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The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-12
NOT HUMOR

The american Brewers Revie7v, criti-
cizing Mr.. Arthur Brisbane's article
upon alcohol, presents paragraph that
need to be carefully marked to assure
the reader that it is not intended to be
humorous. 1t says:
Nothing is said of the positive, the
wholesome, the beneficial features of the
temperate use of alcoholic drink. No
where is the claim even mentioned that
alcoholic drink supplies a cultural need
of the highest order and greatest import
ance. The physiological benefits from
its use are ignored, the powerful Unfit
ences for happiness, for recreation, for
elevation above the drudgery of the
work-a-day life, for the opening of the
higher life, for morality, for the extra
ordinary aid to digestion-not only by
its continental character but by the
psychical influence which is most i'm
portant in eating.
In the language of the street, "Now,
what do you make of that?"
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-12

and what they should drink, and no,
have other men decide such matters for
them. That is not the spirit of free
dom, but of autocratic government In
this country of boosted freedom espec-
tally, Prohibition has no place. The
Pope is the apostle of all things in mod
Grafton, but not of Prohibition"
Mgr Golfers remarks about The Pope's
views on the Prohibition question were
received with reclamation, and, at the
instance of the speaker, three cheers
were given for His Holiness.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-12

less misstatements. According to the fig
ures of the United States Statistical Alb
stract, which have gone unchallenged
for many years, the per capita consump-
ton of distilled spirits in 1910 was 252
gallons and in 1860, 2.s6 gallons. The
present per capita consumption is 1853
gallons, while the beer consumption has
grown from 1876 gallons to 21.23 gal
Ions
1t is safe to say, in the light of this,
that the editor of the Bre7vers' Journal
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-12

masses OF the people, they will no longer
be able to impose upon all of us. We
are intelligent and progressive in all
matters of modern knowledge and action
ard, therefore, we will be so in regard
to We question of how to decently en-
joy( our life without the aid and guild
anee of self-appointed tutors. We are
the only real national temperance or
ganization, and by moderately using
what mother nature gave us, we will
make it impossible for any one to for
bid us how to act in Our homes and
when in society. Long live the Ameri-
can people. Down with Prohibition!
has no fear of the facts before his eyes,
What he lacks, however, in accuracy
and honesty, he makes up in vivid irnag-
nation. He goes on:
We progressed in mechanics, engin-
eerlng, arts and sciences as no other
nation on earth ever did within the
short space of century; and at pres
ent we are leading the world in wealth,
economic, and even political power.
The only trouble we are experiencing
just now is with dishonest fnanciers,
capacious monopolists, corrupt and cow
ardly politicians and last, but not least,
Prohibition cranks. The dishonest finan-
ciers have dug their own graves,
and it will take some time until another
crop of rotten money jugglers could
possibly develop itself. With our mo-
nopolists the people will probably soon
take issue and clip their fangs and beaks
until they can no longer do any harm.
Our politicians will become honest and
courageous as soon as they see that
the people demand them to be so, and
the Prohibition cranks we will. also be
able to tame when the nation, as such,
sees the injustice of the conflicting and
senseless liquor legislation with which
these fanatics have soiled our statute
books. When the dishonesty, the double
dealing, trickery and Hypocrisy of the
pharlsees of Prohibition and local op-
ton have once been exposed to the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-12

Brewers are queer people. They ART
greatly alarmed at the spread of Pro
hibition, which their own reliable fig.
ures prove conclusively increases the
consumption of their product.-Chicago
Daily NezVs.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-03-12

Let us admit, for the sake of this ar
gument, the failure of Prohibition; can
the opponents of Prohibition point to
any system where regulation has Sue
ceeded in regulating the liquor traffic p
Louisville EOening Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

he got back with it the funny looking
little old man was there himself with
silver ak, and he was hacking Il with
all his might.
They all looked on in wonder as a
hole became large and larger, and then
suddenly a whole band of imprisoned
velvet-coated fairies burst out with
laughter and singing, and with many
tiny golden pick-axes they began 10
cut and carve the pumpkin here and
there. A whole army worked, and In
week there was a wonderful colder or
pumpkin palace with a hundred rooms
In 1t.
Then all the fairies flew away, but
returned the next day with a hundred
little horses to a wagon, filed with
all kinds of dainty sill1en furniture.
They were several days getting the
palace furnished and then flew away.
No sooner were they gone than the
funny-looking little old man appeared,
and with many scrapes and bows, pre-
sented the home to Hans and Nina,
"as q reward" he said, "for strict
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

