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The herald., 1898-01-15
"Miserable" Mexico

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald
Well knowing that Mr.. Bryan, during his
recent tour through Mexico, has discovered
additional material for unanswerabe ar
guments favorable to silver ''our friends,
the enemy" are again making ludicrous
attempts to anticipate and contradict
what he may say. or, more properly. what
he will not say. While the aforesaid friend
ly enemies are working themselves into
patriotic perspiration owing to golden
calves, spread eagles and much-abused
"Old Glories," Mr.. Bryan is collecting evil
dence which in due time will be used to
turn the rascals out. Doubtless BILLY
Boy" noticed-.And probably he will refer
to 1t. too-that Mexico Is one of the few
nations that stoutly refuses to listen to
the siren song of the Shylocks. Conse-
quently. instead of doubling the national
debt. she is rapidly paying 1t off! Then,
again, / hardly think 1t can have es-
capped his notice that after compelling the
people to pay two dollars for every one
loaned the government, American capital
lists are again multiplying their "honest
money" by investing at par In that dark
minded country"
For three hundred and fifty years Mex
leo was a degraded country. but she arose
and threw off the yoke of the money mon
ger and today Is well on the highway
toward true prosperity 1t Is a fact that
wages are low, particularly for ,unskilled
labor. but they are slowly but surely ris-
ing. Unlike the United States of Ameri-
ca. in Mexico 1t takes the same quantity
of produce to purchase a dollar as here
tofore. but in the United States 1t requires
double the quantity and about double the
hours of labor Notwithstanding that fact,
wages are being cut daily all along the
line from the Atlantic seaboard to the
Pacific coast. This Is the stripe of pros
perity' so freely given us by the "ad-
vance agent" Thanks, awfully!
C. w. POTTER.
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He Raised the Amount

my name is Mills" said the dingy look
ing man who had dropped into the editors
office to solicit aid. Il am in terribly des-
titute circumstances. sir, and"
II believe / met you on the street yester-
day." said the editor. You said you had a
wife and seven children, and not a cent to
your name
II did," said the dingy man, land an
other one born this morning makes eight"
80 there are ten in your family now?"
"Yes, sir"
"And your name Is Mills?"
"Yes."
"And you didn't have a cent to your
name?"
mo, sir; and"
"Well. I am glad you have succeeded in
raising the amount. Good morning. New
York Herald.
The herald., 1898-01-15
The Sailor Cigar Mans Sign

Two sailors quit the mast and opened a
cigar store not far from Thames street.
One of them said the shop must have a
sign inside. and the partner told him to
go ahead and get one. The sailor who
made the suggestion was an admirer of
Lincoln and when he was sure of his
crowd he claimed that the martyr pres
ident knew him. 1t was this admiration
for Lincoln and a misunderstanding of a
good many things which caused him to
have printed and hung in the shop this:
Everybody smokes our cigars all the
time. but some people only smokes 'em
some of the time, when they can't get en-"
New York Evening World
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STANDING FIRM

The war waged by the department.
store trust in Denver against the daily
newspapers in that city goes merrily
on. The fourteen firms composing the
trust do not advertise, and an Associated
Press dispatch is authority for the
statement that the throngs of bargain
hunters are materially diminished in
size. The newspapers continue to ap-
pear with their usual regularity, shorn,
it Is true, of a considerable portion of
their advertising. On the other hand,
advertisements are noted of firms that
had previously felt that they could not
compete with department-store adver-
tising and which have rarely been rep
resented in the columns of the daily
newspapers.
The Denver Times, in an explanatory
editorial on the subject, while firm in
it's refusal to submit to the dictation OF
the trust, takes very moderate ground.
1t says, among other things:
But, whatever the final outcome of
the present misunderstanding may be-
the Times will continue to do business
at the old stand. furnishing the peo-
pie of Denver with the best afternoon
paper west of Chicago and devoting its
best energies and abilities to the up
building of the city and the advance
ment of the highest interests of the
community. The Times trusts that the
business men of the city will be consd-
crate in their demands. They should
understand that it would be an utter
impossibility for the Times to continue
its present excellence as newspaper
without great loss under such reduc-
ton as is asked for. 1t is large en-
ployer of labor and It pays these la
borers well. They, in turn, patronize
our advertisers and contribute no in
considerable amount to the trade of
the city. Reductions in advertising
rates must necessarily involve reduc-
tions in expenses, and the movement
all around becomes one of retrogres-
sion instead of progression. The Times
does not believe that the business men
of Denver really desire to bring about
any such undesirable results. and is
confident that when more thorough
consideration has been given to the SUBJ
ject all existing differences will be am
icably adjusted.
The Times is moderate to a painful
degree. Newspaper rivalry is very bit
ter in Denver, and 1t is possible that it's
moderation was inspired by the more
vigorous policy of its afternoon rival.
However that may be, it may be set
down as certain that neither the Times
nor the Post, which are the evening pa
pers, nor the Republican and the News,
which are the morning papers, will sub
nit to an arbitrary reduction in their
advertising rates amounting to nearly
30 per cent.
1t should be clearly understood that
the department-store trust does not
claim that their several stores are not
getting value received, and more, for
their advertising. 1t is simply that the
members of the trust have led them
selves to believe that they can, by unit
ing, force the newspapers to accept for
their advertising space what the trust
may be pleased to pay.
The herald., 1898-01-15
Los Angeles, January 10. 1898.
Self-Eeliance

