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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15
CALIFORNIA OPINION
California and Spain

The effect of the war with Spain will be
to broaden considerably the market for
some of tho products of this state. In
fruits, nuts. wine and olives, Spain has been
formidable competitor of California. The
average value of products of this kind i'm
ported annually from Spain for some years
past has been nearly g, 0OO, OOO The devel-
cpment Of the raisin industry in Southern
California has cut down the demand for
raisins from Spain. but the trade in oranges
and lemons has been quite important, and
that in wines has also been a considerable
item. 1t is true that the war may De of
short duration, but 1t may be doubted that
when the struggle Is finally ended, Spain
will be able to step back into the American
market from which she is now excluded. 1t
will not take eastern people long to become
so accustomed to California products that
hereafter preference will be given them
The olive industry of the state should profit
especially by the breaking off of trade rela-
tons with Spain.-San Diego Union.
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Prisoner in Curious Plight

While the yellow fever was raging in
Mobile last summer Chief of Police Soost
put a prisoner in the dark cell, which was
seldom used. 1t happened that the board
of health, unknown to the police, had
stored there a large quantity of sulphuric
acid to be used for disinfecting purposes.
In a few hours the prisoner was taken out
more dead than alive as result of inhal-
ing the fumes Of the acid. He confessed
but the court held that the confession was
obtained from him under duress, holding
that the sulphuric acid In the cell was the
most forcible sort of an aid to confession.
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Good Things to Let Alone

Good policy forbids the proposed increase
of the tonnage tax just at this time. 1t is
not worth while to discuss the merits of
tonnage tax as a source of revenue or its
proprety as a means of adjusting CONNER
cial relations. The fact to be considered
now is that any increase would be objec-
tionable to the commercial nations whose
friendship and sympathy 1t Is most impor-
tanl 20 retain under existing conditions
and the small amount of additional reve-
nue. to be expected from 1t would in no way
compensate for the friction It would cause.
Philadelphia Times.
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We are coming, suffering Cuba. two hun.
dred thousand strong,
Shouting the batrle-cry of freedom!
Let all thy hills and valleys take up the
glad refrain
We are coming, suffering Cuba, remem.
bering the Maine!
We are coming, suffering Cuba; our states
were all in trim
Shouting the battle-cry of freedom!
To Uncle Samuel's call, echoing far DER
hill and plain
We are coming, suffering Cuba, remem.
bering the Maine!
We are coming, suffering Cuba; go, tell
grand old Gomez
Shouting and fighting hard for freedom
That each inhuman stain we'll wipe from
thy fair plain
We are coming, suffering Cuba, remem-
bering the Maine!
L. KATHERINE EDWARDS.
Los Angeles, May 10, 1898.
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AWAY WITH HIM!

The New York Sun tells of man who
makes use of an Idea pad" and the cleo
trio light in order to chase down and
corral in hours Of sleep the vagrant ideas
that refuse to come at his bidding ir
waking periods. He tells about it in the
following terms:
Formerly, before went to bed, used
to put my idea pad, with pencil beside
1t, on a shelf in the adjoining room near
a gas jet, left burning low, as didn't
want light in my sleeping room. When
an idea struck me, would get out Of
bed, go into the next room, turn up the
light, make a note of 1t, and go back to
bed. But I didn't Always do this.
wasn't what you would call lazy, but if
it was a cold night or was very tired.
would say to myself that l thought
could remember that, and so l would
take the chances, and then every time
I would forget 1t. I don't know how
much money 1 lost in this way, but a
good deal.
But now have little table at the
head of the bed, with the pad and pencil
on that, and, hanging down over it, an
incandescent electric light. don't have
to get out of bed at ALL 1 have only
to turn the key of the shaded light, pick
up the pad and jot down the idea. Then
I put the pad down on the table again
and turn of the light
Then he chuckles insanely over the
probability that in this way he has saved
enough to pay for putting in the light
May the foul fiend fly away with the
idea. II not with the man who suggested
1t. If a person has not ideas enough
without getting up in the middle OF the
night to seek and sort them out, he would
better hunt another market.
The American, as a rule, works early
ard late. He worries and wastes his
nervous energies; he is afraid riches ans
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15
THE HERALD'S MUSE
Think o. the Sailor


