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The herald., 1897-10-24

American national music, the product O
distinctly American school, which ha'
revolutionized the march music of tbs
world. This is certainly no small addi
ton to the treasures of the American ma
tion.
The next thing in order in the musical
line should be the production of a ma
tional anthem worthy of the United
States-a grand impassioned, soul
stirring national hymn, American in SEN
timent as we'll as in music. Our pres
ent stock of national airs are well
enough in their way, but the develop
ment of the nation requires a new voice,
whose harmonies and the message it
tells are in accord with the strength and
symphonies of the republic. To sing as
We do in the anthem "America"-one of
our best national airs:
Sweet land of liberty
Land of the Pilgrims pride.
Land where our fathers died
To sing these words to the English
tune of God Save the Queen" is an
anachronistic absurdity, against which
every true son of the United States
enters a silent and somewhat humiliat
ing protest. 1t is contended that ma
tional music depends upon race char
acteristics and upon climatic, geograph
ical and political conditions. If this be
true we need in the United States only
the writer of our national anthenl-the
conditions are all here in prolific abund.
ance
The herald., 1897-10-24

dozed and blackmailed by the display
of a Deputy constable's badge. Many a
time criminals have purchased immunity
from arrest by making it profitable for
constable to let them go.
Why should the Law license men to
so outrageously abuse its authority? Ii
is as if the United States government
should license a pirate to prey upon
American commerce; as If state should
grant permits for train robbing.
The justices of the peace ought to ex-
ercise more discrimination in deciding
the cases of the meu arrested by the
deputy constables. Take the case of
the two men arrested for taking-steal-
ing, if you like, the term better-a hand
full of walrsuts. 1t is all nonsense to
talk of upholding "the majesty of the
law" in such cases. The real object was
plainly to make fees and mileage for the
constable.
This licensed freebooting by the dep
uty constabl must be stopped.
The herald., 1897-10-24

the noises so far as street travel is con-
cerne0 Invention should lessen the
noises made by the street cars.
DR.. Girdner advocates the organiza-
rion of properly conducted Societies
for the Prevention of Noise" He thinks
that they would be constant reminder
to the thoughtless. and constant
menace to the vicious noise-makers,
favor of peace and quiet, just as the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals has taught all classes to alb
stain from unnecessary cruelty to the
the Golden Rule into new field OF life
The herald., 1897-10-24
Other Use

Tradesman-Now that busiraess is
looking up. I suppose you can pay that
little bill of mine?
Capitalist-My dear man, do you know
what you are talking about? 1 can get
interest on all the money I can get hold
OF now. To pay you would be actually
throwing money away. I'm surprise d
that you should think Of such a thing.
But, then, l suppose you do not ur.der-
stand business principles. = Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The herald., 1897-10-24
ABATING CITY NOISES

1t would not be in the least surpris-
ing if there should soon be instituted
throughout the cousatry general cam
paign against the plague of city noises,
Just as, for Instance, there is a success
ful and growing campaign in progress
ter question is one of comfort and ac-
commodation; while that of city noises
is far more serious matter, affecting
the public health to hitherto un-
dreamt of degree.
The October rumbcr of the North
American. Review contains timely
article entitled ITO Abate the Plague of
City Noises" by Johr, H. Grdner, M. D.
DR.. Girdmer began the campaign with
an article in the Review a year or SO
ago. He then divided city roses into
six classes, and pointed out that in each
Of these classes large proportior, of the
noises are entirely unnecessary and
ought to be suppressed in. the interests
of the health and comfort of the peo-
says that some have fallen into the er-
ror of supposing that noise means en-
terprise. Whatever advancicg civiliza-
;ion may mean. ii certainly means an
ever advancing respect on the part of
each Individual for the rights. health
ard comfort of all the others. "The
kingdom of heaven on earth is peace and
quiet within"
Otherwise entlecnaC.y young men
whistle in street cars and other public
places. My lady's drawing room is a
pa 6emonium of shouting women. Thze
ringing of church bells in large cities is
| barbarous. (How much more barbarous
is the intoledable din made by street car
conductors with their gongs at the cor
ners needlessly to attrac. passergers.)
Their there are the people who take a
| fiendish delight in creating as much
noise as possible by yelling and shout
ing, blowing horns and in a thousand
ways disturbing the peace and quiet OF
the neighborhood. What valid argument
can be adduced to Justify the continued
existence Of the innumerable cats that
irfest our streets and yards? There are
the useless postman's whistle, the
shouting peGdlers and hucksters, the
bell ringing scissors grinder and many
others who keep up a CONTIGUOUS din oi
distracting nerve-wrecking sounds.
Asphalt pavements, rubber tired We
hicles and automobiles will SOON Lesser
The herald., 1897-10-24
MOTIVE POWER OF DIVORCES

