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The herald., 1898-08-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


There is plenty Of gold right In this
part Of the country, and believe that If
people were to hunt
Frank Oakley: for 1t with half the
ardor they put into
their Klondike enterprises they would
find as much here as in that out-of-the-way
place. know one man who has ranch
within thirty-five miles of this city who
brings in from $500 to $1,000 month in gold
dust from a claim which he and two others
work. Where Is It? He don't want that
known, for 1t might interfere with him and
would cause a rush of people to his vicinity
that would result in damage to his and
other properties there. Why, you can find
gold almost anywhere In Southern Califor-
MIA. You can take a pan and go into a
back yard on Los Angeles or Alameda, or
any of the streets along the river and get a
color The metal is distributed all over
titles, it is true. but it shows that there
would make us all rich If we could find it,"
O O o
whats that you say? Ha ha! We did
UP Hynes on freight pool? Ha ha! Ho no /!
He he! Say. they are
Ed Chambers: paying US for the
freight they. haul
themselves. Ha ha! Who says so, Hynes?
Ho no! He don't Ell? Why, of course not,
why should he? He he! Ha ha! Is there
anything in It? did not say so. did L?
OF course not. Ha ha! Ho no! He he!
Why, no one ever did Hynes up, did they !?
Ha ha! Ho no! He he! What am 1 laugh
ing at so much if 1t Is not true? Ha ha!
Ho no! He he! Why, the idea is so funny.
Ha ha! Ho no! He he! Paying us for
freight they haul themselves! Ha hal!
Ho no! He he! Tche-e-e-e-e-e-e! Ha ha!
Ha ha! Ho no! He he!
what is the best thing to drink in hot
weather? Why, II I tell you you would
laugh at me and say
Bob Kern; don't know what
am talking about.
There is only one thing to drink in hot
weather or cold weather. If you are going
to drink at all. drink good whisky. You
know the old fable about the satyr and the
man who blew on his porridge to cool it
and then on his hands to warm them?
Well, that is the way with whisky in the
winter it will warm you and in the sum-
mer 1t will cool you. These complicated
mixed drinks are the worst thing In the
world to put into your stomach. The sugar
and acids in them upset your digestion
and produce all sorts of disorders And
then. beer is a bad thing in warm weather,
for 1t simply adds to your resources for
perspiring and so makes you more uncom-
Portable than ever. What do I drink?
water and milk. Nothing else. There are
three in my family, and we use a gallon of
milk a day and then sometimes run short
before morning. That's why 1 said at the
beginning of this talk, If, mind you with the
accent on the If. If you are going to drink
anything. take whisky"
THE RECEIVER.
The herald., 1898-08-19
Ventura Beet Crop

Hon. Thomas R. Bard Of Hueneme was
asked last evening in regard to the sugar
beet crop in his section Of country. about
Is 900 tons have been raised there this year."
satd Mr.. Bard. This is all to be shipped to
Chino as the factory at Oxnard IL not yet
II. operating condition. Ventura crops this
year are light, except, Of course, where ir-
risation has been AVAILABLE
The herald., 1898-08-19
LOS ANGELES SOLDIER BOYS
Will Be Registered So They Can Vote
If They Get Home

County Clerk Newlin has instructed the
clerk Of San Francisco county to send a
man to the camp Of the Seventh regiment
boys for the purpose of registering all who
were not on the great register in 1896. Their
names and the necessary information will
then be forwarded to Los Angeles in the
form Of an affidavit and will be included in
the great register soon to be issued.
or course all this work will go for naugilt
If the boys do not return to their homes be-
fore election time, but If they do get home,
everything will be in shipshape for them to
vote,
The herald., 1898-08-19
Sues for Damages

Sidney Earl Ledbetter, through his guard
ian, Emma Ledbetter, has brought suit
against the Los Angeles Railway company.
The plaintiff alleges that on March 20, 1897,
through the carelessness and negligence
of an employee of the company he was
knocked down and badly injured by car
on Downey avenue. He further claims
that as result of the injuries received he
has lost the use of his left leg; $50 $50 dam
ages are prayed for
The herald., 1898-08-19
Combines Business with Pleasure

