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Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
STUDENTS EAGER
FOR BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
TAKE TO GAME
AMATEUR LEAGUE EXPECTS Sue
cEssFUL SEASON
U. S. c. Law Branch May Enter Team
Which Has Exceptionally Good
Material in Its
Makeup

Basketball is attracting the attention
~ y,rasent of all the colleges and hlSh
schools, and a successful season Is an
ticinatad. In fact 1t will be the most
successful year yet experienced, lot
with the completion of the new l. W
e. A. building one of the nnest cou i u
-,n the country is made accessible. inns
has made 1t possible to nave W.
division arrangement for the Men
Southern California Amateur Basket
shall league in which educational lnstl-
tutions play In one division and the l.
M c. A. and athletic clubs in announcer
One of the strongest fives bidding FOR
houors is that of the u. 5. {. law col
ie0e team, which has made name Ioi
ktself with the high schools IA us
Bounty. and the team was deteated pu'
Hence throughout the entire series
s. IF this team finally decides TO enter
Tho league il will draw with it large
number Of supporters. as II has the
hacking of all the students at the law
college. New suits have been pur-
chased for seven men, who will COM
mare favorably with any similar punch
Of men in Southern California. Coach
Earl Newmire has been fortunate III
securing such fine material
Most of the players have had many
years of experience in the various Los
Angeles high schools.
williams. the star center, played the
same position on the Whittier hlgh
school five, and during the season they
captured the pennant. Roberts, the
SMALLEST man on the team, graduateo
from the San Fernando high school,
where he played guard. His efforts on
the courts usually bring forth many
cheers.
Lewis played with the Santa Fe team
which has disbanded, and few years
ago he made notable record in basket
ball ranks. He is d speedy forward
Selph is a Los Angeles high schooi
student and played on the team last
season. His ability as captain of the
football eleven this season has made
him a. strong, effective guard, and he
can hold his own in any company
Richardson, who was one of the man.
ayers of last years club, plays s. clean
fast game at forward, and mas MADE
many difficult field goals.
Can't. Gsoode was captain of the Glen
dale high school for two years, ano
while at school learned the masterfu
game he plays. He is very popular
with his mates and has way of get
ting all the work possible out or hl'
men. He was also captain of last year.
team, and great deal of its success
is credited to his efforts.
Earl Newmire, who is coach and man
ager, plays the game himself, and hai
made a large number of points for hi
team; he went with the club on a sue
cessful tour to Escondido and Sal
Diego, can play any position and l.
an accurate goal throWer. He hai
played for several years on various
Southern California high school aggre
cations, and is a good referee,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
SANTA MONICA LOSES
TO LONG BEACH HIGH
Visiting Basketball Players Show
Great Strength, Winning Decisive
Victory by Score of
70 to 8

SANTA MONICA, Dec. 12-The girls
basketball team of the Long Beach
high school defeated the local high
school team this afternoon by a score
of 70 to 8.
The visitors kept the ball in their
adyersaries' territory most of the time
by excellent team work, and the splen-
did playing of Misses Kingcage and
KInklepaugh was responsible for the
piling up of point after point. For the
home team Miss Coe made three bas-
kets and Miss McComber two.
The lineup:
Long Beach - Kingcage Kinkle-
paugh, forwards; Robinson, Lambers,
centers; Gender, Taylor, guards.
Santa Monica-Coe, McComber, for
wards; Stanchdeld, Mueller, centers;
Hoffman, Harding, guards.
After the game the visitors were the
guests of the home team at a spread
In the high school building.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
TEN INNINGS PLAYED
BUT NO SCORE MADE

:. One of the most remarkable J
!. games of baseball ever played in :
4 California took place yesterday :
4 afternoon on the Imperial dia- :
/ mond between Calexico and I'M :
!. perial teams of the Colorado :
\ Desert league. For ten innings :
!. each team fought for diamond :.
= honors without making score :
= and the game finally was called :
:. on account of darkness. :.
= For Imperial. Scott and Easter :
!. " were in the points, while Ma :
= gle and Berry did the honors for :
X Calexico. Two thousand fans =
!. witnessed the game, which was :
:. one of the best ever played IN =
i. the Imperial valley.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
THIRTlETH STREET TEAM
~ WINS FROM OPPONENTS

Yesterday morning on the Fiesta
park field the Thirtieth street football
eleven won from the Cambria street
team by the score Of &c to 0. Neigh
bours and Winget were the best play
ers for the winners. The winning
team were good in making formations
and at forward pass. Ivan Mitchell
OF Los Angeles high school was the
referee
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
FREE DEAFNESS CURE

