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UNTIL SEPTEMBER FIRST The Los Angeles Dally and San day Herald will be mailed to any address ta Southern California or Arisona for three months for •».00, cash In advance. Ars yon a Democrat T Now Is yonr oppor tunity. This offer does not stand good after September 1. The Lou Angeles Herald is the only Democratic dully In Southern California publishing full Associated Press re ports. If you are already a nubsorlber induce your polltloal brethren to sub scribe to tho beat Democratic exponent In Southern California. Send In your sub icriptlon of 53.00 for tha campaign before September 1. Make all ebecks, drafts and money orders pay able to The Herald Publishing Com pany, Lot Angelea. MUSTER THEM OUT At a session of the local war board yesterday, evidence was submitted con firming the reports of unsanitary con ditions, neglect and ill-treatment to which the Seventh regiment has been subjected at Camp Merritt, as previously reported by The Herald. In view of all these wretched conditions, and the fur ther prospect that the services of the regiment will not be required by the government, the war board acted wisely ln taking steps to secure the mustering out of the men. The whole matter of their enlistment and retention ln camp for four months, during which they have been subjected to slight, neglect and disease-breeding conditions, may be set down as a wretched travesty. If Secretary Alger designed this, or any part of it, as a means of "getting even" with Southern California for not liking him, he ts welcome to all the glory he will get out of It. The president should be appealed to directly to let our boys come home. We have buried our dead; we will try to nurse the sick back to health. Our pa triotism, which has been scorned and rejected and spit upon, will keep, and along with it there will be an endur ing remembrance of the man or men who have done this foul thing. THE SIXTY-SECOND VICTIM Last Monday evening Frank Rodl baugh, private of company H, Seventh regiment California volunteers, died of typhoid fever. This makes the sixty second victim of the sinkhole known as Camp Merritt, to which the South ern California boys were assigned. Young Rodibaugh was a nephew of Dr. Stephen Bowers of this city. His par ents, who reside ln Ventura, are now inconsolable over the loss of their only eon.- When this young man entered the service the examining surgeons pro nounced, him one of the best men, phys ically, of his company. His tlfe has been sacrificed, not to subserve any useful purpose for his country, but as a penalty for the gross lncomp'etence and care lessness, or worse, which has character ized the treatment of the Seventh regi ment from the first day It reported for duty. At this distance It Is hard to fathom the motives of the authorities ln com mand, who are responsible for locating our gallant boys upon that disease and death-breeding camp ground. Anybody with a grain of common sense ought to have known that the proximity of a burylng-ground, garbage dumps and plies of decaying stable manure, together with the chill winds and fogs that roll ln from the Pacific ocean In that local ity, would undermine the strongest con stitutions and breed disease and death. When to these wretched conditions were added an insufficient supply of clothing and Indifferent food, the climax of ne glect and abuse was reached. Over the graves of those sixty-two Victims, and of those who may yet fol low them as the results of disease al ready engendered, should be written this lasjsnd: "Victims of the lnoompe-J tence and negleot of the war depart ment." It Is stated, with what truth we cannot aay, but with the appearance of proba bility, that the real object in locating the soldiers ln Camp Merritt, was to throw business Into the hands of the atreet-car lines that run out from San Francisco. If this be true, then we must add to the charges of Incompetence and negleot a charge of Jobbery. As the street car system of San Francisco is largely owned and controlled by the Southern Pacific Railway company, un der the management of Boss Herrln, tt Is easy to understand that a power ful pull may have been exercised on the authorities to place the camp where they did. If that was the moving cause, what a pitiable spectacle It presents. All for a few paltry dollars! Think of It, ye patriot la American citizens! Think of It, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, wives and sweethearts, whose hopes lie burled ln the graveyard of Camp Merritt! One thing Is certain: The matter will not be allowed to rest until there shall have been a thorough investigation to place the responsibility for this crime where it properly belongs. When that responsibility shall be determined, the vengeance of an outraged people will pursue the culprits as long as they live. It may not be possible to hang them— more's the pity!