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The herald., 1898-11-18


what has been commonly called racewar in the south The
average reader has received erroneous
GRAVE impression of the ISSUE The conflicts and
SITUATION IN casualties in North Carolina and elsewhere
THE SOUTH properly racial. learn from a
clear and able exposition of the matter in
the Nashville American. While the line of trouble separates
whites from the primary difficulty does hinge upon
the question of color little reflection would indicate this
when we think that the two have got along fairly well
gether during the full span of generation.
The root of the trouble readily brought to view
example of conditions in the city of Wilmington. The popua-
ton 25000 and the poll 1900 than
whites This reponderance enables the negroes fill IS per
cent of the Offices and to expend the public money And this
bear in mind when the whites 96 cent of the
81 per cent of the property The consequence
who neither read write policemen deputy
sher and consabe Out of fifty magistrates in Whining
ton thyx and most of them extremely ignorant
county taxes.
The abuses consequent upon this eporable
been growing until they have become nbearabe white
element The whites have antpathy negroes SUCH
But the growth of this official domination by ignorant
p blacks who quander the which they contribute
only four per cent has become utterly ntoerab long
strain of endurance has reached the swapping point
DESPERATION the whites declare that they will fight rather
longer stand this nsuferabe negro domination.
As our Nashville contemporary rightly It is the old
question taxation without representations the question
caused the dumping Boston harbor by aggeved citizens
of Great Britain because they believed they fairly
ed by the home they not But where
the remedy? The doctrine of majority rule is the keystone
arch and the negro vote worth much
white mans. All distinction of color has been eliminated.
The will of the majority is governing in Wilmington
hope of appeal An educational voting qualification would
doubtless help the whites but they could
requisite twothrs constitutional vote in southern states
An amendment of like kind to the United States
attempted, would be defeated by Republican opposition The
problem is indeed and the late outbreaks
evidently trivial in comparison with the trouble ahead.
The herald., 1898-11-18
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Bridget means "a gift of God" No house
keeper will dispute this-if she is good
Bridget. But like other divine gifts they
are sifted out on the just and the unjust
| alike, and we don't quite have our Just de-
serts, we think. But | suppose that would
be too much like Heaven to be dreamed of
help it; and she don't want to, if she is SEN
sible. She at least has something worth hir-
ing, which can't be predicated of all her
more aristocratic sisters. But there are
types and types, as every printer will tell
You.
There are voices that confess pedigree
more truly than some family trees. Hers
was a slum voice, as easily recognizable as
the smell of garlic; and as pleasant. Tn a
scarcity OF help she has secured n place as
second girl in an aristocratic house in spite
of her YOUTH her inexperience, and her
voice, and being strong and good-natured
she got on very well.
James was the scion of the house, proud
house. James thought it. His mother called
him Jimmie" Now James had never seen
this especial Bridget He had, perhaps, a
dim notion of her presence but he had never
noticed her, really. She had seen him
though, and thought him nice to look at as
did a good many other girls of the class not
hired.
They both happened to be down town on
her first evening off and James was using
all his manly arts (which were many to
make himself agreeable to a sweet young
mllionaress. How did poor little Bridget
know that members of the family didn't care
for recognition from her? So when James
passed with his fair charge Bridget's fine,
husky baritone rang OH "Hello, Jimmie"
o o o
If ever there was madder young man,
Greater Los Angeles wouldn't hold him.
Jimmie could hardly hold himself, and that
was his job.
The young lady drew herself up like
startled shade-roller and looked the whole
box of interrogation points. Her eyebrows
looked well arched-besides--.
And then she asked another fellow to take
her home to mamma. James tried to en-
plain but he was too ashamed OF the truth to
tell it, and the young lady said she begged
he would spare her. James went home to
his mamma He didn't spare her, I'm afraid.
Bridget thinks she was discharged for break
ing dishes and said they might take it out
of her wages. But it was too expensive a
breakage for her to redeem.
O o o
An old gentleman with taste for col
lecting has become quite conchologist, and
his collection of shells is worth long journey
to see. A few months ago he missed one of
his finest Coma MIar,norea and then one af-
ter another of his best specimens disap-
I,eared. The hired lady was asked if she
had any knowledge of them. ''What should
! want of your old clams:' she answered,
'whin l have far finer ones mesilf, right in
me trunk"
Mrs. expressed wish to see them
and boldly Mary took her to look. "Why
there is our Harpa Ncntricosa, exclaimed
the lady. mo. mum; picked that wan up
On the beach al Sanity Monica mesilf. '"And
lid you pick his one up there?" asked the
mistress. fishing out a rare specimen from
the Indian ocean. "Oh, no; me brother Tom
'int me that wan from Salt Lake. He says
they be as thick as bees up there" H. B. l..
The herald., 1898-11-18
Seventy-Two Years Old

