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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE

ON Washingtons birthday the cit
izen who loves his country will
- look back through the long vista
of the years to the first beginning of
the republic. He will see the fathers
of the nation grouped about man
head and shoulders above the tallest
of them, a giant physically, a giant
mentally, George Washington, the
greatest of all the HEROES of the
English speaking races. Now, when the
republic is the strongest and richest
country in the world, when it fears no
foe and is constantly celebrating new
achievements that make for progress
prosperity and power, it is hard to
realize the difficulties and dangers that
beset patriotism when a few perfervid
spirits first began to appeal to the
colonies to take by might if necessary
the freedom which was theirs by right
Not British vengeance, but colonial
hostility, had to be dared in the earliest
days by the men who starved with
Washington at Valley Forge; by the
men whom their own countrymen, their
own neighbors, their own kindred,
called fools, I1naves, madmen, fanatics
and sturdy rebels.'
Washington had the PERSEVER-
ANCE of the saints, and that is why
he won. He wore out colonial opposi-
tion and then he smashed the Tories
and drove from the country the shat
tered, battered army of King George
the Tyrant. Today, so greatly has the
sentiment Of the English speaking peo-
pies been changed, the entire English
speaking world will unite in celebrating
George Washington's birthday. English
lord mayors, Scotch provosts, Irish
squires, colonial governors, will stand
up at banqueting tables at which will
sit, shoulder to shoulder, representa-
tives of all the peoples that use the
language of Shakespeare, of Scott, of
WASHINGTON, and will propose THE
IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE
FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Great is our debt to Washington.
But almost equally great is the debt of
the people of other countries that speak
his language, for from the moment the
Stars and Stripes began to wave over
this refuge for the oppressed of all ma
tions," tyranny perished in the United
Kingdom; and suffered the wound from
which, on the great poly-lingual con-
tinent of Europe, it must die, as it has
died in all the lands that speak and
read the language of Washington.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
WOMAN TAKES ISSUE ON MIND
AS MATERIAL CONCEPT ONLY

Los ANGELES, Feb. 2O.-[Editor
Herald: |. III. S. in Sundays Letter
Box claims the body is a material con-
cept, servant of the mind; that
thought causes sickness, pain and
death. He does not tell us why the
mind thinks the things it is most anx-
lous to avoid, or why sickness and
death sometimes come in the most un-
expected manner. He, like others who
think mind is all powerful and body
unreal, makes a great mistake. The
mind without the body to act through
is deaf, dumb, blind, incapable of feel
ing or action; the mind and the body
are equally dependent one on the other.
Ii the body is normal, the mind is nor
mai; If the brain is diseased, the mind
Is insane; if the brain is healed, the
mind is restored.
The Bible from the first to last chap.
ter teaches the life and health of the
body. In the first chapter Of Genesis it
reads: God made man and breathed
the breath of life into his nostrils and
ne became living soul" Soul in the
Old Testament means body. The last
chapter of Revelation contains the fol-
lowing words; "And whosoever will,
let him take the water Of life, freely
The whole teaching of Jesus is the
life everlasting of the body. He healed
the i'll, made the blind to see, the lame
to walk, raised the dead. His ministry
was to the body. He preached life, and
life more abundantly. He said, God
desireth not the death Of a sinner, but
rather that he may turn from his wick
edness and live; but the price of eter-
nal life was keeping the commandments
as delivered to Moses, as he told the
man who asked him how he might at
tain eternal life, but he loved his pos
sessions more than his life Jesus said.
1 am come not to destroy, but to full
fill the law and the prophets" Also,
J What profiteth a man if he gain the
whole world and lose his soul ?"-mean-
| ing body, as in the Old Testament
MRS A r M
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT

