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The Press., 1898-05-12

New Orleans has periodically changed the name of its Spain street to Dewey street.
The Press., 1898-05-12
WOmen's Wrappers.

For this Sale
 Sixty dozen---more---nea ly one thousand pretty sum- mer wrappers of fine lawns, newest patterns, we'll made, with watteau backs, regular ST goods, but in this sale
 69c. each. Fifty dozen summer house wrappers, of the best summer patterns light, dark and medi-- um percales, made in first class manner, regular SIPS goods, for this sale
 79c each.
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WoRTH KNowING.--T Thousands have found friend Tn Bacon's Celery King. If you have never used this great specific for the prevailing maladies, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, Costive- ness, Nervous Exhaustion, Nervous Pros tration, 'Sleeplessness, and all diseases arising from Arrangement of the stomach, liver and kidneys, we shall be pleased to give you a. package of this nerve tonic free of charge. Large packages 5Oc. and 25c. E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. P. Fuller, Somers.
 In @ recent Abyssinian. campaign an Italian captain who wore glass eye was accustomed to remove the counterfeit op- tic every evening and put it in his purse before retiring for the night. Seeing this, the native declared that he took out one of his eyes and left it to look after his money and prevent anybody from stealing it.
The Press., 1898-05-12
Dress Skirts.

Dress Skirts.
 Fifty dozen-six hundred black figured mohair dress skirts--lined and interlined-- in this sale.
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Shirt Waists.

Grand opening of shirt waists in this sale. Best things that will be worn this season--some at very special price.
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Springfield, May 1898.
The herald., 1898-01-11
THE SAN DIEGO JOB

Further investigation shows that the
structures Of The Herald upon the pro-
jected job in connection with the estab-
lishment of a state normal school at
San Diego were, il anything, too mild.
1t is asserted by reputable men, familiar
with the situation, that the plan to To-
cate the school upon the mesa north of
the city is scheme to bolster up a
moribund street railway system; that
the site chosen, besides being undesir-
able in itself, is where the younger pu-
pills, to form training class, could not
conveniently attend the school from the
city; in short, that there is not one
good reason why the school should be
located upon the site now offered to the
trustees.
AS The Herald has already stated, it
is proposed to hold up the state for an
additional $4,000, to be expended upon
the site and building, leaving nothing
for the running expenses of the school.
1t is nothing more nor less than con-
fidence game. The Legislature made an
appropriation of $4,000 for the school,
upon specific representations and prom
ises made by the people of San Diego,
and it is incumbent upon the latter to
make good their representations, fulfill
their promises, and not lend themselves
to any private real estate or street rail-
way scheme.
1t would not be reasonable to assert
that the appropriation of $4,000 is in
sufficient for all really necessary pur-
poses. The normal school in Los An
geles was maintained for twelve years
in a building that did not cost more than
$50 600
The people of San Diego will have a
most unpleasant scandal on their hands
if they countenance or permit the con-
summation Of the job that has been
concocted in private interests at the ex-
pense of the state.
The herald., 1898-01-11
AN OBJECT LESSON IN CRIME

The Herald called attention yesterday
forth the revolving nature of an "enter-
tainment" that is being given in the
business section of the city, it being moth
ing more nor less than a phonograph
reproducing the death cries of the mis-
cradle wretch who was burned to death
at the stake in Paris, Tex, year or two
ago.
1t is almost impossible to conceive of
more demoralizing, brutalizing exhi-
btion than the one outlined. 1t can
give satisfaction to none but the lowest,
most brutal natures among men. while
upon boys it must have an utterly de-
basing influence.
The authorities should not permit
such an evil exhibition to continue.
Surely there are enough bad influences
in the community without permitting the
death cries of a criminal being burned
at the stake to be retailed and shouted to
the public.
1t is remarkable coincidence that in
the same paper in which "Citizen's"
communication was printed should ap-
pear the news that two men were burned
at the stake by mob in Oklahoma-a
tragedy that was the legitimate off
spring of the fearful occurrence in
Texas.
And what a commentary on the growth
and effect of the lynching habit and on
the retrogression of our boasted civil
ization is the fact that the men burned
at the stake were Indians, while the
fiends who thus tortured their helpless
victims were white men
The government may yet have an In
dian war on it's hands as the result of
the terrible crime committed in the
name of civilization and justice by the
infuriated Oklahoma mob. But the cost
and even the bloodshed of an Indian
outbreak are to be lightly reckoned be-
side the terrible influences of the trag
edy in Texas, its sequel in Oklahoma, and
the prostitution of a wonderful invention
to the base uses Of the repetition of those
crimes. 1t is a situation to make men
pause and shudder
The herald., 1898-01-11

