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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
LAWN TENNIS MATTERS

The Pacific States Lawn Tennis associa-
ton will hold Its annual fall tournament
for gentlemen's doubles and ladies' singles
on the courts Of the Hotel Rafael on Friday
and Saturday, September 9th and 10th.
Invitations have been issued to the mem.
bers of the Southern California tennis
clubs, and they win doubtless send severa
of their strongest teams to participate.
The skillful and. comparatively easy man.
ner in which Miss Marion Jones of Santa
Monica won the Southern California cham.
pionship from Miss Sutton has made the
players In this part of the state more than
anxious to have her play here this year
Miss Bee Hooper has not positively decided
whether she will play or not, but the prob.
abilities are that she will, providing &
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

The old house was, of course, very much
changed but there were stul points about
1t which the woman who had played and
sang there as a child still recalled. The
old threshing floor was still intact and the
same In nearly every detail that it was for
merly.
Here there used to be dancing so often
in the old days" she said with a smile.
land 1 could never recall how many times
have had to play my old fiddle for the
dancing
After she sought out six old friends In
the vicinity and spent some time with
/ them. Nine la Comtesse de Casa Miranda
returned to Stockholm. but not before she
had left with them substantial souvenirs
Of her visit.
Christine Nilsson is said to be one Of the
richest of the retired singers. so she can
easily afford to be generous. to her child
hood friends, especially if they belong to
the same humble walks of life from which
she came. That the large fortunes earned
by popular singers in this country today are
nothing new can be understood from the
fact that on one of her visits here Christine
Nilsson earned $150.OOO. Jean de Reszke's
$4,000 and Calves $50 900 seem small en- ough
compared to that amount. Her profits on
other tours were almost as great, and her
European successes helped to swell the for
tune she possesses today. Fortunate in
vetment was also an Important element In
her wealth.-New York Sun
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

erton, Joe Stamps. Hen Robinson. Pearne'
w. McClintock and Florence Florentine
Brotherton will, as usual. steer the big
wheel
Bill Furman expects to try for the mile
record, paced by the sextet, at the conclu'
sion of the regular track events. Or. should
there be time, his trial will be sandwiched II
the program.
Manager Post Of the Orient wheel will
have team consisting Of Furman. Wisner
McC1intock and probably some others. Fur
mans new racer arrived last week. 1t Is I
red, white and blue enameled machine and
weighs 20 pounds, and carries an 80 gear.
A party, consisting Of A. c. Post, Furman
Peye Abel, Florentine, Guy Hill, Pearne
Cummings and several others, rode to San
"a Monica yesterday afternoon on thei
wheels and returned BY moonlight.
There will be an Orient club ORGANIZED
soon, open to riders Of that wheel.
The Crescent Cycle club OF Boyle Heights
has consolidated with the Oberon club Of tn
same place. and the racing will in futur
be carried on under the latter's coIors.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
CHRISTINE NELSON'S OLD HOME
The Prima Donna Revisits the Place Of
Her Birth in Sweden

Christine Nilsson has recently sold prop
erty in Boston valued at nearly 100000. If
reports from Europe are to be believed,
with the object of investing this money in
her native land. Although she has lived,
since her retirement from the stage and
her marriage to Spaniard almost contin-
I'uously in Paris, 1t has been observed that
she has frequently shown a desire to re-
turn to her native land permanently. One
of her appearance before an audience of
any size took place not long ago on one Of
her visits to Sweden, when she was sere-
nodedA by large number Of students from
one of the universities. When they had
finished she sang to them several Swedish
! folksongs from her balcony.
Recently the Countess de Casa Miranda,
as she is known in private life, returned to
Sweden to visit the village of Snugge, In
which she was born nearly sixty years ago.
She had not been there for forty years, but
the detail with which she remembered the
place astonished every member Of the party
which accompanied her Some Of the orig
inal furniture is staid still to stand In the
little house which was Christine's first
home. and her first remark on entering one
of the rooms was:
"Ah, there is the little trundle bed on
which passed SO many nights"
| Later, when she was walking along the
road that leads to vislanda, the countess
| said:
"There, by the big stone. is fresh
spring from which all the little girls In the
neighborhood used to have to fetch water
for the coffee. I can remember It all as
clearly as. If had done 1t only yesterday"
She passed the night in an inn near the
place OF her birth, and the next morning
went to nearby village in which some Of
her youth had been passed. On the way
(, the carriage turned from the high road
through private way. As the barrier was
removed for the vehicle to pass, the prima
donna said:
'How often have I ridden through this
gate. can recognize the old stone pillars u
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
CRICKET

