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The herald., 1898-03-05

their unreasonable exactions and organ
iced the present association upon the
more liberal and enlightened basis of
cooperation in the gathering and. dis
semination Of news. AS now constituted
1t corresponds with the plan upon which
the great mutual insurance companies
operate, all members sharing in the ex-
pense and enjoying the privileges Of a
mutual exchange Of news. all being upon
basis of perfect equality. Each paper
belonging to the association is an agent
for all of the co-partners in the gath
ering and dispatch Of news Of its local
lity, and since the membership extends
to every important news center in the
country, its ramifications are exhaust
i've and complete. Each. of course, pays
fixed tolls to cover the enormous ex-
pense of a foreign service extending to
the telegraphic interchange of domestic
intelligence, but its assessments are all
expended In It's behalf, and no surplus
for distribution as dividends is permit
ted. The cost OF the stupendous under
taking is thus minimized to the publish
ers, and the benefits derived from the
economical working Of the mutual plan
of cooperation are shared by the gen.
eral public in larger and better news
papers at reduced prices. Communities
as we'll as individuals thus profit. since
the full leased wire report is sent to
all papers of the association. whether in
towns of fifty thousand population or
a million. Thus do the Associated Press
journals Of this city now carry more
news to their readers in a single issue
than was formerly published by them
in a week. The report to each is iden-
tical, no one enjoying exclusive privi-
leges over the others in any item of news
from any quarter through the media of
the Associated Press.
The absurdity of the contention Of the
Inter-Ocean, that this organization, con-
ferring inestimable benefits upon the
public, while minimizing the expense Of
publication, and denying to no person
or combination Of persons the right to
gather and disseminate news by the
same or other methods, is obvious, and
the Illinois court was quick to see the
distinction. Were the contrary doctrine
sustained, no two farmers could Join in
the expense of sending a team to the
county seat for supplies without being
compelled to haul supplies for others.
not parties to the mutual agreement
to save time and labor.
The news report Of the Associated
Press. therefore, may be designated as
legally and necessarily exclusive, but
not nopolistic-exclusive to the jour-
nails that have, by contributions of the
merchantable commodity (the news of
their localities) and Of vast sums of
money toward the building up Of an ex-
pansive system Of interchange. but lack
ing the essential feature Of monopoly,
since the privilege Of imitation. and even
of competition is open and free to all.
The herald., 1898-03-05
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city Of
Eos Angeles should own and control .
Oomplete system Of waterworks.
The Herald believes that tho CITY
shohld acquire suoh . system at the
eaFliest date possible and ON the most
advantageous terms possible. consistent
with contract ob1igstions and fair deal
ing.
Tho Herald believes that the con-
tfsot with the Los Angeles City Water
,eshpany should be enforced to the let
ter. snd thst, 1t the conclusion Of the
bending lcase. tho plant should be taken
ever In accordance with the pRovisions
~ that contract.
The herald., 1898-03-05
o MAMMY,s PIcKAN1NNY!

Dey say dat in de winter in de MORT 1t
mostly SHOWS,
De skies am black an dark an roarin'
coli wind blows.
Eff you wuz dar my honey, you would
freeze dose little toes,
An, you couldn't look about yer widout
muffin UP yer nose,
o, mammys pickaninny!
Folks tell W at makes de snow come Is dat
all de raindrops freeze,
An dat 1t flies aroun, yer like gret, big
swarm O. bees;
An dey say it looks like cotton wuz a
CROWN on de trees
But it can't be near so pretty as de country
dat we sees
@, mammys pickaninny!
Heah de roses bloom aroun' us an de yaller
jasmine grows:
De gret, big suns a-shinin' an de corn
stands in rows
o, watts good fer colored poor folks de
Lord in heaben knows!
So keep right on, ma honey, kickin' up
dose little toes,
o, mammys pickaninny!
Lila Thompson Elder.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Honesty in the Empire CITY

