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The herald., 1897-05-02
She Knows Too Much

CHICAGO, May Judge Ball today
issued an order to eXhume the body OF
Franklin D. Gurley, who died suddenly
about a week ago and an examination
will be held Monday to determine the
cause of his death. Gurley carried $1,000
life insurance, his wife, Mary D. Gurley,
to whom he was secretly married in
May, 1896, at Kenosha, Wis, being made
the beneficiary. The insurance COM
panies refuse to pay pending thorough
investigation of the causes leading to
Gurleys death. Mrs. Gurley has been
married four times. All of her former
husgands are dead. She is said to have
been student of medicine, particularly
of drugs.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Killed His Prisoner

SACRAMENTO. May 1.-Deputy Sher-
iff Max P. Fisher of this city today tracked
robber named James McCrea into the
brush about a mile west of Washington,
Yolo county. He ordered McCrea to sur
render, but the robber grappled with the
officer. choked him and tried to disarm
him. In the struggle Fishers revolver was
discharged, the bullet entering McCreas
left side, causing what is feared to be
fatal wound. McCrea is about IS years
old. Fisher said the man had been making
wholesale raids upon the chicken houses
of farmers, stealing chickens by hund-
reds and hauling them to market in wag
ons.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Murder at San Diego

SAN DIEGO. May Lawrence Han
bury and Charles F. Weiss, laboring
men, qaurreled at noon today over a
game of cards. They separated without
fighting. Two hours later Hanbury
pounced upon Weiss and without a word
stabbed him in the right side, infiicting
a wound that will probably prove fatal.
Hanbury was arrested at once and is in
Jail without bail awaiting the result OF
his crime. Weiss Is in a critical condi-
ton. Hanbury was in trouble once be-
fore when he lay In wait and assaulted
barber with a razor.
The herald., 1897-05-02
THE co1oR'oT 1Lownns
Natures Hues May Be indefinitely
Prolonged by q New Process

The natural colors OF flowere may b pre-.
after being dried very thoroughly in sand.
The Gardeners Monthly. which suggesta
this simple process for formanufacturinG arfi-
fical flowers, states that the most do9icato
flowers can be made I'm this way to look
for several years as though they had been
freshly gathered. The flowers should be
placed in a pan or other dish, and covered
with perfectly clean dry sand. This ehould
be sifted over the flowers SO AZ not to break
or bruise the petals. Every chink and
Granny shauld be filled without disturbing
the natural position Of the leaves. When
the pam Is full and every crevice has been
filled solidly, the flowers are aNowed to
dry for several days IT is often found
effective to warm the sand and keep the
buried flowers In q warm oven The sand
should then be removed. great care being
taken not to break or tear the leaves, which
will be very brittle
The herald., 1897-05-02
Will Still Float

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The full re-
port Of Naval Constructor Cappe and
Captain Barker upon the condition Of the
Oregon after her mishap at Bremerton
on the Pacific coast. has been received
at the Navy Department. AS indicated
by the telegraphic report the injuries
were not of a nature to disable the ship,
and although there is long list Of bent
frames and plates caused by contact
with the sunken plies, there was no leak
age, and no necessity to repair dents.
The Oregon will come out Of the dock In
a few DAYS.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Two Bows Drowned

OAKLAND, May Emil Nusbaumer.
aged r. and Edward Hall, IA years old,
were drowned in Lake Merritt this after
noon Hall was drowned in an effort to
save his young companion. and Hiram Hall
nearly lost his life in trying to rescue his
brother The lads were swimming in the
lake when Nusbs umer was seized with
cramps. Young Hall swan to his assist
ance, but both went down together and
their bodies have not been recovered. Hi
ram. who is not a good swimmer, went out
to the spot where hts brother disappeared
but became exhausted and was uncon-
scious when rescued.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Opening It With a Prayer

At a dinner given to r. H. Stoddard, the
poet, in New York the other night, Judge
not altogether new, at least had the effect
of overwhelming the diners with laughter.
"Stoddard," said Judge Rowland, was
opening can Of tomatoes one night.
Sounds that came from the kitchen con-
vinced Mrs. Stoddard that her husband
was not accomplishing his tclk without
The herald., 1897-05-02
PRESERVED By ELECTRICITY
Important Discovery Recently Made
by a New York Electrician

