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Evening star., 1897-05-29
Fully Convinced.
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
At the time of the Millerite delusion in
1913, when many people believed that the
end of the world would come on a certain
day in April. and many others who did not
really believe were yet moved to super
stitious uneasiness by the fervor of the
Millerites, there were number of eager
watchers for the appointed day in an old
New England town.
1t was late spring, and there was n
light fall of snow on the ground. On the
night before the dreadful date there famed
in the sky a magnificent crimson aurora,
and the red light in the heavens, with its
red reflection on the snow, terrified many
nervous people to the verge of distraction:
they thought it signified the beginning OF
universal destruction.
One woman, vino lived alone, with the
back Of her house close to cemetery.
walked near midnight and was overcome
with horror. Without stopping TO dress,
she ran out of her house and along close
beside the burying ground boundary to-
ward the dwelling of her next neighbor.
Her bare feet slipped in the snow. and once
she fell, but rose Immediately and ran on.
Her neighbors also were awake, the wife
lying quaking in bed, the husband at the
window. He looked out just as the frantic
figure In white sprang up from her fall in
the drifted snow-emerging. as IL appeared,
from the graveyard, and bathed in blood
red light. Turning his head, he shouted
back hastily into the dark chamber:
Its true, wife, the end of the world has
comet The dead are rising from their
graves-Tve just seen the first one.
The supposed corpse. however, presently
took refuge in his house. and when morn
ing dawned and the world still existed the
trio were no doubt reassured.
Evening star., 1897-05-29
The PrOOfreadcr's Nemesis,

From the Typographical Journal.
Whats the matter?' inquired the fore
man, as he entered the sanctum for copy
and noted the EDITORS bleeding nose. swol-
len forehead, puffed, red eye and tattered,
dusty coat. Fall down stairs?" No
only that. replied the editor, pointing
with his finger to a paragraph in the paper
before him. Its in our account of the
Crapley Smith wedding. 1t ought to read :
Miss Smiths dirrpled, shining face formed
pleasing contrast with Mr.. Crapley's
strong. bold physiognomy.' But see how
it was printed" And the foreman read:
Miss Smiths pimpled, skinny face formed
pleasing contrast with Mr.. Crapley's
stony, bald physiogonomy." "Crapley was
just in here" continued the editor, throw
ing one blood-streaked handkerchief in the
waste basket and feeling in his pockets for
clean one, "and he-but just send that
fool of proofreader in here! There's fight
left in me yet!'
Evening star., 1897-05-29

These Frenchmen, let 1t be remembered
in their honor, are almost Chinese in their
veneration for the dead. One of the most
striking sights to tourists is that Of the
Partisan funeral as it passes in slow majes
ty through the gay streets, to cause sud
den hush, halt, and doffing of the hat.
The women bow their heads, and lnayhap
you will see their lips work in a prayer,
perfunctory, short, mere ejaculation,
purely formal, yet the prayer is there. And
every man along the route will lift his hat
and cease his chat. 1t is a relic OF the
times when, night or day. the criers, pass
ing. called out in lugubrious fitting tones,
with trumpets even: The Sieur Such-a-
One. just dead, is coming; ye who live,
pray for his peace, remembering!
Our tourists also make point of visiting
the great Paris cemeteries, being struck
by a whole series of comparisons highly
favorable. it must be admitted, to our own
bright, airy, shady, flowery. may one say
gay? parks or gardens. These Partisan
fields of last repose look cluttered up, dark,
mournful and-this is the keynote-of un-
utterable ugliness. They would not have
1t otherwise, and throw a wealth of ira
ditional homeliness into the purposely old
fashioned purple, black and white head
Sreaths which form the staple decoration
of the tomb in France. Few graves are
SO forgotten as to lack each year, on All
Evening star., 1897-05-29
Parisians Have a Decoration Day
Like Our Own.
BUT ALL IS GLOOM AND SADNESS
Hanging Wreaths Upon the Column
of the Common Cause.
THE STRASBOURG STATUE

Special Corr. spondence Of The Evening Star.
PARIS. May 20. 1897.
Evening star., 1897-05-29

by Mrs Clara Williams, with >solos by
Mrs. Hattie Meads Smith and DIR. F. ].
Woodman. Mite boxes will be opened and
offerings for missions received. There will
be no charge for admission.
Rev. E. Bradford Leavitt of this city
was among those who addressed the Uni
tartan conference in session in fremont
Temple, Eoston. this week. Miss Catherine
Lucille EGw ards. who was in attendance
as delegate from All Souls Church, was
also on the program for an address on The
Growth of Unitarianism in the National
CAPITAL
Evening star., 1897-05-29
The Ink Bacillus.

