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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-03

experience would be proud of such a
literary parentage. Yoppy tells the
story of his life in a simple, pathetic
way that cannot fail to appeal to the
readers The poor fellow is stolen from
a comfortable home where he is petted,
and serves as penny collector for
an organ grinder. After many sad
days Yoppy finally reaches his happy
home again.
Yoppy, the Autobiography of
Monkey. By Mollie Lee Clifford. Bos-
ton and New York. H. NJ. Caldwell Co.
A novel abounding in exciting Incl
dents, complicated situations and
thrilling narrative is "The Cars Spy
by William lie QueuX. While the scene
of its action changes from Italy To
England and Scotland and thence TO
Finland and Russia, the chief interest
centers in the heroines adventures in
the land of the czar. The story is a
fascinating and healthy one and holds
the interest of the reader to the very
end. This is the first volume in
series the publishers intend to issue
monthly at the uniform price of 80
cents.
The Cars Spy BY William lie
Queux New York: The Smart Set
Publishing company.
No cartoonist in the country appeals
more forcefully to the general public
than John II. McCutcheOn. His pic
lures are always up to date and always
touch the kernel of the matter. Never
malicious, but always depicting the
real humor of his subject, it is no Won
der his cartoons are enjoyed by every
body. In the volume just published,
entitled "The Mysterious Stranger
taking it's name from the latter. which
fba appaSsiO0 Of Missouri 10 the
Republican ranks, are to be found sons
of the best work Of Mr. McCutcheon's
pencil.
The Mysterious Stranger BY John
It. McCutcheon. New York: Mcclure,
Phillips a. Co.
May Gibbons Cooper, one of Califor-
MAS sweet singers, has just published
booklet containing a collection OF
some of her poems, entitled, THE Wind
of the West Sea and Other Songs" one
of the poems entitled "The City of the
Angels" has "a local interest. 1t follows:
Oh tell me, prithee tell me, city fair,
/ Why bend the skies above thee ever
What subtle balm pervades the perfumed
That makes the earth seem every morn
| ing neWF
All, traveller, know that heaven lies very
So that the blue of angel eyes shines
| through;
On the soft wind their rushing wings we
Waiting the balm that makes the tired
earth new.
The volume is daintly illustrated by
the author.
The Wind of the West Sea and Other
Songs BY May Gibbons Cooper. Oak
land Published by the author.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-03
State Senators From Sunny Southland


what places to stay away from-he
would be sure Of making a business
success. William Walter Phelps once
said to me that if James q. Blaine
had let politics alone he would have
been the greatest what is now called
captain of industry in the United
States.
WiImington's Fortune
1t was not so much the good fortune
of Banning that he was thrown into
Wilmington as the scene for the display
of his energies as it was of Wilmington
that his lines were directed there. He
at once realized the possibilities of the
situation and exploited them with un-
surpassed skill and prescience. He i'm
pressed upon the officials of the United
States the capital opportunities for the
creation of harbOrs at Wilmington and
San Pedro of great commercial promise
and prism. He energized the work and
had a strong pull at Washington.
At times he was assisted by the CO.
operation of his brother, Congressman
William Banning after whom he
named one of his sons. 1t may with
exact truth be said that if 1t had not
been for Gen. Banning the government
of the United States would not have
been induced to appropriate the first
$450,000 for Wilmington harbor and
then to duplicate that sum, leading up
to the splendid appropriation of $3,000,-
900, which places us under the con-
tinuouS contract system, practically in
the possession of a harbor which will
ultimately be one of the greatest in
the world.
No one who knew the close relations
those almost of partnership-whic
existed between Stanford Huntington,
Crocker and Hopkins can doubt that
to the perseVering and indomitable
Banning was due much of this early
interest of the railway magnates in
their plan to push their railway to Los
Angeles.
Looked at from any point of view,
Gen. Phineas Banning is and will re-
main the most commanding charac-
ter disclosed in the early days of Los
Angeles. No one else could so COM
pletely embody as he the Latin aphor-
ism as to our evolution, part of which
l was and all of which saw"
His Successor
Don Benito Wilson, a Democrat, sue
ceeded Gen. Banning in the senate lie
was a most interesting character and
typical Tennesseean from Wilson coun-
ty in Old Hickory's state. He was a
fine specimen Of the old frontier guild
to whom everyone would concede the
title OF gentleman though his man
ners were of the plainest. There was
nothing exceptional in his senatorial
career and he would far rather preside
at his beautiful home in the San Gabriel
valley than take part in any legisla-
| tive assembly.
He crossed the plains i'm the early
days, meeting Kit Carson at Santa FC
and making part Of the journey will
him. He was merchant and alsC
planted one Of the grand old orang,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-03

