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Population of Los Angeles 238,4 19
:;No owl cars for Fiesta? Isn't thatalmost a knock?
,Now, then, pull for Ls Fiesta, ev-erybody—except Willie Ridiculous. .
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Even the camels are humping them-.; selves for La Fiesta. Are you?
For La Fiesta means more to LosAngeles this year than Jt ever did be-fore. It Is Los Angeles' formal an-nouncement to the world that the de-struction which visited the upper partof California passed her by: that shewas not only unharmed but was ben-efited—all unwittingly—by the calamitythat wrecked San Francisco; that sheIs more "on the map" than ever, andmore able and qualified to play hostessto the swarms of visitors who flock,hereevery year, and to afford ahome to thetens of thousands who establish them-selves annually withinher confines. Allthese things La Fiesta will evidence—and the bigger, brighter, happier andbetter La Fiesta Is made, the stronger
will be the message on Los Angeles'behalf it willblazon forth to the world.
There now remains to be done, how-ever, the city's own part. Los Angeleskeeps open house this week, ami mustbe prepared to do so lavishly, enthus-iastically, with a wholesouled welcometo everyone who comes. From thetime the stranger enters her gates, hemust be made to feel that he is In thehands of his friends. There must benothing too good for him. There must
be shown him every attention; everyright facility must be offered him forhis pleasure. The business man, theprofessional man, the tradesman andthe laborer must unite In making himfeel at home, and that the city is "hisfor the asking."
Today begins La Fiesta. .This WeekLos Angeles Is en fete for all the world,and the nations thereof have been in-vited to come and enjoy Its pleasures.Unique and different will these pleas*ur«a be; certain to please and attract.Those In whose charge these detailshave b«en left are experts, and theirwork IIabov« criticism. Their part
toward La Fiesta Is already a success.
LA FIESTA BEGINS
It la announced that "Hearst againshows colors." Has he more than one,
and that one yellow?
\u25a0 A_nd already the chips and sliverscut from Sarah's private car as sou-venirs would build a whole train— andthen some.
.J Alabama now reports an earthquake.Perhaps Senator Morgan's brevity inspeaking on the rate bill caused it.
\u25a0 "Uncle Sam having sent gunboats toSanto jDomingo, we may now expect
another period of "benevolent asslmi-
ilation" there.If the new freight motor me,ets the
sanguine expectations of the San Ber-nardino company, Itmay lead toarevo-lution in interurban freight hauling.
• It is noticeable that the people of
minor cities, towns and the 'farmingcountry, in • Southern California,' arepractically a unit In favor of theIntroduction of freight carrying elec-tric cars. The possibilities of cheap
transportation by this means givepromise of great economic advantage,
in time and money, over old-faßhloneclteaming. Byelectric roads the farmer'sproducts may be sent to market muchmore cheaply thanhe can afford to haulthem by wagon, with \u25a0 the importantadditional advantage of quick delivery,
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The new motor Is so constructed thatit will carry a heavy load* Itself and
also haud other cars. Power Is appliedthrough four motors giving a total of
300 horse power. It Is believed that thenew device will solve the problem ofcheap and convenient transportation offreight along the lines of lnterurbanrailways.
A wide field of usefulness for inter-urban electric railways is suggested bya style of motor Introduced by the SanBernardino Valley .Traction company.The motor referred to was built Intheeast and Is especlslly designed forfreighting purposes. It is not merelyan electrlo car adapted to carryingfreight, such as we see in and aboutLos Angales. ItIs powerful enough tohaul a whole train of freight cars, andthat is the use to which itwillbe putwhen business warrants.
• INTERURBAN FREIGHTAGE
.The fact that the lid has been put
on Philadelphia causes surprise only inthat Philadelphia ever should havea \u25a0wakened sufficiently to take it off.
Not for MclWhat's this we hear from 'way back
east?They're havln' sunstrokes there again?
Why, 'twasn't but a few days pastThat they were deep in snow an' rain!
