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The herald., 1898-05-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

Burns 81 working shoes are honest value
Interesting to children. See ad on page
six. Waterman's shoe store.
Call tel. main 24S for ambulance. Bresee
Brothers, Sixth and Broadway.
G. D. Howry, undertaken, Fifth and
Broadway. Lowest prices in the city.
Mothers, shoe your boys and girls at
Burns, 24O South Spring; honest value.
DR.. ]. M. Armstrong. 416 Byrne blk, office
hrs, to p. m. Res. 629 Pasadena ave.
Robert Sharp & Co., funeral directors, ISL
and 753 South Spring street. Tel Main 1920
Last lecture of art course by Mrs. Cas-
well, Friday Morning Club hall, 2:3O O. clock
this afternoon.
Watches cleaned. rs cents; mainsprings
10 cents; crystals. 10 cents. Patton. 214
South Broadway.
Phillips & Munton, merchant tailors, 3Ss
South Spring street, have the latest in
summer-weight Scotch goods.
DR.. Max Wassman. dentist. rooms 225 and
22s Potomac block, Broadway, between
Second and Third. Tel. Brown 1913.
have twenty good 50 seats for first night
of the Ysaye performance, which I offer
at 81 each. E. M. Dutton, room 40 Mustigan
block.
Adams Bros. dentists, 2391s South Spring
street. Plates from 81. Painless extract
Ing, 30 cents Filling a specially, Hours,
8 to 8; Sunday, 10 to 12.
Don't pay fancy prices for borders.
GOOD wall paper and border for 12-foot
room. II. Painting reasonable. Walter.
6T South Spring street.
DO you know that a framed picture
makes a most desirable wedding present ?
If you are looking for anything in that linz
DO not fail to call at H. c. Lichtenbercer,s
art emporium, 2os South Spring street
Dr. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson bloch
nrst moor, rooms 1S3, 1874, 1855. Special at
tention given to obstetrical cases. and all
diseases of women and children. Electricitv
scientifically used. Consultation hours
to 5. Telephone 1227
The herald., 1898-05-28
Board Of Public Works

All the members of the board of public
works were present yesterday at the reg
ular weekly meeting. The board recon-
mended that the petition from Samuel
Mansfield be referred to the city engineer
with instructions to present the necessary
ordinance changing the name of Mia
street to Lee avenue
In the matter of the petition from H. =.
Barnwell, asking that proceedings be
abandoned for the sidewalking of the
north side of Eighth street between Main
and Figueroa streets, and that permission
be given to do said work by private con-
tract, 1t was recommended that the same
be denied, as proceedings for said i'm
provement are pending.
1t was recommended that the bid of
Frank Whittier to improve the intersection
of Yale and Alpine streets, at 40 cents per
lineal foot for curb and 10 cents per square
foot for sidewalk be accepted and the nee
essary resolution of award adopted.
1t was recommended that the petition
from j. B. Langston ct al. be referred TO
the city engineer with instructions that he
make estimate of the cost of improving
Colyton street and If the same exceeds the
amount required by law, then to present
ordinance of intention to improve said
The herald., 1898-05-28

horses in dlsagreeabIe weather, hot or cold
, will be quartered at the engine house or
Hill street between Third and Fourth
streets hereafter, where a comfortable
shed Is being built for them.
The Zanja Committee
A multitude of citizens interested in the
improvement of South Main street from
Thirty-seventh to Slauson avenue were
present when the zanja committee met yes
terday afternoon. They told the commit
tee they were about to expend $33, 900 in i'm i.
proving South Main street in the section
named, but that there was an open zanja
along the whole route, and the nature of
the soil Is such that the water in the, zanja
will wash away the improvements unless
it is confined. The citizens asked for a
pipe line to convey the water in the zanja
through the district named. The matter
was referred to the city engineer, who will
ascertain the cost Of the pipe line, prepare
specifications, etc.
The committee then adjourned.
Worried officials
City Ensineer Dochweiier anu elreel eu-
perintendent Drain went about the city
hall yesterday, looking over, both. shoulders
at once. Had the police force of the town
been after them they could not have lodged
more persistently. 1t was not until Dock
weller got away up in the tower that he
breathed free. "Oh, it's awful" he said.
''one peen aIrer us TWO Gays, ana now sne
can talk. It's no use trying to stop her.
She won't stop, and / can't hel pit, and
neither can Drain
"Who is she? What are you talking
about, anyway?' asked the reporter.
"Why, don't you know her?" queried the
engineer. MOP. Well, she's. got. tc pay
SIS street assessment after the chaingang
did the work for her, and honestly, if she
comes back tomorrow Drain and I are
gong TO take up coiiection ana pay the
assessment. She waits for us on the street
steps, on the stairs, in the offices, every
where, anywhere, and oh, how she can
talk. It's awful, simply awful, and all
she wants is to have all the street improve
ments in front of her property given to
her."
The herald., 1898-05-28
SOME STREET SIGN vAGARIES

