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The herald., 1897-12-23
EVENTS OF TO-DAY

Orpheum-Vaudeville.
Los Angeles-The Fontanas.
Burbank-"A Celestial Maiden"
The herald., 1897-12-23

Board of Park Commissioners meets
10 a. M.
The herald., 1897-12-23

Grand balloon ascension at Agricultural
Park Christmas and Sunday afternoon by
The herald., 1897-12-23
THE WEATHER

TEMPERATURE-Rep of observations
taken at Los Angeles Dec. I'D. The
barometer Is reduced to sea level.
The herald., 1897-12-23

Latest styles wall paper a. A. A. Eek
ptrom's, ~ South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-12-23

Time Bar. Th'r. R. H. Wind Vel. Weather
A. m 1910 40 40 N 2 Clear
Ann S096 50 60 w Clear
Maximum temperature, 81.
Minimum temperature. "a.
Forecast for Southern Californiat-Fair
Thursday; not quite so cold; light north
hrly winds; frost in the morning.
The herald., 1897-12-23

Your money back il you
don't like SeAillsmg's Best bak.
ing powder or tea.
Notice what we say, "I Iyoa
don't like it," not "V it is mol
as good as yebyesented," or "as
not b.ye," or us not fresA," or
is not this, or is not that.
IT yox don't like 1-you are
judge and jury.
A schilling 4 Company ss
Sau francisco 027
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14


ern coast of the United States, Is re-
garded by some as significant con-
corning the possibility of Asiatics hav-
ing reached America by way of the
Pacific Ocean. Other vast movements
of the waters of the sea, to which at
tention has recently been called in
connection with this subject, are the
South Pacific current, which flows
from South America toward the Poly
nesian Islands; the Middle Atlantic
current, which, starting near Spain
and the Northern coast of Africa,
reaches South America and the West
Indies; and the North Atlantic cur
rent. which sweeps along our eastern
seaboard and then crosses over to the
coasts of Europe.
The intercollegiate Zeitschrift,
German scientific publication, con-
tains treatise by Dr. F. Maurer on
the regular periodical repetition cf
cold and warm years. During certain
intervals of time, extending as a rule
to about fifteen years, there is recog-
nized change of warm and cold peri
DDS. The warm periods, he says, do
not simply include series of summers
of extraordinary warmth, but also
series of mild winters. Similarly, dur
ing the cycle of cold period, not only
are the winters more than ordinarily
severe, but the summers are far below
the average heat. DR.. Maurer aifirms
that we can predict with tolerable ac-
curacy the time when the next cycle
OF warm periods will occur. 1t is due.
he calculates, somewhere about the
turning-point between the two cent
uries: and he thinks 1t probable. f.cm
the data obteinable, that the early
years OF the next century wiz be dis
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14
LONG LIFE IN NORWAY.
Another View OF a Question Much Dis.
puted Nowadays.

Another View of a Question Much Dis.
puted Nowadays.
Some figures have appeared recently
based upon the returns to American
insurance companies from their
branch In Europe which show that in
Norway the average length of life IS
greater than in any other country in
the world, and this fact is ascribed to
the GOODNESS and uniformity of the
temperature in that country. 1t has
long been conceded that the proper
tionate number of old men is rather
greater in Norway than in other coun-
tries Of which detailed records are
kept.
In table which appeared a few
years ago 1t was shown that of 1000
persons born, the number who lived
beyond the age of so was as follows in
the countries named: Hungary, A;
Italy, Go; Spain and Switzerland, 90;
Germany, 20; England, 90; Belgium,
&O1; Sweden, 139, and Norway, 161.
Accepting as correct this table, 1t
would appear that the duration of hui
man life in the two Scandinavian
countries, Norway and Sweden, is GER
tainly greater than it is elsewhere, and
denial of the truth of the conten-
would be difficult. But an examination
into some of the facts of the case dis
closes some conditions which impair
the accuracy of these figures. There
is, in the first place, very little immi
grafton into either Norway or Sweden,
and a very considerable immigration
from these two countries. The class
of older inhabitants, and, indeed, all
those who have passed the age of so,
does not furnish many emigrants, and
on this account the number of octo-
genarians is unduly large in these
countries Again, Norway Is conspicu-
ously pastoral as regards the pursuits
of it's inhabitants, and life on the farm
is certainly conducive to longevity
decidedly more so than life in large
cities.
Norway is peculiar among the coun-
tries of Europe in having few cities,
either large or small. Christiania
claims population of 10000, and
Bergen a population of 10000, but in
a country the total population of which
is nearly 100000, urban population is
certainly inconsiderable. Moreover,
the longevity of people is not to be
taken arbitrarily from the number of
persons living beyond given number
of years, but rather from the general
duration of life, which is not longer In
Norway than in other countries of Eu-
rope, and is very little, If any, longer
than the duration of life in New Eng
land. outside of the big cities and
manufacturing towns.
According to the established per-
centages of the life insurance COM
panies, of 1 400 persons in good health
at the age of 81, 1900 live to be 80,
and it is computed that person of 20
in good health has three chances in
eight to be so, and a person of so in
good health has one chance in seven
ten to be 90 What chance a person
of 90 has to reach 100 the insurance
tables do not state.-New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14

