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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04
HARBOR LACKS
DEEP SEA SHIPS
One Hundred and FOrty-TwO
Vessels, Many of Them Now
Due, Bound for This Port
MONTEBELLOREINSURED
Unlucky Member of Fleet,
the BayOnne, Over a Year
Out, Loses Her Captain

San Francisco harbor is noted in song
and story as the worlds feet holder
a bay capable of gathering within its
rocky gates at once all the ships that
sail the oceans of the globe. Just now,
however, very few deep water vessels
are moored in the bay. Yesterday soli-
tary ship, three -masted schooner just
as lonely, a steam collier lonesome and
coal-dusty, and q scow looking lost and
forgotten. swung at their chains. These
were in the lower part of the harbor,
while the northern portion was empty
from city shore to Marin and Contra
Costa flats.
There are, however, 142 vessels hurry
ing under sail or steam from foreign
ports bound for this bay. A number
of them are overdue. One of these, the
ship Montebello, is III days from Swan
sea with a reinsurance of Is per cent.
The British ship Greta is 27 days from
Honolulu-seven to nine days longer
than the ordinary run from that port.
The bark Kaiulani is twenty-four
days from the same place. She often
makes the trip in eighteen. The Brit
ish ship Stanley Dollar is nineteen days
from Hakodate and slightly overdue.
Two more vessels due from the Hawai-
ian ports are the schooner II. G. Wright
anu lnG DdIh fIllnSl, DOlu lWSnly
days out. The British Totmes is due,
ninety-four DAYS from Hamburg. Her
coal cargo took fire the first part of
the voyage and she was forced back
to port. This gives her leeway and off
the overdue list. The British ship Wa
vertree is IA daYs from Newcastle.
England, while the ship General de
Boisdeffre is 151 days out from Swansea.
Other ships are the Wanderer, 163 days
from Antwerp, the Dunbridge, 141 days
from Hamburg, and the Russian ship
Glenard, 137 days from Dunkirk.
One of the overdues has given an am
may be called the unlucky craft of the
fleet. This is the British ship Bayonne,
now 36S daNs out from Dunkirk. On
December u, 1903. she put into Mon
tevideo with rigging and spars dam
aged. Her captain was lost at sea
during a terrible gale. She was de-
layed in that port until May 10, 1904.
The ship Routenburn is 1913 days out
from Newcastle, England. On Jauary
16 she arrived at Queenstown in dis
tress, with deckhouse stove in, sails
blown away and cabin flooded. She
sailed February 26 for San Francisco.
OF the overdue ships for reinsurance
the Juteopolis, Queen Elizabeth, La
Rochefoucald and Largo Law are
posted at Z per cent; the Sierra Mi
randa at 10, the Wynford and Monte
bello at 10 and the Norwegian bark
Parknook, 1S7 days out from Chitta-
gong for Trinidad, at 40 per cent.
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MIMIC NAVAL WARFARE WILL
ENLIGHTEN KAISER'S SUBJECTS
Thirty-One Toy BattIeships and Other Graft Will
Maneuver on Artificial Lake, From the Shores
of Which Spectators Can View Sham Conflict

speed, have yet been given out by the
Navy Department, but it is to De as
sumed that the speed will be % KNOTS
as in the Sentinel. The latter Vessel
is Of IL, 900 horsepower and the CONTRACT
price Of machinery is $7S4,O6O, oelns
SAC II per horsepower. 1t will require
at least 10000 horsepower to drive tne
American scout of $3.50 tons at speeu
of 20 knots. and the cost Of machinery
at an advance of fifteen per cent over
the British cost, or say $50 per horse
power, would be $1,000, 600, leaving
$765, 900 for hull and equipment. This
latter sum would be at the rate Of S2O4
per ton displacement, against S199 50
per ton cost of hull and incidental
charges The conclusions to be drawn
from the foregoing comparisons Of cost
are that the Navy Department is able
to procure vessels at an increased cost
Of less than twelve and half per cent
on similar British ships, which is
greatly at variance with the state
ments Of Messrs. Olcutt and Bowles,
who recently asserted that American
ships cost from forty to eighty per cent
more than those built IN England.
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Fourth on the Dredrers.

