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The herald., 1897-08-13
SECRETARY SHERMAN

The condition of Secretary of State
Sherman is again causing his friends
much anxiety. 1t will be remembered
that The Herald few weeks ago called
attention to certain vagaries on the
part of the venerable statesman that
seemed to indicate his unfitness for the
very responsible position he occupies
vagaries that were apparently due TO ILL
health.
These mental eccentricities have brok-
en- out again. Last Sunday the secre-
tary talked freely with the correspond
ents of the New York papers upon the
subject of the assassination of Canovas,
the Spanish premier. His comments
were not of nature calculated to please
the representa- tives of the Spanish gov
ernment in this country; indeed it is
said that they were made the subject of
note Of inquiry on the part of Senor
de LONE, the Spanish minister
The next day the secrets denied
point blank that he ever made the re-
marks attributed to him the previous
day. The only possible explanation is
that Mr.. Sherman's memory had de-
serted him. 1t is easy to see how the ad-
ministration might be sadly embarrassed
by an eccentricity on the part of the
secretary. AS secretary Of state he is
supposed to be actively discharging the
duties of that office; and whatever he
may say regarding public questions is
given the weight of his official author
ity
Then why do not Mr. Sherman's 5 friends
induce him to resign the duties of the
office? Let Senator Hanna answer that
question. Mr.. Sherman was forced out
of the United States senate-from a
place where he enjoyed excellent health
and where his surroundings were en-
tirely congenial, into an office he did not
care for.
This was part of the Republican fac
tional conspiracy that gave Mark Hanna
seat in the United States senate. Sher-
man. who had served his country faith
fully for forty years, was sacrificed for
Hanna, who had not served his country
ct all except as the chief connubiator Of
the last Republican campaign.
Now Hanna is up for an election to the
The herald., 1897-08-13
STORAGE BATTERIES Fol
STREET RAILWAYS
FOR

That storage batteries can be success
fully applied for street railway pur-
poses is in process of demonstration in
Chicago. where twenty motor cars are
operated by storage batteries over the
Englewood & Chicago line. which is
twenty-three miles long. The system
has been in operation since last Novem-
Der, and is said to give excellent salts
faction to both the management ard the
customers of the line
The Chicago Record, commenting or
the facts presented in the foregoing, de-
clares that the only reason why the
storage battery system is not in more
general operation is because it has been
opposed by the street railway companies,
who have thus stood in the way of the
highest development of the plan. The
opposition of the companies is said to
be based on the increased cost of tha
storage plan over the trolley eystem,
although the reason advanced is gener-
ally it's alleged unrelia biity.
IL
certain that the storage plan is unre-
liable, the quicker it is tested and proved
to be so, the better it will be for the
companies, who cannot then be reason
ably urged to exchange their preser
system for the storage battery plan
The Record charges that in Chicago and
elsewhere the companies have refused
to give the storage battery fair trial,
even at the expense Of the builders
If storage batteries can be successfully
applied in the practical, everyday op-
Grafton of street cars, the companies
the ultimate adoption of that system
So long AZ the trolley system, despite its
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obvious disadvantages, is the only prac-
tical plan of operation. the people will
put up with it, but when the storage bat
terry becomes generally practicable it
will take the place of the trolley.
OF course there are two sides to the
question. The street railway compa-
nies cannot be forced to change to
storage batteries at ruinous expense to
themselves, nor at the sacrifice of good
service There is happy medium to
be struck, and the time is not far away
when it will be clearly demonstrated.
The herald., 1897-08-13
A Jubilee

Ten years ago, when everyone was
talking of the queens jubilee, gentle
man friend of ours heard the following
conversation between two Scotchwo-
man:
Can ye tell me, wumman, what is il
thy ca jubilee?"
"Weel, it's this" said her neighbor
when folk has been mairred twenty
five year that's silver waddin'. An6
when they have been mairred fifty year
that's gowden waddin'; but if the mans
deid, than it's jubilee. e."-London Spec
tatOr
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CALIFORNIA OPINION
The Commission Men Accused

Sometimes farmers imagine a con-
spiracy of dealers to depress prices,
when there is no basis for the charge.
but this time it does look as if the com
mission men had put their heads to-
gether to prevent competition for rails
ins and to buy them at less than their
real value. If this is the case, the pre-
ducers are pursuing the right course;
they should hold their raisins and send
agents to New York to make direct safes,
passing over the heads of the middle
men here-Oakland Enquirer.
The herald., 1897-08-13
Cold-Drawn, Seamless Cheek

