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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
HAIR PLANTING

There is hope for the bald man. He
need no longer seek to protect his head
from draughts and mosquitoes. In
stead of bare spots he may be covered
with a luxurious growth of hair-that
is if he has the time and patience to
take advantage of the discovery of "a
Turkish physician. This physician, Dr.
Menahem Hodara. has been experiment.
ing successfully i'm transplanting hairs,
one by one, to the bald parts of the
scalp. He tried his experiments in the
case of a patient who had lost a great
part of his hair through a disease. The
method, told briefly, is this: He scarf
fed the bare surface and implanted
thereon hairs removed from other parts
of the patients head. The hairs used
for the purpose were cut at each end
with scissors. Some four weeks after
implantati-n a certain number of the
hairs were found to have taken root,
and in no time goodly crop was pro-
duced. So much encouraged was Dr.
Hodara by this success that he has ap-
piled the method i'm cases of badness
following fevers, and he thinks himself
justified in stating that "clincally
there can be no doubt of the curious
fact that small bundles of hair stems
cut with scissors and implanted in the
incisions made with the scarifier can
take root and grow, forming in time
long and viable hairs" BY micro
scopic examination he has satisfied
that after some weeks a real
new bulb is formed at the end of the
hair. This opens up a vista of un
dreamed of results. Why should not
this method be employed in ordinary
cases of badness? Many bald neil
would gladly submit to have their
heads ploughed and sown with new
hairs if there was "A reasonable hope
of even a moderate crop.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
WHY WOMEN ARE PRETTY

According to an English specialist
who has made a careful study of the
subject the reason why women are bet
ter looking than men is because they
are more indolent and are not called
upon to use their brains as much as
men are. Hard Intellectual work and
assiduous attention to business, he
says, are harmful so far as physical
beauty is concerned.
AS proof that his theory is correct he
points to the Zaros, whose home is in
British India. Among them women
hold the place which in other coun-
tries is occupied by men. The Zaro
woman manages the affairs of state,
goes into business on her own account
and does not wait for a proposal OF
marriage but proposes herself, whereas
the Zaro man has nothing to do but
cook the meals and look after his
children. The natural result, says the
scientist, is that the men of this singu-
lar tribe are very pretty and the women
are unusually plain.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
PAY DAYS FOR PoTENrArgs

Even rulers have to work for their
salaries like their subjects. and some
of them are put to as much discom-
fort in the collection. President Roose-
welt receives a semi-monthly check
from the treasury department for one
twenty fourth of S50OOO and certain
expenses are allowed in addition. King
Edward has but four pay days a year,
receiving the check from the paymaster
general, who obtains a voucher from
the privy purse. Emperor William is
paid by a check bearing no less than
seven signatures in addition to his own
Endorsement, this formality being gone
through with twice yearly. The em-
peror of Austria is another monarch
whose pay days are sem-annual affairs
but before he can obtain the money he
must present himself in person at the
state treasury. Here three important
officials receive him, one Of them reading
him q lecture upon the importance OF
performing his duties properly. He is
then asked if the sum is sufficient for
his wants and on replying in the af-
firmative is permitted to sign a receipt
and the money is turned over to his
private account. What would happen
if he declared the sum to be insufficient
is not known; possibly it would mean a
second lecture upon the sin of eXtrava
sance.
1t is not deemed proper that the king
of Portugal should concern himself
with mere money matters. Instead he
is compelled to pay three purse keepers
$500 a year each for drawing the
money for him. Established custom
prevents the abolition of these officers, |
though the present king is said to OBJ
iect severely to this expense.
But two monarchs have unlimited
credit. The czar of all the Russias is |
absolute in his domain, and this au- |
tocracy extends to the imperial treas
ury though under the constitution he
is entitled to only one-seVenth of the |
revenues. III point of fact he seldom
draws to the full amount. The sultan
of Turkey simply tells his grand vizier
to procure a certain sum. Should 1t |
not be Forthcoming there is vacancy
in the sultan's household and death |
in the vizier's family.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
WYLE's ISLAND STATUE

English people cling to their tradi-
tons and antiquities long after they
have ceased to possess any definite in
terest. One of the curios of Wiltshire
is statue in the middle of the river of
Wyle Upon pedestal near a bridge is
a statue of the conductor of a coach
blowing upon his horn. The statue
bears every mark of antiquity; indeed
it is so old that no one knows just
exactly what it is intended to COM
memorate, although there is an unveri-
fed legend that it is intended to keep in
mind the memory of some accident oc-
curing at that point According to some
the bridge was wrecked and many were
saved through the brave efforts of the
conductor, while according to other ac-
counts the bridge went down in a flood
and all were lost in the angry waters.
No matter what the original intention
was it possesses a modern interest as
being the only statue erected i'll the
middle of a river, and as such is re-
garded with more than local interest.
Several times it has been found neces-
sary to make repairs to the pedestal,
and the money has been cheerfully pro-
this relic of the past
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
THE IMITATION NEW POTATO

