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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18


Or you pay much faster you like.
At the end OF each year-lf you take than
year to complete YOUR payments-you will be credited
with per cent per annum on the amount you have
paid
sb down and % q week paid regularly, and the In.
terest credits, will mature your Contract In little
two and three-fourths years.
But you can mature your Contract by paying the
total amount, ef6S, in day month"; six months,
year, In any less time than 81 years. and when-
regular receipts and your interest allowance
credit receipts total esS all have 20 do to get
land Is to take send receipts and contract
to the CizensS Bank at Barsiow Texas together
with twenty -eight vendor lien each for $50,
pay able one every three months for seven years.
The Bank will then give you your Warranty Deed
to the land, which, according 10 the Contract and the
Deed. must be fully irrigated and all under cultivation
Remember this is ten acres OF land which must
first Is capable OF producing income Of from
o. 900 to 5000 year.
You get this land for e4Ss which you pay less
than three years--&lb down and IS q week-and you
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

A<auQ 0OitfHttB AON INC var
ranty Deed at the Bank--on
the contract appears a certifl-
cate signed by an Officer OF the
Bank and certifying that the
Bank has your deed and will
deliver 10 to YOU according TO
thetermsof your Secured Land
Contract. The Bank acts as en-
independent agent for both OF
us--to guarantee fair play.
You must pay $500 a week,
or at the rate OF g. GOA week IN
monthly, quarterly, semi-an-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

by many TO be better-variety for variety-than
those raised In Southern California and 900
miles the great Eastern market But all this Is
the outline of what desire TO show In de
tail. only attempting TO make IL clear you that
you have assured independent living income In
Ihave promised to submit the proof All you have
TO do ls write for It. VIII you do that today II
you can't commence right awayt want the address
OF every woman who is willing 70 eS week
II prove that the result viii be financial indie
pendence In less than three short years
There is nothing philanthroplc about this PROPOSE
tion, but especially want to hear from the wage
earners. have worked for fifteen years develop
this Irrigation System and this community. IL would
be gratifying TO me to have those who need it
reap the benefits of my labors
lt will be more convenient for you TO address at
st. Louis, and am equipped there best you.
GEORGE E BARSTOW. President
Pscos vpIley Land irrigation Co.. es sarstes. Tex.
868 Missouri Trust Hids.. ST. Louis. no.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

VIII Flch HOlI, a NIlIendIu cIis
mate and the uncertain quan-
ttty - moisture - eliminated,
agriculture and horticulture
can here be scientifically car
ried on TO the splendid profit
OF the land owner.
The abundant crops OF large
and in every other way supe-
rior hays, grains, cotton, veg
etables and fruits are equaled
In only a very few favored
spots
The justly celebrated Bar
sfow Cranes are eonaldared
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

Any one who Is familiar
with the results from Texas
Irrigated Land will tell you
that the safest. surest way TO
gain a large and permanent
income from o small outlay
Is TO get hold OF q few acers
of Texas Irrigated Land.
But, heretofore. it has re-
quired some capital-at least
q few hundred dollare-aod
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

it has been neces.
sary for the pur.
chaser to go and
1.-Two on the land
and develop IL.
Now, my COM
pany IN axes It
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
d ,il..L / -
1T PAYS To GO TO CHURCH.
II You Are a Young Doctor and Are
On Hand When Needed.

II you are young doctor with all
the requirements of a successful ca
TeeT except patients, you may find
il pays to go TO church This is true,
especially If you have a command
ing appearance and are on the job
when opportunity offers. One young
doctor Ia Brooklyn found this to be
true. He attached himself to q
church with a large membership.
and was assiduous in attending SER
vices. As he was good looking, his
presence aroused remark, especially
among the women members Of the
congregation. At the morning SER
vices on a recent Sunday a woman
who sat in front pew near the pull
pit tainted. There was a call for a
doctor. The young man rose up in
his place in a side pew, stalked ma
jestically around to and down the
centre aisle, and soon was admins
tering to the sufferer In his best pro-
fessional manner. It was big
feather in the young doctors cap
New York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
With Allowance.

