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LOS ANGELES HERALD
isSIED FVEKY MORNING lIV
THE HERALD CO.
THOMAS *. G1880N..,. President
FRANK E. WOLFE Managing Editor
THOMAS t. GOLUINO. ..Business Uintfu
■ DAVID G. 8A11A1E...... Associate Editor
■■ Sntered as second-class matter »t the
postoglco In Los Angelea,
OUMsH MOltMNf] PAPJEB KJ
LOS ANUtXKK.
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ager.
Population of Los Angeles 327,685
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
AT THE THEATERS
ATOITORirM—Dark.
BELASCO—"The Man of th« Hour."
BIRDANK —"Cameo Klrby."
FISCHER'S—Musical farce.
GRA>*D —"When Johnny Comw Marching
Home."
I^»S AN'GBXlS—Vauflevl'.la.
MAJESTIC—"Sis Hopkins."
MASON—Lambard! Grand Opora company.
OEFHEDI- Vaudeville.
ATTACK ON KNOWLEDGE
IT was not to be expected the at
tempted postal raid on the maga
zines would fail to provoke re
prisals and retaliations, and none of
these efforts to make a boomerang out
of a bomb is more delightfully suc
cessful than that of the chaffer of
Hampton's, who Bays: "Tou remem
ber the days when the magazines were
entirely devoted to literary and art
features—when nothing more exciting
than the history of Julius Caesar ever
found Its way into their pages. If a
magazine was thoroughly set on being j
brisk and modern it would publish a
story about John D. Rockefeller and
how he started in life with $16, one of
■which was counterfeit, and as children
we were solemnly told to be as stingy
and Industrious as he was. And how
James J. Hill took a job- sweeping out
a bird caga for 20 cents a week, and
made $470,000,000, and go thou and do
likewise. In those mild days each
giant of finance was phonographed in
the magazines, "Young man, 1 got my
pile by abstaining from tobacco and
liquor, by attending church four times
a week and by never spending a cent."
Times change. The muckraking maga
zines came into existence. The pious
frauds who pile up great wealth at the
expense of the whole people have been
and are being exposed. Muckraking
magazines are read by too many peo
ple; they publish facts too freely; they
are too widely believed; they interfere
with too many projects of manipuln- j
tion and misdirection in public affairs.
They are arousing public opinion
that the gentlemen of the crooked for
tunes have genuine cause for distress.
Small wonder that the bis financial in
terests earnestly desire the decapita
tion of the mu'-krakers. And less wan
der that the. closely related powers of
politics riiFh to the rescue.
"But isn't there a danger of killing
the horse to destroy the gadfly? The
business of publishing and printing is
the seventh largest industry in the
country. There are hundreds of farm
papers, religious, technical and other
Journals and magazines of great value
—and there are not more than half a
doaon mu< krakers. Why spoil this
great and beneficial Industry to punish
six publications?"
As a mutter of fact, the muckrakers,
if Postmaster General Hitchoek's roc
ommendations are adopted, will be the
very last ones to suffer. The ones that
will suffer will be the farm journals,
the women's publications and other
periodicals with large yearly subscrip
tion llsta. And it won't mend matters
If the unabashed and untisrritled
muckrake if .should find in the crusade
against public knowledge and popular
reading the material for the biggest
and most "sensational" muckraking
"story" ever printed. The very an
nouncement of the attack on the free
dom of the press suggests a new line
of "Investigations" which will h>\'e"a
far worse effect than all the muckrak
ing revelations hscstofore published,
for their tendency will be to under
mine the confidence of the people of
tho United States in the present form
if governmentl
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LOS ANOELKS prosperity wns cele
brated by a large and brilliant as
semblage of distinguished citizens
at the annual banquet of the chamber
of commerce. The great body of enter
prising men composing the chamber of
commerce has had a great deal to do
with the upbuilding of Oreater Los
Angeles, and the chamber's zeal, activ
ity and usefulness in behalf of the me
tropolis -will Illustrate the Los Angeles
way. In congratulating the chamber
of commerce on a series of most bril
liant successes, which have made this
rity the metropolis of the far west, the
people of Los Angeles are also congrat
ulating themselves. There is not a
resident, whether he be owner or renter,
taxpayer or visitor, merchant or man
ufacturer who Is not benefited by ths
patriotic zcnl and energy of our dy
namic chamber of commerce, which,
under the Inspiration of its leaders and
with the aid of the indefatigable energy
of Secretary Frank Wiggins, has placed
Los Angeles in the. front rank of cities
of the United States.