Handel Barr-Tyre has the most ag-
gravated case of bicycle face 1 ever
saw.
Wheeler-Since when? He was all
right the last time I saw him.
Handel Bari don't know how long,
but yesterday he had the face to try
to borrow my wheel for a four days
trip to the country.-Puck
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No Chance for a Quarrel

The Enquirer does not encourage bet
ting on the truth of the report that Nc
Kinley and Hanna have quarreled. There
has been nothing for them to quarrel
about. It is understood that Mr. Nc
Kinley agrees to everything Mr.. Hanna
suggests. 1t would take very serious
difference indeed to disrupt this joint
Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
The herald., 1897-08-13
A Vivid Illustration

"Yes," said Mr.. Jaysmith to his pas
tor, "all my fortune was invested in
those houses which burned down. Total
loss. No insurance"
How true it is" replied the Rev. DR..
Thirdly, that riches take wings and fly
away What was the cause of the fire p
well, this time riches took wings and
dew away by reason of a defective t1ue. y
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position he holds by the grace of Bush
nell. The campaign is on. 1t would
greatly embarrass the plans of Hanna,
Bushnell ct al, to have Sherman retire
at the present time. So the poor old man
is kept in the painful glare of publicity
when he should be nursing himself back
to health at his home or in some quiet
retreat
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Gets It All for Nothing, Too

President Andrews cannot complain.
He is the subject of more resolutions,
editorials. speeches, tracts pamphlets
and squibs eulogistic and otherwise.
than any other man in the United States
just at present. AT regular advertising
rates, all these would mulct him in a
small fortune, but they don't cost him
a cent.-Boston Herald.
The herald., 1897-08-13
Tricks in All Trades

DO you think you are expert enough
to take dictation from that author?"
asked one typewriter of another.
Il guess so. If find I am falling be-
hind I'll tell him it was because l got
interested in the story. ashington
Star.
The herald., 1897-08-13
The Text Book Ring

The patrons of the public schools in
this state will have to rise once more
and demolish the text book rirg, which
is again getting it's clutches on the
throat of the people. 1t will cost par
ents in San Francisco at least $25, 900 at
one swoop for new textbooks that have
beer introduced in the schools there for
the benefit of the ring, and it is not to be
expected that it will stop there, when
the whole state offers such promising
field for plunder-San Jose Mercury
The herald., 1897-08-13
SLIGHTLY Overdone

1t may be suggested that without be-
ing an incorrigible skeptic. one may en-
tertain mild doubts as to these wonder
full finds that come so promptly after
the Klondyke discoveries, and have such
remarkable similarity of details. l!
may be suggested too, that the bucket
and oil-can sideshows are being slightly
oyerdone.-San Diego Union.
The herald., 1897-08-13
An Appropriate Name

do you see that fine brick house?"
yes"
"It is known locally as the Gold Brick
house"
"Why?"
Its owner is popularly supposed to
have made his money in the bunco in
dustry."
The herald., 1897-08-13
Very Unusual

How good you are!" she gratefully
murmured The actor broke down ana
cried like a child. Excuse my emo
tion," he sobbed, but it's the first time
anyone ever told me charlottesville
Courier Journal
The herald., 1897-08-13

The Canadians have summoned suf-
ficient enterprise to discover a route OF
their own to the Klondyke gold fields.
The Canadians will get there if they are
only given time.
The herald., 1897-08-13
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.

SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.
State of California, County of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. NJ. Holt, superintendent of circulation
of the Los Angeles Daily Herald, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l, 1897,
to June 80, 1897 Gnclusive) the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1,29O,6S5
copies, being an average daily circulation
of seOA.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,O71,5e7, being daily aver
age of $500 copies
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219059, being an average fof
each Sunday of 10;431.
L. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of July, 1891.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County of Los
Angeles, State of California.
The herald., 1897-08-13
Not Much of a Chance

Don't drink during business hours
appears among the advice to reporters
in last nights Bulletin. AS every hour
of the twenty-four is business one Tor
a newspaper man the suggestion ISL ths
mature of temperance lecture.-oak-
land Tribune,
The herald., 1897-08-13
Nothing Noisy About It

