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The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22
Denmark's Trade I'm 1908.

Denmar31's foreign trade in 1903 is
computed at S119, 900, 900 for her i'm
ports and at $95, 900, 900 for her ex-
ports. The latter consist chiefly of
meat and dairy products-lard and
animal fat. 100000 pounds; butter,
197, $50, 900 pounds; ham and bacon,
174,810, 600 pounds; beef, 25,51O,0O0
pounds; divers meats and sausages,
1850. 900 pounds. Besides these, Den
mark shipped abroad in said year Al
100000 eggs, "a, 494 head of horses
and colts, 62,929 head of cattle 39,-
$4,000 pounds of fresh fish and 15.-
050,0OO pounds of salted herrings. The
principal items of Denmark's imports
are: Dry goods, yarns. thread, cOrdage,
minerals and products thereof. iron
and manufactures thereof, fertilizers,
wood and woodenware, oil cake, lin
seed, clover and grass seed, grain (rye,
wheat, barley, oats and corn), wheaton
flour and groceries. If we'll attended
to by American producers, Denmark
may prove a more valuable market to
them than many of the countries of
Central and South America. Neither
should be neglected. Both are worth
working for.-Baltimore Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22
That Floral Fracas.

Evidently the search for a national
floral emblem is about as persistent
and as vain as that for a new national
anthem. Some mysterious law DEGREES
that the discussion as to the flower
best fitted to represent the nation shall
return every two or three years to en-
gender bitterness and wrath among the
partisans of the several floral aspir-
ants. In the last previous debate COM
plete and final victory apparently
rested with the adherents OF the golden
rod.
Now comes forward a society styling
Itself the Columbine Association to
present a new candidate for popular
preferment. 1t is, Of course, the
columbine.-Indianapo News.
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NEW AND INGENIOUS
TYPE OF COMPASS
Automatic Device for Registering the |
Direction of Needle Has Been
Invented

Invented.
NJ Heit a French inventor, has de-
vised a new type of compass, which is
of an automatic nature. The direction
Of the compass by this arrangement is
automatically registered minute by
minute. so that by consulting the chart
the ships officers can ascertain the
route trayersed at any time during the
passage. The compass card, instead
of having at it's center an agate rest
ing on fixed steel points, is fixed on
steel pivot. which rests on a fixed
agate The latter is immersed in drop
of mercury, which serves to conduct
the current of electricity that makes
the registering of the movements of the
apparatus possible.
Colonel Renaud Of army aeronaut
and automobile celebrity has just per-
formed another. service for automobil-
ism. There was recently laid before
the French Academy of Sciences an
ingenious contrivance invented by him
for measuring the powers Of motors.
IT is an apparatus which is attached
to the axle-tree of the motor, and as
the action developed is in proportion
to the cube Of the speed, 1t is enough
to register the number Of revolutions
in order to determine the speed and
consequently the corresponding power.
Self-registering tablets are provided
TO obviate all necessity for making cal
culations. The apparatus is capable Of
registering UP to $50 horse-power.-Ex-
change.
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freaks Of lightning Stroke.

During an electric storm in a North
Carolina town recently. the dwelling Of
George Smith was struck and his fam
iy quite severely shocked. The top Of
the chimney was struck by the bolt,
making a considerable crevice in the
brick. The lightning traversed the side
Of the chimney, going into the living
ro0m and Mrs. Smith and her eighteen
year-0ld son were shaken up. the for
mer rendered entirely unconscious by
the shock. A dog sleeping near the
fireplace was killed, the lamp was ex-
plOded. z watch was demolished and
the clock on the mantel had all of its
framing knocked from it except the
back and il was picked UP in the
middle Of the floor. Strange to say,
however the machinery Of the clock
was unimpaired and ii was in running
condition next mOrning.-New York
Commercial
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HOLD FIRM BELIEF
IN THE EVIL EYE
Almost Universal in Rome and Most
Strangers Take to the
Superstition.


