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times and then to play as he does. oh,
this awful oid-here-nothing | eat
seems to nourish me in the least.
L have always had the utmost horror
of nervous prostration there Is MOTH
ing in the world more absolutely UNI
becoming. Mrs. BERTHE had it once
from too much golf, and had dark cir
Giles under her eyes and was so thin
she couldn't wear low gowns or go to
dinners for an entire year. Don't tell
me l have nervous prostration, doctor;
1 could stand softening of the brain or
anything but that. I admit that l am
frightfully nervous, but it is just run
down condition. don't believe our
country place is quite healthy; haven't
you some patient who, would like to
buy it?-and I'm convinced there is
sewer gas in this house; but nervous
prostration, I'd rather have hydropho-
bia! Now. don't suggest my going
away. / simply cannot leave. What
would become of this house and the
children without me, and believe some
of the servants have left during the
past week, too. / have been meaning.
TO ask, but haven't had the time yet.
Anyway, you see how utterly out of the
question it would be for me to leave,
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| Long Beach is today making more i'm
preSSiVe urban progress than any city
in Southern California. This hustling
city is only a Scant twenty years old,
| If she is not yet in her teens. 1t was
laid out by w. A. Wilmore, who pur-
! chased land from the Alamitos rancho.
He called his bantling Wilmore city, a
handsome hotel was built and it's SPLEEN
did beach soon made it a flashing
watering place. Poor Wimore in
misguided moment sold out and went
TO Ell Paso Texas, where he entered
into several extensive irrigating
schemes and went by the board finan-
cially. Long Beach has prospects
which it is impossible to exaggerate.
The Importance of the place has grown
almost beyond computation in the last
| four or five years and her harbor pre-
tensions are only second to those of
San Pedro There is nothing strained
in calling this enttrprising burg city.
| Redondo as a watering place begun
its career about the same time as Long
Beach. Capts. Ainsworth and Thomp-
son of the Oregon Navigation company
| about twenty years ago bought a large
| tract of land from ID. Freeman and the
Dominguez heirs. They built a superb
hotel on their property and the city
which has grown UP there, while it has
had some changes of fortune, is on
the upgrade in splendid fashion.
| Ocean Park is something of a mira Gle
and its present aspects is the creation
of a very few Years. 1t has made light
ming progress and does not seem to
| think of settling down to more sober
pace. It's adjunct of Venice, which has
| been added to it by the enterprise of
Abbot Kinney, gives fair promise of
being one of the most unique develop
ments Of the world. and may even put
| the charms to be found on the Lido to
| the touch. There seems to be no rea-
sonabe limit to the urban growth on
this part of the map of Los Angeles.
The older and staiGer Santa Monica
is being put to her trumps, and the
Point Dune to Point Vincent, or, in a
wide sense, from Point Conception to
Point Iona.
Hollywood the Youngest
| There could not perhaps be more
| perfect example of the way things can
| be done in Los Angeles than the light
ming creation of Hollywood. This mir
acle Of esthetic development has been
achieved in the last three or four years.
The town is already miniature Pasa-
dena or Redlands. The places of the
artist Paul de Longpre, Arthur Let's,
| Gen. Harrison Gray Otis and many
others show what may be done in brief
periods by the judicious expenditure of
money in the famous frostless belt.
| In this brief sketch / have confined
myself to mention of a garland of
beautiful and prosperous cities within
the limits of Los Angeles county.
What royal roster II is! To be added
| to 1t are Santa Barbara, Ventura,
Riverside, Redlands, San Diego and
| others all indisputably tributary to the
city of our Lady of the Queen of the
Angels. In any other region it would
take 500 years to create such con-
gerles of radiant municipalities. even
admitting. which is by no means sure
thing, that they could be created at all,
for they lack the elements OF the sun
and soil Of Southern California.
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DEVELOPMENT of Southern California: Its Towns Al

pleted their charming residence on
Orange Grove avenue.
Pasadena commenced to grow in
earnest during our famous boom OF
1SS6-1SS7-1SSS and has since been con-
tented with nothing less than seven
league boot gait. The more ambitious
dwellers in the Grown of the Valley"
place their claims as to population high.
