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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

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BRANCH OFFICES.
ZOOS Market street. opposite Firth; open until
~ ionfromery street corner clay: open until
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CD Ma lister street. open untn . 80 p. m.
cib lnrQn street. olcn until $3.50 p. m.
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

a. rooms; rent only $l25: nrst-class location:
well furnished and good running order: clear
ing now over $500 per month; always full; best
buy in city; account sickness; price $4,000.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

FOR saIe-weIi furnished broom ark moored
ono hours ride from city: fine chance Tor
summer outing, also for winter shooting ana
nhhing completely furnished and equipped
for housekeeping: automatic generators Tor
making own gas: toilets. closets. everything
strictly new and modern: accommodates IL
people over night: perfect little home; owner
obliged 10 20 East make offer. CAMERON
q co. B Eddy II
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

so rooms: newly furnished throughout: Ave
year lease; downtown; fine respectable money
making house; part down. balance reasonable
int
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A-CAMERON e. CO.--Phone South 1000.
3 Eddy IT. cor. Market and Powell
Headquarters for ali kinds OF business chances.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

IS rooms: grand new building; elegantly fur
nished. cheap rent: 10 years lease; close in
clears $500 per month: $4,000 down, balance s
per cent per annum: departure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26
YOUR CREDIT is GOOD
If you HAVE A LITTLE MONEY.
TERMS CASH

YOUR CREDIT is GOOD
IF you HAVE LITTLE MONEY.
TERMS. Z CASH
On these .. We back you with y seer
NEW ANb CLEAN: ii rooms: blocks north
OF Market: price $3.50
ON MARKET st. so rooms; Offices; new and
up to date; make offer.
3.
ON SUFFER-: new and fine: boarding house
full stylish; 30 rooms; make offer.
NEW apartment Of 80 rooms; swell;
make Offer splendid location.
GENEROUSLY furnished family hotel of rs
rooms; near Mob Hill: fine for n lady.
MARION GRIFFIN.
The Real Estate Agent.
DON'T MISS THESE.
~ rooms: corner. blocks OF Market: clears
$l7b; years lease; well furnished house
Fl rooms on Post st: clears $l19 monthly: a
Il rooms. blocks north; 500; rent ss5; win
exchange for large house and pay cash diff
ference.
"a rooms: near Market: rent sa5; clears s75
monthly; housekeeping: a good respectable
MARION GRIFFIN.
Room No. 400
Examiner building,
Corner Sd and Market.
II c. DECKER. .............. Phone Jones 5a1
900 MARKET ST. COR STOCKTON
HEADQUARTERS FOR ROOMING- HOUSES.
Hotels. Flats and Private Homes.
HIS success in selling homes over % years
In SAN Francisco is guarantee Of his fair
dealing. He guarantees title and sells the
bargains 10 his customers. See him
IL rooms; Mason: new furniture. .........$ 800
60 Kooms; Market st; only ................ $500
ICONS; McAllister st: flat............ 45O
80 rooms: downtown; reduced to.......... 100
rooms; fine piano: on Suffer st......... 400
1S-room house new furniture: must sell: must
sell to-day best offer takes II.
Deckers Special Bargains Not Advertised
q 10 400 rooms: prices $50 TO $40 coo
II. <. DECKER. 9o6 Market st. cor. Stockton.
BARGAIN-22 r; fine location fun and pay
ing over 500 mo-; bargain: owner TO retire
account sickness and old age; price $l400;
easiest terms Box 1871. Call.
A-RooMING- HOUSE OF 10 rooms. comfort
ably furnished for sale, reasonable. 5II
Golden Gate ave.
FOR sALE-9-room house and furniture. Call
at T2s Howard st.
15-RooM house. clearing SIS per month; par
ties leaving city. Call Grant ave.
sPIRIrUALIsM.
MOVED-Mrs. ]. J. Whitney, clairvoyant
business medium and life reader. St
Kathryn. $50 Ellis 81. corner Leavenworth.
room pol no signs.
NJ. MARIE HART. successful medium; magic
work speciality; parlors 3S2 Eddy st; hours
TO 3; no sign.
DEAD-Trance medium: genuine. unique sue
cessful. S25 Ellis ST
CMAYO STEERS: psychic readings by mail 81
52cS I.th 81. san FranSisoo; tel. Capp $50.
CLAIRvoYANTs.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