one channel He has. naturally enough.
come to believe that there is nothing to
be learned beyond or to the right or left
of his narrow vision. He complained
bitterly at the structures upon his cur
rency plan essayed by the Federation OF
Labor, and no doubt f1attered himself
that bill of particulars would not be
forthcoming If demanded. But Mr..
Gompers, in his reply, has helped the
Chicago banker to presentation Of the
peoples side of the controversy which
he will find it very difficult to explain
away. 1t is not a compilation from the
text books on political economy from
which Mr.. Gage and others of his class
draw their financial deductions, but a
relation of facts from recent American
history, undisputed and indisputable,
and their practical effects upon the well
fare and interests of the great masses.
We realize the embarrassment Mr.. Gage
has brought upon himself by this contro-
versy, but he himself invited it, and
there is no honorable course for him
but to make answer as best he may to
the chief representative of organized la
Dor in this country. So great financial
light should not falter in such crisis.
The herald., 1898-01-11
THE DRoUTH BROKEN

A general, bountiful rain has fallen in
Southern California within the past two
days, and the long protracted drought is
at an end The situation endorses
the stand taken by many old-time resi-
dents, who declared that notwithstand-
ing the delay in the coming of the win
ter rains there was no occasion for Sc
rious alarm. 1t is now reasonable to pre-
sumo that the rainfall will be ample for
the crops during the remainder of the
season. A good start has been made, al
least.
There is, perhaps, no other display on
the part of nature, in country like ours,
that causes more general satisfaction
and stimulates the work of the commu-
nifty to such a degree as the first soak
ing general rain that marks the setting
in of the winter season and invites the
resumption of agricultural activities.
There is no section of the country where
the earth responds so quickly and so
generally to the invitation and co-opera-
ton of the moisture or gives such GER
tain and bountiful returns as in Cali
fornia, where the seed-time and the har-
vest are intertwined and simultaneous
in the wonderful economy of nature.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Shyster Lawyers

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
notice your editorial of today respecting
shyster lawyers. l fear the members OF
the committee Of the Colorado Bar asso-
citation must be shysters themselves. else
they would never have produced such =
definition OF a shyster az the one you
quote: "A shyster attorney Is one who.
by ilegitimate means, secures business or
practice in opposition to the legitimate
members OF the profession, thereby bring
ing them and the profession into disrs-
pute."
The bar Of Los Angeles county would
be Interested to learn what are the differ
ent iilegitimats means by which shysters
get practice. Do not shysters get prac-
tics as do other attorneys?
Again. who Is "a legitimate member of
the profession?" One born of holy we'd
look? II 30. does tho committee mean that
shysters are illegitimates?
Is it the means by which shysters pro-
cure their practice in opposition to the
legitimates that brings the profession to
disgrace, or what they do as attorneys
after honorably getting business or prac-
tice to care for? Before declaring war ths
Colorado bar should rewrlte Its platform
or more clearly define the enemy.
WIN. M. TAYLOR.
Glendale, Cal. Jan. 7. 1893.
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union, but It is not founded upon law,

