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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-18
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-18
OAKLAND ADVERTISEMENTS.
oFFICE-oo9 BROADWAY.
OAKLAND REAL EsTA Re.

s1650-MODERN cottage rooms and bath;
stable; good for any business: near Twenty
third-ave. Station; few hundred dollars first
payment. balance easy terms. S. UNGAR,
1886 East Fourteenth ST.
FOR Sale-Three modern houses, rooms, just
finished; cor. Grove and Albion sts.; cash or
instalments, OF take lot as first payment.
WIN MANN. Sd & Washington SITS. Oakland
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-18


SELLING out-New and second hand wagons
for sale cheap at $40 Broadway.
FINE laundry bakers milk wagons; bug
giles; extra fine delivery wag. SIS Harrison
100 SETS second hand harness; wagons, carts,
buggies surveys and horses 1140 Folsom ST
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
wyoming In the Past.

Biologists are of the opinion that the
vast territory known as Wyoming once
had numerous fresh water lakes and a
climate approaching the semitropical and
that the animals whose bones are from
time to time coming to light inhabited
these lakes and the adjoining swamps
In myriads. They sank into the mud in
dying, and their bones were covered with
other deposits and became petri6ed. The
large beds are found at points supposed
to have been the mouths great rivers,
the animals after death having foated
down these rivers to places where they
were deposited in these estuaries, thus
accounting for the vast deposits which
characterize certain localities and which
have proved such study to scientific in
vestigatOrs.
Constituent.
81 have no sympathy wild strike,
said Meandering Mike.
"But you don't blame folks fur not
workinY protested Flooding Pete.
Eye can't strike unless ye'ye got job,
kin ye?" was the whitening rejoinder.
"Dey had no business goin to work in the
first place" Washington Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
Earth Eaters.

The custom of eating earth is practiced
In widely separated regions and is par
ticularly in vogue among negroes and
American Indians and has even been OBJ
served in Europe. The anthropologist
Lasch says that German quarrymen
spread clay on slices of bread and eat it
with evident relish. A certain kind Of
earth that is found in Persia is consid-
cred an epicurean dish. and in the Malay
archipelago there is an earth known as
"ampoh." which is dug by some natives,
who sell it to the people as food. The
practice of earth eating has spread to a
considerable extent in China, New Gale
donia and New Guinea. and Humboldt
observed it in various parts of South
America.
Some anthropologists tell US that
among many savage peoples pregnant
women are particularly disposed to the
habit Of eating earth and clay. In Qua
temala during certain religious ceremo-
MES the faithful are often seen to devour
statuettes made Of clay, and the practice
In that country therefore is allied to re-
ligious superstition. This barbarous habit
of earth eating is most injurious and is
said to often result in consumption, in
Aammation of the liver and anaemia.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
Chinese Eating.

1t is probably true that the Chinese use
greater variety Of meats than do the
people Of other countries, although but
little land is set apart for grazing or for
the cultivation of food for live stock
Beef is not common meat, principally
because of the Buddhistic prejudice
against killing any animal, and particu-
larly such useful one.
Since hogs can be so economically rear
ed, pork is undoubtedly, after rice. the
leading article Of food. This is eaten in
every form, and one may say that every
part of the animal is utilized for food.
Horsefesh, venison, antelope and bear
are often seen, but in passing through
the markets pork, mutton and fowls are
the most conspicuous.
For fish the Chinese have an omniv-
orous appetite, nothing from the water,
either fresh or salt, being rejected A
few kittens and puppies may be offered
for sale in cages. Those which are in
tended for the table are fed upon grain
and clean food, so that if the nature of
this food be considered it is far more
wholesome than is the unclean hog. To
assert that cats and dogs form staple
article of food is pure fction.-Forum.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
THE DOCTORS JOKE.
He Thought 1t Funny. but His Pa
TENTS View Is Unknown.

