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The herald., 1894-02-23
THE CROPS.

Tho weather Bureaus Report OF Their
Condition.
The weather bureau furnishes the fol-
lowing weather-crop bulletin OF the
Southern California weather service for
the week ending Monday, February
10th:
The reports this week show continu-
ance of the cool, dry weather which is
beginning to effect grain and pasture
and retard the developing OF buds on
the fruit trees. Light showers fell on
the 10th, but they were not heavy
enough to do much good, and they were
followed by drying northerly winds,
which rapidly absorbed the moisture
from the coil.
SANTA BARBARA.
Dry weather continues, and vegeta-
ton is showing the lack OF rain. Grain
is mostly in and most OF it ia up, but il
is thin and suffering for moisture. Grass
is backward and fruit trees are slow in
budding.
SAN LUIS oBIsPo COUNTY.
Musick - Have had cold northeast
winds during the whole week and very
frosty mornings. which greatly retard
pasture and grain.
DHru5dal5--In5 weather WAS cold and
dry the past week. Pasture has no
started because OF the cold and grain il
not thriving for lack of rain. Plowine
has ceased in some instances, because
the ground has become too dry. A large
acreage is being set to trees, chiefly apri.
cot and lemon.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
Verdugo-The rainfall for the past
week was % 100 of an inch. Farmers
are getting anxious about rain. Warmer
weather is having visible effect on
grass and grain.
Duarte-The prevailing wind has been
from the north. Thirty-two one.hun.
dredths of an inch of rain fell on the
night OF the 18th. The prospects for 9
dry season are quite favorable.
SAN BERNARDINo COUNTY.
Ontario-Thc rain of the 18th improved
grain, which is generally backward,
though OF good color. There is al good
deal OF activity in decjduous tree plant
ing and the nurseries are doing heavy
business, especially in peaches and
prunee. Oranges are going out q the
rate of 10 carloads week.
Chino-Over 5000 acres of land are
prepared for the next beet crop and
planting will probably commence the
ensuing week.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
South Riverside - Owing to cold
weather and light rainfall grain is MAX
ing slow growth. Oranges are being
shipped. The high winds of the 9th and
10th did some damage to fumes, sheds,
etc.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Anaheim-Except for a light shower
the much wished for rain has not yet
made its appearance. Early sown grain
will soon suffer and the late sown is be-
ing kept back by the ground being too
dry. A few light frosts occurred during
the week, doing no damage.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
Escondido-A trace OF rain fell on the
10Th, the highest temperature was 70
degrees and the lowest So degrees.
Bernardo-The week was character
lied by very cool nights and clear days.
Small grain while showing good color
grows very slow and is much behind its
usual condition at this season.
Valley Center-35. 100 of an inch OF
rain fell on the 10Th.
San Diego city--The weather has been
very cool, especially during the nights
and vegetation has not grown much.
Light showers OF rain fell on the 10th,
which did some good ss the precipita-
ton was much more in the back coun-
trv
The herald., 1894-02-23
Notice for Publication of Time for
Proving Will, Etc.

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF CAL.
Il if0rnia, county OF Los Angeles-ss.
In the matter OF the estate OF Annie e.
Pratt, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Tuesday, the 9th
day of March, 1894, at 10 o'clock a. m. Of
ssid day, a. the court room OF this court, De-
seles county of Los Angeles, and state Of Call
ifornia, has been appointed as the time and
place for hearing the application OF Louise G.
Cross, praying tnat uocument now on nle IN
testament Of the said deceased be admitted to
probate. and that letters testamen tary be is
time and place all persons interested therein
may appear and contest the same.
Dated February 21st, 1894
T. H. WARD, County Clerk.
ByC. w. BLAKE, Deputy.
Houghton, Silent a. Campbell and Wells q
Lee attorneys for petitioner. 2-22-td
The herald., 1894-02-23

