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The Bourbon news., 1897-12-17

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Columbus, Ohio.
DEAR SIRs Last spring purchased
a box of Wright's Celery Capsules from
L. G. Davenport, druggist, Bluffton,
Ind, and used them for stomach trouble
with which had been afflicted for more
than Is years. Since taking your Cap
sules have lost all trace of pain and my
stomach is entirely well. I can eat any
thing and can truthfully say that l have
not felt better in years.
The Bourbon news., 1897-12-17
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The Bourbon news., 1897-12-17
NUPTIAL KNOTS.

Engagements, Announcements And Sol
emnizatiOns OF The Marriage Vows.
The herald., 1897-09-04
A CRYING SCANDAL

The farce of trying the cases against
the Chinese lottery dealers has grown
into a crying scandal. 1t has come to
such pass that the defendant in one of
these cases, acquitted by jury whose
verdict is justly regarded with suspicion,
invites that jury, Immediately the case
is concluded, to a nearby saloon, where
the twelve men good and true"-heaven
save the mark-celebrate the happy end
ing of the case, at the defendants ex-
pense.
What were the character and the
standing of the men composing such a
served the venire that he was ordered /
to make the return in an hour on so, and
that consequently he had to press into
service available men without regard to
their occupation or standing. The officer
admitted that he Gid not go in to the bus-
ness district in his quest for jurymen.
Why was the officer ordered to make his
return in an hour or SO? Why was not
time and opportunity afforded TO secure
jury that might at least decide the case
before them honestly, and which would
not disgrace justice by celebrating their
verdict in q saloon with the representa-
tive Of the defense in criminal case?
1t is high time that public sentiment
should be fully aroused against the
farces, the scandals, the sins of omission
and commission that render the admin
istration of the law failure in so many
instances. 1t need not be thought that
it matters little because it is "only Chi
nese lottery case" The injury goes 8
great deal deeper and further. 1t de.
grades and nullifies the moral sense Of
the community and lessons respect fol
the law, besides encouraging the com.
mission Of crime. There must be ar
awakening on the part Of abiding
loyal citizens against this great evil.
The herald., 1897-09-04
LOSING HIS NERVE
hands

That eminent wiseacre, DIR. Chauncey
NJ. Depew, who preached prosperity al
through the hard times, is already
frightened at the approaching wave
In an interview, printed in the New
York Times, he said:
The pace has been set so suddenly, and
is increasing so fast, that it will require
all the conservative forces of the coun-
try to prevent in two years from now
general wreck. In other words, our
dangers are not only overtrading, but
the launching gofinnumerable enterprises
in which hope will be more powerful
than judgment.
DR.. Depew need not worry over the
present outlook it will be a long time
before the country is back where it was
six years ago, and it will take many en-
terprises to make good the stilled wheels
of industry that were running merrily
seven years ago. 1t is possible that there
might be a relapse just as too conf
dent convalescent might overtax his
strength. Yet if the country cannot
withstand very little squirt like the one
it is now experiencing, our single gold
standard and high tariff friends Will
have to revise their grandiloquent asser-
tions so confidently and so freely made.
Is it possible that the optimistic, ire
pressible Vanderbilion Chauncey
Mitchell Depew, favored of the gods and
the pet of tickle fortune, is losing his
nerve? Perish the thought.
The herald., 1897-09-04
THE CLOSING CHAPTER

