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The herald., 1894-12-27
SAN JOAQUIN'S
ULT|MATUM TO
MANAGER LEEDS
A Competing Railroad Line
Must Be Built.
Southern California Will Aid
the Middle Counties.
ENDORSED BY MERCHANTS
Los Angeles Extends Commercial
Greetings to Fresno.
How to Make This City the Distrib
uting Point and Railroad Center
for the Farmers and Merchants
of Fresno, Tulare, Kern,
Kings and Other Cen
trail Counties.
Los Angeles Extends Commercial
Greetings to Fresno.

The people of the San Joaquin valley
have declared themselves concerning
the proposed valley railroad projected
from San Francisco to the Tehachepi
range.
The citizens of Fresno, representing
the sentiment OF the entire community
comprised within the scope OF Fresno.
Kern. Tulare and Kings counties, have
uttered their ultimatum to she Traffic
association OF San Francisco thus:
1--WE find 1t useless longer to wait for opera
tions to begin from San Francisco, 1t is pro-
posed that the people Of Fresno be urged to cast
in their lot with Los Angeles and the southern
part of the state, work for road to connect
with the Santa Fe system there and stand in
with the Southern Caltfornians in a demand
for a division of the state.
This ultimatum will be delivered to
Manager Leeds of the Traffic associa.
tion by O committee of Fresno mer.
chants and farmers, and as the reply of
Manager Leeds may be satisfactory or
otherwise will depend the action of the
people OF Fresno, Tulare, Kings and
Kern counties.
In the mean time the fight Is we'll on
between this section OF the state and
the Southern Pacific railroad corpora
tion. which for years has held the San
Joaquin valley in suzsrainty to a tyran-
GUS monopoly. 1t is battle in which
the people of Southern California are
asked to stand as srbiters. It is a
contest that must result victoriously
Whatever may be the ultimate action of
San Francisco, but the question to be
decided now by Los Angeles is what ct.
titude our business men will assume in
reply to the appeal Of the farmers and
merchants of the lower tier Of the San
joaquin valley COMMITTEES.
The henewspapers OF Fresno, Kern, Tulare
and Kings counties are unanimous in
the demand that further dallying with
this life or death proposition cease.
They are also unanimous in the belief
that San Francisco offers no hops for
relief. And aa consequence all effort
henceforth will be directed to securing
an alliance with Los Angeles and a com.
msrcial affiliation with Southern Cali
fornis.
Will the people Of Los Angeles re-.
spond?
Will they stretch forth their hands to
secure the trade of Central California
Will they deem it prof table to assist
the people OF the San Joaquin valley in
this hour Of their dirsst nseds
Let the business men. the merchants,
bankers, citizens Of Los Angeles answer
these questions, each for himself.
The herald., 1894-12-27
NEWS 4OF THE MORNING

LOS ANdELEs-Three damage suits on trla
against railway companies.
The tramp question from various points OF
view
The supervisors visit Mt Lowe and inspect
the railway project of Prof. Lowe.
Nominations made for Off GERS of the chamber
of commerce at meeting held yesterday.
Chinese children OF the First Presbyteri an
church have their Christmas celebration
Alix breaks the western record at the track;
Directly makes rafting good time.
George r. Smith, the alledged participant in
the Roscoe train robbery, proves he was inno-
cent.
Lu LANG shoots and kills Lu Chung in
Chinatown, as a result of "a quarrel over room
tent
cOnnsRCIAL- -Flattering Los Angeles clear
ing house reports.
A new local industry.
General financial review and market quota
tions.
Disruption ofthe Pa cifc Insurance union.
NRlGHBoRING CITIES-Christmas celebra.
tions at Long Beach
Pomona carried away with religious fervor
and excited over disputed baseball game.
Santa Monica marred by cutting scrape.
Holiday cele lebration at San Pedro and news
notes.
disastrous wind and earthquake at Ana
helm.
A 15-year-old girl elopes at Westminster,
near Santa Ana.
Several persons injured in Christmas eve
fire at San Bernardino are rapidly recovering
Redlands burdened with amateur entertain
ments.
Baseball. football and blue rock shooting at
Riverside.
The Columbia Hill Tennis club at Pasadena
gives hop, and bicycle riders arrive for New
Years races.
POINTERS FOR TODAY-Los Angeles the
ater, Salvini in Three Guardsmen.
Millie-Christine at the Third street pavilion.
Burbank theater, Black Crook.
Imperial, vaudeville and living pictures.
WEATHER FOREcAST-southern Califor-
mia: Local rains, snow in the mountains, to-
night or Thursday; probably somewhat cooler
in the south portion; fresh northern winds.
The herald., 1894-12-27

