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The herald., 1897-02-16
Gladness Comes

With a better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms OF
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi-
ton OF the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes. That is why IL is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debiiitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
ali important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when You pur.
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
enc The system is regular, laxatlves or
ether remedies are then not needed. II
afflicted with any actual disease, one
.rsy be commended TO the most skillful
physicians but il in need of a laxati7e,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
The herald., 1897-02-16
The Police Commission

The police commissioners will meet in
the mayors office this morning at IL
o'clock.
The herald., 1897-02-16
LeYALLEY HELD POR TRIAL

Hust Answer for His lndiscrlmlnate Revolver
Practice
Before Justice Morrison in the police
court yesterday morning, L. L. Levally,
the young man who while under the in
fluence Of liquor took four shots at Con-
ductor S. Lawrence on Boyle Heights
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
Golf.

One of the great advantages of the game is that you can play and have good sport even if there is no one to go around with you. You can try to beat your own best previous record, and, if possible, to lower the best score ever made by anybody over the course. If you succeed in this last, you will have gained the proud distinction of holding the "record for the course" Another good modification of the game is the "foursome," where there are two part ners on each side, striking alternately at the same ball. But the ordinary match Is against one adversary, and there is no reason why girl may not play an interesting game against her brother. She may not be able to hit the ball quite so far, but once near the hole. where accuracy and not strength is required, she should be able to hold her own, and 1t is an old saying that many a game is won on the putting green. Or, again, she may be handi- capped by an allowance of so many strokes, and in golf, as in billiards, handicapping does not detract from the interest as 1t does in tennis. There is no fun playing tennis against a very much weaker opponent, for you win rather on your skill, and this is fatal to true sport.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

woman dropped, clutching the letter which was soon soaked with the tears that rained from her poor old eyes.
 No, her lad was not coming! He may never come again. He was locked up in a prison cell because he had killed a man in drunken broil.
 Mother" he wrote, 'I am innocent. I don't know how it happened
 Yes, she knew. First a boys rejoic- ing, because he was free to go home then a spell in the tavern over the wine cup-a quarrel, insulting remarks. fierce, angry blows, knife, and then, murder. Yes, she knew!
 Three more years to wait! At the end of that time his sentence would have expired The trembling lips never complained The wrinkled hands reSo- lutely wiped away the tears. Mother Kafhrine arose, put on her Sunday bonnet and her friendless mien, and went to see her relations in the village.
 She told them, hesitatingly at first, and then glibly enough, that JanO, her only son, had shipped as sailor on a big man-Of-war and was making a trip around the world. The relations lis tened to her tale with aStOniShment, and praised the lads courage. Soon the whole village knew it. The women came and congratulated her, and she. simple woman, turned dissembler in her old days for the love of her son.
 Mother love must shield him from disgrace. The villagers must never know that JanO was a murderer. No. nor Katha, his sweetheart, who loved him and had been true to him, count ing the days till his return.
 In the night, when the villagers slept, Mother Kathrine sat weeping before her Bible, and prayed for Jano, her only son. Another care presented it. self to the ever-thOughtful mother heart. Jano must have new clothes when he returns, and money-his say ings from his long journey And she began to save and stint to pile up a lit tie store of silver. Like most women of her age. Mother Kathrine was fond of the sugar in her coffee, but from now on she drank it unSweetened. All day and half the night she knitted socks for a large concern ill the city, and every week she carried the humble product of her industry to the store for the small. hard-earned pay. Nobody ever saw Mother Kathrine at these things for nobody must ever know, for JanO's sake.
 Thus, the time sped by. Three years and this was the day that would bring him home. The old woman opened the cupboard and took from within a package of warm, woolen socks, a knitted kersey, pair of new boots. and a large silk neckerchief ! These things she laid out on the white pine table. From under the pillow oi her bed she added coarse linen bag such as sailors carry, filled with clink
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
MOTHER LOVE.

The flaming red of the evening sky was paling into violet shadows. Night came upon the earth, over the little vil- lage. and the lonely house near its bor- ders.
 Dark shadows crept into the low, old fashioned windows. They painted the whitewashed ceiling a somber black, and filled with gloom the narrow angles of a room in which an old woman sat bending over her knitting.
 Not a sound was heard save the mo- notonous click, click of the needles, and now the whirr of the clock just be- fore the striking of the hour.
 Flight o'clock! It is night. Before long he will be here"
 A sigh relieved the breast of the gray-haired woman. She pushed aside her knitting and set the smoky little oil lamp going. This she placed near the window that the light might greet the wanderer on his homecoming, and then took up her knitting again.
 Three years had gone by. It was au- IuI1u uOW. duu lIc Olu MOLIdA SdI III the self-same place near the big warm stove, waiting for the return of her only son. Yesterday he had been re- leased from the army at the eXpira- ton of his term of service. But the night passed, and then day and an other night, and still her son came not. Almost a week went by, full of tedious waiting. One day at noon the pOstman rode up to the little house in the meadow.
 "A letter, Mother Kathrine, letter from your only one'w he cried. He recognized the stiff, ungainly charac- ters of the absent peasant lad.
 Mother Kathrine fortified her eyes with her old horn spectacles and hob bled with her letter into the broad strip of the monday sun that came stream ing through the small window. The wrinkled hands trembled. as she broke the seal. Is he coming home at last? No, not yet!
 On the worn eaten bench the old
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

