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Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
LAND LUBBERS MAN
SEA-G0ING STEAMER
Tallors, Chemists, Brlcklayers and
Other Mechanics Do the Work
Of Sailors

Other M echancs Do the Work
Of Sailors
Special Cable to The Herald.
HAMBURG, Aug. ia large
schooner, with a crew of thirteen men,
not one of whom is seaman, has ar
rived at Orth from Riga
The captain is the only bona-fide
sailor among them, the rest of the
ships company consisting of agricul-
tural laborers, mechanics, tailors,
chemists, bricklayers and paperhang-
ers, all of whom are fugitives from
Russia.
They have hired themselves out to
the ships captain and are being in
structed in the work Of ordinary sea-
men.
They receive no pay, working for
their keep alone and apparently, are
we'll satisfied with their novel exist
ence.
The schooner is bound for Bremen
with a cargo of straw and will after
ward sail for Hull.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
HEARS SOFT MUSIC AS
HE FALLS DOWN ALPS
Mountain Climber Tells of an Odd
Experience in Dash From
Precipce
Special Gable to The Herald,

Special Cable to The Herald.
GENEVA, Aug. 19.-Prof. Helm,
geologist and Alpine climber, at
meeting of the Swiss Alpine club,
described the sensations he experienced
in falling from a high precipice in the
Saentes Alps.
He was not troubled in breathing and
felt none of the paralyzing terror which
often overwhelms men in the face of
a sudden catastrophe He felt tranquil,
but was endowed with unusual mental
activity. Varied thoughts and ideas
flashed rapidly through his brain.
A thousand long-forgotten incidents
of his past life came pleasantly TO his
memory. Then came the sound of soft
and soothing music, and at that in
stant he knew that he had struck
ground.
He lost consciousness absolutely
without pain or the slightest sensation
of shock.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
REID GOES VISITING
viii Make Round Of Calls at English
Country Seats

Special Cable to The Herald
LONDON. Aug. 19.-Whitelaw Reid,
the American ambassador, and Mrs.
and Miss Reid have gone on a three
weeks tour of the country houses of
their English friends and will make part
of the journey in a motor car. The
first visit will be paid to the earl of
Dartmouth at Patchell house, Wolver-
ham, and the next to the duke and
duchess of Somerset at Maiden Bradley
Bath, where they will stay until
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reid, Immediately on
the conclusion of their round of visits,
hope to entertain at Wrest Park, the
beautiful estate OF the late Earl Cow
per, Bedfordshire, which the ambas-
sador recently leased.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
PERSIA'S P0TENTATE
JOLLY WEDDING GUEST
Shah Insists on Being Photographed
With the Bride and
Bridegroom
gpecIaI cable 70 rhe IIeraId.

Special Cable TO The Herald
PARIS, Aug 19.-During his visit
here the shah of Persia has given M.
Paoli, the police commlssary appointed
to protect him, many uncomfortable
moments
The other day while visiting the
Jardin d'Acclimatation his majesty en-
countered near the Palm house a Joy
Gus wedding party, who we're being
photographed.
He Joined the group and, after shak-
ing hands with the bride and BRIDE
groom, said he would be photographed
with them. M. Paoli demonstrated, but
1t was all in vain.
When the photograph had been taken
the bride and bridegroom and their
friends danced round the shah in a
ring. His majesty laughed heartily
and 1t was only on the urgent and re-
peated remonstrances Of M. Paoli, who
feared that he might be treated with
undue familiarity by the hilarious
group, that his majesty could at length
be induced to leave the spot.
When he did move away the wedding
guests broke out into deafening cries
of "Vive le bon shahn' and continued
cheering the sovereign until he was
well out of sight.
His majesty decided that he would
go and buy jewelry this morning, but
whensh he reached the hall Of his hotel
and saw the escort awaiting for him
he turned back into the hotel.
Nobody knew what he was going to
do until the word "billiards" fell from
his lips. In the billiard room he
knocked the balls about for three min
utes, making a pocket, cannon and a
miss. Then he threw the chalk at the
grand vizier, saying: you play!"
And the grand vizier had to play, al
though he had apparently never hand
led billiard cue before. When he had
knocked the ball off the table twice
and had tripped over his cue the shah
laughed heartily and put an end to his
troubles by declaring play over.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
FIRES PUT OUT
AUTOMATICALLY
French Chief lnvents Good System
for Theaters and Public
n,.Ildinoo

