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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Routine Business Disposed Of at Yes
terday's Meeting

The meeting of the board of public
works yesterday morning was not large
~ attended by citizens having griev-
ances- The only matter discussed was
proposition on the part of some of the
property owners on Thirty second, street
to lessen the width to fifty feet between
Hoover and Jefferson streets.
Thirty-second street at the point
named is between sc and 60 feet wide,
and there are two street car tracks on
it. AT its present width it Isl almost i'm
possible to drive alongside of the tracks
on either side without coming into con-
tact with the curb, and the proposal
to. narrow it down six to ten feet does
not meet with universal approval of the
property owners in the vicinity The
board Will inspect the street before MAX
ing a final decision.
Other matters coming before the board
were disposed of as follows:
The bid of Gray Bros & Ward to i'm
prove Eleventh street between Union
and Burlington avenues at 80 cents per
lineal foot for curb, and 9% cents per
square foot for sidewalk was accepted.
b. Lorenz was awarded the contract
for laying and constructing 30-inch ce-
ment pipe on Fremont avenue from
First to Second streets at s107 per lineal
foot.
C. L. McComb's bid of 261s cents per
lineal foot for curb and cents per square
foot for sidewalk, was accepted.
The house numbering maps covering
the western addition of the city, showing
numbers carried through continuously
from Main street were approved.
The petition from the Eastside Electric
works, asking permission to place four
poles on Carolina street, from Fourth
TO Palmetto, was denied.
The street superintendent was in
structed to place the alley in good con-
dition in the block bounded by Main
Spring, Fifth and Sixth streets, when
the health officer had declared to be in
an unclean condition.
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Friday Morning Club

A limited number of the Friday morn
ing club members assembled urofficially
and informally yesterday morning in the
club rooms and discussed child training
in general and the training of some chill
dren in particular. There was no chair
man, no secretary and the members Just
chatted of their individual experiences
if they were mothers, and their opinions
if they We're not.
The subject next Friday will be the
Incorporation of Mothers and Public
School Teachers" and a large and en-
thusiastic meeting is expected
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contemplate any trouble with them, but
it came all the same yesterday.
When Marshal Caldwell found the lit
tie brothers in Jail yesterday they were
in very repentant mood and showed
that they knew how to cry as well as
children of less precocious development.
I'VE don't like that horrid old place
where mamma took u.s." Ernest de-
clared, land we won't stay there. We
want to go home. and, we'll be ever SO
good"
Cant you take us home?" broke in
5-year-old Willie. "We'll be ever SO
good"
But the marshal would not promise.
On leaving, however, he gave the boys
a nickel apiece to buy candy with and
promised that their mother would come
to see TENN before long
Last night some one from. the orphans
home came after the boys and took
them back They We're glad to get out
of Jail and promised not to run away
again, but they have proved so slippery
that they will be closely watched here
after.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

Messrs, Clark & Bryan, Mrs. Emeline
Childs- Emma Childs Dwight and SUI
zann Bate Childs have filed a petition
to the city council protesting against the
payment Of their several assessments
on the paving Of Main street. The petit
ton recites that the work has not been
done according to contract; that the
concrete foundation contains large per-
centage of stones which will not pass
through two-inch ring; that only about
three fifths of cement was put into the
concrete; that it was mixed improperly
in fact, that none of the work was done
according TO the specifications. They
therefore demand that their appeal be
heard at a convenient time, and that the
assessment and warrant be vacated.
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of which would, it is believed, not ex-
coed $1,000.
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Twenty Two Sunday Santa Monica Trains

On the Southern Pacific, $50 a. m. and
100 p. m. are flyers, making the run in
twenty-five minutes, no stop; 500 1000,
Il 100 a. m. and 200 p. M, specials, making
run in twenty-five minutes, making city
stops, including Main street. corner
Jefferson. Trains leave Arcade depot 500,
$3.50 900, 1000, 100 a. M, 100, / ;S5, 300,
5:15 $3.50 and 7:15 p. m. Last train leaves
Santa Monica at 1000 p. m. Round trip so
cents.
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The old Palais d'Industrie on the
Champ Elysees in Paris has been de-
molished, the work having gone on very
swiftly since the closing of the salon
The great glass building was erected for
the worlds fair of 1855, and is now cleared
away to make room for the exhibition
buildings of 1900.
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Hamilton Aide coYrects the impress.
sion that Corsica is full of bandits Muir
der is not uncommon. from love quarrels
or the vendetta, hut a traveller may go
from ore end of the island to the other.
unarmed ard unescorted, without fea-
of violence or pillage.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

