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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

The trouble with you Joke writer's
n that you never take anything serl-
ously." "oh." replied Sohrlblets. I'VE
leave that for the editors. "-Phila-
delphia Nsrth American.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19
CALLS TN SAVAGES.
HINDoo's IMP REssIoNs OF
AMERICAN WOMEN
&c u at Present vlsitla inc on''ea
states and wn IN wen II Ne "e''
Dat Of tho Country wnhs, h"f's-
whipping.

ANY women. an'
especially the q ~.
ers OF the FAR v, :.
are guessing 40 4
whether they shah
accept Bfamachar-
ian Bodhabhikshu
a white robod E~d
turbanod Hlndoo
visitor 10 The re-
cent woman's con-
.rera ln san Fran
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

a bag for soIlod linen. only Increasing
the Dimensions and using linen or do.
MIN IN place OF brocades and silks.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

Thomas n. Rocker. who enjoys the
unique distinction Of having been con-
nected with the New York Tribune
ever since rs FIRST issue. fifty-slx years
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

HE terrible fate
that recently befel
Sophie. duchess
d'Alencon she was
one OF the victims
Of the hre at the
charity bazaar IN
Paris has revived
remembrances OF
the days when she
was one Of the
most conspicuous
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

INC boIom. The short round bodice d
made OF solid old rose tafieta with a
full short yoke Of cream moussellne de
sole Around the yoke there d a
broad. full berthe. made OF ombroider-
ed batls,e six inches wide, headed by
bias fold Of the old rose tafIeta. 10
give a new hlgh sleeve effect. Two
folds OF the silk fall over the berthe
Just Al the top OF the sleeves. These
are faced with the rose taiioia. The
tall crush collar IL Of the solid taaeta
aud Is headed with two ehoux Of tho
cream fnoussellne De sole. The sleeves
are finished with the same soft effect In
mousscllno De sole.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

mark that nearly the whole audience
took somewhat indignant exception.
The Bramacharian's conversation In
private Is ingenious. absolutely self.
reliant and swift. He has a very lofty
conception Of life which Is At entire
Variance from the ideas OF the western
hemisphere. and with his careful study
and training in science. In philosophy
and our methods. he h capable 70 meet
an argument on any basis with the re-
suit that he will usually convince his
listeners that be speaks whereof he
knows
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19

II Is quite possible that many won.
en- will wear silk gowns this summer.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-19
LOVED IDEAL KNIGHT
ROMANCE IN LIFE OF THE
DUCHESS p'ALENcoN.

Her Hand sought In Marriage ~ Her
kinsiy Cousin of bavaria Was En-
amored OF a IIandsome Photographer
aud Esioct. the salt.
The herald., 1897-04-20
LOS ANGELES HERALD. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL TO- 1897

cities as regards the absolute necessi-
ty for regulationg the water consump-
tion by meters, the following facts as
gathered from the forty-ninth annual
report of the board of water commits
sioners for the city of Detroit, are pre-
sented. Records kept in that city as
regards the daily consumption of water
per family showed an average yearly
Increase of 1886 per cent during the time
Of unmetered supply. In the year 1853
but 7O.87 gallons per family were re-
quired against 1901 gallons per family
in 1888. In the following year metering
was commenced which resulted in a
steady decrease from 1901 in 1888 to 2734S
in 1894.
AS the extra supply had TO be fur
nished by the means of pumping ma
chinery. the expense account for op-
Grating the works shows some very IN
structive figures. A comparative state
ment of consumption and operating ex-
penses shows the advantage of water
regulation as follows: In 1888, with 325
miles of pipes. against 4S6 miles in 1894.
the actual operating expenses in 1888
were $92, ,402.59 for population of 1884,
S96, against $93.025.22, with population
OF zoo,oo4, or, suinihdiizeu, III
six years the population in
creased by nearly $4,000 or 34.63
per cent, while the operating expenses
under the meter system increased but
s62263, or two-thirds of one per cent,
and consumption per capita was re-
duced from 204 gallons to 144 gallons.
Ninety-five per cent of those metered
pay less than under the assessment plan,
and while the receipts were thus re-
duced, at the same time the expendi-
ture for operation and construction is
so largely kept down as to more than
double, yes, treble, the expenses of the
meters.
Finally, as of special interest to
water rate payers, this net is pre-
sented in connection with the experience
made in the city of Detroit, that the
former general yearly average water
rate rate per family was reduced from
The herald., 1897-04-20

