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The Press., 1897-03-04

The senate last Tuesday passed Con- gressman Sperry's bill providing for de- livery of letters in towns and villages where no free delivery exists. Unless the president disepproves 1t, it will become a law this week. It authorizes post master on the petition of twenty or more p6fsons, to appoint carriers to be paid by the persons receiving mail so much per month, etc., or one cent letter, this to be without expense to the post office de- partment. MT. Sperry believes this act will be especially popular in a thtckly settled state like Connecticut. The following Is a complete list of the members of the Mckinley cabinet, with the portfolios as they have probably been sssigned:- '-- State John Sherman of Ohio.
 Treasury Lyman J. Gage of Illinois. Wsr-RusseIl A. Alger of Michigan.
 Navy-John D. Long of Massachusetts, Interior-Cornellus N. Bliss of New York.
 Postmaster r-General-James A. Gary of Maryland. -<. ',' ; Attorney General Joseph McKenna of California. AgEiculture-James Wilson of Iowa.
 
 The Oregon legislature has failed 10 elect 8 senator, and the republicans in the senate are deprived of much needed vote. The senate itself has established the rule of precedent that where legis- lature fails to elect, as in the Oregon case, the senatorial seat shall remain va- cant. Gov. Bradley of Kentucky has meantime announced that he will appoint republican to succeed Blackburn from that stste;. and Gov. Bushnell will ap- point Hanna to succeed Sherman from Ohio. The senate to assemble in extra session this month will consequently be
The Press., 1897-03-04
SEED POTATOES.

We have always carried Choice Seed Potatoes, and this years as sortment includes Garments No. 1, 2 and 3, Rural New Yorker No. 2, Rose, Hebron, White Star, etc, Maine and New York state grown.
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Boys Clothing.

About a hundred Winter Weight Suits, that are to sell third less than usual prices, because we want them out before the end of this week.
 $189, were $295.
 $2.50, were $3.75. They are worthy suits, we'll made.
 Second floor, take elevator
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divided as follows

Straight republicans, x 43 Silver or independent republicans, 5 Gold democrats, - --- 6 Silver democrats, 27 Populists and independents, - --',-B Vacancies, E.- r
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nRESS-MAKING done at 26 High
 AI street. SUSAN MANN, 2w*
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Miscellaneous
 Agricultural Goods.

Steel Road Scrapers, Garden Bar rows, Canal and Dirt Barrows, Seed Sewers, Hoes, Forks, Show els, Garden Rakes. A large as- sortment. Shall be glad to have you look over our line. Call and see us.
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EOR SALE, CHEAP "A good Farm II Horse, 12 years old. FRANK K. CONVERSE.
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The following Is a complete list of the members of the Mckinley cabinet, with the portfolios as they have probably been
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NOTICE II hereby forbid all persons 4N horboring or trusting my wife, Loretta Blair as shall not pay any bills of her contract Ing after this date. ELBRIDGE BLAIR
 Wilmington, Conn.,, Feb. "A, 1897. 3w+
The herald., 1897-02-22
UNITY CHURCH
'The Successes of Christ's Faliurss''-The
Lessons OF Experience

