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McKinley has a face like Napoleon's. Will he have a Waterloo like Napo- leon's? The Herald extends the "glad hand" to the local movement on foot for better city government, and is willing and anx- ious to lend its active support to an in- dependent organization which shall have In view the emancipation of Los Angeles from the domination of the professional tax-eaters now fattening upon the cor- poration like locusts of Egypt. It would be more decent and really more religious to discard the parade of 'prayer at political conventions. At the opening ceremonies of the St. Louis con- vention the rabbi's prayer, no doubt a fine oratorical effort, was received with cheers, which was a sufficient proof of the irreligion and lack of taste of a sec- tion-of the audience. On a second occa- sion when prayer was offered the up- roar In the hall was so great that not a word of the prayer could be heard. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM AND CAMPAIGN The Republican national platform, like the McKinley campaign for delegates to the St. Louis convention, is a drag-net affair; in length and variety of topics treated it is little short of a Populist's pronunciamento. In the general char- acter of Its declarations and in phrase- ology It differs not at all from tbe usual Republican instrument of tbe kind. The same bumptious tone, grandiloquent language, comprehensive misstatement, confusion of causes and effects and ab- surd inconsistencies tbat have marked similar productions in the past are pres- ent in this, else it would not be a Repub- lican platform. There are but two planks In the plat- form worthy of consideration, and that because of their relation to the two most Important Issues before the American people?the financial and the tariff planks. Fortunately, both are positive and unequivocal ln tone, and the orators and editors of the party will hay difficulty In giving them other than b common Interpretation. What Juggling Is Indulged In must be with the Issues, not the planks, and it Is undoubtedly the program of the leaders to make one |3- sue paramount In the east and the other in the west. In the eastern states, where the peo- ple are convinced that the maintenance of the gold standard is of more conse- quence than any other proposition ever written, or talked of, the Republican party will be offered as the "only orig- inal Jacobs" of sound money, and its return to power will be hold up as the price of the preservation of the coun- try's financial credit and monetary sta- bility. The tariff plank in this instance will be used as tbe leading support to the sound-money star. The fact that the present money plank is not in har- mony with the declarations and prac- tices of the party in the past, that sub- stantially all the silver legislation which has been obnoxious to the oast was en- acted by and with the consent of Re- publican congresses and presidents, will not worry the leaders of tiie party of pretension and privilegi?"consistency never wears its jewelry" when in such company. in the western states where the ma- jority of the voters seem imbued with the idea that millions of human beings are hungering and thirsting for the sil- vern stream yet locked in the moun- tain fastnesses of the west, all because the American congress has failed to fur- nish the legislative key needed to do the unlocking with ?what a terrible over- sight it would have been if nature had failed to provide silver mines?the star issue on Republican platforms and in the Republican prints will be the tariff. Ihe everlasting virtues and unfading glories of the doctrine of scarcity and commercial isolation, called protection, will be painted in all the lying and de- ceitful colors afforded by the resource- ful English language. The people who live in the immense area which furnishes the bulk of the country's exports will be told that what they need, what their crops are waiting for, what the live stock will not propagate without, the thing and the only thing which will bring re- ligion, rain, and children, is a tariff high enough to shut out the things they themselves sell abroad. To the fearful and radical reductions and changes made by the present tariff?a measure which made a reduction of duties aver- aging the stupendous rate of about 7 per cent, and placed as many as half a dozen staple articles on the free list?will be ascribed all the ills financial. Industrial and physical with which the populace on the Rocky mountain side of the Missis- sippi have been afflicted, as well as the panic of IS3II, which occurred before the existing tariff law was drafted, and more than a year before the bill went Into effect. The support?support by the way which will be produced with varying de- grees of ostentation, according to the ex- igencies presented ln particular locali- ties?to this western star issue will be the promise made In the Republican plank to the effect that the party will favor free silver coinage just as soon as an international agreement can be reached, something which every Repub- lican stump shouter and pencil pusher of the west will proclaim solemnly he can see the