The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 20, 1903, Page 8

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BRANCH OFFICES—527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open enti] 9:80 c'clock. 800 Hayes, cpen until 9:30 o’clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 015 Larkin, open until #:80 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open untfl 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 1008 Va- jencia. open untli ® o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open unt!l 9 NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open 2200 Fillmore, open until ® p. m. o rlock ontsl ® o clock SOME DELICATESSEN. HE CALL recently published a remarkable dis- | overy made by a retail dealer in Pennsylvania. ong other foodstuffs he was a purveyor of r is stock he found his cans to be a mixture of green nips and potatoes, dyed to a proper ripe complexion with red paint. This mixture is ; proofs of the recklessness of it. Americans, hearing m and autocratic methods of ; ) to the conclusion that peo- raised and disciplined as they must be un- ients are incapable of like injurious 4, and so purchase at a high price dlike trust the preserved pro- are imported. nce gets a rude jolt by a report just te Department by our Consul General he _say ‘An ordinary liver Strassburger’ pate de foie gras, a cc to the Sta goose liver p: chopped and cleverly distributed pieces . representing frufiles. Cosmos, a Ger- paper, guarantees the fact that under the label of »bsters the soft parts of the cuttlefish and crabs are sold. and of finely “In Paris snails are popular, and the adulterators x them with lungs of cattle and horses. Even en- tirely artificial snails are manufactured. The shells, recoated with fat and slime, are filled with lungs and then Lovers of fresh mposed upon by a substitute cut out of hogs’ intestines. sold as ‘Burgundy’ snails. rooster combs are “Chopped artificial truffles are made of black rub- | ber, si'k or softened leather, and even whole truffles 1ade out of roasted potatoes, which are flavored g ethe They are said to sell well. spoiled in spite of ice and borax, is treated with salt of zinc, aluminum and other metals. Rub- sing the fish w vaseline to give it a fresh look and coloring the gills with fresh blood or eosin—a coal tar color—is resorted to. The latter is also used to intensify the red color of inferior crabs. “Imparting a greenish color to oysters is another An oyster requires about one month in the beds to acquire the greenish color. As this is too long a time, the dealers help them along with an artificial color. The chemists in the Paris munici- pal laboratories have shown that tomato jelly is adul- terated with turnips and powdered pepper contains a large admixture of powdered hardtack.” It has long been known that great quantities of pig livers are exported in barrels from this country to Germany. Those who knew it supposed that the Ger- mans had a lasting appetite for pig liver and were feeding it on the American product. But now it seems that these livers are turned into pate de foie gras, by the use of dangerous drugs and silk rags! Our im- ported truffies are made of unvulcanized rubber and Jeather, and the most innocent of that kind of im- ported delicatessen is made of potatoes, flavored with ether. If half the world does not know how the other half lives, it must be that the whole world does not know what it eats. Having risen from a high-priced meal of painted turnip, vaselined fish, lobster made of cuttlefish, rubber truffles and goose liver pate made of hog liver and black silk, washed down with im- ported wine made of dricd-apple juice and gypsum, the average American citizen can surely boast of a Somb-proof stomach if he can manage to live out half his span. Housekeepers will have to put the kettle on and do their own canning if this thing go much further. In canned fruits and vegetables California has to compete with commercial dishonesty, domestic and imported. Therefore it should be the aim of the pro- ducers and preservers of this State to strictly observe the rules of commercial honor. Then a world, tired of being poisoned in its food, will turn with con- fidence to our products, and they will hold a market against all competitors. adulteration A dissatisfied husband and wife from Missouri have made San Francisco the scene of their prospective struggle for divorce, the wife asking for the decree. This is evidently one of those cases when the gentle- man had to show her and couldn’t. Or perhaps his career on the sea of matrimeny was altogether too spectacular for the lady. $ y, by means of borax or salicylic acid | THE YACHT RAOCES. ESPITE the gameness shown by Sir Thomas D Lipton in his struggles for the America’s cup, and the general keenness of men in all sorts of contests between well matched competitors, there is unquestionably much less popular interest in the races this year than in former years. The decline in excitement may be due somewhat to Lipton’s good nature, for when the