There is an editor In a little New
York town who has a we'll developed
streak of gentle humOr and a fond
ess for gardening. Not long ago
the man of all work left him, and the
ecitor advertised for some one to
fill his place. Among the applicants
Tor the position was a man who
seemed to know his business thor
oughly. but who failed to produce
references as to character when re-
Cuested. Moreover, his eyes were
somewhat shifty.
You say you have no references? %
the editor asked.
mo, sir, have not, the man re-
phed in q tone of humble pride. but
think, sir, that you will find honesty
printed on my face"
The editor smiled a little, Well
er-perhaps," he admitted; that is,
allowing for typographical errors. !"
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
sTRATEGICAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and His
Means of Defense.

Take another of our animals.
fierce little weasel. clad in summer
in a coat of brown. in winter turn
ing white, but always with jet black
tip to the tail Tne ermine. as it is
iI correctly called in its winter coat,
has an easy time of il. sneaking upon
the mice and birds upon which 1t
preys. bat when hawk takes after
1t in an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight. ii would
lave but short shrift with all its
sinuous leaping. were 1t not that the
black tail tip is so conspicuous that
IT constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white of the body to
be confused with the snow Even
when we place dead weasel or the
snow and look at 1t from a distance,
we realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts of
black hairs to this little vermin
who spends his life in hunting or
being nunted.-The Outing Maga-
zine
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
EIectrOcutin0 Animals.

The slaughter of animals for TODD
by electFOcutiOn is being experiment.
ed by DR.. Leduc, French scientist,
who has been conducting his tnvesti-
cations In the French abbattoirs. He
has been using the Intermittent low
tension currents and says that he is
satisfied that the system is painless,
the central functions of perception
being first destroyed and then those
of circulation and respiration, so
tat there is neither suffering nor re-
action In the animals thus killeo. The
doctor is endeavoring to devise some
piece OF apparatus by which the kill
ing of cattle may he accomplish ed by
electricity with economy and celerity.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Dogs lround blacksmith shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly al
ways to be found lOating about every
blacksmith shop. This fact is so
we'll recognized that detectives when
sent out after valuable dogs that
have been lost invariably visit first
all the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhood. The reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordinately the odor and the
taste of burning hoOfs. They sniff
the odor as. a woman snfffs a rose.
and they eat the hoOf parings as a
gourmet eats truffies. Minneapolis
Journal.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Followers of Mark Twain

The latest addition to the fresh air
fiends seems to be included in the
young ambulance surgeons. In spite
of near-to zero weather 1t is common
to see one of these young men re-
spending to a hurry cali without a
hat and ii is quite as common sight
to see them. even at night time.
when it always seems colder than in
the day time, seated on the rear seat
of the ambulance, attired in white
duck trousers. Doubtless 1t is only
a part of the exuberance OF youth.
but duck trOuseT- on a night when
the mercury is trying to push the
bottom out OF the thermometer do
seem a trife out Of place.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
TUSKLESS ELEPHANTS.
Ceylon the Only Part of he World
Where They E1iSt.

What a sight for a Ceyion elephant
hunter would be the first view Of a
herd of African elephants us-
kers' II is a singular thing that
Cey'on is the only part of the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks; they have miserable little
grubbeTs projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
clining downward
Nothing produces either ivory or
horn in fine specimens thFougout
CeylOn. Although some of the buff
faloes have tOIerably fine heads, they
will not bear a comparison with
those Of other countries. The horns
OF the native cattle are not above
four inches in length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
Iers are small compared with deer
OF their size in India. This is more
singular, as ii is evident from the
geological formation that at some re-
mote period CeylOn was not an is
land, but formed a portion of the
main land. 1t is thought there must
be elements wanting in the CeyIOn
Lasturage for the formation OF
Manual.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Everyone of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item is as
follows: The wife of a Methodist
minister in West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band was named Robin: her second
husband, Sparrow; and the present
ones name is Quayle. There are
TOW two young Robins. one Sparrow.
and three little Quayles in the family
One grandfather was a Swan, and
another was a Jay; but he's dead
and now a bird of Paradise
They live on Hawk-ave.. Eagle
vile. Canary Islands, and the fellow
who wrote this article is a Tyre bird
and an interesting relative of the
family"
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
SmOkeIcSS Coal.

