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The herald., 1897-11-12
CITY NEWS
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
Chroniclsd on Page. !. q. ., 10 and 2

Cloudy and unsettled.
A brace Of burglars speedily cap
tured.
OIL producers sanguine of higher
prices.
How the 400 saloon license was
manipulated.
Family troubles cause John skel-
lerud to take his own life.
The Henschels' delightful SONG re-
cital at Simpson tabernacle.
Another protest asking for the re-
peal Of the hitching ordinance.
city Engineers report on the drain
age needs Of East Los Angeles.
A Coursing club formed; to hold a
meeting on Thanksgiving day.
Practitioners fall out and settle
their business differences in court.
Over one thousand dollars worth
Of plunder recovered from the female
shoplifters.
Good Templars elect officers and
hold 4 meeting to raise funds for their
orphans home.
Another fragrant instance Of the
prostitution Of American law to Mon
golian immortality.
The brief span Of marital happiness
enjoyed by the Masons; divorce pro-
ceedings now pending.
Park commissioners reduce the
working time Of employees to keep
within the appropriation.
The herald., 1897-11-12
Pieca oftha

Earth with fence around 1t and fair
broom house (the moonshine thrown I'M
IN good location, convenient to four car
lines. two steam and two electric-ln fact.
~ the comforts Of home. for $S75; s25 cash
ana the balance at 80 a month. including
interest. This is the same as putting your
rent money in the bank. Langworthy Co.,
~ south Spring.
The herald., 1897-11-12

DIR. Lem Tong. a Chinese disciple of
Aesculapius, was arrested at 10: 40 o'clock
last night on Marchessault street for
conducting an opium Joint. w. Clifford
was also arrested for visiting the joint,
but on depositing $50 cash bail was re-
leased. The Celestial, however, rumtn-
ated In jail.
The herald., 1897-11-12
American

Board Of Public Works meets-1O
q. m.
Lecture by Nine. Mountford, simp-
son tabernacle-6p p. m.
Friday Morning club will discuss
"social Simplicity" Owens block
1915 q. m.
The herald., 1897-11-12
THE WEATHER

TEMPERATURE-Rep OF observations
taken at Los Angeles Nov II. The
barometer Is reduced 20 sea level
Tine Ear. 1h'r. R.H. Wind Vel w',h'r
ba.m. S0.06 Sc ~ NE Cloudy
bpm. s0.07 63 IS NV 2 Cloudy
Maximum thermometer, 76.
Minimum thermometer, So.
Forecast for Southern California
Cloudy and unsettled weather Friday;
southwesterly winds.
The herald., 1897-11-12
Los ANGELES HERALD, FRIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER r. 1897

younger Of the two. is In critical con-
dition, the flesh being cut to the bone by
the whip.
There 10 no clue to the perpetrators.
The herald., 1897-11-12

All Que. convicted OF running a lottery
joint, was yesterday sentenced by Jus
tice Owens to 12o days in jail.
The herald., 1897-11-12
EVENTS OF TODAY

Burbank-"Friends."
Orpheum-Vaudevil
Los Angeles-"An American
Beauty"
The times., 1897-06-20
THE END.
Ate His Bike Balls.

For twenty minutes Mr. Webster, who
lives on the north side, was the maddest
man on the face of the earth. This was
on the eveningof the day when Mr.. Webster
tried to clean his bicycle. J.
That morning, before going downtown,
Mr.. Webster dismantled his wheel and
renewed the bearings. Just TO be sure that
nothing would harm the little steel balls,
he placed them in a saucer and put the
saucer in the pantry. There were 1OS
of the spheres. as he assured himself by
several painstaking counts, and they made
quite congregation. u
That night, after a delightful dinner,
beginning with vegetable soup, winding
around by the way OF a roast, and con-
Guiding with some kind of sago pudding,
Mr.. Webster rose like a giant refreshed
and made his way to the pantry to get
the bearing balls. To his disnay they
were gone. a
Hi! Herei How about those bicycle
balls?'' he inquired, eXcitedly. Mrs Web
ster came at his summons, but she knew
nothing concerning the missing pellets
But they were here this morning. Mr..
Webster insisted l put them there myself.
Doggone it! Can't man have anything
in this house without sitting down like a
hen and watching it?'' =
"I'll ask Harriet if she saw them,'' Mrs.
Webster said, and the girl was called
Nom, she hadn't seen 'em. What were
they like?
She was informed by Mr. Webster, W no
spoke with some asperity.
"Oh, was that them in saueer?'' Har-
riet inquired I
YES, yes, yesp' Mr.. Webster hopefully
cried Where did you put them?''
Why" said Harriet, weakly and con-
tritely, Il thought that was a saucer Of
sago, and 1 put in with the rest and made
pudding of it, ana we had it for supper"
Mr.. Webster, as has been remarked, was
the maddest man on the face of the earth
from 7:15 TO 7;35 O'Clock on the evening
Of May "A, A. ID. 1897 Chicago Record. =,
The times., 1897-06-20
The Crnnk Outcronked.