The pastor, ]. S. Thomson, preached
a sermon on The Successes of Christs
Failures" using the text, Ought not
the Christ to have suffered these things,
and to have entered into his glory?'-
Luke xxiv:26.
"It is related in the gospels that Christ
suffered several failures. When he
preached his gospel to his toWnsmen
in the synagogue at Nazareth. they re-
jected him and drove him from the
town. He preached to convert them
to his gospel. He desired to save them
to truth; and yet he failed to make
them see the errors of their ways. His
denunciations of the cities of Chorazin,
Bethsaida and Capernaum show that
his mighty works there had been fail
ures. Those cities did not repent and
believe his gospel, although he aimed
and prayed and worked to save them
In some places he was not able to per-
form marvels because the people there
had no faith in him. He cured ten lepers,
but only one returned to thank him. This
disappointed him, and showed that he
had failed to inspire them with graft
tude. Even his wonderful cures and
miracles failed to convince some peo-
PIE, uudS WAS his ulStlnlt lO1 EARS.
Christ had chosen him to be one of the
twelve. He had taught him, conflded in
him, given him power to work miracles,
and ordained him to preach the gospel.
Judas betrayed him and sold him for
few pieces of silver Christ failed to
make Judas a true disciple. 1t was the
mission and the delight of Christ to con-
vert to truth, religion and morality the
men whom he met. He met the Phari-
T. :
false witnesses, PLATE and Herod but
he failed to convert them to his gospel.
He surely loved them, prayed for them,
desired to save them: and yet all his
efforts were failures. His death seemed
to be an awful failure. He was be-
trayed by a disciple, forsaken by all his
disciples, falsely accused, cruelty treat
ed in the courts, Knocked, and forsaken
by God. This apparent failure became
the glory of his character. The bitter
cup which he then drank was the high
est consecra ton. His death was neces-
sary to the completion of his grand char
acter. Without it, his life would have
lacked finish and glory. 1t was part Of
his mission to show reformers how to
die for truth and humanity. His death
illustrates his own doctrines. His death
was also necessary to give US perfect
example. He died at the command of
duty to make his followers heroes He
died to inspire his disciples to suffer
for truth, but not to renCer their suf-
ferings unnecessary. The captain of
salvation was made perfect through
suffering Christ's failures were the
dark sides of his successes In spite of
his sufferings and apparent failures, he
won the grandest successes. He is now
the acknowledged leader of four hun
dred millions of people. His successes
show us that our failures should not
discourage us. If life be series of fail
ures, yet it is possible to transform
The herald., 1897-02-22

them into series of successes. when we
are willing to suffer with Christ II
is impossible to learn a science. IAN
guage, a trade, profession, without
making mistakes. 1t is impossible Tor
nations to progress without making
blunders. Nature herself makes mis-
takes in her wonderful progress. A sim
cere study of Christ's divine life VIII
convince us that we should not be dis
couraged by our failures; and sincere
study of his gospel will show us that we
may rise from all our mistakes, sins ana
crimes to the highest moral and re-
ligious successes, through repentance
and reformation. We should think or
our possibilities and opportunities and
forget our failures except as lessons to
guide us in our future efforts to Gods
faithful servants and Christs true dis
ciplas -
The herald., 1897-02-22
SIMPSON TABERNACLE
Z" The Assurance of Faith'' the Subject of DR..
McLean's Sermon

A fair-sized audience was present in
Simpson tabernacle Sunday morning.
The Rev. C. C. Mclean preached, chos-
ing as his theme Heb. X:22, THE Ap-
pearance of Faith"
1.-The full assurance OF faith" said the
doctor, 'is well grounded hope that we
are in a healthful state of grace. Many
are satisfied with the salvation which
they think they possess. Persons may
live in a state of acceptance with God,
and yet not be cognlzant of it; as it is
to be heir to a sum of money through
some benefactor in a bank and not to be
apprised of il. We are taught that
every one that feareth God and worketh
Righteousness is accepted of him. The
spirit testifieth with our spirits that we
are accepted of God. Some do rot en-
joy assurance because they do not exer-
else the faith which God requires to get
that assurance. The Savior has assured
us that he is with US to the end, and we
may realize his presence and his accept
ance of our service.
who is death? He is the Goliath that
walketh at monday and waiteth in
darkness Who can meet him other
than the Christian who has the assur-
ance of the presence of Christ to help and
cheer in this last trial?'
The herald., 1897-02-22
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
DR.. Rice Enjons Acceptance OF "The Gift Of
Eternal Lite''

