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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-05-27

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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-05-27

Where lives the man that has not
tried how mirth can into folly glide,
and folly into sin?-Scott.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-05-27
Destructive lightning,

The most destructive strokes of light.
ming have been those which have caus.
The herald., 1896-11-13
SAYS SHE IS MARRIED
Mrs. Hall Is Determined to Protect Her
Good Name.

Callman Sam Hall will probably be
partment at the next meeting of the
commissioners. Hall was before the
board at the meeting Wednesday on
charges of failure to support preferred
by his wife, and in defense stated that
lie was not a married man, but had been
living with the woman who called her.
self his wife. He further stated that
he had quit the woman. and she took
this method of forcing him to live with
her and support her On this statement
the charges were dismissed.
AS soon as Mrs. Hall saw the pub
lished reports she went to the court
house to make an investigation, and
then called on Assistant Chief Ed Smith,
to whom she told her story. She said
that she was married to Hall in ApIc'
last but that when she went to the
court house and examined the records
she could not find any license made out
in that name She did, however find
her name, Annie B. Wood, and that Ii
cense had been issued in the name of
Best, from which she believes that Hall
took it out in that name. She said that
she had been married to Hall by jusa
tice of the peace whose name she had
forgotten, but she knows that the cere-
mony was performed. Mrs. Hall said
that she had letters in her possession
from Hall in which he acknowledged
that she was his wife, and further that
she had sent him money last summer,
while she was working at Catalina
Mrs. Hall says that she intends to Law
these facts before the fire commissioners,
and will consult lawyer to see wheth-
er or not she had any legal redress
against Hall.
The herald., 1896-11-13

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Senator and Mrs. Stephen NJ. White
entertained at dinner at their residenc q
on South Main street last evening in
honor of Miss Morrison of San Jose.
The house was very deliberately deco
rated in pink. The parlor was trimmed
with pink chrysanthemums and smi-
lax, the hall in carnations and smilax.
Over all the arches of the doorwdys
were networks of smilaX and La France
roses. The dining room was especially
elaborate in decorations. Over the ia
BILE hung a huge umbrella made of maid
enhair fern and lined with La France
roses. This beautiful center piece was
suspended by ropes of smilax. In the
center of the table a floral piece five
feet in length, made of pink chrysan-
themums, maidenhair fern and smilax
was placed directly under the umbrella.
At each end of the table silver cam
delabra with six pink chrysanthemum
shades were placed, next to which were
two silver bowls filled with California
fruits. The bowls were presented to the
senator by the people of Fresno coun-
ty. Covers were laid for twenty. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Slauson,
Mr. and Mrs. c. Monroe, Mr.. and Mrs.
Platter, Mr.. and Mrs. B. Graves, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Truman. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Childs, Mr. and Mrs. +. Hicks Mr. and
Mrs. Modini Wood Mr.. 1. II. Polk.
The herald., 1896-11-13
THE PRINCIPLE IN GAMBLING

