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The herald., 1897-08-07
Rules for a Wife

In a volume recently issued, entitled
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton,
the wife of the late Sir Richard Burton,
the famous. traveller, has set down Sc
ries of rules for wife to govern her con-
duct through life. Here are some ex-
tracts from her code: First, let your
husband find in you companion, friend
and adviser and confidante, that he may
miss nothing at home. Second, be care
full nurse when he is ailing, that he may
never be in low spirits about his health
without a serious cause. Third, make
his home snug. If it be ever SO small
and poor, there can be certain chic
about it. Fourth, improve and educate
yourself in every way, that you may en-
ter into his pursuits and keep pace with
the times. Fifth, do not try to hide your
affection for him, but let him see and
feel 1t in every action. Keep up the
honeymoon romance, whether at home
or in the desert. Do not make the mis-
take of neglecting your personal appear
ance, but try to look well and dress well
to please his eye. Take an interest in
everything that interests him. To be
companionable, woman must learn
what interests her husband, and If it is
only planting turnips, she must try to
understand turnips..
The herald., 1897-08-07
A CURE FOR THE BLUES

There's little window over the way,
Where the sun is shining all the day
On the yellow head of baby at play
Not little one understand
For this baby is just turned two," and so
Can toddle little, to and fro,
Can talk little, and don't you know?
She's the brightest in the land!
No wonder the sun smiles broadly down,
For there's never a scowl and never a
frown
From the sweetest baby in the town
She is never sulky nor sad;
For isn't her daddy always nigh,
With two strong arms to toss her high,
Till she almost reaches the sunny sky?
Il suppose he is her "dad.')
And when 1 am feeling sad or blue,
l go to my window. and, looking through,
I wave my hand, and she waves hers. too
While the kisses fly on wings;
Then she shows me her ragged dolly dear,
And her woolly dog without an ear,
And all the rest of her very queer
And very precious things.
Then she sets them up in her baby style
And her smile is so sweet that must smile
And forget my worries for a while;
So here is my recipe:
'Tis very good cure for feeling blue,
And I wish with all my heart that you
Could stand at my window and try it, too,
For it's never failed with me.
M. S. w. in Baltimore American
The herald., 1897-08-07
RAILROAD SECURI-
TIES

The Washington correspondent of the
National Review, in the July number
of that magazine says: my suggestion
to Englishmen about to invest in the
average American railroad is-hesitate
long time before parting with any
money"
This is not encouraging, but the writer
possesses the courage of his convictions
and has previously told his readers why
not. He mentions a stock that has been
by boom manipulated by Wall street.
Yet the road has not paid dividend
for years, and not even its most san
guine boomer ventures to predict when
the golden era will set in. Then there
was Reading. which, like Louisville and
Nashville, the other stock referred to,
pays no dividends. 1t sells for $50, but
an assessment of $40 has been levied for
reorganization purposes, which the pur-
chaser Of the stock must pay.
The English writer admits that there
are some solvent railroad properties in
the United States but the trouble with
the best of them is that they are heavily
overcapitalized and are obliged to pay
dividends on watered stock. The SOL
vent roads are menaced by the half
bankrupt companies.
The Review might have gone further
and said truthfully that Wall street,
which Henry Clews apotheosizes in his
weekly letters and magazine articles and
such railroad wreckers as c. P. Hunt
ington are responsible for the evil days
that have fallen upon our American rail-
road securities. At the very time the
Review article was printed Mr. Hunt
ington was abroad, presumably for the
purpose of pacifying the English and
Dutch investors. who had seen their
Union Pacific holdings, that cost them
nearly $50, 900 900, diminish in value until
they are worth about 81, 900 900 under Mr..
Huntington's able maniuplations.
Wall street was given to saying dur
ing the panic that foreign investors LEI
their American securities go because
they were afraid of free silver; but the
outrageous mismanagement of railroads
and the shameful manipulation of rail-
road stocks in this country has had a
great deal more to do with the timidity Of
foreign investors than any fear of BIZ
metallism. Until there is change for
hiatt in ;c m
be expected that the foreign market for
American railroad securities will ma
teriallY improve.
The herald., 1897-08-07
WHISKY LAW IN CAROLINA

