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The herald., 1897-12-24
The Attainme ent of Longevity

The following rules have been drawn
up by Sir James Sawyer, physician of
Birmingham. Englad an embodying the
secret of longevity. Sir James sees no
reason why one who will faithfully fol-
dow them should not live to the age of
100:
l. Eight hours sleep.
g Sleep on your right side
8. Keep your bedroom window open
all night.
4. Have a mat to your bedroom door.
5. Do not have your bedstead against
the wall.
6. No cold tub in the morning, but a
bath at the temperature of the body.
Z. Exercise before breakfast.
g. Eat little meat and see that it is
well cooked.
9. (For adults Drink no milk.
10. Eat plenty of fat to feed the cells
which destroy disease germs.
II. Avoid intoxicants, which destroy
those cells.
u. Daily exercise in the open air
13. Allow no pet animals in your living
rooms. They are apt to carry about dis
ease germs.
IA. Live in the country il you can.
Is. Watch the three D's-drinking
water, damp and drains.
16. Have change of occupation.
II. Take frequent and short holidays.
is. Limit your ambition.
10. Keep your temper.
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vealed to her, as 1t has been taught all
governments, that henceforth japan
must be ranked among the naval and
military powers. She is ambitious, and
burns with the humiliation Of having
been forced to cede to Russia the fruits
of her own victorious arms.
1t will not be contrary to history IT,
when this little island shall have gath
cred sufficient strength to meet the
Goliath of Asia, it will attempt to Ie-
cover the Chinese territory and its ad-
vantages which it's arms had won, but
which it was not permitted to enjoy.
And this time may be at hand. From
all sources. and at all times. comes the
news that Japan is increasing her navy,
and her army, and is striving to place
herself in the first rank of the naval and
military powers
The sudden departure for China of
squadrons of several European countries
is not without purpose. Neither Eng
land, France nor Germany is ever far off
when there is a foot of territory to be di-
vided or acquired. Nor are they un-
aware of the natural advantages which
both Russia and Japan will have in any
division of the Chinese empire.
The American people will view with in
difference any possible conflict between
the powers over the domains of China,
but it must be evident to all that coun-
try which shuts out all progressive and
civilizing influences and lives and works
and thinks and does according to the
laws, manners and philosophy of the
barbarism of three thousand years ago,
cannot long survive the higher civiliza
ton which surrounds it.
The herald., 1897-12-24
THE ORANGE CROP AND THE
FROST

Another cold wave has swept over CAL
ifornia, and some damage has resulted to
The orange crop, but it is hoped not to
the same extent as occurred in January,
1894, or in January, 1896. Some of the
opinions expressed may have over
estimated the mischief.
Fruit merchants and shippers have
sent more oranges to the east than the
markets would stand The fruit is not
yet ripe, and in the rush to get good
prices for holiday goods, oranges We're
shipped that were not even coored, to
say nothing of being ripe. The holiday
trade will use a certain quantity of
oranges, whether they are ripe or not
but the demand is limited. Some of the
shippers desire to boom" the market
east and bear" it here in California
Hence their reports have probably over
stated the damage done.
There is another view Of the case that
must not be lost sight of. These occa-
sional cold waves have served to demon
and there are cold belts throughout the
state. The low lands are subject to
damaging frosts, while the higher slopes
of the valleys, nearer the mountains or
foothills, are not subject to damaeirg
frosts. Years ago this fact was not so
well known as it is today The low
lands were more easily irrigated than
the higher slopes, and hence they were
as a rule, the first to be planted. Hence
many of the first orange orchards in
Southern California We're planted in To-
calities where no one would today think
of planting either the orange or the
fact that the higher slopes of the val
leys We're comparatively free from frost
they began to plant their citrus trees on
those slopes.
Riverside is good illustration of this
proposition. The old Riverside canal
covered the lower lands of the valley. It
was soon discovered that the lower por-
tions of this territory were frequently
subject to damaging frosts, while
other portions were seldom injured at
all. Later, the Gage canal covered a
higher level, and it brought under culti-
walton large tract of country, most
OF which is never visited by damaging
frosts. AT the time of the freeze four
years ago the Gage tract produced very
fHw oranges; today it is a great factor in
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the orange market. Four years ago a
frost would have damaged a certain
quantity of fruit. Today such a frost
would perhaps injure just as much fruit,
but there is a much larger area that is
untouched. The comparative damage
is now light. where four years ago the
same frost would have made the COM
parative damage heavy. Orange or
chards are being eliminated from the
frosty localities, and in few years such
a cold wave as the one just experienced
will do no considerable damage. This
state of facts applies to all sections. The
lower lands of Redlands, Highland,
Ontario and Pomona are subject to
frost while there is no damage done in
the higher attitudes.
The danger of financial loss to South
ern California growers this season will
not lie in the great quantity of fruit
frozen, but in the fact that some of that
fruit will be sent to market. and east
ern buyers will refrain from buying
oranges at all, because of fear of getting
frosted fruit. If the Southern Califor
MIA orchardists, backed by the Fruit
exchange and shipping merchants,
would absolutely hold back for one
month. all fruit from orchards suspected
of having been injured, then only good
fruit would go to market for that period
and confidence would be restored. Such
fruit could be guaranteed. and conse-
quently sold at good price. One month
hence the frosted fruit could be sepa-
rated from the good fruit in the frosted
sections, and in this way none but the
best fruit would be marketed, and our
would not be injured. This
is the only road to safety.
The orange crop of Southern Califor
MIA is estimated at 1900 carloads or
more. If orchardists will throw away as
culls every frosted orange, they would
still have by far the largest orange crop
of perfect fruit ever marketed in this
state.
The herald., 1897-12-24
PRODDING THE DISTRICT AT
TORNEY.

