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PIPE ORGAN RECITALS.
A PIONEER JOURNALIST DIS
CUSSES MR. CLARENCE EDDY.
% Class of Performances Tbat Should
Be Oiven More frequently.
Being of a KeUnlag;
Tendency.
The tastes of America and England, in
matters musical, differ aa much as in
affairs of gastronomy. The Englishman
loves the solemn and imposing, while
hia Yankee congener inclinea toward tbe
eparkling and vivacioua. This is par
ticularly trne of choral music and organ
recitals. Tbe former finds its strongest
advocates and most earnest devotees,
not in London, Liverpool and Manches
ter, as one might readily suppose, but in
the far north, next to the Scottish bor
der. It is in the manufacturing towns
of Yorkshire that choral music holds its
sway beyond dispute. Small country
villages like Melton Mowbray, Yatten
don and Barkley Holt, boast their glee
clubs and choral societies, whose pro
ficiency in this class of music has be
come so well known in London that, on
occasions of "monster concerts," whole
train loads of tbe Yorkshire singers are
carried to the metropolia to participate
therein.
The organ recital ia aomething essen
tially British in its nature. It ie one of
tbe first tbinga that impress an Ameri
can traveler in the Australasian colonies,
tbat every town of 10,000 people or
upward hae ita town hall and ita mon
ster organ. In these town balls on
Saturday afternoon, in tbe winter
months, organ recitals are given, em
bracing six or seven pieces of classical
music and one or two popular number?,
for tbe low price of one shilling. No
man who goes to one can fail to be
impressed with the apparent devotional
spirit which pervades the entire audi
ence during the recital. They conld not
be more solemn or dignified were the
performance given in a church. During
my last visit to the colonies I heard
Ueorge Best, the famous English organ
ist, on several occasions. Last Monday,
in tbis city, I waa invited to make one
ol a theater party, bnt declined, saying
that I bad an engagement for that
evening at an organ recital to be given
by Mr. Clarence Eddy.
"Who ia Mr. Clarence Eddy? And
what ia an organ recital?" asked my
besWee. I told ber that Mr. Eddy was
reputed to be the greatest of all Ameri
can organists aud, tbat while I did not
believe any living man could rival Mr.
Beat, I wae, nevertheless, willing to
give my countryman the benefit of the
doubt. So I went, saw and, unlike
Csssar, wae conquered. The concert was
sprinkled with come vocal numbers, in
which Sig. Bubo and Miss Tolhurst dis
coursed most excellent music. The
yoang lady baa a soprano voice of ex
ceptional purity, the timbre of which
has not been worn off by excessive
training. And Bubo's rich, round voice
waa at ita very best.
But Mr. Eddy was the master spirit
oi the occasion. Even bad the audience
been predisposed toward a hypercritical
coldness, his manly figure and fine pres
ence would have warmed them into a I
kindly fervor of welcome ac be seated
himself at tbe organ. I listened to bim !
intently for bis first four numbers and j
came to tbe conclusion that he wae tbe
enperlor of Boat aa a sympathetic player,
but inferior to bim in technique. And i
this impression continued all through
the programme fill the two last num
bers, the Royal Procession and tbe Ode
to Saint Cecilia, iv which I was com
pletely electrified. In these he displayed
a degree of execution for which I was
quite unprepared and the beauty of
wbieb was not marred by its rapidity.
I left the church, feeling very prond of
my countryman and ready to concede
him the superior of Mr. Best, quite aa
much in technique as in expression.
I only regret that we have not
more of such performances, even
by musicians manifeetly tbe interior of
Mr. Eddy. I am no musician, and could
not read a line of music if I were given
an hour to study it out. But the tend
ency of such performances is ennobling
and no man can listen to tbem without
feeling himself the bappier man for
having heard them.
My only disappointment with Mr.
Eddy wae that I did not hear enough of
him, but I hope to hear him again. I
ehonld like to hear him play Rossini's
Overture to William Tell, which I be
lieve to be the greatest operatic overture
ever written, unless it be the one to
Semiramide.by the came author; tbe
accusation ecene from Lucrezi* Borgia,
which I heard Thalberg play on an
Alexandre barmonicon 38 years ago, or
the overture to Zampa, by Herold,
which contains the most beautiful flute
and piccolo work ever written into any
opera. Nor would the great march from
the Tannhauser suffer at the hands
of my gifted countryman, in the be
lief of Tim Old'l'.v. !
LETTER BAG.
{The Hehalo under this heading print! com
nvuicaiions, bat doea no*, assume responsi
bility ior tne sentiments expressed.]
More Uluau.es and Less Abstract Truth
for Woman.
EdiiorsHekald :—The point we made
against President Jordan's lecture upon
Heredity was tbat, under tbe plea oi
presenting scientific truths or conclu
sion!, he held up in very thin disguise
pictures which brought a blush to the
cheek of many pure maidens. This dis
guise of language no more concealed tbe
indelicate thought behind it than does a
mosquito bar conceal the black color of
tbe Ethiopean's skin. Because a fact is
true in science is no reason why it should
be paraded before a promiscuous audi
ence.
Man is a living, scientific fact, and it
may be that at some time in tbe future
aome one of tbe young women of th. t
audience may be called jn to treat a
man ior spinal disease; yet tbis is no
good reason for a man walking tbe
street without clothing. The knowledge
necessary to master each matters should
be taught in schools of physiology or
medicine, and not in promiscuous audi
ences.
It is safe to say no subject should be
discussed in a public assembly which
conld not be diecuseed before the same
parties in a parlor at home, Dr. Jordan
said things in this address which, if
repeated by a young man in onr parlor*
to one of our young dangbters, would
banish bim from decent society, with the
paternal toe very close to his anatomy.
