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Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
Holidays and Parties
My Dear Aunt Laurie:

My Dear Aunt Laurie:
thought I would try and write some
on the writer's contest this week, the
topic being The Birthday Anniversa-
ries of Washington and Lincoln"
These are the very best men that
have ever been known to the United
States They have both been presi-
dents of the United States. George
Washington was the first president of
the United States and Lincoln was the
sixteenth president.
General George Washington and his
army won the great victory at Sara
toga, N. Y.
George Washington's home was at
Mount Vernon. He married a widow.
The schools and most every man or
woman all through the United States
have a legal holiday on his birthday.
Sometimes the schools have exercises.
People most generally have picnics or
parties on this great birthday.
George Washington's birthday is on
the 22d of February, as we all know.
Washington was called the father of
our great country, and Abraham Lin
coin was called the savior of our cour-
try.
Abraham Lincoln's birthday is On
the 18th of February He was a very
good boy. He had a stepmother, and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
Nonsense Makes Appeal

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Now, what book would I choose if
could have only one? 1t would be a
terrible calamity to have only one
book to read. One does not want to
read on a serious subject all the
time. I like Louise M. Alcott's Little
Women" but / know it almost by
heart. I have read 1t so many times.
I like Dickens stories. but I never
care to read them more than once.
But there is one book that my
brother and sister and / never get
tired of, and the name of it is
Through the Lookingglass. Perhaps
it is not the best book for me, but I
don't know how / could get along
without good, wholesome nonsense.
With only one book to read, 1 think
I would have to have something to
keep me cheered up, and Through the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
Have Memorable Celebration

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Today we celebrate the one hundredth.
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln, one
of the grandest men the world has ever
known.
This morning the eighth grade schol-
ars came into our room and we had an
interesting program.
The first thing we did was to sing
some patriotic songs and then Mr.
Topic, who is our principal, gave us a
talk, after which / recited a piece
Two girls and one hoy had essays of
their own, written about Abraham Lin
coins life. One other girl had an essay
about the boyhood of Abraham Lin
coin.
There were several recitations and
short quotations of Lincoln's. The one
that impressed me most was this: You
can fool some of the people all the
time, and all of the people some of the
time, but you can't fool all of the peo-
pie all of, the time
One of the boys repeated the Gettys-
burg address, and everybody thought
he did well.
Another of the boys read a letter of
sympathy that Mr.. Lincoln had written
to widow who had lost five sons dur
ing the war. This letter has been
printed on the walls of Oxford univer-
Sity, because it is considered one of
the best examples in English ever writ
ten.
just before the bell was to ring Mr..
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
Third Grade Celebration

Dear Aunt Laurie:
| will try and tell you what we do on
Washlngton's and Lincolns birthdays.
On Washington's birthday the girls
gather all together and each one tells
what she is going to do on that day.
Last year l said that was not going
any place, but l was just going to have
some other girls to celebrate it with
me, and this year don't know what 1
am going to do.
Now I want to tell you something
about Lincoln's birthday
Our teacher picked out seven girls
and each one had a letter of Lincoln's
name.
One had L, another had I and an
other N, and e, and o. L, N, and my
letter was the last one
Well, Aunt Laurie, / guess this is all
| can tell you about Lincoln and Wash
ington, so goodby.
ALBERTA O'REILLY.
Sacred Heart school, B3 grade. Age
years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
Los ANGELES SUNDAY HERALD-JUNIoR SECTION

she didn't want him to read all the
time.
The school children always have ex-
erciseS on his birthday. 1t is not a
national holiday, but a legal holiday.
This year the school children are going
to meet on Friday morning and have
exercises in memory of his birthday,
then they will go home.
Well, Aunt Laurie, I haven't written
much, but it is all I can think to say
on this subject. HAZEL FOUST
Monroyia, CAL; IA years old; eighth
grade, Orange avenue school.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
The Best Book

