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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
THE CUSTOM OF TREATING.
It Has Ruined More Human Lives
than Any Other Agency Of Man,

It Nae Ruined More Human Lives
than ANY Other Agency of Man.
In converse tion with a reporter the
other day New York police magis-
trnte touched on the subject OF drunk
enness. The chief cause Of it, he said,
in this country was the custom Of
treating. That custom has produced
more drunkards, ruined more homes,
blasted more lives. and sent more men
to dr,mkards' graves than any other
custom that the mind Of man ever con-
ceived. There is probably more liquor.
OF one kind or another. drunk per cap
ita IN Germany than in any other
country on the globe, and yet the per-
centage Of drunkenness is far and
away less than it is in this country. In
Germany treating is unknown. The
result Is that man drinks at any one
time only as much as he really wants.
When a number Of men come together
In a drinking place in this country
most Of them drink not only more than
they need, but more than any one Of
the party wants. When it shall come
to be considered in this country mark
OF good fellowship and good breeding
for each member Of drinking
party to pay for what he himself
drinks, and no more, then you will see
much less public intoxication than now.
Do you know. though, that public in
toxication is diminishing rather than
increasing, and that, too, in spite Of the
increase in the population? That
statement surprises you, Ell? Well, 1t
is fact, and could hardly believe it
myself at first l have given a good
deal of thought and study to this ques.
ton Of drunkenness, in connection with
the question of excise laws, and took
occasion, not long ago, to find out
whether public intoxtcation was In
creasing SO rapidly as some persons
wouA have us believe For my in
formation l consulted the records Of
police courts Of this city. I went care
fully over the records for twenty years,
from 1876 to 1895, and this is what I
found out: In 1875 the number Of
drunk and dfsorderiy conduct cases
that came into the police courts was
1920. The population of the city in
that year was 1,O41, $50. In 1880 the
population had increased to 1,2O6, 200,
and the number Of drunk and disor-
derby cases had decreased nearly 49,
600, or to A, 292. haven't got here the
exact figures for 1885, but the number
of these cases. In proportion to the pop
ulation, had decreased 1854 per cent.
In 1890 the percentage of decrease in
the cases was .035. and in 1895 the pop
ulation had Increased by 776, while the
number of cases had only increa sed
.055 per cent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
Conf fort.

A new ship came dnto the harbor two
days ago, the fonerunner of new
fleet and a new epoch.
When the old National line about
fifteen years ago sailed it's 5,O0O-ton
steamers into this podt it was seri-
ously debated question in the news
papers and elsewhere whether their
size was not in excess Of the limits Of
prudence and safety. Now the 5000
ton ship Is small, secondrate boat.
AL the lines have ships of 10000 TONS
The two great Cunarders -Campania
and Lucania-run to $4,000 tons. The
North German Lloyd Company Is
building two ships still bigger, each
having length Of $40 feet, while the
White Star people are building one
Of the enormous length of 7O4 feet, the
biggest ship ever dreamed Of, not eX-
cepting the Great Eastern.
The progress has been equally great
in other directions. Fifteen years ago
the Alaska and Arizona We're "grey-
hounds" with their maximum of thir-
teen knots an hour. Now the liner
that cannot make twenty knots is
simply mot in it,
In luxury the Improvement has been
not less great. The new North Ger
man Lloyd ship now in the harbor
is the finst OF a coming feet, with two
great promenade decks above the main
deck. She is correctly described as a
''nine-story sky-scraIer." A little while
ago the main deck was the tepmOst
reach for passengers. In little while
the ship that has less than two prone
made decks above that will be deemed
an aitiQuated affair.
All these changes mean luxury. But
do they mean comfort in sea travel?
The twin screw requires broad bot
tom, and the broad bottom ship rolls
upon very small provocation. Every
addition to top-hamper'--'that Is to
say, every additional deck means top
heaviness and an increased tendency
to roll uncomfortaidy.
The increase In speed also has rob-
bed the voyage Of much of its delight.
The passenger who is never seasick
feels cheated Of his share Of the sea
when at the end Of six days he makes
port. The passenger who is seasick is
just beginning to get we'll enough to
enjoy himself when the voyage comes
to an untimely end.
After all, the old, slow ships were
the ships for any genuine lover Of the
sea to sail In, but in few years we
shall know them no more, and the voy-
age Will become as hurried and hus-
Ting as a Pullman car journey, unless
some one OF the lines shall have the
nous to keep in service feet Of good
old-fashioned sea boats that give the
knowing passenger voyage for his
money.-New York World.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
Barbarities to Smokers.