If the line is to be broken down between
savagery and modesty ; if it is desirable
to so till every yonng woman's bead with
scientific truths that tbe blush of mod
esty can no longer bring tbe color to ber
cheek, then our boasted civilization has,
by a "backward process of evolution,"
referred to by President Jordan, led us
task to • worse than savage condition;
tm •van the wildest Indian pay; twnuage
to tbe idea of decency by trying to cover
at !eaet a portion of bis person.
This is a question which affects every
home, and bas no reference to Dr. Jor
dan or his creed, except so far as he iB a
leader in this crnsade against tbe long
established usages of society.
These thoughts have been called out
in reply to "Cas" to our first protest
against Dr. Jordan's lectnre on Hered
ity. JOUN SUIKLBY WABD.
AN AMPHIBIOUS KANAKA.
Some Instances of His Remarkable Feat*
of Divine- and Swimuiiug.
Among the natives who will go to the
Midwinter fair at San Francisco is James
Apu, now in Honolulu from Kauai, who
is the champion diver and surf rider of
that island. Many stories of the re
markable feats performed by this man
in the water are related.
It is said that he is co expert at diving
that be can stay under water for four
minutes at a time and meanwhile catch
fish with a spear and net which he uses
while on his submarine visit. He has
no fear of sharks and will take to the
water at any time and under any cir-
cumstances. While on board one of the
island steamers a little while ago off
Diamond head Apu got fish hungry and
jumped overboard, caught some and re
turned to the steamer in a few minutes.
In 1884, while at Molokai in a small
schooner with three or four other na
tives, after discussing several bottles of
gin the others left Apu on shore for a
joke and sailed for Maui. Apu threw off ;
his clothes, tied them iv a bundle on his
head and swam after theschooner, which
he soon Caught up with. The others
would not let him in, so he struck out
for himself and swam the entire distance,
reaching the Maui shore some time be
fore the others. The distance ie over
eight miles and the current swift and
dangerous.
Apu will give surf riding exhibitions
on his arrival at San Francisco, and the
board which he will use has been made
to order of redwood, which Apu says is
preferable to koa, being so much lighter.
It will be painted black, that color be
ing most obnoxious to sharks. This surf
board is 12 feet long, and when perform
ing Apu stands erect on it and goes
through a variety of wonderful feats in
balancing, eto.—Hawaiian Star.
STEAM HOLES IN A FIELD.
A Queer Phenomenon of Nature Which Is
to Bo Seen ou a Farm Out In Oregon.
On the farm of S. R. T. Jones, about
three-fourths of a mile south of Hub
bard and only a few rods from the stage
road, is a curiosity which at present is
attracting considerable attention. It has
been noticed for the past 15 years, but
never has aroused such interest as in the
past few months. On a space of, say,
20 feet square, appears this what is it.
It can be seen just after a rain or while
the ground is filled or covered with wa
ter. There are numerous holes abont as
large as common lend or slate pencils,
from which gas or air is constantly es
caping with a sound as of meat frying
or the hissing of water on a hot stove or
iron. Sometimes tho pressure may be
stronger than at others, but it is there
just the same.
The pressure is so great that if these
vents are closed they will in a few min
utes send the mud flying as though a
miniature blast had exploded. A large,
heavy iron pan was inverted over some
of the strongest vents, the rim being
buried in mud, preventing any escape of
gas. A niau then sat down on the pan
and awaited results, which were not
long in coming, as the pan and man were
lifted bodily. The gas or air was forced
through limewater, but no change was
noticed. It was tested by tire, but we
cannot say it burned. One peculiarity of
the soil is that no matter how wet the
surrounding ground may be this spot
plows up hard and dry. A well close by
keeps up a constant hissing, and the wa
ter reveals nothing out of common.—
Woodburn (Or.) Independent.
Mother and Twins Cremated.
Recently a Mohave squaw in California
gave birth to twins. For a woman to
bear twins is, in the eyes of the Mohaves,
a sure indication that the mother is the
consort of evil spirits and is a witch.
There is but one penalty—death for
mother and children. The portion of
the tribe of which the mother was a
member was summoned, and it was de
cided to enforce the custom. The pa
pooses were brained, but the mother was
doomed to a more horrible fate.
Everything belonging to her was col
lected and placed in the "shack" with
her. the door closed up and fixe applied
to the structure. With true Indian stoic
ism she would not cry out and died with
out a murmur, and her soul passed to
tho happy hunting grounds, where her
newborn babes had preceded her. In
two hours naught was left of the struc
ture but smoldering embers. All this
occurred in less than half a mile of The
Needles.—Needles Eye.
A Toe Chopper In Trouble.
William Henderson of Englewood is
under arrest for stealing toes. The toes
he took were not from human beings,
but from the staff figures along the
Transportation building. William ib of a
scientific turn of mind, and it is said
contemplated writing a book on the big
toe aud its peculiarities among various
nations. When arrested, he had a chisel
and was cheerfully chipping the pedal
extremities of Robert Fulton. He had
a sackful of toes, which are now at the
Woodlawn station.—Chicago Times.
Unexpected Wealth.
Under a recent law in California the
local banks published a list of unclaimed
deposits, with the result that many peo
ple learn for the first time of neglected
wealth belonging to them. One woman,
who bas Binco married a second time, dis
covers that her first husband had $26,661
on deposit of which he had never told
her. Another family whose members
were in desperate straits learns of a de
posit of a husband and father, now de
ceased, of $600.—San Francisco Call.
Nobody Claims the Money.
Jacob Dierdorff, a farmer living near
Coal City, whose hen roost had been vis
ited and depleted several different times,
put his poultry under lock and key for
safekeeping. A few mornings later he
found the door pried off its hinges and
more chickens missing, but on looking
inside the door he found a pocketbook
containing $80 in cash. He advertised
what he had found, but nobody as yet
has called for it.—lndianapolis Sentinel
LOS ANGELES HERALD B FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY lfi, 1894.
USE OF A FLYING MACHINE.
What May Be Gained by tha Perfection of
the Invention.
