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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28
MARRIED.

BEsT-sPRAGUE-In this city. February "a,
1904 by the Rev John Stephens. Bertrsm
c. Best to JOzie Stella Sprague, both OF san
Francisco
DAVIDSON-EVANS-In this city, February
21 1904. by the Rev William RAIDER, Oscar
William Davidson and Alice Evans, both OF
this city.
N-MERVY-February IA. 1905,
William II. Hamilton and Mrs. L. Merry.
HARRIS-TISCHLER- this city, February
IA, 1904, by the Rev. Hyman Samuelson, Jss
cob Harris and Rose Fischer both OF this
city.
JEWEL-BURNETT-In this city. February
15. 1904. at st. Brigid's Church. by the Very
Rev. John Frieden, 5 J.. Fritz Jewel OF Los
Angeles. Cal, and Margaret A. Burnett OF
this city.
SENEGRAM-HARRIS- this city, Fsbri-
airy 21 1904, by the Rev. Hyman Samuelson.
Philip Senegram OF Los Angeles and Sarah
Harris of this city.
sHARP-BUxToN-In this city February IS.
1900. by the Rev. William RAIDER. James
Lloyd Sharp and Eta Maude Buxton both
of this city
THOMAS-BENSON-I this city, February
"a, 1904, by the Rev. William RAIDER, Frank
r. Thomas Of Mill Valley. Cal, and Annie
L. BedsOn OF this city.
WALKER-COURTOIS- this city. Febru-
airy 27, 1904. by Justice OF the Peace John
J. Van Nostrand Joshua Walker and Annis
Courtols. both of this city.
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BORN.

CHURCHILL this city, February IS, 1904 to
the wife OF c. E. Church, SON
CONNELL,-In this city. February is. 1904
TO the wife OF Joseph A. Connell. daughter
GREAVES-In this city, February 16 1904 to
the wife OF John S. Greaves, a daughter.
HAAINdARGREN-In this city. February 25
1904 to the wife OF c. F. Hammargren, a
HARRIGAN-In this city. February 10. 1904,
to the wife OF G. W. Harrigan, a SON.
PERRY-In this city, February %. 1904, 70
the wife Of Samuel A. Perry, a son.
SCHLICHTING-In this city. February II.
1904 to the wife Of c. H. Schlichting son.
SCHMALING-In this city. February 90 1904,
to the wife OF T. H Schmalings
TIERNEY-In this city, February -, 1904,
VAN ORDEN-In Alameda, Cal, February Is,
1904. to the wife Of DR.. G. n. Van Orden, =
son.
YER LINDEN-In Colma Cal, February %.
1904 to the wife Of A z. Yer Linden. .
daugbter.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS

Birth marriage and death notices sent By
mail will not be inserted. They must be handed
IN at either Of the publication offices and Be
.ndorsed with the name and residence OF per-
sons authorized to have the same published
Notices restricted simply 70 the announcement
OF the event are published once IN this columa
free OF charge
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SUFFERING AND sTAdMERING-

MELBOURNE School, Van Ness Market-Cure
in every case; individual teaching; no medi-
cine Inquire into wonderful cures; home cure,
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DIVIDEND NOTICES.

SAN FRANCISCO and Suburban Home Build
Ing Society, 5th floor, Mutual Savings Bank
building, 708 Market St. opposite Third
For the half year ending 31st of December.
1908. dividend has been declared at the
rate per arnum Of Q2) twelve per cant on
capital stock and participating certificates.
free Of taxes, payable on and after SATUR-
DAY. January 2. 1904. JOSEPH A LION
ARD. Manager. HUGH CRAIG. Secretary
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S@A FEanclsco-
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c ntinued on Page 49.

nENRY j. GALLAGHER CO.
Successors TO Flanagan & Gallasher)
DANIEL T. DONOVAN. Mr..
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS,
20 Fifth ST.. opposite Lincoln School.
Telephone South 50.
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UNITED UNDERTAKBRS.

Directors and Embalmers--
Formerly in Metropolitan Temple,
NOW at SGG MISSION. Tel. South 167
Between Fourth and Fifth. near Fifth ST.
Finest Equipments at Moderate Rates.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
THE COST OF LIVING.

