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The herald., 1897-10-22
AN INSPECTION TRIP
Councilmen View Improvements in
the Southeast Section

The board Of public works, or to speak
more correctly part of it, made an in
spection OF Central avenue, which has
beer graded, graveled, curbed and
sidewalked recently from Twenty ninth
to Fifty-ninth streets, yesterday after
noon The party, composed Of Council
rer1 Hutchison, Nautilus. Grider and
Blanchard. City Engineer I. B. Dock
weller anc Superintendent of Streets
John H. Drain started out al p m in
buggy, and drove for some twenty
blocks along the newly grao,sd section,
which was pronounced by all to be oras
of the finest pieces OF work of its kind
ever completed in the city. It is
noticeable fact that even. the protest
arts against the work are delighted
with the improvement, some of them
going so far as to come up and thank
superintendent Drain for the able man.
The herald., 1897-10-22

Mr.. Western was driving with a friend
when his horse became frightened and
broke away. The carriage was upset and
both men were thrown out. The horse
dashed on and the rig was soon demol-
ished. Mr. Western was knocked In
sensible by the force of the fall, and
was carried into the drug store at the
corner of Bush and Washington streets.
The patrol wagon was summoned by
telephone, but before it arrived Mr..
Western had been taken home on car.
His injuries consist in bruises about the
body and head. While painful, they
are not thought to be dangerous
The herald., 1897-10-22
A FLAT FINS
Twilight Contemporaries Mystery
Only q Mares Nest


In the weird discovery of an aband-
oned team and wagon on Boyle Heights
yesterday the afternoon papers laid the
foundation for a profound mystery,
pregnant with all the possibilities Of
murder and suicide. A little investiga-
tion spoils the story. The rig, which
was found back of the Mount Pleasant
hotel, belongs to A. v. de Toro, who
lives at the Palms. 1t was stolen Tues
day afternoon from the corner of Re-
quena and Main streets, where it had
been hitched by the owner. The thief,
for reasons best known to himself, de-
cided to proceed no further with the out
fit when he reached Boyle Heights. He
embarrassed the horses and turned them
loose to browse on the grass. The team
has been returned to the owner, the de-
tectives are looking for the man who
drove it away, and the evening papers,
with the bottom knocked out of their
story. are seeking a new sensation.
The herald., 1897-10-22
Citv Hall Notes

City Engineer Dockweiler is about
again after severe attack of grippe
which kept him confined to his be0 for
some time.
City Electrician Francis has in hand
the specifications for the new police
alarm telegraph system, on which the
city council will advertise for bios.
The Los Angeles Brewing company
took out a building permit yesterday fol-
brewery to be erected on East Mar
street between Moulton and Walnut
streets, containing four stories, with
additions for stables and bottling
house, the whole structure costing
$20.O0O
The herald., 1897-10-22

Board of public works meets1O a. M.
Ladies' Day at Agricultural Park.
Friday Morning club meets-1O. Is
q. m.
Boxing exhibition, Hazards Pavil-
ion-6.3O p. m.
Sunset Club monthly meeting,
Maison Doree, 145 North Main street.
8 p. m.
The herald., 1897-10-22
rhev Want a Bureau of Heredity

Twenty-Five women, properly affe cted
by the solemnity of the occasion, flied
up to sign the petition presented for
their consideration at the New Amster-
dam hotel the other afternoon.
This" said Mrs. E. c. Claf1in, ixa ex-
PLANTATION, "is to beg President McKin-
The herald., 1897-10-22
PLENTY of Roor,

Two nice big lots. improved. in good
neighborhood. 100 feet from car line. cheap
s-room house. good little barn; in fact. this
is good home for poor man who wants
to stop paying rent. Price, $3.50, at the rate
of SO month. Langworthy Co., 226 8.
Spring.
The herald., 1897-10-22
Baker Iron Works
$50 to $50 Buena Vista Street.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Adjoining S. P. Grounda Tsl. l2l

small sauce pan, stir in an ounce Of
flour, and let it fry brown over the fire;
Try with it shallot chopped small; stir
in the minced venison, and half a cupfui
of stock. Simmer for ten minutes, add
half wine glass of port wine and serve
very hot-St. James Gazette.
The herald., 1897-10-22
Anxther Sense

A magazine writer asserts that buzz
zard has no sense of smell, and that Il
depends entirely on its powers of vision
when foraging for food. Its boasted,
keenress Of scent, therefore, Is all In it,
eye.-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-10-22
Venison Collops