challenger takes the issue blandly the defenders are very apt to be equally good-natured about it. When Dunraven came over with his fight- ing blood at fever heat we were all about as eager as himself, but this year it is not at all uncommon to hear even yachting men say they would not be sorry if the cup were taken by the challenger for once, be- cause it would give more interest to the sport here- after. | There are, however, other factors in the problem that have contributed to the decline in popular interest in the matches. One of these is the growing convic- tion that after all it is not so much an international contest as a mere racing event between the New York Yacht Club and a British club. When the Boston yachtsmen were excluded from the competition for the cup two years ago it was everywhere recognized that America as a nation was out of it, and that the cup in its present hands is not open for general com- | petition. The impression created by the exclusion of | York club, and at the time there were a good many 1 persons who expressed a wish that Lipton would win | in order that the cup might once more be placed as a trophy to be competed for not by two yachts only, but by as many as chose to enter the contest. Another cause of declining interest is the abandon- ment on each side of a distinctive national type of vacht. The present competitors are neither of them | distinctively British nor American. Even in the case | of the crews and the captains, there is no longer a | strictly national distinction. Each side has sought the | best it could get in the way of hull, masts, sails, crews | and skippers. That, of course, is all right in a contest | between rival clubs, but it diminishes the national | issue and correspondingly lessens popular interest. | Concerning the comparative points of similarity be- | tween the rival yachts, experts differ. Some assert | they are strictly of the same type, while others, conceding that they do not present rival national | types, maintzain that they do present distinct types of vachts common to both nations. On the one side the New York Sun says: “The two models are now as | much alike as any two peas that ever were shelled. IBolh are fairly deep and fairly. wide. Both have a | minimum of underbody and a maximum of overhang. Both carry an abundance of outside ballast. Both have enormous sail plans, with high lower masts and | tall topmasts. Both have club topsails, whose yards stand straight up alongside the topmasts and act as prolongations of those spars. Both are built as light | and easy of hull as engineering skill can make them |in view of the tremendous strains to be withstood. Both have standing bowsprits and set their jibs on | jibstays. Each has a mainsail with the foot laced | to the boom. Neither one carries a sprit topsail to be | hoisted from the deck. Both steer with a wheel.” | On the other side the Boston Herald says: “Even [to the ordinary observer we think there would be | quite a marked difference between the appearance of | the Reliance and the Shamrock III were both ex- posed at the same time in drydock. True, both are | keel craft of the fin variety, with an immense amount | of lead on the outside to give them the necessary | stability to carry their enormous sail spread, but the | lines of the hulls are far from being similar, and this is particularly true in the forward sections of the two | sloops. The race is not to be a test between an American shoal center-board sloop and a deep Eng- lish keel craft, but it will, nevertheless, be a test of types, and types which any yachtsman will recognize as being quite widely different in many essentials.” Where experts on the spot differ it is not for judges on this side of the continent to decide. There is a | further cause of complaint. It is said that in perfect- | ing the racing machine the builders have departed | from what is called the true yacht type, and that the construction of these machines does not in any way advance the art of yacht building, nor suggest any im- provement that would be of advantage to a man de- siring a pleasure craft. Such complaints have been both frequent and loud ever since the Shamrock III reached American waters, and it is not improbable that there will never be another challenger of this | kind, as the holder of the cup may, in deference to what seems to be the prevailing opinion of yachts- { men, so fix the terms of future competitions that racing machines will be barred and none but genuine | yachts permitted to compete. Be that as it may, the Shamrock I1I represents the best that British money can obtain in the way of a racing machine constructed in a British shipyard and | the Reliance represents tHe best that has yet been produced in America. That in’itself will be sufficient | to arouse the sporting spirit of our people, and while there has been a great deal of indifference so far, the actual racing will unquestionably have the effect of awakening interest. It matters not whether they be ‘true yachts or not, or truly national or not; now