Some of them hint around at figure
of twenty thousand. However that
may be, there can be no doubt of its
beauty. The late boanza millionaire,
John W. Mackay, told an Angeleno that
he had been all over the world half
II dozen times and that Pasadena was
the prettiest place on the footstool.
Orange Grove Avenue
On it's splendid Orange Grove avenue
there are said to be no fewer than
seventy-six millionaires which, for d
city of less than twenty thousand in
habitants, is saying a good deal. From
the way things are going on just now
it looks as if seVenty-siX more would
shortly be on the grounds at the head
of whom will be John ID. Rockefeller.
The completion of the Southern Pa
cifc railway to Los Angeles, or the
anticipation of it's completion, started
number of our sparkling Los An
geles cities. Conspicuous among these
was Pomona. This progressive city
was exploited by l.. M. Holt and
others. Holt, who was for years a
newspaper man, has lately been identi-
fled with city building on the Colorado.
Pomona was located on the Palomares
ranch, and hung fire for years, owing
to the hard times following the famous
drouth of 1857, and other backsets.
The building of the Sunset route from
Los Angeles to New Orleans raised
great expectations all over the region
adjacent to Pomona. Old Billy Rubot-
TOM who kept an oldfashioned Mis-
souri, tavern at Spadra, which was To-
Gated on a small farm on the old San
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1t has often been asked. "What is the
rarest stamp issued in the United
States?" The price which was paid for
the famous 1O-cent stamp of Baltimore,
which was issued by the postmaster of
that city in 1S45, can t-uly be said TO be
the highest ever paid for United
States issue. 1t sold for $4,000. The de-
sign of stamp shows an autograph of
James NJ. Buchanan, with value below.
There are a number known OF the s.
cent value, but as far as known this
was the first one discovered of the 10
cent variety. There was also another
copy discovered in Washington. ID. c.,
which was I'm the possession of lady
who found il among her fathers old
letters, and was discovered accidentally
while looking for biographical matter.
This sold for large sum.
The highest price paid, prior to this
sale, was $4,000, which was given for a
fine copy Of the 20-cent stamp issued by
the postmaster Of st. Louis in 1916.
This stamp pictures two bears stand
ing on each side of a coat OF arms with
value above. st. Louis at top with the
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Well really, doctor. II you know your
profession no better than that
Gam-well, of all things to accuse
me Of
l am exceedingly sorry, DR.. Pills
bury, to question your ability as a
physician, but such a diagnosis as that!
l must ask you not 10 treat me, and
| am sure you will not object to my
having some one else who understands
my case better
Oh, my poor head
That little outstanding account shall
be settled as soon as possible. My hus-
band, rs [ told you, has been in very
straitened circumstances this winter,
and my own private account has been
drained TO the very last penny, but it
shall be paid, L promise you, as soon
as the times are easier-and-but don't
trouble to write a prescription-and
oh, for mercy'S sake, stop twirling
your mustachei / should advise you
to take little further study in medi-
cine, Dr. Pillsbury, and that is all. ]
think. Good morning!
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the time. OF course I couldn't miss the
game Monday afternoons at Mrs. Ber-
ties nor Mrs. Vans Tuesdays and Mrs.
Billings Wednesdays; then it meets
here Thursdays, and Fridays the Van
Tassels expect us, and Saturdays, of
course, We have to meet to settle up
and study the scores TO. the week. so
you see there it is. You can't select
stair carpets unless you have some
time to do it in, now, can you? Oh,
my head, how 1t racks! You don't
think, do you doctor, that I'm losing
my mind? There isn't a particle of
insanity in our family-not particle!
but have heard there was streak
somewhere in my husbands, and some
times l feel I'm getting it. Is it con-
tagious or hereditary, or anything like
that? Surely this breakdown could not
come from anything else; you know
how vigorous and healthy I've always
been? But the other night when Bob
would make it no trump and let the
other side score Il, it just irritated me
to that extent that / shrieked aloud
several times and when we came home
the sound of him winding his watch
and brushing his teeth brought on
Mysteries and he was up with me all
night. We were on the point of calling
| you several times before in the morn
| ing-I'm sorry now we didn't-but we
| will the next time.
| It's so foolish of Bob to talk hard
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word "Postofice" at bottom. It was
sold to W. A. Castle of Springfield
Mass.