dawn of immediately, if not before. Thus, the campaign of issue flimflamming will proceed to the end. REPUBLICAN INTEREST IN OTHER COUNTRIES The Republican platform on foreign af- fairs cuts a pretty wide swath. It ad- vocates the peaceful annexation of all English speaking people on this hemis- phere. This would Include not only the Dominion of Canada, but Jamaica. Trinidad. Belize. British Guiana, many West Indian islands, and also settle- ments in Argentine, the Straits of Ma- gellan and Chile. Besides this the plat- form advocates the pun hase of the Dan- ish West Indian islands. As to Cuba, it believes that "the government of the United States should actively use its in- fluence and good offices to restore peace and give independence to the island." The Hawaiian islands should be "con- trolled by the United States." In Ar- menia the United States "should exert all the influence it can properly exert to bring atrocities to an end." Amongst these club suit cards Venezuela seems to have been lost in the shuffle. There is, however, quite enough of outside business to divert attention from little home trust affairs that in the in- terest of machine politics need oblivion. "We beg to suggest in the most polite way in the world to the protectionist trusties, that there is business in this country close to the welfare of the republic that demands earnest and patriotic atten- tion. Our own needs and our own bus- iness come before dickers with Denmark over tropic islands, the annexing of Ja- maica, Nevis, Canada, et a1..0r armed In- terference in Armenia, which is the only interference that will have the slightest effect. Trusties are convicts more or less freed from restraint. When we use the term protectionist trusties we mean that the great protectionist barons. like Carnegie, who sells naval armor to Rus- sia for JiTiO a ton and to his own country for $500 a ton, are convicts in the eyes of the American people, and guilty of bribery, perjury and a wicked collusion to rob their fellow-citizens, and yet these robbers, masked as patriots, are not punished or confined, and are in fact convict trusties. With these protection- ists it is policy to distract the people's attention from their corrupt congress- ional lobby for securing privilege and bounty, and to prevent any notice of their combines to sell their protected products for more in America than they sell their own products elsewhere. SUNSET EXPRESS ON ECO- NOMICS The Evening Arcade has as marked an ability to argue Itself out of court as even the "Cahuenga delegate." A couple of its recent protectionist editorials have, in common words, "knocked the Btuffltng out of that doctrine." The first one set forth a statement that wheat growers could produce $10 an acre, while sugar beet growers could produce $50 an acre. This state of facts, it claimed, demanded a tax on the $10 men to give a bounty to the $50 men. This vigorous exposition ofprotection Is to he commended. It is a frank confes- sion that tbe poor must contribute out of their poverty to enrich the rich in their riches. It is more frank than poli- The second one. apropos of Japanese competition,argues that there is no fear of Japanese competition, " that cheaply paid laborers on a low standard of life cannot compete with well paid laborers on a high standard of life." it then cites fact after fact to demonstrate the truth of its argument. This exposition of a free trade principle Is as vigorous as its exposition of the preceding pro- tectionist doctrine. You pays your mon- ey and takes your choice. Prom that the "Sunset Express" con- clude.- that reciprocity would lend itself to the mutual trade, of both countries. This Is an advocacy of free trade be- tween us ami Japan. Tbe safety to this country, it appears. Is mainly credited to the cheap labor prevailing in Japan. We must ailmit that the economic de- lirium tremens that usually rides finan- cial storms on passes in the "Sunset Ex- press" is Bometlmes accompanied by a lucid interval. THE ELOQUENT TRUTH Tom Fitch, he with the fame for sil- ver-tongued oratory, has said and writ- ten many bright and beautiful things, but the following from a recent tribute to California penned by him stands alongside of any of his productions on. the platform or on paper: "One of the nmst enticing features of California is the. fact that her spring- time comes at a period when the soil of her tramontane Bisters is clamped with ley manacles. Here the zephyrs rus tie the petals of roses when the- unkind wrath of winter causes the denizens eif Chicago to seek a rod hot stove. "Here young Dame Nature washes her dear smiling face witii December rains, and dons her morning gown of flower- embroidered lawns just as her eastern relative is tucking herself in behind snow blankets for a long and bitter night. Crocußes and violets at Christmas and oleanders and oranges In January have a charm which can never be dispelled so long as love of nature finds an abiding place ln the human breast. \ye jest sometimes at buying and selling cli- mates, but It is a remarkable commodity nevertheless, and It is the only property where the acquisitions of the buyer do not in any degree diminish the