In the Contemporary Review of Sep
tember, Mrs. Atherton, speaking OF tn
number of self-supporting women in tn
United States, says that it may be com
puted at 100000 Mrs. Atherton out
lines rather a questionable picture o
those independent ladies, to wit:
There is little of the Amelia Sedley
about these women. They may preserve
their femininity, their love of home
and family. their hope of husband and
children; but the man who says to
them "You must" has an uncomforta-
BILE hour, and he who attempts to en-
force his mandate is, sooner or later.
sent to try his luck elsewhere. This
vast number of brain-working women
recruited for the most part from The
carefully educated middle class-are
thinkers. A large proportion of the
women of the upper classes are clever
and alert Both classes are manifestly
dissatisfied with their men.
And this is how Mrs Atherton regard:
her brothers-the men whom, she al
leges, the women have spiritually an.
mentally outstripped:
The men of the United States possess
some of the finest pertainments of the
human race, but they are failures
where women are concerned. Their
own interests are so restricted that they
are unable to interest for any length
of time the most versatile and mentally
restless women on three continents.
They have never taken the time to cul-
tivate the soul with which their women,
stepped in the literature of older worlds
informs the ideal man: necessarily they
fall fiat when the glamour of passion
has departed.
Then the lady goes into rhapsodica
enumeration of the peculiar moral an(
spiritual aff1nities Of the modern Amer
lean woman, whom she portrays as "s
product of experimental democracy,
''blindly and fiercely striving for ar
ideal" living in an electrical atmos
phere," "a spoiled child" finding hel
component part of life ever changing
and changes with it," regarding herseil
'as the most important element in thai
life A child of the hour, the minute
"she does not strike roots" concluding
with the question: is it matter foi
wonder that, finding the man she has
married unsatisfactory, she tosses hin
aside and begins life anew?"'
We cheerfully confess that we havt
not yet met Mrs. Atherton's descriptive
types of the new woman" Is not tn,
fair writer mistaken in the loco citato O.
to use the words of the editor of tn
Review Of Reviews-the "odious crea
ture, Mrs Atherton's typical woman O
the United States! the heir of the wors'
vices of the men whom she is told shi
has outstripped?" Certainly the dainty
feet of these new women do not treaC
the sol, of Southern California. Wha
a prospect for the mothers of the coun
try Mrs. Atherton provides in her pic
ture of the typical new woman-the pro
life provdar of the motive power of tn
divorce market.
The herald., 1897-10-24
Rack from the Klondike

Opening the door in response to an in
sstent knock, the lady behsld the figure
of one she remembered.
"Oh, it is you, is it?" s1e said Jolly.
ut is me-" was the answer. Your
long-lost husband, who has come to tel
you that he is sorry he ran away two
years ago.
Maybe you are sorry you went" re-
torted the lady. but amt. What die
you come back for?"
my dearest, have been to the Klon-
dixie, and last summer I accumulated d
fifty thousand-"
Fifty Thousand dollars!" shrieked
the loving wife as she fell on his neck.
mo. Mosquito bites"
1t was moment later only that he
fell on his neck hinlself.-Indianapo
Journal
The herald., 1897-10-24
How to 1ncreasAe Revenue

The Dingley bill is splendid deficit
producer, and the onlhope of the Re-
publican party is th'nternal revenue
department. If the pOle of the United
States will forget thebarty differences
and unite in patriotd nina tion 10
drink more whisky.e deficit may be
cured. If they will sdble their. allow
ance of whisky pertC the increase Of
internal revenue Wtlbe sufficient to
wipe out the deficit csed by the Ding
ley bill. We are conbnted by condi-
tion and not theor The Republican
party in effect sohnly apnounces:
"Now is the time toet drunk and re-
store prosperity. @mphis CONNER
cial Appeal. #
The herald., 1897-10-24

