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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-19

man, NJ. J. Levinson and E. M. Buck,
prising the committee. Climbing into
tallyhos the party paraded around town
and visited newspaper row. Then they
drove to Harlem Springs and on the re-
turn visited the barbecue. Their appe-
titles were SO much wletted by the SIGHT
of SO many eatabes that they at once
clamored for their own lunch. They were
fell upon the unwonted amount of eat
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-19
ABOUT THE CITY-Meeting of the fire

ABOUT THE CITY-Meeting of the fire
commissioners yesterday; several pro-
motions and appointments and one
issal-Fire Chief Walter s. Moore
left last night on a months visit
east-Mary Viovodich gets fifteen
days for breach of promise-Real es-
tate and building operations; re-
view for week-Runaway cars
collide with an engine = Mayne's
friends ere active; a bold attempt to
get possession of little Della Ship
, ton-A hotel lease in dispute--Suit
against Yonkin for damages-James
Sharp held IN S5000--Water rights in
dispute-The Hebrew new year and
how It was observed-National Edu-
cational associations the chamber of
commerce and its efforts to bring it
TO this city.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-19
WHERE YOU nAY 60 TODAY

ORPHEU Nat p. M. vaudeville.
BURBANK-At p. M; The Colonel'S
Wives.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-19
THE NEWS

" TELEGRAPH-The Durrant trial.
Corbett VS.. Fitzsimmons-Sa Ber-
nardino fiesta-Cholera in Japan,
China and Russia-The Stanford suit
odd Fellows grand lodge-Atlanta
exposition-In fair Southland-Irri
CATION congress - Gentry defeats
DECENTRALIZATION Beach races-The
baseball feld-The emperor's edict-
The Stockton raoes-A matter of vera
city = Ex Congressman Bryan at
Stanferd-The Forney ocurt martial
Pasadena news-Wheelmen at Santa
Ana-Santa Barbara matters EN-.
peror of China's edict-Indianapolis
and Oshkosh fires-A schooner sunk
Passenger rate war.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

ing in each cheek. All that night he
tossed and tumbled and moaned, and by
morning he did not know the frightened
mother bending owe him and talked in
distinctly about q lot Of things she could
not understand. When the doctor came
he said it was a fever, and l knew that
meant my little valentine would have a
long, weary struggle for the life which
so many had learned to love and which
would leave his mother 80 desolate if it
were taken from her.
You may be sure he had the best Of
care. for his friends were filled with sor-
row to see him suffer and felt anxious to
relieve the mother, who left his
side. m even the good st. Valentine
himself watched over him sometimes, I
think. at my particular request, and per-
haps that is the reason one bright day.
when Christmas had come and gone and
we were all standing by his bed almost
dreading what might happen next, he
opened his tired eyes and said Little
Mother" very slowly and in a voice so
changed and weak you could not have
recognized it as the one you had heard
crying papers on the street rne The
tears even came into the doctors eyes
as he heard him speak, and l cried as If
he were going to die instead of get we'll,
my deal little valentine, so pale and help
less.
1t was a long time before he would as
much as sit up, because you know it is
a great deal easier to so down a hill than
it is to climb up again, and he had to
creep along very slowly, being SO weak,
so it was not until st. Valentines Day
that he could stand at the window and
watch the school children as they went
by, with their heads held close together
over mysterious envelopes addressed in
unfamiliar handwriting.
II had forgotten it was st. Valentines
Day." he said aloud, though there was no
II in the room. I'm afraid I haven't
been a very good valentine all this time,
but l love her more than ever, and she
knows I couldn't help being sick, it was
so cold"
Here is a present from your valentine,
my DEAR" said his mother, appearing at
the door with a magnificent cranberry pie
made in the shape Of a heart, with Ito
my valentine" on it in letters formed Of
foaming white of egg that stood up like
snowy peaks on a bed of crimson berries,
land best of all the doctor says he thinks
one piece, if it is not too large, will make
you quite a man again."
His eyes frightened and then the tears
came into them as he threw his arms
about her and said: II haven't been q
very good valentine, mother dear, but I
would like to try over again this year, if
she will let me; but do you think she
knows how much l love her, little
mother?
Yes, I was quite sure I knew how much
he loved me and l loved him even more
than he loved me, so the happy vows
were made again and sealed with many
kisses, and have never been broken once,
as l know very well, for he is my valen-
tine and l am his mother.-Detroit Free
Press,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

