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The herald., 1895-08-01
WENT TO SCHOOL WITH HER
Mrs. Priddy Knew Victim of Murderer
Holmes
But Refused to Talk About II While Under
Her Husbands Strong
Objections

The interest in the recent atrocities
committed by murderer Holmes in the
east has been awakened by the informa-
ton that one of the victims, Annie Will
liams. was well known to a resident of
this city, Mrs. Courtland c. Priddy who
resides in neat little cottage at 558
Crocker street.
Mrs. Priddy was seen by Herald re-
porter at late hour last evening, and
would have related what she knew about
the matter had it not been for the mas
terful and somewhat obtrusive remarks Of
her better half. This gentleman announc-
ed to the reporter that he was an old
newspaperman and had been connected
with the Memphis press. and then de-
clared that nothing would be printed
save what he said himself.
Mrs. Priddy, on the contrary. was rather
gracious, and sweetly infovmed The Her
aid man that she had known Annie Will
liams at school about six or seven years
ago. At this juncture the watchful hus-
band stepped in and said: mo. Elmer, you
don't know anything We don't want
to get written up, and are not looking for
you don't know anything"
The reporter was not to be put off in
this manner. however. and hung on and
piled number of questions regarding
the unfortunate victim of the Holmes
murder, but could elicit no response other
than that Miss Priddy had already made.
Priddy was growing restive by this time,
and suggested several terrible penalties
that he would inf1ict on the paper that
wrote him up.' He would ''roast"
the paper. he said, and also implied that
he would administer punishment of cor
poral nature to the innocent editor that
permitted the story to reach the public
ewes.
The herald., 1895-08-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptabV and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ning them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by al! drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactrred by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
md being well informed, you will not
Ecept any substitute if offered.
The herald., 1895-08-01
AT THE HOTELS

NJ. Grcenleaf sheriff of Yuma, Ariz., is
at the HOllenbeck.
Daniel Best of San Bernardino is at the
Westm inster.
r. II. Gardner and wife of Detroit are
at the Westminstrer.
W. Il. Barrett. a dealer in millinery of
Chicago, is at the Westminster.
A. i. Dill. the well known pilot of San
Diego. is at the Hollenbeck.
John McGonnigls, of the Ventura
Democrat, Is at the Holenbeck.
s. Cooker salesman from Syracuse,
N. Y. is at the Westminster.
Mrs. Clinton +. Mayne arrived at the
Nadeau from San Diego yesterday.
4. !. d. Thorne. manufacturer of
horseshoe nails Boston. is at the Nadeau.
s. Moreley Wood, looking after his dry
goods interests, is at the. Nadeau from
San Francisco.
Theo. Springer. representing James A.
Kirk Co.. the soap men OF Chicago. IS
at the Nadeau as guest.
r. II. Heron, J. II. Browning W. s.
Suloman and n. M. Crosby are New
Workers stopping at the Westminster.
Peter Soden and wife. Miss Lizzie A.
Soden and John NJ. Soden are Kansas
City. Mo-. people looking over California.
They are at the Nadeau.
c. H. Ball and G. Wilson Porter of
New York are at the Hollenbeck. They
will start today for San Francisco. where
they will take the steamer Australia for
Honolulu.
James r. Dubois. prominent citizen
of Washington, d. c.. is at the Hollen:
beck. accompanied by his family and
Miss Elise Paster of Germany.
DR.. Lasher returned today after two
months trip in the east, visiting his
mother and sisters at Germantown. N. Va
He is at his old quarters in the Hollen-
beck.
George H. Corey of San Diego is at the
Hollenbeck. He is making arrangements
Iona, where he will hoid Spanish bar.
becue.
The herald., 1895-08-01
DROWNED WITHOUT WARNING
Frelghters' Families Carried OF by 4 Solid
Wall OF Water


CASPER. Wyo, July 31-A disastrous
cloudburst occurred last night at the
head OF Garden creeK. little valley IN q
solid wall ten feet high, carrying every
thing before it. Boulders and logs were
torn from fas|enings and carried along
with the terrific force of the torrent,
dealing death and destruction in its path.
A freighter named Newly and his family
were cainped on the creek four miles
from here. They were in bed when the
flood came upon them, and without a
moments warning they were hurled into
the mass of water and debris. Newly
succeeded in getting out His wife and
child were carried off with the flood. Sam
Harrison's camp near Newbys was
caught by the waters in the same man
ner, and his two children were carried
away in the flood. The bodies of the
children were recovered early this morn
ing. Huge freight wagons were dashed
against the rocks and broken to splinters,
Will plarge trees were torn from the
ground by the onward rush of the
waters. Five other freight outfits were
camped on the creek, who lost wagons.
harness, camping outfits. clothing, and
are lett entirely destitute. The citizens
are donating clothing and provisions.
Two bodies were recovered today.
The herald., 1895-08-01
Indicted for Election Erauds

