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The herald., 1895-01-18
THE FSRlS COCHER.


a Queer and Pathetic Relic of the Gilded
Days of Louis Nv.
When, Theophilus, you feel that you
have been run over and abused by this
hard, old, wicked world and would like
to be an emperor for few minutes to
get even, come to Paris, my dear boy,
and call to your side one of these whip
swapping lords of the pavement and for
~ francs i'll shabby glory you can drive
around the streets of the brilliant city
and run over people, like IA king. 1t
doesn' t make any difference. The man
has number and license to whip up
his horse when he comes to u crowd.
Take it all III, Theophilus, and lean
back on your cushions as the women
and children scatter before whip and
hoofs and be sure to get your American
moneys worth of that delightful old
medi@val feeling of being in a beauti-
full carriage world where pedestrians arc
born with the right of being knocked
down and the privilege of being fined
for it.
The cab is the last touching symbol
of royalty in France. 1t is the plaintive
remnant of the old French constitution,
which consisted-succinctly stated-in
running over people and then having
them guillotined for being in the way.
Pay your cabman with reverence, The
ophilus, in these bare and democratic
times. He is tia nations reduotio adj
absurdum Of Louis XV-pathetic, with
the gilt rubbed off. independent.
The herald., 1895-01-18

Blick, scribe; a. q. Heies, treasurer
Chariea Ward. Junior warden; S. n.
McCrosy, sentiael; A B. Case. guide
=. 2. S@earingen, fret watch W. +.
Fox, eaC-nd watch.
NOTES.
A social hop VAS enjoyed at the Carl
ton hotel this evening.
Mr.. w. N. Van Nuya is back from a
trip to Ventura county.
- PtngIeasiVa anahrs entertained the
guests OF Hotel Green this evening.
Mr. q. II. Jackson left yesterday for
Galveston, Texas.
An interesting meeting OF the Shake
speare club will be held tomorrow alter
noon.
The Painter hotel is sporting brand
new dress OF late pattern.
The engagements of Mr.. G. H. futile
and Miss Marguerite PGrr is announced.
The Tuesday Evening club is arrsng-
ing for an unusually good programme at
their next meeting. The matter is in
the handa OF 3 committee cODaieting of
Miss Sutton, Miss Dodge and Mr.. Sutton.
A nsw building is to 20 up Oh West
Colorado street, adjoining the Jarvis
building Atsssrs. 2. z. Boutany and ].
w. Hughes are the parties who are in
terested.
A warrant was sworn out today 0v s.
Lang, the druggist. charging small boy
with attempting 60 purchase liquor un-
der false preteusoe. The CAGE com 90 up
tomorrow.
The herald., 1895-01-18
ARGUING THE MURDER CASE,
Feeler's BoyhoOd Days in the
Country Recalled.
Defendant Was Not Put Upon the
Stand.
Burglary, Perjury and Being Accessory
After tho Fact Admitted, But
Not thu Murder.

The testimony for the defense yester.
day in the Eliksn murder case was shor
and devoid OF eny great interest. II
took up barely an hour and q half. As
had been anticipated the defendant
Feeler was not put on the stand at all,
and the few witnesses examined wer
only asked to testify as to the general
character of the defendant in the neigh
/ borhood where he had been brought up
-Moosa canon and Ocsanside-in San
Diego county.
Fe eler looked very much more cheers
full than he has at any time during the
trial. His attorneys too were very hope
full. Zach Montgomery stated before
court convened that there could not be
the slightest doubt but that his client
had conspired with Hesly to burglarize
Elikan's store, but that he was no party
to the murder, and that at best all tina t
he could be found guilty OF, with refer
ence to the homicide, was that be was
an accessory after the fact. The matter
OF Feeler's guilt will be determined by
the jury, however.
The things told upon the stand by the
witnesses introduced by the defense were
the story of the boy Feeer when he was
little fellow only years OF age and an
orphan, being brought by his elder
brother to the ranch OF Mr.. Irving, in
Mcose canon, where he lived until the
age of II, going to school and doing
chores on the farm. Then he struck out
for himself. not going far away, how
ever. The tale, as told, ia that of many
a boy from the rural districts. During
harvest time Feeler would 90 out work.
ing on threshers, and when there was
nothing to do he took his fiddle and gui-
tar to Oceanside and eked outa precsrious
existence by playing those instruments
in the saloons to smuse the boys, and ct
night he furnished the music for little
bucolic hops. During those years his
reputation was good. and he was con
sidered as a decent sort of a young
fellow.
Six witnesses bore testimony to the
life Feeler had led while q resident in
Moosa caflon and Oceanside, the prin-
cipal OF which was Mrs. Irving, en-
elderly lady, who claims Ures, Sonora,
az her birthplace. She had cared for
the defendant since he had como to her
ranch in the Moosa oaf1on, little boy
Of and until he had left her 10 years
later. During all this time she had
never heard anything bad about him.
The defense then rested, and at 80
p. m. the arguments commenced. The
opening speech was by ex-District At
torney Dillon, who maintained that the
allegations OF the information mad been
fully proven. The defense took up the
remainder OF the afternoon. 1t con.
tends that Feeler might have been
charged with burglary, with perjury, or
with being an accessory after the fact to
the murder of Elikan, but never with
the murder itself. w. t. Williams, ESQ.,,
will close today, when the case will go to
the jury.
The herald., 1895-01-18
orl.N-.. r.e-IMoNaERs.
Their Wares So Tame That They Like to
Be Handled.