$10.21 in 1885 to $9.36 in 1890; in 1891 the
hose tax was abated and meter rates
reduced to one-third of a cent per 100
gallons, and that these reductions in
rates saved to the water rate payers
in 1894 1913, and still the resources are
sufficient to pay all expenditures for
operation and construction and certain
portion of it's bonded interest.
In the report Of the city engineer of
the city Of Providence. Rhode Island,
for the year ending December 81, 1898,
under the water statistics, we find that
there are used in that city 12,0SS meters
ON 17,417 service pipes, with an actual
total consumption of 524 gallons per SER
vice pipe, or a total supply of 9,126, 500
gallons, with city population of 160,-
ZOO.
Applying these figures to our estimat-
ed probable population of 241, 900 in the
year 1910, and even allowing for Los
Angeles an increase of 76 gallons per
service pipe, making a total of 600 gall
Ions of daily consumption per service
pipe, we find that eventually, after in
Producing new system of metering, the
estimated daily consumption can there
by be reduced to one-half of the esti-
mated 4S,2o0,OO0 gallons; or, in other
words, this proposed water supply sys~
tenn, with capacity Of A, 200, 900 for do
mestic supply, together with a. reserve
of 5000. 900 for fire extinguishment, can
under the meter plan, do duty for pop
ulation Of 482.0
A collections of data from the various
water works in the United States gives,
in connection with this subject matter,
some very startling and instructive re-
suits.
The cities of Denver and Buffalo head
the list, conuming 2S5 and 271 gallons,
respectively, per day per inhabitant,
with no meter registration on the taps,
while the city of Atlanta, Ga, with
S2.6 per cent of all taps metered, re-
quires but SO gallons per day per inhab-
liant. thereby illustrating conclusively
the commercial value Of the use of me-
ters in connection with water works,
and the un1ustified waste Of water with
unmetered taps.
All places with q high consumption
have but a few or no meters, and in no
department of water works construction
or management, 1t seems safe to say is
there q greater chance for improve
ment and economy than in connection
with an increased use of meters.
TABULATRD STATISTICS
The following table shows in tabulased
The herald., 1897-04-20

quantity of water wasted, in some in
stances, a proportion of to 8. In cities
like Brooklyn, N. Y, where seemingly
ample provisions have been made for
a water supply and at a large cost, the
liberal supply offered to the population
Induced a liberal use of this commo-
dity to be changed into a more liberal
waste. No meters, or very few. are used
there in connection with the tap. which
use of meters is being advocated there
waste, and which, in the opinion OF
experts, would entirely remove the fear
of an inadequate supply to that city
for many years to come.
Col. Geo. E. Waring states in report
upon the anticipated water famine in
Brooklyn, under date of February 6. 1897,
and touching upon the question of waste.
that THE simple truth is Brooklyn has
in the works on which 1t is now depend
ing water enough to last for every pos
sible use for so many years to come that
there Is now no need even to consider
further source of supply.
1.-THE millions 1t is proposed to spend
to get more water may be saved by
proper application of relatively insig-
nificant thousands to the prevention Of
waste" And further on, referring to
the needs of English cities as supplied
under meter systems, Mr.. Waring states
that ''in 1881 the Liverpool water works
engineer (J. Parry) reported that the
average rate of consumption for all pur-
poses was 20 imperial gallons" equiv
alent to 27h U. s. gallons). He says:
There is probably no modern city In
which the legitimate demand for water
and the facilities for using 1t are greater
than in Liverpool. Public baths and
wash-houses are provided to a larger
extent than In any city in the country:
public drinking fountains are numerous
and water Is freely used in flushing
sewers and drains and in street sprink-
ling"
Ernest Collins, c. E., demonstrates In
connection with English cities that, up
on the establishment Of meters and reg
ulators. the daily waste would be re-
duced In three years by rs per cent, and
the daily waste and consumption by go
per cent. Oxford. England, with no me-
ters. In comparison with Cambridge, with
regulation, uses water in proportion OF
81 to Is imperial gallons per head.
The estimate presented to you at the
end Of this report. under the heading OF
present requirements. Includes an item
for 10000 meters.
In line with the experience Of other
The herald., 1897-04-20
ervice has been taken Into considers

