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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
GARDNER MAKES
THE worries OBEY
NOW PRACTICALLY AMATEUR
CHAMPION
Wright's Phenomenal Run of 1877
Still Stands and There Is Little
Likelihood of Better Figures Being
Hung Up
BY Associated Press.

CHICAGO, March 17.-With only two
regularly scheduled games yet to he
played IN the national amateur billiard
championship tournament at the Chi
cago Athletic association, it is assured
that the title which has been held for
the past year by Charles T.. Conklin of
Chicago, will go to an eaSterner.
Edward w. Gardner of Passaic, n.
j.. the only one of the six contestants
who has not lost a game, has II. j.
Poggenberg of New York as an op-
ponent for the final game, and should
the latter win this match he and Gard
ner will be tied for first place. Pog-
genberg lost his first game of the tour
nament tonight to Calvin Demarest,
19-year-old Chicago boy, who defeated
the former champion by score of 800
TO 151.
Wright Makes Big Run
Wright's phenomenal run of 127 yes
terday probably will not be passed
Demarest leads in the grand average
by over two points, Wright is tied with
Poggenberg for the high single aver
age and an extra game will have to be
played to decide this.
One of the surprising features of the
play has been the success of Gardner
in winning games. He has the third
lowest grand average. He has played
winning billiards all the time, show
ing excellent form against Demarest
and Conklin, and falling very low
against Norris and Wright, both of
whom, however, fell still lower. Gard
ner's opponents as rule have played
their worst games against him, which
is partially explained by the fact that
he is one of the hardest men in the
tournament to play against.
ConRln, last years champion, has
played in four games but lost them ALL
n
Conlllin this afternoon met Wright of
San Francisco and was defeated 300
to 244.
The standing of the players and
grand averages up to the end of to-
nights play follow:
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

Do you love music? If so get a
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29


law of averages holds good, King Al
fonso has again to undergo the ordeal For six
attempts have been made in vain on the lives
of the last three Spanish sovereigns-an average
of two apiece.
Queen Isabel H., the grandmother of the
present King, was only seventeen when her life
was first attempted. The woudbe assassin, La
Riva, fired two shots at the young Queen, but
luckily, neither was successful in its object.
The attempt was made on May 4th, 1S47: on
June 23d of the same year, La Riva suffered
the peculiarly Spanish punishment, which is
known as death by cord"
A more determined attempt was made early
ain 1852 by Martin Merino, Franciscan monk.
On this occasion, Isabel, attended by brilliant
Court, was on her way to the Church of the
Virgin of Atocha, to present her newly-born
child, according to the ancient custom.
This child, who was carried by lady-in-wait-
ing, grew up to be the Infanta Isabel, one of
the most popular members of the Spanish Royal
Family. AS Isabel about to enter her car
riage Mefino knelt in her path as if to present
a petition, and, on the Queen STOPPING to take
it, the Franciscan stabbed her with dagger,
which entered her left side above the heart.
Feeble little Francisco PAssis, with unwonted
courage, rushed to the assistance of, his strick-
Merino Isabel cried to the lady-in-waiting who
carried the ROYAL infant: Take of my
child" And then she tainted The wound was
not fatal, however, and, though Isabel tried to
save his life, Merino was garroted three days
later, and his body burnt. Isabel survived a
third attempt, four years later, by Raymond
Fuentes. and died recently in Paris.
Amadeo L., the italian King of Spain, had a
very determined attempt made on his life dur
ing his short reign of two years. Shortly after
midnight on July 10Th, 1872, fifteen men en-
deayored to assassinatc the King and Queen.
One of the assassins killed, but only two
were captured Amadeo avoided any further at
tempts by abdcating in the following spring.
The present Kings father, Alfonso XII, had
two attempts made on his life during his reign
of eleven wears. The first was made by young
Socialist Catalan named Juan Moncasi, who
fred at the King as he was riding in the Gale
NIavor of Madrid. Alfonso unhurt, and
rode on without even turning his head. Failing
in his effort to pardon his assailant-mainly ow-
ing to the opposition of Canovas, the Prime
Minister. who was himself assassinated in 1897
Alfonso generously granted pension to Mon
CASTS daughter
A second attempt was made to kill Alfonso
XII after his marriage with the present Queen
mother. Francisco Gonzalez made desperate
ATTEMPT to shoot both the King and Queen, who
very narrowly escaped death
1t was bomb explosion from which the pres
ent King of Spain so narrowly escaped on the
night of May 31st last year. The young mon
arch accompanied by President Loubet,, was
driving from the opera in Paris, when bomb
was thrown with such precision that several
pieces of the exploded missile struck the car
riage. Neither the King nor the President luck
iy, was hit, but seventeen passers-by and four
teen horses were injured, one of the horses be-
ing killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