The 72d birthday of the Rochester IN. W
Union and Advertiser was celebrated Octo-
Der 25th. The founders Of the paper were
Luther Tucker and Hugh O'Reilly. The
population of Rochester in 1896 was 1869. In
1888 Mr.. O'Reily retired from newspaper
work to become postmaster. Thomas w.
Flage succeeded him. Originally the news
paper was called the Advertiser. 1t was
consolidated with the Union in 1852. 1t has
been consistently Democratic since it was
founded. The Union and Advertiser was
the first daily newspaper in America west
of the Hudson.
The herald., 1898-11-18

him at the head of the city government Had he proven
notorousy weak vulnerable they would not have
placed him second term at the head of their ticket
The Herald has its differences with Mayor Snyder and
OCCASION hesitated crticise him freely But The
Herald charged dishonesty lack of loyalty to the city
against him. disagreed to methods of procedure
than in anything else The proved that
accord to objects sought and all differences swept
by common purpose.
With Mayor SNYDER the union ticket a
capable and trustworthy nominees who if elected will carry
forward the business of the city satisfactory
has been conducted during the past The people
Los Angeles well versed in municipal affairs and have
too intimate knowledge of the candidates before them to
allow their Judgment to be couded by paranhip. They
know that the union ticket safe and they will
not be backward about voting it.
The herald., 1898-11-18

To read the attacks of Republican contemporaries
guleess stranger might imagine that administration Of
Mayor Snyder, which is now drawing TO y
"A PARTISAN close, has proven rank failure On the
ATTACK contrary, every well-nformed citizen knows
that it has been o the most success sh,I
administrations that Los Angeles has experienced The
business of the municipality has been ecentv and in
order In the legislative and executive branches of the
government there have been scandals charges of mas
Everybody knows that Mayor Snyder has conducted tbe
affairs of his Office with sound judgment full regard for
the interests of the public Were the fact that Mr.
Snyder has been nominated to succeed himself these
ican papers would have only good say of him. As if
IS they do not venture to mpugn his honesty they know
hat would be hopeless task Query Are the C. man
That are essentially good made any the less worthy
happens to be candidate every farminded
itizen the fact that Mayor Snyder an
Eheming majority OF the allied parties Endorsement his
administration which ought long command
ng confidence The voters of his political faith him
md assured themselves his excellence they wish to retain
The herald., 1898-11-18
Christian Science Rebuked

The coroner's jury that sat in London
upon the death of Harold Frederic has re-
turned a verdict of manslaughter against
the Christian science devotees, both wom-
en-, who had charge of his case. The one
of them is held responsible as the guardian
of the sick man who refused to afford him
proper medicinal aid, and the other as the
Christian scientist who undertook his treat
ment.-Boston Herald.
The herald., 1898-11-18
RHYME and Reason

There is a new song going the rounds of
the press and it runs as follows: owe don't
want to buy at your place, we don't want to
trade there any more; you'll be sorry when
you see us going in some other store You
can't sell us any stale goods, we have opened
wide our eyes; we don't want to trade at
your store, because you do not advertise. p
West Plains (Mo.) Journal.
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
oooooooooooooooooooooooo
Independent Voters in the City

The Independent voter has come to be
a potent factor in city elections, and his in
fuence vii be still more potently exercised
in future elections. He has no respect for
what is known as regularity" and takes no
stock in the machine theory that to fail to
vote straight" is to destroy the purpose of
the party. He sees that sustaining whatever
the party bosses may propose leads to the
betrayal of the party cause, to say nothing
of the party honor, quite as much as oppo-
sition to "regularity. Minneapolis Times.
The herald., 1898-11-18
Big Figures