The banquet was a brilliant success,
in keeping with the Los Angeles way.
which is the way of success.
Peculiar interest was added to this
year's banquet because of the maritime
advance and prospects of Greater Los
Angeles. As Mr. Booth said, Los An
geles is on the map as a great seaboard
city. "All praise and glory" are due
to tlie strong men who accomplished
our city's maritime ambition, but the
work has only begun. TV> must keep
our pledge and VOTE THE HARBOR
BONDS.
And public policy demands that those
selfish interests which would even now
tie up the hands of the harbor commis-
Blon and city administration by en
deavoring to exact promises as to de
tails of the harbor improvements long;
before it is possible fcr our executive
bodies to be In poppession of all the
facts, must be utterly discredited.
Mr. Booth pointed out that the appro
priations of the river and harbors bill
now before congress will enable the
engineers to complete the gap between
the breakwater and the mainland and
dredge the channel to thirty feet depth
up to and including the turning basin.
This will enable the harbor of Greater
Los Angeles to accommodate ANT
SHIP THAT PAILS THE PACIFIC,
anij there will be immediate and great
increase of maritime commerce.
Mr. Booth referred to the gratifying
completion of harbor plans by the
purchase nf fortification citos. The city
beautiful, the aqueduct and other topics
of live metropolitan interest familiar to
all were touched on by Mr. Booth in
his masterly and comprehensive review.
The achievements which have built
up the metropolis in the Los Angeles
way give encouraging guarantee of
the success of achievements yet to be
undertaken, including the union depot,
which, as Mr. Booth saM, is one of the
crying needs of this country.
"The stations we now have are posi
tively disgraceful to a city of this size
and position," he declared, "and every
energry that can possibly be brought
to make our railroad friends realize
that something MUST be done should
be employed AT ONCE."
SENATE REFORM
IP the United Kingdom has a hOUM
of peers, America has a house of
millionaires. The senate was
founded in order that the triumphant
democracy of the United Stairs might
be tempered by the grave wisdom of
old men of experience. To the senate
was committed that which corn (ponds
to the power of ordeal in feudal days,
namely, the right to try impeachments.
Even the Ohlef executive may be sum
moned before the senate on an im
peachment. Ami here ure the names
Of some of the members of this august
deliberative and disciplinary body and
what each really represents:
Guggenheim of Colorado, J50,000,000;
Elklns of West Vlrginin, $26,000,000;
Ht"Tiheiison or Wisconsin, ?2o,onn,ooO;
Warren of Wyoming. $16,000,000; Xixon
of Nevada, $i.".oooo.ooo; Depew of New
York, siri.ooo.nnn; Oliver or Pennsyl
vania, 115,000,000; Crane of Massachu-
Mtta, $10,000,000; Aldrich of Rhode If
land, 110,000,000; Wetmore of Rhode
bland, Sio,ooo.ooo : Dupont of Delaware,
j 110,000,000; Hughes of Colorado, $.".,000.
--n00; Kean of New Jersey, $.",000,000;
Newlands of Nevada, $5,ooo,ooo: Lodge
of Massachusetts, 16,000,690; Scot* of
West Virginia, 16,000,000; Bourne ol
Oregon, $,".000,000: Smoot of Utah,
$.".,000,000; Hale of Maine, $6,000,000;
Boot of Now York. J3.ooo.onO; Brands
(,'l-0 of Connecticut, $3,000,000; about
51.000.000 apiece, Briffgl Of New Jorsry,
Smith of Michigan, McEnery of Louis
iana, Owen of Oklahoma, Penrose of
Pennsylvania, Perkins of California,
Kayn»r of Maryland and Bailey of
Texas.
To a temperate, constitutional stu
dont of "things as they are" in the
United States, such an immense aggre
gation of wealth and power, unless
accompanied by a correspondingly
wre.it allowance i * brains, wisdom and
experience on the part of the human
beings that together compose it, would
seem to be an obvious and unmis
takable source of danger to the peo
ple of the republic.
