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The herald., 1897-08-29
Raised in Whittier's Claim
Against the County
ABOUT $4,000 is OWING
The COMMITMENT OF j. B. COL
.LINS TANGLED UP
The Bishop NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. As
pect of Railroad Accidents.
The Divorce Mill

Quite an interesting question OF law
has developed in connection with the in
debtedness of Los Angeles county to the
Whittier reform school.
For quite long time the board of su-
pervisors have been in the habit of re-
iecting the monthly claim sent in by The
school for the maintenance of boys sent
there from this county on a criminal
charge. These claims have ranged all
the way from S125 TO nearly twice that
amount per month. Almost immedlale~
ly before the last election for county Oh
ficers the school authorities brought
suit against the county to compel pay
ment of back claims for these boys ana
obtained a Judgment. The case was ap-
pealed to the supreme court and the
Judgment of the lower court was af-
firmed. That would, at first glance,
seem to settle the matter but it doesn t.
The claims in arrears. including the
Judgment obtained, aggregate about
$4,000, but Deputy District Attorney
Holton is in somewhat of quandary
for while he realizes that in equity the
school is entitled to the full amount,
the statute specifically states that no
claim can be sustained against the
county when over six months in ar
rears. Thus. to have gained the benefit
accruing to it in law the Whittier school
ought to have brought suit every SIX
months for the amount in arrears during
the previous half year, As it is, only one
suit was brought to determine claims
upon the county incurred nearly three
years ago.
The question is a rather curious one.
and shows how it is possible for the
equities in a case to be diametricaily
opposed to the law. Mr.. Holton is 10th
to advise the supervisors either way,
but as it is his duty merely to interpret
the law-altogether apart from any
equity in any specific case brought undsr
his notice-he has sought the legal opin-
ion of the attorney general in the mat
ter. If it is determined that the county
must pay the full amount, then slight
increase must be made in the next tax
levy, in order to pay the Indebtedness.
The herald., 1897-08-29
The Divorce Mill

The following complaints in divorce
were filed during the week just ended:
Richard L. Fleming against Kate C
Fleming.
A. E. Temple against G. F. Temple.
Josie Paukey against Charles Paukey
Juan Barneche against Juana Bar
neche.
I. NJ Gore against S. j. Gore.
A. d. Youmars against John You
mans.
w. B. Smith against NJ. ]. Smith.
Helena Ehlers against p. w. Ehlers.
Isabella Hughes against j. d, Hughes.
j. H Thomas against Ann Thomas.
The herald., 1897-08-29
New Suits Filed

/. N. Van Nuys VS.. w. B. Barber--A
suit to recover possession of the north
lower flat of the series of four flats at
S24 Hill street, for $50 loss in rental and
$50 as damages.
Laura D. Egan. VS.. Gregory Perkins,
ir.. as assignee in insolvency of George
C. Egan, an insolvent debtor-A suit
to quiet title to lot 6. block of LIE Mars
subdivision of block 1874, of the town of
Pomona
r. w. Poindexter VS.. r. J. Satter-
white-A suit to enforce payment of $l2
per month from January l, 1897, with in
terest on S1400 from October l, 1896, al
the rate of s per cent on real estate
contract, and that defendants rights to
purchase the land under the contract be
foreclosed.
j. L. Griffin VS.. w. S. Burrell, E. Kiff
and Pete Gango-A damage suit for
S5000
The herald., 1897-08-29
SCIENCE IN EVIDENCE
One Cause of Accidents on the Rail
roads

Damage suits against the railroad
companies are ordinary every day oc-
cugrenees. and they are generally
brought to recover for injuries sustained
by the plaintiff when his vehicle was
run down by locomotive Such a suit
was filed against the Southern Pacific
during the week just ended.
In such cases the pivotal point is not
unfrequently whether the necessary sig
mails Of warning were given by the loco
motive, and in this regard evidence of
an altogether new character will very
likely be made use Of in all such rail-
road cases. A suit was recently decided
In the east wherein it was sought to de-
The herald., 1897-08-29
THREE OF A KIND
Gin Ting the Third Charged With
Illegal Immigration

