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The St. Mary banner., 1906-01-20
The Kilkenny Cats.

To fight like the cats Oh hh1
relates to the Irish fable OF wi
kenny cats which fought 50 i'1
that only their tails were leN 4
matter of fact, the fable IS w
have originated in an actua ep'l ",
During the Irish rebellion Of II
was a custom of the Hesslan wv
stationed at Kilkenny to tie y"
together by their tails. hang 'D'.
er a clothesline and then le"s
to fight. Surprised one nisa.
brutal sport, a soldier drew uss
and by a cut across thef '
the cats free. The presenS
tails was explained by Saying
cats had fought till onl! ''su
were left.-Detroit Tribune
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Mr.. Longs Choice.

Ex-Sec:etary of the Navy John D.
Long has a conviction that speeches
are as mich of bore to the audience
as they ere to the speechmakers. Il
always feel glad when called upon to
make a speech, however" he says,
"for I am in the position Of a certain
amateur Nctor. He was in all the
theatricals going in his small town.
He played all sorts of parts. Some
one asked him one day If he did not
get tired ci taking part in every pri-
yate theateical performance.
"'Yes.' sSid the young fellow, I
don't like to act a bit; but l know II
I'm not on the stage I'll have to sit
in the audience. boston Herald.
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EernharGt's Odd Boudoi,

1t was Thomas Carlyle who saa i,
all genius was akin to savagerv s-1
Bernhardt exeG!pliies this in \
boudoir of her chateau in p,,,
Madame Hernhardt IS perfac, n
barian in her defiance of all tho II
ventionalities regarding al
schemes.
Her sleeping room is hung in mn|
purple, picked out with pess,1
plumes. Over her Louis XVI bei
a canopy made Of unspun silk ,siJ
directly from the silkworm coco,
great splash of crimson satin, in d
form Of a shield, adcrns the cen.
The walls are hung in old tapesrs
and in the intersticos Of the ha1gsl
are row after row Of tiny mO,SI
skulls, the eye sockets OF which a
Illuminated with electric lights.
The divine Sarah has parted Vi
her pet tiger, and now has for a W,I
panion a large and ugly baboon, vsl
ears have been pierced so that ia
may carry large rings of solid I'D
Bernhardt is said to look as young
she did twenty years ago. He- Al
is without wrinkles, and her step
as spry and her manner as vivada
as when she first electrified her usta
city as an actress.-New York Ra|
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The next night | had attended a din
ner at the club and did not get in un-
! til midnight. or perhaps an hour later
as one is apt to do after club dinners.
Probably | had taken more wine than
usual. In any event | felt brave
| enough to meet any ghost that walk
ed, and | went into my den to wait
for it, if this should be its night TO Wis
it the haunts of men. | waited so long
| that doZed, and, waking with a start,
| | heard the well known footsteps This
| time they were going down the hall in
| the direction | had pursued them the
| first night l had heard them.
Gathering my wits as quickly as I
could, | went into the hall. and in the
light, SO dim that only the merest out
lines were visible, | saw a tall figure
in misty gray wrap of the Olden
time. | started after it, but before
had taken half dozen steps il stop
ped, turned and waved me back warn
ingly. AS have said am not a brave
man. and l came no nearer Slowly
the ghost turned again, and in its
stately fashion passed on to the end
of the hall
Instead of following it, | hurried to
Margarets room. She was awake and
very nervous. | told her | had seen
the ghost. She laughed and said had
been having too much wine, and it
would be better for me to go to bed
and let the ghost pursue the even ten
or of its way. But | was brave now,
seeing that she was safe and inclined
to tease me, and l left her notwith
standing she pleaded with me not TO
go, and went back down the hall.
Only very short time had elapsed
since / had seen the ghost, and when
cony | found it was open. l ran to the
front balcony, and in the garden be-
low saw the figure Of a man crouched
in the shadow. In the road just be-
yond were two policemen. l called to
them to catch the burglar, and as I
dashed back into the hall to go out
the back way l met Margaret at the
door of the balcony.
Go back to your room!" l ex-
claimed. The ghost is burglar" and
hurried on downstairs AS | went |
heard several pistol shots. When 1
reached the road the two officers were
standing over a man lying on the
ground.
Hes done for" said one, "but he
got two shots at us before he went
"Who it is?" asked, Mortified at the
tragedy before me, and turning away
so as not to see the dead man.
Why" replied one of the officers.
proudly, 'ft's that Tom Brent that
run away. We only heard yesterday
that he was in town. and while we were
spotting him he slipped in here to rob
the house, | suppose. Anyhow, he
won't rob any more
Il could scarcely walk, but man
aged somehow to get back into the
house and to Margaret's room. She
was not there and l staggered out to
the balcony. found her lying on the
floor unconscious
The newspapers told only of the
burglar caught in the act They did
not know what 1 knew-what Margaret
knew. Very soon afterward we went
abroad, and there our paths separated
for ever. She died q year later, leav-
ing all her property to me as "an
atonement according to the wording
of her will.-W. ]. L. in Illustrated
Bits
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WHAT l LIVE FOR.