A sura of $247,000,000, reduced to
"brain power," would (logically) mean
an assemblage of mental giants. But
in the United States it is only too ob
vious that in many instances it must
be the fortune that counts, and not
the man; for no gigantic intellectuality
is suggested by the house of million
aires; nay, one is sometimes tempted
to think it was unnecessary for a great
explorer to travel as far from civiliza
tion as the heart of Africa in order to
(tad a "deliberative" assemblage of
pygmlM.
A reform of the senate, by which its
vast responsibilities may be intrusted
to ni'Ti who may adequately measure
up to them is demanded imperatively,
and It should be begun in California.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBIUWHY 23,, 3010.
More of That Roosevelt Hysteria
. > y. AND J{J$T THINK HOW \ . I ~~" /"' »
/ WORKED . TO^ Lr; -d 7/S-pp'*'' V^^N
Travelers Are Subjected to
Alarming Experiences Abroad
A PROMINENT American railroad 1
man who prefers not to have his
name published, although ho
readily vouches for the accuracy of the
facts recited, gives the following: ac
count of his experience in a table d'hote
dining car in Europe some two years
ago:
"Dinner was served t;(ble d'hote by
tw^ waiter* In blue cutaway coats,
covered with large brass buttons, and
whether because of the presence of
an unusual number of diners or for
some other reason (although 1 am un- j
dor the impression the conditions were
normal), no greater confusion can be
imagined than that which followed the
efforts of these two men to serve din
ner to thirty-three or thirty-four per
sons.
"The two waiters ran headlong from
one end of the car to the other, pas-
Be&frera Rhoutlnv oMeri to them, and j
at times attempting to detain thorn by
clutching their coattails. The course*,
while in some casei palatable, were
often cold, and ftlwayi lerved on cold
plates, and because of the haste nec
y under the circumstances, and
the motion of the car upon its rigid
wheels, wire served both on the plates
and on the tablecloth.
"The bread—the long French roll
was served in sealed paper cases, to
tf. M. C. A.
ENCOURAGED by the hearty good
Will of the community, the gen
tlemen responsible for the mem
bership campaign of the Young Men's
Christian association have carried on
the work With the' enthusiasm thiit
brings sue. ess. T\v Y. M. C, A. is an
educational as well as a social factor
In the life of the city, n exercises a
protective, benevolent influence over
the young men connected with it, and
at the same time gives them an oppor
tunity of completing or adding to their
training, both physical and mental.
No young man can be a member of
the association without deriving bene
fit from his membership; and as the
city is the gainer by the benefit that
comes to him, tho Y. M. C. A. is one
of the agents that are constantly and
successfully making for a BETTER as
well as a GREATER Los Angeles.
ECONOMICS
11 ROM the University of Bouthern
j California tii< University of Calli
fornla borrows Prof. Bookwell D.
Hub* r.f the department of economics
and sociology. Prof. Hunt will tako
the chair of economies at tho Univer
sity of California for the regular sum
n: ir School session. Prof. Hunt will
offer courses in the principles of
economics and labor problems, and In
addition will pursue research studies
in Pacific Coast history.
The study of economic* is the most
important that can be offered In a
modern college course. The problems
of today and tomorrow will be econ
omic, and the salvation of the Ameri
can nation will be found in reconcilia
tion of ethics and economy. In this
reconciliation two classes of men must
interest themselves actively, teachers
and men of affairs who are willing to
demonstrate Americanism in business.
MINING
AMERICAN Mining Congress month
ly bulletin says .archaic mining
methods are a constant cuu.■■■•■ of
loss to the United Htates, and tho
loss is "not to be compared with" the
loss of human life. In the United
Htates the lohs of life is MORK THAN
thiuci: times <;ki:atkk per
THOUSAND MEN EMPLOYED than
in the countries of France, Belgium
and Germany, where for some years
investigations HAVK BEEN parried
on by the government, similar to those
which it is PROPOSED shall be tar
ried on by the Mining Bureau, and
which are now temporarily conducted
insure a measure of cleanliness, but
that served to us had been burned in
the baking. The same thick-lipped cup<
in which the potage was served were
later introduced as the demi-tasse*,
with which this extraordinary meal
closed, while the warm champagne af
forded the waiter an opportunity of
giving us a partial bath and receiving
our benedictions at the same time.
Enough of the wine, however, was
served to partially rill three of the
heavy tumblers which were provided,
but it was tasteless by the time the
waiter had returned many minutes
later with some ice and extra napkins
to repair damages.