THE wooden nutmeg of Connecticut
was the first imitation food" said a
grocer, and then came the mean Bos-
tonian who dried snow and sold it for
salt. This year we have an imitation
new potato.
"A westerner put the imitation new
potato on the market, and they say he
has made about so per cent profit out
of It. I am speaking seriously now,
mind. OF course it was in a joking
way that alluded to the nutmeg and
the salt.
"The westerner, to accomplish his
deception. plants on toward the end of
the summer a crop Of late potatoes
of a kind that keep well. These ripen
and are dug up just before the first
frost. They are sorted. and all the bad
ones are thrown out. Then the rest
are buried in a field.
"The crop lies buried, preserved from
all harm under the soil, till early
spring. About two months before the
first genuine potatoes have appeared
ii is dug up.
"A great bath Of a solution of lye is
prepared and in this bath the potatoes
are dipped. When they emerge from
their plunge the skins are pink and
curly and their flesh is hard and firm.
In word, they are to all appearances
new potatoes and they would deceive
any one.
There are many imitation foods,
the grocer ended. I'VE have imitation
jellies and jams, imitation coffee, imta-
ton honey and imitation maple sugar.
Not one of these frauds, though, is as
hard to detect as the imitation new
potato"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
ONCE In A WHITE

Once in a while the sun shines out
And the arching skies are a perfect blue;
once IN a while, mid clouds Of doubt,
Hopes fairest stars come peeping through;
Our paths lead down by the meadows fair
Where the sweetest blossoms nod and smile.
And we lay aside our cross Of care
once In a while.
Once in a while within our own
We clasp the hand Of a steadtast friend;
once In a while we hear a tone
OF love, with the hearts own voice to blend
And the dearest Of all our dreams come true
And on life's way is a golden mile
Each thlrstng flower Is kissed with dew,
once in a while.
Once In a while I'm the desert sand
We find a spot OF the fairest green;
Once In a while from where we stand
The hills Of paradise are seen;
And a perfect JOY in our hearts we hold,
A JOY that the world can not dehle;
We trade earth,s dross for the purest gold.
once In = while.
Nixon Waterman.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
BUTTONS HIS BUSINESS

London is a town of strange trades
and businesses, nut one of the oldest
occupations followed is that of but
ton hatcher" pursued by a man in
South London. His shop, "A tiny store.
scarcely larger than an ordinary bed
room, displays no stock, the shelves
being filled with boxes packed with
buttons of every sort and shape.
There are bone buttons and those of
pearl, buttons of iron and cut steel,
ivory, gold, silver and composition.
There are large buttons and small,
round buttons, square buttons and
buttons of all shapes known to geo.
metry.
Scarcely one customer i'm a hundred
turns from the shop in disappointment,
for during more than fifty years this
old man has been collecting buttons,
buying them from tailor shops, dress
makers and the stores. Sometimes he
will pick up for a few pennies four
or five buttons of a peculiar design,
and after holding them for some years
sell them for dollars to some one anX-
ious to match others of a set. To
those who think that the styles of but
tons are few it may be of interest to
know that in this tiny shop are nearly
half a million different sorts. all ar
ranged and classified so that the
least possible time is wasted in locating
any pattern.
They are first divided according to
material then as to shape and lastly
as to size, and almost any conceivable
button can be found within twenty
minutes if it is in the stock.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
A FATEFUL NEEDLE

Norway tradition invests with a Pc
culiar interest a natural stone obelisk
some twenty-five feet in height near
the old church Of Augvaldsnals, on
Karmeon island. The pillar leans
toward the walls of the old church, and
the peasantry believe that when at
last the tip of the obelisk shall finally
rest against the wall of the church the
world will come to an end. Even the
minister shares this superstition, and
the stone has been reduced in height
by sundry clippings when it has
seemed that it approached dangerously
near to the wall,
The stone is known as St. Mary's
needle and is celebrated throughout
that locality
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
PAPER MADE FROM PEAT