Sunstrokes? An' here 'tis Jest as fineAs any man could ask fer? Say,
Considerin* what 'tis here an' there.Who wants f live thera, anyway?One, day It's hot, th' next, you freeze;
They rob you for.both coal an' ,ice— .Nay. not fer me! I'llstay right here—
This is nex* door t'Paradise!-W. H. C.
Why is it that the woman who isnever at home always Insists on hay- •Ing the apartment with the finest !view?
The loudest isn't always the bestpreacher. Remember, God speaks Ina still, small voice.
Poppy— Yes, he proposed twice. .Magnolia— Didn't you hear the first
Funny no one has put John Alex-ander Moses Elijah into a play yet.
That lowa frost didn't hurt the Shawboom. It's already dead.
The average auto smells like 30scents.
Some people are so daft againstgerms that even In dealing withhumans their relations are strained.
?KmtlchuW*.VB hear «J."
anything,About the famed square deal;The thing we'd really like to get's
A good old time aquaro meal!
There will be no reason hereafterto call it Muck Clure's Magazine, itseems.
Of all the trusts the paper combineis the only ono ground to a pulp.
Palm— l've half a mind to writ* aPepper— Well, that's all it takes.
porky refused to go to Chicago. R«.minded him too much of Siberia.
A writer says the trust question hastwo sides. Yesv the Inside and theoutside.
,£ ow* the (lrusr trUßt wlll be "soraa*thing Just as good," eh?
"I.1"
said Caldfeet Collins,"With my loudest hollerlnsjIcalled it offl"Who said 'twould f«u?"I." said tha Yellow,"1 damned It to hellIohIsaid 'twould falll"Who's proved an ass?"We!" yell all three,"As silly a« can be;
We're a wholo drove of 'em!"
Tha FiestaWhrt Vn«olt»d tha Fieata?"I," said Willie Hearst;"Inone my—worst;Iknocked the Fiesta."Who cAlled It off?
Besides her awful forest fires, Mich-igan is having earthquakes. Just howColdfeet Collins can ever get his pedal
extremities warm enough to go to Chi-cago in June Is one of the mysteriespast findingout, when itis rememberedthat Chicago is right on the edge ofthat state.
,It still remains a fact that the ex-termination of the Hearst yellowknocSfer is wholly up to themen of Los Angeles. They can Ifthey will.
If• Immunity baths really are tocease, a lot of very soiled trusts 'willhave to stay dirty. Not even a begin-ning of a cleanup has been made.
The G. A. R. Is pleading for a proper
observance of Decoration day. Cer-
tainly, ifobserved at all, the spirit ofits origin should hedge it about, and
it should be an occasion of solemnityand not merely of frolic. The G. A. R.
is armed in a righteous cause. , \u25a0'
|The findingof more bodies thus earlyin the clearing away of Uie San Fran-cisco ruins rather gives credence tothe reports of greater death lists thanhave been printed so far.
-.The^report that the Utah Mormons\u25a0were- selling:out their business hold-ings, turns out to be another canard.The |Mormons have too good a cinchto let go just yet awhile. By all means, let the city take in
those adjoining regions which arepleading for admission. No one shouldever be denied the right to live In LosAngeles who can show a clean record,and they can.
