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The herald., 1898-02-06
CIVIL SERVICE
stone.

The assault upon the civil service law
by the Mckinley administration is easi-
ly explained. The men who assisted
Mr.. Mckinley TO the presidential chair
are demanding their pay The civil
service list under the Cleveland admin
lstration was extended so as to include
thousands of fat places that were for
merly open for distribution to place
hunters. Nearly all of the offices not
under the service have been filled, but
the friends of the president and Of his
cabinet who have not been provided for
are legion. Heads of departments are
confronted with the difficulty of ap-
pointing a dozen men to the same office.
These men are becoming impatient
They are demanding the fultillment OF
promises. The sinecures are short.
This clamor from the administration
for the repeal or modification of the
civil service law so as to revoke the lat
est orden of the Cleveland administra-
ton and thereby enlarge the list OF
spoils is readily understood as matter
of political strategy, but it is difficult tt
reconcile it with campaign promises ant
honesty.
The national Republican platform
adopted at St. Louis June 10, 1886
mark the date-thus declares:
The civil service law was placed on
the statute books by the Republican
| party. which has always sustained it,
and we renew our repeated dec.ara-
tions that it shall be thoroughly and
honestly enforced and extended where
| ever practicable.
In his inaugural address of March
1896. President Mckinley said:
Reforms in the civil service must go
on, but the change should be real and
genuine, not perfunctory or promoted
by the zeal of any party because it
happens to be in power As member
of congress / voted and spoke in favor
of the present law, and l shall attempt
its enforcement in the spirit in which
it was enacted.
In its platform the Republican part
claims to be the author of the civil serv
ice law. Administration officials a
Washington, however, have repudiate
) the offspring in severe terms and fo
reasons satisfactory TO themselve.
: President Mckinley, notwithstandn
his solemn promise to enforce the Law
work for its repeal. Thus are Reput
The herald., 1898-02-06
PLATFORM

The Herald believes that the city OF
Los Angeles should own and control
complete system of waterworks.
The Herald believes that the city
should acquire such system at the
earliest date possible and on the most
advantageous terms possible, consistent
with contract obligations and fair deal
ing.
tract with the Los Angeles City water
company should be enforced to the let
ter, and that, at the conclusion OF the
pending lease, the plant should he taken
over in accordance with the provisions
of that contract.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Kentucky's Latest Snake Yarn

The latest "snake story" from Kentucky
tells of contest between brainy lizard
and a hungry rattler. 1t was a tree-climb-
ing contest, in which the lizard would run
clear to the top of a sapling and patiently
wait until the snake wound its weary way
up; then the lizard would make a leap for
life and the snake would also fling itself
from the tree. But before the pursuer
could get itself Strengthened out the lizard
would scramble up another sapling. This
merry-go-round was kept up nearly four
hours, when the snake became discouraged
and crawled away.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Yellow Journalism

If the published portraits of George
Clark are a faithful likeness to the man
himself, the st. Helena murderer Is GER
tainly degenerate, while the picture Of
Mrs. Clark bears striking resemblance
to Mrs. Mack. The story of the crime as
related by Clark and the woman for
whom he committed 1t, Is revolving
narrative of animalism and butchery.
Yet certain sensational newspapers are
devoting the major portion of their
space to this bestial liason and iphuman
butchery. and unearthing the putrescent
details with the avidity of jackals,'
The herald., 1898-02-06
THE HERALD'S MUSE
Chulalongkorn, or His Wife Wears
Pants

He may be the king of Siam,
But as big a fool as | am
wouldn't take his kingdom
If | had to take his chance;
He can have his great advisers,
Like the emperors and the kaisers,
Be as rich as all the misers-
But his wife wears pants.
Now he leaves his dusky beauties,
Leaves his royal cares and duties,
Visiting the mighty rulers,
And the nabobs and savants.
Offer greatest adulation
To this ruler of nation,
But his wife takes no vacation,
For she wears the royal pants.
We've escaped the I<londike fever.
Which is surging on forever,
We have stood the school board scandal
And our courage nothing daunts;
But though all the women buy 'em,
We forever must decry EN-,
And will emigrate to Siam
When our wives wear pants.
o. r. FELLOWS.
Pasadena Cal
The herald., 1898-02-06
How Rails Are Injured