A New York electrician has discovered
a method for preserving eggs in an edible
condition for a number of years The only
successful method now Is to soak the eggs
In lime water. which closes up the pores Of
the shells and kills any germs which may
be attached to them. Under the most IA
vorable condition. however. this method
will not preserve an egg for more than
three months. The new method is much
more complicated. 1t is well known that
an egg shell Is more or less porous and that
air passes into the egg and hastens its de-
cay In preserving eggs by the new meth
cd the egg is first placed in a vacuum
chamber, which draws the air from the In
terror. The eggs are then painted with a
composition which renders them air-tight.
The herald., 1897-05-02
ANNOYING Hoax

WASHINGTON, May 1.-Gereral Ruck-
er, when asked today whether there was
auy foundation for the published report
to the effect that Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan
and Marshal Field OF Chicago were en-
gagged to be married. said that it was alb
solutely without foundation. He added
that the story was pure invention and had
caused extreme annoyance to his daugh-
ter.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Town Topics Libel Suit

NEW YORK, April 24.-(Special)
Suit was commenced yesterday in the
supreme court against Town Topics by
w. E. Forest for libel, claiming $25,00o
damages. The postoffice authorities are
busy issuing fraud orders against i'm
itators of the E. S. Dean Company, the
fake brokers exposed by Town Topics.
The herald., 1897-05-02
A Fatal Fire

DETROIT, May 1.-Fire tonight in a 1T
tie frame building on Chene street near
Garfield avenue, caused the death Of Lizzie
and Anthony Sinig, aged 20 and years re-
spectively, and Lena Sinig aged and Mich
oias aged O. were badly burned. The fam
lily lived in the second story over E. P.
HeidePs bakery, and the fire originating
below cut off their escape BY the stairway
The herald., 1897-05-02
A Spinners' Failure

BOSTON, May 1-Edward S. Taber, T. B.
Tripp and Morgan Rotch have been ap-
pointed receivers of the Rotch spinning
corporation, the Howland mill corporation
and the New Bedford Manufacturing COM
pany. all of New Bedford. as the result
of the proceeding before Judge Colt in
the United States district court.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Want More Wages

MILWAUKEE,, May 1.-About 400 ma
sons, hod-carriers and laborers employed
on the building work in various parts of
the city, struck to day for forty cents an
hour for masons and % cents am hour for
hod-carriers and laborers. The contract
ors had previously been notified of the de-
cision of the men. BY noon the strike on
sixteen structures had been adjusted salts
factorily to the men and it is thought work
will be generally resumed on Monday.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Canadian Divorce Law

OTTAWA, Ont, May 1.-The supreme
court today gave decision for the justice
department, deciding that man or woman
who leaves Canada to go to the United
States for divorce without intending to live
there afterwards, marrying and returning
TO Canada, can be posecuted for bigamy.
The herald., 1897-05-02
A Miners Strike

BIRMINGHAM Ala, May IA strike
involving 10000 men. employed in the mines
controlled by the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Railroad company, is threatened. The
miners have refused to accept a reduc-
tion of 121a per cent in wages, the officials
of the company have refused to submit
the matter to arbitration and a convention
of the miners has been called for Wednes-
day next, when decisive action will be
The herald., 1897-05-02
William Rossiter's Death

NEW YORK, May 1.-William Rossiter.
president of the y rminal Warehouse COM
pany of New York, is dead at his home in
Brooklyn. He was a brother of E. V. W.
Rosster, treasurer of the New York Cen
trail Railroad company, and Clinton l..
Rossiter, president of the Brooklyn Heights s
Railway company. He was 40 years of
The herald., 1897-05-02

what are you doing. dearr Opening this
can Of tomatoes.' came the rather gruff
answer. What are you opening 1t withg'
with u knife. Did you think was using
aver. I thought from the language you
were opening 1t with prayer. Troy
Times,
The herald., 1897-05-02
A WONDERFUL ISLAND
Where Pearls Are Plenty and Shark
Fins Are Common

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-The little
two-masted schooner Prosper will sail
today on a hunt for mysterious island
far off from the coast of Central Amer
lea, where pearl oysters are said to
abound, and where pearls of wonderful
luster and Of great value can be had in
The herald., 1897-05-02
Captain Greatlish Dead

P1TTSBURG, May 1.-Captain NJ. G.
Greatlish. ordnance storekeeper at the
United tSates arsenal died early this
morning of heart disease. He was 63 years
of age and formerly lived at Rock Island.
Ill He has been CONNECTED with the Pitts
burg arsenal since 1894.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Guests at Cleveland

CLEVELAND, o., May 1.-The visiting
members of the Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution became the guests
of the Cleveland chapter today and were
driven 70 the various places of interest.
The herald., 1897-05-02

