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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02
PUBLIC DEMANDS
DANGEROUS SPEED
RAILWAY OFFICIAL EXPLAINS
ACCIDENT RECORD
ssserts Patrons Of Lines Protest II
Cars Are Not Run at
Fast Rate Through
City

The report of the coroner for the year
lust closed might lead people to be-
lieve that the electric railways are
IN league with the Grim Reaper, for the
number of persons who have met death
by means of the city and interurban
cars IS without precedent in any city
Of like population in the United States.
Twenty-nine persons have been killed
by thA Pacific Electric and Los An
geles rhilways alone, and twenty-three
deaths have been caused by the cars
Of othd companies, making the total
share d the burden of human lives to
be bore by the companies amount to
fifty-tvp.
This record has caused much COM
ment ahong the people of Los Angeles
and tho companies have been censured
by the people.
1t hal been charged by many that
the cars are run at too high rate of
speed fd the safety of the pedestrian
or the nssenger, but the officials con-
tend th;t the speed is in accordance
with trademarks of the public
Demand Fast Service
A traffic official of one of the COM
panies Jhen asked last night how he
accountd for the appalling number
of deatS said:
ut ishbsolutely necessary for us to
run thecars at high rate of speed
In. ordefthat, the people may have rapid
transportation from one place to an
other. The public condemns us for
causing so much loss of life and yet
what re we to do? If we reduce the
speed md attempt to run the cars more
slowlywe receive complaints from ev-
cry sic to the effect that we are CIV
ing pbr service, and the business men
prott that they cannot afford to
vast SO much time on the cars.
I've have a complete system and the
linefcross and recross so many times
thafit is almost impossible to avoid
an OCCASIONAL accident"
When asked if there would be any
spfal precautions taken to guard
aglnst accidents this year the official
sal the rules OF the companies are
aRady strict and that conductors and
ntormen will be required to abide by
tim in every particular.
The bars which have been placed at
th sides of the cars in order to pre-
Ynt passengers alighting on the in
de and running the risk of being
hooked down by cars on the other
fack are considered among the best
evices in use at the present time
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02
PEACE BRO0DS OVER
POLICE DEPARTMENTS
New Year Ushered In With Unusual
Good Behavior On Part of Gus
tomary Offenders

Whether or not the larger portion of
New Year resolutions are to be kept
longer than one day police officers at
the city police station are not pre-
pared to say. but yesterday was the
quietest New Years day that even the
Oldest man ON the force had exper-
fenced Even the old timer who from
habit if nothing more, was wont 20
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02
PE-CO DANCING
ACADEMY

NEW YEARS SOCIAL,
SATURDAY, DEC. 81.
Presents given away.
Drawing az II o'clock.
Call for coupon at door.
DON'T FORGET THE
NEW YEARS NATL
NEE, Monday, Jan 2,
2:S0 to $50. Tel. Home
S2O1.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02

The ink plant of Now Grenada is curiosity.
The Juice of it can be used as ink without
any preparation. At first the writing is red,
but after a few hours 1t changes to black.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-02
Concert in Evening

The closing event of the Tournament
of Roses is to be given in the Lowe
opera house this evening by the Pasa-
dena Choral society, Of 122 members,
assisted by an orchestra of thirty-five
pieces from the Grand, Raymond and
Maryland hotels, assisted by some
twenty soloists of the Los Angeles
Symphony orchestra, all under the
leadership of Henry Schoenefeld. The
following program will be presented
Overture, Merry Wives of Windsor
(NicolaD; Gypsy Life" (Schumann),
chorus and orchestra; aria from He
rodiade" (MasseneD, Mrs. Walter Ray
mond; "Reverie" (Schoenefeld), orches-
ira Farewell to the Forest (Men-
delssohn), a Capella chorus; "Hiawa-
tha Wedding Feast" (Coleridge-Tay-
lori. tenor solo, chorus and orchestra,
Joseph p. Depuy, tenor; "A New Years
Song" (Mendelssohm, a Capella cho-
rus
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
Beauty and the Beast.

A we'll known southern churchman
was recently visiting New York, ac-
companied by his wife, who is as beau
were walking down Broadway one sun
ny afternoon, and the pair attracted
much attention One Of two young
sports" evidently thinking to attract
the favorable attention Of the church
mans wife, in an audible aside re
marked that 1t was another case Of
''the beauty and the beast Quick as
a wink the husband turned and, as he
swung his right to the speakers jaw,
scoring knockout, said, Il am man
OF peace. but 1 never allow any one to
call my wife a beast."-Sew York
Tribune.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
Gladstone. Early Jox..

