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18 I Are You a Land Owner? Some Information for You I fAre you taking The Herald? If you are not you L-»/Ot Word jj^ had better subscribe for it at once and get a lot 100x25 Bp feet free. Consider the great possibilities in a lot any- i\t ciITCciStCF AOOllt the Land •©k * where in Southern California. Any one can see that the . . jH-V As every one knows, Lancaster is a comparatively SeL flf tone is approaching—perhaps ten years off—when every Free to every new subscriber of The Herald, the best newspaper in new town, located in the center of Antelope Valley, along . §3" AS available foot of land will be utilized. When that time California. It is the People's Paper. the line of the Southern Pacitic Railroad, 75 miles north I*3 13 occurs the results will be plain. Lois in Lancaster will be \ ~ * Of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles county. It is new for the " fg* *§S I , -, * x«_J^?— * reason that up until a few years ago water was supposed ' H*T CTag . ' valuaole, as they must grow to be, to those who hold on . * n ™i„ ;„ *l. „ t-i 1U v • . •eM|[ " * S I l\ to exist only in the mountains, and that it would require gW* ,jgj| i« ;to them. . ' • lar S e sums to bri "g water upon the land for irrigation • fSty . j If you do not care for a lot yourself, think of your . flJf \ N. * purposes. But this theory has been exploded during the • |& v i _ . ~ . , / II Irt? I\ \ \ past few months by striking artesian water at a depth of sS* Jgk boy or ;r irl or some Eastern friend and make them a II If U \ \ \-\ , p till <N3" Q%) j \ \ only H2 feet. 1 hcse wells are now to be found every- JS P'' esent - There is none tlut can equal it. / \ \ where, pouring up the dearest of pure water, and vegeta- §£ Just so surely as the sun shines these lots will be I' '.1 PI T \ \ t o n 0t a " descriptions is s P rin g> n g into sight. Activity is •iS worth 1500 each inside of the next five vein Wft H M\ S) II *5 1 \ apparent in all directions. New settlements are being ;! gg" tß# „ ..... '/ r f ZZ\ r-vVs I \ made throughout the valley, and'in a few years more the *-* >l In making up your mind about the matter you should nsff/fi \ *——» Jj\ \ j I .. f .. , . , ... . i| (.«•)•) & X; "™" iwm f '*W///7\ ■■ JtW mi " -J —r entire region of which Lancaster is the center, will be the '.•*•] not delay in making an early selection, as already several V\(//f\ / most populous and thriving part of Los Angeles county. » hundred have been taken and they are going at the rate of r } | pSilP|p|l. / / where the town is sitliatec *> and where The Herald lots jpf* "B*l \ J W(///(/7 . ET" 1 "1? / are laid out, the land is level as a floor. They are easily j&L 7 t I n \ 1 favl Hr / worth from 150 to <10a The town of Lancaster is a jg£ V| /5 to 100 a Day \ 1 J , ~X/ thriving town of 250 or 300 inhabitants, and will, within 55, "g| \ \ j 7 / a few years, grow into a place of much prominence. The HQ = — ~7-== r^^»^V^V - T - s surrounding country is receiving an influx of settlers who will open homes and improve the land in the best possible 1 "' "IS . Remember the • S * manner. The character of the products grown in this re- • N 1 . • . gion indicates most clearly that a very large population . Conditions . . can and will be sustained in Antelope Valley, with Lan- . f n , ,- , . ~ ... ... .. ~ . caster as its center. Mail subscribers can have the same Every yearly subscriber paying six months (14 80) ! ' Cailllot . t0 W *!? 0,1 th , lS P ro P° Slt,on ' aS the ,ots are • opportunity as those who live in the city. The price of ' |j ' t» .A~n~,nA*, t » * » ru * off at a very rapid gait. They will soon be gone. . the herald is as follows: • J» M in advance and |Si for notary fees gets one of these choice % Read what the papers say about the land. Talk to those who . . |g. lots free. They are simple conditions and within the have been to see the land. This conveys the proper idea of its value. — jg-L reach of all, and those who do not avail themselves of the There is no disguising the fact that it is the biggest offer a newspaper crry-Daiiy, one,ear. by carrier . $9.60 gE 0 ever made the public. '>* "•**** • • • [ greatest opportunity ot the age wi regret it. , t. . 11 v- j v *ii 1 1 -i j Daily, one month ... .