N PEAKER CANNON is one of the
leaders of a temperance movement
~ in congress. That honorable body
is rejecting the temper of the country
by considering measures which will
have a restraining effect on the liquor
traffic. At the rate at which temper
ance sentiment is gaining force in all
parts of the United States soon there
will be no excuse for the separate ex-
istence of the Prohibition party. Con-
gressional action with regard to traf-
fic in intoxicants is a sure indication
that congress recognizes the growth of
the movement in the United States to
abridge opportunities for the tempta-
ton of some Of the weaker members
of society. Congress is taking The
ground it is easier to suppress causes
of wrongdoing than to put an end to
active immortality. We believe the
United States will show it's devotion
to higher and higher standards of life
and character. This is the spirit which
is being exhibited in all public discus
sions of all public questions.
There is new significance in the old
saying, BE sure you are RIGHT, then
go ahead" The new disposition to take
the ethical point of view into account
in all legislation answers sufficiently
the often asked question, rs the world
growing better?" That large and in
fiuential part of the world called North
America is certainly growing better.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
ARGUES NATURAL FORMATIONS
RESULT OF ELECTRIC FORCE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.-[Editor
Herald: Charming Severance is right
in most Of his propositions, but errS in
some of his deductions. DogmatiSm in
science is utter folly. The science of
today is superseded by the knowledge
of tomorrow. NewtOn's theory of graV-
itation is disputed by many scientists
today, but so far Darwin's theory Of
evolution has not been disputed sue
cessfully; and, accepting the theory
that electricity is the only substance"
and all the material universe is but
manifestations of this force, his theory
comedies easily with the natural for
nation by the invisible force whose
electrons form the protoplasm cell and
molecule, all spherical, thus emphasiz-
ing their electrical origin.
Mr.. Severance is right, "all ideas are
brain pictures" but from whence do
these pictures come? They are not all
material suggestions. The conception
of the phonograph did not have any
material progenitor.
The brain is combination of cells.
inert, except they are played on
by outside vibrations which convey the
action of the various organs of the
body, which in fact is a dynamo, re-
ceiving its electrical force from the out
side, such as air food, water, light,
sound, a sea of electrics in which we
live, even as the fish live in the sea
unconscious they are in water.
Sir Humphry Davy, after scientific
experiment in which his life seemed
suspended, on his return to con-
sciousness exclaimed: "I am convinced
that thought is all there is" The uni
verse of thought which is invisible
vibrates the brain cells just the same
as the voice records it's vibrations on
the wax record of the phonograph; is
there not in the laboratory of the uni
verse some cylinders composed of waXy
electrons that record the vibration of
voices and thoughts? VERITAS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
RUSSIA'S DEGENERACY

w HEN Robert Louis Stevenson
w wrote 1.-The Suicide Club" peo-
W pie thought the force of morbid
imagination could no further go. Poe
never conceived anything as delicately
ghastly as this weird and whimsical
conceit of Stevenson's.
And 10! now it appears in real iife
in the form of suicide club in st. Pc
tersburg. The Tiger and Hunter club
described in the news columns of yes
terday's Herald, is no less CHASTITY and
no less ludicrous than Stevenson's inn
agined society for sudden death.
In the Tiger and Hunter club, which
fourishes in St. Petersburg, 1.-TWO mem
bers draw lots to decide who will be
the tiger and who the hunter. A silve:
bell is hung around the tigers neck
and to the hunter is given a loaded re-
volver. Both enter darkened rooms
and the spectators take refuge in safe
corners. The hunt begins. The hun
ter's eyes are bound. He is allowed
six shots, guided by the sound of The
bell. If he fails to hit the tiger the
roles are reversed and the Tiger be-
comes hunter. This continues until
| blood flows. Another society has
champagne evenings, where one among
twenty bottles is drugged with NOR
pIia.'
Neurasthe1ia is the curse OF modern
civilization. Yellow journalism. the
4
| that encourages or produces neuras-
thenia, ought to be bantshed from
Leverv community i16 TIE United States
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
LAUDs SELECTION OF CHOICE
OF PEOPLE FOR NEXT MAYOR

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21.-[Editor
Herald: The selection of our most
worthy and esteemed citizen, George
Alexander, for the nomination as
candidate for mayor Of this "City
Beautiful not alone meets with most
hearty approval, but the approval Of
all good men, whether Of this city or
not He is the man, and the only one.
who should have been selected at the
start for such a responsible position,
for the reason he has had more expert
ence with the running of the city and
county than any other who has been
mentioned. He knows every trick Of
the cunning fox" and can better pro-
tect the city from that class of para
sites than any other person Of whom 7
know; furthermore, he has the good
moral courage of his convictions, and
does not fear to enforce the law, nor
will he favor any particular person, as
all men are the same to him when he
is engaged in public duties; in other
words, he is no respecter Of persons.
A. D. McELROY,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
COMM ENDS NOMINATION OF
ALEXANDER FOR MAYORALTY