In Canton the tishmonger's is most
important trade. The Chinaman is a
born fisherman. He also has for ages
past cultivated q system Of artificial
breeding and rearing of live fish for the
market. In the shops were displayed
live and dead fish, fish fresh and sailed,
smoked and preserved. One variety was
like whitebait, i'll baskets, graded from
tiny things not half an inch long to
what appeared to be the same fish grown
or inches i'll length. These were sold
fresh sailed and smoked. Shark fins are
o delicacy. There were fish notified and
barred bright and dull, fish of quaint
and to US unknown shapes, but fore
most, above all, and everywhere to be
seen, were the artiflcially grown live
fish.
A wonderful creature was this, al
ways appearing to suffer from heat,
gasping at the surface of the water for
breath and recalling Verdant Green's
fish that were beginning to sweat and
complain. They were as tame as domes-
tic animals, seemingly careless Of being
knocked about, thrown from ponds into
boats, from boats into tubs, from tubs
into buckets and then back into tubs
again. They were used to being handled
and inspected, and if disapproved put
back into the water to be sold, alive if
bought whole, or cut to pieces while
living and sold in bleeding chunks A
thick, short fish is this, of the mullot
shape, averaging about 10 inches in
length and weighing about 3 pounds
but sometimes longer, and running up
in weight to as much as or even 5
pounds
When cut mp, they bleed like pigs
and to show how freshly they are killed
the salesman is in the habit of slicing a
live one into pieces, and with the blood
smearing all the pieces for sale, SO that
they look rocking and horrible to Eu-
ropean eyes. To keep them alive in the
shops they are always placed in large
tub with smaller vessel fixed above it.
From the bottom of the upper vessel a
bamboo, with one or two saw cuts in it,
sticks out, and from those cuts streams
of water flow in thin cascades into the
tub beneath. Every now and then, when
the upper vessel becomes empty, the fish
all rise to the surface and glop, glop,
glopl take down both air and water.
Then an attendant, attracted by the
noise, plunges bucket down among
them, and from the water in which they
swim fills the upper vessel full again.
The herald., 1895-01-18
FUEL FOR PARIS.
The Coal From Three Countries Is Mixed
For Domestic Use.


Whenever possible tho Seine is util-
lied for the transportation Of fuel to
Paris Nearly all the zl-at wholesale
firms have fheir yards il tho noighbor-
hood Of the river. The railroads also
bring great deal Of wood and coal to
the city As tho trains move slowly
through tho yards OF some Of the lines
OF railroad tho passengers can see IN
closures filed with cord wood, store
houses of sacks Of fuel; also cars loaded
with these sacks, which all seem to be
of the same size. The opening Of the
sacks is secured by lacings of cord, and
the cords fastened by leads Here also
may be seen, stored on cars, large I'M
perforated briQuottes for use i'll engines
and manufactures. Along the embanll-
ment OF tho Seine may be seen hundreds
of cords of wood piled in such regular
order that one could well believe that
the spaoings were measured off with a
rule
The coal is from English, French and
Belgium mines. Sometimes the three
kinds are mixed for use in tho kitchen
ranges.
The shops for the sale Of fuel by retail
are almost as numerous Us the bakeries.
They are always neat, and the wood,
coal and kindlings arc arranged in
most artistic manner. The wood is piled
so as to show the evenly sawed ends.
The samples of coal arc arranged in
glass dishes, and in sono of the shops,
where orders are taken FOR the whole
sale places, wood is arranged in the
windows and decorated with growing
moss and ferns. Indeed the chief aim OF
the French shopkeepor is to mako his
shop attractive. Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
The herald., 1895-01-18

