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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
CAT ALARMS FLATBUSH FOLK
Goes Rafting in Empty House and
Noise Causes Burglars
Alarm to Be Sent In
Special to The Herald.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, March 17.-Resi-
dents of the vicinity of Ocean avenue
and Avenue X, Flatbush, swarmed out
upon their porches at 8 o'clock last
night prepared to join in a burglar
chase. The sound of policeman's wheel
blown several times, also attracted the
attention of those returning from
church, and in an extraordinarily short
time an impromptu citizens protective
association had organized and was pa
trolling the streets.
The center of disturbance was soon
found. 1t was an unoccupied house in
East Eighteenth street, near Avenue X.
An officer of the Parkville station had
found the door wide open and hearing
suspicious sounds within thought that
he had discovered a gang of lead pipe
thieves. With a brother officer he en-
tered the building TO find-a cat In
the cats mouth was a rat. Pussy was
rudely turned out of the house and
quiet was restored. How the door of
the building came to be open is not
known, but it is assumed that it was
due to the carelessness of a real estate
agent who had been showing the place
to house hunters.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
HOLDS GIRLS LOVE LETTERS
Postmaster Puts Ban on Secret Notes
of Youngsters Sent by Gen.
eral Delivery
Special to The Herald.

PITTSBURG, March 17.-Hundreds
of young folks of Allegheny are in Il
terrible state of trepidation over an
order which has just been issued by
Postmaster John Francis.
When Mr.. Francis took office he no
ticed the large number of boys and girls
who were carrying on correspondence
through the general delivery window of
the postoffice. He investigated and
learned that the young folks were con-
Quoting fiirtations by this means.
Today he instructed the clerks to de-
liver no letters TO minors, except as pro-
vided by postal laws and regulations,
which provide that where minor chill
dren reside with their parents, the
father, or if he be dead the mother,
generally is entitled to direct the dis
position of mail matter addressed to
the minors, and, unless the minors be
under guardianship, to authorize another
to receive them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
NOT DEAD BUT TONGUE TIED
Man Mistakes MuciIage for Poison.
Wife Laughs at His Plight.
He Can't Talk Back
Special to The Herald.

SHAMOKIN, Pa, March 17.-After
quarreling with his wife early today.
Albert De Long, jr., picked up a bottle
he thought contained poison and drank
it to commit suicide. The bottle did
not contain poison, but liquid mucilage,
which drew his jaws together so tightly
doctors had hard time to save him
from smothering to death. When his
wife discovered what was wrong with
him and that he would not die she
laughed heartily over his predifament.
This added to the mans anger. He
was unable to reply, as his tongue
cIung tenaciously to the roof of his
mouth. The couple later became recon
ciled.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
BUYS VILLAGE FOR $4,000
Its Owner Had Started the Place With
a Little Store at the
Cross Roads
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
SOLON, Ind, March 17.-The sense of
proprietorship did not weigh as much
with Orlando Ross, owner of the entire
village of Solon as the $4,000 for which
he sold it to William Dellinger of
Scottsburg, Ind. Five years ago Ross
established n store at the cross roads
of what is now SolOn. He paid 500 for
the shanty and stock. About all he
had to sell was bacon, molasses and
flour. In a short time he had every
thing to sell from IL needle to self
binding harvester machines.
Solon thrived. Ross built fifteen cot
tages and established another store.
He engaged i'll the business of running
a wagon, buying butter and eggs from
the farmers wives, for which he gave
them calico and notions. Ross pros+
pered until he decided he was ready to
retire. Along came Mr.. Dellinger and
asked him what he would take for the
town.
"SiX thousands dollars for the town
as she stands" said Ross.
."Throw in your two old market wag-
ons that are out on the route" replied
Dellinger.
Ross agreed and Dellinger is now
king of a village of about fifty souls
-
Talk-o-Phone free, See the proposition
I@as a
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
GOT NANNY; PAID FOR A BILLY
Now the Courts Have a Complicated
and Unusual Case Upon Which
to Pass Judgment
special to The Herald.

