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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29
WATER WORKS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Off OF THE CITY CLERK,
PoMoN al, bee. 8, 1895.
Sealed proposals on a cash asIs will be re-
ceived by tn board OF trustees OF the city of
Pomona Califo mia, up to o'clock IN OF the
2lst day OF January. 1896, Tor furnishing the
materials and constructing stem of water
works for said city OF Pomona:
ere will he required approx imately:
64b IONS OF 'i-inch cast iru.. vi e.;
"a n of Q inch ast-i,on ripe;
BIG tons of 81 CHI cast ron pipe;
32S tons of I'll CHI east iron pi e.;
u tons Of special asiings;
81 fire hydrants, and the following valves;
One l6-inch
o 2lnch,
Eleven s-inch,
Twenty four 6-inch,
Seven yrine 4-inch:
a5,66' feet Of No l6, 4-inch single riveted
steel pipe:
is miles trenching and bacl filling;
~ :" feet OF line wrOught-iron pipe.
bids Will be wed for furnishing any or
all OF the above materials, or for constructing
he works c, mplete, or for any part OF the
work. all materials to be delivered /. o. b. Po-
mona
Plans may BIO seen and sne ifc Vi ms and
form OF ontract and blank form OF pro posals
occurred from The ity clerk or city engineer
All bids 'uust be &c ON lanied b, a certifl ed
check payable to the order OF the city clerk ,or
an amount equal to j per cent of tn amount
o the bid ,he boari reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids. All bids must he en-
dorsed Propos ais for " alter Works" and ad-
dres ed to J. X. GARFHSlDE
City clerk city OF Pomona. Los lnseles
county, Cal. 1920 cod
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

NV YORK, DE J. 23-The exports of specie
from the port OF New York for the weeK
amounted TO t2.3 4,574 in gold and ST 90 !, 90
IN silver. ! he imports wer Gold, 81 Il IS !;
silver 70 -: dry goods So, 42.,l1S; gen.
erul IN merchandise SO, : LII
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

County OF Les giles. 3D.
~ !: T. Newnn county cierk OF the county
otfcio clerk of the sup rior court ther of
(which is court OF record navins seal do
hereby riify tina VIM. Young, who anne
Is subscribed to the ,Dnextd summons, was
at the time OF signi G the same jusi' Q of
the p ce IN and for said ounty dn quail
fled and authorized by law to execute said in
strumen an full ia tn and credit a due 10
all his official acts as such.
A d do further GER lily that nm well ac-
ouanted with the handwriting OF he said
officer, and veril bai"ve that the signature
to the sa instrument is ge uine.
In witness whereof have he eunto get my
hand and All xed the zeal OF S i'd superior
court my flee in said county, this .Vth
day of November A. D. So.
[Seal] T. f. NEWL
rior court.
ByA ". SEAvER, deputy. IL 80 sat lot
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

NEW YORK, Dee. % la silver 6Hls.
SAN FRANCISCO Dec. y -siiver bars $3.50
Mexican dollars, i3 (G53' g.
LONDON, dec. 2S.-Bar silver, 80 7-16d.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29
Lixerpo II Market
Boston Quotations.

LIVERPOOL, lee s-.-Toiay Is holiday or
the grain and cot.or exchanges
Hops-At London, Pacific coast, e. IS.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29
First Trip From Los Angeles,
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1895

equipped aud peri city ar anged Vestibued
TT nscontinen al Train i'll AmerIc,. Now
equip EN- especially desi ned and built Cor
this service
Dire nections in Now Orleans for an
Eastern points Quick time.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

Eckstrom does the wal. pap'r business ofth
city lie has large stock. good ia tie and cor
pripe-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

NEW YORK;. Dec. S.-Petroleum-Unit
closed $1.Al bid.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

BOSTON, Dec IS ,tchison, i4sE: Bell Tel
49,; Mexican Central, ": FAN Dlego,2
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

Directon-J. sarto.i, Pres: Maurice 4
Mellman, v..P.; W u. Longyesr. Cashier
Herman W. Helman. n. J. Flesc man, NJ. L
Fleming, J. A. Graves, c. A. Shawl. II. bhank,
land, y, q. johnson. W. L Graves
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Heavy Responsibility.

