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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

Human nature is an odd combination and success
often comes to the who knows it and greases his
path ahead Here is illustrations: There are two
in line for promotion in certain establishment
when the vacancy appears. Say one man is in the
business for long time experienced and capable but
backward in manner, never going out of his way to
be pleasant depending upon his superior to recognize
mis- merit and advance him VIXEN the chance offers.
other not nearly old in the business bright,
oviaI, self -confdcnt in bearing and while not
Jealous has way of making himself agreeable to
manager
Who gets the promotion? It's easy to guess.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

Wear Electro-v gor; feel its exhilarang spark in
you have enjoyed month of it's and have
fe he re youthful spend
in the creation of better conditions for your
the face compel fortune to smile upon
No exist in a body charged with
YOU rheumatism weakness,
parts the life generated by this grand force
gives health strength to organ
Electro -Vigor is like Electric Belts IL is n drv
battery; does not need be and eves
power of old style electric belts which are
charged in vinegar or aclu " is "a pleasure and
trouble be cured by ElectroVigor.
| would like to talk with who feel lack
of nervous energy, vgor and health have kept them
either personally or by mail because know that Elec
| every to read my book, which will inspire
ma o his and, make
be strong, healthy and happy.
/ mall Call write to Dr.
Hall 1104 Market street just above Turk street.
francisco you will learn how much electricity has
to do with success.
Call if you can Consultation free If you can't CALI
and address this coupon and send
it in Cut the coupon out this minute and save IT,
DR. s. r. HALL. 1104 Market Street, San Francesca
Please send me your book, sealed, free S-ll-6
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

10 the whole respUhsTUIIIts VI V7I'
kept him from being taken in as partner lie s''te
that his boss who we'll along in years. Wdil'e
to retire wished him to take 1ull ch'r ~ ~
~, t ~ ,r,b+ion to assume the responsibility. The
strange thing about this was that ne looheu 1
pict,lre of health. would never ne plckeu ou' do
man suffering from anything worse than s f Pt r.
4it p+ bo was extremely nervous had spells of de-
spondency and self disgust, and was regular pcs
mist He had no confidence himself ana was ai
to take the risk of the store manaseme't ,+,,,u
that he might make failure of it and lose the po
he had .. .,o, lilo this in nv eX-
nerience-men of vigorous constitutions Who +t men
out their own
ntenTed nv natIire to lead who, because Oh so0
nervous weakness left behind in the he+ueen
II is pretty evident that this life is d lace o0'
the nd weak 1t is a race -
where the prize goes the man WIFI //TITT /
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

The good things not nil taken up now any
than they were when rich
working boys. Any with energy and n
say-die spirit work out of the rut and make
nd fortune himself and his position in life
twenty years will be in exact ratio with
the energy &c displayed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

That is one instance of brain capable of planning
success without body strong enough to withstand
the strain of working it intellect bright
enough to build a weak enough To
prevent its completion
We read every day of men brilliant mindsn,en or
orS aliirsWho nave been swamped under their large
because they had not the physical energy 10
see them through. N0 81 ~
The lesson get from all this is thai s,,,coss ,
Pr r oLtel upon vital energy. No can carry any
slc "a, vitality TO stimulate his brain ~ P'
=. lheh mere is the man who spells of ambtio,,
nae uqn last ne feels slight awakening of sprlt
IN ms pody sizes himself and reasoninu win
llnseif that he is good as MANY otIiers WIN
nave made successes sticks chest and struts
about for while o ,,,n IL .,d
will All! What pity that he can't stick to that
resolution But after making good start and work-
ing hard Tor short time mis- enthusiasm cools his
ser saving oh! what's the use? can't" and like
me man held down by superior force sasping for
9 9en ms struggles grew weaker and weaker and
hhally, lie gives the fight, defeated > -
lie mas not the strength to make Il good fight
"a mere Is tide in the affairs of which, taken
at me MOOD, leads ON to fame and fortune"
MOI every man has the Judgment choose the time
OF tlde, and not many have the to risk
the jump from mediocre position in life TO the
chance Tor something better
Health is necessary success No man cnn give
the strength OF his nina and body strenuous
work of building future for himself unless he has
Il reserve force to back him
You can't build success without spending "a great
deal OF nervous energy and you can't spend nervous
energy unless have il.
vital energy by daily supply of electricity
would be able to enjoy his millions now
When you overtax your vital forces you don't
break down all at once, the first drain is upon the
most sensitive organs like the stomach the
body is Slapped of its force other organs fail gradu
ally, until the body is like dried lemon.
Electricity poured the stomach for hours at
a time by Electro-Vgor, and every application in
creases the amount of vital force and digestive power
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11
Bv Jno. Francis Byrnes.

