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The herald., 1898-01-12
HOW TO WASH YOUR FACE
Scented and Colored Soaps Should BE
Avoided as They Ruin Complexion

The method of washing the face daily
is of great Importance, as even II one
only washes it twice a day the operation
has to be gone through 700 times in the
course of a year, and this would natur-
ally affect it for good or evil. Highly
scented or highly colored soaps should be
avoided and one which gives soft lath-
er and does not cause any feeling of ir-
ritation is the best. The soap should be
well rubbed into the face with clean
piece of flannel and then bathed of in
a basinful of absolutely clean water, 80
that every particle of soap may be re-
moved. After thoroughly bathing the
face should be dried with a Turkish tow
ell, and then, if the skin be coarse and
thick, it may be rubbed with a rough
towel, but If the skin is al all sensitive a
very soft towel should be used, and the
face finally we'll rubbed over with a
piece of chamois leather. Gentle fric-
ton of the face with soft leather, or bet
ter still, with the finger tips when clean.
tends to remove lines and to prevent the
formation of wrinkles. If lines have
formed the skin should be rubbed in a
direction contrary to their length, as, for
example.lif there are vertical lines be-
tween the two eyebrows they should be
rubbed from side to side: if there are
stragh lines across the forehead they
should be rubbed down from the hair to
the root of the nose and back again.
Philadelphia Times.
The herald., 1898-01-12
ALL INTERESTED
Oil Producers Keeping an Eye on the
Hospital Question

Local oil men are specializing as to the
probable action of the fire commissions
ers today upon the petition of the Los
Angeles infirmary, asking that the es-
tablishment of oil wells in the imme-
date vicinity of the hospital be prohib-
ted.
Should the commissioners decide to act
favorably upon the petition to prohibit
a territory that could easily support
sixty to seventy-five wells will be with
held from operations. If the recommen-
dation of the board of health that no
wells be permitted within a radius of
600 feet of the hospital be favorahly act
ed upon, the prohibitory measure will
seriously affect several wells already
sunk within the limits and necessitate
their closing down.
The herald., 1898-01-12
CLAIM TITLE TO THRONES
Some of the Pretenders of the Crowns
of Spain and France

The profession of the royal pretender
is very much overdone in Europe just
now. A Madrid editor has found six men
who think they have claims to the crown
! of France, besides any number wh0
think that they have paramount rights
| to the throne of Spain, and the purple
of small Italian principalites The most
interesting of the Spanish pretenders is
not Don Carlos, but man whose name
is seldom mentioned outside the Iberian
peninsula. He is the duke of Medina
| Cell, chief defender of the faith, four
teen-fold grandee and direct descend
ant of Ferdinand and Isabella. For him
Anjou, who now rule Spain, are nothing
more than usurpers. AS often as new
king of Spain is crowned the dukes
herald appears in the palace, and, in
the presence of all the grandees of
| Spain, protests in the name of his lord
against this usurpation, sets forth the
claim of the Medina-Celis to the throne
and challenges every knight who may
venture to dispute the legitimacy of the
dukes rights to defend his opinion in a
duel to the death, ION the mountain or on
the plain, by day or by night
AS no grandee of Spain has ever seen
fit to take the duke and his herald seri-
ously the head of the house of Medina
Cell has been left free to spend the in
come from his enormous fortune on his
| fads and to make perennial tours of his
numerous estates. 1t is said that he can
travel from one end of Spain to the
other and sleep every night in one of his
own houses. Under these circumstances
he has proved a less troublesome pre-
tender than Don Carlos. This chief of
Spanish pretenders was once so impov-
erished that, with the help of his secre-
tary he tried to turn into coin the gold
chain of his Order of the Golden Fleece.
BY the death of Count Chambord he was
eventually enabled to lay up fortune
against a rainy day and keep his decora
tions away from the goldsmiths and
the paWnbrokers.
group of pretenders who are chroni-
cally bankrupt afflct the Italian prov
inces. AT almost any time one may find
in the continental newspapers brief par
agraphs concerning the difficulties
which count of Aquila, or Trani, or
Syracuse, is having with the sheriffs. a
census of pretenders has not been taken
A partial list of those who think that
they have valid claims to the throne of
France was published recently however.
They are Don Carlos, Alfonso Kill, king
of Spain Francis, sometime king of both
Siciies; Francis, Sebastian's son by his
second wife, an aunt of the dead king
Robert, once duke of Parma; Louis Phil
lipe of Orleans. All these gentlemen are
| descendants of Louis XIII of France.
The last one to announce his pretentions
to the world is General Francis of Bour-
| bon, who suddenly began calling himself
duke of Anjou after the count of Paris
death, and sent out manifesto concern
| ing his claims. This course has been
rather disastrous to him. for he has been
| deprived not only of his command in the
| Spanish army, but also of the salary that
went with it.-London Tit Bits.
The herald., 1898-01-12
least, Il travellers, tales are to