The pecuniary difficulties in which
aspirants for fame become involved
have inspired many an anecdote.
Here's a poem on the Ovid Coun-
thry,' sorr," said a frayed-lool1ing in
dividual to the editor of weekly pa
per in a large town; IAN it's hopin'
you'll take it, Oh am
What is your address, inquired
the editor.
"That depinds intoirely on you, sorr,"
responded the poet, with a cheerful
smile.
depends on me!' echoed the editor;
what do you mean"
'If yez take the bit poem, sorr, me ad-
dthress will shtill be sivinty-wan Dix
ther Sthrate," replied the sanguine
poet; ''but if yez don't take it, he adj
ded, darkly, cts mesilf thatH be lift
vidout amy addthress to me name, IL
me landlady kapes her wurrd, SORT"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

If President Cleveland were called
upon to interfere every time a woman
was sold in marriage he would have
precious little time for public business.
The case of Rose Whiteface, the pretty
squaw who was bartered by her father
to an aged Arapahoe buck, differs from
those of many thousand white squaws
only in detail. Instead of ponies the
white wife buyer gives houses and
stocks and lands, and the transaction
is blessed by the church, the relatives.
male and female, standing by and
praising the procedue as if it were
really a meritous one. So it has been
from time immemorial and so it ever
will be-unless, perchance, the New
Woman is carrying about some I'M
known remedy for human selfshness
and greed and venality. We make a
great TODD over piece of business
which takes place in the Five Nations,
unmindful that amid pomp and in
cense and the approval of the exalted
and righteous, the same thing is ac-
complished almost daily in our very
midst. The elderly purchaser of Rosa
Whiteface may we'll bid his pale-face
brother mind the beam in his own eye.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
THE RAikMAKER,
[e Has a Hard Time When tn
Weather Doesn't Suit

He Has a Hard Time When tho
Weather Doesn't Suit
The belief of the Indians in sorcerv
is very practical one, and if their
medicine chiefs fail in any appointed
exploit they are promptly tortured.
Frank Gushing. in his experiences
among the Zunis, the wonderful cas-.
tle-building Indians of Western New
Mexico, tells that upon returning one
day to the Zuni town he found one
of the old men of the tribe on trial for
sorcery, or, rather, for misusing his
powers.
There had been no rain for weeks,
the wells We're drying up and a water
famine stared the nation in the face.
The chiefs decided that the medicine
man had turned witch.
After long and exhaustive trial the
old man was sentenced to be suspended
from the wall until he would confess.
His hands were tied behind his back.
and he was suspended by his wrists
from a rope The torture was excru-
ciating. and the old man howled pit
eously for mercy.
Say something" shouted the Zuni
chief.
What shall I say?'' whined the old
man.
"Say yes or no. yelled the chief.
The old man finally confessed, and
was let down. He went through an
elaborate series of promises as to his
future behavior and promised that rain
would fall within four days.
At the end of four days no rain had
fallen, but the old man had disap-
peared. 4 party of Zunis went out in
search of him, and had he been found
he would undoubtedly have been killed.
On the night of the fifth day. how
ever, and while the search was still in
progress, the rain came in torrents.
The next day. says the New Orleans
Picayune, the old man marched proud
ly into the village and was received
with acclamations Of great JOY.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Painless Falls.

"It wasn't the fall | moinded,' said
Fat describing has sensation in falling
from scaffold. "Begorra, I'd of gone
on travelin' that way forever; 1t was
the stop at the ind that inconvanienced
me-" This seems to have been the ex-
perience Of many who have been pre-
cipitated from a height; while falling
they were conscious of no pain, no ter
ror, though perfectly aware of what
was transpiring. Mr.. Whymper, who
has perhaps had more bad falls than
any living man, says that he once fell
and rebounded from rock to rock in
the Alps, and felt absolutely no pain
though he heard himself strike The
mind acts so rapidly that the expert
ence of a fall of a few moments will
sometimes take an hour to describe af-
terward. AS in drowning, the whole
previous lie seems to flash with dream
like rapidity through the mind, and
this gives place by delightful stages
to dreamless Inconsistencies Among
the ancient Norsemen, an old WARRIOR
who had had the misfortune not to fall
in battle, usually threw himself from
the top of cliff to gain admittance to
Nalhalla. The pleasant experiences Of
those who had fallen and escaped alive
may have had something to do with the
practice and belief
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

