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Hes not on the list" she said de-

He's not on the list" she said de-
murely.
Wei, Brownlow, then. Brownlow
is lacking in tact He says the wrong
thing in the right place and vice
versa. Wouldn't you be apt to find
yourself making continual excuses for
him?''
Very probably she admitted.
Next We'll take Partridge and Cow
ington jointly. Too youns-alas! too
youngi People would say you were
robbing the cradle. You must make
some concession to public opinion,
you know"
Phillida was silent. A mocking
smile curved the corners of her mouth.
Well said he. I'm the only one
left
Let me hear of your failings," she
said.
Il haven't any," he replied meekly.
Save excessive modesty," she
prompted.
But if you'd like me better with a
few trivial faults I'll try to cultivate
some,' he said hopefully.
Your method of elimination is
very impressive" she observed.
Il hope So" said he do you in
tend to-er-abide by the result, Phil
Ida ?"
She looked at him archly and broke
into a peal of merry laughter.
Teddy, you dear, stupid boy" she
said, there never has been but one
really eligible man on the list, and
he, through excessive modesty, I pre-
sumo, has never broached the SUBJ
ject"
Then you do abide by the result?"
he asked.
"All the others were eliminated
long ago without your help" she said
softly.-(Copyright 1905. by T. G. Nc
CII1ra \
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FACTS
ABOUT
COLDS

The common theory that all colds
are the result of exposure of some sort
is a great mistake. Exposure is not
the direct cause of the disease. Scien-
lists tell us that colds are caused by
a hostile microbe. which gains foot
exposure, and that if we inure our
selves to exposure we have an effec-
tive remedy against the microbe Of
cold, as well as many others. There
are many evidences to prove this
theory. There are many places
where it is impossible to catch cold.
because there is no cold to catch. We
have not yet forgotten that Nansen
and his men, during the three years
they spent in the Arctic regions,
were immune from cold, though they
were constantly enduring exposure
of every kind. They passed day after
day In clothes so saturated with per-
spiration that by day they froze into
solid mass, so that they cut into the
flesh. And at night, in their sleeping
bags the first hour was spent in thaw-
ing out. They returned to civilization
none the worse in health, but soon
contracted severe colds upon reach
ing there.
Then there is the remarkable in
stance of st. Kilda, that lonely. rocky
island, which was visited by DR.. john
son when he and Boswell were max
ing their famous tour of the Hebrides.
There are about one hundred inhabi-
tants on the island. The coasts are
SO precipitous that for eight months
in the year it is practically inacces-
sible. Several vessels from the main
land call there during the summer.
And, strange to say, whenever ship
reaches the island from the mainland
every inhabitant, even to the infants,
are seized with colds. This fact has
been known for more than two hun
dred years, and was of great interest
to DIR. Johnson. who was skeptical
concerning 1t.
The question of this st. Kilda cold
long puzzled men, who never dreamed
that it was an infectious disease and
that without the possibility of infec-
ton 1t is impossible to catch it, no
matter what the exposure may be.
That is to say. it is due to a micro
organism, and without the presence of
this micro organism the disease cam
not be contracted
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THE PROPOSED BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION BILL.