The Santa Monica outlook directly
charges the district attorney with being
incompetent and willfully derelict" in
failing to properly prosecute three men,
bers of the Poker Davis gang. The
Outlook asserted that, after repeated
postponements of the case, a deputy dis
trict attorney went to Santa Monica
with a new complaint which was not
signed by the complaining witness, who
was not present.
Per contra, the district attorneys Of
flee declares that a deputy was on hand
with a complaint properly drawn but
that the complaining witness had been
called home, on business. Further, that
the law does not put the prosecuting wit
ness in charge of the district attorney
nor appoint the latter his guardian
Whereupon the outlook returns to the
charge and says:
Will the district attorneys office ex-
plain why the preliminary examina-
ton was postponed from DAY to day un-
til the complaining witness was kept
in suspense for ten days at his own
expense?
viii the district attorneys office also
explain why complaint was not sworn
to when the complaining witness was
at their beck and call for ten days, and
he allowed to return home until his
presence was required in court?
The Outlook declares that the district
attorneys office cannot satisfactorily an
swer these questions amy more than it
can explain why it is held by the district
attorney and his deputies that the oper-
alton of a wheel of fortune at an agri-
cultural fair is not gambling"
The herald., 1897-12-24

The statement of condition of the
clearing house banks of Los Angeles as
exhibited on the 18th instant will be found
tabulated in full on the Investor page of
this issue. The showing made is a re-
markably fine one; the eight banks hav-
ing gross assets of S14,S11 ,50636. which is
a large increase over the amount claimed
on September 30th last. The gain in
the items Of loans and discounts and in
individual deposits is also remarkable.
The banks show healthy surplus of
s4,06S,791.57 as to depositors. and the
statement as whole demonstrates that
the financial condition of these impor-
tant institutions is on perfectly sound
basis.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Strength in Our Isolation

We want no colonies or provinces" in
distant parts Of the world. This Is a
union of free, equal and self-governing
states. A great element Of our strength
is found in our isolation, and we would
be foolish to sacrifice this advantage for
the sake Of acquiring few small is
lands 1000 miles from our coast, which
we should have to fortify and which are
inhabited by a most undesirable popu-
lation.-Indianapolis News.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Piling UP Expenses Everywhere

excess of expenditures over receipts DUR
ing the last fiscal year. The Iowa state
treasury is empty. The Illinois legisla-
ture is in special session to provide need
ed revenue. individuals are economix-
ing, but their governments were never
more OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES (Mass.l
Republican,.
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Safety in Diverse Crops

