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The herald., 1898-05-07
TO The AMERICAN BOY
LAWN FETE GIVEN BY THE
MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL
Pretty Booths Under the Spreading
Branches Of the Trees and Pretty
Girls in Attendance

The young ladies of Marlborough school
gave a successful lawn fete last evening
to raise a substantial sum for the pro-
posed battleship American Boy. The large
trees, the handsome grounds, the bloom
ing roses and plants were beautiful acces-
sories to the tasteful arrangement OF
booths for the wares offered for sale. The
largest in the collection was the Ameri-
can booth, decorated in flags, draped in the
national coors and large Japanese lanterns
of the same. 1t was furnished with rugs,
couches and pillows, and was very effec-
tive under the wide-spreading branches
of a large tree. Cake and coffee were sold
here during the evening by Misses Azuleh
Higgins, Mae Jastro, Helen Adams and
Ella Gerichten.
Opposite this, on the west, stood the
candy booth, decorated In the school col
ors, violet and white. The roof was the
green boughs Of a fig tree, and frieze
around the top was formed of gray and
dark-red silk lanterns. 1t was dainty, ar
tistic affair." presided over by Misses Ma
rian Thomas, Louise Jastro, Lila Lett and
Hazel Edwards. In the southeast corner
of the lawn a large Japanese umbrella,
hung with lanterns, made an effective bit OF
color and balance for the booths in the
rear.
On the west side of the house, under a
cypress tree and an arbor formed OF
climbing La Marque rose, the flower
booth was arranged. The decorations were
cf flowers and English flags tastefully ar
ranged. Corsage bouquets, boutonieres
and cockades were sold here by Misses
Fanny Bixby, Georgia Jones, Minnie Gard
iner and Marie Prather.
In the court formed by the wings of the
house Cuban booth was arranged 1t was
-oofed over with a canopy of red, white
and blue bunting The cement walks were
covered with rugs couches and divans,
with handsome pillows. furnished abund-
ant and comfortable seats and resting
places for purchasers. A parterre of flow-
ers in the center and the numerous Cuban
flags on the walls added to the effect OF
the whole.
A line of lanterns extended around the
grounds and a frieze of larger silk ones
around the veranda. over the entrance to
which an American eagle, with out
stretched wings, stood guard. The Sew
enth Regiment band furnished music dur
Ing the evening. The festivities of the
evening closed with dancing in the school
room and gymnasium.
The young ladies who served lemonade
and ices in the Cuban booth were Misses
Blanche Trenwith, Abby McHenry, Geor-
gia Knight, Eva Heating, Beryl Bard.
Edith Newman. Miss Carolyn Bond act
ed as treasurer. The active participants
In the booths were assisted by the other
young ladies of the school.
The Marlborough girls contemplate
drawing up resolutions and petition to
circulate In this city and elsewhere, pro-
testing against the name Of battleship
that excludes them.
The herald., 1898-05-07
University Notes

Elmer E. Elliott visited his old friends
among the students Thursday.
w. j. Helfinstein spent Sunday at his
home in Winchester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest B. Bradley of 33i1
Royal street have removed to 1918 West
Thirty-sixth street.
Mrs. Hart of Racine, Wis. spent Monday
visiting the classes at the college.
At the election of team managers held
Wednesday by the College Athletic asso-
ciation, C. H. Bott was chosen manager OF
the football team, R. H. Crowell track
manager and H. 1. Priestley baseball man
ager.
Miss Clara Howes of Thirtieth and Fig
ueroa streets returned on Sunday from an
extended stay in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Cook of Hough street
have issued cards for the marriage of their
daughter Margaret to Elmer E. Elliott Of
Hueneme at noon Thursday, May IS, in the
Methodist church.
Winsow Howard has just completed a
seven-room cottage on Goodner street.
Arthur Shelton has returned from a
lengthy visit in st. Louis.
DR.. Nance sold three lots in the Ahern
tract to Mr.. Wadsworth, who will at once
erect two fine residences upon them.
e. G. Hoffman of Budlong and Jefferson
streets is slowly recovering from the eff.
tects of a painful accident that befell him
a couple of weeks ago while on trip In
the mountains.
number of the students went north yes
terday with the Seventh regiment. c. B.
Christy Lon Allinson, c. E. Pomeroy, C.
A. McEuen, r. w. Avery and Elmer G.
Sigler are in Company C; e. o. Edgerton
in Company F, l.. H. Eaton in Company A,
B. o. Lacey and Clarence Bowerman In
Company I, w. E. Mort and A. ]. Stoliker
In Company G. The faculty of the college
voted to give the students a holiday SO
that they might go down and see the
boys off.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Illegally in the Country

