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6 A DOLL 3000 YEARS OLD The delight which a little girl some times experiences in getting hold of a doll that belonged to her mother when she was a little girl—a quaint, china headed and china-haired little creat ure, with low neck and short sleeves and very full ruffled skirt—is a tame thing when compared with the feel ings that any girl must experience over a doll now in the British mu seum. This doll is almost 3000 years old. When some archaeologists were ex ploring an ancient Egyptian royal tomb they came upon a sarcophagus containing the mummy of a little prin cess 7 years old. She was dressed and Interred In a manner befitting her rank, and In her arms was found a little "'ooden doll. The inscription gave the name, rank and i ge of the little girl and the date of he. death, but it said nothing about the quaint little wooden Egyptian doll. This, however, told its own story. It was so tightly clasped in the arms of the mummy that it was evidsnt that the child had died with her beloved doll in her arms. The simple pathos of this story has touched many hearts, after thousands of years. The doll occupies a place In a glass case in the British museum, and there a great many children have gone to look at —Youth's Compan ion. :'^'V' J****- * ,3fHlHllE»BalS_il_iHMß..iH!.^^ I^3 _,fi_ffi_|ig^B.BH...HS.B^...^^B.....M Home of W. Rankin Good, Watts Residence of David Elcoat. Watts iSWft..;- - : >^:.^k.:": %'--■.. ■.. -■" - -l ■;,-:"■ (^ 7. 7' -y. :-:■/-■:/■' ft':.. :-/ >ft 77-7, 7. .. - ■ -, .. ;. .&S&^ I . ■* -• • J Lip ■" t > »* flflf "" I BHflfl fITB Hli BBSliffl ■. BBs^Bfl l 111 188 6 #$>- fl i ■ilßfciii : Bmjbjhßml lßli»^^^WMf»fiilftj^B,H:BOi«Kask : ■^P^^Pi p*>fWrer\_: 1 fRyK mH____sK.:':';^^__B _______■ HE* jS* • |^^HnjH^BB^BBIBMBWB.^BWMB^^^^S^^^^^^...^^IBBB.L B'^wPg^Bl Sr.*^*^'" tißKHßHE3_fc'^M_i____a_<wtJßw__Ms_«__»» * B^»™^-»jJll!l^^^^ '"^^^^m^^^~^*_"'^KM H ksk* - "* ...-^.^^jHiitfe..^. » ■■,_.....» ~7^J_!ff!^^^^wl I fii__________4.By.iMßl ■&?*>■• "• * - • ■ 'T* ■■'-^ m T'^mmm^^mk^^l-^^ y~±>mta- -am. ""' • Residence of S. J. Lord, Watts LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MAGAZINE A TROUT WITH A HISTORY The mascot of the Inverness railway men passed away recently, in the shape of a brown trout, whose life his tory was somewhat peculiar. In the Field a correspondent says that the fish had been landed at Millburn by the son of Mr. McDonald, engine driv er, was kept alive and soon became a great pet. Upward of ten years ago the engine driver had It transferred to the tank of his engine, and It has since passed a somewhat curious ex istence in the tanks of three separate railway engines. The trout was so tame that it would feed from the en gine driver's hand, and when a pail was dropped Into the tank to take it out would flop Into It at once. Occasionally the driver took his pet home with him, and on the last occa sion that he did so an accident hap pened—a box of matches had fallen into the tank with the result that the trout was poisoned. The trout Is la mented by all the railway men. It traveled during Its stay in the engine tank thousands of miles, and once, when there was a snow block and the water ran down, was only saved by pouring water sparingly over It. The fish is a beautifully spotted specimen, and, having such a reputation, is being preserved by Messrs. McLeay & Sons of Inverness. Its ten years' residence in a railway tank has made it famous, and it Is intended to transfer It to some museum. [•*• s^;^ft ft,ft v f * . ~-r]pi* v\V,Vft **/: ----- - *^M| ft"' i&\o:T^~: ' - -" ' 'Jr'm I-. -ft^il--, -,v 1 * ' ,;''._,-.- , <, ft;*-j- 5 4 - , ft :- laiA^ Jr^-^- •>•■■*■«•--■-.■'•'^?*»<»w««*-i ! i^ ___i _}Hm'» "■_'■ j^^jHffi^pl, ■ -^ l^^^__H_B___l_l_H^H__^^^Br flß«&&iiCfe *:■ l^^£i«^-*-^fcr'"' ' * ;. • - gw^, tscfrU>»*fe.: y :rft .- * THE WATTS LUMBER COMPANY, the cut of whose office and store build ings appears with this article, is one of the pioneer business enterprises of Watts. Coming here In 1905 they bought out W. I. Ferris & Co. Watts then had a population of 150 persons. The company formulated a plan of "easy payments," which enabled those desiring nouses in the little settlement, to secure their material and to build and occupy their homes at once. These Inducements proved of great benefit \mmy^~ ■■ *■■■■ •■•■,,-ftm^ftftftr. --,■ ~yT7] ; • I - m^BJlWi'iPi IT""' , ' JB C .^Jb mv .jikSS E^ >'&b ___R_fl _______u___UßK«iß_Bffiit_R_l__gi__^_^! Wm*' Ajmfmiß Hfjßß^fc-.A *■■ .'-I_:'_r<Hi_^S^ ''■ '' '•¥*&%£ s'. & WS&ss_mf____ ■■ ■■-- "i : : . .* w"w-v-. " . i <■ 7- -«»■■• f£.\ -\- ■■ it [^^^IbbHH___&_^_^^^ * h A (I y*^vj^^g Residence of George Carolus, Watts JHE-^^^^Bfciipr- .^^**^nßPWßHW_j^Bflsft3^ "& " t**p^^^v^^^ft • _^^r BJEjHRMP^I^WmH *k**Wlta**** ** *"' —^^*H<H_Pfc W*ffW* ggSE^iii^: New Methodist Church and Parsonage, Watts . ;|Mlll|||||ft|: :■: :ftft '■. .. ftft:-;ft yi. ■■: ■ ... 7 . ■ ':* .. ft:. 1 ft: MlMiWlF^^Bffltli B ' K l!^ » JtStia pSl&^^Wrß^Hlu USB iMmW \ '^_B_&^__£___HBG lWMlKjji:'i:s^:'§^ '»%£& W*mmmWmsX&3llllHSri&wm]iiKSßa^^ wß&'_ jHfi ■' .' ■^a^g£.- } j * ■*■ 4*9 ?^^^^y_^g*^ra^y*'_CTaa3^ffl^Eia_r___. ',^^^^^"^S^™^^"*^«^i£?^»'____!*^ *8 /.Tk-. ■•;•*:*.-■; : «..,, ■■■ < ~.. A " ,»■•■ :ft ■>>««*. V.-r*-^ J^^j^^»t*_^lf4>l :'w *■■■'"'*■* "ft;^'' ■•"■"*•:* r- ?"."] Residence of Jacob W. Sherner, Watts JANUARY 2. 1910. to both place and people. The mem bers of the Watts Lumber Company are W. H. Turner, president and gen eral manager; W. T. Wheatly (of the Consolidated Lumber company), secre tary, and Alfred W. Allen, counsel. The firm has two stores on Main street, one for general hardware and stoves, the other for their office and their large and complete line of plumbing and paints, etc. They do a good local business.