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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
A STRANGE CUSTOM OF ALASKA

Perhaps the most interesting archeo-
logical discovery made on the north
coast of Alaska has relation to the
present methods of personal decoration
now used by the natives of Alaska, the
most significant feature of which is the
wearing of lip buttons, or labrets, by
the men. The present custom is that
when a boy is IA or 16 years of age,
holes are pierced in his lower lip, one
below each corner of the mouth. A
sma1l wooden plug is at first inserted
to keep the hole from growing to-
gether, and month by month bigger
and bigger plug is used, till finally the
openings are half an inch in diameter.
At this point the young man begins to
wear stone or ivory plugs. These orna-
ments are put in from the inside ordi-
narily as one might insert a button
into a shirt front. Usually, the two
buttons worn are each of different
sort, while sometimes only one of the
holes is filled, and in summer men are
occasionally met with who wear no
buttons at all. When a visitor is seen
approaching, however, the ornaments
are always inserted, for one does not
feel dressed without them. In pre-
pairing for sleep they are usually re-
moved.-Harper's Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
A DAY IN THE STOCKS

A record on file in the library of
congress contains an account of the
adventures of a certain Hubbard who
was sentenced in Boston to the stocks
for having INDUCED in an unWar-
rantable fit of i'll temper. When he
had taken his seat for the day there
came along a drove of swine, which
seemed to cast upon him those leering
looks that only a fat pig can bestow
A dog followed, shifting at the pris-
oners feet and making feints-un-
pleasantly approaching reality-ef bit
ing him Then a cock, mounting to the
very top of the stocks, croWed his de-
rision upon the victim below; and
presently a rough fellow after in
dulging in ugly taunts, threw at him
fetid toadstools and d dead snake
Then an Indian appeared, who, in a
drunken rage, stimulated by some
fancied injury, rushed at Hubbard
with a tomahWk, probably intending
nothing worse, however. than to give
him a severe fright, which he certainly
succeeded in doing.
Help came from an unexpected quar-
ter. for at that moment an old bull
came tearing down the road. His at
tention was attracted by the stocks,
and with a roar he prepared for IA
charge.
Alarmed in his turn, the svage dart
ed off. The bull made dash at the
stocks and carried away the corner
post, but without even grazing the
object of his apparent wrath. Whether
he was disgusted by the little he had
accomplished or his animosity was thus
satisfied, he started off, believing and
shaking his head, much to the relief OF
the said Hubbard.
And then the unfortunate man was
left in comparative peace to his own
meditation and the cutting sleet of
November day.-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25

KIT HIRED him, but he amt no ac-
count" said Old Man Somarin-
Il dyk, speaking of his farm assist
ant. "Jest as soon as l kin git a man
that's worth his salt, I'll bounce him.
All he's good for is to plow an sow
an feed the stock, plague him!
"If he's good for that, he's good for
right smart" observed the storekeeper.
what did you want him for-to play
the pianner an make bloon ascen-
sions?"
mo. sir. I didn't" replied Old Man
Somarindyk, with some acrimony, AN
l didn't want him to mix navy beans
with Rio coffee or to water fine cut
terbacker till it dripped when you
pulled it outen the pail"
THAT there fine cut come to me jest
the way | sold it to you" declared the
storekeeper. Il done toll you that
oncet, an if once tellin' nain't enough
Washington Hancock interposed.
What was the matter with the feller,
Uncle?" he inquired.
well, it was this-a-Way," the old
man answered. Il gin him a pot o
yaller paint an a brush, an tel him to
give the summer kitchen coat While
he was a-restin' an he wouldn't do it.
I amt no painter he says. never
done no paintin', an if l tried ia
probly slop it all over, an maybe Ia
git painters collie. It's suthin' that
amt in my line he says an | don
aim to tackle job l don't know moth
in about
II reckon if he bust a preechin' he'd
wait to git a harnessmaker to mend
it," commented the storekeeper, am
icably.
HE Jest didn't want to take no
risks" said Hancock. "Some fellers Is
like that, an then there's fellers like
my cousin, Philander, that's will1n' 10
tackle anythin' as long as it's honest.
Philander wouldn't never have hung
back from paintin' a summer kitchen.
He'd have made q stagger at the battle
o. Gettysburg panerammer or liver
pill sign
"Philander b'lieved in tryin'. If he
didn't know how to do anythin he al
lowed he cd go at it some way, an II
1t wasn't the right way he'd find it out
an try some other. I've seen him
a-sharpenin' a pick on grindstun an
Shawn the bristles offn a haWg with
his daddy's razor. One time he went
to Perry Spencer an struck him Tor a
job on the paper.
Kin you stick type?' Perry asst him
~ reckon | can, says Philander ]
hain't never tried it, but I've watched
you-all dom it, an It. seems right easy.
Another time he undertook to figgei
on the lumber for an eight-by-ten her
house an made 1T 5000 foot Std o 600
an got ii all hauled from the sawmil
afore he found out his mistake. Then
he went to work, an by the time he'd
got the hen house up he had to go to
the mill after couple o. hundred foot
more to make UP for the miscues in
cuttin'. Aunt 'Lizbeth got enough
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
POLICE STILL HUNTING
STElNHElL MURDERER