The new tariff on crude rubber has not
yet affected Off & Vauehn's prices on
hot water bottles and fountain syringes.
quart, 50 cents; quarts, rs cent; 8
quarts, 85 cents; 4 quarts. 81.
The herald., 1894-12-27

Cashmere Bouquet soap 20 csnts q
cake at OFF & Vaughn'e, corner Fourth
and Spring streets.
The herald., 1894-12-27
.RRIAGE LIOENsEs.

Order your suit early. III. A. Getz is
crowded for fine tailoring at moderate
prices. liz West Third street.
The herald., 1894-12-27
Redlands oranges At Althouse Bros. )

Hollenbeck hotel cafe AND grill room.
Eastern and California oysters ON shell.
The herald., 1894-12-27

The following expressions of opinion
from leading business men of this city
were obtained yesterday by The HERALD
in response to an inquiry coasained in q
letter from B. T. K. Preston, business
manager OF the Fresno Expositor, as to
what the business mon OF Los Angeles
will do to forward Fresno's efforts to
secure an outlet through this city.
Mr.. Preston, in his letter. says the
business men of Fresno are ready to
stand in with the people OF Southern
California for state division, or anything
else in return for assistance ia getting
competing railroad, pretsrably connect
ing with the Santa Fs system. The
farmers and merchants of Fresno want
to know how the people OF Los Angeles
regard the proposition.
THE HERALD responds by giving the
replies OF Los Angeles citizens.
The herald., 1894-12-27

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
where His knowledge stopped

Teacher How do vsu spell char
lo.te.russce
Jac},-l cant spell it. but ! know
hop toeat them -Harper's Young Peo-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02

inches long. into the center of the top
of the pole. Set the pole up securely
in the ground, in a space where you
can have free swing of fifteen feet
from the pole on every side.
Take an oak or hickory bar four and
one-half inches wide. four inches thick
and two feet long, and bore hole in
the center Of such size as to permit the
bar to turn freely on the pin in the top
of the pole, Near each end of this bar
bore hole about one-half an inch in
diameter.
Secure - each end of the bar by
passing it through the small hole and
firmly tying, u good piece of rope.
with a loop of at least two and one
half feet at the lower end. When
these looped ropes are suspended from
the erossbar they must touch the
ground. or clear it bv only a few
inches at the bottom of the pole.
Above the loop fiN a short round
piece Of wood to form hand piece.
Make saddle by placing IN each
loop a piece of carpet or bagging
Your giant stride" is BOW ready for
use.
Two Of You must put your right
legs through the saddles, SO as 10
bring the body on the outside Of the
loop. away from the pole Grasp the
hand piece and run in a circle as far
away from the pole as possible: as You
gain momentum you viii find yourself
supported easily in the saddle, and will
be enabled to swing entirely around
the pole, often making the circuit sew
eral times without touching the ground
with the feet. IL you wish to reverse
the movement place the left leg, IN
stead of the right, through the loop
Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
BILLY is POPULAR.
He Is a Privileged Character or Po-rd
of the san Francisco.