Mississippi must be growing, for on
no other basis can be explained the
opening of eighty-five new postoffices in
that state last year, the record exceeding
that of any other state.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-07-24

Be sure to read next Sundays
Herald if you want to know all about
the Clondyke gold fields, how to get
there, necessary equipment, etc., etc.
The herald., 1897-11-08
REV. MR.. HOWARD'S TALK
''Silences of a Man more Impressive
Than Words"

Rev. Burt Estes Howard, at Imman-
uel Presbyterian church, yesterday
morning, took as his text, II came that
they might have life, and have it abun-
dainty" John Y. 10. Mr.. Howard COM
menced by saying:
There is something profoundly sig
nificant oftentimes in what great soul
does not say. The silences of man are
sometimes more impressive than any
word. however eloquent. In this short
sentence from the Master there is a
grave criticism by omission on a large
part of what is called Christian effort
Judging from the point upon which the
most stress has been laid for many gen.
erations of Christian astivity and
thought, this statement of Jesus, II
came that they may have life, and may
have it more abundantly," is not the
kind of a statement one would naturally
construct and attribute to Him. Had we
no record of His speech; We're we COM
PEELED to depend for our knowledge of
His aim and purpose upon such infer
ness, the church that bears His name
furnishes, surely We would not put in
His mouth, as the definition of His mis-
sion, a declaration such as this one of
His very own. 1t is so simple and so
undogmatic that it falls wholly out of
touch with the ecclesiasticism that has
grown up around the Masters name.
The herald., 1897-11-08

themselves, which are the basis of the
gospel, give rise to the very antipodes
of thought. If the chance Of acceptance
depends alone upon this contradictory
preaching of the word, woe be unto the
listeners.
"In the second place we have not ar
rived at the full truth concerning the
ability of the unsaved to grasp and as
simulate the truth. The chief reason
that the gospel is not accepted is because
it is not understood, and he is least La
BILE to accept it who understands it least.
He whose befogged and clouded powers
forbid his understanding and decrease
his liability to accept, has of all men
least chance Of salvation. Only by the
slow process of eductaion out Of dark
ness into light is one capable of choos-
ing between the two. Never has man
a fair chance to choose light till it has
shed it's rays through him and he has
felt it's warm and genial influences.
Then and not till then shall his tongue
confess to the glory of God the Father"
The herald., 1897-11-08
SIMPSON TABERNACLE
Prof. Hardy Occupied the Pulpit Last
Night

The morning service at Simpson Tab
ernacle was occupied with the COM
munion. Dr. Hartley made short ad-
dress appropriate to the occasion. In
the evening the pastor, Rev. L. NJ. Hart
ley. was unable to fill his pulpit on ac-
count of illness, and Professor Hardy,
of the Southern California university.
preached very acceptably to the large
congregation present. He spoke from
Deuteronomy lisa. He said in part:
Daniel stood before the king to inter-
pref the dream of Nebuchadnezzar,
which had troubled the Chaldean
king, because his wise men were unable
to tell the meaning thereof. The part
that concerns us most tonight is the
kingdom which was portrayed and
prophesied in this dream, and was to
be set up by the LORD Jesus Christ. The
founder OF this kingdom left behind
him twelve men, who were to play, and
did play, an important part in estab-
fishing this kingdom. They were plain
men. from the humblest walks of life
They were without political influence,
yet they accomplished the work they
were chosen to do, and today Christian
ity is conquering the kingdoms Of this
world-it is conquering the physical and
intellectual forces of the world The
religion of Christ is becoming the re-
ligion of the whole earth. Our Lord is
represented as a stone, yet there is a
growing power which is expanding, a
power that is drawing all men into it.
That great heart that was broken on
the cross on Calvary for our salvation
is pleading before the throne of the
Father for us tonight.
The herald., 1897-11-08
GOD AND MAN CO-OPERANT
Is the Subject at the Eighth Street
Church

