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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19
ADVANTAGES OF THE
TUNNEL TO HOLLYWOOD

H HE advantages to Hollywood of the
tunnel are so abViOuS that it is
Il hardly worth while recounting
them. The bare fact that from ten t.
fifteen minutes will be cut from the
running time emphasizes the immense
Importance to Hollywood of this i'm
provement 1t means, however, more
than the mere cutting Of say ten MIL
utes from the time taken to reach
Hollywood, as it enables the road 10
run standard gauge ca 5 from the sta
ton on Hill street through Hollywood
to the ocean, and obViatcs the nece s.
sity of changing cars at Beverly, as
is now DONE besides affording the pat
rons of the road large and more com
Portable cars for riding, and with the
standard gauge car Il much higher rate
of speed can be safely maintained.
With such cars and a standard gauge
roadbed and cutting out the stops now
made necessary by passing through the
congested part of the city on Spring
and North Main, it will b. possible for
the road to furnish Hollywood patrons
with reasonable number of flyers dur
ing the rush hours of the morning am
evening, which will make no stops be-
tween Los Angeles and the HollyWoot
city limits, and perhaps only halt the
number of stops i'm Hollywood itself.
rms Will ne Il DOOll u bu9llltoo liiCll ~
come out to Hollywood and establish
their homes here who have hitherto
hesitated to do SO on account of the
distance.
This change in the running time
places the people of Hollywood in point
of time, nearer to the center of Los
Angeles than people now living out al
the end of West Adams, West Wash
ington West jefferson and the UnlNer-
sity lines on one side of the city and
the Boyle Heights and East Los An
geles lines on the other 1t will give
Hollywood an advantage of from ten to
twenty minutes over any other subur-
ban section now tributary to Los An
geles.
From what has been said it is obvi-
Gus that the effect of this Improvement
will be to place Hollywood in the fore
front as a suburban residence section
for people doing business in Los An
geIes But even though this cutting
down of the time did not result IN
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19
HOLLYWOOD TAXES

Taxes in Hollywood compare favor
ably with those of other small cities IN
Southern California. A comparison OF
the tax rates of different cities is not
complete unless the standards of valu-
alton on which the rate is based are
also taken into consideration. A care
full investigation covering both OF these
points was made last year, with the re-
sult of showing that the taxes in Hol-
lywood are below the average of those
of other towns of the county compara-
BILE with it in size and character.
GEORGE H. FIELD.
City Clerk of Hollywood.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-19
Didn't Know the Game

The Customer-I can't see how you
can afford to give away pair or rup-
ber overshoes with every pair or shoes
you sell.
The Dealer-Then you don't know
how quickly rubbers ruin shoes
Cleveland Leader.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
MARCH 10. 1909


There is nothing spectacular in the
inaugural address delivered by Presi-
dent Taft.
He pledges himself to the support Of
the policies inaugurated by President
Roosevelt, and declares that he favors
a revision of the tariff laws with the pur-
pose of restoring the confidence of
manufacturers and business men in this
country.
He believes in a reasonable eombln-
alton of capital, but will use his infin-
ence to prevent such combinations
from restraining trade and controlling
prices at the expense OF the people.
He believes in progressive nation,
aud insists that congress shall give aid
to efforts looking to the Development
of the natural resources of this country
He stands firmly for the Panama
canal, and promises that the work OF
its construction shall be pushed for
ward as rapidly as possible.
1t is evident from the character and
disposition of the man that he will give
the country a safe and sane admins.
tration, devoid of big sticks and freak
spelling.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
WINTER WOOD.
Il Makes the Best and Most Lasting
Kind of Timber.

II Makes the Best and Most Lasting
Kind of Timber.
1t has long been known that winter
was the best time of the year for cut
ting down trees for their timber. but
until the American bureau of forestry
published the results of some expert
ments no one was sure why. The bu-
reau Of forestry selected four pine
trees of the same age and Of equal
vigor, growing in the same soil, and
felled them, the first at the end Of
December, the second at the end Of
January. the third at the end of Feb
ruary and the fourth at the end Of
March. They were hewn into logs of
the same size and dried at the same
place. Then the logs were tested.
The December log resisted flexile
strain twice as strong as that which
the March log resisted. 1t furnished
piles which were still perfect and un-
decayed sixteen years later, while the
piles made from the March log had
rotted within three or four years.
Wood that is felled in December is
less porous than that cut at other
times. 1t has been proved that oak
felled in the spring allowed water to
pereolate through 1t in from two to
three hours, while similar wood cut in
December was seemingly impermeable.
There is a very simple method Of as
three hours, while similar wood cut in
winter or in spring. The former con-
tains fioury particles, which turn blue
when tincture of iodine is poured upon
them. The latter preserves its natural
tint or merely becomes little darker
at the contact of iodine.-New York
World
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
DEFIES ELECTRICITY.
Man Has 1900 Volts Shot Through Him
Without Hurt

