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Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-29

II look f1aIDTIBuItI just IIVO IIIIII
Sunday morning to find out that he
could not close his mouth. He was SO
scared that he did not dare raise his
hand to find out what was in his mouth,
and when he did he found a sponge
there. Halbrighter imagines that one
of the members put it there SATURDAY
night, as he was trying to get a little
sleep. Good way to pass it off, Hal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-29

George Adair should have gone home
Saturday night and behaved himself
like Van did
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-29
|. A. A. c. GOSSIP

Jim Routzhan may not know any
thing about cooking, but he does know
that his pocket is not the place in Whlch
to scramble eggs, as some worthy mem
Der of the club did at Venice last Satur-
day night. The thing that bothers jim
more than anything else is the fact that
he put his hand into his pocket and got
it scrambled, also.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-29

P. E., Peterson of Hoegee's sporting
goods house, left Saturday for a week s
vacation. He passed yesterday at Wine
vile, and in two hours had bagged the
limit of doves.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-29

Jack Nest has formally announced
that he will not play handball any day
this week No doubt the decision was
made after he heard of the proposed
handball game between Guernsey and
Dunnigan. He was afraid that the
winner of the match would challenge
him.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31

In the neighborhood of Paris, at
Ferrieres, Baron Edouard de Roths-
child, son of the late Baron Alphonse,
was elected mayor. The Rothschild
family owns the famous Chateau OF
Ferrieres, at which the interview be-
tween Bismark and Jules Fayre took
place at the close of the Franco
Prussian war. At st. Cloud, where
hitherto the reactionary party was
triumphant, and at lssy-les-Moulin-
cuv, the new first magistrates are re-
spectively NJ. Rene WE'LL, lawyer,
and NJ. Mayer.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31
England's Chief Rabbi
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT REV. DR..
HERMANN ADLER

One of the busiest men in London
is the Rev. DR.. Hermann Adler. the
Chief Rabbi of the 100000 Jews in
Great Britain. besides those i'm other
parts of the British Empire. Since
1S45 the office of Chief Rabbi has been
occupied by DR.. Adler and his father.
In 1879, when his fathers health be-
gan to fail. DR.. Hermann Adler was
appointed his coadjutor, with the
title of Delegate Chief Rabbi. and
many years ago. when that venerable
man died. his son succeeded him in
full office.
The Jews elect whom they will as
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31
$4,000 to Jewish Poor

Mrs. Russell Sage has sent check
for $1,000 to Manager Waldman. of
the United Hebrew Charities. to in
crease the emergency relief fund
started week ago. Because of the
unusual number of distress eases
among the East Side poor through
lack of employment. the Charities ap-
pcalcd to its subscribers for an addi-
tional fund of 100000
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31
A Musical Prodigy

Mischa Elman, in London, at the
age OF seventeen, is perhaps the
greatest living violinist.
When Mischa was born, the father
vas a Jewish village schoolmaster in
the little Russian town of Talnoje
down near Odessa. He had some
fame in the village as IA violinist, and
Nine. Elman was the daughter of
violinist.
"We used to notice." said NJ. FL
man, that when Mischa was eighteen
months old l could always stop him
from crying by playing to him on my
fiddle. He used to sit up mOtionless,
and seemed to be fascinated by the
music. When he was four he wanted
to have my violin. OF course, l was
afraid he would break it, but he got
his mother to let him have it one day
when | was away, and what did he do
but begin to move his fingers up and
down the strings. grinning whenever
he got the right notes to the scale. l
caught him at it one day. and de-
cided to get him violin. The second
day he had it he rushed out into the
street to meet me as | was coming
home. and said, L can play your
Waltz Clicquot.' We had a village
orchestra of six. and took him
round to play with them. Instead of
being frightened he not only played
this waltz. but also another little
waltz that he had heard me play.
The trouble was that thereafter he
always wanted to play with the or
cEestra. OF course, after that | be-
gan to teach him as well as | could.
PROTEGE OF \ PRINCESS.
"When he was four and one-half
years old Princess Urusoff. who was
the great lady of the neighborhood
and owned most of the land about us.
heard about Mischa. She wanted to
adopt my little boy and pay for his
musical education and bring him up
u gentleman. Her only condition was
that he should leave the faith of his
fathers and become n Christian. To
this ! felt could not consent. For
tunately. though. the princess was
not altogether angry. and assisted us
in taking the boy tn Odcssc when he
was five and onc-half years old. lie
was taken to Mlynarski. who was at
the head of the conservatoirc there.
PRoF. AUER BECOMES INTERESTED.
Soon aftcrward Prof. Aucr became
interested in the boy. and as no Jews
were permitted to come to live in st.
Petersburg except such as were born
there. the professor had to get special
permission from the Car in order
that his protegc might come to the
Russian metropolis for the finishing
of his musical education-a point
that was reached at the mature age of
fourteen years. After that the boy set
forth into the world.
lie has written a good deal of
music and wants to be known as Il
composer some day.-Selected.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31
DEAD TRANCE MEDIUM.

