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mind" lie usually glanced attention 10
his class of about ninety and began speak
ing before lie reached his .hair. He spoke
between his lips, but with perfectly clear
analysis, with thorough interest and with
philosophic insight which was far above
the average OF his students. He used very
few charts, but handled the chalk with
great skill, sketching out the anatomy of
an aniInal as IL it were a transparent OBJ
lect. As in Darwin's face, and as in
Erasinus Darwin's or Buttons and many
other anatomists with a strong sense of
form, his eyes were heavily overhung by
projecting forehead and eyebrows and
seemed AZ times to look inward. His lips
were firm and closely set, with the
expression of positiveness, and the other
feature which most marked him was
tho very heavy mass of hair falling over
his forehead, which he would frequently
stroke or toss back. Occasionally he
would tighten up the monotony of anatorn-
ical description by bit of humor. re-
member one instance which was probably
reminiscent OF his famous tilt with Bishop
Wiiberforce at the meeting of the British
association in 1850. Huxley was desrib-
Ing the mammalian heart, and had Just dis
tlnguished between the tricuspid valve on
the right side of the hear and the bicuspid
valve on the left, which, you know. re.
sembles bishops rnitre, and heIce is
known as the mitral valve. He said: ut
is not easy to recall on which side these re-
spective valves are fonnd, but | recon-
mend this rule; you can easily remember
that the mitral is ON the left, bee cause a
bishop is never known TO be on the right
-l'rof. Henry Z. Osborn in Science.
The herald., 1896-02-21

of service of n clerk appointed through
competitive examination is shorter than
that of a clerk appointed under the patrons
age system. The disposition to compete
with his fellows clings to the new clerk.
He is always on the lookout for chance
to better himself. He studies law or
medicine during the evening, or he at
tracts the attention of some well-to-do out
slider who has business with the depart
ment, and a chance presently comes to him
to spread his wings and test his strength in
private life. He is not in the government
service because he is not fit to make liv.
ing anywhere else, but because it is con-
venient stepping-stone to something more
profitable. The argument against frequent
changes in the civil service does not apply
to a case like this, because every new en-
trance is made at the bottom, and compe-
tent and active.minded "understudies' are
ready to step into each vacancy further up
the scale.
Civil service reform does not, in short,
"keep in Office men who have outlived
their usefulness" as is charged in some
hostile quarters. The useless men whom
the departments now want to shelve are
relics of the old system of government;
while the effect of civil service reform has
been to keep the whole system stirred up
and heartily alive. There is more real
''rotation," in its best sense, under the
civil service law than there used to be dur
ing the lawless period; but the United
States meanwhile are getting the use of the
best of the young blood in the rank and
file of their citizenship, instead of the dull,
the helpless, the bummers, and the ne'er-
do-weels.-Correspondence New York Post.
The herald., 1896-02-21
WOMEN AS DETECTIVES

1.-THE women detectives of this city,
said Chief of Police Conlin to World re-
porter yesterday, shave been uniformly
successful. They are employed by all the
private detective agencies, and have proved
themselves invaluable. 1, myself, was wit
ness to one instance where an eaterprising
woman detective, who was on duty in one
of the largest New York shops, identified
two very airing thieves who had long es-
capped detectives. and triumphantly handed
them over to policeman.
"Women are not as yet in connection
with the police force of this city. During
the nine months that have been in office
there has been no occasion for employing
them. But If it were necessary | would
employ woman very quickly. They say,
you know, that woman cannot keep a Sc
cret. 1 have every reason to believe that
she can. and keep it as long as may be
necessary. And when l have on hand
case that requires particularly delicate ma
nipuiation l shall put it into the hands of
some Quick-witted woman in whom have
confidence, knowing that she will keep her
own counsel and do the work wisely and
we'll. -
What sort of detective work is woman
best fitted to take up?"
.'Well. women are most apt at discover
ering one another's failings. My expert
ence of crime and crime hunters has shown
me that in cases where woman is at fault
there is nothing like another woman for
hitting upon the clue and bringing the
offender to justice in manner expeditions
and sure. A woman employed during the
holidays in the dry goods stores may be
The means of saving hundreds of dollars.
Her acuteness at detecting instances of
kleptomania is uneXcelled. There are,
however, departments in which a man
may be particularly skilled where wo-
man may not succeed, 50 there is no ques-
ton of competition.
my experience has taught me to re.
spect a woman's ability,'' concluded the
chief Of police, with an air which indicated
that men were distinctly inferior in COM
parison, land when the occasion arises |
shall make the experiment of enlarging the
detective force in that direction. New
York World
The herald., 1896-02-21
It WILL Be NH|1EHASHED
Semi Official Tip Regarding the
Police Report
WILL EXONERATE GOODMAN
The Police Department to Be Whitened
As the Snow
The Report Will, However, Contain Several
Chapters Unfavorabie to Incarcera-
tlon Without Warrant

