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The herald., 1895-06-05
Leszynsky Loses His commiss;o,

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.--The suit OF
julius l,eszynsky against the estate oi
Joseph L. Hale for $l60, 600 was thrown
out OF court by non suit today. Leszyn-
sky claimed that he had been employed
by Hale as agent to sell Lower California
lands ior 100000 and he demanded a
commi ssion of 8 per cent.
The herald., 1895-06-05
WHILE FORDlNG A STREAM
Party of Seven Persons Were Swept Away
and Four Drowned

DENVER, June A special to the
News from Douglas, Wyo.. says: A party
or seven persons was swept away while
crossing swollen stream near here to-
day, four of them being drowned. Bert
Elder started from Tie Siding to attend a
circus here, with his wife and two child
rem. Mrs. Powell and baby. and Mrs.
Sherwin. II e wagon overturned in La
Prete creek, all the occupants being
thrown into the water. Mrs. Elder and
her baby and Mrs. Powell and her baby
were carried away and drowned. The
bodies nave not yet been recovered.
The herald., 1895-06-05
A BRUTAL FATHER
Whips His Daughter Because She WouIt
Not Marry to Suit Him

Not Marry to Suit Him
DULUTH, Mimi, June 4.--The police
are looking for Christopher Enger OF
this city, who is wanted for almost
fatally whipping with a rawhide his 49,
year-od daughter Pauline, who would
not marry the man he had picked out for
her. The girl crawled to a neIghbor's $
for protection SO weak that she could not
stand and the story was told to the police
last night. The father desired the girl
to marry n Rice Lake farmer but she had
already selected q man for herself and
told her father so. Al this. after whip
ping her, he took her to Rice Lake and
turned her over to the man, where she
has been kept prisoner until she es-
capped to the neighbor's and told her
story.
The herald., 1895-06-05
4 Condemned Mans Last Hone

SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.--Thc MI
croscopical examination by Professor
Thomas Price and our physicians. taken
at the request Of Governor Budd, to de-
termine whether the blood on the overalls
OF Freeman Smith, convicted of murder
IN Colusa county and sentenced to be
hanged at San Quentin Saturday, is that
The herald., 1895-06-05
BLINN-NANNARY

Los Angeles Young Man Married in San
Francisco
San FRANCISCO, June 4.-Iryine
blinn' the son of the Los Angeles lumber
dealer, and Miss Genevieve Nannary tho
actress were united in wedlock at the
none OF the brides parents in this city.
this evening. by Rev. Father Ganunnn'
Inc groomsmen were DR.. Henry Smith
and II: Dennison, and the bridesmaids
were Miss Ada Ramsdel and Miss Josie
Seabrook oo'io
The herald., 1895-06-05
INCH AND A HALF OF EARTH
1t Causes an Amusing Dispute Between Tw
Ml1iOnaireS

SAN FRANCISCO, June Al. X.
Pryor and Claus Spreckels are having an
amusing dispute over an inch and a half
of ground. Spreckels recently purchased
some property on Market street adjoining
fine building owned by Pryor. 1t was
discovered that Pryor's building tres
prassed one inch and half on Spreck-
els ground. Spreckels will not sell this
small section of land and Pryor will not
move his building. So far the PARTED
have failed to reach an agreement.
The herald., 1895-06-05
Claims It Is a Miracle

METROPOLIS, H.. June A preach
er named Benton, blind from his birth.
received his eyesight last night and is
today the happiest man in the city. He
is u preacher of the United Brethren
here, and he claims that the receiving of
his sight is the direct answer to prayer.
Mr.. Benton Is 80 years of age.
The herald., 1895-06-05
A Son of Ormcndc

SAN FRANCISCO. June Nv. or.
MacDonough. who paid $3.50, 900 for Or
monde. has been made happy by the ad
vent OF u colt sired by Ormonde out of
Gateway. The dam is owned by Mrs. Le-
land Stanford. Under the conditions of
their agreement the foal would have be-
longed 10 Mrs. Stanford if it had been a
.iiIy NNsH Il
The herald., 1895-06-05
A Big Blaze