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21.-[Editor
HeraId]: [ was by courtesy last Tues
DAY evening at a meeting which gave
Its unanimous approval to the selec-
tlon of George Alexander as nominee
for mayor of Los Angeles, and when
that man was called on the platform to
acknowledge the compliment paid him
by his fellow American citizens. my
eyes were attracted toward a ''little
brown button" worn in the lapel of his
coat, which [ at once recognized as
the honorable badge of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and my thoughts
were waited back to the dark days Of
the war between the states, when dur
ing the last days of that battle be-
tween brothers-and it was clear that
the army Of the south must soon sur
render, President Lincoln was con-
Stantly in receipt of letters from people
IN the north whose fears seemed to
have been aroused for some reason to
the belief that danger lurked in their
paths when that army that had been
fighting for so long should return to
the several states and be disbanded
President Lincoln was asked for his
opinion rather pointedly by man who
had grown rich i'll army contracts. In
his quiet way he answered that neither
south nor north should have any un-
easiness on this account, for the men
of both armies who had been fighting
for what each believed to be right
would return to their homes to rebuild
their shattered fortunes and that all
would be satisfied that only a reunited
people could enjoy the pursuits of hap
piness, and positions of honor and trust
would in the future be filled by these
men and their descendants after they,
the remaining veterans Of the blue and
the gray, were laid away at rest.
The truth of "Old Abe's" prophecy
never has been denied and no more
striking illustration has been produced
than the choice of this honored veteran
citizen, George Alexander, even after
forty-four years have elapsed, to fill the
position where honest Americanism is
so much needed as in Los Angeles at
the present hour.
YANKEE VETERAN
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Far and Wide
Perfection of Reason

By reducing the salary of the secre-
tary of state to $4,000 before Mr.. Knox
takes the job and restoring it to $12, 900
Immediately afterward congress will
courteously make the gentleman from
Pennsylvania eligible to a, place in Mr.
Taft's cabinet, thus once more showing
that one Coke's theory that the law is
the perfection of reason was no idle
dream.-Indianapolis News,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
AT THE THEATERS

AUTHORITARIAN Baba and the Forty
Thieves"
MASON-"GirIs"
BELASCO-"A Texas Steer"
MAJESTIC-'EMarrying Mary
BURBANK-"A Temperance Town"
0RPHEUM-VaudeVille.
GRANDPA Chinese Honeymoon"
Los ANGELES-Vaudeville
FISCHER'S-"OtheIIO for a Day"
UNTQUE-'The Substitute"
WALKER-VaudeviIle.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
The State Press
Good Roads

Good wagon roads are as needfuI as
railroads. The enormous waste in
Volved in hauling by team over bad
roads has been the subject of various
publications of the United States de-
partment of agriculture. This waste in
California no doubt amounts to far
more money each year than the total
annual cost Of good roads would be
under the system provided by the state.
Sacramento Bee,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

Newspapers of Japan are entertain
ing their readers with belated war
scares. 1t is strange the japanese, who
are far ahead Of the Chinese in civiliza-
ton and progress, should tolerate Chi
nese or yellow Journalism.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

Soon Los Angeles and Southern Cali
fornia will be rid of many undesirable
citizens. Bunco men and other criminal
loafers who follow the ponies" are
making preparations for departure. A
good riddance of bad rubbish.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Maine and California

The Maine apple growers have been
studying the packing methods Of the
California orange growers with profit
and have decided to urge the legisla-
ture to pass a law prescribing the
rules and regulations under which all
apples packed in that state shall be
handled. The proposed act prescribes
the size Of the barrel or box and speci-
fies standards for gradnig.-Riverside
PrpCs
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

All's for the best. 1t is we'll we will
have the Harper gang out and innocu-
Gus before consolidation plans are car
ried into effect, and Greater Los An
geles is organized. Again it has been
proved eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty and prosperity.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Editorial Announcement

Well, having this week purchased the
plant, business and good will of the
Mother Lode Magnet, L will hence
forth monkey with the same. 1t is
customary when a newspaper changes
ownership for the new man to inform
the public generally of what he in
tends to inflict upon them. will not
tire you with any great promises
jamestown Mother Lode Magnet.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

Some of our pro-vice contemporaries
talk as if it were disgraceful to tell the
truth. This is the birthday of a man
who always told the truth. 1t is GER
tain that if he were in Los Angeles now
he would support and work for and vote
for George Alexander for mayor
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Policy That Succeeds

