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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
FOOTPRINTS in Stone.


A young mother with her little three
year-old by her side was watching the
workmen putting down the cement
sidewalk which led from the garden TO
the rear of the new home. She was a
romantic young mother and as she
watched the care with which the work
men smoothed out each layer of the
soft stuff which was to remain endur-
ing for years, the familiar old quotation
from her schooldays ran through her
head:
Lives OF great mon all remind US,
We can make lives sublime,
And departing leave behind US
Footprints on the sands OF time
When the workmen had departed she
took off the baby shoes and stockings
of her little son and gently placed the
tinv warm feet on the soft cement. The
little fellow shivered and begged to be
taken away when he felt the Shiny cold
touch of the cement, but the fond
mother gently pressed the little feet
down into the stone, so that in years
to come the imprint of the childs foot
there on the cement would recall his
babyhood.
The cold touch of that cement
brought on pneumonia. The little tod
dler died. Now through all the weary
wears there are left only those two
baby footprints in the cement.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
Shddo1cs of the Past.

Some Chinese workmen were remOv-
ing earth in the rear of the Chinese
Consul's house the other day to make
room for some needed improvements.
Suddenly they Uncovered the grave of
a thousand and one buried joys There
in a pit beneath a pile of rubbish were
hundreds of champagne corks in all
stages of petrifaction from long ex-
posure to the elements.
The Chinese were at a loss to account
for the presence of the corks and for
the nOnce there were some who had
suspicious of the convivial tendencies
of the respected Consul from the Flow
cry Kingdom. But it was an Oldtimer
who solved the mystery. In the good
old days OF. the sixties the present home
of the Chinese Consul was the palatial
residence of F. L. Phoebe, than whom
there never was a more open-handed
entertainer and genial host. The fame
Of his table spread abroad in the land
and those who were fortunate enough
TO dine at his board felt that they had
not missed the opportunity of their life
time.
But years ago Phoebe came to
tragic end and now there remain of all
his past grandeur only the corks.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
''He Laughs Best. "

The following is new one on Peter
Martin: Andrew McCreery, the capital
ist and father of Lawrence McCreery'
the celebrated polo player. was down
at Burlingame a short time before the
Martin wedding. The gentlemen men
toned were seated at a table in the
Burlingmame clubhouse playing whist.
McCreery senior wore a beautiful dia-
mond ring, and Martin, wishing to
have joke at the expense of the keen
old gentleman, said: Mr.. Creery. that $
a fine ring you have" Yes" said Nc
Creery. cit ought to be; it cost $500
Martin asked to see II and the ring was
handed over
The others, thinking to distract Nc
Creery's attention. passed the stone
from one TO the other and finally back
to Martin, at the same time turning
the conversation in as many directions
as the diamond had sides. They sue
ceeded for a time, but finally McCreery
said: What about that ring, Martin?
The latter, who had been trying again
to pass the stone to some one else.
dropped it quietly to the floor and
winked knowingly to the waiter. say
ing: why, didn't 1 return it? / GER
tainly haven't it,. A pretended search
was made, and the waiter finally found
the ring on the floor and returned it.
McCreery quietly thanked him. Then
Martin spoke up: That's valuable
find, McCreery, and a five would prob
ably be about right for the waiter.
McCreery acquiesced, but said: Il have
no small gold-have you a five, Mar
tin % Martin chuckIed and handed the
amount to the waiter and the incident
was closed. AS time passed and Nc
Creery did not refer to 1t, Martin gen
tly reminded him of the transaction
McCreery said: What five? Why, you
had $5 worth Of fun out of me, and you
surely don't expect to have the fun and
the money also, do your" And the five
is still Coming"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
FEMINIzING THE SCHOOLS.