that the day has come to match them, and one flies the American flag, while the other displays the Union Jack, there will surely be big crowds in every city in the United States and Great Britain waiting for the bulletins, ready to cheer the victor. e e Charles M. Schwab, late of steel trust fame, has denied emphatically that he is interested in the or- ganization of a proposed gigantic combination of tailors. For all of which we should give thanks. With nine such tailors as Mr. Schwab would be the proverbial man in their making would be a grotesque wonder. ) Shyy———— GEORGIA AND HER CONVICTS. UT of the suffering of the unfortunate woman O who was whipped on a convict farm a few days ago, or rather out of the intense indig- nation aroused by the report of it, Georgia is to get something in the way of prison reform that will be beneficial to her convicts and creditable to herself. It happens that the Legislature is in session, and in response to the cry of the women of the State it has promptly enacted a law forbidding the use of the lash upon any woman convict, whether white or black, and | furthermore has passed a convict bill which will go far toward mitigating the evils of the convict lease system by requiring that all convicts sentenced to five years or more shall be set to work on public roads instead of being leased out to private parties. The reform measures fall far short of what they should be and Georgia will have to go far before she reaches the American level in the matter of treating prisoners, but it is nevertheless gratifying to note that the Legislature has done something to protect con- victs against the greed of those who lease them and the barbarity of those who are put in authority over | the Boston yacht was distinctly adverse to the New | !them. The first step having been taken in the direc- tion of a good prison system, it is reasonable to ex- pect that other steps will follow in due season. A’ feature of note in the agitation which led the Legislature to act so promptly is the work done by a country editor, a woman at that, Mrs. Myrick of Americus, who not only demanded réform through her paper, but went to the State Capitol and de- manded it of the Legislature when she found she could not get it from the Prison Commissioners. It appears that when she went to the prison officials about the matter she met with scant welcome and was told with brutal frankness that the clamor against the whipping of women was silly. She is quoted as say- ing: “Warden Moore told me that Mamie de Cris was not the first white woman to be lashed at the State farm; that other women had received much worse punishment and that the woman did not get half what she deserved. ‘Jake’ Moore said that other white women had been whipped and the people did not raise such a howl, and he was unable to under- stand why so much noise had been made about this affair, when Allagood and Dr. Adams were doing only their duty.” The Commissioners were a little more courteous and less frank than their subordinates, but even they would promise nothing. Mrs. Myrick says they de- clared they would not let the newspapers “bulldoze {them into condemning the whipping.” Well, the whipping has been condemned by the Legislature. The women and the newspapers have won their fight, and among other good results it is probable the iPr&son Commissioners and wardens will be a little more respectful when a country editor calls upon them. At least they will if the editor happens to have the vim and vigor of Mrs. Myrick. P T Ex-President Cleveland has received many and seri- ous setbacks in the campaign which his friends have been making to place him, for the third time, in the President’s chair. The worst, most malicious attack made upon him, however, comes in the report that the Tammany Society of New York will support him. It is the very refinement of cruelty to punish our enemies with our own faults. 5 O aster on the Metropolitan Electric Railway has nowhere more powerfully affected the public mind than in New York. In that city the calamity is looked upon as a lesson of warning and | there is every reason to believe it will be heeded. While it is not certain what caused the accident, enough is known to confirm the belief that electric lines operating in tunnels are always dangerous and that extra care must at all times be exercised to guasd | against fire. In the discussion now going on in New York over | the equipment and operation of subway electric lines lin that city it is recalled that more than a year and a half ago George Westinghouse wrote to the New | York Times a letter, in which he said: “It should be borne in mind that the electric energy required to operate a heavy train is sufficient to melt a consider- able bar of iron, or to start a dangerous fire if any- | thing goes wrong upon a car of ordinary combustible construction. The destruction of a car upon a street or upon a level is one thing, but such an occurrence upon an elevated railway or in a tunnel can have consequences the contemplation of which should lead