«o #6* C§> * 6 s Lancaster will grow to be a big town. It will have two railroads •g Rats are on file in this office, showing where this soon. It is the only place for a town between Los Angeles and BY * LUL ~' D^t \Z " ." H town is located. Bakerstleld. I gL ■M AsAr any c/i/ze/; of Antelope Valley if he does not consider Lancaster has the brightest prospects of any Address ILI C I I \ ¥ TX Bradbury Block r&L to ™ n California. Plats are on file in this officeshowing where the town is located mY I X W-M JL W \-*4 I—4 WJ Los Angeles j^Sf* TROLLEYS OF MANY TYPES Progress of the Elect= ric Car Over in Europe MANY PROJECTS UNDER WAY Foreign Cities Have Mad tbe Rene fit nf American Expenditure and Experience-Berlin's Proposed Road The fares ol all the foreign trolley road are much cheaper than in any of the cities here. In Halle, for instance, the passenger pays the equivalent of two and a half cents for four rices. This is hut a fraction over half a cent for each fare. Yet the trolley roads all pay handsome profit.-. 01 course la Dor is much cheaper there than here, but the difference does not compensate for the grtatly reduced rate as compared witb tbe nverage rates charged in this country, in Budapest a trolley road has heen in operation some time wi;h an underground contact. Il is more cotly than tbe overhead system but has been successful since Ihe lirst—so successful that in many of tho larger citie! on the continent project! are now under way for building similar roads. Berlin expects to bave two complete underground trolley ruad-. in tbe neat future, which will ha a huge improve, ment over the iiudope-t system. If tbe llerlin engineers Bolve this problem il w ill be more than tbe expert! in Ibe em ploy ot the City uf .New York havo been aluo to do alter live years or figuring, ex perimenting ami spending oi tens nf thousands of dollar*. Ol course, the great obstacle in an un dertaklng of this kind is the vast amount ol tunneling WOicfa must be done. 11l New York it has been figured that tho work will cost about $1,000,000 a mile foi tbe excavation. In Berlin, an engin eer named Mackensen, who is also tbe royal railroad director of Germany, lias devised v system by which, it is claimed, the necessary tunneling can be done at such a low cost ligure that tho total co-t per mile of constrm ting the underground road will be hut $310,000. Only ronon detail* of this system have as yet reached tho public The principal feature of it is an iron tube 111 1 i feet high und II feet wide and 2 feet in'depth. It is claimed tbat with the aid of machinery these tubes Can he pushed into place. tbe excavating going on at Ihe same time. It is likewise claimed that they can be made high and wide enough to permit of the passage of the regulation steam loco motive and passenger car-. While the trolley mails of Europe are away behind those ol tbe United Stale* in tiie matter of quantity, they are far superior in the matter of quality and chow a wide diversity in mechanical dc bijtn and construction .Many of the ideas used in tbo European cities are elaborations of experiments first made in this country, ami Ihe in ventors there bare freely taken advantage oi till tho changes and Improvements made ben.', in very few of tne European cities was the trolley introduced until alter it Had been made a safe venture hy the work of capitalist* in this country, nnd in consequence the"foreign towns have had all tne benefit without the cost of expetimental expense. In Germany the lirst trolley road was ijtiilt fourteen years ngo, hut it was a ' very crude affair, and the people of ller lin did not regard it with much favor. The inventor, Werner yon Kiemens, has liaen working constantly at the problem of trolley construction since then, and nas made some important profliess. His lirsi test road was buildt at Lcicbter eld, just outside of Berlin, anu today the Oar man capital has a number of trolley roads. The trolley roads in tbis country cover above tiiteen thousand miles of ground, and nearly forty live tnousand cars are in use. In till of Ueimuny there are hut JTu miles of trolley roads and about Miv cars iv use. In tbe other coniinental coun tries tho proportion is about the same. But there are so many projects now un dertvty, particularly in Germany, that the number of cars will be more than i quadrupled within two years. At present tho overhead system, tbe same as used in all the c ties *' this country, has been adopted on tbe other side, but it is to do away with the un sightly surface roads completely ttiat the inventors aro working. the inhabitants, oi ail the continental cities pride them selves upon tho architectural beauty and attractiveness ol their resprr ' b towns, and this love ot the baauttfu . largely restioted the use of the troile. |in the cities of this country the peo pie are inclined to give up valuable iran chises anu hitndsome streets tor tho naKe oi aligbtiy quicker transit, hut tUis feel' IiOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MOKNTjNTJ, DECEMBER 1, 1895. ing does not predominate in European cities. A merchant prince named I.alien has recently become the financial backer of Siemens, the build.r of the tirst German tro 'ley road, for the const ruction of a road in Berlin which will he a uni.iue alfair. It is of the elevated kind, but the cars hang down from the tracks. 