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' THE HEHALT> IN SAN FRANCISCO
AND OAKLAND— Loa Angeles nnri
Southern California visitors to Snn
Francisco and Oakland will find; n.-
Herald on sale nt the news stmcls In
„he, ,he San Frnnclsco ferry building r,nd
on the streets In Oakland by Wheatley
and by Amos News Co.
■ Population of Los Angeles, 251.463
Abe Rtipf pretends to be in a hurry
for trial. The people lire With him on
that point.
Republican machine bosses npvpr
"wobblp." They are tlie same ypster
day, today and all the tlme. %
City Attorney Mathews says Ascot
'park "must go." And the city attorney
has the power to make It "go."
Th^re seems to be no diminution in
the number of candidates for mayor.
Why not leave the game alone for the
people to "arbitrate"?
Lee C. Gates has begun a whirlwind
campaign that will broaden his popu
larity and add many thousands of
votes to the non-partisan ticket.
Mr. Harper's committee refuses to
take him out of the race for mayor.
That's right. The people want a chance
to defeat the machine of both pnrtles.
"Arbitration" for the elimination of
candidates for mayor is funny. Politi
cians have experienced strange stunts
In the course of their checkered lives,
but this is a comedy entirely original.
William Desmond, the actor, should
remember a too cloße touch of nature
to art Is liable to endanger life and
limb. Besides, D'Artagnan was al
ways too smart a fellow to injure
himself.
Senator Platt again promises to re
sign and release New York from the
disgrace of hlB election. The old man's
recent domestic troubles constitute
ample cause for his retirement from
public office.
Atrocious crime continues in San
Francisco. But there are a few heroes
left, as witness the fact that an ex
policeman killed one bandit at the
cost of his own life. If San Francisco
would thus make crime a perilous busi
ness it would soon cease.
The list of non-partisan nominees for
the city council contains the strongest
and best names ever presented to the
people in connection with those offices.
They have the indorsement of all
parties, either officially or informally,
and they represent all the best inter
ests of the city.
"in view of the magnitude and im
portance of the Owens river water en
terprise it Is a preaeln- necessity that
the next city council should be clean,
judicious, conservative and Intelligent.
Th'- non-partisan list of nominees for
pouncllmanlc positions is universally
conceded to be beyond criticism.
Dr. Llndley Is now poainK and being
posed as the "Independent Republican
nominee" for mayor. When did he get
to be independent. Independent of
what? 'Independent of whom. He was
a partisan Republican aspirant for the
partisan Republican machine nomina
tion and got it, and is entirely in tin
hands of the bosses. Anything "inde
pendent' about that?— unless he means
to claim that lie is "independent" of
the people.
tir- widespread damage In Washing
ton and Oregon, occasioned by great
rainstorms and consequent floods, at
tracts universal sympathy, more es
pecially sine- thousands are being
driven from their homes by the raging
torrc-nts. BtreetS Of many towns are
Inundated and railroad traffic is so
Impeded and demoralised that H may
not be wholly resumed within the tv Xt
six months. Thi p< opli of w • ;
and Oregon are assun-d thai if any
assistance is desired It will be prompt
ly forthcoming from Southern Call
fornla.
Boyle Heights citizens are properly
and naturally Indignant at the efforts
of city officials to set aside a portion
of land under the saves of the Boyle
Heights bluffs to be used as fertilizer
works. it in a shame and an outrage
that this beautiful section of the city
should be compelled so frequently to
contend against tic powers for the
right to fair treatment. Every old
soap factory, glue works and fertilizer
foundry that happens along is at once
proposed as a Boyle Heights Improve
ment. Happily the associations of
citizens iii that fast-growing side of
L,o* Angeles have been able to keep
tin-si things out, but it requires much
nun-, activity and force to maintain
the status quo. Thera are abundant
waste places where necessities of the
kind mentioned may be established
§ and maintained without Injury to any
section, and It would seem to be quite
lime to recognise in Boyle Heights a
beautiful residence district that will
not stand for any more unfair treat
ment. ...
OUR WEEKLY FLECTION
Four elections a month is the record
that Los Angeles Is mnklns: now. If
any city desires to compete In the elec
toral race It wlll'plealo come to the
scratch.