From the London Lancet.
1t sometimes happens that q trifling
scratch or puncture made with a pen gives
rise to a dangerous septicaenna, due to the
liability of ink to contain pd3hogenic bac-
terra. Nigrosin Ink, taken fksn a freshly
opened bottle, was found teS6ontain both
saprophytes and bacteria. fRea and blue
inks also yielded numerous bacteria, In
two instances DR.. -Marpmann succeeded in
cuitivating from nigrosin ink a bacillus
which proved fatal to mice within four
for three months and the inference to be
drawn from the inquiry is that ink used in
schools should always be kept covered when
not in use.
Evening star., 1897-05-29

Our Department of
Mems Furnishings

Is one Of the sights of the town. There is nothing
ccmIar rable it in points of beauty, richness ana
elegance The prices are far below those Of
less pr.rentiols establishments that have made
scoop" of the general trade
Evening star., 1897-05-29
Shake INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot-Ease, powder for the feet. It
cures painful. swollen smarting feet and instantly
takes the sting out Of corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery OF the age. Aliens
Foot Ease makes tight fitting or new shoes feel
easy: 1t Is certain cure for sweating. callous
all druggists and shoe stores. by mail for &c. In
stamps. Trial package FREE Address ALLEN
s. OLMSTED. lie Roy, N. Y. my22Sm
Evening star., 1897-05-29

. are all our own, and
Deco "a t To- n d a y,
known and admired
abroad, remains es-
sentially America n
the French possess
the fact. and the
Partisan anniversary
is doubly touching to
Americans abroad at
once because Of un-
likeness AMI it's like
ness to our own.
The herald., 1897-09-07
THE "NEW" LIBRARY

After having been closed for improve
ments and repairs for nearly two weeks,
the public library will be reopened today
for inspection, and tomorrow the ex-
change of books will be resumed.
Mrs. Wadleigh, the new librarian,
upon assuming the duties of her posi-
ton, set about to make improvements
that had been sadly needed for a long
time, and it is perfectly safe to say that
today's inspection will prove the wis
dom not only of the changes that have
been made, but of the action that placed
her at the head of the institution.
One Of the most agreeable and bene-
fetal innovations will prove to be the
rule that permits visitors to handle
books for the purpose Of study or selee-
tion,' in all but the fiction department.
This rule is followed in most of the lead
ing libraries of the country with excel.
lent results.
1t is to be hoped that from this time
on there will be larger use Of the ref
erence departments of the library, and
the new rules will doubtless tend to en-
courage this feature of the institutions 8
usefulness. The percentage OF fiction
taken from the Los Angeles public libra
ry is quite large, but this is accounted
for by the fact that we have so many
winter visitors who come here for health
and recreation who find that the library
adds greatly to their enjoyment but who
for obvious reasons do not care to go
deeply into solid literature.
Some time it may be that our public
library will have home Of its own. The
Herald has its ear to the ground, listen
ing for an announcement from some Of
our public spirited citizens that they will
contribute to that end.
The herald., 1897-09-07
Recovering

The Call devoted the best part of last
month to proving that William Jennings
Bryan is two-faced demagogue, pet
tifogger and an insignificant and pune
tured windbag, all because he had ac-
cepted transportation from Sacramento
to Portland over the Southern Pacific
as payment of ten dollar advertising
bill of the Omaha World-Herald. Now it
advertises in staring type THE First I'M
portant Statement Of William j. Bryan"
on "The Return Of Prosperity and the
Future of Silver" The "discredited
leader of a lost cause" seems to have re-
covered his credit and to have become an
authority once more.-San Francisco
Examiner
The herald., 1897-09-07
THE LAUGH ON THEM