week or two and then turned into tiny
golden ball.
only a pumpkin said their grand
mother, with a sniff.
"a fairy pumpkin said little Hans
and Nina. wen let it grow as long as
it WILL
They did, and never a pumpkin grew
faster. In two days, and it was as big
as teacup; in three, as big as bowl;
in four, as large as wash basin, and
in week as large as a washing tub.
The grandmother now began to look
at it with great interest and wonder
how many pies it would make.
In three weeks it was as large as
their little hut; in four, as large as a
good sized house, and in six weeks as
large as great palace. Then came
frost and it stopped growing.
Was there ever such a pumpkin? The
children thought not, and wondered
how they would ever get it to their
hut Grandmother said '"rhey could
chop out little bits at time" and she
sent Hans for the ak, but by the time
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
WEIGHING The BABY

How many pounds does the baby weigh
Baby who came but a month ago?
How many pounds from the browning curl
To the rosy point of the restless toe?
Grandfather ties the kerchief knot
Tenderly guides the swinging weight,
And carefully over his glasses peers
To read the record, only eight"
Softly the echo goes around;
The father laughs at the tiny girl;
The fair young mother sings the words
While grandmother smooths the golden
curl.
And stopping above the precious thing
Nestles a kiss within a prayer,
Murmuring softly, Little one,
Grandfather did not weigh you fair"
Nobody weighed the babys smile.
Or the love that came with the helpless
Nobody, weighed the threads Of care
From which a woman's life is spun.
No index tells the mighty worth
OF a little baby's quiet breath
soft unceasing metronome,
Patient and faithful until death.
Nobody weighed the baby's soul,
For. here earth no weights there be
That could avail; God only knows
Its value in eternity.
Only eight pounds to hold a soul
That seeks no angels silver wing
But shrnes 1t in this human guise
Within SO frail and small a thingl
oh, mother! laugh your merry note.
BE gay and glad, but don't forget
From baby's eyes looks out a soul
That claims home in Eden yet.
-Ethelinda Elliott Beers (Ethel Lynn)-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

obedience, for, if they had but touched
the blossom or fruit while growing,
IL would have wilted and stopped at
once"
How glad then, little Hans and Nina
were that they had obeyed! Their
eyes were big with wond;r as they
wandered in the many rooms and
saw the soft carpets, silken draperies,
lovely pictures and everything to
make them comfortable.
The two prettiest rooms in the
house were communicating, one be-
longing to Hans, the other to Nina.
Their rooms were furnished in white
and gold, and inside wardrobes with
mirror doors, were the prettiest
clothes imaginable, and, in a big chest
under their beds, was plenty of gold
to buy all they would need to eat.
Hans and Nina and their old grand
mother were never poor again, for
the pumpkin palace lasted as long as
they lived.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
A New Junior

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I have been reading the interesting
letters the boys and girls have been
writing to you, and thought would
write one too. 1 came from Indiana
nine months ago, and think California
is a fine place. My aunt ana cousin
are here from Kentucky visiting. l go
to school and like my teacher very
well. am in the fifth grade. There is
an enrolment of twenty-nine pupils in
our school.
We have a ten-minute recess every
hour. 1 live near the school and come
home for my dinner 1 have one sis
ter. She is years old. We both go to
school and have a fine time. My papa
has cows and 1 have a pet calf, dog
and cat. The milk man gets our milk
night and morning.
Well, Auntie, as this is my first at
tempt 1 will close for this time. 1 am
II years old and in the fifth grade.
Wishing you success,
KENNETH CAMERON SMITH,
Compton, r. F. D. No. 2, box 25S.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
A Fdir"y'S Gift
Brings Riches
obedlent Boy and Girl Receive Won
derfuI Reward for Their Kindness
to an Old Man, and Are Happy and
Comfortable in Their Magnificent
Palace

