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The herald., 1895-02-24

they we're lighted by oil lamps made of
followed stones. But very little ventla-
ton was allowed and it became so warm
at times that the occupants were obliged
to divest themselves of their clothes in
order to be comfortable. They slept un-
der grass mats and the clothes they wore
during the day.
The coiftrc of the ladies was consti-
tuted of bangs, that covered the forehead
to the eyebrows, while the back hair was
vied III a knot. They practiced tattooing;
the men making three holes in the under
lip and one in the cartilage of the nose.
Both sexes wore . short bone cylinder in
the nose and in the chin they wore a
rounded or flat piece of bone or stone.
They pierced the ears and wore bone Or
naments In them.
The greatest ambition of the Aleut was
The herald., 1895-02-24

wood, horn and leather and instructed the
natives in the art. Many specimens OF
their Workmanship still remain about the
mission. The country around the mis-
sion was spenddly adapted to agricul-
ture and grazing, and more cattle were
raised in San Gabriel than at any other
mission.
In 1943 under decree of Governor Mi
cheltorena, San Gabriel, with eleven sister
missions, was given to the friars, who
were empowered to preside over them as
guardians OF the Indians and custodians
Of mission possessions.
In 1S46, by order of Governor Pho Pico,
the mission and nearly all of its Indians
were sold to William P. Reed ard William
Workman in satisfaction sf 49,. The
The herald., 1895-02-24

roofs OF boughs supported by posts, and
lived partly by hunting and fishing and
partly on maize melons and pumpkins
raised by the women. The latter cult-
vate the soil, while the men hunt and
fish, Another occupation to which the
women were greatly devoted was the man
ufacture OF water-tight baskets and rude
pottery, and as distillers they concocted
kind OF brandy from the mesquite
Horses and dogs were the favored ami
mails of the Yumas, and they never cared
for other members OF the animal king
dom. As means OF exchange, as well
as ornamcntation, they wore round bits
of shell pierced as beads In their hair
dressing they followed the habit of other
Indian tribes in cutting their hair at the
eyebrows and wearing it very long be-
hind. The wearing apparel for the men
The herald., 1895-02-24
Hotel Abbey Entertainment {.

The guests of Hotel Abbey have been
indulging in a number of social entertain
ments. A week ago Thursday a progress.
sive hearts party was given for which
eleven tables were arranged. Miss Minnie
Sullivan won first prize, Mr.. W. Nord-
holt that for the gentlemen; Miss Ella
Sena and Mr.. O'Bryan received the con-
ISOLATION prizes.
Last Tuesday evening Mrs. Irish enter
tained several of the guests with a euchre
The herald., 1895-02-24
Poisoned by Eating parsn,p,

Nevada, Mo-, Feb. 23.---Five members
of A. l.. Slaback's family and family by
the name of Plumb were poisoned here
by eating wild parsnips. All who ate the
parsnips were taken violently sick. Doc
tors were callei and the result of the
poisoning cannot be foreshadowed.
The herald., 1895-02-24

party for which six tables were arranged.
Last Thursday evening the young men
gave social hop which was attended by
about forty couples. The spacious din.
ing room was tastefvlly decorated and
dancing was enjoyed until late hour.
Dainty refreshments were served.
The herald., 1895-02-24

warlike demonstrations. One of the padres
thereupon drew from his breast paint
ing of the Madonna and held it aloft to
their view. Instantly they fell on their
knees, the cross was raised and mass
was celebrated and the mission was form
ally established. Some of the padres de-
voted their artistic tastes to carving in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