A Kansas City resident addresses the
following somewhat amusing letter TO
County Clerk Newlin. The writer evil
IDENTIFY seeks to arrange for cheap hunting
trip:
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Aug. IA.
County Clerk:
"Would you be so kind as TO inform me
il the state of California or the counties
pay anything for killing prairie wolves or
coyotes as they are sometimes called. as
am going to take trip hunting this fall
as 1 have got some fine hounds and want
some sport this fall I would consider the
above desired information a great favor"
The herald., 1898-08-19
Government Land

A complaint was filed in the district court
yesterday by United States Attorney Flint
for the government, against John Holmes,
Mrs. o. A. Holmes, his wife, and Annie
Holmes. The defendants are charged with
taking possession of the unsurveyed south
half of section Z, township 4. north, range
9, San Bernardno base and meridian.
Plaintiff claims damages in the sum of $500
and the restoration of the land.
The herald., 1898-08-19
JoTTIN0s

Lovers of good driving horses cannot
miss 1t by buying one of our No. 3 Chester
Columbus Buggy Co.'S driving wagons.
They have the Bailey hangers. long-dis-
lance axles and quick-shifting shaft COUP
lings. Hawley King & Co.
The herald., 1898-08-19
MARRIAGES

RUSSELL HEATING = At st. Paurs
church. II a. m. August 18th, Major H.
NJ Russell to Mrs. L. b. Heating.
The herald., 1898-08-19

Maier 4 zobeleins lager. fresh from their
brewery, o. draught In all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly In bottles o.
kegs. office and brewery. Nv Also street.:
telephone o.
The herald., 1898-08-19

Leave La Grande station daily at 9:55 q
M. 1880 p. m. 5:35 p. m; Sundays at $3.50 a.
M. 9:55 a. m, go p. M, p. M. Last train
Sundays leaves Redondo p. m. Downey
avenue SIX minutes earlier: Central av-
enus twelve minutes later. !
The herald., 1898-08-19

We have taken the agency for the Column
bia bicycle. Our motto is. "Get the Best"
However, we have, good wheels for SEA.
Hawley. King & Co.. Broadway and Fifth.
The herald., 1898-08-19

The best time Of the year to visit It il
August and September. There is no vaca-
scriptive book ct Santa Re ofice, 100 Spring
0tE90Ss III .lI. u, .iI
The herald., 1898-08-19
Choice Now for 39c and &c
Child's Dresses SOC

Quite an assortment Of these and not
one was marked at less than S1.00. All
sorts of summer materials and all
are neatly trimmed with braid. ruf-
fles. etc.: sizes to IA years; reduced
now to Soc each.
The herald., 1898-08-19
Serge Jackets $1.o8

Navy Blue and Black Storm Serge
Jackets Of just the right weight for
cool evenings, lined with silk serge;
reduced from $685. to $1.9S.
The herald., 1898-08-19
Velvet Ribbons 1c

Not a large lot, but ample for one
day even at this ridiculous price.
erly marked at l0c a yard, now for
1c yard.
The herald., 1898-08-19
Handkerchief SC

Ladies' White Lawn Handkerchiefs
with pretty colored hem around the
inside of the border. A new idea in
the medium-priced grades; reduced
from 1-3c to Sc each.
The herald., 1898-08-19
Wash Goods SC

Two lines combined, SIC Challies with
pretty printings on cream grounds and
Sheer wash stuffs, such as Lawns and
Dlmities, which had already been re-
duced to &c a yard. Choice now ior &c
a yard,
The herald., 1898-08-19

You'll hardly believe that we're SELL
ing SOC Black Silk Gloves and SOC
s Colore e. SIX Mitts ror i5c pair. but
our bargain feast.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28
The Burning of Green Wood.

Every one who enjoys sitting by a
wood fire must have observed how the
wood sputters and Kisses, and fre.
quently gives off little jets of flames,
and again the pieces crackle and fly
off at considerable distance. This is
caused by the water in the wood which,
confined in the cells, becomes heated
and generates steam. 1t is a curious
fact that intense heat and intense cold
produce fractures in various sub.
stances. In the most extreme cold
weathe. it is not uncommon, especially
if the cold has come on suddenly, to
find trees that are split from the
ground to the top by the action OF
frost. Freezing expands the water in
the cells of the wood, and so suddenly
is this done that the trees burst as
would pitcher or mug in which water
was confined. The Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28

