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The herald., 1895-08-24
SAN PEDRO
A Dcspondent ffenchman Swallows a Dose of
Arsenic and Dies in Agony


SAN PEDRO, Aug. 23.-A Frenchman
by the name Of Jean Cariste was found
by two bows yesterday lying upon the old
wharf at Wilmington suffering in agony.
Medical aid was summoned, but to no
avail. as the poor fellow died at 8 o'clock
in the evening. He stated before he died
that he came from Arizona, where he had
been working eight years on ranch. He
came to. San Pedro yesterday morning
and took some arsenic with suicidal in-
tent at the time. Owing to its being an
overdose it did not kill him at once. He
walked from San Pedro to Wilmington
after taking the poison, ard proceeded to
the Wilmington wharf, where he suffered
for hours before being found by the boys.
The m olive for the suicide is unknow IL.
Estsils de la Mar circle of King s
Daughters gave an entertainment and
social at Svca hall last evening. Mich
proved success financially and socially.
The schooner Salvador, Captain Tibbetts
has arrived from Tacoma with 700, 900
feet of lumber for the Southern California
Lumber company.
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Preparations for Atlanta-Two Cars Leave
Today

Preparations for Atlanta-Two Cars Leave
Today
Superintendent Virgins Of the cham
Der of comm cree and his force of assistants
are still very busy preparing the exhibit
for the Los Angeles display at Atlanta.
Boxes and bales to the amount of two car
loads are now ready for shipment and
will be forwared over the Southern Pa
citic line, via New Orleans. today. Ar
rangements have been made for free car
rage as far as New Orleans, and there are
strong hopes of getting the goods in place
with no charges for freight.
Mr.. Virgins, accompanied by Mrs.
Virgins, will leave for Atlanta on Sun
day evening, and will be on hand prompt
ly to superintend the installation of the
exhibit.
All other baking poXders save DR..
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Between East San Pedro and Long Beach 10
minutes.

RUBIO CANYON AN ECHO MOUNTAIN.
Trains leave Los Angeles daily at 10 a. n1.s
c l 40 pm, and ; 30 pm.
Fine pavilion and hotel Grand scenery.
Telescope and search light.
CATALINA ISLAND
The Terminal railway train at LOS p. NJ,
daily except Sunday. makes close connec ito
with steamer Hermosa for Catalina. Return
ing arrives at Los Angeles II 35 am Satur-
days three boats leaving Los Angeles 9:O5 a.
M. LOO m, 4: :35 M sundays leave Loa
Angeles am. returning on arrival ofsteamer.
ADaily. Daily except Sundays. Sun
days only. Saturdays only.
Stages meet the I'm train at Pasadena for
Mt. Wilson on new trail.
Passengers leaving Los Angeles on the m.
train for Mt. Wilson can return same day.
Special rates to excursions and picnic parties.
Depots east end OF First street and Downsy
avenue bridges.
City ticket office, Greenewads cigar stors
corner Second and Spring streets.
General offices, First-street depot.
T. b. BURNETT, General Manager.
w. WINCUP. Gen. Passenger Agt.
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To Cleanse the System

EYectually yet gently. when costive or bill
ious, or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, to permanently cure habitual con
stipation. to- awaken the liver and kid
neys to healthy activity, without irrtat.
ing or weakening them. to dispel head
hes. colds or fevers. use Syrup Of Figs.
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Timer Killed

OROVILLE, Cal. Aug. 23.-Whil
George Crandall and George Tyler wer,
working at the Megatie shaft tim Der be-
came loosened and fell. striking Crandall
on the head and Tyler on the arm.
Though badly hurt Tyler maintained his
footing. but Crandall fell to the bottom Of
the shaft and was instantly killed.
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The Charge Dismissed

The charge of selling liquor without a
license against Mrs. Schott of Garvan:
was yesterday dismissed by Township
Justice Young on motion of Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Williams. Mrs. Schott is
an elderly German woman of respec ia bl e
appearance. and it is believed that il she
violated the law it was through ignorance
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Judge Van Dyke Of the superior court
has been heard from. The judge writes
that he had splendid time in the Yo-
semitic, where lie spent some time. He
is now in San Francisco and Oaklan d,
where he is visiting friends. He expects
to return by the 1st of September and
will be ready for business at that time. n
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ut. Lowe Railway
FOR TIME TABLE SEE LOS ANGELES
TERMINAL RAILWAY,