The Herald remarked a few days ago
that the Bradbury Ward incident might
be considered closed. 1t was mistaken.
There was another chapter. The news
comes that W. Russell Ward, while
speeding across the western plains
window of the sleeper in which he was
travelling, being hurled to instant death.
The details of the tragedy have not
been cleared up at this writing, but it
is probable that Ward, in a fit of re-
morse, or in a state of dementia caused
by excessive drinking, committed sui
eide. Perhaps we shall never know the
exact facts Nor does it make any par
ticular difference, in considering the in
evitable lesson to be drawn from the ig-
noble tragedy that has ended malodor-
Gus scandal
THE wages of sin is death" Never
were the words of Holy Writ, the stern
warning Of a retributive punishment,
more vividly illustrated than in the case
an object lesson. It is not necessary
to repeat the details Of Wards career.
His was a useless life. A strong, we'll
educated, able bodied man in the prime
of life, he had, so far as is known, never
earned dollar in his life. He had rep
utation as a polo player, as club loaf
er, as consumer of cocktails and that
was all. And he most prided himself
that he was gentleman"
This gentleman" eloped with another
mans wife. In his case the man suffered
the penalty more than did the woman.
The woman was forgiven by her hus-
band; the man became social leper,
abhorred Of all respectable people and
Stunned by his former associates. Even
the "barroom crowd" would have moth
ing to do with him. and when man gets
as low as that what is there left for him
to do?
Ward escaped punishment at the
hands of the law, but his Nemesis did
rot discharge him when the courts let
him go. 1t is probable that his punish
ment was greater than he could bear.
whether he jumped to his death to es-
cape the pangs Of remorse, or wheth-
er his deed was the act of delirium
caused by excessive drinking makes lit
tie difference. There could have been
but one primary cause
Few will mourn the wretched mans
departure. The general verdict will be
that his death was boon to humanity
and good morals, but it is not necessary
to discuss that phase of the question.
The lesson is in Wards whole career and
the tragical ending of misspent life
How different it would have been had
Ward set out to make himself useful &c
the world in some calling however hun-
The herald., 1897-09-04
SOMETHING Is LACKING

While this city seems to be fairly we'll
equipped with the machinery of justice
there is an almost fatal lack of the power
necessary 10 set it in motion. Especially
is this the case with reference to offenses
where it is essential to make complaint,
or file information, in order to secure
action on the part of the officers Of the
law.
The Herald has had occa sion to call at
tention to this very peculiar phase in the
operations of justice, as illustrated iii
the case of the recent forgeries against
the Pacific Coast Steamship company.
The officers of the company distinctly
declared that certain claims presented
against them were forgeries. Enough
of the facts in the case were known to
afford a basis for proceeding to punish,
or at least to attempt to punish, noto-
rious violation of the law. Yet, for rea-
sons that are generally understood, moth
ing has been done in the way of prose
cution.
This is not an isolated case. They are
happening almost every day. The dis
trict attorneys Office is supposed to look
after such matters, but the rule there is
that complaint mast be made and infor-
nation filed before case is prosecuted.
The district attorney may as an individ-
uai know that an offense has been COM
mitted, but as an official he might take
no cognizance of it. There may be ex-
ceptions in fragrant cases, but that is the
rule, as outlined.
There is some thing lacking. When a
crime is committed the law and it's off,
cials ought to take cognizance of the
offenss and seek to punish the criminal.
They do this in some instances. If a
burglary is committed, justice does not
wait for the man who has been robbed
to make complaint. If it knows the
criminal, or has reason to believe that ii
knows him, 1t sets its machinery in mo-
ton. If the man who is robbed should
say, II don't care anything about it, the
loss is inimaterial, let the man CO." the
law does not comply with the request, il
1t has anything at all to go on. The
onense is not against the individual
alone; 1t is against the community.
against the statutes against the public
good.
II burglary is so treated II a murder
The herald., 1897-09-04

sets the machinery in motion, why
should not other offenses of a grave ma
ture have the same treatment? Is not
forgery a crime? Is it for the individual
pecuniarily interested to say whether or
not crime shall be punished? And must
the officers of the law wait on the caprice
or interested policy of the individual?
Every time anything of the kind takes
place the moral standard of the commu
nifty is lowered, virtue is degraded and
premium is placed upon crime. We can
not afford to let such a condition of
things continue.
1t is high time we had a grand jury
called-a body which can take up the
investigation of crime without waiting
on the snail-like motions of the district
attorneys office.
The herald., 1897-09-04

The Herald offers under it's 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., 1897-09-04
Enlarging the Vast Tramp Army

The payment of such low wages as arc
vouchsafed to miners means that large
mass of the people are removed but 4
step from public charity. These la borers
can save but little. Any sickness, any
misfortune in the family, signifies a call
upon the public for assistance. The
death of the head of the family is likely
to mean the consignment of the surviv-
ors to the almshouse. They live from
day to day but one step distant from
pauperism. Under such conditions it is
not to be regarded as strange that the
tramp question assumes such propor-
tions.- Republican Register.
The herald., 1897-09-04
They Like q Big Mark

