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The herald., 1897-11-27
PARTNERS

Love took chambers on our stree
Opposite to mine;
On his door he tackled neat
Clearly lettered sign.
Straightway grew his custom great,
For his sign read SO:
"IIearts united while you wait;
Step in. Love & Co..
Much I wondered who was Co"
In Loves partnerships;
Thought across the street I'd go
Learn from Loves own lip.
So l went, and since that day
Life is hard for me.
l was buncoed! CBy the way,
Co" is Jealousy)
The Century.
The herald., 1897-11-27
A MANIFEST ABSURDITY

The Herald makes room today for
communication from Judge c. c. Wright,
in which he takes issue with our propo-
sition that, under the contract existing
between the city and the water COM
pany, the arbitration to determine the
The herald., 1897-11-27
Morgan Beats the Record

Senator Morgan says that the United
States needs Hawaii for the purpose of
protecting. Alaska In view Of the fact
that Hawaii is 5000 miles from Alaska,
it is plain that nothing short OF the
sublime Imagination OF the Alabama
senator can comprehend the grandeur of
such a notion of public defense. The ar
gument that the possession Of Alaska
by this country will be endangered un-
less Hawaii is annexed is quite the most
entertaining and amusing that has been
Observation-Disclosures City Star.
The herald., 1897-11-27
A Parable

II would feel that 1 had lived could
produce a lasting work in MARBLE" said
the famous poet.
And l would die content" said the
renowned sculptor, could write an
immortal poenl."
Only ordinary fools are fully satisfied
with themselves.-Philade North
American.
The herald., 1897-11-27

1t is not likely that the trading stamp
scheme will obtain much of foothold
in Los Angeles or elsewhere. The cham
ber of commerce and the Merchants and
Manufacturers association promptly
turned it down, while current issues of
eastern trade journals strongly con-
denim it.
The herald., 1897-11-27
Hard Picking for Train Robbers

Talk about prosperity, you can never
make the idea that we are prosperous go
down in Missouri. A band Of train rob-
bers held up train In that state the
other day and secured only $S.26 out OF
the whole boiling business. Time was
when there would have been enough IN
such job to keep the boys In luxury Tor
|a month.-Peoria Herald
The herald., 1897-11-27
One Game without Fatality

Out in Ohio the other day two foot
hall teams became involved in a row
over the rules and resorted to pitched
battle, In which clubs and stones were
freely use AS this necessitated post
ponement Of the game, no one was Sc
riously injured during the day.-Wash-
ington Post.
The herald., 1897-11-27

The insurance policies on a Santa Cruz
theater expired Tuesday, and the build
ing burned the next day. The desertion
of the Frohman's is only one of the vi
cissitudes experienced by the drama on
the Pacific coast
The herald., 1897-11-27
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State of California. County Of Los Ange-
les.-sa.
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 !. 1897.
to June 30. 1897 Qnclusive) the total crcu-
lation Of the said Daily Herald was 1890, 635
copies, being an average daily circuln-
tion Of S0O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,O71,567. being daily
average of $500 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2l905s. being an average
for each Sunday Of 1O.431.
L. M. 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., 1897-11-27

The mammoth hay fire in this city will
probably not be extinguished for week
A large elevator, containing a great
many thousand bushels of wheat burned
at Minneapolis eight or nine years ago,
and the flames were not totally extin-
guished for more than year afterward
The herald., 1897-11-27

The Spanish government did not get
rid of the Competitor issue when it dis
charged the four American sailors. The
latter will all file claims for damages,
and have asked Uncle Sam to act as
prosecuting attorney
The herald., 1897-11-27

The business men are sure to be heard
from on the proposition to put twenty
minutes limit on the -hitching ordi-
nance. They know very well that such
a change would destroy the usefulness
of the ordinance, and for that reason are
opposed to it,
The herald., 1897-11-27

The fire commissioners have granted
the request of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association for more fire hy-
drants on Spring street. If the addi-
tional fire-killing facilities prevent one
big conflagration they will save many
times the expense of providing them.
The herald., 1897-11-27