Tho laugh is once more on our English
cousins. It will be remembered that
the bringing away of the diamond sculls
from Henley by young Ten Eyck, the
American oarsman, was received with
a very bad grace by the English. Black
static, Ten Eyck's competitor in the
race, was encouraged by the shout Of
the multitude, while Ten Eyck was
greeted by IAN ominous silence" broken
by the cheers Of but one admirer.
The whining British sportsmen tried,
to make out after the race was over
that Ten Eyck was a professional, not
withstanding the regatta committee had
fully investigated that matter pre-
viously. Then the rule of the Amateur
Rowing association was cited, which
practically debars any one from compel
ing who Is SO unfortunate, or so FORUM
ate, as the case may be, as to be OBJ
liged to earn his living "by the sweat Of
his brow"
A well known university oarman who
writes for the London Sporting Life un-
der the nom de plume, "Old Blue" in a
published article, says that Ten Eyck
was objected to because he had worked
for time in a boat builders yard, and
remarks further:
The Henley stewards strained point
and allowed him to row; sportsmanlike
enough, I admit yet hardly consistent
as A. r. A. laws now stand by the way.
Well, he won, as all the world knows,
and was boycotted by the spectators
after his victory; while the runner-up,
Mr.. H. j. Blackstaffe, received an ova-
tion all down the line, and for what
reason =? Presumably because the Ameri-
can was an outsider and the English
man gentleman amateur" according
to A. r. A. definition. Yet am informed
that Mr.. H. T. Blackstaffe is salesman
In the poultry market; and a right good
business man, too, I'll warrant.
"OlG Blue" calls for change in the
sules that will do away with such abb
surd determinations, and he is right.
American oarsmen who go abroad ought
not to be made the victims of a class dis
tinction that calls one man who has
worked in boat builders yard a pro-
fessional. while it makes an amateur of
smother man who sells poultry for liv
ms. II 1t had been Ten Eyck who had
old poultry, the whine and the kick on
ne part Of unsportsmanlike English
The herald., 1897-09-07
ONE THING AT A TIME

1t Is still impossible to say anything
definite as to when the work Of repair.
ing the Spring street paving will begin
1t seems as if the city council and the
property owners might get together and
reach a definite understanding and
agreement providing both sides are sin
cere in desiring to achieve this end.
There is still more or less harping on
the sewer and conduit phases, but these
are not before the house. The real ques-
tion is whether Spring street paving
shall be repaired. That is all there is to
1t. The proposition is to repair Spring
street now as an urgent necessity, and
then settle the matters Of conduits and
sewers when the time comes for repav-
ing.
First we hear one thing then another.
We are told that Spring street Is to be
repaved from First to Ninth streets,
and that brings in the conduit and sewer
side shows, and all is confusion again.
Now let us understand the question and
stick to 1t. 1t is fair to assume that we
cannot have repaving, with all it's at
tendant enterprises right away. The re-
pairs ought to be had at once, before the
busy season sets in.
The superintendent Of streets makes
the official assertion that the cost Of re-
pairing Spring street paving will not
exceed $1.70 per lineal front foot. He
feels sure that 1t will be less. If a person
owns fifty feet frontage on the street
named his assessment will not exceed
$S5, and it will probably be less That is
not an exorbitant bill for anyone to pay
who owns frontage on Spring street.
Besides the public and the tenants have
some rights in the matter. Why canno.
the matter Of repairs be taken up and
settled at once, leaving the other issues
to follow in due season?
The herald., 1897-09-07
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1897
A PATHFINDER

The Herald offers under its coupon
system today Millroy's Pathfinder to
Alaska and the Klondike gold fields.
It is a finely engraved pocket map on
. scale large enough to show all the
principal geographical features of the
new Ell Dorado. It clearly outlines the
various routes to the Klondike dig
gings that have been opened and
travelled up to date. It shows the
principal towns, camps, forts and sta
tions. Subscribers to The Herald can
obtain this map by clipping coupons
from the advertisement and sending
to our business Office accompanied by
fifteen cents. IF out Of town send two
cents extra to cover cost Of mailing.
The herald., 1897-09-07
NEW ENGLAND Is KICKING

The new tarifr law is the product, in
the main, Of two New England high pro-
tective tariff experts-Mr Dingley of the
house and Mr.. Aldrich Of the senate.
The interests of that section Of the ma
tion have never been overlooked by any
tariff law ever enacted. Through ad-
vantages secured to the people of New
England they have drawn sustenance
and riches from the productive sections
of the south and west. The Dingley law
is quite as favorable to the manufac-
turers Of that part of the country as to
the sugar or any other trust, yet the peo-
pie Of portion Of New England are find
ing fault with the 10 per cent discrimin-
ating duty in favor OF American ship
ping.
The object Of discrimination Is to pro-
mote our carrying trade upon the high
seas. New England has always been
more distinguished for maritime enter
prise than any other part Of the ma
ton. She professee to desire the growth
VI OuI AlClC1R0AI 1AdI lie dkQ 10 GQCOuI-
age American shipbuilding. 1t has been
her solid and persistent opposition that
has prevented a change in our naviga-
tion laws which would admit foreign
built ships to American registry. But to
enforce the discriminating duty upon
merchandise of Asiatic production
brought here in foreign ships and trans
ported through the British possessions
by the Canadian Pacific railroad de-
prives the short roads running from 1t
to Boston and Portland Of some of their
traffic. and that is the reason why there
is vigorous kick from that part OF the
country.
New England would be wise If she
were little less selfish and more consid-
crate Of the welfare Of others. There are
American transcontinental railroads
The herald., 1897-09-07
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Be Warned in Time

