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The herald., 1898-05-28
LOS ANGELES HERALD. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY %, 1898

tions. It shows that the farmers re-
ceived from their grain crops last year
$1S0, 900 more than for those Of the
year previous, and $so,oOOo 900 more than
in any year since 1892. 1t shows that they
received $500, 10000 more for the ag-
gregate Of their surplus products last
year than in the year previous. Farm
horses increased in value $25, ,000, 900, milch
cows $s5,Ooo,o0o. other cattle $1O4, ,0oo. 900,
sheep $4,000, 900.
Appeals like this for "the poor farmer"
are really intended for the poor sugar
trust. and for such judicious use as may
be made of them in the approaching con-
gressional campaign.
The herald., 1898-05-28
How Not to Fight

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
We went to war because Spain was starv-
ing and numbering innocent men, women
and children. To-day We are blockadlnS
Cuban ports and shutting out all supplies,
while the people we went to war to save,
according to reliable reports, are dying by
thousands in the streets of Havana and
other towns. and are hauled out in carts
and dumped on the ground and left un-
buried for the buzazrds to eat!
The only move that our humane and
Christian president has made in behalf
of Cuba was to send 200 men with arms
and ammunition for the insurgents. Two
attempts to land were made, backed by
three gunboats. The landing party ESQ
we were Officially informed) was confronted
by four or five hundred Spaniards, and
finally withdrew without the loss of
single man, and the great (?) expedition
is back at Key West.
And though we have 100000 men ready
for battle and a magnificent navy to pro-
tect the landing of these troops, the presi-
dent has just issued call for $4,000 more
men. Twenty thousand men are camped
en- the South Atlantic coast, almost within
smelling reach of the decaying carcasses
save, and $4,000 volunteers are ready
to fight, and only two hundred men were
sent to Cuba!
Now, Mr.. Editor, I am a member of the
Methodist church, the same as Mr.. Nc
Kinley, and 1 never swear, except under
great provocation, and hence ask rs
there anybody but a-fool-or what is
equally as bad, blind, bigoted partisan,
who cannot see that the whole thing is a
sham?"
Before the war was declared, with
twenty-five or thirty Spanish gunbcats.
and the entire navy of the United States
watching for filibustering expeditions, the
brave Cuban patriots were able to land
munitions of war and convey them to
places of safety! Now, our government,
with its navy and 200 men have failed!
1 repeat, the expedition was a sham.
The administration did not want to land
either food. clothing, arms or ammunition.
The whole movement was a farce. The
game is being played to prolong the war
in the interest of contractors, to get large
army, force bond issue, and furnish staff
positions Tor q lot or pralnless duues, the
sons of rich men.
The regular army alone, with Simpsons
meet, coulu nave taken havana montn
ago, and the war would be over today.
The fact is that the stock -jobbers who
originally opposed the war are again in the
saddle, and desire now to turn it to their
advantage.
There are many points along the Cuban
coast where there are no Spaniards, and
where even the small expedition spoken
of could have landed and met the insur-
gents But the expedition in question
landed, or attempted to, within twenty
miles of fortified city, and that it made
a desperate effort to accomplish its mis-
sion is we'll known, from the fact that not
a man was killed.
The time has come for the American
people to put stop to President McKin-
ley's, or, more properly speaking, Mark
IIanna's peaceful conflict" in the interest
of bondholders. GEORGE TELLER.
The herald., 1898-05-28
AN ULTERIOR PURPOSE

1t may be uncharitable, but neverthe-
less. suspicion does exist that the call
for $4,000 more troops was made. in part
at least, to influence the senate to pass
the bond feature of the pending revenue
bill. What Mr.. Gage and the contributors
to Hanna's campaign fund want is more
bonds. 1t is important to make it ap-
pear just at this time that the expenses
of the war will inevitably be so great
that they cannot be met except by SELL
ing a large block of gold bonds. If that
feature of the bill Is accepted 1t Is be-
lieved that 1t will operate to defeat the
propositions TO coin the seigniorage, to
issue more greenbacks. and to impose q
tax on corporations. In certain quarters
these three propositions are exceedingly
obnoxious.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Consumption Cured
DR.. W. HARRISON BALLARD
,oom. 1 to zAHN Send for
q Is 6l.aS Souh6p
HISTORICAL

