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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-26
Asks $3.50 for Paving

Chief of Police Kern has asked the
council to pay $3.50 out of the general
fund for paving in front of the Uni
versity police station on Jefferson
street and in front of city lots at FRS
and Chicago streets.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-26

nous by the request of the Angelenos.
More than fifty delegates attended,
there being about 300 others represent
ed by proxies.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-26
Councilman Wallace TaIks

Councilman A. ]. Wallace delivered
an address before the colored Republic
cans last night at Central avenue and
Washington street
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-26
SENATOR CARTWRIGHT TO
SPEND THREE DAYS HERE

Senator j.. w. Cartwright of Fresno
sends word that when he comes to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
worst of All.

Mr.. Lane, Mr.. Hobart and Mr.. Meek
had been of fishing the day before.
They had gone unexpectedly, from the
post office where they met, and neither
Mrs Lane, Mrs. Hobart nor Mrs. Meek
had been informed Of their where
abouts until nightfall. and it did
beat all what poor luck we'd had!" said
Mr.. Lane, when the three friends met
the next day.
81 tried to explain to Sadie that
we KEEP staying in the hopes of fetching
home something that would show why
we'd stayed, but she said we'd acted
like a parcel o. yearlings, and it would
be one while before she'd have a hot
apple pie for my dinner again, and
dumplings. She ran me uphill and
down, tell ye"
Maria spoke of my Clothes" said
Mr. Hobart, forlornly. "She pointed
out the way the dampness had cOckled
that coat had on. She said 'twouldn't
ever be the same again, and If 1 knew
of anybody that was going to spend
summer days heating great irons and
pressing out clothes for a man like me,
she didnt!''
''Marthy never said a word" said
Mr.. Meek, as the other two men turned
to him, but as they remarked with one
accord, That's the kind of wife to
have!' Mr. Meek looked much de-
pressed.
'"The only trouble u.s." he added, "she
hasn't spoken yet, and 1 don't know
when she WILL"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
FULL OF POWER AND FULL OF GRIT.

was cOntOrted into the shape necessary
for emitting the college yell with which
his ears had been affronted for the last
few days.
The Americans got off first. Their
start was absolutely faultless, their
strokes short and powerful, and not a
fraction of a seconds difference be-
tween their blades. Leander for the
first few strokes were ragged Then
they settled down to their long, easy
swing, and the shell lifted under them
like living thing.
But the Americans gained on them
yard by yard. In a few seconds, it
seemed to Godfrey, first their. stroke,
then their cox was on a level with
them. Then the canvas and rudder slid
past, and there was nothing to do but
to put everything out OF his mind but
his oar
He felt as If he could row from Hen
ley to London at that pace, and when
stroke quickened he still felt the same.
He got over the period Of distress, and
was stronger than ever. There was
nothing I'm the world but his oar and
the back Of No. 2. And so they rowed
on, stroke after stroke.
Then doubt began to wake In his
mind. He took a momentary glance to
the right. There was no glimpse of the
other boat, and, surely, the confused,
continuous roar into which they were
rowing had already a note Of triumph,
and triumph not for them.
They had reached the housboats now,
and, oh, joy! there was a ripple to the
right He did not dare to shift his eye,
but there was the rudder coming back
to them. He had not known until that
moment what lot he still had In him.
The shouts were deafening, and seem
ed made up entirely of that grotesque
college yell. But there was only one
American houseboat just here-the Van
Troops. He could not have denied him.
self that one glance If the race had de
pended on it.
The American flags with which the
houseboat was draped seemed to hit
him in the face. But there was one
little glimpse of cerise, and one voice
was calling "Leander"
Probably, the sole eXertions Of bow
oar have never yet won a race, but
Godfrey Linden, for the few lung-split-
ting minutes that remained, felt as If
he must be pulling the boat round. Hen
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
own. Doll $50 Years old.

