The herald., 1898-10-06

was contract with the railroad cOm-
pany. owning the land. which gave 1t con-
troll of all transportation" That is to
say, the soldiers suffered for supplies,
that could readily have been shipped by
water from New York, because Of con-
tract with a railroad company that has
only a single track at Montauk Point.
Who made the contract?
| Now the Klondike offers another en-
| ticement to the unwary. A miner re-
ports the finding on his claim Of tusks
and bones of mastodons. Some natural
lists think 1t not improbable that there
may still be some live mastodons In
Northern Alaska, as remains have been
bound both in that territory and Siberia,
Indicating that the animal has certainly
not been long extinct. A live mastodon
for circus purposes would be worth a
score Of gold mines.
A chip of the old block is George j..
Gould. His father left him special item
of $4,000. 900, 'in consideration Of his
helpful services" This was liable to in
heritance tax. The young man fought
the demand up to the court of appeals,
and a decision just rendered obliges him
man would be willing to pay such a tax
without grumbling II circumstances per-
mitted.
Some missionary enthusiasts are as
suming that the United States, in the
event of ultimate control, Will interfere
with the prevailing religious system In
the Philippines. 1t would be unconsti-
tutional for the government to interfere
in any way with the right of religious
worship. There would be separation
of church and state connections, how
ever, If any such should be found to
| exist.
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There is no doubt about the great
future opening for Oriental trade with
the Pacific coast. A contract has been
made to ship 1900 bales of Texas cot
ton from San Francisco to Japan, and
this quantity will make twelve steamer
lUuQS. San Z eQEO Woulu SCt euCIh snip
ping trade If the harbor was completed.
as there would be a saving of the rail-
road haul up to San Francisco.
The American Beet Sugar association
asks the Republican party to keep the
pledges In it's platform, as passed at St.
Louis, in which home sugar was prom
ised adequate protection. 1t is well to
jog the Republican mind on that ques-
ton while we are pulling in all the cane
sugar countries in sight and converting
them into United States territories.
1t Is coffin trust now, capitalized at
twenty million dollars. The object ap-
parently is to control production, as
complaint is made that within the past
year or two the output of collins has been
in excess of the demand" In these hard
times people are not buying goods faster
than they need them.
Even in Kentucky the national DEM
ocrat faction has quit the field. General
Buckner's place on the presidential
ticket, two years ago. together with the
support of Henri Watterson and his
Courier-Journal, gave the faction
strength enough to poll over five thous-
and votes.
We learn that the Gold Democrats
of Santa Barbara" are distributing a
circular antagonistic to Judge Mcguire.
AS the Gold Democrat party has been
officially declared dead in the east that
must be its ghost visiting the pale
glimpses of the moon at Santa Barbara
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1t must astonish Europeans to learn
that the University of California, for the
plans Of which prize awards have Just
been made in Antwerp, will excel any
other structure erected for similar pur-
pose" This in a state barely as old as
a middle-aged man.
Nothing has been heard recently of
Orator Burns. His absence from the
rostrum Is probably occasioned by
duties calling for the exercise of his
gifts in court, on behalf of the company
he represents in double capacity, legal
and political.
1t Is relief to know that there will
be no suffering the coming winter in
the Alaska gold regions for want of food.
Abundant supplies are reported at all
points. Gold is probably the most scarce
| of all commodities.
A.
If Mr.. Gage is doing a good work" in
San Francisco, as we are told, he de-
serves to be congratulated. Any kind
| of missionary effort that can find root
| there should be encouraged.
WHY HIS BLOOD BoILs
Mr.. Cages blood boils, but you would
never guess why 1t boils and bubbles un-
| less he told you himself. The gentleman s
fever is caused by the proposition to abol-