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Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
King as a Fashion Model

1t is one of King Edwards many
titles to fame, although he has proba-
bly, never sought it, that he is by uni
versal consent the best dressed man in
his own dominions, and that he has in
troduced more changes in the fashion
of mems dress than any of his prede-
cessors on the throne, says Tit-Bits.
To mention only few of these royal
fashions, it was he who first exchanged
the uncomfortable tight trousers and
enormous top boots, which were the
orthodox sporting costume forty years
or so ago. for the comfortable
and workmanlike knickerbockers and
worsted stockings which are so univer-
sal today. We owe to him the neat
and attractive Norfolk suit, the dress
jacket, which is such an Improvement
in ease and comfort on the long-tailed
coat, the single breasted frock coat,
the Hamburg hat and many another
innovation suggested by his common
sense and good taste. In fact. for
forty years our king has practically
dictated masculine fashion to the
world, and If he were to sport green
tie or tiowered waistcoat today, with
in a month they would be worn by the
thousand i'm two continents.
A very different king of fashion was
the first James, under whose despotic
rule no person, with few exceptions.
could wear lawn or cambrics or cloth
trimmed with gold, under pain of for
feiture of the clothes and 100 pounds
to be paid by the wearer and as much
by the maker of the clothes" while
under the rule Of Tsar Paul OF Russia
any subject who departed from the
prescribed dress was promptly lodged
in prison, the only costume permitted
to the ordinary man being a SINGLE
breasted coat and vest, 'breeches with
knee buckles instead of strings.
buckled shoes and a cooked hat.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
THE suggestion recently made by

THE suggestion recently made by
DR.. O'Hanlon as to the possibility
of largely extending human life
beyond the present average limit has
given rise to discussion among doc
tors and insurance men that promises
to develop some very curious facts.
The subject has already been COM
mented on by medical journals and
insurance publications. both of these
interests being deeply interested in all
indefinite extension Of human exis-
tence-one class in order to preserve
an army of patients and the other an
army of premium contributors. Both
are assured of the diligent cooper
alton of the subject of the extension.
An investigation of the vital statis-
tical records and the mortality tables
worked out by insurance actuaries
shows that as a matter of fact the
term of human life has not been gen
orally extended since the period of
scientific observation and record be-
gan. BY this is meant such observa"
tion as vital statisticians and insur-
ance actuaries give to a subject Of
this kind whereby the figures are sub
mitted to a sharp analysis and cross
questioning of a very searching kind.
That this should be the case in view
of the progress made in the last eighty
years in sanitary and medical sciences
has given this discussion its present
interesting turn.
Effect of Sanitary Conditions
In the rural districts sanitary con-
ditions are about the same as they
have always been, and so it is unneces-
sary to look there for any of the causes
that initiate against long life. 1t is in
the cities, where population is con-
gested. movement is rapid and pres.
sure daily increasing, that search must
be made for the causes that counter
act the influence of medical skill and
sanitary science. 1t Is admitted OH
all hands that in almost every great
city in the world within the space of
time under discussion, particularly in
American cities, the conditions of life
have been very much improved and
some forms of fatal diseases practical
ly eradicated while all of them have
been modified. Why, then. is it that
the figures show no general heightened
life term?
1t has been discovered that this is
due to the fact that for every new
protection some new assault, calling
for nerve and muscle resistance, has
beer developed by the necessities of
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
Cruelty to Animals

London has physician. DR.. Bill
ings, who for years has been active in
the prevention of cruelty to animals,
often carrying his ideas to great ex-
tremes. One day. while the doctor was
writing, a large fly annoyed him by
buzzing on the window pane. The
doctor called the servant. "Open the
window and put that fly outside" said
he. But" said the servant. thinking
of the wetting the room would get,
ITS raining very hard outside" ooh.
is it?" said the doctor. "Then put the
fly in the waiting room until the storm
is over"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09
NEXT time you write please ex-
plain what a tram is