25.4 above lowwater mark. The low
lands east of here and across the river
are submerged and crops are ruined.
The river is rising slowly tonight.
NEW ORLEANS. May 1.-The river
is standing still today, while the fight
is going on all along the line.
The herald., 1897-05-02
An Ohio Fire

BRADN1IR, o., May 1.--Fire tonight
destroyed the plant of the Jareki Manu-
featuring company and two saloons and
livery stable adjoining, entailing a loss of
$50 900. Mrs. Simon Welch died from fright
occasioned by the fire.
The herald., 1897-05-02
Scared Importers

NEW YORK, May 1.-There was big
rush of importers to day to pay duties and
the receipts reached 81, ,4GS 829, a record ex-
ceeded only two days in the history of the
custom house. The heaviest duties paid
today were on sugar and tobacco
The herald., 1897-05-02
His Health Failed

NEW YORK, May lit is announced
that Major Lewis Ginter of Richmond
Va, has resigned from the board of direc-
tors Of the American Tobacco company on
account of i'll health
The herald., 1897-05-02
Gold Exports

BOSTON, May 1.-Kidder, Peabody &
Co. will increase their gold shipments next
week $4,000, making s1,0OO,0OO in all or
dered by this firm for Tuesdays steamer
sailing from New York
The herald., 1897-05-02

After thi6 they VIZ Be pIkd6d 10 baTf6I6 O.
water and subjected to n electric current
strong enough to destroy any germ He
which may be present.-NoW York Journal
The herald., 1897-05-02
A Cargo of Oil

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1.-The steamer
George Loomis. Captain Bridget, arrived
from Ventura today with 6419 barrels of
The herald., 1897-05-02

There is other good tea
besides Schslltxg's Best.
but none nearly so good for
the money.
If you don't like it, the
grocer returns your money
in full.
A Schilling & Company
San francisco 800
The herald., 1897-05-02
Flood Notes

ALTON, ILL.,, May 1.-The danger line
of the Mississippi has been reached here,
The herald., 1897-05-02
SHOOK THE CITY
San Salvador Badly Damaged by Dy
Mantle Explosion

NEW YORK, May IA dispatch to
the Herald from Panama says: A COR
respondent in San Salvador. Salvador,
telegraphs that a terrific explosion of
The herald., 1897-05-02
Gives His Opinion Regard.
ing Greece
THAT TURBULENT COUNTRY
CAN'T PLAY PIKE IN EURoPE'S
CARP POND
Tho Great Powers Only Aim Is to
Maintain Invio1ate the Peace
Of Europe

Associated Press Special Wire.
BERLIN, May 1.-(Copyright, 1879
The correspondent in this city Of the AS
The herald., 1897-05-02
THR FIESTA FOR 1905
The Hub Clothing Company subscribes $3S
for Our Annual Celebration

for Our Annual Celebration
Hyams. Brown & Co.. proprietors Of tho
Hub clothing store. through Mr.. A. Brown,
has agreed to subscribe $3.50 toward the
1888 Fiesta. providing other firms Of equal
magnitude do likewise. This Is a very gen.
erous offer and II tho other merchants Of
the city take the matter up, as this firm
has. the Fiesta for 1898 will eclipse all pre-
vious ones.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22
How 1t Came to Be Victoria

The primate had been told by the
prince that he liked good historical
English names that every one could
understand. What better name. he
thought, than Queen Elizabeths. He
mildly suggested elizabeth" "On no
account" said the prince regent.
'Charlotte, after your royal mother,
and the child's royal aunt Certain
ly not" The Duchess of Kent relieved
her feelings by flood of tears. The
Princess Mary kissed her and the baby
cried. This spurred the mild arch
bishop. what name is it your royal
highness' pleasure to commando
whats her mothers name?' "Vic-
toria," answered the Duke of Kent. But
his intervention was met by an irate
look from the regent. The Duke Of
York, seeing that the christening must
be fastened forward if it was to be got
through with at all, took on himself to
say, Alexandria Victoria" And SO
the queen missed being known in his
tory as Georgiana, a fitting name for
the last of the Georgian dynasty, but
less suitable for glorious reign Of six
ty years than Victoria. Contemporary
Review.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22

at regular times. Thus the whereabouts
of light can be discovered by the
appearance of it's beams long before
the light itself shows above the hori-
zon.
Lighthouse buildings arc various,v
painted so that thew will ho nh aract ar
istic by day. Tins some towers .ro
red, some black some White and h1aolz
in horizontal or vertical strines some
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-07-22

