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Milford chronicle., 1896-07-10

Coffee is now served out, and for IS
minutes the sailors sit and sip it before
beginning the morning work of scrub
bling decks and cleaning ship. This
work should be finished by five minutes
to eight, when the bugle sounds the first
call for colors. Upon which the quar-
termaster bends on the flag to the hal
yards of the flagstaff at the stern. aud
a signal-boy does the same with the
''jack" at the bow, and both stand ready
to hoist them at eight o'clock. a little
period of waiting follows, and then
eight o'clock is reported by an orderly
to the officer of the deck, who sends the
orderly to report it to the captain.
Presently the orderly returns and re-
ports:
"The captain says: Make it, sir"
Thereupon the officer of the deck or
ders:
Sound off"
Then ring out the clear, majestic notes
of the salute to the flag, while all men
about the deck face it as it scars with
dignity aloft and floats out to the morn
ing breeze, officers and men touching
their caps in reverential salute as it
comes to rest and the music dies away
In long, full notes.-Lieut. John NJ. FL
licott, in st. Nicholas.
Milford chronicle., 1896-07-10

Our happiness in this world de-
ponds on the affections that we are en-
abled to inspire.-Duahess de Praslin.
Milford chronicle., 1896-07-10

He-Don'ty you suppose the wild waves
are beginning to say something down
at the seashore2
She-I don't know. do know what
the winds are saying, though I don't
think you do"
mo. What do they say?"
''Wool" Cincinnati Enquirer.
Milford chronicle., 1896-07-10
losing


You naturally lose
flesh IN the summer
and running down is SO
easy. You get a little
weaker each day with
out hardly noticing it.
Thereislossof appetite,
headache, weakness Of
the muscles, disturbed
sleep, weakness Of
memory, and these are
the beginning Of nerv-
Gus prostration. Iron
and tones and bitters
may afford some tenn
porary relief, but what
you need is a food for
body, brain and nerves.
sc0tEemulsicn.
of Cod-liver Oh with
the Hypophosphites,
furnishes just the nour-
ishment needed for
those who are run down
and pale and thin and
weak. If you lose flesh
IN summer take SCOTS
Emulsion now. Don't
wait til fall or winter
before beginning.
For sale at 50 cts. and SEC by all druggists.
The herald., 1896-10-02
HOW, BROOKS DID THE TRICK!

II, Marion Brooks of Los Angeles tells
e'truth he played remarkably clever
trick upon Harry Patton, who sought
the nomination on the Populist ticket
for congress. Harry had Johnny Mitch
ell working for him, and there is little
or no love lost between Marion Brooks
and Mitchell, while the gentle Marion
swears an undying affection for Harry.
Now Johnny Mitchell is, if nothing, an
elegant" 1t is true his dress would
find no favor among our jeunesse dore-
especially his shirts, which are very
much be-frilled and also very full.
To tell the story as Marion puts it Is
this:
When I come to a Populist conven-
tion," he commenced, "I play the granger
to dot. You can almost pick the hay
seed out of my hair. In that bag there
is hat-a fine, wide hat with a wide
brim. It's straw, and that catches the
Populists. Well, then, I tell them that
we don't want any lawyers to repre-
sent us In congress; we don't want a
dude, and we don't want professional
man; we want a good, honest farmer
as q worker Then warm up to the
work and keep on saying: Gentlemen,
we don't want a man who wears frilled
shirt green silk necktie and has his
pants creased, nor a lawyer I laid
that to them several times, and when
had 1t well in their heads and saw thew
were chewing it over introduced
Mitchell. That settled it. They saw
the big shirt with ruf11es, the green tie
and the crease In the pants, and that
cooked Harry Patton. San Francisco
News Letter.
The herald., 1896-10-02
PRICES OF WHEAT BOOMING
Today's Quotations the Highest Since
Last January
Another Advance Predicted on Reports
of Shortage of English Crops.
Flour Advances Sharply.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. To-day was
from 81 to $1.20 ton, or fully Sc since
the movement began some weeks ago.
The figures touched were the highest at
tained since January last. At that time
they went booming on a prospective de-
mand from Australia, but speculation
overshot the mark, and a decline soon
followed. This time the advance is pre-
dicted upon shortage of expectations
to the United Kingdom, and thus far IS
supported by the London and Liverpool
markets. For, all this a certain timidity
exists among dealers. Prices went shoot
ing up so fast today on reports from Chi
cago that many of them feared to fol-
low and bear movement at the city on
the lake met a response in San Fran
cisco, though the market remained un-
changed abroad. Still even the reaction
was slight. The result of the day was a
gain of from 51s to 6A cents GENITAL,
and meant a great many thousands of
dollars to all who took advantage of the
upward movement.
Flour advanced side by side with
wheat, and there was a scramble among
the trade to buy on the upward market.
The advance was twenty cents barrel
ON all kinds. Taken with an advance of
fifteen cents on Tuesday, and of the
same amount just week before, this
IS an increase of of fifty cents a barrel
In nine days, or about fourteen per cent
over the prices that then ranged.
The herald., 1896-10-02
hearing granted him, but sat helplessly
by while the examination was conduct
ed by superior court judge.
WHY SHE SHOULD RIDE A WHEEL.
It Exercises More Muscles Than Does
Any Other Amusement.

