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The herald., 1897-02-15
BETTER CITY GOVERNMENT

The League for Better City Govern
ment. an organization which came into
existence during the last local cam
paign. announces that it will incorpor-
ate, adopt regular set of bylaws, and
go into business as permanent institu-
is set forth in it's name. Its personnel
contains over thousand of the business
men, professional men and property
owners of the city, to whom were allied,
by a system of ward club membership,
some $500 more. This organization de-
veloped a considerable degree Of
strength in the last municipal cam
paign, and it's future movements Will be
regarded with much interest.
The plan, as recently outlined at
meeting of the leagues executive COM
mittee, was for the establishment of a
bureau of complaint at the office of the
organization, where anybody who was
disposed to find fault with any feature
of the city government could register
This is along the same lines of work
that similar institutions undertake in
eastern cities For example, the Munic-
ipal Order league of Chicago, which has
an enormous membership, subdivided
into precinct clubs, maintains a central
office where complaints with regard to
street cleaning, garbage collecting or
any other element of city life where the
thorities, can be examined into and the
remedy, if one is possible, be applied.
There is certainly plenty of work for
such an organization in the city of Los
Angeles. However Well-intentioned the
city officers may be, they are not able
to see all that goes on in every section
of the city. Contractors who are max
ing the most of their job, inefficient en-
ployes, ignorant ward strikers placed to
inspect important work, and all the
rest of the seamy side of the municipal
system must be watched and checked
up by the people at large and a proper
channel for their complaints would be
such an organization as the League for
Better City Government
With regard to future active political
work, the league announces that it is
not discouraged by the defeat of its char
ter, and is ready to begin new cam
paign, the first feature of which is to be
the preparation of such document as
the people will be likely to accept, but
which will contain the essential feat
ures Of good city government The Her
aid is glad to note that the league accents
its defeat with philosophical spirit. The
Herald. together with the other dailies
of the city, lent its support to tie char
ter, in the belief that it would improve
the municipal business affairs, although
the document contained not a few pro-
The herald., 1897-02-15
COPIES OF THE SUNDAY HER
AID WANTED

Owing to an unusual demand for yes
terday's Sunday Herald, the supply was
exhausted early in the day, and we are
short 100 copies to fill mail orders. AS
the stereotype plates were destroyed, we
cannot publish another edition. City SUBJ
scribers who have read their Sunday Her
aids of Feb. 14th, and have no further use
for them will confer favor by mailing
them to this office. Arrangements have
been made at the postoffice for The Herald
to nav postage on all papers mailed today.
80 that papers thus dropped need not be
stamped.
At The Herald business office we will
pay cents per copy for these papers up
to the limit of our requirement, If deliv-
cred today.
The herald., 1897-02-15
Mckinley's Cabinet

AS Goff declines the attorney-general-
ship in Major McKinley's cabinet. how
about Choate, to get out of that New
YORK muddle? 1t might also compensate
the eminent lawyer for his lost senator
hip.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Ex-Gov. Long has fulfilled the duties
of admiral of the commonwealth and
has also been COMMUNICATIVE chief of her
forces. Who will think of saying he
! isn't well qualified officially for either
the navy department or the war DEPART
ment in the coming Standardization
Globe.
The Mckinley cabinet promises to be
curious mixture. Immediately fol-
lowing the admirable selection of Mr..
Gage comes the announcement that Gen.
Alger has received and accepted an in
vitation to become secretary of war.
This persistent seeker for place has done
nothing whatever to deserve such honor.
Providence Journal.
The cabinet as a whole is not as strong
a one as could and should have been Sc
lected by President-elect Mckinley. 1t
must be remembered, however, that
there are political complications which
a new president cannot wholly escape.
He has stamped his impress in the clear
est manner upon the policy of the treas
ury, but beyond that the cabinet is not
strong one philadelphia
Times.
The selection of Lyman j. Gage of Chi
cago for secretary of the United States
treasury inSures that at least one nota-
bly, competent man will grace the Nc
Kinley cabinet. There are several
characteristics of the man which tend
to invite the confidence of the people
His record is spotless, according to re-
port. His ability is of the highest or
der, according to the acknowledgment
of bankers and business men, and he
has kept aloof from stock-jobbing and
specula tive schemes, which would indi-
cate that he lis a conservative man who
is not possessed of the mania for great
riches. One thing which must win the
popular respect is his boldness of speech.
Detroit Tribune.
The herald., 1897-02-15
HOPES PROMISE