where at E there is stump or sink, and a
branch pipe reaching into it from the sup
ply pipe at F, where this pipe is expanded
to form ball or swiveled nozzle exactly
the same in principle as that at B, which
forces the gravel into and up through the
discharge pipe, sec uonal view of which
is shown in figure 2.
The second swiveled nozzle is to force in
through the pipe from the stump an addi-
tional supply of water. In order to get an
equivalent force to the water through the
discharge pipe the supply water must be
given a greater head. The changes then
giving the same force and amount of dis
charge in the new as in the old elevator
will be an increase in the head or pressure
of the supply water, a decrease in the sup
ply equal to the amount taken UP from
the stump.
The greatest problem to solve in all
hydraulic mining is the obtaining of suf-
ticlent quantity of water. What is claimed
for this improvement is that with sufficient
additional head the same work can be done
with from a half to fifth the amount of
water now used, the saving depending on
the pressure obtainable.
Mr.. Blagburn in speaking of this says:
Take one of the old-style elevators, such
as used at the Mammoth Bar mine, which
is probably the best equipped in the State.
With 400 feet pressure 200 inches of water
is used in each elevator, which forces out
through the discharge one cubic yard of
gravel per minute, with about 100 inches of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

additional water coming in with the gravel.
This is all raised a height of seventy feet to
the hume leading to the dump.
INSTEAD of that, with my improvement
and raising the head from 400 feet to 1000
feet, with supply of 100 inches, you get
the other 100 inches from the stump, and so
do the same work with half the supply of
water from above.
"lf, as can be done in majority of
cases, you utilize a pressure of 1900 feet,
with 40 to so inches of water coming
through the supply pipe, $50 to 100 inches
would be taken up by the suction-pipe,
and the same results would be effected as
with 200 inches under 400 feet pressure.
"Water there costs generally about 20
cents an inch per day, and large saving
would be effected in this. But the great
point is that the supply of water at any
price IS inadequate in many places, and
the advantage of running five elevators
with the quantity of water now used for
running one is apparent.
"Again, there is the saving effected in
getting rid of such large quantity of
water that is coming into the mine and
which now has to be pumped out.
1.-THE largest saving, however, would be
made In labor. At present owing to the
small supply of water and its cost the ele-
tour inches in diameter. All larger stones
are carried out of the way by derricks or
wheeled off by Cinnamon. Now by max
ing elevators large enough to carry off
seventeen stones instead of four-ineh ones
and using the same or less water through
the supply pipe over half the labor now re-
CURED can be dispensed with.
Along all the large streams of the gravel
belts IN this State are thousands of acres of
these bars which, owing to their want of
elevation, can be worked only with n.y.
draulic elevators. That the bars are con-
sldered valuable is shown by the fact that
SO many of them have been taken up. Dur
ing the last year or two all the bars along
the Middle Fork of the American River
have been located in the expectation that
some of the owners of the large water
rights in Ell Dorado County would soon
bring in larger supplies of water to be sold
at more reasonable rates"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
LEAVES THE FIELD.
The Manager of the Merchants Insur.
ance Company Resigns Because 1t
Refused to Cut Rates.

William H. Friend, general manager of
the Merchants Insurance Company of
Newark, N. j., resigned his position yes
terday.
This action on the part of Friend gave
rise to considerable comment yesterday
among insurance men. His company had
refused to continue emitting rates, which is
equivalent to withdrawing from the local
field, since it cannot expect to do business
at high rates while all other offices are
cutting rates as much as go per cent.
Voss, Conrad & Co. were formerly agents
for the Merchants Company, and were
succeeded by Friend. The company was
organized in 1858 with capital paid up OF
$500, 600. In 1890 its net surplus was SAT-
$50, but the amount decreased rapidly
until it was as low as $lO3,495 in 1898.
With this condition confronting the man
ayers it was deemed suicidal to enter into
losing fight in San Francisco.
1t is practically another company driven
out of this field by competition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
THE OPIUM sMUGGLERs.
A Number of Others Are Implicated
and the Grand jury Is Inves-
tigating Them.