The general election occurred No
vember 6, and the connecting link elec
tion November 12. Next Thursday, No
vember 22, 19 the date fixed for the
county bond election, and • following
that will come the city election, De
cember 4. That will make four elec
tions In twenty-eight days, an average
of Just one a week.
The county bond elrctlnn now hns
the right Of wny on thp electoral
traolk The total sum Invoiced
I herein I* $900,000, divided into Mv
specific appropriations. More Uhmi
half of Hip pntlrp simnunt, $520,
imi. |i wanted, for acquiring land
contiguous to the court hoUM for build-
Ing n hnii of reccrdi nmi providing more
room for the county offices. Put addi
tions tO the county hospital $200,000 is
: for an addition to thp Jail,
jr.O.OOd; for a Juvpiillp detention home,
for additional county farm
buildings, $70,000.
There is no doubt that hII thp pro
posed Improvements are needful to ef
ficiency In the county servlrp. The
question Is likely to bp raised by many
voters, however, whpthprit is expedient
to offer so largp a bonded loan In the
eastern mon. -y markets In ndvnncp of
the big Issue of bonds thßt Very soon
Will be required for the Owens river
water project.
As ThP Herald has declared frequent
ly, nothing should be allowed to Jpop
nrdlze the successful floating of the wa
ter bonds, nt reasonable rates. It Is
understood that a water bond election,
Involving a lonn of from $3,000,000 to
$5,000,000, Will be called directly after
the bonrd of consulting engineers sub
mits its final report. These engineers are
now at work and they are expected to
complete their report in February.
It Is the Judgment of many business
men that the county bond election
should not have been called at this
time. Financial conditions in the east
are not favorable Just now for floating
even such gilt-edged loans as the of
ferings of Los Angeles city or county.
The county improvements for which
the bond Issue is required might be
postponed a few months without much
detriment to the service, but not f.O
with the great water project. That is
the tirst and foremost consideration.
There Is, of course, a nominal distinc
tion between bonds for city nnd county
purposes, but the Interests are sub
stantially the same.
In view of these considerations, Tho
Herald will not be surprised If the vot
ers fall to Indorse the county bond
proposition next Thursday.
SOARING LUMBER PRICES
Another tilt skyward In lumber
prices. The greed of the trust Feems to
be Insatiable. Instead of being satis
fied with the October mark-up, as a
fixed price for the winter, a similar
advance now is announced for Novem
ber. The lateness of the order for the
present month Indicates that the trust
may have intended to stop the soaring
of prices, but could not resist the force
of habit. "Finding money" is laborious
compared with having lumber profits
run Into the trust's treasury auto
matically by the mere changing of fig
ures.
And still all interests in the lumber
business strive to evade responsibility
by "passing the buck" from one to
another. The local dealers claim that
their advance in prices merely repre
sents the Increased cost of lumber to
them. The justness of that claim is
attested in part, at least, by publicly
known facts. It is known, for Instance,
that the cost of transporting lumber
from the northern ports to Los An
geles has nearly doubled within a year.
The present charge is $9 per thousand
fppt, the figures a year ago being $5.
The mill prices and the charges for
stumpage also have been marked up
time nfter time within that period.
The total advance in lumber prices
within a year averages about one
third. The cost of other material and
of labor has not advanced in llkf}
proportion, but the cost of building
now is from 25 to 30 per cent higher
than It was at this time last year. For
Instance, ;i house that cost $2000 a year
as>> would at present figures cost from
12600 I" $2600.
The obvious effect of this extraordi
nary advance, together with the future
uncertainty, will be to check house
building materially. A decided falling
off in the number of permits for dwell
ings has occurred already and a still
greater decline may be expected. The
Urgent demand for business structures,
however, will insure uninterrupted
building In that line regardless of luni
ber prices.
The chief sufferers by the great ad
vance in cost of building are renters
and pertone desiring to build homes.
Rents have advanced nearly in pro
portlon to Hie increased cost of build
ing. Thii only lucky class are those
who have houses for sale. All dwell
ing' property has advanced In value
to an extent approximating the ln
i building cost.
VILEST OF THIEVERY
The lowest depth of degradation In
Kan Francisco is reported now. it la
charged that funds contributed for the
relief of sufferers by the great calamity
were filched by high city officials.
ltI It seems that the federal authorities
have been making a secret Investiga
tion of this scandal, by direction of
President Roosevelt. An a result, it
ia said that Mayor SchmlU, Abe Ruef
and "a number of officials and citizens
will be called to defend themselves
against charges of diversion or theft
of funda Bent to that city for the relief
of fire sufferers."
