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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-22

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and Mclioynolds,
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Adirmatiyo:-L. V. Corner, W, B. Stein,woy.
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Messrs. Hockett Corner. Ross. Wakefield
spillman, Mashburn, McReynolds.
Tuesday evening, in the college aud
ltorlum, pubIicrecitaI, under the direc-
tion OF Mrs. Fu'mer, Will be given, and
at this tae success OF the Wlndus concert
will be repeated, as the same class OF
music and many OF the same performers
are on the program. The orchestral
music on this occasion will also be a
great attraction. We note that Prof.
Read is down Tor one OF his grand cornet
Wednesday will be the GREAT laV of all ,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-22
N0TIoE no CREDITORs.

p. O. address: Pullman, Whitman, county
gtnte Of Wasbippton. (S4d)
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30

HOUSES FOR HOMES.
The Painting Shouid be in Harmony wild
the SURROUNDINGS

The Painting Shouid be in Harmony wild
the surroundings
In frame houses there is, unluckilj
an almost infinite variety of colorel
paints. When one passes between th
rows of small and cheaply ornamental
frame houses which disfigure our SUD
urbs and the many parks" which ruI
for miles beside our railroads, on
could almost wish that paints had me- \
er been invented. Are our carpenten
and contractors and the buyers of the 1
wares all born color blind that thej
can endure without suffering the VI
ried patches of hideous coloring thu
rush past our aching eyes? Red, blud
green, yellow, and sometimes all fouI
or even more, on one luckless housd
But the fault is not altogether in TIL
colors. A red house may be even bead
tiful if the tint be dark and soft, lid
that of the sumac berries, and hall
hidden in masses of green. But it
an affront to the eyes when spread
over the boards of high and mucl
be-angled house broiling on a san1
bank by an unfinished roadway, with
out even bush to shelter il. The onc|
much-derided white house with greed
blinds seems now to be regainin(
favor, and it has at least the advan(
age of making no pretensions to augh|
but neatness. cheer and comfort. Will
plenty of green about it, it also is eve1
beautiful. Besides the white, and thl
deep soft red in suitable situation1
there is good combination of creau
color (real cream. not made witt
chrome-yellow, but by mixing littl(
yellow ochre with good deal of whit|
Lead with white trimmings, and then
are few tints ofgray or brown whic)
may be used to advantage, but only q
two. or at most in three shades, AMI
always at the same color, using til
lightest for the body of the house, anl
the darker for trimmings and windoJ
blinds. All attempts at stripping q
panelling are odious. Even after on
has done ones best to secure softnes
and unobtrusiveness of color, one
impatient for vines to grow, and witl
their cool green in summer or chang
ing hues in autumn. or by the delicat
tracery of their denuded stems
winter, to soften all crudities of ou(
line or tint-IIarper's BaZar
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30
AN IDYL OF THE FARM.

1he sun is slowly sinkin' an the roads gold
en- way
As trudge on with the others, at the dyin' of
the day.
While the river is rehectin' with glorious
display
An the cows is comm home
can hear the merry clatter o. the milkin'
pals. an then
The ringin' laugh O. Lizzie. an leave the
other men
Ez cut across the clover sounds that JOYOUS
peal again
An the cows is comm home.
Lizzie stands with arms akimbo. milkin' stool
and bucket nigh.
Like picture an she knows it-sort sassy,
sort o. shy.
Busy gain o'eg the medder, hezn't time to
catch my eye
Cause the cows is comm home
leap the bars an reach her side, but still she
doesn't turn,
Though on her half averted cheek see the
bushes burn:
An a thrillin little tremble OF her shoulders I
discern,
While the cows is comm home.
An then the Jersey leadin ambles through
the barayard gate,
An Lizzie wheels with smilin' lips my gloom
70 dissipate.
an tn at bend an kiss her there is hardly
need to state,
For the cows had all come home
Detroit Free Press
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30
RUNNiNG-FOR BOYS.
Every Boy Can Become . Runner II r
Triea-

