STILL ON TOP

Picher and Freeman Re*tain the Championship

MISS JONES' TITLE SECURE

SHE DEFEATS HER OPPONENTIN STRAIGHT SETS

Some Excellent Tennis Draws Out aLarge Attendance at Santa Mon-

ica Yesterday Afternoon

Interest in the tennis tournament atSanta Monica does not seem to decrease.

On the contrary, every resident of theCity by the Sea interlards his conver-sation with remarks about lobs, drives,side-lines, and other technical terms thatare Greek to the uninitiated and pitfallslto the unwary, and the attendance at

the-games keeps up in a way that mustcause the management to figuratively

stroke its mustache?if it had any?andpat itself on the back.

The excellent manner In which thetournament has been conducted is asubject of comment and congratulation.

Events have been brought off on timeand in every instance come interesting

match has warmed the cockles of thespectators' combined hearts. The ex-cellent manner in which the programhas been carried! out. to the complete sat-isfaction of everyone, is entirely due tothe efforts of John W. "Wilson, the tour-nament master.

The first event of the morning's play-was the postponed pet of the match be-tween the Misses Giffen and Hugus.Each had one set to her credit. MissGiffen went at the game in a mannercalculated to win. and she did win. MissHugus played a clever game, but herstrokes lacked the force of her oppo-nent's. The game seesawed back andforth. Miss Giffen finally pulling theset out, 6-4. The complete score of setswas: 6-4, 6-8, 6-4.

Thisleft MissGiffen tomeet Mis«Marl-an Jones for the championship rounddnring the afternoon.

?Bumiller and Braly then went upagainst Osborn and Young in the finalsof the men's doubles. Some very ex-cellent tennis was seen in this match.Osborne showing in better form than hehas yet displayed!. Bumiller and- histeam mate showed' their superiority atall close rallies, outplacing their oppo-nents constantly. The match went tcBumiller and Braly in straight sets.6-3, 6-2, 6-3.

Wilson and Miss Georgina Jones metand defeated Barry and Miss Hugus inthe mixed doubles. Both of the ladiesplayed excellent tennis, doing their fullshare of the work. Miss Hugus wasdoubtless somewhat tired1 from her pre-vious match, but played cleverly, sheand her partner winning the second, setof the match. Wr

ilson and Miss Jonestook the thirdiand deciding set, w inning

the match, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4.Two interesting events in the after-

noon, the ladies' championship and thechampionship in the men's doubles, drewout an attendance equal in point ofnumbers and enthusiasm to that of thepreceding day. Some brllllnat tenniswas looked for, and the interest in theevents was marked' by the "Ohs!" and"Ahs!" that ran through the grand-

stand at some particularly good playor exasperating miss.

Miss Marian Jones, the present holderof the title of champion, and Miss Giffenof Pomona, first played, the match fortbe ladies' championship. The resultof the game was never in djiubt, Miss

Jones being entirely too strong for herrival. One thing Miss Giffer» possesses,and that is an extremely good backhand; but she lacks the easy wingof

Miss Jones' playing, and the speed ofheroppone-nt'sd.rives. Miss Jonesshow-ed accuracy mi placing, as well as speed

and good judgment, serving fast andcovering the court in excellent style. Thematch went to her in straight sets, 6-1,6-0.

Bumiller and Braly next appeared, tostruggle with Freeman and Picher forthe championship in mens' doubles.Some excellent tennis was looked, for inthis match, and ir. the first set the spec-tators were not disappointed. At timesthe game fairly scintillated with goodplays, the grand, stand being poised onits tippy toes in its anxiety to miss noneof the good strokes. Freeman and Pichertook the first game, both men playing

the net. Braly and Bumiller also cameup, and the closeness of the four playerskept the ball flying fast on the volley.

The Pasadena men pulled the s,core ofgames up to 4-B'in. their favor, and thenBumiller and Braly mad* a stand. Bralysmashed in magnificent style, sometimesgetting outside the court, but usuallysending the ball in with the rapidity oflightning. Bumiller placed accurately

arfd volleyed speedily, keeping the Pasa-dena men on the run. By dint of hard

' play the Los Angeles team tied the scoreat four-all, and the crowd: went wild.Freeman and Picher began to drive, ter-rific Lanfords that flew out of court onthe return volley. Clever lobbing forcedtheir opponents back, and their own su-

perlor steadiness In smashing did therest. The next two games went to thePasadena team, the score of the set be-ing 6-4. A peculiar feature of this setwas the fact that Bumiller and Bralygot the first two points in every gameexcept two.