While the life of a man
Moveth smoothly along
And his walks lie apart
From the sorrowing throng,
He may coolly decry
Faiths "unreasoning prayer"
And assert with a calm.
Philosophical air
That the grave is the sum
OF Humanity's gains
The reproach and reward
For its pleasures and pains;
But Philosophy fees
From the presence of Woe
Like an ally abashed
In the face of the foe.
o, parent whose eyes
Deathless longing revealed
In that glance ere by Death
They were silently sealed;
o, babe that has passed
To the presence above,
Art thou gone for all time
From the pressure of love?
And thou who vast more
Than all mortals else dear,
Art thou lost to the soul
That was one with thee here?
All! It's false; sophists turn
From the lowly that grieve.
But the father sends hope
Unto them that believe.
And their hearts in the years
They thereafter abide
Are the sweeter because
or Hopes promise inside.
Frank Putnam
The herald., 1897-02-15
THE QUESTION OF EMPLOY.
MENT

if individuals provide ways and means
to give employment to men in need, it
should not be expected that a schedule
of wages would be adopted at all in har-
mony with what labor demands in the
industries. Nothing gould be further
from the minds of those, who are trying
to promote this philanthropic movement
The herald., 1897-02-15

Let State Printer Johnston and heads
of other departments of the government
keep right on discharging Democrats
and Populist employees to revenge the
Republican party on Governor Budd for
blocking their game to rob the state.
The people have their eyes upon Sacra-
mento. and they will have their day of
reckoning with the plunderers. 1t is un-
fortunate for the good name of Califor-
MIA that the Johnstons and Duckworths
of the state have gotten such hold up
on the machinery of the commonwealth,
but if it shall make the people more
vigilant hereafter good will come of it.
The herald., 1897-02-15
AN AFFRONT TO COMMON
SENSE

The excuse that the extravagant ex-
penditure on the Bradley Martin ball
gave opportunity to men Gnd women to
earn money in the service Of wasteful
luxury belittles the intelligence Of the
natien's producers of wealth. It Is a
monstrous proposition, both ethically
and commercially The avenues which
such affairs open up for employment
are narrow at best, and 1t Is untrue that
any considerable good comes of the en-
ployment thus afforded. Moreover,
aside from few flowers and certain re-
freshments, the outfits Of the partici-
pants in the affair were imported. 1t Is
the moral effect, however, of such an
exhibition Of reckless expenditure of
money at such times as these that hurts.
1t amazes hungry people to find them
selves denied the privilege of honestly
maintaining themselves in the face of
such a pouring out of money for lux
uries-for one nights dissipation. The
people are beginning to see that there is
an effort by the Bradley of the
country to make dollars and not moral
worth the standard of American citizen
ship, but the people repudiate the scheme
and at the proper time they will tear
down and rebuild. The Bradley Martin
affair has attracted universal attention
because it is an affront to the democratic
simplicity and common sense of the peo-
pie of America.
The herald., 1897-02-15

ticipants borrow the Bradley-Martin
fancy ball costumes just to give variety
to the spectacular end Of the entertain
ment Hanna as a Roman senator
would add dignity to the occasion, and
any one of them would do for Mephis-
topheles
The herald., 1897-02-15

The report comes from Washington
that Sherman has about made up his
stick to his senatorial job. His only
purpose in quitting the senate, so his
friends say, was to give the place to
Hanna, but now that Bushnell will not
appoint Hanna he is inclined to stay
where he is.
The herald., 1897-02-15

The Martin end of the Bradley-M Martin
social and family combine can boast
that the foundation Of its fortune was
laid by a cooper. He made barrels and
saved his money, but all the same he
was a greasy mechanic"
The herald., 1897-02-15

Cleveland's man Friday, one Thurber
says he does not care what the news
papers say about him, but ten to one he
heartily wishes he had been less of a
snob the last four years, and thus given
the papers no occasion to present him
with a farewell spanking.
The herald., 1897-02-15

One hundred and twenty years age
Great Britain tried to feed the American
colonies on the same kind of stuff that
Spain is now trying to persuade Cuba
to eat. Then, as now, it was labeled
Colonial reforms
The herald., 1897-02-15