While Engiishmen smoked and
laughed at their kings wondrous ways
or growled at his tenacious grip upon
their pockets, Eastern potentates were
treating their subjects as only despots
can for daring to indulge in the Frank
ish novelty Of smoking. In Persia,
where but recently jealous strife ragged
for sole possession Of the tobacco indus
try, Abbas l. of dread memory cut Off
the lips Of those who smoked and the
noses Of any who ventured to SNUFF. On
one occasion he threw an unfortunate
man whom he discovered selling tobac-
co into fire along with his goods. Yet
by and by this demon Of cruelty HIM
self was enthralled by Nicotiana's
charms and become one of her most
fervent devotees. The Turks under
Amurath Nv. were similarly punished
for infringing his edict against smok-
ing.
Not less cruel were the barharities in
fiicted upon Russian subjects who, un-
der Car Michael Fedorowitz. were
publicly knouted for using tobacco in
any form; in some instance their nos
trils were split open. II guilty Of Sec
ond offense, death alone could wipe out
the crime -Gentleman's Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
Birth statistics at Berlin'

Berlin turned out ASSOC bahseD1
1895, Of which 7,072, over one seve
were Legitimate. There were
cases Of twins and six OF triplefu
woman OF As had her twenf1sk
child, and one Of 81 her fouFl 112
There were 2S4 families witls e =
children or over.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17

II there are not many vi1ifo 4
house, It Ii sign that tho h
wears the pauts.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
lDeuoralaxinr

Flo-I'm afraid l must give up cy-
cling. find 1t so much more difiacult
to be good.
Tom-Why? Blasphemy?
FloNo; but I'm always coveting my
neighbor's wheel Pick Me-Up.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
A Recon- rnentlation.

where did you get the idea for this
story" asked the editor Of the con,
tributor.
''Out of my, head, SIR"
III you have any more heas Like that
In your head advise you to have Il
amputated. Louisville COnrier-Jour.
nal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
The Care of Wells.

There is no need Of further proof Of
the dangers which wells present. from
the point Of view of possible contamina-
ton with disease germs, notably those
OF typhoid fever. 1t Is well known
how many villages have been depopu-
lated shy ,6Rt terrible malady. simply
:becapser wells which afforded the
,watfn A4nply had received not only
watAE sf10m pure springs, but also
d1G from cesspools.
Ach, having recognized the posse
klpfacter of this peril, advises the
arrangement in wells Of sand filtering
apparatus, for which he offers a very
hple plan. AT the center Of the well
.AF lowers an iron tube six or eight
centimeters two and half or three
inches) in diameter, Of which the lower
extremity, tightly closed by metallic
plug, is pierced with series Of small
holes that permit the water to enter the
pipe. In the open space between this
part Of the device and the sides of the
we'll (Which should be we'll walled up)
fine gravel should be placed, rising
above the highest level which the water
! is liable to attain. The coarse sand
should be filled in even to the mouth Of
the well, and pump-plunger inserted
inside the tube. The water which Is
pumped in is then filtered by its pas
sage through the sand. 1t is not posi-
bic, perhaps, to say that all the bac-
terra will be arrested, because sand
liberation is not recognized as abso-
l,tely efRcacious, but it is at least
great safeguard, and the installation is
very simple. 1t is especially important
that fine sand should not be permitted
to enter and accumulate in the body Of
the pump.-Denver News.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
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The herald., 1897-01-25
WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
The important Question Before the
Council To-day
The Mateo Street Electric Franchise Will
Also Again Probably Be
Tackled

The city council will meet at 10 o'clock
this morning. In addition to a large
amount of routine business to be dis
posed of, 1t is more than probable that an
effort will be made to devise some means
for furnishing work to unemployed res
idents and taxpayers. Just how many
men to be employed cannot be deter
mined until an accurate estimate is fur
nished of the finances of the city and
the amount that can be apportioned for
this purpose. 1t is probable that the
places will be divided pro rata among
the several councilmen according to the
population of their respective wards
who will name the men.
Another effort will also probably be
made to straighten out the Mateo-street
electric franchise, which has been de-
layed for several weeks on a palpable
error. which the old council declined
to rectify, but left it for its successors.
The company has offered to pay all the
expenses incurred in advertising, etc.,
up to date, and it's representative so
stated, but owing to slight informality,
the matter again went over last week.
This has now doubtless been corrected,
and the advertisement as asked for will
probably be ordered.
The herald., 1897-01-25
ArPA,sADENA.