—but they must suffer a public condemnation and execration that may give them a foretaste of the Infernal regions. They will be branded as murderers. WE SECOND THE CZAR Tbe first thought evoked by the czar's note to the powers is surprise at Its gen eral scope, and at the manifest sincerity of ita author. The next Is an impression that a most admirable dissertation ln favor of international peace has been presented to the world. It inspires the belief that the present csar is moved by an Impulse to do an act, in behalf of humanity, ln some measure paralleling his ancestor's edict which gave Russia freedom from serfdom. It would be difficult to present argu ments ln favor of universal peace in more concise and forcible form than the czar has shown tbem. He says, very truly, that with the vast armaments now employed by the nations, "labor and capital are mostly diverted from their natural application and are un productlvely consumed." And again: "National culture, economic progress and the production of wealth are either paralyzed or checked In development." In considering the probable effect of this unexpected proffer from the czar, It la noticeable that Europe and Great Britain generally concede Its sincerity. There is no question that It will be so regarded ln the United States. An im pediment appears at the outset ln the coldness with which It Is received ln England, if we may Judge from the brief expressions of newspapers that have thus far reached us. Even ln England, however, the force of the proposition is likely to grow the longer the matter Is considered and the more closely It Is studied. Of course It la only partial or rela tive disarmament that the czar pro- poses. What fraction of armed strength he would eliminate, whether one-fourth or one-half or more, has not yet been disclosed. The czar's proposition is that a conference of the powers shall deter mine this important question and all others pertaining to it. He simply pledges Russia to such disarmament as the rest of the powers will amicably agree to. It should be borne in mind that the Russian bear has never really been the ogre of Europe that cartoonists have so lavishly portrayed. Asia is the field which the great paws have been slowly but surely moving upon. With the ex ception of aggression toward Turkey and Poland, the czar has shown but little Inclination to trouble himself with the map of Europe. When Napoleon oracularly declared that within fifty years Europe would be "all republican or all Cossack," he had In mind the hordes that were pressing him in the retreat from Moscow. As the czar's Invitation, of course, ex tends to the United States, it must arouse profound Interest here. It comes Just at the time when our government is making preparations for a large stand ing army and a vast enlargement of the navy. So far as the sentiment of the people of the United States is concerned, It may be counted as unanimous ln fa vor of peace. The American people are firm believers in the apothegm that "peace hath' her victories no less re nowned than war." Victories In the broad field of the world's industry, not on the battlefield, are the kind to which Americans are now looking eagerly for ward. REPUBLICAN PLATFORM AND LABOR The Republican fly-trap platform Is a work of art. If It is not a model of con sistency or of sense. Ie demands the re tention of Porto Rico and the Philip pines, In order to permit the extension of American trade and to extend the benefit of free commercial Intercourse, and declares that. In pursuance of the constitution, all duties, Imposts and ex cises must be uniform. A little further on the same platform pledges that Its representatives in con gress will devote their energies to re tain, in its Integrity, the protective policy of the United States ln dealing with the question of the retention of the Philippines. These political baits are gathered from the plank upon territorial expansion. The author of thla plank, however, had evidently forgotten all about the com petition of coolie labor which.the acqul LOS ANGELES HERALD. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1898 sitlon of this territory must bring about. The platform, therefore, ottenalbly, by an amendment, reiterates the old cheat nut that the Republican party of Mark Hanna and Dan Burns Is the champion of the wage earner, and demands the en actment of such legislation regarding Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines as will protect the American workman against Chinese, Japanese and other contract labor found therein, and pre vent any further influx or extension thereof, and, finally, it proposes to pro hibit the Chinese and Japanese now "lo cated" In the Hawaiian Islands from en tering the United States. These planks show that Mr. Burns' platform is Intended