fore uttering the formal miss Smith.
allow me to introduce Mr.. Jones'"
The man IL. of course. always
brought to the woman whom he is to
meet; the woman should never be led
to the man.
These rules might seem superfiuous
were II not that one SO often observes
their infraction among people who
should know better. At tea matron
who years before had arrived at the
dignity of grandmother was piloted
by her hostess to young girl of twen-
ty. and they were made known to each
other in the well-meant words: MRS.
knight. want to present you to my
dear little friend, Mabel Day. Mabel.
dear, this is Mrs. Knight, of whom You
have SO often heard me speak"
II the ladies were amused by the
speech. they were SO well versed In
that knowledge of good form In which
their hostess was lacking that they
showed no consciousness of her error.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14
Bushmen Hunting the Ostrich.

The bushman divests himself of all
his encumbrances; water vessels, TO ID,
cloak, assegai and sandals are left be-
hind. Armed only with his bow, ar
rows and knife, he sets forth. The
nearest ostrich is feeding more than a
mile away, and there is no covert but
the long, sun-dried, yellow grass, but
that Is enough for the bushman.
Worming himself over the ground
with the greatest caution, he crawls
fiat toward the bird. No serpent could
traverse the grass with less disturb
ance. In the space of an hour and a
half he has approached within hun
dred yards of the tall bird. Nearer
he dare not creep on this bare plain,
and, at more than twenty-five PAGES, he
cannot trust his light reed arrows.
He lies patiently hidden in the grass,
his bow and arrows ready in front OF
him, trusting that the ostrich may
draw nearer.
1t is a long wait under the blazing
sun, close on two hours, but his in
stinct serves him, and at last, as the
gun ohiito q itttiC, thC 6iCat OosihNh
feeds that way. 1t is a magnificent
male bird, jet black as to its body
plumage and adorned with magnificent
white feathers upon the wings and
tail. Kwanect's eyes glisten, but he
moves not a muscle. Closer and closer
the ostrich approaches. Thirty PAGES,
twenty-five, twenty. There is slight
musical twang upon the hot air, and
a tiny yellowish arrow sticks well into
the breast of the gigantic bird. The
ostrich feels a sharp pang and turns
at once. In that same instant a Sec
ond arrow is lodged in its side just
under the wing feathers. Now the
stricken bird raises its wings from its
body and speeds forth into the plain.
But Kwaneet is quite content. The
poison of those two arrows will do his
work effectually. He gets up, follows
the ostrich, tracking 1t after 1t has dis
appeared from sight by its spoor, and
in two hours the game lies here before
him amid the grass, dead as stone. =
Lopgman's Magazine.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14
Live Egytian Scarecrowe.

