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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-12-19

hunk o. light braid on de table, and de
'possum say: '"Light braid, certainly
would like to have yo'!"'
"'"An' de light braid say: "'" Mr..
Postum, yo' reminds me o. de story o.
de sassy gal an de grandma. Ever hear
lat, Mr.. 'Possum?"'"
mo, the 'possum never had.
90" Well, de grandma said: Come
an kiss me, Eberlizer."
"'"'An' de sassy gal lows to do
grandma: Grandma, amt yo' never
hearn de story bout" -" (Really
and truly, we hate to stop at this ex-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-12-19
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A newspaper recorter went 10 inter-
view the magnate about some railways
which he was reported to have bought.
He approached the magnate and asked
him point blank about it.
did you hear the story about MT
Lincoln and the preacher" asked the
magnate instead of making reply. The
reporter had never heard it.
"a preacher approached Mr.. Lincoln
on a subject he did not care to discuss,
and Lincoln said: Sir, you remind me
of the story of the negro preacher and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-12-19
Rumors of a Death

The Boss-Didn't you tell me you
wanted to get off yesterday on ac-
count of a death?
The Boy-Yes, sir.
"And you went to baseball game,
understand"
Eyes, sir; I heard they were going
to kill the mpire!''-Yonkers States
man. ~
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-12-19

citing point, but we're actually running
out of quotation marks PUCK.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
SOUVENIRS.

Have we been to Europe?
| should rather smile,
Pined across the continent,
Travelled round in style;
Motored from Berlin to Pest.
Watched the miles unravel-
And We've brought from every place
Souvenirs of travel.
Here's bit from Notre Dame
Knocked it off myself;
Gargoyle. this from Ely's church,
Cunning little elf,
See this key from Windsor. pray
Swiped il from the guard.
And this piece of Luther'S chair
Wood was awful hard!
Marble here from Bony's tomb
Pretty near got caught;
Old Etruscan pottery. this,
The kind that can't be bought;
Piece of Venus's hand, you see
Artist had the trick
Got 1t in the Vatican.
Broke it off right quick.
Have we been to Europe?
Well, | should opine!
Plked across the continent;
Travelled down the Rhine,
Parliament was out Of sight
Here's the speakers gavel!
Brought, you see. from every place
Souvenirs of travel.
Milwaukee Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
Without Ostentation,

The late Josiah w. Leeds of Phila-
delphia was notable for his lifelong
fight against immodesty. He loved
simplicity as he loved modesty. Os.
tentation he abhorred, especially the
ostentation of funerals and cemeries
He used often to quote an epitaph that
he had once seen in a SECURED grave.
yard.
Tbs tpitaph, which was cut on the
simplest, cheapest stone It is possible
to imagine, said:
THE monument is very plain. no
doubt, but all the money in the world
would not have brought our poor dear
father back to us again "-Washing.
ton Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
The Naughty Prince.

An amusing story is being told
the Danish newspapers concernl1
little Prince Knud, son of the Cros
Prince. Recently a dispute arose D
tween his nurse and himself as
whether he should or should not tal
a bath. The argument culminat
In a sponge being thrown in q
nurses face and the royal mann
being sent for in hot haste. She q
cided that Knud was in the wrol
and sent him himself to fetch .
cane with which she must beat Bill
He departed, and after some tn
came back again. Il can't find q
stick" he explained politely, ID
here are two stones that you e
throw at me-"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
a>~Aa~r~o~ ~~S$r~'~~"~
DQrlOinidn Theory
FIN Error to Suppose 1t Has Been Findlty
accepted by Scientific Men.
Bv l. II. Jf0rkey.
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Il - no longer minor phases. ,,u
Il H. is odd the revolutionary doctrine wy
which probably hypothesis OF genelc eouon
s be finally accepted ny ne
II : = scientific world.
@- be graver Natural SELECTION IS a.
a hypothesis with a minimum Oh selen'nc ss.
but loose and uscenn'
John Girard speaking of Darwinism in spite OF us great
on has lost the class qualified to Judge
among
no be reckoned all who adopt the title for not Few Oh %
De
those Of Darwin himself"
edy scientific men OF the
could altogether admit only
evolved lower not
developed genelcaly
accepted
Apart biological which cannot be conclusive
paleontology WHICH, VINE"
examined, affirmative much
space 10 STU"
theory question p
fertile with eVloehces
while the evidence
e
AS NJ
know
concerned Scientifically
find answer
but ever
well the maj lesson
of
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
- -

this
second
weeks and
mind
of
freedom without
ton and enormously
feeble,
monkey the parrot and still so by small chill
to a negligible degree.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
The Human Test.

