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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-07
The Eastern Star.

The visit of Grand Matron Mrs.
Dohrman 10 Starr King Chapter in
Phelps Hall on Devisadero street re-
Gently was an event in the history of
that organization. The meeting place
was prettily decorated with Easter
lilies and roses sent from San Mateo.
There was a large attendance of mem
bers of the order and there was an ex-
emplification Of the work, which was
highly commended by the grand ma
tron in neat speech. District Deputy
Grand Matron Nellie A Darling. who
has been hard worker for the chap
ter and Is greatly beloved by the en-
tire membership. also eulogized the Of
ficers. During the evening Miss Hell
ena Cohen, the conductress, on behalf
of the chapter presented the grand
matron, as a token of appreciation of
her good work for the order, with a
handsomely finished brass candelabrum
with pretty shade; then a bronze card
receiver to the district deputy and then
a souvenir spoon to Mrs. Giberson.
Then Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Hunt.
the former the chaplain Of the chan
ter, presented to 1t a beautiful royal
purple gold embroidered collar for the
use Of the matron. The reunion. which
was very pleasant one. closed with
banquet.
The visit of the grand matron to
Golden Gate and King solomon chap
ters in Joint session during the latter
part of April was a very pleasant af-
fair. The work OF the order was ex-
emplified by the two chapters, the one
carrying out the instructions as to
opening. balloting and closing, and the
other the degree work Each was per-
formed in q manner that called forth
&hA highest praise .frnr1-fha suisifin%
The Press., 1905-09-27

Danton, the celebrated caricaturist,
had a wonderful power of modelling
from memory After one long look at
his subject he could go to his studio
and make a bust quite perfect in its
resemblance.
One day young man came to him,
saying that his sister was i'll and about
to die and that, although the family
wished her bust modelled, they dared
not excite her by mentioning it.
Would he undertake to reproduce her
features after seeing her once? Dan
ton agreed, and next day the brother
Informed his sister that he intended
to present her with some jewels and
that a young man would bring some
specimens for her approval.
Danton brought in the jewels and,
going home, modelled a bust of strik-
ing resemblance. Next year an old
gentleman. the father of the young
woman, came to order a bust of the
brother, who also had died. This, too,
was a marvellous success.
The result of such planning. how
ever, was not always as satisfactory
to his patrons as in these cases. A
gentleman who could not persuade his
wife to sit asked Danton to enter a
certain omnibus one day and fix in his
memory the features of the lady OPP
posite him.
He did so, modelled a beautiful bust
and sent it home. 1t proved, however,
to be not the mistress, but the maid,
who had also taken the trip in the
omnibus.
The Press., 1905-09-27

In the Bahama islands there -four
ishes tree the roots Of which attain
to enormous proportions, often reach
ing to a height of fifteen or twenty
feet above the surface of the earth,
spreading in all directions, under
ground as we'll, in order to obtain sus-
tenance and give support to the trunk
and branches. On the tree grow in
Vulnerable balls Of silky cotton, pre-
senting an almost fairylike appearance
as they glisten in the sunlight. They
are in great demand for stufting pill
lows, being soft as down. The spaces
formed by the roots are often quite as
large as fair sized rooms, and if rooted
over one tree would form a commO-
dious dwelling place for a family. In
fact, it would be infinitely superior
to the average native hut. Holes could
be cut in the roots to allow of internal
communication. Up to the present,
however, the natives have not utilized
them as houses, though they are fire.
quently in request as stables for
horses
The Press., 1905-09-27

Persons who are envious of those
whom they are pleased to call the for
tunate rarely count the cost Of success.
Apropos of this, an amusing story is
told Of General Lefevre, duke Of Dant-
zic. One day the general had a visit
from a friend of his youth, who COM
mented, not without feelings Of envy,
on the dignities and riches which the
duke, who was born in a peasants cot
tage, had acquired in many battles and
by his faithful services.
ooh, 1 am prepared" was the re-
joinder, ''to hand them over to you at
the very price 1 paid for them. We
will proceed together into my garden.
There you shall walk up and down for
the space of half an hour while COM
mand a company Of infantry to fire
on you. There were more in my case,
but you shall have the benefit of alter
ed circumstances. If you are not shot
in thirty minutes all that is mine shall
he YOURS"
The Press., 1905-09-27

