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Evening star., 1897-01-16
A Stroke of Paralysis.

From the sun. schaghticcse. n. Y.

From the Sun. Schaghticoke. " Y
Peter C. Thompson is the foreman Of the car
penter shop OF the Schaghticoke Powder Company
at schaghticoke. n. y. Mr.. Thompson rccently
had strokes Of paralysis. which at his advanced
years may very well have proven fatal Here is
what he says.
am siHiy-seven years old, and have been en-
ployed the foreman Of the carpenter shop Of the
Srhashtiooke Powder Company for many years. In
ss4.while coming home from church. 1 was stricken
with paralysis OF the right leg Very shortly after
ward my right affected. and 20 was my
bead and left eve. THIS latter anliction was 50
serious that all objects appeared double. ami my
sight to n certain extent useless.
Il had two physicians attending me- and also
two noted gsculists. from Troy and the other
from Albany, though they could not help me- hut
of course their services great deal Of money
and as was not earning anything. this alone was
a great source OF worriment and discomfort 20
me- for things looked blue
u WAS then that took notice of an advertise
ment of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Pesyle.
and read OF person similarly afflicted myself.
who had been cured In the summer of 1884
at once procured a supply OF the pills and
began taking them 1 used least four boxes be-
lore noticed any change. but then I began 10
improve. my vision became normal my limbs re-
covered their usefulness, and | was once NOR, re-
stored to manlood
L am absolutely recovered which at my ad-
Nahctd age seems little short of a miracle.
really am better than was for years before had
that stroke and DIR Williams and his Pink Pills
are the uppernost thoughts in my mind night and
day, and my thankfuness for having through
Providence, seen that newspaper advertisement, 1
can never adequately express"
DIR. Williams Pink Fills contain, in a condemned
form, all the elements necessary 10 give new life
and richness 10 the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They unfailing specific for such
diseases as locomotor atana, partial paralysis St
Nitus dance sciatica, neuralgia. rheuma tism ner-
vous headache. the after effect Of In grippe palpi-
tation of the heart, pale and sallow compile all
forms OF weakness either in male or female Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers. will Ice sent post
paid on receipt of price, so n box or six
boxes for So by addressing Dr. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady, y. Y. 1t
Evening star., 1897-01-16

riders in the race will stop and wait for
him. and renew the race at the scene of the
accident. You don't 10 that style of rae
ing here" said Tom Linton, the world
beater in records. IF one man falls every
blamed maa in the race sprints as far and
as fast as he to increase tie lead.
That is not spor:smanlke. ] think the
people like to see race, and for that rea-
son the race should be started again when
rider happens to fall down. provided he
is not too badly hurt to begin over again.
Even il he is the others should stop, and
start over again without him.
Your race tracks are different from
ours" said little Hunter who was the
Evening star., 1897-01-16
WHAT A TELEPHOTO DOES
New Possibilities Of Long-Distance Pho
tography.
Jungfrau, Taken at Distance O
Twenty-Four Miles-The Little
Cylinder Does It's Work.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The Saturday morning lectures of the
state board of education delivered at the
Museum of Natural History in the Central
Park are illustrated by series of magic
lantern views taken from photographs
made last summer for the museums pur-
poses. The pictures were taken in the
Windward and Leeward Islands. Trinidad.
Mexico, Colorado and Arizona. Five hun
dred of these views were taken by DR.. d.
L. Elmendorf. who used in the work a new
process Of photography which had never
had trial complete as that which he
was able to give 1t in this expedition to COL
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Saved.
From the Cleveland Lender.

From the Cleveland Lender
She was white and apparently lifeless,
but after the doctor had made hasty ex-
animation he said that there was still
nope. Her clothing had almost been torn
on her hair was disheveled and there
were many bruises upon her limbs
AT last she opened her eyes and mur-
INJURED:
Where am I?'
You are safe" they said to her,
Then she raised one of her hands Her
purse was still clinched ughtly and she
gave long sigh of relief
This happened on the morning that Blu
merton marked all his dollar dress goods
down to ninety-nine cents yard.
Evening star., 1897-01-16

with the ordinary
roads of the island.
We have roads over
there that are as
smooth and as level
as the streets in this
city. and you can
ride over them for
hundreds of miles,
and find them the
same at any point.
The English people
have paid particular
attention to their
roads. and they are
the equal of those of
any country in Eu-
rope. That is per-
Evening star., 1897-01-16
She Was Prematurde,