Every American boy should learn 4
run. In Greece. in the days when me
and women took better care of thei
bodies than they ever have since, cver3
boy, and girl too, was taught to ru 7
just as the American girl is taught
read. And as far as we can Judge h
the statues they have left behin|
them, there were very few hollov
chested. spindle-legged boys amon|
the Greeks. The Persian boy wd
taught to speak the truth. run, rid
and shoot the bows.
The English boy is encouraged
run. In fact, at some of the GRE
English public schools. boys of thi]
teen and fourteen years of age, lid
Tom Brown and East at Rugby, cal
cover six and eight miles cross-cou1
try in the great hare-and- hound run}
Every boy is turned out twice weeR
out OF doors, and made to run. and fl
himself full of pure fresh air and SUD
shine, and gain more strength and liA
than any amount of weight pulling q
dumb bell work in stuffy gymnasium
would give him. See the result-th1
English boys, as whole, are
stronger set than we American boyl
Ecery English school-boy is to some eJ
tent an athlete. Anl that is wha
American boys should be. Not b(
cause football, baseball and tennis ar|
valuable in themselves, but for thl
good they do in strengthening boy@
bodies.
BY playing ball every day for houI
in the open air; by exercising his arm}
back and leg muscles in throwing. bal
ting, running and sliding: by going q
bed early and giving up all bad habit
in preparation for the games, a boI
stores up strength, which he can draJ
on all his life long--fhat is why ever
boy should be an athlete. But nd
every boy can play football or bas(
ball. He may not be heavy or stronl
enough; he may never be able to a ;
quire the lnack of catching or battin1
the ball. Eoery boy can become a rur
ner.-S. Scoville, Jr., in st. Nichola1
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30

II wouldn't wear bloomers for AM
thing" said the thin girl.
Neither would if l were you," I,
piled the plump girl.
And that's why they do not spea
now.-Chicago Post.
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30
Good Interest.

Here" complained the aggrieve
father, II have spent nearly sls, 900 q
that girls education, and now she go<
and marries $500 year clerk"
Well. said the friend of the family
isn't that all of - per cent on yo}
investment? What more do u
indianapolis Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30

The Germans outnumber all otha,
foreign elements in the states of Ohio
Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30
FORREST CITY, ARK. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 30

general explanation of the seizure, and
this was what the doctor was told
when he answered the hastv summons.
In a brief space, however, she yielded
to his restoratives, and before he left
the house she had dropped into sleep
quiet and natural.
For some time father and son vent
homeward in silence. Then the doctor
asked abruptly:
Does Ida know you are going
away?''
Il told her this evening"" Austin an
swered, and in some confusion as he re-
called the way she had received the
news Father, do you know
"Ah! That accounts for it, said the
old man, as though speaking to him
self. 'Yes. Do know what?"
we'll think that is, I'm afraid
that Ida -" He stopped short, for
the confession was alike tender and
humiliating.. But his father, who had
feared such contingency well-nigh
from the first. understood what had
been left unsaid.
Il know, Austin, ! know. But what
is to be done? The friendship that you
have felt for her-that she believes she
has felt for you-has been the one
bright spot in her life. Seventeen
years old-and seventeen years of per-
petual martyrdom. DO you know how
long give her TO live?r
Il suppose that when she is twenty
one" Austin began, but the doctor
cut him short.
IF she lives to see the spring. he
said, gravely, II shall be surprised"
The young man was startled, even
shocked. There was silence between
them for a few moments. Then the
doctor said, with hesitation:
Austin, suppose you would not
think OF putting off your visit to the
Harrisons? | know Marian expects
you but | think if she knew the pleas
ure you would be giving that poor
child whose days. are numbered, she
would be the first to bid you stay. In
case like this there can be no ques-
tion of disloyalty TO her. And, Austin,
if You cantor Heavens S sake let her
still believe that she has found the af-
fection she has craved all her life. The
deception won't be very long, and il
will comfort her more in her last
struggles than Tor the entire college
of physicians-could hope to do with
all the science that the world has ever
known
The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30