The Los Angeles team had about de-cided that their chance was gone, andthe next two sets'showed, some very poortennis. At limes the players wouldbrighten up, and a good, rally would fol-low, but generally the gnme was some-what iifeiesft Braly smashed, frequent-ly, Bumili r aiding and abeting him:while the Pasadena men kept up theirexcellent team work, and Invariab'.yput the return where it would do themost good. Some excitement was fur-nished the spectators between the sec-ond and third sets when Freeman andPicher disappeared for a time, returningwith their hair nicely crimped, andbrushed and thirsting for the fray. Buteven this incident could not last underthe depressing influence of the bad play

in the third set. which the Pasadenateam won in hollow style. The score of

the three sets was 6-4, 6-1, 6-0. Picherand Freeman still hold the title ofchampions, and from present form arelikely to hold it at any time they may be

called upon to defend it.Today is given over to mixed doubles,

the concluding event of the tournament.Thei matches to be played today are be-tween Cosby and Mies Giffen against

Bumiller and Miss Knight: Picher andMiss Marian Jones against Wilson and

Miss Georgina Jones. The winners ofthe first match will meet Freeman andMiss Shoemaker, and the winners of thelast named game will play in the finalsagainst Picher and Miss Marian Jones,who should have no difficulty in defeat-ing Wilson and Miss Georgina Jones.

PICHER AND FREEMAN, TENNIS CHAMPIONS OF SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA

A Corner in WatermelonsFor the third time in as many years,

James McKinney of 405 Walnut streethas earned the title of "WatermeldrKing" of Kansas City. He has accom-plished another of his "corners", andinside of ten days the prices on melonshave doubled.

Less than two weeks ago the retailmerchants arid other customers of thewhole-sale commission men in the northend experienced ho trouble in gettingmelons from any of the dealers at S3Oto $40 per 100. One morning the grocers,as well as the various dealers, wereastounded by the report that McKinneyhad cut the price, without warning, to$17 and $20 per 100, and later to $17 flat.The older men or» the market knew whatwas coming?in fact they had beenlook-ing for it since the season opened. Itwas no new trick on McKinney's part,and- his competitors knew he was pav-ing the way for another corner, but didnot suspect how well he' had laid hisplans before they began running thegauntlet. They were determined to frus-trate him this time, and accordinglythey met the cut and succeeded in sellingout in a very short time.

Then came the discovery that McKin-ney had under contract all the melonson the way from Texas?the only sourceof supply at present. There was nothingto do but to lay down to the indisputabledictator, and from that time on to thepresent day the prices have graduallyadvanced, back to $30 and $34 per 100 ort'rom $1.25 to $1.50 per dozen to $2.50 to$4 per dozen.

Mr. McKinney has had thirty-threecars this week ?all, with the possible ex-ception of two cars, that arrived inKan-sas city. When he- closed up last nighthe had less than one car left, and buy-ers were clamoring about his doors, de-manding his price and begging for thefirst pick, as the melons were runningdown to "culls." Competitors who onlya few day 9ago had plenty of stock andmet his cut in prices Were among his cus-tomers, and they seemed only too gladto pay his exorbitant "retail" prices, asthey had orders to fill.

There is no danger of a melon famine,as Mr. McKinney has several cars onthe road that will get in some time to-morrow. The Texas supply is nearingthe close of the season, but the Arkansasfruit is beginning to ripen and will be inKansas City in a few days. Assoonasitbegins to come in the- "corner" will hebroker, and the prices w ilLagain go downto a reasonable point In keeping with theweapon.?Kansas City Star.

FRIDAY MORNING CLUB

Co-operation of Mothers and Teach-ers Informally Discussed

Yesterday morning about thirtyof theFrioay Morning club's members metin their rooms on Broadway and dis-cussed, informally. "How Mothers MayCo-operate With the Teachers." Mrs.Mary Porter Haines, school trustee a:Tropico, read an article from the Out-look, entitled "Woman and lSchools,"and Mrs, Haines also gave a short In-formal talk upon her own experienceswith schools, mothers and children. Th';discussion which followedwas animated,not to say lively,and concerned the sub-ject under consideration in general anddiscipline and moral training in theschools in particular.

