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The herald., 1897-06-26

demand results in such : short time, fol
It was the Republicans themselves who
promised them within q period even
briefer than has already transpired.
The Mckinley Hanna administration
has shown It's hand. It will endeavor t.
keep the public amused by the variety
and ingenuity Of its schemes, which pass
before the public vision like the fitting
shadows Of q vitascope. Currency re-
form-real currency reform--which is
the only real remedy for the national
illness, is to be neglected except for the
quack nostrums that banker secretary
Of the treasury may suggest.
How P. T. Barnum would have envied
the humbugging ability Of the present
Republican administration!
The herald., 1897-06-26

Kissing her neck and clinging round her
t ears
Straying adown her brow as though to
gaze
Into her violet eyes, a sunny maze
OF sunny curls lay in its sunny years.
Parted her lips and all the world grew gay
To hear the music at the gates of pearl
Dimpled her cheeks: and 10. each pretty
curl,
Shaking with sunshine, made mdwinter
May.
And l, who safe within dusty den,
Brooding Ger books and kissing withered
how'rs.
Forgot my lore and all my lonely hours,
And watched her curls, and loved the
world again.
j. J. Bell in The New Illustrated Maga-
zine.
The herald., 1897-06-26

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Her
aid: In spite Of the warm weather be
lieve I have an explanation for the fol
lowing clipping from the Times of JUNE
25th:
In the show window OF stationery store
on Spring street is portrait of Queer
Victoria, marked $40, and just over 1t hangs
a portrait of Bryan marked 10 cents. There
may be moral in this, but 1t is too deep te
figure out during this warm weather.
This stationery man knows that tn,
particular admirers of aristocracy have
$40 pieces, while Mr.. Bryan's friends
the masses-at the present time hav'
only ten-cent pieces to spare.
CACTUS"
The herald., 1897-06-26
NO TYPHOID EPIDEMIC

A report appears to be gaining cur.
rency that there has of late been an ap.
preciable increase in the number OF
cases of typhoid fever in this city, ac-
the cases were caused by eating un-
cooked vegetables from the sewage ir-
rigated truck farms in the southern
suburbs.
There need be no alarm on the score
of typhoid fever epidemic. The Her
aid has investigated the matter to some
extent, by interviewing number Of the
local physicians, and they are unani-
The herald., 1897-06-26
IT AIMS TO HUMBUG

The Mckinley administration, falling
in being able to point to the presence OF
prosperity in the flesh, is making des-
perate efforts all along the line of its
authority to do things that will restore
the lost prestige of the party and give
its boomers something to which they
may point with pride"
1t is interesting to look back over the
making of history at the national capital
during the past three months, and see
how the course of events warrants such
an assertion.
The tariff bill that was announced
with such blare of trumpets has proved
a failure in advance of it's existence as a
law. Its effects have been discounted,
and it will remain on the statute books
an idle dream for at least year.
This shot having proved ineffective a
double-barreled administration blunder-
bus was loaded to the muzzles with the
Hawaiian treaty and Woodford's in
structions as minister to Spain. The
Hawaiian treaty has missed fire alto
gether, judging from present appear
ance, while the reported aggressive
Spanish policy woefully lacks confirma-
tion.
And now the news comes that Presi-
dent Mckinley has determined to revive
the plan for a general arbitration treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain. A treaty has already been
drafted, it is said, from which all the OBJ
jecticnable features Of the recently re-
jected treaty will be absent. The
United States is to take the initiative as.
under the circumstances, the British
government would naturally dislike to
make the first advance to this country.
1t is naively explained, in the dis
patch from Washington that while the
treaty is already drafted, it will not be
submitted to the senate until next De-
cember, in any event, and that body is
to be thoroughly canvassed with respect
to it, so that if great opposition should
be manifested the instrument will never
even be presented.
The presence of coored gentleman
in the woodpile is obvious All these
things are merely frantic efforts to Sc
cure the approval and regain the conf.
dence of the people-mere promissory
notes offered for discount to a public
that has already been sadly victimized
by worthless Republican propositions
The actual results achieved by the
present administration are fully repre-
sented by a cipher. Nor is it unfair to
The herald., 1897-06-26
Anent Ostriches