The decks are cleared for action,
Gettin' ready for the fray,
An the dogs O. war are strainin'
At their anchors in the bay,
An we're waitin' for the order
To attack our country's foe,
So I'll bid goodbye, Marian,
For your sailor lad must go.
An now that I'm a-goin', love,
I'll ask you to be true,
An to think o. the sailor
Who's thinkin O. you.
What care 1 for the rifles crash
Or for the lannon's roll,
When the fires O. love are burnin'
In the bunkers O. my soul,
When the Stars and Stripes are flynn
From the masthead, far above,
An their every fiutter whispers
o. my country an my love.
4
1t will be my aim to conquer,
An my wish to die or do,
II you'll think O. the sailor
Who's a thinkin' o. you.
While the tide O. life Is throbbin'
In your sailors faithful breast.
You will find him next the foemen
An fightin' with the rest
An If perchance at duty's word
I join the ranks O. death,
Just think for you 1 drew my sworo
An drew my latest breath.
An all that I'll ask o. you
Or want O. you to do,
Is to pray for the sailor
Who died thinkin' o. you.
JOHN WILSON.
Los Angeles, May 4, 1888.
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No Meeting for Him

"My good man." said the preacher, ut
pains me deeply to hear you scott. Don't
YOU know there is hereafter?'
NO." replied the wicked one; II don't
know anything of the kind"
"Well, then, let me endeavor to convince
you that there is future existence, when
all the mistakes committed in this life will
have to be accounted for. You don't know
what comfort 1t will be to you If you can
get this belief thoroughly established In
your mind. Think Of again meeting those
who have gone before; Of"
"Stay-hold on! Stop right there! The
idea Of meeting those who have gone be-
fore Is the very thing that makes me most
anxious to keep the belief in a future exist
ence from taking hold Of me. If there's to
be a meeting on the other side want to
be counted out"
MY dear sir!" exclaimed the horror
stricken preacher; II cannot fathom your
meaning"
"Well, If you had buried four wives
think you ould."-Answers.
F., Republican Rottenness
Wayne Macveagh says that the political
conditions in Pennsylvania have reached
a point where they represent purely and
simply government by bribery and corrup-
ton. The black flag of corruption floats
from the White House and the capital at
Washington, representative of the infiu-
ences which brought the administration
into existence and controls it. Unless pub
lie sentiment shall be awakened to the
dangers which confront the republic, due
to the power and corrupt influence of
money, anarchy and revolution will be-
DISPATCH
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Spanish Bonds

Spanish bonds will soon not be worth the
paper they are written on. They are drop
ping from one to five points day, and
have already reached the 30 notch with no
buyers. On the other hand American Sc
ourities are as strong If not stronger than
ever, which is the way 1t ought to be, for
our commercial interests will be advanced
rather than impeded by the present hostili-
ties. With the Philippines in our possess
sion, we certainly will have more than an
Offset for anything we have lost in other
directions.-Oakland Tribune.
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No Politics in the Armv

The American people want an army Off
cered by competent men-an army that
will accomplish the desired result In the
least possible space of time and at the
smallest possible cost of life and treasure
They do not want regiments and brigades
commanded by parlor knights, ward poll
ticians, amateurs, popinjays and idlers, to
make mess of our campaigns and to in
volve thousands Of our own people in the
very suffering, death and desolation from
which we have sworn to rescue the I'M
happy Observation-Disclosures Post
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Just as Good. However

1.-THE Redlands Facts is fourteen years
old and one Of the best newspapers pub
lished In Southern California. Los Ange-
les Herald.
We highly enjoy this compliment, but
The Herald neglected to note that we pub
lish two volumes yearly. Hence we are
only one-half as old as announced by The
Observation-Disclosures Facts.
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Remember The Herald

The Los Angeles Herald, always friend
OF San Diego. is forging rapidly ahead In
San Diego under the energetic and liberal
management of Frank Mitchell, its loca,
agent. 1t furnishes the latest and most re-
liable war news twenty-four hours ahead
of San Francisco papers. Its special tele-
grams are elaborate and reliable, and are
not "doctored' by the Associated Press to
suit the Mckinley administration. The ex-
act situation, with all the news, is given 70
the public just as received by It's war CORE
spondents, without any partisan coloring.-
San Diego Vidette.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15
ARE AMERICANS WARLIKEp

