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The herald., 1897-02-07
A Wind In the Woods

AS the wind, wandering over the sea,
takes from each wave an invisible por-
tion, and brings to those on shore the
ethereal essence of ocean, so the air lin
gering among the woods and hedges
green waves and billows-became full
of fine atoms of summer. Swept from
notched hawthorn leaves, broad-topped
oak leaves, narrow ash sprays and oval
willows; from vast elm cliffs and sharp
taloned brambles under; brushed from
the waving grasses and stiffening corn,
the dust Of the sunshine was borne
along and breathed. STEPPED in flower
and pollen to the music of bees and birds,
the steam of the atmosphere became a
living thing. 1t was life to breathe It,
for the air itself was life. The strength
of the earth went UP through the leaves
into the wind. Fed thus on the food
of the immortals, the heat opened to the
width and depth of the summer-to the
broad horizon afar, down to the minut-
est creature in the grass, up to the high
est wallow.-Richard Jefferies.
The herald., 1897-02-07
To Rree Furniture From Moth

upholstered furniture can be kept
free from moths" a western upholsterer
says in a pamphlet on the subject, by
taking the furniture outside about once
a month and beating it thoroughly with
strips of ticking about an inch wide
attached to a piece of broom handle.
Should one hit the hard wood with this
it will not mar it, while the regular rat
tan and wire beaters mar more parlor
frames, ruin more covers and break up
more inside filling than dozen children
could do. The main reason we have
moths is we are always going to beat out
our upholstered furniture, but rarely
get around to it. Clothing, including
furs, to be stored in the wardrobe dur
ing summer can be kept entirely ex-
ernpt from attack If put into new -four
sacks, linen sacks, or anything of that
nature, and tightly tied so that moth
cannot enter at the mouth. Chests
serve the same purpose when tight
enough to prevent the moths from en-
tering. New York Times.
The herald., 1897-02-07
The Latest Thing in the Shape
OF War Missiles
DESTRUCTIVE PROJECTILHS
Will. Not Explode Until the Right
Moment
When the Object Fired at Is Plercsd-Rscsnt
Experiments AZ the Naval Proving
Grounds

Especial Correspondence to The Herald)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-In the event
Of any serious unpleasantness with Spain
q new dynamite projectile has recently
been invented which would cause the
warships of that fiery little nation con-
siderable Inconvenience, to say the
least.
1t is shell the most remarkabl feat
ure of which is that 1t contains frozen
dynamite and will not explode until 1t
pierces the object at which it Is fired.
Another entirely new feature of this
destructive missile is slow-burning
fuse sufficiently insulated from the
charge to prevent premature explosion
while the shell Is traversing the desig-
mated distance. Just what can be ac-
complished and the terrific amount of
damage which would result to an enemy
by means of this new addition to our
armament can be slightly comprehend
ed by a glance at the accompanying
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against the steel plate, and only a
splash marked the spot where it struck.
somewhat more pronounced than If the
shell had been charged with powder.
This concluded the experiments, but
they were of sufficient moment to at
tract the attention of military men all
over the country. A prominent army
officer in this city expressed the opin-
ion that the pro1ectile would play an
important part in the near future in ma
val and military affairs.
"I watched the tests with interest"
he said, land the satisfactory results
obtained, think, would warrant their
being carried out on much larger scale.
1 hope the United States will be the first
to adopt the invention"
Mr.. Bakewell has spent many years
in the study of high explosives. He has
been retained as counsel in some of the
best known giant powder cases in this
country and in Europe.
The herald., 1897-02-07
THE WINDOW "EXPLoDHD"
A 500 Pound Pane Of Plate Glass Shattered
Without Apparent Cause