Next Tuesday is going to be Chinese
day with Commissioner Van Dyke. Lit
tie Cue Ting's case is to come up then,
likewise that of Chung Men Pock, and
yesterday when Gin Ting was brought
before him OF the same charge--that Of
being urlawfuliy in the United States.
Mr.. Van Dyke carried his case also over
until the same day. That will be three
The herald., 1897-08-29

OF Mile Cecile Chaminade, the French
composer, who is gaining steadily an
enviable reputation for her songs and
the current number of the New York
Musical Age has the following interest
ing notice:
"Cecile Chaminade, whom we are to
hear in this city next season, was born
in 1861, and comes of a French nautical
family. Her musical talent asserted it.
self at very early age, for at years she
had already begun to compose little tunes
of religious character.
"Bzet predicted great things Of her
future She studied with many of the
most prominent musicians, among whom
was Benjamin GODDARD.
Her first concert in Paris was given al
the age of IS, when she won the very
highest encomiums, especially from
Ambrose Thomas.
Since that time she has strengthened
her claim as one of the first modern
French composers. Her writings have
ranged from small 10 some very import
ant works through means of which she
has established herself very highly in
French musical ranks. Les Amazones,
lyric symphony for chorus and orches-
ira, follows the form Of Hector Berlioz
somewhat. Romeo ct Juliette,' SYM
phory; La Sevillane.' comic opera; a
ballet, 'Callrhoe.' represented in Lyons
LII 1883, and some other piano and orches-
trail works are included in her most i'm
portant efforts.
ITO this list may be added two trios
for piano. violin and cello and innumer-
able little gems for piano, such as Scarf
Dance Spinning Wheel 'Pierrette,
'Scaramouche.' 'Arlequin' La Lison-
jera,' etc, and several albums of songs,
all of them delightful in originality.
"These lighter works of hers are pre-
ferred by many. Her choice of lyrics for
these is generally of the most refined.
She has set to music numerous poems:
of Victor Hugo, Armand Silvestre, Sully-
Prudhomme and Francois Coppee.
mile. Chaminade, besides, is highly
gifted pianiste. and is in great demand
in London and Paris where she gives
recitals comprising only her own works. "
The herald., 1897-08-29

For steam. gasoline or electric pumping
plants see the Machinery and Electrical
company, 35l North Main street.
The herald., 1897-08-29
LOS ANGELES HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 29 1897

of kind, and the commissioners hands
will probably beth be full before all the
evidence is in and sifted and the three
Celestials proved either to be or not to be
in the country lawfully.
The herald., 1897-08-29

When a young woman bleaches her
hair it is now proper to say she uses
Extract of Klondyke."
The herald., 1897-08-29

Latest style OF wall paper at A. A. Eek.
stroms 5. 324 South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-08-29

DR.. D. Cave. dentist, rooms 2O7-21O Lank
ershim block.
The herald., 1897-08-29
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Says New York exchange, plain
lively, How are the mighty fallen!
Guile, once an Italian grand opera tenor
has signed contracts for tour over the
b. f. Keith circuit of continuous per-
formance theaters. and will open in Mr
Keith's new theater in Boston. Late
in the season Guile will be heard at the
Union Square"
1t does seem very pathetic, doesn't it!
BY dwelling on the thought one could
grow positively lachrymose over the
main idea, and maudlin in the contem-
| pla ton of its various ramifications.-The
heydey of youth gone, a magnificent
voice shattered or at least falling. the
intoxicating adulation of the public
thing of the past, etc, etc. That is the
| way it ought to be, perhaps, aesthetical-
ly.-But aa it happens that is all senti-
men tai bosh. The real truth Of the mat
ter is this:
Just at present italian opera stock is
below par; the American public is Ger
man opera mad-that is, those people
who want opera al all want wagner;
and the consequence is that the expo
nents of Italian opera are liable to starVe
until the mercurial musical taste changes
back again, as ii is quite likely to do az
any time.
Meanwhile such singers as Guile,
Scalchi and others, who have grown ac~
customed to reapng comfortable mar
vests of American dollars once in JUS
so often. and who are artists. yes, hut
who have as we'll very keen eye to
the main chance, have nibbled' at the
juicy bait held out to them from the
managers of continuous show or 'vau-
deville" houses all over the continent
and have accepted with suave grace
and unfiinching front the offer of any
where from 5000 to $3.50 a week to go on
and sing fifteen or twenty minutes for
seven evenings and three matinees.
And when you come to think of it
an occupation that requires but three
hours and twenty minutes work at the
outside in a week, for which the mini
mum recompense is $780, and when it is
further remembered that there is NJ
outlay for clothes as in an operate roper
toire, and one can sing the same old
songs in the same old way over and over,
and that travelling exVsnses are paid
well, there are other fates that are as
hard to bear. even for that human eX-
otic, "a grand opera singer"
1t is whole lot better than subsist-
ing on macaroni and goats milk. cheese
and sunsets in their native cline and
scornng all else,-"for arts sake" That
might have been done in the pre-Ra
phaelite days; but since the Vaudeville
managers have issued their proclama
tion that "the best is none too good for
us in music as in other lines. they get
the best, they pay for it, the public is
benefited, and no harm is done any"
where-not even to Art-with a large A
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The herald., 1897-08-29
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English German Expert Specialists
Broadway
o o Evening,
The herald., 1897-08-29
Contagious Blood Poison