orchards which even in the old days
made Los Angeles, though grouped as
one of the "cOW countless" one of the
beauty spots of his state
No one who entered Don Benitos
house could be long in doubt of the old
mans politics, though, unless invited
by a guest, the word was never men
toned. Good oil paintings which hung
on the parlor walls, embodying the
lineaments of Gen. Robert e. Lee and
Gen. StoneWall Jackson, told the story
convincingly enough.
| have been in Senator Wilson's house
when 1t was full of very distinguished
guests. Away back in the early '70s,
when the Tom Scott party was here,
the old PATRON entertained the railway
magnates, Col. John w. Forney. SEN
ator John Sherman and Gov. Throck-
morton of Texas, who had come out to
Southern California in carrying out
plans relating to the Texas Pacific rail-
way, a corporation which, soon after
that visit, could be described as non est
lnVentus, in consequence of the failure
OF Jay Cooke in the following year. The
old frontiersman received these famous
people with the easy grace which is a
feature of the land from which he
hailed.
He Loved Game
pNiie AANiul tIllllS ABOUT senator VIII
sons entertainments was the abund-
ance of fowl and game which always
furnished them forth. One of the old
Iennesseean's granddaughter is TODAY
the graceful, beautiful and accom-
plished head of the San Francisco 400
and her gracious reign is decidedly
popular.
The old senator's name will he car
RED down to posterity by Wilson's
] fQ nd
TO the latter was built by him. The
first carload of oranges sent east over
the Santa Fe was filled from the San
Marino grove, planted by him. The
honest Tennesseean has left a mark
we'll accentuated In the land which he
reached after such strenuous travail.
The successor of Senator Wilson in
the California senate was a man OF
distinction on both sides of the con-
tinent. Volney E. Howard was borr
In Maine and settled in Mississippi anC
afterward in Texas He was a mem
Der of congress from both of those
states, and left the latter, 1t is under
stood, on account of complications arls'
ing from a duel in which he killed his
opponent.
A Natural Leader
It was impossible for Volney 10. How.
ard TO be located anywhere without eX
erting marked influence on the com
munity. He was natural leader d
men. He first came into note durlns
the vigilante troubles in San Fran
cisco. He was appointed by the gov
ernor general of the forces which 1
was at one time intended to deplol
against the Iedoubtable Coleman ct al
But fortunately all that blew over lik'
tho excitement in the east or the deatl
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-03
OTHING in the mimic world but
has a counterpart i'm the real.

NJ has a counterpart i'm the real.
That the picturesque. fetching
petticoated pirates with which comic
opera has fed the eye and charmed the
ear for generations sprung as full
hedged from the Imagination of lib
bretist as Minerva from the brain of
laundering Jove is so deeply rooted in
popular belief that 1t is rather discon-
certing at this day to discover that less
than 200 years ago really real' women
pirates made no little noise in the world.
The story of the daredevil adventures
of Mary Read and Anne Bonny was
knocked down the other day for 500 in
an auction room at the sale of the Ii
brary of the venerable and scholarly
William J. lie Moyne.
1t forms the kernel of that remarka-
BILE work. "a History of the Robberies
and Murders of the Most Notorious
Pira tes, London, 1724," now one of the
rarest and quaintest bits of Americana.
The two small volumes, with curious
wood and copper plates, are the first
and only record extant of pirate out
laws.
Captain Johnson, the author, was an
old English sea rover. The facts re-
corded he personally gathered from
the participants and their associates
His recital has all the direct simplicity,
the indelicate truthfulness of scriptural
narrative or early Elizabethan drama.
No pirate knew our waters better
than this blunt old sea dog. The ac
count of his own capture, detention
and ransom by the Indians on the
Ohio river G70O) is now scarcely less
valuable Americana than his master
piece, which he apologies in the pre-
face for calling history, since he
tells us "it's nothing but the actions
of a parcel of robbers"
This parcel of robbers is the quarry
from which Marryat j. Clark Rus
sell, Pyle and hosts of lesser writers
are said to have builded their sea ro-
mances, while Robert Louis Stevenson |
had more than passing acquaintance
with the record How Mary Read and
Anne Bonny escaped their nets seems
passing strange.
Worse Than Men
In boldness and daring no less than
self-sacrificing courage these women
pirates were not surpassed by any of
the picturesque freebooters with whom
their fortunes were cast and whose
deeds are enshrined in song and story
Externally these first and only re-
corded women pirates had little in
common with the gayly caparsoned
feminine pirates of polite romance or
comic opera.
Despite the donning of real breeches,
Drawing every hardship and peril
known to the twenty heroes of john
sons history and with not a few of
whom they fought hand to hand with
sword or pistol, Mary Read and Anne
Bonny We're genuine women, if not
perfect ladies'"
They would have gone to their
graves their sex unsupported by their
fierce and bloodthirsty companions
had not Cupid found them out. AS
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17

