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Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
EHOLD NECESSITY In OVER ONE MILLION HOMES

per cent, was miscellaneous farm prod
ucts. Forest products are rs per cent
Of our exports.
I'VE use tobacco extensively and
pay around $3O,O00,0O0 for importations
from Cuba and Sumatra, Porto Rico.
Mediterranean countries and Brazilian
ports. We raised Sumatra wrappers
last year to the extent of $1,000, 900
worth. The department, after discov-
ering principles, conducts object les
sons on the farms of the people to help
them toward better things. We found
in the Connecticut valley and in Flor
ida the same soil that grows the wrap
per tobacco in Sumatra, after visiting
that country and studying their meth
DDS and soils.
I'VE found in Alabama and Texas
the same soil that produces the filler
tobacco in Cuba, after learning what
soil is suitable, and last year raised
400 acres of it in those states. We
hope in time to grow all the tobacco
now imported from Cuba and Sumatra
into the United States"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

which his fat arms gave physical
culture effect. J. -. Lowman, the Los
Angeles haberdasher, was arrayed in
girlie-girlie rig and didn't seem at all
pleased with ii. He, like the others,
however, knew better than to object,
and made wan attempt to crack jokes
with his chaperons.
DIR. G. H. Sexton was manacled and
allowed to roam about with hooting
crowd at his heels. p. M. Boyle of
Hills Bros, San Francisco, and c. S.
Stephens, master car b=ilde.' of the Los
Angeles railway, maCs a pretty pair
as they paraded about wearing con-
vict's stripes and chained together.
The Whittier Pilgrims" were a de-
cided novelty. These maidens, seven
in number, were dressed in the garb
worn by the early followers of William
Penn and they were just as mysterious
as Penn's disciples are supposed to
have been.
Masking their Identity there were
people who said they ..ere r. " Pow
ell, j. L. Bower, !. L. Blinn, e. Reder,
7. B. Mooreland G. H. Sargent and
F. M. Frampton, all of Whittier.
Others who were made to play leading
parts in the preliminary high jinks in
cluded DR.. G. H. Sexton of os Angeles,
who had ball chained to his leg which
he was compelled to lug about with
him. w. H. Seeley, realty dealer, who
also was chained to a ball, being a big
man. was given a ullet oe thirty
pounds weight to get acquainted with.
Morgan Ross of the Coronado hotel
appeared in the circus rider tights and
spankles, and was one of the biggest
hits Of the occasion.
AT 10 o'clock the initiation festivities
at the auditorium were over and the
aSsemblaR adiOurned t0 tha exhihffiop
building, where an elaborate spread for
the assemblage had been prepared.
Motley H. Flint presided over the ban
quet tables. IL grand ball at the pa
vilion brought the nights el4tertain-
ment to fitting close.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
MASONS DEMAND
HIGHER WAGES
Threatened Labor Troubles at STAN
ford University May Tie Up All
Rebuilding observation-disclosures
May Be Involved
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.-There
is possibility of strike which will
completely tie up all rebuilding opera
tions at Stanford university.
A conference was held here today be-
tween representatives of the Building
Trades council and the stone masons
and cutters who are now employed on
the college campus. The men ask for
a raise in wages and if 1t is not granted
they may walk out and take with them
all employees engaged in the work of
rehabilitation at Stanford
The masons and cutters are now get
ting So day, but want So.
There are about 100 of them and
their absence will seriously cripple the
work, especially as other craftsmen are
likely to lend them support in the fight
The carpenters at work on the build
ings are also negotiating for a raise
from So to $3.50 a day.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Broken Down Health

Miss Bessie B. Farrell, 1011 3rd
Ave-, Brooklyn, N. Y, President of
the Young Peoples Christian Asso-
citation, writes:
"Peruna is certainly valuable
nerve and blood remedy, calculated
to build up the broken down health
of worn-out women. 1 have found
by experience that it is a wonderful
restorer OF lost strength, assisting
the stomach in assimilating and di-
gesting the food and building up the
worn-out tissues. 1 can indorse it as
a boon for those afflicted as I have
been"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Catarrh and Stomach Trouble

