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Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-17

EYE GLASSES LOST-SOmewhere on
the streets, also gold chain aud pin
attached. Finder will please leave
at ARGUS Office. d7-tf
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-17

,toldsboro Traction Company.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09

to say about the matter, and when that
cub was called to task he explained
that as everyone in town had been at
the fire and had seen it, he didn't
think there was any use in writing
about it.
Similarly, pretty much every theater-
goer in Los Angeles must have seen
What Happened to Jones' some time
or another; so there doesn't seem to
be any particular use in writing about
that very excellent farce. There was
at least one man in the audience at
the Burbank yesterday-and he didn't
look like an actor out of work-who
knew some of the cues better than the
people on the stage, and when wait
came he prompted audibly. He sat
right behind me and I heard him do 1t.
stockbridge Plays Jones
Henry Stockbridge plays Jones IN
the current revival, and he gets enough
fun out of the character to keep you
good natured until the next time.
Willis Marks Is the professor of anat-
omy who sneaks away from home to
attend a prize fight, and whose pecca-
dillo is responsible for the ensuing
complications. Marks is funny, too.
He's merriest when he's sad. A. Byron
Beasley plays the bishop of Ballarat
and acnleNeS anotner masterpiece IN
makeup, adding largely, the while, to
the gayety of the audience.
Then, there are the ladies. Carrie
Clark Ward is the professors better
half, physically Her every appear
ance on the stage means still more
fun. Louise Royce is the maiden aunt.
whose love for the bishop is rewarded
at the last. Elsie Esmond is the de-
lectably stolid Swede servant whose
Il never seen him come in: never
seen him go out. / never seen him no.
how" is a source of additional Joy.
Blanche Hall is Cissie, who is "onto"
Jones and who finally falls in love
with him. Maule Gilbert is one of the
professors daughters and Mango Duff
fet is the other one.
Yesterday afternoon the perform
ance dragged somewhat; and there was
evident an uncertainty as to lines.
These faults, however, doubtless will
be remedied before tonight.
If YOU have never met Jones you'll
find him an exceedingly amusing chap.
If you have met him. you'll likely
enough want TO renew the acquain-
lance.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09

plication of hot water. first used by
Meacham; the smudge machines OF
Hall, Hammond and others; tho OH
pots. and the small, cheap, sheet-iron
stoves in which briquettes are burned
and which are low on the market. the
methods of protection by covering.
whether cloth or lath, should be looked
into. The question of expense Will De
termine the availability of the method.
In California the diversity of interest
is so great that no general recommen-
dalton can be given, and In each local.
ity the local foreeaster should Mt the
method to the fruit. In the Riverside,
Redlands, Cotton section the orange
naturally claims first attention; at san
Diego. both lemons and oranges; IN the
foothills of the San Joaquin, oranges
in the valleys, the raisin vines In the
spring: In the Sacramento valley, the
garden truck; in the Bay valleys, the
almonds against the late spring frosts'
and In northern California, the decidu-
GUS fruits. In all directions there Is
room for improvement. And not only
in the construction of apparatus, but In
the manner of application. Particularly
valuable are cases where apparently
effective devices fail to accomplish the
be studied and the reason for the fall
ure ascertained. This constitutes
progress.
Under the fourth heading-the use OF
our knowledge so that maximum good
may result--much of what has been
said above is applicable. AS an Illus
tration, we may instance the case OF
large number of fruit growers In Ger
tain section working together. The re-
suit was success, where individual effort
previously had not been altogether sue,
cessful. Study your community, as well
as the physical problem or the efh-
cheney of the machine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
A Mature Study

I observed that the mother of pearl
was acting differently, somehow. She
seemed to me enormously busy. Tnere
remained little or nothing of the placid
quiet which l was used to consider her
character.
A very civil molluslS hard by. re-
marking my perplexity, laughed sar-
donically.
Pardon me- quoth i, taking the
hint. but will you courteously inform
me what the mother of pearl is about 2"
why, she imagines she Is created
for something better than a mere
mothers end, and she's going in Tor
a career" he made answer.
Now. If he was to be believed. and
truly had no right to doubt him, here
was a striking exhibition of human in
telligence on the part of an animal of
the lower orders, so-called. Need |
add that I mean no disrespect?
record only what falls in my way
Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
SCHOOL BOARD
HOLDS NO ONE TO FLAME