Average Advance of Nearly 40 Per
Cent In Prices Since 1907.
In an address lately delivered before
the railroad branch of the Young Mems
Christian association in New York Mr..
Andrew Carnegie said a great many
practical and sensible things which
doubtless gave his hearers much pleas
ure. He also said some things which
have set them thinking and which have
given rise to much discussion, says the
New York Times. For example: at is
one Of the most cheering facts Of our
day that under present conditions the
wages of labor tend to rise and the
prices of the necessities of life tend to
fall" Whether this is true or not is a
question of interest to every one who
lives by the fruits of his labor in what
ever form he is compensated.
AS Mr.. Carnegie said it and probably
meant it his statement is quite true. 1t
is broad generalization, without
dates. The periods Of the comparison
may be assumed as ten, fifty or hun
dred years apart. Read literally and
giving the terms 'our day" and "pres-
ent conditions" the meaning which
usually attaches to them, the state
ment is not true. Figures very careful
ly compiled for Dun's Review show
that during 1901 the cost of living in
this country increased with remarka-
BILE rapidity. that such increase has
been going on since July, 1897, when
the lowest level of prices in some four
teen years was reached, and that the
net average increase in the cost of liv-
ing is greater than any advance claim
ed in average wages during this period.
Comparing prices of the necessaries of
life on Jan. l, 1902. and July l. 1897. it
is found that the average advance is
nearly 40 per cent. That the average
wage has increased 40 per cent during
this period is scarcely probable.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
A PiscatoriaI Pet.

A remarkable story is told of lady
living near Ingestre Hall. Stats, who
has made a pet of trout. A corre-
spondent writes that while walking
round Il pool in that neighborhood he
observed lady throw piece of bread
on the water. Almost Immediately the
surface of the pool was ruffied, there
was Il glimpse of bright color and the
bread had disappeared. Other crumbs
followed, thrown nearer and nearer to
the bank. and gradually there swan
into view IA fine trout
Without the slightest trace of shy
ness the trout came to the edge of the
bank, to the very feet of the lady, and
waited for more bread to be thrown.
In reply to question put by the WIS.,
itor the lady stated that the trout had
been her pet for long time and had
become so tame that it would even
take worm or piece of meat from
her fingers.
The pool is stocked with hundreds
of trout, but this, curiously enough, is
the only one among them all to act
in this way. 1t lives by itself in
part of the pool which no anglers are
allowed to invade and comes regularly
at the appointed time for its meals of
bread.-London News
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
KEENE WAS KEEN.
How the Veteran Financier's Cane
Spoiled a Coal Plot.

Even James II. Keene, one of the
great powers in Wall street, has been
suffering inconvenience from the coal
strike, says the New York Press. If
Mr.. Keene has one hobby more pro-
nounced than his admiration for horse
flesh, it is his old fashioned, rambling
country seat at Cedarhurst, N. Y,
where he is most of his leisure time.
These rambling houses are picturesque,
but hard to heat, and when Mr.. Keene
returned to his estate from Saratoga he
did not bother about his supply of coal,
relying upon his faithful steward. The
other Sunday morning Mr.. Keene was
startled to learn there We're only few
chips of anthracite in his coal bins, and
he promptly ordered his steward to lay
in a supply at any price.
Wyatt is the autocratic man who con-
trolls the coal market of Cedarhurst, but
frigidly when he bartered for coal at u
tritling $25 ton. The servant re-
turned to Mr. Keene.
81 must have COAL" said the financier
''See if $50 ton will have any influ-
ence over this Wyatt"
But Wyatt confessed he did not own
half a ton of coal. Whereupon the
loungers about the coal Office proposed
a collection of coal, and they started on
n search along the railroad track where
chunks had fallen in the days Of
abundance. Then the men who hoped
to earn the $50 ton offer bought up
some coal that had been left by a cot
tager and after mixing their collection
with an overgenerous supply of sand
and rocks they drove the cart to the
Keene house.
The rare sight of a CARLOAD Of coal
attracted much attention, and Mr..
Keene came out to inspect his pur-
chase. With his cane he prodded the
fifty dollar ton and uncovered layer
of Rockaway sand and few rocks.
For every lump of anthracite there
were twice as many powders black
ened artistically by coal dust. Get
out" cried Keene, you rascals! Half
sand, half rocks! Where does the coal
come in?"
And SO a load of fine anthracite re-
Gently consigned to Mr.. Keene by a
New York dealer agitated the natives
of Cedarhurst, while the plotters gazed
on in sullen recollection of how near
they had approached the Keene Golfers
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
where England Want. propp,ns.