Mrs. t. Frech, r. r. No. l, Hickory
Point, Tenn, writes:
IT am happy to tell you that 1 am
cured OF catarrh. have followed your
good and kind advice faithfully
bless the day when wrote you of my
condition, and 1 will always praise Pc
runa. I think 1t is one Of the grandest
medicines on earth.
Having been afflicted with catarrh
and stomach trouble for seven years
and after having tried four different
doctors they only relieved me for lit
cured. 1 only weighed 100 pounds, and
was so weak could hardly get around
the room.
II was induced to try Peruna, and to
my great surprise 1 am now entirely
we'll. My weight is now 1888 pounds,
my health never was better in my life.
II shall always praise DIR. Hartman
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Constipated, Stomach Disorders

Miss Mar v. Adams, Vice President
of Louisiana Literary Union, writes
from 1119 Terpsichore ST., New Orleans,
La:
ANY person with sedentary habits is
apt to become habitually constpated.
The sewerage of the body becomes
stopped up. and various diseases find
easy entrance. I have found this to be-
the case by sad experience, and am
thankful to say that Peruna cleansed
my system, purified the blood, and
drove out stomach disorders and all
aches of my body. take a few doses
every few weeks and find that it keeps
me In perfect health. 1 believe it to
be an idenl wnrnanIs rnndinina -
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
All Run Down

Miss Marie Calvin, 927 Main st.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, writes:
After my pleasant experience with
Peruna ' do not wonder that It is
81 popular among thc young people
here in Cincinnati. I caught a Sc
we're coll coming home from an
evening party, and as 1 did not pay
particular attention to 1t, l quickly
became worse and found myself in u
serious condition. l felt lame and
sore. and the entire mucous mem-
brane was infIamed.
Il took Peruna and it brought me
immediate relief. Within a week /
was cured and now whenever l feel
at all badly or run down few doses
of Peruna will set things right"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
INDICTMENT RETURNED
AGAINST CAPT. TYGARD
By Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, April 27-The fed
eral grand jury here today returned
an indictment against Capt. Flavius ].
Tygard, charging him with misappro-
priation of the funds of the Bates Ma
tional bank of Butler, Mo, which sus-
pended in September last and of
which he was president, the Masonic
home in Missouri, knights TempIars
OF Missouri, the Bates County Invest
ment company and several estates OF
which he was trustee
The indictment contains eleven
counts, $4,000 being involved. Fol-
lowing the suspension of the bank
Capt. Tygard was declared insane and
was confined in a sanitarium He is
"a years old.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Now as Well as Ever

Mrs. e. T. Gaddis, Marion, N. c.,
writes:
Before I comemnced to take Peruna
1 could not do any hard work without
suffering great pain. 1 took Peruna
and Manalin, and can say with pleas
ure that it has done more for me than
Now 1 am as we'll as ever. 1 do all my
own work and it never hurts me at all.
Peruna Is great medicine for woman-
kind"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Restored Health and Strength

Mrs. Frances e. Sammis, 210
Charles Block, Denver, Col, writes:
"Peruna restored me to health and
strength three different times when
was near nervous prostration and
suffered from general catarrhal con-
ditions.
when 1 decided to try it I wrote
directly to DR.. Hartman and took it
according to his directions. l con-
slider it fine remedy and have rec
commended 1t to others, who have
beenNgreatly benefited"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Bowel Trouble

Mrs. Maggie Durbin, 1882 North ST.,
Little Rock, Ark, writes:
,'I was troubled for five years with a
chronic disease. 1 tried everything l
heard of, but nothing did me any good.
Some doctors said my trouble was ca
tarrh of the bowels, and some said
consumption of the bowels.
"One doctor said he could cure me. I
took his medicine two months But 1t
did me no good.
"A friend of mine advised me to try
Peruna and did so. After 1 had taken
two bottles 1 found it was helping me,
so 1 continued it's use, and 1t has
cured me sound and we'll.
II can recommend Peruna to any one,
and If any one wants to know what
Peruna did for me If they will write
to me 1 will answer promptly"
Peruna is a household remedy OF
great merit, and is useful in a great
many climatic ailments, such as
coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis
and catarrhal diseases generally.
Thousands of families have learned
the use of Peruna and it's value in the
treatment of these ailments. They
have learned to trust and believe in
DR.. Hartman's judgment, and to rely
on hiS remedy Peruna
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Pe-ru-na a Spring Tonic