The night was unusually dark, not even the stars came out. The crickets chirruped in the corn to tighten the gloom. The splash of the river was eery and sad, and from away off there came a shriIl cry of anguish.
 In the dawn of the early morning a little procession wended its way to- ward the village. Two men carried a stretcher, over which q black cloth was thrown. outlining a human form. Be hind the bier strode the miller and the justice.
 T don't know how he got into the mill pond but when we found him he was stone dead. He must have come down with the current in the river"
 II wonder" said the justice.
 I'm sorry for the old woman" con- tinued the miller. ''To be taken from her like this, after waiting so many years for him"
 ''Yes, poor old Mother Kathrine? reiterated the justice.
 They reached the little house Wait outside" said the justice, till We break the news to her"
 The sun was on its upward way. The sky was a1ame with red. Its reflex licked the tiny windows, swished over the white pine table, and over the face of old Mother Kathrine, who sat with folded hands in her armchair. The small white head inclined upon the breast A sweet, peaceful smile hov- cred around the pale lips, only the wide-Open eyes were glassy and set.
 She had been spared the blow.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

It has been commented upon as some what strange that in the year of mas sacre in Armenia no man of that coun- try has risen to the stature of hero, gathered around him a band of his cOuntrymen and, if nothing better, died fighting. There is much to account for the submissiveness of the ArmenianS, and If their men have given no con spicuous evidence of valOr, the Ar menian women, have afforded ample proof of heroism. On several occasions. when resistance was hopeless aEl when confronted by tine alternative Of Islam and worse or death. they have welcomed the latter by throwing them selves from lofty rocks or into rivers. There have been and there are herOines among the Armenian women.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
On Horseback.

One must travel on horseback in Ice land, as there Is no other method of transportation in that roadleSs country. Even the bridle paths are remarkably simple in their construction. Bridges are a rarity, and the general methods of crossing a stream are by ferry or swimming. The houses are partly of earth and partly of stone and have turf roof, which in summer time is so green that it can scarcely be distin- guished from the surrounding fields Timber work is seldom to be found, Iceland being a wOOdleSs country and the cost of transportation from the sea ports being very great. Wooden houses are only found in the two principal towns. The Icelandic house, however, Is no hut, but possesses intricate in teriOrs, and is sometimes quite artisti- cally arranged, though more frequently it is little more than an earthen bur row, low, SmOke-Stained and filthy. A good deal of the interior dirt is due to the fact that the houses are mostly built without fireplaces. For the ac- cOmmOdat1On Of their sheep and cattle the farmers have small turf window less houses, erected a short distance from the residence. The stables have no stalls, and the horses move about as they like. Generally speaking the farmhouses are built close together each farmer requiring a large grass walk for his flOcks, which sometimes are very numerous. and for hay for the winter store. The Icelandic agricultur- ist cares nothing for gay colOrs, and his house Is always painted of son. Der gray or a dark red. Cereals can not be grown with any success in this country, the only native grain being wild sand-Oat, from which an eatable kind of bread can be made. In addi- tiOn to grass, which is the principal vegetable produce of the country, little else is grown beside potatoes and tur- niDS
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

A sailorman or marine who comes aboard his ship drunk is let alone if he minds his business, goes forward, and goes to sleep. The quiet man will prob ably receive no further punishment than to have his liberty restricted for a time. But if he announces as soon as he gets to the top of the gangway ladder that he Is able, willing. and even eager to massacre and TO do up all hands on the ship, he immediately finds himself in a peck of trouble. No where can a man who is hunting for fight find it so quickly as on the spar deck of man-Ofwar. Marines, who have no manual work to do on a ship, like an occasional stint of violent eX- ercise, and they gloat over a chance like this. The drunken SailOrman is man-handled with a swiftneSs that makes his head swim, although he will often stay with the game until he has knocked out the whole first attacking party of marines. A few welts over the head with the shank of q bayOnet do the work for him, however, and he is carried, bowling and struggling, to the brig, up in the eyes of the ship on the berth-deck. If he is particularly viO- lent he Is chained to a stanchiOn.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