The strangest thing about life in
Rome is that one not only does as the
Romans do, but ends by thinking as
the Romans think. feeling as the
Romans feel The best illustration
know of this is the mental attitude of
the foreign residents toward certain
superstitiCns, notably the belief in the
evil eye-the malOcchio or jettatura, as
it is indifferentIy called. L never knew
an Italian who did not hold more or
less to this superstition.
Americans who have lived long in
Rome either reluctantly admit that
there does seem to be something in
II" OF, if they are Roman born, quietly
accept it as one of those things in
heaven and earth of which philosophy
fails to take account. In certain re-
spects the Italian is markedly free
from superstition as compared with the
Celt or the Scot: for instance, the fear
of ghosts or spirits is so rare that
have never met with IT; on the other
hand the belief in the value of dreams
as guides to action is deep-rOoted and
widespread. The dream book in some
families is held hardly second in i'm
portance to the book of prayer.
The Italians eminently practical ma
ture makes him utilize his dreams in
playing the lotto as the buying of
lottery tickets is called. To dream Of
certain things indicates that one will
be lucky and should play. The choice
of the number is the chief preoccupa-
ticn of the hardened lottery player. 1t
is decided by the oldest chance-by the
number on a banknote that has been
lost and found again or the number of
cab which has brought one home
from delightful festivity-Century.
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and calls her reflection names.
A few weeks ago Jane was in court
for throwing a lighted lamp at Mrs.
Klein and her baby. She is early and
often as far as Police Courts are con-
cerned.
Judge Mogan issued a warrant yes
terday for her arrest on a charge of
having disturbed the peace and ruined
the wash of Mrs. Lizzie Gorham of
1929 Sixth street. According to the
complaint the spotless wardrobe of
Gorham, as it fluttered in the back yard
reused the ire of Jane. James ire re-
ouires very little rousing. It's troubled
with insomnia.
= Jane, so swears Mrs. Gorham, care
fully selected some fast colors in mud
and distributed the same carefully
over the. newly washed garments, using
language that would bring bushes to
the face of an alarm clock.
Con Walsh, who has been on a
speech making jag for fifteen years,
tried TO crate in Judge Mogan's court.
n three months sentence to the County
did not please him and if the police
man had not elapped his hand over
Cons mouth as soon as the sentence
was passed the bibulous orator might
have made Patrick Henry's Give me
liberty" sound like a parlOr talk.
AS it was Con did some sign Ian
guage with his arms. A translation of
this silent flood of rhetoric would be
unfit for publication.
Con has been as familiar a figure
along the streets as the garbage cans
He uses them for rostrums. Mounted
on one of these, he leads off with a
bit of Daniel Webster, switches to Hen
ry Clay and finishes with Billin gsgate,
etc.
The greediness of Harry Cooper and
James Joseph, two youthful burglars,
caused their capture with stolen goods
in their possession. They started to
clean out the grocery of Henry
Bullwinkle at Eddy and Polk streets
yesterday morning. They were too
thorough and systematic about it.
They made two trips into the place
and annexed go packages of cigars,
tobacco and mixed groceries. They
came back a third time, probably to
take away the counters and remove the
wall paper. Policemen Plume and
Cracke were waiting for them. They
were charged before Judge Mogan. The
pair will be tried September 26.
T. Nakamuro. a gay Japanese round
er, obtained a warrant for the arrest
of Ng Fook, a Chinese gambler, on a
charge of grand larceny The Jap
says that while he was playing poker
at 116 Waverley place the Chinaman
absent -mindedly went south with $50
belonging to him. A warrant was also
issued for George Mulloy, the negro
who is already charged with battery.
This time the negro is accused of GRIM
inal assault Maggie O'Brien, a 16-
year-old girl, is the complaining wit
ness Steve Fallon, the opium fiend
who stole a shoe dealers exhibit, was
given six months. Fred Williams, rep
resenting the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany," was fined 800 for having lot
terry tickets in his possession.
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Date Palms I'm California.

