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CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
ifIVXsfIGIA ,KUL,LA;fI
The Portuguese throne is a Manuel
training school that has been ordered
closed until further orders.
The bankers' ball at the Fhrlners'
auditorium Tuesday evening was the
"principal" event of "interest" on a
lively day.
A pretty woman comes forward for
the Lorimer defense. You enn't lose
'em. Sift any case down far enough
and a woman will be found in it.
It Is now Governor Hokesmith in
Georgia, and the jokesmiths will be
sure to take advantage of their oppor
tunities for the next couple of years.
Judge McCormick's injunction
against the garbage reloading station
takes away from Anderson street the
distinction of being the "road of a
thousand odors."
Now a local man charges the South
ern Pacific with cutting < tt his har
bor frontage. It is hard to find any
body in California the S. P. hasn't
done something to.
Walter Wellman is again "preparing"
for his ocean balloon trip; and, It may
be added, Xicola Tesla is still working
on those electrical wonders announced
In 1896 for early use.
The chamber of commerce wants 200
more policemen, but if "it takes nine
tailors to make a man" there wouldn't
be enough of them loft for a while to
make the clothes for the rest of us.
Postmaster General Hitchcock con
strues the postal savings bank law
passed by congress to mean that It
shall be put into operation when he
gets good and ready, and not before.
A woman whose life was save.l by a
New York patrolman kisserl him as a
reward. It seems impossible to keep
graft out of the department If they
don't get It in one form they will in
another.
A live wire on a washing machlm In
Brigham City, Utah, shocked a man to
Seatb. Men cannot be too careful in
doing tho family wash not to adopt
new-fangled d> th which they
tre unfamiliar.
Cookery classes for brides are a part
of the public school curriculum in .\fe-
Keesport, Pa. By extend .. • privi
leges to would-be bridi
could serve a useful purpose aa a
matrimonial agency.
Postmasters in convention ha.
clared for a. parcels post. What busi
ness have mere postmasters butting
into affairs that are. the soli
of the express trust? When thf
gets ready it will Jet us know.
Candidate Hardingr in Ohio cays this
talk of high prices is "the hysteria oi
old women." Kuch valiant language
should I"' worth a $100,000 campaign
contribution from the trusts. Kjc-
Senatoi 1 r will please see to thi3
matter.
La Follette's majority in the Wiscon
sin primarloa was • nly about 100,000,
his opponent havi iroxlmately
40,000. A& near '-^ we lan remember
it was after a visit to Wisconsin that
V. P. Bherman declared he coul
no signs of insurgency west ol Tusca
rawas county, Ohio.
Southern California lrads the
try in the official cotton crop report,
owln« to the fertility of th
valley. At the rati wi ibbing
other states of their pre-emlnen
shall soon bo producing more \.
iiutmep than Connecticut, and more
red-headed widows than Toxaji.
A DYNASTY'S FALL
TO THOSE who have followed af
fairs in Portugal, even casually,
the fnii of the Braganza dynasty
is no surprise. On top of other causes
that had heen lonp filling tho body
politic full of fßlterlng sores was tlio
personal unpopularity ot the former
kinp, Carlos, who WM assassinated in
1908, and whom his subjects referred
to os the "fat hog;" of the boy king
Manuel, who succeeded him, and the
entire, royal family. The fabric of the
dyna.'ity had been held together for a
long time only by the power of pelf—
the persistent determination of the
royals and nobles to live in luxury as
of old from the oarnings of the poorer
classes.
It was only R matter of time before
such a fabric should rip in Its weak
seams. Anarchy thrived on tho dis
content caused by the profligacy and
corruption of the idle rich, whose
patriotism was limited to a desire to
perpetuate their privileges. How far
the revolutionary societies extended
among the populace Is evident from
the sedition in the army and navy.
The clerical question, as in Spain and
France, added Its share to the boiling
pot.
