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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

THE kindergarten was having a tea
party. A little girl whose name
was Gerda, and who had been
born in Denmark, had invited all the
children to tea, and with the help of
the dear teacher and the still dearer
mamma she had decorated the room
with tiny red flags with a white cross
in, and on the wall was hung a pic
ture of dear old man with a sweet,
kind face and a big nose.
Now this was all on account of Hans
Christian Andersen. The following
Sunday was the hundredth anniver-
sary of his birth, and as there was no
kindergarten on Sunday Gerda had de-
cided that the event must be cele-
brated before.
All the children were to dress to inn
personate some character from An
dersens Fairy Tales
Soon the children commenced to ar
rive.
Gerda herself, of course, was Gerda,
from "The Snow Queen" and was
dressed like a pcture in the old Danish
story book her mamma had.
Then came Marion-she was the lit
tie robber girl from the same story,
and looked very fierce, with little
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
BARNEY, THE GOAT

A large number of little folk go home
from an outing in Central park, New
York, every day, firmly believing that
Barney, the baby goat, is their lndi-
vidual property. Keeper Holmes, who
is in charge of the shed. which Is the
only residence Barney has ever known,
is the originator of the idea which has
given happiness to many boys and
girls.
'Do you want him?" is the question
that the keeper asks when any one of
these youngsters pauses before the rail
to enjoy the antics of the little animal
as he capers around Bessie, his mother.
Barney is only three weeks old and is
the youngest animal i'm the menagerie.
His parents were brought by the late
Mayor Grace as curiosities from the
island Of Juan Fernandez, made
famous by being the scene of Robinson
Crusoe's adventures, where he was
shipwrecked with his Man Friday. The
young readers of that fascinating bit of
fiction who meet Barney have an extra
interest In him because of that fact.
The little goat was born on Friday a
coincidence fitting with the story of the
island where his parents once dwet.
He is just learning to eat the food
that is daily given to Bessie-turnips,
carrots and crushed oats.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

their raft hut was made ready for oc-
cupancy in a week.
The material for the deck and hut
came from the lumber yard and the
logs for the float were cut in the woods
and hauled to the shore.
Four good straight logs were chosen
that measured twenty-five feet long.
They were sound and not wind
racked, and at the thick end they were
eighteen inches in diameter, The ends
were generously smeared with pitch,
so water would not work in and water
log them. Spruce, pine, hemlock or
chestnut can be used, but hard wood
should be avoided, for it sinks too low,
as it is heavy. Two logs are laid with
the butt ends at the bow and two the
reverse so a uniform displacement was
gained, thus giving equal spaces be-
tween the logs the entire length of the
raft. Across the ends temporary strips
were nailed to hold them in place after
they were floating in the water near
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

dagger in her belt and a necklace of
coins. The two Clauson twins were,
of course, Big Claus and Little Claus.
One little girl was the Little Mermaid
and had her dress trimmed with oyster
shells just like the real mermaids
when on their fifteenth birthday they
came up above the water to see the
world
There was the little girl with "the
red safians slippers and the Little
Matchgirl. Now came Ole Lukaje,
dressed in a nightshirt carrying the
two umbrellas on which We're the good
and the bad dreams. The Little Chin
neysweeper came together with the
Princess and the Swineherd. and the
wee, sweet little Doris was a darling
Thumbeline. There We're Rudi and
Babette, princes and princesses, misses
and trolds and even little Eldertree
Mother came,
At first they had a jolly time telling
one another what they were, then they
sat down in the ring and Miss Bar
bour told them the lovely story of
THE Ugly Duckling" and how it was
really the story of Andersen's own life,
how he had been overlooked. poked
fun at, humilated until he himself
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
TEDDY AND THE COYOTES
BY Mary Mabel Horner-cIass c-Ten
Years