"Oil* only other experience with a
dining car was on the Italian railroads,
where lunch was served. The familiar
sets of two or three plates appeared.
The first course was some kind of
sausage and pickled fish, which was
snatched from the table before we had
time to ascertain whether it was palat
able or not. Following this came roast
beef and fried potatoes; the beef was
good; we held on to our plates this
time. The 1 f was followed by a veK
etable of some kind, which was not at
all Inviting in appearance, then eh
finished the meal. The waiters wore
dirty, greasy coats and grabbed every
thlng off the table before the passMl
gi ri had finished."—Harper's Weekly.
by a branch of the United States geo
logical survey.
The deplorable dlsaater at Cherry
minr emphaaiaea and illustrates more
strongly than any other of the series
o£ Increasing mine dlsaatera in this
I country one of the special needs of
a bureau of mines, namely, to develop
simple and efficient methods of pre
venting 1 and extinguishing mine fires.
The loss of coal from mine fires has
been great in every part of the coun
try. THE CHERRT DISASTER
TELLS THE STORY OP WHAT .MAY
HAPPEN IN ANY" MINE UNLESS
BETTER FIRE-FIGHTING METH
ODS AND PRACTICES ARE DE
VELOPED, ADAPTED TO THE PE
jOPED, ADAPTED TO THE PE
CULIAIf AND LIMITED CONDI
TIONS FOUND IN MINES.
Licensed automobile show is the star
attraction of Greater Los Angeles. The
thousands who have flocked and are
Hocking to the great show prove the
automobile is. one of the recognized
necessities of civilization, Los An
is the automobile m< tropoMa of the
United state.-;, in no other city of the
land, at tliis time of year, can there bo
held such a magnificent auto festival
as that which is evoking the hearty
admiration of the thousands of sight
seers, automobile owners and experts
Who are making the show a. success.
Smugglers of Chinese arc engaged in
tho most peculiar of the irregular "in
dustries." All persons who for gain
seek to evade the laws of the land or
to aid and abet others in evasion are
traitors. In days gone by they would
have had their heads chopped off. But
in this enlightened era they are per
mitted to engage skilled lawyers to
defend them.
llii.il, Hagsart, winner of the semi
annual race of the Southern California
Marathon association from Venice to
Los Angeles! Haggart was unknown,
but evidently, like Sir Walter Scott, he
was a Great Unknown, and fame found
him. The Herald congratulates him.
Wilmington is anxious to receive the
benefits of consolidation with Los An
geles. We have not the slightest doubt
the Wilmingtonians will have no cause
for complaint, ami that every pledge
made will be redeemed in the Los An
geles way.
Our distinguished fellow citizen,
Janus J. Jeffries, is UKuin in lovely Los
Angeles. Jeffries has the reputation of
being the most level-headed pugilist
who ever battled in a ring.
Public Letter Box
TO COKKEFrOXDEXTS— Letter* Infroilivl
for publication must bo accompanied by the
unme and aiiurc** nf Hie writer. ''"• llt-rald
Klven t;,e> nidpitt laliinrlo to correnpondenU,
but a«Kumri no reßpunaibllltr for their »Ipu#,
SCRIPTURES ASSURE AGAINST
DANGERS FROM THE COMET
LOS ANGELES, Feb. IS.-^FMitor
Herald]: Will it or can it destroy this
continent or its inhabitants? No, not
from a scriptural viewpoint. II Thes.,
2:8-10.
There are today thousands of people
living that have a distinct recollection
of the falling- of the stars which took
place November 13, 1833, spoken of in
Matthew, 84:89. This same verse
speaks of the darkening of the sun
and moon, 01 UlTlng liny 19, 1780.
Luke 31:26-36 speaks- of the raine
events and teUl Of "Men's hearts fail-
Ing them for fear ami for looking after
those things which ARE COMING ON
THE EARTH." We arc here, we can
not escape "those things which are
coming on the earth." Cometi have
nnuU: their circuits in their orbits since
the beginning of time, and none of
them has ever harmed this earth,
(chl's word plainly tells us how this
world and Its inhabitants shall be de
stroyed, but of that day and how
know-Pill no man, but my Father only.
J-'att. 24:36.
There are a few events spoken of
in Danfel and Revelation to be ful
filled before this world is destroyed.