The committee having in charge the in
vestigation of the alleged secret and illegal
practices of the police department has COM
pleted all the taking of testimony, and the
report upon the subject is to be made to
the board of police commissioners on Tues
day.
The text of the document, while it has
not yet been formally drawn up, has been
practically agreed upon. The committees
report is to completely exonerate Detective
Goodman, and, incidentally the whole
police department is to be washed as white
as the driven snow. The practice of Sc
cretly incarcerating persons suspecte d
OF crime without warrant of law,
is to be, however, condemned in unmeas-
ured terms in several chapters cf excoria.
the American Protective association would
pale into in n,ignitlcance.
The report will say that while the police
are at times compelled to place men ac-
cused Of crime behind the bars without the
formality of a warrant, such procedure
ought only to he INDUCED in under the most
extraordinary circumstances, and then the
accused should have the right to cominuni-
cate with friends, relatives or attorneys
without hindrance in any direction. The
report is to be adopted UNANIMOUSLY.
K. J. Colver, the reporter responsible for
the investigation, when informed yester-
day of the probable statements in the
forthcoming report, said:
II shall be perfectly satisfied if the com.
mittee repudiates the siberian methods
which have been in vogue in the local
police department almost from time I'M
memorial. My fight WAS against that un-
American system as a principle. and Ds.
tective Goodman, against whom personally
l have never made any sort of a contest,
was only single incident in the contro-
versy. ! am firmly convinced that
! have absolutely proven all of the allega-
tions which are part of the bill of partic-
lIlars l filed when this thing began, and
that being the case, it is entirely matter
of Indifference to me what the report of
the investigating committee is to be.N
The herald., 1896-02-21
Personal

Mrs. Mathews, wife of Gen. J. r. Math.
ews, has left the city for her old home IN
Gilroy, where she will visit for about a
month.
B. l.. Hubbard of San francisco, whose
arrival in this city was mentioned at the
time in these columns, is at the Good Sa-
maritan hospital, ill.
Mr.. I. B, Burnett, general manager of
the Terminal railroad still continues in a
precarious condition physically, though the
doctors hold out hopes of his ultimate re-
covery.
Raymond H. Satterwhite, one of the
railway mail clerks on the line between
Benson and Nogales, will be in Los An.
geies until Monday. MIR. Satterwhite's
father is attorney-general of Arizona.
Mrs. E. P. Ripley. wife of President Rip
ley of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe,
accompanied by Miss Ripley, Miss Hud-
deston and Miss Payson of South Orange,
n. r., have taken rooms at Hotel San
Gabriel for an extended stay.
The herald., 1896-02-21
Those at the Helm In T0mor-
rows Celebration
PROGRAM OF THE EXERCI SES
The Address Of Welcome By Mayor
RAIDER
Judge Blcknell VIII Bs the Orator of the Day,
ami There Will Be Oies and Hill
tary rlusic In Plenty

