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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Restaurant and delicatessen. $500; located
on Central ave.; rent only $50 per month
fine large room. This place is worth twice
the money asked; fine place for man and
wife. LEAHY g. SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

furnished free OF
charge to look
phone Elk. 95.
SUNBRIGHTS
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Cigar stand located in central part Of city:
cheap rent; years lease; clearing over SIPS
per month; party has other large interests
and must sell this fine proposition; can b
bought for $500 If taken at once. Sole agents
LEAHY G. SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Saloon and hotel. guarantees TO clear over
Sll,UUO yearly: this Is the finest proposition
ever put before the Los Angeles publlc'
books open for inspection to parties meaning
business; price $4,000. Sole agents. LEAtll
q SON.
An exceptionally we'll located cigar stanu
worth S1OO, can be bought Moiday for SSv0
lEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Grocery and hardware, located in beautiful
town about miles from Los Angeles, doing
a business of $40 per day; rent only s2O
month; will invoice about $1,000. VIII con-
slider exchange for good real estate. LEAHY
& SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Restaurant and delicatessen, $3.50; located at
one Of the best beaches around Los Ange-
les; cheap rent; doing business of S35 to $40
per day; fine Face for man and wife. LEAHY
& SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

An Incorporated manufacturing company
offers for sale few hundred shares of their
stock also their manufactured products
amounting to $500. an the transfer Of
nearly 1000 customers; clearing over $500 a
month; $4,000 will buy this or will exchange
for ranch or city property. LEAHY & son.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Fish and meat market located at the best
beach around Los Angeles: doing business
Of over $40 per day; Fixtures alone worth
$1,000; rent only SIS; party has good reasons
for selling this fine place; must be sacrificed
tor $3.50. LEAHY &c SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Delicatessen. restaurant and light grocery
$3.50; doing nice clean business; furnished
living rooms; rent only $50 per month: good
long lease; I. is we consider the best buy or
cur books Act quick. LEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-08-06

Bicycle business doing a large cash bust.
towns in California: this is a bona fide pro-
position and must be seen to be appreciated;
price only for a few days $500. See LEAHY
G. SON.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20

United States Senator" said the COM
mittees spokesman. Wont you go In
and make speeeh?'
Tell them 1 want to meet them per-
sonally." said Simon. 4 feel a speech
will not express how grateful / feel"
This was Guggenheim's way of avoid
ing an attempt at speechmaking. How
ever. he does not intend to sit silent in
the Senate Of the United States.
VIII Get Out of Trusts.
Concerning his connection with the
smelter trust, Mr.. Guggenheim says:
There are different kinds of trusts.
Some are good and some are bad. The
smelter trust is one of the good ones.
We treat our employees well; we deal fair
ly by the people. The smelter trust IS
not hateddike the Standard oil and some
others, because it does not practice Op-
pressive methods. Aside from that. when
take my seat in the Senate. I will not
be n smeiter trust nor any other kind
Of a trust man. I intend to divorce
myself from business and give up twelve
months in each year toward advancing
the interests Of the State Of Colorado and
the United States"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
REMEMBERS ALL HE MEETS
Congressman Curtis Knows Nearly
Every One of His Constituents.
How He Manages 10 Keep People in
Mind-His Systematic Method of
TransactIng Business.