Five weeks later in Ida's bedroom q
thin ribbon of spring sunshine had
struggled through a crevice of the
window-blind and lay bright streak
across the floor. Outside, the garden
was cheerful with the song of birds
and the rustling of leaves. Inside, sat
the little cripple propped up with pill.
lows, her pitiful vitality burning itself
slowly away.
She knew she was dying, but the
knowledge brought her no fear. Per.
haps she believed that if eternity held
for her worse torture than she had vet
endured she had served on earth an
apprenticeship to pain long enough to
fit her for 1T. Perhaps Austin Mar
shall's companionship and sympathy
during the last few weeks were making
the end comparatively easy At any
rate, when the door was opened quiet
ly and he looked in, violin in hand, she
greeted him with grateful smile.
Like to have some music?n he
asked, cheerfully. though he was
panied to mark each day how her hold
on life was weakening. What shall ]
play?"
Give me mine she said, suddenly,
and We'll play together"
The violin lay, as usual, ON the table
close by, but Austin hesitated.
IF you really feel equal to the ex.
ertion," he began, and then, answer
ing the command in her eyes, he
passed it to her without another word.
With tremulous fingers she drew
her bow across the strings, and. lecog.
nizing in the opening notes her favor.
lite Lied, by Schubert, Austin softly
followed. and in moment was SO alb.
sorbed he scarce noticed how her bow.
ing became gradually weaker, until il
faltered and stopped just before the
concluding bars. He looked up in sud
den apprehension. Surely her face had
not worn that strange gray shadow
just before?
Ida
She did not move.
Ida. What is the matter-what
is it,"
She opened her eyes, but they fell on
him without a CLEAN of recognition.
Then she dropped them on the violin
she was still holding. faint smile
rested for moment on her lips. With
an unsteady hand she mechanically
raised her bow. Then, with one chorl
that of the Diminished Seventh-i,
dropped from her relaxing hold. bu,
not before Austin had involuntaril,
concluded the phrase, so that tht
Diminished Seventh was resolved into
perfect harmony.-Black and White.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-16
Inaugural Address Delivered by the New President of the
Chamber of Commerce
Of q
Of San Pedro

stood to be a submission of the matter in
good faith to the arbitrament of the mem
bership of the Chamber of Commerce and
the result of which was an overwhelming
vote in favor of San Pedro, the Southern
Pacific Railroad has continued and still
continues to use its powerful influence to
obstruct the passage of an act establishing
a deep-water harbor along the lines OF the
reports of the United States Government
engineers.
have no personal feeling against that
railroad, for in my somewhat extensive
business relations with the company, l
have been treated with uniform fairness
and consideration. / cannot, however,
make my judgment accord with the selfish
procedure of that corporation, which is
striving to defeat the Overwhelmingly ex-
pressed will of the people OF this whole
section. Frankly, it would require no
great tension upon the credulity OF any
thinking person to entertain the sugges-
ton that has been frequently made OF
late, viz: that the Southern Pacific Com
pany would consider the construction OF q
harbor at either of the points named, in
imical to it's interests.
| can readily see how the Southern Pa
cif1c Company could argue itself into the
belief, that if the commerce of the South
and OF the Orient could be made to pass
us by, and be confined largely to the har'
Dor at San Francisco, it would reap a
double harvest by reason of the fact that
it there largely controls the maritime
commerce, and as a railroad, it is there a
complete monopoly.
The transcendent duty of every enter
prlsing citizen is to spare no efforts to
neutralize the force of every obstruction,
which is attempted to be thrown athwart
the pathway of the progress Of our beau
tiful city and country.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-16
, ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE LOS ANGELES
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