This question for long time has en-
gagged the attention Of Europeans, and
no conclusion seems to have been reached
which is satisfactory to themselves. The
impression has been and still Is that
Americans are enterprising in industrial
and commercial affairs; that their
thoughts and energies have been 50
much devoted to the arts and achieve
ments of peace that they are lacking in
martial spirit.
The general idea, as gathered from his
tory, is that warlike nation is one which
engages in war for the liking of it, or for
the selfish and ignoble purpose Of con-
quest or plumber. Judged from this stand
ard the American people are not wrlike.
A nation acquires the reputation of being
warlike from its frequent conflicts. Dur
ing more than a century we have had
but three wars Excluding contests with
Indian tribes), two of which were with
foreign nations and the other was among
ourselves. This infrequency of our wars
is also used as proof that we are not
warlike.
The policy of our country has been not
to engage in war except to. assert right,
vindicate honor, or maintain an essential
principle. When any of these is In issue
TO people are more easily aroused to mar
tial enthusiasm.
Though our experience in war has been
comparatively meager no people more
readily learn the business of war or en-
gage in it with more energy and deter
mination. Americans are intelligent,
versatile, and endowed with excellent
physical qualities. Their Celtic blood
makes them dashing and impetuous, and
their Teutonic lineage endows them with
stubborn and persistent qualities.
Americans possess self respect and
pride of character, which powerfully in
cite to courageous action. In the wars we
have had the highest sodierly qualities
have at all times been displayed. There
are reasons why Americans should love
their country, and why they should re-
spond to a call to defend the rights and
honor of the nation. The universally Of
the patriotism and enthusiasm displayed
in the present exigency excites the pride
Of the country and should convince the
European mind that Americans are war;
like whenever there Is that in issue which
appeals to their manhood and duty.
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Spells and the Army

How many lives and how many millions
of dollars the spoils doctrine is going to
cost us through it's application to the or
ganization of the volunteer army no one
can estimate. Let us hope that the presi-
dent and the war department will keep it
down to narrow limits and that disgust at
the exhibition of it in connection with the
army will help to open the eyes Of such
of our people as are not yet fully awake
to the evils of the spoils system in the
public service enerally.-Baltimore News.
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Send for CopyrighSed
'sTreatlse IN CopeumptiQHs"

Napoleon the Great. Thomas de Moleyns,
who was for many years county court
judge of Kilkenny, who was called to the
Irish bar in 1921, and appointed a queens
counsel in 1856, served in his early boyhood
in the royal navy. Mr.. De Moleyns was q
midshipman on board the Bellerophon
when Napoleon, on July Is, 1915, after "the
hundred days." placed himself under the
flag of his country and was received on
board the Bellerophon.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15
Give the Country Boys Chance

The National Guard Of California is made
up from the residents of the populous cities
because sparsely settled rural districts
and small towns cannot maintain militia
organizations. While this noble response
to their country's call excites our admira-
ton we are reminded that the hardy
bronzed and athletic farmer boys of our
country are entitled to some consideration
in the distribution of the honors and feel
that the next call a chance should be given
them to display their patriotism.-Downey
Champion
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fame will escape him; he is the slave Of
his business or occupation; he takes too
few holidays. And now, forsooth, comes
one to Danish sleep and ruin health with
an ensnaring scheme of a midnight Idea
pad" Away with him!
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15

A new triple alliance, exclusively
Latin, is suggested by Henri Rochefort
France, Italy and Spain, he urges, must
unite against the coming Anglo-Saxon
alliance. But do either Of the other pow
ers care to associate with Spain? Italy
has little to lose, but France has Of late
been measurably self-respecting. Can
she afford to take backward step now?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15

Little short of proverbial Yankee luck
will save the Harvard from falling into
the hands Of the enemy. She will be har-
bored for few days at st. Pierre, but
doom is probably sealed.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15

France believes in the doctrine of rec
iprocity, and, in return for our polite
ness in escorting the Lafayette into the
harbor of Havana, she has permitted the
Spanish fleet to coal at Fort de France,
the Banque de France has loaned the
Spanish government hundred millions,
and her customs officials have increased
by three hundred percent, the duties or
American lard and sausage. We should
not be unmindful of these courtesies.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15

A bill is said.to be in course of prepara-
ton, providing for the insurance of the
lives of soldiers and sailors by the federal
government, as a substitute for pensions.
The idea is to present each man with a
policy of insurance when mustered in.
against both injury and death. That
would be a nice thing for the soldier
and sailor, but is it not rather hazard
Gus business for the government to hast
lily engage in? The risks are as numer-
Gus as the individual volunteers, and q
scientific determination could not easily
be reached. Age. physical condition
heredity and score of other considera-
lions enter into the account. No COM
pany would take risk upon the life Of a
soldier upon the report Of a medical Off
Ger Of the army, and no other examina-
ton would be practicable. The scheme
will scarcely bear close analysis. 1t has
too many of the elements of speculation
to commend it.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15

The American industry of organizing
trusts continues to flourish, notwith-
standing the war. The thread people
got together yesterday, with a capital
ization of eighteen millions. Let the tax
gatherer make a note of it.
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The Spaniard, steadily going from
bad to worse, will eventually accept Don
Carlos. A nation of loafers should BE-
governed by a pampered loafer That
would be in accordance with the eternal
decency of things.
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An embarrassing feature of the avail
able cash in the treasury" as shown by
the monthly reports, is that so little of
it is available. If SO much of tho essence
of politics, rather than the science of ac-
counts, was not mixed with federal book
keeping, it would be vastly easier to
strike a true trial balance from month
to month
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Comfortable Reflection