Like tho Spanish, the Portuguese are
a once virile race gone.pretty much to
seed. Their very virtues led to their
downfall. From the time Columbus
set sail from Isabella's court to find
a new land of fabulous gold deposits,
and even before, the spirit of adven
ture seized upon the people. Success
crowned many of th"c voyages. Flotil
las of ships returned with precious
cargoes and news of dependencies an
nexed. Like Spain, Portugal came to
see prosperity in gold and colonies to
exploit instead of in honest labor and
the cultivation of the land. *
Both countries thrived for n long
time from the influx of easy wealth,
but it played ha^'oc with the national <
character. Only* now, when misfor- |
tune has piled up to their undoing, are
they reawakening to the fact that a
prosperity based on anything but hon
est work, invention and proficiency In
the arts is fictitious. For the Portu- j
guese dynasty it is too late; for Por
tugal, the real Portugal, and for the
real Spain, perhaps not.
The peculiar Latin temperament,
made what it is in this generation by
the circumstances here recited, does
not give much hope of anything ap
proaching Anglo-German standards
for v long while. It remains to be
seen whether enough stamina is left
in the Portuguese character to work
out its slow salvation. • •
Local Interest in the fall of the
dynasty is sharpened by the fact that
the United States minister in Lisbon
is Henry T. Gage of Los Angeles. He
is to be congratulated on Wednesday's
coup d'etat. As minister of a new ,
and ambitious republic he can be of
far more service than as a formal
agent of our interests in an effete and
dying monarchy.
HIS SWORN DUTIES
IN HIS first expose of county mal
administration Thomas l.cc Wool
wine showed how the district at
torney's office has been and Is bound up
In city corruption—the influence of
Walter Parker, the Southern Pacific
boss, over Captain Fredericks, the con
nection between the attempted bribery
of City Clerk Lelande in the Hotel Al
exandria by Packer; the suppression
of prosecutions of this and other
crimes; the partnership between the
district attorney's office and social vi( c
in the city resulting In the collection of
protection money from fallen women,
and all the other sickening incidents,
every one a scandal, connected with
these things.
In his second speech on Wednesday
evening Mr. Woolwine showed how the
district attorney's office is mixed up in
the malfeasance (and perhaps worse)
of the notoriaus Solid Throe of the
board of supervisors. It was Freder
icks' duty to prevent the secret sale of
good roads bonds at a loss of about
$4U0.000 to the taxpayers, but he didn't
do it. It was left for private initiative,
warned by George Alexander, to do it.
But Fredericks is sworn to look out for
just such things, and he knew what
uas going on.
It was Fredericks' duty to look into
the more recent furniture deal wherein
the award was given to a bid upproxi
, (100,000 the highest. It has been
his sworn duty to be vigilant and Bee
that Tvs Eldridge did not spend county
money to benefit his own real estate
holdings at a time when money could
not be found, according to Eldridge, to
koep in repair important highways that
disintegrating. It was his duty,
as the attorney for the people, to see
that Los Angeles should not have the
worst county government in California.
Jt m true, as Mr. Woolwino says—
ter Influence in the county,
from Walter Parker to 'iuss EUdridge,
up or down, is .for the ri -election of
ks. Home worthy min
>y the theatrical closing
of a few "blind pigs" now anil then,
have also believed Fredericks was do
ty; but they will be enllght-
I campaign
I the "blind pigs" are
among irtant of the wick-
It v and county.
All the 1 ' 0 V ant morality in
office to understand how
the district at( off! bus been
straining at id wallowing cam
els.
Mr. I i 1 ■ ■' other day
that he vai "too v 'to .■• into a
discussion uf his . omissions.
la that not strai ge, In > 11 me
be gave to the King forgi l will, so
profitable to his own private pocket,
according t0 Mr. Woi I cusa
tion, and the time he has had through
not fulfilling his sworn duty with re
gard to the management of county af
falrs by the Bpuervli
Tailors an 11 ylng i llei • ■ ■
counts against Robbie Chanlor. Noth
more logical than that i
of the goose should take an Interest In
Ills affairs.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 3910.
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Kansas Scientists Have Discovered the "Grouch" Germ
A PROPHECY
WE are of the opinion that
when this diabolical murder
haa been hifted to the bot
tom and the murdereri apprehend
end it will be found that the RUilty
parties are fiendish cranks of the
anarchistic typi . who li ive become
"insane upon the subject of human
rights and privileges, and who are
more likely to be foreigners than
citizens of our own country-
Tin Coalings Times. which ex
es the above sentiment with re
gard to the great crime and disaster
of la.=t weak, voices the opinion of a
number of people who have hes
itated in justice to lay the blame at
any specific door. That the deed whs
so un-American as to preclude belief
that it could be done by one who has
lived for any length of time under the
influence of our Institution! makes the
suspicion of foreign influence plausible.
