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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
A Prodigy in Spelling.

Buffalo, N. Y, has newly-discoy-
cred prodigy who can spell any word
he Knows backward as readily as he
does forward.
The boy is Charley Collins. aged
thirteen, the son of Michael Collins. q
day laborer living on the East side.
and the grandson of the "Sage of In
ness," County Glare, Ireland, from
whom he is supposed to have Inherit
ed all his mental faculties. He was
able to talk when a year old and at
fifteen months he could frame long
sentences. But he fell in with idle
boys when he was sent to school
and after awhile was sent to DIR.
Bakers reformatory.
He did not stay there long, how
ever, and when he returned to school
he began study in earnest and soon
was far in advance of his classmates.
One day he astonished his teacher by
spelling all the words backward Just
as glibly as he did forward, reversing
eight-syllabled "incomprehensibility'
as readily as he could spell it in the
usual way.
He says that he does not know how
the feat is performed. He simply
made the discovery by accident that
he could spell all words backward. He
appears to be developed almost alb
normally as to brain and looks much
older than one of his years.-New
York Press.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

The New York Tribune estimates
that our pension list exceeds all Ger
many's army costs by more than $40.-
900, OOOa year, and is $50, 900, 600 more
than that of France. Only Russia's
military expenditures upon her giant
army, patrolling Europe and Asia
from the Baltic to the Yellow sea and
the Indian ocean, exceed the sum
which, thirty years after the close Of
the war, we still annually pay over to
our pensioners. Russia's military
burden, all told, is $176, 942. 900; our
pension list is not quite equal to this,
but, with the cost of our small army
of rs, 600 men added, the aggregate
exceeds it. Our military expenditures
are thus greater than those of any
country in the world"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

cause she told me last week may as
we'll give up the contests as she was
sure I wouldn't obtain the prize.
know Mary Brown of the senior class
must have helped her, and that was
not honorable, as the teacher said we
were not to receive help from any
body on our essays"
The contest in question was for the
best written essay on Nature" and
was to be entirely original. The prize
to be given was volume of Long
fellows poems, much coveted book
by Marian, as she was very fond of
reading "Evangeline," and now to
see it slip from her was indeed too
much, really exasperating. Always
having received a high mark for her
essays, Marian was confident in this
case that her work excelled any she
had previously written. Alice Rob-
bins, too, was also a good essayist,
and the contest had been supposed to
be a tie between them. But the
Judge in the matter had pronounced
in favor of Alice. All this was very
humiliating to Marian, who was fully
conscious of her own ability. and who
declared that evening that she would
be even with Alice yet.
to instil into her little daughters mind
how beautiful it was to forgive and
forget, and how much better it was to
have that little inner voice telling her,
"You have done your best" rather
than have it constantly repeating,
''You have been dishonest, Marian,
and your essay belonged to somebody
else, not to you"
But Marian could not or would not
overcome her chagrin, and went to bed
that night in anything but an enviable
frame of mind, declaring to herself
over and over again that she would
never again speak to Alice Robbins.
The next day she went to school,
her ill-humor having in no way abated,
and at recess obstinately refused to
speak to Alice, who, to the surprise of
Marian, did not seem to be elated with
her prize as it would naturally be sup
posed she would be under the circum-
stances.
The winter passed on and Easter
was fast approaching.
To meet it the girls were planning
for an entertainment to be held at the
school on Easter Monday night, to
which parents and friends were to be
invited. In the preparation the girls
were having merry time. but one
thing alone Jared on their thoughts,
and that was the difficulty between
Alice and Marian. These two girls
were the two most accomplished ones
in the class and to get along without
them the rest could not. But finally
at last'an excellent scheme was decl-
ded on, the effect of which, it was
hoped, would be reconciliation be-
tween the friends, and it was deter
mined to try it the very next day.
Therefore it was that the following
morning the girls, eager to execute
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

There has been great and general
Improvement within fifteen years in
the phrasing of obituary resolutions,
maintains Harper's Weekly. Persons,
still pitiably young, may remember
when almost all the obituary resolu-
tions that appeared in the newspapers
began: Whereas it has pleased an
inscrutable Providence to remove our
late neighbor, James Smith, Resolved,
that we submit" etc. This form
seems no longer to be in general use.
The resolutions of the day take some
things for granted, and are q good
deal more tersely and simply con-
triyed
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
Eastcr Games.