He was born and brought up in the
midst of poverty and comparative igno-
rance. When, in 1857, Nathaniel Haw-
thorne visited the poets residence at
Dumfries and took notice of its filthy
and malodorous surroundings, he Won
dered that Burns could have preserved
his marvellous genius in such an unsa-
worry spot. The author of 'The Scarlet
Letter" was even more Mortified at the
wretched aspect of Burns farm at Moss
giel and could not compare the habita-
ton in which the Scottish bard passed.
so many of his days to a pigsty. sit is
sad, - wrote Hawthorne, "to think of
anybody-not to say poet, but any hu-
man being-sleeping, eating, thinking,
praying and spending all his home life
in this miserable howell. " He praises the
"heroic merit" of Burns for being no
worse man amid "the squalid him
ORANGES" that beset the poet s moral and
intellectual development.
Hawthorne was right. Low associa-
tions, bad sanitary conditions and the
companionship Of the vile are all but
fatal to human virtue. Burns was never
utterly degraded. He was always, in
spite of his failings, true man, and
his passionate love for his fellow men
outlived all his sufferings.
Els relations with Jean Armour,
though they proved his frailty and hers,
were honorable to him in some respects,
for he left nothing undone to repair the
error of his youth. His intemperance
was rather the effect of his convivial
disposition than of any vicious tenden-
cy If he sinned, he paid the penalty,
one might say. with his life. His Ca
reer terminated at 81, and, having re-
gard to his circumstances and opportu-
mites, his record as poet is unparal-
leled, for no man ever achieved so much
as Burns with so little aid from the
world and with such terrible impedi-
ments in his path. Westminster Re-
view.
The herald., 1895-01-18
SUPERSTliiCNS rCOUT YEA,
Quaint Ideas Concerning the Cup That
Cheers, but Does Not Inebriate.

Quaint Ideas Concerning the Cup That
Cheers, but Does Not Inebriate.
There are probably more quaint super
stitions woven about tea than about any
thing else in the world. If you put
cream in your cup before the sugar, il
will "cross your love-" SO you must be
very careful If, while the tea is being
made, the lid, removed to pour in the
water, is forgotten to be replaced, it is
the sure sign of the approaching arrival
of stranger
If tea stalk floats in the cup, it is
called "beau, and when this is seen
unmarried women should stir their tea
very quickly round and round and Their
hold the spoon upright in the center Of
the cup.
If the "beau" is attached to the spoon
and clings to it, he will be sure to CAL
very shortly, if not on that very even
ing, but if the stalk goes to the side of
the cup, he will not come. In some
places this Is also said to denote the
coming of stranger, and if the stalk
is soft the newcomer will be lady; if
tough, gentleman.
II you want to know how many years
will elapse before you are married,
balance your spoon On the edge of your
cup, first noting that it is perfectly dry,
fill another spoon with tea, and holding
it above the balanced spoon let the
drops of tea gather to the tip Of tho
spoon and gently fall into the bowl of
the one below. Count the drops. Each
one stands for year.
If the cluster of small air bubbles
formed by the sugar collect and remain
in the center of the cup, it is sign of
fair weather. If they rush to the sides,
there will DO rain very shortly. Phil
adelphia Press.
The herald., 1895-01-18

The ferooity of the Dyaks of Borneo
when Rajah Brooke first came was ap-
palling. No social or religious function
could take place among the tribes with
out bloodshed. Young unmarried girls
came forth from the long seclusion to
which they had been condemned since
childhood SO anemic that they could
badly stand. A slave was killed in
their honor and the blood of the victim
sprinkled over them. Head hunting had
deoimated the race. 1t was imperative
that husbands should conjure evil spirits
by bringing human head to their
wives before the expected birth Of a
child. Boys might not aspire to man
hood without having earned the badge
of tho head hunter
A skull was the first gift of a lover
to his mistress and the last token of re-
speot by which the living could honor
the dead On account of his rank no
petty chief could be buried without
many freshly decapitated heads to form
his escort into the next world. The
greatest respect, moreover, was shown
to such trophies. They were smoked
over fire to preserve them. Their lips
were forced open to receive the choicest
morsels during the family meal. To-
baoco and betel nuts were also spread
before them. They were looked upon as
honored guests and every effort was
made to win their friendship. Fort
nightly Review.
The herald., 1895-01-18

