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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

Apropos of the decision of M. Lepine
to employ dog auxiliaries for the pa
troll of lonely beats in the outskirts OF
Paris, god story is now going the
rounds concerning a splendid New
foundland which was candidate at
one of the recent field trials.
The dog is the property of q man
who lives on the banks of the Seine,
Just outside Paris. Some time ago a
child playing on the river bank fell
into the water and was in imminent
danger of being drowned. The dog.
hearing the cries and the splashing,
leaped over a hedge, ran down the
bank and plunged into the stream just
in time to rescue the little victim.
Naturally, the brave animal was made
much of and the father of the child,
by way of recompense, presented him
a succulent beefsteak. Two days later
another child fell into the water and
was rescued by the dog. The life
saver received the same caresses and
another beefsteak.
UP to this point there was nothing
extraordinary. But rescues became
more and more frequent. Hardly a
day passed but that some unfortunate
infant was brought safely to the bank
by the dog after an involuntary bath.
1t began to be suspected that the
nelSnDOfnOOu was Hdulleu ny ii IHyS-
terious criminal, and d special watch
was inaugurated.
Then the truth came out. 1t was
the dog-the noble life-saver himself
that was the guilty one. Whenever
he saw a child playing on the edge of
the stream he promptly knocked 1t
into the water, and then none the less
promptly jumped in to the rescue. He
had thus established for himself a
profitable source of revenue.
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The French law forbids wage earn
ers to serve on jury. and an attempt
is being made to extend the panel to
them, the authorities stating that the
regulations were framed with the view
to excluding domestic servants and
retainers in social conditions no longer
existing, Women are now claiming
the right to sit on juries. Cynics hope
that it will be granted.
s.
Many people think that lese majestic
giving insult to royalty-is not II
crime in Great Britain. The English
statute books, however, contain many
penalties for such offenses. They are
Still good laws, il any officials wish to
put them into effect.
Placing postage stamp on letter
upside down is punishable offense. as
is also the DETACHMENT Of a coin bear
ing the royal image. This is insulting
the kings effigy.
Private individuals may not raise the
royal standard over their dwellings
This is the emblem of the regal au-
thority to be displayed only when the
king is present.
While an agitator may talk against
royalty in the abstract as much as nc
chooses. contemptuous or insulting per-
sonal references to the reigning sover-
eign opens the offender TO a heavy
fine and Imprisonment.
The slightest slap on the face of the
king or queen-or any other art Of the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
The Religious World

If the Rev. John L. Scudder, who
came from New Jersey yesterday art
ernoon to talk to the Woman's Press
club, preached them sermon II was
at least a new one.
at NAV look like an old sermon be-
cause l have to read it," Mr.. Scudder
said, "but that is only because
haven't had time to learn it. I'll wasn't
written for this occasion, and IL IL
goes well here may put text at one
end and an ecclesiastical tail at the
other and use it for real sermon.
Mr.. Scudder's subject was the ,Re-
Spouse of the Church to Modern Needs
and Conditions" He told the women
that practical Christianity ana not
doctrines was the present order III re-
1igion, and mentioned B1shop fotter'
Lyman Abbott and Washington Glad
ding as opponents of the church or To-
day where the barriers OF sectarlah-
ism are ''rotting away" .
''The good ship Zion," he said. rs
no longer an old hulk that never goes
into dry dock, with barnacles ana
seaweed on the bottom, numbering
along at the rate of half mile an
hour. 1t is advancing because 1t Is
susceptible to change. All infalllple
churches are receiving severe jolts to-
day and are destined to encounter
hard times and ecclesiastical panic.
Priestcraft is played out, and man
thinks for himself. Free thought has
come to stay. The church itself sees
things differently, and many time-hon-
ored doctrines now remind us of shriv-
eled specimens in alcohol in medical
museum.
Verbal inspiration has given place
to higher crit. cism. We are not now
taught that the world was created in
six days, that Mother Eve was re-
constructed rib of Father Adam and
the geological garden has been substi-
tuted for the Garden of Eden as the
home OF our ancestors. Natural law
has invaded the spiritual world. and
young men are not now afraid to look
the minister in the face and say that
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

