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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-19
DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
ARE INVOLVED In SOCIAL WAR

In June Mrs. A. T.. Hawcroft, 901
West First street, organized another
chapter, the John II. Regan, with the
other eighteen women who had re-
signed from the Wade Hampton.
Reeans Not Invited
The Wade Hampton refused to rec
ognize the young chapter and there
has been much bitterness between them
ever since. This was not diminished
in the least when the John II. Regan
chapter rec lived no invitation to the
reception which the Wade Hampton
chapter will give today at the home of
Mrs. j. f. Salyer, 705 East Adams
street, in the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary of Robert T..
Lee.
AS rival to this the John II. Re-
gan chapter has planned to entertain
this evening in oak Hail. Fraternal
Brotherhood building, and Mrs. A. F.
Hawcroft who is on the arrangement
committee with Mrs. j. l.. Fouts and
Mrs Lee Thurber. said yesterday in
speaking of it:
Il am glad l am out of 1t, because I
do not want to belong to anything
where underhanded work is being done
and ] never knew that anything so
mean could be done by a person in
whose veins ran the blood of the south
We are not trying to make a big chap
ter of the John II. Regan. as we want
quality rather than quantity"
1t is likely that the end is not yet,
for the women will harbor their feel
ings of animosity until the John II.
Regan chapter is officially recognized
by the Wade Hampton.
At the entertainment speeches will be
given by w. Ona Morton and by Gen
William Coe Harrison, commander of
the Pacific division of the United Con-
federate Veterans.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-19
Empire Theater improvements

Improvements of an extensive char
acter are in progress at the Empire
theater. and when completed they will
make that one of the most attractive
little playhouses in the city. Besides a
general renovation and repairing, bal
cony is being installed, and this will
considerably increase the capacity Of
the place. The Empire is considered
one of the safest theaters in the city,
as it is we'll provided with exits and is
built according to the latest rules of
the building department The shows
given there attract a steady and good
class of patrons and the house Is very
popular.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-19
BURGLARS ENTER TWO HOMES
Secure $38 from One Place, but Fail
to Get Anything from the
Other

Two burglars succeeded in gaining
entrance to two residences in West
Twentieth street early yesterday morn
ing and received $3S from one place
for their efforts and nothing from the
second
w. n. West, 1926 West Twentieth
street reported to the police that rob-
bors had entered his house and ran
sacked the place. From purse which
lay on the sdeboard the money was
taken,
j. r. NcWkirk, 154S West Twentieth
street, reported that robbers had en-
tered his house through a front win
dow They ransacked the place thor
oughly but took nothing away with
them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-19
ASKS ASSAILANT'S RELEASE
Patrolman Requests Justice 10 Dis
charge Man He Accused of
Striking Him

c. ID. Belmoth, charged by Patrolman
Rose with battery, y IS discharged by
Police Justice Rose yesterday at the
request of the prosecuting attorney.
Belmoth is said TO have struck the
policeman While the latter was arrest
ing Richard Cross on the charge of at
tempting TO Kill his Wife Belmoth is
proprietor of the ST. Charles saloon
The patrolman was taking his prisoner
10 that place for the purpose of ringing
up the patrOl.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24
The Price Of sIlsnss.

A well known business man in a
town not far from Cincinnati discover
ed one morning on entering his Office
that his safe was out Of order. He Inn
medlately telegraphed to Philadelphia
for an expert.
When the latter arrived he found
that the safe, an old fashioned affair
locked with key. could not be opened.
After hasty examination the expert,
taking a piece Of wire, dug out from
the key a mass Of dust and lint He
then opened the safe in the twinkling
Of an eye. The business man wore q
sickly smile as he asked meekly:
"How muchT
twenty dollars"
"Do any Of your firms patrons here
know Of your vlsitT'
''NOt a soul but yourself"
"Then." added the business man,
here's $40 I'll take It to be a great
favor n your hustle out by the first
train. If any one in this town knew
that paid man $50 to dig dirt out Of
a key for me I'd never do another dol
lars worth OF business In the whole
state. New York Times.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24
THE LlCoRIcE PLANT.