A remarkable offer by one of the
leading ear specialists in this country,
who win send two months medicine
free to prove his ability to cure deaf
ness. head noises and catarrh. Adj
dress DR.. G. NJ. Branaman, 1474 Walnut
street, Kansas City, Mo.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
OCCIDENTAL HAS
LIKELY TEAM
PRESBYTERIAN TRACK MEN
GETTING BUSY
PREPS TO BE ADMITTED IN
VARIOUS EVENTS
Nearly All of Last Years Star Ath-
Ietes Are Again in School and
the Outlook Is En-
couraging

With the track season about to open,
Occidental looks forward with the con-
fidence that her men will more than
hold their own with all competitors in
the south this year. All of last year S
track men are in school again this
year, with the exception of Brewer
Blee, Merrill and Spring, and the in
coming freshman material will more
than offset the loss of these men.
Brewer is probably the biggest loss to
the Presbyterians, for he was one of
the fastest sprinters that ever put on
spikes at Occidental, but Rush, Kellogg
and Bird are expected to- replace him
in great style.
Occidental is particularly fortunate
in not being affected by the new rule
barring props this season, While al
most all of the other colleges are hard
hit by the ruling. Gordon, Lowry and
Kellogg, all three of whom were on
the varsity last year, and were fourth
year props, just escaped being hit by
the agreement by entering the
freshman class.
Although there will probably not be
many points won in the runs by Oc-
cidental, her hurdlers and field men
should easily make up this deficiency.
Both Thompson and Wieman are eX-
the u. S. c. meet, and there will be a
battle royal between them, and Len
nox and Burek, as all of these men
have records about the same, LennoX
beating Thomson two years ago in the
120-yard event by about yard. Since
that time though, Wieman has picked
up wonderfully, and last year de-
feated both Sturgeon of Pomona and
Comstock, formerly Of U. S. c., run
ming the high sticks in the fast time
of sixteen seconds.
In the shot-put things look all to the
good for Thompson, and although
Trotter of u. S. c. has the Southern
California record in the event, he did
not perform against hard competition
as consistently as did Thomson, with
scarcely anything to force him on.
Wieman and Conrad are both good for
3S feet, while Thomson's record is 80
feet inches. In the hammer throw
Wieman is to be the mainstay for the
Presbyterians, being able to toss the
weight over 120 feet, and Conrad is
close behind him with a record of 115
feet.
In Pole Vault
For the first time in years Occidental
will be represented by a strong man in
the pole vault, Clayton Carus of Pasa-
dena having entered in the freshman
class. Carus was considered the best
interscholastic pole vaulter in South
ern California for years, having rec
ord of IL feet.
Besides Carus, Lowry and Thomas
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13
sullivan Wins Another Victory

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE decree of
divorce for which John L. Sullivan, the
former champion prize fighter recently
applied for in this city, was granted
today on grounds of desertion.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13

Framed pictures and picture framing
SanbOrn, Vail g. Co., 434 and 1856 S. Bdway
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13

Eat Sunday dinner at Venice Ship Cafe
Best entertainers.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13

zerbe airship on exhibition at Bimini
baths today 12-13-1
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24
A FAMILY MIX.
The Story as II Is Recorded on the
Tombstones.

The Story as It Is Recorded on the
Tombstones.
In the early part Of the last century
the:a lived in an old New England
town Il Mr. Church, who. in the course
CT his pilgrimage through this vale. of
t,:s:s. was 'ereft of four wives, all of
whom were buried in the same lot. In
his o.l age it became necessary to re-
move the hotties to new cemetery.
his melancholy task the much be-
reavcd vidower undertook himself,
but III TIE process the bones of the Ia
E:casel quartet became hopelessly
mixed. Priding himself on possession
Of New England conscience. Mr..
Church would not. under the painful
circumstances, permit the use of the
original headstones, but procured new
caes. one of which bore the following
inscription: "Here lies Hannah Church
and probably a portion Of Emily" An
other: Sacred to the memory of Emf.
~ Church. who seems to be mixed
with Matilda" Then followed these
lines:
Stranger, pause and drop a tear,
For Emily Church lies buried here,
Mixed in some perplexing manner
With Mary, Matilda and probably Han
Philadelphia Ledger.
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The Star Areturue,