When Mr.. Gladstone was quite an
old man it CHANGED that he and Mr.
Chaplin We're staying at the 81 me coun-
try house together on visit One
night after dinner the Grand Old Man
asked Mr.. Chaplin whether his grand
mother had not lived in a certain
street in Mayfair. Mr.. Chaplin replied
that she had done So WE'LL said Mr..
Gladstone, Il remember it distinctly.
lived next door to her for awhile when
I was a child. She used to give even
ing parties. When the carriages were
assembled to take Up. my brother and
l used to creep ont 81 bed-it was in
the summer time-softly open the win
dow, get out our squirts and discreetly
fire away at the coachmen on the
boxes. l remember the intense delight
with which we used to see them look
up to the sky and call out to ask each
other whether it wasn't beginning to
rain"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
Negro Gets Respite.

Atlanta, Dec. 9.-On the eve of his
expected execution for the murder of
his wife, Melton Brown. q Baker coun.
ty negro, was Thursday night granted
a respite by Governor Terrell until
Dec. -. in order that the prison com.
mission may have opportunity to pass
upeo his application for Communication
TO life imprisonment.
Brother Of President Harrison Dead
Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 9.-Captaiu
Carter B. Harrison, brother of the late
President BENJAMIN Harrison, is dead
at his home near Murfreboro. Tenn
aged IS years The deceased was ap-
pointed by his brother to be United
States marshal for toe middle district
OF Tennessee. Captain Harrison served
calamity through the civil war on the
federal side.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15

The smallest bound book In the great
collection Of miniature books owned by
the New York Library society Is a cam
paign document issued in 1852 1t
bears not only the distinction of being
the smallest volume In the great col
lection referred to. but has been pro-
nOunced by experts in bOOklOre to be
one Of the tiniest books in existence
1t contains but fourteen leaves. each
Of which Is closely printed on both
sides In microscopic type Each leaf
ID one and One-half inches in length
and seven-eighths Of an inch in width.
The title page bears the following In
scription: Life and Public Services of
General Pierce. Respectfully Dedicat-
ed to General Lewis Cass. Concord
Press, 1851
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Don't abuse your rival Behave bet
ter than he does
Every one has an excuse for drink
ing. None Of them is good
How many people are you comfort
able" with: Not very many probably.
When it comes to romance, the kind
found In books is very superior to the
real thing
1t is stated there is an exception to
every rule. but don't hope you will be
one to the rule OF old age
A good many people are like little
birds in a nest When you praise them
they lie still with their mouths wide
open for more
Engines are very much like people.
The switch engine makes more fuss
around the depot than the engines on
the through trains The cheaper the
person, the more trouble he causes
AtchisOn Globe
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15

p1A1shAen4 That was InA1etea R0O
HeBIeeting Their ReDaar.
". h Wheeler In his History Of the
Fens Of South Lincolnshire" quotes
Harrison as saying. in his preface to
as. having walls or banks near unto
the sea. do suffer the same to decay.
after convenient 4dmonition, whereby
the water entereth and drowneth up
the country, are b: a certain ancient
custom apprehended- condemned and
sfaked in the breach. where they re-
main forever q parcel Of the new wall
that Is 10 be made ulon them, as
have heard reported."-P 10
Harrison, so far as 1 am at present
able to make out, Is the earliest au-
thority for this, and be only speaks Of
it as a report
In paper by the Rev F. G. J. Spur
rell in The Archaeoiogia Cantiana" re
lating to hartford. find the following.
which, though il is by no means a proof
Of what Harrison had heard, tends TO
make the statement less improba bic
than it otherwise would be:
I'm early times the Roman way
crossed the marsh untroublei by the
tide Afterward. the tide having adj
vanced further inland, the road was
raised, becoming a causeway. In me-
diaeval times this bank was heighren-
ed against the tide, the road running
inside, as at present During a section
made few years ago through this
road, near Stdolph's house, 1 saw a
human skeleton extended across the
bank about two feet below the pres
ent surface. This Il. of course, a
strange situation; but. looking to the
fact that II was q tide wall, il Is DOS
sibie that the once owner of the skeIe-
ton had the duty Of repairing the bank
and, having let the tide through by his
neglect, was placed in the breach, thus
helping to repair 1t while suffering
punishment s. Smiles has mentioned
that such a mode OF dealing was a me-
diaeval custom However. know not
how far the ancient graveyard extend
ed hereabOut. SO that the body, which
showed no signs Of burial, might yet
have been buried in sacred ground."-
London Notes and Queries
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
BUSY INSECT EATERS.

