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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07
Aristocracy of Birth.

Why did the aristocracy of parent
age fail to hold its own? Why did it
die out in America and, practically
speaking, in all the British colonies?
1t had every advantage at the out
set; it held the inside track. 1t failed
because two great laws of the universe
were against it-first, the laws of arith
metic, and, secondly, the laws of phys
iology. 1t violated the principles of
arithmetic because it required that each
individual or household should have
distinct line of ancestors, and it would
thus be discovered in a few genera
tions that there were not nearly enough
ancestors to go around, leaving people
in the position of Mark Twain, who
declared that he had mo parents to
speak of, only a father or mother or
So" 1t was contrary to the laws Of
physiology, as shown by the deteriora-
ton of one royal family after another
in Europe, these having come to re-
semble those English race horses which
have so much blood that there is very
little horse, and it must be replenished
from a more plebeian stock.-Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, in the April At
lantic.
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The Sergeant's S Whistle.

When Police Officer Carl E. Kentz.
one of the newly appointed guardians
of the lives and property of the citizens
of Oakland, was detailed on his first
beat in the northern portion of the city,
near Lake Merritt, he was told among
other things that if he heard the ser
geant's whistle while patrolling his beat
he should at once answer it, so that
the sergeant might be able to locate
him. About a week after he had begun
regular duty Kentz was strolling along,
keeping a sharp eye out for burglars
and other violators of the law, it being
just about the hour at night when
these gentry begin to ply their trade,
when he suddenly heard the sharp trill
of a whistle. The alert officer paused
to get the direction of the sound and
again the rattle of the whistle broke
the stiffness of the night.
Anxious to show his superior that he
was awake and attending to duty
Kentz put his own whistle to his lips
and answered, at the same time hurry
ing in the direction from which the
sound seemed to come. Again came the
sharp call and once more the patrol
man gave answer. This was repeated
several times and still KentZ seemed
no nearer to the mysterious whistler.
AS he hurried along. wondering where
the sergeant could be, he caught the
flash of a star as a man in uniform
came around the next corner on the
run. The newcomer proved to be Off
Ger Jack Gardiner. who painted as he
came galloping up, What did you
whistle for?'
"I was answering the sergeant, ="
said Kentz. 'Harki there he, goes
again!"
Gardiner listened for a moment and
then as the whistle was repeated he
burst into a roar of laughter. why"
he said to the now thoroughly angry
Kentz, that isn't the sergeant whist
ling. It's one of those birds they call
night herCnsi'
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Fishing With Armor.


There is one kind of fishing in the
United States in which diving armor is
used. 1t is the abalone fishery of this
State
grows so firmly attached to rocks that
it is quite impossible to tear it off with
any automatic apparatus that has yet
been devised. The only way in which
the abalone can be taken is by diving
down to it and separating it from the
rock with chisel
The shellfish used to be gathered by
divers, mostly Japanese and Chinese,
who dived without suits, and at times
these men got their hands into the open
shell of an abalone, which would then
close on them. with the result that be-
fore they could free themselves they
would drown.
Now the divers go down in regular
rubber armor. and as they can work
in from twenty TO twenty-five feet
of water and remain down any de-
sired time they make much bigger
hauls than the fishermen used to.
They take netted bags with them
and put the abalones in as they pry
them off. These bags are hauled up
on signal and returned empty.
The abalones are taken from the shell
at once and all refuse matter is re-
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Japanese Money System.

Japan having set apart 100, 900 yen
for war purposes, it became interest
ing to know the value of a yen. Japan
has a gold standard; but the yen is
of silver currency and fuctuates with
the price Of silver, so that at this time
100, ,000, 900 yen scarcely means more than
e10,000, 900, or $50,00000O. The jap
anese currency system is decimal.
The yen is divided into 100 sen; the
sen into 10 rim; the rim into 10 mo; the
mo into 10 shu, and the shu into 10
kotsu. In trade the mo and shu, which
are incredible minute fractions of a
farthing, sometimes figure, though
there is no coin to represent them; but
the Government accounts only descend
to the rim.
When the decimal system of money
came into use in this country the small
est conceivable division Of money rec
ognized was the mill ten of which
made a cent, and therefore the mill
corresponds with the rim. But 100, ,0OO.-
600 yen is a tremendous sum in Japan.
where, according to the London Chroni-
Gle, "the wages Of the skillful artisan
are not more than 3 yen week"
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The Ships Doctor.