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: In your Fridays issue you pub
lish letter from Il. A. M" complai in
ing of the treatment received by the os-
triches at the ostrich farm. 1 beg to
advise you in this matter and the public
generally that there is no cruelty prac-
ticed towards the birds. and that the i'm
agination of IL. A. NJ" has resulted in
him or her doing an injustice to persons
in charge Of the animals, who are pri-
vately and publicly humane and kind
in every respect. So sensitive are they
on this point, so concerned should in
justice be done and slander circulated,
that l am instructed to hasten and state
in your valued columns the exact facts
in the case, both to remove any disturb
ance from the narrowing imagination.
to enlighten the public and prevent any
wrongful and slanderous impression 60
ing to the world.
A little dog Is trained to chase these
birds. most of them eight feet in height.
for the purpose of exhibiting to visitors
their matchlesS plumage and graceful
movements while running. The cur is
entirely harmless, but the creatures run
away from him, which is the object OF
the management There Is no possible
cruelty in allowing dumb animals to
run away. and there is no likelihood Of a
cur one foot high exhausting the most
rapid creature known to civilized man.
whose speed is greater than the trained
racehorse. AS to the boy riding the bird,
that is also a diversion; and for a few
yards boy rides bird, which, as any,
ono cap 500 who takes the trouble to in
vestigate before making allegations, is
absolutely painless to the birds. though
of course an untamed creature would
prefer no rider.
May I suggest that the writer go out
and see the performance before allow
ing the imagination to run wild, and
thus do injustice to people of the great
est goodness Of heart and highest integ-
rity. E. H. RYDALL.
June 25th, 1897
The herald., 1897-06-26

T. V. Powderly will soon receive his
thirty pieces of silver for betraying the
cause of silver and labor in the last
presidential campaign, it being reported
that President Mckinley will appoint
him commissioner of immigration-not
irrigation, as an evening paper had it
at the port Of New York. Mr.. Powder
ly's days of usefulness are gone forever
and he has made an ignoble ending of a
career that promised to make him re-
spected Of all men.
The herald., 1897-06-26

west of the dollars that the forgotten
man" must, in any event, pay out for
the privilege of existence during the
coming reign of King Tariff. This dreary,
sordid struggle was only once enlivened
and that was when the unwholesome
jangle furnished a fruitful theme for a
philippe by Senator Vest.
The consideration of the schedule in
it's application to manufactured woolen
goods remains to be considered, and
here again the trust interest that DOM
mates the manufacturing centers will
probably make another effort to recover,
in whole or in part, the advantage that
it was compelled to forego at the hands
Of the senate committee. This could be
done only by securing still higher rates
than those fixed by the Dingley bill, and
it is quite probable that there is sufti-
cient audacity in the trus Interest to de-
mand even this.
The herald., 1897-06-26

1t looks as If there was job concealed
in every move of the Republicans con-
nected with the pending tariff bill. Ser
ator Bacon of Georgia secured the inser-
ton of an amendment putting a 20 per
cent duty on raw cotton, which cannot
possibly help the cotton growers be-
cause very little of that staple is I'M
ported. With this amendment as an ex-
cuse the Republicans in the senate
pushed through an amendment increas-
ing the duties in the manufactured cot
ton schedule of the Dingley bill 10 per
cent. Thus the producer will get no more
for his cotton, but the consumer will
have to pay more for the cotton goods he
consumes. 1t looks as if Senator Bacon
tried to be funny and got buncoed.
Protection" is mighty good thing to
keep away from, as general PROPOSE
ton.
The herald., 1897-06-26
The Worm Will Turn

Some people get the impression that
IL we print communication we in some
way undertake to furnish free copies of
the paper containing 1t. To such we
say, emphatically, we do not. If you
want papers, buy them, no matter
whether your communication Is in the
paper or not. They cost money all the
same.-Pasadena Star.
The herald., 1897-06-26
CALIFORNIA OPINION
DR.. Cleveland

Princeton has given the Hon. Grover
Cleveland the title of doctor of laws.
The eternal fitness of things is evidently
looked after at Princeton. The Hon.
Grover Cleveland doctored laws for four
years to the satisfaction of syndicates
and with a vigilant eye to the main
chance. AS a doctor of laws the Hon.
Grover Cleveland is $5,000,0 ,0CO beauty.
Stockton Mail
The herald., 1897-06-26