If there is anything the old doctor
breads, it is to get the chronic cases.
When he encounters one of them, he al
most breads to effect cure. If the pa
tient does get really well or even inn
proves noticeably in condition and APP
pearance, all the other chronic cases in
the neighborhood, all the persons similar
ly afflicted within the knowledge of the
rescued one and all that are within the
knowledge of every one who has heard
of the case, are promptly sent to the too
successful doctor. And it is asking too
much of a physician to request him to
cure all of them. Not to put the matter
too strongly. one may say the profession
regards the chronic cases as hopeless.
Well. veteran physician at Wheaton
had case in the country that he knew
he would lose. 1t was man Of so. with
an inherited predisposition to heart and
liver troubles and one whose habits of
life had tended to aggravate the mala-
dies. He was utterly hopeless and had
tried all the doctors and all the patent
medicines he could reach or summon.
And the veteran physician treated him
without giving the family whit Of
hope, because he had none to give. He
went out one Sunday on what he was
sure was his last visit and found that a
certain remedy which he had prescribed
and which, while necessary for the work
he wanted done. still had the effect of re-
ducing the heart action, had been admin
istered about ten times as often as he
had directed.
"Why, said give this at 3 p. M" said
the doctor. pointing at his written in
structions.
81 know said the amateur nurse,
but thought you meant begin then and
give it every three hours, the same as all
the rest"
''Well." replied the old doctor as calm
ly as if it We're matter of more or less
bedclothing. sit doesn't matter"
And it didn't. Looks like rather grim
story. doesn't it? But the rest of the
doctors, who heard Of it after the fu-
neral. regard it as one of the cleverest
jokes in the profession. Chicago Post.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
LARGEST FISH IN. THE OCEAN.
Basking Sharks Are veritab1e Nom
sters of the Deep.


sters of the Deep.
The biggest fish that swims is known
BY seafaring men as the basking shark,
from its habit Of lying for hours on top
of the waves when the weather is calm,
basking in the sun. Scientific men call
this fish the rhinodon. They say it's ex-
IRENE length is 40 feet, but there are
plenty Of old salts who swear they have
seen "baskers" 60 feet long. Huge as
the baslling shark is, it never has been
known to attack man.
One came ashore off the New England
coast some years ago, and another was
beached on the California coast near
Monterey in 1898. 1t was plump 40 feet
long, and this lends color to the sailor.
mems big stories, since it is hardly prob
able that the largest specimen in exist
ence has been caught. There was a
time when basking sharks were termed
common but that time passed so long
ago that they now are counted extreme
~ rare, and the authorities of the Brit
ish museum have long made a standing
offer of 81 900 for the uninjured skin of
one. Professor Jordan of the University
of California, who examined the Mon
terey specimen, says that offer never
4 will be taken. In his judgment, it would
require labor equivalent to the work Of
one man two whole months to fay q
good sized basking shark.
The mouth of the Monterey specimen
was of appalling size. Stretched and
propped open, it measured ten feet from
jaw point to jaw point, and if its throat
had been of propcrtionate dimensions
the notion that q fish could not have
swallowed Jonah would have been ex-
ploded completely. A team of horses
wouldn't have been too large mouthful
for the Monterey shark. No one knows
what it weighed, for there were no avail
able scales to weigh it on, but 60 tons,
or less than an ordinary locomotive,
was given as a conservative estimate.
Loaded on specially constructed truck
it would have taken a dozen horses at
least to haul it over an asphalt pave
ment, and more would have been re-
CURED to transport 1t over an ordinary
country road.
The basking shark is not hunted ex-
tensively, because it produces relatively
little of commercial value. Nevertheless,
the Portuguese fishermen who captured
the one at Monterey got three barrels OF
oil from its liver. and six barrelfuls were
tried out of the liver of the basker cap
tured on the New Gngland shore.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
THE EXPERT WITNESS.
His Dark and Dreary Way of Stating
q Simple Proposition.

