancelot, La Hire and Hector de Gar
land. Cards seem originally, however,
to have been taken to England direct
from Spain, having probably been IN
roduced into that country by the Moors I;
the clubs, in Spanish cards, not being
trefoils as with us, but cudgels-that is,
bastos-the spades or swords, espadas.
They were at first stamped from wood
blocks in outline and filed in by hand,
but after the invention of engraving the
best artists engraved them on copper
and struck them off at once. Column
bines were spades; rabbits, clubs; pinlzs,
diamonds, and roses, hearts. Human
hgures opposed to those of flowers and
animals were the ancestors of court
cards. brooklyn Eagle.
The herald., 1894-01-16
WEALTH HERE AND ABROAD.
Points of Contrast Between the Rich II
America and In Europe.


Points of Contrast Between the Rich In
America and In Europe.
The English and the Americans are
both rich, but which are the richer?
Perhaps the statisticians know or can
find out, but it is not certain that the
statistical answer would give the infor-
nation that one really wants and which
involves the distribution of wealth as
we'll as its mere existence. Most Amer
leans have to work; but, as is well
known, considerable proportion of
English people toll not nor spin, and
make no pretense of doing anything for
a living. Is that because the English
are richer than we, or is it matter of
taste or result of primogeniture? So
also it appears-from close study of
documents submitted by Anthony Troll
lope and other contemporaneous histo-
rians-that British gentlemen in re-
spectacle circumstances employ from
five to fifty servants and have several
houses apiece, all of which they live in,
and travel much besides. An Ameri-
can who lives in that way is looked
upon as man of very exceptional re-
sources, but it would seem that an Eng
lish gentleman who does not live in that
way is thought to be somewhat strait
ened. In England there are 800 or 400
hunt clubs, and something like 90, 600
Britishers ride pretty regularly to
hounds. But hunting is an expensive
sport that takes both time and money.
These English seem to have both to
spare.
A returned traveller was speaking of
the shoals of agreeable English people
he met in the Riviera and in all the
play places of southern Europe. When
asked if they were rich people, he said
not, but that they were able to live as
they did because they knew how and
got their moneys worth. He thought,
too. that the well to do English had
more complete domestic apparatus ready
to hand than most Americans and
could spend larger proportion of their
incomes on travel and amusement.
Houses and furniture and such expen-
sive vanities they had already by in
heritance and were not compelled to
spend useful money in providing them.
Regarding the English habit of pub
fishing novels in three bound volumes
would the American buy novels in such
costly formf Are not all the habits of
living that we borrow from the British,
from dock tailed horses to indoor men
servants, more costly than the customs
they supersede? They must have great
deal of money to spend, those enterpris-
ing islanders. No one would hesitate
to say that the Americans are richer
than the Russians, or the Italians, OF
the Germans, or even the thrifty French,
but the Briton gives US pause. Is he
really richer than we are, or is he mere
ly an older son, and dweller in a land
where servants work for small pay,
and clothes are cheap, and novels are
rented out by Nude, and the tax on
stimulants is laid for revenue, and not
for prevention, and where to loaf and
invite ones soul Is esteemed prefer
able thing to toil?-Harper's Weekly.
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ticles when sent in exchange for agri-
cultural products.
At 10 20 pm. the house adjourned.
SENATE PRoURKp1Nas.

Most of the Day Spent in DeeldinE Judge
Hornblower's Fate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Atthe opening
OF the senate this morning an unusual
food Of petitions. protesting against the
passage of the Wilson tariff bill were
presented. After transacting business
of minor Importance, the senate went
into executive session on the Horn
blower nomination.
The Presidents message conveying
the Hawaiian correspondence sent to
the house Saturday was delivered to the
senate while in executivesession today.
1t wns not permitted to interfere with
the consideration of Hornblower's con-
frmation.
After bitter discussion, Hornblow-
er's nomination was rejected.
The herald., 1894-01-16
NEW YEARS HERALD.
A Splendid Gift Very Appropriate /
ERstaru Erfauda.