Among those present were: Mmes.Joseph F. Sartori, Rebecca Spring, MaryPorter Haines, Sarah Longstreth. Wine-burgh, Adeline Wing, Clark, Ella HEnderlein, C. P. Earle, Schutze and' A-lfred Wr. Eames. ?

Grand Opening Tonight.Fritz Ouenther. the well-known liquor

man, will give his many friends a grandgood time at his new place, on top of theold one, corner Winston and Main streets.There will be on draught the celebratedSan Diego beer and fine wines'to suit thetastes of his guests, and all are invited.There will be lunch in abundance

LABOR ENDED

The Assessment RollsHave Been Read

TWO HUNDRED PROTESTS

821,000 WORTH OF ERRORS AREDISCOVERED.

The Board of Public Works TransactsRoutine Business?The Supply

Committee Wants Bids

The board) of equalization completed

the reading of the assessment rolls yes-terday morning and adjourned untilTuesday morning, when the labor oflistening to protests will begin.

Up to date more than. 200 protests havebeen filed with the city clerk, which is?

about three times the number usually

made. The greatest number from any

one section was received from the re-cently annexed territory.

Many errors have been noted in foot-ing up the rolls, and yesterday mistakesamounting to $21,000 were discovered inassessment rolls H and I. In verifyingthe discrepancies later in the day thefinal figures amounted to $13,000.

BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

Street Improvements Recommendedand Considered

The board of public works held a shortsiession yesterday morning.The first matter to require the atten-

tion of the board was the petition tcwiden Thirty-second street betweenHoover and' Thirty-third streets, but pro-ceedings were continued! for one week,in order to enable the city engineer tomake a report on the question.

Other matters claiming the attentionof the board were disposed of asfollowgj

Petition No. 806, from the Los- Ange-les Stonew are company, recommend' thatthe petitioners be allowed, to place aguy post at southeast corner of Welland Andrews streets, the same to beremoved at any time by order of thecouncil.

Petition No. 815, from George Brownet al., asking permission to take dirtfrom Burlington avenue to fill lot 7,block 7 of Rogers' subdivision of theHighland tract, referred to the streetsuperintendent for investigation.

Recommend that petitions No. 833 fromJ. A. Potts et al., andi 834 from G. Gep-

hard et al., with reference to changing

and establishing the grade of Sixthstreet from Fremont avenue to Bixelstreet, and of Loomis street from Orangeto Sixth streets v be referred to the cityengineer and city attorney, for inves-tigation, as there appears to be somedoubt as to the lines- of eaid streets.

Petition No. 832, from P. Wolfer et al..against the improvement of Bonnie-Braestreet between First and Temple streets,

referred to the city engineer forestimateof frontage.j The bid of C. Stansbury to improveFirst street from Flower to Figueroastreets at $1.83 per lineal foot for grad-ing and graveling, 29 cents per linealfoot for curb, 15 cents per lineal foot forgutter, and 10 cents per square foot forsidewalk was accepted, and the neces-sary resolution of award' adopted.

The bid of C. Stansbury to improveMacy street from Main to Date streets,

at 69 cents per lineal foot for grading

and- graveling. 29 cents per lineal footfor curb. 12 cents per lineal foot foigutters, cents per square foot for

sidiewalk and 85 cents per lineal foot forcrosswalks, was also accepted, and thenecessary resolution of award adopted.

SuppliesThe supply committee of the city

council will advertise for new bids forcoal for the several departments and alsofor groceries for the city jail.

There were but two bidlders, one foreach of the articles named, and It wasdetermined to make another effort toget figures from other sources.

A number of requisitions were passed

and the committee adjourned.

TO PUSH HOME PRODUCTS

Committee Met and Considered Waysand Means Yesterday

The home products committee of the?\u25a0Merchants and Manufacturers' associ-ation met at the office of Joseph Koc-pfliyesterday, and started the wheels ac-tively in motion for a spirited cam-paign. It was decided to appeal to thechamber of commerce and other busi-ness organizations and to local manu-facturers for assistance in attracting theattention of the public to the plans of thtcommittee.

F. J. Zeehandelaar, the secretary, wasinstructed! to communicate with South-ern California manufacturers regarding

the value of and outlook from their fac-tories andl the number of their employes,and to get such other data as bears'upon home production. It is intendedalso to advertise the proposition as ex-tensively as possible through the localand county papers.

