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The herald., 1897-08-15

forsaken for the wilds Of the Black
Forest. and the rugged hills Of Sweden
and Norway, ice bound and snow COW
cred. But time went by. and these Ger
man and Scandinavian hives swarmed
back on France and England
In century the population of North
America has risen very close to 100,-
100000 And now history repeats itself.
When Secretary Seward gave $1,000, 900
for Alaska, many people thought it a
foolish purchase. Those who thought
SO have lived to think it very providen-
tial thing. Already this teeming hive
of ours is looking for room to swarm,
This despised Alaska seems to offer the
only outlet for our congested population
which presses SO dangerously on civili-
zation in the larger cities Of the coun-
try. Had not the war intervened, the
congestion would have been felt twenty
years ago.
The. CLINT of gold in the cold streams
OF the Yukon valley Is attracting the
eyes of many who want to make for
tunes. Those now going there will open
paths where many will follow. The
quartz mines Of the coast, the fish SO
abundant in the seas and rivers, the
giant forests that clothe those mountain
sides. may prove as rich treasures as the
gold. The valleys will be taught to bear
crops Of the hardest kinds of grain and
Of root crops Flocks will be fed on the
hillsides. A new Sweden, new Norway,
will grow up In this great territory. A
hardy race Of Americans will multiply
there. This discovery Of gold comes
1t most opportune moment to give our
congested hives an opportunity to
swarm.
With all difference to our Republican
friends, we think 1t beats the Dingley
bill as promoter Of prosperity.
The herald., 1897-08-15
INGENIOUS LITTLE THINGS

A newly-patented fly catcher Is mace
of sheet of ordinary fly paper lying on
a fiat board and inclosed in a wire frame
to prevent its sticking to people or fur-
niture.
A new ice pick keeps its point in one
place on the cake Of ice while weight
mounted on the upper part of the handle
is driven down on a shank near the point
of the pick to force 1t into the Ice.
A new manner of fastening handles on
spades, hoes, etc., consists OF having q
conical screw shank on the toe with
notches cut in the sides, into which
The herald., 1897-08-15

April. 1886. congress passed resolution
authorizing the president, at his dis
cretion, to give notice to Great Britain
that the agreement to Jointly occupy
the disputed territory would terminal.
after twelve months. This brought on 9
reopening Of the negotiations for the
settlement Of the boundary dispute, and
on the 18th of June following a treaty
was made which provided that the forty
ninth parallel should be the boundary
to the middle Of the channel which sep
arates vancouvers island from the con-
tinent, and thence southerly through
the middle Of the channel and Of Fuca's
straits to the Pacific ocean.
A difference subsequently arose over
the Interpretation of the treaty. Lord
tPalmerston laid claim to run the bound
ary through the Rosario straits and to
embrace within British sovereignty an
archipelago of islands instead OF
Vancouver's island only. The matter
was settled by providing in the treaty
of 1871 that the dispute should be re-
ferred for settlement to the German
emperor. who sustained the contention
Of the United States.
The treaty Of 1886 was prepared by
James Buchanan. our secretary Of state.
and Sir Richard Pakenham. the British
minister to our government For aban-
dontng the claim to the $40 line the ad-
ministration Of President Polk was Sc
verely arraigned. We were then at war
with Mexico. which may have contrib
uted to the yielding by our government.
In justice 1t should be said that there
was no tangible evidence that the ter
ritory in dispute was part Of the LOU
isiana territory Our right to the eoun-
try up to the forty-ninth parallel rested
upon occupancy by the hunters and trap
pers employed by the Astor Fur COM
pany and by Captain Wyeth and others
who went there and esta ablished an In
dian school and permanent settlement.
North OF that parallel the Hudson Bay
company had maintained more complete
possession than south Of it. The two
fur companies had tacitly divided the
country between themselves. and in a
measure had recognized the forty-uinth
parallel as the boundary.
We have written a brief history, not
of the Webster-Ashburton treaty, but
of the steps taken which led up to a fina,
settlement of the dispute. We have don
so in the belief that it is a matter OF
interest vat this time.
The herald., 1897-08-15