that 1t will not have to be torn up later on.
If this is done it will bring the improve
ments within the bond limit, as well as
completing the work all at one time.
Late in the afternoon the board sat down
to wrestle with the street sign PROPOSE
ton. Already the committee room is lit
tered with posts. signs, letters and boards.
So many illuminated signs have been sent
in that Chairman Blanchard felt it neces-
sary to warn his colleagues yesterday
against handling the samples
The herald., 1898-05-28

street under the bond act, using decom-
posed granite.
In the matter of the petition from j. Fl.
Jacobs ct al. it was recommended that the
city engineer be instructed to present or
dinancs of intention to improve KonIsr
street from Eighth to Ninth street when
the grade shall have been established,
and that the street superintendent be in
structed to lower the cutters on Ninth
street as prayed for in said petition.
It was recommended that the petition
The herald., 1898-05-28

loaded his twenty-seven voters on street
car and sent them to the polls.
Yesterday Baker and Mathuss met.
II owe you dinner" said Mathuss.
"You bet you do." replied Baker, "but,"
he added, II lost more than twenty din
ners will cost in winning it,
The horses Of the fire department en-
gineers, which have stood out In the rain
in winter and in the broiling sun in summer
In front of the city hall, are to have shed,
NOW that the bonds have carried" The
The herald., 1898-05-28
CITY NEWS
as
INDEX OF LOCAL EVENTS
Chronicled on pages Z, s, 10 and 10.

; Suicide of Accountant F. H. Poin- :
. dexter.
; Memorial services held by Stanton
; post, G. A. R., (
, An Italian row being ventilated in (
; the township court.
; Architects inspect the city hall tow (
, er and the fire bell rings.
, Good races before a poor crowd at :
, the war fund bicycle meet.
, Thousands of dollars of real proper :
ty attached for debt of $25.
, Sunset Cox discusses the Manifest :
; Destiny of the United States"
; A generous offer of the Sunset Tele- :
; phone company; free conversations
: with the boys of the Seventh.
Indian Pete Garcia makes a confess 4
sion on the witness stand, accusing his (
; mistress, Stingaree Mary, of the mur- (
; der Of old man Collins. I
The herald., 1898-05-28
EVENTS OF TODAY

Orpheum-Vaudeville .
Burbank-"The White Squadron" :
Board of public works meets-1O :
a. m. (
Finance committee of council meets =
10 a. m. 4
War fund race meet, Agricultural :
park-2 p. m. :
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The herald., 1898-05-28
Maximum temperature, 70.
Minimum temperature, 90.
Weather Conditions

Maximum temperature, 70.
Minimum temperature, So.
Weather Conditions
The pressure has fallen west of the Mis-
souri, river, and a deep depression extends
from British Columbia to Arizona, caus-
ing cloudy and unsettled weather, with
showers, on the Pacific slope. Rain fell
Friday in the San Joaquin valley, Nevada
and Eastern Oregon. A'thunder storm oc-
Cured during the night at Spokane. Rain
Is falling In Kansas and Nebraska.
GEORGE e. FRANKLIN,
Local Forecast Official.
Forecasts
Local forecast for Los Angeles and vicin-
ity: Probably cloudy Saturday, with show
ers.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 27.-Forecast for
Southern California: Cloudy and unsettled
weather Saturday, with showers inland;
fresh westerly winds.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Pensions and Land Grants

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Secretary
Bliss today approved for patent to the
Southern Pacific a list of lands selected un-
der grant embracing fifty-six acres in the
San Francisco district.
California pensions, Qrigiual-Wiufan
The herald., 1898-05-28

H. Yinker, Coronado, So; George Pepper,
Soldiers home, s6. Widows-Margaree
Jackson, Eureka, sS Lucinda j. Dixie, Red.
lands, $12; Lucina e. Wilkinson, Los A.
geles, 50.
The herald., 1898-05-28

the bell will remain in its present position.
The committee will make q report to the
council on Monday next.
The herald., 1898-05-28
THE WEATHER

MPERATURE-Repor of observations
taken at Los Angeles. May 9th. The
barometer is reduced to sea level.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Trunks. Bags, LeAther Goods
]. c. Cunningham, manufacturer. deAlees
repairing speciality. 2a2 South Main. TIL
ephone NJ Sl& q
The herald., 1898-05-28

Latest styles wall paper at A. A. E0h&l
BtromaA ~ South eprina streok
The herald., 1898-05-28
Mems Suits.
SIS. As Specials.
The best goods at the lowest pri
price.

