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12 (St** — I FREE GARDEN AND TREE SEEDS. i How Some New Varieties May §c Be Obtained. git*— The Gift of the Herald to Its Subscribers—Vegetables Which Double the Income of Truck 2Er Farmers in the East. ggs>^ —■ jyjn . i .-. , . ~.„_. , w „—..,...., r „ , „ i,,,. , .., ~„ By special arrangement with some of the leading seed houses of the world, The] also been largely experimented with at the various state agricultural fairs throughout the Hkrald is able to give each of its cash subscribers (only those who receive the paper by country, with the same gratifying results, •a*— mail or express are included) a most valuable lot of FREE SEEDS. These* seeds are to t t -1 - .i • U tt#tii- "a j 1 £r recommended by gardeners of lonj experience as the very best varieties of the plants Long-Standing Lettuce.—ln shape this variety resembles the White Seeded W. named known. The market value of the prodncts from them will, of course be heater Giant Com P a T n y s but it head 9 much better and the leaves are firmer and more \\Z than the common varieties now used. It is probably the best premiuni offer 'ever made nui ? erous l 18 v< *y slow to run to seed > and withstands the heat better than any other on the Pacific Coast, and old as well as new subscribers may avail themselves of it. The vanet y- Its leaves are ver y ens P and delicious. only requirement is a cash remittance. Those who have already paid in advance can Indian Bean Tree.—A quick grower and a useful tree in every respect. Just the ■j— have their subscriptions extended by remitting 50 cents tm the weekly and 75 cents on thing for timber claims; grows on the dryest land. the daily, and will receive the seed package free of postage or other charge. A large T « 1 quantity of the seeds will not, of course, be sent to anyone, but sufficient to make a fair T . Jf RUSAI -EM Corn.—A new and valuable forage plant. Grows on the dryest land. trial. No seeds sent without a request for them. The following is the list: "1S Said the g rowth on nalf a 50x150 foot lot will almost support a cow. m>~ Green and Gold Watermelon. —A large and very fine variety. The flesh is m> -' firm and sweet. The color is very beautiful. very glossy looking when ripe, the flesh of the same brilliant color. Ripens evenly through, having no hard green core, like many others. In. shape it is round, smooth and Hackensack Muskmelon.—A large melon; very prolific; rich in flavor; thick, solid, juicy flesh. Siberian Cucumber.—Very early; grows from four to six inches in length; good \ \ r /tm tt 1 1 color, firm and very crisp, bubscnptioti Rates ot 1 lie Herald : g»— Jumi-.o Pi mv'kin.—An imported variety of immense size; very productive and a " V MA T I T I : : „ „ c good keeper; flesh salmon colored; good for both cooking and stock feeding Daily h^rald . one Y ear $ 8 -o° Weekly Herald, one year... Ji.so m\Z~ s Daily Herald, six months 4.2 <; ■„ -r_r .r * • tl ,„ Klein Sugar Beet.—This new German variety, as reported by Dr. H. W. Wiley Daily Herald, three months.... 2.25 WeEkly HKRAi\t>, six months 1.00 f£Z of the United States Department of Agriculture, exceeds all others in the amount Daily Herald, one month 80 Weekly Herald, 3 months 50 y*t— of sucrose in its juice, and also in its yield. According to his analytical table, the yield c ,xr „ j j 1 t £r of the Kleinwauz-lebeuer was tons of beets per acre, from which upward of 6200 agents of Wells-Fargo, and newsdealers everywhere «*— pounds of sugar were extracted, being 400 pounds more sugar per acre than extracted are autn orized agents of The Herald. from any of five other varieties tested and analyzed under the same conditions. It has ' - . PATIENCE. Be patient! Bnuy words tn speak While plenty fllU tho cup of life, While health brines roses to Uie cheek, Anil far removed aro care and strife. Falling no glibly from tho tongno Ot thoae—l often think ot this— Whom suffering bas never wrung. Who scarcely know What patience la. Be patient when ihe snff'rorllos Prostrate hnneath some fell dlscaso. And longs, through torturing ngmilos. Only for one short hour of caso. Be patient when the weary brain Is rucked wit h thouj;lit nnd anxious care. And troubles In an ondloes train fceom almost moro than it can bear. To feel the torture of delay, Tho nsfony of hope deferred. To labor still from day to dny, The prize unwon, the prayer ntihenrd. And iitill to hope and strive nnd wait Tho due reward of fortune's kiss, This is to almost conquer fate, This Is to learn what pattenoo Is. Despair not, though the clouds KM dark, And storm and danger veil the sky. Lot fate and ooilTKflfi guide thy bar It. Tho etorm will pa»s; the port In nUjh. Be patient, and the tide will turn. Shadows will (lee before Ihe