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The herald., 1897-08-20
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1907.
SENATOR WHITE ON SOLID
GROUND

The San Francisco Post prints a
lengthy editorial review Of Senator
Whites able article on "The Annexa tor
of Hawaii" in the August Forum, and
says:
1t may not be in strict parliamentary
order to call the attention of Senator
White to the fact that his immediate
constituency is virtually unanimous for
annexation, and that the popular opin-
ion of the country at large as it obtains
expression in the newspapers is decid-
edly favorable to the proposition. Fur
thermore, such an argument would be
useless in view of Senator Whites dec
laration that he would be guided by his
personal ideas of the best policy to be
pursued in the matter of annexation of
the islands by this government when
the proposition came to him for action
as a member of the senate. He is not
voting on this question in pursuance
ito the will of the governed, but not
withstandng such will"
The Post shows that Senator White is
entirely consistent in the position he has
taken, but we think it is wrong when IL
asserts that the senator is not in har-
mony with his constituents in opposing
the ann exation Of Hawaii. Probably the
people of California would give large
majority against taking in the islands
If the matter were submitted to the pop
ular will. Senator White represents the
whole state of California in common
with his colleague, Senator Perkins. but
the people of Southern California, where
the junior senator makes his home, are
most certainly in hearty accord with his
position.
AS for Senator Perkins, that gentle
man has not been heard from regarding
the matter for several weeks and the
Post is doubtless, not prepared to voucf
for his views.
When Hawaii was prominent issue
several years ago, it Is probable that ths
majority of the people of the United
States was favorable to annexation
but popular sentiment has changed
rapidly since then, and it is very doubt
full If a majority could be obtained fol
1t. The course of the present admins
tration, its hesitation, and its neglect te
push the annexation measure prepared
for it, showed clearly lack Of conf
dence in the ability to pass it. And the
longer the proposition Is delayed the
smaller will become the chances Of an
nexaticn.
The herald., 1897-08-20
GETTING AFTER UNCLE SAM

Ar eastern firm Of shipbuilders is so
angry because the United States gov
ernment is not being conducted for the
particular benefit Of the aforesaid firm
that it has brought an action at law. To
be more explicit, the Cramps have sued
Uncle Sam Tor 81, ,736, ,149 damages on ac-
count Of delays and defaults in furnish
ing plans and armor for several battle
ships and cruisers that they constructed.
Now the Cramps have made a great
many vessels for the government. They
have themselves been guilty of many de-
lays and defaults, for which some penal
ties were provided, but never collected.
The herald., 1897-08-20
A Dread Possibility

Now the autumn had come and these
two devoted oysters must part.
Shall we ever meet again?" unused
the oyster with the liquid eyes.
"Ah, shall we?" echoed the oyster with
the soft voice.
There was an interval of silence.
"If we should meet in church social
stew, we should feel pretty cheap"
Obviously, if they had any sensibiii-
ties whatever; for oysters must be in
deed cheap before such thing could
happen.-Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1897-08-20

The question of interest and usury is
very old one, and presumably man Is
unwilling to be cinched infa-
mously in the future if he can get ac-
commodation in the present. A case has
man borrowed $50 on a piano four
years ago. He has already paid $246.55.
but $3.50 and the piano are still wanted
to liquidate the debt. Whether the bor-
rover is fool or the lender a knave
will not be satisfactorily decided by
these proceedings.
The herald., 1897-08-20

The San Francisco presbytery has re-
fused to dismiss. Rev. Dr. Minton, who
had been called to Center college, Ken
lucky. Two courses lie open to DR.. Min
ton, who is now holding down a chair
in San Anselmo seminary, should he
still be inclined to make a change. He
can take counsel of DIR. Chichester, or he
can follow the example of ex-President
limited coinage of silver.
The herald., 1897-08-20
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Pasadena, Educational Cente

Prof. Bragdon's proposition to put .
woman's college in Pasadena should re-
ceive more serious attention from thos.
wealthy men and women who have the
future of the city at heart. Success in
building such an institution as that pro-
posed by Prof. Bragdon would draw to
this city families from all parts Of the
coast who would settle here to educate
their daughters. The city will never be
a manufacturing center, but 1t is, and
to greater degree ought to be, an ed
ucational center.-Pasadena News.
The herald., 1897-08-20