'"The gift of God is eternal life" was
the theme announced yesterday by the
pastor, Rev Dr. Day, who likened this
announcement, so gracious, so assuring,
a towering headland of hope, to snow
crowned and silent Mont Blanc, lifted
up through the ages one of the great
landmarks of the world. After alluding
to the objection raised, which would
forbid the self-respecting and self
reliant 10 accept such gratuity or TO
find entrance to heaven except by vir-
tue of his self-achieved fitness, the
speaker said, in part:
THE fact that eternal life is Gods free
gift neither declares nor implies that
glorified future is without condition or
action on our part, but the boon is so
vast that when we have done all in our
pOWer-and there are many essential
things required of us-it is still so be-
yond all that that it must be considered
an infinite gratuity Nor is this doctrine
so out of the course of things as to make
it singular, since there is not much we
enjoy which we can claim as earned or
achieved by ourselves.
There are many things for whose
possession we must labor. Education,
culture, skill, self denial self-mastery,
hercism are conditioned on self-coSt.
LONELINESS is never a bloom of laZinesS,
and no crown will be worn in glory
truth and faith But when we have Civ
EN- to human effort and desert full place
and value, what God has done and must
do infinitely supplements and exceeds.
'All this visible and invisible universe
is a gift. The earth, with all it holds in
store, prepared for mans use by the
secret processes of the Almighty; the
soil, the marble, granite, metals, coal
beds. oil reservoirs stored chemicals
vast forests and grassy plains, the light,
inSeparable from finite life; the air, with
all its mystery, mobility, diffusiveness
and gentlenesS; and water, so inSepara-
BILE from human life-with all these come
trooping in the forces of electricity and
steam, with a countless host of invisible
and unnamed poWers-all these no man
hesitates to receive as a gratuity, nor
does their acceptance reflect in any de-
gree upon his manliness or self-respect
And man is gift to himself. From
whence came his powers of thought and
of will and these sensibilities? From
whence his consciousness of immortali-
ty? Who made and perfected world of
glory? Who shall undo the wrong of
shining and fit the human soul for flu
ture glory? Eternal life is Gods free
gift through Jesus Christ, our Lord
but it may lack one most essential
thing-the acceptance"
The herald., 1897-02-22
EAST EIGHTH STREET
David Walk Draws Attention to a Beautiful
Christian Sin.e

At the Church of Christ on East
Eighth street, near Central avenue,
David Walk read John viii, S7-39, in
elusive, and said: The gospel of Jesus
Christ is the perfection of Gods gracious
purposes relative to our race. AS pur-
poses they existed previously, but in
germinal form. Each dispensation was
an improvement upon the preceding
one, because man had to be educated to
the high ideal of the gospel; and educa-
tion is necessarily slow. Even the apos-
ties were unable to receive all that the
Savior could have said to them in per-
son, but were compelled to await the
evolution of events, and the full endue-
ment of the Holy Spirit, part of whose
office it would be to lead them into all
the truth.
1.-The scripture before us is exceeding
ly suggestive of gospel blessing and
privilege. He that believeth in me- as
the scripture hath said, from within him
shall flow rivers of living water This
speaks of internal joy and peace. The
real life of the Christian is hid with
Christ in God and is practically undis-
turbed by external circumstances, just
as the most fragile plants find a con-
genial home at the bottom of the ocean,
unharmed by the storms which rage
above them.
THE next thought is that of abun-
dance. Rivers of water indicate the
bountifulness of spiritual blessings
which it is the privilege of every child
of God to enjoy And as streams beau
tify the landscape. and make fruitful
the valleys, even so the people of God
are set as blessings to the world.
THE thought of freshness is suggest
ed by the phrase living waters Each
day is revelation to the preciousness
of the Christians faith and hope. Time
never dulls the Christians Joy. Other
pleasures may lose their power to
charm, but the peace of God in the soul
is like a beautiful river that grows deep
er and wider IS it nears the great ocean,
FINALLY. we have the assurance of
perpetuity. whatsoever drinkest of the
water that I shall give him shall never
thirst: but the water that I shall give
him shall become in him a well Of water
springing up unto eternal life" Living
waters and springing wells are indica-
tive of perpetual joys"
The herald., 1897-02-22
PIumbers' Union

Local Union No. rs of the United Asso-
citation OF Journeymen Plumbers, Gas
and Steam Filters, at the last regular
meeting elected the following officers
for the ensuing six months: d. c. Beach,
president; William Parker, vice-presi-
dent; j. r. Bailey, recording secretary;
Frank Craycraft, financial secretary;
E. Crowell, treasurer; Charles Angus
tine, inside guard; Sam Harris, outside
guard; II Simpson, almoner; j. Hydell,
William Mccullough, c. Russell and
Charles Hoyt, board of directors.
There was a full attendance at the
regular meeting on Friday evening, not
withstanding the weather. M. Raphael,
member of the Cigarmakers union Of
New York city, talked Interestingly for
over an hour on the terrible condition Of
the cigarmakers in the tenement houses
of Greater New York
The plumbers report work in their line
very scarce, and many of the members
out of employment.
Secretary Bailey estimates that there
are at present 5000 men in the city Of
Los Angeles out of emp. oyment who are
willing but unable to get work of any
description.
The herald., 1897-02-22
A FORESTER'S FUNERAL
Imposing Eunction by the Indepe ndent OrdeI
Yes erday