% rooms. central; 4-year lease; clears S1oS
over all expenses; most elegantly furnished and
equipped little apartment-house in city; call
Tor FUN particulars: only with us.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26
HELP wANTED-FE1rALE-

n
A LADY's maid with references. $50 month;
a clan-Derrnaid for a private family $40
references and experience necessary. A wait
ress and parlor maid for a small family in
SDI,rs in san RafaeD; two experienced
chambermaids for hotel IN city. so each
~, MOTEL mattresses for hotels IN city. S2i
sscb frst-class cook for small family. $40:
50 homework girls for city ana country
places $50. S25 and $50. MISS PLUNkETT.
425 Suffer st. near Powell
uET.P ~ All nationalities wanted to nj vari-
Gus positions. MRS. LAMBE1feI, 4Lo Fo"eIL
EwANTED-Gi to learn hairdrsssns.
mauicuring. etc; trade taught rom a 20
three positions TO MI immediatelys positions
guaranteed at $40 per WeeK Up ,tssadins
school in West 2SS Geary 81. IOon 10
WANTED-Girls to learn millinery now for
fall season: both seasons taught from start
to finish in one month for 50; Dositlons as
trimmers. rslesladies. makers, guaraa al
Immediately. Parlors 14s Stockton st. r. -
A-PACIFIc college teaches hairdresslns.
manicurllg. electric massage. etc; SIX hours
practice a day: guarantees positions; only
seeesnlsed eotsss o. az 1arIor work az r.
duced prices 133 Powell 81
EXPERIENCED chiId's nurse; competent 70
take entire charge OF girls and years
respectively: city references required; wages
$50 Call 1922 Haght ST.. Monday after 10
a m; carfare paid
MARION. institution. s25 and found; woman.
family washing, days week. hotel, u 30
a day and meals. California Employment
Agency. IA Third St. phone Bush 4Oo.
GIRL for country; good cook; assist house
keeping no Washing $50. Call sunday after
.. m. Monday morning at 2S04 Van
Ness ave: fare.
EXPERIENCED sewing machine operators on
overalls. coats and Jumpers: steady work
LEVI STRAUSS & CO., 32h Fremont ST.
Apply TO Mr.. Davis
OPERATORS and fuckers on ladies' waists
MARKS BROS. 1920 Market St
WOMAN. capable OF earning good income. to
enter business. Box 1882, Call ofnce-
AN experienced girl to work in bakery Apply
120 Sixth st.
OPERATORS. nnishers. also apprentices $50
C1ementina st.
LUCRATIVE position open for refined lady
with knowledge OF music Box 1891 CALI
WANTED-CoIored woman for homework:
washing: references. Call 70 A. 434 Fremont.
wANTED-Experienced saleswomen. Apply
between and IL a m at HALE BROS
FIRsT-CLAss waist. skirt and coat hands.
Apply TO j. BAER, 1900 Geary ST
A BRANCH office for The Call for the rscsp-
tion OF advertisements and subscriptions has
been opened at zoos Market St. opposite
Fifth Open until IL D. m
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

o0-room. new modern . and room apart
ment-house. cheap rent; most elegantly
equipped in city years lease; every appoint
ment heart could wish: this little gem at bar
gain on account sickness
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26

los rooms: rent only SIS so per room; long
lease. up-to-date. downtown. modern house:
electric lights. bells and elevator: all light
rooms. well furnished throughout: chance OF
lifetime 10 get frst-class house that is clear
Ing $3.50 10 $3.50 at bargain. owner obliged TO
leave for Europe 10 settle estate; make
offer. exclusively with us
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Paper Vests.