Good stories: Henry Ward Beecher
used to tell this story of the way in
which his teacher of mathematics
taught him to depend on himself:
II was sent to the blackboard, and
went, uncertain, full of whimpering.
That lesson must be learned said
my teacher, in a very quiet tone, but
with terrible intensity. All explana-
tions and excuses he trod under foot
with utter scornfulness. 4 want that
problem; don't want any reasons why
you haven't IT, he would say.
I did study two hours
That's nothing to me: l want the
lesson. You need not study at all. or
you may stay in ten hours. just to
suit yourself. l want the lesson"
1T was tough for a green boy; but 1t
seasoned me. In less than month had
the most intense sense of intellectual
independence and courage to defend
my recitations.
zone day his cold, calm voice fell upon
me in the midst of q demonstration.
Nor
II hesitated and then went back to
the beginning, and on reaching the
same point again Nor uttered in tone
Of conviction. barred my progress.
1.-The next!' and l sat down In red
COM uSlOIl.
He, too, was stopped with No! but
went right on, finished, and, as he sat
down. was rewarded with Very WELL
Why whimpered I, I recited It
just as he did, and you said Nor
why didn't you say yes and stick
to it? 1t Is not enough to know your
lesson; you must know that you know
it. You have learned nothing till you
are sure. If all the world says No!
your business is to say yes and prove
it,"
And just so with the money question.
II all monopolistic Republicans say mo
to the double standard, and all the gol
say mo" to bimetallism-w
the people. who are not weighted wit
bonds. retarded by stocks. handicappe
with subsidies. must keep right on sayin
'Yes!' and stick TO 1t. Very truly
W. 8. BROWN
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OF a Grasping Disposition

II see that you are endowed with phes
nomcnally grasping disposition" said the
phrenologist as he softly cooked the gun
he wore in his hip pocket.
How wonderful" cried the subject.
glancing up at him in respectful awe.
"Why. sir. that exactly agrees with my
profession"
What is your profession?" said the
pleased professor.
I'm a gripman on the cable road, sir.
Give us yer hand, Judge.
The herald., 1898-01-15
Reflections of a Bachelor

1t is getting so that the shopping Sec
ton is no place for really modest man.
The reason why there is one place that
is really hot is because the devil doesn't
have to pay any bills for coal.
Sooner or later every woman that
hasn't enough to do gets to point where
she wants to meet and resolve things.
A girl always enjoys being bridesmaid
because she knows that all the men will
tell her she looks sweeter than the bride.
When woman tries to think what to
give her husband for Christmas. she looks
the house over TO see what it needs most.
Probably the Klondike miners preferred
to stay and starve to death because If
they went back all Of their best friends
would say Il told you so."-New York
Press.
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Leadville In the most fiourishing days
of the mining excitement in that lively
camp

