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The San Francisco call., 1904-04-30
OAKLAND ADVERTISEMENTS
OFFICE, 111s BROADWAY.
OAKLAND REAL ESTATE.

OAKLAND REAL ESTATE.
s2S5O-SHOULD be sold for $4,000: cottages
containing rooms, bath; high easements:
open nickel plumbing; combination gas
fixtures: complete in every detail, and
guaranteed in construction for year;
lot large and sunny; No. 2l39 Chestnut
ST., bet 32d and Bath sts., near Key Route
Station, San Pablo ave- and 4Oth ST.: open
for inspection daily. Ask j. c. Davidson
about IT, 124 Kearny St. S. F.; he bought
and lives next door; must and VIII be
sold to Is 20 buy.
$3600-Price much below the present values
new/coonial house; rooms and bath; lot
37x1S0; house completed in the latest in
everything; terms only 500 cash; ball
ance mortgage; remember ii is brand new,
never been occupied: owner must sell; near
Key Route station; call and see about it
at once. as it is positively bargain and
strictly first class.
The Rustic Bungalow. so odd and complete
that it is the talk OF the city; NV. cor.
of .13th ave. and +. 2Sth ST.: rooms and
baths: exterior finished In redwood logs
and clinker brick; large lot and beautiful
marine view; space too expensive to ex-
tol its many different qualities; seeing Is
believing; open for inspection daily; terms
only $1,000 cash; balance mortgage.
]. S. MYERS.
1902 BROADWAY, OAKLAND
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A SNAP-S2s00: on Grove St: fine surround
ings; owner wishes to go East.
s6O0-A fine 3O-foot lot, 8 minutes walk from
Key Route street work all done.
VIM P. TODD. 1910 Broadway.
Oakland
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125 PER WEEK. interest Lots in the
Excelsior Homestead Tract; all level; no
grading to do: ready to build your little home
on: close to electric cars and school.
w. ]. WHITE,
26 Montgomery ST., room 5.
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ELMHURsT REAL ESTATE.
s. NJ DODGE & SON,
1160 BROADWAY OAKLAND. PHONE
LAKE 36.

A HOME RANCH NEAR OAKLAND.
Nothing better anywhere for fruit and poultry.
10 u Ai SUI, s e,,,a
houses: 250 fruit trees in full bearing; good
well Of water; large variety OF berries; on
land.
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New tunnel work Humboldt Co., Cal
Headersmen, - 75. Benchmen, 81 50
ship Sunday.
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John Shea the tunnel foreman who worked
Tor Carney q Roy, please call OF send ad-
dress
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Government work. State Of Nevada
4eal1sters, laborers, rockmen. S2-S2 so.
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HELP WANTED-MAL4.

AT c. r. HANSEN q CO.'S Emp. ONCE.
4Zs bush st 642 Clay st.
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A SNAP
S1350-Only, for a nice 5-room cottage. fur
rished: all street work done; half cash, ball
arce on mortgage. p. c. LASSEN. 46d
Tenth St, Oakland.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
A SPLENDID BARGAIN LIST:
! Erard: upright good order. ........... $50
/ Bofd; upright; good order. ........... 60
i Belmont; new: walnut case. ........... lao
l Sterling; walnut ............... 165
! Leins; walnut case; fine order. l75
! Mendelssohn; oak case ................ 100
/ Rudolph used three months ......... 215
] Chickering; ebony case ............... 225
] Curtaz; mahogany case: used Is no.. $50
Steck: full size rosewood case. 300
] Steinway; fine order ......-........... 325
I,Vose; mahogany case; used mo. :. $40
] Knabe; used one year; walnut case; easy
payments: fully guaranteed. BENZ. CUR
TAZ e. SON, 16 O'Farrell st.
RENTING Is our speciality; So up; apply On
purchase; instalments 81 up. HEINE
PIANO CO.. 235-237 Geary ST.; Oakland, 1852
Broadway.
SPECIAL. bargains this week; square pianos.
$25: uprights, 500 up; organs, $25. BYRON
MAUZY, 303 Post st.
IF you want bargains come now; pianos almost
given away. HORNUNG. 216 McAllister st.
S1e5-STEINwAY upright: private party: no
reasonable cash offer refused 237 Geary st.
NEW upright pianos sold on $5 monthly pay
ments. SCHMITZ & CO. 16 McAllister st.
3-PEDAL Steinway up: Chckering baby grand;
Shonnger little used Keeffe's. 2S5 o Farrell.
SOHMER. Byron Mauzy pianos Ceciliau piano
player BYRON MAUZY. 30S-312 Post st.
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THOMAS MAGEE & SONS,
8 MONTGOMERY ST.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-02-25
Hoods Jdrsapdriila
and Pills

