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The times., 1898-02-16

Mr.. Clark, of Iowa, is one of the
smallest men in the House He is,
however, up on postal rates, and when
he speaks he commands attention.
Yesterday he attempted To explain
what would become of letter mailed
with insufficient postage if the law re-
quirfng fun prepayment went into
effect. He began, and in less than two
minutes he was surrounded by at least
fifty members, who asked him ques-
tions which crossed each other at all
manner of grades and velocities. Mr..
Grosvenor rose to a parliamentary in
quiry to be informed who was max
ing that speech any how" The chair
did not know, and Mr. Clark was re-
covered from the shuttle when he
moved to recoInmit the whole business
to the committee whence ii came. The
bill appears to be unpopular in proper
tion TO its unintelligibility when they
attempt to explain it.
The times., 1898-02-16

Communications intended tor publication
,n The Times should be terSely and piainy
sr1'iiten and must in all cases Be accompanied
By lie name and add,Sss Of tie arriteF. R2
.ecfcd communications ,eiH not be prescrced.
end only manuscripts Ct obcious importance
@ii be returned 10 Their autitogS
The times., 1898-02-16

On of the points made against the p.
P. c. bill yesterday was that
should it be effective it would
necessitate each mailer of let
ter having at home a pair of letter
scales to get the proper weight The
bill is looked upon as a nuisance. and
appears to be intended to benefit no
body but the Postoftice Department,
which will have decreased its trouble
in collecting the we'll known due three
cents" or due one cent as the case
may be.
The times., 1898-02-16
Circulation Statement.

Rceele,S or The Times acho may at apy
time be atadble to procure copies Of ii at any
ne,os sta I'D, railroad station or on raflroad
trains lrjH confer fdoor upon the ma mage
meRt By seadiBg 10 dis office i1gtrBla ion OF
The fact
The times., 1898-02-16

The Sus tribes are among the most
refractory of the subjects of the Sultan
Of Morocco, and frequently i'll state OF
insurrection. 1t is on this account that
the Moorish government has closed the
various ports along the Sus coast to for
eign nations. In the first place, the Sui
tan does not desire to assume the poiit-
ical or financial responsibility OF any out
RACES which these rebeliious subjects of
his may perpetrate upon foreigners, and
secondly, he is anxious TO preyent them
from being supplied with arms and am
muntion which they use against his Of
ficals and troops All this was carefully
explained to Sir Edward Thornton and
his fellow-directofs and promoters of the
Globe Venture syndicate when they
applied to the Sultan of Morocco for
trading monopoly OF the Sus district.
which is about twice the size of Eng
land. and has a population of about s.,
000, 900 Undismayed by the Suitan's re-
fusal. which was strongly indorsed by
the British government, Sir Edward and
his associates took up the ground that.
inasmuch as the Sus tribes were in re-
beiIion against the Sultan. they did not
acknowledge his sovereignty, and that,
this being the case, the Sultdn's prOhl-
bitiou was of no account with regard to
the sale Of arms and ammunition 10 the
Sus people.
The times., 1898-02-16
Mr.. Chandler IS Endorsement.

Senator Mason's Cuban resolution was
worth waiting for; and, now ttat il has
come, il / S well worth prompt passage.
The times., 1898-02-16

Rev DR., Alexander Kent the elo-
quent pastor of the Peoples Church.
was on the floor of the House yester-
day morning in the interest of his pro-
position to have members of the House
address the people on Sunday evenings
at Typographical Temple on various
social and economic topics. His sug-
gestion was well received. He was so
successful that he has acceptances
enough already to secure a speaker for
every Sunday for. three months to
come. 1t is likely. however, that as
there viii be more than one speaker at
each meeting, Dr. Kent viii continue
to enlarge his list.
The times., 1898-02-16