What important purpose can flight in
air serve? Maxim, Langley and all who
have studied tho subject thoroughly
agree that the speed of aeriation will
greatly exceed that of any terrestrial
locomotion.
From this follows an entire economic .
change in the direction of rendering ira
menso tracts of comparatively worthless
territory at distances of 20 to 40 miles
from cities much more available.
There would also result the relegat
ing of city propel ty in large measure
to business and storage purposes.
This wonld to a large extent accom
plish what Henry George sighs for, but
would do it by means which do not in
volve any wrong to the land owner by
the wage earner.
With flying navies capable of carry
ing unseen at night large quantities of
explosives to the center of a city war
would become so destructive tbut it
would be soon supplanted by arbitra
tion as a matter of common sense and
self preservation.
Arbitration once established, an in
ternational police system controlling na
tions as wo do individuals, and enforc
ing the decrees of boards of arbitration,
would be enormously assisted by this
power of rapid aud if necessary destruc
tive patrolling.
Immense areas of country, now well
nigh impenetrable, would be opened to
usefulness. Large sources of wealth
would thus be added to the civilized
world and would result in the amelio
ration of the condition of the savages of
such regions as central Africa.
We should have to give up Belfish leg
islation and restriction upon the com
merco of other nations, and be obliged
perforco to "stand on a broader her
itage than that of a nation or of zone."
i—Samuel Cabot in Boston Traveller.
The Final Splurge.
Arthur Quiller-Couch's story called
l "The Pauper" contains the description
;of a poor old couple who give tho last
! little entertainment to their friends be
-1 fore going into the workhouse. It seems
to be the usual thing for Cornish folks,
whose hospitality even under the most
disadvantageous circumstances is pro
verbial. They like to make a splash he
fore going under. "Miss Scantlebury
did it better'n anybody I've heard tell
of," say these gossips. "When she fell
into redooced circumstances, she sold
tho eight day clock, tiiat was the only
thing o' value she had left. Brown o'
Tregarrick made it, with a very curi
ous brass dial, whereon he carved a full
rigged ship that rocked like a cradlo
an went down stern foremost when the
hour struck. 'Twas worth walking a
mile to see. Brown's grandson bought
it off Miss Scantlebury for 2 guineas,
he being proud of hia grandfather's
skill, an tho old lady drove into Tre
garrick wnrfeus behind a pair of grays
wi' the proceeds. Over and above tho
carriage hire she'd enough left to adorn
the horses wi' white favors an give the
rider a crown, large as my lord. Aye,
an at the workns door she said to the
fellow, said she: 'All my life I've
longed to ride iv a bridal chariot, an
though my only lover died of a decline
j when I was scarce 22 I've done it at
I last,' said she, 'an now heaven an airth
| can't undo it I * "
Tha Earth'a Journey.
The earth does not travel at the same
i rate all through its journey. Its orbit
I being elliptical, it must at some time 1
approach nearer to the sun than at
I others and will take less time in mov
ing through one part of its path than
through another. In winter the earth
is nearer tho sun than in summer and
moves through space more rapidly. On
Jan. 1 the earth is abont 3,000,000
miles nearer the sun than it is on July
1, and as the velocity of a planet in
creases with it nearness to tbe sun the
earth passes over one-half of its orbit
in less time than over the other half.
Between the vernal equinox, which
happens on March 21 and the autnmnal
equinox, which falls on Sept. 28, the
earth is IHo days in accomplishing that
half of her journey round the sun,
while the other half occupies ouly 179
days. It has been said that, owing to
the friction caused by the tides and
other reasons, the earth is moving more
slowly than it used to do, und that the
days are consequently lengthening, but
as this is only to the extent of half a
Becond in a century it will be a long
time before there will be any apparent
difference.—Brooklyn Eagle.
National Handwriting.
If individual character influences in
dividual handwriting, national charac
ter should influence national handwrit
ing. Authorities tell tie that such is the
case; that the art of the Italian, the
pride of the Spaniard, the vivacity of
the Frenchman, are all displayed in
their penmanship.
It may be so, but as a rule it would
take an expert or an enthusiast to tell
the difference between the writing of
the shrewd Scotchman, tho staid Eng
lishman and the lively Irishman. Ger
man handwriting, however, is truly in
dicative of tho national character; it
requires nearly as much patience to
read it as to write it.
On the other hand, one seeks iv vain
to discover tho temper of a Jew from
the dots and points of Hebrew or to de
cipher tho character of Mr. Pitman
from the phonetic alphabet.—Cham
bers' Journal.
Treatment -of Cholera.
Dr. Norman Kere, the London physi
cian, was asked, "What treatment
would you say is a wise ono in case of
choleraic seizure?" He answered: "If
I had cholera, after a first prelimiary
treatment for the diarrhea, I would
rather have no physic. I would take lets
of hot and cold water—ad libitum, in
fact. And I would keep myself in sur
roundings of wairmth. I would rather
have that treatment than all the medi
cines in the world."—London Ex
change.
I*IH Viait Blimarek.
Bkblin. Feb. IS.—The Cologne Gazette
■aye: The em peror will visit Bismarck
at Friedrichßrutae Monday next, en route
to Wilhelmebavien.
A Dry Qoode Fire.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 15.—The dry goods
etoreol Jonea, Witter A Co. burned
thia morning. Loci, f.260,000.
INDIAN PIG STICKING.
ONE MAN WHO BAYS IT 13 THE
FINEST SPORT IN THE WORLD.
How the Wild Boars o>' the Jungles ol
India aud Northern Africa Are Hunted
by Enthusiastic Sportsmen of Other
Countries—Plenty of Danger.
As an ardent pig sticker I may be for
given for advancing tho opinion that it
Is tho finest sport in tho world. By "pig
Sticking" I of course mean pig sticking
as it is practiced in ludia and in north
ern Africa and perhaps in some other
English colonies—viz, riding down the
pig on horseback and dispatching him
with spears.