The public will learn with relief that,
so far as the taking of evidence is con-
cerned, the present investigation Of the
charges against Webb is at an end. The
dethroned boss Of the school board has
maintained a brazen front to the finish.
Stung last night by the positive expos
ure of his malicious mischief toward a
newspaper man. he jumped to object to
the defense of "outside persons" The
vindication of Mr.. Trowbridge's char
acter. which was not necessary, proved
to be another arraignment Of Webb's.
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awful catastrophe caused a man of this
work-detesting character to exhibit such
unwonted energy The lineman did not
do any wondering; he grabbed the tramp
and a fierce struggle took place. Specta-
tors Joined in. but the hobo fought val
iantly on, striving with all his power to
reach the manhole. In a very few minutes
the police arrived and hustled the cause
of the trouble to the patrol box. A curious
onlooker waited until the excitement had
calmed down little and then asked the
tramp:
What did you want to get in that con-
duit for?'
why, that feller said there was feed
wire down there" was the answer.-Wash-
ington Post.
The herald., 1898-01-15
Reflections of a Bachelor

At 80 marriage is the wine of life: at 40
It's the morning after
A man is quiet when he is dead; a woman
Is dead when she Is quiet.
Every woman Is mirror of her bosom
friend to her husband and mirror Of her
husband to her bosom friend.
The first sign that a woman is beginning
to feel her age Is when she hunts up the
baby pictures of her children.
When you see girls eyes look as though
she had been crying. she has generally
met with some great grief. or else she has
Just had her bath and couldn't find her silk
starch-bag.-New York Press
The herald., 1898-01-15

Recent local political events recall the
story related in the last presidential cam
paign about the Irishman who expressed
his reasons for voting for Mckinley, al
though he had hitherto been a staunch
Democrat.
II don't know who Mckinley is" he ex-
planned, but his wife. Hanna. Is id
smart woman! IN.
But the aforesaid recent events inspire
this reflection:
There are others.-Columbus Press.
The herald., 1898-01-15
THE GRINDSToNE TRADE

Senator Foraker has sent telegram
of congratulation to Senator Hanna, and
the latter has declared that no traitors
will hereafter be tolerated in the Repub-
lican party of Ohio. In this connec-
ton, traitor may be defined as man
who refuses to do what Hanna tells him
to do. 1t is not to be believed that Sem
ator Forakers perfunctory telegram has
bridged the bloody chasm that yawns
between the two factions of the Republi-
can party in the Buckeye state.
No men fight harder or more bitterly
than those who have been outlawed, and
a price set upon their heads. Like the
Cuban insurgents, the followers of For
aker and Kurtz may be expected to
assume the aggressive a reasonable
share of the time.
Already the sound of the sharpening of
political machetes is heard. The grind
stone trade ought to be mighty good in
Ohio this year.
The herald., 1898-01-15
Looking for Food

A very dilap.dated and hungry looking
hobo walked down Fourteenth street yes
terday afternoon just after o'clock. Near
the Columbia transfer station he met one
of the electric light linemen, and after a
moments conversation with him, sprang
from the curb, madly tearing at the COW
ering of one OF the electric manholes. A
crowd at once collected, wondering what
The herald., 1898-01-15
slipshod English Of. the Day

Liberty to talk as he pleases is the birth
right of the modern American child, and
he uses it to produce a jargon, half made
up of sovenly pronunciation and half Of
street slang, uttered with sort of bar
room intonation. Now that the country
is beginning to pay some attention to the
esthetic side of life, this evil of bad lam
guage ought to be taken in hand by par
ents and teachers. Minneapolis Times.
The herald., 1898-01-15
Creatinr Useless ofacialism

When the department Of agriculture was
created a mistake was made which 1t is
impossible to retrieve. however mucn II
NAV he regretted by all who are opposed
to class legislation. to humbug, to dema-
roey and to useless officialism. 1t is safe
TO saw that the department of agriculture
has done more to draw class lines. to pro-
mote class legislation and to weaken the
patriotic interest which every citizen
should feel in the common welfare as that
on which his Individual welfare and the
welfare of his class .depends.-Minneapol
rfmes ..t, ..t...
The herald., 1898-01-15

All that is needed to insure the speedy
laying of cable to the Hawaiian islands
is subsidy from the government, sufii-
ciently robust to guard the builders
against possible loss. AS to the divi-
dends, well that little matter will be
looked after by the courageous capital
lists who propose to put their money
into the hazardous undertaking.
The herald., 1898-01-15
First Duty