Mr.. Taft comes back from Panama
with the cheering news that the Pan
anna canal will be finished in four
years. After all, the only way to ac-
complish a great work is to stop talk
ing and get at it. That policy is re-
gard to the canal seems to be working
finely.-Baltimore American.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
A Stage MiIkmaid

Where are you going, my pretty maid?''
Down to the footlights, SIR she said.
May 1 go with you, my pretty maid?''
Follow your cue, good sir" she said.
My stage directions" quoth the soubrette
Make this solo, and not a duet"
kansas City Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

In the years to come, when consoli.
dation is an old story, and Greater Lo,
Angeles is the metropolis Of the west
the citizens of the big city will say O
any politician who shows signs o
treachery to public interests: "He i
nearly as bad as Savage and Harpe
were"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

This is a city of sweetness, culture
and light. We don't want to run the
risk of having Los Angeles Harperized
1t is time for a change for the better.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Hint to Hens

The trouble just now is not only that
eggs are so high, but the coal where
with to cook them is so expensive.
Why not have hens lay hard boiled
eggs during the winter season?-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Japs

No matter how one looks at the Jap
anese question a certain amount Of
injustice as regards the present agita-
ton is evident. Men who brand the
Japanese as parasites of the earth
demonstrate that they are possessed of
a judgment beside which a pea would
be a mountain so far as size is con-
cerned.-San Luis Obispo Breeze.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

John Burroughs is coming west to
visit John Muir. Here will be meet
ing worth talking about, and worth
writing about. The two greatest living
naturalists and biologists will make a
tour of California. They should get a
reception in Los Angeles not second in
enthusiasm to that given a president OF
the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Perpetual Motion

The man who invented the gas meter
has just died. He takes his place as
coming the nearest to date to solving
the problem of perpetual notion
Hartford Courant
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Farmers Union

We believe the ultimate success of
the Farmers union is assured. We
base this conclusion upon our knowl-
edge of the principles and the work
that it has done so far in it's history
Kingsburg Recorder.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Persistent Advertiser

We regret to learn of SyI Dixon S
death. Syl's was a reckless soul. 1t
will pull off some sort of an advertis-
ing stunt, no matter where it vent
Daily Ol1lahoman
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

making George Alexander mayor. The
recalled mayor must go.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Wise Mans Way

Instead of hoping for the best, the
wise man spends his time hustling for
it.-Corona Independent.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
Kindly Consideration

Another mob has refrained from
lynching a man who was not guilty.
Louisville Courier-Journa1.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22
The Public Letter Box

intended accompanied
exceed 500 W
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-22

Socks Of pink make people think.
The Washington times., 1909-03-04
NINE BLAST KILLS FOUR.

BUTTE, Mont. March A-Four men
were kilIeS in the Diamond mine
through the premature discharge Of
e blast
The Washington times., 1909-03-04
KENTUCKY COLONIES
BRING BRADLEY HERE
Marching Club From Blue Grass
State Takes Leave Of Its
Favorite Son.
aVorite Son.

The Kentucky colonies who escorted
Senator William O. Bradley from Louis
Vile 20 Washington tie to leave their
favorite son here. TO express their
regret they have burst into song and
poetry in unlimited quantities
The new Senator was the guest Of hon
or at a love feast last evening, when
the members Of the Bradley Marching
Club, OF Louisville, took leave Of their
leader. The dinner was served at Ken
lucky headquarters, 625 Louisiana ave
nue. northwest, and many prominent
JIentUckians attended. Speeches were
made by Representative John Langley
Of Kentucky, N. II. Thatcher, Senator
Bradley, and State Senator O. A. Tay-
lor State Senator q. n. Dyer Of Louis
vile read an original poem with the
guest OF honor as the subject and DR.
Thomas H Nulvey. Of Louisville, sang.
In the parade today the Bradley Club
carried sticks Of hickory Cut from the
Lincoln farm State Senator Taylor,
whose farm adjoins the Lincoln farm,
secured the sticks and presented them
20 the members Of the club.
The Washington times., 1909-03-04
HOMEMADE QUININE
HAIR TONIC