The report of Pension Commissioner
Evans will show that during the pas.
fiscal year the number of pensions in
creased $4,000 and that the expenditures
for pensions increased s3,O0O,OO0. Mr.
Evans hopes to recommend, to congress
that law be passed providing tina;
women marrying soldiers hereafter shall
rot be entitled to any pension upon the
death of their husbands. The law OF
1890 makes this stipulation regarding the
pensions which are payable under thai
act, but the great majority of the per-
sioners now on the rolls draw theil
money by virtue of previous acts.
The herald., 1897-10-24
Fast Running

1t was in negligence case recently.
and good-humored Irishman was a
witness.
The judge, lawyers and everybody else
were trying their best to extract from
the Irishman something about the speed
of a train.
"Was 1t going fast?" asked the judge.
"Aw, yis, it were," answered the wit
ness.
"How fast?"
"Oh, purity fasht. your horror"
well, how fast?"
''Aw, purity fasht."
WAS it as fast as a man can run?"
Jaw, yis," glad that the basis for an
analogy was supplied, 'as fasht as two
min kin run."-Buffalo Enquirer.
The herald., 1897-10-24
Mistaken for the Lord

Recently parachutist gave severa
exhibitions of his daring skill at Glas-
gov. One afternoon strong wind car
ried his ballooc, rapidly away, and il
was some time before he could make a
descent. He touched mother earth al g
moorland spot near a farmhouse, and
an old man stood close by staring ir
blank amazement. He had seen the
gaudily dressed being drop down from
the clouds.
What place is this?" asked the para.
chutist, in an authoritative tone.
The old man reverently kr,elt dowr
and clasped his hands together, and his
voice trembled with fervent emotion ht
answered.
Good Lord, this is the EARTH"
-Harper's Round Table.
The herald., 1897-10-24
A Great Politician in Disguise

Yesterday morning Special Officer
Johnson of Fort Allen Park arrested, a
man for begging food among the resi-
dents of Muujoy Hill. The man was
taken to the police station, and, a satchel
which he carried was found to contain
several chicken sandwiches and a guam
tity of French mustard.
Il, 6,o not want to be disturbed, no
matter how pressing business may be-"
explained, the tramp wkera assigned to
a cell. Let me enjoy the strictest
quietness and don't call me until court
time, in the morning. daily Eastern.
Argus.
The herald., 1897-10-24

Ex-senator PETER of Kansas is adding
to the gayety of private life by leading a
fight against the prohibitory law viola;-
ors at Topeka. He wrapped his whis-
kers around his eek, tucked them unG Gier
his collar, entered a suspected resort and
attempted to buy drink. The barkeep-
er, however, saw the historic whiskers
peeping out, like the cloven hoof from
the disguise of his Satanic majesty, and
would not be caught. The ex-senator
unwound his PETERS and returned home,
debating whether to cut off his hirsut q
appendages or quit the spying business
1t is safe to predict that the whiskers
will win out.
The herald., 1897-10-24
Too Much Heat

Dinks--It's a mystery to me what
Fenilworths done with his fathers
fortune. 1t seems to me only the other
day that he. had money to burn.
Botts-Well, that was the trouble,
guess. He had such variety OF flames
who were anxious to be warm friends OF
hiS.-Puck
The herald., 1897-10-24

John A. Logan, jr., who got into such
a pretty row with General McCook over
an incident at the coronation of the
czar, is now having trouble with an
Illir,ois prohibitionist, who charges him
with turning a swell club into blind
pig"
The herald., 1897-10-24

1t sounds little ante-bellum to say
that Cotton is king" but the figures
prove that such is the case. 1t forms, in
its raw and manufactured state 25.1S per
cent Of the total value of goods and mer-
chandise exported in the year ended.
June 80, 1897. Breadstuffs came next,
with 1917 per cent, and provisions, in
Guiding meat and dairy products, rank
third
The herald., 1897-10-24
Stylish lit