Of our nm de- steele days that modesty is
now. more than ever before. the hand
maiden Of knowledge. 1t is only the
tyro who Is now dogmatical. The main
point is the substantial spiritual gain
and its correlative physical beneficence
which come to the church-goer and
which he carries with him to the better
performances of his usual weekday
work. Believer or agnostic. he is the
gamer. and in the meantime he has
given the sanction Of his presence, and,
as far as he may. material aid, to
powerful and ever active friend of hu-
manity and spiritual conservator of the
peace and dignity Of the state.
The herald., 1897-08-15
screws are fastened after the shank has

screws are fastened after the shank mas
been screwed into the handle.
An adjustable book or card rack Tor
use in large halls where the seats used
are chairs has clamp to attach 1t to the
back of the chair in front at any height.
A new bicycle hub has an oil chamber
in one side connected with the ball races
by very fine tubes. through which the
oil flows slowly to keep the bearings
fabricated. 3.
A handy. pencil holder Just out has 9
metal plate to pin on the vest, with /,
curved metal strip, lined with rubber!
attached to it's face to grip the pencile
as they are pushed into position.
The herald., 1897-08-15

what an interesting parallel there Is
between bees and the human race. OF
all brute creation only. the bee and ant
and a few more are provident. They toll
iucessantly, not only for the needs OF
today, but to lay up treasure for fu-
ture day, when there are no flowers to
bear sweets-no provender to gather.
Like the human race, the bee goes on
multiplying until new fields and fresh
beds of flowers must be sought to feed
the growing multitude. The swarming
Of a hive suggests recurrent episodes In
the history OF man.
From remotest periods the human
hives have swarmed, and the surplus
has had to go forth and seek new worlds.
Far beyond all historical record stretches
this colonEing of the race. In historical
eras 1t has been the motive power Gre
ating nearly all the progress of the race
Five hundred years before the Chris
tian era began the shores OF the Medi-
terranean were alive with colonization
schemes that rival those Of our own day
in all respects. This swarming from the
Grecian hive carried that branch of the
human family to the extreme east of
the Black sea, all Of whose shores were
studded with Greek colonies. The island
OF Sicily, the shores OF Southern France
and the north coast of Africa were filled
with Greek cities. Southern Italy was
known as Graecianiagua = Sinope
Ephesus, Cyrene, Syracuse, Naples
Marseilles and a hundred other grea
cities were Greek
The Huns, Goths, Danes, Angles ant
Franks, who overrun all Southwestern
Europe in the middle ages, were anothe
instance of great swarming era. Ital.
ought to have been prepared for II
for Caesar had told them of the Teutoni
institution which made swarming OBJ
ligatory.
When Columbus revealed to Europ
the existence Of the western continen
he laid open a path for illimitabl
swarming, and for 400 years all Europ
has been relieving the congested cond
tlOu VI llS puSy AlVco NY SCuull wv al a.
ing millions to the new world.
When we won our independence tn
hives had been planted from the shore
of Maine to the Gulf and few swarm
had ventured across the Alleghane
ridge and made settlements from tn
great lakes to New Orleans.
Horace Greeley's advice was in prat
tice long before he gave it voice. Til
swarms had been going west in lare
numbers and filling up the prairies
the west and mountain slopes of tt
Pacific.
The century just coming to a clos
Is one of rapid movements 1t has dor
more In. all material respects than man
centuries before it. Unoccupied fielc
and unsucked flowers for new swarm
are getting exceedingly scarce.
The human race existed a long tin
before the fat valley between the Tgr
and Euphrates or along the Nile and c,
naan. flowing with milk and honey, b
fore Greece with its balmy cline al
Italy with its prolific plains had to
The herald., 1897-08-15
THE BEST POEMS

Tne readers Of Life have by majority
vote decided upon the following as the
"ten best poems:"
1. Gray's Elegy.
2. Thanatopsis
8. Psalm of Life
4. The Raven.
.. The Charge Of the Light Brigade.
6. The Skylark.
Z. The Chambered Nautilus.
8. Maud Muller.
8. The Bridge Of Sighs.
TO- Burial of Sir John Moore.
Why not this way?
1. Gray's Elegy.
2. The Raven.
8. Thanatopsis.
4. The Cotter's Saturday Night.
s. The chambered Nautilus.
And the rest as you please. There cam
not Do as many as ten best" poems.
ana perhaps five Is too large a number.
The herald., 1897-08-15
The Round Of Life

