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THE HERALD IN SAN FRANCISCO AND OAKLAND— Los Angeles and Southern California visitors to Ban Francisco and Oakland will find Tho Horald on sale at the news it anal in th« San Francisco ferry building and on the streets In Oakland by Wheatley and by Amos News Co. Population of Los Angeles, 251.463 Good morning; did you get wet? This wet water is very welcome. Now watch the oranges turn to gold, J. Pluvius also drops In on Los An geles. The thirßty earth now takes a long drink. Fiddler Schmitz will soon face the music. The two Walters; you take one ar.3 you get the other. This rain may last several days; thn longer, the better. Many a temperance man was "soaked" yesterday. Ascot seems to ha¥e got "one on" the slow city fathers. Whittier Is stiff and cold as an icicle over Its little hail storm. Boss Parker stands for Doc Lind ley, but will Los Angeles? Caruso appears to be singing small In the Yorkvllle police court. As between Boreas and Jupiter Plu vius, we prefer Jup., any day. You can't take one Walter without the other Walter. Reject both. The man who got soused yesterday was not necessarily blamable for it. Only a sick town needs a doctor at its head. And Los Angeles Isn't sick — yet. Los Angeles' sunshine will take a. few days' vacation while the foliage gets a chance. "Faust" is a fine opera, but to run it until after midnight is almost Me phistophelian. Thirteen persons were drowned in a steamship collision yesterday. The un lucky number again. The very fact that Doc Lindley suits Parker should make him unsuited for mayor of Los Angeles. Snow on the mountains yesterday de lighted Angelenos. It is one of the signs of spring rains in the valleys. Mr. Gates says his boss is the whole of Los Angeles. Doc Lindley says he's satisfied with Boss Parker. There you are. This municipal campaign is quite worth while; it has galvanized the Evening Way Freight into a semblance of life. Even that little shower of yesterday made some down town streets look like miniature rivers. Drainage is badly needed. Theodore Bell is invited to b< me D citizen of Long Heach. Ho already hag a .standing invitation to locate in Los Angeles. We've had one "Doc" in city politics, and he .should serve as a solemn warn ing against any more "Docs" in muni cipal affairs. The Owens river conduit will be built by the nexi city administration. What does ;i doctor know aboul build ing conduits? The high Hchools. in abolishing Iho fraternities, show a realizing s, why the schools exist: To teach an.i not for frolics. I ; nef saya his enemies are slinging :nut ut him. Ho ought to know; he has wallowed In the mire till he's QUlte familiar with it. When CarttSO riltted the monkey show ill Central park he found there was "a woman at the bottom of it." In fact, several women. If M. Lambardi would only issue a dally bulletin as to whether his sing ers would be good or bad on " given night. It would help some. The president is carrying his big stick around among the islands of the ■ exhibit. il« niUHt not uniit Cuba, which seems to he *|mll!ng for « tight. Among the contributors to the He publican uampaigu fund In New fork loliu |i, !((,. k. I, 11, i I I. Mor gan. l.<-\i I. Morton, Andrew Carnegie and > haututy M. DepSW. That's all. THE ONLY ISSUE Only a simple M- la> Involved In the local municipal campaign, and there Is nothing at stake to warrant such rancor aa has been stirred up by supporters of certain candidates. The Issue referred to cannot be more clearly or more tersely stated than In this declaration by President Roosevelt; "The worst evils thut affect our local government arise from and are the In evitable result of th« mixing up of city affairs with party politics of th» nation and state." , How aptly that statement fits the situation In Los Angeles! In recent years, as every Intelligent citizen knows, we have allowed politicians to "mix up city Affairs' with party poll ties" at election time, and then we have felt like kicking ourselves all the rest of the year for having done ho. With the exception of n tew weeks every two years— the weeks lust prr oeding the city election — I ho volns of Los Angeles have been wont, and for mighty good cause, to growl nnoul the results of political machine control of our local government. And throughout abOUl twenty-three months of thr twenty-four constituting the two years there have been raucous tin-cats to turn down the political machinists nt the first opportunity. It was With the object of affording an opportunity to rescue the local gov ernment of this city from machine con trol that the non-partisan movement whs organized. Certain prominent citi zens, with the requisite courage to fight the political trust, undertook the thankless task of organizing a non partisan