sun, These ate thi* hopes that live and bum To light un till our work is done. —All the Year lioutid. When the llntrnlo Disappeared. In lS7(i Fort Benton alone sent SO.OOO buffalo hides to market. In H*S3 two carloads wore shipped from Dickinson, North Dakota. In 18M Fort Benton eont none at all. In IR7O a little hand of the animals were known to be graz ing near Fort Totten, on Devil Luke, North Dakota, and it is believed that these animals furnished the l WO carloads of robes which came eastward to St. Paul from Dickinson in 1888: This wins the last yoar of tho buffalo—lßßß. A herd, numbering perhaps 80,000, crossed the Yellowstone, river in that year and went north toward the British line. "They never came batik," is the pitiful refrain which one hears from the In dians along the border from Winnipeg in Manitoba to St. Mary's Lakea in Al berta. No, thoy never camo back whilo rill ing With the officers of the Nnnadinu mounted police throngh Aliicrta, they told me the story of thin last yoar of the buffalo, but it Was nover told twice alike by any two men, for a strange mystery seems to hang over tho closing scene <jj the great crime whioh annihilated the mighty herds.— Hatulin ltussell in Har per's. The Iligbt and l.efu Thobuttoiiß un coats, etc., are placed on tho right side and the shod of the hair in boys to the loft, evidently to unit manipulation by the right hand. Tlie great philosopher Newton records thai at first ho confined his astronomical ob servation;; to his right eye, but after ward he managed to train bis left. Bnt there are persons who conld not do this, owing to the nnoqnal strength of their eyes. Strange to say, the Chinese nacdgn the place of honor to the left. At Kunyenyti, in Africa, (Oamoron re lates being introduced to tho heir pre sjimptive to the throne, the noils of whose loft hand hnd bo tin allowed to grow to an onormous length as a sign of high rank, proving that ho was never re quired to perform manual labor, and also providing him with tho means of tearing the meat whifih formed hia usual diet.—Chambers' Journal. New Yorli Oculists ltcoolvo Large TVea. -Oculists in Now York perform the most delicate surgical operations. Thttro are two or three in the city whoso in comes from their profession rango above $200,000 a year and who treat thonsaods of patients overy yoar. Thoy conduct thyir work with tho most absolute dis regard of tho worldly position of their patients. From many of their patients they receive no fee for their services. Should any man in this profession refuse advice on the ground that « patient waß unable to pay a foe, ho would be ruined if tlm fact were to become known.—Cor. Bt. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hypnotism In a New Light. Hypnotism is apparently a distinct Portland fad. A nervous yonng lady in that city, who was to road a paper before a literary society, got a doctor to hypno tize her so that she shouldn't become rat tled, and the result was porfoct compos ure during tho ordeal. Tho literary ee say quite often succeeds in hypnotizing the audience into a doliciously devital ized condition, bnt the idea of putting the reader to sleep in brand now.—Ban gor Commercial. The Waiter's Mistake. Ho hail made a hearty uioal lit a rcsv tanrunt, and getting up he said to the waiter, "I declare if I haven't forgotten my purse!" Tho waiter tired up anil hurled big words nt him for fully throe minutes before pausing for breath. When X chance came tho stranger continued, "But. 1 have a £~> note horn in my waist coat pocketl" Tho w-aitor could not smilo to bave his life.—London Tit-Bits. Instances reciting the actions of peo ple while under the somnambulistic con trol are numerous in early writings on the subject, while the more modern re ports are deductions rather than rela tions of actual occurrences. To abstain from superfluous apologies is also the babit of discretion. There should seldom be the occasion for apolo gy in the household, where all would do well and wisely to bo constantly gentle and courteous. An old provincial French oxprxwfiion runs thus, "The tears of woman are. like the waves of the sett." But another de clares that "the tears of woman are soon checked." According to the report of the auditor of Virginia, the negroes of that state pay taxes on real estate valued at $0,425,685, and on personal property valued at $it, --842,050. One wonders sometimes had thore boeU women stenographers in the old days if the reports would not havo shown that Adam asked to taste tho apple bitn^lf LOS ANtJELES, HERALD, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 11. 