For Echo fountain. Mount Lowe and The Pines
Take the Terminal train at 8: 10 a. IN. and
3 80 p. m. daily, making direct connections
with Mount Lowe railway at Altadena juno
ton. Special train sundays only at 40 p. m.
for Echo Mountain.
Returning via Terminal railway, leave Echo
Mountain at 8 80 n. IN. and p m, daily, with
additional train at p. IN. Sundays only This
also makes daily connection with the Lake
Avenue horse car ior Pasadena.
For the accommodation OF those doing bust.
ness in Los Angeles and Pasaden a, special TIL ps
for the summer. by way OF street railway con-
Meeting with trains on Santa Fe railway at
Ollvewood station as follows: Leaving Echo
Mountain at Z 10 u. M, reaching Pasadena at
$40, Los Angeles at :55; returning, leave La
Grande station, Los Angeles, at p m, arriv.
ing at Echo Mountain at 6:2o, in time for din
ner aD q evening entertainments
Passdena-The D. m. Lake avenue horse car
makes daily connection with Mount Lowe rail.
way for Echo Mountain and beyond.
Trunks and other baggage checked through.
sa me as on other roads,
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RedOndO Railway

DEPOT: Grand ave. and Jefferson ST.
In effect a. M. Thursday. May 80. 1895.
Leave Los Angeles Leave Rodond for
for Redondo. Los Angeles.
$40 am. sunday only q AS n. sunday only
9:05 am. daily z 80 a. m. daily
10 AS am. sunday only 9:35 am. sunday only
:35 p. M. daily 10:45 am. daily
b :45 p m. daily 80 pm. daily
700 p. IN. Sunday only D $40 p. IN. Sunday only
For passenger aud freight rates apply At
depot, corner Grand avenue and Jefferson
street. Phone, West /.
L. I. GARNSEY, President.
J. n. SUTTON, Superi nteade M
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Expected Home

Trowbridge II. Ward. clerk OF the SUI
preme court, is expected to arrive in this
city on visit Sunday or Monday.
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full line of lunch goods can be had
at II. Jevne's.
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You get first choice of seats ON Catalina
steamers by taking the Terminal rail-
way.
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Judge Van Dyke Heard Fror

Alum baking powders are poisonous
DR.. Prices only is perfectly pure.
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Chatsworth Park-Leave from aud arrive at
River Station, San Fernando street, only.
sSundays excepted. A Sundays only, B Sat-
urdays only
N B.-The train leaving Arcade depot for
Redlands, Riverside, San Bernardino, etc, at
:45 p m, and the train arriving from those
points at 80 q. M, are fast limited trains and
make no stops between Maud Junction, Los
Angeles, and Pomona, except at Alhambra
and Monte
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND
Connecting with Wilmington Transportation
Companys ocean excursion steamers
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COnpOQnIe Gena0|e TToDSoi|QDd0ue


TRENCH LINE TO HAVRE.
COMPANY'S PIER (NEW) NO AZ NORTH
- river, foot OF Morton ST., New York.
Travellers by this line avoid both travel by
English railway and the discomfort of crossing
the channel in n small boat
La Bourgogne, August 3.
La Touraine, August 10.
La Normandie August IL
La Gascogne, August ~.
La Champagne, August 81.
La Bourgogne, September7.
La Touraine, september Ii.
La Gascogne, September u.
La Champagne september %.
La Bourgogne, october 5.
La Touraine. october IL.
La Gascogne, october 10.
La Champagne. october 26
La Bourgogne. November
La Touraine, November ..
New YORK to Alexandria, Egypt, via Paris,
first class. $160; second class, Sl1O.
For freight or passage apply to
A. FORGET, Agent,
No. 9 Bowling Green New York
J. f. FUGAZI & Co, agents, D Montgomery
ave-, San Francisco. Tickets are for sale by all
railroad and steamship offices.
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Surrendered by His Bondsmen

All other baking powders save d
Prices are in some way adulterated.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Fruit and cold drinks at Martins, Sec
ond and Utah; furnished rooms.
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S. S. st. Paul, August l, 0,
II, IS; Sept. 2.
S. S. Eureka, August 5, 13,
81, 26; Sept. q.
Evening star., 1895-05-28
THE HOUSE BOAT.