The State Of California is taking advantage
OF the shortage of ships in this port to scoop
the mud out of the docks along the water
front Many of the slips are empty and the
three dredgers are working night and day.
sundays and holidays alike the big steam
shovels go down and up digging out the
debris from the bottom of the bay. To-day
the crews of the huge machines will hear the
glorious Fourth" cracking and booming all
around them. The bands will bare and the
toy pistol Will roar while they tear up the
mud from the dock beds.
The necessary depth is thirty feet but in
very few places is the water deep. Eight
cen and twenty feet OF water is a fair aver
age, while in some of the slips fourteen and
fifteen feet will mark the depth. In the quiet
waters among the wharves the precipitation
from the rivers and sewers is always consid-
cradle, but this year the dump from these
sources has been greater than usual.
The dredger crews have decorated their craft
with flags and bunting and will celebrate while
they shovel along the bay bottom
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A Persistent Patriot.

The peace OF the Sabbath was on the water
front yesterday. Not ship-not even a clum-
sy sailing scow-bumped into another vessel or
a wharf, and not deep sea drinking mariner
tumbled overheard to be fshed from the bay,
water and beer logged. But one person tried
to break the quiet Of the day and he only sue
ceeded in part His name is John Adams and
he told the police officer who wrote this his
toric cognomen the archives of the police
station that he was OF the race OF American
Presidents and was endowed with the tnalien-
able right to celebrate the Fourth Of July as
he pleased.
Adams first wandered into the Mariners
Church. where the morning services were being
held His demeanor while there too up
roarious for even the long suffering worship
ers and be was gently led out into the street
He next turned up in a water front saloon.
where patience with noisy, intoxicated people
is not a striking virtue. When he hurriedly
quilted this place he had bleeding nose and
mild scalp wound. He was wise enough to
find the Emergency Hospital, where his
troubles were attended to. He went out in
>the street with the expressed and laudable de-
termination TO bring his celebration to a close
and go home Instead he prolonged his pa
triotic festivities till a policeman ended them
and entered the name Of Presidents at the
Harbor police station. He was the only
drunken man on the water front and was a
monopolist In his special line OF patriotic OBJ
servance. He will remain with his police
guardians till Tuesday morning.
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San Francisco; German stmr Arabia, for -;
etmr Aberdeen, for San Francisco; schr Will
liam Bowden. for Kaichou; schr Virginia, for
PORT HARFORD-sailed July 8-stmr
Bonita for San Pedro.
SANTA BARBARA-Sailed July 9-Stmr
State of California, from San Diego, for Sar
Francisco.
TATOOSH ISLAND-Passed in July 9-SchI
Fearless, hence July Is for Bellingham.
GRAYS HARBOR-Saied July 2-Stmr
Santa Monica, for San Francisco; stmr New
burg, for San Francisco
ISLAND PORTS
HONOLULU-sailed July 2-stmr Argyll
1or san Francisco; bktn Archer, for San Fran
cisco; Br stmr ST. Hubert, for -.
OCEAN STEAMERS.
NEW YORK-Arrived July 8-Stmr Celtic
from Liverpool and Queenstown; st. Paul, from
from LIVERPOOL and Queenstown.
MOVILLE-Arrived July 3-Stmr Lauren
tine. from New York, for Glasgow; stmr Co
lumbia. from New York for Glasgow.
SOUTHAMPTON-Arriv July 3-StTnr St
Louis, from New York, via Queenstown
LlVERPOOL-Arrived July 3-Stmr Arabic
from New York, via Queenstown; stmr Canada
from Montreal; stmr Etruria, from New York
via Queenstown; stmr Georgia. from New
BOULOGNE-sailed July 2-stmr Potsdam
from Rotterdam. for New York.
QUEENSTOWN-Sail July 3-Stmr Cam
pania, from Liverpool. for New York
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Shipping Intelligence.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Sunday, July 8.
stmr Westport, Smith, 16 hours from West
Br stmr wyeneld. Watson, days from
stmr Brunswick. Ellefsen. IA hours from For,
Bragg.
stmr Columbia. Doran, b2lh hours from Port
land, via Astoria AK hours.
Schr Wing and Wing, Larsen, 3h days from
schr G. A. Klose, Mercer. az days from
stmr Arctic, Nelson, % shours from Eureka.
stmr South Coast. Olsen, Is hours from Cas-
stmr Arcata, Nelson, so hours from Coos
Bay. via Port Orferd ~ hours.
Stmr G. c. Lindauer, Allen, "a hours from
Stmr Gypsy. Leland. 20 hours from Monterey.
stmr nwaco, Lef1pgell. hours from Hall
Moon Bay
stmr Grace Dollar oleson. "a hours from
San Pedro.
stmr South Bay. Jameson. 81 hours from
schr Maynower, Goodmansen. 4 days from
Siuslaw River.
Sunday July 9.
stmr Santa Rosa, Alexander. San Diego and
way ports.
Schr Ida A, Campbell. Point Reyes.
Stmr nwaco, Lefingali. Pigeon Point.
Brig William G. Irwin, Hansen, Roche Har-
Dor.
stmr Mineola. Kirkwood Tacoma and Pc
tropaulovsd
Stmr Phoenix, Odland, Mendocino.
Schr Jennie Gibson. Bolinos.
Stmr Del Norte, Payne Crescent City.
Strnr Pomona, Swanson. Eureka
Stmr Asuncion, Bridget, Redondo
TELEGRAPHIC.
POINT LOBOS, July 3, 10 p. m.-weather
foggy; wind SW velocity IA miles-per hour
DOMESTIC PORTS.
SEATrLE-Sailed July 3-Stmr Dolphin, for
Skagway.
PORT TOWNSEND-Sailed July 3-Stmr
Norwood. in tow of tug Richard Holyoke,
from BeIlingham. for San Francisco.
PORT GAMBLE-Arrived July S-Schr Lud-
low, from San Pedro.
REDoNDo-sailed July 3-Stmr Bee. for San
Francisco.
Arrived. stmr Lakme from Eureka
ASToRIA-Sailed July 3--Stmr Alliance. for
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04
Water Front Notes.