possess- ions of the seller. Our commercial cer- tainties are great, our manufacturing department will In the near future amaze the land, for nowhere can ship and rail, coal nnd raw product, laborand loom be more advantageously connected than In California, but with all our ad- vantages ln these particulars it is cli- mate rather than commerce that lures to these shores the pleasure seeker, the wealth seeker, the home seeker, the in- vestor and the speculator. TO THE EDITOR (The Herald under this heading print? communications, but docs not assume re- sponsibility tor the sentiments expressed.) Anent a Herald Story Editor Herald: I noticed ln yester- day's Herald under Reminiscence* of Lawyers an allusion to the Ames rob- bery case, tried ln this city in 1569. I think it should be told how Aincs saved himself from a mob at that time. Kewen & Howard ((.'ol. J. G. Howard) were attorneys for the prisoners, and as the court was concluding its sentence, Howard arose and started to make a re- quest for an order permitting: the pris- oners to remain here ln tbe county jail pending an appeal of the case. Before he fully concluded Ames Jumped from the prisoners' box to Howard's side and whispered something, and Howard In- stantly reversed his request, saying the prisoners preferred to go to San Quentln and remain there pending appeal. The offense of the prisoners consisted In robbing the stage to San Francisco and passengers a Short distance out of this city, and in connection with other crimes then fresh in the minds of the public had created moro than usual ex- citement, so much so, in fact, that tbe scattered remains of tho vigilance com- mittee, which but a few years before had hanged several men at the lumber yard gate, situated about where the great stone steps to the present com' house commence, at the junction of Temple and New High streets, were called together and a resolution arrived at to hang these stage robbers if they were not convicted. One of the prisoners named Marion turned state's evidence, and the main light during the trial centered upon the point whether the evidence of the ac- complice was sufficiently corroborated to sustain a conviction. How much Ames knew of law 1 cannot say, though he was a shrewd man. apparently a cul- tivated man, ar . his good Judgment was demonstrated ll I ? sequel of the case, for the verdict i £ - ullty was reversed by the supreme court on the ground that the evidence of Marlon was not corro- borated, and the prisoners were turned loose at San Quentln instead of in Los Angeles, from which latter place it is hardly possible they could have escaped alive. Ames afterwards killed Marion in Nevada. TV. F. HENNING. June 19, 1596, RECENT LEIiAL DECISIONS A City Canm.t Stll Hater Works-riarrled Women and Dsmißes In the recovery by a married woman for personal injuries, it is held, in Har- mon vs. Old Colony Railroad company (Mass.), 30 L. R. A. 655, that the Impair- ment of her capacity to labor cannot be considered as an element, although the statutes entitle her to make contracts on her own account, and give her a right to her own earnings. Insurance on a stock of merchandise is held, in Maril vs. Connecticut Fire In- surance company. 95 Ga. 604, UU L. R. A. 535 to permit the keeping and use of such inflammable substances as are neces- sary, usual and customary, incident to the business, notwithstanding a printed condition prohibiting it and denying li- ability for the loss if such articles are kept on the premises. Substantially the same decision was made in Faust vs. American Fire Insurance company (Wis.), 30 L. 1.. A. 783. The fact that employes occasionally sleep in a house, and that some provis- ions are Kept in the bouse which is vis- ited lo obtain them is held, in Agricul- tural Insurance company vs. Hamilton (Md.), 30 L. K. A. G33, to be Insufficient to prevent the house from being vacant or unoccupied within the meaning of an insurance policy. A riparian proprietor on_ a stream which is suddenly diverted by the act of God so as to flow elsewhere is held, in Wholey vs. Caldwell (Cal.), 30 L. li. A. to have no right to go upon another's land to restore the water to the old chan- nel, although the grant of his property specified the "water accustomed to How In the stream." With this case will be found the authorities on the rights In the water of a stream as affected by the act of God or natural change of course. A telegraphic company which offers to carry telegraphic messages for the pub- lic being by statute iv South Dakota a common carrier of such messages, it is held in Kirby vs. Western Union Tele- graph company. -1 S. D. 105, 4:19, 30 L. R. A. 612, to bo chargeable with the legal duty to carry such messages for any person at a reasonable time and place, without any qualification of liability, al- though such an pgre.