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Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-19
FREE SPELLING BOOKS.

The little twelve-page booklet containing
300 words, the changing Of the spelling Of
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President Roosevelt, is yours for the ask
ing in our school book and supply depart
ment Send postal II you live out of the
city.
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Women Are Rescued

Lem Myer, who is one of the fore
men Of the big TETON ranch, had his
horse, Riley" stabbed at the Keno
barns, and i'm an effort to save the ami
NAL he was badly burned about the
head and shoulders. He dashed into
the flames after his horse. but in the
heavy smoke he ran into the wrong
stall. He was so far overcome by the
flames and smoke that he had to beat
a rapid retreat. He was taken to the
receiving hospital and his wounds
dressed. Doctor Quint says that he
will recover, although he is seriously
burned.
When the fire was at it's height one
of the men helping to recover all the
things possible out of the barn noticed
a man drop to the ground. overcome
with smoke. But no body has been
found.
The flames spread to the adjoining
apartment house and for a time 1t
looked IS though this building was
doomed. Mrs. Slnsabaugh owns the
place and Mrs. Jane Thompson Is the
landlady. All the inmates We're res
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corps, which for several months has
been holding services in tent.
Col French and Major Morton will
visit the corps of the province before
the colonel returns to the headquare trs
in San Francisco.
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$4,000 FOR LOT
ON SOUTH HILL
Bids for Early Work on Y. M. C. A,
Building viii Be Opened Tomor-
row-New Skating Rink on
Twelfth Street

Following are the permits issued from
the building superintendent's office
Tuesday, classified according to wards:
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WILL BUY OIL FOR
STREET IMPROVEMENTS

The board of public works will soon
advertise for bids for supplying $4,000
barrels of crude oil of not less than 55
per cent asphaltum, to be delivered be-
ginning April l. 1907. and also 5000 of
not less than 20 per cent asphaltum.
This oil is the frs ito be ordered for
street improvements under the appro-
priatfon made by the council for the
purpose last July, The board of public
works intends to improve many miles
of streets during the coming year.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-19
Finds Her in Stockton

man. The Pasadena officer soon found
trace of the missing woman.
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II you want TO go east. c. Haydock.
Agent Illinois Central R.R.. 1lS w, 9Th.
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Everything you want you will find in
the Classified page. One cent a word
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-19
CT EO CHILDREN'S SWEAT
DI.OV ERS WORTH $3.50.

Just the thing to wear these cool mornings
that are coming soon comfortable fitting
garments for the children; white or coIors:
made with belt and trimmed with pearl but
tons worth $3.50.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Lieut.. Tallmadge H. Brereton, OF
the Second Infantry, committed sui.
eide by shooting himself In the head
at the Army and Navy Club at
Manila, P. I. ,o
Okomotu, japanese, and Lorenzo
Colon, a native Of Porto Rico, both
of whom killed their wives. were
hanged at Honolulu, Hawaii. The
Japanese, in a speech from the gall
lows, begged the pardon of his home
government for having disgraced the
nation.
Members of the Philippine Com
mission returned to Manila, after q
summer session at Baguoi:
Commissioner Worcester is slowly
recovering from severe attack OF
pneumonia at Manila, and the other
commissioners are taking rest from
their duties.
Justice MacLeary, of Porto Rico.
obtained a license to marry his di.
vorced wife !i9y Philadelphia.
Montafon, the most powerful outs
law in the Island Of Luzon. P. La
who Is credited with numerous mur.
ders, outrages on women and mus
tilation of prisoners, surrendered to
Col. Bandholtz, of the constabularH
W Bataogas. 80
An extraordinary session of the
legislature at San Juan, P. R., con.
vened to appropriate money for tho
purchase of the pier Of the New
York G. Porto Rico Steamship Com.
lany in San Juan harbor.
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To Clean LinoieuIn.

It stands to reason that soap is
going to injure the varnish and fin
:sh. On farm where there is plenty
of milk a cloth wrung out Of skim
milk is the best means Of taking up
The dust and Frightening the limo
leum. Where milk is scarce, use
luke warm water to which has been
added half a cupful Of kerosene oil
or some good furniture polish.
Wiring the cloth rather dry from this
and go over the linoleum after sweep
Ing. An ordinary broom should
aot be used upon linoleum any more
.han upon a hardwood floor, because,
it is too harsh, and in time produces
ansightly scratches. Have a soft.
long-handled brush, which takes the
dust from polished surface much
better than broom, and does not
scratch or mar the surface; then
inish with a clean cloth wrung out
If the oil and water. Most house
keepers and nearly all servants scrub
oilcloth and linoleum as though they
Gere bare floor. They are dusty
rather than dirty, since everything
remains on top. -rn
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Flock of PeIicans In Kansas.