While on steam roads the tracks are not
injured by locomotives running at high
speeds, street railway men complain that
their tracks are torn to pieces by the cleo
trio cars. The reason for this is that the
punging and rearing of cars mounted on
fur-wheel trucks pound the track and
loosen the joints. Cars on short-base sin
gle tracks often plunge sufficiently to
throw practically all the weight on to the
front and rear wheels alternately, and the
damaging effect of this can easily be re-
allied,
The herald., 1898-02-06
THAT RECENT DISCOVERY

For something like ten months the
blockade of freight a ports on the sound
has been so great. owing to the scarcity
of vessels to carry it to Alaska that
rates have three times been raised with
out protest on the part of shippers, and
to such an extent has old and unsea-
worthy craft been forced into the ser
vice that the underwriters have in
creased marine rates to somewhat cor
respond with the new hazard.
The merchants of the sound cities have
been enjoying a veritable boom in out
fitting the prospectors, indicated by the
increase in the clearings of single one
of those cities of more than three hun
dred per cent.
At this juncture the treasury depart
ment discovers that law passed in 1883,
| and which up to this time has certainly
been a dead letter so far as that trade is
| concerned, is not being enforced, and
straightway issues an order, the GER
tain effect of which will be to divert
large amount of traffic to Canadian rail-
ways steamship lines and merchants
This our esteemed evening contempo-
rary denominates "a new condition" +"
heretofore unfamiliar to the department
at Washington, and justifies the new
born zeal of the government in thus
| encouraging the restoration of the
American merchant marine" intimating
that our protest was inspired by a dis
position to indulge in a fling at the Re
publican administration.
We have yet to learn that the law in
question was passed as party measure
!, or that the point in controversy is in any
sense a partisan question. 1t is essen
! TALLY a business matter, and one which
. the government has treated in an ex-
ceedingly unbusiness-like way. II
comes of the natural workings of mos
{ unnatural trade theory, which the Re
:. publican administration is abortvely at
tempting to put into practice, ant
, the net result on the British American
frontier is most harmful to our own peo
, pie, for the simple reason that no intima
ton had been previously given that tn
law was at some future time to be en-
forced, the ordinarily safe inference be
ing that, since its execution was not at
tempted when it was possible, it woul
not be undertaken when it was more thai
ever impossible.
The Herald is fairly we'll advised re
garding the practice of customs official
b. and as to precedents, and it reasserts it
original declaration that the late orde
of the treasury regarding northwes
freights is untmely and impolitic, fror
every point of view,
The herald., 1898-02-06
Charming Despite Age

Helen of Troy was 46 when men fought
for her smiles and favors. Diane de Pol
ters was Sc when men far and near ac-
knowledged her siren whose fascina-
tions no man could resist. Julie Recamier
at GO could scarcely dissaude an enamored
prince half her age from suicide because
she declined to accept his protestations of
passionate love. Nine. De rEnclos' last
desperate affair of the heart occurred when
thai lady was in her early eighties.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Missouri University Law

The University OF Missouri receives s23.-
O23 from the estate OF the late John c. Con-
ley, under the operation of law recently
passed by the legislature, which provides
that if man dies leaving no father.
mother or direct lineal descendant. cer-
tain percentage of his estate excluding any
amount left for charitable or religious pur-
poses. must go to the state university.
The herald., 1898-02-06

The most assuring reports from the
Klondike are that a stampede from
Dawson is imminent numerous parties
having been organized there to explore
the various tributaries of the Yukon
This will relieve the congestion of mixed
elements there, and minimize the dan
ger for disorder. 1t will also tend to
simplify the food problem, if there ever
has been any.
The herald., 1898-02-06

else is within the absolute control OF a
very small body of men, who Will draw 1t
out or permit it to remain, as best suits
their purpose, from time to time. They
are just now under obligations not to
embarrass the friendly administration
of Mr.. Mckinley. Had Mr.. Bryan been
in his place when the senate passed the
Teller resolution, the gold reserve would
have Sneedily gone slimmering.
The herald., 1898-02-06