Mince three-quarters of a pound of
venison taken from the loin season
with pepper, salt and pinch of mace
Melt an ounce and half of butter in a
The herald., 1897-10-22
w. Westerns Accident

William Western, who lives on San
Pedro street, was seriously injured in
a runaway at the corner of Washington
and Bush streets yesterday afternoon
The herald., 1897-10-22
!. AT THE THEATERS
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LOS ANGELES THEATER. - my
Friend from India" wect last night like
parlor charade where the dialogue is
made up as it goes along and where ev-
eryone tries to hold the certer of the
stage ard be funny at the same time
The prevailing tone Of it all is slangy
and essentially vulgar, but In justice to
the author ard the actors it must be
said that 1t does not altogether deserve
the condemnation it received in San
Francisco. The attempt to ridicule
theosophy IS painfully weak and igno-
rant, nor Is it helped by irrelevant ref
erences to work called by the char
acters, "The Light of Azure"
Mr.. Bond, in an ill-fitting wig, strug-
giles with the part Of heavy father
Mr.. Ward plays his impossible part with
resignation. Mr.. AGelman Is accurate
as the missionary, and Miss Reimer
shows experience ard, cleverness
The other members OF the company
appear to be amateurs, with little talent
and limited experience, and the WON
en-, especially, are "made-up" in the
overcome, inartistic style that is no
longer considered the correct thing.
The farce might be good for one act,
but Is drawn out to dreary length, ard
ever, the people who are ready to laugh
at nothing at all appeared to get tired
Of it before the curtain fell, which it did
to slight applause. The finale Of the Sec
ono act is the only really funny situa-
ton in the piece.
my Friend from India" will hold
the boards for the remainder of the
week.
4 4 +
BURBANK THEATER.-The Los
Angeles Odd Fellows will give their Wis
ltirg brothers treat tonight by takin G
them to the Burbark to see the "Grey
Mare" the piece that is having such a
successful run at this house They
have reserved over three hundred tick
cts, and will, of course be out in all
strength of number.
=
ORPHEUM.-The excellent vaude-
vile program offered this week is draw
ing good houses.
The herald., 1897-10-22
er in which the. same has been carried


out
After the inspection short drive was
taken around the district with a view
to seeing how badly the reed of street
signs was everywhere evidenced The
committee returned at o'clock we'll sat.
isfied with the result of their tour.
The herald., 1897-10-22

Wall paper, late Styles low prices. &
4. A. Eckstrom's. a24 South Spring street,
The herald., 1897-10-22
EVENTS OF TODAY

Orpheum-Vaudevil
Burbank-'The Gray Mare"
Los Angeles-"My Friend From
India"
The herald., 1897-10-22
THE WEATHER

1EMPERATURE-Re OF observations
taken at Los Angeles October 21. The
barometer Is reduced 20 sea level.
The herald., 1897-10-22

Maximum temperature, 67 degrees.
Minimum temperature, Al degrees.
San Francisco: Forecast for Southern
California-Cloudy, with probable show
ers this evening and Friday.
The herald., 1897-10-22

ORPHEUM.-The excellent vaude-
vile program offered this week is draw
ing good houses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01

r. D. DelVan of Newark, N j., has NAT.
ented plan for surrounding a vessel p,itL
noats. These floats are connected VIII
the pungers of air pumps in such man
her that the motion of the waves com
presses air in receivers. The cononresss,5
ar thus accumulated Is used to nronei
the ship P-'P9i
a California inventor named John Gam
oetta proposes to swing from the mast
OF a ship gigantic pendulum, the oscilIs-
ions OF which are expected to drive the
propelier. Another genius has designed a
Doat that IS quilt IKE a gigantic screw
with sort of continuous spiral fin en-
VeIopng 1t. The action of the waves
causes 1t to screw itself literally througb
the water The scheme OF. A. F. YardeT
OF san Francisco is to suspend a large
box or tank above the keel of the shin
rms Is to be loaded with freight or bal
last, and, as it swings to and fro II ac-
tuates the propeller. Another idea calcu-
lated to revolutionize navigation Is a YES
sci built in two sections, which are hing
ed together amidships. AS the waves al
ternately rock the opposite ends of the
cratt the energy is utilized by means of
rocking beams and suitable gearing, and
IN this way the ship bumps itself along.
Charles w. Cahoon of Portland. Me.
would so utilize the undulatory move
ments on a vessel as to actuate pumps
me pumps imbibe water at the bow and
eject 1t at the stern, thus forcing her
ahead. Yet another invention in this line
is floating hydraulic ram, which is oper-
ated by the impact of the waves It is
claimed there is hardly any limit to the
night to which water may be elevated by
this device. A few years ago an expert
ment was made near San Francisco by an
inventor who secured the backing of Mr.
Sutro, of Comstock tunnel fame. His ma
chine was anchored out in the ocean not
far from the shore, and was used to pump
water uD to the top of a bluff some hun
dreds of feet high. Unfortunately a storm
came and swallowed up the apparatus,
together with $1,000 which had been in
vested in it This catastrophe put an end
TO the enterprise.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01
SCARS ARE CAREFULLY NOTED.
Means by Which Army Recruiting
Officers Know Their Men.
FVrora tba masbiro+or c+or


