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Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

that they have absolutely no time left for their
children
1t is no uncommon spectacle to meet stylishly-
dressed woman hugging tiny canine tightly
clasped in her arms, and followed by tiny bit
of infantile humanity dragged along by an un-
sympathetic nurse.
1t is only when she is going away for the sum-
mer or on some similar occasion, that she has her
child as close to her this, for generally she is
too busy with other things to bother about her
offspring
Thus it is that we have the time-worn tale of
the mother who, hearing that her little boy was
sick, peeped in at the nursery door, only to be
greeted with burst of frightened tears, and the
sight of her child running to hide himself in his
nurses arms, from the strange lady. tf
This neglect is fagrantly true of
the father, than it is of the mother. The old
testers tell us about the little boy who ran up
stairs to tell his mother that "some strange man
was kissing the cook" and the subsequent dis
covery that the "strange man" his father.
Stories such as these not funny; they point,
on the contrary, to a most lamentable condition
in modern society, in consequence of which chill
dren are left almost entirely to the care of SER
wants.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Deaths Bony Fingers

lTN 1OOD gracious Johni" exclaimed Mrs.
~ Brown, on her return from holiday,
lrlsSzl what have you done with the piano."
~ Sold it. my dear"
Sold the piano?'
res I've been studying health while you
were away There is no reason why we should
ever DC I'll If the laws Of hygiene are carried out.
VOW pianos are a most dangerous source Of in
,e0uon' They are marvellous receptaces Of dust.
NOON DUST, as you know is always laden with
germs And every time you play piano, my
GEAR you raise the dust and risk death Be
1ues' the instrument may have come from Ham.
Durg once read in the Medical Times that
thousands of pianos are sent from Hamburg to
the English market These instruments are
made in one of the lowest slums. Think Of it!
mat piano may have contained ten hundred
thousand millions Of Hamburg microbes
! Iraclousl Well, and what has become OF the
book-case?"
sold my dear. The Lancet says it has been
expermentally proved that books are capable of
carrying pneumonia nd diphtheria Some of
tnose books were bought secondhand. No know
ing what dreadful diseases they contained"
And my cat, John Brown. Where is my
cat! do you mean to say you have"
MY dear, calm yourself and be reasonable-be
hygienic They say that if cat gets a cold it
reason and say is it etter to have cats and colds.
or no cats and no colds?"
On, John, what have you done with the cat?'
I've drowned the cat7
oh, have you regularly fed my parrotY
lhat parrot was serious source Of danger.
Some time ago a newly-married couple went on a
visit to an aunt at Lyons, taking with them
present two parroquets just arrived from Oceania.
A few days later the visitors, the aunt, and the
servant fell i'll, and all four died of yellow fever"
And you have destroyed my parrot?"
81 have insured our safety from yellow fever"
John, give fve-pound note I'm off"
Not hve-pound note, most certainly The
Lancet has said that an examination of bank
notes which had passed through many hands
showed them to contain nineteen thousand germs
of various sorts"
This is really beyond endurance Pm
Hear me out, and you will see the reasonable
ness of my action Cultures of germs made in
broth were injected into the peritoneal cavity of
rats and guineapigs, most of which died within
twenty-four hours"
Poor animals"
Consequently we must avoid banknotes.'
"What them?
"Sterilized coin. The Physicians Monthly Of
February last says that coins sometimes TEEN
with germs, among which are the seeds of tuber
culoss, suppuration and many skin diseases. We
must carefully sterize every coin received into
the house. Moreover, you must make your own
clothes and mine for the future. The medical
journal have just quoted says, also, that cloth
tary houses of the poor is a great source of in
fection. / have sold your dresses"
"Sold my dresses! What am to do?"
"You must buy material, and either nn1'
it up yourself or have a seamstress in, whom yor
perfect confidence.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