to wise regulations governing the construction amd use of electrically propelled trains, and. thereby insure to the public the rapid development of electric trac- tion. In Liverpool, during the past month, an elec- tric train, while running in a short tunnel, was set afire by the electric current and totally destroyed, with considerable loss of life.” The warning contained in the letter was not much heeded, but the disaster at Paris is too appalling to be overlooked or ignored and already a searching in- quiry is being made concerning the nature of the pre- cautions provided by American electric lines that operate in tunnels or subways. The result of the in- | vestigations has not been altogether satisfactory. The Philadelphia Public Ledger in reviewing them says: “It was announced a few days ago that the Pennsyl- vania Railroad would construct fireproof cars for its tunncls in New York City. The cars under construc- tion for the New York City subway, it is said, are not to be absolutely fireproof; they are to be sheathed | with metal only as far as the window sills on the dut- side. The New York, New Haven and Hartiord Railroad is sheathing its passenger cars completely.” The agitation of the question will, of course, com- pel the various subway lines to adopt better safe- guards than they would otherwise have done, even if they do not make them thoroughly effective. To that extent then American cities will profit by the calamity of Paris and they will have to thank the press for in- sisting that the warning be heeded by electric com- panies. WARNING FROM PARIS. UTSIDE of Paris itself, the recent terrible dis- e It sometimes happens that at long intervals some- thing in the environment of ardent but impecunious young swains happens to make the course of true love run smooth. More than fifty young persons of lov- able natures were poisoned by icecream recently at Colorado Springs. Every youngster of sparking pro- clivities should paste the item in his hat and argue that the icecream sold at Colorado Springs is no dif- ferent from that sold everywhere else. One of the curiosities of modern news was involved in a recent item which recited that in the existing bloody disturbances in Bulgaria the terrorized Chris- tians must inevitably depend upon the Turks for pro- tection. It is not difficult to determine what the character of that protection will be. Death as the victims of beasts of the forest would be merciful in comparison. It is consoling that while every endeavor is being made by the people of the city to welcome the heroes of forty years ago as they deserve and to show them what manner of men we are in our products, the police are herding that other product of our civiliza- tion, the pickpocket, and in his unwelcome variety are locking him behind bars to keep others out of his harm'’s way. Thousands of Croatian peasants are reported to be in revolt and have expressed their rebellion by an insult to the Hungarian flag. This is the necessary prelude to what will probably be a material reduction in the population of Croatia. Perhaps the relation of supply and demand in Croatian peasants has been dis- turbed and can be restored only by cannon shot. —— President Castro, free from rebellion, immune from the assaults of foreign victims, national and indi- vidual, is now amusing himself by imprisoning mer- chants upon pretexts so absurd as to appeal only to ridicule. He is probably trying to illustrate the char- acter of the Governments which the United States is pleased to tolerdte as republics, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903. |FRIENDS WILL * PAY HOMAGE TO SPENCER HEIR Society will wend its way to San Mateo on Saturday, when Mrs. William L. Spen- cer, formerly Alice Masten, will give a | christening and tea. The hostess will intro- duce her new baby to her friends, who are eager to make the little stranger’s acquaintance, and after the christening | Mrs. Spencer will entertain her friends at | tea Informally during the remainder of the afternoon. The artistic home of Mrs. Yuill, Mrs. Spencer's sister, will be the scene of the happy event. . e One of last season’s most popular deb- utantes, Miss Florence Balley, left yester- day for the East, where she will spend two or three months with friends and rel- atives. A few days ago Miss Bailey was tendered a farewell tea by Mrs. Edwards at Belvedere. The affair was quite infor- mal, only a dozen of Miss Bailey's friends being invited. ahelle Miss Kohl of Burlingame is the guest of Miss Maye Colburn for a few days. R Miss Pearl Landers and Mrs. Landers have returned from Del Monte. e . ‘William Tevis has returned from Tahoe. it Miss Reina Maillard, who has been ill in Philadelphia, is on her way to the coast with her father and aunt, Miss Maillard. The Maillards will proceed at once to their country home in Marin County. aiye e Mrs. McNear and Miss Susie McNear are at Deer Park Inn. &) TR General and Mrs. MacArthur expect to make a trip to Southern California at the end of the present month. N T Mrs. Parker Whitney (nee Parrott) has been {ll for the past few days at a hos- pital in this city. -Her mother is in at- tendance upon her. . . Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Horne (nee McClung) were tendered a breakfast on the U. S. 8. Alert by Commander and Mrs. W. W. Kimball a few days ago. The young couple are being entertained quite informally by their many friends. o s e Mrs. J. W. Phillips of 2004 Gough street months’ stay at Tahoe and other moun- tain resorts. o Miss Margaret Murphy and Harry Ma- hony were the principals at a wedding at Sacred Heart Church last evening. Rev. Father Lagan officiating. The bride was attended by Miss Alma McCormick and Miss Rose Garrity, bridesmaids. Joseph Mahony was best man and Messrs. | O’'Brien, Donegan, Cooney and Conlin | ushers. Eighty guests were entertained at the home of the bride after the cere- mony. Mr. and Mrs. Mahony will keep house at Fell and Scott streets upon their return from a wedding trip to Southern B. Murphy and the groom a son of Jere- | miah Mahony, well known in this city. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. W. G. Downing of Suisun is at the Liclk. Judge Pirkey of Willows is a guest at the Lick. W. W. Campbell of the Lick Observa- fory is at the California. Palace, accompanied by his wife. President David Stary Jordan of Stan- ford University is at the Occidental. George Scarfe, a mining man of Nevada, is among the arrivals at the Grand. Guatemala, is registered at the Palace. C. L. James, a cattle dealer and capital- ist of Modesto, 1s among the arrivals at the Lick. Duncan Guy, an attorney of New Zealand, is registered at the New West- ern Hotel. here on a short business trip and is reg- istered at the California. 8. H. Babcock, assistant general traffic manager of the Denver and Rio Grande Rallroad, is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and two children. J. T. Whalen, assistant general passen- ger agent of the Mexican Central Rail- road, with headquarters at St. Louis, is spending a few days In the city. —_————————— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Californians in New York: San Francisco—F. J. Luis at Gilsey; Miss M. Owens, Owens, at Park Avenue; S. L. Bernstein, at Savoy; 8. L. Dolsen, at St. George; F. E. Forbes, O. 8. Wells, at Morton; W. J. French, at Cosmopolitan; W. Rosenthal, at Ashland; Miss K. C. Thompson, at St. Denis. San Diego—H. A. Geisnoal, at Marlbor- otigh. —_——e———————— A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Do you think that Shakespeare wrote his own plays?” “Ot course, I do,” answered the man ewho Is always positive, however ({ll-in- formed he may be. “If Shakespeare didn't write his own plays, whose plays did he write?”—Washington Star. “Do you consider her honest?"” “In view of her opportunities I am in- clined to think she is.” “I don’t quite understand.” “I mean that we keep all our valuables in a safe deposit vault.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “American statesmanship is not what it used to be,” said the persistently gloomy man. ¢ “I'm glad to be able to agree with you,” answered ‘the cheery person; ‘‘we're rapidly getting away from these old-fash- ioned, shoot-guick-and-vote-often ideas in politics.”—Washington Star. ‘‘Are you troubled with cockroaches or other insects about your premises, ma'am?” inquired the man with the pack, who had succeeded in gaining an audi- ence with the mistress of the mansion. “No, sir!” she said, glaring at him. “We are NOT troubled by cockroaches or other insects!"” “Don’t mind 'em, hey?” he rejoined, cheerfully, shouldering his pack again. “Well, there’s nothing like getting used to one's afflictions. Good day, ma'a; Chicago Tribune. Quick Cbarge Artist.—'‘Maria,”” began Mr. Stubb, “last night I played poker and"— “Played poker!” interrupted M Stubb. “‘how dare you spend your money gambling, sir?” “As 1 was saying, I played poker and won enough to buy you a set of furs"— “You did? Oh, John, you are so good! 1 knew those sharps could not get the best of you.” “And just as T was about to quit I dropped it all and fifty more’— “You brute! To think I should have married a gambler!"—Chicago News. —— e . Patent Examiner Examination. An examination under United States Civil Service rules will be held in this city October 21 for the position of assist- ant examiner in the patent office; mini- mum age, 20 years. Apply for application form No. 1312 to the commission at Wash- ington, D. C., or to the secretary of the Consolidated Board of Civil Service Ex- aminers, 301 Jackson street. will return home to-day from a two | California. The bride is a daughter of D. | F. G. Noyes, a banker of Napa, is at the l H. von Engellstein, a coffee planter of | Simon Levy, a merchant of Visalia, is Mrs. M. B.