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The Republican journal., 1898-07-07

Time is money, you know" remarked
the tailor. 'Well, l take notice you
never seem to think so when | ask you to
wait two months for your BILL" said the
gilded youth. onkers Statesman.
The Republican journal., 1898-07-07
The EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
70 only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance Of purchasing the
true and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup 81 Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
only, knowledge Of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties, The high standing Of the CALI
FoRNIA FIG SYRUP O.. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
winch the genuine Syrup Of Figs has
given to millions OF families. makes
the name Of the Company q guaranty
q the excellence Of its remedy 1t is
tar IN advance Of all other laxatives,
as 1t acts on the kidneys. liver and
bowels without Irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
hauseate. In order to eat its beneficial
effects. please remember the name Of
the COMPANY
The Republican journal., 1898-07-07
TO BELFAST.

II Tag stdtIOn.
Limited tickets for Boston now sold at S. 90
from Belfast and all stations on Branch.
Through tickets TO all points West and North
west, via all routes, for sale 10y l.. y. GEORGE,
Agent, Belfast. GEO. f. EVANS
Vice President and General Manager.
f. E. BooTHBY, Gent Pass. and Ticket Agent.
Portland, June is, 1898
The Republican journal., 1898-07-07
nat Await our Soldiers in Cuba.

ap-ers our boys in Cuba will
..mnter. First, and more to be
..st-3 The guns of the enemy, is
-a.-.t tlat walketh in Darkness
.fs must noted yellow fever cen
... West Indies-even worse than
~utiago de Cuba, its bottled
s.- ss.ng always favorite abode
.rs lisease, and these mid sum-
.., THE very heighth of his har-
... Int Yellow Jack, so much
..r since this war began, is by
Ir worst disease which will as
-.a.e men in Cuba. Doctor
sanitary expert, who lately
after having been several
....,el there by the [. 5. Gov
-., nat OF the b, 600 Spanish
.. ed last year in Cuba, only
yellow fever. Twelve thou
.. Mere carried off by dysen-
mation of the intestines,
ID 900 10y malarial fever.
..-a cl particularly attiict the
,gulles-in the order named
y-are dysentery, malarial
iyer, yellow fever, small
aad lepnosy. An eminent
aatAolity suggests that
extremely careful, our
u may result as disast-
reuch campaign in NADIA
agu. The French soldiers
st men, and We're cared fol
GtMy surgeons in the world;
@-u proportion OF them died
he few who returned to
stly couvalescents. Cuba
3re not unlike Madagascar
same fertile, maIshy soil,
lups and lying to the south
main land, surrounded by
currents. Everybody re-
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Il the days OF 49, 80, when
l men took that route to Cali
quincy across the hyphen
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a4it miasmas of the tlowery
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stinct and fatal malady.
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than was the Isthmus of
vi course our army sur
mister quinine galore;-and
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The Look i'm a
WO111an'S Face.

Beauty disappears 7eheu the eyes dull tie skin is
saHoV and the at71nkles dGsM 10 appear. Mrs. Ensign
7eatlhea her good looks return d.!y BY day.
The Republican journal., 1898-07-07
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN-0

Ask your Grocer to-day to show You package
of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the
place of coffee. The children may drink it with
out injury well as the adult. All who try it
like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains
and the most delicate stomach receives it without
distress IA the price of coffee-and 25 cents per
package. Sold by all grocers.
The herald., 1898-11-16
THE DEFENDERS ACCIDENT
Oliver Iselin's Yacht Narrowly Escapes
Destruction

