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The herald., 1897-10-30

The murder of General Castillo may
millions would be big price to pay for
the assassination of one poor rebel gen.
eral
The herald., 1897-10-30

Illinois has appropriated s45, 900 for the
Omaha exposition and will put up a
$4,000 building. California will hardly
be expected to do as much, as it is not
a neighbor, like Illinois,; but the states
sented. The exposition is bound to be a
success
The herald., 1897-10-30

Mr.. Bryan spoke before 10000 people
asmuch as silver is dead, it is supposed
that he talked about the chances for an
early winter
The herald., 1897-10-30

There are twenty-five ports of the
tions are under construction. If Spain
does not gobble us pretty soon she will
have to let the matter drop altogether.
The herald., 1897-10-30
On a Par

"Bllinger is going to lecture on the
Klondike."
Fudge; he has never been there"
"Well, neither have the people who
will hear him lecture. ."-Detroit Fre9
Press
The herald., 1897-10-30

Chief Moore of the United States
weather bureau expects to establish
twenty experimental kite-lying sta
tions. This would seem to call for the
assistance Of Chinese kite-fyers, incar-
cerated check kiters and expert small
boys. Is a new industry to be created
The herald., 1897-10-30
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State of California. County Of Los Ange-
leS.-Ss.
L. NJ. Holt, superintendent of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: Tnat
for the five months from February l, 1897,
to June S0 1897 Qncusive), the total circu-
lation Of the said Daily Herald was 1.29O, 6S5
copies, being an average daily circula-
ton of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,071.567 being daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,O59, being an average
for each Sunday of 1O,431.
L. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of July, 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County OF
Los Angeles. State of California.
The herald., 1897-10-30
An Impossibility Among Amazons

An Impossibility Among Amazons
"It is the evident purpose of the en-
emy," the chief of the staff was saying,
"to keep us shut up in our intrench-
ments."
The eye of the king of Dahomey gilt
tered.
Bring up the Twenty-third hatpins,
exclaimed his majesty, with emotion.
Anybody that keeps us shut up is a
beaut. Shut up? Why, the ideal
Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1897-10-30

Cannot the chainless bicycle idea be
adopted so as to take the place of the
"endless chain in the United States
treasury?
The herald., 1897-10-30

If Hawaii is indispensable" to the
United States, as Senator Morgan as
serts, it is strange that the old gentle
man did not find it out before.
The herald., 1897-10-30

1t is not yet certain whether Grover
Cleveland or Grover Cleveland, jr., will
run for the United States senate in New
Jersey.
The herald., 1897-10-30
Where He Errs

Fuddy = is Torman man of good
judgment?
Duddy--He would be if he did not re-
ly so much upon his own Judgment
Boston Transcript.
The herald., 1897-10-30
A Manly View

Harry, is Mrs. Beverley's drawing
room furnished artistically?"
Eyes, indeed; sash and lace collar
on every chair in the room"
The herald., 1897-10-30

Mr.. Cleveland is now in a position to
crow over Mr.. Harrison.
The herald., 1897-10-30

The Wolcott commission might devote
it's efforts to getting Mrs. Maybrick out
of prison.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

As was over prince in fairy tale. Ne 10
Dhysicn. perfect, and mentally nothing
abort of marvellous. He is able u recall
events IN history with as much ease as
)thcr children of his age would nursery
stories. IIo is a veritable walking ency-
~clopodiG.
II this he only the possession of a won.
dcrlul momory the marvel is no less.
lie sings i'm childish treble Scotch bal
lnd,, Of which he Is familiar with many,
aud %rvcitos f.em Macbeth, " Hamlet"
and "JUiius Cesar"
He was taken last spring 10 hear Ysaye
play. lie listened with profound interest
until the conclusion Of the first part Of the
concert, when hc threw himself back in
ais seat, and. with n look Of distress, said
80 his mammal: Il am discouraged. !
amt clay ike that"
Ie Is of a most devout nature, never
Iasting food until a blessing is asked upon
IL, and never lying down without first
!ispiug the Lord Prayer, which he often
follows 10y an original one, frequently in
thyme II his composing just at the time.
Florizcl has only heard one opera, "Sieg-
tricd. but is familiar with the librettos of
1 number H. roads them with perfect
sase. ana can repeat the entire story from
'' iAi't y va my - NAV ~ AAAho A'fANAs
He has a novel way Of entertaining him
self. He will take his violin and surround
himself in Imagination with the old mas
tiers, for whom ne will play. So real is
their presence that he will beg his mamma
not 20 sit on certain chairs, as she would
sit down On Wagner. Schumann, Schubert,
etc. Again he Will make up his audience
from the characters of some favorite opera,
oftentimes taking the part of some hero OF
heroine himself.
A fair idea OF the precocity of the child
can be gained from the fact that recently
during "a visit at the residence of Lyman
J. Gage in the presence of n number he
was questioned on points in anatomy, his
tory, geography. zoology and the various
sciences. The examination lasted a con
siderable time, the questions and answers
were taken down by n stenographer, and
It was bund that the child hadn't made
o single error In his replies. Chicago
Times-Herald
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
CHIEF CAUSE.

Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
kidney, ~ the chief cause of bladder
troubles So the womb, like the blad-
der, W ,s created for one purpose, and
il not dOctored too much is not liable
TO weakness or disease, except in rare
cases. l. is situated back of and very
close &, the bladder, therefore any
main, iisease or Inconvenience mani
tested - the kidneys, back. bladder OF
urinary passage is often, by mistake
attrib ed to female weakness or womb
troubl- ,f some sort. The error is cas-
iIv mad. and may be easily avoided.
To ind out correctly set your urine
aside ~ tweDty.tOur hours; A sediment
ar set ing indicates kidney or bladder
troubl The mild and the extrsordi
nary sfact Of Dr. Kilmer's swamp
Ront. ~ great kidney, and bladder
remedy ls soon realized IF you need
q medicine you should have the best.
A. drurtists 6fty cents and n dollar
you m ~ have ,mple bottle and
namph At. both i free by mail
Gtntion Anna RecD Il and send your
adlrps - DR. Kilmer & Co.. Bingham
ron. v Y The proprietor Of this pa
per gu iutee the %genuineness Of this
offer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
A GOLD CLIMATE.
A Candle Finds 1t Hard Work to Keep
Warm IN tho Arctics.

Cold is merely a relative term. The
resident OF the semi-tropical countries
shivers when the thermometer falls IL
80 degrees, while the Laplander and
Eskimo think it is comfortable at zero.
For real cold, and plenty of it, ore
must go to the polar regions. Think
OF living where the mercury goes dowr
10 SO degrees below zero in the house,
In spite of the stove. Of course, In such
a case, fur garments are piled on until
a man looks like a great bundle of skins.
DR.. Moss, of the polar expedition of
1876, among other things, tells OF
the effect of cold on a wax candle which
he burned there. The temperature was
35 degrees below zero. and the doctor
must have been considerably d%iscour.
aged when. looking at his candle, re
discovered that the flame had all II
could do 10 keep warm.
II was so cold that the fame could
not melt all the wax of The candle, but
was forced TO cut its way down. leav-
ing n sort of skeleton Of the candle
standing.
There was heat enough, however, ia
melt oddly-shaped holes in the thin
walls of wax, and the result was a beau
tiful lace-like cylinder of white. with a
tongue Of yellow flame burning inside
of IT and sending out into the darkness
many freaks of light.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
ANIMAL
EAonsss Who Nursed . Puppy-The CAs
and Her Chickens.

and Her Chickens.
Animate form very strong and very
utrange friendships, says the New York
Journal. Thus, for instance, a lioness
from Somaliland has recently taken uI-
der her most tender protection a youth
full buE-terrier, which she treats a., we'll
~ if he were her own son and heir. Curl
ously enough, she will have nothing
whatever TO do with her young friends
affectionate brothers and sisters, and
while the favorite reposes securely un.
der her protecting paw, she has nothing
but a very suggestive snnrl for all the
rest.
Again, there is a young Maltese cat,
which, on finding out in some mysteri-
ous amer that a nestful of tiny chick
ems were left motherless, took the or-
phaned family at once in hand Cor,
rather, paw and the fluffy party made
themselves Immediately at home in the
warm fur coat of the strange foster
mother. If, we are told, one of the ba-
bies ever happens to stray too far afield,
the furry foster-mother recalls it at
once with a plaintiff NEW.
An equally curious case is told by
NJ. Belief of n |terri.r and a cat, both
Of whom were the mothers of happy
families in the same stables, exchange
ing their progeny and nursing and
tending their adopted children with the
utmost care. At the JaTdin des PlantoS,
in Paris, a lioncss and a hound live in
the same cage in perfect peace and
friendship, and in a corner in north
Germany a gumekceper has recently
reared a mixed litter of pups and fox
cubs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
a BIG BEAVER.
Discovery OF the Skull OF n Monster Of
the Ouarternary Age.