Yesterday afternoon Inspector Putnam
found Chinese woman In a den of twelve
or fifteen of her countrymen on Marches
sault street without registration papers,
Her name is Chan You and she claims to
be 25 years old, though she looks much
younger. She was brought before Commits
sioner Van Dyke, and her examination set
for May 18th at 2 p. m, pending which
she was committed to the county Jail.
Chan You was well dressed, could neither
talk nor understand English, and sat stolid-
ly watching the preparations to take her to
Jail without a visible sign of emotion on
her face. She stepped into the buggy
and drove off willingly with the inspector
probably conscious in her own mind that she
was escaping worse fate.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Thai CROSSING AGAIN.
ANOTHER SUIT OVER THIRD AND
MAIN STREETS
AN INJUNCTION is ISSUED
Directed to the Traction Company at
the Instance Of the Main Street
Electric Car Line

The bad blood which exists between the
Main-street and Agricultural Park Raii-
road company and the Los Angeles Trac-
ton company over the Third-street cross
ing has caused another suit, and Judge
Van Dyke yesterday issued temporary
injunction directed to the Traction COM
pany, by which It is instructed how TO
, operate it's cars at the junction OF Main
and Third streets. Until otherwise arranged
when two or more cars of the Main-street
road and the Traction company arrive at
the crossing the car Of the former shall
have the right of way and pass one car
and then any car of the latter then stand
ing and ready to make the crossing shall
have the right of way. and thus on alter
nately.
The suit which is brought by the Main
street and Agricultural Park Railroad
company against the Los Angeles Traction
company alleges that the defendant vio-
iates the terms of the agreement made in
1895 relative to the use of the crossing
thereby rendering collisions between cars
likely, to the great risk of personal injury
TO passengers and the public, when it is
considered that the crossing is not at right
angles with Main street. but that there is
a difference of 10 feet between Third
street west and Third street east.
Not only has the Traction company be-
come embroiled with it's rival at this cross
ing, but there is now every prospect that
the city will next take hand at the legal
game over a difference of opinion at the
same spot. AS Main and Spring streets are
to be resurfaced shortly. it was decided
that the nuisance existing at the crossings
Of the Traction company at Third and
Spring and Third and Main, caused by cul-
verts under the tracks being below
grade, causing water to stand and stag
nate in them. must be remedied.
The company was notified by the council,
through the street superintendent to do
the work, but neglected to comply, until
patience ceased to be virtue and the
council issued an order giving the company
30 days within which to put in the culverts
or the city would do the work for it. The
time limit expired May 5th, and yesterday
Judge Lamme of the company came out
f1at-footed and refused to put in the work
as ordered, saying that the company would
stand lawsuit.
On behalf of the Traction company
1t Is claimed that it is willing to
put in the culvert under its right OF
way, but will not pay for its extension to
the curb line on either side. Per contra,
the city officials say they will not make the
taxpayers pay for a culvert necessltated
solely because the car company's tracks
must cross the gutter And there the SUBJ
ject sticks. The, culverts will be put in at
once by Street Superintendent Drains
forces, and the city attorney will collect
the bill from the company through the
courts.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Fraudulent Liquors

The newspapers. of this city recently gave
the names of several prominent liquor
dealers here who are being sued for heavy
damages in the United States circuit court
for handling bogus Hennessey brandy. An
gostura bitters and other imitation goods.
In the same article attention was called
to the fact that several other dealer8 in
this city were implicated in the sale of
fraudulent liquors and that heavy dam
age suits against them would shortly be
instituted. AS no names were mentioned
It has been thought that this somewhat
indefinite accusation might work injury to
innocent parties. and for this reason the
The herald., 1898-05-07
Crazy Jennie Gilmore