rattas-at least If travellers tales are to
be trusted.
In that country-so they say-when a
creditor cannot get his money and be-
gins to regard the debt as desperate,
he proceeds to sit "dhurna" upon his
debtor, that is. he squats down at the
door of his victims tent and thereby in
some mysterious way becomes master
of the situation. No one can go In or
out except by his sanction. He neither
himself eats nor allows his debtor TO
eat, and this extraordinary starvation
contest is kept up until either the oept
is paid or the creditor gives up the SIEGE
and in the latter case the debt Is held TO
be Cancelled.
| However strange 1t may appear TO
Europeans, this method of enforcing a
demand is an established and almost
universal usage among the Mahrattas,
and seems to them mere matter Oh
| course. Even their "scindiah, OF
chieftain, is not exempt from it.
The laws by which the "dhurna is
regulated are as we'll defined as those OF
any other custom whatever. When 1t Is
meant to be very strict the claimant
takes with him a number of his follow
ers, who surround the tent, and some
times even the bed of his adversary, to
make sure that he obtains no morsel OF
food. The code, however, prescribea the
same abstinence for the man who i'm
poses the ordeal, and, of course. the
strongest stomach wins the day. Afte!
all, we have little right to ridicule this
absurdity, for our own laws still pro-
vide, nominaliy at least, for starving q
jury into verdict.
A similar custom was once so preva-
lent in the province and city of Benare:
that Rrahmins We're sometimes system
atically put through a course OF train
ing to enable them to endure Ions
time without food. They were ther
sent to the door of some rich person
where they publicly made vow to re
main fasting until certain sum o.
money was paid, OF until they perishet
from starvation. To cause the deatl
of Brahmin was considered so heinou.
an offense that the cash was generally
forthcoming; but never without reso
Lutte struggle to determine whether the
man was likely to prove staunch, fol
the average oriental will almost as sooI
give up his life as his money.-BostoI
Journal.
The herald., 1898-01-12
A Spurgeon Story

| There was an amusing incident in my
| early Waterbeach ministry which have
| never forgotten. One day gentleman,
| who was then mayor of Cambridge, and
| who had more than once tried to correct
my youthful mistakes, asked me if I
really had told my congregation that if
thief got into heaven he would begin
picking the angels pockets. Yes, SIR
replied, II told them that if it were pos
sible for an ungodly man to go to heaven
without having his nature changed he
would be none the better for being there;
and then, by way of illustration 1 said
that were a thief to get in among the
glorified he would remain a thief still.
and he would go round the place picking
the angels pockets" But, my dear
young friend" asked Mr.. Brimley, very
seriously. don't you know that the an
gels haven't any pockets?" mo. sir"
| replied, with equal gravity, II did not
know that; but I am glad to be assured
of the fact from gentleman who does
know l will take care to put 1t all right
the first opportunity I get"
The following Monday I walked into
Mr. Brimley's shop and said to him: Il
set that matter right yesterday, sir"
What matter?" he inquired. why,
about the angels pockets" What did
you say?" he asked, in tones almost of
despair at what he might hear next. "Oh,
sir, l just told the people l was sorry to
say that had made a mistake the last
time 1 preached to them; but that had
met a gentleman-the mayor of Cam
bridge-who had assured me that the
angels had no pockets, so must correct
what l had said, as did not want any
body to go away with false notion
about heaven. 1 would, therefore, say
that If a thief got among the angels
without having his nature changed he
would try to steal the feathers out Of
their wings" Surely you did not say
that?" said Mr.. Brimley. Il did, though" ="
l replied. Then" he exclaimed, "I'll
never try to set you right again" which
was just exactly what I wanted him to
say.-Spurgeon Autobiography.
The herald., 1898-01-12
HORSE TRAINING
Prof. Gleason Opens His Season at the
Pavilion Tonight