The yearly output of newspapers on this
whrlng earth is estimated at 1900, 100000
copies This is not the calculation of the
circulation managers. but of disinterested
statistcan. If all the papers were spread
out they would cover l0,450 square miles.
The paper weighs 7Sl, $50 tons, and if the ink
were dumped into Lake Erie, Niagara Falls
would be in deep mourning for year. If
the printed sheets we're piled up, the top of
the column would be 400 miles nearer the
moon than the bottom.
The herald., 1898-11-18
s1ow-Working Peace Commissioners

Judging from the deliberate way in
which the American peace commissioners
are acting there may be something in the
statement that the Spanish war was Re-
publican war; Things are not being closed
up in the way in which Democrats have been
in the habit of closing them. Imagine, if
you can, Andrew Jackson submitting to the
delay and the Spanish and European insults
that are being heaped upon us.-Peoria
Herald
The herald., 1898-11-18
The President to Blame

The president is said to have remarked
recently, in tone of mingled amazement
and resentment: '"They blame Alger, but
I was the secretary Of war;" In one sense
he was, since he chose Alger and kept him
and made himself responsible for him, and
even in the speeches of his recent tour tried
to screen him. 1t was a terrible blunder,
and Mr.. Mckinley will have to pay for it
through all the rest of his term.-New York
Times.
The herald., 1898-11-18
White Men Must Rule

The suggestion that negroes should rule 1t
they are in the majority will not be enter
tanned by the white people of the south, no
more than it would be by the whites OF the
north if they were confronted by the same
suggestion Until the negro is taken into
full social companionship with the white
and is on the average as intelligent the
whites will rule wherever they encounter the
blacks-and that means for all time to come.
--Dubuuue Herald.
The herald., 1898-11-18
On the first Monday of next month congress will
will be in session three months an extra session

On the rst Monday OF next month will
will be session for the three months
is called which is improbable it is
POLITICS IN likely to continue into through next
PERPETUUM summer On the first Monday of Decem-
Der thereafter the next regular session will
and will be unusual if it does
the presidential campaign of 1900 opens thirty days
after closes the last session of the Ftysxth
and continue till the president inaugurated
therefore liable to have political agitation exciting
character for large part of the next twenyseven
negative has been given to the
York that there would be commence
after the 4th of March, Yet the peculiar condition
indicates that such session probable The influences New
York city will control those of the other parts the
nation that is the monetary metropolis of the
country
Mr. Jefferson called extraordinary 1904 to pass
laws for the of the newly acquired territory of
Louisiana Mr. Cleveland did the repeal the purchasing
clause of the Sherman and in 1897 President Mckinley
called extra session to bill If accomplish
these things extra sessions usfabe surely will
likely be deensbe for session the
gress at an early date
But whether such an event takes place not Hanna
announced through Major Dick secretary of the Republican
national committee that that body will Immediately commence
operations with view to carrying the presidential cleo
tion that literature will be prepared for distribution
ovehe land The Republican committee will not be
of the country will be kept stirred up out of
The that the Republican committee is imme
diatey 60 work purpose renonnate and re-
elect Mckinley and further that the administration will con-
form its aconto what be deemed
end which Hanna has in view. If this administration is
patriotic it is not less political.
The herald., 1898-11-18
His Look

Mrs. Good--My poor man, are you mar
ried:
Spoiled Spooner- Nom: got dis hunted
look from always bein chased from place to
place by de police-)udge.
The herald., 1898-11-18
The Retort Courteous

Little Tommy-Pa, what's the retort cour-
teous:
Pa-lt's the retort one always has to
make to the cook if he expects her to stay
more than week. k.--Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1898-11-18
Cycle Children

Mrs. Pitt-Has Mrs. Oakland any chill
dren:
Mrs. Penn-She has two-a boy and girl
The boy is a 95 model and the girl o.
Pttsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The herald., 1898-11-18