Th.L 1-eve.latluu nhowa the limit of
official venality and rottennemi. It ia
.ii a l«vel with such examples of de
nt aj "robbing « contribution
ud "stealing the yemiles from
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17. 1906.
a dead man* eyes." It caps the climax
of Ban Francisco's Infamous official
record during th* administration of
Mayor Schmltz and the little dlabolus
who Is the elty'n chief controller.
lt Is not merely a vogue and general
accusation that Is brought against al
leged grafters of the relief fund. Spe
cific sums have been traced from con
tributors to Mayor Ichtnlti and others,
which sums Were traceable no farther.
lt Is believed by some of the Investigat
ors that the aggregate of moneys thus
Stolen from the relief fund will reach
$1,000,000.
Thpsp astounding dIMiUMPM of offi
cial graft hnvp |pd to n closp pxnmina
tion of the flnancJal condition of Mayor
BchtnltS, Rupf nr.d other suspprts. A
Snn Frnnclpco h*SWtpapar says thnt "In
an pffort to locate all of thp holdings
of Schmltsi nnd Hupf the records Of IfOI
Angplps arp bplng looked Into." It is
remembered that the pair hai
spvprnl visits to this city within the
last few month*, nnd the newspaper
nforpsald Intlimitos thnt "both Hip boss
and thp mayor have put n good pnrt of
thplr Snn Franrljiro 'pnrnlngs' Into
ehoiee property in Los Angeles."
Mayor Pchmltz wns n poor man,
Iphclpi- of an orchestra, prior to his plec
tlon as mnyor. Now he Is rated as a
rich man, the owner of valuable prop
erty In San Francisco nnd presumably
hnving other large possessions. Of
rtuef It Is said "hp Is among the largest
holders of property In Snn Francisco,
owning land in almost every section of
the city; he hns investments In the
wholesale section. In the retail district,
Richmond. University, Shell Mound,
South San Francisco • and North
Beach."
Well may San Francisco exclaim with
the psalmist, "Trouble and anguish
have taken hold on me."
Dr. Llndley as an "Independent Re
publican candidate" Is enough to make
the bosses smile at their own sense
of humor.
AS TOLD OVER THE TELEPHONE
The story of a balking mule named
"Shoe," driven by an old negro named
"Abe," and owned by a wholesale feed
house. One day Shoe balked on Broad
street and refused absolutely to be
driven again. After old Abe had Bpent
his energies on Shoe for an hour In
the vain endeavor to get him to start
he went Into a store to telephone his
employers. The following is what a
party of gentlemen near the telephone
neard:
"Please, mann, gimme number two
hund'-ed an' 'leven. Is dat you, Marso
Henry? • • • Yesslr, dis is Abe. I
dun ring yer up, sir, ter tell you about
Shoe. Shoe he done bulk down yer on
Broad street, sir."
" 'Bout a hour, sir."
"Yessir, I bus' him in de head."
"I dun wear de whip handle out on
him, sir."
"Yessir, I kick him in de belly 'bout
eight times, sir."
"Marse Henry, I would ha* kicked
urn some mo" but I hut me big too
on urn de las' time I kick urn."
"Twis' he tail? No, sir, not dis
nigger. A gemman from New York, he
twls' he tail."
"No, sir, I don't think he dead. De
doctor take him 'way in de am
b'lance."
"Yessir, It was sure foolish."
"Marse Henry, I done set fire under
Shoe."
"De harness? Dun bun de harness
clean off urn."
"De cart? Yessir, dun bun de cart,
too, sir, ail "cept one wheel, sir."
"Marse Henry, is you want me to
come back to the store and go to work,
or mus' I wait fer Shoe to move?"—
Llpplncott's.
NOT PAINLESS
"John Henry," said Mr. Sterling
worth, severely, to his son, according to
Tit Bits, as he led him by the right ear
into a room in the rear of the house,
"your mother tells me that you stuck a
pin into Mr. Molar when he was here
this afternoon, calling upon your sister,
and that he Jumped up and left the
house, declaring that he would never
call here again."
John Henry nodded.