The first kindergarten school was founded
in 1858 by Miss Caroline Louise Franken-
berg, at Columbus, o. Ten years later,
Miss Elizabeth Peabody of Boston, who
is generally regarded as the founder of the
American kindergarten system. went to
Germany to study the system under Froe-
bel
The Philippines were named In honor Of
that amiable Philip II. who married
Bloody Mary" and fathered the inquisi-
tion. They were discovered in 1921 by that
Magellan who first circumnavigated the
globe. and who has become immortal Ito
school children, at any rate) because Of
the straits named in his honor.
During the time that Andres was gov
ernor of all New England, he had tried to
carry off the Connecticut charter. But 1t
is said that. when the charter was brought
in and laid on the table, the lights were
suddenly blown out, and when they were
lighted the charter was gone. 1t had been
taken away and hidden in the hollow of an
oak tree. This tree stood for nearly 10
years after, and was always respected as
1.-THE Charter Oak"
Bookplates are supposed to have hal
theiy origin in Germany. and the earliest
known plate is that of Hildebrand Bran
denburg-a small. rude woodcut of tho
fifteenth century, depicting soaring an
gel bearing a shield, on which is en-
sraved an OK with ring in his nose. Hill
debrand Brandenburg of Bibrach was a
monk in the Carthusian monastery Of
Buchsnaim. His bookplate was colored
in two or three tints, and its approximate
date was 1880. Wilhelm Won Zells book
plate, found in the library of the same
monastery is generally ascribed to about
the same date; and 1t is a singular fact
that the celebrated st. Christopher wood
cut dated 1923, was found also in the
Buchshaim monastery. The earliest use
of the book plate was to record the gifts
of private donors to public libraries The
most famous engraver who ever made
book plates Is Albert Duerer.
The herald., 1898-05-28
UNCLE SANS NAVY
NO. q PORTFOLIO

NO. 6 PORTFOLIO
Of that artistic series of views Of the
United States Navy has been received at
the business once Of the
DAILY HERALD
and the complete set can now be had.
Present . coupon and 10 cents for each
POrtfOlio-6O cents for complete set. If
to be sent by mail, cents extra ON each
Portfolio for postage.
Those desiring complete sets should
call 1T Ouoe as the stock on hand of some
Of the numb bers Is very limited.
Portfolio No. comprises some Of the
most interesting and exciting views ever
taken by camera or sketched by pen, In
cluding . double page illustration of
naval engagement between the fleets of
America and Spain, representing the
greatest battleships. torpedo boats, tor
pedoes, and torpedo boat destroyers of
both nations in furious combat.
The herald., 1898-05-28
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Cheap at the Price, Though

We are paying lively price now to learn
that which far-seeing statesmen urged
upon our attention in the long ago, that In
time of peace we should prepare for war.
If we had become entang.ed In any diff
Guilty with England, France or Germany
ten years ago that involved the threat Of
war, and conflict had come, how COM
pletely either Of those nations could have
bottled US up, and have exacted terms to
their lking.-Sacramento Record-Union.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Another Cause for Intervention

The yellow fever which SO frequently has
been epidemic In the southern states is
hatched out in the Cuban Cities, where it
can be directly traced to the lack of SAN
itatlon, a condition which Is due to Span
lsh misrule. Spain, then, is responsible
for the thousands of lives that have been
lost in the south through yellow fever and
on that account alone this country would
have been justified in intervening in Cuban
affairs.-San Jose Mercury.
The herald., 1898-05-28

dent wide discretionary power as to the
form Of the civil or military government
instituted. The treasury department has
for some days been engaged In outlining a
plan for the absorption Of the revenues
Of the Philippines, aggregating ten mil
lions of dollars last year, and derived
mainly from customs duties. 1t is OBJ
viously wise not at once to disturb the
Spanish schedules, and the Morgan
amendment provides for the substitu-
tion Of these, in the discretion Of the pres
ident, in lieu of those in force in the
United States.
The herald., 1898-05-28
The Holland submarine boat is an un-

The Holland submarine boat is an un-
certain quantity. and skepticsm regard
Ing the merits claimed for it is quite nat
ural. But 1t would be an obvious mis-
take to permit this war to pass without
affording to it practical test as to Its
capabilities in submarine warfare. 1t
does not follow that the government
should pay a fancy price for the vessel,
or that 1t should purchase it at all In ad-
vance of successful demonstration of
Its effectiveness. Its inventor asks no
more than that the government shall
man 1t and convoy 1t to Santiago de
Cuba, from the harbor of which Mr. Hol-
land believes he can remove the mines
placed there by the Spaniards, and pos
sibly injure or destroy some Of the ves-
sells Of Cervera's fleet. Crazier undertake
ings have been encouraged by the gov
ernment.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Suspicious