The next meeting Will be held at the-.Merchants and Manufacturers' associa-tion's rooms next Wednesday morningat II oclock.

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Southwesterners KickingA meeting of the Southwest Improve-

ment association was held Thursdayevening at Paulk's hall, Washingtonstreet, to consider the steps necessaryto be taken to reduce the valuationplaced by the city assessor upon prop-erty in the recently annexed territoryto the city on the southwest. It wasfound that the only step that could nowbe taken in the. matter was £er eachjirop-erty owner to make application for areduction in valuation to the commoncouncil, now sitting as a board of equal-ization. All property owners in the

annexed district were requested to im-mediately file their applications for areduction, and either appear before theboard of equalization in person or auth-orize someone to act in their behalf.

Marriage LicensesThe following licenses issued yester-

day from the ofllce of the county clerk:Joseph Realxrd Rogers, a native of

Tennessee, aged 23 years, and AnnettaBelle Lewis, a native of Kansas, aged20 years, both residents of Los Angeles.

James M. Breman, a native of Eng-

land, aged 26 years and a resident ofRivera, and Edith Wlckis, a native oflowa, aged 23 years, and a resident ofNorwalk.

Ben Anderson, a native of Sweden,aged 36 years, and Ada J. Falk. a nativeof Sweden, aged 21 years, both residentsof Los Angeles.

GREAT MEN WHO SWORE

Now a Common Habit, but Distin-guished Precedents Are Disputed

The fly and the mosquito season, un-usually ripe, suggests the subject of pro-fanity. Not that the subject is depend-ent on any season, only there are timesw hen some of us are more or less indif-ferent to it. A large portion of the wordswe overhear as we pass-along the streets,in summer or winter, are oaths, comingto be uttered almost unconsciously byboys and men and coming to fall almostunheeded on the ears of the listener.They are more plentiful than the liesthey frequently are Intended to orna-ment; from being the mere decorationthey have become the superstructure,the lie meanwhile maintaining its orig-inal proportions.

Debating societies which continue todiscuss, "Is a He ever justifiable?" nevertake up the same question for swearwords. It would be a wast of time. Viewit as we may, from the aesthetic or themoral standpoint, oaths have passed intothe every minute language of a largeper cent of the male population. Itwould be necessary to modify the ques-tion for debate so as tp read this w ay:"Can an oath under certain conditionsbe pardonable?" Then the conditionsmight be such as are suggested by themosquito season, typographical errors,a slump In the market, legislative Inter-ference with .the state's well-being,teaching dullards Greek or rowing andthe like. In all debates .of this kind,ifour memory serves us. the argument

is clinched by going into history andhunting out precedents.

Thus, the father of his country, whonever told a lie, is on tradition's recordas having uttered an oath. As we lookaround we find that we have to stickpretty close to American history for ourprecedents, inasmuch as "Hon Dieu,""Gott in Himmel" and "sacristl" acrossthe water are considered not to count.Passing, then, through the sulphurousatmosphere which is saidl to have sur-rounded "Old Hickory." we come downto modern times without many authen-ticated cases. The civil war was pro-lific, however. It furnished two. Onewas when General Sherman was calledforward to see personally what it wasthat 1 obstructed the path of his army.He had discountenanced profanity ingeneral. When he reached' the spot inquestion he found a team of abstinatearmy mules, their driver not using "cuss-words" because in the hearing of thegeneral, and they themselves firm as theeverlasting hills. After an aid! hadl ex-plained, the driver was allowed to swear,The mules immediately resumed theirJourney, and from that time the generalis said to have believed in severe lan-guage asa necessary part of a muleteer'sequipment. That's the story.

The other instance Is preserved in animmortal poem, "Sheridan's Ride." Howthe declaiming school boy will foreverring out those words. "He dashed downthe line with a terrible oath." Sheridanwas Inspiring a whole army, he wasturning a crushing dt-feat into a famousvictory, he was winning undoing fame.Many an otherwise clean mouthed offi-cer or trainer has said* that In emergen-cies a "good oath" is all that will bringmen to their senses. But here comesGeneral George A. Forsyth in the JulyHarper's and puts Poet Read in the classof fiction writers. As a young aid, Gen.Forsyth was with Gen. Sheridan mostof the time on that memorable day atCedar Creek. He was close to him ashe dashed down that reformed line, andhe takes occasion to say emphaticallythat there was no "terrible oath" or anyother kind of oath. Sheridan had aword) of cheer for officers andl men hereand there, and' they were inspired totheir heroic deeds by the very sight oftheir leader.