The Indian wild pig varies naturally
aocording to his home. The biggest 1
have ever seen wore in the Vindhya
mountains, where I used to shoot them
as food for my boaters. Sometimes they
were of vast size, bigger, I think, than
even their Ganges cousins.
A peculiarity of the wiid pig is the
etraightness of his tail aa compared with
the curled appendage of his domestic
brother. From tho top of his low fore
head to the end of his snout is almost a
! perfectly straight line, and he has a far
! longer snout and jaw than the English
market pig. Hia slrin ia a kind of
bluish gray and bis bristles gray or
black, though sometimes an almost
brown pig is found. The wild pig will
never livo far from water. He is hap
piest in the long grass, often 12 feet high,
that grows along the banks of tho big
Indian rivers, and above all rejoices in
"jao,' a kind of evergreen brushwood
that is as common as the grass. He only
eats at night, and abont 10 p. m. ho sal
lies forth from cover and will go many
mile 9to find tho succulent sugar cane or
other luxury, returning u3 a rule about
an hour before the first streaks of dawt.
Pig sticking begins usually about
Christmas week, when tho giant vegeta
tion of tho rains has died down safficient
!ly to get at piggy, and the marshy
| ground where he lives is firm enough for
. horses, but it is not till the end of Feb
' ruaiy that really good pig sticking be
; gins, and it improves as the weather get*
j dryer and hotter till tho June raius come,
and pig sticking inatautly ceases.
At about Bii.m„ after a light break
fast, the sportsmen set out—usually iV
j "tumtumb"—lo the meet, having sen:,
their spears and horses on ahead over
night, together with the all important
mess tiffin basket, in which a huge block
of ice and innumerable soda water bot
tles and beer bottles figure largely. It
ia rare to gather together more than 12
men. ft may have been different in
olden times, but polo is a formidable
rival to pig sticking nowadays, and the
ordinary British subaltern can rarely af
ford time and money for both. Indeed,
from my own experience, I should say
the average veld was not above five, and
personally, I much prefer, except from
the social point of view, very few com
panions.
The officer in command divides the
party, if large enough, into little sections
of three, and each section separates from
the other and keeps together all day,
either at one end of the line or in the
middle. The coolies are usually about
50 in number and form line, covering
about 200 yards of ground. Each is
armed, or should be, with a big stick,
and the end men carry flags, whioh con
be seen above the long grass and help to
keep the coolies in line. Behind them
marches on each wing ono of the shi
kari's satellites, and in tiie center is the
shikari himself on horseback, and these
officers, like sergeants, keep the line
straight, and exhort, often in language
more forciblo than pohto, the apathetic
coolies to strenuous exertions. The
sportsmen generally ride a few yards in
advance of the line, unless, from the na
ture of the covert, the pig is likely to
break back.
A pig lies usually in a kind of form
like a hara and will sometimes let a
man or horse almost tread on him be
fore moving, and being often covered
with mud or dust is very difficult to see
tn the grass and weeds. When, how
ever, he does jump up, he slips along at
an incredible speed for the first 80 or 40
yards and then sottlee down to a very
fast gallop. I have known boars at once
on being pnt up make straight for the
first man or horse they see before they
have been wounded or touched, and, as
all know, the tusk of the wild boar cuts
liko a razor, though luckily the wound
is usually a healthy, cloan cut—very dif
ferent from a mauling by the fetid clawi
of a tiger or leopard or the thrust of s
ttag's horn. .
Cnfennenteu Grape Juice.
Bottling grape juice is us simple as can
ning fruit. It must be kept iv a cool place
and used soon after opening the same ac
canned fruit, for exposure to the air will
start fermentation. The jiroceas Is simple.
Use pure juice from ripe ftrupes; strain to
remove any portions of pulp that remain In
the juice as it comes from tbo press, heat to
nearly the bniling point nnd bottle whiU
hot. Put no sugar nor anything else in it.
Bottle as soon us you can utter it bus been
pressed from the grapes, so that there con
be no chance for fermentation, and you
have the most healthful and invigorating
drink that can be fouud, as it contains
everything to make pure, healthy blood
and nothing of a deleterious character
which we find in most of the prepared
driuks, hard and soft, of the present day.—
Cor. Ki"vil ' V.'ri.
in makin £ clot hes, this was. tlt had to go.
And yet people thought it a pretty good
thing in its day. Some of them couldn't
believe, all at once, that there was any
£_\v thing better. Just so with every improve-
Sll m^ nt - The old way always has some be
nighted ones who cling to it to the last.
Too Fast V***' -
in ruining clothes, un-making them — that's ■■ .. t —"'
the trouble with the washboard. But it's going - j
now and going fast, to join the spinning-wheel. =
Women find it doesn't pay to rub their clothes
to pieces over it. They can wash better with -
Pearline. Less work, less wear, no ruinous " '
rub, rub, rub. That's the modern way of wash- "
ing—safe, easy, quick, cheap. No wonder that many women
have thrown away the washboard.
Qan A Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers -will tell you " this is as good as "
wJGllt-L or "the same as Pearline." IT'S l'ALSE—Pearline v never peddled,
it "D_ —1.- and if y° ur g™ ccr sends you something in pHce of Pearline, ba
11 S3SLCK. henest— send it tack, . _ 3VB JAMES J»Y«, New York,
ENORMOUS COST OF BAD ROADS.
■Tare Then Denble the Annna.l Ttond Tv
Sank In the Mad.
Nearly 1,000 merchants, marketmen,
legislators, members of the League of
American Wheelmen, county and state
road improvement associations, and
farmers, editors, city and county of
ficials, bankers and others at 813 cities
and towns in 28 states east of the Rocky
mountains have sent replies to Brad
street's inquiry as to the condition of
neighboring country roads, tho effect?
of the same on prices of agricultural
products and farm lands, on mercantile
collections, interests and discount rates,
and to kindred inquiries.