union, but It is not founded upon law
reason or good sense.
The law requires a lawyer to use al
lawful means to protect his client
charged with the commission of a crime
from an unjust judgment against him
1t is his duty to see to it that all the
safeguards thrown around his presumed
innocence are not violated; and in gen.
eral to prevent conviction except upon
satisfactory, clear and legal proof and
in a fair trial free from all prejudicial
errors.
But who will say that 1t is the duty of
a lawyer to take technical and frivolous
appeals when he knows that they are
not we'll taken, either in fact or law. and
in the face of prior decision where the
very points raised have already been
adversely determined? In fine, who will
say that the dozen or more appeals taken
by Durrant's lawyers, every one of
which, except the first, was taken, as we
have a right to infer, for the mere pur-
pose of delay, are justified by any ra-
tional system of law and practice or by
any sensible code of legal ethics?
The men who applaud these lawyers
for their cleverness in prolonging the
life of Durrant for some two years are
doing mischief and bringing disgrace
upon our laws and upon our bar. Such
unjustifed conduct deserves rebuke in
stead Of praise, and the guilty parties
should be suspended II not disbarred,
for their violation of the law and their
oaths as lawyers, and if the Bar associ-
ations Of the state of California do not
prevent the repetition of such shameful
practices the respectable lawyers of the
state cannot long hope TO preserve their
good names.
The herald., 1898-01-11
AGRICULTURAL PROPHETS

The Delphic oracles had the practice
in declaring the future of so uttering
their prophecies that they could be in
terpreted in various ways. In this man
ner they gained great reputation and
claimed success, however matters
turned out. Our agricultural prophets
are not so judicious. The weather
prophet for instance, sent out fiat
prophecy for killing frost in this dis
trict night before last. Nothing of the
kind occurred. He should insert in his
prophecies a saving "if." His prophecies
so for the most part like dreams. by con-
traries.
Prof. Hilgard of our costly agricul-
tural college, has also dropped into
prophecy. He dropped just too soon.
According to this distinguished agricui-
turist, we were to have a painfully dry
season. The beautiful rain which al
most Immediately commenced and con-
tinues threw some discredit on the
prophecy amongst the thoughtless. In
fact, some Knockers have even suggested
that another such PROFESSIONAL prophecy
of drought would bring on boom in
boats and cause the community to look
up the experience of Noah and the ark.
The fact, proba bly,, is that the professor
had heard about the restriction in liquor
licenses in Los Angeles and was thinking
about the dry times in Maine.
The herald., 1898-01-11
TUESDAY. JANUARY IL. 1898.
CRIMINAL WASTEFULNESS

The movement to secure the repeal
or modification of the civil service law
is not confined to members of the house,
and we have within a week seen Senator
Carter, formerly chairman of the ma
tional Republican committee. making an
appeal to have the compilation of the
next census turned over to the spoils-
men. The conviction is a strong one
among the people that at least this spe-
cial class of work can be better and more
economically done by men selected with
reference to their fitness for the task
men capable of satisfactorily passing a
civil service xamination-than by per-
sons chosen directly with reference to
their activity at primary and polls. 1t
will also require evidence to remove the
sified for base partisan ends for the re-
cent statement to that effect by Senator
Teller, who challenged contradiction,
will stand as confessed in the absence
of a denial from the authorities. But
upon the point of economy alone the
preponderance of testimony Is in favor
of placing the employees of the census
bureau upon the classified list. Commits
sioner Wright, in q letter to Senator
Lodge, furnishes some conclusive evil
dence in favor of this contention. Com
pairing the work of the census bureau
with that of the department of labor,
the one under the merit and the other
under the spoils system, he finds that
certain work cost nearly $50 per cent
more under the latter than under the
former. He shows that the government
could have saved the enormous sum OF
Sc, 421 ,245 in the matter Of the preparati ton
of the eleventh census, exclusive of the
cost of printing. engraving and binding,
had the work been done by people as
skilled as those employed in the depart
ment of labor, while the saving in the
three excepted items would have aggre-
gated 1882, ,025.21. The commissioner ex-
plains this enormous difference by show
ing how the force of the census bureau
was unnecessarily increased from 1892
when he took charge, to 3119. to satisfy
the demands of senators, congressman
and others for places for their friends.
And yet, in the face of such irrefutable
proofs, senators unblushingly demand
that the preparation of the next census
be turned over to the hungry and in
efficient spoilsmen of the land.
The herald., 1898-01-11
LAW AND LAWYERS