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY MONEY!
Holden face to face. She stopped and
stood straight, giving him a quick
keen look. Then she pointed her finger
at his breast as if it had been a pistol.
"What have you done with my mon
ey?" she demanded.
At that went inside in double quick
time, and was on the spot before Per
~ answered. He seemed to be taken
all aback.
"Wh-what2" he stammered. 81 beg
your pardon"
Mrs. Holden's voice was steady, but
very high pitched when she repeated
her question:
81 said, What have you done with my
money"
The cashier, Mr.. Slower, came out of
his room, and Mrs. Holden turned to
him without waiting for Perry's reply.
''Mr. Slower" said she with strain
ed calmness. "my money is gone. This
man has taken it."
Slower looked banker than Perry.
He did not know what the woman was
talking about.
Come into my room," said he. And
at that moment he caught sight Of me
and made an inconspicuous sign that
he would like my help.
1 accepted Mr. Stover's invitation,
and so did Mrs. Holden. but she took
good care that Perry should enter the
cashiers room ahead of her.
Now, Mrs. Holden, what's the trou-
ble?' said the cashier when we were
all inside and the door was shut.
The lady cast quick glance at me.
'Mr. Kelly, police detective" said
Slower.
II drew $4,000 from the bank FIVE
minutes ago." said she. II put it into
this bag and went out to my carriage.
I had just got in when this man
pointing to Perry-"came out and said
that there had been a mistake in
counting my money. He had some
bills in his hand, and I naturally sup
posed that had received too little. I
gave him the bag, and he opened 1t
right on my lap and counted the mon
ey slowly. That's queer said he and
counted it again. I watched him and
saw that the amount was right. There
were ten $1,000 and sixteen $500
bills. He put them back into the bag
and snapped the catch. I beg your
pardon said he. The teller must
have been mistaken He went into
the bank, and 1 told the coachman to
drive away. Just after the carriage
started I thought I'd have a look at
the money and count it myself.
opened the bag. and this was what /
The Press., 1905-09-27
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the colum ns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
September 40, 1875.

Mrs. L. A. Page will open her fall
millinery season next week, with
Mrs. A. Fl. Simonds in charge of the
work rooms.
The Granite mill shut down last
Saturday night, and it is understood
that vacation" of one month, and
perhaps longer, is to follow.
Republican caucus at the town
house on Friday evening. The dem
ocratic caucus is called for the same
time and place, but the building con-
tains two rooms.
The intermingling of too much
baseball tactics, with the accompany
ing wrangling, fight talk and SHARP
practices, caused the interruption OF
the game last Saturday.
In digging a we'll in the rear OF
Tilden's block, rock has been thrown
out which j P. Tilden, who has had
experience in gold and silver mining,
thinks contains one, if not both, of
these metals in quantities to encour-
age further investigation.
In the case of the Smiths, held for
the murder of Wood near Stafford
Vile, the only witness for the state,
Morris Lee, has left-report says,
gone to England. Should he not re-
turn the accused will necessarily 90
free, as according to the testimony
they give they acted in reasonable
self defense.
Warfield is this week removing his
dry goods stock to the elegant new
store fitted for him in Rockwell s new
block. Chandler has removed his
real estate and insurance business to
room No. 3, second floor, of the same
building. Arnold has finely fitted
his new jewelry store in the same
building, restocking with an elegant
line of silver wares displayed in ele-
cant cases made to his order, and a
large line of other goods in his way
Also J H. Reed is removing his law
office from Fosters block to room No
in r ,ckwell's block.
The Press., 1905-09-27
strength of Insects and Animals.

A series of experiments made to test
the jaw force and pulling and lifting
strength of various kinds of insects
gives some curious points for study. 1t
has been found that a cockchafer can
draw fourteen times his own weight
and the common honeybee thirty
times. From this it may be argued
that, weight for weight, each of the
above named insects is twenty-One
and thirty times respectively stronger
than the horse, whose strength, as a
rule is taxed to it's utmost in drawing
it's own weight as a dead load" A
scientist once experimental with a
small hard shelled beetle by putting
him under Il common table tumbler
The little creature, not more than one
third of an inch in length, was able to
move the glass in any direction. After
the experiment had been satisfactorily
made both the tumbler and the bug
were weighed, whereupon it was found
that the little Hercules had lifted 96O
times it's own weight! He did not car
ry the weight, of course, but caused it
to make some lively motions.
The Press., 1905-09-27
The Man
From the
Bank
By HOWARD FIELDING
Copyright, 1905. BY Charles ". Hooke