BY Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. o., March SIN a
storm of snow and sleet Collinwood
today went on with the duty of bury
ing the victims of the Lakeview
school fire of Wednesday last. In all
seventy funerals were conducted. AS
there were not enough hearses to go
around, street cars were pressed into
service to carry the dead to the ceme-
terry. Tomorrow morning memorial
services in honor of the nineteen un-
identified dead will be held in the six
Protestant and two Catholic churches
of Collinwood.
Collinwood's school board, meeting
daily since the fire, held another ses-
sion today.
I'VE hold no one responsible for the
fire and its attendant loss of life" is
said to be the boards decision. Mean
while the town council has ordered all
schools closed until measures of safe
ty have been adopted.
In Cleveland thtrty-four rooms in
public school buildings summarily will
be closed tomorrow and will remain
closed until repairs have been made.
Fifteen hundred children are affected
by the order.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
MINSTREL MEN AT
THE LOS ANGELES

HERY much like one of the good.
" old-fashioned' minstrel shows is
the performance of Gorton's min
strels, which opened an engagement for
the week at the Los Angeles theater
last night. 1t is constructed along the
old Legitimate" lines and with the ira
ditional staging. The company is ex-
clusively masculine, well trained and.
In Sam Lee and Jake Welby, has two
real black-face comedians. Their
work was amplified by c. c. Pearl, the
interlocutor, who Is genuine mirth-
pilot.
The minstrel first part includes good
ballots by Lansing Briggs and VIII
liam Frank; plantation melodies by
the Queen City quartet and a num-
Der of coon" songs by the comedians.
In the last named Sam Lee made a
great success of the song Brother
Noah Gave Out Checks for Rain
Some of the good old gags that were
familiar to most of the audience were
made new by surprising changes in
the usual final answer. And there
were many new ones.
The olio includes Welby, Pearl and
Lee in laughing farce; monologue
at high speed by Sam Lee; Fogg and
slack wire performer, who contributes
the best individual act in the pro-
gram. and the dancing sailors. by
the entire company.
The audience at the opening per-
Torrance was discriminative, but
found much in the show to furnish
distraction from the usual run of the
atricals. The compan deserved the
many encores received.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
RAILROAD PRESIDENT "HoPES
MEN WILL MAKE SACRIFICE"

BY Associat- Press.
BOSTON, March Sat a secret
meeting today of representatives of
the various brotherhoods of trainmen
and lodges of railway conductors of the
Boston & Maine system, called to
discuss the proposition of temporary
reduction of per cent in wages. a
letter addressed to the conductors,
trainmen and firemen, by President
Tuttle, was presented. The letter
says:
II regret to say that the outlook for
the future gives no indication of i'm
provemept. I feel sure that you on
careful cons. leration of this matter
as I am presenting it to you practical
ly every one concerned will agree to
make the small temporary sacrifice in
wages that 1 have suggested as being
absolutely necessary and unavoidable"
Following the meeting it was an
nounced that no vote was taken.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
WESTLAKF AVENUE COTTAGE
is DESTROYED BY FLAMES
Man Fires Pistol to Attract Attention
and Sleeping Woman is Res
cued Just Before Roof
Caves In

The four-room frame cottage of
Sherman Montgomery, negro, at ASP
North Westlake avenue, was totally
destroyed by fire of an unknown origin
at midnight last night.
Mrs. Montgomery was asleep alone
in the house at the time and when the
fire was discovered the roof and rear
portion of the building were in full
flame.
a number of shots were fired by
neighbor to attract attention. and Ser
geant Mcdowell and two other men
broke down the doors and rescued the
woman just before the roof fell In.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 on the
building and contents, with insurance
At s1200
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
BATTLE CREEK, MICH, is
THREATENED BY A FLOOD
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
DETROIT, March S.-Flood condi-
tions were in no sense improved to-
day in the districts around Monroe,
Albion and Battle Creek. In the last
named city they are growing rapidly
worse. In Grand Rapids the crest of
the flood in the Grand river is not ex-
pected until Wednesday.
In Battle Creek tonight 1000 houses
are surrounded by water and the
United Congregational church has been
put to use as shelter for homeless
families.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
BELOW ZERO WEATHER
PREVAILS IN NORTHWEST
E,' Associated laress.