Miss Lucy Ingram, 521 Ellis st.,
Augusta, Ca, writes:
''I have used your Peruna as a
tonic and found it conteracted the
debiIltating effects of warm wealth.
er.
"I cheerfully recommend those
who have that languld feeling,
which is customary to most of us in
spring, to try Peruna. 1t will prove
an lnvigorator. 1t is also good to
break UP colds and the grippe"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

nealtn ana strength. Luckily
for me, tried Peruna at the sugges-
ton of my friends before It was too
late.
Il found in a few days time that
did not have the usual sick headache,
neither did food nauseate me any
longer. In two weeks time Peruna had
completely rid my system of the
poison and bile, and was in much
better condition. My skin assumed its
normal color, 1 had a splendid appe-
tite, and 1 was in every way improved
in health. 1 used Peruna for a month
longer, and It wrought a wondrous
change in my entire system. I consider
1t most wonderful medicine"
Nervous Dyspepsia
Mrs. j. c. Jamison, 81 Marchant St.,
Watsonville, Cal writes
Il was troubled with cramps in the
stomach for six years. 1 tried many
KINDS of medicine, also was treated by
three doctors. They said that 1 had
nervous dyspepsia. 1 was put on
liquid Giet for three months. 1 i'm
proved under the treatment, but as
soon as l stopped taking the medicine
| got bad again 1 took the medicine
Tor two years, then got sick again and
gave up all hopes Of getting cured.
Il saw testimonial of q man whose
case was similar to mine being cured
by Peruna, so thought would give
1t trial. 1 procured a bottle at once
and commenced taking it. have taken
nineteen bottles and am entirely cured.
Have gained in strength and flesh and
feel like c different person. I believe
Peruna is all that is claimed for it,
Stomach and Nerves
Two years ago a depressed feeling
took hold of me. My back and sides
1nla6 continually etc oh
out of order. 1 have been using Pc
runa and now feel as we'll as ever did.
My stomach is as strong as ever, and
my nermous troubles have disap-
peared. Mrs. M. McGough, 219 West
53rd St., New York.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
MRS. EMMA STORY
GRANTED A DIVORCE
By Associated Press.

NEW YORK. April 27.-An inter-
locutory decree of divorce has been
granted Mrs. Emma Eames Story by
which she is given the right to resume
ing the life time of Mr.. Story.
The suit was brought in White
Plains in January last. Witnesses were
examined by a court referee in this
city last month. BY tacit agreement
the parties to the suit maintained Sc
crecy. The formal filing OF a decree
of absolute divorce is expected within
a day or two
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
SHRINERS CUT
QUEER D|DOES
MAKE CANDIDATES DO SOME
FUNNY STUNTS
Novices Who Aspire to Red Fee Have
Rocky Road to Travel in
Sight of Swarming
Populace
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, April 27.-After having for
more than three hours kept the usually
quiet, dignified resident population of
this section in state of terror and sus-
pense, the 1900 Shriners who came here
this evening to attend the monster class
initiation of the order assembled at the
auditorium.
Without shudder ran over the popu-
lace as it thought of what must be in
store for the 300 prospective wearers Of
the red fez who had in various ways al
ready been sujected to treatment of the
most ludicrous and humiliating kind for
the entertainment of the general public.
What the old members did to the
aspirants for Masonic 'honors will long
be remembered locally and must forever
form an important chapter in the
memoirs of the victims of their didoes.
Not the most unfortunate of the candi-
dates was Ray Hutchins, travelling
salesman for Bishop e. Co., who was
handcuffed around an electric light pole
in front of the ship hotel and left to be
gazed at and joshed by an unsympa-
thetic crowd that seemed to think the
joke the funniest thing that ever hap
pened.
Fed on Soda Liquor
Hutchins, perspiring and attempting
to show no distress because of the un-
comfortable position he was forced to
remain in, was fed a sandwich and
given several bottles of soda pop during
the ninety minutes he served as a pub
lie exhibit. Others who fell to the
pranks of the Shriners were for the
most part made to disregard their dress
suits and don wearing apparel fur
nished to them.
This arrangement resulted in G. H..
Vosburg, a Los Angeles planning mill
proprietor, being made to wear a cos
tune that was quite the proper caper
in Germany 100 years ago, but one that
certainly no German of the present
generation ever saw a counterpart of.
1t remained for r. l.. Miller of the
Adams-Phillips banking firm to fill q
rig of unheard of design and no ap-
parent shape, and the wearer was made
to parade the pier at the end of al
sharp stick, just to show people how
silly man can be when circumstances
are such that he has no choice. in the
matter.
DIR. A. f. Graf, a Los Angeles ply
sician, had the honor of exhibiting him
self in a clown getup and was further
persuaded to carry huge banner maxi
ing known his professional calling. Il.
II. Botsford of the California Trust
company showed up as an indian and
he was a good Indian. as was evidenced
by the dexterity with which he jumped
about at the commands of the pale
faces who had him in tow.
Fshburn a Ballet Girl
f. e. Fishburn of the Bank of Cali
fornia really looked charming in the |
role of a baliet girl Fishburns fuzzy
skirts. which fell short Of his knees by |
about ten inches, we're In lovely keep
ing with his short sleeved waist. out OF ;
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Pe-ru-na the Family Doctor

