The herald., 1896-02-19

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The boreal conditions now prevailing IN
the north, and indeed In all the states west
of the Ohio river, are steadily driving
people OF means to the perpetual sunshine
prevailing in Los Angeles. The suburbs
which surround her, with cincture Of
fragrant wild flowers, tender, opalesque
ferns, and dewy grasses of varied growth
have charm which enchains those accus.
toned to the ireary winters of the east.
j. L. kruse of New York, said at the
Nadeau: We have in the east had hard
time of it, what between the uncertainties
of the funding bill and revision of tariff,
which seriously affects the clothing trade
and all who are interested in woolens.
The disturbance of staple trades is of in.
finite Importance to this country, and to 1t,
much of the recent financial troubles are
due. When United States senators are
elected by the people, who will not favor
the representatives of rings and corpora
tions, and honest money is avouched as
the desire of the people of the United
States, the gold drain will cease, and an
era of prosperity based on sound business
PAAASApASS VIII ClAouCs
c. S. Gassiot, q merchant of Cadiz, said
that all Spaniards were tired of the Cuban
struggle and of the waste of money and
valuable lives which the present conflict
causes. In Spain the popular feeling 10
that the Cubans should be granted autono.
my, but this can only be secured by ener-
getic representations to the courts of st.
James or St. Petersburg. Weyler is .
German, who has bluffed his way into his
present position. He is unrecognized in
the more exclusive circles of Madrid, where
he is regarded as q chevalier d'industrie.
Mr.. Gassiot is at the Hollenbeck and post
ing himself on the viticultural resources Of
Southern California more especially.
d. L. Wright, formerly with Scribner,
Armstrong 4, Co., of New York, who has left
his editorial desk to cultivate the generous
soil of Southern California, said that the past
year had been phenomenal one, 5000
titles having been registered in the official
record of the Publishers Weekly. Trilby
and The Manxman ran a very close race.
Several volumes of lasting importance werG
contributed to the solving OF problems just
now uppermostin the minds of men OF all
nationalites-the Eastern question, the
woman question, American finance. and
the peculiar characteristics, moral, physical
and mental of the rapidly closing century.
Lovers OF books have been assiduously
wooed by editions de luxe of all the most
famous authors of ths century. In spite OF
'hard timeso and many difficulties, male
and female bibiophiles manage, some way
to scrape enough together to buy the most
costly editions Of those books whose
| authors they most affect.
| The Rev. j. B. Frost of Dakota, who il
on vacation and enjoying the balmy win4
ter of Southern California, sid at tie
Natick, speaking of the progress of the
church: "In the actual number of COM
muncants the Roman church still stands
at the head. Next come the Methodists
the Baptists good third, the Presbyteriana
fourth, the Lutherans fifth, the Disciples of
Christ sixth, and the Protestant Episcopal
church SEVENTH The reverend gentle
clerics who heard them, but he was able to
verify them by carefully revised data.
The attack upon and siege of Makalle,
the impregnable stronghold hitherto of the
Italian colony in ABB ssinia, 10 arousing
much patriotism among the sons OF sunny
Italy. Y. Gorazzi, a professor in the Uni
versty of Naples, who came in on the
Santa Fe last night, said that he and his
compatriots hoped that the brave COM
mandant of Makalle, Major Galliano, had
been able to hold the fort against the at
lex. Every attack SO far has been re-
pulsed with heavy loss to Menelek's
frS fro% the unSa1sd asaay dsad Rsds who or'ef ei
in attacking the fort, is decimating
the besiegers more effectually than the
cannon of the Italians. The Abysinnians
are mostly armed with tue Remington
rifle. others only have rude lances. Ma
kalle, the key to Abvssinia, was built
about 20 years ago by Emperor johannes,
on the top of d hill called Enda Jesus, and
is surrounded with thick double walls. 1t
is an almost impregnable position, al
though some of its modern works of de-
fense are not yet complete. Barr attieri,
the famous Italian general, said last SUM-
mer, that the fort was SO strong that If 1t
were taken the commandant would be
court martialed.
Major Hawley of San Francisco called
attention to Edison recent statements in
an interview with an eastern journal. in
which he is reported to have said: With
the tools of human destruction now in use,
war under any circumstances between civ
ilized nations is crime. The advances of
ments can be moved down by simply
turning upon them u hose the
water in which is heavily charged
with tine electric current. Whole
fleets may be blown up by some young lady
operator on shore by simply pressing a
little button as each vessel passes over
a line OF torpedoes, hidden far below the
may we'll raise u shudder at the awful COLI
sequences of a war between any highly civ
ilzed nations. The various devices OF
Hiram S. Maxim, have brought the possi-
bilties of human slaughter up to the point
where one man, shooting from an auto
matte gun. presuming that he hits differ
ent victim with each shot, can kill more
tL,n in,