The recent landslip at Cromer, in
which 1873 yards of cliff fell on to the
beach, is another triumph for the sea,
which is so insidiously and relentlessly
assaulting England's eastern coast. 1t
has long ago buried one Cromer many
fathoms deep under its waters. and
still it is not satisfied.
At one time Cromer was an outlying
hamlet of the fiourishing town Of Ship
den. but Shipden has long ago ceased
to have a place on the map of England.
The sea has overwhelmed it, and there
are old people still alive who say that
at low water they have caught a
glimpse of the masonry of its church.
But the whole coast line is gradually
being driven inland. A cliff on which
Sheringham holiday makers used to
promenade now lies so deep in the wa-
ter that man-of-war could easily pass
over it, and lighthouse which less
than two centuries ago was built many
hundreds of yards inland had to be
abandoned hundred years later. and
Its successor was erected still farther
from the sea.-London Globe.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
An In llab bited Moon.

The little daughter of prominent
western senator. relates Washington
correspondent, had been attending
school during the last winter, and her
proud father. mother and number of
friends went there on the day Of the
closing of school to listen to the exam
ination. The teacher asked the class
If the moon was inhabited. The sch.
atOr's little daughter, who was sitting
in the front row, wriggled about and
raised her hand. Thinking to please
the fond parent, the teacher called up
on her to answer. "Yes'm: one moon
is" snid the child. IL don't know
about the other" "Well, my dear.
which one Is inhabited?" asked the
teacher. "The honeymoon" answered
the child. It's inhabited by my aunt
and my new Uncle John"
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
BIG WHALE FOR ENGLAND.
Chicago Academy of Science Had No
Place to Display Huge Skeleton.

Chicago Academy of Science Had No
Place to Display Huge Skeleton.
Chicago's pioneer whale is to take its
departure. and several tons of it are
now being Grated for shipment to Lon
don. where it will be put together for
the edification of people who may visit
the British Academy Of Sciences. says
the Chicago News.
ITS no slOuch of whale" said G.
f. Gunther, trustee of the Chicago
Academy of Sciences. I'VE didn't have
room to hang or otherwise properly
display the sixty foot skeleton. and so
1t is being traded for various speci-
mems which may be more easily taken
care of in the Academy museum in
Lincoln park"
Curator Baker and dozen men have
been at work boxing the thousand and
one bones of the leviathan. Mr.. Baker
would not say what specimens the
academy is to receive in exchange. but
he did say that there Is good market
for whales and that Chicago does not
intend to take back seat in their ex
portation. Old timers will remember
this whale as having occupied u place
in the old exposition building on the
lake front.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
A Prize For Pie.

Sycamore Qll) editors have u queer
difference that threatens to battle set
Element. says the Chicago Record Her.
aid. One Of the offices is located on the
ground floor and has large show win
dow in which the apples. peaches. pears
and other fruits that subscribers bring
in are displayed. Another Office is To-
Gated on the second floor. has no show
window. and In consequence all the
good things going are given to the
editor who Is able to make something
of display with the names Of the
donors tackled OH each exhibit. Now
the editor Of the other paper has Of
fered prize for the best pumpkin pie
brought In by Dekalb county house
wives or their daughters. Not content
with one pie, from which the award In
to be made. he asked for two, In getting
them. and now there Is steady flow of
beautiful women and pies up the stairs
Of the elevated editor.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03

concealed and the stub can be removed
without exposing the contents of the
ballot, and keep the same 80 folded until
you have voted. Then approach the
judge having the ballot box in charge,
and give your name and hand your bal
lot to him, who will remove the dupll-
cate stub from such ballot, if identified
by the initial thereon, he will then re-
turn the ballot to the voter. who shall
deposit the same in the ballot box with
the official endorsement uppermost. and
you will then Immediately leave the
space within the guard rail.
You cannot remain within the guard
rail more than ten minutes, and IN case
all the shelves are in use and other voters
waiting, you are allowed only five (5)
minutes at the voting shelf
Do not show any one how you have
marked your ballot.
Any voter who declares under oath to
the judges of election that he cannot
read or write, or by reason OF any dis
ability he is unable to prepare his ballot,
can receive the assistance of two of the
election officers in preparing his ballot.
When any voter declares under oath
that he cannot speak, and understand
when spoken. the English language, the
election judges may select two persons,
one from each party, to assist such per-
son in preparing his ballnt.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
OUR COAL CENTENNIAL.
Wilkesbarre. Pn.. to Celebrate Anni-
Xernnry of EucEn IntroluctInn.

