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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12
WARRIORS AND
CHILDREN ARE
HEAT VICTIMS
100. BABES OVERCOME AT G. A.
R. FESTIVAL AT SALT LAKE
SCORE OF VETERANS ARE ALSO
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Casualties Would Have Been More
Numerous If Committee on Health
Had Not Made Unusual
Preparations
tBy Associated Press. ]

N ALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. IL
- The glare of the midsummer sun,
~ falling with impartial severity
upon young and old, thinned the an
nual parade OF the Grand Army Of the
Republic, the feature Of the forty
third encampment, and wrought still
more suffering among the hundreds OF
children who participated in the for
nation Of the living flag, arranged for
the delight of the old soldiers.
The numerous ambulances patroling
the line of march on Main street
were in requisition constantly. Dash
ing hastily from place in the ranks
where some exhausted veteran had
fallen into the arms of his comrades
the vehicles would visit the fiagstand
and remove a pallid child, gasping in
the motionless air. Side by side In the
Impoverished hospitals along the line OF
march lie wrinkled warriors and little
schoolgirls.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12

Venice villas. complete, cheap. clean.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12

With faces still shining, but with
marked reluctance, each picnicker tore
himself away from his pleasure, heav-
ing great sighs of satisfaction and
wondering if ever again there would
be another day like it. Asked IL he
had had a good time, little shaver
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
CHAPTER III.

The surprise had leaped to vernons
eyes again at the final impression OF
perfection made by her voice. and the
surprise changed to a regret Of lost
and irreclaimable opportunity when
he reflected that he had lived for years
near this woman lawyer and yet never
had seen her once in all that time
When Miss Greene turned to look him
In the face again. after the others
were gone. Vernon grew suddenly
bashful. like . big boy. He felt his
face fiame hotly. He had been medi
tating some drawing-room speech; he
had already turned in his mind a pret
ty sentence in which there was a dis
Greet reference to Portia; Vernon was
just at the age for classical illusions
But when he saw her blue eyes fixed
! on him and read the utter seriousness
in them be knew that compliments
would all be lost.
Il am one Of your constituents. Sen
ator Vernon" she began. and l am
down. frankly. lobbying for this reso
luton"
And We both" he replied, ARE,
Deiieve. members OF the Cook county
bar. Strange. isn't 1t. that two Chi
cago lawyers should have to walt un
til they are in Springfield to meet?"
mot altogether" she said. 1T IL
not 30 very, strange practice ID
almost wholly confined to ONCE work
I am more Of counselor than q bar
rister. l have not often appeared In
court; in fact prefer not to dotso;
am-well. just . little timid in that
part of the work"
The femininIty Of 1t touched him
He might have told her that he did
not often appear in court himself. bu,
he was new enough at the bar to have
to practice the dissimulation Of the
young professional man. He INDUCED
himself in the temptation to allow hel
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23

At last the day a the e1ectlcu Ar
rived. verdavin had coudueted ais
canvass with unsparing energy; lis
complicated disordsrs had Given hin
q corpse like sppsarancs: ~ ha1
spent three-Quarters of bic sostune:
he carried both of his arms iA slfsSs.
But At night the project maAs ths
ofhcial declaration:
Elected-verdavin, 13.e71 voessl~
II was . week later when he entered
the chamber OF deputies. His Etee,
radiant and rejoicing. was In ooe of
the galleries. He had choooa Q soas
In the center-Order in Liberty, = n
were. He arrived In the middle q .
debate. Precisely At that Instant
vote had been taken. and - -
reached the center Of the han he heard
the president declaring that, inasmuch
~ II was literally honeycombsd with
fraudulent practices. the assembly
thereby invalidated the electioa Of
Mons. verdavin.
Mons. verdavin tainted.
Nine. verdavin has brought an &C
tion for separation and the manage
ment Of her own estate. The bill a.
leges that the Aforesaid Amedee Yer.
DAWN II hopelessly possessed with the
mania Of political ambition.
And the public say Of hie wife:
Poor little woman. II 10 . wonder she
didn't bring her action sooner. That
confounded idiot must have spent
-hree-Quarters Of her fortune with his
senseless ideas Of ambition. Prom
the French Of Pierre Veron.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
was of the higher d.