Wise In their generation. They foun
that they could not prevent the spor63'
OF the Lupercalia, 90 they did the next
best thing-they purified and permitted
them. The ancient i~ndecencies and riot.
GUS burlesques Of the heather festival
were abolished, and in their stead were
practiced the innocent gayeties of 81
Valentines Day. This at least 10 the best
explanation that can nov be given Of the
peculiar usages to which we are accus.
toned on the festival consecrated to tho
memory of a beloved bishop and q Chris.
tian martyr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
CROP STATISTICS.

uantity and Value of tho Wheat and
Corn Crops Last Year.
The corn crop in the United States last
iar was worth 1854, 719. 1872, which is
lie smallest valuation since 1886. The
serage for the ten years from 1870 to
.9R70, inclusive, was $5O4, ST., O48, for the
u years from 1880 to 1889 it was $685.
800, and for the Ave years from 1890
1884 it was $675, 872 $40. The wheat
III last year was worth only $225, 0O2.-
I5, which. with the exception of 1893.
Zen It "a still lower, was less than
Hit Of any year since 1870. The average
u of the wheat crop from 1870 to
No was 1927, 4O7, 25S, more than $780,
600 more than the total for last year.
average from 1880 to 1880 was $751;
.5O4, more than $15O,OOO,OOO above
total of last year, while for the last
years the average was 1921, 1886.
sc figures will surprise people.
alat the low price of wheat was not
to overproduction in this country is
SsSy n by the fact that the entire crop
he United States in 1894 was only
9@Ss267 ,416 bushels, while the average
she previous five years was 47G,67S,-
bushels. The total for 1892 was
s)49,O 600 bushels, and for 1891 it was
600 bushels. The average value
HEAT q bushel last year was 49.1
"a while the average for the previous
years was 67.5 cents; for the ten
III, from 1880 to 1889 it was 1921 cents,
or the ten years from 1870 to 1879 it
MS1.O40.
S, statistics Of the crop by States,
sSl have just been compiled by the
cultural Department, furnish q very
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

ASsp AA~l1
all over the country by offering steady
work and big wages, but the new men
are inexperienced and incompetent. and
hundreds of cars have been damaged and
people killed and injured through their
carelessness and ignorance. Monday q
crowd of 1900, composed of strikers and
their friends, assembled at the City Hall.
They were kept moving by the police, but
the best of order was maintained. The
strikers accomplished their object-to
show the Common Council, then in ses.
sion. and the city officials their strength.
In the evening another great meeting
was held, which was addressed by promi-
nent men.
The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen pass
ed "A resolution revoking the permission
granted to the Brooklyn City and Attain
tic Avenue Railroad Companies to op-
crate surface cars. This resolution
charges the companies named with non
performance of contract since the strike
was begun. and with endangering the
lives of citizens by the employment of in
experienced motormen and conductors.
The action of the Council caused great
rejoicing among the strikers. A hearing
was had in Albany, on the application
to the attorney general asking him to au-
thorize the bringing of an action to an
null the charter of the Brooklyn Heights
railroad Company. Several afidavits
and arguments were presented for both
sides.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
BOND BILL rs BEATEN
clEvElAND'S FINANCIAL MEAS
uRE DEFEATED.
the Close Vote Of 181 to 1874 the
House Refuses to Indorsc the Pres.
idcnt,s Plan for The Relief Of the
National Treasury.
Lost In the House.