The oldest doll in this country now
makes her home in South Weymouth,
and is the property Of Mrs. H. Otis
Brown, says a Weymouth, Mass. spe-
cial to the Philadelphia Record. She
bears the name Of Mehitable Hodges.
and is known to be $50 years old. She
was brought from France to Salem in
1924 by Capt. Hodges for his little
daughter, probably Antiss, on his re-
turn from a voyage to Canton, China.
The doll is arrayed in her original
costume Of pale silk, fashioned after
the style Of Louis XIV, and is perfect
In every detail, the silk retaining it's
color after a lapse Of nearly two GEN.
turtles. A large handkerchief in which
the doll is kept wrapped has the init
ials n. H" embroidered In a cross
stitch Of human hair in one corner.
probably indicating Hannah Hodges.
Mehitable Hodges has Travelled much.
and has been on exhibition at doll
shows at the Mechanics building, Ho-
tel Vendome and the Brunswick, Bos-
ton, besides many church fairs and
charity exhibits in New England.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18

A professor in the University of Ber-
lin, who came to this country a year
ago, was much surprised, according to
a story which President Hadley COLI
tributes to the Yale Alumni Weekly,
when he Travelled in a sleeping car, to
be asked by the porter for his berth
ticket.
"My birth ticket?" he said. at have
my passport, have my letter Of credit.
and have even in my trunk my GER
tifcate Of vaccination, but why the rail-
road should want my birth ticket I do
not see."
But said the porter, "I must know
whether you have upper or lower
berth"
Upper, of course !" said the German.
''Look at my passport. Does it not say,
Well and highly bornY"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
EAGER TO WORK.

Health Regzine8 by Right Food.
The average healthy man or woman
e usually eager to be busy at some
useful task or employment.
But let dyspepsia or indigestion get
hold Of one, and all endeavOr becomes
q burden.
"a year ago, after recovering from
an operation" writes Mich. lady, my
stomach and nerves began to give me
much trouble.
"At times my appetite was voracious,
but when INDUCED, indigestion followed.
Other times 1 had no appetite what
ever. The food took did not nourish
me and 1 grew weaker than ever.
"I lost. interest in everything and
wanted to be alone. had always had
good nerves, but now the merest tribe
would upset me and bring on a violent
headache. Walking across the room
was an effort and prescribed exercise
was out of the question.
81 had seen Grape-Nuts advertised,
but did not believe what 1 read, at
the time. At last when it seemed az
If l were literally starving, began to
eat Grape-Nuts.
Il had not been able to work for .
year, but now after two months on
Grape-Nuts ] am eager to be at work
again. Ny stomach gives me no trou-
bic now, my nerves are steady as ever
and interest in life and ambition have
cone back with the return to health.
There's q Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full Cd
human interest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
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The horn Of a rhinocerOS is not join
ed to the bone of the head, but grows
on the skin like wart.
Inside Of twelve years New York
promises to be the largest city on the
earth. 1t is now growing more than
six times as fast as London.
A clay tablet has been found In
Crete which seems to prove conclusive
ly that the art of printing from NOV
able types was known In crude way
1000 years ago.
According to German scientist, the
center Of the earth is a core of iron
or similar material, nearly 5000 miles
in diameter, separated from the outer
stony crust, 1000 miles thick, by a
layer Of some plastic material.
To overcome the objection on the
part Of some women to high-heeled
shoes, because of their danger to weak
ankles, a Virginia woman has devised a
T-shaped piece of metal, to be inserted
in the heel Of a shoe and extending on
either side of the foot to support it.
The worlds record for a baby globe
trotter is held by Kathryn L. A. G..
Morgan, who, though only years DID,
has travelled $4,000 miles, or more
She Is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Morgan, formerly of Chi
cago, whose business interests have tax
en- him into all parts of the world.
It is said that Lord Rosebery possess
es the costlieSt collection of snuff boxes
in the world. Many Of them are solid
gold, and some are set with brilliants.
A curiously inlaid enamel snuff box
was at one time the property of Napo-
leon BOnaparte a small black box
studded with three diamonds belonged
to the eminent statesman Pitt; while
another, plainly inlaid with fine gold,
was used by Fox. Although the collec-
tion only comprises twenty-five boxes,
altogether, its estimated value is $175,-
600.
Acting on the advice of prisoner for
whom he was appearing in Dublin, d
barrister challenged four or five jury
men on the ground that they were pref
udiced against his client. When at
last the swearing Of the jury was corn
pleted, the prisoner leaned over the
dock and whispered to his advocate.
1.-The jury's all right now, Oh think, but
Oh want yez to challenge the judge
Owe been convicted under him three
tonnes already, and maybe he's begin
ming to have a prejudice agin me- =
London News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
BRITISH VIEW OF DOMINICA.
Strong Sentiment Against Annexa
ton to United States.