Do you want to be rich and powerful?
Do you want to make a for yourself a man of
big affairs?
Do you want to your picture in the paper and
have yourself described a Napoleon of finance?
you want to be pointed out you walk on the
street the his millions by turning his
body into a gavanic battery?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

The man who sits by his desk with heavy heart
gets sunshine out of his who broo
over imaginary troubles, magnhes small obstacles
they look Ike the despair,
to shake himself throw aside the
smohering his happiness-that is a good
jec for Electro-Vigor because it brings life
nerves that life animation develops new
courage and spirit wage lapp-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

Nothing is impossible to the who has strength
for 1t; position too high to aim for There
milliOnaires in this country who could not read
write until they men who never enjoyed
the benefits of common school education, yet they
fought their 10 success. They have the strength
the courage.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11
The human body is a machine.

The human body is machine.
The system is the motor.
Electricity is the power that runs it.
The hustng spirit of American enterprise is only an
expression OF energy.
energy is electricity
So you want success, if you to big things
and have your picture Hall of Fame give yourself
a daily charge of electricity.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

The elements that make for success in young men
dependent upon stout henrt and good nerves
that II well be saId that without those qunh-
ties "A stands very little chance in the hurly-
burIy strife.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

Mon whose energy il exhausted don't feel
work; cxerion Ia dstastefu them the electric
motor which their mental md physical machn-
cry liz down.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

or regulator which enables patient to turn
quantity of the desired and the absence of
trouble such the vinegar acid, so disgusting In
electric belts.
writes a man who had Electro Vigor only three
weeks. Little wonder when he had charged his body
with electricity every night for twenty-one nights
there is immense courage a body full of electricity
Give me a broken down in spirit, gloomy, de-
spondent unambitious lacking confidence in him
self and by charging him with electricity night
for three months 1 will guarantee to send him out a
world heater This weak-hearted disposition is moth
ing but weak nerves and daily charge of electricity
will overcome it in a few weeks
'There enough gold in California to buy bec-
tro-vigor from me-" writes who had been braced
UP by it and made happy.
President of Harvard University in lecture to
students Harvard recently said this: so far as
have seen, is indispensable foundation for
the satisfactions life health. young man ought
to be a clean wholesome vigorous animal That is
the foundation of everything else and hope you VIII
be all that if nothing more"
Any man who the energy TO dig his way to sue
cess may get it if he will saturate his body with cleo
tricity every night 1t creates energy.
Here is a man who commends Electro-Nigor as ono
of the best inventions OF modern times.
| Mr.. S. S. Knoles, United States Com
missioner, San Diego, Cal, says that
since it rcjuvenateC him and cured him
of general complication of ailments, +
such as rheumatism, lumbago and KID
ney troubles, he will tell it's praises to + +
every he meets ~
The term nervous energy" applied II Il
TO the general inclination of the mind NT/%
| To- each part of the body which, on it's nu&A98s1
own account has to have nervous en-
S Work. It t is the doi loss AeSA(st ft#
Which wi cat causes ali the LzN NV ~
diseases that we - @E{N&&&a#kA42T
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

There is term used in athletic sports TINT appIjes
the who loses courage when things go against
him; they cnI him gutter" you are "n GuitterD
you why-because you haven't got the nerve.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

Electro -Vigor will put
new life into a body eX-
hausted and debilitated. 1t
will prepare any man for a
battle for success by charG-
ing his nerves with the fire
of vigorous energy.
Electro-Vigor will turn
back the hands of time for
old men by renewing the
vigor of youth in their
veins. One old man of "A
says that he feels as young
as he did at 40, after he
had worn Electro-Vigor
only two months.
The history of our men or
business success shows some
striking illustrations of the
fruits of strenuous enter
prise. 1t seems that most of
the men who are now domi-
mating tho business world
began life as the sons of
poor men, without any bet
ter start than millions of
other men have had and
will have.
w. E. Corey, president of
the Steel Trust, shovelcd
iron ore in the mills of
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

You get success at the expense of your health,
like Rockefeller who poured his vitality into the
hopper and brought out millions, and would gladly
give those millions for n stomach that would
appreciate n square meal.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

perfectly healthy condition At the same
hour the next day he would come to lust as
positive a decision that he was ruined. He
sacrificed several brilliant opportunities to
make success for himself by losing faith in
his enterprises and selling them out at a loss
after he had built them up to a healthy con-
dition.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11
A new way TO stimulate

