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Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
PROPHETIC WORDS

EECi TAND by the party" is the de-
- spairing song Of the California
~ machine, as it is of Cannon,
Sherman, McKinlay, Ballinger and
other reactionaries and friends Of big
business" 1t has served them long
and well. It is also the cry of Taft who
puts it little differently and declaims
about the necessity of party solidarity.
It surprises and battles them now when
they find the cry hurled back like an
echo from a solid wall of voters who
used to line up for them without
question.
The other day Mayor Gaynor of New
York, Democrat, named Prof. I. S.
Russell, a Republican, to a judgeship.
He followed up his act with this letter:
My secretary calls my attention
to the fact that one newspaper
says this morning that you are
Republican and another that you
are a Democrat. We have worked
together all these years for certain
principles and ideals in government
without it ever occurring to me
which you were. If you really are
a Republican 1 am more convinced
than ever that between good
Democrat and a good Republican
there is very little difference
after all.
1t has taken this country century
to reach a perception that partisanship
does not determine a mans worth; to
learn that the habitual wearing of a
party collar, or standing by the
party" right or wrong, demoralizes
free citizenship. But we cannot plead
that it has been a hidden and mac
cessible truth. One hundred and four
teen years ago George Washington
said in his farewell address to the
people of the United States:
Let me now warn you in
the most solemn manner against
the baneful effects of the spirit Of
party generally. 1t exists,
under different shapes, in all gov
ernments, more or less stit1ed, con-
trolled or repressed; but in those Of
the popular form it is seen In its
greatest rankness, and is truly their
worst enemy. .. In govern
ments purely elective it Is spirit
not to be encouraged. From their
natural tendency it is certain that
there will always be enough of that
spirit for every salutary purpose.
IN it's greatest rankness," Had
Washington been the seventh son Of a
prophet could he have better foretold
the situation in the United States
today?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
EUCALYPTUS

NATIONAL FORESTER GRAVES
has issued a warnGng with re-
~ gard to exaggerated statements
that are being made as to the possible
commercial value of the wood eucalyp-
tus, which has been transplanted from
Australian soil to California with con-
siderable success. But the forester
probably refers only to eXaggeration
and would not if he is familiar as he
should be with the subject, be under
stood as saying that eucalyptus has not
great possibilities both as a timber in
vestment and for use in industry and
the arts.
1t is this tree that is counted upon
confidently to solve the problem Of
forestry in California. In an article in
the current issue of American Forestry
the secretary of the California Forestry
association tells US that these trees
rush in and grow where other trees
are helpless to root; are cut down
and are again reproduced from the
hacked stumps.' And, indeed, better
quality of wood is furnished by the
second growth and through time in
definite the tree stumps will repro
duce, while each growth is superior
to the ones preceding" In rapidity Of
growth the eucalyptus rivals the gar
den weed" and never dies a natural
DEATH" 1t compares fayorabIy with
the hardwoods in strength, beauty and
texture and will meet the demand for
every purpose for which wood is used
1t is not improbable, when one pro-
iects his Imagination a little way ahead
to the time that our native timber
will be sadly depleted, that eucalyptus
wood will be worth its weight in
gold" to speak freely, and that it will
be one of the staple sources of South
ern California income. This region is
one of the few in America where it
seems to thrive, for peculiar reasons
Properly cared for, a grove Of euca-
lyptus ought to bring large returns to
such capital as is willing to wait pa
tently for them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
Roosevelt at Close Range
Golfers weekly.)

w eekly.D
Dutch ancestry he may have started
with has been purified by the fierce
jostle of public life.
In one encounter as each OF the
dozen men in the room was presented
to him, there was a swift focusing or
his mind. sunmoning of his social
charm, like a kodak camera swapping
up human bits. He bore the burden
of each conversation in high, rather
thin voice. Talking, energizing, eJacu-
lating, he misses most of the fine points
in the man whom he co:.fronts. He
takes everything at a rush, eats 'em
alive" and canters on He had read
t., mems articles, heard their music
or followed their career, and proved
that he had at least a surface knowl-
edge of their life speciality. 1t was a
vitali.ing performance to watch him
stride up to man. stand strongly on
his two legs, concentrate the full pow
ers of his mind on the stranger, re-
lease his search upon him in little
bursts. and then uncouple and charge
on to tie next. 1t was like the pro-
cess of a locomotive in motion coup
ling with a freight car at rest on the
rails. 1t beats down swiftly, there Is
a crunching of the graphing gear, a
shrieking of the strained wood and
iron and then the two are one, yoked
in amity for fellowship on the Journey,
Such was he with the strangers in his
reach. ~F
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25


