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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-01-08
Cures Woman's Weaknesses.

We refer 70 that boon 70 weak. nervous,
suffering women known a. Dr. Piercs's
FayOrite Prescription.
nr. John Fyfe one u the Editorial STAT
OF THg ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
or Unicorn root lIieioubis DtDical which
Is one Of the chief ingredients Of the -Fa-
vorite Prescription
"A remedy which invariably acts a. rter-
Inc lnyIgorator makes for normal ac.
tiyltg ~ the entire reproductive systemH
IL continues I'm HelonIas ~ have i MEDIA.
nIeDt which more fully answers The alovs
PURPOSES than any Dther drug uifh which an
drTgfnfod In the treatment " diseases Pc
cullar 70 women i y seldom that case y
seen which DOS not present some indication
for tins remedial AGENT Dr. fyfe further
say. The fOlf0elnR are among the leading
Indications for llelonias Unicorn fOUu. Palm
o. aching 10 The back. With sleucorfh1a
organ n somen. men, N dspsesslsn ana Irs
ritaUllity. associated vitD chronic diseases of
The reproductive ofgsns Of women: constant
sensation heat ~ The region Of the kidd
neys: neryjrrbagif thoodingl. due 10 weak
sned con Itiun ofI,he reproductive system.
smsn2y .X11,t re.sed " sbsen, monthly
sbaoE.9N condition 81 the digestive organs
sensklons 10 the extreme lover part q tho
IL more or less Of the above symptoms
aFs-II rsIhf. No. YallQ -IQ.ilan- ca6 ID
BetIer Thin take Df. Plerces EaYQrIte
PIl-TT1T-IIITTT. JTie Dr Ir.r TaIrhg ingrrfT.
eflts u WHICH Is Unicorn roys, or Helonlas.
and the medical properties Of which Il
most faithfully represents.
or Golden Seal root, another prominent
Ingredient Of -Fayorite Prescriptions
Prof. Finley Elllngwood, NJ. d., OF Bon.
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
sit Is an important remedy In disorders Of
the r0fnb. In all catarrhal conditions
and general enlightenment. 10 Il useful
Prof. John NJ. Scuddcr. NJ. d.. late OF
Cincinnati, says Of Golden Seal root:
I'm relation 10 IL general effects on the
system. fhsre n no madeline IN uss abua sphffh
Usre e ss1h general undntmtty " opinion. II
n unip>rsdiig REGARDED - fhs tonic useful ia
al defgilftaffd ststess
Prof. X. Bsrtholow, M. d.. OF jefferson
Medical College. saysof Golden Seal:
valuable IN uterine hefnorrhAge. meuor-
fhegia Wo,dlng and cDnsestlvc dysmsnor-
mora painful menstrustlOnlr
Dr. Pierceis Fayurlte Prescription faith.
fully represents all the above named in
gradients and cures the diseases for which
thcy are recommended.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-01-08
How Times Change.

Two members 81 congress board.
ed At the house Of a comely matron
whose daughters we're well on in
years and remarkable for their talk
atiyeness. After a time the two men
parted and did not meet again for
several years. Naturally, then, they
tsil 70 chatting over old times, cid
one asked the other IL he knew what
had become 81 that skinny, cackling
Old maid Jenny.
I'm! She is my wife, sir,' was
tic unexpected rcply.-Exchange.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-01-08

Nr. +. 4. Dixie Of New York
writes in the American Machinist
i have seen sulphur used many
times in many ships and have men
toned il a. . lubricant 10 several
people on shore who have trouble
With hot bearings. only 10 IL sheer
I'd II. Where sulphur vas availa.
LIE ] have never had 10 stop al sea
because Of hot guide or bcarin.
We used il in the powdered form.
mixed with oil
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-01-08
By BUFFALO BILL

We will publish the life story of the
greatest scout who ever lived, relating in
vivid language his experiences following
the trail and fighting the Indian, describing
many Of the most important engagements
Of the United States troops in their long
contest against the red man for the mastery
Of the plains.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
Clever Method Is Proposed
for Conservation of Water

