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The herald., 1894-06-11
The Post once.

EDITORS HERALD There is one thing
which In nay opinion needs your stten-
tion-the post Office. To new arrival
the post Office seems very Insignificant
and inferior compared with the size and
importance of the city. I notice that
the pest Office at the north end, near
the Chinese and Mexican reservations,
has bid hanging on it's outer portal for
premises.
would call the attention of the press
to Kansas City in regard to the improve
ments in this direction. On account of
agitation the representatives. at Wash
ington were impelled to exert Them
selves in the matter. Eight hundred
thousand dollars was granted, willis
two million was asked OF congress. The
result is block was purchased and the
foundations are about laid by this time.
So much for the enterprise of Kansas
City.
Deductions from the school census
make an attempt to show that Los
Angeles has a population of about 100,-
600. Every sign Of the times seems to
indicate an immense population here in
time to come. whether floating or sta
tionary. The fame of this city has gone
out to the ends of the earth. Allow me
to suggest that there be q move In this
matter; when the government realizes
the Importance OF this point, as to it's
being the future capital of Southern
California, the money will be voted for.
Our plan is to convert the government to
lively and abiding faith by our persist.
emit representatives.
A committee of citizens or the cham
Der of com merce can do some good work.
A million dollar building has to be
erected here by the government in the
near future. Within five years that will
be too small and may be purchased by
the city for a museum or public library.
Ground may be had, il the projact ia not
advertised, for a fair price near the Brad
bury block--that is, options may be had
of private owners. Broadway seems to
be the fnture center of the city, and
there the postoffice may we'll be located.
For all know there is com mittee
now a work on this matter: and if there
10 not there ought to be. Unless active
preliminary steps are taken early and
often, for all the government cares or
knows. the city OF Los Angeles may sleep
on with an Insignificant postofice until
the prehistoric lava-covered rocks that
surround the fertile valley are covered
with moss. E. III. RYDALL.
The herald., 1894-06-11
The OutfAll AaWar.

EDITORS HERALD: - The existing
troubles with certain portions of the
outfall sewer are not the fault OF the
contractors, who certainly have done
their share of the work in a most SUBJ
stantial manner and in accordance with
the directions from the superintendent
and his inspectors. They must be traced to
some other sources. over which the con-
tractors had no control, and can there
fore not be held responsible, but resting
with those planning the details. No
body will deny that the slaves in and
the bands around the wooden conduit
are of excellent quality and amply
strong enough to resist the pressure fol
which they are calculated, but the
cause of the leakage will be found
to be in the too fine thread cut
on the ends of the bande, and il ia q
well-known fact that on several occs-
slons when the nuts were screwed up
tight the thread was stripped off from
the bands. Only the pressure from the
'back-fil held the slaves in position,
and no doubt these wooden conduits
The herald., 1894-06-11
POMONA,
COMPANY DIS Squad DriIl-Local Notes
and Personals.

company DIS Squad DriIl-Local Notes
and Personals.
POMONA, June 10. Company D, N. g.
O., held q very lively and interesting
squad drill at Armory hall last night,
the winning squad to receive a silver
medal for each private in the SQUAD and
gold medal for the sergeant in COM
msnd. The squad No. 8, under COM
inand OF Sergeant Klsproth, was de-
clared the winner. In this were Cor.
poral Draper and Privates White, Heus.
Ter, Winters. Weigle. Greenlaw, Patrick
and Drumm. The judges OF the contest
were Lieutenant. Colonel Rowland, Ma
jof Drifhll and Captain Wslch.
Mr.. J. 9. Aston, who has been se-
riously i'll for the past two weeks. ia
again able to be out.
Mr.. Albert Cohn Is visiting his
brother, N. Cohn, at his home on Holt
avenue.
Mr.. George J. Wergle and Miss Emma
Hansler were married this afternoon at
the home OF the bride. Both parties
are we'll and favorably known here. the
groom being connected Ia the meat bust
ness on Main street with his brother.
This being children's day in number
OF the churches here, the attendance at
the various places OF worship was very
large at the morning services.
Mr. and Mrs. ii. G. Tinsley and Miss
Louise Gilbert, who have been spending
the week at Coronado, will return home
today.
A number of the gentlemen here con-
nected with the mining interests in the
Goler district have had some tone of ore
brought from their mine to Los Angeles.
where It will be tested tomorrow at the
Union Iron works with the new testing
apparatus just completed for them BY
this firm.
The herald., 1894-06-11
Southern Pacific COnlanE