-ment qualifying li- ability, if freely made, may be binding. An attempt by a city to stll water works is held In Huron Water Works company vs. Huron (S. D.), 80 L. It. A. MS, to be invalid on the ground that they constitute property charged with a pub- lic trust of which th" Inhabitants of the city are the beneficiaries. The right of tbe city to recover possession of such water wroks is sustained without re- quiring it to repay money which had been received on such invalid sale.? Kansas City Star. TVINQ HBR BONNET UNDER HHR CHIN Tying her bonnet under hor ehln, Sin.' tied her raven ringlets in; I nit not alone in the silken snare Did she catch her lovely floating hair, For, tying ber bonnet under her chin, She tied a young man's heart within. They were strolling together up the hill, Where the wil d comes blowing merry and chill! j And ii blew the curls, n frolicsome race, ! All over the happy, peach-colored face. | Till scolding and laughing, site tied them in. Under her beautiful dimpled chin. And it blew a color, bright ai the bloom Of the pink* st luelu-bi's t<»sshi;r plume. All over tin- cheeks of the prettiest girl That ever Imprisoned a romping curl, Or, tying her bonnei under her chin Tied a young man's heart within. Ptnrper and steeper Frew the hill; Madder, merrier, chillier still The western wind blew flown anrl plnved The wildest tricks with the little maid, As, tying her bonnet under her chin* i Bhe tied a young man's heart within. O western wind, do you think it was fair. To play such tricks with her floating hair? To gladly, gleefully do your best To blow her against the young man., breast. Where lie as gladly folded her in, And kissed her mouth und her dimpled chin? Ah! EUery Vane, you little thought* An hour ;ttro. when you besought This country lass to walk with you. After tbe sun hail dried thedew, "What perilous danger you'd he in, Aa ahe tied her bonnet under her chin! ?Nora Perry. AT THE THEATERS LOS ANGELES THEATER.?The or- dinary habitues of the foyers on first nights who might have chanced to drop In at this theater last night, after lis- tening to the sprightly melodies of Sul- livan and the antic and fantastic humor of Gilbert as exploited in the Pirates of Penzance, could well have asked, What operatlc organization is in town? In good truth the production given last night would have done credit to many professional organizations of no mean reputation. There was a large audi- ence present, for the entertainment was given by our local singers in tbe sweet cause of charity, and in all that assem- blage there was not one but felt they hud enjoyed a delightful feast of good music. So well had the preliminary work been done that there was but little suggestion of the amateur in the produc- tion, and principals, chorus and orches- tra united in rounding out the lines of this charming opera with a finished ex- cellence, an adequate conception of tone values, and an artistic relevancy that made on ensemble that was alike a sur- prise and a delight. Sir Arthur Sullivan was singularly happy in the score of the Pirates of Fea- sance. Mingled with his characteristic jingles, there are many sparkling musi- cal morceaux that breathe, full and free, the soul and essence of pure melody- melodies that freshen the tendrils of the heart like a cloud of dew in the beat of harvest time. That these beauties ot rhythm and feeling should find opposite expression in a coterie of unprofessional singers were strange indeed, but so runs the truth, and all who were there will say that it was a most commendable performance, rare in its surprising ex- cellence. The work of Mr. Gottschalk as musical director and Mr. Huntley as stage manager deserves the highest compliment, for these gentlemen must have done their work well to make such a brilliant achievement on that stage last night. _ First to be mentioned is Mrs. Lillian Burdett, as Mabel, her first time in an operatic role, we believe?but she car- ried herself with an ease, flexibility and composure that was surprising in its gracefulness. As to her voice, it is a pure crystalline so] "ano, mellowed with strong and moving Impulses of feeling, as well as giving betimes full evidence of good technique. Mrs. Simpson as Kate was likewise notably good, and Miss Bernlce Holmes as Ruth, with her rich, sonorous contralto, gave varied musical color and dramatic force to the imper- sonation. Mr. Huntley, of course, was strong as Frederic, aud Mr. Semler as Richard likewise gained the warm favor of the audience. Mr. Manning's major- general was a good characterization, and Mr. Kern's sergeant added the necessary spice of humor to the produc- tion. Misses McCabe and Yost as Edith and Isabel also received much commen- dation. The work of the chorus was one of the superb features of the program which will be repeated this afternoon and evening. The following ladies and gentlemen are in the chorus: Margaret Yost. Maud Fried, Maud Roney, Laura Kincaid, illanche Heath, Stella Matthews, Dell Matthews. Georgia Belle Kyle. Pauline Steinike, Willie Lowndes, Ethelwynn Cromwell. Mazie Marion, Ouida Marion. Dollie Kootz, W. Miller. Dan Cheno- weth, H. B. Leader, J. Morris. Harry Jones. Edwin Tilden, W. D. Middleton, James Peck, L. L. Lockhart, L. Zlnne- raan, Winn C. Stone, George McKeeby. Harry Mayben. C. Bailey, C. Richard Sumner, Irwin Martin. * * * ORPHEUM. ?These are good times for the Orpheum. for the house has been packed every night this week, and the show which has been given is one that everyone who has seen it will talk about. The