These frivolous appeals. such as that
taken in the case Of Allender. for the sim
gle purpose of delaying or preventing
the execution of red-handed murderers
who have been duly tried and convicted,
have become so frequent that they are
paving the way for regime of lynch
ings. It Is unthinkable, however, that
the supreme court, when 1t reaches these
cases. will 80 rule that justice will be
defeated. That body Is more likely to
knock out every case of this kind be-
ginning with Durrant, and murder will
no longer receive the sanction and SYM
pathy Of the law.-San Jose Mercury.
The herald., 1897-09-07
sCRIMMAaE OF LABOR LEADERS

Efforts to promote the cause of labor
cannot be appreciably successful with
out organization, and there cannot be
effective organization without officers
and leaders. Men who elevate them
selves to the work Of looking after the
interests Of labor must have compensa-
ton and be clothed with some power.
The pay they receive and the authority
they possess are sufficient to arouse an
ambition to become the recipients.
There is the same strife to achieve posi-
tions in labor organizations that there
is in politics. Human nature Is quite the
same in every field Of enterprise. 1t
should not be expected that labor leaders,
whether self-appointed or chosen by the
mass Of workingmen, will all be unself-
ish and patriotic. Rivalries and jeal-
ousies will spring UP, and disrupting
Influences will be introduced, the same
as in all other affairs of life. There is an
exhibition of this condition Of things
at this time in connection with the coal
miners strike.
There is class Of extremists in organ
zations who not only seek to improve the
condition Of workingmen. but seem to
be imbued with the idea that, in order
to do that, It is necessary to persecute
and distress capital. The objects of la
Dor organizations should be not only
to demand what is justly due to toilers,
but to bring about such cordial rela-
tions and FUN understanding between
capital and labor that fair treatment will
be accorded without a resort to strikes
Organization Of itself is a sword held over
the head Of capital, and 1t should be a
sufficient menace to compel any uncon-
scionable capitalist to recognize hu-
name principles in their dealings. Labor
is exposed not only to external dangers
but. what Is far more serious to inter-
nal dangers. Men who feel that they are
wronged are easily excited to indefensi-
BILE acts, and demagogues and mounte-
banks are ever present and ready to in
trude themselves whenever they discover
an opening.
AS we have before said, It ought not
to- be difficult for employer and employe
Ito decide upon the terms upon which
The herald., 1897-09-07
Keep on Agitating

If the wheelmen of Los Angeles Pas
adena and Santa Monica will combine
and bring their influence to bear on the
supervisors, and then get the heavy
property owners along the way interest
ed in the matter, perhaps start might
be made on what would ultimately be-
come the pride Of Southern California
a magnificent boulevard for vehicle,
bicycle and pedestrian from Pasadena
to Santa Monica, through beautiful Los
Angeles. Keep on "agitating," brethren;
that's the only way we shall ever make
a beginning.-Santa Monica Signal
The herald., 1897-09-07
WAVE WANDERINGs

I wandered on a pebbled beach.
Where wavelets rolled in endless reach
To seek what lessons they might teach,
And learn what their wierd music meant
That ever to the wild wind lent
A sad, subdued accompaniment.
listened. for burned to hear
What words to me those waves mighH
bear,
OF joy. Of grief, of hope or fear.
listened long. but all in vain,
My curious heart could not explain
The meaning of their ceaseless strain.
For in a language all their own
The waves conversed in monotone,
And I was with them-but alone.
Gertrude Harraden in Frank Leslie's
Monthly. -
The herald., 1897-09-07
It Has Felt the Jar

The corporation Of Brown university
has felt the jar Of its collision with pub
lie sentiment. In an open letter Of man
ly apology and explanation the corpora
tion begs President Andrews to resume
his chair in the university. The corpora
ton of Brown has proved that 1t is pos
sessed Of more sense than the newspa-
pers which undertook to defend the i'll
defensible assault upon educational
freedom made by the trustees Of Brown.
Stockton Mail
The herald., 1897-09-07
Don't Incur the Penalty