While the Anglo-Egyptian expedi-
ton is making its way up the Nile and
doing battle with Mahdist hordes, the
troops, as they go up from Cairo to
join the men at the front, see long
stretches of grain fields, and, dotting
the fields and raised up above them,
are tall, muscular forms, almost naked.
These are the stone throwers, who
guard the fields from the ravages Of
the birds, and we're 1t not for them
the crops would be entirely destroyed.
The grain fields are the only green
things to be seen in the valley Of the
Nile at this season of the year. and
the birds sweep down on them in vast
numbers. But watchful above the
fields, perched on little platforms, the
descendants of the Pharaohs stand all
day swinging their sings, such as
David used when he killed Goliath, and
scattering the birds with their mis-
siles.-New York Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14

II is notifying to note how many
persons pay little or no heed to what
may be styled the etiquette of intro
auctions. To the lover of good form
there is something that sets ones teeth
on edge on hearing an introduction so
worded that a woman is presented to
a man, or an elderly woman to young
one. The rules with regard to intro
auctions are SO simple and sensible
that 1t would seem that the wayfaring
man or woman, though q fool, could
scarcely err therein. A man is always
introduced to woman, and 1t may be
we'll in passing to add that a lady's
permission should usually he asked be-
fore such presentation is made. II
10 a simple matter to say. Miss Smith,
may I present to you Mr.. Jones2' be-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14
To Prevent Premature eurial.

The United States Consul at Turin
writes to the State Department, Wash
ington, concerning the interest recent
ly aroused in Italy on the subject OF
premature burial and the steps that
are being taken to bring about dis
play of various inventions intended to
permit communication between the
grave and the outside world when per-
sons are buried alive.
Medical men have been discussing
the subject, the Consul says, and have
concluded that 1t is time to take notice
of seemingly authenticated cases of
premature burial. The famous doctors
of Italy, he says, recite cases under
their notice where people have Inques-
tionably been inferred alive. The Ma
tional Exposition, to be held at Turin
next April, will have as one of it's fea-
lures a display of the various sugges-
tons made for preventing people from
being buried alive, and all countries
are asked to join in competition by
presenting devices by which persons
prematurely inferred may be rescued.
No infallible test. the doctors report,
according to the Consul, has been pre-
scented for distinguishing apparent
death from real death. and it is pro-
posed now that steps shall be taken to
treat this subject intelligently. 1t is
suggested by the medical fraternity of
Italy that there should be modifica-
tions of the burial laws, in order to
place greater safeguards against pre-
mature burials. A periodical is about
to be started in Italy which will devote
its columns exclusively to the qucs-
tion.-New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14
A Kitten That Is Half Rabbit.

Clarence Mulkins, who owns the now
city works at East Branch, near Bing-
hampton, N. Y, owns a cat which is
apparently half rabbit. The mother OF
this rabbit cat is named Toots, and
was owned by one Jack Francisco. One
night 1t became scared and ran away
in the woods and few days afterward
a woodchopper found Toots with three
kittens In rabbits nest far up the
mountain. The old cat and her young
were brought to East Branch and Mr..
Mulkins bought them. Two of the
kittens died, but the other is living
and is a great pet. II has hind legs
and body like rabbit, while it's head
and front paws are like a cat. 1t sita
on its launches and walks about on
its hind legs. Its fur is Jet black and
has beautiful gloss.--New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14

The owner of q Partisan museum
paid hansen $1,000 for the oil-soaked
suit he wore when he met Jackson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14

The street decoration which takes
place SO often In st. Petersburg, Rus
STA, Is never completed. and frequently
not even begun, until the night PRE-
ccding the event to be celebrated.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-10-14

Beware of cheap parchment paper, Il
is apt to mould and cause mouldy but
ter.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
New Material in Matches.


Itis predicted that paper is the com.
ing material for matches. The pros
pect Of the wooden match industry
being appreciably affected by a new
process for manufacturing matches Of
paper is held to be extremely probable,
particularly as the best wood for this
purpose is constantly growing scarcer
and moro costly. The new matches are
considerably cheaper than the wooden
product and weigh much less, which
counts for much in expectation. The
sticks Of the matches consist of paper
rolled together on the bias. The paper
is rather strong and porous, and when
immersed in q solution Of wax, stearine
and similar substances sticks we'll to-
gether and burns with o bright, smoke
less and odorless fame.
Strips one half inch In width are fret
drawn through the combustable mass
and then turned by machinery iuto
long thin tubes, pieces of the ordinary
length Of wood or wax matches being
cut of automatically by the machine.
When the sticks DIRE cut to size they are
dipped into PHOSPHORUS, also by ma
chinery, and the dried head easily
ignites by friction Oh any surface.
There is some talk OF utilizing the new
invention in the manufacture Of
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28

