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The herald., 1895-04-26

carrying by water, for Determinations
and combinations are as practicable on
the sea. the lakes and rivers as on the
railroads. Foreign ships are excluded
from our cosstwise trade, and all ships
engaged in it are amenable to our laws.
Were water transportation brought within
the law much of this dispute over the
long and short haul would disappear. The
railroads for the present is by the Cana
dian Pacific, and there is no probability
that there will be anv other, for in Mexico
an east and west road across that country
near the boundary between the two coun-
tries is impracticable on account of physi
cal conditions and because Mexican do
mestic traffic is largely on longitudinal
lines. OF course we cannot control for-
eign roads, and so far as they compete,
our own roads must have the power to
protect themselves.
1t is not probable that the commission
will change the well considered ruling
made in 1887. and to which it has ad-
hered up to this time. Any material
change might jeopardize the interests of
the Pacific coast terminals and among
them our own city. We are more fortu-
nately situated, however. than any others
because we are the terminus of a railroad
that has but 1850 miles haul; the balance
of the routes from the gulf and Atlantic
ports is by water. So far as this city is
concerned we doubt if freights can be
carried cheaper by the way of Panama
from New York than by the line via New
Orleans or Galveston.
This struggle over rates will continue
until there is consolidation of all the rail
roads into one system and rates are made
equal all over the country, based upon
distance, and kept so low that water
lines and foreign railroads will be unable
to cut under them. Such rates can be
made with justice to the people aud to
capital when the properties are capitalized
on the basis of present worth or present
cost of reproduction. and salaries of rail
way officials are reduced to reasonable fig
u eS,
The herald., 1895-04-26
BONDS AND IRRIGATION

The decision of the irrigation bondhold-
ers to employ EN- inent counsel to repre-
sent their side of the controversy in the
case of Tregea VS.. Modesto irrlga tion dis
trict, now pending in the United States
supreme court, is one, that should have
been arrived at long since. This case
has been in the federal court of last re
sort since 1891. and the uncertainty as to
the opinion of the court has had rather
discouraging effect upon the bonds. The
system provided for under the Wright act
is probably the most practicable that
could be devised to fit the peculiar needs of
California. By it the land owners of
certain area become also the possessors
of the water irrigating the same, and are
absolved from the necessity of paying
perpetual tribute to others tor the use of
this most essential factor in production.
But of course the success of the system
and the ease with which it could be put
in operation have all along depended on
the negotiability of the district bonds
and it would have been the part of Wis
dom for those interested in the promotion
of the Wright act to have carried the legal
point involved to the higest appellate
court at the outset. If this had been done
and the issues involved forced to a settle
ment one way or another, the cause of II
rigation would have made far greater ad
vances. Ii the act had been upheld, the
work of organizing irrigation districts and
developing water resources would have
gone steadily ahead, the district bonds
being readily salable with all legal doubts
determined. Again, if the act had been
invalidated, measures more in harmony
with constitutional requirements would
undoubtedly have been enacted, and irr
cation enterprise thus facilitated. The
character of the California rainfall makes
the subject of irrigation one of supreme
importance to all the people of the state.
A large proportion OF the production be-
ing dependent on water, the prosperity of
the whole commonwealth rests upon the
speedy settlement and satisfactory adjust
ment of the irrigation question.
The herald., 1895-04-26

Editor Herald.-In the issue of the
Evening Reco ord of the 23d an interview
with me was published containing some
statements which l would like to correct
through your columns.
l was misquoted in the statement that
the Fiesta was the greatest failure of the
age What | did say was that parts of it
was an artistic piece of mismanagement.
1t was not failure, but was a great
event and we should have another one
next year.
| was also misquoted in the language
used describing Mr. Meyberg calling off
the sports of Saturday night. and in JUS
tice to Mr.. Meyberg and myself want to
state that | have since learned positively
that Mr.. Meyberg was not responsible for
calling them off, but did it on the sugges-
tion of another gentleman.
My information blaming the control
ling board for some of the mismanage-
ment came from source much nearer then
than | was. but l could not credit it as
misleading. But personal investigation
convinces me that anyone having
grievance and the puolic at large will fail
far short of giving Director General Mey-
berg and the Merchants association the
credit to which they are justly entitled
when "a statement of the receipts and eX-
penditures of Fiesta week is published.
Thanking you kindly for giving this
space in your columns,
W.F. KENNEDY.
The herald., 1895-04-26
AN OnNIPOTENT FORCE