A new way TO stimulate
ambition.
Give your body a charge
Of electricity every day.
Nervous energy is the cap
ital of successful men.
It has carried them through
many obstacles to fame and
fortune.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

any progress ne should not be
discouraged. Perhaps the editor
was right. For that man the
advice may have been good,
|. but no live office man. d full of
strength and the self-confidence that
comes from the possession of animal
vitality. would be satisfied to give
| up the best years of his life - his
best earning years - to work that
after thirteen years of training
brought him only SIS a week Yet
there are a great many men like
him; men who grind along year to
year without finding the way to sue
cess. They are plodders. They never
find success because they have not
the force to compel their energies
to dig it out. A man who feels
tired. gloomy and blue all the time,
owing to some ailment, never has
what is called an inspiration; he
never wakes up in the morning with
that do or die spirit; he never
has any spirit at all. If things go
along decently he is willing to let
them go, because it would be work
that he doesn't like if he tried to
better them. If they go wrong he
lets them go, and blames it on hard
luck. The real trouble is want OF
vital energy or electricity. 1t would
make his work a pleasure.
1 once knew man who suffered
from a stomach trouble, commonly
Known as dyspepsia. lie could not
make up his mind to thing ana
stick to it twenty-four hours. One
lay he formed definite conclusion
That his buSiness affairs I,,oro Ia =,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

from effort effort is the of physi
cal force; physical force is electricity.
\ This is the belief Samuel Hail. a physician
who has made life of building physi-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

- renting upon q; q: :': ;:.. 49, en-: :;
nan who wanted to know if the
'ditor thought "$15 week was do
ing poorly for man who has worked in
one position for thirteen years at general
office work; aged twenty-nine"
The editor said that it seemed pretty
hard that man should be getting only Sis
week after working thirteen years in one
position, but if he felt that he was making
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

There was an edi-
torial in a newspaper
the other dav copo-
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-11

strength. courage and ambition THE, COPPER
to hustle. and any man who does &C.,
not feel the call to force his way 1-
into the crush is going to be left
behind Electro -Vigor cured the clerk of his ner
trouble, and the ambition that he lacked was not
in showing its return. The vital energy which 1C
into his veins and brain within few weeks afte
took charge of the business proved to his empl
that he master of all its details and within
time was given a half interest.
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
ASSISTANCE GIVEN
TO 1858 FAMILIES
Associated Charities An
nounces Report for
Last Month.

AT the meeting of the board OF man
ayers of the Associated Charities yes
terday afternoon Prof. b, T. Janney was
reelected chairman OF the board, new
special committee on the public treat
ment of inebriates was organized, a spe-
cial committee was appointed to promote
the establishment OF public hospital ia
cilities for chronic cases and GONZALES
cents and other new business Of public
Importance was transacted. A vacancy
on the board was filled by the election
OF DR.. SOhe A NOrdhofr-Jung. DR..
George NJ. Kober being appointed to re-
port her election personally to DR.. Jung.
The members present were Justice Da-
vid ]. Brewer, president Of the asso-
citation; Prof. b. T. Janney, Col. Archi-
bald Hopkins, William H. Baldwin,
Frederic l. Moore. Miss Florence p.
SponOrd, DR.. George NJ. Kober' Miss
Helen Nicolay. George 5. Wilson. and
Secretary Charles +. Weller.
The most important business Of the
day was the decision TO organize new
special committee TO cooperate with the
District Commissioners, the Board or
Public Charities. and other public Of
dcers IN promoting proper, intelligent
treatment Of habitual drunkards and
men sGfering from intOxication.
A committee comprising William II.
Baldwin, chairman; Col Archibald Hop
kins, Frederic r. Moore, and Secretary
Charles +. Weller, was appointed TO as
sist in developing public opinion ana Sc
curing Congressional approval for the
recommendation OF the Board Of Public
Charities and the District Commission
ers on these lines.
The secretary's report OF the work ac-
cOmpliShed during last month included
the following significant Items. ApplI-
cations received 1.220s families receiving
charitable treatment, 763; total NUMBER
Of families registered 10 date. IS, ,092. Ma
ferial aid was procured or administered
40 times during November TO 1870 differ
ent cases. the Citizens Relief AssOCta-
ton was drawn upon S02 times out OF tne
total number OF 470. Employment was
secured in Is instances during the
month, transportation for two apph-
cants: 26 We're referred 10 appropriate
Institutions correctional and legal aid
needy children 70 attend school was fur
nished 10 46 families. For the tree
medical dispensaries OF the city IA 3p-
plicauts were Investigated. The num-
Der of friendly visitors. savings cOllec-
tors and division conference members
active during the month was 165. A to-
tai of 500 visits were made by these
volunteers and the agents of the society.
Thanksgiving Day baskets and speciai
holiday cheer was recommended or given
10 242 families. There were Il meetings
OF the division conference during che
month
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

