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The herald., 1896-02-21
War Lords

The publication. in the Transvaal Blue
Book, of Mr.. Chamberlain's anii-Ge Ge-man
dispatch of January 18Th, doubtless shows
that the government is prepared to main
tain its very firm tone against ariy inter-
position by Germany in the South African
troubles. There certainly was IAN unpre-
cedented and unanimous outburst OF public
feeling in England against what was taken
to be Emperor Williams meddling, but
whether it was in good taste or wise to put
that phrase into a colonial secretary's dis
patch,a and then publish tits another matter.
Mr.. Morley spoke word of common sense
the other night when he said that he was
no admirer of war-lords, but warned Eng
lishmen lest, sin the reaction against war
lords abroad, we find springing up among
us, in Downey street and elsewhere, war
lords in frock coats do not like war-lords
i'll jack.boots, but like war-lords in frocit
coats still less" But the fercest warriors
are always civilians, Just as the most true.
u!ent jingo is apt to be, as we see it in Mr..
Chamosrtain's case, an old Radical turned
Tory and forgetting all his beloved social
reforms in the glorious hustle OF foreign
war til 1t makes all dom estic questions drop
like stone to the bottom of the sea.-NeW
or1 Post.
The herald., 1896-02-21
The Shettuck Verdics

W. L. Ashe, one of the jurors in the
ShattucS case, defends the verdict which
Sc, the murderer of young Poole free. Mr..
Ashe finds that some of the testimony upon
which, Mrs. ShattucK was convicted at the
first trial went to show that the relations
which existed between Poole and Truly
Shattuck were entirely different from what
they appeared from the evidence in the
second trial. The supreme court. on ap-
peal, decided that dge Belcher had erred
in permitting this evidence to go before the
first jury Consequently, this evidence not
being before tue second jury, the inference
is that the second jury's ideas of the rela-
tions existing between Poole and Miss
Statu, * were of the character established
by the second trial. We can find no other
ground for Mr.. Ashe to rest his defense
upon than that a mother who believes that
young man has held improper relations
with her daughter may kill him upon sus-
picion 1t is enough for her 10 believe: she
is not required to know. Mr.. Ashe must
know that his argument cuts both ways. If
a woman may kill in the belief that her
daughter has been wronged, may she not.
if so disposed, place the alternative of
death before any man she may elect.-San
Francisco Bulletin.
The herald., 1896-02-21

orator, and with easy facility he could
lace and materislizs votes out of emo
tions and prejudices. The declaimer
and the demagoyue could easily level
up to the plane imposed by such con-
ditions.
But economic issues have displaced
those of the tinsntal order and the
effective stump orator of the present
must be verssd in the iptricsciss of
public finance aud tax alton aud OF her
governmental subjects. 1t requires a
great deal more mental power and toll
to expatiats intelligsntly and compre-
hensibly about monetary stand ards,
methods of taxation, governm snt con-
troll or management of industrial en-
terprises and lot Of other questions
of vital Importance to the people,
though not of thrilling interest to
the ordinary mind, than it does
to villify the opposition, appeal to Sec
tional or race prejudice, howl for WAT,
talk grandiloquently about the "oli
flag" the "grand old party" retail
cheap wit and pretended jokes and in
dulge in all the other articles by which
so many Of the 'grand old stump ora
tors" Of the past-and even SONS of
the present-hsve lived in the light of
popular favor and kept the people from
thinking. The people are becoming
fitted for sslf-governmsnt, and they
demand from their platform teachers
ideas and not buncombs.
The herald., 1896-02-21
Los ANGELES THE PLACE

The suggestion that vigorous effort
b put forth to obtain for Los Angeles
the next Democratic state convention
seems to meet with warm approval
among the faithful in this city. 1t
merits, however. the endorsement and
active sympathy and support Of people
Of all shades and no shades of political
belief. The body will be representa-
tive not alone OF q political party,
but embracing, as it will, men
Of different vocations and various
lines of business it will be representa-
tive Of the professional, industrial and
commercial elements of the entire
state. While the purposes of the con-
vention will be political, the men who
make it up will be as susceptible TO
the charms of this section and to the
inducements which are here offered
the worker, the capitalist and the home
builder as though they came as the
delegates to fraternal, philosophical,
scientific or commercial convocation.
Therefore the citizens of Los Angeles,
regardless of political proclivity,
should give encouragement and assist
ance to any movement intended to &C.
sure the convention for this city.
or course the burden of the contest
before the state central committee for
Los Angeles should be borne by repre-.
sentative Southern California Demo
Gratis, but they should not be left alone
to fight the claims for consideration
that will be made by host of other
California cities.
Whatever action is to be taken in the
premises should be taken promptly.
The candidacy Of this city should be
placed at the earliest possible moment
before the gentlemen composing the
state central committee and no pains
be spared to thoroughly acquaint them
with the advantages Los Angeles Of
fers as q convention point
The herald., 1896-02-21
The Color of Sin