A correspondent Of a recent edition
of Lloyd's Weekly has expressed the
views of a ship doctor in the following
words: Many travellers are in doubt
as to the position of the ships doctor
in regard to his remuneration from
passengers for services rendered The
merchant shipping act enacts that
every foreign going vessel having 100
persons on board or upward shall carry
on board as part of her complement a
duly qualified medical practitioner.
Furthermore, an emigrant ship e,
a foreign going vessel which carries
fifty or more steerage passengers-must
have a medical man irrespective of the
number of crew or of other passengers
carried. The salary of the doctor on
board is commensurate with these du-
ties to his ship. To any passengers
who are suffering from ordinary forms
of seasickness and its concomitant
evils or who receive injuries which are
in any way due to the ship the doc
tors services are free. For any sick
ness contracted before sailing or dur
ing voyage which is not connected
with the above named conditions he
is entitled to a remuneration at the
same rate as he would receive on shore.
Obviously it would be as unfair to
expect that his services to passengers
should be rendered gratis as it would
be for any visitor in a hotel or traveller
on railway to expect to have medical
attendance free in any illness for which
the hotel or railway authorities could
not be held responsible"
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07
TALK or THE TOWN
AND1H9R O NIL
TIMES AZ
Preeocity.

A very small girl with bright blue
eyes and happy smile was the central
figure of attention at an informal
luncheon given by the wife of prom
inent newspaper man one day last
week.
The little tot is the daughter or
the hostess most intimate friend and
throughout the meal she kept the en-
tire company in uproarious laughter
with her bright remarks and witty say
ings.
Finally when the meal was over and
the guests had arisen from the table
the hostess went up to the little girl
and after affectionateIy kissing her
said: Dorothy, dear, what would you
say now if were to ask you II you
wouldn't like to come out for a ride
in the park with me?"
Before the child had a chance to
answer the question the husband of the
hostess entered and having overheard
the question quickly asked: But what
would you say if 1 were to ask you
to come out in the park with me?"
without the slightest hesitation the
baby girl looked up into the mans eyes
and replied, I'D say 'buttinsky.
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Il Fatal Deficiency.

Old-time army mule chauffeurs and
others who are cognizant of the eff
cacy of clamorous cuss word in time
of trouble will be shocked to learn that
in Japan's vocabulary no provision is
made for the fellow who wants to
swear. Whether a general with tea
caddy title can really win a great vic
tory without splitting the atmosphere
with few choice oaths remains to be
seen-and if so, there's heap of army
reminiscent history which might well
be rewritten.-Sagebr Philosophy.
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NOW COMES LIVERNASH.

~ HE House has been entertained and the country
interested by ue-making speech from Con-
gressman Livernash. When Livernash makes an
issue all other issues hunt their holes. His issues are
made with club, out with cleaver and hammered
into shape with maui When finished they are wonder
fu to look upon and fearful His special issue was the
closed shop for American labor Taking the Miller case
as text President Roosevelt like an indct-
ment of many counts. His argument was mixture of
prophecy and whoop. and language came from
him like the CORY .mxture of lean and fat that flows
from sausage machine.
Being the champion of equal rights for ALL or as the
legend appears the title page of Mr.. Hearsts cam
paign biography, Equal opportunities for all: special
privileges for none he raised his. frenzed arm and
clenched fist against the President for saying that places
under the civil in Government employ are open
to all who pass the examinations get certified on
the eligible list and be called by the nominating officer
because that is the law Mr.. Lvernash requires the
President to hold, Notwithstanding the law that such
places open only to those who members of GER
tain organizations having the power to deny member
ship and therefore to prevent eligibility Our Con-
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moved. Then they are washed and
placed in a pickle over night.
The next morning they are ooiieo
and laid on trays, which are placed In
the sun for half a day, after which
they are smoked Then they are boiled
again and go out into the sun to dry
for two or three weeks
Again they go into lukewarm water
to soak, and then they get another two
weeks drying, which makes them hard
and solid and ready for market. BY
that time they will have shrunk so in
weight that a lot that weighed 100
pounds when taken will weigh only ten
pounds when ready for sale.
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grcssman did explain how his plan consists with
equal opportunity for all If he should insist that such
employment is not open Jews Catholics, could he
deny that it is special privilege from which they are
excluded?
Of all the attacks yet made the President, this is
understood by the labor unions that when an attempt
made to bring up in the meeting OF the federation
in Boston it frowned down. The President has
taken oath to enforce the law and the law knows
distinction in the employment covered by the civil ser
vice. Perhaps Mr.. Livernash needed to open his pores
and merely sought perspration, in order get in
dtion for higher efforts.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07

