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The herald., 1897-12-26
sLos ANGELES EERAID SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER

: age they must take the money out OF
their own pockets or go out of business
: There should be state and municipal
civil service laws as well as federal. In
all the states and cities the spoils sys-
tenn prevails; more unblushingly in
some than in others. Frauds and cor
ruption in state elections have been bad
enough, but they have been greater in
municipal elections. Clerk Duckworth
in our last assembly weighted down the
pay rolls to compensate for services rem
dered the members, who were elected to
guard the public interests, and became
particeps criminis in plundering the
public treasury. Mayors and councilmen
are not infrequently elected through the
efforts of ward heelers, who are after
wards given important subaltern posi-
tions which they have neither the capac-
ity nor integrity to fill acceptably to the
public. Good civil service rules rigidly
enforced would remove the stigma that
often rests upon our local governments.
Were the spoils system displaced by
the Jeffersonian policy, a source of cor
ruption would still remain, which is the
expenditure of money to elect men to
Office who are willing to serve corpora
tions and trusts to the detriment of
the general interests. How to prevent
this has been the study of reformers.
Enactment of punitory statutes has
been resorted to. but as just men have
devised bad men have invented the
means of evasion. The race between the
two classes, in the language of the turf.
has been neck and neck. 1t is easier to
break over than to erect a wall
Enactment and enforcement of penal
statutes are necessary, but something
more is required, which is development
of a sentiment that in public employ
ment there should be the same integrity
as in private business.
The whole people should resolve them
selves into a civil service commission
and make thorough examination of all
candidates for their sufrages. Were
this done there would not be such sick
ening scandals as have been disclosed
trouble is that good men stay at home
and let ward bummers nominate for
them, and then they go to the polls and
vote for their respective party tickets
Partisanship has had hurtful intiu-
ence, especially through the idea that
exposure of official offenders will hurt
party, and hence there exists DISPOSE
tion to cover up misdoings or to let
the perpetrators off lightly when de-
tected The theory that seeks to pro-
mote party success through good work
for the public is the correct one, and
when that becomes the governing prin
ciple in party strategy we will have lit
tie need for statutes to punish for Off
cial or political offenses and little cause
for finding fault with the management
of public affairs.
The herald., 1897-12-26
OF TIE FRENCH FRENCHY.

The municipal authorities of Paris
/ have already decided to name street
for Alphonse Daudet, whose obsequies
have only just been held. y very pretty
and useful custom is that of the French,
of commemorating the deeds of their he
roes, of peace and of war, by the nam
| ing of streets and parks and bridges for
them. Thus is the history of the nation
| kept prominently and suggestively in
the public eye, inspiring adults to emula-
tion, youth to admiration and inquiry.
So long has this custom been in vogue
in the French capital that the names on
the street corners furnish a fairly COM
plete index to the long and thrillingly
interesting history of the country as
kingdom. empire and republic. Every
turn in the visitors progress through
avenues and boulevards awakens men,
ories of French trumphs on land and
sea, of achievements in the realms of
arts letters and science, history verse
and song. In an hours drive he may
thus be reminded of the part played in
that history by Lafayette, Hoche, K,e-
ber Haussman. Lenoir, Victor Hugo,
Lamartine, Joan of Arc, st. Phil
lip du Ruhle, St. Louis, Constantine
Louis PHILIPPE, ST. Charles, ST. Michel.
Dumas, D'Antin, Auber, Balzac, Berri,
Bonaparte, Henry of Navarro Colbert.
Danton, Dore, Garibaldi, Louis Blanc,
McMahon, Cassimer- Perrer and perhaps
hundred others with fame as great and
lasting; and if one looks in vain for re-
minders Of Waterloo or Gravelotte and
Sedan, he will yet admire the French
people for so studiously concealing their
of Austerlitz, Solferino the Alma and
Jena, and in keeping before their
eyes. in the names Of great converging
thoroughfares, the instructive lessons
Of Fourth September and Twenty ninth
July.
But. even as the works of her greatest
artists are forbidden a place in the
Louvre until after their authors have
bctlL Qtet-s lbl d utCdtAc, 50 must lHP luS-
trious Frenchman wait until he has paid
the debt Of nature before his name may
decorate the page of nomenclature of
street and place and park and porte of
the beautiful capital.
The other world may soon forget
Daudet, but the successive generations
who shall pass to and fro from wall to
wall and porte to porte will be kept in
remembrance of his name and his works.
The herald., 1897-12-26
FASTING AND TALKING.