Special Correspondence of The Herald.NEW. YORK. May 20.-lte Is dohrl
now and his life's story hns becomepublic property. IHe had been comingto the Astor library dny lifter -day formany years; Jtist how many Is a matterofdoubt—at all events, he was a regularvisitor when Mr. Jurid, the librarian,Joined tho stnff twenty-two years afto.And Inall that time nothingwas learnedof him except that he was a scholnr ofexceptional ability, excelling In Greekand Latin; that he wns ambitious nndwas yrrry, very poor. He came early Inthe morning, collecting enormous nrins-ful of books, striding to his favoritetable and then, as the hours passed,sitting absorbed, making a note oc-casionally, until darkness came and Itwas time for him to return to his littleattic room. He was a kindly man; hislong, thin face was creased with linesof good humor nnd his eyes had agenial glow. He was too kindly, theyray at the library. He did not have theIron In his blood so necessary thesedays tc the man who would succeed.The thought of crowding a man fromhi* place ns a result of any success hemight obtain was odious, and thememory of ft homeless, hungry aninmlsometimes took his mind from his read-Inge. And yet his energy was Titanic—as he talked tohis friends of the librarystaff. Oh, the books he wns going towrlto
—the text-books, tho treatises he
had planned, and tho essays. And yetthe days he talked thus found him evenmore eager In the task, not of recordinghis own Ideas, but In reading those ofothers. And Itcouldn't go on that wayforever, and Itdidn't. Money was need-ed. At last he secured employment Inthe preparation of certain clnsslcaissubjects In an encyclopedia. But Itdid not go well—it was too far removedfrom the things he wanted to do. Re-cently he did not appear In his usualBeat in the" library. Two, three dayswent by, and still he remained away.Fearing all was not well one* of theclerks of the library went to the oldman's room the other day and foundhim In bed, Just weak, he said— tooweak to get up. They called an am-bulance and the dying scholar wastaken to a hospital, where he died yes-terday. His name was H&yden. Hewas a scholar of rare attainments; hewns ambitious, but afraid of the test—and he was poor. There Is his liferecord as far as is known.* \u25a0
•Shortest Railroad v
The shortest railroad in. Greater NewYork since tho marine railroad wnsbowled out of existence' by the en-croachments of the ocean and the rivaltrolley cars is tho one that runs alongthe Bush docks on the South Brooklynwater front. The road is less than amile long and runs from alongside theThirty-ninth street ferry slip down tothe end of the cdmpany's line of storesand piers. Its equipment consists \u25a0ofone car and one small engine. Thetrain is not run on any schedule, butsimply to accommodate two classes ofpassengers— fruit experts who go overto the warehouses to Inspect consign-ments of fruits and Italians who arereturning to their native country onthe line of steamers that dock at thesepiers. There is never any fare paidon this road. * • •No Escape From Standard Oil
And now comes the shad as the latestvictim of the Standard Oil. Even thelobsters and the crabs have not es-caped the blight and Influence of thebig monopoly. Fishermen declare thatshad fishing in the lower Hudßon andin New Yorkharbor has been practical-ly ruined by the drainage . from theStandard OH \u25a0 refining plant at Com-munlpaw, N. J., and that a distantflavor ofkerosene has been given to thelobsters and crabs.
The shad fishing industry alone,which once gave employment to hun-dreds during the season, la practicallydead. The lobster fishing in the lowerpart of thfi bay, off the Staten Islandshore, is also a thing of the past ow-ing to the contaminated condition ofthe water. * * *Bootblack Chair Repartee
Tho Irishman had been drinking—somewhat. He climbed into one of thfetwo bootblack chairs in front of theTribune building and, after settlinghimself comfortably, glanced at his THE GOTHAMITB.
The house In question Is one of a rowof two-story frames that have recentlybeen rented to minor theatrical \u25a0 sup-pliers such as shoemakers, electricians,agents and property makers. The househas been done over completely, given a
!coat of spotless white paint and thewnole front has been covered with nprre*n trellis. Inaddition to this thereis the fence nuch as one might expectto see In a country village; and thereare also tho brllltsnt green windowboxes In which luxuriant geraniums areblooming. The rural atmosphere of thehouso and Its little patch of front gar-den seem seriously out of place In themost urbanllke corner of this NewYork town. • * •Will Build a Church
