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The herald., 1896-09-28
Uses of Emery.

For many years most of the emery has
been brought from Turkey and the Greek
islands. Its value for cutting and polish
ing has been known since the beginning of
history. Very crude methods are in use
for obtaining this substance for market
Enormous fires are built Oh or against the
rocks, which are then broken or cracked
by throwing jets CT cold water against
them Emery Las many Usos, among which
are its employment in polishing and cut
ting. Being SO urnlarageablc, it ior long
time defied the efforts oI man to put it in
to available shapc, bat ut length it was
coGented into usable forms, and it was
emotc0 into wheels. Enacry nillstones are
later cay Improvement. 1hey are tho
most practical CT al stouos, because tEcy
arc not affected by heat and tho lace is
always sharp. AS cutting and polishing
powder, emery is CT great luc, and emery
VsaildcaEer Is an iE;r rortant article OF manu-
faclure.--Ncw YORK Ledger.
The herald., 1896-09-28
Nautical Terms.

The difficulties of tho photographer de-
string the inclusion Of nautical terms in
his list are not little increased by the
sailors love of contractiols or his perver-
stiles of pronunciation. Let me cite few
examples. The word "treenail," for in
stance--a wooden spiko-in Jack 8 mouth
becomes "trunnel." "To reach" is to sail
along close hauled, but the sailor calls it
"ratch.' - "Gunwale," as everybody
knows, is "gunnel," and so spelled by the
old marine writer's. "Crossjack, sail
that sets upon yard called the 'crossjack
yard" on the mizzennlast, is pronounced
"crojjeck. Tho "strap" of block is al
ways termed "strop;" streak" single
range of planks running from one end Of
tho ship OF boat to the other, is "strakc;"
"to serve''-that Is, to wind small stuff,
such as spun yarn, round a rope-is ito
sarve." The numerous contractions, how
ever, are pre-eminently illustrative Of ths
two distinctive qualities OF tho English
sailor, nimbleness and alertness. Every
thing must be done quickly at sea- There
is no time for sesquipedalianism. If there
be long word, 1t must be shortened some
how. To spring, to jump, to leap, to tum-
BILE, to keep his eyes skinned, to hammer
his fingers into fishhcoks-these are the
things required OF Jack. He dances, he
sings, he drinks, he is in all senses lively
hearty, but underlying his intellectual and
physical caper cutting is deep perception
of the sea as mighty force, q remorseless
foe. The matter seems trifing. yet the na-
tional character is in it-Contemporary
RevieU
The herald., 1896-09-28
MUNICIPAL CONVENTION
-er-u Ioi---ll-a-
81 eugpasissu ESQ
Democratic Committee to
Arrange for 1t
sssss p1 -lls--
sLoA1E "a lve s-lsf
The Meeting TOMORROW EVENING
rspsrpe On -d0-7-
It Wilt Be Held in the Work.
NOnulGs ftoU I.glAII
eeI man Building
DETAILS TO BE OUTLINED
bates for Caucuses, Primaries and Cor.
u vention to Be Chosen
Importast Business to BE Transacted by
A.ap That Body
Republican city Executive Committee
After q Lively Session Selects Of
flcers for Its Primary-One Men,
Der Withdraws in Huff.

Tomorrow evening the executive COM
mittee Of the Democratic city central
committee will hold session at the
rooms of the Democratic county central
committee. in the workman building on
Spring street, between Second and
Third streets.
At this meeting the preliminary ar
rangements will be made for the eau
cuses and the primary election. to elect
delegates to the city convention, the
date for holding which is soon to be
fixed.
This meeting of the executive COM
mittee will as matter of course be pre-
sided over by Martin c. Marsh. the
chairman of the central committee.
The members of the executive COM
mittee have an important duty devolv-
ing upon them which they will undoubt-
edly perform with credit to themselves
and to the best interests Of the party
which they represent.
The executive committee will make
q number of suggestions and recon-
mendations to the general committee
which will meet on Thursday evening
to direct the issue of the call for the eau
cuses, the primary and the convention
guidance the primary will be conducted.
It is generally conceded that precinct
primaries will be rendered, but whether
1t shall be under the old or the new pre-
cincts has notyet been fully determined.
The Los Angeles Water company is
extremely anxious to control the Demo-
cratic city convention, as well as all the
other municipal conventions, and in
making these preliminary arrangements
the membsrs of the executive committee
and the general committee, as WELL will
be on guard to prevent the consumma-
tion of any scheme whereby the inter-
ests Of the corporation will be subserved
to the ,detriment of the nominees of the
convention. the people and the party.
AS to the time of holding the caucuses,
primaries and convention, it has been
suggested, and the idea seems to meet
with general, approval, that as early
dates be chosen as possible to have the
whole matter settled and agreed upon
SO as to in no way have the municipal
contest interfere with the national strug-
gle.
Wednesday, the 7th of October, has
been suggested as a date for the eau
cuses. Then the primary elections could
be held on the 10th instant and the con-
vention on Monday, the 18th. This would
enable all matters in contest, as far as
the Democratic city convention is con-
cerned. to be settled up full three weeks
prior to the national election. Then the
subject would go over until after the
national election, when four weeks
would afford ample time to present
every issue involved to the voters before
the municipal election.
The herald., 1896-09-28
WAS FROM LOS ANGELES.
An Unknown Man Cuts His Throat in a
San Francisco Lodging House.