From Up-to-Date.
They were spinning along the boulevard
at the rate that caused the accident in
surance company to weep.
He leaned toward her with just the sus-
picion of smile upon his face
your boomers are becoming"
She interrupted him, coloring with pleas
Ire. NOW; am sure you say that just
But they are becoming-"
You think that it will please me. Now,
father"
Excuse me. but they are becoming"
says that look a perfect fright, and
brother" fS
Ripped" he shrieked in despair of stem
ming the torrent.
They finished the run in silence.
Evening star., 1897-01-16
After the EIopement,

From the Detroit Free Press
Artie-"Darling, you have no idea how
anxious was while you were coming down
the rope ladder. was so afraid you had
not fastened 1t securely above"
Susie-"You needn't have been alarmed
dear. Papa tied the knot for me-"
Evening star., 1897-01-16

"A Dire Threat,.
From Tid-Bits

From It'd Bits.
Father Crying to read lpewspaper)-
What was that racket in the hall just
now?' Ia
Mother-"One of the children fell down
stairs"
Father-"well. tell them fRat if they
can't fall down stairs quietly,,fI won't let
them fall down at all"ii III
Evening star., 1897-01-16

same size as the trap, to which the piece is
fastened. When the trap is closed the rug
appears to be an ordinary one. The table
Is placed directly over the trap. Below the
stage is a box, open at the top, with cloth
sides and wood bottom. To this box are
attached four very fine wires that lead up
through the stage by means of small holes
Evening star., 1897-01-16
A PrOdfgiOus Memory,

From Texas Strings.
Spinster of Uncertain Years Ito young de
butante)-''I remember well, my dear. what
a sensation 1 produced when / made my
debut in society. Why, ii seems only yes
terday.''
Young Debutante 0nnocently)-"Ah, what
conquest OF memory over years, Did you
know Gen. Putnam of the revolution?''
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Keeping Up ADpearances,

From It'd Bits.
"Sir. allow me to shake hands with YOU.
just by way of showing that l know some
body here"
With pleasure. sir, as 1 am precisely in
the same boat with you"
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Denied 1t as Usual.

From Household Words !" ID
Sunday School Teacher-"Now. boys.
speak right up. and answer promptly. Who
carried off the gates of Gaza?n;
Every boy, promptly nand rim chorus:
Tw ant me- I don't touch them.'
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Making Herself Plain.
From Jud,


Teacher-"Now, Thomas. the square of
the hypothenuse of a right-angled triangle
is equal to the sum of the squares of the
other two sides. Do / make myself plain
that way?"
Thomas-"I guess soma says too much
eddication is what makes you so homely'
Evening star., 1897-01-16
SCREW OR PADDLE.
A Comparison of the Two MethOds oi
Steamship Power and Speed.
From Cassfer's Magazine

n Comparison Of the Two Methods of
Steamship Power and Speed
From Casters Magazine.
A screw, worked by a high-speed quad
ruple or multiple expansion engine, Ia, un-
doubtedIy, the best means of propulsion for
merchant steamer engaged in a deep sea
trade. but for shallow water navigation a
side-wheeler Is preferable, for as a propel-
lIrg instrument the paddle wheel is not in
ferior to the screw while it's action is
quicker in stopping and starting the hull,
and side wheeIerS can back on a straight
course, which cannot be accomplished by a
screw steamer. Moreover, a side wheeler
does not sag at the stern when under way.
and this is very important feature in its
favor- The screw is more liable to be dis
abied by picking up submerged log or by
striking some such obstruction and break
ing two or more blades. This is not an un-
usual occurrence.
AS regards the seaworthiness of side
wheel steamers. the immunity from dis
aster enjoyed by such lines as the fIoIy-
mead packets, the Isle of Man steamers
and the Greensboro Flushing boats should
be sufhcient to prove their Stanchness for
channel service, but more signal proof OF
their safety may be cited.
The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Com
pany has during the last fifteen or twenty
companied by loss of life and letters bu,
previous to that it was their proud boast
that they had never lost a ship a life or a
letter for a period of fifty years and the
remarkable fact in connection with such
marked success is that during the whole
of that time their best boats were side
wheelers, viz, the Persia and the Scotia
Evening star., 1897-01-16