do not believe that the Legisla-
ture will pass this bill and if it should
I do not believe that the Governor
will sign it. The honest building and
loan associations in California have
helped thousands of people to pro-
cure homes for their families on pay
ment of small monthly instaIlments
who to-day without the aid OF such
associations would not have a shingle
over their heads. They have. in ad-
dition, induced many thousands of
wage earners to save part of their
monthly salaries and thus build a
foundation for future independence.
Our State requires such a meritO-
rious institution TO help build our
sparsely settled State, both in the city
and in the country, and I cannot con-
ceive how any sane person can ap-
prove of the destruction of such truly
meritorious institutions.
I know whereof I speak, having
been continuously connected with the
local building and loan associations
since 1876 and being the oldest
building and loan association secre-
tary in the State of California.
The present building and loan asso-
citation laws require to be amended so
as to give full protection to stockhold-
ers, but the bill proposed. while lit
revolutionizes the whole building and
loan association system, in its present
state does a great deal more harm
whom it is intended to safely protect
their investment.
A. SBARBoRO.
San Francisco. Feb. 27.
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To the Editor of The Call:
1 consider the bill proposed by the
joint committee on building and loan
associations simply infamous. If it
were found to be legal, which I doubt
very much, it would destroy all the
meritorious, honest local building and
loan associations in the State and
build up a system of get-rich-quick
affairs which promise heaven and
earth and give little or nothing.
/ cannot conceive how five members
of the Legislature should have been
so hoodwinked by designing schemefs
to propose such new law regulating
building and loan associations In
plain language it simply encourages
the dishonest and abolishe5 the hon
est building and loan associations.
Even the only good article i'm the bill.
which was proposed by ne local
building and loan associations, that
all members of building and loan as
sociations upon withdrawal at any
time should receive at least the full
amount paid into such association"
seems to have been juggled out of the
bill.
This leaves it in the hands of dis
honest associations to pay their re-
firing members little or nothing as
they please upon the withdrawal of
their members. There are many thou
sands of people in this State who have
lost a portion of the money which
thew have invested in dishonest build
ing and loan associations who will
join me in condemning this dishonest
practice.
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WORLDS COAL AND IRON

1T is stated in scientific journal
of recent date that the United States,
Great Britain and Germany together
produce approximately 80 per cent Of
the coal and iron of the world; and if
the industrial Importance of the ma
terials be considered the supreme test,
these countries would necessarily he
adjudged the leading mining countries
of to-day. Their pre-eminence would
probably be even more marked if
complete statistics covering the pro-
duction of cement, clay, stone and
other nonmetallic resources were
available.
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THE MODERN GEORGE W.

Hearing noise in the pantry Mrs.
Jerrums opened the door softly and
went in.
Her youngest son was standing on a
chair, with his back to her, helping
himself to the contents of glass jar.
What are you doing, Clifford?" she
asked.
Clifford turned around.
His face was smeared from chin to
cheekbone with something deeply and
darkly red, but the light of truth
shone in his blue eyes.
''I cannot tell a lie, mamma" he said,
'I'm eating raspberry jam" Chicago
Tribune.
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BROOKLYN'S BAKER.

OK some lncrutabe Brooklyn district represented
ID congress by Mr. Robert Baker who publishes an Official
biography in the Congressional Directory that occupies more
an page lie tells his achievements in the which
Mr. Hearst records his in his newspapers
his remarkable Mr. Baker desires that House expe him for
introducing resolution the President sending formal
coincidence Tor the assassination Grand Sergs Mr. Baker
was very vehement against the President for and roared and
he extinguished = ~ W
What Government would have if it were run by the
1oaks} In Its eternalies the United
OF the family OF nations 1t neither republican monacial
nor aocrae With its domestic system soveeenes have
nothng and 1t has nothing do with domestic govern
men In the family OF nations all stand alike When events
Pa DEATH and especially death by violence affect one SOVEREIGN
W custom sanctions the expression coincidence bv the
others makes no difference whether Cars uncle were an
mp or darkness or an angel of light coincidence accord with
the etiquette of nations. - " o WIN
But this remarkable and bawlng Baker of Brooklyn proceeded
annoy the House by assuming that such formal coincidence was
evidence that President Roosevelt in sympathy with t
cratic system of the Russian Government To xp Baker world
ogny hrn TOO much he should be cracked by thumb
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IN A. D. 1000.