So it may be that the story ofWash-ington's oath is hypothetical, Jacksonmay have indulged in sulphur, and Sher-man may never have given his sanctionto language proscribed in decent soci-ety. And thus, therefore, it may be thatjust as much can be accomplished withmosquitos or men or type or legislatureswithout profanity, and the conditionsunder which it is admissable may ex-ist only in the fancy of the benighted?Hartford. Courant.

AUGUST WEATHER

Past Records as Indicating the FutureProbabilities

The following (lata, covering a period ofnineteen years, have been compiled fromthe weather bureau records at Los An-geles for the month of August:

TEMPERATUREMean or normal temeprature, 72 degrees.The warmest month was that of 1885, with

an average of 7B degrees.The coldest month was that of ISSO, with

an average of 6!) degrees.The highest temperature was 106 degrees

on Aug. 19, 1885.The lowest temperature was 50 degrees

on Aug. 6, ISS3.Average date on which first "killing"

frost occurred in autumn, none.Average date on which last "killing"

frost occurred In spring, none.PRECIPITATION

Average for the month, .03 of an Inch.Average number of days with .01 of an

inch or more, none.The greatest monthly precipitation was

.01 of an inch in 1889.The least monthly precipitation was none

in 1577, 187S. 1879, 18S2 ISS3, 1884,1887,1891 and1893.

The greatest precipitation recorded inany twenty-four consecutive hours was .61of an inch on Aug. 31, ISS9.

CLOUDS AND WEATHERAverage number of clear days, 16; partly

cloudy days, 14; cloudy days, 1.WIND

The prevailing winds have been from thewest.

The highest velocity of the wind was 22miles from the west on Aug. 18,1553.

Milestones on the Road to HealthThe recovery of digestion and the re-

sumption of activity of the liver, bowelsand kidneys are milestones which markour progress on the road to health. Theyspeedily become perceptible when Hostet-ter's. Stomach Bitters is used by the in-valid. Nothing so surely and expeditiouslyconsumes the distance to the desired goal.As no bodily function can suffer Inter-ruption without impairing the generalhealth of the system, so the system cannever acquire perfect vigor, health'ssynonym, until that function be activelyresumed. Take, for instance, digestion, asuspension of which Is invariably rectifiedby the Bitters. If the organs upon whichit devolves grow weak, biliousness, con-stipation, headache, poverty of the bloodand a hundred other symptoms supervene,which indicate unmistakably the banefulgeneral Influence of dyspepsia. The disap-pearance of all these symptoms throughthe use of the Blttera show with whatthoroughness it remove* their cause.

RAND MINERS

HOPE THAT THE DRY WASHERWILL WASH

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Prospectors Continue to Find PayRock and the Mail Comes

Twice Every Day

Special Correspondence 'o The Herald.

JOHANNESBURG. Cal , July 29 ?Mr.Cole, a representative of the Wells dry

concentrator of Los Angeles, arrived inJohannesburg yesterday, and this morn-ing set men to work breaking ground for

the erection of a plant on the Alamedaclaim. Mr. Cole expects to be ready fora mill run in about twenty days. Minersare anxiously waiting the result, for, Ifit can do what ita projectors claim, itmeans a mint of money to the owners of

mines in the Rand mining district. Itis safe to say that there are thousandsof tons of low grade ore on the dumpsat the different claims, which would netfrom $3 to $10 a ton if handled by this,process.

The demand for a good stamp mill inthis district is imperative. There Is waterin abundance to operate such a mill andplenty ot high grade ore to keep it run-ning. The onlymill In the vicinitywhichgives satisfaction has its time takenweeks ahead.

J. R. Parker, formerly of Riversidecounty, last week leased ground on theKing Solomon claim. He Is now downabout twenty feet on a ledge about twelveinches wide. Tests of ore from differentparts of the ledge average about $25 perton, though some parts of the ledge,where the ore apparently lies in bunches,runs as high as $100 to the ton. The own-ers of the King Solomon own quite anumber of claims in this vicinity andhave been particularly unfortunate In se-lecting good ones. The Alameda wasbonded by them to the erpesnt ownersand the Plnmore, situated aibout half amile northeast of Johannesburg, givesevery indication of being a rich claim.

