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The herald., 1894-09-21
LoNDoN's WATER SUPPLY.
Economy In Its Use as Compared Wit
American Experiences.

Economy In Its Use as Compared With
American Experiences.
In London, the largest city in the
world, the water is furnished by COM
panies and is charged for by the guam
tity No one has free faucet or can
afford to waste his water. Every fam
lily bargains for as many gallons per
diem as it needs, and this amount is
placed in tanks. Then the water is shut
off. If the family uses it up by noon, it
gets no more until the next day unless
it can borrow of its neighbor. There is
no waste. The water is all measured
and paid for. With three times our
population London does not use one
third as much water as Chicago does,
simply because the water is not wasted.
In Chicago the city furnishes the wa
ter, and every one is free to do with it
what he pleases, and the result is an
archy in water. The man on the third
story has no rights the man on the Sec
ond is bound to respect, and the man on
the first floor cheats both of them by
running water via the sewers into the
river and lake. SO long as there is dis
regard of human rights by human hogs
this waste will continue and those on
the upper stories will suffer because
those ON lower stories are running water
all day to cool their rooms or to flood
their lawns-iD other words, are letting
millions of gallons run into the sewers
without being used at all. Chicago
Trihrna
The herald., 1894-09-21
he WROTE CHEoKs.

A Bogus millionaire Who Dispensed
Charity With a Liberal Hand.
MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. 20.-A man giving
the name OF 4. A. Highton gave check
on the Bank OF Commerce OF Buffalo for
special Car to come to Minneapolis, and
was arrested here tonight for forgery.
During the day he gave two checks for
the relief OF fire sufferers, one in St. Paul
for $1,000 and one here to G. A. Pittg-
burg for $4,000. In Duluth he gave a
check for 500, 200 for an option on the
Spaulding house. He claimed to be an
Oregon mine owner, and referred to
Kidder. Peabody & Co.. who in response
to a message says: "He 10 a swindler.
See this weeks Police News"
Interviewed in bis cell, he says he
came from Buffalo. where he had been
on a drunk for two weeks.
He is middle-sged man, has flow.
ing beard OF black, sprinkled with gray.
and wears clothes Of the latest fashion
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Ammunition In Africa.

"All of the native Uganda soldiers,
/ notice, had well filled cartridge belts
round their waists. In my innocence,
AS l thought of all the thunders of the
general act of the Brussels conference
and all the ordinances, enactments and
regulations which had been published
thereafter by different powers having
possessions on the African coast, WON
dered how, in the very center Of Africa,
these people were enabled to keep their
belts SO we'll replenished with cartridges
of different and Of the most modern
patterns.
I had not been month in the couri-
try before learnd that, for those who
had the wherewithal to trade, guns,
powder, lead and all the instruments
of destruction thereunto appertaining
could be as easily purchased in Uganda
as in Pail Mall . The British Mis-
sion in Uganda, 1888. = Rennell Rodd
The herald., 1894-09-21
LACK OF PATRIOTISM

Makes the Chinese Soldiers Inferior to
the Japs.
SAN Francisco. Sept. 20.-Monsignor
Philibert Termoz, prelate of the pope,
ia in the city on an apostolic mission.
The distinguished visitor was one OF the
passengers on the steamer Oeeanic,
which arrived from the orient a few
days ago. Since the beginning of last
year he has been delviEg into the cresds
and customs OF all the oriental nations,
and at the same time has been investi-
eating the workings of all the Catholic
missions in the countries through which
he has traversed.
From Pekin Mgr. Termoz went by
way OF Manchuris and Corea to Japan.
He saw the Japanese fest land ite
troops at Chemulpo, and says he wae
struck with the military manner in
which the ceremony was carried out.
Japan's army. he says. is far superior to
that of China.
"The great trouble with China" he
said, "is the lack OF patriotism among
the people. In Japan every mothers
son is STEPPED in patriotism. In China
a viceroy and number of soldiers are
hired to defend the country. They
might be 80 many Hessians for all the
patriotism they possess"
The herald., 1894-09-21
~The paradise Of TIPS.