The other day q large flock of peli'
cans flew over the town Of Hepler
One of the birds was shot and it fell
into the large railroad pond. After it
had been shot the flock hovered over
the pond for three or four hours. cir
cling higher and higher until they were
out of gunshot reach.
It was after night before the flock
abandoned the wounded bird and con-
tinued their journey northward. The
bird that was shot was not killed, but
was disabled in one of its wings. 1t
is a fine large bird, standing about four
feet high and measuring eight feet
from tip to tip Of its wings.
It as white as snow, with the excep'
ton that it has one or two black
feathers in the top Of the wings. Its
beak is about one foot in length, with
a pouch underneath large enough to
hold about one gallon Of water. The
flock had probably been disturbed and
driven out of their course to the north
ern lakes.-Pittsburg Headlight.
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For the Lamps.

...r amp burners and wicks should
be thoroughly cleansed as often as
once a month. Take out the Wicks
and put them into pan Of boiling
water, with teaspoonful Of washing
soda, set the pan on the stove and let
DOLL for an hour, when they should
bS taken out, rinsed we'll in clean
water and dried in the sun. Put the
burners also into a pan OF boiling
water in which has been dissolved
three teaspoonfuls of washing soda,
and boil and rinse in the same way.
Thoroughly wash out the bowl Of the
lamp and refill with clean, fresh Oil.
That taken from the emptied lamp
may be put into bottle and used for
cleaning in various ways. When the
wick and burners are dried, return
them to the freshly-flled lamp, trim
The wick carefully, lighting to see
lf all Is right, before you set it away.
All soft or tissue papers should be
saved for chimney cleaners, and when
the lamp is filled and ready to be set
away. it is better to rub the charred
edge off the wick with bit OF paper
than to try to even it with the scls-
sors. One of the most necessary
articles in the home is clear, sweet
smelling light.
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Testing Small Fruits.