An attempt was made to arrive at a
uniform basis for reporting the per cap
ita country road tax in all statea covered
by the report, but conditions underlying
the raising of funds for road improve
ment differ in so many instances that no
generalization from replies to this ques
tion is possible. It remains to be stated
ihat with direct county or state appro
priations for country road improvement,
such as prevail in some portions of the
east,- the best class of roads are a result
with little friction or disagreement. At
the south and southwest, where are
found tho farming out of road improve
ment to tollgate companies, tho system
of working county prisoners on country
roads, a direct road tax and the requir
ing of men of from 21 to 00 years of age
or thereabouts to work from two to six
days on the roads each year, or the pay
ment of what is regarded as an equiva
lent sum of money—where all these sys
tems of improving roads are employed
results shown are far from satisfactory.
From Maine to Texas and from Georgia
to Minnesota prices of farm products
have been advanced unduly because of
delays to interior wagon traffic by heavy
roads. In comparatively few instances
no advanco is reported because good
roadß have been in existence for a num
ber of years, thus leading correspondents
to report "no effect" on prices of agricul
tural staples due to bad roads. Quota
tions for potatoes, hay, butter and eggs,
and almost all farm products, are includ
ed among those specified. In many in
stances prices of these products have
been high in cities and towns, owing to
scarcity, and the farmer, if roads would
have permitted him to <ret to town and
sell his surplus, would have been able to
pay Ids road tax from the extra profit.
The effect of bad country roadways on
mercantile collections, interest and dis
count rates can no longer be questioned,
so many of the correspondents have
pointed out an extremely unfavorable
influence on mercantile collections not
only during the past spring, but in the
spring and fall of preceding years. Many
bankers and others having financial deal
ings with country merchants explain
that rates of discount on country paper
are largely influenced to the detriment
of makers by bad roads, and the tend
ency among banks is to get remunera
tion for the annoyance of past due obli
gations, with a disposition to curtail ac
commodations where prompt attention
is not given.
Perhaps the moat ambitious question
among those sent out was that which
asked for the "total direct and indireot
excess coat annually to farmers and
country merchants in your vioinity of
bad roads, because of delayed or irregular
wagon traffic in its effect on farm values,
discounts, collections, etc.,"and it is sig
nificant to note that while the number
of replies is comparatively few those
which have been received are from ex
ceptionally well informed people in all
instances and lead to the conclusion that
most of the estimates which have here
tofore been made iv public prints and
elsewhere as to the aggregate loss of JAria
character have been understated rather
than exaggerated. In one instance four
independent replies to tho question (from
a single county) ranged within $10,000
of an alleged grand total direct and in
direct loss there amounting to $100,000
per annum from causes as quoted above.
Tbe replies make it plain that one or
two years' losses in this direction would
come near gridironing the country dis
tricts east of the Missouri river with
roads which wonld compare favorably
with the beet macadamized or telford
avenues of large cities i.nywhere in the
United States. The heretofore prevail
ing estimato of the total annual road tax
of $120,000,000 is therefore probably less
than one-half the total annual loss dne
to bad country highways.—New York
Sporting Times.
Fashion In Afg-hanUtan.
Civilization will rejoice in the fact that
the queen of Afghanistan has decided to
adopt European dress. A fashionable
Firm in London has forwarded to her
majesty four costumes, which I hasten
to describe. The material in each case
is wool. Her majesty's fondness for flow
ers has been respected in the trimming.
One fuchsia dress has a velvet basque
with gold fringe and tabbed skirt. A
convolvuli costume is made up of a vel
vet zouave bodice and skirt trimmtd
With guipuvo lace. A striking charac
teristic of -a heather costume is an um
brella skirt, while green silk aud Ivy
loaves add to the attractions of the fourth
costume. All the dresses lire high necked,
short skirted and silk lined, and iv ap
pearance are a sort of compromise be
tween English simplicity and oriental
SDlondor.—London Cor. New York Sun.
DANGER JUST AHEAD.
A Prominent Professor Spsmka About tha
Tbraatan.nff Things Abroad at Ibis
Tlsuenfthtt Y«»r.
"It is surprising how many people are Buffer
ing tctday from so-called coughs, colds and in
fluenza."
The remark wts made by a very prominent
professor, connected with one of the leading
New York hospitals. Continuing, he said:
"It is not these things that are troubling
people, but It is an advanced form of our old
enemy, the grip. People feel out of sorts,
sneeze, have pains in tbe muscles and bones,
have no appetite, lose all interest in the world,
and wonder what Is the matter. It is the grip;
nothing else.
• Now, all such sym r. Toms need to have prompt
treatment, 'Ihw aitm k must be met and re
pelled at once, or It is cortalu to run Into some
thing serious, 1 know of but oue way to cer
tainly avoid thr:se troubles, which are now so
common, and that is to Immediately counteract
them by using a good, pure, strong stimulant.
Nothing of the ordinary kind, but something
pure and scientific, for this purpose nothing
has over equalled Duffy's l ure Malt Whiskey,
which is acknowledged today by physicians
and scientific people to b? the only pure, medi
cinal malt whiskey upon the martet."
The words of the professor are true, and they
carry s. wondt r ul meai:lug to mauy men and
women who are suffering with the first symp
toms of grip, or else grip Iv Its advanc :d staves.
For alt sucn people we offer a word of advice;
which is to take the bt*si meant to overcome
these troubles and do not. permit any denier tv
swerve you from your purpi ■ to have that
which hit proven itself by years of me to be
the best and purest stimulant 19 tho world.
Notice of gale of Real Estate.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TFIE COUN
ty i>f Los Aiikulus, statu of California.
In the matter of th*j estate of Joseph Doisser
anc, deceased.
