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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
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officer, if there be two, leads, and the COM
nanding officer of the ship is always address
ed as captain, even if he is only an ensign.
All officers below the rank of commander,
not commanding officers, may be addressed
as Mister" although there is no objection
to giving them the title of their rank
When sailor, officer or man leaves the
ship, the officer of the deck is informed of
that fact; and when such absentee returns
he must report his arrival to the same per
sonage. To civilian it seems odd to see the
captain saluting an ensign and informing him
that ne 1.-THE captain has returned on board
But that is naval etiquette.
People visiting, war-ship, except by spe-
cial invitation, should not do SO in the fore
noon, unless it is known that such time will
not be inopportune. The forenoon is general
~ devoted to drill and the usual ship duties
particular is regarded as visitors period.
This rule is not so much one of etiquette
as common sense
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17


What is it?,,, sgueried her mother, anxious
y. "Are you i'll Z"
me; l am well enough, but don't seem
Q get along in school" was the reply. Some,
how the lessons seem very hard, and feel
ure ! will not get promoted this term.
81 am afraid you are lazy" said her mother,
Rntly.
prise "How can you say so? You know |
hut in as much time studying as Sister Lulu.
Y"Very true; but that is not what | meant
II ou are mentally lazy. You repeat the words
u your lesson as many times as your sister
ientally lazy. You do not work your brain
all" ,,,
"Nonsense!" said the schoolgirl. "Who
yer heard of such a thing!
That is what many people say; but. none
bic less, it is true that mental laziness is one
Il the greatest of human frailties. II may
witnessed in any school, where, among a
undred pupils, only ten will work their
rains, while the remaining ninety, though
apparently working just as hard, lag behind
because their mental faculties are dormant.
1t is so much easier to accept dogmatic
eaching than to concentrate our thoughts and
work out the lessons of our own observations.
How many pupils in the grammar schools
Understand why the hypothesis OF right
lngled triangle is found by extracting the
quare root of the sum of the squares, OF the
pase and perpendicular They know how to
20 IL. Dul CduHOI give any VI
recess. How many advanced pupils can tell
Ihy in the division Of fractions it is neces-
Apry to invert the diyisor and multiply!
There must be cause for every operation
n arithmetic, since mathematics is the purest
reason yet how many students trouble them
$tlves to master the cause!
That is mental lainess, and it crops out in
MANY other branches of life outside of the
hchoolhouse. 1t is SO much easier to initiate
Than to originate, and it saves so much trou-
Bile to simply take another's word for it. III
ktead of delving out the truth for oneself.
4 By giving way to this mental Incidence,
HE brain becomes dormant and selfreliance
disappears gradually but surely. 1t is forgot
Ven that nothing is true because somebody has
said so, but because it has been proven to be
rue. If everybody had accepted current
Dpinions. we would never have known that
Inc world is round, that the seas were navi
liable and million other things now so neces-
6ary to our life and happiness.
To be destitute of individualism is to be
mentally lazy, and that is nothing more than
being parrot, that only repeats and never
originated Not that it is necessary to be
1uarrelsome or disputatious- not at all. 1t is
pnly necessary to take nothing on trust to
weigh carefully all statements and master the
(shy and wherefore of every process.
Exercise the brain on every subject, and
keep It from getting lazy by making it work.
3rhere is no danger of exhausting it, If, like
!the muscle of the arm, it is not strained;
Indeed, like the same muscles, 1T gains
strength with exercise, until brain work be-
*eomes a pleasure instead of hardship.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17