-, FREDERiCKSBURG, Va, June A.
lhe worst fire ever known here occurred
this morning. The kinszie factory. Ex-
ceelsior mill and six dwellings we're
burned. William Deshaso. engineer of
the Excelsior mil, was burned 10 death,
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of huinansbeing or of hog, as claimed
by Smith is completed. These scientists
will report to the governor that the blood
is that of mammalian. 1t might be a
man, bear or dog, but could not be fowl
or hog. Probably the blood is that of
human being.
The herald., 1895-06-05
TREATED A JUROR
A Fresno Attorney Reprimanded by Fresno
Judge

Judge
FRESNO, June 4.-Judge Risley today,
IN course of the trial of Frank Jordan for
murder, reprimanded James A. Burns,
attorney for Jordan, for having treated
one Of the jurors in a saloon during re-
cess. Mr.. Burns claimed that it was
done without any intention of wrong,
and that the juror, whose name was
Simpson, declared that he did not con-
with one of the lawyers in the case. The
matter was dropped after the court had
cautioned all parties to be more careful.
The herald., 1895-06-05
ABOUT THE ClTY-A wit,

ABOUT The ClTY-A witness swears that
wong 'huey, the Chinaman on trial killed
10y Lucy Campbell. deserter from the
army gave himself up. The city prep ar.
ing to sell the school. headworks and police
station bonds The board of education
inspects the sites for the proposed new
schools -. Permits for new buildings grant
ed Vacations for flremen Doings OF
the Chronological society yes terday. :. The
Ministerial association before the police
commissioners ...... Marguerite Berth's
whereabouts and fate are ma tiers of specu.
lation. michael Blankovitch tn eyictim of
acave-ln. Della steigler in prison other
police station happenings Commence
ment exercises OF the graduating class of
I. ). G. Medical college In social life.
The herald., 1895-06-05
Maximum temperature, 100,
minimum temperature, 54.
BY TELEGRAPH-The forest ar

BY TELEGRAPH-Th forest and oil fires in
pennsylvania continue with unabated
Jury Chile declares for a gold basis.
story OF the wreck OF the sloop Crest on
san Clemente. Dallas. Texas, will secure
the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight The San
FRANCISCO detectives confess that they arc
unaole TO solve the mystery surround
ing the death OF Miss Harrington
woman in Carson disclosed the hiding
place of some of the bullion tolen from the
mint....A number OF prominent eastern
Republicans express their preference for
presidential nominees . The governments
is to investigate the loss of the Colima,
The herald., 1895-06-05
Oscar Wilde Insane

LONDON, June At is reported that
Oscar Wilde has become insane and is
confined in q padded room,
The herald., 1895-06-05
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

PASADENA -Recep ption to an Indiana divine
and wife Ma ccabees celebrate.
REDLANDs-Acquitted Of a charge OF grand
larceny.
SAN BERNARDlSo-Imp portant irrigation deal.
RIVERSIDE Crusade begun agains. saloon-
keepers
tees.
The herald., 1895-06-05

The Herald Goes to Thousands of Homes Every Da,
The herald., 1895-06-05
THE NEWS
Events Of the World, the Nation, Southern
California and Los Angeles

REPORT-United State. depart-
ment of agriculture weather bureaus
report received at Los Angeles June 4,
1895.
The herald., 1895-06-05
Places Bar Tenn. Maxim. lWnd W,ther

Forecast-June 4.-For Southern California:
Fair: continued high temperature in the
interior; probably slightly cooler at Los
Angeles Wednesday evening; generally
northerly winds.
The herald., 1895-06-05

Temperature-Report of observations taken
at Los Angeles, June 4th. [Note-Barometas
reduced to sea levell
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WHERE YOIT NAV GO rol

orphcum theater, s p. m.-An Irish Stew and
vaudeville.
Burbank theatsr. p. m.-Captain Hszra
Y. s, A.
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Did You Excr2