as a vote-catcher. The truth Is the Republican party of this state has no principles upon which It can make a winning campaign, and, in its desperation. It is driven to make absurd declarations. Having adopted these planks, it now remains for the representatives of the Republican party to explain how it Is possible to annex foreign territory with out, at the same time, making Its In habitants members of the American Union. Do they propose to drive the Chinese and Japanese out of the an nexed territory? And, If so, does any sane person believe that such purpose will ever be carried out? By the constitution of the United States, under the protection of which the inhabitants of the annexed terri tory will be brought, equal rights and liberties are guaranteed to every person. While the articles of annexation be tween sovereign countries may, perhaps, abridge the rights and liberties of the Inhabitants of the annexed territory and force upon them a status peculiar In citizenship to themselves, no one believes that It is ln the power of any civilized country to sell Its subjects Into slavery, or that the United States could. If It desired, discriminate between, different classes of wage earners by declaring that Its adopted citizens shall be restricted ln the free exercise of their constitutional right of pursuing their avocations, while its native citizens shall have a free field. The absurdity, therefore, of a platform which attempts to fool the laboring men of this state upon a matter of such vital Importance to them needs but to be men tioned to be discovered. The Republican party, which stands as the sentinel for highly protected mill owners, wants ter ritorial expansion for an enlarged mar ket, but always with a stone wall of protection around It. It wants also the millions of laborers within this territory with which to supplant the wage-earners of the United States. And the Repub lican platform declaration, that the American laborers must be protected against the coolie labor of the annexed territory, is a falsehood promulgated for campaign purposes. COAL AND ELECTRICITY The discovery of a promising coal prospect ln Cajon pass Is not surpris ing. There is probably plenty of coal in the mVintains of Southern California. Like many other elements of wealth, the coal deposits have not been explored and utilized. Not only coal, but iron Is known to exist In the mountains north and northeast of Los Angeles, and It is only a question of time when these products will be marketed here. Fortunately coal Is not so essential a factor ln the business world as It was a few years ago; at least where facili ties are offered for the introduction of electricity, generated by water power. Before this year closes we shall prob ably have light, heat and power, avail able to any desired extent, at rates lower than other cities pay where coal Is plen tiful and cheap. Less than a year ago grave doubts were expressed about the practicability of transmitting electric energy a great distance without ruinous losa All doubts on that subject were set at rest several months ago. Nicola Tesla, the distin guished electrician and specialist ln long distance transmission gave a friendly opinion in a personal letter, expressing unqualified faith in the enterprise. Mr. Tesla says: "By means of the polyphase system power can be readily and eco nomically transmitted to much greater distances than eighty miles." Relative to the percentage of loss In long distance transmission, which gave much uneasiness at an early stage of the project, Mr. Teela says: "The loss at eighty miles may be practically reduced to the same figure as at five miles; It is a mere question of the electric tension adopted." Under the favorable circum stances resulting from abundant cheap power, there is no reason whatever why Los Angeles should not soon be the site of many large manufacturing industries. A SHAMEFUL SPECTACLE It is humiliating to American pride that the attention of Europe should now be attracted to a shameful spectacle at the head of our military establishment. The praises of our army and navy have scarcely ceased to echo abroad, when ad miration turns to wonder and amaze ment. The scandalous developments in the war department and the certainty lhat only the edge of them has yet ap peared to public view, makes American blood tingle. General Miles is to be subjected to a court of inquiry, as preliminary to a court martial, because he has been un able to fuliv disguise hit contempt lor the Incompetency and stupidity that have characterized the operation of the war department. It will be Interesting to read the specifications In the case, If the public should have the privilege of seeing them. If General Miles has fittingly phrased expressions of con tempt, his utterances deserve to be framed. The scheme to courtmartlal General