He Is Privileged Character Or Pc1-rd
of the san Francisco.
Sailors are the children of the sea.
Cut off as they are from all that makes
life merry, they take to simple sports
and pets This is especially true on
the big white ships that sail in the
service of Uncle sam. The most COM
fort Jack takes is in cultivating pets.
and on board every wRrship some sort
of a menagerie is to be found. The
best ard most unique ''happy family"
in the navy is that kept on the san
Francisco" the splendid flagship of
the North Atlantic squadron. Though
the dignity of the navy is at its high
est development on a flagship, that
formal stiffness which great men have
about them is well-nigh banished from
the San Francisco by the antics of
Billy" the ships goat He is the
idol of four hundred prank-lovfng sail
ors. and his education is anything but
what a nice little black-and-white
goats should be.
But Billy is privileged because he
would be able to write "A. b." after
his name if he knew how. That means
he is an old sailor who has crossed the
line and has been around the Horn.
The San Francisco was built in the
city whose name she bears: and as she
was the first warship to be constructed
on the Pacific coast. San Francisco
couldn't do too much to show
appreciation of that fact. Gifts were
showered upon ship and crew. Down
in the ward-room is case of beau
tiful silverware, and every cover has
for handle solid gold grizzly bear;
and this does very we'll indeed as tes-
timonial, but it is nothing TO Billy.
San Francisco supplied Billy as well.
He was little more than kid when the
ship sailed away for Valparaiso to have
a hand in settling the CHILEAN SQUAD
BILE that made SO much noise in the fall
of 1891. After that the San Francisco
took her time getting around Cape
Horn. but Billy improved it all until now
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
scMs QUEER FOODS.
Peculiar Diet Of the Indians OF California
and Oregon.

Peculiar Diet of the Indians of California
and Oregon.
There is an old proverb TO the effect
that what is food to one man is poison
to another, and the proverb is well
illustrated at the department of agri-
culture at Washington by an odd sort
If exhibit of queer foods eaten by out
of-the way people
Among the articles in the exhibit is
a loaf Of bread made from the leaves of
"a plant that IS allied To the century
plant; as also another kind of bread
from a dough of juniper berries These
are relished by some kinds OF Indians.
while others make cakes outof different
kinds Of bulbs. The prairie Indians
like dish Of Wild turnips. and the
screw beans, which crow on mes
quite bushes. are utilized by Indians
for food Soap berries furnish an
agreeable diet for some tribes. The
Digger In rs in California donot dis
dain the sc. Of salt grass. and the
seeds of gor are consumed in the
shape of mush " Indians in Arizona.
The exhibit in question includes a
Jar of pulverized cricket, which are
eaten in that form by the Indians of
Oregon. They are roasted, as are also
grasshoppers. These deiicacies are
cooked in pit, being arranged in al
ternate layers with hot stones After
being thus prepared. they are dried and
ground to powder. They are mixed
with pounded acorns or berries. the
-four made in this way being kneaded
into cakes and dried in the sun.
Among other curious things used by
Indians for food are acorns, sunfower
seeds, grape seeds, flowers of cattails,
moss from the spruce fir tree and the
blossoms OF wild clover
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
vsRY USEFUL DOG.
Way the Parish Clcrk wanted 10 Borrow
Him for His Rector.

Way the Parish Clerk wanted 10 BORROW
Him for His Rector
The rector of a country parish church
in England once went to ill the pulpit
Of colleague who was temporarily
absent from horne. After the service
he Thought he would gauge the effect
Of his discourse by the opinion Of that
very fair index of public feeling, the
parish clerk
"}yelh Rogers, lac said did You
like my Sermon
Il did. was the reply.
4 hope ! wasn't too long, he anx-
iouSly inquired.
No, YOU wasn't too long about it, -
reioined Rogers.
Well, then, said the rector II hope
l wasn't too short2'
No, answered Rogers, nor vet too
short, neither You was just about
right"
The rector felt relieved and said:
'I'm glad Of that, because, 70 tell
the truth while l was writing that
sermon my little dog got hold Of four
Of the folios and destroyed them. and
| was afraid it would be too short.
Rogers looked very thoughtful for a
moment and then very confidentially
remarked:
Lor now. did he" suppose you
weaidat min lettin our rector gre
aye pap D yoor dog
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02

wretched little vagabond and saw him
safely out of the town in good condi-
ton.
One day he brought specially bad
specimen home with him. He came
into the house and into the dining
room, where the family were at dinner.
the wretched little tramp dog at his
heels.
He looked up at his master, wagging
his tail. asking for something to eat
A plate of food was set down and the
little dog snatched at it ravenously
Brown seemed to think that it was all
right. He did not offer to touch the
food When the little dog was through
he asked for another plateful and had
his own dinner.
He kept the little dog for quite
awhile, always permitting him to eat
first. At night he took the dog into
his kennel, himself sleeping outside.
lie was not ut all intimate with the
dog. but treated him as visitor not
at any time as a friend The tramp
finally went on his way, strong and
well and as plump and sleek as any
dog need be. What was said between
these two dogs both at meeting and
parting would be very interesting to
KNOW Y. Recorder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
ENGLISH ILLEGAL PuNs.
They SHOW Coneinsiveiy That a Punster
May Also BE "a wit.