While a good many people know In a
general way of the Bertillon system for
the identification of criminals, compare
lively few know of the simple method
which Uncle Sam has been using for a
number of years past to keep track Of the
men who eat his rations and wear his
uniform in the regular army. The system
employed by the war department might
be termed the natural method" and is
at once simple and ingenious. 1t does
away with all apparatus except a Yerti-
cal measuring rod and a pair of scales.
IL Is known as 1.-The scar system" and
has been found wonderfully effective.
There is an unwritten theory in the
army that every man who enlists will at
some time or other desert. This is not
entirely true, but the assertions are num-
erous enough to make il worth while 20
Keep track of the offenders. In war the
penalty Tor desertion is death, but In peace
IL Is long term of Imprisonment and
the subject is liable to punishment, no
matter how long a term has elapsed
since his offense was committed. Strange
as 1t may seem, the men who desert most
readily are the ones who Straig htway 90
back and enlist again, though usually 10
some remote section of the country.
The recruiting card" as 1t is called, Is
big enough TO contain two six-inch outlines
OF mans form. front and rear view, win
a good-sized border for marginal notes
When the recruit is stripped for his phys
ical examination he is gone over from head
TO foot, and every appreciate scar or per-
manent skin blemish is recorded. It's lo'
cation is accurately noted by dot on ne
card, and its description is written on the
margin. The hands and face usually nave
the greatest number OF scars but those
on the body are apt to be the more pro
nounced and characteristic, as il is usual
ly more severe wound that peneuates
the clothing and leaves It's record on me
flesh beneath. Moles are also noted, theH
color and dimensions. and other blrl|
marks or bemishes that would not oFdi'
narly disappear with time.
The question may arise as to what u
man have no scars, moles or birthmaIhs'
That would be enough TO identity NM
for in all the thousands Of men who niNe
been catalogued by the department tn'Ip
has never been one who bore less nan
three clearly defined scars, while seven
or eight Is the more usual number, anu
there are some cases where the nuuiD,
runs up 10 thirty or thirty-fve. FuFlae,,,
50 Infinite are the chances OF combnauVn
that there have never been two lnalEll
uals whose hight, weight and the nuIl'.
and location OF their scars came any"Hei0
near coinciding.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01
HAHNESsING THE WAVES.
strange Inventions 10 UtIIiSe ola
Oceans Power.

TOM Inc BOSTON Iranscrlpt.
Among tho IDEAS for utilizing the on.
ergy OF the sea waves recorded az the
patent office Is one by Terence Duffy OF
San Francisco lie proposes 70 harness
the ocean 20 as TO make It store com.
pressed air. The rolling and pitching of
ship built according 10 he plan oper.
aiee number %. air pumps which force
air into rcscrYoi g. From tno rescrvolfa
70 o. conducted by pipes 10 tho engines
as required FOR propo ling the vessel. foi
Ecnerailng electricity FOR lighting. etc..
and Tor taking VI ana dlschal sing cargo
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01

There Is o musical school district
down in Roekport Ne. There are oily
twen'y-eight families. but they possess
eleven Wolins, nine organs. glN pianos.
tWg banig. tnl one guitar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01

South Germany reports the greatest
weather freak OF the present month.
hail storm which killed thirteen persons.
wounded many others ard killed thousand
OF cattle.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-26
SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