A curious accident occurred on Friday
at the store of NJ. Steinart & Sons, in the
"burstins"-for no other word will de-
scribe the manner of the accident-Of
one of the large lights of plateglass in
the front part of the store. These lights
are 130 by $50 inches in size, little more
than an inch thick, and weigh about 500
pounds zach. The accident occurred a
little after Z o'clock in the morning, when
there was no one in the store except the
nightwatchman and the ianitor Both
of these employees were at the back part
of the store when they We're startled by
what sounded like heavy explosion,
followed by the crash and clatter of
falling glass. Rushing out to the front
Of the store they saw that the northern
most of the two great windows had
been broken in and lay in fragments
on the floor. 1t was not a cracking and
falling OF the glass, but the whole pane
looked as il it had been smashed out
by some giant hand. Jagged pieces of
glass were hanging around the edge of
the casing. showing that the trouble was
not with the setting. The fall of glass
was so heavy that it badly injured a
handsome piano which stood in the win
dow, cutting and denting the top as if it
had been pelted with rocks.
1t is considered as fortunate that there
were so few persons in the store at the
time because, If anyone had been stand
ing close by the window there is every
probability that he would have been
killed The window has been filled with
canvas and boards. but it still causes the
firm q good deal of inconvenience, as it
makes that part of the store rather
dark and does not allow of showing the
piano in the window. The Lloyds Plate
Glass Insurance company, in which the
light was insured is having good deal
of difficulty in replacing it on account
Of it's great size. 1t will cost the COM
pany $500 to replace the light.
The cause OF the accident Is a mys-
terry. At the store there are two theo-
ries. One OF these is that the pane was IN
some way weakened by the firing of the
governors salute on the common the
day before, and gave way when it did
on account of the high wind which pre-
vailed Just at that time. The other the
ory is that the break was caused by the
two large radiators, which are close be-
hind the glass. They were started at
o'clock in the morning and had the store
we'll heated by Z, and it is thought to be
possible that the heat inside and the cold
outside, acting in conjunction with the
high wind, may have been sufficient to
break the glass. Mr.. Godding. the agent
for the insurance company, who has had
a good deal of experience with the
breaking of glass, thinks that the frac-
ture was caused in neither of these ways.
He says it is more likely to have been
caused by the settling of the building
Boston Evening Transcript.
The herald., 1897-02-07
Edgar Fawcrtt aud His Dog

Jasper is the name of a dog owned by
Edgar Fawcett, the novelist. He thinks
a great deal of his pet.
Alexander Ramio has been Mr. Faw-
cett's barber for about two years. About
three morths ago Mr. Fawcett went
abroad. Before going he told the bar
ber he might keep Jasper until he re-
turned.
The barber readily agreed and at
once he began to speculate on the money
he would make for caring for the dog.
Nothing more was said of the matter
until Mr.. Fawcetts return few weeks
ago, when he was presented with bill
for $50 for the dogs board.
Mr. Fawcett refused to pay this. The
barber let Mr.. Fawcett have his dog
but went and hired a lawyer and
brought suit for the money
Justice O'Gorman yesterday heard the
testimony and decided that Mr.. Fawcet1
would not have to pay.-New York
World
The herald., 1897-02-07
Two New Ocean Grey hounds

It is reported from Glasgow that the
American line is about to build two
more $1,000 ton crack liners, one in
America and the other probably on the
Clyde. The specifications are said to be:
Length, 500 feet; breadth, IS feet and
speed, 20 knots. The machinery will be
two sets, with triple expansion engines
of 5000 nominal horse power. The
steam is to be supplied by four double
ended cylindrical marine boilers, each
16x121a feet, and having six furnaces
each. The crate surface will be 500
square feet and the heating surface
H. 900 feet. The vessels will have a
straight stem, an elliptic stern and be
rigged with three masts and two fun
nels.-Chicago Tribune.
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to what extent larger masses could re-