A London inventor claims TO have
discovered a process for producing
smokeless coal, apparently by distil-
latiOn of coal at a low temperature
This, after distillation, is said to de-
pOsit very brilliant substance, the
heating properties of which are far
greater than those of the original
coal, and which is absolutely free
from smoke and dirt The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction. and
that by the extraction of the smoke
producing material In coal before be-
ing burned, he has been successful
in producing a smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Hanging Pictures Dangerous.

Railroad casualties receive such
wide publicity" said an insurance
man. that there is a common belief
Cn the part of the public that one is
more liable to accidents while travel
ling than when living the simple life
In the confines of his home. AS a
matter OF cold fact, statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people who get
hurt hanging pictures or taking
stoves apart than they do to the vic
sounds strange, but it's the truth. "
City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Cards for Everything.

So thoroughly has the card index
or catalogue become a part of mod
ern business that practically no ac-
tiYity is without it. Brides keep the
list of presents on cards. Pastors
are adopting the card index to keep
the name ami addresses of their par
ishioners. Not long ago the COM
plete list of 4Iembers of the Grand
Lodge of MasOns of New York was
transferred to cards. There are a
million names. Owners of stables
and kennels keep the records OF their
animals on cards instead of in books.
Writers now keep cards on which
they put down experiences" or
''episodes" to be filed away and to
be used for material when they get
down to writing Evg. Post.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
The More Careful Widower.

In q village of Picardy. after a
long sickness, a farmers wife fell
Tito a lethaTgy. Her husband was
willing, good nan. to believe her out
OF pain, and 50 according to the Gus
tom of that country. she wa: wrap
ped in q sheet and carried out to be
hurled. But, as luck would Lave it,
the bearers carried her so near the
hedge that the thorn pierced the
sheet and awohe the woman from her
trance. Sore year, after she died
in reality, AMI es the funeral passed
along, the husband would every now
and then all out Not too Lear the
edge, neighbors! Not too near the
hedge! !"-Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Dead Historians.

/ for my part believe in the dead
historians. / glory in the posses
sion of some hundreds of volumes by
them. A great deal of cant is talk
ed and written on this subject. There
is an idea In some minds that a book
on history to be good must be new.
In nine cases out of ten the new book
is q commonplace sre-statement OF
facts that were better presented by
an older writer.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
POrpOises at Play.

A remarkable photograph of half
a dozen porpoises playing under wa
ter Just ahead of the bow of a steam
ship travelling at the rate of l2
knots an hour, has been publ shed
by q correspondent of knowledge,
Ar. C. H. Gale. Mr.. Gale calls at
tention to the singular fact that the
pOrpoises while easily maintaining
their position ahead of the ship show
ed no apparent effort or motion of
body, tail or fin. Yet he thinks that
they were not carried along by move
ment of water in front of the vessel.
becs use air bubbles were seen rush
ing from their backs, and the pho
tograph shows the effects of these
bubbles by the white streaks on the
vRcks of the animals. Sometimes
they rolled over sidewise, but II u
always maintained their position
Youths Companon.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
SOMETHING ABOUT MATCHES.
Half the Output of the World Used
in America,

1t is now just eighty years since
the lucifeT match, the first genuine
friction match was invented, fnd the
little match, which has been one Of
the most potent agents of modern
material development, is now one Of
the things which is giving worry to
the friends of the forests
1t is hard for the present genera
ton to realize the incOnvCniences
from which the friction match eman-
cipatei their ancestors. The manu-
factuTe OF this product has become a
great. and even a diversified indus
try, because every section seems TO
have matches peculiar TO .tsClf
A man who has been a CONNER
cial traveller for many years declares
that if he were taken up and car
Tied to any point east of the Allie
ghenies he could tel! within q hun
dred miles of where he was by the
matches he should find in use There
is also a national pride in matches.
recent mayor of Manchester, Eng
land, visiting friends in Boston, re-
Gently. spoke OF our "abOminable
Matches and declared that he did
not see how high spirited. inde-
pencen, and enterprising people like
ourselves, put up with them.
The American people. however.
appear TO be fairly we'll cOntented
with the home product. else they
would not buy and consume sc maBy
with comparatively so little grumb-
ling. They use up about 100000
100000 a year or about half of all
that are manufactured in the world.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Arctic Dog Life,

Nowhere in the world has the dog
such unrestricted right OF way as in
our most noTtheTly possession
Alaska. In winter, when the more
than $4,000 square miles of territory
are sealed up in solid ice, dogs are
almost the sole means of getting
from place to place-in fact, they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocrats of Arctic dog life
are the mail teams in the service of
the United States Government. They
are to-day a superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discov-
cries demanded increased mail ser
vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Names that Don't Name.

