The herald., 1896-02-19

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The boreal conditions now prevailing n
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 a cincture Of
fragrant wild flowers, tender, opalesque
ferns, and dewy grasses of varied growth
have charm which enchains those accus,
toned to the dreary 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 ins
finite importance to this country, and to it,
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
| the desire of the people of the United
States. the gold drain will cease, and an
era of prosperity based on sound business
principles will ensue.
| 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.
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.
ID. L. Wright, formerly with Scribnert
| Armstrong & Co., of New York, who has lefi
his editorial desk TO cultivate the generous
soil of Southern California, said that the past
year had been q phenomenal one, 5000
record of the Publishers' Weekly. Trilby
and The Manxman ran very close race.
Several volumes of lasting importance wer4
contributed to the solving of problems just
now uppermostin the minds of men OF all
nationalIties-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 this century. In spite OF
''hard tines 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 is
on a vacation and enjoying the balmy win.
Natick, speaking of the progress of the
church: ''in the actual number of conn
municants the Roman church still stands
at the head. Next come the Methodists
the Baptists good third, the Presbyterians
fourth, the Lutherans fifth, the Disciples of
Christ sixth, and the PROTESTANT Episcopal
church seventh" The reverend gentle
mans statements we're a surprise to many
clerics who heard them, but he was able to
verify them by carefully revised data.
The attack upon and siege of MakalIe,
the impregnable stronghold hitherto of the
Italian colony in Abs ssinia, 10 arousing
| much patriotism among the sons OF sunny
Italy. V. Gorazzi, professor in the Uni
versity 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
tack of the So, 900 troops of King Meme
lex. Every attack SO far has been re-
pulsed with heavy loss to Menelek's
fr1ns irony s uasaasd asadls dsad ad' who eri'Ies iii
in attacking the fort, is decimatine
the besiegers more effectualIy than the
cannon of the Italians. The Abysinnians
are mostly armed with the 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 hill called Enda Jesus, and
is surrounded with thick double walls. 1t
is an almost impregnebie position, al
though some of it's 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 it
were taken the commandant would bo
court martialed.
Major Hawley of San Francisco called
attention to Edison's 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 a crime. The advances of
electrical science are such that whole regi-
turning upon them q 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
line OF torpedoes, hidden far below the
surface of the sea. These statements
may we'll raise shudder at the awful COLI
sequences of war between any highly civ
ilized nations. The various devices of
Hiram S. Maxim, have brought the possi-
blities of human slaughter up to the point
where one man, shooting from an auto
matte gun, presuming that he hits differ
ent victm with each shot, can kill more
than 700 men in less than minute