The attempt of a young woman in the
east to live sixty days without eating is
not attracting very much attention Per
haps it is because the idea is not new.
Fasting has been a recognized and we'll
defined sport ever since Doctor Tanner
deprived himself of sustcnance for the
scriptural period of forty days Since
that time the Doctors effort has several
times been eXcelled, ana the general
public has lost much Of its interest in
such feats. Indeed, the capacity Of the
human body to endure deprivation and
hardship is, under certain conditions,
practically unlimited. The recent bicy-
Gle brutality in New York city has shown
that men can go six days and nights
with but a few hours' sleep.
1t is possible that If the young woman
mentioned had entered upon an attempt
The herald., 1897-12-26
FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles is destined to become a
maritime city of no insignificant pro-
portions but its progress will nccessar-
lily be slow, since full recognition will
wait upon the building of the Nicarag-
uan canal in the one instance and the
completion of the deep sea harbor at San
Pedro in the other, both dependent upon
government aid and subject to proverb-
ial government delays and hindrances.
Both will come in time, and with the
joint achievement will be inaucurated a
new era in the commerce of the city as
well as of the country at large. A sum
mary of the enormous possibilities that
will then be within reach of Los Angeles
would seem visionary, and yet we be-
lieve they will ultimately exceed tn
most sanguine hopes now cherished.
But what of the interim? Is nothing
to be done while this is being brought
about? Are we to sit down and supine-
ly wait for the coming sunshine? That
will surely not be wise or creditabla.
Without extraordinary effort we cal.
easily double the population Of the citv
in the meantime. We can continue 10
improve and beautify it. We can build
better roads, add to the attractiveness
OF the parks, push rapid transit into the
suburbs, seek new outlets for our prod
ucts, encourage railway construction
into the virgin northeast and southwest
and give all possible announcement to
the investment OF capital in industrial
undertakings.
There is field here for innumeral
small industries requiring but the min
lmum of power, the raw material for
which can be produced in abundance
here at home, and the products of which.
better protected by the current railway
schedules than they would be bv dis
crimnative duties, Would find ready
and remunerative market in the homes
OF southern California. Pay rolls arc.
after ali, the most potent factor in tho
building up of cities, and the fact should
ever be kept in sight by those most con-
cerned in the future progress and pros
perity of Los Angeles. Paris is one of
the great manufacturing cities of the
world, and yet giant smokestacks are
scarcely at all in evidence there. We
should ut least endeavor to do more in
the way of canning and evaporatine orr
own fruit. We might find profit in the
manufacture of glass and paper. We
The herald., 1897-12-26

should work up the hides that are now
shipped out and returned to us in shoes
and betting. The offal of our slaughter
houses could be transformed from lia-
bility to a resource were little capital
invested in it's conversion into CONNER
cial chemicals. The field of productive
energy is wide and constantly expand
ing. 1t is the part of wisdom to dis
cover and utilize the resources with
which this region has been so singularly
favored by nature. The ships will come
by and by. Not even a secretary of
war can stop them.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Discrimination in Art

A person who recently attended an art
exhibition has drawn up a set of rules to
enable the novice to know what kind Of a
picture he is looking at. He says that If q
painter paints the sky gray and the grass
brown he belongs to the old school.
If he paints the sky blue and the grass
green he belongs to the realistic school,
If he paints the sky green and the grass
blue the belongs to the impressionist ito
school.
If he paints the sky yellow and the grass
purple he is a colorist
If he paints the sky black and the grass
red he is an artist of great decorative tall
ent and may make posters IL he perse-
veres.-Musical Courier.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Christmas Day

God bless the thoughts unspoken
That pass from heart to heart;
The little gift or token
That bids the tear drops start!
The thought that prompts the giving,
Tho bred mid pain and strife
That thought makes life worth living
And makes men worth the life.
No matter how one names it.
Nor whose calls the name.
The same Christ spirit claims it
And blesses it the same
Those words of sweet endeavor
To give to men the best
Have ever and shall ever
Spread peace, good will and rest.
And still adown the ages,
Past aeons of decay.
Pink babes and hoary sages
Shall join to bless the day.
SADIE BOWMAN METCALF.
Kingman, Ariz.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Los Angeles and San Francisco