''The paradise of tips, as we are
told by a writer in The Kleine zeitung'
is Carlsbad. His estimate is that not less
than a million marks must be paid dur
ing the season in the questionable shape
of voluntary gifts or gratuities TO
walters and others, which do not appear
in any bill Everybody who does You
any service in Carlsbad looks for his or
her 'trinkgeld" before you depart. Inc
waiter gets upon an average from 60
10 lorins (12 shillings to &D- Inc
maiden who serves you with water at
the Brunnen expects and mostly receives
fiorins, the postman gets form, and
there are various other male and female
beuefactors 70 Uhom you pay what you
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an OPTICAL Report.
The Japanese Admirai's Account OF the
Battle.

The Japanese Admtral's Account OF the
Battle.
LONDON, Sept. 20--A diepatch from
Toxic. dated today, says that the naval
department has received dispatch
from the admiral commanding the
Japanese feet in the gulf OF Pe-chi-li,
to the etfect that he engaged the enemy
on Monday last and inflicted heavy loss.
A Japanese fleet consisting oil nine war
ships and two fast transports, armed
and converted into cruisers, had been in
search of the enemy's fleet, which was
sighted at noon Monday, 80 miles east
Of the leland OF Hai-yung-pao. The
Japanese pursued the enemy at full
speed.
The Chinese showed no disposition to
alter their course or to give battle. The
chase lasted little over an hour, the
Japanese gaining.
Shortly after o'clock the cruiser Chi
Yota get within range of the Chinese
flagship, the guns opened fire on her
and running fight ensued. Several
ships on both aides were quickly en-
gagged. This lasted for two hours. The
Chinese transports entered the Yalu
river safely during the main engage
ment. which WAS fought in the estuary,
and which lasted until nightfall. Three
Chinese ships were successfully disabled
and sunk and one was set on fire and
destroyed. Several of the enemy's war
ships were seriously damaged by the
heavy fire.
The Japanese warships were 80 well
handled that not one was lost. Only
two we're damaged to any great extent,
but one OF the armed transports was
badly crippled and put out of action.
The admiral does not mention the
number OF killed or wounded.
A private telegram says that % jap
aEese officers and men were killed and
t9 wounded
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Courteous Attention.
BUDD AND JETER.


The Candidates Are Given Rousing
Reception Mt Merced.
MERGED, Sept. IA large audience
greeted James II. Budd, w. Z. Jeter and
W. III. Afford, candidates respectively
for governor, lieutenant-gcvernor and
congressman from the Seventh district,
at the pavilion tonight.
DR.. Z. S. O'Brien, chairman Of the
Democratic county central committee,
called the meeting to order. He intro
duced Judge J. K. Lsw as chairman OF
the evening, who in turn presented Mr..
Budd. The later spoke about an hour,
frequently interrupted by applause. Mr..
Jeter then made a short talk and was
followed by Mr.. Afford, who was very
well received.
The meeting closed with three rouRing
cheers for the Democratic ticket.
The herald., 1894-09-21
WHAT A CANNON BALL CAN DO.
Chance Shots In the Chilean War That
Went Through Ironelads.