The American bark Holliswood. 127 days
from Newcastle, Australia out OF food and
all but wrecked during her voyage, is now
being towed from San Pedro by the Spreckels
tug Dauntless With fair wind and smooth
sea the tug will bring her disabled charge into
port some time to-day
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation steam
er Columbia was towed yesterday to the Unit
ed States army transport wharf. where she
discharged a cargo of oats brought from
Portland for shipment to Manila
The ourangoutang brought from Borneo by
a passenger on the liner Korea's last trip is
still detained aboard that vessel. The ami
NAL has suffered much from the cold while in
this port and the tender hearted crew of the
alongside the steam steering engine
The Oceanic steamer Sierra. which has been
undergoing repairs at the Union Iron Works,
was towed yesterday TO her berth at Pier
No 4
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST

Fair weather prevails over the interior OF
the Pacific Slope and cloudy weather along
the coast from San Francisco northward and
over the Rocky Mountain region. Light show
ers have occurred in the eastern portions OF
washington and Oregon. and thunderstorms
are reported at Walla Walla and Pocatello
Inc pressure has risen along the coast and
fallen over the interior
The temperature has risen over Northern
washington and fallen near Sacramento: IN
otner districts the changes have been slight
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours, ending midnight, July 4
Northern California-Monday fair in the in
terror, cloudy along the coast, probably with
sprinkies In the morning; fresh westerly wind.
southern Californa-Fair Monday; light
west wind.
Nevada-Fair Monday
San Francisco and vicinity-C1oudy Monday
with light sprfnkles in the morning; fresh
westerly wind.
G. H. WILSON Local Forecaster.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04
Prize Green Cod.