The Herald calls the attention of its
readers to the highly commendable dis
play at the annual exhibit of Throop
polytechnic institute at Pasadena. Me-
chanical and domestic art, woodwork
ornamental iron work, posters, carving,
painting and drawing, are among the
features on exhibition, showing "the
trained hand in conjunction with the
trained head" to great advantage.
The herald., 1897-06-26
The SUNDAY HERALD

will be wealth interesting varied matter The
Sunday
good things:
The Latest Electrical WondeA Bath Electric Light Lamps
to the front mighty
feeling all is description. M
Engines building dabolcal
intended blow submarine topeco
/ boat a beli is found. IA
New details ET
scheme that bound to benefit them. SN
The Art of Killing Quickly Only shot hundred
fred battle hitherto effective be different
Felix great Partisan cosumer describes ideas in
shades w
a thrilling story told by No
, s. Van Dyke. 10
will be dealt with in ~
exhaustive article by I. M. Holt. M
Livngs Angeles" forms ~
a interesting and instructive subject SM
The Dongs Society," The
Investor, will other interesting features %
A@zaaaoaoneo~e>~~~oe1eae~A@ "
The herald., 1897-06-26

Friends of education will be glad to
know that at the joint meeting of the
board of regents at San Jose yesterday
Prof. E. T Pierce was unanimously re-
elected principal of the state normal
school in this city. Prof. Pierce has
demonstrated by years of service that
he is the right man in the right place.
and the success of the normal is largely
due to his faithful and conscientious
work.
The herald., 1897-06-26
Will Revolutionize Development

Should the Los Angeles and Kern
River Electric company succeed in
bringing the immense power Of that
river into Los Angeles it will revolution
ize the development of the country all
along the line. If it could take one
branch of it's line into the Randsburg
country it could revolutionize gold min
ing in that rich but dry oountry-Pasa-
dena News
The herald., 1897-06-26

John D. Rockefeller told the trustees
of Chicago university recently that
God gave me my money" This is the
first testimony to the effect that the
Lord had anything to do with the Stand
ard oil trust
The herald., 1897-06-26
The Sacramento Bee prints AM able ant

The Sacramento Bee prints an able and
exhaustive editorial on THE Future OF
Fruit" that should command the seri-
Gus attention of the fruit growers of this
state. 1t urges organization and CO.
operation on the part of the fruit-grow-
ers that they may be enabled to handle
their own product and properly supply
the market demand.
The herald., 1897-06-26
AS One Man

Organized labor in Los Angeles county
will turn out as one man on July S, to
greet William Jennings Bryan, tn.
matchless leader and savior of his coun-
try.-Los Angeles Labor World.
The herald., 1897-06-26
Will Do the Right THING

The weather will probably warm up
in time to give the Afro-American
league an appropriate welcome to Fres-
no in July. The league will meet here
on July 20.-Fresno Expositor
The herald., 1897-06-26

We have sound money. At least the
sound of it is all that most people have.
1t is piled up in the eastern banks ani
the west is as usual getting nothing
The herald., 1897-06-26

There are over 400 lodges OF the vari-
Gus secret orders In Kansas City. This
accounts for the late hours customary
with married men in that city.
The herald., 1897-06-26
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.l
The herald., 1897-06-26

The name of Ohio will not be changed
to Hanna until after the result of the
fall election is known, and perhaps moi
then.
The herald., 1897-06-26

CURLS

The Hawaiian treaty should have beel
buried deeper. 1t smells.
The herald., 1897-06-26
liz We
Said
The .
| Clothing
Corner

We would give you $40 Suit for $9.4o you would
have very pronounced doubts about the $40 part of
of it. We do say now that we have too many $16
and $l8 Mems Suits, and that you can have your
choice of some mighty "smart" garments worth every
cent of the $40 or $18 at the backward season. cut
price of
The herald., 1897-06-26
The Moral

June 25th, 1897.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13

r&AE@
The saucy magpie is now an object
Of the ~invectiyes of the much SUFFERING
farmers Of Australasia. IT has been
saved from the gun hitherto under the
game laws OF the colonies on the
ground that il ate insects and hence
was q friend Of the farmsoN 1t still
has staunch champions R-ong tha
nntutalists, who aver that it ID gsse than
c~onpensates BY It's usual Aaabits for
the occasional damage which it may
40 70 crops. The co~mplsanants, how.
ever, assert that il adapts itself to
circumstances with altogether too
great facility, aud when insects are
not convenient to it's bill betakes IL
self It once to the fields Of corn. An
official investigation into the macpie,s
behavior is to DO made. Farmers il
the foothili countries Of onr own West
wi tho vicinity Of The Black Hills Of
Dakota. where birds Of this spsoiea
wv ausasroas my " istsrs,tsd II
~ fsjnlk
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13
A Kitchen Telephone.