Post, If a scorcher Branns Iconoclast,
aud see what Texas is doing. You
will see she is ahead of all competition,
the moet pleasant, healthiest and best
State in the Union. For the last four
weeks the thermometer has been as
high as 104 and as low as 6S. There is
never night but what it is necessary
to use cover before day 10 be comfort
ablo; there is never day the heat is
so oppressive that it is unpleasant to
work. Then why is not this the
most pleasant State in the UnionY
Our city sorghum mill will start up
next week. l see the sorghum is
stripped, the wood hauled and all
things are ready to get up steam for
the first crop. mean by the first crop
that the suckers that come up from the
roots or stubs are cultivated as before,
and second crop is cut and ground
from the same patch this season, thus
two crops of molasses from one plant
ing in one year. Thermometer stands
at 100 today. JACK RABBIT.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
Sherman and lincoln.

Secretary Sherman says he never will
forget the first meeting with Presi-
dent. 1t was shortly after Lincoln's
Inauguration and he attended public
reception, fell into line, and waited an
hour or two for chance to shake
hands with the great emancipator.
During this time" says Mr.. Sher-
man, ~ wondered what l should say
and what Lincoln would say W hen we
met. AT last it came my turn to be
presented. Lincoln looksd at me mo.
ment, extended his hand, and said:
You're a prettyt all fellow, amt your
Stand up here with me, back to back,
and let's see which is the tallest."
I'm another moment was standing
back to back with the greatest man Of
his age. Naturally, was quite abash.
ed by this unexpected evidence OF DEM
ocracy.
"'You're from the West, arn't you?
inquired Lincoln.
"'My home is In Ohio, / replied.
~ thought so, he said; that's tn,
kind of men they raise out there. )"
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
Give Yon What Yon Ask For

Is the kind of druggist for people
to place confidence in. The one who
induces you'to buy something else has
his own interest in view. Nine times
out of ten he makes more money on
the medicine he says is Just as good. "
0. N. Grant, a prominent druggist
of Grant. Boone County, KY, writes.
1T is the best seller l have in stock. /
sell dozen bottles of DIR. Bells Pine
Tar Honey to one of any other kind of
medicine. -
B. F. jackson, Oliver, Ca, writes:
II consider DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey
the best remedy have ever taken for
the throat and lungs, or any kind OF
cough.n
II am 81 years old and have used
about all of the cough and lung RENE
dies that have been sold during my
life; and, for the benefit of the suffer.
ing, will say that | have never used
any remedy equal to DIR. Bells Pine
Tar Honey. 1t gives quick and per
manent relief in grippe, as well as
other cough. We keep it in our house
all the time and would not be without
it. Mrs. M. A. MATcALFE,
1905 South Fourth Street, Paducah KY
DR.. Bells Pine Tar Honey is put ~
IN 25c, SOC and 81 bottles. If the drug
gist does not keep it, it will be sen
upon receipt of price the e. E. Suther
land Medicine Co., Fountain Park
Paducah, Ky. There is no other remed,
"iust as good" 1t household ne
| cessity.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
The Pistol Toting Evil.

Gov. Taylor keeps up the extremely
reprehensible practice of pardoning fell
lows who are convicted of the very
cowardly and murderous crime of car
rying concealed weapons. One such
implied justification Of this mean Of.
fense, as the pardon of "pistol toter"
is, does more harm than dozen con-
victions can do good. Those fellows
are either convicted by jury or they
submit, that is, plead guilty, and they
never ought to be pardonod. They are
not "mere children" nor or they ''old
and tottering masses of disease" Gov
ernor, but they are vulgar criminals,
who, of course, made intolerable nuis-
ances of themselves, or they would not
have been convicted. We protest
against such loose pardoning Of this
kind of offender, in the name of law
and order and the good repute of Ten
nessee. Chattanooga Times.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28

On recent Sunday night minister
was preaching in Belfast, when a
young man in the congregation, get.
ting weary of the sermon, looked re-
peatedly at his watch. Just as he was
III the act of examining his timepiece
for the fourth or fifth time, the pastor,
with great earnestpess, was urging the
truth upon the conscience of his hear.
ers. Young man." said he. "how is
it with your" Whereupon the young
man with the gold repeater bawled out,
in the hearing of nearly the whole con.
gregation: "a quarter past eight" As
may be supposed, the gravity of the
assembly was very much disturbed by
the occurrence.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
Prosperity of Farmers.