Charles Quill is man of twenty-five
years, who has no lear OF all ofthe cleo
trio chairs at Sing Sing He just dotes
on volts. In a small room at 1910
Broadway, New York, he allowed him
self to be strapped into an electric
chair similar to the death chairs at
Sing Sing, and didn't seem to mind it
very much when direct current OF
electricity, amounting to 1900 volts,
was shot through his body. The volt
age is just 100 greater than that used
at the prison to kill murderers. Quill
stood the current for full minute, dur
ing which time an assistant touched his
| body with cloth soaked in alcohol
and the cloth at once burst into
flames. Quill said he first came into
contact with a voltage Of electricity il
San Francisco, when he was employed
by the gas and electric light company
He got too close to one OF the dy
namos, and "shut-of Of 1000 volt.
entered his body.
"Although apparently dead" hi
said, 81 was conscious through il all
could neither move nor cry out. i
seemed as lhougl, was tied between
two dynamos with the currents flowing
through my body and burning me up
and | was powerless to help myself
When was revived felt no i'll effects.
Quill has offered to 60 to Sing Sing
and make test. He says when a man
is electrocuted he is only IN a comatose
state and that death comes when the
autopsy is held.
a peculiar effect Quill attributes tc
electricity is the extreme lassitude ii
| creates. After shock he loses from
two to three pounds The electric
chair feat he would not undertake of
tener than once q week
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
Washinatons Sprina

The first thing that greets the eyes
OF stranger alighting from the train
at Cold Spring. n village resting snug
ly In the highlands of the Hudson. is
Washington's spring, inclosed by three
powders in the rough. which, as one
approaches. are seen TO contain tiny
pool of spouting water. An inscrip-
ton In relief upon the bronze plate
announces that General George Wash
ington, in frequent visits to the Ameri
can troops encamped near by during
the war of the Revolution, drank of
this spring and gave it its name. Cold
spring"
The encampments referred to were
principally upon the famous Constitu.
tion island. Just below. to which was
attached one end of the great chain
which was stretched across the river
to West Point and checked navigation
by the British warships during the
Revolution.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
SIMPSONS PLUCK.
An inventors Weary but Successful
Fight Against Great Odds.

Charles Goodyear Is not the only in.
venter who might turn his face to the
wall TO die saying of the tardy recog-
others can get rich
Goodyears efforts to introduce the
use of vuleaniZed rubber were no more
tragic than the stories of dozen other
inventors. There was a man named
Simpson in Missouri who discovered
that gutta percha was a nonconductor
of electricity. He borrowed money of
one Amos Kendall to make his appli
cation for patent. 1t was rejected
over and over, rich companies fighting
his claim. But he had sand" he
never weakened. 1t was Just after
the civil war that he made his las,
fight. He had no money-not dollar
but he started from st. Louis fol
Washington afoot.
He would not beg. but made his way
half across the continent by saving
wood. hoeing corn or doing any work
that came to hand. In one place he
robbed a scarecrow of pair Of pants
and hat, leaving his own more rag.
ged garments in their place. In Pitts.
burg he had to work as truck driver
till he could earn enough to repair his
shoes and take him on his way. And
all the time he believed stubbornly In
himself and in his invention. His own
words were:
.When l came over the tops of the
Alleghenies | saw the sun rising, and
knelt down and thanked God for my
life and asked him to let me get my
patent He promised me on the spot
and l never had moments doub
after that"
Arriving in Washington, he got :.
living as a day laborer on the ston
foundation of the patent office, ano
from that vantage ground he fought
his claim through the office and the
courts and got his patent. The West.
ern Union Telegraph company gave
him 100000 down for the privilege OF
using it.-Exchange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
A POISON seISoas