PARIS, April 24.-The police are still
busy looking for the three men In
gaberdines and the red-haired woman
who murdered NJ. Steinheil and Mad
anne Steinheirs mother. and have not
yet lost all hope OF discovering the
criminals NJ. Hamard, head of the de-
tective department, from the first be
lieved them to belong to the lowest
class and holds that opinion still.
The search for elews among Apaches
and their women folk is extraordinarily
difficult, as they are "a world apart IN
the midst of society" But the police
recall a case in which the murderer
was traced by 2 Jacket The garment
vas taken all over the world by de-
tectives, who at last discovered, in
Buenos Ayres, the original owner of
the coat. Through him the murderer
was unearthed in a. Belgian prison.
Patient search and luck may eventual
ly give the clew which will lead to
the discovery of the authors of the
Steinheil murders.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
tell Won that our little boy has
nroved an obstacle. While Mr.. -
has

tell you that our little boy has
proved an obstacle. While Mr.. -
appeared to sympathize, Mrs. -
would not for a moment entertain the
idea of engaging married people with
an encumbrance 1t would seem thar
as long as we have our child with us
there is not much chance of our getting
situation. Could you assist US py
getting our child taken care of for a
few months in order that we may ne
free to earn some money!
The writer o. the first letter Is an
ex-British soldier, a good, all-round
farm hand; his wife is good COOK
and laundress. There is plenty OF ein-
ployment awaiting him and his Wife
il they gos alone-at $3.50 year ana
keep. If they do not get rid OF their
children there is none. the writer OF
the second letter Is a good farm hand,
who can also drive and repair motor
cars: his wife is a good cook and
laundress.
MUST FORSAKB CHILD
Their only chance of getting employ
ment Is to leave their child with
someone else.
The best registry offices in the state
have been offered bonus of $15 to ma
these people employment; their answer
is: IF you gave us $50 we could not
do it," The state immigration bureau,
when applied to, simply says; we
told you so; we cannot place married
couples with childre~ and therefore we
do not assist them to come out.
A third case may be mentioned. A
married couple with one child came 10
New South Wales some months ago.
After great difficulties they were placed
on a station nearly 300 miles from sgd
ney and their new employers expressed
thorough satisfaction with them. A
few months passed, and then the en-
ployer's wife discovered that anotner
child was likely to be born-not I'M
mediately, by any means The family
was at once dismissed and sent back
to Sydney by rail. If they had been
allowed to stay six months the en-
ployer (by agreement) would have had
to pay their return fare; dismissed
when they were, they had to pay 1t.
and the employer simply got them a
ticket and handed over the small pal
ance of their wages. They arrived In
Sydney penniless.
Friends tried to get employment for
the man and a home for the woman.
After much searching the only place
for her was the Home of Hope a
refuge for fallen women, in which the
diet provided, even for women before
childbirth is bread and treacie, and
the work is perpetual laundry work.
am glad to say that when the charac-
ter of the work and food became
known to the friends who were interest
ing themselves the wife was at once
removed to less degrading quarters.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
ITALIAN SIGN0RA WOULD
DIVORCE PIANIST HUSBAND