Charles A. Dana denounces as false
the report that he had resigned the edi-
he is still doing business at the old stand i;
land the man does not live who can say
that he has seen him there or elsewhere
turn his back on friend or foe" Some
body must have inserted a bent pin in
the editorial chair while the old gentle
man. was i'll recently, nevertheless.
The herald., 1897-08-20

paigu may consist in getting up some
attraction at Santa Ana simultaneously
in order to keep the people there-away
at home.
If all the other outlying cities do the
same thing at the same time, what a
high old jollif1cation these five or six
southern counties will have! There is
something attractive in that idea too.
Los Angeles is in something of the
same frame of mird as the old deacon
who prayed, "Oh, Lord, send us re-
vival; and If you can't send us re-
vival, send US a row."
Anything in the way of good shaking
up will do.
The herald., 1897-08-20
$40 to the Ounce

The Herald had capital article
Wednesday morning on the Wall street
and kindred gold diggings. where as
much as ninteen millicCs have beer
cleaned up in one night. BY the way,
The Herald is paEning out some 500 to-
the-ounce editorial writing under the
present management, and is showing a
fairness ard jus.ness in its treatmen I
of men and measures which is both graf
flying and surprising to its friends
East Side News.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Evolution Needed, Not Revolution

We want evolution, not revolution. The
former will come through mutual for
hearance, through patience, through the
concession of sincerity, honesty and pa
triotism to opponents but the latter will
come as quickly through the intolerance
and bigotry of narrow reactionaries as
through the noisy and fussy antics of
anarchistic incendaries. = Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
The herald., 1897-08-20
A Remarkable Coincidence

1t is remarkable coincidence, to say
the least, that the Trinity county and
Klondyke strikes should have occurred
at the same time 1t looks as If the fates
interfered to stop the drain of men and
money from California.-Oakland Tri-
bune.
The herald., 1897-08-20
rbev should Stand Together

1t is eminently proper that Hazen S.
Pingree should come to the defense of
William Shakespeare. Efforts have been
made to prove that Hazen S. Pingree was
not the author of those splendidly clas-
sical speeches with which he has electri-
fed the populace. and it is meet that he
and Mr.. Shakespeare should stand to-
gether In this dual crisis.-Detroit News.
The herald., 1897-08-20
COUNTER IRRITATION

Some of the merchants of Santa Ana
held meeting yesterday and entered a
protest against the proposed bargain
week" in Los Angeles. They adopted
resolutions and appointed a committee
and. while their plans are not fully
divulged it is supposed that, after the
usual fashion, they will carry the war
into Africa" This aggressive cam
The herald., 1897-08-20

The Seattle folks are actually kicking
because, as they claim their city is not
getting enough advertising out of the
Klondyke excitement. The time may
come when they will think they are get
ting too much advertising.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Alameda Early Birds

Alameda county is early in the field
as the possible sponsor Of a gubernato-
rial nomination of the Republican party
possibly from an instructive sense Of
the truth of the trite maxim, "'Tis the
early bird that catches the worm" The
worm will be there ready to be caught
when the convention assemblies, and the
birds are wakeful and alert to their op-
Ortunites-Berkeley Advocate.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Inconsiderate

"McGibbs is a contemplate creature"
"In what PARTICULAR" well, he is
the kind Of a man who would send an
other man a Sunday newspaper without
marking the article he wants him to
read"-Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Not Very Retiring

The periodical rumor that Associate
Justice Field intends to retire has made
its appearance, but, it is superfiuous to
say it has not been confirmed by him.
1t has long been we'll known that he 10
not of a retiring disposition.-San Jose
Mercury
The herald., 1897-08-20
Pasadena, August 10.
Force Onlv

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: The dismissal of President Andrews
from Brown university will strengthen
rather than weaken, the cause of none
tary reform in this country. Very nat
urally the restoration of silver should be
hastened by that sort of work. 1t dds
closes the methods of the single gold
standard people. 1t shows as plainly as
acts can show their Intolerance. Force
The herald., 1897-08-20
England Is Not Satisfied

Wouldn't it have saved a heap OF
trouble If William H. Seward had moved
that boundary line between Alaska and
Canada a few miles farther east when
he was negotiating that trade years ago?
No one would have cared a fig about q
few miles either way.-Visalia Times.
The herald., 1897-08-20
A Junketing Burlesoue