v plain what tram is
II don't understand what
you mean by buggy You speak as
If it carried you about. How does ii
go?''
. have recently been examining some
of the letters exchanged between the
public school children of the United
States and the board school boys and
girls of England, and in an American
letter just ready to be sent out to Eng
land and an English letter received by
ain American boy l came across the
above quoted demands for information.
1t seemed that the London boy had
written that he had gone from near
Westminster to the Tate gallery in a
tram. The American boy, in writing
to his unseen English friend, had
Vouchsafed the information that he
had been around Central park in a
buggy Each boy was puzzled and
each wrote for the solution of the
puzzle.
The solution arrived in London and
New York in due time. The London
boy was surprised and interested to
discover that buggy was sort OF
cart or small carriage, and the New
York boy was greatly entertained to
learn that a tram was just a common
everyday street car,
Nothing more interesting and i'm
proving in the way of study has been
taken up in our American public
schools than this adoption of the cor
responding exchange idea between the
American boys and girls and the boys
and girls of other countries. Especial
ly helpful have American pupils study
ing German found this interchange of
let tiers with German pupils, but by far
the larger amount of correspondence
is carried on between the English and
the American school children.
For the American boy or girl no
book on English history and geography
can be half so instructive and at the
same time entertaining as the fort
nightly or monthly letter which comes
across the water from a boy or girl
living right within sound of Bow Bells
or almost under the caves of Westmin-
ster abbey old ST. Paurs or the Tower
of London. What joy to the American
boy or girl to be informed that "the
bust of your poet Longfellow stands
in a good light and great many Eng
lish as wen as American travellers visit
It every day. What pleasure, too, the
American boy derives from the graphic
account of ride on the top of bus
through the principal thoroushfares of
London. and does he understand the
story of Guy Fawkes half so well when
he reads It in his history as he does
when an English board school boy tells
h-a all about 1t and explains how he
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

city life, and so the sum of all the
effort of medical and sanitary science
has been, I'm regard to the extension
of the term of life, practically a fail
ure. A glance at the conditions OF
life in a city like New York, for in
stance, convinces even casual oh
server of how the nervous shocks
and the strains to which resident
there Is subjected have increased to
a point where only the most perfect
nerve constitution can hope for health.
These nervous attacks are SO subtle
as to never amount to enough to cause
one to complain, but their continual
reiteration and repetition are grad
ually wearing out the nerves of the
community.
Stop to draw a comparison of a man
in ordinary business going to his
counting room today and using the
telephone to Chicago, Washington and
Boston, reading in his newspapers the
accounts of critical debates in foreign
cabinets bloody battles on land and
sea, on whose result the fate of en-
pires depend receiving mail, cable
grams and kilograms from all four
quarters of the world seeing the price
of commodities in which his fortune is
involved, either by investment or spec
ulation, bob up and down the scale of
values, with the composed life of a
gentleman merchant in any center of
commerce sixty years ago and the
contrast is startling.
Strain of City Life
The assaults made upon the senses
and faculties of such an Individual,
and such individuals make up a large
portion of the community, call for the
expenditure within twenty-four hours
of an amount of nerve energy and re-
sistance that would have sufficed to
carry a man fifty years ago months,
1t may be years, along life's road.
Half-hourly editions of dozen
newspapers proclaim the Incidents as
they occur and millions of people,
young and old, are practically brought
within the influence of the ringside
excitement or the shock of dlsappoint-
ment over a fumbled ball, and all this
is added to the existing nerve strain
of whatever business they are en-
tangled in. And then the newest in
vention of all, the nerve racking
transportation paraphernalia of a
modern city, is still to do its work
with them. At the present moment,
for instance. something like a quarter
of a million of people ride every day
in the tunnel and a quarter of a mill
lian human hearts are linked up di-
rectly with a seventy five thousand
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-09