feature of the bill is the wonderful little wire walker, Virginia Arragon. She has given an impetus to vaudeville that would seem Impossible for this hot sea- son, and large audiences have greeted her at every performance. Those who miss seeing her willloose the treat of the year. Accompanying the great Arra- gon are several other features that are top-notch attractions themselves. Of these Le Clair and Leslie are best. Their burlesque act is full of bright things and their style is what may truly be termed artistic. Mile. Carrie has made a hit witii her musical bells, as have also Col- lins and Collins, the two jolly college songsters anel dancers. There is not an act on the entire bill that is not excep- tionally good. Tbe usual matinee will take place this afternoon with the full company of Orpheum specialists. STAYS AND HYSTERU "Yes, there was a time when a woman could taint whenever she took a notion," said the doctor, "Itwas a form of hys- teria and was largely due to tight lacing. There seemed to be something fascina- ting to the average woman ln losing consciousness at certain times. She never dreamed of fainting in the quiet of her own room. No, indeed. She waited until she got to the theater or church, or at a ball or reception. It was only the fashionable woman who had nothing to do and took no exercise. Working women had no time to get hys- terical. You take a woman today and let her live very high, take no exercise, get little sleep and squeeze a tweuty- tive- inch waist into a seventeen or cigh- teen-lnch corset, and ln three months she will be in such a hysterical state that the slightest thing will upset her so that she will become insensible. Fainting did not go out of style until the wasp waist bad had its day. A revolution in cor- sets worked wonders for women, and it is due to two things. American women today display more common sense in the matter of dressing than they over did before, and they take more interest in physical development, I haven't seen a woman faint before in two years.' Com- mon sense is a prevailing commodity among the women, old and young, of today." "Tight Inejng was at the bottom of my fainting." volunteered the matron, rub- bing down her portly waist, "and for m>" part, I think it was the real root of the evil. Ten years ago women certainly laced. Number seventeen corsets were sold in great quantities then; now that number is extinct, and my corset maker tells me that sho never has a call for an eighteen except when some little being comes in and lias one made to order." "What is tho average number now?" asked tie- college boy with as much in- terest as a girl would display. "Number twenty-five," was the reply. "Twenty and twenty-two are consid- ered small, ami Bhe bes one customer who boasts a v.aist th?t Is an even yard, and her figure is magnificent, too. Sho carries herself like a queen. Cor- sets used to be straighter in the line than now, and you men should be thank- ful that you ni ver knew tho agony of being bound up in one. They are now cut with curves so as to give room for the lungs, heart and liver, and if they are laced a little tight at the waist the wearer do Bn't feel any discomfort. The stomach also has absolute freedom in a properly constructed corset, and there is no pressure ac ross tho kidneys as for- merly. Nothing will cause a woman to faint quicker than having a steady pres- sure on the stomach. Why. I've known women who couldn't keep their corsets on more than three hours at a time In the old days." "Corsets were evidently built strong- er then thun they are now," remarked the young woman, "and I'm sure none of these falntera were educated at my college." "Yes. to both questions, but it was be- fore physical culture and athletics came into vogue for women. The corsets used to be perfect armors. They were exceedingly heavy, and almost as stiff as steel." "Not many women wear stays nowa- days, I believe," modestly ventured the young man. "Oh, yes," spoke up the young woman. "That is altogether a mistaken idea- There are very few women who do not wear stays, and, indeed, there are very few who could leave them off with amy degree of comfort or grace. For a while women rushed madly after health waists but the corset makers and dealers re- port that far fewer substitutes for cor- sets ate sold today than formerly. A garment like that becomes a fad, but soon goes out of vogue. Women aren't going to stop wearing the corset. They discard stays when exercising ln a gym- nasium or when playing in Held games, aud many of them leave them off when awheel, but as for giving them up when 'dressed up," few women are emanci- pated to that extent. True, the corset of today is not so straight, stiff or heavy as formerly, and is not wont ao tight, but all the same they are still a very Im- portant part of a woman's wardrobe, and there is nothing In a well construct- ed, loose, light corset that couloyposslbly make anyone faint." "Oh, pshaw!" exclaimed the doctor, Impatiently. "I told you that fainting was out of style long ago. My opinion is that in twenty years, even in ten .very- few women will be wearing stays. Bi- cycling and basket ball and hurdling and tunning