Now that we have decided to organize
the company" said the first promoter, who
was somewhat new to the business, what
is the first thing to be done?"
"Vote ourselves salaries" replied the
second promoter, who had been In the pro.
noting business for some time-Chicago
Post.
The herald., 1898-01-15

Administration organs are dancing
with glee over visible increase In inter-
nal revenue receipts, and profess to be-
lieve that il the increase is maintained
the woful deficit will soon take on much
smaller proportions if not altogether dis
appear. 1t is something of a confession
that deficit exists. and that customs
dues are not depended upon to dissi-
pate it.
The herald., 1898-01-15

The Union Associated Press. which
has been attempting to speculate upon
a bankrupted reputation by suing
various newspapers for libel, was yes
terday thrown out of court by federal
Judge In New York.
The herald., 1898-01-15
Horseless carriage
Not Superstitious

"And you wouldn't begin journey on
Friday?"
You bet I wouldn't"
II can't understand how you can have
any faith in such silly superstition"
mo superstition about it-Saturday's
pay day."-Chicago Journal.
The herald., 1898-01-15
Short and to the Point

Mayor Van Wyck of New York made the
briefest inaugural address, with the few
est possible pledges, on record. In re-
sponse to some rather gushing oratory by
retiring Mayor. Strong. Mayor Van Wyck
simply said: II received this office from
the people. I accept 1t from them, and
to them 1 will answer" That's a good
commencement these days of extrava-
The herald., 1898-01-15

The Western Union figures its losses
in dispatches suppressed by the censors
at Havana at a round million. but this
need not be considered net loss to the
public. We have had a good deal of
news from there that wasn't 80.
The herald., 1898-01-15

If the Spaniards would display near
ly so much courage in facing the rebels
as they did the unarmed newspaper men
of Havana the other day, there would
be some hope of bringing hostilities to a
close
The herald., 1898-01-15
Distracted

"sad about Joe Smiths insanity. poor
fellow"
what allied him?"
"Well, he was janitor in a bank, ana
broke down his constitution trying to keep
1t warm enough for thin clerks and cool
enough for the fat detroit Free
Press,
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When the house finds it necessary to
adjourn in order to choke off inflamma-
tory speeches on the Cuban question, it
looks as if the question of Intervention
had got into congress hind side before"
Such was the condition yesterday.
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AS Well Begin Now

The confession of Republican congress-.
men that the present session will be unable
to accomplish anything in the direction Of
currency reform will enable the districts
to begin an early search for better talent.
Detroit Free Press
The herald., 1898-01-15
Not in Winter

Pat. you complain of being out Of work,
and yet 1 heard the coal dealer offer you
a job to drive one of his carts not ten min
utes ago."
"Yis. sor; but I'm not goin' to freeze
mesef to death to keep alive, sor. Gin
cinnati Commercial Tribune
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THE PUBLIC PULSE

(rhe Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsioility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
The herald., 1898-01-15

Senator Hoar yesterday proposed an
amendment to the constitution, making
the presidential term aDu those Of
senators and representatives begin and
end on the S0th Of April. There is sound
sense in the proposition and it will be
adopted eventually. There is no good
excuse for continuing the present plan.
The herald., 1898-01-15

For the protection of the Spanish
army, a new press law Is to be promul-
gated at Havana. The insurgents should
at the same time be prohibited from
shooting at the queens soldiers.
The herald., 1898-01-15

The proposed new department Of
mining and of commerce and industries
will have to wait. Uncle Sans pay
roll is trifie ahead Of the receipts al
ready
The herald., 1898-01-15
Hot Stuff Out in Missouri

An Ohio Republican, homeward bound
from the west said: "If you should take
drop of blood from Missouri Democrat
and put 1t on an Ohio Democrat 1t would
blister him. st. Louis Republic.
The herald., 1898-01-15

Judge McKenna is still being exposed
to the senatorial gridiron. But he will
survive 1t is life position, and the
ample ermine will soon cover it all.
The herald., 1898-01-15

Edison's wave motor must be an
chored twenty miles at sea. But we
trust that fact will not be urged in sup
port of Hawaiian annexation.
The herald., 1898-01-15

Important changes in the mining laws
of the Yukon, set out in our dispatches
this morning, have been made by the
Dominion parliament
The herald., 1898-01-15

A failed St. Paul manufacturer yes
terday testified that he had squandered
$4,000 of his capital since 1893 without
having once embarked in journalism.
The herald., 1898-01-15