Give me a spoon of oleo. ma,
And the sodium alkaii,
For I'm going to make al pie, mamma!
I'm going to make a pie.
For John will be hungry and tired. ma,
And his tissues will decompose;
So give me gram of phosphate,
And the carbon and cellulose.
Now give me chunk of caseine, ma,
To shorten the, thermic fat
And give me the oxygen bottle, ma,
And look at the thermostat.
And if the electric oven is cold
Just turn it on half an ohm,
For 1 want to have the supper ready
As soon as John comes home.
Cleveland Leader.
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NO MORE OF THAT

A young man in Winfield who has
not been married long remarked at the
dinner table the other day: MY dear.
I wish you could make bread such. as
mother used to make The bride
smiled and answered in a voice that
did not tremble: well, dear, 1 wish
you could make the dough that father
used to make" The bread and dough
question hasn't come up for family dis
cussion since.-Winfield (Kans.) Trib-
une
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NECKLACES OF ANTS

The chief adornment Of the women
of New Guinea is a necklace made Of
black ants. When native girl finds
an ant in the garden she bites off and
swallows the lower end of it's body,
throws away the head and threads the
thorax. A chiefs bride wears a neck
lace eleven feet long, on which are the
bodies Of 1900 ants
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THE MODERN NOVEL

CHAPTER L.
The Prettiest Girl you ever saw.
CHAPTER III.
The young man interviews her pa.
CHAPTER III.
A wedding grand without a flaw.
CHAPTER w.
An oath-a tear-a lot of jaw.
CHAPTER v.
I'm going back home to my mai"
CHAPTER VI.
Her maiden name restored by law.
The Editor.
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DID SHE DO IT?

''I am so grateful said an Atchison
young lady to her escort upon reach
ing home after a particularly good at
traction at the theater, that L could
eat you up."
II would hate to have you do that
he replied, but you might take one
ite."-Atchison Globe
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We are selling agents for "Waterman's
Ideal Fountain PEN and sole agents for
''The Marshall" the best $1.00 fountain
pen in the world. Sanborn, Vail & Co.
TAI Market street.
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Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (A1len's), 80 Cali
fornta street. Telephone Main 1042,
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What has become of the old-fash-
ioned woman who made floating island
and a marble cake when she expected
company for supper?
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Townsend's Gala Glace Fruits, in ar
tistic fire-etched boxes. 10 Kearny st.
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A GOOD MOOD.

Jones-Pve had a terrible time to-
day at the Office and L am mad clear
through.
Mrs Jones-WeIi. dear, wouldn't It be
a good time for you to beat the carpetg
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than is the Senate
House-NlMaukee - - 1880
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APPRoPRIaTE.

Bug-What are you going to do with
that stick of candy?
other Bug-My brother is a barber
and 1t will make a fine pole for him.
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JUST A JEST.
Boarder Cat breakfast)- Eggs and
coffee! It's always the same. Haven't
you anything outside of eggs?
Landlady-Yes.
Boarder-What?
Landlady-Shells.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06


late tens or early twenties who is the
chief graft for the resorts, and who can't
swim.
There may have been a thousand rea-
sons why you can't swim. Maybe, like
me. feeling that you were no Phoebus
Apollo. you were somewhat timid Of dis
playing the length and the thinness of
your shadow in all its paucity. Maybe
you feel that you were blessed by a
bountfuI Creator with q neck that should
have been bestowed down in the African
jungle to d three-knot giraffe. Maybe you
have got a pair Of legs on you that the
kids used 10 call you 'Beany' for; or
''Gawky'' or Ladders" I have enjoyed
al Of those gentle shafts from the ready
mouths and quick tongues Of ingenious
little street gamins. Or maybe you had
the vague idea which I had. that the
thing would take up months of time, and
Iettirg the years slip by you never found
the time.
Whatever the cause, 7 can say to any
man who is ordinarily healthy and
strong that the trick can be turned in
from five to eight half-hour lessons. It
took me five to get into the deep water
tank. and my instructor called me 4 pu-
pil OF his third class" The first class,
or the quickest TO learn. are boys from
. 10 Is; next, girls OF the same age. and
third, young men. They. knowing the
dangers, are more backward. The boys,
having no fear, take to 1t naturally.
Lastly. oh great and glowing Joy, the
young misses come. In this respect he
comedies with me, and this dissertation
isn't meant for the girls. They don't go
n tie water to swim anyway, as rule.
sunshade and forget how much Of them
selves is displayed. There are certain
privileges I've noticed that the bathing
suit carries which are granted with no
other earb.
II should propose TO any girl OF even
ordlnery resDectability locking my legs
about her waist and sliding down
the balustrade, she would be right
ly indignant. 1 think. Yet, go
10 the resorts and tanks and they lock
themselves together, men and women.
two. four and six deep, and shoot the
shoots with happiest abandon. I am very
glad am learning TO swim.
Indeed. the more I reflect about it
(this paragraph being added some days
after the story was writtcn) the more
I like it. It is pleasant to contemplate.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06
By Dan a. Carroll