The people are anxious to see Gen
eral Prosperity appointed General
Acknowledgment Chronicle.
A Texas Rep ublican is beseiging
the admin istration with $500 app!i-
cations for Office in his pocket This
is not much for a Republican to ask
for. The average pie-hunter would
like to repeal the no fence law and
have the earth with three strands of
wire around it,-West Tennessee
Wing.
THE Republican party stands for
an honest dollar and a chance to
earn it," but if a poor devil gets it
he must accept it as charity from
the protected manufacturer.-John-
son City Comet.
The country is long on confidence
and short on cash, with no prospect
for an early change,-Giles County
Record,
From the Vice Presidency of the
United States to pension commits
sionl "Oh, what fall was there,
my countrymenw o tempora, @
.mores! o Henry Clay, o pie, Q
mudl-Dayton Leader.
We may now expect at least two
great newspaper articles. One will
be "What l think of Jerusalem, y
by John l.. Sullivan; the other will
be What / know about Pugllism, ,
by John J. Ingalls,. Each man I'M
derstands his subject as we'll as he
understands the other fellows
Birmingham State Herald.
Bumptious Bailey may be the
nominal leader of the minority in
congress, but McMillin will be the
real champion of the Democracy in
the lower house.. The mere vote oi
q caucus cannot make the Texan
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-26
MT. PLEASANT.
A Large Shipment of Phosphate Made
to Europe.
Chemist, Who Has Been Analysing
Phosphate, Has Returned to
His Native Land.

EDITOR HERALD
Mt. PLEASANT, March 22.-We
trust nature will assume her most
henignant smile now after so long
frOwning OH us-that the wrinkles
may be smOothed from the brow of
the farmer-that the elongated coun-
tenance of the phosphate miner may
become more cheerful, and that the
merchant may assume his accus-
toned suavity of manner. IT'S true
at first blush we might be dis
posed to complain that nature has
been throwing off, on us; but when
we remember our brother further
South of us and his desperate con-
dition and his many privatiOns, our
complaining should be turned into
thanksgivings, and our murmurings
into praises to the Great Giver of
good gifts for this sun-kissed laud
of ours.
Y. q. Meadors and Co. have re-
Gently made a large shipment of
phosphate for export to Europe.
Hon. Mumford Smith, our worthy
representative, was out TO spend
Sunday with his family and friends
here.
E. L. Goodell, of Kalamazoo,
Michigan, spent few days here
last week prospecting.
w. H. LipscOmb, of Columbia,
was here several days last week,
and made himself useful while here
by assisting in the arbitration of a
very important suit between two
neighbors.
n. G. Mickles, of Boliver, Tenn,
is here prospecting, with view of
going into business.
Mr.. Thompson, OF Hampshire,
bought out Charley Reynold's
grocery business here, and Mr..
Reynolds has bought a lot from
Kittrell and Barnett and will begin
at once the erection of business
house on it. Several other business
houses will be erected in the near
future, as soon as the weather will
permit.
Mr.. Guberman, the German Chem
list, who has been at Mr.. S. S. Claw
sons for some weeks, Analysing
phosphate, sails this week for Ger
many, but will return again in a
month or two to begin the shipment
of phosphate to his native land.
Mr.. Alb Addison, of Columbia
was down few days since, looking
around with view of entering into
business here.
r. b. Dougherty, merchant al
Goodwin, was visiting friends here
last week.
H. B. Wallace of Pulaski, was
looking over the mines here few
days since. r.7s" H.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-26
Her DiShOnOr.

The fact of environing the cele-
bration of Tentessee's centennial
statehood with beer and wine drink
ing is remindful of some State his
tory, the memory of which is painful
to the pride and manhood of our
people. Is it not true that the
licensed drink traffic can put in its
bloody culver this well-known fact,
that it Swallowed as a curse, and
finally slew and laid in untimely
graves some of Tennessee's tallest
sons of genius? Winged, in the
meridian of their exalted career,
men whom the state and the nation
recognized as foremost in states
manship, in eloquence and letters?
We name William II. Haskell, the
bewitching eloquence of whose lips
the drink demon palsied and taught
to syllable the meaningless iargon
of wild delirium, and so pitilessly
logged his way that he sought
escape in the friendly seclusion of
an asylum for the insane, and there,
like an eagle Gagged, he beat his life
out against those prison liars. This
sad collapse of a superbly equipped
son of our soil in the mid day of his
remarkably brilliant career as a
matches orator was the work of
that petted license infamy which his
mother-state has established as one
of the agencies by which she earns
money to run her government.
Civil government could have as a
source of revenue no more diabOli-
cal means than business that
earns its profits on the spolation of
human life and the wreckage of hu-
man happiness. ''
There was Meredith P. Gentry, a
man of admitted intellectual and
political force in his day. He was
induced by drink to debauch his
sturdy manhood, with all its bril-
liant gifts and graces, and surrender
his hopes and ambition, and life it
self, at the remorseless bidding of
Rum.
Andrew Johnson, man who, in
Tennessee tradition and history
stood in his day without superior
in natural endowments and in an
ambition that knew no defeat and
halted at no opposition, was led
captive by drink, and lowered his
manhood to the drunken level OF
gutter bestialism. When he fell
the Tennessee liquor system was
credited with a piece of first class
blood guilty work.
There are other notable and more
recent victims that could be named
! but regard for their living loved
ones forbid that we awaken by
recital the sad memories that cur.
tain their sleeping dust. Let these
and other such rest, but the cleo
torate of the State-the people
should never cease to have thun.
dered into their ears their criminal.
ing responsibility for all this costly
and sinful sacrifice of the State:
highest manhood. to raise revenue
BY the terms of agreement with un'
righteousness, Tennessee for a price
tore from her brow her crown
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-26