In some parts of England boys go
about begging eggs to play with. The
game consists in two boys holding one
egg each in the palm of the right hand
and striking them together. 70 the
boy holding the egg that resists the
shock belongs the spoils.
A game familiar to Americans with
the Easter eggs is the egg-rolling sport
on the lawn at the White House IN
Washington.
In the Tyrolese Mountains bands of
children go about singing Easter
hymns and receiving in return for
their music baskets of eggs.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

In western town the other day q
man committed suicide on being ap-
pretended in the act of stealing a
dictionary from a street bookstall.
He had just purchased a bottle of
laudanum, presumably for the tooth
ache. He drained the bottle before a
hand was raised to save him. What
makes the tragedy more pitiful is the
fact that the dictionary was Latin
lexicon. 1t is hard to find an expla-
nation for his rash act; possibly he
knew the people with whom he had to
deal, and feared the mad-house more
than the prison cell. He might have
been stranded wanderer from Bos-
ton.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

A corn convention held in Chicago
recently developed several schemes
for extending the use of the great
American grain. 1t was resolved, re-
ports the Atlanta Journal, to make
elaborate exhibits of corn and the
many forms in which it is prepared
for food uses at the Omaha exposition,
the Buffalo exposition and the Paris
exposition of 1900. The present high
price of wheat has done much to i'm
prove the prospects of corn as. food
product. Already large proportion
of the -four used in this country is
made largely of corn. This flour is
cheaper than pure wheat -four and
quite as nutritious. More corn is
being consumed as food in this coun-
try than ever before and the quantity
will increase. Our corn is also be-
coming more popular in Europe. The
prejudice against it among the masses
of Europe is being destroyed. They
are learning by actual experience that
corn is good as we'll as cheap; that it
may be prepared in many palatable
forms, and that it has excellent quail
ties as food substance. This is the
main reason why our exports of corn
have increased SO rapidly. Corn is
already our greatest crop both in size
and value, and will continue to hold
the supremacy. The movement to
extend its use in foreign countries is
timely, and will conduce to the inter-
est of nearly every section of the
+ country.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

daintily etched with sharp pointed
knife; or they are coated with metallic
paints; or they are frosted with dia-
mond dust. For decorating by what
ever method the eggs are either hard
boiled or the contents are blown by
means of tiny hole at either end, and
then finished with narrow ribbons for
hanging.
But it is egg caricatures that delight
and amaze the little ones. The egg is
blown and the shell cleansed and
rubbed with benzine.
Figure / shows the general style
and features of two extremes-a sage
and Ounce. Success depends upon
the markings in sepia, which are few,
but striking. The eyes are either blue
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

and that she in turn had copied it,
and passed it on to the teacher as her
own. For all this she begged of
Marian to take the book. 1t was her
due, she said, but Marian was too
loyal to her friend to hear of such
think. Both attended the enter
tainment together and it passed off
pleasantly. After it was over Marian
presented Alice with magnificent
Easter lily. 1t was token of love
and forgiveness, she said, and it
proved, as the years went on, SYM
boil of pure, true friendship, which, it
is safe to say, will last with each for
the other until death. Boston Bou-
Quet,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

One hundred and sixteen Thousand,
four hundred and ninety humming-
birds were sold at q recent sale in
England, and a corresponding num-
ber of other birds. With regard to
the lyre-bird an eminent ornithologist
says, ''This wonderful bird will soon
become thing of the past, and with
it will disappear the sole survivor of
habits and structure are wholly
Known
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
A substitute For Easter Eggs.