PHILADELPHIA March T.-Can a
man legally and honorably sell nanny
goat to a purchaser who IS laborlnS
under the impression that it is billy
goat? This is the gist of a perpleXing
case heard before Magistrate German.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wharton of 2O2
Richmont street have caused the ar
rest of Edward Edmonds, dealer IN
goats at 905 Beach street, charging
him with obtaining IS under false pre-
lenses by palming off on them a nanny
goat for a billy goat.
Edmonds says he never intimated
that the goat was a billy and Mrs
Wharton is just as positive that he
did. She insists that he was repre-
sented as a splendid driving goat, but
that no amount of kindness, old shoes
or cast off underwear could induce
it to go in harness.
Finally someone who knew about
goats told Mrs. Wharton that nanny
goats would never do duty as beasts
But this is a billy" exclaimed Mrs
Wharton.
mo madam, you're mistaken" re-
piled the friend.
Indignant at the discovery, Mrs
Wharton hastened to Edmonds.
"What do you mean by selling me a
nanny" she asked.
What nanny?"
"Why our nanny. 1 thought it was
a billy"
"Who said it was a billy?"
you did"
mo, I just said it was a kind goat
and that it was thoroughbred"
The term thoroughbred is not def
mite or satisfactory when applied to
goats, rats or mules, and to know that
nanny was a thoroughbred did not
compensate her for the fact that it
was not billy. She demanded billy
forthwith or her money back.
Edmonds said, ooh fudge!" and that
was how the trouble started.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
SHOWS HE'S NOT HENPECKED
Gibes of a Milwaukee Adermans
Friends Cause Him to Go Counter
to Wife's Wishes
Special to The Herald.

bpeCIaI 7 IIgTdTI.
MILWAUKEE,, March 17.-Alderman
John Weiher has decided to run for re-
election. Several days ago it was an
nounced that he had decided to retire,
and there was CONSERVATION among the
Poles, of whom he is king"
Then the news came that Mrs. Wei
her objected to his running for another
term. He has been alderman for fif-
teen years and Mrs. Weiher served
notice through the press that that was
enough, and that She was not going
to have an alderman in the family for
another year. 1t was up to John, she
said, to retire. She boasted that she
had influence enough to make him quit
the political game.
Since then Weiher's friends at the
city hall have had much fun with him.
Now, to show that he isn't henpecked,
he has decided to run again.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
CORK LEG CAUSES DEATH
Holds Mans Head Under Water When
His Desire for Suicide
Vanishes
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March H.
Because he wore cork leg, Il man
who threw himself from a pier here
today was unable to swim ashore after
he repented of his desire to commit
suicide. The cork leg persisted in
staying on the surface of the water
and held his head under until he
drowned. Later when the life savers
began a search for the body the cork
leg acted as a buoy and directed their
attention to it. From papers in the
pockets of the mans coat he is be-
lieved to have been e. M. Y. Pass, once
a lawyer in Tennessee and a confeder-
ate colonel.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
WOODY DOG is INCENDIARY
Combination of Small Boy, Canine,
Coal Oil and Stove Fires
House
Special to The Herald.

special 10 Inc Herald.
HARRISBURG. March 17.-Frends Of
14-year-old Albert Rapp of North Fifth
street prescribed kerosene. applied out
wardly, as a remedy for an overdose of
fleas on his pet woolly dog. Albert got
the family oil can and soused the
poodle.
The dog stood it as long as he could,
then broke away and ran under the
kitchen stove. A momentlater the ami
NAL ran out, a mass of flames, dashed
through the door and up the street,
spreading CONSERVATION among pedes-
trians. An opportune policeman with a
pistol put the blazing cur out Of his
misery.
While the flaming dog was escaping
he set fire TO a number of articles in the
kitchen and dining room, which kept
the family busy for ten minutes or
more to prevent the destruction of the
house.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
TAKES HIS OWN MEDICINE
City Attorney Secures Passage of Bill
Forbidding Splitting and Is
First Arrested
Special to The Herald.

TRINIDAD, March III. J. Hem
drick, city attorney of Trinidad, was
arrested this afternoon and fined SO
and costs in police court for violating
the ordinance against splitting on the
sidewalk. The bill was drawn up by
the attorney and through his efforts
made law by the council The or
dinance took effect last Monday, and
Mr.. Hendrick is the first man to have
violated it. He was walking down Com
mercial street and had cleared his
throat of some tobacco juice, in order
to bid the officer the time of day, when
he was nabbed. Hendrick pleaded
guilty and paid his fine in good humor.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
TRIPLETS END NAME DISPUTE
Parents Had Debated Whether Ex-
pected Baby Should Be Theo-
dore, Nicholas or Alice
Special to the Herald.