Copyright by James Elverson.
E1ERHAPS the ultra-fashionable people,
- to whom etiquette is the sum and
substance OF all good. would dispute
the assertion that anyone, could sur,
ss them in that polite art, and least OF az
nerican flag ON land and sea.
Yet it is true that etiquette is nowhere SO
yidly observed as in the army and navy.
fact, etiquette is the foundation OF The
Vice.
about the first thing recruit learns is how
salute an officer, which he is expected to
s.. whenever and wherever he meets one. II
be meeting should occur in a room the sol
4 Ter is taught to remove his cap and stand at
IeS,ption. On his part, the officer is taught
retnsn the salute, and when addressing
| SOLVER Of any rank, however low, to give
y mis- title. !,
When party of soldiers are at work and
b officer. approaches they are called to at
ention and remain in that attitude until the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17

AWE in the morning. they do not go TO
RAM the washstand to wash their faces,
for the simple reason that Siamese
bo,,sss can boast no such article of furniture.
So opr little Siamese friend Just runs down
10 the foot of the ladder-for the house IS
bu;,t on posts-to large jar of water with
oai noco un shell dipper. There she washes
aar face by throwing the water over her hands
and rubbing them over her face. She needs
no towel for the water is left to dry. She
does not brush her teeth. for they are stained
black by chewing the betel nut. Her halr
does not require combing, either, for 1t IS al
shaved except little tuft on the top OF the
head, and that is tied in little knot. and
not often combed. -, r.
After breakfast is over. the children go OIL
and find some pleasant place. in which to play.
The girls play at keeping house. and make
dishes of clay dried in the sun, Little images
Of clay washed with lime are their only dolls.
The BOYS in Siam are very fond of pitching
coins. and spend much of their time in this
game. They play leap-frog, and very often
i;,,mn the rope Now that so many foreigners
come to this country, they have learned to
p' IN the month Of March. though usually dry
and hot. winds are blowing. At this time the
S;amese. Young and old, are much engaged in
nlaving games with kites. which are fitted
with whistles, and the air resounds with the
noise produced by the toys and the shouts OF
the multitudes of people engaged in the sport.
As the streets in Siam are almost all rivers
and canals, the Siamese boys and girls early
learn to row, and paddle their little boats al
most as they learn to swim, which they do
when they are only four or five years old.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
A Fine Point

Chinese doctors are very particular about
the distinction between physicians and sur
geons. A Chinese gentleman was struck by
an arrow, which remained fast in. his body.
protruding bit of the arrow, leaving the point
embedded. He refused to extract it, because
the case was clearly one for physician. the
arrow being inside the body.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
Lumps Of Fat

The humps of camels are mere Jumps OF
fat, and not provided for in the framework
of the skeleton. When the animal is in good
condition, the humps are full and pump. On
a long journey, where food is scarce, the
humps are entirely absorbed. the skin cover
ing them hanging over the flank like an empty
bag.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
A Koreans Stomach

9-nY HE natives Korea, who have become
- familiar with foreigners and their
b ways, take very readily to the Gus
tom of calling-and eating-on New
Year's Day. and one American lady had a
very peculiar experience with native official
3in Seoul on New Years Day. She was keep
ing open house, and had made preparations
for receiving her guests in the proper manner.
Among other things she made q very excel
E1ent and rather large cake, which she .ex-
knected to distribute in small slices to her
callers. A party of native gentlemen arrived,
kshc nlaced this fine cake before him, with an
7;nvitatiou to help himself
She then went with the others to another
kroom. and was gone some time. When she
returned, she saw, to her horror. that her
cake had all but disappeared. The native, ac-
cording to his ideas of etiquette, had done
khis best not to leave any of the eatables set
before him.
ing Of pity for the poor w saS sba. tbs
call was his first and last that day He de- e
|,Sall stomach" if they could 90 from house to
house and "eat that much every time"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
Mental Laziness

DECLARE am discouraged" said a
: schoolgirl, as she threw her books
on the lounge and sank into chair,
with an expression of utter weari-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
Couldn't Afford Il

PSYCHOLOGISTS tell us that every
time we crook finger we expend
- some vital force, and that if we
would be strong we must not CON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
Child Life in Siam

wuHEN the Siamese young folks get up
kIH in the morning. they do not go to
WA the washstand to wash their taces'
- g. +bo s;mnle reason that Siamese
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-17
Copyright by James Elverson)

Copyright by James Elverson)
WlN some respects, teeth are the most
curious part of our anatomy. The
first surprise a student encounters is
the information that teeth are not
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17
HUMAN DRUG TESTERS.