"You seem to have the facts, papa,"
he said.
"Before I thrash you within an Inch
of your life, my son," Mr. Sterling
worth went on, as he reached for his
cane, "let me say that this whipping
will hurt you considerably more than It
will hurt me."
"I know that," said John Henry, with
heroic fortitude.
"I also wish to know," Mr. Sterling
worth said, "before I begin, what pos
sessed you to act In so shameful a
manner, and to drive away the only
beau that Ethel has had in two years?
Now, tell me."
"Well, Mr. Molar is a dentist, and—"
"Go on, sir."
"1 will, papa. I— I — "
"You — you — "
"I asked him if he was a painless
dentist, and he said he was; but I
don't believe he's painless at all, papa,
for he yelled — "
"That will do, my son," interrupted
Mr. SterliiißWorth. "This won't be a
liulnltsM thruuhlng, either."
A DITTY
Sing a ditty,-
HIiiK a ditty
Love-anu-ryhme-en twined.
Of the pretty.
Guy and witty,
Witching Kosallnd.
Nona's above her,
All men love her,
Cupid thus designed!
Jolly rover,
ii. 's in clover
. With fair Rosalind.
He ran lie there ,
His trade ply there,
Just her eyes behind;
Letting- fly there,
Arrows sly there — '
Look i "i Rosalind.
Loves and Oraces
ii.iv. their places
lnI In her hair confined;
Sweet their case Is,
Happy Graces,
Gracing Rosalind!
She Is neatness,
She is -sweetness,
All sweet thing* combined;
Perfect featness
A. completeness
ls fair Rosalind.
, Bong go meet her
1 Flying fleeter
Than the flying wind;
Bay 1 greet her
A n.l entreat In i
"Ha my Rosalind!"
— Curtis Hidden Fag« in The Bohtmlan.
PECULIAR SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HORSEMEN
Many of Their Act* and Declaration*. Which Appear to Be Ridiculous Are
Based Upon Curlout Experiences
l< rorrpaponrtenra \Vn»hlnntoii Pn«l
A strange coincidence at i New York
track last week was the frame-up over
at the book run by Sam Harrts. Har
ris Is chiefly famous for having made a
champion of Terry MeGovern. Harris
was on the stool. McOovern was tak
ing the cash. Matty Matthews acted
as runner and In front of the outfit was
another hero of the fistic arena, the In
imitable Jack McAuilffe, putting down
a font. Every customer was guaranteed
a "fighting chance."
Few turf followers ever stop to think
of the strange occurrences and the
unique freaks to be encountered In a
year on the race tracks. "All men are
equal, above and under the turf," once
quoth .i famous raconteur and mellow
soul of the real world, by way of tem
pering the spirit of a stout after
dinner hour among hall-fellows of his
acquaintance. Nothing is half so true
as that sporting adage, The three
i quarter stretch during a hot finish
levels all men and removes whatever
of th*> superficial thai serves As a
clonk. Nowhere else can so thorough a
"clearing house" of character be found
as In the frenzied betting ring of today,
one only having to observe the hundred
and one odd little things happening
about him to eke a sermon and scent a
story. .
The fact that Willie Shields' fnllurfl
to start Holsfher, Winner of the Hrlph
ton cup, in the $0000 Boutnwold handi
cap at Jamaica, L. [„ briiißs to mind
some of the foibles of owners and
trainers, Though HolschPi- stood nn
excellent chance of taking down first
or second money, thn lesser amount
bring considerably over $iboo, the
youn* trainer, called tho "luckiest nuui
on the turf," allowed Holscher to
stand In his stall while tho fixture was
being run. Asked for the reason there
of, he said: "Well, once I hnd a jockey
named South wold who was killed in a
race at Lakeside, and the hardest bet
I ever lost was to Houthwold. The
rare would be s Jonah for me, so I
didn't start." For two years now
Shields' horses have skipped the South
wold handicap.