Both duty demand that health of
shall be protected 10 impair the excellent reputation of Los
Angeles for saubrty would do infinite
SANITARY harm. The suffering of the people through
WORK neglect to observe sanitary laws is the
NECESSARY primal consideration, but in addition, to
- lose that excellent reputation would check
immigration and the usual influx of ojouners and tourists
destructive effect upon business would be produced
1t cannot be concealed and it ought not be- that the
prevalence of certain fatal diseases considerable
sufficient to the health officers to activity in nqng
into the and devising the for their removal The
work however, must be left to these officers aon the people
must render all the assistance in their power
accepted fact that many not all diseases
caused by germs generated in filth The health officers
expressed the opinion that the prevalence of typhoid
the present time results from the accumulation of filth in back
yards and upon vacant lots 1t has been the practice
such lots dumping grounds Too much reliance has been
placed the purity of the atmosphere and its ability to
counteract the influence of unceanness Science has given
additional force to the aphorism that cleanliness
godliness.'
There have been many complaints about the
for irrigation and has often been said that where it applied
the air is loaded with eva of very dsagreeabe character
The question raised whether such sewage
Of sickness whether vegetables grown ground
the filth of the sewers not unhealthy Whether unhealthy
not such vegetables potatoes in the ground and those
grown just above the surface such BEANS peas lettuce
offensive to persons of squeamish tastes.
The question whether the irrigation
injurious the public health be left decision OF
health officials and scientists We do attempt to pass upon
it. The subject should be thoroughly investigated and the
truth about it made known
The need that all the available should be used in irr
CATION is fully realized The employment of sewage for
irrigation in the vicinity of Berlin, and other cities in
Europe has been for many years. are
advised without noticeable upon the health of the
people.
Whether atmospheric conditions such as to produce
different results leave the solution doctors and
scientists As valuable may enaginp production
from the SOIL the of in irrigation must foborne
1T endanges the health of the community The atmosphere in
this section is naturally but be overloaded with i'm
pures and perhapst of such as to promote multi
picaon of poisonous microbes and proong their existence
With the knowledge possessed ought to be difficult TO
determine the facts bearing upon the subject
The herald., 1898-11-18
A Club of One

''How do you keep so young, Mrs Light
head:"
We'll, never worry about my age. DE
troit Free Press.
The herald., 1898-11-18

The speech of Hon. Joseph Chamberlain delivered in Lon
don Tuesday night is less ELUSIVE United States than
the previous which commotion in Eropc
In fact he says in his last speech former one gave rise
Misrepresentation And further In what have said
have not meant permanent formal treaty alliance
this now The tenor of Mr.. Chamberlains address
friendly toward Germany well the States but his
preference somewhat indicated by averment that he be-
leved AngoSaxon cooperation and influence would prove
irresistibe'
The herald., 1898-11-18

machine, and George had about So or $40 n
nickels stored about his person. Everyone
laughed and thought it was very funny eX-
cent Bob. THEGOSSlPER.
The herald., 1898-11-18

President Mckinley has determined some more peace
jubilee touring He will attend the Atlanta festivities that are
billed Tor the middle Of next month If anybody is inclined
ask why the presidential pageant to when the
elections let him remember announcement made
by the secretary of the national Republican committee He saws
the campaign of 1900 will be opened as congress
The herald., 1898-11-18

1t has been decided that the United States will need ono m
Spans Caroline islands 1t would handy to have as an
intermediate station between Honolulu and Guam the latter
being the island that the Charleston relieved Spain of while OH
voyage to Manila. 1t is not stated whether consideration
will be cash plain hold-up.
The herald., 1898-11-18

The performances of the torpedo boat Dupont,
craft in the wonderful She made thirty knots
hour her trial trip That is equal to about thryfve
statute miles, speed that was rapid railway travelling not
very many years ago
The herald., 1898-11-18

1t encouraging read that steamship has been
established to between Pedro San Francisco
When vessels of moderate tonnage readily San
harbor shameful that valuable time has been
wasted in making the harbor suitable for large craft
The herald., 1898-11-18
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1s, 1898.