A lot of sorry looking chickens, dogs and cats loafed in the black, i'll smelling yard of the great chemical plant.
 We use these animals to test our drugs on" said the chemist. "They come in very handy. They more than earn their board.
 "Ergotine is drug we test on chickens. It is a simple test. If a dose of ergotine fails to turn a chickens comb black we know that the drug is for some reason or other worthless.
 "Hasheesh we test on dogs. Hash eesh is made of female hemp buds; male hemp buds have no medicinal value; yet some dishonest dealers put they resemble the female buds pre- cisely it is impossible to detect them save by an actual test. Dogs, given hasheesh. get drunk and happy if the stuff is good.
 "Digitalis, the heart stimulator. is tested on frogs. We inject a. drop of it into a frogs stomach, and in the kymograph or heart recording ma chine, we study the changes that take place in the frogs heart action. Thus we get a very accurate knowledge of what our digitalis can do.
 Do we ever test drugs on Oursel- yes? Oh. yes. indeed; often. Chem ists have lost their lives, chemists have gone incurahly insane, through too rash a bravery in testing drugs on their persons. Los Angeles Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17
HAVING BEEN TRIED
 ARE NEVER DENIED.
One Trial of Dr Richards Dyspepsia Tablets Will Prove the Above
 Quotation.

Remember Dr Richards Dyspepsia Tablets do not contain any nerve food" The nerve food is in the eggs beefsteak. vegetables and bread that we eat. What Dr Richards Dyspesia Tablets do is to help the stomach to get this nerve food out of your every day meals Your nerves will then take careOf themselves and you will become cheerful and happy. Give this remedy a thorough trial and see what 1t will do for those poor. tired. worn out nerves.
 Mir r. g. ChOquette. carpenter. a East Clay street, Waterbury. Conn. says:
 "I had been a sufferer from dys- pepsfa for ten years: had used many remedies that came to my knowledge but without the desired effect pro. cured a bottle of Dr Richards Dyspep. sfa Tablets at ApOthecaries Hall and began taking them according to di. rscfions. They cureI me in a weeh and am now enjoying perfect health. Although I have been exposed to the hot weather all the summer have not been bothered with any Oi those weak. dizzy spells. ' shall con. tinue to recommend this remsdy whenever have the opportunity For sale by an druggists AeesB. ID other. Prize 50 cents per bottle. . Made by Dr Richards Dyspepsia Tas- ! let Association. 5 and ss Worth street. New York city.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17
Try a Democrat want ad.

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 Don't worry if you feel tired and dragged out-if you have backache and bearing-down pains. headache, dizzy spells. faintness and lack ambi- ton. Don't think it's some trouble peculiar to the sex. Men suffer in the same way when they have kidney trouble
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17

The mine horrors which appalled, the nation at the close of the year 1907 made comment a mockery in the face of the need for vigorous ac- tion, says a magazine writer. Every victim indicated in the solid columns of names published by the United Mine Workers Journal is a mute pro- test against words, and a demand for such laws as will show whether or not the American nation is in earnest when it expresses its lament at dis aster. and its purpose to prevent its recurrence. Even more to be needed ase the living protests against injus- t.cc, the wives and young children of the dead miners who have with this .Ch9istmastide entered upon a daily struggle for home and bread. Their heroic efforts will not be known 10 the country as was the tragic death of their husbands and fathers. But their life of struggle should not drop rom the public mind until laws shall have been enacted to prevent. as far a, possible, the increase Of their num- ber and to do justice to those similar Y hereaved. sympathy and relief funds are needed. but they are a scrry substitute for preventive legislation. anj for compensation or pensions when accidents Go occur.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17