H. A. Gibson of Los Angeles addressed
large audience at the regular public
meeting of the Pasadena branch Of the
Theosophical Society in America at the
board of trade rooms last evening.
His subject was The Mystery OF
Satan The cosmogony of every peo-
pie contains in one form or another Ihe
idea of contending forces or OF duality
in nature. These contending forces are
generally represented as gods-per-
sonified forces. Duality Is necessary
condition of manifestation-ligjht and
darkness, pleasure and pain. wealth
and poverty, good and evil. Motion Is
included in the idea of life. Motion
means change, change means readJust-
ment, readjustment means friction.
Force must meet resistance or there
could be no field for its operation.
Character is the result of obstacles
overcome; therefore, for any sane the
ory of the universe W must ienclude the
two forces. generally known as good
and evil The normal condition of one
stage of progress is evil on the next
higher stage, on which a higher form
has become normal. Evil is the resist
ance of the evolutionary tendency in all.
ages of intense selfishness, has no.
worked with nature. wherein he was
placed to evolve out of the lower phases
of life. So instead of nature being
friendly to man, he encounters diff
Guilty and pain as the results of his
wrongdoing in the days that have long
since gone by; and now since his
house has fallen upon his ears he wishes
to place the responsibility upon some
god, who in turn is expected to attribute
it all to Satan, upon whose back an i'm
mense system of Theology has been
built up. Instead of religion being a
science that is calculatedi to teach man
how to live in the world and develop his
innate faculties in harmony with his
environment, 1t has become an unintel-
ligible system that is not in harmony
with justice, the dignity of man, nor
the outcome of nature. This is right,
and man is getting what he ought TO
have, because he has long ccustomed
himself when considering the problems
of the soul, to leave reason, fitness and
justice out of the question in his vain
endeavors to avoid consequences of his
own acts, and get into an impossible
heaven. to which he is not adjusted.
The herald., 1897-01-25

the homes OF friends, he knew all the
phenomena we're not series OF tricks.
He went about the Spiritualistic socie-
ty for two years; had witnessed most OF
the phenomena to be seen, trance mate
REALIZATION, slate writing, picture paint
ing, photography, table jumping, etc.,
etc. But when he asked for the philoso-
ply OF Spiritualism none was forthcom-
ing, except that the phenomena were
produced by the agency OF departed
friends. Several facts presented them
selves, which could not be explained on
this theory. so he left the Spiritualists
to find the cause Of these strange things
He had been a member of the Y. M. c. A.
for years, and knew several hundred
young men. From among them he got
fourteen, who were anxious to prove
the truth of the latent powers In man.
They began by finding out what sign of
the zodiac they were born under, then
adopting their astronomical names. Next
they went through experiments to find
out the sensitives. Then one member
would try an experiment with another
in thought -transference, clairvoyance,
psychometry. In the course of time two
members developed the power to leave
their physical bodies and travel in the
unseen. While busy with these studies
and experiments we learned Of the ex-
istence of the Theosophical society. A
little investigation revealed that 1t
sought to find what we were seeking
for, SO several of us united with them.
In joining the Theosophical society we
did not subscribe to any belief in mahat-
mas, reincarnGtion, karma, or even an
unseen realm. What we did subscribe
to was that we would endeavor to aid
the society in the formation Of a brother
hood that made no distinction in race.
sex, caste, creed or color. We recog-
nized that each individual was part of
our very selves; that by aiding others
we advanced. In the Theosophical soci-
ETY. will be found ideas that give phil
osophy for the present state of existence
why some are born In palace, some In
a hovel; why some are wise. some fool
ish. Man is the maker of his own des-
tiny. He forms the body he appears in.
He makes the powers he has, The un-
skillful man makes a poor body. The in
telligent man forms one that enables him
to learn. In short, each man is in the
surroundings he has made for himself,
and IL he wants to be in better conditions
he must order his life so that he can
make them.
The herald., 1897-01-25
READ THESE LETTERS

january g. 1877.
To the Public: I take this means of ex-
pressing my thanks to DR.. Wong Him of
6S9 Upper Main street, for having cured me
of kidney and stomach trouble which
caused me great prostration. l was unable
to get a good nights sleep for about three
years. and, acting under the advice of the
best doctors of Chicago, / came here to get
we'll on the climate, but kept getting grad
ually worse. until I was told to try DR..
Wong Him, and by the aid of his wonder
full life-giving herbs l can say that in three
months time l am new woman, and feel
stronger than ever did. Any person wish
ing me to certify this can find me.
ZIG North Marengo avenue. Pasadena.
MISS KLEMME.
The herald., 1897-01-25
H1NTING AT A RUPTURE