Buildings
Special Cable to The Herald.
NANTES, France. Aug. 19.-Fire Chief
Come has invented what he calls "An
Automatic Fireman" Its installation
renders theaters, and in fact every
kind of building, fireproof The pro-
tected house is elaborately wired. The
moment the temperature in any part
rises above a certain limit, an annun-
ciator notifies the watchman, while at
the same time, an automatic sprinkler
puts out the fire, the sprinkler being
fitted with a cover that melts away
when the temperature rises above a
certain point. The annunciator an
nounces the danger to the watchman
only. Thus a panic is forestalled.
The Grand theater in Nantes intro
duced the novelty and 1t was put to a
successful test three times. Its annun-
ciator covers 500 different parts of the
theater.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
town which had existed on the SPOT

town which had existed on the SPOT
now known az Lippivy wood
Bodley thereupon made a thorough
examination Of the ground and came
to the conclusion that a town must
have stood there Excavations were
begun and It was soon proved that the
schoolmaster's theory was correct.
A foot below the surface OF the
ground, near the roots Of some large
trees, the searchers unearthed three
handsome, tessallated pavements. such
as we're used TO pave the atrium of a
Roman house. Further digging re-
vealed the foundations of large Ro-
man villa, which, Judging by It's size
and shape, may have belonged to the
governor or centurion.
The most interesting discovery 10
what at present Is believed to be a cop
per vestal urn, in which fire used to
be kept burning night and day in honor
of vesta. The searchers, who are con-
fdent Of further interesting discoveries,
have surrounded their operations with
considerable secrecy. Photographers
are not allowed near the excavations.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
INTENSE HEAT DRIVES
TOURISTS FROM ITALY
Americans Testify That Early Morn-
Ing Is Worse Than the Hottest
New York Weather

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS, Aug. 19.-TAmerican tourists
are arriving in large numbers from
Italy, having been driven out by the
tremendous heat. One party comes
from Florence. where everything is at
melting point"
I'VE got tired of talking degrees" "
said an American girl. Enough said
when tell you that in Florence it was
as hot at s O'Clock in the morning as
1t is in New York at noon on the very
hottest day ever recorded. The cafes,
ice cream shops, etc., were filled with
people as early as and a. m, all
demanding cold drinks. The mayor
ordered that all public conveyances
must be closed carriages, because of
the murderous sun. And the nights as
hot as the days. We fled to Rome,
celebrated for its cool nights. But
there, too, evening GOODNESS was no.
ticeable for it's absence only and our
sufferings continued. People were
creeping along the houses for bit OF
shade and no one dared cross a public
square for fear of sun stroke. / saw
police officers and others, forced to be
In the streets, raise their fists to
heaven and curse the sun that was
slowly killing them.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
LIGHTNING STRIKES
BRIDEGROOM AT ALTAR
Young Hungarian Priest Killed by
Bolt While Preaching In
Church

Special Cable to The Herald.
VIENNA, Aug. 19.-Thunderstorm
which have been occurring in Austria
and Hungary have caused some re-
markable fatalities
Lightning struck a pillar of church
while a marriage service was being cell
ebrated and famed the bridegroom,
whose shoe was burned.
A cherry tree at Arzberg. near Graz.
in which twelve boys were picking
the fruit, was struck by lightning and
six of the boys were killed. The re-
mainder were uninjured.
During service in a church near
Miskolcz young priest was killed
while preaching in the pulpit.
A house at Oberpuchberg in styria,
in which twelve people We're having
dinner, was struck by lightning and
six OF the occupants sitting on one side
OF the table were killed. The other six
escaped, but were stunned.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
DECIDES TO CHANGE
ILL-S0UNDlNG NAME
Master Mariner With Experiences
Alters His Name From death"
IN That oF HDelthU

Alters HIS Name FROM "Deatn
to That of "Delth"
Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Aug. 19-George Thomas
Deith, master mariner who lives at
Forest Gate, has rid himself of sur
name to which reasonable objection
might be taken.
Until he gave notice recently Of his
execution of deed-poll he was known
as George Thomas Death.
His most exciting adventure at sea.
apart from being nearly washed over
board on several occasions, was when
he was shipwrecked while sailing from
Australia to San Francisco.
The crew Of his vessel put off In two
small boats and nearly drifted ashore
on an island inhabited by cannibals.
They were eventually rescued by
friendly tribe, after having been for
two days without food or drink, during
which time one of the men died and
two went mad and jumped overheard.
He had series of hairbreadth es-
capes in Australia, where he left his
ship and journeyed up country into the
bush Here he was nearly drowned in
swampy marsh. narrowly escaped
losing his life in bush fire, lost his
way, and again nearly perlshed from
thirst.
His real object in changing his name
Is that he is now acting as first officer,
and as he hopes to soon have COM
mand he thinks that few passengers
would care about risking voyage in
ship captained by Death.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
TO ESTABLISH HAVEN
FOR WORN OUT ARTISTS
eciai Cable TO The Herald.