Lady in touring car beckons to !
destrian.
will you kindly do me small
vor, SIR"
Certainly, madam"
Then please stand out in the ID
die of the highway and let me
how quickly l can stop my car VIZ
out hitting you. I'm afraid this bra'
is out of order. '-Cleveland Pr
Dealer
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
Wit GHUN1WR
g01p
3AAE G. ASSN

VI Soul sc you pay DiluSC OhAJ AoA
fun" "Of course. But it isn't any
fun unless you are playing for money
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"a man learns to do by doing" re
marked the moralizer. "Yes," rejoined
the demoralizer, land also by being
done. Chicago Daily News.
Office Boy-Say, the boss oughtn't to
put window in there. Carpenter
Why not? Cause, now you can see
he's in when he amt in.'-Life.
Eyes, sir! tell you this entire
country is in the absolute grasp Of
thirty men," You don't tell me! /
had no idea the number was so large"
Life.
Us Pridworth much of a bridge
player?" mo. When his partner
asks: Shall l play?' he always an
swers: Go ahead Chicago Record
Herald
She-I believe there are times when
every man deceives his wife. He
Sure. How else could he ever get her
to marry him in the first place?-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Affection is that spirit which
prompts you to say to your guest: DO
you care for cream in your coffee?"
when you know right we'll that it's
milk you are passing, and mighty thin
milk at that.-Detroit Free Press.
ha %aa
cobwebs on the ceiling so perfectly
that the maid wore herself out trying
to sweep them down. Johnson-There
may have been such an artist, but
there never was such housemaid.-
Puck
Your wife and daughters have at
tanned great social importance"
"Yes," answered Mr.. Cumrox; IF
hadn't happened to marry into the
family don't believe mother and the
girls would speak to me."-Washing-
ton Star.
Il notice that leading actress tele
phoned that her automobile was brok-
en- down and she couldn't attend a
meeting of her creditors" Wasn't
that sweet of her! Going to all that
trouble for a lot of fussy old credi-
."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Guide-Kindly notice the long time
that elapses before the echo of my
voice reaches us. Hello, bella hello!"
Echo (few seconds later)-"Hello. he'll
10, hello!" Mrs. Newrich formerly a
telephone operator, absently)-Nnm-
Der, please. "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The suburbanite was showing his
city friend about the village. Nearly
everybody here" said the suburban
chap, Lives to be eighty or ninety"
(Which would seem to prove that
some people get their punishment
right here on EARTH" rejoined the man
from the city.-Chicago Daily News.
"That was a dreadful tough steak
you sent me yesterday, Mr.. Beef1eigh."
WAS it, ma'am? You should have
sent it back" Yes, l meant to, but
husband was too quick for me. Before
I knew what he was going to do he
cut it up into strips and used it for
hinges on the henhouse door."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Modern Shoot-No. can't stick
it any longer. I'm of tomorrow
why, the shootin's good enough, isn't
it," "Oh, the shootin's all right. It's
the arrangements so rotten. One ex.
poets to rough It a bit-luncheon with.
out a band, and so forth-but today!
glasses! Well, hang it all, there's .
limit!"-Punch.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27