wv YHEN I was on duty in the
AAE banking district, before l
got my present desk job at
headquarters, 1 used to see
some queer things. 1t was my busi-
ness, along with other detectives scat
tered through that region, to keep 1t
clear of known crooks and in general
to watch out for the fellow who wants
to practice sinful receptions on the I'M
wary banker or his customers. Natu-
rally 1 fell In with some interesting ad-
ventures.
One day about noon l was coming
round the corner of the Temple build
ing from Wayne street into Liberty
when l saw an elegant looking woman
about thirty years old jump out Of her
carriage and run into the Temple bank.
l noticed that she got out unassisted
before the footman could open the car
rage door, and it was evident that
both the coachman and the footman
thought that something was going to
happen.
recognized the woman and the turn
out, having seen them there about two
months before, the same day that 1
caught Doc Turner, the cleverest
bank sneak in this country, hanging
around that corner and ran him in as a
suspicious person, for which l got we'll
roasted next morning by the judge,
who discharged Turner and told me
that 1t was an outrage to arrest him
Just because he was an eX-convict
when l couldn't prove that he was do
Ing any harm. AS If such a crook as
doc Turner could exist without do
ing harm! Some of these judges would
make you laugh.
However, to resume my story, l
knew who this woman was, because
one of the newspapers printed her pic
ture and description in connection with
an article defending me for arresting
Turner 1t seems that she was Mrs.
Gertrude Holden, widow Of a rich real
estate man well known in that line Of
business up to the day Of his death.
He left her substantially all his money,
and she continued some of his opera
tions, being more of a speculatOr than
he was, according to all accounts. She
bank, and on the day when l took
doc" Turner in she drew several thou
sand dollars in cash, and the thief was
within two yards of her when she car
ried the money across the sidewalk in
her hand bag. The newspaper which
defended me for arresting Turner used
this fact to show the danger of letting
such men run loose in the banking dis
trict.
All this naturally came back to my
mind when 1 saw Mrs. Holden go into
the bank in such a hurry, and SO 1 step
ped up to the door not more than three
PAGES behind her There is a partition
along the right side of the bank reach
ing about halfway to the ceiling, and
the space behind it is divided into Of
fees.
The cashiers room is the third from
the door, and as looked in 1 saw a
young man named Perry come out Of
that room just in time to meet Mrs.
The Press., 1905-09-27

Personally / should say, writes It..
r. Montague in the London Saturday
Review, that Shakespeare was a bad
sleeper. The well known lines in
Henry "" suggest the passionate
longing for sleep which only those
who have experienced the long drawn
misery of a white night" can feel.
Again, what is more suggestive of a
lie awake night in London in August
than
o comfort killing night, image of hellI
or
o hateful, vaporous and foggy night
in '"The Rape of Lucrece."
Or, again, take the twenty-seventh
sonnet:
Weary with toll, haste me to my bed,
The dear repose for limbs with travel
tired
But then begins journey in my head
To work my mind when body's works
expired.
This seems to me the true wall Of
the insomnoient, and the sonncts are
supposed to be autobiographical, l be-
lieNe.
The Press., 1905-09-27

"Those who are not accustomed to
rain are frightened by it," says a
writer. II once saw an Arab rained
upon for the first time. He was alb
jectIy terrified and demanded to have
his passage paid from the country
Sicily-in which the dread phenomenon
occurred. He had been conveyed from
the Sahara, 1 think, by a European,
whose servant he was, and he evidently
thought his master was behaving abom-
inably to him in permitting him to get
wet. By the first steamer he returned
to his native desert, abandoning excel
lent wages, and shaking the raindrops
furiously from his slippered feet"
The Press., 1905-09-27

swered the 1anitor. And Holden sale
"Whatv' in a tone Of voice that made
the word sound like an oath.
Then l stepped up from the darh
stairs and took the janitor by the
sleeve and led him under gas lamp.
"Did your lodger look anything like
thatY" said 1 and showed him a pic
ture of my old friend, doc" Turner.
"Thats the man." replied the janitor
"Don't you worry" said 1, turning Il
Holden. "He's given you the slip, al
right, but he won't go far. Nvery
bridge and road and ferryboat and cal
has been watched since 1 o'clock. He
won't leave town. He'll be at head
quarters in a little while If he's not
there now"
"Who are your? demanded Holden
"What do you meanT
81 mean that you are smart young
man." said I. when the newspapers
wrote up Doc Turner about two
months ago in connection with my ar
resting him and told what a clever
thief he was and a sleight Of hand man
and all that you were smart enough tt
see that such slick rascal was worth
knowing. So you hunted him up and
told him that you could find out wher
your stepmother was going to draw
some more money from the bank. Was
there any way to get it?
"Well, Doc Turner undoubtedly told
you that there was always way to gel
money. That's what he always says
So he loafed around the bank in that
innocent way of his which I once so
brutally interrupted, and finally he
Matched up the scheme Of sneaking into
Perry's room, putting on Perry's coat
sticking a pen behind his ear and as
Stunning to be an official Of the bank
sent out to count Mrs. Holden's money
again. OF course it was no trouble al
all for such a fellow to work the sleight
of hand trick. Then he went back, took
off Perry's coat, put on his own and
his hat and vanished through the side
door that leads into the hall Of the
Temple building. Am right?''
had purposely moved away from
the head Of the stairs, because knew
what Holden would do. He made a
break for liberty, and Of course he ran
straight into the arms Of my partner
who was waiting at the outer door,
When we got to headquarters with
him we found doc" Turner there. He
had been caught with Mrs. Holden'a
money in his pocket.
The Press., 1905-09-27