1t is probable that the star Arcturus
is one of the six greatest of all the
stars in the sky. Notwithstanding its
brightness, it Is 80 far away from us
that It is not displaced in position in
the slightest measurable degree, as
we change our position 1S6O00,O0Q
miles in our annual journey around
the sun. Could we be placed midway
between Arcturus and our sun we
would receive thousands Of times more
light and heat from the star than from
our sun, and this Notwithstanding that
the stars radiation is smothered by
q dense blanket Of metallic vapors. In
spite of its immense distance the star
Is drifting slowly in a southwestward
direction over the face Of the sky, its
motion changing its apparent position
by an amount equal to the diameter
OF the moon in the course Of about
1000 years. So great an apparent mo.
ton must indicate an enormous veloci-
ty in space.-New York Press.
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) bE6 BEEiI


3evhsss Sons aausG pisplay orsat ~.
sisality III C. lS =. ii B
s Berlin % organised for eating ana
drinking, and % are the Berliners or
ganiEed for It. Scattered Ill over tho
city are enormous places wherv food
IL served, wine halls where only wines
are served and beer halls which deal
In beer. alone, some OF them most re-
spectacle and some not 90 impeccable.
1t is the rule that It Is perfectly proper
to take your mother or your wife or
Your sister to a beer hall or wine
hall that is frequented by the officers
Of the army. They 60 only to the prop.
err ones-publicIy.
The etiquette Of these places Is most
formal. II the hall is crowded and
tables are scarce, before you sit down
you draw your heels together and make
a military bow to everybody sitting ut
the table you select; then also you
raise your glass or stein to those at the
table when your refreshment is served.
On leaving you bow all around again,
or the other people at the table bow IL
they leave before yoY do. The Ameri-
can way of asking the others at the
table for permission to sit down is not
ce:emonious enough for the Germans,
who are the most formally polite peo-
pie in tho w'or:d.-Samuel G. Blythe in
Everybody's Magazine.
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Peppermint md rob.ceo.

If you have boy who has begun
smoking too early and whom you wish
to cure, Of the habit, feed him pepper
minis. Dr.. o. Clayton Jones Of Silver
ton. England, writing in the London
Lancet, Is authority for this simple
cure. DR.. Jones writes: ITO break the
smoking habit IN q Youth there Is moth.
Ing better than peppermint drops. He
cannot smoke with 'bullseye' In his
mouth. and even for some time after
It is dissolved tobacco viii not blend
kindly with the taste that remains.
Socially the cure may seem worse than
the disease, but from a medical point
Of view the sucking of peppermints ia
far less hurtful. A common 'bullseye'
will prevent smoking for nearly an
hour. 10 the amount Of sweets used
need not be great.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24
Stones and c,.., Houses,

The origin Of the saying. "Thoee who
i've IN glass houses should not throw
stones" is as follows: At the time of
the union of England and Scotland
London was inundated with Scotch
men, and the London roughs used to
60 about at night breaking their win
dows. Buckingham being considered
the chief instigator of the mischief, a
party Of Scotchmen smashed the win
dows of the dukes mansion, known as
the Glass House. The court favorite
appealed to the king, who replied,
"Steenie, Steenie, those who live in
glass houses should be careful how
they ding stones!"-New York Ameri-
can.
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Mathematics at Oxford,

There is an interesting story which
shows the disposition Of Oxford to-
ward mathematics. A venerable don
tYho had bought half a dozen books at
IS. Cd. each requested the bookseller
to give him piece Of paper for the
purpose q arriving at the amount He
then Wrote down 3s. Cd. 81 dmA, ofls
under the other, and was slowly add
ing them up when the shopman ven
tured to point out the shorter method
OF multiplying one 3s. Cd. by 6. Dear
me" exclaimed the don. Really, that
10 most ingenious. most ingenious.
London Globe.
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TIE SUN I'll 1. = :,
We oss Only the ovtsr ohsils q tls
Great 8laxino Orb.