An insanity complaint was issued yester-
cay at the instance of County Jailor Ken
nedy against Jennie Gilmore. young mar
ried woman, who left her husband at San
Diego and started to walk overland to her
relatives In Iowa. She was arrested at San
Fernando by Constable Lopez and sen
fenced to the county jail for five days on
a charge of vagrancy, more out of pity
than anything else, as her feet were fear
fully swollen. She is subject to epileptlc
fits and slave to morphine. and asa con-
sequence thereof she Is considered to be
demented.
The herald., 1898-05-07

been married very recently in New Mexi-
CO, and merely wanted to be welded over
again here to legalize matters. Neverthe-
less, Mr.. Carter thought Justice Young's
refusal to lime" them again kind of
spoiled their honeymoon. Mrs. James gave
her age as 81 which was considerable of
a surprise to such old timers as Sam
Kutz
The herald., 1898-05-07

representatives of the plaintiffs in this
action desire to have 1t announced that the
genuine Hennessey brandy and Angostura
bitters are carried In large quantities by
H. J. Woollacott and can always be pro-
cured at his establishment at 124-126 North
Spring street, this city.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Inaurauce Notice

The agency of the Royal Exchange of
London has been transferred from Sum-
merland, Phelps & Girdlestone to Stephens
& Blinn, 1923 West Third street (Stimson
block), who will in future attend to all
endorsements, transfers and any other
changes that may be desired. r. M.
Thomson. special agent.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Kernahan's Will

filed for probate yesterday. He died IN
Pomona on April 18th. leaving an estate
consisting mostly of real estate bearing
revenue, valued at $4,000. Some of his
bequests are to religious and charitable
institutions.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Cancelled the Contract

The Ruddock company, Incorporated,
yesterday sued Johnson, Carvell &. Co. for
$1101.65. Plaintiff claims that the defend
ants agreed to purchase 35 $40 pounds of
dried peaches in August. 1897, from them
at cents per pound. and afterysird can
celed the contract without just cause.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Selling Fraudulent Goods

The Seigert Brothers of Port of Spain,
Island of Trinidad, have filed complaints
against Solomon w. Craigue, Thos. W
Hickey and John r. Sefert of San Diego,
charging them with offering for sale imita-
ton Angostura bitters. Hennessey Brothers
the brandy manufacturers of Cognac,
France, filed complaints against the same
parties for selling fraudulent Hennessey
brandy. Both firms ask for an injunction
of profits and writs of injunction.
The herald., 1898-05-07
San Pedro and Catalina

Sunday, May sth. Grand free dance in
pavilion at San Pedro. Blanchard &
Schoenemen orchestra. Special train
leaves San Pedro $50 p. m. for Los An
geles. Leave Los Angeles 9 a. m. for
Catalina. Round trip every Sunday. San
Pedro trains a. m, lao p. m.
The herald., 1898-05-07
To tho Public

Our patrons and the public at large are
hereby informed that Walter I. De Groot
has been discharged, and Is no longer in
my employ, at 24S South Broadway, known
as the Buffalo Woolen company. The pub
lie is warned against paying money,
placing orders for clothing, or In any way
dealing with him on any account.
LOUIS H. PETERS.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Wright Released

The habeas corpus case of James Il.
Wright, arrested for illegally landing Chi
nese from the yawl Nero. was heard yes
terday in the circuit court Captain
Wright was discharged from custody.
The herald., 1898-05-07

Largest variety Concord business wagons
and top delivery wagons. Hawley. King &
The herald., 1898-05-07

Hawley, King & Co., cor. Fifth st. and
Broadway, agents genuine Columbus Bug
gy company buggies and Victor bicycles.
The herald., 1898-05-07
Our Home Brew

Mailer & Zobelein's lager. fresh from their
brewery, on draught In all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
telephone 81.
The herald., 1898-05-07
DEATHS

Agents Victor. Heating, World and March
bicycles. Hawley, King & Co.
The herald., 1898-05-07
FUNERAL NOTICE

knights of Pythias, Attention.-The fu-
neral of Brother Nicholas Mandich, late
a member of Marathon lodge, No. 1872, K. of
p, will take place on Sunday, May Sth, at
2 p. m.
All members of Marathon lodge are here
by notified to assemble al the funeral par
lors of D. Samson, 523 South Spring street,
from whence the funeral will be conduct
ed. Interment at Rosedale. All Knights
invited. By order of the c. c.
JNO. S. MYERS, K. Of r. & s.
The herald., 1898-05-07

COULES-In this city, May 6, 1898, Mrs.
Marguerite F., beloved wife Of Charles
]. Coules, aged 33 years.
Funeral at 10 a. m. Sunday, May Sth,
from her late residence, No. SIG South Los
Angeles street. Friends invited.
The herald., 1898-05-07
JOTTINGs

Latest styles wall paper at A A. Eek
stroms 324 South Spring street.
The herald., 1898-05-07