T7OBINSON stoodat the tlrst MOOT WinuO"
~ and gazed deiectedly into the street.
Without. shining brass sign pro
k<JI claimed the residence of John " ROD
inson, D. D. S., but this, alas! was the
only luminous thing in Robinsons prospect
introspective or otherwise.
He was clever young fellow, and hau grauu
ated from the College of Dentistry wlth nonoi D D
but there it had ended. In word' ne n"un
got on, and the fact that it was really III no
wise his fault didn't make the reality any easiei
to bear He had left Hillcrest for New AorA
feeling sure that big place was likely 10 Pro-
duce bigger results than small one. ana hau Sc
lected his office latter anxious days and wakeful
niobts) in block already so bristling with dent
al signs that it fairly made ones teeth ache only
IN wall, that ,yav. Robinson's idea had been
that in strict pursuance of the parable, crumbs
from the other dentists tables might in due
course provide for his own-but far this bril-
liant forethought had been most unproductlve'
Then there was Carrie! Carrie and he had al
ready been engaged for three long years, and on
the day in question there seemed just as little
prospect of their ever being able to marry as IN
the beginning; and to make matters worse, Mrs
Marston Carries widowed mother had gwen
him clearly to understand that she, for her part,
was thoroughly tired of this state of affairs, dark
ly limiting that if he couldn't do better for Gar
rie others could and should. Altogether, he teit
desperate, and as he gazed moodily forth, VI
ciously envious of the probable patients who
from time to time crossed the threshold OF Dr.
James Bennett, his opposite neighbor, his at
tention was suddenly arrested by the sight OF
portly old gentleman who came leaping up the
street as though he sprinting on the track
"Humph!" calculated Robinson. We'll, he
can't keep up that gait long, for apoplexy will
nut stop to his little game, whatever 1t may
be- and then he almost lost his breath as the
old gentleman bolted up his own doorstep, rang
the bell furiously, and with an anxious look be-
hind entered the vestibule, closing the door with
a bang that shook the house.
Recollecting how long it usually took his land
Iady's maid of all work to answer the bell, and
feeling sure that the emergency must be serious
Robinson ran to open the door, and the old gen
tleman, still painting from his recent exertions,
bounded in with such haste that he narrowly
escaped overturning Robinson into the umbrella
stand.
"My dear sir-my dear doctor-let me see,
what is the name?" apologized the visitor.
Robinson mildly supplemented the dentist
as he righted his equilibrium.
'Ohl indeed to be sure, DIR. Robinson. VIII
vou-that is to say, could you-examine my teeth
without delay? The fact is I'm in something of
hurry"
$50 had noticed" Robinson was beginning,
when remembering professional dignity, he went
on: "Well, sir, 1 might be able to oblige you
if YOU will-ahl permit me to run my eye over
nv list. l think 1 might perhaps work you in be-
tween engagements" He proceeded to take
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

only one facet being exposed for treatment. We
have better plan now 1t is this:
"To determine the best way to ont the dia-
mond, we first examine it very carefully for.
flaws. He has to be very clever man indeed
who can tell exactly how to cut it in order to
have the greatest possible size in the finished
diamond, and such man is never out of work
"The table top part of the diamond is cut,
and the under side is tapered off to the small
point called the cuet The culet is supposed to
be directly in the centre of the table, and by
looking into diamond it looks as though little
hole were cut down the middle.
when the diamond has been cut into this
rough shape it is about as black as charcoal.
Then it goes to the polisher who polishes ON it
ffty.six facets in addition to the table and cule,
making fiftyeight facets all told on every stone
When he completes his job the diamond is ready
for the market, impregnable to weather, to acid,
and to damage except it may be cut by
another diamond"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