N discussing the efforts of the Tri-
Counties Reforestation committee
- to secure lands in the debris cone
of the Santa Ana river for the purpose
of sinking the storm waters in winter,
George Frost, for many years presi-
dent of the Riverside Water company,
said: '"This work alone more than
justifies the existence of the commit
tee, and the movement for the spread
ing of water now being inaugurated
will be continued until even in winter
time not a drop of water will flow
past the Cotton bridge toward the sea. -
These are the words of an authority
on the use and conservation of water
and they were spoken deliberately.
Mr.. Frost, Francis Cutie, w. E. Ped
10y, w. G.. Fraser and other citizens
of Riverside who are interested in ir-
rigatiOn matters were among the first
to recognize the feasibility and desira-
bility Of storing water by spreading it
on the gravelS in the river bottom and
their earnest support of the plan has
been largely responsible for the trial
tests made in this matter by the Riv-
erside water companies and for the
larger effort in this direction that is
now being made under the direction of
the Tri-Counties committee,
Officers of the United States geo.
logical survey have studied this plan
of creating a natural reservoir, and
thew cordially indOrSe it. When Mr.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
EMBEZZLEMENT

q ENATOR DILLINGHAM of Yer
mont is quoted by a Republican
~ morning contemporary as having
said: Senator Proctor had always in
mind Washington's injunction, Let
there be no change by usurpation, for
this, though it may in one instance
be the instrument for good, is the or
dinary weapon by which free govern
ments are destroyed " Mr.. Dillingham;
added: Senator Proctor was strongly
impressed with the great temptation
which comes.to occupants of the execu-
tive chair to make a selfish use Of the
powers which attach to that position
when seeking a second election" 1t
may be added, with reference to certain
local conditions with which our readers
are familiar, that when occupants of
an executive chair make a selfish use
of the powers attaching to their posi-
tion they are no longer the stewards
and administrators of the power of the
people but are guilty of embezzlement
of power. Any public official who be-
trays his public trust by appropriating
and misusing official power is as dis
tinctly and as decidedly guilty of em--
bezzlement as is any employe or SER
want, public or private, who in any
position Of trust or responsibility makes
duty secondary to selfish interest and
gains. The predominant thought in the
mind of any man charged with execu-
tive responsibility should be- Am ex-
ecuting the will of the people? Am 1
giving effect to what is best for nv
constituents, and would be approved
by g. majority of them?
In the good old days any agent of
private interests who "got the ear of
the mayor and caused him to pursue
policies which were opposed to the
good of the people was in danger of
having one Of his own ears cut off and
nailed to one Of the uprights of the
city gallows. Modern methods of dis
cipline are mild when compared with
those of our strenuous ancestors.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22

Cutie took up with Secretary Garfield
the matter OF the withdrawal from
entry of the lands in the Santa Ana
wash that will soon be available for
this work he was warmly supported
by the director of the survey, George
Otis Smith, and by Engineer Menden-
hall, who made a recent report on the
san Bernardino artesian basin, says
the Riverside Press.
When the plans now under way are
carried out it is expected that 1000 or
5000 inches of water that usually runs
off to the sea will be spread out on
the gravels in the broad wash that
marks the course Of the Santa Ana
for a distance of several miles after
it leaves the mountains. These gravels
are from 200 to 800 feet above the point
where most of the arteSian wells are
sunk that supply San Bernardino and
Riverside with water and it is believed
that most Of this water thus saved
from waste will percolate into the un-
derground streams and lakes that sup
ply these wells. Suppose 1000 or 5000
inches even is conserved in this way
and feeds the deep reservoirs that sup
ply our artesian wells, that flow would
be a splendid addition to the supply
of the communities that use this water
especially in a dry year. The project
is in accord with scientific principles
and it Is fraught with tremendous pos
sibilities to the irrigators of this sec
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
SAVAGERY

n NE of the questions which must be
answered at the charter election
" is: "Shall proposed charter amend
ment No. Z, relating to annexation of
territory, consolidation of city and
county governments, establishment and
government of boreughs, prohibiting
the alienation or leasing of real prop
erty owned or held for public use with
out the assent of two-thirds of the
qualified voters. authorizing actions and
proceedings affecting any such real
property, regulating the leasing of
property upon the water front and pro-
viding for the issuance of harbor i'm
proyement bonds, be ratified?"
Senator Savage of San Pedro, chair
man Of the senate committee on muni-
cipal corporations, has busted himself
with legislation which is prepared with
the aim of defeating consolidation and
a greater water frontage. He wishes to
bring about the creation of a state har-
Dor commission, with one commissioner
from Long Beach, another from Will
mington and a third from San Pedro.
Thus no doubt a nice little family
party might be made up. Citizens Of
Los Angeles are in no mood to stand
any of the business that is paradox
ically called funny" because it is
serious.
San Pedro harbor, owing to natural
and self-evident conditions, which no
amount of legislating can alter, is and
must be treated and regarded and
guarded as the harbor of Los Angeles.
The people of this city must rule in the
affairs of their own seaport.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
NIRVANA