service has been taken into considera-
tion.
The possibility of two or three fires in
progress at the same time necessitates
the precautionary means of storing and
delivering. when wanted, g. quantity Of
water equaling twelve to fifteen hy-
drant streams for each fire. which would
therefore require approximately for this
purpose alone from 500 to 1000 cubic feet
of water per minute.
The figures thus obtained enable us
to fix the demand for the city as follows:
241, 900 population at 200 gallons per day
equals 4S, zoo. 900 gallons; add reserve for
fire extinguishment, 3,000.000: added TO
this amount must be the supply at pres
ent furnished by the old Canal and Res
ervoir company ditch. which ditch, de-
irving its source of supply from the Los
Angeles river. will henceforth be de-
prived of its usefulness and will have to
be replaced to some extent by the pro-
posed new conduit Necessary for this
latter purpose would be a daily contin-
uous flow of water aggregating approx
imately 100000 gallons.
These quantities give a total demand
upon our source of supply of 5S.200,000
gallons continuous flow for twenty-four
hours, or 80 cubic feet per second, of
which amount 4S, zoe, 900 gallons daily are
subject to reservoir storage and distri-
button through the pipe system for do
mestic service, leaving 100000 gallons
to be held in storage for fire extinguish-
ment, subject to a ten hours draft for
three simultaneous fires and 100000
gallons for irrigation purposes.
rrbtc 20 vi nj ~ nP
S,200,0 900 gallons needed for the prob
able maximum increase from the pres
ent 100000 inhabitants to 1000 within
the next thirteen years can be reduced
to probably one-half this amount by the
proper use Of meters placed in connec-
tion with each service pipe.
RATIO OF CONSUMPTION
Statistics show that the quantity of
water actually used for domestic and
manufacturing purposes bears to the
The herald., 1897-04-20
form the population and average daily
per capita in the year 1896:

The following list of foreign cities is
appended, stating population, supply
and consumption In 1883 and emphasiz-
ing the proper need of water regulations:
Daily
consm mt
The herald., 1897-04-20

portance of providing literally for an i,,
crease or population and anticipating
tnereby the needed wants, actual re-
Quirements, and increased facilities for
handling, storing and distributing pota-
Die water, attention is called to the Man
NAL OF American Water Works, where
statistics gathered on these lines show
natural average increase of 9s per cent
IN population between the years 1880 and
1880 In a group of seven southwestern
states, inclusive of California.
Following the best practice OF hvdrau-
lie engineering, q maximum cons,n,,.-
tion of 200 gallons per day of TWENTY four
hours has been made the basis of tha
distribution plan for domestic consunn-
tion. Census statistics as regards the
approximate daily consumption OF watar
IN American cities having well arrang-
ed and maintained systems Of weter sun
ply invariably point to the fact so con-
cisely and pointedly expressed by ] n
Tanning, civil engineer, that the legitf-
innate use of water is steadily being pop-
ularized, calling for an Increased aver
age in the amount of household appa-
ratus, increased facilities for garden ir-
rigation, increased street areas noisten-
ed in the dusty seasons and Increased
appliances for its mechanical use. from
all OF which follows an Increased waste
OF water" This fact, as well as certain
local conditions, inapplicable to eastern
cities, especially our long rainless sea-
son, large areas used Tor lawns requir-
ing daily sprinkling Of water and a prob
apie increase OF manufacturing firms.
were conducive to liking upon a daily
supply OF 200 gallons per inhabitant tor
daily domestic CONSUMPTION.
IN auo'tion TO the above, an arhple re-
serve Of water for dro oxtingushrnent
The herald., 1897-04-20