There is no end to the new scientific dis
coveries. A Professor Gates informs the
Medical News that he has discovered that
the various human emotions and passions,
good and bad, each produce chemical se-
cretions which are eXuded by perspiration
upon the skin, and may be detected by
chemical tests. The secretions vary in
color: thus, il n small amount of the per-
spiraticn of a person suffering from coll
scious guilt be placed in a test tube, and a
few drops of seienic acid added, pink
color will Immediately appear. 1t was to
this color, according to DR.. Gates, that
Isaiah referred, with rhetorical exagzera-
ton. when he spoke of sin being scarlet.
Other writer's. guided by inspiration, used
the term scarlet woman. When they said
scarlet they meant pink. 1t is probably
the punk line OF sin which causes the face
of guilty person 10 flush rosy red when he
is charged with his guilt.
The discovery may lead TO curious con-
sequences. If natural law compels a
culprit to make an involuntary confession
OF his crime by a colored eNudation upon
his face. criminal procedure will be revo.
lutionized. Instead OF examining wit
nesses, many of whom commit perjury,
while others blunder, the district attorney
will direct bailif TO run the prisoner UP
and down stairs until he is bathed in per-
spiraIion: chemist, supplied with test
tubes and chemicals, will scrape the per-
spiration from his face and test IL by the
recognized reagents; when the result ls de-
termined the chemist will take the place of
the jury and acquit or convict on scientific
grounds.
Again all colors are the result of pig
ment, which is produced by the presence
of microbes. The Gates theory assumes
that sin and crime call into life certain
class OF bacteria whose color is pink. 1t
ought to be possible to deal with them as
i ,f
physical disease; that ia to say, it should
be possible to neutralize their noxious ef-
fects by inoculating the patient with
serum which would destroy them linus
the Precipitation of the virtuous may con-
tain gerinicides powerful enough to exter-
inmate the microbes OF sin. instead OF
sending thief to the pententiary 10 be
lodged and clothed and fed at the public
cost, he might be saturated with germs OF
virtue in sufficient quantity 10 overpower
his native germs OF vice, and after
period of treatment he might be let
loose, with reasonable chance of his be-
coming harmless member OF society
aftefward. A murderer might be inocul-
led with a respect for human life, and after
due term of punishment, by way OF warm
ing, he might be liberated with fair pros
pect that he would no longer lmbrue his
hands in human blood.
All tlis sounds fantastic aud whimsical.
But these are days of strange discoveries
and queer DEVELOPMENTS of science. Many
of the scientific laws VIII ch Professor Lom-
broso has unearthed seemed preposteroils
when he first announced them, and ex-
posed him aud his school to no little ridi-
cule. 1t is now found that there is more in
his theories than is known to our philoso.
ply. Perhap Dr.. Gates is a pioneer in
branch of discovery which may lead to the
enuncation OF important truths.-San
rEancisca E,xauinnr
The herald., 1896-02-21
The Pardon Mill Suspended

Governor Budds administration prom
ises to be free from an abuse of executive
power, which provoked much Indignation
and severe criticism during the administra-
tions of Governors Stoneman, Waterman
and Markham.
For many years abuse, if not prostitu.
ton, OF the pardouing power has interfered
with the administration of Justice and Civ
dicate that this abuse will not be tolerated
during Governor Budd's term of office. He
has pardoned less men during the thirteen
months he has been in office than any gov
ernor since Pacheco. Not only that, but
he has discouraged applicants and caused
cessation, measurably. of the continu-
GUS annoyance resulting from persons fore.
ing, by every means, petitions for pardon
before the public. The ease with which
rardons have been obtained in the past
The herald., 1896-02-21
CHANGING THE ORATORS

