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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
PREACHER LIKE JELLY FISH
Tells Wife He Touches This One and
That One and Embraces Those
Who Respond
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PITTSBURG, Pa, May 26.-'I am
like a Jelly fish. float all around and
touch this one and that one, and II they
respond L embrace them"
This statement was made by the Rev,
Charles I. Russell to his wife the lat
ter testified today in her suit for di-
voree. Russell. who made fortune In
gentlemens furnishings. owns con-
eern devoted to issuing publications
advocating his Interpretation OF scrip
lures. lie doesn't believe In hell He
has preached in nearly all the large
elties OF the country, and has a large
following.
Mrs Russell testified she wrote much
Of the matter that made her husband
Famous She said her husbands head
was turned by the adulation OF other
women, and that he told her that any
one Of a thousand would be glad 10
have him. Both the warning couple are
about 50.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
Profit Of $500 in a Week

G. c. C. Tatum reports the following
sales:
Grace F. Barker to c. c. c. Tatun, a
lot 5Sx176 feet on the south side OF
West Sixteenth street, midway between
Oak and Toberman streets, improved
with nine-room modern house Com
sideration $4,000. The grantor purchased
this property week ago for $500.
Fred A. Langdon bought of II. NJ
Cowper new six-room bungalow with
lot 42x135 feet, at 301S Hobart boHl-
evard. Consideration $SSOO. Purchased
for home.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
HUMAN FINGER IN A CIGAR
Part Of a Digit, Cut OF by Machine,
Made Up In a stosy and
Sold
Special to The Herald.

DIES MONIES, May 26.--George Lou
bard of Fort Dodge was made violently
sick today by smoking cigar In which
a part of human finger was discov-
cred. While the piece Of finger was
comparatively small II was easily rec
ognized, as two joints and part of the
finger nail could be discerned.
1t had evidently been cut off the
hand OF cigarmaker by machine in
some factory and unnoticed became
mixed with the filler. Lombard had
bought several cigars. On smoking one
Of them he noticed a peculiar havor. A
few moments later he was taken sick,
Breaking open the cigar he found the
finger.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
POOR PAY AND NO BABIES
Pittsburg Minister 6Iames stingy
Pensioners for Race Suicide
Among cIergymen's Families
Ni'O'l9 NlST9yfucH
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PITTsBURG, May 26.-The Rev.
George d. Lindsay. pastor of the West
minister church of Greensburg, Pa,
has startled ministers and laymen of
the Presbyterian faith here by a let
ter in which he condemns stingy par
ishioners.
The minister declares that the low
salaries paid to ministers are conducive
TO race suicide, and says he can prove
IL.
"As matters now are, a minister is
compelled to marry a rich woman,
whom he may not love, or remain
single. Until better salaries are paid
our parsonages will not be visited very
frequently by the stork." says the min
lister In one of his communications.
The Rev. Mr.. Lindsay bases his be-
lief on the responses received to forty
seven letters sent to as many minis
ters asking their personal views.
Larger salaries If more babies are
wanted" is the slogan now.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
Many win Build

Edwards g. Winters co. report the
following sales for the week;
For Nj Il. Smith to Arthur Vietch,
lot AZ. being so foot lot on the west
side Of Van Ness avenue, between
Sixteenth and Pico; consideration $1,000.
Purchaser will improve with a two
story S-room house.
For the Los Angeles Trust company
10 Helen Craig, being the east IS feet
OF lot "a. and the west five feet Of lot IS
in Del Valle's subdivision. being so feet
on the south side OF Twenty-eighth
street, between Figueroa and Hoover
streets; consideration stated $4,000. The
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
BAsHFUL BOY 4 SUICIDE
Young Andrews Can't Muster Nerve
to Graduate With Girls, So
Takes His Life