intellectually was of the higher d.
grees.
AZ Vernon possessed himself he
was able TO note that this surprisin.
young woman was clad In q black tray
cling gown that fitted her perfectly
From her spring hat down to the toe
Of her boots there was nothing In he.
attire that was mannish. but ske va,
OF an exquisite daintiness who'll.
feminine and alluring.
All these superficial things faded
into their proper background wheF
ut last. his eyes looked full In he.
face. Reddish brown hair that doubt
less had been combed into some re
semblance to the prevailing fashion
of the pompadour. had fallen In e
natural part on the right side ano
lightly swept a brow not too high. bu,
white and thoughtful. Her other fea
tures--the delicate nose. the full lips
the perfect teeth. the fine chln-all
were lost in the eyes that looked
frankly at him. AS he gazed he was
conscious that he feared to hear her
speak; surely her voice would betray
her masculine quality.
She had seated herself again, and
now made 4 movement that suggested
drawing aside Of her skirts to make
a place for some one at her side. And
then she spoke.
viii you sit down. Senator Yer
nonr she said. with q scrupulous re
gard for title unusual In a woman. 81
must make a convert OF Senator Yer
non. you know" she smiled on the
other men about her. Fer accent i'm
piled that this conversion was Of the
utmost Importance. The other men, OF
whom she seemed to be quite sure
evidently felt themselves under the
compulsion of withdrawing, and SO
fell back in reluctant retreat.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23

I've read Of him % oftsn In ths
newspapers" shs said. TT vouh be
An experience"
Vernon went over to Burns seat and
touched him on the shoulder,
Come on" he said in q tone Of
command. speaking for once from the
altitude OF his social superiority. And
Tor once he was successful. The bur,y
fellow from the First district sto,,d up
ana looked inQuiringly.
Come with me-" Vernon said:
there's a Chicago lawyer back here
who wants to see you"
Burns followed and an instant later
Vernon halted before Miss Greene.
The other men. who had quickly 70
turned 10 her side. made way. anc
Vernon said:
Miss Greene. may l present Sena
tor Burns. Of the First distTict?"
Miss Greene smiled on the big "a
loonkeeper. who Instantly famed Will
embarrassment. She gave him hei
hand. and he took 1t In his fat palm
carefully. lest he crush II.
Il am delighted to meet Senator
Burns; I've heard Of you 20 often.
she said. looking up at him. And dc
you know I count 1t \ privilege tc
meet one Of your acknowledged influ
ence In our states affairs?"
Vernon stood back. delighted beyond
measure with the confusion Into which
Burns for once had been betrayed
The senator from the First district
was struggling for some word to say
and at last he broke out with:
Continued next weekly
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
MAIL DELIVERED TO SAILORS.
River Pestmsn Employed or sks
Thames a. London. England.

II Is probable that London has the
distinction Of being the only port where
ships lying at anchor are privileged 10
have their letters delivered to them
oy river postmen. II being customary
at other ports for sailors 10 apply per
sonally for their letters unless the
ship is In dock. The Thames II d.
vided into two postal districts. each
under the control OF . river postmAn.
who delivers letters and parcels every
morning. in . craft which resembles
q fisher boat more than anything else.
OF these districts the hrst extends
from the custom house to Lime
house. and the second from Limehouse
to Blackwall. The river postmen start
on their rounds punctually, at eight
o'clock every morning. aad. needless
to say. there II only one delivery .
day. The mall bag miy include ~
many Al 500 letters. but this number
! n largely ipayeased about Christmas
time. A No gIldss fFo9 slip 70 lit
the postman calls out: -Ahoy thsrs!~
and hands up the letters attacked 70
q boathook to the waiting crIW. Il
only takes from four to,flvs hoass 70
deliver the mail. 20 that the postnAn
does not wastes much, time. In foGU
weather. however. It takGs consider
ably longer. owing TO the dinlculties
Of finding the various ships. and Of
steering between ths large vessels =
they lie at anchor.
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
The Rookery