Miles Is palpably an attempt to divert public attention from the scandala that are beginning to crop out In the execu tive department of the service. Secre tary Alger finds himself overwhelmed by the weight of evidence already ad- I duced. He knows that the facts to come will bear with crushing force, and In his helplessness he Is aiming to personally escape by saddling at least part of the blame on the active head of the army. I Thus a disgraceful scandal supple ments the fame achieved for the nation by its army and navy. . We had good and sufficient ground for objecting to some of Europe's strictures while the war waa In progress, but any case that may be made against us now, relative to our war department scandal, may go by de fault. A KNIGHT ERRANT George A. Knight of San Francisco has announced his Intention to be a candidate for United States senator should the Republicans have a majority of the legislature. He also has declared hla purpose to stump the southern coun ties to aid In achieving a realization of his senatorial aspirations. Mr. Knight has ever been a stalwart advocate of free and unlimited coinage of sliver. In going to the St. Louis convention he made several speeches for It, and he voted against tabling the Teller substi tute ln the convention. We suggest that when Mr. Knight appears on the stump he be Interrogated as to his silver views. In coming out for senator Mr. Knight displays more courage than Judgment, for he ought to know that the senator ship has already been slated for De Toung. The gift battleship business Is being run Into the ground, metaphorically. An "American Girl" battleship scheme has Just been launched ln Chicago, and American women and girls are to be im portuned to chip ln. Our advice la to put no coins Into the enterprise. The government can afford to buy battle ships when It needa them. A battleship would cost perhaps five million dollars. What oceans of caramels and chewing gum that would buy! It has a cooling effect to read that Pas adena Is already making preparations for Its annual New Tear's tournament. Our New Tear's days are so balmy, how ever, that they are hardly suggestive of the eastern holiday season. Pasadena evidently intends that there shall be no In the attractions to be pre sented ln future, and those In the past have made the city famous. They evidently do some things fairly well ln the staid old Keystone State. Governor Hastings was nettled st the way Pennsylvania sick soldiers were treated at Chlckamauga. He personally solicited subscriptions for a hospital train to bring them home, and ln half an hour he collected five thousand dol lars. Roosevelt, Hastings—who next? The San Francisco Chronicle prog nosticated the entire ticket of the Re publican nominees with absolute accu racy two days before the late funeral at Sacramento. As a shepherd Mr. De Toung deserves due credit, If the sheep still maintain that the pasture had not already been staked out for them. One of the Hawaiian commissioners, ln an Interview on his arrival at Hono lulu, said to the people: "The United States has assumed $4,000,000 of your debt, but that Is no reason why you should be estopped from incurring more." They must be supremely happy now. A project la op foot to colonize a large number of Hebrews ln our new territory of Porto Rico. Its success would be very doubtful. Such an attempt was made at Vine land. In New Jersey, a few years ago, and It completely failed. Several other failures of the kind might be cited. 4 • • That Enoch Arden story from San Pe dro Indicates that that ambitious sea port is alive to the benefits of advertis ing. Romance Is all well enough In Its way, but the beginning of that harbor work is what we particularly want to hear about. Now the Spaniards have set up the plea that they ought to be paid for public works and buildings on their lately trans ferred property. As their gall enlarges they will probably claim a reservation of tree stumpage, mining claims and un cut grass. The report of the Republican state convention ln Delaware, ln allusion to the platform, rays: "Nothing was said regarding territorial expansion." The Delawareans are evidently satisfied with the magnitude of their own state. San Francisco reports a light earth quake Sunday night. If the city were blameable for crimes committed there against suffering soldiers, it would de serve such a visitation as the one that wiped out Sodom and Gomorrah. In a dispatch from. London tt Is said that the emperor of Germany Intended to do the olive branch disarmament act In a declaration from Jerusalem. Well, let him and all the other monarchs chime ln. The Idea Is not patented. Now Kansas City holds up Its finger and says It wants a peace Jubilee. The Jubilee fever Is working westward from Chicago. How would It do for Los An geles to Jubilate, as compensation for the loss