This evening in Hazards pavilion the
best known and most successful horse
trainer in the world, Prof. Oscar r. Glea-
son. will make his appearance after an
absence of nearly three years. His eX-
hibitions are interesting, amusing, thrii-
ling and exciting, besides beng of an
educational character. He teaches the
spectator that most horses are able to
reason, and that, like children, they can
be made docile and tractable without
cruel usage of any kind. Tonight Il
most interesting and instructive exhi-
biton is promised. The first part VIII
consist of handling and training nerv-
Gus horses, Nos. and being a runaway
team, No. nervous shyer. Later some
of the most vicious kickers. biters and
strikers will be brought in and subdued.
All horses are handled free and the pub
lie are invited to bring all vicious ami
mails to the pavilion for Prof. Gleason
to handle.
The herald., 1898-01-12
pngliunmen are preparing to celebrate

Englishmen are preparing u ceiopicse
that event.
winchester will be the favored spot
where honor is to be given to the great
est of the Saxon kings. Winchester was
the capital of his kingdom. When not
battling with the Dane 1t was to VIM
chester that the good King Alfred re-
turned-and from Winchester he issued
laws and administered his kingdom.
Supposedly the king was buried at
Winchester in the cathedral. Accord
ing to the old chronicles, THE body, or
King Alfred was buried In the bishops
church, but afterward, because the
canons raised fond tale that the same
should walk a-nights, his son Edward
removed 1t into the new monastery
which he in life had founded
But any traces of Alfred's last resting
place are not to be found.
Englishmen take practical ideas as to
how a celebration of this character
should be carried out. What avail
brass bands, banners and professions to
pass on to the future the name of a great
man? The show of today is forgotten
tomorrow. The idea is then entertained
of establishing, in memory of King AL
fred, a gallery, or museum, or pub
lie library. Today the mayor Of Win
chester is desirous of keeping King AL
fred before the people by the erection of
some good lasting and practical work.
| II all the Englishmen and Americans
who are named Alfred" would con-
tribute to the funds of suitable build
ing, what fine edfice could be raised!--
| New York Times
The herald., 1898-01-12
Humane Society Meeting

Yesterday afternoon the Humane So
ciety held its regular monthly meeting
at 315 West Sixth street, with President
Clark in the chair and the following
present: Mrs. Goss, Mrs. Kent, Mrs. Mil
lard j. S. Vosburg and DR.. Walter Lind
ley. A report was made as to the work
done during December, which embraces
men, women and children as well as
animals of various kinds. Illness, in
temperance, Indulgence, inefficiency,
abuse, desertion and few other causes
for suffering at first or second hand,
were reported as having been cared for
in one way and another.
The herald., 1898-01-12
TO ANNEX HAWAII
A Local League Formed With Repre-
sentative officers

The Los Angeles Hawaiian Annexa-
ton league starts with a roll numbering
200 representative voters. A call having
been issued, goodly number met at the
parlors of the Hollenbeck hotel and or
ganized by electing the following Off
GERS: Hon. C. C. Wright, president; r
@. Wickham, secretary; General H. A
Pierce. first vice-president; Councilman
Toll. second president; Hon. Wal
ter S. Melick, third president.
Short, pithy talks We're made by Sen
ator Bulla, Hon. F. P. Flint and others
The next meeting of the league will be at
council chambers, city hall. on next
Tuesday evening. Those in sympathy
with the cause are invited.
The herald., 1898-01-12
Voted for Silver

DENVER, Jan. 11-A special to the
News from Cheyenne. Wyo., says: In the
city election today Cheyenne went Demo-
cratic by a handsome majority, for the
first time in years. The Democrats elect
ed two aldermen out of three, the Repub-
lican nominee, A. Underwood. in the Third
ward. winning by only five majority. In
the Second ward. which has always been
Republican stronghold. the Democratic
nominee was elected by IS majority. Isaac
Greentree carried the First ward for the
Silver Reform forces by "a majority
The herald., 1898-01-12
shell is hard. He is often as large as a