Men are busy at work sinking a shaftat the Val Verde.

The Alameda company is opening uptwo new shafts, and In each high gradeore has been encountered.

Rich strikes are reported from thecountry west of Randsburg. Ledgesfrom ten to thirty feet In width are notuncommon, and the ore runs from $20 to$30 ped ton.

A fine body of $25 ore has been foundIn the south drift of the Golden Bar mine.

Captain H. L. Colson, formerly of yourcity, has a force of men at work on hisCamperdown claim. He is sinking twoshafts, and at a of twenty feet Ineach a good body of ore was opened up.If it holds out, as it undobtcdly will, thethe captain will put up a mill at Squaw-Springs, four miles distant, where heowns a fine well of water.

A rich strike was made In the LittleButte on Monday. This mine is an ex-lension of the Kinyon and has beenworked with the expectation of strikingthe same ledge. The shaft had beenopened up 275 feet without taking outa sack of rock which would pay to havemilled. The owners had faith in themine, and this faith was justified bystriking a four-foot body of high grade

ore. The ledge Is- literally peppered withgoldi, which is visible to the naked 1eye.This find is another refutatoin of thecry made by the croakers that thereare no deep ledges in this district, andthat however rich they may be they willpinch out at a depth of from 50 to 100feet. The Wedge is another instance,it having reached a depth of over 300feet without showing any signs of pinch-ing out.

The Alabama mine was said last weekand a force of men was immediately put

to work taking out ore. A shipmentwas made today of several tons of theore to Garlock.

The early part of the week there wasquite a commotion for a few minutesat the Hotel Johannesburg. A party-passing the. hotel about 6 oclock in theevening saw smoke issuing from anupper window. The alarm was given

and the hose soon placed' in position.

The door of the room was broken in andIt was found that a small satchel on atable was on fire. A miner had comein a few minutes before with a satchelw;hich contained a bottle of nitric acid,and the bottle . either broke or thecork came out, and set the satchel onfire. But for the timely discovery Jo-hannesburg would have been treated toa serious fire.

J. M. Ermerins left tfcjs week forLosAngeles to visit his family. He expectsto return In about ten days, and willthen push development work on theLucky Baldwin, which he and othershave recently bonded.

iMr. afld Mrs. William' Oliver werepassengers on yesterdiay's stage for LosAngeles. Mr. Oliver will return In afew days, leaving his wife to spend thesummer at Terminal island.

H. L. Hollls, who, with G. H. Curtis,bonded the Golden Bar mine, left lastSaturday, via Los Angeles, for a short'visit to Chicago.

William McEwen, superintendent ofthe Alameda mine, returned yesterdayfrom a business trip to Los Angeles.

Commencing with this week, Johannes-burg and Randsburg have mail arriv-ing and leaving twice a day. This issome improvement over six months ago,when we had to be content with a maildelivery three times a week.

DOGS ARE USEFUL

Perform Many Services for the Minersin Frozen Alaska

Dogs have suddenly become more val-uable than horses In this section of thenorthwest. This state of affairs resultsfrom the great and growing demand fordogs to be used in hauling sledges in theYukon country, Alaska. While thou-sands of horses for which their ownerscannot get $3 per head are roaming overthe plains of Eastern Washington andOregon, good-sized dogs are bringingfrom $15 to $30 each in the local market.At Juneau their value Is double whatit is here, and on the Yukon river a gooddog brings from $100 to $150. To theYukon miner the dog has become whatthe reindeer Is to the Laplander and thepony to the cowboys of Texas and Mex-ico?a beast of service, and a most val-uable one.

Every steamer sailing- for Alaska forthree months past has borne northwardseveral dozc-n dogs destined for servicein front of heavily laden sledges. Theyare taken by boat to Dyea, at the headof salt water navigation, and there putinto harness to assist In hauling outfitsand supplies over the Chilkoot paps anddown the farther slope to the series offresh water lakes forming the head-

waters of the Yukon's" tributaries. Up

to May, when the ice break? up, a dogteam slides over the smooth surfaceof the lakes with surprising rapidity,considering the loads they haul. Thereare portages to be made around danger-

ous rapids, and here again their servicesare invaluable. Arriving at the centralposts, such ap Forty-Mile or Circle City,

both men and dogs take a rest. In mostcases the (Jogs are put into harness again

for the trip to the diggings.