We ees Only the 0vtsr Shells q tllo
orsat Blazing Orb.
The great ball Of dire which 70 cali
the sun IL not really the sun. No one
has ever seen the sun. A series 81
concentric shells envelOps q nucleus of
which we know absolutely nothing ex.
cept that 1t must be almost Infinitely
hotter than the Hercest furnace and
that 1t must amount to more than nine
tenths Of the solar mass.
That nucleus IL the real sun, forever
hidden from US. The outermost Of the
enyeloptng shells Is about 5000 miles
thick and IL called the chromosphere.
1t Is a gaseous fluid. tinted with the
scarlet Ilare Of hydrogen. and SO furi-
Ously active that 1t spurts up great
tongues of glowing gas (prominencesD
to the height of thousands of miles.
Time was when this agitated sea Of
crimson fire could Ike seen to advantage
only during an eclipse. Now special In
struments are used which enable as
tronomers to study it in the full glare
Of the sun.
Beyond the chromosphere, far beyond
the prominences even. lies the nebulous
pallid corona visible only during the
vanishing moments Of a total eclipse.
aggregating not more than seve. days
in q century. sse. s,gs2:ssss' =sfl,ls
No one has ever satisfactorily ex.
planned how the highly ate mated
matter composing both the pronai-
nences and the corona is SUI. ,orted
without falling back into the SIN un-
der the pull of solar gravitation Now
that Arrhenius has cosmically applied!
the effects of light pressure q solution
's presented.
How difficult 1t is to account for
such delicate streamers as the proni-
nences on the sun is better colnpre-
hended when we fully understand how
relentlessly powerful is the grip of
solar gravitation.
II the sun were a habitable globe
and you could transport yourself to its
surface, you would find yourself pulled
down so forcibly by gravitaticn that
you would weigh two tons, assuming
that you are an ordinary human being.
Your clothing alone would weigh
more than hundred pounds. Baseball
could be played in a solar drawing
room. for there would be some diff
Guilty in throwing a ball more than
thirty feet
Tennis would be degraded to form
Of outdoor pfngpong.
From these considerations it is plain
that gravitation on the sun would tend
to prevent the formation of any lam
bent streamers and to pull down to its
surface masses Of any size.-Harper's
Magazine.
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Hi. pi.eharae.

A touching instance Of the humor
which pever deserts true Irishman
even in his worst troubles IL recorded.
A soldier was seen In the trenches
holding his hands above the earth
works. His captain asked:
''What are you doing that for, Patr'
He replied. with grin, az he worked
his fingers:
I'm feeling for q furlough, sir"
Just then q rife ball struck his arm
preston of pain and humor passed
over his face az no exclaimed:
"And faith It's dischargs."-Lon
don Answers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24
BARNuM's OLD LION.
How tho orsat Snowman Turned HE
0eath to Account.

How the Crest Snowman Turned HE
osath to Account.
Among the features of the parades
Of the Barnum circus there was for
mefly one that never failed to attract
attention. On the top Of one of the
wild beast cages lay an enormous lion.
He was not confined in any way. and
nervous people watching the parade
would shudder at the sight and con-
template the terrible possibility Of the
lion spr1nging into the midst Of the
crowd.
But the venerable old king. of beasts
had reached the leonine dotage, and
ktt6ened muscles and blunted claws
rendered him harmless He was as
mild as kitten and in the winter
quarters, where he was allowed to
roam at will. sometimes had to be pro
tected from the onslaughts Of irrever-
ent and mischievous puppies.
One night he wandered from the
quarters. In the course Of his travels
he CHANGED on barn where meek
eyed cow was placidly chewing her
cud. A faint flicker Of the slumbering
Jungle spirit stirred his pulse, and,
with crashing blow Of the huge fore
paw, the COW was slain: then. lying
down beside his victim, be went to
sleep and dr1amed Of the time when he
was a shaggy little whelp playing with
his brothers under the bright sun Of his
fRrQf. African home. .,, ~ ,z.,~...
In tie morning tie owner of the COW,
q istalwart female with the blood of
Irish kings in her veins. entered the
barn with milk pail In hand. She was
filed with wrath at the sight that met
her gaze. With keen edged ak III her
hand and grim determination in her
eye she fearlessly approached the sleep
ing lion. and when the men sent out to
search for him arrived he lay cold in
death. Barnum promptly paid for the
dead COW and engaged to appear on
exhibition the woman Who in mortal
combat had slain lion" -~.a.,-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24
III. Oldest Treaty.