In dwelling upon the wonderful pow
er of the guns Of the Indiana, Albert
Franklin Matthews, in an article on
'AThe Evolution of a Battleship'' in
The Century, gives illustrations from
the recent Chilean civil war, showing
the effectiveness of the smaller sizes of
breechloading rifle guns.
A shot weighing $50 pounds from an
inch gun of Fort Valdivia in Valparaiso
harbor struck the cruiser Blaneo Enca-
lada above the arnnor belt, passed
through the thin steel plate on the side,
went through the captains cabin, took
the pillow from under his head, dropped
his head on the mattress with thump,
but without injuring a hair, passed
through the open door into the mess
room, where it struck the floor and then
glanced to the ceiling. Then it went
througha wooden bulkhead an inch thick
into room 25 by 40 feet where 40
men were sleeping in hammocks. 1t
killed six Of them outright and wound
ed six others, three of whom died, after
which it passed through a steel bulk
head inches thick and ended its course
by striking battery outside, in which
it made dent nearly two inches deep.
1t was filled with sand. Had it released
deadly gases ne one knows what dam
age it might have done.
A 450 pound missile from 10 inch
gun in the same fort struck the same
vessel on its 8 inch armor. 1t hit square
on bolt. The she'll did not pierce the
armor. but burst outside the vessel. It
drove the bolt clear through, and in its
flight the bolt struck an inch gun,
completely disabling it. Such is the
power of the smaller sized guns.
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A yellow Fevsr ship,

GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 20.-The Brit
ish ship Cambria, now lying 12 miles
from the city, will be inspected tomor-
row by the etate health officers. The
Cambria left Havana September 18th,
and during the trip one Mcdowell, her
bostswsin. died. On a careful exam
ination the case was proven to be yellow
fever, and the vessel has been kept
isolated Should another case develop
the vessel will be ordered to the national
disinfscting station at Dry Tortugaa.
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At 25c Yard.
Careful and Prompt Attention to Mail Orders.
RECORD OF A TEXAS DESPERATE.
The Graves of His Victims Were Scattered
From Dodge City to Santa Fe,

The Graves of His Victims Were Scattered
From Dodge City to Santa Fc.
The man who told the story between
the puffs of his cigar was from Texaa
| "Clay Allison's life was a tragic ro
nance, " he began. "Clay Allison was
a desperate. He lived in the Red river
country in the Panhandle. His trigger
| fingsr was busiest in the early eighties.
His record was 81. He boasted of it.
| TWenty-one dead men, whose graves
were scattered from Dodge City to San
ia Fei myself saw him kill Bill
Chunk, bad man, who shot people Just
for the fun of seeing them fall. The two
men had no cause for quarrel. They
were the prize killers Of tlle same sec
tion of the country. 1t was q spirit of
rivalry which made them swear to
shoot each other ON sight Their friends
bet on the result of their first chance
rencounter. They met one night at %
crossroad inn in New Mexico and sat
down at tables opposite each other, with
their drawn six shooters resting on their
laps beneath their napkins. A plate Of
oysters on the shell had just been set
before Chunk, when he dropped his
hand in careless fashion and sert q ball
at Allison beneath the table Quick as
leap of lightning Allison's gun re-
piled. A tiny red spot between Chunk
eyes marked where the bullet entered.
The dead man rolled over on the tshle
and was still, with his face downward
in the dish of oysters. -
"Allision was a large cattle owner
He went on drive to Kansas City
once, and while there fell in love, MAJ
ried and took the woman to his home
the west to live A child was born
them--a child whose face was as bea
tiful as the face of a cherub, but who
poor little body was horribly deforms |.
Allison loved the child with the graz
love Of his passionate nature. In ia,
babes twisted and misshapen form us
superstitious mind read meaning Is
significant as that of the message wtio.,
the divine hand wrote on the palaeeN
the king of old in Babylon. GeJ, Ae
thought, had visited curse upon iir,
for his sins. He quit his wild Mays.
He drank no more. No man ever Hfsea,
the birth of his child fell befor, his
deadly pistols. He was completely
changed.
''In the new life which followkS 1e
devoted himself with absorbing elsggy
to his business interests. He beaamo
rich in time Ten thousand catua on
the Texas ranges bore his brand. A few
years ago he was driving from his ralcil
in a heavy road wagon to town. Tla
front wheels jolted down into deep
rut. Allison was pitched headfore-
most to the ground. His neck was bro
ken. The team logged on into the dis
tance and left him lying there dead and
alone upon the prairie. kansas City
Times.
The herald., 1894-09-21
CHINESE ADvIcEs.
The Celestinfs Claim to Have Sunl
Three Japanese Vessels.