speak very much German to into,
a woman who lives away off in
country in one Of those souat 9,
rooted houses. She is NOT afroia
have you come up to her as she sta !
knitting at the door She labors
the fields herself and, being as stro
as tree. is afraid of nothing
One of these women whose nd
log house clings to a slant mound
side led the stranger right into
kitchen. Though a long breath
that keen mountain air brings \
appetite to an edge, one does not ID
IN those regions to say he is hun1
enough to eat a horse unless
means it. You would see 81,
horse cooking?" she flung over
shoulder in her burning, par1
toned voice. Eating time is HI
already. You can sit by the std
and watch to see about the horse 4
A Chestnut Tenderioin.
She went at the business of col
ing, paying no more attention to
than If he were one of the acc
toned children who used to nj
about and long for the coming md
The clip-clop of her heelless, wood
soled shoes. as she went from std
to cupboard and back, was aim
the only sound. The mountain ST
ness from outside had long sil
come into the house.
In the steep rising ground acr
a foreshortened garden at the b
of the hut was dug a cave, secu,
in it's open face by iron clam
wooden doors. A trip to this and
momentary disappearance into
cold shadows produced a flank
dark red meat This weighty th
seemed no burden to the broad b,
as she trudged across the garden 4
through the low door. She cut Of
strip of meat in shape like a p
tenderloin. only it was much larl
and this she sprinkled thickly v
the coarse German salt and put |
the oven.
"So!" she muttered at last, bre
ing the long silence. ut will 8
be ready, and will taste the ,
same as beef. A nice thing to
with it is schotten PURGE. You kl
what that is? Mashed up peas
herbs"
The fumes of the roast were pl
ant. A stranger coming upon
scene from that time on would ne
have suspected the presence OF
unusual animal in the oven.
And no doubt this Is so.
Is there question raised as
whether this meat is good for O
They say that the complexion Is
barometer for the stomach. AMI
this is not yet an exploded thet
then horse must be a tonic. Ne
did skin and cheeks flare a brigt
promise from within than they
among the poorer Germans. Ma
the thin, cool air has something
do with it. But horse does not ?
duce i'll effects, certainly.
And the police would positively
allow 1t If it did. 1t is very strit
against the rules in Germany fo
person to permit himself to be
Jured in any way. A striking exs
pie of this is shown by the law VIII
states that if you are run over b,
vehicle in the streets of a city .
are fined six marks by the police
If any one unfamiliar with
many and German ways should
in this thought Of horse meat
comfort which will make him afr
to travel in Germany. let him be
couraged not to worry. So I'M
trusive is the meek horse-as mi
in the pot as in the stall--that
traveller will very likely never
much as hear about the question q
will quite certainly never eat any
the meat unawares.-New York I
bune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
EorebodinQs.

"How do you think Taft will rum
81 dunno. Here he violates all pre-
cedent, right at the jump. Takes a
railway journey and fails to shake
hands with the engineer"
ton Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
On a TechnicaIity,

Oliver Qrritably)-That woman
would differ from the Lord himself.
Olivia-She has already done so.
Oliver-In what way?
Qlivia-On a matter of form
Judge.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
The Reasoning Powers of
animals

By Hilbert F. Shore,
Member American Association for 4dOdncen7
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
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to by disease accident
these subjects
than insanity nu the
differs similar produced
kidneys
Likewise the
indisnguhable
rest Magazine
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
of Science.
H>Isa>s0s

dscredit reasoning OF elephants OF
beavers however limited may it does not demand
pert observation decide positively that at least animals OF
feline genus other carnivorous ones as for In
the BEAR wholly destitute Of reason Why? In
Central Park New York. is engraved in not only
cement in the of cinnamon bear This ami
fenced n but he easily freedom outside and
he has long ago made up his freedom by
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27
The Brain and Drugs
6v Dr. LL,illia m Hanna Thomson

sensible believes that drugs do not affect BRAIN
and yet this doctrine to fit in with many facts
clear demonstration of its alacy is
ed is the physician who should be asked he has
subject because naturally he best
qualified whatever known both drugs and
Moreover lately he has made discoveries
about relations Of the brain the by obserya
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-02-27

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The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

Point Lobos (thrusting contour like
the snout of a monster saurian into
white evaporation OF ceaseless foam
that fringes sea blue as a painters
dream of biue), and by Cypress point.
there ran through my mind the mem
ory of what william Butler Yeats
wrote about the Californian coast after
his visit, where he says that here as
nowhere else in America did he seem
to hear the footsteps OF the MUSES. and
behold place meet for the habitation
of art
I came to Carmel in the very height
of its harvest season, as it turns out.
George Sterling has just brought out
his new book of poems. "A Wine of
wizardry." Mary Austin Cat present
in Paris, but soon to return with
big romance begun and to be finished
in CarmeD has Just begun the publ
cation in serial form Of q new novel
Upton Sinclair has contracted a viru-
lent case OF Carmelitfs and has bought
land for bungalow. His play, Prince
Hagen" was brought out at the Va
lencia theater recently.
With Michael Williams, formerly city
editor of the Examiner. but when he
Is at home (Which seems to be seldom)
of New York, Sinclair has written a
book dealing with modern hygienio re-
forms (such as the taste for shredded
wheat biscuit, even at st. Francis hotel
prices), which will appear in week
or so.
Michael Williams has also come to
Carmel and is busy with many plans.
Grace MacGowan Cooke and Alice Mac
Gowen. her sister, author of Judith of
the Cumberlands," one OF tho present
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