Congressman Charles Curtis, who has
been named by the Republican caucus
Of the legislature 10 succeed Joseph r.
Burton in the United States Senate, has
had a career out Of the ordinary. Not
the least interesting thing about him is
that he has Indian blood in his veins, says
the New York sun.
When twenty-four he held MS first
Office. prosecuting attorney Of Shawnee
County. In 1890. ten years after his ad-
mission to the bar. he was candidate for
Congress and lost. Two years later he
tried again and won II is said he shook
hands with 50.o00 men in that campaign
and remembers to this day the name Of
the lower House
Yes. I know most Of my constituents, -
Curtis has said. and have always made
Il a point 10 do so One day / was in the
home town Of a State Senator in the
Fourth district and he took me around
TO introduce me to some of the men in
the town. It's a fact that he'd forgotten
the names Of some Of the men he'd lived
near for twenty years and I had TO tell
him who they were He enjoyed IL and
so did his friends.
when I meet man 7 put him and
some particular instance together. The
next time I lay eyes on him I can call
his name and tell the circumstances OF
the meeting. I don't forget faces or
names"
Another title this Congressman and fu-
ture Senator has earned is The Letter
Writer" I never fail TO answer a let
ter" he said. sitting at his desk. Here
l.
answered and the other for the mail that
has been answered and is 10 receive
further attenti0n-some matters TO be
looked up in a department, for instance.
IF a man makes a request that can't
be fulfilled / tell him so II he has any
chance. I write him and then go 10 work
for him IN my campaign for nOmina-
ton two years ago I wrote 10000 letters.
I suppose. It's work, of course. lots OF
H. and it's still not so much as is re-
quired in Washington Many a night
my sister and I are at work until y
O'Clock. \ good secretary and good clerks
make it possible.
This is my pension docket" and he
drew out q worn. tatteTed book that
looked like a city directory in manu-
script. Here all of my pension appli-
cants are gistered-thousands Of them.
There are more than 5000 on this docket
now. There's the printed form-name.
number Of claim. company and regiment,
and last. condition of claim; that IS,
whether it has been granted, rejected, or
is still under investigation. It's all sys-
tenn. so far as ]. am concerned
Il enjoy hunting and fishing more than
any other recreation. but since 1892, ex-
cepting a couple Of weeks. 1 haven't been
near FISH rod or gun. And in my old
days I was what they now call a base
ball fan, and-do you remember Goldsby' s
Golden Giants?-thats what Topeka
called It's Western League team when
il won the pennant. and it was 4 good
name so far as some Topeka men I knew
are concerned. There were many sub
scriptions 10 keep that team together,
but il was fun.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
MR.. CONTIGUOUS RECORD.
His Career as National Chairman
Free from Suspicion.

Prom the Philadelphia Press.
The Implication is that as chairman OF
the national committee he (Mr. CortelyoW
was brought into association with special
financial interests But this is not true.
The work Of securing contributions de-
volved entirely upon others. He was
solely the administrative officer. and as
such his methods removed him not only
from temptation but from suspicion He
introduced a new style of management
When he was designated as chairman
there were many misgivings among the
trained politicians. He did not belong TO
their school. He lacked their kind OF ex-
perience. But without pretension he
studied the results TO be attained and
the direct, rational way Of attaining
them. He made little noise. but he ap-
piled straight business methods 10
straight purposes. The campaign was
clean, sensible and effective, and the
success of its less expensive measures
opened the eyes OF those who were ac-
customed to more SNOWY and demonstra-
tive performances.
The canvass left Mr. Cortelyou with in
creased public respect, both for his ability
and his strength Of character. 1t was a
departure from the old style, which had
become too exhausting, and 1t established
what is likely 20 be much nearer the
model hereafter. Mr.. COrtelyOu returned
10 the Cabinet, as was expected, and mas
admittedly made a capable. efficient, and
progressive Postmaster General. He has
proved himself fully equal to the remark
able succession Of places he has held. and
there is every reason TO believe that this
record will not be broken when be hd-
vances to the Treasury.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
STUBS HAD TO WAIT.
Hartman Told Him HIS Salary Went
on Just the Same.

From the New York SGn.
J. c. Stubs, who Is expected 20 be one
OF the important witnesses in the Inter
state Commerce Commissions investiga-
ton into the Hartman lines. IS traffic di-
rector of the UniCn Pacific and the South
ern Pacific, and Is accounted one Of the
most prominent railroad men in Chicago.
Mr.. Hartman. it is known. relies upon
his judgment in traffic matters almost i'm
plicitly. Mr.. Stubs arrived in this city
from Chicago one morning not long ago
and had planned, after transaction Of
business with his chief. 10 return on an
afternoon train. But Mr. Hartman was
busy and kept the traffic director waiting
and fdgeting about the outer Office.
Eventually, train time approaching he
sent In 20 Mr.. Hartman TO request an i'm
mediate interview. The response was inn
mediate, Mr. Hartman throwing open the
door and shouting at the top Of his voice:
"Sit down. Stubs. and wait till I get
ready 10 see you. Your salary goes on
just the same whether you're in Chicago
or New York
Mr.. Stubs went back and sat down
and did not appear at all disconnected.
He probably knows" said the man who
told the story that more prominent men
than he in the financial world have &C
cuStOmed themselves TO just such treat
ment"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
WHEN TIME FLIES.
Telephone Users Prone to Employ
Liberal ExaggeratiOn.