'Ibe running gear is on tbe roof of the car and the trolley wire comes in immediate contact With it. A test road has been built in the vast court of the military casino at Dents, .anil it has been operated suecessfullv. The track is supported at rjgular inter vals by two iron uprights, connected at the top by a cms! bar, tbe car passing between the uprights. In I'aris particular attention is paid to a development of the storage battery sys tem, and t wn lines are in snccesfel opera tion. Heretofore tbis system bas proven very cnstlv heoauso cf the great weigiit of the h. ttery and tho impossibility of constructing a car wbicli would stand the strain lor any length oi time. TYPES OF THI! TROLLEY Ihe Ruling Passion _ _ The old minstrel was dying. He had bequeathed his priceless store of jests to his children and grandchildren, who now stood about him in weeping groups. For hours the moribund man had not spoken. He lay with his eyes closed and a beatific smile on his half-parted lips. To tho on lookers it seemed as if he wero already tasting the delights of the pleasant val ley of A vilion. Suddenly the hgureon tbe bed straight ened up, nnd the death rattle sounded in the throat. Tbe glazed eyes opened, and th* good physician interpreted the look as meaning that the dying man wanted to leave bis last farewell with hi« a«ed wife. She was led weeping at the bedside. The dying one cast upon her a look of Ineffable tenderness, which seemed to beckon her closer. She bent so near that I her ear brushed hie lip-. The husband i appea'ed to make a convulsive effurt to speak*ncc again to tbe life partner of his jo s and sorrows, ere he passed away to the green fields and bubbling brooks. His ha I been a life of vicissitude and exper.eme. Perhaps ho had Fome guilty secret lo confess. Perhaps he was about to uit-r some of those last words which are tl - most precious inheritance of our race k which the story of life's battle is su touted up in a disjointed sentence. He spoke at last. In a nusky whisper, which was auililbe only because of the intense stillness in tho room, t+ie dying man asked : "What gives more milk tban a cow?"— I Buffalo Express. A Judge's Retort i Two capital retorts which are well worth remembering are attributed to tbe venerable chief justice of the New York court of common pleas, His Honor, Charles I. Daly. At one lime a delicate question as to the construction of a statute wus oiscussed before hiw.and. alter elab horate arguments on each side, tbe chief justice decided the question in open court, giving his reasons in a few well timed remarks which caused a lull in the court room. The silence was speedily broken hy the successful attorney, who stood up and said, with an air of patronizing appro val. ' May it please your honor, I for one, agree with yon entirely." The chief justice, with a twinkle in his eve whlcb huokenod his enjoyment of the joke, but a perfectly grave face, qui etly removed bis glasses, and urn id a breathless stillness said: "I bave, coun selor, generally found in my experience that the successful party agrees with the com t.' Upon another occasion a young attor ney was trying to convince the chief jus tice that he didn't know the law. Tin: judge listened to the young man's har angue with courteous patience for a long time, but at lust he became weary. "My youne friend" be said, witb an iron,cal smile, "before you are as old as I am you will huve iearned that t is aboui as well tn read Chesterfield as Black atone. 1 — Youth's. Companion. He Returned the Compliment A young man and a young woman lean over the front gate. They are Ijvers. It >s moonlight. He was loth to leave, as the parting is the last. He is about to go away. Mie is reluctant to see him de part. They swing on the gate. "I'll never forget you," lie says, "and if death should claim me my last thought Will be of you." "I'll no irue lo you," she sobs. "I'll never see anybody else or lovo tbem as. long us 1 live." They part, Bis years later he returns. I! is sweethaart of former years has mar ried. They meet at, a party. She has changed greatly; between the dances tbe recognition tukes place. "Let mo see." she muses, With her fan beating a tattoo on her pretty hand, "was it you or your brother who was my old sweet heart'"' "Keally, I