Special to The Herald.
OXFORD, Pa, May 26.-Sixteen-
year-old James Andrews, the only boy
In class of seven, committed suicide
rather than graduate with girls. His
body was found in White Clay creek.
where he had drowned himself In about
hold him down.
Young Andrews was In the graduating
class at the oxford high school. but
was so diffident that he did not wish
to take part in the graduating exer-
cises, especially as he was the only
boy in the class. His relatives and
teachers insisted upon 1t, and dread
of appearing with so many girls over
came him.
He left note addressed to the
mother asking her to take care of his
younger brother.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

purchaser will improve with modern
home.
For II. G. Smith to Sophia Merrill,
lot IL, being a 50-foot lot on the west
side of Avenue Fifty-three, between
Monte Vista and Marmion way. Pur-
chase price $3.50. Bought for invest
ment.
For Pearl Gleason to Margaret M /.
Chambers, lot 16 in block A. being a 30
foot lot on the south side Of Powell
street: consideration stated $140O Pur-
chaser will improve with modern
bungalow.
For II. C. Smith to F. C. Coryell, lot
5, being a 50-foot lot on the west side
of Avenue Fifty-three. between Monte
Vista and Marmion way. Consideration
$500.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
ACTRESS WINS BIG SUIT
Selma Fetter RoyIe Obtains Verdict
Against Nat c. Goodwin for
Breach of Contract
Special 20 The Herald.

NEW YORK, May 26.-Selina Fetter,
wife Of Milton Royle, In the supreme
court, before Judge Fitzgerald, yester-
day obtained verdict for $4075 against
Nat Goodwin on her claim for breach
OF a contract to produce her play, my
Wife's Husband" during the season
of 1903-1004 and pay her a percentage
OF the royalties Her claim was for
$4,000 damages.
Contracts were signed by Mr.. Royle
for his wife and by Mr. Goodwin 8
manager. The show was produced In
Philadelphia with much success, but
fire interfered with its production in
Chicago, and subsequently Mr.. Good
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
WHIsTLINe TO SAVE SOULS
Unique Plan Of Evangelist Brings
More Than a Thousand Into
Church in Topeka
speclal to INC TIerald.

optcIaI % The tieIdIu.
TOPEKA, Kas., May 26.-By organ
zing his congregation into whistling
chorus and allowing those who could
not sing hymns TO whistle them,
Evangelist f. n. oliver has converted
1868 people in Mcpherson county during
the last three weeks.
The evangelist asked all OF his hear
ers who could not sing to whistle. and
the spectators came from all over the
those who came to look on became par
ticipants In the strange ceremony and
We're converted.
II. is believed that the success OF the
minister Is the greatest ever achieved
at a revival meeting In the state.
Talk-o Phone free. See the proposition
In todays Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
Brooklyn Ave. Tract

A beautifully located tract with mod
ern improvements. Terms: One-third
down, one-third in six months and one
third in eight months. Prices, $3.50 to
$500.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
Highland Villa

The home place for men of moderate
means; reasonable restrictions; cement
walks, curbs and fine streets. Prices,
$3.50 and up; 10 per cent down, $40 q
month.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
Just q Hint of the Prices end Terms
Palma Heights

Oiled streets, cement sidewalks, curbs,
cutters; beautiful palms; building re-
strictions. Prices, $500 to $3.50; 10 per
cent down, $40 month.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

win revived the "o.ilded Fool'' instead
of carrying out the contract as TO my
Wife's Husband
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
Home Acre Tract

Prices from SIPS to $500 for lots UP to
acre tracts, according to location. Am
pie water Terms: $15 to s25 down and
$5 to $40 per month; no restrictions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

These tracts 60 on the market at original
acreage price. The buyer will reap all the
advance The development of this section
is marvellous and the profit will be big.
The wise buyer will get in right at once.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27

Tallk-o- -Pnons free. See the Droposltion
In today's Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-27
uVpelllng VeXt SV]
But Don't Wait Buy Today

and tansta devec
yanda a cas low
b do t Buy to-day
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
[To rE Continued
TWO SCOTCH STORIES.
Origin of the Mncintyre. and tn
Bloody Hand Legend

