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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
PenniIess, He Shoots Himself

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 14.-Pages in
his notebook telling of the young mans
struggles to earn his living were found
today by the police when Jesse Bush,
% years old, formerly of Sacramento.
was removed to the emergency hospi-
tai after he had shot himself in the
head in a rooming house here. The
bullet penetrated the youths brain, and
doctors say that he cannot live. He
was penhiess and sick.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
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DIR. D. GocHENAUER

vate practice in San Diego, after hav-
ing accomplished his work in the local
hospital.
Aside from his professional work, DR..
Gochenauer was prominent in mu-
nicipal affairs in San Diego and was
honored by the business men of that
city by being elected president of the
chamber of commerce. In former
years he also was a prominent news
paper man.
Although residing in San Diego in
the future, DR.. Gochenauer will re-
tain his professorship in the College of
Physicians and Surgeons and will come
to Los Angeles to deliver a series of
lectures on medical diagnosis at That
college.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15

nR. D. GOCHENAUER, who
achieved international fame at
~ the time Of the explosion of the
y. S. S. Bennington in San Diego har-
Dor by the expediency with which he
received and cared for the wounded
and burned sailors, and who has served
as general manager of the Angelus hos
pital for the past year and half,
leaves Los Angeles tomorrow to return
to his home in San Diego.
DR.. Gochenauer was called to the To-
cal hospital in 1908 by the board Of
directors for the delicate mission of
reorganizing and re-establishing the
hospital with the expectation Of re-
naming one year. At the time his
contract expired he was prevailed upon
to remain six months longer and to-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
Remember--Barker Bros. Are Big Enough

finest mansion
bungaowto send buyers East every season 10 per-
goodto largest
discount all bills and sell for less than any 4ter
partial
the most experienced sales and work
combining greatest
matter how varying their wants
may be
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
commends Bed Cross Increase

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14,-President
Taft heartily indorses the idea Of in
creasing the membership of the Ma
tional Ded Cross from 10000 to 100000
persons. A letter from him commend
ing the plan is printed in a pamphlet
just published for distribution through
out the United States.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
coJd storaoe Plant Demolished

RHYOLITE New, Aug. 14,-Fire
early today demolished the Dan News
Ice and Cold Storage plant, causing a
loss estimated to be 100000 Insurance
to the amount of $4,000 was carried. The
Maier Brewing company of Los An
geles was interested in the plant
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
shamrocks Win Easily

The Shamrocks easily defeated the
Los Angeles team, to ., although a
few of the Los Angeles team put up a
magnificent game until they became
too much fatigued. The game was
played in two 30-minute halves. Occa-
sionally there would be a scrimmage Of
rough play, from which players would
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15

emerge with bruised shins, skinned
shoulders or aching heads as result
Of whacks from various wildly brand
ished sticks. Fred ]. Gillespie of Ham
ilton, Ont, refereed the game.
The lineups were as follows:
amrocks-McAteer, Payment, Por-
ter, McNaughton, Dwyer' Price, COL
linge, Roberts and Hayer
Los Angeles--Collinge Black, Mines
Campbell Longuevan, Minshau, Lon
guevan, Mcintosh and Proctor
Several of the players were thrown
TO the ground during the game, being
tripped by sticks or hurled down by
impact with other runners.
The Shamrocks wore vivid green jer-
seys, and cries of "Oh, you irish!
were heard all through the match. The
efforts of some in the bleachers to en-
courage the players were amusing to
those to whom the game Of lacrosse is
nothing new Many of the men who
played today participated in the game
in Los Angeles last Sunday against the
OlympiCs.
Immediately after the lacrosse match
the two teams lined up for tug OF
war. After one of the hardest contest
ed matches Of this sort ever witnessed
here the Shamrocks pulled the Los An
geles team over the line.
Old Maids Shy
All sorts of sports including dashes,
potato races, swimming races for girls
under 10, boys under 16, and so on, and
also dancing contests tonight, were
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
MONTH NDVEkTISING -FOR-