During the past summer every time
a photographer headed in the direction
of the paddock, where Sam Hildreth
stood superintending the rigging out
of his entry for the impending- race, a
small but knowing throng would fol
low in the wake of the luckless artist,
for It counted on a scene and was
rarely disappointed. Did Hildreth dis
cover the photographer attempting a
picture of the horse or himself, he in
variably became furious. Twice this
year he keeled over the camera man
and bowled his machine along the
sward. "If there is anything Hildreth
hates It Is the picture man the news
papers send down to the race tracks
every once in a while to catch promi
nent horses and interesting- turf per
sonages," declared a friend of Sam's,
in explaining- this funny failing. "Hil
dreth is sincerely superstitious about
photographs, and I feel sure he will
yet seriously harm some of those ko
dak persons who persist in endeavor
ing to snap a picture of some horse
he treasures as he did McChesney.
Sam believes a photograph brings bad
luck to a horse.
When McChesney was hurt by fall
in a race preliminary to the American
Derby of 1902, Sam blamed It on a pho
tographer. He really believed it, too.
I have never seen a photographer come
into a paddock where Hildreth hap
pened to be without running into trou
ble. Hildreth Is one of the queer char
acter touches of the betting ring. Many
a time at New Orleans he put down
a big bet on what he considered a
moral- certainty. Five minutes before
the close of the betting he had been
known to take off the bet because a
red-haired colored sport happened to
pass within his vision. Of course the
red and bl>ick apparition didn't affect
the speed of the horse out on the track,
but somehow Hildreth could never get
to feel that way.
Just after the horses came down from
Saratoga last September Superinten
dent Frank Clarke of the Sheepshead
Bay course was Informed by the de
tectives of the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals of a certain
horsp with three legs having been en
tered as a starter In one of the cheap
events on the program of the next day.
"With three legs, eh?" queried Clark in
a half suspicious manner. Going over
to stall No. 72, whence the entry had
been made, Clark found there a four
When the Laugh Goes 'Round
TI'HNED HIM DOWN.
Lord Do Broko— lt's a terrible thing,
don't yuu know, Miss Blllyuus. (or v
ohappy to have to go through life all
alone.
Miss Blllyuna— Why don't you employ
a valet?
A 1 THJC MUSICAL.
Katlirrlne— the btoycla f»o«,
the ftutomobll* ■ f»oe and the tMrgaln
iuntlii» (aoe. why not the violin facet
K lddur—l t's the people, who have to
listen to the playing who make to*
face*. ...... •■•■■
year-old «on of Goldfinch hnbbllnff
about on three legs, the fourth— the
off fore Irs; being useless, for the rea
son that th" hoof and hock parti had
decayed to such fin extent thnt the foot
whs just dangling. Yet the horse had
been entered as ii starter, Investiga
tion showed the suffering thorough
bred to be a "badge horse." Tim OwlieT
of I horse registered In the stud book
and quartered on tho race track Is
entitled to a badge of admission. As
ls costs M a day to attend .-i New York
race track, with the probability of a
$5 a day rate being Imposed next year,
the ownership of a race horse, though
he may not be able to nutspced a goat,
ls of some considerable moment. A
man named WUcnx owned the Goldfinch
colt. wiicnx was a bartender who
went to the races every day, «nd he
was keeping the colt alive and In
anguish so that he might have the use
of a free race track badge of admis
sion. He had entered the colt so as to
lmpress the racing secretary with the
ldea of his horse being an active cam
paigner.
The great Hanover succumbed to tho
panic hoof disease several years ago.
He wai Hhot In hlfl Stall, this "bndgo
horse" receiving the tame merciful re
lease shortly after Clarke's discovery,
At every weedlns>out sale In the full
thprp are always tO be hr\d n fpw $100
equine derelicts, which are eagerly
grabbed up for admission hndpo pur*
posps. Whpn "Boots" DurtiPll bought
Tpmaceo from Sam Lazarus n week nn')
today at Hpimont park for $4000 cash,
Ppte O'Connell, a proprietor of a saloon
Just outsltle the patp, made an offer of
$35 for Cherry BIOUOm and bought her.
"Badge horse I Badge horse!" yelipd
thp crowd around thp snles ring ns Pete
led off his Investment. Npxt year
O'Connell will go to the mCBI pvery day
without charge. If the dnlly rate of
admission Is increased from $3 to $5, ns
reported, then the snloon man's enter
prise win bo rewarded soo per cent.
Nowadays thp "badge horse" pays.