But that an elaborate plot, eharac
| by Satanic craft, existed does
not longer seem to admit of any doubt.
That the guilty are anarchistic is pos
itive Their act proclaims it. That
they are Insane is true t.> the extent
that such deviltry could not be har
bored and put into effect by normal
minds; but it is not a form of mental
an be pleaded us defense or
palliation.
That the secrets of the plotted crime
were known to few is as certain as
anything humanly reasoned out can
be. No criminals as crafty as these
are shown to have been ever committed
the monumental folly of intrusting
their plans to others than themselves.
.Such a course would mean absolute
certainty 01 expo ure, for there is no
considerable body of men on the faco
of the earth that could hold within
their breasts the knowledge even long
enough for the liends to escape, or even
.to let them carry out their plot.
'iKe prophecy of the Coallriga paper
ai to what the truth will reveal is in
teresting and worth remembering to
compare with the revelations soon ex
pected.
A HORRIBLE BUSINESS
THE shocking death of Eva Swan In
San Frani Isco, who, after being
killed in an Illegal "i ''ration by a
medical ghoul, had her legs rut off at
the ankles by the .same Dr. "Grant" (or
Thompson), who then thrust her body
Into a trunk and later burled it to hide
his crime, haa revived discussion of tho
maibllity of newspapers through
whose advertising columns these hu
man sharks reach their victims. The
Medical society deplores the fai I
thai the laws of the Btate will not
reach the Hearst newspapers and a few
others of their conscienceless kind who
print the advertisements of abor
tlonl
p.ut sei tlon 317 "f the penal code does
make it plain that those who do tho
advertising arc guilty of a felony and
provides seven ties. If the Hearst
ivo not the decency to
refuse them, and evade li «ai respon
sibility through a defect In the law,
tlii- Btate Medical Boclety ran by secur
ing ih . ; of the law against
the advertisers r> criminal
practice to a minimum.
The only way the buzaards of the
medical profe ■■■ and it la probable
that many of the class are not gradu
ate physicians can gel trade in
through newspaper advertising. They
would not dare n ort to tho mails, for
the postoffice 01 itment Is more alert
than the state authority . This bus
the question: If tii>' federal
, lima nt ik so alive to II rei ponslbillty
in these respects, what p m Ible excuse
can there be for the state government
that faiiH to prosecute?
Tho public, too, has a duty In this
matter. X can refuse to patronize
ra that atcept this kimi of bust
either by advertising In them or
buying I'" 1") to n;"' Fathen and
ira ought to think seriously of
their responsibility not only to i
hut to the sons and daughters who are
i umity to n Hi i uch ad
■ mi nis, ii any Hearst newapaper
reaches the family table.
Why People Become Peeved
Merely in Jest
AN AMENDMENT
"See here," indignantly exclaimed the
pompous little man. "did you tell Blank
that I couldn't tell the truth if I tried?"
"No. sir, 1 replied the big man, "I
never told him anything of the kind."
■That's all right, then," rejoined the
little chap. "I didn't believe it when 1
heard it."
"On the contrary," continued the big
fellow. -I told Blank that I thought
you might be able to tell the truth if
you tried, but I didn't believe you had
ever tried."— Chicago News.
LIMITED KNOWLEDGE
"Do you believe that great wealth
has a tendency to keep a man out of
heaven' 7" queried the party who was
adi li ted to the conundrum habit.
"I am not prepared to express an
opinion on that subject," answered the
student of human nature, "but I know
that great wealth has kept many a man
out of the penitentiary."—Chicago
News.
JUST AS HK SAID
j-errold—l can't get any speed out
of that motor car you sold me. You
told mi' you had been arrested six
times in it.
Hnbart— So I was, old chap: for ob
structing the highway.—Tit-Bits.
EXCF.PT AT RENO
Figg—Talking about pugilism and
state laws, did you over notice it.
Fogg—Ever notice what?
Figg— That there's no law to pro
hibit fighting In th" state of matri
mony.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
INHF.RITED
"Does the De Paysters' new baby
show his aristocratic origin?"
"He sure does. Ho tries to put his
teething ring in his eye—thinks It's a
monocle."—Cleveland Leader.