The grand lodge officers of the state i.
and A. NJ, who are to assist in the cere-
monies incidental to the laying of the cor
ner stone of the proposed new Masonic
temple tomorrow afternoon, are due to ar
rive from the north today. The celebra-
ton will be the most imposing affair of the
kind in the history of the city. The officers
Of the Masonic Temple Building associa-
ton are Hervey Lindley, president; Judge
/. j. Beck, ,vice-president; Julius H.Martin,
secretary, and Niles Pease, treasurer. The
directors are James Gunner, Judge Z. s.
Beck, Charles L. Ennis, Judge Madison T.
Ovens, George Varcoe, Niles Pease, John
4. jackson, j. H. Martin and Hervey Lind.
lsy.\
Tho program tomorrow will be as fol-
lows:N
Musis-Douglas' Military band.
Prayev-Dr. J. S. Thomson, grand chaplain.
Singing. ode-Quartet.
Addres, of welcome Hon. Frank der,com-
mander Occur de Lion coIanandery, and
mayor.
Remarkx Hervey Lindley, president Mason
&c Temple association.
Address-Non Edward Myers Preston, most
worshipful rand master.
Order to E. W. Jun. grand warden-Hon.
Thomas Flint. ir.. r. W. Sen. grand warden.
Order to the Srethren-Hon Frank Marion
Aneelletti, Il, W Jun. grand warden.
Residing OF records-George Johnson, very
Worshipful grand secretary.
Depositing cont ,nts in corner stone-Edward
Coleman, v. w grand secretary.
Singing. ode-Quartet.
Laying corner sto oue-rhe grand officers.
Singing, ode-QuGrtet
Address-Judge ]. D. Bicknell. grand orator.
Singing, Old Hundned-Quartet.
Benediction.
The Redlands bard will be here and will
give free concert aN the Hollenbeck hotel
1T l 80 AIN.
All visiting brethren will make their
headquarters at Music hall, on Spring
street, next to the Los Angeles theater.
where lunch will be seryed by Masons and
Eastern Star ladies.
The capital stock of the Masonic Temple
association is $4,000; all subscribed but
about $4,000. The association has no debts
and will contract none.
The committees for the celebration to-
morrow are:
Lunch--F. p Flint, T. C. Woodbury. and
James Gunner.
Reception cat Arcade Depot)-C. W.
Blake, L. L. Deering, L. H. Augustus, c.
L. Ennis, NJ. Morris and f. r. Willis. At
La Grande Depot-Geo. Sinsabsugh, A. M.
Bragg. J. A. Kingsley, j. M. Dunsmoor, E.
T. Parke and E. l.. Stephens.
On Hail. Sam Prayer, Arthur Brook
man and Peter Johnson.
On Program-Hervey Lindley, S. L.
Pritchsrd, S. j. Beck and c. l.. Ennis.
The herald., 1896-02-21
A VALENTINE OF LONG AGO

Little Susie Winterbiossom was the sweetest
girl in town.
Not another girl in Tompkins adsech rosuish
eyes ofbrown;
Not an er girl in Tompkius had sech curly,
golden ha r.
Ncr cheek so full O. roses when the frost was
i'll the air.
Little Susie Winter blossom, how my loyin'
heart would beat
JUS to see her tweity rod ahead a.walkin' long
Little Susie Winterbiossom, how my lovln
heart stood still
When unexpected met ner near the old Me-
Nickar mill.
Low hated Willy Haskell when he seen her
hom- from church.
Leayin' bash iul me a-cryin cause he d left
me i'll the lurch
How W itcd near the willows till he come
along that night,
With chip upon. nv shoulder, SOS to make
him stop an fight!
Little Susie Wiuterblossom. l am Old an gray,
an yit
There's valentine occasion that never kin
iorgit.
l had saved me up two shillin' by the hardest
But spent it unbegrudgen' in the store o.
Druggist Hoyle.
Fer the beautifullest Valentine with lovers
An the latest kind o. cupiis an the motto
''1'll be true!"
An sent it off to Susie, hopin' she would
know the hand.
but without my initials on it, fer didn't have
the sand).
Little Susie Winterblossom, I remember how
that day,
Mamie Perkins gave party an we all rode in
sleigh
Up to Salamanca Corners on the Chipmunk
Hollow road,
An with me the saddest youngster that was in
the Lively load.
Little Susie Winterblossom, years have come
an years have sped,
Bringin' many sorrows with EN- on this griz-
zled farmers head;
But no sorrow of the number kin In anyway
compare
With the sorrow that suffered as see you
settin' there
Maxim eyes at Willy Haskell Jest across the
narrow sleigh,
emilin' sweet at Willie Haskell in the most
dis ractin' way,
Blushin' red fer willy Haskell fDarn the
pesky little curD
Thinkin' he had sent the valentine paid two
shillin' Ter!
Ny daughter doesn't play at ALL
And If she tried YOU d rue 1t;
And yet I've spent five hundred plunks
10 have her taught to do it.
-Philadel phia Bulletin.
The herald., 1896-02-21
He Stole Hafchets

An individual bearing the stylish name
Recardio Rubio attempted to enrich him
self by the theft of several hatchets at the
corner of Ninth and Main streets vester.
dry. Officer Long was summoned to the
spot and escorted Recartlo to the police
station, where a charge of petty larceny
was entered against lin.
The herald., 1896-02-21
Used a CafanuIf