Mrs M. e. Seymour, r. f. D. 2, Bow
man, Ca, writes:
Il am ready to speak few words in
favor of Peruna and Manalin. 1 have
tried them for nearly every i'll of life
for myself and family, and find them
to be all the doctor claims them to be.
Peruna cured me of internal trouble
when my doctor could not.
my advice to all suffering women is,
consult DR.. Hartman. What he has
done for me he will do for VOL,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Could Not Eat Nor Sleep

Last spring I became run down
from the serious effects Of lingering
cold. 1 could neither eat nor sleep
well, and lost flesh and spirit. I finally
tried Peruna and it did wonders for
me. In two weeks was like another
rerson, and in a month 1 felt better
than 1 have ever done before" Mrs.
Judge ]. F. Boyer, 1921 Sherman Ave-,
Evanston I'll
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

runa has been most gratifying. Last
winter / contracted severe cold, and
for several days / coughed until my
voice failed me. When other remedies
did me no good, 1 decided to try Pc
runa, and within four days the cold
was broken up, and the cough abated.
within another week an increase in
my usual strength and vitality told me
that Peruna was doing all that II
promised, and more. l also consider 1t
very superior for tired, worn-out moth
ers, and have advised several to try
it, and have seen most gratifying re-
suits from its use.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Digestion Poor. Skin Sallow

"Peruna cured me of stomach trou-
BILE that had for seven years. When
wrote you for advice, would hook up
sIringy mucous, my stomach bloated
often, my digestion was poor, my skin
sallow, bowels irregular Mrs. Mary
Shanks, Marshall, Oklahoma.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Record Gold Shipment
BY Associat ted Press,

LONDON, April 27.-The British
steamer Armadale Castle, which ar
rived from Capetown today, landed
50, SOB, $50 ia Cape gold, the largest con-
signment ever brought in single ship
ment to England.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
l%lYOI4'-IH-,josst4 Y'-I-
Tired, worn-out Mothers

HHS"1 WVHW-oWU NHOtHgIS
Mrs. Lydia II. Josselyn, sol
Westminster ST., Providence,
r. l., is Treasurer of the
Editors League of Rhode
Island. chartered in Provi-
dence. She writes:
ttNIry NvDorso,,,o ,,.ttL D.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Beet Sugar

Ten years ago the United States
made $4,000 tons OF beet sugar. Last
year 4S3,000 tons We're made. The prod
ucts were worth $5O,OOO,O OOO Growers Of
the beet were shown where seed that
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Fishburn a Ballet Girl

F. r. Fishburn of the Bank OF Cali
fornia really looked charming In the
role of a baliet girl Fishburns fuzzy
skirts, which fell short of his knees by
about ten inches, were In lovely keep
ing with his short sleeved waist. out Of
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
Bilious Headache

Mrs. Emily Kellogg, 5649 S.
Lawrence ST, South Tacoma,
Wash, member of Ladies of
the Maccabees, writes:
Three months ago had ali
attack Of bilIousness which
threatened to undermine my
health and etranotb T.,,o1,tt
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28

1--WE have 14S,00O,000 acres of national
forest reserve In charge of the depart
ment OF agriculture for preservation
and use. selected from the wooded
lands OF the public domain. The noun
tains at the headwaters OF the streams
are natures first reservoirs, where
trees grow to protect the underground
that holds the water until 1t percolates
into the land, whence 1t issues in
springs throughout the year. Where
the trees are cut and the surface is
exposed as has occurred to such an
extent the rains wash the soil down
10 bedrock, into the valleys, destroying
tsen' s' causing higher and higher floods
after every heavy precipitation and
lowering the streams between foods.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23