TRENTON, N. j., March ia
friendly dispute in the family of
Stephen Woreb of Ferry street, this
city, as to whether an expected baby
should be named Theodore Roosevelt,
Nicholas Longworth or Alice Roose-
velt was settled last night when trip
lets arrlved-two boys and girl. All
the names in dispute We're promptly
selected. Mr.. and Mrs. Woreb have
been married twenty-five years. They
have had seventeen children and four
teen of the family are now living
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
STEERS PULL GIRLS CART
TweIve-Year-oId Miss Has YearIinas
Trained to Do Various Circus
Tricks
Special to The Herald.

DERBY, Conn.,, March 17.-Twelve-
year-old Flora Roberts startled the res
idents of Quaker Farms, few miles
from here, Friday by driving pair of
steers hitched to a dog cart. The har-
ness was made of ropes and STRAPS
There were no bits in the animaIs'
mouths. For months the girl has been
training the yearllngs on her fathers
farm, and at a word from her they will
trot or walk. In a ring in one of her
fathers lots she puts the steers through
many tricks performed by circus
horses.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
w. A. sPALDING. Secretary.

Notice of the Filing of the Assessment
for the Opening and Widening of San
Julian Street, from Thirty-ninth
Street to FOrtieth Street, Together
With the Diagram of the Assessment
District for Said Improvement.
Notice is hereby given that the street
superintendent has filed with the Clerk
of the Council of the City of Los An
geIes the assessment for the opening
and widening of San Julian street. from
Thirty street to Fortieth street.
as contemplated by Ordinance No.
1914. New Series), together. with
the diagram of the assessment district.
The date of the first publication of this
notice is March II, 1906. and all
parties are fsar ReFapy trsSnrGaa e
sDv 40 III thew have, to the confirmation of
sad assessmeSnt S BY the He thty City S1%ns SSTnSi
within thirty days after the said date
Of the first publication ON Of this iaGs notice to
Persons signing objections must
give postoffice address.
City Clerk and ex-officio CLERK LEI .. OF
Council, S-1t-1o 4Vt
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
HER HAIR GRAY, ENDS LIFE
Pennsylvania Woman Kills Herself at
Sign of Youths Departure,
Which She Cannot Stand
Special to The Herald.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa, March H.
Because her hair was turning gray,
Mrs. William Thomas of Eleanora, near
here, committed suicide today.
Mrs. Jane Young knew her sisters
intention and tried to hide everything
in the shape of weapon. Mrs Thomas,
however, procured some caustic potash,
swallowed it. and when a doctor was
called to attend her threatened to kill
him if he would not let her die.
Mrs. Thomas is survived by her hus-
band and two young children.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
Found Tall Enough

"Safe by a sixteenth of an inch!"
cried DR.. Bachman.
Sign here" said Lieutenant /. c.
Wettengel. showing the articles of war
before the accepted recruit.
"Of course we are not asking any
questions" said DR.. Bachman after
Anderson had been turned over to the
woman for safekeeping. Il heard
once of a fellow who got friend TO
swat him over the head so tnat the
resulting bump would enable him to
measure up right for Annapolis. sup
pose a man might get the same results
by butting his head against a wall
This is a pretty solid building"
"Of course, as you intimate" said
the lieutenant. "he may be buttinski,
but l guess we won't go around hunt
ing for any hair and blood on the vain
scoting."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
TOO SHORT, BOY BUTTS
HIS WAY INTO THE NAVY
ASSAULT ON WALL GIVES HIM
NECESSARY HEIGHT
Rejected Because He Was Eighth of
an Inch Under Regulation Height,
WouId-5e Tar Returns, Is Meas
ured and Found Eligible
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March H.
"Butting" into business is compara-
lively easy, "butting" into society is
common, but butting into the navy is
both rare and painful. Paul j. Ander-
son of Fosston accomplished this diff
ficult task today, but it may be a week
or more before he RECEIVERS sufficiently
from the shock to leave Minneapolis for
the receiving ship at the Norfolk
navy yard.
Well-muscled, broad -chested and
vigorous, Anderson was delight to
Examiner Surgeon Robert Bachman
when he stripped for the physical eX-
animation required of every applicant
for enlistment. The callous spots on
his hands, gained from long familiarity
with the ak helve, showed that he could
look a hard days work in the face
without finching. A few questions
demonstrated that he had received
good public school education. In every
way Anderson proved fit and the re-
Cruiting officers felt that they would
have done good days work for Uncle
Sam if they succeeded In getting him
enrolled among the nations fighting
men.
Quarter of Inch Short
At the very last Anderson packed
up against the wall under the doctors
ruler. A gasp of CONSERVATION es-
capped from the medicine man. The
promising recruit was a quarter of an
inch too short The doctor swung a
stiff punch to the solar pleXus of his
conscience and let his hand tremble
a little. Still Anderson was an eighth
of an inch too short.
In silence and sadness the recruiting
officers bowed adieu. AS the husky
lad from Fosston left the office there
was low rumble of deepsea going
profanity.
Half an hour later Anderson ap-
peared at the door again. He was pale
and leaned heavily upon the arm of L.
S. Outram of the weather bureau for
support. It found this fellow lying in
a heap in the corridor and he muttered
something about the navy when
picked him up, so 1 brought him to
YOU" said Mr.. Outram.
Anderson said never a word, but tot
tered over to the heightscale marked
on the wall. The doctor was quick TO
grasp the significance of the move, ana
seizing his ruler again, pressed it hard
against the top of Anderson's Uranium.
The scale read "SiXty-three and one
sixteenth inches"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