The Oakland Tribune, in comment
ing briefly on the orstorical possibili-
ties Of the coming presidential cam
psign, remarks with a somewhat re-
gretfol air that "the grand old stump
orators are nearly all gone"
The "grand old stump orators" that
since the war have bruised the at.
mosphere and wasted with prodigality
all the language at their command,
have indeed diminished in numbers;
and it is we'll for the people. They are
being succeeded by men who
deal less with scintillsting gen.
eralities, frothy eloquence, i'm
passioned invective and scorching
denunciation and more with reason,
facts and principles. The old style of
stump speech, made up almost entirely
of reckless assertion regarding men
and measures, low down vituperation
and fspdoodle appeals to prej1dicss
and passions, is losing its hold on the
people. The latter are becoming more
intelligent; they are thinking or learn
ing to think, and as they progress in
thoughtfulness, the haraugue of rot,
gush and slush becomes distastsful,
Hence it is going, and going fast. The
time was when the ability to draw
word pict"res. thunder we'll rounded,
though meaningless, perious, auu
utter sentences glowing with
the fire of passion, would place
Q man without character, conscience or
sound sense in the front rank of
those who from the platform directed
the suffrages of the people. But the
man who argues, the man who takes up
the issue of discussion at the founda-
tion, or at least attempts to do so in
good faith, and reasons from point to
point until he reaches more or less
logical conclusion, has come, and the
light Of the flamboyant orator pales in
consequence. People are growing tired
of mere rhetoricians and ranters, who
at most only entertain or amuse, and
are demanding the men who can ana
lyze and instructivsly elucidate the
political and social problems of the
day.
This change in the popular taste
will call to the political platforms men
Of higher intellectual power, broader
knowledge and deeper study thaa that
possessed by the average OF the old
school OF vote-gatherers. The Incl
dents and issues associated with the
war and the periods immediately pre-
ceding and succeeding the war being
involved in sentimental considerations
esve ample scope for the spresd- eagle
The herald., 1896-02-21
Arizona Democracy

The Democratic party is now in good fight
ing condition in Arizona, and if the ter
rtorial election was 10 come oft within the
next two months the Democracy would
sweep everything before it, Let the har-
mony in the party continue and let us
gather in the disappointed and those who
have felt sore, and pour oil into their
wounds, and the party will again face their
friends, the enemy, with such solid pha-
laux that the old adage will be verified,
that "Democratic fights always mean more
Democrats. = Tucson Star.
The herald., 1896-02-21
Misunderstood TERMS

People when considering and dis
cussing questions OF political economy
often become confused, and draw erro-
neous conclusions, because they fail to
understand the true meaning OF terms.
This is one reason why 80 many people
are more or less muddled on the money
question, on the subject OF taxation,
and on the matter of wealth produc-
ton.
For example, the words value and
utility are often used as if they had
the same meaning, which is not the
case. Utility Is an absolute term, ex-
pressing the inherent quality Of use
fulness. Value is not an absolute but
a relative term, expressing the result
Of comparison for purposes OF ex-
change of one thing with another, or
with many others. Price is also rsla-
tive term, expressing the result Of
comparison of anything with money.
Relative terms always have corsela-
tions; the absolute term utility has
none. A quantity of wheat has utility,
because it can be changed into bread,
and thus made to satisfy human wants.
1t has value, because people will trade
other things for it. 1t has price, be-
cause people will buy it with monsy.
Many other things also have utility,
value and price. But some things hsv-
ing great utility have neither value nor
prics. As for instance, ths sun, whose
utility is surprisingly great. has
neither value nor price, since no one
can trade other things for it-not even
money.
On the other hand, diamond, even
when displayed on the breast of hotel
clerk, has but very little utility, though
great value, and it will command a
high price. Anything, whether it be
an article of wealth, like "a house; a
natural resource, like mine; or labor,
may have utility, value and price.
Correct understanding of such terms
as these is essential to an intelligent
consideration of economic questions.
A careful study along these lines, by
notwithstanding people, will help to
qualify them for the important duties
of citizenship.
The herald., 1896-02-21
UNAERAiD

Out OF the night that covers me.
Black as the pit from pole TO pole,
thsuk whatever go1s may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clu'ch OF circums ance
have not WINGED nor cried aloud.
Beneath the bludgconings Of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this vale OF wrath and tears
Looms but the horror OF the shade,
And yet the menace OF the years
Finds, and shall find me, unatrdld.
1t matters not how strait the gate, =,
How charged with punishmentst the scroll
am the master of my late
am the captain Of my soul.
The herald., 1896-02-21
Ave. Ave. Brother. Same to You