Public circle every Sunday. Wednes-
trance test. This wonderful medium
tells your full names. without ask
ing n question:: peers into the past and
future: tells all you wish to know.
Only dead trance medium In Denver.
You can only obtain perfect satisfac-
to . p. m. Mrs. Mueller. 1903 welton st.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31

Half of that amount has already
been raised and promises of more
have been received. Mrs. Sage's do
nation was unexpected. 1t was made
through Robert w. De Forest.-Jew
ish Tribune.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31

Rabbi, but on this occasion there was
only one candidate. The method of
election is defined in an Act of Par
lament passed in 1870 Each con-
gregatiOn has certain number of
votes, fixed by the amount which it
pays to the Chief Rabbi Fund, from
which his salary of $4,000 is taken.
The installation is most pic
turesque ceremony, but has only been
witnessed in England once since 1S45.
DR.. Hermann Adler was installed in
the Great Synagog in st. James
Place, Algate. All the leading men,
bers of the Jewish Church were pres
ent, the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and
the Grand Rabbi of France.
Service opened with a fine overture
by the band and solo defamation
by the Chief Precentor of the Great
Portland Street Synagog, who sang
IA kind of invocation to the Chief
Rabbi. While this was being sung
Dr. Adler, accompanied by Lord
Rothschild, the Warden of the Syn
agog, and other officials, moved slowly
up the building, wearing black vel
vet cap and white garment covering
his black gown.
The new Rabbi then took up his
place On the right side of the Ark and
stood. face to the wall, with bowed
head. while afternoon prayers wers
read. When these were finished the
Grand Rabbi of France. who wore the
decoration of the Legion of Honor.
advanced to the Ark. and threw open
the white curtains which shut in the
Holy of Holes. from which Dr. Adler
took out scroll of the Law. and bore
it. up the Synagog to the reading
desk.
The scroll. however, was invisible
when taken from the Ark. for it was
enveloped in wrappings and sur
mounted with glittering crown of
bells On its removal from the Ark.
great burst of music came from the
choir. orchestra and congregation.
while the new Chief Rabbi made his
way to the raised enclosure. in and
around which were many other Rab-
bis. Among these the Chief Rabbi
lifted the scroll aloft and offered
prayers for the late Queen Victoria
and the royal family.
Then the scroll of the law was
returned to the Ark with the same
solemn ceremony as before. and af-
terward DR.. Adler ascended his pull
pit. The white wrap which had COW
cred his minister's black gown was
next drawn up as a scarf around his
shoulders. All that had been said up
to this point had been uttered in He
brew. but the sermon was in English.
In this way DR.. Adler became Chief
Rabbi. and stood in the place of his
father.
1t may be asked what does Chief
Rabbi do? He is practically the Arch
bishop of the Jews. He supervises
all religious matters. sometimes the
appointment of ministers. and sees
that various laws in relation to pro-
hibited food and unleavened bread are
observed. He also gives authoriza-
ton for all the Jewish marriages in
the United Kingdom. There are over
one hundred synagogs in Great
Britain. and no marriage can take
place in any of these without DR..
Adler's sanction.-.Jcwish Ledger
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31
Hotel Tours. Lincoln & Colfax

The new hotel opposite the State
Capitol. We offer more for the rates
asked than any hotel in the West.
Take ColfaX cars from Union Depot to
the door.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-31
BEDBUGS

Contracts taken to clean them out:
work guaranteed. $. j. Bean. 30 Good
blk. 10th and LIrimcr. Phone Main
Siiy.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
Larch 1000 Years Old.

