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The herald., 1898-12-17

to the supreme court, and Judge York held
that Matuskiwiz had right to prosecute
his case, irrespective of the claims of his
family for support. If they had no other
source of income, the court was convinced
they would of necessity become subjects OF
public charity. The attorneys on the other
side of the case expressed willingness to
guarantee the payment of S25 month ali
mony, and held out strenuousy for reduc-
ton of the amount to that sum. Unsecured
indebtedness of S257 was shown for Matus-
kiewiz, over and above the assignments OF
salary uncolected
Judge York was disposed to favor the
suggestion of the wfe's attorney, that the
defendant assign one-half his next warrant
to some one in trust for his wife, and the
parties were allowed to 60 and see if such
an adjustment of the controversy could be
made, the contempt proceedings being sus-
pended and the defendant discharged.
The herald., 1898-12-17
A Verdict for Damages

The case of katherine and DR.. Otto p.
Roller against the Rio Grande Railway com
pany to recover $4,000 damages for in
juries sustained in a collision, on trial in the
United States circuit court the past three
days, went to the jury yesterday morning.
A verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of
Sl4 900 was returned at 2:35 in the after
noon. Mrs. Roller was injured while travel
ing in Colorado near the town of Newcas-
tie, and is still suffering from the result of
the accident
The herald., 1898-12-17
The Vincent Estate

The matter Of the administration Of the
estate OF l.. r. Vincent came up yesterday
for consideration by Judge Clark The fact
developed that no will could be found and
consequently the petition OF Emma A.
Wright for letters being withdrawn, that of
Abbott Robinson was granted, Mr.. Robin
son being appointed to act as administrator
The estate consists Of real estate valued at
so, ,O0O bank stock worth $1,000 and notes
and mortgages aggregating $4,000 in
amount. The total sum being s35, GOO, the
bond of the administrator was fixed by the
court for that sum.
The herald., 1898-12-17
DEA tbs

ODSWORTH-Metcalf Dodsworth, born
in England, June 8, 1885, died at AZusa,
December 16 1885, at a m.
Funeral at l p. m, from his residence at
Azusa on Sunday, December 18th. Friends
of the family are invited to attend.
Auburn and Sacramento papers please
copy.
POWER-In this city, December 10, 1898.
Michael E. Power, a native of Ireland,
aged 56 years.
Funeral Sunday, December IS, at p. m,
from l. o. o. F. hall, No. 2201a South Main
street. Friends and acquaintance invited.
Interment, Evergreen cemetery.
The herald., 1898-12-17
She Got Her Decree

Mrs. Maximillienne Gould secured a de-
cree of divorce from her six day husband
yesterday, no defense being made. Attor-
ney j. NJ. Brooks appeared on the first day
of the trial, but abandoned the field entirely
yesterday. The evidence of adultery was
mainly confined to the story OF the de-
tectives, but the default of Daniel Webster
Gould, the defendant, settled the case any
way. Mrs. Gould was awarded 500 as an
attorneys fee
The herald., 1898-12-17
JoTTINGs

Lovers of good driving horses cannot
miss 1t by buying one of our No. Chester
Columbus Buggy Co.'S driving wagons.
They have the Bailey hangers, long-dis-
tance axles and quick-shifting shaft coup
lings. Hawley, King & Co.
The herald., 1898-12-17
New York Specialists

The only physicians in the city that are grad
uates Of firstclass medical colleges
and have diplomas legally regiss
tered who treat diseases Of men only.
Cures guaranteed. IS yrs. experience.
23cH s. Main ST., Los Angeles
The herald., 1898-12-17
Our Home Brew.