movement, in accordance with President Roosevelt's idea. If the anti-machine feeling: among voters would hold out during the month before election as It does the rest of the months between elections the, ma chine would be burled under ballots deeper than was Pompeii by the ashes of Vesuvius. It was upon the supposition that vot ers would jump at the chance of "downing" the machine that the non partisan movement was organized for the present campaign. It was organ ized most auspiciously, too, with pledges of support from the most Influ ential men of the city. - But the wiles of the machine man agers, like those of the serpent in Eden, have succeeded in making trouble. Personal considerations and jealousies were allowed to outweigh the vital importance of pulling together for the public weal. And thus tfie ma chine managers partly accomplished their purpose by the tactics expressed In the military maxim, "Divide and conquer." But it remains with the voters to de cide whether the machine shall succeed in the main object of wrecking the non-partisan movement so completely that it will be hopeless to attempt the launching of another one. That Is the vital issue which the voters of this city will be called upon to decide Decem ber 4. All the dust that the partisans of the machine are kicking up is merely in tended to blind voters to the real issue Involved in the election. Voters, remember the foregoing words of President Roosevelt, which he followed with these: "The lines upon which national parties divide have no necessary connection with the business of a city. Such connections open the way to countless schemes of public plunder and civil corruption." Sever that corrupt connection by electing the non-partisan ticket. GOLD-MINING FACTS Many persons who are unfamliur with the gold deposits of California and Nevada have but little faith In the widespread revival of mining op erations in these states. The "boom ing" of new mining districts and the exploiting of new companies are quite commonly regarded as speculative, without any substantial baßis. This as sumption is backed with the argument that all the mining districts In the two states have been prospected for dozens Of years, and that if any rich diggings exist they would have been discovered long ago. In this view of the matter sight is lost of the primary consideration. It has been known for perhaps half a century that gold is widely distributed in the name localities where extensive mining operations have been projected Within the last two or three years. The salient point to be considered, however, Is the fact thut the gold deposits in question, so far as already tested, are generally what Is known us "low grade." That is. the gcii i is not found In sutticli at quantities to warrant mining opera tions except upon an extensive scale and with the most approved modern appliances. when the earlier proapeoton discov ered gold In the dlßtrictl referred to they founu plenty of "odor/ 1 but not "pay dill." The diggings were ii'/i rich enough to work profitably with the crude methods necessitated by luck of capital. Water is the paramount requisite in gold mining, und it costs a gTMt deal of money to supply it in the desert districts where the prOMQt mining operations aic conducted hi Nevada and California, But millions of dollars' . worth of gold have been taken, by modern ap pliances, from tailings and other refuse at California mines that were aban doned lon| MO; In these days of Im proved mining methods It is profitable to go over the sane ground that was "worked out " in the early days, and also 'to operate In deposits of very low grade. lt Is the introduction of large capital wherewith to work the low-grade de posits in California and Nevada that now Is causing the recrudescence of gold mining in these states. The days Of "bonanzas" see. a to have .passed, but there U untold wealth In the yel low metal, tight here hi Southern Call, fornla, that is sure to be brought In Hie mint in the near future by scientific and down-to-date mining methods. LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 23, 1906. NO COUNTY BONOS lndication* last night were that Los Angeles dly yesterday had voted "no" on. all the 'propositions to bond the cou*nty for $900,000 for vnrlqus public lmprovement*!. Returns from the county were very meager last night, but the Indications were that the coun ty had followed the city's lead In the voting. lt Is probable that the complete re turns will show that the whole prop osition has been turned down— not be cause It was not proper and right, but becavse of the Inopportune mo ment. As The Herald said: "There are many things right which RTS Inex pedient." • Now let us have no more bond prop ositions until the call for bonds for the Owens river valley water enterprise. Los