Where Il Grows and How lite Black
Juice IL Treated.
Black hcorice Ii made from the Juice
" the licorlce plant, mixed with starch
to prevent II from melting In hot
weather. The llcorlce plant grows for
the nOGt part ON the banks OF the
TigrsB and Euphrates rivers which
flow through immense treelass pralrles
OF uncultivated land. The climate OF
these great plains IL variable. Half the
year Il 10 mild and pleasant. but for
three months II 10 very cold. and for
three months In summer hot winds
sweep across the country, raising the
temperature to 10A degrees for weeks
at a time
The llcoTice plant IL q shrub three
fest high and grows without cultiva-
ton In situations where lta roots can
reach the water. The usual time Of
collecting IL the winter. but roots are
due all the year around. At nrst the
root IL full Of water and must be
allowed to dry, 4 process which takes
nearly q year. II b then cut into small
pieces from six inches to q foot
long. The good and sound pieces are
kept. and the rotten ones are used for
ar0wood
Az the valley OF the EuphrAtes con
tained one OF tho earliest civilizations
In the world. Il ID probable that ncoriee
b about the oldest CONNECTION extant
and that the taste. which pleases near
b all children today. was familiar to
the little brown boys and girls Of
Babylon and Nlneveh aO0o years ago.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24
GREATER EXPENSE.

''Now have gone into these things
In detail to show you, FIRST that the
railroads In handling the increased
volume Of traffic under present condi
tioGs, or anything approximating
them, must do It at an ever increas-
ing ratio Of expense that will tend
some day to become prohibitivs II
present rates arc to be maintained or
fair returns realized for their share
holders, and second, that the only
relief which can DO obtained through
economies Of physical operation must
come through the outlay Of enormous
amounts Of money such ms would be
involved In general Decentralization
or q change In gauge.
'"Fhe railroads are now developing
their facilities just as fast as oondi-
tions allow. The necessity Of doub-
le-trackinR the transContinental ines
Is recognized universally, and we are
all lengthening our sidingR and our
spur tracks In anticipation OF the day
when we can join up the sections and
have two-traok roads across the coun-
try. But. do the best they will, the
railroads are face TO face with physic-
al conditions, such as | have describ-
cd IN a small part, which make 1t
impossible to handle larger traffic
without a constantly increasing ratio
of expense. II Is up to them and to
the people whom they serve to devise
some means Of more economical oper.
alton II returns are to be continued
to their shareholders, or rates even
maintained on their present basis. "
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24
THE FIRST 200.

China. !. Seems. cOuass That AmOns
Her Many Records.
The Chinese had the first 800. Men
ageries are thought to owe their ORR
gin partly to the cult Of sacred ami
mails and partly to the ambition Of
rulers to possess specimens Of rare and
valuable creatures from foreign lands
or savage beasts from their own. In
The simplest t9rms sociological gardens
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24
HARTMAN SAYS
LIMIT is REACHED
Change Gauge of Railways or
Use Electric Power

An interview with q. II. Hartman
that is Of great interest a. recently
published by the New York Times.
The railway man brought out the
difficulties under which the railways
labor In endeavoring TO keep up With
the demands made upon them. He
pointed out the necessity for enormous
additional construction, In the form
% added tracks and terminal faoili-
ties, and for new equipment, all Of
this In illustration Of the further
statement that, until the problems
pressing upon the transportation COM
panies DO solved, II will be impossi-
BILE TO bring about lower rates. They
must first have the facilities for
handling the business more cheaply,
and the cost Of these added facilities
must DO paid for.
An especially interesting feature
Of the interview Is the treatment
given the subject OF wider gage and
electrical propulsion. Some remark.
ably storing points are brought out
In connection with both thoes features
Of the subject. Mr.. HaTi imam said
'sThe freight car IL like bridge.
The trucks are piers and the body 10
the roadway. Now, In measure as
you lengthen the body TO take on
more load, you have got to increase
ths dead weight OF the car to be able
TO carry II, and every such increase
In dead weight means decrease In
earning capacity for the car or for
the train when given motive power
IL applied to move 1t. II 10 matter
Of practical experience that II we
could go ON increasing the width Of
the oars up 20 q standard that would
DO permissible on six-foot gauge,
we would be- able to got great deal
more car capacity for a given increase
In dead weight.
Furthermore, we would gain in
che loading and unloading. II, for
instance. by increased car capacity
you put Into 20 cars freight which
had previously taken up 80 eaFs, you
require less terminal trackage for the
handling Of the freight, you are able
20 cot II on and of with greater speed
and you have tho other 10 cars out
on the line earning something In the
meantime. But right here We come
up against the matter Of motive pow
or, and la that we have reached the
limit Of development under steam, so
long ~ the present guago Ii employ
"a.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24
IT'S THE ONLY WAY.