All women work; some in their
homes, some in church, and some in
the whirl of society. And in stores,
mills and shops tens of thousands are
on the never-ceasing treadmill, earning
their daily bread.
All are subject to the same physical
laws; all suffer alike from the same
physical distur banoe, and the nature of
their duties. in many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors of all
kinds of female complaints. ovarian
troubles, liberation, falling and dis
placements of the womb, leucorrhOea,
or perhaps irregularity or suppression
of monthly periods" causing back
ache, nervousness, irritability and
lasSitude.
Women who stand on their feet all
day are more susceptible to thesS
troubles than others.
They especially require an invigOrat-
ing, sustaining medicine which will
strengthen the female organism and
enable them to bear easily the fatigues
of the day, to sleep well at night, and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see a woman
struggling to earn livelihood or per
form her household duties when her
back and head are aching, she is so
tired she can hardly drag about or
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which is due to
some arrangement of the female or
ganism.
Miss F. Orser of IA Warrenton Street,
lydia E. Pinkham'S VeSetable Com
The Press., 1905-09-27

Boston. tells women how to avoid such
suffering; she writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
~ suffered misery for several years with
irregular menstruation. My back ached; l
had bearing down pains, and frequent head
aches; l could not sleep and could hardly
drag around. / consulted two physicians
without relief, and as last resort, L tried
Lydia E. Pinkham'sVe getable Compound, and
to my surprise, every ache and pain left me:
Igained ten pounds and am in perfect health. ."
Miss Pearl Aclzers of 327 North Sum-
mer Street, Nashville, Tenn, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
~ su ferad with painful periods, severe
backache, bearing-dOwn pains, pains across
the abdomen; was very nervous and lrrlta-
BILE. and nv trouble grew worse every month.
my physician failed to help me and l
decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound | soon found it was doing me
cool. All nv pains AMI aches disappeared,
and no longer fear my monthly periods"
Lydia E. Pinlzham's Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for all these
troubles. 1t strengthens the proper
muscles, and displacement with all its
horrors will no more crush you.
Backache. dizziness, fainting, bear
ing down pains, disordered stomach,
moodiness. dislike of friends and society
all symptoms of the one cause will
be quickly dispelled, and it will make
you strong and well.
You can tell the story of your suf-
feriugs to n woman, and receive help
full advice free of cost. Address Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
,o,,rd cuecnadc Whprn NfherS Fail.
The Press., 1905-09-27

Fly wheel insurance is almost pure
mathematics. When a wheel is re-
vOlved at high enough speed the cen
trifugal force exceeds the centripetal
and the wheel flies apart. Solid cast
iron eXplodes when the speed at the
rim is roughly three miles n minute. A
thick rim eXplodes just as easily as a
thin one of the same material. Wood
eXplojCS al Il greater speed, jOinted
iron ut Il less. The underwater allows
a rim speed OF mile minute. one
third the explosion rate, as Il safe limit
for solid irou wheels. This permits a
two foot pulley wheel sixteen revolu-
tons second, while it keeps sixteen
foot fly wheel down to two. a jointed
wheel is allowed still less. The under
writer has only to name the number of
revolutions he authorizes and to pro-
portion his premium to the size of the
wheel. The larger the wheel, of course.
the more destructive it's explosion
Leslie's Magazine.
The Press., 1905-09-27
Are You Engaged ?

Engaged people should Nom her,
a.. at er marriage. many quare ca n
b. avoided, by keeping their di 'estior S
n good condition with elpc rio bitters
). A Brown Of BAnne't vile, G. ,
;ays: Fer v. ar' my vile suff. red In
"ns''ly fr' m dyspepsia, complicated with
TORPID liver, until she lost her strength
and COR, and became a mare we * of
her former self. Then she tr'e Electric
B tiers, which hep d her at once and
finally made her entirely w II She is
low s rong and healthy" A G. Eaton,
ifuggi t, sells and guar 4ntee' them, at
so a bottle.
The Press., 1905-09-27

Our newspapers might be much bet
ter. They could easily be made more
to the taste Of the people Of taste. But
their ,unlovely crying of crime, dtsa-
greeabIe as it is, is an exceedingly i'm
portant public duty, and in their faith
fulness and veracious fortitude in
keeping it up lies really the biggest
part Of our hope Of higher standard
of honesty in public and private life.
There is hope for any kind Of rascal
ty as long as it can be kept out of the
papers-Harper's Weekly.
The Press., 1905-09-27
Like Finding Money.