What one Doy's Hoatfng DroaSht -
= DrO01 ~ PfeA Wagtaals.
A close student Of bird life writes:
AOissrvat5on Of several species Of I'm
ser .orous birds has shown that the
parent birds will. when their family is
growing up, make between them In the
ndghb0rhood Of so visits to the nest
IN the course Of day. carrying on
each occasion a whole beak load Of
GnAts or spiders or larvae. For the
birds which feed ON gnats or other
small life generally take to their youn-
Eosf not single insects, but a whole
collection at time. On one occasion
I spent an hour i'm taking the record
Of pied wagtaii which had its brood
Of newly fedged youSg ones In an old
diSused punt that had settled down at
its mo0Hfngs into the mud at the side
Of the pond During the hour the male
bird alone was looking after the fami-
y the female amused herself by run
ming about on the bank catching in
secrs for her own consumption and
varying the occupation with long spells
Of attention to her toilet The male
bird, ON the other hand, never rested
for one minute from his work Of bread
winning As his hunting ground was
the open surface Of the pond. above
which he fitted, he was never out Of
my sight
I'm the course OF the hour he made
fwenty-eight trips. the shortest absence
from the young lasting one and a half
minutes and the longest nearly six
minutes. On no occasion did he remain
at the punt for more than fifteen sec
ends or just long enough to turn over
the food collected on the last trip to
the proper y0ungster and be OF again.
Myr1ads Of gnats were dancing above
tho water, and at each dip the bird
struck at one. but one could not see
whether he always caught his quarry
or not. As Tar as it was possible to
guess he always did. On his shortest
absence he made over forty shots, and
from that the number ran up to con-
sjderably over 200.
'SuppOsing that he missed his aim
half the time or afterward dropped or
swallowed the insects. 50 that half Of
them were wasted and failed 10 reach
the family at home, there must have
been from 100 to 1000 gnats brought
back to the punt In the course Of that
one hour. Later in the day both parent
birds were hawking simultaneously,
each returning methodfcally to the
young every two or three minutes.
What the gross consumption Of insects
was In the course Of the day it Is i'm
possible to guess. but it can hardly
have been less than 10000 or 1900
and was probably twice as many"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
RULES FOR A HOME.

Remember that home begins with
charity.
Remember that open windows make
health epidemic.
II You must worry, take a big thing.
The little things will knock you out.
Keep your children, your dogs and
Jour troubles away from your guests.
The dining room should always be
sacred. That is the one room where no
scraps should be allowed
Have the same standard Of morals
for yourself as for your children. You
need It as much as they 10.
There are three standpoints to every
hOme-your own, your wife's and the
cooks. Try and forget your own.
Put over the front door for every
member Of the family to read, HE
who enters here leaves satire behind"
Buy everything ON the installment
plan by paying for it all In one install
ment-the frst-TOm Mason in Judge
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
DIVISION MADE OF REWARD.
Everybody Who Helped Capture Walk
er Will Get Something.

er Will Get Something.
Atlanta, Dec. S.-Governor Terrell
has reached a conclusion as to who
should be paid the reward offered By
the state for the capture of Jim Walk
er, alias Will Brice, who was wanted
for criminal assault upon Mrs. G. W.
Moore.
The rewards offered by the state
was $3.50, and this was the only amount
with wnicn the governor had to deal.
Il has been decided. however. by taose
Interested that the other rewards
should be paid in the same manner
as that offered by he state. SO that
Governor Terrell's finding practically
controls as to the division Of the other
rewards. amounting to $500. of which
5000 was offered by Mr. Moore and
his son, and $500 by a number of prom
inent citizens of that section. The to-
tai reward to be divided, therefore. is
$3.50.
There were a number Of claimants
for the rewards.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15

There Is a japanese rabbit hunting
story" says Japanese authority.
(which runs as follows:
'One Jap meets another in the hunt
ing season with a gun over his Shout
der.
AHA! Been shOOtingT he says.
You look upset
I am upset. replied the huntsman,
and with good reason. / started a rab-
bit. Cherry Blossom. my dog. ran aft
er It, fired, and Cherry Blossom fell. :
Too bad. And the rabbitT
The rabbit. 1t brought Cherry
Blossom back and laid her at my feet A"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
GlassaakinG.