His Dark and Dreary Way of Stating
Simple Proposition.
One of the besetting sins of the expert
witness is the habit or tendency to use
lot of Latin words in describing an injury
to the jury. In some exceptional cases.
doubtless, this is done without atfectation
or for purpose, but we have no hesita-
ton in saying that in the majority of in
stances it is very good index OF the
learning and capacity of the expert, on
the assumption that the more words of
this sort are used the more probability
there is that they cover deficiency of
knowledge and thorough grounding on the
part of the user. A really able man in
his profession will always accommodate
himself to circumstances and, realizing
the capacity of the average jury. use
very different forms and methods Of eX-
preston in testifying before court and
Jury than if, he were making an address
or delivering a paper on some scientific
subject before an audience Of his pro-
fessional brethren.
A physician, for instance, who, when
upon the stand, is asked to describe some
thing to the jury and uses all the high
eounding terms at his command, de-
serves to have very little attention paid
to his testimony and usually gets his de-
serts. An amusing example of this truth
is given in the following account of an
actual happening in an English court. 1t
Is from little book entitled Hints on
Advocacy" published first in England:
81 discovered considerable ecchymosis
under the left orbit, caused by eXtrava-
sation of blood beneath the cuticle," said
q young house surgeon in case of as
sault at the assizes.
Baron Bramwell-l suppose you mean
the man had black eye!
Scientific Witness-Precisely, my lord
Baron Bramwell-Perhaps if you had
said so in plain English those gentlemen
would better understand you.
Precisely, my lord" answered the
learned surgeon. evidently delighted that
the judge understood his meaning.
This incident. which might be paral
leled many times in court in this coun
try, carries it's own comment. What the
jury wants is to be enlightened on dis
puted points. and the way to do this il
not to use purely technical expressions
but to explain in plain. homely language
There is no danger that in doing thi'
the expert will be liable to detract from
the general estimate of his own abilities
but rather the reverse will be the case
Albany Law Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
ATTLE BROTHERS OF THE GROUND.

Little ants in leafy wood,
Bound by gentle brotherhood,
While We gayly gather spoil
Men are ground by the wheel OF toilS
While we follow blessed fates,
Men are shriveled up with hateas
Or they lie with sheeted lust,
And they eat the bitter dust.
Ye are fraters in your hall,
Gay and chainless, great and smallj
AL are toilers in the field,
All are sharers in the yield.
But we rnortals plot and plan
How to grind the fellow man.
Glad to find him in a pit
II we get some gain of it.
Do with US, the sons of time
Labor is kind of crime.
For the toilers have the least,
While the idlers lord and feast. ~
Yes, our workers, they are bound
Pallid captives to the ground,
Jeered by traitors, fooled by knavess
1ill they stumble into graves.
How appears to tiny eyes
Al this wisdom OF the wiser
Edwin Markham.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
An unconsciou. Toast.

Lord Clyde, one day after dinner, ask
ed chaplain to one of the regiments in
India for toast, who, after considering
some time, at length exclaimed with
great simplicity:
"Alas and alack day! What can
give?'
Nothing BETTER" replied his lordship.
"Come, gentlemen, We'll give bumper
to the parsons toast, "A lass and lac
day."
A lac means 100000 rupees. or $25. 900,
which is certainly an income to make one
happy.--Kansas City Independent.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
Constituent.
Forgot Bill. with Pains.

"Yes," said the benevolent man, Il
thank heaven for my happy disposition.
am satisfied with what the day brings
forth and quickly forget the pain and
trouble that have passed"
''Ah." replied the physician, shat ex-
plains your overlooking my little bill"
Catholic Standard-Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
/" Knickerbocker" Watch.

; :E &: S. 5: : =;
. u
time keeper Solid -
nickel-silver case, with NF
orname ntal back. INV
Nickel movements, HZl0
escapement fully
jeweled. The famous w,l,
"Knickerbocker" Na
watch. ~
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24
First Aid to the Injured.

Customer emerging from bargain
counter crush) -Help! My leg is broken.
Floorwalker-You will find the crutch
department. sir. on the fourth floor, in
the rear. Judge.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24

The carrier pigeon was in use by the
state department Of the Ottoman en-
pire as early as the fourteenth century.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24

The wonder is not that people are
afraid to tell the truth, but that they are
not afraid to tell a lie.-Atchison Globe.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24

Cut a strip of thick paper SO that the ends will
exactly meet when drawn tightly around second
at the 0, and order the number the other end
indicates.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-11-24

The japanese chrysanthemum occurs
In 269 shades Of color.
The silver lance., 1899-07-21

with American conditions, and the
Greater America Exposition manage
ment is determined to bring this show
up to the demands of public opirion
in every respect.
All counties in the United States are
invited and solicited to make a dis
play, no charge being made for space
in the agricultural building, and
every assistance possible being oc-
corded exhibitors in getting their ex-
hioits in place.
The amusement features surpass
those of last year, both in point Of
numbers and in the quality of the at
fractions. The Midway is, as usual,
fantastic, unreal, and bizarre, and yet,
withal, instructive and entertaining.
The principal features of the Trans
Mississippi are seen, but there are nu-
merous new attractions of more than
ordinary interest. Amorg the latter
will be a Filipino village, with num-
ber of native men, women and child
rem, in their native costumes, and
showing the habits, ceremonies, and
The silver lance., 1899-07-21
THE SPITFIRE.