EISablHS lhems
The case of Alexander Mckay, the dray-
man at 413 Front street. was before the
United States Grand Jury yesterday. 1t
was at first thought that he was implicated
in the operations of H. L. Foss, the man
now serving time in San Quentin for
smuggling opium and counterfeiting Chi
nese certificates.
Foss, in his confession before the Grand
Jury, admitted that Mckay carted all the
opium from the Mail dock to Chinatown,
but swore positively that he did not know
the contents of the packages. He said the
cases were opened on the dock and the
various parcels were addressed to the diff
ferenI Chinese firms and delivered by
Mckay.
In the hope that he might in some way
connect Mckay with the smuggling trans
actions Louis Greenwald, one of the
Emerald gang, was brought over from San
Quentin. His testimony was in the main
the same as that given by Foss.
henry Chaffey is accused of being an
other member of the Foss gang of snug
glers. He used to keep a clearinghouse at
the corner of Post and Powell streets, and
there the smugglers made headquarters.
When the Emerald gang was caught
Chaffey left for British Columbia and has
not been seen since. Greenwald and his
wife are thought to know where he is, how
ever, and his capture is expected at any
time. The charge against him is smuggling
500 pounds of opium intot his City in Octo-
Der, 1893.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
An Invention That Promises
to Revolutionize Gravel
Elevators.
TO UTILIZE WASTE WATER.
Work With the Same Supply
Of Force.

An improvement in hydraulic gravel ele-
vators that will, if it does what it prom
ises, add great impetus to river bar min
ing on a large scale, has been made by
Charles Blagburn, mechanical engineer
of this city who came out from London
last year in the interest of some English
capitalists to look into ditch property in
Ell Dorado County.
The present elevator is shown in figure 1.
The water, as now used, passes under high
pressure through the pipe A. At B there
is an opening through which the gravel
enters the discharge pipe G and where the
supply water, passing through a nozzle as
shown sectionally in figure 2, forces it on
up through the hume D leading to the
dump.
The improvement is shown in figure 8,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
WATCHING THE STEAMERS
Sacramento'S Bad Element
Will Receive Warm
Reception.
The Manuel Liaguno to Sail for Hon
olulu To-Day The Browns
Pleasant Trip.

The Sacramento and Stockton steamers
will be closely watched by the Harbor
Police, acting under instructions from
Chief Crowley, and every suspicious-look-
ing character will be lodged in Jail. The
order was the result of the action of the
citizens committee of Sacramento in rid
ding that town of portion of it's unde-
sirable population.
The Chief is fearful that the exodus of
criminals and tramps may drift in this
direction, and he proposes to give them a
warm reception. The attention of the
police will probably be directed to the
Horseshoe Club, the members of which
have been infesting Washington-street
wharf.
The American ship Manuel Llaguno
finished discharging her cargo yesterday
and she will sail for Honolulu to-day at 1
P. NJ. Her discharging was one of the
greatest featS ever accomplished in steve
doring work, her entire cargo having been
taken out in four and three-Quarters DAYS.
The Title Starbuck got away ahead of
her, but the Title had begun discharging
before the Llaguno reached port.
Both vessels are bound for Honolulu to
take in a cargo of sugar for New York, and
are locked on the Atlantic side.
The American ship j. B. Brown was
towed to Port Costa yesterday afternoon,
and as guests of Captain Magune there
went along ]. Ross Jackson, the we'll
known journalist, Meyer Jacobs and
Thomas Nolan. The sail up the bay was
delightful one, and the captain was as
10th to bid farewell to his clever guests as
they were to bid good-by to the snug cabin.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

few hours to the task of finding desirable
rooms that shall not cost more than $50
month, and returned in the afternoon
quite undecided as to what they might do
In the new appropriation rent of the Com
missioners rooms was reduced from S85 to
700 month, and change is compulsory
before July l. The board is paving SS5
for TWO rooms at Market and Kearnv
streets, but hopes to secure quite as good
accommodations for $50 in a good locafinn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
WANT CHEAP ROOMS.