Discovery of the Skull OF n Monster Of
the Ouarternary Age.
One of the rarest of fossil remains has
been unearthed in Michigan, near the
Indiana state line, and is now in the
possession of George A. Baker, of South
Bend, Ind, says the Cincinnati Com
mercial-Gazette. 1t is the skull Of a
mammoth beaver, a monster of the
quaternary age, existing contempora-
neously with the mastodon and mega
therium. In only five other instances
in the United States, and in this cpun-
try alone, have any portion of the re-
mains of a mammoth beaver been
found, and these were always OF the
teeth or skull, but generally of only the
teeth. The first discovery was at Nash
port, Licking county. o., by Prof. Fos-
ter, whose find, a skull, is described in
American Roenti by Prof. Allen, and a
east of which was taken by Prof. Agar
siz, and the cast alone remains.
The skull possessed by Mr.. Baker rs
i2Hinches long, is about 6 inches wide,
and stands about 5 inches high. IL
has the teeth and also the great
lncisors used in tree-cutting; the incis-
ors are about 9 inches long and ~
inches in diameter. 1t was found in q
bog, and from comparisons with other
specimens it is the largest and finest
specimen now known to exist. The
live animal could not have weighed less
han 400 pounds.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
A Travelling Crematory.

A travelling military crematory has
been invented to dispose of the bodies
Of soldiers killed in battle. L. looks.
says the Buffalo Express, very much
like an army oven on a large scale, and
is drawn by eight horses. The inventor
Ia Polish %engineer) claims that this ar
rangement would obviate any epidemic
arising from the burial of many bodies
in II place during a campaign. Ger
many-ever in the van OF military limo
vAtion-proposes to test the invention.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
King Humbert and His Soldiers.

King Humbert, in the name of him
self, of Queen Margherita, and of the
princes of the royal family of Italy, has
given to- the government for the fam
lilies of the dead and wounded soldiers
in Africa the sum of 100000 francs.
This sum is to be distributed without
distinction between the Italian and the
native soldiers, who fought side by side
against the Abyssinians. King Hum
bert has also expressed his intention of
furnishing, IL necessary, another sum OF
1000, 900 francs, in his name and that of
the queen, to be divided among the
wounded.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15

cartridge must be uppermost, and when
all is ready you cork the bottle tightly.
having allowed enough thread TO swing
the cartridge clear of the water.
To explode the cartridge and discharge
your novel cannon you lay the bottle hori
z~ontally upon two pencils on the table
They will act as your gun carriage.
Pretty soon the water will penetrate the
plotting paper plugs and reach the ~tartarie
acid. Effervescence will at once take place,
and the carbonic acid gas thus generated
will throw the cork from the bottle with
q loud report, the cartridge trailing after
1t like a rocket.
And you will have a still further imita-
ton Of field artillery In the recoil of the
bottle, which will roll back several inches.
Make this little experiment. 1t is both
pretty and harmless philadelphia Times.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
\ Bottle Cannon.

fake n thick empty bottle-a champagne
quart bottle will do-and pour water into
II until it is one-third full. In the water
dissolve one of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of soda, that druggists sell TO make settlers
water.
Put the contents of the other package,
tartaric acid, in n playing card rolled up
into a tube and tied around with a thread,
one end of the tube being sealed or plugged
with two pellets Of blotting paper.
Suspend this miniature cartridge from
the cork by means of a piece of thread at
tached by a tin tack. The open end Of the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
Manuscripts nv Dickens.

What have become Of the manuscript
OF Dickens earlier works? Some lighs
is thrown on the question in Mr.. Shoot
tDg's paper in The Strand. The mann
script Of "Our Mutual Friend" was Civ.
en-, as is well known, by the author to
his friend Mr.. Dallas, and subsequently
bought by Mr.. Childs, the publisher,
of Philadelphia The manuscript OF
"Pickwick' was, Miss Georgina Ho
garth states, lev preserved in its en-.
tirety, though stray fragments haw
turned up, and are dispersed about the
world, but it was not given by its au-
fyhor to any one. Il don't think, " adds
Miss Hogarth, she attached much i'm.
portance TO his manuscripts in those
early days y Portions Of the original
manuscript of "Oliver Twist figure
among the numerous interesting fac
SMILES which accompany the article
They are taken from "A fragment Of ths
manuscript still remaining, which be
gins with the twelfth chapter and ends
with what is now called the forty-thirG
chapter, wherein IS shown how the
Artful Dodger got into trouble. "Oli-
yer Twist was written in a much large
hand than were most of the later works
The manuscript shows some notable va,
riations. The manuscript Of Nicholas
Nickleby" is one Of those which have
vanished, hut a facsimile is given OF
part of the revised proof of the preface
which shows a long passage struck ou'
by Charles Dickens. London News
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
Peasants, sunerstItIon..