Italy can boast Of larch tree
tie age OF which Is estimated to be
1000 years. 1t Is situated on the
northern flank Of Mont Chetif, in the
direction OF the huts Of Plan Vent
above Courmayeur. a few steps from
the footpath that skirts the limit of
the meadow land.
Due allowance being made for the
extreme slowness with which the
larch grows, for the altitude above
sea level $3.50 meters) at which IL
IS rooted and for It's northerly ex-
posure in the near neighborhood OF
she glacier, where the cycle Of It's
development Is barely five months
every year, this venerable larch, un-
touched alike by woodman's axe and
thunderbolt, cannot be less than 1000
years old.-Scotsman.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

from Samsun TO Sivas. a distance OF
over PIT miles; Sivas to Diarbekir.
In Mesopotamia. 295 Ii b: Trebizond
to Erzerum, 202 miles; Angora to
Yosgat, 143 miles; Sinops to Baya-
bad, rs miles; Kastamuni to Krau-
gueri. IT miles: Aintab to Aleppo.
102 miles: Adalia to Burdur, 81
miles. and Panderma to Edremid, 125
miles. All these roads are tolerably
easy, with even surfaces; the bridges,
which are either of stone or iron, are
safe for heavy motor fractions. and
there are not many severe inclines--
none worse than / in 7. and very few
as bad as that.
Sending a motor boat to Constanti-
nople for trials, and as a sample, is
the way to secure the trade-and the
only way. A Turk will buy the craft
he sees. II reliable motor boats are
exhibited in Turkey they will sell
without difficulty.
Two important inland towns have
formed companies for the purpose OF
running buses. and a French CON-
pany is sending a sample omnibus In
the hope OF obtaining orders.
Conditions For American Tours.
'In addition to what has been said
in the foregoing article, few re-
marks I'm regard to the conditions for
automobiling In the vilayet OF Smyr-
ma may not be amiss. At present the
condition Of the country roads is un-
favorable. but 1t is said on good au-
thorlty that network of roads en-.
comprising all the districts OF tho
western and southern part Of Asia
Minor, and connectin- up the main
cities and villages therein with the
seacoast, will soon be commenced, a
work which will take many years to
complete. There are but four auto
mobiles at present in Smyrna.
Apart from a few roads connect
ing the city with some OF the subur-
ban towns, automobiling is not n
pleasure in this part OF the country,
and the same applies to the city itself.
for the reason that, with the single
exception, perhaps, Of the broad thor
oughfare along the quay the narrow
SlIetlS dIe So NIoNu'h WIN "dS'h
and camel traffic that It is next to an
impossibillty for even small motor
cars TO pass with ease. The roads in |
the interior OF the country are rather |
better than those i'm the vicinity OF |
this city. In the Maeander Valley |
and at the head waters OF the river |
which bears that name many fairly |
good roads may be found. However. |
these are 200 miles away. and unless |
a motor car should be sent by rail it |
would be practically impossible to |
reach them"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
Problem For Farmers.

The assessed valuation Of al, me
property Of the State Of Illinois is
$3.50, 100000, Of which less than
s400, 100000 is farm property.
Cook County pays more than forty
per cent. of all State taxes.
IL Illinois should follow the lead OF
New York and Pennsylvania, and pay
one-half the cost OF road building out
OF general tax levies the farmers
Iwould get by far the better end OF
the bargain. IL this State should fol-
low the New York plan OF issuing
bonds, and provide, say $50, 100000.
to be spent on highways within ten
years, It would add about $4,000
miles of hard roads TO the 1900 miles
now built. This would leaS one
third OF all the States highways per-
manently improved.
To raise s50,000,0 900 in ten years,
at tie rate of $1,000. 900 a year. one
half TO be paid by the State and the
pther half by local bond issues would
require a State tax levy of two mills.
This tax on each farm would be ex-
actly 81 per year. or $40 for the ten
year period. In other words. q farm
would pay only $40 into the tax fund.
while Cook County corporations and
the State RAILROADS. would pay a large
proportion OF the entire levy.
During the ten years the owner OF
a farm would pay slightly over 500
Tor bond interest. Including the $40
direct tax for good roads. the maxi
mum charge TO each farm for the
ten-year period would be about $3.50.
This Is about ten cents per acre per
year.
The increased value OF Illinois
farms. as the result of such a policy.
would hardly be less than $40 per
acre. or ten times the amount OF di-
rect State taxation for good roads
William J.. Shanks.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
MAKES JOB PRESS
FREEZE ICE CREAM.
Retired Editorial Writer Msni-
tests His Cld-Time Originality
in Practical Fashion.