American -four is popular in Euro
pean markets, and every year an in
creasing proportion of our surplus
wheat is exported as flour. This is
very fortunate for this country. 1t not
only gives Il profit to the millers, but it
saves for American use the coarser
yet valuable parts Of the grain. Bran
and wheat middlings are used to an ex-
tent that would be impossible if we ex-
ported all our wheat as grain. Bran
is higher priced in this country than
it is anywhere else. partly, probably.
for the reason that American farmers
have corn to feed with it. Bran and
corn meal make a better feed than
either separately, both for the fatten-
ing animal and for the manure heap.
BY Touring our wheat before export
ing it much the most valuable part of
the grain for maintaining soil fertility
is kept in our own country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

Unprotected and left to the mercy of a
pitiless enemy to their physical tor
lures is added the hopelessness of de-
spair; the government allows their foes
to work their cruel will on women and
children as well as men.
A returned American missionary,
Frederick Davis Greene, has written a
book that has just been published by
the hilo-Armenian Association and
scattered broadcast over this country,
in which q terrible picture is given of
Armenian sufferings. To show how OBJ
stinately the Turkish Government up
holds it's own side of the case and how
10th it is to acknowledge it's own wrong
doing, it is only necessary to consider
that it has had book printed in New
York as an offset to Mr. Greene's work
In this Armenian affairs are barely
touched on and the kindness of the Sui
tan and his eagerness for his peoples
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
How Do the Turkeys Know.

Says an old Pennsylvania farmer: Il
always know when there is to be a
windstorm by watching the turkeys
and chickens go to roost each night.
In calm weather the fowls always roost
on their poles with their heads alter
mating each way; that is, one faces east,
the next west, and SO on. But when
there is going to be high wind they
always roost with their heads toward
the direction from which it is coming.
There are reasons for these different
ways of roosting, l take it. When
there is no wind to guard against they
can see other danger more readily if
they are headed in both directions, but
when wind is to arise they face it be-
cause they can hold their positions bet
ter. But the part | can't understand, y
he concluded, els how the critters know
that the wind is going 70 rise when we
mortals lack all intimation of it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
An Old Roman Bath.

The following is called "mock milk
bath" and wouldn't DE a bad thing to
try if it was not named at all: Make up
dozen cheese cloth bags about foot
square. Fill them with oatmeal and
pure white CASTLE soap shaved fine
two-thirds oatmeal and one-third soap
Put in the bag teaspoonful of borax
and some orris root or lavender flow
ers, Or anything of that kind that you
like as a perfume. Have about twelve
gallons of water for your bath and
make it pretty warm. Use the bag for
wash rag, and you will come out Of
each bath feeling as though you had
the skin of a baby. OF course, one bag
will only do for one bath, and the CON
tents will then have to be thrown
away, but the cheese cloth can be
washed and used till it breaks in holes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
STABBING AN ARMENIAN CHIEF TO PIECES
welfare is treated of in glowing colors.

welfare is treated Of in glowing colors.
Many of the atrocities described in
Mr.. Greene's book are too horrible for
publication. Here are some extracts
from description of the great massa-
ere at Sassoun, near Moosh:
''The government had suspected that
the Talvoveeg villages were harboring
agitators, and had sent orders to certain
Kurdish chiefs to attack the district, as
Stunning the responsibility for all they
should kill and promising the kurds all
the spoil.
cat first the Kurds Were set on and
the troops kept out of sight. The vii
layers, put to the fight, and thinking
they had only the kurds to deal with,
repulsed them on several occasions.
Some of the troops assumed Kurdish
dress and helped them in the fight with
more success. Small companies of
troops entered several villages, saying
they had come to protect them as loyal
subjects, and were quartered among
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Lost.