O4-i- bAcsC A4NoiNLIiS d pucSlioi VI hdticHdl
honor. As has been already stated in The
Star, treaty of arbitration between the
two countries named was formally con-
cluded in this city last Monday. The
scene of the enactment of this important
compact was the diplomatic room of the
State Department. and the chief actors
were Secretary Olney. representing the
President of the United States, and Sir
Julian Pauncefote. the British ambassa-
dor here. representing the British empire.
They signed the treaty in duplicate, and
made Ii an accomplished fact. subject only
TO the action of the United States Senate.
The diplomatic room has been the scene
of many important acts in the history of
the United States In its rela tions with the
other countries of the world. but it is be-
Heved no single one of them. perhaps. can
rank with the Anglo-American arbitration
treaty in its civiliZing influences upon the
world In general and the signatory powers
in particular.
There are many points of interest in the
great granite structure sheltering the
State, War and Navy departments, but
none that attracts more visitors or excitcs
as much attention the diplomatic room.
III lS a spacious apartment, complete in all
its appointments. and compares fayorably
In beauty with any public room in this
city, not even excepting the marble room
reserved for the use of the President of the
Dnlted states in the Senate wing of the
Capitol 1t is situated on the second floor
OF the south wing. midway between the
office of the Secretary of State and the
office of the second assistant secretary.
Although separate and distinct in ITSELF IL
communicates with both the offices named.
1t is sixty feet long. seventeen feet wide
and sixteen feet high. There are two doors
opening on the main corridor and one at
each end Sunlight is admitted through
six long windows. which. in addition afford
a toautiful panoramic view of Arlington
and the hills Of Virginia, with the Wash
inStcn monument and the Potomac river in
the foreground.
Mrs. Hamilton Fish's Taste.
Possession was taken of this room in
1s75. when the south wing of the State
War and Navy Departments was complet-
ed and turned over to the government. 1t
was decorated and furnished under the
personal supervision of Mrs Hamilton
Fish. wife of the Secretary of State al that
time The walls and ceilings were decorat-
ed by Tiffany Of New York and the fur
niture was supplied from the same city
The mosaic hardwood floor was covered
with two large Persian rugs of rich design
and great value, specially imported from
Smyrna for the purpose. Heavy damask
hangings of somewhat somber tfnts show
ing a silver thread and real lace curtains
OF exquisite workmanship and design were
provided for the windows An immense
Evening star., 1897-01-16

lady is drawn up under the table by means
or the windlass and the trap closed. This
is done very quickly during the moment s
Evening star., 1897-01-16
Room in the State Department Where
the Instrument Was Signed.
INTERESTING EVENTS IN ITS HISTORY
Furnished Under the Direction OF
Mrs. Fish Years Ago.
WHERE DIPLOMATS MEET

NE OF THE DIP
|!omatic events of
the age is the agree
ment solemnly en-
tered into between
the representative of
the President of the
United States and
the government of
Great Britain for
the settlement by
arbitration of all
differences arising
between the two
countries, excepting
Evening star., 1897-01-16
A W0mnn's Idea,

A WOmnn's Idea.
From the Chicago Record
She-"There's just one way to break up
the coal trust"
He-"Whats that?'
She-'Let everybody use steam heat"
Evening star., 1897-01-16

being the only individual represented in the
collection who has not held the office of
Secretary of State. The pictures accom-
panying this article were made from photo
graphs taken by Miss Frances B. Johnston
The herald., 1897-11-07

FOR EXCHANGE-CLEAR COUNTRY
property for city:
$1O00-20 acres vineland.
$7O0-20-acre improved ranch, close to
city.
$25OO-15 acres alfalfa: Downey.
s2500-20 acres alfalfa, Norwalk.
$4,000 acres; Anaheim.
s1O0o-10 acres; Clearwater.
S2500-20 acres alfalfa: Downey.
sS250-26 acres: Santa Fe Springs.
$1312-101a acres, / mile south of city.
s450--1 acre improved, south of city.
s2500-5 acres; Strawberry Park.
sl500-5 acres; Colegrove.
s15O0-15 acres: Tuluco.
s3OO0-30 acres: Lankershim ranch.
2500-10 acres improved; Burbank.
$1000-10 acres; La Canada.
s750-10 acres; La Crescenta.
10000 acres alfalfa; Burbank.
sS40o-S20 acres; Antelope Valley.
$2400-160 acres; Antelope Valley.
s25, ,600-12S0 acres, improved Neenach.
s2500-1O acres improved San Fernando.
5000 acres improved; Colegrove.
s25OO-231s acres. improved; Vineland.
SS0OO-1O acres: Duarte.
s35O0-2l4 acres improved; Pomona.
$2500-e0 acres; Grapeland.
$S5c0-6 acres; Pomona.
$16.000-160 acres: Pomona.
$1,000 acres: Winchester.
$1,000 acres; Perris.
$12. .000-S0 acres, vineyard: Rialto.
s600OH320 acres; Kern county.
S16O0-160 acres; Fresno county.
s2000-S0 acres; Tulare county.
s19, 200-4S0 acres alfalfa: Arizona.
$4,000 acres; San Diego
Q. ]. SUTTON,
1OS S. Broadway.
The herald., 1897-11-07