Dear Aunt Laurie:
1 endeavor to write story about the
best book for me. The best book for
me, and for everybody, is the Bible
have a teachers Bible, in which it
gives the whole Bible in story form.
This makes it very interesting for me.
l think the books with Bible stories
in are all right for any one to read
The daily papers are all right to read.
If people didn't read the daily papers
they would not know what was going
on.
I hope there will be many good
stories. Your niece,
HATTIE MCCLURE.
2640 Ganahl street; age IL years;
Cornwell street school,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
WRITER'S CONTEST

Two prizes will be given in this contest this week
One dollar for the best original paper submitted by Los An
gees girl boy and dollar for the best submitted by
the boy girl living outside the city limits of Los Angeles
Papers be from $50 800 length
side of the paper only and with margins top and side of
each paper.
All contributions be signed with and address and
Of school and grade.
Papers for this competition be addressed Aunt Laurie
Herald Junior The Herald Los Angeles Cal and
reach the office later than Saturday afternoon February 2
Topic: what Do a Rainy Day."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
A Lincoln Celebration

Dear Aunt Laurie:
In the morning I got up very early.
L got ready for school, ate my break
fast and got my coat and hat on. We
had our Lincoln program. There were
three children who wrote long stories
before the 18th, and they read them
There were about four or five or six
short stories and there were twenty
children who read one line each of the
words of Lincoln. Then twenty chill
dren read one line each about what peo-
pie said about Lincoln. Then we got
our report cards.
We went out in the yard and sang
some songs, and a man spoke and we
all came home. / played dolls and had
a lovely time.
DOROTHY BAAS
Washington Street school. Age IL
years. 1905 New Hampshire street.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
Describes Early Trials

Dear Aunt Laurie:
In the year of February II, 1909,
little village in Kentucky called
Hodginsville, little boy was born.
This boys name was Abraham Lin
coln
The father of this boy had built,
with his own hands, a house of logs.
This cabin had wide cracks between
these logs, and it would often rain
and snow through them. There was
one opening for window, and one
for a door And for curtains they
used the skins of wild animals. The
floor was of hard earth, and the car
pets were animal skins, and the furni-
ture was made of rough logs and limbs
of the trees.
When Lincoln became too old for
the cradle, he was put to sleep in
loft. To reach this loft he used to
climb a ladder.
His bed was made of dried leaves
from the forest.
the forests. He passed many hours
wandering through these woods listen
ing to the birds.
Once his father shot a bear, and his
mother made him a little coat, a pair
of warm shoes and also cap from the
dried skin of the bear. In the sum-
mer time he went barefoot.
Abraham's mother taught him to
read, and sometimes told him wonder
fu1 stories from the Bible.
The boy was very glad when he was
old enough to go to school. The
schoolhouse was two miles from his
home. He took his lunch with him
and sometimes gave some to the other
children.
The school children had but one
book. This book was a speller, and
Abraham was very famous in his
spelling. At home he used to write
his words on a wooden shovel, be-
cause he had no slate then, and for
pencil he used a charred stick. Abb
raham loved to make little speeches
to his schoolmateS. He would mount
a, tree stump near the schoolhouse and
then talk to the children.
Abraham had always kept on study
ing and reading his lessons, and he
walked twelve miles to borrow book
which he had heard of. He took the
book home and read it by the cabin
fire.
When he became 21 years old, he
owned but three books; one book was
of the life of George Washington.
When Lincoln was plowing in his
fathers yard he would stop to rest his
horses and he would climb to-the top
of a fence and take book from his
pocket and start to read it.
Lincoln was always honest and he
was once a clerk in a store One day
a lady bought an article from him
and he found out that he had charged
her 6 cents too much for it, so he
walked three miles to return the
money.
Lincoln dearly loved his mother.
When he was older he once said: "All
that / am, or hope to be, l owe to my
angel mother" Lincoln became the
sixteenth president of the United
States and died in 1865.
NATHAN HARRIS
619 Ducumun street Hewitt street
school. Age is.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
southerners Love Washington

Southerners Love washington
Dear Aunt Laurie:
Tennessee niece. / am going to tell
you of a novel way of celebrating
Washingtons birthday. Mrs. McGee
the teacher, had planned a Washington
entertainment for our room. There was
to be a small admission charged the
parents, which was to go toward buy
ing a flag and portrait of Washington
February % came and found the pro-
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
Both Poor Boys