The Durrant case has demons trated the
remarkable facility with which the police
department of city can expand with
the opportunity. This energetic and in
fallible section of the municipal gov
enrment has rendered the prosecuting
attorney. Judge and trial juror of San
Francisco entirely supertlu Jus. These
latter functionaries should be absolutely
obliterated. They are totally unnecessary
in city blessed with an army Of street
corner guardians possessed of divine
intuition and an unerring instinct. While
the court with antedeluvian methods is
going through the prosaic process of as
certaining Durrant's guilt or innocence,
the detectives of Lees, the Rousse with
a perspicuity almost supernatural, have
long since solved the question. The no.
ton that Durrant might be innocent, or
that somebody they had not thought of
could have committed the crime. is pre-
posterous. The cloak of guilt has been
cut to fit the man in the tolls, and to
throw it aside now would be inexcusable
extravaganza. The bare suggest ion is an
intolerable piece of impud ence. Besides,
it might cause Chief Crow ley to feel de-
ected.
The herald., 1895-04-26
A POPULAR AGITATION

In the course of reply to some strict
ures of an officer of the Kansas City
stockyards on the recent actions of the
United States agricultural department
concerning the rise in meat. DR.. Salmon
of that department used the following
language:
Agitation and investigation,' he
said, ''can neither cripple nor destroy the
truth and the right, and it is due to the
producers and the consumers alone that
the Intermediary profits of middlemen
standing between them should be only
reasonable and compensatory. The ad-
vance in prices by retail dealers in dres sed
beef of five cents to the consumer. when
there is an advance of only a dollar a
hundred pounds to the farmers and cattle
feeders for animals on the hoof is not re-
garded as equitably proportioned.
To this all people not welded to the
theory that dear necessaries make ma
tional prosperity, and that plenty is det-
rimental, will saw amen. One of the in
explicable things of the past year is that
while wheat and livestock have fallen
to the basement of price. flour, bread.
cake, pies, chops, steak and soup bones
have stayed just where they were BEFORE
until few days since, when a change in
the articles of meat diet occurred east.
The change was Mckinleyward. That
is. they became easier to obtain by the
price being advanced % to 80 per cent.
We are informed that the same pleasur-
able prospect is in store for this coast.
AS the doctor well says: Agitation and
investigation can neither cripple nor
destroy the truth AMI the right, but
they may and should destroy the monop-
oily in combination which exists by de-
sign, or because OF popular ignorance re-
garding the enormous profits enjoyed by
certain middle men. When the light that
The herald., 1895-04-26
THE MONTH AND THE GEM

January, the jacinth or hyacinth,
symbolizing constancy and fidelity.
February. the samathyst, symbolizing
peace of mind and sobriety.
March, the bloodstone or jasper,
symbolzing courage and success in
dangerous enterprises.
April, the sapphire and diamond,
symbolizing repentance and innocence.
May the emerald. symbolzing success
in love.
June, the agate, symbolizing long life
and health.
July, the carnelian. symbolizing cure
of evils resulting from forgetfulness.
August. the sardonyx or onyx, symbol
izing conjugal felicity.
September, the chrysolite, symbolizing
preservation from folly. or its cure.
October the aqua marine, opal or beryl,
a symbol of hope.
November, the topaz, symbolizing
fidelity and friendship.
December, the turquoise or ruby, SYM
boliZing brilliant success.
Some doubt exists between May and
June, July and August. Thus some give
the agate to Nav and the emerald to
June, the carnelian to August and the
onyx to July.
The population of the German empire
-. IL, 30 IS
The herald., 1895-04-26
THE LONG AND SHORT HAUL