Interest in cricket appears to be reviv-
ing In Southern California, and series OF
matches is to be played at Santa Monica
this week. The games will be played on
the Polo club grounds and will start each
morning at $3.50. On Wednesday Los An
geles will play Duarte; Thursday the win
ner of Wednesdays match will play Santa
Monica. and on Friday the winners will be
opposed by combied team. There are a
number of good cricketers in Southern Cal
ifornfa just at present and a worthy ex-
position Of the game may be anticipated.
]. B. Lester, the crack bat Of the famous
Gentlemen of Philadelphia team, Is ex-
pected to play, and among others who will
be on one of the three teams may be men
toned A. W. Butcher, w. H. Young, Will
frid Walker, G. L. Warning. H. Jones Bate
man and E. Cawston.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
INTERNATIONAL YACHTRACE

New York harbor will see next season the
greatest yacht race In the history Of the
world, says the New York Journal. There
Is Just about an even chance that Sir Thorn
as Upton will carry home to England the
great America cup, which has cost us sew
eral million dollars to keep on this side Of
the water since we won it nearly fifty years
ago.
Sir Thomas Upton is a man who has made
$50, 100000 in the last Is years. and has gotten
into the habit of getting whatever he
wants. He is a tea merchant, and when
he decided that he wanted title to his
name he gave $1250O0 to a British charity
and was knighted by the queen. Now he
wants the America cup, and he is willing
to pay whatever It will cost to get It, If
money, and lots of 1t, will build and equip
a yacht that can outsail US, Sir Thomas is
going to have 1t.
But If Sir Thomas Upton has got unlim-
tied means and willingness to come over
here to get the cup there are three young
multi millionaire Americans who will
match him, dollar for dollar in building an
American cup defender. They are young
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr. Harry Payne
Whitney, son of William c. Whitney, and
Herman B. Duryea. relative of the multi
millionaire starch manufa cturer. They are
all expert yachtsmen and members OF the
New York Yacht club. which Is the custodi-
an and defender of the America cup These
young men are not afraid of Sir Thomas
Upton and his yacht. They think they can
build at the Herreshoff ship yard defend
CT which will show her heels to anything
that Fife, the famous English designer, can
send over Modern racing yachts are pref
ty expensive playthings, and when these
boats come to the starting line. the hackers
of the craft will find that each yacht has
cost something more than a quarter of a
million.
The race will take place In September
1893. and will be one Of the most interesting
events that can possibly occur al the close
of the nineteenth century. Charles Rus
sell. carrying the Linton challenge for the
America cup. arrived at Quebec last week.
He was accompanied by Major Benjamin
Tuition the new comma nder Of the Canad!-
an militia
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

The evolution Of American yachting so
far as single-stickers are concerned, can be
seen at glance from the above sketches.
Just what the cup defender and challenger
of 1890 will be like no one but Nat Herreshoff
and William Fife can tell.
Unfortunately neither of the designers is
given to discourse about his plans. Neith-
er of the men takes the public7 into his
confidence, so all that the average layman
can do is to guess what the new boats will
look like.
From the old America Of 1851 down to
fin de steele racing machines, like the De-
fender and the Valkyrie III, is long step.
but careful examination of their hulls and
shear plans will show that outside of light
construction and the cutting away of dead
wood they are not so very far apart after
all
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
WITH THE BICYCLE RIDERS

Track work has been temporarily sus.
pended by the riders. on account Of the
preparation of Athletic park for Pain s
spectacular production of the Battle OF
Manila" The track has received no atten.
fion for months past and Is In the worst
possible condition for fast riding. It seems
remarkable that there have not been seri.
Gus accidents.
AT the Riverside meet the 9th of next
month there will be one of the large crowds
from this city that used to 20 in the good
GAYS when bicycle racing was popular here
The following will compose the crew 10
carry the sextet at Riverside: w. Broth.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