1893. A HUMAN NIGHTMARE. Experience of a Dtnmmpr With a Woman Who Wat Mistaken For a Freak. "Havo you ever had a nightmare in which some fearful danger threatened you and you couldn't movo or get out of tho way?" asked Hermann Solomon of a crowd of peripatetic story tellers at tho Richolieu hotel. "Several years ago I had several of the nocturnal visitors every night for a week and grew very weary of them, for in spite, of my determination not to let them bully mo out of my equanimity I would nearly expire every night and awake wit h cold perspiration breaking out all over mo. Toward the last of that interesting week I stopped with a landlord in north ern Arkansas and resolved as I went io sleep that come wliat would I. would positively refuse to give in in the least to my imagination. "Somo time, past midnight tho usual scare camo. This time it was a tall and angular woman in White, with a long bntcherknifo. Mentally, I was congratu lating myself that at last I was learning to overcome the foolish fears of night mares and wondering how it would pass off. I saw the demoniac grin as ,ehc flourished the lrnifo in front of my face almost without a tremor, and when ehe laughed a wild, flttearthly laugh I gavo a start aud found it all real and that I was actually awake. "Scared? That word can't express it. I dropped/Ml tho Othor side of the bed os she mado a slash at me, and as she ran around tho bed I Crawled under, reached tho door and went down tho steps about tliree at a time ahead of her. By the time wo reached 'tho big road' I think I had gained several feet, its sho had more clothing to interfere with her progress than I had just then. I had imagined that a man really scared couldn't move. Well, I will give any odds desired on the proposition that I moved down that road, and I don't think I would need any corroborative testimony to convince any ono who saw mc that I was scared. "About a milo down the road I ran into the arms of hor husband and sons, who wero out looking for her. Sbe was a little 'outen Wr head' ot times, they said, and she had evidently entered tho open door ot my landlord's and reached my room without afry One knowing it. As her relatives took her home I sadly retraced my steps and found the whole family aroused. The explanation was satisfactory, und tlie adventure cured me of nightmares."—Syracuse Herald. Literary lllmiders. ' We all mako and wo all moet with many amusing literary blunders. The worßt of it is that we readily forget thorn. Every oho should knep a l>ook of those debghtful things, which please Us with a sudden sense of superiority. Among misprints ie knjses. "Some swing on hooks, some run kurwft through their hands,* Said an article in The Edinburgh Review. Hore every one would emend by knives oririskes —knives was the real reading. In "Tho Monastery" Scott wrote about "nursing evil passions." TJtit wae yrintcd "juomng,". *n«l the verb "to morse" was defended by writ- I era in Notes and Queries. It has lately been pointed out that in the "Surgeon's Daughter" Scott is mado to say that the "nautch girls perfumo their voluptuous eastern domes," where as tho real reading must be' "perform their voluptuous eastern dances." But wo are not aware that the coquille has been corrected. In "Pendennis" a boy js 6aid to excel in "running and pump ing." This must mean "jumping," though the actual competition wonld have its merits. There are no ridings in Yorkshire, triding is the right word, but there is a "World Riding" in Mr. Morris' "Heimskringla."—London Saturday Re view. Trouble Caused hy a Semicolon. The substitution of a semicolon for a comma in an pet which becamo a law in 1880 has caused a lot of trouble for tho surface railroads and apparently makes necessary the passing of a healing act by the present legislature. Tho act, which relates to railroad crossings, is as follows: "No electric, cable or horse railroad shall hereafter be constructed across the tracks of a steam railroad at grade; nor shall any steam railroad cross any such electric, cable or horso railroad at grade, except upon application and approval by the railroad commissioners." The preceding was approved, semicolon and all, June 11,1880, and became a law. ■Tho result is that while steam roads can Cross surface lines at will with the per mission of the railroad commissioners street and electric roads aro barred from crossing steam roads with or without permission.—Hartford Courant. The Carnation Is an Old Flower. Pliny refers to tho carnation as having been used in the days ot Augustus VJaesar to give a spicy flavor to wine. While greatly loved atid admired by the an cients, its improvement was not much advanced nntil it found a home in Eng land. The date of this event is not quito clear, but is" believed to bo about tho year 1200. Chaucer wrote of its cultiva tion in 1386, from which date it has been considered a florist's flower. It was first called "carnation" by Henry Lyte in IMB and designated as a "pink" in 1600. Edmund Spenser called it "coronation," which found little favor. Shakespeare, in "Winter's Tale," act 4, Says, "Tho fairest flowers o* the season are onr car nations." Ho also alludes to it in "Hen ry V."