ROCHESTER,, June 4.-Susan B. An.
The herald., 1895-06-05

The Herald will rent your houses cheaper
than any other agency you can employ.
Renters all read The Herald.
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one else ony guide: Tell ME that, John

one else ony guide? Tell ME that. John
| Forbes
ut will give him employment, Jean, and
| besides--'' Here John Forbes with a man s
| tactlessness undid every bit of good his
| arguments might have effected. He added
s'Fowk tell me We just MAX an idol o. him,
and that ye haze nae ither idea but him. A
| man could ma be exreck'd to stan that, and
ither people kenning it,
Jean had been passing through a crisis
and she was but woman.
And if fowk care 70 gossip over my
affairs, John Forbes, and you care to heed
them, lat tIism,' she retorted vehemently g
'if Thrift disna gang wi me, nae pou'rs will
TAX me to your hoose."
John was annoyed BY her tone,
"And supposing l say / Wilma haze
Thrift?''
They sat on in strained silence.
John was TOO angry to move or speak.
Jean had no wish, either, to break the
silence. x. Ma.
'sYe ken this is the second time your
obstinacy has come in the wye said John
finally.
II mind,'' said Jean briefly. 'sBut didna
mean We to TAX it as ye did yon time,'' she
added.
II dfdna ker.'' replied John.
1t struck neither Of them that there WAS
any pathos in the sentence-a pathos Of a
ten years. mistaken silence!
Are We sure ye mean it noe?'' he asked.
getting up.
II certainly dae,'i said Jean firmly.
s'Then guid-by, JEAN
''Guid-by.'s
The instant the door was shut Jean
almost strangled Thrift with kisses.
Unfortunately the practical things could
not be settled So summarily.
Jean had given up her house, and she
found it was let to the new dressmak err
She was not accustomed TO combinations
in her life. Alternatives seemed to crop np,
and they worried her. At the same time
Thrift was her one object. Everything was
directed to this aim. After some few weeks
she got tumbledown little cottage about
half mile from the straggly village. 1t
proved too far, or the hang, of the new
dressmaker's skirts proved too much for
Jeans old customers. Work and pay be-
came scant. The little dressmaker bore up
proudly and bravely. She stintcd and
starved herself. but Thrift grew and
1ourished. There doomed before her al
ways fear of thets charity where her boy
might be taught-and no one kne y at what
expense of unkindness.
If the worst came to the worst. she would
ask John Forbes to get him in, and she
would become servant. One wintry even
ing the child was fre.ful and ailing.
knock came to the door ana John Forbes
entered. He did not seem to notice the cx-
treme poverty of the cottage, nor the mis-
cradle attempt at the fire. This fact brought
. rush of gratitude to Jeans heart. 1t was
to see if things were as bad as report said
that he had come.
he took Thrift I'D on his knee, and he
talked occasionally to Jean.
Can dae onything fol YER he said
suddenly. For the boy. ye KEN"
A little flush came in Jean's cheeks. She
her thanks
In rush of love for Thrift she began
family to realize that she had not appreci-
ated his man as he deserved. In the same
she realized she had thrown her
{ nance away.
NO idea that she might work on her old
lovers pity crossed her mind. She began
timidly asking him if he could manage to
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THRIFT"

