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The herald., 1897-05-23
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Brisht's Special Delivery, removed to
lo4 South Broadway: -,
Orr & Hines. undertakers. removed tc
e47 South Broadway. Tel. Main e5.
Call tel. Main 243 for ambulance, Kreg-
elo & .Bresee. Sixth and Broadway.
Wall paper for a 12-foot room, 81; in
grains. So. border included. Walter, 21s
West Sixth.
Robert Sharp & Co.. funeral directors
independently, 536 South Spring street.
Telephone 1929.
Sanborn, Vail & Co.. art engravers.
Copper plate work and dies speciality.
1913 s. Spring st.
Electric cars leave Santa Monica week
is minutes after a. nj.
Phillips. the tailor. ia South Spring
street, is showing a new stock of suit
ings; prices up to date.
For f1ehing tackle and Ammunition 20
to the Southern California Arms COM
pany.T 11S West First street.
Watches cleaned. Is cents; main
springs, 80 cents: crystals, 10 cents.
Patton. 214 South Broadway.
Have you seen the whale?" Take
Terminal trains at $3.50 a. m. and 1:1O
p. m. and land alongside the great fish.
Copley Prints of the Boston Library
and the Library of Congress at San
born,. Vail & Co., 1873 s. Spring street.
Attend the Spiritual service this even
ing at 231 South Spring street. New Mu-
sic hall. Program especially interest
Ing.
Animmense whale was captured alive
at Long Beach last night and is now
alongside the big wharf Take Terminel
railway only. -
Adams Bros. dentists, 2s3h South
Spring street. Painless filling and ex-
tracting. Best sets OF teeth from IS to
no. Hours. to s; Sundays. 10 to IL.
A new line Of moulddngs has been re-
cived by sanborn. Vail & Co.. embrace
ing all the late ideas In old Dutch, green
cak and bone ebony. 1873 s. Spring ct.
The Hoffman won the quarter-mile
race. yesterday. ridden by Mr.. Arthur
Wood of the, normal school. William
son Bros. s27 South Spring street, sell
this king Of all wheels.
RIB. Young, the architect, took out u
permit for $60, 900 late Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Young states that with this
amount Of money he can make the
Westminster one Of the finest hotels on
the Pacsne coast.
H.,C. Lichtenberger's art emporium,
located ii, 202 South Spring street. In the
Wilcox building. ID the best place to pur-
chase frames, pictures and art materials.
Remember this store when you desire
anything new and artistic.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey. stimson
block flrsts floor, rooms 1ss, : 1S4. 1876.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases ana all diseases Of women and
children. Electricity scientifically used.
Consultation hours. to 5. Tel. 1927.
B. NJ. Blythe Of Downey is putting
on the market very fine brand OF ci-
gars made Of tobacco grown and cured
in that town, The flavor is exceptionally
good, ana II . impossible to tell whore
The herald., 1897-05-23
Cuban Meeting

There will be an open meeting at the
mayors office at o'clock Monday after
noon Of the officers and executive COM
mittee of the Cuban league, for the pur-
pose Of making arrangements for pub
lie mass meeting in the interests Of Gu
ban independence. All patriotic and
public-spirited citizens are cordially in
vited to be present and assist by their
council and personal influence.
The herald., 1897-05-23
Mrs. Leonis Free

There was very little testimony put in
yesterday in behalf of the prosecution
against Mrs. Espiritu G. de Leonis.
charged with perjury.
When the prosecution closed its case
Justice Young dismissed the case and
ordered the discharge of the defendant,
saying that he did not think that at
the time Of signing the conveyance, in
which Mrs. Leonis stripped herself of
all her possessions, she realized what
she was doing
The herald., 1897-05-23
His Lectures Appreciated

Rev. Haekett Smith, who has lately
delivered series Of lectures in this city
on Ancient Egypt. Turkey, Armenia.
etc. has been the recipient of a
letter or thanks signed by thirty-three
prominent citizens expressing their
appreciation Of the lectures and their
historical and scientific value. To this
Rev. Haskett. Smith has replied offer
ing to present portion Of the proceeds
OF the lectures to the Victoria jubilee
fund for the California Children's Home
society.
The herald., 1897-05-23
AN OAKLAND RECORD
It Will Be Given in the Delacey Shop
lifting Trial

