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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18
BODY had deserted the place and we did

body had deserted the place and we did
just as we pleased. In going through one
of the rooms came across three bundles
of confederate notes. Each bundle was
labeled to contain $4,000, and as held
thine aloft l shouted to the rest of the
men that we now had money to burn.
They laughed and and thrust the notes
into my pocket. The Johnnies had taken
or destroyed everything to eat and as for
liquor there wasn't any in the town
after satisfying ourselves that there
was nothing further to be had in the
Planters hotel we sailed forth and
walked up twoard the home of the
mother of our country-George Wash
ington's mother. We had had no break
fast yet and it was now close onto noon.
One of my companions had some coffee
in his haversack. so thought we might
have little coffee, if nothing else. Well,
we got the coffee out and then discov-
cred that we had no firewood. There
was some tall swearing just at that time
for the Johnnies hadn't left SO much as a
match behind them.
1--WE got it, cried, and hauled out
the three bundles of notes L had found
in the Planters hotel. My expression
was greeted with a shout by my COM
panions and-we had money to burn.
We soon had the fire going and the cof-
fee cooked. Need I say to any soldier
that we enjoyed our coffee at price
which seems rather high-s15,000. We
were soon through and marched back
into the town, only to see our men trying
to buy some tobacco without money.
How strange 1t seemed; they had not a
cent, while we had money to burn and
burned it.
-Four years afterward I regretted
having had this money and burned it.
While in Washington in the winter of
SO l had the modification of seeing an
advertisement for this identical package
of notes and offering so per cent. on their
face value for their recovery. They were
Virginia state bank notes, hence their
value. When ever 1 hear that man has
money to burn think of my $751; 600 and
shed a tear of regret that burned it,"
-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
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Japanese Effrontery

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: 1t is certain that the Japanese
minister to this country formally pro-
tested against the annexation Of Hawaii
and it is no doubt true that opposition
is still persisted in, Notwithstanding
Mr.. Sherman's answer to the protest
demonstrated the fallacy of the position
the japanese government had taken.
1t is contrary to international policy
for nation to enter into treaty that
1t will not give up its sovereignty ami
become merged in another nation, and
If any such treaty were made it would
be void. Japan. has treaty with Ha-
wall which she does not want abrogat-
ed, and the object of the protest is to
have it recognized by this country.
The Japanese have developed wonder
fully in the last thirty years, in many
ways, but their government seems not
to be learned on the subject of interna-
tional law. AS Mr.. Sherman has pointed
out the principle is that when one gov
eminent has become merged in another,
or in other words, when one national
ity disappears through consolidation
with ancther, all treaties with the ex-
tinct nation become abrogated, though
vested property rights are to be re-
spected. Whatever nation enters into
a treaty with another does so subject
to annulment through the merger men
toned, and if Japan did not understand
this when she contracted with Hawaii
she must suffer for her ignorance. The
principle is so we'll sustained by pre-
cedent that 40 intelligent government
will combat it.
Hawaii has entered into treaties with
several Of the European nations, but
none of them have interposed objec-
lions to her annexation to this country
They know what the rule of interna-
tioral law is, and therefore they are not
SO foolish as to do what Japan has done.
There certainly is no treaty which is in
the nature of a mortgage on the SOW
reignty Of Hawaii. Such as there are
can. only come within the class of COM
mercial treaties. In case of annexation,
dealings with Hawaii would. be gov
erned by the treaties which the United
States may have with Japan.
Whatever view individuals may have
touching the propriety Of annexation,
all Americans will be united in support
of the doctrine of our right to annex if
the government shall choose to do So
Japan will likely be wiser in her course
when she learns more This country
will not be deferred by threats of war
1t is impudent in Japan to attempt to
interfere with what is the execution OF
a plain right on the part of our govern
ment. OBSERVER.
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GOT RID OF THE CATS
Clever Plan of a New York Landlord
to Rid His Premises of Felines

The inhabitants of row of fine fiat
houses in the Harlem district Of New York
have for long time past been greatly an
noyed by nocturnal cat choruses. In des-
peration, plans of poisoning and shooting
were discussed, but the owner of the flats,
who resided in one of them, determined to
adopt better plan, and have some sport
at the same time. Placing two traps on
either side of the alleyways adjoining his
flats he attached wires to the traps, making
wire connection with an electric bell in
his cellar. When frisky feline took the
bait he came quickly on the scene and put
the quarry into a bag. Captives were
turned over to the S. P. c. A. and taken
away In patches of from three to ten every
night When about seventy of the unwel-
come serenaders had been transferred in
this way. the strain on the society proved
too severe, and the landlord was told to
do his own execution in future.
His first idea was to electrocute the ami
mails but he found that the apparatus nee
essary was somewhat too elaborate. Final
ly he took the simple way of inserting in
barrel tube connected with gas jet. The
cat was dropped in. the lid was shut down,
the gas was turned on, and the driver of
the dead wagon was told by telephone to
call.
The neighborhood is now cleared of cats.
and the SAUNDERS of the sleepers in the flats
are no longer sturbed.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18
A Jubilee RETROSPECT