Angeles would, no doubt, have promptly voted tho bonds desired by the supervisors had it not bfen tOT the knowledge that nothing must now be done which may militate against the Owens river bonds. PROBING THE WELSIiERS The Insurance, situation in Ban Fran* dsco is iikeiy to be thoroughly sifted l>y '.he federal bureau ot corpora tlons, which is a branch of the department of commerce and labor, By this means the whole American people win be m allied to understand Just what terms of settlement the insurance companies iaTc effected In Francisco. There are Intimations that tho terms are secret, in some cnses companies hav ing exacted promises that particulars should not be divulged. The federal government has no power to use compulsory methods in regard to welshing allegations, as that is a line of authority vested in the state. The right to investigate the methods of lln companies is conceded, however, under the general authority relating to cor porations engaged in interstate busi ness. The matter of Insurance is so import ant to the public, In all the states, that an exhaustive report of the dealings of companies with San Francisco pol icy holders will be eagerly awaited. All the facts should be disclosed con cerning the terms of setlement In the case of every company involved in the San Francisco disaster. Thus far it is only known publicly that the offer ings of such companies have ranged all the way from payment in full to flat repudiation. No company that has attempted the welshing trick in San Francisco should be trusted hereafter in any state. And in order that insurers may know ex actly how to deal with the companies there is need for just such an investi gation as is assured now. Los Angeles county went Republican two years ago by 20,000. Glllett carried it by a plurality of 7999. His vote was 20,935, while the vote for all other can didates was 26,798. If the machine is proud of that record — all right. Theodore Bell received 295S votes more is Los Angeles county than were cast for Alton B. Parker in 1904. This is something. ASCOT GETS SERVICES OF CITY'S VETERINARIAN SOME BOARD OF HEALTH MEM. BERS DEMUR AT FIRST Inspector Young Agrees to Devote Half Day to Municipal Labors and Accepts Cut in Salary for the Next Ninety Days Because Dr. S. S. Salisbury thought that the city would be going into part nership with Ascot park he voted no at last night's meeting of the health board on the proposition to grunt Dr. Lucian W. Young, city stock inspector, a half day off each day during the next ninety days. Ascot needs Ihp services of the city veterinarian and Is willing to pay a big price for them — far more than the city does. When Mayor McAleer handed around a letter mysteriously spme of the mem bers wanted to know what it was all about. "I presume all of the members of the board will understand," said the mayor. Then those who did not know asked &H explanation. Jt appears that the lee;; | >i; YoUllg gets all! fill' belOW what a competent veterinarian could make in general practice and, as the tnayor explained, it would help him to retrieve losses by doing this extra work at tiie race track. "Bui ii doesn't look well," insisted l)r. Salisbury. Dr. Qareeldn, acting health officer, said that Dr. Young had agreed to do all his city work before i i each day and "I agree to a cut of one-half In his pay while he served the track. The board Anally granted the request. THREE PERISH IN TEXAS BLIZZARD By Associated Press. 1:1. PASO, Texas. Nov. M.— Three i* n are ejead as a result of the Htori.i which raged yesterday in PSOOS val ley, and others are misßliig. Frieii I" tear i«>r their safety. Tne body of Jack Kemp, g mail car rier, who perished in the billiard, Wai found today buried in tlie snow. IM ward Lumar und Antonio Santi ago, cattle rounders, died from ex posure. Undelivered Telegrams There are undelivered telegram* at iii« l'ostal Telegraph company (or Clarence French. Joseph Jordan, Mrs. C. m Kempt*!*. 1.. Nemarovsky, Mrs. Ethel I. McCoy, Mis. Sarah Langtry, H. C. Law rence, L. H. bevy. J. B. WUeman, and ,i, i cablegram for Force Walker. The following messages are at the of flee of the Western Union Telegraph company undelivered: A. Carlson. G. D. Wyatt, Abe Quid stein, l> J. Palllnger, Mrs. A. Hampton, U . M Rhode*, K. PelbOH, A. M. • Hu*- Kurt. Bam Jeff, Mrs. D. W. Cunningham. N . R Neary, It B. Philips, Ueoige N. Skinner. Mi and Mrs. <". K. Johnson, W. C. Howard, R K. How, J. Alamada, T . M. Hanna, J. O. Moortt, M. K. Yon evla, W. O. ii.ii. Win 11 Morrison, Cur rell Severance, Mrs. I*. M. Sullivan, Mrs. T . Stell. I li. Smith. BIG DECREASE SHOWN IN REPUBLICAN VOTE Final count of the votes cast at the November election for state and county offices is progressing rapidly at the county court house and it is expected the entire