Notice is hereby givtMt that in pursuance ol
an order of the Superior Court of the count}
of Los Angeles, state of Caliiornia, duly made
and given un the Mltf! <■'»>' of June, 1890, in
the matter of the estate of Joseph Boisseranc.
deceased, the undersigned, administratrix ol
said estate, will sell at private sale to the high
est bidder for cash gold coin of the United
states, end subject to conllrmation by said
Superior Court, all the right, title, interest and
estate of the said Joseph Boisseranc at the
time of his death, and au the right, title and
interest that the said estate has, by operation
of law or otherwise, acquired other than or in
addition to that of the said Joseph Boisseranc
at the time of his death, in and to the follow
ing described real property, to-wit:
Situated in the city of I.os Angeles, county of
Los Angeles, state of California, and described
as follows, to-wlt: Lot one (1, in block II <»f
the Aliso tract, according to the map of said
tract made by Frank Lecouvreur in 18ti9, said
lot being ou the northwest corner of Sausevain
and Vignes streets.
Said sale will bo made on or after the 2(»th
day of February, 18*.>4. Bids or offers in writ
ing for said property will be received at any
lime on or after the 2tilh day of February,
1894, at the law office of J. Brousseau, rooms
212 and 88 Brvson block, iv the said city of Los
Angeles, California.
URSCLE BOISSERANC,
Administratrix of the estate of said deceased
fl-10-lSt
Notice for Publication of Time for
Proving wm. Etc.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT — STATE OF
California, county of Los Angeles, ss.
In ihemalter of tlie estate oi Ida Lehmer,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Tuesday, the 20th
day of February, 1H94, at 10 o'clock a. in. of
said day, at the* court room of this court, de
partment two thereof, in the city of Los An
geles, county of Los Angeleß, and state of Cali
fornia, has been appointed as the time and
place for hearing the application of Solomon
(i, Lehmer, praying that a document now on
file in this court, purporting to be the last will
and testament of the said deceased, be ndmit
ted to probate, that letters testamentary be
issued thereon to your petitioner, at which
time and place all persons interested therein
may appeaF and contest the - a me.
Dated February «, 1894.
T. H. WARD,
County Clerk,
By C. W. Blake, Dentil v.
Robert J. Adcock, Esq., attorney for peti
tioner. 2-7 lit
Delinquent Notice.
THE MAIN STREET IMPROVEMENTCOM
pany of Loa Augeles, California, 114
South Main street, Los Angeles, California. -
Notice—Thore is delinquent upon the follow
ing-described stock on account of assessment
levied on the iiOlh day of December, 1893, tin
several amounts set opposite the names of tho
respective shareholders as follows:
Milton K. Young, certificate No. 10, for 25
■hares, $500.
And in accordance with law and an order of
the Board of Directors made February sth,
1.894, so many shares of each parcel of suoh
stock as may be necessary wilt be sold at 114
South Main street on the 28th day of Febru
ary, 1894, at 2 o'clock p. m., to pay the de
linquent assessments thereon, together with
the costs of advertising and expenses of sale.
H. C. LICH TEN BK Kti ER,
Secretary.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 13, 1894. 2-15 2w
Notice of Stockholders' Meeting:.
NOTICE IS HEREBY fiIVEN THAT PUR
suant to an order of the Board of Directors
of the Bank of America, a corporation, made
Feb. 9 t 1894, a special meeting of the stock
holders of said corporation is called to be held
on Monday, Feb. 2b', 1K94, at 3 o'clock p. m.,
at the office of the corporation. Temple block.
Los Angeles, to consider matters of import
ance.
GEO. ft. STEWART, Secretary.
Los Angeles, Feb. 14, 181)4. 2-15 12t
C. F. HEINZEMAN,
Druggist & Chemist,
222 N. Main St., Lot Angeles.
Prescriptions carefully compounded ***" at
Warn, aua af
JJACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP (JO.
Goodall, Perkins & Co., General Agents, San
Fraticlsoo. «
Northern routes embrace linos for Portland,
Ore., Victoria, R. 0., and Puget Sound, A.a,ka
and other coast points
HOLTTHERN BOUTES.
TIME TABLE FOB FEBRUARY, 1894.
LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO.
For—
Port Harford.... 3. S. Corona, Feb. 8,14,23;
Santa Baroara.. March 4.
Redondo
PortLoiAugele* i H. SanU Rosa, Feb. 1,10,
Newport 19, 28; March 9.
San Diego
For- |& a. tiOi Anselos. Feb. 3, 12,
XabtSan Pedro. 21: Hatch 2
Ban Pedro and S. S. Eureka, Feb. B, 17, 2ti;
way ports I March 7. >
LEAVE PORT LOS ANGELES AMD RSUONDO.
For— "is, 8. S.tnta Bota, Fjd. 3, 12,
21; Murcb 2.
San Diego 8. S. Corona. Feb. 7, 10,25;
I March ii.
For— - 8.~8. _ iianta Rosa, Feb. 5, 14,
San Francisco. . 23; March 4.
Port Harford.... S. S. Corona, Feb. 9, 18,27;
Santa Barbara . Mac): H.
LEAVE SAN PEDRO AND EAST BAN PEDRO,
For— [SHE Eureka, Feb. 2, 11, 20;
San Francisco March 1.
and S S. Los Angeles, Fob. 0, 16,
Way ports. I 24; March 5.
Cars to conn ct with steamers via San Pedro
le»ve S, P. K. A. (Arcade depot) at 5:00 p.m.,
and Tetminal railway depot at 5;15 p.m.
Cars to connect via Bedondo leave Santa Fe
depot at 10:00 a.m., or from Redondo railway
depot at 9:00 a.m.
Cars to connect via Port I.os Angeles leave
8. P. B. B. depot at 1:10 pm. for steamers
north bound.
Plans of steamers' cabins at agent's olilce.
where berths may be secured.
The company reserves the right to change
the steamers or their days ol sailing.
£Sjv~For passage or freight as above, or for
tickets to and Irom all Important points in
Europe, apply to w
Office No. 124 w. Second St., I.os Angeles.
Redondo Railway
Winter Time Card No. 11.