MILAN, April 24-Another tragic
chapter has begun IN the history of the
former Princess Louisa of SaXony, aft
edward Countess Montignoso and lat
terly Signora Toselh of Florence, Her
romantic married life with the obscure
pianist of that name is now, after a
protracted period of bitter dissension,
definitely broken off, the eX-princess
having made up her mind to run away.
She told her husband that she would
go and take a sea-air cure at Rapallo,
on the Genoese Riviera. Accompanied
by her baby boy, a governess and a
maid, the princess, on the advice of
an intimate friend, pursued her journey
to the Palace hotel, Montreux, Switzer
land, where another intimate friend,
tuscan lawyer, was awaiting her. Sig
nora Toselli has begun proceedings for
divorce.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25

5000 upright Steger piano? Think of
it-this goes for two weeks effort onlyi
But before going into a detailed de-
scription of this particular special prize,
the contest department wishes to call
all readers attention to the complete
list of special prizes ready for distribu-
tion May 7. Here it is:
First-S600 Steger upright piano, pur-
chased from the Fitzgerald Music COM
pany.
Second-$200 building lot in West
moreland, Imperial valley, Cal.
Third-$100 scholarship in the Inter
national Correspondence school.
Fifth-One round trip ticket from Los
Angeles to Lake Tahoe
Sixth-One round trip ticket from Los
| Angeles to Lake Tahoe.
! Seventh-One Premo kodak and sup
! plies, value $33.
Eighth-One Premo Kodak and sup
plies; value S33.
METHOD OF AWARDING
These eight prizes will be divided
among the two candidates who cast
| the greatest number of votes in each
district between April "a and May 7
! inclusive. There will be eight winners,
two in each district, as follows: Two in
district C and two in district D. These
prizes will be given to the two candi-
|
greatest increases during this period.
Therefore, two prizes are bound to so
| to each district, and each district can
win only two prizes. The prizes will be
| awarded in rotation, from one to eight,
| to the eight candidates showing the
| greatest increases Every contestant is
on an equal foothing for these special
prizes. Four prizes will go to the city
of Los Angeles and four to the outside
! territory.
ABOUT THE PIANO
The steger & Sons upright IS q per
| feet instrument, combining perfection
of tone with exquisite finish, and, by
many would be preferred even to a
grand. 1t is a magnificent instrument
of the largest and most massive style
| that the Steger 62 Sons company man
ufacture, and one of the handsomest
upright pianos to be found in the stock
of the Fitzgerald Music company.
Everybody, whether candidates or
not. are invited to visit the Fitzgerald
Music company's store, 523 South
| Broadway, and inspect The Herald's
! special prize Steger. Attaches of the
Fitzgerald Music company will show
visitors who ask TO see The Herald S
| Steger every courtesy and show why
| The Herald selected the Steger. And
while at Fitzgeralds visitors should
/ also inspect the $3.50 Lindemann grand
piano to be awarded as the fourth cap
ital prize at the close of the contest
! and the $3.50 Columbia graphanola the
seventh grand prize. All readers, can
| didates and all others should watch the
daily Herald for important contest
news. Don't miss an issue. And, above
all things, candidates should be getting
votes now as never before. Interest in
The Heralds contest is growing daily
and the candidates who are active dur
| ing the next two weeks are the candi-
dates who are going to get the votes of
| thousands of interested newspaper
readers throughout Southern Califor
MIA. Now is the time to put your name
among leaders if you would have it
there June 80. See page 8 for additional
contest news.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
GOODBYE KISSES ON
FRENCH ROADS BARRED
Called DiIatory Practice Tending
to Result in Injury to
Passengers

PARIS, April 24,-The state has pro
hibited kissing on railways, the follow
ing notice having been posted up in all
stations:
1T is strictly forbidden to exchange
kisses on the platforms or in the walt
ing rooms or on the steps OF the car
riages of the state railways, owing to
the delays frequently occasioned by the
prevalence of this dilatory practice,
which is calculated to disturb the
proper running of the traffic upon the
system by retarding the departure of
trains and which is thus fraught with
inconvenience and even danger to the
public, as the first condition of safe
travelling is punctuality. Persons dis
covered kissing will be liable to prose-
cution."
Every train on every state railway
i'll France has always been late, and
the delay is attributed to kissing.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
A WISE LITTLE GIRL