Medium Grade Suits, made well look well, fit we'll,
wear WE'LL Cost little more cut the right shape,
but we pay that little They are cheviots and
cassimeres, round and square cut sacks In light and
The herald., 1898-05-28

horses in dlsagreeabIe weather, hot or cold.
will be quartered at the engine house on
Hill street between Third and Fourth
streets hereafter, where comfortable
shed Is being built for them.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Mems Dress Shirts.

The new Columbia" fancy bosom, perfect fitting
and full in the body made of New York Mill muslin,
sizes from IA to II. A small quantity HOc
of ~ 90 and 81. rs styles will be sold n
TODAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY at...... ~
The herald., 1898-05-28

Bright and cheerful patterns
In plaids, checks and mixtures.
Italian lining is set in the staid
to keep its shape. These suits
are new Spring and Summer
styles and are At to wear
either Sunday or Monday.
Priced down during the next
nAY, BAY ss5s; M5SDH2 1Hl * AZ
and TUESDAY, to- Y~sTS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-04
VALUABLE SOLUTION.
BY Which Frederick Moss Believes H,
Can Mako Wood Impenetrable,

BY Which Frederick Moss Believes He
Can Mako Wood Impenetrable.
Frederick r. Moss of Binghamton
believes he has discovered process that
will practically supplant iron sheathing
for war vessels. He is the possessor Of
secret solution that will after few
hours treatment turn timber as hard
as q piece of iron-in fact. those who
have witnessed tests say it will stand
more than the best tempered steel. A
piece Of by 4 pine, 8 feet long, soaked
in the solution for six days, presents a
grayish brown color and weighs IS
pounds to the foot A board treated in
this manner withstood the penetrating
powers of a rifle bullet fired at dis
lance Of six feet, the bullet leaving on
ly . scratchlike mark.
Nh. Moss says the discovery was an
accident, and that the solution can be
cheaply made, pine proving the best
wood to work with, but hemlock, cedar
or any lumber with an absorbent grain
can be used. Mr.. Moss believes his dis
covery will revolutionize the construc-
tion of battleships, as impenetrable ar
NOR plate can De made at an almost tri.
fling cost. He has submitted samples to
the navy department. and expects to
give a test before board in short
time. He reticent regarding the COM
position u his solution, but his friends
believe he has found fortune. New
York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-04
Acoustic Properties Bad.

A meeting of the Rock Island county
bar was held this morning to consider
the acoustic properties of the circuit
court chamber at the new court house.
The matter was laid before Judge
Gest. who suggested the appointment
ola committee to lay the complaints be-
fore the board of supervisors. mac
cordance with this idea Messrs. w. J..
Entrikin, William Jackson and Will
liam McEniry were named. The
bar is anxious to remedy the existing
evil without destroying or marring
the appearance of the court room and
to this end an expert may be called
in. The arrangement of a sounding
apparatus of wires has been pro-
posed, while it has also been sug-
gested that the Encouragement of the
furniture may be necessary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-04

! Thunderstorms occurred on the 9Th
aud 18th.
There is considerable anxiety in the
home of Col. Henry Curtis in the
absense of more definite particulars of
the Manila battle, as was stated in
Mondays ARGUS, Horace Walker
Jones, Col. Curtis son-in-law. being
past assistant engineer on the Con-
cord of Commodore Dewey's fleet.
Sutcliffe does not want YOU to take
his word for it. but it is fact, never
theless, that his stock is the best. the
selections the largest and the prices
the lowest. You will be convinced
by one visit to his big exclusive wall
paper house on Second avenue, oppo-
site the court house.
Funeral services for Mrs. j. L..
Bean were held at her late home yes
terday afternoon, Rev. Ida Hutton. of
Moline, officiating. Interment was
made in Chippiannock. The pail
bearers were: Capt. j. NJ. Beardsley,
j. ID. Taylor, c. G. Dack, j. Sievers,
+. nj. Sinnet, j. II. Cleland.
DR.. j. c. Silvis and DR.. Milton j.
Silvis have purchased the dental par
lors and business of DR.. George Bah
cock. The, latter will remain until
July l inE order to allow DR.. j. C..
Silvis to make trip to Massachusetts,
and other eastern states in the homes
of quicker regaining his health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-04
LIGHTHOUSES TO CLOSE UP.
Scheme For Wrecking Hostile Ships at
the Entrance to Long I sland Sound.

