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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23
Ordinance No. 1884
lNaut Enl.ias

An Ordinance of the Mayor and Coun-
ell of the City of Los Angeles, declaring
their intention to improve portion OF
Thirty-ninth street.
The Mayor and Council of the City OF
Los Angeles do ordain as follows
Section 1. That the public interest
and convenience require, and that II is
the intention of the City Council of the
City of Los Angeles to order. the fol-
lowing work to be done. to wit: -,
1st. That a cement sidewalk four %
foet in width be constructed along the
.THIRTY-NINTH STREET
from the west curb line of Normandie
avenue to the east line of Western ave;
street between said points along which
a cement or asphalt sidewalk four "a
feet in width has been constructed. to
walk to be constructed in accordance
with specifications for constructing ce-
ment sidewalks on file. in the office of
The City Clerk Of {. s9id city sad specca
Sec. 2. Ordinances Nos. 11.4H and 11.73S
New Series) are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. The Street Superintendent
qnired by law. and shall cause SAID
notice to be published for six days In
the Los Angeles Herald.
Sec, 4: The CITY Clerk shall certify
shall cause the same to be. published
for two days in the Los Angeles Herald
and shall post the same conspicuously
for two days on or noar the chamber
door of the Council, and thereupon and
thereafter 1t shall take effect and be
In force.
I hereby certify that the foregoing g
Ordinance was adopted by the Council
of the City of Los Angeles at its meet
ing of October 16, 1905, by the following
vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Blanchard. Ford, Ham
mon, Healy, Hitler, Houghton, Kern,
Smith and Summerland C9).
II. j. LELANDE,
City Clerk and ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Los Angeles.
Approved this 10Th day of October, 1905
OWEN McALEER,
10-23-24 2t Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23
BABY CRAWLS IN SLEEP
Infant somnamulIst Evades WatchfuI
Papa and Travels Several
Blocks

Special TO The Herald.
NEW YORK. Oct. 22-Mrs. Frank
Letcher of East One Hundredth and
Fiftieth street went out this evening
to visit a neighbor. Her husband re-
mained at home to take care of the
baby, one and half years old. Mr..
Letcher put Sammy to sleep, then went
into an adjoining room to read.
The baby climed out of the crib and
made his way to the street, clad only In
n nightie. He zigzagged along the
sidewalk several blocks when he was
stopped by a policeman, who asked
where his mother was, but got no
answer. He then saw that the baby
was asleep.
In a short time the policeman found
an excited trio, Mr.. Letcher, his wife
and her woman friend. They took
Sammy home and Mrs. Letcher told hec
husband that "I'll never leave you to
mind the baby again."
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23

Notice of work on Sixth street from
Lorena. street to east line of block Z.
Schmitt tract.
Notice of work in Soto street from Fair
mount street to sixty feet south of Wa
bash avenue
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23

Everything you want you will tlnd in
the classified page--a modern eHcyclo-
pedia- One cent q word.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23

Everything you want you will find in
the classified page. One cent a word.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
A SMILING VICTIM.

ing the cutter over the head of his
patron. The device is supplied with
the proper arrangements for adjust
ing the action of the reciprOcating
blades, the means of starting and stop
ping and controlling their speed being
a lever which is located at n point at
what might be called the waist of the
device. where it is convenient to the
thumb of the operator.
This combination emanated from the
fertile brain of an inventive genius
mailing from Pennsylvania town
bearing the euphonious name of Manly
Clio. He claims with the aid of this
device the barber can go over the head
OF a client in two minutes without
missing n hair and with very small
part of the labor heretofore required
for the operation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
Transmitting Vegetables.