The American bimetallic commission.
a junketing expedition composed Of
three gentlemen now enjoying them
selves in Europe, has not been heard
from for some time. Whilethe mem
bers are sad, silent and lonely, the mints
of India remain closed to the coinage Of
silver, and one long fusillade of cacchina-
tions circles the old world at the sorry
spectacle which the Americans are pre-
enting.-Sacramento Bee
The herald., 1897-08-20
In Chicago

Says a writer in a Chicago paper:
with good corsets, good shoes and good
gloves, no lady need consider herself ILL
dressed" That's funny way to adver-
tise Chicago. Here in New York just
few more garments would be required
National Advertiser.
The herald., 1897-08-20
National Bank Circulation

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
munication of "E Pluribus Unum" in
your issue of August IA, and would like
to correct a few mistakes which he has
fallen into. First, the government re-
qures all national banks to keep with
the comptroller of the currency five per
cent of the amount of circulating notes
issued. Consequently "E Pluribus"
would on his hundred thousand
dollars of bonds only have sS5, 500 of net
money to use. Second, he quotes the
price of bonds at 10, while they are 112.
This would make it necessary for him to
supply $4,000 more. Third, he sets his
sinking fund at $464 per annum, which is
not sufficient to pay off $4,000 or $12. 600
in ten years, the life of the bonds he evil
IDENTIFY refers to in his letter. Now 1t
seems to me that if it were true as &c
Pluribus" says, that national bank OF
100000 capital can be successfully
launched on $4,000, and that some 25 or
so per cent per annum can be made on
the investment, that it is very strange
that he and his friends do not take ad-
vantage of the opportunity, which is
open to any five persons. AS 1 under
stand the matter, it is not necessary to
have anything but desk in an office, and
the expense usually incurred in the bank
ing business can be obviated. 1t has
seemed strange also that if such profits
were made that the national banks did
not take out every dollar of circulation
that they are allowed by law. 1t is well
known that they take out only a part,
and some of them none at all. l add some
figures which are fairly correct, and
which show that there is little profit in
circulating notes:
PROFITS ON CIRCULATION
S1O0 900 per cent bonds of
1897 a 112. SIP, 10000
Annual interest received from
government OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S4,000.O0
Interest on $S5, 500 net circulation
received from government loaned
out at per cent 5,9S5. 90
Total gross receipts from govern
ment from interest on loans...... 9,9S5.OO
Deduct tax of per cent on
$S5, 900 due to government. 800
Sinking fund to pay off $12,-
900 in ten years, being loss
on 100000 bonds, about.
per annum ............... 81, 00UO0
Deduct cost of redemption
of currency .............. S300
Deduct express charges,
pro rata cost of plate and
government examination. 10000 2,o1SOO
Net receipts under ma
tional bank act. $1,9670U
If the owners of the $4,000 instead of
investing it in bonds should loan it out
at per cent they would realize $74S0
Profit in taking out circulation per an
The herald., 1897-08-20
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 tho
proper expression of their views.l
The herald., 1897-08-20
Before the Bargain Sale

New Salesman--I understand that NJ
purchaser is to have more than ten yards,
But suppose lady comes back after one
purchase, shall I refuse to sell her any
more?
Floor walker--If you're tired of your
position. Puck.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Very Significant

II any one suspects that w. ]. Bryan
is not as popular as he used to be, we
refer him to the dispatch from Butte,
which states that everybody went to
hear him speak instead of going to the
horse racee.-San Francisco Examiner.
The herald., 1897-08-20

1t used to be said, erroneously of
course, that reformed rakes make the
best husbands. Even the case of Berry
Wall does not go to prove that reformed
dudes make the best business men,
The herald., 1897-08-20

The assertion that improved sanitary
the national capital is received with in
credulous looks by the office seekers now
stranded there.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Los ANGELES DAILY EERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.