Falling In her efforts to coax $5000subscriptions from her friends for theerection of a new church nt Jloslyn,I^ong Jslnnd, Mrs. Clarence Mnckny hasnotified the vestry of TrinityProtestantKplscopnl church that she willbear theentire rxpense> herself, devoting $50,-000 to that purpose. The $4000 she suc-ceeded In collecting from her friendsthe will turn over for tho purpose oferecting an altnr. The new church willbo a memorial to Mrs. Mackay's mother,Mrs. Katherlne Tsuer. A parish housebeing built by Mrs. Mackay In memoryof her father in nearlnrr completion.This Is costing -her $28,000. Dr. PeterD. Leys, the flged Scotchman whomMrs. Mnckay defeated for school trusteelast August, when he heard of Mrs.Mackay's latest plan for the benefit ofRoslyn, said: "Of course, I'm a Pres-byterian, but Iwish there were morechurch people like Mrs. Mackay, eventhough they had to be Episcopalians."* * - *.Lodging House PathosIt's a queer sort of day when New
York's lodging houses do not or cannotfurnish a bit of pathos. For instance,Leonard CJrase, 70 years old, who hadlittle to live for after his -wife diedsome months ago, was found dead inaplace on the Bowery. After his life'spartner went away It was the boozeroute for the old fellow, and he paidup like a man. There are all sorts ofmen who sleep In the place where Grasedied. Abed costs fifteen cents a night.While the police were going awaywith the body a poor fellow Inone ofthe beds (consumptive) was coughingviolently. "You stop that hacking,"said another of the lodgers. "Don't youknow a man's dead in the house?""Sure Iknow it," replied the consump-tive, "andIknow this, too. That chapwouldlike to be coughing inmy place."Then the police passed out with thecorpse and the consumptive went oncoughing. •• > •Cabby Fools Prophets
Threatened men, live long. This lawapplies to cabmen. When bicycles andthe autos flooded the land the prophetsdoomed cabby, but somehow he bobsup as serenely as ever.. "Which onlygoes to show that there are very goodreasons why a prophet is not withouthonor save inhis owncountry. Go upto Forty-second street and Broadwaysome night when the cabs are thickabout there, and you will see in aminute that the horseless carriage isas yet only gasping for breath Incom-petition with the old vehicles for traf-fic. ItIs not co very difficult to un-derstand that. The chief argument forthe electric hansom has' been that itsservice is smoother and quicker thanthe old hansom. Tocompete with thisthe liverymen simply bought a betterbreed of nags and better springs—andthere you are. * * *Playwrights' Honors
Now that the theatrical season Is onthe wane the Question, naturally arisesas to what playwrights are due thehonors for producing new and meritor-ious plays. The number of plays ofAmerican authorship produced InNewYork between September 1, 1905, andMay 1, 1906, was thlrty-slx. The lead-ing writers represented are AugustusThomas and George
'Ade, each with
two dramas, and Clyde Fitch, DavidBelasco,' Charles Klein, Edward MiltonRoyle, Rupert Hughes, Edward Peple,Channlng Pollock, Henry Blossom andEdward K. Rose, each with one play.There have figured nearly twice asmany writers less known. On theother hand, foreign authors contributetwenty-nine new plays
—George Ber-
nard Shaw and James M.Barrie offer-ing three each and Maurice Maeter-linck, Lavedan, Paul Hervleu, HallCame, Alfred Capus and Alfred Sutroone each.
Few things reallysurprise the Inhabi-tants of the Tenderloin, whether it bethe advent of the grand 'opera seasonor a raid on a gambling house; butthere is a newly decorated cottage inFortieth street, just off Broadway, thatis really making the denizens of thatquarter assume an upright attitude.
Tenderloin Surprises
The western man in New York hnsdifficultyIn understanding the languageof the metropolis. The other day awesterner and two friends stepped intoa swell cafe. After the meal thewesterner ordered three small cups ofcoffee. 'Three demt tasses?"' inquiredthe waiter. "No," said the man, "youneed not mind about the demi tasses.Small coffees willsuit me." Anotherwesterner went into a furnishing store;he wanted socks. "Do you wish halfhose?" inquired the clerk. "No,Idon'twant no half hose; Iwant socks,*' re-.piled the man from the provinces. A*third man went the round of the down-town shops trying to attach himself toa handkerchief case. .He tried severalstores and finally found what hewanted. Indicating the \u25a0 handkerchiefcase to a shopgirl the would-be pur-chaser inquired Its price. The girllooked at him In astonishment. "Gee,"she said. "Them ain't no handkerchiefcases; them's mouchwaws."