drop Of moisture. risen from the ocean
Forgot its cause, and spake with deep
emotion
Thus, to a passing breeze:
How desolate,
And all forlorn is my unhappy fate:
1 know not whence I came, where I go;
Scorched by the sun. chilled by winds
that blow,
I dwell in space, a little time, then pass,
Out into nothingness. and night; alas"
NAY" quoth the breeze, my friend, that
cannot be;
Thou dost reflect the universe. to me:
Look at thine own true self; and there be-
hold.
world Of light, all scintillant with gold"
Just then the drop sank back into the
wave
From whence it came. Nay that was not
it's grave!
1t lived, it moved, it was a joyous part,
of that storing palpitating ocean-heart.
It's little dream Of loneliness was done
1t woke to find itself. and cause were one.
So shalt thou wake. sad mortal. when thy
course
Has run the karmic round. and reached the
source.
And even row, thou dost reflect the whole
or Gods great glory, in thy shining SOUL
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Nautilus.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
DENIES UNITED STATES HAS
MONOPOLY OF PRETTY GIRLS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. N.-[Editor
Herald: A Young Man, writing in this
column on the 21st inst, says that the
American girl is the prettiest and also
the most intelligent girl in the world,
and qualities American" pertinently
in the next parag graph by the addion,
within parentheses, of the words Unit
ed States"
1t would, indeed, be a Quixotic per-
formance on my part if l were to ques-
tion the absolute truth of the state
nent. 1.-The American girl is the pret-
tiest girl" ETC., but l cannot avoid OBJ
serving a, suggestion of unfairness in
the narrow, Chauvinistic, local idea Of
2 girl being less liberty-loving and
nreftv lust because she happened to be
born on the most scenic side of the
Niagara falls.
Your Canadian girl cousin lives in
country just like yours in the fact that
there is no aristocracy of birth, as in
Europe, and one better, in the distinc-
tion Of having no aristocracy of wealth,
such as you have.
Believe me, my friend, you could new
er tell the difference between her and
your American 90 sister unless it be
in the fact that your cousin realizes
that the battle of Quebec made possible
the map Of the United States as it is
now. and that, indirectly, to that event
may be attributed your narrow vision
in affairs of the American girl and her
loVeliness.
FINDLAY MACDONALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
FIVE SENSES MADE USELESS,
STILL MAN WOULD THINK

GLENDORA, Jan. 20.-[Editor Her
ald]: DR.. Humanitas says that fools
have always been interested in the
extraordinary and wonderful, but wise
men study the common things of life"
He is right in a sense, but no man will
embrace a fake very long.
An evil tree will not produce good
fruit so we can deduce that like be-
gets like" If mind (GodD does not
heal, then can we look to any other
power to do so?
If drugs were placed here to cure peo-
pie they would cure, not kill.
Disease is increasing, not decreasing,
for the death rate and suffering are
much greater THAI they were fifty
years ago.
DR.. H. also says that we can't fool
nature. All right, doctor; then why
try to dope your patients with poison
Gus drugs? Let nature cure them, for
you can't fool nature with drugs any
more than you can with mind.
Drugs act on one part of the body
first, simply because it has been de-
creed that they should do so.
Suppose we take the view that all is
matter to a certain extent. Now. we
will take away the five senses. This
leaves one unable to hear, feel, taste,
unfortunate could not hear, taste, etc,
he would still have his mind, and could
think. If we then take away mind
man would be nothing, for God is
mind, and God is all in all.
Medicine alone has killed more peo-
pie than war, pestilence and famine.
Drugs can at best merely relieve, and
that usually at great cost and injury
to the body. l.. H. BROWN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
RACE TRACK GAMBLING