The farmer who raises his own bread,
meat, rice molasses, peas, potatoes and
plenty of milk and butter is never hurt
by w-price cotton. 1t is the fellow that
raises the cotton to buy these articles
with. 1t is the fellow who has nothing
after he sells his alI-cotton crop who has
to beg for credit..-Dillon Is. c. Herald.
The herald., 1897-12-24

The president has decided to stand by
McKenna and Charley Bryan at all haz-
ards. 1t will be encouraging news to a
large class of people who are eternally
digging up old party platforms and who
have asserted their belief that Mckinley
has no purpose of standing by anything.
The herald., 1897-12-24

Football in this country only needs
little adverse legislation, such as is be-
ing urged in Virginia, to perpetuate it
self. Tell Young America he can't play
away set about playing it.
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tween Greece and Turkey, we beg to
suggest to the sultan that he send some
of his boys over to Athens to learn the
modern Greek secret of how to keep at
a safe distance from an enemy.
The herald., 1897-12-24
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Rivalry Up North

The cook in an Oakland restaurant
had one of his ears chewed off by an un-
known man Saturday night. In their
efforts to apprehend the criminal the
Oakland police might do well to tele-
graph Fresno and find out whether any
of that county's eX-officials are loose up
this way.-San Francisco Post.
The herald., 1897-12-24

Plymouth church has just graduated
a scientific forger in the person of W.
II. Kent, whose crooked maneuvers are
chronicled this morning. 1t is the first
long time.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Quieting the Pocket Nerve

Congress can act quickly when there
is urgent need. For instance, Mr.. Can
non presented bill to provide for funds
to pay mileage due to senators and rep
resentatives, and the merits of the meas
ure were so obvious to everybody that 1t
went through flying-Boston Globe.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Fixing Things to Suit Shelby

Having been properly importuned,
Shelby NJ. Cullom has consented to be-
come a candidate for reelection. The
Illinois legislature is now at work re-
arranging the districts so that Mr.. Gull
lom's ambition may be cinchifed.-
Washington Post.
The herald., 1897-12-24

The silence of Japan, in the presence
of German and Russian warships, is
nothing more becoming to a second-rate
power than modesty when the vessels of
a greater power are maneuvering in the
vicinity.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Not Even a Hangman's Hitchp

On Wednesday last Durrant was, for
the fourth time, sentenced to be hanged.
The date fixed this time is Jan. Z. We
hope there may be no further hitch IN
the proceedings.-Orange News.
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his esteemed brother in character and
disposition. this would not be so difficult.
He started from Klel the other day lust
lily crying "Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah"
but he is likely to get over that after
being tossed about in the heavy swells
of the Suez canal for time.
The herald., 1897-12-24
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
hrst duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l. 1897
to June 30 1897 Qnclusive). the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1890, 635
copies, being an average daily circuln-
tion of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1.071 .5s7. being daily
average Of SsO6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 21S059 being an average
for each Sunday of 1O.431.
L. NJ. HOLT.
Superintendent of Circulat ation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July. 1897.
FRANK J. COOPER.
Notary Public in and for the County OF
Los Angeles. State Of California
The herald., 1897-12-24

Americas interests in China are more
cheaper to recall the missionaries than
to send a fleet to Chinese waters to pro-
tect them.
The herald., 1897-12-24

The failure of staid old Philadelphia
bank like the Chestnut-street National.
at the very height of the business and
industrial revival inaugurated by the
Dingley tariff bill, will need some eX-
planation not yet vouchsafed. Under
system of high protective tariff duties
and a gold standard, such things should
not happen.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Gadgrinds Of the Time

This is the season of the year when a
host of dry Drained idiots, without the
love of children in their hearts, are pant
ing to break into the newspapers with
long and wearisome diatribes against
the illusion" of Santa Claus.-St. Louis
Republic.
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Numerically Speaking

"You know Peduncle, don't you? l
tell you he's one of a thousand
"Yes, he's one Of the ciphers. know
him rather better than YOU do."-Chica-
go Tribune.
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Going to the Dogs

]. Pierpont Morgan, Grover Cleve-
lands bond manipulation, recently paid
$1,000 for a bull terrier. In one way ID
might be said that his fortune Is going
to the dogs.-Oakland Tribune.
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William doubtless expects to get a
new navy by showing the need of one.
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Hard to Believe