don't know," he aavs, "probably my father. - '— Tid Bits. There are 4:il Federal licenses povmitt- Ing the sale of liquor in Vermont, or about one for every 784 inhabitants, Burl ington has sixty three, iirattleboro ten, or ono for every 686 people, liurro lias one h>r every 223 and Montpeiler one for every Jl4. Rutland has one for every 405. All this in v state where the prohib itory law is supposed to be impartially enforced. Ladies never have any dyspepsia after a vrlnegUM ai l>r. Blegert'i Angostura Bitters. STORIES OF SOLDIERS In one of tbe buttles mini: Itesaca I had the scare ot my life," said General H.O. Hobart. "Late one night the regi ment commanders of our brigade were roused from a sleep we wore hungry lor and ordered to headquarters. The division had been ordered to make a demonstra tion at daylight, Wu knew what that meant. The enemy was near and alert. Sherman had kept him on a bot griddle. Pocketing our orders wo looked over tho ground ahere the charging line was to form. That done, it was time for tbe men to be up, get breakfast and be ready to move. The order was for tne right tv proceed tnrough the woods to a certain point and ball. Mine was tbe right regiment. I was in place ahead of time. The next regiment was to connect with my left, and soon until tho division was in line. My left became hotly en gaged. 1 rode down tbere. Half of tho left company was on a knoll, exposed to a galling tire, liy about-facing and a tbree-qiißrter right wheel, then facing to the front, tiie men would be under cover. That was dona. Tiie other troops bad not yet come up. "Returning to the right I heard troops marching in front of my left. What could it mean? Was the enemy stealing up to surprise us? Soon n hot fight was on. Whlie trying to find out what was Ilia matter I thought of that change in | t my left company. 1 was in a coid per spiration at once. Tliat wheeling had changed the formation of the balance of t the division. I had endangered the i safety of the division, possibly the corps, and maybe the army. These (noughts ran through my miad as fast as the sweat rushed through my pores. 1 was dumb- . founded--paralyzed, ft was too late to correct the mistaie. in great agony I redo down the line, feeling line a crim inal. The firing ceased. 1 was sure the d ivision had beon captured or driven hack in Disorder, if a cannon ball had come that way 1 would have invited it to tarry With me. I was the most unhappy mail in the army, when a staff ollicer roue up and excitedly exclaimed: " 'Colonel llohart, the enemy has been Hanked and defeated. Futb your regi ment to the vacated works and wait for orders.' "T hey wore about the sweetest words that ever fell upon my ears. Instead of blundering hy wheeling that left com pany 1 bud so changed the line aa to take Ibe enemy hy surprise on the flank. It was pronounced a brilliant achievement. The division commanrtor was praised. Two colonels commanding brigades were breveted brigadiers. I didn't get a cent for what I had done. It was glory enough to see my blunder blossom into victory. It was a good time for me to keep still—'saw wood,' as they say now.' "See tbat little German."' nsked Gen eral Oscar 11. La Grange, the dashing cavalryman, now a New York Guy olti cial. "Sheriff Kleiner of SI. Paul. 1 know him very well." "Then you know a very brave man. He didn't look like a sheriff wheu our regimen; was organized at Kenosha. Hu was young, small, modest and green, but learned rapidly. A tiger cut could not be fiercer than that little Germau in battle." General Joe Wheeler's cavalrymen were making the First Wisconsin cavalry extra work; bad checked it several times. A squad of boys 'n gray across a field, banked by a heavy forest, peppered into it like a hailstorm. It was plain that tbey were trying to draw the First into v charge—to ambush it. Volunteers were called for to make a dash at tho Wheeler delegation. The first man to ride out and report was the stubby little German, followed by F.d Troxell and two others. "Take to the sabor, boys," said La- Grange, and away they rode. Two quick ly returned. Ili%hter and Troxell (few at the enemy like the tiger-cats they were. Troxell was lirst tv overtake a man. Hand to hand tbey fought for Union and Confederacy, It wus not play. One must get hurt—maybe gc over tbo river in the shade of the treos.' The Confed erate saddle was emptied. Trnxoll's horse hecame unmanageable, plunged straight for the enemy's line, through it und he was a prisoner. Kicbter faced a SUSPENSION TROLLEY AT DUETZ man and begun saber swinging and thrusting as though <bo cause depended upon his success. Vie succeeded. An