We were not bit alike, and had few
tastes IN common, but. some way.
Myra Seymour and I had been rather
intimate since childhood She was
small, dark, vivacious. 1, tall, fair.
quiet. was the younger by two years,
but she liked to have people think me
ever 30 much older than she, and
never took the trouble to say l wasn't.
She was one of my bridesmaids. and
kept up her habit Of running In at all
hours to see me. Karl often said 1t
was a great nuisance, and, that even
ing-six months after our wedding day
I did wish that she had stayed away.
had a new book that l wanted Karl
to read to me, and was terribly put
out when he said, as Myra finally arose
to go:
Wait moment. Miss Myra. l am
going downtown and will take you
home. II you really can't stay a while
longer with Jeanne. That is. II Tom
Benton's not coming for you"
Myra giggled and pretended to blush
behind her mum.
What a tease you are. Mr.. Ramsay
Why should Mr.. Benton come for me?
Jeanne, you naughty old married wom-
an, what have you been telling your
husband? Sorry l can't stay"-as Karl
left the room-"but Tom said he would
come in about s, and I'm not sure that
anybody knows where / am"
"Of course. in that case | cannot ask
you to remain" / said. lightly, and
went into the hall, where my HUSBAND
was putting on his overcoat.
Don't go. Karl,'I whispered in the
shelter Of his arms. I'm not at all
well. and l do want you to read to
me-"
Il am sorry, sweetheart, but prom
ised to meet a man at the Ebbitt.
won't be gone long. You know I'd
rather much stay with my precious
wife"
Il know nothing of the kind''-more
GROSSLY than l had ever before spoken
to him-and went back to Myra, only
turning my cheek when he tried to kiss
me at the door. When they were gone
l flew up to my room. and. throwing
myself on the lounge, gave way to my
pent-up tears
Il do wish that Myra had stayed at
home for once!" / sobbed. IL might
have coaxed Karl to stay II she had
The silver lance., 1899-07-21

instructive feature. and its like will
probably not be seen for many years
to come, If ever again. 1t will afford
an opportunity for chronological Study
not to be lightly passed by.
One of the crowning features of the
exposition will be the electrical IL
Elimination. The display Of last year
was conceded to be the most effective
ever arranged, and that has been vast
ly improved upon. The exposition will
be grand and beautiful by day, but
when darkness spreads its sable wings
then will fairy city spring into exis-
tence, each outline defined. each tow
er and minaret clear cut and brilliant
with myriad flashing stars of chang
ing, shimmering lights. Last year 3d.
900 electric lights were used In the
illumination of the court of honor;
this summer $4,000 lights will flash
and gleam from cornice and from arch,
from balustrade to lofty spire, from
pillared colonnade to gilded dome
reared high in air.
The splendid electrical fountain at
The silver lance., 1899-07-21

every day life of the people. Ihelr
huts will be exact reproductions OF
those found about Manila, and the ma
tive animals, tropical plants, and agri-
cultural implements, will mere pe
found. There are also Cuban villages
Hawaiian villages, and natives OF FOR
TO Rico. with dancing girls and all that
goes to show the daily life and haplts
of these people There is reproduc-
.;on of the famous Moro Castle at
Havana, scenic theaters, streets OF all
nations, and all the various attractions
which go to make up that great amuse-
ment resort known as the Midway.
Other amusement features are mag
nificent displays of fireworks, wnlch
are TO excel the exhibition of last year
and which will be one OF the most
beautiful. unique and novel attrac-
tions of the exposition. The heavens
will be lighted up with these oaZz'lhs
displays of colored fire, and a series
l. + r 4 4 r 4 ttttfrf
The silver lance., 1899-07-21
IS PROMPTLY ON TINE'
oolonal Exposition at Omaha Ready for
Visitors on Opening Day.
THOUSANDS VISIT GREAT SHOW
"rahd Street Pageant Marcbe.
rough streets of City and Into the
exposition Grounds-A Great and En-
'nosiastic Gathering on independence
Day.