CHICAGO July 31.-Foul indictments
were returned today in election fraud
cases in the Third congressional district.
out of which grew the McGann-Belknap
contest. The men indicted are JOSEPH
O'Reiley, Fred Sawyer. Edward Hopp,
John Ney bert. The two first named were
judges, the two latter clerks of election.
They will be tried for fraudulent substi-
tuition Of ballots at the election last No
vember. During the afternoon the follow
ing indictments were returned: A. L.
Saale, Andrew Buchanan, John Reader,
F. r. Strain, Thomas Neely, Tim G..
O'Laughlin. judges of election IN tho
Third congressional district.
The herald., 1895-08-01
Wind Puddin'

There Fare several propositions of that
kind in town. but we are not smart
enough to handle them. Our scheme IS
the old-fashioned one of trying to stop
paying rent. Here's the way it works-put
your rent money into one of our cozy little
homes. Nice hard finished 5-room house.
terest that is the interest y !, tacxaS nd an
TO the price; but your payments are
always the same. Come up and chew the
string with us and get proof of what a
puddin' we have (not the windy kind
either). Langwo.thy company, 226 s.
Spring.
The herald., 1895-08-01
rlerchants National Bank

Owing to the confusion arising from
the similarity in the names of several
local banks, the name of the Southern
California National bank has been
changed to the Merchants National bank
Of Los Angeles, Cal, to take effect
August 1, 1895.
The herald., 1895-08-01
REV. WAYLAND JOHNSON
SAYS OF
CEREBRINE.
THE EXTRACT OF THE BRAIN OF THE OK
PREPARED UNDER THE FORMULA OF
Dr. VIM A. HAMMOND

hED UNDEh fOhMC LA VI
DR.. WIN. A. HAMMOND,
81 have been using Cerebrine two weeks, and
am glad to report the most excellent result
l was in state of nervous prostration that
utterly untitled me for any continued mental
work. From the first dose experienced re!
hewed intellectual gras and power and clear.
ness and joy in mental work that l had not
known for years. Besides this am conscious
OF an increase OF muscular strength and en-
durance that surprises me. At first l was in-
clined to suspect that these results were due to
strong stimulating properties in the Animal
Extracts; but as studied taer effects found
that they were not only permanent, but were
OF an entirely ferent character from those
produced by stimulant Under the influence
of an ordinary stimulant felt highly exalted
state of body and mind, but the activity was
feverish and eccentric, while the effect of the
Cerebrine is to give sense of cool, satisfied,
selfcontrolled mental and physical energy.
Sincerely yours, WAYLAND JOHNSON
pastor First Baptist Church."
DOSE, Five Drops. Price e drachms', $1.O0.
Where local druggists are not supplied with
the Hammond Animal Extracts they will be
mailed, together with all existing literature
on the subject on receipt of price by
THE COLUr1BIA CHEMICAL. CO.,
Washington, D. C.
FOR SALE BY H. NJ. SALE & SON, 220 8.
Spring IT., Los Angeles.
AT WHOLESALE BY F. W. BRAUN & CO,
tOi and 4O7 N. Main St, Los Angeles.
The herald., 1895-08-01
7. 7. T.SHEWARD
1T SELDOM OCCURS