Origin of the Mncintyres and the
Bloody Hand Legend.
My father, says u writer In Black
woods Magazine, had no end of anec-
dotes about our ancestors. parts of
which remember, though was only
schoolroom child of under fourteen
when l heard him relating them. l
was, however, old enough to feel keen
ly interested in them. One story that
impressed me very much was related
to account for the origin of the Clan
Macintyre. A party of Macdonells on
one occasion We're out In boat when
knot of wood sprang out. causing a
serious leak, whereupon one Of the par
ty stuck in his finger to fill the hole
and then cut it off with his dirk, thus
saving the life Of the whole party.
From this circumstance his descend
ants We're called the Nlaclntyres, or
sons Of the carpenter.
Another story which l heard my IA
ther tell relates to the bloody hand
which appears in our coat of arms. A
doubt having arisen us to which Of two
brothers certain estate belonged, it
was agreed that he whose flesh and
blood should first touch the property
was to be regarded rs the rightful own
or. Accordingly the two ySung men
started in two boats for Re land in
question. One Of them, seeing that he
was losing the race, when near the
shore pulled out his dirk, cut off his
hand and threw it on land, thus estab-
fishing his right to the property, as his
flesh and blood had touched 1t first.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
The Ice of Greenland.

The largest mass of ice in the world
is probably the one which fills up near
~ the whole of the interior of Green
land, where it has accumulated since
before the dawn of history. 1t is be-
lieved to now form a block about G00,-
900 square miles in area and averag-
ing mile and half in thickness. Ac-
cording to these statistics, the lump of
ice is larger in volume than the whole
body Of water in the Mediterranean.
and there is enough Of it to cover the
whole of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland with layer about
seven miles thick. If it were cut into
two convenient slabs and built up
equally upon the entire surface Of
gallant little Wales" it would form
a pile more than 100 miles high. There
is ice enough in Greenland to bury the
entire area of the United States a
quarter Of mile deep.-LondonG Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
THE GIANT INDIANS.
Peculiar Ways of the onas of TERRA
del FuegO.

Peculiar Ways of the Onns of TERRA
del ruego.
The Onas, tribe of Indians inhabit-
ing the mainland of the TERRA del Flu
ego island, are physical giants. Their
average height is over six feet. A few
are six and one-half feet; few fall be-
low six feet. The women are more cor
pulent and not SO tall. There is no
race in the world with more perfect
physical development than the Ona In
dams. This is partly due to the topog-
raphy Of the country and the distribu-
ton Of the game, which makes long
marches across the country necessity.
In mentality they fall far below their
physical nttainments. In the past their
supply Of game has been plentiful, and
this may account for the lack of in
ventivc genius among them. This lack
of progressive skill is portrayed in their
home life, clothing and homes. Their
children suffer from 1t, for, contrary to
the practice common among most In
dams of feeding, dressing and training
the children well. the Onas' little ones
are mostly naked, poorly fed and alto
gether neglected. They have abundant
material for supplying themselves with
clothing and homes, and yet they throw
n few branches together, put skins over
the windward side and then shiver un-
der the miserable shelter.
Scientists who have made study of
the subject say that the language Of
the Onas is the strangest ever listened
to. Many Of the words are not difficult
to pronounce, nor is the construction
of the sentences difficult, but very few
words are interrupted by d. sound
which it is impossible to produce. The
speaker hacks, coughs and grunts, dis
torting his face in the most inhuman
manner, and then passes on to the next
stumbling block. The Onas live princi-
pally upon meat, which in former years
was obtained from the guanaco.-New
York Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
ST. swITllIN AND RAIN.
The Legend of the Chapel Over the
H;sioD'S Grave.