What remarkable places some fear
some souls choose for the hiding of
their money! A New York woman CON
cealed a thousand dollars worth Of
diamonds in one of her old shoes lately
for fear the burglars would get them
Her hired girl took the shoe to the cob
bler's to get it mended, and now that
lady mourns her diamonds. A Michi-
gan woman who had no faith in banks
recently hid her money zone thousand
dollars, in her house, whether under
the carpet, or in a cracked teapot, or in
an old tomato can, under the kitchen
sink is not stated. At any rate, mask
ed men got in, bound and gagged her
and took all her money, leaving her
more dead than alive. 1t would have
been more satisfactory to lose the mons
ey in broken bank than to lose it ia
that violent way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Strange Discovery.

Nature has beautiful habit Of adapt
ing herself to difficulties and weakness,
whenever that is possible. If she is
clicked and hindered in one direction,
she tries to become vigorous in an
other.
An English author says that man
of middle age, with whom he is ac-
quainted, found one Of his eyes affect
ed, as he thought, by reading small
print at night and applied to a famous
oculist for advice. The doctor exam
ined him very carefully, and presently
inquired whether he had ever suffered
any Inconvenience from the other eye
the right one.
.sNone whatever" was the reply.
'sStill," said the oculist, dryly, "it is
very important for you to preserve the
sight Of your left eye, inasmuch as
you have never seen with the other
since you were born"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Unexpected.

While talking over the chances of war
on the eve Of q battle, two British sol
diers, comrades, agreed that whichever
OF them survived the other should IN
herit all his possessions. To insure
the carrying out Of their agreement,
they made their wills. AS paper and
pens were not at hand, they scratched
their '1ast will and testament on
horn lantern with a rusty nail. The
battle was fought, and one of the COM
rades was killed. The other man, in
course of time, returned to England,
carrying with him the singular docu-
ment. He took it to Doctors Com
mons, where it was proved and allowed.
Then it appeared that the poor fellow
{ who had died in battle had, without
hearing of it, Inherited property yield
ing two hundred pounds year, ana
the legatee under the horn-lantern VIII
receive the inheritance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
The Names of States.

County names in the New England
and Middle Atlantic States are almost
exclusively of English or Indian ori-
Gin. In the border States of the South
they are chiefly English. In the Gulf
states. English and Indian, with
French in Louisiana. and traces OF
Spanish origin in Florida and Texas
In the Mississippi Valley they are
again OF English and Indian origin
with some French names coming down
from the Jesuit explorers. In the Rocky
Mountain States they are English and
Indian, with larger proportion Of the
latter than elsewhere: and on the Pa
cifc coast Spanish county names again
crop out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
Rolled Sewing Machine.

This does not make a very palatable
dish, but it gives very satisfactory re-
suits. A sewing machine that seems to
get out of order without cause is prob
ably dirty, and will fail to give salts
faction until thoroughly cleaned. II
the works are set carefully into a boil
err of boiling hot soap suds they may be
quickly cleaned with little trouble. Add
a teaspoonful Of ammonia to 4 pail Of
the suds, and let the machine works
stand in this until the dirt is removed.
Then lift out and dry thoroughly with
a wooden cloth, and set it in a warm
place until every particle of dampness
is removed Now set it on the stand, oil
every part, adjust the belt and tie
machine will run like new one. Old
clocks that have seemed to outiive their
usefulness may be treated in this NAH
ner. and a thorough boiling will often
cleanse the works and give them q
new lease of usefulness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

The Mexican cotton-boll weevil has
already begun it's depreciation on Texas
cotton. 1t seems likely to do more than
anything else to reduce the cotton
acreage in this largest cotton-produc-
ing State. Last year Is per cent. of
the cotton crop of Texas was destroyed
by this weeviI. 1t works on the bolls
while the crop is growing, and poisons
have little effect on it. The damage to
the Texas crop is estimated this year
at % per cent. Measures will be taken
by adjoining States to keep this de-
structiye enemy out Of them.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

the houses. In the night they arose
and slew the sleeping villagers, man,
woman. and child.
by this time those in the other vii
lagos were beginning to feel that ex-
termination was the object Of the gov
eminent. and desperately determined
to sell their lives as dearly as possible.
mo distinctions were made between
persons or villages as to whether they
were loyal and had paid their taxes OF
not The orders were to make clean
sweep A priest and some leading men
from one village went out to meet an
officer, taking in their hands their tax
receipts, declaring their loyalty and
begging for mercy; but the village was
surrounded and all human beings put
to the bayonet. A large and strong
man. the chief of one village. was cap
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