to the place one afternoon and l went
out to look for tracks, which, owing to heavy
rainstorm two nights BEFORE were very plain IN
most places.
After going inland for about mile and half
| came upon khor, or stream, which was for
the most part full of reeds and long grass L
waded across and on the further side found tracks
where five elephants had been drinking the night
before On bit of sandy ground about mile
further inland l found lot more tracks. 1he
natives told us that they came down to drink
every two or three nights, and then went long
distances inland. AS we had no means of follow
ing them. our only chance to try and shoot
them as they came down to the water.
We went on into belt of trees about hall a
mile from the khor and there put down all our
kit. and the natives stripped themselves, prefer
ing to be naked when there was any danger.
We then left the trees and crept cautiously into
the long grass. We saw the elephants drinking
at the water but after short time they all
started coming back in single file. | think they
must have scented danger. They passed about
100 wards to our left, and we counted about 80.
As they crossed clearing about 100 yards away
we made out an old bull leading the herd, and
both fired at him.
The whole herd closed up into bunch and
shifted about with their trunks in the air. We
sat still, waiting to get a chance to single out
a bull. After minute or so, which seemed a
very long time, the bull we had fired at began
trumpeting loudly, the rest Immediately follow,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
'Df SAID RoBnJon MUST BEG OF YOU TO WITHDRAW n1GArELY

impression of having passed through prolonged
nightmare. Arriving at my office, found among
my letters this-ah- bombshell!" producing a
note which he offered to Robinson, who read
aloud as follows
"Amos Whitehouse, Esq, 110 Broadway, New
York City.
my Beloved: After a night of feverish un-
rest-for how could | sleep with such happiness
in view?-I awoke to remember had promised
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

you an answer by ten o'clock this morning. Yes,
dearest, l will be your owney doney wife, and
almost before you have read this | will be at
your office to arrange about dates, etc.
"Till then, your lovey dovey, ZAZA."
AS Robinson read the last words the old gentle
man resumed in great agitation:
when l tell YOU, my dear sir, that it was
then ten-ifteen, and that even as 7 looked from
my second-hoor office window I saw approaching
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
Those Girls

vernon told me this morning" related the
lady with the cold blue eyes, that he passed
the tree where two years ago he carved your
initials and his own, and encircled them with a
heart. He says he felt SO glad he almost danced
for joy!'
"Ah,' said the tall brunette anxiously, "then
he must still love me, after all! Did he tell you
why he felt so happy"
Eyes, dear; he said some men were cutting
the tree down."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
Fast Work

T~7H HE most wonderful modern engineering
feat is the construction of the Simplon
kS=Szss= Tunnel which has lately been COM
l9gggMj pleted
The tunnel is 12A miles long, as
against the 9h miles of the st. Gothard, and the
Az miles of the Severn Tunnel. Boring opef-'
ations began simultaneously at either side Of the
mountain and, after six and half years of hard
labor and anxiety, the two portions of the tun-
mel met exactly end to end, there being not
a single inch of deviation from the pre-arranged
lines of boring
The great height of the mountains-the aver
age height of the ridge above the tunnel is 5000
feet, the maximum being zoos feet-supplied
very difficult problems, for men had never
before worked at such depth below the surface.
There was a rock temperature of 107 deg. Fair,
and the difficulty of working through this heat
will be better understood when it is remembered
that the St. Gothard boring was almost stopped
by rock temperature of sc deg. Fair.
The Simplon also presented many unforeseen
difficulties in the shape of hot springs which
poured water into the galleries at the rate Of
1900 gallons minute.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
King AIfoDso's Hard Luck