Trunks. Bags, Leather Goode
J. G. Cunningham. nlanutaetui ~. IcaieS
repairing a Speciality. z29 South Main, re,.
ephone M SIS
The herald., 1898-05-07

Everything on wheels. Hawley, King &
Co.. corner Fifth street and Broadway.
The herald., 1898-05-07

Wall paper. late styles. low prices, a
A. A. Eckstrom's, "a South Spring street,
The herald., 1898-05-07

Special-Borders free with and TIC
wall paper. Walter. 627 South Spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
Long Service.

a description of the old New England
Sabbath is calculated to make restless
children of the present day and possibly
some of their elders thankful they were
not born two centuries ago.
The Sabbath began Saturday after
noon with the going down of the sun.
Sunday morning a horn was loudly
blown to announce the honr of worship.
Service began at 0 o'clock and lasted
for eight hours, with an intermission of
one hour for dinner and conversation.
In the earliest days the congregation sat
ON rude benches, their seats being as
signed them at town meeting. The
service consisted of several parts, which
are chronicled in an ancient diary as
follows:
Preliminary prayer or invocation (;
chapter of Bible read and expounded !;
psalm in meter. read out line by line
by Deacon s.; long prayer on various
matters, one hour and a talf; sermon
of 100 to ESQ pages; at close of service,
baptism; sinners put on trial, confessed
before congregation. Minister G. bowed
right and left, no person stirring till ne
had passed down and out of the meet
ing house. YOUTH Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
FEEDING A SKELETON.
a Hotel Mans Experience with q
Freak Boarder.


"Once in awhile 1 have some freak
boarders,' said hotel manager. lone
time had living skeleton who came
very near breaking me up in business.
He came here for long stay, as he
was going TO make tho rounds Of all the
museums in town. His manager came
to me and made arrangements for the
skeleton to live at my hotel while he
was in the city. 1 supposed that liv-
ing skeleton didn't live on much of
anything but water, so l made him a
rate away down-$3 n week, believe
it was for board and room. The skele.
ton arrived early one morning, so the
first meal he bad at the hotel was break
fast.
after he had finished his breakfast
and gone to his room I went to the din
ing room and asked the waiter what the
skeleton had eaten. | nearly fell dead
when the waiter told Inc that the new
boarder had consumed three cups of cof
fee, two orders of beefsteak, four fried
eggs, two big baked potatoes, half a loaf
of bread and Il plate of buckwheat cakes.
What do you think of that? That was
certainly the worst SUI prise party 1 ever
experienced. But there WIS no way out
of it. had made the rates and l could
not fire. the skeleton out. He staiG
with me nearly six weeks, and he came
close to eating me out of house and
home. ''-Exchange. 5~-. "a Z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
WHY Do We Yn,rn2

There can be little doubt that one OF
the objects of yawning is the exercise OF
muscles which have been for long
time quiescent, and the acceleration of
the blood and lymph flow which has in
consequence of this quiescence become
sluggish; hence its frequency after one
has remained for some time in the same
position-for example, when waking in
the morning.
Cooperating with this cause is sleepi-
ness and the shallow breathing which it
entails. This factor, as well as muscle
quiescence, is apt to attend the sense of
boredom which one experiences in listen
ing to dull sermon; hence it is that
the bored individual is apt to yawn. AS
in the case of signing, the deep breath
which accompanies the act of yawning
compensates for the shallow breathing
which is SO apt to excite it.-New York
Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
The Age of an Oyster.

Il is just as easy to tell the age of an
oyster by looking at its shell as it is to
ascertain the age of a horse by examin-
ing MS teeth. or tree by inspecting
the circles revealed by the ak or saw
when it is laid low. When the oyster is
8 months old, it is as big as dime
when l year old, it will cover silver
half dollar, and when ? years old. will
be about the circumference of silver
dollar.
The oyster, unlike the crab, is not
Obliged to seek new quarters or build Il
new house every time he grows appre-
Gladly. The extensions that he puts on
his house are clearly marked by well
defined ridge.
Oysters are esteemed to be at their
best when between and years of age,
and the planters endeavor TO protect the
beds for that length of time. Conscien-
tious oyster men-that is, men who are
not inclined to kill tho goose that lays
the golden egg-always return TO the
bed oysters that are too young, but in
case a patriarch is brought up, over
whose she'll the tides of from 8 to IL
winters and summers have ebbed and
flowed, he is sent to market, where he
is put at the bottom of the heap and
sold with his younger and more luscious
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
Origin of the Days of the Week

Sunday, the day devoted to the wor.
ship of the sun by our forefathers. Mon
day, the day devoted to the worship CT
the moon by our forefathers. Tuesday,
the day devoted to the worship of Tieu
or Tyw, the god of war Wednesday,
the day devoted to the worship of
Wooden or Odin, the god of wind.
Thursday, the day devoted to the wor-
ship of Thor, the god of thunder. Fri
day, the day devoted to the worship of
Freya or Friga, the Venus of the north.
Saturday, the day devoted TO the wor-
ship of Saturn, the god of agriculture,
or Satyr, the god of the forest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
Not Very Pathetic.