NOW HE KNOWS
•■On what grounds does your father
object to me?" he asked.
"On any grounds within a mil'- of
our house," she answered.—Buffalo
Express.
A SMART BOY
After explaining the meaning of the
fateful words, "Sic semper tyrannis!
uttered by John Wllkes Booth, a teach
er in an Arizona town asked if any
pupil could repeat them.
"I can," attested a youthful desert
product, with positive assurance. "Six
centipedes and a tarantula:"— Judge.
ANOTHER FAULT FOUND
Mr. Recentmarrle—This cake is good,
dear, but there seem to bo a. good
many egg shells in it.
Mrs n ntmarrie— I'm sorry, John,
but I used only three shells, the num
ber the receipe calls for.
Mr. Recentmarrie—The number the
recipe, calls for?
.Mrs. Recentinarrie—Yes, John, the
recipe smvs to use the "whites of three
eggs."—Exchange.
THE STRANGER
Snrious-minded little maid.
Wonderim and half nfrai'l.
Jlalf inclined to saeak with me.
Half disposed to let mo be;
Hesitating yet. and shy.
imif a twinkle In your eye,
Half in doubt and half In f'-ar.
.-saying neither Jar nor near.
How I wonder what you see
With those eyes that question me;
What the Instinct bids you know
If I may be frlond or foe;
Fawnlike, f"11 ot uraco and sweet.
Itcarly with fast flying feet
In the orchard's deepest shade
To find cover, little maid.
Grovo and curious little lass.
Llko a wild bird In the grass.
Still intently watching me.
With your wings half spread, to see
rr niy (mile bodes uood or ill.
Willing to make friends and still
I ndeclded If to stay
Heri; and near or fly away.
Serious-minded ItttU maid.
When, with smllen and unafraid.
O'er the lawn you come to me.
to you though I b«.
Wh.n your curlou« eyes have tried
Soul with mine and. Mtisfled.
Looked "till 'nto mine and smiled.
Illpjised am L little child.
Blessed am I to be, jtl«t
Worthy of your chlldiHh truat,
ihan conaueror of kings
When the wild bird of your wings
i fl> not forth, but see
Something tender, kinil. in me:
Oh the gladness you have laid
At'my heart's sate, little maldr
i W. Foley in New York TUnei.
Far and Wide
PRINCETON'S PROQRBB-
President Wilson's statement that at
Princeton "the instructor and student
are now comrades," means that the
New Jersey institution has progressed
a lonu way toward the solution of a
main problem of modern college edu
cation. This comes near the Ideal of
a student and professor on either side
of the same table.—New York World.
FOR CANAL FORTIFICATIONS
It would be nothing short of mad
ness to consent to the neutralization
of the canal. It ought to be fortified
as strongly as possible, and the work
of constructing the fortifications should
not be delayed a single day longer
than is absolutely necessary.—New
Orleans Picayune.
SHERMAN'S PREVIOUS DEFEAT
It is no new thing for Vice President
Sherman to be defeated in his own
district. He had lost control there at
the time of his nomination for the
vice presidency, and but for the sua
den falling of that honor upon him
would not have been given another
term in the house.— Boston Transcript
COLLEGE PROFESSORS' BURDENS
College professors, who expect to g«t
any education Into a football hero be
tween now and December 1 must be
prepared to do it in secret practice.—
Boston Globe.
BUT HE STAYK ON
Balllnger is in a very cheerful mood
—all the knocks have been adminis
tered and no surprises need be feared.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
THE COLONEL'S VICTORY
And what was the colonel's net gain
when he brought to his support the
moral force of Mr. Taft's sympathy in
'the fight aprainst the little bosses?—
Milwaukee Journal.
THE NEW YORK CONVENTION
We hope it is true that the "Old
Guard" dies, but never surrenders. If
so n. very popular obituary will have
to be prepared.—New York Tribune.
ONLY TWO
The tomb of Napoleon and the Re
publican Waterloo in Maine are the
only two things that ever struck Teddy
dumb.— Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
WHY ASK?
"Twenty-five thousand rotten eggs
in Pittsburg." Exohange market or
census report?— Memphis Commercial-
Appeal.
IT WORKS BOTH WAYS
When a man goes crazy about the
Uplift and the Larger Good, he's just
as crazy as the man who imagines
he's the Devil.—Atchison Globe.