of Fiesta? In Berlin somebody Is worrying with the question, 'whether America has not reached her zenith." We think hardly, but It does seem a little dizzy, up where we are. —■ • » The municipal authorities of Venice nave petitioned the Italian government to take diplomatic steps to recover 6000 pictures which were oarrled off by Bonaparte be tween 1806 and MM, and whloh were ap propriated from various powers after his fall. The city also desires that a demand shall be adkHressedi to Austria for tbe re turn of MS pictures which were carried oft by Emperor Ferdinand in ISM, In time of peace, fer the galleries of Vienna. c ■» "And what," the visitor asked, "did your new gaa stove cost? It's such a lovely one I" "Twenty dollars," Mr. Wattles answered. "Why, John!" exclaimed Mrs. Wattles; "It didn't, either! Tou know tt was only IM.JS!" —Chicago News, • The National Soldiers' Home in Local Politics BT ABBOT KINNEY 11. The Soldiers' Home at Santa Monica has been used by local office seekers to gain ac cess to the public taxes. Street cars have been sent to the Home to bring carloads of soldiers to vote ln the local township elec tions for Justice and constable. The old soldiers have been used in school elections. Five voting precincts have been located on the federal reservation itself. Office seek ers manipulate the Home beneficiaries for personal gain. They treat to beer ln ex cess at the Canteen and to other strong drink ln near-by saloons. They debauch the old soldiers. The whole business has been a cruel, self seeking use of the old soldiers. The use of these beneficiaries of the people's gener ous sacrifices in taxes for political plunder has been unjust, Illegal and a heartless dis regard of the standing of the soldiers indi vidually and in the popular regard. It is manifest that the illegal political use of a body of two thousand men suported by the taxes of the entire people for the enrich ment of this or that venal political cabal ts likely to diminish the good will of the tax payers who are made to suffer and to alien ate the affeoton of the people for the old soldier. It Is clear that such political use of this Institution in local affairs can ln no way benefit or favorably affect the old soldiers or the Home. The Home Is not administered by local county elected officers; It Is not supported by looal taxes. Its law Is the military law of the United States. The Home and Its occupants bear no part of the tax burdens of the community and are be yond and outside of all local control what ever. The beer and whisky treating political self-seeker ln evidence at this time amongst the old soldiers Is a moral debaucher. He Is a curse to the soldier, a detriment to the Home and a traitor to the just rights of his real local constituents. No true friend of the soldier and no honest patriot should longer tolerate this political and moral wrong. The district attorneys have misunder stood the law applying to this federal Home. They have advdsed the assessors that they could collect no poll tax from residents ln the Home unless these had property else where In the state. The exception Is In harmony with the state constitution, which provides that the occupant of such an in stitution neither gains a political residence while there nor loses the political residence which he hod before entering the Home. It would therefore be a reasonable presump tion that the political residence Is where the old soldier has property. Whether 4t was the Intent of congress to provide this beau tiful park and 1 free home for men with prop erty is doubtful. But that Is another story. The assessor knows the law as to this Home. He assesses no land or buildings there; he assesses no personal property lo cated within the reservation either of sol dier, officer or civilian employe. The tax collector knows the law, and col lects no taxes there. It Is left, then, for the county clerk to play catspaw to tho po litical monkey amd register the whole com munal Home Into five voting precincts. If the assessor and tax collector are wrong ln their law and the county clerk Is right, then the former officers and their bondsmen are 'liable to the taxpayers of this county for a deliberate neglect of duty. These gentlemen can rely on the fact that the approaching settlement of the politi cal status of the Soldiers' Home will Inter est them and their bondsmen. The Soldiers' Home either Is a federal reservation, the property of the United States and supported by it, or tt Is not. If It Is, then no one ln It Is thereby apoliti cal resident of California, and the gross abuse of right and decency ln using the old soldiers ln local political partisan plunder campaigns must end. If dt is not a federal reservation, then the assessor and tax col lector of this county are liable on their bonds, and this Home and the personal property within