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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25

heat and never In the degree that the
humidity-cursed denizen of the east suf-
fers
In the east on warm day it is about as
hot in the shade as it is in the glare of
the sun. Here it is always comfortable
In the shade, Notwithstanding the city
is almost at sea level Then, no matter
how warm the day may be, a cool and re-
freshing breeze always sets in at noon
from the ocean, which is less than
twenty miles away, and by the middle
of the afternoon it is really comfortable
even in the sun.
Hot nights following hot days add tor
ment to suffering in the less favored
climeS but here the nights are always
cool, thus insuring comfortable rest. The
fogs, too, form an important factor.
They do not come every night. but usu-
ally they give us a gray morning for
nearly half the time especially in the
early summer. Thus the sun does not
appear until late in the forenoon and
this feature, coupled with the afternoon
breeze, makes the whole day endurable.
A week ago last Sunday The Herald
printed an article on the Southern CAL
fornia climate that those who wish to
inquire into the scientific why and
wherefore of the existing conditions will
find very interesting.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
THE BOULEVARD

The decision of the boulevard commit
tee, acting upon the report of its commit
tee of engineers, is especially to be COM
mended for one feature: That is the
avoidance of grade crossings on both
the steam and electric lines in South
Pasadena Taking advantage of in
CAPABILITIES of surface, the boulevard is
made to pass under both car lines. This
will conduce greatly to the safety and
peace of mind of people who drive on
the boulevard in years to come. Now if
a similar avoidance of grade crossings
can be secured with reference to railroad
lines within the city the boulevard will
be ideal in this respect.
Naturally there is a little soreness on
the part of some people who have
worked hard for the Arroyo Seco route,
but that in time will wear away-espe-
cially if those plucky promoters go
ahead with their project on their own
hook as they promise to do. There need
be no angry rivalry between the two
projects. Bach boulevard, if built, will
enhance the value of the other Many
people driving between Los Angeles and
Pasadena will want to go one way and
return the other for variety's sake.
Then, too, the more good roads we have
the more popular driving WHY become
and no popular route will lack travellers.
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1T FORGOT, DOUBTLESS

In an editorial on the manufacture OF
beet sugar here and in Germany, The
Herald quoted the manager of the fac
tory at WatsorNille as saying that he
paid average wages of $685. against 4:
cents in Germany, and that fuel here
costs IS, against So so IN Germany, which
made it very hard to compete with the
foreign product. Whereupon the Elk
press is moved to remark:
1t is gratifying to note that our free
trade, free silver Democratic contem-
porary copies the statement without
hostile comment. Silence means COM
mendation of the sentiment embodied in
the facts set forth. The same editor
of our contemporary fairly teens with
attacks on the protective-tariff prin-
ciple, and attributes all the strikes of
the past to the protection policy of the
Republican party.
The paragraph quoted is sufficient ans
wer to a whole paperful of anti-protec-
ton argument.
The Express, in its eagerness to de
fend the corrupt policy of protection a
it is maintained in this country, utterl,
ignores the fact that Germany is itsel
a protection, high tariff country.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
FORTUNES FOR MEN OF GENIUS

Important events follow each other So
rapidly in these days that people have
already all but forgotten the splendid
prizes offered by the Alfred Noble be-
quest to inventors and discoveries in the
field of science. Mr. Noble left an estate
valued at 100000. The income from
this vast property is estimated at about
$780, 900. His will provides that this in
come shall be divided into fifths and
these annually distributed among five
portant discovery or Invention in sci
ence, written the finest work of fiction,
or who accomplished most in effecting
International peace and fraternity.
Now this means $50, 000-a comfortable
fortune-within the reach, every year,
of each five persons for doing that which
of itself will be honora BILE and creditable
to themselves as we'll as beneficial to
mankind While the author of this ma g.
nificent benefaction was a Swede, he
stipulated in his will that no discrimina-
race or nationality. so that the compe-
tition is open not only to Swedes but to
the world at large. The man of science,
by his patient and tireless genius, often
creates the means by which billiards ac-
cumulate fortune. He rarely has the
money-getting or the oney-hoarding
faculty. Too often he goes through life
in poverty, or, at best, with only pit
lance, while the burly vulgarian, or
constituencies man of enterprise" with
the Iago talent of putting money in his
purse, wakes rich and insolent and lords
: it over his more gifted brother man.
IF wealth and all that it can bring"
says the Scientific American, lis due to
any one set of men more than another,
it is due to the scientists, who give us
from time to time those great funda-
mental truths upon which the indus
trial achievements of our complex mod
ern civilization depend. . And
yet it is a fact that the great majority
of these pioneers who unlock to the
world the great truths upon which the
industrial and much of the social fabric
of our modern life is built up, reap
practically nothing of the harvest of
wealth for which they have done the
sowing"
Alfred Mobiles requests lights bea-
con of hope and encouragement for those
Woodworking children of genius in
every country where science reigns or
has a foothold. If his wise and philan
thropic benefaction but stand the test
of the courts-for of course poor rela
lions and other heirs at-law will contest
its validity-this bequest will prove one
of the noblest uses to which the wealth
of decedent was ever put. 1t will be
year after year, a perpetual stimulan
to scientific discovery and invention, a
breeder of the arts of peace, feeder OF
the fountain whence flames the pure wa
terS of modern civilization.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
THE HERHLD'S MUSE