Testing small fruitsis so simple, ac-
cordirg to an old time dealer, that a
woman who has had any experience
In buying supplies for the house
hold should be able to judge their
edible qualities easily.
with the larger fruit, such as
!. melons, a woman must have some
experience" said -he, "before she
can be sure that the ones she selects
are ripe and good. With both water
melons and cantaloupes weight
should be a determining factor in
the choice. Then, too, with the for
mer, if ripe, the rind should be soft
enough for an indentation to be
made with the finger nail or the
sharp end of a pencil, for as a rule
when they are hard and resist such
pressure it is an indication that they
have not become sufficiently ripe to
eat. OF the many varieties on the
market the Georgia melons are the
best-that is, the sweetest-in my
opinion. Many dealers do not OBJ
ject to cutting into melon wien a
buyer has selected one, and if a
merchant Is willing to make such a
test I should suggest that a woman
accept such an Offer
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can be shifted. Something would be
gained, though, if the roller could be
moved downward occasionally. Ven
tilation above it could then be easily
effected by pulling down the upper
sash.
Again, in many bedrooms it is COM
mon to have muslin curtains that cover
only the lower half Of the window
opening. They are more transparent
than the shadej yet afford privacy
while person is dressing. Light for
the operation is usually secured by
running the shade Up as far as it will
go. Now, 1t will be seen that if the
shade roller can be moved up and down
the curtains would not be needed, for,
by lowering the roller, plenty Of light
would be admitted above it, while the
shade would serve as a screen in front
Of the lower sash.
A man named Stone has invented
means for adjusting roller instanta-
neously at any elevation. His mechan-
ism is designed to go on the roller and
the latter acts exactly as it would un-
der ordinary circumstances except for
its change Of position. The device
ought to improve the methods Of regu-
lating the light and air in room, and
should be servceable in schools and
business offices, as we'll as in private
homes.-New York Tribune Farmer.
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Cherries For Tarts-To preserve
cherries for tarts, to three pounds
of fruit, after stoning, add one pound
of brown sugar; put the sugar and
juice together and boil. then put in
the fruit; stew fifteen or twenty min
utes; take them out and skim and
drain the syrup from the fruit; lay
in dishes to dry in the sum-. pour
over the syrup little at a time;
turn the fruit over frequently; when
all the syrup has been used and the
fruit is we'll dried, put in stone Jars
with alternate layers of sugar,
Orange Fritters-Mix one-half
pound flour and one-half pint milk
into a stiff batter; add two ounces
melted butter, two eggs we'll beaten
and a very little salt. Peel two
oranges, divide into sections without
cracking the skin, have ready a pan
of thoroughly boiling fat, put in a
tablespoonful Of batter with one
piece of orange in the center. fry a
nice golden brown. drain on kitchen
paper, then dish on lace paper.
sprinkling powdered sugar on the
top. They should be cooked and sent
to the table as quickly as possible.
Hotch Potch-Hotch potch is an old
fashioned Scotch DISH made in the
spring. when there are plenty Of fresh
vegetables. 1t is thick puree-like
soup. 1t may be made either from
fresh or cooked meat This is one way
of making it: Three or four pounds OF
loin chops are put into saucepan with
about three quarts of boiling water.
peas, harricot beans, carrots. half a
iurnip, parsley, little bit of cabbage
hnd some green onions are added. Boil
this very slowly for an hour and a
quarter, season with pepper and salt
It should be thick broth when done.
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NSe1Ss;&e7Hzzss
E>M@eb
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Shaw offered for sal
$50, 100000 bonds of the Paname
Canal loan, to bear interest at, th9
rate of two per cent. and to be dateo
August 1, 1906.
The government received wort
that hostilities have broken out beS
tween Salvador and Guatemala.
The crop report issued by the De-,
pRrtment Of Agriculture shows tha3
the acreage of corn planted was
e5,sS5.000 acres; increase. 1.6.
The Commissioner of Fisheries re.
ports that the value Of the water pro.
ducts taken and sold by United
States fishermen in 1905 was $685.
100000.
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SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS DROWN
Were Wading at Cedar Rapids
and Stepped Beyond Depth.
Smallest One Suddenly Sinks and Six
Others Lose Lives in Trying
to Save Her,

Cedar Rapids, IoWa.-Seven girls
were drowned while wading in Cedar
River, only three blocks rom home.
One child slipped into deep hole,
and in trying to rescue her six others
were drowned. Ruth Klersey was
the only one of the party to escape.
The dead are Lucille. Hazel, Gladys
and Josie Sweeting. Ruth and Cora
Coyle and Clara Usher. The girls
ranged in age from seven to sixteen
years.
The Sweeting children lived with
their father near Ellis Park, on the
outskirts Of Cedar Rapids. Clara
Usher was the daughter OF Sweet
fng's housekeeper, and the Coyle
children we're nieces who were on a
visit from Sioux City.
The children had gone to the river
with Mrs. Usher, who took her baby.
The latter fretted and Mrs. Usher
started home with it. The children
Immediately went wading in the
river. Ruth Klersey went to the
end Of long sandbar and, seeing
that the water was deep at the end
of the bar, warned the other chill
dren. Lucille Sweeting. however.
ran to the end of the bar and, the
sand yielding, slipped off into seven
feet of water. Her cries brought
Hazel Sweeting to her aid. In try
ing to pull Lucille back on the sand
bar she, too, fell in to the deep
water. Another child went to her
assistance and slipped, in. and so
on until the seven of the eight chill
dren were in deep water. Some OF
them drowned helplessly, while two
or three vainly tried to climb back
on the sandbar out of deep water.
Ruth Klersey, seeing the fate Of
her companions, then ran down the
road crying to Mrs. Usher, overtak-
ing her when almost home. Mrs.
Usher left her baby in the road and
ran back to aid the children. She
managed to get hold of the hair of
two of them and pulled them out OF
the water, but it was too late to
save their lives.
The other bodies were recovered
later, while hundreds of people
gathered on the river bank to watch
the sad task.
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prove popular. It is combination of
the ordinary merry-go-round and the
razzle-dazzle. The carriages carrying
the riders are alternately swung up
and down, and at the same time given
a rotary motion. In tie centre is a
tower, the carriages being suspended
on cables, the whole resembling q
spider. AS the spider and its arms
rotate in a circle and as the arms ap-
proach and reach the higher part Of
the plane they will lift the carriages
and give the passengers pleasing SELL
sation of being carried upward as we'll
as in the rotary motion. To enhance
the attraction electric lights can be at
tached to the cables and mounted on
the frame and give to the merry-go-
round a pleasing effect in the night
time.
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The Travelling Salesman.