Mark Hanna advises the keeping up
of the single gold standard campaign
right straight along until after the next
presidential election. The money ques-
ton was not settled for good and all last
November?
The herald., 1897-02-15

1t transpires that fortysix separate
and distinct plans were proposed at the
Indianapolis monetary convention for
the reform of the country's financial sys-
tenn, but they all were based on the gold
standard. The true way to solve the
monetary problem is neither one of the
proposed forty-six ways. Just open the
mints to the free and unlimited coinage
of gold and silver. That is the solu-
ton of the problem.
The herald., 1897-02-15

The Theosophists may be trife WIS.,
ionary about a good many things, but
they show a wonderful amount of good
sense in locating their college in South
ern California.
The herald., 1897-02-15

A Kentucky colonel rises to remark
that II q trust or any other kind Of a
bloated corporation attempts to corner
the mint beds of his state in any way
that is likely to jeopardise free trade in
mint julips, there will be trouble.
The herald., 1897-02-15

The fire was so hot at the burning Of
the Pennsylvania capitol that several
legislators took the affair as an object
lesson and they are now consistent
church members.
The herald., 1897-02-15

Why is public park more sacred than
a private residence? is the question pro-
pounded by The Herald. Let the mem
bers Of the oity government commune
with their consciences and make answer.
The herald., 1897-02-15

A town in Iowa which gave Mckinley
900 majority went Democratic the other
day by 500 majority. Sometimes it is
better to lock the stable door after the
horse Is stolen than not to lock It at all.
The herald., 1897-02-15

Weyler rises to state that his con-
science is clear. There are some mud
puddles that are clearer than other
mud -puddles, but they are mud-puddles
Just the same.
The herald., 1897-02-15

The enemies of Mr.. Gage have found
out that he is a spiritualist, a mugwump,
q socialist. Clevelandist and a poor
man for one who has had so many
chances to pile up riches.
The herald., 1897-02-15

on Mckinley is using the money to MAIN
tain a free soup house. That is the
only good thing that has as yet come of
the Canton mans election.
The herald., 1897-02-15

Inasmuch as the plan is to make Nc
Kinley's Inauguration the most gor-
geous and picturesque affair of the kind
in the history of the country, the Her
aid begs to suggest that the leading par
The herald., 1897-02-15

Bismarck's memory may be little un-
even, but he appears to know what to
say and when to say 1t to most disturb
the young emperor.
The herald., 1897-02-15

1t now takes forty-six senators to
make quorum, which makes it all the
harder to get quorum, and this, again,
is all the better for the country.
The herald., 1897-02-15

Evangelist Moody has given UP Boston
as a bad job. Transcendentalism and
"hold the fort" don't work on the same
lines.
The herald., 1897-02-15

Neither charity nor missionary money
should go to other countries until oul
own needy are provided for.
The herald., 1897-02-15

If the X-Ray will produce badness
there should be some other kind of a
ray to produce hair.
The herald., 1897-02-15

Hanna will dance at the Inauguration
ball, but not with the feet of United
States senator.
The herald., 1897-02-15

There are two joys in successful poll.
tics. One is to reward friends and the
other is to punish enemies.
The herald., 1897-02-15

II Governor Bushnell would only tell
the country whats the matter Of Han
naIn
The herald., 1897-02-15

Tea gets stale when kept
long after fring-same as
coffee.
ScAl22lmg's Best is fired in
San Francisco just before it
is sold to grocers.
If you don't like it, your
grocer returns your meney
in full.
A Schlng 8, Company
San francisco -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28
PRACTICAL DovEcoTE.

sides, and 80 inches high in the center
10 top of peak. 1t will take three or
four boards for each of these; to hold
them together, nail strips, or battens,
across the inside. Then make a bottom
board and the two sides; the latter
should be 20 inches high and IL inches
wide
Next, with a key-hole saw, cut the
holes in the front for the pigeons to go
in and out, and then fasten the sides
and back to the bottom. Arrange three
shelves, one on the line formed by the
bottom of each tier of holes; fasten on
the front, and lastly the roof.
Each floor can be divided into three
compartments ifdesired; but they must
not be too small, else they will be use
less. Cut five small angular brackets
to support the shelf outside each line of
holes. To support the bottom shelf
nail strips to the under side and carry
them on under the cote where they may
be nailed fast to the bottom.
From a smooth shing,e or other thin
piece of wood, cut an arrow for
weather vane, and make it fast to the
top of small stick with very thin
steel-wre nail. This stick is to be fas-
tened to the front of the cote at the
peak in an upright position, as Shown
in the drawing. Balance the arrow
nicely, and take care when boring the
hole through which to pass the nail
that you do not split the arrow shaft.
This cote may be painted any desir-
able color to correspond with that Of
the house or out buildings, and two
good coats should be used.
When finished the cote can be mount
ed on post or fastened on the side Of
a barn, and the effect will be found
quite ornamental.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28
Reasons for Divorce.

