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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-03
The Oil Buyers and Prices
for Oil
STANDARD CO.'S PURCHASES
Slow but Sure Development Of the
Market
London Still Buys California Fruit II the
Quality Is Good and Prices Are
Going Higher

The Standard Oil company has come
into the local market to the extent OF
purchasing 1000 barrels Of oil, and there
are rumors that it is very soon to buy 500
barrels more. The hopes Of the oil men
have been greatly excited, chiefly because
even a little purchase gives promise OF
greater ones by and by. The price paid.
so cents q barrel, is scarcely equal to the
average cost OF production. but the i'm
proved prospect il thought to rest on the
indiyputable fact that the Standard OH
company can, if il desires, find market
for the whole present product and has
ample facilities for getting the oil to the
market
The future OF the oil business in Los
Angeles, howeevr, does not depend upon
the buying Of oil for renting for illumin-
ating purposes, nor will facilities for
transportation be wanting or inadequate
when the demand shall have been esta b.
!ished. Nor will any exchange be able
to regulate prices except within very ren-
sonable limits, when the use OF oil for
fuel shall have been adopted IN those
coast sections where other fuel is scarce
and dear. The oil industry will get upon
q solid and trustworthy basis just as soon
as it shall cone to be generally under
stood that the supply is permanent and
abundant. There is little question in
the minds of users of power that oil has
mary advantages over any other fuel
used to generate steam. But it costs some-
thing to change coal burning arch to
an oil Burner and as yet there is no fixed
belief that the oil supply is not so limited
that a few days or weeks will not neces-
state q return to focal If oil burners are
put in. 1t is the same with transporta-
ton. Pipe lines. tank cars and tank YES
sells each cost good deal Of money, and
they are all useless property in case the
oil supply gives out. Capital is slow to
embrace sucn opportunities, though the
immediate profit may be large.
But day by day and week by week the
conviction grows that the Los Angeles
oil deposits are not pockets to be quickly
drained, nor seepages able to yield only a
limited supply. Less rapidly than might
be desired pnt still spreading is the
knowledge of the desirability Of oil as u
fuel and the availability of the Los An
geles supply, and a demand begins slow
Iy to manifest itself at distant points
along the coast and from points in thS
interior. Waiting is weary work, but oil
is all right. Large bodies move slowly,
and the local oil body is very large one
but 1t has begun to move and will in due
time be the foundation of movement of
this whole conn unity greater than it
has known before.
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Bond List

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE. follow ing
are the closing quotations for the bond
list:
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-03

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-The official clos
ing quotations Tor stocks were as fol-
lows:
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-03
First Trip From Los Angeles,
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1895

The most complete, modern, elegantly
equipped and perfectly arranged Vestibule0
Tr-nscontinental Train i'll America. New
equipu ent. especially designed and built for
this service
Direct connections in New Orleans for Az
Eastern points. Quick time.
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Mining Shares

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.-Oflcial
closing quotations for mining shares wers
as follows:
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Chatsworth Park-Leave from and arrive ~
River Station, San Fernando street, only
sSundays excepted. Sundays only.
Saturday only. Saturday and Sunday.
Wednesday and Saturday.
THE INSIDE TRACK.
All s. P. Co. S trains stop at First street tex.
cept the four San Francisco trains) and Com.
mercial street Except the 8 rs San Francisco
evening train, in the business center of the
city. saving time and street car fares to pas.
sengers.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-03

Eckstrom does the wall paper business ofthe
city. He has large stock. good taste and cor.
rect prices.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-03

When ordering Cocoa or Chocolates, be sure
and ask for huyIer's Purity and flavor unex
celled.
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Boston Quotations

Boston Quotations
BOSTON. Nov. 2.-rhe closing quota.
tions were:
Atchison.. ....... III Mexican..... Tx
Bell Telephone. POI San Diego ...... 81
Burlington. "a Oregn Short Line SX
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GoverEmen ponds steady.
State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds weak.
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SUTTON & CO.'S
FORPORT LOS angeles