For a short time Thursday it looked as
though the peerless Defender, the con-
cueror of Valkyrie III and the fastest single
sticker ahoat, had sailed it's last race. For
thirty long minutes C. Oliver Iselin, the pre-
siding genius of its racing days, to say moth
ing of Mrs. Iselin and the yellow dog,
Sandy, the Defenders mascot, were in an
agony of suspense while the Defenders keel
groaned and swayed over a jagged rock
known as "Le Count"
The accident which came near making a
wreck of this 100000 yacht occurred at
l:20 Wednesday afternoon, while the De-
FENDER was being towed by the tug Theresa
Verdon from Neptune bay to Bristol, r. 1.
The voyage had just begun when, in giving
too wide berth to the buoy which marks
the dangerous channel off Davenport Neck,
the Defender was suddenly seen to swerve.
1t struck the outer edge of the reef of rocks
which runs from David's island almost to
the main shore. There was great excite
ment when the yacht struck. Mr. Iselin or
dered lines out from the tug, which in vain
tried to pull the Defender into deeper wa
ter, but unfortunately the efforts were mis-
directed and the yacht was pulled farther
on the rocks. After several attempts to get
it off with tugs, the Defender slowly began
to turn on its keel, which is sort of "
shaped and after about ten minutes hard
work it swung clear around, making half
circle, and slid off the rocks. This was at
1855 o'clock, after it had been on the rocks
for thirty minutes. After the yacht was
clear the Defender was towed to Premium
point and anchored off "All View" Mr..
Iselin's home At o'clock Mr.. Iseln was
ioiued hv .Jnol, Ra1asford b;o l1ro+L,,, =.
law, and Newberry d. Thorne, and the
yacht started for Bristol under it's own can
vas. Mr.. Isehn, after the accident, said
that, outside of denting its keel a little, he
did not think the Defender was injured.
The herald., 1898-11-16
NOW THEY ARE MARRIED
HOSTS OF FRIENDS JOIN IN GOOD
WISHES
Wedding at Santa Monica Of Mics
Chaplin and Mr.. Jamison, Both
Popular Persons

SANTA MONICA, Nov. 15.-The mar
riage of Miss Mary Chaplin, daughter of M.
E. Chaplin, to Alan Muir, Jamison, was GEL
ebrated this morning at st. Augustine-by-
the-Sea Episcopal church.
The ladies' of st. Margaret's guild had
decorated the pretty church most elaborate
ly with profusion of smilax, papyrus, UNI
brella plant, ferns and white chrysanthe-
NUNS and orange blossoms. .o
The bridal party entered in the strains
of Lohengrin's wedding march, played by
Arthur Gaylord, the church organist. The
ushers, Messrs. Fred McComas and Lee
Chambers, preceded the maid ofhonor, Miss
Alice all of Pasadena, who was gowned in
white Swiss over white tatfeta, and carried
a bouquet of white chrysanthemums. The
bride followed on the arm of her mother,
who wore her own wedding gown, a tea silk,
trimmed with bangle trimmings that were
in vogue when it was made some thirty years
ago. Handsome point lace was a feature of
her costume. The bride wore white English
lawn over white silk, made en- train, with
bodice elaborately trimmed with duchess
lace, over guimpe of embroidered chiffon.
At the chance rail they were met by Mr..
Jamison and DR.. r. w. Hill of Los Angeles.
Rev. Edward Meany, rector of St. Angus
tines, performed the impressive ceremony
according to the ritual of the Episcopal
church. Immediately after the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Jamison left for San Fran
cisco and will visit other northern points.
D; The brides goingaway gown was tailor
made blue cloth, with turban to match. The
wedding presents were many and elegant.
After the lst of December they will be at
home at 1886 Seventh street.
THE UNKNOWN DEAD
An inquest was held at noon today on the
body Of the man found in Ballona lake. The
verdict was that the unknown came to his
death from bullet wound but whether sui
eide or murder, the jury could not determine.
This morning Deputy Sheriifs H. S. Glenn
ents, Guy Woodward, Frank Davis and John
Barnhill, accompanied by our local officials,
visited the place where the body was found
in vain attempt to find some clue by which
to unravel the mystery. No one has been
able to identity the remains and this after
neon they were inferred in our local ceme-
terry.
NOTES ANNPERSONALS
Ihe Womans S Foreign Missionary society
Of the NJ. E. church is holding it's twentieth
convention in the NJ. Z. church. A hundred
interested women are present. The ses-
sion will be continued tomorrow.
Mr.. John L. Looms of Los Angeles and
Miss Kate +. Strube of Cumming, Iowa,
were married last evening at the residence
of d. Loomis in South Santa Monica. They
left this morning for San Francisco, and OH
their return will reside in Los Angeles
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Young will leave on
Thursday for their winter home at Duarte.
The herald., 1898-11-16
CUT IN TWO
s. p. Freight Train Cleaves a Hay
Wagon at University