We came to beautiful California in
March, 1904. l had to leave my pet dog
and cat in dear old Colorado, but a
kind neighbor gave me a kitten,
another gave me a dog. My two new
pets are about grown now.
l named my dog Teddy, so that he
would be brave. On Saturdays | fill
my lunch basket with bread and butter,
olives and oranges and take my dolls
and pets upon the reservoir and we
have a picnic. After we eat our lunch
l make them all go to sleep, while /
mend my dolls clothes and sing Home,
Sweet Home" Our reservoir is high.
Mornings and evenings Teddy runs
around on its banks and watches for
coyotes. 1t makes him so mad to hear
them bark. Sometimes l play that our
ranch is the United States, the coy
otes are enemies, Teddy is guard, papa
is soldier and | am a Red Cross nurse.
Teddy gives the alarm, papa marches
out with his gun and | follow. This
Is fun, but some nights | am very un-
easy about my dog, for l have been
told that if two coyotes come out at the
same time they will catch dog and eat
him all up, so the next morning you
won't know where your dog is. They
will eat cats. too. ! do wish there
were no coyotes.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
THE EASTER BIRDS
BY Helen Candler-CIass B-EIeven
Years

"Oh, I wonder if I'll get any eggs
this Easter" thought little Evelyn as
she stood looking out Of the window at
the trees and bushes from whose
ming to peep. II guess there isn't much
chance, though, as it's all Jack can do
to make enough money to keep food in
the house and buy medicine for mother,
There! she is calling now,' and she
added aloud: Eyes, mother, I'm COM
ing" She ran into a darkened, silent
room where the little mother lay, q
patient invalid, day after day.
What is it, mother?'
"Will you run down to the drug store,
dearie, and get me some more medi-
cne?"
"Why of course, mother" and away
she scampered to do her errand.
on her way back she happened to
notice a great chirping and twittering
in the lower branches of an evergreen
standing near the front door She ran
up to look closer and there she saw
two little birds building their nest
After she had delivered the medicine
she came back to watch the little
feathered carpenters. Evelyn, ever
since she was a baby, had been a great
lover of birds and liked to watch then
little birdlings. SO she was very much
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
Instructions for BniIding
COn1I71OdiOuS Raft Hut

absolutely tight they coated them with
pitch and showed them under the cor
ners of the raft about four feet from
the ends, as shown at figure 2.
1t was pretty hard work getting them
under, for they are very buoyant, and
that is their object--to take off some
of the weight from the logs.
Two or four more barrels would be
very serviceable farther under the raft,
as they give a greater displacement
and make the raft ride easier.
Two lines of braces were run the en-
tire length of the raft between beams
before the flooring or deck was laid to
prevent the racking and weight from
loosening the spiking.
The deck was of spruce plank one
inch and quarter thick and six inches
wide. with matched edges. The first
boards were laid at the middle and
the others worked out to the port and
starboard sides.
A spruce plank or two across the
bow and stern made "A good finish and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

NF the many boys who live along
" the water in the summer tifNe
there are many who own or
have made boats, and they have had
great deal of pleasure and enjoy
ment with them, but you cannot camp
on boat or stay out on the water
overnight unless 1t is a large one, and
this is beyond the pocket of the aver
age boy.
Last summer four boys in New York
state had no end of pleasure and fun
with raft hut they built and it was
so easily done and successful that here
are the plans showing just how ii was
made. so that other boys may enjoy a
raft hut this summer.
The illustration shows this hut at
anchor on the raft as they made II
themselves at a moderate cost, chiefly
because their time in building it was
not counted. and the expense was for
materials only.
They each contributed ST. making $2S
in all, and as they labored diligently
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
TRIP TO TIA JuANA
By Judson Denio---class A-sixteen
Years