Senator White does not deserve tho
nopgun pelleting he has been receiving
from the local Republican press since
he has returned from Washington. 1t
is not exactly a case Of the King Of
shadows loving a shining mark, for the
Republican editors are the best Of fell
lows, and it is fun shooting at big
mark. 1t is a case Of blazing away at
a barn because any kind of an old aim
will do. But the barn isn't endangered
by the light artillery. If some one will
tell us how Mr.. White could have con-
sistently taken any other course upon
the tariff question than the one he has
taken, we will elevate the deponent in
our opinion to the dignity of local po-
litical prophet, if not to that of an in
cipient Statesman.-Azusa Pomotropic.
The herald., 1897-09-04
A GREAT COMBINATION

Mrs. Charlotte Smith, who wants al
the bachelors Of marriageable age to be
compelled to marry in order to reduce
the surplus Of old maids, ought to go into
partnership with the prominent busi-
ness man out west who has plan" tc
force young men to save and provide fol
those dependent upon them. The plan
is outlined as follows:
young man applies for marriage
license and is charged s251.50, the $3.50
being the first premium on life In
surance policy in some good company,
and the $3.50 being the usual license
fee The policy thus procured would
be made in favor of the expectant wife,
with the provision that she be paid an
nuity in case of the husbands death,
with no chance for her to squander the
capital and no chance for any but her.
self to draw the yearly stipend. The
policy would be kept in force by such
monthly or annual payment as the in
surance required.
The life insurance man who devised
the scheme would no doubt be glad TO
throw in the bride in consideration of a
policy calling for $3.50 annual prem
ium; and he could no doubt arrange with
Mrs. Smith for supply. Perhaps he
would even engage to buy the marriage
license and compensate the officiating
clergyman. A matrimonial department
store Of the kind ought to pay we'll.
AS a usual thing, however, any young
man who can afford to pay $3.50 year in
insurance premiums can provide home
for wife and children. He would prob
ably get insured, but he would not con-
slider it necessary to put the cart before
the horse.
The herald., 1897-09-04

nous wealth. They follow their practice
Of grabbing for a dollar or so in sight
and the devil take everybody else
rights. And, by the way what has be-
come Of that ordinance which required
the oil men to put their storage tanks
under ground? They have practically
ignored it.
Now il it comes to question Of run
ming free-handed, without the observ-
ance of law-jeopardizing the lives and
property of citizens-and creating a
nuisance generally-we wonder if that
is not game that both sides can play at
as well as one. The oil men will do well
to take warning while there is yet time,
lest an indignant public take the enforce
ment of city ordinances into their own
hands
The herald., 1897-09-04
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Richard Hooker, a grandson Of Sem
ator Stewart, is among the seekers after
Klondike gold.
The son of the late John Millais, the
former president of the Royal academy,
will shortly publish life Of his father.
Sabach al Cher is black bandmaster
in the Prussian army, who is now con-
Quoting concerts in Dresden. His father
was an Arab in the desert.
E. A. Fitzgerald, the English noun
taineer, who has been performing some
brilliant feats of climbing in the Andes.
is lying i'll at Valparaiso with typhoid
fever.
A Boston lady who has just met Ibsen
in Christiania, writes: Dear old Mr..
Ibsen is about the height Of DR.. Holmes.
but stouter, and looks just like his pic
tures."
A man named Damn, who lives in El
Paso county, Colorado, had occasion to
find a name for a new olive branch the
other day. He called the little stranger
Prosperity B.
Clement G. Morgan, who was the ora
tor of the class Of 80, Harvard, is an al
derman of Cambridge. He is said to be
the first colored man elected to SUCH a
place in. northern city
Judge John II. Regan af Texas, who
is now very old man, is once more cast
ing longing eye on seat in the United
States senate, to the surprise Of his
friends and the displeasure Of some OF
them He is free silver man.
John Otis, who used to be known as
the "milkman. congressman" is in To-
peka, Kan, in poor health and strait
ened circumstances. Some time ago he
started a cooperative colony in Colora-
do and put all his money into 1t. The
colony failed.
English parties have multiplied since
Mr.. Gladstone took up home rule. His
former followers are now divided into
Liberal Unionists. Roseberyites Har-
courtites, Laboucherians, Dillonites.
Paruellites and Healyites. Some one In
the Times calls him the grand old party
splitter.
The herald., 1897-09-04
SHOOTING" THE WELLS