The population of Bombay amounts
to 76O persons per acre in certain
areas, and in these sections the street
area only occupies one-fourth Of the
whole. II the entire population massed
in the streets for any purpose the
density would equal SOlo persons per
acre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

looking in at the door The sight caused him to
shrink moaning, into the of the shed and
gasp for breath. Finally with mighty effort he
aroused himself and grabbing a shovel he dug
hole, with desperate haste just outside the
door. Then, carefully avoiding touching it
with his fingers, he scraped the blue ticket
upon the shovel, dropped it into the hole and
covered it over.
Oar" he said with a sigh of relief, Use done
barred you, and l doan want muffin noah to do wild
you-nuffin, nohow."
Nevertheless when, on Saturday, May IA, Uncle
David, having made his daily journey to the post
Office received letter from J. H. Jenkins informing
that the "elephas afrcanus" was at the railway
station awaiting his orders, he hobbled homeward
as fast as possible his thin face ilumined with
smile and his ebony eyes shining with consuming
joy.
fortune to Aunt Cyndia would be to confess his
weakness, against which he had fought valiantly
and in vain, but which heretofore he had hidden
successfully from his wife. But now
What's de mattah wild you, man?' Aunt Cyndia
demanded when David, meek and humble, crept
in and stood shamefacedly before her ''You appear
like you done broke all dem dar ten 'mandments
right smack in de middle"
By way of answer Uncle David held out the
letter and stood, trembling with apprehension,
while his wife slowly perused it.
e Hit shore takes a fool to be lucky observed
Aunt Cynda finally broad smile revealing two
rows of pearly teeth. The disparaging remark was
received by David only as token of forgiveness,
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a-knockin' at de doah and a-sayin': Good mornin',
Aunt Cyndy, heah you gotter bran affercanus.
Use been lowin dey's gwine ter say, to buy
affercanus myself, and thought I'd come and see
how you like yourn.' Den Use gwine ter show hit
to em, and Use gwine ter watch dar eyes a-dancin'
and a-dancin' when dey sees hit
But whar you reckon Yves gwine ter put hit?'
asked Uncle David doubtfully
His wife looked at him a moment in supreme
contempt. 'Whar's gwine ter put hit?" she
replied. "Whar you reckon, you fool black man?
Reckon Yves gwine ter put hit out in de barn wild
dat OF no-count mule o yourn? No, subj ives
gwne ter put hit whar eberybody does, what can
ford affercanus We's gwne ter put hit right in
de parlah, and Use gwine ter keep de front doah
open, SOS dem what is gon by can see ives got
affercanus," and Aunt Cyndia tossed her head
proudly. But you trot along now, she continued,
and doan you waste varble time gittn back
heah, nedur You heah me?"
So commanded, Uncle David withdrew, and after
resurrecting his lottery ticket he gripped the blue
card tightly in his hand and set forth to claim his
own. At the station he was rurnmagng among the
boxes and barrels in the freight room, when the
agent approached.
What you looking for, Uncle David?" the
official demanded
why, suh,' replied David, assuming an air of
grave importance, Use 1ookn for dat dar ellafus
affercanus, what l done drawed in Mistuh Jenkins
lottahry subj l 'sPects hits heah sumwhars,
leastwise-'
Inc agent laugned Tome along, ne SAID,
it's out in the stock-yard.'
With anxious haste the excited negro ,hobbled
after the other, and as they drew near he beheld
a number of men and boys standing upon the fence
and peering into the inclosure
There it is said the agent, opening the gaze.
David looked, and started back. IL the middle
of the yard half-grown elephant Stood Tapping
its huge
Slowly and hestating1y, Uncle David advanced
toward his suddenly acquired menagerie, then
paused and glanced appealngly at the assembled
crowd What l wants to know he said, is
what Use gwne ter do wild dat dar aninule2
A loud gufaw greeted his words and many per-
tinent and ridiculous suggestions were offered
freely. But Uncle David, paying attention to
the good-natured gatherings made detour and
approached the elephant from the Then,
taking off his hat he waved it in the air and shooed.
But the animal did not even his head. Then,
picking up hickory club, David struck his property
a resounding whack.
For an instant the elephant looked at David in
panied surprise, then numbering forward, passed
slowly through the gate and into the road. With
little difficulty the animal headed for home,
and Uncle David, followed by the crowd, trudged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

