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The herald., 1897-04-08
Never Closes

was met In addition to this
amount the city was authorized
to issue bonds to the extent of $5o0,Ooo
for buildings. and there are about 6oo
garden members who contribute $o
per year each to its support
The foregoing facts will give many
hints as to how we may make a great
botanical garden in Griffith park an
accomplished fact. If some phllan-
thropic, public-spirited individual or
individuals would supply the funds Tor
the equipment and maintenance of sucn
a garden, there is no doubt the council
will gladly set aside suitable number
of acres for the purpose. Here is an
opportunity to do a lasting good. not
only to Los Angeles, but to all Southern
California and the rest of the Pacific
coast, and also to perpetuate the donors
memory In q most lasting way. such
an opportunity should not be let pass.
It is certainly to be hoped that some
person or persons will sufficiently ap-
preciate the great value such garden
would be to humanity to furnish the
funds necessary for its establishment.
A. J. M'CLATCHIE.
The herald., 1897-04-08

In this discussion about All FOOLS
night of the Fiesta, no one has said any
thing of the duty of fathers and mothers.
There is much said of the responsibility
of the police; of regulations to be en-
forced: of fines for certain kinds OF law
lessness but no one has said that young
women should be protected by the home
influence. There is no reason why the
revelry might not be enjoyed in family
groups, why the father and mother
should not feel the absolute necessity
for guardianship and care upon this
night, why any young girl who has any
sort of protector should be out alone ON
the streets of Los Angeles, exposed to
the hoodlumism and lawlessness of All
Fools night. The responsibility of
parents in such matters is most repre-
hensible. Fathers seem absorbed in
business, mothers in various charities or
clubs, or society, and the young people
are in a great measure left TO them
selves This may do at some seasons,
but All Fools night is not one of them.
1t is to be hoped that this year the
citizens of Los Angeles will not depend
wholly upon police protection, but that
each parent will feel it his duty to look
after his own children and that there
will be no repetition of the rowdyism
that took place last year among some
of the young people.
The herald., 1897-04-08
rh. Feudal system Dying Out

1t looks, indeed, as If all these sleepy
European lands of the east were going
to make a full swing of the pendulum
from feudalism across to socialism with
out stopping at the halfway house OF
republicanism, just as the French Liber-
ais plunged from Catholicism to the ex-
treme of atheism, with no intermediary
Protestant compromise whatever.
In Roumania, for example, the govern
nent has Just passed through the depu
ties a land reform bill of the most re-
markable kind, which enables any peas
ant to borrow from the treasury the
purchase r>Sney for ewenty-four, or less,
acres of land, to be repaid in yearly
installments running over thirty years.
The avowed purpose is to break up the
great estates of the landed gentry, and
in the debates preceding the passage Of
the bill it was significantly pointed out
The herald., 1897-04-08
ISIS

Low at her feet watch and dream:
She will not lift her veil;
l dimly see a brow sublime
And features grand and pale,
And feel a mighty heart replies
To all my rapture or my sighs.
She is so near her breathing falls
On my attentive ear;
She is so far the twilight stars
Shine through her mantle clear
AS silent as the grave may be.
And yet the soul of melody.
The lotus trembling on her brow
Exhales divine perfume;
The mystic splendor OF her smile
Pervades my narrow gloom.
The dearth of solitary hours
She answers with thousand MOWERS.
Oppressed with haunting, hindering cares,
MY heart rebels at fate
She stoops to me, and 10! snare
Her own imperial state.
1 glide beyond my prison bars.
And walk with her the path OF stars.
Forever sorrowful In death.
Forever glad in birth.
Her face the glory of the skies, 4 =
Her step the bloom OF earth ~.
As natures SELF the pure, the free,
-Hsrper's Monthly.
The herald., 1897-04-08
The Generals for Peace

Major General Miles commanding the
United States army, expressed the be-
lief in a dispatch to the New York World
of recent date that the principles of arbi-
tration are wise and humane, and that a
congress of nations for the settlement OF
international questions would be in the
best interest of modern Civilizations
Judgment In which Major-Generals
Howard and Merritt and Brigadier-Gen-
erals Rosecrans and Hardin as freely
commit themselves. In fact 1t might be
laid down as broad proposition that all
the great men of the country who have
won fame in war are in favor of peace.
1t is only the feather-bed soldiers-the
jingoes who have never smelled gunpow-
der-who are shouting for war and twist
ing the lions tail on paper, and possibly
even these Furiosos may abate their
fury somewhat now that the new ad-
ministration is against them.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The herald., 1897-04-08