A funny thing to be observed any dny
at the races east. If one cares to look,
Is "One Leg." Every bookmaker and
most every bookmaker's clerk knows
this gnarled old man who hobbles on a
wooden stump. He has been around
the betting ring since the first days of
Gloucester and Outtenberg and has
won and lost fortunes in gambling on
the ponies. Some days you will see
him butting up for the best price under
locomotion of a crutch. Other times
the wooden leg— lt is an exceptional
"wooden leg," inasmuch as it is of pur
eßt ebony and set off in silver plating,
one such as any one-legged Beau
rtrummpl might well wish for— does ser
vice. "Ah, 'Peggie' Is broke today,"
sallies the bookmaker to his sheet
writer as "One Leg" comes along on
his crutch. Why? you will ask. The
valuable cbnnlzed artificial limb has
been "hocked" in a Bowery pawnshop
for the price of a few piking bets. I
When the owner gets flush again, out
comes the leg and away to the shelf I
goes the crutch.
• • •
Then there are the queer persons
haunting- the "back line," where are
the cheap bookmakers, who grab a $1
bet %-ith ns much avidity as does
"Maxey" Blumenthal in reaching for
a $6000 commission on a "dead one."
This wan. long-haired fellow is known
as "Weeping Willie." Whenever he
makeß a bet he walks up and down
the side lines In the rear muttering
to himself. Long ago the betting
crowds found out what "Willie" was
up to. He enters into the most fervid
plea to the gods of fortune from the
moment he gets his bet down to the
second the horses flash by the post.
He never goes out to look at the race.
Oi*er In the corner near the tele
graph office you may encounter another
amusing aspect. There stands "Majah"
Bell, a suave colored gentleman of the
turf.
John W. Gates believes more in what
Bell says about a horse race than he
does in the opinion of the experts em
ployed by his friend, John A. Drake.
Twice or three times in the afternoon
you can see the multl-mllllonaire over
there harking to the sage advice of
the African philosopher. Then one
must think of the old sport and his
reference to the equality of men, "above
and under the turf."
So it Is In a year, or In a day, on the
New York race tracks, one may see
something more than the ceaseless
gambling If he but keeps his weather
eye on the lookout.
RYAN WALKER
Kliui Hullroad Ufflclal (on fishing
trip)— l suppose there Is a law against
this.
Becond Official— What, fishing?
First Official— No; rcbalttng our hooka!
CAUBK HIS BARLT DISMIMB.
Visitor— Your son. I dare .ay. wilt *•
a comfort to you In your old »•"«■
Mr. Win it he keep, on (tie way he
U «»lii« now I won't h*ve any old «.«•■
ODDITIES IN RAILROAD LAWS
Montana requires Us railroads to
maintain a station at plotted townsltes
of 100 Inhabitants or more.
Thirty states have state railroad com
missions, twenty of which have po.wer
to fix rates on purely state traffic.
lntoxication while on duty Is a mis
demeanor of a railroad employe In Cali
fornia, and if death results, a felony.
California makes the wrecking of a
train or an engine a felony punishable
by death or life Imprisonment, nt the
option of the Jury.
Railroads running within three miles
Of a county *pnt In Oklahoma must
liiilld R lino through the county seat
and establish a station.
lnI In South Carolina It Is a misdemeanor
for the conductor of a trolley car to
refuse to separate negroes and white
people
< ■ilirornia has made It S mlsdpmpanor
'" '-"'"pori cattle, shppp or wine In
r»noAd intg tOT mort th;in lhll . t ,x, x
hours without stopping f,,,- ten hours'
Virginia hns found It MPoesnnry to
pass n law ilPrlarhig that for all lpgnl
purposes the * l>ri}H -railroad"' and
railway are to be considered synony-
In MassarhußPtts thp Illo^ii sn ]p „f
street railway transfers is made punish
able by a fine nol exeppdllig $r,O or Im
priionment for not more than thirty
Qsys, *
The legislature of Washington nt Its
latest session passed a law making the
maximum railroad fare f nr adults 3
cents a milp nnd for Children Ii cents"
A trolley company In Vermont whose
Can fall to come to a full stop nnd
display a signal at a grade railroad
crossing Is subject to a flue of $25 for
puch omission.
By the terms of a new statute In
Michigan in n suit by or ngalnst a
railroad company the books of the
company nrp subject to the Inspection
of the attorney genpral of thp stntp.
Thp state of Michigan has effected
n Incrcnsp of nbout $12,000,000 in the
amount of taxable property In the atnte
by a recpnt adjustment In the assess
ment of rnllroads.