There 5,99 Negroes employed here in Washington by the
Government alone these 99 Negroes draw salaries aggregatng
SO4o4 These than three millions of dollars spent right
here Washington but scattered among the hundreds of adesmen
this Of money worth bidding for 1t certainly is, and
the largest this city would refuse get the big
end of did they but realize how much money the Negroes
ly spending. lil~i3 i l=5 5i#s b tf(zlI8
Now The Bee is the only Negro publication in this city stands
without rival competitor ancovers the field like blanket If
of the merchants this city will patronze the advertising col
of The Bee presenting the attractive bargains they may have
Negroes these 599 Negroes who annually from the
Government over three millions of collars will that b.
ronzng publication edited and operated by of their that
such firms their patronage And such firms Will
receive the re millions of dollars received ans
spent by the Negroes of Washington
What clothing stores furniture stores what dry goods stores
and what other lines will now make an effort to divert to
themselves these over three millions If dollars spent by Washington
Negroes by advertising in The Bee!
Place your advertising in The Bee and watch these 599 aPpea
five NEGROES spend their three millions of dollars with you
Now I the time to advertise The Bee the that goes
-. -, Mario home in Washington. Remember merchants of
1Ub;oton IFS what advertising not what costs
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Fires Started by Moths.

Moths and flames are universally
connected, yet few people suspect
that danger could arise therefrom-
The insects are of such frail struc-
ture that generally they get Destroy
ed before it is possible for them
to infiict injury, and it is hardly
creditable that the wings would ig-
mite and retain the flames long
enough to enable the moth to fly to
its surroundings.
That, however, has occurred. The
moth was a very large one and its
wings must have been very dry, so
that when it floundered through the
flame it set fire to one wing and
darted out to a curtain nearby which
at once fared up. It is possible that
many summer evening fires in the
country could be attributed to q
source of this kind. It is notorious
that mysterious fires often arise at
sunset in the hot months,-StrA1a
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
TUsKLEss ELEPHANTS.
CeylOn the Only Part Of The World
Where They Exist.

What a sight for a Ceylon elephant
hunter would be the first view of
herd Of African elephants-all tus-
kers! II is a singular thing that
Ceylon is the only part Of the world
where the male elephants have no
tusks; they have miserable little
grubbers projecting two or three
inches from the upper jaw and in
clining downward.
Nothing produces either ivory or
Aorn In fine specimens thTOugout
Ceylon. Although some of the buff
faloes have tolerably fine heads, they
will not bear a comparison with
those OF other countries. The horns
Of the native cattle are not above
four inches IN length.
The elk and the spotted deers ant
Iers are small compared with deer
Of their size In India. This is more
singular, as it is evident from the
geological Formation that at some re-
mote period Ceylon was not an is
hand, but formed a portion of the
main land. II is thought there must
be elements wanting In the CeylOn
pAsturage for the formation of
ivOry.-Ceylon Manual.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
head Historians,

! for my part believe in the dead
historians l glory in the posses
sion of some hundreds of volumes by
them. 4 great deal of cant Is talk
cd and written on this subject. There
Is an idea in some minds that 8 book
On history to be good must be new.
In nine cases out of ten the new book
ia q commonplace re-statement OF
facts that were better presented BY
an older wFtter.-The Sphere.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
sTRATEGIoAL USES OF TAILS.
The Clever Little Weasel and His
Means OF Defense

Take another Of our animals.
fierce little weasel, clad in summer
in a coat or brown, In winter turn
ing white. but always with a Jet black
tip to the tail. The ermine. as 1t is
Incorrectly called in its winter coat,
has an easy time Of It, sneaRmg upon
the mice and birds upon which IL
preys, but when a hawk takes after
1t in an open field in the sunlight or
al owl in the moonlight, 1t would
have but short shrift with all It's
sinuous leaping, were it not that the
black tall tip is so conspicuous that
1t constantly attracts the eye and al
lows the pure white Of the body to
be confused with the snow. Even
when we place a dead weasel on the
snow and look at It from a distance.
we realize how true this is, and how
valuable must be the pencil tufts Of
black hairs to this little vermin
who spends his life in hunting or
being hunted.-The Outing Maga-
Eine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
EIectrOcuting Animals.

The slaughter OF animals for tood
by electrOcution is being experiment
ed by DR.. Leduc. a French Scientist.
Who has been conducting his invesd-
cations In the French abbattoirs He
has been using the intermittent low
tension currents and says that ne IL
satisfied that the system is pair lesA.,
the central functions of perceI tiOz
being nrst destroyed and then tloss
Of circulation and respiration 80
that there is neither suffering no. re-
action In the animals thu killed. The
doctor is endeavoring to devise JOINS
piece Of apparatus by which the kill
ing OF cattle may be accompliskS ~
electricity with economy and celS 'iv.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
rhree Men to NLove Rook.