Southern California has been injured
in the past by those who sought to trade
upon the reputation of Los Angeles
county to sell lands in other sections
that were of little value. Recently
some travelling photographers have de-
ceived the public by labelling photo
graphs OF scenery in other portions of
the state with bogus names, and have
sold them for Los Angeles views. This
is unjust, not only to this, but to other
portions of the state, and can only re-
suit in injury. This portion of the state
has no desire to send out photographs
of Santa Clara county prune trees false
ly labeled, and, upon the other hand, is
not anxious to have photographs OF
Los Angeles orange trees labeled Los
Gatos oranges" In photography, as in
other callings. honesty is the best pol
lev
The herald., 1897-04-08
THE ARLINGTON HOTEL
BEAUTIFUL SANTA BARBARA

that IL the landlords declined to sell.
there wouldn't be any difficulty to ana
means to make them sell. Similarly.
the war correspondents working their
way about the Balkans cannot express
100 strongly their surprise at the re-
markably democratic spirit of all classes
not only in Greece. but also in Bulgaria,
and Servia Absolutely no trace of
feudalism, or of the cringing deferencs
to the old families or the landed pro-
prietors is found by them anywhere
Harold Frederick to the New York
Tirnes
The herald., 1897-04-08

The United States has decided to
charter a vessel to carry food to the
famine-stricken inhabitants of India.
The condition of India's millions is due
more largely to landlordism than the
failure of crops, though the latter con-
dition is undoubtedly the immediate
cause of the famine.
The herald., 1897-04-08

Says Greece to the world, Life is not
worth having if we may not worship
God according to the dictates of our
conscience" Says Turkey to the pow
ers, Wont you please keep Greece
from shooting at me while l slaughter
her subjects who will not bow down to
Mohammed?"
The herald., 1897-04-08
Dapradatiou

The spectacle Of Tom Platt making
the rounds of the Washington depart
ments and soliciting patronage is quite
pathetic. For a man who has been so
widely advertised as dictator, Mr..
Platt has suffered considerable of
slump at both ends Of his political lines.
New York Journal.
The herald., 1897-04-08
Why He Was Not Present

Hymn singing Hank (pastor of Lone
Gulch chapeD-I fail to see Red-nosed
Mike in this congregation. Did he fail
from grace durin' my absence las week!
Bronco Dave (volunteering informa,
tion)-No; he got too previous an fell
off'n a bar'l with a rope roun' his neck
Judge.
The herald., 1897-04-08

Statistics show that there is rapid
increase in olive production in Califor-
mia. A careful calculation of reported
shipments for 1896 showed s250,000 and
for 1897 close estimate places the
amount at $500, 600
The herald., 1897-04-08

Uruguay is uneasy Cuba bleeds; Bra
zi is a volcano; Greece trembles; Spain
hangs in the balance; Hawaii is under a
cloud; Japan is aggressive; Russia has
an eye for the main chance, and Eng
land, France and Germany are anx-
iously watching the gathering storm.
The United States only is enjoying the
prospect of undisturbed peace.
The herald., 1897-04-08

England is to expend this year, in in
creasing and supporting her naval force,
little more than s115,o00,00O, and will
have under construction 108 vessels.
Thus does universal disarmament fade
away in the distance.
The herald., 1897-04-08

The cities of Nice, Cannes, Beaulieu
and Mentone. on the Mediterranean,
have found the raising of flowers for the
manufacture of perfumes a profitable
business California has all the natural
advantages for a similar industry.
The herald., 1897-04-08
When General Hancock was nor

When General Hancock was nominat-
ed for President OF the United States he
said in his letter of acceptance that the
tariff was local issue, and this gave
offense to many people. Recent events
prove that he was right Massachu-
sets, with her wooden mills, wants a
low tariff; other states. with their sheep,
want a high tariff.
The herald., 1897-04-08

