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The herald., 1898-11-13
BRIGHT SAYINGS OF CHILDREN

Little Harry was generally happy, anu
when one day he came in looking down
east and unlike himself, his mother asked
him what made him SO miserable. Look
ing up with face full of unutterable VICE.
he exclaimed: "Taint my miserable, It's nj!
neck" which, on investigation, proved TO
be stiff and lame.
He had frequently patiently stood the
pangs of hunger through an uncle long
winded grace at table until torbearance
ceased TO be virtue, and one day at dinner,
being especially hungry, Just before ms
uncle asked the blessing, he peeped over his
hand, which was before his face, ana SAID:
Shoot it, Uncle Billy, shoot it quick!
He accompanied his mother to church anu
saw the rector for the first time In his eccle-
siastical robes, and he cried out at the top
OF his lungs: Mamma, mamma, what has
Mr.. Williams got his night gown on for!
"What's the matter with my darling!
asked the fond mother as she came upon
her little one, crushed in heap IN the
middle of the floor and kicking the air
with her stockinged feet. Where's her
pretty new shoes
Il wo-won't have 'em, na-nas-nasty
old things, Ne-Netties sQueaks like ev-
ev'ryiing and mine don't squeak bib
bit
An Usage little girl while praying one
night recently, remembered her soldier
brother and wound up this way: And.
der Lord, l pray that ANel don't get shot;
but if he's got to get shot let HIM get shot
in the leg. Amen.
Freddy-Why don't he speak, ma?
Mama-He's too young, my son.
Freddy-Ain't he got any speaking tube!
Mama-You eat so much candy it's no
wonder You have a tothache.
Johnny-It can't be the candy, mama. l
eat candy with my teeth, and there's only
one that aches.
Teacher-Johnny, can you tell me what
is meant by Steward
,Johnnv-A steward is man that doesn't
mind his own business.
Teacher-Why, where did you get that
idea?
Johrny-Well, looked it up in the die
tionary and it said: "a man who attends
to the affairs of others"
Father hope you will never bite your
little brother again; teeth were made to
chew with
Sobbing Daughter-Next time I'll chew
him all up.
"Wille Jones'" said Mr. Grimface, the
schoolmaster, sternly, 81 am very much
afraid from your behavior you wish me to
chastise you. Do you remember the old
precept beginning Spare the rod?
"Yessir," said Willie. Spare the rod
and lose the fish"
Jimmy, did you tell your sister l was
here?'
eyes, Mr. Tanks. and she said she'd felt
all day that something awful wuz goin' to
happen. ."LCincinnati Tribune.
The herald., 1898-11-13
Pills as Big as Duck Eggs

A wanderer from the fowery kingdom
recently died in Melbourne. 1t transpired
at the inquest that he had been treated by a
Chinese physician, who gave him pills each
the size of ducks egg. There were said
to be forty different ingredients in the
medicine, including blood, grasshoppers,
ashes, bone dust, clay, dates, honey, saw
dust and ground-up insects.
The herald., 1898-11-13
Stockholders' Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Crystal Springs Land and Water
company will be held on Monday, Novem-
ber 2lst, at o'clock p. M, at the office Of
the company, $3.50 New High street, In the
city of Los Angeles, for the election Of a.
board of directors for the ensuing year,
and the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the meeting.
q S.. II. MOTT. Secretary.
Los Angeles, Nov g. 1898.
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time of his fathers death, and it was years
afterward that she learned OF the peculiar
circumstances of the death and of the pos
siblity that her father-in-law was not
Thomas Druce. Her husband died IN 1851
and his mother in 1893.
In Highgate cemetery stands heavy
monument surmonted with draped urn
The inscription reads: Sacred 10 the mem
The herald., 1898-11-13
Stockholders Meeting

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Los Angeles City Water company
will be held on Monday, November 2lst, at
3 o'clock p. M, at the office of the company,
800 New High street, in the city Of Los AM
geles, for the election of board of direct
ors for the ensuing year, and the TRANSACT
tion of such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
q s. H. MOTT, Secretary,
Los Angeles. Nov. 8. 1885,
The herald., 1898-11-13
Playing Cards Symbolic

The marks on playing cards are said to
have their origin in a symbolical represents
ton of four different classes of society.
Hearts represent the clergy, spades the
nobility derived from the Italian word
"spada,' meaning sword) clubs the seffs and
diamonds the citizens.
The herald., 1898-11-13
The Giraffe an Actor

