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The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
SuSuicious.

Representative Cochran of Missouri
wished to illustrate some remarks that
he was making about suspicious cir
cumstances
There was a man." he said, "a we'll
dressed man, who came to St. Joseph
with a lot of luggage, and registered
at one of our hotels.
LAS he stood in the office, in con-
versation with the proprietor, porter
took up one of his boxes so roughly
that the handle broke and heap of
shirts and shoes and collars and so on
rolled out over the floor
'The guest and the porter started to
pack these things into the box again.
The proprietor, standing by, noticed
among them an odd continuance
ropes, block and tackle, and a big
steel hook-and he pointed to the con.
trivance, saying:
what have you there?'
"'That,' said the guest, is a patent
fire escape. l never travel without it.
In case of fire l can, with this inven-
ton, let myself down from my hotel
window, no matter what it's height
may be-
1.-THE landlord frowned.
"'Our terms for guests with fire es-
capes, sir he said, are invariably
cash in advance San Antonio Elk.
press.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

It makes all the difference in the
world, in results, whether you come
to your. work every day with all your
powers intact, with all your faculties
UP to the standard; whether you come
with the entire man, so that you can
fling your whole life into your task or
with only a part of yourself; whether
you do your work as a giant or as
pigmy. Most people bring only
small part of themselves to their
tasks. They cripple much of their
ability by irregular living, bad habits
in eating and injurious food lack of
sleep, dissipation of some other folly.
They do not come to their tasks ev-
cry morning whole men, part of them
selves, and often a large part, is some
where else. They left their energy
where the were trying to have good
time, so that they bring weakness
instead Of power, Indifference and
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

camp. She exchanged the frilled and
f1ounced gowns of costly material
which had set two continents agog by
reason of their cost and beauty for
the rough 'togs" of a frontier woman,
and surmounted her wealth of glossy
hair with a sombrero instead of Pa
risian creation.
Personally she inspected the ores
of the claims from which she hoped to
select the property she would operate
for the Denver juvenile court. She
went down into the mines often in
the iron-bound bucket dangling from
a rope windlass. She knocked frag-
ments from the hanging wall with a
miners pick and took them to an
assayer to determine the value of the
lead" She examined more than
dozen claims in the four days she
spent in Cripple Creek and out of this
number she selected one that was
rich enough to pass muster.
Since the mine was opened six
weeks ago the smelter receipts, be-
sides paying expenses OF operation,
have added over 81 900 to the juveni.e
court fund in Denver.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
Where Saivini Takes His Ease,

The life at Dievole is self-depend-
ent, secluded as that of some desert
island, it's resources all coming from
within. It is rarely long continued.
The padrone has country house in
another part of Tuscany, where the
conditions are entirely normal, with
manners and customs differing in no
marked degree from those of other
civilized communities. To his farm
he repairs at intervals. generally for
a week or two at time, often bring
ing house-party with him. Or, if he
desires absolute rest, Dievole is a
splendid refuge. I'm the other place."
he says, "they know the ropes, can
get at me, and fish me up. Here I
am my own master-and l am safe.''
We left him there, one bright morn
ing, to his shining solitude, among
his flowers. There was no cloud in
the sky and the shadow of the fattore
seemed the only one on all the land
scape. Since the early days of Eden,
there has been no garden without a
snake rustling through the grass
except, perhaps, in Ireland.-T. r.
Sullivan, in Scribner's.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

ried too far from his normal position,
his rise being checked by automatic
brake and power releases. H..
When in motion the monocyc1e is
balance and steered with a lever on
the right, which in being operated
moves the seat laterally of the frame
resulting in an unequal distribution of
weight, which causes the wheel to
swerve in one direction or the other,
changing its course or maintaining it's
equilibrium as may be desired.
When at rest, or when travelling
steadily over even ground, the motor
occupies position in the lower por.
ton of the frame; but when the pow-
,er is applied the motor moves for
ward and upward in proportion to the
resistance encountered. The seat also
rises, but in a lesser degree, and it
holds it's vertical position by swinging
in the standards.
The tractive effect, being thus Sc
cured by the rising movement of the
weight within, enables the wheel to
travel over any surface however
smooth without slipping and to climb
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
" In the Northern Seas"