A mistake is very often made in as
suming that cold drinks are necessary
to relieve thirst. As matter of fact,
very cold drinks frequently increase
the feverish condition of the mouth
and stomach, and so produce that very
condition which is sought to be
alleviated. 1t has been shown by ex.
perience that hot drinks relieve the
thirst and cool the body, when it is
unduly heated, in more effectual
manner than ice-cold drinks. Indeed,
q higher temperature is to be pre-
ferred, and those who are much
troubled with thirst might do worse
than try the advantages to be derived
from hot drinks instead of the cold
ones to which they have been accus'
toned. Hot drinks have the addi.
tional advantage of aiding digestion,
instead of iniuriously affecting the
stomach and bowels.-The Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28

Governor Black, in his annual mes
sage, pays tribute to the National
Guard of New York, which he says
consists of about fourteen thousand of
the finest young men of the state.
These young soldiers, remarks the
New York Observer, serve with
out pay, and as the governor remarks,
should not be hampered by officious
political control. The time has gone
by when the state militia was laugh
ing stock, and the grotesque target
company sight to amaze all be-
holders. The National Guard has
improved greatly, is necessary ad-
junct to the state constabulary and of
national defence, and should be ap-
proximated to military standards as
far as possible. The only 'boss" a
militiaman should have to deal with
is his superior officer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28
Passing of tho CoaI Stove.

If the statements of active and re-
putable members of the coal trade may
be believed, the use of gas for cook
ing and heating purposes of coal, not
only in the vicinity of Greater New
York, but throughout the country.
Not long since q builder of numerous
apartment houses on the upper part
of Manhattan Island made the asser-
tion at his club that, after careful
Investigation, he had ascertained that
nearly 40 per cent. of the business of
the gas companies in the Harlem
region was day business. The gas
heaters and ranges, he said, were
burning almost as much gas as the
Illuminating burners.
'The passing of the coal stove, "
said the Investigator, "means serious
loss to the coal trade. The substitu-
tion of gas for coal as fuel has been
growing gradually, until now it con-
fronts the retail coal dealer as pro-
blem involving his very existence. 1t
is to him now about what the COM
petition of the electric light was to
the gas companies a few years ago.
In fact, the coal trade has had nothing
| but hard luck since the advent of
natural gas. Instead of the old evil
of overproduction being responsible
for the lack of profits in the coal trade,
the chief trouble comes from ''urder
production. New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28

One of the most gratifying signs of
the times so far as this country is
concerned, is the growing spirit of
beneyolence and generosity, observes
the Atlanta Constitution. During tAe
past year, which is better remembered
for the hardships which it entailed
upon the masses than for aught else,
there were larger sums of money de-
voted to charities of various kinds
than in any previous year, with the
exception of 1896. In the aggregate,
these charities for the year amount to
the sum of $33, G12, ,Sl4. As compared
with the figures for preceding years,
it appears that great progress has been
made in this direction. In 1894 the
country gave only $l0,9G7,116 to
charities; in 1875, $2S, 943, $40; in
1896, $33, go, 1919, and in 1897, $685..
612,S14. From these figures it is
evident that the country, with its in
creasing wealth, is steadily becoming
more generous. OF the total amount
of money subscribed to charities dur
ing the past year it appears that $40,
DOB, 450 went to colleges; $14, 7S5, 622
to hospitals and benevolent institutions !;
S., 023, 73S to churches and religious
societies, and $l,21S, 600 to museums
and art galleries. On the basis of sex,
it is stated that men subscribed $40, :
O33, ,37S and women $l3, $40, 1856. This
is much better showing for the
women than for the men, as there is
less wealth among the former than
among the latter. To note some of
the larger gifts made during the year,
the following list is cited: Mrs. Le-
iand Stanford to the Stanford uni
versity, 81, 600, 900; j. Pierpont Morgan
to charities, 1000, 900; John Fred
Martin to churches, 81, 900, 900; John
b. Deering to charities, $4,000, 600
Washington Coyington to colleges,
$1,000, 900; George NJ. Pullman tc
manual education, 1900, 900; p. A.
B. Widener to art, 81 200, 900; Charles
Contoit to charities, 81, 200, 900, ant
Henrietta r. v. Baker to charities
$4,000. 1000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Missouri Road Convention.