Mr.. H. D. Traill in recent summary of
the English literature of the Victorian era
makes rough division of the sixty years
into three periods. The first score of
years was Towering time that brought
into prominence the ever great names of
Tennyson, Browning. Carlyle, Macauay,
Dickens, Thackery and Ruskin. During
the second period the tide "of high literary
achievement was pretty steadily reced-
ing and with the single, if the SPLEEN
did, exception of Mr.. Swinburne, the Pc
Rod not only produced no new poet of SUI
preme genius. but brought forth none with
any pretentions to a place in the first
rank" When we think of Arnold, Morris
and Rossetti it is impossible to accent so
rash dictum as the above, yet it is no
doubt true that these names, together with
that of George Eliot, are not enough
wholly to redeem the middle Victorian era
from the charge of being essentially "the
age of Trollope as a novelist and of Martin
Topper as a poet" AS for the twenty
years now ended, the principal things that
Mr. Trail finds to say are that the art of
the novelist has displayed great vitality,
and that ii the new poets are but MINOR"
they are far better than the minor poets of
earlier periods.
An examination of cisatlantic English
literature during the past sixty years re-
veals the fact that Mr.. Trails three-fold
division applies to our case also-roughly,
of course, because all such artificial di-
visions are rough-but well enough to de-
serve employment. That is, our greater
American writer's accomplished the bulk
of the work during the first twenty-year
period; during the second period there was
a distinct decline in productiveness, al
though a few brilliant names, as in Eng
land, redeem our literary annals from ster-
illty; and during the third period we find
an expansion of the arts of fiction and
poetry corresponding to what Mr.. Trail
finds in the literature of his own country
All of which facts go to show what good
many people still need to be show3, that
all the deeper forces operating in the de-
velopment of our common literature oper-
ate upon both sides of the Atlantic, and
that the salt estranging sea" cannot
bring about any real separation between
tie literatures of two nations having. up
to comparatively recent times, a common
history and a common intellectual and So
cial tradition, while they still have, and al
ways must retain, common unifying
speech.-The Dial.
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DEADLY VENOM OF coBRAs
Little Known by Scientists as to Its
Character

1t was in the autumn of 1891 that CAL
mette, while acting as director of the Bac-
THEOLOGICAL institute of Saigon, Cochin
China, first commenced his experiments on
the naturalization of serpent venom in the
animal system. He had exceptional OPP
portunities in the matter of serpent venoms
Wherewith to carry out his Investigations,
inasmuch as a band of cobras had recently
attacked village in the vicinity of Bac-
Lieu. and by order of the governor of the
district ninety specimens of the terrible
NaJa tripudians, or cobra de capello, were
forwarded in barrel to the institute. Forty
of these reptiles arrived alive, and several
were at once sacrificed to secure their VEN
ON glands. Each gland, resembling both
in size and shape shelled almond con-
tains about thirty drops of venom and In
this transparent limpid liquid is embodied
toxin of extraordinary strength.
AS is well known this cobra is the most
dreaded of all serpents, and it is widely dis
tributed over India. Burmah, Sumatra,
Java Malacca and Cochin China; until
Calmette, however, set to work to system
atically study the nature of the reptiles
venom but little precise or reliable informa-
ton had been obtained as to it's character.
IL was, OF course, necessary in the first in
stance to ascertain, within as narrow a
limit as possible, the exact degree of toxic
power inherent in the venom and to de-
termine, If possible. the precise dose lethal
in respect of each variety of animal ex-
perimented upon.
A correct calculation of the quantity of
venom required in every case was, how
ever, found to be impossible, for SO viru
lent is the poison that single drop of an
| emulsion produced by pounding up eight
glands in 800 grammes of distilled water is
| sufficient, when introduced into the vein of
a rabbits ear to kill It in five minutes.
All of the mammals to which Calmette ad-
| ministered this cobra venom, such as
monkeys, dogs rabbits, guinea pigs, rats,
succumbed more or less quickly, according
to the size of the dose.-Longmans Mag
azine.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18
Life in Fourth Glass Postoffices