The discovery of a means of meta
morphosing radishes into potatoes has
been made in so solemn a place as the
Academy of Science, Paris. says the St.
James Gazette. NJ. Molliard takes a
very young radish, ''pasteurizes" it in
a certain way, and it grows up into a
fine potato. More scientifically, the
young radish is cultivated in a glass
retort. after a process invented by Pas
teur, in n concentrated solution Of giu-
ccse. Starch then develops plentifully
in the cells of the radish, which swells
out, loses its pepperiness and acquires
practically the consistency, flavor and
especially the nutritive properties Of
the DO(ato.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
SEIANIUM.
a View Chemical Substance More
WOnderful Than Radium.


f, Scientists are now closely examining
and experimenting with new and
wonderful chemical substance called
selanium. which possesses properties,
IL is said. even more marvellous than
radiiim. says the London Pictorial
Magazine.
A simple experiment was recently
made by a French chemist which clear
iy proved this extraordinary peculiari-
ty Of selanium. y fragment OF the sub
stance was put into an electric battery
from which an electric lamp received
its light. There was also placed just
above the selanium Il disk pierced with
holes which was turned round with a
given rapidity The marvellous result
was that the electric lamp was eXtin-
guished and relighted alternately as
the daylight fell upon the selanium
through the holes in the disk.
The inventor hopes to utilize the In
fiuence OF light on Selanium for con-
structing a system of electric lamps
which at nightfall will light of them
selves and be extinguished at dawn
automatically
Coffee grains can be sorted by the
aid of selanium when the necessary APP
paratus is requisitiOned. 1t is done in
this way. The grains pass through
the machine one by one before Il piece
of selanium the electric resistance of
which varies according to the light.
and as this depends upon the color of
the grain-gOod and bad coffee grain
materially differ in color-a change in
the intensity of the current takes place
at every moment rs the grains are light
and dark. Thus Influenced, the electric
current displaces Il kind of needle deli
cately poised inside the machine and
readily influenced by tie slightest c!sc-
trio current. This needle conducts It's
light grains into one receptacle and
the dark ones into another with IT,
fallible accuracy of Judgment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
SCOUTING BY TELEPHONE.
Up TO Date Methods of the Scientific
jap Warrior.

Scouting with the aid Of the tele-
phone has become one of the features
Of modern warfare and is now being
made use of by the Japanese, says the
Western Electrician. Two scouts pro-
coed from the lines toward the enemy
one. the observer, is n skilled army Of
ficer who makes the observations,
which are transmitted back to head
quarters through n telephone line paid
out from reel carried by an electri-
clan of the signal corps.
A ground return is used, the ground
being made by thrusting bayonet
or Ratchet into the earth and attach
ing one end of the line to it. The cleo
trician carries n battery on his back.
He also makes the connections and
does the talking. A special conductor
is used which will stand the rough
usage. In this manner a scout may be
able to stay out long time and give
valuable information without being
obliged to make a number of hazardous
trips to the front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
A TWO MINUTE HAIR CUT.
Spring Propelled Clippers Invented
by n Citizen of Manly Clio.

Spring Propelled Clippers Invented
by n Citizen of Manly Clio.
The labor required for the purpose
of opera ting the hand clippers used by
the barber Is not great. but in these
times all unnecessary labor is regarded
as lost labor. says the Brooklyn Eagle.
and an improvement has been recent
~ made in this humble implement with
the idea Of further simplifying the de-
vice and for greatly facilitating the
hair amputating process. This i'm
provement IS nothing more than a COM
bination of the clippers and a spring
motor. The shape of the tool, which
Is more or less familiar to all. has
been slightly altered to effect this
union. but the improved apparatus is
not unwieldy for the reason that the
mechanical end of the combination is
disposed OF in what might be called
the handle.
The spring is contained in the large
circular barrel and is wound up by Il
crank attachment not large enough to
be in the way of the barber while pass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
THE LADDER EXTENDED.

the sudden spreading OF the uprights as
a consequence OF the breaking of the
rope-that keeps them in place. The
equilibrium is assured by the platform
itself. This latter possesses such sta
bility that the person who has to stand
upon Il for some length OF time can
not only perform the kind of work that
he has in hand with absolute safety.
but also with as much facility as if he
were stationed upon n scaffold.
II may also be used against n wall.
Ike an ordinary ladder. the uprights
remaining closed. while the supports OF
the platform and the tool box rest Sc
curely upon the wall.
The ladder when folded occupies no
more space than an ordinary one. The
platform fits into and entirely disap-
pears In the space between the up
rights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