inc LeEenu INC SuSUcl oNcF inc
Bishops Grave.
The superstitions referring to par
ticular days are very numerous. The
legend of ST. Swithin is an example
that will occur to every one:
st. Swithin's day, If thou dost rain.
For forty days it viii remain;
ST. Swithin's day, II thou be fair,
For forty days twill rain nae mair.
St. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, ac
coly.ing 10 tie author of "rhc Popular
Antiquities" was "A man equally not
ed for upr!ghtness and humility. So
far did lie carry the latter virtue that
on his deathbcd he requested to be
buried not within the church. but out
side the churcliyard on the north of the
sacred building, where his corpse might
receive the eavesdroppings from the
roof and his grave be trodden by the
feet of passersby. His lowly request
was complied with, and in this neglect
ed spot his remains reposed till about
100 years afterward, when Il fit of
pious Indignation seized the clergy ut
the fact that the body of so holy Il
member of their order was allowed TO
occupy such position. and on an APP
pointed day they all assembled to con-
vey it with great pomp to the adjoin-
ing cathedral of Winchester. When
they were about to commence the cere-
mony heavy rain burst forth and con-
tinued without intermission for the
forty succeeding days. The monks in
terpreted this tempest as warning
from heaven Of the blasphemous nature
of their attempt to contravene the di-
rection of st. Swithin, and instead Of
disturbing his remains they erected u
chapel over his grave" "St. Swithin is
christening the apples" is the more po-
etical way of describing st. Swithin's
rain
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07

~ ARNETT was at breakfast when
* telegram was laid at his ell
bow by the maid. He opened
- it leisurely, thinking it some
matter of business, but his hands stiff
cned as he read:
Bob Raymond is shot Send best doctor
in town quick WATSON.
For just moment he sat in silence,
then rose and walked slowly to his IL
brary. Seating himself before the lit
tie desk on which stood movable tele-
phone receiver, he began to make
things hum" He reached his friend,
DR.. Braide, and set him in motion. He
ordered out his racing automobile. He
tclegraphed Watson to take fresh
horses and return by way of Junction
and get the best doctor there Burn
the air as you go" lie added.
After giving orders for his yalise to
be packed he walked up to Mrs. Bar
nett's room and kissed her good morn
ing without betraying his excitement.
I'm going out to the ranch" he said.
1.-THE boys are having trouble with the
nay, uuu Will u see HOW luey re
coming on. You Won't mind, will
you?"
"Of course not, Don. I'm going to be
all right in few hours. Pm glad
you're going. You can bring Ann home.
You should have gone with her yester-
day."
II see that now" he answered dryly.
1T will be q startling world for her.
Well, I'm off. Better stay In bed to-
day. I'll be back by tomorrow night, 1
think"
When he took his seat in his big, fiat
powerful auto car his face was set in
grim lines. SIS she all right, Henry?"
lie asked Of his engineer.
"1n perfect order, sir"
"She needs to be. This Is to be q
| record breaker"
With his big goggles over his eyes
and his cap drawn low down on his
forehead, Barnett seized the wheel,
and the ponderous. painting organism
began to move. Wheeling into the
street, he let OH the full power Of the
engine, and when he drew up ut
Braide's gate the mechanism was hot
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
SLAVERY in ENGLAND.
In 1772 1t Was That the Courts De-
clarcd 1t to BE Illegal.

clarcd 1t to Be Illegal.
In 1172 slavery was declared by the
Judges to be contrary to the law of
England. But during the years i'm
mediately preceding this date slaves
were commonly sold in England. In
the previous year a Birmingham paper
advertised for sale IA negro boy,
sound, healthy and of mild DISPOSE
tlon," while In the same year another
paper records (and condemns) the sale
short time previously at Richmond
of negro boy for i32. This is be-
lieved to have been the last actual sale
of u slnve that took place in England
White slavery was very common III
the English colonies in the seventeenth
century. Cromwell seized Irish boys,
girls and women "by the thousand"
and sold them in the slave markets
of Barbados" as may be seen In num-
berless places In the state papers of the
period. He treated some of his royalist
opponents In England and Scotland in
the same way. A similar fate befell
many of the supporters of Monmouth's
rebellion in the west of England. In
the latter case, us Macaulay tells us,
the ladies of the court, including the
queen, made large profits on the sales.
London Standard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
A STORM IN The JUNGLE.
1t Comes with n Ronr Like That of q
Giant Waterfall.