Mrs Emma Stanton Delacey was be-
fore justice Owens yesterday for ex-
animation on a second charge Of shop
lifting, with a prior conviction. It was
found that the records sent down here
from Oakland of previous trial on the
same charge held there were faulty as
regarded some technicalitiSs. The
complaint was accordingly dismissed.
and new complaint will be filed. Tom
Holland, the Oakland detective who
worked up the case against Mrs De-
lacey in that city, will be sent for to
come down and act as witness in the
trial here.
The herald., 1897-05-23
Freeman Discharged

Robert Freeman, the colored man ar
rested few days ago on the complaint
Of e. e. Akers, also colored, who claimed
that Freeman had stolen his overcoat,
was up in the police court for examina-
ton yesterday. Freeman claimed that
he had secured the coat from a colored
man, paying him so cents for it. There
was absolutely no proof that he had
stolen the garment, and he was dis
charged.
The herald., 1897-05-23
Fiesta Finances

The Fiesta accounts are about COM
pleted and will go before the auditing
committee on Monday. There will be
a surplus of only about 500. The ex-
penses were about $4,000, and the, sub
scriptions in the neighborhood Of $18, 5000,
the difference having been taken in at
the doors and gates at the various
events.
The herald., 1897-05-23
Want to Buy : Housa

: We have buyer for medium -sized
house that can -be sold on monthly pay
ments and small amount down. II YOU
give US your place to sell we will guar
antee the payments.if sold or the return
OF the property in two months, with no
expense of foreclosure to you.
~ LANGWORTHY CO..
Lawyers,
226 South Spring.
The herald., 1897-05-23
The rermlosl,s wb.l.

Is high and dry on the sands at Long
Beach, and is accessible only via Ter.
minal railway. Trains leave First
street Sundays at 8. $3.50, 10 a. m, Ito,
5:12 p. m. Don't fail to view this mon
ster today
The herald., 1897-05-23

Boulevard Meeting

A general meeting Of the Pasadena
boulevard committee will be held in the
rooms Of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' association Monday at o'clock
D. m.
The herald., 1897-05-23

Maximum temperature, TO-
Minimum temperature. g..
Indications for Southern California: Fair
Sunday; light westerlyswinds.
The herald., 1897-05-23

This is 10 certify that | have had I3
teeth extracted by Cr. Schiffman's method
and did not experience any pain. tits un.
questionably the best work ever had
done. G. w. BLANCHARD,
With L. A. Ice and Storags Co.
December l, 1895.
On account Of some unfortunat. expe-
riences had in the extraction of lay teeth
becam. a great coward In this respect.
Today DR.. Schiffman extracted one Of my
very refractory teeth without causing me
one particle Of pain. D. K. :TRASK,
r Attorney, Fulton Block.
| can testify that the extraction Of a
tooth by Dr.. Schiffman' 's.method need not
be dreaded by any one. He surely does It
without pain. REV. S. Z. WHITE,
Pastor Boyle Heights Holiness Church.
December 10. 1898. s.-
The herald., 1897-05-23

stairs and locked up in jail to await trial
on q charge Of perjury.
The herald., 1897-05-23

Mechanics tools. surrcy'r. Is. North
The herald., 1897-05-23
THE WEATHER

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of observations
taken at Los Angeles, May %. The
The herald., 1897-05-23

Latest style OF wall paper at A.sA Ech
strom's. ~ South sprin9 stroaf.
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New Ideas In Dress.

Among the latest ideas in dress is
the gray skirt of barege, cashmere,
cloth or taffeta silk, worn with various
waists as a substitute for the black
silk: one which has done duty 80 long.
Laoe and chiffon bodices, in white,
creom or very delicate tint, and made
with transparent sleeves, are exceed
ingiy pretty with the pale gray skirt.
Gray is surely the color Of the mo-
ment for wool gowns and many other
features of dress, and the contrast be-
tween this Quaker shade and the
brilliant reds which dominated dress
earlier in the season is certainly very
striking. A pale pink silk bodice
trimmed with black velvet ribbon and
steel beads makes a lovely combina-
ton with the gray skirt. A gray gown
and a gray feather boa are two things
to be desired if you would be in the
latest fashion; yet there are compen-
sations among other colorings which
can be made to answer very nicely il
the gray gown is an impossibility.
Gray is a color which must be chosen
very carefully or it will prove most uE'
becoming; but the fashion for color IN
the bodice does away with many of the
objections to this trying shade. Shot
gray and mauve silk makes a stun
ming gown trimmed with black lace
insertion set in to show the white silk
underneath.
The details of trimming and finish
on the summer gowns are the mos
telling points in fashion this season.
and the little ends of ribbon and fril
of lace or hemstitched batiste set il
at the back of the neckband make
vast difference in the becoming effect
Collars of linen trimmed with applique
lace arc seen on wool gowns, and wide
collars of different shapes and materials
are q distinct feature of the lates
dresses. Two sailor collars, one mar
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Scientists Fooled by Owls.