Manuel Rus and Albert Esbelbich, the
two youths who amused themselves by
maliciously breaking windows and street
. amps with q catapult, were tried on the
charge of malicious mischief yesterday and
fined $40, or the usual alternative Of ten
days.
The herald., 1896-02-21
Kept on the Run

Last night was notable one for drunks
at the police station, the patrol wagon be-
ing kept on the run,
The herald., 1896-02-21
NOTICE TO
" Tourists and
Residents
OF Southern California
NOTICE TO
OF Southern California

Thousands Of residents and tourists have friends
relatives and acquaintances throughout the east who
are deeply interested in Los Angeles and South
ern California. Many Of these people write for
papers, pamphlets and general information about
this Occidental Garden of the Gods, and would
greatly appreciate newspaper that would tell them
all they desire to know. Such journal is the
Los Angeles
The herald., 1896-02-21
A Baby Died

The coroner left for Acton yesterday to
hold an inquest on baby that died sud-
denly.
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Ny daughter doesn't play at all,
And If she tried you d rue it.;
And yet I've spent five hundred plunks
10 have her taught to do it.
-Philad lphia Bulletin
The herald., 1896-02-21
Weekly Herald

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should be read by every individual and family who
do not take daily newspaper and who desire to
keep abreast Of the times on all matters national
and foreign and to be supplied with choice and
we-selected reading matter from the best writers
of the age.
The herald., 1896-02-21
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-04

$3.50 900 to $500 600, but no exact statement
as to liabilities has been given.
The enumeration of ex-soidiers and ex.
sailors of the civil war now living in Wis.
consin is &c, 3677, as shown by the census
enumeration for 1895.
Obituary: At Jeffersonville, Ind, Rev.
Joseph Miller Hutchinson, 50; at Superior,
Wis, Vincent Roy, a wealthy Chippewa
Indian; at Middlctown, n. Y, Peter f.
Conkling, log; at Carbon, Ind, Joseph
Fitzpatrick.
Tony Brinckon, druggist of Rockford,
Ills, accidentally shot himself in hand.
ling revolver. The bullet lodged in his
bowels. He is in a critical condition.
Prince Bismarck is suffering from nery.
Gus prostration, the result OF exposure on
his birthday. when he received deputa.
tions in disobedience of the orders Of his
physicians.
An Ohio woman used her petticoat to
nag Baltimore and Ohio train, stopping
1t before it reached q burning BRIDE
At ID. Z. Nelson's home near Paris, Ky.,
pet lamb buttei 2-year-old child into
the fire. The child burned to death before
aid could reach it.
Thomos Altman. an iron.molder, who
has lived for years in one of the finest resi-
dence suburbs of Zanesviile, O., has been
discovered to be one OF the most success.
full counterfciters in the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-04
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

Seventy Cuban insurgents captured il
Havana province have been sentenced &C
be shot, SO Havana-via- Florida telegram
says.
The Ohio river at Cincinnati has reached
the danger line, but is expected to begin
falling before much damage is done.
John Chris jacob Detroit alderman,
is charged with soliciting n bribe from a
firm of architects in connection with the
plans for the new county building.
Robert Mccoy, q member of the famous
family of Hatfield haters, has been asaas.
sinated in West Virginia.
In accordance with an order issued
Wednesday by President Healy the Gus
tod;an of the Cook county building al
Chicago has raised flag p, by 40 feet in
size over the Clark street entrance to the
building
Herman Kirchoff, manufacturer of sash
doors and blinds ut Oakley and Milwau
kec avenues, Chicago, has made an as
signment. The assets are said to be from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-04
FLOODVERYFATAL
Many Lives Lost by the cata-
cIysm in Kentucky.
SWEEPS THROUGH A ROCKY GORGE.
Comes Down on the Homes In the Open .
Wall of water-Dcath List Reaches Six
teen, Six Families Bereaved, and Foa.
Unknown victims-Fureher from the
Rainy River Disaster-Col. Ns6 and o
MARSHAL the Only Survivors.