Alexander Troup, editor of the New Haven Union, thinks that MT Bryan will be nominated, but at the same time fears that such conservative democrats as Governor Johnson of Minnesota, Lieutenant Governor Chanler of New York, Judge Harman of Ohio, Judge Gray of Delaware, Sen ator Daniel of Virginia, Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia and Senator Culberson of Texas, and others may control enough votes to prevent the two-thirds vote of the delegates to the convention necessary to nominate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17

Secretary Taft in his late speech tc the Boston Merchants association
 acknowledges the awful pass the poli- cies of his party have brought upon the country. Listen to him: Tn this widespread catastrophe I have the deepest sympathy with the great body of business men and wage earn CTS, who I know are honest and will have to bear the brunt of it, and l feel the greatest solicitude and anX- iety for their recovery, but I urge them not to allow their resentment at conditions to be made a weapon against the public veal" His advice to those business men who are feel ing the full effect of the republican panic is spoiled by it's partisan color ing, for the public weal' means, of course. the republican party. As a prospective candidate he hides the fact that resentment at the policies of that party is all that will save the country from further trouble and lead to reform. How different is this tone of confession by republican leaders from the boastfulness of the past few years. Pride cometh before a fall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17
SPREE FOR PREACHERS WIFE
A Plot to Get One Away From Hel
 Many Duties.

A contributor to "The Pilgrims | Scrip" in the American Magazine tells how she is going to lead a preachers wife into 'debauch.' She says: Il am going to give myself brand new sensation next week. Maybe God will forgive me. am so absurdly whimsically poor. am going to reel my oats as a philanthropist. There is poor little lady, q Methodist preach CTS wife, and near kin to me, who has become very poor. She has borne eight children in fourteen years and never had a days rest from her lively brood. The othei day she wrote me that she thought she was going to die, and could not afford q decent shroud. I sent her new walk ing suit and ticket to A and an invitation to spend a week with me. | engaged q doctor. and told her if she died while here I'd bear the fu- neral expenses. Meanwhile, if she really meant to die, it was all the more necessary to have one whole good time before the long sleep. l pointedly refused to invite any of the children. which she resented at first. But now she is resigned. She will come. with her dear heart tugging back to them all the way.
 And when she comes, I shall give her worldly rest from all spiritual cares. She shall go to no missionary meetings nor prayer services. She shall forget the hard strain of doing as a minister's wife and be little less good. She shall go to the tieater. Yes. though it is against the laws of her church, and though she has never seen inside of one of the wicked things. had not myself until went tO New York. and how it did rest me. She shall laugh and enjoy all those things selfishly which ordinarily she yields to Ter children.
 Ut makes my heart sit up inside me and giggle when think of the tricks I shall play upon her forlornly sweet virtues. I do think I am one Of the most talented hypocrites in this world. for I can see myself through all of next week and I can see her, the itle jade white rose of lady, pac- ing about together. wandering from the fold. going happily astray as if there were no Methodist discipline in the world. and it makes the tears come into my eyes. But. dear ST, you will miss the point if yOu th.nk that I am writing this 10 brag of my charity-no. It's my luxury I'm brag- glng about. The luxury nf cnnferring a vacation with no end of witty winks at God for the advantage shall take of the church. Besides. if you'll re- fleet. charity is common mOdesty compared with the cOnceit cCntem- plate"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17

that has been boiling for the past few moons" The same authority says the bottle manufacturers have curtailed production to about one-half the normal capacity of their plants. If from 40 to 10S per cent of tariff pro- lection does not protect these glass trusts and manufacturers from bank ruptcy or depression, is not the evi- dence overwhelming that protection does not protect either the trusts or the workingmen, and yet republi- can congress persists in refusing to revise the tariff.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17
HEARD IN PASSING.