to what extent larger masses could re-
sist the firing shock.
When the party had recovered from
the shock and proceeded to examine the
result they found the target pierced in
the lower left handkcorner. a short dis
tance from the edge. The shell, as in the
previous instance, had pierced the tar
get completely. The pojnt was protrud-
ing an inch beyond the rear surface.
| Th burr around the hole was turned
back enough to fully demon strate the
power Of the missile. The face Of the
plate or target was considerably SCARED
from the pieces of shell carried forward.
Altogether 1t proved to the party the alb
solute practicabllity of the patent pro-
Jectile for the purposes intended
In the third round a full service cart
ridge of $40 grammes was used. The
initial velocity attained was calculated
at 1850 feet per second. The amount of
dynamite in the charge was increased to
seventy-two and a half grammes. AS
before the she'll had no fuse. The shock
and explosion did not vary much from
the preceding one. The she'll struck
the target in the upper right hand cor
ner, midway between the center and the
angle. The point and shoulder of the
shell were lost in the backway of the
target and the plate was again SCARED
by the pieces carried forward.
The fourth round was a repetition of
the preceding one except that the shell
charge of frozen dynamite was increas-
cd to eighty-six grammes. The effects
were about the same, as can be seen
where the shell struck in the lower right
hand corner.
In the fifth round the projectile failed
to perform its mission, but exploded just
after leaving the gun- This was due to
the fact that the dynamite had been sub
mitted to the freezing process only about
one half the time of the others.
For the sixth and last round castiron
shell was used, on account Of the larger
shell chamber, allowing a larger charge
of dynamite. This time 116 grammes
were used in the charge. There was
decidedly good explosion following the
contact with the plate and the target
was thrown down. The shell being of
castiron, however, was powerlcss
The herald., 1897-02-07
A Bail In Mexico's Capital

The decorations for the presidential
ball, Saturday night, will be very effect
i've. The floor has been laid and the elec-
trio light installation is we'll advanced.
There will be an arc lamp at the apex of
each of the arches of the patio, both up
and down stairs, and the incandescent
lights have been distributed with the ut
most profusion. The monster electric
star that surrounded Independence bell,
like halo on the nights of the 18th and
18th of September last, on the facade Of
the national palace, will be divided into
two halves or coronets of rays that will
be placed high on the opposite walls Of
the room The arches are to be draped
The herald., 1897-02-07
Cure for Fever BIisters

Cold sores are the result of indiges-
ton. You say you never have them eX-
cept when you have cold. Well, can
you tell me OF anything that upsets the
digestion sooner than o. cold? If taken
when they first appear they may be
cured in few hours by the persistent
application of tincture of capsicum.
Keep little bottle Of it close at hand
and apply TO the lips with the finger
every few minutes. By this treatment
even though your lip be as large as two
at lunch time, you can go to dinner with
II at it's noTnal size.-What to Eat.
The herald., 1897-02-07
TYPES IN MONEY SPENDING
New York's Glitter, New England's Good
Sense-The Country Ways

Money spending types differ some
what in America according to geogra-
ply. For straight glitter and display
New York sets the pace. New Yorkers
are wont to allege that nowhere else in
America is the art Of money spending
so perfect. Without question, there is
no other spot which offers such a vari-
ETY. of choices for putting forth money.
All possible tastes can be gratified here
with no trouble of search at all. Aims
the most refined and modest. the most
artistic, the most literary and scientific
the most altruistic and beneficent-all
find in New York the best opportunity
The herald., 1897-02-07

with satin portieres, green, white and
salmon colored. The vaults of the stair
way are to be draped with blue, pink.
light green and white gauze. Liberal use
will be made of mirrors to heighten the
effects, and the floral adornments will
surpass all previous efforts in that direc-
tion-MeXican Herald.
The herald., 1897-02-07
TESTIMONIAL FROM A CURED PA.
TIENT.

DECEM BEN 3U 1875.
DR.. w. Harrison Ballard, 4O4 Stimson
block-Dear Sir: I cheerfully give my
testimony in favor of your treatment
for diseases of the lungs. was suffer-
ing with consumption, and was in very
bad condition, having a cough, with .
great deal of expectoration and night
sweats and was reduced in weight and
strength so that was unable to do any,
thing consulted four other physicians,
but got no relief, and finally went to yoa
and took your treatment, which benefit.
ed me Immediately, and continued to 10
so all the time while taking it, until now
l seem perfectly cured, having no cough,
no expectoration, no night sweats, no
fever; have gained in weight and
strength, and am able to attend to my
daily duties, feeling perfectly we'll and
enjoying perfect health. / am conf
dent that your treatment has cured me.
and 1 recommend it as perfect cura
for consumption. Respectfully yours.
MRS. LEAH JOHNSON,
No. 324 South Broadway, Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-02-07
Obser vation Buffet Car