Much mystery has in times past at
tached to the art Of glassmaking. 1t
was formerly the custom for the work
men in setting pots In the glass furnace
to protect themselves from the heat by
dressing in the skins Of Wild animals
from head to foot. To this queer garb
were added glass google eyes. and thus
the most hideOus looking monsters
were readily presented to the eye.
Show was made Of themselves In the
neighborho0d, to the infinite alarm Of
children, old women and others
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
a HEROIC BATTLE.
The RoeDy wo0 the Sea, anA the
C0IOReA Troops Won

The Kae1y wes the Sea, anA the
CoI0feA Troops Won-
No engagement Of the civil war Was
carried ON with more heroism and en-
durance than that fought by the For
ty-ninfh United States coIored troops
after hostiiities were over. The Maya
zine Of American History contains an
account Of the tusslc in which the
black soldiers bore themselves 50
braveIy The steamer Me.Timac, load
ed with cotton. left New Orleans for
New York carrying, besides her reg
ular passengers, thirty officers and 800
ooIored priyates.
For several days all went we'll Then
the vessel sprung aleak, fires were
dampened and the af9rm spread 1t
was found that the iron supply pipe
through which the water for the con-
denser was taken from the sea was
broken, and the place Of leakage could
not be reached. The passengers were
panic stricken. One small, fat German
went about wringing his hands and
crying:
~Ach, we are at the bottom Of the
sea: II we gets pack to New Orleans
will deg git me pack my monish:'
The water gained fast The only
hope lay in keeping afoat until YES
sci could be sighted. The colored
troops were pressed into service and
proved themselves the heroes of the
occasion. A line Of men was establish
ed from the hold to the deck, and buck
cts were passed az rapidly as hands
could move On deck another line
stepped back and forth with well
trained military tread. The work be
low was most exhausting. The men at
don more than three minutes at q
time. They were blinded and half
strangled by the swashing sea water
and bruised By the Jumps Of coal
which dashed about
But no one fakered, and high above
the noise rose the clear, sweet voices
Of the workers, now singing an army
song, now a CHEEKY negro melody. The
music brought new hope to the hearts
Of the passengers. Hour after hour
the men worked and sang, and the sea
did not gain on them.
Two days passed. and the drinking
water gave out. Then they could no
longer sing. and their parched throats
were eased only by a scanty supply
Of oranges and lemons, but still they
worked On the third day the lights of
q steamer were seen only half mile
away. Rockets We're sent up, and
with great difficulty, on account Of
her wet ammunition, gun was fired
To the dismay of all. the steamer pass
ed on. Quickly the soldiers formed a
line once more, and the wearisome la
Dor began again.
After siXty-five hours Of bucket pass
ing steamer was sighted which re-
sponded to the call for help, and the
waterlogged Merrimac was lowed into
harbOr
The men who had sung 50 cheerily in
the midst Of hard labor and in the face
Of death were thoroughly exhausted.
but they had not lost their light heart
ed gayety
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
1ryant,. Re~-.er.t1o..

1t - amusing TO know how small were
the pecuniary rewards Of Bryant's lit
saaKy labors. Two dollars q poem was
the price that be named, and he seemed
to b abundantly satisfied with the
terms. A gentleman met him In New
York many years after and said to him,
81 have just bought the earliest edition
Of your poems and gave SO for t"
More, by a long shot," replied the
poet, ''than received for writing the
whole work"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
A Cheerful View,

Walters mamma was very sick with
rheumatism, and he was rubbing her
arms when she said, Walter, it is too
bad that mamma is such trouble to
Jou"
Walter replied cheerfuIly: Never
mind, mamma. II you are only just
alive we don't care how much you SUI
fer"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
Ha. P~Ysuit.

May ask" inquired the melancholy
stranger, what il your pursuit In
Nfer
1T depends" replied Subbubs, up
on whether I'm going or coming. It's
tie 7:48 train In the, morning and the
6:l2 at night. "-Philadelphia Ledger
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
4 hit 81 . Bull.