and broad and high jump- ing will drive out whalebone and steel." "I, for one, hope they will," said the college girl, as she drained her small cup of coffee. "They won't, all the same, and if we live we shall see," remarked the matron, with equal earnestness. ?New York Sun. One Trlek That Palled To the private ofllce of a prominent jeweler recently entered a middle-aged woman, richly caparisoned in liounce and furbelow. She held in one hand a diamond earring. With entire coolness of demeanor, she said: "It lost the mute to this. Will you be kind enough to tell me what it will cost to obtain another exactly like it?" The jeweler eyed her keenly and then said: "Madam, where did you lose your earring?" The effect of this simple question up- on the wotnan was surprising. She was evidently unprepared for the query, and there was certainly something in it that disturbed her. "It makes no difference where I lost it," she answered ln a sharp tone. "What will it cost me to obtain another exactly like this?" "Did you advertise for the one that you lost madam?" persisted the Jeweler, blandly. ?'What has that got to do with the mat- ter?" she replied, ln an angry tone. "Well, madam," was the smiling re- ply, "if you advertise for the earring which you lost you might recover It, and then you would not be placed under the necessity of ascertaining what It would would cost to replace It. Adver- tise first, madam, and if you do not re- cover the jewel, come in again and I will answer your questions." Saying this, the diamond dealer politely bowed the woman to the door. "Why will women lie in such af- fairs," said the Jeweler wearily, "and why will nearly every purchaser of a diamond look upon the merchant with whom he or she deals as a rascal? That woman hasn't lost an earring. S"he has purchased a pair, perhaps on trial, and she will go to nearly every Jeweler in town with that pretty lie and endeavor to get a price upon that stone. It is one of the finest of diamonds, and evidenly came from one of our leading dealers, who she insists in believing Is engaged In a scheme to rob her. The chances are that she will eventually get in the hands of some unscrupulous merchant, whom she can find even in big stores He will tell her that the stone Is off- colored and contains a flaw. He will show her a poor diamond of the same size as the other and fix upon it a price which he knows Is less than the fine bril- liant could he sold for. The result will bp that madam will send hor fine bril- liants back in a rage nnd take the In- ferior stonp for twice what It Is worth This evil has grown to such an extent tbat it is sometimes Impossible to detect the fraudulent character of the stories brought us. They are all very Ingenious As a result, big houses, except In rare cases, refuse to place pricps upon lewels brought to them."?Philadelphia Times Interesting Evolution ol the Shirt Waist The influence of the shirt waist Is al- most as Interesting a study as that of the bicycle. From the first percale waist which set the ball rolling there have been created the daintiest bits of elegance conceivable. What seemed perfection last season?the charming lace and chif- fon trimmed bodices?are surpassed ln this year's novelty, the iridescent silks covered with Persian organdie and belted and collared with ribbon of its prevailing color tone. One's wardrobe these days, to be prepared for any occa- sion, needs to consist of little more than two or three skirts, one of black silk or satin, a blue or black wool serge or mo- hair, and one white serge or camel's hair, with a variety of waists. Entire organdie toilets are exquisite while they are fresh, but a breath of damp air ruins them, and many women now supply only the waist of the thin material, us- ing a skirt that will stand the fickleness of a summer's day and seaside moisture. The desire for many waists and fronts and collarettes has developed much amateur ingenuity in designing, which has led naturaly to a wish to make them at home. It is now quite the thing to take a course in dressmaking. Several classes have been made up the past win- ter of fashionable young women and these are to be repeated during the sum- mer. At several resorts there are. to be both milllnry and dressmaking classes. Saratoga Is to have a Boston milliner, whose classes are almost full at this early date, and Newport is to sit at the feet of a New York Oamellel in the dressmaking line, while at Asbury park a well-known modiste will give talks on Selections of Materials. Hal o mi (lime in Paris The newest sport ln Paris is the bal- loon game, which is played in this fash- ion: A number of toy balloons are en- tered for the competition, and In each of them is placed an envelope containing a postal card, which is addressed to tbe judge of the contest. Tbe little balloons are then set free, and after more or less time come to earth again, in differ- ent parts of the country. Those who find them see the envelopes and notice there- on a request that the time when each balloon was found and also the place be written on the postal card, which is then to be dropped In the postoflioe. At the end of a week the various postal cards are compared