The announcement of the Pail Mall
Gazette that the failure of the W heat
crop in New South Wales and South
Australia will compel England to I'M
port thousands of tons of California
wheat will still further brighten the
outlook for the farmers of this coun.
try. The wheat harvest now being
gathered is far above the average; the
worlds visible supply of the cereal is
unusually low, and short crops in Aus.
tralia and elsewhere all point to higher
prices and good times for our agricul-
tural interests, The revival of indus
trial enterprise which is sure to follow
the passage of the tarff bill means
largely increased domestic demand for
farm products of all kinds, and when
to this is added the prospect of an i'm
mense market for our bread stuffs
abroad, it is evident that agriculture in
the United States is about to enter upon
period of great extraordinary pros
perity. New York Mail and Express.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
Proper weight of cnlld,en.

The average child in its fourth year
should be three feet high and weigh
more than twenty eight pounds; in the
sixth year, three and one half feet high
and weigh forty two; in the eighth
year, four feet height land fifty six
pounds in weight; at twelve years, five
feet in height and seventy pounds in
weight is fair average. Growth is
very irregular in children young peo
pie generally. Perhaps two inches may
be gained in two months, and for the
next ten months not under an inch,
even up to the age Of ten or twelve
years. While growth is thus rapid
fatigue is readily produced. During
the pause weight is gained. and work
can 60 on again. New York Ledger.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
Benjamin Franklin 6utdone,

Ben Franklin used to take rags at his
old print shop in Philadelphia, and
was glad to get them, and the joke as
to taking wood on subscription by
country editors has become standard
and perennial, not changing with the
seasons; but here is the Athens, Me-,
Post, that surpasses Franklin and all
his successors in the broadness of trade
instincts and his spirit of accommoda-
tion. As quoted by the Boone, Ia,
Herald, the Post of the Pine Tree State
meets its subscribers with the follow
ing liberal offer: Remember, we take,
hay, fodder, corn, peas, potatoes, tuI.
nips, fence posts, feathers, scrap iron,
honey, soft soap, shingles, syrup, to.
bacco, second hand clothing, lumb
coal, live otock, ducks, axle grease,
beer. hides, etc., on subscription. y
National Printer Journalist.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28

New York boasts Of q woman opti.
clan, Mrs. Beckwith, who carries on q
large business on Maiden Lane.
Clara Novello, the we'll known Eng
lish oratorio singer, who in private life
is the Countess Gigliucci, has just en-.
tered upon her eighteth year.
DR.. Mary Walker argued case be-
fore Justice Knowlton of the Massa-
chusetts Supreme Court in Springfield
recently and acquitted herself credit
ably.
Ex,Queen Liliuokalani has been Of
fered handsome sum to sing on the
concert stage. She has written several
songs and Is said to havea we'll trained
voice.
Mrs. Charles II. Spurgeon, widow OF
the late pastor of the Metropolitan
tabernacle, London, recently turned
the first sod of the ground at Bexhil
whereon large Baptist chapel will be
built.
Mrs. Russell Sage, in her address to
the graduates OF the Emma Willard
Seminary, at Troy, N. Y, of which she
is an alumna, said that che was gradu
ated at'1s, taught at 20 and was mar
ried at 40.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
Shocking Destitution.

Ft. Smith, Ark, July 21.-A shock
ing case of destituton came to light in
this city yesterday afternoon. In an
old shanty within the shadow Of the
United States Jail, lying upon q pile of
straw and covered with rags, was
found Mrs. John Haser, the widow of
q once we'll known German resident of
this city, almost dead with malarial
fever. In another corner lay two
scantily clad corpses. They were the
bodies of Mrs. Hasers children, one
six months old, the other four years.
The children had died from disease, ex-
posure and starvation. In :he hut
were also found Mrs Jordan, Mrs.
Haser's mother, and three living chill.
dren, oil of whom were fast yielding to
the pangs of hunger. Mrs. Haser was
removed to hospital where she will
die.