IMPORTANT CHANGE OF TIME.
JUNE z, 1894.
Trains leave and are due to arrive at
LOS ANGELES ARCADE DEPOT,
Filth street, daily as follows:
The herald., 1894-06-11
689 Upper Main street, Los Angeles


Los ANGELES, June o, 1893.
To THE PUBLIc For over Eve yesrs / haye
been troubled with nervous hick headache and
liver co plant. didn't seem to find any help
tried until tried DR.. Wong Him, $40 UpDeI
Main street. am now wei Yours truly.
MISS N. g. BROOK
AZ Hinton ave-, Los Angeles, 0aA
The herald., 1894-06-11

Trains via Pasadena line arrive at Dowrey
avenue station minutes earlier and leave 4
min uteg later.
*Daily. tDaily except Sunday. tSundays only
K. W. MCGEE, City Pass. g. r. Agt.
129 N. Spring ST, Los Angeles, and La Grsnde
Station.
The herald., 1894-06-11
An Enthusiastic sportswomsn.

Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie of Pittsburg,
for whom the yacht Dungeness is now
being built at Baltimore, is an enthusiast
In all outdoor sports. She has mag
niiicent winter home, also named Dunge-
ness, ON Cumberland island, the south
ernmost OF the Sea islands, off the coast
OF Georgia. Here she keeps fleet of
boats. There is also one of the finest
game preserves in the country on the is
land.-New York Telegram.
The herald., 1894-06-11

Sundays only Asundays excepted. Bsatur.
days only.
CATALINA ISLAND.
Southern Pacific Company's trains connect
at San Ped.o with fine steamer Falcon.
The herald., 1894-06-11

All of the seaside and local interior trains
stop at the new station. Cor. of First and Ala
media streets.
Take Santa Monica trains from River station
(San Fernando street,. Naud's Junction Com
mercial street, Arcade depot, Jefferson street,
(Winthr0p station). Grand Avenue or Univer.
sity.
For north: Arcade, Commercial street, Naud's
Junction. River station (san Fernando street).
For east; Arcade Commercial street, Nauds
Junction.
For other branches: Arcade, Commercial
street, Naud's Junction, River station (ssn
Fernando street).
Local and through tickets sold. baggage
checked, Pullman sleeping car reservations
made and general information given upon sp-
plication to J. NJ. ORAWLEY, AS istaht Pas
eenger Agent, LA s. Spring ST., cor Second.
CT ARLES SEYLER, agent at depots.
RICHARD GREY, General Traffic Manager.
H. GOODMAN, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
The herald., 1894-06-11
leak in q great many places not ye

found.
It would be of interest to the public to
know something about that foul basin
at the south end OF the city; why the
inverted siphon was adopted; how 1t was
that the gate chamber burst, and how
the crooked end in the sea was straight.
ened. Probably the city engineer, the
sewer committee. the superintendent,
or any one else who claims to have built
this outfall sewer will give the required
information. J. q. NJ.
The herald., 1894-06-11

did not see at to send him az delegate
to the state convention. A new Repuo-
lican county central committee for the
next two years was selected.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
An Ingenious Boy.

Johann Meyer, IL years old, one of
the wickedest boys in Vienna, had been
spanked many times for running away.
Finally, to enable him to crafty his
desire to escape, late at night he stole
the big doorkey, sawed the handle
through, fled the ends as sharp as
needle point, drew them through the
skin Of his waist and then hammered
them together, and the key hung from
his body like a ring from the nose of
savage He was thus enabled, by stand
ing on a chair, to open the door and
leave the house whenever he liked This
went on for weeks until he got in a
fight with other bad boys and was hit a
heavy blow where the key was. He was
taken senselesS to q hospital, and the
doctors were unable to remove the key
till they sawed it i'll two The boys
life was liz danger fol- several days, but
now it is expected that he VIII live to
be spanked many times mo-c.-Vienna
letter
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
The Sketc4,ing of the Masters.