The report that the farmers near Sa-
linas are being "terrorized' by bold, bad
mountain lions should inspire the mighty
hunters to great Deeds Who will organ
ize an expedition to go to the relief of the
cat-cursed agriculturists?
The herald., 1897-11-27

The Kansas Pacific railroad will be
sold in about three weeks. After the ex-
perience with the Union Pacific, the al
lied monopolists will hardly expect to
get the Kansas Pacific line below COST
The herald., 1897-11-27
The Grip

This is the season Of the year when a
hard cold masquerades as the grip. The
grip never masquerades as anything;
anyone who has the grip knows it.-Chi-
cago Times Herald.
The herald., 1897-11-27
where All Democrats Can Unite

The whole -bolstered trust system
Is pernicious and diabolical, and however
widely Democrats may differ on the
money question, they should swipe this
evil at the first opportunity. = Dallas
News.
The herald., 1897-11-27
The Exception

Carlisle says, GO deep enough and
you'll find music everywhere.
II guess he never delved into a piano
pupils exercise book. cleveland Lead
err
The herald., 1897-11-27

The Thorn trial will hardly be ended
before the second Luetgert trial will be-
gin. The people are in hard luck.
The herald., 1897-11-27
Peaceable and Valiant

while it Is against my principles to
fight" said the moralist, Il will always
fight for my principles. ."-Richmond
Dispatch
The herald., 1897-11-27

CHE Herald under this heading prints
mmunlcationo. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expresssd
Correspondents are reQuested to cultivate
orevtty ~ Tar ~ u consistent with the
proper expression OF their views.l
The herald., 1897-11-27
Undoubtedly

He-Who is your favorite writer7.
she-My guardian. He signs all my
checks, you know.-Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-11-27

On one occasion Louis Philippe of
France introduced to the Duke of We'll
lington, one of the French marshals
whom he had beaten in the peninsula.
The marshal partly turned his back to
the duke, which greatly displeased Louis
Philippe, who apologized to the duke for
his marshal's rudeness. Forgive him.
sire" said the duke. II taught him to do
that in the peninsula"
The herald., 1897-11-27

Another Job for Reporter ingalls,
If John James Ingalls, desires to re-
port another pretty fight he will report
for duty at Columbus. O.-Kansas City
Times.
The herald., 1897-11-27

A local preacher being anxious to in
terview the Rev. c. H. Spurgeon, called
at his house, but was informed by the
servant that the great preacher was en-
gagged. "Tell him." said the caller, that
the servant of the Lord wishes to see
him." "Ah!" replied Mr.. Spurgeon, tell
the servant of the Lord am engaged
with his Master"
The herald., 1897-11-27
REPARTEES

I was present at Conservative pub
lie meeting held in Derbyshire in the au-
tumn election campaign of 1885. The
Conservative candidate took exception
to statement reported to have been
made in a speech by his opponent few
days earlier as to what he (the Liberal
candidate) was going to do when l am
your representative in parliament" and
said: L think Mr. (meaning the
Liberal candidate) is counting his chick
ems before they are hatched." "Ah! but
he is a good SITTER" shouted collier
from the back of the hall.
The herald., 1897-11-27

Lord Norbury and Counselor Parsons
were passing by the Mas Jail in the
Judges carriage, when Norbury, notic-
ing a vacant gibbet, observed: Par
sons, where would you be- If that gallows
had it's due?" Without a seconds hesi-
tation, Parsons responded: Riding
alone"
The herald., 1897-11-27


necessary funds. Do not all these con-
siderations lead to the conclusion that
the contract, reasonably construed re-
quires that whatever agreement is to be
had between the city and the water
company, as to the price to be paid, shall
be had sufficient length of time prior
to the expiration of the lease, so that
the necessary funds can be provided by
the issuance and sale of bonds, so as to
be ready to carry out the contract with
out extending the term OF the lease?
What said to the council when,I pre-
sented the petition was that it is not
within the power Of the water company
to force an extension of the term of its
lease. also said that l had been in
formed that the city council had offered
to submit to arbitration the question of
the price to be paid for improvements
made under the contract, and that this
offer had been declined by the water
company. II my information is not cor
rect shall be pleased to know it.
Can The Herald give any reason why
the necessary preliminary steps should
not have been taken before now? If the
petitioners decline to submit tamely tc
an enforced extension of the lease can
they be justly accused of having "ar
apparent disposition to bring the water
question prematurely to an acute
crisis?"
/ am sure The Herald is desirous OF
being the champion Of the peoples in
terests in this as in all other public mat
ters and that upon a full consideration
Of the subject 1t will see the error of the
position taken this morning in the edi
torial above referred to.
G. C. WRIGHT.
Los Angeles, Nov. 25, 1897.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22
Snobbery of Education.