From a hygienic standpoint have no
hesitation in saying that under the
proper conditions of saddle adjustment
and posture and costume and exercised
with proper moderation bicycling for
women is more beneficial and more gem
eral in it's action than any single out
door exercise. In this opinion I am
in accord with that of nearly all the
members of my profession who have
made a specia, study of. the ills to which
women are most subject"
DIR. r. l.. Dickerson, who thus tersely
declares the hygienic superiority Of the
bicycle as a means of outdoor exercise
for women, Is an eminent authority
upon the subject whereof he writes.
He is a lecturer on obstetrics and OBJ
stetrician to the Long Island College
hospital, obstetrician to the Kings
County hospital. Brooklyn; member Of
the American genealogical society. etc.
He arly espoused the cause Of the bicy-
Gle for women, defending 1t against
the attacks Of the ignorant and misin-
formed. Hia lectures on. bicycling for
women have attracted VIDE attention.
The herald., 1896-10-02
JUSTICE SLOW BUT SURE

TyF'or untold ages manhGs suffered from
the musical paroxysms of the Favorite
Pupil and at last the Favorite Pupil
has been laid low. 1t appears in
this case that the budding musician who
was arrested for stealing his teachers
violin has been taking lessons for four
years, and yet could play but one tune,
1.-THE Arkansas Traveller" which was
taught him rather as a reward for good
behavior. It was through this one
tune repertoire that he was finally
tracked down. "He may get away"
the angry professor told the dubious
minion Of the law assigned on the case
"the violin may get away, but the one
tune, never!" And laying his ear to the
ground, the professor heard the beat of
"The Arkansas Traveller" and found his
man.
The real reason why the capture of the
aspiring musician appeals to the public
SO deeply Is snotsympathy with the plum
dered professor: ifthe youth could have
played a. dozen tunes, or only ten, not
even languid interest could be aroused
among outsiders, but when the awful
fact sinks into the absorbing intellect
of the city that for four years this miser-
able wretch has been doing nothing but
playing THE Arkansas Traveller stop
ping only for meals, a relieved sigh
makes itself heard. Some nervous per-
sons object to having the scale of G
played for one hour straight in the fiat
above, others have been known to take
gloomy views of Life while the favorite
pupils next door developed a constant
passion for "Silvery Waves or varia-
tions on "The Old Oaken Bucket" but
nothing so barbarous, so homicidal in it's
influence as a four-years' devotion to
one solitary jig has ever been heard of,
and the wonder is that there was enough
left of the Favorite Pupil for the profess
sor to trail down.-Chicago News,
The herald., 1896-10-02
of skating, and a sample of what fly
ing will he like