The giraffe has such powers Of mimcry
that, although its size might be supposed
to make it a conspicuous object to its enc
mics, the most practiced eye has been de,
ceived by the animals resemblance to one
of the dead and blasted tree trunks which
abound in its haunts.
The herald., 1898-11-13

s, ., 13, II, q, 20, ~. Jan: Z snnG TeyyeTX
10 a; m: for San Diego NOV; n =, So y; i.
and every fourth day thereafter.
Cars connect via Redondo leave Santa Ee
depot at y:55 a. M. or from Redondo Ry,
DEPOT at $50 q. m. Cars connect via Port Lo1
Angeles leave S. Z: T. Il: depot ~ IA" p m
The steamers G90s b BAY Z s9H a. oRIHAHA . K bnA
DRO for San Francisco via Ventura, Car
pinteri. Santa Barbars s,sav Gaviots Mcnt Pert
and Santa Cruz at $50 p. m. Nov. 4. ]. L. H.
20, "a and 49, Dec q g. 10. IA. 1s. 22. Is. 30. JAM
and every fourth day thereafter.
Cars connect with steamers via San Pedro
leave s. p; R. r; (Arcads Depot at s;0s .; m.
For further Information obtain folder.
The company reserves right to ehanEs, sE,
o~'e' -AN W. PARRIs. Agt,
1N W. Second st., Los Angelica
Gen. Agts., 8. =.
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Uncertainty

"I'd like to know" remarked the czar,
thoughtfully; ''I really would. wish there
was some way of finding out"
"Of finding out what, your majesty"
"Whether France is any more in earnest
when it talks war than was when talked
peace. Washington Star.
The herald., 1898-11-13
LOS ANGELES AND REDoNDo RAIL-
"

Los Angeles depot: Cor. Grand ave ana
Jefferson street. Goes into effect No. 9Th.
Leave Leave
Ios Angeles Redondo
for Redondo: for Los Angeles
a.sO a. M. daily 500 a. M, daily
1 40 o. m. daily HOO a. M. daily
4:3O p. M, daily 3:l5 p. m. daily
II 40 u. M. Sat only $50 p. M, Sat. only
Take Grand ave- electric cars or Main
st. and Agricultural Park cars.
l.. J. PERRY, Superintendent
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TINE GARD IN BFFKcT SEPT. 70. 1884
Pacific Coast Steamship Co.

The company. slsSsnt
and CORONA leave RE.
DONDO at II 4. N. ana
PORT LOS ANGELES As
$3.50 D. m. for San Fran
cisco via Santa Barbara
and Port Hartford Nov. 8
1. II. 10. 10. q. q. Dec. L
The herald., 1898-11-13
THE STATE BALLS

Intimately connected with the ceremo-
MES of viceregal drawing room are those
Of the state balls and state concerts. They
are held alike in Calcutta and in Simla; and
in ALL naturally the vicereine is the great
central parsonage whose smile difuses hap
The herald., 1898-11-13

Jimmy, did you tell your sister l was
here?"
eyes, Mr.. Tanks, and she said she'd felt
all day that something awful wuz goin' to
happen. "-Cincinnati Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

MANILA, Sept. 9.-General Aguin- aldo. in his capacity as president or dictator, in calling a meeting of the Filipino Congress" has disclosed the fact that he has planned to have com plete control of that body from the start. He will obtain control by ap- pointing a majority of the representa- tives of the various districts. This so- called congress is to meet in Maloilos on October Is, so that Aguinaldo will have ample time in which to choose the men who will uphold him in his dic- tatorship.
 With a pretense of frmness Aguin- aldo provides in his decree calling the congress to assemble that Spaniards who have resided in the Philippine Islands for ten years may exercise the right of suffrage in the selection of representatives. In districts where no revolution has taken place AguinaldO will himself choose representatives and 1t is by this means that he will obtain full control.
 The revolution has been confined to the island of LuZon ard a small section of Mindanao. On these two islands only will a vote be taken in choosing repre- sentatives in congress- The vote on the island of Mindanao will be confined to the small section where the natives have been in revolt. The. insurgents will easily control the selection of rep resentatives of these sections, so that the right of suffrage conferred upon
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10