I live for those who love me-.
Whose hearts are kind and true.
For the heaven that smiles above me
And waits my spirit. too: 4:
For all human ties that bind me.
For The task by cod assigned me.
For the bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that | can do.
l live to learn their story.
Who've suffered for my sake,
To emulate their glory.
And follow in their wake
Hards. patriots. martyrs. >ages.
The noble Of all ages.
Whose deeds crown historys pages,
And Times great volume make.
live to hail that season
BY gifted minds foretold.
When man shall live by reason
And not alone by gold,
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When man to man united.
And every wrong thing righted.
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was Of old.
I live to hold communion
With all that is divine.
To feel that there is union
'TwiXt natures heart and mine,
To rrofr by atlliction.
Real truths from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction
Fulfilling Gods design.
! live for those who love me.
For those who know me true
For the heaven that smiles above nhe
And waits my spirit. too:
For the cause that lacks assistance,
For the wrongs that need assistance
For the future in the distance,
And the good that | can do.
&C. Linnaeus Banks, in New York Weekly.
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Still a Good Thing

DO you regard the poIl'"N :
of this country as secure: ,1a
YES" answered Senaf~ dI
81 have thought the na''el o,
| still consider politics % Wv. ~,
investment. "-Vif.2liIgtoa
The St. Mary banner., 1906-01-20

The London milkman covers his
route on foot, pushing a hand cart
with three wheels, which carries his
cans of milk and his different meas
ureS.
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The Family Joke,

THAT yourg man who took $360,O00
from a New york bank insists that he
didn't steal T."
Maybe he IS blood relation of the
sident."-Cleveland Plain Dealer,
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Which One Was Kept?

There were two little Kittens black and
gray.
And grandmamma said with a frown--
1t viii never do to keep them both,
The black one we'd better drown.
Don't cry. my dear" to tiny less.
One Kitten ; enough to keep;
Now run To nurse. for lis growing !ate,
And time You We're fast asleep,
The morrow dawncd. and rosy and sweet
came little I;ess from her nap:
The nurse said, 60 into mamma room
And look III srandmas lap.
Come here" said crandmamma. with a
smile.
From the rockingciair where She sat;
God mas sent You two little sisters.
Now. what do you think ol that -
Eess looked ut the Babies a moment.
Win their Wee beads yellow and brown,
And then IL Srandmamnlu >,,h"rly ~aid
wv hlch one are You goiu. to drown
Lillian Street. III Ideal llomc.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
COUNCIL WILL TAKE
NO CHANCES ON
M'ALEER'S VETO

Mayor McAleeT has declared that if
the council passes an ordinance to sub
init to the people the question of ex-
tending the 21-year franchise he will
veto the measure. To pass it over the
mayors veto will require seven votes of
the council and much precious time
The time is the most valuable thing, as
the amendments must be published not
later than Wednesday morning in order
to comply with the state constitution
requiring twenty days publication and
forty days following before voting
Should MeAleer delay the game it will
be necessary for the council to submit
it at a special election following the
regular one in December.
1t is possible, however, according to
City Attorney Mathews, to submit
charter amendments to the people with
out action by the mayor With Nc
Aleers opposition so well known 1t is
probable the council will not take the
chance but instruct some one else to
sign it.
The mayor was extended an invita-
tion TO be present at the meeting of the
council yesterday afternoon but de-
clined on the pretext of a previous en-
gagement. Only twice during his term
of Office has the. mayor attended a
council meeting. One of these occa-
sions was when the council granted a
spur track franchise to the Salt Lake
in front of the mayors iron foundry,
when he wanted the Santa Fe, and the
other was when he was trying to induce
the council to accept his board of pub
lie works
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
PUBLISHERS FAIL
TO SUPPLY DEMAND
SOME TEXTBOOKS ARE NOT IN
THE MARKET
Teachers and Scholars Find Situation
Embarrassing and Predictions Are
Made That at End Of Term Schools
viii Be Far Behind in Schedules