THE Sacramento Union has made critical study
OF the body of school teachers who were recently
in attendance at the proceedings of the Sacramento
County Teachers Institute What especially attracted
the attention of the Union the fact that there
about twenty teachers man teacher in the
assembage. This leads the Unions wrter-spectator to
remark:
at particularly noticeable that of young men there
almost The male teachers for the part,
appear be survivals of earlier era and it would
that pretty much all the recruits in the teaching
profession women"
The Sacramento teachers would be
very comely lot and gifted with high intelligence,
for the Union says that looking critically
sembage and comparing it by the tests of appearance
personal and the look of interest and atten-
ton, bound that this body of teachers
compares favoraby with the professional asseblages of
few back Judging by the formal papers and the
discussions upon them, there would seem to be no
doubt that the standards of the teaching profession
been considerably advanced in late years"
This is all that the Union found to admire in the
teachers. The purely feminine traits gained the
customary tribute of male approval: almost every
face in the bears satisfying marks of intelligence
and intellect. The well nourshed physique speaks of
the advantages of California climate and the superfne
raiment of most of the young speaks for the
financial berality of the communities which they
attached and of the excellence of the Sacramento
where most of them do their trading
But, having spoken in this fattering manner the
Union raises protest concerning the femnzation of the
schools incidentally the ground laid for discussion
of great interest Women is sad natural teach
They certainly the teachers of young childen
but very much question if teaching in its advanced
formsn at least of its advanced forms-docs not
call for the masculine mind the masculine method the
masculine mood We question if educational sys-
would be very much strengthened by such re-
organization would divide least its duties between
and We find it difficult to conceive of a
suitable system of education for girls in which men
should be the sole teaching element and are as little
disposed concedc that effective system for boys
may be wholly administered by in the class
rooms
Possibly the Union may change the current of af-
fairs, but is very doubtful Especially will this prove
reasonable conjecture when according the Rev. DIR.
N D. Hills of New York. women engaged in
las branches of business. and women in fifty years will
know more than the men"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
From St. Lorlis.

The STAFF work on the California
building at the worlds fair has basn
nearly finished. Plasterers are at vorl,
on the interior and it is confidently nrs-
olcted that the handsome structure wiz
De finished within thirty davs. The
building is replica Of the Santa Rar-
para Mission and its cost IS $4,000
India viii have a pavilion AT tho
worlds fair. A site 150x1OO feet in 49,
has been allotted to this country. ON
IL the Tea Growers Association Of In
dla viii erect a reproduction Of the "a
nous tomb Of Etmad- -DowIah at Aqra
India. In the pavilion the association
Will serve tea and cofree to demon
strate their value. Fifteen or twenty
natives will be brought over to make
and serve the beverages
The contract for the erection OF the
Mississippi building at the worlds fair
was let recently for $3.50 The strnc-
ture will be a reproduction OF Beau
voir, the home Of Jefferson Davis. r.
n. Henry, the executive commissioner
obtained from Mississippi lumber firms
the donation Of shingles. siding and
lumber to the value Of s5OOO so that
the total cost Of the building is 1000.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

away. He had a squatters title only to the land He
refused therefore to change his place of residence the
penalty OF absenting himself being that he would lose
the property. Soon after he died Then the hotel
burned. Mrs Cummings remained. After twenty-six
years she is in fair way get title to the land from
the Government.
The Republican Press tells of another citizen who
has been waiting fourteen years prove up. The
tells also of several who have expended thousands
of dollars each in the firm and patient belief that finally
they would be rewarded for holding on Finally the
Government has ordered the opening up entry of the
lands in question. Five townships in all thrown
open. The land is valuable for grazing principally, bu,
included in the townships orchards and some tim
bered claims. When the arrived in Ukah that the
Government had acted after waiting generation since
the first settlers planted their stakes, there rush
the local land office of the United States In short
time than of settlers, each of whom had
lived more than five years the land claimed by him,
made their filings.
There must be something attractive in Mendocno
County climate and life that induces patience and per-
sistency like this The entire transaction excellent
advertisement for Mendocno County is ndubitaby
shows in what estimation the land held by who
have had opportunity best to know it.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
The Cardinals Hat.

The presentation of hats to the new
Cardinals by Pope Plus X at his first
consistory recalls .he circumstance
that the red hat was first given to Car
dinaIs by Pope Innocent Nv at the
first council of Lyons. held in 1245, to
signify that they should always be
ready to shed their blood in defense
of the church. Bayle, however, in his
"Pensees sur la Comete," gives a diff
ferent reason for the color. Cardinals
wear red, he says, because Rome is
the solar or holy city, Sunday be-
longing to Christianity, and Cardinals,
therefore, use the color of the sun.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
Decline of Book Trade.