Yesterday IN looking parasol stock we found
we were sold out of parasos for $5o The next nearest
article we mad at the price S2.25 We marked down
three dozen from S2.25 S1.5o They are heavy
black twilled silk with silver trimmed natural handles
us such pa1asol any lady Of refinement would carry
We then took lot of So and $3.50 parasos and marked
them down to ST. 5o This gives of values for
frstclass goods have offered They will not last
long at the price,
IN OUR SHOW WINDOWS
You will see large number of awoo! suits They
there sell. The price and the style will sell them.
Strictly all WOOL Plain black plain blues fancy mixtures.
The price for full suit $3.50. The first of lot of early
fall goods.
SUN BONNETS-
25c 5oc 6oc, 75c, 81. Plain white and all coiors.
Children hats, So Poke bonnes for the little
folks as low 4oc and up in price to 81. Some
rich designs. Silk and null for the baby fine
you Fine French caps for infants Either silk
NULL Embroidered and hemstitched infants India silk
caps. What world of beauty in these French designs.
SAILOR HATS
This lot with finer ribbon. The old price, soc.
Everywhere else ST. Black white High bell shape
CAPEs-
Cut fitted and basted free few broadcloth remnants
for half price Ladies' wrappers Only dozen left
The choice for ST. Not exchanged Not taken back Select
With Marked down from $I.5o and $3 Ladies' duck
suits. Only small quantity We close every
The price will suit you for the small lot left.
The herald., 1895-08-01

Mr.. See Of the Chinese legation at
Washington. an enthusiastic wheelman,
lsS Obliged to use woman's bicycle ON
account OF the peculiar style OF his dress.
The herald., 1895-08-01

Ibsen was seen recently at court ball
in Norway, and his small figure fairly
ants and other decorations Of al kinds
from all sources.
The herald., 1895-08-01

The wall paper dealer OF the city is Eek
strum, 324 South Spring street.
The herald., 1895-08-01
Stockholders Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN board OF directors OF the California Sewer
Pipe company has. by resolution duly passed
OF the stockhold rs OF said corporation to
meet on Saturday, August 10, 1898, at 2
O'Clock p. m. at the office OF the company, be.
Los Angeles county State OF Caiifornia said
place OF meeting being the principal place
where the board of directors usnally meet.
Said meeting of stockholders OF said cor pora-
tion is called for tie purpose of considering
the propriety of reducing the capital stock OF
this corporation from $75OOOO to $1l5. 200.
That the shares bo reduced from 1900 of 800
per share to 1852 snares of 800 per share.
tits further ordered that the foregoing order
be published in The Herald, newspaper pub
lished in Los Angeles city. as provided by law.
Dated this 9th day of June. 1881.
+ = .....'....... s.. H. MOTT, ~
,e10s Secretary Of said Corporation.
The herald., 1895-08-01

Do you Drink?-If so, try Manitou min
e:al water. II. Jevne. grocer, agent.
The herald., 1895-08-01

wall paper hung loc roll. s2s $. Spring.
The herald., 1895-08-01
IN OUR SHOW WINDOWS

You will see a large number of all.woo!
are there to sell. The price and the style W
Strictly all wool. Plain black, plain blues, fal
The price for full suit $3.50. The first of {
tall goods.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
Wonderful Ewes of Insects.

The "facets" of the eye masses OF
some species of insects are exceed
ingly numerous-in some cases, in
fact, the number is entirely beyond
belief. Each of these separate ''fa-
Gets" is perfect eye, and they are
so arranged as to give their insect
owner q commanding view of all the
cardinal points and every conceivable
intermediate direction ut one and the
same time. In the ant, the little
creature of which we have had 80 many
"curious notes" concerning, there
are not to exc eed fifty facets in the
great compound eye. 1t has been
argued that this is natures provision,
because the ant spends so much of it's
time underground. This may be true,
but what is the naturalist going to do
about Blaps mucronata, the most
sluggish OF the European beetles?
This last named creature spends
Observation-Disclosures of it's time in
the dark, yet has $50 eye facets Me-
loe, another insect of similar habits,
has over 500 facets in each eye mass.
In certain varieties of the dragon
flies the aggregate of facets in the
compound eye often exceeds -,
1t appears to be general rule, not
withstanding the exception cited
above, that the swiftest insects have
the greatest number of eye facets.
The swift winged butterflies have from
10000 to 1900 in each eye mass,
and the mordella, the swiftest and
most active known beetle IA resident
of Britain), has no fewer than 25, 600
facets in ench of his enormous com
pound eyes. st. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
Tfee-Giimbing Fish.