strong enough to feed and bear some change of temperature. Such pair l received some time ago and raised successfully They were hacked in wads of cotton in a large perforated box and arrived in good condition.
 '0The home prepared for them was a large deal table, in the center of which square hole was made. Into this hole was fitted deep dripping pan, contain ing water. One-half of the table, at the end of the pan of water, was cov- cred with fine sand, and at the oppo- site end the boards were left bare. wire-netting fence about two feet h1gh was nailed around the edge of the ta- ble, with the upper edges turned over an inch or two as guard 10 pre- vent the alligator climbing out. The whole was placed not far from heater, supposed to keep the establishment at a Florida temperature.
 Into this as soon as completed the two young saurians were turned, and at once testified their appreciation or the hospitality extended by Hopping into the water where they thereafter spent the larger part of their time.
 Grown alligators do not feed in W1N- ter, but the little ones seem to require food, whether from change of climate or the needs of growth I cannot say. These had fresh meat given them whenever they appeared restless, per haps once or twice a week, and the avidity with which they snapped 1t up was amusing. They would jump at pieces held above them on a fork. quite needless of the often severe jabs they gave themselves.
 The best method of feeding is to throw the meat into the water. They were apparently unable to get any thing off the bare ground, often crawl ing over meat lying on the ground. wholly unconscious of its presence. To clean their cage 1t was only necessary to pen them in one end of their house by means of a board although when 1t became necessary to lift them 1t was perfectly safe to seize them just back of the forepaws. The strength they manifested In flashing with the tail to get free was remarkable. Toward spring, when the days were warmer, their house was set out of doors one day in a severe rainstorm. Instead of liking the downpour, they were fright ened thoroughly, and made every effort to leap out of their cage.
 "In summer a pen was arranged in the open air on much the same plan as the deal table, where they fiourished so nightly that one night they suc- ceeded In getting out and running away ver."-New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
SAN RAFAEL'S GREAT
 G0LFING TOURNAMENT
Large Crowd Views the Sport at the
 Hotel Grounds-The Prize xry;a L

SAN RAFAEL, Sept 9.-The Hotel Ra- fael golf links were the Mecca of society folks in large numbers to-day their pill grimage being to witness the open han dicap tournament held by the San Rafael Golf Club. The programme for the various events extends over two days and four of the principal competitions will take place tomorrow. In all the handicap competitions the scores were placed in sealed envelopes and given into the hands of the Green committee. The winners will therefore not be known un- til tomorrow evening.
 In the boys and girls handicap Pro- lessor Tetley's coaching first became manifest. Clement Arnold. whose score was 102 at the last tournament. came out to-day with S5. There were twenty en- tries in the ladies handicap competition. Miss Edith Mclean scored T, Mrs. Gil O'Conner 79. These scores were also sealed
 In the mems handicap competition, 75- yard approach. Gilman P; Brown, co veterans with an average approach of 15 feet 9 inches. Richard Parker and Baron Alex von Schroeder also did well.
 In the mems competition F. L Abbott went over the links in 9S, playing good and clean both rounds, and had a ball not been lost would have reduced his score of 100. J. J. Crooks did some good driving plays In this event
 In the ladies competition, fifty yard ap- proach, the battle finally narrowed down to contest between Mrs. Brown and Miss O'Connor. Mrs. Brown won by driv- ing a ball 227 feet, carry clean, with roll of 13O yards. Miss O'Connor's drive of 213 feet. carry clean. when measured with the roll, was equally good, but missed the prize.
 An orchestra furnished music and re- treatments were dispersed from the club tent. which was gayly decorated. To- morrow being the end of the tournament a better attendance, If anything is ex- pected than that of to-day.
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the Spaniards who have resided In the no bearing on the election.
 Since Aguinaldo has conferred upon himself authority to choose representa- tives from districts where no revolt has taken place there is no possible chance from him. So far as this congress Is concerned his authority will be as ab- Solute as that which Spain has exer- cised
 Santa Cruz, the last position held by the Spaniards at Manila Bay, has been taken by the insurgents, who followed up their success by seeking vengeance on some of the priests of that section This took the form of requiring priests to do penance" by standing on the roadside for many hours.
 A story comes from Iba, In the north ern part of the island of Luzon, about the cruel treatment of a Spanish Bishop by rebel sympathizers. The prelate was beaten with clubs and compelled to disclose the hiding place of money belonging to the church.
 The insurgents are strongly fortify- ing Maloilos, where Aguinaldo tenn porarily established the capital of the rebel government.
 That the insurgent leader is bent upon mischief becomes daily more ap- parent. An American officer of high rank informed me that a crisis in af- fairs here cannot now be delayed many days. fact which he says should be fully considered by the Government at Washington.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
FARM WAGONS BY TROLLEY. Scheme of an Ohio Man to Take
 Produce to Market.