At any STAGE primary secondary tertiary inherited for
ever driven from the SYSTEM and in short space of time
for List All confidential
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
CLOTHES IMMORTAL. 1
Made So For Eeonomizing People by
 Gotham Industry.


 It's easy to be | we'll dressed man nowadays. If one saves up his old clothes until he aceamulates few suits and then follows the example of bis rich friends here, he will soon find out how they pose as bowling swells at comparatively little outlay It costs only S25 year 10 look like a man who owns a valet, providing one has the costumes to start on Ill skyseraping structure ! suit of sumptuosts offices is occupied by the clerical staff of a concern which is engaged ill keeping the clothes of some of our worthiest and most infiuen- tial citizens in repair. A large factory down town. employing small army of scourers, pressers and menders, is kept i'll constant operation, and the wagons of the company may be seen daily cov- erlng regular routes in the best parts of the city. So sensitive are the patrons of the concern, however, lest their econom- ical procliyities become known to neigh. bors that nothing more than the ambig- uous title of the firm is painted on the vehicle.
 A lady with pronounced French ao- cent manages this part of the business. From her it was learned that yearly subscription fee of $25, payable in ad. vance, entities any ordinary American citizen to membership in this concern, by means of which lis clothes at least can jostle up against those of the Four Hundred. On paying the fee the mem- bers are entitled to all the services re- quired to keep their wardrobe in repair and presentable condition. The chests are allotted to him, upon which his name and address are printed. One of these remains at his home, while the other is at the factory. Wagons call at the houses of patrons of the company twice . week, if necessary and collect the clohes which haye been placed in the chest, at the same time leaving a chest full of clothes, carefully mended and pressed ready for wear. One young man who has been Q patron of the novel establishment for some time says that il works like charm, and his apparel bears out his statement Of course the tailors, the old clothes gatherers and the servants who have strutted ill the cast off garments of their masters don't like the innovation, but it is necessity of tho times Keeping up appearance is great business here and this new clothes fixing scheme is a regular boon to lots of men who travel on shape and style. New York Letter in Pittsburg Dis. patch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
Kues.ac sel,eeI s3ardas:s.

Over in Russia many of the schools nave connected with them small gar. dens, orchards or grape arbors. in which the hoys and girls are taught to work. Each day the schoolmaster, who has charge of the garden, takes his pupils out and teaches them how to plant, hoe. rake and reap. In the south of Russia, where the country is almost treeless, the children learn how to set out trees and what tho best kinds are, and in some provinces there is complete silk worm colony in each school and the pu- pils watch the wonderful little silkmak- CTS eat the mulberry leaves and spin their coooons and help all they can in the work of caring for the colony. At other schools bees are kept, and the boys and girls learn to handle them and guard them while they are honey max. ing Chicago Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
Tiso Du Efaurier Woman,

In all article which the late Mir Dn Maurier wrote some years ago for The Magazine of Art apropos of the typical pretty woman" Of his drawings, oc. CUTS the following quaint and character istic passage T do hope the reader does not dislike her-that is, If he knows her
 -I am so fond of her myself, or rather 50 fond of what I wand her to ile. She Is my piece de resistance, and have often heard her commended, and tho praise of ter has sounded sweet i'll mine ears and gone straight to ny heart, for she has become to me as daughter. She rather tall, admit, and trifie stiff sut English women are tall and stiff just now--and she is rataer too serious, nat that is only because find 1t sn difficult with q mere stroke in black inA to indicate tue enchanting little curved lines that go from the nose to the mouth corners, causing the cheeks to make smile. D
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
SUNDAY SCHOOL CHAMPION.
Only Two Sundays Missed In Nine Years,
 Eight Months and Two Weeks.