Special Cable TO The Herald,
PARIS, Aug. 19.-The success of the
project for creating a refuge for worn
out actors has led to scheme for in
stituting a similar retreat for painters,
sculptors and architects. Tony Robert
Fleury president of the soclete Artist.
has elaborated the project The So
ciety has legacy Of $4,000 as nezt
egg and expects to raise the fund 70
$4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
LADY HOPE PUBLISHES NEW
MAGAZINE
is INTENDED FOR SERVANTS
Ii Is a Two Penny Monthly and Is
Run Largely In Connection
With the Home
Club
Special Gable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald
LONDON, Aug. 19.-The small and
select body of titled women editors has
just been strengthened by the entrance
into its ranks of Lady Hope who has
practically, single handed, brought into
existence the Home Club magazine, a
journal which opens up new ground.
II is intended solely for the servants
throughout the country, and might ap-
propriately have been named the
World Below Stairs.
The first number. just published, is
IN a very great measure the work of
its editor, Lady Hope, who will con-
tinue to watch over the destinies of the
bright little monthly which caters for
class not hitherto represented by a
journal.
Lady Hope may we'll be pleased with
the first number of her twopenny
monthly. The Home Club magazine Is
triumph of individual energy. The
magazine is run, to large extent, in
connection with the Home club, an In
stitution which has expanded so rapidly
and so successfully that it has out
stripped its capital account.
The shape and design of the journal
were arranged by Lady Hope. Illus
trations that appear therein were pro-
vided by her The editorial was penned
by this indefatigable lady and the
July number contains the first portion
of serial story of which she is the
author. Some interesting pages of
nature" were compiled by her and she
has also contributed an article on Sum
day reading. In addition she obtained
some very interesting contributions,
one by Frank Bullen on Travelling
Servants" and another on Cookery"
by Mrs Agnes B. Marshall. and Lady
Hope also gave attention to obtaining
advertisements with which to launch
the first number.
Lady Randolph Churchill was one of
the first women of title to edit a mag
azine. That charming quarterly, the
Anglo-Saxon Review, started and con-
Quoted by Lady Randolph Churchill, al
though comparatively short-lived, will
long be remembered.
Lady Marjorie Gordon. now Lady
Marjorie Sinclair. the daughter of the
Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, entered
upon literary career at very early
age and edited the Children's page of
her mothers magazine, Onward and
Upward, subsequently taking control
OF the bright little child's paper. Wee
Willie Winkie.
Lady Cook. better known by her
maiden name of Miss Tennessee Clahin,
produced with her sister In the States
years ago Woodruff & Claims Weekly
and during recent years she has writ
ten a great deal on social subjects.
Lady Colin Campbell's work as art
editor Of the World Is well known. as
Is that Of Lady Violet Greville. who
regularly contributes to the weekly
Graphic,
Lady Knightley Of Fawsley is
another distinguished lady editor. For
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
YOUNG WOMAN SAVES FIVE
CHILDREN FROM DROWNING
M Cnh1a tn Tha Herald