A great many different schemes have been proposed and some of them have been tried for lessening the work of carting farm produce into town. The traction engine Is used for that pur- pose to a considerable extent in Eng land, although in America very little hauling is done herewith. Then again there has been a good deal of talk of laying broad, guttered rails on the com mon highway for the wheels of the or dinary wagon to run in. This is a rather more popular idea and has promising future in our own country. In some parts of the United States there are trolley lines reaching out through the rural regions and carrying not only passengers, but also mail and express matter. Inside city limits in many places special trolley cars are made for local postal and express ser vice, and in the vicinity of very large cities one will sometimes find that a certain style of low-platform cars are provided by the steam roads for carry ing into town the heavy trucks of the market gardeners laden with fresh vegetables. And now still another plan Is proposed.
 A Toledo man, named Bonner has de- vised a special truck which is designed to run on street railway and to carry
 
 as the ordinary vehicle would not fit the truck MT. Bonner thinks it better to have his own wagon as well as his railway truck. He has taken out a patent on the idea and has obtained franchise from the city of Toledo for running his wagons through the streets. AS soon as he has manufactured and sold a number of his special wagons to the express companies in town and has also had a few of his trucks made he will be In a position to take the wagons on the trucks through such streets as have trolley lines. The trucks are intended to be coupled to a trolley car and are not provided with electric motors of their own. After the city service Is fairly started MT. Bonner will endeavor to secure rural patronage. Of course 1t will be necessary for such farmers as wish to take advantage of his plan to have the right sort of wagons and to haul them by horse power near enough to town to reach the trolley tracks.
 But In Ohio there are numerous troll ley roads extending from one town to another and attaining a length of ten, fifteen and even twenty-five miles. If a farmer only lives along one of these routes he will not need to haul his wagons more than a few rods. Indeed, if he has a switch and sidetrack and loads his wagons while they stand on the latter he will have an easy task before him. The rapid development of. trolley lines through the rural districts nowadays makes MT. Bonner,s idea an interesting one. There Is no telling how far 1t Is likely to become serviceable to American Characterization Evening Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
THE KANSAS MURDER LAW

Governor Leedy's position that he will not sentence murderer to death is that assumed by his predecessors since the present evasive and pusillanimous statute concerning murder has been one of the Kansas laws. Governor Leedy-and every intelligent man in Kansas-understan that the object of the law was to abolish capital punishment That was. the inten- tion of the Legislature, and the Cover nor believes in respecting the purpose and desire of the lawmaking body. There may be some day & Kansas Legislature with flrmness and consistency enough to substitute for the present law an act de- f1ning the punishment for murder in the first degree, making 1t either death or life Imprisonment. Until that time comes the Governors of Kansas wil decline to per- form the duty properly devolving on a trial Judge. In other words, if the courts in Kansas do not hal people, the Cover nors will not. Kansas at present has no law fixing absolutely the punishment of cruel and wicked murderer, and this condition will continue until there shall arise a Legislature with manliness and decency enough to frame a reasonable statute.-Kansas City Star.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
BOY TUMBLES INTO A WELL
A MAN DECLINES TO ATTEMPT
 HIS RESCUE.
Mrs. Kate Rose Descends Sixty-Eive Feet on a Frail Rope and Brings Up the Little
 Fellow.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BEDDING, Sept 9.-A story of an act of heroism that is seldom equaled by a woman reached here this morning from Fall River Mills, small settle ment in Northeastern Shasta.
 A party of ladies went to a neighbor- ing ranch to gather wild plums, taking their children with them. The wife of pr. M. M. Rowley and her four-year- old son Cecil were among the plum gatherers The ladies went to the farm house for drink of water Some re- pairs were being made at the well and it had been left partly uncovered. While the women were standing about talk ing little Cecil ventured too near the edge and losing his balance pitched headlong to the bottom of the well, a distance of sixty-five feet. The ladies listened intently for moment and then heard the screams of the child
 A scene of the widest confusion en- sued. Mrs. Rowley, the mother, was almost frantic and insisted on going down on the rope. Mrs. Kate Rose wanted to go in her stead but as the rope was regarded as too light to bear her weight she was persuaded not to try it.
 A man who was working near by was called, but he declined to risk his life by venturing into the we'll on the frail rope.
 Mrs. Rose could not be restrained any longer. She bravely lowered herself into the depths, where she found Ceci hanging to a projecting rock with his head just out of the water Taking the boy in her arms she braced herself against the walls of the we'll, fastened the frail rope securely about herself and burden and was drawn slowly tc the surface.
 The depth of water in the we'll was five feet. The little fellows injuries consisted of several bad bruises on the body and a frightful gash on the scalp requiring nine stitches to close the wound It was not until the following day that the extent of his injuries could be ascertained, and then the good news went out that he was not badly hurt
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
GROUND TO ATOMS.
Chicago Professors Awful Death on
 a Santa Fe Train.