Strong Sentiment Against Annexa-
ton to United States.
There is unQuestionably very gen.
eral desire that an end should be made
to the existing order of things, says
a writer in the London Times. Many
intelligent Dominicans OF the CONNER
cial class would welcome annexation
to the United States, as it appears to
be the only means of securing peace
and prosperity.
Certain sections Of the people also
are tired of the perpetual strife; the
American blacks in SANTANA Bay are
30 discouraged at the hopeless out
look that, according to their leaders,
they think of returning to the United
States.
Nevertheless the feeling against an
nexation pure and simple is exceed
ingly strong among the mass Of Do
minicans, much stronger than Ameri-
can writer's on the subject appear to
realize, and 1t is extremely doubtful
whether 1t could be carried out with
out bloodshed. They have an under
lying belief in the ultimate domination
of America over the Spanish-American
countries, but they are not yet pre-
pared to relinquish their own indie
pendence.
So far as the writer could discover,
the latter are willing to cede SANTANA
Bay on terms and would not object
to being placed in the same position as
Cuba. There is a plan favored by
many government officials and COM
mercial men which proposes that the
United States should establish a suzer-
ainty over the country, guarantee the
Dominican bonds and take charge of
the customs, giving the government
the amount necessary for administra-
tive purposes, the republic to give up
SANTANA Bay and Manzanilla Bay as
sites for naval stations and to receive
in return a substantial sum In cash
and an annual payment.
Some such halfway scheme seems
to be the only practicable one at pres
ent and there is no doubt that the Do
minicians are ready to consider it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
ARAB HORSES.

They Have More Endurance than
Any Others I'm the World.
While the Arab horse cannot compete
with the English or Kentucky thorough
bred for speed, he has an endurance
which makes strain Of his blood very
valuable to even the fastest horses. In
fact, the Arab is back of all distinctive
breeds-from the thoroughbred to the
Percheron. There is no horse in the
horse in the world, his blood uncon-
taminated for centuries.
For $500 years the Arab horses have
been in the same environment, and dur
ing all that time have been Injured to
hard usage and scanty feeding, so that
as they now exist they represent
singular example Of that hard rule Of
nature, the survival Of the f1ttest. Dur
ing all their long history they have
been half starved during eight months
Of each year and not abundantly fed
or watered the other four. This in
great measure accounts for the fact
that they have not increased in height
or weight; but, Notwithstanding their
lack OF size, they are very great
weight carriers and can go Journeys
day in and day out to which no other
horses are equal AS individual horses
under the saddle, and even in the hunt
ing field, they are most excellent. Evil
dence Of this does not come from the
desert alone, but has been proved In
India. in England, and to a smaller ex-
tent in America. Lord Roberts rode
the same Arab for twenty-five years In
ali his campaigns, covering an esti-
mated distance Of $4,000 miles, report
ing himself that his charger never had
a sick day or took lame step in all
his life.
This longevity of service is one of the
Arabs chief characteristics and is in
striking contrast to the short endur-
ance Of work Of which the English
thoroughbred, which more frequently
than not finishes its career when three
years old, and If it survive through It's
fourth year is looked upon as a hardy
veteran. Why, one Of the stations re-
Gently taken to a breeding farm in
California is % years or age, ana as
free from blemishes and as full Of vi
tality as a first-class colt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
Origin of Pommes soumee.