The metropolis of Southern California is
rapidly gaining on the one northward. If we
may credit al we read in newspapers. For
example, the increase of Christmas busi-
ness at the Los Angeles postofiice. as COM
pared with last yearis twenty per cent
Then we have the statement on the au-
thority of ''one of the mail clerks in the
San Francisco Office that the business of
that Office shows n decrease of forty per
cent. We should not be inclined to accept
the unsupported testimony of that mail
clerk, but there is no question about the
growth of business in Los Angeles. South
ern California had good cause to feel proud
of its ropolis.-Rediands Facts.
The herald., 1897-12-26

to go sixty days without talking, her
effort would have attracted a much
larger share of public attention. There
have been instances where members of
the gentler sex have refrained from in
dulging in the exercise of their conver-
sational powers for long periods, but it
has always been apparent that talking
has been with them luxury rather than
a necessity. However, it is too late for
the young woman to switch off. ana
here's wishing her success and good
appetite when she is through with her
self-imposed task. Perhaps Colonel
Charlotte Smith of New Jersey could be
iduced to consider the anti-talk feat
The herald., 1897-12-26
Sylvia LAWSON COvEY.
Mission Bells

When the earth begins to waken
And the eastern sky to glow.
Waited by the winds of heaven
Comes a song SO sweet and low,
Eorne along past fig and palm trees,
Through the orange groves it swels;
Clearer. louder. in all grandeur
Comes the sound of mission bells.
Swinging in the quaint old belfry,
AS if stirred by Gods own hand,
Scattering far their deep-toned music
Ger the dewy, fragrant land.
Peal the bells their Joyous tidings,
Heralding this day of days.
Weakened by the sound. the song birds
Swell their throats in joyous praise.
Oh the soul-inspiring music.
Bringing back the days gone by.
Listen. Hear the angels singing,
GLORY be to God on high"
EUGENE Z. CONWAY.
The herald., 1897-12-26
CIVIL STRVICE LAWS

When considering an appointment JEFF
ferson inquired: Is the applicant hon
est; is he capable; is h faithful to the
constitution? These queries are the
bases Of all good civil service laws. The
country wants honest and capable men
in public Office. and those who are not
only faithful t. the fundamental law.
hut who viii do th=ir utmost 20 promote
the public welfare. Candidates for Of
flee before the people ought to be sub
jected to JeT.rson's tests, as we'll as
those who sal, appoint.v- places.
The requirement in civil service laws
that applicants shall submit to compet-
tive examination IS useful Il is the best
way for finding out qualities, except ac-
tual demonstration in the discharge Of
public duties. Permanency Of tenure is
a good feature, as it leaves officials TO
an extent Independent in forming and
expressing opinions upon public
questions. Political bosses and ma
nipulators cannot hold the ak Of re-
moval over their heads to control polit-
ical action. Taking patronage out of the
hands of party managers and dictators
depriVes them of power that has been
used to the decentralization of our poll
tics, and detriment of the public ser
vice. Under the spoils system it is the
practice to bestoW Offices for party or
machine work. and the more detestabe
that work is the greater the compensa-
tion. The spois system is money saving
to manlpulators of nominations and
elections, for if they cannot reward for
services rendered in dispensing patron
The herald., 1897-12-26
Kipling's Grip

The Academy tells a story of Mr.. Kip
ling when he was lad. He went on sea
voyage with his father, Lockwood Kip
ling the artist. Soon after the vessel was
under way Lockwood Kipling went below,
leaving the boy on deck. Presently there
was a great commotion overhead, and ono
of the ships officers rushed down and
banged at Mr.. Kiplings door. "Mr. Kip
ling" he cried, your boy has crawled out
on the yardarm, and If he let's go he'll
drown" Yes" said Mr.. Kipling; glad
to know that nothing serious was the mat
ter: but he won't let CO."
The herald., 1897-12-26
Dawn on the Mountain