There lies In the British MuEeum
the largest book yet printed, CO.
IossaI atlas Of engraved ancient
Dutch maps, 1t takes three men to
move II from the giant book case
in which It is stored in the library of
the museum. 1t is bound in leather,
magnifcently decorated, and is fas-
tened with clasps Of solid silver,
richly gilt. It is nearly seven feet
high and weighs 500 pounds and was
presented to King Charles II. before
he left Holland in the year 1860.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Arctic Dog Life,

Nowhere in the world has the dog
such unrestricted right of way as In
our most northerly possession
Alaska In winter, when the more
than $4,000 square miles Of territory
are sealed up in solid fee, dogs are
almost the sole means of getting
from place to place-in fact, they
seem necessary to life itself.
The aristocrats OF Arctic dog life
are the mail teams in the service OF
the United States Government. They
are to-day q superior breed to the
dogs employed some half dozen
years ago before great gold discOV-
cries demanded increased mail ser
vice.-St. Nicholas.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
The shv Man.

Women show no mercy TO ne shy
Ean, for he stands outside ef ths
compass Of convention, Could h@
break out all might be saved; ths
man might be permanently CT red-
But he cannot. He has been bro ghA
sp to respect convention His nus
oles may be of steel, his heart of dre.
but in his soul the spirit of difnd noe
holds him in q vice. In a dra wing
room he stands gaping. quskiI :,
prey to interpretive torment -hs
who would perhaps storm raas-
part with = triumphant mile o n
nps.-LOndon Observer.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Fyerxone of Them a Bird.

A current newspaper item is aS
follows: "The wife OF a Methodist
minister IN West Virginia, has been
married three times. Her maiden
name was Partridge; her first hus-
band was named Robin: her second
husband, Sparrow; and the present
ones name IS Quayle. There are
row two young Robins, one Sparrow,
and three little Quayles in the family
One grandfather was a Swan, and
another was a Jay; but he's dead
and now a bird OF Paradise.
They live on Hawk-ave.. Eagle
vile, Canary Islands. and the fellow
who wrote this article Is Tyre bird
and an interesting relative OF the
family"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
SmOkeIess Coal.

A London inventor claims to have
discovered a process for producing
BmOkeless coal, apparently by distil-
lstion OF coal at a low temperature.
This, after distiIlatiOn, is said to de-
pOsit q very brilliant substance, the
heating properties Of which are far
greater than those of the original
coal. and which IS absolutely free
from smoke and dirt The inventor
contends that efforts to overcome the
smoke plague have hitherto been un-
successful because they have been
made in the wrong direction, aRd
that by the extraction OF the smoke
producing material IN coal before be-
ing burned, he has been successful
in producing = smokeless coal.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Names that Don't Mama

Many chemical names convey No
exact idea of the things they stand
for. OIL Of vitriol Is no oil, neither
are oils Of turPentine and kerosene.
Copperas Is an iron compound and
contains no copper. Salts OF lemon
is the extremely poisonous Oxalic
acid Carbolic acid IS not Gn acid
but an alcohol Cobalt contains
none Of that metal but arcensic. Soda
water has no trace OF soda, and su-
gar Of lead has no sugar; cream OF
tartar has nothing Of cream, nor milk
OF lime any milk. German silver
has no silver and blacklead no lead.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Valuable East African Forest.

The Colonial Office recently sent
cut an expert to report on the Ken
Ia forest, In the East Africa prOtec-
torate. He finds the forest extends
2S7 miles long by eight miles broad,
and comprises 100000 acres Of
timber. Taking the average value
of the 21ad. per cubic foot, this
works out to &23 per acre, or a total
value for the whole forest Of $685.
coo, O0,OO0.-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Hanging Pictures DangerOu

Railroad casualties receive suoz
wide publicity" said al insuI nos
man, that there is a common .IisE
on the part of the public that oI Il
more liable to accidents while TT well
ling than when living the simple life
in the confines OF his home. CAS- =
matter OF cold fact, statistics show
that accident insurance companies
pay more money to people whC gst
hurt hanging pictures or ta king
stoves apart than they do to the VIC
tins OF head-on collisions. Il
sounds strange, but it's the truth !"
Kansas City Journal.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
As Historv NLipht lie Tanght.