What threatens England is not that
she now manufactures less or that her
trade and shipping have decreased. Sta
tistics conclusively prove the contrary.
But she no longer holds that exclusive
pre-eminence in all those pursuits which
have built up her greatness. while, by
the very fact that she is a small island
in the Northern Sea, she cannot, with
an ever-increasing population, maintain
that greatness, as continental powers
can maintain theirs, without continual
expansion abroad. The marvellous
growth OF America, far from affecting
England's prosperity, has, so far proved
helpful to it. The recent coionizng ac-
tivity of France and the steady terri
toriaI expansion OF Russia are events of
political rather than of commercial inn
portance, the consequences of which are
not immediate. Not so the giant strides
with which Germany has risen to the
position of a great manufacturing coun-
try and has become a redoubtable COM
petitor in oversee commerce. After eS-
tabiishing an indisputable military SUI
premacy in Europe, Germany is ambi-
tious of naval power, and she has sue
cessfuIly adopted the economic creed of
England in Strengthening her position
by the development of all her material
resources and in amaSsing wealth by
trade beyond the seas. This she is acom-
plishing with rapidity that far exceeds
anything England's past history can
show, and with a system and precision
which call TO mind her military methods.
The times., 1898-02-16

time, as he did his Red Top estate, or
whether he is really in Princeton to
stay.
And all this suggests that use may
really be found for our ex-Presidents.
They can be used to increase the value
of land where they happen to be. IL
some syndicate chooses to make an ar
rangement with Mr.. Cleveland, and
farm him out in desirable localities,
where the real estate market needs
some sort of an upheaval, there seems
to be no particular objection to the ar
rangement, and the spectators would
make quite a good thing of it. As for
the people who are left in the iureh
when Mr. Cleveland unloads his prop
erty and moves away, they have peen
able to enjoy the delight of being MS
next door neighbor for awhile, and that
is enough. They have had their reward.
The times., 1898-02-16

1t will please MFR. Gage TO read that Mr..
Arthur ]. Balfour has again stated IN Par-
lament that the British government would
lie cla d 60 see an internati tionai -bimetallic
agreement. Perhaps the time migh' pe
propitious for Mr.. Mckinley TO do some
thing for silver IL is showing signifi-
cant tendency To do something for itself
politically here, and economically abroad.
The times., 1898-02-16

No more striking demonstration of the
alarming growth of irreligion in France
could be afforded than the orders just
issued by the government to the mint
to the effect that henceforth the in
scription - Dieu Protege la France"
(May God Protect Franco shall be
omitted from all coins. 1t has figured
on the latter for just 100 years without
any interruption. through two empires
the reigns of three kings the commune
and two republics, until now. in the
twenty eighth year of the third repub
lie, the government has decided to dis
pense Herewith, although France still
claims the titles of the Eldest Daugh-
ter Of the Church, and Most Catholic"
conferred upon her in past ages by the
popes. To most people it would appear
that the time for making the change
is singuIarly iIl-chosen. since never has
the country stood in such sore need of
divine protection as just now when the
entire nation seems to be engaged in the
worship of the goddess of unreason.
The times., 1898-02-16

Every now and then something oc-
ours in the House to show the immense
popularity and, perhaps, general prac-
tice of the game OF draw poker. Yes
terday Mr. Loud, of California, was ar
guing on the abstruse proposition of
the proper size Of private postal
card. Judge Terry, of Arkansas, in
sisted that if restrictions were not
made in the z. F. c. bill somebody
might try to run in a card of any size
he pleased. Mr.. Loud said in reply that
he did not think one would ever be
attempted four feet square, so that
there was really no need for alarm
Why. gentlemen" said Mr., Loud, ''it
VIII be just as easy to regulate the size
of these postai-cards as it is to deter
mine whether there are fifty-two cards
in the deck" This statement was
greeted with such skepticism by Repub-
licans, Democrats and Populists that
Mr.. Loud was obliged to change his
allegory.
The times., 1898-02-16

One shipload was safely sent out and
landed. Shortly after the second cargo
was dispatched from London and Ant
verp on board the Tourmaline the
British authorities obtained information
about the matter and straightway Of
ficially warned the Sultan Of Morocco, as
IN duty bound TO the sovereign OF a
country to which England is bound by
treaties of friendship. The commander
of Sir Edwards filibustering expedition.
Major Gordon Spillsbury, a retired Of
ficer of the English army, was ordered
through the British consul. by Lord
Salisbury. to desist, and a gunhUdt was
dispatched from Gibraltar to head off the
the Tourmaline. which. however il failed
to do. for the Tourmalne was in the act
of landing her arms at Eskreess. on the
Moorish coast, when stopped by the ap-
pearance of the Sultan's troops on shore,
and of the Sultan's cruiser in the bay.
The times., 1898-02-16