| David Walk, at the Church of Christ,
on Eighth street, near Central avenue.
took for the subject of his sermon, God
and Man Co-operant in the Work of
Human Salvation and read the fifth
chapter of Judges directing attention
to the twenty-third verse: Course ye.
Meroz, said the angel oAthe Lord, curse
ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; be-
cause they came not to the help of the
Lord, to the help of the Lord against the
mighty
Gods need of human help! This
sounds startling, but it is as true as
startling. In some things he works
alone, but in others he must have our
help. He gives soil and seed. but we
must plow and plant. Anything that
can be wrought by the fiat of Jehovah
God does alone; but he cannot save our
souls without our aid. No exertion of
physical power, though that power be
omnipotent, can change the heart and
save the deathless spirit.
I'm all the Bible there is not a more
pathetic and tragic passage than that
where the Son of God. knowing the i'm
pending fate of Jerusalem, wept like
child as he exclaimed, o Jerusalem, Je-
rusalem! How often have l gathered
thy children together, as bird doth
gather her brood under her wings, and
ye would not!' That's it, 'Ye would not
God does not need to be placated. He is
placated. 1t is man that needs to be
placated. The bare thought of agoniz-
ing in prayer to make God willing to
pardon and save the sinner is a gross
outrage against the loving and merciful
Father.
Hear the great apostle: Now, then,
we are ambassadors for Christ, as
though God did beseech you by us; we
pray you in Christs stead, be We recon-
ciled to God Our effort is to make men
willing to be saved. God is all the time
willing to save them. but the trouble
is to make them willing to be saved.
Some things can be best wrought
through human agency. 1t is astonish-
ing to note that all through the Bible
human agency, responsibility. liberty,
are jealously guarded. A failure or
mans part to respond is treason against
heaven"
Mr.. Walk announced that evangelistic
services would be held in the church ev-
cry night during the week except Sat-
urday night.
The herald., 1897-11-08
East Side News

Mrs. Helen Shoemaker and daughter
of Independence, Kan, arrived Friday
and will be the guests of Mrs. DR.. Arm
strong at 629 Pasadena avenue for the
winter.
The ladies Of Asbury M. E. church
will give an at home with Rev. and Mrs.
Green at the parsonage on Sichel street
Friday afternoon from 2 till 5.
Eureka Rebekah lodge 128, I. o. o. F.,
will give a musical and literary enter
tainment Tuesday evening at Banquet
hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Parmeter have re-
turned from San Francisco, where they
have been for several months, and are
at the corner of Truman street and
Pasadena avenue.
The Busy Bee band held their regular
monthly meeting Saturday afternoon at
the Christian church on Workman
street.
The herald., 1897-11-08

We have ceased to talk In the language
larry of our own.
HE talked of life, we talk of relig-
ion And most of US seem to think that
what Jesus came for was to provide the
world with a correct religion. He de-
clared He came to enlarge the life of
mon. He does not say, I came that they
may have religion, and have it abun-
dantly,' but he does say. I came that
they may have life' He did not stand
and exhort to come to Him and get re-
Iligion. But He did say. I am the bread
of life.' Nothing could have well been
farther from His thought than that He
should furnish the world with a new re-
ligion. Jesus had no idea OF adding an
other to the worlds religions. 1t was
life the world needed. not laws. and
ceremonies. and more splendid temples.
He was interested in men. He began His
ministry with the declaration that He
came to strike of the fetters which
were clogging the progress Of the race
toward the fulf1llment of it's divine pos
sibiiity.
I'VE often get the notion that Jesus
came into the world to found Chris
tianity, to establish church. At no time
has he uttered a word that could JUS
tify such an inference. His work was
vital rather than institutional. He came
to set up a divine manhood. not sect.
To Him man is perfect by becoming
a son of God. He found the units by
which a man was to be measured in the
man himself and not in the material cir
cumstance. He stood forth in the life
of His time with no scheme for succeed
ing in business. with no panacea for ma
terial ills primarily. But He did pro-
pose to expand the man himself"
The herald., 1897-11-08
UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
Rev. A. A. Rice Tells of ga Fair
Chance to Be Saved"