His mother had insisted on calling him
Thrift. No one knew why she had
given him the quaint name. Then when
he was barely tw o'years old, she died. She
left him with great wealth of silent love,
but that, like his name. could not help him
rnuch-chat is not as far as one can judge
things. The neighbors said it was cough
that had settled that carried her off.
Probably the cough had something to do
with it, but starvedout life of Lace Of
affection. and hard work, had a good deal
more.
The neighbors also thought that Mrs.
Watson never had much spirit. 1t would
seem as if they. almost blamed her for
dying, and leaving husband with child
barely two years old. They had misgivings
about the boy, and there they were right.
Thrift was deaf and dumb. His mother had
struggled against the knowledge to herself
with a fierce love. But the cough came,
and settled all the problems of life for her
. Thrills father took her death as apathet-
ieany.as he had taken her all her life. Only
Thrift seemed to realize that fate was still
against him. He lay crying for hours alone
in the little cottage, strapped into his cot.
II was weird. pathetic cry. The neighbor
were KIM 10 MIN. Inoy tOUk MIN IN
10 their cottages. but the element of teasing
children and roughhandling was disc ordant
to him. The woman meant we'll, but it was
a hard winter. and money and tempers were
short. Besides, Th1ift's baby nature was
hard 10 understand.
Brightness came into his life one day.
1t came in the guise of little dressmaker,
jean Lawrence. She brought him black
frock. She had been busy. SO she had put
of the making till she had time. No one
else had thought of the little mark of
respect. It was tribute 10 custom, but it
was the one tribute of Mrs. Watson's life.
"Puir little lamb!'' said Jean Lawrence
as she came in. Her eyes filed with quite
unexpected tears as she saw the lonely
ba by. a
Thrift could not hear her, but something
sympathetic touched his understanding. for
he held ont his hands. ''Puir little thing
said Jean Lawrence again. and she caught
him up and covered him with kisses. Then
size put Thrift back in his cot, ana united
the little black frook. She turned to go,
for she was in a hurry.
Thrills mood changed. His blue eyes
grew dark in the intensity of his passion.
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| John Forbes agreed to this quite placidly
| 1t was hard TO understand what he saw in
| his first love in her faded and aged old
maidisrn. Possibly tenaeity OF a1ectfon
| and the same instinct of faithfulness that
| brought him back 10 the little village, the
| little village with no pretensions to beauty
or picturesqueness, kept him :rue to Jean.
One was the home, the other the woman he
had loved. He saw no reason 10 change
because he had seen many fairer homes and
younger, prettier women.
Jean did not analyze her sentiments. 1t
was not her way. Besides, love never
entered her head as far as it concerned
John Forbes. She merely reviewed the adj
yantagesas they concerned Thrift. The
rumor that new and more modern dIess-
maker was going to set up finally settled it.
and she said John yes.
The day was fixed for the second time in
their lives. Jean had given up her house.
She was waiting with tranquility for this
new step in her life, She had quite come
TO the conclusion that she could not do bet
ter for Thrift. One evening John Forbes
arrived. Thrift lay contentedly on the
hearth-rug looking at him. The last time
John had been at the cottage Thrift had
This had set him bordering.
After this there had been several we'll
meant efforts at kindness on the part Of his
friends. They happened to coincide with
his own views. They advised him to send
Thrift away, Jean, they said. would neglect
every one and everything for the boy. She
would wear herself out for Thrift. but not
bother with anything that did not concern
him.
How far he believed this, or how far u
mans dislike to scenes or natural desire
to have his wife's affection conferred in
himself had to do with his resolve, he could
not have told. He bestirred himself. and
with infinite trouble and by some outlay he
secured an admission for the child to deaf
and dumb institution.
II was this fact he had come to tell Jean.
He rather wished Thrift would help him to
lead up to it by scene. Thrift gave him
no help. He lay smiling hnpenetrably.
lean was not quick at reading signs.
"Jean,'' he said at last helplessly, we'll
be merritt tuesday,
''Ay.'' assented Jean cheerfully. Her
eyes fell naturally ON Thrift, and she
smiled at the boy.
And Thrift?'' John added, with
suspiciously clear note OF interrogation in
his voice.
LAY, Thrift" she repeated.
e. Ay, Thrift said John. Then finding
this even did not progress matters, he said
desperately, with snatch of humor: "Ye
ken I'm no merging Thrift?'
The old clock licked through the room.
The peats spluttered on the low hearth. in
front of which on a curiously woven rug
Thrift lay.
There was absolute silence for bit. Then
jeans voice broke it,.
Then, John Forbes, ye're no merging
me-
Again there was silence.
John said in quiet voice:
II have made a. the arrangements for
him. Jean. He will gang to a schulz ia
they'll teach him to read, and write, and
talk of a Kind
xviii they teach him to talk like ither
fowk?''
Her tone was expressionless.
ma, they Gamma 'dae that"
''Then why should the BARN be bothered
vii learning that'll niyer dae him on ony
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send Thrift TO the home he had mentioned
| 'Why moo, when We were so sot against
| it7' asked John, with severity that was
/ not reassuring.
Its circumstances. said Jean BRIEFLY.
| She felt she would die rather than lei
1 John Forbes know there was nothing in the
| house to eat and money. She would
| have risked everything but the fear OF
| Thrift falling ill.
| "Weel.'' said John slowly, 'Fn see ABBOTT
| it. Rut hoo wun we pay me, Jean?''
| The little dressmaker drew herself up.
''There'll De no fear o. that. John Forbes. y
But ye hivna tellt me in fat wye, J ean.' 81
I'm honest money by honest wark.''
| The pink flush had deepened into deep
crimson on her check.
/! but dinna want your money and as
| for wark, suppose ye come and wark for
me-
! "Na, na,'' said Jean involuntarily. She
| had had her channce of being mistress at
| the farm. She could not stoop to work for
another, as she supposed he meant.
"Weel come wi DOT doing ony wark.
| Jean looked at him in utter bewilderment.
1.-The difference atween us lay in Thrift.
If he gaes AVA there's naething need hin
uef your cOIulHB ~ LHo
i didna expec ye'd think meant yon, "
said the little woman. She was thoroughly
hurt
'.Fll thank We "a the days q my life If
VEN dae for Thrift but am no seeking
to be beholden TO you for myself.
YEN be gey lonely wi'oot Thrift.
'Ay. Jean nearly SMILED because she
was so near to tears at the thought.
'sIll be lonely at the farm.
Eye can marry. said Jean. She suddenly
felt that she had cut herself off from every
possibility by her suggestion. She had done
it for Thrift all along: she would have
married him for Thrills sake. she gave him
up for Tnrift's sake. Now Thrift by her
own act was to go away from her. And
John Forbes was nothing TO her. The I'M
expected touch of Kindness had brought
rush of sympathy to her heart. She did not
know it, but it had broken down the barrier
that her love for Thrift had luilt up round
her woman's heart.
..Ay,"Answered John Forbes slowly. But
We maun ask me It's time, Jean"
.sOh. | couldna,' faltered Jean. She
felt confused and trembling. She looked
down.
''And / Wilma, nae third time"
I'm no Mt to pc ieduy moo, sne
muImuTed.
Then she looked up. John saw in her
eyes look he had not seen for more than
the ten years.
.sJean!''
'sSohn.''
That was all the love making that passed
between them. but hey understood each
other then.
When John went out, Jean seized Thrift
and kissed him as she mad done once before.
But she knew that for the first time since
he had come into her life he had only the
second place. She thought she hid the
fact in her inmost heart, but John Forbes
guessed it. He had the tact to hide his
knowledge from his wife. For the tact that
love brings is often the highest wis
dom ALI the Year Round.
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THE HOME.
Care of the Eyes.