IN EFFECT 8 AM. MONDAY, SEPT. 25,1893.
Loa Angeles Depot, corner Grand Avenue
and Jefferson street.
Take Grand avenue cable or Main street and
Agricultural Park horse cars.
Trains Leave Trains I. aye
Los Angeles Redondo
lor Bedundo lor Loa Angeles
DAILY DAILY
9:15 a.m. 7:45 a.m.
1:35 p.m. ll:oua.n>.
8:10 p.m. 3:45 p.m.
Running Hire between Los Angel-» and Re
dondo Beach, 50 minutes.
City ticket offloe at A B. Groenwald's Cigar
Store, corner First and ■ pi lug htreolv.
GEO J. AINS WORTH, President.
R. H. THOMPSON. Vice-President.
J. N. BUTTON, Supt. Redoudo Beach.
Sootta Pacific Company
IMPORTANT CHANGE OF TIM*.
JANUARY 14, 1894.
Trains leave and are due to arrive at
I.OS ANOILIit (AROADE DKl'OI)
Fifth street, daily, as follows:
I,eave ior distihation. Arrive.
2:00p.m -ian Fran. 4 Saoram'io 7:;ios.ra
10:40 p.m San Fran. AtSaoram'to I:4S pm
9no p.m Ogdon at last, 2d class 7:30 ani
10:40 p.m Ugden & East, Ist class I:4s pui
10:40 p.m Portland, Or 7:110 a tn
H .'in a.m..11 Paso and Kast . 4:iop.m
8 :30 a.m... Denting and Kast... 4:ou bo
8:30a.m Banning 4:00 p.m
Redlande.. '' -1 sll
8:30 a.m Kedlauds... aIO.IOh m
10:30 a.nj Redlands 4:(>op.m
4:30 p.m... Redlands 4.6opni
.Colon 8»:21 s.UI
H:3oa.ui Colton AlO:lO»m
10::!Os.m Colton 4:00 p.m
4:30 p.m Coiton 4:58 pm
, Riverside s9:iil«.m
8:30a.m Riverside. AlOilOs.m
10:30 a.n. Riverside 4:00 p,m
4 30 p in Rivoislde 4 53 p m
...Han Rernardiao s9:'il a.m
B:3oa.ir ..Ban Bernardino ... AlOilOa.in
10:30 a,ni —San Bernardino 4:1)0 p.m
4.30 p.m... .San Bernardino .. 4:58 p.m
Chlno AS :50 a. ni
8:30 a.n -..Chlno s92l».tn
«:30 p.m Chlno a In.los ii
A5:45p.n Ohlnn, 4.58 p.m
8:15 a. ii Monrovia 7:55 «.in
Monrovia Alo:2oa.m
A2:4opn Monrovia
5:15 p.n ... ..Monrovia 4:45 put
7:3oa.ii' —Santaßarbara 1:48 p.m
2:00 p.n ... tanta Barbara. ... 0:10 p.ui
a9.52h.ii ianta Ana A Anaheim 0:03 a.m
.1 lllji.r, auta Ana <fc Anaheim a 4:04 p.m
4 ' Tustin Bi43a.tu
At>:4oa.r- Whittier 8:43 a.m
4:9 •p it Whittier . Al:4sp.m
9:?5a.i .our B'ch & Ban Pedro B:iss.m
A 12:50 r.n au Pedro & Long B'ch All;s6a.in
5:00 p.n our B'ch & San Pedro 4:15 p.m
9:3os.ii . Santa Monica 8:08 a.m
Bnnta Monica 8:50a.m
1:10|. ... Santa Monica r.M2 p. m
5f15p.1i Santa Monica 4:25p.m
6r25p.il ... Santa Monica
0:30a.m . . .Soldiers' Home.... 8:08».m
6:25 p.n Soldiers' Home 4:35 p.m
9:3os.ti .Port Lob Angeles... 12:13 p.m.
l:IOp.m .Port Los Angeles... 4:25p.nt
A4:oop.u. ,'.Clistßworth Park. 1 AU.OOs.m
. I Trains start from \
I B>n Fernando st. /
) H*pot only. J
CATALINA ISLAND.
Southern Pacific Company's trains connect
at San Pedro with the fine steamer Falcon.
Leave. Arcade Depot. Arrive.
9:25 a.m Saturday
Monday 4:15 p.m
9:25 a n Tuesday
Wednesday 11:56 a.m
Take Banta Monica trains from San Fernando
street, Naud's Junction, Commercial street,
Arcade depot, Jefferson street I Wlnlhrop sta
tion .. Grand avenue, or University.
For north: Arcade, Commercial street, Naud's
Jur.ctioa, San Fernando street.
For east: Aroade, Commercial street, Naud's
Junction.
For other branches: Arcade, Commercial
street, Naud's Junction, Ban Fernando streni.
Local and through tickets sold, baggage
checked, Pullman steeping oar reservations
made, and general information given upen ap
plication to J. M. CRAWLEY, Asst. Pa* Agt.
No 144 S. Spring St., oor. Second. CHARLES
BKYI.BR, Agent at denote.
s Sundays only, a Sundays excepted.
RICH'D GRAY, Gen. Traflio Mgr.
T. H. GOODMAN,
Gen'l Passenger Agt.
Los Angeles Terminal R'y
Los Angeles depots, east end of First strael
and Downey avenue bridges.
Leave Los Angeles for Leave Pasadena for
Pasadena. Los Angeles.
i6:25a.m t 7:15 s-m
• 7:10a.m • 8.05 am
" S:oOa.m , • !• osa.m
• 9;00a.m -10.40 a in
'ii « •12:2Sp.m
•12:20 p m b 1:05 p.m
• 1:40 p.m a 1:45 p.m
• 3:00 p.m • 3:05 p.m
• 4:00 p.m • 4:05 p.m
• 5:211 p.m * 6:25 P.m
• 0:20 p.m , * 7:05 p.m
•11:15 p.m • 8:05 p.m
'11:55 p.m
DOWpey avenue leaving time 7 minutes later.
cave Los Angeles for Leave Altadena Juuc-
Altadeua Juuction. tlon lor Los Jrngeles.