From the Kansas City Journal
It's a funny thing" said the telephone
operator. how fast some people think
TINE flies while they're using the tele-
phone. II they have to wait fifteen
seconds for an answer from central they
think it's two minutes. II they wait
twenty seconds it's five minutes. Any
thing over that is a quarter OF an hour.
7 never heard a subscriber kick about
slow service yet that didn't say he'd
been waiting at least two minutes. That
seems to be the minimum. AS matter
Of fact, If anybody did have TO wait
two minutes he'd have smashed the in
strument and rushed over to interview
the manager. I don't believe there S
anything in the world that makes peo-
pie so impatient as using the phone
Probably it's because it saves them so
much time anyway that they think 1t
ought not to take any time at ali.
Sometimes when a subscriber says he S
been ringing for ten minutes | wish the
company would attach watch with a
good big second hand on 1t 10 every tele-
phone instrument Then some of these
kickers would have chance TO see just
how short a time their ten minutes
really is"
IF the company did that you'd have
more kicks than ever, said her nearer.
Time never goes so slowly as when
you're watching the clock, you know"
Not much, declared the operator. We
couldn't have more. And. anyway, they
wouldn't be such senseless exaggerations
Of time as people complain about now
adays. 1t would do some people I know
good to discover that twenty seconds
doesn't make five minutes by the phone
any more than 1t does by the clock
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
LOW SALARIES IN OLD DAYS.
Facts Dug Up by an Antiquarian
student of Pay Rolls.
From The New York Press

From the New OK Press
Columbus, said an antiquaTy Of Chi
cago, got a salary of $50 a year-iess
than a dollar a day His captains got $3.50
a year apiece. His crew got So a month.
To equip the expedition that discovered
America cost $500. The total cost OF
discovering America was $500
Lawyers nowadays, especially corpora
ton lawyers, think nothing of earning
million year. In the reign of Edward
" a baronet entered in his diurnal or
diary;
Paid to ROgert Fylpott learned IN
the law. for his counsel. shillings. with
pence for his dinner
Ministers often make to-day $4,000 or
$4,000 a year The late DR.. Talmage made
eco. Yet John Knox got only 500 4
year or 81 n week. and that was a dollar
more a week than Scottish judges got
Small salaries those" concluded the
antiquaTy, but We must remember that
in that epoch there were no trusts to in
fate prices. and dollar went a long
way In fact, a Christmas dinner for
family of six would have cost In John
Knoxs time-for the turkey, 10 cents;
cranberry sauce, 2 cents; potatoes. cent;
turnips. / cent; celery, l cent; plum pud-
ding. , cents-total Il cents or less than
cents a head.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
Technical Terms

Prom Har)ers Weekly.
The Sunday school lesson had been On
Moses. and when the time for summing
up came the teacher asked: What was
it that Moses received on the mountain?"
A nice little boy confidently answered:
"a pill"
"a pill?" repeated the bewildered
teacher What kind of a pill. Tommy?"
"Oh, very hard pill a stone pill. 3"
was the reply.
Then suddenly understanding came TO
the teacher. for she remembered that
Tonpny's father was a druggist, ana also
that she had told the children that Moses
had received a stone tablet
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
GLORY OF WINTER.