The paper vest, as it is called, mod
ern device for protection from the cold,
is made of ordinary cambric with an
interlining of tough, flexible paper
suited TO the purpose that will not
break or crack when bent or crumpIed
when the vest is wrapped around the
body. 1t is made without buttons and
buttonholes, being kept closed when
worn by means of tapes which tie
around the body.
Made of such materials and in that
simple form the paper vest is very in
expensive. 1t sells for so cents. 1t is
commonly worn under the outer shirt
but it may be put on over the wearer's
waistcoat if he chooses to wear it there
Who wears paper vests?" the sales
man said. why, people that are
around much out of doors and exposed
to the cold and on days such as we have
been having this winter men not per-
haps commonly much exposed who saw
them in the window would come in and
look them over and buy one and not
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Ancient Jewels

Some of the most remarkable Egyp-
tian jewelry ever discovered has re-
Gently been unearthed. The date as
signed is as remote as 5000 B. c., but
the workmanship in gold and jewels is
marvellous. In exploring the tomb of
King Ter it was found that the tomb
had been entered for robbery at some
remote period and that the plunderers
had broken off the arm OF the mummy
queen and hidden il in a crevice in the
wall-perhaps on being discovered or
alarmed-and had never returned to re-
move IT.
On taking off the wrappings Professor
Petrie found four magnificent brace
let's of gold, with amethyst, turquoise
and lapislazuH in varied and elegant
adjustments. The gold work was pecu-
liarly fine and delicate, though the
metal was soft and pure, apparently
with no hardening alloy. The stones
were beautiful and very strikingly and
peculiarly arranged.
Several amethyst beads of the rich
est and deepest purple, about a quarter
Of an inch in diameter, are in the pos
session of Edward Aver of Chicago.
He obtained them from Dashone.
Egypt, they being from the treasures
in the tomb of Princess Merit, daughter
Of Amenhotep II of the Twelfth Dy-
nasty.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Trees i'm Church

Ross, Hertfordshire. can boast Of a
church where two fine elrns are growing
one on either side of pew occupied
by a member named John Kyrle. Mr.
Kyrle was a great lover OF trees, and
especially of elms. of which he planted
an avenue near the church. One Of the
trees of this avenue was cut down, and
il is supposed that it's offshoots have
grown up inside Of the church at each
end Of the pew. The parish church at
Kempsey contains chestnut tree
which grows from the tomb of Sir Ed
ward Wilde. The school children Of the
village used to sit in the chancel, and
ii is said on one occasion their teacher
found one of them eating chestnut.
and that he snatched it away and
threw it behind the tomb, where it took
root and has fiourished.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Frosted Windows.

A source Of constant annoyance and
Injury to storekeepers, especially retalI-
ers, in extremely cold weather is the
gathering of frost on their display vim
dows. Various devices have been tired
to remedy it, such as the application OF
glycerin and other chemicals, but
these are generally of little avail.
In Northern Russia, where zero
weather is not an uncommon expert
ence, the owners OF display windows
employ as an effective protection
against frost three-inch space De-
tween two panes of glass. The outer
sash is rendered as nearly tight as pos
sible by calking and pasting strips over
the crevices. A second sash Is then
fitted and inserted about three inches
within the first. This double sash Is
said to keep out moisture. and II the
glass is kept clean and dry is said to be
effective. At any rate. this plan IS
worth trying in these days, when WIN
dow dressing has become so important
an art. The device involves sound SCI
entifc principles.-Boston Herald
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

at night the layers of air near the earth
become cooled, and as cool air is heav-
ier than warm air, law of physics that
is generally appreciated theoretically,
but usually overlooked practically
this heavy air tends to move down the
hillside. The tendency becomes after a
time sufficiently pronounced to produce
a general downhill movement. eventu-
ally resulting in a perceptible breeze.
That is what is commonly designated
locally as the mountain breeze" and
which from it's origin is practically in
one constant direction, though the in
tervention of powerful storms may tenn
porarily reverse the customary move
ment. Vice versa during the day the
presence of warmer and therefore light
er air near the earth causes a move
ment of the atmosphere with an up
ward tendency, creating the so-called
valley breezes. In certain favorably
situated localities the appearance of the
mountain or the valley breeze is as
regular as clockwork, the transitional
period being marked by calm.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Odd Accident