Then he knew; 1t was the work OF
the woman lawyer. Vernon had heard
Of her often; he had never seen her.
He gave little sniR Of disgust
The senate was droning along on
the order of reports from standing
committees. and Vernon. growing tired
of the monotony. rose and sauntered
back to the lobby in search Of COM
pany more congenial than that Of the
gruff Burns. He carried the rose A.
he went, raising 1t now and then to
enjoy its cool petals and its fragrance.
On one OF the leather divans that
stretch themselves invitingly under
the tall windows on each side Of the
senate chamber sat . woman. and
about her was little group Of men.
bending deferentially. As he passed
within easy distance one Of the men
saw him and beckoned. Vernon went
over to them.
Miss Greene" said Senator Martin.
"let me present Senator Vernon Of
Chicago"
Miss Greene gave him the little
hand that looked yet smaller in its
glove Of black suede. He bowed low
to conceal . surprise that had sprung
incautiousiy to his eyes. Instead Of
the thin. short-haired. specialized old
maid that had always. in his mind.
typined Maria Buriey dreene. here
was young woman who apparently
conformsd to every fashion. thons
her beauty and distinction might have
made her independent Of conventions.
& Physically she was too nearly per
feet to give ct once An impression Of
ar1stocracy: but II was her expression
that charmed: It was plain that her
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
WInAmIIIs ..nd EleetrIeltx.

The use Of windmills to develop
electric power 10 receiving consider
able attention abroad. Prof. La CSur.
working under the auspices q The
Danish government. IL the pioneer il
this work. He flnds that the best
windmill for the purpose y one which
has four wings. arranged at TigAt
angles to each other and With aAtust-
able sheets, having an inc1ination a.
from 10 to IS degrees.
A storage battery q used IN connec-
tion with the dynamo driyen b. ~
windmill. and between the fattafy anA
the dynamo b an automatic deyice
which prevents dischar6fW ) baftsey
through ths dynamo 36sA ~ spssa
Of tho Wfndmin falla. ss
w. Q. Horsnail. In England. nsss 8
dynamo provided with : fsw tusne -
series windings n directioa eD1nsooo
to that Of the shunt vtndlpG. q - -
retard DE riss a. potsntts1 u1Ger
sudden sparts e speeA ~ = ~ II
vtnA a. s'''Is
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
sxsnclsa JOINTS AND MuscLss.
Novel Machines lNstailed In Msw
York Medical College.

The 30 steel machines, with their
complicated mechanism. which will 10
used in the new department Of me-
chanicotherapy In the Vanderbilt
clinic Of the College OF Physicians and
Surgeans at New York have bsen
placed on public exhibition. The ma
chimes are . gift Of Mrs. Ray Mat
shak. in memory Of her husband, who
was prominent merchant. Arranged
in long rows in . room Of the clinic.
they look like gymnastic apparatus Of
intricate design.
DR.. Charles H. Jaeger, one oe tho
surgeons Of the hospital, explained
the machines would give strength to
the Tissues. bones and muscles of pa-
tients convalescing from operations.
The principle Of the system 10 to ex-
ercise the Joints and muscles 10 10
store them to their normal condition.
These machines are 20 planned" !"
DR.. Jaeger said. that there isn't .
Joint or muscle in the entire body that
cannot, be exercised BY ons Of them.
The system might be called medical
gymnastics. by means Of which any
workman who has suffered . frxcture
OF other injury which hes disabled :
Joint or muscle can have the stiGened
Joint or muscle restored to full work
ing capacity In. the shortest possible
time"
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23