The first stroke taught should be the
leg stroke. The instructor stands in
front of the pupil with the pupils arms
resting upon his shoulders, and his
hands under the pupils armpits, with
the pupil lying at angle as shown in
figure l. The pupils feet should be
extended full length back and to-
gether. They are then ready for the
stroke Draw the feet up, bending and
spreading the knees at the same time.
and then thrust the legs back with toes
turned outward. until feet and legs
come together again. The effect is ex-
actly the same as the stroke of the
hind legs of a frog. When the legs
are stretched full out after the stroke
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pupil should breathe quickly and free
ly through the mouth. exhaling through
the nose.
When the pupil has mastered the
float, that is, so far as he is able at
this stage OF his progress, the back
swim should be taught. The pupil Is
stretched out as for the float. only arms
are extended to side, with hands under
the hips and palms flat. Then turning
the hands half sideways they should be
moved outward about a foot and re-
versed and brought back. The move
ment is exactly that of sculling boat.
Instead of the oar blade being held
oblique and reversed 1t is the hands
Having taught the back float and swim
1t is necessary to teach the pupil to come
to the breast swim from the back. The
method Of turning over is shown in figure
g. The pupil turns to the left. Legs
should be drawn up, head held well out
of water, left hand permitted to cut
downward through the water. while the
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Professional Swimming.
1sn 1ards-J NuttaiI 1 minute Al s-S
seconds. Haywood Baths. England, oc-
200 vards-J. Nuttall. 2 minutes
90 AS seconds, StalybridSe Baths. Eng
land. December 4. 1904.
200 vards-J. Nuttall. minutes 40
seconds, Corporation Baths. edinburgh
Scotland, November IS. 1901
440 vards-J Nuttall. 5 minutes IS
seconds. England, September 3. 1902.
1000 yards-J. Nuttau. Is minutes
561-5 seconds, Manchester. England.
November Is. 1901.
/ MILE. NuttaH, IS minutes s sec
onds, HaIlingworth Lake. England.
August 19. 1898.
s5 miIes-Captain Matthew Webb. II
hours as minutes. Dover. England. 70
Calais, France. August 24-2S, 1875.
Amateur swimming.
25 yards-w. c. Johnson, Locust
Grove. L. l., August 10. 1890.
40 yards-W. Evans. Stalybridgs.
England. May ,. 1898.
so yards-Harry Lenoyne. Boston.
Mass. One Turn Baths. S5 Is seconds.
100 yards. Fl. Derbyshire. Osborne
Street Baths. Manchester, England. Oe-
tober 1. 1902. 80 1-5 seconds.
$50 yards-F. c. Y. Lane, Corporation
Baths. Bolton. England. September II.
1902. l minute 36 20 seconds.
200 yards. II. Tyers, Corporation
Baths, Preston. England, October IS.
1894. minutes IS 3-5 seconds.
go yards-F. c. Y. Lane. Weston
Super Mare Baths. England. August IS.
1882 hours 2S 3-S seconds
44O yards-D. Ellington. Sheffield.
England. July %. 1903. minutes IS 90
seconds.
$50 yards-R. CavilL Norwood Lake.
London. England. August 8. 1898. II
minutes so rs seconds.
a MILE. A. Jarvis. River Lovat.
England. June IA. 1902. i minutes
% 2-5 seconds.
1 nile-R. Cavill, Australia. April 21,
1902, 21 minutes II % seconds.
miles A. Jarvis, Manchester,
England. July "a, 1908. hour 8 min
utes-
It's beginning to get a trihe monoton-
GUS this thing of chalking down the
pedizrees Of these champs and writing
so many Englishmen down 10 glory
/ think it's pretty near time some one
was doing a little missionary work
looking toward developing few
swimmers o. our own. l swallowed so
much salt water to-day that I have
reIinuuished my ambitions as a swim
ming champion. Now that have
announced my withdrawal i hope TO see
yearn IS to get back to resort next
year and join in the tickling and
twinkling fest.
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haps two should be devoted to it, he is
ready for the arm stroke. The in
structor holds his pupil by both sides.
as in figure D. The pubil extends his
arms full length in front with sides of
hands touching. Then turning hands
half sideways and holding them rigid
with fingers well together, the arms
should be brought back even with the
shoulders, but no further. Then keep
ing the hands just under the water
the palms should be turned fat with
the water and the elbows brought to
the side This will bring the hands un-
der the chin. They should then be shot
out straight forward to the first posi-
ton. This completes the arm stroke.
During the lesson devoted to this move
ment the legs should be kept perfectly
still and extended full length back.
Figure shows the combination arm
and leg stroke, only to be tried when
the strokes are mastered separately.
With the instructor standing as in the
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which teaches how buoyant the water
is and how easily 1t is to rest perfectly
safe. The instructor lays the pupil on
his back. supporting him by the shoul-
der blades. The body should be ex-
tended full length, ears under water,
and arms straight out from the shoul-
ders. preferably with palms down. The
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illustration the pupil should extend the
arms and legs out to first position.
Then when the arms have completed
half of their backward stroke the pupil
should commence to draw up the legs
in position for stroke. AS the hands
are brought under the chin and shot
forward tie legs should shoot back,
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HIS is A HEART
TO HEART DISQUI-
SITION TO THAT
DUB WHO CAN'T
SWIM. A week ago
that category would
have included me.
too, but to-day from
the deep-water tank
! can look over to
the women's and
kids tub and grin
sardonically. That
is, If the railing
isn't over six feet
away. It's only the
fifth lesson, and I
don't as yet claim TO
be a nautilus or a
deep-sea eel.
Dub means man,
woman or child, but
more especially that
man along in the
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they should keep the outward position
for second or so to get the full bene-
fit of the thrust The stroke forces
the pupil forward, the instructor per-
nitting himself to be moved backward
by the impetus.
When the pupil has mastered this
movement and one full lesson and per-
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R1SES-5 ~
y II GARROLL
=. ZZZRD NO