AT Newcastle, in connection with the
diocesan conference the lord bishop pre-
sided over meeting of protest against
betting and gambling. The bishop said
that in the last twenty years there had
been a very considerable increase of
gambling In England, and also in other
parts of the world. and not least in the
colonies. In all true exchange both sides
must be the gamers; but from betting
and gambling that moral principle was
absent. If they had class of people who
were getting profit without honest toll,
it was to the detriment of the country,
and not to its gain; and just in proper
ton as that class became large class
would the country be demoralized by it,
The fascination of gambling took a
mans ability and brains away from
those things which ought to be his main
concern; so that the country was i'm
poverished in this way, too. In order to
get money to pay their bets-what they
were pleased to call their debts of hon
or men were led to embezzle other peo-
pies money. He hoped the clergy would
give up raffles in bazaars He wanted to
appeal to the young men to show that it
was possible to be manly and to have
true sport without gambling. He did not
say that people should not play cards, if
they did not gamble. Football was a
manly game, but on the Saturday after
moons when he saw the excitement there
was when people were waiting for the
evening papers. he was certain it was
not merely to know which side had won
and for the sake of enthusiasm for the
side which won; he was sorry to say a
great deal of 1t meant that they had laid
their money on particular match and
wanted to know how that match had
gone. Professionalism was spelling
some of our manifest sport.
Canon Moore EIDE said there were two
great engines of gambling-one, the
turf and the other connected with stock
exchange operations. He did not say
that the stock exchange was altogether
gambling institution, recognizing the
difficulty of drawing line between some
forms of speculative trade and gam
bling. They might briefly say that men
gambled when they did not invest, but
used stocks and shares as counters by
which to acquire wealth without rem
dering labor in return.-St. James Ga
Zette.
The herald., 1896-11-13
A CHANGE OF HEART.
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AS the door bell rang twice in success
sion Won Blumer jumped up from his
seat with look Of intense annoyance
and turned round swiftly to face his
wife, says the New York Advertiser.
Have you been shopping again?" he
inquired, anxiously.
mo. dear" said Mrs. Won Blumer. Il
haven't been out of the house today"
Then" said Won Blumer, throwing
down his paper with gesture of impa-
thence, "it's callers. No sooner does
man come home from his work at his
office, worn out with the days struggle
and prepared to settle down to a quiet
evening, than his peace is disturbed by
some COMPOUNDED bore. Society Is all
very we'll in it's way, but what do these
people care for us or we for them Here
1 was just congratulating myself that
would be able to get good nights rest,
and now the dream Is over. I've to sit
up and exert myself to be pleasant to a
lot of idiots that wish were In Halifax
It's just my luck--tired out-all broken
Hello Whats this? A note? Umph!
All yes. of course Where are my boots
Not a moment to lose! Show him into
the parlor, Dinah. where
Who is it. dear?" asked Mrs. Won
Blumer.
Who is it ?" repeated her husband, as
he rushed by her; who is it? Hooray!
It's Dimpleton, with two tickets for the
theater."
The herald., 1896-11-13
DO THE WORK OF HORSES,
Japanese Men Haul Vehicles About the
Streets and Roads.

One. if not the greatest, obstacle in
the way of industrial progress of ia
pan is the fact that upward of 900 900 of
the most muscular of it's population are
engaged as beasts of burden. In this
connection / do not include those occu-
pations in which the day laborers of all
civilized countries are engaged. The
statement is simply based on the fact
that over 1000, 900 of the vigorous man
hood are engaged in the transportation
of people and commodities from place to
place, performing the work which in
Europe and America is done by animals,
by steam, by electricity and other mod
ern methods of conveyance. So tremen-
dous is this drain upon the population
of the empire that much of the other
hard labor, such as loading coal on YES
sells, handling heavy freight on rail-
ways, and driving and loading of pack
horses, heavy farm work and the like,
is performed by women, Who dressed in
tight blue cotton trousers and TUNES
are compelled to do for Japan what the
longshoremen, yardmen and farm la
borers do in the United States.
The estimate that over 1000, 900 men
are engaged in the mikados empire in
these degrading occupations is based
upon the fact that the returns of 1895
show total of 199,411 jinrikishas and
914 $3.50 handcarts. AS all these carriages
and carts are licensed, the returns are
probably correct. In the case of the
jinrikishas the number CT pullers and
pushers is greatly in excess of the num-
Der of vehicles. This comes from the
fact that some of the vehicles have two
men, and because in large cities the
same vehicle is rented out during the
twenty four hours to two different men.
1t is safe to assume that nearly 100000
coolies are directly and indirectly en-
null py,6 farc q has.
conveyances. AS for carts the same
holds true. They are propelled with
enormous loads, sometimes by two bent
and wrinkled old men, sometimes by
one strong and hearty young man of low
intelligence, and sometimes by mere
boys, from 10 to Is years of age. One
million, therefore, would seem to be
within the mark. This gives us a total
of 1850, 900 human horses.
To the ordinary observer these jim
rigishas seem novel and delightful
experience. They combine all the joys
of human horse. They held you into
the carriage, hand you your parasol or
umbrella, tuck the rug around you, and
land you at the door of the shop or house.
Moreover, they take care of your par
cells. In rainy weaSer they pull up
the hood and fasten the oilcloth in
front, so that nothing but a peep-hole
is left, and you are safe from the wet
and mud. All you see is the bare legs
of the. hedgehog looking creature who,
covered with a peculiar hat and coat Of
"a reedy grass, is rushing onward through
p slush and snow and sleet and rain.
This Is we'll enough for the passenger
within. but what are the effects Of the
occupation upon the man without?
What is the effect of the employment
Of 1880, 900 of the robust men Of Japan in
this way and in the hauling or carts+
upon the rest of the population? These
are questions that'must be carefully
The herald., 1896-11-13
AN IRATE OLD WOMAN
Causes an Arrest for Disturbance Of
Her Peace.