This stamp was one of big find
made in Louisville. KY. among which
was unique pair, consisting of the
2O-cent and 10-cent together answered,
which was sold to 2. w. Aver of BAN
gor Me. 1t was afterward sold by
Mr.. Aver, together with his magnificent
collection, for price which would open
wide the eyes of a person not knowing
the value of the little labels,
There are a number Of the early
issues of the United States, which are
valued from $500 to $4,000 each, among
which is the well known rarity the
New Haven envelope, issued by the
postmaster of that place in 1916. This
is printed in red ink. with the numerical
5 in center, postoffice at top, with sig
nature of E. A. Mitchell the postmas-
ter, at bottom. This stamp was un-
known until 1871. when specimen was
discovered IN collection Of ordinary
stamps bought for few dollars. This
stamp was sold TO Philip Won Ferrary,
the great French collector for $40.
This was many years AGO as the stamp
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readily brings $1,000 now, which shows a
great advancement in value.
Another rare stamp is the one issued
by the Millbury postmaster in 1886, and
is valued at $500. This has picture
of George Washington In center, with
Post Office" at top, with paid cts"
at bottom. 1t is printed in black ink
on blunish colored paper.
The stamp issued by the Brattleboro
postmaster in 1886 Is another very rare
one, bringing as high as 1900 at private
sale. This has a central design, consist
ing of the initials of the postmaster,
with the name of the place at top, and
'5 cents" at bottom. 1t is printed in
black ink on buff colored paper.
There are number of others which
bring from 500 to $1,000 each, such as
some of the PROFESSIONALS issued by the
Confederate postmasters during the
Civil War period. There are a few
which would mean good sum to the
lucky finder-the Beaumont, Union-
town, Madison, Livingston, GreenVille,
Rheatown, Spartanburg and others.
There are any quantity OF lesser value
which II found would yield the finder
handsome return.
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tioneer, and the municipal bantling
started off at a gala gait. It's progress
was arrested for many years by the
drouth and smallpox epidemic of 1876
a, and by the depression following the
failure of the Bank of California, which
put Jones out of the ring as builder
of railways. The town held much of
the resumption of good times in the
early eighties. it resumed its Roadway
and is now one of the most attractive
watering places in the world.
Pasadena's Start
The next'ambitious city to put in an
appearance on the map of Los Angeles
was Pasadena, which it's people proudly
call the Grown of the Valley" 1t was
originally called the Indiana Colony"
and was originated by d. M. Berry,
who afterward became a well known
newspaper man. It's possessions COM
prised one half of the San Pasquale
ranch. with one-half of the waters of the
Devils Gate canyon; and were bought
from the late DR.. John S. Griffin for
So per acre. Some of those acres would
now bring, located in the business CEN
ter of the present city, half million
dollars
Berry had a real estate office in the
southern end of the old Stearns build
ing, where the Baker block now stan Is,
and peddled out the lots at astonish-
ingly low prices. Shortly after the pres
idential election of 1880 | rode with
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, one of the
defeated Democratic candidates, over
Pasadena. He was anxious to see The
Indiana Colony and they were very
pleased to see him. Amongst others.
we called ON Mr.. Locke, the father of
the impresario Seymour Locke, and
his brother, who were then stalwart
boys but who have since become well
known in every city of the continent.
Prof and Mrs. Jean G. Carr, both cele-
brated educators, at that time had COM
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dition they were in before Christmas.
l was awfully sorry not to get to
your great aunt's funeral, doctor But.
you can see, that was the day my
practice class meets here and l sim
ply couldn't get away. I was sure
you'd understand. 1t was the same
about Beatrice's measles. She came
down just as they were arriving, and
as l was not sure at such an early
stage what it was going to be I just
carried the party off to the hotel and
gave the affair there. 1t cost twice as
much as l won, but what could ] do?