Now and then, not often, ghOstly ap-
pearances or sounds are explained 70 the
peasant S satisfaction. Thus In the coun-
ty of Durham "Gabriel's hounds" were
for long, long years believed TO shriek
and howl through the air On dark nights
and 20 forebude death 10 him who heard
and saw them. But proSaic modern re-
search has proved them 10 be nothing
but f1ocks of wild geese migrating south
ward on the approach Of winter and
choosing dark nights for their journeys.
Similarly the ghost Of Irbydale, in the
Lincolnshire wolds, a goblin who terri
fed travellers at night with its heart
rending cries, and who was said TO be
a witch who had been worried TO death
by dogs in "a long past age, has been
shown TO be nothing but an owl. On the
other hand. no true Cornishman will
ever be induced to relinquish the be-
lief that the spirit OF King Arthur still
haunts the ruins Of Tintagel in the
shape of "a white enough, and assuredly
the many English families who possess
a white bird of omen, such as that
which Mr.. John Oxenham saw in West
Ward, Hon. cling firmly to the tradition
if not to the belief in it.
And so, ghosts or no ghosts, the posi-
ton is just the same at the end of the
nineteenth century as at the end of the
eighteenth-all argument is against
them, and if all belief is not for them a
very great deal more is than people like
70 acknowledge -Chambers' Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
Mistake.

A bright little 4-year-old boy was lying
In the grass and looking into tho sky when
no spied the moon. He was astonished to
soc 1t In the daytime. Suddenly jump.
Ing up, no rushed into the house and cried,
oh, mamma, God forgot to take his
moon in last night. "-Exchange.
Queen Victoria is in possession Of q
curious needle. 1t was made at the cell
ebrated needle mandatory at Redditcb
and represents the Trajan column III
miniature. Scenes from the queens life
are depicted on the needle, SO finely u
that they are ouly d%iscernible through .
microscope.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
EanlY Declded.

"Mother, said Johnnie after deep
thought, suppose | should knock this
vase of the table and catch IT.. Then ]
wouldn't catch IL, would I2'
"N-n-no, | suppose not, " his mother
slowly assented.
but, y continued Johnnie, still toying
with the vase, "if / should knock It of
and not catch it, then / would catch it,
wouldn't ~"
YES, you would, " his mother grimly
returned, this time with quick decision.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
One back.

There's no such thing in this life az
complete satisfaction If a man has no
money, he is miserable, and if he has
lots of it, it is next to impossible to in
vest it remuneratively. There is no bust
ness which is sure TO pay, not even the
business of stealing, but that's because
there are so many persons in it, and
there would be many more In it if the
penitentiary did not prevent it from be.
ing open to everybody, and SO be uttof.
~ ruined. Boston Transcript
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
London Meat Inspection.

All meat that is declared unfit for
food by the official inspectors in London
Is Immediately removed to the con-
demned meat she'd in the Central mar
ket at Smithfeld. Here is a series OF
tanks made OF thick slate, and each with
a capacity of GOO gallons. The meat Is
first slashed and disfgsred. and then
subjected TO a chemical bath which has
the effect not only OF %discoloring and
deodorizing II, Int also of stopping de-
composition.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
A Ouee Deposit.

julius Howe has a peculiar deposit
on his farm in East Brookfield, Mass.
1t covers about ten acres and lies at the
bottom of a ravine in a bog. 1t Is about
ia feet thick and Is 10 inches below the
surface. 1t has been analysed and
found TO consist of the petrified shells
or bodies of minute flies or beetles.
Upon being burned it crumbles into a
white powder. valuable for securing
metal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one
purpose namely, n receptacle for the
urjne. aud AS such is not liable TO any
form OF disease except by one of two
WAYS The first way is from imperfect
action If the kidneys The second
way is from careless local treatment OF
othpr
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
QUELlS A RIOT.
Kew Csc to which n s~earchIight Was Re
Gently Put.

'thhiy
The electric searchlight vas used re
Gently to put down a riot in Lancashire,
England. A manufacturer, whose men
had struck, was determined to keep his
mill going, aid he promptly secured
new hands and set them to work. At
the same time he fixed q searchlight
on the factory building, to prevent the
strikers from setting fire to the sheds
erected for the new hands. During
the continuance Of the strike this light
was used nightly, in conjunction with
the police established III the works, to
fcour the country and to illuminate the
parts where pickets were placed. 1t
was found SO effective that a large num-
Der of temporary police were dispensed
with.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
Ola English Coins.