Special Gable to The Herald.
BERLIN, Aug. 19.-Five young girls
were rescued from drowning at Hat
tlngen by the 23-year-old daughter of
a bathing machine owner. She swan
out to sea, fully dressed, and safely
brought the children to land.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
HARPIES CLAIM TO HAVE CON-
.TR0L OF PLANETS
SECURE MONEY AND PROPERTY
CharIatans Rob GuIIIbIe Woman by
Promising That They VIII
Direct Stars for Her
Benefit
special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Aug. 19.-Ignorant super
stition dies hard, as an extraordinary
story Of credulity told at Penzance yes
terday proves.
Beatrice Nichols and Savina Mich
oils were charged with frauds upon an
unmarried woman named Elizabeth
Williams whom they induced to part
with $3.50 and various household goods
by promises to work upon the plan
ets' for her benefit.
Miss Williams at one time had been
housekeeper to a farmer, by whom she
had child, but is now living with her
mother at St. Hilary, Narration, about
six miles from Penzance.
In june, 1904, the two sisters Nichols
called upon her and said that they
would "get her home back" If she
would give them $25.
The sum was handed over to them
and they undertook to work on the
planets" so effectually that the house
would belong to her before Christmas.
The house referred to, it may be said,
once belonged to the man for whom
Miss Williams acted as housekeeper.
Later on the two women again called
on their credulous dupe and terrified
her with the threat that her child
would die. This could only be averte1
If she gave them $100 more. for which
sum they would save her child and also
get her back the house.
fear, went up to Penzance and drew
$100 from her scanty savings and
handed it over.
The Planet Has Dropped
Naturally the harpies renewed their
demands. More money they said. was
wanted for working upon the planets,
and when their victim protested that
she had no more they made her take
off her watch and gold chain and give
it to them.
Then the mother, Odessa Nichols,
called on the simple woman and told
her that she possessed the art of
thoughtreading and could stop "con-
juring Ill wishing" She demanded $500.
but only got sovereign.
Then the sisters raised fresh scare.
They rushed into her house with every
appearance of fright and exclaimed
simultaneously. "Oh, my God. tha
planet has dropped" They explained
that the effect of this would be the
death of the child.
The frightened woman burst into
tears, but they comforted her by saying
they could work the planet back for
another s1OO. BY this means they ex-
torted the last money. about $50, that
remained to this simple woman.
When the money was gone they
turned their attention to her household
goods and did not even despise poultry
or other farmyard produce. They took
away bedsheets and said they had
burned them to scare away evil spirits.
The two women pleaded guilty and
were each sentenced TO three months'
imprisonment. odessa Nichols. their
mother was fined $40 for her share In
the frauds
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
RUINS OF A ROMAN CITY
FOUND IN HAMPSHIRE
Ancient History Of English County
Reveals Site OF Buried Villa
20 the QnhooInnaatar
Ipecial Gable to The Herald,

Special Cable TO The Herald.
LONDON. Aug. 19.-The remains OF
what is believed to have been a Roman
city have been discovered by curious
chance near West Neon, In Hampshire
Some weeks ago schoolmaster named
T. H. Bodley discovered an old and
rare history OF Hampshire. The vol
ume contained a reference TO q Roman
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20

customer-Waiter, this steak is like
leather. Take It away.
Waiter-Can't change it now, sir;
you've bent 1.-THE Taller.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
Attack of DIarrhOea Cured by One Dose
of Chamberlain'H Collie, Cholera
and DinrrhOea Remedy

/ was so weak from an atlHcK OF
diarrhoea that l could scarcely attend
to my duties, when 1 took a dose of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. 1t cured me entirely
and / had been taking other medicine
for nine days without relief. l heartily
recommend this remedy as being the
best to my knowledge for bowel COM
plaints-R. G. Stewart. of the firm OF
Stewart a. Bro, Greenville, Ala. For
sale by all leading druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20

three years she ably edited the I'M
perial Colonist, the Journal Of the Brit
ish women's Emigration association.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20

Trunks, suit cases. bags. at Cunning
hams Trunk Factory. b2e s. Spring.
Phones siS
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20

. siS sas ss; S.ass.s & e ir:s q EsSsss..
Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-20
shopworn

]. c. Cunningham Trunk Factory,
500 South Spring street Phones SlS.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

