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The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
Appraises Progresses Value.

George E. Morse, United States Conn
rofesfoT1er actino, 40 apprafser n, Tho ,,ot,
ton of the Michigan Steamship Company
to limit the liability for damages on the
steamer Progreso, filed yesterday in the
United States District Court his estirna-
ton of ,020 as the present value of the
wrecked vessel.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
Low Rates by the Southern Pacific.

Nearly every one has friends in the
East who are interested in California.
Now is the time to let them know of the
low rates over the Southern Pacific every
day from February Is TO April 30 You
can deposit the fares now, and the ticket
will be furnished in the East. Rates from
Chicago S33 St Louis $50, Memphis $50,
New Orleans $50. Kansas City S25.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
NEWS OF THE OCEAN.
Matters of Interest to Mariners and
Shipping Merchants.

The British ship wendur Is chartered for
lumber from Puget Sound TO two ports in
South Africa at 5Ts Cd; the schooner Defiance,
same business from Fairhaven 10 Tatal az
42s Cd
The bark Alden Besse returns 20 Honolulu
and the bark Edward May to Makaweii, both
with general cargo.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24

NoTE-In the above exposition OF the tides
the early morning tides given in the left
hand column and the successive tides OF the
day In the order of occurrence g time; the
fourth time column gives the last tide OF the
day except when there are but three tides, as
sometimes occurs The heights given are In
addition to the soundings OF the United States
Coast Survey Charts. except when minus 81
sign precedes the height, and then the number
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
Wheat for Europe.

The French bark Jeanne Cordonier was
cleared yesterday for Queenstown. for orders,
with 90, Coo ctls wheat. valued al $50, and
%, 600 II lumber dunnage, valued at S545.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
Is ON Marine Wavs.

The steam schooner Charles Nelson was
placed On Bodies marine ways yesterday for a
thorough cleaning. She viii sail for Seattle
tomorrow
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
Sun, Moon and Tide.

United states Coast and Geodetic Survey
Times and Heights oe High and Low
Waters at Fort Point. entrance to san
Francisco Bay. Published by official au-
thorfty Of the Superintendent.
NOTE-The high and low waters occur at
the city front (Mission-street WHARF about
twenty five minutes later than at Fort Point
the height OF tide Is the same at both places.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24
Time Ball.

Branch Photographic Ofhce, U. s. N. Mer-
chants Exchange San Francisco, Cal,
January % 1903.
The Time Ball on the tower of the Ferry
building was dropped exactly at noon to-day.
~i e. at noon of the 12Oth meridian or at
D. M Greenwich time
Lieutenant. u. S. N, in charge.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24

SATURDAY. JANUARY "a.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-24

given IS subtraeted from the depth given b.
the charts. The plane of reference Is the meal
OF the lower low waters.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

1t is quite within the amateur car
penter's ability to put a row of
book-shelves in between two wall
projections, to stain or paint them,
fasten brass rod across the edge of
the top shelf, holding a velour curtain
in some soft, rich color, and 10 place
some modern antiques" and choice
volumes to the best advantage.
But when the shelf idea begins to
work its fascination it opens up un-
told possibilities. A corner may be
decorated most effectively with three
graduated triangular Shelves the top
one the largest and the lowest one
quite small. Then, again, door shelf
when treated" right makes a good
beaten placque and a candlestick look
particularly well coming, as they do.
Immediately above the deep tones Of
the portiere. A shelf over a window
gives a quaint colonial effect when
filed with old blue or ordinary willow.
ware pottery.
These shelves are very easy of ac-
complishment by the home tinker il
she gets the side rests of iron from
the hardware store, But she will find
that to saw carved wooden supports
is little difficult to manage with
simple tools.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06
Fishes which Build Nests.