Advocates of temperance, as well as
the general public, have looked with
interest for the outcome of the expert
ment essayed in South Carolina under
the now widely known dispensary law
of that state. The decision of United
States Circuit Judge Simonton multiplying
the monopoly feature of that measure,
of which readers of The Herald have
been fully advised, serves to revive pub
lie interest in the policy of the law, the
more so since it is the contention of the
South Carolina press that the effect of
the decision is to leave all the capabili-
ties for good of the dispensary law it
self unimpaired.
1t will be recollected that the dispens-
airy act of 1896, as amended by the act of
1897, provides for the manufacture and
sale by the state of alcoholic beverages
in aid of the finances of the state, and
forbids the importation and sale of such
beverages in original packages for per-
sonal use. This last is the feature of
the law declared by the court as in con-
! flict with the laws of interstate commerce
and therefore void, and of course the
monopoly enjoyed by the state as the
vendor of alcoholic mixtures goes over
board
While it is remarka BILE that South Caro-
lima. state proverbially jealous of the
rights of the people, should countenance
any law giving the state a monopoly in
the sale of anything, liquid or solid, it
should be borne in mind that the dis
pensary act was intended to mitigate
| the evils of liquor drinking and at the
same time contribute to the revenues of
the state. The object and policy of the
law were thus in the interest of temper
ance and political economy as well as of
public hygiene.
The liquor question, as we all have
long ago found out, is an exceedingly
hard nut to crack. Not only in South
Carolina but wherever the white man
lives and labors the drinking habit seems
irrepressible, and all that the wisest
craftsmanship has hitherto devised is to
regulate and curb, and as far as possi-
BILE, minimize its evil results 1t is at
first blush apparently somewhat abb
horrent to levy tribute from a public
evil. to collect revenue for the support
of the state from business that more or
less undermines moral and physical
health, and in proportion as it thrives
impedes the progress of civilization. But
we are all in the same boat with South
Carolina in this behalf. The people re-
quire and demand something to drink
and until that demand ceases criticism OF
those who cater to the demand should be
silent. The South Carolina law curbs,
The herald., 1897-08-07
Not Ready to Abolish the Napkin

The practice which has been attempted
in England of doing away with the use
Of table napkins is not likely to prevail
here to any extent soon. The idea in
not using napkins is that table manners
should be so perfect that the fingers will
be as daintily clean at the close of Il
meal as at the beginning. But we still
have here the woman who finds it nee
essary not only to dip her fingers in the
finger bowl, but to moisten her lips from
it, and she is usually lady in other re-
spects 1t is practice only shade more
reprehensible than that of the woman
who uses her drinking glass for finger
bowl.-New York Times.
The herald., 1897-08-07
! WYH SHOULD He KILL HIMSELF?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

| If repeated predictions would accom-
plish it. Bryan will experience an early
demise. Not physically. for he stands
up well under severe labor, but politi-
, cally, and for the reason that he is too
active and talks too much in behalf Of
his hobby.
The opposition proceeds on the theory
that as Bryan was candidate for pres
ident last year he is nece ssarily lookirg e
for nomination in 1900. There has
grown up an idea in these latter days
that every man who takes an active in
terest in public affairs is an aspirant to
official position, and that there are none.
especially in the other party, who will
work unselfishly and periodically. To
hold ones tongue and let the people
guess what his opinions are is regarded
as shrewd politics, and that it is espe-
cially smart to straddle questions or
trim sails to the public breeze Such
tactics have sometimes worked we'll
temporarily, but they have never led to
permanent success nor to the acquisi-
tion of high and lasting reputation.
The great presidents and the great
men of this country have all had decided
opinions which they have freely and
frankly expressed and those who have
been efficient in promoting the success
Of great cause have acted aggres-
sively People do not become weary in
listening to frank and manly express
sions of views, and certainly not when
principle is urder discussion. They do,
however, become tired of men who are
insincere ard are trimmers and those
who take the side Of monopoly ard
against the masses.
The country has become so demoral-
ized in regard to political manners and
morals that a chanT- will not only be
tolerated but welcomed We have had
twaddle. trimming and deception long
enough. One thing is certain, that ii
the people do not understood what Bry-
an means it is not his brt heir fault.
H1wever much Bryan may to''x, his op-
ponents will never be able to discover
any prevarications or detect inc ons;st-
ency. The cause which he champions
he means TO have understood, and he
challenges the fullest discussion of it,
on the part of his opponents. Laughter,
gibes and derision will not stop him,
nor will it remove the questions at issue
from public consideration. He does not
indulge in mere generalities he proposes
specific measures of relief from existing
evils. He is emphatic in regard to rem
edies and does not hint at compromise
of opinions. The people admire such
qualities in a man even though they may
differ, for they indicate that he possess
ses intelligence, sincerity and courage
Bryan displays none of that hesitation
in graphing with public evils, which in
these latter days has become SO COM
mon. The country not only needs
change in regard to public policies but
in political methods. Bryan may die,
but not from the kicks of the grasshop
pers that are swarming in pursuit OF
him, nor will he be nibbled to death by
the ants that are building their little
mounds in his pathway.
The herald., 1897-08-07
A NEW SOCIAL CRISIS