Yes let all join hands rousng celebration of initial work
ct Pedro Let the work begin aupciousy and trust to
eternal vigilance to keep it moving until
SAN PEDRO the completion of great harbor enter
HARBOR prise. The idea of having President Me
JUBILEE Kinley dump the first barge of rock, by
electric connection, is good one. 1t
could be improved however, by having Secretary ger the
barge at the moment the button is pressed.
big celebration with these interesting accessories would
attract notice throughout the United States and would be
very effective of calling attention to the promising
future of this section of Southern California That harbor is
very important consideration in estimating the progress of
Angeles involves the question whether Los Angeles shall
practically become important seaport forever remain
inland city. But for the uncertainty that has enveoped the
enterprise impulse of activity anticipating the end would
felt before this time No capitalist has been inclined
make investments pecated upon the ultimate of the
habor project The shadow of danger bearing outlined
Coils p Huntington has admonished capitalists to wait
But with good start and sharp lookout shall hope to
reach the consummaton of the work. The start in
sight and for the outcome shall have rely upon the alert
and vigilance of Los Angeles and neghborng comun
ties roung jubation such has been suggested will be
indirect notice all concerned that this section ready fight
for the progress of the work vaanty has fought
the inception of it. The Herald stands for celebration and
the bigger more imposing and more effective, the better
The herald., 1898-11-18
Rays and
His Pipes

studying up on the matter, making exam
nations of pipes and the like. Mr.. Rays had
twenty sections of pipe dug up and a
thorough examination of the scale and COR
rosion made, with estimates OF an average
from the result. An interesting question
which will come up from this investigation
is to the effect of the electric current from
the street railway wires on the pipes. In
the vicinity of the power house this has been
found to be very disastrous
The herald., 1898-11-18

Frank Oakley, the erudite and Chester
fieldian chief clerk in the Southern Pacific
general offices here,
tustatory has made an important
Discovery gustatory discovery,
which is nothing less
than the fact that the Compton dairymen
make cheese that is in all respects equal TO
ii not superior to the celebrated Sierra
cheese. The latter has long had the deserved
reputation of being a perfect Bris, but Mr.
Oakley claims that the Compton product Is
even better. As he made the discovery in
company with Tom Rowan and Doc BRYANT.
who are said to agree with him. his assertion
cannot be- questioned
O O o
George Arnold has not lost all his Incl,
even if he will not be able to assess depots
and rights OF way for
Some LUCK some time to come.
Still Left He stepped into Bob
Kerns resort yester-
day with a newspaper man and noticed
nickel-in-the-slot machine. "Hll just play
nickel here and see if have any more luck"
he said, and down the yellow slot, which
pays a dollar if it wins, went his coin. He
pressed the lever, the wheels went round,
the yellow won and he scooped out the
twenty nickels from the cup at the side.
But then something happened to the in
sides of the machine. 1t gave a gurgle and a
whirr, a grunt and groan and the stream
of nickels continued. George kept scooping
up handsful of them until he had all his
pockets full, and still they came, so that
finally there was not one left in the whole
The herald., 1898-11-18

There is man in this city who has mad
| fortune out of the possession OF two whit
The herald., 1898-11-18

Water Arbitrator Jim Kays told me yes
terday that on Monday next the board would
The herald., 1898-11-18

Some of the northern papers have billed
w. l. Foley of this city as the private sec
The herald., 1898-11-18

Both duty and interest demand that the health of city
shall be protected TO impair the excellent reputation of Los
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-12-10

of forty miles. Then he would come back
and cut another furrow to San Francisco,
making eighty miles for the round trip.
This amount of work would only be a
tiny scratch four feet wide along one side
of the forty field, and the process
would have TO be repeated at least 300
times, making total distance Of about
los, 900 miles
Suppose that the ploughman worked at
the rate of twenty miles a day. To get
over the los, 900 miles would take ., 250
days Toplant would take about the same
time, making total of 10, 500 days, or
nearly thirty years. 1t would be like
spending lifetime, and the distance tray
elled would be equivalent to going around
the world four times And all in one
California wheat field.
TO accomplish the necessary amount Of
work within the time at his disposal the
owner of the Clovis wheat field has to en-
ploy over 200 men, over l., 600 horses and
several tons of big machinery. The men
are working early and late now, and If the
whole acreage is planted by january and a
sufficient quantity of rain falls there will
be such IA crop of wheat as has never been
heard Of for the land is good land and the
seed is good seed. Then will the bread
eaters of the world give thanks for the ex-
istence Of the largest field in California.