Few of the thousands who daily en-
Joy grapefruit know that they are in
debted to a woman for discovering
the value of the once despised fruit
as a table delicacy. Not more than
fifteen years or so ago the grapefruit
was a thing without alue-a product
interesting because of its decorative
appearance. Now the number con-
sumed annually in the United states
exceeds 100000 boxes, which means
approximately 5O0.000,000 grapefruit.
About 1,O00,000 of these are grown IN
Florida. The woman to whom grape
fruit growers should take off their hats
is Mrs. Frank Leslie.
She was on visit to Henry Plant,
the builder of the East Coast railway
in Florida. Thousands of bushels OF
grapefruit lay on the ground under
the trees, from which they had fallen.
There was no market for them.
Nearly every plantation In lower
Florida had numbers and numbers OF
the grapefruit trees, and under each
one was the same display of golden
yellow balls which had fallen from the
branches. Passing one of these planta-
tions, Mrs. Leslie asked the planter
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25


There was no humbug on either SIDE
when Secretary Dickinson, represent
ing the United States, and Count no
mura, representing Japan, assured eacn
other at an official dinner that state
of peace between their nations was al
most a matter of course.
We may believe that much II we
leave out sentiment, traditional friend
ship and civilized policies from DIS
cussion of the problem, and rely only
upon the practical common sense OF the
situation. ,,
Take Japans side of it. The United
States is her best customer, and there
never was time when Japan needed
trade more than now. She is not go
ing to fight her chief customer II she
can help it. ...
Furthermore. she knows that, despite
her commercial pact with Russia, she
would, if at war with the uhiteo
states, have to fight Russia again.
Also, she would have to deal with an
uprising in Corea.
Again, Japan's finances are IN pau
vay. and the easiest method of recoup-
ing them is to avoid war and continue
the peaceable and uninterrupted de-
velopment of Manchuria and Corea'
Westward her star of empire takes It's
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
The Plague of Flies

1Tlnuntsl
And these rules are laid down by that
writer:
"Keep flies away from the kitchen;
keep flies out of the dining room and
away from the sick, especially from
those affected with contagious diseases.
screen all food. Apply this rule not
only to food prepared at home, but to
foodstuffs offered for sale, and es-
pecially fruits, salads and all other
things which do not require 10 DC
cooked.
"Prevent consumptives from expec-
torating where flies can feed upon It,"
And the American Civic association,
which Is conducting a vigorous cam
paign against the fly, publishes the foi-
lowing as effective and practical means
vapor kills the flies.
ITO clear rooms of fies carboHc acid
NAV be used as follows: Heat shovel
or 9ny similar article and drop thereon
twenty drops of carbolic acid. the
vapor kills the flies:
"a cheap and perfectly reliable ny
poison, one which Is not dangerous "
human life, is bichromate OF potans IN
solution Dissolve one drachm, WHICH
can be bought at any drug store, IN
two ounces of water. and add httle
swgar put some of this solution In
shallow dishes and distribute them
throughout the house.
"Sticky fly paper, traps and LIQUID
nelson's are among the things to use In
killing flies, but the latest, cheapest
and best is a solution of formalin or
formaldehyde in water. A spoonful OF
this LIQUID put into quarter of pint
of water and exposed in the room VIII
be enough to kill all the flies.
"To quickly clear the room When
there are many flies. burn pyrethrum
nowder in the room. This stupefies the
flies. when they may be swept up ana
burned -,, ,,,
'Tf there are flies in the dining room
of your hotel, restaurant or boardlng
house, complain to the proprietor tha'
the premises are not clean
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