A novelty in the extension of the
telephone, introduced in San Fran
cisco, may be called q kitchen tele.
phone service. For fifty cents per
month the local company will supply
an instrument by which orders may be
given to the butcher, grocer or other
tradesmen, but through which no re-
turn answer can be received. A further
concession is to allow communication
with one other subscriber, but any
other communication must be at the
rate of five cents per call. The limit
upon the services makes 1t probable
that more than two calls 4 day will be
made, and these can Re provided at
the low rate. 1t is inferred that the
service is introduced for the purpose
OF educating the householder as to the
advantage and convenience of the tele.
phone, with the expectation that the
trial will lead to o demand for the I'M.
limited service at the higher 1ate.-
Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13

Some of the most enthusiastic
workers for village improvement
are found in the women's clubs of the
South, notes the New York Post. The
money they use to carry on their
work is seeeasgSed by subscription, fees,
dues, and entsaardeentz. The money
is expended :ii~ mipeoying Streets,
keeping them clean, laynngg out drive
ways and wAssa aud sretrg out trees.
In one or two instances the town GEM
eteries are paftly kept in order by the
clubs. In one case a club bought and
improved a town park.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13
Why the Cubans Revolt,

Within the Bay of Havana, which is
perhaps the finest in the world, not a
single pier has been built, so that all
the loading and unloading Of passen.
gers, freight or cattle is done by small
lighters. which row backward and for
ward between the ships and the shore.
The castle which commands the har-
Dor forbids the entrance OF any ship
without the guidance of q native pilot,
and as these men retire from business
at sunset, no vessel can enter harbor
after %thathour, no matter how stormy
and windy it is outside. MORO Castle
Prominence contains one of the only
four lighthouses on the coast, which
is more than eighteen hundred miles
long, and which is surrounded by dan.
gerous reefs. Yet over $sa4. 600, 600 is
wrung annually from the Cuban PEG.
pie to pay theisaBpanish oppressors.
Small wonder they seyols Tall Mall
Gazette,
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13
How Trees Are DNsed,

The art Of d~warfng trees, as COM
monty practiced in both China and
Japan, is, in reality, simple and very
easily understood, being, as it is,
based on n of the commonest prin-
ciples of vegetable physiology. Any.
thing which has a tendency to check
or retard the flow of sap in the trees
naturally prevents tho formation of
new wood. This process of retarding
wood growth is done in many different
ways. By pruning so as to prevent
leaves from forming and giving the
tree health and vigor; by Withholding
water; by bending and twisting the
branches, and by q half hundred other
processes, which all proceed from the
same principle. In dwarfng trees the
Chinese and Japanese gardeners are
careful to always choose specimens
which are naturally stunted, particu.
larry if they happen to have branches
opposite or regular. for it must be
understood that q one.sided tree has
no value in the eye of the artistic
oriental tree dwarfer. When a tree
has been chosen its main stem and
roots are twisted in a zigzag form
(Which process is intended to check
the flow of sap). The pots in which
they r planted are narrow and
shallow, SO that they hold but a small
quantity of soil compared with the
wants of the plant, and no more water
is given them than is necessary to sus-
tain life.
Nature generally struggles against
this kind of treatment for a while or
until her powers seem to be in a great
measure exhausted. When she finally
yields to the power Of art, ere long
the beautiful and curious dwarf tree,
the wonder of the Orient, is produced.
st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13

According to the New York Times
bald.headed men, as such, were not
numerous, comparatively speaking, in
the public places ten years ago.. The
man who had lost his hair shrank
from exposing the fact. although it
seemed not to trouble him the least
bit that the very substitute he used
was a badge of his affection. Now,
however, the bald-headed man is on
the increase, not in actuality, perhaps,
but n.the recklessness with which he
exposes his uncovered poll to the ele-
ments and the gaze of his fellowmen.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13
BaekMOOds Surgery.