1T exercises a large number of mus
cles-far more than any one who has
never tried 1t supposes. Ask the be-
ginner how much body balance there
is about it, or the expert wsho steers
without touching the handles. Ask the
woman who sits upright, holding tightly
to the handle bars as she works up
grade, how much arm and shoulder
pull there is to it. Ask the woman who
knows how to pedal properly whether
all the muscles Of her. legs are not
tired.
81 believe that in all the milder degrees
of chronic disorder, such as do not
call for operative interference. rightly
regulated exercise constitutes one of
our best If not our chief resource. and
physicians all know that this resource
has been but little used.
"In praising the use of the bicycle
must not lose sight of the fact that
much depends upon right dressing, upon
posture and upon the saddle. tension
and excess may do much harm. All
the possible benefits may be offset by
disregard of these points.
$50 important are these matters that
I have urged upon my brother profess
sionals that we physicians ought to have
personal knowledge of this means of
exercise, and that 1t is our duty to In
struct prospective wbeelwomen in order
that each rider be carefully trained by
The herald., 1896-10-02
The doctor said at his office in Brook
lyn Heights:

"In view of the recent agitations pre-
cipitated by woman that again brings
up the question of the healthfulness of
the bicycle, am glad to speak freely,
and repeat what have said, that aside
from the bicycle being the most allur-
Ing and practice Of recreations 1t has
proved one of the greatest hygienic
agents in the care of womanhood ever
discovered.
"If asked as a physician why bycicle
riding is superior to all other forms of
exercise for women, and what its at
fractions are, would only repeat what
I have already said before an associa-
ton of my professional brethren, that
it is an outdoor exercise, necessarily.
1t is, after the first shyness from con-
spicuousness of position and garb has
worn away, in itself an alluring form of
exercise, with the exilarating elements
of speed and motion, conpanionship,
competition and exploration of unknown
roads in parks or neighboring country.
1t furnishes the wife a means of COM
radeship in exercise with her husband.
"In it we seem to have found at last a
form of outdoor muscle work which at
tracts women and entices them to many
hours in the open air. 1t possesses all
the advantages. OF walking or climb
ing, with the additional advantages Of
the shake-up of horseback. or one Of
DR.. Taylor's machines. the body-bal-
ancing Of canoeing, some OF the swing
The herald., 1896-10-02
RUSSIAN VIEW OF Ii HUNG CHANG

A special commissioner of the Daily
Mail has had an interview at Paris with
Russian nobleman of princely rank,
high in the confidence of the czar, who
in the course of his remarks, expressed
himself as follows in regard to the Ce-
lestial visitor, who has had so magnlfi-
cent a reception in England: "a Chinese
soldier, my friend, resembles nothing
so much as the picture of Tweedledum or
Tweedledee, in your charming English
fairy tale. The corruption, the terror,
the ludicrous inadequacy of the Chinese
government, cannot be conceived by Eu-
ropeans. 1t is a country that cries aloud
for mastery, for honest financiers and
strong diplomatic treatment. Yet, what
Is the spectacle which we at this mo-
ment perceive in Europe? In the first
place, all the European powers vying
in servility before Chinese menial My
friends have often seen this old servi-
tor of the palace kneeling for three hours
in winter on the floor before crawling
to admittance to audience with his i'm
perial master-a brainless young volupt-
uary, amid a household of women. Can
Europeans not understand that the pow
er and position of Lii Hung Chang are
not those of a European statesman, but
those of a palace domestic? But his
clever and audacious secretary, Cheng
Ii Fob, is cool enough to avail himself
of western illusions, and to describe his
master in the visitors book at Fried
richsruh as, forsooth, the Bismarck of
the east!" How those behind the scenes
Taught l confess I admired the demeanor
of your English ambassador, Sir Nicho-
las OConnor and his wife here, while Ii
Hung Chang was feted at balls. They
knew him too well at Pekin to share in
this universal servility OF Europeans
to such man.
In response to further question the
prince said: "Ah, Ii Hung Chang's
tour is an endeavor to escape the Rus
sian creditor. He may do SO. Our pre-
gained by other methods at less COST
LIVERPOOL Post
The herald., 1896-10-02
SEVEN SLICK SUPERVISORS
Deny That Their Actions We're Wilifui
or Corrupt
The Legal Arguments Occupy so Much
Time That the Taking of Testimony
Is Postponed