Whether due to inability or unwill-
jngness, the state book publishers are
not publishing books fast enough to
accommodate the many pupils who need
them. Throughout the city the BE
ginners language book" Hamiltons
''Evangeline" and arithmetic DOCKS
Nos. 1 and 2. are almost impossible 70
get The largest book sellers in the
city have run out of these texts and
saw that none can be had at any price
at present.
In the suburban districts conditions
are Just as bad. No books and no
place TO get them. Meanwhile both
teachers and pupils are suffering from
the book famine. In some quarters
where there is but one book of kind
for several pupils, teachers have di-
vided their classes letting one section
study from the books at one time, and
another something else. Necessarily the
work progresses slowly and the chances
are that when the term closes teachers
VIII be far behind in their schedules
From the high school comes the echo
OF complaint that dates back to the
San Francisco disaster. At that time
a particular kind of paper the students
were hidden to use, the blue bond" !"
was burned out in the store houses at
San Francisco. In a few weeks the
supply i'm this city ran out, and for
the rest OF the term stationers all over
the city blamed the disaster for their
failure to supply this paper. The stu
dents expected that when they returned
to school in September a supply would
be Forthcoming, but such is not the
case. They are still confronted with
the same old story, Burned out at
Frisco" Meanwhile teachers press
them for this particular paper, of which
there is none in the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
FIFTH STREET STORE
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
HOT WEATHER HAS NO EFFECT
ON CROWDS
Big Cake to Be Cut Today and Every
Woman VIII Receive Piece.
Articles of Great Value to BE Given
as Prizes to Customers

Perhaps the most unique celebration
in the. history Of any department store
in America was that with which the
Fifth Street Store marked It's first an
niversary yesterday.
The big store assumed holiday garb
and holiday crowd was there to wish
many happy returns of the DAY. All
day long the store was thronged with
q good natured crowd of women anx-
ious to receive a share OF the bargains
offered. Regardless of the heat, which
might have been sufficient excuse to
keep a woman at home, even from a
bargain sale. they came, they saw and
they purchased.
AT no time during the day could
there have been less than 5000 people
I'm the store, but the crowd was handled
without the slightest difficulty, The
clerks were good natured In spite of
the rush and the heat and everything
was done to make people forget the
weather. The electric fans We're kept
busy and a porter with a big jug of ice
water administered cool drinks 10 the
women.
Cake to Every Woman
A huge birthday cake which oeeu-
pied almost the entire floor space Of one
window was the center of an admlrlng
group and the celebration Is not yet
over for TO every woman who comes
today piece of the cake will be given,
1t weighs 200 pounds, is forty-four
inches in diameter and one foot thick,
Something doing" the motto of the
establishment was put on the white
frosting In large pink letters and IN
side Is a penny that will bring wealth
to the one who secures II.
Every woman who visited the store
Yesterday was given a box Of candy,
and before the week Is out lot IN
Belvidere place, mahogany colonial
clock, a cut-giass vase. an imported
opera cloak and an imported electroller
will be given away,
ID. II, Steele, president of the eomr
many. aud r. NJ, Walker vlee.nresident,
mingled with the crowd yesterday 10
sec that every possible thing was done
10 please the visitors 10 the store, and
their efforts were attended with won-
derful success,
A new passenger elevator was put
into operation yesterday. and the new
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
DELIVERY BOY IS INJURED
Lad Says Driver Of Automobile De-
iberateIy and Intentionally
Ran Him Down