When ships steer southwark
through the North Atlantic ocean un-
til they strike the gulf stream,
that wonderful River of the Sea,
they find themselves all at once
amid glorious yellow vegetation,
although they may be several
hundred miles from the American
coast. On calm days it extends as far
as the eye can see, not in close, IN
broken fields, but often in masses so
great that they will cover several
acres. For days and days one can
steam without once getting out Of
sight of it. 1t swings up and down
with the mighty swel!s of the Gulf
stream, and it looks most beautiful
lying there so peacefully and radiant
ly, with the intense blue water all
around it.
After a few hours one feels as If
he were passing through vast pastures
all golden with our national Ameri-
can golden rod.
This weed is often fshed up from
oversize by passengers and crew, fer
cabin until it begins to dry, when it
falls apart and finally crumbles away.
Sometimes, If one gets a particularly
large and thick cluster of it, strange
living things are found. They are crea-
lures that rarely if ever are to be
caught anywhere else except in the
weed, for they dwell there and in the
Sargasso sea only. Among them are
very tiny but wonderfully gorgeous
crabs. One of these crabs has she'll
that is as shining and rich as the
skies at sunset. Another still more
curious creature that dwells in the
weed is the mouse fish, also known as
the marbled angler.
This little fish is so strangely
shaped that, when he lies among the
weed it requires sharp and trained
eyes to see him, even when one has
the clump that contains him in the
hand. His colors and his markings are
exactly like the tiny berries and
sprays of the weed. His fins are
strangely fringed and ragged so that
they look just like the wiry stems of
the cluster.
This beautiful and wonderful fish
builds himself nest among the weed
as it floats on the surface, and there
after he dwells in it and rears his fam
lily in it, just as a bird would on land.
But unlike bird, he must follow his
nest, for it is not fixed in its position
as nest on tree or bush, but drifts
on and on with the weed. Sometimes
great tropical storms toss the Sargas-
so weeds many miles away from the
Gulf Stream, and then the fish will
swim along with his wandering home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06
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Cress and Tomato Salad-Remove
skin from two or three tomatoes, cut
into small pieces, stir into this a few
blades of chives cut very fine, salt
and pepper to taste, mix well with
plain French dressing and just before
serving stir in six or eight sprigs OF
water cress. Heap on a salad plate
and serve. This requires no garnish,
as it is a picture in itself.
Meat and Rice Croquettes-Mix one
cup of raw chopped beef (cut from
under round) and one-third cup of
boiled rice, half a teaspoon of salt, a
little pepper and cayenne; cook
few cabbage leaves three minutes in
boiling water, then remove; put two
tablespoonfuls of the mixture in each
leaf and fold leaf to enclose mixture;
cook slowly one hour in tomato sauce.
Delicate Cream MufIins-Cream
three level tablespoonfuls of butter;
add two tablespoonfuls of sugar, beat
the whites of two eggs; add the un-
beaten yolks to the butter and sugar
and one cup of milk, half teaspoon
of salt two cupfuls of sifted flour and
four level teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der; beat well and add the eggs; fill
creased muffin pans two.thirds full
and bake twenty minutes in a quick
oven: substitute one cup of graham,
rye or corn meal for one cup of -four
and you will have the different muf-
fins.
Ripe Cucumber atchup-Choose
large, nearly ripe cucumbers; pare, re-
ject seeds, chop very fine and meas
ure. Allow one teaspoonful of salt
for every pint of pulp, sprinkle with
same and drain through a colander
for six hours. For every quart of GU
cumber allow two cups of cider vine
gar, four teaspoonfuls of grated horse
radish, one tablespoonful each of
white mustard seed and minced red
pepper (seeds rejected) bring vine
gar and flavoring to a boil skim
thoroughly and set aside until per-
fectly cold Then add the pulp to the
vinegar. stir well, put into pint jars,
lay a nasturtium or horseradish leaf
over the top and seal. Keep in a dark
cool place.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06
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Ostrich tips are used on handsome
hats for children.
Flowing sleeves prevail for both
street and house wear
Taffeta tabs turn back over the Lib
erty neck ruffs in battlemented effect.
Guipure laces, especially in black,
are noted on the new hats and dres-
ses.
Cape-like flares fall over the sleeves
of a certain smart blouse for street
wear.
Roses are caught under the brims of
French picture hats with exquisite
effect.
A novel stiff hat has a black silk
beaver crown and stitched white
silk brim.
Authorities say velveteens will be
very good style. There are certainly
fine qualities.
Narrow, overlapping frills of
pinked taffeta face hat brims with
splendid effect
Elaborate blouses are daintily beau
tilted by means of Val. insertions con-
Meeting diamond insets of the same
dainty lace.
Lorgnette chains of irregular coral
may be worn by women, or, two or
three times around the neck, they
serve for little girls.
A safety hat pin is one of the sea-
sons novelties. 1t differs only from the
regulation type by the addition of an
ornamental cap, which is adjusted to
the point of the pin after it has been
slipped through the hat.
One of the newest designs in fancy
hair combs is of blond tortoise shell,
inlaid with peacock design in bril-
liants; another is ornamented with
a trellis fork of brilliants and tur-
quoise, third is inlaid with gold in
strikingly pretty effect.
Cape collars of every conceivable
style and depth enter into the finish
of almost every imported gown in
sight, while the sleeves, very close at
the top, just below the point of the
shoulder, continue the line by swell
ing out into varied proportions below
the elbow.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