A sanitary analysis made July 16. 1896,
by w. T. Wenzell, chemist to the board
of headth of San Francisco, gave the fol-
lowtnr res,tllts.
The times., 1897-12-12
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Me- York, Dec 1I.-Andrew Freedman
was today appointed by Justice Andrews in
the supreme Court receiver for Oscar
| Hanmerstein's Olympic rheater property.
Long Island City, n. Y, Dec. William
Heeles. AZ eiectricIigEt hneman, W as killed
on pole this morning by coming in con
tact with a live wire.
St.eator, H., Dec. II.-The coal miners
strike in the Northern Illinois field is end
ed the mer having gained the principal
point, that or gross weight. They will get
Al cents.
New Orleans, Dec. 1I.-fiov. Foster las
fixed January as the date for the exec L
tioa Of the negro, Antoine, alias Creole,
wa COZ ressed 70 numbering early 10. IN
peddiers in st. Charles parish.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 1l.-Councilm-u
Lucas and Steuchcomb Were threate
with tar and feathers last night and we're
kicked auG beaten until they soughF 81 1ety
in flight. They fayo7 gstreet railwa y orIi-
nance obnoxious to their constituents.
Queenstown, Dec. The Etruria wllicn
sailed from New York FOR Liverpool, ar
rived here today, shrineiue she captain ami
crew OF the abandoned British stea amship
Ailifield, OF Wmtby. from baltimore, for
Belfast.
Springfield, Ohio Dec. lie. b. Buck
ley today beat the worlds record at quaii
eating, he having finished eating sixty
quail at the rate OF two a day for thirty
days. liz now offers to eat nine fried rats
in eigl teen days.
Lima, n. Y, Dec. l1.-John p. 4 shley,
priI cipai OF Genesee Wesleyan Seminary,
today announced that he would pr,,ila bly,
resigr his position to accept .he presidency
of Albion College, Michigan, which has
been rendered bin.
New YORK, Dec. IL Mayor Wurster, of
| Brooklyn, today vetoed a franchise for
fifty miles of streets, passed by the board
OF aldermen. The East River and Atlantic
/ Railroad, in which Tom johnson is inter
ested, was the applicant.
New York, Dec. 11.-Annie Stein, who
said she was fifteen years Of age, but
who locked twenty-five, became violently
insane this morning at Third avenue and
SiXty-third street. The girl was first OBJ
served kneeling at the corner pra wing and
calling on people to go 10 heaven with
her.
Cemden, \. j., Dee. I1.-FTancis Lingo
the negrC farm hand of Mercha ntsvilIe..
who h5. twice been charged with mur,Ierof
White women. and who is alleged to have
attempted to lure katherine V. Berry. of
! Fhila deIphia, TO lonely Spo. near where
the other two women were murdered is
locked UP in the Camden county Jail.
The times., 1897-12-12
Oher-Ammerean Pic,ured

Washington VIII have an intellectual
and religious sensation next week in the
presenu ton at the Columbia Theater or
the PA ssion Play" as il is given al
HoritZ, in the Bohemian mountains, know n
as the Austrian Ober Ammergau. For years
efforts have been made to take these
pictures, but the peasants and those re-
sponsihle for their religious welfare al
ways objected, At last they were secured
by DR.. w. w. Freeman, after much patient
effort, and tile giving of a guarantee that
they would not he used for any base pllr
pose. When they are presented at the
Colulubie Prof. Ernest Lacy, of Phila-
delpta, ripe scholar aud poet, W ill he
the lecturer. These pictures have been
presented for the last two weeks in Phila-
delphia, and have attracted q great deal
Of attention fronI clergyfnen and others,
who Llaim that, while being of great
interest to the student as well as the mere
amusement seeker, they cannot fail TO
have great effect in making the world's
sublimest tragedy, the passion of JESUS
Christ, more clearly understood and better
appreciated.
The times., 1897-12-12
STUBS REFUSES 70 RESIGN
Says the Investigation Is Plot
to Injure Him.
Intends To Hold on as Grand Com
mander of Confederate
Veterans.

Richmond, va, Dec 11.-The reply Of
James Y. stuhbs to the report of tile COM
mittee who investigated his conduct as
chairman of the Grand Camp Confederate
Veterans history committee was no less
a sensation than the original charge and
the developments in the inyestisa ion.
IN connection with his counsel, Gen. II Hund-
ley, ne Kept the report OF the coumitte e.,
which was sent tu him as grand com
mander, until late in the afternoon and
then sent it To Il newspaper with his
reply.
The committee recommended that he be
expelled from the position of chairman
OF tn. Grand Camp history committee
and tl.at he be requested TO resign as
granc commander, United Confeder ate
Veterans OF Virginia. Col stubhs. in
his reply, declines to accept the cOn'iu-
sious Of the committee, or TO be guided
by its recommendations. He says.
y an now thoroughly convinced that
this is the outcome Of deeply laid and
weItexecuted scheme 10 blast my .epu
tatlor and character, and that behind
it al, is concealed the hand OF po~erful
interests, alike indifferent to the honor
and the Interests of the Confederate Vet
erans' Assoclatiols and 10 the Character
and reputation Of the individuals composing
these bodies. The Fundamental idea of
these ASSOCIATIONS is mutual comradeship
and brotherIy love, and ROW declare that
the whole proceeding has been in viola
ton of the fundamental principles of the
organization.
Instead of proceeding in accordance
with the principles Of brotherly love, my
accuseIs have, in violation OF the laws OF
deceDcy aud morality, scared by means of
theft OF robbery the supposed evidence Df
guilt in the shape OF the two checks adj
dlced in evidence, and without notice to ne
or the nature of the evidence they need
leSsly. called upon Inc at the tTial 10 ex-
plain these transactions OF more than three
years ago.
Col. Stubbs then goes on to say that he
viii fight the sentence by every means IN
his pcw er, and Will decline TO resign either
as grand commander or chairman Of the
hisJt y committee. He further sa Us he will
soon call his lieutenant commanders tC-
getheI and take action in the matter.
The times., 1897-12-12
The Possibilities of a Bath.
grom the Chicago Post.l