Many chemical names convey no
exact idea of the things they stand
for Oil of VitriOl is no oil, neither
are oils of turpeptine and kerosene,
Copperas is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts Of lemon
is the extremely poisonous Oxalic
acid. Carbolic acid Is not an acid
but an alcohol. Cobalt contains
none of that metal but arcensic. Soda
Y ater has no trace of soda. and SUI
gar of lead has no sugar; cream of
tartar has nothing Of cream. nor milk
of lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and blacklead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Saving Paper.

The price of paper has increased
80 much in the last few years that
We may have to do our writing on
bark or cellulcid. But here is a
pointer: One of the big firms in New
York. employing 1000 people, has a
way of assisting you to save letter
paper, and at the same time serves
itself In a matter of file and record.
In writing to a customer. for in
stance. only one side of the sheet is
used. Sheets are made of many
sizes. to fit the length of all CORES
pondence. At the bottom is printed
in blue ink: IF necessary to reply,
LIease do so on the back OF this let
ter. This is q clever idea,
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Indian Courage.

Katherine Beaulieu, a pupil OF the
Chloce0 Indian School, Oklahoma
had her hand caught in the big steam
mangIe, and before the machine
could be stopped the arm had been
dragged in above the elbow. The
physician was able to save the arm
but in order to facilitate healing it
was necessary to graft fifty pieces of
skin over the wound. Volunteers
were called for and the doctor re-
ported several scrimmAges among
the other pupils for the privilege of
being the first to contribute part of
their epidermis.-From the Indian s
Friend
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Worlds Greatest Wonder.

What is really the greatest nat
lral wonder on earth - It IS easy
to answ~r now. says the Travel Mag
azine, since the stupendous falls OF
the Zambesi River have been dis
covered; one % the worlds might
lest rivers, two miles wide, falling a
cheer 420 feet. Niagara is only half
a mile wide ami 153 feet high. so
that it figures as a mere cascade in
comparison.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
The Shy Man.

Women show no mercy to the shy
man, for he stands outside of the
compass of convention. Could he
break out all might be saved: the
man might be permanently cured.
But he cannot. He has been brought
up to respect convention. His mus
0les may be OF steel, his heart of fire,
but in his soul the spirit of difidencs
holds him in q vice In a drawing
room he stands gaping, quLking, a
prey to introspective tOrment-he
who would perhaps storm ram
part with a triumphant smile on his
Hps.-LondOn Observer.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Supply of Gold.

1t is mainly from Africa, Ameri-
ca and Australia that the world
draws its supply of gold, some $780,
100000 worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads with about $780,
100000; next comes the United
States with about $95. 100000; Aus
traIia ranks third with some 1885,
100000, while Russia, both in Eu-
rope and Asia, Mexico, Canada and
several other countries, make up the
remainder
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Euronean StaE:onerx.

Hotel stationery must be cheap in
Europe. The envelopes are II by
5 inches, and usually of some green
or blush tint, with An inch OF heavy
printing across the top. Frequent
ly no place is left for the stamp.
These Feceptacles are so wide that
they arrive folded over q couple Of
inches, which reduces them to the
size of the ordinary American COM
meTcial envelope.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Good Senfries.

SILLY goose" is an expression
which should be used by the extreme
ly ignorant alone. No bird requires
more patience to shoot with gun or
camera especially the latter. When
feeding you will find fiocks varying
in size on open ground, and nearly
always on such ground that q stalk is
impossible On the outskirts cf these
f1ocks you will always find sentries
with heads erect, eyes and ears alert,
the slightest sound or movement and
you are detected-tTue descendants
from the ancient preserVeEs Of Rome.
Country Life.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Three Men to Move Book.