Cross country riding in specially desgnt
motors is to be the next fad.-Exchange.
She jumps,
She bumps
She crosses the thank-you -marms
With all the ease
or a swarm of fleas,
On African monkey farms,
She bounces high
AS the beautiful sky.
And travels along the blue.
Like a heecy cloud,
Sun-kissed and proud.
Ny autom okangaroo!
She wings,
She springs,
She leaps DER the underbrush
With the easy grace
OF a fairy race.
Brought up in the sedges lush,
She cleaves the dark
Like the home- bound lark,
with a note that is strong and true.
Now here, now there,
on earth. in air.
Ny automokangaroo!
She glldes,
She slides,
Ger the hills and leafy wales
She never stops
For the shouting cops
But speeds like the winters gales.
She never sleeps,
But leaps and leaps,
And leaps all the glad hours through
with never a tire
To rouse your ire.
Ny automokangaroo!
She hops,
She pops,
with never a pause or wait,
She chugs along,
Right swift and strong,
With her jigging, jogging gait,
She doesn't bust
Nor clog with dust,
The way other motors do.
But lightly trips
And vaults and skips-
MY automokangaroo!
New York sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25


The men and women who insist that
we should all live chiefly on nuts,
even when we are physically unable
TO climb trees or throw sticks at
branches. win welcome the news that
the fierce bulls raised for Mexican
arenas are fed on English Walnuts'
Whether chestnuts, pecan nuts, al
monds, butternuts, hazel nuts or the
world famous nuts of Brazil would be as
stimulating a diet we leave to learned
students, natural and unlicensed doc
tors, theorists and manufacturers OF
health saving foods. A writer IN the
Referee of London attributes belll-
cose disposition to i'll chosen food;
'People who lead sedentary hVes ana
wh6 eat starch in the form of potatoes,
bread and pie crust and also flesh
meats of various kinds, unconsciousiy
replenlsh their deposit of cantanker-
BUSINESS" In mythology there were
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
State Press Echoes

There are no longer any age marks
in raiment. The matrOn wears IS many
puffs as the ingenue; her heels are as
high her hues are as springtimely; her
style as juvenile. Old age once had
a dignity and distinction in dress that
was a sOlace to the eye and an uplift to
the heart. 1t bred a chivalry a cOur
testy, an admiration in youth which
the present costuming puts out of the
question.-San Jose Herald.
Thousands of Republicans-lifelon
Republicans-Will refuse to vote for a
tool of the Southern Pacific railroads.
political bureau, either for governor or
for the judiciary, if nominated. The
bureau must be put out of business at
the primaries, or, if it becomes neces-
sary, at the polls in November 1t is
not merely a contest of men; it is a
contest of nciples.-Pasadena News.
Philip A. Stanton Southern Califor-
MAS product in this primary campaign,
is keeping tab on the men who prom
ised to vote for him. with the aid of a
mechanical indicator which he clicks
every time one of them says yes After
the election it will be useful In proving
how many men lied to him-Salinas
Democrat.
Hearst mas IOfneu an dllldHce Win
Hobson against Japan and is carrying
on a most sanguinary war with his
newspapers for weapons. Much ink is
being spilled. But it will be noticed
that Hearst is far from the seat of the
conflict-SacramentO Bee.
This country, unfortunately, seems to
be getting more snobbish every day.
Perhaps snobbery is not becoming more
widely diffused among all classes of the
population, but assuredly the number
of snobs is rapidly increasing
mento Bee.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
Why Japan Can't Fight
(san Francisco Chronicle.)

SEQ Chronicle)
way. She has nothing to gain by ven
turing eastward.
Finally, Japan knows that victory IN
war unless other resources are tre-
mendously unequal. goes to the richest
nation. In a war with us England
would cease to be her ally.
The United States. on her side, has
nothing to gain from a war with Japan,
however successful it might be in the
long run.
The brush with Spain cost half
billion dollars and left legacy of terri
torial embarra ssments, more pensions
and a bigger army and navy.
A war with Japan would cost, per-
haps, two billions, and Japan, when
! beaten, could pay no indemnity in
cash and one in land would give us
more perplexities than the Philip
| pines do.
Meanwhile in the progress of war,
we should suffer enormous material
! losses in the Philippines, and might in
Alaska and Hawaii, besides losing some
fights and much prestige.
| There is no question between Japan
and America which cannot be settled
by diplomacy, and war for wars sake
would not be sustained by political
! opinion at home.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25