Direct, taking freight for all Southern Cali.
fornia points The fast AL clipper ship
"CHAS. E. MOODY"
Leonard, master. is now loading at
pier 10, East River. New York, about October
list for Port Los Angeles, and will have the
usual prompt dispatch OF this line.
For rate OF freight, etc.. apply to SUTTON 4
BEEBE. 30s Market st., San Francisco. Cal.
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Petroleum
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Petroleum-
Firm; closed at $780,.
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A9:O1 pm. ............. ...............A7:2O am
I'D pm. ............. .......... ...AlO:3O am
A D 'oo pm ..l'....... 40 40 pun
Between East sanlPedro and Long Beach 10
minutes.
RUBIo CANYON AN ECHO MOUNTAIN.
Trains leave Los Angeles daily at 8 10 a. M,
Fine pavilion and hotel. Grand scenery
Telescope and search light
CATALINA ISLAND
Tie Terminal railway train at LOS p. m.
daily except sunday makes close connec ito n
with steamer for Catalina. Returning arrives
at Los Angeles IL :35 am.
Daily. Daily except, Sundays Sun.
days only. Saturdays only.
Stages meet the 7:lO n. m train at Pasadena
for Mt. Wilson on new trail
Passengers leaving Los Angeles on the 40
am. trail for Mt. Wilson can return same day
Special ra ties to excursions and picnic parties
Depots east end OF First street and Downey
City ticket office, Greenewalds cigar ssor,
corner Second and Spring streets.
General offices, Firststreet depot.
T. B. BURNETT. General Manager.
w. WINCUP. Gen Passenger Agt.
DACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO.
Goodall, Perkins & Co., General Agents, San
Francisco.
Northern routes EN- brace lines for Portland
Ore, Victoria, B. c., and Puget Sound, Alaska
and all coast points.
SOUTHERN ROUTES.
TINE TABLE FOR NOVEMBER. 1895.
LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO.
Port Hartford. ...... S. S. Corona, Nov 7, Is, %;
Santa Barbara. Dec. l.
Redondo. ..........
Port Los Angeles. S. 8. Santa Rosa, Nov. 8,
Newport ........ IL, 10, q; Dec. 5,
San Diego. .........
For S. $. St. Paul. Nov. s. 10,
East san Pedro e. 81, 20; Dec. z.
San Pedro and way s. Eureka Sns Nov. H.
Ports 20, Dec D.
LEAVE PORT LOS ANGELES AND REDoNDo.
is s. Santa Rosa, Nov. s,
For 13, 81, 90; Dec. z.
San Diego .........S IS. S. Corona, Nov. !, 9. IL,
%; Dee. 8.
For IS. S. Santa Rosa, Nov. z.
San Francisco...... is, %; Dec. ].
Port afford. .... s. s. Corona, Nov. 3, IL,
Santa Barbara. 10, %; Dec. 5.
LEAVE FAN PEDRO AND EAT SAN PEDRO,
For S. 8. Eureka, Nov. 4, Il,
San Francisco and 20. 80: Dec. g.
way ports. s. s ST. Paul. Nov. =, 16,
"a: Dec 2.
Cars to connect with steamers via San Pedro
leave 8. p. II. r. (Arcade depot at 5 :O5 D. m,
and Terminal r. X. depot at p m.
Cars to connect via Redondo leave Santa Fe
depot at $3.50 q. m. or from Redondo Railway
depot at 9:05 a. IN.
Cars to connect via Port Los Angeles leave
8 P. X. r. depot at 1:lOp p. IN. for steamers
north bound.
Plans OF steamers cabins at agents Office
where berths may be secured.
The company reserves the right to change
the steamers OF their days OF sailing.
For passage or freight as above, or for ticket.
toant from all important points in Europe
apply to ,oo, w PARIS. Agent
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
NOTHING NEED BE WASTED.
Uses to Which Broken Glass and Old
Bones May Be Put.