When William A. White. of No.
115 Myrtle avenue, Stamford, la
bored as an editorial writer for Con-
necticut newspapers his work was
noted for a flavor of originality. Now
he has retired after forty years as
q newspaper man and he runs little
printery premises here at Stamford,
but he has not forgotten how to be
original.
That was evident when a party OF
friends found him trying out a new
way OF operating an ice cream freez-
er. He had regulation freezer in
geniously connected with the job
press, and while be turned off hand
bills on the electrically driven press,
the family ice cream was being fro
zen. In Ave minutes he had enough
for dinner
When the neighbors heard OF il
they flocked to the shop to see the
new tangled freezer work. Mr..
White was overwhelmed with appli-
cation to freeze ice cream. He prom
ised to freeze all that was brought
along during working hours and
threatened, like the miller OF old. TO
take portion of each lot In payment
New York World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
The Modest English.

That men and women are permitted
to bathe in the same part OF the ocean
has long been a reproach hurled
against the authorities OF certain
English towns on the seashore.
In yielding to the popular clamor
for such privilege. the district coun-
ell OF Shipley, Yorkshire, has immor-
talized itself in the following man
ner:
In granting facilities for mixed
bathing 10 twenty-nine married cou-
Piles recently between and 10
o'clock on Saturday evenings. the
council stipulated that couples must
first submit their names TO the dis
trict council and receive notice from
the clerk OF acceptance
I'm addition TO the ordinary charge
OF Sd. a couple. a registration fee OF a
shilling must be paid. in return for
which an admission card is given.
This must be shown on all occasions
at the baths
All couples who go 10 the baths
must go into the water. No specta-
tors are allowed. Regulation cos
tunes must be worn
The district council reserves the
right TO refuse any applicant or TO
limit the number OF persons to be ad-
mitted. Harper Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
eve Are Drifting Downward" "
By ANTHONY COMSTOCE.

While travelling on railroad cars I
have seen women and young girls
pOring over matters that | would not
read, except as duty requires in order
that | may determine whether or not
the matter comes within the puryiew
OF the law AS sequence to the
business which | found in 1879. or.
ganiZed and Systematically carried on.
Of dealing in obscene books and pic.
lures, there has grown up "A large
class Of persons whose minds have
been debauched in their youth
minds so cursed that they demand
and crave salacious matters to salts
fy them.
Again. the sickening details OF
loathsome crimes. the nasty descrip-
tions Of divorce. breach of promise,
etc, render many newspapers unfit
to enter any home. The natural har-
vest OF these crime-breeders Is repe-
tition all over the country OF these
revolving crimes by persons whose
minds are unduly affected by the re-
voting details. Many of the assas-
sinations by stilletto. bomb and re-
volver are due TO the illustrations
and stories In certain publications
which have largely increased in this
country Of late. This society recent
ly seized about two tons OF matter
which mingled the pictures and de-
tails Of the most shocking crimes
with blasphemous and sacrilegious
attacks upon the Cross Of Jesus
Christ, the Saviour Of the World, and
the Roman Catholic Church and
priesthood.
yellow Journalism" is Spreading
a mildew Of corruption in the minds
of young and mature persons alike
Many parent thoughtlessly brings
a curse to his household by introduc-
ing therein the filthy details of lus-
and crime. suggestive pictures ard
double cntendre sensatiOnalism, as
they appear i'm certain papers.
To the foregoing prevailing evils
add the great undercurrent OF mat
ters emanating from the devils print
ing press. which are secretly dissem-
mated by mail and common carriers
OF which about one hundred and
twenty-seven tons have been seized
by this society. and then one may
diagnose the condition of affairs.
The result. We are drifting down
ward. What mean the throngs that
nightly frequent places where the
moral atmosphere is fetid with
shameless performances by youne
women. who demean themselves upon
the public stage for the entertain.
ment OF the masses From The Bo.
hemian Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

with the exception of Piedm ant.
olive oil is produced in practically
every part Of Italy. The crop is sub
ject. however. TO very radical vari-
ations. The regular biennial recur-
renee of the so-called annata vuota
tempty year,. and the often unex.
pected appearance I'm various sections
OF the olive fly. against the ravages
of which no adequate remedy has yet
been found, account in a large meas
ure for these variations. In 1905 the
production reached total OF e0.134.-
500 gallons. while in 1899, owing to
the exceedingly grave damage caused
by the olive fly. the crop amounted TO
only 22.ss2.790 gallons.-New York
Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
We Water Clock.