The Universalist church held regular
services at Caledonia hall, the pastor,
Rev. A. A. Rice, speaking on "a FAR
Chance to Be Saved" taking his text
from Phil. I'LL, "That every tongue
should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father"
He spoke in part as follows:
AN encouraging sign of the times in
Christian theology is that it is bound
to vindicate the justice of God. And it
will do this both at the expense of God $
other attributes and by shifting this re-
sponsibility to the shoulders of man.
AS regards the final outcome of mans
existence it was once believed that God
would have mercy only on those who
were fortunate enough to hear and be-
lieve the gospel but today those who
left the world before the Christian era.
those dying in infancy and heathensm,
who are outside the pale of Christian
ity, are to come to the knowledge of the
gospel of Jesus, and thus each and all
have fair chance to accept it and be
saved.
1T is not argued that more will be
saved than under the old conditions. but
that God is eXonerated from blame ii
they are not. When theologians fully
understand what is fair chance to be
saved they will accept the truth of the
text that Every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord The Chris
tian world has not arrived at the CONSUL
sion of the unity of mans end, or uni
versal salvation, because it has failed TO
understand the two conditions upon
which the fair chance depends.
First, misconception has occurred
regarding our power to pass the gospel
to those who need it. 1t has been SUBJ
posed that sufficient opportunity has
been offered when we approach the
heather or wicked man and rehearse for
him our idea of the gospel forgetting
how imprfect is the medium of language
and how diversified are our own concep-
tions Of the good tidings. The scriptures
The herald., 1897-11-08
COUNCIL FORECAST
What Will Be Done by the City
Fathers Today

Fathers Today
There will be no dearth of important
matters at today's session of the city
council Quite number of subjects are
to be considered in which large numbers
of property owners are directly interest
ed. The topic of greatest interest is the
proposed resurfacing of Main and Spring
streets. Not only are the people who do
business on those thoroughfares inter-
ested in this matter. but the proposed
improvement is wanted by all persons
who desire to have the city present Il
creditable appearance to visitors, hun
dreds of whom are now coming in every
week to spend the winter here. There
is no doubt as to what action the council
will take in this matter, for all Of the
members are as anxious as any other
citizen to have the work DONE. 1t is
probable that when the petitions for
the work are presented today the ordi-
nance of intention will accompany them
and that they will be at once adopted.
In the consideration of the report of
the board of fire commissioners as to the
award of the contract for furnishing the
fire department with 5000 feet of hose n
fight is expected. More than one of the
councilmen has expressed dissatisfac-
ton with the manner in which the COM
mission handled this matter and they
will be prepared to oppose the approval
of the report. 1t is almost certain that
Chief Moore and Assistant Chief Smith
will be called upon to tell what they
know of the several brands of hose that
have been accepted by the commission.
In this connection it is rumored that
these two officials will refer the council
to the commission for an answer to their
questions on the ground that to that
board should be put any inquiry that Is
desired to be made as to fire department
matters. 1t is not at all improbable that
the bids for fire hose may again be re-
advertised for.
The election of meat inspector, as
provided for in the ordinance passed over
the mayors veto at the last regular
meeting of the council, will be part of
today's business. There is quite a
scramble for this position, which pays
SIS per month, and the applicants mum =.
ber half a score. It is understood that
Councilman Baker will have the naming
Of this officer, but just whom he will
name he has not stated.
City Attorney Dunn will file his opir-
ion as to whether the board of examin-
ing engineers has right under the or
dinance to require engineers licences of
the engineers of the fire department. A
week ago he held that the boilers of the
fire engines were subject to inspection
by the boiler inspector the same as other
steam boilers. 1t is expected that he will
decide against the contention of the
board Of engineers that they may re-
quire certain members of the fire de-
partment to pass examinations before
they can retain their positions
President Silver will call attention to
the sanitary condition of the city hall
and will secure the passage of a resolu-
tion ordering an inspection of the plumb
ing in the city building.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Christ in Business