The funeral of the late John H. Lloyd,
who was a member of Los Angeles En-
campment No. II, Royal Foresters. and
Court Los Angeles No. 422 of the same
order, took place yesterday afternoon
from the residence of Edward Lloyd,
brother of the deceised, at 64S West Six
teenth street.
The Royal Foresters in full dress uni
form, and the officers and members of
Court Los Angeles. formed in line at
Foresters' temple on First street, at 1880
p m, and, headed by band. proceeded
to the residence of their late brother.
The funeral sermon was preached by
Rev. B. w. r. Tayler, past supreme
chaplain of the Independent Order Of
Foresters. The interment took place at
Rosedale cemetery, where the usual i'm
pressive burial service of the order was
conducted by the Royal Foresters.
The herald., 1897-02-22
Churci1 Notes

Preceding the sermon at Simpson tab
ernacle yesterday morning c. S. Cornell
and Miss Delphine Todd, soprano, sang
In the Cross of Christ Glory"
The literary entertainment and sup
per which was to have been held in the
Unity church parlors last week has been
postponed till next Wednesday, rain or
shine.
The subject of DR.. Thomson's sermon
next Sunday morning will be What Did
Christs enemies Say About Him, Ac-
cording to the Four GosneIs?"
The herald., 1897-02-22
Carpenters and Jolners

The Amalgamated Society of Carpen.
ters and Joiners, Branch No. go, held its
regular meeting on the 18th inst, which
was we'll attended Work was report
ed dull. Several members are registered
on the benefit list. Many members.
however, are working at the regulation
price, $3.50 per day This branch de-
cided to hold an open meeting in the
near future. The next meeting will be
held on March 4th, al 2051a South Main.
The herald., 1897-02-22
Councii of Labor

The last regular meeting Of the coun-
ell was of important interest. The con-
dition of the times was discussed by ull- :
ferent speakers. The number of skilled
laborers out of employment is increas-
ing rather than diminishing.
A committee of three was appointed
for the purpose of making arrangements
for holding a public meeting and select
ing speakers. 1t is expected that Bishop
Montgomery, A. McGlynn and others
will address the people. The committee,
consisting of Messrs. Fulton, Fisk, Mack
and Curtis, will make It's report at the
next regular meeting on Wednesday
evening next.
A. Isig of the Bakers union and Por-
ter Buchanan of the Electrical Workers
union were seated.
The committee on the labor temple re-
ported through Chairman Fulton. A
plan will be formulated to present at
the next meeting.
Joseph Gentry of the Brcklayers'
union was elected sergeantat-arms.
The herald., 1897-02-22

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PETTIGREW-At 50S San Julian street,
this city, Feb. IS, 1897, j. p. Pettigrew,
aged u years
Funeral from the parlors of Orr & Hines,
647 South Broadway, Tuesday Feb. 23 1897,
at o'clock p. m Friends and acquaint-
ances invited. Interment at Evergreen
cemetery.
STRESE-At No. 2O1S Atlantic street, Feb
ruary q, 1897. Mrs. Christine Strese, q
native of Germany, aged 43 years.
Funeral from parlors of Kregelo & Bre-
see, Sixth and Broadway, Tuesday, Feb
ruary 23 at p. IN. Friends invited to at
tend
The herald., 1897-02-22
Ben White Removed

Owing to increase in business Ben
White has removed to large offices at
235 West First street, few doors from
his old location, where he has been for
years. From now on he will conduct a
renting business in connection with his
real estate line. Mr.. ]. S. Van Wrinkle,
of San Francisco, will be connected in
the business. Mr.. White is young and
enterprising business man. and one Of
the leading real estate brokers in the
city Parties desiring bargains in real
estate will find him at 235 West First
street.
The herald., 1897-02-22
The Brick AYERS

The Bricklayers' union held an open
meeting last Tuesday, which was ad-
dressed by l.. d Biddle, S. L. Fulton and
Job Hartman. These open meetings
are held every third Tuesday evening of
each month for the purpose of discussing G
economic questions.
The herald., 1897-02-22