"You will zee why this IL when you
remember that there are three ways
In which an engine can grow to gel
more traetive power. II must DO
either heightened, DO broadened, or
DO made higher. And In all three
directions We have made our engines
grow a. far ~ they can ON the present
standard guAge Of four feet eight.
Did you ever ride In the cab Of the
modern freight locomotivesf
''Wall, you probably noticed the
swayiug back aud forth that accom-.
panied the drive Of the pistons. That
meant that the center Of gravity had
cropt up just about ~ high a. 1t
Oonld so without having the engins
topple over when II got into action.
told you that We had gone as far
a. We could In building engines up
into the air. Nov II you will think
a minute you will see that there Is
obviously limit of length Of flrebox
beyond which II Is impossible TO fire
an engine. And We have reached that
limit rs we'll.
$50 there you are. II we increase
our car capacity we increase the I'M
productive dead weight that IL to be
drawn disproportionatsly TO the In
ereues OF the load, and In 90 doing we
are making demands upon traotive
power that has already reached the
limit OF Its development under pres-
ent conditions. The obvious relief
then would be- widening the gauge to
elk feet, and | am not sure that the
railroads will not come to that In the
end.
''lf the country after the civil war
had adopted the SIX foot gauge that
same of the railroads in the south
then employed, or even a five foot
gage, We would be In much better
shape today, for ne could increase
the height and breadth OF our loco
motives 20 get greater tractlve power
psF engine, and could increase the
capacity Of our cars without dispro.
portionAtsly increasing the dead
weight that has TO DO drawn In NOV
ing = given train load.
ELECTRIC POWER.
''But perhaps, IL Is ehimeEical TO
think nov Of rebuilding the railroads
of the entire country and Of replacing
The entire railroad equipment. II 20,
what Is the next best thingf
obviously, electricity. And l
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24

come to that not only for the purpose
Of getting q larger unit Of motive
power and of distributing IL over the
trainload, but on account of the fuel
proposition. That brings up another
phase Of the existing conditions. We
have to use mp fuel to carry our fuel,
and there are certain limitations along
this line, just as much as there are
In the matter Of car capacity or Of
motive power, particularly when you
consider the distribution Of the coal
producing regions with respect to the
major avenues Of traffic.
''The great saving resulting from
the use Of electricity Is apparent,
quite aside from the matter Of increas-
Ing the tractive power and the train
load, but there ID this additional
consideration that when you are op.
Grating by electricity you are not
losing money when you stop your
train. That must not be lost sight
Of. The train makes money when II
Is going somewhere, when II Is carry
ing something that somebody want.
When II htops 1t ceases to make mon.
ey, and becomes losing proposition
because 10 goes right on burning w
coal without doing any work. You
electric train when 1t stops Isn't usinf
mp any power, and the only fuel wast'
Is that incident to the maintenance
OF the system.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-04-24

garo one Of the earliest developments
Of culture and were familiar 70 the
Chinese, Indiana Greeks, Romans and.
pre- Spanish Msxinans in ancient times.
The oldest recorded menagerie IL Chi
neso, dating from 116O b. G. The den
Of lions kept By Darius. as described
in tie book Of Daniel. IL an example
Of one Of those primitive menageries,
while the cult Of sacred white horses
by the ancient Greeks and Romans
and that Of 30 called white elephants
In Burma and Slam are instances Of q
second type. 4 live giraffe was 70
eeived at the menagerie Of schonbrunn
as early as 1928
The Paris establishment is regarded
as the earliest entitled 10 the designa-
ton geological gardens" in the mod
ern sense Of that term, which owes its
origin, however, to the formation Of
the menagerie in the Regents park.
OF German establishments Of this sort
the one at Berlin 10 the earliest
American ZOOS, notable among which
n New York and Chicago, are among
the compIetest In the world. - Tx
change.
HIs gnAhuslasm Was Contagious.
White1eld, whose dramatic appeals 10
his listeners were always q noteworthy
part Of his sermons, once preached to q
body OF seamen In New York. In the
course Of his sermon he introduced the
following words:
well, my boys, we have q clear sky
and are making fine Roadway over o
smooth sea before a light breeze. and
we shall soon lose sight Of land. But
what means this sudden lowering Oa
the heavens and that dark cloud rising
from the western horizonf Harki
Don't you hear the distant thunder
Don't you see those Hastings Of light
nlng1 There Is a storm gathering
Every man to his dutyi How the
waves rise and dash against the ship
Tho air IL dark The tempest RACES
Our masts are gone! The ship Il on
her beam endsi What neTtf'
The hands Of every sailor were grip
ping the pews in front of them. and Q
wild excitement was In their eyes
And when the preacher reached tbs
climax Of his dramatic speech they
sprang to their feet in a body and
shouted, 'gTake to the longboatP'
The Carlisle independent., 1907-08-29