Washington monument; so if you can
imagine that great column standing
solitary. on low, far-reaching, yellow,
sandy desert shore, with a, fitful fire
faring from it's top at night, you will
have clearly in mind the Pharos at AL
exandria, which served as lighthouse
for sixteen hundred years.
AS commerce became source of
great revenue to nations, the main
tenance Of lights and beacons for the
protection Of vessels became nation
al care, but this was of so very grad
ual growth that it was not until the
beginning Of the seventeenth century
that the building, lighting and main
tanning Of lighthouses was looked after
with regularity by all governments.
The best proof Of the slowness of ma
lions to see the necessity Of properly
lighting their coasts is afforded by
Great Britain, as a rule the most adj
vanced commercial nation. During
the reign of Queen Elizabeth a re1i-
(gious brotherhood known as the
Brotherhood of the Most Glorious and
Undivided Trinity was directed by an
act Of Parliament to preserve ancient
sea marks, and to erect beacons and
a'ttsigns Of the sea- For more than a
hundred years this brotherhood kept
up the ancient sea marks, but erected
nothing new; then they began to pur-
chase and operate lights owned by pri-
yate individuals or by societies, and
still later they commenced to build
lighthouses and beacons. Finally, IN
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llsh channel, and our own Minot',
Ledge light, near the entrance to Bos.
Ton harbor. These two are the mos
isolated and exposed lighthouses in the
world. They We're built at the utmost
peril TO human life. Each was swept
away by storms after completion and
mad to be rebuilt.
& Inc hrst lighthouse on Minot's Ledge.
was Quilt in 184S. 1t was an octa coma
lover resting on the tops Of eight
wrought iron piles eight inches in I'll.
ameter and sixty feet high. with tbei,
bases sunk five feet in the rock rboss
pies were braced together in man1
ways and, as they offered less surfac,
TO the waves than a solid structuro
thls lighthouse was considered bv al
authorities upon the subject to be az
ceptionally strong. ~
us great test came in April. ra5t
On the 18th of that month il wa,
wrecked. Two keepers lost thei,
lives. 'ei'
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- y LIGHTS x
= At SEA-

looo, Parliament gave Trinity House
the entire control of the lighthouses of
England. - - :
Meantime, the means of lighting was
pelng steadily improved. The open fire
gave place to the Oil lamp; then a
curved mirror, called parabolic mir
ror, was placed behind the lamp to
pr1ng the rays together; next, many
lamps with mirrors were grouped about
central spindle, and some such lights
are stlll IN operation The greatest
strlde came when the arrangement OF
lenses, known as the Fresnel lens, in
front of the lamp replaced the mirror
behind It, This lens was rapidly i'm
proved for lighthouse purposes, until
now a cylindrical glass house sur
rounds the lamp flame. This house
has lens-shaped wallis which bend all
the rays to form a horizontal zone of
strong light, which pierces the dark
ness to a great distance.
The rapid increase in the number of
lighthouses has made it necessary to
having some means of telling one from
another, or, as 1T is termed, of giving
to each Tight it's characteristic - Col
orlng the glass made the light DINNER:
but as red comes most nearly to white
light in brightness some lights have
red lenses. The latest and best plan
However, is to set upright prisms at
intervals in a circular framework
around the lens. and to revolve this
frame by clockwork. Thus the light
is made to flash every time a prism
passes beteWen it and an observer. Bv
changing the number and places of the
prisms, or the speed of the clockwork.
the flashes for any one light can be
made to occur at intervals of so many
seconds for that light.
Putting in red prisms gives still other
changes. Thus each light has it's
characteristic" and this is written
down in signs on the charts, and fully
stated in the light lists carried by YES
sells. Thus, On chart you may note
that the light you want to sight is
marked "F. W., v. w. FL, 10-sec. "
which means that it is fixed white va
rfed by white flashes every ten sec
onds." When light is sighted you
see if those are it's characteristics and
if so, you have found the right one.
Another scheme is used on the coasts
of France in addition to those I have
told you. 1t is a means of swinging
a vertical beam of light across the sky
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"A Modest Omce-Seeker

Speaking of the important mattor ~
congressional alimentation, lannon's
congressman the other day invited one
OF MS visiting constituents, an Office
seeker, OF course, to luncheon with him
IN the senate restaurant.
what will you eat?" asked Tho
statesman. -
ION, any old thing will suit me- 81
said the o. S.
well, give your order. NOTHING is
too good for you, you know"
"Well,' said the o. S., ren1em hornio
that he had no end of favors to ask
the statesman, "just give me a. sand.
wich and cup of Coffee
lis that really all you want?"
That's ALL"
well, waiter, you may fetch me Soma
green turtle soup at once, and then q
nice plate of lamb fries, one of Won,
incompatible shrimp salads, new Ber-
muda potatoes with cream dressing
raw sliced tomatoes, covered with ice
few stalks of fat asparagus and inst
a glass of sauterne. And, waiter Won
may put small bottle of chamDaena
in ice for me"
It is unnecessary to say that the O
s. hugely enjoyed his ham sandwich
and cup of Coffee Pittsburg Dispatch
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Treat the Lambs Well,