A police officer in Los Angeles actually
handed in his resignation the other day
voluntarily!-Santa Monica Signal.
The herald., 1897-12-24

Newspaper correspondents being ex-
we shall have to draw largely upon our
imagination as to events in the yellow
sea. Were Prince Henry anything like
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Weyler appears to be more trouble
some to the Spaniards than he was to
the Cubans.
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CHRISTMAS MUSINGS

Now that we've read the message,
And while we have 10 walt
On congress for the action which
That screed seemed to dictate.
Let's think of something pleasant
To take the taste away
For instance. it's a good time
To think of Christmas day.
A St. Louis Exchange
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how the Christmas pantomimes in Lon
don make the holiday season happy
one for thousands of children who are
employed by the theatrical managers
and enabled to earn a few shillingS.
There are also many occupations not di-
rectly connected with the season that are
benefited.
Then there are the poor whom we
have always with us, and who would
often get scant recognition from the
more fortunate if it were not for the sug-
gestion of the holiday time. They
would not vote to abolish Christmas.
\ 4 \
Christmas is good because it is holi-
day and therefore day of rest and rec
reation for many who would otherwise
devote the day to unceasing toll.
4
The man who wants to abolish Christ
mas is in a very lonesome minority
There is something wrong with him. He
is not political economist nor philoso-
pher, and he hasn't any idea what faith,
hope and charity mean. He is to be
pitied rather than condemned. c. V. b.
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Blanco's concilatory language is Civ
ing way. under the pressure of indig-
nant citizens. of Havana, to a tone of
defiance, and threats of vengeance upon
the insurgents for the assassination of
Ruiz are now credited to him. This un-
warlike and barbarous crime is already
reactng upon the Cubans, who may not
long command the sympathy of the
world if they propose to adopt the meth
DDS of Weyler, fire upon flags of truce
and unceremoniously butcher peace en-
voys. Such resort will not be excused or
palliated. 1t is no more creditable to
Gomez than it was TO Weyler. The civ
ilized world is shocked by the informa-
tlon that the insurgents have seen fit to
adopt the brutal tactics of their oppres-
SOrs.
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Not Contempt Of Jack

The familiarity Of Jack Frost breeds
contempt.-Santa Monica Outlook.
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The Christmas shoppers not content
To visit just a shop or two:
On seeing everything she's bent
Until she's broke, and then she's through.
Philadelphia Record.
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Senator White has furnished one more
proof. if such were needed, of the in
valuable service a man of his experience
and sagacity can render the state he
represents. Several weeks ago The Her
aid exposed the monstrous imbecility of
the bulletin recently issued by the de-
partment of agriculture on fruit rails
ing. The senator from Southern Cali
fornia has seized the first opportunity
Of forcibly revealing to Secretary Will
son the gross absurdity and injustice of
such misrepresentation. What a bur-
lesque it was is demonstrated by the
senator's final retort to the secretary
that there was not a fruit dealer in
Washington, including the street
vendors, who could not have furnished
more accurate information regarding
California fruit than is contained in
the bulletin"
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

What with Morrell. Hoar and other
influential senators antagonizing an
nexation, Wolcott threatening to re-
volt against the financial schemes of
the secretary of the treasury, and
Grosvenor hammering at the civil
service reform laval former sup
porters and defenders of the admin
istration and its policies-the president
may scarcely be expected to enjoy his
Christmas turkey with proverbial zest
Senator Chandler, too, has added little
sauce to the dressing not calculated to
improve it's flavor, and between all the
cooks the ancient bird will by tomorrow
be so metamorphosed that it will be
difficult for the executive to distinguish
it from a crow The only thing real and
tangible and assured with promise of
displaying lasting qualities, is the ro-
bust deficit
The herald., 1897-12-24

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Wherefore 1t is each year
We vainly dream that things we truly need
At Christmas will appear.
Chicago Journal.
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Now comes the season of unrest.
When many generous soul will sigh
And wish she had begun her quest
For Christmas presents last July.
Washington Star
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Very true, but think of the millions
that are invested every year in luxuries,
even in the hardest of hard times. To
make them, many people have been en-
ployed and enabled to earn living. BY
a curious paradox, money expended in
the purchase of such things is at the
same time kept in circulation, passed
from one hand to another, while the ar
ticle itself drops out of sight
The herald., 1897-12-24