gagged in the work, who witness the aston
ishment and listen to the enthusiasm OF
the many hundred strangers that visit the
exhlblt daily can form any estimate of the
value OF the Chamber to Los Angeles city
and to Southern California.
while it is in the highest degree credit
a6le to the city and county that the
ohemoer OF Commerce has thus far been
maintained entirely by private subscrip-
ton, obtaining no assistance whatever
from the public treasury, it is, neverthe-
less, to be regretted that there is certain
CLASS OF property owners and bushes
men, not very numerous in Los Angeles
1t is true, but still having all existence
mere, VINO by no species of persuasion can
De induced to contribute their share to q
common expense of this character. The
only way to make people of this sort do
anything for the public good is through
the medium of a tax collector. Acting on
this principle the Board of Directors has
requested the Supervisors of the county
to assist in the. preparation of suitable
printed matter for the Chambers use,
pay the expense of keeping the exhibit
hall open one night in the week through
the tourist season. These matters are
under advisement in the respective bodies
to which the requests have been referred
and favorable replies are confidently ex-
pected.
The year that is now beginning, prom
lses TO be prosperous one for Southern
California as whole, and is likely to wit
ness the continued improvement and pro
gress OF It's most representative body. In
concluding now my fourth wear of service
to the Chamber, / beg to express nv
gratitude for the kindly consideration and
encouragement which have always re-
ceived from the board of directors and
the members generally, and in particular
to the retiring president, Mr. Freeman.
Through two of the most important years
OF the Chambers history he has served as
its head and front, and no one knows SO
well as those who were nearest to him
how much the organization owes to his
untiring devotion to its interests.
C. ID Willord Sa,ro%o~x,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-16
WAYS AND MEANS
Chairman ncOarvin Makes an Exposition Of
the Chambers Finances

Chairman ncOarvin Makes an Exposition Of
the Chambers Finances
To the Los Angeles Chamber of CONNIE rec:
Gentlemen The report of the secretary
having given you a detailed account of the
receipts and disbursements for the year
ending February 1, 1885, it is unneces-
sary for me to repeat them.
l have received the secretsrt's books
and believe all accounts to be correctly
and accurately kept. The large number
of accounts required considerable clerical
work, but am of the belief that the sys-
tenn in use is most complete and reduces
to minimum the work consistent with
accuracy.
A general statement of our financial
condition is as follows:
February 1924 a. i SsSz 20 20
Total receipts for the year. 1855. %
Disbursements for year. 12,o33ZA
Feb. 1st 1895, cash on hand ...$ 2,lO3.7o
The cost of moving, fitting and fur
nishing our present quarters amounted to
$25S133, leaving as total of our running
expense for the year $1O,951.91, being
$77.81 in excess of the total receipts for
the year.
| have scrutinized the various items of
expense and can recommend no curtail-
ment that would not limit our usefulness
to the community from which we receive
our moral and financial support. nat
ural deduction from such conditions is
that we must increase our revenue.
The Citrus Fair, which opens on the
2Sth inst, is under the auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce, and every mem
Der should constitute himself a committee
of one to work early and late, and I'M
ceasingly, in his efforts to make it
financial success. By so doing, it will
not only rebound to our credit, but also
add considerable to our treasury.
Arrangements are about complete
whereby the chamber will keep open
house one night in each week for the next
four months, thus giving our busy mer-
chants and citizens an opportunity to visit
our exhibit, and hoping thereby to i'm
press them with the necessity of assisting
in the maintenance of our organization.
L heartily agree with our superintendent
in regard to the sending of DISPLAYS from
residents of Southern California to the
Eastern state fairs, of their respective
states. | thoroughly believe that this is
one OF the best and most inexpensive
ways of extensively ADVERTISING our re-
sources.
All OF which is very respectfully sub
mitted.
[Signed] Robert McGarvin,
Chairman of Committee on Ways and
Means.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-16
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

Mr.. Virgins Gives a Brief Account of His
Stewardship
To the Members OF the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce:
y Gentlemen:-In consequence. OF my alb
sence the greater part of last year, it is
only possible for me to review the display
from the LIST of September to date, and
that. began with the installation of the
present exhibit, which comprises only a
very small portion of the original ma
terial used in the old exhibition hall. The
unique attractiveness of the present in
stallation was made possible only by the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-16
PARKS AND BOULEVARDS
The Committees Good Roads Bond Election
Was Not Called