graphite, carborundum and clay COM
bined to form a loose mass. In this
method the substance is arranged in
the form of a cook stove instead of
having the heat applied directly to the
vessel used.
The first great advantage of calling
in electricity as an aid in the proper
preparation of foodStuffs is of course
obvious to the veriest cooking school
miss since the temperature of the
kitchen is removed from that of the
bake oven. When the gasoline ar
ranSement was devised 1t was conSid-
cred an important improvement, and
II was indeed in SO far as a decreased
temperature was concerned. but its ca
prices. such as exploding just as din
ner was ready to take up. made it I'M
popular.
In the modern electric kitchen safety
reigns supreme. for electricity cannot
explode, the teakettleS, coffeepOts,
saucepans, blazers. boilers, broilers,
griddlecake cookers, waffle irons, wa
ter urns electric ovens, portable stoves
and what not being insulated so that
1t is. impossible to get Il shock. Then
there are no oil odorS, there are no
products OF combustion. and finally the
delight of the housewife and the joy
of the cook are found I'm its absolutely
uniform temperature. Kansas City
Star
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
A New Kind of Bronze.

The demands of automobile manu-
facturers for a metal able to sustain
extraordinary pulling and twisting
strains have led to the invention in
France Of a new alloy. which is called
'-formetal." 1t contains, in addition to
the usual constituents of bronze and
brass, a mixture Of other metallic ele-
ments. which contribute great power
Of mechanical resistance. 1t is also
said TO be unalterabIe by the effects Of
exposure to the air, and it resists the
attack OF weak acids. 1t can be drawn
In bars or rolled and forged. Nuts and
screws made OF IL are uncomfortable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

Professor Nichols, the astronomer, re-
Gently made a wonderfully delicate in
strument TO measure very faint heat
waves. 1t is SO sensitive to heat that
IT registers the warmth that emanates
from a mans face 1900 feet, or more
than a third Of a mile away. With
this instrument Professor Nichols tried
experiments In the Yerkes observatory.
He selected the two stars Vega and
Arcturus These stars are 50 far away
from the earth that the human mind
cannot conceive the distance. Profess
or Nichols found that Arcturus sends
the earth as much heat as a man could
get from a candle burning six miles
away from him Vega was found to
send only half az much heat as thtA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
AUTOMATIC STEPLAOOER.
Safe rs n SeaGoId. Compact and
Adsptcd 40 General Uses.

SAFE n SrauOtos tohhPocs 49,
Adapted 20 General Uses.
Small inventions are not always the
least useful. and a proof of the fact is
furnished by the automatic PLATFORM
stepladders recently constructed by NJ
Bariin of Billancourt, France and de-
scrlbcd in the Scientific American
This ladder. OF which there are two
types OF different size. one with steps
and the other with rungs. is ordinarily
double and composed of four upriShts,
hinged so as to fold together. and OF
movable platform that is usually sur
mounted by tool box.
When folded. the platform lies nat
along the steps OF the ladder and when
the latter is opened slides To its proper
position I'm two grooves so formed that
1T a given moment ii is arrested and
becomes more rigid in proportion as the
weight supported by 1t is heavier. AS
may be seen. the mechanism Is very
simple. On the other hand, this new
ladder has the merit Of being extremely
safe. There Is, in fact, no danger or
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
AMERICAN FORESTS.
The United States In No Immediate
Danger of Wood Famine.

Recent figures published by the Unit
ed States geological survey go to prove
that the United States Il IN no imme-
date danger OF "a wood famine. The
percentage OF forest area In the differ
ent states varies widely. Only l per
cent OF the area Of North Dakota Is
covered with forest. while Alabama.
with "A per cent: Maine. with 80 per
cent. and Arkansas. with 81 per cent.
represent the thickly wooded parts of
the country. The new wood industries
are remarkable In their utilization of
what used To be considered little better
than waste. Spruce is the great wood
for paper pulp. Formerly it was but
little thought of.
The spruce forests are being more
carefully treated than of old. the large
companies preserving the growth of
younger trees for future supply. y
century or more Is needed TO produce
a good paper pulp tree. This industry
has grown in ten years from almost
nothing TO colossal dimensions. The
rejected scrap from paper mills is made
into wood ornaments and small arti-
dies. Soft wood veneering has had an
enormous development. 1t Is used FOR
butter trays, berry baskets and the
like. Matches and toOthpicxs are minor
products as regards size, but millions
OF cords OF wood are employed in their
production. Formerly the white birch
was considered almost useless as tim
Der. Spools are now made from ii to
the extent of many millions annually,
and the wood Is exported to foreign
spool factories. Butchers skewers.
dice boxes and checkers are produced
from the waste Of mills. Often the
waste from a machine is used to sup
ply a different class of machine in The
same mill. Children's wooden toys are
now manufactured in the Maine woods,
supplanting those formerly imported
from Germany Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04

