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The herald., 1898-05-01
Company KS Ranks Full

SAN BERNARDINO, April 3O.-Compa-
ny X, N. G. c., now has ninety-four men
enlisted "for the war; to go to the front,
and expect to add the other twelve to this
number by the close of the enlistment to-
day. In addition the company has a score
or more of men to remain at home and
keep up the prestige and autonomy of the
company. AS soon as the warriors" are
out of the way, the Preserves" will take
hold of the company affairs, with Capt.
T. H. Golf in command, whose term of Of
flee has just expired and on his refusal to
again serve was succeeded by First Lieu
tenant o. P. Sloat Under his care the
company will recruit rapidly. The new
uniforms are being given out to the new
men and there will be no break in the ex-
istence of Company X on account of the
war.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Company M on a Volunteer Basis

RIVERSIDE, April 3O.-At a meeting of
Company M held last night fortytwo out
of the seventy-two old members of the
company signed the volunteer muster roll
while fifty-seven new recruits were added
to the list This makes the company nine
ty-nine strong and this number are ready
to go to the front or any other place the
military authorities may want to send
them. In the selection Of the f1fty-seven
new members or recruits Capt. Pam had
something like seventy-five men to select
from and he only took those who in his
opinion would pass the medical examina-
ton. Company M, as it stood in the Ma
tional guard, has ten married men, and
none of these were asked to sign the volun-
teer roll.
The herald., 1898-05-01
NEW WATERWoRKS
The Santa Barbara City Council Ac-
cepts Them

SANTA BARBARA, April 3o.-A spe-
cial meeting of the city council was held
yesterday afternoon in regard to the
new water system, which is now COM
pleted. The laying of the pipe was ac-
cepted by the city engineer, and all that
remains now is the filling and tampng
Of the trenches. The total. cost, Of the
new system, including the laying of the
asphalt pavement and pipe across State
street, is $3321.92. A bond for $4,000 guar
antees the pipe for six months.
DR.. C. c. Park and family left yester-
day for the east.
About twenty settlers on the mountain
summit will form a sharpshooters' COM
pany.
Metcalfe & Murray, who have just fin
ished the publication o. the Santa Bar
bara County Business Directory, will
soon begin the publication of the Weekly
Law Journal for the counties of Santa
Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo
B. F. Thomas, captain; w. A Wilson
first lieutenant; Mark Thompson, senior
second lieutenant, and A. c. Schuster
junior second lieutenant. were the officers
elected last night Of company D, home
guard.
The board of freehoders elected for
the framing of the new city charter com
menced its labors yesterday. The follow
ing gentlemen constitute the board: c. E
Bigelow, A. w. Buell., r. B. Garfield, H.
G. Crane, j. F. Diehl, G. S. Edwards, w.
A. Fiske, A. Goux, j. N. Hitler, A. OFT
A. M. Ruiz, c. e. Sherman, ]. w. Tag
CART, B. F. Thomas. r. F. Winchester.
Mrs. Lavina Staley of Goleta was adj
Judged insane by the commissioners yes
terday and was ordered committed to
Highland.
DR.. Frederick Humphreys, the cele
brated Homeopathic specific remedy
manufacturer of New York, and party
spent yesterday in the city.
The naval reserves had a splendid drill
last night in front of the Arlington by
the electric lights.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Another Avalanche

SAN BERNARDINO, April 8o.-An-
other letter has been received from C. A.
Miller, who was at first supposed to have
been killed at the Alaska avalanche. He
writes that another avalanche on the other
side of the pass has come down and buried
several in the death grasp Of the snow.
Skaguay citizens turned out in force and
shoveled away the snow and recovered the
bodies. The knights of Pythias found two
brothers under the snow and the Odd Fell
lows found three of the craft. The bodies
were sent to their friends by the orders.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Orange Blossoms

ORANGE, April 30.-On Sunday Rev.
P. H. Hall will conduct his closing serv-
ice with the Christian church of this
place. The morning service will be as
usual, but in the evening he will lecture,
by request, upon Japan"
Miss Sadie Bond ofVilla Park has gone
to England.
George P. Love is going to put in an
acetylene gas light plant for supplying
light to our stores, churches, etc. The
price to be charged is so cents per month
for sixteen-candle light.
A daughter was born to Rev. and Mrs.
D. r. Ceilings Friday morning.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Rain at Orange
ORANGE, April SO.-Last nigh