Antonio Jerald, by his own story is the
local prize fisherman up to date, and he
brought along the fish to substantiate his
statement Yesterday. while Grabbing off the
wharf at Sausalito, he netted big green cod.
Exercising the utmost care, he succeeded in
landing his catch on the pier. The fish in it's
struggles entangled itself in the crab net and
several times bit its captor before it was Sc
cured. 1t weighed twenty five pounds when
dressed and is by far the largest green cod
ever caught in the bay.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04

However, Eastern Democrats can
only act as though Mr.. Bryan were not
on earth until the morning Of the con-
vention- Then If they will look over
the st. Louis papers they will make a
great discovery.
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MARRIED.

CkRROLL-ADLER-In this city. April 25
1904 by Rev J.. c. Stanford, William Har-
rison Carroll and Augusta S. Adler.
EESS-TORRING-In this city, June . 1904.
by the Rev II II. Liebe, Frederick Hess OF
Point Richmond and Frieda Torrfng OF St
Louis. No
McINTYRE- E-RABJOHN-In this city, July 2
1904 by Rev. II. H Bell Henry W. Nc
Intyre and Elizabeth Rabjohn, both OF san
Francisco
PRIDEACX-KELLy-I San Pablo. July q,
1903 by Justice of the Peace Z. B. Master
son. John s. Prideaux and Rose May Kelly.
both OF san Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04

A Berlin company of capitalists have
hit upon scheme for prohting by the
naval enthusiasm now animating Ger
many. They have rented about two
acres of ground on the outskirts Of the
city, which has been turned into an
artificial lake. There thirty-one minia
ture warships will go through evolu-
tions. Large covered tribunes, capable
of accommodating 1000 spectators, have
been erected, from which the Berliners
and visitors to the capital may learn
naval tactics. The exhibition was to
be opened at the end of June.
The German battleship Lothringen.
$4,000 tons and Is knots speed, was
launched May % at Danzig. She was
begun March 81, 1903, and is about. one
half completed. Five battleships Of
this type are in various stages Of COM
pletion and two more are to be laid
down during the present year. They
carry batteries of four 11-inch guns,
fourteen 6.7-inch, twelve Ii Founders
and twelve 1 Founders, In addition to
which are five submerged and one
above-water torpedo tubes. The esti-
mated cost of the Lothringen is g.
700, 900.
The damage caused to the Russian
battleship Orel, which ran aground on
her way from st. Petersburg to Kron-
stadt, is so serious as to make it doubt
full If she is worth the time and money
required for reconstruction. When the
vessel struck bottom she was trimmed
heavily by the stern and the water fall
ing rapidly the ship settled 20 inches
aft and only 8 inches forward. At
ter several days hard work, tugs sue
ceeded in pulling the Orel off and 1t
was then found that her back had been
strained. The ship was all complete
except her ordnance outfit and the bro
ken back will require the removal Of
all the machinery shafting, boilers and
steam pipes, in addition to which the
entire middle portion Of the hull may
have to be renewed In order to come
back to the original shape. The Orel
is of 1850 tons displacement, launched
at ST. Petersburg in 1902, and her cost
was about $5,125, 900.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS

Birth marriage and death notices sent by
mail viii not be inserted. They must be handed
n at either OF the publication Offices and be
Endorsed with the name and residence of per-
sons authorized 20 have the same publishes
Notices restricted simply TO the announcement
al the event are published once in this column
free OF charge.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04

Letters dropped into a box in Paris
are delivered in Berlin within an hour
and half. and sometimes within thir-
ty-five minutes. They are whisked
through tubes by pneumatic power.
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T0SANRAFAEL.
ROSS VALLEY.
MILL VALLEY.
CAzADERO. Etc.
Va sausaIito Farrv-