The proprietor Of one of Manhattan's
most fashionable hostelries ordered $4,000
worth Of table silverware, the other day.
When the goods were delivered he refused
to take them at any price, as the name Of
the hotel had been stamped upon them. He
explained his strange action by saying
that people often dine at the house only
to take away knives, forks and spoons as
souvenirs. III the name of the hotel is not
on them." he said, "they leave them alone,
for their only reason in dining there is to
steal these stamped goods to prove that
they are in the habit of patronizing fash
ionable hostelries."
The herald., 1898-03-05

recognize him as Prince. The Count
comes to this country to study political
economy and to zee something of our
manufacturing and other Industrial in
terests and the display of publicity
which would attend visit in his official
capacity would greatly interfere with
the objects Of his tour. He has, there
fore, decided to lay aside his title Of
Prince for the time being.
The herald., 1898-03-05
OF A1r1nIoAN o1aIs

A strong effort = being made to abolish
foot binding In China. The leaders OF the
movement are the six daughters of an
American missionary, James MacGowan.
The crushing of the Chinese girls foot
begins In babyhood. As soon as she begins
to walk the foot IL bound up. and 1t is kept
In bandages. In spite Of the pain to tie
victim, until 1t ceases to grow. Then the
bandages are removed, and the woman Is
left. not to live her life, but to stumble
through It, II she lives to be 100 years
old every step is pain. These American
girls have started the reform In the school
where they teach. Every Chinese girl who
comes into the school 10 asked to sign a
pledge never to let her feet be bound. 1t
takes great deal of talk to turn the aver
age Chinese girl against foot binding, which
| she has been taught to believe makes her
| a superior being. She asks: what matters
| little pain or Inconvenience, or even a
great deal. when. by undergoing 1t, girl
| can possess the smallest feet in her village
and be considered an ideal beauty?" And
her question shows that woman's nature
is the same the world over and that it win
out.
However. mo pledge, no education"
| seems to be the motto of the MacGowan
sisters. If q girl refuses to sign this pledge
| she may not enter the school, and this is
disgrace as well as disappointment, for
| Chinese children are beginning to show a
decided eagerness for American learning,
| as they call It. When once the Chinese girl
signs this pledge. and refrains from foot
binding. she becomes a strong convert. for
| she soon sees for herself how much better
on she is than her crippled sister. After
girl Is converted she Is made a mission
ary, and has It drilled into her that the
| highest ambition Of her life should be
stamped out with all the force of the feet
that have been set free and are as nature
Intended them to be.
The MacGowan girls have formed what
| Is known as the Anti-Foot Binding society.
and all their converts who show a desire to
work against foot binding are enrolled as
members and rank in the society according
to their enthusiasm Some go to neighbor-
Ing villages to preach the gospel of natural
sized feet; others go from house to house
spreading the new gospel and urging Chi
nese mothers Of girls to refrain from Grip
pling their little ones. If these from house,
toulouse canvassers find any children
whose feet are undergowing the crushing
process they reason with the parents, show
them the evil of II and do all in their power
70 get them to unwind the bandages. If
they refuse the missionaries call again
ana again, with the persistence of a ward
politician. If they yield and the children's
rect are freed parents and children are
urged to join the Anti-Foot Binding society
and become missionaries in their turn
The latest plan of the MacGowan sisters
Is to attack the evil at it's root by bringing
the question before the Chinese Iourt and
seeking to obtain royal support, and, II
possible, royal decree making foot bind
ing an OffenSe.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Wheelmen Take Practical Action

The executive committee of the United
Wheelmen of Montgomery county, o.,
drew up a simple. but practical, complete
and inexpensive plan of road Improvement,
setting forth the needs of the county roads,
the methods best adapted to keep them in
repair, and the estimated expense, and petit
toned the board Of county commissioners
to adopt it, and pledged candidates to it
prior to the election.
The herald., 1898-03-05
This Nations Heroes

1t was an inspiring yet sorrowful sight
in Los Angeles yesterday to see 1900
veterans of the late war marching down
the street. There was not man among
them whose head did not bear the marks
Of time; and 1t will not be very long be-
fore all Of them have gone to their last
resting place. They are the nations he
roes.-Pasadena Star.
The herald., 1898-03-05