n NOE upon a time, a great many
years ago, a funny looking little
~ old man gave Hans and Nina
Franz three seeds and told them to
plant them in good soil, giving them
enough room and they would witness
wonderful results.
Hans and Nina accepted the seeds
with many thanks, for they were very
poor, living with their old grandmother
in a little hut at the edge of a great
forest.
They had picked a basket of straw
berries and given them to the little old
man, and this is the way he rewarded
them.
Poor enough pay said their grand
mother, but it may have been all he
had to pay with"
He said to plant it in rich soil, to
never clip or sprune it or pluck a bios
som, but just give it plenty of room
and let it grow and grow until it could
grow no more, explained little Hans.
ut must be a fairy Vine, said their
grandmother, as she dug a hole for
them and watched them drop the seeds
in.
1t was a month or more before any
of them thought any more about it,
and then one day, when little Nina
went out to play, she discovered lit
tie vine and rushed with the news to
her brother and grandmother.
Still but little attention was paid to
1t, until weeks later when a great yell
low flower was found on it. The
strangest part of it was that a little
band of velvet-coated brownies seemed
to be making a home of the blossom
and were very happy.
Then Hans and Nina watched the
fairies every day carrying out nuggets
of gold, and they felt tempted, too, to
take some and see if they could not sell
1t to get food and fuel before winter
came on; but remembering how they
had been forbidden to touch a blossom,
they refrained and satisfied themselves
by just looking.
The blossom only remained for a
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
Flowers for Easter

Dear Aunt Laurie:
am going to tell you the way we
used to do when we lived back east.
We would plant seeds in January,
such seeds as cabbage, tomatoes and
red peppers, in tin cans, because the
ground was covered with snow. One
year the tomatoes were almost ready
to blossom hen we set them out.
The cabbage was set out as soon as it
was warm enough for it. The red
peppers we set out first because it
was not so tender as the tomato and
cabbage.
OF course we had house plants, but
they were apt to get frozen; one year
1 wanted to have some plants for
Easter, so in the spring I got a lot
of slips and planted them. AT Easter
there were a good many flowers to
take to the church. After til eXer-
cises that Easter we sent the plants
to many sick people, who might not
have had these blossoms if had not
cared for the plants so carefully
When the overs had been carried
to a hospital I was glad that had
spent so many hours with the little
slips. LEONA BENNETT,
CSC South Workman street,
Age II, Griffen ave school, grade 5.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
Need a New Ball

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I viii try to write this afternoon, as
all of the children Of my room are
writing to you. I think the subject you
want us to write on is rather hard, but
will try and do my best.
One pleasant day we all were plan
ming to play basketball, for we had
Just got a new ball and were all inter-
ested enough to play it.
We chose center guards and for
wards. The game began. How excit-
ing 1t vast The guards had to be on
the watch so as to get the ball away
from the forwards and to throw it to
the other side. The game went on
until the bell rang, and we had to
go in and study our lessons.
I always liked to play this game be-
cause 1t is so interesting and helps
you to get a little exercise between
study periods.
This that I have been telling you
about, Aunt Laurie, is a game 1 played
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
WRITERS CONTEST

Two prizes will be given in this contest each week.
One dollar for the best original paper submitted by Los An
girl boy dollar for the best paper submitted by the
girl boy living outside the city limits of Los Angeles.
Papers $50 $50 length written
side of the only and with margins top and side Of each
paper.
All contributions be signed with and address, and
of school and grade
Papers for this competition be addressed Aunt Laurie,
Herald Junior The Herald Los Angeles CAL and must
reach this office not later than Saturday afternoon December
Topic The Happest Thanksgiving Day Have Ever Spent
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

they called centerball best because it
is easier to learn and you don't have
to run around so much, so you don't
get so hot Lots more girls can play
in centerball, and most of them have
boxes marked on the ground, and they
cannot move out of them.
The ball we had last year is broken,
and we are collecting money now to
buy a new one.
Football is just as much fun to the
boys as basketball is to the girls, l
suppose. 1 think football is very rough,
and often boys get hurt.
SUTIA PUTNAM.
Eighth grade, Inglewood, Cal Age
Il years.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
Basketball Exciting

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 have not played basketball, but
have been very interested In watching
other children play it. OF course
have had the opportunity to, but
have never taken much fancy in such
a game, as it is a very exciting game.
1 have also seen them play center
ball, which is somewhat the same as
basketball. They have so many boys
and girls on one side and so many on
the other, and one side tries to keep
the ball from the other side. OF course
this is very simple, but it is interesting
just the same
There are other interesting games,
but l will not mention any more this
time. ROSE YEWRRA,
Inglewood district school. grade Z,
age IA.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
Choosing sides