~ quit the business because I didn't
know enough TO stay in it, frankly ac-
knowledged the reformed crook II made
water hauls by blowing half dozen safes
that tlitln' have enough in them to pay eN-
penses. / tried the green goods game, and
my first victim got away with the yalise
that had the good money in it instead OF
the one filled with old newspapers. If L
nipped a watch it was either an old-fasi-
ioned bull l's-eye or a modern priZepack-
age ticker
but what stopped me was that big dia-
mond robbery there was so much noiss
about at the time. / got them all slick
enough: rings, pins, necklaces, bracelets,
tiara and pendant. Then / got a go-be-
tween TO negotiate for a return OF the jew
els, exacting big money and no questions
asked The owner of the jewels gave him
the laugh. They're nothing but paste,' he
Jeeresl. I'm only making a big bluff at
being rich in order To carry out a bold
scheme with some men who have wealth
that I'm after. You notice that I've been
making light of the loss, and they're better
satisfied than ever that I'm financially
solid. I wouldn't mind giving couple of
hundred 20 have the counteTfeits back, but
1t s only on condition that we let it ges
into circulation that l gave 81 GO0' It
was just my old luck and 1 consented"
.'WeH. it wds easy money, after all
"Yes, butt t drove me out OF the business
Those diamonds We're as good as We're ever
set. Every stone was a selected gem.
could have had the $4,000 il I'd had
brains enough To standpat for twenty hours.
The whole snap got into the newspapers.
the hoys laughed me out of the 'perfesh,'
aud I-weIl, 1 refonned"-Detroit Free
Press
The times., 1897-06-20


81 promise"
''Fow cne's eloquence is jolted out OF
one by ths!' she said, as she swung around
the curve into the tunnel well, here is
your chance. Next week we are invited to
a very exclusive musicale. Levitsky's to
be there, and ADatolia-and I'm to play
(think of it, Colin) on a Stradiyarius! Wait,
don't interrupt me. VIC We're asked to
bring my father or brother as our escort,
and neither papa nor Morry can get off,
know. Papa has club meeting and Nor
ry's shaving day and night to finish Blanks
Illustrations. So, IL you'll take us to the
party, Wen be only too much Obliged"
II will, of course; but tell melt is n
matter Of the deepest interest-who is to
furnish your Stradivanus?''
''It belongs to the gentleman who is to
give the party, and Nine Anatolia says his
rooms and collection of musicalinstrument
are things to see.' He is one of the fa-
vorites of fortune, and is coming to call on
US in form tomorrow-and his name is
Rupert Thorndykel''
81 thought so,'' said Colin, turning pale
with excitement and perhaps little jeal-
ousy.
what, you, too. know about the won
derful Mr. Thorndyke?. Oil but, of course.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-11-10

1t must have often struck people,
when reading Of the old performances
III the last century, how it was that the
lighting was contrived The power of
oil lamps was limited enough. Theaters
like Drury Lane and Covent Garden
were Of enormous size. There were no
footlights. at least until about the mid
die Of the last century, and they were
the humble floats, dim enough Yet
there was ample light to observe cxz
preston and play of features, so nccoa
sary III interpreting the fine old com,
dies of character Nowadays the stage
is one blaze 1t is literally bathed aud
sniiuscd iii light There are no shad
ows and yet it might be said the
amount of necessary light is no more
than there used to be and is not nearly
as satisfactory How was it then?
In the theatcrs of Garrick and earlier
days the stage was really lit by four
great chandeliers, which hung directly
over the heads Of the actors from tho
arch OF the prosccnium and just outside
the curtain When the play was over,
these were lowered slowly, a signal for
the audience to depart These chande-
iiers furnished goodly amount Of light
on a circular zone Immediately below
them The actors faces and figures
were lit III the natural way, as the sun
would light them, but the rest of the
stage was comparatively dark or
gloomy Gentleman $ Magazine
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-11-10
QUEER LAKE SALAWlK.
Its Waters Grow warm In Winter, and
Men Can Fish There with Clubs.