ters in the child exacting disposition and a
lack of consideration for Others This lack of
consideration may easily develop into selfshness
and self-wil.
BY lndulging him in all the sweets he desires,
the oyer-fond nurse not only ruins his digestion,
but also as a natural consequence makes him
peevish and irritable.
It is not often, however, that the nurse is of
this type. She is generally an unappreciative, ig
norant girl, obtained at intelligence office and
changed as often as her ncompetency becomes
too fagrantly apparent.
The child represents to her SO many. dollars
week, and beyond that she takes no interest in
him. She is paid to take him for an airing in the
park, and when she has him there she considers
that her duty is done. She lets him roll in the
dirt at his sweet will, be rescued from
under the horses feet by some more apprecia.
tive passer-by while she reads a novel or hirts
with the handsome park guard. She is paid to
look after him at home, but she does this in the
intervals between gossiping over the fence and
quarreling with the cook
The language used by herself and her friends
upon these occasions is far from edifying to the
child. In this way he becomes intimately ac-
quainted with the vocabulary of the kitchen and
the slang of the stables and before he is five can
swear well the coachman. He looks upon
this last as being a great accomplishment, for
every time he does it. he is greeted with applause
and great outlaws of laughter
STORIES TO MAKE HIM IRRITABLE.
Whenever he disagrees with his nurse (Which
is pretty often, as he does not possess sufficient
respect for her to obey her), she frightens him
into obedience by terrible tales of the ''buga boo
and long accounts of "what happens to bad lit
tie boys" The result of this is to make him ex
cessively nervous, and it may bear worse fruits
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Practical Advice Condensed

Water that has stood all night in bedroom is
quite unfit to drink. Cold water is powerful
absorbent of gases. This is why it is used in a
sick-room to help purify the air.
Marks on polished wood made by hot dishes
should be rubbed with paraffin. This will re-
move the white marks, and you afterwards
polish with beeswax and turpentine in the usual
way.
Polished tables nay be kept in good condition
if about once a week they are rubbed with Il
mixture of equal parts of turpentine and olive
oil. Apply with piece of flannel, afterwards
polishing with dry cloth,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

(a) P-Q B appears to be stronger move.
(b) He could not well play b Kt and ht K
Q-P because of Whites reply b and Bx Kt-
p.
(c) X RIO square was stronger.
(d) Should Black now reply QxP, then RIB
followed by XXX square, then x P is likely to
be the continuation.
(e) Very well played. Should White capture
Pawn then B P would follow.
(f) A powerful move Black maintains his
Bishop and by continuing PIX B will obtain an
irresistible attack.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Facts and Figures

The hardness of the metal tantalum, now used
for electric lamp faments, is almost equal to that
OF the diamond
Europe requires sixty-eight million bushels of
foreign wheat yearly. Every country except Rus
sia, Turkey and the Balkan States imports wheat
On average, about 420 ships wrecked
yearly; 315 are steamers.
Last year 21O,S45 passengers passed through
the Suez Canal OF these 81 ,431 were soldiers.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Gems Of THOUGHT

Examine your words well, and you will find
that even when you have no motive to be false
it is very hard thing TO say the exact truth,
even about your own immediate feengs-much
harder than to say something fine about them
which is not the exact truth.-George Eliot
The silliest woman can manage a clever man.
but it takes the cleverest one to manage fool
Kipling.
Nothing is easier than TO make fun of Others.
II is the resource of the ignorant.
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light of scientific investigation and a
INWNSNk couple of books have been published in
@ England to show that the goose is a
much maligned bird in this respect.
In his work. Bishop Stanley points out
that you may drive over cat, dog hen
pig, or even pigeon, but that few, if any
could record an instance of driving over
tame goose. He went to show that there
were animals, bpeds or quadrupeds, so diff
fcult to deceive approach as Wild Geese, their
sense of hearing, seeing and smelling being so
extremely acute And then he described their
acting "in so organized and cautious manner
when feeding roosting, to defy all danger
Sportsmen, he said, could give instances without
number of their utmost skill being of no avail in
attempting to approach these birds; either care
less step piece of gravel. or an eddy of wind,
however light, or allowing the birds to perceive
the smallest portion of their persons. rendering
useless whole hours of maneuvering
WARY AND WATCHFUL.
In his fine monograph on the Geese of Europe
and Asia, Mr.. Sergius Alpheraky has something
to say on the subject. From immemoriaI times
the opinion has been held that Geese are ex-
tremely stupid. On the other hand, simultan-
eously with this unfattering view of their intel
ligence, all nations have recognized the extra
ordinary wariness and watchfulness of these
birds" And he asks how are these contradictory
conceptions to be reconciled He suggests that
the solution is to be found "in the fact that
these opinions refer to perfectly distinct birds"
The uncomplimentary one he applies to the do
mestic forms and the laudatory one to Wild
Geese.
In his book on Wildfowl, in the Fur and Feath
er series. Mr.. L. H. De Visme Shaw expresses
high opinion of the intelligence of the domesti
Gated race. He considers the goose 'Nby far the
most sensible of the birds we keep as domestic
poultry" He has Che says most intimate friends
among tame geese-birds who know his voice and
will answer at any distance, who will fly scream
ing towards him the moment he appears in eight
who will crowd iealously round him to have
their heads patted and their necks stroked who
take the most mischievous delight in irving to
unite his bootlaces and rife his pockets
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
in a Few Lines