Talk-o-Phone free, See the proposition
IN todays Herald.
Evening journal., 1906-10-17
BUGS
FOOD FOR HENS
As a Result They Laid ilIum'
mating Eggs Of Sixteen
Candle Power

WILDWOOD. N. J.. oct. 17.--It is a
pity the lishtnng-bug season is at an
end, for skepticai persons will not be
able to verify the truth Of John sheaf-
fer's statement that by feeding hens
lightning bugs you can induce them to
minated eggs.
Mr.. sheaffer, during the height OF the
lightning-bug season, gave two hens
nothing else to eat. and he declares
that each day he got two eggs Of six
teen-candle power strength.
BY vanishing the eggs be has pre-
served their strength. and he believes
the longer these glowing eggs are kept
the stronger they will grow.
BY painting them red. blue or green
he found he could get as many different
colored lights. and most beautiful ef-
fects could be got by stringlng them
in festoons.
He thinks that II lightning bugs are
fed to ostriches lights large enough for
automobile lamps can be had.
Evening journal., 1906-10-17
Fallen Asleep

Only a little dust
When 1 kneei in the dark beside it.
And I trust in Color / try to trust,
When kneel in the dark beside it.
I kneel in the dark and say:
/ only dream that 1 weep;
She would not leave me and go
away
She has only fallen asleep.
Fallen asleep. as oft
She climbed to my heart to rest,
Her white arms twining my neck, as
soft
AS down on a doves sweet breast.
renderly-unawares
Sleep came IN the waning light
And kissed her there on the twilight
stairs
That lead to the morning light.
And that she will wake / know,
And smile at grief like this;
It could not be she would leave me so
With never goodnight kiss!
So I kneel in the dark and say:
1 only dream that 1 weep;
she would not leave me and go away
She has only fallen asleep.
Frank l.. Stanton.
Evening journal., 1906-10-17
THE GENTLE SEX
New Seal Goats Are Short

What a difference between the seal
skin sack that It was once the ambition
Of every woman TO own and the new
sack, whic is really a bolero Jacket.
Many person will sigh for the warm
seal coat that defied the cold Wind.
But the bolero jacket is "in,' and
nothing short of the grip viii prevent
lovely woman from wearing Il. Last
year short seal coats. decorated with
buttons and embroidered velvet, were
seen, but this year the lower edge has
gone up until the garment is nothing
more nor less than jaunty, coquettish
bolero jacket. The price has gone up.
too, so perhaps the sealsiSin coat again
WIN be held to furnish clue to the
size of it's wearer's purse.
Many kinds Of hats are seen this sea-
son, from the new. perky little toques
to the Gainsborough, picturesque, al
most fiamboyant IN its varying shapes;
but a woman who recently landed from
Europe had the only hat OF its kind
that has been seen here. 1t was trim
med with a tiny monkey. Dead, of
course" said the onlookers at first; but
then they saw the creature was alive.
He sat in a crease Of the crown, en-
oircled with artificial red roses. He
behaved with decorum when introduced
to custom house inspector. BY the
way. the owner ot this oddly trimmed
hat did not wear 1t. but carried it care
fully in her arms.
Evening journal., 1906-10-17
TWELFTH ANNUAL
REPORT OF SCHOOL