Public attention for some time past
has been riveted upon the attorneys
who defended Durrant upon his trial and
who since that time have resorted to all
the technicalities of the law to prevent
the execution of the judgment of death
against him. 1t has been a common re-
mark that these attorneys are learned
men, sharp practitioners and that their
brilliant conduct of mis- case would earn
them the just title of leaders of the Cali
fornia bar.
1t Is strange indeed to what extent an
honorable calling may be prostituted by
lawyers who either have not learned,
have forgotten, or have knowingly vio-
lated the laws of our state and the prac-
tice of our courts, by subverting and an
nulling the law to save Villains neck.
and yet who receive the plaudits of men
that lose sight of an assassin 10 admire
his tricksters.
The common assumption that a law
yer owes 1t as duty to his client to do
fend him and prevent his punishment,
by all means, good, bad or Indifferent, is
founded upon practice which has been
suffered to disgrace the laws, the bar
and the courts of every state IN tn"
The herald., 1898-01-11
UR,hvn es of ReformN

Rhymes of Reform is the title given tc
a modest collection of poems by Odell T
Fellows of Pasadena and neatly printed r
pamphlet form. Not all the poems given
come under this head. but they are suffi
cfertly numerous to warrant the title. Mr.
Fellows has the spirit of poetry and some
Of his efforts should meet with genera
CONNIE endation. For instance:
Turn on the light!
Unto the worlds awakened sight,
Reveal the glorious heritage
That may be ours, if we but dare
To leave the past the outgrown age
Turn to the futures virgin page.
Inscribe the one word Progress" there
And, standing forth in manhood's might,
Turn on the light.
This shows a virile spirit. Other selec
ton are equally good.
The herald., 1898-01-11
ANGLES AaRiN2Nq ff2a ii'i;..< sAs .s:$53 s5
A BARGAIN SALE IN CHINA

The latest -up-Russia holding up
China.-Peoria Herald.
In the matter Of speculation Russia
seems determined to bear the Chinese
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press
China Is In a way to become recognized
as the resort of the oppressed Of all ma
tions.-Muwaukee Seminal.
Japan at present Is more concerned about
the status quo of Japan than that of the
Pacific in general.-st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
The emperor Of Corea devoutly hopes
that commerce will not require his anni-
hnation along with that Of the SEALS
Washington Star.
Japan. with Its hat on one side and its
eye cooked az natural as life. Is doing all
It can to give Russia q hint that it's loaded
for rbear.-Phiadelphia Times.
The oriental powder magazine wnl hurt
some Of the European powers in IT'S ex-
plosion II the latter don't stop their fool
ing around it.-Scranton Times.
OF course It's patriotic Of Japan to stand
up for her rights; but Russia is In much
better training than China was upon re-
cent historic occasion. - Philadelphia
North American.
England exulting1y declares that sha
holds 'ths key to the east" but whether
she viii use II to lock herself In or Ger
many out remains to be seen. The key
trick may not work In the present CASE
Now York Mall and Express.
The herald., 1898-01-11
The Supply of Psnsioned Widows

One Of the pension conundrums Is this:
There are only fourteen survivors of the
war Of 1872. but 3,s7 widows OF soldiers who
fought In that war are drawing pensions.
This makes nearly 235 widows to every
survivor. and provides food for thought.
When the survivors of the late war begin
to thin out, why. their widows can come
to the front and maintain the grand old
pension system in all its pristine purity.
When, for instance, the number of sur
vivors drops to 100000 the number of wd-
ows ought to be 235 times as large, or H.
500. 900. SO. though the stock of survivors
may run low, the supply of widows is prac-
tically Observation-Disclosures CONNER
cial Appeal.
The herald., 1898-01-11
REFORM AND REDEMPTION

No better guarantee of the good that
has come out of evil by the upheaval in
the board of education could be wished
than that to be found in the manly and
straightforward speech which the newly
elected president, Mr.. C. C. Davis, made
at the boards meeting last night. The
address is published in full elsewhere
and deserves the earnest attention and
good will of all citizens.
For the first time for many years this
city's educational system promises to be
delivered from the dangerous pits of
politics, which have accounted for many
a disgraceful chapter in our civic annals.
IN the program that Mr.. Davis sketched
last night the two important reforms
that will insure the redemption of our
school affairs are:
The elimination of personal influence
in the selection and promotion of teach
ers.
The pursuit of proper business meth
DDS in the purchasing of supplies
These two principles, if faithfully fol-
lowed, will restore the board of educa-
ton to the confidence of the public and
must lead to a marked improvement in
the efficiency and fame of our school sys-
TEN.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Shay! Tsh made up M mind I'm a sucker
The GLORY of It