The present year has seen more writ
ing against the common housefly than
any year before. The fly has been
studied, traced, its habits explained,
and the peril of its communicating foot
pads more startlingly expounded than
ever in the history of mankind. The
fly visits, lights upon and carries more
forms of filth than any other creature
known. The magazines are full of
warnings of damage to mankind in
disease contagious from fly infection,
all set forth in plain language and
startling illustration.
A writer in the National Geographic
Magazine sets forth fully the case
against the fly and concludes that
while the fly in the fable is absurd In
claiming a part In the turning of the
Wheel che really does have something
to. do with the turning of the wheel,
but il Is the wheel of life He may
have little to do with keeping 1t going,
but he certainly sometimes has much
to do with stopping It," Or, as Dr..
Beatty says, "The man must Kill the
fly or the fly will kin the man. 1t
is convicted of carrying the germs OF
typhoid directly, and other injection
also. and is in fact deadly foe to
mankind.
As the writer in the Geographic Mag
azine says, THE fly does far worse
things than get into the ointment, for
unless we take care he gets into pretty
much everything we eat or drink, such
an occurrence is not simply disgusting;
it is more or less dangerous, and the
danger lies in the introduction into our
bodies of disease germs. This danger
is far more real than is commonly sup
posed. There can be no doubt that
much sickness is started in this way
But what shall we do about it? How
can we rid our houses of flies? Keep
all stables and outhouses well and con-
stantly cleaned and disinfected, using
for this lye, chloride of lime or olue
vitriol water, crude carbolic acid, or
other substance that will be effective.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
How Grapefruit Was Discovered
(Leslie's Weekly.

Weekly.
what he would take for his crop.
"Why, madam, there is no market for
it. Nobody wants grapefruit. Help
yourself" The party helped itself
and grapefruit was henceforth regu-
lar part of the daily menu. So much
did Mrs. Leslie appreciate the fruit
that she decided to introduce it to her
friends up north. She carried home
several boxes and later Mr. Ingraham
sent her forty barrels, which she dis
tributed among her friends AS a re-
suit of this demand for grapefruit
grew rapidly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
Merely in Jest
A HELPING HAND

Hold up your hands" exclaimed the
footpad, as he stepped from the shadow
of a building and confronted the lone
pedestrian.
"All right" rejoined the victim, but
it will be useless to waste your time
on me if you are after money. I've
been shopping with my wife all after
noon"
Poor felIowl" exclaimed the man be-
hind the popgun. Here. take this
quarter. Chicago Daily News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
A TERRIRLE BLUNDER

Observation-Disclosures is the matter
with you9 You seem awfully excited
over something or other.
Assistant-No wonder. Mrs Griggs-
by wanted an ounce of boric acid, and
l gave her an ounce of strychnine by
mistake.
Druggist-Well, of all the careless
idiots, you head the list! Have you
any idea of the value of strychnine?-
Bystander.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
Walnuts for Fierceness
(BOston Herald.)

Herald.)
horses that fed on human flesh, and
if we do not err, the bulls of Colchis,
with brazen feet and breathing fire,
were made the more irritable by diet
of human flesh. Marco Polo saw pro-
digious wild and fierce oxen, the beya-
mini in Tibet, where the people had
a dsagreeable knack of raising thun-
der storms at WILL and in Bengal he
saw oxen almost as tall as elephants;
and in the Tinevelly and Madura re-
gions he saw oxen and bulls worship
ped, but he said nothing about the
diet of these beasts. The man that
eats only fruit, nuts and vegetables
that grow above the ground is said to
be of a pacific nature, and his man
ners are certainly mild, sometimes
souashy. Yet these Mexican bulls are
fed on nuts to make them frisky and
dangerous. Verify, this is little world
of great wonders.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

There should be an amendment to the
primary law that will enable somebody
to move that the nominations close"
before they get so numerous that the
bewildered voter needs a printed direct
ory of the candidates.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
THERE BY RIGHT

Abou Ben Adhem had discovered that
his name led all the rest.
We'll" he said, alphabetically,
that's where it belongs"
Dropping a tear of sympathy for
poor Xcnophon, whose name was near
the foot of the list, he kept right on
loving his fellow men-Chicago Trib-
une.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
ABOUT LAUGHTER

Not only the way man laughs. but
the thing he laughs at, determines
what he is. Every laugh shows forth
a certain rhythm and harmony of re-
verberation that clearly illustrate the
material in the sounding board.-Salt
Lake Tribune
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

The kaiser is showing a great interest
in the new science Of aviation in Ger
many, but is waiting for the invention
of a few more safety appliances before
giving the inventors personal demon
stration OF his confidence
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