Dear Aunt Laurie:
We have at our school both the bas-
ketball and the, football. l, as a girl,
am more interested in the basketball
than football.
Basketball is an exciting game when
it is started. The way we play we
choose up sides and each side has one
or two centers who try to throw the
ball to the side they belong to.
But with all the good times we have
with basketball there are some objec-
lions. The children will get so excited
in the game that they will often not
stop to rest They will get heated and
when they do stop they catch cold.
And another reason: Sometimes
while they're playing they will get
rough and knock each other down and
sometimes causing serious results.
Football is, like basketball, an eX-
citing game, and like the basketball,
the boys will get rough and many of
them. will get hurt. Well. dear Aunt
Laurie, l hope to write to you again
some time JENNIE REUILLE,
Inglewood grammar school, grade 8,
age 10
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
If / CAN LIVE

II can live
To make some pale face brighter. and to
give 81
second luster to some tear dimmed eye,
Or cen to impart
One throb OF comfort to aching heart,
Or cheer some wayworn soul passing by;
If can lend
strong hand to the fallen defend
The right against a single envious strain,
My life. though bare,
Perhaps of much that seemth dear and
fair
To us of earth, will not have been in vain,
The purest joy,
Most near to heaven, far from earths alloy,
Is bidding cloud give way to sun and shine;
And twill be we'll
II on that day of days the angels tell
OF me, she did her best for one of Thine.
Helen Hunt jackson.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
Sunday School Picnic

Dear Aunt Laurie:
One day in the summer time a Sun
day school l go to gave a picnic at
Long Beach. Our superintendent said
that we could all meet at the Hunt
ington depot at o'clock. 1 was in
such a hurry to get away mamma
said l would get there too early. 1
got down there at $3.50 o'clock. AS
did not want to wait half an hour
took the first car that came along. 1
got down there the first one. I did
not know where to go-so / stayed at
the depot at Long Beach, After a while
the rest of the party came
After that we went in wading. There
we're some small fish swimming near
shore. Some of the children caught
some of them. After that we had
lunch, then we went in bathing. After
that some other girls and 1 went on
the rolly coaster and -go-round.
After that most every one went home;
stayed with another girl and her
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
An Eager Watcher
Dear Aunt Laurie:

Dear Aunt Laurie:
/ have never played basketball but ]
have watched many games.
Last year we had basketball court
fixed up at school, and 1t was there
that L saw so many games. There were
two very good forwards in the eighth
grade. The games were always very
interesting, and it was very hard for
the children to give it up and go in to
school when the bell rang. 1t was
very exciting to watch them.
There are many who object to play
ing basketball because they say 1t is
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
The Canyon Picnic

Dear Aunt Laurie:
My brothers walked little way up
Mt. Lowe, but they soon got tired.
When 1 was about years old we all
went up to Laurel canyon. We had
fine time and ate our lunch under the
trees. Mamma spread a tablecloth
for US to eat on. We had pie, cake
and sandwiches, and got water at a
house. We took car once and rode out
into the fields. There was another
girl with us. We had a fine time pick
ing wild flowers.
OLIVE WAGNER,
10 years old, 9th grade, Lawndale,
Los Angeles county, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29
Beautiful Flowers

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 am going to tell you my experience
with a gerden. We were in the coun-
try and went to a lady's house. She
was fixing to plant her garden. She
said that the ground was so hard that
she could not dig it up, SO she watered
1t a long time and then it was about
right to plant. We helped her plant
the seeds. They are growing very nice
ly. When came home made flower
garden. 1 planted violets, carnations,
roses and some sprouts of lilies. They
are growing very nicely.
LENA McLEMORE.
Age IL, grade AS, Griffin avenue
school.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

rye found the jolliest playmate
In the woods where I go each day;
She always answers my laughter
And repeats each word l say!
I'm told that her name is echo"
And I must be careful to say
Only such words that arep leasant
Whenever I pass that way,
For it's fun to hear gay Echo
Repeat every laughing word
Bupt s'pose 1 should say some cross ones
And they should be overheard!
AMY SMITH
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

too rough, and one might get hurt,
but 1 would like to take the chances,
and 1 will soon be able to, because we
are going to have another ball in the
school before long.
I have seen the boys play football,
bust it doesn't look half so interesting
as basketball.
Well, Aunt Laurie, that is all this
time.
MARGUERITA DINSMORE.
Seventh grade, Inglewood school; IL
years old
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