At o'clock yesterday afternoon Off
Ger Long arrested A. r. Branch, young
man who attends business college, al
though married, and locked him up in
jail on warrant sworn to by Mrs
Lucy Fuller, a woman 70 years of age
who resides on San Pedro street, near
Third. charging disturbance of the
peace.
Mrs Fuller alleges that Branch has
made himself nuisance around the
house, breaking windows, calling her
names and In general acting about as
meanly as he could toward her She got
tired of it, consulted an attorney, and
had her tormentor arrested Failing to
produce the necessary 500 bail set on
the warrant. Branch was locked up for
the night, but will be arraigned in
the police court today
The herald., 1896-11-13
NOT A RECENT DISCOVERY.
Electric Lighting Was Known to an In
ventor Fifty Years Ago.

Judge Joseph Burlington of the Unite1
States district court has in his possession
a paper which proves that an American
as early as 1S45 had solved the problem
of electric lighting, but because he
could not obtain a special act protecting
him in his discovery, he look the details
to his eternal rest witt him. leaving t
for the succeeding gen ration to wrestle
with the problem. Tile paper is also in
teresting in showing that previous to
1S45 an attempt was made to light the
streets of Paris by electricity. and it
failed because of one thing. which is not
stated, but which the inventor knew all
about.
The paper was discovered by Judge
Burlington several years ago among
some old family papers. At his home in
kittanning there had accumulated the
papers and correspondence of several
generations of the Burlington family. To
straighten them out. throwing away the
worthless, and to preserve the valuable
ana curious. was no easy task. but it
was an interesting job, to which the
court had determined to devote suff-
cient time. Among the old papers was
one tnat appeared to be petition. On
examining closely, the judge was almost
startled by the singularity of his find.
Inc petition was addressed to the gov
eminent. setting forth that wonderful
and valuable discovery had been made
by man In Armstrong county, who had
neglected to make it known until it was
too late for him to secure to himself the
dement, OF his work. He could, of course.
obtain a patent right. but he wanted a
special act giving him the monopoly of
the neld in the line of his invention IT
was set out that by his discovery great
buildings and, what was more wonder
iul' the streets of a city could be lighted
by electricity and all that was neces-
sary after plant had been built under
ms direction. was to press button and
the city or building would be instantly
illuminated. He had discovered the
only thing that made an attempt to
light the streets of Paris failure.
Ihere seems to be no doubt in the
minds of anybody who has seen the pa
per but that the man had really made
the discovery. The petition was signed
by large number of prominent business
men in Western Pennsylvania. The
petition had no effect, and the lighting
of streets by electricity was delayed
thirty years.-Pittsburg Post.
The herald., 1896-11-13
The Changes Asked for by the
Property Owners
COMMENCE AT ORD STREET
To Be Numbered COnsecutiveiy From
Seventh TO F;fty.seventh Avenue
Regular Meeting of the Park Commits
sioners-Many Donations of Rare
Plants Received-Sewer Matters.

At the meeting of the board of public
works today the proposed change of the
names of the streets from Ord street
north to numbered avenues will prob
ably come up. The change is being
urged by a large number of citizens in
the district affected, who think that
much confusion will be avoided by hav-
ing the streets numbered consecutively
from Ord street to the north city line,
and have petitioned the council to that
effect. Others oppose the plan on the
ground that it is not necessary. and the
wholesale change will cause more con-
fusion than il they are let alone. Both
sides will probably be represented when
the matter comes up. Following is the
list of changes as proposed by the COM
mittee:
Ord street to Seventh avenue.
Alpine street to Eighth avenue.
College street to Ninth avenue.
Bernard street to Tenth avenue.
Cottage Home street TO Eleventh
avenue.
Bishop street to Thirteenth avenue.
Savoy street to Fourteenth avenue.
Solano street to Fifteenth avenue.
Casanaye street to Sixteenth avenue.
Park Drive to Seventeenth avenue.
Water street to Eighteenth avenue.
Hays street to Nineteenth avenue.
Walnut street to Twentieth avenue.
Chestnut street to Tewentytirst ave-
nue..
Truman street to Twenty-second ave-
nue..
Lecouvreur street to Twenty-third
avenue.
Hamilton Place and Hellman street to
Twenty-fourth avenue.
Wells street and DAILY street to Twen-
ty-fifth avenue
Hoff street to Twenty sixth avenue.
Primrose avenue to Twenty-seventh
avenue.
Roster street to Twenty eighth ave-
nue..
Jackson street to Twenty-ninth ave-
nue..
Sigler street to Thirtieth avenue.
Grandin street to Thirty-first avenue
Lacy avenue to Thirty-second avenue.
Garland avenue to Thirty-third ave-
nue..
Swain street to Thirty-fourth avenue.
street to Thirty-fifth avenue.
and Ella street to Thirty sixth avenue.
H street to Thirty seventh avenue.
G and Kerr street to Thirty-eighth
avenue.
F street to Thrty-ninth avenue
r street. Acacia street and Summit
avenue to Fortieth avenue.
u street u rOTty -llISt dNeuue
street and Grand avenue in High
land View tract to Forty-second avenue.
B street to Fortythird avenue.
A street. Floral street and Sherman
avenue to Forty-fourth avenue.
Highland avenue to Fiftieth avenue.
Maple street to Fifty-tirst avenue.
Park avenue to Fifty second avenue.
Chestnut street and Magnolia street
to Fifty third avenue
Central avenue and Palm street to
Fifty fourth avenue.
Pine street and Sycamore street to
Fifty-fifth avenue.
San Rafael avenue and Cherry street
to Fifty-sixth avenue.
Walnut street and Garvanza street to
Fifty-seventh avenue.
The herald., 1896-11-13
A CARD PARTY.