What sort of hunting is done mostly
in this region?" asked a northern tourist
of Kentucky mountain innkeeper.
MOST of the hunts in this neighbor-
hood are still hunts" replied the land
lord, with a wink to the revenue, officer,
who was smoking a cigar within hear
ing
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the Dingley law than it was under the
Wilson German law. The striking coal
miners will no doubt be quick to take
advantage of the reduced prices to lay
in a supply of the sparklers.
The herald., 1897-08-13
Much to Be Desired

"They tell me- remarked Col. Louie
Veel. that a Georgia man his diecov-
cred plan of growing potatoes without
vines"
But that isn't the crying need in
Georgia." replied Col. Frankfort.
MOP"
mo, it isn't What is needed there is
a plan to raise watermelons without the
necessity for watching them"
The herald., 1897-08-13

The beef trust has raised the whole
sale price of beef from one-half a cent
to one and half cents pound over for
mer prices. Thus is the new Dingley
law bringing prosperity-to the beef
trust
The herald., 1897-08-13
A Counter -Irritant

Slimson-Some one gave my boy
drum for a birthday present, but 1t
turned out all right
Twickenham-How so?"
Il gave him a pocket knife. ."-Detroit
Free PRESS
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Delicacy Indeed

| whatever made you make Brackins
a present of a pocket comb? He's as
| bald as a billiard ball"
That's just it. wanted to make him
| think l never noticed Tilt Bits.
The herald., 1897-08-13
Chosen Wisely

The Blade is constrained to, say that in
opposing the annexation Of the Ha-
waiian islands, Senator Stephen NJ.
White has chosen wisely. This country
has no need of those islands, with tnelf
conglomerate population of Chlnese,
japanese, native islanders and lepers OF
various natiClalities. - santa Ana
Blade
The herald., 1897-08-13

Alaska" says the Riverside Globe,
promises to be a great clearing house
for the unemployed" And how are the
unemployed going to get there, pray?
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shutting up. In his closing speech on
the tariff bill just enacted, Mr. Dingley
told us that the bill would open up new
opportunities for our own labor, which
will be the beginning of that prosperity
which was dispelled in 1892" Now it is
in order for Mr.. Dingley to explain why
his bill doesn't work.-Utica, N. Y, OBJ
server
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A Restorative

supplicant--Im faint from lack of
food.
Rich lady (generously)-How dread-
full! Here, smell my NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Vile Courier Journal.
The herald., 1897-08-13

Electrocutior as method of capital
punishment has been the law in New
to give satisfaction yet it is not bein 8
adopted by other states. even where
hanging is regarded as barbarous, Why
not?
The herald., 1897-08-13

A Milwaukee girl who went out boat
ing and. got caught in a storm saved
herself by balng out the boat with her
slipper, and now Chicago feels relieved
of a large respor sibility.
The herald., 1897-08-13

watchdog" Holmar's successor ir
the house Of representatives is Demo
crat. May he prove as useful public
servant as his predecessor.
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KILLING OUR OWN TRADE

The American bicycle has become
very popular in Germany, so much 50.
in fact, that it gives the German manu-
facturers and dealers in German wheels
great concern. The editors of the
sporting papers tried to help out the
German wheels by instituting a boy
colt against American bicycles, refusing
TO print their advertisements or notices
This policy had just the contrary effect
to what was expected, resulting in ar
increased demand for American ma
chimes.
All this is very nice, so far as it goes,
but it does not tell the whole story. In
fact, the high tariff imposed by this
try on German wheels threatens to
kill entirely the German trade in Ameri-
can wheels.
1t works this way: American wheels
imported into Germany pay duty
ranging from II cents to s1.67, while
German wheels imported into the
United States paid under the old law
the average to $14.2S on each wheel. I'm
der the Dingley law this duty is M-
creased to As per cent ad valorem. The
Germans are very indignant over what
they term the discrimination, and are
demanding that a duty of so marks
81. .90-be imposed on each bicycle i'm
ported into Germany. This, of course,
would have the effect of greatly lessen
ing the sale of American wheels in thai
country.
Now the American dealers are not
afraid of German competition in this
country. American wheels are so
much better than German wheels that
it would make little or no difference if
the latter were admitted free. But un-
der the theory and system of protection
our growing trade with Germany is to
be endangered because of a discrimina
tion that does not help us in the least.
Good American wheels sell in Germany
from $95 to s107, against from $40 to s54
asked for German wheels They sell
rapidly because they are strongest,
lightest, soundest and most elegant in
shape. But at price 100 per cent
greater than German. wheels bring, ami
with high retaliatory duty impose d
upon them, it is easy to foresee steady
diminution in our bicycle trade with
Germany.
The herald., 1897-08-13
N eW to Him