Maier G. Zobelen's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs Office and brewery. 44o Also street.
Telephone o.
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Holiday shoppers and Tourists
Chinese and Japanese Art Goods and Gu
rios. Wing Hing Wo Co., 23S S. spring st.
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A. o. L. W.-Funeral Notice.-Members
of Los Angeles Lodge, No. 50, A. o. L. W
are requested to meet at their hall, 21f
South Main street, at l olcolck p. m, Dec
18th, to attend the funeral of our late
brother. NJ. f. Powers. Brothers of sister
lodges and sojourning brothers are invited
to attend c. l.. GEORGE,
Master Workman.
WALTER DENEREUX. Recorder.
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FUNERAL NOTICE

Members of Sem-Tropic Lodge, 81, l. o.
o. F., are hereby requested to be at Me+
mortal hall, Sunday. December IS, al l p
m, for the purpose of attending the funeral
of Brother NJ. f. Power. All sojourning
brothers invited to attend.
l.. H. WOOD, Secretary.
The herald., 1898-12-17

New styles of vehicles cons tantly arriv-
ing. Be sure and see them. Hawley. King
& Co.. corner Broadway and Fifth street.
The herald., 1898-12-17
Infants ClOaks $3.50

Infants long cream coats OF fine
cashmere, large collar elaborately
trimmed with fine. embroidery.
Very jaunty garments.
The herald., 1898-12-17

Infants Caps 75c
Infants cream silk caps with fine
tucks, French style, trimmed with
full ruche of Valenciennes lace.
Very dainty and pretty.
The herald., 1898-12-17
Children's Apparel
Timely Suggestions for 0ift.Buyers
EiderdOWn ClOakS $I.5O

Children's fancy striped eiderdown
eloaks, collar trimmed with
angora, sizes 6 months to 5 years,
pretty, we'll made and very cheap.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-27
CoNGREGAJIoNAhISJS PRAYER

U MIGHTY God in whom we live and through whom we re- member us in all things which minister to spiritual and temporal we'll being bless Thee the the gracious provision of Thy times the safety
 
 We Thee continue blessing in sending
 
 of the field Thee Thy affcions needs through Thy almighty the whole filled
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weigh considerations of this sort, and he
also forgot to remember until it was too
late that Charley Daw, since his return to
the reservation from Washington, had be-
come known to the men of his own tribe as
the most magical dealer of poker hands
that ever chucked one Of his papooses I'm
der the chin
Charley permitted the sergeant to win
nearly $500 from him on the first night the
two sat down together, and on the next
night he donated him $500 more. He fed
the sergeant on coin for nearly a week. in
fact, and exhibited such Opaque stupidity
at the game that the sergeant must have
had his real estate office furnished pretty
gorgeously in his mind The games took
place in Charles wickieup, the best on the
reservation, and the only onlooker present
on the final night of the game was the
post ordnance sergeant, who told me all
about il.
THE sergeant, about 500 of the Indians
money to the good. was so infused with joy
On this final night that at the beginning of
the play he started the blufng system. 1t
worked splendidly, Charley. Daw appearing
to lay down his big hands out of pure fear
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SHAKESPEARE;S FARMING
His Father Was a Land Owner and tn
Boy Farmer.
The Immortal Bard Doubtless HOed
Potatoes, MIXED Cows, Sheared
Sheep and Fed the Pigs.
From the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express.
The immortal William was born in April,
1864, over 300 years ago, in the town of
Stratford, which is in the heart of Eng
land, a place then of. perhaps, 1000 in
habitantS No great amount of business
could have been done at point SO remote,
nor could there have been much manufac-
turing. though as good farming country
was all around the various handicrafts
must have been we'll patronized by the
farmers and the nobility. This was the
period Of the most prosperous days of the
yeomanry, when the farms were small and
held in fee, making a system that undoubt-
eddy originated in providing for the young
er sons Of more or less wealthy families,
and hence it must be said that the farmers
at that time really belonged to the nobility
and to the higher classes. and as 1t was
they who settled the New England and
other colonies, the great progress of this
stock, and its power to absorb all other
European races, is. in a measure. account
ed for. In the attempt to civilize the In
dians and even to teach them to be poor
farmers, and to elevate the blacks, 1t is
proved that they and the immediate de-
scendants of serfs and slaves require long
periods of time. possibly many ages, to
become possessed of Industrious and eco
nomical habits, SO that we may divide no.
BILE blood and aristocracy; and, boast of
our democracy as much as We please, we
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An Abundance of Each in the New
City Post Office.
LOCATING THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS
Convenience of the Public and the
Betterment of the Service.
WILL EXPEDITE THE MAILS