to go unaeceived. though with pang
he remembered that her practice. from
all that he had heard. must be much
more lucrative than his. Something Of
the pretty embarrassment she felt be-
fore courts and juries was; evidently
on her in this her first appearance in
the senate, but she put It away: her
breast rose with the deep breath Of
resolution she drew, and she straight
ened to look him once more in the
eyes.
But about this resolution. Senator
Vernon; must not take up too much
Of your time. II you VIII give me
your objections to It perhaps may be
able to explain them away. We
should very much like to have your
support"
Vernon scarcely knew what to ~
ply; such objections as he might have
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
tCepyrishs. 1871. ~ Bobbs Aerrni Co,
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I,.senstor Morley vernon.s
v,,,, ynn,.a With S an nis ina, nancss va, was inter.
At the State capital. Both 'Uns rs.rss.ed Pct Il
the girl more than he, because she had
arranged to attend a dinner that evening
with him. She said she yearned for q ma
tional ONCE for him.
The rose still lay ON vernon's desk;
he YVES the only one of the 81 senators
Of Illinois that had not put his rose
on. He opened his bill file and turned
rap house Joint resolution No. 10. He
read 1t carefully. as he felt q senator
should before making up his mind on
such an important. even revolutionary
measure. He remembered that at
the time It had been adopted in
the house every one had laughed: no
one. with the exception of Its author.
DR.. Ames. had taken It seriously.
Ames was known to be Q crank: he
was referred to a. DOC" Ames. usual
ly as "Old Doc" Ames. He had Intro
duced more strange bills and fesolu-
tions than any member At thtt SEES
sion; bills to curb the homeop&thi
bills to annihilate English sparrows.
bills to prohibit cigarettes. bill to cur
tail the liquor trafhc. and now this
resolution providing for the submits
sion Of an amendment to the consti-
tuition that would extend the electoral
franchise to women.
His other measures had received lit
tie consideration: he never got any OF
them out of committee. But on the
female suffrage resolution he had
been obdurate. and when-with q ma
jority 30 bare that sick men had to
be borne ON cots into the house now
and then to pass its measures-the
party had succeeded. after weeks of
agony. in framing an apportionment
bill that satisfied every one. DR.. Ames
had seem his chancs., He had natly
refused to. vote for the rsappoftion-
ment act unless his woman-suffrage
resolution were nrst adopted.
It was useless for the party mana
gers to urge upon him the impossible
ity of providing the necessary two
thirds vote; Ames said he could get
the remaining votes from the other
side. And SO the7steering committee
had given the word to put 1t through
for him. Then the other side. seeing
. chance to place the majority in an
embarrassing attitude before the peo-
pie. either as the proponents or the
opponents of such q radical measure
whichever way 1t went in the end
had been glad enough to furnish the
additional votes The members Of the
steering committee had afterward
whispered 1t about that the resolution
was to die in the senate. Then every
one. especially the women Of Illinois.
had promptly forgotten the measure.
As Vernon thought over 1t all he
picked up the rose again. then laid It
down. and idly picked up the card.
that its other side was engraved. and
he read:
The Dolores star., 1909-04-23
VERDAVIN'S
CANDIDACY
How the Representative of
His Wife Was Elected

Should you ever happen to visit the
department. Of rois-Etoiles. and men
lon the name of Monsieur verdavin
/ is safe betting that your interlocu
or no matter who he may be. vii
eyclaim:
''Verdavin! Well, Of all the ambi
,ous, intriguing men l ever met. Yer
lawn was the worst"
However. now that the vox populi
has pronounced upon my old friend.
permit me to have The honor Of intro
lucing to you the real verdavin. that
you may compare him with verdavin
he legendary.
Z Born Of honest. but poor. parsnss.
Amedee-such was his name-had.
from his childhood up. one single care
TO live quietly and coxily on the So
900 francs q year bequeathed to him
by his pa and ma. He had . CHEEKY
little town residence. love Of coun-
try house. In spring he made little
trip to Paris: in summer he hshed; In
autumn he shot; In winter there was
he club. Nothing could have been
pleasanter.
Nevertheless. Amedee perceived that
something still was lacking in his life.
He wanted some one to keep his ac-
cunts and oversee his expenditures.
How was he to get rid Of this business
which threatened his idleness and
placidity? He made up his mind to
take q wife.
She whom he had chosen was q
Young girl Of candid brow. but full Of
resolution-a fact which had guided
verdavin in his selection. He had said
to zee after all my business Affairs.
and shall be saved any trouble in
such matters"
The moon that shone above-round
~ the crown of his hat-had not yet
filed her horn six times after their
marriage, when. one fine morning. my
lady summoned her husband. who
hastened to her apartments. bearing
In his hand q package Of books. to
which he was attaching new lengths
Of line and gut.
what 10 1t, my darling!'
"Amedee, be 10 good a. to listen to
me. During the six months of our
married life have been studying your
character and scrutinising your apti
tudes. for you know well that = man
Of your age and position cannot rust
In inglorious idleness."
why, bless me, Emmie, l thought
my time was sunaciently occupied. For
instance, Just at this very moment.
was setting on for the brook, where
expected to get you q mess Of flsh for
dinner that
.Amedee, be serious, / beg Of you
n you can. have been canvassina
the whole subject thoroughly in my
mind, and have found the one pur-
suit"
But, my dear. when say that"
THAT one pursuit In which, now
adays, . man can rise to power and
honor. is politics"
Politics! Heaven be praised,
never have gone in for politics; and
heaven helping me. madame, never
will."
"In three weeks there will be an
election in this department, ! will
that il to say. you will, come forward
a. Z candidate"
-But, dearest, you have moi
thought"
.Yes, dear. have thought It over d
IT. every aspect. Indeed. have pre-
pared your address To- the electors :
| The deuce You havel"
Don't swear. Amedee: swearing Of
fends the scrupulous voters. Do yor
think Il ID very axreable for . WON
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-08
----sos-------- IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