In one of the many glass cases in
the Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington is a stuffed owl. This particu-
lar owl is the one, in the words of the
late President Hayes, 'sthat Jared the
Washington monument" and therein
Lies the story.
During the centennial year Congress
resolved to provide the necessaryfunds
for the completion of the monument,
which up to that time had been worked
at only while the several smaller ap-
preparations lasted. It vas discov-
cred, however, that the original founda-
tion was likely to prove incapable Of
sustaining the enormous weight Of
marble necessary for arryingth the shaft
500 feet above terra frlma. A new
foundation was therefore needed, and
architects thought a solid concrete bed
100 feet square aud nearly fourteen
feet in thickness would accomplish the
strengthening desired.
During the operation Of replacing
the old foundation it was considered
expedient to provide mean for noting
carefully the slightest vibration of the
walls, lest the monument might be in
danger of collapsing. Accordingly a
heavy weight was suspended by a stout
thread from the apex to a pan of thick
strip located in the base, so that ND
chance drafts of air would be likely to
sway the weight. An ingenious con"
~trivance was so attached to the weight
that the slightest vibration of the shaft
would be faithfully recorded, and its
insecurity would at once be IN estab-
lished fact.
One morning a few months after
these careful precautions had been
taken, there was d great oommotion
among the workmen. A complete rec
ord of numerous perturbations and
tremblings had been written on the in
dex, showing conclusively that the
mammoth obelisk had Jared, swayed
and settled during the night. Scientific
heads were obviously shaken. After
much persuasion of the men finally
consented to go to the top and examine
into the cause. The astonishing re.
port came into the midst of the anxious
throng below that an owl, in seeking
shelter in the lofty tower, had some
how managed to catch its wings in the
thread, and was still hanging there,
and the innumerable fappings and
struggles of his owlship had all been
recorded by the index as testimony
against the stability of plum-laid mar.
BILE blocks and solid concrete. -Phila.
delphia Record.
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merit of adding simplicity to that first
essential, and it is especially to be
commended for summer wea The
material may be cambria, muslin,
nainsook or long cloth. For the model
the last-named material. was chosen,
trimmed with frills of linen lawn, lace
edged.
The pattern is cut in three pieces
only-front, back and sleeve. Such
fitting as is necessary is accomplished
by the shoulder and under-arm seams.
At the neck the fulness is carefully
gagged and sewed to a band. The
opening at the left side is finished
with a hem in which buttonholes are
worked that effect the closing by but
toning on to buttons sewed to the
right side. The frill is rolled on the
edge and whipped to the band strong
ly and neatly by hand. The full
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Robbing.