The increased floor space which will be
given the working force of the local post
office wher the transfer is made to the
new post office tuiding will go a great
way toward eXpediting the transmission of
the mails, benefit in which every citizen
is largely interested. The post office will
occupy tie entire first floor, the mezzanine
floor and about one-half of the basement.
and to the S"me extent that the present
quarters are Cramped the new quarters
will be commodious, sufficient to provide
for all requirements of the present and for
a long time in the future.
At the northeast corner of the building
on the first floor, that is, at the corner OF
Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street, will
be located the city postmasters room. and
reXt TO it the room to be occupied by his
assistant postmaster. Contiguous to these
rooms will be elevators for the accommo-
cation of the large office force the up
ger floors and for the public The eeva-
tors will be accessible from the 18th street
entrance, which is Immediately adjacent
to them
South of the nth street entrance will be
the cashiers division. which is to be equip
ped with all modern fire and burgar-proof
apparatus. The room and vaults will be
incased in steel, and the enormous stock
of stamps, stamped paper, envelopes, pos
tai cards, etc, amounting in value to hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, will be rem
The receptacles for these supplies and the
cash room flies will also be of steel.
The Several Divisions.
At the northwest corner will be the home
OF the local money order DIVISION next to
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Who hazard their money for an entirely diff
ferent reason than for the fun if it. On pay
days this sergeant would set up half a
dozen different games, run them on the
quiet and scoop in big wads of the monthly
wages of all the men in the post who were
numbskulls enough to go up against Them
lie carried on this sort of thing for a dozen
years. and we all had it correctly figured
out that his three-to-one-again games had
made him pretty rich for a soldier. In fact,
he himself had got into the habit of swell
Ing around good deal and announcing that
at the conclusion of his enlistment he in
tended going into the real estate business
over in Spokane.
But he never went into any kind of
business except soldering. did this thrifty
sergeant, for, like all sure-thing men, he
finally stacked up against his Waterloo. A
young, innocent-looking recruit from the
east first started him going and caused
him to lose his head. One of the games
that the sergeant set up pay day nights
in an unused quartermaster's shop was the
mustang game that the soldiers of our
army have such passion for-the game
that is called chuck-a-luck outside the
army-playe@ with big dice marked with
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The following notice is displayed i'm a no.
tel in Norway: Bath, First-class bath.
can anybody get. Tushbath. Warm and
cold. Tub bath and shower bath. At any
time Except Saturday. BY two hours for
bore"
And this is the notice that was posted I'D
recently in an art exhibition in Toxic.
Japan: Visitors are requested at the en-
trance to show tickets for inspection. Tick
cts are charged 10 Gems and Gems, for the
special and common respectively. No WIS.,
itor who is mad or intoxicated is allowed
10 enter in, IL any person found in shall be
claimed to retire. No visitor is allowed to
carry In with himself any parcel umbrella,
sueh ana the IKE KIND, except his purse,
and is strictly forbidden to take within
himself dog, or the same kind of beasts.
Visitor is requested to take good care of
himself from thievely."
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PENNS yLvANlA AVENUE.