The persons who happened to be upon
the street from TO O'Clock yesterday
morning experienced something like an
eastern rainstorm, The storm broke
heavily about 2 o'clock. accom- panied by
vivid flashes OF lightning and heavy
peals of thunder. A slight shower was
followed by hailstorm, then the rain
again came down, and continued until
O'Clock. The beauty OF the storm was
seen in the dawninR of the day, which
breeze was felt throughout the day.
The Indications are for more rain.
The herald., 1895-01-18
Colo weather surrestIons.

AS cold weather approaches women
try to devise means for preventing hands
and lips from ohapping. An excellent
remedy to prevent ohapping is cold
cream. A manicure says that ibwhitens
the skin more chan any preparation. 1t
has taken the place Of the old time rem
edy-mutton suot. It should be well
rubbed into the skin, and gloves, pref
erably white, slipped on. The palms of
tho gloves should bo slit in several places
to allow the air and prevent cramps Of
the muscles, and tho finger tips clipped
of. Naselino should never DO allowod to
touch tho hands. 1t Turns the skin yell
low and leaves a stain on the nails that
is hard to clear away.
In winter cold water should be used
sparingly. It's action roughens tho skin
unpleasantly. Tepid water, with very
few drops Of household ammonia and
good lather of CASTLE or borax soap, is
advisable. If the hands are inclined to
redness, tho trouble lies in tho way Of
circulation, and slight gymnastics will
1890 -,
The herald., 1895-01-18
AMUSE MENTS.

Los ANGELES THEATER.-Mr. ]. H.
Haverly's mastodonic operstio Ministries
have returned after a tour through the
northern part of the state with an en-
tire change OF everything except the
celluloid shirt fronts they shine on in
undiminished splendor but the spe.
cialties, and even the jokes. are, most OF
them. new. In the first part humorous
and sentimental songs alternate with
spirited conversation inoited by the &C.
| complished interlocutor and the bones
gentlemen on one end or the tam bourine
gentlemen on the other. and an amusing
finale entitled Telephone Rapid Tran.
sit. In part second Larry Dovley. a recent
acquisition to the compa ny, and Burt
Shepard do two or three musical lido.
syorancies, among which Is a parody on
Sweet Marie that is very funny; Monts
gomery, Buila and Little Jim do some
| exceptionally clever buck and wing
dances, and Mr.. Armstrong does
specially of humorous songs in costume.
HE muscle dance was the only other
thing besides the shirt fronts that
wasn't new, and the rapturous applause
of his audience showed him to be wise
in retaining it-end 1t ia an extremely
clever piece OF work. The programme
concludes with a burlesque ON Verdi's
Travatore, the csat OF which includes
most of the company, and gives Doolsy,
the new man, an opportunity to show
his unusually fine baritone voice to good
advantage. He singe Man eek- Oh and
as the burlesque includes tine Miserere
and tower scene. Mr.. Dooley has
chance to do some really good work.
The anvil chorus is also included in
Bill Trovatore, and other well known
numbers of the opera, end the squad
drill and terrific combat make q lively
ending to an evenings entertainment
that is clean and clever all through.
The minstres are on for the reat OF the
week and Saturday matinee.
x"x
Los ANGELES THEATER.--It is doubt
full If the anticipation OF any musical
event in recent years has been fraught
with more genuine pleasure to opera
lovers in this city than that which 10
attached to the appearance of the Tav-
cry Grand English Opera company, be-
ginning Monday night. Nor is the in.
terest purely local one, for inquiries
have been received by the management
for choice seats from out OF town during
grand opera week. The applications
for seats have already grown to proper.
tions very flattering, and ths engage.
ment is assured success from q pecuni-
airy standpoint. The repertoire OF the
company has been announced, and a
week of the favorits lyric classics has
been arranged for. OF the company,
which has been playing to audiences
limited only by the capacity OF the
houses in the various cities, it may be
said that 1t is the largest and strongest |
en- tour this season, and its rendition of
the grand music Of Verdi, Guonod,
Wagner and Msscsgni has been accorded
the warmest prsine by the critics every
where.
The herald., 1895-01-18
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The herald., 1895-01-18
PhG Herald
Reaches
People
Who Buy
The Goods.
WHICH ARE
The Purchasing Classes
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, "People who buy goods are divided into
three classes:
1.-The select 10000, the well-to.do 100.-
900, and the more or less prosperous
million. Nine-tenths of all the fortunes
are made from the trade of the 100000
and the million, because they buy nine
tenths of the goods which are sold. They
} are the people also who respond to adver-
tisemerts, and who buy for cash or pay
their bills promptly. The merchant or
, any advertiser who caters successfully to
the 100, 900 and the million will get all
he cares for Of the trade of the select
} 10000 They rarely answer an adver-
tisement, and are proverbially slow
pay."-STEwART
&~&~~~~~
The HERALD, daily and Sunday, not
! only has large circulation in Southern
California, but reaches the homes of the
10000 class and the more or less pros
! porous million"
hAAAAAAA MANe<AMAN n AAAAAMM az.
The herald., 1895-01-18