The decline Of the hook trad.,, -
.I' [er1lahy mas been a fruitful topic in
.iie herman press OF late. One writer
IN II. an exhaustive argument accused The
German people of falling awav from,
the habits of their literary fathers and
IKE Americans, taking more interest In
business than in literature. The Per
inner Iageblatt in a recent issue. under
lhe mead OF The Germans as Book
Buyers quotes Herr Crunov tbs
Lelpslc publisher, who characterizes
the criticism Of his fellow Germans on
lhe score Of neglect of literature as
empty and nOnsensfcaI. trash a
public he says. which will sDaDd q
haI million marks in a few weeks for
mover, and in the same length Of
time several millions for Rismarcl,,,
thoughts and Recollections.' is not a
I'I' DOoAiesS puoic The publisher
gives the names OF a number of hooks
which were sold in great numbers and
OF the standard works which are CON
stantly in demand. The old thread
Dare complaint" he says, comes. orig
inally from the authors whom no one
likes and from their publishers. who
can find no market for their rarss
But the fact should not be overlooked
that the German is ready book buv-
er. Every Christmas table demonstrates
that fact. and 1t is well known tba+
there are few men so poor that tbav
do not have little money to expend
for books"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

Iaymen that astronomers have found It
possible to determine approximately
the position on the sky Of the apex Of
solar motion. or. in other words, that
point toward which our solar system Is
at present travelling. 1t Is the constel-
lation Hercules. I'VE are obliged to
assume that our path for the moment
Is straight line, but we mean that
moment which commenced about 1850.
when the first star catalogue Of modern
precision was begun, and which Will
end long after present generations OF
men nave passed away. So mighty is
the orbit in question that many centu-
ries must come and go before we can
nope to detect the orbits curvature. %
Ine article is illustrated by some unu-
sual astronomical photographs.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

and back. Avoid the common fault
OF twisting your body stifay and awk-
wardlv I'm this maneuver. The mus
cles. should be sufficiently relaxed TO
ensble you to turn easily and swiftly
and TO permit you TO recover your
former position directly after the
blow passes.
As YOU duck to the side you can
send in your left hand TO your oppo-
nents body. The forward trend Of
your body viii lend force TO the blow.
Practice the two ducks over and
over again. day after day. until they
become second nature. They are i'm
portsnt BE careful that in ducking
one blow YOU do not lay yourself open
10 another. often a man viii lead
with his left. lure his opponent into
'ducking and viii then. as the other is
recovering from the duck, bring his
right around in a swing or hook for
the head u is a clever ruse and you
must look out for it,
TIE duck should be used as a coun-
ter or To help you get back out of
danger. Use it only when there seems
an excellent chance. of success. Your
own judgment. bred Of much practice
and chastened by the blows incident
on not few mistakes, must be your
guide as to when 10 duck and when
rot to.
Feinting is q feature Of boxing
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
Where Is the Sun Going9

There is a popular notion that the
planets in our solar system revolve
about the sun. This is only half true.
points out Professor Harold Jacoby of
Columbia University, in a remarkable
article in Harper's Weekly of Novem-
Der %. The sun, like the planets. saws
Professor Jacoby. is in motion. as are
also the so-called fixed" stars: and
reasoning from this basis, he discusses
the fascinating question of the desti-
nation through space of our solar sys-
tenn. 1t is not generally known among
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
LONG WAITING. FOR FARMS.