IN Court BY Jesce
There was s famous P,iseeias 'ssse
in England @s8y years see Ia v'liseh
the strong point q the aetease 7g'ss =
show that the accused, who YVES ~
expert chemist. would Wet hage uSea
poison which ceHl6 he 80 eaSisS teane
after 1t had bcea taken int The M.
man system. Sir Robert Gbeisteaen-
professor in Edinburgh unlverSisy
famous expert On teSieesees7 N'hese
works are Sfin standard on fhat Ses'-
ject, was put on she stand - prove
this point. When he tleclseesi that q
chemist would certainly use some 5aei-
son which would leave nc trace 3he
prosecuting attorney asked hin Il h.
meant to say that there veose socl'
poisons.
Sir Robert replied in The Affirmative
The prosecutor asked, Name them
NO" shouted the Judge q fenseie
you TO answer that question
In spite of the protests ~ thc efasn-
cutor the Judge would not allow fhe
expert publicly to give she namo q 81
| poison which would leave 10 trace.
| and the question remained Haan-
swered
Now comes the curious part a. fhe
story. During the next two wears 81
Robert received more than 4ee4 set-
tiers from all parts Of the Werld asa
ing. begging. offering "a buy fhe aatae
| of the untraceabIe poison alluded e ~
his TESTIMONY Many q tAesc ac keel
| as curiosities showing then tc his
friends as evidence OF the depFaFAss az
human nature. Some OF the excuses
for wanting the name OF The ReiSen
were very ingenious. One taau We
writing Il novel based en- n poison niel
and wanted to make use Of The an
:. traceable poison idea He die uat
want to give the name of the poison ~
his book, but just wanted 70 have Il
by him in case any scientific critic
should deny the possibility Of such nor
sons. when he could send him the
name in a private letter and quote The
distinguished authority" from whom
it came. etc. Several persons profess
ed TO be studying chemistry aud asked
for the information on the ground az
professional courtesy. To al such SiE
/ Robert would send the advice e pur-
sue their studies and they would soon
knew as much about it rs he Gid,
Many offered large sums OF money Tor
the secret. usually pretending they
had bet still larger amounts that they
could find 1t out in n given time ano
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10

The day may come when congress
will see the wisdom of changing the
date OF inaugural ceremonies.
Time and again the proposition has
been made, but it seems 10 be lmpos-
slble for the senators and representa-
tives to break away from the old Gus
tom OF inducing the president into
Office on the fourth day OF March.
The fearful climatic conditions un-
der which the thousands who visited
Washington last Thursday swarmed
around the national capital will un-
doubleday result in the death OF many
men and women, who, under the ex-
citement of the day, took no heed of
the risk they ran by exposing them
selves to the elements.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-03-10
SAW THE GHOST.
A Story That Stood tho Test Of
Court of Law,

A Story That Stood tho Test Of a
Court Of Law.
AS circumstan.ial ghost story and
one that stood the cold scrutiny Of a
court Of law Booty's case is without a
parallel. The date given is 1858, wheI;
Mrs. Booty brought an action for SIAN
der against one Captain Barnaby for
what he had said of her late husband.
According to an extract from jour
nal produced In court. dated Friday,
May Is, 1857. the captain on that day
went ashore with large party Of
friends to shoot rabbits upon Strombo-
II. the island on Italy, which, from its
ever burning crater, is called "the
lighthouse Of the Mediterranean" At
about $3.50 In the afternoon two men
were seen running toward the volcano.
which was emitting flames. Captain
Barnaby then. exclaimed, Lord bless
me, the foremost is old Booty, my
next door neighbor." They then van
ished in the flames, fact of which
every one present took note.
Upon Captain Barnaby's return to
England be learned that "old Booty"
had died Just about the time Of the
strange occurrence at Stromboli he
then made the remaxk which was !ths
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He oBEYED ORDERS.
A Young Recruits Rapid Rise to Title
and Power.