Better than letter from your
wife. sweetheart or even President
Roosevelt, is a letter from your firm
increasing your salary" was the in
teresting comment of Fl. J. Williams
of La Crosse, sitting in the lobby OF
the Kirby House. Il just received
such an epistle this morning, and l
feel like q prince. Had received
notification reducing my stipend
I would not have been greatly sur
prised, because my sales recently
have been nothing to brag of, and If
the firm thinks by giving me a finan-
cial lift my results will be more no.
ticeable, it won't be disappointed
because l am going to start out to-
day and work like major and prove
to my people that l am worthy of the
confidence shown me. There are
times in the life of a travelling sales
man, when, no matter how hard he
tries, he doesn't do enough business
in a day. or even week, to make
him feel like thinking of his occu-
patton. And then again, the re-
verse takes place, but between these
two we manage to even up the
sales.
"Persistency is what wins with US
! fellows. No matter how angry your
customer gets after the fifteenth or
twentieth refusal to give you an
order and you are not convinced he
| needs something in your line, adopt
the schoolday proverb and try again.
Your pluck may elicit his admiration
! unless he throws you bodily out OF
the store, and nine times out Of ten
| YOU land him. milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin.
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DOMESTIC.

The Carnegie and the Bethlehem
Steel Companies will take part OF
naval armor plate contract on the
same terms offered by the Midvale
Company in order that their plants.
should not be idle. ..E, q.
A woman who gave her name az
"Esac'-Case- spelled backward,
made determined effort to see
President Roosevelt. at Oyster Bay,
but was stopped by his guards.
Harvey L. Shaffer, uncle Of John
S. Phipps, was killed in an automo-
bile accident at Sayville, Long Is
land.
President Winthrop, Of the Board
of Education, says the allegation
made by Prof. w. Steel, of Harris
burg, Pa, that positions in New
York State schools are purchased 1s
untrue Of Manhattan.
Mrs. Frederick Henry Cossitt,
daughter of Judge Dugro, whose
bridegroom was killed in the recent
English railway wreck, arrived at
New York City with the body.
The marriage of Thomas A. Eidi-
son, Jr., may reconcile the inventor
and his son.
Mrs. Samuel Greenbaum, wife OF
a New York Supreme Court Judge,
was struck by golf ball and may
lose the sight of one eye.
J. Bruce Ismay, head Of the Inter-.
national Mercantile Marine Company,
arrived in New York City on the
Oceanic and announced that six new
ocean liners are to be built.
Ex-Judge Hargis, on the witness
stand at Beattyyille, KY, at his trial
for completely in the murder OF j.
B. Marcum, denied the Charge. anu
yillified the States witnesses and the
prosecuting attorney.
Chicago packers deny allegations
of Massachusetts Health Board,
which reported finding adulterations
in meat products.
|. Curtis Jett testified in the Hargis
murder trial at Beattyville, KY, that
he killed ]. B. Marcum because the
latter was his deadly enemy.
w. M. Oler, President of the
American Ice Company, has issued
a statement in defence Of his COM
bany.
A Mexican Central Railroad OIL
cial in New Orleans said secret or
SANITATION, opposed to government
policy, was spreading anti-American
sentiment throughout the country.
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FOREIGN.