count will have been made and sealed before the close of the week. Yesterday the final figures for the candidates for gubernatorial honors and for lieutenant governor were registered with a few final counts of the votes on various amendments. The last election shows a great falling off of the plurality of Republican votes in Los Angeles county and city, and the com bined vote of Langdon and Bell here would have defeated Gillett by a good margin. The difference in Republican votes between that for the presi dential electors at the last election and for Gillett shows a decrease of about 10,000 votes. Porter exceeded Gillett as a vote gatherer in the county, while Toland of the Democratic ticket ran close with his party vote. Amendments 5 and 11 were carried, while amendment 12 lost. The count up to date: GOVERNOR City County Total Gillett 11,464 9.472 20,936 Bell 8,129 4,808 12,937 Lewis 1,732 1,315 3,047 Blanchard 969 1.483 2,452 Langdon 5,782 2,578 8,360 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR City County Total Porter 11,882 9,712 21,594 Toland 7,616 4,262 11,878 Wheat 1,914 1,409 3,323 AMENDMENTS Yes No Amendment No. 5 11,218 6,572 Amendment No. 11 11.934 5,704 Amendment No. 12 6,762 1 1,345 Amendment No. 13. . .' 15,027 2,896 Amendment No. 14 12,841 4,510 Senate amendment No. 2 12,968 3,666 Senate amendment No. 14 6,648 10,198 Senate amendment No. 20 9,615 8,140 Senate amendment No. 38 14,588 2,960 Senate amendment No. 40 8,431 6,837 Assembly 2 Ex 9,281 6,094 Senate 2 Ex 8,183 6,528 COUNTY BONDS NOT FAVORED MAJORITY OF TWO-THIRDS IS LACKING Fear of Jeopardizing the Owens River Scheme Is Chief Reason Assigned for Opposition to Proposed Improvements Less than 10 per cent of the voters! of Los Angeles county went to the polls yesterday and decided negatively on the five propositions providing for a total bond issue of $900,000. Out of a total registration of ov_er 50,000 in the city, only about 5,000 votfs were cast. Meager returns from the county pre cincts indicate about the same vote compared with the registration. The five propositions voted upon and all of which required a two-thirds ma jority to be passed were as follows: Construction of hall of records aiul addition to court house grounds, $520, 0. New buildings at county hospital, $200,000. Improvements to county jail, $50,000. ('.rounds and buildings for juvenile detention home, $60,000. Improvements at county poor farm, $70,000. The hall of records and the detention home propositions came closer to car rying than did the others. The plun to Improve the county jail to the ex tent of $50,000 received only a bars majority, while the proposition to cx ptnd $200,000 at the county hospital was given only a slightly better vote. The proposition to expend $70,000 on im provements at the poor farm was third in favor. With four of the 13!) precincts in the city missing, the vote on the hall of records was 3,149 for to 1,708 against, or lucking 267 of the necessary two thirds. On the detention home proposition the vote was 3093 for to 1775 against, or lacking 457 of the two-thirds vote. The results on the other three prop ositions follow: New buildiiiKK at the county hospital, 2737 for, 2042 against. County juil improvements, 2434 for, 2304 against. Poor farm improvements, 2893 for, 1875 against. Belief is expressed at the county dork's office that the complete returns will not change the result as Indicated by the vote in the city and the few scattering returns from the country precincts. (In;. I disappointment was expressed at the court house last night over the failure of the proposition regarding the hall of records, To the rain yesterday was attributed the exceedingly light vote, and opposl liou lo any bond issue which in any manner mlglil affect the Owens rlvev project is given as the reason why the bonds failed to carry. The election cost the county between $15,000 and $20,000. CRIPPLED MAN PROVES A HERO Carries Wife Through Flames to a Place of Safety and Falls Exhausted Although a cripple and scarcely able to walk, Peter Devias.livlng at 317 South Main Btreet, proved himself a hero Wednesday night when he carried his wife to safety through smoke, flames and gas, although the effort caused him to put forth every ounce of strength lie possessed. The old couple occupy the lower part of the house In which they live. Late Wednesday night when they retired they forgot to turn out the gas In their room and a draft caused the flame to bcb be extinguished. The escaping gas soon filled the room and floated to the upper apartments. There a light was burning and the gaß exploded, filling the house with flames. The plosion awoke pevlas, who, understanding what had happened, gathered his wife In his arms and car* rled her to the sidewalk, where, he fell exhausted. Both were given