Climate Seekers on the Santa Fe.
The following arrived yesterday via
the Santa Fe:
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Whitmore, Mrs.
D. H. Brisbee, W. Leonard, Rockiand,
Me-. ]. E. Clark, Mrs. N. b. Smith,
Miss Bessie harrington, Mrs. S. w. Col
broth, Samuel Norcross. Mics Mary Al
brecht. Boston; Mrs. Mary O'Brien,
John O'Brien. Providence, r. L.; Mrs.
W. Dawson, Ogdensburg, N. y; Mrs.
Berth Heron and family, Mrs. Bella
Angus and family, Ottawa, Cam; Mrs.
Lou Shuck, Rolla, Mo-. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles III. Snedecker. Aurora, ILL.,; E.
o, Herman, J. E. Gore, Pleaaanton,
Mo-; s. Wagner, Webb City, Mo- p.
Wright and family, Denver; A. B..
French, Plymouth. Wis.,; Miss Eliza
beth Roberts, New York; L. Roberts,
Harry Wyman, Philadelphia; w. A..
Dunn, st. Louis; V. II. Raleigh, H.
Pyhrr, Joseph Gray and family, Miss
Alice Slotter, Mrs. Wolff, Miss Ida
Wolff. Chicago; Mrs. J. N. Russell,
Kansas City; Miss Sybil Brown, w. Ii.
Eagleson and family, Denver.
The herald., 1894-02-23

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-.Cattle--Ths receipts were
$4,000 head. The market closed steady but
SLOW. Naive steers, $3.05@475; Texans,
= Hogs-heceipts were $4,000 mead. The mar
ket closed active and a tribe higher Rough
IS. 10 1870; prime heavy ana butchers'
$50
market closed slow and blreIy STEADY. Ton
sheep, $50. 0093.50.
The herald., 1894-02-23
for Infants and Children.

"Castoria isso well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me- H. A. ARCHER, M. d.,
iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The herald., 1894-02-23
THAT WAVE MOTOR.

1t Appears to Be n Success at Long
Beach.
The HERALD Long Beach correspond
ent writes as follows:
The invention of Mr.. E. Gerlach of
Santa Monica, known as the wave motor
and in place at the end of the old wharf
at this place, has reached such stage
of perfection that the inventor, like
The herald., 1894-02-23

LIVERPOOL. Feb. 22.--Wheat was firm. demar
fair holders offer moderately.
Corn was firm, with modera demand.
The herald., 1894-02-23

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for children teething It soothcs tile
Child, softens the gums, allays ali pain, cures
wind collie, AMI is the best remedy for diar.
heRa TwentF-9Be ceats bottle.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-10

Many and varied are the answers given
to the government examiners. The fol-
lowing origiNll answer about takes he
proverbial biscuit.
After the class had read that popular
schoolboy's recitation commencing with
the line, The boy stood on the burning
deck" the examiner, merely to test their
intelligence, asked the question:
why did the boy stand on the burn
ing deck
This was a poser, but the Ounce at the
foot was equal to the occasion. for he
Immediately shouted:
Because it We're too hot for him to
sit down on."-Spare Moments.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-10
AN OCEAN TRAGEDY.
ffhE TERRIBLE FATE WHICH BEFEL
THE CENTRAL AMERICA.

A Contest Between Angry Waters and a
Bucket Line, In which the Latter Lost.
A Cowsrdiy Engineer-A Bird Guided
the Ellen tn the Rescue.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-10

The process by which the va,- indus
trial machinery of the United safes can
again I've INT i'll motion is simplicity it.
self. III that is necessary j. for cu.l-
greSs IL strike out the enactiug clause Of
he starvation wages bill.--New York
Press.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-10