Around the Kite Shaped track leaves
Los Angeles at 5 a. M, Pasadena at S:27
a. M. returning at sos p. m. Stops are
made at both Redlands and Riverside
for sight seeing. Round trip, $40. De-
scriptive pamphlets at Santa Fe Of
fees.
The herald., 1897-02-07

that when the rich have been rich long
enough to enter into the finer cultivation
and to learn to comprehend the rela-
tive values of the things over which
their money gives them power, they Will
show the rational sense.-1llustrated
American
The herald., 1897-02-07
Couldn't See 1t

New Yorker-I heard very funny
thing this morning-an Englishman
asked me if Illinois wasn't located some
where in Chicago.
Chicagoan Ghoughtfully-But where
does the joke come in?-Judge.
The herald., 1897-02-07
CONSUMP-
TION CURED
The Disease Often Begins
With Simple La Grippe
but Ends With Tubercu.
lOsiS
Nevertheless People Postpone Treat-
ment, Expecting or Hoping ITO
Wear 1t Out "-If Taken in Time
Cure Would Have Been Effected

Men and women in our midst are nu-
merous who have a tendency to catch
cold easily" and who are complaining
of an attack Of la grippe. from which
they don't seem to get we'll 1t hangs
on tenaciously, and in the meantime
the person affected suffers considerable
debility, constant tired feeling, with
numerous aches and pains. They seem
to have fresh attack Of "cold" every
few days without any exposure.
All these, and often other symptoms,
are but the early indications Of tuber-
Culosis. and in very large percentage
of the persons who experience the above
described feelings these symptoms are
warnings, which, if not needed, will,
soooner or later, result in consumption.
The fact is, these symptoms are the first
symptoms or the incipient stage of tu-
berculosis.
Every one affected with these symp-
toms should lose no time in having .
complete and thorough examination
made. Such an examination made by q
skillful, competent physician will re-
veal the presence of tuberculosis If Il
exists.
DR. w. Harrison Ballard is able not
only to recognize the disease when pres-
ent in this incipient stage, but to cure 1t
by the use of his new scientific remedy.
prepared from Koch's tuberculin, and
aided by his elaborate apparatus for the
inhalation of medicated air. which as
sists in the destruction of the bacilli and
in the healing of the diseased lungs by
the direct application Of appropriate
remedies for the purpose
Testimonials of cured patients and
references furnished on application. Call
at the office and investigate. Consulta-
ton free. 404 Stimson block, corner OF
Spring and Third streets, Los Angeles.
Riverside-Office of Dr. c. G. Sherman.
The herald., 1897-02-07
LOS ANGELES, February }, 1897.

DEAR SIR Replying your favor of the End inst Our will be
open from m to Washngton Birthday AS much
would like do special honor this great National Day. custom compe
line with nghbo these matters By that time expect
with aeaon We down
walls enlarge floor space with the addition another Spring
During the this good work stock much
and offering uheard of values all lines of Mems and
Boys Clothing and Furnishings When tell that $2 Mems Suits
selling Suits you
of superb stock of Clothing being sacrificed Such cutting
prices prevails the and think saying much
suggesting taking day off and special trip see for yourself
Very Truly Yours,
The herald., 1897-02-07

A Duarte Orange Man
Wrote Us

To know would keep all Wasntons Birthday
We him the following
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19
SHE
SUNK HER TEETH
INTO THE
SERPENT'S NECK
ut THE BTSE
OF ITS BRTIN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

William Adams, whose home is near
Wilbur, Or, heard tremendous Kissing
and rattling at the rear door of his home
not long since. He knew that a rattle
snake was doing the business, but the
other sounds confused him. Thinking
some of MS children might be in danger
he ran to the door. The rattler was there
all right, but there were no children.
But there, militant, were three kittens of
the favorite house cat and their mother.
The four were entertaining themselves
and each other in a fight with the rattler,
the mother of curse doing most of the
fighting.
For while there were movements that
would have be5ted kinetOscope. The old
cat had tackled the snake by the throat i'll
such a manner as to prevent him striking
his iangs into her back, and the snake
was making powerful wiggle and squirm
TO get free. Its tail lashed the air like a
whip, and its black fangs shot iE and out
like three-pronged lightning on a small
scale and in different color. But kitty's
fur was up, and she was using her feline
agility and quickness for all it was worth,
so that the snakes venom went out into
the air or settled in the earth.
Innocent as children the little kittens
had lot OF fun with the rattler's switch
ing tail. None of them seemed to care
particularly for the taste of il, but they
pursued it, caught it, and let it go again,
and threw it about much as they would a
whipcord.
Once or twice the rattler got free, and
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