One Of the wonders of collection Of
drawings Of the old masters is how they
worked with anything that came TO
hand-with crayon, chalk, charcoal,
sepia, india ink or silver point. They
model you q hand or arm or whole fig
ure from the life with as much appar-
ent case and certainty as a baker molds
a loaf, nor have they any care as to how
they arrive at the result-a wash, q
rub, a scratch, does the business-the
light of heaven shines i'll smear Of chalk,
and the darkness Of the inferno is re-
vealed in q snudge OF ink.
Probably because they served a long
and hard apprenticeship, had grown up
in studios and workshops, had been
licked with the mahlstOck and had
paint pots thrown at their heads, did
they acquire this easy, infallible meth
cd of theirs. Not that this explains the
whole of the mystery, but it may go
part of the way.-All the Year Round
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
The Man In the Moon.

According to Pratorius, the man liz
the moon is the patriarch Isaac, carry
ing the bundle Of sticks which were to
be lighted to sacrifice his own body OH
the mountain top. Dante believes him
to be Cain, carrying bundle Of thorns,
the meanest offering his lands afforded,
as present to God In Iceland the PEG
pie claim that they can see the face Of
Adam in the moon and that of Eve in
the sun. Among the Frieburgers there
is a superstition which says that the
marks and spots on the moon S face are
the outlines of traitor, Judas IscariOt,
holding his hands over his face while
sneezing just prior to hanging himself.
This last belief accOrds with the old
Frankish legend which says that there
was no spot on Luna's bright face I'M
til after the time Of the crucifxion Oh
Christ. Still another story tells us that
in the time Of the creation God threw
an offending angel against the face Of
the moon, while another is to the effect
that the moon witnessed the creation of
Adam and Eve and took an impress Of
their features on her surface, intending
to people her own land with similar be-
ings. When she essayed to initiate
serpent, which since that day has con-
tinued to fold and unfold it's mighty
coils in full view of the descendants of
the God created beings.-New York
World
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08

The action of the University club of
Boston i'll promising admission to women
to new set of apartments which it is
planning to build is for this club q
radical one. By it the number Of men S
clubs in Boston that have granted priv
ileges Of this sort to women is increased
to three, all old and conservative ones.
In New York there are at least seven
prominent mems clubs that offer club
accommodation to their friends of the
other sex, one of these, the Cloister,
making the presence of women at it's
Sunday evening dinners an especial fea-
ture. Throughout the country the club
element has participated more or less i'll
this movement, a few even of the con-
sentative close communion London clubs
having yielded with the rest to its adj
vance.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
THE CURSE OF GOD.

The schooner Gee brought cargo
to Howard street pier, in San Fra ncis-
co, that tells tale of desolate death
on the plains of Mexico The hold
of the vessel was filed at Guaymas
with the skulls and bones of cattle
that had died many years ago on the
parched prairies few miles inland
from the port.
The officers of the schooner did not
remember the name Of the rich va
quero who, several decades ago, own
ed the land about Guaymas longer
and broader than a man coult ride in
day and night, but the OIL people
of Guaymas told Chicago I mes re
porter that he possessed grea wealth,
and that his herds of cattle w. . more
than could be counted. The great
vaquero was an autocrat, with great
greed for cattle and gold Both of
these seemed to multiply on hi hands
SO rapidly that his treasure and herds
were almost unlimited, but be was
not satisfied. He grew more miserly
every day and at last he commenced
to stint the necessaries Of life requir-
ed both for himself and family. His
life became such that be lived in the
most abject squalor, gloating over his
gold, and forbidding any of his scores
Of slaves killing any Of the cattle for
food. SO stern was he that none dar
n t0
midst of plenty claimed many for
death 1t not only aft acted the slaves.
but insufficient food and disease car
ried away the members of the old va
quero's family until only he was left.
Then blight came upon the herds.
The slaves and the Mexicans to this
day say it was the curse of God. The
rains stopped and the numerous
streams which watered the vaquero's
rich domain dried up The hot sun
withered the grass, and food for thou
sands of cattle became scarce. Soon
the emaciated bodies Of the starving
beasts began to dot the plains. Qnick
ly they increased but no rain came.
and prayed for only drop of water.
He saw his cattle dying in hundreds
Don't him, and i'll despair he shut him
self in his cabin.
What few slaves remained alive
fled from the place and now the plains
for miles around are dotted with the
crumbling bones of the old miser's
immense herds. The local historians
of the event do not know what be-
came of the old vaquero, but they
think that he died surrounded by his
gold and that he was found that way
by some strolling marauders, who
took away the treasure and burned
the house. The MeXicans about Quay
mas are now collecting the horns and
skulls and taking them to the beach,
where they are paid a few cents for
their work The bones brought by
the Annie Gee are for local fertil
izing company.-Erchan
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
Snapped Offices.