Wilkesbnrre. Pn., to Celebrate Anni-
versnry of FUELS Introduction.
1t has just been decided at Wilkes
barre, Pa, to celebrate the one hun
dredth anniversary of the day coal
was first burned in the United States.
says the New York Times. This was
Feb. IL, 1902 The CRATE in which it
was fired is still in existence. The at
tempt was made at an old log tavern
kept by Jesse Fell and later used as
the county court room. The winter
was severe, and, ruinors having reach
ed the town that the "black rock"
which was about the town in plenty.
was a fuel and gave good heat. it was
decided to try it.
A crate was built. and most of the
notable persons In the town assembled
Mt the tavern to see the attempt. The
CRATE has since been carefully pre-
served In the house where it first held
coal. 1t was the center of much at
traction at the Centennial exhibition
in Philadelphia and was stolen ut the
closing OF the exhibition. Detectives
recovered it after weeks of search
Later 1t was stolen again and was
again recovered.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
The seven Largest Diamonds.

The seven largest diamonds In the
world are what are known as crown
Jewels. Some of them are In an un-
cut state and others are carefully cut
and finished, so that there is wide
difference In their value. The Kohl
moor, the smallest in weight has been
thus reduced by cutting and is much
the most valuable Of the lot and has
been estimated ut less than 100000
The list Is as follows: The Braganza,
part of the Portugal jewels, weighs
1880 carats; Kohinoor, belonging TO the
English crown, 108 carats; Star OF Bra
I'll, 125 carats; Regent Of France. 1870
carats; Austrian Kaiser, 130 carats;
Russian Gar, 1893 carats; Rajah of
Borneo. 367 carats.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
A Curious Description.

John S. Sargent, the noted painter,
was saying that the late DR.. Evans, the
American dentist OF Pnris, had once
shown him all his curlos.
Among these curios," said MIR. Bar
gent, there was letter that amused
me greatly. DIR. Evans had received
the letter In his youth In America. 1t
was from young farmer of Vermont
who wanted set OF false teeth made
and sent to him. He wrote for the
teeth In some such way as this:
my mouth III three Inches acrost.
five-eighth inches threw the jaw. Some
hummocky on the edge. Shaped like
hoss shew. toe forard. II you want me
to be more particular shall have to
come thar"
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
TO VOTERS.
Read the Following Instructions
Concerning the Ballot.
How 20 Mark Your Ballots ON EIec-
lion Day-What Assistance You Hrc
Entitled tO-LO0k at the Ballot IN
this Issue.

Give your name and residence to one
of the judges OF election, who. on finding
your name on the registry list. will nd
mt vnu within the guard rail and hand
you ballot.
Go alone to one Of the votin. shelves
or compartments rot already occupied.
To vote II straight party ticket, write
within the blank space ut the head of
your ticket, left for that purpose. the
name of the ary ynu wish to vote f'r
If you have voted ~ straight ticket
above and place cross mark (X oppo-
site any name below such cross mark
tX) VIII be counted for that candidate.
and the vote cast for the candidate on
The sirai.i ticket for the same Office
Will mol be counted
If you spell II ballot, return it To the
judge having charge of the ballots. who
~ill nIve you another.
Y"u cannot have motp than two extra
ballots.
You are not NIL Iwed to carry away u
ballot. leiIier spoiled or hot.
Before leaving the voting compn,i. i.
ment fold yonr bsllo' in the same ~av
as IL was folded when yon received II. 50
that the contents Of the ballot shall be
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
MELBA OUTWlTS HERO.
Lord Wolselcy Did Not Know Who
Singer Was, and She Retorted.

Lord WOlselcy Did Not Know Who
Singer Was, and She RetOrted.
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, hero of
campaigns, has met defeat in an en-
gagement of wits. He has, according
to special cable dispatch from Lon
don to the New York Evening Journal,
been vanquished by woman. The vic
tor in the little dinner table tilt was
Nine. Melba and the scene of the Oc
currence the house of member of the
British aristocracy.
Nine. Melba at this dinner was seat
ed at the right of Lord Wolseley, who
was at the right of the hostess of the
evening. Lord Wolseley at the begin
ming of the dinner asked of the host
ess:
'Who is the lady at my right"
"Why, that is Nine. Melba."
"Who is this Nine. Melba?"
els it possible that your lordship does
not know the great singer"
"Oh, yes. Born in Australia, l be-
ieve." And with that the general ap-
piled himself to the course then served.
After a few minutes he turned to the
prima donna, greeted her pleasantly
and said:
you are an Australian, l believe
madam. l know n great deal about
your country. My brother lives in Mel
bourne"
"And pray, sir, what is the name of
your brother?" the singer naively in.
quired.
Goodness! Why, his name is the
same as mine-Wolseley," answered
the surprised officer.
"Who is Wolseley? l do not recall
that name," Nine. Melba explained.
"Why, l am General Wolseley." re-
piled the astonished officer.
'Wolseley? Wolseley? Wolseley"
whispered the singer as if appearing to
refresh her memory. And then the
general applied himself again to the
food. He had learned his lesson.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
The Kaiser n. II Musical Critic.