n North German spouse sought re-
lease from q brute of husband be-
cause he advertised her to go to the
masquerade as a captive balloon, with
string tied around her ankle. In Ida
no of late wife of that region sought
n bill of enforcement. one count in her
indictment being that her husband
smoked n pipe in their bedroom. In
his demurrer he declared that he
smoked only the best tobacco; that his
wife knew he smoked WIN he married
her, and might nationally have expected
the occasional funigatio of their
dormitory. lie declared also that he
habitually smoked on the doorstep, ex-
cept when it rained, and that his wife
objected to his going TO the saloon
when it did; as to his smoking in the
parlor. he averred that he tried it once
in his early conjugal days, and had no
inclination to repeat the experiment.
He was therefore forced 10 take occa-
sional refuge in the bedroom, but gen.
orally smoked ont of the window. as
loving and considerate husband should
do. No statute was found in the Idaho
codex covering the case, which the
Judge advised them to settle out of
court on basis of mutual tolerance
and onciiation.-Chicag Inter Ocean.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
The OLD Tin SHEEP.

"Creak" said the old tin sheep on wheels;
I'm growing old, and down my back
I'm very sure there's dreadful crack.
There's nobody knows" said the old tin
sheep. Tin he's old how an old toy
feels"
81 used to trundle about the floor;
But that was when was young and new;
It's something that now 1 could not do.
No; shall quietly rest myself on this shelf
behind the door.
"Creak!" said the sheep; what's gone
amiss?
Some one is taking me out, know.
They're pulling my string; and away go.
Stop! oh, stop!" cried the old tin sheep;
81 never can 20 like this"'
But Tommy pulled the sheep around;
About the nursery II went so fast
The floor beneath seemed flying past,
While Observation-Disclosures the wheels
went round with a doleful sound
Then Tommy left 1t there on its side;
The wheels moved slowly and stopped
with creak,
And the wax doll heard II family speak.
"There's nobody knows what he can do"
said the sheep, TIN he has tried"
Katharine Pyle, In st. Nicholas.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28
INDIAN INK.
Consul Fraser Reports on How 1t Is
Manufactured.

manufactured.
An interesting account of the manu-
facture of the so-called Indian ink,
which is made only in the Anhui prov
ince of China, is given by Mr.. Fraser,
our consul at Wuku, on the Yang-tsze,
in his last trade report. 1t is more cor
rectly called China ink--cncre de Chine
and from Anhui it goes to every part
of China and all over the world. In
1895 about two tons of it, valued at
& 564, were exported from Shanghai to
foreign countries. The materials with
which this beautiful black ink is made
are sesamum or COLA oil, or the oil eX-
pressed from the poisonous seeds of q
tree extensively cultivated in the Yang
tsze valley, and also well known i'll
Japan. To this varnish and pork, fat
are added. The lamp-blaci made by
the combustion of these substances is
classed according to the materials and
the grade of fineness, and also accord
ing to the time taken over the process
of combustion. The paste mnde of this
lampblack has seine glue added, and is
beaten on wooden anvils with steel
hammers. Two good hammers can pre-
pare in day 50 pieces, each weighing
half a pound. a certain quantity of
musk of the muskdeer, or of Baroos
camphor, for seeming, and gold leaves,
varying from 90 to 100 to the pound, are
added to give metallic luster. The
materials thus prepared are nodded in
molds of carved wood, dried. which
takes about 20 days in fine weather.
and adorned with Chinese characters in
gliding. About 30 average-sized sticks
of ink go to the pound. The price
varies from two shillipgs or less per
pound to as much as seven pounds,
there being over dozen different
grades. Nearly all writing is done by
the natives throughout China, Japan.
Corea, Tongking and Anam with this
China ink, rubbed down on stone ink
slab, and applied with paint brush
of sable, fox or rabbit hair set in
bamboo holder, and when not in use
carefully covered with protecting
brass cap. The superior kinds of this
inkappear to be used in China, and not
Observation-Disclosures
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28
MONSTERS OF THE DEEP.
Swordfsh and Two " Killers Attack
a Sperm Whale.