It is a misdemeanor for anyone camp
ing on land to leave a fire burning. The
punishment for parties SO detected and
convicted is fine not exceeding $1,000,
or Imprisonment of one year, or both.
The fine is paid into the school fund Of
the county where the act occurred.-San
Bernardino Sun.
The herald., 1897-09-07

which are entitled to quite a. much con-
sideration as the short roads from Can
ada to Boston and Portland, and there 10
American shipping in the Pacific ocean
which 1t would be beneficial to the coun-
try to have patronized instead of foreign
shipping. The New England people
should be content If they are not benefi-
ciaries Of quite all the favors that con-
gressional legislation can bestow,
The herald., 1897-09-07
Trees for Snowy Places

The frs and larches that make their
homes in the Alpine regions are admir-
ably fitted, by their erect main stems
and pendant branches, to growth in
these snowy places If they branched in
the manner of the trees of lower regions
they would be unable to weather the
storms. The weight Of the snow, now
easily sliding off, would crush them.
The herald., 1897-09-07
In q Horn

A dispatch states that Mrs Horne,
who was once hard working washer
woman, is now the wife of millionaire
in Dawson city. She says she can go
out and pan out $100 any time while her
husband is saving wood. What an anx-
ious world palpitates to know is this:
Do all millionaires up there have to saw
wood?-Colton Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-09-07

The season has arrived, when all good
people return from their vacations and
expect, therefore, to soon hear that Herr
Poker Davis and his genial and eff
cient assistants have returned to the
city
The herald., 1897-09-07

1t Is somewhat in the nature Of a COM
pensation that the west, which felt the
panic the quickest and the most severely
should be the first to experience the
revivifying effect Of better times. The
big wheat crop accounts for it, of course.
The herald., 1897-09-07

Love does not always find the way
William Crowley of New York city was
scorching on Eighth avenue. when a
policeman shouted to him to slacken his
Mr.. Crowley, as he sped on. But the
policeman, who had no romance in his
makeup, was a scorcher, too, and it
cost Mr.. Crowley SO next morning in the
police court. Besides, he didn't meet the
girl
The herald., 1897-09-07
Equal to Anything

The man who will buy gold brick
nowadays almost deserves his fate.
Despite the columns the newspapers
have devoted to exposing the swindle,
Los Angeles man has fallen into the
tolls. But, then, they are liable to do
anything down there.-Oakland Trib-
une.
The herald., 1897-09-07
Prefers Another Kind

Rev. Sam Jones proposes to save souls
by exhibiting living pictures Of vice. A
few living pictures of virtue would be
more to the point, Sam. II you can get
them. The other kind 10 too common
Los Angeles Herald.
Right you are, brother. We only have
The herald., 1897-09-07

The ameer of Afghanistan Is said to
be concocting an unholy plan to start
holy war. In Great Britain 1t is thought
that the ameer's long distance telephone
Is connected with ST.. Petersburg.
The herald., 1897-09-07

If Los Angeles Is to have more parks,
what is the matter with providing one
for the South Side? Surely that section
of the city is entitled to an improvement
Of this kind.
The herald., 1897-09-07

The expenses OF the government for
the past twenty-five days under the
amount of its revenue. The poor ola
government does not seem to be in on
the ground floor Of that wave Of pros
peritY
The herald., 1897-09-07
MiSdirected

Old Friend (greeting Mrs. Lakeside OF
Chicago on her arrival in Europe)-"Are
you not glad to set foot on terra flrma?"
Mrs. Lakeside-"Terra flrma? Land
sakes! thought this was Queenstown"
New York Weekly.
The herald., 1897-09-07
Business on the Jump

"1ow do you find business" asked the
kind old lady Of the man at the back door
with a pail on his arm.
'Everything's on the jump with me,
Could I sell you some frog legs?"-De.
troit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-09-07
Proceeding to Extremities

The Referee-But. my dear sir, trust
you do not intend to proceed to extrem-
tiles.
The Irate Husband-That just what I
do intend. I'm charging her with cold
feet.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1897-09-07
The Children,s Hour

1T don't believe Longfellow ever knew
much about children" grumbled Cumso
at 6 o'clock In the morning, as series Of
yells burst upon his ears. Talk about
the children's hour being twilight!"-
Harper's Bazar.
The herald., 1897-09-07

Twelve hundred trousers makers in
Philadelphia struck recently and the
Fresno Expositor faces the awful possi-
bility that trousers will no longer be
obtainable. Our esteemed con temporary
worries needlessly. If there is famine
in trousers 1t can wear pants.