WASHINGTON, March 4-Prince AL
bert of Belgium, who. it is expected, will
arrive in New York next week on the
North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse, will not be guest
of the nation. The Prince is travelling
incognito under the title Of the Count
de Rethy, and such being the case. the
government and it's officials must not
The herald., 1898-03-05

A list Of California insects is being
prepared by the department Of ento-
mology Of the State university. and II
is expected the number will reach eoO0
exclusive Of the pests that prey upon the
public treasury.
The herald., 1898-03-05
There will be a continuing increase /,

There will be continuing increase in
the postal deficit so long as the govern
ment pays to the railroads eight cents
a pound for carrying a class Of mail
matter upon which but one cent a pound
is charged the public. Since congress
has refused to change the classification,
with a view to minimizing the abuse,
perhaps 1t will see the wisdom Of seal
ing down the allowance to the railroads.
But that Is not probable.
The herald., 1898-03-05

The Kentucky house proposes to main
tain the integrity Of silver as a debt
paying money. and has passed a bill
making gold contracts null and void.
The Republican member4 solidly op-
posed the measure.
The herald., 1898-03-05

The traffic in horse meat and impure
milk should be made odious. and with
out any unnecessary delay. This men,
ace to the public health must not be
temporized with. Let no guilty man
escape.
The herald., 1898-03-05

Senator Proctor appears to have gone
to Havana to be seen, rather than to
see. He at all events keeps in touch with
the news men, with whose reports he
manages to get tangled up very fire.
Quently.
The herald., 1898-03-05
A Great Place for Girls

Young women are still so scarce in Idaho
that it is almost impossible to keep a fe-
male school teacher unmarried and at
work. A lady named Miss Musch recently
went from Iowa to teach in Givensville,
Idaho. She became engaged to a promi-
nent man and they were married at the
end of the term. Miss Busch's sister came
The herald., 1898-03-05
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Best Of the Argument

Whether the motives Of the San Diego
Union in its exposure OF the Santa Fe
discrimination against that city are Of
a purely selfish nature, as suggested by
some of its contemporaries, or not. the
facts in connection Herewith cannot be
denied, and on that side Of the case the
Union has by far the best Of the argu-
|ment.-National City Record.
The herald., 1898-03-05
The Exception

Hell had a scheme so the fellow could
make $4,000 as easily as turning over his
hand but the fool wouldn't go into 1t.
She-Then a fool and his money are not
always so easily parted after all.-Yonkers
Statesman.
The herald., 1898-03-05
shippine Live Bees on Ice

Live bees are sometimes shipped on Ice
to keep them dormant during the journey.
This is particularly the case with humble
bees which have been taken to New Zen
land, where they are useful In fertiliEing
the red clover which has been introduced
into the colony.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Watch Made of Paper

A paper watch has been exhibited by a
Dresden matchmaker. The paper is pre-
pared in such manner that the watch is
said to be as serviceable as those In ordin-
ary use.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Cows Carrying Health Signs

The health authorities of Alameda
county, Cal, have resolved that each COW
In the county must wear a button as sign
that 1t is healthy. The button is to be fixed
on one of the horns.
The herald., 1898-03-05

So long as the preparations for war
proceed with unabated vigor. as at pres
ent. the country can afford to be COM
plaisant. We should not only aim to be
right, but to be fully prepared. The
Lord Of battles is likely to be still on
the side Of the heaviest battalions.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Does Not Follow

Ziggsby-There goes , fellow who
whistles at danger.
Perksby-Ah. he must be very brave
fellow! Who is he?
Ziggsby-A locomotive driver.-Boston
Traveller.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Warship Of Vast Cost

The new British battleship Implacable
is to cost over $5,0O0000. the largest sum
ever spent in the building of man-of-war
The armor plates alone will cost $3.50 ,0O)
and the guns nearly as much
The herald., 1898-03-05

Our report Of yesterdays mill at Hot
Springs notes the presence of twenty
five 'ladies" at the ringside. A con-
sensus of opinion of those ladies upon
the satisfaction obtained by them from
a two-round meeting at Ave dollars a
round would be interesting.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Quite Obsolete