ORANGE, April SO.-Last night there
was a precipitation of 21-10O Of an inch.
This makes a total to date of 4.72 inches.
April of last year gave a rainfall Of but
3-1OO Of an inch, and May like precipi-
tation. AS the indications point to an
other shower tonight, 1t is not improb-
able that the two closing months Of the
rainy season will this year have heavier
rainfall than last year. The rain has
done great deal of good to the hay crop,
which is just ripening. Notwithstanding
that Orange will have better crop of
hay than any other section in this county,
the price is held higher here than else
where.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Raining at Riverside

RIVERSIDE, April 30.-The first rain
storm for some weeks is falling here to-
night. Rain began falling last night, and
up to the present time a quarter of an
inch has fallen, with indications good for
continuance. The rain comes too late
in the season for the crops, but it will be
Of great value in replenishing the water
supply in reservoirs for summer irriga-
ticn. The rainfall for the season has
been $40 inches, about half the fall of
last season to the same date
The herald., 1898-05-01
Invested in Hard Cash

RANDSBURG, April 3O-W. w. Tinker
of Los Angeles has purchased large in
terest in the Hard Cash NINE Develop
ment work on large scale will soon be
commenced under the direction of Mr.
Tinker. The Hard Cash is a good prop
erty and great things are looked for in the
near future.
The herald., 1898-05-01
A HOME GUARD
Orange Organizes, Over One Hundred
Good Men Strong

ORANGE, April 3S.-Orange will soon be
on a war footing. Last evening there was
we'll attended meeting at which home
guard hundred strong was organized.
Nominations were made as follows: Cap
tain, A. H. Bibber, w. II. Stevens and ].
H. Hart; first lieutenant, o. P. Koerting
and l.. H. Padgham;' second lieutenant, A.
Meacham. Chas. Chandler and c. r. Bush.
The election will be held next Wednesday
evening. Today number of the boys were
drilling on the streets
The herald., 1898-05-01
DEAD BY THE ROADSIDE
A Mysterious Death at Riverside Some
time Yesterday

RIVERSIDE, April 3O.-The body of
negro, about so years of age, was found
by the roadside six miles west Of this
city last night. The man had been
camped by the roadside for some days.
and when found had been dead for some
hours. The mans head was bruised
somewhat, and one ear had been cut off
and could not be found. 1t had been cut
off with a knife. 1t is thought to be a
case of foul play, but the officers have
no clue, as nobody was seen with the dead
man. He was a stranger here.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Failure in Success

The story of the catastrophe in the Chill
koot pass is calculated to suggest some
speculation as to what it will profit .
man to win all the wealth Of the Klondike
and spend the rest of time and eternity
with 1t undertake a nowslide.-PittsburS
News.
The herald., 1898-05-01
The Case of Cue Ling

SAN BERNARDINO, April SO.-The case
Of LIE Cue Ling, charged with being in this
country without certificate, was brought
before Commissioner Cole yesterday and a
hearing postponed until Monday to secure
certain papers from the state of Washing
ton, where the prisoner claims he was
born.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Or Wear Armor

The fate of Editor Brann but goes to
show that good command of the English
language is not the only requisite for sue
cess in Texas journalism. The man who
moulds public opinion down there should
also be good shot.-Washington Post.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Another Jungle Tale

Rudyard Kipling has risen to that proud
eminence where his picture adorns the
inside of woolly western newspapers as a
horrible example of the before and after
effects of hair Observation-Disclosures
Press.
The herald., 1898-05-01

enc young man who refused to enlist for
active service was asked to resign by his
employer.
The herald., 1898-05-01

airy in Compton and Los Angeles. The
veterans and others only wait the sug-
gestion of possible local danger before
forming company for any emergency.
The herald., 1898-05-01
Clearwater Stands Ready