An unknown man, about 40 years old,
penknife at the st. George Lodging
house, on Kearny street, last night, and
died while being taken to the receiving
hospital, says the San Francisco ChroE-
icle of Saturday. He appeared to be a
laborer and was dressed in a cheap al
paca coat and a pair of striped trousers,
much the worse for wear, but upon be-
ing searched at the morgue nearly $3.50
was found in his pockets.
The man walked into the ST. George
about 10 o'clock last night and asked for
a cheap bed. He was given a small room
just off the Office and retired. TIyee-
quarters of an hour later Pete Tobini,
the proprietor of the place, was startled
by hearing groans which appeared to
come from the room occupied by the
stranger. An entrance was effected and
the man found lying on the bed in pool
of blood. There were two gashes one on
each side of the neck, and a deep cut on
the left wrist. A small penknife, which
had evidently been the weapon used, lay
on the bed.
Policeman Flynn was at once notified
and sent for the ambulance, as the man
was still alive, although unable to talk.
A quick run wos made to the receiving
hospital but the man was dead before
the hospital was reached. --.-
In searching the dead mans clothes
three little tobacco bags were found in
the right pants pocket tightly tied with
twine. Each contained number of gold
pieces, S140 in all. In the other pocket
was another pouch containing several
dollars in silver. The only thing on his
person that would serve as clew to
identity was a. business card of the La
fayette restaurant. The proprietor of
the restaurant said he thought the dead
man was nemed Lesigne and that he was
dyer by occupation. He had come
from Los Angeles two weeks ago.
The herald., 1896-09-28
Luxury In Central Afrion.

We learn from q London interviewer thao
Zon1ba, tho capital Of British central
Africa, is quite a civilized place, in which
tine visitor may require dress coat. II
the commissioner asks you to dine, you
will find that he lives in q luxurious man
sion, built high up on the shoulder OF .
lofty mountain. Your dinner will be cook.
ed by a Rindoo chef of exquisite cunning.
you will be waited upon by deft servants
as black as night, the table will be deco
rated with flowers such as no British
duchess could buy the view from the vim
dows will delight your eye. After dinner
you will step out into the veranda perhaps
and smoke your cigar with the roar Of the
cascading river in your ears, or fall into Q
luxurious chair and read the last novel
from Mudie's or the last batch Of papers
which the postman has just delivered.
Then early to bed and early to rise, your
bath, your coffee and a little aruit perhapA
q stroll in the delightful garden, full q
fruits and flowers, q peep at the commits
sioner's private menagerie; then deSunes.
London Star.
The herald., 1896-09-28
EXPLAINING BAD MANNERS.
snobbishness the Cause of eociety's Rude
nass-The Steady Improv ement.