The road winds down the steep hillside.
And falls in the village street:
The thrush to the robin gay replied,
The ferns in the shade Of the hills abide.
And Life is young and sweet.
The river skirts the dear old town,
And flashes to the sea;
The fields are waving golden brown.
The corn Its tassels waving down,
And Life is strong and free.
The moonbeams quiver soft and low.
And waver In the street;
Fair, happy maidens come and 20,
And lovers linger in the glow,
And Life is full and fleet.
The dust falls in the stree..
The father cries. II go, my son!''
The lad replies. well done, we'll done!"
They part, no more to meet.
For one goes, east and one goes west.
And one dreams by the sea,
And one in bridal robes Is dressed,
And one is sleeping on his breast,
And one is not for thee. es
One climbs the mountain, round by
round,
One falls in the afterglow,
And one in chains Of vice Is bound,
And one with laurel wreath is crowned,
And one drinks deep of woe.
The years they come and the vars they go,
The rain falls in the street.
Through summers heat and winters snow,
The maiden's song and freight glow,
But the task is not complete.
The stars flash through the blue above,
The leaves fall in the street.
The dear white hand we once did love,
Is lying helpless the breast above;
For thus again We meet.
Some days are full of aching scars;
The snow falls in the street.
Our dim eyes close on cleaning bars,
We hear the music of the stars,
Yet life is not complete
What Of 1t all when the day is done,
On land or on the sea,
For well we know the same old sun
Shines kindly on the erring one,
| AS well as on the free.
| For hearts expand with a tender joy,
And Love to Love replies:
| We play with life as gilded toy;
We sift the gold from the base alloy
And dream of Paradise.
JULIA SHELDON HOLMES.
| Los Angeles, Aug. II, 1897.
The herald., 1897-08-15

An Indian theological student pro-
poses to kill Rev. Edward Everett Hale,
on the ground that that gentleman's the
ology is not sound. He would much bet
ter ASA ssinate the theology.
The herald., 1897-08-15

1t is not proposed that the United
States shall become the asylum Of the
anarchists driver out of France, Spain
and Italy by the concerted action of the
great coutinental powers. The day has
gone by when foreign nations car. make
this country the dumping ground for
their malefactors, anarchists and worth
less agitators.
The herald., 1897-08-15
Couplets

BY WILLIAM M'HANNAHLY.
Our infant industries without high tariff
would surely go to destruction;
Since the tariff has passed, the mills can
shut down and thus prevent over-pro-
duction.
BY restoring the confidence of the rich in
their money, we make them invest
their hoard;
But they cannot invest on a falling mar
ket, though confidence is restored.
When we don't coin our silver, our money
is worth face value the world around.
We can borrow on interest from foreign
nations so long as our money is sound.
When money is scarce business seem. to
be slow, because the people can't buy;
But we hope for improvement on account
of the tariff, for that will make prices
high.
we want to get rid Of all paper money; II
is only a rag-baby waif;
We expect to dispace all the greenbacks
with bank notes, and thus make our
currency safe.
II money keeps tight we'll refund on long
| time the bonds of the United States
And can mortgage our land and sell all
| our mines to the foreign syndicates.
If we make money cheap, it will fall below
| par and no one will want to invest.
We propose to make every dollar worth
two so the people won't be distressed
! With the utmost confidence, we submit
ideas to all for candid inspection
We expect the approval of the people a
large and are hoping for reelection.
JAMES R. TOWNSEND.
August 2, 1897.
The herald., 1897-08-15
THE HERHLD'S MUSE
The Strike

The Strike
I saw in the Land Of the Free. free slaves
And the slaves were sore oppressed.
I saw the wife of one Of the knaves
Hold child to her famished breast.
And the face of the child was weazen and
thin;
scant raiment the mother wore.
God pity the child! o. the hunger within!
And the mothers meagre store!
And the father came. On his pallid face
Was the CRIME of the sunless mine.
He was one Of the slavesl I saw on his
face
No tint Of the warm sunshine,
But deep in his eyes fire burned!
A fire. fire suppressed
And 1t sullenly glowed as his gaze he
From his child and the famished breast
Only one of the slaves! In the midnight
CRIME
They poured out their daily lifel
Night drew circle and blotted out time,
Q, the weary, dreary srifel
Can the heart be patient? 'Tis mournful
cry.
When children cry for bread.
For bread? There is plenty Of breadl Then
why
Should the children not be fed?
THE sunshine of ages lies hidden away.
Restore It. o. delving knavesi
What matter to us your darkened day
Or your lives in living graves?
Our wives, our children. our homes are
free
From want and from famine fears.
'Tis enoughl What matter though yours
may be
Cursed with constant tearsr'
He heard the command, he heard the m oau
OF his child. and his wife's low sigh.
And he gazed on the wasted abundance
strewn
BY those who saton high.
And his fellow-slaves--they lifted their
Like his was their haplsss lot.
Great wealth they had gathered and for
A meagre pittance got.
Great wealth they had gathersd. Their
toilsome lives
Had meagre recompense.
20. give u.s." they cried. "for our children
and wives
From your plenty few more cents"
But the masters heard with deafened ear.
What help for the grimy Grew?
Their wages we must lower from year to
year;
Too little they have to do"
Too little! Return to your dark retreat!
Walk not on the broad highwayi
Be thankful II ought 70 may have to eat:
Through kindness your wages we pay"
God pity the slave, the free-born slave
Who lives in the Land Of the Free.
When he looks on the banners that over
him wave
In symbol his stripes he can see
JAMES R. TOWNSEND.
Los Angeles, Aug. IA, 1897.
The herald., 1897-08-15