The new United States attorney FOR
New Mexico has discovered the exist
ence Of a dangerous organization whose
chief aim is to assassinate the president
Some enterprising New Mexican jour
nalist made the same discovery nearly
a year ago, but. judging from Mr.. Han
mas recent and historical telegram,
Omnipotence and Mr. Mckinley still
jointly reign at Washington.
The herald., 1898-02-06

The United States circuit court has
just recognized the autonomy of the glu-
cose trust by confirming its title to the
only process by which its product can be
extracted from corn. All of the big
paper mills in the country have formed
a combination, with a capital of forty
five millions, and with such control of the
supply in this country as to make it the
absolute dictator of production and
prices
The herald., 1898-02-06

Some astute newspaper writers have
discovered that Mr.. Bryan addressed no
bodies of workingmen while in Mexico.
What crowds of toilers have been ad-
dressed by Mr.. Mckinley since the au-
t,,op of '-62
The herald., 1898-02-06
Flower for Patriots

A novel flower has been found at the
isthmus of Tehuantepec. 1t has facuity
of changing its color during the day. In
the morning it is white, when the sun Is
at its zenith it is red, and at night IL Is
blue. The red. white and blue flower grows
on a tree about the size of a guava tree
and only at noon does 1t give out any per-
flma.
The herald., 1898-02-06
A Much-Prized Copper

Among numismatics one of the most
sought after colonial coins is the Highly
copper. They are of several varieties, ana
were struck in 1887 by Samuel Highly, VINO
was physician and blacksmith at Gran
by. Conn He obtained the copper at
mine near by and fashioned the coins ut
his forge.
The herald., 1898-02-06

The word is given out that the accumu-
lation of gold in the national treasury
has reached embarrassing proportions,
and that encouragement of further de-
posits is not made. This is the sheer
est nonsense. There is not so much gold
there but that it could be dissipated in a
day, and the surplus entirely wiped out
by such raid as j. Pierpont Morgan
street by the successful methods en-
ployed heretofore by the same men wher
new bond issue was wanted. The gold
in the national treasury and everywhere
The herald., 1898-02-06

Every week of the new year thus far
shows a marked increase in Los Angeles
clearings over the same period of 1897.
Last weeks increase was more than
thirty per cent. indicating very whole
some local conditions.
The herald., 1898-02-06

Sixty-five thousand barrels of Ameri-
can apples were dumped upon the pier
at Hamburg one day last week. It's
the barrels, rather than the bugs, that
alarm the Germans just now.
The herald., 1898-02-06
An X-Ray Cracker

The very latest thing to be seen at late
afternoon teas among fashionables is an
innocent looking cracker. almost trans
parent and indicating nothing unusual on
its surface But held to the light human
skeleton is revealed in all its airy hideous-
ness These grewsome dainties are more
popular than one would suppose. They are
known as the X ray cracker, but that Is not
the name under which they are sold.
The herald., 1898-02-06
prices.

The New York Tribune prates about
the hundreds of promises given the
purchasers of United States bonds that
coin would not be construed to mean a
debased metal" 1t doesn't state who
made the promises, and wholly omits to
have conspired to debase one of the two
metals comprehended in the word coin
in the contract.
The herald., 1898-02-06

Mr.. A. NJ. Bragg, who will probably
succeed Director C. ]. Kubach on the
board of education. has for twenty years
enjoyed the reputation in this city of
being an upright and honest man in
every respect. The wish has been father
to the thought that he would vote with
the Webb gang, for the suggestion is
entirely erroneous and absolutely with
out foundation.
The herald., 1898-02-06
IInio,1e Summer Resort

simla, India, is truly unique. 1t is built
ON the side of a steep hill, and the roof
of one house is often about on level with
the foundation of one in the next tier
stairs afford the means of ascent-horses
and wagons being entirely out of the ques-
tion, and nearly all burdens being carried
Nv the coolies. Simla Is located in the
eastern Himalayas, and Is the watering
nIace par excellence Of the whites in In
1io
The herald., 1898-02-06
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 Is consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
The herald., 1898-02-06

ucation. Many of them have had govern
nors and generals for fathers, not a few
are the widows of noted soldiers and states
men. and all are far above the average of
their sex the United States over. Many
have travelled widely.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Smokeless Coal Found

resident of summerville, Pa. has dis
covered a new variety of coal in ledge
rocks on his farm. 1t is OF brownisn
color and emits no smoke when burned.
The discoverer says i1re OF thls coal may
10 h,,iIt in the center of a room, and not a
,orticIe of smoke will be emitted from It.
The herald., 1898-02-06