Papa, how do the people in the
weather bureau find out what kind of
weather we are going to have?"
II didn't know they did, my SON.
Yonkers Statesman.
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The wheat crops are short in Russia
Hungary, France, the Argentine Repub-
lie, Australia and India. Is it any W on
der that the price of wheat has gone III
up as the deficits in other countries be.
come more apparent Will the advance
be credited to the Dingley law and the
advance agent of prosperity"
The herald., 1897-08-13
Where the Fault Lies

You can't keep secret to save your
life. Florence"
"Yes, l can; but the women to whom
i confide it can't keep it.'-Chicago
Record.
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Dead to All

What is apathy?"
at is a strange and dangerous condi-
ton that a man sometimes falls into
"a condition in which he has even been
known to lend his bicycle. ."-Chicago
Record.
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The Room in Beans

The boom in beans is due TO the pres
ent and, prospective emigration to
Klondyke, and is properly 40 part OF the
promised wave.-Bakersfeld Califor-
nian.
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A Ouick Acknow1edCm emf

Twynn--I made Whiffett acknowledge
the corn yesterday.
Triplett-How?
Twynn-I trod on 1t.
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Los Angeles has a contested will case,
but is not putting on any airs over San
Francisco on account of it.
The herald., 1897-08-13

The high price of eggs in the valley of
theYukon ought to encourage the barn
storming theatrical companies to make
the arctic circuit.
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It Doesn't Seem to Work

1t Is painful to note that right in the
beginning of the tariff made prosperity
the immense cotton mills of Fall
River, Manchester and Lawrence are
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1t will be necessary to tender Secre-
tary Gage at least one more dinner De-
fore confidence is fully restored.
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The news from the north that three
men were frozen to death in Alaska last
April is an echo from the other side"
of the Klondyke question.-San Fran
cisco Post.
1t is good deal of an echo. This
same item has been published three diff
ferent times as fresh news since the
tragedy occurred.
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A KLONDYKE LULLABY

Bye-a- a-baby-bunting,
Struggled from the cold;
Mammals a grass widow now
Since papa went for gold.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Gamblers in the Klondyke region do
not speak of ''the long green. only
1.-The fat yellow" goes up there.
The herald., 1897-08-13

1t may be that Hanna did not expend
all the money contributed to carry on
the late presidential campaign, but If he
did he can get as much more as he
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out from Washington and New York
to the effect that Secretary Sherman's
usefulness is impaired by i'll health.
His erratic mind is giving his
friends -considera BILE uneasiness. Prob
ably the Republican conspirators,
headed by Mark Hanna, will try to keep
the poor old man in his present position
until after the Ohio election, but it
would be an outrage to do so.
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wants, for the trusts are to be con-
tinued in possession of the advantages
already conferred on them. That he
intends to use money in Ohio in the i'm
pending political campaign is made APP
parent by the proceedings in the Ohio
Populist convention. Money and fed
eral patronage will be at his disposal.
The country may look for the most cor
rupt campaign in Ohio that the state,
or any other state, ever experienced.
The herald., 1897-08-13
Argument Futile

When a man has the gold fever, let him
alone. Argue not with an argonaut.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The herald., 1897-08-13
The excellence of the BEST is uri-
surpassed in the search for some
thing better
The
Clothing
Corner
ND WE Keep the Best

In Mems up-to- date Furnishings we set the pace.
If you want to be in it, consult us. Our Neck
wear is all new and rich in "fetching' colors and
styles Try what so cents will give you in Neck
wear. Try it here and now.
The herald., 1897-08-13