Irish emigration is falling fast. About f37,-
600 people now leave Ireland yearly In 1888
the numbers were 100000
Cash is said TO be derived from the French
word "caisse," chest in which money was kept
Manitoba now produces over forty million
bushels of wheat year.
If you count one hundred a minute, and work
ten hours day, it viii take you seventeen days
to count million.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
The Literary Life

Mr., Prosy-"And do you find writing stories
profitable pursuit.
Mr.. Bookes-"Why, my boy, they keep the pot
boiling"
Mr. Prosy-"1ndeed! shouldn't have thought
you'd have 1t the fire with 'em."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Worth It

He ION the honeymoon )-D'you know dear,
that tunnel train has just passed through cost
half million a mile?
She-Did il? Well, it's worth twice the money.
(And her hubby cordially agreed with that senti-
ment.)
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Chess and Checkers

(g) Threatening Q X Kt P mate-White must
lose a Rook.
The following game, an unusual form of the
Allgaier Gambit, was played in the Vienna Gam
bit Tournament, and the brilliancy prize offered
by Baron Rothschild was divided between the two
cfo
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

(b) Best less powerful was the move IL.
Castles played by Marco against Pillsbury since
the reply IL, PIX 6 gives Black the advan-
tage.
(c) If To- QQ3, Black would reply IS, B.
X B4.
(d) This ingenious move not only strengthens
the attack, but it wins two minor pieces for the
Rook.
(e) DR.. Tarrasch points out that 81 Q RP
ch, White should have won, for he would have
captured the K KIP and thus have obtained two
passed Pawns AS a matter of fact, the game
was continued to "a moves when draw was
agreed to.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

-1OR this weeks study we give two games
of the late master, Harry N. Pillsbury
"a The first was played in the Vienna
Obi Tournament, and for this game Mr..
Pillsbury was awarded a brilliancy
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

(a) Probably the best defense is that adopted
by Messrs Fahndrick and sehlecter, during some
consultation games played in Vienna; s., K-Kt
2; 8. PQ4, PIX BIG; 10. PIP, Kt-KB3;
IL. Kt'Q B3, BIO Kt 3, etc Equally interest
ing is Mr. BLESSINGS move of o., B-Q3.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
BY phoebe Forrest

HERE are many fashionable mother
who leave their children entirely tt
the care of servants. They are so bus,
with their afternoon teas, theatres, re
ceptions, dressmakers and what not
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
CHECKERS

One of our sovers has called to our attention
very interesting position which in re-
cent game Our solver stating that White now
has very pretty win. Can our readers point
it out?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22

ETFCUTU
for the use of convaescents during the Boer War
Paper buildings are becoming more and more
common every year. There are several paper
bungalows along the Thames, and they are warm
dry, and very comfortable. Perth, the capital Of
Western Australia, has a whole row of paper
houses. The largest and most costly paper house
in existence is one belonging to Russian gentle.
man at Savinowka, in Padolia. It was import
ed practically ready made from New York, and
cost about $4,000. 1t is freproof, and furnished
almost entirely with papier-mache furniture,
which resembles fine ebony, but is much lighter
It is said that the Emperor of Korea is having
paper palace built at Seoul It's chief advan.
tage viii be that it viii be earthquake-proof.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
Town of Paper Houses

n IL NETEEY, Eng, you can see a whole
IA town built of nothing but paper. There
lSR9sRSj are forty-fve of these paper build
Sgg&&Sl ings, with accommodation for fully five
hundred men, and they were erected
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
AS "Wise" AS a Goose