—R. T. Lombard. Kxpert Revolver Shots lo the Army. W. R. Prior claims that all the best revolver ohots are in New York. There are some very good shots in the army. Thero are mon in the army who can hit the sice of a nian at 10 yards, riding a horse «t a gallop, every time, with 20 yards interval between figures, and men that ■can hit-aSS-cent piece at 10 yards with aTrivr)l'»*r that pulls eight pounds fourshote out of five. All the best shots hnvu the bent. R Mr. Prior will take the trouble to look awmnd, he will find men ia tho Ujattod States cav alry-that -will throw his New York/ax ports in the shade.—Cor. Kansas -City until TO ROBERT BURNS. Sweet singer, that I lo'e the maist O' ony, sin' wi' eager haste I etnacket balm lips ower the taste O' hinnled sang, I hall theo, though a blessed ghaist In heaven long! For, weel I ken, nae cantie phrase. Nor courtly-airs, nor lalrdly ways, Conld gar me freer hlame or praise. Or proffer hand Whero "Rantin Robbie" and his layt Thegither stand. g And sac these hamely lilies I send, Wi' Jlnglin words at ilka end. In echo of tho sangs that wend Fra© thee to mo Like simmer brooks, wi' mony a bend O' wimplin jjlco. - James Whitcomb Riley. Chinese Women and Their Feet. The small footed Chinese women usual ly make their owh shoes of bits ot silk embroidered in gold and colors. Very dainty work they mako of it, too, a shoCr maker simply soling these bits of em-' broidery. In curio, shops the globe trot ter may sometimes pick up a secondhand shoo. The tiny feet must bo often and carefully washed and disinfected. Many of thorn are perpetually swollen and in flamed. There are women whose busi ness it is to go from house to house bathing, bandaging and treating these maimed members. A woman of rank has sometimes one amah whose special duty it is to care for her tiny but trou blesome feet. Chineso women who possess small feet are, while proud of them in a way, very shy and unwilling to exhibit them to foreigners. I had great difficulty in coaxing a Chinese woman of rank to give me a glimpse of her wee foot. The four smaller toes aro pressed under the sole, and the whole weight falls really upon the great toe in walking. The ankle is very largo and distorted, but tho leg is thin and wasted from inad equate exercise. The tout .ensemblo from a western point of view is far from beautiful if not absolutely repulsive.— New York Tribune. Slamming a Door. To slam a door may be an evidence of bad temper or bad manners, but it is also a popular superstition that slam ming a door is wicked. This belief is undoubtedly due to a supposition enter tained by many nations that the souls of the departed hover about the place where they departed from their bodies. The Indians of this country frequently howled and beat the air with brushwood in or der to drive away the spirit of the pris oner they had just killed. The negroes of tho Congo abstain from sweeping out their huts for a year after a death has occurred for fear that the dost may interfere with the spirit of the departed. It is in northern Europe that theeuporstition concerning the slamming of a door arose, the fear being enter tained 4hat some spirit might bo caught In the slamming.—«ew York Telegram. Do Mnaset*a Childhood. Nervous irritability and a desire to distinguish himself were plainly visible in Alfred dp Muaset at the age of 8 years. Once ho got a pair of new red shoes, and he went into raptures about them. He was so impatient to show himself in his new shoe? that he could scarcely wait to bo dressed. Whilo his mother was dress ing hia hair he was trembling with im patience, and at last he exclaimed in an angry tone, "Make haste, mamma, or else my now shoes will get old!" The precocious boy was pampered and spoiled and allowed to become a despot in the house.—Nineteenth Century. Old Custom Handed Down. How many can tejl the origin of the habit of closing the eyes in prayer? Far back in the past the sun was tho univer sal object of worship. As it rose above the horizon the devotee thanked it for its return to bless the world. As it set in the west he implored its early return. His face was always toward the sun in prayer, and hts eyes were closed to pre vent blindness. The habit has passed down from father to son for thousands of years. Though the object of worship has been changed, the custom survives. •—Progressive Thinker. Bunsptnrer and Speed. Horsepower does not 'eSlwUys l ■tneab speed, for the City of Rome—very little smaller than the Teutonic—is of 11,800 horsepower, against the Teutonic's 18, --000, while tho Paris, which is only COO feet long, as against the Great Eastern's 630 feet, is of over 20,000 horsepower. Such comparisons show the wonderful development in late years of ship and •ngine building.