BY Judson Denio--Class A-SIN'een
Years
F. took the N. c. and o. train
\A/ and pulled out of the little
w station at the foot of Fifth
street, San Diego. We passed through
National City, a suburb of San Diego
then through Nestor, Otay, Chula vista
and other smaller places. About IL
O'Clock the train pulled UP at the Mon
ument, a high block of granite that
marks the boundary line between the
United states and Mexico. Here we
took the stage for Tia Juana, about
mile and a half southwark. We soon
came in sight of collection of little
huts built in the usual Mexican style.
We left the stage and went sight
seeing. Fred and l were hungry, so we
concluded to try a lunch. The greaser
who acted as cook well deserved his
name. for a greasier looking chap
never saw. The cook reached under
the table and took out pan of chopped
meat. He sat it on the table and
tne meat in. A cat jumped up on the
table and began to smell the meat
Fred said it must recognize lost re-
lation The cook hit the poor creature
with a dishrag, finished making the
tamales and brought them to us, But
we had changed our minds, and or
dered some chile con carne Then the
cook took down a fryingpan. wiped Il
with his greasy apron, kicked dog
that was licking the hatchet, and
chopped the meat and red peppers with
it q mean with the hatchet, not the
dog). While the carne was cooking
he stood dreamily by, stirring it with
a fork which he used as took pick
between times. We then decided that
we were not hungry, and went outside
The next place we visited was 3
store. Here they had all kinds OF
curios, such as Mexican blankets, In
dian baskets, beads, rattlesnake skins
and drawn work. We bought a few
trinkts and then the storekeepel
wanted to treat us to mescal. We ha6
heard enough of the deadly stuff, anl
had no wish to put an enemy into oul
mouths to steal away our brains" ST
we declined.
Outside was a group of Indians. Fret
had pocket kodak and so turned it or
them, but they were too quick for him
They thought it was some kind of d
gun, and scattered in every direction
Pretty soon the tallyho came for Us
10 leave, and, after a pleasant drive
we were once more on our native soil
At National City the train switched
off and took us to the Sweet Water
dam. This is a picturesque spot, wei
worth seeing. The strong dam is on'
hundred feet high. 1t crosses a can
yon and the water is backed up into {
beautiful lake, which affords GOO
boating and fishing. once more We
boarded the train and at o'clock weI,
again in San Diego.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

like a harp, which Mercury said was a
Tyre
'It belongs to Apollo, the god of
music he added II invented it my
self. l made the first one out of 4
tortoise shell, but l never had any
ear for music, so l traded it to Apollo
for my stick here, which is much more
useful"
Teddy touched the rim of the Tyre.
Gold, all gold" he said. Seems To
me everything is gold in this place,
My! 1 wish l had some of it!'
Look OUT" cried Mercury so sharply
that Teddy jumped on the gilded floor.
ITS well enough for the gods, but it
doesn't do for a mortal to have too
much gold. Everybody seems to be
late in coming today, so I'll tell you
one more story while we wait"
THE FIRST STORY OF MIDAS,
Give heed 10 the story of Midas,
The king who was greedy and bold
lie wished that all things in his kingdom
Would turn at his touch into gold.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

young and old alike as long as the
world goes round, for nothing can
compare with them. Like most of his
time, he was a poor man, but he was
always happy. "My life" said he. "is
a beautiful fairy tale written by God. -
Since his death, which occurred in
August, 1875, the world has honored
him by erecting monuments to his
memory in many places and countries.
The most beautiful of these is the one
in Kings Garden, in Copenhagen An
other splendid monument stands in
Lincoln park, in Chicago.
Great will be the celebrations in
Denmark today and well may that
country be pround of counting among
its great men such a one as Hans
Christian Andersen.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

cation, can hardly be appreciated in
our modern days of public schools and
Carnegie libraries but through all he
ever maintained a sweet and trusting
disposition, believing everybody to be
true and pure minded as he himself
was.
When a boy of eighteen he walked
the streets of Copenhagen offering for
sale little poems and stories written
by himself, innocently saying: won't
you buy this? 1 wrote it myself and
it is so lovely"
What a price would not one of those
precious autographs demand today if
one was yet to be found! AS writer
of fairy tales he stands alone. Every
object in his stories has life and soul
and his works will keep on delighting
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
THINklN' BACK

I've been thinkin back of late.
S'prisn And l m here TO state
I'm suspicious it's a sign
OF age, maybe. er decline
OF my facuties-and yt
I'm not feelin' old a bit
Any more than sixty-four
Amt ma young man anymore
Thinkin' backs a thing I grows
On feller, | suppose
Older as he gifts, / jack,
More he keeps a-thinkin' back.
Old old men git TO be,
Er as middle aged as me,
Foks'll find us. eye and mind
Fixed on what we've left behind
Rehabiltatin-
Them old times we used to hike
out barefooted fer the crick
Long bout April first-to pick
out some "warmest" place to 20
In a-swimmin' Ooh! my-oh!
Wonder now hadn't died
Crate horseradsh on my hide
Jes a-thinkin how cold then
That-ere worter must a. ben!
Thinkin' back-W'y, goodness-me
kin call their names and see
Every little tad l played
with, er fought er was afraid
OF. and so made him the best
friend had Of all the rest!
| Thinkin back, / even hear
them a-callin, high and clear
Up the crck banks, where they seem
| Stll hid in there-like a dream
! And me still a-pantin' on
The green pathway they have gone!
| Still they hide. by bend er ford
sull they hide--but. thank the Lord
| lIhinkin' back, as have said
l hear laughin' on ahead
! for April.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