The people that an; worrying over the
comet question ought to be calm from
the assurances "I 1 reliable astronomers
and the plain teaching of the Bible
that is readily given as proof of their
safety In their time of helplessness and
trouble. Psalms 46:1-7.
"Perfect love casteth out all fear."
I think the worried o..es are not
frightened for fear of the sight of the,
comet, but it is their sins confronting
them that they fear will be revealed
(Keel. 12:14), and they ivlll receive
their just punishment for them. The
Lord never Intpnded to destroy this
world by a comet. He is coming per
sonally to 'execute judgment" upon
all, aoeonjlng to tho usj they have
made of his word, love and promises.
We all will tret just what we have
chosen. "By thy words thou shalt bo
justified, by thy words thou shalt be
condemned.'" Friends,. tho comet has
ltl mission U fulfill and will pass by
us, but many millions of miles away.
It will be one of the grandest Bights
we have ever witnesses, yet harmless
When tho Lord comes (I Thes. 4:16
--18) he will not pass by. He will come
direct to each rf uh right here on this
earth, and it will be the grandest
Bight ever witnessed by those that are
ready to meet him. Isa. 25:9.
There is only ono way to get ready
to meet him in peace, and tha'. is by
obeying his word. He is the standard
by whom all shall be measured. He is
the one with .whom we. all want to
live Now, it is necessary for all of
us to comply with the ' me -vord to
lie privileged to live with the same
Saviour. Rev. 22:14.
Don't get the coming of tho comet
mixed with the'coming of. the Lord
ill Tiics.. 1:7-10), for they are not the
lame event. The comet will soon be
due the Lord will soon come and not
tarry (Heb. 10:37) when all the proph
eCpeieaseeread Matt. 24:29-30, Mark 13:
Please read Matt. 114:29-30. Mark 13:
24-37. Luke 21:25-23, and you will be
satisfied that ITalley's comet is not
going to destroy ua. J. A. C. H.
ASKS WHY MACHINE MEN
ARE RETAINED IN OFFICE
LOS ANQRLBS, Feb. 16.—[Editor
Herald]: I would like to ask the gentle
men who-were chosen at the recent
.lection to 1111 the various city offices
If the positions they at present occupy
-ire the only ones In the city hall that
were tilled by unfit and incompetent
machine men? There are many people
who voted to "clean the rascals out
who think it is rather peculiar that
under the workings of civil service
about all the .subordinate positions in
the offices o£ city el-rk. collector, audi
tor treasurer, assessor, etc., are filled
by men who arc known as earnest
workers and enthusiastic boosters for
machine methods and machine candl-
dates. ■ -
What effort, If any, have the men
who • were successful candidates last
December, largely as , the result of
work done by the rank and file of tUe
Qood Government force*, made to re
ward those workers?. They are as
much entitled to lucceed incompetent,
untrustworthy, careless ■ and Indiffer
ent subordinates ■ as were .the_ men
ART OF MAKING MAPS
Frederic J. Haskin
HHE recent decision of the
Panama canal commission
to present a big relief
map of the Panama canal to
congress, in order that the
national lawmakers may
comprehend more fully the
nature of tho work at Pana/na, is now
being carried into effect. Exact sur
veys have been made witli tho best in
struments which engineering science
possesses, the features of the canal
itself have been charted by the best
engineers available and now the maker
of relief maps is engaged in complet
ing the work.
The map of the canal zone Is being
made i:i Washington, wliile that Of the
Gatun dam will be completed in Pan
ama under tho direct superintendence
of Colonel Goethals. On the whole It
will bo the most graphic representa
tion of the gigantic waterway that ran
be imagined. One will see the whole
canal zone in miniature, its peaks, its
rivers, its plateaus, its valleys, all
drawn to scale in their dimensions. It
will be recalled that there was a relief
map or the canal at tho Jamestown
exposition, but this will be a far bet
ter example of the map sculptor's art.
Undo Sam Is one. of the greatest of
the map makers. Ho lms a number of
agencies at work, and if one can be
called more Important than another,
that one is the big map of the United
States being uuiUe by the geological
survey. It is made entirely Irom new
and patient surveys aid gives about
all the data concerning the national
domain that map sheets may contain.