which will be more elevators. South OF
the elevators will be the 18th street en-
trance, to be available to the public utiliZ-
ing the money order and registry systems.
The official mall division, having super
vision of mail for the various departments,
and bureaus of the government, and the
congressional mail division. will also be
situated en- the first floor in the rear of
the large court.
This court will be occupied by the two
n ain working divisions of the office. the
ailng and delivery. The receipt and dis
patch of mails is conducted by these di-
visions. and they are so situated as Il
communicate directly with the rear plat
forms. at which the numerous mail wagons
receive and deposit their pouches.
The registry division, placed at the south.
west corner of the building at 18th and
streets. will also have easy communi-
cation with the rear platform. This divi-
sion ships all the revenue stamps of the
Treasury Department. having a value of
many millions of dollars annually. All the
postage stamps printed by the bureau of
engraving for the entire postal system also
pass through this division, for dispatch
to the various post offices. The division
also comprises subpostal card agency.
and is the supply point for fifteen different
states, Pennsylvania and New Jersey hav-
ing been added to its list since the contract
for printing postal cards was transferred
from Castleton, n. Y, to Piedmont. w.
Va. Plenty of space Will be afforded the
division for the proper handling and
prompt dispatch or this valuable matter.
The subpostal card agency, however, will
be located in the basement, under the reg
istry division.
Convenience of the Public.
In the front part OF the building will be
the bureau OF information, the general de-
livery windows and the windows for the
sale of stamp supplies. and drops in
which the public may deposit letter. Tn
der the present system The letter drops
are niece ssarily at the end OF the long
corridor of the old office which is a very
inconvenient arrangement, but for which
there is 40 remedy.
The mailing and delivery divisions are to
be surrounded by an iron and glass casing,
and the public will have an opportunity
tc see 4 frst-claSS post office in full work
ing operation. Plenty of light viii be
afforded by the skylights above this
court and the arrangement will also prove
u splendid one from sanitary standpoint.
In the basement the letter carriers will
have 4 spacious swing or lounging
room. provided with the necessary toilet
appointments. lockers. etc. The mailing
delivery and registry divisions will like
wise have toilets and lockers in the base
meGt.
Adjoining the subpostal card agency in
the basement will be provided d general
storage room for the use of the post Of
flee. to be of ample proportions for the pur-
pose intended. The center OF the base
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have nothing in us so valuable as that
which have been derived from the culture
and comfort secured during many genera
tons by the upper classes of England.
From time immemoral the highest enjoy
ment of the English has been connected
with farm life and rural pursuits. Up to
the present the most pleasant months of
the year are spent in the country amid
the scenes of our nativity and growth and
cities and towns are visited during the
months when nature is least attractive.
During Shakespeare's youth his father
had several acres of land in and quite near
to Stratford, and there is no doubt but
the young poet plowed, heed. MIXED cows
fed hogs and Sheared sheep. If he paid
more attention TO one branch than another
it was in the care of sheep, for great
many sheep had been kept in all that re-
gion for generations, and such manufac-
lures as related to wooden goods were es-
tablished, though, of course, in a poor
weak way. The father of Ann Hathaway
which girl Shakespeare married, lived at
no great distance from Stratford. He was
a freehold farmer and had a large flock of
sheep, and the farm seems especially fitted
for this husbandry, for only few years
ago it was still sheep farm. One of
true laborer. l earn that 1 eat, get that 1
wear, owe no man hate, envy no mans
happiness, glad of other mems good, con-
tent with my barn. and the greatest of my
pride is to see my ewes Craze and my
lambs suck" AS to the price of sheep
we gather from Henry "" that a score of
good ewes were worth f10. which is $3.50
EACH and considering that money was
worth great deal more then than now
they were dear enough but such must
have been of high grade, or they happened
then to be especially dear.
Now q little about farming and farm life
in these old days. Justice Shallow lived
in Worcestershire. and Falstaf stopped
with him over night. coming, it would
seem. early in the afternoon, and 1t must
have been in August. for the master had
given directions for getting q certain head
land ready to sow to wheat. The host in
sisted that his guest should go out and
look on his orchard, and he was an anna
teur fruit grower, since they were to eat
mir Of ha a
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CROWN and of the masters own grating
Looking around at the orchard, the cattle,
the garden and the comfortable dwelling
falstaf was well pleased, and being a
senteel Vagabond without a home and al
ways In need of money, he exclaimed that
IL was "goodly dwelling and rich To
winch the host replied, Barren, barren,
all beggars,' which is much the way some
rich farmers talk nowadays. The personal
servant of the justice seemed 10 engage I'm
an kinds of work, as he waited on the
tapie, looked after things around the house.
attended to the horses I'm the stable. see
ing "heh any needed shoeing, and when
any other blacksmith work was reo,,ired
ana he took charge of the fields and the
plowmen. Not a grand, it is true, but a
useful and busy man.
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How She Got In.
From the philistine.