Mr.. Dukane-There are no actors now
adays.
Mr.. Gaswell (inQuiringly)-No?
Mr.. Dukane-If you will examine the
posters you will find that dramas are pre-
sented by select companies Of Players
Pittsburg Chronicle.
The herald., 1898-03-05

adoption wiil reduce the number Of en-
ployes now ON the CLASSIFIED list fully
$1,000. This would be tantamount to .
knockout blow to the merit system.
since the majority Of those retained on
the protected list are engaged in the
departments at Washington, their ex-
perience and efficiency constituting in
themselves protection against removal.
The exigencies Of the Republican party
are great. but 1t Is questionable II it's
managers will dare to make such a de-
parture as this.
The herald., 1898-03-05
The Brides Perplexity

May-What! frowning on your wedding
day?
Fay-Tm In a quandary. If 60 to the
altar smiling people will say I'm simply
crazy to get Charlie; and II look solemn
they'll say I already regret the step. What
shall do?-Phiiadelphia Record.
The herald., 1898-03-05
A Statement Of Fact

The sensational press Is doing more
damage to San Francisco and to CALI
fornia than any other thing in the state
or out Of it.-Stockton Mall.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Servants Scarce in London

General servants in London were never
scarcer than they are at present. "They
aren't to be had for love or money" says
the registry office proprietress.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Applause From Armless Auditors

At an entertainment given In a London
hospital where many Of the patients hal
lost the use Of one arm, the audience man.
aged to applaud by arranging itself In
pairs so that each pair had the use Of two
sound hands.
The herald., 1898-03-05

The navy department should send n,
more war vessels unprovided with ac
cident policies to Havana.
The herald., 1898-03-05

to teach the school and she was married In
the middle OF the second term. A third
sister finished the term and she was mar
ried at the end of It,
The herald., 1898-03-05

Consular reports are ordinarily given
to the public, in epitome, soon after re-
ceipt, and in extenso when their I'M
portance justifies 1t. The Withholding
Of the reports Of our Cuban agents. In
the face Of congressional demands for
them. certainly warrants the suspicion
that they do not justify the administra-
tion's continued confidence. simulated or
otherwise, in the improved condition of
affairs on the island under the Blanco
regime.
The herald., 1898-03-05
Hodcarrier's Classical Name

A Kansas City negro 'hodcarrier operates
canus.
The herald., 1898-03-05
First Of Known Clocks

The earliest complete clock of which an
accurate record exists was made in tho
thirteenth Gentry by Saracen mechanic.
The herald., 1898-03-05

Between the relative evils of a gold
standard and a revolution the suffering
people of San Salvador are hating.
The gold premium has placed i'm
ported goods almost beyond reach of the
great middle classes, whose surplus pro-
ductions for export have been corre-
spondingly depressed in value. Coffee,
their chief staple, has fallen from 80
to 40 pesetas, leaving a margin scarcely
covering the cost of production. How
they are to be benefited by internecine
blood-letting, however, is not stated.
The herald., 1898-03-05

Our dispatches this morning encour-
age the hope that work upon the Mica
raguap canal will soon be undertaken
by syndicate Of American capitalists,
whose names are not yet made public,
but who will not wall for government
aid or guarantees. Once experienced
canal builders take hold Of the enter
prise, depending upon their own re-
sources rather than federal paternalism,
there will be an end to the vexatious
delays that have characterized 1t for
so many years.
The herald., 1898-03-05

The civil service commission has been
analyzing the Evans bill, now pending
in the house, and concludes that it's
The herald., 1898-03-05


The railroad lobby at Columbus Is bit
terly contesting bill pending in the
legislature limiting passenger fares to
two cents a mile, on the ground that it
is below actual cost. The same opposi-
ton was developed when three-cent
fares were mooted, and there may be
If the railroads would try the expert
ment of charging uniform fares to all
classes Of people, dead-heading none,
there might be a good profit in two
cent fares. Before giving heed to their
protests the railroads should be made
to show how much the general public
every year contributes to the cost of
carrying free an army of favorites.
The herald., 1898-03-05
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch, founded