To two quarts OF strained tomatoes
and water add salt and pepper and let
boil. In the meantime wash one-half
pound OF the large Carolina rice until
the water runs of clear and put that
and one-quarter OF a pound OF butter
In spider while wet and keep stirring
IL until the rice begins to swell aud
takes a golden color. Then turn IL into
the boiling tomato water. cover il
closely and set IL on a moderately hot
part of the range for twenty-five min
utes. II must not be stirred nor al
lowed 10 burn. but no water need be-
added II the proportions are observed.
When done put two ounces Of butter In
the spider and allow II TO become gold
en-. Turn the rice out into a mound on
a platter aud pour the melted butter
over H. II directions are carefully fol
lowed every kernel Of rice will be sep
arate from the rest and the plan tasty
and good
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17

preached DIE place where his ma eSiy
stood. A cushion lay at his feet. I
thought it was there by mistake and
1 kicked il out Of the way. Afterward
l understood my mistake, but the king
only smiled. Then l noticed that his
majesty was holding out his hand. I'm
pulsively I seized that extended hand
and shook IL. Instantly Il flashed over
me that | had made another mistake
That hand was for me TO kiss. as part
OF the ceremony. Oh exclaimed. 4
ought not 10 have shaken your hand
ought |. your majesyY To which the
king replied-and note the cIeverness
the readiness. the kindness-I hope. sir
the day will never come when you
ought not to shake my hand"
The king is the father OF four princes,
only one OF whom is under forty. His
successor. the crown prince, IL Gustav.
who has several times sat on the throne
In place OF his father. The saddest
event In the kings family life, how
ever, has 10 do with the second sou.
Prince Oscar who married FOR love IA
girl OF the people" charming girl.
but not royal blood And because OF
that marriage Prince Oscar was
Obliged TO renOunce his right 10 sue
cession TO the throne. IL Is this second
son OF King Oscar whom the Norwe-
gtans now wish 10 place on their In
dependent throne. The poetic justice
OF giving crown TO a young prince
who had renounced a crown for love
appeals TO the hearts OF the Norwe-
gians, but King Oscar. 70 this pro
posal to place a son OF his ON the throne
OF the bali OF the kingdom that be has
lost. says -"Nor'
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sions, when Ills cooked hat r. orna
mented with three gigantic ostrich
piumes. he looks veritable giant. He
likes TO be the tallest OF his court.
Once he appointed 20 ONCE under the
crown Norwegian whom be had
never seen When his majesty arrived
Ia Christiania, he was greeted by one
OF the few men he had ever promoted.
whose height compelled him 10 look up.
That tall functionery was forthwith
given another and higher Office far
from Christienia.
After the formal bows in receiving
me his majesty shook my hand with q
vicelike grasp: then we sat down on
opposite sides OF a broad table-desk. on
which were many periodicals and tel
ephone. Age had only added grace 10
bis erect figure. His hair, Ike his
beard. was gray and was parted on
the extreme left side He had a lofty
brow and serious eyes. ears OF refine
ment close TO his head. the prominent
nose OF the generous. the mouth OF the
merciful the long. strong fingers Of
the pianist and a mighty breadth OF
shoulder He was dressed Ike any
well bred gentleman. displaying no or
nament. not even the button OF an or
der, 10 indicate his exalted rank. lie
wore a gray tweed suit. with cutaway
coat standing collar. four-in-hand tie
and patent leather shoes. His only ar
ticles OF adornment were a small pearl
scarfpin. a plain seal ring and an or
binary watch chain. He speaks nine
languages. Including the perfect Eng
lish. in which he now began telling me
OF bis greatest hobby.
That hobby IL geographical explora-
tiOn. His active participation In ex.
plorations. however, is perfOrce con-
fined 70 supplying money for expedi-
tions conducted by others He showed
me tiny model of balloon carrying
car made OF gold and precious stones.
This was Intended he said. las a
gift 10 Andree when be came back
from his balloon trip toward the north
pole. l have sent many men north
ward 20 look for him. but. as you see.
the little toy still remains unclaimed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17