General Miles Is among those who urge
speedy ratification of the arbitration
treaty with England. Our really great
fighters have always been the strongest
dissenters from jingo talk of war. 1t was
so with Grant, and it is so today with
the men who, If the dreadful necessity
of war did come, would be our stoutest
thunpers of the foe on land and sea-
Paterson Press.
The herald., 1897-04-08

Buffalo, N. Y, is preparing to ex-
pend 100000 to make the national en-
campment G. A. r., to be held there in
August. a pleasant occasion for the
veterans.
The herald., 1897-04-08

John Sherman may be good secre-
tary of state, and a good financier, but
as an economist-well, let us not COM
plain if he does write his full name to
all foreign cabegrams at dollar let
ter
The herald., 1897-04-08

If circumstantial evidence is ever suf-
ficient to warrant the death penalty. it
is so in the case of Durrant, whom the
supreme court recently refused to grant
a rehearing.
The herald., 1897-04-08
AS to a future relief measure for the

AS to future relief measure for the
Mississippi river sufferers, Mr.. J..
Fl. Price, of St. Louis Mo-,
makes a most excellent sugges-
ton. 1t is that several wide, deep
channels be cut in the vicinity of New
Orleans and other points on the river
where higher ground offers a dam to
high water This would undoubtedly let
the water through without trouble.
The herald., 1897-04-08

For the benefit Of fishermen it is
stated that the game law permits the
catching of trout, with hook and line,
from April to December l.
The herald., 1897-04-08

There is an unexampled opportunity
for the establishment in Los Angeles of
a geological garden. No doubt such an
enterprise would prove profitable If
properly conducted by private parties,
but in order to insure freedom from OBJ
jectionable features it should be estab-
lished by the municipality. A beginning
might easily be made at the Elysian
park. When once there is a nucleus.
there is constant accretion, and within
few years a collection is secured at a
small cost, which could not have been
by a single purchase secured for twice
the sum.
The herald., 1897-04-08

The true character of the Dingley tar
If bill is shown by the utter lack of in
terest taken by congressman in the de
bate" so-called. At no time scarcely
since the debate began has there been a
quorum of the house of representatives
present. The fact is that the adoption of
the measure is regarded as a foregone
conclusion, and nobody cares to listen
to a discussion which is sure to be fruit
less.-Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-04-08

Governor w. T. Thornton, of New
Mexico, has resigned. Another excep-
tion to the rule that office-holders die,
but never resign.
The herald., 1897-04-08

will have to compete the same as ever
with the cheap labor Of Sicily and the
cheap sugar and tin of London and
Glasgow.
Surely the east has the handle side Of
this protection jug.
The herald., 1897-04-08

The Washington Post thinks that
there may be some significance in the
fact that the few men President Nc
Kinley has appointed to Office have not
been daily callers at the White House.
This is a valuable hint and might be use
full for future reference. Since ASK and
ye shall receive" cannot be the mind of a
dispenser of patronage, Many do call
but few are chosen" is contortion of
scripture that seems appropriate.
The herald., 1897-04-08

The prune growers and dealers of San
Jose and Visalia are prosperous and. the
outlook for the present season is en-
couraging to them.
The herald., 1897-04-08

The United States has two expensive
armies: One the regular army; the
other, 17S, III office holders, who receive
500, 1927 annually.
The herald., 1897-04-08

Sixty days, did you say, for the senate
to consider the Dingley bill? Better
make it July 4th; they will need all the
fireworks accessories.
The herald., 1897-04-08

The New York World and the New
York Journal seem to have at last
exhausted the resources of reasons why
they should not be read.
The herald., 1897-04-08

The Chattanooga News says Col. Fred
Grant was minister to Australia under
the Harrison administration. This will
be news to the colonel.
The herald., 1897-04-08
Still Cause for Mourning

.erhere's Charlie Skates In black. won
der II he is mourning for his sins
mo. don't think they're all dead yet
Truth.
The herald., 1897-04-08
THEPUBLIC 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 the
proper expression of their views.)
The herald., 1897-04-08

When the Dingley tariff bill becomes
a law we will have a revenue system
that will enable the tariff barons to take
81, 800. .000, 900 from the pockets of the peo-
pie in order to raise $3.50. 600 for the
government-Galveston News.
The herald., 1897-04-08
THE DINGLEY BILL