CLEARWATER, April 30.-Several
young men have Joined companies Of cav |
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-11

ytrntt, anu, rs ;li1St4I.y sTt.JCu, r7Cy art
undcveloped in their moral and intellectu
al faculties--in fact, they are undevelopeo
in all directions except to u certain extent
in the criminal tendency which comes
from their environment They are also, to
a very large extent. short term men. a
careful classification OF the convicts of the
country shows that six-cighthS are short
term prisoners, one-eighth incorrigihlCs
and oneeighth amenablc to reformatory
efforts. These proportions are fairly cor
rect. They may be a little too large or S
little too small, but practically they may
be admitted, 1t cannot make very much
difference what system is employed sc
that prices and wages are not affected
when the short term men are considered.
There is not much to be gained, wheth
err in the interest of the state or of the
community OF of the convicts in putting
them at work under one system of labor
as against another They must be employ
ed, their minds must be occupied and theiI
hands utilized. 1t cannot, from the very
nature of things be worth while for the
state to erect costly plants for the sake o.
employing them under one or another sys
tenn OF labor. No one can argue with rea
son that the short term prisoner himself
is to be particularly benefited by any such
employment. The chief point to be insist
ed upon is that his labor shall not be de
basing. If he can be employed in making
blankets furniture, coarse boots and shoes
and the infinite variety of things that may
be needed in the state institutions with
out the introduction of power machinery
not only the state will be the gamer, but
also the prisoner himself. He does not stay
in prison long enough, as Il rule, to be
taught in the higher methods of manual
training, and what little he can learn by
running some machine is of little conse
quence in his after life. If he stays long
enough in prison, the state should see te
it that he comes out better equipped to
earn living than when he entered it
Carroll ID. Wright in North American Re
view
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KISSING AS MEDICINE.
an Eminent Scientist Prescribes o.c,,.
ton For Dyspepsia.


Whom certain English bacterjo,oo,...
announced that kissing was a danpsrnsss
pastlno by which tho bacteria Of ee,..s
diseases might be communicated tbn ih
inent Professor Bridger Of London nojrta,
out that health microbes as we'll as o.s.
5acilli may luck in the osculatorv =.
paratus, ami it is believed that fsrsp
to absorb a sufficient quantity. Of ~.
hygio!ogic germs into tho system "a :,
cause of old maids looking jaundicaa s ea5
bachelors dying sooner than benedIcts 'Ns
" Is lsses, when selected with due ca,e
and taken on tho installment plan. Gov.
an eminent authority, twill not onlv :.
store misplaced appetite, bat they bani';
that tired feeling, tone up the liver az
inyigorate the heart
II found by patient experiment tina. ~.
health Dicrobe becomes active AZ -
reaches maturity at 20, begins to lose VIZ
or at 30 and afterward becomes nrsesicsli.
useless as {. tonic.
Thin blush lips produce very tou
',aalth germs, and those scarce worth -,
.ryesting, but full red mouth wis
CUPID curves at the corners win viol.
enormously if the crop is carefully cnlt,'
waited.
Il have not yet discovered whether n,
blond or brunette variety is entitled !,
preference in medical science, bu, I in,
cline to the opinion that "a juGicions ana
admixtufe is most advisable from a thor,
peutical standpoint. Great care should h
taken when collecting the germs mt :.
crush them by violent collision or blow
them away with a loud explosion which
sounds like COW pulling her hind foo
out Of ,nudhole and jars the rutty M
the window panos.
1.-The best results can be obtained abor,
the midnight hour, when the dew is On
the garden rose and the knocking bird !,
trilling a last good night to his drowss
mate.
''Be patient. When she wants You T..
kiss her, she will find means to make !, /
manifest, and a maid worth kissing d.
spises a forward man. She looks yes 4
beautiful with her face upturned, and
she withdraWs her eyes from the star
slowly turning them dreamily upon youi
you notice that they are filed with asti
fire. They roam idly over the horizo !
then close az beneath q weight of wea, 8
ness. ~
There Is not human i'll, unless it !
hypocrisy, for which nature does not p :
vide remedy, and recommend the hea,
germ which builds its nest on lovely VIC
an lips as worth more than the VIII. ;,
materia medical
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his Judgment. This last article has been
named stupidity. That is q libel. The
Missouri mule is conservative, but we'll
balanced. He never loses his head. He
does not get excited. Even when he is
indulging III a runaway he keeps cool
and steers clear of danger, where horse
would plunge blndly into it.
For army purposes mules are divided
into four classes. There are wheel
mules, swing mules, lead mules and
pack mules. So, you see, the mule is a
diversified species, after all. The wheel
mule is the largest, and is SO called be.
cause he is hitched nearest the wagon
He is the king Of army mules. Sixteen
hands high and upward is the required
size. He is the long legged, big cared,
short buckled animal that is supposed
to bunch himself up and pull like
blazes when the wagon gets stuck.
This is merely ID supposition, however.
Maybe he will do all these commendabIe
things and maybe he won't. 1t depends
entirely on how his last meal agreed
with him and whether he woke up in
the right humor
Uncle Sans animals are no different
from any Others in this respect. In adj
dition to being 16 hands high, the
wheeler must weigh at least 1900
pounds. When he throws that weight
Of bone, muscle and stubbornness into
any cause, be it good OR bad, something
is sure to break.
The swing mule is the middleman
Ill six animal team. He is the chan
that takes up all the slack left by the
wheeler. He must be 1913 hands
high and must. weigh about 1850
pounds. So far as his other peculiari-
ties are concerned he is much like the
wheeler, only shade. smaller.
The lead mule is the animal that
pulls along to suit himself ahead of ali
the rest. He is a chunky, Is hand ami
NAL and weighs about $50 pounds.
Last, but not least, is the pack mule,
blocky animal, Is hands high and
weighing an even 1000 pounds. The
pack mule is supposed to carry load
larger than himself 1t has never been
definitely ascertained just how much
ne can carry. At any rate, the packer
always feels justified in strapping on his
back all that can be piled on.
George Washington is responsible for
the mule i'll this land. It was the Father
OF His Country who first imported jack
ass INTO the United States for use upon
his Virginia property.
JOHN F. WILLoUGHBY.
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HOTELS IN GREECE.
Single Rooms Arc Fare. and the Furnish
incs Are Painfully Scant.