One day young recruit was stand
ing guard before the door of the en-
trance to Peter the Greats private
chambers in the palace of st. Peters
burg. He had received orders to ad-
nit no one.
As he was passing slowly up and
down before the door Prince Menschi-
koff, the fayorite minister Of the car,
approached and attempted to enter.
He was stopped by the recruit
The prince, who had the fullest lib
erty of calling upon his master at any
time, sought to push the guard and
pass him. Yet the young man would
| not move, but ordered his highness
| TO stand back.
You idiot" shouted the prince.
Don't you know me? You'll be pun
1shed for this!'
The recruit smiled and said:
Very well, your highness, but my
orders are peremptory to let nobody
pass
The prince, exasperated at the fell
lows impudence, struck him a blow
in the face with his riding whip.
Strike away, your highness," said
the soldier. but / cannot let you go
| in
| Peter, in the room, hearing the noise
outside, opened the door and inquired
| what 1t meant. and the prince told
! him.
! Tha annaarad m n
nothing at the time.
In the evening, however, he sent for
| the prince and the soldier. AS they
both appeared Peter gave his own
cane to the soldier, saying:
That man struck you in the morn
ing. Now You must return the blow to
that fellow with my stick
The prince was amazed. "Your maj
esty." he said, this common soldier
is to strike me?"
Il make him a captain" said Peter
but I'm an officer of your males
tvs household" objected the prince.
Il make him a colonel of my life
guards and an officer Of the house
hold" said Peter again.
| MY Tank. your majesty KNOWS, Is
| that of general" again protested Men.
| schikoff
Then ! make him general, SO that
the beating you get may come from 8
man OF your rank"
The prince got sound thrashing in
the presence of the czar, and the re
cruit, who was next day commissioned
n general with title was the founder
of powerful family whose descend
ants are still high in the imperial serv
| Ice of Russia.
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Looked Too Ear.

There was an English farmer, a
Somersetshire man, who once owned
telescope The old man remarked
to friend at local race meeting that
the gentry nowadays had glasses for
both eyes and added that he "had had
one once for one eye, a right good one
1t was, but now it was no use at all
no. not to nobody"
why not?" asked the friend.
WELL" he said, at were good one.
l could see miles wi en-. l could see
plain the steeple OF the church FIVE
miles off. But missus' son John, he
borrowed en-. and he tried to see the
steeple of tother church, ten mile
off-and tried and tried and couldn't.
And that strained it, and it were new
er of no use any more-no. not to no.
body"
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THE WORD ALPHABET
II Comes Through Ire G-se.s ard He
breas Frer1 r--ericis.

bre%s Prem Pr-trEckis
When We speak q czr L 3 C's as
our alphabet we are using = word
hoary with age, that. as far back as
we can trace il. came from tire eastern
shore OF the Mediterranean sea- thou
sands of years before the Hebrews
went up there and took possession Of
the land OF Canaan Back O. the peo-
pie who occupied that lard before the
events Of Exodus were written We are
not able to trace the word, f5r we
have not sufficient knowledge q thsn
or of their genealogical history before
we find them in Canaan.
1t has been only within recent years
that we have been able TO know that
the word alphabet came to Us from
the Phoenicians. Before that we sup
posed that it came to us from the He
brews, through the Greek. As we say
"a p c. the Greeks say alpha beta"
Ghe first two letters of their alphabet,
which when it reached US became cal
phabet." This we supposed had come
to the Greeks from the Hebrews, who
called their first two letters "alph" and
beth" but since then We have found
that both the Greeks and the Hebrews
got the word alphabet" from the same
source, which was the Phoenicians.
The people Of Phoenicia had the
same letters. "alph" and beth" which
have suffered but little change in
sound down TO our A and 3. Alpt
meant simply an OK, the sign Of II
being a conventional ox's head, with
the lower part of the face turned
slightly TO its right, and beth meant q
house. which was pictured by the rude
outline of primitive dwelling, which
had a superiuous line added to dis
tinguish it from other characters very
like it, as we place tail on a Q t.
distinguish it from an o. So the frs
two letters of our A B Cs were orig
inally an OK and n house and gave
the name Of all of the twenty-six let
tiers which we call our alphabet
New York Herald.
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Nietxsehe and the Invalid.

An invalid lady who often met
Nietzsche found him the gentlest, kind.
est and most sympathetic of men. He
'.implored her with tears in his eyes
not to read his books" Such was his
knowledge of women that he was
thunderstruck to find shortly after
ward that the lady at once proceeded
to read them all. He was further
stupefied by the discovery that, hav.
ing read them, she was utterly un.
moved by the philosophers unanswer-
able demonstrations that feeble per.
sons like herself had no right to live
and that women were distinguished by
this, that and the other Objectionable
attribute. 1t must have been blow
to him.-London News.