My wife is on the rampage,
And threatens vengeance dire,
AS she gathers up the handbills
And pokes 'em in the fire;
They litter up our little lawn
In a way we all despise,
An we wonder why those people
Don't go and advertise.
The herald., 1898-02-06
1u;os Worn bv the Ancients

passage in Polybius has been cited to
nrove that Hannibal wore wig. Wigs were
nrobably invented about the time or the
first Roman emperors, for we are toio
that Otho had a scalp of fine leather. with
locks of hair upon 1t so we'll arranged as
to seem natural.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Universal Solder Invented

Joseph A. Wiegert of Philadelphia has
recently succeeded in making solder
which will join aluminium as well as any
other metal. 1t is applied without the use
of any other acid, and in other respects ID
used the same as ordinary solder.
The herald., 1898-02-06

Franz Josef Land is about the only
country that is not raising up barriers
against the commerce of the United
states at this time.
The herald., 1898-02-06

Dreyfus is still on Devils island, ant
the devil is to pay in Paris.
The herald., 1898-02-06

The attempt to rumor Mr.. Salisbury
into retirement is revived this morning
by our dispatches. 1t would doubtless be
regarded in Downing street as news.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Some Treasury Girls Widows

Lots of the treasury girls at Washington
are widows. Hundreds of them are old
maids, and several thousand are sweet,
maria geable girls, with pretty faces. good
hearts and high grade Of culture and ed
The herald., 1898-02-06

The New York Sun regards as quite
remarka BILE the unanimity of the Indian
apolis conference. We believe the three
tailors of Tooley street were also of one
The herald., 1898-02-06

The school buildings should be pro-
vded with fire escapes and the school
funds with safeguards against spolia-
The herald., 1898-02-06
How the Jellyfish Eats

The jellyfish has no teeth but uses him.
self as If he were piece of paper when
he is hungry, getting his food and thee
wrapping himself about it,
The herald., 1898-02-06

Unless industrial conditions in this
country soon change, there Will be little
need of a restrictive immigration law.
The herald., 1898-02-06

Senator Lodge is for attacking the
silverites along the whole line" This Is
quite a concession.
The herald., 1898-02-06
The Oldest Village

What is the "oldest village in the world?"
A writer in one of the November maga-
zines gives the honor to Kilcar. in County
Donegal
The herald., 1898-02-06

Send the frozen oranges to the Ger
mans, and see if they can find any bug
in them.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Cheese Exported From Rome

The value of the cheese exported from
Rome is only $1,000 less than the value OF
the paintings, cheese being the second ar
ticle on the list of exports from Rome.
The herald., 1898-02-06

1t begins to look as if no law is effec
tive until it has passed Huntington.
The herald., 1898-02-06

Aspiring statesmen in Ohio are con-
demning Hanna for raising the price.
The herald., 1898-02-06

Cinematograph Showing Slow Move
The cinematograph registers slow as well
as rapid motion, and camera has been
made to register the growth of plants.
The herald., 1898-02-06
Britain's Greatest Landowner

The greatest landowner in the United
Kingdom is the Duke of Sutherland. whb
owns 1,SS5,000 acres. - '--<
The herald., 1898-02-06
The Haudbills

Pasadena, Cal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14
The Finest
Japan Tea |!

For some time the de-
mand has been for low
or medium priced Teas.
There are some people
who always buy the best
that can be obtained in
Tea, and are governed
more by the quality than
by the price. l can offer
to these customers some
of the very best Japan
Tea that money can buy,
and at the very low price
of so cents a pound.
Will be very glad to
show it to any one who
would be interested in
this grade of Tea.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14
Farmers Attention.