Tuffold Knutt--You're always talk
in about hard luck IL you had a mil
lion dollars you wouldn't know wot to do
with 1t.
Moseley Wraggs-Yes, I would I'd
be a thunderin' sight more select about
the company l keep than am now--
Chicago Tribune
The herald., 1897-01-25
SECOND SEMESTER

University of Southern California, Los
Angeles. opens January 25th. Consists
of nineteen weeks. Students can enter
as readily as at first of the year. Geo.
w. White, Pres, University P. o.
The herald., 1897-01-25
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if Il
fails to cure. 25c.
The herald., 1897-01-25

Leaves Monday and Thursday. Sleep
ers, dining car and buffet smoking car
to Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis and
Chicago. No extra fare
The herald., 1897-01-25

My prices for wallpaper beat all the city.
\. A. Eckstrom. S24 South Sprins ~.--~+
The herald., 1897-01-25
DR.. Wong Him Has Removed to 83
South Hope Street.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL

DR.. Wong Him, the Imperial Chinese
physician, begs to announce to his numer-
GUS friends and patients that he has re-
moved to larger and more modern premises.
at S31 s. Hope street, between Eighth and
Ninth streets, where he still hopes
to merit the favor of their patronage. Take
Traction, Grand avenue or Washington
ctr
The herald., 1897-01-25
NO OCCASION FOR ALARM

Mosely Wraggs-Thish yer paper says
they've found microbes in soap. Wot is
microbe?
Tuffold Knutt-Derned If know. Wot's
soap?-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-01-25
DAclFIc COAST sTEAMsI. .
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Steamers leave Redondo at Ii am ana
Port Los Angeles at 2:20 pm. for San Fran
cisco, via Santa Barbara and Port Hartford
(San Luis Obspo)
Santa Rosa .....,4, Y, 20. 2s s. is, Ii,
Corona ............S, IL. "a. l. 8. IL, =.
Steamers leave San Pedro and East San
Pedro for San Francisco, via Ventura, Car.
pinteria, Santa Barbara. Gaviota. Port
Hartford (San Luis Obispo). Cayucos, San
Simeon. Monterey and Santa Cruz:
Eureka; $50 9 Il p,m;;. u I ? p i % 3
Steamers leave Port Los Angeles at 6 a. m
and Redondo at II am. for San Diego Stmr
Corona will also call at Newport (Santa
Ana.)
:. Jan. .. Feb;
Corona ............l6, IA, 22. 80, !, Is, 2s
The company reserves the right to change
without previous notice steamers sailing
dates and hours of sailing.
Cars connect with steamers via San Pc
dro leave S. p. r. r. (lArcade depot) at sos
y. M and Terminal Ry. depot at sos pm.
Cars connect via Redondo leave Santa
Fe depot at 1000 am, or from Redondo Ry.
depot at $3.50 ami.
Cars connect via Port Los Angeles leave
S. P. R. R. depot at 1:S5 pm. for steamers
northbound.
w. PARIS. Agent. 124 West Second st.
i'ea GooDALL. PERKINS & CO.. Gen Asts..
San Francisco.
The herald., 1897-01-25