GAS unhappy as fish out of water"
should be used with reservation.
On the COASTS OF Eastern Asia, one
may often see the climbing bass or
"Anabas scandens" deliberately leave
the watery element for a pleasure
or business jaunt along the sea-
shore. The Malays call this queer
fish 'tho tree climber" and quite cor
rectly so because specimens have often
been taken from the sides of trees
which they actually climbed to height
Of six feet or more.
While the silvery herring and the
lovely salmon die almost as soon as
they leave the water. the climbing
bass gots along very we'll with very
little of the nasty brine-the little
which the peculiar construction OF its
gills enables it to take along on its
trips on shore.
When not promenading the Anabas
soandens gets good grip on the sand
with its thin Ans and thsn pushes IT,
self forward with the tsil. Climbing
/ trees is effected In . similar mAapsr'
New York World
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
A Bird With a Thorn,

The rarest species of bird now eM-
tant aud ono which is almost extinct
has it's home in the jungles of South
America. This ornithological curio-
sity is known to science ms the Pala-
medrn connnda, and to the common
people as the "horned screamer." As
rara avis nothing could excel the
cornuda, unless it would be the &C.
cidental discovery OF n living moa or
nm epinornis. But few of the birds
books even let yom know that such a
horned paradox ever existed, let alone
telling you that Living specimens Of
the queer creature are still OCCASION
ally met with.
The only ono now in captivity in
North America. if the writer has moi
been misinformed. is that belonging
10 the aviary OF the Philadelphia
theological Gardens, and which arrived
in this country about three years ago.
The creature is about the size OF I
full grown turkey hen An d Of black
ish brown color. Ono OF its distin
gushing peculiarities is ruMs Of
black and white which surround tn,
head.
The horny appendage which oauset
the carly South American explorer
to write SO many chapters, on tn
"wonderful rhinooeros bird of tn
Jungle" is abont four inchV, in lengtl
aud grows atraight up out Of tn
heaviest aud broadest portion of tn
head. But the above, is not the onl
natural ollsusive and defensive weapo
with which the aorned soreamsr ha
bssn Ryovidsd. On each wing At u
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
Remarkable Coincidence.

In September, 1892, the daughter
of the blacksmith in Gamma, and is
land of the Hebrides, was wandering
on the shore gathering driftwood for
fuel, when in small bay about hun
dred yards distant from her fathers
house she picked up n piece of wood
bearing the inscription, cut with a
knife, "Lachlan Campbell, Bilbao,
March 23, 1892" On taking it to her
mother she became concerned, as this
was the name of her own son, who was
u boiler-makep in Spain, and, as would
be the case with most people, certainly
with Highlanders, she could not get
over the superstitious dread that this
message from the sea was the harbing-
er of evil tidings regarding her son.
The family of the proprietor did its
best to calm her terror, exhorting her
to wait for an explanation. When
writing to her son she told him what
had happened, and was greatly re-
lieved on receiving a reply assuring
her of his well being, but was, aston
ished that he perfectly remembered,
how when on holiday he had writ =
ten, as described, on piece of wood
aud had idly thrown it into. the sea
from rock.
We all know tho power of ocean
currents and need not be surprised at
this piece of wood having been carried
about six months, but the marvellous,
and except for undoubted evidence,
the incredible circumstance in this
case is that this piece of wood, after
its long drifting, should have been
washed on the shore within n hundred
yards of where the writer's mother
lived, and that it should be picked up
by one OF his own family and taken
home.
Had any novelist dared bo picture q
message delivered as this WAS by means
of an ocean current, every reader and
certainly ever critic would have de-
nounced the outrageous demand on
faith. And yet the apparently i'm.
impossible actually occurred in Gamma
Good Words.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The largest mammoth tusk yet dis
covered was sixteen feet in length.
A Chicago contractor has engaged
to move a large church entire without
even cracking the plastering.
In the Anna Hospital, Vienna, the
serum treatment has lowered the diph-
theria mortality from 5o.65 per cent
to 25 10.
A healthy man respires sixteen or
twenty times minute, or over 20, 900
a day; child twenty-five or thirty
Eve times a minute.
A flowing petroleum spring was dis
discovered in the Olympic mountains
in Washington few days ago. The
oil is identical in character with what
ZONES from the eastern wells.
An extraordinarily large number of
lwarfs live in the district of Riwas, in
the Eastern Pyrennes. Tradition
has it that they are the descendants of
race which inhabited those noun
tain regions in prehistoric times.
Professor Goldburg reports that in
It's conception the whale is legged
mammal. He found that until the
embryo reaches a length of several
inches legs are plainly discernible
thereon, but these disappear long be-
lore birth.
An exhibition of original litho-
graphs by Whistler and other artists,
French and English, is now open in
Paris. The younger men, and some
Of the older as well, are testing the
possibilities of lithography, just as
some years ago they turned to etch-
ing.
The average size of families in
Europe as follows: France, 3. O3 mem
bers; Denmark, 3.61; Hungary, $40;
Switzerland, 3.94; Austria and Bel
yium, 4.05; England, 4.0S; Germany,
L. 10; Sweden, 4. 12; Holland, 4.22;
Scotland, 4.46; Italy, 4.56; Sp ain,
1. Co.. Russia, A. SO; Ireland. $50.
Some recent investigations in
France show that contrary to the gen.
eral supposition, the muscular heat
caused by the act of raising burden
Is greater than that due to the act of
lowering it. Hitherto it hns been be-
ieved that the work of lifting nud the
work of lowering produce equal heat.
All indications agree that less than
ten miles below us n red heat is at
tanned and within twenty white heat.
Ten miles below MS 1t is red hot. Ten
miles above us we have the pitiless
cold, far below zero, of interplauehsry
space. To what narrow zone of deli
cately-balanced temperature is lie
confined.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
$4,000 for n Thimble.

