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The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14

The statistics show that there is
used in the manufacture Of the ROYAL
Baking Powder moro than half of all
the cream Of tartar consumed in the
United States for all purposes. The
wonderful sale thus indicated for the
Royal Baking Powder-greater than
that of all other baking powders COM
bined-is perhaps the highest evidence
of the superiority of this article, and
Of its indispensableness to modern
cookery.
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14

The orbital motion Of the earth
perform a revolution Of nearly co.,
100000 miles in Il year, or somewhat
less than 10000 miles an hour, which
Here, then, our second carries us the
long distance of 10 miles The mighty
ball thus flies about il mile in the
nineteenth part of Se:fsnd.
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14
PrOfeSSiOna SmeIlfn

There are many trades and profess
sions in which well-developed organs
Of sense are more or less essential. A
perfect sight must be possessed by
the engine driver and signalman; a
delicate sense Of touch chara acterizes
the expert typewriter and pianist; and
a sensitive palate is indispensa BILE to
the tea-taster. But it is less frequent
to hear of lucrative employment be-
ing obtained by persons possessing an
unusually keen sense of smell. Never
theless the professional "smeller" does
exist, and performs very useful func-
tions. Any person Wis ting the bar
rel-cleaning department of one of our
breweries may fnd him busy at work,
applying his nose to the bunghole Of
barrel OTTER barrel.
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14

A BO.ton Churchman Upsets and
Curses the Bicycling Parson.

There is a certain we'll known busi-
ness man, the head Of one of our big
trust companies. says the Boston Rec
ord, who is passionately fond of riding
and driving, and equally abhorrent of
bicycling. He is scrupulously observ-
ant of the rules of the road, and
nothing disturbs his equanimity more
than the way in which wheelmen
often persist in turning to the left in
stead Of to the right when meeting
carriage. They have a peculiarly ex-
aSpelating trick Of "cutting in" next
the curb when only a small space in
tervenes. Well. he was out driving
with his daughter the other evening,
and the bicyclers kept constantly dart
ing in between the, carriage and the
curb.
The hater of cyclists stood it as pa
tiently as possible for some time, but
at last his stock of Jobs chief virtue
ran out, and he declared to his daugh-
ter that the next time a wheelman at.
tempted the trick he would make him
sorry for it, The desired opportunity
was not long in coming, and the next
cyclist who assumed to defy the rules
of the road met with a mishap. AS he
attempted to scoot in next the curb
the man in the carriage turned his
horse in quickly, ran into the man on
the wheel, tipped him over, bruised
his nose and shook him up pretty gen.
orally, besides demolishing the wheel
into a tolerably thorough wreck.
"Now, - you, you won't try that
again" shouted the man in the car.
riaGe in ghoulish glee. Then, as the
victim slowly picked himself up, and
the dust settled so as to clear the at.
mosphere, he was recognized. Hor
'rors! Rev. Leighton Parks! And his
chastiser was one Of his most proml-
nent parishioners.
Good evening, Mr.. Parks" exclaim-
ed the latter, lifting his hat politely.
The story ends here, but it seems MIR.
Parks ought at least to get new
wheel out of the episode.
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14

Stamp Collector ttriumphantly)-
have just succeeded in securing a fine
specimen of the recently counterfeit
ed 2-cent stamps; cost me only S1.5O,
toor
Frfend-A dollar and a half for a
counterfeit stamp? Why, man, you
must be crazy:
"But you see, my dear fellow. it Is
certified to as q genuine counterfeit -
We'll, | declare! You stamp collec-
tors beat my Understandings
well, l suppose to one who is not
interested in philately stamp collect
ing seems like queer business"
''It isn't a busiyess-it's a disease
Exchange.
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14

The Royal Baking Powder. as ev-
cry cook knows, Is always to be relied
upon. 1t is one of the greatest aids
she has. She is always able with the
least trouble to make the very finest
biscuits. cakes, mullins. and crusts.
Many a cooks reputation has been
made by the delicious things she has
been able to make with it.
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14

For thirty years the Royal has been
the standard for purity and strength
lin baking powders, and has been
placed at the head of every board OF
official examiners, whether State or
National
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14

The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation: that away.
Men are but gilded loam or painted
c]aY
The Cook County herald., 1895-09-14
STAYING A DEATH.

