The herald., 1895-07-19

visitors. However, the delegates will not
have to camp around In private houses.
We have hotels and frst-class lodging
bouses of sufficient capacity to comfort
ably care for our visitors. The people of
1896; they can all get room first floor
front. The Press is right when it says we
will entertain our friends right royalty.
Los Angeles always does that.
CURRENT COMMENT
1t is the early railroad man who catches
the whale.
1t is rum ored th 1t Governor Budd, after
he gets through with the National guard
and the state board of horticulture. in
tends to look into Yosemite valley affairs.
Pasadena yesterday sold $4,000 of
school bonds at premium of $2s55 TO Los
Angeles fnanc ers. Pasadena is as good
as she is beautiful, fact that puts her
credit away up among money dealers.
The patients Of the San Bernardino
county hospital, whose Ills Will permit
them, have been sent on a two months
camping expedition; an example that both
humanityand expeoiency suggests might
we'll be followed by the authorities of this
| county.
The news comes from San Francisco via
the Call that the Half Million club is
neither dead nor sleeping. We hadn't
heard hurrah from them for some time,
but are glad to know that none of the
mem bers have passed away"
If the Orange county authorities. after
reading the expose OF the Faithists re-
Gently published in The Herald, wish to
proceed against the prophets" who con-
duct the colony, the testimony of Mr..
Harry Warren, The Herald's reporter, is
at their service.
The Long Beach tragedy brings the
query to mind why should any person
be allowed to sell deadly weapon un-
challenged when it is violation of the
law to sell dose of poison in a drug
store?" There seems to be good deal of
inconsistency in forbidding the sale of a
deadly drug and encouraging the sale of
a still more deadly revolver.
A gentleman OF Chicago arrived here
yesterday, intending to remain two days
before going north on his return trip.
He was taken about the city on the street
car lines by a member of The Herald
staff, and on his return to his hotel an
nounced his decision to remain here the
remainder of his days. This is an Incl
dent that has occurred many times dur
ing the past decade, but like all truths is
worthy of repetition and iteration.
The Manufacturers and Producers asso-
citation are making strong pull for
home industries They have taken
Governor Budd into camp and made him
promise to appoint only such men to Of
flee as are favorable to the purchase OF
supplies from home manufacturers. One
good way for our home manufacturers to
introduce their products would ne to ad-
vertise more literally in the home papers.
Susan B. Anthony sizes up the bloom er
question as follows: THE men are hard
to please. They protested because wo-
mems skirts dragged on the ground and
now object because they are too high.
The simple fact of the matter is that wo-
men will settle the question them selves. -
Yes, but which way will they decide the
question, Susan? that's what we are all
wanting to know about.
Frederick f. Dodge of San Diego has
been appointed assistant court dentist at
Vienna. Mr.. Dodge is but 30 years of
age. He secured the position after a
severe competition with applicants from
all over the world. With a son receiving
honorable mention at the Paris salon and
another appointed to the court at Vienna,
honors are beginning to cone fast to Cali
fornia.
Value OF the Poppy
Philadelphia Public Ledger: French
engineers, it is said, advocate sowing rail-
way embankments and steep hillsides
with poppy seeds. The poppy plant grows
easily, accepts almost any conditions, and
in ns network of roots prevents the
washing of the soil by rains and the :.p-
heaval by frosts. The suggestion of using
the poppy for this purpose came from
| California, where nature has seemingly
| covered the hills with wild poppy roots
to save them from being washed away by
the winter floods.
There is no reason to think that heal
thy woman can be injured by using the
| wheel, provided she does not over-exert
| herself by riding too long a time or toe
fast or up too steep hills; and provided
| she does not ride when common sense
and physiology alike forbid any needless
| exertion; and provided also she does nc
| get the bad habit of stopping over toe
much to the handle bar; ard there is
reason not merely to think but to know