The kaiser has recently made some
very caust!c criticisms of Wagnerian
music. II is related that he has de-
clared that there Is too much Or
chestration. which browns the melo.
dies, the voices Of the soloists and the
ensembles" This structure has caused
CONSERVATION In German musical cir
cles. To uphold Nicolai's "rhe Merry
Wives and berate Wagner and the
other German idols who bear heavy on
orchestral effects and sonorous brass
music sounds like rank heresy. And
yet these words come like kind Of
imperial mandate.-Argonaut.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
wAsPs AS PETS.
Tanning the Insects the Odd Fad of
wisconsin Woman.


Some people make pets Of birds, 9TH
ers of dogs, cats and rats even, but
Miss Wilhelmina Enteman of Hart
land, Wis. has found her pets among
wasps, says the Chicago Tribune. She
has made pets of a number N these
little animals, and she will hold a
fiery little midget on the tip of her lit
tie finger as calmly as If 1t were n fly
and tell you all about his life history
from beginning to end. While you
fdget, expecting her to be stung, she
only smiles and goes calmly on with
her story AS you watch the little
wasp grows quiet and becomes so in
offensive that you next begin to Won
der If he won't soon look into her eye
and buzz her little song.
II have kept them for scientific study,
of course" she tells you, but then
everything alive has really its human
element, and one can't study the little
midgets as l have and not find it out.
Ants, you know, are supposed to en-
brace all the wisdom of the world.
The wasps are really quite as indus
trious as bees and certainly as wise as
ants. You can't fool wasps. They
have the sharpest eyes of any insect
in the world, and there are any num-
ber of other good points about them
that I might mention and that have
apparently escaped the observation Of
the maxim makers. They are intelli-
gent in such an ingenious way that
they are always amusing to watch"
O.. -y,,a Ia .t,
tiOns have taught her about wasps Is
that a wasp does not sting unless it is
angry, and it does not get angry unless
1t is disturbed. The reputation which
wasps have acquired of being the most
violent tempered of animals is, she
says, entirely unwarranted.
While in charge of this number of
wasps she fed and cared for them as
she would for other pets, and the
wasps seemed to grow into their new
manner of life and eXpectantly wait
for their food at the regular feeding
time
Wasps do not make sound when
they wish to communicate with each
other. The long, flexible antennae
which all species of the family possess
are organs of speech and hearing as
well as feeling.
The curiosity Of wasps is something
to marvel at. When they enter room
they fly about it. buzzing over every
thing, with their feelers outstretched,
examining it as if they were vitality in
terested in its construction. Their Gu
riosity may be said to begin at birth,
when they snip their way out of the
paper shells in which they are born
and begin to run their already long
antennae out and over everything that
is within their reach. That they learn
to know individuals there is no doubt,
because Miss Enteman has frequently
handled wasps which upon being
touched by any one else promptly
showed their resentment at the strange
hand by stinging it.
Gilpin observer., 1904-11-03
MAPLE GROWING VALUABLE
Fir and Cedar Destruction Makes
New Uses For Cheaper Lumber.

New Uses For Cheaper Lumber.
The rapid destruction of the fir and
cedar forests of Washington is causing
new uses to be found for maple, hem
lock and spruce timber, which are ex-
ceedingly abundant in many localities
throughout the state. says the San
francisco Chronicle. At Hamilton,
Skagit county, specially is being
made of maple, which but few years
ago was considered worthless except
for firewood. A large quantity of this
lumber has recently been cut on a spe-
cial order for ]. j. Hill, Jr. The con-
tract price was $50 per thousand.
1t makes one of the finest kinds of
finishing lumber in the world, yet mil
lions of feet Of it have been burned in
clearing small farms along the Skagit
river bottoms. Many lumbermen, real
izing that good profits can be made ON
maple. have purchased large tracts of
maple forests and will erect mills.
Quantities of nemlOck are being cut
and marketed at good prices. Promi-
nent lumbermen are sanguine in their
belief that maple and hemlock will be
soon shipped throughout the country
and to foreign markets for making fine
furniture.