Shenshin, another poet, whose pseudo
nym was Fet. Nine. Fet asked Turgue-
neff how the education of his daughter
was progressing, and Turgueneff told how
the girl was accustomed to go to the
houses of poor people, fetch their old
clothes, mend them and return them to
their owners. Tolstoy sneeringly declared
that this sort of thing disgusted him as
mere play acting. Hot words few across
the table until Turgueneff left the house
In a rage. Next day Tolstoy sent him a
letter breathing defiance. Turgueneff re-
piled announcing his willingness to fight
a duel. The quarrel closed with comic
climax; each wished the other to issue
the challenge, and so the Ill feeling iRal-
ly evaporated. Turgueneff was ready
enough to forgive, and when he lay on
his death bed in Paris, years later. he
wrote his famous letter of reconciliation,
with the oft-quoted appeal: Return to
your literary labors, my friend. the great
author OF the Russian people|
influence of Other Ideals.
But Tolstoy had decided--llke Gogol,
the author of Dead souls"--that his lit
erary labors were a snare. Infected by
the doctrines Of Rousseau, he had de-
cided to return to nature" He idolized
this French philosopher to such degree
that he wanted to wear Rousseau's' por-
trait on his breast beside the saints
picture.
Besides Rousseau, he had been deeply
Influenced by Berthold Auerbach. the Ger
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23

man Jew, who wrote pathetic idyls Of
peasant life in the Black Forest. On a
journey through Germany Tolstoy once
visited Auerbach and introduced himself
as Eugen Baumann. When Auerbach
stared, thinking be had to deal with
some crank, Tolstoy added: "That isn't
my real name, but it's my, business" 4"
(Eugen Baumann means noble builder.'C
Then Tolstoy told his real name and ac-
knowledged the deep influence Auerbach
had exercised upon him.
Tolstoy had read Henry George also,
whom he called lone of the greatest of
the Americans" and adopted many of
his theories about the ownership and
taxation of land. Finally the great un-
dercurrent of pity which swayed his
whole life, rather than reason, impelled
him to choose the path he has followed
ever since.
Pity, pity, and yet again pity is the
keynote Of Tolstoy's character. By this
he judges literature, music. art Accord
ing to this standard he deduces that uncle
Toms Cabin" is a sublime literary mas
terpieee, and condemns Wagner's "Nibe-
lungenring" as absolute rot. According
to this standard, he praises novel like
Der Buettnerbauer," by Wilhelm Won
Polenz, because a peasants brutal treat
whereas he finds Shakespeare's king
Lear" to be trivial and immoral be-
cause he fancies that Shakespeare de
spises the crowd l. e., the working
classes" As II Shakespeare had not
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his first literary efforts had attracted at
tention, and tine Car gave, orders to re-
lieve this promising young writer from
such a dangerous post. but Tolstoy re-
fused. He had already developed that
trait OF stubbornness which has distin-
guished him ever since, and fits in 30
queerly with his doctrines of meekness
and nonresistance. Along with this stub
bornness went a hastlness even more un-
philosophical which several times brought
him near to suicide. He secured his IA
ther-in-law's consent to marry Sofia Baer
only by threatening to shoot himself.
His Quarrels with TurgueneH.
The most amusing ebullitions Of these
Inconsistencies were the quarrels with
Turguenefr, his literary friend and COM
peer, Tolstoy had hot temper, an OBJ
stinate tenacity about trivialities and a
habit of blurting out disagreeable things.
Once, in the home OF the poet Nekrasoff,
Turgueneff was walking up and down
holding his throat and piteously moaning:
II am done for;, have bronchitis" Tol-
stoy grufiy told him that Bronchitis is
disease Of the imagination" and threw
himself angrily upon a sofa. Nekrasoff,
who saw the two star contributors to his
mazagine on the brink of war, tried to
restore peace. but Tolstoy declared that
Turgueneff was walking up and down
purposely to spite him, turning his demo-
cratic shinbones this way and that"
Another quarrel between the two nearly
led to a duel. 1t was at the house OF