Just think, for instance. how much
money is expended every year for Christ
mas presents. The making of them is in
itself a great industry. Many Christ
mas presents are, it is true, useful things
adapted to the requirements of everyday
living. We may say that these things
would be necessary in any event and all
that makes them different is the associ-
alton.
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But I did not start out to preach
sermon. The idea was first to show that
Christmas cannot be abolished. and,
secondly, to conceive in some measure
the terrible calamity that would befail
the civilized world if Christmas We're
actually blotted from the calendar.
The times., 1897-08-12
HARD ON THE BOoKIES.
The Favorites Are Capturing Every
thing at Brighton Beach.

New York, Aug 11.--Since the begin
ming of the second meeting at Brighton
Beach on Monday seventeen favorites
out of tweuty-one have passed the judges
In the van, and If this surt of thing
keeps up the public will have all the
money A record was made today when
seven straight favorites scored and the
layers Of odds left the tack with depleted
wallets The Petrol Stakes, at one mile
for three-year r-olds was the feature of the
day. 1t was worth 81 SEQ TO the winner
and was taken by Charles Fleischmann
and Sons Hal pha zard in very credita blc
manner. C. F. Fox's Nay Nay was sec
ond Summaries:
First race One mile. Maurice, 100, Per-
kins, o to 10, won: DR.. Shepard, 102, A.
Barrett, 8 to second; Double @ uick, 101 ),
Clawson, to i, third. Time, l Al 3-4.
Second race--Five furlongs. Isabey, 107 i,
scherer, to 2, won; Gypceiver, 107, Dog
gett, 10 to /, second; Honey Dew, 1O4,
A. Barrett, 20 to /, third. Time, :02 12.
Third race One and one-siXteenth miles.
Skate, 122, Scherer, to 8, won; The
Swain, 1922, Van Kuren, to / second:
Brandyp.ine, 100, Doggett, 16 to 8, third
Time, 1:48 12.
Fourth race One mile. Haphazard. 101
CIawson, 8 to o, wen; NayNay, l01,
Hirsch, 90 to / second; Taranto, 1903,
Bergen, to l !, third. Time, AZ.
Fifth race-Five furlongs. George Keen,
/ &c, Scherer, 8 to 3, won; Prince Auck-
lend, I04, Barrett, 10 to 1, Sc cond
salabara, 40, Bergen, 8 to 3. third.
Time, 1:02 12.
Sixth race-Six furlongs. Beldemere, 1 1 3.
Sloan, to 4, won; Leedsville, 109, Dog
gett, to l, second; Trillette, 113,
Penn, / 5 to 1, third Time, LA IA.
Seventh race-One and. three quarter
miles over seven flights. Brown Red, 143.
Mara, Z to 10, won; Baby Bill, 16O, Ander-
son. 8 to 1, second; Beaufort, 1 IL, Chand-
ler, to /, third. Time, 3.231-2.
The times., 1897-08-12
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE

BEECHAMS PILLS. quickly femal
They Instructions Irregularities the
The times., 1897-08-12
Detroit Results.

Detroit, Aug. 1.-The conditions were
perfect for the second day OF the Jockey
Club meeting. The sensational race was
the third, when Ed Farrell came from the
bunch at the eighth, and made splendid
burst, whiting by scant half length
Three favcrites, one second choice, and
two third choices won:
First race-Sevcn furlongs. Leoncie. 5
to / first. Stray Step, second; lockwood.
third Time, 1'29 2.
Second race One mile. The Duchess. 6
TO 8, first; Harry Games, second, yiscount,
thild Time, Al IL.
Third raCe-SiX furlongs Ed. Farrell,
even, won; Alice Farley, second, PLANTING,
third Time, 1:15 ga.
Fourth race-six furlongs. Ramona, :
to / won: Alamo, second; Dixie Lee, third
Time, 1'15 12.
Fifth race-seven furlongs. Jim Flood,
sto1, won: King Elkwood, second; Terrapin.
third Time, 1:28 12.
Sixth race-One and one-quarter miles;
over five hurdles Captain Piersail, to
b, won; Roseberry, second; Timberland,
third Tine, 2:22