Last evening Peter and Dominick Thll
were driving south on Vermont avenue at
University at about 6: 80 clock toward their
home at Howard Summit, four miles south
of town. Dominick held the reins and the
horses were at a trot right alongside a
Traction car, bound in the same direction.
Dominick had his eye cooked sideways, on
the alert for attack from the trolley fiend.
He was in front, of course, and Peter
brought up the rear, being seated about over
the hind wheels. 1t was dark and the head
light of Southern Pacific freight, approach
ing on the other side of the street car from
the Thills, blended with the Traction cars
headlight. The whistle and bell ringing of
the locomotive was drowned by the rumble
of the nearer street car. The street car
stopped some forty feet before the crossing
Dominick drove on.
The locomotive struck the hay wagon
square amidships, cutting it in two and COM
pletely estranging the Thill family, there rep
resented. Peter tumbled of on to one side of
the track unhurt, and Dominck shot for
ward, landing on the ground on his shoulder
and hip. The horses broke loose and NAV be
running yet Whether they ever return home
depends doubtless upon the kind of treat
ment they have received at the hands of the
Thill family in the past. The wagon was
the only member of the party that stood
still, and only half of it stood still, for the
front portion was carried on the front end
of the locomotive some seventy-ivc feet
toward Santa Monica.
Dominick rubbed his eyes and walked to
the University station. Acting Surgeon L.
g. Gates was telephoned for and arrived
about two hours afterward In the mean.
time Thill became tired of waiting for free
physic, and, concluding that he wasn't hurt
after all, limped to buggy and was driven
home.
The herald., 1898-11-16
PLANS OF THE RED CROSS
Relief Stations to Be Maintained in
Cuba and Porto Rico All Winter

The Red Cross society, the work of which
has been gradually decreasing of late, is
expecting to resume in Cuba and Porto
Rico in very short time. Dr. Alexander
Kent, who was throughout the war the
field agent for the society at Jacksonville,
is about to start for Porto Rico to establish
a system of relief stations there and report
upon the prospects of the work for the
winter. Later he will 60 to Santiago and
make study of relief work in connection
with the occupation of Cuba by the Amer
ican troops As soon as DR.. Kent's report
is received the shipment of supplies to
botli Cuba and Porto Rico will commence
and will continue throughout the winter.
" Vlce-President Barton of the Red Cross
society has received a letter from Mr..
Scott, who has been sent to Porto Rico
on the same mission as DR.. Kent. Mr..
Scott reports that the Red Cross station
has already been established, and has been
called Camp Barton. 1t is situated near
Ponce and is for the use of convaescent
soldiers awaiting departure for the United
States. They will be supplied there with
delicacies and cared for until they go on
board the transports.-NewY York Sun.
The herald., 1898-11-16
TWISTED sPIRE ON A CHURCH
According to the Legend Beautiful
| Woman or the Devil Caused It