Editorially, in the Ladies' Home
Journal. Edward w. Box expresses
himself vigorously in depreciation of
the tendency to introduce dangerous
element of snobbery into education. lie
notes the pervading II know so much
air that is encountered on all sides. and
the feeling that a line is being drawn
on a so-called educational basis. Mr..
Box contends that IAN educational
PROCESS which sharpens and polishes
only girls intellect, and either dead
ems or neglects her heart or soul. is a
sorry imitation of what an education
really stands for and is. The
practice followed by some girls who
have been at college of holding their
heads above those who have not is d
foolish proceeding, and smacks of tile
most repulsive kind of snobbery. 1t is
never safe for us to assume that we
know more than the people around rs.
whether we are college-trai or not.
The longer we live in this world the
more we become convinced how lit:le
we know. The people most humble in
their opinions are generally the best
educated. 1t is an art which only D
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22

him. The piteous appeal to his fellows,
asking them if he really was to blame,
is one of the most pitiful incidents in
the affair. Experts say that an en-
gineer can only pass through a given
amount Of strain, and that once having
passed this point he is scarcely account
able for what he may do.
There is a great difference in people,
however, as to the effect which such
calamities have upon them. People Of
stolid and unimpressible temperaments
may pass through such experiences,
and be but slightly overcome by them.
but it is dangerous thing for the sens
tive, highly organized mind to be
placed in such an awful position.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22

Lieutenant Peary has been detached
from the Brooklyn navy yard and or
dered to report for duty on the Pacific
coast, but announces that his plans for
reaching the north pole will go on all
the same. He is at present hoping that
some person or persons will give him
$150,OO0, and he will then start On his
trip. The greatest part of the money
he explains, will be needed to maintain
a colony Of Eskimos at a point further
north than any previous colony has
ever located. There might be some
thing that would thrill the world in the
accomplishment of this plan, and yet
there are practical-minded people who
will think that the money asked for
could be better used in founding col
ony of poor white people in some lower
latitude
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22

Mrs. Porter, who is well fitted to meet
these requirements.
The first social function at which
Mrs. Porter appeared was the recep-
ton at the White House given by Mrs.
Mckinley in honor Of the ladies Of the
Diplomatic Corps, and the manner in
which the wife of the Presidents Sec
rotary assisted in the pleasant task Of
according gracious and cordial well
come to callers won for her the regard
Of all present. Mrs. Porter is the
daughter Of Col Belts, Of New York,
who is son Of Judge Belts, the ia
nous lawyer. She was sent at an early
age to Miss Porter's school at Farm
ington, Conn.,, where she remained I'M
til she went to France to attend a fin
fishing school. After her marriage in
1884 to J. Addison Porter her home
was for some time in Washington. She
speaks French fuently and is fond Of
the study Of languages. Mr.. and Mrs.
Porter have two children. Their names
are Agnes and Josephine and they are
just about to enter kindergarten. The
Porters reside in pretty, attractive
house, formerly occupied by ex-Secre-
tary Of the Interior Hoke Smith and
his family.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22

few of us learn; to be reticant or our
own opinion when every one around us
is expressing his. Yet this is one OF the
attributes of the well educated. 81
lence often speaks louder than speech.
But the girl fresh from her BOOKS and
college does not always perceive this
She is apt to assume, for example, that
people are uneducated if now and
again they speak ungrammatically.
But she does not know that the most
vital truths ever spoken or written, the
truths which have done mankind the
greatest good, have not always been
those which would have borne gram
NAUTICAL dissection. Their good lay in
what was said, rather than IN the way
in which the sentences were construct
ed. 1t is when we are young that we
believe that all that is worth knowing
is printed in books. When he are older
we find that the deepest truths are
never written. It is well enough for a
girl to hold up for herself a standard
in grammar or anything else. But she
is unwise when she believes that her
standard is the one by which she must
judge and measure others. She has no
right to do so in the first place. And in
the second, she is far more apt to be
wrong in her deductions than she is to
be correct"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22
Industrial Progress in Russia.