The state of trade was reported dull;
particularly was this the case with
cigarmakers. A delegation from the
Carpenters union reported business
duller in the city than 1t had been for
twenty-seven years. The council ad-
Journed at a late hour.
The herald., 1897-02-22

preach a sermon at the usual hour on
the doctrine of Mahomet. A week later
Judge Utley will give the second and
final section of his lecture on the life
of Mahomet
The herald., 1897-02-22
DEA THS

Agents Victor, Keating and World bicy
cles. Hawley, King & Co.
The herald., 1897-02-22
Our Home Brev

Maier G. Zobelein's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery, 440 Also street:
telephone 81.
The herald., 1897-02-22
Anheuser Bar and Cafe,

Anheuser BAR ana CaIe,
243 South Spring street. Los Angeles, Cal.
Telephone No. 935 main. Entrance to cafe
through natatorium on Broadway, ad-
joining city hall.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Largest variety Concord business wag-
ons and top delivery wagons. Hawley.
King G. Co.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Hawley. King G. Co., cor. Fifth st. and
Broadway, agents genuine Columbus
Buggy company buggies and bicycles.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Everything on wheels. Hawley, King
Co., cor. Fifth street and Broadway.
The herald., 1897-02-22

For Mirrors or BeveIed Plate Glass
Go to H. Raphael & Co., who are the man
ufacturers of them. and you will make a
large saving. No 43S and 440 South Spring
The herald., 1897-02-22

All the boat racing at San Diego and
Coronado postponed until (to-morrow)
Tuesday.
The herald., 1897-02-22
IOTTINGS

Glenwood Range, Furrey Co., 159 N.
Spring.
The silver star., 1897-06-24

ing issue in our American political
system, no writer or teacher ever
presumed to assert the contrary;
and despite their arguments that
two and two may be four. FIVE, or
even seven under varying condi-
tions. there will still be those found
and their number constantly increas-
ing, who will hold to the PROPOSE
tion that two and two are four, and
cannot be either more or leas. Let
the tariff bill pass, build It. II you
please. a. high a. the moon; the
higher Il IL built the more clearly
the psopls will perceive IT. absolute In.
utility. Our Republican friends are
destined 70 an overthrow through their
mistaken diagposis and application q
remedial agsnciss. ! - but one loop.
hole q sseaps foe them II The next
great political contest. and that ths II.
suguration q great foreign was.
Whethes q rot thls nay b dstsenlnsd
upoa viii b. nads manifest IL The fut.
tuss eeurss & political svsats.- ~. o. ID.
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comwents on the so-cent Dollar.

Compents on the 5O-Cent Dollar.
The working men Of this country are
beginning to realize that silver dollar
is better than no dollar, although the
Rothschilds falsely call it 50-cent dol
lar. The comments Of striking workmen
show that they are not as big fools as
the goldites supposed they we're. We
quote the following from Pittsburg
dispatch; !.
IA fifty cent silver dollar is better
than no dollar, and it is poor protection
that means police projections for mills
against American citizens" That was
the utterance Of one of the Jones &
Laughlin. strikers. and the remark was
cheered by q thousand men. These are.
the men who have rolled up the great
Republican. majorities in Allegheny
county since the time Abraham Lincoln
called 1t "The State Of Allegheny
The working men are beginning to
realize that 1t is better to have hum,
dred-cent dollar in silver as provided by
the constitution, than to go idle and let
their families starve. The impudent lie
that the silver dollar ever was or ever
will he a ffty-cent dollar is boomerang
which is sure to come back to the infa-
nous rascals and thieves who have de.
ceived the laboring men by their brazen
falsehoods and Misrepresentation.
The silver star., 1897-06-24

and remain idle three-fourths Of the
time, or the prices Of their products
continge to diminish until the agri-
cultural half can purchase what the
industrial produce.
With . high tariff, with . revenue
tariff or free trade. we believe that
no permanent prosperity can be the
portion Of our people under the
dwarAng, blighting sway ofthe gold
standard. In bimetallism alone.
operating to raise the price levsl Of
the world. will be found . solution
Of the problem, and . relief from
the ills confronting asricuie and In
duatriai production. Al student
Of political economy, I have found
Il laid down - an automatic princi-
pie In finance, that The volume Of
money determined the prices Of
products. For more than twenty
two hundred this law was undis-
putsd and uncontroverted. Until
ths money question became Z barn