Neither the Republicans the Democrats have made
provision for representation from the Philippines or
Porto Rico in the approaching national conventions 1t
we'll that this should be The people of our new
possessions have troubles enough of their own with
becoming involved in the nerve-racking squabbes of
American politics
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woman was murdered in this city the other day by
her husband because she refused to add the burden
of her support and that of her children the main
tenance OF her worthless spouse. What human punish
ment permitted in the administration of civilized people
can meet such horror case this? Death for some
crimes is not punitive
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07

CALIFORNIA - d. NJ, Mateo, Dare
County. n c. The etymology of the
name California is uncertain. Some
writer's are of the opinion that it is
derived from two Latin words. Calida
Fornax; or. in the Spanish. caliente
foFnalla-a hot furnace; but Michael
Venegas. Mexican Jesuit in Natural
and Civil History of California 1853.
is of the opinion that the Spanish dis
coverers did not name the new found
land in this pedantic fashion. but that
'the name owes it's origin to some acci-
dent; possibly to some words spoken
by the Indians and misunderstood by
the Spaniards. HittelI in his history
of California, credits Cortez with
having given the name California to
that territory now known as Lower
California. May I, 1886. The name ap-
pears in 'Serga de Esplandia," a ro-
nance published twenty-five years be-
fore that date. referring TO an island
supposed to be west of the Indies.
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In the incidental development of the Far Eastern war
one fact than another perhaps has occasoned the
deepest regret and yet the profoundes qualification
The Russians have discovered several traitors and
death has followed swiftly upon detection A traitor
to his country should be Stunned unclean by a
leper.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07

PAPERS w. O., Hilton. Cal The
question in relation to the price OF
newspaper is not sufficiently clear to
enable one to determine what informa-
ton is desired.
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1t is improbable that the city may purchase Sutro
Heights measures have been taken o protect the
rights of the municipality, under the will of Sutro as
preferred purchaser. The beautiful place may be made
one of the show spots of the globe and under hbe
and intelligent direction could be made the most
famous public gardens of the American continent
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07

1t is less interesting than significant that not a
single member of the California delegation Congress
figures dscreditaby in the reports upon official
dishonesty in connection with the postal frauds They
proof against disoyalty the people they
sent and their conduct has made California unique in
another of those phases of public life that applause
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07

BUSINESS HOUSE-M. c. b. Green
dale. Cal This department does not
advertise the location of any business
house. Questions of that nature should
be accompanied by a self-addressed
and stamped envelope.
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MINERALOGIST-C. L.. Bangor. Cal.
The State Mineralogist of California is
L. E. Aubury. whose term expires Feb
ruary %. 1905. His Office is in the Union
Ferry building, San Francisco.
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AnSzUerS to Queries.

TOMMY RYAN,. r., Byron Springs,
Cal. Tommy Ryan, the pugilist, was
born in Redwood. n. Y. March 20. 1870
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by ths
Press Clipping Bureau (Anen's). 230 Car
ifornta street Telephone Main lo4a
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-07

Townsend's California Glacr fruits and
choice candies. In artistic fre-erched
boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends
IT'S Market street. above Call building.
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An edition of The yirginian," with
a number Of stage pictures. will appear
early next month. Mr.. Wister's novel
will also. by the way, inaugurate The
Macmillan series of novels in paper
covers. which promises 10 be one of
the largest publishing enterprises OF
the year.
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Mrs. Humphry Ward. author of
Lady Roses Daughter" is so en-
thusiastic over the success of the va
cation school she has established in
London that she wants to see the idea
carried still further. What we hope
to see some time" said Mrs. Ward
recently, lis the organization of a Lon
don League of Play for the capturing
OF children's playtime. / should like
TO see evening play centers established
in every district in London, in all the
parks and open spaces, with super
intendent of Fairgrounds. / regard this
as the natural complement of the
school education the children are al
ready receiving and as Of equal I'M
portance." Mrs. Wards school was in
spired by an article she read in Har-
per's Magazine. describing the vacation
schools in New York.
The sun., 1904-07-14
HORsEsHOER NEEDN'T REGISTER