• 0:00a.m ..*10:10a.m
•11:00 am »lfi:00m
t 1:40 p.m 1 2 40 p.m
• 4:00p.m * 6:00 p.m
All trains start from First street depot.
Leave Los Angeles for Leave Qlendaie for Los
Glendale. Angelas.
f 0:40a.m t 7:26 a.m
t 8 20am I 9:13a.m
•12:35 p.m • 1:80 p.m
• 5:26 p.m '6:1.3 p ra
Leave Los Angeles for Leave East Ban Pedro
Long beach and East for
Sun Pedro. Los Angeles.
• 11:45 s.m • 7:15 s.m
1 1:1(1 p.m 111:15 am
I 5:15 p.in t 3:40 p.m
to; Cop.m 1 4:10 p.m
Between last San Pedro aud Long Beaoh, 10
minutes.
RUBIO CANYON AND ECHO MOUNTAIN.
Trains leave Los Angeles, 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and
4 p.m.
Sundays, 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1:40 p.m. and 4p.m.
Fine pavilion aud hotel,
CATALINA ISLAND.
Los Angeles Terminal trains connect at Baa
Ptdro with the fine steamer Falcon.
Leave. First-street Depot. Arrive,
9:45 a. m Saturday
..Monday 4:45 p.m
9:45 a.m Tuesday
Wednesday 4:45 p.m
•Daily, (DatTy except Sundays. (Sundays
only. aExcept Saturdays. bsaturdays only.
Stages meet the 8 a m. and 13:30 p.m. trains
st Pasadena for Mt Wilson ou new trail.
Pas*eugers leaving Los A ngeles on the 8 a. m.
train for Wilson Peak can return same day.
On theatre nights the 11:15 p.m. train for
Pasadena will wait until 20 minutes after
theatre closes when notice is received fro v
theatre by the agent at First street that there
are passengers for that train.
Bpecial rates to excursion and picnic parties.
Depots east end First-street and Downey
avenue bridges.
City ticket ot'.io st A. B. Greenwald's cigar
store, corner First and Spring streets.
General offices, First-street depot.
T. B. BURNETT, General Manager.
Jy2tf W. WINCUP, Gen. Passenger Ag't.
SOIJTHBKN OALirOHSIA RAILWAY
COMPANY. (Santa Fe Route.)
IN EFFECT SUNDAY, FEB. 11, 1894.
Trains lesve and are due 10 arrive at Los An
geles (La Grande station) First st. and Banta
Fe aye.
Leave. ] i.os AMMLS*. | Arrive.
• 5:15 p m ... .Chicago Limited.... • 9:00 a.m
. 7:00 am . ..Overland Express... * 6:80 pin
. 8:15 a.m..Ban Diego Coast Line. * 1:15 p.m
4:40 p.m..San Coast Line. " 7 00 p m
• 7:00a.m f 1 ' BiOOa.m
• 9:00 a.m I ...Ban Dernardino.. I • 9:!>Oam
I .... via Pasadena... > t 1:30 P- m
• 4:00 p.m I * 6:30 p.m
• 5.15 p.m 1 J ■- -•„„ • •
• 7:00 a.m <....Rlv rside vla...> I lii Op.m
• 0:00 a.m j .San Baruardluo. > * t>:3op.ni
f'6':osa.°m (....Riverside and...! *10:15 s.m
tll:oOa.m }..Ban Bernardino.. \ • 3:66 p. in
•4:40p.m (. .. via Orange ' *7:00u.m
• 7:00 a.m f Redlands, Moutouel • 0:50 a.m
• 9:00 a.m I ...and Highland... I jt 1:30 p.m
j via > * 0:30 p.ui
• 4:00 p.m I Pasadena I
• 5:15 p,m i ■ - Jll
tli:oaa.m (Redlands, Mentonei '10:15n.ia
(11.00a.m Land Highlands vla.J • 365 p.in
• 4 10 p.m <oraugu & Riverside) . :oOp,ni
• 9:00 a.m I I ! ' :35a.m
I ..Asusa,Pasadena.. I* 8.43 a.m.
• run p.m and j* 9:60a.m
• 4.00 p.m i ....Intermediate. .. 1- f 1:30 p.ia
t 5:30p.m Btations.... • 4:16p.m
v I* 6:30 p.m
• 7:05 p.m I ■ ) !"••••
• 7:00 a.m Pasadena I* 9:00«. m
110:50 a m Pasadens ifll:s9a.m
• 5:15 p.m Pasadena t 1:30 p.m
t 6:05 a.mi Banta Ana |t 8:50 a.iv
• 8:15 a m Banta Ana
t 1:50 p.m Santa Ana !• 1:15 pm
• 4:40 p.m Santa Ana J* 7:00 p.ui
• 7 52 a.m Santa Monica • 9:46 a.m
•10:18 a.m Santa Monies • :i:so p.ru
• 4:45 p.m Santa Monioa • 6:34 p.m
•10:00 a.m Redondo • 8:29 a m
• 4:45 pm Redondo • 3:50 p.m
f 0:00 a.m Ban Jacinto v Pasadensit I:3opm
411:00 a m San Jaolnto via Orange'
j 0:00 a m Temeoula via Pasadena't 1:30 p.m
111:00a.m .Temeoula via Oraog*
t 8.15 p.m Escondldo v Coast Ltne f 1:15 p.m
Trains via Pasadena line arrive at Downey
avenue station 7 tnjniitcs earlier and leave 7
minutes later.
•naily. lOally excapt BunQav. I.Sundays
only- S- W. McGEB, City Pas«. A T. Aire.
120 N Spring st, Los Angeles,and Laurau.de
Station.