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-The trial
of the seven supervisors accused by the
grand Jury of corrupt practices finally
got under way this morning. District
Attorney Barnes being too i'll to ap-
pear his first assistant, John A. Hos
mer proceeded with the case. Some of
the defendants and all of their lawyers
were on hand.
The defendants began the proceed
ings by formally admitting the allega-
tions in the accusation except that
they had acted willfully or corruptly in
lowering the assessed valuation of the
franchise of the three corporations in
questionable Spring Valley, the San
Francisco Gas Light and the Market
Street Railway companies.
Henry Clay Farquharson, assistant
clerk of the board Of supervisors, then
took the stand and produced the appli-
cations of the three corporations for re-
duction of assessment and the minutes
of the board relating to them. Parts Of
these having been read to the jury,
Deputy Assessor Hugo Herzer was
sworn and then the real conflict in the
case xbegan.
s''Do you know what the value of the
franchise Of the Spring Valley Water
Works Company ISL" Mr.. Hosmer
asked the witness.
..'.I do" he replied.
,sr'What is it?"
Eat this juncture the defendants coun-
sci raised a legal issue, which was ar
Sued at such length that the court dis
missed both the jury and the witnesses
for the day. Tomorrow morning Mr..
Hosmer will present the arguments for
the people and the case will proceed
1t is admitted on both sides that
Judge Seawelrs decision of this ques-
ton will be largely conclusive of the
nase
The herald., 1896-10-02
RAILROAD COMPANIES OUT OF
THEIR PLACE.

tne unprecedented activity of rail-
road companies in this campaign is a
phenomenon that ought to be sharply
watched. 1t is difficult to draw the line
between legitimate persuasion and
downright coercion, in the case of a
great corporation openly endeavoring
to induce its workmen to take a GER
Ialn course IN political campaign.
Whether any corporation has the moral
right to confront an employe in its off,
cial capacity and urge" him to vote
a certain way is open to serious uues-
tion. There Is coercion involved in such
proceeding, since the corporation
comes to this man not as an ordinary
agent or particular school of political
thought, but as the source of his bread
and butter, as the power that controls
it. Railroads never had any business
in politics, and have no right there to-
day.-Springfield Republican.
The herald., 1896-10-02
CENTENNIAL OF VACCINATION
Russian Medical Men Will Fittingly
Celebrate the Discovery Next Year


Could the shade of Jenner revisit the
earth next year it could not but be
pleased at the general attention that
Will then be given to the history and re-
suits of his great discovery. Russia,
where the circumstances surrounding
its introduction were such as to make
it ever memorable, proposes to have a
national commemoration of q process
which has saved millions of lives in that
neemlng empire. Germany will not
be behind, for she has more accurate
testimony to exhibit than any other
country from the complete success of
vaccination and revaccination in her
army; and the American Medical asso-
citation, meeting in May, 1896, proposes
to devote special attention to the sub
ject.
DR.. Sotin, seeing that smallpox was
approaching from the east to st. Peters
burg, set himself to make a precise
study of the effects of vaccination and
nonyaccination. He examined 1864 chill
dren, belonging to 665 families. He
found that 1855 had been vaccinated,
and had visible scars; seventy-five
formed a doubtful group who were said
to have been vaccinated, but had no
visible scars; 434 had never been vacci-
mated. Smallpox came. and a wide
spread epidemic resulted. 1t was found
tuett VI tuo NdCCHldleQ CulluTen sixteen
contracted the disease 1.3 per cent
OF the doubtful cases nearly so per cent
suffered, while of those known to be
unvaccinated 5S per cent had the dis
ease-that is, the unvaccinated suffered
to an extent forty-fve times as great
as the vaccinated. In those families
whero one had been protected, of which
there were 1885, if one child fell sick
all the others in the house were sure
10 bn OF
teen exceptions. Some families hast
ened to have all their willing members
vaccinated, and in every case it proved
safeguard, and in the supposedly un-
willing members the punishment of fly
ing in the face of clearly demonstrated
scientific way of escape was an attack
of the disease.
DIR. Sotin believes that there is no
danger from vaccinations done during
an epidenmic, and it seems as if any per-
son who finds himself surrounded by
cases." as in time Of epidemic, would
not fail to submit to it. The rationale
of the matter Is this, even supposing
that he has Caught" smallpox, If he is
inoculated with the virus of vaccina-
ton in time he has two poisons in his
system, one virulent and often fatal,
the other of a milder disease of the
same nature, but with less injurious
effects; but the vaccine disease runs
its course in about four days less than
the more violent one, and thus literally
"gets ahead of it," and there is no doubt
that If a sudden and severe onset should
be made in any community, by the intro
duction of infected persons or things
from the outside, and a general epidemic
started, it might be stamped out" as
effectually as cholera has been this year
in Hawaii by universal vaccination
New York independent
The herald., 1896-10-02
THINKS lie IS NOT INSANE
Strong Of Los Angeles Wants to Be
Released
Habeas Corpus Asked on the Ground
That His Incarceration Was Brought
About by Perjured Testimony.
Associated Press Special Wire