—Marine Journal. Precarious Indeed. Tourist (at Niagara)—A coroner must have a pretty good thing of it around here. Coroner—Well, it's rather precarious. You know our income depends upon the floating population.—New York Evening Sun. One of the hottest regions of th 9 earth's surface is in the immediate vicinity of the Dead sea. Experts in the science of hydrography declare that the sea loses not less than a million tons of water a day through evaporation. The muscles of the forehead and scalp should he regularly exercised several times a day. It is said that the individ ual hairs of tho scalp can be stimulated by rubbing the napo of the neck with a coarsely woven glove. Even if wo have only a dinner of herbs to offer to our guest, if it bo served in tho spirit of true hospitality it will be better than a stalled ox whore pride and envy are, and with them tho spirit of contention. It is stated that tbe daily supply of milk for tho New York market amounts to about 19,000 cans of milk, over 170 cans of condensed milk and upwardW 400 cans cf cream. It is an old story that the slow modes of travel of, say, 70 years since gave per haps crfHy too favorable opportunities for studying the natural features of a coun try. The Wiute In Coal Consumption. j It is agreeable to learn that tho nitrog enous matter in the 4,000,000 tons of coal wbich are used every year by the gits manufacturing companies of London is now being mado n considerable source ot revenue. The value of snlphnte of am monia as a fertilizer is now beyond dis pute. Where nitrogen has been deficient in the soil tbe application of 450 pounds of snlphate of ammonia to each acre gave an increase of nearly four tons of potatoes. Sulphate of ammonia, although not quits so active a fertilizer as uitrato, is held in the soil with greater tenacity. It con tains 24 per cent, of ammonia, which is equal to 20 per cent, of nitrogen. Then there are the tarry hydrocarbon com pounds, from which (thanks to the dis covery of Kirkham and Perkins) beautiful aniline dyes can be extracted. Tlie tar has been a source of such reve nue to the gas companies that it- may ba seriously stated that every year there is more coloring matter sent into the atmos phere of London than would dro all tha fabrics woven by English looms within the same time. If we take the waste ot the hydrocarbons to eqnal 20 per cent, of the fuel burned, we shall find that in ths 9,000,000 tons of coal burned in the metrop olis 1.R00.000 tons of hydrocarlwnß are lost. In other words, some 16,000,000 cubic feet of rich hydrocarbons aro every year use lessly thrown into the air of London, and the loss is £400,000.—National Review. | Respect for Books. "I distrust the intelligence of any person whom I see handling a book disrespectful ly," n ludy declared the other day, "A good, 4 book is one of tlie best of friends, and de- Berves good treatment—not merely that ono should not strain its back of crease its pages, but to be treated with delicacy, con sideration and respect. "When I see a thoughtless girl put out her hand toward a fine volume of Shake speare, and begin to flutter the leaves as she talks, or nervously clap theuppercovet by way of emphasis to her remarks, I feel like saying to her: " 'My dear, you forget yourself! Re member Rosalind; consider Viola; do not, be rude to l'ortia; they are friends of mine, if not of yours, and are ladies of dis tinction, not to be treated like the senti mental heroines of such trashy novels aa you roll up and stuff In your pocket or ; cram Into your luiichbasket to read in tha ( cars.' "I never do say it; but I am far from. ] certain if it would not be a justifiable ira- | politeness if I did."—Youth's Companion.•<• J Some Family Talk. "Tbis is a hard family to live with!* pouted tho piano. "Miss Susie pounds ma every day for nn hour or two!" "Well, at least you don't have to work,", -velaimed the clock. "My hands are never i 'die; they keep them moving entry minute nd second," Talk about work!" cried the tablet vhy, almost, everythingjs put on me." i" "I wouldn't mind work," observed tha imp, "but I'm sensitive, aud it isn't pleas i!it when you're quite bright to bo turned down once or twice every evening." "Sensit ivel" sneered the mirror. "Think, of the ugly faces often-turned on mo!" | "And think also," said the Carpet, "how the children jump on me; still I'm sot worn out yet.." "You may all talk till you're tired, yet you must admit that not one of yon is so eat upon ns 1 am," finished the chair d<* cisively.— Harper's Xounjr People.