To go, or not to go, that is the question.
Whether tits nobler in the mind to suffer
The sings and arrows of outrageous for
tune,
Or to take up armsful of provisions against
sea of ice,
And by opposing fill your pockets with the
yellow nuggets.
To swim, to march, and by that march to
be the gamer
OF marvellous wealth, and thus end the
heart-ache
And the thousand shocks poor flesh is
heir to;
Ills a contamination devoutly to be
wished
To dig, to starve, to starve;
Perchance to freeze; aye. there's the rub.
When we have delved from frozen ground
the shining gold,
Must give us pause: there's a respect
That makes calamity long-lived,
For who would bear the whips and scorns
of poverty,
The oppressor's wrong, the rich mans con-
tumely,
The monthly bills, the ancient ragged
clothes,
When he himself might make his fortune
With a pick and shovel? To fret and worry
out weary life
But that the dread of freezing in icy
Alaska,
From whose bourne each traveller returns
treasure laden,
Puzzles the will and makes. us rather bear
the ills we have
Than fly to those we know not of.
MARIE H. HUEHNER.
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ANOTHER GREAT DISCOVERY

In May last the American Museum of
Natural History sent an expedition to
Wyoming to search for fossils of extinct
reptiles, and day or two ago it was
announced that Professor Workman of
Columbia college had discovered a car
load Of bones and other things, among
which are two gigantic dinosaurs leach
about fifty feet long"
Professor Workman is to be congratu-
lated upon his discovery. 1t is hoped
that fate will not be so unkind to him
as it was couple of years ago when he
made his first research in the wilds OF
Wyoming. The professor had been
proving around in the neighborhood at
Sheridan when he came upon skeleton
three feet long that, he declared after
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
SUNDAY, JULY rs, 1907
THE STATISTICS OF CRIME

The more one studies crime and, its
! upon any one great primary cause of
offenses against the law that consigns
those found guilty of them to the peni-
tentiaries. Ignorance and intemper-
signed; yet the statistics of penology
do not warrant such assumption to a
like degree. This fact has been brought
out by different authorities who have
census; and their conclusions are cor
roborated by the criminal statistics pre-
scented in the annual report of the Cana
dian minister of justice
There are 1861 criminal inmates of Ca
madam penitentiaries, or 2.S to each
10000 of the population. They are d.
vided among the religious den nominal
tions as follows: Roman Catholics GAS;
Church of England, 2SS; Methodists,
200; Presbyterians. 112; Baptists, "a,
and Buddhists Ia. OF course it is not
to be assumed that the copvicts are
members in good standing of these va
rious religious denominations.
The minister of justice says that in
temperance does not seem to be so COM
mon a failing of the professional Grim
inals who constitute the bulk of the pen
itentiary population as of some other
classes of criminals. There are 122 total
abstaiuers, 706 temperate persons and
500 Incorporate in the penitentiaries.
The percentage of incorporates is GER
tainly large enough but it does not ex-
plain the amount of crime that exists
Nor does the lack of education tell the
story, for the minister says that, al
though many of the Canadian convicts
are colonial only 235 Of them cannot
read, while 1046 can both read and write
The last census of the United States
disclosed that there were S2,929 persons
in state prisons jails, penitentiaries and
other places of confinement. This is
1915 criminals to every million of popu-
lation against $50 for Canada; but il
should be taken into consideration that
in Canada the penitentiary inmates
alone were considered. Jail inmate:
were not counted. In the United States
there is one negro criminal to every
three and one-half criminals. While the
rates of negroes to the general popula
ton IS as one to about zine.
In taking the American census it was
ascertained that out of 5000 or more pris
oners whose habits were ascertained
1882 were total abstaners, 1929 occa
sional or moderate drinkers and 126-
drunkards. Here the percentages dc
not differ greatly from those presented
by the Canadian statistics except thai
the percentage of drunkards is one-fiftf
here and nearly one-third in Canada.
1t may be set down as fact that n
fixed rule can be stated of the relation
of illiteracy to crime. For instance, Ne,
braska has the lowest percentage o.
illiterates. 3.01, and the smallest per
centage of prisoners .0S. in the union
but Wyoming, which closely follows
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
much measuring and research. was the
remains of a prehistoric man.