The CeIestiais Claim to Have Sunk
Three Japanese Vessels.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-Dispatches re-
ceived today from Shanghai say the
Chinese feet engaged in the battle
fought off the Yalu river, consisted OF II
war ships and four torpedo boars. The
Japanese feet was composed of IL ships,
some OF which were small vessels. The
Chinese claim to have sunk the
Japanese warships Abushuma and
Yosaina and Japanese trans
port which had been converted
into cruiser named Saiko. A private
report from Shanghai declares the YES
sels were not sunk as the Chinese claim
but retired from action disabled. 1t is
reported the Chinese transport Tconan
was sunk after she landed troops, but
this is thought TO be incorrect. The re-
port that Admiral Ting and Colonel Won
Hannekin were severely wounded, seems
incorrect. for they have both returned to
duty.
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JAPANesE REPORTS.
Five Chinese ships Destroyed and
One Japanese.

Five Chinese ships Destroyed and Not
One Japanese.
TOXIC, Sept. 20.-An official dispatch
from the Headquarters of the Japanese
feet says the latter at O'Clock, Sep.
tember 10Th, met IL Chinese wsrships
and six torpedo boats. So miles north.
east OF Hal Yang Toe, with the result
that four Chinese ships were sunk and
one burned.
The dispatch adds the Japanese feet
sustained no damage.
YOKOHAMA. Sept. 20.-Particulara re-
ceived regarding the battle of Ping Yang
show that the Chinese lost 1000 killed
and 14500 wounded and captured. A
fourth part OF the Chinese army escaped.
The Japanese loss was only about IL
officers. The Japanese army is march
ing on Win, which it is expected will
he reached by the end of September.
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THE NEWS ar WASHING TON.
No Oficlal Report of tho Great Naval
Battle Received.

No OficIai Report of tho Great Naval
Battle Received.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20-Neither the
Chinese nor the Japanese legation has
received any advices as to the great
naval engagement off Yalu. Lieutenant
Miyoaka, the naval ettsche OF the Jap
anese legation, returned today from en-
eastern trip. He is well acquainted
with the scene of the battle, and says it
is so far removed from Japanese tele-
graph stations that word would have
fret to be carried by dispatch boats to
Tushims or Nagasski. before the Toxic
suthorities could be informed of the
battle. As the fight occurred last Sat-
urday, it is expected that dispatch boats
will have the official version transmitted
very soon. The Japanese officials here
are much elated over the latest reports,
as they say the sinking of Chinas big
battleship. the Chen den, fatally Grip
plee China's navy.
Though the Japanese officials spoke of
the Chen Yuen as having been loet, later
dispatches indicate that it was not this
vessel, but the Chi Xuen, that was lost,
No official news hGe been received here
clearing up doubt as to which OF these
vessels it was that was lost.
Minister Kurino, at the Office OF the
Japanese legation here, regards the
cable from Toxic to the Associated
Press as giving the most Trustworthy
report OF the engagement yet received,
an0 they are naturally gratified to learn
from this source thai the Japanese feet
sustained no great damage. They point
out bnat Toxic ia but 500 miles from
Hiroshima, where the emperor and the
headouafters of the army and navy are
located. There is telegrgrhic connec.
tion 90 that Toxic would have the first
Information from Japanese sources from
the imperial head at Hiroschima.
Lieutenant Miyoaka. the Japanese
naval attache here. Bays there are no
such shipa in the Japansse navy as the
Abushima. which the Shanghai cor
respondent says WAS sunk. There are
many ships with the suflix 'shirna -
island, but none have the prefix "Abu''
or anything like it. Il Is thought. how
ever, that the cruiser Sakio. csimed 10
have been sunk, 10 the Sikyo. The
latter was formerly fast merchantmen
between Shanghai and Yokohama. and
wac recently transferred into fleet
cruiser.
Lieut. Miyohks Gays by the Yossile,
stated in the Shanghai report to have
been sunk, is undoubtedly meant the
Yoshin, the pride OF the Japanese navy.
Ii would be startling news, indeed. be
esys. If this chip had gone down, but be
scouts the idea. She is one of the fast.
est vessels in the Japanese navy, with
the remarkable speed Of 23 knots pei
hour.
The Chinese minister declines to dis,
cuss the recent battles or any phase o.
the war. In response to an inquiry to
day he sent word that no advices had
been received, and that he was very
The herald., 1894-09-21
The srneAs.