Sir Edward finds himself consequent
ly in a most awkward position. and
there is no doubt that under the same
statute by means OF which the leaders
of the Tfansvaal raiders were sentenced
TO terms of Imprisonment in Holloway
jail two years ago, Sir Edward and his
associates. who include one of the Sas-
soons, Gen. Luther Vaughan and Geo.
Sheffield, who was Lord Lyons private
secretary at Washington in the Lin
coin days, could be indicted and con-
Yicted.
A certain degree of piquancy is given
to the affairs by the knowledge which
exists here of the fact that one of the
principal financial hackers of the affair
and principal shareholder of the COM
pany is King Leopold, OF the Belgians.
who visited the Sus coast some time
ago in his yacht. and likewise called
upon the Sultan in the vain hope of in
fiuencing him to grant to- the company
the trading monopoly for which it had
applied.
The times., 1898-02-16

A great deal Of fuss was made over
the nomination of George NJ. Bowers,
of West Virginia, to be Commissioned
or Fish and Fisheries, and there were
threats that a fight would be made
against him on the ground that he was
not scientific man and could not fiji
the bill. That fight, If any were ever
contemplated, fell through, for there
was never protest filed WITH the com
niittee, and the Senate confirmed Mr..
Bowers without any trouble.
The times., 1898-02-16

The morning after Mr.. Mason made
his speech last week he received Il tele-
gram from a friend, of his in Chicago,
who is a stock broker That friend
scored the Senator for his position on
the Cuban questions and said THAT he
was helping to ruin the country. The
Senator picked : up Ibis pen and sent
back: Thanks for the vinegar in your
wire; / see you are evidently on the
wrong side of hyotir own ticket this
morning" And Mr. Mason did not
even use frank He made the broker
pay tho charges.
The times., 1898-02-16
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

A stranger was in the marble room
of the Senate yesterday in the hands
of friend who was pointing out the
Senators. Among those who happened
to be near was Mr.. Mason. Pointing
TO him the stranger said: There's the
man / heard make speech the other
day. What's his name?" Mason. :"
"Oh, yes: and what State did you say
he was from?" After these questions
We're answered the stranger took one
more look at the Senator and then
asked Hes the man who is putting
up such fight for Spain in all this
business, isn't hep Such is fame.
The herald., 1898-05-24
SCHOOL NOTES
Of Interest to Parents, Pedagogues
and Pupils


An interscholastic tennis contest will
take place Saturday at the Harper tract
Tennis club grounds in the west end.
The schools to take part are the Santa
Paula high school, Ventura high school,
Pasadena high school. Los Angeles high
school and Los Angeles normal.
Preliminary steps in the organization
Of q debating club for the Los Angeles
high school have been taken. H. Stanley
Benedict is acting as temporary president
and Eugene Overton as temporary secre-
tary. A meeting will be held this afternoon
70 complete organization and elect perma-
nent officers.
The club will be under the supervision
OF the faculty. who will restrict member
ship to such students in the two upper
grades AZ stand well in their studies.
An oratorical contest between the Delta
sigma Of the Los Angeles normal and the
Debating lyceum of the Y. M. C. A. Friday
ovenlng. was decided in favor Of the for
uer. which was represented by w. Frank
Fel1ows. Subject, 1.-The Progress of HUI
uaantty." william Gubser represented the
=. N. c. A. and spoke upon THE Cause OF
Our Patriotism"
The normal school catalogue for the year
l3o5-ae. now being prepared for the printer
shows an enrolment of $50 students, az
sGainst $50 for the preceding year.
The normal school will close June 2Sd
ne city schools June 30th.
The herald., 1898-05-24
Many Curious Inventors