The Luxury of Living in Them to BE
Made Common.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
In New York company has been formed
to build house boats. Why not? The house
boat is a good thing, If it Is English We
have adopted the hanson cab, which is
English and good, and the monocle, which
is English and bad; the English melodrama,
which is very terrible, and the English
practice of tipping servants after we have
already paid them through their employer,
which is vile practice. AS we stomach
these matters there is no reason why we
should not greet the house boat as one of
the few things which come out of England
that commends itself to a superior race on
the score of sense. The house boat is a
scow with house built on it. Ordinary
marine architecture is avoided in the shape
and fitting Of this ark. The superstructure
is a cottage rather than a cabin, and in
some cases it is mansion. A cozy parlor,
sleeping room or two, kitchen with
lavatories and store rooms and an upper
deck shaded with awnings, frightened with
fancy lamps, palms, flowers and supplied
with hammocks and easy chairs make the
thing attractive to view, especially when
the boat is moored on the edge of a placid
river or lake with hills in the landscape and
fine old trees shading the decks from the
too fervent heat of the summer sun.
English house boats are small, perforce.
AS English rivers average a quarter of a
mile long in length and ten feet wide, it
follows that house boat half a mile long
and twelve feet wide would have to go
about the country on rollers. But in this
country there is room for the biggest boats
that the new company can build If they
cannot find room on our great lakes and on
the Hudson, Mississippi, Delaware, StLaw-
renee and GoWanus they can find it no.
whera yya hal l1-a
from the English models far better more
stable, more artistic. more useful and more
comfortable boat than the English ever
dreamed of making.
Evening star., 1895-05-28
CHARCOAL FOR GUNPOWDER.
How 1t Is Made of the Particular
Quality Needed.

no" H Is MADE OF the particular
Quality Needed.
From the Chicago Reconl.
Charcoal-making for gunpowder is q
much more complicated process than the
ordinary field kiln manufacture. Only GER
tain kinds of wood are used-usually the
young shoots of elder and willow-and it IL
cut In the spring, SO that the bark may be
stripped off. 1t is then piled under airy,
open sheds and allowed to remain several
years, until 1t is thoroughly dried. When
the powder maker is ready for a new sup
ply OF charcoal the wood is cut into lengths
OF three feet and placed in tight iron re-
torts. under and around which a fire roars
continually. The dampers and pipes are so
arranged that the workmen have complete
control of the heat. At the end of the re-
tort hole is left for the escape of the in-
hammable gases resulting from the char.
ring process. A pipe catches them as they
leave the retort and conveys them into thS
furnace, where they take the place of A
good deal of fuel. When the flame of the
gases become a deep-blue color the works
men know that the wood Is sufficiently
charred and the retort Is cooled down as
quickly as possible. The charcoal is then
left for week or more before grinding,
because II placed in the machine at once
there Is danger Of spontaneous combustion,
Tho best charcoal Is Jet black, and frac.
lures show velvety surface.
The grinding machine is like huge olds
fashioned coffee mill-two rougheped cones
turning one inside the other. AS the pow-
dered charcoal comes out 1t falls upon a.
screen. and all that goes through it is taken
to the powder mill and the residue "tailing
over is returned to the grinder.
Evening star., 1895-05-28
Paper HOrscshOes.
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
A practical invention by a veterinary
surgeon Is now successfully applied at
Berlin. He manufactures horseshoes of
paper impregnated with oil turpentine
to make 1t water proof After being sat
urated. 1t is glued together in thin layers
with a cement which does not become
brittle when drying and consists of a mix
ture of Venetian turpentine. powdered
chalk, lnseed oil and lacquer. These horse
shoes are made in various thcknesses
The holes admitting the nails by which
the shoe is fastened to the hoof are
stamped through the paper when moist: it
is then subjected to very strong pressure,
under a hydraulic press, and, when dry
can be filed and planed to fit the hoof
sEugly.
The inventor has also attempted to make
chalk, sand. turpentine and iinseed Oil in
such quantities that the material is i'm
permeable to moisture. This composition
possesses the necessary elasticity and
toughness for the purpose; 1t can be pressed
in molds and dried afterward, or cut out
of blocks of the mass and placed under
strong pressure. The shoes made by past
ing together paper sheets are preferable as
they are stronger than those made of the
compressed Material. These shoes can be
fastened to the horses hoof either by nails,
as usual, or be cemented with glue consist
ing of gum of ammonia one part and gutta-
percha two parts. The great advantage
claimed by the inventor for the new shoe
is the impossibility of the horse slipping on
slippery roads.
Evening star., 1895-05-28
The Circus Kitchen,