SwordGsh and Two " Killers Attack
~ Sperm whale.
Two killers" and huge swordfish
had combined their forces and ven
tured to attack n half-grown bull
cachalot. 1t fell to the swortlfish to
lead off, and he launched himself Mt the
whale like torpedo, pointed direct for
the most vital part. But gentle swerve
of the wary caehalot presented to the
attack, instead of the vulnerable broad
side, the oblique, impenetrable mass OF
his head.
The awful blow of the sword, inn
PEELED by the furious speed Of the mass
behind it, struck just before the whales
eye, ripping white streak diagonally
upward through the gristly substance
force in the air above. while the great
body following glided, serpent-like,
right over the whales head and fell
helplessly upon the other side.
With incredible agility for so vast a
bulk, the whale turned, settling slightly
withal; then rising, lower jaw upper
most, he caught the swordfish fairly in
the center between those mighty shears
and cleft him in two halves.
a sideway shake of the great head, a
scarce perceptible gulp and the tail
half of that swordfish slid down the
whales cavernous throat with as much
case and rapidity as if it had been an
oyster.
Meanwhile, the killers" had not
been remiss in supporting the spirited
attack of their Inflated coadjutor. One
hung upon either flank of their giant
foe, and worried him as dogs n boar.
But their time had come. After vainly
endeavoring by rolling and writing
to free himself from them, he suddenly
changed his tactics.
Rearing himself majestically out Of
the seething eddies like a mighty col
umn of black rock, he fell backward,
tearing himself away from the cling
ing monsters. Up rose his enormous
tail from the boiling vortex, and, de-
scending like gigantic scythe, literal
ly crushed one of his aggressors be-
meath it. the sound of the blow re-
verberating like thunder.
The survivor fled, but the Infatuated
whale pursued, leaping, like dolphin,
half out of the sea at every bound and,
although we could not see the end of
The chase, we had little doubt but that
"killer" gladiator paid the full penalty
of his rashness under the lethal sweep
of those terrible iaws.-Golden Days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-"BlaclS Beauty" that celebrated
story of a horse, is used as a reading
book in the public schools Of Minneap-
oils.
Mr.. III. y. Higginbotham, of Chi
cago, has offered $500 in prizes for the
best essays on 1.-THE Field Museum"
by pupils of the public schools of that
city.
Bishop Thoburn now, suffers from
broken arm. While riding from Naini-
Tai, Northwest provinces, India, to in
spect the missions in Eastern Kumaon,
he was thrown from his pony.
Uganda has advanced enough in
civilization to have a hospital estab-
lished by the government at Mengo, the
six beds, n woman's ward with four
beds, an operating room and store
room. y missionary doctor will be in
charge.
-EX-Ambassador Bayard, before re-
turning home from England, procured
reproduction of the chair used by
John Bunyan in Bedford Jail, as also
copy Of the charges under which he was
committed to prison, and proposes to
present them to the Baptists at Will
mington, Del.
DIR. Cheyne, of Oxford, the we'll
known student of the Old Testament,
will deliver course of lectures at the
Union theological seminary, New York,
in the autumn, on Israel After the Ex-
II =
lyn. Philadelphia, Baltimore, and per-
hans nj nthnr. rnointS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-28

phis, Tenn. Mary has been in the fire
service for over three years, during
which time she has attended every fire
in Memphis. When the fire gong rings
Mary knows it means run, and she sta
tions herself under the wagon. She
can climb ladder as well as any fire
man and she has had some thrilling ex-
periences in her day. Mary comes by
her fire-attending instincts naturally.
She is the daughter of Fannie, who for
over ten years was celebrated fire
dog. Fanny has now retired from ac-
tive service. She makes her home at
the same engine-housc as her daughter,
and they are devoted to each other.
Fanny, who is now 10, would still like
to go to fires, but her prudent daughter
prevents 1t by biting the maternal leg
and barking.