Street car telephones. over which
crews or passengers may converse at
any point reached by telephone have
been installed on the Charieroi division
Of the Pittsburg Railways company.
On each car running between the hill
top and Allenport were placed porta-
bic boxes with a complete long dis
lance outfit The service worked well
for thirty miles. The Continuance Is
the work of James W. Boden, superin-
:endent of telephones for the Phiiadei-
phia company. and s. T.. Grace IL is
the first Of the kind ever installed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
STAMPING Out Tuberculosis.

London's county council is to have
wider powers in its effort to stamp
out tuberculosis. The house Of COM
mons recently in voting powers to the
council approved suggestions that
when a veterinary surgeon inspecting
Il COW shed or dairy has reason to sus-
pect that a COW is suffering from tu-
berculosis the London county council
may order it to be slaughtered. II aft
er it's death the COW Is found to have
been healthy the London county coEn-
ell shall pay as compensation the full
value of the COW before slaughter and
all reasonable expenses. On the other
hand, If the COW is found to have suf
fered from tuberculosis the council
shall pay three-quarters of the value.
The maximum compensation is to be
S146.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
COOKING BY ELECTRICITY.
Pressing the Button Gives Heat In
the Modern Kitchen.


the Modern Kitchen.
Long ago it was ascertained that
when an electric current flowed through
wire some of it disappeared in trans
1t, and it was also found that if the
current was large and the wire carr.S
Ing it was small the greater portion OF
the electric energy was transformed
into heat.
1t is evident. then. that if little coil
of wire IS placed on the bottom of
saucepan and current from n lamp
socket is sent surging through it in
stantly it will glow to redneSs and
quickly heat the contents. This is ex-
ceedingly simple. but the wire must be
insulated, it must be of just the right
length and be placed in the correct po-
sition in order to obtain the best re-
suits with the least cost
A new substance for electric heating
IS called kryptol. being recent not2-
BILE German invention, consisting of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
I.,uriou. Effect. of Smoke.

An interesting discussion has been
going on in Utah to determine the eff
feet Of the smoke from smelters upon
crops, as many of the farmers near
Salt Lake City claim that they have
suffered damage by the injurious
fumes given OF from such establish
ments. 1t was found that farms lying
in the direction of the prevailing winds
were the most damaged. but that In no
case was II sufficient to cause a total
loss OF the crop.-Harper's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-02-04
CO1Ona Sand
Stone Quarries
sawed Building Stone, Ashisr Al
Trimmings a Speciality