Much valuable information is con-
tanned In the twelfth annual report Of
the Delaware Industrial School for
Girls.
Girls whose lives have not been ex-
emplary have been saved and are liv-
ing IN their own homes. The report
says IN part:
"A personal consciousness OF work
well done is one OF the greatest satis-
factions life has 10 offer. and the warm
glow OF contentment resultant there
from comes to organized societies as
well as 70 individuals, so II the Della
ware Industrial School for Girls seems
a little puffed up with pride to-day
may it not be pardoned in the face Of
the facts that make up its full dozen
years Of life? From small beginnings
when everything seemed lacking ex-
cept enthusiasm. the school has come
to be recognized by the citizens Of VIII
mington, not as the fad OF a few. but
as a potent force for good in the life
of a growing. progressive community.
"The women who have guided the
school through this period Of struggle
felt the need OF such an institution "a
be a vital need and surely they must
have been inspired by little OF that
faith that upheld the martyrs OF old
for the discouragements have been
many. the failures and anxieties not a
few. the burden heavy and exacting;
yet never once have they despaired. and
through the years, the steady gain. the
slow awakening and development. tho
moral uplife and self-conquest Of these
girls have been 20 them as a vision OF
the beautiful made possible"
Evening journal., 1906-10-17
$4,000 Meals
Did Him No Good
How One Man Wasted SO Years Of His
Life. Thousands Like Him.

whats the use OF catin', anyhow
-aid The scrawny dyspeptlc 10 ms iolutu
Notwithstanding friend. Here I've
hton catini three times a day. and some
times twice a day, for ~ years, anu ~ i9on -
ar me- I'm rawboned ana skinny sun s1e
tie bottom of the ladder, sour on 5hT
world. and q pcssimist I know IT, ana 4
cnn.t help IL. III i had II 10 do over again.
fhouch. i would take care OF my stom1cn,
for i don't believe ! ever really ielishSo
n meal in my life, not even lleulel ,,ll',,.a ,
that my way Of eating, or whatever IL
WAS. brought along with 10 darkness ana
and impOssibility Of success.
'sYotiire right" nodded his companion
"Of course that isn't always the case
But in this age we must not only Trust
In the Lord and keep our powder dry,
but we must swallow sunshine with our
food. Cheerfulness, especially while eat-
in,r which Is the most essential act Of
man, Is as necessary 70 MIN as sunshine
Is 10 the flowers. Nothing normal can be
produced IN darkness.
"But this Is what you haven't been
doing, Mr.. Dyspeptic. Your brain and
your stomach, remember. are twins, and
you have 10 treat them accordingly. why
not start now and repair the damage
you've done. It Is never too late, you
you mean at my agei And suppose
yOu can't always get the sunshinef
Absolutely. yes. Science has made u
possible to get tse sunshine, the health
and the strength that your stomach
needs. an put up together 10 little tablets
Thev call them Stuarts Dyspepsia Iah-
let's the most effective tablets IN the
world for this very thing. one ingredient
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food without the help OF the stomach
TWO tablets after each meal can do more
work quicker work and better work
in digesting a heavy meal than the
stomach can itself. The stomach need
not work at all. Stuarts Dye
pcpsia tablets does an the work, and
eivcs your faded stomach a rest the rest
h needs Meanwhile YOU cure yourself
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stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after cutting
That's the sunshine I was talking about
Then your face will reflect the Internal
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Your mind viii be clearer you will have
more confidence in yourself. you'll b. hap
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Your heart will change and you'll feel
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Let's walk down 10 the drug store and LEI
me introduce you to one l.tie package OF
these Stpart's Dyspepsia Tablets. You
can get them at amy drug store in the
world for only SOC a package. Il is worth
It. Mr.. Dyspeptic."
Evening journal., 1906-10-17
How to Tell Your Affinity


Red lights are out on the route OF
the. engaged, man and if many do not
receive the fateful package containing
the ring, the photograph and the let
tors, it viii not be the fault Of certain
seers,. Who are coaching maidens in the
most fashionable summer resorts. The
most recent study OF the occult is how
to know your souls affinity, and books
en- the subject are dying between
friends like bundles around Christmas.
The one unfailing omen, says the most
quoted authority. is that when your be-
loved enters your. presence a feeling Of
rest steals over you, almost as strong
as though you ghad taken, narcotic.
II you feel nervous, or fluttered or the
desire to entertain. then he Is not the
right man, and you must send him
into outer darkness, for IL you persist
lin marrying him you will end IN the
divorce court or worse. Woe betide the
poor youth who acts fidgety or twirls
his cane or inspects his toes. That is
the true sign that he Is not at rest
and that is just as bad.