In spite of all that has been said about them, "The malefactors of great wealth" continue to put on flesh.
 EX-Senator Spooner has already proved that he is another lawyer whose heart can be in his clients cause.
 A Kentucky man is reported to have died from swallowing a frog in spring water he was drinking. Here is another gruesome argument against prohibition.
 It is to be hoped that the returning Chinene minister Wu Ting Fang, will get as much fun out of us in the future as we have gotten out of him In the past.
 As Senator Aldrich is the father of it will be nothing but prudent to try and discover the "nigger in the wood pile" perhaps carefully hid there by the Standard Oil trust attorneys.
 The administration after months of labor has arranged a reciprocity treaty with France. It will be of immense advantage to the common people, of the United States for it reduces the tariff tax on champagne. The sugar trust has no surplus, al thought it officially reports a large one, according to Charles A. Spreck- els, who holds $500 shares of the pre- ferred stock. The sugar trust is one of Roosevelt's good trusts like the steel trust.
 As showing the general disorgani- zation of Ohio republicans, General Grosvenor is threatening to bolt the ticket and run independent, for con- gress, if the primaries are not con- ducted in accordance with methods that meet his approval.
 It is reported that Seth Bullock backed down on an invitation to ac- company the president on one of his noted mud-mashing country walks. This is no sign of effeminacy either Seth comes form a country where they saddle horse to go across the road
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS.
FRIDAY, JAN IF, 1908.
Tan. l7 In bistory.

7& - Benjamin Franklin, American philosopher and statesman. born in Boston; died in Phila- delphia April r, 1790. Franklin early engag- ed in printing and published an almanac which became famous as Poor Richards AL mapac. He invented 8 wood stove. discov- cred the identity of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17

That the so-calIad protective tariff fs not a producer of prosperity has been forced on the attention of the most ardent standpatters by the pres ent prolonged panic. The several glass industries. especially the win dow glass trust are very highly pro- tected by the tari1. yet. says a Wash ington writer. according t0 the Ma tiOnaI Glass Budget a journal devot- ed To glass and tariff prOtection.raany of those industries are in a bankrupt condition and their workmen in a sad plight. The National Glass company E in the hands of a receiver. and sev- eral of the nine constituent compznisz are unable to meet their obIigztiOzs
 The vitch-s ezuldroa in Macbeth. szye the Budget. isn't a patch con1- pared to the vindoE glass hell kettle
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17

electricity and light
 ming which jed to tho invention of the lightning rod. and served the colonies in London, and afterward, during the Revolution. in Paris, where he secured money and troops to aid the American cause He signed the Declaration of Independence and helped frame the United States constitution. ln1-Chsries Drockden Brown, noted early American novelist, born In Phiiadel phia; died 1910.
 1E!-Dattle Of the Cowpens. 1sss-General Rutherford Birchard Hayes. ex-president of the United States. died at Fremont. O.: born 1922. lst7-Margaret Young. widow of the late Mormon president. Brigham Young. died at Deseret, Utah; born 1923.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-17
WHY WOMEN SUFFER.
3rfght's disease or diabetes.

Bright's disease or diabetes.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are special medicine for the kidneys. and do not affect the bowels or any other organs. There Is not a particle of poison in them-just the pure roots and herbs that nature intended for curing the kidneys.
 Doan's Kidney Pills cure every form of kidney trouble. Read the testimony of a woman of your own city, perhaps a neighbor.
 WATERBURY TESTIMONY.
 Mrs Margaret Wilson of sI East East Clay street, Waterbury, Conn, says: 'I suffered for a long tlms witk dull. heavy bearing down pains across the Joins. lameness in tho small of my back and was in such bad shape at times that could hard ly attend to my homework. I was so lame I could not get up or down stairs. There was a constant pain be- tween my shoulders. One of my boarders advised me to try Deans Kidney Pills. saying that they had cured him of similar trouble years ago. He spoke so highly of them that I sent to the H. w. Lske Drug Co for a box and used the pills as d. rected. I found quick relief and in time an effectual cure. have not had any return of the trouble sinaAs