Are the medicines to take-they do
che work thoroughly and agreeably
and never fail to do 1t.
Hoods are The medicines you
have always heard recommended.
cannot recommend Hoods SarsapsrillS
too highly a spring medicine. When we
take II In the spring we oil feel better tn rough
the summer" Mrs. 8. h. NEAL, McCrays, Pa.
Hoods sarsaparlIla promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
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AutheFla,"

MARK-DoWNS AND SPECIAL BARGAINS: Ladies' Win
and Ladies sSo
% 20 7o and so ChIdrens Ladies
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CALL AT THE
Second Hand Store
EN- cry & BINDS,

Nearly Opposite The Reporter Office.
We have one store filled with new goods of all
kinds, Chamber sets, Chtfoneirs ODD Bureaus
and Commodes, Bed Lounges Couches Extern
sion Tables Stands Rockers, Chairs of all kinds
Cots. Cribs. Mirrors, Springs. actresses, Pill
lows, etc The best Couch you ever saw sold for
$500. Better ones for 81 90 SOC, 800 and 100
We do not walt until after Jan. to cut prices
We cut them all the line.
Our second hand store is filled with goods of
all kin Is. In fact you could hardly think of
ANYTHING you could not find here.
Within the last 10 weeks we have sold over 20
stoves and now have some good bargains In Coal
Stoves. Soapstone Stoves, Wood Heaters and
Cook Stoves.
Secondhand Clothing of all kinds. Coat,
Pants and Vest for 81 90. Good warm Overcoats
for $1.ct to 1890. Fur Coats $500 to $500
All kinds Of Furniture at prices that would
surprise you We have small line of new and
second hand Grocery.
If you have anything to sell come and see us
and we will make you an offer for it. If you are
about 10 leave town we will buy all OF your
goods as they stand and you will only have To
pack your trunk. Bring in your Old Clothes,
Rags, Rubbers. Lead. Iron and Old Junk of all
kinds We will give you something for it,
All goods delivered.
We have a Public arriage ready for calls at
any time, day or night, Orders left at our store
promptly attended to. Don't forget the place,
No, W Water Street.
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March
ApriL May

There Is q best time for doing
sverything-that is, time when o
thing can be done to the best ad-
vantage, most easily and most ef-
feotiyely. Now is the best time
for purifying your blood. Whyf
Because yeuI system is now trying
10 purify it-you know this by the
pimples and other eruptions that
havs come on your face and body.
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sEw ADVERTISER EhTs.

Wrsppers-Judkins.
pants-Dow & Carter.
pargains-W. B Steward.
hanson Hats-Chas. f. Ward.
Sell your Farm-E. A. Strout.
special Prices-C. j. illiams'
Waist Patterns-W. Il. Wildes
Eotice-G. D. Arnold, President
saturday Candy-F. w. Buchanan
Dinner or Lunch-Hub Restaurant
Red Clothes Fsstener-Exce1siorC Co.
Insurance Statements-J. {. Griffin.
Wa0ted-Puritan Manufacturing Co.
Consignme tsSolicited-W. J. Phelps.
Grandfather's Wstch-W. z. Robbins.
Representative Wanted-J. N. Trainer.
Dentist and Aurist-E. L. Brown, M. d.
Petitions for Discharge-JamesE Hewey.
Administrators Notice-Thomas B. Tague.
insurance Standardization Wentworth.
Edge Trimmers Wanted-Natl. Shoe Makers.
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Let us frame your picture. We take
out all OF the wrinkles and use new
kind of backing that will not stain the
picture and ask you no more.
BRAGG & VARNEY.
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have just received another shipment
of the genuine Hub Java Coffee, no i'm
itation this time, 1t is the real thing only
20, its per pound. E. It. GooDRICH.
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New Spring Dress Goods.