Hold five dice in your hand, throw
them in the air and catch as many as
possible on the back of your hand,
adding their numbers. Next, die
the "dab"-is selected and thrown IN
TO the air. Before it is caught one of
the other dice on the ground must be
picked up. The remaining dice are
picked up one by one and laid down in
the same manner. The dab must be
caught only in the right hand, and
must touch nothing but that hand.
There are thirteen stages" in the
game, in addition to the opening stage
jnst described This is known as "be
ginnings." The greater part of the
throws are too difficult for boys and
girls to perform, SO only few will
be here outlined. Ones-The dab is
thrown, and the rest of the dice are
picked up one by one, without touch
ing any dice but that selected. Twos,
threes and fours are similar to ones,
except that two, three or four dice at
a time are taken up after the dab is
thrown.
If you miss a stage, which counts
five, if rightly DONE you must sub
tract that much from your score. If
your friend is willing-for this is a
two-handed game-you may, in twos,
threes and fours, push into a conven-
lent heap the dice you are about to
take up, but only after the dab is
thrown, of course. Short spans.--
Spread out your left hand on a table
and place pair of dice by the thumb
and finger Throw the dab and pick
up the pairs separately. After finish
ing these six stages you and your
friend can agree on six more. which
should grow difficult as they go on.
You will have no difficulty in invent
ing stages, and this old English game
will train your eye to see things at a
glance and your hand to obey quickly
what your brain directs it to do
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

If it happens to be caught in cur
rent that sets landward, the nest build
or occasionally comes so near our
shores that now and then one Is
caught. Sometimes, too, the weed trav-
els north with the Gulf Stream itself
and then a marbled angler may ar
rive finally off Cape Cod. But the fish
cannot bear the cold water there, so
he is only rarely found alive north OF
Cape Hatteras.
The nest is a dainty little thing,
made of the glowing golden weeds
and embellished with the tiny shells
and other shining things that drift
with it. 1t looks often like bit of
shell jewelry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

Invention has again made life cas-
Ter for the feminine element. Two
classes by a little clever contrivance
are glad. Dressmakers, as well as
their patrons, rejoice at whirling
platform that is to save both much
WEAKNESS of spirits and physical
strength.
The new device is from masculine
hands, and is a low revolving plat
form, just step higher than the floor
This stand can be moved around at
will by the filter when draping or ar
ranging the proper length of skirt on
a customer. BY this device the filter
avoids the too frequent please turn
around madam" and is also enabled
to change from one side to the other
without crowling around. It's really
an ideal device for dressmakers' use.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

She has many things which other
royal children have not, and she is
adored as falls to the lot of few girls,
royal or otherwise.
She has for father the powerful
Kaiser, ruler of the German Empire.
She has six elder brothers.
Her mother is the most amiable of
women.
Her uncles and cousins are upon
nearly every throne in Europe.
She is the pet of the Emperor, who
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J To please this little daughter, whose
years number only half a score, the
Kaiser has had playthings sent to her
from all over Europe. She owns every
kind of a mechanical doll, and as she
is very fond of music she has been
given every musical toy that is made.
The little Princess is an excellent
musician and plays the piano beauti-
fully She has the Germans love of
music and picks out all the airs of the
day by ear.
WINE HoI, Slrictiy speaking, pSdu-
ty, she is very pretty little girl and
her blond type is much admired in
Berlin. The Princess is of very sweet
disposition and is the pet of the castle,
for even the servants make much of
her. She is fond of all her brothers,
but likes the Crown Prince the best.
Often she is seen by his side in the
handsome turnout which he calls his
Sown. The Princess goes to school and
studies with six other little girls,
daughters of the ladies of the German
court.-Philadelph Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