/ couldn't expose my friends to some
possibly contagious disease very well.
Mrs. BERTHE said it was so thoughtful
of me.
But come, doctor, aren't you going to
cure me? You must, you know, and at
once, for 1 simply cannot be laid up
now.
And, by the way, how do you dag
nose my case? What should you say it
was?
Give up bridget
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Bernardino stage road, at once adj
vanced the price of his property to
$4,000, thinking that a big city was
about to spring up at his stand. The
same feeling sprung up amongst all the
farmers in the neighborhood. Pomona
took the lead and held it, and Ru-
bottom and his 19eighbors were obliged
to abate their pretensions and sing
small. In the eighties Pomona struck
a fine gait and is now cherishing the
ambition of soon becoming a county
seat.
At Santa Ana
Santa Ana, now in Orange county,
was the next city in Los Angeles
county to make pretensions to NUM-
cipal growth. In addition to a remark
ably rich adjoining country, prominent
amongst which was the well known
Gospel swamp Santa Ana had the dis
tinct pledge of the Southern Pacific rail
way that it would build to that place.
In April, 1873, rode through the sites
of Tustin City, Orange and Santa Ana,
and the only house where the three
thriving places now stand was joint
grocery store and blacksmith shop, To-
Gated at the former place. Though il
had been ambitious enough TO grasp the
suffiX of city, Tustin City has been dis
tanced out of sight by her neighbors.
When [ passed through the places in
1873 | did not come to a house until
reached San Juan Capistrano. which is
now pretty much what it was in 1873.
All the other flourishing and preten-
tious cities of Los Angeles county are
in their teens; and at least one, and as
promising an one as any-HollywoOd-
in its swaddling clothes-a thing so to
speak of only day before yesterday
San Pedro, one of our old towns, is
bracing up in fine style and promises
soon to become one of the notable ports
of the globe.
Long Beach's Noise
Outside of Los Angeles and Pasadena
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and. besides, the tournament comes off
Thursday week and l stand a very fair
chance of coming out ahead.
Dear met 1 wonder if by finessinG
with my queen at the Billings could
have drawn their king and ace. But
no; that would have thrown the lead
into the dummy and the short suit was
in that hand. The honors were even,
anyway so maybe it wouldn't. You
see how these things run in my mindP
/ think about the hands when / come
home, and the other night l woke my
self up crying, "Chicane!' / must be
in an awful condition to bring my
games home with me. The other morn
ing at breakfast 1 was consulting Bob
about something, and he said II leave
it to you, my dear" and would you
believe. l answered Spades" purely
mechanically. He laughed immoderate-
ly, as though it were good joke, but
it only proved to me how mserably
Ill am.
I hope you didn't look too close at
the vestibule curtains. / am going to
renew them the very first chance I
get. I have it down on my memoran-
dun list but l simply haven't half a
moment yet though l noticed the con-
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Went About 1t Wrong

Chauffeur Campbell, who won the
$1,000 Cape May trophy, was talking at
the Windsor. where he stopped, about
his great success as a racer"
ITO what do you attribute your sue
cess, Mr.. Campbell?" said lawyer
ITO thorough preparation the
young man replied. Il didn't attempt
to race till hid learned all there was
to know about automobiles and auto
MODELLING"
Then, with a laugh, Mr. Campbell
declared that he had not jumped all
unprepared into racing, as the Maine
skipper jumped into sign painting.
This skipper and his men We're put
ting the finishing touches on a new
schooner When ii came to painting
the name on the boart's stern the men
hesitated, fearing TO make botch of
SO difficult a job, but the skipper re-
preached them for cowardice and
threw himself on his stomach upon the
deck with a pot of paint and brush
and, reaching down over the side. I'm
due course he finished the name
MINNIE
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-04
written for The Herald by Joseph D.
Lynch)
THE development of urban life south

TIME development of urban life south
of Point Conception in the last
thirty years or so-say a genera
ton, going back to 1S72-is one of the
marvels of settlement on the American
continent. 1t has been paraleled by
nothing but the settlement of Chicago
and the state of Illinois, brought about
by the building Of the Illinois Central
railway and the great lake commerce.