A great crisis is on at Newport, the
social center of the New York four hun
dred in fly time. 1t seems that ever since
the death of the late lamented Ward Nc
Allister, several years ago, society has
been without leader, and the seasons
at Newport have dragged fearfully.
There have been no coaching parades,
no polo and no genuine McAllister pic
rics. Society has withstood the dearth
as long as it can, and this year it pro-
poses to choose an official successor to
the McAllister, and once more make life
worth living.
The selection of a social leader is of
course very important event. and New
port has just boiled like an old fashioned
political pot ever since the decision to
hold an election was reached. Candi-
dates have been rather scarce. While
plenty of men have been found who con-
slider themselves fully equal to holding
down the presidential chair, and while
fools rush in in large numbers where
angels fear to tread, the esponsibilities
of the McAllistership are too many and
too fearful to attract many aspirants.
So, at Newport the contest has mar
rowed down to two men. One is young
Perry Belmont, whose views on finance
were recently given to an awe-struck
public, and Elisha Dyer, jr., who, besides
being politician, had the unique and
mighty honor of leading the german at
the Bradley Martin fancy dress ball. 1t
is said that the latter is the favorite in
the running and that he will probably
land the envied title clear.
1t is reasonable TO expect some new
things in dinner parties and neckties,
whoever is elected. Perhaps the Prince
Of Wales may send his congratula tions
to the winner. Truly the leader of the
New York four hundred would then be
"a bigger man than old Mckinley"
The herald., 1897-08-07

as far as 1t may, the inborn greed OF all
business men to make all that possibly
can be made out of their business.
Every man, whether a so-called drink
ing man or not is aware of the all but
impossibility of obtaining pure brands
80 much the liquor drunk as the foreign
matter in it that Injuries the drinker.
The dispensary act provides for the in
spection and testing by competent off,
fore they are put upon the market. If
men will drink liquor 1t should at least
be liquor free from adulteration. In this
the South Carolina law Is meritorious,
impure and vile decoctions which con-
scienceless dealers would impose on
them, just as constituencies dairymen
impose impure milk on their customers.
1t by no means follows that there is no
pure liquor to be had, or that all ven
doris of wine and spirits are untrust-
worthy.
From the trend Of newspaper criticism
in South Carolina we assume that the
state authorities there expect to continue
to reap the substantial benefits of the
monopoly in the sale Of liquor, and
which was overthrown by Judge Simon
ton, not by notification" Of Judge
simonton's decision, but by selling bet
ter and cheaper liquor than can be had
from private sources.
There is no reason" says the Colum-
bia Is. CO. Register, "why the state
should not by the quality and price of
its liquor run out all its competitors in
the business" To restore the pecuniary
advantage of the monopoly lost by the
decision referred to, the state will be put
upon its metal as provider of pure
liquor, and this reacting upon private
competition will stimulate enterprise in
the manufacture and sale of pure wines
and liquors. So that between the two
the South Carolina citizen bibulously
inclined, is in fair way Of escaping the
fiends that lie in wait in the shining
depths of "rot-gut" and "tangle-foot"
But the paper quoted above believes
the dispensary law, Notwithstanding it's
good points, unequal to the situation,
and that after fair trial it has proven
more hurtful than helpful in many ways
and has not reduced the evil of drunk
enness in adequate proportion to the
bloodshed, violence and disorder that
have attended its enforcement"
For one thing at least" continues
that paper, 1--WE have cause to be thank
ful-the old barroom carousals can never
again, so long as the present constitu-
tion is in force. blight and blast the
state with the disgrace and ruin of other
days" which proves that South Carolina
is honestly striving against the hydra
of drunkenness since she has imbedded
in her state constitution provisions
against the headaches and heart-aches
of "old barroom carousals."
The herald., 1897-08-07
Antonio Terry and Sybil Sanderson