State Of California. County of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. M. Holt, superintendent of circulation
of the Los Angeles Daily Herald, being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l, 1897
to June 80 1897 (nclusive). the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1,2so'6S5
copies, being an average daily circulation
Of s6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,O71, ,567, being daily aver.
age of $500 copies
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2l9,05s, being an average fof
each Sunday of 10;431.
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
1eth day of July. 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County of Los
Angeles State of California
The herald., 1897-08-20

The New York World represents the
silver dollar in the act of committing
suicide, and yet the same organ has
been maintaining that silver was dead
long ago. How can suicide be committed
after the death of the suicide?
The herald., 1897-08-20

There were those who complained that
it was uncomfortably warm yesterday,
but not single case of prostration was
reported. A hot day in Los Angeles is
as trivial an inconvenience as it is rare.
The herald., 1897-08-20

The Memphis ommercial-Appeal
says: Another evidence of the return
of prosperity is the reopening of the ST.
Louis pool rooms under the Dingley act"
elsewhere.
The herald., 1897-08-20

Tesla is little late, to say the least.
The art Of telegraphing without wires
has been known to young people in the
counting stage for these many genera
tiOns
The herald., 1897-08-20

Owing to the fact that from Septem-
Der 1st the wind is liable to freeze in
the tire, is is not advisable to start for
the Klondyke region on bicycle after
that date
The herald., 1897-08-20

Emperor Williams yacht Meteor has
met with defeat at last, and the danger
of another European war is at least tenn
porarily averted
The herald., 1897-08-20

General Longstreet has surrendered
again, but he has surrendered to south
ern girl this time.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Putting on STYLE

The Santa Monica Outlook conde-
scendingly speaks Of Los Angeles as
"our neighboring city."-Pasadena Star.
The herald., 1897-08-20
Real Headwaters of Prosperity

When prosperity returns 1t will not be
through the custom house, but through
the golden harvest fields. s."-Indianapo
lis News.
The herald., 1897-08-20

Texas is short on butter. That comes
of raising too many Texas steers.
The herald., 1897-08-20

If the owners of the $112,0 instead of
investing it in bonds should loan it out
at per cent they would realize $74S0
Profit in taking out circulation per an
mum, 1927.
]. M. ELLIOTT.
The herald., 1897-08-20
PROFITS ON C

Net receipts under ma
tional bank act. t............ 81,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-19
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
ferry Hard Luck-soda Water winks.
Liked His speeches-She Had 70
Speak-His Reasons.

'Ihe possession of sudden fortune Of
ten drives men to commit insane aots,"
Haid Mr.. E. G. Durbin of New Orleans
during a recent stay i'll Washington.
II once had ms client thrifty Hun
garian who invested each month 81 i'll
the lottery. He would never spend any
more, and often when reproved him
for throwing away that modest amount
he would declare that he'd hit the big
prize some day.
And, sure enough, he did. It was
early in 1888 that he came dancing into
my Office with newspaper slip which
showed that ticket No. - had won the
capital prize
Ellis share in the winning was S1b,-
600, and think it affected the poor fell
lows brain. No sooner had he got pos
session of his fortune than he started
out on spree that lasted nearly q week.
During that time he threw his money
away as though it would last forever.
and no doubt he was robbed Of goodly
sum. Anyway he didn't begin SOLDERING
until tho last cent was gone. AS soon
as the Hungarian came to his senses
and realized that all of the $40, 600 had
absolutely vanished he concluded that
life wasn't worth living, and, locking
himself up in his room, he sent bullet
through his brain.
"Tho Monday following tho suicide
letter came, addressed to the dead man,
informing him that by the death of an
uncle in the old country he had come
into the possession of property worth in
the neighborhood of $25O,O00.
"Now, that is very fair hard luck
story, and it has the virtue of truth.
have ono more Of the same sort, not
quite so tragic, but just as authentic
This happened to myself. A we'll known
old character about the city came into
my office one morning and, lamenting
that he was busted, asked me TO be-
come joint owner with him in lottery
ticket valued at 81. l told him that 1
didn't care to invest, but as we walked
down stairs, knowing his weakness,
invited him to have q drink. He accept
ed eagerly, and tossed the bartender q
90 cent piece. Tho quarter 1 got buck
was passed to the owner of the ticket.
AS true rs am sitting here that old
fellow drew $4,000, and 1 have never
quite ceased being sore with myself for
refusing to buy half interest -
Washington Post
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-19
Soda Water winks