A large and harmonious convention
in st. Louis spent two days in debat-
ing the road question. The principal
questions were the most feasible
means of improving the highways, the
best method of utilizing the labor Of
criminals, misdemeanants and tramps,
and plans for submission to the Legis-
lature. A committee of fifteen was
appointed to suggest method of fu-
ture procedure.
1t was resolved that the ninety
counties in the State which are au-
thorized to levy a tax of sixty cents
for county purposes be asked to set
aside one-third of it for road improve
ment. If this was made law, good
roads would be built. A resolution
was adopted asking the submission OF
constitutional amendment permit.
ting county courts to increase the taz
levy for road purposes, and another
resolution in favor of State highway
commission. The Missouri Road I'm.
provement Association was invited to
unite with their organization, and it
was decided to hold the next conven-
ton in st Louis.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28
Curly-Haired Men.

1t is not generally known that there
is well-deined prejudice against
curly haired men when it comes to
choosing jury to try criminal cases,
says the New Orleans Times Democrat.
The prejudice, when it is manifested,
comes from the defense. When asked
to explain the objection to curly
haired men a prominent practitioner
recently said: "When I was just start
ing my legal mentor inculcated that
idea in me. He said that curly-head
ed men had almost invariably been
pampered darlings of their parents,
and in their youth had been so used
to having their own way that they
had come to believe that everybody
on earth was wrong except themselves,
In this way the seeds of opposition
are sown, and when they grow Older
they make it point to disagree with
everybody and everything. If every.
body else on the jury votes for &C,
quittal they vote for conviction, as q
matter of course. They live on com.
bat, and are as stubborn as the days
are long. A curly-haired man never
gets on the jury when l. am defending
q man if L can see him in time"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Ostriohes are fond of waltzing, nc.
cording to writer in the Popular
Science Monthly.
The fastest flowing river in the
world is the Sutlej, in British India,
with decent of twelve thousand feet
in $50 miles.
In the African oasis of Tugurt about
600 artesian wells have been opened
successfully along the course of a sub.
terranean river.
1t rains on an average of 20S days
in the year in Ireland, about $50 in
England, at Kezan about ninety days,
and in Siberia only sixty days.
At sea level an object one hundred
feet high is visible little Sover thir-
teen miles. If five hundred feet high
it's visible nearly thirty miles.
According to Nilsson, the zoologist,
the weight of the Greenland whale is
one hundred tons, or 224, 900 pounds,
or equal to that of eighty eight ele.
plants or 440 bears.
Firemen will appreciate hose and
tool carrier recently patented, which
has belt to go around the waist, with
shoulder strap to support the weight
Of the tools and hose line.
To protect bank cashiers from rob.
bers steel plate is set in the counter
close to the window land held by
spring so it can be released by the
foot and fly upward to close the win
dow and stop bullets.
Guns can be easily cleaned by q
new device consisting of central
stem and a pair of elongated spring.
plates, with wide, faring ends cen
trally pivoted to the stem to rock
loosely and fit against the interior of
the barrel.
In q paper read before the Paris
Academy of Sciences, M. Jacquemin
communicated the results of expert
ments showing that leaves of fruit
trees, vines, ETC., develop a strong
bouquet of the fruit when soaked in
alcohol. He thinks the quality of a
poor vintage might be improved by
the addition of some leaves during
fermentation.
The Sussman electric miners lamp,
recently tried with success in Belgi-
um, consists of small accumulation of
two cells, with an incandescent lamp
attached. 1t burns for twelve to six
teen hours, and gives light from two
and one-half to five times brighter
than the ordinary miners lamp. 1t
keeps q light in any position, and is
not extinguished by a current of air OF
an explosion.
M. Martel, the well-known French
cave hunter, has explored an "aven, "
or natural pit, in the limestone of the
Lozere, France, with remarkable re-
suits. After descending a vertical
shaft for about 200 feet, he found an
immense hall, sloping downward, and
at the lower end virgin forest' OF
stalagmites, resembling pine and palm
trees. Many of them are very beau
tiful, and one, over ninety feet in
height, reaches nearly to the vault ol
the cavern. Nothing like this forest
of stone has been observed in any
other known cave or pit.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28