frog fashion. Then the arms go
through their backward motion again
while the legs are being drawn up In
position. Thus the arms and legs work
alternately.
When the pupil has mastered tho
combination stroke it is time to teach
the float. Nothing will quicker inspire
confidence in the pupil than the float.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06
SWIMMING RECORDS.

Following are given the professional
and amateur swimming records for the
UnitNd states and Great Britain;
ProfexSfOuaI Swimming.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-04-13
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Try-without Deposit, OF
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to Ray.

ness, sleeplessness. i,ritsbility-all
are the outward signs OF inward
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to think, to see. But the inside
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these are the nerves that work wears
nut and worry breaks down.
NOV these tender. tiny nerves con-
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heart. the kidneys. the liver. How
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How, through bond of sympathy,
20 each of the other ceNterS How
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ness which should wars us OF the
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ROENTGEN RAY
CONGRESS
(Scripps News Association.

BERLIN, April 1S.-An internal
tional Roenteen Ray congress open
ed in Berlin today. 1t is the first
of its kind ever held. and it's purpose
is TO show what progress has been
made since the discovery of the rays
by Professor Roentgen
During the several days the con-
gress will be In session lectures will
be delivered and demonstrations made
by leading scientific men and ply
sicians of various countries. In con-
nection with the congress there is an
elaborate and comprehensive exhibit
ton of Roentgen-ray appliances and
of the literature on the subject.