What joy to face the sting Of The air to feel
The hard and hale and nearly and blffeting air
To meet the rlsh Of the rollicking winds s-reel
To call 70 the cold in his caves and Ting him a
dare!
Shout loud to the spirit of snow and challenge him
forth.
Beg Of the sloet 70 bite and the frost 20 be bold
Hail to the winds Of Winter come down from the
North
Thrill body and nerve and brain With the sting
q the cold
Battle al thy being deep in the stream Of the storn
And drink long draughts. lungfuH Of its free
flung food.
Til eveE vein IS aglow and throbbing and warm
Thrilled through and through with the health Of
the lcaping blood
SO bathe thy soul in the JOY OF unfolding strife
bitter cordial 10 sweeten the taste Of life
Curtis Hidden Page in Appleton'S
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
Is the levy AsslmiIahIer

Burton J. Hendrick. in McClures.
OF the material prosperity of the Rus
sian Jew there can be no question. He
Will never crowd our almshouses. nor be
a serious drain upon private charity. But
is he assimilable? Has he In himself the
stuff of which Americans are made? One
point in his favor must be at once set
down: his enthusiasm for America knows
no bounds. He eagerly looks forward TO
the time when he can be naturalized. An
alien Jew legally entitled to citizenship IS
a rarity. He has no allegiance to for
swear, and he cannot return to Russia
The rapidity with which the New York
Jew adopts the manners and trappings
of Americans almost disproves his ancient
heritage as a peculiar people He objects
to being regarded as a thing apart and
goes to extremes to make himself like the
native born,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
PUBLICITY BUREAUS.
How the Railroads Tried to Infu-
ence Popular Sentiment.


Samuel Merwin in Success Magazine.
The Peoples Lobby viii establish a pub
licity bureau In Washington and prefer
its services to every newspaper in the
United States Corporations maintain at
Washington many publicity bureaus,
whose business is to faint and corrupt
public opinion. A year ago. when the
railroad-rate bill was under discussion at
Washington, the railroads maintained in
Washington a publicity bureau on a scale
Of lavishness hitherto unknown. The con-
nectlon Of this bureau with the railroads
was OF course. kept secret Communica-
tons between the railroad presidents and
attorneys and this bureau were made in
cipher.
It was the business Of this bureau to
get up a weekly. a semi-wcekly. and.
sometimes, a daily Washington letter
This letter would be sent to thousands Of
newspapers all over the United States.
There are a great many newspapers not
financially able 10 maintain a Washing
ton bureau-in fact, there are only from
three to FIVE hundred papers IN the United
States which are wealthy enough 10 main
tain Washington correspondents. Never
NlltASSns t4ltot bAl4NA kt'ifCt'f RNAb-foit'I III
smaller towns. are very anxious to have
Washington news. and so they accept
these letters. which were sent TO them
free Of charge by the publicity bureau Of
the railroads.
These letters were very cunningly de-
vised. The first paragraph would be an
amusing anecdOte about Congressman X
The second paragraph would be a very
entertaining one about the new mastodon
skeleton IN the Smithsonian Institution.
Then. I'm the third paragraph. there would
be a very nasty slur on the President Of
the United States. Then there would be
another innocent paragraph which would
be supposed 10 recOmpcnsc the railroads
for the hundreds Of thousands OF dollars
which they paid to maintain this bureau.
This doctrine paragraph would point
out that any attempt TO regulate railroad
rates would be a very great mistake and
would lead % an kinds Of ruin and panic.
That is what the railroads were paying
for. They were hoping TO influence public
opinion against railroad-rate regulation
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
The Judge Understood.

From the Boston Herald.
The late Judge Pettingill, of the Maiden
district court concealed under an appar-
emily stern exterior a kind heart, and
nothing touched him so quickly as an
unintentional witticism. especially if it
were at the expense of the court.
One day a prisoner, arTaigned before
him for drunkenness and still under the
influence of liquor. pleaded as hard as he
could TO be placed on probation.
why should I place YOU on probation ?''
said the judge, sternly. Why, you're
drunk now.
No I'm not. your honor" said the
poor prisoner. earnestly: I'm as sober as
d Judge
He was placed on probation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
THE ACROBATIC GIANT.