The last hope of financial legislation
for the relief of the treasury at the pres
ent session of Congress went by the
board when the House Of Representa-
| tives Thursday afternoon, by a vote of
! 1874 to 161, rejected the administration
/ bill to authorize an issue of $500, 100000
i gold bonds. The bill was beaten before
it reached it's last parliamentary stage.
This result was reached after three days
of spirited and at times heated debate,
and ut the end Of a seven-hour session.
From II until $3.50 o'clock, when the bill
with the pending substitutes was reported
to the House from the committee of the
whole, amendments were offered in rapid
succession. most Of which were voted
down as fast as they were offered. Many
of them were designed to load down the
bill, and the votes thereon were in no
sense test votes. The Bell amendment,
for instance, to make the bonds payable
in gold and silver, was defeated by the
decisive vote of Is to LOG, while the bill
was defeated by 1874 to 161. Both the
Reed and Cox substitutes, with the
amendments thereto, were rejected after
the bill was reported to the House.
When the question came up on the
third reading and engrossment of the bill
the whole opposition concentrated. While
the vote was being taken, which result
ed in the refusal of the House to order the
third reading, the interest centered in the
vote of Mr.. Reed. He sat quietly in his
seat during the first call, and did not an
swer to his name, but on the second call
he voted for the bill. As soon as the re-,
suit was announced Mr.. Reed offered an
explanation of the attitude of himself and
those of his colleagues who had voted for
the bill, but objections were made. He
afterward explained, however, that he
had submitted a proposition (his own sub
~stitute) which he considered would meet
the situation. The Democrats had re-
1 jected this, and then he md many of his
/ colleagues, although opposed to features
/ of the bill, had voted for it in the hope
that it would pass and be amended in the
/ Senate. Mr.. Springer then moved to re-
consider the vote by which the third
reading was refused, but this motion was
] laid IN the table, 1876 to 1913, and the bill
/ was killed.
1 OF those who voted for the bill ninety
two were Democrats and forty-two Re-
publicans. The negative vote was given
by ninety-seven Democrats, f~ifty-six Re
publicans and eight Populists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

entered the University of Virginia and
completed the course there. He studied
law and was duly admitted to the bar,
first practicing In Jackson. Then, in
1858. he removed to Memphis. He was
.|appointed receiver of West Tennessee
under the Confederate Sequestration act
at the beginning of hostilities in 81. AZ
ter the war he returned to Memphis and
to the study Of his profession. In the
7O's he returned to his old home in Jack
son. In 1880 he was elected to the Legis-
AZURE and in 1881 became United States
Senator. In 1885 he was appointed cir
Euit judge of the United States from the
ixth judicial district. He became asso-
late justice Of the Supreme Court of the
United States in 1893. filing the vacancy
nused by the death of Judge L. Q. C.
Eamar.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
ST. DAY.
How 1t Was Celebrated Years Az
and How To-day.

How 1t Was Celebrated Years Ago
and How To-day.
For more than three thousand years it
has been usual for young people to in
dulge in sports of a peculiar kind In the
middle of February, some faint shadow
Of which still survives. We are assured
that nothing lasts SO long as an amusing
custom. Accounts differ concerning the
origin of st. Valentines Day.
In the earlier ages of Rome February
was the last month of the year, and for
that reason it was much devoted to the
ruare means to purify and to expiate, and
hence this month was called by the an
cient Romans Februarius, or the month
OF publication. The old Romans doubt
less felt at the end of the rear very much
as we do, and said themselves: LET US
clear off old scores, make up for neglected
duties and start afresh."
The most singular religious festival
was held on the 10Th of February in a
place called the Lupercal, where Romu-
lus and Remus were supposed to have
been nurtured by the she-wolf. There
was a grove cal by, in which there was
an altar to Lupercus, the god of fertility,
and hence the festival was called the
Lupercalia.,
In most Of the religious celebrations of
the Romans there was a great deal of jol-
lily and merriment, and perhaps no festi-
val was celebrated with so much bolster
Gus fun as this. Young men, half COW
cred with goatskins, ran about the city,
striking all the they met with
thongs of goatskin.
As time went on, and the gods were
came more riotous and the whole people
gave themselves up to extravagant fes-
tivity. But what Of st. Valentine7 How
did his name become connected with q
pagan festival? This is a point upon
which " commentators differ"
St. Valentine, according to the old
Christian records, was an eminent bishop,
or presbyter, who lived in the reign of the
Emperor Claudius, about the year 27O.
He IL described as a man of great talents
and greater ~benevolence, who, after a life
of zeal and good works, obtained 1.-THE
crown Of martyrdom." He was behead-
ed at Rome during one of the last periods
of persecution. The day dedicated to the
memory of this eminent saint was the
14th OF February, upon which for q thou
sand years the people Of Rome had been
accustomed to prepare for the Lupercalia.
Presents Of gloves, jewelry, flowers,
sweetmeats. sandals and carriers few
about in all directions, and the young
men and maidens were full of expecta-
ton.
Now, the fathers Of the church were
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
T~elegraphic Brevities.