one lot of new mixed snitings. SO inches wide,
styles copied from high priced suitings. only SOC
yard
Mohairs and Brillantines for Shirt Waist
Suits.
New fancy striped, mixed and plain hohairs'
black and colors, SOC 10 sl.2o yard
New Examines, voiles and Crepe de Chine for
evening and summer wear slOo to $l.oo yard.
Broadcloths and fancy mixed Suitings, all the
very latest colors, 81 90 to 81 so yard.
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the rains descended and the
winds bIew"-the Bible SEN
fences would insist on coming
uppermost in Cicely's mind. as
she endeavored to fix her at
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'em TO hold on, and not come tumbling down
in the wet? o dear God, 1 would help the
poor birds if 1 were you. They are so lit
tie"
1t was father who had laid aside his
paper and sat watching the rain. who dis
covered his little girl-child struggling wild
y on her quest. 1t was father who STROBE
after her. anger striving with tenderness
in his bosom, and bore her back. not before
he had witnessed her efforts to set another
bird on high.
What he thought was, us this the little
thing that tiptoes round the house, SO
afraid of displeasing her mother and me?
Where did she get the courage To disObey =?
Where did she set the courage to face the
storm and discomfort. and possible punish
ment to follow? All for a half-drowned
bird -
What he said, gravely, was, Father told
you not TO go out of doors. Cicely."
Yes. father. but | had To. Do let me
go. father. and get the poor little birds and
pick them up. Think how their fathers
must feel. I'll hurry very fast. Just like
you hurried after me. Mayn't /. father"
mo, my little girl, you must believe that
father knows best. Father doesn't want
you 10 go out in the rain again. 1t might
be the death OF you. See, you are wet
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from one or the other of the four types
mentioned"
BEST WOODS To USE.
What are the best materials to use in
the construction of a violin?' was asked
the maker.
"Of course the materials are all woods OF
various kinds" he answered. "Curled maple.
which can be found all over the entire
world, is considered the best for the back,
side and scroll, and spruce pine for the top
or sounding board. The finger board, tall
piece and pegs should be of ebony. The
maple wood that is imported comes from
Bohemia, but that which grows in this
country is now considered just as good 1t
is a very hard wood and very difficult to
work. There are two varieties-the wavy
wood and the dotted kind. The wavy wood.
which, to my notion. makes the handsOmest
instruments, presents large glittering veins;
the dotted sort presents a large number Of
small knots, disseminated through the mass
of wood. This maple wood should be both re-
sisting and elastic in order to send back the
vibrations produced by the top. AS for the
top, spruce pine is chosen, which must be at
the same time very firm and a little resin
Gus, for the top must produce the greatest
number of vibrations possible. Much of this
wood is raised in this country, but the best
comes from Switzerland.
"A violin, he continued, consists of sew
enty different parts. and to get these to-
gether in the finished instrument is no easy
task and requires years Of study. The top
and back are carved from a block in two
jointed pieces or about three-fourths of an
inch thick This is the first rough sketch.
After reducing the form by Darings and
clippings comes the operation of purfiing.
The fine work of p~urhing is one of the most
difficult tasks and requires great surety Of
hand. 1t consists in scoOping out Of the table
and the back a groove parallel with the edge
of the instrument. to incrust therein three
branches of thread lines, two black and one
white; the points called guards compose the
Jennings. The purfling not only contributes
to the beauty of the instrument, but also
serves to strengthen the edges. which. with
out it, could easily break. After the COM
pletion of this part OF the work the form Of
the archings is defined by the aid Of instru-
ments. These arches. as well as the F sound
holes. are a matter of taste. They are. as
well as the carving Of the scroll. the real
artistic part of the work. The sonorousness
greatly depends on the thickness of the
wood used in the instrument.
NEEDS a SKILLFUL HAND.
The f sound holes are cut by the means
of small penknife blades. 1t is a fine and
very delicate part OF the work. The bass
bar and the sounding post are for the pur-
pose of strengthening the arches OF the top.
to assist in supporting the enormous pres
sure of the strings upon the Violin bridge.
The position and a~djustment>of these two
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The Making Of Violins is a Fine Art