WAS living in Sc
clusion in a small
tc wn about thirty
five miles north of
London. I was writ
Ing a novel.
So engrossed was
I with my task that
Ihad dnO time even to
read the newspaper
and was quite iSno-
rant of what was
going on in the
The herald., 1895-03-17
A Forecast of What Will Be
Disposed of
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Recommendations to the City Fathers
Concerning Public Improvements
The Sewer Committee Favors the Construction
Of Sewer Along Kurtz Street From
Park to Main Sewer

There will be considerable business dis
posed of by the City Council! at it's SEES
sion tomorrow.
Mayor RAIDER, Engineer Compton and
Street Superintendent P. A. Howard, the
commissioners appointed for the change
OF grade OH Fourth street between Fig
ueroa and Bixel will report: 1--WE, the
undersigned commissioners appointed by
your honorable body, to view and assess
the damages claimed by e. Nollac in the
matter of the change of grade of Fourth
street between Figueroa and Bixel streets,
would report that after Investigation and
due consideration we believe in our judy
ment that the property, being lot 8 block
2. Washington tract, owned by said Il.
Nolluc and which he claims is damaged to
to the amount of 1862, instead of being so
damaged, Is benefited by the proposed
change. The property as now affected by
the present grade. leaves the street about
level with the second story of frame
lot OF any value, with the present grade,
would require the raising of the house
some ten or twelve feet and the filling of
the lot at considerable expense. The pro-
posed change Of grade will bring the
street nearly on a level with the first floor
OF the mouse ana lessen the expense OF
filling the lot by several hundred dollars.
We therefore recommend that no dam
ages be allowed.
D. G. Morrison, City Justice, will re-
port the collection of civil fines amount
ing to $lll.50 during the month OF Feb
ruary. which amount has been deposited
with the City Treasurer
George Cordell. on behalf of the prop
erty owners on Clark avenue and Eleventh
street, will petition that sewer be laid
In those streets.
Il. J. Waters and others will petition to
have sidewalk laid on the east side OF
Grand avenue. between Second and Third
eight feet in width.
Mayor Raider will return without his
approval ordinances of intention for side
walking portions of Douglass and Twenty
second streets, for the reason that per-
mits have been issued by the Superin-
tendent of Streets to perform the proposed
work by private contract.
The petition of Mead. Wright & Co.,
for permission to establish and maintain
a packing-house in this city, will be dis
posed Of
J. V. MacNeil and others will petition
the Council to abate the stencil arising
from the sewer in the vicinity of Six
tecnth, San Pedro and Washington
streets.
r. l.. Horton and many others will
protest against the opening of Byram
street into Eleventh street.
The herald., 1895-03-17
PROPERLY ASSESSED
The Supervisors Of Orange County Had 4
Right to Create an Irrigation District


Right to Create an Irrigation District
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
Judgment OF the Superior Court of Orange
county in the case of j. l.. Holly against
the county OF Orange and Royal l.. Free
man, appealed by plaintiff. Freeman is
the owner of lands in the Bosa drainage
district. In November, 1890, some land
owners in the vicinity of his ranch petit
toned the Board of Supervisors for q ditch
under the provisions of an act entitled
All act to provide for a system of drain
age for agricultural, swamp and over
flowed lands. - The Supervisors established
the district and assessed the lands within
it to pay costs. Freeman paid under pro-
test, and the board rejected his claim
afterward when he asked for the return of
the money. A general demurrer to the
complaint was sustained, and plaintiff
having declined to amend his complaint,
the case was dismissed.
1t was from this judgment of dismissal
that Freeman appealed. His objections
to the validity of the assessment were
two-fold, one maintaining that the act of
the Legislature. under which the Super
vsors levied and collected the tax was
unconstitutional, and the other that SO
much of the act under which the Super
vsors had proceeded to levy an assess
ment or tax upon the property owners
without first submitting the question to a
vote OF the electors of the district was re-
pealed by the county government act of
1888. The Supreme Court disagreed with
plaintiffs views.
The herald., 1895-03-17
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