1lsNH ttj1lN ENI women nave Dee1
|IA 81 wi giving answers to the question
HI yAl posed to them, What will
IH 8eNl women do when they ruler"
HI Carmen Sylvia, the queen OF
- Roumania, says: IT think
Semiramis, Katherine the
Great, Queen Elizabeth, the Empress
Marie Theresa and others have shown
that women can rule"
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt's opinion is
as follows: when women rule they
will retain all their good and bad quail
tiles, just as men rulers have done,
now do and always will do
Yvette Guilbert says: Il hope women
will, in the first place, abolish war and
afford better protection to the rights
of motherhood, and that they will also
have indisputable power to assist in
my life work-supply costumes to
needy actresses. You see, am already
candidate for the CHARACTERISTIC of
the exchequer under the new regime"
Frau Ellen Key, the Scandinavian
writer, answers: IF / came into power
/ would, with few exceptions, destroy
all the schools and allow an entire gem
GRAFTON of absolutely unfettered chill
dren to grow up freed from the condi-
lions of modern wretchedness. I would
raise a new generation of parents and
teachers, SO brought up that they would
for their part create new humanity.
Until the creation of a new humanity
all reforms must be merely superficial
l would elevate motherhood to the rank
of supreme artistic achievement and
the states most important function"
Nine. Susan Despres, the Paris ira
gedienne, says: what will women do
when they rule? Stupid things"
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood of the
United States Equal Rights party re-
plies Like men, we would restiessly
seek office, but we would not spend an
immense fortune in sending warships
to the Pacific ocean in order to terrify
our neighbors. We would devote the
money to building roads and canals.
thus strengthening industry and en-
ploying men in productive labor. We
would see the church become more
| popular than the theater, enforce total
| abstinence and open all schools to Wo-
| men,"
| Haruko, empress of Japan, is loved
| and admired by her people as an an
| gel of goodness and beauty Her
name is a poem, Child of Spring.
Pierre Lott calls her Imperatrice Prin-
| temps. She is just so years of age and
belongs to the noble Ichijo family. one
| of the five from which mikado's wife
| is always chosen. In all matters that
| concern the welfare of the country,
and especially of it's women, the en-
press Is always counted upon as a
| sure ally. She takes special interest
| in the education of women and girls,
and every year sends five of the clever
/ est girls in Japan to study in an Amer
| lean university at her expense. She
subscribes largely to the Women S
university opened in Toxic in 1901, and
she is at the head of that wonderful
| institution, the Red Cross society OF
Japan. Her chief interest lies in the
Peeresses' school in Toxic for the
daughters of the nobility; 1t is under
her direct patronage and she was pres
ent at the opening when she made a
| speech to the girls. The principal is a
| former court lady and well versed in
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
Mem and Things

AS monarch and as a man of BUSH
ness-a more frequent combination
than many imagine-the kaiser owns
well equipped pottery bringing home
$4,000 a year. The king of Wurtem-
berg owns two large hotels bringing in
a similar amount The king of Saxony
owns famous porcelain factory. The
Meissen regent of Lippe Detmold runs
a large model farm and sells butter,
milk and eggs. The king of the Bel
gians' investment of $25,00O,O0O in the
Congo yields about 20 per cent, while
the king of the Servians owns barber
shop and an apothecary's shop, in adj
dition to an agency. In motor cars.
3
Col. Alexander X. Mcclure, the vet
eran Philadelphia editor, celebrated the
eightieth anniversary of his birthday
January 8. Four hundred guests as
sembled to do him honor, among them
many who could recall without effort
the days of Lincoln, one of whose inti-
mate friends was Colonel Mcclure;
there were those of later generation
who knew him as the virile editorial
writer and contributor to the annals of
the countrys political life, and those
still younger who knew the guest of
honor as the longtime president of the
celebrated Glover club.
The Hon. Francis w. Cushman of
Washington once went on a debating
tour through the northwest with James
Hamilton Lewis, formerly member of
the house. Some one had asked Cush-
man to give an idea of the kind of de-
bates had.
well" said Cushman, most of them
were about like this; Lewis would
send the bird of freedom into the blue
empyrean; then / would take him by
the tail feathers and yank MIN down.
Gen. oliver Otis Howard is the only
surviving general officer who COM
manded a division in the Civil War. He
is writing a series of his reeollections
of distinguished men.
e. II. Holder, an English artist. has
the honor of being the first professional
artist to paint the Victoria falls the
largest falls in the world, on the Fam
best. His paintings of the falls were
recently on exhibition in London. one
of his paintings was made from
swinging car, over the gorge, below the
falls 450 feet above the current
Engineer A. j. Ingle of Baltimore,
who is in charge of the engine draw
ing the passenger train between that
city and Winchester, w. Va, Is in his
seventy-sixth year. He is good IL
lustration of the contention that loco
motive engineers as class are nat
contradiction to the cry that modern
methods are pushing the old men to
the rear.
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Harry B. Wolf of Baltimore, who
represents in congress the Third dis
trict of Maryland, is the "baby of the
house." At seven years of age he sold
newspapers. At IA he hauled bananas
at so cents a load. At 20 he received
his law diploma and had fortune of
20 cents At 26 he was elected to con-
gress, carrying into the Democratic
column district that had gone over
whelmingly Republican for ten years.
Lamar jackson, full-blooded Choc-
taw Indian Of Atoka, has been APP
pointed to cadetship IN the United
states military academy at West
Point by Congressman Charles d. Car
ter of Oklahoma.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
Not Like an Eagle