All kinds of trades are on record, but
it probably remained for Oklahoma to
produce a case of two men trading off
cial positions. When the Cherokee
strip was opened last fall, Frank Dimon
was appointed sheriff of County Q and
James Lee county clerk. After serving
six months each man has become con
WINGED that he would like the others
Office and SO concluded to make the
change. They went to Guthrie, saw the
governor and gained his consent to tho
exchange, then each resigned. and the
governor appointed Dis1on clerk and
Lee sheriff.-Chicago Times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
A Life That Is Hard on Gloves.

Gloves figure largely in the list of nee
essary expenditures by the wives of the
cabinet officers, as upon each official en-
tertainment when they, with the presi-
dent and his wife, constitute the receiv-
ing party pair of white gloves must
be sacrificed. The fact that the func-
ton is a card reception does not lessen
the certainty that the glove worn on tho
right hand, which is extended to the
passing stream Of guests, becomes, be-
fore the close of the evening, so soiled
that no future effort at cleansing is Of
the slightest avail. The glove on the
left hand, Of course, remains spotless.
Mrs. Cleveland never wears a GLOW
Oh her right hand at receptions, as kll
experience during her first cc~y. Icy OF
the executive mansion t.. It her that
By SO doing she avoided The intense pain
that Invariably followed great amount
Of handshaling when the glove was
kept on. Mrs. Harrison was compelled
to altogether omit handshaking on ac-
count Of the condition of her hands,
which We're at times SO swollen with
rheumatism as to make the slightest
pressure a matter of positive agony.
All things considered, it would seem
the most sensible thing to omit entirely
the handshaking feeture of public and
card receptions at the White House.
Kate Fields Washington.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
Thought Exchanges" at the Hub.

Boston is breaking out now with con-
versation clubs, or Thought exchanges
as the Bostonians call them. The num-
Der is not yet large, but a Boston paper
prophesies that it will be greater s.with
the better conception of the idea Of cul-
ture." Another sort of club is the
Castilian club, which had a meeting not
long ago with a paper on Royal Chapels
of Cathedrals and Converts and Burial
Places of Spanish Sovereigns." This
wasn't a very enlivening subject, but the
spirits Of the club were sustained by re-
ceiving from member the autograph Of
King Ferdinand attached to an ofTic; Il
document. The club already possessed
one of Isabella's autographs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
But the Next Time He Calls He VIII Be
Admitted Without Question.


Admitted Without Question.
The next time the janitor of the Bid
ston (England) observatory meets the ia
nous Cambridge Mass. builder of tele
scopes he will recognize him Instantly
Mounted on one Of the massive piers
river Mersey flows in and out twice ev-
cry "A hours stands a piece of artillery
whose duty it is to set the time for the
busy English seaport with rafting
discharge each day at 1 O'Clock.
To strangers lowering about the docks
for the first time the gun is something
Of a mystery, for, though the loading of
it is done in plain sight of everybody,
no one save the initiated knows how it
is discharged.
The piece is really fired by electricity,
and if any curious spectator of the ex-
plosion could trace the wires throughout
their underground path his eye would
follow them for miles until they reached
the Bidston ridge, where the highest
point on the Cheshire side of the river
is dominated by the graceful dome of
an observatory.
The presiding officer Of this establish
ment is the official astronomer of the
Mersey docks and harbor board, and
much Of the work Of the observatory
runs to the correction and adjustment
Of ships chrOnometers III the interest Of
mariners entering and leaving the port
Of Liverpool But the place also has an
astronomical interest, and being pos
seSSed OF a fine equatorial telescope is
somewhat Of an attraction for visitors.
Not many weeks ago o travel stained
tourist from transatlantic parts toiled
up the heights leading to Bidston observ-
atory and at the gate Of the Enclosure
presented his card. The janitor first
glanced at the pasteboard and then di-
rected upon the visitor a stony stare Of
the true British type.
Cant let you in, said he. Lots
Of people come here all the year round,
but we never let 'em in. It's against
the rules. .
But perhaps,' said the traveller
modestly, eff you were to show that
card the director might admit me-. -
mot a bit of it, said the other.
''He treats 'em all alike. +"
Il am an American. the visitor ven
tured to add, ''and-no. -
ooh, what difference does that
maker
'Well, you know, I've come long
way to see the director, and perhaps he
might want to see me"
"Why, y retorted the janitor, chats
just what lots Of 'em say. y
''Now, look here, my man, - said tho
traveller, beginning to lose patience
''take that card right to him, and I'll
wait here till you return"
"Well,'' said the other, ''I'll take
the card, but it IL not be a bit of use. :"
eve shall see," was the visitors
quiet response.
In q moment the man returned, bring
ing his own profuse apologies and a
hearty welcome to the observatory.
The name on the card was one that
would have admitted the bearer to any
observatory in the world. 1t was that
of the famous telescope maker, Alvan
G. Clark of ambridge.-Boston Herald.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
JUST FOR FUN.