pracC1ce LAS come through the de-
velopment of our moving and hor-
vesting machinery. Haying and har
vesting we're formerly considered tho
two most laborious operations on tho
farm. At these seasons of the wear
the labor OF many men was III De-,
mand and the life of the farm for
several months was a strenuous one
These seasons now are still periods
of anxiety and of labor, but not Of
the fierce, muscular kind that was
formerly required. The changes
brought about by the introduction Of
moving and harvesting machinery
have been so rapid and complete that
the story reads like a fairy tale. The
writer remembers distinctly the first
hay rake, hay tedder, hay loader and
self-binder that came into the COM
munity where he was raised, and
yet it is only about twenty years ago
that all of these things happened,
Now these implements are used on
hundreds of farms and used so eff
fectively that they replace the labor
performed by several extra hands on
every farm.
Making Hay Cheaply.
The moving machine does more
work in a day than several frst-class
men formerly did with a scythe. The
hay tedder which so effectually tos8es
and turns the hay, allowing it to dry
uniformly and quickly has not only
hastened the process of curing, but
considerably lessons the labor form
erly required because the hay can
often be raked into windrows, loaded
directly on the wagon with the hay
loader, whereas, it was necessary at
one time to put it in cocks and leave
it to cure for several davs before
hauling to the barn. The hay rake
performs the labor that was formerly
required of several men. In olden
days at least two men pitched the
hay into the wagon and one to two
men were required on the wagon to
load. Now, with a we'll trained team
or a bov to drive it, one man can at
tach the hay loader to the wagon and
load with greater ranidity than where
two men formerly threw the hay onto
the wagon.
On hauling to the barn similar
changes have been effected, for the
hay fork, when properly adjusted
with a track in the caves OF the
barn, can be so skilfully handled as
to deposit the hay in the NOV with
comparatively little labor; and
whereas, it was often necessary to
have as many as three or four men
to successfully unload, the work IS
now done bv one or two men. III
sections of the country where RICK
ing the hay is either necessary or ao7
visable, stackers are so CONSTRUCTED
that the hay can be brought IN large
quantities directly from the meauo"
and thrown on the stack almost III
the place where it is to remain PER
| manently.
I.abor-savine Machinery in Every Braneh
of Farming.
In the harvest field the self -blnder
| does the work that was formerly r. r.
quired of four men, but 1t IS SllnpS
history repeating itself to enuniertts0 az
other examples. Those who are Ia ia
miliar with dairying know no" 'no r
cream separator has lessened !aoOr +Ia Ia
the dairy farm. Out in the tleld7 tho .ho
sub-soiler has given new lite to ,no .no
land and the gang plow with three G
or four big horses or mules atIacI;tb r; n
| +,rne tho land nerfectlY ana WIZ
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.
Does 1t Pay to Buy Variety OF Imple-
mentS

tions whether it will pay him to pur-
chase such a variety of implements.
That depends somewhat on the line
of farming he is following. 1t he is
a good business man he can utilize
the implements so that he Will make
more money out of them than ne
formerly made out of ordinary labor
ers. It will pay him under present
conditions to have the best and latest
farm implements on the market, but
when he gets in order to make them
fully productive he must give them
first-class care and attention and
handle them skilfully. The writer has
heard farmers maintain that they
could cut and shock corn as cheap
ly by hand as they could with the
corn harvester. This is an extreme
ly doubtful proposition. Provided 1t
is true, however, the corn harvester
enables the farmer to do with one
man and a team what was formerly
done by three men. Hence, the ma
chine off-setting the labor problem as
it does, makes him comparatively IN
dependent. and provides him with the
means of getting along with his work
where he would otherwise have to
abandon it altogether.
The Grain Drill.
Some will argue that this increase
of implements calls for more horse
power on the farm, and so it does, but
this is a matter of small concern to
the farmer, for there is no corner on
farm livestock unless the farmer is
not alive to his opportunities. 9th
ers will say that the purchase and
utilization of a variety of farm i'm
plements calls for skilled mechanics
and the exercise of higher intelll-
gence. The first statement is not
necessarily true: the second is, and it
might likewise be@said that it is a
wise provision of nature for anything
that develops intelligence on the
farm should mean more skilful man
agement and larger profits.
In the olden days all the grain was
sown by hand; one man to scatter
the seed; another to follow and cover.
Now the grain is sown with the drill,
whether the seeds be large or small,
Now the grain is sown with
the drill. whether the seeds be large
or small. light or heavy. With
the modern grain drill the operation
of seeding is performed with expedi-
ton, with skill and with the most
satisfactory results. because the
grain is uniformly covered and is
brought in contact with the moist
earth which insures rapid germina-
tion. The only limit to the amount
| of grain one man can seed at the
present time with modern imple-
| ments is the endurance of his ami
mails. With the scarcity of labor the
question has come up as to how the
| large fields or corn and cotton can
be cultivated The larger the fields
in the future the better for the farm
| er because larger areas of land can
be handled with greater economy.
| CuItivating Corn Without Hand Labor.
In the olden days when the weeder
was unknown corn was laboriously
cultivated with the single horse cul-
tivator and then weeded out by hand
Now, with satisfactory planters prop
erly adjusted the corn can be placed
down with comparative uniformity
at given distances. It is unnecessary
any longer to thin it out by hand
After the corn is up the modern far
| mer puts his Weeder on the land