Dear Aunt Laurie:
George Washington was born in
Westmoreland county, Va, February
%, 1892.
When he was IL years old his father
died. He had to help support his
mother.
He was a surveyor. Everybody liked
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
SAID BY CHILDREN

Little Ruth was visiting at the home of a
small playmate After dinner she said: Your
papa prays at the table, doesn't hep
Yes, the reply. Doesn't yours s?''
''Of course not" answered Ruth He has
rheumatism
Small Flossie was a. great chatterbox One
day her mother said: 'Flossie, you talk too
much. You don't hear me jabbering all day
long,
No, mamma rejoned the little miss;
''but you've lived awful long time ard
have had time to get most Of the talk out Of
you"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

Lookingglass" is the best thing I can
think Of
With best wishes to you and the Ju-
nior. VIRGINIA r. SMITH.
41S West Islay street, Santa Barbara;
age II years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21

Virginia.: Won't you remember to
put your school grade on your papers?
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07
WEATHER FORECAST

New Orleans. May To night and Saturday generally fair.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07
Bank of
 Conway 1890 The Old Reliable 1909
PROHIS FAIL TO APPEAR
Senate Not Visited by Them, to That
 Body's Relief-Adams Arrested.

Little Rock, May 7.-Special.-
 What the senate expected to be a deluge of prohibition, did not strike that body yesterday after noon and the senate breathed easy. It was communicated to members of the senate yesterday morning that number of prohibitionists were to swoop down on the senate in the afternoon and demand an explanation as to why there had been no action upon prohibition measures. Arrangements were made for the clearing of the cham Der of the visitors, should they be- come obstreperous and interfere with the business of the senate. No one showed up and the senate went through with an afternoon of peace.
 Instead, Rev. J. G. Adams of Mena, once a prohibition candi- date for governor took a promi- nent position on the corner of Markham and Center streets direct ly in front of the state capitol and began talking on prohibition. An officer soon showed up and ordered him to move on. Rev. Adams con- tinued to speak, saying something about the legislature occasion!y. The officer ordered him again and met with refusal, whereupon he placed the preacher under arrest and took him to the police head quarters, where bond was inn mediately furnished. Rev. Adams then returned to the corner where he had been speaking, though he made no further effort to talkthere, going to Second and Main streets, where he again began his preach ing and was not interrupted.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07

managed to cut up our submission majority till we have reached the point where a whisky minority can do the rest. That is exactly the situation.
 We say to our jealous "statu- tory" people that they possibly have the defeat of all temperance legislations at this session for their pains. They have cut up a clear submission majority :by stub bornly insisting upon something for which there never was any hope of majority.
 we say to the whisky minority now blocking the Senate: Your names are written down, and no wretched subterfuge by which you hope to cover your acts will avail you, you shall stand on the record of having defeated the will of your party and the known will of Ahe people.
 We say to our governor that the situation will amply justify the calling of an extra session, for the thing demanded by the platform, a plain and simple submission measure, has never yet had a day in court. It stands as an unre- deemed pledge. Both party 6del- ity and loyalty to public interest demand that this pledge shall be redeemed. We ask every reader of this paper who takes this view of the case to write immediately to the governor. Do it immediately, without the delay of a single day. Write that he may know whether the people desire the extra session, a session in which the legislature will be confined to the issues named in the call.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07
HENDERSON LOSES AGAIN

Philadelphia, May 7.-Arkansas College of Batesville defeated Hen derson yesterday by the score of 7 to 5, and gave Henderson a severe set back of winning the intercolle- giate pennant. Wilson of Arkan- sas struck out I2 men. The Ark ansas team left last night for Con- way, where the will play Hendrix two games. Score by innings: Arkansas ooo3 o--7 7 9 Henderson, HOO oooo I--5 5 6
 Batteries-Wilson and McCul- loch; Patterson and Brown.
 Summary-Bases on balls-Oh Patterson 5. Struck out-By Will son I2, by Patterson 7. Hit by pitcher-By Wilson ?, by Patter- son I. Time of game-I:ss. Um- pire-Wallis.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07
NORMAL TO CLARKSVILLE

Two Games to be Played There With
 Cumberland Team.
 The baseball club of tue Arkan- sas State Normal School left this morning for Clarksville, where they will play two games with Arkansas Cumberland College, one this afternoon and one tomor-
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07
I. C. Lille Suffers Loss.