Miss Mary Garden, at tea in Phila-
delphia, praised the skill of the modern
corset maker.
1T is really wonderful" said Miss
Garden, what this artist can do. 1
have seen fat old women who, from
certain aspects, looked like supple girls.
It was the corset maker.
"And that reminds me of an answer
that 1 heard in Sunday school when L
was a little child
"'What is it,, our superintendent
asked, that binds us together and
makes us better than we are by ma
ture?'
Our corsets, sir piped a wise little
girl of g."
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
AN EASY CASE

William P. Sheridan, the detective
with the camera eye" was discussing
insurance frauds in New York.
"A very easy case,' said Mr.. Sheri-
dan, smiling, grew out of a conversa-
tion overheard by a friend of mine on
a train.
1.-TWO elderly business men sat side
by side in front of my friends. Sud
denly the first put down his paper,
winked and said:
BY the way, how did you make
out about that fire of yours last Sun
day.?
Shut up, you fool!' the other NUT
tered. It's next Sunday"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
FINED $3.75 A CARD FOR
SMUGGLING ONE PACK

VIENNA, April 24.-An old woman,
living near the Bohemian Saxon
frontier, has been condemned to a fine
of $21O or two months imprisonment
for bringing into Austria an old pack
of cards which had been given to her
for her grandchildren to play with,
and which she failed to declare at the
Austrian customs house.
The duty would have been cents.
but the judge fixed the fine at $375
on every card in the pack. or over
5000 times the duty. AS the old woman,
who keeps herself by collecting herbs,
is unable to pay the fine and would
probably not survive Imprisonment,
she has sent in a petition to the en-
peror asking for free pardon, which
his majesty will doubtless grant.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
DISlNFECTED

This chap moved into a dilapidated
cottage near the beach, and set to
work at once to whitewash it inside
and out. While he was swinging the
wet brush on the exterior passerby
said approyingly:
I'm glad to see you making this
old place so neat and smart. It's been
an eyesore to the neighborhood for
years"
1T amt nothin' to me about eye
sores," was the reply. "The reason
why I'm whitewashing is because the
last couple wot lived here had twins
once | understand lines a good dis
infectant. Ye see, we've got ten chill
dren already"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
GOT HER OWN MANS PAY

Mrs. Kelly-Are you takin much
stock in this attimpt that lot iv the
wimmen are maxim to get a vote for
us, Mrs. Rafferty,?
Mrs. Rafferty, amt botherin me
head about such things. I'm satisfied
to let Dinny and the boys do all the
votin' for my family But l do think
a woman should get mans pay.
Mrs. Kelly-Well, 1 can assure you,
Mrs. Rafferty,, that I get one mans
pay, or know the reason why, livery
ca tnrdau nirht %
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
A SATISFACTION

"A wise man never burns his
bridges"
mo" said Mr.. Crosslots, "and yet I
got a great deal of satisfaction from
something like that. I went down Gel
lar one chilly spring morning and
broke up the snow shovel for kindlins
wood. Washington STAR
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
AUSTRALIA BARS
MARRIED TO|LERS
immigrants Practically Forced to
Race Suicide by the
Land Owners
NO CHILDREN ON RANCHES
Commonwealth Seeks to Retain
Purity of the Race by
Strange Methods

LONDON, April 24.-New South
Wales does not want married couples
with young children among her immi-
grants. Farmers and squatters will
not give employment to parents who
are not past childbearing. While the
determination to exclude colored races
has probably impeded the industrial
and economic development of Austria
liza, it is the ambition of the common
wealth to preserve the tradition of a
white Australia.
The government of Australia spends
large sums of money and uses every
effort to attract white immigrants, but
squatters and other large employers
of labor in the country insist on condi-
tions that tend directly to encourage
that race suicide which Is one of the
gravest problems of the day. The en-
barge on married people with children
is a danger to the whole country. 1t
leads to congestion in the cities and
depriVes the country of the real sources
of wealth, and must end by Gripping
the development of Australia as well
as robbing her of those means of de-
fense which become more urgent every
day.
The scandal is exposed by the Aus
tralian correspondent of the Times,
who sends two striking letters with
comments thereon. One OF these let
ters follows:
ASKS FOR PASSAGE
"As the prospects of my obtaining
employment do not seem very hopeful,
| am writing to ask if you could see
your way to pay our passages to an
other state, where work may be more
readily got ] fully realize the diff
Guilty there is for married people in
securing situations If they have what
is known out here as encumbrances.
For during the past nineteen days 1
have called myself at many places in
search of work, but invariably have
been told that with two children there
is no chance for u.s."
The second letter reads:
"Mr. and Mrs. were both thor
oughly satisfied with our capabilities
and references. and l quite thought
that at last we were about to start
work; but l am very sorry to have to
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
A PROMISE

