Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-03-23
TWO CENTS

all have their faces turned this way.
Enthusiasm is prevalent and great
things are predicted for the future of
Los Angeles. The Presbyterian Gen.
eral Assembly meets here next May.
Grover Cleveland, John Wannamaker
and host Of other persons next will
be presented, to Los Angeles. The Gem
I eral Conference OF the Methodist Epls-
copal Church meets here next year.
We are expecting to build an Auditor
ium for that occasion. But the most
interesting of the curosities of Los
Angeles are the people themselves.
Dryden calls the people s'the scum
that rises up most when the nation
boils." q hope the nation will no t
boil in our time).
There are specimens of greatest
extremes here in Los Angeles, not on
| ly in physical form but in mental make
up Qf that term may be used OF some
OF them.) Here fine tall son OF
Anak, there low, waddling, hirsute
specimen, SO many foreigners; fortune
tellers, palmists astrologers; IN occu-
patton and belief of any and all ages
nations and races under the sun. One
is sure some times that he can easily
lind the missing link If necessary or
| If it would do any good.
''There was an apple in the days
that were earlier;
Centuries passed and his hair grew
curlier;
Centuries more gave thumb TO bis
wrist,
Then he was a man and Posit.
ivist."
Then there are some characters here
that are far removed backward from
the innocency of the ape in purpose
Sometimes these terms have a mooth :
and polished, proclaming, in names.
81 am the very pink of courtesy,
deceiving detectives, these are the
shop lifterus and kidnappers, more oft
Ell than those with the rough and cru
ell exterior.
Smooth runs the water where the
brook is deep, And in his ample show
be harbors tresson.
The fox barks not when he would
steal lamb. ! think this is the age
OF gold but not the golden age (that
is to Gomez All are for gold, the hon.
orable, the treacherous, the lawabid-
ing and the criminal, the millionaire.
and the miser, the wise and the fool,
all are for gold. 1t reminds one of Tom
Hoods ryhmes Of riches:
Gold! gold gold! goldl
Bright and yellow hard and cold.
Molten, craven hammered and roll
ed;
Heavy to get and light to hold;
Hoarded, bartered, bought and sold
Stole, borrowed, squandered, doled;
Spurned by the young but Rugged
by the old
To The very verge Of the church yard
mould;
Price of many a miserable crime
untold:
Goldl goldl goldl goldl
Good or bad thousand fold
How widely its agencies vary,
To save, TO ruin, to curse, to bless,
As even its minited corns express,
Now stamped with the image OF
good Queen Bess,
And now Of Bloody Mary"
No wonder the people are docking
to California, the sunshine and the
sight OF the gold are the secret Oar
Banks are literally banks OF gold, few
and not much silver Not
every bne that comes can get the gold
twenties, however, but no one can miss
The sunshine which is better.
And now comes my poem OF invita-
tion. (To the land OF sunshine.)
Borgadtwowd is cobig up" remarked
an old gentleman with cold one
March day as | walked your streets
some 20 years ago. Hence the follow
ng literary production on the,
Bellogchally Days of Barch.
Chill wildly Barch with its boardig
blast
Dow cubs and sleets the beddow
ldd the lawd
Even Oetoher's suddy days are past,
Add Subber's gawd.
/ kdow dot what it is to which |
,ligg
That stirs to sogg add sorrow, yet /
rust
That still sigg, but as the fiddets
igg,
Because | bust.
Dear leaves hiatus to rustic death
~ feet
BY liggerigg feet and fill by eyes
With terrs
Ye bake be sad, OH it gars be greet
That ye are scar"