The fourth section of the interstate
commerce law in substance provides that
the railroads shall not charge less for
longer than a shorter distance on the
same line and in the same direct ton when
the circumstances and conditions are
1887, the interstate commerce COM
mission gave an Interpretation to this
provision, and held that it did not
apply at points where railroads were in
competition with water lines or with for
eign railway transportation, and in pecu-
liar cases where the competition was with
domestic rail lines. Therefore at many
terminal points rates have been less than
at intermediate points to which the haul
is shorter.
The city of Denver feels aggrieved at
the fact that under the discretion al
lowed railroads, and because to it there is
no competition by water lines or foreign
railroads, rates from Chicago there are
higher than to some of the Pacific coast
lHC PcOplC VI blidL Clly nave
brought the question before the interstate
commerce commission with view to
procure a ruling or order that will give
them relief The officials of the Santa Fe
and Southern Pacific claim that if they
must charge as high rates to the coast
points as they do to Denver and other in
termediate points they will have to go
out of the through business and confine
themselves to the local. for they claim
they cannot compete with water transpor-
tation by the Panama route on the basis
of raising their rates TO those that prevail
at Denver.
The case is this. All freights fiom the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts destined to the
Pacific coast will go by sea unless the rail-
roads are permitted to meet the water
rates, and from Chicago they will go by
the Canadian Pacific unless their rates are
met by the American transcontinental
lines. In consequence of these oompeti-
tions the one south and the other north.
the Pacific coast people have been bene-
fitted immensely in the matter of trans
portation charges. which have applied
both ways. The officials assert that if til.
Denver proposition prevails they must
hold on to the local and sacrifice the
through traffic because the former is much
greater than the latter. If they go out
of the through business the Panama
steamship lines and the Canadian Pacific
will have things their own way, and can
raise their rates without competition be-
tween themselves, as they are so remote
from each other.
The interstate commerce law IS defec-
tive in that it does not apply to water
transportation. Tne object OF the law
being to protect the people against unjust
discrimination, it should have included
The herald., 1895-04-26
Watterson's Frequent Baths

Some time since Henry Watterson was
swarmed about the hotel in the hope of
catchingt him. Every card sent up
brought back word that the editor was in
his bath and could not be seen. When
the same reply had been given through
the morning and afternoon, Il reporter
asked the clerk when Watterson found
time to take his meals. The hotel man
had his orders and stuck to them. At
last the Louisville editor was spotted eat
ing in the cafe. IA general rush was made
for him. Watterson looked at the report
ers in kindly fatherly way, and. rising
from his seat said: Gentlemen, you VIII
have to excuse me, it is time for my
bath" and hurried to his Ioom.-The
Argonaut
The herald., 1895-04-26
Secretary Mortons very ably conducted

Secretary Morton's very ably conducted
department has turned ON this hitherto
obscure subject shall have exposed the
margins of unreasonable gain the go-be-
tween class absorbs some of the compe-
tition that reduces wages will get into
the market of flour and meat and adjust
things so that those diminished wages
can buy more than they do now. Secre-
tary Morton may not be popular with that
element of the people who SOW by res
olution and harvest by an act of, Con-
gress, but if he will keep his department t
engaged in ventilating the devious ways
of the iobbers who are screwing the dim
ner table so high that an ordinary man
cannot reach it with his chin the masses
OF the people will be grateful.
The herald., 1895-04-26
THEY WASTED NO TIME