Is the crowning set-off toEnan OF
good appearance. We havhe best
line Of Hats in the city anare pre-.
pared to give the best valutnd the
most becoming styles.
In Underwear and Hosis we can
supply you with good reole gar
ments that will please u. We
keep nothing cheap and ashy, but
have quantities of well-ne goods
at reasonable prices that'ill wear
and give satisfaction.
The pride of every ltleman's
wardrobe should be SpotlesS
linen. In HandkerchS, Dress
Shirts, linen and lawn N,wear and
Collars and Cuffs, we IN supply
any mans wants. Wmake our
own Shirts and thereby ge "Home
Industry" Buy one fin us and
keep your money circuing where
it belongs and
Get a BetteHhirt
The herald., 1897-10-24
The Placid Dealer

"That corfounded cheap wheel you
sold me broke down before I got half
way home"
IT told you 1t was bargain you would
not want to go back on. n."-Indianapoliu
Journal.
The herald., 1897-10-24

their duty to protectke weak from
society's often unjustkactions. The
f1ippant spirit in whicthe criticisms
on the Harry Haas ca.have been an
swered are in bad tastand show that
many people have a ctempt for that
strict justice which shSd surround the
enforcement of the laA They seem to
think that because tfboy is years
old, instead of 5, it ieves the state
of its duty.-South Fadenan.
The herald., 1897-10-24
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
first duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the five months from February 1, 1897,
to June 80. 1897 Gnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1890 635
copies, being nm average daily circula-
tiOn of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,071,567. being u daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,O59 being IN 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 J. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County of
Los Angeles. State of California.
The herald., 1897-10-24

A Wheeling, West Va. saloon keeper
is under 300 indictments for illeg gal liquor
selling. All were based on the testi-
mony of one man. who said he had
bought a drink every day for a year
The saloon keeper sold liquor at retail
and was indicted by wholesale.
The herald., 1897-10-24

A man found certified check for
$40, 900 on the pavement in Wall street
New York city, and returned it to the
owner, who gave him $40. The finder
was honest, but he was rsot satisfied.
Was he justified in complaining because
he cid not receive more? Is it to be held
that an act of common honesty should
be ''liberally rewardeoi?"
The herald., 1897-10-24

The British government will ask next
year for 30 per cent increase to the
army. England is bound to be prepared
for ar emergency. In Europe it is about
as expensive to be prepared for an
emergency as it is to handle the emerg-
ency itself from a military ard naval
point Of view.
The herald., 1897-10-24
Pleasures of the Chase

IT wonder why you men like to go
hunting when you dont shoot any
thing"
For the same reason that you women
like to go shopping when you don't buy
thing."-Chicago Record.
The herald., 1897-10-24
Thinskinned

Your American public is pretty thin
skinned" commented the visiting for
eigner.
"Oh 1 don't know" replied the native
statesman "It seems to stand about as
much skinnirg as any other old public"
-Indianapolis Journal.
The herald., 1897-10-24
Senator Billr Full Speed

At the conclusioF his speech at the
opening of a Gaaurg gymnasium,
Senator Mason asl If he might speak
for five minutes or1lba. He then pro-
ceeded to free froEhe tortured pearl
of the Antilles in Umost feverish for
ensic form. When Flew rang the horl-
The herald., 1897-10-24

she retailed four gallons of whisky. She
had been in Jail fifty days. A Kentucky
Judge dismissed the woman and a Ken
lucky audience made up purse for her.
Thus sunshine entered into the moon
sinner womans soul.
The herald., 1897-10-24

A Kentucky young woman was
charged with selling liquor without a
license. Her husband. had run away and
left her with two children to care for.
and her baby was almost starving, when
The herald., 1897-10-24
The Harry Haas Case

Oficers of the law too often forget
the legal rights Of prisoners who come
before them. and that while 1t is their
duty to protect society It is still more
The herald., 1897-10-24

A Chicago organ grinder was over
come by the heat the other Gay. Even
hot spells have their compensations
The herald., 1897-10-24
ARTILLERISTS NEEDED