saucer.
There is a perpetual war between him
and the birds. He wenders among the
nests at night and appropriates the bits
of fish left by the nestlings ana the
young themselves, II he can find
mother off her guard. But NJ has TO
be sly or he is killed by the stroke OF
bayonet bill and eaten in his turn.
When the plume hunters have driven
off or destroyed the parents of rookery.
these crabs swarm out and devour the
orphan young in short order. But while
the mothers are allowed to do their duty
the crabs are ideal scavengers and de-
your the refuse as we'll as the insects
that infest the bird cities. Their bright
colors, like those of the tiger, make
them less dangerous than their appe-
tites would otherwise be.
There is a little purple crab along the
coast of southern Florida which seems
to feed almost entirely upon the fruit of
the cactus. This it so much resembles
that you are suddenly surprised to see
Que of the succulent little balls move
away from your fingers before you are
aware that 1t is alive. Step back and
the crab will resume its place and seem
to be as curious about you as you are
about him.
One of the most beautiful shells found
along our coast is that of a large snail
which climbs certain trees and grows
delicately fat on the young birds. The
shell is as thin as tissue paper, oddly
carved and almost as transparent as the
finest glass. 1t belongs to the family
of edible snails so priced as delicacy
on the coast of France. and if properly
prepared makes a delicious dish. 1t is
most abundant about New River inlet,
where the slight shake of tree about
sunset will bring a shower of them to the
ground. The breaking of a shell seems
to be of little trouble to the snail-he
repairs the damage and moves on
Jacksonville, Fla, Union.
The herald., 1898-01-12
Fancied Attributes of the Rose

The Syrians regarded the rose as an
emblem of Immortality; the Chinese
planted it over graves, and in the Tyrol
it is said to produce sleep. Rose leaves
are sometimes thrown on the fire for
good luck. In France and Italy it is
believed that rosy cheeks will come to
the lass that buries drop of her blood
under rose bush.
The herald., 1898-01-12
The Oklahoma LYnching

SHAWNEE. o. T., Jan. n.-Onicers re-
turned from Maude postoffice, bringing the
charred remains of the Indians burned at
the stake by white settlers for the murder
of Mrs. I.eard The whole country, 1t is
said, is up iA arms and the report is being
circulated that the farmers who made up
the mob will soon be arrested. 1t seems
likely now that open warfare between the
whites and the Indians will ensue. The
remains of the two Indians are lying In
state at the court house.
The herald., 1898-01-12
More Rain

The croakers can join the merry
chorus Of the frogs, their pessimistic
representations of a dry season hav-
ing been lost in the mud. Another
steady downpour of rain commenced
shortly before midnight and continued
with pleasing regularity during the
small hours of this morning.
The herald., 1898-01-12
Comparatively Reasonable

The garrulous divine who passes as the
presidents pastor thinks the Sunday
newspaper the root of all evil Well.
that's much more reasonable than his
recent bigoted assault on other Chris
tian denominations. The Sunday news
paper can take care of fitself.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1898-01-12
CURIOUS CRABS IN FLORIDA
They Have Peculiar Shells and Feed
on Birds and Insects

Haunting the rookeries of the birds in
the southern part of the peninsula is a
large blue crab. He makes hole In the
ground, usually under a log, and when
he hears a noise elevates his head and
protrudes his eyes with startling eff
feet. He is able to take care of himself,
for his pincers are powerful and his
The herald., 1898-01-12
A Plea for Place

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. n.--At the reg
ular meeting of the California state boarG
of trade today a resolution was passed
which will be placed in the form OF a me-
mortal to be forwarded to the Pacific
coast representatives in congress, urg-
ing them to do all in their power to have
the director general representing the
United States at the Paris exposition APP
pointed from this state
The herald., 1898-01-12
A Gambler Killed

BUTTE. Mont. Jan. 11.-Martin O'Con-
nor was shot and instntly killed about
o'clock this morning in card room In the
rear of the White Metal saloon. Bob Shad-
well, the murderer, is in custody. The TWO
men were gambling. O'Connor caught
Shadwell cheating, and warned him. and
then Shadwell went out and got gun
and shot OConnor through the head.
The herald., 1898-01-12
COLLECTING BAD DEBTS IN INDIA
Creditor Sits on the Debtors Steps Till
His Bill Is Paid

Many queer stories are told of the per-
sistence and clever devices of the COL
lectors of bad debts, but even pro-
fessionai humorist would find it hard to
invent anything more absurd than the
method actually in use among the NAH
The herald., 1898-01-12
KING ALFRED
Celebration of the Thousandth Ami
versary of His Birthday

For a man to be recalled who was born
a thousand years ago and have his natal
day remembered is great honor. Ac-
cording to the best authorities. some
time in October, 1901 (the exact day be-
ing somewhat ambiguous), it will be
1000 years since King Alfred was born.
The herald., 1898-01-12
Today Is Election Dav