SIT. PAUL. Mimi, March Sex
tremely cold weather prevailed
throughout the northwest last night
and today the warmest place in this
region being st. Paul. where the tenn
perature was degrees below zero this
morning at o'clock.
Throughout North Dakota at that
hour the temperature ranged from 4
to 2e below The crest of the cold
wave extended from South Dakota to
Winnipeg
The temperature rose slowly during
the daN
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
Knew Their Man

certain Minneapolis Wholesale house receiy-
ed the following message from one OF their
travelling statesmen In South Dakota;
Deadwood. South Dakota, 12-2-oL
S. & Co, Minneapolis Mimi.
Showing hard snow plows stalled; good nero
for week. Wire funds and instructions
q. S.
The manager Immediately replied:
Minneapolis. Mimi. 12-2-O'
G. s. Deadwood. South Dakota:
Telegram received. Hundred uegraphed YOU
Lose no time; play poker. remit winnings TO
house B, manager.
-Hsrper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
san Diego Defeats Oakland

u NHsOCIdItu fIts5'
San DIEGO March S.--The Oakland
Pacific Coast league team made it's
first appearance of the season here to-
day, meeting defeat at the hands of the
san Diego team by the score of IS to 2.
Oakland used three pitchers, all of
whom We're hit freely. StoYal allowed
Oakland but three hits
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice of stockholders Meeting


To the Stockholders of the Pacific Light
and Power Company: You will please take
notice that the annual meeting of the
stockholders OF the Pacific Light and Power
company will be held at the office of the
company. ga Pacific Electric building m
the city of Los Angeles, county OF Los
Angeles, state Of California. on Thursday
the 10th day of March. 1908, at Q O'clock
a. m. for the purpose OF electing directors
of said corporation for the ensuing year.
and for the transaction OF such other bust
as may properly come before the
meeting
The stock transfer books Of tho COMPANY
will be closed on Monday, the 9th day Of
March. 1908. at o'clock D. m, and will
remain closed until Friday. the goth day Of
March. 1908, at 10 o'clock a. m
BY order Of the board of directors
CHAS. FORMAN.
Secretary Pacific Light and Power Co
Los Angeles. Cal. March Q. 1908.
Observation-Disclosures 16t
treasury Department oifce q fiSs super:
vising Architect, Washington. d. c.. Febru-
airy q. 190S.-Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at this office until 8 o'clock p. m. on
the 30th day of March, 1905. and then
opened for elevator plant In the United
States postotfice and court house. Los An
geles. California, in accordance with the
drawings and specifications copies of which
may be obtained at this office or at the
office of the superintendent of construction.
Los Angeles, California at the discretion OF
the supervising architect
Supervising Architect.
2-2s-3-1-s-5-7-9 ct
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
Election in Argentine


BUENOS AYRES, March 8. The
elections which were held today have
resulted in a complete victory for the
existing government. which will have
a majority of seventy in the chamber
of deputies.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09