prompt medical at tendance and will suffer no serious cousequences as a result of the ac cident* IMBPJMWMBMHrNriI'IIM ilfilll'l I ir*i l«l WHICH BRIDGE HAS PRECEDENCE? SEVENTH AND MACY STREET STRUCTURES NEEDED Trolley Interests and Property Owners Contend for Each First, as the Funds for Both Are Lacking I Which bridge first? is a live issue at the city hall just now. A battle is on between the adherents of the East Seventh street bridge and the Macy street bridge. The city must pick, as it lacks the funds to erect both structures at once Brooklyn Heights and Boyle Heights were well represented yesterday among the visitors before the board of public works and the city engineer's depart ment in which the problem of finance as well as construction is being thrashed out. The Los Angeles Railway company has bought lots for approaches and will pay half of the price for construction of the Macy street bridge over the Arroyo de Los Posos. This is the scene of the death dip accident where lives were lost when a car jumped the track. The Seventh street constituents have worried along for many months with a temporary structure built partly on the submersed foundations of the old bridge that was swept away. The city officials are inclined to build the Seventh street structure first as it will serve a large constituency who use this great east and west artery of travel. Its plans are now In the hands of the Pacific Electric company engineers, as it embodies features in trolley convey ance that interests them. It is proposed to make a reinforced concrete highway of three arches, thirty feet above the surface of the river and with foundations sunk thirty feet below the river bed. Doubtless there will be a struggle in the council as a resolution has al ready been passed asking the city en gineer to hurry the plans of the Sev enth street viaduct. SENTENCED FOR VAGRANCY Prisoner Said to Be Supported by the Earnings of Two Blind Beggars James Richey, who Is said to make a living off the earnings of two blind beggars, was sentenced to twenty-five days in jail by Police Judge Chambers yesterday on a charge of vagrancy. Hlchey was arrested by Policeman Me fart, who claimed that he had been Watching the man for several weeks. John Taylor, one of the blind beggars, and who is said to be a wealthy prop erty owner, WU fined $^.. r >, while John Virginia, the second one, pleaded not guilty and will have a Jury trial No vember 30. TEETH KNOCKED OUT IN UNPROVOKED ASSAULT K. K. Kuwt, 819 South Hill street, Was Struck in the fuce lu»t night at the corner of I'Mtth and Main streets by an unidentified man. His mouth was budly cut by the blow and five teeth were knocked out. He went to the re ceiving hospital witli his face covered with blood. Mr. Huat said he could not account for the asauult upon him, as he hud never seen his ussallant be fore and did nothing to provuke him. The only explanation he could give was that he was the victim of mistaken Identity or the whim of v drunken mun. THIEF STEALS RENT; WOMAN IN TROUBLE As the result of a raid by a daylight burglar Mrs. K. Demlow, UN West Pico street, proprietor of a restaurant, is In an almost destitute condition. Mrs. Demlow had saved 125 . which ' she ! In tended to pay as rent. • Wednesday a thief broke Into the place and stole the money. Mrs. DemloW States that she has no other Income than that from the restaurant, which is very, smaU.-^awttglJ CHURCHES HOLD UNION SERVICES WILL CONSOLIDATE FOR THANKSGIVING Temple Auditorium Will Se Thrown Open to Downtown Congrega tion! — Free Dinners Are Planned The great American feast day of turkeys and cranberry sauce will be ob served In Los Angeles next Thursday with all the traditional ceremonies. It will bo a day of general family reun ions, when Old and young will gathur around the festive board. The original character of the day. de spite the many changed In customs, has not been lost sight of and religious services will form ti" main feature of tho morning. No longer the maidens will go In simple Puritan garb, but tin' young women, In all their finery, win attend church services as did the maids who can over In tho May flower. ln the different localities the Idea or reunions will be carried out by the Protestant churches who will hold union services. The great event of the day will be the monster union service to be held at the Temple auditorium. 'ah thn down-town evangelical churches will unite In this service from Hill street west and south, to Twenty-third street. including th.