Cuban cigars are just as common In the
market and just as cheap as they ever
were. Is the blockade at fault or Is the
Cuban cigar a fraud?-Ventura Signal.
The herald., 1898-05-28
And E, j, Phelps. Also

People who don't go to war can stay at
home and drink beer. For every barrel of
beer you drink you contribute 81 to the
support of the government. 1t looks like
this cuts the prohibitionist off from being
a patrlot.--Colton Chronicle.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Beer and Patriotism

One of the elements of treason in the
United States, according to our constitu-
ton, is "glving aid and comfort to the en-
emy."
Why are not Professors Eliot and Nor
ton of Harvard, and Ryder of Andover, ar
rested and put on their trial?-Sacramento
Bee.
The herald., 1898-05-28
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.)
The herald., 1898-05-28

Otis is a name which the Philippine
Spaniards may not with entire safety
conjure with, as glance at the history
OF the country will show. Singularly
enough, there will be two generals bear
ing the name with the army of INVASION
ranking officer under Governor General
Merritt. and Brigadier-General Harrison
Gray Otis of Los Angeles, whose prac-
tical patriotism warns the cookies OF
every Californian's heart, in whose stam-
Ina all have confidence, and in whose
ability to win spurs for himself, we all
have abounding faith.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Fort Wrangle, Alaska, is experiencing
boom this spring, the best evidence Of
which is the special edition issued by the
Stikeen River Journal of that city. The
Journal is edited by B. A. Stephens, an
old-time newspaper man of Los Angeles
and its general appearance is excelled by
few newspapers the country over. The
special edition contains a great deal OF
Alaska.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Depew Is going abroad. He would
doubtless receive an ovation at Madrid
We believe he is the gentleman who made
the original discovery that this Is a
causeless war.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Col. Wanamaker is hot after the Span
iards of his own party in Pennsylvania,
accusing them of all the crimes in tn,
decalogue. In a recent speech he dis
played a transcript of the legislative
journal, in which appeared the name of
q member voting aye upon franchise
job upon a day when he was known to
be in San Francisco. But is Wanamaker
Just the man to be assigned to the task
of cleaning the Augean stables? He is
popularity supposed to have been re-
warded with cabinet position for po-
litical work scarcely more respectable
than this.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Senator Lodge has opened the doors to
all sorts of amendments to the war rev.
enue bill, and if it is still further delayed
by the debate which will be precipitated
tion into it, the responsibility will be
definitely fixed upon the administration.
Annexation may be germane, but it
would undoubtedly be antagonized were
ber.
The herald., 1898-05-28

A plan for the government of the Phil
ippines, as we'll as for any other territory
from the enemy, is compre-
hended In an amendment to the war rev.
enue bill offered yesterday by Senator
Morgan. It extends to such possessions
this tax and currency laws in force in the
United States, legalizes all forms Of
federal currency, and vests In the presi-
The herald., 1898-05-28

The administration Is said to have dis
covered at last that the capture of Porto
Rico will deprive Spain Of her only hope
of supplies left to her in the West Indies.
That was an early April fact.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Needs Help

Secretary Alger has asked for an assist
ant secretary of war. Let him have one,
by all means. Heaven knows he needs
help.-Stockton Map
The herald., 1898-05-28

"The inexorable logic of events" gave
us Louisiana in 1903. 1t remains to be
seen whether the same logic will apply
to the Philippines.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Hanna has been selected to preside
over the forthcoming convention of Ohio
Republicans. He will probably enter the
state under a flag of truce, but that will
not save him from services by the SER
geant-at-arms Of the legislature. A vice
chairman will have to be provided to
preside over the convention while Hanna
Is arranging a bail bond. 1t will be an
inspiring spectacle for the party Of great
moral ideas throughout the country.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Steve Elkins, having unloaded his hold
ings of Spanish 4s-a trick taught him
in the mining regions-is now outspoken
in favor Of territorial acquisition. Be-
sides Porto Rico and the Philippines, he
demands a slice of Spanish territory In
the Mediterranean, and the prompt oc-
cupation of Hawaii. His appeal is re-
spectfully referred to the Junior senator
from Ohio, his late esteemed partner.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Memorial day orators might, with the
utmost propriety, include in their ad-
dresses next Monday the soulful utter
ances of Henri Watterson, upon the oc-
casion of a review of Kentucky volun-
teers, at Frankfort yesterday, and set
out in our news columns this morning.
Patriotic to degree, they also contain
suggestions which every loyalist may
with profit ponder and heed.
The herald., 1898-05-28