prints of the dogs feet quickly became
lost, and the Sheriff found himself hunt
ing in vain for two or three hours
He returned to town much worried.
About four hours later the dog returned,
bearing marks OF fight, iact which
largely increased the Shertff's anxiety.
1t was evident that the hound had found
a victim, and the Sheriff concluded, from
previous knowledge OF the dog, that ,hc
stranger had been vanquished.
In another hour q stranger passed
through Idylwilde. a village not far from
San Jacinto. His clothes were rent badly,
and there were blood marks all over him.
He asked for physician to cauteIiz his
wounds. He told tale of fearful en-
counter with a bloodhound On the top OF
Tauquitz Mountain.
Suddenly in the stiffness of the noun
tain country he heard the deep baying OF
a bloodhound. His hair lifted his hat
several inches from his head. He cooked
his gun, but too late. There was rustic
in the bushes behind him, and before he
could turn around the BLOODHOUND had
leaped upon him and thrown him to the
ground. For moment he was stunned.
But the bloodhound clutched at his throat
and chest and he came to himself in a
hurry. With all the strength he could
summon he grasped the animal by the
throat. 1t was desperate effort. The
hound was powerful as Fits big Dane.
The stranger said subsequently that he
had never realized before the training
there was for fighter in a good scrap
with big dog. The hound jerked him
self loose with a wrench that almost dis
located the mans wrists. Then he sank
his teeth into the mans hunting coat at
the front of the collar and fairly thre W
him about as if he had been small ami
NAL. The man was heavy and the Round
lost his hold.
The man reached for his gun, by this
time being able to get half way to his feet.
The hound knocked him to his knees.
grabbing him at the same time by the
arm. For moment the mali tried to use
his free arm to get his gun into such po-
sition as to be able to discharge it into the
dogs side, but the tussle was too lively
and he had to give up the effort.
The San Francisco call., 1897-09-19

An Innocent man was pursued and at
tackled by a bloodhound recently in the
San Jacinto Mountains of San Diego
County. The whole affair was an acci-
dent, but it was thrilling while it lasted,
and the wonder is that the victim sur
wives. None have sought the name of th e
victim, and it is not known whether at
any time he had been culprit upon
whose traii the bloodhounds had been set
by the officers of the law.
The hound was the property Of Sheriff
johnson of Riverside County. 1t was a
big, powerful fellow, that usually knew
it's business, and had shown ability more
than once to the terror of the law breaker.
1t had never been tested, however, TO as
certain the enduring power of memory,
although there are bloodhound experts
and breeders who claim that the anima al
never forgets a scent that has once been
given 10 him.
Sheriff Johnson was on his vacation.
He had taken good horse, had even lett
his gun behind, as the story goes, and was
reveling in the unalloyed pleasures Of the
pretty Strawberry Valley in the San
Jacinto Mountains. Tauquitz Peak Ioomed
up not far ahead of him.
The big bloodhound joined in the rec
reation, galloping along beside the horse,
while the road was dusty and uninterest-
ing. Suddenly the dog struck scent and
shifted around as if he were on the track
OF wildcat. At first the Sheriff paid
little attention, but in q few moments he
looked back and discovered that the dog
had disappeared.
Thinking perhaps that the hound had
found bear or wildcat trail. the Sheriff
turned his horse and started an examlna-
tion. To his surprise, he discovered
tracks of man.
Johnson realized the possibilities of the
situation in an instant. The bloodhound,
when it chose to be, was fierce, and John
son anticipated danger. He appears to
have had little thought that the hound
might have been on the trail of Grim
inal.
The dog did not return when his master
called. The Sheriff followed the track.
He mighttas we'll have tried 10 follow a
jackrabbit. In the thick underbrush the