The farmers of Pennsylvania are
vieing with one another in their fiat
terry of Mrs. ]. Albert Zepp, Mrs. An
drew J.. Geiman and Mrs. H. A. Gar
rett. These three women have car
ried off this year agricultural honors
that have fallen hitherto to males
alone.
The three live near Hanover. Mrs.
Zepp' feat was the raising of tomato
stalk that bore, during the summer,
no less than 300 tomatoes. The stalk
had four branches, each eight feet il
length. 1t often had 40 tomatoes on
it at one time. Mrs. Zepp is distrib-
uting the seeds of this wonderful
plant generously. Even the applica-
tons of strangers she accedes to, pro-
Nded that stamps are enclosed.
Mrs. Geiman has raised a pumpkin
That weighs SO pounds. This tremen-
dous vegetable is sound, shapely, and
of a deep gold. color. When Mrs.
Geiman, who is short, stands behind it
she is almost obscured. History has
no record of a pumpkin bigger than
this. Mrs. H. A. Garrett, on her hus-
bands farm, has grown a red beet that
weighs ten pounds. The beet is on eX-
hibition at the Garrett residence, and
dozens of skeptical persons call daily
to look at it and to see it weighed
The men of Pennsylvania have lit
lie this year to boast Of beside the wo-
men. Henry Redcay, of Lansdale,
heads the men. He raised this year
an egg plant that is seven feet, three
and one half in circumference, and
Two feet, two and one half inches in
Fdiameter. Mr.. Redcay's friends claim
that this is the biggest egg plant ever
grown in Pennsylvania, while even
his enemies admit that none so big
was ever grown within radius of 90
miles-Philadelphi Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

At five o'clock teas and Sunday ev-
ening suppers it is now the proper
thing to have a face book. What is
a face book? 1t is collection OF
sheets of drawing paper bound togeth-
er and covered in coarse linen of any
hue one fancies-brilliant blue, rich
scarlet or dainty violet. If a clever
sketch in black adorn the front, so
/much the better.
In the face book each guest Is
asked to draw head of some sort.
Man, woman, child, animal-it does
not matter what it is. or whether the
guest can draw at all. If he or she
draws badly, so much the better
New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

A rather simple looking lad halted
before blacksmith's shop on his way
home from school, and eyed the do
ings of the proprietor with much in
terest.
The brawny smith, dissatisfied with
the boys curiosity, held piece of rcd
hot iron under the youngsters nose,
hoping to make him beat hasty re-
treat.
"If you'll give me half a dollar Ill
lick it," said the lad.
The smith took from his pocket
half dollar and held it out.
The simple looking youngster took
the coin, licked it, and slowly walked
away whistling.-Chums.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06
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Lace TUNES on Gowns.

Lace tunics are appearing largely
on evening gowns they are capital
way of renovating a skirt the thicker
the lace the more a la mode. A regret
table feature in the modes of the mo-
ment is the wearing of gowns that are
suited for evening in the morning, and
now satin shoes, with lace-trimmed
stockings, are to be seen at many OF
our fashionable resorts. All stiffening
is vanished from skirt Innings, except
just at the elbow, skirts at the hem.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