The completion of the Central Pacific
railway started the vast tide of immi-
grafton from the east, which reached
it's greatest results in Southern Cali
fornia, and notably in Los Angeles.
That sagacious corporation, about 1871.
began to advertise California, and It's
attractions extensively all over the
country. Such well-known writer's as
Grace Greenwood and Charles Nord-
hoff were sent out here by the New
York Tribune and Herald, and they did
Well their work of making the attrac-
lions of California known to the east
ern millions. Southern California has
shown its appreciation of the good
work done by Nordhoff by naming one
of it's towns after him.
When Nordhoff reached here in 1871,
Los Angeles was a little 'dobie city
Il
Santa Monica and twenty other charm
ing cities were not on the map. Ana
helm was at that time the only place
of any Importance in Los Angeles
county. outside of the city. and Nord-
hoff gives Il most interesting account
OF II. 1t was communication col
| ony. and the only settlement of the
| kind in California. II was prosperous
| from the start. and it was decade and
I'D ctr tnlr w IN
phylloxera. which inflicted such enor-
nous havoc on all of the California
vineyards. Anaheim and Pasadena
have been the only distinctively colo
NAL enterprises ever known in Los An
| geles county.
Our Jewels
Has any Angeleno stopped to think
of the wonderful cluster of beautiful
cities-some of them the creation OF
| only the other day-by which the An
gelic city is surrounded?
| When Nordhoff paid his visit the only
places which had any pretense to call
| themselves even villages were Will
mington and Downey city, San Pedro
| though so old as TO have been mem
| toned by Dana in his Three Years
| Before the Mast" consisted at that
time of few fishermen's huts, and
only the presence there of O govern
ment barracks and the forwarding
houses Of Banning & Tomlinson gave
| Wilmington any claim TO note.
The next considerable town TO make
its appearance in Los Angeles county
was Santa Monica. Senator John Il
Jones of Nevada had purchased the
| san Vicente y Santa Monica rancho
from Col r. S. Baker and had started
the building OF the Los Angeles and
| Independent railway I'm order TO reach
his Panamint mines. BY 1875 the branch
| from Los Angeles TO Santa Monica was
completed, a wharf and hotel had been
built In the city by the Sea-" and
| in midsummer. an auction of city lots
was held. with Hon. Tom Fitch as auc-
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"Some folks" said Uncle Eben, finds
fault 80 much dat when dey tries TO
pay compliment der friends think dey
is sarcastic an gifts mad jes' de same"
Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03
GEORGE ABE IN
PASTURES NEW
Continued from PAGE I.

every r5int. They said there was no
getting away from scraps and butt
in" and dope out and other Charac-
ters which seemed to me to have some
what Of a modern flavor.
After a man has been universally
reUsected for nearly 5000 years It does
seem a low down trick to show him up.
And. possibly. the anonymous writer
was prejudiced because he had failed
to secure an appointment. Did the
papyrus really come from the bosom
of the mummy? Who knows? Some
times IT is the duty of the traveller
to record facts as they come under his
observation and not TO draw hasty- con-
illusions.
The documentary evidence Is submit
ter herewith-first a copy Of the origi-
nal spapyrus and then the translation,
word by word and phrase by phrase
The testimony should convince any
who are disposed 70 be skeptical- My
only hope is that II viii not entirely
blast the reputation of Rameses.
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mense crowds gather with pans. buck
cts, Guns and pets 10 carry some Of
the holy water home with them. It is
claimed chat this sacred liquid VIII not
evauoTate. 4 Russian woman told me
that while packing up some effects be
longing 10 her mother she discovered
a small utensll containing some holy
water which had kept for ten years
in q perfectly pure condition, All stock
must be housed during the winter for
the reason that there IS TO grazing,
and no peasant VII think Of turning
cut his animals I'm the spring until
they have been blessed The ceremony
Of blessing the fruit occurs in August
At this time there IS a big service at
the church, which resembles the floral
hail at q country fair on account Of
the innumerabIe displays arranged in
booths
When a new house IS in progress Of
construction 2 cross is always placed