This map is in sections. A certain
piece of territory is surveyed and from
those surveys, wrought with infinite
patience, the government map makers
make the sheets. This big map is be
ins prepared on a scale that makes one
inch on the map represent sixteen miles
of territory. About one-third of the
country has been surveyed, and the
work is being carried forward at the
rate of about 35,000 square miles a
year. It costs about $10 a square mile
to do the work. As there are more, than
3,000,000 square miles of territory in the
United States, the ultimate cost of this
big map will be more than $30,000,000.
While the big map of tho United
States is being carried to completion
an even greater project is on foot. It
is the making of a great map of the
world, drawn to the scale of one inch
to one million. It will, of course, be
made in sections, each section repre
senting a plat of land one degree long
and one degree wide. If it were pos-
Blble to assemble all the sections into
one big map it would be about 132
feet square. About one-third of the
earth is now included in the matured
plans, and it is believed that in the
course of the next decade all of the
civilized nations will unite in com
pleting this big map of the world. This
map would be large enough to show
every important feature of the topog
raphy of the earth, the scale being
approximately sixteen miles to th,e
inch. Prussia and France have been
the leading nations in the beginning
of this great work.
Someone has made the statement
that England, has better maps of the
United States than the United States
itself possesses, maps showing all the
pftst roads and all topography favor
able to military strategy. While Eng
land and Germany both excel the
United States in the art of map mak
ing, it is not believed that either of
them possesses a~s accurate surveys of
American territory as Uncle Sam holds.
The geological survey and the coast
and geodetic survey maps are thor
ough, so far aa they'go. It must be
remembered, too, that the government
possesses all of the military maps of
the civil war period and that they are
perhaps as detailed In their portrayal
of topographic features as military
maps usually are.
It is" believed that the library of
congress possesses the best collection
of maps in the world. It has over
100,000 of them. While t: c British mu
seum collection may possess many of
the ancient maps that are not to bo
found in Washington, every modern
ami useful map in the world is to be
found there. Great care is taken of
the maps, the filing cases being 10
arranged that every ssheet may be Kept
without damage. It is said that the
finest collection of maps in private
hands belongs to a Orraan firm of
man makers. -They never turn out a
ENVOY
ODELL SHEPARD
|ip»Sß||S was a soul that cowered above
II «1 '^nc embesa of an outworn creed;
IK h B He had no time for human love
[j&jyi Nor strength for any kindly deed.
He tossed so long and wearily
In fevered dreams of sunsets gone
And faded that he could not see
That all about him it was dawn.
In his so headlong flight from sin,
In his great haste to shun the rod,
He fell into the Fiend's own gin
And lost all sight and thought of God.
Though by most sacred names disguised,
He lived the creed of Hate and Fear,
Cast out the angels and despised
The lowly creed of Love and Cheer.
Therefore his sentence like a chafn
N Shall bind him, whercsoe'er he he,
For Hate and Fear shall breed again
Their like, to all eternity.
elected. In order to fill the. positions
with men who "ran with the ma
chine" was it customary to certify
only such men as wore satisfactory to
the 'powers that were?" Else, how is
it that such a condition exists that
when an official is approached on the
subject he says: "Sorry, but I can t
do anything for you. AH the positions
are filled by civil service appointees,
and though 'there are unlit and unsat
isfactory ones among tb?m, WIW
whose services I would like to dis
perse, I am helpless in the matter.
There are many who helped elect
the present incumbents who are of the
opinion that if certain <ity officials
were as energetic.in their efforts to
disperse with the services of unfit em
ployes as they were in securing the po
sitions they now occupy, chances
would soon be given a few of the C*.
O. rank and nle.
MADONNA OF "OLD MASTER" IS
RECOGNIZED BY LOCAL ARTIST
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Feb. 18.—[Edi
tor Herald]: Murillo might have longed
to paint the "Old Master's Madonna"
published In The, Herald of February
i;i; Titian, whose brush gave us the
map on the strength of surveys made
by others. While they keep a copy of
every important map that makes its
appearance in any part of the world,
using them to verify their own maps,
each map they put out has been made
after surveys of their own. No mat
ter what remote territory they are
mapping, or how trifling seems the
chance of error in the maps of other
makers, no work goes out except it be
tho result 6f their own surveys, cal
culations rrid engraving.