Finding health is like fl ding money
so think those who are sick. When YOU
ave a cough, cold, Ore throat or chest
irritation, better act pr 'mptly, like W.
G Barber Of Sandy L. VEL, Va. He says
4 had ter. BILE chest trouble, caused
by smoke and coal dust on my lungs
but, after finding no relief in other rem
e 1irs, l was cured by DR.. Kings New
Discov 4ry for Co sumption, Coughs and
Colds " Greatest sale of ony cough or
lung medicine In the world At A. G.
E4ton's drug store; SOC and 81 90; guar
artned. Trial bottle free
The Press., 1905-09-27

CHAMDERLAIN's COUGH PEMEDY AIDS
NATURE Medicines that aid a u-e are
always most effectual. Chamberlsin's
Corgh Remedy acts on this plan. 1t al
lays the cough, relieves the lungs, aids
expectoration, opens TIE secre'ions, and
aids nature in restoring the system to a
healthy condition. Sold by E. K. Taft !,
Ell. F Cady, Stafford g. Hall, Jr., &
Co., Wilmington.
The Press., 1905-09-27

Mr.. GotroX-When I was your age,
sir, didn't have a dollar. Cholly Got
rox-Wcll, dad, when am your age
I probably won't have a dollar.-Puck
eau Ct INeOMNIA digestion n"aI :
" always dlsturhs the sle' p n ore or less,
md is often the cluse of insomnia MAJ Y
'ases have b4en permanently cured bv
"hamhprain's Stomach and Liver Tai
lets. For sale by E. K Taft, II. F.
Cady, Staff ,rd; g, Hall, Jr., q Co ,
Wilmington.
The Press., 1905-09-27

A REMEDY WITHOUT A PEER Il find
Chamber AIMS Stomach and LIVER Tab
lets NOR" brr efinial than any other RENE
~ evt used for stomach trouble" saws
J. p. KIo'e Of Edna, Mo. For any d1 E
order of the tomach, biliousness or con-
,tipaton, these Tablets are without a
n"er. For sale by E X, Taft, H F
Cady. Stafford; q Hall, Jr & Co., Viii
ington.
The Press., 1905-09-27

Mrs. Grogan-Keegan an his wife
had a fierce scrap. Mrs. Hogan--An'
did they separate? Mrs. Grogan--They
did. but Keegan was most dead before
tn cops could get TIL twisters on Mrs.
Keegan an separate thim-Puck.
The Press., 1905-09-27
Got Off Cheap.

He may wei think he has got IF
cheap, who, after having contr' C I'd con-
stipa'ion or INDIGESTION. is atill aNlA to
perfectly restor" his hnalh Nothing
will do this hut Dr. Kings N w Life
Pills. A Quick, pleasant and cArtain
'ure tor h"adacF g constipation, etc. 25.
ut A. @ Eaton's drug soc; guaranteed
The Press., 1905-09-27
ParlOr Pride Stove Polish.

LIQUID-READY INSTANT Use A
few drops OF Parltr Pride Stove Polish
givt s he stove a bril- liant lnstre shine,
making the stove fit for the parlor. No
5niled hands easy to apply always
ady. R quires no water or mixing
(water used in paste polish rusts tt e
stove). No dried-up pa te remains af'er
using awhile. Pdrlor Pride good to the
last drop. Sold by all dealers. Large
sample bottle free Ono expense or postage
to pay. Give Tame Of your dealer ard
address PARLOR PRIDE MFG. CO.,
B ,ston, Mass. 4-52ja
ACTION will break up Cold In one
The Press., 1905-09-27

Jobley-I hear that young Munniman
is in financial difficulties. 1 thought
his uncle left him a fixed income.
Dobley-He did, but it's fixed so that
Munniman can get only little of it at
q time.
The Press., 1905-09-27

Dollie-He promised to send back
my lock Of hair, but he hasn't done 1t
yet. Mollie-That's the way with
these hair restorers-all promise and
no performance.
The Press., 1905-09-27
ADDrehenRfOn.

One Woman-If I thought / would
ever have hair as gray as Mrs. Bad
gers, believe it would worry me to
death Another--I am sure should
dye right Off