Il was Iorre,. ont or my course Just
before | met YOU" said the captain of
the Ellen to the rescued passengers,
and when | altered my course a bird
Few across the ship once or twice. and
then darted into my face. y few min
utes later the bird repeated irs move
ments. | thought it an extraordinary
thing. and while laIuking on it in this
way the mysterious bird reappearcd. and
for the third time flew into my face.
This induced Inc u alter my course back
to the original one. and in "A short time |
heard noises III the sea and discovered
that ! was in the midst of shipwrecked
people.
Who shall say what power guided the
highr of III. frail messenger through the
storm air:-New York Herald.
Effective.
A Maine farmer. who recently visited
Boston. tells how he got the better If the
deadly trolley car.
Il stood" he SAYS. right on the track
when of them dummed skyrole ears
came a-buzzing along. and | thought I'd
iust see if they'd run over me. They
Iol!ered and yelled for me 10 get of the
track. but | didn't bulge an inch. for |
had as much right there as they had.
aud they just hauled tine thing up stock
snll afore they q ter me. All II mans
got ter do j. 70 stand up for his rights,
and them Boston ~tellygs ua.su't run over
him."-New York Tribune.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-10

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
Prunes andAppendicitIs.

The fact, stated the other day by q
contemporary in letter 10 the editor, of
the writer's belief that the daily eating
of prunes is preventive of appendicitis
is an interesting one. The letter cited
the record Of fruit valley in California
whose u. 900 residents should be in con-
slant menace of the trouble because of
the continuous fruit season and the habit
of eating seeds. Yet not one, it was re-
ported, had ever had a symptom of ap-
pendicitis, and the correspondent, as has
been said, attributes this immunity to
daily prune eating.
The gently laxative property of this
fruit is well known, and it is probably
this action which makes it of value. Its
action on the liver, too, is beneficial, and
1t has besides considerable nutritlve ex-
cellence, makingit valuable family food.
II is a good plan to prepare . or 10 pounds
at a time. saving time and having 1t al
ways ready. Let the prunes stand at least
four hours in water enough to cover
them. Then pat on in little cold water
Just enough to keep from burning
and stew very slowly, closely covered.
When done, and they should be plump
and tender at this stage, add ? pounds
Of sugar TO 8 pounds of fruit, and leave
them on the stove for perhaps 10 minutes
longer. Pack in jars and serve freely
New York Times.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
Flannel Clothing.

If dry woolen clothing be put on inn
mediately after exercise, the vapor from.
the surface of the body is condensed liz
and upon the wool, and the heat which
has become latent in the process of evap-
oration is again given off flannel
clothes, therefore, put on during perspi-
ration always feel warm, whereas cot
ton and linen articles allow the perspira-
ton to pass through them, so that the
evaporation and cooling processes are
unchecked.
There is therefore an obvious reason
for selecting flannel clothing for wear
ing after active exertion. Anindividual
who is perspiring freely is far less likely
to take cold when clad in flannel than
when clad in linen or cotton. DR.. Poore
thinks that cotton might be made to ac.
uuire properties similar to those of wool
by adopting looser method of weaving
the material. If linen or cotton be woven
Sin loose, porous fashion, these fabrics
then become, as heat retainers, scarcely
inferior to WOOL"
WOolen fabrics cause a sensation OF
warmth in virtue of another popularity
which they possess. They often present
a rough surface, which, coming into con,
tact with the skin, causes friction and
therefore more or less warmth. The ir-
ritation thus produced is intolerable to
some persons, but if it can be borne with
for a short time the skin often gets ac-
customed to the sensation. .-Fortnightly
Review
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
A Sign.

AS they passed butcher shop on the
% of February the short man stopped,
and the tall man looked down to see what
the matter was.
That's rather queer" said the short
man, gazing at string of sausage hang
ing on a hook outside the door.
whats queer about that!' asked the
tall man. Il don't see!"
Perhaps you're too far up" said the
little man.
I'm not up to that anyhow" chuc-
kled the tall l4-a. ~ hat is queer
about iti''
The little man moved off, and the tall
man was with him.
Il thought the grounding always went
in when the sun shone," he said mysteri-
Ously, and the tall man rubbed his eyes
for minute and discovered the point in
the dim distance.-Detroit Free Press.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21

1t is no easy task to convince the
modern school chess crank that his
pet theories and openings were
known and played centuries ago, and
vet such is the case. The further We
probe into ancient history the more
modern becomes the style Of the
games of chess which are unearthed,
until it looks as if the old masters
were well up in all the wrinkles Of
the most fayorite openings, The Ruy
Lopez, invented by priest Of that
name, has been played for centuries
and continues TO be the most POP
ular opening with the chess masters
OF today. The Giuoco piano has re
ceived the attention of modern ana
lysts, and yet we find that the same
moves were played centuries ago
New York Herald.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
THEY UElFlEo The BEETLE.
dow the Egyptians Came to Regard the
Drspised Insects as Gods.