Ellis Frye, aged l6, Of 2O1O Vermont
avenue, a delivery boy for a Los An
geles mercantile house. was struck by
an automobile near the Plaza yesterday
afternoon about 4:sO and was thrown
violently upon his back. sustaining
painful bruises. After his injuries had
been attended at the receiving hospital
he was sent to his home.
The boy said the driver of the auto
mobile deliberately ran him down as he
was crossing the street near the Plaza.
The automobile was going at slow
speed but suddenly qulckened. and as
he attempted to dodge from the ma
chine the chauffeur laughingly steered
II toward him, perhaps as a joke. with
the result that the boy was struck and
flung TO the ground.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
WILL INVITE sPIRITuALIsTs
Councilman houehton Persuades Off.
elals to Extend Welcome to
Association

Through Doc Houghtons earnest
solicitations the council yesterday ex-
tended an official invitation 10 the Ma
tional Spiritualists' association to hold
their annual convention IN Los Angeles
In November, 1907.
There was a time, not so long ago.
when Doc Houghton was himself a
take It upon himself TO rec that a royal
welcome is prepared for the Spiritual
lists when they come TO this city next
winter, although Houghton denies that
he is a naturalization of any OF the
expected delegates
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
DECLARE HUNTINGTON
PUBLIC BENEFACTOR
Speakers Before City Council Make Strong Plea
for Progress In Favoring Extended Time
aud Simultaneous Expiration of
All Railway Franchises

preceding speaker who favored fran
chise extension.
Hiss his namo if you will, but MIR.
Huntington has been a great factor in
the upbuilding of this CITY," said MIR
Mccarthy "We want more men like
him in our community.
II believe that every right thinkine
man believes as I do on this question
and that IL the people are given a
chance to vote they will vote for fran
chise extension. Every man i'm that
lobby believes in the initiative and
referendum. So do |. Placing this
question before the people to vote on
is simply invoking the principle of the
referendum. Let the people vote OF
this question. If they vote mo- then ]
bend my head to the will of the ma
jority.
Can Trust the People
II can trust the American people tc
take care of their own interests. If the
people Of this city want the franchises
extended they will vote so, If they dc
not they will vote against II. But give
them a chance to say what they dc
want.
"As a real estate man it has been my
business to keep in touch with the de-
velopment of the city. l know that
this development depends on street caI
service. of course we are selfish in
wanting Henry e. Huntington to build
his electric lines and develop the city
1t raises the price of our property. But
while It is increasing the value of our
lproDertyn is also increasing the value
of yours. You profit just as much as
we do. .tt ti
II personally have paid bonuses tc
I'M 10 1
his street car lines. AT present 1 am
engaged in raising a bonus of SIS, 600 to
get him to extend a line beyond Bimini
baths, where we are developing some
property With a longer term of fran
chise this bonus would not be neces-
sary.''
Doodle Dees Whine
Justin Williams, Hearst's candidate
for attorney general on the doodle dee
ticket, was the principal speaker for the
opposition. He declared he was not op-
posed to corporations but to the meth
DDS of corporations. He roasted and
grilled the real estate men as utterly
selfish and trying to make money by
climbing on the backs of people. He
declared that Huntington would build
under the twenty-one year franchise as
well"as under the thirty-three years,
but that he was simply blufing.
This afternoon the council will have
to act on the charter amendments. The
charter committee -7ill submit an
amendment allowing electric street rail-
ways to carry freight upon the payment
of $25 quarter for each car in opera
tion, running not more than two cars
to train and operating these only be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock at night
and o'clock in the morning.
The health officers salary is to be in
creased from $3.50 a month to $500 and
the city engineer from $4,000 yearly to
$4,000.
The council has decided to submit
amendments providing for the increase
OF couneilmen's salaries from $100 a
month to $3.50, that the board of public
works be an elective instead of an ap-
po1ntive body, and that appointive Off
c1als be removed by the same power
that appoints them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
TAKES OVERDOSE
OF LAUDANUM
OLD NEWSPAPER MAN IS IN A
CRITICAL CONDITION
Believed to Have Taken Poison With
Suicidal Intentions, as Poverty
Had Brought on De-
spondenoy