remains of prehistoric man.
The discovery created great excite
ment in the bosom of the professor and
elsewhere. A Denver daily enlarged
scare heads and double loaded editor
ial 1t was the greatest day science had
seen since Corbett laid Sullivan low at
New Orleans.
But fate, which, like science, has no
mercy nor the milk of human kindness.
had a bitter draught in store for the pro-
lessor. One of the other Denver dailies
went into the prehistoric research bust
ness on its own account and soon de-
veloped the fact that the supposed re-
mains of prehis toric man were the bones
of a pet monkey that had given UP the
ghost only a few moons before.
1t was a repetition of the event that
broke up the society on the Stanislow,
so dear to the memory of all Califor-
mans.
Then Jones he asked the chair for a
suspension of the rules
Till he could prove that these same
bones was one of his lost mules.
Professor Workman, however, is made
of sterner stuff He is plainly entitled,
since he has lost his prehistoric man,
to at least two dinosaurs. The Herald
wishes him joy of them, and that they
were each 100 feet long instead of a
measly fifty.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
OUR SUMMER WEATHER

The tens of thousands of summer Wis
itors in San Francisco last week were
given an object lesson in the advantages
of our climate over that of the heat
stricken east. The majority of the tour
lists will be in Southern California this
week, and here they will be given an
other practical illustration of real eli
matte advantages.
We are in warm latitude, so to speak
We raise semi-tropical fruits. Snow
never falls except on the mountain tops
and frost is a rare curiosity. The sur
is very cordial in his attentions, and the
thermometer sometimes runs high, We
the ADgeleno rarely suffers from tn,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
The Hope of 1900

He's goin round the country now,
Jess stirrin' up our thinkers"
An shown all us fellers how
Them folks are money thinkers.
An there's a storm a-comin',
Seems to me hear it Numbered
Come up and vote for Bryan, boys,
The hope of 1900"
He's layin' down good common sense,
An waking up the dupe,
Who hasn't done no thinkin' since
They put i'm in the soup.
He's stirrin' up some notice, too
He's shown where We blundered
An there will be some votin' for
The hope of 1900.
Then its hurral for William j.,
The man TO labor bound,
The man who always dares to state
And hold his chosen ground.
Then hang to every tenet true
That when the shout is Numbered,
You cast your honest labor vote
For the hope of 1900.
c. FRARY.
J,ns Angeles July 81 1887.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
Los Angeles, July 81, 1887.
Fetters of Straw

Life lent its power to Beauty:
Beauty gave power to Love;
Love gave the sceptre to Duty;
Then Law took the throne-seat above.
And Law to itself assumed power
To govern Love, Beauty and Life,
And the story of Life from that hour
Was record of sorrow and strife.
For law knew not loving nor living;
Dead rods from wayside that's passed;
Dead measures to keep Love from giving;
Dead rules that dead rulers outlast.
Life and Love unto Law were not debtors
But both were enthalled by Law,
Till reason and Truth broke the letters,
And found them but letters of straw.
JAMES r. TOWNSEND.
July 4, 1897.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25

with "a percentage of illiterates, has Is
per cent of criminals. which is a greater
percentage than South Cardinals where
nearly one-half the inhabitants are il
literate.
The comparison might be carried far
Their, but enough has been given to show
that penology is fascinating but per-
picking study.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
Sometime

Sometime" says the maiden,
Sometime" says the youth,
Sometime we'll be happy,
Yes, sometime, forsooth."
Sometime l will tell you"
Sometime you shall know"
Sometime in the future"
Sometime we will 60"
Sometime We'll be happy"
Sometime We'll be sad"
Sometime we'll know why
We're unhappy or glad"
Sometime will you love me-
He eagerly cried.
Sometime. yes, sometime,
The maiden replied.
"Some time l will write you"
Sometime l will call"
Sometime the church bell
Will toll for US all"
Sometime the dim future
Will be in the past"
Sometime we will wish
That the present would last"
Sometime, do you hear me?"
EYES," says Sometime, sometime.
ALICE B. STUART
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The Trouble Should Be Settled

AS matters now stand, the men are
losing more than $500, 900 a week in wages
and every accession to their ranks will
swell the loss. The operators and trans
portation companies, rail and water,
and their employers are losing double
that sum. Their losses also will in
crease as the strike spreads. A due re-
gard for their own interests would there
fore prompt both sides to settle the con-
troversy amicably and at once.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
Don't Attempt Too Much

Senator White of California is leading
the fight against the enactment of a
tariff bill which is admitted on all hands
to be the best in it's provisions for the
producers in this state ever submitted to
congress. OF course he is doing what
any man of his political faith in his place
would be compelled to do, nevertheless
it is pity the people can have but one
reckoning with him. He deserves to be
beaten twice for re-election.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin
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The Feminine Way