~7 HE expression "as silly as a goose
proves to be entirely unwarranted in
light of scientific investigation and
NWEANI couple of books have been published in
England to show that the goose is
L. Il =. -Il.-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
WHITE.
PROBLEM NO. 4.
BY MAX FEIGL, OF VIENNA.
BLACK.

WHITE.
White to play and mate in three moves.
White, 8 pieces. Black, pieces.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-22
The Doom of the Big Brutes

the rate which civilization is now 60
ing, there will be no large animals left
on earth within one hundred years.
They will all have fallen victims To the
The Press., 1906-11-07

Every mother possesses information which is of vital interest to her young daughter.
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 Girls over-sensitiveness and modesty often puzzle their mothers and bafne physicians, as they SC often withhold their confidence from their mothers and conceal the symptoms which ought to bs told to their physician at this critical period.
 When a girls thoughts become slug gish, with headache, dizziness or a dis position to sleep, pains in back or lower limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude; when she is mystery to herself and friends, her mother should come to her aid, and remember that Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound will at this time prepare the system for the coming change, and start this trying period in a young girls life without pain or irregularities.
 Hundreds of letters from young girls aud from mothers, expressing their gratitude for what Lydia E. PinlIham's heAS for Shsn&. have been received by the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.,, at Lynn, Mass.
 Miss Mills,has written the two fol- lowing letters to Mrs. Pinkham. which will be read with interest: Dear Mrs Pinkham:- First Letter.)
 ''1 am but fifteen years of age, am depressed, have dizzy spells, chills, headache and back \ vdso F PinkhomSS VeUefnhI Tn
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ache, and as have heard that you can give helpful advice to girls in my condition, am writing you. Myrtle Mills. Oquawka, Ill. Dear Mrs. Pinkham: (Second Letterl
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 Miss Matilda Borman writes Mrs, Pinkham as follows:
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
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 But since taking the Compound my head aches have entirely left me, my periods arc regular, and am getting strong and we'll. l anu telling all my girl friends what Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has done for me. Matilda Borman, Pennington, Iowa.
 If you know of any young girl who is sick and needs motherly advice. ask her to address Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass, and tell her every detail of her symptoms, and to keep nothing back. She will receive advice absolutely free, from source that has no rival in the experience of woman's ills, and it will, if followed. put her on the right road to a strong, healthy and happy womanhood.
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.Un, certainly, under the circufn-

'Un, certainly, under the circufi- stances" agreed Frederick. sSo old Gerry's postmaster instead of artist"
 Both she corrected. "He has lots of time to study, and it's good for him the responsibility, I mean. You wouldn't know him."
 "I suppose not,' assented Frederick uneasily. He tried to reconcile his lit- tie circle of the universe, to make the chaotic tumble fall into place and har- monize Gerald, Gerald the helpless, cratic, fantastic, irrational, joyous hearted, penniless artist, person of matrimonial responsibility, a postmas- ter. But then he remembered the young smooth haired person stamping letters. Of course Gerald had found his usual way out of the difficulty. HP had hired some Pineville lass to do the heavy work, and he drew the salary. It was like Gerald. But there was Beatrice, Beatrice making biscuit. He looked at her with troubled eyes, see ing endless vistas of Beatrices making biscuit throughout the years.
 Don't you miss New YorkY Ou, SO uuCu! SuO Sd1Os II never be happy until get back"
 'Have you given up your own work?'
 "Only for the time being. I shall take it up again, of course. I shall have to-"
 Brodericks hands frightened in sud den grip. So she was to work again, turn out her endless succession of little wash illustrations for second rate monthly magazines. Gerald would not mind, would not see the point. He would think he was b Ing broadmind- ed and bohemian to lRkh his wife carry on her own art ire eetive of him But Beatrice saw the
 face white with the al ger and love he had smothered. Before he could stop himself the words came leaping to bis lips:
 "Why did you do it?"
 "Do what"
 She stood beside the little bare kitchen table. her face raised to his, her eyes bright with startled wonder ment at his tone,
 "Why did you marry Gerald9" !
 Marry Gerald! I?" Some one was coming along the whiteroadway, From the kitchen window two figures couad be seen, and she pointed to them ''There is Gerald, and that Is his wife, my sister Barbara. l am merely at tendant star to the honeymoon, They brought me along to-Yell, to make the biscuit"
 A minute later and Broderick met the bridal couple on the wide veranda under the funny roof, The bride was the girl with the smooth dark hair wto had been stamping a8tts and hshe laughed at him. \ |,
 q knew who you hss want ed Gerald all to my knew Beatrice would take of you
 "She did," answered Broderick half pily, and as the rest went into the house he paused to brush off traces of flour from his coat collar. But Rea- trice burned the biscuit.
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The Ideal Family Laxative