A lamb kept going from its birth will
not only sell sooner, but will sell bet
ter than one that has been allowed ia
get check-hence every opportunity
should be given them to keep ahead:
and it is certain that. when focks are
managed on these lines the financial
result will be far and away better thar
when the opposite treatment is pur.
sued. That nothing pays better for
generous treatment is a well known
fact. It seems. strange, therefore, thaa
one sees travelling about the countr,
many examples where the starvation
process, or something akin to it. is il
progress.
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MODERN PROVERBS.

. ( J.
Man wants Injuries at his own price.
It takes an expert to make things
count.
Split milk is not worth grieving
over.
It takes an artful dodger to avoid the
truth.
Good qualities do not count against
bad habits. n II
The early bird sometimes catches
too many worms.
Unless q mortal is courageous and
conscientious he will not tell the truth
if he can help it. i.
Seeds Of dissension never fail to
come up.
No woman knows how to appreciate
g good husband unless she has had a
bad one.
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e WINTER LANDING AT ZXT
PINOT LEDGE LIGHT

IN an article in St. Nicholas on
lighthouses Lieut. Ellicott of the
united States navy SAYS:
The Mediterranean sea was the
great cradle of commerce, and some Of
the ancient beacon towers at the en-
trance to it's harbors stood intact for
centuries. The giant statue known as
tne Colossus, at Rhodes, is supposed to
nave oeen used as a beacon and light
aouse-the spread of the legs of that
great hgure of Apollo Indicating the
narbor entrance by day, while a fire
burned In the palm of his uplifted CO.
lossal hand at night. Although the ac-
count OF the Colossus is only a. matter
OF guessWork, it is historically true
mat IN those ages Of ignorant Needless
uess OF the need of beacons a light
mouse was built so grand in nronor-
tons, so enduring in character that Il
became known as one of the seven won
ders OF the world, and outlived all the
others, save the pyramids, by centu-
r1es., This was the lighthouse bui1t
on the little island Of Pharos by Pto1-
envy Phi1adelphus, king of Egypt. two
hundred and eighty years before Christ
10 guide vessels into the harbor of Alex
andria. From all descriptions it mist
have closely resembled our Washinr-
ton monument, for it was built of white
stone was square at the base, and ia
pered toward the apex Open windows
we're near its top, through which the
hre within could be seen for thirty
miles by vessels at sea. To build #
cost eight hundred talents, or nearly
one million dollars, and it's height was
almost exactly the same as that of rho
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"DISPERGE!n

shakespeare, who rendered e1oouon+
tribute to the native authority of 5;no.
iords and military commanders SOL
aom shows like respect in his treat.
1nent OF civic dignitaries. Justice Shall
low and Dogberry, for instance. ara so
generously absurd that their savings
nave often been criticised as too oood
TO ne true. Perhaps; but thew can ~.
caslonally be pretty closely paral1e1ed
nere IS something quite in the
oHakespearlan manner in the simn,io-
Ivy Oh former magistrate of Newhurv-
pore' IN the old days of queues and
ruined shirt-bosoms. A case was heinz
trleo before him in which the accused
VINO stoutly denied the charge was as
serted to have stolen from gent,o-
man a new set of shirts
pretty story that I shon1d +.lo
LIS shlrts!'' exclaimed the irate cu1-
pr1t; but when he was searched = mo-
ment later, it was revealed that he was
at the moment arrayed in the who1e
Six one over the other. The good ins.
t1ce was shocked.
what a villain!" he exclaimed
1nen ne added, reproachfully, "Why
didn't you tell me you were a vi11ainq
why didn't you save the time Of the
court' the spectators and the witnesses
oy owning up you were villain in the
first placer" -
A Few years later constable of tho
same town made a remark worthy NJ
Dogberry himself: 4 knot of little
boys had been hanging about the en-
trance to the town hall before a pub1ic
meeting. AS the officer came in sight
all ran away but one, and to this lone
youngster he addressed his orders in
d tone OF mingled dignity and wrath
'D1sparge!' he commanded. Dis.
perge, say. We can't have no bur-
lash here!' 1900 So.
:, Inc aWed youth did not disperse5 hut
he moved on. )S1 - -