A Splendid Gift Very Appropriate for
Eastern Friends.
The 48-page New Years HERALD is
now on sale at the HERALD Office and
by all the principal news dealers. 1t is
the largest newspaper ever issued in
Southern California and, outside of San
Francisco, on the Pacific coast. The in
formation contained in the New Years
HERALD has been carefully compiled
and comprises everything that any one
can possibly want to know about this
favored section. The New Years HER.
AID can be had at the HERALD business
Office, wrapped ready for mailing, for lO
cents per copy. Be sure and mail ie "
copies where they will do the most
good.
The herald., 1894-01-16


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The herald., 1894-01-16
COLL|DED WITH FATAL RESULT,
A Terrible Disaster on the Lack
awanna Road.
Nine People Killed and Thirty-seven
Seriously Injured.
Tho Accident Due to a Dense Fog which
Prevented the Trains From SEQ
ing Each Other-victims
Horribly Mangled.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
New YORK, Jan. 15.-An accident oc-
Cured this morning at the Hackenssck
bridge on the Delaware, Lackawanns
and Western road, near Jersey CITY,.
Two passenger trains collided with fatal
result. The collision was between the
Dover and Branch express trains, and
was caused by fog. Two cars were tele-
scoped.
The most authentic account shows
that nine were killed, while the injured
number 81. The dead are as follows;
William Ferguson, Summit, N. j.
William r. Adams, Summit.
William Turner, Busking Ridge.
Edward Kinsey, Barnardsville.
John Fish, Summit.
Walter r. Purington, Short Hill.
John M. Rimmer, Summit.
P. J. Ryan, Milburn.
Edwin Morrell, Summit.
The injured are as follows:
David Hoffman, South Orange.
Arthur Gardner, Short Hill, seriously.
Theodore White, Summit, will prob
ably die.
Christopher Arnold, Newark.
Harry s. Cowen, Busking Ridge.
Edward n. Clark. Busking Ridge.
George Spencer, Murray Hill,
Fred Furgeson, Summit; will proba-
bly, die.
w. ]. Rustling. jr., Newark.
Charles H. Mincher, Summit.
Ernest Thaffe, Busking Ridge.
Carl H. Schultz. Murray Hill; will
probably die.
M. w. Gastin Hawks, Summit.
Washington living, Short Hill.
William Eoaieffs, Newark.
E. W. Gray, West Summit; seriously.
Katherine Keenan,, New York.
A. Upper, New York.
Miss Jessie Archer. New York.
Albert Morrell, Summit.
H. S. Mott, Summit.
V. 0. Stearns. Springfield.
f. II. Nichols, Newark.
L. B. Young, Summit.
L. Rollins, Newark.
A. Bowers, Lyons.
III. A. Wintermuth, Newark.
Carl Linder, Newark.
A. w. Pierson, Newark.
F. 0. Bennett, East Orange.
William Lehman, Newark w. J.
Hauck, Newark; Albert Carpenter,
Roseville; j. Rubesam, Summit; Char
les Arnold, New York; William Ryan,
Milburn, and j. Renwick are also re-
ported among the killed, but no one has
been able to locate them in Jersey City
and the railroad officials deny that
either OF them was taken to Newark.
The Dover express left Roseville at
a. m., followed four minutes later by
the regular communication train. Ap-
preaching Heckensack bridge, the en-
gineer OF the express slowed up, the fog
preventing him from seeing the signals.
The commuters train, following, did
not SLOW up and crashed into the rear
OF the express, completely wrecking the
last two cars. Both were full of passen-
gers, who were crushed to death or ter
ribly mangled. The engineer of the
train is missing, and sup
posed to be among the killed.
The herald., 1894-01-16
A Miniatar Cnnfesaa. Mnrdar.

FOUNTAIN Cry, Ind, Jan. 15.-Rev.
Benjamin Baldwin, Methodist minis.
ter now in Troy, o., has confessed to the
murder. three years ago, of William
Henshaw, killed while returning home
from an evening call on young lady of
whom the minister was the suitor. He
asserted that the father of the girl fa-
vored the minister's suit, and with him
concocted the plan to murder the young
The herald., 1894-01-16
Railway DIsaster 10 Cuba.

New YoRK, Jan. 15.-A wreck occurred
on the Timinia- Mantanzas railway, about
eight miles from Man:anzas. A passen-
ger train struck coal engine, was de-
rallied and the cars wrecked. Sixteen
persons were killed and nine wounded.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Italian Riotars.

CARRARA. Jan. 25.-Rioters cut the
telephone wires and attempted to
wreck train at Avepza. A carbineer
officer, wounded by rioters, died. The
rioters sought refuge on tie adjacent
heights. Several rioters were arrested
during the day. A number Of trains
have been fred upon in this vicinity.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Rebels Kou.ed.