pieces have a considerable influence on the
tone of an instrument. They require much
experience and precision. The side pieces
form the sides OF the case. They are fine
strips of maple wood, bent and shaped by
means of a hot iron, brought together by
the hammer beams and the wedges and
consolidated by the side supports, which
thus offer more sure support to glue them
10 the top and 10 the back. The volute is
carved out of a block of maple and by
means of g0uges. Ii only serves to sustain
the pegs, but its role is to give 10 the in
strument much elegance and distinction.
The neck and finger boards serve TO facili-
tate the playing of the instrument"
The visitor inquired If the wood used had
to be seasoned by nature. or whether there
was not some artificial means of doing this.
To this the violin maker replied:
1T seems to be accepted to-day that in
the construction Of new instruments, TO be
able to obtain the best results the wood used
should be very old and well seasoned, and
this. it has been found by experiment. can
be done by nature alone. No heating or dry
ing is beneficial for the best results. as both
cause the resinous substances to be forced
from out of the pores of the wood. or If not
forced out To become melted and TO get
matted together with the pores to such an
extent that it will not allow the vibration
perfect freedom. Some of the wood that we
use is only fifteen years old. while that
which is put in the best instruments ranges
in age from fifty to sixty years old. In sea-
soning, the wood should be kept from damp
ness. and no worminess. dry rot or decay
should be allowed TO set in. This wood Is
cut in a special shape and laid away to
dry by natures process.
1T is better that the ends be painted to
prevent worms getting into it, as these gen.
orally start to work .on the end grain The
top and back are quarter sawed. as is like
wise the scroll and hoops. The markings or
waves that are visible in the maple wood
should. if possible, be made to match and
the back should be laid in.so that the waves
will run diagonaIy. The back can either be
made with a solid piece OF wood or In two
pieces. M top. as a rule. should be OF two
pieces from the same cutting, in order that
when the wedge quarter is sawed apart the
same vibrations can be got on both sides OF
the violin. That this is a rule is not positive
as far as scientific researches are concerned.
but by practical experience IL has been
found THAI the best and most desirable re-
suits come from this.
IMPORTANCE OF VARNIsH.
1T has often been said that the varnish-
ing Of violins has much 10 do with their tone.
Is this true?' was asked. and he replied:
Yes, the vanishing is, perhaps, the most
delicate part OF violin building. The varnish
must possess a great warmth OF tone. a
fine transparency and great solidity. II must
be neither too dry nor too soft. II should
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S01ND the rains descended and the
winds bIewr-the Bible SEN
~ fences would insist on coming
E9GzSti uppermost in Cicely's mind. as
49, she endeavored TO fix her at
tention on the page before her; the long.
polished dining table would give back the
reflections OF moving bOughs and sheets of
rain outside the window, and the wind In
the keyhole would go on whistling that fall
ing note that made the rest of the audible
world seem so very. very far away.
Through the other keyhole, a thin ring of
smoke curled. and Cicely knew that father
was smoking In the library, and reading
the "Churchman,' and that If she should
get down and tiptoe softly to the door and
open il. she would hardly be able to see him
across the room for the fragrant clouds that
filled IL.
She wistfully eyed the door. Mother was
lying down In her room. and Jack and Edith
were upstairs with sister. To get upstairs,
you had either to go out Of doors and cross
the pavement 70 the back hall door. or you
had to go through the library and the rooms
beyond For the dining room and library
of the old country house were in the ell,
whose rooms opened one into another with
out corridors. The first route was out of
the question. For all the rain and wind of
the open hills beat upon two sides of the
ell and the roof Of 1t with a sicKening per-
sistency. And father had said she was not
70 go out Of doors. If only she could go
through the library without being noticed.
and get up stairs to sister. Sister would
be sure TO tell stories on an afternoon like
this. and SUNDAYS, too. Sunday was so
long and lonesome. Or, If she could go i'm
softly where father was. and climb upon
his knee and put her head down upon that
coat which smelled so delightfully."- of cigars,
and stay as quiet as a mouse while father
read up and dow the long, narrow columns
OF Diocesan Matters and Foreign Mis-
sions." and the Bishops Letter"-ah,
what heaven that would be- and who would
care for stories them
But father must not be disturbed. And if
she should move about and open the door.
father would smile with his eyes and say in
that gentle. Sunday voice. Cannot my little
girl sit still five minutes?'' Yes. decidedly.
there was nothing 10 do but sit still and
spell out the hard names from Trojan Tales
IN the last Observation-Disclosures and
Ulysses. and Hector and Menelaus-and
wonder at the pictures of men with spears
and shields and long. curling locks like
women. fighting across the fields of Troy.
1t vas May. too! A whole week before
mother had let her go for an hour without
shoes and stockings because il was so
warm. and she had only lad to put them on
because 1t got TO be 4 O'Clock and father
was coming home. And here was the rain
pouring and the wind blowing about the
house. and pine logs burning In the fireplace
again almost as hot as Christmas.
How still the room was! Nothing but the
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A First Lesson in Faith
b y Olive 8