FOR EXCHANGE
sl2,0Go-Improved fruit and grain ranch
near Redlands, clear, for good business
proposition, or realty in Boston or other
leading New England city
$1,000 acres at Redlands to trade for
equity in Los Angeles cottage or lots.
$l500-15 acres level fruit land near On
tario for home in southwest.
$700-Up-to-date broom cottage; slOO
cash balance s720 per month.
s3001-Clear, 1O-room house on East Side,
for smaller house in southwest.
100000 acres at Redlands for vacant
lots in Los Angeles or acreage near.
s5O60-One of the finest ranches in the
Elsnore valley to exchange for property
in city.
Have two customers for property a.;
Highland Park
The herald., 1897-11-07
FOR ExCHANGE-REAL ESTATE
FIVE CENTS A LINE

FOR EXCHANGE - BY WILDE &
STRONG
$12.5OO-A beautiful home on Figueroa
ST., valued at $4,000, and a Groom cot
tage, close in, worth $500; mortgage of
$4,000 on the Figueroa st. property: want
close in acreage, Pasadena or Los An
geles property. for the equity of $1,000.
$14OO-Fine corner on Seventh st. for
500 cash and 500 lot; business lot
$50. .000-The finest stock farm in the
country; 220 acres alfalfa, 1900 acres corn
and grain. balance good land 24O0 acres:
$4,000 personal property, in cattle. horses.
etc.; will take good city property here or
in the east.
$27OO-Lovely cottage on Marengo ave..
Pasadena: want cottage here; let us
show it.
$5OOo-Lovely place. Knob Hill; want va
cant lot or smaller cottage for $4,000
equity.
$1O,0O0-22 acres near Hollywood. i'm
proved, and $1O, 900 cash for business prop
erty.
$5OOo-Lovely orange orchard in Sweet
water valley, San Diego; bearing: want
residence here and pay difference.
$95OO-Lovely double house on Grand
ave., paying $50 month; want lot south
west or residence southwest or west.
$50OO-10 acres in city for subdivision:
want cottage or vacant lots or acreage
for equity.
$25OO-New S-room house on Twenty
eighth st.; want good lot or acreage close
in for ~ the amount.
s1750-New 5-room cottage on Twenty
eighth ST.; corner lot; want good lot for
the equity.
$4,000 acres at Verdugo; Is acres in
fruit; good little house. overlooking en-
tire valley: equity of s2500 for Los An
geles city property. improved or unim-
proved.
A fine improved citrus ranch for acre
age in or close to Los Angeles that will
do for subdividing. from $40. 900 to SIS. 900.
We have several fine lemon orchards
near San Diego for property here: also.
several properties in San Diego city. If
you want to exchange your property call
in and see us. and we think We can find
you an exchange.
WILDE & STRONG,
22S w, Fourth
The herald., 1897-11-07

A valuable recipe or method for i'm
parting a permanent black color to
wood, and which has the advantage of
resisting acids and alkalis, is given in
the British Journal of Photography of
recent date. 1t is as follows:
Cupric chloride .................... 10 parts
Sodium chlorate .................. 6i parts
Water ....e............ ..looo parts
b.
Aniline hydrochlorate $50 parts
Water ........................lO ..lOO0 parts
Paint the wood with preparation or
mixture A, and a short time after paint
with preparation b. Remove with a
damp cloth the yellow powder that
forms on the painted surface. Repeat
this operation every day until the desir-
ed color is obtained, and then rub the
wood with vaseline or linseed oil. By
using potassium bichromate, instead of
the soda salt, a good black color is OBJ
tanned at once.
Science is a great iconoclast. Its
revelations are daily breaking down
memorable traditions and shaking hu
man faith in even religious dogma hoary
with antiquity and long accepted with
unquestioned verify and confidence
1t is also daily teaching man that many
animals, far below him in the scale of
creation, are endowed with faculties ap-
preaching, in certain degree, those of
the genus homo and that his self-as-
sumed title as lord of the creation"
must undergo notifications sufficient to
put his pride of race down a peg or two
on the rack of comparative mental anat-
omy. Now one would fancy that there
was one thing, at least, in existence that
science could not find a counterpart for
in her wide domain, to wit: the modern
tramp. Not so, however, for here comes
a writer. (Scientific American, Oct. p
who describes a veritable tramp fly,
creature that steals ride on the back
or wings of some larger insect, just as
a human tramp might steal ride on a
freight or box railroad cara bona fide
labor saving insect of the Weary Rag
giles order The journal just named
mentions that Rev. A. T.. Eaton noticed
in Algeria a small fly of the Borborine
group riding on the backs of big copro-
phagonus beetles. They settle down on
the prothOrax and on the base of the
wing covers sometimes half dozen fe-
males on one beetle. The writer goes
on to say: 1.-THE beetles occasionally
throw themselves on their backs to try
to get rid of them by rolling, but the
flies elude all their efforts to dislodge
them, lodging out of harms way into
the Jennings of the thorax and out again
in Way that drives the beetle nearly
mad. In vain she scrapes over them with
her legs; in vain does she roll over or
delve down among the roots of the herb
age; the flies are as active as monkeys,
and there is no shaking them off"
Here we have no small degree Of intel
ligence displayed by these tiny creatures,
each in pursuit of it's individual COM
fort and well being. When the great
The herald., 1897-11-07