Miss Lucille Daniels entertained some
friends at hearts last evening at her res
idence, No 2400 West Seventh street.
The house was tastefully decorated in
pink. the parlors in carnations, La
France roses and smilax and the hall in
chrysanthemums and maidenhair ferns.
Punch was served in the hall and a
light supper was served during the even
ing. The tally cards were hand painted
hearts with the number of each table
in the covers. Vocal and instrumental
music was one of the features. The
party was given in honor of Miss Anna
Sawyer of San Francisco. Among the
guests were Misses Hattie Chapman
Bird Chanslor, Bird FiXen, Julia Win
ston, Patty Miller, Kate Landt, Gene
We've Smith. Mabel McGriff, Messrs Fix
en-, Lewis, Klokke, Phocon Allen. Ingle,
hoffman, Chanslor, McGrif, Ed Nc
Griff
The herald., 1896-11-13
ETIQUETTE IN SPAIN
There the People Are Punctiliously Pc
lite at All Times

Spaniards have some rules of etiquette
that would prove surprising to the av-
erage easy-going American. Take for
instance, the rules governing visits.
When the first call - made by a lady she
is expected to arrive in a carriage, that
being considered mark of high respect.
Should the person called upon be absent
from home the visitor is expected to
leave her card with one end turned
over and in one corner is to be written
the initials e. p, meaning en- persona,
or in person. Upon ringing the bell the
visitor is usually greeted by an unseen
person with the words, "Quien esq" or
who's there?" to which should be re-
piled "Gente de paz," or persons of
peace. Entering, the visitor is conducted
to the best room in the house, led up to
sofa and placed to the right of the
hostess. On rising to take leave the
proper form is to exclaim in the case Of
lady, "Senora, I place myself at your
feet She will answer in a similarly
| figurative way by saying: Il kiss your
hand. May you depart with God and
continue Welt" Feminine visitors are
saluted with a kiss. both upon their ar
rival and departure. 1t is considered
an objectionable breach of good man.
ners for a gentleman to offer to shake
| hands with Spanish lady. Another de-
| cidedly Objectionable proceeding, in
/ Spanish eyes. is to offer a lady ones
/ arm when walking with her. Should a
! Spanish gentleman so far forget himself
| as to offer his arm to his wife he would
| be looked upon as lamentably ignorant
| of the laws of etiquette governing good
society in the land of his birth.
Another noticeable custom is that
when walking with a Spaniard in Spain
it is considered the height of i'll manners
to walk on the inside. This is the place
of honor and should always be given to
the native. When ID well bred Spaniard
meets a lady on the street he always
passes to the outside. thus making way
for her. but with men this rule is not
observed Whoever has the wall on his
right hand in the narraw streets is en-
titled TO keep it.
These are some of the most noted pc
culiarities of the rigorous rules govern
ing Spaniards of polite breeding. They
ara punctiious almost to the point or
absurdity in most things, but their po-
| likeness is not of kind that wears well.
Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1896-11-13
THE PUBLIC PARKS.
Donations of Rare Plants Received.
General Routine Matters.