In Minnesota railway, telegraph and
express stations must bear the local
name of the community, unless It is
likely to bo confused with the names
of other stntlnns on thp sojne line.
California rejoices in a inw making
the circulation of fraudulent reports
regarding the value of the stock of a
corporation formed In the state a felony
punishable by two years' Imprisonment
or $5000 fine, or both.
Down in Georgia the supreme court
has concluded thnt an engineer Is not
Justified In acting on the presumption
that a child of tender years on a rail
road trark will appreciate its danger
and use the discretion of an adult In
getting out of the way of an approach
ing train.
According to a recent act of the legis
lature of that state, Florida railroads
failing to pay a claim for loss or dam
ages within ninety days must pay 25
per cent on the judgment obtained by
the claimant In excess of the amount
offered by the railroad in settlement of
the claim.
The mere fact that a great many peo
ple have been In the habit of using a
railroad trestle as a footbridge and that
the railroad company had made no
complaint, says the court of appeals of
Kentucky, does not give the people any
special rights on the bridge or compel
the rnilroad company to exercise a spe
cial degree of care for their safety —
New York Sun.
DIVINE HEALING
The maid had a headache! And I, timid
lover.
Who ne'er yet my secret hnd said,
Found myself in a haze of lnebriant
pleasure,
Gently rubbing her poor, aching head.
How memory floods! Through all theso
past years
I still feel the thrill that was mine
When my willing fingers their kind ser
vice did;
In truth, 'twas a healing- divine.
Her forehead so pure! Her soft teas
ing- hair!
Her whole being so wonderfully near!
Made heart at a bound put all reason to
rout —
And I kissed that white forehead so
dear!
Oh, magical healing of heaven-inspired
lips!
Two arms, soft and warm, held me
fast;
And my pangs of mere friendship with
her ncadachc were gone
When she said, "You do love me — at
last."
Ah, headache, how much do I owe to
your piiln!
And yet, there are times when I feel
Certain doubts as I think of that quick,
perfect pure —
Bat the wife, still insists you were
real.
— Will Rufus, in Chicago News.
WANTED LONO LIFIi.
Fat— l'm solo' to hey me lolfe insured.
Mpike.
Mike— For whyT
Pat Mis. Haley was at th' houi* last
night an' her husband's Insured (or •>
thousand dollars an' she told the old
w^iman thot th' dlvll would never die.
WHJM4 JBI—CTION TIMS COMB*
■round.
rtlrmM — Tho». l«not»nt ror«l«n«r»
•<iould not b« allowed U> |i»t.
W u4mui-I«; they look so' much
•Ilk. I c»ut tell which i.ne. I've Sivea
two-dollmr bin, to. «n4 Which I h»T«o'it
BOOK NOTES
THE now PletorUl Atlas of the
World, the exclusive distribution
„ of J*£JL oh i" this territory will be
through The Herald, II the only on
tirely new American atlas which
has been made in the last five
ypnr«. The various geographical changes
n this period have been morn
important than at any previous period
of correspondm* length. The maps In
this work have been very carefully
complied from the latest official sources,
with additions and corrections to date
of publication. Too much emphasis
. urn.. l be placed on the fact that It Is
not a rehash of old or Incongruous
plates, but a thoroughly modern, uni
form and reliable series of new plates
Among the new features are ii new
map of the world on the equivalent
projection, a new four-page railroad and
trade center map of the United States
and Canada, the naming of places on"
state maps In type according to size
of cities, geographical changes down
to the end of 1906, 11 very fine section
(special) devoted 10 Los Angeles, a full
account, Illustrated, of the San Fran
cisco earthquake, etc. The margtnnl
lndices add greatly to the ready ref-'
f:rence qualities of the publication, and
lt should be noted that all figures are
from the latest returns. A comparison
of the present population figures of
German towns with the old census fig
ures used In other American atlases
will show the Importance of these
changes. These marginal Indices enable
you Instantly to tell the population of
any state or nation, the size of cities,
and the like. The Descriptive and
Pictorial Gazetteer Is another new
feature. • Here are over one hundred
pages, set In large, clear type, three
columns to the page, and devoted to
a wide variety of geographical facts,
which no office or home should- be
without. In alphabetical form you will
find set down and described In detail
every country, mountain, river, sen,
lsland, and other physical aspects of
the globe. It must also be remembered
that the Index-gazetteer, Immediately
preceding it, supplies a large amount
of additional knowledge relating to
cities and towns; thus the book as a
whole becomes a modern cyclopedia
of the world, Its people, products and
progress.