CALIFORNIA LIMITED ON SANTA
FE
The herald., 1897-01-25

LOS ANGELES, January l, 1896.
10 the Public: was seriously afflicted
for about ten years with lung, liver and
kidney troubles. Tongue could never ex-
press the misery I endured during those
years. l was reduced in flesh until l was
were badly impaired was constantly
troubled with constipation and piles, ana
lad severe chronic cough. In short. life
was burden and death would have been
welcome. was treated by various spec
ialists without avail. I finally resolved to
give DR.. Wong Him. of No. $50 Upper Main
street, trial OF course, like many others
l had no faith In a Chinese doctor. but it
took only. few doses of his life-giving
herbs to knock all the skepticism out of
me. In just five weeks the doctor pronoun-
ced me cured, and now can truthfully say
that I was never healthier and never felt
better In my life My sight and hearing
are both fully restored; that obnoxious
cough, constipation and piles are entirely
cured. and am rapidly gaining in flesh
having gained forty pounds in two months.
I earnestly recommend all sufferers and
skeptics to give the doctor trial and be
convinced of his superior skill as ply
sician.
JOHN M. STEVENSON.
62O Bellevue avenue, Los Angeles. Cal.
To the Public: J. take pleasure in tes
tifying to my marvellous recovery under
the treatment of DR.. Wong Him of $50
Upper Main ST.. Los Angeles, from a num-
ber of stubborn ailments, among which
were chronic sick-headaches, dyspepsia
and kindred stomach troubles, heart affec-
tion and kidney disease. But what con-
slider this physician excelled in, so far as
my case is concerned. was in the restora-
tion of my eye service. Astigmatism,
coupled with other disorders, was my af-
Fiction in this respect, and, although a
number of we'll known skilled oculists in
some Of the larger cities of this country
advised me ] should always have to de-
pend upon glasses, and receive but poor
service even then. DR.. Wong Him's rem
edies have enabled me to abandon totally
the use of any artificial help to sight, and
my eyes continue to give such service
both for near work and distant as is truly
wonderful. To the skill and remedies Of
the physician named can alone be attrib-
uted a revolution in my physical condition
throughout that puzzles those who knew
Of the 'incurable'' character of my ar
flictions. Respectfully,
pico Heights p. O.. Cal, Sept, sept 5. 1sss
The herald., 1897-01-25
ourp1.AND EXPREss-Daily

OVERLAND EXPRESS-Daily
Pullman palace sleeping cars to Kansas
CITY and Chicago. Pullman IourisI sieSp- tit,
no cars TO Kansas City and Chicago daily.
Mondays to Minneapolis and 81. Paul.
Wednesdays to Boston. This tram makes
twentv-four hours quicker time to chicago
and the east than trains OF dininr ahS pooms
Iaoves at 1O:15 am: arrives at 1:S0 pm.
Leaves SAN DIEGO TRAINS
Lv sS:17 a.m pm Ar l2:ol p M e:go eIo IN II,
IuesaN saN BERNARDiNO TRAINS
pIv, Sam, 1915 am, pm
o-iv. SIT am, *9:55 am, a pm
PAR. $40 am lSo . III pm, \ Il, oiaS :s.ds nm
REDLANDS TRAINS
pIv s am, 1915 am, pm.
DIV. SIT am, .s;55 IN.
-Ar P-Ar TO- sio:14 am. 12:o1 pm. 's:o5 pm.
RIVERSIDE TRAINS
ply am. *10:15 am.
DIV. s:17 a m. es;so s,ss a I'M N = Pm
OR. *lO:14 am, 1901 pm. 800 IN.
MoNROVIA AND AzUSA TRAINS
rv. am, 1O:15 am, *12:05 pm, pm,
Ar. rs sis am, s:4o am, 1870 PM, % pm.
90 PM PASADENA TRAINS
Lv. s am. 1918 am, *12:O5 pm, pm,
Ar. sis am. $40 am. 1;So pm, % pm.
6:25 pm. .
SANTA ANA Trains
Lv. SIT am, pm. pm
Ar. $50 a. M, 1901 p M, +'S:50 p M, sos m;
tuesdays and Saturdays only, leave $40
Pm SANTA MONICA TRAINS
l'V' ~ yRdE;DONDo T; ID; BEACH TRAINS
x sxN JACiNTO, ELSINORE AND TIE
0&A-' MECULA TRAINS
Iv.-P *10:15 am. o 1855 am.
Ar-P u 80 pm. Ar.-O *6:o5 pm.
ESCONDIDO TRAINS
Iv .2p.m. Ar sos pm.
H' FALLBROOK TRAINS
Jv sS.17 am Ar. s6:O5 pm.
Trains via Pasadena line arrive at Dow
hoilnd. and depart Z minutes later east
Trains depart from and arrive at La
crande station, cor. First street and Santa
Fe avenue, Los Angeles.
Notice~The time tables herein show the
time at which trains may be expected to
arrive at and depart from Los Angeles, but
their departure or arrival at the time stated
Is not guaranteed, and the Southern Cali
fornia railway reserves the right to vary
from same at pleasure.
P-via Pasadena: O-via Orange; s-Daily
except Sunday; s*Sundays only. All other
trains daily.
coll on or address e. W. MCGEE,
e"'i CITY Passenger and Ticket Agt
oo0 Spring St., cor. Second st. and La Grande
station.
LOS ANGELES AND REDONDO RAIL
I.os Angeles depot: Corner of Grand ave-
nue. and Jefferson street.
Leave Leave
Los Angeles Redondo for
for Redondo Los Angeles
a.aOa.m Daily 500 am
The herald., 1897-01-25
LINES OF TRAVEL

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
TIME TABLE-DEC. 80 1896