Language Entangling
Echoes of, the, resentment felt bymembers of the Conrled .Grand Operacompany on the scorn of 'treatment ofa few of them during the horror atSan Francisco from representatives ofthe management are dying away in thepurlieus of the Metropolitan operahouse; but. It will he a long time be-fore the behavior of certain prominentmale singers will be forgotten. Prob-obly the oft-told tnlea do;not lose anypicturesque element in the repetition;and ere this many of them have be-come gross exaggerations.! but as to thedeportment of Slgnor Enrico Caruso,w:hen the terror whs at its height, thetestimony Is consistent. iThe gloriousItalian tenor, Instead of displayingcowardice and Ignoring the appeals ofwomen who had begged! him to helpthem across a road with the few be-longings they had saved, showed aquality worthy of all Imitation undersimilar circumstances. Just after thethird shock he was seen by three ver-acious observers— members of the com-pany who are now InNew York—in themiddle of the street, upon his .kneesand with arms outstretched towardHeaven, praying lustily. As the inci-dent seems to have escaped generalnewspaper attention it Is, only just torecord the facts and to pay tribute toSignor Caruso's exemplary conduct.
Tribute to Caruso
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Two policemen were placed on guardthere nnd when .the hands reported forwork they were met by tho order:"Back to your beds— there'll be no worktoday!" And there wasn't. Otherplaces n.re to be closed down, and itIs not altogether Impossible that NewYork willbe Idle in n short time
—that
Is, unless the change from soft to hardcoal is made.
There have been many plans fried toabnte the ftmoko nulsanc'e in GreaterNew York, but all have seeminglyfailed. The cost between soft coal andhard coal Is so great here that theoffender usunlly prefers being haledInto court and pnylng a fine than tomake the chnnge. \Now, however, theauthorities have tried another plan.After dun notice Is given the manwhose stacks emit smoke, his place ofbuslnean is to be closed |down unlesshe obeys orders. The first victim ofthis now order Is" ft Brooklyn manu-facturer, whose factory Is at 17 McKlb-ben street.
Suppressing Smoke Nuisanoe
text chair neighbor. Then he laughed.Its neighbor, who was a fat, pompous-
looklng negro about 60 years of nge,dressed In clerical garb, frowned."Well, Smoky," snld tho Celt, Ignor-ing the dusky divine's look of disap-proval, "this shurely Is a queer cotin-thry. Here Iam nnd there you are.It's not
'so long since Iwhs a bog*
trotter nnd Isuppose you were a slave.And here w« have two Dngo descend-ants of Julius Caesar \u25a0 shining ourbrogans." y.-y• :
The mayor has named June 14 as"flag day" and asks everyone to float"old.glory" to the breeze on that oc-casion. It's a good move and the sug-
gestion should be adopted.
The implication of tho holier-than-thou Pennsylvania railroad in the re-bate muck rather gives the lie to anexcessively laudatory article about thatroad in the June Pearson's magazine.
The first case against a New Yorkman for giving a tip has been broughtunder a law passed last winter. Un-fortunately, the law doesn't apply towaiters and Pullman car porters, so itIsn't of much avail.
.Those girl supers who "made theirdebuts with Bernhardt" will ever beproud of tho fact, but will they alsotell how their stage careers ended \u25a0withthe same great artiste, and on the samenight?
The skating craze is all right. Theeagerness of youngsters to 'enjoy Itdeserves encouragement. It will notlast long anyway, and If it is "dream*land" to school pupils let them dreamwhile they may.
Let 'em skate!
801 ldown the curricula In ourschools, skim off the scum and throwaway the dregs. Reduce tho strainupon the weary young minds to thepoint of easy endurance and give freerein to the natural desire of youth forhealthful enjoyment. Tho result of
such method would be greater mentalalertness in school, improved physicaldevelopment and more rapid acquire*ment of education.
\u25a0Instead of the "cramming" system
of study inour schools, whereby pupilsare obliged to study at home In orderto keep pace In their classes, thereshould be ample play time. If the playfad for the time is roller skating thenlet them skate to the full of their lik-ing.The prevention of such indulgenceIs as cruel an the CRging here in LosAngeles of native mocking birds.