> Angeleno Heights section. Dr. Robert .T. Burdette will preside and Rev. Robert Mclntyre will preach the sermon. At Catholic Churches Solemn masses will be celebrated In Catholic churches according- to instruc tions issued by Bishop Conaty. At these services the prayer for author ities in the manual of prayer author ized by the third plenary council of Baltimore will be read. lnI In the University section the church will unite in a union service at the University Methodist church. Rev. John Habbick, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, will preach the' ser mon. Uniting In this service will be the Orchard Avenue Baptist, Church of the Redeemer and University church. ln Boyle Heights the service will be held In 'the Christian church, corner Second and Breed streets. Rev. Mr. Kershaw, pastor of the Presbyterian church, will preach the sermon. The churches which will unite In this ser vice are the Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Christian and Congregational. Unite at Baptist Church ln East Los Angeles union services will be held at the Baptist church. Rev. Mr. , Owen, pastor of the Lutheran church will preach. The churches that will unite will be the Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist, Methodist and Evangelical Lutheran. The evangelical churches of Hol will be no service at Unity church, at which service Rev. E. P. Ryland, rcently sent to the Memorial Methodist church as pastor, will preach the ser mon. • ■••'•. ■ The Church of the Unity and the Temple I B'nal B'rith have heretofore held union services, . but this custom will be discontinued this year. There will be no service at the Unity church. A thanksgiving service will be held at the Temple B'nai B'rlth at 10:30 o'clock at which Dr. Sigmund Hecht, the rabbi, will preach. A thanksgiving service will be held at the First New Testament church in New England hall at 9:45 o'clock. ln several of the churches special Thanksgiving prayer meetings will be held on Wednesday night, including the lmmanuel Presbyterian and the Cen tral Presbyterian churches. In nearly all the churches the weekly prayer service will be marked by the approach of the fe.ast. Hold All Day Service The men's praying band of the First Methodist church will hold an all day service, with the exception of the hour of the union service, at the First Meth odist church. The Episcopal churches will hold special services in honor of the day, and Dean Wilklns will preach at the 1 0:30 o'clock service at St. Paul's pro cathedral. The First Presbyterian, Plymouth Congregational, Memorial Baptist, Third Presbyterian, Knox Presby terian, Christian and Vincent Meth odist churches will unite in the Ply mouth Congregational church. Rev. C . C. Pierce, pastor of the Memorial Baptist, will preach the sermon. ln the Protestant churches the gen eral hour of the union services will bc 10:30 o'clock, in order to give tho good housewives sufficient time, to pre pare the thanksgiving dinner following the services. lnI In the Catholic churches the general hour of services will be 9 o'clock. Masses will be celebrated at this hour at the Cathedral of St. Vlbiana with sermon by Ut. Rev. Mgr. Harnett; St. Vincent's, Church of the Sacred Heart, Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, and Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Hol lywood. Mass will be celebrated at 8 o'clock at Ht. Mary's church and the Church of Our Lady of Loretto. , Give Free Dinners Thanksgiving day will also be ob served by several church dinners, prominent among which will be the fellowship dinner at the Bethlehem lnstitutional church which will follow the church service. According to a time honored custom in that section of the city the residents to the number of about 500 will gather at the church for the dinner, and all nationalities will participate. This dinner, while free, will not be a charity affair. The neighbors will contribute gifts for the table and help in many ways. So fur as possible it will be made a general family event. Children of El Hogar Fella classes of the Plaza church will be given _ a dinner by women of the society at the. Plaza church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. ■ Women of the Sacred Heart parish, following a custom of several years, will give a Thanksgiving dinner, fol lowed by a bazaar and, a • play, "Too Late for the Divorce," will be given at night. The bazaar will continue over Saturday. . • ■ First Dinner Tonight Members of the Queen Esther circle of the Boyle Heights Methodist church will serve a Thanksgiving dinner at the church from sto 8 o'clock, followed by a social gathering. a musical and literary entertainment will be given on the eve of Thanksgiv lug at St. Mary's new parochial hall by women of the parish, to be followed by a social time. Extensive arrange ments are being made for the program. Probably the first Thanksgiving din ner given this year will be that to be given tonight by women of the Church of the Unity in the dining room of tho church. M-Llnes aid Mck-Ups By the Card Oh, will you bo my queen?" i