When you are convinced that a paper Is dishonest and deceitful, stop 1t. When convinced that it is unclean, stop it. When 1t lacks enterprise and fails to give you the news, stop 1t. But don't stop a paper that you believe to be hon. est, courageous, contemplating and clean simpy because its editor has written his own sincere views instead of yours or somebody else's; for if you do, you are putting premium on insincere Journalism and serving notice on an editor that the way to succeed is to write what he thinks will best please his readers instead of what he honestly believes to be the truth.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
BABY HAS GONE TO SCHOOL

The baby has gone to school; ah, me!
 What will the mother do, With never a call to button or pin,
 Or tie little shoe?
 How can she keep herself busy all day, With the little hindering thing away! Another basket to fill with lunch,
 Another goodbye" to say, And mother stands at the door to see
 Her baby march away;
 And turns with a sigh that is half relief And half something akin to grief. She thinks of possible future morn,
 When the children, one by one, Will go from their homes to the distant
 world,
 To battle with life alone, q And not even baby be left to cheer ' The scattered home of that future year. She picks up the garments here and there,
 Thrown down in careless haste, And tries to think how it would seem
 If nothing were displaced. If the house were always as stil! as this, How could she bear the loneliness?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

''The Rock" which is the organ of the ultra Low Church party in the English Church, cordially agrees with the Pope's decision against the validity of American orders. It says that, as q matter of fact, the English Church at the Reformation did reject the sacerdo- tai idea of orders which Is taught in the Roman Catholic Church. This would indicate that the Low Church men in the English Church intend to use the Pope's decision as an excuse for breaking away more completely than ever before from the traditions of Roman Catholicism. If so, renewal of the controversy between the High and Low Church parties may be looked for
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

A story which tries to identify Os- man PaSha with Charles A. Crawford who deserted the Confederate army in disgrace thirty-three years ago, is go- ing the rounds of the American press. The story was first started in 1878, when Osman PaSha made his famous defense at Plevna against the Rus sians. It obtained great currency at that time and many believe it to this day. There is no ground for this iden- tification. Crawford. it Is true, left the country and is supposed to have taken service in the East, as did several other Confederates at later date, but it has been firmly established that Osman Ghazl was born at Tokat in Asia Minor in 1882, and that he entered the mill tary service in 1855. It would be fit material for the novelist to connect the cowardly deSerter of Bull Run with the hero of the matchleSs defense of Plevna, but unfortunately it cannot bg done and adhere to the truth.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

It would be well for the public to keep cool about Cuba and commit some useful data concerning the island to memory. The greatest length of Cuba from east to west is 760 miles, and its greatest width Is 135 miles. Its area, including dependencies, is only little less than that of England. Cuba had in 1894 1881 ,696 inhabitants, 65 per cent. of whom were white. The cap ital must have a population of more than 100000, since ten years ago its inhabitants were estimated at 198,000. It Is a powerfully fortified city. Next in population to Havana comes San tiagO de Cuba, with more than 10000. Puerto Principle has nearly 50,00O. Here is a country which would afford scope for many campaigns to an army better organized and led than that of Spain, more especially as the island has a mountain chain which affords innu- merable fastnesses for guerrilla bands. These facts and figures should be borne in mind by those who wonder at the duration of the war and the tremendous exertlOns Spain is making to get at close quarters with the elusive insur gents, who know far too much to risk a pitched battle in the open. Each side has a literary bureau that manufac lures fakes in quantities to answer the demand for news from Cuba. As a matter of fact, 1t Is difficult and dan gerous for business men in this cOun- try, with interests in Cuba, to learn the state of affairs otherwise than by word of mouth from somebody recently from the scene of action, the censorship of the Spaniards making 1t perilous to in- trust to the mail anything relating to the operations in the field unless it be eulogistic of the Spanish side.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

ing coin. Thirty silver dollars! The little fortune had grown apace, and Mother Kathrine chuckled with glee whenever she thought of her boys sur prise.
 Bread and ham, sausage and butter. and a mug of cider made the old pine board look like a Christmas table. Ev- erything was in readiness-Jano could come. On the bench by the stove she sat waiting, straining the half-deaf ears to catch the sound of his footsteps.
 It came. The door opened slowly. AS if stricken with palsy, the faithful old mother sat glued to her seat. The tall form of a man, stopping as he en-
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
Jenpv Lind,s Last Appearance.

"The last time Jenny Lind sang in public was on July 23, 1883, in the Spa, Malvern Hills, England, writes Mrs. Raymond Maude, daughter of the Swedish Nightingale" in the Ladies Home Journal. "The concert was in aid of the Railway Servants BenevO- lent Fund, and indeed was a red-letter day td the country folk whO came from all tn country round with the modest eighteen-pence which secured them standing-room. On one of my walks, during the last sad week l helped to nurse her. 1 found an old woman in q remote cottage who eagerly asked for the good lady who was so i.l up tbere. ; Upon finding who l was she assured me that it would have been worth even more stinting and a further walk to have had such a treat in her old age as that singing"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
Lived in Goat-Hair Tents.