Ralph y. Ruby. American vice and dep.
uty consul at Belfast, Ireland, is dead.
The tin-platc plant of the Oliver Iron
and Steel Company at P~ittsburg, Pa,
started up.
George Chaplin, of the Chicago liquo,
firm of Chaplin s. Gore, died ut Santa
Barbara, Cal.
Gov. Mckinley announces he is not q
candidate for Senator Brice's seat, leav.
ing a clear field to Foraker.
j. E. Holman, of Kokomo. Ind, has
mysteriously disappeared in Indianapolis
and his relatives fear foul play.
The residence of B. f. Davis at Ell.
wood, Ind, vas destroyed by FIRE. The
family barely escaped with their lives.
Kafirs attacked the Portuguese camr
at Maraqueen, killing seven or more
whites, but losing 200 men themselves.
Jack Smith. alias Gen. johnson, alias
Mason. leader Of the Bull Hill miners
during the Cripple Greek war, 10 In jail
at Gunnison, Colo.
Henry Carpenter, supposed to have
been drowned in Lake Stewart, near
Rolla, N. D., last November, IL reported
to be still alive. His wife is in Chicago.
The injunction to restrain Col. Boone
and associates from fighting the lion Par
nell and the grizzly bear Siskiyou was
heard at Fort Worth, Tex, and made per-
petual.
Otto Thiele, aged 10 years, a pressman,
has been arrested in st. Louis as the fifth
member Of the Davis gang Of counterfeit
ers recently broken up by United States
officers.
Archbishop Kahn Of st. Louis has au.
thorized the Catholic Society of Queens
Daughters to cooperate with the Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
in temperance work.
Frank p. Montrose, an e~x-convict and
expert diamond thief. was arrested ut st.
Louis as he stepped from a Louisville
and Nashville train It the union station.
He is wanted at Terre Haute.
All the cases against ex-State Boiler
Inspector F. Fl. Hegwer of Colorado,
against whom were charges of certif.
Gates for boilers which he had not exam.
ined, have been nolled by the district at.
torney.
The Hershey Lumber Company. Still.
water, Mimi, has begun suit against
Charles t.. Goodrich, a lumber tallyman.
and others for ~fraudulently obtaining
over 100000 feet of logs in the sum
mers of 1892 and 1893.
Oscar A. Edgerly, a spiritualist lee.
| turer Of note from Ncwbury, Mass, mar
ried Miss Lillian Hayes, a st. Paul
(Minn.) society woman. in Anderson,
Ind, the matter being kept secret, it Il
said. from the brides friends.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

came a recognized and established bust.
ness. In every possible form and fashion
they are introduced; in every possible key
the changes are rung upon them: in tho
high tragedy and low comedy Of love
alike they figure. A valentine calendar
with a vivid red heart by way of n cover,
Is something of a novelty. Pleasantly
suggestive are the lines inscribed upon its
although this heart but pasteboard be
There beats a warmer one for thee"
A bright set of comics" have fuzzy
darkies' heads looking out of banjoS.
sweet potatoes and watermelons-the va
rious articles that one associates with
Southern pickaninnies. A magnolia bloe-
som belonging to this series hears upon
its back this verse, a trifle oversentimen.
tai, perhaps; but fortunately people who
give and receive valentines aren't hyper.
critical:
See what a dusky center
This fair magnolia shows,
Though tits the sweetest blossom
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
HE,