and he stood awkwardly
fumbling his hat until
his wife's commands
again fell upon his ears.
" Why for you standin'
dar GRIMM like a bab-
BOOM" she asked. Why
for amt you gwine after
dat dar affercanus thing?
Go and git hit, now,
she continued impatient
ly, and doan you fool
round none on de road,
for Use wantin' to see
hit, l isl"
" Yessum," replied
David. meek1y, Use
gwine, Cyndy; but Use
wond'rin what dat dar
ellafus affercanus is"
" Huh" calculated his
wife, "whar you bin all
your life dat you doan
know what dat is? l
knows, | does, and | tell
you hits gwine ter cause
a heap OBJ discommotion
in dis heah 'munity too.
All de poah trash, dey's
gwine ter come a-peekin'
and a-peekin' in at de
winders, and all de quail
ity-dey's gwine to come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

de Lord He doan seem to take no kindah notice no.
how oh OF Davy's trials and authorizations. He
doan-"
Huh" interrupted his wife disdainfu1y, "doan
you reckon de Lords got sumfin more ticular to do
dan to rumnate obah Of count black man?
Now you clar outen heah, man. and tend to dat
dar ahnery mule O yourn! You heah me?"
As the difference in avoirdupois between Uncle
David and Aunt Cyndia in the neghborhood
of one hundred and twenty pounds in favor of the
latter, the aged negro shambled humbly out of
the house and made his way slowly and with many
shaking of the head to the tumble-down shed that
stood in the
"Lookey heah, Ephram," he said, addressing
his mouse-co1ored mule you gwine ter kick me dis
heah mornin'? Is you? If you is, Use not gwine
ter say a word. Use jest gwine ter take hit in
humble and contrte spirit, for Use desarvin' of
hit, | is"
But the 1ank and longeared animal seemed to
entertain desire to indulge in his usual gymnastc
exercises, and David, unmoested, but with low
murmurings unto himself, performed his accustomed
labor. When he had done, he sat down upon an
overturned pail and took the card from his pocket.
With painful slowness he spelled out the words
printed thereon
Good for One Chance Elephas Africanus,
To Be Ratified Off by J. H Jenkins
On Friday, May IS, 1904.
''Euafus Afercanus," unused Uncle David, rails
ing his eyes from the card and gazing abstracted1y
at the mule contentedly munching its fodder. Il
declar' to goodness if l didn't clean forget to AK
dat dar gemmen what sold me dis heah ticket what
er ellafus affercanus is. Huh, OATS funnyl
What's l gwine ter do wild dat eafus if | gets hit?
OATS what l wants ter know
Again he looked at the card thoughtfully, and
suddenly CLEAN of terror swept across his black
face and his eyes glistened with alright Fer
de lans mussy!" he cried, IF dis heah lotahry doan
take place Friday, de thirteenth. Use shore
done fell from grace, is anddar amt noah hope
fer Uncle Davy Use done invite all de ebil spirits
fer to come and see me, and dis heah berry minute
l specks deys putin dar debil buds fer de
'casion.
His eyes rolled helplessly and his ebony features
grew a shade paer. As though searching for ray
of hope, he glanced once more at the ticket, only
to let it drop from his fingers, like hot coal.
'Numbah thirteenl" he gasped in dismay And
l amt notice dat till jest dis heah Dressed minute
Oh, oh, Obi" he moaned rocking in the agony of
his terror Il done put myself in de hands oh de
Deb and all his angels! l done"
He could say more, but for many moments sat
in silence, his face buried in his hands and his ra
body shaking with fear. Presently a slight noise
caused him to glance up. and he beheld black cat
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n low Use gone done
N hit" moaned Uncle
l David, gazing re-
morsefully at a blue card
in his hand. Use gone
bought dat dar 1ottahry
ticket, and de Lord, He's
powahful cut up at my
sinful doin's, OATS what
He is, and He woan hab
muffin noah to do wild
OF Uncle Davy, nohow!"
What's dat?" ex-
claimed Aunt Cyndia,
whose presence in the adj
joining room had been
unknown to Uncle David.
What's dat you'se de-
servin' dar, you man?
Uncle David started
and rolled his black eyes
in sudden terror, then,
hearing his wife's foot
steps approaching, he
quickly thrust the in
eliminating blue card in
his pocket and began
washing his hands in
the tin bowl on a box
by the stove.
Use jest remahkin', -
he said, as Aunt Cyndia
entered the room, dat
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-29
Speaking OF Kids.