A celebrated doctor in Rheims, while
visiting a patient and listening 10 his
troubles put his hand in his pocket and
mechanically rubbed together some
pastils which were there. Suddenly a
slight explosion took place and at the
same time the doctor experienced a
sharp pain in his hand. Upon examina-
tion he found that the bottom OF his
pocket was burned out and that his
under linen was much scorched, while
one Of his fingers was also injured.
He remembered that he had carried
in his pocket for some days two pastils
containing chlorate of potash and one
psstil containing chlorate of sugar The
last named was broken into little pieces,
while OF the potash pastils one was
intact but no trace could be found Of
the other. II seems that the doctor
had rubbed the chlorste Of potash pastil
against the chlorate Of sugar pastil and
that at the point Of contact a small
quantity Of explosive powder had been
formed. This had ignited. with the re-
suit that the chlOrate of potash pastil
had been instantly decomposed.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Egg Riding

There are no better horsemen in the
world than the cavalry officers of the
Italian army.
To run an ordinary foot race is easy
enough, but TO run at full speed for
several hundred yards holding in one
hand spoon on which rests an egg
and to reach the goal without dropping
the egg is a feat which must be prac-
ticed carefully a long time before it
can be performed successfully and as
result there are not many who can be
sure Of accomplishing it whenever they
try. Great, therefore, was the surprise
when an Italian officer mounted on
horseback performed this difficult feat
Moreover, he selected course in which
there are two or three high fences, and
these he cleared at full gallop without
losing the egg.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13

easily maintained for an indefinite time
without injury or strain, and that
pushed 10 its full capacity the pump
could handle approximately 100000
gallons in twenty-four consecutive
hours.
The duty Of the pump is to furnish
water for the great stamp mills of the
Calumet & Hecla Company. which has
twenty-five steam pumps in continuous
operation, daily pulverizing 5000 tons Of
conglomerate rock into sand so fine that
il can be carried away by stream Of
swiftly running water.
The pump is housed in a special
building near the shore of Torch Lake
and below the mills, and it forces a
steady stream of water to the upper
portions Of the mill, where innumerable
small jets of water play upon the great
slime tables and jigs. Here the specific
gravity Of the fine particles of copper
contained in the rock separates the
mineral from the worthless sand, and
the size and force of the streams Of
water are so nicely regulated as TO
wash away the sand and yet carry with
il the minimum Of copper.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Costly Legacy

In Italy it appears to be a somewhat
expensive affair tc inherit money, that
is, II it be a small sum. Not long ago
a young man died in the little town of
Roma gna, who left one lire fifty-eight
centesimi. or not quite 81 cents. This
sum, which had been deposited in the
Postcff1ce Savings Bank, became the
property of the young mans father.
AS the amount was so small the father
thought it unnecessary to make a dec
laration of the legacy as the law pre-
scribes, especially as the stamped paper
on which the declaration must be made
would -Dst about % centesimi more
than the money involved.
Three months afterward he received
a demand from the local State Treasury
for the payment of II lire as centesimi-
nearly SO. Thinking a mistake had
been made, he took no notice of this
demand, with the result that later an
official called upon him and demanded
the immediate payment Of Is lire-$S so.
The father had not sufficient money in
hand, so the official took possession of
the mans furniture. The cost of this
seizure brought the total sum to 80 lire,
which the poor man had to pay that
same evening to avoid the sale Of his
goods by auction.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Tattooirag Fad

Tattooing is now very popular in
London and two or three men who
have acquired considerable skill in this
novel art are rapidly making fortune.
One of them claims to have already
tattooed $4,000 persons, of whom 1900
were women. On two of these women
he has done his best work, reproducing
on one with his needle the famous
Descent from the Cross" and on the
other the "Ecce Homo" He has also
drawn numerous portraits of men and
women and has inscribed many notices
in the Abyssinian, Chinese and Arabic
tongues. Moreover, he has tattooed
marriage rings on the fingers of many
women, who have desired in this way
to give a proof of their eternal fidelity
to their husbands
Automobiles being now in fashion,
several persons who are fond of this
new sport have Lad their carriages
tattooed on their arms, and it is even
said that in some cases the name and
address have been added, with the OBJ
ject of providing adequate marks Of
Identification in case of accidents.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Squirting Music