To renovate pieces of furniture the
old varnish must be removed. To do
this pour boiling water. 20 which a lit
lie piece OF washing soda has been add
ed, over the piece ~ furniture and aft
er II is dry wipe II with piece OF fan
mel which has been wet In either tur-
pentine or naphtha The next day il
viii have 20 be sandpapered. To take
the dye evenly the whole surface should
be wet just before the color is applied
with clear hot water. Most house
keepers prefer a white enamel 10 any
colored stain. When white is used the
piece Of furniture which YOU are reno
waiting must be left perfectly dry. Give
IL two coats OF white varnish. then rub
II down with sandpapcr and after this
oil IL with soft silk cloth and rub un-
Ill there is q high polish.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17

And here he added. is + present
from Dr. hansen. a diary OF his arctic
Journey in his own hand" IL should
be said parentheticaliy that Dr. Nan
sen is today one OF the Norwegian en-
voys appointed To represent the new
government Of his country at the court
OF his friend King Oscar
Fond of a Joke.
While the king is more OF a scholar
than politician. just the same he
loves a joke. he related an incident
that marked the celebration OF his
birthday: "A committee representing
many trades waited upon me. and |
inquired OF each what was his bust
ness. One said he was manufactu--
er OF perambulators. I asked him If
he was doing we'll He replied that his
business was thriving The next man
proved 10 be an undertaken. He com
planned that times were had for his
business; that he was doing poorly. So
| said TO him: Look here, III tell you
what TO do. Go home and become a
manufacturer OF perambuiators. Ihaye
just been told that that business is
nourlshing.
King Oscar Is one OF the most nc
cessible and most democratic monarchs
In Europe. Il was out walking alone
one day" lie said. when | met an old
friend. | asked him To have some 70
freShment. so we went to restaurant
When paying time came | found that
had left my purse at home. so / had 70
ask my friend 20 lend me the money 10
pay for his entertainment"
At this juncture "A door opened and
there entered lady with the sweetest
face imaginable. She was dressed in
black silk. without any fuss or feath-
ers. Whereupon | was presented Ia
Sophia. queen or the Swedes. She will
soon celebrate her golden wedding an
nlversary, end she wore the lace can
prescribed tor women who are an
preaching seventy. She Is remarkably
well preserved. though somewhat OF
an Invalid She takes part in state
ceremonies only with great pain. A
sufferer herself. she devotes her time IN
alternating the sufrerings OF others.
She has always been interested In re
form dress for women At the palace
she has room lifted up specially for
the display OF rational costumes. de
sigsd by her. Oae day while driy-
ing In Stockholm s.le came 20 "A crowd.
A JonnC g.rl had tainted The queen
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17

Every one knows that smelling salts
are most refreshing when one is suffer
Ing from headache, hut not every one
knows that they may be easily made
NJ home. Take one Gill Of liquid am
monia. quarter Of n dram each altar
OF rosemary AMI English lavender.
eight drops each OF bergamot and
cloves. Put into "A stoppered bottle and
shake vigorously until well mixed Fill
the smelling bottle with asbestus or
sponge cuttings and pour the mixture
over them. taking care not 10 put in
more than the sponge will retain. else
the ammonia will run out and stain
fabrics when the bottle is inverted.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17