at makes me weary, said the drug
gist rs he drew a nickel's worth of
sweetened bubbles from the soda foun-
tain, Ito read i'll the papers continually
about the soda water wink and all
such nonsense about selling whisky Mt
the soda founts. I've been in this bust
ness ever since it was business, and
never yet ran across the soda water
wink. In the first place, whisky in a
glass of soda water would make heath
enish mixture which no ono would care
to drink. Brandy and plain soda, of
course. would be compound which
might tickle the palate, but I have
never been asked for it. The fact is that
any man who wants drink of whisky
can get it elsewhere than i'll drug store
without any trouble whatsoever. In n
strictly prohibition district I don't
know how soda fountain would act if
it were forced to its utmost capacity in
quenching all kinds of thirst, but in
this city it doesn't do business under
false pretenses. 1t doesn't have to do
so. "-Chicago Times Herald.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-19
Championed by n Dog.

Several years ago i'll Wisconsin, before
the Indian had retired from the neigh
borhcod of the white man, u mother
and her little girl were alone in their
cottage on the edge of Il great forest.
Everything seemed peaceful, and there
was no thought of danger. The mother
sat inside the door sewing. while the
child was in the bright sunshine play
ing. Their large black dog Cuff was the
only other member of the family. Sud
denly half q dozen Indians fresh from
recent raid on whisky stood in the door
way and demanded more whisky. The
lady had no whisky, but offered them
food and drink. The Indians, however,
were drunk, and before tho mother
could interfere the toughest seized tho
little girl and was making off with her
when the dog, which had wandered
away short distance, came bounding
back. In an instant he had the savage
by tho throat and threw him to tho
ground. The others, having no firearms,
beat hasty retreat. Tho dog kept a
tight grip Oh the Indian until they had
all gone, then released him, and he also
departed. Our Dumb Animals.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-19
She Had to Speak.

a woman who was travelling alone
not long ago wandered one evening into
hotel parlor A pretty young girl at
once rushed toward her and breathless-
ly asked her what time it was. Some
what astonished, tho woman glanced at
the big mantel clock and repeated the
hour. "Oh, thank you'll said the stran-
ger, but without any signs of going
away. II suppose yen think it queer,
my asking that, she burst out n mo-
mcnt later; "but, to tell tho truth,
don't want to know the time ut all.
just had to speak to somebody. You SEQ,
Pm on my wedding trip, and for a
whole week haven't spoken to soul
but my husband. Why, I've hardly
heard the sound of any ones voice but
his 1t was really question of my
speaking to some ono or going wild. -
Kansas City Star.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-19
MY LADY'S SECRET.

My Lady always smiled-not much to do,
but when the hours and days increase In
care,
And drcariness and WEAKNESS pursue,
When youth and love grow dim in backward
Wow,
And life is but to bear and still forbear,
An, then, her gentle sweetness, indebted
BY years of bitterness. shono forth. She smiled.
My lady always smiled. in Life and death.
Some cnvied her q life that seemed oil smiles,
And somo cried out or caught sobbing breath,
Self plying. and God and man reviled.
But some, to eorrow's burden reconciled.
We're glad the gladnoss of her face to SEQ
Through toll and care and heartless apathy.
But when they hid my Indy with tho flowers
To slecp where wake q thousand smiling
springs,
solitary father, praying hours
Beneath grand arch and grave cathedral
towers
Thanked, for my lady's rest, tho King of
kings.
He know her soul had ycarncd weary while
To sleep and rest the burden of u smilo!
-Pearson'S Weekly.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-19
Liked His Speeches.

Ex-Governor Stone of Missouri re-
Gently told this story of Colonel John
II. Crisp: When Colonel Crisp was run
ming for congress, he proposed to use
the same speech all over the state. An
old man who heard it the first night
was so delighted that he asked Crisp
where ho was to speak the next day.
When the colonel saw the old man in
his next audience, he was forced to
change his speech to give it semblance
of originality, and so delighted the old
man that he insisted OH knowing the
colonel's next engagement. He follow
ed Mr.. Crisp all over the state and so
worried him by forcing him to constant
ly alter his speech that the colonel at
last i'll despair cried, II speak in sheol
tomorrow night-in sheol, be CAD, sir
and l hope You will DO tho first MAN
SEQ when 1 get there. New York
Tribune