A man accused of theft lately plead
ed that he was hypnotized and did not
know when he did the stealing, being
entirely under the control of the hyp-
notizer He did not explain how it
happened that he could not recollect
anything about it afterwards. The
Judge, however, was not of the modern
faddist school, and sentenced him to
the full term in the penitentiary, and
recommended him to send for the fell
low who made him steal unconscious
ly, so he would bear the punishment
unconsciously. Cynical, maybe, for a
judge. but sensible.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

Because a minor pugilist said incau-
tiously that Corbett could not knock
his head off, this assertion being in re-
Spouse to Corbett's intimation that he
could successfully execute that severe
and necessarily unpleasant climax of
the manly art, the champion demands
an apology The settlement Of the
question is not of vast Importance, but
it calls attention to the delicate code
of ethics governing the ring. No Won
der that so little fighting is permitted
to occur near it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
DIED FROM TIGHT LAClNG.
English Actress Eek pires in the Midst
of a STAGE Performances

English Actress Expires in the Midst
of Stage Performance.
The latest victim of tight lacing, says
the Londan Daily News, is the unfor-
tunate actress who died in the midst
of the performance at the Elephant
and Castle Theater on boxing night
She seems to have been gripped AS in
a wise by the stays of her stage CO.'S
tune, and this, aggravating natural
weakness of the heart, brought on her
death. She had just finished a song
and danced off to the wings, when she
collapsed, with all the signs of fatal
illness. Her husband, who was in the
house, was called to her side, and her
agonized cry to him to unlace her dress
seems to have been the last cry that
left her lips. She was dead in her dress
ing-room before the doctor came. The
circumstances were such as to cOnsti-
tute every possible aggravation Of her
danger. Her lacing had paralyzed ev-
cry vital function at a moment when it
needed most freedom and play. A
dance in loose costume would have
been trying enough, amid all the excite
ment of first night. An added dance,
and both in garment that fitted like
the torture boots of the middle ages,
proved too much for the patience Of
outraged nature.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

piece of headgear than the one which
it will disDlace. Those among army
officers who see no necessity for
change criticise the new cap as being
devoid of what they term military
smartness,'' but none of them has as
yet attempted to assail the cap as a
practical piece of wearing apparel.
Among the advantages it has over the
present headgear the most conspicuous
one is that it will stay on the head
without being held; another advantage
is the sloping visor, which affords
grateful protection to the eyes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23

A polite gentleman introduced him
self to the wife of a New Jersey man
as friend of her brother. and after
inducing her to take drink Or two Of
whisky, proceeded to make off with
a couple of thousand dollars which her
husband, distrustful of banks, had de-
posted in a trunk up stairs. Really,
it is getting difficult for a man with
money to determine what to do with it,
II he keeps it at home it seems to be at
the mercy of any polite fellow who
comes along and hypnotizes - that's
what this woman called this wife,
and if he puts it in a bank the book
keepers get it to go on "belshazZars"
or to gamble in stocks. Better not to
have any money, after all.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-05-23
N Lesson in Dog Training.

A way Of training a dog to answer
its masters call has been adopted by
Head Keeper Marley, of the Zoologl,
cal Gardens, which, while it may not be
entirely new, is certainly effective. He
possessed valuable dog whose only
fault was that of Independence. and,
whistle and call as much us he might
the dog refused to take the slightest
notice. One day Mr. Manley caught
the dog in his cellar and tied a clothes
line about it's body just behind it's fore
legs. The line was several yards long,
and with tight hold on his end Man
ley took the dog out for walk. Every
once in while he would whistle, and
when the dog failed to respond he
drew ia the rope hand over hand with
the startled animal turning success
sion of somersaults in the dirt A few
such lessons were enough, and the dog
is now a model OF obedience. -Phila-
Gelphia Record.