Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-04

mas been seen. bulClTB OIe Hodu up
against a brick wall may have It's
picturesqueness, but there are certain
draw awbacks.-FreSno Republican.
-
Triumphant Democracy
The Democratic party of California
will enter the coming campaign united
and with clean hands. The Republican
party is torn by factional fight, the
result OF years of corporation CONTROL
Visalia Times.
The romantic attachment of King
Manuel of Portugal for that Spanish
girl does him infinite credit. but when
he has been on the job little longer
he will realize that kings have to do
as they are told.-Long Beach Tele-
gram.
A Delaware Peach
Down in Delaware there is man 5S
years of age who has never heard of
Roosevelt. This is another evidence
that Delaware maintains the position
of home Of antiquity and curiosities.
The curic that Delaware cannot pro-
duce is not worth exhibiting.-Sacra-
mento Union.
y 1OOo MINcT
George Sontag, the notorious train
robber, who was recently paroled from
Folsom state prison, is now in Fresno,
considers that he would be a good at
traction as a mixologist.-Merced Sun.
Boresome
Baron Takahira says talk of war
with Japan is inhuman. 1t certainly is
mighty iresome.-Ramona Sentinel.
-
Apparently
One of the most intelligent typograph-
ical errors on record appears in the
government printing Offices pamphlet
containing a report of the hearing on
the Southern Pacific reimbursement
bill. Engineer Cory is quoted thus:
my work began with turning the wa
ter through the wooden headgate and
damning the break opposite it."-Im-
perial Valley Press.
Natural
Almost everybody thinks he could run
chicken ranch and make money. The
thing looks extremely simple. Appar-
emily IL is only necessary to build
little hen house, buy few chickens, sit
around and see them scratch for
worms. collect the eggs now and then,
and when necessary kill a broiler.-
Pomona Progress.
A Tangled Web
The Los Angeles girl who married
the younger brother of her step-mother
must find it a confusing problem to
know whether she is the niece-in-law
of her father, or her sister-in-law's
step daughter or the daughter of her
husbands brother-in-law, or her own
step-niece by marriage-or which one
of several other possible relationships.
No wonder she's going to China on her
honeymoon, where all relationship is
simplified into that of counsinhood.-
Whittier News.
Both Monumental
With a monument at Cleveland to
Mark Hanna, why not one At San Fran
cisco to Abe Ruef? Let 1t be erected
Immediately, so that Abe may enjoy 1T.
Fresno Mirror.
Classical Theft
A man who stole a statue of Diogenes
and his lantern from a department
store in New York was quickly caught
and punished. When forced to associ-
ate with common shoplifters Diogenes
must feel that his lot has fallen on evil
days.-Riverside Enterprise.
10
Promotion
Promotion signifies to promote, to develop.
| to enlarge the activities of your commun-
| tty, to get in a bigger population, to turn
raw land into cultivated areas, to plant or
| chards and crops that will bring in returns,
to start manufactures. and generally to help
| in the growth OF the community to Its full
est capacity.-Humboldt Standard.
| 81
| The AIpohle pAanIf
| Peanuts seem to be very triiing. worthless
things but the annual crop raised in Amer
lea is worth SIS 900, ,0OO.-Riverside Press.
! s.
Wasted Energy
| Last year China beheaded over 400 rob-
| bers but did not succeed in stopping crime
| except in so far as the. 400 beheaded ones
were concerned.-San Diego Tribune
Hail, Colombia!
The government of Colombia spends
| s10S, ,912 per annum in American gold for
the maintenance OF night schools In the
principal cities Of the republic.-san Diego
| Tribune.
Her First Folly
When a man says that his wife is foolish
he forgets that she may exploit him as her
exhibit "A"-Grass Valley Union
Cocktail Charlie
Fairbanks is doing ground and lofty tumb-
| ling lust now to get second place on the
| ticket 1t looks so much like Taft for the
head that the Indiana man rather than not
| be in the running. would take most any
thing within the gift OF the party.-Ven-
| tura Free Press.
| s.
Promising Party
An overwhelming Republican majority IN
congress, and no legislation TO meet an
| emergency In the money market. Only
| promises. Manyana, manyana, manyana!-
| Orange County Plain Dealer.
Exit Governor Joke