May Also ise wit.
Puns are seldom quoted as illustra-
tions of wit or humor but the follow
ing specimens of legal puns certain
" prove that punster may also be a
wit:
Sir Frederick Thesiger, while en-
gagged in the conduct of case, OBJ
jected to the irregularity of the coun-
sci on the opposite side, who, in ex-
aiming his witnesses, put leading
questions,
Il have right" answered the coun-
sci, ITO deal with my witnesses as 1
please"
ITO that offer no objection" re-
torted Sir Frederick. You may deal
as you like, but You Sha'nt lead.
An English Judge, Littledale, on re-
firing from the bench, was addressed
in the name of the bar by the attorney
general, Sir John Campbell. Both men
were much affected during the speech,
and witty lawyer, describing the
scene, said
'Sir John cried little dale. and
Littledale cried great dale
Sir Walter scott called one day at
the Office Of Joseph Gi]ien. an Edin-
burgh lawyer.
why, Joseph said Sir Walter.
this place is as hot as an oven.7
We'll, and isn't it here that | make
my bread2" retorted Gillou.
lord Chancellor Eldon pronounced
the word lien" as il written lion. Sir
Arthur Piggott distinguished chan
Gerry lawyer, maintained that lien"
was TO be pronounced like lean. and
one day each made a stanG in court for
his favorite pronunciation, whereupon
Jekvll. a witty lawyer, perpetrated
this rhyming pun. which alludes to the
parsimonious arrangements Of the
! chancellor's kitchen:
/ sir Arthur, Sir Arthur. why, what do sou mean
/ Bg saving the chancellors lion Is lesnf
/ Dye think that his kitchens so bad rs all that
/ That nothing within IL can ever set 1ats
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
GENTLEMAN BROWN.
He Was the Protector of Many Poor
Little Tramp Dog.

Little Tramp Dog.
Brown was simply large dog who
was so strong. so fearless, so intelli-
gent and so active in affairs that he
was considered the champion of the
town.
He could thrash any dog round about
and always did it when it was neces-
sary.
But he was extremely kind and be-
nevolent. He showed great kindness
to tramp dogs and protected many a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
MAKlNe 49, suaAR.
Description Of Most interesting amer
lean Industry

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lean Industry.
Maple sugar, which Is made from the
sap of the hard maple, is generally
manufactured In che mouths of March
and April. When it is time to begin,
the men 60 around and with half-inch
bits bore holes little way into the
trees, and drive in iron spouts. In
these spouts are hooks on which to
hang tire buckets Only a few years
ago every sugar-maker used wooden
spouts and buckets. and boiled the sap
in huge kettles hung on n pole over the
Ere. When the buckets are nearly
full the sap is gathered in a large tub
on a sled drawn by horses When this
is full. it is drawn 10 the boiling-place,
and cmptied into large watts or storage
tubs. The sap is then strained and
boiled.
There are two methods Of boiling
now used viz, long pans and evapora.
ton ! "a the first case the manufac-
tarer usually has two pans one called
the sap or back pan, and the other the
sirup or front pan The sirup pan is
shorter than the other. These are set
on huge arches Of brick or stone, with
a large chimney at the back end The
fire is built at the front end under the
short pan. The back pan is kept near
" fun of sap, and as it boils down it is
dipped into the front pan, and every
day when il is thick enough it is
dipped out of this pan and strained.
Although some suga@ their strip off in
the woods, it is usually taken to the
house to be canned or caked. In the
evaporation the sap passes from the
back to the front of the pan through
small tubes so slowly that by the time
it reaches the front end it can be
drawn off as sirup. This is the more
rapid method, and makes whittier sugar.
Sometimes there is such big run OF
apthat they have TO boil nights in order
TO prevent the sap from wasting. This
is the happy time of sugaring for the
boys, whose great delight is to boil at
night They roast potatoes in the
ashes, hroil meat over the Goals and
boil eggs in the pan. 1t is fine sight
to see the flames shoot up and hear the
cracking of the wood as it burns
Edgar = Pikin, in Harper's Young
People
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
FuN ZOE LIE RoYs.