When a tumbler or other glass vessel
is broken do you think its usefulness is
gone? 1t is not, by any means. 1t is
tossed into the ash barrel, indeed. but
ii is pretty sure to reappear in another
form on the table. In making glass it
Is usual to melt the materials together
with a quarter or half their weight of
"cullet'-that is, broken glass of the
same kind. This uses up great guam
titles of broken glass which the rag
pickerS carefully sort out from the
barrels and dumps. Some of the coarS-
est glass is melted and cOlOred in the
paste. When it is cold it is broken
into irregular pieces and sold for cheap
mosaics in the decorations of shops,
while broken bottles are ground up to
make sand or glass paper
Bones have a long career of useful
ness after they are discarded from the
kitchen. Ground to dust they make
valuable fertilizers. while. at some Eng
lish dyeing establishments. bones are
boiled to get the gelatine. or size. for
stiffening goods. Sometimes bones are
boiled and bleached and then sent to
the turner's to be made into knife han
dies, tOOthbrushes. nailbrusheS and but
tons, while ground up and mixed with
other things they are used as bOnemcal
to feed cattle. Where does the ivory
black of the artist come from? From
burning old bones in closed retOrts, and
the same substance is used in making
backing. Bone charcoal is used in re-
filming sugar because it is so absorbent
that it will remove all trace Of indigo
from sugar colored with 1t. This char
coal can be used over and over again
by washing and heating, and when
finally worn out for refining purposes
it is used in making phosphorus.
Old tins are cut into strips, punched.
blackened and vanished, and used TO
strengthen cheap trunks and boxes,
while old iron is remelted and appears
in fresh, new form. 1t is said England
ships as ballast much of her WORKOUT
gridirons, boilers, shoyels and the like
to us to be melted over. Even such
small things as corks are collected and
recut, while those that are too rough
for cork making are used for floats for
fishermen and for stuffing horse col
lars-New York Times.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14

The -loOm-pG mpered pessimiSt who
has As many wrongs TO redress and Sor-
rows TO bewail as there are ''Quills upon
the fretful porcupine," is one of the
most decreasing of bOres. says Dean
Hole. He reyels in disasters and glOatS
mon malformatiOns. He goes in quest
Of disa greeable and discrcIitahla Incl
dents. as pointer hunts partridge,
and when he finds he stands and points.
If YOU have Il crack in your ceiling, or
worn place in your carpet, or Il PIN
pIe on your cOuntenance. thereUpon he
fixes his melancholy gaze. You thought
that tiny scar on your horses knee WAS
invisible to every eye but your own: he
has hardly been in the stable two lin
utes before you hear him exclaim
Been down, see!" with evident salts
faction to himself. He is so absorbed in
contemplating n broken pane in your
library window that you cannot induce
him to look ut your books. If you adj
mire q beautiful face he only grunts,
lawful fSurer' If you praise one of
your fellOw-men, all you hear is, PITY
be drinks" The weather never suits
him. His cook is an idiot and his butler
| Is a thief. All statesmen are place-hunr-
| ers. all parsons are hypocrites. all law
yers are knaves, all doctors are quacks.
Brave meI are mad, generous men are
spendthr1fts. Chastity IS an icicIe. and
honesty dare not cheat The world u
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
"By the way. BTaham. did you know

''I'y the way. BTaham. did you know
this old chap. Fitz-Gibbonr
The old actor" replied Monty. look.
ing leisurely up from the salad he was
mixing. "Oh, yes; l remember him.
What's happened to him."
We'll. he's dead; that's ALL" said the
other. There's a short notice of him
in this evenings paper. Respectable
representative of 1; bygone school. y
favorite with our more easily pleased
forbears, and all that sort of thing He
seems TO have died very suddenly this
morning"
Charles said Monty to the waiter,
get me my bill and 4 Bradshaw"
y few weeks later Frank kortright
received the following explanation of
the sudden closing of the Elite Theater,
which had SO surprised theater gOers:
Grand Hotel, Buenos Ayres-My
Dear Frank: 1t occurred to me you
might be amused to hear from me why
| closed my theater and left town SO
suddenly. You may remember the
night we went to the Elephant and
Castle, where we saw poor old FitZ-
GibbOn in some old-fashioncd mclo-
drama. Well, | went home that night
and went through lot of calculations.
and | came to the conclusion that the
regular daily twenty-four hours work
of Il modern successful actor was real
ly too much for any one man 10 under
take; so l arranged 10 divide it with
two. Old FitZ was enchanted to do
the acting (Which wasn't in pay line.
and which he did extremely welD. at
a salary of 40 week. And consider
myself very well paid for all the inter
viewing and SO on. | had room fixed
pfOr old FitZ-Gibbon next to mine. And
l affected Il 'mannerism' of always re-
hearsing in my dress and makeup
which made 4 great impression and
simplitied the double arrangement.
never allowed any one to come into my
dressing-rOom. The period during the
performance was about the only three
hours that l had in the day for sleep
| am now going to rest for n year or
two: them don't know yet what
shall do. l haven't decided / may
take up medicine. Yours respectfully,
MONTY BRAHAM."
st. James Gazette.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
HIS DIVINITY.