The high cost o. a good qulnlue hair
tonic prevents thousands Of men ana
women from sing such a preparation
daily on the hair. This has resulted in
the study anG investigation Of the r B.
jeCt By some bright men and won en-
who use qUinine hair tonic regularly,
but who do not care 70 pay for the ex-
pensive Teady-made tonics. They ind
that by simply mixing one ounce Of
Beta QuinOl with half a pint Of water
and half a pint Of alcohol that they can
make more than a full pint Of a quinine
hair tonic Of better quality and more
beneficial % the hair than any Of tho
widely advertised brands. A tonic made
40 described here win help the hair 70
become beautiful, glossy, long and
abundant. II tends 10 prevent daudT
and falling hair and keeps the scalp IN
q healthy condition This homemade
tonic g. used by women who have most
beautiful hair and plenty Of st, as well
as those whose hair and scalp are not
IN perfect condition The Beta QuiuOl
and alcohol can be procured AT any
drug store for 75c or 500 and they will
make moro and better hair tonic than
you cou.G buy for 800 IN manufac-
tuTcd state
The Washington times., 1909-03-04

Presidents room to the inaugural stand,
where a multitude, including Mr. Roose-
Welt and a host OF the highest dignitaT1eS
of the Government. together with many
.of the Diplomatic Corps, saw Presldent
Taft take the oath of office and heard
him pledge fealty TO the people and the
Constitution
GOod-by to Taft
NJ. Roosevelt. who sat AT Mir Tafts
right during the delivery of bis inau-
guraI address, waited only long enough
on the stand TO shake hands and say
good-by to his successor. his Cabinet
officers, several members Of the Dlplo-
matte Corps, and members of Congress
who crowded around him 10 wish him
/ good iUck and long life
At the north entrance OF the Senate
wing, where the carriage was waiting,
| Mr.. Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb were
met by the entire New York County
Committee, whose members formed the
! escort from the Capitol to the Union
/ Station. AS the eX-Presidents carriage,
| hauked on either side by about 400 Of
/ these New Workers. moved along Dela-
ware avenue another ovation, as warm
and as noisy as that on Pennsylvania
avenue, but short time before, SWelled
from the crowd. Mr.. Roosevelt smiled
/ his appreciation and dOffed his hat at
| every treSh oUtburSt- 1t was a striking
/ feature Of any mans depaTtuTe-this
/ outburst Of admiration from 10000
| thrOatS
/ At the station little time was lost in
I farewells- As Mr.. Roosevelt, now plain
/ Citizen Roosevelt, passed through the
/ station gate he taTTied long enough TO
| shake hands with the tiCket-taker and
| gateman, the last OF Washington citt-
/ zens 70 be treated TO that honor.
TypicaIly Roosevelt.
! 1t was only a typical little Roosevelt
/ fan JouCh-this parting handshake-but
! u is q habit formed early IN Mr.. Roose-
] velCs political career that has won him
/ a legion Of friends stretching from the
/ Atlantic to the Pacific, from Maine TO
! the Gulf Of Mexico.
. Secretary Loeb, the ever-faithful one,
! who has labOTed with Mr.. Roosevelt
( through the most mOmCntous periods
! of his career, first as governor of New
/ York. then as President of the United
/ States, went as far as the train. II
: took but a moment then to say their
! farewells. Mrs. Roosevelt was already
| aboard the train impatient to be off and
/ she had not long to wait.
Mr. Roosevelt, after a short talk with
] Secretary Loeb and then q "good-by,' -
| climbed aboard; a trainman somewhere
/ IN the rear pulled a belIrOpe then
| waved signal 70 go ahead. p" and the
! train bearing him back to private Cit
! Zenship sped down the track and on
| its way 10 New York The ROOgeveIts
! will arrive in oyster Bay late this even
/ ing, and the former President will at
/ once complete preparations for his
! hunting trip TO Africa.
The Washington times., 1909-03-04
ORVILLE w. CANNON
MUCH BETTER TO-DAY
Report That He Was Seized With
Epilepsy Denied by
Family.

Orvtlie ". Cannon. OF DanviUe. III.
nephew Of the Speaker. who was
overcome by vertigo at Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue Tues
day, IS today greatly improved II
was mistakenly reported that he was
suffering from an epileptic convrl-
sion.
The relatives with whom ne is stop
ping during the inaugural celebra-
ton stated today that his Illness was
due 10 his neglect to eat lunch be
cause Of the pressure of business. In
falling Mr.. Cannon struck his head on
the pavement, causing a slight scalp
wound.