The board of park commissioners met
in the committee room of the mayors
office yesterday morning
Commissioners Cross, Post, Teed and
Workman were present when Mayor
RAIDER called the meeting to order.
Superintendent of Parks Carey re-
ported that 267 loads of gravel had been
hauled to the East Los Angeles park up
to November l.
Henry Christeman donated twenty
three orchids to the city parks.
Mr. Studevant of Hollywood donated
orchids and other plants for the city
parks.
The Hawaiian government. through
C. w. Heintz of the Rural Californian
has donated a collection of about 100
lare plants to the city parks, including
coffee trees, custard apple. rare ferns,
fern palms and the rare Noni tree, the
only one in the state so far as known.
The trees have arrived and been planted
in Elysian park.
A resolution was adopted rendering a
vote of thanks to the donors of these
plants, and warrant was ordered
drawn for the amount of freight paid
by Mr. Heintz on the collection from
Hawaii
Superintendent Carey reported that
the dwelling i'll the East Los Angeles
park had been removed to the place Sc
lected by the commission.
The park superintendent was instruct
ed to procure twenty-five additional
settees for Westlake park
The petition asking that Mr.. Swanberg
be employed in the city parks was re-
ferred to the superintendent for further
invstigat ton.
Next Thursday was set as the day for
the commission to visit the city parks.
The meeting then adjourned.
The herald., 1896-11-13
MUST FILEREPORTS.

Health officer Steddom is preparing to
take active measures against those
physicians who fail to report to his office
cases Of infectious diseases, such as
scarlet fever, diphtheria, etc. The
spreading of these diseases often occurs
because of the failure of the attending
physician to report them. The health
officer has declared his intention to
cause arrests in cases where evidence
strong enough to secure a conviction in
the courts is obtainable.
There is no mistaking the law. Section
II of ordinance No 22S8 provides:
Every physician or other person shall
Immediately report In writing to tbs
health officer of said city the name and
location of any patient he or she may
have within the limits of the city of Los
Angeles affected with Asiatic cholera
smallpox, typhus, yellow fever diphths.
ria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, CLAN
ders. leprosy, or any other infectious Oh
contagious disease
The herald., 1896-11-13
SEWER MATTERS

The sewer committee Of city council
met yesterday and adopted the follow
ing recommendations for submission to
the council on Monday:
Recommend that the protest from ]. K.
Hyland ct al. against the sewering of
Cottage place be set for hearing Nov %,
1895. at 10 a. M. and the city clerk in
structed to notify the protestants in the
manner provided by Law.
In the matter of the report II the
health officer recommending the con-
struction of a sewer on First street, be-
tween Olive street and Bunker Hill ave-
hue, recommend the matter be referred
20 the city engineers for the best method
The herald., 1896-11-13
HERE AND THERE.

Miss Alice J. Gustren returned yester-
day from Paris.
Mrs. ]. w. Moore and mother, Mrs e.
Thompson, have arrived in Los An
geles for the winter IT,
The young ladies' auxiliary of Imman-
uel church will meet this afternoon at
Miss Kempers, 413 West Twenty-third
street.
DR.. Melchonian, an Armenian, and
Messr. Bahout and Malouf, recently
from Mt. Lebanon, Syria, will appear
in costume and assist at the Armenian
entertainment to be held Friday evening;
November 18th, at the Boyle Heights
The herald., 1896-11-13
EVENING DOWN SOUTH. "

The cake walk and evening down
south, for the benefit of the Free Kin
dergarten, to be given this evening,
promises to be the best and surely the
funniest affair given here for some time
past. With such people as Prof. Nor
risou, Mr.. and Mrs. Rowan. jr., Mr. Louis
Gotch. Mr.. Robertson, Prof. Perera,
Miss Mattilee Loeb and T. j. Nicholson
it cannot help but be first class. Prof.
Hamilton will also contribute several
entertaining numbers.
The herald., 1896-11-13
A PLEASANT DINNER.

Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Vreeland delight
fully entertained at dinner at their
residence, No. 235 North Hancock street,
East Los Angeles. yesterday. The din
ing room was hung with ropes of smilax
suspended from the chandelier to the
corners of the room, the table being
lighted by candelabras. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. c.. H. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. S. F.
Dennison, Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Hanna, Mr..
and Mrs. T. H. Williams, Mrs Clifford,
Mr.. B. H. Vincent, Miss NJ. Butcher.