An Ohio woman visiting Boston for
the first time has been doing the sights.
81 had my greatest thrill down at
Copp's Hill burying ground, she said.
Eyes, that's just the place for the
historic emotions, commented her in
terlocutor. She smiled.
''As soon as my sister-in-law and 1
got into the place, she said, Il found
myself almost stepping upon a grave
with an inscription on a queer little
iron cover sort of tomb. l jumped back,
feeling the way you do when you step
ON a grave. and read the inscription,
just three initials, no name or date.
Isn't it pathetic:' / said TO my sister
in-law. oh. / don't know, she answer
ed. b. W. w, means Boston Water
Works. ''-Boston Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
Practice, youths, little virtue,
Just as much as will not hurt you
Neither Did the King.

1t is told of King Frederick VI OF
Denmark that while travelling through
Jutland one day he entered village
school and found the children lively
and intelligent and quite ready to ar
swer his questions.
"Well, youngsters, he said, "what
are the names of the greatest kings OF
Denmark"
With one accord they cried out, Sea
mute the Great, Waldemar and Chris
tan va
Just then little girl, to whom the
schoolmaster had whispered something,
stood up ard raised her hand
"Do you know another?" asked the
king.
tYes-Frederick VI"
.'What great act did he PERFORM"
The girl hung her head and STAN
mered out, 81 don't know
BE comforted. my child" said the
king. 81 dent know either
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
a BIT of London weather.

Our weather is grown decidedly good
for the last three days-very brisk, clear
and dry. Before that it was as bad as
weather at any time need be. Long con-
tinued plunges of wet, then ciammy,
glarry days on days of half wet Ga kind
of weather peculiar to London, and
fully uglier than whole wet)-a world
of black sunless pluister la soft mixture,
neither one thing nor apotherl, very
unpleasant to move about in! The in
cessant travel makes everything mud
here, in spite of all that clats a clat, a
wooden soraperI and besoms can do. 4
kind of mud, too. which is as fine as
paint and actually almost sticks like
kind of paint. took, at last, into the
country, with old clothes and trousers
folded up. There the mud was natural
mud, and far less of it; indeed little OF
it i'll comparison with other country.
We dry again in single day of brisk
wind. Carlyle Cor. in Atlantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-27
4 QUEER CALCULATION.
The Power That Would BE Required
to Move the Earth.

The Power That WouId BE Required
TO Move the Earth.
Statisticians sometimes have queer
ideas. One of them has amused himself
by-calculating how much energy, water
and coal it would take to move the
earth foot, supposing that it was sub
jected throughout its mass to force
equivalent TO terrestrial grayitation.
This is gratuitous superstition, for in
spite of It's enormous mass the earth
weighs nothing.
Starting with the fact that the earth's
mass is about 6. 100 million million
million tons, orr statistician calculates
that we should require 20, 600, 900, 600
years fer 10. 600 horsepower en-
CINE TO move our globe a foot. The
boiler that should feed this engine
would yaporize quantity of water that
would cover the whole face of the globe
with layer 800 feet deep. The vapori-
zation of this water would require 4, 600
million-milliont tons of COAL This coal
carried in cars holding ten tons each
and having q total length of 80 feet,
would require 400 million million cars,
which would reach so, 600, 600 times
around the earth. This train, moving
at the rate of 40 miles an hour, would
take more than 5000, 600 years to trav-
erse its own length. 1t would. require
for storage a shed that would cover
1000 times the area Of Europe.
II We realize that this Enthusiastically
huge amount of energy is nothing at all
compared with what the earth possesses
in virtue of its rotation about it's axis,
its revolution about the sun, and its
translation in space with the solar sys-
tenn, of which the earth is but an in
finitesimal part and which itself is but
an infinitesimal part of the universe,
we may get some idea of the Importance
of man in the universe and estimate his
incommensurablep pride at its justyalue.
Nature