Scheme For Wrecking Hostile Ships at
the Entrance to Long I sland Sound.
The possibility of vessel of hostile
nation creeping into Long Island sound
through the Race is attracting much at.
tention in the cities along the north
shore. It is held by some experts that q
hostile vessel might in thick weather
pass the Notifications now being pre-
pared to guard the Race. To prevent
this, 1t is said, the lighthouse board for
the Watch Hill district has arranged
for the extinguishing of all the lights
in the different Lighthouse stations in
this section, a measure that would
make it almost impossible for any
strange craft to make her way into the
waters of the sound.
It is said that code of signals has
been prepared by the board for the keep.
ers Of these lighthouses SO that the
lights in their towers can be extin-
guished in short order and their fog
whistles and voices rendered voiceless.
Few of the nerviest of the regular sound
navigators today would care to under.
take to bring vessel of Importance in
to this sheet Of water through either
the Race, Plum Gut or Fishers Island
sound in thick or dark weather with
out the guidance furnished by the light.
houses. The risk would be altogether
too great, it is believed, for any foreign
warship to undertake. The principal
lights affected are understood to be
Watch Hill. Race Rock, Montauk. Plum
Island, Little Gull Island, Bartlett g
Reef and Horizons Point.-New York
Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-04
First Trip OF the New Train.

General Passenger and Freight
Agent Sebastian. of the Rock Island,
has arranged for the first trip of the
roads new solid trains tomorrow
on which occasion some newspaper
friends of the general passenger agent
Will be his special guests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-04
Home Seekers Excursion.

May and IL the c., X. /. 4 p. will
seu round trip home seekers excur-
SION tickets for one fare plus 81. For
lull information call at Rock Island
route ticket office.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-26

American high wavs have often close
IL followed the old Roman model. and
run straight ahead regardless Of OBJ
staclcs IL seems not TO have occurred
20 our road-builders that less power
Is expended in going three miles
around hill than one mile mp IL, or
that II Is easier 70 cut down a hill once
than for all travellers 10 climb IL thou
sands Of times. or that no heavier load
can be hauled than can be drawn mp
the steepest part To attain higher
levels the preCipitous sides Of hills
have been scaled. requiring extreme
grades, when such could have been
avoided, aud more circuitous courses.
not materially longer. would have ar
rived at the same spot with less ex-
penditure Of energy. Mountain roads
can be kept in order only with extreme
difficulty. The work on them, the
time and unnecessary energy wasted
in surmounting them, and the half
loads that only can be hauled on them
are sources OF great and constant loss.
In foreign countries every effort ia
made 70 keep grades down 20 foEr per
cent. that Is. . rise Of four feet in
every hundred, IS this has been shown
by experience % be the maximum on
which loads can be advantageously
hauled. and even Il necessitates the
expenditure of "a much energy in one
mile as in travelling three on a level,
20 that but one-third "a heavy a load
can be drawn. As the grade increases
above this percentage the labor in
/ VOWED becomes SO excessive that a
maximum Of ten feet rise in n hundred
IL used Sbroad for mountain roads,
aad on this less than one-half can be-
hauled OF what il possible at four ia 4
hundred. and but one-sixth "a much
As on the level.
SO little attention has been paid I,
shis subject here that rise OF ten II
one hundred is often found on maiI
roads which are constantly used b,
heavy traffic, and even twelve an,
J hftsen in a hundred are by no mean
: uncommon. This Is wrong. Tn
courses OF old roads could be slightl,
altered in many cases 20 their grea
advantage, and in other cases nev
, roads could be laid out. These point
, ought to be thoroughly looked into be
4 fore making billy roads permanent b.
! maoadamizing them. Il. A W. Bal
! lstin.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-26
ReroIutionary scholAr..