"Probably as queer a piece OF back
woods surgery as has been described,
says a frequenter of this region, "was
that performed by a Moosehead Lake
guide known as "Old Sabattus,
twenty years ago. The man was not
an Indian, as the nickname implies,
but a Yankee, one of those rough fell.
lows formerly characteristic of that 10.
cality. This guide was left on a lake
steamboat at one of the far up landings
while the engineer went ashore with
the company. A man named Meservey
came aboard, and in fooling around
the boat managed to tumble down into
the fire pit and put his shoulder out
of joint.
"Here was a dilemma. The other
members of the party would not be
back for half an hour, and the injured
man was in great pain. The guide was
aman of expedients. He got a rope
and tied his patient securely to a post.
Then he tied another rope around the
mans wrist and hitched the loose end
of it to a pulley OF the engine. He
managed somehow to turn on steam
and the pulley began to wind up the
rope. 1t drew the arm out tight in
beautiful shape and presently the,joint
snapped back into it's socket. Then
'sabattus' jumped around to shut off
steam while the pulley kept on wind
ing. Holy Moses gasped the guide,
excitedly, how does it go? I don't
know where tits. I can't stop the
BANKED thing and the pulley mean.
while was slowly but surely pulling
Meservey to pieces. His eyes were
sticking out of their sockets and he
screamed and gasped for breath.
"Sabattus danced around like a wild
man, not knowing what to do, when
he happened to spy a hatchet lying
near. and jumping for that, he cut the
rope and saved a dreadful catastrophe.
This was done just as the party of city
folks who had gone ashore came rush
ing back On to the boat alarmed by
Meseryey's screams. 1t was some years
afterwards says the narrator, "that
| was present when a lot of summer
company arrived at Greenville. Sabat-
bus was there, too. and %presentlya dis
looking man, one of the
newcomers, went up to him and ssid
with a meaning smile, Are not ybu
the man that practices surgery by
and Sahattus had to adhit
hat he was that sameieller. '"-LeN4s
.ston (Me.) Journal. "A y
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13
The recent discovery that a F-encb

The recent discovery that a French
nobleman has been working rs a
"docker" in London recalls similar
instances to a journalist OF, that city.
The marquis lie Beaumanoir is q la
borer at a -four mill near Nantes; tho
comte de st. Pol is q gas bill collector;
the vicount de st. Megrin drives a cab
in Paris; the Baron d'Aubinals and
the vicomte de Monoliers are employed
as searchers in French custom houses :
thu marquis de Poligny is an omnibus
conductor, and the servant who waits
on ~. Duree is a marquis who pref RS
to pass under the name of Emile, but
whose real name is Gaspard. He can
trace his direct descent for 1900
years.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13

Thomas Harrison has opened a new
industry for this country, announces
the New York Recorder. He has sent
by the Vera an american trottine
horse as . present to the Khedive of
Egypt perhaps tue first American
trotter that was ever imported into
that country. The horse is a three.
year-old, bearing the name Bay Harri-
son, by Ell Mahdi, 2.25 IL, dam I'll.
dena, BY Egthorne, 2.12 IL, r-cond.
dam Shearer, mare, by Maios G,old-
smith, son Of Volunteer. BanHsrri-
son was bred By Rishaa ,ayak4 at
Watkins. n. Y. Thus the Utited
States is returning to theS.1ad where
the great Arabian stoeds originated an
example Of . still aecter horse, born,
cultivated aud raised in this country.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13

Buckland. on-the-N d6r, "a secluded
village of Devonshifs% England, hos
no public-house, parson, policemen or
paupers. TIE squire owns all the
land. The farms are h--:aILsaahpro-
titable. The farmab5orers live II the
squire's cottages." When they fsll sick
the squire pays their wages as usual,
and when they are too old to work
any more they are continued on the
pay list, and potter about, doing what
they please.
The Opelousas courier., 1897-03-13

vantad the money to buy a bicycle I
should have been tempted to buy the
story. I supposed that she wanted
money for extras, like bread and
shoes, not for a necessity. Has she
got her wheel yet?"
eyes that is, she has part of one
We have a tandem"
ga tandem!" Halsey got up and
kicked the waste basket over. "If
you have gotten so far as that, I sup.
pose I may as we'll say, Bless you.
my children"
81 don't mind if you do" said Bert,
flushing a LITTLE. -Mnnsey's Magazine.