The Oldest text of real treaty now
In existence is that of the convention
between Rameses H.. king Of Egypt,
and the Prince Of Kheta. which en-
braces the articles Of a permanent Of
fensive and defensive alliance. with
clauses providing for the extradition of
emigrants, deserters, criminals and
skilled workmen. This treaty was
drawn up In the fourteenth century
B. c. and is the earliest record that
we have Of any international transac-
ton.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24

tn oramatle Story q his Marriage
On Old Ano.

ssfhs Dramatic Story q HE MarslaSs
i Ia Old Age.
The story VI Aaron Burrs marriage
81 his old age to the widow Of Stephen
Jumel. who was well known In the
early history Of New York city, Il q
dramatic one.
Conceive, IL you will, the picture Of
Burr, gifted adventurer that he was,
broken In health, branded in the popu-
lar mind as the murderer of Alexander
Hamilton and returning from a long
exile to find himself an outcast In the
city where he had once been the polit-
ical monarch Of all he surveyed and
distinguished figure in society and at
the bar. Conceive, IL you can, this
lamentable old man, Sinking through
his wrinkles, bowling and prancing
rather stifly because Of his rheumatic
Joints and with his mouth full Of pref
ty platitudes, paying court to the wild.
ow Of Stephen Jumel, herself in the
prime of years and health. Remove
from the picture its surface incongrui-
ties, and you have bit Of pure pathos
uneQualed in the annals Of foolish great
men. --...-.
j But something Of his old time pow
er to charm the gentler sex must have
stood by him in his years Of mental
and physical misery. for in his suit for
the widow Jumel's hand and fortune
he won gloriously, dramatically. Re-
buffed repeatedly, Burr finally de-
clared in passionate rage that on 4
given day he would arrive at the Jumel
mansion accompanied by a clergyman.
who should marry them on the spot.
He would give his prospective bride no
quarter, no chance of escape from the
Inevitable.
She was amused at the threat and
dismissed the old man with more than
her usual GOODNESS Of demeanor. Burr
stuck to his avowal and one July day
rolled up in carriage, and with him
was minister, the same who fifty years
before performed the marriage cere-
mony for Burr and the mother Of his
daughter, the beautiful Theodosia.
There was something Of q scene in the
old house on this day. There were
tears Of anger on the part Of Burr.
Relatives demonstrated; Burr remained
immovable. All feared scandal. The
minister, book in hand, stood unob-
6usively in the background. There
were more tears, more declarations of
undying love, and the widow Jumel
became Mrs. Aaron Burr.
They were married in the great
drawing room of the Jumel mansion.
Burr squandered with reckless hand
the wealth acquired by Stephen Jumel
and left for the enjoyment Of his
marital partner. There were many bit
ter quarrels between the i'll mated pair,
and they We're soon divorced. Burr
died in 1886. but madam lived until
1865. dying recluse and miser, the
money received from the Jumel estate
boarded In an unused chamber.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24
ANTICIPATING Him,

Anticipating Him. 4Sxsz7ss re@@=
Night after night the exceedingly
quiet and backward youth had called
on peighboring farmers daughter.
sitting perfectly mute beside her while
she did all the entertaining. This
night however, the youth. wishing for
q glass Of water, suddenly surprised
her by hurting out, Say, Sal, will
you -...-~-..--..s..e,..-,;f>>s.
Don't exert yourself. Reuben" she
interrupted. II understand. Yes. Have
you brought the ringT' Bohemian
Magazine.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24
LeaicaI Conclusion.

First Burglar I hear some
ono talking. Second Burglar-What's
he saying? First Burgiar-That he
never Will bet on anothe: horse al
long a. he lives. Second Burglar
Lets get out Of this. No money here.
He's lost every cent.-London Tit-Bits.
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40 There 10.

II didn't know you intended to
move"
I'VE DON'T
''But your wife told me she WAS out
looking at houses all day yesterday"
"Well, that's true enough, but don't
you know there IL q vast difference be-
tween looking at houses and looking
FOR housesT'
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her uncooksd Gown.

Miss Flufhgirl-M ,Newthought has
gone the limit with her vegetarianism!
Miss Furbelow--Why. what Is her lat
est? Miss Flufhgirl-She actually re-
fuses to wear anything but raw silk
gowns now.-New York Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-24
Tho Toast Of an lri,hm.n.

Michael Meyers Shoemaker wrote
'Wanderings In Ireland" An old
freshman read q fragment Of 1t that
related to the readers neighborhood.
He asked the name of the author.
"Mr. Shoemaker, Is it7'' he comment
ed. "A nice gentleman. I'll 60 bail.
IT'S fine country he chose to travel
in too. May the heavens be his bed
for choosing 1t, and may every hair in
his honor's head be a mold candle to
light his soul to glory!"
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rin,s TO 30 Diplomatic.

When q woman shows you the pic
1ure of her baby remember that you
will get into trouble. nine times out OF
ten, II you say exactly what you think.
-Somerville journal.