stehb ShSbSs S&UloT 81
Trimmings a Speciality
for eheapness, durability and
beauty, exceiied by none. This
stone does not wash or color the
wall with aIkaIi, etc. Plans sent
Us for estimates will receive care
ful attention ard be returned
promptly at our expense.
ousrries ~ miles from Rock
Island on the c., q. 4 q. railroad.
Trains No. 5 and 10 will stop and
let visitors of and on.
BRIDGE. STONE, CORN CRIB
BLOCKS AND FOUNDATION
STONE, ANY SIZE DESIRED.
Samples Of stone and photos Of
buildings can be seen at Room No.
IL, Mitchell q Lynde, buildine
Address:
ARTHUR BURIAL, Manage.
Reek isiand o. coiona tiI-
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bundle Stats.
! wheel
.. No 5ia-w. T. MeMeans. Florence. Ala,
~ bundle beds key nails.
no. a2o-R. e. Simpson. Florence, Ala,
package staty.
No. 52l-rownsend Bros, Florence. Ala,
cads tobacco.
No, 522-L. B. Waits. Florence. Ala, 1
bundle casting.
lounge base
NO 52i-otto Agrieola. Gadsden. Ala, 2
gallon oil tank. box tin ware
trunk
No. 526-Coosa River II. Co. Gadsden.
Ala, crates handles
No. 52I-White ms House. Gadsden.
Ala, hl. carpet
No 52S-T. Beekman, Gurley Ala. "a
jugs.
No 529-G T. Burnett. Gurley. Ala, 1
jardinler.
No 5ao-Dabus slegar, Gurley. Ala. 4
boxes medicine.
No 531-W. A. Walker. Gurley. Ala.
mirror frame.
No. 5a2-G. 7. Ware Gurley. Ala. Ii
hid. E.. ware.
No. 5ss-Brown & Kennedy, Hehin, Ala,
2ls barrels oil.
No. 5S4-John T. Bradford, Huntsville,
Ala, l box drugs.
No. 535-M A. Collins Huntsville. Ala,
10 cook stoves.
No. 536-Wm. Dessler. Huntsville, Ala,
bu. cob twine, pa. rags.
No. 537-Mrs. Geo. G. Freeman. Hunts
ville Ala. l box quilts.
No. 53S-Bede Garrett, Huntsville, Ala,
l box household goods, ] bundle picture
frames.
No. SEC. R. Hampton. Huntsville,
Ala, crate freezers.
No. 540-S. o. Holiness Huntsville. Ala,
l chair.
No. 541-J. d. Humphrey, Huntsville,
Ala, 10 cd fire works
No 5I2-J. r. Johnson, Huntsville. Ala
pcs. machinery.
No. 54s-Madison Mfg. Co.. Huntsville
Ala, l cs grease.
No 5i4-Madison Mfg. Co, Huntsville
Ala. l brl. b. comp.
No 545-R. b. Mercer, Huntsville, Ala.
half barrel vinegar.
No Sic NJ Ray. Huntsville. Ala.
half barrel vinegar.
No. $40. +. SWAIN Huntsville Ala
No. SIS Thompson. Huntsville, Ala,
l chopper.
No549-walker Bros. Huntsville. Ala.
box tin ware.
No 55O-Mrs T. S. Bennett, Huntsville
Ala, l box food pls. A. food.
No. 551-S. F. Lively Jacksonville. Ala,
10 pcs. granite
No 552-Mrs. j. B. Dorsey Leighton,
Ala. l keg molasses.
No. 553-Claude King & Co, Leighton,
Ala, 1 box hardware.
No. 554-J. A. Lindsey & Co, Leighton.
Ala IL bundles shingles.
No. 555-Annie Adkins, Madison, Ala, 1
barrel glassware.
No 556-Emma Harmon. Oxford Ala,
l box e. ware
No 557-Lewis Machine Works. Oxford,
Ala, l pulley.
No 55S-Oxford Fire Brick Co., Oxford,
Ala, l es clay surface
No. sew. C. Warmack, Oxford, Ala,
1 box garden seed.
No 560-Lula Brown, Piedmont, Ala,
/ lot household goods.
No 56l-F. M. F,ormly, Piedmont. Ala,
1 buggy, l pair shafts. l crit. wheels.
No. 562-Albert Marsh. Piedmont. Ala,
1 bundle A. matter.
No. 563-Appleton Bros, Round Noun
tain, Ala Center p. o. 3 cases drugs.
No. 564-Center Drug Co, Round Noun
tain, Ala, Center P. o., show case,
box.
No. 565-J. t. Endsley Round Mountain
Ala. Center P. % barrel beerine.
No. 566-W. Jackson, Round Mountain
Ala, Center p. o.. 10 3D. bags, 10 rolls
wall paper.
No. 567-H. M. Phipps Rock Run. Ala.
l box books.
No, 56S-Agent. Sheffield, Ala. A rolls
roofing.
No. 569-Bridges Bros. Sheffield, Ala, !
show case, l table.
No. 570-Geo. Barker, Sheffield Ala
trunk.