This is election day at the chamber of
commerce. The ballot box will be open
from 8 a. m. to 3 pm, and the members
are requested to poll a large vote for the
officers and directors of that institution
for the ensuing year.
The herald., 1898-01-12
The Japanese Murder

SAN FRANCISCO Jan. 11.-George
Tauchi, the japanese who shot and killed
Mary Casiilli. was bound over to the su-
perior court today Bail was denied, No
defense was offered. j. Nichiguna, arrest
ed as an accompllce, was released.
The herald., 1898-01-12
Inquirer Again


To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald
To make clear the reasons of my inquiries,
L Will state they are made for the sole pur-
pose OF showing that no sane person would
make silver a debt-paying metal when 1t
did not pay as a business proposition, but
would take his silver, buy gold with it, and
pay his debts, saving to himself the profit
to 1870.
1t is true the producer has a moral and
legal right to have his silver coined into
dollars when the commercial value did
not exceed the coming value. At the same
time he has no legal or moral right to
expect the government to coin his silver
and make it legal tender when the COM
mercial value Is away below the coining
value.
You give as one of the reasons for the
small amount of silver dollars coined in
the years mentioned the small production
ana It's use In the arts etc. You will no.
tice, however, that there was cons.dera-
BILE silver found its way TO the mint dur
ing those years, because the government
coined on its own account $59.04 1886 in sub
sidiary coin under the act of 1858 from sill
yer purchased at the market price-this
coinage being legal tender for S. only.
You say it is not easy to see what bearing
the statements made has upon any vital
question now at issue. 1t appears to your
correspondent that 1t has a great deal to
do with the vital question at issue-the
debt paying metal. Instead of going back
oUO years to find out about silver and gold.
the history of our own country in regard
to gold and silver as the circulating and
debt-paying metals is a good one. as no
one at the present time has entered into
more full and profound exposition of the
difficulties attending the matter than Nor
ris, Jefferson, Hamilton and others. down
to Hon. D. r. Durham. in congress in 1858.
and any light thrown on this subject from
our own experiences as nation is of more
interest than some one else's: and as it is
proposed at this time to do what what was
attempted by law to have done before 1870
and failed-that is, to make silver the
standard metal.
Your correspondent understands it is the
duty of the director of the mint under di-
rection of the treasurer, to annually fix
the value of all foreign coins. and to do SO
he must have unit of value. and in 1861
he merely mentions the fact that he had
used the gold dollar as such unit because
of its Notwithstanding value, as compared
with the silver dollar.
The herald., 1898-01-12
INQUIRER.
1CnC
Los Angeles, January

First-This is an argument against a
use of silver as money metal The real
ratio between gold and silver. determined
by the relative production of the two met
ais. and not by statutory enactment can
not be safely based upon the performance
of the mines within limited period. The
record shows that for five hundred years
prior to 1873 silver fluctuated less than did
gold. That silver was undervalued in the
coinage for twenty years and became more
valuable than gold should not be urged by
a single standard advocate against its use
as a debt-paying metal.
Second-The rights of silver miners have
not usually been considered in discussing
the money question. Advocates of the
gold standard have never conceded that
they have any rights. But we maintain
that the action of the government in re-
serving mineral lands from entry under
the pre-emption, homestead or timber cul-
ture acts, the fixing of a price per acre
eight times in excess of the government s
valuation upon any other class of lands
within the public domain, all the while
of value in this country presupposes de-
termination to treat the silver miner with
ordinary fairness, and not stealthily de-
prive him of the usufruct of his labors.
But We waive the miners rights in this
connection, for the purpose of limiting the
range of this controversy, and declare
again the truth of history that the COM
mercial value of the silver dollar fell be-
low the coinage value only after the unit
of value had been changed by law and
the money use of silver limited by the coin
age laws of the country. Barring the
rights of the miners, the people have re-
served some rights, and one of them is that
the laws shall not longer discriminate be-
tween the money of the few and the money
of the masses.
Third-The secretary of the treasury, in
1861, did not select the gold dollar as a unit
of value in determining the value of for
eign gold coins because of its mon -fuctu-
ating" quality, but for another and very
obvious reason. He measured gold with
a gold measure.-Ed.)
The herald., 1898-01-12
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prina
communications. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
correspondents are requested to cultivate
orevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression OF their viewa.l