When Chairman Dingley and his asso-
ciate tariff thinkers assume to compen-
safe the farmers for taxing chains, bind
ing twine and grain bags by putting an
impost duty on cereals which are never
imported, they place poor estimate on
the intelligence of the farmer. There is
too much of the principle of 'heads l
win and tails you lose" in that to pull
the wool over the eyes of your agricul-
tural Uncle Silas.-Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1897-04-08

Yuma has been quiet place for dec
ade, but the recent discoveries of rich
ore in the vicinity have brought once
The herald., 1897-04-08

more the vigor and life of mining
camp.
The herald., 1897-04-08
Your Watch on a Leather Strap

Various devices for holding a woman'o
watch securely In some convenient place
have been tried with more or less success.
The very latest fad of all is the tiny leath-
er bag tag strap with a little gold buckle
fastened around the belt, and from this
the watch is suspended.-NewY York Sun.
The herald., 1897-04-08
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-09
A CAUTIOUSLY Named Garden.

There is a garden in Brlxton kept by
an old gentleman, which presents some
curloslties in floral nomenclature. The
owner has been seized with a desire to
label his flowers after the manner of
botanlsts, but, knowing nothing of sci
enti1c terms, consulted an acquaint-
ance. The result is more amusing than
appropriate, and proves the folly of
wisdom where ignorance is bliss. Sci
entifc names have been affixed to all
the flowers, but strictly on the principle
that IA rOse by any other name will
smell as sweet" One row bears the
Inscription ''NuE vomica;" another is
boldly labeled "Nisi Prius;" a third is
affirmed to be "lpecacuanha," and an
other to be "Particeps criminis." The
amateur gardener is exceedingly proud
OF his collection, and no one has enlight-
ened him on the incongruity of the de.
scriptlons.-London Telegraph.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-09

and in position on deck are shown.
They are from the Electrical Review.
The ring Of the buoy is normally in
the plane Of the frame; when the buoy
Is dropped into the water, the ring on
which the buoy floats turns so as to rest
on its side on the wafer, and on SO turn
ing operates an automatic switch con-
trolling the lights in the manner de-
scribed below. At the lower end of
the frame is the battery box containing
the cells. To keep this perfectly dry
inside. a moisture absorber is placed
there with the cells. The box cover is
easily removable and made water-tight
by a-packing of rubber with wax or tar.
The framework passes from the ends
of the battery box upward, meeting to
form an arch over the ring. On top of
this arch Is the lantern, a glass globe
covering one or more pairs of incandes-
cent lamps. Electrical connection be-
tween these lamps and the battery cells
is through the tubes Of the frame Is a
switch box containing the automatic
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-09
A UNIQUE Rennhlin

The republic of Goust is the smallest
In the world. Andorra is an empire in
comparison. Goust is about a mile
square, and it houses 1870 persons. II
has been independent these $50 years.
1t stands on top Of mountain by the
Spanish border, near the edge of
France, and II gets along very COM
fortably without ever mixing itself in
other peoples affairs, and without
reading the evening papers, or so far
as we know, the morning ones. The de-
lectable $50 govern themselves by n
council one member Of which is select.
ed to see that the business agreed upon
is executed. Matters go along very
smoothly, and Goustians are all the
happier because nobody knows much
about them, and therefore they are IN.
City Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-09