III small cottage back Of 1929 Arnold
street John X. Reynolds. an old news
paper man. was yesterday found un-
conscious from the effects Of an over
dose of laudanum, supposedly taken
with suicidal intent.
lie was Immediately removed to the
receiving hospital, where antidotes were
administered. owing to Reynolds age
and inhrmity it Is not certain that he
will rally from the effects Of the poison,
although the latest report received last
night from the county hospital. where
he was taken, is to the effect that no
immediate collapse is expected
Reynolds was a few years ago sue
cessful newspaper man with some de-
gree Of wealth, but in 1893 he became
poverty stricken in the panic which
struck Seattle. Wash, Of which city he
was then q resident.
Struggles for Existence
Several months ago Reynolds came to
Los Angeles and experienced hard
struggle for mere existence. A short
time ago he became acquainted with
Isaac Austin, 1929 Arnold street, who
took pity ON the old man and offered
NhA~f
residence.
Reynolds tried desperately to obtain
work. but was not successful and
lately he is said to have become dis
couraged and Respondent.
Saturday he wrote letter to Austin
saying that life held nothing more for
him and that he had been relegated to
the rear by the aggressiveness of
younger men i'm his profession.
After bewailing the fact that all his
supposed friends had deserted him In
his time of greatest need he concluded
hisSletter by saying that he intended to
take dose of Iaudannm that night to
induce sleep. and included a subtle hint
that should he take an overdose by ac-
cident death would be welcome. In
event of his death by an overdose he
entreated his friend to tell the police
that death had resulted from accident.
This letter was not received by Austin
until Monday morning, when investi-
cation was at once made. As the bed
chamber of the old man was entered
he was found unconscious. apparently
dead. The police were immediately
notified and took him to the receiving
hospital.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
is CHARGED WITH CRUELTY
Inspector Said to Have Compelled
Driver of SprinkIing Wagon to Use
Old and Diseased Mule

Officer Mitchell of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals yes
terday filed complaint with City
Prosecuting Attorney Eddy, accusing
l.. G.. Mather. city street Inspector,
of compelling the driver of one of the
street sprinkling wagons to use an
old, diseased mule in drawing one OF
the heavy water carts.
A warrant for the arrest of the
driver was first asked in the complaint
but the driver asserted that he had
frequently made objection to using thf
sickly mule, but had been compelled
to drive it owing to the commands OF
Mather
Attorney Eddy yesterday said that 9
warrant would probably be issued fol
the arrest of Mather.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
THE WILEY B. ALLEN co
GREAT REMOVAL SALE
200 NOS

Is per cent to As per cent saved
during the next ten days. Knabe,
Ludwig, Mason & Hamlin, Pack
ard, etc. Cash or $S and $40 per
month.
4l6-4ls South Broadway.
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additions to the store were all throw
open to the public.
Special Sales Everywhere

During the day Kammeyer's orches=
ira gave a program of popular airs and
two little girls stationed on the balcony
between the first and second floors,
sang duets.
In every department there were spe-
cial sales and many women were heard
to regret that their pocketbooks had
bottoms.
Since the store opened a year ago
it has more than doubled in capacity
and there are almost twice as many
employees as on the same date of last
year.
The store has prospered even beyond
the greatest hopes of the proprietorS
and they are looking forward to flu
ture even more brilliant than their
short past.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
SUSPECTS ARE GIVEN
CHAIN GANG SENTENCE

Six months In the chain gang for
Charles Forsland. charged with petty
larceny, and $50 fine or two months im-
prisonment for Francis Kern, charged
with carrying concealed weapons, were
the sentences pronounced by Justice
Chambers yesterday morning
Although no positive evidence has yet
been secured against the men 1t is be-
ieved by detectives that they are i'm
plicated i'm a plan that had been formed
with another man to rob the saloon at
Santa Fe avenue and Thirty-elghth
street last Friday night
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
WORKER IS OVERCOME
BY HEAT OF SHELTER

While melting lead during the swell
Green. aged IS, an apprentice in the
Green, aged IS, and apprentice in the
Los Angeles engine works on North
Main street. became PROSTATE by the
terrible heat of the burning flame over
which he was standing.
Although his prostration was not con-
sidered critical he did not recover from
his stupor for some time after he had
been taken to the receiving hispital.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-02
Writes to Friend
Ipecial to The Herald.

Speclal TO 1nS 11erdiu.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. IA letter from
Reynolds. who attempted suicide in Los
Angeles last night. was received here
today by a friend. in which he declared
his'intention to commit suicide. Several
years ago Reynolds lost his wife here
and has acted peculiar ever since, fire.
quently declaring his intention to com.
nit suicide ~