/ A clockmaker is the only one who
can wind up his business affairs and
have them continue TO run.
Husband-Wny, woman can't go to
the polls without an escort. Wife
And man can't come away without
two!
Sunday school teacher - What is
charity? Boy = It's fe-,iug that folks
used TO nave b9fore trtmps got so
thick.
''Wha5 is the differen b tween a
mitten aud paptr ntngrr?" "One
freezes the m III, ind the other
matches le fIiez4.'
Grandpt'o B r 1day: .T4ny happy
return of the Day, grtndpt And
mamma 81! 5, if YOU give Us each fifty
cents, we mustn't lose it,"
Karl's Glover Root,the great Blood purifier
Civ S fresh ness and clearness TO the Complex
ion and cure Constipation, IS and so cts. and
$I.0o.
''What dis country wants. said I'M
Gle Moss, sis some sort of patent
contraption, whar man can drap a
mic Il in de slot an git religion"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08

they don't do that. They love to show
their authority publicly, and the larg
er the audience the greater their sat-
isfaction. Perhaps the overburdened
husband will sneak up stairs with some
other males-but this is supposing
that the couple are out visiting-and
sit down to little game of cards.
He has had as much as 10 minutes of
this possibly and is beginning to pick
up little and really commences to
fancy he is a man and owns himself
az in, when his castle is knocked
to nits by quick step, a nervous
knock, an angry face and a sharp
voice
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08

Once the letters began to arrive from
America we were all much happier, for
we seemed in touch with him once more
and to know what was happening. lie
was fairly we'll and in good spirits and
making friends and making money.
remember his writing home on one oc-
caslon and asking us to send him out a
couple of new stomachs, SO hospltable
were his friends over the Eater, SO
numerous the dinners and SLIPPERS TO
which he was invited. When the long
summer and winter were over and the
still longer spring, one day we heard
that he was coming back much sooner
than he expected. I believe he saw q
steamer starting for home and could
stand it no longer, and then and there
came Off
| can still remember sitting with my
grandparents, expecting his return. My
sister and I sat on the red sofa in the
little study, and shortly before the time
we had calculated that he might arrive
came little ring at the front door bell.
My grandmother broke down; my sister
and / rushed to the front door, only we
were so afraid that it might not be he
that we did not dare to open it, and
there we stood until second and much
louder ringing brought us to our senses.
"Why didn't you open the door?" said
my father, stepping in, looking well,
broad and upright, laughins5 In q mo-
ment he had never been away at all. -
Annie Richie in Longman's Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08

Tt is slid that man of this city,
who has a few daughters who are of
maria geable age, sent his sofa to be
renovated, and the following is a par
tial list of the articles which had slip
ped between the back and cushion,
as counted AMI recorded: Forty sew
en- hairpins, three mustache combs,
nineteen suspender bu55ons, thirteen
needles, thirty five Gig ir9Gtes, eight
photo graphs, two hundred and seven
teen pins, seventy six grains of cof-
fee, forty seven cloves, twenty seven
cuff buttons, six pocket knives, df-
teen poker chips, a vial Of hom9o-
pathic medicine, thirty four Jumps of
chewing gum, fifty nine too5npicks,
thirty nine collar buttons, twenty
eight matches, eleven neckties, two
love letters,a few piec - Of ca ndy, two
dimes, three gu arters, one nickel, ght
buckles, five lead pencils, one pen
and four button hooks -HagerstolUn
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