There lies in the British Museum
the largest book yet printed, CO.
Iossal atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps 1t takes three men to
move it from the giant book case
In which II is stored in the library of
the museum. 1t is bound in Gather,
magnifcentIy decorated, and is fas-
tened with clasps of solid silver.
richly gilt It is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he left Holland in the year 1850
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Prince Bismarck.

Bismarck himself. was a tFemen-
6ous smoker, eater, and drinkeT, and
would stride about the house fol-
lowed BY his dogs. The pipes and
long cigars which he smoked in a
day would have killed an ordinary
nan. He loved to pour into a huge
stein bottle Of champagne and then
8 bottle of porter, and drink the
whole mixture OF at single draft.
Bismarck said of himself: IF there
we're many eaters like me in Prussia
the state could not exist. I should
have TO emigrate p. T. D.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Naturaiized ON the Arm.

An Italian went to the civil ser
vice commissioners rooms to be 6x-
amined for a IsbOrer's position. He
answered most OF the questions cor
rectly. Finally they asked him IL
he had ever been naturaliEsd. He
seemed a bit puzzled. but at last
his face lighted up. "Ah, / know
whata you mean. ScfstchA de arm.
Yes, lAsta week"
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
BORN CLAIRVOYANT
AND
CARD READER.
TELLS ABOUT BUSINESS.
I228 asth St. NV. Washington, D. c.
Gives Luck 20 All.
n. B.-NO letters answered unIeli
accompanied BY stamp.
n. R-Mention The Bee
ElectoraI Votes.

The candidate who carries the
State either by majority or plurality,
is given the electoral vote oE the
State The electors" being elected
along with the rest ST the ticket are,
OF course, counted for the winning
party. But it Is possible. and some
times happens, that the electors in
given district may be elected by the
opposition. In which case the cleo
toraI vote Of the State is divided.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Post Omce Pens.

Mustard manufacturers grow rich,
we are told. not by the quantity Of
mustard consumed, but by that
which is wasted and left on the din
ers plates. The saying is recalled
by an interesting statement made By
the Postmaster-Genera as to the
number OF pens supplied for use By
the public in the post ofices OF the
country. II seems that last year the
total was 1,25O,00O.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
ANTIQUITY OF GLASS.
Made in Egypt Thousands of Years
Before the Christian Era.

Though the art of making glass Of
certain kinds is very old. spectacles
had to wait on the discovery or in
vention of some method that would
produce 1t perfectly transparent.
Specimens of glass have been found
in the Egyptian tombs that are more
than 1000 years old. and glass bot
ties are represented on tombs at
least 1900 years earlier.
In MesopOtamia the art of MAX
ing glass has been traced for at least
1900 years B. c. But all the glass
of antiquity was of inferior quality,
and was almost useless for purposes
where the rays of light were to be
transmitted unbroken and with un-
diminished energy.
Mirrors were also made ia Egypt
thousands of years before the Chris
tian era. The materials used were
Cbsidian, zinc. and silver. Glass mir
rors are mentioned by Pliny, but
they gave back a very imperfect i'm
age and were not much esteemed.
That window glass, such as is now
in current use, was slow to gain cur
rency is shown by the little panes in
many old buildings in Europe. They
are usually round. or nearly so, and
go small that one of them can easily
be held between the tips of the fn-
gers and the thumb
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Ysw Tree 5000 Years Old.

The oldest tree not only in
Scotland but in Europe, grows at
Fortingall in PeTthshire. According
20 a scientific calculation OF its age
by the late Sir r. Christison. it is at
least well over 5000 years. If Sir
Roberts estimate is correct the
Fortingall yew must have been Of
''goodly size" at the time when King
Soiomon reigned over Israel.-The
Scotsman.
The Washington bee., 1908-12-05
Valuable East African Forest.

The Colonial Office recently sent
out an expert to report on the Ken
la forest, in the East Africa protec-
torate. He finds the forest extends
ES7 miles long by eight miles broad,
and comprises 100000 acres OF
timber. Taking the average value
OF the 21sd. per cubic foot. this
works out to G23 per acre. or a total
value for the whole forest of $685.
600 O.OO0.-London Tit-Bits.