keep clean" We may cut down ex-
penses in every way but this one. 1t
never occurs to the gentlewoman or
gentleman, however, to consider the
possibility of curtailing the expense
of keeping clean"
AS a nation we are the cleanest.
Foreigners are inclined to think we
are extremists in this particular The
English consider the borning bath
part of the daily routine, but the ne
cessity for frequent changes Of under
wear is not so apparent to them as
nation as to us.
The French are extravagant in the
matter of clean and beautifully laun-
dered underclothes, but they draw the
line, as rule, at the daily bath.
With each year we as people are
giving more attention to the details
of keeping ourselves spotless. At the
same time woman is wearing more
lace-trimmed lingerie, fancy shirt
waists and gowns, to say nothing of
stocks and ties, than ever before.
Thus her laundry bills are steadily in
creasing, since bedraggled petticoats,
rumpled stocks and shirt waists are
not to be tolerated.
The man who views woman in her
airy summer costumes and reflects
on how little year it requires to
keep such dainty, simply gowned
goddess, will find how mistaken his
ideas are on the subject of her econo-
mics if he undertakes the life task of
paying her laundry bills and provid-
ing the perishable, flimy garments
she wears.
Her shirt waist, for instance, once
so simple in construction, has devel-
oped into one of the most expensive
articles in woman's wardrobe. Ori-
ginally it could be laundered for 10
cents. Gradually it became more COM
plicated, until this season the lace and
embroidered affairs make not only
large hole in a woman's pocketbook
as an initial outlay but constitute a
weekly expense of no inconsiderable
amount.
fectly plain in cut, might cost $50. Ad-
ditional frills are still more expensive.
From so cents to 81 will be required
to cover the laundry bill for one Of
those fancy waists. The smart woman
who prides herself upon her immac-
ulate appearance will pay from two
to three dollars each week to the
laundry for her shirt waists alone.
Instead of ruffies and tuckings and
hand embroidery, women today are
wearing lace-trimmed underwear. In
proportion to the fneness of the mus
lin and lace the price for laundering
went up. But that fact does not lead
to economy in the matter of fancy
lingerie. This seasons fad of tub
gowns" has been bonanza for the
steam and hand laundries. For the
American girl must be spotless, re-
gardless of expense.
No greater proof of the growing
cost of keeping clean can be given
than in the success of the steam laun-
dries to be found in every town in the
United States. They have increased in
numbers in the ratio of 10 to one The
prices charged by them soon doubles
the original cost of the garment and
the treatment it receives at the hands
of inexperienced workers rapidly re-
duces it to an unwearable condition.
Yet the American woman goes serene
ly on her way, buying new gowns, pay
ing big laundry bills, devoting hours
to the bath, economizing, if need be,
in every way except on the one item
the expense of keeping clean. Chi
cago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

The British Journal of the board of
agriculture has some interesting par
ticulars regarding the so-called "Furni-
ture Beetles" Two species of the
beetle make the curious ticking noise
which has given rise to their popular
name of Death Watch" This noise
is made chiefly during the pairing sea-
son, and is produced by the beetles
striking their heads upon the wood on
which they are standing, so as to at
tract their mates, who make similar
noise in reply. 1t is made during the
day as we'll as at night, but it is not so
noticeable as at the latter time 1t is
said that the larva can also produce
the sound, but this is not definitely
known. The larvae mako long CALLER
les into the wood, and when mature
pupate in little chambers from which
the beetles escape by eating their
way out.
The Journal recommends that when
furniture or woodwork is attacked by
these beetles and their larvae, steps
be taken at once to destroy them.
Painting with a camel hair brush with
corrosive sublimate should be resort
ed to. The poison kills the beetles as
they make their exit Fumigating
with hydrocyanic acid gas also kills.
Where small objects, such as chairs,
are invaded they may be put in some
closed cupboard and left in the fumes
for some days. 1t must be remembered
that this gas is a deadly poison as well
as the cyanide of potassium used in its
manufacture. Benzine may also be ap-
piled to polished furniture, but is best
mixed with carboli1 acid. Furniture
so treated has. OF course, the polish
taken off, and will require repolishing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

A clinical thermometer for taking
temperatures is indispensable in any
home. If, when inserted under the
tongue, it shows rise from normal
(9S to 80 IL degrees) to 100 or so.
feverish condition is revealed that
needs attention. I'VE could not raise
a family without our clinical ther-
mometer," writes mother of five
Good Housekeeping.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

For removing finger and hand
marks from fresh varnish surfaces,
use a soft piece of chamois skin, sat
urated with sweet oil. When there are
paint spatters or blotches, touch first
with kerosene and rub afterward with
sweet oil.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

If stove is cracked, good cement
is made for it as follows: Mix wood
ashes and salt in equal quantities,
make paste with cold water and fill
the cracks when the stove is cold. 1t
soon hardens and will last long time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-06

An experienced laundress says that
the secret of turning out clothes pro-
perly "blued" consists in having the
bluing water cold and the clothes put
into it after being rinsed from water
of the same temperature Clothes
wrung out of hot water and put into
cold bluing water are apt to emerge
streaked and of a poor color.