The Railroad Commissioners Are Com
plying With the Governors Policy.
The Railroad Commissioners were to
have met at 2 P. NJ. yesterday, but Com
missioner Stanton was called out of town
suddenly and the other members of the
board decided to transact no business in
his absence.
Commissioners La Rue and Clarke were
out on hunt for new Office. They gave
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
A Defendants Rights.

The Supreme Court reversed the decision of
the lower court in the case of Joseph D. Thrus-
ton VS.. p H. Clark. Clark was Sheriff of Glenn
County and was removed on the information
of Thruston, but the Supreme Court held that
the trial court erred in compelling Clark to
testify against him in criminal case and
chiefly on that ground the court below is di.
rected to sustain the demurrer to the accuse.
ton with leave to amend
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

THERE is certainly no baking powder so
well known and generally used as the
Royal. Its perfect purity, as well as it's
superiority in leavening power, are mat
tiers of fact no longer disputed by honest
dealers or makers of other brands. Its
keeper that the ISLANDERS of the dishonest
makers of the cheaper goods fail to touch it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

IT costs more to make the Royal Baking
Powder because its ingredients are purer,
but it is more wholesome and goes further
than any other
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

England imports s., 600, 900 worth of pota-
toes every year.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
BLUE

We are the wholesale manu-
facturers who offer you this
exceptional advantage : be-
cause it is absolutely neces-
sary for us to clear out the
stock instead of carrying it
overland "Prices Without
Profit" is, we believe, the
way to do it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE OF ART.-Last
week of exhibition.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
NEW TO-DAY.
OPEN TONIGHT TILL 10.
BROWNS

In the purchase Of Spring
or Summer Clothing at such
a time as this the element of
economy is of first Importance.
Buy your suit at Prices
Without Profit"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25

additional water coming in with the gravel.
This is all raised a height of seventy feet to
the fiume Leading to the dump.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-02-07

Greenville Reflector: Mr.. W. J.
jackson, of this county, has re-
ceived a check for $1OO as premium
for selling the best 200 pounds Of
tobacco raised last year from Roy
sters Orinoco guano. Mr.. jackson
sold 229 pounds at the Eastern
Warehouse for $31S.54. Pitt county
has won this premium for three
years. Mr.. jackson also had some
fine tobacco on exhibition at the last
State fair and won three premiums
on it.
Chatham Record: The eyesight of
Mr.. Eli Webster, of Ore Hill, has
been restored by a surgical opera
sion performed by DIR. Robert L.
Cayeness, of Coleridge, N. G. The
disease was cateract from which he
had been blind for three years.
Mr.. Webster is now rs years old, but
says since the operation and restoras
ton of sight he feels young and spry
and can rejoice with Mr.. James
Beck, of Cheeks, N. c., who recently
had the same kind of an operation
performed by DR.. Caveness, with
restoration of sight after having
beeu blind seven years.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-02-07
THE VISITING STATESMEN"