z 81 within the cushioned pew,
BIZ must confess my thoughts pursue
a rather worldly course, in lieu
OF pcnitential fire.
Eec nOBe within the ediiice
In worshiping are less rcmiss-
Ny thoughts are tinged with heavenly
bliss
Tor Nellie's in the choir.
Il witching figure. straight and trim.
SIZE stands and carols forth the hymn,
She bushes meath her broad hat brim,
To see how | admire.
7 watch her lovely. pulsinS throat,
Her dimples and her curls | note
Celestial music seems to float,
For Ne.lie's in the choir.
IN through tho ch1ncel window slips
A rosy sunbeam. and it sips
The sweetness of her laughing lips,
And never seems To tire.
And while the pastor does eXpound.
.AnC AL 10 slumber SOUND,
II. owe that makes my world so round
For Ne.Ge's in the choir.
Detroit Free Press.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
Building Materials Under Fire.

Experiments have lately been made
in Vienna To determine the efficiency
of various building materials in resist
ing fire. and in especial the protection
afforded by these TO iron work. For
this purpose an iron column was con-
structed, consisting of two channel
bars 51aX234 inches, braced together
by lattice work, and having placed in
the space between them various alloys
melting at temperatures between 100
and 800 degrees F., this being sur
rounded by brick work in mortar. form
ing n pier some eighteen inches square.
This column was loaded with Suffi-
cient weight to cause a stress of three
and n quarter tons per square inch on
The iron work and placed on Il brick
chamber twelve by eight feet in plan
and elevated One-half foot high. Fuel
was distributed over the floor of this
chamber to a depth of three feet. fired
for two and n half hours. and then ex-
.inguished. The next day when the
heat had sufficiently subsidized to allow
an examination. it was found that al
though the edges of the brick work
were crumbled to the extent Of one and
a half inches, the iron column was I'M
injured. and only the test bar. fusing
at $50 degrees T., showed any signs
of melting.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
WAGES WAR ON WALRUS.
Mania Of Man Whose Son Vas Killed
by a sea Lion.

by n sea Lion.
did you ever hear of strong, able
bodied man going crazy from grief:''
asked Captain Debney of the steamship
City of Pueblo on the water front Il
don't mean one OF your highly sensitive
creatures. he continued. hut a man
Is feet inches in his stockings and as
strong rs an OK OF such Il man I
heard during my last trip - the sound.
lie is a Russian Finn and is sensible
II every subject save one lie has Il
vendetta against the w3!ruS and his
cabin in the W.lds Of Alaska is built up
with their skulls
according To the sorry told me by a
passenger who came down with me
from the sound. this man settled in
Alaska years ago. He married native
woman and she bore him SON 4
few years later the mother died. and
all the affection of the half->avage
father conferred on the son. Nothing
was tee good for the lad and every
thing III the way o. hunting ana fishing
lore was taught him. When the boy
was old enough his father took HIM
out on all his hunting expeditions. and
soon the youn@s;er began working OH
his own account.
One fatal day he attacked an old
bull walruS. but instead Of killing il he
himself was the victim When the
father saw the dead body of his son
he was wild with grief. which finally
settled into 4 species OF madness. Now
all lie lives for is 10 Kill walruS. When
the mania first seized him he lived in
n dugout. Now his hut is on the
ground and composed almost entirely
OF walrus skulls. He crawls up behind
the brutes while they are asleep, and,
Selling them by the tuSkS. stands them
on one end by main force. He looks
into their eyes as though seeking to
recognize the one that killed his son.
and then his knife does the rest. The
head is then cut off and goes to make
one more TO the monument he is rails
ing to the memory of his son."-San
Francisco Call.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
Dividing Time.

1t is not strange that proposition
to change the system. of dividing time
should come from France-the home OF
the metric system. The author of the
scheme, Monsieur De Sarranton, aban-
dons in advance the attempt to dispense
with the hour, but ne proposes to divide
the hour into one hundred minutes. and
the minute into one hundred seconds.
He also urges the division of the circle
into two hundred and forty degrees,
each degree to be subdiyided into min
utes and seconds, like his new hour.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
lnspired with Cloth.