I'm Northern Seas" book by E.
Wilmington, recounting the adventures
Of Alfred Searcy in northern Austria
liza, has the following about turtles:
When I went down the coast on one
occasion I obtained a magnificent tur-
tie shell, worth about $40. The coast
is infested with hawk-bill turtles, from
which the article of commerce known
as tortoiseshell is taken. There is
also an unlimited supply Of the green
back turtle, from which the famous
soup is made. have eaten the hawk
bill turtle, but the green-back is con-
sldered the proper one for edible pur-
poses. I have seen the natives kill the
turtles and, after cutting out the
meat, scoop out the rich green fat,
which lies between the meat and the
she'll, and eat it hot and raw. The
turtles come up above high water mark
and scratch out a nest in the sand,
where they lay their eggs and then
cover them over. The eggs are
hatched by natural heat In the first
nest / found I obtained ten dozen
fresh eggs. We used them in ONE
lets.''
Mr.. Searcy also says: when pass
ing through a belt of mangroves we
started thousands and thousands of
flying foxes. Soon a great eagle ap-
peared on the scene and, having spot
ted fine, plump fOx,' started to cut
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Annoy is an island city on the China
coast, near Formosa. There are
mountains west of Annoy and accord
ing to correspondent there are tigers
in them. "These tigers lead an easy
and independent life in the caves and
dens which abound. They come out
of these every evening just as the
shadows creep over the land and the
blue mists rise from the lower ground
and hide the hills. Then the lnhabl-
tants get within their houses and keep
the door between them and these
savage brutes. Many poor woman,
coming with water from the we'll, or
farmer, delayed too long in the fields,
has fallen victim to them. The nights
are spent by the tigers in foraging,
and the foxes and wild cats that roam
the hills and the dogs in the villages
become their prey.
"There is nothing, however, that
gives the tigers such supreme delight
as the capture of a good~sized pig.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

high speed, or to cross uneven coun-
try, he draws them within the large
wheel and rides upon a single tire.
The auxiliary wheels can also be
extended so as to form three wheels
abreast, in which position they are
mainly intended to serve as stays to
hold the vehicle in an upright position
when at rest.
An interesting feature of travel by
this unique machine is the sensation
of rising at each alteration of the
speed caused by the peculiar method
whereby traction is produced. When
the power is applied the, rider rises
within the wheel, and, as the speed
increases, he gradually sinks back
into his former position, from which
he is again elevated when he applies
the brake; but whatever speed may
attain or however abruptly progress
may be checked the. rider is not car
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
MALE TOADS HATCH EGGS.
Reversal Of Natural Proceedings in
Some Specjes,

Reversal Of Natural Proceedings in
Some Species.
In the animal kingdom more than
one species divides the labor of incu-
baton, but several species Of toads
are known in which the care of the
eggs devolve upon the males.
The Chilian or Darwin's, frog is one
of these, the male being provided
with a large pouch covering the en-
tire under part Of the body. 1t has
two openings into the mouth and the
eggs are swallowed into this curious
receptacle, where they remain until
the tadpoles are ready to begin an
Individual existence.
The female has no pouch and once
the eggs are laid takes no further
interest in her offspring, leaving the
entire care Of the family to the de-
voted father.
Another species has an equally
curious mode of caring for the egg,
the male wrapping the strings of new
laid eggs about his hind legs and re.
tiring 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-f1edged toads
In this case they are under their
mothers care, the male assisting he1
to place the eggs one by one into the
hexagonal cells upon her back
where they are carried safely through
incubation.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
Fierce Tigers Of China