From McClure's Magazine.
At 4:O5 a shout from the crowd indicates
the approach of the three huge cook
wagons, each weighing twenty tons and
drawn by six horses. From the first Of
them rise three chimneys, out of which
black smoke is pouring. This wagon car
ries the siXteen-foot cooking range, where
fires We're started the moment the wagon
was unloaded from the train. Already,
while rolling toward the circus grounds,
the ten cooks have been making active
preparations for the breakfast which must
be served within two hours to 100 hungry
people.
When the three wagons have drawn up
on the site of the still unraised cook tent
three butchers with heavy cleavers at once
begin work upon the sides of beef, legs of
mutton and loins of pork Give hundred
pounds in alD that must forthwith be
changed into steaming steaks. chops and
outlets. A boiler is set up, and steam pipes
are connected from 1t with the big urn
which must furnish two thousand cups Of
coffee shortly, and with the warming pans
on the tables where the meats are served.
While this IL doing by one set of men
others are raising the tent, building twelve
long tables. and unpacking twenty large
green boxes that contain six thousand
dishes and countless kitchen utensils.
Evening star., 1895-05-28
BIRDS LIKE TO TRAVEL
And This. Says Prof. Wang, is the
Reason ThcyNAnnuaIly Fly Soutb.

And This. Says Prof. wnnc. ia tbe
REASON ThcySAnnually Fly South.
From the New York World.
why do the birds fit southwark each
autumn and return again with every spring? ?
NO one knows, but science, in the person
OF frof. Wang, the eminent Austrian Or
nltholosist, has just disclosed that the usual
nlppant answer to this question Because
they like to travel" is not far out of the
way, after all.
In lecture that Prof. Wang recently de-
ivered at Vienna he gave some extremely
interesting details regarding the migrat tions
OF birds, all of which migra tions resemble
one another in two respects: They follow
the most direct line southwark, and are
made with almost incredible rapdity. Nu-
merous observations have been made at
Heligoland. which is the principal halting
place of birds of passage from northern
countries. and in Egypt, which is the win
ter home of many, and these observa tions 9
nave established some facts hitherto IN
known. The blue birds traverse the 400
nautical miles which separate Egypt from
Helgoland in single night, which is at
Ine rate OF more than forty geographical
miles per hour. The swallows speed is
over two and one-half miles per minute, or
nearly three times that of the fastest rail-
way train Even the younger birds. six or
elSht weeks DID, accompany the others in
their long Journey
Prof. Wang asks himself what is the i'm
pulse which causes the BIRDS after the
brooding and moultng season is over. to
quit our northern climate He does not
think 1t Is fear of cold, for many species
quite as delicate as those which migrate
southwark easily withstand the rirors of
the winter but that they have an irresist-
ible humor for travelling This is his idea
OF tne 1act, out ne can give no explanation
Evening star., 1895-05-28
Grants First War Service,


Upon him the adjutant general also put
the critical eye, when Grant applied to
him, and seemed, like all the others, to be
disposed to measure the unassuming man
by his clothes rather than by his record
and his Intelligence. He, too, said: well,
l don't know that there is anything you
can do to help us. We are pretty well
organized. But" he added, hold on; you
must know how to rule blanks for the
You certainly learned how to do that when
you were in the army"
"Oh, yes" replied Capt. Grant, "I know
how those blanks should be ruled"
We'll, you see,' continued the adjutant
general, I'VE are short of these blanks
The department at Washington cannot
forward us the printed blanks as fast as
we need, the demand is so great. / think
III set you to work ruling blanks. You
may come around tomorrow"
Capt. Grant came, according to appoint-
ment, and paper, ink and pen. with ruler
were given to him. But he was not per-
mitted to have a desk in the room where
most of the clerks of the adjutant general
worked. That was a room well carpeted
room with handsome desks ard other
convenient and comfortable furniture Just
outside of 1t was little ante-room, where
the floor was bare. and the only furniture
was plain table AMI a hard-bottomed
chair. There they put Capt. Grant and set
him to work ruling blanks; and thus, in
that humblest of clerical work he, who was
a lew years later to command all its
armies. and finally to rule the nation, be-
gan his formal service in the war.
Evening star., 1895-05-28
How Lincoln Looked in 1861.

Col. A. &. Mcclure in McClures Magazine.
About the 1st of January, 1861 re-
ceiS ed a telegram from Lincoln, requesting
me to come to Springfield 1 went
directly from the depot to L;ncoln's house
and rang the bell. which was answered by
Lincoln himself opening the door. l doubt
whether l wholly concealed my disappoint-
ment at meeting him. Tall gaunt, ungain-
ly. .ll-clad. with a homeliness of manner
that was unique in itself, 1 confess that
my heart sank within me as l remembered
that this was the man chosen by great
nation to become its ruler in the gravest
period of its history. l remember his dress
as If it were but yesterday-snuff-c -colored
and slouchy pantaloons; open black vest,
held by few brass buttons; straight, or
evening, dresS-coat with tightly-ftting
sleeves to exaggerate his long, bony arms:
and all supplemented by an awkwardness
that was uncommon among men of INTEL
liGence. Such was the picture l met in the
person of Abraham Lincoln. We sat down
in his plainly furnished parlor, and. were
uninterrupted during the nearly four hours
that remained with him, and little by lit-
tie, his earnestness. sincerity and cane
dor were developed in conversation, / forgot
all the grotesque qualities which SO conf
founded me when i first greeted him. Re-
fore half an hour had passed l learned not
only to respect, but, indeed, to reverence
the man.
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Hunting MOOnshiners.
ON the New York Evening Post.