Another bomb was thrown almost at the same
moment, but it failed to explode. The boy
king passed through the ordeal with perfect cool
ness, and showed the deepest sympathy for the
wounded people, whom he assisted in every pos
sible way.
1t is to be hoped that any further attempts
on the life of Alfonso XIII, will prove as unsuc-
cessful as those against his predecessors
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
Jam and Jam

Mamma--"oh, John, poor little Tommy has
hurt his finger in the door!'
Papa Indeed! Which door?S
Tommy (sobbing)-"It was the -pa-pa'n7
try d-d-oor!" T.
Papa (grmIy Iy)-"Ah, thought 50! He didn't
get the sort of jam lie was looking for that
time"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

N I is little known fact that many OF
"A the most ancient technical terms used
Slss-A in the first paper mills are still en-
MsSl poyed by modern statiopers and that
all at the present day ask for pa
per in accordance with the ancient distinctive
watermarks of qualities OF sizes. In ancient
times, when comparatively few people could
read, pictures of every kind, curious and absurd,
were in general use where writing would now be
employed. Just as every shop and inn had a
sign, popermakers introduced marks in order
to distinguish the paper of their manufacture
from that of others
Paper was probably made in Egypt and centu-
ries before the Christian era 1t was made of
cotton about 800 A. D., and of rags about 1900.
Mr.. Joseph Hunter states that the earliest pa
per he had seen was a MS account book dated
1902. 1t is believed to have been manufactured
at Ravensburg in Swabia by the Holbein fam
lily, who are credited with the invention of max
ing paper from linen rags, and bears bulls
head the Hobein arms, imprinted water
mark In Pomerania, Friesland, Austria, Bor-
deaux and Paris records are eNtant written on
this so-caled Bulls head" paper, the oldest
linen paper existing, while Faust and Schoeffer
used it in their first impressions.
On many sheets also we find clapper rat
tie, such as in olden times the lepers wont
to carry to warn the approaching wayfarer of
their dangerous proximity. This symbol is re-
lated to the Holbein hospital for lepers at Raw
ensburg, to which part of the profits from the
family's paper mills assigned The manu-
facture of linen paper made great strides in the
southwest of France, and it was probably due to
connection with this part of Europe by rea
son of Aqutanan possessions that our earn
est records written any other material than
parchment or velum were rendered possible
For several centuries paper was substance
much more familiarly known the continent
than in England.
After the "bul's head" two of the earliest
watermarks consist of a circle surmounted by a
cross, signifying the cross planted on earth, and
an open hand surmounted by star or cross
representing the pastoral benedcton of a
priest "Post" paper takes its name from the
post horn which mark was in as early as
1870 1t sometimes appears on a shield, and in
the seventeenth century is surmounted by
ducal coronet, in which form it is still met with
on our ordinary note paper. The watermark Of
"demy" paper has ever been the feu de lys
the peculiar cognizance of the house of Bur
gundy, who were patrons of the Bordeaux indus
try
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
OLD DUTCH PAPER.

In course of time the manufacture of paper
became centered in the low countries, and the
excellence of Dutch paper it's purity and dura-
bility have rarely been excelled. The papers
manufactured in the Dutch mills have great
variety of watermarks, and many of them were
the badges of the noble families who had found
ed mills elsewhere. Thus the p. and Y, some
times separate and sometimes conjoined, are
the initials of Philip the Good, duke of Bur
CANDY 1419 to 1467, and isabella, his wife.
The ox's head was another ancient watermark,
on which Caxton and Faust printed some of
their books, but CaXton used watermark in the
form of the letter for the Game and Playe
Of the Chesse," first printed in 1474,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

front Of It IS a ruby measuring two inches in
length, which has been valued at f110,000
Without counting this ruby a huge sapphire
which is in the centre of the cross-patee at the
top the crown contains 4 rubes, II emeralds,
16 sapphires 277 pearls, and 27S3 diamonds.
The first orb is called the Kings orb, and is
set with 266 diamonds, 511 pearls, 1S rubies,
. emeralds and sapphires. The Queens orb,
as the second orb is called is smaller and not so
valuable 1t was made for the Coronation of
William and Mary.
The sceptre, one of five in the possession of
the Sovereign, is of gold, ornamented with col.
ored enamel, and set with precious stones in the
pomme The stones consist of 301 diamonds.
25 rubies, IL emeralds, and 8 sapphres. 1t cost
for gold, jewels, and workmanship, f1025.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
No Out-o-Works Here