The measurement OF time ny the
tricklihg OF water or sand from one
vessel to another dates as far back as
the days Of the Babyloniafs. The
clepsydra, or water clock, waf in COM
mon use both by the Athenians and
Romans, and was employed IA courts
OF law TO limit the length of the
pleacings Thus, a counsel was al
lowed so much water, instead Of. as
we should say, so much time. to ad-
dress the court. Clepsydrae we're also
used by the Romans I'm their camps.
chiefly for the purpose OF measuring
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
stitch i'm Time.

According to the Scientific Ameri-
can the fact that our macsdamized
roads don't wear as well as those In
Europe is because we don't apply the
theory Of the stitch In time. Euro.
pean highway departments watch the
roads and mend them wherever and
whenever they need Il without allow
Ing the damage to become important.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11
The Spanish Main.

The Spanish Main meant the circu-
lar bank OF islands forming the
northern and eastern boundaries OF
the Caribbean Sea, beginning from
Mosquito, near the lsthmus, and in
Guiding Jamaica. st. Domingo, the
Leeward Islands and the Windward
Islands, to the coast Of Venezuela, in
South America.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

is hardly very Trustworthy time
keeper, but, as an exceedingly inter-
esting old curio. 1t has very promi-
nent place in a certain hall.
The small cooper-jug hanging on
the right-hand side is used for filling
the er-Philadslphia Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-12-11

The Auto on Our Highways.

In an address on Federal Appro-
priations for Road Improvement.
Hon. N. J. Bachelor, Master OF the
Convention, Buffalo, n. Y. had the
following TO say regarding the auto
mobile question:
II wish TO refer briefly 10 the
seeming conflict of interests between
the farmers and the owners OF motor
vehicles, which has in some districts
given rise 10 pronounced antagonism
and hostile legislation. That since
ahe introduction and general use OF
the automobile there have been many
instances of gross disregard by the
drivers OF motor vehicles OF the pub
lies rights to the use of our high
ways, cannot be denied. The coming
OF the automobile has brought with
it the victims OF speed mania, who in
their mad desire to beat records drive
their high-powered machines along
country roads at a speed dangerous
to all others using these roads. 1t Is
only natural that the farmers, on
whom In most sections OF the coun-
try the chief burden OF constructing
and maintaining public roads has
fallen, should resent the violation OF
their rights to use these roads In
safety, and should have sought to
have severe penalties imposed on the
offending parties. For myself l may
say that / believe that the attitude
OF the farmers toward the automo-
bile was to a large extent justified by
these vehicles. 1t Is doubtless
true, as Is often asserted, that
the speed maniacs' constitute a
very small percentage of the total
number Of automobile users. l am
pleased to know that the abuses COM
planned of In the earlier years Of the
automobile have to large extent dis
appeared, and trust that through the
influence Of the automobile clubs and
associations there may be brought
about a willingness to respect the
rights of all the people to the use OF
the highways, that will give no oc-
casion for hostility toward the order
Il realize that the motor vehicle
is here to stay, and that 1t is a factor
that must be taken into consideration
in discussing the Improvement Of our
roads. The question as to how 1t
creates new problems of road main.
tenance and repair | must leave to the
expert road makers, and would only
suggest that it Is important that all
the facts relating to the effects OF
automobile traffic on improved roads
should be ascertained before raising
needless alarm over the alleged de-
structive tendencies Of the inflated
rubber tire.
"One phase Of the development OF
the motor vehicle that is OF special
interest to the farmers, is the possi-
bilities of the commercial truck, or
power-operated farm wagon. II
would seem that here is very large
field for an industry that will be
the manufacturers Of such vehicles.
With improved roads the use OF
motor trucks for the conveyance OF
farm products to market should be-
come general to all sections OF the
country, thus enabling the farmer to
market his crops more quickly and
at less expense. I believe that no in.
jury is caused to macadam roads by
these commercial vehicles but on the
contrary their solid rubber tires op.
crate practically as rollers and serve
to keep such roads in good condi
ton"