1t is the opinion of the true gourmet
that of all marine pantish there is mono
to compare with the smelt (Osmerus
mordar). This primary rank is its own
by reason of its dolicacy and delicious
flavor, and when fried a light brown. in
very fine bread crumbs and served with
melted butter there is none that dis,
putes its pre-eminence. Its delightful
flavor, however, as we'll as its peculiar
odor is evanescent. Like the mackerel,
it cannot be too fresh.
1t is from its odor that the smelt de-
riyes not only its familiar but Larin
name, an odcr SO aggressive of sliced
cucumbers that, if its presence be mani
fest only to the sense of smell, people
are often deluded into suoh supposition.
This odor is not marked except in the
freshly caught fish and disappears in
the cooking, giving place, however, to a
ftting resurrection Of the smelt to an
olfaotory sense still more savory and de-
lightful market Review
The herald., 1894-09-21
Scorpions.

The natives of Lucca, in Italy, assert
that the scorpion will destroy itself if
exposed to a sudden light, and writer
in Nature said that his informant and
her friends, while residing during the
summer months at the baths of Lucca,
were much annoyed by the intrusion of
small black scorpions into the house
and their being secreted among the bed
clothes, in shoes and in other articles of
dress; that they soon became adopts in
catching the scorpions and disposing Of
them in the manner suggested This
consisted in confning the animal under
an inverted drinking glass or tumbler
below which card was inserted when
the capture was made and then waiting
till dark, suddenly bringing the light OF
candle near to the glass in which the
animal was confined. No sooner was
this done than the scorpion invariably
showed signs Of great excitement, run
ming round and round the interior of
the tumbler with reckless velocity for a
number of times.
''This state having lasted for a minute
or more, the animal suddenly became
quiet, and turning its tail, or the hinder
part of its body, over its back, brought
its recurved sting down upon the mid
die Of the head, and piercing it forcibly
in few seconds became quite motion
less, and, in fact, quite dead. This OBJ
servation was repeated very frequently
lin truth, it was adopted as the best
plan Of getting rid Of the pests, and the
young people were in tho habit Of han
ding them with irnpunity Immediately
after they were SO killed and Of preserv-
ing many Of them as curiosities. % 1t is
known that scorpions kill themselves
when surrounded by ring of fire.
The herald., 1894-09-21
A Galveston eenaatiou.

GALVESTON. Tex. Sept. 2O.-Mayor
Ely created sensation at the council
meeting tonight whsn in speech he
said: "The city has been aystemati.
cally robbed for years. One corporation
holds receipt for $500, and no
record is shown of it on the
city books. fhe books must be
examined, and If il ia not done at the
expense of the city. it will be done at
private expense"
The council at once appointed a COM
mittee to appoint experts to examine
the books.
The herald., 1894-09-21
Lace Department.