The work Of planting the date palms
just received from the Sahara Desert
on the United States Government ex-
pertinent station at Mecca has been
completed by Professor Steubenrauch
and superintendent Mills Of Pomona,
California. There were 160 female
plants in the shipment from across the
water and these were supplemented by
f~rty male plants from the Pomona
experiment station for pcllenization
purposes. The plants are nearly all
looking finely. Another shipment of
plants is expected to arrive within a
few weeks from Asia and these will
also be planted at the Mecca station,
where the climatic conditions are said
to be ideal for date palm culture.-New
York Commercial
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22
BURNHAN HERE
FOR BIG TASK
Famous Chicago Architect
Ready TO Undertake Plans
for Beautifying the City
TO WORK ON TWIN PEAKS
SAYS That No Other Place
Has the Artistic Advan-
tages of San Francisco

- II. Burnham. the famous Chicago
architect. who has been chosen to de-
wise plans for beautifying san Francis
GO. ana his chief assistant, Edward
Burnett. arrived here from the East
last evening and are at the st. Francis
Hotel. BSrnham has made several Wis
its 10 this city in connection with the
same project, but comes this time with
his plans roughly mapped out in his
mind, and with a view Of incorporating
them into set of designs. which viii
be started upon by himself and assist
ant before they leave san Francisco.
Architect Burnham stated last even
ing that he intends To Immediately
construct bungalow on the highest
point If Twin Peaks, from where a
comprehensive view Of the city may be
obtained. and where his assistant viii
establish his draughting rooms and
perform the work to which he has been
assigned. Discussing the work, he
said:
The more have studied this undertaking
end the benefits that viii accrue 10 san Fran
cisco as result Of beautifying II in a practi-
csi wav. the more enthusiastic 1 have become.
The possibilities Tor adornment and improve
men- here are FAR greater than your citizens
have realized. a1d IL VIII not take as inuch
money ss Ulany have supposed II would be
hardly fair Tor me. al THIS early date 10 make
pubic uly ideas as 10 Tiat should se done
for 7 have not yet settled on oenutte plans
u Is my parpose 10 get them Into concrete
shape ana then lay them before the citizens.
we shall have copies Of the designs mage and
exhibited I'M the different public places an over
the city. nhee every body can see them and
gain al idea as 70 what is meant by beautlfy-
ing metropolis
Within a week il is expected that the
bungalow on Twin Peaks viii be as
Stunning shape. and as soon as IL is
~
viii move in and begin his task. 1t
viii probably be well into the winter
before he VIII be ready TO submit his
plans for public inspection.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22
Greek Republicans Meet.

The Greek-American Republican
Club met and organized for the COM
ing campaign at B'nai Birth Hall, 121
Eddy street, Tuesday evening. Three
hundred members were present. The
following officers were elected unani-
mously: President, N. Valianos; vice
president, Peter Georges; secretary,
Frank A. Kitchner; executive commit
tee, Elias Dervissie, NJ. Petrakis Alex
Firos, Mick Constantine, G.. Niclis. J..
Papadakis, G. Miller; sergeant at
arms, n. Davlareas.
The meeting enthusiastically adopt-
ed resolutions to support Roosevelt
and Fairbanks and all Republican
nominees.
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JULIUS Is TAKEN FOR BARNEY
BERNARD In SPITE OF PROTEST
Judge Mogan Is Satisfied That Fischer's Former
Comedian Is Before him---ReaI Estate Man
and Sign Painter Engage in Unique Repartee