Engiishman. told him II he didn't hold
hls tongue be would break his impene-
trable head and let the brains out Of
his empty skull
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15
Used t. Bexwin1,

Graspit (angrily)-What! More mon
ey? II you keep on you'll bankrupt
me. Then, after I'm dead, you will be
a begsar- Mrs. Graspit (calmly)-Oh,
well. I'd be a great deal better or than
some poor woman who never had any
experience in that line.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15

The Name Fooled Hin.
"Are you fond of smelts?''
"Never tasted it."
"Eh! Smells are fishes"
Fishes! I thought they were some
kind Of cheese"ICleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-12-15

A lie always has a certain amount OF
weight with those who wish to believe
it.-Rfce
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
In Praise Of Chambcrlain's Cough
Remedy.

There is no other medicine mauu-
iactured that has received so much
praise and 81 many expressions OF
gratitude as Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, II is effective, aud
prompt relief follows its use.
Grateful parents everywhere do not
hesitate la testify To its merits Tor
the benefit of others. II is a certain
cnre for Group and will prevent the
attack II given at the first appear
ancc of the disease. 1t is especially
adapted To children as il is pleasant
To take and contains nothing
injurious. T.. \, Humphreys, a
well known resident and clerk in
the store of T.. Lock, OF Alice, Cape
Colony, Sonth Africa, says; II
have used Chamherlain's Cough
Remedy To ward Oft Group and
colds in my family. | found it to
be very satisfactory and it gives me
pleasure To recommend it,. For
sale by Jackson : Pharmacy.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
Proposals for Street Work

Sealed proposals will be received al
the office OF the Recorder of the City OF
~. Johns, Oregon, until December q,
IoSS, at ! O'Clock p. m, for the improve
ment OF Satlin street from the east line
OF Lively street to Jersey street in the
manner provided by ordinance No. 90,
subject to the provisions OF the charter
and ordinances of the City of ST. Johns,
and the plans, specifications aud esti-
mates OF the City Engineer on file.
Bids must be strictly i'm accordance
with printed blanks which will be fur.
nished ON application at the Office of the
Recorder OF the City of St. Johns, and
said Improvement must be completed on
or before % days from the date of last
publication OF notice for proposals for
said work.
No proposals or bids will be con-
sidered unless accompanied by a certi-
ned check payable to the order of the
Mayor OF the City of ST Johns, certified
by responsible bank, for an amount
equal TO ten per cent of the aggregate
proposal.
The right to reject any and ell bids is
hereby reserved.
BY order of the city council.
]. w. HANKS.
Recorder of the City of St. Johns.
'uohshed IN the ST. Johns Review Dec
smoer 3, Is, %, 1905.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
Proposals for Street Vol

Sealed proposals will be iess1s~
the Office OF the Recorder Of inc ~
St. Johus, Oregon. until peesnm
1905, at 4 o'clock, p. m, ioI -
ment of Lively street from nof'n "a
Thompson street TO south ine srk|
street, i'm the manner proyided
nance No. 6I, subject to the pross,sr .s. n
the charter and ordinances oi 'h
of St. Johns. and the plans,
tions and estimates OF the Siy lE
on file. ..,.s.ss|
Bids must be strictly in aseI' = =
with printed blanks, which will
nished ON applications at the oihs . = 4
Recorder OF the City OF St. Joa.s
said improvement must be ecli~
OF before sixty days from the uS~ -, 4 a
publication OF notice for pioP
said work. ,s;irsu|
No proposals or bids will be Co.'S y,
unless accompanied by certified = = Is|
payable to the order OF the NAV ,,s.s|
City of ST. Johns, certified oy NJ Il
sible bank. for an amount eq
per cent of the aggregate prv m 10 4
The right to reject any ana ~
hereby reserved. !,
BY order of the city council,
Recorder of the City OF 81 "
Published in the St. Johns ke'N
ember s, IS, a. iSr
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
Couldn't Agree,

A jury was ont from Portland on
Friday to appraise the Cation tract
north OF this city, over which the
O, X. X \, are seeking a right of
way, The jury was impanelled by
Judge Frazer's court and spent
some hours in looking over the
city, after seeing the tract. Mr.,
Cation, who has owned the prop
erty over half century, asks the
railroad $1,000 per acre-and the
offer is $500. As the jury of APP
praisers could not agree the rail
way will commence a condemna-
tion suit.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1905-12-22
MISE BROS. Dentists,

Failing Muhdmg yOr th,Id aud Mash Sts
npsa vNcuiugs am y g. m SUNDAYS t,Om
tots Nt Main sos9.