last year. Our room has had quite a
hard time getting a ball this year be-
cause we cannot raise enough money;
but 1 think we will get enough soon.
NAE MEIER.
Inglewood. Age Is.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-29

mother. I did not get home till 9
o'clock at night.
VIRGINIA WELDEN,
619 East TWentY-eighth st.
Vernon Avenue school. Age II years.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-14
FLIGHT OF BELL AERoDRoME
Machine Travels Over Three Hundred
Feet Above Lake when Acct
dent stops Flight.

HAMMoNDSPORT. N. Y, March 13.-
Prof. Alexander Graham Bells new aero
drome, the Red Wing" was given its test
flight over Lake Keuka today by f. w.
Baldwin, the engineer in charge of its con-
struction.
The machine was built by the Aerial Ex-
pertinent association for Lieutenant Thomas
Selfridge, United States army. The aero
drome, after gliding over the ice on Lake
Keuka for about 200 feet, rose gently to
the height Of about ten feet aud sailed at
that elevation for distance of 319 feet at
the rate Of from twenty-five to thirty miles
an hour. After having covered this dis
tance a portion Of the tall gave way and
the aerodrome was brought down for re-
pairs
The aerodrome was propelled by a 40
horse power eight-cylinder air cooled gas
motor. The propeller was made OF two
blades Of steel measuring six feet two inches
in diameter. having pitch of four feet and
weighing Tineteen pounds. The aerodroms
proper weighs 1876 pounds, the engine and
apparatus about 200 pounds, and the opera
tor 175 pounds, thus giving the entire ma
chine and operator weight OF $50 pounds
The total supporting surface including
tail and rudder, was 453 square feet, which
gives a flying weight OF 123 pounds pei
square foot. The main wing piece OF ths
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-14
WOMEN ACCUSED OF MURDER
Burnett Sisters of Richmond, Mo-,
Charged with Killing bars.
Thomas MeGOnigle.

RICHMOND, No. March 13-Thomas
McGonigIe and his two sisters Mrs. Mary
Jane Rurnett- and Mrs. susan Burnett,
were arrested today charged with the
murder Of Mrs. Maggie McGonigle. wife
Of their brother. on February 10. They
we're arrested upon an affidavit filed by
Francis NJ. Barker, brother Of the dead
woman. Thomas McGonigle and his sis
ters were placed in the county Jail to
await their preliminary hearing. which
was set for March 2l. Mrs. MeGonigls
was killed in her home five miles south
of here while her husband was at work
at Camden, Mo. and her children were
away to school After the murder the
house and body were burned to conceal the
crime.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-14
DRUGGIST IS CONVICTED
Test Case of New Federal Pure Food
Law Brought I'm WASH
ingtOn.

WASHINGTON. March 13.-Robert N.
Harper. banker and drug manufacturer,
was today convicted of violating the fed
eraI pure food and drugs law by the sale
and manufacture of a pharmaceutical
preparation or compound which was mis-
labeled. The case has been watched with
interest by drug firms all over the coun-
try and it is significant because of the
fact that it is the first conviction under
the new law.
Harper has been on trial for two weeks.
The compound in question contained anti
pyrine. acetanilid. caffeine, alcohol and
other ingredients. Bearing on the al
legged poisonous character of this prepara-
tion, testimony was offered that if OF
guardedly taken an overdose would be
fatal Harper admitted on the stand that
he would not take the contents of an
eight-ounce bottle Of this preparation, be-
cause to do so would be dangerous.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-14
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

FORT MEADE, s. d., MARCH l. 1865
Sealed proposals in triplicate for construc-
tion OF drainage bitches, bridges, culverts,
etc, will be received here until 10 a. M,
April 10 1905, and then opened Informa-
tnon furnieshed upon application. Plans
and Specifications may be seen at United
Denver, Chicago, st. Paul and this offtco.
The United States reserves the right 10
any part thereof Envelopes contain n :
proposals should be endorsed Proposals
Tor Drainage bitches, Bridges, Culverts,
Etc" and addressed to l.. G. Scherer,
Captain Fourth Calvary Constructing
Quartermaster, Fort Meade, s. ID.
MILF -13-1AA4-6