The girl with the level brows was
talking to the man with the Roman nose.
81 don't understand you" she said
coldly.
81 asked you if you thought my love
would induce
"No, it is impossible. You are not
my ideal.
81 do1ft want to be. Please don't in
terrupt me again. | merely wanted to
know if my earnest, devoted love
would"-
st would not. You are too old. Be-
sides, as I said before, you are not my
ideal " ~--4,,.
Hang ideals! want to marry your
mother and he your stepfather Now, do
you nd?'-Detroit Free Press.
What Ailed the speech.
At the close of one of the sessions in
tho trial Of Warren Hastings, when
most of those engaged had gathered in
the anteroom, Dr. Parr stalled up and
down the room in his pedantic, pompous
way, growing out praises of the
speeches of Fox and Sheridan, but say
ing not word about Burke's
Burke, sensitive at this omission and
anxious for some commentator from
the great authority, could at last con-
tain himself no longer and burst out:
doctor, didn't you like my speech?"
"No, Edmund" replied DR.. Parr,
calmly eying his excited questioner
"Your speech was oppressed with meta
phor, dislocated by parenthesis and de-
bilitated by amplification r'-Youth' S
Companion.
The herald., 1895-01-18

A. Eckstrom has removed to 324 South
apElns ssSAst with bis stock OF wall paper,
The herald., 1895-01-18

Kregelo Il Bresee. funeral directors,
Broadway and Sixth akraat- Tai, 2A2
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-03-14

Thetealeuls Of Maaat Vernon sra, ss
srple, yrossic and oct overly sgiit There
sre some sraod and glorious Exceptions
TO this However .s the ioil7~lDg Incident
tod by = recent arrival ia thls~estehos
tsr tow, 4lil show,
You zee se hsd just moved iato a ne~
house, sa,i be, spd knew u tbing vbste''
er about the tosn.
My Wlie called at dslr, aud gave or
drrs ior milk to be- ferged every morning
at our door
She vas afraid thai the delivery NIGH
be la 2, aud 50 euIoiued the mllkmaa to
be sure aud be oa hsnd before breakfast
Yesm, III he on hand before breakfast,
replied the mil man,
may depend youf
Yes. Iudeed, ma'sm, without iail, said
be,
Our house bad Inst been huisbed, and
the heat from the furnace dti'd ont the
plaster aud woodwork very rapidly.
Little bits OF plaster fell IN ons place
boards aud door frames cracked some
where else, and 10 the bare rooms Tor We
bad t yet been able to lay the carpets
the sounds we're intensified. We we're all
nervous over the str,ngeuess OF our sur
roundings aud did very little sleeping,
1t seemed thut The night had but bali
spent itself when someone dashed up the
front steps,s aud ran up the porch IS II pat
sued by rome seen or uuseen foe, from
winch he was trying to escape,
Then he ran back and down the steps
to the street,
had Just fallen INTO light sleep aud
was startled by the racket. Not kco"lng
what on earth was the trouble, rushed
TO the window an shouted to the man,
Hold on; what sreyou doing Get ont Of
here,
Why, am the mtkmao, ,saIi the fellow
coming to sudden stop,
on, you cannot give me any such gag
IA that, WLat business have You on my
porch? What Is your name, If you are the
mIlkmsu?
The fellow wss as much frightened as !
was nervous, and did not hesitate second
To GIVE me bis name. 1t was the mlIkman.
| looked at the clock, and tho hands
stood at 9 o'clock He dId get around be
fore breakfast.