The sledge dogs are too valuable notto be well taken care of when that ispossible. Their owners' first thought ir,

this respect is to obtain plenty of foodfor them. Their food1consists principallyr:f fish, usually salmon, caught in theYukon river by the natives. An ordinarydog will eat daily two of driedsalmon, sold at from 20 to GO cents apound, and bacon that was fit only fordogs to eat sold at 37 1/£ cents a pound.

In pome of tho larger camps on the Yu-kon dog -boarding houses have been es-tablished, where the animals" are prop-erly cared for at from $6 to $15 a month,according to the season andl the price

of dog food.?Forest and Stream.

Real Estate TransfersFRIDAY, July 30, 1897.

D. F. and H. Donogan to P. J. McCormlek?Lot 18. block 4. Beaudry tract; $3500.

A. S. Brlgham to J. E. Coombs?Lot 37,F. F. Stetson's subdivision; $1123.

E. J. Holt et al., trustees, to F. H. Rindge?Lot on Main street; $2100.

F. M. and P. A. Douglass to M. J. Mills-Blocks B, C, D and block A. except lots 2and 3, Bonnie Highland tract No. 2, RanchoAzusa de Duarte; $IS,OOO.

M. J. and H. W. Mills to F. M. Dougless?Part of lot 4, H. W. Mills' subdivision ofpart of block 107, Bcllevue Terrace tract;$10,000.

J. and C. Sillern to W. C. Valikett?Lots7 and S, block 89. Pomona; $1000 .

P. M. ami H. Green to W. B. Stlrdlvant?Part lot 30, block 8, resubilivision of partof Altadena, Map 1; $1500.

R. G. Moore to Mrs. E. J. Young?Lot 32,Dr. Congar tract; (826.

R. B. and J. Harris to J. F. Sugg?lnRancho Santa Gertrudes, Downey town-ship; $650.

J. and C. A. Brockway to H. E. Fisher?Lot 4. Hayes, Osterhout & Farrls' sub-division; $4000.

H. F. Bowling to Mrs. A. Manchester-Part lot 3, block G, Phillips' addition toPomona; $1200.

K. and F. L. Bacon to Chautauqua Asso-ciation of Southern California?Lots 2, 4and 6. block 80. Long Beach; $900.

A. and If. G. Manchester to H, F. Bowling-Lot 21, Lathrop subdivision of Haddocktract; $1200.

R. and A. Curler to F. H. Curler?Lot 59,Victor Heights tract; $500.

A. M. Spence to M. V. and J. C. Whit-tington?Agreement to convey lots 4 to 10,12 to 15, block O. Monroe's addition to Mon-rovia tract; $4507.49.

W. B. and E. F. Stlrdlvant to P. M. Green?Lot 3, block C, New Fair Oaks avenuetract; $2000.

C. E. and R. Venable to G. A. Riley?Lot 4. block 177, Redondo Beach; $250.

I. E. and A. L. Shipley to M, W. Rogers-Lot 4. block 2, H. M. Ames' First sub-division; $225.

San Pedro Lumber company to H. G.Cotton?Part lot 1, Bunnell's subdivision;$10,000.

E. L. and L. M. Rawson to J. Ra.wson?.Undivided one-half interest in lot 9, block6. Williamson tract; $500.

S. W. Strong and M. L. Parkhurst to li.H. Isbell?Lots 9, 10, 11 and 12, McKoon &Strong's subdivision; $1200.

W. ana G. K. Young to Briswalter Landand Water company?Lots 40 and 49, westpart of Lick tract: $8000.

SUMMARYDeeds goNominal 17Total $71,814.99

David C. CookOf Chicago, publisher of Sunday school

literature and founder of the I. A. H. circle,will speak at Vincent M. E. church, cornerMain and Twenty-ninth streets, Sundaymorning at 11 o'clock, and in the afternponat 3 o'clock. Morning subject, "MistakesAbout the Christian Life." Afternoon sub-ject, "The Must of Love." Old Los Angelesfriends of Mr. Cook and all members of theI. A. H. circle arc especially invited.