Then Teddy began to wander curl
ously about TO get a closer view of the
high, golden walls. He now saw deli
cate patterns of vines and flowers,
trees and birds and animals and
graceful figures of people, all traced in
duh gold and silver tints ON the bur-
nished gold. of the panels. There were
hundreds and hundreds of these shin
ing panels, and when Ted had looked
and looked until his head was i'm a
whirl he came back to the throne,
where Mercury still sat watching him.
Near the throne were ranged a great
number of golden chairs and benches.
and beside one OF them was thing
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

And all of his pencils and matches
Had turned into little gold sticks.
Gold were the tips Of his fingers,
His garments We're stiffened to gold
He longed for a soft cozy blanket.
These things were so heavy and cold,
He flung up his arms to the heavens
And prayed for night and a day,
Till the gods sent him off to a river
Where he washed the gold touch quite away
Give heed to the story of Midasl
BE not like the king overbold.
Remember whenever you're wishing,
BE not overgreedy for gold.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

look about MIN
before listening 20
a story. So when
NJ e r curry S a / d
"Open your eyes.
and Ted found
himself once more
in the great shin
ing hall. he at once
got up briskly.
please wait a
minute for me,
Mercury, while |
look about this
lovely place a bit.
VERY well, Ted
said Marcitt-V
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

LMOST everybody is acquainted
n with "Andersen's Fairy Tales, '
but few know that April
was the one hundredth anniversary
of the birth of the beloved author,
Hans Christian Andersen.
One hundred years ago he was born
in the little town of Odense, in Den
mark. His parents were very poor
and their home, the humblest cottage
one could imagine, merely consisted of
one room. Yet, humble as it was. this
was the nest in which all his beautiful
fairy stories were Matched, so to
say.
The hardships and extreme poverty
of his youth, the struggle for an edu-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
Bronze Runner
Tells About Midas

THE last time that Mercury had
taken Teddy flying up through the
clouds to the palace of the gods
the little boy had been too busy lis
tening to the story of Vulcan to notice
anything else. But this time as they
went swinging upward with the fra
grant winds he made up his mind TO
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

He took up a ruddy
checked apple
To see II his wish
would come true,
It flashed into gold in
an instant!
He thought he was
lucky-do your
He touched all the
fruits In the gar
den.
He touched all the
flowers and trees,
He gilded the birds and
the fishes.
lie powdered with
gold all the bees.
And all that he
touched went a.
glitter,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

IFS nOIafN anu VdTI IHbFH IUV
At last he grew hungry and thirsty
Whatever was Midas TO do?
His bread and his wine were all golden
They were colder and. harder than bricks.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-03-02
King of Visible Writers
OLIVER
TYPEWRITER


IHPEWRITERS. The superior iurv II
awards OF the st. Louis Exposition gave the
Oliyer the GOLD MEDAL the HIGHEST
AWARD, Tor superiority over All Other
makes. There you are, ITS RECORD nAs
NEVER BEEN EQUALLED. We sell The OIL
VER-lots OF them It's the most substan
tial machine ever built. We offer the fol.
lowing bargains in machines which have
been traded out by divers:
No. Remington with tabulator and line
scales, serial No. Iz7ooo. out OF factory but
two months. cost $I3o cash fat. $40
No. Remington, out OF factory less than
two months. Is inch carriage used but "a
days. cost ffI7. go. $50.
No. Underwood. their latest model. cost
tIo7. so eos.
No. S Smih-Premier, "a inch carriage.
cost $fo7. 50. 60.
No. 2 Remington with tabulstor. cost
ei77 So ESQ.
No. Smith Premiers $1,000 serial. cost
tToo. $4S and tS5
No Smith Premier. cost $roo. Gas. and sss.
No. Remington. cost Sioo. Sac anG Szs.
Hammond Universal 6scoo serial fust
from factory cost 500. $50.
No. Densmore. perfectly new. cost SIoo
Gas.
And many more machines al low figures
You cannot afford TO be without writer
at these figures.
One Fisher Book Machine. cost Ssro used
eight months. 800.
High grade desks. al descriptions AT
manufacturers prices
Woven edge imported ribbons, regular
price ~. our price soc, for any machine
BANNER AGENCY,
r. o. Box 778, Charleston. w. Va.
Ii. Il. COLE, oliver Local Agent.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-03-02