The Board of Public Works make the
following recommendations to the Council
tomorrow. In the matter OF the street
opening cases which have been awaiting
districts of assessment, we recommend as
follows:
In the matter of the east half of Hoover
street from Washington street south; we
recommend that the matter be filed for
the present.
In the matter Of the partial abandon
ment OF Connecticut street between Buck
ley and Vernon streets, we recommend
The herald., 1895-03-17
Stockholders Meeting.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ Board of Directors of the Hesperia Land
and Water Company has, by resolution duly
passed on the 18th day of January, 1895.
called a meeting OF the stockhold.
ers Of said company to meet
ON Tuesday April 23d, 1885, at 4 O'Clock
$40 Bradbury Building. in the City OF Los An
geles. Los Angeles county, state OF California
SAID place OF meeting being the principal place
Said meeting OF the stockholders of said cor
poration is called for the purpose of consider
ing the proprlety OF creating bonded indebt-
edness OF the said corporation for the su,n or
amount OF $50, 900 NINETY thousand dollarsl.
the payment OF said indebtednessto be secured
oy mortgage or deed OF trust upon the property
that the foregoing order be published in The
Herald o newspaper published in Los Angeles
City, Cal, as provided by law.
S. H. MOTT,
Secretary of said Corporation.
Dated this 2lst day of February, 1895.
The herald., 1895-03-17
The rlodern Way

Commends itself to the we'll formed, to do
pleasantly and effectually what was form
ery done in the crudest manner and dis
aereeably as well. To cleanse the system
attd break up colds, headaches and levers
without unpleasant after effects use the
delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
of Figs, ~'f
The herald., 1895-03-17

Chamberlains Cough Remedy gives
cine l handle, and as seller leads all
other preparations in this market. l
recommend it because it is the best
medicine | ever handled for coughs,
colds and Group. A. w. Baldrdge, Mil
lersville, Ill; For sale by Off & Vaughn,
Fourth and Spring streets, and G. f.
Heinzeman, 222 N. Main street. druggists.
The herald., 1895-03-17

Try gal. Maltese Club whisky, SO. so,
unexcelled for purity and flavor. T.Vache
& Co., cor. Commerce & Alameda. Tell 800.
The herald., 1895-03-17

Buy the Whitney make trunk and travelling
bag. Factory 423 $. Spring st.
The herald., 1895-03-17

Hollenbeck Hotel Cafe. Grill rooms and
private dining rooms. Oysters on she'll
The herald., 1895-03-17

A. A. EckstrOm has removed to 324 Soutt
Spring street with his stock of wall pa per-
The herald., 1895-03-17

Kregclo g. Bresee, funeral directors,
Broadway and Sixth street. Tel. 245.
The herald., 1895-03-17

Wall paper mouse of the coast, s2s,s. Spring
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

COMEDIAN WILLIAM F. HoEY
once encountered a distinctly inpe
nious Britisher. The comedian
formed his acquaintance during one
OF Lucania's incoming voyages, and
the two breakfasted in New York
together.
81 guess I'll turn out to see Harry
after breakfast" said the guest.
Harry ~ queried the comedian
softly.
Yes; my brother" explained
the Englishman. "I've two here.
Harry lives in San Francisco and
Charlie in Chicago"
But you'll be back for dinner Pr
facetiously quizzed Hoey.
The Britisher took him seriously.
" Sure for dinner, If not for lunch. -
he answered. And accompanied by
the actor, now Thoroughly alive to
the humor of the incident, he found
himself a few minutes later in the
line of ticket-buyers in the Grand
Central depot.
AN excursion ticket to San Fran
cisco, stopping at Chicago station on
RETURN" he ordered.
The ticket agent put about a quar-
ter of a mile of pasteboard under
his stamp, pounding 1t for a minute
or more, thrust it before the explorer
and expectantly awaited payment.
When does the train 90 ?" asked
the Englishman.
"ln ten minutes" was the an
swer.
"How much is 1t ?"
lone hundred and thirty-eight
dollars and fifty cents"
=" What ?" the Englishman gasped.
" How far is it ?"
"Three thousand miles,"
"Old Hoss" was right behind to
catch the falling form, and, as he
guided the half-fainting Englishman
back to the cab, where he snuggled
helplessly In a corner, the single ex-
clamation escaped, "What a coun-
tryl''
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

GREAT THEORY" The strangest
invention that ever came to nv no.
tice," said patent agent to p. W.,
was that recently brought nut by
an old German. His idea was to
build massive pillar in the center
of the Atlantic Ocean and place upon
1t revolving bridge, one end touch
ing Liverpool and the other New
York, 80 that people in England de-
string to 20 to New York, could get
on the Liverpool end Of the bridge,
and vice versa.
BY asemicircular turn of the bridge
the passengers will be Brought to
their destination.
When l asked him how he could
get the pillar In the ocean, and where
the power would come from to turn
such a structure, he admitted that
he had overlooked 1t, and when /
told him, further, that there was
danger Of the Ice in the Arctic re-
gions being an obstruction to the
turning Of the bridge, he decided to
carry the idea no further"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03
POETRY.
ONE WOMAN.
BY K. MATHEsON.