The giant job Bamboozelum
Put on his coat Of mail
And from his castle. Foozelum.
Armed with a great pistoozelum,
Likewise a keen knifeoUzclum
Went forth 10 slash and kill.
He slew a fierce hyenazick.
And crippled a gazaw;
He smote a gray popGlistick,
Smashed a huge Octupusick.
Stuck a monster snoozordick
And felled a man Of straw.
The giant Jch BamboOzelum
Scrlnched scouadrels hip and thigh
He chewed up logs and limbs and leaves,
TOUCHED up rocks. gnawed down trees.
SHafchCd at loans and walked on fees.
And spat concentrated lye.
This giant job Bamboozelum.
Though bold and brave. fcrsooth.
FLASHED his dire dirkoozelum.
TTiggeTed his big pisto0zelum.
And reared like old bulloozelJm,
And thus he lodged the truth.
Dallas News.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
Natural History at the Zoo

The three-year-old daughter of Thomas
L. McEneany, of the Third division. Gov
eminent Printing Office, visited the Zoo
in company with her grandfather. She is
a bright little miss. and during the trip
contributed her full share of the unwrit-
ten literature Of natural history. Her
study of the elephant was especially care
full. and finally as he reached out and
slowly lifted a big mouthful Of hay, she
exclaimed:
Grandpa. the elephant has only one
hand, and it's on his head"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
In Their own Coin.
From Harper's Weekly.

HUM HHTIlSf WtthIY.
One day two ladies hired a cab and
paid the driver his dollar for their ride
with the following coins; 4 25-cent
piece, three dimes. five scent pieces, a
Scent piece, two 2-cent pieces, and
thirteen pennies
After looking at the miscellany for a
moment, the driver smiled broadly, and
asked, whimsically: Wen, we'll now,
and how long have you been saving up
for this nice little treat to-day?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
GOOD CORN BREAD IS RARE
True Article Made Only Of Meal
Ground in Old Way.
Best Is Made in Tennessee, but Out
Method OF Making Meal.

From the Nashville American.
The best corn meal in the world is made
in Tennessee-though the output IS limit
ed and not much Of 1t reaches the market
whore urbanltes dwell The steam buhr-
stone has driven the watermnl almost INTO
desuetude only to be IN turn crowded out
by the modern roller mill. The ancient
water min still fingers in remote sections
and mountain Businesses where clear wa
tiers How through pebbly channels in syI-
van shades.
More than one of these ideal mills may
be found on Fighting Creek. in Sewer
County. under the shadows OF the Big
Smoky and near unto Sugarland region.
where the untaxed juice of the corn flows
from modest and retiring stills. There
are many such mills in the Unaka region
and In various sections Of Middle Ten
nessee. where the whitening blight Of
modern civilization. with its canned goods
and packing house meats. has not yet
penetrated and where one may
Listen TO the water mil
/. Through the LIFELONG day.
While the clicking Of lis wheel
Wears The weary hours away
But they don't bring the meal TO town.
The town-raised persons taste is too Wit
lated TO appreciate it, When he eats
corn bread at all with his oIeomargarine
Of canned soup he wants the roller-mill
product, which suggested the idea Of saw
dust breakfast food to a Battle Creek
Yankee. The right sort of corn bread is
made from meal ground on a slow-run-
ming water mill from corn that has been
wei dried. the little end OF the ear shelled
of for the chickens or pigs. the rotten
grains carefully eliminated and the corn
run through a fan mill
Before being made into bread the meal
is sifted through a wire sieve or sitter.
the meshes of which are not too fine
Then if good bread is not produced II is
the fault of the cook. The use OF sugar
in making any form of corn bread should
be made a felony. There is as much diff
ference between bread from properly
ground meal and the common meal of
commerce as there is between a Smith
field ham and packing house ham.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
GRANTS EARLY DAYS
Made Love to a Pretty Girl
Down in Louisiana.
DIDN'T THINK HIM a CATCH

Many HandsOner Men Than the
Young Lieutenant, Says Mrs. Jerry
Sullivan, Who Isn't at All Sorry
She Missed White House-Married
Carpenter-Smarter Than Grant.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
AS TELLER OF TALES
Boston Woman Finds a New
Employment.
REvIvEs AN ANCIENT ART

Miss sara c. Bryant Enterfains Chill
dren with stories and ExDOunds
the Theory OF Her CnIIing-LiftIc
Ones Fond of Stories, Which Way
Be Given a Real Educational Value.