jewels and to-day her chief sons de-
cree t. give Centennial Exhibition
recognition to the agency that con-
trived the spoIiation.
Were the pulpit and rhe Christian
press and the Christian homes to
turn the light of righteous awak-
ening upon the public conscience,
the completely of the state with the
infamous saloon traffic would soon
end and that forever. The ballot
box is alone able to work the over
throw and death Of this institutional
evil. That is the ridge of battle
where decisive victory is only posi-
bic. In this fight give your ballot
an opportunity to serve God and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Outlook.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-26
Iii Well TO Remember.

That SANDER, like mud, dries and
falls off.
That he who gathers roses must
not fear thorns.
That to wait and be patient sOothes
many a pang.
That correction is good when ad-
ministered in season.
That it takes a great deal of grace
to be able to bear praise.
That you will never have friend
if YOU must havecOne without fail
ings.
That to have what we want is
riches, but 10 be able to do without
is power. '' -'
That the man who cannot mind
his own business is not to be trusted
with the business of others.
That the roses of pleasure seldom
last long enough to adOrn the brOws
of those whopluck them,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-03-26

"The rains descended and the
floods came spring branches
swelled to turbulent streams,
rivulets became good-sized rivers,
and our erstwhile placid Duck rose
out of its banks and spread its
waters far and near.
Marry countians, as well as the
ill-favored inhabitants along the
course of the mighty Father of
Waters, have had their share Of the
floods.
The rain came down in torrents
last Thursday and Friday, and Fri
day evening the guage on the bridge
at Columbia measured 33 feet above
low water mark IL remained at that
point until Sunday, when it began
to fall rapidly and seek its normal
height.
The Nashville pike near Ash toms,
mill was submerged for several
hundred feet, and for time was
almost impossible. The engine
house at Ashton's mill was flooded
with water and some damage was.
done.
The Florence train did not go out
Saturday on account of several
washouts of the n. d +. road. On
the road between here and Nashville
the damage to railroad property was
very severe, and trainmen say the
waters were higher than they had
seen them for many years.
At Carriers Greek the food was
unusually severe, and many resi-
dents were compelled to leave their.
/ I,.N Il f.aY N,,s. 4
of the waters. One negro family
had their home surrounded by water
before they We're aware, and their
walls of distress were most piteous
to hear. The homes Of Messrs. NJ.
O. Garrett, Sam Nichols and Will
Jacobs were flooded, and the inhabi-
tants were forced to seek other
places of abode. Their furniture
was badly injured and great deal
of damage was done otherwise. A
dressing case belonging to Mrs. Gar
rett was caught in the Hood and car
ried as far as Dark's Mill, where it
was caught by Mr.. MerOney. Mr..
! 5. b. Nichols smoke-house was
swept from its foundation, but
luckily WAS carried only Il few yards.
The turnpike bridges at Dark's
Mill and over Rutherford Greek on
the Santa Fe pike were washed
away.
Leiper's Greek also got on big
rampage, and old people say it was
the highest rise they had seen in 30
years. The water rose in number
of houses at Water Valley, and sub
merged many hundred acres of
IL. a
were very badly washed anG some
entirely ruined. The bridge over
the creek at that place was badly
damaged, the pillars all being un-
derInined.
These are but few of the hun
dreds Of cases occurring all over the
county, the damage to lands and
crops and fences being enormous.