tt must contribute to the tax burdens of the community. The polit ical officers of the county are going to be asked to blow hot or cold on this question. To blow cold on tax collection and hot on vote counting will no longer do. The real friends of the soldiers and the Home and those whs did most to secure Its location Ir this delightful climate, so conducive to the healthand longevity otthe helpless vet erans, are In opposition to the present lead ers of the Republican party. None of these did more for the Home than Senator John P. Jones of Nevada. The mouth-patriots who have done the wrong to the old sol diers of dragging them into local politics never did anything for the old soldiers ot for the Home. No true friend of the old soldiers can wish to see them used ln organized bod'.es for local partisan political plunder. The greatest Injury from their abuse is to the old soldiers and to the popular regard In which the Institution where they are sup ported is, held. The next greatest injury done is to the party whose venal partisans seek to debauch and use his lllepil vote. In this county it has been the Republican machine. When the Soldiers' Home was located here Los Angeles was the banner Republican county ot the state, and this, too, without any Soldlres' Home to vote. Today It Is close to the doubtful column. The last Injury, which Is greatest to the body of the people, is the defiance of Sow and justice involved in their abuse and the fixing upon the county of a body of tax eaters through the votes of non-tax paying and helpless tax-supported men in a fed eral institution and under the military law of the federal government. The abuse Is wicked and heartless. The fact that men otherwise decent and of good standing should descend to do such a cruel wrong to the old vetreans and break the law for political advantage is a demonstration of the need of a reform of our political methods to remove such Irresistible temp tation from those ln the public service. There are two distinct reasons which make the voting of the old soldiers at the Sol diers' Home Illegal. These win be present ed In another article, and also to the courts of the state. It Is no exaggeration to say that the old soldiers have lost the most by their use by a political machine. The officers, both township and county, whom they have fixed on this county, have failed to protect them from robbery and murder. Dens and dives of disorder have been and are licensed, tolerated, and It Is even claimed, proteoted by so-called law officers These places, located about and near tht Home, are the most disgraceful dens of thieves and brutal highbinders ln Califor nia. Santa Monica canyon is probably the worst country district on the Pacific coast Old soldiers have beea murdered right in Banta Monica.. Who bas paid a penalty foi the evil deeds? Many of these tolerated dives live on tbe old soldiers' weaknesses. EBusiness Suits Broken lines of odd suits are being closed I out at insignificant prices. Come see | what a fine Business Suit you can get at | a VERY low price. You can be sure of the I quality. We carry no shoddy goods. | MILLEN & BLUETT CLOTHING CO. | ©i)®®®®®* »®®®®®®® i «*sx&s>s<a®® imi® tt "' I! SL. ' Bffl ■"J.'.'J.' 8588E388 j' La Crcsccnta Olive Oil.. § The finest, richest flavor olive oil produced in W a? America is made right here in Southern California. W. § m Experts say that it is as fine as the imported, although we have Jules Coobin's imported oil, bot- W. tied especially for us, if you prefer it. Whichever. M fyou buy you will be pleased with your purchase. JrjK All sorts of salad dressings, etc. 208-SlO S. Spring St., Wilcox Building W> I Hysterical Women j m Aided and abetted by levitating kitchen furniture are these latter days under- i i taking to teach the science of the soul and to demonstrate a future life, ln m A our college we teach the science of accounts, and try th demonstrate that the if A future of each young man and young woman is successful and happy in pro- a T portion to his application of common sense to all the affairs of life. A J i Fall Term, Day and Evening, Open* Monday, Sept. S. Drop in to 0 '. see us about it this week. If you enter now we will date you ahead. We send A '[ interesting reading matter by mail. We are looking out for number one of A I [ course, but really a six months' course at our school will do you more good i I • than it will us. It's worth thinking about. 