Mariner, and talked Carmei-Carmel-
Carmel And. anon, went out into the
night (as they say in the meiodrama).
dreaming still of Carmel.
what about this Carmel placer" I
asked of those still left around the
table
Carmel? oh. Carmel is all right"
said VIII Irwin: but Jimmy has got
a id bad case of Carmelitis. His
map of the world shows Carmel. sur
rounded by mess of seas, and land.
and towns and places"
The golden aureoled victim Of Car
mel fever was James Hopper, by all
odds Qn the opinion at least of a
certain humble literary pilgrim) the
best artist now handling the short sto-
ry form In America; and part author
with Fred BechdoIdt of "soos." that
grim, powerful novel of prison life which
is now stirring such attention In the
world of social reform as well as In
the world OF literature.
And now that have performed my
pilgrimage to Carmel. I can under
stand and appreciate Jimmy's case OF
Carmelitis Overlook the familiarity
Of the diminutive Jimmy" for you
never hear Of James Hopper in Car
mel. but you do hear a great deal Of
Jimmy" and that great deal of good)
For It is altogether and uniquely
charming. this Carmel; and as wan
dered the rounds OF my pilgrimage.
above that wonderful bay incicsed by
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

who nrst turned my steps toward Car
mel, I began my pilgrimage with q
visit to the little cottage wherein he
and Fred Bechdolt wrote "soos" to-
gether and definitely confounded and
cast into confusion all literary croak-
ers who cynically proclaim that col
iaboration between writers Is the best
recipe yet evolved by man for the dis
solution of friendship. They plan an
other book.
/ take rather special interest In
asoos," because of the fact that 1 was,
so to speak, something of an accessory
before the act OF publication OF that
capital book, inasmuch as ! was one
of those to whom Hopper granted the
privilege of reading the manuscript.
All, friends, all who are interested in
matters artistic, do you know of any
finer pleasure than that which comes
from being allowed to read an authors
manuscript (if the MS. Is worth reading,
Of course. I mean). and giving to the
author that which perhaps he needs
more than anything else In life. namely,
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

popular successes, are two other re-
cent acquisitions to the Carmel tribe,
and books by both of them are due
to appear Then there is Grant Wal
lace, war correspondent, artist. story
writer, essayist and the Lord knows
what not else besides, who, too, has just
Joined the tribe, and who purposes to
add arboriculture and horticulture a.
la Burbank to his other activities
Then there is Kenneth MacNichol, he
who writes fiction. essays, verse and
autobiography concerning his adven-
turous life among the Navajos COT
which tribe he Is an adopted child),
and who Is patching" II all by his
lonely far down the solitary coast,
five miles or moro from the head
quarters OF the tribe. Then there is
Herbert Heron, busy preparing the
sheets of his new book of poems. "Off
Actium." for publication. More of them
all anon, In due order, as we go. max
ing our rounds of the literary pill
grimage.
James Hopper having been the one
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-17