| ITHEATERGOERS' ARE CROWDING PLAYHOUSES Packed houses are the rule at the Cen- tral Theater this week and hundreds of visiting veterans nightly take part in the enthusiasm created by the thrilling scenes of the war drama, ‘“‘Cumberland "61." oA Owing to the enormous success of “Shenandoah” at the California this week an extra farewell performance of the stirring war play will be given on Sunday night. . el Heeley and Meely, “‘the most peculiar couple before the public”’; Rosie Rendel, the graceful and versatile English trans- i formation dancer; John LeClair, the re- fined comedy juggler, and Seeley and ‘West, comedia and instrumentalists, the newcomers at the Orpheum, have all made hits. Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin, sup- ported by a superb company, are attract- ing a deal of attention at the Columbia Theater in their latest success, ‘“‘The Devil's Disciple.” . “In Harvard” is still the bill at the Grand Opera-house. It has more than made good so far and is comsidered ths best production In the musical comedy line ever put on at the Grand. ek T “The Dairy Farm” is jamming the Alcazar with the biggest and most | enthusiastic audiences of recent years. The demand for seats is so great that it has been necessary to ar- range an extra matinee next Sunday af- ternoon in addition to the regular mati- nees this afternoon and Saturday. C T - The phenomenal run of “The Highway- man' at the Tivoll with Camille D'Arville in the leading soprano part will un. doubtedly be continued during the com- ing week in response to hundreds of re- quests, both from city people and from out of town folks who intend to visit here during the G. A. R. celebration. g Not since jthe first Weber & Fleld's burlesque was put on at Fischer’s Thea- i ter have there been so many people turned away from the house as the past | week with the double bill of “Quo Vass | Iss” and “The Big Little Princess.” Both plays have taken immensely. e Hodges and Launchmere, the clever | colored couple, the Campbell brothers, { club jugglers, and other clever specialty | people are pleasing large audiences at the | Cnutes. To-night, after the regular per- formace, the amateurs will appear. BE AR Dr. Alexander J. Meclvor-Tyndall's Sunday evenings have become a fa- vorite place of amusement among those | who like to unite instruction with their | pastime. The subject for the psychologi- | cal lecture on Sunday next will be “What s Thought?” . The directors of the San Francisco Sym- | phony Soclety have been compelled to change the date of the next concert to Tuesday, August 25, at the Grand Opera- | house. This was owing to some unfore- | seen circumstances that were unavoid- able. The sale of seats for the Tuesday concert will take place to-morrow morn- ing at Sherman, Clay & Co.’s at 9 o’clock. —_—————————— Co-operators to Convene. | Members of the Pacific Coast Co-opera- tive Union will hold a convention at the Academy of Sclences to-day and to-mor- row, Several prominent business and professional men will deliver addresses | on subjects of particular interest to agri- culturists and merchants. Reports of work already accomplished and the map- ping out of a campaign for the coming vear will also be features of the conven- tion. - e Mismated Couples in Court. Only one suit for divorce was filed yes- terday. The plaintiff was Mary Morlock ; and the defendant Willlam Morlock. In- fidelity was the charge. Judge Troutt granted a decree of divorce to Jubelina Thureson from Carl W. Thureson for cruelty. SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY CALL READERS YOSEMITE VALLEY—A. B. C.. Bishop. Cal. Yosemite Valley was set apart as a Natlonal Park in 1864. JUDGMENT—C. R., City. In California a judgment may be renewed at the expi- ration of five years upon a proper motion being made in court. INDIAN TEACHERS—M., Seneca, Cal. Teachers in Indian schools are paid vari- ous salarfes. A superintendent receives $1700, and then the salaries are graded down to evening teachers, who are paid $30 a month. CORPORATION—B., City. Under the laws of California a corporation must elect a board of directors from among the stockholders, and the directors must elect from among their number a presi- dent, secretary and treasurer. POSTOFFICE POSITIONS—M., Seneca, Cal. Postoffice employes obtain their ap- pointment through the civil service sys- tem. Examinations are generally held in the spring and fall of the year. Due no- tice of such examinations is given to the applicants and is also announced in the daily newspapers. TANKS—R., Oroville, Cal. In circular | tanks every foot of depth five feet in dlameter gives 4% barrels of 31 gallons each; six feet in diameter, 6% barrels; seven feet in diameter, 9 barrels; eight feet In diameter, 12 barrels; nine feet in diameter, 15 barrels, and ten feet in dlam- eter, 18% barrels. NEWSPAPERS—B., Elmhurst, Cal. The principal papers devoted particularly to agriculture and live stock in California are: The California Cultivator, Los An- geles; Pet Stock Tribune, Los Angeles: Butchers’ and Stock Growers' Journal, San Francisco; San Joaquin Valley Farm- er, Fresno; Rural Californian, Los An- geles, and Sonoma County Farmer, Santa Rosa. ONCE IN A LIFETIME—Subscriber. Alameda, Cal. The saying, “‘every one has one chance in life,” is attributed to Cardinal Imperiall. Montesquieu, a French writer (1689-1765), in ‘“‘Pensees Di- verses,”” wrote that of which the following is a translation: “I have heard Cardinal Imperiali say: ‘There is no man whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to recetve her she walks in at the door and flies out of the windo » LAKE TAHOE—M. A. R., Los Angeles, Cal. What is now known as Lake Tahoe was at one time called Lake Bigler. The lake is in two States, California and Ne- vada. When it was first discovered it was supposed to be wholly in California and was named Bigler for its one time Governor. When the boundary line was drawn it was discovered that the lake was a part of the State of Nevada. The people of that State objected to the name Bigler, and after a number of confer- ences between California and Nevada rep- resentatives the name was changed to the Indian one, Tahoe. JUMPING BEAN—N. O. M., City. 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Why? tionary to make “word pictures.” makes “literary genius.” whole country is talking about and yorn determination in his face. studio. ing to the footman's side. his hand. T've brought here to-night.’ of death. My last message—" “*‘Good Lord!” “ “This time 1 bring a message from Rawles, the butler. asking you to come to Mr. Brewster's house at once—if you can, sir—I mean if you will, sir, Ellis interjected, apologetically. Then with his gaze directed steadily over the heads of the subdued ‘Little Sons of the Rich’ he added, impressively: 3 4 “‘Mr. Brewster is dead. sir.”” Can you imagine anything more graphic> The suspense is so keen that it hurts. And yet that is only the closing incident of the first chap- ter of “Brewster’s Millions.” which begins in the next Sunday Call. In “Brewster's Millions” is absolutely unlike anything that written before. for In it a perfectly adorable young fellow Jas to spend a million a year, get his money’s worth and yet have abso- the end of that time in order that he may Sounds fascinating, doesn't it? Well, it is popular craze for literature of the bright. snappy. up-to-date sort goes even further than this. Never before was there such a tre- mendous demand for short stories of the best sort. And what better reading could you get? A good short e i it is just such excellent reading as this that is pro- “Half Hour Storiettes.” of which. next point of fa has ever bee lutely nothing to show for it at inherit six million more. more than that. But the ensed form, and eided in the Sunday Call's new Sunday, you will get two full pa. “Mysterious Le the glmll“ Sink Hole.” the oolish,” “Shorty Mahan's Passirg.” “What Tiny “Millions in His Drun?u’ "Afiy Thyson Marr: “The Oracle of Mulberry Center.” by S. E. Kiser. “While the Train Waited.” all there is a new sl story fore”; by Kate etc., ete. And besides all this there is the regular Sunday Magazine section. m«h& is going om in the world ing you the very latest in AN you make word pictures? Ever tried? this is an age when everybody thinks he can write. | quickly discover their error. crowded book shelves with “literature” which nobody ever reads. Because not one writer in a hundred knows a good story when he sees it. It takes something more than a grammar, a speller and a dic- It is the ability to compress a human comedy into a “thumbnail sketch” ““You are just in time for a ‘nightcap,’ Ellis,’ cried Harrison, rush- Ellis, stolidly facing the young man, lifted ““‘No, thank you, sir, he said respectfully. you'll excuse me for breaking in, I'd like to give you three messages “You're a faithful old chap,” said Subway Smith, thickly. if I'd do A. D. T. work till 3 a. m. for anybody.” “‘] came at 10, Mr. Montgomery, with a message from Mr. Brew- ster, wishing you many happy returns of the day and with a check from him for $1000. Here’s the check, sir. I'll give my messages in the or- der I received them, sir, if you please. At 12:30 o’clock I came with a message from Dr. Gower, sir, who had been called in—' “<Called in? gasped Montgomery, turning white. “Yes, sir, Mr. Brewster had a sudden heart attack at hali-past eleven, sir. The doctor sent word by me, sir, that he was at the point ges. Leofric.” “In tl ¥ - "?‘l!ms:ufihl Miss Marriam.” “Fables for everyt 't be '| Can You MakKe “Thumb Nail Skelches?” Without a doubt, for Some very Others never do. Result—over- or put a tragedy into a nutshell that Better than all else, it's the only quality that sells books. Just take a peep at this little extract from a book that the you'll realize, perhaps for the first time, what a tremendous lot can be said in 250 words: *At 3 o'clock the elevator made another trip to the top floor and i Zllis rushed over to the unfriendly doorbell. This time there was stub- The singing ceased and a roar of laughter followed the hush of a moment or two. “*Come in! called a hearty voice, and Ellis strode firmly into the ‘Mr. Montgomery, if ‘Hanged story is a complete novel in con- some of the titles: o? §;u’5’ Death,” “The Secret of “Love's Golden Tether.” Peter Did,” etc., etc. Best of Conan yle, “The, Shadow Be- Mark Twain: “Me-ows of a Kitty,”