~>~~~~>~
The parish church at Chesterfield, Eng
land, has curious spire. Instead OF being
perpendicular, 1t is bent and twisted, so
that the spire deviates from the perpen-
dicular some six feet to the south and four
feet to the west. Stories and legends re-
ating thereto are numerous and interesting.
One tells that pretty and virtuous women
were exceedingly scarce in the town, so
scarce that when one day good and lovely
woman stepped within the church to be
married. the ,steeple. was astonished and
bowed to the bride, and that the bend was
made when attempting to regain its orig
inal position. The legend is still more un-
kindly to the fair sex, for it continues that
never will its upright position be regained
until another model woman is married be-
meath. t..,
With many legends the prince. ofdarkness
is connected, and the best of these is as fol-
lows:
The devil flying over town, and tired
with extra exertion, settled on the spire
to rest. The incense which was being burnt
in the church at the time was wpfted up
ward, and so ticltled the devils nose that
he gave terrible sneeze, which SO shook the
steeple that it was irretrievably twisted.
One of the most intelligent theories put
forward regarding the twist in the spire
is that the clinging pressure of the lead
may have caused an irregular subsidence
in the 'timbers; which have also been pow
erfuliy -warped"by the action of the sun
beating through the lead on'the greener
parts of the woodwork. - ,4g,r. a..
Rumors that the spire was unsafe have
been rife, especially about the year 1877,
when experts who examined it pronounced
it to be in very unsafe condition. Pub
lie opinion was, however, against it's de-
molition, and the 'steeplc still stands, one
of the strangest architectural curiosities in
the world Philadelphia Record.
The herald., 1898-11-16
EFFECT OF COLOR ON PLANTS
Their Development When Grown in
Red, Green and Blue Hot Houses

Some very curious experiments have been
made recently with regard to the develop
ment of plants in lights. of different colors.
and for this purpose hot houses composed of
red, blue and green glass have been con-
structed at Juvisy, near Paris. At that
place there is an observatory superintepd-
ed by the famous French astronomer, Flam-
marion, who, in response to request by the
United States government, has furnished a
statement of his results. He has grown veg
etables of various kinds also under lights
of different colors thrown by an enormous
prism in bands covering successive strips of
soil, in which the plants were SET, so that
the development of the latter exhibited to
the eye in a striking way the effects pro.
duced.
1t seems to be proved by the experiments
in question that plants in general are in.
fluenced in their growth much more by GER
tain kinds of light rays than by Others For
example, those grown in the red hot house
in some cases become in a given time four
times as big as those exposed to exactly sim
liar conditions under ordinary sunlight. The
poorest elopment--practcally amounting
to failure-is obtained under blue glass.
A red hot house, a green hot house, a blue
hot. house and hot house of ordinary glass
were placed side by side, and plants of the
same species were cultivated under exactly
similar conditions as to soil, temperature
etc., in all.
Plants in the red house attained a size
fifteen times as great as in the blue house.
The red light produced an effect equivalent
to that of fertilizer
Tie experiment with lettuce was very in
teresting As with other kinds of plants, the
growth in the blue hot house was almost
nothing. In the green hot house it was
greater, but still wretched. In the red hot
house the lettuce, instead of furnishing a
head" in the conventional manner, ran up
like Jacks beanstalll to a considerable
height, as if too anxious for growth to fol-
low the ordinary custom OF its kind. Fur
tbermore, it bloomed fifteen days earlier than
in the white, or MOI nal, hot house. Indian
corn, subjected to precisely similar condi-
tions, measured in height in red hot house
l8 inches, in the green hot house inches
and in the blue hot housA inches. Beans
bloomed and fruited equally well in the
white and red hot houses, but pcrishcd in
the green and blue. Peas bloomed in all the
hot houses except the blue. Only the peas
in the red and white houses fruitcd. Grape-
vines in the red house developed most. but
seemed to lack vigcE Perhap. .be most in
teresting experiments were made with yari-
Gus fruit-producing plants. 1t was found
that three strawberry plants in the blue hot
house produced five small berries. A like
number. of plants. reared under conditions
exactly similar in the green hot house. Weld
ed twelve berries. Three more in the red
house brought forth 25 berries, while three
in the white house produced 49, The berries
grown in the white house were nearly twice
as large as the best grown. in the other
houses, the red house being second in this
The herald., 1898-11-16
Notice of Assessment