The evolution of the modern s1ngle-stick-
err dates from 1885, when the Puritan, a
centerboard boat of moderate draft and
fair beam, designed by the late Edward
Burgess of Boston, beat a lead mine from
England, called Genesta, owned by Sir
Richard Sutton.
Genesta was a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cut
ter of extreme type.
In 1885 Burgess gave the Mayflower a
little more beam, draft and sail plain, while
Galatea's keel went down even further than
Genesta's. The result was just the same,
except that the American boat won more
easily.
In 1887 the designers of both countries
commenced to borrow ideas from each 9TH
er, and while Burgess took off beam from
the Volunteer. Watson added beam to the
Thistle. Therefore, except for the Ameri.
can boats centerboard, they were some
what alike.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
NEWS OF THE KENNEL

Present indications are that the Pacific
coast dog fanciers will soon break away
from the American Kennel club ana form
an organization of their own. c. B. Yam
dell, secretary of the Seattle Kennel club.
has received several letters recently abou.
the matter, and will soon call a meeting to
select delegates or issue credentials for
use at the organization meeting to be held
In San Francisco. The trend of all coz st
sportsmen is to make them Pacific coast
affairs and separate them from the east.
The sooner this step is taken the sooner
the sports In the northwest will become
healthier and interest in every line will
be taken.-Seattle Argus.
o O O
Members of the San Francisco Kennel
club have been informed that their pro-
posed rules will never be adopted, and
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

The plumbers are very encouraging when
one talks with them about bath tubs. The
plumbers say that where one bath tub was
put in fifty years ago, thousands are used
now; and each year the demand increases
and the fittings are improved. We haven't
yet reached the point where we make such
a feature of Tubing as do our English
cousins. We do not splash SO furiously
and audibly and heroically, but we are i'm
proving.
Many physicians insist that bathing. like
everything else in this day, is being over
done. Some constitutions cannot stand
the shock of a cold plunge, and some suffer
from the exhausting effects of a hot bath.
College girls are particular sticklers on
cold baths. Some way or other. cold
plunge seems. at college, to be associated
with advanced thought; and warm baths
are put aside with crochet work and wax
flowers.
A Washington girl entered one of the
large colleges for women last year. She
was a nice girl, and clever girl. but she
had never been exactly robust and had been
brought up after southern ideas, which
didn't include cold plunges and advanced
| thought. She made favorable impress
sion, but when 1t became known that she
didn't take cold plunges she lost caste.
The girl couldn't bear up under the re-
proach. She resolved to do or die. She
| screwed her courage to the sticking point,
and one morning she shut her eyes, puck
cred up her mouth, held her breath, stepped
into tubful of icy water and said "O-o'h"
Then she dressed and went down to break
fast in triumph. She had proved herself
worthy of higher education. She took
three cold plunges and then she took pneu-
monia; and the family doctor, when he
heard about those baths, said things which
would pain the ears of GuggenheImer.-
| New York Sun.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
HE COULD NOT GRASP THE 1DE1
Ponce's Editor Was Not cup" to the
FREEDOM of the Press

Ponce-Among the first persons who
called upon General Wilson after he took
possession of this city as its military gov
ernor was the proprietor of the only news
paper published here. He was accom-
panied by an interpreter, and as soon as he
could get an audience he asked, through the
interpreter, whether his presses and tpye
were to be confiscated.
"Of course not" answered General Will
son, bluffly.
"Shall we be allowed to continue the pub
LEGATION Of our paper?'
Certainly" said General Wilson. I'VE in
America believe in newspapers, and the
more there are printed the better we like
it,"
the newspaper very much, but he was evil
IDENTIFY still uneasy in his mind.
what do you wish us to say about the
coming of the Americans?" he asked; "or
would you prefer that we say nothing at all
about it? Shall you have member Of
your staff to tell US just what we shall say
about your coming?"
mo-" the general answered, testify, II
shall not have anyone tell you what to say.
You can tell the story of our coming, and
tell 1t In any way you like, so long as you
tell the truth. 1 don't care how you tell
it, only don't say anything which will tend
to stir up the people to committing disorders
or to hostility to the United States"
Every good, we will follow your directions
and you have my thanks. We will have
a proof of the paper for at -
Damn it!" shouted the general, IT don't
want to see your proofs. Go ahead and
tell the story just as it is. We don't censor
our newspapers; we believe In a free press =
The newspaper proprietor got out an, an
nouncement that night that the publication
of his newspaper would be suspended after
that date, but that it would be succeeded
by new paper, to be known as The New
Era. and that night Numero l, Ammo 1, of
this made its appearance.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