n B-Folloving schedule figures published
only as information. and are not guaranteed
7.A5 A M-DAlLG-Local for Harr sonburg
Varrenton. Danyille. and way stations
fA.Eg A -DAILY-WaEhlnEton and Florida
IJnItsd First-CiAss coaches and sleeper 10
Columbia Savannah. and Jacksonville Din.
ing Cay Service,
tt.IS A 81. DAILY-Un.ted States Fast Mail
Eirst-class coaches and sleeper 10 Nsa,
orleans Diniag Car Service.
..oi y NJ WEEK DAYS-LoCal for Harrfson
hurg and way stations on Manassas RraDr5
Ak = n DAILY-Local for Warrenton and
Charlottesville
10 p 81 DAILY-Sew York and AtIs,t.
Tsxpress First-class Coach 70 AtIaDts
SIesner 70 Columbus. Ga via AtIaDtS
sunset Route Tourist Sleeper washington
10 san Francisco Mondays. Wednesiays-
81. DAILY-New York and FJorf6.
Fxpress Through Coaches and SIeepers -
Co;umbia Savannah. and JacksonvilIe-
cieepers to Augusta and Port Tampa Dfn-
Ing Car Service a Ia Carte
"a "a p NJ DAU.N-NeW York and ATam7bf.
Limited (via LyEChburg)- First-cIass C6ac6
saF sleeping Cars 10 Roanoke. Knoxville
CHATTANOOGA and Memphis. Sleepers ID
New orleans. Dining Car Service.
fO-S5 p n. DAILY-W ashinBton and South.
western Limited All Pullman rain OBJ.
servation Car 70 Atlanta and Macon. Club
Car 70 Atlanta. Sleepers to NashSlIls.
Atlanta Macon. Birm .nghGm- New Orlea ns.
Dining Car Service
c. IL Ackert 4th Y. p. & c. NJ. S H
Hardwick P. T. M; W. II Tayloe. 6. p A
L s. Brown. 9. A. de4-tf
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
coon AND DYNAMITE
PRODUCE A PANIC
Pennsylvania Villa ge | S
Nearly Blown From
the Map.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Dec. 13.-Toy-
ing with a box OF 50 pounds OF dynamite.
a racCOOn nearly blew the village of
Gradyville from the map, and caused a
large amount Of damage.
The dynamite was in a box which
was nailed to a tree. and the animal
made an investigation from its den in
the upper portion Of the trunk. It de-
scended until IL was within a short dis
t6nce OF the box, and then leaped. Its
weight carried the box 20 the ground,
and the village OF Gradyville was shaken
TO its foundations. while the workmen
who had been using the dynamite led
In every direction as they saw the coon
approach Tie box.
The place IS close to a school taught
by Miller NJ Boyd, and when the ex-
plosion took place forty panes Of glass
were broken and the building partly
wrecked. II. 5. Bakers mill was badly
damaged. and glass was broken in a
number Of houses.
What was left Of the coon was found
at the foot OF the tree where the ex-
slosion occurred.
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
Railroads.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