Pasadena has again defeated the high
school proposition, but its advocates
will bring it up again in a few weeks.
Those who like election day excitement
can find it at the expense of a trolley
ride almost any day IN some Los An
geles county town,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

There is reason for suspicion that the
unusual atmospheric conditions in Kan
sas have been partly caused by the
portion of Uncle Joe's comments on in
surgents that the newspapers have not
been able to print.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

In a solemn editorial on microbes in
doctors whiskers, a Hearst paper
warns us against the house cat. The
inference is that the doctors and the
cats should be shaved.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
Seed OF THE CHURCH

1t appears that Archbishop Messmer
of Milwaukee bluntly opposes the the
ory that woman is entitled to equal
rights with man. Can 1t be possible
that the church has deliberately put
forward another candidate for martyr
dom ?-GalveSton News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
AMENDING THE GAME LAWS

A wild stab of sound made the help
less air waves shudder,
"Great guns, what's thatm cried the
man across the way.
THAT" replied his wife, 'is our
neighbor, Miss Screech, singing at the
open window"
The man scowled darkly.
"There should be no open season for
windows In the Screech family" he
grimly declared.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

The per capita wealth of the United
States, it is authoritatively stated, is
$1,000. This is the first time we ever
saw the term per capita used in the
ironical sense.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

What has Mr.. Pinchot to say about
his friend the colonel, who is cutting
down trees at Sycamore Hill for eXer-
else? Conservation in the east is suf-
feriner from Gifford's absence.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

II voted against the tariff bill be-
cause it was framed more with a view
Of benefiting certain manufacturing in
terests and monopolies than Of contrib
uting to the general welfare of the
American people. l protest against the
Republican party being made the hand
maiden OF the special interests of the
country. y."-Senator Bristow of Kansas.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
AUTO statesmen BEWARE

The driver of an automobile who
permits smoke to escape in the streets
of New York will be subject to arrest.
There will some day be an ordinance
to protect the people from hot air
Memphis Commercial-A
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
THE NEED OF IT

whenever I gifts to anticipatin
trouble" said Uncle Eben, rs g'winter
member bout de friend of mine dat
got kicked by a mule cause he We're
so busy lookin' out foh de comet dat
he didn't notice de adjacency of de
animals hind feet. Washington Post
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

1.-The trusts must be driven out of
politics" says Pinchot, and in these
words are summed up an issue upon
which there is no difference this year
between Democrats and Republicans.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

Bauinger says he is mot in politics"
He is not sticking to the point. If he
will get out of Office he has permission
to get into politics and stay to his
hearts desire.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

New York city, having decided to
give up it's horse cars, should push
right ahead with the improvement idea
and adopt free mail delivery and tele-
phones.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

It is unnecessary for Doc Cook to
keep himself in Punishment in Chile.
The people of his own country will
make it chilly enough for him if he
will come back.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
NOT AS EXPECTED

This boy" said the proud mother to
a neighbor, do grow more like his
father every day
And the ne:ghbor, knowing the
father asked
DO he, now? And have you tried
everything Punch.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
EXPERIENCED

Pat-Moike, why is kissin' your CUR
ril like a bottle NV olives?
Mike-GiVe it up.
Pat-Cause eff yez cap--git one the
rest come aisy.-LondOn Opinion,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

An exchange estimates that there are
100000 murderers at large in this coun-
try That is to say, there are 99,999
not counting Porter Charlton
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

London police admit that they have
no legal proofs of the murder, and so
it is settled that DR.. Crippen can come
back.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
PROSPEROUS PUSSY

The Woman-Why. pussy's got fit!
She must have been eating too much
meat
The Man-If l could afford to eat
too much meat, I'd have fit, too
Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
NOT SERIOUS. AFTER AL

NOT SERIOUS, AFTER ALL
The rumor that Penrose was
drowned was greatly exaggerated. He
is on a yacht, and 1t was only his sOr-
row over the kick against Tener that
was ed.-Philadelphia North
American.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25
NIP AND TUCK

1t is said 100000 words were spok-
en- during the recent session of con-
gress Congress was almost as great
a word mill as Reno.-Houston Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-25

DR. Jordan's denunciation of football
as brutal may be due to the fact that
the material for the home team is not
very promising this year.