Gold coins, says the Chicago Chron.
icle, were introduced in England by Ed
ward III. in six-shilliug pieces, nearly
equal in size TO the modern sovereign,
Mobiles followed al six %shillings eight
pence, and thence the lawyers fee;
sfterward there were quarter and half
mobiles. Edward ". coined angels, with
a figure of Mich1-~' and the dragon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
MARVELLOUS FLoRIzsL REUTER-.
A Little Boy Who Has Musical Talent and
Whnse GeneraI KnnMIedce L. Wnnderful.

A Little Boy Who Has Musical Talent and
Whose General knowledge Is Wonderful.
A pair of dimpled baby hands graspins
a violin bow, "a rosy cheek pressed against
an instrument many times too large for
him, a soul full of music-this was tbs
picture that attracted Max Bendix TO the
wonderful little boy, Florizel Reuter-. He
needs no higher Endorsement in the music
al world than the fact that Max Bendix
mas taken him in charge AMI predicts for
him "A brilliano future.
Florizel Reuter- j., hoy ~ Years ola.
yellow haired, blaze eyed, with = sunny
face full of intelligence and 49, handsome
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22

The bank exchanges OF the Ncw-York Clear
ing House and the stocks sold at the New-York
Stock Exchange last week and for the same
week Of the preceding two years compare as fol-
lows:
Nov q %. Nov. n. p6. Nov. 20 81.
Exchanges 1851 <0l. 2e0 S72l4t030 $12s GO $50
No. shares sold. l0lG,O33 l,lOG,Oy9 974.5l2
THE WEEKLY STOCK TABLE.
The following Is the usual table giving the
number OF shares OF all stocks dealt In last
week, the highest. lowest and final prices of the
week, together with the FINAL prices Of a week
ago. prefxed by the average price Of November
II. 1896:
RAILWAY STOCKS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
finanria! Hleeiinss

OFFICE OF THE NEw {. va. AN -, s s,r..,
N.y VorE Now mber H. ls0I-No'iee to Soekhoiders;
Soc, is hereby given Nat ns East Rver Gas CONE me
snT Vii be held at once Of me Company No ISIS
Msbday The 10Th OF Novem6sr isS1 at ten o'clock
AZ ."r ,e Dsi an agreement OF consolidation between
~ "onnany and the Equitable Gas Light Company OF
,.a ny ana the New Amsterdam Gas Company. BY
,s, ~ the Hoard Directors FORD HUNTINGTON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
Dipi6rnh n olifes.


PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
Phild ielphia November |. 1897.
TIME BOARD OF DIRECTORS has this day
s.cIsred a sENI-ANSUAL DIVIDEND OF ~ per
cent Isl % per the capital stock OF the com
49, nayab.e on after November 30 1901. TO share
a. registered upon the books OF tho company, at IL
nc noon October 30. 1885,. AL dividends Will be paid
By cheque. . . IL, ., .h,r,h.,a.,. .,. h.v. sl.d
pe'' " Ro3T w. SMITH. Treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
fiuancial glrriions.

NE November "a, 1891
THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
~ The Gernanis Life Insurance Company VIII be
h.h AZ the principal office OF the Company No ~ Nassau
Street ia the City OF New York. on the otn
any oi Ds's HUBERT CILLIs. Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
Go mbcm Ut Nlan Concern.

ITO MARLBOROUGH CHURCHILL, or whom
.oeysr Il may ooncern-Not.ee Is hereby given that the
p,,nngs In the possession OF NJ Thomas Sons now CT
formerly the property OF Marlborough Church VIII %
.oa AZ p,bllc auction at H. Thomas Sons Ar Gal
I.rtes iblO-ls21 Chestnut-st Philadelphia. Wednes-
aay November 2ih, 1897. AZ p unless the money
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22

A ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions 70. The Tribune
"A received at their Uptown once NO. LA: broeaway,
ID door OF 3ist-s': until o'clock M aaverse-
merits received the following branch Offices regular
ONCE rates until o'clock p M VIZ; 20 sth-ave.'
a 23dst., 1872 6th-sve., cor. l<th-stI. NacyH
6th-ave and lathst t2 Coumbus-aye near west osts.
a. i08 West 6h-ave.; ~ East lSth-st 81
West Sod at between Tth and Sh AYES. 1853 East nth
s ia3s sd-ave between 10th and IIsh sts; l02s ID
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