Serious charges in connection with
the classification Of American grain
are made by the Association OF
Rhenish and Westphalian Importers
Ex-President Tomas Regalado was
killed in a fight between the Saliva
dorean and the Guatemalan forces,
in which the former were defeated.
William J. Bryan, in an interview
in London, denied that he had be-
come more conservative in his ideas
Tartars attacked a monastery and
pillaged the city of Van, in Eastern
Turkey.
Eighty British warships, which
cost s50,OO0,O00 to build, went to
the junkman a few days ago for
100000.
Forty thousand Hebrews, men,
women and children, fed from war;
saw, fearing massacre.
Iouique, Chile, seaport town.
was swept by fire.
John. D. Rockefeller, expressing
his belief that talk of his extradit1on
from France is "all politics. an"
nounced his sailing for America.
A memorial service for thosa
killed in the wreck Of the Salisbury
was held at st. Paurs Cathedral
London.
The body of Louis Bernath' g
nainter of New York, who lost ny
life while mountain climbing, has,
been recovered at Berne, SWitzer'
land.
A company of Cossacks which had
been garrisoning Uzvoka, Russia.
has been sent away because the sol-
diers refused to fire on the people.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
said in the House of Commons, IN
regard to a prediction in the Cana
dian Senate that Canada would soon
seek independence, that all the colo
MES desired closer relations Win
England.
The Russian army Of occupation
IN Manchuria has departed for RUS
ala. A small force of railroad an9
frontier guards remain. There VIII
be no further Withdrawals beforf
Ny, 1907.
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GIRL KILLS HER BROTHER.
Avenges the Death Of Crefficld,
Whom Mitchell Shot.

Seattle, Wash.-George Mitchell,
who recently shot and killed Franz
Edmunds Cref1eld. Holy Roller
Prophet" and was acquitted Of the
charge of murder on plea Of in
sanity, was shot and killed by his
sister, Esther, in the Union Station.
Esther Mitchell Joined the Holy
Rollers" at Corvallis, Ore, and was
one of the most ardent Of Crefield 8
followers. When her brother pur-
sued the leader of the Holy Rol-
lers" to Seattle and shot him in the
street, he declared that .Creffield had
aeluded and wronged his sister.
Mitchell was acquitted. Nearly
all the following day he spent search
Ing for Esther in Seattle lodging
houses. She refused to be comfort
ed after the death of Crefield.
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STOLE seoo,ooo; LOST IN COTTON
I. w. Alexander, an Augusta, Ca,
Broker, a Defaulter and Fugitive.

Augusta, Cat. w. Alexander,
of the cotton brokerage firm of
Alexander C Alexander, is a default
er for nearly 100000 and a fugi-
tive. He left this city, leaving a note
saying he had been using funds to
speculate in cotton, that the market
had gone against him, and that he
would never return alive.
Investigation showed that Alex
nnder had used not only all the re-
sources of his firm, but that he had
stolen from August. banks by the
improper use Of cotton warehouse
receipts about $150,000. The Georgia
Railroad Bank is the heaviest loser.
In addition to money gotten. from
banks Alexander touched his friends
for sums ranging from $1,000 up to
$4,000.
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Howlers For Sch oolboys.

Here are s)me ''howlers" Of British
schoolboys; "Chaucer," we are told
"wrote middle class English" Every
German goes 10 school at an early age,
however ol(, lie isl "An axis is an i'm
aginary line on which the earth is sup
posed to take its daily routine;" "The
Pharisees were people who liked to
show off their goodness by praying in
synonymes;" "a sower went forth to
Sow, and as he soweG he fell by the
wayside, and thieves sprang UP and
choked him." The larynX is the voice
box, and shuts when we swallow it,"
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ing in marketable condition is more
or less deleteriously affected. In this
plan of shipment the fruit exudes more
or less moisture, sothatat the contract
ing places of the paper it becomes sat-
urated with decay, which is communi-
Gated to the balance of the fruit and
results in much loss. The purpose OF
the carrier shown here is to provide
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Minor Mention.

Cossacks in the Province of the
Don refused to obey mobilization or
iers.
Archie and Quentin Roosevelt
lrove a locomotive from Oyster Bay
20 Mineola.
The Shs On Estate Company has
decided to build the Palace Hotel.
San Francisco, on the old site.
Secretary Shaw sent a letter to.na-
tional banks, urging them to issue
more S. bills, saying the United
States Treasury is unable to meet
the pressing demand for notes of
small denomination.
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O packing box so ventilated that thu
fruit can be separated from each 9th
er in natural and dry state. II
transportation there would thus be &
minimum CT damage. The box II
made of pasteboard and divided into
compartments, each box holding doz
en- oranges, the partitions preventing
one orange from touching another.
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The MeaneSt Man.

A low cry shattered the nocturnal
silence, and the man awoke.
"Oh, by the way" he said, 81 forgot
to tell you, Fanny, that I am carrying
my money in safety pocketbook now.
1t sticks a pin in your finger when you
Try to. open it the usual way. Feel
under the left hasp. You'll find
spring there that you press twice"