snobbishness the Cause of eociety's Rude.
ness-The Steady Improvement.
No doubt manners just now appear 10
be growing rougher and ruder. 1t Is,
however, merely q conventional and not o
real roughness and rudeness, and the rea-
son for it is plain. The manners Of the up
per classes in England are putting on q
veneer of roughness, are adopting the use
of "rustlcation, to employ the architec-
tllral phrase, for the same reason that So
ciety is always changing or tending to
change its place Of meeting in the park.
That reason is the desire to get away, to
keep separate from the herd The smart
people gave up being formally polite and
making bows and graceful inclinations
of assent" when the middle class grew
polite and shopboys and shopgirls adopt
ed tho etiquette Of the old regime. When
the manners of those below them in the 90
cial scale became thoroughly polite, the
only way of escape was the adoption Of a
self conscious roughness. 1t became the
right thing to say, MAY have dancer"
in Mayfair, because at middle class balls
beautiful bow and O formal demand had
become the fashion.
Society is only apparently unmannerly
because 1T is trying to dodge its humber
followers ana arrange set ol conventions
which will not be pirated. AS soon, how
ever, as its retreat is discovered ID will
have to find new device Then, in all
probability, we shall see reaction In favor
of formality and our young men and
maidens will bow and simper and pass
formal compliments after the manner Of the
eighteenth century. But, after all, these
things are only externals, and really mat
ter very little. The main fact is that our
manners in essentials are growing less,
not more, rough. If we take the wider view
of the social situation, we shall see that
men are less, not more, disagreeahle than
they used to be. Let any one who doubts
this compare the way men treat each other
when alone to the way in which they acted
40 years ago. The old ideas Of what was
fair in the way OF roasting fool or a
bore or a nervous man have completely
changed and few now can be found to de-
fend the old fashioned style Of practical
joke. Theodore Hook was not counted q
specially rude or discourteous man by his
contemporaries II he tried to practice his
form of wit now he would not be tolcr-
ated for an hour in the society of well bred
people, and we doubt if even in the stables
his ways would be counted possible. In
stead Of our manners decaying they are
steadily improving. g.-London Spectator.
The herald., 1896-09-28
THEY "SCRAPPED."
The Republican Committee Had Time
Selecting Election Officers.

The executive committee Of the Re-
publican city central committee at it's
last meeting decided upon the matter of
election officers for the primary But
1t was not without considerable bicker-
ing and scrapping that a result was
finally arrived at.
The friends of candidate for mayor
julius Martin have the committee and
they are inclined to be extremely dicta-
torial in all matters.
In several precincts objections were
made to the election of officers proposed
by the precinct committeeman. Charges
and countercharges were made, and one
member Of the executive committee
withdrew altogether in great heat.
1t would appear just now as though
Mr.. Martin had command Of the situa-
ton as far as the mayoralty fight is con-
cerned. There is no question that many
of the party workers are for Martin. If
the convention were held tomorrow he
would probab bly, be the nominee.
The entrance. of Prof. H. e. Storrs into
the race may cut quite figure. Capt.
Cressy has some positive strength with
the A. P. A., while Louis Vetter seems
- pc soiio with tne Repupllcan business
element. In the meantime Mayor RAIDER
u saving wood and saying nothing. II
the convention were to get tied up it
might turn to him and give him re-
nomination.
The struggle for the minor offices con-
tinues with urabated fury, but 1t is of
course Genonstary cto the fight over the
head Of the ticket.
Aldermanic- candidates are thicker
\ - n on ~ 20 haa aTy ! l.
Der of taens ouho wish to be clerk, audit
er. treasurer, assessor, street superin-
tendentJ Is as the uncounted sands on
the seashore.
The herald., 1896-09-28
POLITICAL NOTES.
Items of Interest Appertaining to the
Campaign, Locally and Elsewhere.

This evening there will be meeting
at the rooms of the Democratic county
committee, in the Workman building.
of workingmen to make arrangements
for the parade to take place next We'd
nesday evening in honor of Judge James
Mcguire, one of the greatest champions
of labor in the United States.
1t is proposed to make the Mcguire
meeting at the Wigwam on Wednesday
evening one of the greatest political
fornia.
Judge r. B. Carpenter is to talk this
evening for sound money and McKin-
ley. Carpenter is not mincer of words.
Whatever he says everybody who hears
him understands He has sharp tongue
but there are others who have just as
bitter. TED
The Second ward silver men are going
to have a rousing meeting this even
ing. t-,.
The Times wants the test for par
ticipation in the Republican primaries
changed, but it will not be.
j. S. Slauson has been advanced as
candidate for mayor - ,-..,.-
| The Good Government league seems
to have quite multiplicity of candi-
| dates itself.
! ]. r. Newberry has been suggested as
Good Government candidate for
mayor.
/ Henry Dockweiler wants the Demo-
4 cratic nomination for city engineer.
The Fifth Ward Silver club will hold
! a meeting at Grannis' hall, junction of
! Hoover Twenty-fourth and Union
streets, Tuesday evening. September 30.
! Addresses by Col. I. E. Messmore, S. E.
Fulton and A. e. Rogers. Ladies are
! invited. Music will be furnished by the
| Misses Rogers
The First Ward Bryan Silver club
| will meet tonight at the corner of Main
| and Griffin avenue. Lucien Farley,
| VIM. Mead and J. Hanley will be the
| principal speakers.
| There will be meeting of silver men
Of the Forty seventh precinct this even
| ing at the residence of Oscar Hinters,
| 10S East Fifth street.
The herald., 1896-09-28
TIE r.-~.~,.- ~~N~uCTO7.
He Was Almost Unknown In England q
Hundred Years AGO.