Ifour public school methods were asrational as they should be no suchcomplaint ns is here noted would beheard. Amusement, diversion, recrea-tion, are just as necessary as food andsleep to the development of mentalfaculties. The yearning of schoolpupils for such relief from the strainof study shows how essential is suchrelaxation. And we "children of alarger growth" all know that play insome form is as needful for the young
as Is oxygen In the'air they breathe.
Itis said by educators that the skat-ing craze has reached a point neces-sitating a number of suspensions fromthe higher schools. And as the crazeappears to be making rapid headwaythe situation is regarded very seri-ously.
The alleged diversion of study fromthe heads to tho heels of pupils Iscausing much anxiety to principalsof local schools. The roller skating fad,
which has 'broken out more virulently
than an epidemic of measles, is heldaccountable for the change in the cen-ter of studious activity. The minds ofpupils, as principals and teachers aver,
take more kindly to graceful skatingrink figures than to the plain kind usedin solving arithmetical problems.
HEAD VERSUS HEEL CULTURE
The San Francisco catastrophe hasdirected attention to the fact that firesare much more common in Americanthan InBritish cities, although our firedepartments are much more costly thanare their British.counterparts. Accord-ing- to the lately published returns ofthe London Metropolitan Fire Brigadefor 1905 and the report of the fire mar-shal of New York for the same year,there were, during the preceding twelve-month, in the boroughs of Manhattan,the Bronx, and Richmond, 7750 fires,!as against only 3511 In London, whichcontains upwards of 6,000,000 inhabitantsAlbert Shaw, In his book on MunicipalGovernment in Great Britain, pointsout that American towns of 60,000 Inhab-itants have in some years as manyfires as London. On the other hand,the fire department of Chicago, as wellas .-that of New York, employs con-siderably more men than that ofLondon, while even that . ofBostoh has three-fourths as \u25a0 manyemployes. To maintain the New Yorkfire department costs over twice asmuch as London fepends for the samepurpose. The relative Immunityof Lon-don from destructive fires is doubtlessattributable in part to the solidity ofthe materials of which most of thebuildings are constructed, but mainlyto-the absence of American negligencewith reference to chimneys and fluesand the management of heating ap-paratus, and to the absence of Amer-ican carelessness in the use of matches,although In thejßrltlsh metropolis alsomatches cause most of the conflagra-tions. In the London report no con-flagrations are ascribed to bonfires orbrush-fires, whereas the New York firemarshal imputes nearly five hundredto this cause.
—Harper's Weekly.
FIRES TOO COMMON INAMERICA?
Of course, "Willie Ridiculous claimsVI:done it" to the Pennsylvania rail-road. "Willies energies are just ascapable of busting1 trusts as they areof relieving San Francisco— which isn'tsaying anything for them either.
How does ithappen that Willie Isn'tburning up the tracks with relief trainsfor the sufferers In the Michigan forestfires? Or does he think it cheaper and
Just as effective to steal others' efforts,as he did in the San Francisco case?
James D.Phelan Is suggested by Col.Joseph D. Lynch and other Democratsas an available Democratic candidatefor governor. He was San Francisco'sbest mayor, and Ifhalf as good a gov-ernor, nothing more could be asked.
This Is the last day for the comple-tion of the y. M. C. A. building fund.This would have been raised long agohad not Ban Francisco called so heav-ily,on \\% for aid, but It should notfall,' even .on • that account. Let thepociietbooks.be opened generously to-day; every little bit helps.
. Appendicitis is a horror. Imet ayoung man recently, healthy to lookupon, who told me he had appendicitisand 'would have an operation performedas soon as he could get the moneyand three months' leave of absence.There is nothing pleasant in the pros-pect.