ATIENCE is supposed to be essential to success IN
r any continuous undertaking. What man NAV NOT
accomplish in the first instance he NAV succeed >;n
doing later The reward may be all the sweeter for the
waiting This may apply TO citizens of Mendocino County
concerning whose persistency the Ukah Republican Press
has something say. One located public land IN
1876 His wife has just filed homestead claim upop
I'm time" says the Republican Press "she will be able
to call her the place that she has toed upon and
waited for so many years"
The ladys husband ]. F. Cummings one Of the
early settlers of Mendocino County He located unon
the site of the that bears his name He improved
the property and built hotel expendng several thou
sands of dollars for buildings With the other settlers he
expected to have the land opened nearly thirty years
and to be able to prove up or make good his legal
title his home Year after year passed but his homes
unfulhlled in his life. He lost his health During
his illness he advised by his physician to move
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
INSTRUCTIVE JTUDEog
By lNO(IEEsDE9zzAf.Eg,N AND
/MsszxSJf1EN

Start to lead with your left for your
sparring partners face. He will in
stinctively raise his right arm to guard,
or viii in other ways seek to avert the
blow. Let your left travel toward. him
only far enough to create the impress
sion that you are about to lead. Then
swing, hook or lead straight with the
right If you do this quickly enough
and make your objective point what
ever part of his body seems most un-.
guarded the chances are that you will
land. or feint with the right and then
lead with the left.
Here is another feint: Start to lead
for his head; then change the direction
Of your blow and with the same hand
strike for his heart or wind. Inversely,
feint for the body, check the blow,
change the direction of the hand and
lead for the face.
Start to swing or hook with your left
or right for your opponents body
Check the course Of the blow, let 1t
describe an upward circle and land on
his jaw. This latter feint requires great
speed. but is one Of the most effective
of them all
Lower both hands and arms with
sudden gesture. When they have drop
ped about six inches, lead for the face
with your left. Your opponent WILL
unconsciousIy. lower his guard in imi-
tation Of this first gesture Of yours q
don't know why he will do this, but
he'll do ii nine times out Of ten II your
gesture is quick enough. Your blow
thus passes above his lowered guard
IN his
protected face. OF course swift ac-
tion alone will permit you to do this
successfully.
In our next lesson we will take up
"clinches" and ''in-fghting.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
Dreaming of Christmas.

It's hard ter keep him quiet wen you
tuck him up in bed
He a-hearin' er de reindeer des a-runnin
on de shed;
En- restless on dat piller is his Ill curly
head
Dreamin' en- dreamin' er de Chris'mus!
II.
It's hard ter keep him quiet, wen de
evenin' shadders creep,
En- you tell him bout de sugar plums, en-
say he'll git heap
He Wakeful ez a watchman Wen dey
rockin' him ter sleep
Dreamin' en- dreamin' er de Chris musi
ATLANTA Constitution.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
Banking Figures

a writer in the current number Of the
Worlds Work gives the following sta
tistics upon banking:
The total banking power Of the finan-
cial institutions Of the United States
Is $12.434. .72t. .17S. The deposits in the
savings banks amount to s2.750177. .290
and the number Of depOsitOrs is $500.
672. OF the banking power Of the Unit
ed States nearly One-half is in New
York and the other Eastern States. or
the aggregate of loans made by the
naticral banks on September Is. 1902.
amounting to $3.50, ,127 .4SO. the amount
outstanding in the banks of New York.
Chicago and St. Louis. the three cen
traI reserve cities. was sS77. .934. .942.
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The Manly .4f.

by ALBERT PAYsON TERHUNE.
tAthIetic Expert New York Evening World
Author ~ Muscle building, etc)
0-opyright. 1908 by Joseph b. RoHles-)
Now we come TO the second duck,
the duck to the side" When your
spsrring partner leads for your face
with his left throw your left shoulder
forward and TO the right letting the
whole upper part of the body turn
with ii until the two shoulders are. az
most at right angles to their former
position. At the same time bend the
left knee slightly and rise on the
right toe. All this viii throw the up
per part Of your body forward and to
the right Your opponents blow Will
either miss you entirely or glance
harmlessly along your left shoulder
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

which serves a good purpose and is
wearing to the nerves Of the man on
whom 1t is tried.
To feint, in the ordinary accepta-
tion Of the term, means to convey the
false impression that you are about
10 DO a certain thing in order 10 draw
away attehtion from your real purpose.
This definition applies equally well in
boxiug. Did you ever notice how a
conjurer goes through a lot Of seem
ingly useless motions? These motions
are not really useless. They serve to
distract your attention and TO enable
him 10 prepare his real trick -unnotic-
ed by eyes that are taken UP in fol-
lowing his more overt gestures. When
he suddenly ceases these gestures and
springs the trick he has been prepar-
ing al the time II strikes his audience
as miraculous. Yet If it had not been
for his seemingly extraneous antics
everybody might have OWNED the
secret Of the trick.
Every man. when he becomes some
what proficient in boxing, can invent
a dozen good feints. Here are a few
y vhich VIII serve as a groundwork:
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