asked, And smiled tip in her face; She answered me with a caroM: ■T.I 1... -, v, ' c<m - no ' nothing less Will i be than aoet" Mayor SclimltjTJg~coinlnsr hoiM to ■face the music." Uelng an orchestra leader, he's used to doing this. Hetty Green says «h« believes In keeping the ten commandments! And everything else she can get. That earthquake In New Mexico was not * marker to the shake given It by Arizona lately. Blven ll Palm— Sho mußt love me; she told mcm me to bo to see her father. Pepper— You knew he was den.i didn't you? Well- ' aeatl> Women think men are deep villains when they don't catch 'em In evil. lt you want to Insult your wlfo when she scolds you, yawn. Some aro dee-lighted; others are 'I' ' :i|ei|. So It goes. The man who buttons hi? wires clothes says things behind her back. Does tho barber who shaves the vice president cut any ice? The knlser uses an n,uto to hunt deer. Huns 'cm down, eh? Ye Editor Swings a Big Stick We had the pleasure of Inviting the Hon. (?) Mr. Marshall into our office and making him look over our files for the saloon advertisement that he stated was In our paper, and when he tailed to find any, we had the greater pleasure of hearing him say, "I was mistaken, but I would rather have you take all the skin off of me than to make a statement in the paper that 1 was wrong." Then wo had the still greater pleasure of saying to him "You have lied, and there Is not one spark of manhood In you; you are no part of a gentleman." What think ye, dear readers, of a man that will stand before an audience and tell a lie, then acknowledge It, but refuse to make the wrong right? We think that the yawning: abyss of hell is open and ready to receive all such as he, and as long as God gives us the breath of life we will fight a cause that has such low-down characters at its head. —Chandler (Okla.) Press. "Smulaski beat Piotrowski for treas urer— not in Poland, in Illinois. Those who speak of the grace with which Hearst accepts defeat should remember that practice • makes per fect. . ; , Mr. Orange— Of course I am not worthy of you. Miss Lemon— worry; who is? Cupid should be a great politician; he's always backed by a ring. Green is the popular winter color for men, but long green is always fashionable. A Now Jersey man was married at 2 a. m. That's a warning against staying: out late. Olive— So you want to become my son-in-law? Acacia— Yes; I'll even wed your daughter to accomplish it. Marie Corelli writes that she "loathe? America," thus striking a new note or reciprocity between the two countries. Hearst beat young Pulitzer In a fist fight at St. Louis. Well, it must be some comfort to win something once in .awhile. lt may please a woman when a man helps her over a crossing, but it makes her mad when another woman at tempts It. The Truth of It We boast our blessed sunshine. And do not vaunt in vain; We glory in our cloudless sky, (But how we like this rain!) We speak about our balmy days; ln accents very plain We say they are the best of all. (IWe're glad to see this rain.) We emphasize our fine, clear air. So dry, 'tis, In the main ■ That moisture is unnoticed here. (Say, what a bully rain!) The moon In all its glory sails The firmament amain; The stars shine brilliantly, we say. t (But still, wo welcome rain). For days and weeks and months agone Our climate's borne no stain; (Some folks may kick on clouds and wet— ' We wise ones hail this rain!) — W. H. C. OSTRICH FARMING Some of the accounts of ostrich farm ing in this country have been so glow ing that thg reader was left much In doubt as to their accuracy. The os trich business is fairly prosperous, es pecially in the Salt River valley, Ari zona, where 1600 of the 2200 ostriches in the country are now owned. This is a new line of animal industry for Americans, and there is much to learn. We have not thus far produced such fancy birds as have some of the more experienced breeders in South Africa, but the size seems to be increasing and tho health of the birds is all that could he detlred. S6 far, .serious ostrich dis ease* have not troubled the American raiser; even the so-called barring of the feathers has not been observed. Ostriches need a hot, dry climate, such as Is found in tho southwest. The rainy portion of the south is far less desirable, although this is sometimes mentioned as suitable for ostrich rais ing. Alfalfa pasture is also essential; an acre of alfalfa will curry four os trluhes, and which is of far more im portance will keep them In good heulth. Our American ostriches are now worth $800 per pair at four years of age. No oik should imagine that ostrich fariniiiK is a get-rich-qulck scheme, for the birds iejv not ready for mating until they become four years old.— Country Life In America. 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