The officials of the patent office say that
they have never been SO bothered as during
the present fiscal year by applicants for
patents whose claims upon investigation
prove to have neither novelty nor merit,
and whiclA are simply crazy quilts, so to
speak. constructed from really valuable
material that are the products of truly In
ventive minds. and which have long since
been utilized. But among all people who
investigate, and are susceptible Of convic-
ton by proof, there can be no doubt that
of sovereign merit, one of the finest tonics
and regulators of the stomach, liver and
bowels in existence. Nervous subjects,
the bilious and malarious. those troubled
with inactivity Of the kidneys and bladder.
the aged, delicate. inflrm and convalescent
ind in this medicine of unbounded popu-
larity and sustaining power a most reli-
able auxiliary Of health and preventive of
disease
The herald., 1898-05-24
EDUCATIONAL

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system. $50
The herald., 1898-05-24
PRESENTS SENT THEM
Normal School Boys at the Preside
Are Remembered With Money

The Los Angeles normal school boys who
are now members of Battery D, California
volunteers, will not suffer for the necessi-
ties of life If the school faculty and STU
dents can prevent it.
Most of those boys have no near rela-
tives, and their teachers and fellow stu
dents will seek to make them as comfort
able as possible before their departure for
Manila.
Preparations have been going on at the
school for the past week, and yesterday
a huge box was sent to the boys, with the
best wishes of the faculty and students.
The contents of the box varied from canned
fruit and German sausage to liberal gift
of about $40 in cash. One compartment was
devoted to simple medicines, and each of
the boys was presented with housewife"
In red, white and blue There are cloth
pocketbooks. supplied with needles. thread,
buttons, courtplaster. etc. The presents
were the work Of the young women of the
school.
Professor Pierce has given an order for
a large picture Of the normal school SOL
der boys. This will be framed and placed
in the school building as an object of his
toric interest for future students.
The herald., 1898-05-24

FOR SALE-OUT ON THE HEALTHFUL
hills, where the air is pure, sweet and
delicious, where in winter the tenderest
flowers bloom without fear Of frost, and
In summer nobody knows 1t is hot till
he comes down to the lower levels-one
or more of the prettiest hill lots in Los
Angeles.
They are on Arnold st. and front south.
They are between Bixel st. and Lucas
ave.
Arnold is the street midway between
Third and Fourth sts., and Bixel street
and Lucas avenue are half way between
Spring street and Westlake park.
They are beautifully situated and the
neighborhood is first class. They are
smooth and level and just high enough
above the sidewalk to be nice. The street
improvements are all finished and paid
for.
These are not "cheap" lots. Nobody
need look at them with that idea. II you
want a lot or lots nice enough to be worth
at least $500 apiece, see these, for you
can get them now for $1100.
S. r. HENDERSON,
1857 W. Fourth ST., or Herald office.
FOR SALE-THE BEST 4O-FOOT LOT
for $3.50, on White street, Vernon cars.
WIESENDANGER, APT s. Broadway. 6-2O
FOR SALE-WE SELL THE EARTH.
BASSETT & SMITH, Pomona, Cal. tt
The herald., 1898-05-24

PARTNER WILL
ling to invest money enough-say SIS. 900
to establish In Los Angeles a system Of
horseless carriages for passenger trans
portation; the advertiser has the knowl-
edge and the business capacity necessary
to make the enterprise financial sue
cess, but lacks the capital; he will guar
antee a net profit the first year of so per
cent on the investment and will ask for
nothing for himself out OF the business
till that is paid; he has investigated oil
the possibilities thoroughly and knows
that there is an opportunity here for
making a good deal of money easily, le-
ultimately and without risk. II inter-
ested, address H. c., Box 40. Herald.
The herald., 1898-05-24

yesterday morning and dangerously in
jured. He was attempting to get on u
northbound car at the corner Of Adams
street and Central avenue and failed to
see the other car approaching. He stood
between the tracks and the southbound
car struck him. knocking him down. His
skull was fractured. three ribs were bro
ken and he also sustained compound
fracture of the ankle. DR.. Brown attended
the injured man at his residence. Ever is
81 years of age and came to this city re-
Gently from Brockport, N. Y.
The herald., 1898-05-24

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The herald., 1898-05-24
WANTED
Male Help
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EMPLOYMENT AGENTS.
California Bank Building,
S00-3O2 w. Second st.. in basement.
Telephone 500.