nY passing the Walker-Otis anti
X race track gambling bill by a vote
- of 67 to TO- the lower house of
the state legislature showed commend
able appreciation of the wishes and
will of the people with regard to race
track gambling. The time has come
when gambling must be eliminated
from the life of California. The COM
munity has suffered long and suffered
much from the gambling interests.
Economically as well as morally, the
practice of gambling is out of place
and out of date in this great, enlight-
ened,f progressive state. The senate
committee on public morals refused to
report the anti-race track gambling
bill, and secured a weeks delay.
This can hardly be regarded as a sign
of cheerful and enthusiastic Willingness
to give heed to the wishes of the citi-
zens. The action of the lower house in
expediting anti-gambling legislation is
all the more commendable when con
trasted with the procrastinating time
stealing policy of the senate committee
on public morals.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
PUBLIC DEMANDS OFFICIALS
THEMSELVES RESPECT LAWS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.-[Editor
Herald1: No man, unless he carries a
heart of stone within his breast, cali
help feeling sympathy for those MeX1-
can patriots so long in our county Jail;
and when any citizen of this great re-
public stops to think how we attained
the liberties we now enjoy through the
efforts and sarif1ces of just such earnest
and liberty loving heroes, his reason
and his conscience must compel his re-
spect and approval of the work they
have undertaken.
Their long Imprisonment without "a
speedy and public trial by an Impartial
Jury" as is made mandatory by the
supreme law of the land-the constitu-
tion-is disgrace to the nation, and
will be an indelible blot on the pages OF
history.
1t has been suggested that a petition
be started for their release, but would
suggest that a marked copy of our
constitution first be sent to the auto
cratic district attorney, who is evil
IDENTIFY in ignorance of the existence OF
that bIood-bought bulwark of our liber-
ties. His attention should be called
to the fact that in addition to a speedy
trial (speed means to hasten), guaran-
teed by the constitution, it also forbids
the infliction of cruel and unusual
punishments. AS his oath Of office COM
pels him to act in accord with these
laws, cannot harbor the thought for
one minute that the young man knows
of their existence; hence the importance
Of enlightening him. He is said to have
lately told an eastern press representa-
tive that these mein are guilty and
ought to be punished. If he knows
they are he must have the evidence,
and if he has what is he keeping them
in close confinement for month. after
month? The public wants to know, and
it has a right to know; and it also
demands that it's sworn officials obey
and respect the laws themselves.
CHANNING SEVERANCE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22

ton Of religious teaching, more patriot
ism and other species Of misinforma-
ton, L think it not untimely to send
you the inclosed extract of what one
of the greatest of agnostics, Prof. Hux-
ley, thought on the subject:
THAT man, 1 think, has a liberal edu-
cation who has been so trained in youth
that the body is the ready servant OF
his will, and does with ease and pleas
ure all the work that, as a mechanism.
1t is capable of; whose intellect is a
clear, cold logic engine, with all its
parts of equal strength and in smooth
working order; ready like steam en-
gine to be turned to any kind of work
and spin the gossamers, as we'll as
forge the anchors of the mind; whose
mind is stored with a knowledge of the
great and fundamental truths of ma
ture, and of the laws of her operations;
one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of
life and fire, but whose passions are
trained to come to heel by a vigorous
will, the servant of a tender conscience
who has learned to love all beauty,
whether Of nature, or Of art, to hate ali
vileness and to respect others as him
SELF"
To which I add the following quota
tiOn from Herbert Spencer: THAT
which the state, with truly papal as
sumption, is pleased to call an educa-
tton." VICTOR H. TELFORD.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
DOODLE?

HERE are rumors that a big fund
will be available for the defense
Of Mayor Harper and his allied
interests. While 1t is natural to ex-
pect the interests which are affected
or menaced will stick at nothing in the
endeavor to hold the fort, and that the
war cry Of the besieged will be "vice
and victory the friends of the pro-
tected interests and of the mayor and
his clique who believe in the efficacy
Of slush funds are making a gross mis-
calculation as to the temper of the peo-
pie. We believe Doodle cannot affect
the recall petitions or the result of the
subsequent election. The people have
made up their minds to rule, and rule
they will. Corporations and persons
who are thinking of contributing to a
campaign or corruption fund should
save their money. There is only trouble
ahead for corruptionists.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
DESTROYS OF HAVING CARS
CARRY ONLY PERSONS SEATED