Santa Catalina IslandThree boats Saturday, July ,11st, to grand

illumination, Avalon bay. Two boats Sun-day. Daily concerts by Marine band. Bestof fishing. Wonderful view of submarinelife from glass-bottom boats. Thrillingperformance Saturday and Sunday on wirestretched from mountain to mountain.Special excursions. Round trip from Ava-lon, 50 cents. Banning company, 222 SouthSpring St. Telephone Main 3(1.

AtSanta Monica SundaySuperb IiOS Angeles Militaryband In con-

cert on bluff at 2 p. m.; many other novelattractions. Take Southern Pacific; twenty-eight fast Sunday trains. Round trip, 50cents.

Santa Catalina Island TrainsFrom Arcade depot today, 1:40 p. m.; Sat-urday, 9 a. m., 1:40 and 5:03 p. m.; Sunday,8:15 a. m. and 5:03 p. m. No wait at SanPedro. Round trip, $2.50 and $2.75.

For RentOctober Ist, office, including double vault,

steam heat, etc., now occupied by Colum-bia Savings bank, Stlmson block. T. D.Stlmson.

Chicago $21St. Louis, $19; Denver, $17. DeCamp &Lehman,'2l3 South, Spring street.

LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 18978THREE HAPPY WOMEN.'.

Each Relieved of Periodic Pain and Back-

jky ache. A Trio of Fervent Letters.

j Bofore using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable*'x'*2Hj(fiBjSMfer Compound, my health was gradually being under-

jHßry mined. 1 suffered untold agony from painful'W

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MiUKKsFs- { head nnd ovarian trouble. I concluded to

vSBKSSS J /* try Mrs' I>ink 'liim'B Compound, and foundvTH IJ» MHBLu 'na* was all any woman needs who suffers

m\mmWßt/J with painful monthly periods. It entirelycured me. Mrs, Georgie Wass,

923 Bank st- ' cincinnati °"For years I had suffered with painful men*

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etand up t wESmft, formore than fiveminutes, Ifelt so mis-erable. One ij_ day a little book of Mrs. Pinkham's waathrpwn into my . "T-y house, and I sat right down and read it.I then got some of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-pound and Liver Pills. I can heartily say that to-day Ifeel like a nowN woman; my monthly suffering is a thingof the past. I shall always praise the Vegetable Compoundfor what it has / - done forme.

Mrs. Margaret Anderson, 363 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me.\

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured me of painful men*struation and backache. The pain in my back was dreadful, and the agonyIsuffered during menstruation nearly drove me wild. j

Now this is all over, thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and advice.?Mrs.Carrie V. Williams, South Mills, N. C , %

The great volumo of testimony proves conclusively that Lydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound la a safe, sure and almost infallible remedy in cases ofjirregularity, suppressed, excessive or painful monthly periods..

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ML WONG HIM831 South Hope St Los Angeles,

CaLTTVR. WONG HIM Is a

of the RoyalCollege of Physician!), /^j-looated at Canton, China. .^^^^l^VAlso Honorary Member .MBS 1ol'Faculty ofsaid Insti- JE^"""Sfc. \tute. Dr. Won« liim 1belongs to a family ot w 1 \mphysicians, he being tho a 'ra% tOS Vsixth in tho line ot IA *vdescent. PI / *w

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Cured of Stomach and mKR m/^*m^jjAmmmmmm,

Kidney troubles Dr.Wong Him of 9. Hopebt. Los Angeles, Calif. |^

tJ? V?c «&!}£~nfgiVe3 me Pleasure to %\fthat Dr. Wong Hlm's treatment \u25a0& my caseuubeen most successful, for years I have beauroubled with the kidney au d B(,omach troubles1 tried various remedies from oVher physlclauibut received no permanent help. Dr. Wong Hlra'sreatment has removed all tendency ofthosetrouh-les and seems to be permanent In its results 1 lilcaDr. Wong Hlm's Ideas or Herb treatment,'clean-Ing and renovating the system before bulldingilup again. lam certainly pleased tosay that Hhas done a great deal ot good to rr« and thai thave found htm to be a well -ataf! man un-assuming and kind, commaudlpg ttie respooC Wail good people. Very respectfully,

MISS STELLA HUNTER,Los Angeles, Cal., AprlM'j, mi. tiz-i liollevujAye

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