Mrs. L. c. Spencer led the gospel scr
vice at the Young Women's Christian
association yesterday afternoon. the
topic being Christ in Business. Not
slothful in business, fervent in spirit,
serving the Lord" Diligence in busi-
ness should be accompanied by fervor
or burning zeal in the Lords work. We
should not be absorbed in business to
the degree that other and more import
ant matters will be shut out. Many
veXations come to the woman in bust
ness, many things to weary her and tax
her patience, but she also has large op-
portunities for showing forth the spirit
of Christ among others.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Higher Ideals

Last evening o. 1. Clark lectured at
Blavatsky hall upon Higher Ideals" I"
Mr.. Clark said that ideals are the foun-
dation of human life. The erection of
a building is but the realization of the
architects ideal or plan. The building
of character is the realization of the
subtle motives and ideals treasured in
the heart. Social conditions are di-
rectly the outcome of character, con-
sequently ideals and aspirations are the
foundation of society. The idea of sep
arate interests has killed the light and
JOY of life and discouraged the masses
of mankind.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Troop DIS Outing
street.

Cavalry troop D spent Saturday night
camped in the Arroyo Seco. The troop
left the city about o'clock and marched
out to the arroyo, where they encamped
for the night. The greater part of Sun
day was spent in drilling and the return
to Los Angeles was made about 1880 p.
m. There was a large turnout and
splendid showing was made.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Theosophy and Socialism

The Social Democracy was addressed
yesterday afternoon in their hall. 1o71s
North Main street, by H. A. Gibson.
whose remarks were along the lines of
Theosophy. He held that man must pro-
gress individually and personally toward
a higher plane of thought and feeling;
that until he did so he could not en-
The herald., 1897-11-08


n of few days.
The ddcatory NJ
by
suspicious
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DEATHS

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SIMON-At her residence, $40 North Ala
media street, November 7th Mrs. Eliza
beth Simon, wife of John Simon.
Funeral from residence, November Sth.
PURVIS-In this city, November Z, 1897,
Charles Henry Purvis. "a native of Penn
sylvania, aged "a years and months.
Funeral from parlors of Orr & Hines, 647
South Broadway. today (Monday). Novem-
ber Sth. at o'clock Friends and acquaint-
ances invited. Interment Evergreen GEM
etery.
The herald., 1897-11-08
THE HERALD's CRYPToGRAM

The last six letters Of The Herald's
Cryptogram are to be found in the
classified columns Of today's issue.
The successful solutions will be an
nounced in next Sundays Herald, the
14th inst.
The herald., 1897-11-08

joy or possess the advantages of better
material conditions. The economic ba
sis was the real foundation upon which
all betterment of mankind must rest:
that we must first make the environment
right, then progress naturally follows.
The herald., 1897-11-08

Largest variety Concord business wag-
ons and top delivery wagons. Hawley.
King & Co.
The herald., 1897-11-08
JoTTINGs
Our Home Brew

Maier : Zobelein's lager. fresh from their
brewery. on draught in all tho principal
saloons: delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. ONCE and brewery. 40 Aliso street;
telephone 81.
The herald., 1897-11-08

Hawley, King & Co.. .cor.5th st. and Bwy..
agents genuine Columbus Buggy company
bugg!es and Victor bicycles.
The herald., 1897-11-08

Agents Victor. Heating. World and
March bicycles. Hawley. King & Co.
The herald., 1897-11-08

Latest styles wall paper at A. A. Eek
strom's. 324 South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-11-08

Everything on wheels. Hawley, King
& Co., cor. Fifth street and Broadway.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Quite a Number

There are a number of people who
seem to think that the silver question is
not a dead issue.-Santa Paula Sentinel.
The herald., 1897-11-08
Or. WONG HIM
83l South Hope Street. Los Ange.
les, Cal.

DR. WONG HIM, ssl
s. Hope ST., Los Angeles,
Cal.-Deae Sir: In JUS
tice to you and for the
benefit Of Others. l wish
to make o statement Of
my case. ] was afflicted
with liberation of the
fectum and hemorrhage
of the bowels. / was
treated by two good doc
tors, until Host s2pounds
of flesh and became SO
weak from loss Of blood
that / was unable to at
tend to business. l then
commenced d. doctoring
with DR.. Wong Him. The
bleeding stopped and !
commenced to improve