Indeed, this business of prosecuting MOON
sinners in the southern states is rapidly
becoming q public scandal. 1t does not
amount to anything in the majority Of
cases. I suppose the marshals want to
earn their mileages and fees. For every
dollar collected. the government pays out
SO. perhaps more.
When I was in northern Georgia, the
tails were filled with moonshiners who,
unable to furnish bail, were being support
ed at the expense of the government. The
majority of the prisoners were poor devils,
who distilled corn whisky on a small SCALE
The amount of the stuff they manufactured
would not give the government much reve-
nue. even If the tax were paid Col. John
w. Echols. a prominent attorney Of At
lanta, Ga, said to me: The whole matter
is a farce. To illustrate: Last week the
federal court discharged a poor negro who
had been six months In Jail. He ar
rested for selling 40 cents worth of Illicit
corn Juice. The government paid the local
authorities so cents day for the prisoners
board for six months. a total of 500.
The legal expenses were perhaps $50. In
other words. it cost the United States gov
ernment about Sl20 to prosecute 40-cent
case and the man was finally discharged.
But l suppose the majesty of the law must
be vin6icated."
Evening star., 1895-05-28
MONSTER CIGARETTE FACTORY.
The Government Works at Seville
Employ Nearly 1000 Women and Girls

The Government Works at Seville
Employ Nearly 1000 Women and Girls
From Madrid Letter.
One of the sights of Seville which no
tourist misses IS the cigarette factory in
which the government employs nearly
1000 women and girls. The showing about
of visitors is accordingly looked upon as a
regular source of income by the porter. and
matrons After getting permission to en-
ter, you are placed in charge of matron.
who shows you through her own depart
ment, and then passes you on to another,
and so on, until your stock of pesetas and
half pesetas, put aside for fees, is ex-
hausted.
These matrons accompany the visitors,
not in order to prevent the girls from f1irt-
ing with them nothing could do thaD, but
to see that no tobacco, picadura or cigar
cites may disappear. Before entering each
room bell is rung to warn the girls who
are in great dishabllle on account of the
sun, to put or their wrappers. and as the
door opens scores of round arms and pret-
ty shoulders are seen disappearing, while
several hundred pairs of coal-black eyes
are fastened on you.
The passages are lined with cradles and
the poor young girl-mothers to whom they
belong implore you with eyes and hands
for a PENNY for the Murillos of the future
lying in them. These girls are more frank
eieii euptie III eheii AlrtationS. Inere IS
not one in the crowd who will not be i'm
mediately conscious of a mans gaze fixed
on her, nor will she be the first to turn
her eyes away. Some will wink and even
throw kiss from a distant corner at the
rich Inglese (all foreigners are supposed to
be wealthy Englishmen).
They are merry lot on the whole, these
poor girls, the quickest of whom make on
ly two shillings day, for which they have
to toll ten to twelve hours. They are al
lowed to smoke II they wish, and may
make use of this privilege. They are re-
markably deft at rolling the cigarettes, but
not all seem eager to make as many as
possible, for some are idling and others
paid according to the number she twists
up. aided only by a piece of specially made
cartridge paper and small tin affair on
her little finger.
Evening star., 1895-05-28
Telephones fn Cnurch.
from the Philadelphia Press.

From the PhiladrIpha Press.
In order to enable the large number Of
persons who attend the Grace Temple Bap-
tist Church to hear Rev. Russell II. Con-
we'll preach. q system Of telephones is to
be introduced by which the entire service
can be heard in overflow meetings. that
will be held in what is known as the Lower
Temple and in the forum of the college ed-
Joining the temple.
1t is proposed to place properly ar
ranged series of telephones in front of The
pulpit and at two other points of the ros-
trum, and at a judicious position in the
choir and connect these with the other
two audi.orums. The experiment has been
tried before in two instances. and both have
proven successful One of these is in Christ
Church, Birmingham, and the other in
Paris at the Grand Opera House.