Inc nrst Greater America Colonial
Aposi'lon was duly inaugurated on
ene niornlng OF July /, when a grand
s.ieet pageant marched through the
o..eels OF omaha and out to the beam
',iui grounds, where the formal exer-
Uses were held. Large crowds of Wis
i'ols are daily testifying to the sue
oess achleved and are paying deserved
oo,apinents TO the magnificent results
acnleVed. The buildings are rapidIv
niilng with splendid collection of ex-
Indus and large force of men are
woiklhg day and night to put ex-
INDUS IN place. The ground decora-
'ions are 1ar more beautiful than those
U, idst year and nothing is lacking to
Please, instruct and entertain those
"no Vlslt the great Exposition.
Inc agricultural feature of the
ureater America Exposition is re-
celVing much more than the usual at
lehtion accorded this department at
eAposltlons. Instead of the bronze
medal and silver cup the exposition
management has decided to pay cash
premiums to all counties that make a
creultaDle showing of farm products.
IN order that the spirit of this enter
PRISE De or recognized value to exhib-
itors there has been set aside $40 900
TO be divided into twenty-five prizes.
TO be awarded to the twenty-five coun
ties scoring the highest in quality of
collective exhibits. These prizes are
graduated from four hundred to one
thousand dollars each. In addition to
the above there is an additional rro-
vision for all other counties making
displays, which is, that no county shall
receive less than two hundred dollars
cash award if its display is of recog-
nized merit
The Importance of large and full
display of agricultural products is rec
ognlzed by every one at all familiar
The silver lance., 1899-07-21
HOUSEKEEPING ON STEAMSHIP

Amount of Food Eaten by Passengers
on an Ocean Liner.
Cne tidy little refrigerator about six
feet wide and twice that depth Is the
butterman's stall in this market under
the sea, writes Helen c. Candee, In an
exchange. Little tubs OF butter are
arranged on shelves to the amount Of
1000 pounds, and in company with
these are 10000 eggs. Twenty-Five hun
dred quarts OF milk and cream are
stored In separate room, all having
been sterilized. This market has a
room especially for salt meats. and
mere are hams. bacon and tongues to
the amount of 1000 pounds. There are
some articles Of food without which
the epicure would be unhappy, and
which must be alive when cooked.
Chief among these are oysters, Of which
$1,000 are carried to meet the wants OF
the passengers. CLANS are only pro-
vided to the number OF 1.500. Lobsters
are not abundantly supplied; 700
pounds is all the storeroom shelters.
This market in the bottom OF the ship
contains. besides the things mentioned,
ormous stock of groceries. The latter
is only limited by space, for groceries
are not perishable goods and will keep
from one voyage until another until
used. Tea and coffee are used in large
amounts-about thirty-three pounds a
day of tea and fifty pounds of coffee.
Perishable supplies are taken on board
in proportion to the number of passen-
gers booked. and anything of this kind
which is left over when the ship
reaches port is eaten by the crew.
Away down in the bottom of the ship
the chief steward has a market of his
own, one which he has stocked and
from which he draws, thus serving In
the double capacity OF merchant and
customer Here Is an enormous re-
frigerator, and is presided over by a
steward who is responsible for every
pound of meat within 1t. Before the
ship slips from the dock this room Is
stocked, for a full ship, with 700
pounds of beef, 1000 pounds of veal
and 5000 pounds of mutton. From
hooks along the walls and ceiling Of
another refrigerator hang punches OF
birds. very much as dried corn and
peppers hang from the rafters OF old
farmhouses. AS many chickens as can
be tied together are hing until 1000
pounds are slowed away. Ducks are
not as popular as chickens. therefore
700 pounds only are provided-about
100 pounds allowance for each day.
Turkeys are liked. and 1000 pounds
must be provided for the demands OF
the cook. Pigeons. squads and other
small birds. these are reckoned In
pieces, and 1t is calculated that the
family which floats across the ocean
will devour 800 birds"