Labor Law Unconstitutional In Another
spot-Blow At tho License Craze.
The statute requiring journeymen horse
shoers to be registered was declared yea
terday by the Appellate Division Of the
Supreme Court to be unconstitu tional.
Samuel Beattie, was convicted OF q
misdemeanor for horseshoeing without q
certificate filed in the County Clerks Office
showing that he had been duly examined
and qualified as required under Article XII.
OF the Labor law. Beattie appealed on
the ground that the statute deprived him
OF his liberty and property without due
process Of law.
Justice Hatch, writing the Unanimous
opinion OF the court, says that the aot
can be constitutional only as coming under
the police power Of the State. He fails
to see how the regulation OF shoeing horses
has any tendency to promote the health,
comfort, safety and welfare OF society,
and the law cannot be sustained on such q
contention. Nor can 1t be pleaded that
cruelty to animals might result II unregis-
tered horseshoers are allowed to work. Suoh
a requirement, says Justice Hatch, sInaoks
OF paternalsm and Is repugnant to free
institutions. He holds that 1t arbitrarily
interferes with personal liberty and private
property without due process Of law, and
is for that reason invalid. Beattie's oon-
viction is therefore reversed and he Il dis
charged.
The sun., 1904-07-14

effort to discover traces Of him both by
means Of the police and private detectives
At first reward Of $500 was offered. Last
May this was raised to SO 900.
Kinglsey's body was reported to have been
found at Nyack and several other places,
but all the reports proved to be false.
Shortly after the reward was raised, how
ever, Miss Hall Of Paterson came for
ward with information about three mel!
who had hired room at her house. one OF
whom corresponded with the description
Of Kingsley. Her story was that the three
men had come there about a week after
Kingsley's disappearance and had spent
only twenty minutes in the room. One
Of them left a card reading Henry Baxter
Miss Hall identified the picture Of Frank
L. Stuart In the Rogues' Gallery. and Stuart,
who has a reputation as q crook, was
arrested on June ~ last. Although Miss
Hall identified him positively as one Of the
pair with the man she believed to be Kings-
lev Stuart denied that he had ever seen
her before or been at her house At Pater:
son. He was held for examination and
later released.
The sun., 1904-07-14
8 ELLSWORTHS At ONE HOTEL.
One OF Them Registered ~ Benham-Di.
vorce Case Behind Arrest?

William M. Ellsworth Of ]. w. Ellsworth
4 Sons, produce brokers at 10 Whitehall
street, was arrested last night at the Mon
ticello Hotel, IS West Sixty-fourth street.
where he has been living under the name
OF w. Benham" since July S. John M.
Jupson. the manager OF the hotel. Is the
complainant. He called for the police and
Detective Claude B. Isbell was sent around
to the hotel.
Jupson said that Ellsworth came to the
hotel on July and engaged q room for
a week. The week expired on Tuesday,
and he was asked to vaoate and give up
his keys. He refused and insisted on re-
manning at the hotel. Jupson said he had
promised the room to some other person,
but Ellsworth declared he would not vaoate.
Last night Ellsworth returned to his room
and found 1t bare OF furniture. Then he
had a quarrel with Jupson and the police
were appealed to.
Detective Isbell heard that contem-
plated divorce proceeding was behind the
whole row. Ellsworth, who had registered
under the name Of -Benham' was assigned
to Room 95. The register shows that q
Mrs. j. B. Ellsworth and her son, Ralph
Marion Ellsworth, were registered at the
end Of yesterdays list Of arrivals. One
Of the clerks admitted that Mrs, Ellsworth
had been at the hotel for some time.
Ellsworth was bailed by Rignal d. Wood
ward OF II Battery place.
The sun., 1904-07-14
THIErs MISPLACED COURAGE.
Pslcy VIII Take Fifteen Years Rather T1lan
Tell Aoc0mpllco's Name.