Another way of teaching history
which the schools might adopt has
apparently not appealed to them. A
good newspaper, if the teacher
knows how to interpret its daily rec
ord, may stimulate an interest In
history itself. If the pupil can be
taught the continuity and relation Of
events, an awakened interest in the
daily happenings will arouse a de-
sire to trace them back through pre-
ceding stages. It is the break in
continuity between the past and the
immediate present that deAdens en-
thusiasm. By studying history
backward from the immediate pres
ent this chasm would be bridged
and the passion for tracing to cause
timulated.-Boston Transcript
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
SupplV Of Gold.

It is mainly from Africa, Ansri-
ca and Australia that the world
draws It's supply Of gold, some s4o0.-
100000 worth won regularly every
year. Africa leads with about $780,
600, ,oee; next comes the United
States With about s95, .0es; Aus
tralia ranks third with some tsS,-
0ee.e6s, while Russia, both in Eu-
rope and Asia, Mexico, Canada and
several other countries, make up the
remainder.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Bronze statue Of Schiller.

The bronze statue of Schiller by
Hermann Matzen, which is to be
erected in Cleveland by German citi-
zens, has been completed in Berlin.
The poet is seated in an arm chair. A
Berlin paper is quoted as remarking
apropos that the German who goes
to America becomes an American IN
all that the word implies, but even
unto the third generation he is 10y
al to German poetry and German
song"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
q | ISL ssEs'5iiasts J. g q /
DEATH TRAP FOR BIRDS.
lighthouses ON the Maine Coast At
tract and Kill Thousands.

lighthouses on the Maine Coast At
tract and Kill Thousands.
One of the keepers who came ashore
from Boon Island recently tells the
story of the strange death enCOun-
tered by thousands of the migrat-
ing birds every spring. Flying along
the coast at night they are instantly
attracted by the powerful light from
the watch tower, as moths are drawn
to a candle. Thousands of these
DIrds in their passage north fly with
full force against the thick glass of
the brilliantly lighted lantern.
Stunned to death they fall to the
rocks below or scale away for lit
tie distance and futter helplessly in
to the water. The light of morning
sometimes reveals the rocks covered
with the little creatures whose jour
ney to their summer homes has met
this sudden and fatal termination.
Hundreds of species are found
among the unfortunate little tour
1918. hO0L VI thSlh dlC C1oAAy ~
ognized as belonging to the various
common classes of song birds. But
very often large birds of beautiful
plumage come to their final resting
place in this manner upon the bleak
rocks, of Boon Island. On one Occa-
sion several years ago the thick
glass of the lantern was shivered to
atoms by the impact of some strange
bird OF powerful biIl.-York Tran.
script.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Good Roads.

Out OF the 900 towns in the State
of New York, 600 have voted to have
their roads built under the Fuller
Plank Act, OF, as it is generally call
ed, the money system. The matter
is now optional with the towns, but
in the opinion of persons who have
given the natter considerable at
tention the idea OF making 1t COM
puls0ry Is faVorei.-Good Roads
Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Dogs around Blacksmith Shops.

Two or three dogs are nearly ale
ways to be found loafug about every
blacksmith shop. This fact Is so
well recognized that detectives when
sent out after valuable dogs that
have been lost invariably visit first
ell the blacksmith shops in the neigh
borhood. The reason why dogs visit
the blacksmith shops is that they
love inordiHately the odOr and the
taste of burning hoOfs. They sniR
the odor as a woman shifts = rose.
and they eat the hOof parings ss .
gourmet eats Minneapolis
Journal,
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
The FastidiOus Burglar

Visitors at a Paris hotel were dis
agreeably surprised one morning to
find that the boots they had left out
side their doors had been stolen by
burglar. Only one pair was left,
on which was a paper with the
words: Not good enough for me"
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
A High License.

Massachusetts has a town of 500
Inhabitants which receives S2,670
annually from a single hotel for IL
cense to sell liquor. This is believed
to be the highest license fee paid in
the United States. The fee is nearly
double the amount paid in Boston
and other large cities.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
A Long Sleep.

An astonishing trance case has
come to light In Berlin. A clerk,
aged 46-a healthy normal man
suddenly fell asleep In June 1903.
All efforts to awaken him were IN
auccessful and the sleeper since then
has never opened his eyes. He
breathes regularly and swallows his
food mechanically, but is insensibls
to the seYerest attempts 10 arouse
him.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
lace Curtains.

Lace l1nGow curtains skouid al
ways ts soaked for an hour ia cold
water to which 3 little bOTax has
been added, before being pat into
warm suds. This gs.g oRs the
smoky smell that Is somsdmss 50
noticeable in curtains that have
have been used in a city.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Life In Germmv.