The zest with which the rural pos tof1lces
are pursued by prospective holders
is calculated to instill into the public mind
the idea that the fortunate holder of a
foruth-class postmastership is Il person
to be envied for the sinecure which his po-
sition affords. This is the popular idea.
and is all right in the concrete but in the
abstract is not borne out by the facts.
The rural or the frontier postmaster es-
pecially finds his position anything but an
enviable one at times. An incident show
ing the troubles which beset their paths
was furnished by letter which was re-
ceived at the postoffice department yester-
day A new postmaster was installed in
one of the Indian Territory towns a short
time ago, and the deposed official did not
send in his report as requested. Letters
were sent him in care of his successor
and that functionary sent the following
reply.
Nj, 1T.
"The Honorable Postmaster General.
Washington d. C.-Sir: This office informs
you that Mr.. Campbell does not reside here
but is located at keoman, Mo-, whittier he
fled for safety from bandits who uncere-
moniously made him deliver up all the
ready cash he possessed, punched him re-
peatedly with a cooked forty-five, and
made him dance one hour and thirty-two
minutes. Respectfully,
ALBERT MENTALL."
The following letter was received not
long ago from a conscience-stricken
official:
1.-THE Postmaster General, Washington.
ID. C.-Sir Rev. Sam Small preached here
last week and took religion. have been
stealing from the government for some
time. j am sorry now, and if the depart
ment will give me time I will pay back
every cent 1 have taken. God bless Sam
Small, and God bless the Departmental
it gives me time"
A westerner was threatened some time
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18
Had Much Money to Burn

''When Burnside made his mud march
onto Fredericksburg we men in the ad-
vance had some gay times" remarked a
veteran of the civil war. 1T was a lone.
time before the Johnnies would let us
cross the river, but when we did get
across we made the fellows who had
been shooting at us for the past three
hours get right up and dust for safer
quarters The infantry soon followed
US and took up their position along the
river toward Falmouth, while we skir-
mished through the town. When we
came to the Planters hotel we just
walked In and took possession. Every
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18
Miss Harrison Frustrated by Heat

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 9.-General
Harrison and baby Harrison were among
the sufferers from heat here last night, and
the family hurriedly left for their summer
home in the Adirondacks early in the
morning, almost month before the time
contemplated by the ex-president. The
rise of the mercury last night proved dam
gerously prostrating to Mr.. Harrison, and
he spent the entire night bunked on the
veranda of his home. Sleep did not come
to his eyes, and the doctor and nurse were
needed to look after Baby Harrison ~
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18

The late DR.. Wiberforce, bishop of Win
chester, was a keen sportsman by inclina-
ton, and one day when on a visit to a ducal
seat, was persuaded to join a shooting
party. His grace's head keeper was a
Scotchman and q Presby terrain. and the
bishop tried to engage him in a friendly
chat. but finding the keepers replies were
short and reserved, he said: 81 suppose,
Grant, you think a bishop ought not TO go
out shooting" "Weel, my lord" said the
Scot frankly, ST doubt yell find no war
rant for it in the Screeptur. Did We ever
read of the Apostles going out shooting?"
mo, true" replied the bishop. They had
no game in Palestine in those days; they
went out fishing instead. '-Household
Words.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-18

night. The childs condition. grew rapidly
worse, and on the advice of the physician
the Harrisons had their trunks packed
and left the city soon after sun up, thus
escaping the hottest day of the year, when
the mercury went to 80 at 2:sO this after
noon.
Friends here are much concerned over
the condition of the baby, and will wait
anxously for news of its condition. Mrs.
Harrison was also slightly overcome.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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Ret's Innoeence

Bet Flint, a humble friend of DR.. John
son. was taken up on a charge of stealing
Counterpart. She was tried at the Old
Bailey, and Chief Justice Willes, who had
a kindness for her sex, summed up favora-
bly, and she was acquitted. After which
Bet said, with a gay and satisfied air:
shall make petticoat of it,"
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ago with removal If he did not render his
accounts at once. The answer received was
both prompt and direct. This Office" it
said. Consists of a nail-keg, a stamp-can-
celler and dater, placed on a tree. If the
department can find anyone else who will
roost in the branches of that tree in all
kinds of weather they are welcome to the
place. 1t is ten degrees below zero now;
please send the new postmaster on at once
to relieve me."-Washington Post
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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.)
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Notice for Publication for Time for
Proving Will, Etc. a
M THE SUPERIOR COURT. sTATE oI