Lord Chesterfield was the prince OF
tops. and there are persons who speak
cOntemptuously of him. thinking of
him only in connection with 1.-The gra-
ces," or his toilet, and preparing i'm
promptus and very elaborate cOurte-
sizes for the social circle. They are ig-
nOrant or forget that this elegant and
Courtly man was one of the best lords
lieutenant that Ireland evIr had, the
best speaker of his day IN the House of
Lords, a graceful eSSayiSt, and the wit
test man Of quality Of his time. Lord
Beaconsfield out Brummeled Brummel
in his dandyiSm. Bulwer, who inner
tied fortune, yet labored in his art
more intensely than Il booksellers
drudge, was fOp, fastidiously finical
in his dress. Thomas Moore was as par
ticular in the cut of his clothes rs in
the turn of his verse. William Pink
ney the great Baltimore lawyer, was
Il dandy: and SO was y. =. Willis, who,
with all his affectations, was Il spark
ling and attractive writer. DandyiSm
may spring. in some cases, from pure
love of display; but it has other and
higher cause.-the desire To please be-
ing one of them. If Il man is by na-
ture INSPIRED with cloth" if n divine
idea of clCth is born with him." why
should he not seek to give to that idea
the happi"st, the most perfect. express
sion, as earnestly as he would give it
to any other Unborn idea? Fine feath-
ers do not make fine birds. il is true:
but line birds generally have fine feath-
erS
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
An Old Problem

One of the problems that is as old as
the science of mathematics is that of
'squaring the circle" BY sQuaring the
circle is meant the problem of finding
the sides of a square exactly equal in
area to circle of given diameter. To
do this, either by elementary geometry
or by expressing it automatically in
commensurate numbers, has been
found to be an impOssibility. In other
words. the ratio between the diameter
and the circumference of a circle can
not be exactly found, even though in
the division the decimal be carried out
to 10000 figures. The above being the
exact facts in the case, we Will say that
the problem of ''squaring the circle" is
one that has long been given up by the
mathematicianS as inSOlublc.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14
When TO Try on shoes.

You would hardly believe that there
are special times and seasons for the
trying on of new shoes, but SO it is.
You need Il larger pair of shoes in sum
mer than in winter. ana il Is always
best 10 try them on in the latter part OF
the day. The feet are then ut the
maximum size. Activity naturally en-
lar@cS them or makes them swell: much
standing tends also to enlarge the feet.
New shoes should be tried or over
moderately thick stockings; then you
can put on Il thinner pair TO ease your
feet if the shoes seem TO be tight. 1t is
remarkable what a difference the
stockings make. If they are too large
or too small they will be nearly as I'M
comfortable as pair of shoes that are
too tight. New shoes can be worn
with as much ease as old ones, if they
are stuffed into the shape of the foot
with cloth or paper, and patiently
sponged with hot water. Or if they
pinch in some particular spot, cloth
wet with hot water and laid across the
place will cause immediate and lasting
relief. Milk applied once a week with
n soft cloth freShenS and preserves
boots and shoes.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14

The old-time windmill. that towering
skeleton OF ribs and fans with which
we are familiar has recently been inn
proved in Z fashion thai promises
much better results Increased rate
of power. ana much greater ease OF
management. Instead Of the fans o.
arms turning over and over. wheel
fashion. the conditions are reversed,
the axle being perpendicular. and the
fans turning from SIDE 20 side This
arrangement has advantages. in thar
the machinery can be made stronger,
and by an ingeniOuSly contrived SCI Of
levers the fans open and close auto
matically. This is Of great importance.
as a sudden gale is liable to wreck an
ordinary windmill on short notice
With this new device. ii is claimed that
no mater how rapidly the fans may re
Nolye. they will catch the wind only at
the proper time. the other side opening
to give free passage 10 The air; the high
er the gale the higher The rate of speed
ana the more effective the machinrv
ltiSSaid that in windy countries enough
power can be generated to run a small
dynamo. The greatest value OF Il wind
mill is in countries where continual
pumping Of water is necessary for DIR.
poses Of irrigation. \ windmill con
structed on this new principle costs no
more than the old style. is infinitely
more effective, less liable 10 get out of
order, and has greater variety of uses
than any heretofore made.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-14

occupied By grants, fogUes and fools.
health. and be regards any demons;rI.
ton Of cheerfulness with an expression
which IS ghdstly. though it Is meant
for smile. Like III owl. he blinzS in
the sunshine. and can only boot in ne
dark Like the hoarSe raven in the
blasted bough." he is ever presaSing
grief ana Is seldom happy unless others
are ailing or in trouble. As for him
self. lie Will never allow that he is
well. and II the slightest ailment af-
fects him il is 4 case of mortal illness.