This mornings Los Angeles HERALD re-
ioced in having sloughed off All iDcum-
brance which it says has been weighing it
down-something that hindered ''concen-
trated executive authority. without which
no corporation can be- most effectively con-
Quoted" says THE HERALD. Now it"faccs
the future with serene confidence and a
straightforward purpose to deserve and
win the largest measure of journalistic
success We hope THE HERALD will real
ize its highest aspiratons.-Pasadena
The herald., 1896-02-21

The murderer Fitzgerald, executed
at st. Louis yesterday, certainly mani
tested desire to facilitate his depart
ure from this sphere. A partially
hanged man who will get up and walk
unaided and hastily to the slab
in the morgue most assuredly was
in haste for his translation hence. The
bungling which attended the execu-
ton was inexcusable and should re-
suit in the summary dismissal of the
officers responsible for it.
The herald., 1896-02-21

lating prices. Any man who belonged to
the caste now dominant might walk into
a shop, lay on the counter u bit of brass
worth pence, and carry Off goods to the
value Of half guinea. OF all the
plaques of that tms none made deeper
or more lasting impression on the minds
of the Protestants of Dublin than the
plague of the brass money.
We leave it to our "free and unlimited
coinage of silver" friends to make applica-
ton of this reminscence of an age long
past.-Galveston News.
The herald., 1896-02-21

THE comptroller of New York re-
Gently received some good evidence to
the effect that at least one person in
the Empire state has large, active
conscience; it came in the shape OF an
envelope enclosing $500 with a note
reading: "Taxes justly due the city"
This shows that human nature is not
80 utterly hopeless after all.
The herald., 1896-02-21
OUT IN THE WEST

Thus departed Hinwaiha
TO the land OF the Dakotae,
TO the and OF handsome women;
And in nine'v days returning
A divorcelet he brought with him,
I o his wife he sent the ha-ha-
Sent he back unto her mama,
In the outskirts OF Chicago.
Nebraska State Journal
The herald., 1896-02-21
flat OIay's Boom

Senator Quay has been named by
somebody as a presidential candidate.
There id no law against naming him for
the presidency or for the throne of Eng
land. The chances of his reaching the one
place or the other are about equal.-Pasa-
dena News.
The herald., 1896-02-21
NATURE KNOWS BEST
The beautiful. the henntiful-


1t i'll becomes ono dutlful
To SPEAK of snow that's b aek black can be.
It's suitable, it's suitable
Tha' fairy ilakes-the beautiful
Thai fall in far Chicago should be dark by Gee
The herald., 1896-02-21

AT LAST the United States senate has
condescended to get down to business
1t has passed an appropriation bill
Having appropriated time literally it
now goes to the treasury.
The herald., 1896-02-21

Beecham's pills are for bilious
ness, bilious headache, dyspep.
sia, heartburn, torpid liver, dlz-
ziness, sick headache, bad taste
in the mouth, coated tongue,
loss ofappetitc, sallow skin,etc.,
when caused by constipation;
and constipation is the moss
frequent cause Of all of them.
Go by the book. Pills zoe and
ast box. Book fire. at your
druggists or write B. +. Allen Co..
sos Canal Street, New York.
Annual sales mora than 100000 boxes
The herald., 1896-02-21

BOSTON o9S1s 9S1 STORE
TELEPHONE
-230 South Broadway
Opposite City Hall
Toilet Requisites

This popular has just been repenShed by the arrival
of new goods do to keep make of Pum but
do keep up the assornn the best and prices avoraby
with the quoted goods elsewhere Notice these quotations
Roger g. Galet's Extracts in bulk, S0C
GsoS9 Gre sz perumery Co.'S Extracts soc
3Gs GGSatss sos Bay Lavender for the BATH SOC
Bouo's Rice Powder, 1nC
box. AV~
Roger & CiaIetS Rice Powder, 7EC
Cocate's Toilet Waters, large size Soc Anc
small IVS
Cherry Tooth Paste 1IAC
DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder EEC
hOS
Calier's Dentne large size 35c &C.
hC%
All White Cycerne Soap AAC
three cakes '''''''''' aVS
Perfun1ed Bran Bags for the bath, 1EC
Roger & Cialet's Violet Face Powder, en-,
OOS
Pma,ds Eau de Ouinine, large size o5c Az,
small size GOS
DR.. Sheffeld'e Cream Denifrce, E-
ACS
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-04-18
Tho Produce Quotations.