be disposed Of this week. The
testimony and closing arguments,
in fact, will all BE- disposed of on
Friday although the final vote of the
final vote Of the Senate may be de-
ferred until later. The evidence
submitted seems clearly to have es-
tablised the unftness of the defen-
dant for a place on the Federal
bench, but it has hardly proven dis
honesty or other charge which
might be termed either thigh
crime" or "misdemeanor" and
consequently the chances are all
for acquittal of the accused jurist.
One of the lessons of this case has
been the necessity of a process
whereby judge may be removed
without attaching the stigma which
must inevitaly follow impeachment.
All hope of railway rate legisla-
ton for this session Of Congress
has been abandoned, due largely
to the philandering tactics of the
"Hon. Steven B. Elkins. the chair
of the Senate committee on Inter.
state Commerce. Mr.. Elkins is a
prominent railway man who contri-
buted upwards of $50, 600 to the
! campaign fund which resulted in
electing him to the United States
Senate and his conception of his
duty is not in the line of any cur
tailment of the profits now paid him
by his various railway investments
There does seem, however, to be
good reason to expect some ade-
quate legislation of this character
OF the special session of Congress
which President Roosevelt purpo
to call next October, whether Mr..
ElkIns' committee recommends il
or not. Senator'S Cullom and Dol.
liver (Republicans) have acted with
the Democrats on Senator Elkins
Committee, but even this combina.
ton was impotent before the power
full influences of the West Virginia
statesman"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-03-02

We might quote many more from
such eminent Republican authority,
but as "Unus Populi" seems to be
possessed of the one idea we fear it
would be waste of space.
Should Gov. White veto the Mont
gomery bill the Journal cannot fur.
nish "Unus Populi" sufficient space
to convince even the Republicans
OF Preston that he was right.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-03-02

Governor A. b. White and fami-
ly expect to leave Charleston for
Parkersburg the middle of the
coming month.
The Governor will make Parkers-
burg his future home, and his fami-
~ will occupy the old family resi-
dence in that city. Personal bust
ness affairs and much needed rest
will occupy Governor Whites at
tention for several months. The
Governor retires to private life and
about July first expects to engage
i'm active business.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-03-02
THE FACTS MAKE ZEN YELL.

There is a saying that runs some
thing like this: "The culprit who
feels The rope drawing around his
neck never had a good opinion of
the law" This is the position in
which the journal finds itself when
the infamous new tax laws are ex.
posed in ali their hideousness. It's
ponderous arguments in defense of
the new tax laws, when boiled down.
consist of "You lie ]" "You're a
lar !" Misrepresentation made
by some irresponsible cur who has
read some Democratic campaign
rot; voted for John J. Cornwell 9"
Such argument the Journal, in the
simplicity Of its ignorance, imagines
to be incontrovertible The Ian
guage IS so chaste and refined that
the family circle can dispense with
the evening prayer after reading the
editorial columns of the Journal.
II illbecomes the Journal to in.
dulge in such vituperation after the
record the present Legislature has
left it as family heirloom. It has
already gone down into history as
the most corrupt legislature that has
ever assembled IN the State of West
Virginia. II scorned to consider a
bin Furnishing lobbying. 1t got up
a Dispensary bin TO bleed the whis-
key men. II indefinitely postponed
the consideration Of the gas and oil
bin. Il defeated the bill to tax gas
and oil. It's investigating committee
refused 90 summon men who could
give testimony as to the deal be.
tween The Republican party and the
Standard Oil Company. It's men.
bers used language in Remuneration
Of one another ihat would disgrace
and put to shame the patrons Of a
prize fight And iu The face of this
the Journal has ,be terocri,y 70 ,.o
Chat other newsDsyers vrI ev,,,.
sue ing i1pHci'y and fraud that
they nmireo-esept fbe nev ,v
law
The Journal does not hesitate 10
characterize the members Of fits own
party as 1a'sIhcrs" and perurersD
because they make certain accuse
tions againsrother members Of IFS
party whom Che Journal has the