Why, hello Barney" exclaimed
Judge Mogan yesterday when Julius
Davis stepped before him. How are
Kolb and Dill and the rest of the
bunch?"
I'm not Barney, I'm Chulius the
banana man." said Davis. I'm losing
customers all the time now. Chudse,
won't you please let me go?"
Let's see, Barney, 1 mean Julius,
you're charged with obstrBcting the
sidewalks at Dupont and Geary-
The customers, Chudge. If 1 move
on I lose the customers" And the ex-
cited peddler did a windmill stunt with
his arms that would have set the
Fischer gallery into a gigglefest.
Judge Mogau noted the familiar ges-
lures. Barney Bernard, I'm on to you.
You can't deceive me-
But my name is Chulius," walled
Davis. 4 don't know this Barney
Bernard. What does he peddle? Let
me go, Chudge; I'm losing my gus
toners"
You and your customers! You
can't fool me. Barney Bernard" said
the Judge sternly. You had a bet with
some one that you could job me-"
'MyThame is Chulius. l lose my gus
toners" replied the bewildered Davis.
This thing has gone far enough, 4"
thundered the Judge. You're up
against it, Barney. Guilty, and you'll
be sentenced Tomorrow"
I'm Chulius, Chudge. What will I
do about my gustomers?" pleaded
Davis.
Let the customers go bananaless,
Barney Bernard" said the Judge.
Take him away. Nobody can job this
Court"
My gustomers-Tm Chulius-I don't
know this Barney" shouted Davis as
he was hustled out.
On the fence at 732 Valencia street
Edward L. Coryell, real estate dealer,
and c. J. Raymond have been waging
war. Though they live in adjoining
fats they are on as pleasant terms as
Kuroh and Kuropatkin.
So intense is the neighborly feeling
that exists between them that they
hurry home to look savagely at each
other across the fence. Coryell swore
mond with disturbing his peace and
exposing him to the ridicule of the
neighborhood.
Coryen placed the notice Furnished
Room to Let' on the fence. Then it
alleges that Raymond placed beside it
a sign reading, "Wanted-A man with
brains TO make a success of renting
furnished rooms"
OF course Raymond had the advant-
age in that sort of a game. He went
at it with a will. All sorts of weird
notices appeared on the fence. They
were all meant for COryell. He became
tired of the fenceboard repartee and
swore out the warrant.
Once again Jane Davis is involved in
a backyard battle. Jane would be a
prize candidate for lighthouse keeper
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Where Ladies May Not Swear.

If we are at liberty to believe the
dispatches from Wilkesbarre. a Justice
of the peace has fined a young woman
81 81 for uttering two profane words
in the privacy of her home against
the peace and dignity of the State of
Pennsylvania and contrary to the stat
utes thereunto provided" An appeal
has been taken to see whether a lady
may swear a little on her own account
at home or whether profanity is only
an offense against public morals when
uttered to the distress of unwilling au-
ditors.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
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CHILD KILLED
BY RAT POISON
Four Little Ones Eat RO-
dent Destroyer Found in
a JunkshOp and One Dies
speelal pizpateh % rhe call

SPOKANE. Sept. 21.-Four children
Of Jacob Lesser, a wood hauler. were
poisoned at noon to-day by eating rat
biskit,'' which one of them had found
in junkshop. Reuben, aged s, dis
covered the poison and after eating
some of it, gave it to the other chill
dren. Reuben died in agonyA The other
children will recover.
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22

EEDDING sept. 21.-A S25. 600 damage suit
against the Lam0ine Lumber and Trading Com
uary has been settled by the payment OF 5000.
ON October is last John Nixson was killed in
one ~ the logging camps OF the company by
the breaking 81 q cable His father, John II.
Nixsor. brought suit for So, 600 damages. al
ieging that the accident was the result OF in
SECURE appliances.
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cory.sy1z sESERALE TRASsArLANTIoUE

oIREcT LINE TO HAvRE-PARIS sSk,
SAILING every Thursday instead OF SAGE4
Setnrdav at 10 a m. from Pier A. ~ds1N<Ne"'
North River. foot OF Morton 81
First class 70 Havre, $40 ana upNsru- - -
ord class to Havre, S45 and upward oEN-
ERAI, AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND
CHT1DA ~ Broadway CHudson ouilolng).
So yo-k I F. FUGAZI & CO. Paclnc Coast
1900 < MONTGOMERY avenue. san Francisco.
TtcEstS sold b. all Railroad Ticket Agents.
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TO o. S. Navy yard and vallejo.