In Germany sometimes instead of
eggs at Easter an emblematical print
is occasionally presented. One of
these is preserved in the print room
of the British Museum. Three hens
are represented as upholdinga basket,
in which are placed three eggs orna-
mented with representations iilustra-
tive of the Resurrection; over the
center egg the "Agnus DEL with a
chalice representing faith; the other
eggs bearing the emblem of charity
and hope.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

The governmental report that only
one person in fifteen was able to earn
a living last year in Alaska ought to
have deterring effect upon people
contemplating going to that country
in the spring. The gold craze will
probably prove too strong, and thou
sands will go there, only to find un-
timely graves or to return home
broken in health and purse.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

The hair is of cotton, arms and limbs
of pasteboard. The whole is painted
a brilliant red with trimmings in gold.
Pen wipers for older children are
made by decorating ordinary egg shells
like heads. Effective models are those
Of sweet faced nun, pretty student.
with characteristic ''mortar beard"
cap, or dear, smiling baby in lace
frilled cap. The shell head is secures
~ glued to support of several layer
of chamois or flannel.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

or brown. The lips and ears are red.
The hair and beard are of fine cotton
glued in position. A cord tied to a
splint, slipped through the hole
through which the egg was blown,
suspends these curious heads.
A nameless bird is seen in figure Q.
The egg shell body is tinted brown.
The neck and head are of pasteboard
glued to the body and likewise tinted.
Bright beads are glued on to serve as
eyes. The feet are of bent wire. The
wings must be of sufficient length to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

their we'll laid plan, entered the school
room chatting merrily. In their midst
was Marian, and they also expected
to find Alice in the room; but 10!
Alice, who was usually very punctual,
was not in her accustomed place when
the bell rang.
All the morning the girls wondered
what had happened to Alice. At last
word came to the teacher that she was
very i'll with diphtheria. 1t was very
prevalent in the neighhorhood and
great CONSERVATION prevailed among
the girls at the announcement. for
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
EASTER EGGS in MANY FORMS.
Dainty and Amusing Trihes With Which,
to Celebrate.

Dainty and Amusing Triies With Which
to Celebrate.
Easter has become almost equally
with Christmas in many families day
of gladness and gift giving, and while
the Gust IN should never be allowed to
become cause of expense i'll to be
borne, it is quite possible for every
body, high and low, to bring little
good feeling into the household by
simple remembrances all around.
Countless are the conceits and none
are elaborate. In the simpler forms
the eggs are swiftly colored in rain
bow hues with aniline dyes, then
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
Russia has the most rapidly increas.
ing population Of any country on the
globe.

Reports from China say that the
women of that country are rapidly ac-
quiring the bicycle habit. Oriental
progress has evidently been fitted out
with pneumatic tires.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

The funniest story of the result Of
paying bounties for animals scalps
comes from Kansas. Sumner county
offered three cents for every rabbits
scalp brought in. The farmers loaded
up their double -barreled howitzers,
sailed forth, killed 1854 rabbits,
and broke the county.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
President Kruger on omce-seekias.

A good story of President Kruger is
told in an article on mining and Po''
tics in the Transvaal," in the Natio
Review. Some of the Preside'
young relations applied to him
office. He considered awhile,
said:
81 can do nothing; for th
offices of the State are in firm
and for the little clerkships
too stupid"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
An Easter jim

with bits of stick and
made a little nest;
I'vc chosen from my Eas'
that / like best;
And now III get the OLD
her on all six,
So she'll hatch out sol
pink and yellow
Harriet Brewster
Nicholas.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

T. e 10 s t t h Q
prize!" said Mar
ian Ell W o o d ,
bursting into the
sitting-room one
bright sunny af-
ternoon in Oct
oh er. "Alice g
Robbins won it,
and I will never
forgive her. be-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
rheIris h rrellx .ogsa."

The prefix so" before SO =
the names of Irish families
breyiation of the "ogha
prandchild.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
Great Britain controls twenty-one
out of every 100 square miles of the
earth's surface.