Eight cases of starvation have been
renorted to the New York police within
the past ter. days. The victims mac
neglected to read the Republican news
papers.
The herald., 1897-08-15

The Cubans have Weyler on the run,
and as long as he runs the insurgents
are pacified This explains some OF the
apparent inconsistencies in the dis
patches Weyler has sent to Madrid.
The herald., 1897-08-15

A notice has been posted in the public
library of Boston. and its branches, ad-
visins the people that the works Of Ed
ward s. Ellis. Charles A. Fosdick, Mary
J. Holmes. "oliver Optic" and Ann s.
stephens are mo longer in the library"
Why? Surely no valid reason can be
advanced for barring the works Of "Ol-
iver Optic" The writings of the others
may not be particularly helpful, but
they are no worse than thousands of
other books that may be found in all
Libraries. But to bar "Oliver Optic!"
The Herald protests in the name of mil
lions of American youth who have been
charmed by his books, and in that Of at
least one middle-aged man who reads
them with all the zest Of three decades
and moro ago. Thank heaven all the
boys do not Live inr Boston
The herald., 1897-08-15

If Edward Largtry should sue for d.
vorce the titled fast set in England
would 10 longer complain Of the dull
season In fact 1t would make things
pretty lively for some of the Jersey Lily's
admirers.
The herald., 1897-08-15

Will the local tumble in oil be pointed
to by champions Of the Standard Oil
company as evidence that monopoly
lowers prices?
The herald., 1897-08-15

The postal authorities at Washing
ton have celebrated the advent of good
times by reducing the size of the postal
card. There are others.
The herald., 1897-08-15

If 1t be conceded that money is the
dominating power Of the world, and that
gold is the orly real money, then the
United States and Great Britain should
ere long. rule the world, for much the
larger part of gold production is within
territories controlled by the two nations.
Great Britain manages to keep her gold,
but America blows hers in.
The herald., 1897-08-15

Within a short period Mount Zion
Ond.) hen has laid three eggs each 8
inches in circumference.
The herald., 1897-08-15
Los ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.

state Of California, County Of Los Ange-
le6.-ss.
L. m. Holt, superintendent Of circulation
Of tho Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
nrst 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 1,2so,SS5
copies, being an average daily circulation
Of 1904.
That the weekday circulation during the
abovo time was 1,o7l,567, being daily aver
ago of $500 copies
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 21s.o5s, being an average foa
each Sunday Of 1O;A31.
M 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 Of Los
Angeles. State Of California.
The herald., 1897-08-15

Los Angeles cannot get the National
Educational association convention for
1898 unless a large auditorium is pre-
vided. Kansas City has just raised
$3.50, 900 for a convention hall, but it will
not cost nearly so much to build suit
able structure here. Let something be
done before the educational directors
reject an invitation that is not backed up
with the proper facilities.
The herald., 1897-08-15

If we annex Hawaii we are likely to
make an issue of Samoa with Germany.
That Is to say, the annexation Of Hawaii
will be used as precedent by Germany
for the annexation Of Samoa to that
country. The plea Is already made that
such a course Is the only means Of pro-
tecting German interests. Whether the
plea Is justifiable or not, the chance for
getting into a foreign enlargement is
not to be sought after. The article by
ex-Chief Justice Ide of Samoa in the
August North American Review would
indicate that the American. and not the
German interests need protection.
The herald., 1897-08-15

Senator Stewart denies that he was
interviewed as was reported, and also
enters denial for his colleague. Senator
Jones. We may expect all sorts of fakes
in connection with the money question.
Increase Of the price of wheat and the
reports of gold discoveries in various
places does not change the monetary
issue. Good luck may bring a large
measure Of prosperity, but it does not
prevent the logical effect of ecoromic
policies under normal conditions. En-
largement Of the volume of basic or re-
demption money makes 1t practicable
to float a larger volume Of secondary CT
representative money To that extent
=. greater momentum will be given to the
The herald., 1897-08-15
THE HUMAN HIVE