The east
CLOVIS red. The bird and beast
| Rouse up from nest and lair. Night shades
released
Slip into caverns deep.
| Thou to whom blessed sleep
Came swiftly on the ragged mountains
steep,
Awake,
Thy joyous footsteps take
To the clear spring. hid in the shelterins
brake
The morn.
The jocund morn doth scorn
The tagging creatures under bush and
thorn.
Awake,
The stirring breezes shake
A million gems into the brimming lake!
There slake
Thy morning thirst, ere mists are curling
high.
Dissolved in azure sky.
Days golden chariot will soon roll nigh!
Awake and lift thine eyes!
The snowy pine crest lies
Past jagged rocks, uplifted to the skies!
Bold feet
Essaying the throned seat
OF silence. Haste, midst pallid wraiths of
sleet,
She waits thy coming. The glad world
is far;
Down black abyss is hurled the laundering
car
OF loosened boulder: still no sound to mar
The placid dream of silence on that steep,
Swift feet
Ger the rough rampant leap!
Sweet sleep
Hath knit the frame anew,
Brush from the pines the frosted drops of
dew:
Alone. great silence waits
On lifted throne at mornings pearl-hued
gates.
Vx-UA >u-cn>r cox,rv
The herald., 1897-12-26
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State Of California. County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. NJ Holt, superintendent OF circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
n7st duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l, 1897,
to June 30 1897 Gnclusive). the total circu-
laton of the said Daily Herald was 1890 635
copies, being an average daily circUla-
siOn of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,071.567. being n daily
average of S306 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,o59 being an average
for each Sunday of 1O.431.
L. NJ HOLT.
superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of July. 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER.
Notary Public in and for the County or
Los Angeles State of California
The herald., 1897-12-26
WANTED BOTH

In the Highlands of Scotland the church
attendance on stormy days Is rather small.
One minister recently finding himself on
boisterous Sunday confronted with but
one solitary auditor, who happened to be
a gruff, outspoken character. took him
into his confidence with a view to propi-
tiate him. "Will | go on with the ser
mon. John?" John. grutily: "Of coorse."
Getting into the pulpit and leaning over it,.
he asked: "WiQ | give you the Gaelic SER
mon or the English one?' John, more
gruffiy still: "Gie's bath; ye're we'll paid
for IT,
The herald., 1897-12-26
The Greeks Increasing

According to the latest statistics, the
population of Greece Is increasing more
rapidly than that of any other country.
namely. at the rate of 1.S1 per cent per
annum. Compared with France, which is
only 0.42, this increase will, if not checked,
constitute problem which will be as diff
ncult to solve as the reorganization of the
Greek finances
The herald., 1897-12-26
Tea the Curse of Thibet

The Times of India declars that tea
drinking is the curse of Thibet. 1.-The peo-
pie" it says, have such an Unsuitable crav-
ing for the beverage that they will sell
their homes, their hocks, their very chill
dren, to procure it. If ever an apostle ap-
pears in Thibet he will have to preach a
crusade in favor of whisky drinking in or
der to wean the inhabitants from the ma
tional vice"
The herald., 1897-12-26
CALIFORNIA OPINION
In a Quandary

The Sun is in quandary as to whether
it is the victim Of a case of mistaken iden-
tity or the object of designing politicians.
1t is in receipt of a note from u. S. Grant,
jr., who is supposed to be a candidate for
United States senator, and in the note that
gentleman is profuse in his thanks for the
kindly mention of his name. in certain
issue of this paper. Inasmuch as no such
notice appeared on the date in question.
or on any other day, we have to admit that
the prCfusion of thanks mentioned belongs
to some one else.-San Bernardino Sun.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Proposed Pardon Of McKane

If Governor Black should heed the re-
peated pleas for pardon of John Y. Nc
Kane-the latest of which was made yes
terday-he will disappoint his friends,
strike a serious blow at the sanctity of
the ballot. and render practically valueless
the most wholesome lesson to political
criminals ever taught in an individual case
in this state.-New York Mail and Ex-
nreSS
The herald., 1897-12-26
An Oregon Hermit

Sixty-four- year-old Peter Hello. a Nor
wegian, who came to the United States at
the age of H. lives now as hermit in a
hut he built on small clearing on Lake
creek, Lone county, Ore, seventeen years
ago. and although he receives an income
from a farm in the east. he spends no
penny. it is said, that he can avoid spend
ing The underbrush has grown 50 high
about his hovel that. although the place
is but a few rods from a high road. it Is
said that if he died there he might lie for
months undiscovered.
The herald., 1897-12-26
The Worlds Newspaper OUTPUT

The total number of copies of newspa-
pers printed throughout the world in one
year is 1000 100000. To print-4hese re-
qures 1920 tons of paper. or ] 1,562 4sO. 900
pounds. while it would take the fastest
press in London 33S years to print single
years edition. which would produce a
stack Of papers nearly so miles HIGH
The herald., 1897-12-26
How Cactus Whisky Is Made