The recent industrial growth of Rus
STA has been one of the marYels of the
present decade. In addition to her ex-
tensive sulphuric acid industry, Russia
is opening up important manufactures
Of chromate salts, vitriol, phosphates,
lead, zinc, tin, strontium and copper
salts and mineral dyes, and platinum
is almost Russian monopoly. In med
icinal plant growing the progress in
Russia is very great. Six castor oil
factories, all working from native
grown seed, were represented at the
exhibition, and oils of peppermint,
wormwood, caraway, fennel, anise and
pine needles were also shown. The
output Of Russian benzine has grown
from 81, 500 gallons in 1882 to nearly
100000 gallons in 1894. The petro-
leum industry is the second largest in
the world. One firm alone owns 1873
miles of petroleum pipe lines 1t has
an enormous feet and owns ], 157 tank
wagons for the conveyance Of it's prod
ucts by rail. The industry of the dry
distillation of wood in Russia is only
just beginning. In northern Russia,
away from the railways, there are still
many thousands of square miles under
wood, yet up to the present only one
half per cent. of all the resin, but a
slightly larger proportion Of the tlr-
pentine used in Russia has been Of
home manufacture. 1t has generally
been assumed that the Russian fir
could not be made to yield turpentine
and resin Of equal quality or abund-
ance to the French or American pines,
but experiments show that Russian
turpentine, if collected by the French
process, does not differ materially from
the French, except that it is dextro-
eyre to the same degree that the
French is laevogyre. Moreover, a bal
sam was obtained from one variety
that will advantageously replace Can
ada balsam for technical and micro
scopic purposes The day of the chem
zeal exploitation of the Russian forests
is therefore dawning, and within few
years the country O. the Gar may ex-
port, instead of buy from abroad, acetic
acid, wood naphtha, acetone, wood
vinega. and acetate Of lime. The i'm
portance Of the Russian licorice Juice
and licorice root industry is generally
known.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22

Chicago Chronicles: A word with the
advertiser who stuffs the mail boxes
full of printed matter. 1t doesn't pay.
1t repels trade instead of attracting it.
The householder who sees through the
glass darkly what appears to be 4 mail
letter and opens his box only to find a
eulogium of Smiths soap Or Jones bak-
ing powder or Robinson's So pants is
absolutely certain to pass Smith, Jones
and Robinson by when he is in need of
soap or baking powder or pants. He
has been fooled, and it is only human
nature that he should ''get even" If he
can. As for the brigand who not only
stuffs his circular into the mail box or
hallway, but rings the bell to attract
attention to it-retribution is coming
his way in seven-league botos. 1t will
take the form of muscular servant
girl, goaded into active hostility by
fruitless tramps down four fights Of
stairs in response to fraudulent post
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22
Finding Water in the Desert

The Western man who got water in
the desert by the aid of a reed and a
sponge evidently got the idea from the
bushmen of the Kalahari desert in At
RIGA. These people often live scores of
miles from places where water comes
to the surface. During certain times
Of the year sharp storms pass over the
Kalahari, covering the apparently arid
region with the brightest of verdure
and filing for few short days the
water courses with roaring torrents
The bushmen find water by digging in
the bottoms Of these dried up river
beds. They dig a hole three or four
feet deep and then tie sponge to a
hollow reed. The sponge absorbs the
moisture at the bottom of the hole, and
the natives draw it up into their
mouths through the reed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22
GROWING in POPULARITY.
The Game of Basketball Is Rapidly
Gaining Ground.