 \ 13-year-old boy in Danville, Ky, thinks ke is entitled to the worlds championship for Sunday school attend. ance. He has been in his seat at the Methodist Church South on every Sun. day morning except two for 9 years, s months and 3 weeks ending Sunday, Jan. 10. On one of the two exceptions he was down with the measles and OH the other day he was unavoidably de- tained. More than this, he has now been i'll his class OH 308 consecutive Sundays, and he says he is going to keep it up until he has 1, 900 straight Sundays to his credit.
 The boys name is John c. Eastlantt, Jr. He joined the Sunday school in May, 1887, when he was but a little more than years old, and he has been going ever since. What makes this reg. ularity of attendance the more remark. able is that until few months ago the Eastlands lived six miles out ill the country and had to drive to town before 3 o'clock every Sunday morning Much of the time join las had to come through all sorts of disagrocable wealth CT, and very frequently by himself. Sometimes he has come through blind ing rain and blizzards, when other ehil. dreD who lived within stone's throw of the church have staid away
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
--..@ Army 6T EousolSeepers.


 As there are about the same number Of women in this country as men, it will be seen that the proportion of the former at work at gainful occupations is smaller than is popularly supposed. only one ia flge being engaged at any work from which she derives q revenue, either in tho form of wages and salary or profit i'll business. This does not mean that the other four-ffths of the women are idle, for they probably work as hard as the men, but that the labor they do produces nothing in financial way. They are the housekeepers or the country. doing the sewing, cooking, nursing and other domestic service for most of the families. The prevalent be- lief that majority of tho women are typewriting, clerking or filling other positions from which they have crowded out the men is founded on error. The great majority of them are still at home attending to their household duties, and only very small proportion are out in the world struggling with the other sex for living. New Orleans Times Dem-
 
 The most fashionable hat now is the one that does not resemble any other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
OraI, In Favor.

Drab is one of the season B favored colors The French call it winter sky, . but this is too poetic title fer it's un- compromising dull. metallic tone. It is not like soft nuns gray, swallow gray. silver, dove, fawn or anything as deli cate and dainty Drab Is net becoming color on its own merits. We associate it with the coats and gowns of the Quakers, when far stricter in sectarian and dress matters than they are now, and with the old Puritan drivers of the defunet stageooaeh. with their many capped, long, drab coats. But a French modiste can easily make gown of beauty cut Of even drab cloth. She com pines it with black and Danish or Span ish or British red 70 artistically and deftly that the dowdy dress of drab be- comes ill the hands of this sartorial pres. tidigitator triumphant success. Set il against, for example, one of the brick red gowns of cloth, with black and white vest and brick red velvet toque en suite, and rivalry there is none he- tween the two. The one is vulgar and provokingly aggressive. the other snffi- ciently smart and eminently attractive but quiet withal. Another fancy of the Frenchwoman combines the drab ma terial, with cream cloth accessories braided ill gold or striped with the mar rowest lines Of red and gold braid laid side by side New York Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
More EIoauent.

"They say there is character shown ill the way man combs his hair. ;
 Well, l think that often there is more character shown i'll the way he doesnt comb it. ''-Iletroit Free Presa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
The Worm Turns.

At least two of kentueky's most ia. nous distilleries have failed recently. This. too, il face of Joe Blackburn 's statement that the voice Of Kentucky cannot be stllled. d.--Philadelphia Call
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-05
 In the Omnibus.