CINCINNATI, April "A special from
Bonneville, Ky, says: The cloudburst on
Little Sexton and Buffalo creeks did
more damage than at first reported. In
steal of four there were probably fourteen
drowned. Sexton creek rises near Burn
ing Springs and is one Of the feeders Of
the south fork Of the kentucky river. Ii
dows in some places through deep gorges,
surrounded by rocks. Through these
gorges the stream rushes when in flood
tide with the speed of n racehorse, and
striking the bottom lands below spreads
out with wonderful rapidity.
Came Down in n Solid Wall.
People little thought that the little
brook would rise SO rapidly or was capa-
BILE of gathering such n volume of water
The cloudburst occurred in the gorges, the
water gathered in moment, and the wild
Hood poured down in a solid wall. carry
ing death and destruction in its path
Five people were drowned by the Little
Sexton. Buffalo creek is even more
crooked and torturons than Little Sexton,
pie are believed to have lost their lives. A
great many logs were hurled down with
the tide, and these speedily knocked the
cabins and outbuildings to pieces.
The Dead on Buffalo Creek.
The dead on Buffalo creek are: Mrs.
George Gepson and three children; Will
Burns two children: Miss Mary Garrett.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-04
TRAIN COLLISION ON A BRIDGE.
Breaks in Two and Two Men Lose Their
Lives I'm the Crash.

Breaks in Two and Two Men Lose Their
Lives I'm the Crash.
WHEELING, April A shocking and
fatal accident occurred on the Beilaire,
Baltimore and Ohio railroad bridge across
the Ohio four miles below here. which
cos: two lives. Freight No. 3D. west
bound with fifty workmen on board, started
across the river closely followed by yard
engine on which there were also num-
Der of workmen going to their homes in
Bellaire. When on the first span of the
bridge the freight train broke in two. the
caboose and three cars running back to
ward the approaching yard engine.
The men in the caboose of the parted
train realized the danger and jumped,
many clinging to the iron framework of
the bridge. Frank Salzgaver and Patrick
Flaherty, however commenced to climb
up the ladder on the rear of the caboose,
but before they reached the roof the crash
came and both were crushed to death in
the collision with the yard engine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-04
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-04

swanson (Dcm.) Of Virginia asked II
these resolutions would carry with them
tho recognition of the Cuban bclligcrcncy.
Hit replied that they would not
Of themselves, but he had no
doubt that they would lead to
the recognition OF the Cubans Ivy presi-
DENTAL proclamation. lido not believe"
said he, "that the president would bc SO
rccrcant to his duty as To disrC gard the cx-
pressed wish of the representatives Of the
people. have faith thai the president Il
tho agent of the people and not their
ruler" Loud applause.
Figure. on tho Number OF Rebels.
In reply to Patterson, who asked what
proportion Of the i,6JO.OOD inhabitants OF
Cuba were adhcrcnts or In sympathy with
the cause OF the rcvolutionists, Hit said
IL Wac hard to determine. Over 6!,OO
men had enlisted In the Cuban cause.
'How many Cuhans have enlisted In
the Spanish causcy' asked Patterson.
we are informed" replied Hit, 'ofii-
cially informed, that many Cubans are
enrolled among tho volunteers. Tho
term volunteer Is much misunderstood.
The volunteers are Spaniards obligated to
military duty in Spain who elect To per
form that service In Cuba. They are
among the bittcrcst and most intensely
hostile enemies Of the Cubans They are
she privileged spoilers of the Cubans, who
sanually rob the Cubnns of millions and
whose pcculations are enormous"
uouteiie Is stiii Not Convinced.
Bou.cilc. who has steadily opposed the
passage II any Cuban resolutions, then
t.,ok the fioor. lie said he had never ~
emitted his course and he thought his ut.
t,tudc had been vindica;cd by subsequent
oycntS. This procccding WAS n rcmarkn-
bio illustration of ''how not to do it," The
resolutions had no legal effect. They
amounted to nothing. That had been
proclaimed In the senate and was well un.
ds-stoui here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-04

and two unknown-total. y. Fatally
wounded by drift, Mrs. John Crane. John
Crane, a rafter, managed to ride the drift
and rescue his family. His house was
lost. George Gepson's house below was
carried awsy and his wife and three chill
dren perished. Will Burns house went
out on the waters and two children were
lost. Lige CARROTS daughter, Mary, was
drowned. and two unknown people also
lost their lives.
Five Victims on Little Sexton.
On Little Sexton creek and its tribu-
taries, five were drowned, viz: Captain
J. 5. j. Bull, Mrs. Wade Marders and
child, and two unknown people. jackson
county suffered heavily, as did Clay and
Owslcy. 1t was the most disastrous food
in years, and came SO quickly that it is n
wonder any of the valley people escaped.