your TaQlant face,
Bore. in their l%oveliness, no trace
VI artful coQuetry;
Could l be sure that. day by day,
Your thoughts on me were bent;
That, were l neur or far away,
Your life with mine was blent;
Could be sure that through the years.
Your faith would cling mid fortunes
jeers.
Nor discomfort, nor doubts. nor fears
Be in your bosom pent;
Could be sure that in your eyes
Naught but the truth could shine,
And only woman's love arise
To gaze from them in mine;
Could l be sure that tongue or pen
Might never err in praising when
You were the subject, then-why, then
I'd be your valentine.
If l could know that your soft words Of
praise
Touching my eyes and hair
Were not culled from some poets tender
lays
And used but as a snare:
If could now you really had a heart,
And that you'd find it out if Cupid's dart
Should penetrate unto that callous part
And stick and culver there;
If could know that men sometimes were
not,
Despite the stories told,
Quite such a desperately wicked lot,
Sinful, conceited, bold;
If l could know that you, for instance,
would
Make some small effort to be fairly good
And treat me as in decency you should
When I grow a and old;
If l could know that you would always
The oak unto my vine;
That you'd repay my trust with con-
stancy-
Be just and wise, in fine;
If I could know you were a man of men,
And that no mortal tongue nor meddling
pen
Might make you cease to love me, then
why, then
I'D be your valentine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
JUDGE HOWELL E. JACKSON,
Who will Soon Retire from the Su.
preme Bench.

A bill has been introduced into the
United States Senate looking to the re-
tirement Of Howell T.. Jackson as asso-
ciate justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States. on the ground of illness,
and Judge Jackson will probably soon
sever his connection with that bench.
Howell 4. Jackson was born at Paris,
Henry County. Tenn, April 8, 1882. Hav-
ing received an academic education, he
entered the West Tennessee College Mt
jackson, from which institution he grad
uated in 1S49. In the following year he
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
HEARTS ARE UPPERMosr.

They Play an Important Part In the
Decoration Of Valentines.
Hearts, it is needless to say, play an
important part in the decoration Of thf3
years valentines AZ they have ever since
the manufacture Of loye-tokens first b.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

YER four weeks
passed since
the Inauguration of
the Brooklyn trolley
strike, and the 5000
men who went out
for something better
{ n a n starvation
wages are still out
N are as determin-
ed as V e To be
sure, the companies
succeeded in
holm from
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW.
MAKERS.

kfocesdtnEs Of Senate and House Of
Representatives - Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon-Gist Of thu
Business.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
MY VALENTINE.

Y valentine wasn't
a beautiful card with
some pretty lines
written on it in gilt
letters. A valentine
d Ices not always
mean that, but it
sometimes IN e a n q,
and that is a really
true valentine, a
person who promises
on the 14th of Feb
ruary to be your
q ~, n n 4 Il --1
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
TWO VIEWS

OULD / Do sure
that when you
smile
So sweetly up at
me
Twas not q wom-
ans wicked vile
From which my
soul should fee:
Could I be sure
that all 0 Il
grace,
Your dainty form.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

It Is pointed out that the century
plant is a good indicator Of climata. Z
it often flowers In fifteen years intwSrR
ATTITUDES, and may exceed one hundred
before Towering in greenhouses, Of cool
countries. ~ !
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14

Joan Of Arc was undoubtedly The vic.
tim Of insane Authorizations Her
voices" were to her the most absolute
realities.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
Decline OF the Valentine,

Decline OF tho Valentine.
In olden days Saint Valentine
Sought every heart to please,
And put in every happy line
Such tender words as these:
'"The rose is red, the violet's blues
Honey is sweet and so are YOU"
The welcome missives then EXCHANGED
All told of earthly bliss,
And for the faithful were arranged
Such pretty things as this: ,
IF you love me as I love you,
No knife can cut our love in two"
But lovers were untrue betimes
And as a reprimand
Saint Valentine some little rhymes
About like this one planned:
"False hearth I cannot call you miner
You shall not be my valentine"
Then things went on from bad to worso
Alas! till, by and by,
Sarcastic couplets, blunt and terse.
Like this n met the eye: ,.tEE
"You've got a phiz so fearful plain y
Twill sidetrack any gravel traing"
Now pictures awful to behold
Accompany the lines,
And happy truths like this are told
In comic () valentines:
"Your face would a chimpanxee shock1.
It's warranted to stop q clock"
Where are we drifting! Who can sayf
Unless these paper foes
Put comic (D valentines away 81
They'll by and by inclose
With every valentine they write
A great big chunk of dynamite.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-14
IN y N AND COURT.

The Brooklyn Trolley Magnates Are
Still Ham pered on All Sides.