SUBURBAN SERVICE. STANDARD GAUGE.
Depart from san Francisco. week days az
$3.50 7:1O T:45, $3.50, 9:15. 1000, II 90 a. m
Ill 40 a. m. SausalitO only). 1920, As S.15
400 4:35, 5:15. $50. 6:25. T:15. 600. 1920
IL :35 p. m. sundays and legal holidays depart
at 1910 7:45. S:3O. 9:15. 1000, IL 90 ii 10
a. m. 1920. 1:OO LAS 2:3O 3:15. 400 4.s5
5:15. $50. 6:25. 5:15. Sis. 0:OO 1920. 1888
D.
Arrive at san Francisco. week days 6:17.
7:CO 1885. S:15 S:45. 9;35. 1920 IL :O5 a. m.
1905. J %. 2:50. 1886. 4;20. sos. $40 6:f5
6:55, 1850, 1905. 1:25 p. m On Sundays and
legal holidays extra trains arrive at 12.45 2:O5.
$3.50 p. n.
For Fairfax. week days. depart at T:45 a. m.
3:15 D. m. 5:15 p m eek Sat-) On SUNDAYS
and legal holidays at 7:45. $3.50. 9.I5 1000
HOO. 11:40 a. m. 1920. 100. las. $50. 7.I5
and S:15 p. m
THROUGH TRAINS.
7:45 a. m. daily-Cazadero and way stat,o,.
9:15 a m. Sundays only-For Point Rsvss
etc
s:15 p. m daily except sunday-For caza-
dero ETC.
5:15 p m, daily except Saturday ana SIM
day-FOr Point Reyes etc
7:l5 p. m, Sundays only-For Point Ravss
etc. -'7S7s'
S:15 D. M, Sundays only-For Cazadara sfr
TICKET OFFICE-626 Market ST.
FERRX-Cnion Depot, foot OF Market =.
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NEW YANKEE CRUISERS.

NEW 1ANhEE
The armored cruisers North Carolina
and Montana are to be of the same
general design as the California class
of six ships designed in 1899, which are
1850 tons displacement on a mean
draught of "a feet 1 inch. The two
proposed ships are to have a displace-
ment of 1890 tons on "a feet inches
draught, % knots speed and their ten
tative main batteries will consist Of
four S-inch and fourteen 6-inch guns,
and are also to be fitted with sub
merged torpedo tubes. The new ar
mored cruisers are of 700 tons less dis
placement than the Tennessee and
Washington, planned in 1902, but their
estimated cost of Sc, 455, ,0SS exceeds the
average cost of the California class of
$5,55375 and that of the Tennessee
and Washington class Of $1,000, ,038.
The Duke of Edinburgh class, of six
armored cruisers for the British navy
of 1880 tons and 22.33 knots calculated
speed, are estimated to cost about So
CSC, 900.
The three scout cruisers are to be
improvements on the Novik and Boy
arin, built for the Russian navy in 1900,
and likely to be far superior to the Sem
tinel class of eight vessels in the Brit
ish navy not yet completed. The
Novik and Boyarin are of 30S0 and 5000
tons respectively and have a trial speed
of 20 knots; their armament Is six
47-inch and eleven smaller guns, and
the normal coal carried is 600 TONS The
vessels proved so satisfactory that two
more, the IZumrud and Jerngotchug Of
30S0 tons have since been added to this
class. In 1903 Great Britain followed
the lead of Russia and ordered four
scouts ranging from 2SO0 to 29OO tons
to have a speed of 25 knots, with arma-
ments consisting of ten 12-pounders
and eight smaller. The limited dis
placement reduced the coal carried to
$50 tons on normal draught and the
bunker capacity to $50 tons. This
inadequate supply makes 1t a foregone
conclusion that the vessels will be un-
suited for the service as scouts. as
they will be unable to get far away
from the coal bunkers ashore. Not
withstanding this serious defect four
additional scouts Of less displacement
have been ordered.
AMERICAN SCOUTS.
The act providing for the construc-
tion of the American scouts reads as
follows: Three scout cruisers, of not
more than 1850 tons trial displacement,
carrying the most powerful ordnance
of vessels of their class; to have the
highest speed compatible with good
cruising qualities and great radius Of
action, and to cost exclusive of arma-
ment, not exceeding $1,000, 600 each"
The total cost of each vessel is esti-
mated at $4,000. 600 according to figures
furnished by the several bureaus in the
Navy Department, the details of which
together with those of the British scout
Sentinel are given in the following
table:
American British
Cost 1850 tons. 2900 tons
Hull and machinery 81, SOC, COO 90 ST. 339, ,735 90
Armament $4,000 90 47,11O 90
Equipment ......... %. 200 90 -.
Incidental charges. q. .225 90
Total cost. -. s2.2oO. 600 90 s1.4o9. .O7O 90
Cost per ton, hull
and machinery. 4S 90 46 10
No details, as to horsepower and
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04