Thompson is training at the athletic club
gymnasium and is in splendid condition
Both men will weigh in under 1877 pounds
and lovers of the sport may be assured that
1t will be great battle.
In addition to the main event. which Is
for fifteen rounds, the club has arranged
for two hot six round goes between Der
Lewis and Mike Maeder and kid" Cham.
Der and young Pierce.
o O o
The recent tragedy in the Corbett fam.
lily has. of course, resulted in the post
ponement of Jim's match with Mccoy. II
is probable that they will fight some time
In October or by the early part of Novem
Der at the latest
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

The long-distance telephone is diminish
ing passenger travel. One prominent rail-
road official is quoted as saying that the
business of one of the limited trains be.
tween New York and Chicago has been
practically ruined. by the long-distance
telephone, and in his own case it has beer
the means Of enabling him to manage the
affairs of the road from his office to a very
large extent, where formerly he spent two.
thirds of the time, travelling up and down
the line.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

Commenting upon the fact that several
public houses in England are conducted by
cergymen the London Chronicle says:
1.-The first known to enter on this new line
was Rev. Osbert Mordaunt, rector of
Hampton Lucy, Stratford-on-Avon, who
has managed the one local inn for twenty
years. the profits of which goto local char
tiles. Rev. F. Willett of Scaynes Hill, Sus-
sex, runs a house on similar lines, and the
working has reduced drunkenness to a
vanishing point, for the manager refuses
drink when he thinks the bibber has had
enough"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

Coney Island has new device to separate
the nickels from the multitude. 1t is a va
ration of the old-time maze. Wire netting
is set up to form little avenues, with doors
here and there. The amusement consists
in deliberately losing yourself In the maze
and then trying to find your way out 1t is
by no means selfish pastime, for, mas
much as the netting affords a clear view
right through. the efforts of the prisoners
to escape furnish fun for the outsiders.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

that the only change that will be made IL
the rules is to confine champion wins to
dogs shown in few of the PRINCIPAL shows
in America. With such rules the clubs
outside of San Francisco might as we'll
dfsband at once and save the COS, and dis
grace of failure, says the San Francisco
Field Sports.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

sufficient number Of entries is made. Miss
Hooper, Miss Hall, Miss Alice Golden Hoff-
man. Miss Winifred Mason and at least
two young ladies from the Alameda club
are capable of making an interesting con-
test with the young lady from the south
land, so the chances are that the ladies'
event will provo equally as interesting as
any former event Of the kind ever held on
this coasts. F. Examiner.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

In 1893, Watson, in the Valkyrie II, in
creased the English yachts beam to %
feet and her draft to II feet inches, while
Herreshoff, in the Vigilant, designed the
deepest centerboard yacht ever turned out
-l3 feet inches without her board-and
gave her a beam of &c feet. The dead
woods of both boats were taken away to an
unheard of extent, but the result was the
same.
The last race for the cup, in 1895, brought
the rival designers still closer together, ex-
cept that for the first time in the history of
yachting the challenging boat had the
greatest beam and sail plan.
While, of course, no one can say what
Herreshoff will do next, well-informed
yachtsmen think that the Bristol designer
will give the new defender little more
beam than his last boat. AS for Fife, no
one can tell Just what sort of boat he
will turn out until she is raced.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
IN THE PRIZE RING

All arrangements have been completed
for the boxing tournament to be held at The
rooms of the Los Angeles Athletic clul
Friday evening, September I'd. Kid Park
er has entirely recovered from the Hines,
Of last spring and looks the very pictur,
of health. He is training at Santa Monica
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

London's underground electric Waterloo
and City railroad has just been opened for
traffic The road is a mile and a half long.
ending at the Mansion house, and shortens
to five minutes Journey that takes an hour
in the crowded streets
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29
Bath Tubs and Progress

A plumbers account books furnish the
statistics by which to reckon the onward
march Of civilization.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-29

chance to give your favori teacher elegant souvenir The
Herald offers Grand Upright Mozart Piano. Lsner Co., jewelers.
present Solid Gold Case Walham Watch Barker Bros add to the
list offering fine Birds Eye Maple Bedroom Set This grand
of beautiful and useful souvenirs will be given to the three school
teachers receiving the greatest number Of votes in this contest which
will terminate December g. 18o8 Aid favote teacher with
your votes. Read the plan Of distribution.
which terminates De-
double
Of the vore teacher written
1885, At Except
will
following
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1898-12-03
Smiertelny Tart.