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF
California, County of Los Angeles. IS.
Fisher, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Tuesday, the
9th day of July, 1897 at 10 o'clock q. m.
Department Two thereof. in the City OF
Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State
of California, has been appointed as the
time and place for hearing the application
of George A. Fisher and Wilson +. Holden.
praying that document now on file In this
court purporting to be the last will and
testament of the said deceased, be adj
mitted to probate, that letters testa-
mentary be issued thereon to said petit
TONERS, at which time and place all per-
sons interested therein may appear and
contest the same.
Dated July 18th. 1897.
T. E. NEWLIN,
County Clerk. +!
By G. W. BLAKE. Deputy. s. .t
e. J. Ensign, Esq. attorney for petitions
u -. . & ~
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Wouldn't Quite Say That

Wheeler-Whew! Isn't this day a
scorcheT?
Walker--It has been disagreeble, ex-
asperatng, muggy, Internally hot day
but I would not call it so mean a name
as that.-Indianapo Journal.
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Nature and Art

The gentle sylvan breeze we love,
Where twigs wave soft and pliable,
But a good electric fan will prove
A great deal more reliable.
Washington Evening Star.
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Mr.. Anthony Hope has often seen it
stated, he says, that such and such book
is readable, but not literature This
discrimination has stirred his ambition he
remarks. to write some day a. volume
9ble." .
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Cholera May Be the Factor

Bishop Turner does not see any future
for the negro in this country. And yet the
watermelon crop is reported to be as large
as usual Florida Union-Times. q
The sun., 1897-09-13
The DesoIation OF Cuba.

Although Gen. LEE has properly re-
Trained from public discussion of some mat
tiers relating to Cuba until his report is
made known, his account of the ravages oil
the war in the island is appalling. Cubas
splendid commercial facilities, he says, are
destroyed. and it's business paralyzed. Tho
once fertile country is waste, and instead
OF teeming with products going forth IN
every direction, "its transactions are linn
tied now to such articles as are absolutely
necessary to the maintenance Of life.
The avowed policy, too, of both parties
Is to continue this devastation, making IT,
If possible, still more complete and terrible.
The patriots destroy the crops In regions
which they do not control, since In 80
doing they take away SPANS income from
the island and her sinews of war. They
act upon SHYLoCK's saying: "You take my
life when you do take the means by which
live Equally bent upon destruction are
WEYLER's hordes, who hope, by laying
waste the regions in which the patriots
operate, to prevent them from supplying
themselves in the field. No wonder that,
after two years Of such rivalry, Gen. LEE
finds the wreck he describes.
The question arises, How much longer
will our country allow this work to go on
in an island almost at its doors, without
interferingi We do not dwell on the pro-
digious losses in our trade with the island.
for these are not to be compared with the
sufferngs of the island itself. But In the
interests Of humanity our Government Is
bound to do what it can to end this strife,
although no end Is visible except through
independence for Cuba. That she may
already have reached the climax Of her des-
olation, and that the turn Of her fortunes
is at hand, we must all fervently hopo.
The sun., 1897-09-13
VIII tho French Constitution Be
Revised?

1t is, to say the least, a remarkable CO.
incidence that no sooner does President
FAURE return from st. Petersburg than We
hear that movement is on foot for such a
revision of the Constitution of the French
Republic as shall permit the election of the
Chief Magistrate by the people. In that
event provision would also be made, no
doubt. for the election Of Vice. President,
an office that does not at present exist in
France. 1t is worth while to consider Just
what such a change would mean.
Atpresent, undert the Constitution framed
In 1875, the President of the French Re.
public is chosen by the Senate and Cham.
ber of Deputies, convoked in joint session
at Versailles. He is chosen for seven years
and Is reeligible. He ia not responsible for
his official conduct, except in case of high
treason, and all his official acts, to be valid,
must be signed by one of the Ministers.
who on their part are collectively respon-
siblc to the Chambers" The plural num-
ber is used in the Constitution, but the
Chamber of Deputies, or popular branch of
the Parliament, has long contended that a
Ministry is accountable 10 itself alone but
of late this claim was contested success.
the Bourgeois Cabinet was thereby caused,
although it possessed the confidence of the
popular Chamber.
This incident was an important one, he.
cause it tended materially to strengthen the
hands of the Senate, which is now, and al.
ways is likely to be, the more conservative
body of the two, and TO which President,
personally ambitious, or simply desrous of
combating socialistic designs OH the part of
the Chamber, would naturally turn for sup.
port. So long as the theory prevailed that
Ministers were accountable to the Chamber
of Deputies alone, that body could block
the wheels of State, and compel a President
to resign by the simple device of refusing to
confde in any Ministers at all. This was
done In the case of President GREvY.
1t was, no doubt, the Grevy incident,
coupled with the various constitutional
contriVancea for tying the hands of the