THE EXCEPTION
We still speak of dew falling, but
nearly everything else is going up.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
HIS MISTAKE
The mistake of Senator Lorimer's
political life was not In joining the
Rough Riders. Much Is forgiven
Rough Riders.—
THE EARTH'S ENTAIL
No matter how \va cultivate the land.
Taming the foreßt and the praiilo frpe;
No matter how wo lrrlaate the sand.
Maklnj? the desert blossom at command,
We mu»t always leave the borders of the
Bra; . i
The Immeasurable reaches
Of the windy wave-wet beaches,
The mtlllon-mlle-long margin of the sea.
No "matter how the cnglneem may toll.
Nature's barriers and bulwarks to defy;
No matter how we excavate tho spoil,
Deforest and denude and waste tho soil,
We must always leave the mountains
, -looming high;
No human effort changes
The horizon-rolling ranges
Wlieie tho high hills heave and shoulder
to tho sky.
When a child may wander safely, east or
west,
When the peaceful nations gossip and
agree.
When our homes ara set Jn gardens all at
rest,
And happy' lives aro long In work loved
' best.
We can always leave our labor and go
free;
Free to go and stand alone In.
I'reo for each to find his own In,
In the everlastlne mountains and thn sea.
Charlotte Porkin* ailmau lv The
Forerunner, '
The S. P.'s Unclean Hands
(San neaeieao i-tnc.ni.in)
Tho mining congross at its meeting
at Los Angeles passed a etrons reso
lution urKliiK tho Rovernmont to take
Immediate action to recover from the
land grant roads all lands found to
contain mlnorala other than coal ana
Tlio particular lands meant, although
not named, were the oil-bearing lands
of the Southern raciflc company in
this state. : .
Tho legal ground for recovery Is tno
provision in the grant that no land
should be Included which contained
nny minerals other than coal or Iron.
Since these lands are found to be oil
bearinK, they do not belong to tho
Southern Pacific company.
If by any legal means they can be
recoverpd. It should bo done. The
sto- of the acquirement of lta south
orn land grant by tho Southern Paclflo
. rallfoad is one of.intriKuo. false pre
ten.-es and fnuid and their disposition
has been accompanied by ruthless op-
presslon. " ■ .*
The arant was originally minic to ns
slst tt competing road, and the South
ern Pacific management changed U
Into a non-competing road. _
It was intended that the land should
be sold to rirsi comers at douhlo mini
mum prlco-$2.&0 per acre-and the
Southern Pacific oompany oxtortcd tne
last dollar that the trafflfl would give.
The present generation will never
Comments on the Disaster
Thore is no probability that these
conlllcls will cease in this country for
a long tlmo to come.
The question (hen Is what can soci
ety do to protect Itself? Jll Kuropeau
countries, where passion is rife, soci
ety seeks to protect Itself, fust by
minute poUCS ■UMrViSlon intended to
give the authorities knowledge of the
habitation and acts of every inhabit
ant and secondly by the control of the
sale of explosives and of Uea.ly weap-
The Kur> , can BollCS system is not
possible here, nor is it desirable. Hut
it is possible to supervise the sale of
explosive i and Unarms precisely as we
supervise the sale of poisons, which is
much less dangerous.—iaa Francisco
Chronicle.
One may not agree with General
Otis in his manner of conducting his
newspaper. The California v doos not
In a number of particulars, but Mr.
mis' management of his paper is us
affair and the** who are opposed to his
policy Will Ste him immeasurably
strengthened by the demon deed of
Saturday morning.—Bakersfleld Cali-
I'oriuan.
The cowardly assassins who blew up
the Los Angeles Times building early
Saturday morning arc utterly Without
conscience absolute moral perverts,
who glory in their dastardly work, and
when apprehended and placed on trial
will try in pose before the world as
martyr's— men who revel in the gore
of their innocent victims as maggots
in putrid flesh after the bussardi have
had their 811.—BUbee (Ariz.) Miner.
Nothing but condemnation can be
expressed for those who were respon
eibie tor tho foul deed which takes its
place among th<- outrages of th ( .> Chi
cago Haytnarket, Ihe Cripple Cre k
itrike and similar horrors of human
passion.—Douglas (Ariz.) Dispatch.