MEMS DEPARTMENT
Mixer, SIS; boy, chores, s.; private
place, SIS: laborers, SIZE; teamsters, $50
etc.; rock drillers, 81; 2 ranch hands, $40;
(Orange county, married man, teamster,
$50 and tent; grain ranch hands, $40;
ranch hand and milk, SIS; chore man, W;
orchard hand, $40; general ranch hand,
San Diego county, $40; teamsters, $50 etc. /;
IL iron car men, r. r. work, ~, Ariz ;
man and family for ranch.
MEMS HOTEL DEPARTMENT
Cook, 800 etc.; baker, $3.50; second cook
and pastry, $35 etc.; bellboy, SO etc.; veg
etable cook, country, $50.
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT
Cook, Claremont, $25; colored house
girls, Fernando, $50 and fare: cook (can
take 2 children) Sonora, Mexico, must
speak Spanish, s25 and fare; house girls,
Ariz., $50 and SIS; nurse girl, country. 500;
house girl, Santa Ana, $25; Piru City, So
week; Mojave, $12; house girls, $40; 3,
SIS; girls to assist, $40 to s12.
LADIES' HOTEL DEPARTMENT
Chambermaid. wait table, Blake, $40 and
fare; waitress, Santa Monica, "a week;
pastry and meat cook. country, $45 mo. !;
hotel housekeeper, $35.
The herald., 1898-05-24

he asks to be remembered to friends here
whom no has learned to love. and of whom
he takes leave with regret. II feel that I
am now In a position to be good to- he
says. land to serve more sufferers than 1t
would be possible for me to do in any other
capacity. and l wish to promise each
mother who has son In the Seventh regi-
ment that her dear boy shall not have
pain that am able to avert
The herald., 1898-05-24
New stamina in the Color

In the distribution of the new TRANSMITS
sisslppi postage stamps soon to be issued,
each denomination was given in two or
three colors. Advices from the depart
ment received yesterday say that owing
to the lack Of time this will be impossible,
and that but one color will be used In
each denomination, as in the accent stamps
now In use.
The herald., 1898-05-24
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR sALE-oN EASY TERMS: THE
Little Maggie Gold mining claim, in the
Pinacate mining district, six miles west
Of PERKS, Riverside county; the best
chance for practical miner with little
ready money to get hold of genuine,
producing mine that there Is in Califor-
mia today. The Little Maggie has been
worked off and on in primitive, hand-to-
mouth way for several years, but never to
any great depth. Most Of the work has
been drifting and stopping, "above the
water" The water comes in at 60 it., and
at Is It. there Is SO much of 1t that fur
Their sinking on the vein becomes imprac-
ticable without machinery, which the
present and former owners, being poor
men, have not been able to buy. But the
gold Is there, and whoever will go Is IT.
further down will have a mine that will
make his fortune. The claim Is 1900 IT.
long, with the ledge in sight every foot
OF the way, and we will forfeit $500 II
there Is foot of 1t in which there Is
not gold., The average yield in the aras-
ira, extending over q period of four years,
has been abou: $50 to the ton Of ore. The
best ore. and the most Of 1t, has been
found at the greatest depth-that is. be-
low the water level. We are convinced,
not only from our own experience, but
from that Of the Good Hope. the Gavilan
ana other mines in the neighborhood,
that depth Is all that ia necessary to in
sure great mine. Neither Of the mines
mentioned had At like depth with the
Little Maggie anything like the showing
the latter has. And the water, though
troublesome to US, because we lack ma
chinery with which to take care Of II, 10
In itself valuable. It could be sold for
good price any day, though of course Il
Will be needed on the property whenever a
mill Is put up. There is enough to run
ten stamps and possibly twenty. The
property Is In every way an interesting
one. We offer It for sale simply because
we haven't the means to develop 1t as
1t ought to be to be profitable. We will
sell 1t on the most liberal terms, and give
the buyer every opportunity to 1nvesti-,
gate and satisfy himself of its value
before he invests a cent. For further
information about II see J. M. HASSON,
at the office Of Sherwood & Koyer. ~
8. Broadway.
The herald., 1898-05-24
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