The rich placerS of klondike are not
the only curiosity of the country travers-
ed by the Yukon Not far from Dawson
there is in Alaska really extlaordina-
ry lake which was named Salawill hy
its discoveaer, the Rev z Tosi. Il mis-
sionary among the savagcs
This lake, which is 90 miles long and
about 10 miles wide, is perhaps the on
~ one iii all that extreme northern ~.
gion which does not freeze over during
the winter No communication has been
discovered between it and the sea, nev-
ertheless ut high water upon the coasts
of the northern ocean the level of the
lake rises, and it falls again ut low tide
This sympathy with the sea does not
extend To the point of making Salawik
salt lake On the contrary, its waters
are good to drink. But another of its
peculiarlties is that its temperature rises
i'll winter and falls in summer When
all the water courses of the ueighboring
country are completely frozen over,
Lake Salawik becomes SO warm that it
is really pleasant to battle in it On the
other hand, IN the summer time tho
water is extremely cold
This popularity makes it in the win
ter time Mecca of fishermen The
abundance Of fish i'll the lake is so great
that II person can almost catch them
with the hand and can kill large guam
titles with a club Here for the miners
is source of food supply which they
had not counted upon and which Ger.
tainly viii contribute to diminish the
cost of living, especially during tho
winter, in that inhospitablo region In
an hour II man can get enough fish To
supply himself for a month, and of the
very best quality, including salmon
ranging from 20to so pounds in weight
1t will not be astonishing if some
fine day we may sec upon the shores of
Lake SalaWIk one of those fashionable
hotels which are the glory of American
watering places Lewiston tMe.) Re
puhliquo
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Conee md lis Ilscs.

When there are III a community cpl
denies of typhoid fever, cholera, cry
sipclas. scarlet fever and tho various
types Of malaria fever, which are trans.
mitted almost entirely through the me
dunn Of food and drink, coffee is yalu.
able agent and may be used as a drink
instead of water
1t is Il valuable agent in assisting in
the digestion Ct food and aids the blood
III taking up more uourishment than it
would without it
1t qulckcns the circulation OF the
blood and respiration
II Is also stimulating and refreshing
tdue TO the caffeine it contains)
In tiding over NERVOUSNESS III cner.
gencies 1t Is a sovereign remedy
AS a stimulant and caloric generator
IN cold weather 1t is 100 per cent ahead
Of whisky or other liquors
As disinfcctant it is one Of no small
usefulness III the sick chamber
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Making 1t Clear.

To confuse II witness is generally an
easy task, and lawyers know no easier
way than 10 may witness explain the
meaning of his words, knowing that
very few people can do so without get
ting excited Occasionally victim re-
sents this nagging and answers in n
spirited and unexpected manner 4
lawyer was cross examining young girl
of rather naughty temper. She had tes-
tilted that she had seen tho defendant
shy book Mt tho plaintiff, and tho
lawyer had seized on the word
"Shy-shy II book? What do you
mean by that; Will you explain to the
court what the word shy means?"
The girl leaned over the desk beneath
the witness box picked up II lawbook
and threw it ut the lawyers head, who
lodged just in time.
II think the court now understands
the meaning of the word shy, " said
the judge grayely, and the girl was al
lowed to finish her testimony without
further interruption. - Strand Maya
zine
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tireeo ItgsptInn paIntlng.

Tho remarkable series Of portraits
Monthly Illustrator and the methods Of
the old artists employed.
Tho methods of these ancient days
were totally different from those of the
present day and were evidently vastly
more durable Panels of wood were
used to paint on--sycamore and cypress
also panels of papier mache, and oc-
casionally they were formed by gluing
three thiCllnoSscs of canvas together.
These panels were usually about IA
inches long by inches wide. The artist
used liquid wax instead of oil to mix
the colors, which were made not from
vegetable. but from mineral substances
and were Of marvellous hrilliancy and
perEanenee-blue powdered lapis lazu-
ii, green malachite, red oxide OF iron,
etc Tho culois were laid on in patches,
somewhat after the fashion Of n mosaic.
and aftcrWmd blended with un instru-
ment called the cestrum, which appears
to have been lancet shaped spatula,
long handled with at one end curved
point at the other Il finely dentated
edge With the toothed edge tho wax
could be equnlized aud smoothed, while
the point was used for placing high
lights, marking lips eyebrows, etc
Tho dnal process, which gives the
name eucaustle To this kind of painting,
was The burning IN Of the colnrs This
was done by the application of "a heated
surface to the panel, though George
Ehcrs believes that III Egypt the heat
of the sun MAS probably all that was
needed to complete the artists work
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ABSlNTH IN FRANCE.
Tating Glass of the Liquor Is Whole
Evenings Work.