They are truly Chinese in their tastes
in this respect. One of these animals
will go at steady trot with a dead
pig thrown over its back up the sides
of steep hills, jumping over huge
powders and taking cross cuts over
the most inaccessible ground. The
physical strength of a tiger is some
thing enormous, and its capacity for
devouring large quantities of food is
scarcely less amazing.'
"A Chinaman asleep in a tiger-trap
is something of a novelty. even for
Perak," says a Penang writer. "A
coolie was discovered one morning
near Kinta mine, having apparently
passed the night in the trap. When
reused he said that sleep had over
taken him and so he chose the one
spot least likely for the tiger to visit
the trap that had been set for a
year without result. He thought that
the tiger knew a thing or two about
traps
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Napoleon Bonaparte of Baltimore as
the rightful chief of the Bonaparte
family. This scion of the famous
house lately sailed to Europe to visit
former Empress Eugene at her resi-
dence in the Riviera. 1t was through
Eugenies influence, when she was still
sovereign, that the French council
of state decreed as valid the marriage
of King Jerome Bonaparte to Miss
Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore and
proclaimed as legitimate the son born
to that union. AS tracing descent from
this first marriage Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte takes precedence over
Princes Victor and Louis, who are de-
scended from King Jerome and his
second wife.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
One Requisite Of Success

dullness instead of enthusiasm and
alertness, to the performance of the
most important duties of. their lives.
The man who comes to his work in
the morning unrefreshed, languid and
listless cannot do good, honest days
work, and if he drags rotten days into
the year how can he expect a. sound
career or successful achievement?
Good work is not entirely question
of will power; often this is impaired
by low ply sical standard. The quail
ity of the work cannot be up to high
water mark when every faculty, every
function and every bit of your ability
is affected by your physical and men
tai condition. You may be sure that
your weakness, whatever it's cause,
will appear in your days work
whether it is making boots or selling
them, teaching school or studying,
singing or painting, chiseling statues
or digging trenches.-Success. !
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

(From the New York World.)
A motor monocycle of strange de-
sign and for which great things are
claimed has been invented by Oswald
Jensen of New York.
In appearance this travelling ma
chine is unlike any other vehicle in
use today. Within huge wheel with
pneumatic tire is suspended seat
on which the driver rides. The ma
chine is not loop-the-loop affair, as
one viewing the pictures of it might
suppose, the rider being always in an
upright position.
The advantages claimed for this
queer motor carriage by it's inventor
are many. 1t offers not only a new
and easy method of rapid speeding
overland, but it opens avenues of trav
ell that are closed to all other styles
of vehicles in it's ability of move over
rough, sandy and rocky country. 1T
bounds over rocks and other obsta-
cles," declares its inventor, with as
much ease as horse trained to
jump"
1t requires neither road nor rail, but
travels cross-country over fields and
meadows, climbing hills and bound
ing over bitches and other irregulari
ties of the land formerly considered
insurmountable barriers even to the
most reckless chauffeur. And it has
"a mile minute.
In addition to the one large wheel
upon which it travels the monocycle
has two auxiliary wheels, which can
be extended to the ground or drawn
within the large wheel, as may be de-
sired.
The main wheel is nine feet in di-
ameter and consists of a light steel
rim five inches wide fitted with a
pneumatic tire.
The rider sits within this wheel
upon movable seat. which, in being
operated toward either side, causes
the wheel to be steered and balanced
The upright position of the motor
and rider is maintained by means Of
eight small wheels which travel upon
tracks fixed upon the inner side of
the main rim. While these wheels
render the position of the motor
frame and seat Independent of the ro-
tary motion of the rim, the seat also
retains vertical position independ-
ent of the frame. To produce this
effect the seat is suspended between
two standards, which in turn slide
laterally across the motor casing,
When travelling at leisure along
country roads the rider extends the
auxiliary wheels toward the rear on
each side of the main wheel, thus
converting the machine into a tricy-
Gle; but when it is desired to attain
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