| Mothers do not always realize how I'M
portant a part the eyes play in the gen
eral health of their children. For exam
pie, many would never connect stomach
| trouble, nausea and apparent indigestion
] with ali imperfect eye focus, but oculists
meet these cases every day. Lately a
| young woman has been relieved from all
| the symptoms of nervous prostration by
pair of carefully selected glasses. A
child Of ten suffered persistsntly with n
headache just over the eyes; tonics were
prescribed, and she was taken fro m
school, all to no purpose, till her sight
was tested. There was the trouble, and
spectacles were the remedy. Every
mother should make few rules in this
matter and allow no transgression of
them.
Do not let children read in the morn
ing before the sleep has been washed
from the eyes Never read by failing
light. If study must go on by gaslight
and this should not be allowed if possible
to prevent, provide each child with one
the cheap brown or green cardboard
shades, to be had from statiohers. A
yellow shade should cover All electric
light used to read by. Do not allow
children to fall into the easy and injuri-
Gus habit of rubbing the eyes at any
unusual sensation in them. Give them
the old rule-rub :the eye with the elbow
only, because you cannot.
Concerning SmiIax.
"Smilax," said the florist, lis just as
fashionable for decorating purposes now
as it was 10 years ago. Although it
never attains the luxurlance with us
that it does in the tropics. its lack of
rank growth gives it just that delicacy
of appearance TINT makes it so valuab
and useful
A peculiar thing about smilax is that
notwithstanding it's hardness and free
growth, it will not grow at al unless
the conditions are exactly right. Most
people kill it at the start by placing the
vine right in the sunniest window. AS
a matter of fact smilax, like ferns. re-
quires shady place, though | Go not
mean By that a dark close corner. An
other popularity of the plant Is that
while it requires plenty Of air, it will
die in draught. In word, when you
try to grow smilax, you must try TO re-
produce the natural conditions under
which it grows as nearly as possible and,
those are warmth, moisture and plenty
of quiet air. One of the best places for
your box of smilax is at the side OF
sunny window.
1"Smilax will grow either from seeds or
bulbs, but guess you will find the best
results, and you will no doubt get the
speediest results, from bulbs. AS soon as
the sprouts appear, start a network of
threads to the box. and carry the threads
wherever you want the plant to 60
around the window. across the window
or festooned among the pictures. Don't
give the roots any water to speak of I'M
til the leaves appear, and then, was