ITO carry the spirit Of peace into war;"
says Macauley, 'is a weak and cruel
policy" Noiseless biockades and blood
less commandments look much like the
carrying Of the spirit OF peace into war.
The herald., 1898-05-28
Things We Hear

Time was the busy sewing bee
Would keep the town In news,
Dispensing gossip here and there,
This dull world to amuse.
But nowadays that band is gone,
It's kindly office lost;
By telephone the news comes In,
On wires that will get crossed.
Chicago Record.
The herald., 1898-05-28

Let US hope Sampson will not long ba
denied the privilege Of living up to his
name.
The herald., 1898-05-28

1t must be conceded that Spain's dis
appearing navy has lived UP to Its name. !
The herald., 1898-05-28

Both houses Of congress, without de-
bate or division, Of course, have pro-
vided for the presentation to Dewey of
sword of honor ard to his gallant sea-
men bronze medals, commemorative Of
the battle of Manila. The country, with
one voice, shouts "Amen!"
The herald., 1898-05-28
The Latter-Day Mystery

The early sea serpent is outranked this
season by the mysterious cannonading"
on various ports.-Boston Transcript
The herald., 1898-05-28

OF candor, fer inconsistency. or for wob-
bling policy In support Of the main con-
tention.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-06
NERVOUS INSANITY.
SHATTERED NERVES AND HEAL
THY KIDNEYS CANNOT EXIST
IN THE SAME BODY.
Necessity of Finding Remedy to Cure
Diseased Kidneys Led to the Discovery
of the World-renowned Morrow's
kidnpOids.

No organs of the body are more dependent
upon the healthy action of the kidneys than
the brain and nerves. If waste matters of
the system are not removed rapidly as
formed, the nerves are the first to know it
and suffer in consequence. The kidneys
must remove these most poisonous matters.
Therefore, the importance of the relation of
the kidneys and nerves is apparent and
should be of deep concern to each individual.
If the kidneys do not perform their func-
lions properly, systematically and on time,
serious complications must arise throughout
the entire body. From the nerves first comes
acute and chronic headaches then excitabil.
ity of temper; next nervous prostration,
shattered nerves and insanity. With proper
treatment of the kidneys all these troubles
can be avoided or cured.
There is only one known remedy that not
only will make the kidneys sound. as nature
intended they should be, but also have a
strong and wholesome effect upon the nerve
centers-that remedy is Morrow's Kikneolds,
prepared in the form of yellow tablet.
Morrow's Kidneoids are not the foolish fan
cy of day, but are the result of years of ex.
pertinent, experience and a thorough study
of the relations existing between the nerves
and kidneys The honor of the discovery of
the Kidneoids is due to John Morrow, that
eminent chemist of Springfield, Ohio, whose
repution would not permit HIM to place upon
the market any remedy not of the highest
value and merit.
In our last issue we announced that one of
the largest drug concerns in the Unit
ed States was negotiating tor the control of
MOrrOw's Kidneoids We are now informed
by the discOvercr of this most peculiar rem
edy that the Herb Medicine Co., Springfield,
Ohio, was the fortunate competitor of the
many firms, who were endeavOring to secure
the sole right to prepare and sell Morrow 8
Kidneyoi Is in the United States. They are
now on sale generally.
If not to be had of your dealer, they will be
sent postpaid, 30 cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, by addressing above company.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Spirit Of the Dress.
THE ECONOMY OF GOOD ROADS.
Observation-Disclosures