ASsOciated PresS SpecIaI WIfe
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IF. r. Gill
lardo, lawyer, filed a habeas corpus
petition in the United States circuit
court today asking for the release Of
Stewart B. Strong, who has been for
four years confined at the Agnews in
sane asylum as a dangerous lunatic.
The petition sets forth that Strong is
not nor has he ever been insane, but
was sent from Los Angeles to the asy-
lum by "collusion on the part of G. H.
and G. H. Strong, his brothers, and by
perjured testimony on the part of c.
H. ". Strong" The alleged lunatic for
merly resided at 206 Los Angeles street.
Los Angeles. and was arrested on JAM
uary 6. 1892. The petition claims that he
never had : chance to speak at the
The herald., 1896-10-02

competent instructors as to the right
posture, right methods Of pedaling, and
correct height of saddle. K
"Unquestionably there are many
women who are not benefiting theme
selves. One has but to glance at ten
riders of the hampered sex to see nine
bicyclists, ignorant of some Of the rules
of good riding, who nisapply force.
waste effort and run a certain risk OF
harm The trouble is chiefly due to
lack of training, since the pupil II
turned adrift on the road as soon pa
she can balance wheel and can mount
and dismount, And further instruction
may only be called out after bad hab-
its of riding become fixed. Unmerited
disrepute is thus thrown on the most
alluring and practicable, as well as the
most generally beneficial, of the OUT
door exercises for women. New York
Journal n
The herald., 1896-10-02
rU oUoouE, FRArER

The silver edition Of the Los Angeles
Herald is handsome number of twenty
eight pages, and filled with precisely the
facts that some other papers of Southern
California are trying hard to conceal.
There will be great demand for II, and it
will serve useful purpose.--San Fran
cisco Examiner. -+--'-'.
The herald., 1896-10-02
THE SITUATION IN. ILLINOIS

Nearly sixty of the 1O1 counties in IL
linois have been polled. The result is
rather startling to the Republican can
formation. Why? The counties so far
polled indicate that Bryan will carry
the state outside of Chicago by about
$4,000 majority over Mckinley. That is
the reason why. Republican managers
ire, mum" on Illinois. All sing: '.And
the silver craze is dying out."-indian-
apolis Sentinel.
The herald., 1896-10-02
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH
HANNA?

The increase OF. $4,000, 900 in exports
Of manufactured goods since the repeal
that Is the matter with Hanna.-New
York World,
The herald., 1896-10-02
SHORT ON PRIvArEs.

Let us hope that our disting guiehe4 "a
nese visitor never suspects that an
country is as short on prtvgtee A. ~ (
long on generals. Chicago Ql1pafC4 4
The herald., 1896-10-02
PATRIOTIC WALL STREET.

The rowdy west may continue to sneet
at the patriotic efforts of Wall streek
but this will not swerve this hnancitl
thoroughfare from Its work OF holdiu1
the nation by the taii.- Washinot44
Post & & w
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