BAD already heard OF Carmers lit
erzry colony. Rumors OF its life
had reached me while I was en-
gagged IN literary pilgrimages and
ether businesses OF my craft in the
service OF various editors. Sunday and
profane, IN New York, Boston. Tarry-
town, New Jersey and such like centers
Of literature on the lesser coast OF this
republic. And. on one bleak. memora-
BILE Manhattan night, I had encountered
an exile from Carmel
Way down IN one OF the greater
canyons OF Bagdad-on-the-subwa (tc
quote o. Henry some sanguine soul
that owned San Francisco as his home
town CRnd heart town. had discovered
q place conducted by a really. truly
Mexicano cook who made really, truly
tamales and enchflaoas and other hot
things 10 eat, which Gas he had a
Icense) could be surrounded by cold
things 70 drink The San Franciscan
Immediately spread the glad tidings
smear and afar among his numerous
fellow exiles, and anon the downtown
canyon became a center for lawyers
and doctors. promoters and artists.
poets and financial con men OF all sorts
and degrees, who once upon a time had
been happy IN San Francisco and now
were making real money in New York.
There was big dinner there one night,
which marked the elimination OF the
Mexican's boom (Which soon died out.
~ ali things. booms and men included,
6ie IN Bagdad-on-the-Subwa and
very late that same night came across
up the Tag end OF matters around
marble topped table miles away
from the starting place. near where the
stream Of Forty street joins the
main current OF nectambulism in
Brosoway-the street OF the lights of
fever. I Joined them-for am / not a
literary pilgrim7-and Literature Cbig
I. please) was represented there. The
Irwina. Wallace OF uncounted rhymes
and VIII OF the Muck Rake, were there;
and r H Davis-not Dicky, but Bob
high admiral OF the Munsey feet of
magazines. ano John OHara Cosgrave.
boss OF Everybody's. the magazine OF
the noisy cover and the even louder
innards; Elmer Blaney Harris, play
wright and short story writer; and
and-and-and others; all of them
known to you and all those who know
their Market street; for all of them
without exception have banged type
writers or held down desks in the
Newspaper shops and magazine Offices
hereaboutG.
And there was also one around
whose head there puffed an aureole OF
golden hair that would MAKE envious
the soul Of e matinee girl. under
which, however. there was the face OF
a Berserker; hard as nails-the face
Of q Berserlzer who was also q min
streL And he II was who was the
exile from Carmel; and while all
around us the loud talk Of old days in
San Francisco surged and bubbled,
hearing that I was soon going west
ward, he held me with an eye glitter
ing Ike unto the eye Of the Ancient
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-10
By Ju15et W1bor I7onebkj1ps

waved inviting paddles TO her
Come and go out with us they called. Polly would
seemed f6 ibnk She n7qb refuse tbc II csCo-"d 1 Ic
to the landing,
That IS the tippicst canoe the lake wouldn't 80
out in it for worlds. but suppose you don't mind any
thing said Theodoras mother. Polly's unhappy fee
faltercd
l don't know much about canoes myself" she began
Oh, the Morris girls handle anything, They
haven't tipped this year" she rcassurcd as
two youths linelt down 10 steady the fra craft.
bd n your % loot & eafty IN m the % middle SAID the Lz1rd
nex0r2bly into e nest of cushions that had been pre-
pared for her They were cautiously pushed of
don't believe Id go out the island girls it looks
to nc if the wind were coming up said Cousin Caro-
Inc, with knowing glance toward the northwest
Oh, we Shant mind II Ii docs, with sport like Miss
Prent,ss board" they called back Its an awful
lake for squalls, they told her the shot
over the still depths. They like ball out of
cannon Now its shorter to 80 straight but its prct-
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-10

She was helpless before their enthusiastic energy
Well will you look at LIzzic-hc's coming!" some
exclaimed.
Why not2" said the Lizard screnely, putting him
self on Pollys right hand girl with a red braid and
alert frcckcd face took her other side, crowding
out the modest khaki youth.
we growing lazy it is good to have some ono
like you and stir us up" she SAID, going over
rocks and logs with the ease OF chipmunk,
| am afraid | am not very-cntcrprsing,' Polly OBJ
ected with suppressed gasp of pain a Jagged ledge
tried 10 amputatc her foot at the ankle
Oh you Don't talk to us like that after last night"
sT @ ye snG ca6ed too % mdo 6 some bnG G c" Sn.
dent OH hc- feet
I shall have to jump that going backl" she thought
and her heart died within her.
The sun beat her head and ncttles her hands,
and dark, smooth sticks lurkcd among the stones to
pcrsonatc snakes. while the dry underbrush either
side haunted with sudden, ncrvc-racklng rustles
Yet Polly laughed and chatcd and exclaimed the
view, and gave sign OF the sick and fantng spirit
within her, all because handful OF strangers, headed