The baton as a conducting stick did
not come into general use in England un-
til tho third decade of the present century.
Up to that time the conductor, in the pres
ent acceptance of the torin was almost un-
known. There were however, instances CT
q conductor who really did beat time. Sam
uel Wesley, in one of his lectures delivered
in 1927, said: IL remember that in tho
time CT DIR. Doyce 1t was customary to
mark the measure to the orchestra with 4
roll of parchment or paper in hand and
this usage is yet continued at St. PaulFs
cathedral, at tho musical performances for
the Sons of Clergy" Wesley goes on to say
that the custom was not followed at the
theaters and oratorios. 1t is therefore GER
tain that the conductor, rs u time beater,
was the exception and not the rule
Handel conducted his operas and ora.
torios at the harpsichord or organ. At the
Handel commemoration ofa 1884, held in
Westminster abbey Joah Bates led his
forces of 5s5 performers from the organ,
and not with q baton. Haydn, who con-
Quoted his "Salamon Symphonies at the
Hanover Square rooms in 1871, was an
nounced thus: Mr. Haydn will preside at
the harpsichord and will compose for every
LiShO q lICW PtcSS VI 1SeAAA5 eAS
first 20 years of the Philharmonic society
1813-33) there was no real conductor, ex-
cept when foreign musicians like Spohr
and Mendelssohn directed their own COM
positions. The programme of the Birming-
ham music festival Of 1929 (when Michael
Costa, then youth of 10, made his first
appearance in England as singer) records,
Conductor Mr.. Greatorex, who will pre-
side at the organ and pianoforte. Some
idea OF the then existing state of things may
be gathered from The Quarterly Musical
Magazine and Review, volume 10, 1929,
pages 313 and 314: 1T is the habit of some
(conductors), when presiding at the piano
forte, to keep the pedals down and play
throughout the piece, thus making the in
strument far too prominent, but from this
piece of bad taste Sir George Smart and
persons accustomed to the business of the
orchestra are totally exempt. A great OBJ
stacle opposed to the conductor is the shape
Of the grand pianoforte, which prevents
his facing his band and places him with
his back to the principal violoncello. In
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, which
requires the fullest activity of eye, ear and
hand, we have observed q square one used
at the Philharmonic concerts. London
Musical Times
The herald., 1896-09-28
PUBLIC INTEREST.
How People Flock to Hear the Silver
Proposition Discussed.

A correspondent writes The Herald a
communication which embodies some
truths Mid which Isl Interesting as it is
. statement of facts. The correspondent
says:
"MnslaWnevh4tia amusing to an OBJ
server affer rtsadifie the local Mckinley
papers IN their attempt to cry down
the growth of the silver sentiment in Los
Angeles by their ridicule and absurd
reports of. the sxyarious silver meetings
going on hikhflyS to try to find out the
truth OF such assertions and to visit the
eevaHk Gipbe t1ahnay meet on a given
night and Mote the difference in attend
Ance, enthusiasm, and, in my endeavor
- learn for myself the truth Of much ]
The herald., 1896-09-28
The Growth of New Toes.

A French biologist, DIR. Giard, has ex.
perimentally produced extra toes on a
Spanish salamander by placing it In a
glass globe half filed with water. "1n at
tempts to keep the head above water the
toes are gradually worn away. II now
aquatic plants are placed in tho globe upon
which tho feet can rest so that effort is no
longer required and an abundance of food
is given the toes regcneratc with surpris-
ing rapidity and degree. In one case where
there were previously but four toes on the
front feet six developed and ono of the hind
Goes became bifld. Medical Review.
The herald., 1896-09-28
AT THE TEMPLE
A Joint Discussion Held on the Money
Question Which Was Interesting

At the Temperance Temple last even
ing Job Hartman, the socialist candi-
date for congress, attempted to show to
the crowd of ladies' and gentlemen that
the gold standard was the proper one
from the standpoint of laboring man
Mr.. Hartman used the same convinci, 3
arguments brought into play by Colone
Otis and other equally brilliant advo-
Gates of the yellow metal
Prof w. c. Bowman made answer t.
Mr.. Hartman, completely demolishinr
his arguments and making some teilinf
hits for silver. His address was a mas
terly effort.
The assemblage enjoyed the Joint dis
The herald., 1896-09-28
A Bright Eoy.