ordered Der footrnan TO see that The
girl was carried to the nearest apothe-
cary's shop, and to the shop went also
the queen. where she helped restore the
girl TO consciousness. The patien.
proved 60 be a poor girl who had striv-
"a In vain TO support herself by dress
making. The queen relieved the girls
immediate wants and appointed day
So- her TO come 20 the palace. Receiv-
ing the visitor IN her dressmaking
room. the queen handed her protege a
certain simple costume, saying: Take
this as u model. Call II the queen
model and tell your customers that 1t
Is made after the queens own fash
ioning." Then. by wearing one OF the
gowns herself. the queen set the fash
Ion for the ladies OF Stockholm, and
soon the once poor dressmaker had TO
take larger shop.
Pleasantly Greeted by Absent Countrymen.
One OF the volumes which lay on the
kings table was Roosevelt's History
OF New York" After speaking OF the
pleasure he had derived from reading
the book the king said, when Presi-
dent Roosevelt retires to private life he
should make tour OF the world. as
did General Grant, for he rs a man
whom we over here wish to see" Con
corning the 100000 Swedes and
Norwegians I'm the United States. the
king said, Every year on my birthday
l receive the most pleasing greetings
and the most surprising gifts from my
countrymen In America" After ex-
pressing his establishment at the con
tmued opportunities which the United
States offers the poor OF the world. az
shown In the large amounts Of money
which the Swedes and Norwegians I'm
America are constantly sending 10
their poor parents In the home country
his majesty exclaimed. mo wonder my
people are emigrating 20 America 10y
thousands
Regarding the kings tact at court
ceremonials. the actual hero of this
little story related IL himself TO me;
II had 90 20 before his majesty TO re-
ceive a high honor. At the palace ! APP
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17
FRUIT PIES.
How 60 Make Them In Deep ana
Fiat Dishes

Fiat Dishes.
In spite of the elaborate desserts in
vented &C tempt the palate there is
nothing that can ever quite take the
place Of good fruit pies. In summer.
when fruit is abundant and cheap. IL is
better TO use fresh fruit. Besides. all
fruit has more or less acid which
adapts IL for hot weather.
The English make fne pies. deep and
thick, most often without an under
crust For such pies put a small tea
cup inverted in the middle Of the
pie dish, with berries or sliced fruit all
around IL, sweeten, cover with the
paste and bake. When the pie is cut
the Juice will be found TO have gath
cred In the cup and none boiled over
and wasted. The crust is also drier
and more fisky.
Pies baked with under crusts are apt
to be soggy at the bottom and the
juice TO run out and cause an unpieas-
ant odor. A tart or pie without upper
crust has the filling laid fat and then
strips Of the pastry laid in cross bars
over the surface. Small fruits are best
wi TAI Ars but dIRitS iudt nave Dceu
boiled and mashed make good tarts.
All berries should be washed. dried
and sugared and laid in raw. Peaches.
apricots, plums and cherries should
have the pits taken out. Pitted sour
cherries make a delicious pie.
Custard. marmalade and lemon pie
should have a meringue spread on top
and be put two minutes in a moderate
oven to set. Whipped cream is an addi-
ton 10 all open pies.
The crust is the part on which the
success OF the pie depends. Just as
much pure lard-trled out at home. IL
possible-as there Is -four is required.
Mix these with a little salt and ice
water and set the dough on the ice all
night Roll il out the next day quite
thin and bake well Knead IL only
enough TO make IL hold together. Paint
the outer crust with the beaten yolk OF
an egg TO get a rich color. All very
juicy fruits should be baked in deep
dishes without bottom crusts. The
result will be unmiXed delight 10 those
who eat and a triumph for the cook.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17
How 10 Bind n skirt.

Shrink wooden dress braid before put
ting IL on your skirt and avoid the
puckered effect that comes when the
braid is wet after being put ON the
skirt where this Is not done. II is also
best 10 allow a few inches for this
shrinking when measuring for new
braid. Simply wet the braid thorough
ly and hang IL up 10 dry without wiring
ing IT, In sewing IL on care should be
taken neither 20 hold IL too tight TO
give a drawn effect nor so loose that
II has ruf7ed effect, especially IL the
serviceable brush braid is used.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17
Cracked Lfps.

Cracked HIPS are often caused by I'll
health and indigestion. Put a little
good cold cream on every night after
washing and overhaul your dietary II
you are troubled in this way and want
to remedy the matter. Never bite your
lips. however rough and uncomforta-
bic they may feel Biting makes mat
tiers worse rather than better and IL
likely to permanently, spoil the outline
Of the lips and make them thick and
ueiy.
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willing to Do the correct Tbing

Lawyer - There is your divorce,
madam. You are free. OF course, 10
marry again, If you like. but as a mat
ter OF propriety / suggest that you
wait awhile.
Fair Cnent-How long do you think
ought TO wait. Mr.. Sharpe-a week I?
Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-06-17

Make mixture Of cayenne pepper
and finely powdered quicklime Lay
q little heap in front Of their holes and
with a pair OF bellows blow the pow
der into them. Then paint the entrance
TO each hole with liquid tar and sprin-
kle the shelves where food is kept with
the pepper and lime II does not XIII
the mice. but keeps them away.