How the Egyptians Came to Regard the
Despised Insects as Gods.
Primitive observers never suspect
ed anytime so commonplace as tho
pre- encr Of Cggs in the middle Of the
ball the beetle has made. That sort
oi explanation belongs only to the
age of science. The Egyptians saw
the beetle bury the pellet, and they
saw a new beetle emerge from it in
due time, and thoy leapod straight
to The not unnatural conclusion that
here was case Of spontaneous gen.
Grafton. The plous scarab, they mag
ined, bulied the balls of dirt as they
themselves buried their mummled
dead, and new scarabs sprang from
it under the vivifying rays of the su-
preme sun god, as the glorifed body
would spring in the end from the
dried and withered dust of the hu-
man mummy.
1t was as an emblem of the resur-
rection then that the scarab attained
such immense vogue in the Nile val
ley. Nothing could be more natural
than that a mummy making race
should see N its proceedings an un-
doubted argument for the immortal
ity of the soul and a proof Of the con-
tinued existence of the spirit after
death. Everything conspired to pro
duCe this. impression. The earnest
way in which the good beetles devot
ed their lives to the pious task of
rolling their balls Of manure to the
chosen burying place was a lesson,
as it were, to careless humanity to
look to the end-a perpetual cOleOp-
ferrous mementO mOl1.
All sorts of strange fables rose up
accordingly about the sacred insect.
1t seems that for IS days the balls re-
mained under ground, through a
whole lunar revolution. During that
mystic time the beetles grew within
by spontaneous generation. On the
tweuty-ninth day, which the insect
knew as the moment of the conjunc-
ton of the sun with the moon, the
ball opened of itself and forth sailed
in full divinity a new born scarab.
Later on, when the cult of Ra, the sun
god, became the chief element i'll the
worship of Egypt, eclipsing and alb
sorbing into itself the earlier ances,
tral worship Of Osiris, yet another
point of sanctity was discovered i'll
the scarab.
The balls he rolled behind him SO
assiduously, being round and revivi-
fed, We're considered as emblematical
of the suns disk, and the beetle him
self was almost regarded as an avatar
of the solar deity. To such pitch OF
dignity may honest industry and
sterling ealnestness Of purpose lead
in the end even a despised carrion
beetle.-CornhIll Magazine.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
Stood the Test

Allcock'~ ~ Gs piasiers ate unap.
pruachaulr. u" cara ~ properties, ra-
pldity snd safety ul actiuu, and are the
ouly reliable rlaS'p"s ever prDduc ed.
They have succe- alu.'v -'opd the test
OF over thirty years use 10y the Tuu'w;
their virtues have never been eqda,td
by imitators who have sought to trad,
upon the reputatian of AlcOck's by
making plasters with holes in them,
and claiming them to be "just as good
as Allcock's," and they stand today
endorsed 10y not only the highest med
ical authorities, but by millions of
grateful patients who have proved their
efficacy as a household remedy.
Beware of limitations. Ask for All
cocks, and do not be persuaded to ac
cept a substitute.
Brandreth's Pills will purify IT,,
blood.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
WHY He StiuIIyes.

A short time ago it was rumored that
Mr.. Villiers, the father Of the house
Of commons" was seriously i'll, and a
representative was sent by the authori-
ties of a London newspaper to ascertain
the facts. He saw Mr.. Villiers' house
keeper, who protested that the report
was utterly unfounded, but wishing to
be on the safe side the reporter suavely
asked for the name Of his medical ad-
wiser. He hasn't got one, was the
reply. That's the reason he's lived so
long. London Bits.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21