TIME Ulrich players opened their sea-
son at the Grand yesterday and
Il at both the afternoon and night
performances admirers of the women
members of the company sent enough
flowers across the footlights TO STOCK
a Broadway florists shop. At the mat
il1ee MISC Myrtle Selwyn trundled her
posies off the stage in n wheelbarroW.
and the barrow was we'll filled, too.
Nor was the floral greeting accorded
the others less enthusiastic. Florence
Barker. Lillian Hayward and Miss Lule
Warrenton each received more flowers
than they could comfortably carry
Then. too there was the personal
tribute of applause. Each member of
the company who has appeared at the
Grand during former seasons of this
same organization was compelled to
bow acknowledgment of the greeting
accorded.
The play in which the company opens
It's season is called 1.-THE Eastern
World" 1t is said TO have been con-
structed by Robert Williams. You had
better remember that name. for Will
ljalns is a wonder. His idea of writ
ing a melodrama seems TO be TO get
his character into a position from
which there is no possibility of escane
and then to ring down the curtain. The
next act shows the same individuals,
escaped by some melodramatic mira
Gle from their former difficulty and
plunged headlong into another and II
Dossible a worse one. Meantime they
have Travelled some hundreds or per-
haps thousands of miles. The scenes
If the first and second acts are in st.
Petersburg and environs: those of the
third in Siberia and that of the fourth
in Pekin. China
All Carry Guns
Every man and woman in the cast
except David Edwin, who is the prin-
cipal villain, carries firearms of some
sort and uses them. Perhaps the sup
ply ran out before the stage director
got around to Edwin. At any rate. he
has no gun and he is constantly being
held up just as he is about to perpe-
trate some new piece of horribly fiend-
ish cruelty upon his unfortunate vic
Tins.
There are thrills enough in this play
TO equip some half dozen of ordinary
melodramas. A woman is branded with
redhot iron pressed into her bare back
A man is decapitated by la guillotine.
Another is Killed by q curious machine
in which knives, extended from above,
descend upon the victim bound 10 the
floor of the contrivance. Then there
are several stabbine ARRAYS, half
dozen or so Of llnockoutS numerous
gun PLAYS and other thrillers. Men
and women alike are beaten with the
lnout; and in one scene the hero is
cut from the mouth of a cannon to
which he bad been bound just before
the gun is fired.
Altogether it is wonder, this play
THE stow involves In some wav or an
other. the persecution of the Jews in
Russia INCIDENTALLY there is a lot Of
hnncomhe American patriotism, but II
al ooes with the audience.
Florence Parker and lillian Hav-
ward are persecuted naidens. Harry
Won Meter ts q heroic sacrata,v Of the
american laratlon i'm Ct patersh,r1,o
David Edwin is the "hutoher Of St
petersf"r~." Arthur H'u &c an Amer
team newspaDAr man. r. George CLAN
cv is COMEDY Jew from New vorl,
MYRTLE Selwvn is an American girl ana
Lule warrenton Il Russian countess
and spy.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
Congressman Dies
BY Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, March S.-Con-
gresham Adolph NJ. Meyer of the
First Louisiana district, formerly an
assistant adjutant general in the Con-
federate army, died at his home today,
aged 60 years.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
THE CAST
ny sIDLE LAWRENCE

m HERE ere few livelier farces than
What Happened to Jones"
4 which opened a hilarious week at
the Burbank yesterday afternoon. In
attempting a review of the perform
ance, however, l am reminded OF a
story which used to be told on cub
reporter who has since become ia
nous. The then cub was assigned to
cover a big fire, a fire which de-
stroyed the biggest building in the
town in which his paper was printed.
The fire occurred at night, and after
waiting some time for the return of
the cub. the proprietor of the paper
finally went to his home confident
that the dread holocaust would be
chronicled in the morning paper with
all the customary fire fiend" trim
mings. When the morning edition ar
rived, however. ii had not one word
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09

The moth may eventually SINCE his
wings, but meanwhile you can't con-
vince him he is not having q good
NkNA--Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
ULRICH PLAYERS
RETURN TO GRAND

"THE GREAT EASTERN WORLD" n
melodrama in four acts by Robert Williams
presented for the first time in Los Angeles
bv the Ulrich players on the stage of the
Grand opera house yesterday afternoon
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09

n HoLLENBEcK LODGE. No. s1s, r.
~ & A. NJ, will confer the first de-
Xxx gree Tuesday. March 10, p. m.
!. WILL DICK. Secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-09
AT THE LOS ANGELES 7HEATERS
JONES "CE7S HIS"
AT The BURBANK

WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES" farce
in three acts by George Broadhnrst' re-
vived yesterday on the stage OF the Bur
hank tbeater by the Burbank stock com
pany.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
Madison Square Garden to Be Sold

work and the Diana on the tower. On
the night ri June 16, 1890, the new
garden opened with Edouard Strauss
Vienna orchestra and ballet under
the direction of Leon Espinosa.
The National Horse Show associa-
ton gave its show in the new build
ing in the November following. In
September the Garden theater opened,
under the management of Henry T.
French. In the first years of the gar
denis existence it was discovered that
the place was not a moneymaker.
Beginning with the summer of 1897
various schemes for reorganization OF
the company were successfully tried
and there were many rumors of sale
Subsequently affairs were Strengthened
out. Since it opened the garden has
seen about every variety of amuse-
ment desired The round of dog, horse
and poultry shows, wild west perform
ances, circuses and mass meetings has
occasionally been punctuated by prize
fights and baby shows.
A sinister interest was attached to
the roof garden for many months after
the night of June 25, 1906, when Harry
X. Thaw shot and killed Stanford
White there.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