Speaking Of the first railway in
France, a French journal points out
that it was in connection with this
event that the virtues of pommes souf-
fees were discovered. A French chef
was travelling on the new line from
Paris to st. German and was prepar-
ing in the train the banquet which
was to celebrate the opening. Just be-
fore arriving at st. German he threw
some potatoes in the boiling butter
The train, however, was delayed, an
the potatoes had to be taken out again.
When the train reStarted the potatoes
were once again put in the boiling but
ter and to every ones delight were
found, on being taken out, to be de-
liciously light and inflated. The beau.
ties OF the pomme souflee had been re.
vealed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18

grit They rowed a short stroke, but
they rowed 1t like a machine. There
was no boat on the river whose oars
entered and left the water so rhyth-
mically; the eight muscular bodies
swung to and fro as IL they were
clamped together by metal rods; it
hardly seemed possible that they were
moved by the exercise of eight sepa-
rate wills. And the boat travelled;
there was no doubt about that. Lean
der would have to do all they knew to
beat that crew; and no other boat
seemed likely to be able to.
But in a day or two the Leander
crew had shaken down and were COM
ing on wonderfully. The men were
fresh, they enjoyed their work, they
got on excellently together, and never
knew a dull or dispiriting moment in
the pleasant riverside house which they
had taken for the months training.
Henley was a holiday to them, and
although their determination to hold
the cup was as strong as that OF the
Americans TO lift it. they did not al
low the responsibility to weigh upon
them too heavily.
The Americans were a nice enough
lot, and with one of them, whose name
was Van Troop, Godfrey Linden stuck
up a friendship. That friendship in
creased greatly in warmth on Geoffrey's
side when he had seen Van Troops sis
ter. who came down with her father
once or twice to see how matters were
progressing with 1.-The boys" and by
the resplendence OF her beauty and her
attire made quite a sensation on the
river bank.
BY the time that the Van Troops had
occupied their elaborate housebOat, tax
en- from q week before the regatta, for
q couple OF days, Godfrey was so deS-
perately smitten with this charming
mixture OF pert gayety and ethereal
grace that he had to be spoken to about
It. He was given to understand that
lOvemaking and rowing did not mix
well, and that his obvious duty was to
put Miss Van Troop out OF his head
until the grand challenge cup was eth
or won or lost He was unable to take
this advice in its entirety, but he took
as much OF It as he could. He was
very careful not to be seen I'm her COM
pany more than he could help.
1t Is not possible to do more than in
dicats the progress he made In Miss
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18

degree responsible for the fits Of de-
preston to which women are so sub
ject; indeed, it may be said tx va
riety is essential to their mental well
being. A man, on the other hand,
though much better fitted physically
and mentally to combat monotony,
has much more change and variety in
his everyday life than most women.
However hard he may work, he is
not, like q woman, engaged in house
work, kept at it all the day. There is
always some part of the day which
he can call his own, when he can
work and its worries aside, and amuse
himself as he likes.
But how many domestic servants
get the opportunity of an evenings
enjoyment at the theater or some
other public place of amusement2
Some of them may, but not often.
"It is not at all surprising that girls
who have to earn their own living
are unwilling to become domestic SER
wants. 1t Is part Of the irony of fate
that while mems minds are more sta
BILE, and they can endure, day after
day, the same work and the same sur
roundings, it is not they, but women,
whose health and spirits are more east
ly affected, who have most cause to
complain Of the lack of variety in
life.
ITO sum I'D the domestic servant is
suffering from want of opportunity
and encouragement to pursue some
recreative and intellectual amusement
to counterfeit the monotony Of her
never ending round of household du-
ties"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
The Ener11y's Sister

When Godfrey Linden went to Hen
leg TO bow IN the Leander crew for
the grand challenge cup 1t was for
the last time. He was a veteran OF
g. It was six years since he had
rowed his last university race, aud
for eleven years, at Elton, at Cam
bridge, at Henley, he had the pick
Of the fun. 1t was time to retire in
favor Of younger men.
The crew came together only three
weeks before the race. They were a
me lot and they made a fine crew,
which is not always the same thing.
IF they can't beat the Americans"
said the riverside critics, nobody
can"
For an American university crew
had come over, eight deeply earnest
young men, ard one or two over, with
q cox OF diminutive size and prefer
natural wisdom, and a professional
coach armed with the most drastic
disciplinary powers. This functionary
made no secret OF his contempt for the
Leander crew when they went past on
their first evenings practice. "Why,
It's q cinchI" he said exultantly.
Boys, guess you can sleep easy to-
night That cup is ours"
Well, they were certainly q formid-
able crew, full OF power and full of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
The Crowded street.