People who have never been in q
jungle talk Of the sky as painter !
talks of the horizon or seafaring man
of the offing-as if when you wanted |
to see 1t you only need use your eyes
But in the jungle you don't see the |,
sky-at least you only see few scrag
gy patches of it overhead through the
openings in the twigs and leaves. Nei
Their do you feel the wind bolwing, mol
get burned or dazzled by the sun, nor
even see that luminary except by mo
mentary glimpses about midday, from
which it follows that n jungle man does
not usually pretend to be weatherwise.
If he does lie is even greater hum
bug than the rest Of the weather propl-
cts. On the afternoon about which we
are speaking l remember setting forth
on my walk in the still glow of the
tropical calm and wondering rather at
the intense stiffness Of the surrounding
forest. Then the air grew cooler and
the green of the foliage in front seemed
to deepen, and presently there was q
sound as of giant waterfall i'll the
distance. Waterfalls do not, however,
grow louder every second, whereas the
noise in front did so. Then there was
loud, angry growl, as Of a dozen
lions. A minute more and the whole
jungle began to roar as If fifty squad
rons of heavy cavalry We're coming up
Mt gallop. Then came drop of rain
make the world stop
Then the storm began. The sky
above darkened; the trees clattered;
the brushwood beneath Kissed and bow
ed itself. A deluge of raindrops blot
ted out the narrow view. Down IT
came. soaking through the denscst
leaves under which one fled for refuge,
striking the grass and sand with mil
lions of dull thuds, dashing furiously
against the leaves rs II they were SC
many hostile shields, streaking the air
with innumerablc perpendicular lines
and hurting itself down with the force
/ Of bullets.
In such a downpour one may us well
walk and get wet as stand still and get
wet. Unfortunately one did not know
where to walk to. The "circumbendi-
bus system" presupposes the fact that
the wagon wheels and bullock tracks
can be seen and noted, but when the
cart track is no longer cart track, but
"all turned to rushing waters" such
tracks cannot be seen, and unless you
have pocket compass you may us
well try to fly as to get back to where
you came from. When one reads of
travellers lost in the backwoods. they
always tteer by the sun-and probably
very badly-but when there is no sun
what are you to do?-Siam Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
THE CODE OF HONOR,
Ducling MS 1t Was In France In tho
Time. of Richclfeu.

Ilhe~ Oh ItlChSlleus
The passion for dueling, which had
cost France, it was said, between
1000 and 5000 lives during the twenty
years of Henry Tvs reign, was at its
height when his son came to the
throne. The council of Trent in 1916
had solcmnly condemned the practice
Of single combat, impartially includ-
ing principals, seconds and spectators
in its penalty Of communication. In
1902 an edict of Henry pronounced the
tdamnable custom Of dueling intro
duced by the corruption Of the cen
Gus accidents, to the extreme regret
and dlspleasure Of the king and to the
irreparable damage Of the state, shat
we should count ourselves unworthy
to hold the scepter If we delayed to
repress the enormity Of this crime"
A whole series of edicts followed to
the same effect, but it was easier to
make edicts than to enforce them.
Degradation, Imprisonment, confisca-
ton of property, loss Of civil rights
and death were the penalties attached
to the infringement of the laws against
dueling, and still the practice pre-
vailed. In 1926 Richelieu published a
milder form of prohibition. The first
offense was no longer capital, third
only of the Offenders property was to
be confiscated, and the judges We're
permitted to recognize eXtenuating cir
J cumstances.
| a few months later the Comte de
Boutcville thought fit to test the min
ister's patience in this direction. The
Place Royale had long been favorite
dueling ground, and De Bouteville
Travelled from Brussels to fight his
twenty-sccond duel here, in the heart
of Paris, in deliberate defiance of the
kings authority. The result was not
encouraging. Montmorency though he
was, the count went with his second
to the scaffold, and the marked de-
crease from that time in the number
of duels may be attributed either to
the moderation used in framing the
law or to the memorable resolution
with which it was enforced.-Macmil-
lan's Magazine.