Although nhsinth is to Frcnchman
Whit whisky Is TO IN American. he
never dreams Of running behind IL screen
and swallowing II glassful i'll ono ire
mendous effort There is something al.
most poetic in the way Frencman
prepares and partalscs of his beverage
1t always takes two walters to serve
glass of absinth Waiter No brings
the tray upon which are carafo trap
pc Gee water that has been frozen In
the earafe1. tail glass, II tiny tray
piled up with small blocks of sugar and
queer, fiat perforated spoon Waiter
No 2. who has remained diScrectly in
the rear, advances with the bottle of the
popular stimulant said to be the de.
struction of so many French minds and
bodies After saluting monsieur the
garcon carefully pours the desired guam.
tity into tho glass and goes ON to serve
some one else
Then for the first time the French
man shows some signs of interest in the
matter He relinquishes his hold ON his
cane, but one hand only, the other
never deserts the cane He carefully
places the perforated spoon across the
top Of the glass On the spoon he bal
anccs, with careful nicely, block of
sugar and gently pours small quantity
Of ice water over the sugar INTO the
glass This done, he once more praSps
his canG with both hands and apparent
ly forgets all about tho beverage before
him The sugar slowly mClts, drOp by
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Writes Letters 10 Himself.

John BeclSwith. the warehouseman,
received n letter the other day address
cd in II round business hand and bearing
the Oakland postmark. He glanced at
it, rubbed his forehead rcnectiyely II
moment and then, without opening tho
envelope tore it into bits.
Why did You do that?" asked his
partner THAT might have contained
something Of importance
No, it didn't / wrote it myself, "
Arc yon in the habit of writing let
tors to YOURSELF
YES | have to Now, il hadn /
written that yesterday and mailed it
would have forgotten that bunch of
braid. two dozen pearl buttons and five
yards of haitcloih that | have got to 90
down town aud buy right now. Once,
though, wrote a letter to myself about
something | wanted to remember and
forgot to mail 1t for two weeks. San
Francisco Post
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The following remarkable account Of
tho extraction of - needle from the
body by means Of magnet is given hv
Cosmos:
y Young laundrcss thrust broken
needle into her right hand while wash.
ing clothes The needle having disap,
peafed III the flesh, the surgeon who
WIS consulted several days aftea Gle ne
cident refused 70 perform an operation.
fearing lest hcshauld bc oblged to make
a largc number ef iueisiens among the
lisaments of the articulation Two
months alterWard The girl lost the use
of her right hand and the least move
meut Of the fingers caused her exquisite
pain. nrs Garinowsld and Corestin
then determined to extract tho needle
With the aid Of Il magnet, drawing it
intoa lcshy region where an mcisim
could be made without danger. 70
cause this movement they chose Il very
feeble electro magnet, hut difficulty
arose The needle having entered point
first, it would have to be drawn out
backward. the broken part in advance.
The first trial lasted two hours.
With short intervals of rest without
apprcciablo results. Before the third
trial the girl said that she felt prick
ing III the palm of the hand near tho
place where the magnet had been ap-
piled and Whore the needle ought to an-
pear. At the ninth sitting finally tho
needle appeared beneath the skin and
came out whole, broken end first. with
out pain and without loss of blood 1t
fixed itself to the polo Of the electro
magnet, and the young laundress was
cured This resnlt-the drawing of n
needle through tho flesh--is very IL.
marlsable In 20 hours after tho first
trial this needle was extracted from tho
inside of the hand, after lying there
more than two months '-Translation
For Literary Digest.
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InE nURRYING fEET OF WOMEN

Al tIe .iirty- bafu infant 3, CIV tells tie story
80 ,,f,,tt,t,.tI,,, f,r ft,st sister woman
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u "oHla """'' ""'y 'p''1, ~" HN t'' s'
- pet lndt = woman - VHHil''t f"i VIE
hood aud math. fbood d5 long de shr suffers
from Vcakne4. of disease Of iii, distinctly
"oHi9iiiY eiRatil7lil ~, = ~
Hcss77i't ~ 'l' 'r :
"'H5! w, p 81"
OF Gun" N''iu,
woman VINO y 'li'''uku.h .llAHH 4ii9t
hc1lihy ~ % ,,i way ill -. ~ wv /.
omPaIallY'y lllllg pun ,,li' "H, y
sie becoiurs ulo,nt - ll.iEt i!V"l
he ptf4A act ~ '1tt} en- 'i' ~ ',e
ana ihp"ilaht ois5G tllt' osgd w i.l' ~
OF hias'ihilR M ',.,',,i't
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TAACKERAY IN BOSTON.
His Comment on the Good Society" of
That City.