The Apaches of Southern Arizona make
whisky from the sap of small species of
cactus They cut out the hearts of the
plants. resembling little cabbages. and in
the cup-shaped receptaces left behind the
sap accumulates. From this sap they dis
Ill the famous mescal, which drives those
who drink 1t to sheer madness.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Landmarks and Fossils

More Landmark clubs are springing up
throughout California. A few Fossil
clubs would be a good idea too. There are
some rare old specimens to be found In the
different towns of the state. and they can
always be located whenever any public
enterprise is Planned They don't like to
go around with the wor,d-they would
rather stand still and let 1t move away
from them.-Oakland Tribune.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Publish the Pension List

The News believes the names of all pen.
sioners should be published In the localities
in which they reside. 1t proved efficacious
to have the names of our county wards pub
lished. An, or most. of the unworthy ones
were weeded out the moment their names
were known. 1t would be the same with
the pensioners or wards of the national
government.-Santa Barbara News.
The herald., 1897-12-26
THE HERALD'S MUSE
Under the Mistletoe


twisting stream. with pebbled banks and
wide,
Back folding slopes, where spreading
Iive-oaks grow
And on their gnarled branches at the
Christmastide.
The waxy-leaved. white-berried mis-
tletoe.
A narrow path, with many a sinuous turn,
Led thther from the orchard long ago;
And backward thro' the years my eyes
discern
Two children, playing meath the mis-
tletoe.
Under a low-hung bough Madge laughing
stood.
And challenged me. with rosy. dimpling
mouth
why don't you kith me, Rob, like Captain
Kithed Couthin Thue lath night at our
houth?'
Before her quickly on my knees dropped,
And circled with my arms her tiny self
Kissed lips, and cheeks and brow before
l stopped,
For well loved the winsome little elf.
The years slippd by, as years are wont
A slender schoolgirl she and a sapling
youth;
To us the joys of life were ever new
The world an Eden. filled with love and
truth.
Once more, as meath the berried bough she
stood.
And reached aloft with covetous design,
Her eyes aglow. bright curs escaping
from her hood.
stole kiss from off her lips. with mine.
Then how the bushes surged into her
face!
A moments space with threatening mein
she Stood
Then with "a bound she gave me merry
chase,
Our shouts and footsteps sounding
through the wood.
A lapse of years. and once again we two
Paced through the wood. with lingering
step and slow:
told her of my love- so strong and true
And claimed a kiss beneath the mstletoe.
Another year. audewilling hands made gay
The dear old house we've loved since
long ago;
When VOWS We're said that made us one
for aye.
l kissed my bride beneath the mistletoe.
OLIVIA BUMGARDNER.
Los Angeles, December'22. 1897.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Took It in Free

Most Turkish towns are surrounded by
walls, and officials are usually stationed
at the gates to collect tax on every. hing
that comes in for sale A recent traveller
tells a story of a peasant who wanted to
take a cheese into town for sale. but find
ing that the tax was beyond his purse,
"he sat down and ate the cheese, where
upon he was allowed to take it in free"
The herald., 1897-12-26
Portable Elevator

A handy portable elevator for raising
packages from wagons to the second story
of a building has supporting ladder car
rying a sliding frame, which is raised and
lowered by a derrick mounted under the
ladder. an adjustable platform being
mounted on the frame, which can be set
level when the ladder IS at any angle.
The herald., 1897-12-26
Acknowledging the Corn

Gullihle farmers of Allen county, Ohio
have been bunkoed by a swindler who went
through the country exhibiting an enor-
nous ear of corn. from which he sold choice
kernels at choice prices for seed The ear
was made from several smaller ears. care
fully cut up ard ingeniously glued together
in the natural form of big ear.
The herald., 1897-12-26
A Paper Bicycle

A paper bicycle has invaded the field.
One of them. owned by bicycle agent is
in use in London. Paper fiber, similar to
that sometimes used in the manufacture
of railway carriage wheels, is employed
for tubing, and is as strong as any in use.
A factory Is said to be contemplated for
the production of bicycles of this sort.
The herald., 1897-12-26

1t is not believed the promised reduc-
ton in the price of typewriters will be
accomplished in time to effect the cur
rent budgets of the great powers, which
are struggling under the load of the cost
of this modern engine of warfare.
The herald., 1897-12-26
A Thrust at Pasadena

The first moonshiners in California were
captured recently in Los Angeles county.
There is nothing remarkable about this ex-
cept that the still was located only few
miles from the Puritanic town of Pasa-
Bee.