The rumor that Antonio Terry and
Sybil Sanderson had been married Sc
cretly is quieted. Terry is not here now,
but his magnificent hotel in the Avenue
Bois Ole Boulogne, where he lives with
his brother Francois, has not been closed
for the summer, as most of the fine
houses in Paris were Immediately after
the Grand PrX.
The only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Terry,
a bright, graceful girl of II, called Ma
quita, lives alternately with father and
mother, the latter residing when in Paris
in elegant apartments. Antonio's moth
er, who lives in the Champs Elysee, also
receives the child regularly. The mother
took sides with the son early in the do
mestic difficulty, and for long time be-
fore the divorce did not receive the wife.
Paris Letter to the New York World.
The herald., 1897-08-07
SATURDAY, AUGUST Z, 1897.
PRESERVING THE FORESTS

While the people of the east, who are
not directly interested have been over
lavish and persistent in their desire to
reserve the great western forests, the
people Of the west, who are directly con-
cerned, have not been careful enough.
The consequence is likely to be that the
forests will get the worst of it.
An act was passed by congress six years
ago giving the president power to set
apart and reserve forests in the present
public domain as public reservations.
The principal purpose was to conserve
the waters of the mountain streams,
which had dwindled sadly through
wholesale lumber cutting and incident
ally to preserve valuable timber. Pres
idents Harrison and Cleveland each set
apart number of forest reservations
and last February series of procama-
tions by the latter increased the total
reserve to 10000, 900 acres, exclusive of
the national parks.
Congress, however, influenced partly
by the legitimate demands of miners,
who wished to take up mineral claims
in the reservations and partly by tim
Der thieves, has since suspended those
proclamat tions for one year or until the
1st of March next.
An editorial article in the August At
lantic Monthly inveighs bitterly against
the suspension. 1t says: This simply
means that during the next eight
months any one who cares to take the
trouble to do 30 can establish claims in
these forests which the government will
have to pay an exorbitant price to abol-
ish, if the reservations are ever re-estab-
lished, and that the big mining compa-
nies will be able to lay in timber enough
cut on the public domain to last them
for several years; and when the 1st of
March comes, if there is any valuable
timber left in Mr. Cleveland's reserva-
tions uncut or unclaimed, no great diff
Guilty will be found. in suspending the
order for another year or two.
The Atlantic over-estimates the loss
from the taking up of mining claims
which will really cut very small figure
in acreage; nor was it designed that tno
mineral wealth of the country should lie
idle.
= 1t Is different with regard to timber
stealing, which has been for years and is
now great curse. But let not the At
lantic, in the innocence of its New Eng
land soul, imagine that it makes any
great difference whether the forests are
in reservation or not so far as timber
stealing is concerned. The commission
cfsthat base crime will go right on re-
eardless The western newspapers have
time and again protested against the
stealing of timber from the government
reservations and exposed the enormity
and extent of the nefarious transac-
tiDns;s but nothing is ever done to stop
them, whatever the compile xion Of the
administration may be.
Another bad feature. which the Allan
TIC pq nts' out, is an amendment to the
eundrysciyil bill that gives the secretary
The herald., 1897-08-07
Admiral Dot Will scorch

the railroad station in White Plains, Is
having a bicycle built for himself and
another for his little wife, and he ex-
poets to receive them this week. They
We're made to order, as machines small
enough could not be found in stock.
The admiral says he has ordered his
wheel because he is growing very cor
pulent. He also says he wants it to GO
to fires, as he is foreman of one of the
village fire companies, and on account
Of his aforesaid corpulence finds it i'm
possible to run to f1res.-New York Jour-
nal.
The herald., 1897-08-07
N eeded the Money!