The Pullman boys are said to be ener-
getically endeavoring to live up to their
late fathers ante-mortem estimate of
them.
The herald., 1898-01-15
A Losing Contract

every man is the architect Of his own
fortunes"
yes; and nine times out of ten he don't
get paid for his work."-Chicago RecordS i
The herald., 1898-01-15
Extremes Meet

The man who always pays. cash for every
thing has no dread of New Years day.
Neither has the man who never pays cash
for anything-Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
bune
The herald., 1898-01-15

The Seminoles are reported to be "sul-
len." They are justified in being some
thing worse.
The herald., 1898-01-15

An Australian pugilist arrived at San
Francisco yesterday; fighting weight,
125 pounds; vocal power not stated.
The herald., 1898-01-15
IrrevocahlY

The man who borrows trouble generally
gives his happiness as security-Rich-
mond Dispatch
The herald., 1898-01-15

TIL time extension recently granted
the railways of the country for compli-
ance with the law requiring the equip
ment of cars with automatic couplers
and driving breaks, as appears from a
circular just issued by the commission,
is coupled with the wise requirement
that progress in the direction Of compli-
ance with the provisions of the law
must be reported semi-annually. The
commission will thus know from time to
time to what extent the roads intend to
fulfill the requirements of the act The
apparent utter inability of the commits
sion to enforce it's DEGREES, however,
coupled with the probable appointment
of a chairman from the ranks of the
class most directly interested in the
railroads, is a circumstance little cal
culated to encourage the hope that the
wise provisions of a law intended to
minimize the slaughter of human lives
are to be rigidly enforced.
The herald., 1898-01-15

Can't you trust in Providence while?
Better try!
Something good Is comm UP your way
By and by.
Laura H. Fisher in the Boston Even
ing Transcript.
The herald., 1898-01-15

His wife can fire china,
He's clever with a gun
But, as to firing Mary Ann,
They VOW 1t can't be done.
indianapolis Journal.
Horseless carriage
Lovers boom
No reins to hold.
Hug and spoon.
st. Louis Post-Dlspatch.
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Not the Only Pebble

gance of speech in the way Of reform
ledges.-Pittsburg Post.
The herald., 1898-01-15

The senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of ex-senator H. A. w.
Tabor to be postmaster at Denver. All
Colorado, and a great many people out
side of that state, will be gratified over
of the mining kings of the early boom
days in Colorado, and no man did more
for the material advancement of Den
ver The last few years, however, have
been a constant struggle with adversely.
The old man has never given up, and the
postmastership will give him an oppor-
tunity to catch his breath, as the saying
is He is familiar with the inside of
postoffice, having been postmaster at
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JINGLEs

We called him plain farmer" once,
But now we must desist.
We buy his grain and hail him as
An agriculturist.
Washington Evening Star.
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test against autonomy. At MatanzasI
crowds cheered. for the United States

test against autonomy. At Matanzas
CROWDS cheereS for the United States,
President Mckinley and annexation.
A letter from an important insurgent
chief says that about 10000 insurgents
and concentrates have died in Western
Cuba. He also expresses regret at the
sufferingis endured by the insurgents Ia
the field.
DR.. Delf1n calls attention. In the Diario
de la Marina, to the necessity of sending
about fifty physicians into the interior
Of the island, provided with medicine
chests. This step, he says, is to save
from certain death innumerabie human
beings who are dying of hunger and
neglect. He adds that over 500 persons,
mostly women and children, have died
of famine In the fields. tits not advisa-
BILE, the Spaniards say, to intrust the
distribution of food and money to the
concentrados..
Besides the pangs of hunger the re-
concentrates are suffering from small
pox. dysentery, malaria, etc, which
threaten determination. Therefore, DR..
Deifin says, 1t is necessary to send medi-
cines with the food and physicians.
1t is reported that an important en-
gagement occurred last Monday in the
Mulatto Mountains, Province of Pinar
del Rio. and that large numbers were
killed on both sides. One prominent in
surgent was captured and brought to
Havana, where he Is imprisoned incom-
municado.
TOBACCO EXPORTED
NEW YORK, Dec. S1.--The steamer
Concho, which arrived today from Hay
ii, brought 96S bales of Cuban tobacco.