The Crowded Street.
Let me move slowly through the street
Filled with an ever-shifting train,
Amid the sound Of steps that beat
The murmuring walks like autumn
rain.
How fast the fitting figures come
The mild, the fierce, the stony face
Some bright with thoughtless smiles, and
Where secret tears have left their
trace.
They pass to toll, to strife, to rest
To halls in which the feast Is spread
To chambers where the funeral guest
In silence sits beside the dead.
And some to happy homes repair,
Where children, pressing cheek to
cheek,
With mute caresses shall declare
The tenderness they cannot speak.
And some who walk in calmness here
Shall shudder as they reach the door
Where one who made their dwelling dear,
Its flower, it's light, is seen no more.
Youth, with pale cheek and slender frame,
And dreams of greatness in thine eye
Cost thou to build an early name,
Or early in the task to die?
Keen son of trade, with eager brow
Who is now fluttering in thy snare?
Thy golden fortunes, tower they now,
Or melt the glittering spires in air?
Who of this crowd tonight shall tread
The dance till daylight CLEAN again?
Who sorrow Ger the untimely dead?
Who writhe in throes of mortal pain
Some, famine-struck, shall think how
long
The cold, dark hours, how slow the
light;
And some, who faunt amid the throng,
Shall hide in dens of shame tonight.
Each where his tasks or pleasures call,
They pass, and heed each other not.
There is who heeds, who holds them all
In His large love and boundless
thought.
These struggling tides Of life, that seem
In maynard, aimless course to tend,
Are eddies of the mighty stream
That rolls 10 its appointed end.
William Cullen Bryant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18

Van Troops good graces. but that may
be done by the statement that he gave
her a Leander scarf, and that when he
rowed past the houseboat in the first
heat Of the grand challenge cup she
boldly Haunted 1t in one hand, although
she tempered it's effect by Haunting
the stars and stripes in the other.
The draw, as will be remembered,
brought Leander and the Americans to-
gether in the final heat Neither OF
them had had much difficulty with
their earlier antagonists. They were
far and away the best crews on the
river, and, although opinions as to
which Of them was actually the better
were divided in the same proportion as
the number OF English and American
spectators in attendance, there was
great deal Of excitement as they rowed
down to their places, and a terrific
amount Of cheering and fagwagging.
There was not hint OF Leander col
or about the Van Troops houseboat
now. 1t was almost indecently starry
and stripy. Godfrey Linden allowed
himself one glance as they swung past,
and his heart sank as he saw his adored
lady waving the star-spangled banner
In one hand and her brothers colors
in the other; while her beautiful
mouth, meant for sounds so different,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-18
MoNoToNY OF woMEN's LIVES.
Thought by Famous Specialist to BE
Conducive to Insanity.

Thought by Famous Specialist to Be
Conducive to Insanity.
Does the monotony of homework
make people who perform it especial
ly subject to mental infrmities? This
question is raised by the annual re-
port of the Middlesex, Eng, County
Asylum, which shows that of 1886 per-
sons, representing 20 trades and pro-
LESSONS, admitted to their institution,
no fewer than IA were housewives,
while 80 were domestic servants. "Un-
doubtedly that is a high percentage"
comments a famous mental specialist,
"but the figures do not surprise me in
the least.
THAT women are less able to face
monotony than men has been proved
over and over again. Moreover, the
average domestic servant is given lit
tie opportunity of taking out Of door
exercise, and as for her work-well,
I am afraid the old adage, "A wom-
ans work is never DONE is only too
true.
LACK Of relaxation is In no small