A few nights ago q young man arrived in
Boston a stranger. A twelye-hundred~dol-
lar situation awaited him. He sought lodg-
ings in a hotel, and after three days of un-
consciousness came to himself minus fifty
dollars and his gold watch.
Only a few years ago a veteran OF the late
war came to Boston from Togus, Me-, to
get his pension, which was awaiting him at
the pension office. A little more than fif-
teen hundred dollars were paid him, and he
passed out into the street a happy man.
Going into a clothing store he purchased a
new suit Of clothes and then started out in
search Of his wife and child, who were liv-
ing at the South End.
He thought he must have just one drink,
and stepping into q saloon in a certain
street he was detained until inside Of one
week from the day he entered that saloon
he was kicked into the street, money all
gone, with a linen duster for q coat, an old
pair of pants, and shoes out at the toes, as
his wardrobe.
Now these are true instances, and 1t Is the
work Of the saloon, licensed or unlicensed
It not only robs a man Of his money and
clothes, but 1t robs him Of his brains.
Those same saloons in Boston are still
dealing out this deadly stuff.
Would the citizens of this commonwealth
allow any other branch Of business to thus
rob it's inhabitants?
No, mol Athousand times no! Then why
allow this business to carry on Its work by
granting a license and thus becoming a
party to drunkenness and robbery?-TeD-
perance Cause.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Ceylon has 40, 900 acres Of CHINA
non
Victoria has twenty-five State car
riages.
A Titusville (Penn.) trap caught
twenty-three rats in one night last
week.
The largest carpet in the world be-
longs to the Carlton Club, London,
and cost $40, 600.
Imperfect teeth are q sign of civil
ization. Perfect mes are found, as
a rule, only among sayages.
An umbrella insurance company has
just been organized in London. 1t
will insure canes as well as umbrellas.
Robert Douglas, one of the best
known foresters in the country, died
recently at Waukegan, III. He do
mesticated the Colorado blue spruce.
The famous st. Demands Hospice
in Switzerland, can now be reached
by carriage, the road on the Swiss
side having been recently completed.
In Vienna, Austria, the height of a
house must not exceed eighty-two
feet. The floor of the last story must
not be more than $3.50 above the level
of the street.
In the fields of the Norway coast,
the water is in some places so clear
that objects the size of q half-dollar
may be seen at the depth of twenty
five or thirty fathoms.
In Fiji the coinage consists chiefly
of whales teeth, those of greater value
being dyed red. The natives exchange
twenty white teeth for one red one, as
we exchange nickels for a dollar
The secret marks on United States
notes by which forgeries are so rap
idly detected, are constantly being
changed. The microscope will reveal
many such peeuliarites to an observ-
ant eye.
A decaying oak tree at Cowthorpe,
near Weatherby, England, is more
than fifty feet in circumference, and is
believed to be the largest ID the world.
Two young oaks have been planted
to perpetuate its memory.
The late Colonel North's greyhound
Fullerton, which won the waterloo
cup four times, sold for $4,000, the
highest price ever paid for a sporting
dog. The well-known st. Bernard
Plinlimmon, however, fetched some
$751; $50 a few years ago.
In 1S47 the city of Karlsruhe, Ger
many, had a theatre fire by which
sixty-three lives were lost. This led
to the formation, in the neighboring
town of Durlachs, of the first volun-
teer company in Germany. Twenty
two of the original members are still
living, and the other day celebrated
their Jubilee.
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The Lesson Went Home.

Little Anita was an exceptionally
good girl when under the direct sur.
v~eillance of her parents; but once out
of their sight she broke loose and
played all kinds of pranks. This was
a source of much concern to her par
ents, and her father, desiring to cor
rect the habit, impressed upon her
mind that when she vas out of human
sight all her acts were still observed
by God. The moral lesson seemed. to
affect her, and shortly afterward, as
she was leaving the house alone, the
old dog Fido attempted to follow her.
This annoyed little Anita very ~ :,
and, turning pettishly around, sne
said to the devoted animal: "Fido,
you do home at once; it is bad enough
to have bod following me everywhere,
without having you following me,
too"
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Want Bugs Protected.

For some time past British ento-
mologists, or b~ug-hunters, have been
exercised over the determination Of
certain insects in consequence of the
zeal of the collectors, who roam over
the country with butterfly nets. It
would be difficult to protect butterflies
and moths by legislation, as has been
done for birds; so an association has
been formed under the auspices of the
chronological Society of London.
The members agree to leave rare in
sects alone for awhile and to do all in
their power to curb the sporting in
stinct in others. The insect collector
who abides by it will be more than
human, remarks London Graphic.
Imagine a stamp collector agreeing
not to pick up a rare specimen from
the roadside, yet a similar temptation
will be met and have to he resisted by
the insect collector.
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rover than the other and both like the
material of the gown and edged around
with q frill of lace or accordion-plaited
frills of chiffon, are the finish to a lace
bodice. Checked silks are pretty
when made up in this way, but the
lace bodice is equally effective with
any of the thin materials. To be quite
perfect it must have a chiffon lining
between the tight-ftting silk waist and
the lace. Pouched body is the special
style suited to this material, and is the
leading model in all the fabrics. Cloth
and pique are made up in this way and
deliberately trimmed with lace. bands
of satin, or braid in conventional de-
signs. .
One little accessory of dress which
is very fetching is the necktie, of net
silk, or null, with lace ends, which
folds narrowly around the lower edge
of the collar band, and ties in front in
a four-in-hand knot; again it appears
as O short bow made of two accordion
plated ends. Two shades of green
taffeta silk cut bies and narrowly
trimmed all around form the four-in-
hand knot on a green and blue and
white foulard silk gown, which has a
lace yoke and a chiffon front. The
fulness in the bodice is shirred over
five fine cords an inch apart at the
waist to form the belt, and the skirt
has two tiny ruf1es at the bottom,
edged with half-inch black satin rib
bon gathered in the middle. A special
feature Of this costume is the parasol
of silk to match, trimmed with three
white chiffon rufaes set on with q
space of their own width between.-
New York Sun.
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Alcohol Lowers the Working Power.