THE manufacture of paper from the
fiber of pulp has been one of the
recent discoveries. This has been
so perfected that paper OF almost every
variety. weight and durability is pro-
duced. while its strength is quite equal
to that of paper made from any other
pulp. Only the most fbrous grades are
used.
The first man to recognize the proper
ties of peat fiber was Karl Zschoerner.
an Austrian, who has large peat inter-
ests in his estates. After numerous eX-
periments he found that paper pulp and
cardboard could be manufactured from
the fibrous peat varieties, thus opening
this means lands and territories which
have heretofore been valueless will now
be valuable. This will also stop the
making of paper from wood pulp, which
has been such a drain upon our for
ests. There are ineXhaustible depos-
its of peat in various parts of the world
and statisticians say that there is suffi-
cient to cover the consumption of pa
per for at least three centuries.
After the peat is chemically cleaned
and reduced to pulp it can be converted
into paper with the same machinery
which is used for the other kinds of
pulp. And the cost is still less, for the
process does not require heat, thus sa T.
ing the fuel.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
NEW WOMAN FROGS

In the animal kingdom more than one
species divides the labor of incubation,
but several species of toads are known
in which the care of the eggs devolve
upon the males.
The Chilean, or Darwins, frog is one
of these, the male being provided with
a large pouch covering the entire under
part of the body. 1t has two openings
into the mouth and the eggs are swal-
lowed into this curious receptacle,
where they remain until the tadpoles
are ready to begin an individual ex-
istence.
The female has no pouch, and once
the eggs are laid takes no further in
terest in her offspring, leaving the en-
tire cares Of family to the devoted
father.
Another species has an equally Curl
GUS mode of caring for the egg, the
male wrapping the strings of new laid
eggs about his hind legs and retiring to
the seclusion of some handy hole until
the advent of the tadpoles releases him
from his confinement.
The Surinam toads do not pass
through the tadpole stage, but make
their appearance as full nedged toads
In this case they are under their
mothers care, the male assisting her
to place the eggs one by one into the
heXagonal cells upon her back where
they are carried safely through incu-
baton.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
INTERESTING PETE MURPHY

In the same shed with the lion cubs
at the Central park menagerie is the
young hippopotamus. The iron railing
in front of his cage always holds back
an eager crowd of young persons dur
ing the reception hours, which begin
at O'Clock Il. m. and end at p. m.
Pete Murphy, as the animal is called,
is the only child of Caliph and Mrs.
Murphy. He celebrated his second
birthday on July 13, 1904. Pete weighed
thirty-five pounds when he was born,
but two years of good care and the
natural consequence of time have add
ed greatly to his weight. He now tips
the scales at $50 pounds. Caliph Muir
ply weighs four tons, and Mrs. Muir
ply can boast of about 5000 pounds of
flesh.
These members of the hippopotamus
family have only one meal a day, but
it is a substantial one. Two p. m. is
the hour for it, and it always finds
them more than ready for the spread.
rots and apples, bucket of potatoes,
ten loaves of bread and a bale of hay.
The animals devour everything else
before the hay.
They have evidently chosen it for
dessert. That portion of their feast
extends for several hours after their set
time for dining. The continuous
munching of the hay seems to afford
them much quiet satisfaction.
With all of his fascinatlons, Pete
or his parents cannot truly be cred
tied with beauty. one little girl who
had been told a great deal about the
"baby hippopotamus" and evidently
had an image in her mind Of an at
tractive looking animal was brought
last week to see Pete as a special
treat. TO the surprise of her mother,
who accompanied her, she screamed in
great fright when she saw the animal,
and had to be soothed for some time
before she would venture near the
cage and take second glance at him.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

Canada's law imposing tax of $500
on every Chinese entering the dominion
has had prohibitive effect. From Jan
uary /, 1904, not a single Chinese ar
rived, with the exception of two who
escaped from steamships. In each case
the steamship company had to pay
the poll tax of $500. The exclusion of
Chinese has deprived British Columbia
Of a handsome revenue. In 1903 the
province received from the poll tax
$225OOO and the year before more than
$25OOOO.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
INTOXICATING ATMOSPHERE

Burton-on Trent the center of the
English brewing industries, has the pc
culiar faculty of mildly Intoxicating
the stranger within it's gates. The
resident has become accustomed to the
mildly alcoholic fumes which arise
from the innumerable brewing watts,
but the susceptible stranger finds exhil-
aration and finally a mild form Of in
tcxication i'll the atmosphere--an effect
which does not wear off for several
hours after his arrival. On every hand
the big brewing houses are throwing
off fumes from the watts of matted
liquors, and while these are impercep-
tible to the resident more than a thous-
and authentic instances are said to
have been recorded of persons to whom
the air has proven to possess properties
that both cheer and inebrate.
Just as in certain parts of the
west the arsenious fumes from the
smelters destroy vegetation and i'm
peril health, the vapors of the English
brewing capital destroy the sobriety of
the abstainer and fill his head with
vagrant fancies. AS many visitors to
the place are actuated by a desire to
see for themselves the great industry
which they are doing their modest best
to suppress, and as they are the most
sensitive to the atmosphere of the
town, those who gain their living from
the brew houses take great delight in
observing these involuntary lapses from
principles.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

it's various stages since houses and
shops began to stretch all the way
from the Battery to the Bronx.
Old prints show us how London look
ed in the early days, and much older
ones, like the above illustration, give
us an idea of the tiny hamlet around
which the largest city in the world
spread and grew. This is London as
the Romans knew it-London about AZ
A. D., when Aulus Plautus governed
the British province. The picture
shows the hill upon which st. Paul's
ca athedral now stands.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