Talking of streets, the council appears
10 have a mania for putting alleys
through the business blocks whether the
property owners want them or not. The
alley between Spring and Main that runs
from Fourth to Fifth cost about 500, 900.
1t has been opened, but is in horrible
condition. Where are the chief of po-
lice, the street superintendent and the
health officer? Alleys are public thor
oughfareS and should be kept in as good
condition as the principal streets. The
trouble is that alleys are not properly
supervised.
By the bye, the great cost Of alley open
ing is in the payment for the frontage
taken at each end. Where land is costly,
why not make alleys ten feet wide at
the ends and make them twenty feet
when the widening can be done by TAX
ing piece off the rear of the inside lots !?
The herald., 1897-08-13

The torn up condition of Spring and
First where the new curve is being put
in has excited good deal Of angry COM
ment about interruption to traffic and
trampling upon the rights of the people
by the railway corporation. All the
same, the street railway company only
exists to serve the public and the better
it can increase its facilities for so do
ing and the more money it spends in that
way the better it is for the travelling pub
lie, and employment is given to the
working man. Another bystander re-
marked in my hearing that the new curve
has been put in six feet closer to the
street corner than it was before. That
is matter for the city engineer, and no
doubt he is attending to his business.
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In Underwear

We show the latest and best onIy We will get
next . to you on Underwear if we can't in any
other way.
The herald., 1897-08-13
ON THE STREET


Two Spring street merchants met yes
terday and began discussing the pros
poets for trade on that busy thorough
fare Said cne: The men who wanted
to get out of paying for repairing the
worn out surfacing of this pavement
thought they were running a fine bluff
when they insisted that new sewer
should be put in before they were asked
to pay for paving. The council has seen
them and gone one better. Wonder what
the property owners will say when they
find that the sewer is ordered and the
pavement, too"
Said the other: "Dockweiler says the
present sewer is good enough for all
purposes and will be for years to come
The only thing is, that it doesn't drain
the Easements of few big blocks"
What l am waiting for, said the first
speaker, lis to see what the landlords
are going to do about rents while the
street is torn up as it will be for mat
ter of eight months Just think what
the job means to the trade of a retail
street. The roadway must be dug up
and excavated for the new sewer, and
when that is put in, time has to be given
for property owners to make connec-
tions at every twenty-five feet on each
side. After that is done it will be found
that an entirely new pavement is needed
and when that is done the street car
companies will have to relay their track.
What with the legal notices required
and the time taken up in the actual work
and possible delay in the rainy season,
business will be in fine-cut condition"
Yes" said the other, and just look
at how those fellows are rustling on
Broadway to get new store buildings fin
ished. There used to be a fight between
Spring and Main streets for the lead and
we got away with it, but now it looks as
if the fight between Spring and Broad
way was going to be corker."
After which outburst the two smiled.
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The crowd had passed out of the
| Orpheum last night and party of peo-
pie whom l recognized as late occupants
of box were having discussion
about Imogent Conner and her ruined
costumes. Ink, did you say? Do you
| mean to tell me that any one could be
| mean enough to pour ink over the gowns
of a charming woman like that" said
one of the young men.
Il don't see anything so charming
about her." shifted young woman with
| reddish nose, "and as for her voice, it S
| like a mans"
We'll" said another girl, "she knows
| how to dress, and if she did have six
| hundred dollar gown spoiled, the man
| agement will pay her for that, and no
doubt she has plenty of good ones left"
I'm glad of one thing" solemnly said
a quiet looking man, (which is that she
| has sense enough to wear long dresses.
| Physical revelations of the lower ex-
tremeties are not necessary adjuncts to
| descriptive songs, even on the vaude-
vile STAGE
We'll, you can guess why she does it,
said jolly looking woman of the party.
| Nothing Of the kind, assure you it
is because she has an intuitive knowl-
| edge of harmony in the proportion Of
sound to pictorial effect, an innate
aestheticism which is better than all the
culture that can be acquired in the
schools"
Fred" interrupted lady who was
| evidently the wife of the speaker,
you've had enough and we had better
| be going home"
| THE RYSTANDER.
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Along the sunny pavement in front of
the Van Nuys hotel lady and gentle
man, evidently fresh arrivals, were walk
ing the other afternoon. The lady ganc-
ing up said: "Ah, what peculiar name
for fine building-the van new-ease'-
that was the way she pronounced it.
"A good name" said her escort, land
appropriate. Shall not take mine ease
in mine inn" And they walked on
while the strains of the band playing
Annie Laurie" came family through
the open portals of the dining room.