So it Is especially the business or
organized labor to assist organised
■oclety In the laying bare of the last
detail of this crime. From the heads
of pareni bodies to tho newest mem
ber of the littlest union it is organised
labor'i part to help run down the dy
namiters and drag from them the truth
as to who, If anybody, Inspired them,
n.i to their motives, n-- to tho i""irfo
PUBLIC LETTER BOX
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WHO WILL GAIN, SHE ASKS?
Editor Herald: What are the wom
en going to gain by having the vote?
What Is the nation going to gain by
giving the vote to women?
These two questions may scorn nn
tediluvian to the so-called up to date
women, but I am sure some one will
feel it their duty to enlighten the be
fogged mind of their stupid Bister.
Women are certainly coming Into
the political arena for better or worse.
M. C. C.
Long, Beach, Cal.
WOMAN DEFENDS SMOKERS
Editor Herald: 1 have read with a
great deal of amusement the battle go
ing on against tobacco smoke on the
fr.int end Of the street car, and in fact
any available ipaoe on earth, published
almost daily In your public Letter Box.
Being the wife of 8 moderate smoker, I
feel 1 must put in a helping word for
the poor working naan who In many
cases stands all day In a hot, stuffy
1 lace where smoking; iK prohibited.
I cannot say I eniov smoke, of any
kind, but 1 do nay them arc ho many
forSC things a man can do. and that
it really is not the disagreeableneas of
the smoke that the ever-fault-flndlng
woman objects to aa much as it Is her
determination to have her own way. I
have always found ample room on the
cars to get away from the tobacco
smoke, but I've ween the woman get
right in Dip midst of it. I for one hope
the men will carry the day and be al
lowed that one poor little privilege, to
smoke on the front end of the car when,
where and how he pleases—is the sen
timent of one woman.
COMMON SENSE.
Los Angeles, Cal.
DEPLORES ASSASSINATIONS
Editor Herald: U should ever be our
boast that deeds of violence wen; never
made the arbiters and tools of our po
litical discussions, nor of our discus
sions between capital and labor, it
Should, be our boast that the great
beat Of temper among our people went
no further than words.
Still our national this has been In -
dellbly stained by the assassination of
three presidents, a few governors, a
few mayors, ;i few policemen at the
Haymarket rioti m Chicago and twen
ty-one Innocenl tollers in the Times
building In our own fair city. And
the b foul acts destroyed with one
blow the power of the majority, for
one man's hand struck down tho will
of the whole nation.
The fact Is self-evident that a re
course i" the dagger, th<? bullet or the
bomb of the assawin is destructive to
every principle of .i government found
ed on popular suffrage.
And the assassination of the fore
going people la appalling. It strikes
to the very base of our fabric and ex
cites the tiuc-atiun m foruigu countries
forßft tho "Mussol slough war" of tho
olirhtles. and for that and similar In
iquities the Southern Pacific company
is now reaping tho harvest which
comes from the universal execration in
which it was held.
In fact, It Is to the oppression, cor
ruption and braaen defiance of law
and equity of tho BoutherU Pacific and
other groat corporations that tho pres
ent unrest of the people is due
They are reaping that which they
■owed, and the harvest is abundant
beyond all measure.
However, we may deprocate tho ex
cesses of popular passion, however we
may i despise the demagogue* who
arouse it and live by it, however we
may realize that Its worsl effects will
bo unon tho people themselves, the
tact remains that it is only the natura
■':;„! of tho long career of unchecked
infamy of the corporations themselves
of which none have been more corrupt
and oppressive than our own Southern
Pacific company. there are no equities
For this reason there are no equities
of that company to be regarded. Its
hands are unclean. Only tho law is
tobe considered, and if. under tho law
these oil lands can be recovered, not a
day should be lost in so (long.
That is one case in which justice
may bo wrought upon a notorious of
,-,.„;,,,,. without bringing upon tho pub
llo cviii more serious than those which
aro ]iiinHhed.
Of tho money spent in the Times out-
Organlsed society must vindicate It
self, and «(. must organised labor.—
San Francisco Call
If tin- daggers of Catallntfa conspir
ators could mouse Cicero to an ora
tory or denunciation which has rung
through all the ages, who can denounce
In lltting terms the dynamite boml>B
of the modem anarchist 7 It is the most
horrible thing in the world. And It
must be extirpated at any cost.—Fres
no Republican.