Baxter wrote his Saints Everlasting
Rest on a bed of sickness.
Bloomfield composed The Farmer Boy
in the intervals of shoemaking.
Bunyan wrote his Pilgrims Progress
while confined in Bedford jail
Corbett learned grammar in the waste
time of his service as common soldier.
Paul worked as tentmaker in intervals
of travel and preaching. g.-Edison's Cy-
clopedia.
Etty utilized indefatigably every spare
moment he could pick up when jour
neyman printer.
Ferguson taught himself astronomy
while tending sheep in the service OF
Scotch farmer.
Franklin. while working as journey
man printer, produced his Dissertation
on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and
Pain.
Carey, the missionay and Oriental trans
lator learned the rudiments OF eastern
languages while employed in making and
mending shoes.
Joseph Clement, son of poor weaver.
was brought up as thatcher. but by
utilizing his waste moments in slfeduca-
tion and works of skill, raised himself to
position of great note.
Elihu Burritt learned ten languages
while plying his trade as village black
smith Hebrew, Greek. Syriac. Bohemian,
Polish, Persian. Turkish and EthiOpic).
His father was village cobbler, and
Elihu had only six months education at
the school of his brother. 4
D'Aguesseau. the great French chancel-s
lor. observing that Nine. D'Aguesseau al
ways delayed ten or twelve minutes before
she came down to dinner. began andg
completed learned book of three vol :
umes 0arge quarto) solely during these
waste minutes. This work went through
several editions.
Joseph Braham. peasants son. occu-
pied his spare time when boy in maxi
ing musical instruments aided by the
village blacksmith At the age of l6 he
hurt his ankle while plowing. and spent
his time while confined to the house in
carving and making woodwares. In an
other forced leisure from a severe fall he
made several useful inventions, which
ultimately led him to fame and fortune.
The herald., 1895-04-26
THEIR POINT OF VIEW

We think divided skirts are all right in
their places, but we must say it seems
unnatural to see bloomers on men noses.
Woodland Reporter.
4 4 r
And now Chicago wants to he set apart
from the state of Illinois. We SUPPOSE
that since Chicago has become such a
wants TO be considered as Ill.-Elsinore
Press. sx4a
Tucson is not only the healthiest city
in Arizona, with the most varied wealth
resources tributary to it, but Tucson is
equal in population and does more COM
mercial business tnan any other town in
the territory.-Arizona Star.
4 & q
THE Fiesta was decided success. show
ing marked improvement on last year,
and giving promise OF sonnet ing really
eautiful in the future. When it is con-
sidered that this is the second Fiesta of
any proportions it was remarka BILE
effort, and the interest was we'll sustained
from day to day. Pasadena News.
4 4 4
The signs and proofs of better times be-
comes more and more marked and gem
eral. All sections of the country share in
the improvement, and in nearly all of the
great branches of industry the general
change for the better is noted. Alameda
Argus.
4 4 q
According to New York paper much
given to sage and confident discussion of
Californa's interests. of which it knows
othing the Chinese do no: multiply in
this country. The juvenile, swarm in
Chinatown thus assumes the. character
OF an insoluble mystery. San Francisco
Examiner. ssa
DIR. PRICES Cream Baking Powder
The herald., 1895-04-26

The Pathological society of Southern
California announces its spring meeting
at Escondido May I'd and Sd next. A
very interesting programme has been pre-
pared, and should attract large attend
ance OF fruit growers. An interchange of
ideas and experiences by those engaged
in the production of fruit should be fire.
noted afford valuable opportunities for
this most desra BILE purpose.
The herald., 1895-04-26
Indications for Southern California
POOR RICHARDS DAILY SERMON

your country. and you may be disappointed: :
strive to b, the best and you may succeed: He
may we'll win the race that runs by himself
The herald., 1895-04-26
TO THE EDITOR
DOC" Kennedy Explains

tThe Herald under this heading prints COM
munications. but does not assume RESPONSE
bilty for the sentiments eXpressed.l
The herald., 1895-04-26

The population of the German empire
is increasing at the rate of 500, 900 year.
The herald., 1895-04-26

We think divided skirts are all right in
their places, but we must say it seems
unnatural to see bloomers on men noses.
Woodland Reporter.
The herald., 1895-04-26