Rupshu, a district on the north slope of the Himalayas, 15,000 feet above the sea level, and surrounded by noun tains from 5000 to 5,0G0 feet higher, has a permanent population of 300 per sons who live in gOat-hair tents all the year round. Water freezes there every night. but no snow falls on account of the dryness of the air. The people are shepherds and dress in pajamas and a long cloak. wearing an additional cloak in unusually cold weather.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

The Alabama Legislature talks of conflning the carriage of firearms to citizens "of good moral character and possessed of reputation for peace and quiet" who have $20 with which to pay for a license. There might be some people without the requisite $20, but 1t is safe to say that no freeborn citizen of Alabama would be deprived of the contents of his pistol pocket by reason of character or reputation with out indulging in some unlicensed pistol practice.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
Large Enough.

A foot traveller through one of the hilly regions of Ireland came one day to a curious little cabin, so small as to seem hardly fit for human habitatiOn. While she was whimsically considering as to whether 1t might be the abode of the famous good people" about whom so many loving superstitiOns cling, the figure of a short, stout old man emerg- ed from the cabin and stood confront ing her in smiling silence. After salu tations had been exchanged the travel CT Iaughingly told the old man that she had half fancied his dwelling the home of the good fairies.
 No, indade. ma'am, but it's a good warm place, God bless it." replied the old man with a genial smile.
 But surely you cannot stand up in it?' the traveller said.
 An fwhat made to sthand. ma'am?" returned the owner of the tiny house. '.Shure. an Oi can come outside to do that same. an whin Orm inside it's me self that can aither go to bed or lie down, ma a'am!"
 There was such a warmth in the smile with which this cheerful philoso, phy was propounded, that the traveller was not disposed to pick flaws in it, and smiled in acceptance of its truth.
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which she had plighted her trOth to him. She threw It at his feet and left him.
 ''Katha!'
 Jano did not rave The blow stunned him and the loss of the girl seemed small when he thought of his mother
 "PoOr mother! You have hungered and tortured, and stinted yourself for nothing. Tomorrow everyone will yell it into your face that your son is an ex- convict, and your old days will be filled with shame and misery. Poor moth erI'
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03
Did Not Hold His Peace.

1 attended mountain wedding in Mcdowell County in West Virginia, said pOstoffice inspector. Everything went along smoothly at first. The cabin was brilliantly lighted with candles, and one of the best fiddlers in the cOun- ty was present to furnish music for the dance to follow the wedding cere- mOny. Nothing occurred to mar the proceedings until the minister came to the point where he invited any one who had anything to say why the cOu ple should not enter the bonds of mat rimOny to speak or thereafter hold his peace, when rough mountaineer arose and said:
 Anything ter say, parsOn? Waal, l reckon 1 hev. 1 b.2v allus intended ter marry thet gal myself, an thet feller knowed it, so he jess kept Outen my way. I sent i'm word ter prepare for a lickin, an he lef' the country, but kep' a writin' to the gal. Now, Pm here to make my word good, an fore this hyar event goes any farder the taller-faced coward jess has me ter fight"
 In vain the preacher tried to restore order A ring was soon squared in the center of the room, and the men went at it. In about ten minutes the groom announced that he had enough, and the victor, taking the arm of the blush ing bride, deliberately changed the groom's name in the marriage license to his own, while the vanquished lover made his escape. Everybody appeared to be satisfied, and the marriage took placetas though nothing had occurred to mar the solemnity of the occasion.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

The British Museum is not as sleepy an institution as might be supposed. It has arranged for the publication Of portfolio of thirty-two facsimiles from the earliest printed books in its col lection. The rush for such a literary treasure will probably surprise the museum trustees
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

As the ice in the river which no force can displace melts and floats away un- der the warm and penetrating rays of the sun, so the cold arrangement which so often follows an Offense, and which is so hard to unseat, melts away almost upconsciously under the benign influence of candid confession.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

Little Greece may be cOerced by the greater European powers, but she seems to have more real pluck and courage than all of them combined. She has given Europe the greatest ob- feet lesson 1t has had in modern times.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

The attractiveness of the French cap- ItaI was never better shown than by the case of a young American lady who would not take medicine for cough. She didn't wish to get rid of 1t, she ex- pIained. because she got it in Paris.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

A Boston paper suggests that the strets of Chicago could be cleaned by turning the Chicago River through them for flushing purposes. Boston doesn't comprehend the Chicago River.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-07-03

to the person and TWO to the public. For never to be able to control passion shows a weak nature and ill-breediEg; and always to moderate it is very hard, and to some impossible. And laws must look to possibilities if the maker designs to punish few in order to their amendment. and rot many to no purpose