DENVER, Sept. 9.-A special to the Times from Colorado Springs says:
 Professor D. s. Baernstein the we'll known Chicago musical director, who has had charge of the Broadmoor orchestra here this season, met death in an awful manner last night under the southbound Santa Fe train at Fountain, six miles south of this city
 He was late in reaching the depot, and attempted to board one of the Pullman cars, but the vestibule was closed and he could not get up the steps. By the time he discovered that he could not make himself heard the train was speeding over the rails at fifty miles an hour. Professor Baernstein clung to the irons until the train reached Fountain. which is not a regular stopping place. Here he was jared off as the cars struck a sharp curve.
 The unfortunate man was literally ground into small pieces.
 He conducted tie Kimball Hall. studio in Chicago
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OF INTEREST TO THE COAST. Union Iron Works to Be Awarded Contracts for Building New Boats.

W ARLINGTON, Sept. 9.-Levi w. Sim mons has been reinstated as inspector of customs at San Francisco at salary of 8 a day
 Commissioner of Pensions Evans re- port, now In the hands of the public printer, shows 16.9S1 pensions, giving E, AZ. .231 65 in California; 1882 pensions $7S0, SIT 54, in Washington.
 The Naval Board of Construction agreeing on the recommendations to be mace Concerning the award of contracts for building torpedo boats and torpe.lc boat destroyers. authorized at last ses- sion of Congress, favors as tEe only bid- Works of San Francisco, and will recom- mend that this firm be awarded the work of constructing both destrov.rs and tor pedo boats. The. exact division of awards recommended cannot be ascer- .ailtt d.
The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
PIONEER MISSIONARY
 OF THE FIJlS DEAD
After Fifty-Four Years Labor on the Islands, Father Breheret
 Is No More,

VICTORIA, B. C.. Sept. 9--The steamer Miowera. which reached port this even ing. brings news from Suva of the death of Rev. Jean Baptiste Breheret, who was the founder of the Roman Catholic mis- sion and, in fact, the pioneer missionary in the Fiji Islands. Ii is fifty-four years ago since the dead priest went to the isl- ands. and he remained at his post there till his death. At the reverend father s advent at Suva cannibalism was ram pant The funeral was largely attended a vast gathering of all creeds-Christian Jew, Greek and infidel-all alike being anxious to show their respect for the good and noble man who built I'D tho churches of the Fijis.
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ties as shall fall upon them"
 What self-renunciation and heroic purpose was this! They drowned witches to be sure, but that was no part of their puritanisn. It is to the puritan women we owe so much for that spirit in our people which gives them the fortitude to endure hardship and stake life and fortune for their convictions.
 The American women of to-day have the spirit of their puritan mothers, but their constitutions are ut rugged or able to en- dure half the hardships of these New Eng land ancestors. Very often they are run down with weaknesses and irregularities peculiar to their sex, and the constant drain upon their vitality makes them chronic in- valids. Many women hesitate to go to their family physician, because they dread the local examinations so generally insisted upon by practitioners.
 Such women should write Dr. R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, giving full description of their symptoms, history, etc, so that he can give them the best possible medical advice. If Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip- ton seems to suit the case the Doctor will say so. If not, then he will give medical advice which will put such women on the rapid road to recovery and health.