clock and the fire. Cicely watched the clock
until the pendulum was brain and pulse of
her, and then the blazing fire until she
was the heart IF it. Then the wind in the
keyhole began again, and that great. wild
world outside of waving branches and swirl
ing waters and swift clouds, and irresisti-
BILE action. became everything, and she
slid from her chair without pushing 1t back.
to absorb the drama of the window-pane.
May, too. Why the blackbirds had come
long ago. and built their nests. Had they
not awakened her every morning for weeks
with their singing. and scolded above her
head when she had sat among the garden
borders OF flags and crocuses, waiting for
them to bloom? She could hardly see the
pine trees now for the driving rain, but
they were there. out there beyond the juni-
per bush and the yucca babies. and the
birds nests were in them. And if there were
any little birds, an! would they not be cold
and wet this Sunday afternoon?
Cicely strained closer to the pane and
stared with a growing horror at the ground
beneath the juniper tree. If she should
see a bird. Well. and there one was.-a poor.
unfedged. red. nesting. crouched close to
the wet mold. and yapping with all it's
N1aA "a 4 0NAtbtAh+ oOd hiuu I
know about that one, she thought, as mot
a sparrow falleth" went swimming through
her mind. Or maybe 1t was only sparrows
and not blackbirds. that were numbered
Could God be so unjust? BY this time she
had reached the door. OF course father had
said she was not to go out. and mother
had said she was not to disturb father. But
there was the bird, 1t must be got up and
napehnI ON a rar,L - to 81 .1-T1
hnd IL, and the house-cats could not get it,
If somebody perlshed in the attempt.
She turned the knob and stood outside
the door. And in a couple of minutes was
as gasping and shivering and wet as the
bird she sought to rescue. oh. and it would
not sit upon the Dough. Its little red feet
were too numoed and cold TO cling. and
down it wavered, time after time. while
the wet branches whipped her face, till
.Cicely. battling with tears of defeat and
disObedience, lodged it on the window sill,
and there it stayed.
Now for the pinesl The little figure in it's
wet white pinafore. fists clenched and
bright curls dripping. was pledged to the
storm. If the nest in The low-waIled juniper
had been devastated. what of those high
upon the pines where the blasts roared from
the north ana made that dreadful moan
ing? There might be hundreds there. She
sobbed unrestrainedly as she ran. with a
grief that pitted Itself against the giant
strength of the elements The birds! They
would be hurt. they would be cold, they
would be lost and afraid: And the mother
birds would grieve and try in vain to find
them.
Dear God" said Cicely, aloud. Wont
you help me get the little birds up high so
their mothers can see EN-? Won't you help
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through already. Go and tell mother to
change your clothes"
Il mustn't disturb mother. father. She's
lying down, you know. and she doesn't like
10 be disturbed. But I'll stand by the fire.
But, oh, father, think of the poor birds.
They haven't got any fire nor any clothes.
May-may-mayr't 1 go and p-p-pick them
up, father? I'm take an um-um-ber-
ella!'
"Cicely. don't ask again or father will be
displeased. You are more TO father than
all the birds in the world, and I'll not have
you taking cold on any account. Come here
and let me inhibition your clothes. Stella. -
he said. going TO the next room. the child
is wet To the skin. Where 90 you keep her
things?" 1t was a child he had not known
he possessed.
There. Cicely. there" coming back with
the dry garments and gathering her up in
his arms, don't cry. Fathers not angry.
Only you must always mind what father
says. Doesn't my baby know that father
loves her more than anything else i'm the
world? Child, why are you crying SOP"
There was the loved breast, there were
the strong arms, the coveted embrace. close
TO her. fast about her. And out yOnder
were the little birds, shelterless and dying
under the wind and rain. Could she be hap
Ply so? "Oh. father, lin cryin' b-because
because you l-love me-better than G.
God-loyes the birds"