!, SUNDAY, AUcusT Is. 1897.
The herald., 1897-08-15

The road winds down the steep hillside
And falls in the village street;
rne thrush to the robin gay replied,
Inc FERNS in the shade Of the hills abide,
And Life is young and sweet.
The herald., 1897-08-15

II money keeps tight we'll refund on long
time the bonds of the United States;
And can mortgage our land and sell all
our mines to the foreign syndicates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-22
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, May q.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today: Wheat-May,
opened nominal, closed 71Ac; July.
opened $3.50. closed 66kc; December.
opened 6sAc, closed 6S1se. Corn-May,
opened 24Ac, closed nominal; July,
241sc, closed 24ssc; September. opened
ard closed 25&c. Oats-May, opened
177sc. closed nominal; July. opened and
1Shc. Pork-July. opened $3.50. closed
$685.; September, opened $S.371s. closed
$40. Lard-May, opened and closed
nominal; July, opened $685., closed
$3.S71ac.
Produce: Butter Extra creamery.
packing stock. 6@7c. Eggs Fresh,
stocks, SC per dozen. Live Poultry
Turkeys. 7@Sc per ID; chickens, TIC:
ducks, 9@10c. Potatoes-Burbanks, 20@
24c per bu. Honey-White clover, 11@
121ac per 10: imperfect, 7G9c. Apples
Chicago Live stock.
Chicago, May n.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
"a, 900; sales ranged at $2.3003.S0 pigs,
$3.65Q3.S2h for light. $340@3.55 for
rough packing, 3$.70Q3.S0 for mixed. and
$3.60Q3.SO for heavy packing and ship
ping lots. Cattle-Estimated receipts
for the day, 1000; quotations ranged al
$5.15Q5.45 for choice to- extra shipping
steers. $4.60@5.1O good to cheice do,
$4.25Q4.S0 fair to good, $3.S5@4.30 COM
mon to medium Co.. $370@4.20 butchers
steers. $3.60G4.00 stockers. A0564. sc
feeders, $200@4.O0 cows. $2.6004.50 heif-
ers, $2.60@3.75 bulls, oxen and stays,
$3.20Q4.50 Texas steers, and $30O05. &c
veal calves. Sheep and Lambs-Esti-
mated receipts for the day, 5000; feel
ing steady; prices unchanged; quota
tsoa ranged At s3.50@<.s0 westerns, 81. 80
@4.20 Texans. $2.50@4.90 natives, and
$S.25@5.40 lambs.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, May n.
Wheat-Lower: No. 2 spring, 7ohc;
No. 3, 24Ac. Oats-Steady; No. 3 white,
22Q22hc. Barley-Steady; No. 2, SEQ
32kc; samples. 24032hc. Rye-Lower;
No. l. 35%@36.
The Local 1aRkoe.
Corn-22024c.
Oats-2O022e.
aay-Ti@othy. ssossk; wild. ssoS7.
straw-$k.
Potatoe0E16e.
Buttsr-Fair 70 eholfe. lie; fresh creamery
Eggs-R,e.h. &c.
Chckens-6c.
Tufkeys-9c.
Ducks-7c,
Cattle-Bltchss pay for corn fsd stsefs sxc0
4Ae; cows and hsafeEs. sxc0sXe; calves AZ
EsSSss>ssessx.
Spring Lsmbs-se5o and q head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-22
RoesER GET a Fatal suLLeI.

seasss to Hold Up . street CO. ana Il
Stopped by . Deadly Shot
Tacoma, Wash. May ga single
roooer late yesterday afternoon held up
ana attempted to rob an incoming car
on the Steilacoom Electric line. About
-FOUR miles out Of the city a tall man
roughly dressed hailed the car which
stopped to let him aboard. As he got ON
the platform he pulled a blue dotted
calico mask. having holes cut through
for eyes. down over his face, produced
q revolver. and ordered Superintendent
Dame. OF the motor line. and Motorman
Weilman to the rear of the car. They
complied slowly and he followed. order
ing the men and passengers to hold up
their hands.
Dame and Wellman had entered a
rear compartment used for carving
bagggage and freight. The ,bber evil
IDENTIFY thought them safely disposed of.
for he paid no more attention to them.
Superintendent Dame drew his gun and
fired at the robber, who returned the
fire. Dame fired two shots and the rob-
Der three. Two minutes later the rob-
Der was lying beside the car dead.
while Dame had been shot in the arm
and Jewett Smith, q passenger, in the
leg