We have the distinguished honor and
pleasing satisfaction of belonging to ma
ton that has about twelve times as much
fighting material as could possibly be used
in almost any sort of war.-Kansas City
Times.
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The Exclamation

In all Spain there are fewer newspapers
than in the state of California and the best
one in Spain is hardly better than the
poorest one in this state. 1t is not to be
wondered at that the Spanish haven't
found out yet that they are going to get
such trouncing.-Colton Chronicle.
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marily to blame. Cabinet officers are dis
posed to talk too much.

The reported presence of the Spanish
Meet or the Venezuelan coast again i'm
perils the Oregon. 1t must be confessed
our adversary is putting up very inter-
esting game on this side of the water.
Fighting is not the whole thing.
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PRAY Accent an Apology

The Los Angeles Herald shows excellent
taste in copying a long article from the
Call on the Heroes of the Battle of Ma
nila." At this point its good taste ends
1t credits the article to the Chronicle-San
Francisco Call.
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rhev Want to Keep on Living

We can now understand why foreign
naval officers who desire to witness some
of the naval battles have asked permis-
sion to go on board the American battle
ships, but have not tried to join Spanish
fieets.-Omaha Bee.
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THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as IL consistent with the
proper expression OF their views.l
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L'Aurore, a. Paris journaln is indig-
nant at the insults to American ladies
contained in the boulevard papers, and
says it will cause loss of fifty millions
q year to workmen and shopkeepers in
that city. If it results in breaking up
the Paris habit altogether 1t will prove
not an unmixed blessing.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15

The mention of an additional issue of
greenbacks has thrown the Chicago
not with patience contemplate the pay
ment of our soldiers in a fifty cent dollar,
every dollar not made Of gold being 4
fifty-cent dollar in it's eyes. If the re-
sources Of the country, back of another
one hundred and fifty million greenbacks.
are not sufficient to make every one of
them hundred-cent dollar this country
haa no business to engage in a war.
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uNawsv From the Front

Some Of the war rumors which float this
way from Key West invite the belief that
certain newspaper correspondents hava
made injudiciols inroads upon that prize
cargo of rum.-Manchester IN. HI Union.
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In our absorption in the news of VIC
tories on land and sea, let us not wholly
forget the victories Of peace. Without
firing a gun, young Letter has almost
vanquished several million hungry hui
man beings on the continent, and raised
the price of bread to the poor Of this
country. The Napoleons of the wheat pit
are still very potent factors.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-15

The Spanish admiralty has managed
to keep us guessing as to the location
of its fleets. Their ultimate destination
will not be so much clouded with doubt
as with water.
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1t is treason to call Hanna by his right
name, but. thank heaven! no penalty at
taches.
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What will the yellow journals do when
the advertiser demands the use Of war
type" in his announcements?
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The Band

The leader of a band, methinks,
Is in trying place.
For when mistakes are made tits he
Who must the music face.
-Up-to-Date.
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Cuban reconcentrados begin to think II
is long time between meals.
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Chamberlain's Birmingham speech was
intended for exclusive American con-
sumption. France was given an unpleas-
ant hour in its perusal.
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Comparisons Are Odious

AS between the comparisons of peace
full blockade and the Dewey method Of
managing things, the public sentiment OF
the United States is unanimously in favor
of the Dewey method.-Riverside Enter
prise.
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In Spain there is quite a diversity of
opinion regarding the conduct Of the war,
but there are no traitors there.
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The Oregon should be promptly ad-
vised, on it's arrival, that it has been
chased by the Temerario.
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The commanders of our fleets are not
nearly so afraid of torpedoes as they ars
Of the deadly cablegrams.
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Quite number of the European states
are longing to eat philopena with the
United States. Uncle Sam quietly hints
that there amt goin' to be any core"
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Aiioat with Napoleon

Two men living in st. Helena who were
born respectively in 1913 and 1902 are not
the only persons now living who have seen
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America in. the China. sea. Is novel
sight to the German newspapers, all Of
which take it seriously.
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The administration confesses to embar-
rassment over the attitude of the news
papers regarding the San Juan affair and
the action of the French in favoring the
enemy in Martinique. But 1t is itself pri-
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As to the Philippines, it may not be
the easiest thing In the world for the
United States to let go.
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Just a Bubble

It is wise man who can tell the war
news from the soap ad at the first glance.
st. Paul Dispatch.