Only twenty per cent. Of the mur.
ders committed yearly in America and
Europe are ever found out.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

by slipping the splint with a string in
to the body shell ard extending the
cord up through the head. Features
are painted in grotesque expression.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07

enl HERE.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-04-07
VI ARIAN'S
EASTER LILY.
BY NARY E. cULLINANE.

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EDUCATIONAL

wOoDBURYs BUSINESS COLLEGE, 22s
s. Spring street. Los Angeles: the Oldest.
largest and most elegantly equipped
commercial school in Southern Califor-
mia: hundreds Of successful graduates in
banking and business houses; in session
all the year; enter any day; evening
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commercial, English and shorthand and
typewriting; thorough. practical and
progressive school; large faculty Of ex-
pert teachers; rates of tuition reasonable
Call or write for catalogue.
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COLLEGE, COURSES:
classical scientific. literary; thorough
preparatory department; fall term opens
September 18th at new building. Highland
Park. Address the president Rev. GUY
w. WADSWORTH, S27 Grand View ave-,
Los Angeles, Cal. we-sa24t
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TO LOAN-MONEY IN LARGE OR
small amounts at lower rates of interest
than others charge. on all kinds Of coll
lateral security, diamonds, watches. Jew
elry, pianos, furniture. life insurance and
all good collateral: partial payments re-
ceived; money quick; private office for
ladies. G. M. JONES, rooms E-14, 254 8.
Broadway. 1-3o-9s
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Low RATEs-E. c. CRIB, 21s s. Bd'wy.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES


FOR sALE-oN EASY TERMS; THE
Little Maggie Gold Mining claim, In the
Pinacate mining district. six miles west
of PERKS, Riverside county; the best
chance for practical miner with little
ready money to get hold Of genuine
producing mine that there is in Califor-
MIA today. Tho Little Maggie has been
worked off and on in primitive hand-to-
mouth way for several years, but never
to any great depth. Most Of the work has
been drifting and STOPPING, "above the
water" the water coming In at 60 feet.
The claim Is 1900 feet long. with the ledge
in sight every foot of the way, and we will
forfeit $500 If there Is foot Of 1t In which
there is not gold. The average yield in
the arastra extending over a period of
four years, has been about $50 to the ton
of ore. The best ore, and most Of it, has
been found at the greatest depth-that is,
below the water level. We are convinced,
not only from our own experience, but
from that Of the Good Hope, the Gavilan
and other mines In the immediate neigh
borhood, that depth is all that is neces-
sary to insure q great mine. Neither of
the mines mentioned had at a like depth
with the Little Maggie anything like the
showing the latter has. And the water,
though troublesome to US, because we lack
machinery with which to take care of it,
is in itself valuable. 1t could be sold for a
good price any day. though, of course, It
will be needed on the property whenever a
mill is put up. There is enough to run
ten stamps, and possibly twenty. The
property is in every way an interesting
one. We offer 1t for sale simply because
we haven't the means to develop 1t as
1t ought to be to be profitable. We will
sell 1t on the most liberal terms, and give
the buyer every opportunity to investi-
gate and satisfy himself of its value
before he invests cent. For further
information about 1t see ]. M. HASSON,
at the Office of Sherwood & Koyer, IA
s. Broadway. If
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MRS. WALKER, CLAIRvOYANr AND
life business reading medium; all business
affairs of life looked into for the ad.
vancement of your future. 316h 8. Gprina
street. Il
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FOUND-SAN DIEGO BOTTLED AND
key beer; family trade supplied with the
best beer in the market. At HEINZ 8
BOTTLING WORKS. 446 to 456 Central
ave. Telephone. main 80. r.
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HONEY TO LOAN
MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY TO LOAN
6PER CENT INTEREST
Cat maturity
In Amounts Of from $500 to $1,000.
TO BUILD HOMES
And to pay off MORTGAGES.
Note specially that we cancel the mort
gage in case of death of borrower (be-
fore debt is repaid).
Loan repayable in easy payments
SAME AS RENT
Loans can be repaid partly or in full
any time after one year; no delay; no
bonus, commission nor premium deduct
ed from loan. Call or write. The Protec-
tive Savings Mutual Building and Loan
Association, 4o6 s. Broadway, Los An
geles, Cal: "a
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NiscellaneouD

FOR SALE-HALF-INTER IN A
wen-established steam laundry, paying
good money and increasing daily For
particulars address O., box ~, Herald. %
FOR SALE-wE BUY AND SELL STORE
and office fixtures of all kinds, show
cases, doors and windows. ZIG e. Fourth
Ut. u
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Situations-Female

WANTED-BY AN EXPERIENCED
young woman, place to assist nights and
mornings in exchange for board and
room, with opportunity Of attending
school. Address L., box AZ, Herald. q
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FOR SALE-A BEAUTIFUL s-ROOM
house, with all modern improvements,
large lot and close to cars: this is a bar
gain. E. A. MILLER, 237 W. First st. 81
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Rooms and Board

WANTED-BY A GENTLEMAN, NICE
ly furnished suite of rooms, with bath;
also, breakfast and o'clock dinner; home
like and Of the best Address L., box 4S,
Herald 81
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WANTED-A SITUATION AS COMPAN-
ion to elderly lady or invalid gentleman;
thoroughly experienced. kind disposition.
and thoughtful for others. Address O.,
box 81, Herald u
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LOST. AND FOUND

TAKEN UP-JULY II, 1 DARK-BROWN
horse, white spot in forehead; about IL
hands high. Owner can see at Thirty
seventh ST., between Rosedale ave. and
Western ave-, by paying keeping and adj
vertising. w. L. DRENNEN. %
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Hotels and Lodging Houses

FOR SALE-A WELL-FURNISHED 20
room lodging house, location central, rea-
sonable rent; house full of steady room
ers; value $500. Address o., box 10, Her
aid. %
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WANTED-TO EMPLOY A MAN WITH
team for steady ranch work; must take
10 acres Of improved land; $500 payment
balance to be worked out; wages also
paid. Address O., box "A, Herald. %
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WANTED-wORK IN A DELICACY
store by bright colored girl; can draw
trade; willing to work hard and for small
wages. Address L., box IS. Herald. q
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City Lots and Lands

FOR SALE-ON THIRD AND ARNOLD
sts., the block between Bixel st. and Lucas
ave. Twelfth block west of Spring ST.,
some very handsome residence lots at
very low price for cash. The situation
and neighborhood are first-class. Inquire
of S. r. HENDERSON, 1857 W. Fourth
st., or at Herald office. Is
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WANTED-A PLACE BY A NICE, WILL
ing girl, IA years old, to help with house,
work. fond Of children: home nights. Ad-
dress K, box 81, Herald. 20
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FOR SALE-A HOUSE OF II ROOMS,
close in, neatly furnished, filled with
steady roomers; price $500. Address o.,
box -, Herald. q
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WANTED-TO EXCHANGE CITY PROP
erty for about to acres of land, planted
to small fruits; house and buildings and
good water supply. Address L., box q,
Herald. q
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NINE. GRACE, CARD MEDIUM AND
Palmst; the wonder of the 18th century;
reveals the past. present and future. ~
s. Los Angeles st.. between Fifth and
Sixth sts. -
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WANTED-A MAN WITH CAPITAL TO
join an experienced confectioner in start
ing business in a new territory; splendid
chance for a bright, energetic man. Ad-
dress O., box so, Herald. 20
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WANTED-A SITUATION AS COOK;
thoroughly competent in every respect
country preferred. Address O.. box q,
Herald. %
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WANTED-To EXCHANGE FINE BUsI-
ness property in city Of st. Louis, Mo-. sit
uated on Main st.; rented for last Is years
to one firm for manufacturing purposes,
for residence property. in city Of Los An
geles; Westlake district preferred; value,
$4,000. Address K. box "a, Herald. 20
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WANTED-POSITION BY FIRST CLASS
collector; wheel; references. Address K,
box &c, Herald. ~