NEW York. Jan. l5. = A special TO
the Herald from Tegueigalpa, Hon
1uras, says: Villela attacked the rebels
this morning and forced them TO fall
back. He captured one cannon and de-
stroyed their intrenchments.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Asnnrat aociatx Triai.

PRAGUE. Jan. 15.-The Omladina ee.
cret society trial was commenced today.
There are " prisoners, including news
paper men, printers, clerks and arti-
SANS The charges are belonging to q
dangerous secret society, high treason,
insulting the emperor and rioting.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Brltiah Troops pefeated.

CAPE Town, Jan. 15.--In battle be-
tween the forces of Commander Sigcan
and Umzizie, in Pondaland, the former
were defeated and compelled to retire
with loss Of $50 killed and wounded.
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pe.tb of Col. rr.nk n,r,.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. I5 Col. Frank
A. Burr, one OF the most widely known
newspaper correspondents in the coun-
try, died in Camden, aged 30.
The herald., 1894-01-16
Judgments Entered.

INDIANA, Pa, Jan. 15.-Judgments
we're entered today against j. M. Guth-
rie, who owns extensive sawmills and
simber lands. His liabilities are esti-
mated at 5000 ,000.
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RniIar Exnlasinn

PORTLAND, Ind, Jan. 15.-A locomo-
tive engine boiler exploded at Win
chester, on the Big Four road. last night.
killing the fireman, fatally injuring the
engineer sne woundIng two others.
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CHIcAeo, Jan. 15-During 1898 the
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side lines carried l30, 800, 900 passengers.
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-06-02

A VERY PLEASANT PARTr.-One
of the most pleasant surpri parties
of the season was held at tlc home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Kindle, ON
High street, on Friday evening of
last week, in honor of their son, John.
About twenty five couple were pres
ent. The evening was whiled away
by playing games of every descrip-
ton until ii O'Clock, when all were
invited to the spacious dining room,
where they found the immense table
spread and filed up with confection-
aries, cakes and lemonade, to which
all did ample justice. After supper
they again assembled in the parlor and
resumed the games until l O'Clock
when all departed for their homes,
feeling greatly satisfied with having
spent one of the most delightful
evenings in their history.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-06-02

A BURGLARY PREvENTED.-An at
tempt at burglary, by three suspic-
ious looking strangers was frustrated
by officer johnson on last Saturday
night, or rather Sunday morning.
He was on watch and standing I'M
der the shadow of Mrs Deatnck's
porch, when he saw the three men
coming down on the opposite side of
the street. They first tried the door
of Mr.. 81. s. Hyde's jewelry store,
which they seemed 10 think was too
securely fastened, and then moved on
to Mr.. Gerling's hardware store where
they again tried the door, but dis
covered the officer approaching, and
ran rapidly around the Lutheran
Church corner, up West Martin St
rect. The officer followed as far as
DR.. Myers residence, firing several
shots from his revolver at them, but
they made their escape World.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-06-02

MEMORIAL SERvIcEs.-At the re-
quest of Lincoln Post, G. A. R. of
this place, Rev. D. Fl. Shields of the
First M. E. Church, of this place de-
livered a Memorial sermon on Sun
day last. The large church has late
" been added to in beauty by the
erection of fine pipe organ, the
tones of which now abundantly fill
the spacious edifice. Two flags in
the rear of the pulpit and small
amount of bunting at the altar were
the only decorations, but they were
sufficient for the purpose. A few
minutes before ii a. m. the Grand
Army men, numbering over 40, filed
in and took the seats reserved for
them in the front of the church, dur
ing the organ prelude by Prot. j. o.
Brockenshire. The audience filed
the body of the church and nearly
all of the large galleries. Rev.Shield's
sermon was based upon the
%, % and "a verses of Chapter ii
Of Deuteronomy, and his theme was
"Overmastering Materialism the
Present Peril" Reviewing with
sublime description the episodes of
the Eastern and Western Continents
within the past century and half,
and even going back SO far as the
DalkAges, and showing the effect on
civilization of the practical use of the
compass, gunpowder, printing, mar
thine discovery, he showed that rev.
dictionary spirit was augmented by
all OF these. Coming down to the
late civil war he made no mention Of
it, save only that so long as the..yet-
Grams, both of the blue and gray, sur
vived there was no necessity of tell
lug the story of the late war. Iron,
gold, cotton, wheat and corn,' said
he, "are the kings that don't know
Joseph. The desire for gold or ac-
QUESTION of territory poisons social,
political and religious life."
The cure, as shown by the elo.
quent minister consists not in laying
aside the past brilliant coDquests in
materialism, but in the answer of the
Savior "Man shall not live by bread
alone.' Wisdom acquired that re-
suits in belief IN God may be the only
thing upon which TO rely.
Mr.. Shields concluded with a
brilliant allegorical parallel between
the past and the present.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-06-02