Walhalla has the Rooseveltian type
of idealism with distinctive promin-
ence. Its increase of population, as
shown by registration of births for
one week alone was twenty-five. The
Mountaineer is in its glory and Wal
halla, the Garden of Eden spot in
Pembina county, is getting lots Of
newspaper advertising over the state.
The town is a vertiable Paradise Alley
for youngsters of the knee high to q
grasshopper size and the old batch
and wall flower antique maiden are
scurrying to get out of the kid kinder
garten etropolis.-Courier Democrat.
Bro. Woolner has no authority for
the above statement and should have
inquired more fully into facts before
publishing so misleading an article
and growing Factions over Walhalla,
which he has always looked upon as
his personal enemy-for what reason
he is better judge than we are, as
~AASAS ~ Az ACoSOA 4O1 dAy Jealousy
between this place and Langdon, so
far as trade goes, although we will
modestly admit that in general ap-
pearance Walhalla takes the lead.
The Mountaineer stated that within
week twenty-five children had been
added to the population of Walhalla I"
Now 1t wasn't necessary for Bro.
Woolner to jump at the conclusion
that these children were all natives
of the town, for they were not-nine
OF them moved here from Fremont
township in "Jim's" county and they
are all nice, bright and intelligent
young people, too-which is not sur
prising. Another six came from On
tario with their parents, and are nice
people, three births and seven more
IN almost as many families that
moved here from as many different
points, make up the twenty-five. The
total increase in population would
porbably exceed forty people, but Of
this we haven't as yet had a chance
to assure ourselves. We are anxious.
just at this particular time, to be very
careful in any statements that We
make-and mention the matter at all
because the item in the CD, might
lead to our being further misquoted.
We ignore the. last sentence of Bro.
Woolner's item-he has just got mar
ried himself and if he was judged by
years, instead Of actions, he was no
spring chicken" when he adopted
the yoke matrimonial. - Walhalla
Mountaineer,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-29
FUTILE AND coE FIND coal.
Morton County Men In It Again-Ex-
perts to Make Extensive Surveys
Mar OAKLAND nnAoo~ ,t.- 49,

Morton County Men In It Again-Ex.
perts to Make Extensive Surveys
Near Portland, Oregon. =. -
Dickinson, April 81. f. Brodie,
manager of the Consolidated Coal
Company at Lehigh and New Salem,
and an expert coal miner of wide ex-
perience, went to Portland today to
examine some coal lands for DR.. H. w.
Coe and R. M. futile, both former
residents or Mandan. These lands
are situated near Portland, and are
thought to contain large deposits of
first-class coal, and if the preliminary
surveys that have been made shall be
verified by the now thorough examin-
alton that will be made by Mr.. Brodie,
friends on the slope of Messrs. Coe
and Tuttle will have occasion to ex-
tend additional congratulations on the
good fortunes of these gentlemen.
The experience Mr.. Brodie has had
in the mining enterprises of his CON-
pany render his services of great
value in determining the extent of
these new found western deposits, and
Messrs. Coe and futile are fortunate
in being able to secure his services
at this time.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-04-29
DO
WHAT IRRIGATION is DOING IN
MONTANA.

Montana is coming in for a big
share of the general prosperity of the
country, and it will only be a few
short years when she will rank with
any of the northwestern states in
agricultural greatness. The recent
act of the interior department in set
ting aside 100000 toward reclaim
ing three or four thousand acres in
the Milk river valley is but the begin
ming of much vaster development OF
this section as the needs grow apace.
Already the agricultural worth of this
to the famous valley has been ade.
Quately demonstrated in the results
which have followed the irrigation
works already established. It has
been successfully proven that all
kinds of agricultural products grow in
abundance wherever irrigation is
used. The soil is naturally rich and
needs only moisture to make it yield
prolifically. The Great Northern Rail.
way furnishes adequate transporta
ton facilities, its main line prectical.
" cutting the valley in two. The fact
that the government has decided to
begin immediate operations will
prove a great incentive to the people
of that section who have always be
aieved in the future of their country
and will open to settlement vast
area of rich land to the homeseekel
and investor.