So. II t Corcorar-Leaves s. 3. foot %
c,lov ~ north end ferry bldg--Week days.
o.S0 m 3 and 'S D. m; sundays S."V =.
80 IN Leaves VallejO--Week days. o-oa
m 1920 and 5 80 D. m. sundays D p m
Pare 25c each way. PIPER ADE.lN' GOOD-
All, CO. Saturdays excepted
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70 o. 5. Navy yard and vallejo.

e.-,r. General Frisbie. Monticello and Arrow.
1880 3:15. 8. $50 p. n. Eek sum- :
Sundsvs GAS A. m. $50 D. N Leave Vallejo
= q m 1880 3.l5. p m. lex SUM; sun
s1s 49,, '.treet. phone Main 15oS- HATCH BROS
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Once again Jane Davis is involved in
a backyard battle. Jane would be a
prize candidate for lighthouse keeper
or ringer on a bell buoy. When there
is nobody to abuse she goes to a mirror
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22
OCEAN TRAVEL

Steamers leave Broadway
q I. 6. :. !. !.
IESQ\ whaTves pliers o and ID.
IRI NaN San Francisco;
IoINDn NN For Ketchnzan. wrangsl.
4 / W%N | Juneau. Haines. Skagway.
l \ va etc Alaska-l1 a m Sept
N1fSeFRe steamers at Seattle.
For Victoria. Vancouver.
Port Townsend Seattle. Tacoma Everett, Bel
lingham-n a. m. Sept. II IL, %. p. Ocro-
ber 2 Change at Seattle to this company'S
attIe or Tacoma to y. P. Ry.: at Vancouver
10 For Or E1reks cIunboldt Bay,-Pomona. $50
D. m. Sept. Is. 10 25. october 1: Corona. 80
p. m. Sept; 10. TO- % 2s. October 4
Redondo). San Diego and Santa Barbara
Santa Rosa. Sundays. a.
state OF California. THURSDAYS. a. m
For Los Angeles via San Pedro and East
terey San Simeon. CayueOs. Port Hartford Csan
Luis Obispo). Ventura and Hueneme.
Bonita a. m. Sept Il. 20. 2S. October ..
Coos Bay a. m. Sept. 8. Is. "A, October 2
For Ensenada. Magdalena Bay. San Jose del
Cabo Mazatlan, Altata La Paz. santa Ro-
ESor further Information obtain folder Right
l., '-5 - - cLs-e-s e+ss,1s-s Or sailing 5afs.
TICKET OFFICES New Montgom-
cry st. palace HoteD. 10 Market st and Broad
c. d. DUNANN. General Passenger Agent.
10 Market St San Francisco.
call for and check baggage from hotels snd
residences Telephone Exchange 81
AMERICAN LINE
Plymouth observation-disclosures
From New York Saturday 80 a. m
St Paul. Oct. L Germanic --..- Oct. Is
PhfIade lphfa- Oct. 81 New York Oct. a
ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINE.
New York-London Direct.
Minnehaha. Oct 10 am Manitou Oct. 10 am
Minnepls, Oct. $3.50 am Mnnetnka- Oct.22s pm
DOMINION LINE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sea passage.
Canada Oct. 81 KensingtOn- Oct. -
RED STAR LINE.
New York-Antwerp-Lord
Calling at Dover for London and Paris.
From New York. Saturdays, at 1880 a. m
Kroonlaud Oct. 4 Finland ....... Oct. IS
iceland Oct. s. sVaderland. Oct. "A
WHITE STAR LINE.
New York-Queengtown-
Sailing Wednesdays
Celtic.. Sept. 30. ami Cedric Oct. IA. ana
Baltic. Oct 5. pm Oceanic Oct le. 2 pm
Majestic. Oct. II. 10 am Arabic. Oct q. pm
uesnstown-LtverpooL
NEW SERVICE FROM BOSTON
FAST Twin-Screw Steamers
OF II, 400 to 5000 Tons.
NEW YORK AND BOSTON DTRECU
To the Mediterranean.
via Azores, Gibraltar. Naples. Genoa
FROM NEW YORK
REPTTRI, &c Oct. 20. Dec I. Jan. IA. Feb. 25
C-RFsTIC Nov. 3. Dec. r. Feb. A. March Is
FROM BOSTON
CyANOPIC. Oct 8. Nov. 10. Jan z, FEB -
ROMANIC Oct %, Dec TO- jan ., Mar. II
Z, d TAYLOR. Passenger Agent Pacific Coast
81 Post ST, San Francisco
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wEEKLY,cALL, s1.oo PER YEAR
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-15
Returned to Johnson CITY,