A MONUMENT To JOHN BRowN.-A
few days ago Capt. Chambers, of
Harpers Ferry, visited Washington
to confer with prominent men about
the erection of monument on the
site Of the old fort at Harpers Ferry,
in memory Of the historical John
Brown. Capt. Chambers interviewed
Frederick Douglass, Representative
Thomas B. Reed, of Maine; W. E.
Chandler and many others. and re-
ceived all possible encouragement.
One gentleman of Washington said
he would furnish SIS, 900 toward the
fund. Mr.. Brown, Of Put Bay,
son of John Brown, was notified of
the undertaking and is heartily in
accord with the movement. Since
the removal of the old fort from Har-
pers Ferry the citizens have seen
what a mistake it was, and are there
fore more than anxious that some
thing should be erected in its place.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-06-02

The HARRISBURG ELECTION. Mar
tinsburg is the largest town in the
Second Congressional district, which
is misrepresented in Congress by
Hon. William L. Wilson. The city
is also the home of United States
Senator Faulkner. The city govern
ment has been under the full control
of the democratic party. On mon
day Martinsburg had a municipal
election, and the Democratic major
ity of 70 was not only completely
wiped out, but the Republicans elect
ed their candidate for mayor by 232
majority and carried four of the FIVE
wards for their councilmanic ticket.
The result shows Republican gain
of 304 votes.
, Democrats will comfort themselves
with the claim that this was merely
a local election and has no other sig
nificance. The fact remains, however,
that political lines were strictly
drawn in the contest and that the re-
suit is a pronounced Republican
victory. 1t is of more than usual
significance because of the desperate
efforts made by the friends OF Con-
gresham Wilson and Senator Faulk-
ner to carry the city, and it is no Sc
cret that had the Democrats. won, the
victory would have been heralded
over the state and country as an en-
dorsement OF the Wilson bill by the
chief city in Mr.. Wilson's own dis
trict, and as the first Democratic gun
in his campaign for reelection.
The result is sufficiently significant
Of the political situation in the second
district to inspire the Republicans of
that section oft state with courage
and hope. 1t is an indication that
the sentiment which prevails all over
the country, and which has been
manifested in the hundreds of NUM-
cipal elections in the United States
Chat the people have enough of the
change they voted for in 1892, also
exists in West Virginia. 1t is a
straw which shows what may be ex-
pected of that portion of the Second
district in November Wheeling
Inteltigencer.
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EYEGLASSES Persons whose eyes
trouble them, who cannot see well at
a distance, and whose eyes pain and
itch or run water when reading,
should not injure their eyes by wear
ing common glasses, but should call
on Leech, Stiles & Co., the Philadel-
eye specialists, at the St. Clair Hotel
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m. to 5 p. m
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PRoF. CLARY AT WINoBEsTrR

PROF. CLARY AT WINCHESTER
Prof. G. W. Clary, the blind musi.
clan, presented to the people of Win
chester, Monday and Tuesday nights,
the popular oratorlo of esther, the
Beautiful Queen" and despite the
stringency ofthe money market large
audiences were present at each per-
Torrance. The stage was beautifully
decorated for the occasion. The ora
torio was presented with home talent,
under the direction Of prof. Clary,
and each and every one performed
their parts well. The singing was
of the very best, and, as was eviden.
ced, Winchester can boast of some
fine voices. The part of Esther, the
Queen, was taken by Miss Mamie
Forsythe, and that of king Ahasner-
us by Mr.. G. W. Spangler, both of
whom performed their parts very
moritoriously; as did also Mr.. Fred
Anderson as Hannah. The whole of
the oratorio was delight fully rend-
cred and warmly received, and was
pronounced by one and all one of the
most successful and pleasant concert
OF the season.