From the Baltimore American.
 Tn the old days, as I remember them, on southern plantation" said Maj E. G. Eldon of Vicksburg, Miss. at the Ho- tel Herman, there was always the most lavish consumption of eatables, and the good housewives never failed to load their tables with five times the quantity of food necessary for the family use.
 This avishness-indeed waste is the better word-grew out of the cheapness and abundance of food material. Every family grew many times the amount of vegetables it needed. Many things that command a high price now had hardly any money value in the days of which I speak. If as happened at rare inter- vals, eggs got over 10 cents a dozen the price was deemed exorbitant A big fat fowl was thought well sold at 25 cents. Nobody ever dreamed of selling fruit, and peaches that are now a source of great revenue. were given to any one who asked for them,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-08
Birmlngham's New Railway Station

When it is remembered that rail- road station is the entrance door to a town, and that many people get their impressions of a town from it's rail- road station, and all who enter the town get their first impressions there, We begin to see how important the Terminal is that was opened on Tues day of this week. Through the fore sight of the railroads that are to use it Birmingham has acquired a station that will serve 1t aesthetically and i'm pressively 50 years, and our citizens very naturally celebrated,so important an event.
 Nor Is the fact that the perspective of the Terminal is huge slag pile and a smoking, humping furnace plant to be regretted. This is a city of smoke and iron and activity, and the back ground of the new station will remind travellers what Birmingham is and what it proposes to be.
 Between the beauty and spacious ness of the new railway station and the slag pile behind it Birmingham will hereafter create in the minds of travellers correct impressions. and as that process goes on day in and day out year after year, it is really i'm possible to exaggerates the value and importance of the new Terminal that the railroads have erected at great l cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-08
GETHSEMANE.

By J. c. Hidden. The city is silent: Jerusalem sleeps: The stern Roman soldier his vigil now
 keeps; Dark night has now conquered the king
 of the day, And the stars are all mustered in splendid The moonlight steals down with its sweet
 pensive sway, To chide the dread horrors of darkness
 away; All nature is quiet, enjoying the calm Which heaven has sent to the weary as
 balm. But, amid the deep silence which reigns
 all around, Gethsemane shows us upon the damp
 ground The poor man of sorrows, acquainted
 with grief,' Moaning out this petition, so full, yet so
 brief: My Father. if possible, let this cup
 pass," But if this petition be answered. alasl The law of stern justice will trail in the
 dust, And the God of the universe cannot be
 just He turns to His followers; 1ol they re
 asleep; The watch of one hour they cannot now
 keep; He Is prostrate again: sinner, hear that
 deep groan, Thy Saviour is bearing thy burden alone. An angel from heaven may strengthen the
 Man Who suffered to work out that glorious
 plan Of wondrous salvation, unmerited, free, And offered now, sinner, to you and to me. But angels themselves can no sympathy
 feel For Him; for the serpent is bruising His
 heel, And Jesus. the sinless. for us is made sin, To open salvation and let the world in The great drops of sweat which Geth-
 semane saw Helped to pay the great debt which we
 owed to the law; And Calvary's cross joined the earth to
 the sky, When T 'Tis finished" burst forth on that
 last dying sigh. Then banish the clouds from thy grief
 stricken face, Oh! penitent soul, and remember the place Where this sufferer said, ere His spirit
 had flown, Iris finished, I've borne the worlds bur
 den alone.'' Lynchburg, Vas