and the prize is awarded to that balloon which travel- ed the greatest distance in the shortest lime. Not a costly sport this, and one which is likely to give a great Impetus to a new industry, the manufacture of racing balloons. To JTagnetlze Hairpins A New York man has received a patent for a magnetized box of hairpins. Me does not clearly state the object of his invention In magnetizing the pins, but it Is presumed that the charged pins are less liable to come out of the hair and lie lost, as they are all attracted toward each other when in position. To remove ono of them it must be done against the magnetic force which tends to keep it in place by attracting it to the remaining pins. Heartless Wretch "Will the coming woman raise whis- kers?" inquired Tommy Wrott. "She will raise them as now, sir" re- plied the majestic Mrs. Strongmind, "on the faces of her stalwart BOns|" "Then let her do her voting with the hands of hor stalwart sons," rejoined the unfeeling Mr. Wrott.?Chicago Tribune. HENRY GEORGE AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ST. LOUIS. June 17.?The newspaper men who have been saying that every- thing had been determined in Hanna straddle councils and "McKinley, gold and prosperity" programs finally de- cided upon were, It is now clear, some- what too previous. The convention, which it was confidently expected would conclude its business today, has ad- journed after two sessions without even the introduction of the platform, for though there is force enough to carry it, it is clearly evident in the platform committee itself that it will involve a struggle that will open to the world the difficulties, not of nominations, but of election, that have so unexpectedly loomed up before the candidate of "pro- tection and prosperity." In the pretty restaurant in the Waln- wright building, where the arrange- ments suggest a railroad dining ear, 1 sat at noontime near a professional man from Cleveland, with Tippecanoe badges r.n, who is here for Ohio's favorite son. He had Just come from the morning ses- sion of the convention, and lamented the delay caused by the request of the plat- form committee for more time. "I suppose it will be gold," said the Cleveland man, a shade of regret in his voice. "Can McKinley be elected?,, continued his interrogator. "Y-e-s,"hesitatlngly replied the Cleve- land man; "yes, I think so. It is not as good as a straddle plank. If we could only get a straddle plank our speakers oould go out to whoop it up for McKin- ley and free silver ln the west and for McKinley and gold in the east, and Mc- Kinley could be elected sure. 11 we must have gold it won't be as easy. We ought to have a straddle plank. But still I think McKinley can be elected anyhow." This I take to be as true an express- ion of the real feeling of Ohio supporters ot McKinley on the very eve of decisive action as Hanna, or Herrick, or McKin- ley himself could give, if they could be free to speak frankly. They still yearn for that comfortable thing, a "straddle plank," and while un- able to get that without a fight, shrink from the prpspect of a fight for even the next most comfortable thing, a gold plank. In the meatime, "delays are danger- ous." The danger to McKinley's nom- ination does not yet appear, but that to his election docs. Enough is now clear to make it certain that this will be a historic convention, marking the drawing of a new political line. The great party which began its formal existence by arousing all the bitterness of a sectional question seems likely to come to its formal end in bit- terness of what seems for the present like another sectional question. Tho line of division is not now of lati- tude, but of longitude?not betwwen north and south, but between east and west. On this sectional division the pol- iticians now seem confidently to figure. For the present they are doubtless right. But is the union really threatened by a new and necessarily sectional di- vision in our politics which must con- tinue to breed strife until one section overcomes the other? The dangers are grave enough, but they do not seem to me to involve this supreme danger. The slavery question was really a sectional question, for when it became a political issue all the slaves were owned in the South and none at all in the North. But there is in reality no such clear sectional line for division on the money question. The East has not all the gold, nor the West all the silver. This, however, may be the best money. The people of ono section arc as much interested in getting it and using it as can be the people of the other. But there is nothing in soil or climate or occupation or in the character and habits of the people of the two sections of our country to account for this. It may at first seem that it is due to a constant flow of capital from older to newer sections of the country for invest- ment. But this is not large enough to account for the phenomena. Of real capital?that Is to say, of real wealth (the products of labor), used in the production of more wealth ?the llow from the East to the West cannot be much, and in the aggregate tbe flow is really from the West to the East, i The real explanation