For Ibis horse wore the wings Of the
wind. L &T
Then fatherless lads from their novels =
Went shouldering ponderous guns, !i
And old men and gray tottered weakly
away. - lE#
To find the rude graves of their sons;
For country is higher than kindred, ~
And what is the glory of Sod d. (,
Unwet t,6Sat by the flood Of it's yeoman's red
And warts it not more than God?. -.
So. women with babes at their bosom
Gazeo out DER the burrows untitled,
Through the haze resting red like the
blood that was shed
In faraWay struggle unwilled;
And eyes that are swollen and anguished,
Uplifted in silent appeal;
20, God of the Poor, does Thy mercy en-
dure
When Thy monarchs know naught but
of steel?'
And over and over and over,
BY village and hamlet and hill
The haze resting red like the blood that
is shed,
But the fail in the valley is still
The earth at the seedtime unbroken.
The fields at the harvest ungleaned.
And lone vigil kept by a woman who
Wept
With babe at her bosom unweaned.
j. w. Foley, in New York Times.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

applying new surfaces of the tire to
new surfaces of the ground without re-
lying upon the stability of the latter
for maintenance of motion.
1t thus has the distinction of being
the only machine which successfully
travels on> loose sand, and, therefore,
the first practical substitute for the
ancient ship of the desert-the camel.
It's adaptability for travelling over
ice and snow might also render Mr..
>Jansen's invention valuable auxil-
iary for the Arctic explorer
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
An American Royafist

Although Prince Victor Napoleon
has for years been posing as the Bon
apartist pretender to the throne of
France, his claim to that empty dis
tinction is now disputed in behalf of
an American. Many Bonapartists have
of late come to- regard Young jerome
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

The authorities down at Newport
are preparing to tax the rich people
who have for the purpose OF escaping
taxation given up their legal resi-
dences in New York. Oh, but this is
a heartless world.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

If the Panama mosquitoes are all
they are reported to be the govern
ment is making a mistake in not
breaking them to harness and en-
blowing them in the work of excava-
tiOn
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Why doesn't somebody suggest to
that horticultural wizard, Mr.. Luther
Burbank, who shows such wonderful
ability in producing new fruits and
vegetables by combination, tho idea
of grating the strawberry on the
prune?
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

A Philadelphia girl risked burning
to death in her home recently while
making her toilette until the last rib.
bon was tied. Talk about heroism on
the battlefield!
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Pobiedonostseff has been dethroned.
We hope, since he has nothing else to
do, that he will look up the records
now and try to find out how to spell
bis name.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

BrAvely Pennsylvania tramp
stopped pretty girls runaway horse.
Lightly he quoted Byron on hair and
eyes feminine. Calamity he begged
that a kiss be his sole reward. The
true Don Juan is born-not made by
clothes nor marred by rag&.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Yawning is reported to be health
tul exercise, but people who depend
upon it alone are not likely to get
very far.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

The Minneapolis Journal sees signs
of an impending revolution. It is
against the boiled shirt and starched
collar. The signs are in the air and
on the heir
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

The newly discovered elixir Of
strength will be a godsend to the man
who wants to make a garden and to
the father of twins.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

1t is said that a California man has
invented an aeroplane that travels
at the rate of 200 miles an hour
coming down, we presume.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Paris medical men warn women
not to use perfumes, as they are made
up mostly from injurious chemicals,
nowadays. Sorry to say it, but musk
is still the real thing.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

The Washington Post says "Wall
street men must hve." A diet OF
lamb is held to be absolutely essen.
tial to existence in that New York
Jungle.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Regardless of the old saying that
there is nothing new under the sun
the Atlantic devotes a good deal OF
space to an article about new forms OF
sin.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

A Virginia clergyman declares that
a country preacher can live on $500
a year, but fails to mention how long.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Boston leads the country in the
consumption of tea. Had the most
famous tea party on record once, you
may remember.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Edison says an inventor is a bull
dog with poetic temperament. This
is quite a tribute to the poetic tenn
perament.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Harry Lehr's lawyers have instruct
ed him not to talk for publication. 1t
will be impossible, perhaps, to prevent
his doing things for publication.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