Wooden Tish That swlms only in salt
Water.
Take piece Of light pine wood,
about six inches long, and cut it to the
saape shown in this illustration Paint
two of the sides black and the third
white, to give It the appearance Of a
Ash. Nou can pr "a 60 your friends
that this fish lives%only in seawater by
the following device Place it in a
basin OF water into which you have
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02

thrown several spoonfuls of salt, aud
1t will float with its back ont of the
water like real fish. Now put it in a
basin OF ordinary fresh water and it
will inst antly turn on its back and
show the white under surface. like a
dead fish. This trick isextremely puz-
cling to people who do not know that
the wat : in one basin Is strongly inn
pregnated with salt. The phenomena
is merely due TO a difference in the
density of the liquids.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02

he is an accomplished sailor He took
part with the ships crew in the Column
bian naval review. and was every inch
as good goat as the British capricor-
nus on the big cruiser Magicienne.
Billy is a privileged character. He
has the run of the ship. as sailors say.
His favorite loafinp place is on the
bridge with Lieut.. Kimball, the nav
igating officer. but he is as much at
home on the quarter deck as the fore
castle Every day the men are formed
in line for an exercise walk around the
gun deck. When the drum taps to fall
in Billy scar4pers to the head of the
line and marches to the piping of the
fife as long as he can. When at sea
the roll is SO heavy that Billy's sharp
hoofs can find no footing, and after a
desperate struggle he is pitched head
long into she scuppcrs. The line does
not wait, but Billy finds sweet revenge
in bracing himself against a stanc' -
and butting every pair of legs that
goes by. 1t ILLS him with keen delight
to butt a marine, but that is part of his
education.
On the day his portrait was taken, Bill
II was not feeling very we'll. lie had
eaten a box of matches, and the phos-
phorus did not agree with him.-Don c.
Seitz, in st. Nicholas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-02
The GIANT sTRlpE.
An Amusing Device Which Affords Most
Excellent Exercise.

NsANFtEEUN
Boys, did you ever make a "giant
stride?" My brother Frank and spent
many happy hours in, boyhood exercis-
ing upon this exhilarating device.
If youtlive in or near the country. Sc
lect good, straight young hickory
pole, eight or ten inches through at
the bottom and running up twenty or
twenty-five feet to four or FIVE inches
through. Saw the top off square, and
SHRINK on an iron ring TO prevent
splitting of the wood.
Drive an iron pin, half to three-quar-
tiers of an inch in diameter and ten
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-28

MARSHALiS SALE-PURSUANT TO
an order of sale and decree of foreclosure
to me directed by the district court of the
Third Judicial district of the terri
tory of Utah, / shall expose at public sale
at the front door of the county court
house in the city of Salt Lake, county of
Salt Lake, and territory of Utah, on the
18th day of February. 1894, at Il O'Clock.
m, all the right, title. claim and interest
of Frederick w Little, Elias A. Smith,
William J. Horne and Ellen Lorella L.
Horne, of, in, and to the following de-
scribed real esate situate, lying and being
in Salt Lake city. Salt Lake county and
described as follows, to-wit: Commencing
at a point on the south line of lot two ~,
block thirtyfour GD, plat F. Salt Lake
city survey, seven rods east of the south
west corner of said lot, and running
thence east thirteen Q3) rods to the south-
east corner of said lot, thence north ten
Q0) rods to the northeast corner of said
lot thence west thirteen Q3) rods to
point due north of the point of beginning;
thence south ten Q0 rods to the point of
beginning. To be sold as the property
of Frederick W. Little, Elias A. Smith,
William j. Horne, and Ellen Lorella l..
Horne, at the suit of Charles F. Goodwin
and John C. Shirl1, partners under the
firm name of Goodwin & Shirk. Terms of
sale cash. NAT NJ. BRIGHAM,
U. S. Marshal.
BY J. B. TIMNIONG. Deputy Marshal.
Dated Salt Lake city, Jan. II, 1894.
Sutherland & Howat, Attys. for Plff: