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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06
Ballooninx with q Lion.

A young and attractive woman In
Paris, who Is said to be Countess, pro.
poses to 60 from Marseilles to Paris In
. balloon with lion Us her compan.
Ion. She Is what they call In France .
''dompteuse." this translated into En-
glish meaning LADY liom tamer,"
and this extraordinary performance 10
70 be for the benefit of the sick soldiers
who have survived the Madagascar ex-
petition.
1t Is by no means certain, however,
that she will be able to make this
unique trip. A few nights ago she had
. dangerous adventure in her wild
beast cage. She had scarcely closed
the door when Tar, the most savage
and ferociOus lion Of the lot. spranS
at her and clawed her in the breast
and arms. A panic ensued IN the me-
nagerie, and n rush was made for the
entrance, but the brave countess stood
her ground unterrifed and managed to
beat the lion of. Then she straighten.
ed herself up and made Tar 60 through
his usual performance. The panic waa
allayed and the spectators began to
wildly applaud the courageous woman
Undissuaded by this adventure she
insists that she will give her balloon
performance an early date with the
same lion that attacked her. Yet she ID
but q new hand Mt lion tanning. She be-
gan to exhibit herself with wild AMI
mails in a Partisan music hall, and went
from there to Lyons, thence to Mar
seiles. She Is not appearing under hel
family name.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06
Made Miserable.

Some passengers, waiting Mt q rail.
way station for a belated train, were
amused Mt the sight Of negro, employ
cd Oh the freight platform, who had
fallen asleep; SO says the Detroit Free
Press, which goes on to tell how the
passengers made themselves merry ut
the sllggard's expense.
One OF them hired another negro to
place a bag of corn on the sleeper's
knees. another bag on his stomach, and
Q third on his head. AS this weight did
not wake him, a second bag was laid on
his stomach.
For about three minutes he continued
to snore. Then he grew uneasy, began
to mutter, and at the end Of five min
utes threw the sacks of and sat up and
looked around in dazed way.
Anything wrong, Rube!" asked the
drayman.
"'Fo' de Lawd, but Use had de worst.
est dream dat eber dreamt! Use oil
IN cold blood"'
'What was it?'
"Dreamt dat had SIGH n sore froat
] couldn't swaller, an de ole woman
brought hum two chickens, some yams
an a possum, an done cooked an chi
de hull outfit, wild me sittin' right dal
IN not able to open my mouf! Lave
save me, but didn't suffer when saw
de las of dem chickens gwine down he
ole froat"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06

Kerosene oil IL In n house for many
purposes besides burning in lamps. 1t
Is said 1t will take iron rust and fruit
stains from almost any kind Of goods
without injuring the fabric. Wash the
stained part In kerosene as you would
in water. The spots must be washed in
the kerosene before they have been put
into soap and water, or 1t will do no
good. In washing windows or mirrors,
II two or three teaspoonfuls Of kerosene
be put into the water the work will be
done more quickly and with better re.
suits.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06
Eject Of Use.

Mr.. James Payn, in his CLEANS Of
Memory" gives bit Of personal ex.
perience illustrative Of the truism that
.'use almost can change the stamp Of
nature"
During the thirty-five years he has
served as editor, reader, and writer Of
stories and novels, the question has
often been put to him, How do you
manage when you are III or out Of
spirits to write in the same unmistak-
ably cheerful strain as usual" Mr..
Payn answers:
II have often wondered myself, but
without consciousness Of the difficulty
thus suggested. In times Of trouble Of
many kinds, Of severe physical all
ments, OF domestic bereavement, and
even with death under the very roof,
my pen, when found myself at my
desk, has turned to ordinary matters
with perfect facility, and treated them
in It's habitual airy manner.
1T may not be good manner (Mr.
Payn's forte Is humor), but 1t has be-
come my own, and misery itself has no
power to make 1t sad. ! write these
very lines In the acutest pain from
rheumatic govt In my gnarled fingers"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06
SKUNK eURS ARE IN DEMAND,
NOW They Are Taken and the Uses 60
which They Are Put.

'whew! Say. take EN- around to the
hack door; you'll spoil all the goods in
The store" said Andrew G. Jones, pro-
prietor of'the supply store at Rolfe. Pa.
to freckle-faced youngster who ap-
pcared in the doorway with n paper
hour sack from which came an over.
powering odor. when complete this
consignment Of furs I'm going to quit
buying skunk skins" resumed Mr..
Jones, on returning from the back
room. "My wife says she won't live
with me If don't let 'em alone"
"What are skunk skins bringing"
pueried the Press correspondent.
"Thirty-five cents to 81. Some extra
Tine ones bring as high as $1.1O. The
quality Of the fur Is uniform-that Is to
say. the difference In price Is due to
color and marking.
There's big demand for skunk
skins now, and as they are the stupid.
est little animals In the world they are
captured in great numbers. They new.
er exert themselves to go round trip.
They are gregarious, six. eight or
dozen Of them living In good fellow.
chip In the same b>,rrow. They are
too lazy to burrow deep, but they occa.
sionally take up their abode In some
woodchuck's hole.
ITO reach down into the burrow,
grasp a skunk by the tail and jerk him
up 80 suddenly that he can't shower
you with his highly concentrated altar
Of roses Is a trick that IL done hundreds
Of times every warm day through the
winter, but I wouldn't attempt to &C.
complish II for hatful Of S. Williams.
''Old hunters say that n skunk can't
scent unless he can get his feet on the
ground. SO they jerk 'em up by the tail
and then crack 'em on the head with a
club. The boy you smelt just now had
q dozen nice pelts, but he don't under.
stand the business or he wouldn't have
Got scented up So"
"After It gets into the hands Of the
furrier what becomes Of skunk fur?''
sable" was the laconic reply. 1.-THE
skunk and sable are first cousins. any
way, and the dealer doesn't worry over
trivial distinctions like that."-New
York Press.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06

Mrs. Nlx-'I hope you are not afraid
OF work" Weary Willie (uneasilyl-
Il amt exactly afraid, mum; but al
ways feel fidgety when deres any
thing like dat around."-Truth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06

high. Take 1t OF and put 1t In your
lap "Well, like that: snapped Mrs.
Bobbeter. III I put that hat in my lap,
how am going to see over it?'-Har.
per's Bazaar.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06

"Really, Jane, DEAR" said Mr.. Bob.
better to his wife, as they sat down In
the theater, "your hat IL entirely too
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-06-06

When a mans wife gives a party, he
gets nothing but the yolks Of eggs To
eat for week.
The herald., 1896-12-02

seized the mad animal in the, nostrils
and cowed the brute sufficiently to COM
pei him to retreat. She seized the oppor
tunity and escaped through the fence
but Immediately tainted and was car
ried to her house by neighbors whom her
cries had called to her assistance. DR..
Medlock was called to the wounded lady
He states that the injury is severe but
not necessarily dangerous and that but
for the lady's corset and clothing the alb
dominal region would have been pierced
and almost certain death resulted The
dangerous animal was killed this morn
ing.
Since this occurrence it is stated that
other bulls have been permitted to run
at large in the western part of this coun-
ty. and now it is expected that if people
owning such animals are not warned by
this occurrence to keep them enclosed
steps will be taken to have the law COM
pei them to do so. DIR. Medlock reports
that his patient is resting well and has
suffered no collapse from her exciting
experience.
Miss Emily Johnson, one of the teach
ers in the city schools, while riding a
wheel on North Main street last evening,
was thrown from the same and expert
enced so severe a strain of her right
lower limb as to be incapacitated from
duty for some days.
The teachers institute assembled this
morning at o'clock in Congregational
church A very interesting program
was rendered. During the morning ses-
sion Prof. e. e. Brown, University Of
California, lectured on The Fine Art OF
Teaching. Prof. Eal Barnes. Stanford,
spoke on Ambitions of Children, and A.
T.. Winship of Boston on the subject Oof
Essentials in Teaching.
The afternoon session was occupied
by the same speakers, Barnes speaking
on History of Education, Brown on
Course of Study, and Winship on Edu-
cational Psychology.
Miss Louisa Berlin of Los Angeles is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ely of this
city.
Today Mr.. Fowler. fruit dealer, and
Griffin, the confectioner, next door,
neighbors on Fourth street, storerooms,
and the large wire screen is replaced
with the original glass front.
The new grocery store of House d
Laidlaw, on Fourth and Bush streets,
opened today.
The grand jury today visited the new
Jail and the old. The members express
themselves well pleased with our new
building, and claim that for comfort and
security it has no superior in Southern
California.
In the Orange county superior court
today the case of Tustin Fruit associa-
ton VS.. Earl Fruit company was called.
Hon. " Montgomery of Santa Ana and
Mr.. Pope of Los Angeles appeared for
complainants and Messrs. Scarborough
a. Graft of Los Angeles for the defend
ants. The examination of witnesses con-
sumed the day, and the case will proba
bly, occupy another day.
The herald., 1896-12-02
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evening star Venus in all its glory, real
ly appearing much as described.
RIVERSIDE.
Glowing Reports From the Randsburg
Mines-The Teachers Institute.

RIVERSIDE, Dec. County Clerk
Condee has returned from his trip to the
mining camp at Randsburg He reports
great activity there. and says that the
reports of the richness of the camp mere
tofore sent out are not overdrawn in the
least He said it was the first mining
camp in the southern country ne had Wis
tied where there was not $40 invested
to 81 taken out in the development OF the
mines, but that at Randsburg the ore
taken from the surface yielded at once
from $50 to $3.50 per ton In other words,
the mines paid from the start, ana the
deeper down the shafts were sunk the
richer became the ore. He has become
owner of a three-quarter interest in an
option on one of the most valuable mines
there which is now turning out from
two shafts only fifty feet down $50 and
$50 ore, and plenty of 1t. People were
flocking into the camp from all quarters,
the convenience to the Santa Fe road
only twenty-five miles away-making it
Easy of access. The great demand is for
water, all of which must be haul4d SIX
or more miles. Some sales of mining
property have been made there lately,
which made the locaters wealthy, and
number of others have grown rich al
ready from working their claims. If the
new claims taken and being opened up
listed. Randsburg would be as rich a
mining camp as had ever been started
in California or any other country.
Richard Garvey, president of the Los
Angeles mining exchange, is in the city.
stopping at the Holyrood. He is looking
up mining matters in this section of the
country, and he firds plenty of mines
20 occupy his time for an indefinite pc
riod.
II. Wagner formerly superintendent
of schools of San Diego county, and con-
nected with educational matters in 9TH
er ways in this state for a number of
years. portion of the time in publish
ing educational journals, is In the city,
attending the county teachers institute.
He delivered an address before the in
stitute today.
w. Fl. Doty of Los Angeles, engaged
in the fertilizing business, is in the city
today.
J II. Goodhue of this city and E. A.
Wilson of Perris start north tomorrow
to take the steamer for Honolulu. Mr.
Goodhue goes to remain, while Mr.. Will
son goes only on trip. Mr.. Goodhue's
family will remain in Riverside at least
for the present
whole coachload of teachers came in
over the Santa Fe yesterday from the
southeastern portion of the county.
The herald., 1896-12-02
TO IMPROVE ELEVENTH STREET
Petitioners Want a Strip of Land Con-
demned.

A petition Of property owners was filed
with the city clerk yesterday, praying
the council to cause West Eleventh
street to be opened and established as
a public highway. go feet wide, from AL
varado to Hoover street, the center of
the street to be located on the north
line of the property of T. G. Fry, which
is the south line of lot 1, block "a, Han
cocks survey.
There has already been dedicated as
public street strip of land 80 feet
wide. from Hoover street to Lake View
avenue. To open the street to the de-
sired width. it will be necessary to con-
denim the other 80 feet from the land of
Mr.. Fry and similar strip from the
south line of block l., of the Bonnie Brae
tract. the property of S. A. Kendall. The
latter-named citizen is one of the signers
Of the petition.
The herald., 1896-12-02
TAKEN BACK TO ORANGE.

Sheriff Nichols of Orange county yes
terday came up from Santa Ana and
took back with him Charles Funk the
young rancher arrested Thanksgiving
day by Detectives Auble and Hawley
on several charges of burglary. A COM
plaint had been sworn to in Justice
Owens department of the police court.
and Funk was arraigned on Monday last.
1t was ascertained, however that he
could not be prosecuted in this county
for crime committed in Anaheim, and
accordingly he was turned over to the
proper officers. At least two charges
of burglary will be preferred against
him, and the officers have sufficient evil
dence. they say, to land him behind the
bars of states prison for long term.
The herald., 1896-12-02
His Annual Report Gives Some
New Statistics
ABOUT ESQ MILES OF SEWER
The Police Commissioners Could Not Get
Together
The Ministers Therefore Had No Chance
to Address Them-To Widen Elev-
enth Street by Condemnation

The annual report of the city plumb
ending December was completed and
filed yesterday with the city clerk. The
report gives some statistics that will be
found interesting. The report is here
given in full:
1t is an open question whether or not
there is another locality in the world
with more nearly perfect drainage and
plumbing conditions. The city of Los
Angeles is situated at an elevation OF
about $50 feet above sea level and only
about eighteen miles from the ocean,
thus the natural fall is sufficient
to rapidly and effectually carry away
the sewage.
The climatic conditions are such that
the freezing of pipes and loosening of
joints from expansion by heat is prac-
tically unknown. For this reason iron
pipes instead of lead can, with equally
good results, be used. The sunshine
which prevails over 800 days in the year
contributes to the purifying of the at
mosphere surrounding these conduits
for waste.
The recently constructed outfall sewer
which was built at cost of about $4OO,-
600 gives a direct outlet to the ocean of
all sewage. The cost of plumbing and
sewer connection is so much reduced by
the use of iron instead of lead pipes
that it is possible for those of the most
moderate means to fulfill all the plumb
ing and sanitary requirements.
There are in use now about $50 miles
main sewer and nearly 100 miles of
: connections.
The following table gives the business
done in the plumbing inspectors office
for the past five years. For the first
three years and five months of the ex-
istence of the Office no account of fees
or cost was kept or other record except
the bare statement of the issuance of the
permits, hence the approximate figures
will be given during that time, viz.
Year. Permits Cost Fees. InSpectn'S s
The herald., 1896-12-02
CHARGED WITH STEALING
WRAPPER.

Mrs. Mary Conley who keeps lodg-
ing house on Los Angeles street, near
Fourth, was arrested at her home yes
terday afternoon by Deputy Constable
Mugnemi, on a warrant sworn to by
Len Sing, Chinese laundryman, al
leging the crime of petty larceny Sing
wash house Is located at the corner of
Winston and Los Angeles streets, and
he claims that Mrs. Conley made away
with a lady's wrapper from line where
it was drying in his back yard. The de-
fendant was represented by an attor-
ney, and as court was not in session
when she was brought in for arraign-
ment, she was allowed to go on her own
recognizance, to appear this afternoon
at 130 to plead
The herald., 1896-12-02
SUPERVISORS IN SESSION.
Representatives of Seven Counties in
Session at Chamber of Commerce.

The county dads are in session from
seven counties. A number of them hav-
ing arrived yesterday preliminary ses-
sion was held in the chamber of COM
merce. The meeting was called to order
by A w. Francisco. chairman of the Los
Angeles county board.
The following supervisors were pres
ent: #. e. Davis, x. p. Grant, F. Hart
man. NJ. Flynn. Tom Bell and Ernest
Crane (supervisor- -elect) of Ventura
county; the members of the Los Angeles
county board; S. Armour, F. p. Mickey
and w. G. Potter of Orange county; G.
r. Holbrook o. Newberg and j. B. Clio
yer (supervisor-elecD of San Bernar-
dino county.
G. r. Holbrook of San Bernardino
county was appointed chairman, and f.
E. Davis of Ventura secretary.
The chairman appointed a committee
of three on order of business, consisting
of Messrs. Fields Armour and Newberg
Communications were read from John
Schaeffer of Riverside county and w
w. Broughton of Santa Barbara.
The annual report of the state board
of highways was read and remarks on
the subject were made by the following:
Messrs. Woodward. Hanley, Fields, Hay
Grant and Armour.
1t was the sense of the convention that
the part of the report relating to the
states constructing and maintaining
thoroughfares be adopted.
c. F. Edison read bill that he has pre-
pared relative to highways and good
roads, in regard to watering troughs
mile posts, a necessary forty foot width
of roads. and generally outlining the
main state thoroughfare recommended
by the convention.
A resolution to petition the enactment
If general state law regulating the
width of all tires OF wheeled vehicles,
,ased upon their carrying capacities,
MAS adopted.
A motion in favor of covering bridges
with asphaltum was adopted.
The session then adjourned till 8 o'clock
this morning.
The herald., 1896-12-02
ORANGE COUNTY.
A Plucky Woman's Fight With q Bull
General Notes,

SANTA ANA, Dec. 1.-About o'clock
last evening while Mrs. Rosemeyer, who
lives near Bolsas schoolhouse, five miles
west. of Santa Ana, was In the corral ad-
Joining her residence attending to her
stock, bull, the property of neighbor.
Mr.. Reilly, came into the enclosure and
charged upon the lady, and catching her
with his horns drove her backward
against the fence. One of his horns
punctured the lady's right thigh short
distance above the knee and tore long
cash upward nearly. to the body. Mrs.
Rosemeyer. with rare presence of mind,
The herald., 1896-12-02

represented by Rev. c. c. Mclean and
Rev. Mr.. Pittenger.
When it seemed certain that there
would be no quorum, the two members,
the chief and the pair of preachers had
quiet talk in the mayors office, and
this interesting conversation was con-
tinued for half an hour or so. The chief
explained to the ministers the modus
operandi of granting saloon licenses and
the causes that bring about revocations,
but nothing definite beyond this was ac-
complished.
The herald., 1896-12-02
SANTA MONICA.

SANTA MONICA, Dec. 1.-The Out
look says: Word was received here late
last evening of the death of Mr.. NJ J.
Madden, formerly of this place. Mr..
Madden was killed in q railroad acci-
dent at Rincon, Riverside county. where
he has lately resided. A. NJ. Guidinger
will take charge of the remains upon
their arrival in this city tomorrow De-
ceased was a member of Seaside lodge,
No. S69, I. o. O. F.. under whose auspices
he will be buried. The funeral will take
place Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
from Mr.. Guidinger's undertaking
rooms, and the remains will be laid away
in the city cemetery.
The herald., 1896-12-02
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
For Some Reason the Ministers Wer
Disappointed.

The police commissioners did not ap-
pear at the time of the regular meeting
yesterday. For fear that the lack of
a quorum was due to the threatened
visit of the committee from the Minis
terial union. it was explained that Com
missioner Wirshing is i'll and Commits
sioner Long was out doing politics.
Mayor RAIDER and Commissioner Cook
were on deck, as was also Chief Glass
ready for business. The preachers were
The herald., 1896-12-02

Many inspections have resulted in the
replumbing of numerous buildings un
der order of the city health officer.
The following tables give the compari
son by months from December L. 1894
to December 1885, and for the same pc
riod in 1895 and 1896:
The herald., 1896-12-02
AGAINST ASH STREET.

Property owners. representing S33 feet
frontage. yesterday filed petition,
praying the council to aba ndon proceed
ings for the opening of Ash street
The herald., 1896-12-02
FOR FIFTY YEARS

Mrs: Winslows Soothing Syrup has been
Ine child, softens the gums. allays al
pain. cures wind collie and Is the best REM
edy for diarrhoea. Twenty-Five cents
bottle.
The herald., 1896-12-02

To Cure a Cold IN Ore nay
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if il
fails to cure. 25c.
The herald., 1896-12-02
nIRECTORY OF SOUTHERN CALL
1JFORNIA HOTELS.


DIRECTORY OF SOUTHERN CALI
1JFORNIA HOTELS.
HOTEL GREEN--J. H. Holmes, mana
ger. Pasadena.
HOTEL. METROPOLE--On Santa Cats
lima Island.
HOTEL ARCADIA-Santa Monica, 8.
Rheinheart. proprietor.
HOTEL TIOLLrNBECK--S Spring and Sec
ond streets, Los Angeles.
HOTEL RAMONA-Spring and Third
streets. Los Angeles.
ABBOTsFORp INN-Corner Eighth and
Hope streets Los Angeles.
HOTEL PORTLAND-444 South Spring
street Los Angeles.
HOTEL BRIr NSWlCK-Santa Ana, Amer
lean and European plans.
HOTEL LYROOD-Riverside. b.
Cochrane, proprietor.
THE ROWELL~-Main and Ninth streets,
Riverside, E. j. Davis, proprietor.
HOTEL CARLTOE-l3 to q East Colo.
rado street Pasadena.
HOTEL AvALON-Avalon. Santa Cata-
lima ls.ani
prietor. Fourth and c SITS. San Diego.
The herald., 1896-12-02
JOHN M. STEVENSON.
620 Bellevue avenue. Los Angeles. Cal.

To the Public: l take pleasure in tes-
flying to my marvellous recovery under
the treatment of Dr. Wong Him of G3S
Upper Main St. Los Angeles. from num-
ber of stubborn ailments. among which
were chronic sick headaches, dyspepsia
and kindred stomach troubles, heart affec-
ton and kidney disease. But what con-
slider this physician excelled in. so far as
my case is concerned. was in the restor2s
ton of my eye service. Astigmatism,
coupled with other disorders. was my af-
Fiction in this respect, and. although a
number. of well known skilled cculists in
some of the larger cities of this country
advised me ! should always have to de-
pend upon glasses and receive but poor
service even then. DR. Wong Him's REM
edies have enabled me to abandon totally
the use Of any artificial help to sight. and
my eyes continue to give such service,
both for near work and distant. as is truly
wonderful. To the skill and remedies Of
the physician named can alone be attrib-
uted a revolution in my physical condition
throughout that puzzles those who knew
of the ''incurable" character of my af-
hctions. Respectfully.
q. u. PLOWMAN.
Pico Heights p o. CAL Sept s. 1S91