Natives of Morocco think that
Europeans and Americans are dirty
The habit to which they object is that
of washing the hands or face in a
basin, and still more, taking bath
where the water is not running. The
cleaner the bather becomes, they say,
the drter the water he is washing
with must necessarily become. And
eventually the bather steps forth as
cleansed from water which is no longer
clean.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

companied by her small pet, and every
comfort must be provided for his little
majesty He must be protected from
the wind, and his eyes must be shield
ed from the dust.
The latest dog motor costume con-
sists of smart leather coat, perhaps
to match the color Of his natural one:
a tiny cap and large spectacles with
the usual guards and attachments.
The style of coat and cap must be de-
signed with special reference to the
species Of pet, Some models are more
becoming than others.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

y substance possessing curious prop
compound of carbolic acid, saponine
and camphor, with a little turpentine.
This mixture, it is asserted, will solid
ify when heated and melt again when
cooled. Solidifcation with heat is "A
such as the white of an egg, but such
substances will not liquefy again on
cooling. the coagulation being per-
manent chemical change. The mixture
described above, to which the name
"cryostase" has been given, will ap-
parently solidify and liquefy as often
as desired, when heated and cooled to
the proper points.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
BREAKS 10000 EGGS A DAY

Every careful housewife knows that
the surest precaution against stale eggs
is to break each one individually into
a cup before adding it to Others in a
bowl. On gigantic scale the same care
is observed i'm the large bakeries, and
one in London employs several men
who spend ten hours day breaking
eggs used in the various mixtures. De-
voting themselves to breaking alone,
they have gained such eXpertness that
an old hand will break one thousand
eggs an hour or ten thousand in a
working day.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

most enterprisng members of the pro-
fession is shown in the photograph
herewith.
He is a commercial traveller whose
desert and over some of the routes fol-
lowed by tourists. OF course the jour
ney must be made on a camel, so the
wide-awake drummer hit upon the
unique scheme of hanging large adver-
tisements on his ship of the desert"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

After an interim of many years
France mas again entered the list of
Der, 1904 the first gold mill in the his
tory of France was started at the La
Lucette antimony mine, near Laval.
A ten-stamp mill is running steadily.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

Russia, with population of 127 0O0,-
600, has only 1884 physicians. In the
United States, with a population of
about SO,OOO,oOO, there are 10000 physi-
clans.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

The modern bullet will pierce the car
casses of three horses in succession at
$50 yards; of four at half the distance,
or kill man after passing through the
trunk of a thick tree.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
MONUMENT TO A HORSE

. NE of the oldest memorials to be
erected in any country is the one
which has lately been placed in
outh Africa in honor of the horses
hich fell in the recent African war.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

A law was recently passed in Nor
way prohibiting the sale of tobacco to
any boy under 16 years of age without
a signed order from an adult relative
or employer. Even tourists who offer
cigarettes to boys render themselves
liable 10 prosecution.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

The longest underground thorough
fare in Great Britain is in central Der
byshire, where one can walk seven
miles upon a road connecting several
coal mines.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

The smallest police station in Eng
land is at the town of Fishguard. in
Pembrokeshire, the building being only
about ten feet square.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
AUTOMOBILE DOG

XTE have had rainy day suits and
Wv fws for our canine pets, but
the latest costume designed
for dogs of high degree is for automo-
billing. OF course when milady goes
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

The Arabian coffee crop Is said to be
of extraordinarily fine quality this sea-
SON. Many merchants from England
have arrived at Alden.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
ROMAN LONDON

ITO represent photogra phically how
cities grow is possible with some
of the western settlements which
spring up like weeds. Even New
York has been accurately pictured in
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
NOVEL ADVERTISING METHOD

n 7 or even the deserts of the Orient
VI escape the commercial eye of the
clever advertiser. Novelty is, OF
course, the foundation of success in
this line of business and one of the
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

of Dionysos, and was begun five CEN
turies before Christ.
The seating capacity of this remark
able building is said to be 10000. nearly
four times that of our largest Gotham
amusement palace. This proves that
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

Two Wesley deaconesses have begun
work in West Africa.