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-10

1913 ladI IIId -I AVl PIICeS'
Three steps on the price stair:
But nothing short of seeing the Suits can
tell how rarely good the prices are.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-15

carefully New York dentist, who
stands in the front rank of his profession,
said not long ago that he was almost pre-
pared to say that absolutely clean tooth
structure need never decay" 1t was
strong argument in favor of the carefui.
persistent care of the teeth, certainly, and
a small price to pay for the great privilege
of keeping sweet, strong and serviceable
molars and bicuspids.
The neglect of the teeth in childhood is.
as any dentist will say, the great cause OF
poor teeth in adult life. Parents do every
thing for their children except watch
their teeth; they might do much less and
attend to this very important matter. Its
results are much more far-reaching than
is generally realized. Mouth dyspepsia,
says a writer i'm Modern Medicine. lis COM
ing to be very common disorder. 1t has
further been repeatedly demonstrated that
a decayed tooth is frequently the starting
point of a pyaemic process, and 1t has also
been shown that tubercular and other dis
ease germs may find entrance to the body
through cavities in decaying teeth. Ii must
not be forgotten, also, that these cavities
are the favorite habitat of many patho-
genie microbes, which, feeding upon parti-
cles of retained food, speedily develop,
and, through increase in number, acquire
the ability to overcome the resistance of
the body.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-15

Many Interesting Items on Fashions
and other Topics.


and other Topics.
The New York room in the womans
building is described in The World in this
way:
when the New York city room In the
woman's building at the Atlanta cXposl-
ton is completed il will reflect great CRED
it upon the women of the Empire state
Under the direction of Mrs. Joseph brau-
ley Read, ch"irman OF the committee haV-
ing this room 4 charge, the work OF iur-
nishing it and collecting and arranging the
exhibits is progressing finely.
The room is situated on the main floor
of The woman's building. and to the right
of the entrance. 1T has a frontage OF 80
feet 2 inches. and a magnificent bay win
dow 3 feet deep, which is made with four
French windows. This window is to be
one of the most artistic corners of the room
IL is Mrs. Reads idea to permit New Norh
florist to have an exhibit here of palms
and palmettos while outside the window
southern palms will be growing, giving the
visitor an opportunity of comparing the
cultivation of the palm in the north ana
south. Window seats, upholstered in Delft
blue and white and banked with pillows, Will
be arranged amid the palms.
THE color scheme of the room is Delft
blue and white. and the entire decoration
has been volunteered by New York hrm
of decorators. The ho0r. of Georgia PINE
will be covered with rugs, and the chairs
and divans will all be- Of polished hard wood,
upholstered in blue and white. Instead OF
pictures upon the wall, plaques will be
used. which have the same effect as Delft
ware, except that instead of the convention
al design of a Dutch saiboat and little
burgomaster waving his hand in the dis
taf - = each will represent a colonial resi-
the United States"
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-15

The old familiar plains
The summer meadows and the reckless
rils;
The tinkling tenor of the silver rain
The twilight calling of the whippoor-
willis
And the same. sad. sweet flowers
Loved of the bees; the wind blown vines
the same
Soft village bells that chimed the evening
The blue skies bending and the stars
ahame.
The silver pOplars stand
With shmmering leaves; the morning
glories peep
In the old window where they kissed your
hand,
Curl-shadowed in the mystery of sleep.
All things are of old,
Save one thing. dear: The presence sweet
of you!
There is no little hand for me to hold
No lips of crimson and no eyes of blue!
And so. come again
To the remembered beauty OF the place:
But hear no more thy step or see thy
face.
Like one who, in a dream,
Walks forth ana treadS 1amlnar pains,
| go:
The broad light wakes me: field and flower
and stream
With beauty and with music make me
know.
l call to you'll call
And listen for an answer; but hear
Only the dripping of the dews that fall
Melodious voices echoing through the air
And thy voice still o love,
And art thou gone forever? Shall I see
Only the sad sun in the heavens above
Only the star the bird. the flower the
tree?
Returni the world is lone
The flowers are fading. and the stars
above
Pale in life's storms. and in the dalk l
moan
And wander. weary for a woman's love!
Prank l. stanton.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-15
0ur Baby.

There Is a little fairy form
Comes to me at break Of dawn,
A little voice so soft and sweet,
pimpIed hands and baby fee,
Sweet sunny smiles. whose beams impart
A JOY that thrills through all my heart.
There is a little face 50 fair.
Laughing eyes AMI golden hair;
A little heart OF love l know
Follows me where'er l go
When cares perpleX. whatc'er befan,
/ look at her-thank God for ALL
A NJ. BURGESS.