The st. Louis Post-Dispatch, founded
by Joseph Pulitzer" is filling all the re-
quirements Of ultra-yellow journalism
in it's expansive field, completely over
shadowing its aged yet still eminent con-
temporary, the Globe-Democrat, in the
length and breadth Of its scare heads
and the luridness Of it's pictorial fea-
lures. 1t is scarcely conceivable that the
P.-D. can be pleased with the contrast.
but it evidently is, for in a late issue 1t
took its neighbor to task for conf1ning
G certain bit of improbable news to the
narrow width Of an ordinary newspaper
column! There was a time when the
Globe-Democrat was classed as sensa-
tional, but it seems to have lapsed into
a condition of imbecile desuetude, un-
able longer to recognize the approved
requirements of fin-de-siecle journalism.
The herald., 1898-03-05

The annual publication Of the His
torical society of Southern California
and pioneer register Of Los Angeles for
1897 has just been issued. 1t makes a
magazine of about one hundred pages,
filled with interesting matter. In the
list of contents is included "A Pioneer
of the Sacramento Valley" by H. D.
Barrows; early Postal Service of Cali
fornia." by ]. M. Quinn; "The Old Pu-
eblo Archives" and Los Angeles in the
Adobe Age" by the same author; 1.-TWO
Notable Pioneers: ]. ]. Ayers and George
Hansen" by H. D. Barrows, and other
notable articles. There are also portraits
of Col. J. ]. Ayers. George Hansen, DR..
William F. Edgar and John r. Wolfskill.
The publication will become invaluable
as the years roll by.
The herald., 1898-03-05

belt of Colorado. ana by the scarcely lea
successful enterprise later engaged II
by some Of the same people. at Colorado
Springs, Mr.. Booth has secured pos.
session OF large tract Of irrigable land
along the Arkansas river in that state
and another in an equally promising
section Of Eastern New Mexico. Upon
these tracts are to be settled colonies Of
industrious people. selected with refer
ence to their experience and adaptable
ity for the pursuits in which they will
be engaged. They are to be supplied
with the essential equipments and are
given every facility, not only to make
a living, but gradually to acquire title
to their holdings.
These initial undertakings are expert
mental. and much depends upon the out.
come, for their measurable success will
doubtless inspire Mr.. Booth to similar
efforts in other directions.
Another promising enterprise. an.
nounced in the papers only few days
ago, is being undertaken by the Van
derbilts, and comprehends the planting
Of large colonies in Honduras, where ex-
tensive landed concessions have beer
made by the government, in the hope OF
attracting thrifty American immigrants
These concessions would be valueless
but for the introduction Of the element
Of capital. for the class Of men best
equipped for such a mission, and who
would be most likely to succeed, could
not be induced to go to a new country
and to aid In developing its resources
without some sort of a guarantee OF
sustenance pending the transformation
Of the wilds into fields of productive in
dustry. Eligibility for membership in
these colonies is based upon physical
equipment and experience, and 1t is
probable that, in view of the excessive
first cost of getting men into the field,
and equipping them for effective labor,
more than ordinary care will be taken
to select the best available material
from the elements that have been forced
into idleness in this country since the
inception of the industrial slump.
In a smaller way. but with the same
worthy aim of furnishing work for will
ing hands to do, Captain Frazier of
this city is maturing plan for the plant
ing Of a colony upon fertile lands in
Orange county. based upon a plan of
present cooperation and ultimate own
ership Of lands in severalty. that is at
least worthy of the careful consideration
of such of the unemployed in our midst
as are willing to turn their hands to
honorable employment. rather than con-
tinue to seek after the unattainable
with empty stomachs and heavy hearts.
We do not care to discuss the merits of
the Frazier plan, in general or in par
ticular, for, after all, much more de-
pends upon the good faith with which
those who Join the proposed colony con-
tribute to its success. than upon the de-
tails Of the plan. Industry and thrift
may win reward. in spite Of a defective
plan. whereas the ahtithesis of these
qualities, slothfulness and waste, are
sure to wreck any enterprise, however
we'll devised. 1t Is certain that the
author Of the local scheme Of colonial
tion is inspired by the worthiest motives,
and it is equally we'll assured that he will
give to the exploitation of it his best
efforts.
The herald., 1898-03-05
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