A. E. Wheeler of Geneva, N. Y, has
recently invented a music squirting
hose, which is capable Of distributing
music to any considerable distance AL
ready twenty families are being enter
tanned by his nightly concerts hun
dred miles away, and all at the same
time, every note reaching the ear dis
tinctIy There is about sixty feet OF
ordinary rubber tubing, one end being
attached to the diaphragm of a phono-
graph machine and the other end to
the transmitter of the telephone. Mr..
Wheeler has succeeded in getting the
sound into the transmitter of the tele-
phone in such a way that the harsh
effect on the other end of the wire is
entirely eliminated.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Emperor's Pipe

Emperor William likes a cigar, but
according to recent reports from Berlin,
he has now learned that no cigar Is
comparable to good tobacco smoked in
good pipe In his smoking room there
are several pipes. but some he has
never used, and there is only one
which he constantly uses. A beauty it
is, having been fashioned by the Kaiser
himself. The bowl, which is larger
than usual, is of meerschaum; the stem.
which is rather long and delicate, is Of
Turkish wood; a finely carved cluster
of leaves ornaments the bowl and a
large silver w. on which a silver bird
is perched, decorates the stem. In this
pipe the Emperor smokes Havana to-
bacco which is specially prepared for
him.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Fish ON Land

Many fish cut a much better figure
we are accustomed to think of them as
inhabitants of the water only. For in
stance, there is the stare about" a
kind Of goby that at ebbtide walks
calmly up on the sand banks erect on
two huge fore fms. With his gigantic
google eyes he keeps sharp lookout
for crabs and such things as are left
behind by the receding water. Then
we all know that eels can wriggle,
snakelike, miles across the meadows to
other ponds and rivers
In Holland carp are kept all winter
hung up in a net and sprinkled only
occasionally with water. The Indian
"shake-head" is quite happy even when
his native pond dries UP, and lies torpid
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Largest Pump

Without being crowded to the limit
Of it's capacity the largest pump in the
world can deliver 100000 gallons of
water every hour in the twenty four
Moreover, il will do the work without
making as much noise as is made by
the operation Of the old style sewing
machine. Outside the doors Of the
great building which houses it no sound
is heard from within, and standing be-
side the monster upon the brink of the
pit connected with the lake from which
the water is taken, almost the only
sound is the noise of the suction, as
with every stroke more than a thou
sand gallons are lifted.
II is a triple expansion pumping en-
gine, with a capacity of $1,000 900 gal
Ions. standing nearly so feet in height,
and requiring 1900 horsepower for its
operation It has been proved by actual
test that the nominal capacity can be
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Japanese Facts.

Japan consists of four large ISLANDS
and many small ones. more tnan
4223 in all. It's area is 1883 square
miles. and its population 44'2oO'oOo'
of whom 22.329.925 are men and r.
sac 6S1 are woman. The country IS
worry mountainous and not more thdh
one-sixth is available for cultivation
The soil is productive, teemlnS WIN
all kinds of agricultural prooucts'
among which are the camphor tree
paper mulberry, vegetable wax tree
and lacquer tree. tobacco plant led
shrub. pOtato. rice wheat and other
cereals. There is great abundance or
fish on the coasts. The flowers are
rich and beautiful and varied
Fruits are plentiful. Agriculture
Is. the chief occupation. The
principal industries are conducted IN
factories for silk. cotton, cotton YARD
matches, paper, glass, japanned ware
porcelain and bronze, and ship build
ing In the yards. Copper iron and sui
phur abound Agate, cornelian and
rock crystal are also found. There
are also coal, gold and silver mines
The chief imports are raw cotton
from China, the United States ana
india; piece goods, metals. woolens,
wool. drugs, rails, locomotives ana
machinery from the United States
and Europe. Sugar is largely import
ed from Hongkong, Austria, China,
Formosa and Germany indigo from
Germany and British India; kerosene
from the United States; beans, peas
and pulse from China and Korea;
rice principally from Korea and Brit
ish and French India. The chief ex-
ports are silk, cotton yarns, rice. tea,
fish, copper, matches. COAL campnor'
straw plaits and marine products
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