Formerly appendicitis was wrappedinmuch obscurity and itß effects wereattributed to "gastric seizure," "in-flammation of the bowels," "llilacphlegmon," "perltyphlitis," "paraty-phlitls," and conditions under manyother names. The earliest and full ac-count of the disease was not given until1886. Thus we are just twenty yearsin the grasp of the death dealer. In-flammation of the appendix itself doesnot constitute, though it starts, thedisease; and so long as only the ap-pendix is affected, though there may bediscomfort, there is no real pain, theoccurrence of pain giving the signalthat the peritoneum, the smooth mem'vbrane covering all the bowels and lin-ing the abdominal cavity, has becomeInflamed in that portion which formsthe outer covering of the appendix.
Appendicitis has increased amazinglyin the last ten or twenty years, due tothe widespread change of social habitsand diets. The caecum is filled withundigested food, such as tough meats,lobster, clams, nuts, pineapple, frozenor refrigerated meats, poultry, etc. Teadrinking has much to do with the onsetof the disease, that beverage beingtoo astringent for health. AppendicitisIs peculiar to youth, more than 80 percent of all the cases occurring underthe age of 80. Furthermore, 80 per centof the cases are males.
A fine bull terrier belonging toa resi-dent of Brooklyn was operated on lastweek for appendicitis and is doing well.In the appendix was found a small rollof human hair, which proved to be acollection of the combed-out strands ofhis mistress' locks. Human hair ispractically indigestible, except to theostrich. A mouse of it in a dog's ali-mentary canal is quite sufficient to in-flame the appendix. Most women burntheir combings inthe kitchen stove forluck.
ABOUT APPENDICITIS
Bend not to me this hour, 0 God. '-.?Where: ldefeated stand:Ihave been schooled to bear thy rod.
And still wait, not unmanned!But should some white hour of success
Sweep me where, vine-like, lead *.
The widening roads, • the clamoringpress-
Then Ithy lash shall need! .* \u25a0••
•\u25a0.•
Then, In that hour of triumph keen,For then Iask thtne aid;
-God of the weak, on whom Ilean,
Keep me then unafraid!—Arthur Btrlnsrer In Smart Set.
A PRAYER IN DEFEATStill hurlme bank, God. ifThou mustlThy wrath, see. Ishall hearIhave been tau*ht*to know the dustOf battle, and despair.
"She then transferred a billion of bil-ious mosquitoes, an unsalable bouquetof fuchlas, lilies, dahlias, hyacinthsand phlox, a liquefied bdellium, an In-delible, defamatory, inflammatorysynchronism and a debatable syllogismto the same capacious receptacle. .. h
"Peaceably surrendering her daguer-reotype to the ecstatic aeronaut, shedescended with her parachute
—a syn-
onym for barouche—
and 'grievouslyterrified the stolid, squalid yeomanryalready torrefied by the heat, 101 Fah.renhelt."— Chicago News.' <•
Students ina London school were re»^cently asked to write this: "A glut-tonous sibyl.with her glutinous handcomplacently seized a sieve, a phthisi-cal Ichneumon, a noticeably supercili-ous, irascible and cynical sergeant, an
'embarrassed and harassed chrysalis, ashrieking sheik, a complaisant prose-lyte and an anonymous chrysolite.These all suddenly disappeared down,her receptive esophagus. She simplysaid: 'Pugh! not saccharine!'
A SPELLING LESSON
. Frank WloKlns and his smile arenow en route to Atlantic. City, rein-forced by a splendid Los Angeles ex-hibit, which will be Installed on thefamous board walk. :As a.result, noone would be surprised if Atlantic•City moved to. Los.Angeles en massebefore the summer is over. \u25a0 >
Poor, petty, green-eyed Oakland.always Jealous of Los Angeles, Is nowengaged in vilifying this city worsethan ever because big Ban Francisco'concerns havo
'been {qrcs.4 to corns
here since the Han Francisco disaster.IfOakland would 'do as much hurtlingfor hpr»flf us. she does knocking \>fothers *he would stand some show toL"«t out of the "mole" class.