81 see the eagle can Withstand a %
day fast" remarked the boarding
house lady, at breakfast.
"That's all right" said the slim
boarder; but | amt no eagle. ia
have YOU understandl''- Yonkers
Statesman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
REVIEW OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF Men AND Women
UNIVERSITY KEEPS
PACE WITH RAPID
GROW1TH OF CITY

CALIFORNIA; Institution Shows Remarkable Trans
formation with New Colleges of Liberal Arts Oratory
Music Pharmacy and Theology
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

Lamar jackson, a full-blooded Choc-
taw Indian of Atoka. has been APP
pointed to a cadetship in the United
States military academy at West
Point by Congressman Charles d. Car
ter of Oklahoma.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

The British Coast Erosion committee
reioices over the discovery that the sea
has added S0.752 acres TO the British
isles in tenty-five years and carried
away only 419 acres. The land cut off
has been valuable, however. while the
sandbanks added may remain useless
for many years
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
PROMINENT WOMEN
LOOK INTO FUTURE
Will Take Place When the Absolute Rule of
Man Is End

7TN COMMENT women have been
wi giving answers to the question
~ posed to them, What will
|l0Ii rxrnraan do txrl,oY, f1,atr rttia ofs
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
SOULS LINKED BY GENIUS.
Girl Sculptor and Great Musician Rec
ognized the Bond.

There is beautiful story connected
with Vennie Ream's bust of List, re-
Gently on exhibition in the national
sculpture show at Baltimore. AS a
mere girl Miss Ream visited Rome,
her soul filled with enthusiasm for
music and art. On one occasion she
was taken to one of LISTS concerts
and was fortunate enough to obtain a
seat near enough to have touched him
with her hand. AS the great master
played she listened rapturously to the
wonderful music, entranced and forget
full of everything save the glorious
sounds produced by his inspired
touch.
At a pause List turned and looked
at her. and quietly, without word, he
leaned and overlaid one hand over
hers. and gently pressed it in silent
recognition Of the appreciation which
glowed in her large black eyes and
filed her whole being. At the close Of
the concert he turned to her and said:
my child, we need no introduction"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Office Bow Up to Date,

The day after Otto had got leave
Of absence to attend the second flu
neral in his family since the beginning
of the baseball season, he found his
work unusually irksome
Finally ceasing to fight against the
creeping drowsiness, he slept In the
midst of record-breaking home run
by his favorite batsman he heard the
managers voice:
what! Asleep again? (Sarcas
tically) I trust you had pleasant
dreams"
"Oh, yes, sir" stammered Otto
hardly awake.
The manager, noting that the rest
Of the office force were hugely enjoy
ing Otto's discomfort, continued, mock
ingly:
May inquire il you were dreaming
of your recent bereavement"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
A Quick Grower,

William M. Mauss, Chicago's indus
trial commissioner, recently visited
New York, and with great success
pointed out to the New Workers Chi
Cages many advantages as an indus
trial center.
Praising his great city at a dinner,
Mr. Mauss smiled and said: Indeed,
the quick growth of Chicago is as re-
markable as that of Tin Can.
"a native praised Tin Can to a ten
derfoot.
"'Only six years DID, he said, and
the finest young town in the west
Tin Can the finest young town in
the west? Nonsense! said the tender
foot I don't like it at ALL
"'You dont?' exclaimed the native.
astonished. When were you there?'
Last week
"'Ah,' said the native, but you
ought to see the place now"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Tablet in Honor of Patriot.