to a fancy for throwing things into the
] fire. She confessed to her physician
that the impulse was merely playful in
/ the beginning. She had thrown an old
pair Of slippers into the crate, and had
been amused AT the contortlOns caused
/ by the scorching Of the leather. Next
day she threw an old hat into the fire
ard enjoyed seeing it burn. In another
day she was surprised by a strong de-
sire to throw something else into the
fire, and as the object nearest at hand
happened to be a handsome prayer
book, madame covered her eyes rather
than see 1t burn. The habit seemed
thus to be established. The victim of it
said the desire came In the shape OF
violent paroxysm which caused her
flesh to creep and culver until she had
yielded TO the morbid impulse TO throw
something of value into the FIRE.
a homely instance OF the existence OF
kleptomanla is that Of an elderly ply
sician. This good man, who is a high
ly respected member of the community
IN which he lives and faithful unto
death In his profession, cannot bear to
leave a patients house without some
trlflng souvenir of his visit. Thimbles
spools of thread, spoons and scissors
are carried away In the doctors peck
cts The situation is so thoroughly IN
derstood that the doctors pockets are
regularly inspected by his better half
anil the articles are quietly returned to
their owners,
A specialist IN mental diseases has
a fund Of queer stories of kleptomani0.
One thorough-going woman, who came
for treatment for the trouble. contrived
to carry away after her first treat
ment'' bulky medical work, a few in
stIuments and the doctors driving
gloves. All these articles. with GUAM
titles Of other stolen goods, were af-
terward found in closet Of the lady's
house The closet was dark one, and
the fact developed that everything this
particular maniac appropriated was
cast into the closet and never even
looked at afterward.
Persons OF high moral standards and
bright intelIects have not infrequently
enriched medical lore by giving careful
accounts of their kleptomanlac expert
ences. One lad. who was recovering
from an attack of fever, saw. man
pass his window wearing big watch
chain. The boy had plenty of money
to crafty his whims, but he became
of a desire to possess that
particular chain. His dreams and wax
ing hours became an agony. As soon
as he was able he Watched in the
streets for that chain. He saw it. and |
eventually saw the man lay it, with n
watch attached, upon a jewelers. coun-
ter. The boy dashed in. seized his prize
and escaped. With a guilty conscience
the thief sent the watch back to the
jeweler, but still found no pleasure in
the possession of the chain. At last he
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-09

N@--NPN~rs ]stfNpk=GaseC % IN IN o
crime YET fair science frowns not wifi
both sides OF her face Medical men
as Is their habit, disagree as to tbs
moral responsibility OF the kleptoma
MAC and even jurists do not rest II
sweet accord upon the subject. SO emf
nent authorities as Judge Noah Davl.
and Judge Cox have handed down the
opinion that every one is responsible
who knows the nature and conse
: quenees Of his acts" Other judges, ex,
pressing the advanced Ideas OF theii
constituents, have tenderiy recommend.
60 alleged kleptomaniacs to the care of
their friends, convinced that medical
treatment would cure them.
II Is not so very long since the world
began to consider insanity an extenua-
ton OF crime or a disease amenable 10
treatment More recently still those
only have been considered Insane who
ragged. raved and were entirely without
self-control or saving grace. Now there
are physicians learned In mental dis
eases who claim that four-ffths Of the
human race are insane upon some point
ARE liable to give expression to NOR.
bid impulses.
just here the work OF the morallst--
1urist II you will--comes in. AS prac-
tically all men are or may become cap
bly, destructive forces In the shape Of
ton to decide Is whether the individ-
ual 70 whom these come Is not always
capable Of suppresslng them If he will
That strange, unmeasured, unguessed
power, the human wlll-how far is that
or Is It not, responsible. Are not terri
BILE destructive forces in the shape Of
morbid impulses repressed until they
die out Of individuals and of races be-
cause the. moral balance Is maintained
by that same human will2
And Is II not the dry OF the law TO
Insist that the neral balance must be
maintained and the giving rein to NOR
bid impulses punished? The man who
steals when under the influence of
liquor is In a mentally irresponsible
condition, yet the law takes no account
of that or holds that he should have
taken care not to become mentally and
morally irresponsible.
English society and English courts
have not the privilege of pretending TO
be greatly surprised at the alleged Pc
culiarties Of an American cousln-ln
law. So long ago as the early seventies
the London Times in commenting upon
the case Of a gentlewoman who had
been arrested charged with stealing
some handkerchiefs from shop, that
any one in society could name off-hand
q dozen danes Of high degree who were
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-01-09

returned the chain, and suffered no
more from a morbid Impulse which he
could always have resisted If his will
power had not been weakened by ILL.,
ness.
instances are yalueiess, save as they
establish the status of the mental or
moral disease But the consideration
OF that question, Involving as 1t does a
wider subject than that of kleptomanla.
might we'll be entered upon by all the
people who have time enough to stop
to think what the morbid and danger
GUS Impulses are, and to what extent
they can be controlled in the interest Of
public morals and the general good.