The proprietors of the oil wells within
the city Of Los Angeles, having perpe-
trated about every otner known indig-
nifty upon the residents ard property
owners, have now re9orted to the prac-
tice of shooting" their wells That is
TO say, when the flow Of oil has run down
to such an extent that it is no longer
profitable to pump we'll they lower
a dynamite cartridge into the hole anG
explode it. These explosions can be
heard nightly in the oil district. The
fact that an ordinance of the city council
prohibits that sort Of thing on account
Of the danger of fire makes no difference
to these precious seekers after oleagi-
The herald., 1897-09-04
CALIFORNIA OPINION
The Indeterminate Sentence

By the indeterminate sentence the
prison superintendent or authorities car
find out what the judge is unable tc
know: How long a criminal should bt
sentenced for. If the prisoner by g
course of treatment shows that he is
thoroughly reformed there is no use
keeping him on and on at an expens;
of about $3.50 each to the tax payers
The ndeterminate sentence in certain
grades of crime acts we'll in New York
and there is no reason why it would
not be to the advantage of California
Pasadena News.
The herald., 1897-09-04
Sectional Feeling Being Obliterated

Gradually the passions engendered by
the late war between the states are dis
appearing, and the people of both Sec
tions of the country are beginning to re-
alize more forcibly than ever that they
are one in the common blood of the re-
public. This observation is suggested
by the cordial and fraternal sentiments
which found expression at the Grand
Army banquet in Buffalo. Notwith-
standing the restricted character of this
assemblage of old soldiers, it appears
from the telegraphic reports that only
the broadest and most generous feelings
of patriotism were entertained at the
banquet.-Atlanta Constitution.
The herald., 1897-09-04
IN TARIFF WE TRUST

While the taxes are higher than ever be-
fore,
While salaries are greater and wages are
lower;
While workshops are closed and tools red
with rust,
Let the slogan be tariff
I'm tariff we trust!"
While the Sugar trust boasts a victorious
raid
Let the party rejoice that its debt has been
paid;
Let the lumber craft join in the song of the
just
Give the poor man dugout-
I'm tariff we trust!"
We will starve out the miners and make
them relent,
But give Hanna and Hobart their hundred
per cent!
Their wives and their children shall not
have a crust
Till they come to our terms, for
I'm tariff we trust!"
And here are the breeders of imported
sheep,
The patriarchs, truly-the rams, so to
speak;
Let your horns be exalted-your claims
Wen adjust
With chorus of bleatings-
''In tariff we trust!"
Let the woolgrower now have his portion OF
swag
For without him the ram-raisers business
would lag;
Here's a cheap. shoddy coat for the poor
man, who must
Pay good wooden price, for
'In tariff we trust!"
With our barns teeming full of the products
of earth
(This mother of all-was she kind at our
birthD
How long will the victims of greed and ot
lust
Submit to the dictum:
''In tariff we trust!'
Il. Y. Atherton in Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-09-04

The official call for the sixth national
irrigation congress, to be held at Lin
insts, provides, besides the appointmen (
of five delegates by the governor of ths
state, for municipal representation. Los
Angeles is entitled to two delegates, and
The work that the congress is pursuing
is OF supreme Importance. and we should
be represented by the best talent avail
able
The herald., 1897-09-04
Rockefeller's Latest Scheme

With the gas meters of all the cities at
work for the Standard Oil monopoly. Mr..
Rockefeller will surely have enough
money for himself and something more.
The capacity of gas meter under ordi-
nary management is great; what will it
not accomplish under the direction of
so phenomenal sharp as the Standard
Oil trust?-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The herald., 1897-09-04

The feature of the current number of
Leslie's Weekly is a magnificent two
page picture of the beach at Atlantic
City at the bathing hour, during the re-
cent visit Of the League of American
Wheelmen, The picture as reproduced
represents the actual size of the photo
graphic plate, without enlargement, and
is one of the largest and at the same time
one Of the clearest views of the kind
ever taken with a camera
The herald., 1897-09-04
To Steal a Base