In Greece the hotels of the interior fol-
low one general type--the Italian. There
is no common sitting room. Why should
there he? There is no office, but that does
not seem to Interfere with the presenta-
ton of bills. The ground floor is given up
to a cafe or restaurant ii the innkccper
goes INTO that limo OF business. Very Of
ten, however, the master of the Apollo has
only rooms to let. The sleeping apartments
on the floor above arc often approached by
an outside stairway, and, as Is To be ex-
pcctCd in Il southern climate, they arc
scantily furnished Ovcrturnishing is Il
vice anywhere. Under il southern sky it is
Il crime, Of which the Greeks are not
guilty. There is usually % mirror, though
that tribute to human vanity is sometimes
lacking and, like the Turk, the solitary
Turkish towel bears no brother near his
throne. The bedstcad is invariably OF iron
and docs not offer the same vantage
ground TO the ;tsSailants OF sleep as a
wooden framework would do, but the cush
ions are there, and the walls are there, so
that small comfort is to he derived from
that slight reduction OF possibilities
AS in primitive United States within
my memory, single rooms are rare. Two,
three, four, five beds are put in one room
Or strung along the corridors A fastidious
person who desires to occupy a room alone
has to pay for all the beds therein. In some
places special charges are made for sleep
ing in the daytime, and there is Il fixed
rate for sleeping on the floor. That a man
should wish to be private when he is asleep
seems absurd to u race that sleeps at any
time and in any place irrespective of on
lockers. But in this whole domain We
Americans, who submit to the abomina
ton of the Pullman sleepers, have no right
to find fault with any other nationality
we have no right to be fastidous about
undressing in the eyes of the world, and &
large charity ought to cover the divergen
cies of different regions and different pc
RODS in this respect. In the good old time:
people used to go to bed utterly devoid OF
raiment and the bedclothes as we call
them still, were the only clothes.
OR B. l.. Gilderslceve in Atlantic.
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THE MISSOURI MULE.
OUR ARMY COULD NOT GET ALONG
WITHOUT HIM.