In fire which destroyed about S4o, ,oco worth of property in the business section of Magnolia We'd nesday night, the law offices of J. G. Lile. former president of Cen tral College, were burned, causing him loss of about $Iooo.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07

row. The club was accompanied by Coach w. o. Wilson and Prof. M. J. Russell. Following is the team: Renfroe, Stevenson, Erwin, Sherrin, Douglass, Haydon, Ale wine, Wells, Downing, Longstreth and Baxley.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07
APPROPRIATION BILLS PASSED Both Houses Hold Important
 Sessions.
Senate Decides Upon New Insane Hos pital--Many Bills Up in
 the House

Little Rock, May Especial. - Comparatively quiet session was indulged in by the senate yesterday afternoon. The time was taken up with two appropriation bills, peni- tentiary and to build and maintain a second hospital for the treatment of nervous diseases. The senate voted down all amendments ex- cept those suggested by the com- mittee. An amendment to prevent any funds being used to support the 100 convicts being used on the state capitol was among those vot- ed down.
 Next came the new hospital for nervous diseases. It carried all appropriation of S2oo. 900 and a special tax levy of one-fourth mill for two years. No location for the institution is given. The bill was adopted in a committe in the whole after a fight on the special levy and is on its third reading.
 A number of bills were passed, among them a bill including muni- cipal officers in the laws governing malfeasance of office and the Ton ey bill allowing Sunday baseball in Jefferson county. The senate killed the Wingo bill to appropri- ate SIo 900 for the aid of storm sufferers over the state, but it was made special order for reconsid- eration this morning. The senate also killed the bill for a state ex- amining board for watch and clock repairers.
 Proceedings in the House.
 The house yesterday afternoon passed bill to allow anyone who has been in the Confederate service to draw a pension of from S25 to $2oo per year, without indigency being a requirement.. The house also passed a memorial to congress asking for the abolition of the for est reserve in western Arkansas. The cattle tick eradication bill was passed by the senate with a S2o,- GOO appropriation. and defeated in the house. It was amended in the senate for Slo,ooo appropriation and it was this measure which passed. The Bush bill apppropri- ating S93, 900 for the State Normal, was passed, and was also the bill appropriating S4oo. 900 for the sup port of the hospital for the treat ment of nervous diseases. The Fletcher bill for the payment of the balance due on the state farm was read once. The house refus- ed to concur in amendments to tn e Carl Lee bill fol. the creation of a new judicial district i'll Woodruff county. The bill to make the birthday of Jefferson Davis state holiday was read once. The bill to provide separate rooms for white and colored teachers i'll examina- ton before the county examiner was brought up for amendment and finally sent to the committee on education.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07

Old papers for sale at this office.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-05-07

Phone 254. Nelson Drug Go. 3t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-12

miner by bribing his Lord Roberts
with dainty morsel would be saved
the trouble of holding the skillet over
the fire while the savory venison was
in the process of cooking. That these
nocturnal pillagers are clever in their
work of devastating farm lands there
is no doubt, for they generally baf-
file the natives or white farmers in
their attempts to catch them in the
act of carrying off plumber.
This instance of baboon's saga
city was related to me. The brute
seemed to be watching some object
intently. He eventually made a grab
and was seen to be grasping a puff
adder by the neck. The poisonous
reptile underwent a close examina-
ton, but it appeared that his captor
was at a loss to know just how to
get rid of his victim. He would hold
the snake out at arms length, and
then at closer range would scrutinize
him thoroughly. After this process
had been repeated several times the
baboop seemed to be seized by sud
den Inspiration. He began rubbing
the nose of the adder on a stone, stop
ping occasionally to inspect his work,
and then when the head was entirely
rubbed away the reptile was dis
carded,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-12
TO NUMBER CHILDREN.
Each of New York's 100000 to Wear
an OficiaI Tag.