Mr.. Thaclloray brought from England
letter of introduction to an important
gentleman of Beacon street BY him he
was most Hospitality entertained and
passed from dinner party to dinner par
ty. But Thackeray' 5 interest i'll the cap
ital of New England did not end with
Beacon street dinner parties. He had
heard something of the eminent men of
the town and Mt that moment happened
to be particularly Interested III Theo-
dore Parker He wished very much to
hear this celebrated Unitarian preacher
He mentioned this desire to his host
The Beacon street gentleman seemed
much surprised. but without abating
any of his outward courtesy and max
ing some valid excuse took him to
King chapel ON Sunday morning in
stead of TO Music hall, where Parker
preached At King 5 chapel, the Ben
con street gentleman said people of the
best society might always he found
Thackeray, it is needless to say, was
a mild hammered man, not fond of II
struggle to free himself from his enter
tainer's clutches He saw that it was
impossible for him to get on Sunday to
Music hall But during the week he
heard that Parker was TO deliver dis
course ut the funeral of rich and pub
lie spirited merchant Thackeray went
alone to the funeral and was greatly in
tcrested and thrilled by the address.
He also saw many people who looked
as II they were more interesting than
any he had seen mt the Beacon street
dinner parties He went homo that
morning To dinner and found that his
host had invited to meet him several
gentlemen of the best society, most of
whom We're bores. Thackeray could not
help telling about Parker and the fu-
neral and eonfessing how much he had
been impressed by the preacher and the
people. His host was visibly distressed
and presently managed to whisper in
his ear, Il beg of you, Mr. Thackcray,
TO remember that Mr.. Parker does not
belong to our best society This was
more than the Englishman could stand
and he replied, loud enough to be heard
by at least one At the table, Upon my
word, begin to wish | hadn' I got into
good society when came to Boston ="
N iupteputh Cpntul,v
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Longevity of Astronomers.

The longevity enjoyed by astronomers
is proyerbial, and an astronomical jour
nal gives a long list OF them who have
far exceeded the threcscoro years and
sen Among the eminent names arc Cas-
SIM, who lived TO 81; Caroline Herschel
to 08. Sir " Herschol to 81, Newton
70 ST. Nary Somergillo to 90 Halloy to
So. SIR George Airey to 30, Sir David
Brewster 10 S3, SIR T. Sabine to "a,
llunboldt to 30. sehwabc to Sc, Santini
To 81. and toutenelle to 100 Regular
ity Of habit condueos to longevity in any
walk Of life. and it is "a necessity to tho
astronomer THIS. added TO the calm
pursuit of those who study tho heavens,
countcrhalauces the effect Of late watch
iugs and cTposuA1 70 the night air
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WARNING FOR SCHOOGMA'AM


A Fond Mother Viewed the Acquaintance
With Some Suspicion.
The course of a teacher in some rural
schools IS not unmarked by pitfalls.
One young lady thus engaged tells an
amusing story of the anxiety her con
duet unWittingly caused the mother of
one e. her pupils The pupil in ques
ton was ~ ovcrgrown and stupid but
well behaved boy of 10, named Tobias
Hedge He was older by several years,
and far bigger than any other pupil i'll
the school. lut he was not so well adj
vaneed in his studies as some of the
younger ones He seemed so anxious
to learn that the teacher often got biau
to remain after school for the purpose
Of assisting him III his studies
Their homcward way lay over the
mme read, and they would walk home
together after the hard places in the les
sons had El,n made easy for Tobias
Often III the morning, when she left
home to go to the schoolhousc the
teacher would find the boy waiting for
her, and She tactfully gave him several
lessons in politeness such as lifting his
hat to her and other ladies' and assist.
ing her over bad places in the road
She was beginning to feel that she
might really make something out Of To.
bias, when her efforts on his behalf re.
cciyed Il sudden check by the receipt of
the following note from his widowed
mother
1 I'm a
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A Life Saved.

Marvellous cures of throat and lung
affections are made daily by DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. Miss Annie Swan,
Petersburg, Va, writes; MY brother
was attacked by "a bad cough and cold,
and it was thought he had consump-
ton. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup was
used, and to our great surprise it made
him well and hearty. There is no
better cure in the world than this
Syrup. Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
sold everywhere for 25 cents.