OATs.-Oats are steady to arrive, but track
oats are dull and selling for less than they can
be replaced even by lake and rail shipments
No l clipped, to arrive, all rail 2o(g2s1ac;
Csc; No. white, 2,z4g2j54c: No. 2 mixed, $50
261ac The spot market is quoted at: No.
clipped, track 2St02S1ac; No. 2 27(g21A4c; No
white. 271a@273Ao; No. white, 2612Cg26}4 &C.
No. mixed, 2692612c.
FLouR--A very quiet flour market is re-
tanned: Round lots, 3Iday draft, extras
and seconds, 81 90tg3 30; spring wheat, clear
and straight, S3 1908 IS; winter wheat clear
and straight, So 1904 10; winter pat, s4(g4 IS;
spring pat, $4(14 20.
MEALrMeal is unchanged, with the quota
tions at: Kilndried cornmeal for export, 81 So
01 81; bag meal, 78GS0c: yellow granulated,
81 1902 70; rolled oatmeal, ~ 75g3:O " Dbl:
cut, - ,5g3 60; graham meal, so SJgi; rye
CORN-Corn is easier. No. yellow and coun
try yellow to arrive all rail, quoted at
4OI4i14U31c lake and rail, 39l 40g404c. The spot
Steamer yellow. track, 4l94I1ac; steamer, 3J12
MUTToNs AND LAMBs-Mut.ons and lambs
are easier, and veals are in good supply and
lower: Springers, 391c, as to quality lambs,
case; fancy Brightons and eastern lambs 7.s
Size; yearEngs, 5(9512c; muttons, 4(G61 &C; veas.
6(l9c, as to quality.
APPLES--AppleS are rather easy: No. Bald
wins IS 50G4; No. greetings, ~ 50d3 IS;
Rome beauties, S3D4 %; rusSets, s. 7594: Toll
man sweets, S2,g4 These prices are for the
small lots generally offering from second
hands
BEEE-There was very dull market OF
beef with prices nominally sustained. Quota
lions are unchanged here, but very firm III the
we It.
tanned. Straw is firm and bringing better
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-04-18
The Markets.

BOSTON, April l5-Dull and easier is
the condition of the butter market. Adj
vices from the west and New York in
dictate u decline of at least l cent, and
receivers here are disp "a to meet the
views OF buyers on any reasonable basis
The great desideratum now is to keep
current receipts cleaned up, and prevent
accumulations until grass stock is struck
In order to do this, continued low prices
may be necessary.
The market is working into a healthy
condition, and in order to keep it so NO
manipulation should be attempted to give
fictitious value to stock. Lower prices
than last year are expected, because with
all kinds of food products on n low basis
dealers will not want to invest without q
fair chance of IL profit, but supply and de
mand will regulate this later.
A large make all over the country can
be counted on. and it will not be safe to
expect much of II foreign demand unless
very low prices are offered Last years
experience may be something of guide,
but contingencies may arise that will put
another face on the situation before the
summer is over.
Receipts last week aggregated 75S, 727
pounds, which was an increase of 81, S03
pounds over the week previous, and 152,.
OILS pounds more than corresponding week
last year About $500 tubs We're taken
from cold storage, and the stock is now re-
duced to 407S tubs against 14,09S tubs same
time last year. The old stock will proba
bly, all disappear by the end of this month.
Cheese and Eggs.
Fine fall cheese is cleaning up we'll, and
there is no stock of that kind left to cause
any uneasiness The Canada; market is
reported bare of choice cheese and prices
there are firmer.
The egg market has weakened again.
The decline is a disappointment to hold
ers, as a firm and rising market was
looked for this week, under the influence
of the cold storage demand. Receipts
here arc moderate, but the New York
market seems to be overloaded, and hence
the decline.
Other Produce.
The maple sugar market is depressed.
There have been very large receipts the
past two days. and prices have declined
to 3 cents pound. Small cakes are slow
at 8 to 10 cents, and tubs and pals at Z to
cents. Syrup had also declined, and
plenty of choice was offered at 70 to rs
cents a gallon. For several lots no more
than60 cents could be obtained.
There is no indication of any improve
ment in the bean market Choice mar
row pea have been offered freely at $1.12L
to 81. 10, and mediums at ST.. per bushel
in large lots Demand is very light, as deal
ers are stocked. Extra yellow eyes are
slow at $125 to 81. 30 per bushel.
Low prices continue to be the rule in
the potato market, and there is no pros
poets of any change for the better. Sales
eff eastern hebrons at 25 to IS cents per
bushelin car lots.
The grass seed trade is progressing
favorably, and prices are without material
change.