He Fought With tho Continental Army
and Has Been at 1t Ever Since-specih-
cations to Which the Army Mule Must
Answer.
The army mule figured prominently
in the first hostile act of the present
war. A batch of mules destined for the
Spanish army in Cuba were seized from
a Spanish steamer at New Orleans
When the war finally closes, the army
mule will probably be somewhere Oh
the spot and in between he Will be
making himself useful and entertain
ing, hauling the ammunition wagons 10
the front just in the nick OF time ana
varying the monotony Of camp life by
exercising his uncultured voice and Els
hair trigger heels.
Uncle Sans army would not be COM
plete without the mule. What the ele-
plant is to the Anglo-Indian army the
mule is to our fighting brigades. True
to traditions, the moment trouble began
to seem imminent we began to collect
mules Nearly 2,00O of them had start
ed for the front before the war resolu-
ton was signed by the president and
since then other thousands have follow
ed. In every land battle the mule will
have share and when it is all over no
small portion Of the glory will be his.
The first thing the United States gov
eminent did when it decided to go 70
war was to call for mules. Men are
quite necessary in war, bat mules are
indispensable. OF course the govern
ment agents went to st. Louis, the dis
tributing point for Missouri mules
The government wanted good mules.
None but Missouri mules would do.
The first call was for animals 10 :,
hands high and weighing 1900 pounds.
The price paid was $94 a head. Since
then some unpatriotic mule dealers
haze tried to corner the market and the
price has been higher.
The seryiceability Of the Missouri
mule for war purposes is recognized by
the Spaniards and Cubans, as we'll as
Americans Within the past three years
10, 600 mules have been bought and
shipped via southern Atlantic ports to
Cuba. Most of them were bought by
the Spanish government. The insur-
gents bought some, but AS a rule they
found it cheaper and more convenient
to capture them from the Spaniards.
The qualities which make the mule
more serviCeable in battle than the horse
are his hardness, his equanimity and
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LIGHTNING IN BATTLE.
A New and Terrible Method of
Destruction.
POWER TO WIPE GUT A FLEET.
an Electric Gun For Throwing a Continu-
Gus Stream OF Projectiles-Possibi
of a Flying Torpedo--Scuttling Battle
ships by Electricity.

of a Flying Notwithstanding Battle
ships by Electricity.
Yankee ingenuity ie devising innumer-
able war implements, and many Of them
are apparently of practical utility. Quite
a number, says tho Washington Post, en-
ploy electricity as an agent Of destruction.
Among these arc various patterns of cleo
trio guns, electric projectiles and electric
ally actuated torpedoes.
The direct employment Of electricity as
weapon, in imitation of natures light
ming, is problem that is believed by some
experts to be on the point of solution.
Without going so far as to indorse this as
scrtion, DIR. Emil Berliner, the famous
electrician, said:
"kecent invention has produced appa-
ratus in which great quantity of electric
ity may be put away in a very little room.
Contriyances Of this kind, which are mere
ly improved Leydcn jars, are called con-
densers, and those Of the latest pattern
look like 80 many dress suit cases, though
only about one-fourth tho size. They are
neatly nado Of wood, and thousands of
them can be put together in "A small space.
There is no limit to the electrical power
which may be thus accumulated and made
ready for discharge. A few Of these CON
densers viii hold many times as much
electricity as is contained in "a celestial
ndcrbolt-indeed bolt of lightning
contains no great amount Of the fluid. 1t
IS the voltage that is big. BY voltage is
meant propelling force.
Summed up, this means that Il fighting
ship today may carry on her deck store
OF actual lightning sufficient in quantity
to wipe out q whole fleet. 1t only remains
to devise way of dlsoharging it at tho
foe. one Of the new ideas is for an cleo
trio bomb, which is to contain a stored
charge Of lightning, to be distributed with
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A CARD.

To my friends in Kennebec VALLEY:
l take pleasure in Introducing TO you
Mr.. W. A. Carlisle, who represents The
NJ. S.eincrt l. Sons Co., piano dealers,
Portland, Me. Ibelieye him to be up
right in all his dealings. What he tells
you at night, you will find true in the
morning. He is located permanently in
this city, and those desiring first class
piano at the lowest possible price, and on
the most liberal terms, will 30 well to
call on him before purchasing.
L. o. Vickery.
Augusta, Me-, April Z 1898.
aprSdtf
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Stelnway. Hardin an, Gab|er, Pease
James & Holmstrom and other
High Grade Pianos.

The unique Aeolan and the Aer!ol
tself playing piano.)
\ full line of music, small instruments
and musical merchandise.
If unable to call on us, write to us for
any information desired and your letter
will receive prompt attention. Catalogues
mailed free, lowest prices, most liberal
terms.
5l7 CONGRESS ST, PORTLAND, ME.
7. C. McGOULDRIC,
Manaser,
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Probably the Oldest restaurant in Lon
don is Crosby hail. in Bishopsgate street,
In the city. This was built more than 500
years ago, was once the palace of Richard
III and afterward the residence of Sir
Thomas More.
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Just think somebody broke into nv
studio last night. Unfortunately, | had
Just begun study i'll still life
WAS it stolen?"
NO. but the models wore--a ham and
some sausage. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.