Bowser (reading telegram he has pre-
pared)-How does this suit you? Can
not come today. Expect us next week
Mother is ILL.," There's just ten words
Mrs. Bowser-Thats all right; only
why not say, Mother is indisposed?"
Mr.. Bowser-That wouldn't make II
any clearer.
Mrs. Bowser-I know; but it is longer
word than Gill;" and we might as well
get our moneys worth while we are
about it-Boston Transcript.
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Books Must Balance

superintendent hate to mention it,
Mr.. Quiller, but the firm is suspicious
of you. 1t thinks you have taken some
of the funds.
CUTLER (the ook-keeper)-Of course
have. Tween you and me it was the
only way I could make my books bal
ance.--Boston Transcript.
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Its Reason for Being

"But what" inquired the general pas
senger agent affably sis the object of
this society for whose convention you
ask consideration? What does it do?
"Why, it obtains excursion rates." ex-
planned the inexperienced chairman of
the transportation Chicago
Journal
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
Will Build a Ship Canal

The announcement is now made that
plans are afoot for steamer that will
ply between Ensenada and Los Angeles
at intervals of six weeks" The dispatch,
however, fails, to mention at what street
corner in Los Angeles the vessel will
dock. Can it be that the people of that
place, realizing that San Pedro harbor
is a burst bubble, are now turning their
attention to airships?-San Diego Union.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
A Cordial Invitation

With the new and splendid Jail facili-
ties Chicago feels amply able to enter
tain better class of persons. Promi-
nent citizens who bribe aldermen should
not be backward in picking out desirable
cells.-Chicago Record.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
A Conundrum

The tariff will raise prices,
And the coal trusts have their way,
Which enables these good people
To increase the miners pay.
Now the miners beg an increase
OF nine cents on the ton.
Will the coal trust grant it
Or get out the Calling gun?
w. A. C
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
A Decided Difference

There is an art in putting things. "He
never turned the hungry from his door"
sounds very well, but it's different when
you say, HE fed every tramp that came
along. "-Philadelph Ledger.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25

1t will take only about one more heat
wave to make Chicago and St. Louis
people thoroughly reconciled to Hades.
There is nothing like being prepared in
advance
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.


State of California, County of Los Ange-
less.
L. NJ. 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 Qnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1906
copies, being an average daily circulation
of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,07l,567, being daily aver
age of 1906 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,O59 being an average fer
each Sunday of 1O;431.
L. NJ. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of July, 1897
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County of Los
Angeles. State of California.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25

1t is strange that nobody has asked
Mark Hanna's opinion as to the effect of
the Clondyke discoveries on prosperity
Does he regard them as dispensation of
providence, or just piece of Hannacan
luck?
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His Way

William Good-It's shocking the way
some young men spend money.
Jack Dasher-Isn't it! Now get ev-
erything on credit.-Brooklyn Life.
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William Miller of New York city be-
lieved that he was balloon and carried
sand in his pockets to prevent himself
from flying off the face of the earth.
Some people ought to carry the ballast
in their heads
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FREMONT VS.. BRYAN

The Bryan campaign of 1896 was to
the country what the Fremont cam
paign was in 1S56-forty years ago.
E. AS 1856 was to 1860 so will 1896
be to 19O0.-Los Angeles Herald.
Yes. to be sure, but does any old
timer happen to remember to have seen
Mr. Fremont prancing around the
country between 1856 and 1860 in search
of nomination ?-Fresno Republican.
No, indeed But perhaps if he hat
continued the agitation of the grea
cause he had espoused, he might hav,
been elected in 1860.
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The Greatest Gold Country

Not Alaska, but California is the
worlds greatest gold country.
ENQUIRER.
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Thirteen Harlem girls have formed a
suicide club. Right in the middle of the
| ice cream season, too.
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San Francisco is still good This is
too good to last.
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The Empire State special, the fast
train of the New York Central railroad,
has broken the record again, covering
the distance between Syracuse and Buff
falo 149 miles, in just 143 minutes. The
traditional mile a minute gait is no
longer good for purposes of comparison.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25

The New York World intimates that
Tammany would rather have the pick
ings of Greater New York than all the
riches of the Clondyke diggings. The
fact that neither Dick Croker nor Jack
Sheehan have said anything about going
to Alaska is corroborative of this view
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25

sometimes merciless. An insane st.
Louis murderer will be subjected to an
operation for the purpose of restoring
his reason. If the operation is success
full the man will be hanged. Would
popular opinion say let the man remain
as he is?
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-25

Nothing is being done to find out who
forged those claims and acceptances
on the Pacific Coast Steamship company
and then sold them to copfiding wealthy
ey fast. The bilking business is likely
to be overdone If some steps are not
taken to curb the schemers who at pres
ent appear to be laughing at the law.