other horse was riderless. Soon two other horses joined the pair with no one to rein thbm. How awiul is war! It was .lotno time before Ki. liter re turned to the regiment. The colonel and others gave hnu » bearlv welcome and showered him with thanks and congratu lations. "Where is Ed, " asked tbe little Ger man hero. "They killed him, Fred." The news upset, the little (ierman fellow; he couldn't ho comforted. Troxell ami Kich tei bad been bunkmates ever since they enlisted. They were tbe Damon and Pythias of the troop. That evening Troxell rode into camp, bringing with bim the man be bad wounded. The demoralized borse had taKen him in to the Confederate ranks, but in the excitement be bad escaped. The wounded man piteously pleaded to bo taKen into our lines, where be could be eared for. Ills plea was not in vain. There was a touching scene wben liichter and Troxell met that night. "They told me you were killed. Ed." "I could swear I saw you fall from your borse, Fred " Their eyes ran over and their voioes got stuck, and tbe brave boys wbo had to do something threw their arms about eat lb other and wept. Terrors of a Polar Nigbt ('onituntni Nossiloff, reporting in La Tonr dv Monde his scisntitio reseacrnes I in Nova Xcrubht, furnishes an interesting description of bis sensations and experi ences during the loug Arctic nignt,which began in November ana ended January L'O. September was pretty comfonable, he says. Tben suddenly " snow coveted the mountain!. The Saraoyedes.bis only companions,pnt on their winter clothing, tho fishing boats set sail for Arcbangel, the ground froze,tho sun lost Its warmtb, and heavy snow fell. Winter had come in earnest. On the day when the sun showed itself for the last time all hands went out of doors to bid it farewell. It remained in sight for naif an houi only. For a few days longer there was a morn ing twilight. Then tbis faded and gave place to black night. Tho stars shone the whole twenty-four hours. Tbe hula of the colony were buried under tba snow,of which thick whirlwinds filled the air. Tbe wind shook tbe huts to their foundation. Sometimes for days together the inmates of different buts could hold no communication witb each other, though tbe huts were side by side. If anyone went out he was seized by the wiiid and had to be dragged bacK by means of ropes. In tbis darkness and desolation the aurora borealis did much to entertain and cheer them. It lasted sometimes for live days in succession, with splendors of oolor tbat Mr. Nossiloff tries in vain to describe, i'o enjoy tbe spectaclo bo used to remain for nours in a hole in the snow, sheltered from the wind. "I have never seen anything more ter rible than a tempest during the polar n'ght," says Mr. Nossiloff. "Mun feels himself overwhelmed in immensity. When tbere came a lull in tbe storm the men ventured out to breathe the air and purge tbeir lungs of the exhalations of tbo smoking lumps fed witb seal oil. "Twilight appeared again in the mid dle of January, and on tbe 20th tha sun rose above thu horizon, while the mom hsrs of the little colony stood in line fac ing it and tired a salute. No one bad died or been seriously ill, hut all bad the look of corpses and were as feeble as convales cents after a long sickness. Health re turned witb the appearance of tho sun." —Youth's Companion. A Determined Reformer "I bate to lose dot time," laid the leader of the German band. "But it's got to be done, dot's all aboud it." "What's tho matterY" asked tho police man. "Hey haf been ingaged so muoh of dose campaign moosio dot dcy oan't play nodings but Maryland, My Mary land, und Der Campbells Is Already Com ing. Heir taste is spoiled. Dey can't play Mnckio Murphy's Home mit any more exhression dun a Chinese fiddle. "Well, what are you going to do about it?" "Do aboud it? I'm goin to elevate dos,; vellers' musical taste again. I'm goin' to hold back salaries. I keep d«m on bread und water und Die Gotterdam marung for six weeks, if necesary.' - Washington Star. RUPTURE To tho people who are Buffering from rupture. Professor Joseph Fandry, for merly of Berlin, German, now of Santa Barbara,is a practical rupture apoclaliat aud trußS manufacturer. Information free whereby you can be cured. Those having tried all kinds of patent truss** and found no relief, also have eivon up all hope, to those people I am calif ng tbeir attention, and especially ask tbem to send me their addresses. Macaw's Perm. Cbeese is the purest, ricbeet and finest flavored cheese made, and can be obtained of E, W. Grannie, grocer, West Adams and Hoover streets. The wall paper dealer of the citjlsEck- Strom, 324 South Spring street