Pictorial Atlas of the World. Los
Angeles: Published by The Herald.
"Moon-Pace and Other Stories" Is
the title given Jack London's latest
book. Just why the publishers chosi
Moon-Pace as the leading story of the
collection Is beyond comprehension. The
story Is the poorest one In the group.
The incident of the dog and the dyna
mite Is neither entirely new nor bril
liantly handled. It is only when one
reaches "All Gold Canyon" that tho
realization comes that this Is really the
work of America's greatest short story
writer. There the author treads safe
and euro ground. The gold seeker la
a real, live healthy creation. The
canyon appeals strongly to the reader
and every line Is convincing. One fin
ishes the story of the tragedy without
consciousness of a tragedy, so Justly
has fate dealt with the claim jumper,
so satisfactory Is the ending of the
extremely clever tale. When London
writes of the woods and mountains
the scene lacks nothing. When he
writes of cities and men who dwell
therein he wanders darkly. This mas
ter of modern Btory. telling fails dis
mally to convince the initiated when
he deals with newspaper offices. His
Inability to write a news Item Is amus
ing; his picture of the Interior of a
newspaper office when he essays
"Local Color' Is woefully weak. In
"Amateur Night" he does better, but
has the usual hazy conception of the
great reporter. "The Shadow and the
Flash" Ih, for the sort, a remarkably
well done story and has the finish and
touch of a Poe. But, one asks, why
does the man who wrote the "Odyssey
of the North" write such things? Why
does he who saw "The People of the
Abyss" fritter away his copy paper on
such morbid stories as "Planchette?"
Many thousands who look to Jack
London for the "great" book will he
disappointed with these short stories.
There are, however, thousands of oth
ers who seek only to be amused who
will find an hour's enjoyment with this
book.
Moon-Face and Other Stories. By
Jack London. New York: The Mac
millan company.
"Father Pink," by Alfred Wilson Bar
rett, author of "The Silver Pin," Is a.
lively narrative of the wily machina
tions of a seemingly good-natured and
harmless priest, who has schemes of
his own for the benefit of a favorite
niece. Large property rights are in
volved, together with a hoarded pile of
diamonds which have been singularly
concealed for safe keeping. The hand
of the woman whoße property Is thus at
stake Is sought by two eager rivals,
whose fortunes are Involved in the plot.
The custody of the diamonds, when at
last found, gives rise to exciting com
plications, with the priest, Father Pink,
as the cleverest actor In the drama. It
is by no means nn ordinary man who
can elude obviously certain capture by
backing 1 Into a cage of trained lions
with whom he had previously made
friends for that purpose, and then re
treating, without possible pursuit,
through a secret passage.
Father Pink. By Alfred Wilson Bar
rett. Cambridge: Small, Maynard &
Co. $1.60.
"The Altogether New Cynic's Calen
dar of Revised Wisdom for 1907" re
sembles the former "Cynic's Calendar"
In Its spontaneous guyety; otherwise It
keeps Its pledge of "altogether new
ness." The three authorß, Ethel WattH-
Mumford Grant, Oliver Herford anil
Addlson C. Mizner, having found out
thnt proverbs are Just as true and much
more amusing when turned Inside out
or upside down, have continued the
revision of the wisdom of the ages after
this original recipe. "Contentment,"
reads one of their new cynlclsma, "Is
the smother of Invention." It certainly
haa not smothered theirs. The Illustra
tions gayly printed In red and black are
hardly less diverting than the text.
"The Flrßt Cynic" and "The First Quar
rel" are quite as clever as "The First
Monday" of the last year's volume, the
success that was pirated and plttglarlzed
to an unlimited extent; and "Never say
diet" and "Many looks spoil the cloth"
have a pointed nhaft for the foibles of
today.'
The Altogether New Cynic's Calen
dar. By Ethel WattS-Mumford Qrant,
Oliver Herford and Addlson C. Mlzner.
New York: Paul Elder & Co. 75 cents
net.
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