To insure safety as well as conditionsthat make "life worth living,"our east-ern friends should come to SouthernCalifornia. Not because of the littlequakes recently reported In several ofthe eastern states, but because of ter-rors far more alarming,
Tor instance, consider that explosionof fifty tons of gunpowder InBridge-port, shaking the city like a severeearthquake and sending- tremorsthroughout the state of Connecticut.GooJ fortuno alone prevented a greatsacrifice of human life. Thousands ofemployes work In the great cartridgefactory where the explosion occurred,but the time of the occurrence was be-fore work hours.
And then, note that report of a me-teorite striking a man near Norwalk, aConnecticut city not far from Bridge-port. The victim in this rase received"so terrible a blow that he was foundsenselesß near his home with a crushedand fractured skull." The object thatstruck him is described as "the size ofan orange, strangely corrugated andmarked with peculiar crystalline . fig.ures." 'An examination by mineralo-gists proves that it consists of "iron al-loyed with a small percentage ofnickel." That Is the composition ofmost known meteorites, and hence thereis no doubt about the origin of theceleotlal visitor.
Now, think of life In a land whereimitation earthquakes shake up a wholestate and where thousands of lives aresaved only by the good luck of an houror two. Think, also, of taking !thechance of being knocked out byan iron-nickel orqnge fired from somewheremillions of miles away.
\u25a0.But that la not all,'nor the worst.The season
'of tornadoes begins In1
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PERILS OF THE EAST
A woman's head is always Influencedby her heart, but a. man's heart Is al-w«y» Influenced by., his head.— LadyBlessington.
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The rock tb»t results a crowbar givesway to the root of a tender plant.—Tamil.
Who Is righteous overmuch Is a mor-sel for the old one.—From the Dutch.
The husband reigns, but it's the wifethat governs— Punch.
'Be sure your right, then go ahead-
Davy Crockett.
Live according to your income—
Perslus. ;'\u25a0.•
PROVERBS AND PHRASES
LO9 ANGELES HKKALDi MONDAY MORNING, MAY 21, 1906.
GOSSIP OE LIVELY INTEKESTFBOM THE NATION'S METROPOLIS
Pl-llnes and Plck-Ups
But these are only a part of the trainof terrifying phenomena that beset ourfriends In the east. Most of us whoare adults, here InLos Angeles, havesome knowledge of all of them. Forsafety, comfort, the full enjoyment oflife in all circumstances, there Is nocountry under heaven so alluring asthis blessed land of Southern Cali-fornia. ,
east with the sprint wninir, «n<J'no
one can tell when or where a cerkiereweleud m«y »ppr«r, lifting buddingsfrom their foundations and pullinguptrees by the roots. Frightful electricstorms, also, are In season now, ap-pallingIn the dangerous lightningflashand the roar of heavenly artillery. Thecyclone, too. that awfut vlaltor from theCaribbean sea that comes up at Inter-vals over the West Indies and passe*through th« 'Atlantis states, leaving aswath of destruction.
Concerning Ma.rriaigeGEORGE O. BAKER
K*tat AllStrllab."They are an extraiu«ly fuhlooabl*
eoopls, mr» they not?""Orsaloua, do! Why, they have MrrcraJ
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Ethel'* Married. .Virginia—I (lad .Ethel* married.Phllomena. Yet you r«Crain*d from con-
gratulation, aha tell* mo.VUstala. Ipltlod tb« brtdeaTootn.
. Jn«i l.tkc Father.Mrs. Jenkins— Tou must mlas your hus-
band dreadfully."Mrs. WeedH— 1 do, but my youngest
daughter Is just Ilka htm. Sb« trle» torccrulate the grammar and manners ofth« whole family.
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Or»o»— Do yoa r«n>«mb«r. Jack, th«night you 'proposed to m« Ihunt myhead and »»id notta»n*T
- . • •-••J»ck Do Inm.ultxr It
'W«U. I»hould
rather MyIdid. It wu Ik* last tin*1\u25a0aw you act to. \
Of Km li»l»H»»»*<"Am they to t» married »o««r*"Wall, b* thinks th«y ar».""Oh! that's not at the aHarbtaat mom-
qoaoe* In an affair of tfcia kind. Whatdow aba thtmk about ttt" X .'..''.\u25a0
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