New York, June Recommending
next october. every school child in
New York city, and there are more
than six hundred thousand of them,
will be given an official number so
that each child may be quickly identi-
fed by the police. Under the law,
which becomes effective then, the
members of the uniformed police de-
partment become the truant officers of
the city and the law compels them to
stop every child of school age seen
out of school,
The child must give his number to
the police officer and must have a suf-
ficient and authentic excuse for alb
sence from the school room, else he
will be taken to the nearest police sta
ton and his parents notified
Each child's number will be printed
on an official card which the child
must carry all the time. These cards
will be distributed by the police, who
are called upon by the new law to
make a thorough school canvass with
in one months time during the fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-12
CAKE W ak ORIGIN
Suggestion That It Started
With the Monkeys.
Observations in Africa by State
Journal Reporter.
ENTERTAINED IN WOOD
Balloons Danced for Ratification
of the Visitors.
Unusual Intelligence Shown by
the Simians.
ENTERTAINED IN WOOD

(By Frank l. Snow of the State
Journal)
Professor Starr of Chicago university
81 a series of articles on the Congo
Atrocities which appeared in the Chi
cago Tribune some time since, adj
vanced the theory that the cake walk
originated with the aborigines of
Africa. An incident which occurred
while the writer was relieving the
monotony of the regular routine work
in a Rhodesian newspaper office by in
dulging in an all-day hunting expedi-
ton, has led him to suggest that the
cake walk had its inception in still
lower form of development.
Emerging from a Veritable forest of
coarse grass which had attained to the
height of from twelve to fifteen feet I
came in full view of q stream whose
clear waters were sluggishly reposing
In chains of fern-fringed pools re-
splendent with water lilies, or were be-
crevices between granite boulders and
lost entirely to view. On the banks of
the stream were huge boulders over
Swallowed by wild fig and other in
digenous trees. In fact it was a place
where fairies might be tempted to form
their mystic circles.
I was startled out of contemp1ative
mood by the coarse call of a bass
voiced babOon-"Wa-haw, wa-haw-
which seemed to be altogether out of
harmony with the general atmosphere
or the place. I returned the salutation
and almost as If by magic a small
army of balloons, of all sizes and condi-
tons, came upon the scene stationing
themselves on boulders and in the
trees on the opposite side of the stream.
They ranged from full grown ones, al
most as large as a man, down to the
helpless offspring which were cling
ing tightly to the bodies of their ever
watchful mothers.
They Do a Cake Walk.
AS the balloons came into view a
mighty shout went up which rever-
berated through the woods. It was a
frightfuI discord, for the squeaking
voices of the younger generation did
not blend with the sepulchra1 notes of
their elders. Absolute silence then
reigned. and presently again gave the
call Pandemonium was once more
the order Of procedure. We continued
our negotiations for perhaps an hour.
I moved to within a short distance of
the stream and the man-like creatures
of the forest out of curiosity rather
cautiously did likewise. 1t occurred to
me that possibly they had come to the
conclusion that they had found a long
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to come within close proximity to the
corner of the deck over which he
ruled paramount. On one occasion
when a deck steward had prodded
him until his wrath had been thor
oughly aroused the chain snapped,
and among the excited passengers he
bounded distorting his already hid
ious countenance, until one woman
tainted and a mad struggle followed
in the attempt on the part of the pas
sengers to make a haSty getaway.
The sailors came to the rescue, and
aside from a punctured lid there were
no further casualties.
Are Easily Taught.
One frontiersman who found time
hanging heavily upon his hands made
his pet drunk by allowing him to
drink copiously of beer and the VIC
tim of booze forthwith entertained a
crowd of 1oungers by his strenuous
antics. Instances in Rhodesia where
balloons have eVinced any very high
degree of intelligence have been rare,
but they are not incapable of being
taught to make themselves useful. A