A system which results in saving to
the farmers of New Jersey upon the cost
of marketing a bushel of wheat over five
miles of good roads of an amount equiv
aent to the cost of 600 miles of water or
375 miles of rail transportation de-
serves careful consideration at the hands
of the farmers of Vermont.
Whatever of benefit may have accrued
to the residents of the smaller towns of
the state by reason of the imposition of a
state highway tax which is reapportoned
among all the towns upon basis of
road mileage has been meagre as com
pared to the benefits which would have
obtained under systematic and compre
hensive system of road building under
competent state supervision. If Yer
mont quarter of a century ago had
done what New Jersey, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, and other states are doing
to-day the farmers of the state would
have saved in the marketing of their
products a sum probably equal to the
amount expended upon the highways
during that period, most of which, ex-
cept in isolated cases, has been practi-
out making any appreciable additions to
their tax burdens.
And if the next legislature of this state
were to make a generous appropriation
for this purpose, emulate the example
of so many OF her sister states, and con-
tinue in that direction for the next two
decades, the benefits to the farmers of
the state would well repay the eXpendi-
lures, without perceptibly increasing the
burden of taxation. And whatever
tends towards the welfare of the agri-
cultural interests of the state.
1t is not alone in the lessening of the
cost of getting wares to market that
good road building would be the best
economy. Vermont offers manifold at
fractions to summer visitors and to per
manent residents who seek rural pleas
ures and opportunities for outdoor
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-06
The MAGAZINES EOR MAY.

Among tho notable features of the May
Ladies' Home journal are an illustrated ar.
ticle on Joseph Jefferson at home, after
Dinner Stories" page of brightly told anec.
dotes of prominent personages, and RudyRrd
klp1ngS famous Jubilee hymn, "RecessiOn.
al" set TO music by Reginald de Koven. "a
Cabinet Members Wife" gives further inter.
esttng g.impses of Washington sJcial-Oflicial
life, and another view "lnside Hundred
Homes" is afforded. The second installment
of Julia Magruders novelette,, ga Heaven.
Kissing Hnl," and oils Childten" give an in.
teresting variety of fiction. Robert J. Bur-
dette's "My kindergarten of Fifty Years" is
the first of a series of three articles by this
popular humorist.
An interesting feature of the May Harper's
is nm article by Professor w. T. Hewett on
university Life in the Middle Ages" 1t
presents vivid picture of the movement
that gave birth to modern institutions of
Learning, and is full of amusing anecdotes.
1t Is illustrated by f. V. du Mond and A. b.
Davies after old prints
AT a moment when war and all its appli-
ances and aspects have an especial interest,
no doubt the first thing turned TO in Nc.
Cures magazine for May will be Rudyard
Hi plings poem on the torpedo. In n recent
statement by Lieutenant G. Il. Armstrong
that "the torpedo has brought into the navy
fresh zest, new romance, ana pos 5ibiliiies
more brilliant than were existent before its
adoption" Mr.. Kipling has found an lea of
Just the sort he loves, and developed thereon
poem in his noblest manner-maiestic in
movement, felcitOus and dramatic in dc
scription, and mystical and deep.searching in
sentiment. 1t is truly great in its individual
expressions, and greater yet in its complete
effect and impression.
The first complete account of the negotia
tons conducted by Secretary Seward in
Johnson's administration for the purchase
from Denmark of the island of st. Thomas
IAN important coaling station in the present
war; is contributed to the American Monthly
Review of Reviews by w. Martin Jones, a
state department official under Seward, who
tells in the same connection the story of the
Alaska purchase. The article has specla
interest at this time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-06

recreations. Nothing so much initiates
against the other attractions as the dis
comforts of bad highways. Good fish
ing, good hunting, pure air, pure water,
bracing atmosphere, count for COM
paratively little when weighed in the
balance against bad roads.
In the direction of good road building,
as in many other directions, the great
difficulty in the way of effecting any i'm
provement lies in the Anticipated, I'M
representive system of legislative repre-
sentation. Representatives from the
smaller localities, unaccustomed to deal
with large affairs, are alarmed at the
suggestion of hundreds of thousands or
millions of dollars.
1t is estimated Vermont eXpends some
thing in the neIghborhood of $5OO,OOO a
year upon its highways, and, as has
already been said, a large proportion OF
it is practically thrOwnaway. OF course,
there are towns in which the roads are
from Indifferent to fairly good, few in
which the highways have been construct
ed after the most approved methods, but
in the main, the highways of the state
are we'll nigh impossible during certain
seasons of the year. Representatives
from the smaller towns are as well in
formed upon this subject as those from
the more populous communities, but any
effort to remedy an admitted evil in this
direction finds scant support in the low
err branch of the egislature.-St. Adams
Messenger.