''Your son, believe, 1nadc some expert
mcnts while at college.'
Eyes, Eo discovered what he calls his
scientific paradox. ="
"What is the nature of it?''
HE succeeded in demonstrating that
debts aro expanded by contracting them. I"
Washington Times.
The herald., 1896-09-28
Unequal Risiits.

A clever woman at q Sorosis breakfast
was bowailing tho fact that tho discrimi.
nation between man and woman was in
most instances unjust.
just take the caso of Lots wife,. as far
back as Scripture days. She looked back
ward and was promptly turned TO Il pillar
Uf salt. Mr. Edward Bellamy locked back
ward not very long ago and the world re-
warded him with thousands OF dollars. Is
that j.stice?" she asked.-New York Jour
nal. '
The herald., 1896-09-28
Applied Science.

Weary Winiam-Wraggles, we are uir
done by science The five days without
food yarn don't do any more
Wraggles-What's happened?
Weary William-When l tried the old
gag on lady up the street, she turned tho
x rays on me and discovered the four
pounds Of cake another woman gave me o
few hours betoEs II cldon Answers
The herald., 1896-09-28
Armed.

"He was unarmed, as I understand II,
said tic justice.
"What do you mear?" asked the COM
plainant suspielotSly.
II mean he was without arms"
"Not much he wasn't. He had arms
and whopping big fists on the ends OF
'en. "--Chicago Post
The herald., 1896-09-28
CkurchEoiss Aia..a Essy.

"This must be a, pretty religious towr
;uGsing from the number of churches
aas, +" said the traveller.
1T amt that, mister" exclaimed &
9'7n pessipist. 1.-THE people is so Ia
lst there had to bo lots OF churches
r3urd hancy like to git them to go.
1iaraEciie --'~~
The herald., 1896-09-28

To soften the skin of fur rug, put
little vaseline on the hands, ard thea
rub the skin and work with it until It
softens. This will not be done all at
once.
The herald., 1896-09-28

Probably the most fastidious woman in
europe about her stockings is the Princess
)f Wales. She generally wears lace ones
If cobwebby fineness, which cost her from
$40 to $50 pair.
The herald., 1896-09-28

The cent takes its nnmc from tho Latin
word centum Ga huudred), this coin being
hundredth of dollar.
The herald., 1896-09-28

The quarter eagle, or s2. SO in gold, was
authorized April O. 1893, and its coinage
was begun in 1906.
The herald., 1896-09-28
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cussion. 1t was orderly in every respect
and was not made of anarchists or bomb
throwers.
The herald., 1896-09-28

The United States has SC, 1854, $40 female
population 80.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-18
Thrown out Of Court.

OAKLAND. Cal. April li.-After Ave
wears the claims Of Patrick shields and
Andrew M~Kinstry against the Gillian
government fr injuries received from
the assaults Of the Chilian mob at san
tiaqo have been finally thrown out OF
all courts and commissions, Shields and
McKinstry wen sailors on the kewce-
nah. that entered Santiago harbor q
week after the Baltimore sailors were "a
roughly handled by mohs In that city IN
1891. They made claims against the
government of Chili-Shields for $780,
GOO and McKinstry for $4,000.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-04-18
CLOSE CALL FOR FITZ.
The Prizehghter CAME Near
Being Electrocuted.
ais BABY LION, NERO, IS DEAD.

The Lion Was Tied Upon the Top OF
the Gym naslum. and when his Mas
Ger Visited Him They Got MIXED With
Electric Wires fitssiminons Wa fof
someiinae Dased.
CLEVELAND, April l7.-Robcrt fitz-
simmons, the prizofghtcr. came near
being electrocuted here As IL was his
pet lion, Nero, was killed and Fitzsim-
mons severely shocked and quite seri-
ously burned.
On account Of the extremely warm
weather the lion yesterday was taken to
the roof Of the Rumscy gymnasium on
Erie street and there chained Shortly
after midnight this morning Htzsim-
mons, accompanied by Ernest Roebr'
the wrestler. and Lewis Robertson, an
attache Of the gymnasium, went upon
the roof 20 see the animal. On reaching
the roof Fitzsimm0ns called 20 his lion
which. upon hearing his masters voice
sprang forwards 20 the length Of III
chain and over some electric light wires
A shower Of sparks quickly followed a.
the contact with the wires. The hoi
received a shock and again sprang 10
wards Fitzimmons who sprang bacl