ROWDS went to the Fifth avenue
~ auction rooms the other day to
watch the sale of lingerie and other
personal effects of Mrs. Leslie Carter
Payne. In the collection were night
caps Of pink and blue silk and lace,
with bows and rosettes Of baby ribbon
to match, corset covers of lavender,
blue, pink, orange and white silk and
Of all lace, % pairs of silk stockings in
green, blue, white and black. besides
other bits Of lingerie, lawn, linen and
lace. All were sold to satisfy demands
of creditors.
Besides those articles there were
suits of silken underwear so sheer and
fine that they could be crumpled into
handful, the size of a golf ball. There
were also petticoats of silk and of
lace, nightgowns, morning gowns,
lounging robes, matinees-in fact,
every article of wearing apparel neces-
sary to the comfort of a woman of ex-
IRENE luxury. There were a score of
dresses. including the polka dot fou-
lard Mrs. Carter was wearing one July
afternoon in 1906 when the within
seized her to marry William H. Payne
at Portsmouth, n. H.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
WHITENING THE COLT.
He Must Be Better Fed Than is the
Idle Work Horse.

Many farmers seem to think that
ent than the wintering of the idle
farm horses. This is a mistake. 1t
is quite a different thing, for the colt
is growing animal while the horse
has already attained his development.
The wintering of the colt Is the same
as the wintering of any other young
animal. Good feed and care are both
essential to the best results. Where
these are not supplied there is bound
to be stunting of the young animal
and this is not to be desired.
A run about the straw stack with
nothing else to eat is not enough for
the growing colt. He needs some
thing more than clear straw for his
daily diet. The straw does not supply
the muscle making food that is nee
essary for his best development. The
colt should be treated to a grain ra-
ton as well as one of good roughage.
DR.. Alexander puts 1t we'll In the fol
lowing advice, intended for all who
are wintering growing colts:
1T is a ruinous policy to rough
colts through the winter on coarse, in
nutritious straw and hay. They should
be generously fed at all times SO that
they may be kept steadily growing,
for if they stop growing in winter, or
lose part of the gain made while a
sucking, that loss never can wholly
be regained The bones, sinews and
muscles have been stunted for all
time and the dwarfed animal can be
made only make-believe drafter by
the fattening process, which is detri-
mental to work horse.
I'm addition to hay, fodder and
straw, oats and bran should be fed in
winter alone with sufficient amount
of corn to maintain heat and furnish
some of the vim and vigor. Dried
blood meal also Is excellent as small
addition to the ration to bring up the
percentage Of digestible protein. or
flaxseed meal or cake may be used
with the same object, while roots,
such as carrots, are fine adjunct as
they regulate the bowels and act bene-
ficially upon the skin"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17

r HE Madison Square garden prop
1 erty-the whole block including
the garden itself, the biggest audi
torium in the city; the Garden theater
and the concert halls advertised
for sale The property cost 100000
at the time of the construction of the
garden in 1889. The site covers 80
city lots, bounded by Madison avenue,
,Twenty-sixth street, Twenty-seventh
street and Fourth avenue, and has ap-
preciated greatly in value since the
organization of the company. The
company has never paid a dividend,
and it had been believed that the di-
rectors and stockholders have gone
into their pockets time and again to
meet current expenses.
The architects, Mckim, Mead &
White, furnished the plans for the new
building, and the late Stanford White
is credited with the greater part of the
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-17
STOCK NOTES.

Good bedding for animals is kind
that will keep them dry, warm and
comfortable, and is capable of absorb
ing large amounts of liquid
Mixed farming needs live stock to
bring it to it's highest point of sue
cess.
Animal husbandry is now coming
to be considered as the foundation OF
all agricultural progress.
Corn is becoming so valuable for
human feed that it is passing out of
the lists of animal feeds.
With little care hogs can be kept
healthy. but it is difficult to cure them
when sick
A variety of food is better for hogs
than one kind.
Our best beef is now being produced
on high-priced land and on high-priced
feed