Every enc who hAs travelled IN
Germany IL familiar with the wore
''Verbotsn he finds u
Is Verboten to almost everything
which he thinks he has bean aecus-
toned to do in the United 8sGtsss-
ChieAsa Standard.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Value of Three Grains.

The Vienna Academy of Science has
spent nearly $4,000 in working 10
tons of uranium ore for radium
The yield was three grains of pure
radium, the largest amount ever Sc
cured at once, the value being $780,
600.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Cure for SIeenIessness.

SIeeplessness is often caused by
the head being exposed to the cold,
while the rest of the body is warm.
In nine cases out of ten if the head
is covered with a silk handkerchief.
it will induce sleep.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
HIS BLOOD
At BARGAIN RATE
Man Charges $40 to Give Up
IS Ounces OF Life Fluid to
Save Boys Life.
PATIENTS FATHER CLOSES DEAL.

TRANSMISSION Operation is Made as
Soon as the Bargain Between Buy
er and Seller Was Struck-Man
and Boy Eyed Each Other During
Operation.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
BURGLARS GAZETTE IN RUSSIA.
Trades Paper" Contains All the
News of the Graft"


st. Petersburg trade paper"
for burglars is now published in st.
Petersburg. It is called the "Bostat-
ska Gazette" or the "Barefooted
Gazette"-the title being apparently
an Illusion to the steaIthy ways of its
readers.
The paper contains full reports Of
the latest thefts and burgIaries, arti-
cles by experts on the art Of bur
quarry and what to avoid In pursuing
1t, and columns Of advice and hints
to help the beginner. Naturally the
paper is published in strict secrecy.
but the police will sooner or latsr
discover its printing Office and sup
press 1t.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
A Valuable Relia

4 thirteenth century copper ana
Etlt eiboFium. supposed to have come
from AAimesbury abbey, Wes SOLD
ky auction in London for SSe,ese.
-
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Paris Ahates a Nuisance

The Paris pTefect OF police has de-
eided that in future no more licenses
to play barrel organs in that city WIZ
be granted.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Man and a Woman.

4 mans idea OF being styiishiy9
dressed Is 10 wear something IN
which, - looks strOcioasly bad; 3.
SsmsAs 20 wear something no other
mAa cAn duplicate.
Eh
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08

The Erzberg, Austria's .ron moan
tain. will furnish ore for 1909
more years.
The Washington bee., 1909-05-08
Worlds Population,

The population of the world is now
estimated to be about 1903, ,000,O 600.
OF this number 150,O00,0O0 are
black, 600,OO0,OOO yellow and 1885,
coo. 600 white
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
LOOKED A LITTLE UNSTABLE
Body Servant of Gen. Malone Doubt
full of the Qualities of His
Masters "Props."

Gen. Adalbert r. Burlington, at u
dinner in Madison, N. j., told a num-
Der of civil war stories.
Gen. Mahone," he said, "was very
thin. One cold and windy December
morning in ga he was taking a nap in
his tent when his old colored servant,
Uncle Davy,' tiptoed in, and, STUN
bling in the darkness, knocked down
the generals folding cot and spilled
him out on the frozen ground.
Gen. Malone jumped up furiously,
seized a scabbard and made for Davy.
Davy ran. The general gave chase.
"Uncle Davy tore up hill and down
dale till he was pretty well out of
breath; then he looked back over his
shoulder at his master, who bounded
after him on slender limbs, blue and
thin, his long, while night shirt fiut-
tering in the chill morning.
"Fo' de lan's sake, Mars William
the exhausted Davy yelled, desperate
ly, 'yo' hain't trustin' yo'se'f in dis
wind on dem legs, is you?"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-18
APPROPRIATE TO HER
Wife of Sick Man Thought She Had
Reason for Appealing to Loco
motive Works.

One day last winter a feeble Irish
woman called Upon us for aid. The
case sounded urgent, so l went with
her at once. Everything was just as
she had stated. Her husband was
very ill, she was too old and feeble
to work, their children were dead,
there was no fire and their only food
was bread which their neighbors, al
most as poor as they, had given them.
I asked her why she had not come to
us before and she replied that she
had appealed to the church and to
several individuals without success.
Thin" she went on, "Oi whit to tn
big place round the strate." The only
big place lear was a plant for the
manufacture of steam engines, and /
wondered.
But what made you go to the loco
motive works." | asked.
well ma'am, shure an amt me
old nan got locomotive taxes?"-New
York Telegram.