Tell ACCOmpllCe's Name.
David Paley. a young Russian immigrant,
stands a good chance Of going to Jail for
fifteen years unless he loses the, nerve he
has display yed 80 far. He pleaded guilty
yesterday In General Sessions to robbery
IN the second degree.
Paley admitted that on May 2 he and q
companion robbed Miss Fannie Fisherman,
q clerk employed by Maurice Epstein Of
420 Broadway, Of $685. The young woman
was going to the bank with the money when
they dragged her into q hallway and took
the money. Paley's accomplice got away.
"Im going to remand you for q week,
said Judge Cowing. unless you give the
name of your companion when this girl
was robbed and he is apprehended and
restitution Is made to this girl, will impose
upon you the maximum penalty for this
offence, which is fifteen years. The only
way to save yourself is to tell
HE ran away and don't know where
he is" said Paley, sullenly.
you're a sample Of what Russia has
been sending over here, said Judge Cowing
"You haven't been here long and your
record is very bad" ...[
Paley was led away, refusing to tell the
name Of his companion.
.rd go to the chair first, he said.
The sun., 1904-07-14
CALL RYE REACH 4 NUISANCE.
Residents Petition Health Board to Stop
the Continuous Noises.

RYE BEACH, N. Y, July 13.-The wealthy
land owners and residents Of Lounsbury
Park here, are complaining Of what they
term nuisances at the Coney Island Of
Westchester county and southwestern
Connecticut. The beach Is the resort Of
hundreds Of people, and the amusements
provided seem to be the object OF the i'll
will of the objectors.
They have prepared petition to the
Board of Health Of Westchester county
which sets forth in substance certain
snuisances" at Rye Beach as follows:
merry-go-round with music, a shooting
gallery, dancing pavilion, and the loud
shouting Of the attractions by the barkers
all Of which have been in operation every
day and night for the past two seasons.
The petition says that the monotonous,
never-ending noise emanating from that
attachment to the merry-go-round (pre-
s,lnably music box) Is frightful. 1t de-
stfoys peace by day and sleep by night and
constitutes an Undesirable and unhealth-
full nuisance
The target in the shooting gallery, it
continues, makes q sounding board which
throws the noise 80 that it can be heard
for q great distance, the sound Of each
shot being taken up as the other dies out,
making 1t impossible to rest or sleep.
On these grounds the Board Is requested
to abolish the nuisances complained Of
which the petition AYERS deprecistes prop
erty and are classed as nuisanoes In every
act passed by all the health boards Of the
United States during the past twenty years.
The sun., 1904-07-14
GETTING WRECK WITNESSES.
Inquest Into Midvale Disaster WIN BE Held
Next Monday,

PATERSON N. j., July 13.-The inquest
into the Midvale wreck. which occurred
last Sunday on the Greenwood Lake di-
vision of the Erie Railroad. and In which
sixteen excursionists were killed and fifty
others injured, will be held on Monday
morning next at II o'clock In the Passaic
County Court House.
The greater number Of witnesses will
come from New York and Hoboken. Resi-
dents Of Midvale, who were early on the
scene Of the wreck, the railroad men and
signal operators at Pompton and Midvale
and officials Of the road will also be present.
Work has been begun on q model OF the
block signal system and the semaphore
arms in use on the Greenwood Lake road.
Coroner Blauvelt is working hard to
bring out all the evidence possible. He
went to Hoboken and New York to-day
assisted by H. G. Myers, president Of the
First Plattdeutscher Verein, which held
the illfated excursion, in securing the names
Of those who were in the wreck
The Prosecutors Office Ia also securing
all the evidence possible, but Mr.. Emley
has decided to take no action until after
Monday next.
The funerals Of four Hoboken victims Of
the wreck were held yesterday. The flags
on the City Hall and other public buildings
were at half mast. Those who were buried
were William Lane, William Wedemeyer,
William Wendekneoht and George Scherer.
The funeral of eleven-year-old Walter
Horweedle OF New York avenue, Jers ey
City, who was killed in the wreck. was also
he d yesterday.