Rev. George Canning wrote an ac-
count of the school of his youth, which
he attended just after the Revolution.
Girls and boys attended together the
primary school, and sat on seats made
of round blocks of wood of various
heights, which were furnished by tho
parents. Children bowed and kissed
the teachers hand on leaving the
room. The teaching of spelling wa
peculiar. 1t was the last lesson Of tht
day.
The master gave out q long word,
say multiplication, with blow of his
strap on the desk as signal for all ~
start together, aad in chorus the whole
class spelled out the word IL syllables.
The teachers ear was so trained and
acute thSt no 81 once detected any
misspelling. III this happened he de-
manded the name OF the scholar who
made the mistake. If there was any
hesitancy or refusal IN acknowledge
Inent he kept the whole class until
by repeated trials of long words, nc
curacy was obtained. The roar of the
many voices of the large school, all
pitched IN different keys. could be
heard on summer days for long dis
tance.-The Chautauquan-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-26

nssssAa - my csnse ION IN s.y
part Of the State
'sYou must convince your leeissa-
tors that the State Of Maryland u en-
titled TO jrstas good legislation - any
other State Of the Unios. You n ass
stir them a. home. and follow them -
Annapolis. You can tell
them what you want in q general wsyt
that IL:
"First-A complete reform in tbs
local road administration. 40 that You
will get your moneys worth for thu
money you now pay.
.'Second-You want more money
for roads, without more taxes on farm
property.
"ThiTd-You want an efficient
State supervision 20 make sure that
the new money spent on roads shall
be spent 10 the best possible advan-
tage.
''Fourth-You want 20 make sure
for the future that all property. and
all the people interested IN OF bene-
fited by good highways shall contribute
their proper share toward buildng
aud maintaining those roads"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-26

Tt IS a nistaSe- IN work when YOU
are not in a tit condition 20 90 so; 10
take of heavy underclothing because
you have become oveS-heated: 10
think that the more q pereon eats the
healthier and stronger he will be-
come; TO believe that children can do
as much work as grown people. aud
that the more they study the more
they learn; 20 so 10 bed late at night
and rise at dayDreak and imagine that
every hour taken from sleep Is an
hour gained; 10 imagine that II = lit
tie work or exercise Is good, violent
or prolonged exercise is better; 70
conclude that the smallest room IN the
house is large enough 10 sleep in: 20
sleep exposed To a direct draught Al
any season; TO imagine that whatever
remedy causes one 10 feel Immediate
" better-as alcoholic stimulants, fol
examples good for the system
without regard TO the after effects; e
cot as If you had only one minute Z
finish the meal, or 10 eat without al
appetite, or continue after It has beer
satisfied, 10 crafty the taste; 10 give
unnecessary time TO certain estab
lished routine of housekeeping whel
il could be much more prohtabl.
spent in rest or recreation. We trus
that these little mistakes, which ar
so apt TO be made, will IN future b
avoided. London Family Doctor.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-02-26

isrsou." aad NJ vsnt dewa again 70
Molly.
Williams explained ~ well a he
could what had happened. and the
man with O glimmer Of understanding,
thought he could see what Kind Of q
snake il was from the wound it had
inflicted. He was accordingly show3
into Mrs. Ashley cabin. aud after
looking at the puncsures. at once hus
ried sw.y, saying he would bring some
thing. bat he was afraid. he confde-..
to Williams. that il was too late.
Most of us can call 20 memory some
time in our lives, some special hour
when every moment seems Q year, and
though suppressed excitement tills
US. yet we seem unnatErally quiet.
waiting-waiting- know not
whether for life or death, for happi
ness or misery 10 fall 70 our lot
II Harry Ashley had been asked
which was the supreme hour OF his
life he would without hesitation have
said this one-when he sat beside his
wifes bed In dumb agony awaiting
the return of the man. wondering IL
he would be In time, for poor Molly
seemed 70 be losing strength with
every breath, aud wondering, too, IL
he could do any good when he did
comet
At last, after what seemed 20 the
worn-out man perfect eternity of
waiting, the native returned. His
method seemed 10 Harry aiarmingiy
simple for such an extreme case. rs i;
merely consisted in puting a few
drops of particular Juice into the
three punctures the adder had made.
but 20 his delighted astonishment. rs
we'll as the doctors, IN half an houi
Molly was sleeping quietly. aud the
swelling was already greatly decreas
ed. willis Mahomed Mani. the Afri-
can medicine-man left the yacht con
siderably richcr than when be came
on 70 it,
II was a very pale little Molly whC
was sitting week later at the SAM
breakfast table, opening little pack
age her husband had just given her
81 1t was a bracelet in the form OF a tin,
; gold adder, with cleaning eyes OK EN-
eralds; and on its quivering tongu
ay n crumpled roseleaf Of rosy en-
: amel.
e "How beautiful! Harry" she said
Thank You a thousand times. and ar
they actually clever enough 10 mak'
1 such thing In that bazaar in Algiers?
{ These Eastern people are consum
' mate masters in the art Of jewelry
{ Dearest" he answered; aud now
b when my little wife wears this. may
q always be the only crumpled roseles
J. in her happiness-the solitary serper
in our Edenr-McC.' s Monthly.