Mrs. Leases reason for running for
governor Of Kansas is of the most unique
nature. She says she wants to vindicate
herself because a hated mortgage COM
pany is striving to collect the money she
borrowed OF it. The New Jersey man
who charged Bill Nye 81 for sandwich
was much more frank. He said he need
ed the money.-Washingt Post.
The herald., 1897-08-07
In an Ideal Fairy World

Shank-Shinn seems very enthusias-
tic on the subject of the beauty of oul
modern women, and yet he treats every
woman in town with complete indiffer-
ence. Quite an anomaly
O'Shawe-Yes; he's got several hun
dred bicycle catalogues filled with pN
lures of girl riders.-Puck.
The herald., 1897-08-07
Goodby to Andree

The days of limit given for Andree to
be heard from if he reached a point of
safety have passed. The probabilities
are that the adventurous scientist will
not again be heard of. But suppose he
had safely crossed over that mysterious
point, the north pole, what then? Has
any o,le been able to indicate the practi-
cal value of such an achievement Sac
ramento Record Union.
The herald., 1897-08-07
Worse Yet

Farmer Jones-Hold the reins, Sarah,
till get out and see if the roads clear.
Mrs. Jones-Why, Silas there amt no
railroad crossing near here!
Farmer Jones-No. Sarah; but it's a
dunn sight more dangerous--there's a
bicycle path right ahead here.-Puck
The herald., 1897-08-07
High School English

The result Of discrediting so many
high schools by Prof. Bradley may re-
suit in the improvement of all the high
schools of the state expressly in the
study Of the English language. Any
agitation which will raise the standard
of proficiency in our own tongue will be
beneficial.-Santa Rosa Democrat.
The herald., 1897-08-07

Miss Helen Gould has six bicycles at her
country place at Irvington- on-the Hud-
son for her own use of that of her friends
Miss Gould rides in a short skirt, waist
of the same material and an Alpine hat.
She never mounts her wheel on Sunday.
The herald., 1897-08-07

The New York World has settled tbs
Brown university question-in its own
mind-by upholding both the university
and Professor Andrews. Probably the
directors now wish they had pursued
the same policy
The herald., 1897-08-07

DR.. w. L. Ryder. who was killed by
a mob in Talbot county Ca, last week
is said to have been the first university
graduate that was ever lynched. Now
how many university graduates have
taken part in lynchings?
The herald., 1897-08-07

The London Yachtsman, which up to
the present time has upheld the un
sportsmanlike behavior of Lord Dunra-
ven, has now thrown that whining indi-
vidual overheard and is urging a chal-
lenge for the Americas cup, to be sailed
this season. Come on, we're ready.
The herald., 1897-08-07

The chief clerk of the San Francisco
mint has declared that the gold brought
there from Alaska this year will not ex-
ceed 100000, and that the total output
will not be one-eighth of California s
gold product of 1896
The herald., 1897-08-07
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Doesn't Bank on Professors

Some Of the big dailies are sending
leading scientists to the Arctic to make
reports on the geology of the new gold
fields. The learned men of the country
have never cut wide swath in mining
matters; their education seems to lack
practicablity. Besides, good deposites
have a way of defying laws and rules,
being obedient only to the rule that
"gold is where you find it. t."-Bakersfield
Echo.
The herald., 1897-08-07

Mr.. Huntington does not propose to
be entirely left so to speak, in any
event. The land bought on Point Fir
min will be exceedingly valuable and
built
The herald., 1897-08-07
Reason

"Your father" he cried, passionately
has no reason to object to my suit"
'Oh. yes, he has" she sighed, with a
deepening of the habitual sadness of her
eyes. You are smaller than papa, you
know"
Woman, it will perhaps be recalled, is,
endowed with a powerful and peculiar
intuition to aid her in tracing the intri-
cate relations of causes to effects.-De-
troit News.
The herald., 1897-08-07

Reports in the eastern papers to the
effect that several well known protec-
tionists returning from Europe with
large quantities of clothing purchased
abroad were meshed in the pocket
plucking schedules of the new tariff law
are received by the free traders with
''sardonic smiles"
The herald., 1897-08-07
The Raisin d'Etre

The price of raisins Is advancing
steadily as 1t is becoming clearer that
the crop will be short by so per cent
Fresno Expositor.
The herald., 1897-08-07

DR.. William Key, "a highly respected
negro of Shelbyville, Tenn" has just sold
horse of his own raising for $4,000
The colored brother is arriving at his
destination with money in his pocket.