II you contemplate planting any fruit
trees or small fruits of any kind, send US
list of wants for prices, or send for Illus
trated catalogue and price list, and save
some money. All stock warranted true to
name as represented or money refunded
BE sure aud get our prices before placing
AN order THE HAWKS NURSERY Co.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14

Try pair of the imported ground lense,
the Betere Parsboa. They give perfect
sight. +. b. HOLMAN.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14
THE OWOSSO TIMES.

Entered at the Postof1ce In Owosso for
transmission as second class matter.
Published every Friday noon.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-01-14

HBy our European Bank Money Order
system payments are transmitted to che
very house of the recipient abroad, free of
charge, saving him the trouble and expense
of collecting draft.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-26
American Soldiers In Hawaii.

Could anything be finer than the con.
duct of Uncle Sans boys recently!
Cooped up as they had been in the trans.
ports, given free shore leave in town
that they were strange to- among people
they did not know, there was every
temptation to cat loose and show the
worst side Of their nature. But this
town saw what probably no town has
ever seen, and that is couple Of thou
sand men given liberty and not q case
which called for police interference OF
course this comes from the peculiar ma
terial Of which these troops are compos-
ed. They are no riffraff, no sweepings
of the purliers of city. They are the
pick and choice of the growing western
states. Had not the call Of duty come,
these youth would one and all have been
filling honorary positions and laying the
foundations of their own prosperity and
that Of the community in which they
lived. Other nations have sacrificed
their dearest and best, but it is very
doubtful indeed whether any nation
would send forth to the grimmest Of
war such rank and file as recently
marched in our streets. Honolulu Star
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-26
Cub SaWbouea.

When we marched away with the starry flag,
Cub Sawbones carried his surgeons bag,
But for mel wanted ono rear" in mine
handled gun in the fighting line.
&c. when we had charged up the deadly glade
Where the dons were lying in ambuscade,
And the Spaniards gave 1t, plenty and hot.
There fell Of our crowd In the Mauser hail
A third-and yet never n man did quail,
But-well, wo went back-then came again
And settled right down to our work like me5
In open order and firing ut will
We crawled through a very rough skirm ish
drill
From the trees to the rocks from the rocks to
the trees
Just as close to She ground as we could freeze
When noted the tangled thicket sway
In front about tweny five yards away,
drew bead ready to loosen a storm
Till caught Whit Of iodoform.
Cub Sawbones alone with the wounded folk
Was cobbling the limbs that the bullets broke.
He bent to his task with the tenderest care.
Though the war bolts were kissing everywhere.
hailed with our old time college yell,
And he grinned as he watched bursting she'll.
"You have great cheek to be here" he said.
sWhen you're not q dootor-or woundsd-or
deadl"
Sydney Rsad u New York ssa,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-26
SAYS HAVANA is LIVELY.
What n British Jack Tar on the Talbot
Saw There During His Stay.

What a British Jack Tar on the Talbot
Saw There During His Stay.
Timothy Davies recently seaman
aboard the British cruiser Talbot, ar
rived at Norfolk recently, a passenger
aboard the British merchant steamship
which coaled and cleared for Hamburg.
Davies time expired, he said, while
the Talbot was in Havana with dis
patches for British Consul Gullon and
he elected to go ashore there, and did
50, spending a month there and going
then upon Norwegian ship to Calves
ton, where he took passage for Ham
burg. He said that the bullights Aid
other amusements went ON as u3ual at
Havana while he was there; that provi-
sions, which came apparently by rail-
from the interior, were plentiful and
cheap; that he heard General Blanco
harangue the people from the palace
steps and was told that he abused and
detied the Americans in speaking.
Davies said that mines were being
planted i'll the harbor all the time he
was there, and that, in his opinion, we
would not be able to enter the harbo-
until these were removed. He said also
that many guns had been placed in the
defenses and was under the impression
that these arrived since the blockade,
which he thought was not wholly eff
fective. He also said that many of the
men who manned the guns were not
Spaniards