II see they are getting contributions
for statue of Van de Air, the baseball
player, but no provision is being made
for a pedestal"
II am told they intend to represent him
in the act Of stealing se."-Detroit
Journal.
The herald., 1897-09-04

1t has already been announced, that
Los Angeles is to have the pleasure of
entertaining distinguished party of
members of the house of representatives
next week. 1t is perhaps we'll to call at
tention to the fact that two of the party.
Mr.. Berry of Kentucky and General
Walker of Virginia, are members of the
house committee on rivers and harbors
The gentlemen will doubtless take ad-
vantage of the occasion to study up on
the San Pedro harbor matter for them
selves. 1t will probably occur to those
having the interests of the harbor in
hand to see that the visitors are given
every opportunity to learn the exact
facts pertaining to the question.
The herald., 1897-09-04
Has Been Done Before

Chulalongkorn says he will not come
to this country because he has only six
mon this to spend and he couldn't do it
justice. If Chulalongkorn could but con-
suit with one or two well-known French
and English travellers now they could
tell him how to do it in six weeks and
then write perfumed volume on Amer
lean customs afterward.-St. Paul Pho
neer Press,
The herald., 1897-09-04
Day Dreams

what makes you so quiet?" asked the
head bookkeeper.
IT was just trying to make up my
mind" said the clerk who gets the least
salary and makes the most noise,
whether I would better go to Klondike
and get enough money to speculate in
wheat or go into wheat and get enough
money to go to Klondike. indianapolis
Journal.
The herald., 1897-09-04

Universal Peace union and he halls from
Philadelphia. If there is anything in
name and place the union ought to sue
ceed in it's purpose.
The professional politicians and spoils-
men of Greater New York are perfectly
willing to give Reform chance provid-
ing they can have hand in it. And so,
between the henchmen of Boss Shehan
and Boss Platt the guileless Good Gov
ernment folk find themselves between
the devil and the deep sea-
The herald., 1897-09-04

The Spring street paving issue should
not be allowed to lapse for day. 1t is
necessary that the street be put into
son sets in. The cost OF repairs will be
mere bagatelle compared with the ben
efits to be derived. The tenants and the
general public have some rights in the
matter.
The herald., 1897-09-04
The Way to Competency

There are many people injudiciously
in haste to get rich. Our ideas are. like
our country, spread over large surface
and not well settled. We revel in glorious
prospects and neglect the smaller things
a our hand. The man who steadily looks
after what he has and takes in what
comes to him will be rich in few years.
while the idealist who seeks first the
air-ship line to wealth and forgets to
keep walking will end in poverty.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
The herald., 1897-09-04

The current number of Leslie's Weekly
an article on the new deep
harbor at San Pedro with a picture of the
long pier at Santa Monica labeled "The
Landing Pier at San Pedro" 1t is sup
posed that Uncle Coils had seen" the
make-uD
The herald., 1897-09-04
Mutual Interest

$50 that young man wants to marry
you?" said Mabels father.
YES" was the reply.
DO you know how much his salary
is?"
mo; but it's an awfully strange CO.
Incidence"
What do you mean?"
Herbert asked me the very same
question about you."-Wa shington Star.
The herald., 1897-09-04

to produce enough to feed double Or
triple our present population. So there
is no excuse for the governments spend
ing at this time millions of the peoples
money to increase the possibilities Of
greater production of food for the peo-
ple.-Springfield, Mo-, Leader-Democrat.
The herald., 1897-09-04

This is yellow journalism as it is prac-
ticed in New York: A murder had been
committed in a room in which hung a
cage containing a canary. The yellow
paper prints a first page illustration Of
the cage and bird with the caption:
This canary witnessed the tragedy"
What roti
The herald., 1897-09-04
Advertise Them

Create market for home products.
Ask for them!" says motto in the rooms
Of the Merchants and Manufacturers
association. Los Angeles. A better way
to create a market for home products
would be to advertise them. People are
not apt to enquire for what they know
nothing about.-Pasadena Star.
The herald., 1897-09-04

A special to the New York World from
Carrville, Cal, reads as follows: wv. w.
Robinson mine owner and expert, says
ling chunks of pure gold as big as my
two fists" That whopping big lie mus%
have been sent by way Of San Francisco.
No ordinary prevaricator could have
concocted it,