1t would hardly be thought that It
would be worth while TO construct a
machine expressly for the cutting up OF
old ties for fuel, and yet the operation OF
a new shearing machine which is used
for that purpose is said TO have been
found most satisfactory. The blades are
about eight inches wide, with a clear
ance between them Of about one inch, SO
that old spikes, ETC., can pass through.
The machine is driven by belt wheel
and runs at about 20 strokes a minute,
cutting 100 cords Of wood per day from
ties and telegraph poles. The pieces are
crushed in cutting so that they can be
split lengthwise with an ax,-Lumber-
man
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21

Take a goose quill, or a feather of
the wing of any bird that may be at
hand, and look at it carefully. You
will see that these separate tilaments
of which the vane is composed tech
nically called barbs, although really
distinct from each other and only at
tached to the common stem at their
base, have a curious tendency to cling
together, so as to form a continuous
structure, and that it takes a slight
but distinct amount Of force to sepa-
rate them. and that after they have
been pulled or forced apart, If they
are brought in contact again by gen
tly stroking the feather in the right
direction, or by waving it brisl,ly
through the air, they will join again
as firmly as before. You will also find
that this operation may be repeated
an indefinite number Of times.
OF all the marvellous mechanical
adaptations We meet with III nature.
there is nothing more wonderful than
that which is seen III every feather
of birds wing. The object is eyi
IDENTIFY to produce an expanded sur
face, light, strong and practically in
destructible, one capable Of resisting
the pressure brought to bear upon it
in buffeting the strongest winds with
out permanently splitting or being
torn in tatters. Good Words
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
ODDS AND eNpS.

A boil in the pot is worth two OH the
neck.
Mexico has $50 mines, worked by 1OO.-
600 men.
A white lie soon loses its creamy com.
plexion.
The Jewish title rabbi meant master
or teacher.
The first copper mine in this country
was opened III massachusetts in 1913.
There are five orders of nobility in
Engla1d-the duke, marquis, earl, Wis
count and baron.
The tile Of margrave was limited to
the rulers of the Marches Of Branden-
burg, Weisen, Baden and Moravia.
An English peer when examined as a
witness in criminal or civil cases or be-
forethe high court of parliament must be
sworn.
1t is well to remember the fact that it
takes only single vote to pass a good
Chicago Standard.
Majesty is an old title with modern
use. 1t was first assumed by Diocletian,
and its use gradually spread until it is
now universal among kings.
Asplendid collection of Chinese lilies
is shown in the window of Brooklyn
Chinese laundry, where they are admired
daily by many people.
Courtyralla park, over in Wales, is
dotted with graves and tombstones ''to
the cherished memory" of favorite dogs
and cats Of the Rous family.
The title grand duke was of medieval
origin, being first found in Moscow in
the eleventh century. 1t Travelled to
:outhern Europe in 1869, when Plus V
bestowed it on Cosmo de Medici
The constable was formerly one Of the
highest officers of kingdom. In Eng
land the office was sought by the great
est mobiles Edward Stafford, duke of
Buckingham, was in 1921 the last great
constable.
Grape and orange growers near Talla-
hassee have decided to enter upon the
manufacture of wine from grapes and
oranges on a large scale, developing an
extensive market at home for the prod
ucts Of the groves and vineyards.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
Celtlc Blood and GlrI Rahie..

A curious and interesting fact given by
the register general in his statistics for
1898 is thar in the Celtic portions Of the
United Kingdom the proportion Of the
female births is much higher than 1t Is
In the non-Celtic portions. The highest
Proportions are found in Cumberland,
Cornwall and north Wales. while south
Wales is only little way down in the
list and has a proportion considerably
above the average for the whole country.
The proportion OF female births is higher
IN Ireland and Scotland than in Eng
land.-Cardif Western Mail.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-05-21
New York. Wooded surroundings.

ANY height that commands a com
nreleuslye view of New York re-
yeals the fact that Leyoud the city S
boundary Of water there is IN nearly
all dlrecuuus a horizon edged with
woodland. The city stands IN the
midst Of an urban area OF perhaps
200 square miles, but many hundred
acres Of that area are st!l covered
with woodland, and the suburban
edles are all within easy reach ~
some considerable great area.-EX'
change.