FOR EXCHANGE
$20O0-6-room new modern cottage: large
lot we'll located: want or 10room house
will pay cash difference.
$4000-9room house on fine corner, south
west; mortgage $3.50; want smaller house,
or lots, or acreage, for equity.
s3500-S-room house. East Los Angeles
arranged for two families: near Downey
avenue: mortgage $500; want smaller
house for equity.
$500 Cottages, Long Beach, clear,
for city property.
s200o-6-room cottage, large lots, East
Los Angeles, mortgage, $500; want acre
age for equity.
slSO0-S-room house, we'll located, mort
gage s640; want smaller house.
$300O-5-room and 4-room cottages: hard
finished. on 5 lots each, 60X155: barns.
well, windmill and tank; all fenced; set
to fruit trees in bearing; clear; want
Groom cottage in southwest part Of city.
slS00-5-room cottage and barn; large
lot on Burlington avenue, mortgage $500:
want lots or acreage.
s4000-Lot on Eleventh bet. Hill ond Oh
i've; Groom colonial house: mortgage
$1,000; want place further out for equity.
o. j. SUTTON,
los S. Broadway.
The herald., 1897-11-07

FOR EXCHANGE-ANI IDEAL SUBURB
an home.
20 acres in South Los Angeles: we have
one of the choicest 20 acres in South Los
Angeles, highly improved to exchange
equity for city or country property, city
preferred, 10 acres of which are set to IL
year-old walnuts, acres to oranges in
fine bearing, acre to berries, balance in
alfalfa; plenty of water; good two-story
house; price $1,000; mortgage, 5000
w. I. HOLLINGSWORTH & CO,
S3S S. Broadway.
The herald., 1897-11-07
FOR EXCHANGE

FOR EXCHANGE
16O acres, IS miles from Los Angeles.
5-roomed house, good stable, large barn
chicken house, ETC.; foot-hill proposi-
ton. with abundance of water: 60 acres
good farming land, suitable for citrus or
deciduous fruits.
10 acres in bearing oranges and lemons.
plenty or good oak timber on part of
land; a lovely and profitable home. w.nt
house and lot in Los Angeles; value saooo
w. Fl. DICKINSON.
147 S. Broadway
The herald., 1897-11-07
MACHINERY

MOLINE PLOW COMPANY, A. G. HALL.
agent, Davies warehouse, Central ave.,
bet. First and Second sts.-Complete lire
of farming implements wagons and car
riages.
The herald., 1897-11-07

ONE HAND READ FREE; LIFE READ
from cradle to the grave without ques.
tion or mistake; advice given on business
money matters and all family affairs
ll1k w. Third st. Ills
The herald., 1897-11-07
MINING AND ASSAYING
FIVE CENTS A LINN

FIVE CENTS A LINN
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SPECIAL PROPOSITION
Will sell a mining property with about
300 feet of work at a sacrifice; small pay
ment, balance to be paid out of the profits
from ore taken from mine. Easy of ac-
cess; good ore; only mine on desert which
has water supply on the property; 6
miles from railroad; 100 miles from Los
Angeles. Address Y, box 81, Herald.
THE BIMETALLIC ASSAY OFFICE
and Chemical Laboratory, 124 S. Main st.
r. A. PEREZ. E. NJ. manager 12-4 II