committee of the Board of Supervisors is invest;
eating what appears to be gross frauds in the probate
department of the Superior Court as far as this denart
mcnt IS conditioned by the County Clerks Office If
these accusations of dishonesty be proved it is to the
highest interest OF the entire city which is most int
matey concerned in the administration of the affairs Of
the dead that prosecution of the offenders follow Quickly
and surely to punishment
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

The long, unnteresng expensive and apparently flu
tile campaign of alleged cleanliness instituted by the
Board of Health in Chinatown destined sum
mary and nglorous end The Board of Supervisors has
announced that it will money for cleaning
the cooie quarter unless detailed emzed account Of
exnenditures be sunn1ied
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

The town of Cumana in Venezuela, which in its highly
spectacular has been destroyed times by earth
quakes, fearful that it is destined another shake
down. This certainly shouldn't worry anybody who lives
in Venezuela and heard of Castro.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

Townsend's California glace fruits and
candies. soc a pound. in artistic fire.
etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern
friends. us Market St, above Can bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04

Special Information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Auen's). go Cali
fornia street Telephone Main 1852.
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Look out for 70 9Th. front Of Keys eel
oys. house; best eyeglasses. specs, 15-5Oc.' .
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Feinting is q feature Of boxing
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-04-24
SHOULD HAVE RE.
PORTED TO The
FULL COURT.
Chancellor Bearden Allows Mt.
Pleasant Turnpike to Take Toll.
Commissioners Should Have
Reported to Quarterly Court in
stead of to Judge Gordon.

The question of an additional in
junction in the case of the Mt. Pleas
ant and Columbis Turnpike Co. against
Judge w. o. Gordon and the Maury
County Turnpike Commissioners which
has been on trial before Chancellor
Bearden since Tuesday, was decided
Wednesday. The turnpike coml any
sought to enjoin the commissioners
from taking any further action against
the turnpike company by way OF petit
ton, report or order based upon the
alleged defects of the road as set forth
in the reports of the commissioners
filed March I'd and March 2Sth, until
said matters at issue under said reports
can be determined, but so as not to
enioin the commissioners from taxing
action as to any new defects not EN-
braced in said reports; and to enjoln
the commissioners from enforcing
the order of March Both, or taking any
action against the turnpike company,
or interfering with its taking toll,
based upon the reports of March 20.
and March 49, or the order of Judge
W. o. Goroon under the last report.
Chancellor Bearden. IN his decision.
issued writ of Injunction, restrain
ing the commissioners from enforcing
the order of Judge Gordon. issued
March the Both, and based upon
the reports of the commissioners
made March and March 20, in which
the commissioners said the gates
should be thrown open. He held that
the reports of the commissioners should
have been made to the quarterly county
court and not to Judge Gordon, and
that they had no right to assume to
take any action beyond their report
Mr.. Garnet Rainey, the manager Of
the turnpike. can therefore resume
the taking of tolls. AS to the prayer
for an injunction against the commits
sioners and Judge Gordon to prevent
them from taking further action based
upon reports of March end and March
2Sth, the Chancellor denied this ap-
pllcation for the present. The Chan
cellor then says in his order:
1T is not intended to inhibit the
presentation or making of the reports
of March 2 and March 90, or any like
or additional report to the quarterly
court, nor 70 restrain any action of
the quarterly court in the premises
nor any further action of Judge Gordon
in inspecting or causing proper lnspec-
ton of the pike and reports thereof to
be made in accordance with the laws
Of the State.
The Chancellor resel we'd the right to
dissolve or modify the injunction now
IN force in this cause and to grant fur
Their restraining orders as may be- seen
right and equitable on application and
further hearing.