if had box of cigars which would require their attention after dinner.
 Pretty soon dinner was announced, and they all jumped to their feet as though they had stepped on third rail.
 I believe in being thrifty, but the way some of those people saved up their hunger for dinner was too pc nurious for mine.
 l took Mrs. Hodge in and she took in my wife's dress to see if it was made over from last years.
 Young Communipaw tried hard not to reach the table first, but a plate of dill pickles caught his eye and he won from old man Hodge by an arm.
 The first round was oyster cocktails and everybody drew cards.
 This was Ollie's maiden attempt at making oyster cocktails, and she had original ideas about them, which con- sisted of salad oil instead of tomato catsup.
 The salad oil come from Italy, so the oysters were extremely foreign in taste
 After eating his cocktail Riley Hatch began to turn pale, and politely inquired if we raised our own oy- sters.
 But just then little Cutey Coyne up- set glass of water and changed the subject and the complexion of the tablecloth.
 The next round was mock-turtle soup, and it made deep impression, especially on Charley Swayne, be- cause little Casanova Golden upset her share in his lap when he least ex- pected it.
 Charlie was very nice about it, how everl
 He only swore twice, then he re- gentleman, and he did not strike the girl
 After awhile we all convinced Char lie that the laugh was on the soup, and not on him. and when the fish came on he forgot his troubles by get ting bone in his throat When Charlie began to talk like trout, old man Hodge grabbed the bread knife and begged to be allowed to carve his initials Jn somebody's wishbone
 But Joe Coyne finally pacifed him by second Helping of Bermuda onions.
 l opened third bottle of Pommery just to show I wasn't stingy.
 Then came the Thanksgiving tur- key, and this is where that cook of ours won the blue ribbon. My wife had told her to. stuff it with chestnuts, but Ollie thought chest nuts too much of an old joke, so she stuffed it with peanut brittle. Ollie had noticed some other things about the kitchen which looked lone some, so she decided to put them in the turkey, too.
 One of these was the corkscrew
 When I went to carve the turkey, found horseshoe which Ollie had put in for luck. It made my wife extremely nervous to see the can opener, pair of scis-
The Carlisle independent., 1907-08-29
"OIiie." 1"

Don't you see how our little plates of soup will draw compound interest if we invite the right people?'
 My wife is a friend of mine, so l refused to quarrel with her.
 All right, my dear" I said, but you must give the dinner one week before Thanksgiving"
 One week before Thanksgiving my wife reechoed. And why, pray?"
 Because this will give our guests a chance to recover. from your cook ing before the real day of prayer comes around, and by that time they will begin to think about you with kindness, perhaps
 My wife stung me with her cruel where tae new cook was breaking lot of our best dishes which did not appeal to her.
 The name of this new cook was Ollie.
 When Ollie came to the house to get a job, my wife asked her for her recommendations
 Ollie said that her face was her only recommendation; but that she was out late the night before and broke her recommendation just above the chin.
 Anyway, my wife engaged her. be- cause what good is a healthy appe tite when the kitchen is empty?
 Ollie said that she was a frst-class cook, but when we dared her to prove it she forgot my wife was lady and threw the coal scuttle at her
 A day or two after Ollie arrived determined to find out what merit there was in a vegetarian diet
 All right" l said to the cook, after the last plate of hash with all it's fond memories had disappeared, this house is going on diet for a few days, and henceforth we are all vegetarians. in- cluding the dog. Please govern your self accordingly
 Ollie smiled and whispered that vegetarianisms was where she lived
 Ollie said she could cook vegetables so artistically that the palate would believe them to be filet Mignon, with Pommery sauce. and then she start ed in to fool the beef trust and put all the butchers out of business
 But let's go back to that Thanksgiv- ing dinner.
 My wife invited Mir and Mrs. Will liam T. Hodge, Joe Coyne and his wife and their daughter, Cuticura: Mir and Mrs. Frank Doane and their son, Communipaw; Mr and Mrs. Jack Golden and their niece Casano- va, and Mir and Mrs. Riley Hatch
 Charlie Swayne was referee.
 My wife was so worried about the cook that before dinner time arrived she had an attack of nervous post ponement.
 As a matter of fact, we were both in fear and trembling that Ollie would send a tomato salad from the kitchen and before it reached the table it would become chop suey.
 Anyway, the guests arrived prompt ly and I could see from their faces that they would fight the dinner to a finish.
 The ladies began to chat pleasantly while they sized up our furniture out of the corners of their eyes, and the nen glanced carelessly around to see
The Carlisle independent., 1907-08-29
.Tobr, Henry
 or o Q ks'
By George v. HOb0rf
Copyright, 1906, by G. ". Dillingham; Co.)