A tablet to the memory of John Ben
jamin, a Maine soldier in the revolu-
ton. was dedicated recently in the
Washington Memorial chapel, Valley
Forge. on the 130th anniversary of the
evacuation of Valley Forge by the
American army. The chapel and its
surrounding buildings are memorial
to George Washington. The tablet is
the gift of Mrs William Henry Pear
son, OF Boston. The tablet reads:
with thanksgiving unto Almighty
God and in loving memory of John
Benjamin, Of Massachusetts, born
February 5, 1858, died December 2.
1914, artillerist in the continental
army. giving to his beloved country
a service of seven years and sharing
the privations of Valley Forge, this
tablet in tribute to his honor, his val
or and his faithful life is erected by
his granddaughter, Nancy Della Ben
jamin Pearson"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Matrimony VS.. Labor.

Some one suggests novel remedy
for the competition of women in
trades that have always been sacred
to men, says writer. 1t is that when
ever a woman is known to be making
a success of her work some man
should marry her, and nine times out
of ten it would mean position for an
other man. Unions might take the
matter up and keep on hand stock of
eligible young men to shoe off the
young women through the gate of mat
rimony
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Slam at Sherlock.

Sherlock Holmes Of the Hamilton
Herald says that he called on me last
week and helped me set hen l do
not remember it. What do remem-
Der is party coming into my back
yard on the day in question and ask
ing me if he could hide an empty
whisky bottle. l replied that he
could go down and throw it over the
line into the back yard of Rev. John
Cooley, who lives next to me- That
is all / know about Sherlock = Grims.
by Independent.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Artists Carry HEAVY ,nsuranc.

The fingers on the right hand Of
Kubelik are known to be insured for
$4,000, and the total disablement of
his hand would net him $4,000. A like
sum covers Paderewski's digits. while
Hoffman, the pianist, carries $500 on
each of his fingers. Patti, until re.
Gently, at least, had $4,000 on her
voice. and paid staggering premium
-$125-for each appearance Scrap
Book.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Hindu Gods.

The theology of the Hindus is sim
ply a mystery to the occidental intel
ligence. They believe in mil
lion gods and in as many "hells''
and heavens" The wild labyrinth
of ideas going to make up the Brah-
min faith is quite beyond the ability
Of a white person to follow. The
thought Of it is bewildering, and once
in the midst of it you could no more
get out of it than a six-months-old
baby could get out OF an Amazonian
forest.-Exchange
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
The Rub.

My" exclaimed little Billy, as he
gazed at the Autograph. I'D like to
be giraffe. Just think how easily he
could rubber over the baseball fence"
That's all right" replied Tommy,
"but there is another time when you
wouldn't want to have neck like
giraffe"
when is that?"
why. in the mornings when your
ma begins to scrub your neck with
soap and water"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Truth and Bubbling Springs.

Truth! Truth! There is nothing but
truth. The spring of eternal youth
Ponce de Leon sought was truth; the
spring which bubbles deep down in
the heart of man-though often never,
never reached-and has bubbled there
from Adam to Washington, from Ga
lileo to Marconi. With the elixir of
truth--the most sustaining of all the
tonics-man can never grow old. But
he who gives himself to truth must
not look for office, for riches, or even
for popularity-Henry Watterson.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Golf.Made Loafers.

So long as you pay caddies sum
sufficient to enable them, however
poorly, to live, and supply themselves
with the invariable adjunct of the loaf
err. a villainous cigarette. you will
breed loafers, and you will eventually
make it necessary to alter the whole
conditions of employment-Co
Life.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

At her earnest request that he would
sit for her, he readily consented, and
she modelled the bust from life, put
ting in the work the true artists inspi-
ration and power, which alone can
give to it the touch of strength and
life
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
When Lies Brightness Leaves.