NOTE-In the above exposition of the tides
the early morning tides are given in the left
hand column and the successive tides of the
day In the order OF occurrence as to time: the
fourth time column gives the last tide of the
day, except when there are but three tides. as
sometimes occurs. The heights given in
addition to the soundings of the United States
Coast Survey Charts, except when minus (-)
sign precedes the height. and then the number
given Is subtracted from the depth given by
.he charts. The plane of reference Is the mean
OF the lower low waters.
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WEATHER REPORT.
THE COAST RECORD.

Q2oth Meridian-Paciflc T1me.)
SAN FRANCISCO. July s-5 p. m.
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Sun, Moon and Tide.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Time and Height of High and Low Waters
at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco
Bay. Published by official authority of the
Superintendent.
NOTE-The high and low water$ occur at
the city front mission street wharf, about %
minutes later than at Fort Point: the height
Of tide Is the same at both places.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04
RUSSIAN DOCKYARDs IDLE.

Prior to the outbreak of the war
Russia sent several hundred shipyard
mechanics to Port Arthur and since
hostilities began 1000 have been for
warded from Baltic shipyards and 1900
from naval stations on the Black Sea-
Building and repairing operations at
the latter dockyards have been almost
suspended and hard times prevail in
the localities which largely depended
on work in the dockyards.
! Ten vessels were authorized to be
built by act Of Congress, approved
April q last. This number includes one
battleship, two armored cruisers, three
scouts, two colliers and two sea-going g
tugs, at q total estimated cost of $21,-
| $50, 933. None of the plans have yet
been completed and it will be at least
six months before contracts can be
awarded and actual work begun, but
the war vessels have already received
their names. The battleship will be
knowp as the New Hampshire; the
armored cruisers as North Carolina
and Montana; the scouts as Chester,
Birmingham and Salem, and the COL
liers as Erie and Ontario.
The proposed battleship New Hamp-
shire will be Of the same size and gen
eral- dimensions as the Connecticut
class, of which five are building, name
! ly: $1,000 tons, $50 feet length, 20 feet
10 inches beam and "a feet inches
mean draught. The engines are to be
of 16,500 horsepower, giving a speed of
IS knots: normal coal capacity 900
tons; full capacity, 220O tons, with
which the ship will draw 26 feet 8
inches. The main battery is composed
of four 12-inch, eight S-inch and twelve
7-inch; the secondary battery, subject
to Slight alterations, of twenty ID
Founders, twelve 3-pounders, six L
Founders and also two submerged tor
pedo tubes The complete cost is esti-
mated at $7,720,S57 against an average
of 1882, ,056 for the Connecticut class.
In the British navy the complete cost
of the King Edward VII class. of 1880
tons and 1876 knots speed, is $7,275, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-04
BORN

this city July . 1904. to the
wife OF John B. Harl1ins (oee Rumley). a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-24
Must Be Cultured,

A small Brookline maid, aged five, de.
veloped a propensity for climbing a tree
near her home, the ascent being &C.
complished successfully; but, once up,
there she stuck, shouting Justify for
help until rescued by one of her big
brothers. Two Or three times this expe-
rience was repeated, until the patience
of her rescuers was exhausted, and her
mother was obliged to threaten punish
ment If the feat was not discontinued.
but, mamma" demonstrated the child,
earnestly, Il really have to do it,"
"You have to do it," repeated her moth
er, In surprise. why do you have
to do it," Because" was the answer
delivered with much dignity, II belong
to an athletic association, and l do that
to develop my muscles!"-Boston Tran
script.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-24
Perth Amboy Coal Co.

Best Lehigh and Hazelton coal We
do not give any stamps but we do give
you full and correct weight, which We
guarantee. A trial will convince you.
Office and yard Cor, Division and William
st. Tel. call 1853 r. s. P0lENSKY, Mar