When my wife made the sugges- tion that We should give a Thanksgiv- ing dinner to our friends in the neigh borhood it almost put me to the ropes
 You know I'm not much on the so- eial gag, and to have to sit up and make good-natured faces at a lot of strangers gives me intermittent pains in the neck.
 Why should we give them a din- ner?" asked my wife. Aren't most Of them getting good wages, and why should We kill the fatted calf for a lot of homemade prodigals?" ?"
 John, don't be so selfish!" was my wifes get-back. There's a long win ter ahead of us, and when We give our dinner to seven people that means seven people to give us seven dinners.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-08-29

sors and nine clothes pins come out of that turkey, but Jack Golden said that their last cook tried to stuff their turkey with the garden hose, so my wife felt better
 The next round was some salad which Ollie had dressed in the kitch- en, but the dress was such bad fit that nobody could look at it without blushing.
 Then we had some homemade ice cream for dessert.
 The ice was very good. hut Ollie forgot to add the cream, so it tasted rather insipid.
 Every time there was a lull in the conversation. Charlie Swayne kept yelling for a Bronx cocktail. and the only thing that kept him from get ting it was the fact that Riley Hatch wanted to tell the story of his life.
 Anyway, the dinner came to fin. ish without anybody fainting, and the guests went home little hungry but imprisoned.
 The next morning my wife spoke bitterly to Ollie, and she left us, fol lowed by the Thanksgiving prayers of all those present.
 The only thing about the house that loved Ollie was pair of earrings be. longing to my wife, and they went with her
The Carlisle independent., 1907-08-29

A Misfit Bargain. A misfit bargain isn't fit for any thing.
The Brinkley argus., 1907-11-22
KEEvIL NEWS.

Alco Hall was absent last week on cc0urt of his wife's oAd health. So
The Brinkley argus., 1907-11-22
For the Laboring Mans
 Reflection.

It is often times the case that men of ordinary intelligence pick up the saloonlsts arguments and endeavor to show how the whiskey and beer busi- ness is a great hell" (?) 10 the poor laboring man because Of the employ nent that the making of the stuff gives to men.
 The absolute amount of labor re- quired in making booze will astonish those who indulge in such foolish argu- ment.
 Take the statistical report on the amount of labor in various commodi- ties.
 f a laooring man buys sloo worth of boots and shoes. he buys $2o 7l of labor.
 In buying Sloo worth of furniture he buys S23.77 of labor.
 In every Sloo worth Of hardware he buys S24.i7 of labor.
 In every S1oo worth of clothing he buys 5l7.42 of labor.
 In every Sloo worth of cotton he buys Sl6.9l of labor
 In every $l00 worth of men's fur nishing goods he buys $l8.34 of labor.
 In every Sloo worth of vorsted goods he buys Sl3.55 of labor.
 In every Sloo worth of woolen goods he buys Sl2.85 of labor.
 in every $loo worth of liquor he buys $l23 Of labor.
 II the laboring men spend $500 for fs-aIta-. hardware. clothing, cotton, yorsted and wolen goods and mems furnishing goods, they contribute Sl474e t labor, and at the same time that they bring valuable supplies to their families. they stimulate busi- ness and add 10 the demand for labor.
 If the $500 is spent in the salooa. only S9.a4 goes for labor the faGni- lies are,made wretched and the men themselves made worse, physically financially, and morally, their jobs are imperiled. and they have wasted lheil money. Liquor is labor's wors enemy.