W jednym salun6w W miasteczku
Hughes Springs, Tex, niewinny lar.
elk niejakiego Edwarda Wilsona, IL
czacego % lata, sta4 sic przyczyns
smierci trzech osob.-Wilson, pod.
chmieliwszy sobie, wyja4 kieszeni
scyzoryk i oderznaa swojemu towarzy-
szowi Benjaminowi Boone guzik cd
palta. Boone, ktory bys pijany, co
sic zowie, tax sic rozgniewal "a ten
tart, il rzuci{ sic ma Wilsona zaczsl
60 bio. Obecni W salunie, konstabel
Jakob Driver, jego syn David i ziec
Marek O'Neal, chcieli bronit Wilso.
ma, wskutek czego Boone, doby1 re.
wolwera zaczs& do mich strzelat
Konstabel Driver jego syn zostali
zabici. O'Nesl, ktory takze uzy4
broni palnej, zastrzeli4 Boone'a.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1898-12-03
Vol. Kill DEC. 3, 1898.

Pszenicy wywieziono "a granice
W ubiegfym tygodpiu 5,S24,726
buszli, podczas gdy W roku zesziym
o tym samym czasie wywieziono
Je! z naszego kraju 5,465,15S bu-
sill.
Kukurydzy wywieziono W ubie.
gfym tygodniu 3,993,s47 buszli; o
tym samym czasie W roku ubie-
giym wywieziono jej 2,6S9,7O5
buszli.
Bsnkructw " Stanach Zjedno.
czonych byfo W ubiegiym tygodniu
IT'S; rok temu byfo ich tym CA
sic 233. w Kanadzie zbankruto.
wafo W tym roku 25 dom6v han.
dlowych, rek temu zbankrutowaiy
tam "a tirmy.
Ameryka. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1893-1902, 1898-12-03
Przemysf kOpalniany W JapOnii.

Przemysf kopalniany W Japonii.
Nv. miare2 jak rozwija sic " Japo:
nil przemysa ma :.wz6r europejski, roz-
wiia sic tam jednoczesnie g6rnictwo.
Japonia obftuje W rozne kruszce,
jak: z1oto, srebro, miedz, zelazo oraz
wegle. ssG6rnictwo rozwine&o sic tam
szczegolnie po ostatniej wojnie. Do.
bywanie z4ota wzros}o cd roku 1898
0 5000. uncyj wynosi obecnie prze'
szso $4,000 uncyj. Kopalnie zaota
So w4asncScia czedcia prywatnych
kapitalistow, czedcis rzsdu japon'
skiego. Najgsowniejsse kopalnie
znajdujs sic W sado i Ikuno. Obec.
ME rozpoczeto kopac zsotc W nowood.
krytej kopalni Niklo, ktora ma tel
srebrns rude stanie sic niezawodnie
gsownym punktem kopalnianym ia
ponii. Srebro znajduje sic W Japonii
W 45 miejscowo6ciach, wydobyto 60
tam W 1895 roku po{tora miliona
uncyj, co czyni e5o,ooo uncyj wiecej
cd roku 1898.
Nadzwyczaj bogate So kopalnie
miedzi W Japouii, kt6rych tam jest
70. Pod4ug ostatnich obliczeh, wy.
dobyto tam W ostatnim roku 500 200
centnarow miedzi, wynsszacych war.
tosd 100000 yen6w. Wydajnost
jej cd roku 1875 powiekszy}a sic tam
dziewie6 razy.
Dobycie wegla zwiekszy4o sic W
Japonii cd csasu ostatniej wojny 2
Chinami poltora miliona ton, a wy,
dobyto 60 W 1897 roku przesz4o 2
miljony ton, wartosci $4,000, 600,
Kopalni wegla znajduje sic tam 120,
z tych tylko so znaczniejsze. Wszyst'
kie one robis swietne interesy.
Pod&ug prawa japohskiego w4asci.
cielem kopalni moze bye takze Gu.
dzoziemiec, mieszkajscy " obcem
pa6stwie.