1IAMOND-CUTTERs, like everybody
else, said cutter of precious stones,
{ "are keeping pace with the times. At
y one time the stone to be polished was
always embedded in lead for firmness.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
Not for Daily Wear

EDWARDS crown is not the
K most costly in the world, but by vir-
~ tue of its old ana glorious associations
ffE it is the most valuable Royal relic
ASSzssJ known. 1t weighs forty ounces. In
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

assassination is one of
those little worries to which king
must reconcile himself with as much
philosophy as he can muster. If the
law of Averages holds good. King AL
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

WARD the end of our three and half
months leave, which We were spending
shooting up the White Nile, our shik-
aries told us of place where there was
a chance of getting elephant We got
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

)BINSON stoodat the first floor window
and gazed deiectedly into the street
Without. shining brass sign pro-
claimed the residence of John V. Rob
;nson u. d. s.. but this, alas! was the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29

T is a little known fact that many OF
the most ancient technical terms used
in the first paper mills are still en-
ployed by modern statiopers and that
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-05

who have money to pay for their lnnos: These people are now going to the oy West and paying Nigh prices for mR- Gated lands. It would only reQWIg few hundred dollars year to prlnS nSs nat are for sale and begin at once to pay taxes. The farms in our state &re too bie ana to sell part makes the OWL CT richer. enables him to impIove his homo and do more for his children.
 Our ststs is doing % So iis,,e srv matter nol s of advertising. 1t has done practically nothing. IT 1t had intelligentiy adver- tised it's farms, and ore beds and tim. Der lands for all the years since tne wsr there wovlS an9s hs Ss Ss,s ssd sats sG as thoroughly developed as Connecticu. or Ohio. Our lands would have 1esn worth double what they are. ana Ds ,'s paying taxes far beyond what they nov pay We have done go little to & aevxetUp veop our State. Dallas county men know nothing of the covss of Cherokee, ana Mobile men know nothing of the beau- tifhl farms of Tallapoosa- Tailadega and Shelby have lands that can . pc widest part of the West would bring The Ledger would like to develop 3 desire on the part of the people of our state to see our state ana iearn @ @1,,a IF os the lands that are nov practically pay ing no taxes and yielding 10 little to the owners. We fear the high price of cotton will make men wild. ana really fetard the development of the aSricu-
 Alabama Is not known to. Alabam. ians It Is so large and so diversinea that we are even content not to knoW what we are worth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-05
Letters to the Editor.
me Way to Get Industries Here.

Ihe way " Wet AuuussrhcH neres
 asiUa Anent ASH. MT. ]. H. PInckara,s letter for the raising of SS0,0o0 as a fund for the
 enlargement of Montgomery. permit me t0 say that this IS the rss m moys tSs
 It takes manufacturing interests to build up q city. In the recent past the efficient committee on manufactur. works to consider this city as point of vantage. The company sends It's representative here, figured satisfacto- ry freight and coal rates with the e rail
 we like your city. We have a. very large stone works in a big city West.
 This is branch business we propose.
 The. class of men we work earn s7.so Chicago: for two years we are not asking Alabama to buy of us. we can not serve them short of this two years Our pay roll in your midst will amount the first year to $i0o,00o. and this in the next three or four years.--ail | foreign money brought into your city
 Now we are offered grounds and cash for buildings from two other cities to we are willing to come to you al. the offer made The company failed to
 raise the amount and lost the plant
 You cannot bring plants here without | offering inducements as other cities dc | this. In this way number of corpora tions have passed us by. and we cannot remedy the conditions except by the use of funds to meet tSe emergency The proposition of Mir. Pinckard meets
 this need If reduced to the necessity of raising a fund to meet each case you are trying to fly with but one wing. With the fund on hand the ap,
 plicants will be also on hand. Shall we raise 1t? v