lies in our treat- ment of land as though it were a product of labor. The land of the West, the natural element to which the labor of the West must be applied to produce wealth, is very largely owned In the East or ln Europe; and of the land of the East, very little Is owned ln the West. Thus the West is increasingly drained of the products of Its labor to meet what, economically speaking, is not return or use of real capital, but tribute to land owners from those who use their land; and the West as a whole toward the East as a whole; and th* country as a whole toward Europe as a Whole, Is tending to the relation of Irish tenants to English landlords. The rich men of the West constantly move toward the East; the rich men of the East constantly move towards Eu- rope, for an irresistible like seeks like. This Is the true explanation of what the people of the West are first to com- plain of. but what in reality concerns the whole country. No mere change in the medium of exchange and measures of values will remedy the evil. Even utter repudiation of debts could affect it only temporarily. The only real remedy lies ln the tak- ing of the unearned increment of wealth or economic rent for public uses. In tho simplest measure of justice, called the single tax. This Is the reason why we single-tax men would prefer. If we could, to defer any attempt to settle the money ques- tion until the real relations of land and labor are better understood. But the great struggle over what Is called the money question seems to have begun. Ultimately It must reach the land tion, for the land question is but another name for the labor question. And. In the meanwhile, I do not sea how the feelings, so strong In the West, can fall to find some response ln tha East. In reality, "Free Silver" Is a blind expression of social discontent, and so- cial discontent is by no means bounded by sectional lines. The money reformers have exhausted fertile imaginations in the effort to show that the money question is the most Im- portant of social questions. According to them, the control of the money of the country Is tbe Infallible means by which the few can take to themselves the earn- ings of the many and to Insure the is- suance of an abundance of cheap money Is the only way in which wealth may be made plentiful and Its distribution fairly equalized, interest or, as they call It. "usury") abolished, the dominance of tho "money kings" destroyed and the laboring masses emancipated. But ifi truth, the sort of money used in any country, considered as a medium of exchange or a measure of value, Is a matter of r latlvely small Importance. Money has served, and does serve, most Important functions in exchange, but there were men before there was money, and the further progress of our civili- zation Is steadily to lessen the use and minimize the importance of money. Money is really a mere medium of ex- change?a mere counter of value?and Its kind or quality is its little essential to the performance of its functions a» the quality of a poker chip Is to the game. We can exchange between our- selves ln any medium that we agree upon, and all talk, whetheron the side of "silver cranks" or of "goid bugs" about the necessity or expediency of our use of a ci rtain kind of money in order to exchange or more advantageously to exchange with other nations Is destitute of any basis that jan stand careful in- vestigation. Tho real thing that exchanges among | men. whether between men of the samo 1 country or different countries, Is labor? I either rendered labor or in the form of : commodities or promised labor In the form of obligations. Thus the only real importance of any change, such as is now coming into issue, is as It would af- fect the ' I tions of debtor and creditor. Tliis It is which in reality lies at the bottom nf the money question as it is forcing itself Into the importance of a political issue today. It is indeed tho samo bitter question that asserted it- self in blood in ancient polities and Is one today capable of arousing the great- est bitterness. But why is it coming upon us in sec- tional guise? There are debtors and creditors in the east as in the west, and whoever will try to acquaint himself with the voluminous literature of the old "Greenbacker3" or present "advocates of silver" will see that they do not pro- pose their reform as more specially ap- plicable to one section than to another, or seem themselves to comprehend why their doctrines should be accepted In the west more quickly than in the east. The true reason is that the west as a whole stands to the east as a whole in the po- sition of debtor to . creditor.? Henrj; George ln San Francisco Examiner. 4 AS YOU SEEIT ~ nGnTTMEWQONG ASYOU FIND IT PA PUBUSH ALLTIIENEWS. tdustThl event TO THE JUDGMENT OP TNE PEOPLE. WILLIAM S. CREIOHTON Editor-in-Chief. THE HERALD owns a full Associated Press franchise and publishes the complete telegraphic news report received daily by ?pecial leased wire. (EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT: 221 East Fourth streot. Telephone 156. BUSINESS OFFICE: Bradbury Building, 222 West Third street. 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