S, r. Taylor has decided to return
to johnson City and will remove his
familyfrom Morristown to this place
later. He will re-entes the livery
business and will occupy the stable he
recently sold to Mr.. W. T. Owens,
around the corner on Buffalo street.
Mr.. Taylor is an experienced livery
man and was doing q nice business
when he decided to sell out and go to
MorristoWn. He will materially in
crease the present equipment and will
purchase some of the handsomest rigs
the city has ever seen. The friends
of Mr.. Taylor and family will be glad
to hear Of this decision. They had no
business to leave here.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-15
CONGRATULATED NOTES.

OF course if the republican Congress
wants to disfranchise all the negroes
of the South, the democratic party has
nothing to say, but it's rather rough
on the negroes.
II Roosevelt smashes the trusts, re-
forms the tariff, drops the race issue
and brings down expenditures, then 1t
would appear that We have elected O
democratic President after all.
Col. Tom Cat Plat is going to crown
0 long career OF infamy by fathering O
bill to cut down the representation of
the south.
The general impression is that Mrs.
Chadwick ought to have been men,
Der of the firm Of J. Pierpont Morgan
& 90.
It is said that one-half Of the worlds
gold supply of IS, 800, OO0, 900 is invisi-
BILE: Our experience confirms this
statement.
AS soon &c some of them Memphis
lawyers get through prosecuting At
torney Hubbard for barratry, we are
going to git 'em to sue Cy Lyle for be-
ing drunk. --Hardeman Free Press.
It was ridiculous anyway to suppose
that a full-blooded Tennesseean like
Gov. Frazier would complain because
there was no wine on the table. Wine
can hardly be regarded as booze.
There is no use making an issue of
the refusal of the Dallas confederstes
to invite President Roosevelt to homol-
ogate with them. He said some things
about Jefferson Davis that will stick
in their craw forever.
The sorrowful news has reached us
from the New York World some time
ago that Mrs. J. j. Astor no longer
wears diamonds in her garter buckles.
remains uncontradicted. What has be-.
come OF our bureau of publicity, any
way?
We have compromised our bet on the
election with Oy Lyle. We have agreed
to pay him the ten dollars we owe him,
If he will bring a jug along when he
comes down here to collect his bet.
This amt no hardship on CIV, for he
runs the biggest moonshine still in
East Tennessee. Come and see us,
Cyrus. -Hardeman Free Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-15
The Hub Sale.

II any one in this city ever entertain
ed doubt that advertising paid he
had it dispelled yesterday morning.
Long before the whirlwind sale started
at The Hub the street and sidewalk
around the entrance were so densely
crowded you could hardly get into the
adjoining stores. A large part Of the
crowd had come from the country for
miles in every direction. When the
doors were opened, the crowd surged
in and all day the store was choked
with humanity, and the large force Of
clerks were SO congested that the doors
had to be locked frequently to keep
customers out until those within could
be waited upon. This is the first sale
of the kind ever attempted in this city
and it is success. Mr.. A. b. Veech,
OF Chicago, is here assisting Mr.. Par
sons during the cyclone and he is a
hustler, having been putting on these
sales all over the country for six years.
During the first day of this gigantic
sale over 81, 500 worth of goods were
sold and still the people were not sat
isfed.