(scheduIe in effect November p. 1867
900 + Mold DOMINION EXPRESS,
Week davb-Stops at principal points IN
Virginia NegtBUls train. standard
coaches; parIor car TO Clifton Forge. with
connection Tor Virginia Hot Springs
Pullman sleepers Clifton Forge 70 Louis
Vile Cincinnati. Indianap polls, 81. Louis
and Chicago Buffet service from G0rdons-
vile.
40 p. M.-NEW c. & o. LIMITED. Daily
Fast new vestibule train. stops only at
GordoI.svtIle Charlottesville. StauntOn
Clifton Forge. and COyingtOn. Va. Ron
ceyerte end Hinton. W, Va. Pullman
sleepers 20 Lexington, Louisville, Cincin-
natl Indiana polls. ST. Louis. and Chi
cago. Dining cars. q la carte service.
one night 0uJ-
ma p NJ F. V. LIMITED. Daily.
solid vestbuIe train. Pullman sleeDers TO
Cincinnati Lexington, and Louisville
Compartment sleeping car 10 Virginia
Hot Springs week days. Dining cars. a
Ia carte vice Sleepers Cincinnati to
Chicago and -. Louis and Louisville 20
Memphis Nashville. and Southwest.
Reservations and tickets At Chesa peaAe a nd
Ohio Offices. 5Is PenuEy Iyania age-s 6J9 18th
81. near +. and sixth Street Station. TeIs-
phone Main $3.50. for Pennsylvania r. Z.
Cab Service. and Main 1905 for C. < o.
Ticket once ro24-tf
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
.ENTONBED MINER
FED THROUGH PIPE
May Take Four Days to
Rescue Man Buried
Alive.

BAKERSFIELD. Cal, Dec. 1S-Presi-
dent Sinclair. Of the Edison Company,
believes it will take four days before
the rescuers reach II. 3. Hicks. one Of
the entombed miners. Communication
was had with the imprisoned man this
afternoon through a two-incn pipe. He
said he was unable to move much. but
could take nourlshment that was being
sent down.
The rescue party is making every ef-
fort TO remove the vast pile Of debris.
Another pipe, 10O feet long, is being
forced down. Hicks is IN damp spot
and cramped position. It is generally
believed he Will be dead before he is
brought 10 the surface.
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
BOYS WRECK CAR
AND ARE SHIELDED
Altoona High School Stu
dents Must Tell or
Be OuSted.

ALTOONA. Pa, Dec. 13.-Unless they
tel the faculty the names of some OF
their members who committed deprcda-
tlons, the entire sophomore and senior
classes of the Altoona High School will
De dismissed by the faculty.
ne case Is similar 10 that of the bat
talloh or negro soldiers Of the Twenty
my infantry. who were discharged
without honor by the President when
thsy refused TO peach" on their com
Some of the bows stretched a roma
across the street in front of the school
bthidlns, and wrecked a trolley car. in
9urlnS the motorman ana shaking up a
large number of passengers
The faculty inVestiated to1ax, h,,t No
pupil would give information rhaf wonId
lead TO the DETECTION of the guilty per-
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
GENTLE DOOR-TAPS

A story of extraordinary deafness was
unfolded at a recent meeting OF a med
ical society in Philadelphia. An elderly
woman, exceedingly hard of hearing.
lived near the river. One afternoon a
Warship fired salute of ten guns. The
woman, alone in her little house. waited
until the booming ceased Then she
smoOthed her dress, brushed her hair
back In a quaint manner. and said,
sweetly, Come in."-ArgOnaut.
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
SEAB0ARD AIR LINE RAILWAY

Ticket once, 1871 Eeuna. Ave.
For Petersburg. Raleigh. Wilmington, Co
lumbia. Savannah. jacksonville. TAMPA At
lanta. Birmingham. Mobile. Pensacola. and
New Orleans
1919 An. DAILY-Seab0ard AlaiI-Through
Pullman Sleeper 10 jacksonville. Fla also
throuAh ParIoF Car 20 Piuehurst. ~. a.. Cafe
Dining Car Washington 70 Hamlet y. q.
CO J.. n DAILY-SeabCaTd EIp-eEs-S0lid
train, with Pullman Sleepers, ID. jacksonville
and Tampa Through Sleeper TO Atlanta.
HiTmIughau and Memphis cafe Dining Car
de7-rf
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
GRAMMATICAL NICETTEs orr THE
HIGHWAY

Kind Lady--After gave YOU that nice
dinner. YOU didnt saw that wood
decentralization me lady. Yer a-ay,,
iidnt see that wood, aad then yo[,',.s
wrong. saw it when I came in
Philadelphia Press
The Washington times., 1906-12-13
For Rent-FarmS.

FOR RENT-200 acres, all fenced and under
cultivation ana grass. T. miles from Wash
ingtOni miles from cars. S-r0om dwelling:
fine spring. large barn and stables; corn
house; dairy; chicken house; duck pond, fer
tile land; rent $500 year. JOSEPH r. AT
KINSON. 4Jl POND Building. 18th and New
York ave. deI1-st
The Washington times., 1906-12-13

"A small hurt in the eve Is n sraat
0ne;" and a small leak in the purse NAV
grow into ruin0us one Purse-w whole
people read the ads.