The setting of a great hope is like
the setting of the sun. The bright
ness of our life is gone. Shadows or
evening fall around us, and the world
seems but a dim refiection-itself
broader shadow. We look forward
into the coming lonely night. The
soul withdraws into itself. Then stars
arise and the night is holy.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Cooperative Scheme in lnd;,

Rich philanthropic Indians in Ben.
gal are taking preliminary steps to.
ward the establishment of a large
farm of $4,000 acres on the co-opera.
tive plan. The land has been pur.
chased and 40 buildings are being
erected for the accommodation OF
those who come first to occupy the
land. Two hundred and sixty houses
viii follow as needed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Otto looked slightly bewildered,
then all at once realizing that he was
the butt of the joke. he chirped up:
Il dreamed, sir, that you asked the
boss to raise my salary"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Principles of the Party
as Enunciated by the
Convention at
Denver.
FOR REFORM OF TARIFF
Reduction of Import Duties
on Many Articles Is
Demanded
INCOME TAX is FAVORED

Modification of Existing Laws Relat-
ing to Injunctions Declared Neces-
sary-For Economy in Administra-
tion-Pubiicity of Campaign Con-
tributions and the Forbidding of
Corporations to Contribute Is One
of the Planks-Stringent Laws
Against Trusts Urged - Railroad
Regulation - Popular Election of
Senators-Aoainst Asatic immiara-
ton.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Denver, Col.-The platform of the
Democratic party, as adopted by
unanimous vote Of the convention, is
as follows:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-07-29
POISON SQUAD" SUFFERED.
DIR. Wiley Tells of Effect of Preserv.
atives.

Washington, July 21.-"In the in
terests of health, both benzoic acid
and benzoate of soda should be ex-
cluded from foods"
This is the conclusion of DR.. Harvey
W. Wiley, chief If the bureau Of
chemistry of the department of ag-.
riculture. after prolonged investiga--
tion to determine the effect upon the
human system of those preservatives.
These chemicals were given in vari-
Gus foods to DR.. Wileys so-called
poison squad" and he declares that
their use is highly Objectionable, and
Injuries digestion and health 1t is
pointed out that these symptoms were
produced upon healthy individuals re-
ceiving good and nourishing food and
living under proper sanitary condi-
tions
Il is only fair to conclude. there.
fore says d. Wiley, "that under SIM
liar conditions of administration of
these preservatives in the case Of
weaker systems much more serious
and lasting injury would be produc-
ed"
He declares that the investigation
is of special Importance because Of
the opinion held by many manufac-
turers. food officials and consumers
that benzoic acid and benzoates are
the preservative substances generally
used.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-07-29
Lever Must Take a Rest.

Lexington. July 2t.-Congressman
A. r.. Lever returned to Lexington yes
terday. after an absence of ten days,
during which time he has addressed
n number Of political meetings In his
district and spoke to great farmers
rallies at Gaffney and Union. The
Seventh district congressman is rap
Idly becoming one of the most pop
uiar speakers In the State. and his
sood work for agriculture has made
him In great demand at farmers
meetings.
Congressman Lever Is suffering very
much with throat trouble. and a
specialist In throat diseases has or
dered a complete rest for him. While
the trouble seems serious. II Is
thought a ten days rest Will put the
young congressman back I'm condition
for finishing the summers work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-07-29
THE STATE FAIR.
Capt. MObley Says That the One to
BE Held This Fall Will Be "1he
Best Yet"

Capt. John G.. Mobley president Of
the State Fair association states that
there will be no summer meeting Of
the society this year and that all the
resources Of the society will be con-
centrated on giving the people a great
fair this fall.
The premium lists, he announces,
have been printed and he hopes that
all who desire them will write Mr.. A..
w. Love secretary of the society, and
they will receive them promptly.
Capt. Mobley says the race COM
mttee met and expressed themselves
as we'll pleased with the work Of
the secretary, Mr. r. c. Keenan,. The
race meet seems already an assured
success. Many celebrated horses have
been entered ahd an association start
er engaged who will use a barrier in
starting the horses. The committee
decided that 100 additional stalls are
necessary to accommodate the horses
entered The location for the new
stables was selected and Mr.. Il. c.
keenan, and DR.. E. c. McGregor were
appointed subcommittee to see that
the plans and specifications were car
ried out. Capt. Mobley said that the
prospect for successful fair is ia
VOrable and that he hopes every cOun-
ty in the State will be well represent
ed in attendance and that representa-
tive exhibits will be sent to the fair
from every one of them.