Her eyes are not cerulean blue ~
Her silken tresses" do not :" fall
In ripping waves Of amber hue:'
She has no Especial gift" at all
ibis gentle woman, sweet and good,
Who sprang not from a royal race,
ct wears her crown Of womanhood
With more than queenly grace.
She does not seem to "float on air,
Like thistledown, amidst the dance -
nor would her modest spirit care
TO :" hold mon spellbound with a
glance"
But she is gracious to the poor;
The sick and sorrowful aver
That when she enters at their door
The sunshine follows her.
She has not scared to Learning Is heights,
Nor sounded Wisdom's depths pro-
found;
She only claims her woman 8 rights
Where tasks for tender hands abound ;
ct, though she shrinks from themes
abstruse,
Nor studies ethics" overmuch,
The common things in daily use
Grow fairer at her touch.
Enjoying most where most she loves,
She has no great desire 30 roam,
But by her pure example proves
How love may sanctify the home,
And thus she rules with kindly hand
The realm she understands the best,
While all her happy household band
Arise and call her blest.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03
A Primitive Scrap.

Adam and Eve were experiencing
slight domestic difficulty.
eff 1 had known it was going tc
be like this would never have mar
ried you," she sobbed.
"Don't worry about that, my dear
am not enjoying it any more thar
, you are" he responded.
"There you are again. You hav,
not the slightest regard for my feel
ings."
"Oh, but 1 have, my dear,n h,
sneered. I" 1 am very sure 1 do no
pay attention to any other woman
and you cannot say that ever sale
your biscuits were not as good as my
mother made.n
"You never had chance" she
snapped at him.
THAT is all right" he nagged
after the fashion of husbands who
try to put great deal of meaning into
what there is really none in; "bu,
just the same ! was not particularly
unhappy before ever met you."
Neither was before I met you,''
and her face grew red and white in
spots as she spared with him.
"Ah, well, now, my lady," he
said, with more or less scorn, "
guess you were not much before
married YOU"
I" guess 1 was about as much as
you were. You could not have mar
ried anybody else."
How do you know couldn't p
he retorted. you wern't keeping
a tab on me before you met me
were your"
She was not making much head.
way and she realized the fact.
Well, 1 don't care" she answered
in the peculiarly logical way of wo.
men.
You ought not to, seeing that 1
did not marry you for your money,
or your family or for social position 81
IT 1t was not for one thing /
would 60 right home to my mother. ~
"Oh, do not let anything prevent
you. am sure / can get along as
well without you as you can without
me-"
" You are only trying to provoke
me into leaving your roof" she al
most sobbed.
81 like that" he smiled.
"Of course you like it, you horrid
wretch. would give anything if
only had big brother"
"You might call in policeman, ,"
he suggested.
She knew he had reached the
silly point of the quarrel ard she
saw her way out Of the whole thing.
"Anyhow, DEAR" as a smile came
through her tears and made q rain
bow on her face, "there is one thing
you can be thankful for and that is
that your mother-in-law does not
live with you"
" Darling !" he exclaimed joyously,
and folded her to his throbbing bo-
som.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

HAPPINESS AND WoRK.-Genuine
happiness in this world cannot he OBJ
tanned without work and RESPONSE
bility, remarks an exchange. The
person whose time hangs heavy on
her hands is sure to become a Great.
ure OF moods, and develop a pettish
and unhappy disposition, and dsgen.
crate into q sort Of Mrs. Skewton.
whose vanity takes up her entire
time. 1t Is not alone in the man.
sions of the rich that the victims OF
ennul are found. Many boo,
mother and father virtually starve
themselves to crafty the whims OF
a pampered child. Many a woman
Of independent means devotes he,
entire time to her fellow-beings, and
works as hard as women who have
to earn their daily bread. The idle
woman is generally found among the
vulgar, or those who deem that work
Will disgrace them. The true gentle.
woman Is never afraid Of soiling her
hands with any necessary or useful
work, and such woman is not likely
TO be the victim of pettish disposi.
ton.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