Map making originated with the
wandering tribes of Asia. The sons of
[ahmael were probably the first to use
the hle;i. It became necessary for
them to mark their routes and to lo
cate the landmarks that gay" them
guidance, and out of this sprang the
art of the map. Even to this day one
may behold the difference in races in
this respect. Tho negro tribe that
dwells through generations In one lo
cality in Africa comprehends nothing
from the map. On tho other hand, the
Eskimo is quick to understand the
meaning of a map a: I to grasp the
idea of location through it. The state
ment of Commander Peary that the
Eskimos showed him on the map
where Dr. Cook had gone may have
sounded improbable to tho uninitiated,
lint to the informed it was not an un
reasonable statement. It is said, in
deed, that a rough map drawn by an
Eskimo woman enabled Sir Edward
Parry to discover Fury and Hecla
strait. Many of the early American
explorers declared that they found the
indimis good map makers in a rudi
mentary way, that their drawings and
representations as to rivers, mountains
and other topographic characteristics
were notable for their accuracy.
References are found in ancient lit
erature to maps on wood in the time
of Rameses 11, and the Babylonians
carried tho art of topographic, repre
sentation to a considerable degree of
perfection. It was the Babylonians
who divided the circle Into 360 degrees
and the hour into sixty minutes. Upon
these divisions is based the modem
idea of latitude and longitude. One
must not suppose that the ancient
Egyptian! and Chaldeans *yore lacking
In appliances which would lead to ac
curate map making. Some years ago
Prof. Smyth of England visited the
pyramids of Egypt and used the finest
modern surveying instruments in
searching the myeteries of those huge
piles He found that the builders had
cornered them to the points of the
compass as accurately as he could
have done it with his Instruments.
He stated that in not a single instance
did he find his instruments superior
to those which must have been used
in the planning and construction of
tho pyramids.
One of the latest aids to map making
is the camera. The dirigible balloon,
the flying machine, the telephotograph
ic camera and even the moving picture
camera are expected to lend them
selves to the perfection of the art of
landscape representation. One hardly
realizes at flrit blush how all the arts
and sciences are intertwined with one
■mother. When the telescope was dis
covered it aided the map maker almost
as much as it helped astronomy. When
electricity was hitched to the chariot
of civilization it aided the map maker
in his work as much as It assisted
man as a beast of burden. By^ the use
of closed telegraphic circuits the sur
veyor can tell to the decimal part of
an inch how accurate his measure
'"Noles.s important to civilization than
the maps of the lands are the charts
of the seas. Since the time of Maury.
that intrepid Virginian whose work in
mapping the -ceans won for him tho
title of geographer of the seas great
strides have been made in getting all
the characteristics of the seas por
trayed on paper. Tho Carnegie insti
tution, through its magnetic survey
work, tho hydrographic office of tho
navy department, the coast and geo
detic survey and many other American
agencies are still at work gathering
data for a highly accurate charting of
all marine conditions. And the heavens
are not forgotten by the makers of
maps and charts. The great cata
logues of the stars being made by the
Carnegie institution and other astro
nomical agencies are giving the map
maker as good opportunities for ac
curacy and excellence in celestial
, halting as in terrestrial representa
tion. I..and, sea and sky are now well
represented by the cartographer's art.
Tomorrow—Tim l.onioinna Law.
immortal "Sacred and Profane Love,"
would have rejoiced in such a model.
Unfortunately for them, both Muril
lo and Titian wore born a few cen
turies too early to have been favored
with the acquaintance of the wonder
ful and world-renowned Lola Montez.
That remarkable woman, who, more
than any other of the nineteenth cen
tury, embodied in one mysterious and
fascinating: personality most of wo
man's exquisite qualities of heart anil
head, and most of her vices as well,
would have been a tempting theme for
the genius of Titian.
Your illustration represents no other
face than that of Lola Montez, who
Hashed like a meteor in the '40s, con
quered the. heart.s of royalty, upset tha
political machinations of Mettarnlch
and swayed Alexandre Dumas to her
will. Brave, bold, generous, bad, and
finally sincerely religious, Lola Montez
might well have been Immortalized by
any master, ancient or modern.
HECTOR ALLIOT.
letters at Herald office for J. K. Kill*
and Hubert Nliiimo, Jr.
Af\T IMPROVEMENT
Bacon— he done anything to improve
his neighborhood?,
- lOpbert— yes; he's Ju»t sold hit parrot.—
Tonkers Statesman. St^QrafSOßllllMl