Is one that can be used by the entire fam fly, young and old, weak and strong, with out any danger of harmful effects. It should h ve properties which insure the same dose, always having the same ef- feet, otherwise the quantity will have to be increased and finally lose it's effect al together. hese properties can be found in that old family remedy, Brandreth's Pills, because it's ingredients are of the purest herbal extracts, and every pill is kept for three years before being sold, which allows them to mellow. We do not believe there is laxative on the amaarket that is SO carefully made.
 Rrandreth's Pills are the same fine lax aolv1 tonic pill your grandparents used. They have been in use for over a century and are sold in every drug and medicine store, either plain or sugar-coated
The Press., 1906-11-07
"HOme, swee1 Home.v

Probably no one would have been more surprised than Sir Henry Bishop himself could be have foreseen that single melody in one of his numerous operas would achieve such celebrity that at the present day it is still sung by leading prima donnas at fashionable concerts, tangled on street organs and loved by vast public that knows noth- ing of music, properly so called, as the purest representation of the English spirit-"Home, Sweet Home" "Clari, the Maid of Milan," the opera in which this favorite song occurred, has long been consigned to the limbo of forgot ten musical works, but Home, Sweet Home,' survives with undiminished popularity and is likely to survive when many more pretentious compost tions have followed '"The Maid of Milan" into oblivion.-Cornell Mag aZine
The Press., 1906-11-07
Women and Mirrors.

eve carry lots of women clear to the top floor or at least several floors up and then they take the next elevator down without going three steps away from the elevator" declared the opera tor of one of the ''lifts'' in a big office building. "No, 1t isn't because they like to ride in the elevators particular ly. Why do they do 1t? To get the use of the mirrors, of course. See those mirrors on either side of the ele- vator? That's what attracts them. A bit of wind will strike them as they turn the corner by big building and then they imagine that their hair is badly disarranged and make for the nearest mirror, which Is in the ele- vator."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Press., 1906-11-07
Death Inv Rolling

In old England, before the law was passed which prohibited "cruel and un- usual forms of punishment" murder CTS were often condemned to death by boiling. In such cases the victims were chained in large kettles of cold water, which was gradually heated until it caused the flesh to drop from the bones. The last English victim of the boiling death" was one Rouse, a cook, who, it was alleged, had killed seventeen persons
The Press., 1906-11-07
A Ch{noS~ nuoI

A Chinaman was killed recently in Bangkok in duel with another of his race. The Chinese method of dueling is interesting, but does not seem dead ly. These two Bangkok Chinamen fought with the two forefngers of each hand, stabbing each other with these in the region of the spleen and at the same level on the other side of the body. The men who go in for this kind of contest practice every morn ing, stabbing bags of rice or paddy with these fingers till they can use them like a piece of iron.
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if he cannot. The merf&obtaineds . by setting bird free is not attributed to Deity, but it is supposed tossome in large measure from the birds1tself or from its attendant spirit, and hence birds of good or bad omen, aid es- pecially kites and crows, are in Much demand and are regularly caught tdAbe sold for this purpose.