THE HERALD PUBLISHING CON-
pany.-Location of principal place Of
business, Los Angeles California Lo-
cation of office No. 1874 South Broad
way.
Notice is hereby given that at regular
meeting of the board of directors held on
the 18th day of October, 1898, an assessment
OF 500 per share or 20 per cent on each ono
hundred dollars. was levied upon the sub
scriLed capital stock of the corporation.
payable on or before November 25. 1898, in
United States gold coin, to the general man.
ager of said company at its office No 138
South Broadway, In said city of Los An
geles, California
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on the 18th day Of
November. 1893. will be delinquent and ad-
vertised for sale at public auction and un-
less payment is made before will be sold
on Tuesday, the 3D. Gay of January 1899. to
pay the delinquent assessment. together
with cost of advertising and expenses Of
sale.
by order Of the Board OF Directors.
G. A. DICKINSON. Secretary.
The herald., 1898-11-16
RAILROAD CARS
What Some of Them Cost and What
They Weigh

An ordinary passenger car on steam
railroad costs from $4,000 to $4,000 and weighs
$4,000 pounds, or nineteen tons. mail car,
which costs from $1,000 to S2500 and is short
Ell by about onequarter than the ordinary
passenger car, weighs $4,000 pounds, or six
teen tons A baggage car without the bag
gage in it weighs 2S,000 pounds, or fourteen
tons, and costs about as much as a mail car.
a sleeping car is more expensive than any
of the others and it weighs good deal more,
too. A plain, simple but durable sleeping
car, with observatory attachments, literary
annex and culinary department, costs any,
where from $4,000 to $4,000. The average
weight of a sleeping car is from twenty to
twenty-five tons.
A full train in motion, as little figuring
will show, is no light affair. The ordinary
weight of the railroad locomotive for pas
senger service, inclusive of tender, but not
OF fuel in tender, is forty tons. One baggage
car weighs fourteen tons and one mail car
sixteen tons, bringing up the weight of the
locomotive and the baggage and mail ears to
seventy tons. Six passenger cars at an
aNe erage of nineteen tons, weight of baggage,
of the fuel carried, and eight cars would be
/ lS4 tons, or 36S,000 pounds, exclusive of the
passengers and mail matter.
Pulling 184 tons along rails at the rate Of
fifty miles an hour or more is an achieve
ment which has not been easily brought
about, and the more the problem is studied
the more clearly it is understood how far
the mechanical work on railroads has been
pushed. There were by the last figures
reported $4,000 locomotives in use on the
American railroads, 10000 passenger cars
and e00O mail and baggage cars These fig
ures seem large until compared with the
number OF freight cars on American rail-
roads, and then they seem insignificant, for
the number OF freight cars in use is $50 900.
freight ears among the railroad men are
divided into four classes-fiat cars such as
are used 1or transportation of stone, ma
chinery and lumber; box cars, such as are
useu 1or the transportation of grain, fruit
and ordinary merchandise; stock cars, such
as are used for cattle, and coal cars, such
las are used for the transportation of coal
and oil-those used for oil being supplied
with tanks. The average weight of fiat
OF gondola car IS seven tons. The car costa
from $500 to Si00. Box cars weigh ton or
more and cost $lOO more each. Stock cars
weight eight tons each on the average; coal
cars weigh three tons each on the average:
coal cars weigh three tons EACH 1t costs
ABOUT S2OO to build coal or oil cars, and thew
are designed to- carry five tons apiece. The
weight OF fifty cars is $50 tons, and of
their contents, if filled, 250 tons, which.
with the locomotive and caboose added.
make 40 tons as the weight of train. It
may be added, roughly, that the weight of
icaded trains, passenger coal or freight.
ranges IRON 200 to $50 tons. The lighter the
tram the greater the speed; that's the rail-
road rule.-New York Tribune.