D. Freeman. ESQ.,, President Chamber of Com
merce, Los Angeles, CAL.
Dear Sir:-The committee on-parks and
boulevards, consisting of F. W. King.
Charles A. Mariner, DR.. William Le-
Moyne Wills, A. Haas and I. B. Newton,
would respectfully report that no matters
OF Importance have been acted upon by
them as committee during the past
year. The matter Of bringing the sub
iect of good roads before the people OF
this county was discussed and passed on
by the, board of directors, and much
work done by special committees ap-
pointed by the directors for that pur-
pose.
Numerous petitions were signed
throughout the county by the heaviest
taxpayers, asking the Board of Super
visors to call an election to authorize the
issue OF bonds for good roads, but this
election was not called. We trust, how
ever, that the matter will be agitated
again, and that the county will eventu-
ally have system Of permanent trunk
roads. Yours truly,
lSignadl y. W. KipS,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-16
SECRETARY'S REPORT
The Financial Condition of the Chamber
Work of the Year Reviewed

The period covered by this report is
from February 1, 1894, to February l.,
1885, the sixth year of the existence OF the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
The finances of the organization during
this period have been as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
A New Rapid Growing Rose.

M de Vilman, says Cosmos, has pro-
duced a new rose, distinguished for
marvellous rapidity of growth. The
blossom measures not more than forty
to fifty centimetres in diameter, and is
a cross between Japanese variety and
a hybrid perpetual rose. The bush
bears roses all summer, single, double,
and semi-double, and they have the
form of pom-pons, and tend to grow
in clusters The most striking thing
about the new rose is its. astounding
rapidity of growth. Plants from seeds
sown in the middle of January may
be counted upon to blossom by the mid
die of April. Even more remarkable
was the development of two plants from
seeds sown on March 1 of this year.
One of these began to blossom March
%, and the other three days later.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
MYSTERY OF A MAINE ISLAND.
a Hermit Englishman Who Ended His

a Hermit EngIishman Who Ended His
Misery by Cutting His Throat.
Some years ago, up at North Haven
Island, on the Maine coast said
New Yorker, q came across a mystery
that haunts me still. A bare rocky
point juts out into the sea on one side
Of the island, and the first year that
| visited the place there was a rude
cabin on the rock. Having gone out
there from curiosity one day, found
4 man in shameful rags trying out the
OIL from the refuse of ish-canning
factory. When I came to examine the
nan his appearance astonished me. He
was an extremely handsome, Well-made
Englishman of forty or Whereabouts.
His hands, soiled with the material he
worked in, were small and well-shaped.
When l tried to draw him into CONVEX
sat1on, he first answered in monOsylla-
bles, and was almost sulky in his re-
serve. He gradually thawed, however,
and l found that he spoke rare and
beautiful English, and that of we'll
bred and well-read man. CHANGING into
the door of his cabin, I could see per-
haps a score of welI-thumbed volumes
in library binding. His reserve was
such that I could not ask him about
himself, but I left the island deeply
interested in him.
II turned up at North Haven the
next year, and one of the earliest things
did was to go out to the point in
search of my acquaintance. The rock
was bare again, and there was no trace
of him and his cottage. I asked about
him of some persons 1 met on the ISL
and, and here is what 1 learned: He
had come to the place mysteriously
some years before, having been dropped
by a schooner. He found work at the
fish cannery, but later quit the place,
built his cabin on the rock, supplied
himself with food chiefly by fishing,
and obtained from the factory the
privilege of trying oil from the refuse.
From the products he obtained a little
ready money for tobacco and other
luxuries. At some time between my
two visits his cabin was discovered to
be on fire late one night, and, hurrying
down, his neighbors saw him amid the
flames dead, with his throat cut. The
fire had so seized upon the hut that
his body could not be removed until
it was nearly consumed. He was buried,
and no solution of the mystery dis
covered. Life had evidently become
insupportable to him, and he had taken
the way of suicide as the easiest one
out of misery"