WATTS, Jan 2O.-[Editor Herald:
The cars on the Watts line toward
evening are packed with humanity
some hanging to the fender. They are
large enough to carry about fifty; one
of the conductors tells me they fire.
quently carry $50; therefore I suggest
the following law to be passed by the
legislature:
''Any electric car in transit in the
city of Los Angeles containing more
passengers than there are seats pro-
vided for said passengers, the proprie-
tors thereof shall be subject to a fine
of $10O for each person found in said
car in excess of the number of seats
provided
This may be amusing to the Ameri-
can, but it goes in France, all right.
Nobody there will be admitted to a
car in which all the seats are full,
for thereupon the sign "Complet' is
suspended on the exterior of the car,
which compels the conductor to refuse
admission to the public.
So packed are the Watts cars In the
evening by the honest and hard labor
ing sons of toll that I have seen the
conductor give up the job of collecting
fares. finding it impossible to inter-
view individually the mass of persplr-
ing humanity. NOA FOF Jill
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
What Causes the Trouble
zVith Popular" GOper11n1e1l

But these must be developed and
worked
Yes he said quietly, but in the
public interest. And it isn't in the pub
lie interest to have individuals or cor
porations run them with an eye single
to the profits of monopoly. That pro-
duces wealth, but not for the people,
it impoverishes the people. 1t increases
the riches and the power for good or
evil of the men who get it, and they
use it to corrupt our government and
our courts-to get more resources, more
profits, and more power. For when
these men see the uses of privileges,
they seek more, and so we find them
slipping through legislatures special
laws for private purposes and bribing
the police for incense to break common
laws. These, in general are the ends
for which good citizens corrupt their
government
What do you propose to do about
it?'
"'What we did in Wisconsin, he
answered. Restore representative gov
ernment; redeem the democracy; set up
an establishment which will deal in our
interest with all these forces. >"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22

grace upon Mayor Harper's adminis-
tration and the position to which the
mayor had appointed him on the po-
lice commission.
In view of the apparently utter
failure Of Mayor Harper to appreciate
the moral aspect of his acts and the
moral obligations imposed upon him by
his official position, one feels dis
heartened in endeavoring to point out
to him the delinquencies in his admin
istration of the city's affairs which
have brought him and his administra-
tion into disrepute with the best ele-
ments Of the city who were largely
represented in the meeting called by
the league for better city government.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22

Critics of the ornate elaborateness of
the presidential inauguration ceremony
in the United States should pause and
with joy reflect that we have not yet
strayed as far from Jeffersonian sim
plicity as have our friends of the an
cient kingdom of Toro, now a part of
the Uganda protectorate. Kasagama,
king of Toro, is crowned once a year
His father was even more addicted to
the crowning habit. He was crowned
once a month.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
GOODNESS GRACIOUS!

TITS Goodness Gracious, the Mar
III quis of Anglesey, is today on
the heaving pillows of the At
tantic (seasick, let's hope). He is
crossing the ocean in order to go on
a wife-hunting expedition in the wilds
Of America. Alfred Gwynne Wander
bilt's hay widow turned down the
titled Englishman, but nobleman who
has tasted the joys of heiress-ch chasing
is not easily baked of his prey, and
in order to stalk it in its native wilds
is willing to brave the perils of the
yeaSty main.
A contemporary says: I'm the old
days Miss French refused the Scotch
nobleman." But his goodness gracious,
the marquis Of Anglesey, is not Scotch.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
IDEALIzED EDUCATION AND
THAT SUPPLIED BY SCHOOLS

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. 1S.-[Editor
Herald: l have read in your Letter
Box recently more than one commune
cation on conditions in our public
schools. They have, at least, the rec
ommendation of sensing the convic-
ton that at the bottom of all our
troubles lies want of education. Since
clergymen of all denominations are
clamoring nowadays for the introduce
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22
Far and Wide
Commission Plan

One by one the cities are adopting
the centralized form of government
known as the commission plan. There
is one thing to be noticed about this
new style of municipal government,
and that is, it seems to be succeeding,
for there is no return to the old COM
plicated, power-distributed plan where
the commission idea has been intelli-
gently tried.-Columbus, o., State Jour-
nal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22

Rainfall for the season is heavy. It
is above the average rainfall for thirty
one years past. Great is the rejoicing
among the ranchmen. Grain growers
especially are elated. There is certain
to be a bumper crop.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-22

Reform may cause considerable
trouble and commotion and raise a
good deal of dust, but it is certainly
we'll worth while" remarked Hercules
as he leaned on his fork and gazed at
the spick and span Augean stable.