Large Delegation of Ladies-Mr. Potts
we have come on behalf of the Charitable
Cooking school. We wish to get all things
at cost or below. II you refuse this, Mr.
Potts, We are in a position to make you
regret it-but, dear Mr.. Potts, we feed sure
you vii! oblige US, it is such beautiful
charity.
Mr.. Potts aside. sadly)-They get the
halo, and l pay for it.-Harlem Life.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Cost of sieht-seeing Abroad

While the balance of trade between the
United States and Great Britain pre-
ponderates IN favor of this country. 1t Is
painful to note that this difference is more
than equalized by the enormous sums of
money which Americans spend annually
in Great Britain. This immense outgo OF
American money would be downright dis
courasing were it not for the fact that
Great Britain is yearly becoming moro
and more commercially dependent upon
the United States, and that, perhaps, in
the end she may fully reimburse US for
this outgo by her increased demand for
our American products.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Won His Admiration

nv daughter? You've only been acquainted
a few weeks.
The Suitor-That is true; but see that
you've just negotiated loan of s., 900, 900.
A man who can do that is the kind of per-
SON 1 want for Observation-Disclosures
News.
The herald., 1898-01-11
The Wage Question

A young colored philosopher was EN-.
ployed in one of our stores at salary Of
"a. 50 a week. He told his employer one
morning that he was going to leave him,
having got a better place.
"A better placer" echoed his employeri
what wages do you get?'
"Three dollars a week."
But that is not as much as you get
here"
mo" said the boy. "but then it's better
to do less and not get SO much than to do
more and not get enough" Tran
script
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"Subdued," But Still Fighting

Dispatches from India relating to the re-
call of the expeditionary force report that
the Afridis and other tribesmen are Sub
dued,' but as they fought to the last with
savage ferocity up to the withdrawal of
the force, and would doubtless have been
fighting II the British had not retired,
the report of their being "subdued" must
be taken with some qualiflcation.-Boston
Journal
The herald., 1898-01-11
Why The Herald Succeeds

Last Sundays Los Angeles Herald was
Of forty pages. 1t was special New Year
number, and contained a number of signed
articles which were of unusual excellence.
The Herald has steadily climbed up the
steep hill of excellence until 1t Is now the
peer of any paper in the state. 1t is sue
ceedins because it deserves success.-Red-
lands Citrograph.
The herald., 1898-01-11
PRIMARY LESSON IN FINANCE

The providing ofa currency for the peo-
pie is many sided problem, and he who
studies but one phase of it is not a SAFE
teacher and guide for the masses. From
the bankers standpoint Mr. Gage is
doubtless as well informed as any other
man similarly situated, for the reason
that his interests and pursuits have con
fined his thoughts and reasonings to the
The herald., 1898-01-11
Origin of the Mugwump

The origin OF mugwump was the Repub-
lcan who could not swallow all the latter
day humbug about coddling Infant in
dustries" so lusty that they threatened to
devour the country. He crossed the river
to Democracy, Cleveland, civil service re-
form and. above all. less restricted trade
He elected Cleveland twice.-Rochester
Herald.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Communism Up to Date

Communism doesn't parade under the red
flag nowadays. The communist seeks an
Office and then proceeds. with the help of
his official pals, to divide the spoil taken
from the community in the form of taxes,
giving enough to his outside heelers to
keep them contented and at work in his
interest-Chattanooga Times.
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An Unhappy Pair

"It is sad" murmured the Musing The.
orizer, 'to think that every man has hin
price"
YES" admitted the Intensely Practical
Worker, land it is a sad fact that half
the time he can't get it."-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The herald., 1898-01-11
Easy Way to Show Prosperity

1t is not, Of course, infallible, but very
good way for the present administration
TO prove that the prosperity has not eluded
the country's grasp is to show daily an
increase OF receipts over expenditures. A
little common sense shows that govern
ments, like individuals, eventually can
borrow nothing but trouble If they con-
tinue to spend more than they make
Atlanta Journal.
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The fact that single person in Chi
cago has been able to buy fourteen mil
lion bushels of grain should be sufficient
to satisfy the most obdurate pessimist
that prosperity has returned sure
enough,