The rapidity with which basketball
has grown in popularity since it's in
ception only few years ago has been
most remarkable. 1t did not grow, like
other games, baseball for instance,
from simpler ones, but was invented in
a library by James Naismith, an in
structor of physiology in Springfield,
Mass, in 1890. It is played to-day I'M
der practically the same rules as left
Mr.. Naismith's desk. He invented it
for the Young Mems Christian Asso
citation of Springfield. Now there are
at least 1000 basketball teams playing
in this country, and considerable
number in Canada. In Montreal one
of the social affairs Of the season is the
annual basketball game between the
ministers and doctors Of the city. The
game is popular in colleges for men,
and the college girl' takes most kind
ly to it. The sport has many disciplin-
airy features besides it's value as an
athletic exercise. 1t teaches the player
to subordinate his own individual play
to team work, to keep his head in the
most exciting moments and to cultivate
accuracy, self-control and strict OBJ
servance Of the rules.
The feminine temper cannot at all
times stand the strain of basket ball.
An expert who has refereed many
games says that the 'maddest woman
he ever saw" was public school
teacher, member Of a basketball
team, who questioned one of his de-
cisions.
The Amateur Athletic Union has rec
ognized the game, adopted rules for it's
government and assumed Jurisdiction
over it's conduct. The game can be
played on any floor or ground free of
obstruction where there is less than
$500 square feet Of actual playing
space. More space than that would be
impractical It is sort Of football,
but if played according to the rules it
lacks the roughness of that game. A
hall or gymnasium is the best place to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22

play basketball. The players line up
five on a side. Back Of each line is
hung on the wall network basket
The object Of the game is to get the
ball into your opponents basket. On
each side are five players-a center,
two forwards and two guards.
The ball is put in play by the referee
throwing it up in the center Of the
open space between the teams. After
the play begins there are no rules as to
the players positions, but the theory
is that the center and forwards are the
aggressive players and the guards shall
keep near the basket to defend the
goals
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-04-22

The gamblers have maxim on which
they base their calculations for their
daily bread, that "a sucker Is born ev-
cry minute" sucker" in their par
lance being gullible person who de-
spite repeated warnings stands ready to
give up his money to the first sharper
he meets. In fact, the sharper does not
always have to go to much pains to
get the suckers money, as he is ready
to deliver it on the first plausible OPP
portunity. OF course, a sucker being
born every minute, it is always harvest
season for the sharpers, but we do not
remember Of reading an account Of so
big haul as that recently made by the
E. s. Dean Company, of New York, a
bucket-shop concern that has just con-
veniently failed, leaving host of pa
irons to mourn their losses. The head
and front of this corcern, the match
less contriver of this colossal fraud, is
said to be woman, and if this is true
she most assuredly hath the voice par
excellence in roping in victims. 9th
err schemes are but mere patches to
yertisements, pointing out how easy it
is to get rich, she attracted patronage
from half the States, and " en- ready
SNAPPED the spring of the trap and got
away with a million and a half of
money. The only ambiguity about-he
advertisements was that they did not
explain witch party was to get rich.
She knew all the time. Th cse tricks
are played every year, but no one ever
seems to profit by their exposure. A
dozen years ago the great fund w"
scheme in Chicago was brought to
grief, but nobody knows how many
fund schemes on the other letters Of the
alphabet had brought fortunes to the
projectors. This was to be their final
coup, and it failed, but nobody suffer
ed much, except the victims Truly,
the gamblers are right, for the crop of
suckers seems inexhaustiblc. A few
weeks ago Mr.. Hill, of the Chicago
Board Of Trade, exposed the modes of
bucket-shop keepers, but they might be
exposed every day in the week and
there would still be an abundance of
flies to walk into the bucKet-shop par
lor. The web is too beautiful and too
attractive to be resisted. AID the
game looks so easy! A man can sit
down, pencil in hand, VIII the reports
and statistics of the wheat or stock
market before him, and figure up for
tune in less than time. Let him try
it in actual practice and his money van
ishes as if it were fairy money. For,
while it is the maxim Of the gambler
that sucker is born every minute, it
is the maxim Of the buckct-shop man
that the suckers money, when paid, is
his and Under no circumstances to be
paiG out except as bait. This is the
reason why the bucket-shop manor
woman--can fail and yet grow rich.