The ordinary ieweled thimbles
that are kept in stock range in price
from $50 to- $50. Special orders are,
however, frequently received from
susceptible young men whose affec-
tions have been captured for q S400
or $500 thimble II thimble costs
more than the latter sum it is bound
to be too heavy to be worn by any but
most athletic belle.
Nevertheless, as high as 80, 900 and
80, 900 has been paid for these tiny
finger caps, and, one jeweIer proudly
announced the other day that he had
received an order for thimble des-
tined for popular New York girl
that would cost not less than "a, 900.
This is without doubt the highest price
ever paid for any article that was in
tended simply to- adorn n work bas-
ket. The entire top of this thimble
is of one gem al fve-carat diamond.
Below the scroll-work in gold is row
OF ten diamonds, and in the scroll
work on one side is tiny monogram.
in glittering stones. New York
World
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
loves Millionaire.

Isay; "The world is lonely;
The hearth at home is cold.
And sad is life to child and wife
When life hath little gold"
But soft her arms steal round my neck
My comforter so dear;
And "lIow much do you love me2'
And her sweet voice answers clear.
81 love you, love you
A hundred million-therel
And then I'm poor no more--no more,
For I'm Loves millionaire.
Then sweeter seems the breaking
OF Poverty's sad bread.
And roses bloom from out the gl DOM
And crown the curly head,
And II sometimes thankful tear
Ny dreaming eyes shall I'LL,
Her soft arms steal around me,
And she whispers sweetly still
81 love you, I love you
A hundred million-therel"
j weep no more; God help the poorl
I'm Loves own millionaire?
tF. $. Stanton in Ladies' Home Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-25
The Saw.whet owl.

One feels far greater attachment
for those of our birds which brave the
rigors of our Northern winters than
for the gay coated songsters that flee
Southwark at the first coming of frost.
Our owls, grim and unlovable though
they may seem, are still very sturdy
neighbors, and the little saw-whets
particularly stay with us oil the win
ter through. Though strictly noctur-
nal in habit, these little birds will
not hesitate to venture on day time
hunt if hunger moves them. Gunners
late in the fall or winter frequently
flush one from bunch of cedars of
thick bushes where they have been
dining on fat shrew or venturesome
squirrel. .-----4-
This is tie small reddish owl whose
strange note, ''tee.heel tee-heel tee
hee" so raspingly metallic, has
earned for it the strange name of
''saw-whet. When the dull low
clad landscape is so drear the flash of
an occasional saw whet's ruddy wings
across the drifts is not an unwelcome
sight We cannot dislike them so
strongly as the others of the tribe on
the score of numbering the sing
ing birds, because they eat but
little. One mouse or u chickadee will
suffice the saw-whet for whole week.
Often they do not taste bird flesh for
weeks at time. In warm weather
crickets, locusts, grasshoppers and
toads furnish the chief bill of fare.
The cold weather seems to render
the owls more tame and sociable, so
that farmers see them often nowadays
summing on the warm side of the barns
or roosting in the orchard under the
southern side of the hill. Usually
the rusty old muzzle-loader is brought
out, and the dozing saw-whet is
slaughtered. In killing the helpless
owl the grain and fruit grower has
damaged himself far more than he
knew. BY proper coops he could
guard against the nightly raids on his
poultry, while the saw-whets would
kill off the mice, rats, snakes, grass
hoppers, crickets and other obnoxious
vermin. New York World.