SLEEPING ToGETHER.-Two chill
dren, even if both are healthy,
should not be required to sleep to-
gether, says Childhood. They are
apt In their sleep to turn their faces
toward each other, and thus mingle
their breaths. One may be uncom.
Portable under the amount of cover.
ing needed by the other one may
like the sensation of the fresh nigh,
air On his chest and hands, and the
other be sensitive to the cold. Very
rarely are the necessities of two tenn.
peraments perfectly adjusted to each
other. And frequently one child
aWakens refreshed and the other
tired and irritable. showing that the
advantages have been all on one side
1t is better to accustom a child to a
simple springless cot bed, his exclu-
sive property, than to oblige him to
occupy the most luxurious couch
shared with another person.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

A STRATEGIC MOVE" Did you
take those pants to Mr.. Dudely Few
cads ~ asked fashionable tailor of
his assistant. Yes, sir, 1 took
them to him" Did he pay you
for them ?" "No, sir, he said he
would call around next week and
settle for them." but gave you
a note to him telling him that If he
couldn't pay cash for the pants you
were to bring them back. Did YOU
give him my note? eyes, sir; I
gave him the note, but he didn't
read 1t until after he had put on the
pants,D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

A WORD TO BOYs.-You are made
to be kind. boys-generous, magnani-
nous. If there is boy in school
who has a clubfoot, don't let him
know you ever saw it. If there is a
poor boy with ragged clothes, don't
talk about rags in his hearing. If
there is lame boy, assign him some
part in the game that doesn't re-
quire running. IF there is hungry
one, give him part of your dinner.
If there is dull one, help him get
his lessons. If there is bright one
be not envious of him. for If one
boy is proud of his talents, and an
other is envious of them, there are
two wrongs and no moro talent than
before.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03
NUMBER 10,

1T Is one thing to be witty, and
another to be rude and personal, and
the brute in this instance got ex-
actly what served him right. A
young and newly married couple
were entertaining their friends, and
among the guests was one whose
continued rudeness made him ex-
tremely Objectionable to the rest of
the company. His conduct, although
most unbearable, was put up with
ior some time until at supper he
held up on his fork a piece of meat
which had been served to him, and
In vein of intended humor he
looked around, and remarked, els
this pig ?" This Immediately drew
forth the remark from a quiet-look-
ing individual sitting at the other
end Of the table, Which end of
the fork do you refer to?"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

IT WAS WHITER.-Nate Salsbu-
ry's fun is not entirely drowned out
by his business cares. He told a
yarn in the Metropolitan Cafe, re-
Gently, says the N. Y. Journal, that
convulsed his hearers. We had a
German cornet player In the orches-
ira when we were travelling In the
West," he said, "who was a sore
trial to every body else in the troupe.
He would not admire anything, or
admit that anything was equal to
what he had been used to In Germany.
Even the giant trees in California,
according to him, were smaller than
the lindens in Prussia.
One morning we woke up on the
train, and found ourselves stalled i'm
about eight feet of snow, twenty
miles from nowhere, with q fiend of
blizzard blowing. Some of the
boys hunted up the Dutchman, and
woke him up.
Vot is 1t ?" he said, sleepily.
Look out o. the windows,' they
exclaimed, triumphantly. You
never saw a snowstorm like this at
home.'
He opened one eye and looked.
Whiter,' he said, and went to sleep
again."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-03

AN INsULTIN SUSPICION
Winks--" What's the matter? You
look as mad as a hornet.n
Jinks-"I 1 ought to be mad. I've
been grossly insulted, and by my
own preacher, too"
Your preacher ?"
Yes, my preacher. He stopped
me in the street, and said that he'd
noticed that on two or three occa.
sions lately, I'd left the church Just
as the contribution box started
arOund."
Did you leave?"
Yes; but you don't suppose IL
was to avoid adding a paltry dime
to the church funds, do you? The
idea! 1t makes me boil to think
that a preacher-my own preacher,
too-should suggest such a thing
It's outrageous"
But why did you leave ?"
"It was raining. I'd forgotten
my umbrella, and l knew there were
only a few in the vestibule."