from
Once at the gate of the great city, to
which only good people are admitted sat
the gatekeeper, wise old man. whom for
convenience we will call ST. Peter. Along
came a lawyer. who said: st. Peter. may
/ come IMP No" said the good old man,
mo lawyers can ever enter here.
He of the green bag turned sorrowfully
away and sat down by the wayside to
await further developments. Just down
the road, tripping along with a little red
umbrella over her head, came female
disciple of Blackstone, wearing a smile
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intended to vanquish all argument and act
as a password to the beautiful city. OF
course st. Peter let her in. The poor man
on the outside straightway headed for the
gate again, and demanded of StPeter that
he should show cause You just let that
woman IN. and she's a lawyer from Ann
Arbor.'
oh" said St. Peter, with tired smile,
the woman Is not a lawyer; she only
thinks herself one." And he raped the
lawyer over the head with big key and
babe him begone.
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ment will contain the engine and boiler
rooms, the necessary fuel to be received
from the 18th street side. very i'm
portant part of a post office is the work
p, and this also Will be located in the
basement
Improved Conditions.
Figures obtained by The Star show that
the entire first floor of the old post office
contains but 2o.o90 square feet, while The
area or the first floor of the new building
IS $500 square feet.
The following table gives an aDpyoxi-
nate idea Of the accommodations possible
II the railing, Gel,e cry. registry and mon
ey order in the present building as COM
Lew building:
N,;;t,r s,r,s,,, un hnidinG. Now lost office.
anIiIE ulnIs'nh. 5.tIo -
Delivery divis "n....... 3T70 II iao
II sly aiVlsio1; 800. coo ia,l
Mony oder division. go ala
1850 ag.7eo
The improved conditions will he appar.nt
When 1t Is stated that on the first fioor %
the q street building are situated the mail
nE, delivery, registry and money order di-
VISIONS. The space known rs the court"
IN the new building contains as much as
To.'So square feet. and the mailing and de-
nNery divisions alone Will occupy it, As
before explained, the money order and reg
lstry divisions and the other rooms will be
located outside the court.
me second TO the ninth floors will be
ueNoted to the use of the entire force of
tne POSTMASTER General and the four as
sls'aht postmasters general. with their bu-
reauS ana divisions. At present the money
Greer dlNlsion of the department the sixth
auditor office and the foreign mails ser,.-
Ice are lodged outside of the Post Office
DePartment proper, but will he assigned
room IN The new building.
Nenrly Ready for occupnucy.
1t Is impossible to state, however. when
'he city post office will move into its new
quarters. The assertion has been made
that the force of the city postmaster woulI
not go into the building until it had been
ntted up throughout for the occupancy of
the Post Office Department also. This IS a
mater Tor the department officials to SET
Tie among themselves though from a local
standpoint such an arrangement does not
appear at all necessary. 1t is the usual
case IN such matters to have the lower
noors finished first, and there is no appar-
ent reason why the quarters for the most
once could not be made ready in a short
tlme-at six months at the farthest
Numerous cases can be cited where the
lower floors or post offices have been occu-
pied while workmen were engaged over
head, and as the building is practically
completed 1T would only be fitting to allow
the local post office, for which the building
was built, and which is recognized as a
local institution, to move in as speedily as
possible.
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Calling u Halt.


From TUCK.
First ctizen-"Is it true that the pension
list is to be attacked"
Second citizen-'I believe so. Steps are
TO be taken to prevent the further increase
in the number of the survivors of the civil
war"
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toned out at Boise
barracks" said an
officer of the United
States army, over a
glass of grog at the
Metropolitan Club, Il
had a sergeant in my
company who was
certainly the surest
thing gambler i ever
met in the service
and the enlisted force
of the army is
packed full of men
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The Landlady-"Mr. Feebles, the gentle
man who arrived last night. is a chronic
invalid"
The sarcastic boarder-"H'm! From lazi-
ness or diseaSe?"
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The fastest flowing river in the world is
the Sutlej, In British India, with descent
Of 1900 feet in $50 miles.
Next to our grape wine 1t is believed that
Japanese sake, CT rice wine, is the Oldest
alcoholic beverage known to man. its use
in japan dating back over 2,OOO years.
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Their Idea of Surgery.
There is distinction between physicians
and surgeons, and 1t is more sharply de-
fined than with us. Every man is expected
to stick to his own branch of the profess
sion. The surgeons are extremely ignor-
ant. are assigned to inferior service and
receive little pay, SO that their shops are
poor. Chinese surgery (wae-ka) embraces