We have just opened magnificent variety OF
Black Laces. new designs, includingthe follow
ing makes-Chantiliys, Bourdons, Mtlanese,
Point de Gene, Haudrun, etc.
s)00 pieces Black Chautilly Laces all sizes,
.-VU will be placed on sale az The following
prices
8 inch 25c, 10 inch 30c, Ia inch 35c
l6 inch Zoe, 13 inch Sl.25.
1SO pieces BLACK Bourbon Lace all silk, will
leu 90 placed on sale at the following
prices
8 inch 35c, 8 inch 45c, 10 inch soc
II inch 75c per yard.
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100 pieces Black Milanese Lace, all silk
lUU beautiful designs, satin finish. win be
placed oa sale at the following PRICES
81 inch 55c. Az inch 65c. 6 inch 85c
8 inch 81. 10 inch S1.50peT yard.
on pieces Black Point de Gene Lace, all silk,
~ beautiful designs, SOFT silky fniqh-
inch Use, 8 inch 81, 10 inch Si.IO
per yard.
sDS pieces Black Handrun Lace pure silk, new
20 patterns, will De placed on safe at follow
ing prices
inch S1.75, 8 inch $3.50, 13 inch
So per yard,
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"Assistant Director General"
TEXTILE STRIKERS.
Many Return to Work at the Old RI
of Wages.

Many Return to Work at the Old Rate
of Wages.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Sept. 20.-Not-
withstanding the refusal OF the man.
agement OF the Zaconnet mills to prom
ise restoration OF wages. nearly all OF
the operatives returned to work today.
A few stayed out but their places were
quickly filled. The operatives will prob
ably remain at work until the end OF the
week when they will learn how much
they are to be paid. They may then de-
eide to strike. At mass-meeting OF
the striking weavers it was decided to
pay all the strikers one-half of the regu-
lar strike allowance for one week longer.
This means that after another week the
strikers will have to depend on their own
resources,
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Tho Latter unrrisrs, ,

CLEVELAND, Sept. 20.--In the conven-
tion OF national letter carriers, today,
the entire morning was devoted to hear
ing charges against Chairman ]. B. Pow
ers OF the legislative committee. The
presiding officer found il almost impos-
strong feeling that Powers would ul-
timately be vindicated. The specific
charges are lssinssss neglect q dHsy and
miscondust.
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L. q. Weir OF Cincinnati has been
elected president Of the Adams Express
company, vice Sanford, resigned.
California Herb Tea

Is just the thing to take at this season. Warm
weather induces a dsbiIitated condition Of the
system, Torpid Liver. indigestion and blood
diseases assert themselves unless these troubles
are corrected. This is best done by the coca.
sional use Of Weeks California herb tea, a
harmless remedy composed entirely of roots
and herbs 10 cents per package For sale by
all druggist&
The herald., 1894-09-21
Boston Sweaters strike.

BosroN, Sept. 20.-Two thousand gar
ment weavers stopped work this morn
ing. The strike is the reHult OF the re-
iueal Of a number of contractors to con-
cede the demands of the union for its
aboliehment OF the Dumping" and
sweating" systems and the intro
duetion of weekly wage system. The
operatives are also desirous OF establish
ing working day of nine hours, with
fixed wages. Every man, woman and
child responded to the call to quit work.
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Housefurnishing Department.
At Sc Yard.

At &c Yard.
OOn pieces just received of Unbleached Mus
ZUU lin, one yard wide, heavy soft finish cot
ton-and will be sold at sc yard.
At &c Yard.
O00 pieces heavy Twilled Cotton Crash Tow.
,DUU cling, has just been opened up-and Will
be placed on sale at 4e yard.
At 10c Yard.
OS piec.s just received Extra Heavy Tennis
I'D Flannel, in dark and medium colors, good
value for l5c-will be placed on sale at 1Oo I'd.
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CourressiopalN Nom,nses.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.--Congressman
McAleer WAS defeated for denomination
this morning by the Democrats of the
Third district, and Joseph P. McCullen
was chosen as his successor. Osher con-
gressional nominations we're: First
district, D. J. Callshsn; Second, Max
Herseberg; Fourth, Gus Muller; Fifth,
Dr. David Moffet