It is an awful thing to suspect a
man or nn organization of men of
being Implicated in such a crime. It
is a crime in itself falsely to accuse
men of BACh godless depravity. The
truth, tlie whole truth and nothing: but
the whole truth "ill alone satisfy oven
handed justice.—l'asid.mi Star.
Such violence. Is more, harmful to
lubor Itself than it is to the advocates
of the "pen shop, it is Inconceivable
thai labor would countenance such i
fteod, and the very fact that for twenty
years the struggle has continued in
Los Angeles without an instance of
violence would have some considera
tion in fixing tho responsibility.—San
Francisco Sun.
A suspension of Judßmont as to UW
Identity of tho pullty <loos not mean
in any sense the slightest palliation
for tKe hellish offense, it simply mean*
thai -while nil should hold .sternly to
! tho utUmatutn that whoever hath dono
i tliis deed shall die the death—lt does
> not follow that any would be Juati
hed In saying now to any man or any
sot of men: "Tou have committed this
murder.." -Sacramento Be*.
Nobody suspects that thli wholesale
murder had even tho Implied indorso
! inrnt of nny true union labor men. La-
I bor must fljfht with legal weapons
and the manhood that is in tho true
! spirit of union labor should revolt Bt
I tho assassin's dagger or the anarchlaf.s
I bomb.—San Francisco Tost
Thnt the dastardly act was premeili
tated and was due to no natural
causes Is evldenead by the force and
character of the explosion.—Arizona
Star.
as to the capabilities of this pnople for
self-government. CITIZEN.
Los Angeles, Cal.
MASCULINE AND FEMININE
Editor Herald: The tragedy of an
enraged husband killing his wife's
paramour, who from tho evidence
loved this woman with a passion which
withstood the grim ravages of thlrty
three yearn, calls forth a strange and
peculiar phase in tho general makeup
of women's character. It proves that
there is an unbrldgable gulf be
tween the sexrs; two separate
worlds, one In which lives and moves
the powerful masculine mind, the other
the subtle feminine. So strangely ia
the feminine mind constituted as com
pare,! with the masculine that oddly
enough a woman can love her husband
an truly from her Idea of truth and
honor —notwithstanding tho fact that
she may have, one or two lovers —as
the day when she swore her troth to
him. It would seem that women In
tin glorious momenta Of true love as
ch nd in a storm of ecstasy to the vory
heights of supreme love, plant there
on the golden banner of their inspira
tions, and then are satisfied to descend,
and apparently find consolation and
atonement in Razing up at the
heights, and In their own mind feel
they were up there, and their bannerw
arc still waving, although unseen by
tho masculine.
F. W. HAWKINSON.
Edondalo, Cal.
BOSTON'B CROOKED STREETS
Mrs, Hubh—You know It Is very difficult
to find an Illltetato person In Boston.
Mrs. liotham- Tee, the.atreets are ao cronkei
over there I understand it Is difficult to find
any kind of a person.—Yonkers Statesman.
AUTUMN WANDERLUST
I am reetleag, somehow, HIM,
Ah the air grewi silently chill
There's a tlnglo In my blood that comes with
fall.
For the hazfl Is In the aky,
And tho ducks are soon to fly—
I can almost hear their leaders as they call.
I've hern furhishlriK my kit,
(OUIU, and all Oir rest of It),
Ati'l the outOt'i lylns rnarty on a chair:
Boot! ami corduroys and hat
And my plpo—(ho mire of that) —
Anil the wweater that 1 always used to wear*
Hunt in? fever Is, I think,
Stronger than the thlr«t for rlrlnk.
Every year It leads me outward, and I go
To the haunts of boast and bird.
Where the hunting call Is heard.
And the reeds art all a-quivor to and fro.
Aren't you coming, Billy, too?
Oh, I know you've lots to do;
But you follow my example— let It slip.
When the air Is like champagne
It fOM Imtililins; to my brain,
And I take my rod ana gun und blithely
skip!
Now, -ion't ait there looking glum,
Needn't shake your head, you'll coma.
Though your art is good fhoukli to at a play;
nut you might as well OfMfeSl
That your negative mentis "Yes," '.
For 1 saw you buying powder yeaterday!
—Eerton ismley, ia Fuck.