Ia!
What is it, my child?"
when Sis marries that lord, will l
nave to call her your ladyship'?''
1T will not be necessary for you to
do so, but it will be very nice If you
care to"
IAN right Mebby / won't always
do it, but I'll promise not to call her
'punkin face any more, anyhow"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
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INSULT TO INJURY

Burglar Bill Ito wealthy grocer)-
Now, then, out of it, and do this little
lot up into a parcel 1 never was no
hand at that kind of thing,-Comic
Cuts.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25

This is Juan Barcena, newsboy of Yuma
who Is the pride and sole support of his
widowed mother. Juan has built UP a nice
little business among the best known resi-
dents of his home city and 1t was by these
friends that he was nominated in The Her
AIDS $25, 900 voting contest. Juan Is hope
full of winning OF the very highest
prizes, but he figures n double trip to the
orient would be just the very thing for his
mother and himself with this idea he Is
selling papers and putting away the pennies
and getting subscribers to The Herald, and
running up the votes. Votes, he knows, are
what will win trip, and the pennies, made
up into dimes, will come in handy while
over in China and Japan. The residents oi
Yuma like Juan and this manly little fell
lows vote total will bear watching during
the next few weeks
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-25
THE KING IS DEAD;
LONG LIVE THE KING
One Special Prize Period Closes.
Another Bigger and
Better Opens
FINE PIANO GOES THIS TIME
Some Enterprising Candidate viii
Get $500 Piano for Two
Weeks HustIing
FINE PIANO GOES THIS TIME

Developments in The Herald's $4,000
voting contest during the past forty
eight hours have created no end of ex-
element. The close of the second spe-
cial prize period at 10 o'clock Saturday
night saw the first evidences of excite
ment, and balloting was carried on dur
ing the day in a manner that promises
some interesting announcements as
soon as a complete and careful count
and check can be made. Another con-
tributing cause for interest was the
third special prize announcement, eff
fective April 24-May Z inclusive. This
offer is by far the most generous yet,
and inasmuch as 1t provides for two
winners in each of the four districts
the two candidates showing the greatest
increases in each district in the time
given-there is every reason for every
candidate campaigning to the best of
his or her ability.
HUSTLE, THE THING
And because the prizes are all such
splendid and attractive awards, each
worth much more effort than will be
required to get it, all candidates are
going to push their vote getting cam
paigns to the best of their ability dur
ing the next two weeks What more
generous award can be imagined than
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-14
CONCENTRATES.

q. Hanke and DR. T., X. Roth. promi-
nent stockholders OF the DAILY Judge
company are at Park city today
J, Fewson smith. "a local mining en-
gineer has returned from a trip to Ne
vada, where he has been on business.
Walter James OF the Black Rock
property In Beaver county expects some
fine results from the property at any
time now
ROLAND r. wooiley left yesterday
for New York whore he viii enter the
employ Of Logan Il Bryan to learn the
brokerage business.
Rumors have been ahoat for several
days that the Yerington Malachite OF
the Mason valley country has been
fully financed by Boston capitalists.
w. F. Smith. one OF the employees
Of the Phoebe Metals at Phoebe, is in
the city. He says that Supt David
Lemon has succeeded i'm solving the
broken formation OF the property and
expects to shortly be in the permanent
zone.
II has been officially denied that the
Utah Copper win issue bonds Tho
statement made In the east Is probably
due 70 the fact that bonds may
be called for in the railroad. which IL
being put through by different or
ganizatiOn from the Utah Copper.