Condaetor-Beg pardon, madame, but these ooppers are counterfeit.
 Lady--Oli, excuse mel Keep those for 8 fec. Here are some good ones.
 Conductor with deep bow)-Many thanks. madame. Paris Figaro.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-24

Deer that have been wounded and
recovered are often killed, and some
cases of this kind are nothing short OF
wonderfully Early in October, last, Mr..
Jerry Dunn of Costigan killed a deer
which had lost one of it's forelegs below
the knee. The whole leg was very
small. giving the impression that the
hurt had been received when very
young. The other leg was unusually
large and well developed, and appeared
to have been capable of doing double
duty since the loss Of its mate.
During the season of 1895, late in
October, snow white deer wasiShot in
the town OF Linneus by Zebulon and
William Williams Of Hodgdon. They
both saw and fired at the white animal
at exactly the same moment, SO It Is
impossible to tell who fired the fatal
shot. When they fired neither knew
what the animal was. and they were.
greatly surprised to find that it was =
deer. They failed to realise the true
carcass up for meat without any at
tempt to preserve the hide. or Without
showing it to anyone until it wASstoo
late.
On the train that arrived in Vance,
i 6oro from the provinces Monday morn
Scompanied by two small children-a
boy and girl They. were on their way
to Philadelphia. where, the womans
get there does not appear. as their en-
tire cash capital amounted to. only %
cents. No sooner had the forlorn little
party Of immigrants entered the Unitedi
States than great sorrow was added toL
their poverty. The youngest child, the.
Boy, died. and the mother was hearth
broken; In her time Of distress the pos
generous aid from the men In therailroadf
a Mti from Rev: w. H. seaboysr tn4
provided for the dead child and. with q
ticket through to her destination ana ~
m money besides. there was less Of blef1
with heartfelt thanks to her benefactors,
she continued on her way. ISs y
Some years ago there lived In small
Hancock county town two young men
quent fistic7 encounters resulted, th0s9h
always resulting one way. But the We
tor IN these many encounters was con-
s ysrted, and soon began preaching. One
his church. he met his old adversarys
who, thinking the time for sweet revenge
had arrived. began a TRADE Of abuse
OF the stalwart young preacher was
hardly proof against so unprovoked IN
assault. With his Bible grasped aEmly
in one hand, he shook his fist menac1ngly
under the nose of his assailant and ex.
claimed: Young man, II you do not get
out. of this, I'll put my religion IN my
pocket a few mfnuts6 and Wallop hi
out of you!" The surprised and fright
ened young man beat q retreat 1t may
still preaching and dealing as forceful
and effective blows against the sins OF
the world from the pulpit, as he Vas
wont to do in those yonnger days against
his human adversary.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-24
Some Effects OF Tax Laws.

Farmers no more than those of other
occupations have been exempt from
the delusor that reform can be
brought about if only law shall be
passed, which at the time they feel sure
is just what is needed. Too often they
find that even if the law theoretically
is all right practically it works all
wrong, A little bulletin sent out from
the L. S. Department of Agriculture
conveys the idea that in the matter of
laws governing taxation farmers have
sion. The facts for this bulletin were
collected under the direction of Secre-
tary Morton and have been compiled
by Henry A. Robinson the statistician
of the department. The secretary says
in course Of the introduction:
1T would be difficult to name single
state in the Union in which the general
methods of local taxation as they now
stand were not originally dictated by
farmers; and although there are few
oNeeSo III w ulSl ldI nave earnestly
desired great changes which they have
been unable to obtain, it is none the
less true that the statutes as they now
exist in those very states were orig
inally drawn up in just such form as
the farmers Of that day desired This
is emphatically true of the state of
New York, in which farmers have for
80 years past desired more stringent
tax laws, but have failed to obtain
them. In fully three fourths of all the
states the laws governing local taxa
tion have been dictated by farmers in
their present form, and include every
thing which any considerable number
of farmers have ever demanded, as far
as can be ascertained.
Only one thing which the farmers
desired has been lacking, and that is
power in these laws to execute them
selves as they We're expected to do.
In other words, the farmers have in
nearly all of the states obtained all of
the laws which they asked for, but
they never could make these laws
work. This is not because the officers
charged with the administration of
these laws have been opposed to their
policy. In vast majority of cases
these officers have been selected by
farmers. and a majority of them are
farmers themselves. 1t will hardly do
to say that they are all dishonest, and
1t would be untrue to say that even
majority of them are, although such a
charge is very common on the part of
the very farmers who elected them.
One remarkable popularity of the
whole system of local taxation as it
exists today is that, generally speak
ing. though of course with many ex-
ceptions. the system works badly and
most unjustly toward farmers in those
oistricts where the law is most faith
.uhy' intelligently, and efficiently en-
forced. AS rule, all over the country
inc hetter the law is from the farmers