ister seemed to land an element OF
mystery to the scene, and the con-
trast between the darkened room and
the brilliant, sparkling world outside
flashed upon their eyes like a miracle.
They spoke of it on the way homo,
and said that Ezra had been good
husband to her, and no one would fiji
his place.
"Nannie means all right" Mrs.
Tarbox said, smoothing her black
dress, "but she hasn't time to set
down and make work of entertaining
her mother"
"'Tis So" answered Mrs. Slocum,
land Hester'll miss entertaining Ezra,
too. 'Tain't as though she wasn't af-
fiicted, either way. She's young and
spry enough yet, but it seems most as
if it's no use."
81 shall sort O. miss hearing them
summer evenings" said her friend.
eve were so near, you know-it
seemed almost like company"
81 guess we'll all feel bad to see the
house shut up" responded Mrs. Slo-
cum, her voice full of the solemnity OF
the occasion.
And Mrs. Banks, all unconscious of
the talk, was being driven over to
Nannie's. She was so quiet that her
daughter did not disturb her.
''I don't feel as if L knew what to
say to her, though she is my mother, -
she whispered to her husband.
They helped her tenderly into the
house and Mamie put her into the
easiest chair. From the next room q
baby voice broke in upon them.
Mamma, can / see dram ma? Nan
ME wants to see dran'mal"
Mamie was hurrying to the door
when voice stopped her.
'Let me have Mamie, please--it's
so long since haye~
Mamie stopped at the door, great
wonder in her eyes.
"Why, mother!" she exclaimed.
Her mother looked up at her with a
tremulous smile.
"Yes, know. I meant to tell you
before, but L couldn't, someways I've
heare all the time; I was only deaf a
day or two from cold. L thought /
really was at first, and then I kept it
up, because it omforted-him-s some
how. He'd felt he was old and break
ing down, you know, but when did,
too, he felt better and cheered right
up. There was only one thing-I did
want the baby sol And it seemed as
if 'twould break my heart when she
did come not to answer her, and to have
her strain her little voice to make me
hearw
"And you kept it up all these
monthsl" said Mamie, in hushed tone.
Her mother looked up; she was
holding little Mamie with eager, trem-
bling hands, and it almost seemed as
if the golden baby head reflected q
wonderful light upon her tired face.
81 guess when you've loved a man
more than thirty years, that isn't much
to do" she said. Pacific Rural Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28
A New Opiate.

There grows in South Arizona q weed
that is used by the natives for smok.
ing. 1t is one of the smost powerful
and dangerous opiates known. It's
use in mild form produces the
greatest hilarity and exhilaration Of
spirits. In larger. quantities and al
later stages the user becomes ugly and
unmanageable. Mixed with tobacco
the Mexicans revel in it. It is so
seductive that it is smuggled into
prisons, and the authorities have hard
work to keep it out of the hands of the
convicts. Saturated with this drug
they forget all of the ills and cares OF
life, are reckless and pugnacious, and
will fight on the smallest provocation,
Or no provocation at all. This weed
is called Mariguana. 1t is cultivated
by the Mexicans, and the natives Of
South Arizona, and is quite O profit.
able article of barter. Fol. it, as for
opium and liquor, the devotee will
sacrifice his last dollar Its use long
continued undermines the constitution
and produces condition bordering on
idiocy. The habit once acquired is
almost impossible to break up, and the
victim finds it necessary to increase the
amount until an incredible quantity
can be consumed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-03-28

The statement frequently published
that there are only 400, 900 Jews in
the United States, the Atlanta Journal
has long believed to be away below
the fact. Conclusive evidence that
this is an underestimate was supplied
at the meeting of the American Jewish
Historical society in New York.
David Sulzberger, with the assistance
of the historical society, has devoted
much time to an investigation of this
matter, and he computes the number
of Jews in this country. New York
leads in the distribution of this popu,
lation by states. 1t has $50, 600 Jews
or nearly as many as most of the cyclo-
pedias give to the entire country.
There are So, 600 in Pennsylvania and
about the same number in Illinois.
Ohio has 200, and California comes
next with $4,000. The idea that
nearly all the American Jewish citi-
zens are engaged in trade is grossly
incorrect, asserts the Journal. They
are found in every profession and
avocation. They are lawyers, doc
tors, scientists, teachers, inventors,
railroad officials, .o-raalists, literary
men, mechanics, farmers and are found
in many other callings. In every line
of effort which they have entered our
Jewish fellow citizens have won sue
cess and distinction. Their skill in
mercantile pursuits is proverbial, but
they have proved high class OF
ability and ready adaptability in what
ever they have undertaken.