General George W. Wingate, in ar
number of the Journal Of the Military
Service of the United States, will urge
the Importance of increasing the artil-
lery arm of the service. He points out
that when our system of Notifications
is completed $4,000 artillerists will be
required to make one relief for the guns.
This is more than the total number of
men in the United States regular army,
yet the conditions require three reliefs
| instead of one.
| Unless something is done, the country
will be in the position of having great
number of modern guns and nobody to
fire them. Anybody who can point and
discharge a Springfield rifle or an old =
fashioned howitzer is not qualified to
handle a modern rifled cannon.
General Wingate does not hold that il
is necessary that the artillery strength
of the army should be increased to $1,000
men, or even to $4,000. He does assert
that the artillery force ought to be in
creased to 1900 men, and that the govern
ment should encourage the formation of
field batteries in the national guard. II
takes time to train an artillerist.
1t is evident that the government vii!
soon be obliged to take active steps to
increase the efficiency of the military
and naval service. The national
guard gives sufficient military training
for present needs; the naval militia IS
doing something, but net enough to give
us sea-fighting men, but there seems
to be nothing doing to meet the great
and important requirement of the artil-
lery services
General Wingate's article is timely,
and his suggestions are sound. Regret it
as much as We may, we must confront the
fact that the conditions are changing;
that the United States as nation car
no longer live within itself. 1t is not in
the deplorabie necessity of maintaining
a great standing army like the powers
of Europe, but that We must have a
large navy; that we must protect our
coast cities with Notifications is clearly
evident. Whatever we undertake we
must do well. Our Improvements must
keep pace with each other.
1t would be the height of absurdity to
have Notifications and nobody to make
them available in case of war.
>
The theologians find a great oeal OF
fault with Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott be-
cause he does not believe the story of
Jonah and the whale. Yet these same
theologians would have to struggle a
long time before producing arlything
better or truer than the following ex-
tract from one of DR.. Abbotts recent
sermons:
Godliness is a promise of present
usefulness and of present service. We
think that had we lived in Luther's
time We would have fought with him;
had We lived during the Revolution we
would not have been Tories; had we
lived in anti-slavery days we would
have been Aboltionists. How about the
causes which, if you aid them today,
will bring you unpopularty? 1t is very
easy to imagine how brave you would
have been, but godliness calls to pres
ent service, not to imagining the past,
or to prospective service in the future
No man need wait for his crown until
re tn
The herald., 1897-10-24

zon was spattered with Spanish blood as
far as the eye could reach.-Quincy, ILL.,,
Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-10-30
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.
Where was He Educated

FRosTBURG, MD, Oct. 25, 1897.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Our democratic friends are bent upon con-
structing to their own liking the sentence.
~ he peasants are in Paris to-day" They
are attempting to make a whole arithmetic
of rhetoric out of that one figure of speech.
The author of that statement was merely tell
ing the audience what he had observed on
the street-nan.ely, that the country folk
were in town Forum.
The above from Mr.. Fairchild is in
deed surprising. The trouble with
him is that his superfciality crops out
in nearly everything he says. His al
lucrative propensity leads him into
many figurative blunders. He speaks
of "a whole arithmetic of rhetoric''
Whoever heard before that rhetoric
was a part of mathematics?
He claims to be an author. But |
fear he is Only purloiner of other
mems ideas-an assimilator of very
clumsy sort. In fact he has dropped
into the low practice of phrase
monger.
A mind of productive thought is not
guilty of such an offense. A man pre-
tending platform capacity must be one
who can think on his feet. But when
l read in his paper such phraseology
as ga whole arithmetic of rhetoric,'
which was written in the composure of
the editorial room, what becomes of
his pretension to productive
mentality CANTON,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-10-30
j. ~. ODER. EditOr
OCTOBER %, 1897.
FROSTBURG, MD.
Fact.


When the semi-monthly pay bill be-
came law CD the companies, though
knowing that it was not worth the paper
upon which it was written, decided at
once to obey it and thereby, if for no.
thing else, set good example to some
people who are disposed to be noisy
about laws that do not come altogether
their way.
But the companies who obeyed the
law (?) instead of testing it, get no
credit whatever for their course.
By Il strange perversity of senti-
ment and action, Campbell and Dick
get it all.
Not only so--they are to ride back
INTO the Legislature upon the good e.
ample set By the companies.
This Is fact which cannot be sue
cessfully denied.
But the statement of it does not
necessarily imply that the JOURNAL is
opposed to the law.
1t does mean that the JOURNAL is
uualterably opposed to the wrong
party getting all the credit and all the
profits of unearned promotion for it.
In the present instance this is es-
pecialy significant, for if Campbell
and Dick were democrats they would
be getting neither.