Every member Of the present
General Assembly, who is not
docile puppet, feels deeply in
dignant at the assumed air of
guardianship of the five visit
ing statesmen" who are kindly
looking after the legislation that
is to be enacted. The number of
independent men is so few, how
ever, that the mandate of the
Big Five is received as an oracle
by most of their followers. But
yesterday, when Mr.. Ewart in
troduced the following resolu-
ton, in regard to the proposed
county of Scotland, it was ap-
parent that he was not the only
man who resented the airs of
superiority and coddling affected
by the Overseers:
"ResoIUed, That the entire mat
ter be referred to the comittee of
visiting statesmen now in this
city engaged in formulating coun-
ty government, and election
bills
The visiting statesmen re-
ferred to by Mr.. Ewart are:
Daniel Russell,
William Guthrie,
Harry Skinner,
Marion Butler.
They have undertaken to over.
see the work of the General AS
sembly and to prepare the bills
that the members may vote for.
Their kindness has not been ex.
ceeded since certain visiting
statesmen" went to South Caro-
lima, Louisiana and Florida in
1877 and stole the electoral votes
of those States. Ever since that
time, visiting statesmen" have
been in disrepute until the as
sembling of this Legislature.
Why not permit the members
to go home and quit the farce OF
having them pretend to legislate:
Why not pass simple resolu'
ton, declaring that the above
five men shall be dictators of the
State for the next two years.
and have done with the present
farce?
Mr.. Ewart and few others
may kick, but the men who have
hold of the machine" are deter.
mined to run it in order to secure
permanent partisan advantage
They are afraid that some of the
plain representatives, if left te
themselves, might be foolish
enough to want to keep the
promises made to the people
This would not suit the overseel
and his henchmen, and henc,
they are going to prepare all th'
important bills, and give Mr.
Ewart, and the other members
who vainly supposed they wer'
elected to make laws, the privi
! lege of casting a vote to carr.
out the DEGREES of the dictators
l-Raleigh Ne,Us d Observer.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-02-07
MUNROE WINS.
A Unanimous Report of the Com
miitee in His Favor.

A special telegram to THE
ARGUS Thursday night conveys
the pleasing intelligence that IN
the contest which J. E. Person,
a so-called and at pres ent posing
Populist of this county, has been
waging for the seat of Hon. w.
G. Munroe. the Democratic rep
resenta,ive of this county in the
lower house of the General AS
sembly, the committee yesterday
evening filed a unanimous report
in favor of Mr.. Munroe's retain.
ing his seat.
This is as it should be, and THE
ARGUS, in company with the De-
mocracy of Wayne, rejoices that
Mr.. Munroe has triumphed. But
the facts were all in his favor.
The following are the wit
nesses who appeared for Person
Mr. Munroe introduced none
which is the more 10 the credit
of the fair election and the Demo
cratic triumph in Wayne, glo
roious old Wayne County:-Sid
ney Deans, Green Everett, (col.
w. G.. HoIlowell, J. r. Dobson
Jno. w. Smith, Joe. W. Gardner
n. G.. Holloman, W. r Moore
and z. p. Davis.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-02-07
DEMOCRACY UNDEFILED.

A big ocean steamer, carrying
$50 cabin and about 1000 steer
age passengers, was sighted a
few years ago off a harbor some
fifty miles away from that to
which she was bound. The cap
tain had made mistake in his
reckoning, and but for the time
ly lifting Of a fog, which dis
closed his whereabouts, would
probably have thrown his ship
away on a dangerous ledge.
Speaking of the narrow escape,
some days afterward, one Of the
ladies in the cabin said: "And
the worst of it was that there
were only boats enough for the
cabin passengers. Every one of
those poor souls in the steerage
would have been drownedw
It never entered her mind that
perhaps in the struggle for life
the steerage passengers might
have had something to say about
those boats. A strict and not
unfair line of demarcation had
separated the two classes on
board ship, each receiving the
accommodation for which he paid;
but when it came to discriminate
ing between the cabin and the
steerage. on a matter of life and
death, it is quite likely that the
majority would think that their
tickets were as good as those Of
the minority for a seat in the life
boats.
The staunch ship United
States, registered A I, and with
the best record for speed ant
seaworthiness, is not likely to bt
cast away in the near Or distan
future. It has weathered storms
has fought with pirates and mu
tineers, and has always com'
safely into port; but there il
dirty weather ahead, and SOM
of the people on board, instead o
standing by to help in case o
need, are anxiously inquiring
care there life boats enough TO
the cabin passengers?"
}, Dropping metaphor and com
ing down to State politics and T.
cold facts:-the day of the trim
i. mer" and ''time-server" in tn
Democratic party in North Caro-
: lima is ended and the "unterri
J fed" are coming together-wit
: no go-betweens-and gloriou
lvictory awaits US in 1896. i