Professor C.. F. Hodge, in reviewing some
Of the work of the Committee Of Fifty, in
Appleton's Popular Science Monthly, gives
the following deductions regarding the
effect Of alcoholic liquors on brain workers:
"Helmholtz has said, In describing his
methods Of work, that slight indulgence
in alcoholic drinks dispelled instantly his
best ideas. Professor Gaule once told the
writer, as an experiment during the strain
Of his 'S-taatsexamen' that he suddenly
stopped his wine and beer and was sur
prised to find how much better he could
work. An eminent professor in Leipsic
once said that the German students would
do twice the amount Of work (kennten
zweimal so viel leiitenO II they would let
their beer alone. Dr.. August Smith has
found that moderate no~n-intoxicant doses
of alcohol (forty to eighty cubic centime-
ters daily, lowered psychic ability to
memorize as much as seventy per cent.
Lexiner observes 'dass der Alcohol den
Menschen giestig 80 herunterbringt, dass
er schliesslich NIGHTS mehr kann, vie
politisieren,' THAT the alcohol so subdues
man mentally that he finally can do moth
ing but so into politics.l Possibly the
trouble with a good deal OF our politics Id
this c0untrY.n
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KObbiny.

A few nights ago a young maj arrived in
Boston a stranger. 4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lar situation awaited him. He sought lodS-
fngs in a hotel, and after three days of I'M
consciousness cam to himself minus fifty
dollars and his gold watch.
Only q few years ago a veteran OF the late
war came to Boston from ToGus, Me-, to
get his pension, which was awaiting him at
the pension office. A little more n tlf-
teen hundred dollars were paid him, and he
passed out into the street a happy man.
Going into a clothing store he purchased a
new suit of clothes and then started out in
search Of his wife and child, who were liv-
ing at the South End.
He thought be must have just one drink,
and stepping into a saloon in q certain
street he was detained until inside OF one
week from the day he entered that saloon
he was kicked into the street, money all
gone, with a linen duster for q coat, an old
pair of pants, and shoes out at the toes, as
his wardrobe.
Now these are true instances, and 1t Is the
work of the saloon, licensed or unlicensed.
It not only robs a man Of his money and
clothes, but it robs him Of his brains.
Those same saloons in Boston are still
dealing out this deadly stuff.
Would the citizens of this commonwealth
allow any other branch Of business to thus
rob its inhabitants?
No, mol Athousand times no! Then why
allow this business to carry on its work by
granting a license and thus becoming O
party to drunkenness and robbery?-TeD-
perance Cause.
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Dwell in a Tree Trunk.

The trial of John Rhodes for.
vagrancy in the police court at Kansas
City, Mo-, the other day disclosed the
fact that he and his two IONS had been
living in a big hollow near the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul bridge
since last March. Rhodes is a wagon
maker, ffty-two years old. Since he
went to Kansas City from Logansport,
Ind, a year ago, he did no work, but
depended for existence on what his
two sons could beg. Being driven out
of 8 hut last March, he moved into q
large hollow tree on the banks Of the
Missouri River. There he would sleep,
while his Sons were out begging food
and clothing. Policeman Kennedy
arrested him for vagrancy. j. q.
Greenman, humane agent, took charge
of his sons and wants to find homes
for. them. They are bright boys.
Their mother is dead.