5 £ 212 West Third Street £ Removal Notice . . . Pending the erection of our new Music and Art Building at 233-235 South Broadway, our temporary warerooms will be at 315 West Third street, between Broadway and Hill streets. BLANCHARD PIANO CO. ■ i ! U/m T i 00LD REfINERS and ASSAYERS § | IT Ilia ■■0111111 l * Will open temporary orlices in rooms9and to, j *«•**"» 5 128 N. Main St., on Monday, Aitßust 29, and J I At I A < Tne O ri S' nal son September 1 will occupy the suite of rooms | j IX vUi W. T.) I formerly leased by Smith & Irving. j CONSUMPTION CURED DB SiK SON Friveto'Senltiirlum Beport ef ca»e« lent tree, 418H 9outh Spring at..Loa Angeles Un, They tempt them to drunkenness and vice. The time has come for the people to realiz* the unlawful and disgraceful situation, and end it. Let us have a fair, honest and generous administration of the Soldiers' Home. Let us protect the soldiers from self-seekers and debauohers. Let us secure the veterans ln the regard and affection of the whole body of the people whose sacrifices in taxation support them. Let us enforce the consti tution and the law. To do this we must abolish the dives about the Home, we must* keep local poli ticians out of any interest ln its vote and we must enforce the plain rule of Justice applicable to the political status of all such institutions, whether municipal, county, state or national. SIMPLE SONGS FOR SUCKERS White Ants Don't say a word to anyone, but we have had a fright! White ants have been a-gnawtng at our platform, clay and night, Until upon my word they've left us but an empty sklr.. All fnlr and sound to look upon, but rot tenness within! Don't tread so heavy, Arnold, or you'll sure ly break a plank! And Waters, mind your trotters; better lock em ln your bark! Van Fleet, pick up your feet or you will have them breaking through! Good gracious! I'm so nervous that I don't know what to do! There have been insinuations that the ants are not to blame For. the rotting cf our timbers, ond the gnawing of the same; They sny that any fool that knows- a thing, can understand, White ant« are not around where Uncle Coills takes a herd. Down on the Banks at Alessandro We are down on the banks where the stilly Waters flow. Where the greenbacks rustle as they waver to and fro, Where the notes of the birds are borne upon the air, With the sweet ten-per-(s)cents, which they are paying there. Where the gold bug bumbled as he boomed upon the w ie, And left a little smell of prosperity be hind, Which the simple sucker sniffs as he cinches up his belt. And says that the times are the bes»t he ever felt! Yes, we're down on the banks where the stilly Waters run, For we have got the sack, while the bank er got the men.. But the banks are so lew, and the Waters run so fast. They are liable to run in a gopher hole at ' last. The Gold Standard Mother and Her Bi- Metalllc Child "Mother, I am hungry; give me something I can chew'" "I have no money, darling, and the rent Is over due; "v But wait awhile, my darling, when Gage is in the chair, When congress shall convene again, and Waters will be there, Prosperity will hasten with her bounteous repast—" "Oh mother, that's a chestnut; I hays heard it In the past; For do you not remember, when Mark Hanna had the floor You told me that we never would be hun« gry any more?" "Hush! hush! you must be raving; just give the man a chance!" "But mother, I cannot get up since you have pawned my pants; Why can't you buy another pair? Sound moneys made them cheap!" "Oh! Hush your chatter, silly one; shutt up and go to sleep!" ALFRED I. TOWNSEND. LIST OF SICK IS APPALLING From the following table, says the Ex aminer, a fair tu';a may be had of the ex tent of sickness and suffering among the soldiers. The tabulation is by no meanl complete, and cannot be nrnde so until com piled from army records, but Isj made up generally from the reports received from the camp hospitals. Thousands of whom no record now ex ists, or ever will exist, have gone to their homes on furloughs and are being oared for there. Hundreds of others are arriving almost hourly in the hospitals and camps of the north from Cuba ond southern camps. Following Is a partial list of the number of sick: At Fort Sheridan 200 At Camp Thomas 159 At Camp Wikoff 1.20S ln fit. l.ou!s Hospitals 50 At Chlckamauga Park 800 In New York hospitals ZOO At Santiago de Cuba 5,000 At FercaKdlna, Fla §00 In Tins-ton hospitals 150 At Jacksonville, Fla 100 In Torto Klco 2.500 At San Francisco 200 At Huntsvlile, Ala 300 At Fort Meyer, Fortress Monroe, Sheridan Point, Camp Alger and other places 1,000 Total 12,150 summer resorts Write for circulars and full Information as to special advantages, rotes, manner ol reaching, etc.. naentioning^'n^HeraW. Magnetic Springs, GLENWOOD, CAL. Mountain House; heart of the Santa Crua mounta.ns; hot and cold magnetic baths tree; cottages for families; stage meets s i', trail, rrnfh Snn FrMrlsrn Twins to suit every health-seeking person. Particu lars of L. V. PERHACS, Glenwood, Cal. M'>N'fK VK'f \ In Sierra Nevada Mountains. Sixteen rooms added. Fine tab!»; tons of all kinds of. fruit; can help yourself; delightful cli mate; elevation 3800 feet. Illustrated cata logue. ' Thomas E. Morgan, Monte Vista. Dutch Flat, Placer county, Cak