The man who has successfully
crossed potato and tomato and
called it pomato should now try to
cross corn and beans and grow sue
cOtash. ss s-.s-~ szp+1s.-. ..--4
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

The case of Pennsylvania man
who drank water and died will inspire
great many individuals to cultivate
crimson beaks.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Frogs legs are chicken, dead rabbits
are venison, the Treasury department
says, chicken salad is veal salad,
French scientists have made artificial
eggs. Pass US the real potatoes,
please.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

AS King Peter is unable to negoti-
ate loan, he will probably have to
stand of the landlady few weeks
longer.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

The eastern tourist who reported
that he shaved with razorback hog
every morning he was in Georgia was
probably exaggerating.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

Canadians claim the north pole as
their property. There is no evidence
to show that they can claim it by
right OF discovery.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

A paragon is woman who always
tells the truth about her love affairs.
There aren't any paragons.
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15

A 13-year-o old boy in California has
written melodrama. This is pain
full in one so young,
The Cook County herald., 1905-07-15
There are S43 drinks in the uaited
States, but the drinkers are fA1 more
numerous.

The Connecticut legislature rejects
woman suffrage by a vote of III to 20.
How ungallant!
Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-07
PUBLIC ADVERTISING
Not,c. Of Arnra ., Contract

NOmMEWNM
Pursuant to Statutes and to the Reso-
luton OF Award of the city Council OF
the City Of Los Angeles, adopted
notice is hereby given s tbat 'nas said n0elHS CITY
Ssogneii, SsS 4, Il, open open, session, on the
sss,1d examined seo. and publicly declared ali
following work, to wit:
That a vitrlhtd pipe sewer be con-
'tructed niTrMk II saId Sisgsr sItg IN sr,rrr
between soano avenue and Casanova
street between the points, on the lines,
a. the elevations and on the grrd as are
sewer on de in in the Office Se pr9sh Of the er ctS calS
file being numbered 1850 IN the records
across such street or alley Intersections.
and with such manholes, junction cham
bers, fiushtanks, iron covers, steps and
ana Spon ofh ssd Pp snS
Said Improvement shall be constructed
IN accordance with said plan and prolle;
said City Engineer; and in further ac-
cordance with the specifications therefor
sgd l9 in ths olce Of the City Clerk q
Specifications for the construction Of a
sewer in Buena Vista street, Detwecn
solano, avenue, and. Casanova street, in
the City Of Los Angeles" and which
Council at its meeting OF August q, 1906,
which said plan, and profile, said plans
and said Specifications are hereby re-
ferred to for more particular descrip-
ticn OF said work
That the said contemplated work OF
Improvement, in the opinion of said
city Council Is OF more than local or or
binary public benefit, and said City Coun-
ell hereby declares that the district in
the said City Of Los Angeles benefited
assessed to pay the costs and expenses
thereof is described. as follows
Al that portion Of the, City Of Los An
scribed exterior boundary line to. wit:
Commencing at the most southerly cor
aer of lot % Of Solano Tract as per map
Records of Los Angeles County: thence
from said point Of beginning northery
along the east line Of solano. avenue to
mentioned lot: thence easterly in a direct
line to the most northerly corner of lot
100 of said mentioned map; thence south
street to the most easteriy corner Sf'.UI Of said
last mentioned lot: thence continuing
on the prolongatlon Of the said
westerly line, Of Casanova street to point
Vista street; thence westerly In direct
line and parallel to said south line of
Bnepa Vista street to point on the
line Of Solano avenue: thence northerly
In direct line to the point of beginning.
And thereafter, to wit: On the
goth day of october, 1905, said City
Council awarded the contract for said
work to the lowest regular responsible
bidder, to wit:
To B. Derania, at the price named
for said work in his proposal, on filc,
to wit:
$3.50 for sewer complete.
And that said award has been ap-
proved by the Mayor.
Clerks Office. Los Angeles, Cal,
November 6, 1906
II. J. LELANDE,
City Clerk of the City of Los Angeles