iIItln lHt Z ulCdSo l'bsi.l
IF you Will read these testimonials 70 all
these gentlemen, said rhe serious agent
10 the merciess broker, they VIII get an
idea of what my vapor bath will 10
Certainly responded the mereiless
broker, leaning back III his revolving chair.
TO stretch himself from desk labor. And
he read as if they We're printed, the foI-
lowing testimonials out of his own head, 10
the serious agents detriment and wa ste
of time:
when yon keep this vapor bath in yoHr
house, you have need of neither fire in
your furnace nor bread ON your table
''Josill Bivins says. With this bath
Lave been able TO keep my wife quiet by
confining her in the cabinet and piling
the furniture on top OF tnat.
Here is an instance where it went cut
into the stable and fed the horses. thus
saving the expense of a man!
Il have found il most restful and sOoth
ing To the nerves on my return from a
scalping expedition. In fact il has ,aised
on me the only perspiration ] ever cx-
perienced.-Jon Lft-the-Hair, Wayback,
Indian Territory
The times., 1897-12-12
NEW SERVICE SOON.
Traction Company Is Pushing the
rrepa ration for Rapid Transit.

Traction Company Is Pushing the
Frepa ration for Rapid Transit
Tho work OF Installing the new under
ground electric system on the recently
disabled cable lines OF the Capital Traction
Company is progressing rapidly and it is
now expected that the cars win be running
oil Tho avenue shortly after the beginning
0f tile new year The ducts for the
carrying Of tie feed wires have All been
laid from Fifteenth street and New Y 1rk
aveTue, out Fourteenth street, and along
Penhsy sylvania avenue, res pc ctivsly, to
Mount pleasant and Georgetown. ind
from the Peace Monument TO the navy yard
terminus. TIE streets which were torn
Up during tie progress Of the work have
been iepaved with asphalt and the tenn
poIaly sldetTacks removed.
Tie work OF laying the conduits from Fif-
teenth street and Pennsylvania avenue 10
th. Peace Monument will be begun t1mor-
ROW niorning
The copper cable from which the motor
car. VIII receive their current viii arrive
here during Christmas week. and the work
OF putting IT in position viii be begun at
the Mount Pleasant end Of the road i'm
medIately after its arrival.
The power house in Georgetown is near
ing completion and the foundations for
the immense smokestaok have been fin
ished. The stack itself Will arrive next
week.
The times., 1897-12-12
RAN HIS FIST THROUGH WINDOW
Charles j Crosby, Raving DR., nix.
Gives Hospital Doctors Trouble.

When Druggist Phelps put Charles j.
Crosby ont OF his place of business lasc
night the Young man, to get revenge. II n
hiS fist through one OF the plate glass
wirde We, causing terrible lacera.ion
several inches long aud nearly seyering one
fiEger.
He was taken to the Emergency Hos
pital, but his conduct was such that the
physicians could not properly treat lis
case and, after handaging up his wound,
CTust'3 was arrested and locked up I No. /
station oE the charge Of drunkenness.
Nj. Phelps declined To enter a charge
of destroying private property against him.
When I'cked up in a cell Crosby raved
like mad man, cursing and swearing
and aS:'iing greatly to his already painful
wound Crosby is about txenty-one years
old, Well dressed, and a nephew OF W II.
Crosby, q the National Hotel.